t’s HOT AF in Worcester but we’re here. We’re dressed nice. I’m in a suit jacket because there’s a WEDDING TODAY! And a whole lot of wrestling. And a spotlight match!






Spotlight Match
Rex Lawless vs Hot Sauce Tracy Williams

THIS IS OUR SPOTLIGHT MATCH?!?!? This is gonna be a good day. Rex comes running and Sauce tosses him over! Top rope splash for two! Lot of fighting over a top rope position, Sauce snaps the big man down with a ddt…sauce wants to finish but Rex tosses him to the buckles . Backbreaker out of the tree of woe! Spear! Williams kicks out! Big boot and a chokebomb! Rex transitions to a Boston crab! Sauce kicks free and it’s chest testing time. Sauce getting rocked but he traps in an octopus hold! Rex slams free but Sauce slips free of a second chokebomb! Trading hard forearms! Head to head this just becomes a full brawl. Rex gasses himself out and Sauce recovers quickly and blasts a lariat for the win!

Winner: Hot Sauce Tracy Williams



Sam Laterna is your backstage corespondent. Paul Crockett & Willow Nightingale on commentary! Rich Palladino os your announcer. It’s the 10th Anniversary of Americanrana.



Ortiz is out here to lead us in a singalong to Smooth Operator. We are HAPPY to see him but he isn’t ready for the HYPE we have for Ichiban. Ortiz takes offense that this is a NON TITLE MATCH and dares the champ to prove he’s number one! “Ichiban Number One!” It’s on!


Wrestling Open Championship
Ichiban (c) vs Ortiz

They touch tips. Fingertips. It’s like a handshake but more Ichiban Number One. Ortiz is VERY ready to twist up and slam the Open Champ around. This is fast and furious back and forth action. Ichiban is not used to be in the ring with someone who can go at his game and his level. Then again, this is a surprise for Ortiz as well and he needs a little break to regroup. Otto back to trade arm drags and submission holds. Double pop up, this is like a mirror match. Ichiban with a flying chop, and one punches. Ortiz grabs the wrist and hits a trio of short arm clotheslines. When that doesn’t get a three, he just tosses Ichiban to the floor. Ichiban trying to come back, avoids a German and flies high to Ortiz on the floor. Ortiz with a crossbody for two! Ichiban blocks the monkey flip. Run up superplex! Ortiz gives a suplex right back! They struggle to their feet, Ortiz fires off a series of hard chops. Ichiban shotguns him! Rana ti the buckles! Stunner! Handspring back elbow! High angle cross body! Ortiz kicks out of this huge flurry! Ortiz catches the flatliner into a side slam! Kick out! Ichiban hits a destroyer! Ortiz rolls out! What a vet! Ichiban rolls him back in and measure him up….he springboards into an atomic drop! Plank splash for two! Powerbomb! Kickout! Quick trades, reversals, changing directions! Ichiban off the ropes and hits the flatliner for the win! Jesus Christ that was a hot opener and the crowd is fire today.

Winner: Ichiban








Richard Holliday vs Brad Hollister

Holliday is getting a LIVE GUITAR SOLO entrance!!! This is super cool to see on the indies. Bacon has a crowd of well-dressed men raining money on him. How wolf of Wall Street. This was also cool. Ring the bell and they are just brawling around the ring, Holliday gets the better of the initial exchange…hard chops and stomps. Brad drops Holliday but lets the crowd get in his head and Holliday blasts him down. Bacon hits the ropes and Holliday gets crotched. This is business time for Bradley Baconbits. The crowd is alllll over Brad while he tries to wear Holliday down. Gator rolls, hard shots. He promises to send Holliday back to the hospital. Yeeeeow. Hard German. Holliday rages back with clotheslines and body splashes. Snap powerslam for two. Holliday looks like he tweaks his knee a bit! Bacon using this as an opportunity. A big powerbomb can’t end it. A Frogsplash can’t end it. Holliday slips a suplex, Bacon with a headbutt, spin cycle slam and shining wizard! Bacon tries jackhammer but Holliday reverses to the 2008! They break back into a brawl! Brad tries a sleeper…Holliday reverses it, Brad gets the ropes, hits a stealth low blow and the 2008! Holliday quick out immediately. Brad hits the jackhammer! Holliday with a crucifix pin and gets him!

Winner: Richard Holliday







Holliday goes for the handshake but Bacon takes a hug instead. This could be a heartwarming moment but it’s Brad Hollister so is anyone surprised when TJ Crawford hits the ring to do a two on one. Ryan Clancy and Dezmond Cole hit the ring to stop this and rope TJ into the actual match he’s supposed to be having.


