VCW Monday Night Wrestling 01/17/00 (VCW 53)

Card Information:
 Held in: PEORIA CIVIC CENTER
Location: ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: 01/17/00 at 7:00pm

Interview:
Stacey Lockman meets David Wright Hubbard and his wife Michelle as they arrive at the
arena.
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Jacob Idol and Julian Page defeated Russel Taylor and The Super Giant Ninja
 when J. Page pinned Russel the Muscle with the DDT in 0:01:43.
Rating: 1/4*

Interview:
Julian Page challenges Rob Solomon to a "softcore match" next week, and he and Jacob Idol 
challenge the Technicians to a match at Wrestlewar.
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Virginia pinned Haigeikobai with the Spinebuster in 0:00:57.
Rating: DUD

Interview:
Virginia formally challenges Chris Champlain to a match at Wrestlewar, but is met with 
a crazed, vicious attack by Chris Champlain when she tries to go backstage.
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Interview:
David Wright Hubbard walks in on Falcon and Rebecca Black, and the fighting begins. 
Michelle Hubbard tries to fight Rebecca Black, but the Torturer comes in to change the odds.
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Interview:
Rex Richards calls out Crimson for a match.
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Crimson pinned Rex Richards with the Chokeslam in 0:04:25.
Rating: -*

Interview:
The Annihilators ask the Wrecking Crew for a title shot at Wrestlewar, but then Gabriel 
Black challenges all four men to face Inquisition members in a big match.
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The Annihilators and The Wrecking Crew defeated
The Inquisition (Bass Rogers, Manhunter #1, Manhunter #2 and The Torturer) when
B. Rivera pinned Manhunter #2 with the Flying Legdrop in 0:17:10.
Rating: -** 

Interview:
The Immortals try to buy their way into a victory tonight, but Hell's Bikers decide to 
mug them instead.
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Hell's Bikers defeated The Immortals when J. Norman pinned K. Collins with the
Chokeslam in 0:09:25.
Rating: * 1/2

Interview:
The fight between David Wright Hubbard and Falcon continues backstage.
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Interview:
Dean Sanders calls out Johnny Smiles, planning to show he can succeed where Lance 
Errington failed.
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Dean Sanders pinned Johnny Smiles after a crucifix in 0:11:47.
Rating: ** 3/4
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Interview:
Rebecca Black brings out Michelle Hubbard for a beating, but the tables turn as the 
fight between David Wright Hubbard and Falcon comes to the ring and becomes an actual match.
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Falcon pinned David Wright Hubbard after an inside cradle in 0:11:17.
Rating: ***
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Interview:
David Wright Hubbard destroys Falcon and celebrates his "victory" with his wife.
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Match observations: 

