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December 11th
On this day in history in ....
1953 - Sonny Myers defeats Lenny Montana in St. Joseph, Missouri to win the NWA Central States Heavyweight Title for the fifth time.
1971 - The Spoiler defeats Wahoo McDaniel to win the NWA American Heavyweight Title in San Antonio, Texas.
1975 - All Japan Pro Wrestling held their first card at Budokan Hall in Tokyo, Japan, headlined by Giant Baba & The Destroyer defeating Dory Funk Jr. & Jumbo Tsuruta.
1996 - FMW Brass Knuckles Champion The Gladiator (Mike Awesome) defeats Wing Kanemura in Tokyo, Japan to win the FMW Independent World Heavyweight Title, unifying the top two singles titles in FMW.
1997 - Raw was taped in Lowell, Massachusetts at the Memorial Auditorium (broadcast on December 22nd) with Triple H defeated Shawn Michaels for the WWF European Title (Michaels was also World Champion) in less than two minutes when Michaels laid down in the ring and Hunter "splashed" Michaels for the win. WWF Commissioner Sgt. Slaughter had ordered the match in an attempt to break apart DeGeneration X by having them face each other. Also on the show, Vader, dressed as Santa Claus, attacked Goldust during a promo.
2002 - Sonny Siaki defeats Jerry Lynn in Nashville, Tennessee to win the TNA X Division Title.
2010 - Jersey All Pro Wrestling held their 2011 Anniversary show at the ECW Arena in Philadelphia, PA. Stu Carapola filed the following live report:
Jersey All Pro Wrestling 13th Anniversary Show!
Devon Moore vs Josh Daniels vs Azrieal vs Bandido Jr
This is the first time I've see n Daniels in forever and he is in amazing shape. Bandido went right after Azrieal and they fought out to the floor while Daniels unloaded on Moore with chops. Moore with a dropkick to the jaw of Daniels as Azrieal rammed Bandido into the guardrail. Daniels with several stiff kicks to Moore but Moore gets a flying headscissors that sent Daniels to the outside. Bandido went for a dive but Azrieal cut him off and hit an enziguiri to the back of the head and then comes off the second rope with a dropkick to Moore and covers for 2. Azrieal goes for a backdrop but Bandido hits a series of kicks and a dropkick to the head for 2. Azrieal counters a whip into a back suplex and charges Bandido but Bandido headscissors him over the top rope to the floor. All three of the other guys fight on the floor as Bandido climbs to the top rope and moonsaults them all on the floor. Bandido tosses Daniels back in the ring and hits a running forearm into the corner and a tornado DDT for 2. Azrieal comes back in and goes after Bandido, picking him up on his shoulders and dropping him forward on his face, but turns around right into a superkick from Moore. Moore goes up top but Bandido crotches him and they fight on the top rope until Bandido hits a top rope Frankensteiner and covers, but Daniels breaks the fall. Daniels whips Bandido to the corner and follows with a clothesline, but comes off the ropes right into a superkick and then Bandido comes off the ropes and Daniels rips his head off with a clothesline. Daniels goes for a suplex but Bandido slips out the back and superkicks Daniels and hits the Roll Of The Dice and covers for 2. Daniels recovers and gets a bridging backdrop suplex for 2 and then gets a figure four on Bandido. Moore goes up top and hits a shooting star press onto Daniels for the win.
Winner: Devon Moore
Azrieal comes in the ring and attacks Bandido after the match and they go out and brawl on the floor and keep fighting all the way back to the locker room.
Annie Social & Corvis Fear vs Joe Hardway & Mia Yum
The first thing I would like to say is that the South Side Playaz Club has the greatest entrance in wrestling history. Those who have seen it know what I mean. Corvis and Hardway start us off, but Yum decides to tag in before contact is made and piefaces Corvis, and then ups the ante by slapping him. She comes off the ropes with a shoulderblock but goes down. She tries again and Corvis goes for a hiptoss, but she blocks and slaps him so Corvis tags in Social and they have a kick exchange before Annie kills her with a roaring elbow. Hardway tries to come in but Corvis nails him and they scuffle in the corner until Corvis and Social ram Hardway and Yum together. Hardway and Yum go out to the floor but Corvis pulls her into the ring so Social can put the boots to her. Hardway drags Corvis out to the floor and lays him out while the girls fight it out on the floor. Social comes off the ropes but Hardway grabs her hair from the apron and allows Yum to hit a spinkick to the jaw and then choke her before covering for 2. Yum goes fora backdrop but Social rams a series of knees to her face and an X-Factor, then makes the hot tag to Corvis Fear. Corvis cleans house on Hardway but Yum gets a lungblower and Hardway covers for 2. Hardway whips Corvis into the ropes and gets a dropkick, but only gets 2 off the cover so he takes Corvis to the corner and chokes him before tagging Yum back in. Yum with a couple of stiff chops, but Corvis comes out of the corner and delivers a hard chops right to Mia's Yums. Yum responded by nailing him in the groin and hitting a series of kicks before covering for 2. Hardway tags in and goes right for a cover, but only gets 2. Hardway whips Corvis to the corner but eats elbow on a charge and then Corvis tries to go for a clothesline but Hardway counters to a Flatliner into the second turnbuckle. Hardway whips Corvis to the corner again but Corvis dodges and hits a chinbreaker, and makes the hot tag. Social comes in and cleans house on Yum, hitting a series of clotheslines and a suplex for 2, then a flying headscissors on Hardway. Social with a swinging neckbreaker on Yum for 2, but Hardway grabs her and punches her in the face so Corvis nails him from behind and chops him in the corner. Hardway goes to the eyes and sets him up top, but Social tosses him off the top. Yum kicks Social from behind so Corvis grabs her and delivers a nasty German Suplex. Hardway with a TKO for 2, but Corvis springboards off the ropes with a Diamond Cutter and then sends Hardway to the rope and hits a dive through the ropes. The girls go toe to toe in the ring with Social hitting a snapmare and a kick to the back, but then Yum responds with a snapmare and a couple of even harder kicks. Social snapmares her, then picks her back up and rams a couple of frearms to the back, then snapmares her again and delivers a couple of kicks of her own. She comes off the ropes but gets tripped from the outside by one of the strippers. The stripper climbs up on the apron and argues with her before kissing her, and a stunned Social turns around and eats a superkick from Yum, who covers Social for the win.
Winners: Johnny Hardway & Mia Yum
Solid match, and the girls really didn't hold back at all when it came to stiffing each other.
B-Boy vs Eddie Kingston
B-Boy and Kingston go nose to nose before the match, flipping one another off and making obscene gestures. Kingston with a go behind into a waistlock, but B-Boy escapes and chops him. Kingston chops back but B-Boy no-sells and nails him, and this turns into a stijff strike exchange until B-Boy hits a snapmare and a running boot to the face. B-Boy covers but only gets 1, so he takes him to the corner and unloads with a chop. B-Boy with another snapmare and a double stomp to the head, and then goes to a rear chinlock. Kingston fights his way out and catches B-Boy coming off the ropes with a belly-to-belly suplex for 2, then gets an arm-trapped crossface. Kingston releases the hold and covers for 2, and B-Boy tries to fight back but Kingston just thumbs him in the eye, drawing an Eddie chant, then takes B-Boy to the corner and hits the Kobashi chops, then drags B-Boy out to the middle of the ring and covers for 2. Kingston whips B-Boy to the corner and charges, but eats boot, tries another charge and eats elbow, and B-Boy gets a Blockbuster and both men are down. They get to their knees and exchange punches and the exchange breaks down to them just slapping each other until they both go down again. They get to their feet at the same time and B-Boy hits a pair of enziguiris and a sitout Flatliner for 2. Eddie reverses a whip to a uranage suplex and then a short clothesline and covers for 2. Kingston signals for the spinning backfist and measures B-Boy, but b-Boy blocks, kicks out the leg, hits a Shining Wizard and then a straight running knee and covers for 2. B-Boy sits Eddie in the corner and hits the Facewash, then goes for it a second time but Kingston moves and goes for a backdrop suplex, B-Boy escapes and comes off the ropes but Kingston with a spinning fist and covers for the win.
Winner: Eddie Kingston
Straight up brawl, definitely not a match for Lou Thesz fans but a solid effort on both men's part, and another hard hitting match tonight.
