Chicago Power Hour (25/01/16)

[steve]

TV Taping: 17/01/16

Date Aired: 25/01/16

Staff roles;

Daryck St Holmes (Commentator)
Mike Adamle (Commentator)
Raven (Colour Commentator & In-ring Interviews)
Scarlett Bordeaux (Backstage Interviews)
Jimmy D (Ring Announcer)

The Chicago Power Hour kicks off with a recap of last week's episode.

We see highlights of the 1st round of the ZG Cup. Chicago wrestling legend Colt Cabana getting involved saving Louis Lyndon from a beat-down from Luke Harper. Adam Cole retaining his heavyweight championship against the Uhaa Nation in the main-event. But looking on very jealously as NWA north american champion John Cena gatecrashes his spotlight to close the show and announce that the Cenation will be defending their tag team titles on tonight's show.

1. Luke Harper & Cody Hall def. Colt Cabana & Louis Lyndon in tag team action in 5:48; Harper pins Lyndon with a discus lariat as Harper and Hall mostly dominate the match; Harper and Hall look to continue the attack after the bell; Cabana and Lyndon rebound with Lyndon shaking off taking the fall to catch Hall off guard with a reverse DDT and then as he tried to escape a Torpedo through the ropes to the outside with Cabana managing to put Harper into the Chicago Crab in the centre of the ring and Harper tapping out until it was broken up by security.

*Commercials*

2. ZG Cup Semi-Final Match
Trevor Lee def. ACH in 6:29 catching his opponent coming off the top rope with a big spinebuster and advances into the finals of the ZG Cup.

*Mike Adamle welcomes former Windy City Masters champion "The One" Billy Gunn to the ring for an interview. Gunn says that he's the best pure athlete age 50 or over and Jerry "The King" Lawler won't be able to use cheap tricks to beat him again.

This segment took another turn though, as Raven got up from commentary, apparently offended that as the resident in-ring interviewer he didn't get this gig and Adamle did. Raven enters the ring and squares up to Adamle. A kick to the gut and an Evenflow DDT later, Adamle is out cold and being carried out by medics.

Raven also takes exception to what Billy Gunn said about being the best wrestler over the age of 50, and challenged Gunn to a match for the right to face Lawler for the title. Raven gave Gunn 2-weeks notice, "to get in shape", before hitting Gunn with another Evenflow DDT and leaving the arena through the crowd.

*Commercials*

*We are down to just one commentator Daryck St Holmes who sells the big Gunn/Raven match in 2 weeks time.

3. Shane Hollister def. Devon Storm in 1:28 in easy enough fashion with a DDT and makes a big impression on the crowd who haven't seen Hollister in Windy City for a while.

*Colt Cabana comes down to ringside to help out St Holmes with the commentary. Cabana challenges Harper to a match next week for the Cyber TV title.

4. ZG Cup Semi-Final Match
Andrew Everett def. Sugar Dunkerton with an Inverted Frrankensteiner in 8:35; Dunkerton did his comedy spots but was much more serious than normal and did well competing with Everett right down to the end in a bout that could have gone either way. Everett now faces Trevor Lee in the ZG Cup final next week!

5. MAIN-EVENT: Chicago Tag Team Championship Match
The Irish Airbourne (Dave & Jake Crist) def. The Cenation (John Cena & Bad News Barrett) [c] in a huge upset for the titles in 10:19 when heavyweight champion Adam Cole interfered in the match attacking John Cena with a chair shot to the back of the head as he stood on the outside of the apron. Cole followed it up with a Corono Crash on the outside, which left Barrett on his own with the Irish Airbourne as they put Barrett away with the Irish Air Raid - a Diving stomp by Dave, followed by a fireman's carry slam by Jake onto Dave's knees - to send Chicago, which has a decent Irish-American demographic wild despite the heel actions of Cole. Cena is a huge hate figure in these parts and the fans was glad to see him lose the tag team championships.

[jp1985]

Thought this was a pretty good show, especially for a non big show. Everything presented here had direction and played off the last show, and a lot was setup for your next show as well.

Good to see Trevor Lee and Andrew Everett move on. I think they can have the best match. The guy I picked to win is still here, but at this point, either or will benefit a lot.

The Hollister segment was the closest to a throw away, but even then, it served a purpose. Short squash to reestablish him here. Very short.

Main event was pretty much exactly what it should have been. Everybody benefits, except maybe Barrett but I don't know if there's much salvation for him at this stage anyway. The Cena vs Cole match when it goes down should be big and I'm interested to see if you will be able to bring it up more. It certainly doesn't feel like the heat has peaked and there will be breathing room to make the match even bigger.

[Joe]

Yeah, I agree, the Cole/Cena match seems like it will be big but it certainly has room to swell. I was a little surprised you picked Devon Storm of all people to get squashed by Shane Hollister. Was Marion Fountaine busy that night? I like OI4K going over, as I'm a big fan of their work, and I also like that two friends and super talents in Everett and Lee are meeting in the tournament finals. It really feels like it's going to be a big finale.

[Dustin Salyers]

Whether I like it not, I have to be the biggest fan of this show as I am now guaranteed to boast the Zero Gravity Tournament winner as a member of NWA Championship Wrestling. I hope the match comes off extremely well and certainly provides me with a ready made feud in Ohio. The build for Cabana vs. Harper as been nice as well and the Cyber Television Championship match should provide another main event stellar match hopefully. I'm also happy to see the angle between Raven & Gunn and the eventual match with Lawler. I'm not a fan of the idea behind the Masters Championship, however if you are going to promote such a Championship then this is the exact way you build interest around it. I will agree with JP and Joe about the great build to Cole vs. Cena, though I must admit I was more excited by the win of OI4K. As an owner of an Ohio Is For Killers t-shirt and a regular ticketholder to Rockstar Pro-Wrestling (in fact I will be at the show tonight and the 4th Anniversary Armageddon iPPV on February 5th featuring a match between Jake & Dave) it is great to see these guys getting this opportunity in Windy City.