Tuesday, February 11, 2003

BPCW November to Remember 2002 Results

Intergender Tag Team Match
Essa Rios/The Interpreter vs. Frat Boy/Spice

The match starts off with the men in the ring and they go through the usual light heavyweight ringer back and forth. With Rios being the high flyer he is we get a lot of crazy flying moves which dominate Frat Boy up until Rios attempts a hurricanrana. Frat Boy quickly realized the move and hit a wicked power bomb. He makes his way to his corner, dragging the latino high flyer along and tags in Spice who begins to help in a double team. The Interpreter attempted to help out but was intercepted by the referee while the brutal handicap attack continued. Eventually this was halted, but not before the damage was done. Spice continued to taunt the Interpreter and eventually allowed her to tag in. The girls went for a while with Spice clearly showing her dominance and in ring experience but in a last burst of strength the Interpreter broke loose of Spice’s hold and make the hot tag to a very pissed off Essa Rios. He allowed her to make a tag and proceeded to clear her out of the ring followed by a brutal beating of Frat Boy. In the end, both Rios and his Interpreter took to the skies both hitting awe-inspiring moonsaults and Rios rolled up the Frat Boy for the 1…2…3 at 7:38.

Your Winner via Pinfall: Essa Rios and the Interpreter


BPCW Great Lakes Title Match
Ian Wolfe vs. "Big Daddy" Mark Bickler (c)

Bickler opens with the first strike of a knee to the gut and blow to the back and whips Wolfe to corner. He avoids the splash and is back with big arm drag and drop kick. Bickler begs off, then rams Wolfe into the turnbuckles, but Wolfe blocks the second attempt and repeatedly repays Bickler instead. After some reversals, Wolfe comes off a cross-body gets a 2 count. He picks him up and whips Bickler into the corner. The referee tries separating them and over his back Bickler cheap shots Wolfe with a quick head punch, and hits a nice drop kick after fighting off the ref. Bickler now with the advantage hits a gut wrench suplex for the 1…2…kickout! He pulls Wolfe up by neck and hits a huge suplex with bridge, but again picks up only a two count. Wolfe gets a quick rally with some fists, but it taken down quickly with another gut wrench suplex and another two count. Bickler wisely keeps the pressure on, putting Wolfe in a sitting full-nelson hold. Wolfe gets to his feet, but Bickler won't release the hold, and eventually converts it into a full nelson slam! Back up into an Irish whip, Wolfe hits a running Spike-esque headbutt to Bickler’s solar plexus and nails him halfway into Sunday! Wolfe is up with an aggressive flurry of offense, concluding with a front drop toe hold. Back up, Bickler goes for an inziguri, but Wolfe hangs onto his leg and reverses it sending Bickler to the mat. He picks him up and irish whips him into the ropes, but he is distracted by the appearance of Jon Seitz on the entryway and is hit with a vicious spinning heel kick by Bickler right to the face. Wolfe crumples to the ground and is easily covered for the three count at 12:53.

Your Winner, and STILL BPCW Great Lakes Champion: “Big Daddy” Mark Bickler


Leader of the New School Challenge
Nathan Hellstorm vs. Sex Fiend

Hellstorm opens up strong with hard right hands, backing Fiend into the corner. Fiend reverses an Irish whip. Hellstorm thinks he's out of danger after a leap frog, but Sex Fiend bounces off the ropes and hits him with a running dropkick. That's followed by an arm-drag takedown by Fiend, who persistently holds onto the arm despite being bulled into the corner by Hellstorm. Eventually, the hard fists again force him to relinquish the hold. Fiend again reverses the Irish whip, sends Hellstorm up and over with a monkey flip and a 2-count. Fiend puts the pressure right back on with an arm lock. Hellstorm elbows out and Irish whip's the Fiend, but it's not until a nasty spinning sidewalk slam that Hellstorm finally gets some sort of firm advantage. Hellstorm whales on Fiend' back until he finally forces the former world champ to collapse to his knees. Another belly-to-back and Hellstorm gets his first pin fall attempt for a 2-count. Hellstorm is quick to his feat and continues punishing Fiend's lower back; suddenly Fiend makes a break with a sudden Russian legsweep! Fiend takes the advantage with several clotheslines, a huge electric chair drop and then calls for the Sexecutioner! Fiend puts Hellstorm in position for his signature move and cries out to the crowd…but a figure emerges running through the crowd and it’s “Dangerous” Doug Wagner! What's he doing? He pulls the ref outside and gets in his face, only to be yelled right back at much to the fans approval. Wagner quickly disposes of the referee with a larger right hand. Meanwhile, Hellstorm thinks he's going to take advantage of Fiend's distraction, but Fiend hangs on through the roll-up and himself pins Hellstorm for the 1…2…broken up by Wagner! Hellstorm and Dangerous Doug Wagner go to town stomping away at Fiend until the referee recovers and calls for the disqualification bell at 6:28.

