Here comes the new episode of POI. Thank you to all who reviewed Decimation. Looking back this episode is nothing to speak of in terms of matches, it's more of a storybuilding show. I think this episode has the first women's match on a main card. So enjoy the show, leave a review (they'll get repped and returned), and thanks for reading.
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POI Wrestling Episode 40
The show opens with an introduction from the commentary team.
Jim Ross: Hell everybody and welcome to POI. I am JR; Jim Ross.
Shane Douglas: And I’m the Franchise Shane Douglas. We’re coming off the heels of Decimation and the landscape of POI has been changed.
JR: But one thing has not changed; Samoa Joe is still the POI World Champion.
“The Champ is Here†hits and Samoa Joe walks to the ring with the POI World Title over his shoulder.
Joe: Well, well look who’s still champ. I beat the odds and I beat five of the best wrestlers in this business. They’re good, but not as good as me. Once I won, I didn’t even get my time to celebrate. That punk Christopher Daniels came to the ring and told me to watch my back. He says he can challenge me for my belt whenever he wants. Daniels, go ahead. Try to take this belt away from me and see what happens to you. You say that the end is near for POI, you are sadly mistaken my friend. As long as this belt is with me POI will never die. Now before I get my hands on Daniels I want to take out his church. So I want tonight’s main event to be myself taking on Low Ki. Ki, tonight I’ll prove that Joe’s gonna kill you.
Joe drops the mic and heads to the back.
JR: A huge challenge made by Samoa Joe and I have just received word and it is official, Joe will meet Low Ki in tonight’s main event.
Shane: That’s going to be one hard hitting match. In tonight’s first match the new Hardcore Champion Nick Mondo will defend his belt against Rhino.
Match 1: Nick Mondo vs. Rhino for the Hardcore Championship
As Nick walks through the backstage area to get to the ring Rhino attacks him from behind. Rhino picks up a garbage can and drives it into the back of Mondo’s head. Rhino continues to drive the can into Nick’s back before going for the pin. Mondo quickly kicks out at the count of 1. Rhino brings Nick to his feet and tries to whip him into the wall. Mondo reverses it, sending Rhino into the wall. Nick charges at Rhino, who picks up a chair and drives it into Nick’s gut. Mondo backs up and then hits a kick to the head on Rhino. Nick hits a second kick to the head. Rhino fires back with some huge punches to the face. Rhino picks an empty food tray off of a table and cracks it over Mondo’s head. Fragments of shattered tray fall everywhere. Nick falls to the ground as well. Rhino picks up the fragments and places them on Mondo’s back before stomping them into his skin. Nick is bleeding from the back. Rhino brings Mondo to his feet and attempts to ram him into the wall. Nick puts on the breaks and sends Rhino face first into the wall. Mondo whips Rhino into a stack of crates, making them topple down onto him. Nick goes for the pin, but Rhino manages to kick out at 2. Mondo picks up a chair, but it gets booted into his face. Rhino picks up one of the crates and drops it into Nick. Rhino picks up a table and sets it up against the wall. Rhino brings Mondo to his feet and sets him up against the table. Rhino goes for the gore, bit at the last second Nick moves out of the way. Rhino crashes through the table. Mondo sets up a second table, lifts up Rhino, and slumps him over it. Nick climbs onto another table, jumps off of it, and hits a double foot stomp to the head on Rhino, putting him through the table face first. Mondo goes for the pin and gets the 3 count in a match that never made it to the ring.
Shane: That match was the definition of Hardcore.
JR: And that’s why “Sick†Nick Mondo is our Hardcore Champion.
“I Fought the Law†hits and Nigel McGuinness walks to the ring carrying a bag.
Nigel: At Decimation that wanker Samoa Joe kept the POI World Title. Even though I lost that match it helped me realize two things. One; I need to get back to doing what I do the best. Two; I am a champion. In fact I am the best damn champion to ever hold this belt, that’s why I have this. *Nigel pulls a title belt out of his bag* This is the ROH Pure Title and I’m bringing it out of retirement. I am the worlds best pure wrestler. I don’t care if POI recognizes the belt or not. I will defend it. Now it’s time for me to show you people what I can do.