Crawford vs Fancy Ryan Clancy vs Dezmond Cole vs Dan Barry

TJ immediately dodges out to the floor because he wants no part of this fight. The other three are fine having a respectful competition. But Dan Barry is also very good at this wrestling thing, kicking up off Cole to do a headlock takedown on Clancy. Three way wristlock is hurting everyone! Dan stands tall and TJ thinks he’s gonna reinsert himself in the contest. Barry is ready for this. TJ finally landing hard, Boofa cuts him off and sending him flying. Boofa and Clancy going hard but Clancy hits a cross body to end the sequence. TJ flies into a full Nelson and lariat! Crazy blockbuster double drop tower of doom thing. Boofa can’t get the pin! TJ keeps trying to get involved…he crawls between a reverse surfboard and tries to pin Boofa and Barry comes off the top to squash everyone. Never seen that before. Boofa with a high knee! Double clothesline and head kick with Dan. TJ is left with Clancy. TJ is caught by the hair and sent to the floor. Cole with a huuuuuge plancha to the floor. Dan with a springboard moonsault to the floor! Clancy with a fancy pose splash over the top rope! Dan and Clancy trading holds, Dan snatches the leg and hits a back suplex. TJ clocks Barry with a spinning back kick! Boofa with a split legged stunner and suplex to TJ! Dan back with a stunner. Dan with a tombstone. Clancy with a side Russian. TJ posts Clancy and steals the pin on Dan to claim a W for Big Business. TJ celebrates by himself but the remaining three share a high five for the crazy effort put on in this match.

Winner: TJ Crawford






Marcus Mathers vs Matt Makowski

This has been brewing for a while. Matt Makowski got injured and gave his contract for a shot at the IWTV title to Marcus…who failed to cash it in. And now that Makowski is back, he’s been well overlooked in the contenders conversation for that title. Makowski looks FOCUSED and Marcus is eating up the crowd reaction. Makowski trying to grab and tear, Mathers reversing to slams and chops. He tries to stand and trade and this is a bad idea. Makowski drops him and kicks out the arm. He snaps that limb back and Weapon X is at it. Hard shots starching the kid for two. He wants a German but Marcus back elbows free. High cross body for two! He goes for a powerbomb but Makowski drops his knee. Stand and trade, Makowski staggering him hard. Marcus fires up but Matt grabs the hair. He slingshots Himself from The apron right into a rear naked choke. Marcus flips the pin but it’s not enough. Makowski with a superplex, slam and Boston crab. Marcus punches free but eats an immediate stiff knee for two. Makowski kicking out the knees. Butterfly toss. Marcus dodges a kill shot and hits a flying back kick. Cutter for two! Spanish Fly but Makowski grabs a cross armbreaker…Marcus stacks him for two. Matt with flying headbutt spears Marcus down for another near fall. Matt trying a German but gets stunnered and Germaned. Marcus with the Kip up and somersault to the floor! Sitout powerbomb in the center of the ring. Weapon X kicks out again! Marcus dropping bombs but Matt is covering up. Mathers on top…Matt hits the rope and crotches him. They flip off the top right into the armbreaker and Mathers immediately taps out! Makowski refuses to break the hold but Matt Tremont storms the ring to stare him down and save his boy. Tremont says he’ll see Makowski SOON.

Winner: Matt Makowski






Miracle Generation(c) (Kylon King & Dustin Waller) vs Gay Best Friends (B3CCA & Aaron Rourke

The crowd is HOT for this. This starts fast and furious between the teams until Kylon is victimized by a blind tag. The GBFs putting the boots to Kylon but Dustin gets in there too and slams Becca into Rourke. Kylon with loud chops but Rourke likes it. Becca posts Dustin and Kylon is suddenly in trouble. 619/Backstabber combo for two! King getting beat up in the challenger’s corner. King has to grab the ropes to save the pin. GBF doing a great job of keeping Dustin down and Kylon isolated. Rourke hangs him for the top rope and chokes him till he falls to the floor. Becca boots Dustin off the apron again. Becca with a running cutter for two! Becca with a splash off the shoulders but Dustin breaks it up! Kylon launches Rourke to the buckles…Becca dives off him into a sleeper. Kylon with the double northern lights! Tag to Dustin! Flash springboards in and unloads a huge forearm to Becca! Rourke eats a Head trap superkick! Tossed into a Kylon German! Dustin can’t put him down! Rourke pushes MG into eats other, Becca cannonballs Dustin from the apron. This is their chance! Missing moonsaults back and forth! Becca flies in with the missile dropkick! Rourke tosses her up into an elbow drop…Kylon kicks out! Dustin back inand DDT’s Rourke to the apron! Becca decks Dustin hard! MG with the double kick and set up the Powerplex…GBF tries to set it up themselves! Becca and Flash left on opposing corners and hit stereo 450’s to the opposing partner! Huge pops for all this. Becca and Dustin drop each other with head kicks! Double down, make the count Bill! Flash up for the handspring cutter! Rourke with a dvd! Kylon with a brain busssstah! Becca with. Slingshot codebreaker! Becca popped up into the double powerbomb and that should be the game…BECCA KICKS OUT!!! Rourke gets Kylon on the outside and bombs him to the apron! Becca accidentally blasts Rourke! Flash unloading superkicks! Double handspring cutter? They pop up and superkick him in the back of the head! Gory bomb blockbuster! Kylie. Breaks it up. This is amazing. Kylon tossed and Dustin is down and GBFs are going for the Powerplex! Kylon kicks Becca off. Rourke eats a hangman’s double stomp! Powerplex to Becca! That’s the winning shot but HOLY HELL I NEED A BREAK I NEED A SHOWER I NEED A NAP I NEED A CIGARETTE AND I DONT EVEN SMOKE. This was f***ing awesome.

