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| Maxy | May 15 2018, 10:55 AM Post #1 |
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The pre-show kicks off with a shot of outside the arena, where fans are shown filing in, and have been doing so for a bit now. The doors opened slightly earlier than usualy due the lone pre-show match taking place earlier on in the broadcast than usual. A mix of guys not on the main show’s card as of yet, some from the IWF roster, and area independences make their way to the ring for the open invitational battle royal. The fans are still filing in, however a decent amount have already found their seats. Once the match begins a countdown local from 10 minutes begins. As Rob Rage announced last night, if anyone survives the time limit they will be part of Rage’s ironman gunatlet. While the numbers fell as the clock winded down, a few new participants entered with about four minutes to go. The broadcast team wonders if that is even legal, but none of the referees seem to challenge it. In the final moments Icarus is wrapped around the ropes, desperately trying to hold on as reigning IWF Champion Kevin Elliot and Zack Ryder are doing a number on him. He manages to hold on as time expires. Advancing to the gauntlet is Icarus, Zack Ryder, Kevin Elliot, Big T, TJ Rage, and Sami Zayn. After the ring clears, the ring crew comes out and begins to teardown the ring ropes and replace it with barbwire. The match between Yoshiko and Kana will start the main show, and with the battle royal taking place early on in the pre-show gives the ring crew enough time to work before the ppv goes live to air, rather than use up lots of time during the show. As this is worked on, all of the title matches on the card are hyped, especially the main event 60-minute Ironman match which puts two friends against each other. The champion and challenger arrived separately, though when Brad Rose approached Oedo Tai member Kris Wolf for comment on this she confirms there is no hostility between them, but with what it at stake they agreed it would be best for them to do their own thing before hand. Rusev and Lana were also shown arriving earlier in the afternoon. Rusev doesn’t have anything scheduled match wise, but Lana explains this is one event that can’t be missed by anyone. Plus in the event someone chokes under pressure and feels they can’t compete, Rusev would gladly take their place. Before the pre-show ends a shot of Matt Hardy’s home. Matt is present and he explains he is there and not at the arena due to, unlike the two gladiators will kickoff tonight’s event, not wanting outside forces to interfere with something that must be done. At the Hardy Compound there are no rules, and everything is legal. He gives a quick tour of his land, as various shots are shown. One of which has a ring set up outside. This is where the battle will take place, and this is unfortunately where his brother will face his ultimate deletion. Once everything is ready to go and the pre-show comes to a close, Bryan Adams’ The Chance May Never Come Again opens up the ppv broadcast. While some of those on the card have been in similar spots at this event before, such as Harry Smith challenging for the world heavyweight championship, some have the rare opportunity of advancing their careers that would normally not come their way, such as Chuck Taylor and Alex Bryce have tonight. Some vets go their entire career without appearing in a major show. Kei’s travelled world wide at various levels in the sport, but this is her first time competiting at the big show. Regardless of who’s who, they all have a big chance before them to showcase themselves with the spotlight brighter than ever. They better make it count, because who knows if they’ll get another chance. Jim Ross and Don Callis are at the table for the first half of the show as they welcome the viewers at home. They run down the card, and can confirm that Matt and Jeff Hardy will officially do battle in what JR believes is called an Ultimate Deletion match. But up first, Kana takes on Yoshiko, and as we can see, the ring is surrounded by barbwire. This all began when Kana was in charge of the women’s division, which many say she was drunk with power. Eventually the two crossed paths in the ring after Battleground, which Kana blinded Yoshiko, sliding her for several weeks, causing her to also vacate the Intercontinental Championship as well. Later on Yoshiko cost Kana a chance to become #1 contender for the women’s championship. It’s become clear both want to see the other suffer, and while this wasn’t their first choice, the unforgiving barbwire could still be enough to settle things. As the competitors make their entrance, Don Callis notes if one looks at the history of Japanese wrestling there have been a number instances where the women have locked horns in this environment, however this one is more personal than all of them combined. Barbwire Match Kana w/Karen Sato vs Yoshiko Referee Chris Truax’s job is simple, he’s here only to count a pinfall, or spot a submission…and not get accidentally caught in the crossfire and taste the barbwire himself. While the rules don’t outfit forbid her involvement, Karen Sato shows no signs of wanting to get involved with this one, even when an opportunity presented itself to do so in the opening minutes, which the broadcast team feels if this was any other type of match she might have. She eventually gets on the apron in attempt to throw Yoshiko off mentally, though no such luck there, and Yoshiko sends Kana towards her direction. Kana would have been the first to take the wire-for-ropes, however Karen struck Kana up high, knocking her down, but saving her from what could have been a messy situation. Yoshiko grabs hold of Kana to follow up on what ends up being an unexpected easy opening for her, however Kana manages to trip her forward, and into the barbwire. Kana demands Karen inside, making it two on one, and there’s nothing the referee can do about it. They make use of the numbers by sending Yoshiko into one side of the ring multiple times. The officially eventually manages to get Karen back on the outside, though she swipes some protective gloves from a ringside crew member and tosses them to Kana. Kana puts them on and breaks off some of the wiring that came loose and attempts to choke Yoshiko out. Yoshiko tries to block it, though the wire digs into her hands. Kana lets go a few seconds after noticing this, though she has something in mind as she wraps the wire around her first. Yoshiko gets back to her fist, but is taken down even faster as Kana strikes her with a running loaded fist. Kana goes for the first pin attempt of the bout, but gets only a two count. The fight continues, but Kana doesn’t seem to mind as she mounts Yoshiko and unloads repeated strikes. Don Callis comments after Kana gets off her that in his entire career he’s never seen anyone busted open this badly, not even Jerry Lynn’s wars with Justin Credible and Steve Corino in ECW. Things aren’t looking food for Yoshiko as things progress. Yoshiko does manage to get back to her feet, but with the damage done to the face, Yoshiko has trouble seeing and almost takes out the referee. Kana takes her down with a bulldog, as Karen looks on approvingly. Kana continues to mock Yoshiko until her opponent gets to her knees. Kana fires off a buzzsaw kick, but Yoshiko catches the foot. Kana can’t believe what just happened. Yoshiko then grabs the other foot and begins to stand back up. Yoshiko’s got a good hold of Kana as she falls back, launching Kana towards the other side