Paul London begins to walk to the ring. Brian Kendrick runs through the crowd and attacks London. Kendrick uses a flurry of punches and kicks on London before whipping him headfirst into the ring steps. Kendrick grabs London, runs up the ring apron, and hits Sliced Bread #2 on London. Kendrick brings London to his feet and rolls him into the ring.
Match 2: Nigel McGuinness vs. Paul London for the ROH Pure Title
London gets to his feet and McGuinness hits a jawbreaker lariat. Nigel goes for the pin and gets the 3 count. Nigel grabs his belt and heads up the ramp.
Shane: Nigel dominated in this match. Pure wresting at it’s finest.
JR: You don’t know what you’re talking about. I just want to know why Brian Kendrick attacked Paul London and it looks like we’re going to find out. Kendrick’s got a mic.
Kendrick: I bet you’re all wondering why I; The Brian Kendrick did this. Why did The Brian Kendrick attack his friend Paul London? It is because the legacy that I will leave behind. The Brian Kendrick does not always want to be associated with the tag team of Paul London and Brian Kendrick. Paul was always announced first. The Brian Kendrick deserves to be announced first and he will be. London you may get the recognition, but I’m about to change that.
Kendrick begins to head to the back.
Shane: I like him.
JR: You would, you’re both obsessed with yourselves. We’re going to go to the back where CM Punk has asked for some time to speak.
CM Punk: At Decimation you all saw how I was screwed out of the POI World Title by Homicide. I thought that I got rid of Homicide, but I guess I was wrong. Now I’ll have to make sure that I eradicate this parasite from POI. Homicide you’re nothing but a worthless sack of crap to me. Some people might be scared of you, but not me. All I see is another drinker or another druggie and that makes me sick. In the end, Homicide you will learn that Straightedge means I’m better than you.
Suddenly Punk is attacked from behind by Homicide. ‘Cide rains down blows on Punk. CM hits some shots to the stomach and the two of them begin exchanging punches with Homicide getting the better of Punk. CM fires back with a spinning back fist to Homicide's face. Security runs in and manages to break up the brawl. The shot cuts back to ringside.
JR: Those two are ready to tear each other apart.
Shane: I love it, ha-ha.
JR: Our next match tonight is a number one contender match for the tag team titles.
Match 3: New Hart Foundation (Shelton Benjamin and Teddy Hart) vs. the Motor City Machine Guns in a #1 Contender Match for the POI Tag Team Championships
Hart and Sabin start off the match. They lock up and Hart gets Sabin in a wristlock before shooting him into the ropes. Sabin bounces back, leapfrogs over Teddy, bounces off the ropes again, and takes Teddy down with an armbar. As Hart gets to his knees, Chris tries to take his head off with a kick. Teddy ducks the kick and sweeps Sabin’s legs out from under him. Hart stands up and hits a standing moonsault on Chris. Teddy goes for the pin and Sabin quickly kicks out at 2. Hart gets Chris standing and unloads on him with punch after punch. Teddy tries to whip Sabin into a corner, but Sabin reverses it. Hart slams into the turnbuckles before getting hit with a dropkick to the face by Chris. Sabin grabs Teddy and goes for a release German suplex. Hart lands on his feet and catches Chris off guard with a tornado DDT. Teddy stomps on Sabin before tagging Shelton Benjamin into the match. Shelton waits on the ring apron for Sabin to get to his feet. Chris stands up and Benjamin goes for a springboard clothesline. Sabin takes Shelton out of the air with a dropkick to the face. Chris crawls over to his corner and manages to tag in Alex Shelley. Alex comes in like a house of fire and hits a kick to the side of the head on Benjamin before knocking Hart off the ring apron with an elbow to the face. Shelton gets to his knees and Shelley hits a Shining Wizard. Alex goes for the pin and Benjamin kicks out at 2.