JAPW Women's Title Match: Sara Del Rey vs LuFisto
This is the first time I've seen LuFisto in nearly two years and she looks like she's dropped a lot of weight and she looks great. Sara charges her right off the bell with a big boot but LuFisto counters with a series of armdrags and then hits several kicks to Sara's legs and kicks her through the ropes to the floor and goes for a dive, but Sara pops up on the apron and punches her in the face, then they go out to the floor where Sara rams her into the rail and the steps. LuFisto fires back and rolls Sara back into the ring and goes to the second rope, but Sara dodges the dropkick and hits a series of kicks to the back before dropping elbows to the neck and then finally locking LuFisto in a double chickenwing. Lufisto escapes so Sara kicks her in the chest and chokes her on the second rope, then ties her in the ropes and connects with several unprotected kicks to the back. Sara with a stepover kick to the face and covers for 2, then whips LuFisto to the corner and goes for a charging clothesline, but LuFisto grabs her arm and gets an armbar on the ropes followed by a second rope dropkick for 2. Sara responds with a kick to the chest and an axe kick to the head and covers for 2, then rams LuFisto to the corner and charges, but LuFisto dodges and hits a rolling cannonball in the corner, but when she comes off the ropes again Sara hits a forward rolling kick of her own and then an Angle Slam for 2. Sara whips LuFisto to the corner and follows in with a series of forearms, but LuFisto dodges a high kick and dumps Sara to the floor before hitting a rolling senton off the apron. They head back into the ring where LuFisto ducks a punch and gets a chinbreaker, then a running stomp to the back of Sara's head. LuFisto whips Sara to the corner and follows in with a running elbow, and Sara drops down and LuFisto follows with a facewash for 2. LuFisto goes for a suplex but Sara blocks and rolls through into what could have been either an armbar or a cradle, but either way LuFisto made the ropes so Sara had to break. Sara went for a piledriver but LuFisto backdrops her and then goes for a diving headbutt, but Sara moves and then puts LuFisto into the LeBell Lock and Lufisto taps.
Winner: Sara Del Rey
Not as rough as I would have expected, but it would have been tough to top the stiff-fest Annie Social and Mia Yum had earlier. Still, solid match and both girls worked hard, but it didn't click as well as I would have liked.
Jay & Mark Briscoe vs United States Death Machine
Sami Callihan & Chris Dickinson got into a chopping match with each other before the bell rang, and then Dickinson & Mark Briscoe started the match. They had a mat wrestling sequence to start before Mark took Dickinson to the corner and caught him coming out into a rolling armbar. Dickinson puts Briscoe to his back but Briscoe reverses to a short armscissors and Dickinson makes the ropes to break. Callihan tags in and headbutts Mark in the back and unloads with a chop, but Briscoe responds with a chop of his own that floows Callihan. Jay tags in and he takes Callihan to the corner for a chop, then a running clothesline in the corner, snapmare, and running boot before covering for 2. Mark tags back in and hits a spinning leg lariat and cradles Callihan, but Dickinson distracts the referee so no count is made. Mark wips Callihan to the corner but Callihan gets the boot up on a charge and hits a top rope dropkick, then tags out to Dickinson, who covers Mark for 2. Dickinson with a kick to the back and a rear chinlock, but Mark escapes and gets a vertical suplex for 2. Mark tags out to Jay and they hit the double football tackle on Dickinson and then Jay nails him with a dropkick to the face for 2. Jay tags back out to Mark and now Mark starts killing Dickinson with chops. Dickinson comes back with some weak chops of his own, but Mark no-sells and fires back with more chops, but Dickinson catches him out of nowhere with a facebuster and then starts laying in more chops against the ropes. Dickinson whips Mark to the ropes but Mark makes a blind tag and Jay comes in and rips Dickinson's head off with a clothesline, nails Callihan off the ropes, and then suplexes Dickinson and gets a running legdrop for 2. Mark tags back in and he hits a twisting senton out of the corner for 2. The Briscoes take Dickinson to the corner and do the big double Beell out of the corner and Jay covers for 2. Jay slams Dickinson and tags Mark, who comes in with a rolling senton from the apron. Dickinson gets several slaps but Mark nails him back until Dickinson gets an O'Connor Roll for 2. Mark goes for a vertical suplex but Dickinson reverses to a Falcon Arrow Suplex to finally gain an advantage. For half a moment at least, because Mark rolls to the corner and tags in Jay as Dickinson tags Callihan, and they exchange forearms and chops, then exchange boots, then exchange more chops, then more boots, and then Jay superkicks Callihan in the face and goes for the Jay Driller but Dickinson comes in and nails Jay. Mark immediately comes in and takes Dickinson out with Redneck Kung Fu, but Callihan comes out of nowhere and kills Mark with a stiff clothesline. Now all four men exchange blows until Mark and Dickinson tumble out to the floor. Callihan gets a leg whip on Jay and the Horse Collar, but Mark comes in and gets an enziguiri to Callihan, followed by a Jay superkick and DVD, and Mark hits a top rope splash for 2. Briscoes go for the Doomsday Device but Dickinson shoves Mark off the top rope and Callihan gets a victory roll and then chops Jay into a Dickinson Tiger Suplex and it looks like they blew the finish because the referee counted really quickly before Mark could get in the ring to break the count, but they went with it and the Death Machine got the win.
Winners: United States Death Machine
Crowd did not like that one at all. Jay Briscoe grabbed a mic and said that after that, the referee needs his ass whupped. The Briscoes chase him to the back as the Death Machine celebrates. Crowd was very unhappy with the finish, giving them a "this match sucked" chant. The match wasn't really bad except for the finish, but it was a total Briscoes squash until the Death Machine got the win out of nowhere.
INTERMISSION
Jay Lethal vs Kenny Omega
They circle one another warily before locking up, and Lethal shoves Omega off and dropkicks him through the ropes and immediately follows with a dive to the floor that Knocks Omega into the guardrail. Lethal tosses Omega back in and chops him in the corner before whipping him into the ropes and catching him with a back elbow and covers for 2. Omega fights out with elbows, but Lethal puts the boots to him and hits a snap suplex for 2. Omega tries a chop but Lethal responds with a stiffer chop of his own and then whips Omega into the ropes but Omega ducks a clothesline and gets a slick diving dropkick to the knee and a leapfrog bulldog for 2. Omega get a guillotine cravate but Lethal fights his way out and Omega counters into an abdominal stretch. Lethal elbows his way out and gives Omega a pair of stiff chops. Omega with a boot to the gut and whips Lethal to the ropes but Lethal reverses and gets a hiptoss and cartwheel dropkick for 2. Lethal with a full bodyslam and goes to the outside for a springboard something, but Omega dropkicks him coming in and covers for 2. Omega fires Lethal out to the floor and then follows him out and rams him back and forth between the apron and the guardrail, then rolls him back into the ring and covers him for 2. Omega continues working Lethal over in the corner and whips him hard across the ring into the opposite corner, and Lethal just crumples out of the corner so Omega covers for 2 and goes to a bodyscissors. Omega keeps the hold and grinds the blade of his forearm across Lethal's face several times before releasing the hold and going to an inverted bearhug. Lethal fights his way out and hits a flying forearm and a series of back elbows, followed by the handspring elbow, then heads to the apron and hits the springboard dropkick for 2. Lethal with a running Yakuza Kick in the corner, but Omega comes right back with a Finlay Roll and a running Shooting Star Press for 2. Omega picks Lethal up for a suplex and dumps him on the top rope, then goes up top himself and elbowdrops Lethal off the top rope, but Omega only gets 2. Omega drags Lethal to the corner and goes up top, but Lethal catches him with a chop and goes up top himself and gets a top rope Frankensteiner for 2. Lethal goes for the full rotation Dragon Suplex but Omega lands on his feet so Lethal just superkicks him in the face and hits the Lethal Combination for a close 2. Lethal goes for the Dragon Suplex again and Omega fights out, but Lethal goes for a Frankensteiner and Omega catches him and powerbombs him for 2 and then gets the Hadoken for another 2. Omega picks Lethal up and goes for the Electric Chair Suplex but Lethal counters to a victory roll for 2. Lethal goes for another handspring elbow but Omega nails him with an enziguiri coming off the ropes and hits the Electric Chair Suplex and cradles him for the win.
Winner: Kenny Omega
Terrific match! Easily the best match of the night so far, and I was kind of surprised that JAPW's favorite son lost on the Anniversary Show. Lethal is visibly upset at the loss, but he and Omega share a look of respect before heading to the back.
JAPW Title Match: Brodie Lee vs Rhino
Rhino attacks Brodie in the aisle and tosses him in the ring where he immediately goes for the Gore, but Brodie bails to the floor. Rhino follows him out and they brawl at ringside with Brodie getting the advantage. They head back in the ring where Brodie rips Rhino's head off with a discus lariat and covers for 2, then chookes Rhino on the ropes. Rhino fights back with a series of chops but Brodie goes to the eyes and hits a big vertical suplex for 2. Brodie with a rear chinlock, but Brodie fights his way out and hits a flying shoulderblock. Brodie tries a charge but eats elbow and Rhino with a big belly-to-belly suplex, but Rhino comes off the ropes and runs right into a Black Hole Slam for 2. Brodie measures him for a big boot, but Rhino ducks and hits another big slam and measures Brodie for the Gore. Necro Butcher runs in and tries to interfere but Rhino Gores him and then, with Jonny D distracting the referee, Nick Gage runs out and drops Rhino neckfirst over the top rope and Brodie covers for the win.
