BRAZEN: Clash of the BRAZEN XII

BRAZEN's Clash of the BRAZEN Champions kicked off in great fashion; a battle of royalty pitting a Lord against a Count. Lord Sewell is flanked by Oliver Tarquin Monroe and tells the crowd that he has had enough of the foolishness of the popular Count Novick. He requested this match to show the dreaded Count that HE is real royalty and that he's just trash.... 

However, the crowd EXPLODED when Count Novick made his arrival and quickly took to the skies, sending Lord Sewell to the floor with a big headscissors, followed by a top rope crossbody from the top rope to ringside, wiping out both Lord Sewell and OTM! Lord Sewell got tossed into the ring, but behind the BRAZEN' ref's back, OTM clipped the leg on the ringside floor! 

The leg became a target for the next few moments as Lord Sewell used a spinning toe hold and then a half crab, but the Count made the ropes. He came back and reversed a whip with one flying forearm... then two flying forearms... MUA AH AH!

OTM tried to intervene again when Count Novick used a leg roll-up, but Count bit him on the neck! OTM freaked out and when Lord Sewell tried to jump him, he pushed him into his protege and knocked him off the apron. Lord Sewell gets planted by Bump in the Night (sky high) and then Novick follows from up top with the Graveyard Smash (top rope senton) for the three-count and the win! 

WINNER: Count Novick @ 7:12 via pinfall with the Graveyard Smash

The second pre-show match is six-man tag team action! Cristiano Caballero comes out with To The Maxx at his side and proclaims they are there to change their futures. They will not be treated like garbage while a bunch of new people come in and invade BRAZEN while Caballero, Mingle and Wilson are the foundation. Caballero tells the crowd they'll make quick work of their opponents... 

but they stop when they get The House! Derrick Huber and Adam Roebuck, the twenty-year tag team veterans and newest coaches of BRAZEN come out to put on a show. Meanwhile, they get flanked by the biggest competitor in all of BRAZEN, The 7'4" "Big Aug" August Lazar! The former NBA player gets cheered and bumps fists with The House while Caballero and To The Maxx look like they have collectively shat their pants. 

Caballero starts with Huber and gets muscled over quickly. The Sin City Strongman workes over Caballero with clubbing blows and a military press snake eyes. Adam Roebuck comes in and hits Four of a Kind (four consecutive chops) and then follows by August Lazar coming in and hitting an amazing body slam while holding Caballero for almost a minute straight! 

Huber tags back in, but a sneak attack by To The Maxx and a missile dropkick by Wilson almost gets the win. Caballero nails The Pretty Sight (leaping side kick) for a two-count, but Huber fights back and nails the Money Line on Caballero! BIG AUG WITH THE BIG TAG!

The joyous giant nails a big clothesline on Mingle, one on Caballero, then one on Wilson and then stacks them up in the corner before running into all three in the same corner with the running corner back elbow, followed by a backbreaker on the legal Eric Wilson! Mingle tries to save his partner, but he gets CHECKED with an explosive shoulder tackle before yelling "NOT TODAY!" in a nod to his idol, Dikembe Mutombo. 

Big Aug tags in Derrick Huber, who then hits Caballero with a Money Line, then a tag to Adam Roebuck leads to BUST (double aided powerbomb) for the win! 

WINNERS: The House and "Big Aug" August Lazar @ 5:12 via pinfall with BUST

The BRAZEN Faithful go crazy for the show kicking off with a hot tag team title match! Les Enfants Terribles have been thought of as the standard-bearers of the tag team division as the inaugural and only two-time BRAZEN Tag Team Champions in history with their current reign at 155 days as of tonight. Rain City Ronin have had two previous title matches, being cheated out of the first and fighting to a thirty-minute draw for the last one! After beating Ryan Batts and Luke Ali’i to earn this title match, The NEW Rain City Ronin look primed and ready to go after the gold!

Zack Daymon and Leo Burnett enter first to a big ovation from the hot BRAZEN crowd. LET get a much more negative treatment. The multi-generational team of Silver and IV raise the titles and hand them off to Hector Navarro…

And they get a jump start! Archer and High Flyer attack with stereo superkicks to Burnett and Daymon at the bell, then single out Daymon with a double stomp to his hands and a double superkick on the mat… for two! 

Archer goes after the left arm of Daymon and hits a double knee armbreaker followed by HF IV hitting a 450 quickly on the arm as he goes down! Within the first two minutes of the match, Archer has a seated armbar locked in until Burnett comes in and STUNS Archer with a stiff running dropkick to the back of the head! Burnett pulls his own partner to the corner… and Burnett comes in for the tag! 

