PWGP CHARGE: Episode 34 (10/21/2018)

We're live from the PWGP Exhibition Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Our host, El Hombre Loco, Enmascarado (better known as "Loco" or That Masked Guy) greets everyone tuning in around the world and introduces us to his co-host for the evening, WTC Destiny Crown Champion Eli Buchanan. The pair quickly go over tonight's card, we will see the remaining four opening round matches in the Three Kings Tournament, as well as "Top Ten" James Daniels defending the Television Title and we hope to learn more about the card for "Glory Road: Three Kings" which comes to us live in three weeks from Regina, Saskatchewan.

Loco turns things over to our ring announcer, Nick Christoulos, who makes the introductions for the opening contest.


Loco informs us that "Danion no Unmei" loosely translates into "The Fate of the Dungeon" or "Dungeon of Doom". Buchanan had a brief face off with all three members of the Japanese team representing BATTLE Japan prior to the match. Loco reminded Buchanan that he was simply here to help call the matches and was not to interfere with any of tonight's matches at the risk of facing a $5000 fine from the BUAC. Buchanan apologizes and states there's a lot of bad blood between him and all three of those men.

The match began with Wolf and Hirai, two former riding partners during Lions Road Pro-Wrestling's early days in the Great Lakes area. Wolf tried fist bumping with his former friend but got a slap across the face for his troubles. A brawl between the two ensued, which Wolf began getting the better of before Hirai raked his eyes and shoved him in the corner to tag in Goryō. The twenty three year veteran delivered a series of martial arts strikes to Wolf before missing a kick and hit with a clubbing clothesline from the Yukon native. Wolf tagged in Holm, who took Goryō to the mat and showcased some of his amateur wrestling skills, but the old devil had a few tricks of his own and managed to roll free and make the tag to GRIM.

Pierre the Masked Canuck begged to be tagged in and Holm complied. The crowd was really behind Pierre as he entered the ring but the wind was taken out of their sails when GRIM landed a thrust kick right under the masked man's jaw that floored him. The dark wizard and his minions would slowly wear the Masked Canuck down over the next few minutes, making quick tags so no one man was in the ring for any extended period of time.

All seemed to look lost for Pierre, who Goryō had locked in a nerve hold, when Wolf could take it no longer. He rushed into the ring and nearly kicked the grizzled veterans head off with a kick and dragged Pierre back to his corner for a tag. This led to absolute chaos, as Wolf and Holm took it to all three members of Danjon no Unmei and Wolf managed to knock GRIM from the ring to even things up a bit.

A kick from Hirai would stagger Wolf back into his corner and Pierre would tag himself back in. He hit a flying cross body block on both Hirai and Goryō. Holm would try to help his partner out, but GRIM sprayed him in the face with green fist behind Eddie Tims. The dark wizard would use a running kick to send Wolf to the arena floor, which allowed Goryō to catch Pierre with a spinning back fist and lock on a Camel Clutch for the submission victory.


Following the match Buchanan complained about the tactics GRIM had used to help secure the win for his team. Once again though, Loco reminded him he couldn't get involved in the proceedings this evening.

Meanwhile in the ring, the three members of Danjon no Unmei celebrated by kneeling in the ring and offering up thanks to their dark mistress, Jorogumo. Once finished they made their exit while officials helped the members of Team GLWA to the back.


In his office, BUAC Spokesman Robert Fredrick watched the proceedings with a look of irritation on his monitor. PWGP Global Champion, The Technician, and his manager, The Guru, burst in and Tech demanded to know what Fredrick was thinking when he booked him for the the Global Title Match against Brutus Smith. Fredrick reminded him that as a former champion , Brute was within his rights to request this match. Tech pointed out Brute was stripped of the title due to injury but Fredrick informed him that he's been assured that the masked giant will be medically cleared to compete in three weeks and suggests Tech get ready for his first title defense, leading Tech to walk away in disgust.


Squire came out first and we're told by Loco he actually requested this match, leading to Buchanan quipping that he had more guts than brains. No appearance from Riel before the match. Daimon came out and banged the announce table right in front of Buchanan, who jumped to his feet. Loco again reminded Eli he was only here to help call the matches and wasn't to get physically involved. After several intense seconds Daimon turned and entered the ring and Buchanan sat down.