Winner: Brodie Lee
This was way shorter than I expected, but they have to wrap the show up in 50 minutes to give CZW time to set up for their show, so I guess they had to make the time up somewhere.
JAPW Light Heavyweight Title Match: Jushin "Thunder" Liger vs Mike Quackenbush
Liger and Quackenbush shake hands before the match, and we're off. They circle each other and Liger gets a duck under into a waistlock, then a drop toehold and goes to a side headlock. Liger with a chinlock but Quack reverses to a hammerlock and Liger picks the ankle and ties Quack in a combination Indian Deathlock/Kimura. Quack gets out of that and gets a spinning toehold, then turns that into an Indian Deathlock of his own but Liger makes the ropes. They start over from a standing position and go to a Greco-Roman Knucklelock, and then that turns into a series of pinning combinations and reversals until Quack catches Liger in a toehold with a grapevine. Liger reverses to one of his own but Quack picks his way out of the hold enough to make the ropes and force the break. Liger whips Quack to the corner but Quack leaps to the top rope and comes out with an armdrag and ties Liger up in an STF. Quack releases that then goes to a kneeling figure four but Liger counters out to a surfboard, then drops down and adds a Dragon Sleeper into the equation as well. Quack slips out so Liger gets his own standing figure four until Quack makes the ropes. Really even match so far, but Liger starts to open up with some chops and whips Quakc to the corner, but Quack leapfrogs and backdrops Liger and follows up with a superkick that sends Liger to the floor, and Quack follows with a running swanton over the top onto Liger on the floor. quack rolls Liger back into the ring and sets him up top and hits a top rope Frankensteiner and then goes back up top for a standard Swanton and gets 2. Quackenbush gets an inverted Indian Deathlock (lots of Indians dying in this match), but Liger makes the ropes and Quack has to break. Quack goes for a side suplex but Liger rolls out of it so Quack with a kick to the ribs and then a spinning side suplex gets 2. Liger reverses a whip iunto the corner but Quack leaps over the ropes to the apron, so Liger palmstrikes him to the floor and goes up top and hits a dive onto Quack on the floor. Liger whips Quack to the corner and follows him in with a running palmstrike and then follows that up with the Liger Bomb for 2. Liger charges Quack in the corner and Quack gets a boot up, but charges out of the corner himself and runs into a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for 2. Liger goes for a cross corner whip but Quack collapses in the corner, and Liger tugs on the arm and Quack pops up with a forearm and goes up top. Liger follows him up and gets a top rope superplex for 2. Liger goes for another Liger Bomb but Quack blocks and counters into a high anklelock, but Liger makes the ropes. Quack and Liuger fight over a waistlock until Quack counters a Liger waistlock into the 2K1 Bomb for 2. Quack goes for a clothesline but Liger blocks and kills him with a clothesline, a palmstrike, and then a running palmstrike off the ropes for the win.
Winner: Jushin "Thunder" Liger
Terrific match, and it's amazing that Liger has still held up as well as he has at 46 years of age. Quack and Liger bow to one another after the match and Quack motions that he wants one more match with Liger before they share a hug and bow to the crowd.
JAPW Tag Team Title Match: Da Hit Squad vs Necro Butcher & Nick Gage
Mafia grabs the mic before the match and says he hates Philadelphia and being here makes him sick to his stomach, so everyone here can kiss his ass. Hit Squad attack the Hillbilly Wrecking Crew on the floor to start the match with Necro tossing Monsta Mack over the rail into the floor as Mafia takes a chairshot from Gage. Mack nails Necro but Necro comes back with a chairshot to the head and pulls Mack back to ringside as Gage drills punches into Mafia's head on the other side of the ring then whips Mafia into the guardrail. Gage takes a chair and nails Mack with it several times but Mack gets ahold of the chair and DESTROYS Gage with a pair of hard chairshots as Mafia rams Necro into the guardaril nearby. Mack rams Gage into the guardrail as Mafia sets up a table and rams it into Necro's ribs. Mack and Gage continue duking it out as Necro takes one of the title belts and beats Mafia down with it, then chases the referee and beats him down with the belt as Gage gouges at Mack's face on the other side of the ring. Gage has a fan hold up a chair so he can ram Mack into it, but Mafia nails Gage from behind with a chair and rolls him into the ring and charges him, but falls prey to a spinebuster. Gage with a running elbowdrop and then a facewash in the corner as Necro continues to menace the referee on the floor with a chair. Mack dashes over and nails Necro, but Gage piledrives Mafia in the ring. Necro joins Gage in the ring and holds a chair on Mack to keep him on the outside as Gage constructs a platform out of chairs in the corner. Mack finally makes it into the ring and nails Necro, then goes up the ropes and tries to superplex Gage onto the chairs. Gage blocks and they fight it out until either Gage hits a tornado DDT onto the chairs or Mack hits a spinebuster onto the chairs. Either way, they're both down and Mafia follows that up by nailing Necro with another chair. Gage recovers and tries to chokeslam Mafia, but Mafia with a switch and hits a half nelson suplex that sends Gage to the floor, and Mafia follows him out with a dive. Now Necro and Mack stand face to face with chairs in their hands, but Mack unfolds his and puts it down in the middle of the ring and sits in it, inviting Necro to go punch for punch. Necro sets his own chair up and sits face to face with Mack and they go punch for punch as Mafia picks Gage up and drops him on the guardrail at ringside. Necro gets the advantage on Mack and repeatedly headbutts him until Mack drops, then Necro takes every chair in the ring one by one and tosses them onto Mack's prone form, then goes out th the floor and grabs every chair he can find out there and throws them into the ring on Mack as well. He finishes by grabbing the stairs and putting them on the apron, but they fall off so Necro reconsiders and grabs another chair instead and gives Mack a chair slam on top of the pile of chairs he had left in the ring. What a scene this is. Necro with an elbowdrop as Mafia and Gage are nowhere to be found, then grabs a chair and tries to nail Mack with it, but Mafia finally makes it back in the ring so Necro nails him with it instead, and Gage follows that with a piledriver on the pile of chairs. Gage and Necro continue working Mack over in the corner with chairs and Gage throws a chair at Mack's head, busting him open, and they sit Mack on the top rope and superplex him onto the chairs in the ring and Gage covers for the win.
Winners, and NEW JAPW Tag Team Champions: Nick Gage & Necro Butcher
Unbelievable brawl, all four guys took a ton of abuse in this one. The Briscoes run in and attack the referee, then join Gage, Butcher, and also Brodie Lee in the ring. Gage takes the microphone and tells the crowd that we're looking at the most dominant force in wrestling: the Hillbilly Wrecking Crew.
2010 - Combat Zone Wrestling presented their Cage Of Death XII iPPV. Stu Carapola filed the following live report:
Unfortunately, we had a little bit of technical difficulty at the beginning of the show and were unable to do play-by-play of the opening bout, but it saw Gran Akuma win a six way match over Rich Swann, Ruckus, Alex Colon, Ryan McBride, and Jonathan Gresham.
Before the next match, Greg Excellent came out and cut a promo introducing his mother and saying he wishes he was in action tonight and wanted to apologize to management because he tried to step up at Tournament Of Death, and also wants to apologize to the fans, and also to his mother, who he then delivers a butterfly piledriver to. CZW staff immediately rush the ring and attend to mom, putting her on a stretcher and carrying her to the back.
#1 Contender's Match: "Ego" Robert Anthony vs Sami Callihan
Anthony nailed Callihan before the bell and got a "you still suck" chant from the crowd, then put Callihan in the corner and worked him over with forearms and chops. Anthony grabbed a mic and told Sami that he's still nothing and he'll never be anything, then beat him down and choked him out in the corner with his boot. He kept trying to talk but several fans had air horns they used to drown him out, then Callihan popped up and ran Anthony over with a hard clothesline and covered for 2. Sami laid in several chops, then put on Anthony's fur coat and splashed him in the corner. Callihan charged Anthony but got pressed up and crotched on the top rope, which Anthony followed with a springboard dropkick out of the corner, knocking Callihan to the floor. Callihan fought his way back up to the apron and Anthony tried charging him but Callihan hit a big boot to the face that put Anthony to the apron, and Callihan hit a springboard clothesline out of the corner and followed with a dive through the ropes. Callihan grabbed a chair from a fan and tried to toss Anthony into it, but anthony reversed and dropped Callihan face first on the chair. Callihan fought back, grabbed the chair, and nailed Anthony with it, then took him around the ring, chopping him against each guardrail but Anthony nailed him then picked him up for a powerbomb, ran completely past the ring, and powerbombed Callihan into the crowd. The staff came running out and ran to Callihan's side, eventually carrying him back over the guardrail, but Anthony came out to ringside and continued chopping him and then hit a vertical suplex on the floor. Anthony rolls Callihan back into the ring and goes to the top rope but took too long and Callihan recovered enough to catch him coming off the top rope and counter to a Sky High. They get back to their knees and go face to face exchanging forearms, but Callihan started tearing into him with chops and came off the ropes but Anthony picked him up into a tilt-a-whirl slam and then placed Callihan face down on the bottom turnbuckle and stood on Callihan's face, picked him up in a surfboard and catapulted Callihan forward onto the top turnbuckle, then did the same thing backwards and dropped Callihan on the back fo his head. Anthony went up top but Callihan got up and nailed him and tried to superplex him, but Anthony nailed Callihan back and powerbombed him off the top rope, but that only ended up getting 2. Anthony wedged a chair in the corner between the top and middle ropes, but took too long to try and slam Callihan into it and Callihan recovered and delivered a backdrop suplex, rammed Anthony into the ropes, and hit a hard running forearm, but only got 2. Callihan immediately followed up by locking Anthony in the Horse Collar and Anthony made the ropes, but Callihan pulled him off and reapplied and there was a tense moment, but Anthony made the ropes again. Callihan pulled Anthony back to the middle of the ring face down and just rained forearms down to the back of Anthony's head and covered for 2. Callihan went for the Horse Collar again but Anthony kicked at Callihan and reversed to a cradle for 2. Anthony hit a pair of superkicks and a bridging Cop Killa for the win.
