LCW Ascension 2009 Pay-Per-View Results 01.18.09

LCW Ascension 2009 Pay-Per-View Results (January 18, 2009) live from the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England.

The camera opened on a dark arena and a spotlight fell on the center of the ring and ring announcer Gary Michael Capetta who turned everyone’s attention the entrance stage when he introduced “England’s own” Keane who performed “Spiralling” as highlights from the past month of action played on the LegendsTron. After their performance, from the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko welcomed everyone to the LCW Ascension 2009 pay-per-view as "Spiralling" by Keane, the official theme song for LCW Ascension 2009, played in the background and as fireworks exploded all over the arena. In the parking lot, a black limousine arrived with a Japanese flag on the license plate and pulled into the arena, parking next to the entrance stage.

Tito Santana defeated LCW United States Champion Ken Patera (with General Skandor Akbar and Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie) in 6:32 by pinfall after the flying forearm smash to win the LCW United States Championship. During the match, Rick Martel was shown sitting at ringside. During the match, Akbar and Al-Kassie tried to interfere, but Martel jumped over the ring apron and chased them around the ring and away from ringside as Santana hit Patera with the flying forearm smash. After the match, Martel got into the ring and celebrated with Santana and the two left ringside together.

In the back, LCW Universal Champion Magnum TA was shown arriving to the arena earlier in the evening.

LCW Television Champion Brutus The Barber Beefcake defeated Hollywood John Tatum (with Missy Hyatt) in 5:37 by pinfall after a high knee lift. During the match, Hyatt tried to interfere and hit Beefcake with her shoe, but Hyatt accidentally hit Tatum, who was holding Beefcake in position. Beefcake knocked Hyatt off the ring apron and covered Tatum for the pinfall and the win.

From the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko introduced footage from last week’s edition of LCW Showdown of Sean Mooney interviewing The Raging Bull Manny Fernandez who said, "Terry Funk wants to go around renaming things, he wants to go around renaming people. Well, Terry Funk, how about I rename something? How about my triangle choke? How about we rename the triangle choke the Bull's Brand? How's that sound Mooney? It might sound like some kind of barbeque sauce or something, daddy, but I'm not good ol' JR. You want to know why I'm calling it the Bull's Brand, Mooney? Because at the LCW Ascension pay-per-view this Sunday, I'm going to slap the Bull's Brand on that old mother Funker and when I do, daddy, I'm going to make him tap and if he doesn't tap I'm going to knock his ass out, but either way Terry Funk is going to be marked with my brand, the Bull's Brand, and that mark is going to let everyone know that now only did I kick your ass, Terry Funk, but I made you my bitch!"

Terry Funk defeated The Raging Bull Manny Fernandez in 9:44 by pinfall with a rollup. During the match, the referee was hit and knocked down and Fernandez locked on the Bull’s Brand triangle choke on Funk. However, with the referee dazed, Funk was able to make it to the ropes. When the referee came to, Funk had his leg under the ropes and the referee called for Fernandez to break the hold. Fernandez hassled the referee and Funk managed to rollup Fernandez for the pinfall and the win. After the match, Funk extended his hand for a handshake, but Fernandez turned around and was going to walk out of the ring, but Funk stopped him, turned him around and extended his hand again. Fernandez shook Funk’s hand and Funk went to leave the ring, but Fernandez grabbed him and took him down locking him in the Bull’s Brand triangle choke. Security officials and Funk’s brother, Dory Funk, Jr., came out and pulled Fernandez off of Funk. Fernandez pushed Dory, but Dory pushed Fernandez back and Fernandez backed off and moved towards the ropes to leave the ring. Before leaving, though, Fernandez turned around and attacked Dory from behind, putting him in the Bull’s Brand as officials tried to pull him off of Dory. Moments later, Terry Funk jumped on Fernandez and forced him to break the hold. Fernandez slipped out of the ring as Terry Funk helped his brother to his feet.

In the parking lot, Macho Man Randy Savage, the number one contender for the LCW Universal Championship, his brother The Genius Lanny Poffo, and his bodyguard, WWE Developmental talent and former FCW Heavyweight Champion Sheamus O’Shaunessy were shown arriving to the arena. Bill Mercer approached them and asked Savage if O’Shaunessy would be at ringside with Poffo tonight. Savage said per contract stipulations that Magnum TA agreed to, Savage could have whoever he wanted to have with him at ringside. The three men walked away.