Shelley gets up and hits a dropkick to the back of the head before going back to the ring apron. Shelton lifts up Shelley and powerbombs him onto the top turnbuckle. Benjamin backs up before hitting a splash in the corner on Alex. Shelton grabs Shelley and sets him up on the mat before heading up to the top rope. Benjamin attempts the 450 splash, but Alex rolls away at the last second. Shelley grabs Shelton, applies an Indian deathlock, bridges back, and hooks in a chinlock, synching in the Shelley Stretch. Hart climbs to the top turnbuckle and goes for Open Hart Surgery on Shelley. Alex unhooks the chinlock and moves out of the way causing Hart to land on Benjamin. Hart clutches his stomach and rolls to the outside. Sabin gets into the ring and he and Sabin wait for Shelton to stand up. Once Benjamin gets to his feet Sabin hits a spinning heel kick. Shelley follows up with a superkick. Then at the same time Sabin hits a jumping enzuigiri and Shelley hits a second superkick. Benjamin falls to the mat. Alex goes for the pin and gets the 3 count. The Motor City Machine Guns are the number 1 contenders to Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black’s Tag Team Championships.
JR: What an exciting match we just saw.
Shane: Benjamin head must be spinning. Wait a minute! It’s Generation Next.
Roderick Strong, Jack Evans, and Matt Sydal run towards the ring and attack Hart and Benjamin. Strong picks up Hart and slams him to the mat with a Gibson Driver. Evans and Sydal bring two tables into the ring and set them up. Strong places Hart on a table while Sydal climbs to the top rope. Sydal hits the shooting star press on Hart, putting him through the table. Strong picks up Benjamin and puts him through a table with an Evans dropkick assisted powerbomb. Generation Next leaves the ring after dominating the New Hart Foundation just as they had been at Decimation.
Shane: Well that was just sick.
JR: That’s not what you thought at Decimation
Shane: That’s because what happened at Decimation was justified.
JR: You are so full of it. Let’s send it to the back where someone wants to issue a challenge.
The shot cuts to the back where Mike Quackenbush has a mic.
Quack: Tonight a new title was introduced into this company; the ROH Pure Championship. Now that windbag Nigel McGuinness may think that he is the best pure wrestler in the world, but he has never had a match with me. Nigel, next week I want a match for the Pure Title. Then we’ll prove who the best pure wrestler really is.
The shot cuts back to the ring where Daizee Haze is waiting for her opponent. Lacey walks onto the entrance ramp with a mic.
Lacey: So Daizee I beat you on POI Previews and you still want more. That’s fine with me, but to get another match with me you’ll have to beat someone that I choose for you. Your opponent will be my fellow Age of the Fall member MsChif.
Match 4: Daizee Haze vs. MsChif
The bell rings and MsChif screams at Haze. Daizee responds with a forearm to the face. MsChif staggers back and goes for a spinning back fist. Haze ducks the fist and tries for a heartpunch. MsChif catches the fist and applies a wristlock before whipping Daizee into the corner. Haze bounces back and got hit with a crossbody block by MsChif. MsChif goes for the pin, but Daizee kicks out at 2. MsChif pulls Haze to her feet by her hair before whipping her into a corner. MsChif charges into the corner, but Daizee moves out of the way and rolls up MsChif for a 2 count. Both women get to their feet; Haze kicks MsChif in the stomach, and hits a facebuster. Daizee goes for a Yakuza kick on MsChif. MsChif ducks the kick, grabs Haze, and takes her down with a Russian legsweep. MsChif gets up and hits a springboard moonsault. She goes for the pin, but Daizee kicks out at 2. MsChif grabs Haze and locks in the camel clutch. Daizee struggles to get out of the hold. Haze begins to claw at the mat and she eventually reaches the ropes, breaking the hold. MsChif gets up and begins to stomp on Daizee. MsChif goes for a standing moonsault. Haze gets her knees up, causing MsChif to crash into them. Both women get to their feet. Daizee grabs MsChif and hits a stunner. Haze sets up MsChif before going to the top rope. Daizee attempts a moonsault, but MsChif rolls out of the way, making Haze crash into the mat. They get to their feet and MsChif shoots green mist out of her mouth at Haze. Daizee ducks the mist, grabs MsChif, and hits a heartpunch. Haze grabs MsChif and drives her face first into the mat with the Mind Trip. Daizee goes for the pin and gets the 3 count.
JR: I guarantee that you will not find better women’s wrestling anywhere.
Shane: Who cares, it’s boring.
JR: You’re a jackass.
Daizee grabs a microphone.
