PCW Phase Twenty-Eight: Casino Royale
UIC Pavilion
Sierra Loxton vs Jinny
Jinny and Sierra started the match as strong as it ended, one punch after the other, though the weight difference made a huge impact (or a series of impacts) on the Deathmatch Queen. Stunned and a little woozy, it looked like Jinny was going down in the first few minutes of the match, but surprisingly, with the last of her gas tank, she took down Loxton with a vicious looking Acid Rainmaker, nearly turning her inside out before going for the cover.
Though Sierra didn't stay down for much longer after the three count, quickly getting up and attacking Jinny with as good as she got, surprising the Fashionista who was ready to leave the ring and celebrate her two-point victory backstage.
Taeler Hendrix (with Jay Lethal) vs Gemini
Lethal and Hendrix showed up to the ring after Gemini had already entered, the smell of pheromones filling the ring. Commentary sounded slightly muffled, as they all were wearing breathing masks to protect themselves against the powers of Hendrix. Gemini started shaking her head, trying to clear her thoughts as Hendrix's pheromones started to seep in and affect her brain process.
The match was swift and quick, Gemini's body language turned limp, she seemed half asleep even as Hendrix kissed her lips and pushed her lightly to make her fall on her back. She pinned the small woman without even hesitating and got back up, receiving her point from the, also masked, referee.
Shaul Guerrero vs Brandi Rhodes
Guerrero came out decided to recover her spot at the top of the card, her eyes on the prize. She didn't indulge the audience with chatter this time, jumping straight to the action as soon as the International Brandi Rhodes stepped into the ring.
Despite getting a few good hits in, Rhodes was quickly overpowered by Shaul, who used all the training she'd been doing during he weeks off she'd had to toss Brandi around over and over, suplexes, backbreakers and finally the dreaded Gory Bomb that gave her the win, putting her back in the contention line with her second point.
Jenny Blake vs Priscilla Kelly
While Jenny Blake was trying to climb up the ranks to the championship contention, Priscilla came to prove she could do what Austin couldn't and bring chaos on her way to the top. As unsettled as Blake looked when Kelly first came out, she didn't hesitate to face the dangerous Harlot of Hell head on when they met at the center of the squared circle.
Jenny's lucha style and Priscilla's newly learned Japan flair had the audience on their feet, the chants divided in support of both women. They wore each other out, but when push came to shove, Priscilla's Tilt-A-Whirl Dragon Sleeper put Jenny down, bringing her back to zero, while Kelly collected (and licked...) her first point for championship contention.
Baron Corbin vs Ricochet
The aerial ability of Ricochet and the brute strength of Corbin met at the center of the ring, and while Ricochet was nearly unstoppable during the first half, once Baron caught him once, the pace of the match changed and became more favorable for The Lone Wolf, who took the advantage and tried to dispose of Ricochet before he could gain speed.
Finally, it was the End of Days that put 'Chet out, giving Corbin his first point for championship contention.
Allysin Kay vs Matanza Cueto (PCW Championship Match)
Three Stages of Hell: Two out of three falls, Tables, Hell in a Cell
After agreeing to a brutal rematch after Kay's surprising win at The Conscience of the King, and subsequent successful first defence against Austin Theory during The Immunity Syndrome, both Champion and Challenger stepped into the ring with their hearts beating hard in their chests. After the ring crew had finished bringing out all the weapons, what greeted them was an absolute horror. Tables everywhere, the imposing cell hanging over their heads. It'd been there all along, silent and with a watchful eye over all the other matches, but now it was time to devour the two wrestlers, and it seemed to have an evil shine to it.
Two out of three falls:
The first stage of the match went easy on the competitors. Not wanting to exert themselves too much, knowing what they still had ahead of them, they kept a very steady pace. The first fall went easily to Matanza, the much larger monster keeping Allysin down for the three count.
The first loss sparked something inside Allysin, she started to move around more, and while she was spending her energy, she also wore down Matanza throughout the rest of the first stage, but her exhaustion made the other two falls really easy for the murderous beast to pin her for the second fall and make her tap for the third fall.
Allysin Kay 0 - 1 Matanza Cueto
Tables:
The second stage came in without giving the wrestlers time to rest, though Allysin had more time to rest while Matanza went to set a table on the outside of the ring, and another table over that one... He came back inside the ring to grab his victim, but as soon as he grabbed her by the hair, the smaller wrestler started hitting him in the stomach over and over again.
His knees had been weakened during the first stage, and he stagged towards the rope, releasing Allysin and giving her time to run towards the opposite side of the ring, bouncing on the ropes and coming back at him with a powerful dropkick that sent him flying out over the third rope, through the double tables he'd set himself and straight to the floor. It took him a moment to recover, but though he seemed to be out for the count, he made it inside the ring, decided to start an assault on Kay, until he was informed that the second stage was done.
Allysin Kay 1 - 1 Matanza Cueto
Hell in a Cell:
Exhausted, bruised, with Cueto's elbows bleeding from his landing and Kay's heavy breathing, the two wrestlers took a few moments to rest while the cell lowered over the ring. But only a moment, since the cell seemed to slam down on the floor, the top cables snapping as the structure was coming down on them.
The arena shook, the wrestlers and the audience seemed confused about the situation as Mike Quackenbush ordered the staff members to go and get the engineers as soon as possible.
The match resumed, and Cueto didn't wait much longer, despite Allysin's confusion. In pain and barely moving at the start, the wrestlers slowly picked up their pace, fired up by the previous stages, and ready to leave with the championship in their hands.
Matanza's bleeding stopped after just a few minutes, but just as the red marks on the mat had started to dry, he drove Kay's face against the wall of the cell a couple of times, splitting her forehead open. It seemed everything was lost for the current champion, vision blurred and hands shaking. The beast was on his feet, and coming at her with violent hunger.
She reincorporated and started kicking at his already weakened legs, bringing him down to his knees to deliver a powerful kick to the head, followed by a dropkick like the one that had taken him down before. But her first pin attempt was unsuccessful.
Her second attempt was a submission, and despite being in a massive amount of pain from the surfboard hold she had him on, the surfboard-to-camel clutch was not enough to keep the beast down, and as she transitioned from one hold to another, he had time to push her off him and against the wall of the cell again, slamming her back against the structure.
Matanza struggled to get to his feet, and the David and Goliath story seemed to repeat itself when the bloodied and bruised Allysin took down the beast with a running bulldog, but surprisingly, that attempt didn't reach the count of three either.
Desperate and seeing that Cueto was getting to his feet again, she screamed, blood covering her face, yelling at him to get up. Once Matanza managed to get to his feet, limping from his left leg, she ran at him with a perfectly executed shiranui, bringing him straight to the mat and into a pinning combination.
The audience roared, the announcers were on their feet, but the engineers were nowhere to be found just yet, what the staff members did bring, were the keys to the cell, and handed them to Quackenbush just as Allysin had her championship handed to her.
Matanza was conscious, but on the floor, clutching his knee from time to time, mildly swaying from side to side to try and get up the other times.
Quackenbush approached the cell, looked at Matanza while the monster slowly stood to his feet, at Allysin as she approached the door...
And dropped the keys to the floor right in front of her, locking them both inside just as Cueto's giant figure loomed over Allysin Kay.
Allysin Kay 2 - 1 Matanza Cueto