Tampa, Fla - After facing several technical difficulties with their audio and hearing Johnny Walker annoying the UCW Verse with his arrogant voice, Universal Championship Wrestling kept the momentum going through the adversity and finished the show strong and successfully with Locking Horns 2 at the Dallas Bull in Tampa
Sean Scott vs Jake St. Patrick:
The opening of the show started with former tag team partners and champions turned bitter enemies. After being betrayed in their UCW Tag Team Championship rematch, Jake St. Patrick was looking for revenge on Sean Scott for what he did. St. Patrick would charge at Scott before the bell rang and would utilize his speed and agility, but soon Scott would target St. Patrick’s lower back after hitting him with a back suplex on the apron outside the ring.
After a few corners shots and countering a back suplex attempt, St. Patrick would start to rally and mount an offense with several kicks, including a roundhouse kick. As He went for his signature Bang A Rang, Scott would stop it and hit a full nelson knee strike for a close two count.
St. Patrick would try one more attempt at the Bang A Rang, but Scott would seize the moment and hit the Cash Out for the pinfall.
Jack Maguire vs Tommy Xero:
After being unavailable to go for the UCW Tag Team Championship, Jack Maguire turned his sights on getting his first singles win in UCW. His opponent that had the size and strength advantage was 17-year wrestling veteran Tommy Xero.
As the match commenced, Maguire would utilize his speed and agility, but Xero's power proved to be much harder to stop as they would hit Maguire with a thunderous scoop slam and a spinning side slam, but instead of finishing the match Xero would add more to it as they hit a chokeslam. In the end, one of the member's of the Gulf Coast football team would cause a distraction and set Maguire's sights of a win in success as he rolled up Xero.
Cam Fox vs Xander Maddox:
The Dungeon Kidd was definitely getting under the skin of the Miami Boyz after Baby Keef won the UCW Intergalactic Championship off of Dagan McCarter. To teach him a lesson, Xander Maddox would challenge Fox to a match.
The match would start strong for Maddox, but a slight distraction would then give Fox the advantage. Soon, Maddox would rally and mount a comeback and would eventually counter Fox's signature swinging fisherman neckbreaker.
Keef would then cause a slight distraction only for him to get slapped by Fox. As Fox would go for a rollup pin, Keef would hit a super kick on him and cause a disqualification that would leave Chris Malachite and Puma Johnson asking themselves questions: Why did Baby Keef cause a disqualification and what is with his change in attitude?
*Annihilation (Chungus and Syther) vs Tim Foil and Dagan McCarter (UCW Tag Team Championship):
After finding out Maguire was already in a match, Tim Foil was looking desperately to find a tag team partner for his UCW Tag Team Championship match against Annihilation. In a sign of good will Dagan McCarter, who was coming off of losing the UCW Intergalactic Championship, offered to be his tag team partner.
Foil would not start strong as he would be manhandle by both Chungus and Syther. Eventually, after a failed double chokeslam, he would make a hot tag to McCarter who would try his best to mount a comeback, but it would not be enough as Annihilation would hit the North on McCarter to retain their championship.
Madisyn Maxxwell vs Ellie:
After an intermission, the second half of the show would resume with Madisyn Maxxwell making her way to the ring but after tripping going towards the ring, she would force backstage to restart her music so she would enter in the ring properly.
After finding out Jennacide was sick. Maxxwell would berate her with numerous insults as management revealed her mystery opponent. As the ref started the count, Maxxwell's opponent was eventually revealed as former AEW and WWE NXT wrestler Ellie would make her debut with UCW and beat the count.
Soon Maxxwell would go on a quick offense that would eventually be countered briefly by the Dream Girl, but then Maxwell would take advantage of Ellie's upper body and added a slap for good measure. This would eventually anger Ellie as she mounted a comeback before hitting her signature Dream Drop German Suplex, but as she would go for a running finish, it would backfire as The Headline would finish her with This Just In for the win.
*Baby Keef vs Chris Malachite (UCW Intergalactic Championship):
After an argument backstage following Maddox's DQ loss to Fox, it was becoming abundantly clear that Keef's attitude was effecting the group. In order to teach him a lesson, Chris Malachite decided to challenge him for the UCW Intergalactic Championship.
Before the match began, the fans would encourage Keef and Malachite to hug it out, which they did. As the match commenced, both wrestlers were no stranger to each other's moves as they would match each other in speed and strength.
Keef would have the upper advantage and work on Malachite's head, but Malachite would then mount a comeback and hit a Rolling Stone Moonsault for a close two-count.
As Malachite was going for the Malachite Moment, Cam Fox would interject him and hit Malachite with a superkick before Keef hit a jumping STO for the win to retain the title.
After the match, all four members would celebrate the match until betrayal happened in front of the UCW verse as Keef would hit Malachite from behind with the title belt. Fox would then join Keef in attacking Maddox and Johnson, thus cementing their alliance as Keef would leave the remaining Miami Boyz laying on the ground.
*Logan Cruz vs Steve Sterling (UCW Universal Championship) w/Johnny Walker as Special Guest Referee:
Heading into the main event, UCW Universal Champion Logan Cruz already knew that the odds were against him against Steve Sterling, even with Leeroy Shogun in his corner. Cruz knew that the biggest challenge in his match would be Johnny Walker as the special guest referee.
As the match commenced, Walker had know issue making the fast counts for Sterling and slow counts for Cruz. During the match, Shogun was constantly calling out Walker's bias referring, which would lead Walker to ejecting Shogun from ringside.
Cruz would then mount a comeback after Sterling accidentally hit Walker with a super kick that sent him out of the ring. This would give Shogun to come back to the ring, not as a wrestler, but as a ref.
As Shogun was counting Cruz's pinfall, Walker would prevent him from making the three-count. Eventually, Shogun and Walker would go to blows, which would cause the remaining refs to intervene, which would also see both Cruz and Sterling giving each other a double low blow.
As Cruz would hit The Right Hand of God accidentally on Shogun, he realized all the other refs were not around until a familiar face made her return and that person was senior official Olivia Lyon who came back from vacation 20 minutes ago. As she made the count, it would only be ruled as a two-count.
Sterling would try one more chance to cheat, but n the end Cruz would hit a second Right Hand of God to win the match and retain the UCW Universal Championship.
After the match, Cruz acknowledged mutual respect towards Sterling for continuing to finish the match and not fully take the easy way out.
Final Results:
1. Sean Scott def Jake St. Patrick
2. Jack Maguire def Tommy Xero
3. Cam Fox def Xander Maddox via DQ
4. *Annihilation def Tim Foil and Dagan McCarter to retain the UCW Tag Team Championship
5. Madisyn Maxwell def Ellie
6. *Baby Keef def Chris Malachite to retain the UCW Intergalactic Championship
7. *Logan Cruz def Steve Sterling to retain the UCW Universal Championship
Up Next:
UCW returns to the Desoto Boys and Girls Club in Bradenton on Saturday night, September 12 as they will host Universal Fury 25.
Postmatch Interview Link with Madisyn Maxxwell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6Y_hHhnuDo&t=1s