Greg The Hammer Valentine (with Jimmy Hart) defeated Don Muraco (with Sir Oliver Humperdink) in 5:42 by pinfall with the figure four leglock. During the match, the Honky Tonk Man and the Rougeau Brothers came out and joined Jimmy Hart at ringside. As the referee tried to get them to leave ringside, the Honky Tonk Man slipped away and moved around the ring, attempting to get into the ring, but LCW Heritage Champion Superstar Billy Graham and the Wild Samoans came out. The Wild Samoans started brawling with the Rougeau Brothers as Graham chased Honky Tonk Man out of the ring and up the entrance ramp to the back. However, the Honky Tonk Man had left his guitar behind in the ring. Valentine picked up the guitar and blasted Muraco with it before applying the figure four leglock for the pinfall and the win. Meanwhile, the Rougeau Brothers and the Wild Samoans continued brawling at ringside. LCW General Manager Nick Bockwinkel sent another referee to the ring as officials escorted Muraco and Valentine from ringside and the referee called for the bell starting the scheduled tag team match between the Wild Samoans and the Rougeau Brothers.

The Wild Samoans (with Sir Oliver Humperdink) defeated the Rougeau Brothers (with Jimmy Hart) in 4:57 by pinfall when Afa pinned Raymond Rougeau after the Samoan Drop.

Mr. Fuji came out with the Powers of Pain, the Great Kabuki, Kendo Nagasaki, the Orient Express and Killer Khan and surrounded the limousine parked beside the entrance stage and wanted to know who was inside. Security officials arrived and escorted the men to the back. However, as the Powers of Pain were leaving, the Wild Samoans passed them and the two teams started brawling with them as security officials attempted to separate them.

In the back, Paul Roma approached Barry Windham and wished him luck in his upcoming match with Paul Orndorff, extending his hand for a handshake. Windham just looked at Roma and then laughed before walking away.

Barry Windham defeated Paul Orndorff in 11:53 by pinfall after Paul Roma interfered and accidentally hit Orndorff with a missile dropkick. After the match, Windham laid Roma out with a clothesline before leaving ringside.

In the back, Sean Mooney interviewed LCW Universal Champion Magnum TA and asked Magnum if he was worried about Macho Man Randy Savage having the Genius Lanny Poffo and the Irish Curse Sheamus O’Shaunessy at ringside during their match. Magnum said he wasn’t worried because he had a surprise for Savage. Nikita Koloff walked into the interview and Mooney asked if he was the surprise. Magnum said Nikita Koloff being at ringside shouldn’t be a surprise and he isn’t the surprise. Magnum said Mooney would just have to wait. Magnum and Koloff walked away.

LCW Heritage Champion Superstar Billy Graham defeated Butch Reed (with Slick) in 7:18 by pinfall After the match, as Graham stood on the entrance ramp and held his title above his head, the Honky Tonk Man appeared behind him from the back and when Graham turned around, Honky Tonk Man blasted Graham with the guitar, knocking him out and then walking away.

In the back, Bill Mercer interviewed the Destruction Crew who said they defeated Demolition and sent them out of Legends Championship Wrestling and they were prepared to do the same to the Nasty Boys if they had to, but not before taking the LCW World Tag Team Championships from them.

LCW World Tag Team Champions The Nasty Boys defeated the Destruction Crew in 7:27 by pinfall when Brian Knobbs pinned Wayne Bloom after a powerslam. After the match, the Destruction Crew attacked the Nasty Boys with their sledgehammers and left ringside with the LCW World Tag Team Championship titles.

In the back, an irate Paul Orndorff yelled at Paul Roma for Roma’s interference in Orndorff’s match earlier with Barry Windham, costing him a victory over Windham. Roma said that Windham disrespecting him and said that when Windham disrespected Orndorff he didn’t just sit there and take it and Roma wasn’t going to either. Orndorff said that he understood, but warned Roma that if he ever did that again he would break Roma’s neck.

The Long Riders (with Maw Bass) defeated Cowboy Bob Orton and Dirty Dick Slater (with Col. Robert Parker) in 8:02 a double bullrope match by pinfall when Outlaw Ron Bass pinned Dirty Dick Slater after the Texas Gourdbuster after hitting Slater with Maw Bass’ purse. During the match, Col. Robert Parker tried to interfere, but Maw Bass distracted him and started making out with Parker as she threw her purse into the ring. After the match, Maw Bass and the Long Riders left victorious as Orton and Slater chastised Parker and Parker tried to explain what happened.

In the back, Sean Mooney interviewed the victorious Long Riders and Maw Bass as they made their way through the curtain and Bass said that nothing comes between her boys and victory, “not money, not a man, not nothing!” Maw Bass then got closer to Sean Mooney and looked up at him, smiled and said, “You know, Sean Mooney, nothing comes between me and my boys, just like nothing comes between me and my Wranglers.” Maw Bass kissed him on the cheek and then walked away with the Long Riders. Mooney shuddered and started to dry heave as Tully Blanchard and Baby Doll approached the entrance way where Mooney was standing. Baby Doll put her arm around Mooney and said, “Don’t worry, Moonbeam. I’ll make it all better. Because nothing comes between me and my Calvins.” Mooney looked at Baby Doll and said, “Thank you,” as the image of Maw Bass and her Wranglers left his mind. Blanchard and Baby Doll left as Blanchard’s entrance music started playing in the arena.