       If there was any doubt why we called it Violent Championship Wrestling, 
it has to be gone by now. Tonight's show was full of brutal attacks, career-
threatening beatings, and pints of blood spilling from several VCW superstars. 
Not since Disaster Area has there been a more bloody, brutality-filled night in
VCW. At this rate, it would almost be surprising to see everybody make it to 
Wrestlewar in one piece, let alone survive Wrestlewar.
       From the very start of the show, we knew things were going to get ugly. 
David Wright Hubbard had come to the arena, looking for Falcon to accept his 
challenge for a fight tonight. With him was his wife, Michelle Hubbard, who it 
was revealed has plenty of experience in violence and brutality herself as a 
former member of a violent overseas promotion. But little did we know that a 
fight would erupt between Falcon and David Wright Hubbard that would last 
virtually all night long.
       Jacob Idol and Julian Page don't seem to be too appreciative of the 
violent, hardcore nature of VCW. Jacob Idol had plenty of complaining to do on 
the subject himself, while Julian Page went so far as to come up with the idea 
to challenge Rob Solomon to a "softcore" match, a match where closed fists, 
choke holds, weapons, and throwing your opponent over the top rope are illegal.
It sounds like something out of the NWA in the eighties, but we know by now 
that Rob Solomon never turns down a fight. How will he fare in a "softcore 
match", though?
       It's a little ironic that the blood would begin to spill in a big way 
shortly after that anti-violence tirade. After making short work of Haigeikobai
and dropping a challenge to Chris Champlain for a match at Wrestlewar, Virginia
tried to go backstage... but Chris Champlain, in one of the more bizarre 
moments in VCW history, broke through the cloth screen of the ViolenTron to 
attack Virginia, jumping onto her with a reckless flying cross body press, then
grinding a sharp hunting knife across her forehead until it looked like raw 
hamburger. Chris Champlain wasn't merely escorted away by the H.A.R.P. Squad 
for this attack; he was arrested. Without the Golden Society around to stop 
him, Chris Champlain is a fatality waiting to happen. On a fortunate note, the
resourceful VCW production crew was able to get a new ViolenTron screen placed
during the ensuing commercial break.
       David Wright Hubbard finally found Falcon, interrupting one of his  
intimate moments with Rebecca Black. Falcon didn't even have a chance to get 
dressed... David Wright Hubbard hauled him out of the room in his underwear and
took him into the hallway, beginning a brutal fight that would continue all 
night long. Michelle Hubbard had similar ideas about fighting Rebecca Black, 
but the Torturer snuck into the room and the rest is easy enough to figure out;
there may not be a single person alive who can stand up to an axe handle-
carrying Torturer.
       But if any man can, his name might very well be Crimson. For some 
bizarre reason, Rex Richards seemed to think he could beat Crimson tonight. 
It's true that Crimson failed to pin him in their last match, but that was only
due to the interference of Bass Rogers. Tonight, Crimson laid Rex's cocky 
presumptions to rest by running right over him in short order, and adding yet 
another win to his growing list. But with the Torturer and the Iron Cage Axe 
Handle Death Match looming in the horizon, how much longer will that list 
become before a loss is added to it?
       Gabriel Black took the night off from active wrestling tonight, but he 
stopped in to set up a possibility to avenge what happened last week at the 
hands of the Annihilators and the Wrecking Crew. These two teams, after just 
agreeing to face each other at Wrestlewar for the VCW World Tag Team Titles, 
were suddenly faced with the prospect of meeting members of the Inquisition 
right then and there. They wanted Gabriel Black in the ring as well, but the 
Torturer was evidently able to take time off from subduing Michelle Hubbard 
with an axe handle, and he joined the fray instead. In the end, the 
Annihilators and the Wrecking Crew came out with the victory, but only after 
seventeen hard-fought minutes against the Inquisition.
       The Immortals seemed a little upset that they weren't the ones with the 
coveted Wrestlewar title shot. They came up with a quick plan to buy their way 
up the ladder of success by bribing opponents to lose matches to them. It 
didn't work with Hell's Bikers, though; the Immortals were not only mugged and 
relieved of their bribe money by Jack Norman, but they also lost the match, 
seemingly due to a lack of focus. They'll have to do better than that to win 
the VCW World Tag Team Titles again.
       Dean Sanders deserves credit where credit is due; he said he was going 
to do what Lance Errington consistently failed to do and defeat Johnny Smiles 
decisively, and that's exactly what he did. To be fair, Johnny Smiles may have 
had more important things on his mind, with a ever-brewing rivalry with Moy 
Lazzario, not to mention Virginia's horrible injury at the hands of Chris 
Champlain tonight. As it stands, however, Dean Sanders is shaping up to be one 
of Lance Errington's toughest opponents yet.
       When Rebecca Black brought Michelle Hubbard to the ring, along with the 
Torturer, things didn't look good. With Michelle Hubbard helpless, presumably 
after taking an wooden axe handle blow or two to the head, Rebecca Black 
attacked her with a somewhat pornographic offense, using first a Bronco buster,
then stripping to her panties before giving Michelle the Rikishi treatment. 
Michelle recovered and retaliated in kind by pulling Rebecca's panties up 
further than they were intended to go, then dropping her with a more effective 
inverted DDT. 
       Unfortunately, the Torturer came into play again, and Rebecca Black 
appeared to be ready to finish Michelle off when the brawl between David Wright
Hubbard and Falcon made its way to the ring area. David Wright Hubbard 
immediately cleared the ring, giving Rebecca Black a sickening running power 
bomb from the ring to the floor outside that sent her straight to the hospital,
then continued his fight with Falcon, which became an official match. Somehow, 
through all of the abuse taken that night, Falcon managed to roll David Wright 
Hubbard up in an inside cradle and win the match, but he didn't come out a 
winner after taking a post-match top-rope power bomb through a table. Hopefully
he was able to get a hospital bed next to Rebecca's. Wow... if these two are 
willing to go to such measures against each other now, what will they be like 
at Wrestlewar!
       While this week's show should be hard to top in terms of sheer violence 
for a long time, next week should be another exciting, important show. Both 
Gabriel and Troy Black will be present, as will Lance Errington, VCW Television
Champion Neytron DelArmeggio, and Moy Lazzario. In addition, it's all but 
confirmed that Julian Page will meet Rob Solomon in a "softcore match" next 
week. Also, we should have an update on the condition of Falcon, Rebecca Black,
and Virginia, all of whom took pretty grisly injuries as a result of tonight's 
mayhem. Don't miss a minute of next week's action-packed edition of VCW Monday 
Night Wrestling!

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, 05-08-2000