One of the most anticipated events and matches that Fighting Spirit Wrestling annually presents has come and gone.
25 men entered the Lions Den and only man roared with victory. However, a complete defamation of respect added a personal fire to the next rivalry that FSW fans will see for the World Heavyweight championship.
Despite only having five matches, the entire show provided a good balance of wrestling, shocking and feel good moments as the faithful students of the Ludus Wrestling Center showed why their hard work translates into success.
Lets take a look.
Pre-Show
Neighborhood
Watch Heroes and Selfie Josh vs. Eric Gordon, AJ Spectre and Pyro
Pulse: Gordon is in control early on until Citizen Prime walks the
wall along the ring and hits a clothesline on Gordon. Spectre and
Pulse use acrobatic offense to stiffle Prime. At one point, Selfie
Josh shows reckless abandon and heaves himself off the apron onto
everybody on the outside of the ring. The Sons of America pull a
switch as Ian Gordon takes Eric's spot but, Prime defeats the new
Gordon with an inverted neckbreaker for the win.
Winners:
Neighborhood Watch Heroes and Selfie Josh
Main Show
The great commentary team for FSW made up of "The Ace" Dante Jayce and Mike "The Main Event" Edison are ready to call the action as The End open the
show. PJ Stackpole asks the fan-favorite ring announcer Ryan Peterson
who he thinks will win the Lions Den battle royal. The answer of
'Mike Verna' didn't set well with Stackpole as he chased Peterson
from the ring. He goes on to inform the audience that Verna will not
be winning the battle royal and that Cyrus Deville and Leon Mason
will be the winners and go for the tag titles as the crowd chants 'Dana White' toward Stackpole. However, he warns Joel
Maximo is next.
FSW Tag Team
Championships: Flawless and Lawless vs. Da House of Payne (c) (Nick Payne
& Hakim Ali): Both House of Payne members assault Flawless and
Lawless to begin the match but it doesn't take 'Flawless' Blake
Morris long to recover. Morris and his partner, Rex Lawless work well
as a team in the early stages of the match, isolating Nick Payne from
his partner. As Ali and Payne talk on the outside of the ring,
Lawless picks up his partner Morris military press style and throws
him to the outside, taking out Payne and Ali. Morris and Lawless are
working well as a team throughout the match and Da House of Payne are
doing their best to combat it. Morris locks in a 'Rings of Saturn'
submission hold on Ali and he taps out and we have new tag team
champions.
But as it turns
out, the referee called for the bell to disqualify Da House of Payne
because of Big Daddy Dre yanking the referee out the ring to stop a
pinfall moments before the submission. Therefore, Flawless and
Lawless are victorious but Da House of Payne are still champions.
Winners via
Disqualification: Flawless and Lawless
Omega Black minus
their former member Suntan make their way to the announce table to do
guest commentary. As Suntan waits in the ring for Magma, Matt Cappo
makes his way to the ring and they both say something to each other
but microphone difficulties prevent anybody from hearing what they
said.
FSW Primiero
Championship: Suntan vs. Magma (c): This match was easily one of the
hardest hitting matches in recent FSW history. A litany of stiff
slaps, forearms and punches left both men battered and brusied.
Suntan hit Magma with an array of suplexes, constantly keeping him
off his feet. But the crafty Magma came into this match on a hot
streak and much like his name would indicate, he did keep a lot of
heat on Suntan. The big man kept trying through the match to hit his
impressive moonsault, but Magma stopped him at every turn, including
hitting a bone crushing powerbomb on Suntan from the second rope. In
Chris Hero fashion, Magma landed two spinning elbows to both sides of
Suntan but even that couldn't stop Suntan. At one point, Sumie Sakai
tried getting involved, leaping onto Suntan on the top rope. But
Suntan caught her and threw her onto Matt Cappo and one member of
Omega Black. As Greg Jones tried getting involved, Magma accidentally
sprayed his red mist into his eyes and Suntan capitalized, using size
on a rollup to keep Magma down for a three count.
Winner and NEW
Primiero Champion: Suntan
Winner and NEW
Primiero Champion: Suntan
The crowd erupted
as the referees hand hit the mat for a three count, leaving Magma,
Sakai and Suntan's former brethren in Omega Black in shock.
