6CWF Presents Proving Grounds Results - December 15th 2023

*The crowd are absolutely crackling following the explosive press conference for Born in Fire. Michael Bird announces the rules for the upcoming Gauntlet match and we are led to believe that the majority of the roster will be taking part; the opportunity of running “Proving Grounds” for a whole night is up for grabs.

*Tyler Roth is the first participant, sparking boos from the audience. Genesis’ Executioner strides down to the ring and rolls inside. We get major hype for his upcoming battle with Scott Harris at Born in Fire when Harris is revealed as participant number two. Roth has a big grin on his face as he beckons Harris down to ringside. RJ reminds us that pinfalls, submissions and count-outs are at play for eliminations but DQs are not on the table. Harris sprints to the ring now and looks to dive at Roth but Roth stands his ground and pounds at the spine of his rival. He launches Harris back into the ropes and tries to decapitate him with a discus lariat on the comeback but Harris ducks it and snaps off a release German suplex. Harris beckons Roth up and wants a t-bone suplex but Roth smashes heavy elbows into the side of his head until he releases. Roth grips Harris with both hands around the neck now and launches him over the top to the outside.

*Roth makes a beeline for his foe but Harris kicks the steel steps into his midriff. Harris then uses the steps to run up and leaps into a shining wizard to the jaw that knocks Roth down. Harris stomps at the back of Roth repeatedly and then he picks up the steel steps and smashes them down on Roth’s back.

Harris throws Roth back in the ring and then he’s on the top rope and leaps into a frogsplash to the spine but Roth kicks out on two. Harris sets for the “Shot in the Dark” (Olympic Slam) but Roth leaps over the back and shoves him away before landing with the brutal discus lariat now. Roth motions that he is going to break Harris now. He sets him for “The Reaping” but Harris spins over the shoulder and nails a codebreaker as Roth turns around. Harris grabs Roth’s legs now and the crowd cheer him on as he applies the sharpshooter. Roth yells in pain but refuses to quit. Michael Sweetwater (banged up from Dicey’s attack last week) comes from the crowd and he punches Harris in the back of the head with brass knucks on. The crowd boo furiously as Roth gets up now. He quickly pulls the groggy form of Harris up and destroys him with “The Reaping” for the three count and the first elimination.

*Robin Reborn is the next out and he just strides back and forth on the stage as the crowd boo him. Roth seems disinterested in Reborn’s appearance and begins motioning to Michael Sweetwater to arrange some “furniture” so that they can do more damage to Harris.

Sweetwater drags out a table and slides it in the ring. They set it up before Roth drags Harris to the corner and lifts him onto the turnbuckle. He climbs up but Harris starts to fight with fists and headbutts until Roth staggers down. Sweetwater runs up the turnbuckle now but Harris launches him off into Roth. Harris then dives off with a double clothesline on both members of Genesis. Roth staggers up and Harris drills him through the table with the “Shot in the Dark”. Roth rolls from the ring. Harris picks up the brass knucks now and knocks Sweetwater out as the crowd cheer.

*Reborn decides now is the time to make his way to ringside as the referee counts Tyler Roth out and declares him eliminated from the matchup. Reborn is as brash as ever and cockily struts the ring until “Back in black” hits the airwaves and the crowd go wild. Reborn prepares himself but Anthony Grace comes through the crowd. He ushers Reborn around and lays him out with the “Blockbuster” tornado kick. Grace isn’t active in this match but he’s sending a message loud and clear…

*Cody Walker is the fourth participant and sprints down to the ring and up the ropes. Reborn is all at sea, struggling to rise, as Cody leaps through the air and splatters him with the “Howling Moon” (Flying Famea55er” which scores the three. Cody has knocked off one of his Born in Fire opponents and has a semblance of revenge for what went down at “Desert Storm”.

*Jerome Dubois is entrant number five. He shoves Cody into the ropes but Cody fires back and takes him down with a slingblade. Cody dropkicks Dubois in the corner and nails him with flying knees to the chest. Dubois staggers out as Cody drills him with a disaster kick for a two count. Cody heads up top and leaps for a flying DDT but Dubois shows great strength to catch him and spin him into an “Au Revoir” side-slam for a nearfall. Dubs sets up for the “French Connection” spear but runs into a drop toe hold. Cody leaps in the air and lands a stomp to the spine and follows up with “rolling thunder”. Dubois is groggy as he stumbles up and into a fireman’s lift/pele kick combo for a two.

*Cody ushers Dubois up and looks for the “Masamune” (Trouble in paradise) but Dubois ducks under and nails the spear off the ropes for two.