The Iceman hits a snap german suplex on Archer, then a snap scoop powerslam on a springboarding High Flyer IV out of mid-air! Archer gets taken down with a snap northern lights suplex into a second bridging northern lights for two! Burnett gets the tag to Zack Daymon, nursing a sore arm, but still managing to fight! The two hit a double flapjack on Archer, then Burnett holds Archer as Zack comes in with a front dropkick to the face! 

ONE!

TWO!

BROKEN UP BY HIGH FLYER IV! 

The multi-generational team of LET turn the tide when Kazuhiro Troy comes running down the aisle with a lead pipe in hand. He starts to slide the weapon into the ring in full view of the official. He quickly gets it the hell out of the ring, only for Kazuhiro to throw brass knuckles inside. High Flyer IV goes for the brass knuckles, but Zack Daymon sees it coming and then CRACKS IV in the face with a running knee strike before he can use the weapon! 

Archer gets kicked out of the ring as Burnett grabs High Flyer IV in a double chickenwing… doubled up with a leaping Reverse STO by Zack Daymon! The double team connects and Burnett rushes over to tackle Archer while Daymon goes for the pin on High Flyer IV!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

THE BRAZEN FAITHFUL GO INSANE!

The second title reign of Les Enfants Terrible has been ended at long last, thanks to the combined efforts of the NEW Rain City Ronin! Zack Daymon can barely contain his emotions as he and Burnett are handed the title belts! 

WINNERS: and NEW BRAZEN Tag Team Champions, Rain CIty Ronin @ 11:42 with a Double Chickenwing Faceplant/Reverse STO combination (Daymon pins HF IV)

After the match, Kazuhiro Troy argues with Archer and the two get into a shoving match over Kazuhiro’s interference seemingly backfiring in the faces of the multi-generational stars! HF IV can’t even stand when the two get into a shoving match before Archer storms off without his partner! Is there trouble in paradise of Les Enfants Terribles? 

Well, there isn’t trouble in paradise at all for The NEW Rain City Ronin, who celebrate in the crowd with their first-ever gold in BRAZEN!

Michael Van Warren has been a dominant and dangerous Onslaught Champion since unseating “Wingman” Titus Campbell for the gold and has since held the title for 120 days now… however, Leyenda de Ocho has been a big speed bump in that path of destruction, pinning him once in six-man tag match as well as eliminating mVw from the RISE 2021 Title tournament in the quarter-finals. Since then, mVw has wanted this match for payback. Will his stranglehold on the title continue or will Leyenda de Ocho have his number?

Leyenda de Ocho made it to the semi-finals of the RISE 2021 tournament, falling to Declan “DEC4L” Alexander. But the gamer-themed luchador comes ready to fight. The 6’5” and 260-pound blue chipper Michael Van Warren is out next and parades around the ring with the gold until he sees LDO putting up two fingers on one hand and zero with the other, indicating his 2-0 record over mVw. The bell rings and LDO plays cat and mouse with mVw, outlasting the Armiger with some amazing counters and a big run-up-the-ropes headscissors across the ring. LDO comes back up and then goes with a shotgun dropkick and a springboard splash for two! 

mVw comes back swinging later when LDO tries a plancha into a hurricanrana… but gets caught by Warren and POWERBOMBED on the ring apron! The chances of LDO look much more bleak while Warren rolls into the ring, happy to take a countout win to retain. 

ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! FIVE!

LDO is about to get back up with the crowd cheering him onl. 

SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT!

Michael Van Warren paces the ring like he’s already won, but looks over…

NINE!

And LDO avoids the countout! 

But The 8-Bit Battler doesn’t avoid a huge tilt-a-whirl backbreaker or a Gigaflare (gutwrench powerbomb)...

ONE! 

TWO!

NO!

LDO kicks out to the shock of the BRAZEN Faithful! MVW gears up for a Wakizashi Slasher (discus lariat) but LDO moves out of the way and comes back with a big tilt-a-whirl DDT! MVW rolls out of the ring to try and avoid any more damage while de Ocho gets the crowd behind him. He wipes out mVw with a MASSIVE bullet-like tope through the ropes, but once isn’t enough! He goes back again and then hits a dive over the ropes with a tornillo onto Van Warren! The bigger man goes back inside but as he does so, LDO show innovation with a frog splash to Warren as he slides on the apron! He gets him!

ONE!

TWO!

KICKOUT!