The match began with Daimon slowly backing Squire into the corner. Squire appeared in trouble for a moment but the self-proclaimed "King of the Dark Match" managed to duck behind Daimon after the masked monster threw a punch at him. Squire would hit a few kicks to Daimon's right knee before dancing away. The masked monster would begin to stock his much smaller opponent, trying to corner him once again but Squire managed to continuously dodge him and try to chop him down with more stiff kicks.

Squire's luck finally seemed to run out when he went for a drop kick and Daimon swatted him out of the air. The masked monster scooped Squire up and tossed him throat first on the top rope before scooping him up a second time and tossed him to the arena floor. The big man followed him out and whipped Squire into the guardrail. He picked Squire back up and smashed his head into the ring. Daimon grabbed Squire and dragged him over to the announce booth and slammed him on the table right in front of Buchanan. Once again Buchanan jumped to his feet and Loco begged him to sit back down.

The masked monster tossed Squire back into the ring and pointed at Buchanan before climbing back in the ring. He pulled Squire to his feet but Squire tried to fight him off with a couple of blows to the body. Squire went for a running clothesline but Daimon grabbed him by the throat and dropped him with a choke slam and went for the pinfall, mercifully putting this one to an end.

It looked like Daimon was going to leave the match following his win but he quickly turned around and dragged Squire to his feet. He pointed at Buchanan again and hit another choke slam. Buchanan tried to leave the announce booth, but Loco begged him to stay put. Daimon picked Squire up and hooked his leg before lifting him over his head by his throat. He pointed one more time a Buchanan before bringing Squire down hard on his knee with a choke breaker.

This was too much for Buchanan, who leap over the announce table and slid into the ring but Daimon back-flipped out of the ring before there could be a confrontation between the two of them, backing up the ramp. Buchanan screamed at him to come back and fight, while trainers checked on Squire and helped him to the back.


There was a commotion in Robert Fredrick’s office as Goober the Gooker Things Uno and Dos, The Unknowns, and Surf ‘n Turf amongst others were all yelling at once. Finally Fredrick held his hand up and told the group that he understood they were all upset about David Lee Sellers from Team MLWA taking the PWGP 24/7 Title with him back to MLWA but quite frankly he didn’t care for the title, since it was created by The Invading Army. As far he was concerned, Fredrick told them, MLWA could keep the title if they liked because he would not risk ruining relations with that company’s ownership by sanctioning an invasion to get it back. He went on to inform all of them that the BUAC was planning something to occur at “Glory Days: Three Kings” featuring many of the lighter members of the roster, so he advised them to be on their best behavior, otherwise they might be missing out on the opportunity once he makes the official announcement next week. He then kicked everyone out of his office and went back to his computer.




Neither Buchanan or Loco knew anything about the members of The Knockdown Council, although both admitted the masked trio seemed to be in good shape. The crowd though was on the KDC right away with chants of “Kraft Dinner” and other macaroni and cheese references. KD 2 and KD 3 seemed annoyed at these chants but KD 1 kept them focused on the task ahead of them.

KD 1, the smallest member of The Kraft Dinner… I mean, Knockdown Council, started for his team but was reluctant to face off with Faititili and immediately tagged out to the groups largest member, KD 3. Faititli responded by tagging in the strongest member of his team, True North Ant. The two big men locked up in the middle of the ring and TNA surprisingly got the better of the exchange, backing KD 3 into the ropes. He released the move immediately and backed away. KD 3 tried take a swing at him but TNA ducked out of the way and hit a hip toss and went for an armbar, but KD 3 scrambled out of the move and tagged KD 2 into the match.

Philly asked his Strange Brew partner to tag him in and True North Ant complied. Philly locked up with KD 2, and the mysterious #2 caught him in a hammer lock. Philly managed to transition out of the hold and into a hip toss, but KD 2 help onto the arm and tried to lock in an armbar. Philly rolled through and and caught KD 2 with a headscissors but KD 2 broke free and grabbed the snake man in a headlock, but Philly countered back into the head scissors. KD 2 broke free and rolled to his corner and tagged KD 3 back into the match. The biggest member of KDC rushed into the ring but was tripped up by Philly, who followed up with a side headlock. KD 3 showed his strength though by picking Philly up and tossing him halfway across the ring and flexed his muscles.