Dubois looks for the “Garlic Bomb” but Walker swivels on his shoulders and counters with a poisonrana. He follows up with a flying “V-trigger” knee strike. Walker heads up top and he looks for the “Coffin Drop” but Dubois catches and cradles him into a surprise three count upon landing. Cody cannot quite believe it as Dubois yells at him to leave the ring. Cody rises but Dubois slaps him in the face. Cody and Dubois battle now until Dubois pokes at the eyes and then nails a “Garlic Bomb” as the crowd boo

*Huge eruption from the crowd as an aggravated Rex Adamson charges through Dubois with the rib-shattering spear. Rex allows Dubois to get back to his feet and he bench presses him before dropping him down into a modified spinebuster (ala Goldberg). Rex beckons Dubois back to his feet again and he spins him up into the “Fire/Thunder” Driver for the three count. Rex just kneels there and looks ominous.

*Jenny McManus leads out both members of The Parasite Killers now. Rex prepares himself for battle but isn’t sure which member he is facing first. Fanatic climbs up on the apron so Rex turns and pummels him but McManus then clatters from behind and drags him into a sickening half nelson suplex. Rex rolls over on his knees as McManus follows up with the “knee trembler” to the jaw for a two count. McManus pummels Rex as the commentators talk about the growing issues and the upcoming tag team match at Born in Fire.

*McManus drags Rex up for the “River Wensum Plunge” but it is countered with a backdrop. Rex heads to the corner and is setting for the “Gore” when The Fanatic drags him under the bottom rope. He grabs Rex by the throat and is ready to chokeslam him through one of the announce desks but Rex slams a big knee into the gut. He then stuns the audience as he scoops Fanatic on his shoulders and decimates him through the table with an F-5

*Jenny McManus has slid a steel chair to her husband as Rex rolls back in, unawares. Rex runs in for the “Gore” but McManus drives the chair up in his face. McManus nails the “River Wensum Plunge” now but Rex kicks out. McManus looks angry as he puts the chair in place now. He sets to tombstone Rex on the chair but Adamson fights off the back and pushes McManus off the ropes before nailing him with a pop-up powerbomb on the chair. Rex destroys McManus with the “Fire/Thunder” Driver now for a three and another elimination.

*Rex isn’t interested in a countout. He rolls from the ring and drags Fanatic up and launches him inside. The big man staggers to his feet as Rex lashes the steel chair right across the top of his head and lays him out. Rex heads up top now and scores with a huge “Lo Down” frogsplash. He ushers Fanatic up and runs through him with a huge “Gore” for yet another elimination.

*Jenny McManus crawls in and lands a low blow on Rex, which drops him in a heap. She is screeching and looks angry as her husband starts to get to his feet. McManus grabs the steel chair and uses it to lash across Rex’s body as The Fanatic begins to recover. The fans are chanting for Max Adamson but he is nowhere to be seen. Rex is now taken out by the “Boot of Doom” but PK aren’t done and want to send a message ahead of Born in Fire. They toss Rex from the ring and now the youngster member of the roster is destroyed through the announce table by the “Midnight Hour” (ala New Day) as Fanatic has Rex on his shoulders and McManus leaps from the barricade to decimate their rival through the desk.

*Rex is left in a battered heap as Jenny McManus finally calls PK away. Cassidy is the next entrant following his altercation backstage with Matt Lightning. Cassidy looks happy to see Rex Adamson struggling as he slithers to ringside and rolls in. The referee is calling for a ringside doctor to check on Rex and they are making the call that he cannot continue in the match. We get a shot of Max Adamson watching on the monitor backstage. Xanthi Rose is shaking her head at Max….

*Eddy Kent is clapping from behind Max and has a smirk on his face as the Australian rounds on him. The 6WF Champion grins at Max before striding away.

*Back at ringside and Cassidy is watching Rex being escorted toward the back. He turns toward the stage and then his eyes narrow as Engel Harlequin is revealed as the next entrant. Cassidy seems to be considering his options as Engel shuffles out on the stage.

*Cassidy waits until Engel is up on the apron before he decides to roll out the opposite side. The crowd boo and call him a coward. Engel looks amused as Cassidy shakes his head and retreats into the crowd. Engel pretends to cry and mockingly waves. The commentators talk about Cassidy being “ditched” by Miss Jessica and her “rendezvous” with Engel last week. Cassidy disappears from view and is eliminated.