Winners: Miracle Generation







It’s time for the Wrestling Wedding y’all! Love Doug and Little Mean Kathleen are getting married and nothing screwy is going to happen AT ALL.



“THE WEDDING OF LOVE DOUG AND LITTLE MEAN KATHLEEN”

Brother Greatness, our officiant, enters first and is dressed in his finest red pastors robes.

Best Man Teddy Goodz enters next, he’s got an armless legless suit on.

Husband to be, Love Doug, is next in a full heart suit and he even brought his TENDER WEAPON with him!

Gina Monti is the flower girl!

Little Mean Kathleen is last and is on the arm of her dad! Her real actual shoot dad. Amazing.

LMK is sooooooo wildly excited to get married. Brother Greatness kicks off the service. He talks all about the wonderfulness of marriage….and Jesus. It’s time to open our bible apps, and the couple and really no one wants this. LMK closes the Bible and says she just wants to get married. BG keeps going and LMK screams “vows!” until the crowd joins in. Ok. It’s time for vows!

LMK says that she realized she loved Doug when he proposed and she kicked his a**.

Doug says…”I….VOW….YOU….FOREVER”. Lol.

It’s speak now or forever hold you peace time!

WHY IS CPA HERE?? He has a jacket on under his jacket: perfect. He just wants to know if they will be filing their taxes together. And they should give him a call when they do. Lol.

Tender Weapon is the ring bearer. He lost the rings! Shook Crew is here! Even Bobby Jr is dressed up! And HE IS THE RING BEARING GOAT! Bryce Donovan lets Doug know he has a gift for him on his last day as a single man…A HUGE KISS!



Next out is PUF?!? Welcome back big man! He was in charge of party planning and is annoyed they haven’t finished the ceremony yet!!! He wants everyone to know there’s an open bar down stairs and Tracy Williams and John cena’s dad. They all run off leaving the wedding party.

“I DO HAVE AN OBJECTION”

It’s Sidney Bakabella and Channing Thomas! Bakabella is mad he wasn’t booked for rana. Channing was booked. They were both bumped for a stupid wedding?!?! Bakabella calls Doug a WHORE for hitting on everyone with a pulse! He says Doug doesn’t love anyone but himself. He says he can prove LMK doesn’t love him! LMK low blows Doug out of the blue! Teddy Goodz takes out Tender Weapon?!? Channing piledrives LMK’s dad!





Channing stands in front of LMK. They are holding hands. She is overjoyed as she gets told by Bakabella there’s one man who truly loves her and can satisfy her ALL NIGHT LONG. And of course that man is C—It’s BAKABELLA!!! He offers his hall of fame ring?!? She says yes!



Bakabella hands an envelope of cash to Brother Greatness. Brother Greatness says the vows for LMK and Bakabella! Goodz makes Doug watch as Channing Thomas cheers them on! They kiss! Bakabella can’t pick up his bride so he makes his best man do it. They walk out, an estatic and successful world class wedding party.



Holy s***. This was amazing. That was completely unhinged. My heart can’t take this. Wow. This was about a half hour long segment and the crowd was absolutely nuts for the entire thing.



Doug, Tender Weapon & LMK’s dad limps to the back as we go to intermission.

Ok, we’re rehydrated and if memory serves, it’s all violence from here on out.


