Spunk Pro November Digest

11.02 - dia de los muertos

Spunk Pro's Dia De Los Muertos show is set to be a big one, and things start off in quite a shocking manner, as a rampaging OdZ stomp out to the ring, with ZODIAK claiming that what happened at the last show was a disgrace, one that he won't stand for. He holds his Spunk Pro International Title up and tosses it down, claiming that he refuses to let Jesus X win again, and won't let him have this title stolen out from under him. He'd rather vacate it! Manakuro Marakuso comes out and takes the title from the ring and proclaims that this will not do, and tonight there will be a Battle Royale to determine who the new champion is! OdZ seem to care less about this, and more on getting their way; ZODIAK and DEMOS want Jesus X and Shogo Otsuka here tonight, and RUINER wants to toss his hat into the ring for the BR. Marakuso agrees to the terms and walks out with the title that he made famous years ago.

Ken Shields took on Tomohiro Ito in the first match, and got the better of the young Ito with his overwhelming FOOTBALL SKILLZ and hits the flying elbow for the pinfall. Shields celebrates post-match only for Bourbon to run out and attack Shields! He is going to town on Ken Shields and finally we have some officials coming out now to stop this. Lester making his way over to Druid, grabbing the mic and shouting that this is what you get when you mess with him.

What we were privvy to next was a bit hard to handle. We first cut to a pretaped segment with Joe Doe approaching La Cosa Nostra's locker room. He knocks when Zannino opens the door, letting him in. Doe brings himself to talk, as he is in the room with Zannino, Briggs, Paradigm, Bianco and a man sitting in a chair, the back turned to them. Doe says he has an issue, as Bianco goes through the proceedings, whispering to the non-visible man, then relaying the information back to Doe. Apparently, Doe needs some money for his daughter's college. Bianco talks about 'The Don' believing in education, and wishing to help Mr. Doe, but that it will mean that Mr. Doe will owe La Cosa Nostra (much like Paradigm). Doe says that he has no choice, and that he will accept. Bianco informs him that he, 'Joey Knuckles' can begin his repayment tonight -- if he can take Brad Wolf out for good, he'll be in the Don's good graces, and his fee will be considered repayed. Its a deal that he cannot refuse. Of course, he fought hard, but Brad Wolf was able to take him out, pulling out something new from the arsenal, nailing a diving spear from the top rope knocking Joey Knuckles clean out. Briggs picks up Joey Knuckles and slings him over Paradigm's shoulder, as they head to the back, Zannino grabbing the mic and telling Paradigm that the Don won't be pleased, and that he has to pick up the slack tonight and win that battle royale for the belt.

The Battle Royale is up next, to determine the new Spunk Pro International Champion.. We have quite a few competitors in the ring... Paradigm, DanDead, shaDow, RUINER, Bobo Gomez and there is room for one more, the competitors are in the ring, wondering who the next man is, when the lights go out, a red carpet rolls down as spotlights all focus on the entrance, as yes, Johnny Jett (!) comes waltzing out, grabbing a microphone and telling people that their hero is back, has been away training and is here to show the world what he is made of. This is quite a shock, as we all thought we'd never hear from him again after ducking Big T months ago after defeating him. The match was all about Paradigm fighting his heart out, trying to bring the title home to LCN, and hopefully free himself from servitude as well. Things were back and forth, every man doing his best to move on, with Paradigm holding on for dear life. Just when it looked like he had the match won, the last man in his way, RUINER goes down to the Northern Lights Suplex, he is celebrating, and Johnny Jett, from outside of the ring springboards in and dropkicks him in the back of the head, before running off of the ropes and double stomping him right in the chest, then grabbing both legs and putting him into the high angle boston crab before Paradigm passes out, refusing to tap out. Johnny Jett is the new champion, and the new champion refuses to let go, the refs having to pull him off before he finally lets go, celebrating his new championship!

Its been quite a show so far, and its not over by a longshot! Sean Gabriel locked horns with Big T next in a battle of wills that ended up with Big T on the outside, getting snake eyes'd onto the railing and hammered in the back of the head a few times, Gabriel rolling in to beat the count.

The main event saw Jesus X team up with Shogo Otsuka to take on the former tag team champions DEMOS and ZODIAK. It was as brutal as one would expect, with DEMOS pulling a surprise win over Shogo hitting that SIDS Clutch that just comes out of nowhere! Afterwards he pulls out his clippers and attempts to shave Shogo's head, only for the champ to Superkick his head off, which leads to a brawl between him and ZODIAK before they are pulled apart.

1. Ken Shields (4:02 - Golden Elbow) Tomohiro Ito
2. Brad Wolf (11:05 - Diving Spear) Joey "Knuckles"
3. Spunk Pro International Championship Battle Royale: Paradigm, DanDead, shaDow, RUINER, Bobo Gomez, Johnny Jett
--Johnny Jett (19:42 - Shining Enzuiguri) DanDead
--Paradigm (21:52 - Northern Lights Suplex) shaDow
--RUINER (26:25 - R75 -> CRITICAL) Bobo Gomez
--Paradigm (26:36 - Northern Lights Suplex) RUINER
--Johnny Jett (26:44 - Red Carpet Rub) Paradigm
4. Sean Gabriel (12:00 - Countout) Big T
5. Jesus X/Shogo Otsuka(X) (17:12 - SIDS Clutch) DEMOS(O)/ZODIAK

11.16

Joey Knuckles is in trouble again, as the Don has graciously given him another chance of redeeming himself. This time against the big man, Lee Stone. Lee proved to just be too strong for Joey Knuckles, hitting the Stone Crusher in record time and taking it home for a 3-count.