Winner: "Ego" Robert Anthony
Anthony is now the #1 contender to the CZW Heavyweight Title. This was an awesome, hard hitting match. These guys destroyed each other trying to get a shot at the title and Anthony earned that win.
CZW Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Adam Cole vs AR Fox
Cole is accompanied to the ring by Mia Yum. They do a fast paced sequence to start and Fox goes for a dropkick but Cole bails out to the floor, so Fox hits a baseball slide and then runs up the corner and moonsaults to the outside onto Cole. Fox rolls Cole back into the ring and Cole tries a backslide, but Fox flips through so Cole picks him up for a slingshot back suplex but slightly blew the move and Fox landed on the top of his head. Cole takes Fox and chokes him on the second rope and then distracts the referee while Mia Yum chokes Fox on the bottom rope. Cole goes back over and drags Fox out to the middle of the ring and cradles Fox for a 2 count, then goes to a rear chinlock. Fox fights his way out and comes off the ropes but Cole hits a back elbow and covers for another 2. Cole goes for a vertical suplex but Fox blocks and reverses to a twisting vertical suplex. Fox bulldogs Cole onto the second turnbuckle and then gets a sunset flip for 2, an inside cradle for 2, and then rolls out of a Cole backslide attempt and hits a Codebreaker for 2. Fox springboards out of the corner with a Diamond Cutter on Cole for 2, then leaps to the top rope for a moonsault but cole gets the knees up, superkicks him in the face, and gets a Snowplow for 2. Fox whips Cole to the corner and hits a running Yakuza Kick, but Cole catches him on a leapfrog, hits a Tombstone, then picks him back up without dropping him and hits a second Tombstone but only gets 2. They go out to the apron and Cole tries to German Suplex Fox on the apron, but Fox escapes and hits Sliced Bread #2 on the apron. Fox goes for a dive but the referee stops him, so Fox decides to leapfrog over the referee and wipe out Cole on the floor. Cole goes for a kick but Fox catches his foot and trips him, and Cole feints an ankle injury while Mia Yum hit a lowblow on Fox from the outside. Cole miraculously recovered and came off the second rope with a leaping Canadian Destroyer for the win.
Winner: Adam Cole
Tyler Veritas comes out and congratulates Cole on his victory, but he has a title shot in his back pocket and challenges Cole to put the title on the line right now. He runs into the ring and chases Cole out to the floor and around ringside, but Cole gets a shot in and hiptosses Veritas into the crowd. Cole goes out after him and they fight in the crowd, and Veritas comes back and chops Cole back over the guardrail and chases him back to ringside. Cole runs back into the ring, so I guess it's official...
CZW Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Adam Cole vs Tyler Veritas
Veritas starts working Cole over, but Mia Yum distracts Veritas and allows Cole to hit a running boot and send Tyler to the floor. Tyler starts to roll back in and Cole picks him up and gets a fireman's carry neckbreaker over the knee for 2. Cole with a powerslam for 2 and Cole gets frustrated at his inability to put Veritas away, but calms himself down and goes to the second rope instead. Cole comes off the ropes and Veritas catches him and tries for an armbar, but Cole escapes that and gets a fireman's carry, but spins him into the referee and knocks him out. Veritas goes for a Crippler Crossface but Mia Yum comes into the ring and gouges his eyes, allowing Cole to get him in what looks like a poorly executed Crippler Crossface and Veritas is out so the referee calls for the bell.
Winner: Adam Cole
Great stuff here, you thought Veritas was going to cash in his title shot and win the title, but Cole outlasted both of them to hang onto his title.
Tag Team Title Tournament Finals: Philly's Most Wanted vs The Osirian Portal
Amassis and Sabian start the match off and Sabian gets a duck under with a waistlock, but Amassis reverses to a cradle for 2. They go to a mat wrestling sequence and wrestle to a stalemate. Another wristlock exchange and Amassis takes Sabian down with a side headlock, but Sabian reverses to a headscissors and Amassis kicks out of that and they go to another stalemate. Both men tag out and Ophidian and Joker come in and Joker gets a knee to the ribs and whips Ophidian to the corner, but Ophidian leapfrogs out and takes a wheelbarrow suplex into an armbdrag and then hits a headscissors to send Joker to the floor and baseball slides into another headscissors on the floor. Amassis and Sabian have a fast paced sequence in the ring with each man catch a near fall on the other but Sabian hits a dropkick on Amassis while he's in midair and covers for 1. Sabian lays in a chop andwhips Amassis to the ropes but Amassis slides to the floor and Ophidian sneaks in and gets a bridging O'Connor Roll for 2. Sabian sent to the corner and then the Portal hit a double team splash and roll Sabian up for 2. The Portal double teams Joker and hypnotize him, but Sabian breaks it up by dropkicking Ophidian in the face and Joker comes to and he and Sabian hit a double flapjack for 2. Joker takes Amassis to the corner and lays in several stiff chops, then whips him across the ring and follows in with a hard forearm followed by a snapmare and stiff kick in the back. Joker with a European Uppercut and balances Amassis on the top rope and drops him face first on the mat and goes for a cover, but Ophidian distracts the ref and no count is made. Joker unloads on Amassis with chops and comes off the ropes but Amassis gets a sliding trip and Ophidian comes right in with a springboard moonsault for 2. Sabian comes in and kills Ophidian with a hard shot, then goes to the floor and rams Amassis into the guardrail and they start exchanging blowsd. Sabian tells the fans to move and starts to toss him into the crowd, but swings him around mid move and tosses him back in the ring and makes an obscene gesture at the fans. Joker covers for 2 and tags out to Sabian, who comes in with a kick to the ribs and covers for 1. Amassis fights his way free but Sabian hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for 2. Ophidian tries to get in the ring again, but the referee puts him back out as Sabian slaps Amassis around and hits a stiff chop. Another fast paced sequence and Amassis hits a flying shoulderblock on Sabian and tries to make the hot tag but gets cut off, so he delivers a spinebuster to Sabian and finally tags Ophidian. Ophidian comes in and hits a stiff kick to Joker's head and then a running boot and then tosses Joker to the floor and hits a twisting dive onto Joker on the floor. Ophidian comes off the top with something, but trips on the way down and barely hits Sabian to cover for 2. Ophidian with a victory roll/bulldog move for 2 on Sabian and then he and Amassis hypnotize Sabian, but Joker sneaks up behind and German Suplexes both of them. Joker and Sabian with a double hiptoss on Amassis and a wheelbarrow into a lungblower and then again and Sabian covers Amassis for 2. Joker with a giant swing into a diving dropkick from Sabian for 2. Sabian whips Ophidian to the corner and follows with a running dropkick and then Joker follows with a rolling senton for 2. Joker picks Amassis up onn his shoulders and Sabian comes off the top rope, but Amassis rolls through into a victory roll for 2 and then both members of the Portal hit double superkicks on both Sabian and Joker and follow with stereo 450 splashes but each only get a 2 count. The Portal do the hypnotizing again and this time successfully hypnotize both men. Suddenly, Can't Touch This by MC Hammer starts playing and the Portal dances while Sabian and Joker just sway around in a stupor. After a while, they hypnotize Sabian and Joker into dancing with them and then fall down. The music stops and the crowd goes crazy for the whole scene. The Portal goes back up and hit a double team splash/legdrop onto Joker, but even after the hypnotizing and the top rope trauma, they only get 2. Joker decides that they've spent enough time screwing around and kicks Amassis in the groin, then Sabian yanks Ophidian's mask off and cradles him for the win.