LDO hits the shining wizard after the kickout and then tries the Actualizer, but before he can fully connect with the springboard Quebrada, mVw gets the knees up! He WIPES OUT LDO with the Wakisashi Slasher, then waits for LDO to get up. It takes the gutsy luchador a moment, but it’s a regrettable one as he nails the Zodiac Spear! 

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

The win practically guarantees that Michael Van Warren will move past the current longest reign of “The Big Bad” BRAGG at 123 days! He takes his title and looks like he's ready to attack LDO... 

BUT OUT COMES LUKE ALI'I!

The Shark God heads towards the ring and Michael Van Warren takes a powder, happy to retain. He glares at Luke and the athletic superheavyweight Hawaiian stares him down as he exits. Luke goes over to help Leyenda de Ocho, but the 8-Bit Battler refuses... LDO gets a standing ovation from the crowd for his efforts. This will not be the last time Leyenda de Ocho gets a big moment with performances like tonight. 

WINNER: and STILL BRAZEN Onslaught Champion, Michael Van Warren @ 14:35 with the Zodiac Spear

The DEFcepticons have been some of the most popular groups in BRAZEN with the current record of longest-reigning BRAZEN Tag Team Champions at 204 days. However, they have run afoul over the last couple months of The Storybook Kingdom. Led by “Evil Red Riding Hood” Sarah Winterton, the masked trio of monsters have torn through the competition. After splitting the difference in tag team matches at a recent Double Shot as well as an eight-person No Contest, BRAZEN Matchmaker made tonight’s match with a special stipulation. Street fight, there must be a winner! The winning side will be granted a BRAZEN Tag Team Title match for any two of the stable! 

The DEFcepticons come out ready for a fight. The Storybook Kingdom do so as well and at the bell, it’s all-out bedlam! Sparks on Grimm, Ryan Knox on Red Wolf, FAFNIR on the amazon Megan Kron, and Winterton all alone with Tyne, who hits a huge dropkick and then a running faceplant that almost wins the match right away before Red Wolf comes to Winterton’s aid! 

The massive A. Grimm and Al Sparks fight up the ramp until Grimm shoves him off the interview stage and then takes flight with a running dive to wipe him out on the floor! Back at ringside, Ryan Knox gets SMASHED right through the barricade from a giant spear tackle by Red Wolf! FAFNIR, Grimm and Red Wolf counter The 6’9 amazon Megan Kron inside the ring, trying to protect Septimus Tyne… but she fights back against all three! Chops for Grimm! Chops for Red Wolf! Chops for FAFNIR! But when Sarah Winterton goes after the leg, she crumbles and Kron and Tyne are left to get attacked!

Starscream has seen enough and comes in with a chair, but the perpetual turncoat of the DEFcepticons gets his face kicked off HARD by a running pump kick to the face! Winterton hits an amazing shooting star press on Kron! Will this do it?

ONE!

TWO!

SAVED BY RYAN KNOX!

Knox comes in and breaks up the cover, but Grimm, Red Wolf and FAFNIR help beat him down! FAFNIR goes outside and goes to get a table and set it up. Septimus Tyne has the earlier lead pipe from the Tag Title match and clocks A. Grimm in the shin! He hobbles around, but Red Wolf kills him with a pop-up powerslam! And the cover next!

ONE!

TWO!

SAVED BY AL SPARKS WITH A TOP ROPE ELBOW DROP!

Ryan Knox comes back in, chair in hand along with Megan Kron and the two fight off the Storybook monsters! Winterton is left alone with Megan Kron and gets a chokeslam from inside the ring… 

ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH A CHOKESLAM!

The BRAZEN Faithful run down chants of blessed fecal matter upon the arena after that amazing moment! Al Sparks then goes airborne and WIPES out A. Grimm and FAFNIR with a huge over the top plancha! 

Red Wolf tries to save them, but Ryan Knox BURIES him with a Rhino Smash (striking spear) followed by Megan Kron helping with Transformation Complete!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

WINNERS: The DEFcepticons @ 15:57 via pinfall with a Transformation Complete (package powerbomb, Kron pins Red Wolf)

The aftermath is a complete warzone, but it will be the record-setting former BRAZEN Tag Team Champions The DEFcepticons going after the new champions, the NEW Rain City Ronin down the line!

Two of BRAZEN’s fastest-rising stars! 

The inaugural BRAZEN Star Cup holder, “One Shot” Jack Halcyon. A man who came out of nowhere and has carved a path of great match after great match. 

One of the youngest, yet possibly best young wrestlers on the roster, Declan “DEC4L” Alexander. He has main evented many shows, but has yet to win gold. 

The BRAZEN Star Cup rules. Fifteen minutes. Whoever has the most falls at the end of the time period wins the Cup! 

