This past Saturday was certainly a wild
one as FGA returned to New York City for its latest DVD Taping.
Over two weeks ago, Chris Bond, Braydon
Jones and Camellia D. Magna all made cases for themselves to be named
the #1 contender for the FGA Championship. The current champion,
Chris Q, made no bones about the fact that he could beat all three of
them at the same time. But he wanted to see them work for it, just
like he had to work for his title shot. So they did this past
Saturday at Basketball City in a Triple Threat Match for the #1
contendership. Both Bond and Magna went at The Bully early and often,
trying to take out the biggest man in the match. With Jones down,
Magna used her speed and agility to get the advantage over Bond. And
it looked as though she was about to put the match away. But a
well-timed counter on Bond's part, followed by the End of Days onto
Jones, led him to become the #1 contender. Immediately after the
match, Chris Q confronted his latest challenger. But the two were
soon separated before things turned physical.
The drama between Johnny Blayze, Pat
Gordon, Jr and Bob Pooler continued to escalate. Before the taping
even began, Johnny Blayze was lured by an unknown woman around the
corner. As soon as Blayze rounded the corner, he was brutality
assaulted by The Murder. After the tapings began, Blayze kicked off
the show against Santa Claus. But after Santa had Blayze lined up to
put him away, Blayze rolled to the outside. Blayze wound up getting
himself counted out as he didn't want to risk further harm after The
Murder's attack earlier. Blayze then confronted both Gordon and
Pooler later on in the show. The two tried to diffuse the situation
and calm Blayze down. But Blayze appears deadset on the belief that
Gordon and Pooler purposely let him get attacked and didn't bother to
lift a finger to help him.
In the main event, Kevin Hardaway
defended his Pride Championship against Bob Pooler. Two weeks ago in
Elizabeth, PA, Pooler defeated Hardaway in a non-title match. This
time, he had his chance to gain his first FGA title. In was that
described as one of the best matches of the year thus far, Pooler got
the first fall over Hardaway. During the second fall, neither man
could get to their feet by the count of ten, forcing the ref to rule
that fall a draw. In the third and final fall, Hardaway rallied back
and got the pinfall. With one fall a piece and another fall a draw,
the ref had no choice but to rule the entire match a draw. While the
crowd booed the decision, the boos turned to cheers once the two men
embraced each other after a hard fought battle. But the good times
didn't last long as Chandler Scott, who has had his issues with
Hardaway for months, made his way to the ring. While Pooler and
Hardaway were distracted, The Murder jumped the barricade and
attacked Pooler from behind. Hardaway tried to help, but Chandler
attacked him and tossed him to the outside. With The Murder attacking
Pooler two on one, Pat Gordon, Jr ran down for the save. After
sending Chandler over the barricade and into the crowd, Hardaway came
back in and helped Gordon and Pooler clear the ring. After the
ruckus, Blayze appeared at the entrance way. Both Gordon and Pooler
motioned for him to come to the ring and celebrate with them. But
Blayze wanted no part, feeling once again left out in the cold and
realizing, in his mind, just where he stands with Gordon and Pooler.
The drama between Dom Harter and
Jonathan Collins has been brewing for several weeks. One day before
Dom Harter challenged for “his” International Championship, he
got his hands on the man that he felt screwed him, Johnathan Collins.
Neither of these men were able to hold back. However, a missed low
blow by Harter (that was missed by the ref) led to Collins being
defeated in this match.
Former SCCW star and NWA Television
Champion J.T. Cash made his return to the wrestling world. After
renouncing his old ways and claiming that he could've signed to the
bigger promotions, he decided to choose FGA. Cash spoke about his
passion for both this company and the top level performances that are
given on every DVD taping. He then promised to prove once and for all
that he will be everything that you will never be.
More participants were named for the
upcoming Gold Rush Rumble at Only The Strong Survive. Those names
were: Braydon Jones, Camellia D. Magna, Johnny Rampage, Santa Claus,
Jason Richards, Johnny Karma, Wayne Carruthers, J.T. Cash, and a
returning A.J. Fairchild. They will now join Pat Gordon, Jr., Malcolm
Drake, Dom Harter, Jake Winchester, Anton Chase, Tigre Oro, Jonathan
Collins, Bob Pooler, and Johnny Blayze in the over-the-top rope
Rumble.
Also at Saturday's DVD taping:
- A returning Tigre Oro lost to Wayne
Carruthers, who made his in-ring debut.
- The charismatic Johnny Karma made
his in-ring debut by making short work of the masked luchador, Zero.
- One half of the new GFC Tag Team
Champions, Jason Richards, got a bit of a revenge on a man from his
past, Anton Chase, with a win. That was, of course, before Chase
attacked him post-match and dropped him right on the base of his neck
with the Starmaker.
- And the UWL World Heavyweight
Champion, Pat Gordon, Jr, was defeated by Chandler Scott.