Haze: Lacey, you said that I had to beat MsChif to get another shot at you and I just did. In our last match you used a chair to beat me. In our next match I’ll do much worse than that because I want our match to be a street fight. So what do you say?
A look of shock comes over Lacey. She quickly walks to the back without giving an answer.
JR: A street fight?
Shane: That might not be boring.
After Daizee leaves Delirious walks to the ring with the Intercontinental Championship.
Delirious: IfIcouldbeseriousforamoment. Iwonthebelt! Iwonthebelt! Iwonthebelt! NowthatI’mdonewiththat. Ihavesomethingelsetosay. Iwanttomakeaninternationalchallenge. IwantsomeonenotfromPOIortheUStofaceme. Sowhoeverwantstocome,Idon’tknowwho,comenextweek.
Delirious starts to walk to the back.
Shane: What the hell did he say?
JR: Something about an international challenge.
Shane: Well it really doesn’t matter because it’s main event time.
"Disposable Teens" hits and Low Ki walks to the ring.
Prazak: He weighs in at 180 and hails from Brooklyn, New York. He is Low Ki.
"The Champ is Here" hits and Samoa Joe walks to the ring.
Prazak: He weighs in at 290 and hails from Huntington Beach, California. He is Samoa Joe.
Match 5: Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe (non-title match)
The bell rings and the two men stand face to face in the middle of the ring. Low Ki shows no respect to Joe by slapping the taste out of his mouth. Joe smiles at Ki before hitting a spinning back fist. Joe grabs Ki and whips him into the ropes. Ki bounces back, ducks a clothesline by Joe, bounces back again, and hits a kick to the stomach. Low Ki uses kicks to bring Joe to his knees. Ki uses a spinning heel kick to the head on Joe, knocking him to the mat, Low Ki sets up Joe on the mat before heading up to the top rope. Ki goes for the kill early on in the match by attempting the double foot stomp to the head. Joe reveals that he was playing possum by quickly moving out of the way of Ki’s feet. Joe gets up, grabs Ki, and hits a German suplex. Joe holds the bridge for a pin and Low Ki kicks out at 2. Joe keeps Ki on the mat by stomping on his knees. Joe springs off the ropes and drops a knee on the skull of Low Ki. Joe brings Ki to his feet and tries to whip him into the corner. Low Ki reverses it, sending Joe hard into the corner. Ki charges at Joe and hits a dropkick to the face. Ki gets up fast and charges at Joe again. Joe grabs Ki with one arm and slams him to the mat.
Joe springs off the ropes and goes for a standing senton. Ki gets his knees up making Joe crash back first into them. Ki grabs Joe and quickly locks in the dragon sleeper. As Joe feels the blood stop flowing to his head he begins to drag himself and Low Ki toward the ropes. Joe grabs onto the bottom rope, but Ki refuses to break the hold. The ref tries to break it up himself, but he can’t. The ref calls for the bell and disqualifies Low Ki. Ki breaks the hold and begins to leave the ring. Joe gets to his feet and yells at the ref to restart the match. The ref gives into Joe’s demands and rings the bell. Joe quickly attacks Low Ki with a flurry of punches and slaps. Joe picks up Ki and hits a Samoan drop, but Ki turns it into a crucifix pin. Joe kicks out at 2. The men get to their feet and Ki tries to take Joe’s head off with a kick. Joe ducks the kick, grabs Low Ki, and hits an STO. Joe lifts Ki to his feet and whips him into the corner. Joe charges at Ki and hits an elbow to the face. Joe lifts up Ki and seats him on the top rope. Joe picks up Ki and hits the Muscle Buster. Joe covers Low Ki and gets the 3 count.
Before Joe can get the chance to celebrate he is suddenly attacked by Rob Van Dam and Christopher Daniels. RVD goes to town on Joe with stiff kicks. Daniels grabs Joe, gets the double underhook, and hits the Angel’s Wings. Daniels, Rob, and Ki each goes to the top rope in three different corners. Daniels hits the BME on Joe. Then RVD hits the Five Star Frog Splash. Finally Low Ki hits a double foot stomp to the head. Daniels grabs the POI World Title before spitting on it and draping it over Joe.
JR: This is just sick! Nobody deserves this.
The show ends as the Church of Daniels stands tall over Samoa Joe.
(end episode 40)