Your Winner via DQ: Sex Fiend


BPCW Tag Team Title Match
The Big Show/Billy Gunn w/Paul Heyman vs. The Big Red Machine (c)

Match started with Kane and Show, and Kane found himself in trouble early. Kane hit a couple of quick chops followed by his neck jab. He tried to attack Show before he could rise to his feet, but Show slapped his big meat hook around Kane’s neck. He manages to wriggle free and make the hot tag to Volkoff, who attacked both Show and an interfering Heyman effectively, disposing the latter to the floor with a huge right hand. Kane helps out with a huge flying lariat off the top as Gunn attempted to interfere. The four men brawl with each other for a while, but are eventually separated and the legal men face off and lock up in a test of strength. Show gained the upper hand, but eventually yielded to his fresh partner, “The Crippler” Billy Gunn. Kane tried to reach out and grab Volkoff for a tag but continually missed. In the meantime, Paul Heyman worked his way over to the Big Red Machine’s corner and yanked Kane off the apron. After inciting him to chase him to the opposite side of the ring, he was ambushed by a Big Show clothesline after the angered Kane failed to notice a crouching Big Show. The duo of Show and Heyman then attacked Kane on the floor viciously. Show took Kane’s mask off on the floor and held it up for all to see, as Kane used his hair and his hand to stop it. In an attempt to hide his face, he covered his face with his hands and then ran up the ramp leaving Volkoff, the legal man, alone in the ring. A Boris Yeltsin Bomb was cleanly hit on Gunn, but before being able to finish him off, he saw Show and went for a quick attack on the giant, but had his attack turned back on him and became the victim of a vicious side walk slam. Volkoff struggled to his feet but only to fall prey to a wicked chokeslam courtesy of the Big Show. Again, Volkoff struggled to get to his feet but failed as Show stretched him over his thigh and held him in place for Gunn to mount the turnbuckle and hit what can only be described as a spike fameasser! He rolled him up and Show and Heyman pressured the reluctant ref to count the 1…2…3 at 14:31.

Your Winner and NEW BPCW Tag Team Champions: The Big Show & Billy Gunn


Special Challenge Match
Steven Black vs. Brock Lesnar

The bell rings as both men lock up. Black starts things off by shoving Lesnar into the turnbuckle. Both men square off again and lock up. Lesnar begins to gain control as he attempts a belly to belly suplex but Black counters with a head butt. Lesnar fights it off and connects with another belly to belly suplex, knocking Black off his feet. He picks up Black and connects with another massive Belly to Belly! Black is quickly back to his feet and he surprises both Lesnar and the crowd. He uses this moment of shock to storm Lesnar down and throw a huge clothesline knocking Lesnar over the top rope and out of the ring. The fight goes to the outside with Black controlling. Black rolls Lesnar back in and proceeds with his attack. He continues his viscious assault by connecting with a big elbow to the face of Lesnar, proceeded by kicks in the corner turnbuckle. For the first time we see Lesnar screaming in pain as Steven Black stands in front of him with a cocky look on his face. As he slaps Lesnar with hard chops and continues to manhandle Lesnar, we begin to see life in the Next Big Thing who begins by smiling maniacally and then blocking Black from continuing his onslaught and then connects with a forearm of his own to force Black away from the corner. He continues his comeback with a huge spear flooring his opponent and goes for a cover but only receives a two count. Amazingly, Black once again rises to his feet and turns the tide attempting to hit his Fade to Black finisher but Lesnar counters and nearly gets a three count! Black gets up again and takes over once again winning a battle of strength and is able to get his Blackout finisher off but only gets a two count before the Next Big Thing struggles out and then to his feet. Black goes for the Fade to Black, enraged, but Lesnar counters with an amazing F-5 heaving Black onto his shoulders, dropping him right on his ass, and gets the three count around the 13 minute mark.