Winners and NEW CZW Tag Team Champions: Sabian & Joker
This match was insane, the action didn't stop for a moment and it went back andforth over and over with several false finishes until the finish came out of nowhere. Great stuff. Sabian cuts a postmatch promo saying they told everyone that they were going to be the new champions, and if there's any teams that think they can hang, to come on out and man up. Funny they should say that, because the Briscoes just happened to be backstage and came out to confront Sabian and Joker, who conveniently take a powder as the Briscoes enter the ring. Jay gets a microphone and tells them to be careful what they wish for because it might just come true. Jay says it's good to be back in CZW, which starts a strong CZW chant from the crowd. Briscoe says they'rethe new champions, but that doesn't mean anything because they've been CZW champs too, so next month on January 7th, they're challenging Sabian and Joker to defend the title against the best tag team in the world. Crowd starts chanting Man Up at them. Sabian says they don't normally accept challenges like that, but the Briscoes haven't proven themselves worthy of a title shot, so the answer is going to have to be no. Crowd expresses their displeasure at that answer, and Jay says that when Sabian's done half of what they've done in this business, then they can call shots, and they're getting their title shot next month.
Maven Bentley comes on the screen and announces that CZW has sold out the building again and thanks the fans for coming out tonight.
CZW Heavyweight Title Match: Jon Moxley vs Homicide
They tie up and go to the corner and Homicide breaks clean, but Moxley shoves him on the break. Another tie up and they do a fast paced sequence with several pinning attempts but no three count. Homicide nails him and hits a headbutt, then takes Moxley to the corner and lays in a series of chops. Homicide goes for a slam but Moxley slips out and sweeps the leg and follows that up with an elbowdrop for 2. Moxley charges homicide but Homicide gets an elbow to the midsection and tosses Moxley to the floor. Homicide tries a baseball slide but Moxley slips back into the ring and catches Homicide with a baseball slide of his own. Homicide fights his way back in and goes for a piledriver, but Moxley backdrops out and gets an STF. Moxley lets him out and tries a charge in the corner but Homicide catches him with an elbow and then comes off the ropes and they hit head to head and both go down. Homicide with a laying Royal Octopus hold but he lets Moxley out and whips him into the ropes for a flying elbow instead. Moxley is bleeding pretty badly out of the nose as Homicide comes off the second rope with a tornado DDT. Homicide with a series of vertical suplexes a la Eddy Guerrero and then goes up top, but Moxley pops up and goes for a top rope superplex and nails it. They go nose to nose on their knees (the third time I've seen this spot today) and exchange blows. They get to their feet and continue exchanging blows and it turns into a straight up slugfest. Now they take turns coming off the ropes with forearms to the face until Homicide hits an Ace Crusher, but then Moxley comes back with one of his own and covers for 2. Homicide recovers and hits another Ace Crusher and a short lariat for 2 and then goes for the Cop Killa but Moxley rolls him up for 2 and then gets a backslide for 2 and gets a Fujiwara armbar. Moxley releases the hold and goes to the second rope, but Homicide catches him coming down and hits an Exploder suplex and then hits the Cop Killa, but instead of going for the cover he rolls Moxley out to the floor. Homicide goes out after him and rolls Moxley back in, then goes to the top for a frog splash but Moxley gets the knees up. Homicide goes to pick Moxley up but Moxley gets an inside cradle for 2 and then hits an inverted suplex into a side piledriver for the clean win.
Winner: Jon Moxley
Brodie Lee came over the rail after the match and climbed into the ring, hitting Moxley in the face with a big boot and laying him out, then grabs the CZW belt and holds it up over his head. He picks Moxley up and hands him the belt, then shoves him over and Moxley is left laying in the ring. Moxley gets to his feet and gets an ovation from the crowd, and then heads to the back.
Ultraviolent Underground Title Match: Nick Gage vs Yuko Miyamoto
Drew Gulak came out before the match and announced that he would be the referee for this match because he didn't want to wrestle, so Maven Bentley ordered him to be the referee for this match. He's doing a kind of Bill Alfonso deal by making Gage take the glass off of his fists and not allowing him to do any ultraviolent stuff. Bell rings and they lock knuckles, Miyamoto gets a duck under but Gage escapes and counters to a wristlock and changes it up into a hammerlock and breaks clean. Gage steps out of the ring to soak in the fans' cheers, then gets back in and they tie up again. Gage takes Miyamoto to the corner and breaks clean. Dewey Donovan hands Gage a staplegun from the outside but Gulak takes it away from him. Crowd starts a vulgar chant directed at Gulak as Gage and Miyamoto tie up again, Miyamoto gets a wristlock and rolls through into a fireman's carry and bars the arm. Miyamoto changes it back up to a wristlock but Gage escapes and snapmares Miyamoto and hits a running boot but misses an elbow, then Miyamoto misses an elbow of his own. Donovan tries to hand Gage a pizza cutter but Gulak takes that away from him as well and warns him not to do any more ultraviolent stuff. They slowly circle one another and tie up again and they go to the ropes but break clean. Now Donovan hands Gage a hammer and Gulak again takes it away from him, and Gage has finally had enough and hits a Chokenstein on Gulak. Gage grabs a mic and says that this is the Combat zone, and then tells the staff to bring all the usual goodies out to the ring, which of course they do, including a barbed wire fence set up as a bridge between the ring and the guardrail. Now Gage and Miyamoto are going to town exchanging forearms and Gage takes a charge at Miyamoto and gets backdropped onto the barbed wire fence. Miyamoto goes up to the top rope and hits an elbowdrop onto Gage and the barbed wire fence collapses underneath them. After several moments, Miyamoto picks Gage up and tosses him into the crowd, but Gage picks Miyamoto up and drops him on the guardrail, then takes him all around ringside and through the crowd and on top of the Highspots.com merchandise table, and continue brawling off of it and in front of the men's room. Miyamoto hits Gage with a chair and puts him on a table, then climbs the stairs to the VIP section on the balcony. Gage gets offthe table and follows Miyamoto to the top of the stairs and fight up there and try to throw each other over. Gage picks Miyamoto up and tries to toss him over the railing, and Miyamoto tries to hang on but Gage pounds on his hands until Miyamoto loses his grip and falls off the balcony and through the table. Gage heads back downstairs and grabs a beer from a fan, then takes Miyamoto back through the crowd and past the merchandise stands, back over the guardrail, and into the ring. Gage takes a wiffleball bat covered with thumbtacks and nails Miyamoto with it, then tosses the bat to the floor. Gage hits a spinebuster on Miyamoto and hits a running elbow, but only gets 2. Gage grabs a barbed wire bat and grinds it into Miyamoto's forehead, Crippler Crossface style, then hangs Miyamoto over the second rope and does it again. Gage with a bat shot to the back and another one to the gut, then drops the bat and goes for a brainbuster, Miyamoto escapes, Gage tries a German suplex but Miyamoto lands on his feet, hits a spinkick and then follows that with a handspring elbow. Miyamoto whips Gage to the corner and grabs a barbed wire chair and hits a running double knees with the chair and then puts the chair in the middle of the ring, puts Gage on top, and hits a top rope Frankensteiner onto the chair for 2. Gage hits a DDT out of nowhere and whips Miyamoto to the corner and hits a facewash, then a piledriver in the middle of the ring and rolls through into a second piledriver and follows that up with a Chokenstein, but only gets 2. Gage picks up a ladder and tries to slide it into the ring but Miyamoto baseball slid it into Gage's face and then hit a running dive onto Gage on the floor. Miyamoto rolls Gage back into the ring and covers for 2, then runs him over with a clothesline and a sitout Tombstone in the middle of the ring for 2. Miyamoto picks up the giant ladder and sets it up in the corner and slams Gage in the middle of the ring and then climbs the ladder that literally reaches nearly to the top of the arena and moonsaults off of it, rotating so much that he landed with his knees on Gage's head and chest and covers for the win.
Winner and NEW Ultraviolent Underground Champion: Yuko Miyamoto
That match was just insane, especially the moonsault spot at the end. This was just brutal.
The Runaways bring Maven Bentley out to the ring during intermission before Cage Of Death and tell him that he had better give them a title shot at Sabian and Joker for the CZW Tag Team Title tonight before Cage Of Death, but Maven says no so they give him the Demolition Decapitator and leave him laying. They announce that they're putting CZW management on notice, and DJ Hyde comes out and chases them off with a chair, then tells security to get them out of his building. Hyde says that it's time to get Cage Of Death set up and puts over the vendors around the building before taking us back to intermission before the main event.
