On May 10th, Lompoc, CA was witness to an unforgettable VIOLENT Saturday night as Best of the West Wrestling returned to the Flower City Ballroom for ACTS OF VIOLENCE.
The night was kicked off by The Central Valley Loudmouth, LunchBox welcoming the fans of Best of the West to what was surely a night or promised violence. LunchBox then brought out The Velvet Voice, Michael O’Garro Jr. to announce the first match of the night.
“The Wasteland Snake” Jesse Poole w/Draxon vs Big Nasty Nate
As the match begins, Draxon distracts Big Nasty Nate, allowing Jesse Poole to attack from behind and take early control. Nate regains momentum with his power and speed but is tripped by Draxon, drawing a warning from the Referee Luis. Poole hits a big boot and applies multiple submissions, including the Poole’s signature GATOR ROLL. Nate tries to fight back but Poole cuts him off. Poole distracts the ref, which allows Draxon make Nate suffer even more.
Despite the assaults, Nate fights back with a spinning flying elbow and a saito suplex. After a Backpack Stunner on Poole, Nate only pins Poole for a 2-count. Nate drags Poole to the corner and heads to the top rope, prompting Draxon to interfere again—but this time the referee ejects him. Poole attempts a sneak attack, but Nate counters and secures a pinfall victory!!
Winner: Big Nasty Nate via pinfall
After the match, Draxon returns and attacks a celebrating Nate from behind. The Wastelanders continue the 2 on 1 assault. Draxon then grabs a chair, attempts to hit Nate with it but sits in it instead and lays out a challenge for Big Nasty Nate.
“Year 9. July 12th. Nuclear Knockout Match!”
Draxon states a victory can only happen by either KNOCKOUT or FAILURE TO STAND BEFORE A 10 COUNT! Before making their exit, Jesse Poole lays out Big Nasty Nate with a massive boot to the face.
Marcus Eriks vs Mystery Opponent chosen by Honest John
Michael O’Garro Jr. begins to announce the participants but is cut off by Enoch The Enlightened. Enoch explains the reasoning behind Honest John’s absence but says Honest John has hand-picked a great replacement in the form of The Jackal, Jeff Roth!
The Opportunity Marcus Eriks makes his entrance and the match is underway. Soon as the bell rings, Roth rushes Eriks and begins his assault. Moments later, Eriks dodges Roth and lays in a powerful clothesline in the corner. Eriks slams Roth in the middle of the ring and sets Roth up for Eriks to connect with his signature spinning uppercut to Roth’s back. Roth lands a jumping knee but Eriks uses Roth’s momentum to his advantage and lands a spinning powerslam, a tribute to his Nightmare Factory Coach Cody Rhodes. Soon after Roth takes control of the match and begins to focus his strikes to Eriks’s right knee. With hold after hold, strike after strike, Roth continues to torture Eriks in this match. In a moment of hope, Eriks briefly fights off Roth but is cut short as Roth recovers and continues to bring the pain to Eriks. Roth applies an ankle lock and Eriks screams out in agony. Eriks reverses the submission which causes Roth to fly through the corner of the ring. Still writhing in pain, Eriks regains control of this match. Eriks tries for his finisher, Falling in Reverse, but Roth reverses it into a devastating pump knee strike. Roth connects with a flurry of strikes which buckles Eriks to his knees.
Roth runs at Eriks but uses Roth’s momentum in his favor and Eriks connects with his signature blue thunder bomb. Eriks sets Roth up for the Falling in Reverse and 1…2….3! Marcus Eriks gets the win and more importantly, a match against Honest John at BotW Year 9 Anniversary!!
Winner: Marcus Eriks via pinfall
3 – Way Tag Match: BotW Tag Team Champions AGB & Mordred vs The Shady Boys vs MonSTARS INC.
To start things off, the new Best of the West Tag Team Champions, Alexander G. Bernard, Mordred, and the Sorceress Hecuba make their entrance.
Alexander G. Bernard (AGB) explains that he fooled everyone, especially his FORMER BFF, Johnny Butabi. AGB reminds the fans of how his nemesis, Funny Bone, demon-spiked him 3 times on his head, causing his amnesia. AGB revealed he planned to destroy Butabi from the very beginning. AGB said he despised portraying the “everyday, boring, poor folk” like the fans in attendance. AGB says he formed an alliance with the monstrous Mordred and Sorceress Hecuba to DOMINATE Best of the West Wrestling and will hold onto the tag team championships til the end of time!