of the ring, slingshotting her on top of the barbwire. Karen doesn’t like what she saw and strikes Yoshiko in the back. That does nothing but cause Yoshiko to turn around and grab Karen by the hair before she can get away. Yoshiko delivers a hard headbutt, causing Karen to fall against another side of the ring. Karen gets caught up in the barbwire, and Yoshiko likes what she sees. She holds up the thumbs up thumbs down to the crowd, while Karen’s pleading for mercy. She gets none as she’s caught in the wiring. Yoshiko hammers away, though after a few shots she stops before backing up. She takes a run at Karen and connects with a dropkick. The impact causes part of the wiring to snap and cause Karen to fall to the outside. Kana manages to free herself from the situation she’s in and strikes from behind with a lowblow before looking to apply her kanalock. Karen may have taken a bullet as Kana had enough time to recover. Kana gets it fully applied and it looks like it will soon be lights out for Yoshiko. Referee Chris Truax as the same feeling as the announcers do as Yoshiko refuses to tapout and looks like she may have passed out. The ref checks the arm. It drops twice, however there is still some life left in Yoshiko as she keeps it from falling for a third time. Yoshiko manages to get both of her arms free and attempts to pry herself free from Kana’s grasp. She manages to do, to the disbelief of Kana. Kana goes to strike Yoshiko down, but Yoshiko stands back up. Kana keeps trying the close range attacks, until Yoshiko grabs the hand and snaps a couple of Kana’s fingers. Kana’s not doing so good, and things are about to go from bad to worse as Yoshiko lifts her up and delivers a running awesomebomb to the corner. That looked like it took a lot of out Kana there. Yoshiko pulls Kana out of the corner and grabs her by the throat. She lives Kana up with the double neck hang before dropping her on top of the wired ropes on the loan corner that hasn’t been disturbed yet. The top part of Kana hangs off the ring apron. Yoshiko looks like she knows she can end this any time she wants to. Yoshiko pulls Kana back to the middle of the ring before lifting her back to her feet, but not for longer however as Yoshiko sets her up for a kudo driver. Yoshiko delays it for a few seconds, having Kana hang upside down before planting her in the middle of the ring. Yoshiko with the cover, no response from Kana, Yoshiko wins. After the bell hightlights from the bout air on replay, and when it comes to the spot before the finish, Don Callis states Yoshiko could have dragged Kana’s body out of the wreckage and pinned her right there, but Yoshiko wanted to make Kana feel what she felt awhile back. Kana has to be assisted backstage, though it takes a while for her to be helped from the ring, which the ring crew has to work around her to get the ring cleaned up and the ropes put back up. As both events take place, Eric Bischoff is shown in his office, and with him is Heath Slater. Both of them look concerned with Kana’s well being, while at the same time impressed with what they saw. Bischoff tells Slater he’s not looking for an outcome like that, he does however, want to see Slater go big tonight. He mentions, as we just saw, those two risked a lot for the chance to settle things tonight, and he wants to see the same drive from Slater. Slater tells Bischoff he understands. He informs the boss that he wanted his match with Goldust tonight because he knows he better than what may give him credit for, and what better way to silence his critics by beating a member of one of wrestling’s famous families on a stage of this magnitude. He doesn’t take anything away from Goldust, he knows what the bizarre is capable of, however it’s time for the spotlight to be on him, and tonight he is going to go out there and take it. Bischoff likes what he hears and wishes him good luck. Shown from earlier in the day, Taka Michinoku is shown speaking with the media about this upcoming match with Nick Watts. Everything’s going smoothly until James R. Kennedy interrupts. Kennedy tells those present they are wasting their time. Sure Taka’s an international star, but when compared to his client Nick Watts, Taka is third rate at best. Kennedy gets some more words in, but Taka ignores him. Eventually Kennedy gets in Taka’s face. Taka has a look of amusement, which annoys Kennedy. Kennedy eventually decides not to waste further time on this and leaves. Back to Eric Bischoff’s office, where the boss is on the phone. From the sounds of things it sounds like he’s talking with the referee that has been assigned to the Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy match. Bischoff asks if he found the place, which the referee can be heard saying it took him awhile, but he did. Bischoff admits it is kind of off the beaten path, but is glad to hear he arrived. Bischoff reminds the official of what Matt mentioned earlier on during the pre-show, no disqualification, no countout, pin or submission ends it. Footage of fans outside the arena before the doors open is shown, to kill the remainder of the time to get the ring ready for the rest of the show. Various of fans are asked their predictions on some of the matches, and it’s also discovered not just fans from North America are present. Some fans came from the UK, Asia, even Australia is represented this evening. Once things are ready to go back on the inside, a reminder of words that were spoken by Charlotte last night on the Action Zone are shown. Charlotte put the women’s division on notice. Since being denied in her bid to regain the top prize of the women’s division she vowed to turn things upside down. No formal challenge was made, but the new champions took it as one. Charlotte came to Starcade with someone by her side, Tessa Blanchard, the daughter of Four Horsemen alumni Tully Blanchard. Women’s Tag Team Championship Charlotte and Tessa Blanchard vs Cynthia Fox and Jesse Wave Both Tessa and Charlotte looked solid, which Jim Ross feels we could be very well be witnessing the beginning the beginning of a new era in women’s wrestling. As the match progresses Tessa appears to have things in control, however Cynthia pulls off a flatliner, almost outta nowhere. Cynthia with a cover, Tessa kicks out, but just after referee Jimmy Korderas makes the three count. Don Callis calls this an upset, could it be the first of many tonight? Charlotte’s in shock at the decision and questions the referee about it. The champs take their celebration backstage when the spot the furious look on Charlotte’s face. When Tessa gets back to her feet Charlotte asks her what the hell happened. Before Tessa can come up with an explanation, Charlotte unloads and takes out her now former partner. After Tessa falls, Charlotte grabs the leg. Figure four coming up Jim Ross believes, instead Charlotte stomps Tessa in the cunt. Charlotte leaves the ring after that, still unable to believe things didn’t work out for her tonight. Standing by with Huch Henries is Rob Rage, who later tonight will defend the Ironman Champioship against six guys. Hutch is still surprised with Rage wanting this match, but then again, part of him isn’t Rage makes it very clear he is here for one reason, and it isn’t to chew bubblegum. He’s here to show that he is still the most dominant force in wrestling today. And if it means he has to face six, sixteen, sixty, or six hundred people, he’ll line them up one by one and break them in half. He tells whoever comes out of tonight’s heavyweight title match to keep the belt nice and clean, because when the time is right he’s coming