At this point Buchanan noted there was something familiar about the members of the Knockdown Council but he couldn’t put his finger on it.

Meanwhile True North Ant tagged back in. He grabbed KD 3 in a side headlock, but the #3 tossed him into the ropes and leveled him with a shoulder check. TNA hoped to his feet and hit the ropes again, but got knocked down by KD 3 a second time. Undeturd, TNA hit the ropes a third time. He ducked a clothesline and Faiititli got the blind tag. TNA grabbed KD 3’s arm and used his momentum to whip KD 3 into the ropes and the biggest member of the Knockdown Council was caught with a super kick from Faititli on the rebound. The kick staggered him and TNA tackled him to the mat with a spear before rolling out of the ring and allowing Faititli to hit a somersault leg drop for a one count.

Faititili would try to use his speed and stiff kicks to keep the big man down, but a well timed knee to the back from KD 1 while he was rebounding off the ropes gave KD 3 the opportunity to hit a running boot and tag #1 into the match. KD 1 showed off how remarkably quick he was with a series of lightning fast kicks and a beautiful standing moonsault to pick up a two count of the Samoan warrior. He tagged in KD 2, who hit a neckbreaker and locked on a kravat for a few minutes, before tagging in KD 3, who simply tossed Fatitili around and slapped him across the back of the head.

The Knockdown Council would continue on with that game plan for the next few minutes, with Buchanan repeating this all looked a bit too familiar to him.

At one point Faititili made the tag to True North Ant, but Andrew Roller was distracted by member of the KDC on the apron and missed it altogether, forcing TNA back out of the ring. The Samoan warrior would continue to take a beating from all three members of KDC. #1 would hit a standing corkscrew splash at one point but pulled Faititili up before Roller could make the three count. KD 1 went for a springboard phoenix splash, which had Buchanan yelling, “What a minute,” but Faitiitli managed to get his knees up and KD 1 came down on them hard.

Both men were down and hurt. They crawled for their individual corners and made the tags at almost the same moment. Philly came in and caught KD 2 with a running palm strike, followed up with a leg sweep. KD 3 ran in but was shoulder tackled by True North Ant. Strange Brew hit a double hip toss on #2, followed by a unique looking maneuver that started off looking like an atomic drop by TNA on Philly but turned into a sort of double leg drop as TNA jumped into the air and both men landed on KD 2. Philly went for the pin but it was broken up by KD 3, but he was quickly tossed from the ring by True North Ant.

KD 1 tried to get involved, climbing to the top rope but Fatitili ran in and knocked him to the arena floor. The Samoan warrior hit KD 2 with a super kick and #2 turned around right into a power bomb and neckbreaker combo from Strange Brew, allowing Philly to pick up the victory.


Following the match KDC tried to attack Faitatili and Strange Brew from behind. A brawl ensued between the six men and in the midst of the chaos Fatitili pulled KD 1’s mask off revealing he was none other than the recently exiled Bryant Adam Thompson. Seeing their partner unmasked, KD 2 and 3 tried to make a hasty retreat, but where taken down by Strange Brew, who quickly went to work removing their masks. They tried to fight it, but finally the masks came off, revealing they were the Agents of Pain.

The exiled members of Asper’s Army managed to roll out of the ring, shouting curses at Faitilti and Strange Brew, who were holding their masks above their heads and waving at them. Security came out and grabbed the three of them as they tried to make a break for it and with the crowd cheering Thompson and the AoP were dragged out of the building once again.

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Elsewhere, backstage correspondent Laurie Heeley was standing by with The Guru and members of The Family. She informs the audience that members of this faction will be featured in two of the remaining matches tonight in the Three Kings Tournament and she asks The Guru for comments. The Guru tells Heeley we are looking at the greatest faction in pro wrestling today. He complains that The Technician isn’t being allowed to participate in the tournament because of his Global Title defense against Brutus Smith in three weeks, so BOB will be taking Tech’s place teaming with Krak ‘n Mack tonight and a substitute has been chosen to team with the Moondogs tonight.