Cage Of Death:
This is contested under basic Wargames rules, but you're eliminated when you hit the floor. Devon Moore starts out with Thurteen, and Thurteen takes Moore and grinds his face into the bottom rope. Thurteen holds Moore so Bill Gram can bash him in the head with a thumbtack-covered wifflebat, and then Gram goes for a second shot but Moore moved and Gram hit Thurteen and then Moore got the bat and nailed Gram with it. Moore takes a charge at Thurteen but got backdropped onto a barbed wire board. Thurteen climbs to the top of the cage and Moore follows him up and powerslammed him off the top of the cage into the ring. I've never seen anything like that. Brain Damage comes in next and goes after Moore and takes the thumbtacks covered bat and hits Moore in the head so hard the thumbtacks stay embedded in his head, and then nails him two more times before stomping on his groin. Brain Damage hits a brainbuster and goes for a cover, but there's no pinfalls in this match. Danny Havoc is in next and he goes right after Brain Damage and tries to ram Damage into a barbed wire board, but Damage blocks and tosses Havoc through the board instead., then takes what's left of the thumbtack bat and bashes it over Havoc's head so hard that pieces of thumbtacks go flying off the bat. Damage with a big boot to Havoc, and Moore nails Damage to buy time for Havoc to go up on top of the cage and dive in with a forearm on Damage. Masada is out next and he goes after Havoc and just suplexes him off the top turnbuckle into the ring, then sets up a table as Moore grinds Thurteen's face into the barbed wire on the other side of the cage. Masada comes over and kicks Moore into the chest and tosses him across the ring, then climbs up to the top of the cage as Damage puts Havoc on a table and Masada hits an elbowdrop off the cage onto Havoc. Dysfunction comes in next and he and Damage go toe-to-toe as Havoc slams Masada on a barbed wire board. Dysfunction with a Finlay Roll on Thurteen on the barbed wire and then Havoc and Dysfunction double slam Brain Damage through a table which then goes through a portion of the cage to eliminate him.
Brain Damage is eliminated.
Drake Younger comes out next as Dysfunction kicks a barbed wire board into Thurteen's face and then Younger hits a sitout chokeslam on Dysfunction through a glass pane that was set up in the corner. Moore got tossed into the cage by Younger and then Younger turned around and hit a half nelson suplex on Havoc. Thurteen takes a barbed wire bat and grinds it into Dysfunction's head as Younger hits a top rope senton onto Moore on the cage, and then he and Masada catapult Havoc into the barbed wire side of the cage as Thurteen hits a dive onto Moore, still on the cage, and then Masada grabs a handful of glass ans gives a piece to Younger, who grinds it across Havoc's face as Masada takes a barbed wire bat and slams it into Dysfunction's chest. Younger with a belly to back suplex on an unfolded chair on Havoc and then Younger picks Havoc back up and gives him a chair bodyslam, except with a barbed wire bat instead of a chair. Masada powerbombs Moore back onto his favorite segment of the cage as Scotty Vortekz comes in with a weedwacker and goes after Younger, and Younger intentionally eliminates himself to get away from Vortekz.
Drake Younger is eliminated.
Drake Younger grabs the mic and says the weedwacker is not part of the contract, and he assures Fortekz that he'll get his because he has creative control. Fortekz climbs up to the top of the cage to yell at Younger and Masada throws a chair at Vortekz and then climbs up to fight Vortekz on the slanted part of the cage and gives Vortekz a Russian Legsweep on the cage and then tosses Vortekz off the cage and Vortekz lands badly on his ribs on the guardrail.
Scotty Vortekz is eliminated.
Havoc gives Masada a DDT in the middle of the ring as Thurteen climbs up to the top and hits a 450 dive off the top of the cage onto all the other guys left in the match. Masada grabs a thumbtack bat and just beats Devon Moore down withit, then Masada and Gram set up a piece of barbed wire board between the ropes and the cage. Moore gets the thumbtack bat and grinds it into Masada's head, but Masada kicks his way back at Moore as Havoc and Thurteen climb up on top of the cage. Masada presses Moore onto the barbed wire board as Dysfunction superkicks Masada and Thurteen hits an enziguiri to Moore to send him off the top of the cage through a table.
Devon Moore is eliminated.
Dysfunction goes to the top of the cage and superkicks Thurteen off the top of the cage and thurteen goes through a barbed wire board placed on top of four chairs which were placed on top of another table.
Thurteen is eliminated.
Masada tosses a chair at Dysfunction's head and sends him hanging off the side of the cage, so Masada takes acupuncture needles and james some in Dysfunction's hand, but he doesn't fall so he jams more into his arm, but he STILL doesn't fall, so he jams some more into his skull and finally he falls off the cage through a table.
Dysfunction is eliminated.
Moore climbs to the top of the cage and challenges Masada to come up to the top of the cage. Masada obliges and james more acupuncture needles into Moore's head and then Gram hands him a pane of glass, which he sets up on top of the cage and suplexes Moore onto it. Masada crawls over and repeatedly rams Moore's head into the glass on top of the cage and then picks up a piece of glass and rakes it across Moore's forehead. They set up another setup similar to what Thurteen went through and he tries to toss Moore off the side, but Moore pulls the needles out of his head and repeatedly jabs it into Masada's head. Meanwhile, Bill Gram set up a glass table on four chairs in the middle of the ring as Masada and Moore fight it out on top of the cage and Gram climbs up with a thumbtack bat and tries to hit Moore, but Moore moved and he hit Masada. Moore grabs the bat and lays Gram out with it and then goes after Masada. Masada is literally hanging onto the wire to keep from falling, but Moore keeps punching him until he lets go and goes off the cage through all the tables and barbed wire.
Winner and Sole Survivor: Devon Moore
Moore goes after Gram and tries to press slam him onto the glass, but falls short and Gram just lands on the mat. Drake Younger runs out and climbs the cage, hits a Cop Killa on Moore on top of the cage, then throws Moore off the cage and through the glass. Younger grabs a microphone and taunts the crowd when B-Boy's music suddenly hits, and B-Boy comes out and goes after Younger. He chases Younger into the ring and follows him in and Moore goes after him with a chair, but Younger bails out of the cage and over the rail and runs out the front door as B-Boy stares him down as he leaves. Moore, being the determined gentleman that he is, takes a bloodstained plate of glass, sets it up against the ropes, and lays Gram on top of a barbed wire board and then puts the glass on top of him and Moore hits a running dropkick into the glass on Gram's face. Disturbingly brutal finish to one of the most brutal matches I think I've ever seen.
2010 - WWE taped Tribute to the Troops in Ft. Hood, Texas. John Rojas filed the following live report:
Kudos to WWE for a truly amazing event today at Fort Hood. The crowd was estimated at 50,000 people.After a video package on the TNA champion and the announcers running down the card, we went right to our first match.
Rob Van Dam vs. Christopher Daniels
They locked up. Van Dam backed Daniels into the corner, where he backed off. The referee made them break and Van Dam made a clean break. Daniels grabbed a side headlock but was sent off into the ropes. He shoulderblocked Van Dam several times on the rebound to no effect. Daniels and Van Dam each missed kicks. Van Dam used a rollup for a two count, then used a backslide for another.
Van Dam cinched in a side headlock and was sent into the ropes. He shoulderblocked Daniels and grabbed a single leg takedown. He scored several two counts but was backed into the corner and stomped by Daniels. Van Dam went up and over in the corner but nailed several armdrags and scissored Daniels off a leg sweep. They had timing issues, but the announcers went into overtime to cover for them.
Van Dam worked over Daniels with kicks to the chest in the corner. Daniels cut him off on the apron with a shoulderblock. They battled over a suplex on the apron. Daniels shoved RVD into the ringpost and he fell to the floor. Daniels attacked Van Dam from behind with a shot to the back and sent Van Dam into the apron. He rolled Van Dam back into the ring and drilled him with a running strike in the corner.
Daniels worked over Rob on the mat, grinding him to the mat with a waistlock and scoring several near falls. Van Dam began to fight his way to his feet and nailed several elbows and a kick to the face to break free, but both men went down. Van Dam finally came to life with a series of rights and a spinkick. Van Dam nailed a clothesline and a standing moonsault press for a two count. Van Dam launched him out of the corner with a monkey flip and nailed Rolling Thunder for a two count.
Daniels tried to back off but attacked Van Dam. Van Dam drilled him and went to the top rope. He dove off but Daniels moved out of the way and speared him for a two count. Daniels whipped RVD into the ropes and drilled him with a shot to the mid-section and a palm thrust for another near fall. Daniels lariated RVD in the corner and placed him on the top rope. Van Dam fought him off and nailed the Five Star Frog splash for the pin.
Your winner, Rob Van Dam!
OK match. They never really got into any sort of groove but nothing beyond one miscue looked bad.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Mickie James. She said that the fans tonight will get exactly what they want. She said that she and Kim don't want to worry about politics and Jezebels. She said that she was excited for Kim to return to where women's wrestling matters, but Gail has been playing games and politics since she returned. She said she and Kim will take it to the wall tonight.
TNA TV champion Robbie E (with Robbie T) vs. Eric Young.
Young started off strong but was cut off after a dive to the outside. E peppered him with rights and nailed several two counts when they returned to the ring. E nailed a nice elbow off the corner for a two count. E nailed a legsweep into a pinfall attempt and locked in a side chinlock for a two count. Young fired up and nailed several elbows for a two count but was taken back down to the mat.