to reclaim what’s rightfully his. However as today progressed he can understand why this particular championship is so highly contested. It suits Rage just fine for now, because not only is he the Supernova of Superstars, he is the Ironman of XCW. Paul Heyman is shown speaking to CM Punk in the locker room area. Punk’s one of the six men competing for a championship match at any time of their choosing. Jim Cornette and Jack Swagger soon come into the picture. Heyman asks what they’re doing here, which Punk stands up to confront them. Cornette tells Punk he’s not here for anything physical, however he wants to know if Heyman will be at ringside during the match, and if he has any plans on getting physical. Heyman admits at times he may come of as difficult to understand at times, but when you take six guys, add a ladder, and no rules to govern them, it doesn’t take a brain surgeon to realize it wouldn’t be wise to get involved and risk getting caught in the crossfire, however he confirms he will be at ringside, and he only plans on being as involved as Cornette is. Cornette and Swagger look at each other for a moment before Cornette states that wasn’t an answer he’d expect, but it’s one he can believe. Cornette and Swagger then leave, and Punk and Heyman continue with what they were doing. This moment in Starcade history…in 2016 Christopher Bishop successfully completed a comeback that then Canadian National Champion Christian felt wasn’t possible. Bishop captured the gold, ridding the monkey of his back for good. Heath Slater vs Goldust Originally suppose to take place at the previous event, this one was rescheduled for tonight, but came with words of warning from Bischoff to Slater, to either go big or go home. Not his exact words, but that’s how Jim Ross explains it on commentary. Goldust has nor problems with that, as the it was easy for him to get the crowd behind him. Despite back to back losses in bouts that involved both the world heavyweight and Canadian national champions respectively, Don Calls notes that Slater came to fight in his match with Wade Barrett, and has a feeling Slater has what it takes to step up his game tonight. We see an example of that after Goldust gets clotheslined over the top rope and landing on the outside before Slater takes and run and executes a high cross body over the ropes. He barely gets enough air to clear the upper rope, but he clears it and connects. Slater feels the momentum coming his way as he brings Goldust back inside and continues the offence for another minute before attempting to but Goldust away with his smash hit. Goldust escapes as Slater goes for the lift and grabs Slater to set him up for the curtain call. Slater escapes that, but he can’t escape the final cut. Goldust with the cover, Slater kicks out and barely in time according to referee Amy Kanazki. Goldust clearly disagrees with the count, but he continue on. He grabs Slater and looks to go for another curtain call, but he instead goes for the golden cross. Slater frees himself as Goldust starts to swing, and Goldust falls over. As Goldust pulls himself up Slater catches him with a variation of the chartbuster as Jim Ross calls it, which looked almost more like diamond cutter, but close enough. Call it whatever you want, it was enough to allow Slater to pin Goldust and keep his opponent down for the count. Both announcers agree that this is perhaps the biggest win of Slater’s career. Brad Rose catches up with Charlotte, trying to get an explanation of what happened out there. She has trouble putting into words what went down, but she’s clearly not happy. She’s about to leave when she is approached by Bret Hart. Hart tells her he saw what she did last night, as well as tonight. He knows Charlotte is competitive and that’s great, but he feels Charlotte may be thinking too fast too soon. He mentions he was in her position once and decided to take some time off. He came back and made an impact upon return. He feels it might be wise for Charlotte to consider the same. Charlotte feels that it’s a shot to her family’s pride to be taking advice from a Hart. However she thinks he might be right. Hart says what she does is her call and hers alone. However there is no shame from taking time to recharge mentally. After a few seconds of silence she looks up at him and say ”Thanks” before leaving. Could this be the last we see of Charlotte for a while? While not on the card, the Dudleys are backstage, speaking with the Motor City Machine Guns. They’re talking about the upcoming match involving the Hardys. Bubba mentions under normal circumstances they shouldn’t pay attention to this and worry more about their own task tonight, however given the history the Dudleys have with the Hardys, they can’t ignore this, and given the time the MCMG have spent in tag team wrestling they shouldn’t miss this either. The reigning tag team champions enter the seen. They too feel this match is of importance to them, but in what way remains to be seen. Sandow suggests the three teams put their differences aside momentary and watch together. The MCMG and Dudleys agree, but only because it’s the Hardys. Another moment in Starcade history, this time 2007, the 4th edition of the show. The opening contest was a 4-ring 160 man battle royal for what was then known as the Impact Championship. 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| Maxy | May 15 2018, 11:01 AM Post #2 |
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Ultimate Deletion Matt Hardy vs Jeff Hardy The Hardys have been on opposite sides before, not just in XCW, but elsewhere as well. This is the first time however, their time here has lead to a match like this. Matt makes his entrance first. A referee from the IWF roster is assigned to the contest, which Matt tells the official to be honour for being chosen to oversee such an important contest. Jeff comes out next, and despite what has gone down between the two brother has of late, the two not only have a clean start, but have several minutes of a typical wrestling match. Eventually the action spills to the outside, and when it does, Matt gains the upperhand, first by striking Jeff with a rake and introducing him to a nearby tree. After wearing him down some more, Matt looks under the ring and pulls out some large gardening sheers. Matt slowly stalks his opponent, saying it’s over as Jeff struggles to get back to his feet. Matt goes to cut Jeff with the sheers. Jeff saves himself throwing a broken tree branch at Matt. Matt swats it away, but Jeff has a chance to fight back. Jeff does so and manages to connect with a twist of fate. Instead of going for a pin, he looks under the ring. He finds something he likes and pulls out Skarsgard, the dilapidated boat. Jeff turns it over so the bottom is facing up and places Matt on top. Jeff goes upstairs and comes off the top with a swanton. Matt managed to move out of the way in time, and Jeff crash and burned big time. Matt gets back to his feet and picks up Jeff, carrying him away from the ringside area and to a nearby dirt pile. Matt drops Jeff close by and picks up a shovel Don Callis feels whoever does Matt’s yard work either doesn’t clean up after himself, or may have been instructed to leave them around. He’s not sure, but either way it doesn’t spell good news for Jeff as Matt begins to dig a hole. Matt looks like he intends on burying his brother alive. Both announcers know Matt is a bit bizarre, but not to that extent. Once it gets deep enough for his liking he turns to see Jeff starting to move. Matt raises the shove to strike Jeff with it, but Jeff throws dirt