Making their debut in the BotW Tag Team division, The Shady Boys, Red Williams and Remi Morgan. Followed by MonSTARS Inc, El Chupacabra and Moizilla. With all teams in the ring, bell rings, and this 3-way tag match is underway!
AGB stops El Chupacabra, then mocks the crowd by revealing “Superior Man” on his backside. After El Chupacabra gains control, The Shady Boys insert themselves into the match and chaos erupts. The Shady Boys argue with AGB & Mordred on the outside, and trick the champs with a false alliance and the champs find themselves alone with MonSTARS Inc. The champs were sent back out of the ring and returned the favor to The Shady Boys by throwing them into the ring to fight with MonSTARS Inc. The champs enter the ring and take control of the match.
Red Williams tags himself in and now The Shady Boys take the fight to El Chupacabra showcasing why they’re the new threat to the tag team division. Red Williams locks a sleeper hold onto El Chupacabra. The Mexican Werewolf fights out of it but Mordred tags himself in. Morgan of The Shady Boys begins antagonizing Mordred from his corner and tricks Mordred into laying a chop into him causing a legal tag and giving The Shady Boys a man in the match! El Chupacabra struggles to reach his corner for the tag but Morgan reaches the Mexican Werewolf and tries for a pin. Morgan fails to get the pin and taunts El Chupacabra who then strikes Morgan.
Using his authority as Commissioner, AGB enters the ring and attacks El Chupacabra and berates Morgan. An argument ensues between AGB & Morgan and El Chupacabra tries to crawl to his corner to tag in Moizilla but is dragged back to the center. AGB & Morgan attempt for a double-team move but El Chupacabra reverses it and finally tags in the Lucha Kaiju! Moizilla uses his ponytail as whip and attacks everyone in sight with it. MonSTARS Inc execute a devastating double-team maneuver on Morgan. Williams keeps his team alive in the match as he and Morgan land a HART ATTACK on Moizilla. AGB breaks the pin attempt and the tag champs take Williams out with their own double team offense.
After a failed double-team maneuver to MonSTARS Inc, the tag champs a sent out of the ring. Realizing the opportunity, The Shady Boys try to capitalize. Morgan traps El Chupacabra and Williams attempts to hit him with his boot. But a miscommunication causes Williams to his partner with is boot and MonSTARS Inc hit their finisher, Oxygen Destroyer, on Morgan for the pinfall victory!
Winner: Marcus Eriks via pinfall
MonSTARS Inc’s victory is cut short as AGB & Mordred attack the winners. AGB grabs a mic and declare they were never beaten and are the BotW Tag Team Champions forever!
Last Man Standing: Buddy Royal vs Sunami
Out first is “Old School” Buddy Royal followed by The Last Ronin of the 805, Sunami and this highly anticipated grudge match is underway!
The match starts off hot as Sunami takes the fight Buddy Royal very early on. Sunami locks Royal in a FIGURE FOUR LEG-LOCK to which Royal taps to no avail due to the match being a last man standing match. Sunami then brings in a steel chair but Royal recovers and uses the chair against the body of Sunami. Royal causes Sunami to land face first into a chair using with a drop toe hold.
Royal continues the brutal beatdown of Sunami with chair shots and even attempts to drown Sunami with a water bottle. Refusing to stay down, Sunami is up begging for more from Royal. Slam after Slam, Royal pulls every maneuver from his arsenal to keep Sunami down. The ref begins a ten count but Sunami is up at 9. An irate Royal takes his frustrations out on Sunami by laying in a series of strikes to Sunami’s body. Royal tries for another slam but Sunami reverses and executes two death valley drivers followed by final spinning death valley driver.
Sunami heads to ringside and takes this match to another VIOLENT level! Sunami takes a barricade from ringside and lays it between two chairs. Royal tries to fight back but Sunami stops any momentum from Royal. Sunami then takes Royal onto the barricade and executes a devastating PACKAGE PILEDRIVER on the barricade, folding it in half!!
Both men are down as the ref begins the ten count. Sunami reaches the ropes and pulls himself to his feet just before the 10 count. Winner of this chaotic Last Man Standing is The Last Ronin of the 805, SUNAMI!!
Last Man Standing: Sunami
Best of the West Wrestling is surprised by MASSIVE RETURN!
The Best of the West Wrestling fans of Lompoc, CA are suddenly gifted by a MASSIVE RETURN courtesy of the reigning BotW WOMEN’S CHAMPION, THE BLACK SWAN ZOE DUBOIS and announces her first match back to defend her championship!
