LCW Showdown Television Results 12.23.09

LCW Showdown Television Results (December 23, 2009) live from the Kohl Center in Madison, WI.

From the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko welcomed everyone to a special one-hour edition of LCW Showdown as "Monsters" by Matchbook Romance, the LCW Showdown theme song, played in the background and as fireworks exploded all over the arena. Schiavone and Zbyszko talked about the final week of the LCW Showdown Championship Draft Series last week which saw Bill Goldberg winning the LCW United States Championship from Superstar Billy Graham. They also noted that while LCW Heritage Champion Bret Hart came out of the Championship Draft Series with his title, he didn’t achieve that feat without losing the title during the Draft Series. Schiavone noted that the only champion to survive the Draft Series without losing his title was LCW Universal Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin. Schiavone also announced that Bret Hart had signed a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment and would be leaving Legends Championship Wrestling by the end of the year. Footage was shown from earlier in the evening which showed LCW Universal Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin arriving at the arena. Seconds later, LCW United States Champion Bret Hart arrived at the arena, pulling up beside him. Austin and Hart shook hands and Austin asked Hart about going back to work for Vince McMahon. Hart said he was “cautiously optimistic” and knew he was “entering at his own risk.” Suddenly, Stan Hansen appeared and attacked Austin, but Hart helped fend Hansen off until the Desperados appeared and attacked Hart and joined Hansen in attacked Austin. LCW General Manager Harley Race appeared with security officials and security pulled Hansen and the Desperados off of Austin and Hart. Race told Hansen to get a partner because he was talking on Stone Cold Steve Austin and Bret Hart in the main event in a tag team match!

LCW Women's Champion Lock and Madusa defeated LCW Joshi Champion Akira Hokuto and Luna Vachon in 7:57 by pinfall after Lock pinned Vachon after the Lock, Stock, and Barrel. Toward the end of the match, Vachon crawled to her corner to tag Hokuto into the ring to face Madusa, but Hokuto jumped down from the ring apron and denied her. Madusa tagged in Lock who hit Vachon with the Lock, Stock, and Barrel for the pinfall and the win. Madusa and Lock climbed onto opposite turnbuckles to celebrate with the LCW fans, but they were interrupted by LCW General Manager Harley Race who came out and announced from the entrance stage, "Ladies, and I use that term loosely, I have some news that all four of you will be very interested in. Both Madusa and Luna Vachon will be getting their title rematches at Endgame. But with a special stipulation: both titles will be on the line at the same time as the four of you compete to see who will be the Unified Lady Legend's Champion." Race walked away and all four women exchanged words at ringside as the show went to commercial.

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In the back, Sean Mooney went to interview Dr. Death Steve Williams when he was suddenly attacked from behind by the Raging Bull Manny Fernandez and Cowboy Bill Watts. Dr. Death Steve Williams battled back as the he brawled with Fernandez to ringside as Watts kept trying to assist Fernandez. Fernandez threw Williams into the ring and went to hit him with the Flying Burrito, but Williams avoided the move and hit Fernandez with the Spear. Williams then picked up Fernandez and put him in position for the Doctor Bomb when Watts attacks Williams from behind, hitting him with a steel chair. Williams shook off the chair shot and grabbed Watts and hit him with the Oklahoma Stampede as Fernandez rolled out of the ring. Williams grabbed a microphone and said, “Bull, you’re lucky (pointing to Cowboy Bill Watts), but you won’t be so lucky this Sunday. This Sunday, you and me, last man standing!” The audience exploded as Fernandez looked on with a defiant, yet concerned look on his face. Williams kicked Watts out of the ring as the show went to commercial.

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LCW United States Champion Bill Goldberg came out and talked about taking Superstar Billy Graham out of action and setting his sites on Magnum TA. Goldberg said Magnum wanted to cry about losing the LCW Universal Championship this past summer because someone attacked him from behind and he had to forfeit the title to Goldberg, but what he didn’t know was he was going to lose the title with or without the attack. Magnum TA came out and challenged Goldberg to a match at the LCW Endgame pay-per-view this Sunday. Magnum said it was time to settle their issues once and for all. Goldberg suggested they not wait until Sunday and challenged Magnum to a fight. Magnum took off his leather jacket and got into the ring. The two men started to brawl until Goldberg gained the upper hand and went to hit Magnum with the Spear. Magnum moved out of the way and grabbed Goldberg and hit him with the belly-to-belly suplex. Goldberg slipped out of the ring with his title and left ringside, exchanging words with Goldberg as he made his exit.

From the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko introduced LCW Founder and Chairman of the Board Christian Calaway who appeared on the LegendsTron from LCW Headquarters in Sacramento, CA and was having a lapel microphone attached to his jacket. Schiavone announced that Calaway would have an important announcement regarding the future of Legends Championship Wrestling and LCW Showdown after the commercial break.

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From ringside, ring announcer Gary Michael Capetta introduced LCW Founder and Chairman of the Board Christian Calaway who appeared on the LegendsTron. Calaway said, “After much consideration and soul searching, it is with a heavy heart that I announce to you tonight the discontinuation of weekly Legends Championship Wrestling programming, specifically the end of LCW Showdown. While we will continue with monthly pay-per-views, the last episode of LCW Showdown will be next week's show on December 30th. It has been an amazing four and a half years and I look forward to continuing to entertain you with creative, innovative storylines and honoring the legends of professional wrestling that we all love and miss seeing on a regular basis. Many of you will want to know why we're making this change. The answer is simple: after four and a half years of offering you weekly programming, as the primary creative force behind Legends Championship Wrestling, I am burnt out. If I can't give you 100% in every show, I don't want to present to you less than my best. Focusing on monthly shows will allow me to offer you the best I have to give while also giving me time to recharge my creative batteries. I am also shifting my focus to other projects and interests outside of professional wrestling. I love this business, but it is not my life and those projects and interests are starting to take up more of my time. That being said, this is not the end of Legends Championship Wrestling and weekly programming could return at anytime in the future. We hope you’ll stay with us and continue to support us as we continue to do our best to entertain you with our monthly pay-per-view events. Together, we'll make wrestling matter again.”

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“Last Man Standing” by People In Planes, the official theme song for this Sunday night's LCW Endgame pay-per-view, played in the background as, from the broadcast booth, Tony Schiavone and Larry Zbyszko reviewed the complete card:
- LCW Women’s Champion Lock vs. Luna Vachon and LCW Joshi Champion Akira Hokuto vs. Madusa with the winners of each match going on to face each other later in the evening to unify the two titles.
- LCW World Tag Team Champions The Wild Samoans vs. The Midnight Express.
- LCW Heritage Champion Bret Hart vs. Kevin Von Erich.
- LCW United States Champion Bill Goldberg vs. Magnum TA.
- Macho Man Randy Savage vs. The Dynamite Kid in an I Quit steel cage match.
- LCW International Champion Big Van Vader vs. Paul Orndorff.
- Dr. Death Steve Williams vs. The Raging Bull Manny Fernandez (with Cowboy Bill Watts) in a last man standing match.
- LCW Universal Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Stan Hansen (with Col. Robert Parker and Maw Bass).

Stan Hansen (with Col. Robert Parker and Maw Bass) and Kevin Von Erich defeated LCW Universal Champion Stone Cold Steve Austin and LCW Heritage Champion Bret Hart in 8:20 by pinfall when Hansen pinned Austin after the Lariat clothesline as Von Erich had the Claw applied on Hart. After the match, Von Erich celebrated with Hansen until Hansen took his head off as well with the Lariat clothesline. After the match, Hansen picked up the LCW Universal Championship and held it above his head as the show went off the air.