PWA
OVERDRIVE
West Valley
City, Utah
Sunday,
September 7, 2003
The PWA logo flashes onto
the screen before the opening for Overdrive takes over. With “All My Life” by
The Foo Fighters blaring, we are taken inside the E Center, where a big
fireworks display ensues before the camera finds our commentators.
Cade: Hello
everybody and welcome to PWA Overdrive! I’m Nick Cade, alongside Justin
Schenck, and boy, do we have a show to deliver tonight!
Schenck: We sure
do! Get this main event Nick, Jason Calysto and Mike Tortorici against Loki and
The Machine right here tonight!
Cade: We’ll also
see Steve Beovich face Paul Dawkins one-on-one! We’ve got a lot to go over
tonight, but let’s get up to the ring for our first match!
Segment 2,
Match 1 – 7-Any Power vs. Justice
Referee: Dan
Martin
7-Any Power stands in the ring with referee Dan Martin as the
remixed version of Limpbizkit's "Rollin'" hits the speakers. Justice
steps out to a warm ovation, but looks extremely intense as he stalks to the
ring.
The bell sounds
and Power tries to lock up with Justice. Justice easily shrugs him off, but the
smaller Power comes right back to lock up again. Power knees Justice in the
side, gaining not much of an effect. He backs Justice to the ropes and whips
him, but the big man reverses it and crushes him with a boot to the face!
Justice looks up and calls for the Blind Justice powerbomb!
Cade: He's gonna
powerbomb him early right here!
Schenck: Poor
7-Any Power. He never had a chance.
Justice sets
Power up for the bomb and slams him down with immense impact! Justice barely
covers for an academic 1---2---3!
Cade: If I were
Infernus, I'd be afraid right now.
Schenck: And
with no DQs, I'd be very afraid.
Winner via
pinfall at 2:09 - Justice
Segment 3 –
Backstage
We are taken backstage,
where the crowd sees Steve Beovich heading to the ring. Another camera angle
shows Paul Dawkins doing the same, but the fans look on in excitement and
confusion once Scythe appears, also heading to the ring!
-COMMERCIAL
BREAK-
Segment 4 –
Backstage
A camera is set
backstage, where Justice is walking after his dominance of 7-Any Power. Justice
turns a corner, walking right into The Machine.
Machine: Well
kid, that was a helluva show out there.
Justice: Thanks.
Machine: Now I
want to see the same intensity and dominance from you on Saturday, when you put
that punk Infernus out.
Justice: Oh,
I’ll bring that to him. But Machine, I want you to do me a favor.
Machine: Whats
that?
Justice: In your
match tonight, show me how it’s done big man.
Machine:
(Smiling) You’ve got it kid. You’ve got it.
Segment 5,
Match 2 – The Omega Steve Beovich vs. Paul Dawkins
Referee: Matt
Hansen
"Wth>
You" by Linkin Park hits the PA system and the crowd instinctively rises
to their feet. After a few seconds, Scythe steps through his familiar smoke to
a big pop from the fans, and heads down to the announce table, where he puts
his International Title down and puts a headset on.
Cade:
Welcome Scythe, but you're not known for doing much talking. What brings
you out here tonight?
Schenck: Yeah,
you never talk and you probably never should, so why are you here?
Scythe: Well I
usually do my talking in between the ropes, but I'm out here because I need to
scout the two men in this match.
Cade: Are you
worried that either could take your title at Walking Wounded without even
beating you?
Scythe: Not at
all. I have great respect for every one of my opponents, but I know I can cut
any of them down to size in order to keep this belt.
"More Human
than Human" by White Zombie hits, signaling a chorus of boos for The Omega
Steve Beovich's arrival. As Beovich warms up in the ring, "Move
Bitch" by Ludacris, Mystikal and I-20 takes over, and a deafening pop
ensues for Paul Dawkins as he walks down to the ring.
Schenck: Listen
to this crowd! Why are they cheering Dawkins this much?!
Cade: You've
gotta do your homework Justin. Paul served in the U.S.Air Force, right here in
Utah. It’s like a homecoming of sorts.
Schenck: But its
Paul Dawkins.
Scythe: Listen,
Paul Dawkins is one of the most underrated guys in this business. That’s why
I'm out here, to see what he can do against Beovich.
The bell sounds
and both men lock up. Dawkins muscles Beovich backwards, but the former International
champion drops down and floors him with an arm drag. Dawkins gets up, but finds
the cocky Beovich jumping around the ring, taunting him.
Cade: This isn't
a good move by Beovich here.
