February 23, 2002
Genesis
The
standing room only Loomis Arena in Plainfield, CT played host to the first ever
PWF Northeast event called "Genesis". The show was centered around a
tournament for the vacant Heavyweight Title. At the top of the show it was
announced that a handful of the scheduled guys had been injured/unable to make
the event.
Dean Ripley introduced 1/2 of the PWF NE broadcast team, TJ Wyld, who pumped up
the crowd for the TV taping (show coming soon to WorldWrestlingNetwork.tv).
In the opening contest, "Revolution" Chris Venom defeated
Triplelicious with an amateur chicken win pinning combo. Triplelicious looked to
have his friend/tag partner Venom beaten, but Venom managed to reverse into the
amateur combo for the win. After the match, and angry Triplelicious seemed to
refuse the handshake of Venom. When he finally accepted a handshake and hug,
Trip countered with his H-cubed (Diamond Cutter) and left cursing Venom and the
fans.
In the next contest, "Heartbreaker" Ruy Batello with "The
Mouthpiece of the East" Sean Gorman faced Tuesday's Fixx (subbing for an
injured Damian Houston). Fixx amazed the crowd with an array of luchadore-like
moves, but finally succumbed to Ruy's new finisher "Ru-anation" (Chris
Daniel's Angel's Wings.... sit-out pedigree).
"Enforcer" Larry Huntley came out to accept a forfeit win over Adam
Hastey (who he brutally attacked the night before after a match at the Eastern
Wrestling Alliance event in Auburn, ME).
"Bad Boy" Billy Black drew local home-town favorite Duff for his
opening round contest. Duff, as usual, was incredibly over with the crowd...
while "Bad Boy" was taunted with one of the longest "WHAT"
chants ever. "Bay Boy" managed to reverse Duff's TKO attempt into his
own "Bad Day" finisher (reverse spinning neckbreaker) to advance to
the quarter finals.
In a non-tournament handicap match, Man's Best Friend (The Beast and Derik
Destiny) faced the debuting Psycho Mike. Mike held his own against the popular
tag duo, but then brawled with Beast until a double count-out. As Destiny stood
in the ring, PWF Universal Tag Champions, The Damned ran out and hit him with a
unique double arm-wringer into a double backbreaker. Destiny rolled out and TJ
Wyld came to Interview the Damned. After choice words about former partners by
Mad Dog, The Damned hit Wyld with "Total Damnation" (last ride
powerbomb followed by a frogsplash).
In Quarter final action, "Revolution" Chris Venom face
"Heartbreaker Ruy Batello. Ruy put a serious beating on Venom, who was able
to reverse a Ruy whip into a chair, causing Ruy to be knocked nearly
unconscious. A swanton bomb later and Venom would be in the semifinals of the
tournament.
In the other quarter final. "Criminal Intent" was set to explode.
"Bad Boy" Billy Black, possibly the most hated man in PWF NE, faced
his stooge and partner, "Enforcer" Larry Huntley. Black told Huntley
to know his position and to lay down for him. Huntley countered that he wanted
the title. The two argued and the crowd was solidly behind Huntley, cheering as
he asked if they wanted him to kick the butt of "Bad Boy". In the end,
it was just a mind game, as Huntley simply laid down for Black and let him pin
him. "Bad Boy" advances to the semi-finals agaist Chris Venom.
The next non-tournament match was a "Double Jeopardy" match for the
vacant PWF Northeast Jr. Heavyweight Title. Two matches going on simultaneously
in one ring at one time. The first two matches were KL Murphy facing Tim Kilgore
and Johnny Curtis battling "Broadway" Kenn Phoenix. Kilgore and
Phoenix have had history as stable-mates and tried to help each other from the
get-go. After a flurry of high flying moves, Phoenix went to hit Murphy with a
pair of brass knuckles and accidentally hit Kilgore, who Murphy pinned to win
his match. A minute later, Phoenix rolled up Curtis to pin him. Kilgore came
back to rindside as Murphy and Phoenix fought. KL reversed a Phoenix move
attempt into his finisher, "Murphy's Law" (moonsaulting reverse DDT).
After the match, Phoenix attacked the new champion. Kilgore came in and prepared
to hit Murphy with the brass knucks from earlier, instead nailing Phoenix
purposely. He helped up Murphy (who he has had numerous heated matches with in
the past) and shook his hand, giving the new champ the title belt in respect. KL
Murphy is the first PWF Northeast Jr. Heavyweight Champion.
Dr. Everette Payne of the Hard-core Institute came out and introduced himself to
the crowd. At his side was his newest Marketing Dept. member, Zachary. (Krazy
and even Johnny Curtis were members years ago, both becoming fine professional
wrestlers.) He announced that he had come to PWF NE to guide two of his former
students to success in a new territory. Payne called out Frankie "Mr.
Muscles" Armadillo and Kid Krazy. Due to the Showtime Posse being unable to
make the event, the PWF NE Tag Team Titles were given to the new HCI tag team.
As they went to leave, ring announcer Dean Ripley informed the HCI that although
they WERE the new PWF NE Tag champs, they WOULD have to defend the belts against
a debuting team. Emerald Fusion (Blade & Mike Paiva) w/Mercedes came out.
The four men, and Mercedes put on a highlight reel of a match. After untimely
interference by Payne and Mercedes, both were banned from ringside. The match
continued with Zachary interfering, and getting blasted by both of Emerald
Fusion for his troubles. Armadillo charged at Paiva witha chain in his hands,
only to be backdropped to the floor. Krazy tried a roundhouse with a chain onto
Paiva, who ducked, trying to counter witha belly-to-back suplex. Halfway through
the suplex, Krazy nailed Paiva with the chain and easily crawled to pin him.
Frankie Armadillo and Kid Krazy, the HCI, are the PWF Northeast Tag Team
Champions.
In the first semi-final of the Heavyweight Title Tournament, the final ICCW
Heavyweight Champion "Big League" Brian Black faced the #1 Contender
"Trendsetter" Adam Booker. Due to their rankings in the final ICCW
ratings, both were given a bye to the tourney semifinals. These two pulled out
all the stops. In an attempt to take short cut, Brian Black threw a handful of
powder into the eyes of Booker. He then tried to hit the blinded Booker with a
chair. Ref Pepe Sanchez grabbed the chair and threw it away. Booker charged
Black and accidentally collided with the ref in a Gore attempt. Booker fought
back and hit a powerbomb-flapjack combo and ref Pee Wee Sherman ran in to count
the three. As the crowd cheered, Sanchez came to and reversed the decision,
DQing both men for use of powder and for spearing him. The match is a double DQ
and the other semi-final match would now be for the vacant PWF Northeast Title.
In the main event, "Bad Boy" Billy Black defeated
"Revolution" Chris Venom to become the first ever PWF Northeast
Heavyweight Champion. Both men worked their butts off striving to be the man who
would lead the promotion as its champion. In the end, three hard matches took
their toll on the back of Venom, who injured himself on a swanton attempt and
couldn't capitalize for a pin. A miscue saw Huntley punch Billy Black, but as
Venom nailed Huntley, it gave "Bad Boy" an opening to hit his
"Bad Day" for the pinfall win