4/7/18: PWF Showdown #135

Interview:
Bret Hart interview

("Hart Attack" by Jim Johnston played as PWF World Heavyweight Champion Bret
Hart came to the ring to huge cheers from the crowd.)

Bret Hart: I am the PWF World Heavyweight Champion and it is my responsibility
to stand up for this company when someone tries to tear it down. In this case,
it's Paul Heyman and ECW for the second time. First time they tried this, they
were disposed of by PWF members. I figured that would have been the end of it,
but obviously I was wrong. If Paul Heyman wants to run his own company and do
things his way, I say go right ahead. However, if Heyman thinks for one second
he's going to come after the PWF and try to put this company out of business,
he's going another thing coming. Heyman, ECW, I say to you, good riddance!

(The fans cheered.)

Bret Hart: The PWF isn't about what ECW is about. ECW is about hardcore
wrestling. It's about tearing someone else down to get to the top. The PWF is
about what I profess, being the best there is, the best there was and the best
there ever will be. Nobody is tearing down the PWF. We're not going to all of a
sudden go into the doldrums and forget why we're here. The PWF will go on, with
ECW doing its own business and nothing is going to change that.

("Holding Out For a Hero" by Bonnie Tyler played as the Kings of Wrestling:
Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Kevin Steen and Larry Sweeney came to the ring
to boos from the crowd.)

Larry Sweeney: Hitman! Why don't you put a lid on it for once in your life! The
PWF is about one thing and one thing only: Chris Hero!

(Hero did a somersault roll and landed on his feet and put his arms in the air
as the fans booed him.)

Larry Sweeney: Hart! You seme to feel that you're the spokesman for the PWF,
but in reality all you're here to do is hold onto the PWF World Heavyweight
Championship belt until Chris Hero takes it from you, ya bum!

(Hart squared off with Hero.)

Larry Sweeney: Hitman! Chris Hero is ready to take the belt from you...so hand
it over!

(Hart took the belt off his waist and put it over his shoulder.)

Larry Sweeney: Hitman! You want trouble, you've got it!

(Steen and Castagnoli jumped Hart and began stomping on him Sweeney joined in with a cheap shot to the face. Hero executed the Hero Stomp on Hart and laid the PWF World Heavyweight Championship belt over Hart's chest. The Kings of Wrestling left the ring to boos from the crowd.)

---

Tiger Mask IV, Eddie Guerrero and AJ Styles defeated
Can-Am Connection (Alex Shelley and Chris Jericho) and Black Tiger IV when
E. Guerrero pinned Jericho with the Frog Splash in 0:41:20.
Rating: *****

Kevin Steen pinned BJ Whitmer with the Package Piledriver in 0:20:04.
Rating: *****

Claudio Castagnoli pinned James Gibson with the Ricola Bomb in 0:30:06.
Rating: **** 1/2

Mistico made Austin Aries submit to the La Mistica in 0:35:09.
Rating: *****
(Mistico retained the PWF Openweight Championship.)


(Card rating: **** 3/4)

---

PWF Showdown #135
April 7, 2018
Event #423

-During the event, the card for PWF WrestleWar 2018 was announced:

*PWF World Heavyweight Championship match: Bret Hart (c) vs. Chris Hero
*PWF Double Crown Championship match: Mike Quackenbush (c) vs. Nigel McGuinness
*PWF World Tag Team Championship match: Jimmy Rave & Joey Matthews (c) vs.
Capital Regime (Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko)
*PWF Openweight Championship match: Mistico vs. Jack Evans
*Mask vs. Mask match: Tiger Mask IV vs. Black Tiger IV
*Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Guerrero
*Capital Regime (Brent Albright & Austin Aries) vs. Greatest Stable Period
(Adam Pearce & Roderick Strong)
*Can-Am Connection (Edge & Christian) vs. Kings of Wrestling (Claudio
Castagnoli & Kevin Steen) vs. Greatest Stable Period (James Gibson & BJ
Whitmer)
*Alex Shelley vs. AJ Styles

-Prior to the event, PWF Owner Jim Cornette announced the hirings of Brian Hildebrand and Paul Turner to serve as referees alongside Nick Patrick.