FSW World
Heavyweight Championship: Supastar Whiplash vs. Ian Aldwin (c) w/PJ
Stackpole: A lot of stalling to begin this match until Aldwin used
his size advantage to overpower Whiplash. An impressive spot saw
Whiplash use Aldwin's arm for support to leap onto the top rope and
take out the rest of The End on the outside. From that point forward,
Aldiwn completely neutralized Whiplash, except for a few bursts of
life from Whiplash, including a Christopher Daniels like moonsault
from Whiplash onto Aldwin. With the referee distracted, Cyrus and
Aldwin double team Whiplash. At one point, the crowd nearly reached a
fever pitch as Whiplash hit a senton bomb followed by a frog splash
and nearly got a three count. That was as close as Whiplash would
get. A Stackpole distraction allowed Aldwin to hit an inverted full
nelson slam and lock in a cobra clutch like submission as Whiplash
passed out.
Winner: Ian
Aldwin
After the match,
The End set up two chairs in the ring and Aldwin uses the same
inverted full nelson slam from moments before to slam Whiplash spine
first through the chairs.
-Intermission-
The Lions Den 2015
Cyrus Deville and
Captain Hammil open the match but a spear from Cyrus allows him to
eliminate Hammil right away.
Citizen Prime is
next entrant and he takes it to Cyrus until the next man in, Leon
Mason comes in and they double team and eliminate Prime.
Sammi Pickles is
next and despite her best efforts, she is outnumbered and receives a
spear from Cyrus for her troubles. PJ Stackpole eliminates Pickles.
You read that right.
Mike Verna is in
next but the two members of The End keep him at bay. Selfie Josh is
next and he's eliminated right away. Rex Lawless is next and he
cleans house. Joe Ettell, the next entrant comes in and brawls with
Verna.
Benny Martinez is
next but he doesn't come in the ring right away. Talon is next and he
teams with Ettell to eliminate Lawless. Blake Morris is next as
Lawless urges on his partner. Manny Martinez is next and Benny
finally enters the match as he and his brother take it to the
competition.
Sasha X and Big
Daddy Dre are the next two entrants. Blake Morris is eliminated. Greg
Jones and Nutrious X are the next two entrants as Big Daddy Dre is
eliminated. Geno X is next as all three members of Certified Sexy are
in the ring. Suntan is in next breaks a bottle over Jones head.
Nutrious X climbs
to the top rope and hits a senton onto the mass of humanity in the
ring, knocking everybody off their feet. Martinez Brothers are
eliminated. Dr. Arroyo is next and he shows off some skills, hitting
a stunner on Ettell before being eliminated. Tony Dynasty is the next
entrant as Suntan is eliminated.
Magma is the next
entrant as Geno X, Dynasty and Nutrious X are eliminated within
moments of each other. Eric Gordon is next but Talon eliminates him.
The large Malta The Damager is in next entrant as he and Leon Mason
have a clash of the giants.
The final entrant
is Joel Maximo as the crowd welcomes him with a nice ovation. Not an
entrant but Talon eliminates Becky Goodhead. Leon eliminates Malta
and Ettell but is himself eliminated by Verna. However, Stackpole
suprises everybody and eliminates Verna.
Talon eliminates
Cyrus, leaving just him and Maximo.
Talon vs. Joel
Maximo: Maximo looks as athletic as ever as he prepares for the Lucha
Libre Extravaganza. A flurry of kicks to Talon, keeping him off
balance. However, Talon throws Maximo off the ropes, hitting a diving
legdrop and hits a second fisherman buster and wins the 2015 Lions
Den.
Winner: Talon
After the match,
Maximo praises Talon and tells him to kick Aldwin's ass. However,
Stackpole has a proposition for Talon, to do what Whiplash couldn't
do and become FSW's first triple crown winner. Team up with Leon
Mason and go for the tag team titles. Talon says that he will make
history and become the first two-time FSW World Heavyweight champion.
The End assault
Talon as Mason hits a chokeslam, Cyrus hits a spear and Aldwin shocks
the entire crowd by cutting Talon's famous beard. Maximo, Verna and
Ettell try to help but The End flee and leave the arena.
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