The Spring Stampede Go-Home Show
Apr 26, 2014 9:41:31 GMT -7
Post by howardschilling on Apr 26, 2014 9:41:31 GMT -7
We open up on an empty Amway Center, the workers feverishly putting the finishing touches on the Spring Stampede set. Your announce team of Howard E. Schilling and Matt Striker are sitting in a press box.
Howard: You know Matt, it seems like six months ago that we were preparing for South Beach's first time hosting a super show....
Matt: Ummmmm Howard? That's because it was. Don't you remember? Fall Brawl? You went almost COMPLETELY certifiable trying to make the perfect show? We had a new world champion crowned? Starting to ring a bell? *Howard looks blankly at Striker who recovers* Yes...um well, it was six months ago and the ENTIRE landscape of the National Wrestling Alliance has changed. Many questions will hopefully be answered in just forty-eight hours as NWA South Beach proudly presents the second supershow on the NWA calendar: Spring Stampede! As is our custom, we'll be running down the matches on what should be an awesome card from top to bottom.
A graphic of NWA Windy City plays across the screen with Daniel Puder and Chris Masters.
Howard: Our first match announced for this card comes from a territory that returned to the NWA just a few short months ago. The Windy City Champion "The Masterpiece" Chris Masters will be taking on his hated rival "The Only Star" Daniel Puder, Matt?
Matt: Howard, you are right about Windy City coming back better and stronger than ever. Daniel Puder is without a doubt, the greatest homegrown star that Windy City has produced. Chris Masters has been slowly but steadily proving that he belongs in the upper echelon of the National Wrestling Alliance, having pushed CM Punk to the limit in their NWA Title Tournament Match a few weeks back. At Uncensored, these two tore Chicago DOWN and Masters finally picked up the victory after cold-cocking Puder with a pair of brass knucks before putting on The Master Lock. On Sunday, there WILL be NO HOLDS BARRED as both these warriors enter the Lion's Den. Will there be anything left of these two after their match?
Another graphic, one with the NWA North American Tag Team Titles shows up.
Howard: This match was brought on almost by necessity as the home of the North American Tag Champs, NWA Hybrid Pro, folded. They'll face their toughest challenge yet on Sunday.
Matt: There has been a LOT of turmoil recently in the NWA. Territories have folded but new ones have risen up to take their place. Will the Swagga Kingz finally be the team to dethrone The Pistols and earn some extra bling? Coming up after the commercial break, we'll continue our run down of this stacked card.
*Commercial*
Back from commercial break and the commentary team is now standing on the entrance ramp at the Amway Center, a graphic with the North American Title comes up.
Howard: Our next match features the resurgence of a title thought to be dead until Starrcade. The NWA North American Title will be up for grabs when The North American Champion, Harry Smith, will take on Mark Jindrak.
Matt: It was in London, three months ago at Starrcade, that Harry Smith finally claimed what some would claim was rightfully his in one of the most emotional victories we've seen in a long time. The Canadian Bulldog, one of the last graduates of the famed Hart Dungeon, LITERALLY climbed the ladder to success in front of his father's homeland in a BRUTAL tables ladders and chairs match. Mark Jindrak seeks to end that dream in a match with no disqualifications. Both men are workhorses, and are sure to put on one HELL of a show.
Another graphic comes up, this time with the South Beach Tag Team Titles and five teams.
Howard: You know, I seem to remember a time when tag team wrestling was a staple of NWA South Beach. Somewhere along the line I, like someone who considers himself inVINCEable, got tired of tag team wrestling and it fell by the wayside. At Spring Stampede, tag team wrestling takes it's rightful place back on center stage. It's going to be chaotic, it's going to be confusing, it's going to be Tag. Team. Turmoil. MATT!
Matt: It was just over a year ago that South Beach took a month off and blew the doors off the NWA with it's two night special: Rising From the Ashes, and this year has been no different for the tag team division. The number of interweaving stories here is AMAZING! You have the Super Smash Brothers, trying desperately to prove their relevance in the tag team ranks of the NWA; the first South Beach Tag Team Champs, the All Night Express, trying to reclaim what they lost a year ago at RFtA: Day 2; The South Beach Tag Team Champions Uhaa Nation and "The Personification of Domination" Ezekiel Jackson who, just four months ago were on OPPOSITE SIDES of warring factions! Then, in what might be the biggest overarching storyline of them all; you have four men in "The Mavericks" Tyler Black and Johnny Gargano, along with "The Southern Gentlemen" Adam Cole and Chuck Taylor, who CANNOT STAND EACH OTHER. Adam Cole has been disrespecting Tyler Black since he took part in CPW's King of the Ring Tournament before ever wrestling a match for South Beach, he only got into this match by using the Florida Key, and ended his former stablemate Johnny Gargano's latest attempt at Revolution. Every one of these teams could be fighting for something bigger at this PPV but they will be laying it all on the line for the richest tag prize in the territory. It will indeed be tag team turmoil at Spring Stampede. When we come back from break we will be analyzing the final three matches on the card, stay with us!
*Commercial*
Back from break, Howard and Matt are now standing in the ring, a steel cage hangs ominously over them as a graphic displaying Cody Rhodes, a masked figure, and a steel cage shows up on the big screen.
Howard: Cody Rhodes won the CPW Title a few months ago, and just a few weeks later started getting haunted by a masked man; whose only goal seemed to be the mental breakdown of Cody for the purpose of taking his title. There will be nowhere to run, nowhere to hide when they meet inside the confines of a steel cage......
Matt: It's a lonely time for a wrestler when even his own mind isn't safe. That is the life of Cody Rhodes right now as he prepares to defend the coveted CPW Title against his tormentor. We've thought at times that we might know who could be behind the mask, only to be thrown off the scent. It could be anyone, and it could be everyone at this point. Will we be left with an answer or just more questions? We'll find out on Sunday.
A graphic of the NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title is shown along with the champion and his challenger.
Howard: As of right now we are operating under the impression that this match is still going on, but with the recent closure of NWA Kenshiki who knows?
Matt: Your guess is as good as mine boss, these two men can go in the ring so if this match does happen, the fans will truly be in for a treat.
The final graphic goes up, with the four participants in the NWA Tournament for the Title and the NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship behind them.
Howard: It started with a dream by the former president of the NWA Dustin Smith because of the retirement of Christopher Daniels. It has lead to this. Four men, one shot at immortality. I can say for certain that the two semi-final matches will be leading off the show to give the participants time to rest before the main event. I cannot wait for this; CM Punk, Hirooshi Tanahashi, Wade Barrett, and Samoa Joe. None of these men will ever be the same.
Matt: Couldn't have said it better myself Howard, and that's saying something; but your grammar does need a bit of work. All four of these men truly belong here; and while only one man can walk away with the richest prize in the wrestling business, all four of these men are champions. I don't know about you Howard, but I am ready for Spring Stampede, and we hope you are too. Join us on Sunday at 7 Eastern, 6 pm Pacific as the NWA proudly presents Spring Stampede: The Tournament for the Title.