Schenck: He said
Dawkins had no shot at winning next Saturday, and I think he wants to prove it
tonight.
They lock
up again and Beovich maintains his edge with a knee to the ribs. He clubs
Dawkins in the back and whips him to the ropes, but Dawkins reverses and
connects with a clothesline! Beovich gets up but Dawkins chops him hard and
Irish whips him. Beovich bounces off and Dawkins gains complete control with a
high back body drop! Beovich gets up, reeling into the ropes before Dawkins
charges and clotheslines him over the top!
The crowd quiets
as Dawkins goes after Beovich on the outside, but they groan collectively once
Beovich yanks him by the tights right into the ringpost! Dawkins falls to the
floor in a heap, allowing Beovich ample time to regain his senses. Beovich
rolls Dawkins back into the ring and drops an elbow on him. He covers for
one...two...and a kickout. The Omega shrugs it off and lifts Dawkins up before
nailing him with a picture-perfect belly-to belly suplex. Beovich doesn't look
for a cover, instead turning his attention to Scythe at ringside.
Scythe: What the
hell does he want?
Cade: He's
looking dead at you for some reason Scythe.
Schenck: Wait a
second. He's climbing to the top, and I think he's about to use your move
champ!
Beovich points
at Scythe and then smirks to the crowd as he connects with a Diving Blade
moonsault! Beovich covers for 1---2---and Dawkins gets a shoulder up! Beovich
doesn't seem fazed at all and signals for Extreme Precision. He leans over the
top rope and jaws with Scythe, but Dawkins sneaks behind him and grabs him for
the Sweetness! Beovich kicks around, but Dawkins grip is too tight as he drills
The Omega right into the canvas! Dawkins hooks a leg and Hansen
counts one...two...three!
Cade: Dawkins
wins it!
Schenck: No
thanks to Scythe either!
Cade: I like how
you wait till he leaves to say that.
Dawkins leaves to a raucous
ovation but Beovich comes to in the ring and heads after Scythe as he is
exiting! Scythe comes back and both men scuffle until it is broken up by PWA
security.
Winner via
pinfall at 7:36 - Paul Dawkins
Segment 6 –
Backstage
We are taken
backstage, to the locker room of Jason Calysto and Mike Tortorici, where both
men are preparing for their upcoming match.
Calysto: You
ready?
Tortorici: Born
ready. You know that better than anybody.
Calysto: You
know something Mike? I can’t stand you.
Tortorici: Oh
it’s definitely mutual. I’d rip your head off in a second.
Calysto: Over
these past few years, you and I have had some brutal, bloody wars and I think I
can say I respect you.
Tortorici: I know
you can. You’ve almost earned mine as well, but you’re not there yet. We’ve got
The Machine and Loki out there, and all you need to do is follow my lead.
Calysto: Follow
you? Look, Loki is a pushover and who knows Corritone better than I do?
Tortorici: I
know Corritone too, but between the both of us, you don’t know The Machine yet.
You think about that. I’ll see you out there.
A camera is
right behind the curtain, where Tracie Reed is standing by with a sweaty Paul
Dawkins.
Reed: Paul, you
returned to Utah tonight in what was an impressive win over Steve Beovich. How
do you feel?
Dawkins: I feel
good Tracie. I feel like I proved that I can hang with anybody around here and
that was a 1-2-3 to back it up. Come Saturday, I’ll prove it again to become
the International Champion.
Dawkins turns
his head as a steel chair crashes against it! The camera pans right, showing
Mike Grieco now standing over him with the weapon in hand!
Grieco: You
haven’t proved a damn thing. That title is mine!
-COMMERCIAL
BREAK-
Segment 8 –
Jumbotron
Tea Party's
"Walking Wounded" hits the speakers and we see a graphic appear on
the screen that reads "PWA Walking Wounded Report." From there,
the shot takes us to a backstage set and PWA reporter Ron O'Brien, who is
standing in front of a backdrop featuring the Walking Wounded logo.
O'Brien: Hello ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ron O'Brien and this
is the Walking Wounded report. The Progressive Wrestling Alliance will
return to pay-per-view on Saturday night, September 13, when we invade the
America West Arena in Phoenix, Arizona to bring you Walking Wounded. The
complete card for the event has been announced, so let's get right to it!
In our main event, battered PWA World Heavyweight Champion Mike Griffin defends
the gold against former champion Vulture!
In a battle of former champions, The Iceman Jason Calysto goes one-on-one with
The Machine!