Buster and Runt appear shocked at this announcement. The Guru acknowledges he understands they were supposed to team with BOB, and even admits they are able to communicate with BOB better than he can, but this is for the better good of the group as The Guru has learned they will be a reward for the winning team in the Three Kings Tournament and The Family can’t afford to allow anyone else to get it. The Moondogs still don’t seem happy but The Guru promises them a new bone after their match tonight. Buster and Runt happily run off to get ready for their match and The Guru tells Heeley and the other members of The Family that Fredrick’s replacement better not let them down tonight; nothing would make him more happy than having both teams in the tournament final in three weeks. He tells Kraken and Brody to keep an eye on BOB and hurries off to catch up with the Moondogs.


No one seemed more surprised to see Negro team with the Moondogs than Buchanan was. Negro simply shrugged at his former mentor and could be heard saying that it was an opportunity.

The Bam Bros seemed to be in high spirits and rushed their opponents right at the opening bell. All six men began brawling before Buster was tossed out of the ring by Vlars. Moros picked Runt up over his head and threw him at Buster as he rose, sending both men crashing into the barricade. The Bam Bros weren’t done yet though, as Big O picked Negro up over his head as well and taking a running start, tossed Negro over the top rope right on top of both the Moondogs.

Eddie Tims tried to regain control of the match but the Bam Bros all exited the ring and went after their opponents. Axel Moros and Vlars tossed Buster into the ring steps, followed by Runt and lastly Negro. Big O shocked everyone in attendance by hitting a running cannonball. Negro managed to roll out of harm’s way but the Moondogs weren’t so fortunate and took the full impact of the cannon ball.

Negro tried to fight back against his three bigger opponents, but his series of kicks only seemed to annoy the Bam Bros and Moros ended up launching him into the ring. The dazed young luchadore immediately fell victim to the Puke Bucket from Vlars, who covered him to pick up the three count.

Buchanan and Loco put over the absolute dominant victory from the Bam Bros and Buchanan stated he might have found his pick to win the whole tournament.

Vlars and company celebrated in the ring, while their opponents recovered at ringside. Once they exited the ring and made their way to the back, Negro made it to his feet and stood watching them go, looking frustrated. Buchanan noted that the young man showed a lot of heart but was simply overwhelmed by brute force of the trio who just beat him.

The Moondogs and The Guru got in the ring and started arguing with Negro. He tried to apologize and leave the ring but was attacked from behind by Buster and Runt. Buchanan refused to stand by and allow this to happen, fine or no fine. He jumped in the ring and caught Runt with a running lariat before German suplexing Buster right out of the ring. The Guru grabbed Runt’s leg and pulled him out of the ring and took both his men to the back while Buchanan checked on Negro.

Negro appeared less than pleased to see Buchanan coming to his aide, but suddenly pushed his former mentor out of the way as Daimon entered the ring with a running boot, hitting the luchadore instead of his intended target. The masked demon looked down at Negro before turning around and getting hit with a leaping knee strike that staggered him. Buchanan tried to follow up with a belly to belly suplex, but Daimon grabbed him by the throat. Before he could hit the choke slam though, Negro came flying off the top rope with a drop kick that sent Daimon into the ropes. The luchadore went for a hurricanrana but Daimon countered it into a power bomb. Buchanan tried to come to his former student’s aide but got caught with a big boot.

With his adversary down, Daimon turned his attention back to Negro. He waited for the young man to stand and pointed a finger at him him. Fire came flying out of it and Negro would have been badly burnt if Buchanan had not managed to get to his feet and jump in front of the luchadore.

Buchanan began screaming in pain and Negro quickly jumped on top of him to protect him from a further assault. Daimon though seemed more than pleased by what had just happened and chose to backflip over the top rope and make his exit while trainers ran in to care for Buchanan. Before going to a break, we see a wet towel being placed over his eyes and him screaming out Daimon’s name.


Before the next match, Loco tells us that Buchanan is being taking care of by trainers but has refused to be taken to a local hospital at this time. Loco tells us despite his good intentions Buchanan will still get fined by the BUAC for getting physically involved here tonight. He reminds us that guest commentators are expected to not get involved in any way, no matter their personally feelings, although Loco himself states he can’t blame Buchanan for what he did here tonight. Loco is now joined by Nick Christoulos, who will be splitting his time between his ring announcing duties and helping to call the action.

