Popular KPW Champion H Flame overcame the odds last night at Halloween Howl defeating both The Ram and Jonnie Juice in a thrilling triple threat match that capped off a frantic night of action.
The match began with Ram picking up where he left off against H Flame at Double Cross as he stunned the champion with a flurry of right hands before being taken out from behind by the pretty one. Juice then took over on the champion, pounding him down with a series of fists and feet.
The Ram then joined Juice in pounding the champion down before turning on his former partner and German suplexing him onto his head. Being an equal opportunity offender he then blasted the champion with a German of his own. Ram thought he had the win but could only get a 2 count. Jonnie then began to direct traffic and The Ram cinched in a painful leg lock onto H Flame as Juice headed to the top rope and hit an impressive Rejuicer elbow right into H Flames heart.
H Flame tried to mount a comeback but the 2 on1 odds were too much and he found himself thrown to the outside. As the crowd rallied behind the champion Ram sprinted across the ring and threw himself through the ropes and onto the champion with a maniacal suicide dive. Not to be outdone Jonnie headed up to the top rope and flew off with an impressive dive onto both men.
With the rabid crowd now on their feet all 3 men struggled into the ring. Once inside Juice seized the advantage and took H Flame over with an impressive standing hurricanrana. Sensing his chance The Ram sneaked up behind Jonnie and looked to nail another German suplex only for the veteran to use his ring presence to grab onto the ropes and hold on for dear life. The Champion then snuck up and looked to flip Ram over with a sunset flip. Ram made sure to hold onto Jonnie and in an impressive sight German suplexed him over his head as he got rolled up for a close 2 count.
H Flame was quick to keep The Ram down and slammed him down to the mat a second time before turning his attention back to his longtime rival Jonnie Juice. Flame then showed his athleticism as he jumped up onto Juices shoulders and flipped the cocky one over in an awe inspiring hurricanrana. Jonnie saw his chance and headed up to the top rope to nail his patented Butterfly Effect (Frog Splash) but was cut off by Rams heads being driven into his nether regions by H Flame.
The match quickly went beyond the control of Blair Rhodes’s hands shortly after as H Flame blasted Ram with the Nuke (sunset power bomb) and Juice capitalized with the Simply Squeezed (Roll the Dice) on the champion. Juice would only get a 2 as Ram managed to break the count at the last second. Thinking quickly Ram booted Juice in the head and drove H Flame down to the mat with an amazing Ramification (Face first suplex).
Things quickly went to chaos as the former friends argued over who would take the winning pinfall and wound up brawling on the outside of the ring. With Rhodes focusing on the 2 men fighting around ringside, Team Pretty slid into the ring and slapped the taste out of H Flames mouth. As Ram and Juice continued to brawl oblivious to the referees count and wound up being counted out as a result meaning H Flame retained but surely not in the way he wanted too.
Halloween Howl also saw a surprise return to the New Zealand wrestling scene of the IPW icon The Machine as he answered Vinny Dunn’s open challenge to any New Zealand wrestler. The longtime rivals went at it full tilt for several minutes which saw both men hold nothing back with The Machine even nailing a flipping neck breaker off the apron to Dunn while he was seated on the floor. In the end however it was Vinny Dunn who took the win after fighting out of a Machine Head to nail his patented Only One for the 3 count.
In the other major announcement of the night Bushwhacker Bush Miller interviewed the imposing Inquisition as to their plans for KPW. The newest member of the group, Bane announced his first victim in Max the Axe Damage. The 2 are now set to face each other at the next show on November 10th in a huge Hair versus Career match. With Damage putting his trademark locks on the line against the Inquisitions wrestling contracts in what is sure to be a rocket buster match.
In his return to New Zealand wrestling Ryan was quick to dominate the diminutive luchador with a series of strikes before finishing the Team Diablo member with a vicious knee to the head and a sickening delayed powerslam. Post match Ryan left junior referee Cade Morgan lying for trying to raise his hand.
The most troubled of Dr Diablo’s team of misfits faced even more trouble in Bane’s first match as a member of The Inquisition. Despite his best efforts he was quickly subdued by the big man before being hoisted up for a brutal modified spinning power bomb which is apparently known as the Blackout.
In a match demanded by the mighty Jeremiah the 2 behemoths of KPW collided once again. Both men threw everything they had at each other from the opening bell and a suicidal clothesline off the apron onto Damage on the ground. With both men going back and forth for the majority of the match Max was finally able to gain an advantage and hoisted Jeremiah onto the second rope and nailed a modified Damage Gauge before nearly taking Jeremiahs head off with his patented running Axe (Running Elbow Smash).
After issuing the open Challenge Dunn was shocked to see his longtime IPW rival, The Machine come out and accept his challenge. Dunn was obviously expecting someone and stacked the odds in his favor by hiring the services of Jeremiah for the night. Services that paid dividend when he was on the receiving end of a brutal beating at the hands of the IPW veteran, Dunn pulled referee Rhodes away from the apron as Jeremiah DDT’d The Machine onto the wooden floor. Machine wasn’t done however and nearly nailed a Machine Head but was too beaten to lift Dunn up. Dunn quickly seized the opportunity and nailed The Only One for the 3 count.
The cocky male model had his hands full from the opening bell with the high flying Gold who refused to stay down or fall for any of D Money’s tricks. After an exchange of dropkicks Gold ascended the turnbuckles and nailed an amazing 450 splash but could only gain a 2 count. As the referee checked on the condition of Gold, D Money capitalized with a low blow and nailed the Money Spinner (Crucifix DDT) and the patented Cha Ching (Franchiser) for the 3 count with his feet all over the ropes.
Despite the veteran Inferno throwing everything he had at both members of the Inquisition. Air Guitars inexperience allowed him to be cut off from his partner for the majority of the match and wound up suffering the brunt of a severe beating that would be considered assault outside of the ring. Despite a brief flurry of offense towards the end it was all for nothing as The Inquisition lifted Air Guitar up for what is now called the Cleanser (Sidewalk Slam/Top Rope elbow combination) for the 3 count.
3 of KPW’s top stars collided mid ring in what was the biggest title match in KPW to date. All 3 men gave as well as they got and alliances were broken just as fast as they were formed proving that it was indeed every man for themselves. As the crowd reached a fevered pitch all 3 men were able to hit their finishers but each time the 3rd man was able to break the count up. In the end it was H Flame retaining as The Ram and Juice’s newfound hatred for each other got the best of them and both men were counted out of the match while they brawled around ringside.
Courtesy of NZPWI