Rudy Montenora makes his in-ring pay-per-view debut for the PWA when he squares
off with The Miracle Mike Troha!
The PWA Tag Team Championship will be defended in a TLC match, as the Hot Boy$
meet the challenge of GI Jew and Solomon!
In a fatal four-way match, Scythe defends his International Championship
against The Omega Steve Beovich, Mike Grieco, and Paul Dawkins!
Allison Kelly puts the Women's Championship on the line against Jade!
Kerry Cox puts his career on the line against Superstar Scott Hosemann!
Infernus battles Justice in a no-disqualifications match!
And Mike Tortorici meets Loki in an Everlasting Epic rematch!
That's all for this week, folks. For the Walking Wounded report, I'm Ron
O'Brien, saying see you next week!
Cade: Thanks to
Ron O’Brien for the Walking Wounded report, but lets shift gears to the World
Title match, where Mike Griffin defends against Vulture.
Schenck: That is
going to be amazing, to say the least. But what about the latest twist that
saga took on Tuesday?
Cade: It was
Greg Tantalus, in his hometown of Denver, facing Mike Griffin for the PWA
Title. What we saw at the end of this was downright disgusting. Roll the
footage guys.
Tantalus runs
over to the corner, but as he steps up on the ropes, Griffin hops off his perch
onto the apron, before quickly stepping into the ring, and release German
suplexing Tantalus off the middle rope! The crowd is absolutely stunned
as Griffin signals for the High Diving Moonsault, a fire in his eyes!
Griffin reaches his perch once again! However, he is blind to an incoming
Vulture, who the referee is helpless to stop as he smashes Griffin over the
back with a steel chair. Griffin slumps off of the corner, onto his back,
where Vulture is waiting for him.
Vulture delivers another chair shot as the referee signals the DQ bell, and
demands the arrival of officials. Meanwhile Tantalus produces his own
chair, and joins in on Vulture's fun. The fans remain anxious with
confusion, completely uncertain as to how to react to this. The
commentators however, have other ideas.
Troy: It was all a setup!
Ferrara: What are you talking about? Of course it was a
setup! Tantalus was in trouble so Vulture--
Troy: No there's more to it than that! The tension in SIN! It
was all a ruse! An elaborate farce to curb Griffin's estimation of their
strength! Now the champion is taken out and softened up for Vulture at
Walking Wounded!
Troy and Ferrara continue to speculate on the fate of PWA World Champion Mike
Griffin, as Greg Tantalus, and the man he defends his title against next
Sunday, Vulture, stand over him, arms raised, as the camera fades to black.
Cade: Well after
that assault, Mike Griffin’s status is questionable for Walking Wounded. We
don’t know if he’ll be able to wrestle in Phoenix.
Schenck:
Wrestle? Who says he’ll show in Vegas in Tuesday at all?!
Segment 10,
Match 3 – Jason Calysto and Mike Tortorici vs. The Machine and Loki
Referee: Tom
Stevens
Lee Palmer waits in the ring with a microphone as
"Requiem" by the legendary Mozart creeps into the arena.
Palmer: The next
tag team contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from New York
City, weighing 231 pounds, Miiiiike Tortorici!
Tortorici
arrives to a hugely negative fan reaction, which is nothing new to the living
legend. Oasis' "F*ckin' In The Bushes" hits next, bringing out a
legend in his own right.
Palmer: And his
partner, making his way to the ring from New York, New York, and weighing 215
pounds, he is The Iceman Jasonnnnn Calystooooo!
Calysto arrives
to easily the loudest jeers of the night, but The Iceman looks focused as ever
for a crack at The Machine. He climbs in across the ring from Tortorici and
they wait as "Edge Of The Earth" by 30 Seconds To Mars hits. Loki
comes out to a good pop of his own, but he also wastes no time in sliding in
the ring to Tortorici! Loki tackles him to the ground, but that's about as far
as he gets once Calysto clubs him in the back of the neck. Calysto and
Tortorici dominate Loki as Palmer flees, but then "H-K" by Fear
Factory begins.
The Machine
rushes out to a huge crowd explosion and both Calysto and Tortorici make their
exits before The Machine can touch them!
Cade: Look at
them now, running like cowards!
Schenck: Not the
case at all! This was a brilliant move by Calysto and Tortorici. They are
allowing The Machine's intensity and adrenaline to lower before they get in the
ring with him. Would you want to face him this way?
Cade: Duly
noted.
