Mid-Pacific Promotions Newsletter #020 (7/15)

Sorry for the delay in posting.  Been a very busy week.  Show took place on 7/15. 

Hello fans and welcome back to the latest installment of the Mid-Pacific Promotions Newsletter…MPP is a proud member of the SPW Alliance and invites all fans to check them out online for only $9.95 a month.  It’s a steal when you get the ability to see wrestling from 8 great territories.  Become a subscriber now.

Today’s show begins not with a match but with boasting.  Bullet Club member Gino Hernandez comes out and is booed all the way to the ring.  Gino takes a mic and begins bragging about how he and only he was invited (from MPP) to be a member of the Western States Heritage tournament in Texas.  Gino says he’s already in the ring so if they want to send out a schmuck to get his ass beat, he may just as well do it right now.

Lance Cade makes his way out and the fans pop for him which drives Gino crazy.  Cade gets in the ring only to have Gino attack him.  Gino practically threw everything (including the kitchen sink) at Cade and he stood his ground not giving an inch.  Gino kept getting more and more frustrated calling the ref incompetent.  Just as the time limit was about to expire, Gino gave Lance a kick to the gut thinking that was going to do it but Lance nailed a diving clothesline just as the time limit expired.  The match ends in a draw and Lance Cade went toe to toe with one of MPP’s best and survived.  Gino tried to attack him after the bell but Cade bailed pointing to his head that he outsmarted Gino. Gino tells the fans that if he doesn’t start getting the respect he deserves, he may just stay in Texas.  The fans start a “Get Out” chant and Gino makes an obscene gesture(s) before leaving. (20 min draw)

Backstage, Pacific Heavyweight Champion Don Muraco talks about how he’s heard of a “magazine” that ranks the top wrestlers in all of SPWA.  He said he looked at where he was on the list and couldn’t believe it.  He asks who’s payroll the writer(s) are on and said it is clear who the #1 person is…not Verne Gagne; not Bret Hart; not Ric Flair…ME.  The fans throw some serious heat at him and he’s not able to continue so he leaves.

CM Punk comes out to a pop from the crowd and he grabs a chair and sits down with a mic in hand.  “Now, you may expect me to go on a rant or to hold the show hostage but that is not my intention.  You see, John Cena has been running around crying like a 2 year old going through the terrible two’s.  For those of you who have followed me for my career, you know that I am what I claim to be.  Straight Edge.  Cena, you really want me in the ring and want a piece of me, what is it you say ‘COME GET SOME’.  Ha.”  Punk hands off the mic and chair and awaits his opponent.  Mad Dog Boyd comes out for some singles action.  Punk controlled the entire match but I think it was more of an exercise than an attempt to win.  (He let?) Mad Dog take him to the limit ending this one in a time limit draw.  Cena of course came out attacking Punk and the two had to be separated by an influx of refs and shirts from the back.  Punk didn’t let up and continued to go after Cena.  Cena actually got out of the ring and was joined by Sensational Sherri and the two walked backwards up the ramp.  Punk and Cena glared daggers at each other.  (20 min draw)

SPWA US Champion Bray Wyatt has a taped interview and he says he had a successful title defense in Stampede and looks forward to his next defense in WWC. 

King Damien Sandow says he’s the one and true King and this imposter King Curtis Iaukea is infringing on his copyright.  He challenges Iaukea to a match.  King Curtis makes his way out telling Sandow he is a wannabe King and that HE is the one true King of the Pacific.  Sandow tells him to put his crown (claim) on the line and the winner of the match gets to keep the moniker.  Iaukea agrees.  Iaukea started off with a Hades Spinebreaker but after that, it was all Sandow.  Iaukea faltered the rest of the match (one other offensive move) and Sandow was able to finish him off with a backbreaker in 9 minutes (89 to 33).  Sandow is now the ONLY King in the Pacific.  Sandow then issues a challenge to any other ‘imposter’ in SPW calling themselves King to fly over the ocean and meet him in MPP.

Mr. Fuji is backstage with the Tag Team Champions Yokozuna and Samoa Joe.  Joe looks at the camera and tells him that he’s taken on Beasts of all shapes and sizes and he knows how to play the game in HIS yard.  Joe warns anyone trying to take their belts that a world of pain awaits them if they try.  Yokozuna stood there looking menacing and Fuji just laughed as they walked off.

It’s time for our main event.  Knuckles Nelson and Paul LeDuc are in the ring waiting for their opponents to come out.  Yokozuna, Samoa Joe and Mr. Fuji all head to the ring with the Tag belts raised high over the champ’s heads.  Joe wastes no time and attacks LeDuc to start this best of 3 falls; 60 min time limit match off.  Even though Joe was on fire, LeDuc was no slouch and after Knuckles knocked Yokozuna off the apron (no small feat), Paul locked Joe in a Boston Crab and Joe tapped out!  HOLY CRAP!  2 min in and we have our first submission.  Yokozuna came in for the next fall starting against Nelson.  The next fall went a little longer and this time the champs came out victorious after Yokozuna squashed Nelson with a Bonzai drop at the 23 min mark.  Now, it’s down to the final fall with 35 min remaining.   Joe started off against Knuckles and the wild and crazy Samoa just tore him a new one.  Mr. Fuji was quick to point a few things out but it was Joe hitting Nelson with a Folding Powerbomb Boston Crab that did it.  Joe and Yokozuna win the 3^rd and deciding fall in 8 dominating minutes.  Joe and Yoko hold their belts up and Joe looks at the camera and tells the SPW Tag Team Champs that they are here waiting.

That’s all for now.  We resume our normal schedule on Saturday.  Thanks for reading.  More to come.