Your Winner via Pinfall: Brock Lesnar


Japanese Death Match
Sex Pistol vs. Raven

Like all the other matches in this epic series of confrontations between these two warriors, this didn’t fail to impress. With the ring ropes taken out and replaced with barbed wire and the customary C4 mines and various weaponry laid out ringside the two men wasted no time with pleasantries and got it on immediately. After a long series of grappling, the weapons were finally brought into play when Pistol was viciously dropped on the first mine scorching his back and sending him rolling to the outside in pain. Raven wasted no time and quickly went to work on him on the outside nailing a few choice chair shots continually keeping the sex machine from getting to his feet. Pistol continued to be beaten senseless until he was able to reach under the weekend and turn to spray Raven in the face with a fire extinguisher. Unfortunately, Raven recovered from the surprise quickly and blocked the majority of the fluid with a trash can lid which he used to open up Pistol and followed the shot with a cover but only received a two count. Raven was furious and began to go to town on the phallic grappler with a steel chair leaving him writing in pain while Raven climbed to the turnbuckle to pose. While Raven is playing to the crowd Sex Pistol rolls in the ring underneath the barbed ropes and pulls Raven off his perch and right onto the barbed wire! After struggling to get free, Raven is met with a vicious Singapore cane shot to the noggin from Pistol, followed by a Russian leg sweep onto a waiting trash can. Raven fights back and completely dominates for the following minutes using a mixture of hardcore tactics and good submission wrestling and sets Pistol up for a Evenflow DDT on to a chair, but when he throws Pistol into the ropes setting him up, Pistol leaps off and hits a Lou Thesz press on Raven. The two roll around on the floor and Raven gets the upperhand once again, but is not able to hold onto it, as Pistol rolls him over onto a C4 mine. The larger man, Sex Pistol is able to hold him down on the flaming debris just long enough for a 2 and a half from the referee but not enough for the three. Livid. He drags an already scorched Raven over to the ropes and sets his neck down on the ropes and begins to choke the dark warrior! The referee begs for him to stop, but Pistol refuses. He finally stops and sets Raven up for the Sex Drive. Raven counters and aims to hit the Evenflow, but as he drags Pistol’s neck to the floor, he is able to wiggle free sending Raven crashing to the mat. Raven gets up but is met with a kick to the gut followed by a Kama Suplex with a bridge onto an awaiting chair. Raven doesn’t move and just as Sex Pistol is about to swoop in for a Sex Drive, the referee calls for the bell at 21:08, when it is discovered that Raven is not conscious.

Your Winner by Knock Out via Kama Suplex: Sex Pistol


BPCW Heavyweight Championship Match
Icon 2000 vs. Rictor (c)