into Matt’s eyes. Blinded, Matt can’t see Jeff going behind him and applying a rear naked choke. Jeff has it applied tightly and holds on until he knocks Matt’s out. Jeff likes like he might pin Matt here, but stops as he notices a tree and a conveniently placed ladder. Jeff looks torn between going for what is an easy pin right here, or go for the exclamation point. He decides on going uptop. He gets a few steps up when he decides otherwise and steps down. However, with how long it took him to make that choice, Matt found his footing. He Matt looks around, surprised that Matt hasn’t fallen in front of him, asking “Where is he?” He soon gets his answer as he turns around Jeff swings the shovel and strikes Matt in the ribs before connecting with a twist of fate. Jeff with the cover, Matt can’t answer the count, Jeff wins. After Jeff gets back to his feet and has his arm raised by the official, he looks down at Matt before leaving. Back to the live arena, where standing by backstage with Brad Rose is the reigning and defending Intercontinental Champion. Before the champ can get a sentence off, the theme for Rob Rage begins to play. Looks like Rage doesn’t want to wait any longer, so things reluctantly get sent back to ringside, but both of them clearly don’t like what just happened. Rage calls for the mic after stepping through the ropes. He tells the fans to forget everything else they’ve seen tonight so far, for now they get to lay eyes on the true main eventer, the supernova of superstars, the one true ironman of professional wrestling, Rob Rage. He mentions the battle royal that kicked off this evening’s action, which saw six men survive the time limit. Six guys will soon walk the aisle and try their luck against the man also known as the tyrannosaurus flex. They will be lined up one by one, and he’ll destroy them all. He tells the first participant to come on down. Ironman Championship Gauntlet Rage’s first opponent is Team FIST member Icarus. Rage needs less than 30 seconds before striking with a spear. A three count later Icarus is pinned. Up next the reigning IWF Champion Kevin Elliot tries his luck against the Supernova of Superstars. He lets Rage come to him and actually counters a few of Rage’s rushing attacks, though he eventually gets caught with the spear to end his night. At least when he goes back to the IWF he’ll still has his belt with him, however also injured ribs. TJ Rage is next, which Don Callis calls this the battle of the rages. TJ manages to out last the previous two challengers combined before he tastes the spear. The Supernova of Superstars breaks the pin himself, wanting to send a message there can only be one Rage here, finishing him off with a rikishi driver, then pinning his opponent. Zack Ryder and Big T come out next, even though it’s Zack Ryder’s turn. Ryder and Big T attempts to double team Rage. Things look to be going there way at first, until Rage takes them down with a double line. Rage picks up Ryder and uses him as a battering ram to knockdown Big T. Rage connects with a running leg drop on Ryder and pins him. Since Big T is out here and also part of the march, he takes Big T out with a spear once the big man found his footing. Rage is on a roll, calling both Ryder and Big T nothing. Rage turns around face the entryway, but he then sees Zayn flying at him from the top rope. Rage is takedown by a flying crossbody. Zayn gets a two count before Rage powers out. Despite the kickout, Zayn feels momentum is coming is way and he strikes fast and often. Zayn eventually connects with a helluva kicks. It has the opposite effect however as it makes Rage mad. Zayn can’t believe it and Rage grabs him and connects with a belly to belly suplex. Rage declares he’ll snap this pencil neck geek like a twig. Rage presses Zayn over his head, pulling a page out of the Ulimate Warrior’s playbook before planting him with a rikishi driver. Rage with the pin, it’s over. After Rage gets the belt back he calls for the mic and tells the crowd he just destroyed what many call six world class athletes, when in reality there are only two types of athletes. The first being the Supernova of Superstars that stands before them tonight. The other being the inferior lot that is everybody else. He takes a closer look at one of the ringside cameras who is on the apron. Rage moves closer to send another loud and clear message to the locker room when the cameraman slams the camera again Rage’s face. Down Rage goes and the cameraman with the cover. Referee Eddington James is still present as the count’s made. Jim Ross and Don Callis notice the guy’s face as he no longer has a camera in front of him, and once the three is made the new champion stands up triumphantly with the 10 gesture. Tye Dillinger pulled a fast one and is the new Ironman Champion. Rage is busted open from the camera shot, while Dillinger quickly retreats with his prize. Still to come later tonight, The Miz takes on The Rock. Standing by backstage with Hutch Henries is one of the two in that match, The Rock. This is your standard big-show Rock promo, with the lone exception of not poking fun at the interviewer. He also mentions how on nights like this anything can happen. Earlier on Heath Slater defeated Goldust, which he thanks Goldust for causing him to lose $50 to Phil the cameraman, which he pays the camera guy that is in front of him. The Rock uses this situation to state he is a man of his word, and as he’s said every night since it’s been announced up until this very moment, there is no way in hell that the Miz will get the better of the great one. The Rock’s got Miz’s reservation ready at the Smackdown Hotel, and later on tonight the Miz will find out that guys like him should stick to the lesser, but still very much important roles, and leave the major parts to those who knows what they are doing. He finishes with his trademark if you smell….what the rock…is cookin’ bit. Speaking of Goldust, he’s elsewhere standing by with Brad Rose. Goldust came up on the losing end against Heath Slater, which he gives credit where it is due. Slater came ready to fight, and he got the job done tonight. Goldust makes no excuses, but he tells the interviewer he’s been down before, but he promises the world is the not how the story of Goldust ends. Internet Championship Nick Watts w/James R. Kennedy vs Taka Michinoku Another bout that draws international attentions sees Taka Michinoku challenge the reigning Internet Champion the maniacal Nick Watts. Since embarking on a North American tour, Taka shows he still has it, and shows no signs of slowing down. Watts knew this, but had trouble keeping up with Taka early on. This eventually caught up with Taka as he went for a launching corkscrew to the outside, but Watts knew it was coming and avoided the contact. Watts told the crowd he knew it was a matter of time before Taka fucked up. After sending his challenge back inside, Watts began to wear him down with his own offence. Despite needing to be told to break holds against the corner a few times, Watts wore Taka down before attempting to put him out with a dragon sleeper. Watts with great ring positioning as the referee goes to check the arm. It drops twice cleanly, but Taka manages to keep it up a third time. Taka fires himself up and gets back in the fight. Watts soon finds himself in trouble after various takedowns via clotheline, a leaping line, and a dropkick. Taka feels like he can put Watts away and goes for the Michinoku Driver. Watts struggles, but manages to free himself. Watts lands behind Taka and shoves him away, and right into referee Jimmy