Now shaDow comes out, sullen and wearing a My Chemical Romance hoodie and a lip ring, Druid meets him at the desk and shaDow complains about his life a little bit, that nobody understands him. He then calls Tomohiro Ito to come out. Ito comes out, not sure what to make of this, as shaDow points to a monitor as they watch Ito get picked apart last show. shaDow tells him that nobody takes him seriously, that his life has been nothing but a disaster after disaster. He offers Ito I guess what you could call him hope, as he offers to take him in, to work together with him. Ito looks like he is considering it, like he is starting to get emotion before shaDow straight up SLAPS him. Ito just stares at his boots as shaDow walks off, Ito refusing to comment to Druid as he walks off.

The Strike Force and La Cosa Nostra conflict continued next, as Briggs, the assasin met up with Brad Wolf, former Special Ops in the Marines. All of La Cosa Nostra became involved, as Lee Stone made the save just minutes in, and this match had to be thrown out.

Johnny Jett made his way out next, wearing his newly won International Championship, and flanked by two girls of international flavor, one looking to be asian, the other of Latino descent. Druid meets up with him, as he tells the girls to stand back and let him talk, Jett claiming that he had to make his abrupt departure months ago to work on a few acting roles in Hollywood. That he also started cutting his debut album and was simply too busy to be a pro-wrestler. But now that his schedule has slowed down for the time being, he decided to grace his old stomping grounds of Spunk Pro with his face again. He said it was no surprise that he is wearing gold, as it is his color. When asked about his underhanded tactics in winning the title, he simply brushed Druid off and walked to the ring, to meet his opponent, shaDow! Well, should I say that shaDow met him. shaDow's style is that of a suicidal maniac. He simply tosses himself from inside the ring out onto Jett without a care in the world. It didn't even look like he aimed that shot, that he just DID it! The match went a lot like that, with shaDow just carelessly throwing his body around, overwhelming Jett. This forced Jett to stall a bunch, when it finally paid off, shaDow going for another death-defying move, and, well, smacking his head against the apron. Johnny Jett slaps him around a bit before rolling him back into the ring and going for the pin, only for shaDow, who surely cares little about the shape he is in kicks out! Jett looks furious as shaDow tries to spring himself off of the ropes with a dropkick, with Jett catching him and slamming him down hard with a spinebuster, holding onto his legs and turning him over into that torture crab again! shaDow is forced to pass out in this hold, and once again Jett refuses to let up until the refs pull him off and offer him his championship!

When asked how he felt about the victory, he said he felt like his celebration should have international flavor, that maybe its time for some Korean. Druid scratches his head as Jett walks off with the girls that he came out with and his title.

The semi-main saw a world famous Spunk Pro elimination tag go down, with Jesus X teaming with Paddy Baker and Ken Shields to face off against ZODIAK, Big T and Lester Bourbon. Sean Gabriel, Paddy's regular partner could not be here after being attacked with a fireball by Stuart Robinson on WILD TV. Big T met with the same fate as he did last time we saw him, being counted out, only this time he was aware, and he was FURIOUS. He made his way back into the ring, pulling his glove off and nailing Paddy Baker with a HUGE right hand. Paddy wasn't quite right after that, leaving ZODIAK to pick up the scraps and pin him with a Demon Driver. Ken Shields got the single biggest pinfall of his career right after that, as he was facing off with ZODIAK, only for Jesus X to catch ZODIAK from behind with the Savior Kick leading him into a small package from Shields, Shields picking up the huge pinfall! Lester stormed in next, and walked into a similar fate, a big enzuiguri from the champ, leading right into a Discus Punch by the Texas All-Stater for the 3-count, as Jesus X and Ken Shields have survived this big match!

This leads us to a match for the Spunk Pro Junior Heavyweight Championship. It was a hard fought match, with Shogo working over DEMOS' arm throughout, and it looked like he had this in the bag, until RUINER came at him with a pair of clippers to distract him and DEMOS hits a big German Suplex for the 3-count. OdZ attempt to shave his head afterwards, but YUSUKE makes the save. It looks like this encounter between these two sides is far from over!

1. Lee Stone (2:11 - Stone Crusher) Joey Knuckles
2. Brad Wolf (6:03 - No Contest) Rick Briggs
3. Spunk Pro International Championship: Johnny Jett(C) (18:23 - Red Carpet Rub) shaDow
4. Jesus X/Paddy Baker/Ken Shields vs ZODIAK/Big T/Lester Bourbon
--Paddy Baker (15:58 -- Count Out) Big T
--ZODIAK (24:24 -- Demon Driver II) Paddy Baker
--Ken Shields (27:22 -- Roll-Up) ZODIAK
--Ken Shields (27:47 -- Discus Punch) Lester Bourbon
5. Spunk Pro Juniorheavyweight Championship: DEMOS (C) (17:12 - German Suplex) Shogo Otsuka