*Engel heads over to talk to one of the cameras but it is revealed the cameraman is Liam Wood and he smashes the weapon into Engel’s head, splitting him open. Wood is in the ring now and he pummels Harlequin as the crowd go wild. He launches Engel from the ring and then sprints in and tackles him over the barricade into the crowd. They continue to brawl but then Engel rakes Wood’s eyes and launches him back into the ringside area. Harlequin drops over the barricade and is searching for a weapon under the apron. He grabs the barbed wire bat and follows Wood into the ring but Wood runs in and nails the “Psycho Crusher” stomp as Engel climbs through the ropes.

*Wood has wicked intentions now as he grabs four steel chairs and sets them up to create a platform of sorts. He drags Engel up onto them but Engel counters with a backdrop down to the canvass. Engel pulls Wood up and nails a “Sister Abigail” onto the seats of the chairs. He looks around but then is spun around and drilled by an RKO from Reilly for a three and yet another elimination. Reilly looks delighted as he backs away to the corner.

*Engel flashes a look of malice at Reilly before he grabs Wood by the wrist and drags him under the bottom rope. Wood drops to his knees in the aisleway as Engel kicks him in the face and then drops on top of him and begins to land big right hands. He then grabs Wood by the hair and lifts his head off the floor before repeatedly bashing the back of his skull against the solid floor. Security teem out to drag Engel away.

*Wood is dazed and confused but trying to stand as security drag Engel up the rampway to keep them separated. “Last Resort” then hits the airwaves and the crowd go nuts for Geoff Steel’s arrival. Daniel Reilly looks annoyed as his Born in Fire opponent makes his entrance.

*We see Liam Wood pushing past staff and looking to get backstage to renew hostilities with Engel Harlequin as Steel enters the ring with his Born in Fire opponent. Reilly looks apprehensive but then grins as Oliver Keane jumps up onto the apron. Steel quickly spins and drops the agent with a huge right hand. Reilly grabs the European Championship belt and swings it at Steel’s head but he ducks it and scoops Reilly up. Steel prepares for the “AA” but it is amazingly counters into an RKO (ala Orton on Cena)….the commentators talk about how Reilly has knocked Steel off extremely quickly here as the referee completes a three count. JT remarks on how Oliver Keane made that elimination possible and how 6CWF management need to ensure he isn’t a factor at Born in Fire. Reilly is trash talking Steel as the boos ring around. He goes for the European Championship belt again and beckons for Steel to get to his feet…

*Steel counters the title shot and swipes Reilly’s legs. The crowd are on their feet as Steel applies the “Steelworks” in the centre of the ring and the European Champion begins to tap. We get word that Liam Wood is the next participant but he is not forthcoming. The cameras head backstage and Wood and Engel are embroiled in a bitter battle. Wood picks Engel up and drives him backward into a steel mesh barrier….Engel drops on all fours as Wood kicks a chair under his head and prepares for a “Psycho Crusher” stomp but Harlequin dodges it and then he grabs the chair and drives it into the crotch area of Wood, leaving him in a heap on the floor. Engel sizes Wood up and then looks to apply a choke….Wood thrashes from side to side, trying to break free, and then they rush sideways and launch themselves through a glass window, sending them crashing at the feet of several terrified members of office staff…

*More security personnel are on hand to keep Wood and Engel apart as we return to ringside. Geoff Steel is just releasing the submission on Reilly as “Born to Fight” booms through the airwaves. The crowd are going wild as Dicey Reilly comes marching down toward the ring. Steel smirks as he holds the ropes open for Dicey and motions for him to get some of the European Champion. Oliver Keane rolls into the ring to aid his client but Steel moves in and scoops him up before delivering a huge “Attitude Adjustment” on top of Reilly. Reilly is holding his ribs as he stumbles up and Dicey sets him down again with the “Craicdown” for the three and another elimination.

*Mike Hill is revealed as the 15th man to enter the match. He swaggers out on the stage as the commentators talk about Hill’s upcoming entrance into “Hardcore Hell”. Hill prepares for battle when Genesis suddenly storm the ring again. Dicey drops Sweetwater with a headbutt but is clattered by Tyler Roth. Roth drags Dicey up as Eddy Kent hops the barricade now. Kent signals for the “Genesis Kick” but Dicey breaks free and Roth takes the kick flush, sending him from the ring. Dicey kicks Kent in the stomach for the “Craicdown” but Sweetwater lands a low blow from behind. Mike Hill seems torn on the idea of helping as Eddy Kent beckons for Dicey to stand now. Hill continues to fight with his sense of right and wrong but then decides to storm the ring. Sweetwater rushes at him but Hill dodges an attack and suoerkicks him over the ropes. Kent tries to nail the “Genesis Kick” but Hill dodges it and nails a spinning heel kick. He grabs Kent by the head…

*Hill suddenly spins Kent around and shoves him into Dicey’s path. Dicey kicks him in the gut and sets for the “Craicdown” but Hill surprises him with a rollup for a three count and elimination. Dicey has a wry grin on his face as Hill shrugs his shoulders at him. Kent is able to roll away from the ring, an ugly grimace on his face, as Dicey motions to him how close he was to nailing the “Craicdown”.