Korderas. The referee was quick to recover, but Watts still had an opening to punt Taka below the belt before setting him up for an implant ddt. Watts with the pin, Watts retains the gold. Team FIST is shown in the backstage area, helping Chuck Taylor mentally prepare for his match tonight. He’s one of the underdogs in the Golden Ticket ladder match, but he seems fine with that. With how this type of match works, he could very well be the one who earns the title shot that is usable at anytime. They inform him they were told not to be ringside during the match, but they’re confident he’s got this. As this goes on, they can hear something going on in the distance, and coming their way. They decide to quickly relocate as an angry Rob Rage is storming down the hallway, knocking over anything that isn’t nailed down, and demanding to know where Tye Dillinger is. Steven Richards is nearby and notices this as well. He attempts to get Rage to calm down, which Rage tells Richards to look at his face and ask if this is the face of a man that can calm down after having it busted open by tv camera, and if Richards doesn’t get out of his way he will break the former world champion instead. Up next is the Intercontinental Championship bout, and both competitors have taken two completely different paths to get here. HKZ won a tournament to earn the title shot, while having a strong first few years of her career and be noticed by XCW talent scouts and given a shot on North American soil. Her opponent’s in-ring experience however stretches longer than HKZ’s has been alive, and while her career has been a respectable one and this not being her first tour of duty with XCW, it’s taken her a long time to get to a stage of this magnitude. Both look to take full advantage at what is before them and make it count, for who knows when a chance like this may come again. Intercontinental Championship HKZ vs Kei A handshake between the two competitors starts things off after the bell sounded. Experience was on the champion’s side, though the challenger knew that with said experience one could be easier to break down, and when the champ showed signs of knee issues after the opening minutes, the challenger changed up her game plan and targeted the injured body part. Kei had the ring presence to grab hold of the ropes to force a break on a couple of occasions. Kei managed to get some offence and at one point got behind HKZ and went for a german, but lost her footing from the offense by her opponent, allowing HKZ to regain control. Referee Justin Kronan hasn’t felt the need to stop the fight, but is aware of the champion’s condition. The challenger soon after finds herself on the top rope. Could be bombs away off the top. She goes for it, but nobody home as the challenger managed to move out of the way in time. Kei managed to find her footing before her challenger. Kei prepared to dig deep as that miss looked like it took a lot of out HKZ. Kei grabs hold of her and lifts her upside down in a delayed vertical suplex position. Kei looks like she’s struggling to hold it in place, but she manages to for a few seconds before planting HZK with a screwdriver. After the impact, Kei pulls herself into position to make the pin. That move took all that the challenger had left after crashing and burning moments ago. Both Jim Ross and Don Callis liked what they saw from both competitors. The challenger didn’t hold back, but that proved to be the difference here as the high risk move off the top backfired. After regaining the championship belt Kei headsbackstage, though her step is laboured as she does so. Still to come tonight, Harry Smith is set to challenge the World Heavyweight Champion Wade Barrett. As he’s preparing for that one, his opponent enters his locker room. Barrett understands what is at stake between them tonight, which is why he is here. Barrett reminds Smith that coming up in a few minutes is the golden ticket ladder match, where as they both know the winner will receive a championship match at any time of their choosing, which if said winner felt like it he could cash in after, or even during their match. Barrett knows Smith worked hard to earn his title fight tonight, as did Barrett to get himself to this point. Barrett informs his challenger whoever does win that match and they decided to cash in during their moment whether it is during their match or after, Barrett says out of respect he’ll have Smith’s back. Smith understands what Barrett is saying, and says he’ll do the same. They then look at one of the monitors set up in the room and see the referees coming ringside for the match, and one of them setting up the briefcase with the match contract inside. Smith invites Barrett to stay and watch, so they know who to keep an eye on should it happen. Barrett takes him up on the offer. As things shift back to the ring, Don Callis feels that if this was any other night you might not see champion and challenger watching a contender’s match together, but tonight’s not your typical night. All involved have had moments to be proud of, but some want to take that next step, while others want to regain their former glory, which is shown in a brief video package before the introductions are made. Golden Ticket Ladder Match Jack Swagger w/Jim Cornette vs Alex Bryce vs Kevin Steen vs CM Punk w/Paul Heyman vs AJ Styles vs Chuck Taylor Multiple referees are present for this one. It’s a brawl for the first few minutes, until Kevin Steen is the first to powder out to regroup. He rejoins the battle with a chair. Swagger takes a shot to the back from the chair, though Punk strikes Steen from behind before anyone else can be targeted. Swagger is the first to bring a ladder in the ring and make an attempt to climb, though he is quickly stopped by Chuck Taylor. Later in the bout, Heyman helps Punk retrieve a second ladder, though once it is slid into the ring Styles is the first to use it by slamming Swagger on top of it. The second ladder does get used by Punk later on however. He sets up between one of the corner buckles and lower rung of the first ladder. At this point Kevin Steen and Chuck Taylor are battling on the outside. With it in place Punk suplex Bryce on the ladder, before making the climb. Steen notices this and goes to cut him off. Don Callis comments that while there hasn’t been any outrageous high risk offense yet that one would expect to see in this type of match, nobody is holding anything back, and he likes what he sees. Styles and Swagger battle close to the announcers’ table, which Jim Ross and Don Callis back away. Punk tells Heyman to get him another ladder, and he sets it up on the other side of the first ladder like the second one is. Punk has something in mind, however by then time he gets the ladder to where he wants, Steen grads hold of him and quickly executes a package piledriver on top of the third ladder. Heyman’s in shock of what he just saw, and Steen tells Heyman he’s next if he does anything about it. Steen begins the climb the ladder. As he goes up, Bryce finishes dealing with Taylor by knocking Taylor over the railing, and sees Steen making the climb. Bryce rushes in and climbs up the otherside and intercepts the former champion. Steen and Bryce trade blows on top of the ladder, neither man letting up. Steen manages to get the upper hand and smashes Bryce’s face against the top of the ladder. Bryce holds on, not wanting to go down with how close the briefcase is. Steen lifts up his face for another shot, but Bryce fires back first. Bryce is digging deep now. Steen gets hit repeatedly and begins to lose his balance. Steen holds