The bell sounds
with Calysto starting off against Loki. They lock up and Calysto takes him in a
headlock. Loki backs to the ropes and shoves Calysto off. The Iceman hits
the ropes and Loki decks him with a shoulder block! Calysto backs to his corner
and reaches up, tagging in Tortorici.
Cade: Here we
go, Walking Wounded preview right here!
Tortorici and
Loki come face to face in the middle of the ring and Loki swings the first
shot. Tortorici responds with another, and both men quickly come to blows. Loki
wins out and has Tortorici stumbling into a corner when the former CAW Champion
comes back with a knee to the gut. Tortorici stuns Loki even further with a big
knee lift that leaves him on his back.
Tortorici peels
Loki from the mat and thrusts him into a corner. Tortorici applies a choke that
Stevens breaks with a count of five, but Tortorici presses his advantage by
whipping Loki hard into the adjacent turnbuckles! Loki staggers out and
Tortorici plasters him with a sidewalk slam! He covers for 1----2----and Loki
manages to get an arm up. Tortorici looks at Calysto on the apron and tags him
into the match.
Schenck: This
isn't good news for Loki. Right after Tortorici schools him again, he's gotta
deal with The Iceman!
Calysto comes in
and goes right on the attack, stomping away at Loki's midsection. He lifts Loki
up and puts him back in the same neutral corner that Tortorici held him in, and
reddens his chest with big reverse knife-edge chops. Calysto jaws at Loki while
he hits him, but Loki blocks a fourth chop and comes back with a right of his
own. Calysto eats it and swings back, but Loki blocks it and nails another
punch. Loki fights his way out of the corner and avoids Calysto swipes before
doubling him over and connecting with the Penance DDT!
Cade: There you
go Loki!
Schenck: Both
guys need tags right now!
Loki begins to
crawl towards his corner and Calysto does the same. Loki is ahead of Calysto,
but Tortorici rushes in, drawing the attention of Stevens as Loki makes the
tag! The crowd erupts as The Machine enters, but Stevens quickly turns around
and orders him back to his corner! The Machine is irate as Calysto and
Tortorici take Loki apart with the ref's back turned. By the time Machine gets
back on the apron, Tortorici stays in and grabs Loki in a sleeper as Calysto
exits.
Tortorici holds
tight, but the crowd brings Loki back. He nails one elbow to the gut, then
another, and he breaks the hold with a third elbow. Loki hits the ropes and
Tortorici swings a big clothesline, but Loki ducks it. Tortorici turns around,
finding an Atheist superkick for his troubles! Tortorici is blasted backwards
from the blow and his elbow nails Stevens right in the head, flooring him!
Tortorici manages to tag Calysto, but Loki lunges for his corner and makes the
tag to The Machine!
Cade: Machine is
in!
Schenck: Oh God!
Machine enters
the ring a ball of fire, knocking down both Tortorici and Calysto. Loki gets back
in the picture and darts at Calysto, but The Iceman ducks it and greets Loki
with a spinning heel kick! The Machine is taking apart the tired Tortorici and
signals for the Jackhammer!
Machine grabs
Tortorici in a front facelock and holds him high before drilling him with a
Jackhammer! Stevens comes to, just as Calysto grabs Loki in the Crossface!
Machine makes a cover on Tortorici as Loki taps out! Stevens looks dizzy, but
looks to the timekeeper and calls for the bell!
Cade: Wait, what
just happened?
Palmer: The
winners of this contest as a result of a submission, Mike Tortorici and The
Machine!
Cade: WHAT?!?!
Schenck: I get
it now! Stevens never saw The Machine get tagged in, meaning Loki was legal.
When he got up, Loki was tapping out, therefore Calysto won the match!
Cade: You
have got to be kidding me! Calysto has finally gotten one up on The
Machine here tonight!
The Machine gets
off of Tortorici and springs towards Calysto, but The Iceman rolls out of the
ring and heads up the ramp. "F*ckin In The Bushes" replays as The
Machine furiously stews in the ring.
Winners via
submission at 10:05 - Jason Calysto and Mike Tortorici
-Dark Matches-
1.
PWA
Progressive Champion Jon Dulberg def. Infernus at 9:11 via pinfall with Sudden
Death to retain the title. (Referee: Dan Martin)
2.
PWA
Women’s Champion Allison Kelly, Jade and Kayne def. Jenny Ottati, Dee Licious
and Michelle via pinfall at 7:31 after Jade hit the Side Effect on Dee.
(Referee: Jason Church)
3.
PWA
International Champion Scythe def. James Biamonte at 8:22 via pinfall with the
Flying Dragon to retain the title. (Referee: Billy Vargas)