Declan comes out first as perhaps the sentimental favorite. The young prodigy trained by “Queen of the Ring” Lindsay Troy and Vivica J. Valentine marches to the ring proudly looking to finally make good on his first quest for gold in a BRAZEN ring. Meanwhile, the underdog Jack Halcyon comes out with the BRAZEN Star Cup in hand, raising it for all to see. A man who has main evented with the coveted cup, Halcyon as the first and only holder looks to continue that streak tonight. 

Halcyon takes it to the mat quickly and the two get incredibly aggressive quick, exchanging headlock and armbars on the mat until Halcyon tries to get a Backslide in… only for Declan to come off the mat…

PLAY OF THE GAME ONE MINUTE IN!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

One minute in, Declan hits the jumping cutter and scores his first fall! Even he can't believe it right now and neither can the crowd! Halcyon gets a brief rest period, but when he gets up, Declan tries a second Play of the Game… but gets rolled up with the backslide Jack wanted earlier!

 

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Just like that both men are one fall a piece within two and a half minutes! 

Halcyon goes for the leg of Declan with a chop block from behind and then hits a dropkick from the front side whe he tries to stand again! The talented Halcyon has a new game plan now and goes after the leg with a dragon screw!

Declan goes after the leg like a pit bull and works over DEC4L with a half Crab! He holds on tight, but much to his chagrin, Declan makes the ropes to the delight of the Deuc4llion!

He goes to work and tries an STF this time to get the submission, but Declan manages to free himself. He tries a run off the ropes when Halcyon meets him with a standing hurricanrana! Declan gets sent to the floor and scores with a suicide dive through the ropes! He tosses Declan inside and hits a springboard missile dropkick! 

ONE!

TWO!

NO!

Declan gets pulled up and sent to the ropes. He does a fakeout for the C-C-COMBO BREAKER by faking a Play of the Game… then CRACKS Halcyon with the Dragon Punch!

With minutes left to spare, Declan Alexander goes for a corner forearm on one side, then the other and then wipes our Halcyon with a big side Russian leg sweep! Declan gets ready to end it and then fires up for a GGez Kick, but before the Yakuza Kick connects, Declan ducks and then nails an Olympic Slam on the return!

ONE!

TWO!

NO!

Both men still one fall a piece when Halcyon goes for On Tilt (calf crusher). The hold is locked on, but Declan once again fights his way to the ropes! Declan goes up top with thirty seconds left..

SIT-AND-G

…

PLAY OF THE GAME! 

He tries the Frog Splash, but with expert timing, Declan connects with Play of the Game!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

And just after, fifteen minutes is up!

Declan Alexander is handed the BRAZEN Star Cup and tears well up in the eyes of one of BRAZEN's most popular stars! Tonight, he finally wins his first championship in the organization and becomes the second person to hold the BRAZEN Star Cup!

WINNER: And NEW BRAZEN Star Cup winner, Declan "DEC4L" Alexander, wins two falls to one!

After the match, Halcyon reaches out and shakes the hand of Declan and raises it in the air. The two share a manly bro-hug in the ring and then Halcyon leaves to give Declan the chance to celebrate with his Deuc4llion! 

Killjoy - LET’s beast. The unstoppable monster of Les Enfants Terribles has reached 300 days with the title as of tonight. The only two-time title holder had a speed bump called Klein almost a year ago, but since winning back the title from the Boxman, nobody has been able to stop him. Aside from one defeat to Luke Ali’i in tag team action, he has not been pinned since holding the title. 

“Bantam” Ryan Batts. A man who was once with BRAZEN and a long-standing DEFIANCE roster member often times finding himself without purpose. After coming back to BRAZEN to start over and find himself, he found a new best friend in Luke Ali’i and a new purpose to better himself, Ryan Batts won the first-ever RISE 2021 two-night tournament to earn this shot. Trained by former two-time FIST Oscar Burns, can the scrappy underdog Batts finally win his first gold under the DEFIANCE umbrella or will Killjoy’s reign of terror continue? 

In perhaps the loudest pop of the night, Batts marches out first as the challenger, with Luke Ali'i at his side before the two bump fists and Luke goes to the back. He takes in the cheers as "The Last Garrison" plays and bumps fists with Luke before heading to the ring. He slides under the bottom rope and the Scrappy Young Wrestle-Lad is ready ad he can be. 

Killjoy marches out next, solo. The BRAZEN Championship is worn around his massive neck as he stomps towards the squared circle. Batts shows no fear even when the hulking monster of LET climbs into the ring. He throws the title to the referee and makes Batts take a hell of hit off the bat with a shoulder tackle!