Daniels is less than pleased to see his father wearing the pinstripes. We’re reminded that it was Danield who defeated his father, Jive, in a retirement match and was hoping to never see him again. Unfortunately for him, the BUAC gave Jive the opportunity to return as referee and he has been assigned to officiate his son’s matches exclusively.

Zaros is accompanied to the ring by his Surf ‘n Turf partner, Vod, as well as Gertrude Quest and the latest member of their team, Land Shark. Land Shark proves to be too enthusiastic and tries to trip Daniels just minutes into the match. Jive sees this and sends him, Vod and Quest as well, to the back. Vod and Quest are livid at this decision, but have no option but go, otherwise risking Zaros getting disqualified.

Daniels tries to take advantage of the situation and grabs the Television Title. He tries to hit Zaros with it, but the goblin managed to duck it. Zaros sees Jive turning around and drops to the mat, clutching his face. Jive sees him down and Daniels holding the title. Jive turns to call for the bell but Daniels begs him not to. This allows Zaros to roll him up and gets a two count. Daniels gets to his feet and jams a thumb in the goblin’s eye before turning to Jive and arguing with him. Jive looks down at his chest and frowns at his son. He turns back around and calls for the bell, disqualifying Daniels for touching the official.


Following the match, a livid Daniels grabs his title and marches off. He stops at the top of the entrance ramp and yells at Jive, still in the ring, before turning and disappearing in the back.

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James Daniels barges into Robert Fredrick’s office and asks him if he saw what happened out there. He demands Fredrick fire Jive right now, but Fredrick believes that Jive did an outstanding job out there. Fredrick says that Jive will continue officiating all his matches and reminds him that every time you get disqualified you lose two points, so he’s back at zero. So if he wants to get the ten points he needs to earn a Global Title shot, and prove he really is the greatest Television Champion ever, he better stop putting his hands on an official and start listening to his father.

Jive walks in and suggests that Robert Fredrick give Zaros another shot at the Television Title next week. Fredrick says he likes the idea and will put it before the BUAC to have it sanctioned. Daniels looks at them both before leaving in frustration.


Nick Christoulos is getting ready to introduce the main event when The Technician comes marching out with The Guru and the Moondogs. He grabs the mic from Christoulos and calls out Brutus Smith. Loco informs us Smith isn’t even here tonight, but knowing Brute, that might not matter.

Tech starts running Brute down, saying he’s known him for over twenty years and can’t stand him. He starts call him every name under the sun and promises to defeat him in three weeks because he’s the greatest wrestler in the world and Brute is just a giant pile of…

The lights go out in the arena and the crowd begins to cheer. When the lights come back up Brutus Smith is in the ring, but he hasn’t come alone. Son of Brute and Mini Brute are in the ring with him, along with their long missing manager, Tony Columbo. They square off with Tech and the Moondogs and the crowd goes wild, but Robert Fredrick comes out and yells at everyone to stop what they’re doing. He will not have a brawl here risking the PWGP Global Title Match at “Glory Road: Three Kings”. The crowd is upset but Fredrick announces that next week we will see the Moondogs, with Tech and Guru in their corner, against the Brute Squad, with Brutus Smith and Tony Columbo in theirs. Robert Fredrick then tells everyone to get out of the ring because they have one last match tonight and he will not allow these eight men to hold up the show.

As everyone exits the ring Loco and Christoulos put over the announcement we’ve just heard. The Brute Squad has not been seen since Mini Brute was injured in the semifinals of the International Tag Team Tournament several months ago. With points in play for a possible title shot down the line and both Tech and Brutus Smith at ringside, this could prove to be an incredible encounter.



The match starts with Kraken grabbing RTK and shoving him into the neutral corner. He pats RTK on the head and flexes his biceps. He goes for a cheap shot, but RTK ducks and crawls between his legs. RTK hits a standing enziguri to the back of Kraken’s head, temporarily dazing the big man. He tags in Baron and Rouge gets in the ring as well. The three of them hits triple drop kick that staggers Kraken in to his corner. Brody tags himself in. He runs in but gets a triple drop kick too and goes through the ropes. BOB charges in but gets a triple drop kick as well and rolls out of the ring.