4-Way Eliminator for #1 Contender for BotW Heavyweight Championship: Draxon vs. M4 vs. Corey Kreese vs. Zicvy Dice
Out first, Lompoc is greeted by Best of the West Wrestling’s Heavyweight Champion, The Original Mike Rayne who joins Lunchbox on the commentary table.
The Velvet Voice, Michael O-Garro Jr. introduces the first participant in the 4-way eliminator, Boss Hawg M4. Next out is the leader of The Wasteland, Draxon, who has his muscle in-tow, The Wasteland Snake Jesse Poole!
Out of nowhere Big Nasty Nate emerges from the back and attacks The Wastelanders! Nate drops Poole and begins to attack Draxon at ringside. Nate tosses Draxon into the ring to a waiting M4. M4 picks up Draxon and slams him for a three count, quickly eliminating Draxon from the match.
Corey Kreese makes his entrance next, followed by The Outlandish Zicky Dice! This match fully underway and all 3 men prove why they deserve this championship match.
All three men showcase why they deserve a shot at the BotW Heavyweight Championship, each displaying their own arsenal of maneuvers. Dice catches a flying Kreese but suddenly M4 appears and executes a MASSIVE suplex sending both men flying from one side of the ring to the other. After exchanging strike after strike, all men are on their feet. In the closing moments of an high-intensive match, Kreese lands a flying forearm onto M4 and eliminates him. Dice then grabs Kreese and finishes him off for the pinfall victory.
Winner & #1 Contender for the BotW Heavyweight Championship: The Outlandish Zicky Dice
After the match, BotW Heavyweight Champion Mike Rayne emerges from the commentary table and has a stare-down with his opponent at Best of the West Wrestling’s next event on July 12th in Lompoc, CA, our YEAR 9 ANNIVERSARY!
AJ Mana vs. Chaz Price
Making their entrance first, The Samoan Cowboy AJ Mana returns to Best of the West and is motivated to prove he deserves gold. Next his opponent, who at Best of the West’s last event impressed the entire BotW management, The Highest Chaz Price.
Price offers an HONOR-able handshake to Mana who refuses with a takedown. Both men showcase their athletic and technical abilities, with each men exchanging control of one another. Price tries to out maneuver Mana with a snap crucifix pin for just a two-count.
Mana and Price refused to let the other win, each one preventing the other from gaining control. Mana asserting pure dominance over Price for most of the match. Price’s resilience only provided with enough momentum to fall short to an unsuspecting low-blow from Mana. Mana capitalized and finished off Price with a rolling-stunner for the hard-fought victory.
Winner: AJ Mana
Dark Arts Entertainment World Warrior Championship: Mecha Wolf (c) vs. Wiseguy *THERE MUST BE A WINNER*
At the last BotW event, Dark Arts Entertainment World Warrior champion, Mecha Wolf and The Working Man, Wiseguy, went the distance and Mecha Wolf retained his championship, much to the dismay of Wiseguy. BotW Management was instructed by the owners of Dark Arts Entertainment that this championship match to be NO DQ with assurance that there MUST BE A WINNER.
Bell rings and in pure dominant fashion, Wiseguy takes control of the match. In just a matter of moments, both men take the fight to the crowd. Wiseguy brings Mecha Wolf to the merch area and slams Mecha Wolf thru one of the merch tables! Mecha Wolf finds a bucket, puts it on Wiseguy’s head, and swings a chair right at the bucket! Mecha Wolf drags Wiseguy back to ringside and snipes Wiseguy in the head with TWO POPCORN BUCKETS.
Pissed off from the embarrassment, Wiseguy regains control and unleashes a barrage of attacks to his opponent. Wiseguy sends Mecha Wolf back to the outside but unfortunately for him, Mecha Wolf turns the tides back in his favor by unleashing unforgiving punishment to Wiseguy all over the Flower City Ballroom. From out of nowhere, Wiseguy nails an elevated heel kick to Mecha Wolf and executes an avalanche vertical suplex, slamming Mecha Wolf into the center of the ring.
Their refusal to stay down, encompasses their resilience as either competitor refuses to quit. Mecha Wolf fires up and takes the fight back to Wiseguy, using everything he can think of to keep The Working Man down. Mecha Wolf attempts his flying knee finisher but only gets the two-count. Realizing its going to take more than that to keep Wiseguy down, Mecha Wolf unleashes a spring board DDT and his flying knee but AGAIN Wiseguy kicks out at two.