The Scrappy Young Wrestlelad gets tossed across the ring with a massive Biel! Killjoy then tries a powerslam early, but Batts slips out and hits a chop block! Batts nails a thrust kick to the leg, then a second thrust kick to get Killjoy to a knee, then unleashes a big shining enzuigiri! Batts goes up top…

LET GRAVITY DO THE REST!

The Diving senton connects… and only gets a ONE-COUNT.

The Faithful can't believe it, nor can Batts, but he unlike Thor in Infinity War, he goes for the head! He nails a buzz saw kick and rocks Killjoy, but when he tries Batter Up…

Front Powerslam!

Batts gets Biel tossed from one side of the ring, and then back again! Killjoy paces around the ring then tries a double choke, throwing Batts into a corner. Bantam is helpless when Killjoy tries a corner spear… but he moves and hits the ringpost! 

Batts hits a missile dropkick to the knee he attacked earlier, and then another! Killjoy gets rocked, but is still Vertical! He charges, but Batts pulls the ropes down and LET's Beast goes flying over the ropes! Batts gets up and with the crowd cheering him on, NAILS The Flipside! 

Killjoy is off his feet! Batts gets up and slides back into the ring again… Flipside Two: Electric Boogaloo! 

Killjoy is stunned again but when Batts tries to go for a third one… BAM! A Nasty forearm catches Batts before he can go through the ropes this time! He lifts Batts off the mat and then SLAMS him down with a massive military press slam!

ONE!

TWO! 

NO!

Batts kicks out! 

Killjoy hoes for the FreeFall, the vertical suplex piledriver that has spelled doom for all before Batts… but unlike Batts, he slips out! He goes for the leg again, but this time Batts gets CRACKED with another back elbow strike and he goes tumbling through the ropes!

Killjoy has the edge and goes outside with Batts down and out… but when he tries to whip Batts to the stairs, he runs up and over! When Killjoy goes to attack the knee, Batts Dropkicks the steps into the knee of LET's Beast!

The monster hobbles back into the ring, but Batts climbs up top…

LET GRAVITY DO THE REST TO THE LEG!

The knee that Batts had been working all match is the target now! Batts goes up again while Killjoy is brought to his knees…

LET GRAVITY DO THE REST TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!

Two diving sentons later and Ryan Batts uses precious seconds to get Killjoy on his back!

ONE!

TWO!

TH-KICKOUT!

Batts has the monster rocked again and then goes for the Batter Up… but he gets caught!

CHOKESLAM!

Killjoy favors his knee, and then goes for a cover on his challenger.

ONE!

TWO!

KICKOUT!

Killjoy's face registers shock for the first time! Batts can barely stand but when Killjoy readies the FreeFall…

No! SLEEPER CHOKE!

Batts flips out and lands on the back of Killjoy, trying to tighten his grip! He holds the sleeper and Killjoy falls to a knee, but he grabs the head of Ryan and throws him right off! But before he can get up… Batts with another dropkick to the knee… single leg dropkick! Buzzsaw kick…

BATTER UP! 

The Faithful go CRAZY as Batts finally nails the flying headbutt to the face of the monster! Killjoy is down, but doesn't stay down…

BATTER UP TO THE BACK OF THE NECK!

Killjoy takes another big headbutt…

LET GRAVITY DO THE REST!

Batts bounces off Killjoy after yet another senton… and the BRAZEN Champion can barely kneel…

BATTER UP THREE!

The third shot FINALLY gets Killjoy all the way on his back and the Faithful EXPLODE when Batts covers yet again!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

RYAN BATTS HAS SLAIN KILLJOY TO BECOME…

WINNER: and NEW BRAZEN Champion, "Bantam" Ryan Batts @ 17:34 with Batter Up

Batts has nothing left and his forehead is bleeding because of self-inflicted attacks… but the Scrappy Young Wrestlelad lays flat! Killjoy does not move, nor does Ryan Batts at first. He finally starts to move…

And starts to clutch the championship close! Almost four years in BRAZEN and DEFIANCE  before winning his first title after so many previous chances! He hugs the belt and can barely stand, but his strategy paid off… work the knee and pray like Hell he can hit what he needs to! Luke Ali'i comes out to the ring along with George Othello, fellow friends of Batts! Luke carries Batts on his shoulders and raises his arms for the crowd as confetti rains down on the WrestlePlex! 

The near-year reign of terror is finally over!

All hail the Scrappy Young Wrestlelad!

THIS.

IS.

BRAZEN.