Young again fired up but was sent into the turnbuckles and drilled with a running knee. E missed a charge in the corner and was clotheslined down. Young fired away with a discus clothesline and nailed a flying elbow for a two count. He went back to the top but was swept back into the ring for a two count. Robby T got on the apron, arguing with the referee. Both Young and E nailed each other with clotheslines at the same time.
As the referee checked on E, Robbie T pulled Young into the corner with a sleeper. Young avoided a E charge and he ran into T's groin. Young pulled them both on his shoulders but it was too heavy. E drilled Young with his finisher and scored the pin.
Your winner and still TNA TV champion, Robbie E!
Solid match.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Pope Dinero and Devon. Devon said that tonight was about them becoming the champions and they would deal with Pope's influence over his sons another time. Pope said it's about the gold and bling. When it comes to that, the Pope is all about that.
TNA Tag Team champions Crimson & Matt Morgan vs. Pope Dinero & Devon
Crimson and Pope started out. Crimson dominated him early and tagged out to Morgan. Devon tagged in as well. Morgan shoulderblocked him down and drilled him with several headbutts. Devon grabbed a headlock but was sent into the ropes. He ducked a clothesline and nailed a shoulderblock for a two count. Morgan took him down with a clothesline of his own.
Morgan tagged in Crimson, who began working over Devon. Pope made a blind tag and dropkicked Crimson. Pope went for a German suplex and connected. He went for another but was elbowed in the corner. Pope used a legsweep for a two count. Morgan and Crimson tagged in and out, working over Pope with suplexes and elbows
Crimson locked in a chinlock on Pope. Pope fired back but was cut off. Morgan tagged in and nailed a Fall Away Slam for a two count. Devon broke it up. Morgan used another sideslam for a two count. Devon and Crimson tagged in. Devon nailed a shoulderblock and a running Avalanche in the corner for a two count. Devon nailed a neckbreaker and went to the top for the flying headbutt. Morgan broke up the pinfall and began beating on Devon.
Crimson and Morgan whipped Devon into the ropes but he came back with a double clothesline. No effect. Devon fought them off and covered Crimson after a spinebuster for a two count. Pope pulled Morgan out of the ring and slowly went to the top. He nailed a flying elbow on Crimson for a two count but Morgan broke it up and tossed him out of the ring. Devon went back and forth with Morgan. Morgan drilled him with a chokeslam and Crimson made the cover for the pin.
Your winners and still TNA Tag Team champions Crimson & Matt Morgan!
They showed Devon's son consoling Pope over the loss. Pope sneered at Devon and walked away. They both questioned their father.
Jeremy Borash interviewed AJ Styles, who was getting his knee taped up in the locker room. He said that he wasn't going into the match at 100% but said he was going to be 200%. He said that everything that Bobby Roode did to him and Fortune, Styles is going to beat the piss out of Roode for 30 minutes. He said Roode may have destroyed Fortune but he'll never destroy Styles.
TNA X-Division champion Austin Aries vs. Kid Kash
They locked up and jockeyed for position in a collar and elbow tie-up. Aries chopped him hard in the corner then ran when he saw Kash was getting angry. Back in the ring, Kash nailed several armdrags and scissored Aries' head in his legs. Aries slipped out and nailed a dropkick to Kash, who was still in the sitting position.
Aries grabbed a side headlock. Kash grabbed him by the ear. Aries grabbed Kash by the ear as well. They went back and forth into reversals. Kash clotheslined Aries down and dropped an elbow for a two count. They went back and forth in a series of near falls.
They battled to the outside. Back in the ring, Aries tried to uses the ropes to get the pin but the referee caught him. Kash sent him to the outside and hit a slingshot pescado to the outside. Kash worked him over with chops as he rolled Aries back in. Aries nailed a back mule kick to sent Kash to the floor. Aries nailed a great looking tope to the outside. He brought Kash back into the ring and used the ropes for a neckbreaker, scoring a two count.
Kash started to fire back and they exchanged blows. Kash was nailed into the corner and rolled up for a two count. Aries teased the pendulum elbow for a two count. Kash and Aries went into a series of reversals. Kash drilled him with pair of right hands for a two count. Aries tried to come back with a bulldog like maneuver but Kash grabbed him and slammed the champion down for a two count. Kash argued over the count.
Aries drilled Kash and went to the top. Kash crotched him on the top and Aries crashed to the mat. Kash went to the top but was crotched as well. Kash fought off a superplex attempt. He went for a top rope powerbomb but Aries turned it into a rana mid-move.
Aries and Kash battled back and forth in the ring. Kash went for the moneymaker but Aries stomped him and nailed a neckbreaker. Aries charged him in the corner but ate a big boot. Kash went for a powerbomb but Aries countered and slipped out. Aries put brass knuckles on his fist but the referee caught him. Kash tried to do the same but was caught. As the referee took the objects out of the ring, Aries grabbed the X-Division belt and tossed it into Kash's hands. The referee grabbed the belt from Kash. Aries kicked the distracted Kash and nailed the brainbuster for the pin.
Your winner and still X-Division champion, Austin Aries!
Decent back and forth match. Both have done a really good job this year in their roles. I thought the finish was clever.
TNA Knockouts champion Gail Kim vs. Mickie James
They started out pretty hot in the ring. They battled to the corner, where Mickie went for a forward roll out of the corner but was stopped and slammed down face-first. Kim nailed a leaping clothesline for a two count. She mounted James and drilled her with punches
Kim used a counter to score a two count but was drilled with a right hand for a two count. Kim continued working over James. She grapevined James' knee and began working over James' knee with submission moves. James was choked against the ropes. Kim whipped her into the ropes but missed a dive into the corner. She connected with the ringpost then landed hard on the floor.
James flipped her back into the ring and nailed several forearms. James nailed a rana and drilled Kim with a series of clotheslines. She nailed a flapjack and went to the top. Kim cut her off and drilled James with forearms. She went for a top rope rana but James held on and nailed a Thesz Press off the ropes for a two count.
Kim went for her finisher but James countered and snapped her over by the leg. Kim ended up on the floor and began walking out. James attacked her and dragged her back towards the ring. Kim kicked her and whipped James towards the ringpost but James reversed it and Kim nailed the post, flying to the floor.
Madison Rayne ran down and grabbed James' leg as she returned to the ring. James kicked her off but walked right into Kim's Eat Defeat. Lame finish.
Your winner and still TNA Knockouts champion, Gail Kim!
They worked their asses off but the finish took some of the edge off of this.
Jeremy Borash interviewed James Storm, who said her was as a beer drinking, ass kicking machine. He said he was going to raise some hell. He said that no matter who you are in life, there is always someone bigger and badder that can knock you down. He said tonight, he's that guy. He said that be beat Kurt Angle twice in a row. He told Angle from the bottom of his heart, then corrected himself "from the bottom of my balls, sorry about your damn luck!" Great promo. Storm has been ON in recent weeks.
Kurt Angle vs. James Storm
They charged each other at the bell. Storm backed him into the corner. They broke up and locked up again. Angle tried to use a single leg takedown but instead just slammed Storm to the mat. They did some nice reversals on the mat. Storm grabbed a hammerlock but Angle grabbed the ropes.
They locked up again and Angle began working over the arm. Angle and Storm worked over each other on the mat. Angle got control and backed Storm into the corner, working over Storm with shots to the head, playing off the concussion. Storm made a comeback and clotheslined Angle over the ropes to the floor. On the outside, Storm drilled Angle with several shots to the head and tossed him into the guard rail.
Storm broke the referee's count and went after Angle, who grabbed him and pulled Storm into the ring steps. Angle used his feet, stepping on Storm's head. Angle locked in a side chinlock. Angle was sent off into the ropes but drilled Storm and began punching him in the head. Angle continued beating Storm down on the mat. Storm was woozy and out of it. Angle went to the floor and drilled Storm with a series of elbows while he was out of it on the apron.
Back in the ring, Angle sent Storm into the ropes and locked in a sleeper. Storm went down to one knee and was almost ruled out of it but fired back with a series of elbows to the mid-section. Storm nailed a backdrop suplex to finally break the sleeper but was out on his feet.
Storm and Angle exchanged rights and Storm began cleaning house with a series of right hands and clotheslines. He charged in the corner but Angle nailed him with an elbow. Angle charged but Storm drilled him with a pair of backstabbers for two count. Storm nailed a big right hand and whipped Angle into the ropes. Angle reversed it and nailed an overhead belly to belly suplex for a two count.
Angle went for his rolling German suplexes but Storm broke free from the first with an elbow. Angle was able to grab him for an anklelock attempt but Storm kicked him off. Storm nailed him in the head and went for a piledriver but was shoved off. Angle slipped behind him and nailed the rolling German suplexes. Angle covered Storm, who kicked out at two.