Mecha Wolf hears the roar of the crowd and rallies up to his feet but in a sudden twist, Wiseguy fired off a brutal jumping knee and flowed straight into The Forgetta Bout It but could not keep the champion down for the three-count. Just as Wiseguy wound up for the kill, Mecha Wolf dodged and unleashed a cloud of mist, disorienting his opponent before delivering a thunderous flying knee to put him down for the three count.
#ANDSTILL Darks Arts Entertainment World Warrior Champion: Mecha Wolf
After the match, in an act of sportsmanship, Mecha Wolf brings some water over to Wiseguy to wash out his face. Mecha raises Wiseguy’s arm but in a surprising turn of events, Mecha Wolf, using his championship, nails Wiseguy in the face! Wiseguy recovers and asks for a mic to address what just happened. After some strong words by The Working Man to the World Warrior Champion, Wiseguy issues a final challenge: ONE FINAL MATCH at BotW YEAR 9 Anniversary event on Saturday, July 12 back in Lompoc, CA!
BotW West Coast Championship – VIOLENT RULES MATCH: HEX (c) vs. JD Horror
Our MAIN EVENT has arrived and this match can only be described by one word: VIOLENCE!!
Making their entrance first, JD Horror & Giggles. Already tossing in chairs, pulling out weapon after weapon, JD Horror is adamant his promise to bring VIOLENCE to every one of his matches will be enforced. Music hits and the roar of the crowd welcomes their hometown hero, the BotW West Coast Champion HEX!
Introductions of both competitors concludes and the bell has rung. This match is sure to be one the Lompoc fans will not forget. JD and HEX take the fight to one another which spills to the outside. JD turns his attention to HEX’s mother who is getting an up close look on then beating her son is getting.
Chaos erupts instantly as JD and HEX bash each other with aluminum pans. JD’s already busted open, and HEX shows no mercy—until JD snaps back with a brutal chair shot to the spine. He hurls HEX into the crowd and unleashes a violent assault, but HEX fights back, blasting JD with a chair of his own. Back at ringside, HEX pulls out a plastic bat wrapped in thumbtacks and drives it into JD’s skull like a dagger.
Back in the ring, JD doesn’t end the violence as he GRINDS a barbed wire (which JD fondly calls Barbie) bat into the forehead of HEX while his mother watches in horror. Suddenly, HEX turns the tide, grabs Barbie, and drives it into JD’s back—grinds it into his skull, as JD’s screams echo through the arena.
Giggles hands JD an unknown can but HEX’s sees it and takes the can. HEX opens the can and to his pleasure dumps its contents onto the mat—revealing it to be a mixture of tacks and Legos! HEX leaps at JD but is caught and slammed onto the tacks and Legos. HEX tries to do the same to JD but both are on the tacks and both begin to gator roll all over the tacks and Legos. Both men writhing in pain.
As the match isn’t violent enough, JD pulls out a ladder and what appears to be plywood with barbed wire attached! At commentary, AGB reads “TIME TO DIE LITTLE MIKEY. NO MORE HEX” written on the barbed wire board. JD grins from ear to ear as he knows its time to finish off his “best friend” but HEX rallies back. HEX lays the ladder across two chairs but JD played opossum and grabs HEX by the throat. JD then drives HEX thru the ladder with his Grave Digger Chokeslam finisher. JD pins HEX but the West Coast champion kicks out, refusing to let his nightmare win.
HEX fights off a submission attempt from JD and answers with a shotgun dropkick sending JD crashing into the barbed wire plywood. HEX slams part of the barbed wire wood onto JD and lays across JD’s body. Determined to end the horror, HEX lands a flying elbow onto the wood with JD trapped underneath.
Giggles enters the ring, tosses JD the West Coast Championship, and delivers a low blow to HEX. With the championship in hand, JD looks to hit HEX with but is stopped by an emerging Lou Carlyn, who grabs the title from JD! In a shocking surprise, Carlyn turns on HEX and hits him over the head with the title, aligning himself with JD Horror. JD grabs HEX and locks in a Crossface Chickenwing and within seconds HEX passes out.
Winner #ANDNEW BotW West Coast Champion: JD Horror
After the match, JD Horror grabs a mic and tells HEX he is giving him one more chance to be his “best friend”. HEX tells JD he made one mistake by leaving him breathing and disappointed JD could not beat him on his own. HEX immediately invokes his rematch clause and challenges JD Horror to a SUBMISSION MATCH when BotW returns to The Flower City Ballroom on Saturday, July 12 for the BotW Year 9 Anniversary!