on for as long as he can until he lets go and lands hard against the ladder below. All Bryce has to do is reach up and pull the briefcase down. Before he can do just that however, AJ Styles pulls Bryce’s feet out from under him. Bryce strikes the ladder one his way down, and in a matter of seconds Styles is at the top of the ladder with his hands touching the briefcase. Styles pulls it down, Styles wins the match, and more importantly, a championship match at any time of his choosing. As the wreckage is cleared from the ring, there is a change at the table as Jim Ross tagsout for Jason Kronan, who will do the remainder of the show. JR tips his hat to the crowd before returning backstage. Standing by with Hutch Henries backstage is the Intercontinental Champion Kei. She was victorious earlier on, and she calls this the biggest win of her career. After taking in the moment she feels renewed and feels she can go a lot longer. Hutch is pleased to hear that, so is someone else apparently. Katie Lea comes into the picture, telling the champ to enjoy her moment, because it’s only a matter of time before Katie Lea takes back what she calls her title. Kei tells her if she wants a piece of her to name the time and place. As they stare each other down they both feel someone else has joined them. They’re right as Yoshiko has stopped by. Hutch brings up comments made by Yoshiko awhile ago, recalling her saying that while she does intend on going after the Intercontinental title again she wanted to take care of Kana first. And since she did just that tonight he asks Yoshiko if she plans on getting back in the title hunt. She doesn’t respond verbally, but the look on her face says it all. Kei knows what Yoshiko is thinking tells her the same thing she told Katie Lea, anytime anyplace. Katie Lea doesn’t seem to like the fact that Yoshiko has once again become her problem, but she realizes this was bound to happen eventually. Katie Lea tells them both if she has to go through both of them to get her belt back, she will do just that. Katie leave not looking impressed with the fact Yoshiko’s also in the hunt. Once she’s gone, Yoshiko takes a good look at the champ’s gold, giving the belt a couple of pats before leaving. Before things shift back to the ring Eric Bischoff is in his office when his boss enters. Damien Maxwell informs him he is pleased with what he’s seen so far tonight. Bischoff informs the owner of company he’s glad to see him because he wants to inform him that he has a major announcement to make following the tag championship match. Damien asks if he can have a hint as to what Bischoff has in mind, which respectfully Bischoff tells him he doesn’t want to say too much, but guarantees the boss will be impressed. |
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| Maxy | May 15 2018, 11:02 AM Post #3 |
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Up next is the tag team championship match. Since turning from a mini tour of Japan, Damien Sandow has found someone in the system who shares his values, taking Dean Martin under his wing. Together they claimed the tag titles and have gelled well together, and most notably survived a challenge from the Dudleys. The Motor City Machine Guns are no stranger to tag team gold, and look to reclaim a spot that was once theirs. Another moment in XCW history, but this time it related to the upcoming bout. At the third Starcade in 2006. The Hollywood Hunks failed in their bid to re-gain the tag team championship against the team of Blayde and the Amazing Vash. Post-bell the Hollywood Hunks looked like they were imploding. They managed to repair their wounds and remain as a team, and win the gold the following year at Survival, but their careers could have gone in a different direction than they have if they came out on the wining end that night. Tag Team Championship Dean Martin and Damien Sandow vs Motor City Machine Guns Before referee Amy Kanazki could start the match, Sandow told the ref and challenger to hold on a moment as he called for a mic. Sandow spoke out how important it is for one to follow their dreams, and if one works hard enough, they too can one day see themselves in Sandow and the Dean’s position, as a champion competing at a major event like Starcade. The MCMG look at each other as Sandow is about to hand the mic off to his partner, and since the bell sounded already they decide to strike. The fans approve of the challengers silencing the champions as Shelly struck Martin from behind and tossed him to the outside. The bell sounded to make this one official as Sabin grabbed Sandow and quickly executed a cradle shock. Sabin sees Shelly going up top and opts not to pin Sandow, but to pull him up. The challengers aren’t wasting time here as they set up for and connect with their skull and bones double team maneuver. Shelley with the cover after the impact, Sabin keeps an eye on Martin just in case he is quick enough to attempt to make a save, though it’s not needed and we have new tag team champions. As the new champions celebrate their win, Don Callis compares this to when The Bolsheviks faced The Hart Foundation, only this time the it cost the losing team the championship. Back to Eric Bischoff we go, and this time Brad Rose is present as well. Bischoff asks Damien if he’s ready for this, and when the owner says yes Bischoff looks towards and tells someone to come in. In walks someone, who Bischoff states is the hottest free agent in wrestling, and the son of the late Brian Pillman. Brad Rose mentions he’s heard of of this man, who has wrestled under the names Brian Pillmen jr and Brian Pilliam the second. Bischoff states that in a few seconds he will no longer be the hottest free agent in the company, but the newest addition to the roster. Bischoff asks Pillman if he’s read his copy of the offered contract and if he has any questions. All’s good on the new comer’s end and he signs a contract that Bischoff has on hand. Damien is indeed impressed with the signing, though admits he hasn’t seen this guy wrestle yet, but if the talent scouts and Bischoff feels he’s ready then he’ll trust their judgement. Bischoff compares Pillman to his late father’s early WCW days, which the owner of the company likes the sound of and welcomes Pillman aboard. Bischoff does add however in the interest of fairness he will be assigned to the IWF roster first, but he feels it won’t be for long. Pillman’s thankful for the opportunity and he’s hungry to prove himself and be on this card next year. Damien wishes him good luck. Earlier on, AJ Styles was victorious in the golden ticket ladder match. Brad Rose catches up with the winner, congratulating him on the win and asking him how it feels to be in this position. Styles first comments that when he first arrived here he knew the competition was going to be tough. Everyone who he has faced since, and including tonight, helped him step up his game, and now he is one step closer to once again becoming world champion, but this time in XCW. When asked if there is a chance he may cash in during or following tonight’s championship match Styles states that as of this moment it isn’t something he is considering, but he makes it known he will be watching to see who comes out with the gold that he will soon possess. Before things got back to the ring, Nick Watts and James R. Kennedy are shown leaving the arena. Hutch Henries catches up with them to get comments on Watts retaining the Internet Championship. Kennedy explains that up to and including tonight Nick Watts has done every thing he said he was going to do. Everyone who he’s said he