*The lights in the arena go out and when they come back up there are ten masked members of “The Fallen” surrounding ringside. Mike Hill is staring out at them all, fully aware of the danger he is now in. He is searching for any sign of Clarke James but he is nowhere to be seen. Hill decides the best thing he can do is run the ropes and he launches himself over the top into a corkscrew takedown on five of the members. He dodges a double clothesline attempt from two more and nails a double pele kick to knock them down. Hill rolls back in the ring as two more give chase. He runs to the ropes and springs into a moonsault takedown on them….leaving just one. Hill grabs one of the downed “Fallen” for the “Over The Hill” when the remaining member makes their move. Hill spins around but walks straight into “Faithless” as the crowd boo and Clarke James reveals himself. He waits for his followers to climb in the ring and he orders them to lift Hill by the arms and legs before they launch him sky high (ala the Spirit Squad) and Hill is left to crash to the canvass in a sickening heap. CJ makes the cover and gets the three count.

*CJ and “The Fallen” have complete control of the ring when Uryu Ishida walks out onto the stage. The 6CW Champion looks apprehensive but shows no intimidation as he starts his descent to the ring….JT reminds us that the match between Uryu and CJ at “From the Ashes” was where this saga really began. CJ has a dark smile on his face as he orders his faction to climb out and approach the world champion….Uryu gets ready to stand his ground when JJ Johnson comes storming out onto the stage. Uryu and JJ work together now as they send members of The Fallen flying left, right and centre. JJ then spins and points at Clarke James. CJ beckons him on and next minute they are trading huge right hands in the centre. JJ starts to get the upper hand but CJ rakes his eyes and quickly reveals the “Railroad” spike…he tries to drive it at Johnson’s head but JJ ducks it and looks for the “Access All Areas” (stunner) but CJ pushes him away and flees the ring…

Clarke James seethes as he glares back at JJ, who continues to pace the ring. Uryu is about to get in the ring when a light-tube is obliterated across his back…

*JJ Johnson is still in the ring as Blue Dragon rags Uryu up and hauls him inside. BD climbs in and there is a long staredown between he and Johnson before JJ walks past him (brushing shoulders) before leaving the ring. Dragon smirks (believing he has scared Johnson off) and then he drags Uryu up. He flips him for a powerbomb but Uryu shows great resilience to counter into a falling headscissors. They get back up and Dragon looks for a big boot but Ishida dodges it and springs off the ropes into a tornado DDT for a two count. Uryu climbs out on the apron and looks for flying forearm but leaps straight into a sit-down powerbomb for a two count….

*BD looks for a chokeslam but Ishida twists his body into a wheelbarrow takedown for two. They get back up and Ishida looks for a disaster kick but Dragon catches him on his shoulders. He looks for another powerbomb but Uryu counters into a “Code Red” sunset flip bomb for another two. Dragon almost takes Uryu’s head off with a big boot as he runs the ropes but Ishida kicks out. BD looks for the “Deathnote” but Ishida counters into the “X-Factor” facebuster for another near-fall. Uryu heads up top for the “Split Second” but lands across the knees of Dragon. BD nails a huge chokeslam now but Uryu kicks out.

*BD once again signals for the “Deathnote” but Uryu swings onto his shoulders and then into a victory roll for a two. They get up and Dragon attempts a discus lariat but Ishida dodges it and superkicks him in the back of the head, sending him into the ropes, and amazingly nails a standing “Spanish Fly” as he returns. Ishida stumbles for the corner now and has “Split Second” on his mind. GazzyD arrives as the crowd boo. Gazzy strides down to ringside but acts as though he has no intention of getting involved. Uryu is struggling to concentrate with Gazzy’s presence but turns back to the downed BD. Gazzy then pulls out a “Plague” doctor mask and places it on the announce desk. The eerie object captures everyone’s attention. Uryu is suddenly spun off the top rope into a huge chokeslam by Blue Dragon. Dragon follows up with the “Deathnote” for the three.

*Gazzy holds up his hands in some kind of show of alliance. Dragon backs away and continues to bask in his victory as Gazzy drags Uryu out of the ring and over to the announce table. He holds up the “Plague” mask now and shows it to Uryu before he straps it onto Uryu’s head. He drags him up on the table and stuns everyone inside the arena as he delivers an almighty “Deep Impact” which crushes the world champion through the desk….