They start with a quick wrestling sequence, which ends with Rictor at the short end of the stick. Icon 2000 clotheslines Rictor to the floor. He tears the mats up to reveal the concrete floor, but Rictor seeks refuge in the ring before he can take advantage of the situation. Icon 2000 follows him back in and they brawl back and forth exchanging blows until I2K charges and Rictor backdrops him out right onto the concrete floor that Icon 2000 himself exposed. He is quick to look under the ring and pulls out two tables, which he begins to open up. He only gets one set up before I2K fights back, but Rictor is able to fight him off and set the second up on top of it. He kicks Icon 2000 a few more times to keep him down and then approaches the ladder, which is positioned in the middle of the aisle. Icon 2000 beats him to it and tries to slide it into the ring under the bottom rope, but Rictor climbs in, runs off the ropes, and baseball slides the ladder right into Icon 2000's chest and ribs. They brawled back into the ring and after gaining the upper hand, Rictor suplexed Icon 2000 from inside of the ring to the out, where another ladder was waiting for him positioned between the ring and the guard rail set up earlier. Icon 2000 finally managed to recover and was wearing a deep crimson mask. Icon 2000 hit a back suplex on Rictor off the ladder. Rictor attempted a vertical suplex on Icon 2000 from near the top of the ladder but Icon 2000 reversed it and the two fell in a heap through the Spanish announcer’s table. After getting to their feet, Icon 2000 tried to hit another missle dropkick on Rictor, but this time Rictor jumped from the ladder and hit Icon 2000 with a clothesline in mid-air. Rictor beats on him with the ladder, then pulls the other ladder into the ring and tries to climb for the belts, but Icon 2000 is able to recover and yanks him down by the tights. Rictor gets up and sets up the ladder up in the corner. He climbs it and leapfrogs it splashing Icon 2000 off the top. Rictor tries to climb to the belts again, but Icon 2000 knocks the ladder over and Rictor straddles the top rope. I2K sets up the ladder in the corner and tries to whip Rictor into it, but he reverses and the momentum sends I2K to the floor. Rictor runs and bounces off the opposite rope then makes a beeline for the Icon and hits a corkscrew springboard moonsault but I2K pulls a ladder on top of him just in time to send Rictor flying into it. On the floor, Icon 2000 rams the ladder into Rictor twice, then props it up against the apron and slingshots him into it. The ref gets to 8 before Rictor is rolled back into the ring by a dominating I2K. Back in the ring, Icon 2000 swings the ladder and knocks Rictor clear over the top rope with it. Icon 2000 starts to climb, but Rictor goes to the top rope, jumps off and nails Icon 2000 off of it with a huge spear. Both men are down as the ladder teeters, then falls with both men rolling in opposite directions out of its way. Rictor gets to his feet first and is quick to set up the ladder and climb up but I2K also climbs matching him rung for rung. They have a slugfest on the top of the ladder. Icon 2000 finally slams Rictor off, but the motion forces the ladder over and sends I2K out of the ring through the two tables they set up earlier. By now the ladder is all mangled and twisted. Icon 2000 starts to go up again, but Rictor dropkicks the ladder to knock him off, then drops the ladder on top of him as well. Rictor whips Icon 2000 into the ropes and gives him a huge spear. Rictor gives the signal for the Shockwave but instead he decides to hit the Epicenter Suplex onto the fallen ladder. He goes to the top rope and signals for the Shockwave. With a prone I2K on the ladder, he goes to hit it but the Icon rolls off the ladder at the last second leaving Rictor’s ribs to a huge blow. He rolls the champ over and nearly gets a three count, but Rictor kicks out at the last possible second sending the crowd to their feet in anticipation. I2K is amazed and argues with the ref. Meanwhile, Rictor gets to his feet and stalks I2K, hitting a huge running tornado DDT which the Daniel Zucker calls the Seismic Fault. He sets the ladder up with Icon 2000 under it and starts the long climb. Icon 2000 eventually breaks free and sends Rictor over the top rope and into the crowd. I2K shakes off the pressure of the ladder that was crushing his larynx and sets up the twenty foot ladder that just sent Rictor into the sea of fans at ringside. He slowly climbs, rung by rung and the crowd boos incessantly. Around the fallen champion, the fans make attempts to rouse their fallen champion. They slowly succeed and Rictor runs back into the ring to halt I2K’s progress toward victory. He quickly scales the ladder and the two brawl back and forth. They both reach the top and grab onto the ladder, but it begins to tip and the two are left hanging as the footing beneath them tumbles to the mat. They kick back and forth, and in the end it appears that Rictor will win, but Icon 2000 swings his body up to hold onto the strap with his feet and gives Rictor a low blow with his now available hands. Rictor falls to the mat hard clutching his groin and I2K is free to dislodge the belt, which he has quested for since his first match in the BPCW nearly three years ago at 37:55.

Your Winner and NEW BPCW World Heavyweight Champion: Icon 2000

*After the match, he poses on the turnbuckle much to the chagrin of the crowd but still receives a standing ovation from some as he yells at the masses and the camera fades to black.*

END SHOW
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Associated Press

Published Feb. 11, 2003 HENN11

BRANDON, Fla. -- Professional wrestler Curt ``Mr. Perfect'' Hennig was found dead in a hotel room Monday. Officials said foul play wasn't suspected.

Hennig, 44, of Champlin, Minn., was scheduled to appear Monday night at the Florida State Fair in Tampa.

A housekeeper at the Homestead Suites Hotel found Hennig in a room about 1:30 p.m, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. Hennig was not breathing and was pronounced dead at the scene.

His body has been turned over to the Medical Examiner's Office, and the sheriff's office was investigating.

Hennig, the son Minneapolis wrestler Larry ``The Axe'' Hennig, has wrestled professionally for more than 30 years, according to an online biography. He worked for the World Wrestling Federation and most recently wrestled for Jimmy Hart All-Star Wrestling.
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From all of us at the BPCW we offer our most heart-felt sympathies for the wife and four children of the one and only Mr. Perfect. Rest in peace Curt.