was going to beat he has defeated, everyone who he said he was going to retire, he’s done just that, and tonight he retained his championship. Hutch gives Kennedy that, but he does question Watt’s methods. Watts tells Hutch that he’s just making excuses for Taka Michinoku. The bottom line is Watts still has the belt. Taka failed to get the job done tonight. Watts did exactly what a champion should do, make an example out of anyone that gets in their way, and do so by any means nessesary. Kennedy adds a “You tell ‘em champ’ before telling Hutch “No more questions” as they take off. Since arriving in XCW, Bobby Roode’s made it clear through his actions that he’s looking for success and called out Brian Kendrick shortly after arriving on the scene. So far Roode’s proven to deserve a shot at the champion, and Kendrick agreed to put up the gold after Roode defeated an opponent of Kendrick’s choosing. Kendrick’s tactics in previous title defences against AJ Styles have been questioned by some, but over the past year Kendrick has shown a new side of him, which has turned a former tag team specialist into one who can cut it on his own. Both have been able to back up their respective talk, but only one can walk out with the gold around their waste. (Special thanks to Klossing for his assistance with the next two bouts) Canadian National Championship Brian Kendrick vs Bobby Roode Referee Justin Kronan doesn’t get a clean start to the contest as the champion tries attacking the challenger before bell, much like he did in his previous defense against Heath Slater, but this time, The Man With A Plan had his plan foiled when Roode saw it coming. The challenger blocks the sucker punch, sending the champion reeling against the ropes with a flurry of fists. Roode then clotheslines Kendrick over the top rope and to the floor. Kendrick gets right back up, throwing a fit at ringside having his early gameplan foiled in the opening minutes. Kendrick tries stalling to get back into the ring, where the anxous Roode awaits. The Glorious One gets tired of waiting and chases Kendrick around ringside. Kendrick slides into the ring, and Roode tries getting in through the ropes but the veteran, Kendrick chopblocks his knee. Roode writhes in pain on the canvas, as Kendrick stomps and kicks away at the tweaked leg. Kendrick makes a quick cover, but Roode grabs the ropes at two not wanting to exhaust unnecessary energy. Kendrick does an excellent job, as keeping focused on the knee of Roode's. Every attempt the challenger makes at a comeback, Kendrick goes right to targeting the leg. Roode with a flurry of chops and right hands rocks the champion. He looks for an irish whip, and Kendrick ducks under a clothesline attempt, and dropkicks the leg out from under Roode. Kendrick begins feeling all the confidence in the world, as he begins taunting his opponent. Kendrick calls him "A little man" as Roode crumbles to a knee unable to put weight on his injured leg. Kendrick knees him in the face and attempts a Figure Four Leg Lock, and locks it in dead center of the ring. Roode screams in agony, as he attempts reaching for any of the four ropes, but all of them are too far away. The challenger realizing this, begins to turn the tables on the champion as he rolls onto his stomach, putting the pressure onto Kendrick's knees. But Kendrick is quick to grab the ropes which are closer to him. Kendrick is quick to his feet, before Roode who ducks a right hand of the champions, and lifts Kendrick up and drives his knees into the top turnbuckle in a corner. Both men are down on the canvas, clutching their respective hurt legs. The referee begins to count them both down. Roode reaches his feet at 7, as Kendrick rolls under the ropes and to the outside of the ring. He limps to his title belt, grabbing it and walking up the ramp. Roode breaks the count and limps over to Kendrick who swings the championship at Roode's face, who backbody drops Kendrick on the steel ramp. The referee's count is at 4, as Roode picks Kendrick up by the hair, dragging him slowly to ringside knowing that a count out would result in Kendrick keeping his championship. Roode limping with a handful of Kendrick's hair tries throwing the champion into the ring but Kendrick kicks the knee out from under Roode and slides quickly into the ring under the apron. The referee continues his count up to 8 as Kendrick grins a wide evil grin, but it turns into a frustrated frown when Roode was able to slide under the ropes at the count of 9. Kendrick looks for a Sliced Bread #2, but Roode blocks it by holding onto the ropes in the corner. Kendrick however is able to flip onto his feet, where his bummed leg gives out from under him. He grabs his knee, and Roode turns around pulling Kendrick into a Glorious DDT attempt but Kendrick kicks the injured knee of Roode's out. Kendrick with a quick school boy, pulling the tights but Roode kicks out at two! Kendrick with another Sliced Bread attempt, but Roode shoves him into the corner and finally plants the champion into the canvas with the Glorious DDT to finally capture the championship. Don Callis gives Kendrick credit for his efforts in the match as replays from a few spots in the match are replayed before the finish, but Roode proved to be the better man on this night, backing up what he said upon arrival. As Roode heads backstage, stopping to hold up the gold along the way, a video package for the next match is shown. Following his match at Full Metal, the Rock was about to walk away, but before he could do so he was interrupted by The Miz. Just like Brian Kendrick, who tried and failed to take down the Great One, The Miz wants the success that Rock has. The only difference between his challenge and Kendrick’s, is the Miz is more deserving. The Miz has the entertainment resume that many could only dream about, and the only person who stands in his way of achieving his destiny is The Rock. The Rock was willing to leave quietly, but since the Miz is interested it making noise, the Rock intends on making the Miz know his role and understand that as good as the Miz is, he will make the Miz understand at the Rock earned every opportunity he’s ever received, and if the Miz wants to complete what he calls the perfect comeback story, he will have to go one on one against a former world wrestling champion, a global boxoffice champion, and more importantly, the people’s champion. The Miz vs The Rock There’s still a lot of talking going on between both competitors as referee Eddington James gets between them before the opening bell. The official manages to get a clean start, though The Miz continues to run his mouth until he tags the Rock in the face. The Rock responds with multiple punches of his own, though before he can connect with a big right, Miz manages to retreat to the outside to regroup. He tells the ref to back Rocky up, before stepping back inside. The live crowd is clearly behind the Rock, which the Miz tells the ref to tell the fans to shut up as well, but that just makes things worse for him. The next time the Miz makes reference to the crowd’s reaction to his opponent is a few minutes later when he has the grounded following an inverted facelock backbreaker into a neckbreaker slam, asking the crowd what they think of their hero Mr. Hollywood now. Miz takes Rock over to the ropes, gesturing to one of the ringside camera men along the way to take a good look as Miz holds Rock against the ropes. Miz has to be careful not to get disqualified by his actions, but he is aware of the referee’s count. Miz backs away and does the Hogan ear thing, which Don