Death by Chimera (Atticus Cogar, Eric Ryan & Bobby Beverly) vs The Calling (Delirious, Ricky Shane Page & Akira)

They are gonna try to have a proper 6-man? Lol. Delirious raving and coming at Ryan like an enraged animal right at the bell. Akira and Bev have a slugfest, Akira landing hard kicks. It’s down to the leaders, RSP and Atticus with the face off. Cogar runs in but Ricky grabs him and drops the silver teeth satan. Atticus with a dropkick and grabs his skewers…the ref takes him and throws them out of the ring. I guess this IS just a 6-man tag? Akira tags in, launched to the bad corner and he’s having a bad time with the beat down. He catches Bev and drags him to the wild man. Delirious trying to take a few fingers off for a snack. Akira back in but he’s proving to be the weak link for his team, seeming to be the one who gets in trouble. He manages to tag to RSP before it gets worse for him. Triple team on Ryan. Akira and Delirious getting used as weapons on Eric Ryan. Akira with a modified kick based bow and arrow. Big suplex. Spinning back kick. Eric Ryan with a short brain buster. Atticus and RSP in and this is starting to break down. Delirious and Akira sent to the floor and RSP is alone. He starts handling them in this three on 1, launching Atticus into his teammates. Cogar eating dive after dive from all of the Calling but DbC breaks up the pin. Atticus proving he can take on the Calling single handed but it gets back down to the captains. DbC start to catch RSP flush and Cogar hits a headlock driver for the win!

Winners: Death by Chimera





Cogar says the RSP has been ducking him for a year…and he beat him in the center of the ring WITHOUT weapons. But he wants RSP to come back to Deathmatch. At Wrestival. On New Year’s. NO ROPE BARBED WIRE MATCH! Let’s start building to Heavy Lies the Crown!


Krule vs Sawyer Wreck (No DQ)

Sawyer grabs chairs right away to prep for the monster. The crowd is here for Sawyer. Krule has his vacated IWTV belt that he never lost. I’m sure he has opinions about tonight’s main event. It is wild how tall they both are. Krule demands Rich Palladino announce him as the real IWTV champion and this is a title match!

Krule(c?) vs Sawyer Wreck (No DQ) (for the IWTV Championship?)

Sawyer swings for the fences with that chair and drops the monster. Krule stunned but gets up through the shots and chokeslams her. Reverse chokeslam into an open chair, Jesus. Sawyer throwing headbutts but Krule drops her into the apron. Sawyer is going for more toys and rains more chairs and doors into the ring. Sawyer tossed through a door! Sawyer swings some wood and Krule’s head goes right through. Krule DVD’d through another door! Superplex through some chairs as the crowd chants for Sawyer. She is seething at Krule but he quickly snatched her up and hits Scorched Earth for the win. The crowd chanting Not My Champ but definitely cheering for Sawyer as she makes her exit.

Winner: Krule










IWTV championship [the actual one])
Matt Tremont (c) vs Alec Price

Tremont has the REAL IWTV belt and a cheese grater on a chain. Price is rabid, finally getting a real chance at this prize. Tremont says Price has been running his mouth. Now he can say it to his face. Tremont decks the Prize and tosses him across the ring. we got a fork and he’s just stabbing Alec in the head and into his ear! Yikes. We got a gusset. Price is fighting THAT off. He gussets Tremont in the head and the bulldozer is leaking. Price comes running and Tremont blasts him with a table. Tremont is just pouring blood and walking through the crowd, dropping bombs into Price. Price tossed on top of the bar but he kicks free and somersaults down at the champ! Price trying to keep momentum but Tremont keeps snapping off those hard right hands. Tremont dropped into a chair and Alec flies over the top and crashes into the champ. Price has cinder blocks. That’s a lot of cinder blocks. Tremont catches a cross body and sends Price flying! Tremont saying “where’s your family??” And the babyface locker room empties to ringside. Price has a staple gun and just unloads shot after shot into Tremont before hitting a leg lariat! He staples Tremont’s tongue to the turnbuckle! Price going for the knees and Tremont spears him through a table. Kick out! Brain buster! Kick out! Tremont’s getting the cinder blocks and setting them into a deadly cube. Price crawling to his feet and still throwing hands at Matt. Tremont goes for a powerbomb….Price with an xfactor into the blocks! Block busssstah into the blocks! Tremont kicks out! “It’s your time…DO IT” yells Tremont as Price winds up. Suuuuuuprize kick! Tremont stays down for the three!!!!

Winner: Alec Price (new IWTV independent wrestling champion)











Huge pop and “you deserve it” chant. Tremont grabs the belt back…because he wants to be the one to put it around Price’s waist.

And here it is. Krule’s music just hit.



Price and Tremont stare him down from the ring as Krule holds up his IWTV belt. The monster disappears into the curtain but you know this is coming to a head…and SOON.



Price says he started five year ago running cables and fought his way to the top. His says the IWTV title should be the biggest title in wrestling and it ISN’T. He’s ready to change that. This is his time. And he lays down the challenge “if you want my head, come take it”.

Price calls fellow champs Miracle Generation and Ichiban into the ring to celebrate their journey of stepping up and taking all the gold. This is as much a victory for Wrestling Open, as it is for Alec Price and Beyond Wrestling.