Commentators: Kevin Hunsperger & Chris Hagstrom.
Edmund "Livewire" McGuire vs. Alex Castle: Angelus Layne has been accompanying Castle to the ring in AAPW lately, but she is conspicuous by her absence tonight. Livewire's upcoming Heavyweight Title shot at Mike Masters has now been confirmed to be a cage match...a first in AAPW. Castle teams with Matt Cage in other promotions as The Kentucky Buffet but he's flying solo in AAPW. McGuire avoids Castle's opening charge and goes right on offense...the fight spills out of the ring and Castle yanks him into the entranceway, then smashes his arm into the guardrail and ringpost. Livewire tries to fight back but Castle keeps going after the arm to stop him. The commentators wonder if it was wise for McGuire to take this match so close to his title shot...he gets a sunset flip for two, crucifix for two, and small package for two before IT'S THE BIG FOOT stops him in his tracks. Castle makes the mistake of going to the top rope and McGuire hits the ropes to trip him up...top-rope Frankensteiner! He follows that up with the superkick...that'll do it!
Heath Hatton has a big match tonight...he just says "It's time".
More from Shane Rich...he was teaming with Greg Anthony but things went sour.
Brandon Espinosa(w/ Ace Hawkins) vs. Tag Team Champion Christian Rose(w/ Matt Cage & Zakk Sawyer): Cage joins the broadcast team for this one...and Espy rushes the ring to attack Rose! Sawyer grabs Espy's foot, but Hawkins jumps on Sawyer and Cage storms away from the headset in disgust. Rose ties up the ref long enough for Cage to jump into the ring with his ring-entry Stunner on Espinosa...that'll turn the tide. We're told that the winner will choose the Tag Title match stipulation for Zero Hour...Cage(returning to commmentary) assumes it'll be some sort of "Mexican jumping bean" match, har har. Good back-and-forth match from there...skip to the endgame as Espinosa rallies and gets a near-fall after a uranagi backbreaker, then another after a Steamboat Press. Rose stops him with a forearm shot to the back of the head...for two. Rose rams him into the turnbuckles and sets up a superplex...nails it! Rose tries to float over for the pin, but Espinosa small-packages him for the quick win! Ace joins his partner in the ring, but Sawyer runs into the ring too and immediately gets planted with the Combover(cobra clutch Stroke). Should it be no-DQ? Espinosa doesn't want the belts to come into play...so let's hang them above the ring and do a ladder match!
The Great Cheyenne gets jumped during her promo by Angelus Layne(w/ Alex Castle)...sounds like another match for Zero Hour.
NWA World Champion Adam Pearce enlightens us.
Contract signing time...Hagstrom mediates for Heavyweight Champion Mike Masters and McGuire. Masters brings out a steel chair so Livewire folds up his own chair to defend himself...but things settle down for the actual signing. McGuire suspects red tape and Masters takes exception to the insinuation that he might try to weasel his way out of this situation. Livewire makes sure to read through the whole thing(though Hagstrom says they both had a chance to read it beforehand) before signing. Masters threatens McGuire's young son and tempers flare...the two start brawling! Hagstrom tries to settle things down and security separates them...then Livewire tries to superkick Masters only to hit Hagstrom by mistake! Wrestlers come out to settle things down and check on the fallen announcer...as Livewire leaves the ringside area, promoter Sean Chambers comes out and gives him an odd look before turning around and returning to the backstage area...
Adam Pearce vs. Heath Hatton for the NWA World Title: Manager Gaylord Stevens(w/ Jay Wellington Beauregard) joins Hunsperger at the broadcast table...Ax Allwardt has been banned from ringside. Pose-off to start and even the ref gets more approval than Pearce. YAY WRESTLING~! Heath gets the better of the first exchange so Pearce claims a hair pull...don't think so. Hatton keeps one-upping the champ so "Scrap Iron" stalls outside the ring a few times...then teases a walk-off but Heath pulls him back by the ear. Pearce finally stops Heath's momentum with a spinebuster and slows the pace, but he can't keep Hatton down for long. Pearce throws Heath out of the ring but gets a whip reversed into the guardrail...however, he introduces Hatton to the railing as well. Meanwhile, Stevens has been claiming everything from biased officiating to a conspiracy against Allwardt...oh well. Heath escapes the piledriver setup and hits a swinging neckbreaker...looks like a comeback to me! Hatton nails the missile dropkick for a near-fall as Beauregard leaves his seat for a closer look at the action...then argues with the official JUST as Hatton hits his falling DDT finisher and has the pin. Gaylord enters the ring with his umbrella but Heath turns it on him...and Pearce gets the cheap rollup with a handful of tights for the win.
Allwardt comes out to raise Pearce's hand, then Stevens and Beauregard join the celebration...Heath is upset and challenges Ax AND Gaylord to a tag match at Zero Hour. Beauregard accepts the challenge...and Hatton reveals that his partner will be Colt Cabana!
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