At Halloween Hell XII this past saturday, many thought history was made when Mr. Wrestling #4 defeated “The British Messiah” Timothy Thatcher for the APW World Wide Internet Heavyweight Championship. The match was another classic battle between the two premier mat technicians in All Pro Wrestling today. Shane “OMEGA” Patterson was assigned to be the special referee to officiate this match and was doing a fantastic job calling the action and not letting Thatcher’s verbal abuse during the match get under his skin. Eventually, enough was enough when Thatcher humiliated OMEGA by blowing his nose onto him. Angry, OMEGA gave “The British Messiah” a shot to the gut. Mr. Wrestling #4 did not know this took place as he was shaking the cobwebs after getting his bell rung by a hard shot by Thatcher. When Mr. Wrestling #4 saw Thatcher in a prone position, he took advantage and connected with his “Million Dollar Kneelift” for pin and the championship.
Timothy Thatcher was furious and was screaming at OMEGA and Mr. Wrestling #4 and claiming he was robbed of his championship. Thatcher turned to APW Board Of Directors member, John LaRocca and demanded something be done. As OMEGA and Mr. Wrestling #4 soaked in the cheers for the APW fans, John LaRocca stopped them both and told them as of now the decision is Mr. Wrestling #4 is the APW World Wide Internet Heavyweight Champion, but the board will be reviewing this match in the next few days. OMEGA apologized, and Mr. Wrestling #4 was confused as he didn’t see OMEGA hit Thatcher. John LaRocca told him go and celebrate, but informed him once again that this match will reviewed by the board.
On Tuesday, October 27th in Hayward, California. APW Board Of Directors reviewed the controversial ending of the match and then voted on if the belt would be returned to Timothy Thatcher or Mr. Wresting #4 would still remain the new champion. APW Board Of Directors of APW owner, Roland Alexander, APW Commissioner, JJ Perez and APW management of Talent Relations, John LaRocca unanimously voted 3-0 in favor of returning the title back to “The British Messiah” Timothy Thatcher due to OMEGA getting physically involved with Thatcher leading to Mr. Wrestling #4 getting the pin.
Mr. Wrestling #4 title win will be erased from the record books, and Timothy Thatcher is still the APW World Wide Internet Heavyweight Champion. Mr. Wrestling #4 gave this statement to the APW fans and Timothy Thatcher.
“First, I would like to thank all the Four-Heads for coming out and supporting me in my match at Halloween Hell. I have wrestled all over the south eastern United States and there are no better wrestling fans then right here in All Pro Wrestling. Now to the decision made by the APW Board Of Directors in returning the APW World Wide Internet title back to Timothy Thatcher. I stand by their decision 100%. When I saw the ending of my match in the locker room, I saw that OMEGA did hit Thatcher in the stomach with a hard punch thus setting Thatcher up for my Million Dollar Knee lift. Mr. Wrestling #4 doesn’t win titles that way, and I am happy to return this beautiful championship back to Thatcher. I want to go on record and say I do not blame OMEGA one bit for what he did. Thatcher disrespected and humiliated him, I would have done the same thing OMEGA did if I was in his shoes. Now, I am going back to the gym and training harder for my rematch with Thatcher. They say third time is the charm, so Thatcher, BRING IT KID”
OMEGA also gave a statement to the APW fans. “I just want to let the APW fans know that I apologize to them for striking Thatcher and thus leading to all this controversy. I went into that ring as an APW official to call things down the middle. When Thatcher humiliated me, I went from being the official in the match to OMEGA with rage in my eyes. I want to apologize to All Pro Wrestling, the APW fans, and especially to Mr. Wrestling #4 for my actions. But, I will not apologize to that toothless jerk, Timothy Thatcher”.
All Pro Wrestling has attempted to sign rematch between Mr. Wrestling #4 and Timothy Thatcher for the next Gym Wars event on November 7th, but Thatcher and his team of lawyers are still upset about what happened at Halloween Hell, and said their client would not give Mr. Wrestling #4 a rematch unless Mr. Wrestling #4 agrees to wrestle Thatcher in a British Rules match. Mr. Wrestling #4 has agreed, but with less then two weeks away to the next Gym Wars event, All Pro Wrestling wrestle has been unable to get both parties to agree on the specific rules of the match. Thatcher upset with the way all this has gone down, has decided to return to the United Kingdom in month of November. All Pro Wrestling his hoping to sign this rematch for Kristmas Kaos on December 12th.
Below is the APW World Wide Internet Heavyweight Champion, “The British Messiah” Timothy Thatcher’s statement regarding the championship being returned to him, and his demand for a return bout being “British Rules” match.