All three members of The Family are on the floor of the PWGP Exhibition Centre. The Red Brigade tries to hit a trio of stereo slingshot planchas but are all caught. Kraken smashes Baron into the ring post, RTK gets tossed into the crowd by BOB and Brody sends Rouge head first into the ring steps. Kraken tosses Baron into the ring and Brody slides in after him, leveling him with a running boot. He makes the tag to BOB who picks Baron up and starts to repeatedly slams him in the ring. BOB hits a trio of headbutts before tagging in Kraken, who grabs Baron by the throat and goes for the leg trap choke slam but RTK comes flying off the top rope and hits a flying drop kick that knocks the French Canadian Colossus into the ropes.

RTK drags Baron to his corner and tags himself in. He hits a rolling kick to Kraken that dazes him. BOB runs in and RTK sidesteps him, sending him into Kraken. Brody tries to hit a running lariat but RTK ducks it and hits a Pele kick. He bounces off the ropes, and Rouge tags himself in. RTK hits Brody with a shotgun kick. The Japanese star doesn’t have a chance to celebrate though as BOB flattens him with a body attack. BOB picks him up by the mask and tosses him clear out of the ring.

Meanwhile Rouge has climbed the top rope and leaps off with a flying cross body block on Kraken. Kraken catches him though and turns it into a leg-trap chokeslam. Brody knocks Baron off the ring apron and Kraken tags BOB in. BOB hits a running splash on Rouge and picks up the three count to this wild match.

The Family celebrates their victory while their much smaller opponents try to recover around the ring. Loco and Christoulos put over how dominant a victory this was for the trio and they can’t help wondering what would happen if The Family were to face off with the Bam Brothers later in the tournament.

The celebration is cut short as Daimon comes marching down to the ring. He has a stare down with The Guru and his men before turning and picking Billy Rouge up by the throat and choke slams him. The Family make their exit, more than happy to leave Daimon to his destruction and head to the back. Daimon picks Rouge up a second time and hits a devastating choke breaker. He grabs Baron, who is still trying to recover from the beating he received, and sets him up for a choke breaker but RTK enters the ring and chop blocks him from behind. RTK checks on Baron to make sure he’s ok, then turns around to deal with Daimon, only to be caught by the throat and choke slammed by the masked demon. Daimon props RTK up in the corner so he can watch what’s about to happen. He picks Baron up and, making sure RTK can see what’s about to happen, slams him down across his knee with a choke breaker. RTK looks on with horror as he sees both his partners down and not moving. Daimon comes over and grabs him by the throat and points at him, indicating it’s his turn now.

The crowd pops as Máscara de Tigre del Negro hits the ring and comes to RTK’s aide. He hits a missile dropkick on Daimon and tries to drag RTK to safety. Daimon gets right to his feet and grabs them both by the throats. He’s about to choke slam them both when the crowd begins to cheer. Out comes Eli Buchanan, his right eye bandaged up, and a flaming 2x4 in his hand, wrapped in barbed wire.

He hits Daimon across the back with it, allowing RTK and Negro to finally escape. Daimon goes down and Buchanan tries to drive the burning piece of wood into his face. The camera picks up a look of horror in Daimon’s eyes and he manages to roll out of the ring and starts running up the ramp.

Buchanan grabs a microphone and starts yelling at Daimon. He says he’s sick of him running around here doing whatever he wants and targeting both him and those he cares for. He’s challenging Daimon to a match at “Glory Days: Three Kings” and is offering to put the WTC Destiny Crown Championship on the line. There’s two stipulations though: if Buchanan wins, Daimon is gone from PWGP forever and, this match will be PINFALLS COUNT ANYWHERE! Daimon nods his head from the top of the ramp before heading to the back.

We go off the air with Buchanan holding the still burning 2x4 above is head, while the crowd cheers.

What will happen next? You’ll have to tune in next week for the start of the Three King Tournament quarterfinals, as well as the Moondogs vs the Brute Squad, James Daniels defending the Television Title one more time against Zaros and so much more.