"Show Time Power Hour" TV Taping Number 36 (Week 72)

William Regal: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the finest sixty minutes of pro wrestling in the world, the Show Time Power Hour! I'm your host, William Regal. With me is hall of famer Michael Hayes! Michael, the main event tonight is a match you are very familiar with!"

Michael Hayes: "That's right! In a throwback to the 'Fabulous Freebirds' against the Von Erichs feud that lit up Texas in the eighties, we're gonna have ourselves a 'Country Whipping' match! This one will be brutal! Somebody is leaving with a striped hide before the night is over!"

Regal: "Also fans, Ricochet has issued an open challenge for the Television Championship in the hour, and 'The Revival,' who appeared out of nowhere and attacked brand new Tag Team Champions Mikael Judas and Jason Justice, have demanded an exhibition match on the program. In fact, that match is up first. Let's go to the ring!"

Match One ~ "The Revival"--Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson vs. Ross & Marshall Von Erich

The sons of Kevin Von Erich are NWA: Show Time's newest male trainees. They have experience outside of the Show Time Dojo, but are still earning their craft. they were fodder for "The Revival," which is a well-oiled machine. This lasted only a few minutes before the "Shatter Machine" ended it.

Winners = "The Revival" by pinfall in 4:19

After the match, Dawson grabbed the ring announcer's microphone.

Scott Dawson: "We are 'The Revival!' It's my pleasure to re-introduce the greatest tag team in the world! It's been said that we are a throwback to a bygone era, when tag team wrestling was a hallmark of any marquee event. Analysts compare us to Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard, 'The Fabulous Freebirds,' and 'The Minnesota Wrecking Crew!' The difference between us and them is that they were great, no doubt. But, when all is said and done, we'll be considered the greatest team ever to lace up two pairs of boots! We have taken tag team wrestling to even greater heights!"

Dash Wilder: "You see, Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder aren't a gimmick! With us, there's no gimmick needed! We are pure, unadulterated tag team precision at its finest! We think singularly and act collectively! Just like Michael Hayes is sitting over there right now, thinking back to his glory days, we represent the 'Golden Era' of tag team wrestling in the now! We don't have to harken back to days gone by! When you watch us, you are watching the best, live and in living color!"

Dawson: "Now, last week, we made our debut here in NWA: Show Time by taking out the biggest, baddest team in the company--Mikael Judas and Jason Justice! We dropped them both on their faces and left them for dead! Now, we're here to prove that we are the best team this company has to offer! The only way to do that is to beat the champs! So, we're calling you out!"

Mikael Judas and Jason Justice came out with the Tag Team Championships around their waists. Mikael Judas had a microphone in hand.

Mikael Judas: "Be careful what you wish for..."

Jason Justice could be heard in the background  shouting, "Tick, tick, tick!"

Judas and Justice stripped off their title belts and hit the ring, where a brawl ensued. They finally got the upper hand and "The Revival" finally retreated.

As they backed up the entrance ramp, Dawson and wilder were screaming, "This isn't over!"

Regal: "Whoa! 'The Revival' has burst onto the scene and have made quick enemies of the Tag Team Champions!"

Hayes: "Like Dawson said, the only way to prove you're the best is to take out the champs. But, I have a problem with the two of them questioning the legacy of 'The Fabulous Freebirds!'"

Regal: "Indeed. Fans, let's take a commercial break."

Regal: "We're back. It's now time to see who, if anyone will accept Ricochet's open challenge for the Television Championship.

Scarlett Bordeaux introduced Television Champion Ricochet, who came out to a roar. he was accompanied by new valet Maryse Ouellet.

Ricochet: "Well, it's time to see what brave soul has decided to step up to the plate to try and take this Television Championship from around my waist! Who's it going to be?!"

"The Bullet Club" music hit to bring out "Hangman" Adam Page with Yellow Barbie.

Match Two ~ NWA: Show Time Television Championship Open Challenge ~ Ricochet with Maryse Ouellet vs. "Hangman" Adam Page with Yellow Barbie

Ricochet smiled widely, as Page is a huge target for "The Richards Collective" after injuring Heavyweight Champion Adam Cole. He and Ricochet went at it immediately. This ended up being a phenomenal battle. Both men traded blows like prize fighters, each one coming back for more. The end came after Page got himself intentionally disqualified by landing a low blow on Ricochet.

Winner and STILL NWA: Show Time Television Champion = Ricochet by disqualification in 20: 45

Page then went after his noose and wrapped it around the champion's neck, Just before he could throw Ricochet over the top rope to hang him, Adam Cole came bursting out of the back with a baseball bat. He chased Page out of the ringside area and through the crowd, which was going crazy. Cole eventually came back to the ring to check on Ricochet's condition. He took a microphone as he was seething.

Adam Cole: "Adam Page! You made the mistake of a lifetime when you lynched me up a few weeks back! You should have killed me! Now, you're going to pay the price of a wrestling lifetime! I am going to beat you to death, punk! You see this?!" (points to the bandages wrapped around his neck)

Cole: "You tore my neck to pieces, but I'm still standing! And, you'll live to regret it! The doctors have cleared me to get back into the ring! I want Adam Page next week! If you have any manhood in your trunks, you'll meet me in this ring one week from now!"

Regal: "Oh my! We didn't even know Adam Cole was here! Then, he came out ton save his stable mate and ran the 'Hangman' out of the arena!"

Hayes: "Adam Page was running like a scalded dog! Who knows if he'll accept the challenge laid down by Adam Cole?! But, I hope so! This will be a straight-up fight!"

Regal: "Fans, we have to go to break again! We'll be right back with the 'Country Whipping' match!"

Regal: "Fans, you waited for it all week! Now, it's here! It's main event time!"

Match Three ~ "Three-Team Country Whipping" match (losing teams get ten lashes with a leather belt) ~ "The Richards Collective"--NWA World Champion "The Beast" Brock Lesnar, The Rock, & CM Punk with AJ Lee and Eve Torres vs. "The Outsiders"--Kevin Steen, Claudio Castagnoli, & Idol Stevens with Black Widow vs. "The Bullet Club"--"Under Boss" Bad Luck Fale and "Guerrillas of Destiny"--Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa with Yellow Barbie

The three-way turf war for supremacy has gotten the wrestling world buzzing. Matches like this only help that trend. These nine men beat each other senseless. Every team had an advantage at some point, with no clear leader in the clubhouse until the end. CM Punk dropped Loa with a "Go to Sleep," which left him prone on the mat. The Rock landed his coup de grace, "The People's Elbow," for the finish.

Winners = "The Richards Collective" by pinfall in 22:07

The fans erupted at the conclusion of the match. Per the stipulation, "The Richards Collective" began to lace into their opponents with leather belts. They did not get all twenty lashes doled out before "The Bullet Club" instigated a brawl, probably to keep from taking their agreed upon punishment. Security was called in to pull the teams apart.

Regal: "Well, that was an unsatisfying result!"

Hayes: "Let 'em go! We wanna see some tails get whipped!"

Regal: "Fans, we're out of time! Please join us again next Tuesday on TBS for more of the Show Time Power Hour! For Michael Hayes, I'm William Regal, saying, ta ta for now!"

The pull-apart continued as the episode went off the air.