*Gazzy has the 6CW Championship in his hands as he sits amidst the wreckage with Uryu at his feet. Gazzy is singing “He’s got the whole world in his hands” when the audience start to go wild. All eyes turn to the giant structure that is lowering from the rafters….

*Blue Dragon is laughing and looks delighted as the structure lowers around the ring. the giant cell finally touches down on the flooring, allowing the crowd to get a glimpse of what is ahead. The basic premise of the hell in a cell match has been turned on its head as the 20 foot prison glints with malice. The 16 bottom panels of the structure are the most barbaric of all, 4 made of steel mesh, 4 made of glass, 4 of steel chains and 4 coated in unforgiving barbed wire.

*Eddy Kent re-enters the ringside area and he stares down with an apprehensive look as the “Hardcore Hell” structure surrounds the ring. BD beckons for Kent to come down to him. Slowly the 6WF Champion begins to make his way down to the ring. Dragon looks ominous as he paces the ring, smirking at the structure around him. Kent is just about through the door when Dicey Reilly spins him around and begins to unload with thunderous right hands. They brawl inside the cell now and Dicey looks to launch the world champion against one of the barbed wire panels but Kent gets his boot up. He elbows at Dicey’s body repeatedly before pulling free. He grabs Dicey by the head and looks for a spiked DDT on the arena floor but Dicey drives him backward into the barbed wire…

*Dicey points at BD and says “Wait your turn d11ckhead” before he slams Kent’s head off the ring apron. He then drags the champion into place and is readying for the “Craicdown” on the concrete floor……SMASH!.....there is an almighty commotion as Tyler Roth returns and lands a vicious punch to the back of Dicey’s head. Kent then counters with a backdrop which sends Dicey crashing through one of the glass panels, leaving him in a battered heap. Scott Harris returns now and he spins Roth around, unloading with chops and forearms. Blue Dragon reaches over the ropes now and he pulls Eddy Kent up onto the apron…

*Kent grabs Dragon’s head and guillotines him across the top rope. The champion quickly scrambles in the ring and looks for the “Genesis Kick” but BD avoids it and he nails Kent with a chokeslam. He makes the cover but Kent kicks out. Dragon stands and he motions that he is going to finish Kent. Tyler Roth leaps up on the apron to aid his leader as Dragon runs across but eats a solid forearm smash to the face.

*Scott Harris then leaps up behind Roth and he delivers an audacious German Suplex that sends himself and Roth flying backward and through another one of the glass panels, leaving them in a destroyed heap in the aisleway. Eddy Kent quickly tries for the “Mic Check” but Dragon elbows free once more and then scores with a sit-out chokebomb……he clambers back to his feet as Mike Hill springboards in and launches a steel chair at Dragon’s head. Dragon is all at sea as Hill runs him to the ropes and uses the turnbuckle to nail an “Over The Hill”….

Hill is just getting to his feet as Jerome Dubois drives another chair into his stomach before launching him from the ring. He gives chase and slams Hill against a steel chain panel before Cody Walker enters the cell and he runs up the cell wall and dives through the air into a tornado DDT on Dubois….

*The audience cannot believe it but Liam Wood and Engel Harlequin are brawling on top of the cell. The commentators tell us that they must have entered through one of entry points closest to the roof. Engel pokes Wood in the eyes and looks to run him toward the edge of the cell but Wood stops short and then drives his knee into Harlequin’s gut. He flips him up for a “lungblower” and then drops Engel, spine-first, across one of the metal supports on top of the cell.

*In the ring Blue Dragon is just about stumbling to his feet, blood running down his head, and he looks angry. Cody Walker is scaling the ropes for another attack on Dubois but BD runs over and launches him off the turnbuckle and he crashes into the cell wall with an almighty bang. Dragon then turns around and eats a “Genesis Kick”. He sways and Kent follows up with the “Mic Check”. The 6WF Champion doesn’t seem content, however, and finishes with the “Kent Bomb” for the three count. Kent rolls from the ring and smirks at Dicey Reilly, who is still in the wreckage of one of the glass panels…..JT reminds us that Kent and Genesis will now run Proving Grounds on January 10th.

*The craziness, however, is not over. Liam Wood has dragged Engel Harlequin up and he hooks his arms in place for the “Manson Driver” before delivering it on top of the cell. The panels underneath them sag and bend but do not collapse as Wood just slumps there next to his bloodied foe. The cameras pan around to show the rest of the carnage that has been created. Eddy Kent stands on the stage and raises the 6WF World Championship as we get another shot of GazzyD sitting next to the unconscious form of Uryu Ishida and then the camera pans up to the “Born in Fire XI” sign.