Angle stalked behind Storm for the Angleslam but Storm ducked and went for the Whirlybird. He nailed it and scored a two count. Storm went to the top rope but Angle met him and drilled the superplex for a two count. Storm countered a move with an armdrag. He went for a kick but was stopped and locked in an anklelock. Storm kicked him off. Angle charged him but Storm moved and Angle hit the ringpost shoulder-first. Storm grabbed Angle and held him over the apron, then dropped him into as hanging DDT.
Storm pulled Angle up and rolled him back into the ropes. Storm set up for the superkick but Angle blocked him and nailed the Angleslam for a two count. Kurt Angle went for the moonsault but missed. The crowd rallied Storm, who nailed the superkick and scored the pin clean.
Your winner, James Storm!
Solid match. It was all the spots you'd expect to see and do see from Kurt Angle on PPV. They told a nice story about Storm coming back from the concussion and the beating Angle gave him. Storm winning clean was the absolute best finish they could have done if they want to truly get him over as a top name.
Jeremy Borash interviewed Jeff Jarrett. Jarrett said that the last three days, he's been on the TNA Cruise being a company man and now he's getting texts telling him that Sting has added a stipulation. Jarrett said that he's sailing the seas on international waters and for that, they get an added stipulation that he gets beaten, one of them will get fired. Jarrett said that he knows more about cage matches than Hardy has ever forgotten. He said that his strategy is to ground Hardy and take him out of his element. He said he...Sting showed up and said that if Jarrett loses, he gets fired and asked Karen if she was ready to get handcuffed.
Jeff Hardy vs. Jeff Jarrett- Steel Cage Match. If Hardy wins, he becomes top contender for TNA title. If he loses he is fired. If Jarrett loses, either he or Karen Jarrett will be fired. Karen handcuffed to Sting at ringside.
Jarrett was trying to stall getting in the ring so Sting tossed him into the cage and cuffed himself to Karen. Karen was screeching like crazy. Jarrett scored several near falls on Hardy early. Hardy slipped out of a sunset flip attempt and drilled several dropkicks.
Jarrett was distracted by Sting, allowing Hardy to try and climb out. Hardy kicked him off and sent him to the mat. Hardy came off with a flying double axehandle and sent Jarrett into the cage several times. Hardy went for the Twist of Fate but Jarrett blocked it and locked in a figure four leglock. Hardy was nearly pinned but got his shoulder up. Hardy finally reversed the pressure of the move so Jarrett broke the hold.
Jarrett rammed Hardy into the cage several times. Jarrett climbed to the top of the cage but Hardy grabbed him. Jarrett kicked him off and then came off the ropes, nailing Hardy. Jarrett climbed the cage but was pulled down and crotched the ropes bumping into the ring. Hardy climbed the cage and came off with a backwards splash onto Jarrett. The crowd began chanting for Hardy.
Hardy made comeback and nailed several rights on Jarrett. Jarrett fought back but was nailed with the Twist of Fate. Hardy went to the top but Jarrett began recovering and getting to his feet. Hardy nailed Jarrett with the Twist of Fate again. He scaled the cage and went for the swanton but Jarrett rolled out of the ring.
Jarrett called for the door and began climbing out but Hardy pulled him back into the ring. Jarrett kicked Hardy in the face and nailed the Stroke. Jarrett began climbing out of the ring again but Hardy pulled him back into the ring. They battled in front of the open door. Hardy used the cage to swing himself over the ropes and kick Jarrett with both feet. Hebner began closing the door but Jarrett sent Hardy into it and it nailed Sting in the head. Karen uncuffed herself and slammed the door into Hardy's head. Jarrett covered Hardy but he kicked up at the last second.
Karen tried to give Jeff a guitar but Sting grabbed her by the waist and pulled her way. Jeff turned into Hardy, who nailed the Twist of Fate and scored the pin.
Your winner, Jeff Hardy!
Sting laughed and had a big smile on his face. He entered the ring and raised Hardy's hand. Sting took the mic and said that on Impact Wrestling, someone's getting fired.
TNA champion Bobby Roode vs. AJ Styles: 30 Minute Iron Man Match
They spent some time feeling each other out. Roode grabbed him in a side chinlock. Styles sent him into the ropes but was shoulderblocked down. Styles was limping a little. Roode grabbed him in a side headlock again. Styles powered him way out of it and reversed it. Roode tried to send Styles running out of it but Styles ground him down and held him in the move.
Styles brought Roode to the mat, still in the headlock. Roode turned it into headscissors around Styles' throat. Styles kicked out and he grabbed Roode and took him down with a side headlock takeover. Styles was sent into the ropes and drilled Roode with a series of shoulderblocks and a dropkick for a two count. Roode rolled out of the ring, trying to run the clock and slow Styles' momentum.
They locked up and they battled with chops in the corner. Styles backdropped Roode over. Styles was favoring the leg. Roode begged off but sent Styles out to the floor. On the outside, Roode tried to drilled him into the guard rail but Styles blocked it and nailed Roode into it.
Back in the ring, Styles used a jackrabbit rollup for a two count but Roode rolled through with one of his own. They did a nice series of near falls and traded arm drags. Styles used a head scissor to take over Roode. Styles charged Roode but was kicked off. He came back with a dropkick for a two count and locked in a rear chinlock.
Styles went for a side headlock again but Roode went for a back suplex. Styles landed on his feet but his knee went out. Roode took out Styles' legs with a chop block and covered him for a three count.
Roode, 1. Styles, 0.
Styles battled back but Roode raked his eyes. Roode drilled Styles with another running chop block to the front of Styles' knees. Roode drilled Styles' knees into the mat. Roode twisted Styles' leg and snapped it, scoring a two count. Styles fired back with chops but Styles drilled him. Roode kicked him and took him down with shots to the back.
Roode went for a suplex attempt but Styles floated over. Roode took his legs out and snapped Styles' legs. Styles grabbed at his knee and screamed. Styles tried to fire back with elbows and chops but was kicked in the legs, crumbling down to the mat. Roode locked in a single leg crab as 16 minutes were left.
***
Styles fought his way to the ropes and made it but Roode continued the beating and locked in a figure four leglock. Styles submitted.
Roode, 2. Styles, 0.
Roode went for the move again but Styles kicked him off into the corner and nailed the flying armbar. Styles locked in a crossface and Roode tapped.
Roode, 2. Styles, 1.
Roode cut off Styles and kept working on his leg, although Roode's shoulder was hurt. Styles worked over the arm and shoulder. Styles went for an armwringer but Roode nailed him. Roode clotheslined Styles, who was sent up and over as we hit the ten minute mark on the clock.
Out of nowhere, Styles cradled Roode, getting the pin.
Roode, 2. Styles, 2. We are tied.
They battled back and forth. Styles was kicked in the leg but punched Roode in his shoulder. Roode drilled Styles with a kick but AJ nailed an enziguiri. Roode caught him with a spinebuster for a two count. He went right back after Styles' knee, cranking it.
Roode began stomping on Styles with 7:35 left. He went to catapult Styles into the corner but Styles landed on the turnbuckles and nailed the inverted DDT. Styles nailed a springboard 450 splash and scored the pin.
Styles, 3. Roode, 2.
They battled in the corner with Styles getting the better of the exchange. Roode kicked away at him trying to break free from the assault but Styles snapmared him into an armbar. They battled near the apron. Styles sunset flipped him into the ring but Roode dropped down and held the ropes, scoring the pin.
Styles, 3. Roode, 3.
The crowd chanted "Bullsh**." over that.
With four minutes left, Styles chopped away at Roode. Styles positioned Roode on the top and tried to go for a superplex but was battled off. Styles used a top rope armdrag with Roode landing on the bad shoulder. Styles nailed a backdrop suplex for a two count with 2:40 left. Roode was bleeding from the nose.
Styles went for another suplex but Roode kicked his leg out from under him. Roode went for the Perfectplex but Styles reversed it into a cradle for a two count. Styles nailed the Pele Kick. With two minutes left, Styles went for the Styles Clash but his knee buckled out from under him and Styles collapsed.
With a minute, 20 seconds left, Roode rolled to the floor, trying to run the clock. Styles hit a flip dive to the outside. Both men were down and out with under a minute left.
With 31 seconds left, Styles crossed Roode back in. Roode rolled right back out as ten seconds were left. He ran away from Styles and ran down the clock They announced it as a 3-3 draw. The crowned chanted for five more minutes but Roode walked off and held the belt, saying he was still the champion of the world. Roode cut a promo into the camera, saying that no one can take the belt.
A hard fought match that told a good story. The finish was obviously to build to something bigger- maybe a one hour match? I wouldn't say it was a classic and in a way it closed the PPV on a flat note with no real winner but in terms of building a longer storyline, it was a good way of laying the foundation for that. I can see some fans being upset about the finish but you did get 30 minutes of good wrestling with no lame run-in at the end. The finish got over the idea that Roode was something of a thinking man's wrestler, using the stips to his advantage since he would retain.
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