Tully Blanchard (with Baby Doll) defeated LCW International Champion Big Van Vader in 9:27 by pinfall with a rollup after Barry Windham interfered and blasted Vader with a steel chair while Baby Doll distracted the referee to win the LCW International Championship. During the match, Harley Race came out and watched the match from the entrance stage, but left after the pinfall. After the match, Blanchard, Windham, and Baby Doll celebrated on the entrance ramp and were eventually joined by Ric Flair who congratulated Blanchard as the first member of the Horsemen to capture a title.

In the back, Sean Mooney interviewed Harley Race about Big Van Vader losing the LCW International Championship and his presence on the entrance stage during the match. An unusually humble Race said he was disappointed that Vader lost the title and said a lot had happened between them over the last few months, but he was hoping it wasn’t too late to heal old wounds.

LCW United States Tag Team Champions The Hart Foundation defeated The Bolsheviks (with General Skandor Akbar and Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie) in 5:18 by pinfall when Bret Hart pinned Boris Zhukov after the Hart Attack. During the match, Akbar and Al-Kassie interfered in the match, but Hart and Neidhart made quick work of them and slammed them on each other before being knocked out of the ring by Volkoff and Zhukov. As Zhukov and Volkoff brawled with Hart and Neidhart outside the ring, the Dynamite Kid came out and the British crowd exploded as he hit Akbar and Al-Kassie with the flying headbutt. Dynamite rolled rolling Akbar and Al-Kassie out of the ring as the Hart Foundation gained the upper hand in their brawl outside the ring with the Bolsheviks and rolled them into the ring. Hart and Neidhart hit Zhukov with the Hart Attack for the pinfall and the win. After the match, the Dynamite Kid handed the Hart Foundation the tag team titles and celebrated with them as they left ringside together.

From the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone announces that the LCW Descent pay-per-view on Sunday, February 22nd, will take place from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. Schiavone wondered if that could be the reason for the presence of the limousine with the Japanese flag license plate.

LCW Universal Champion Magnum TA (with Nikita Koloff) defeated Macho Man Randy Savage (with The Genius Lanny Poffo and Sheamus O’Shaunessy) in 17:04 by pinfall after the belly-to-belly suplex in a no disqualification, no countout match. During the match, O’Shaunessy setup a table in the ring and tried to interfere in the match, but once the table was setup, Koloff blasted him with the Russian Sickle clothesline and then hit him with a spinebuster through the table, breaking it. Koloff rolled O’Shaunessy out of the ring and the match continued. Later in the match, Poffo tried to interfere and stood in position with his metal scroll raised, poised to hit Magnum with the metal scroll. But Koloff jumped into the ring and kicked Poffo in the metal scroll which smashed into Poffo’s face and he tumbled out of the ring. With O’Shaunessy and Poffo neutralized, the match continued until Magnum managed to hit Savage with a belly-to-belly suplex seemingly out of nowhere for the pinfall and the win. After the match, O’Shaunessy and Poffo attacked Koloff outside the ring and the three men brawled through the crowd and to the back as a dazed Savage exited through the crowd behind them. Suddenly, with Magnum TA in the ring alone, the Disciples of Allah (Ken Patera, Abdullah the Butcher, the Iron Sheik, and the Bolsheviks) came out and attacked Magnum TA, with the main focus of the assault coming from the Iron Sheik, who put Magnum in the camel clutch as the other members of the Disciples of Allah kept security officials and referees out of the ring. Meanwhile, while Sheik had Magnum in the camel clutch, General Skandor Akbar and Sheik Adnan Al-Kassie yelled at Magnum, spat on him, and Al-Kassie took off his shoe and hit Magnum several times in the face. Suddenly, the lights went out and there was a commotion in the ring. When the lights came back on the Disciples of Allah were laying unconscious on the arena floor. In the ring, Sheik had Magnum still locked in the camel clutch. Standing over him, in the center of the ring, in black suits were the Yakuza Mafia (Keiji Muto, Masahiro Chono, Kensuke Sasaki, and Hiroyoshi Tenzan with their manager Genichiro Tenryu). Sheik realized that the rest of the Disciples of Allah weren’t in the ring anymore and he finally released Magnum TA. When Sheik released Magnum, Muto grabbed Sheik, bent him backward, yelled something to him in Japanese and then hit him with an inverted DDT. The Yakuza Mafia stood over a fallen Magnum TA. As Magnum slowly made his way to his knees, the Yakuza Mafia looked at him and Magnum realized the situation he was in. Not fully understanding what was going on, Muto extended his hand and helped Magnum to his feet and Magnum stood with the Yakuza Mafia as the Disciples of Allah exited up the entrance ramp. With a confused Magnum TA standing in the center of the ring with the Yakuza Mafia, the show went off the air.