Callis comments that what people’s hatred of the Miz only fuels him, which we quickly see evidence of that as he chokes Rock against the ropes, breaking at the ref’s four count. Miz continues to control the pace for the next couple of minutes, though he mocks the fans once too often as the Rock catches Miz when he came off the ropes and connects with a spinebuster. Both men are down, but the momentum that the Miz had appears to be gone. Both men get back to their feet. The Miz looks to strike first, but Rock blocks it and returns fire. Off the ropes goes the Miz, Miz comes off and takes a huge back body drop. Miz retreats to a corner, trying to get distance, but The Rock won’t give it to him. Rock attempts to send Miz into the far corner. Miz reverses and pulls Rock in for a ddt, however Rock escaped the hold and it’s the Miz who ends up taking a ddt. Rock with the cover, two count only. Rock’s cool with that though as he grabs hold of the legs. Sharpshooter coming up, however the Miz knows it’s coming and kicks the Rock off of him. Miz back to his feet and rushes in. Rock ducks the line and pulls Miz in when he turns around and connects with the rock bottom. Rock wants to win it here as he goes for the pin. Hook of the leg, near fall. Rock doesn’t agree with it, but referee Eddington James stands by his call. Miz isn’t out of the wood yet however, as the Rock pulls Miz to the corner. Rock picks up the Miz, putting him on his shoulders and goes upstairs. Miz is in trouble as the Rock connects with an avalanche samoan drop. Rock doesn’t go for the pin, however he does opt to put Miz away with the sharpshooter. Rock has good ring positioning, however Miz manages to hold on and inch his way to the ropes and gets the break. The Rock breaks the hold, but he gets in position, sizing up Miz for a possible rock bottom. Miz pulls himself back to his feet and turns right into the waiting Rock. Before the Rock can plant the Miz, Miz manages to strike the Rock in the back of the head and take the Rock down with a skull crushing finale. Miz is quick to make the cover, but only gets a near fall of a count. Miz thought he had him for sure and gets in the face of the referee. Eddington James wants none of it and shoves Miz back. Miz gets back in the ref’s face, telling him not to put his hands on him. Miz gets threatened with disqualification if he doesn’t back off. Miz does so, but the Rock’s recovered and Miz is caught and planted with a spinning spinebuster. The crowd’s on their feet as Rock signals for the people’s elbow. Off comes the elbow pad and off the ropes Rocky goes. He goes to drop the big elbow, but nobody home as the Miz moved out of the way. Rock gets back to his feet, but he’s caught with a quick knee lift and Miz is quick to follow that up with the reality check. Miz with cover and the leg hook, Miz wins it. While not a championship win, it feels like that for the Miz. Don Callis mentions that both men knew what was in the other’s playbook as replays of an earlier rock bottom and skull crushing finale are shown. Jason Kronan feels Miz almost cost himself the match arguing with the referee, but he was able to avoid the people’s elbow and recover fast enough to strike, and managed to keep Rock down long enough to score the victory. When the Miz looks like he is able to take his celebration on the road, the Rock’s back on his feet. Losing this one is a tough pill to swallow, but he is willing to admit the feet and offer his hand. Miz looks unsure if he should trust the Rock, knowing what they’ve been through. Miz takes it however, and the handshake is clean. The Rock then raises Miz’s arm up high before taking his leave. Miz takes in the win a little longer before things shift backstage to Hutch Henries, who is standing by with the new Canadian National Champion, Bobby Roode. Roode starts off by giving credit where it is due. He knew going into this match that Brian Kendrick wasn’t going to make things easy for him. Kendrick fought long and hard to get to tonight, however Roode put in just as much effort in his travels to get to this moment right here. He makes a promise to live up to the reputation that this championship belt deserves. When asked how it feels to win the championship at an event this like. Roode tries to find the right word to describe the feeling, which Hutch asks if it feels…Glorious? Roode grins at the suggestion, telling Hutch that’s one way to call it. Hutch congratulates Roode again before passing thing off to Brad Rose, who is with Brian Kendrick. While all is good in the world of the glorious one, the same cannot be said for the former champion. Kendrick mentions at this time last year he was in a familiar spot, being co-holder of the tag team championship. Going into tonight he wanted to show the world he could win at the big one on his own. He does not take away from Roode’s win, admitting Roode backed up what he said he was going to do since he arrived on the scene. Kendrick doesn’t know where this leaves himself though. It looks like Kendrick doesn’t want to field anymore questions about it and Rose leaves him be. Before the world heavyweight championship match is a shown, a video package highlights how both men got to this point. Of course Barrett’s golden quest is mentioned, as is Smith’s win of the Survival match. This also doubles as another this moment in Starcade history feature as it mentions Barrett’s challenger has been in this situation before for as this moment in Starcade history tell us, showing bits from the main event in 2016 is shown where Smith dethroned Rob Rage to be crowned the new heavyweight champion of the world. Smith is has proven that he has what it takes to be the top dog in the yard, however the success that Barrett has shown over the pat twelve months has gone unmatched, and that could spell bad news for the challenger. World Heavyweight Championship Wade Barrett vs Harry Smith Barrett is nothing but confident showing off his championship every chance he can get before the sound of the bell. A slow and methodical pace starts the match as both men lock up. Smith makes the mistake of not tucking his head, allowing Barrett to grab a side headlock easily. Barrett forces Smith to the mat with a takeover and keeps the headlock locked in. Smith even with the ropes behind him decides to use his strength to fight to his feet and grab Barrett into a headlock. Barrett immediately pushes Smith into the ropes, and Smith clean breaks, leaving his jaw open for a stiff right punch. Smith tumbles to the mat in a corner, as Barrett bounces up and down in the ring, throwing quick jabs like he's a boxer. Commentary chalks the mistakes being made on Smith's part as the nerves competing for the biggest championship on the biggest stage of his career. The pace picks up as Barrett looks for a running knee strike but Smith avoids it and cuts the champion in half with a giant Spear! Smith makes the cover, but Barrett kicks out at two. Barrett regroups on the outside, holding his ribs and midsection but Smith is quick to follow. Smith chops Barrett around the ringside area, turning the champions chest as red as the devil himself which many call the champion anyways. Barrett though is able to duck a chop, and Smith smacks the back of his hand on the ring post. Barrett then stomps on the hand of the challenger's which was resting on the steel steps. Barrett grips a wrist lock in the ring, bending it as far back as possible with one hand, and uses his other free hand to begin bending and separating fingers as the challenger writhes in pain. Smith begins to fight free, and begins to forearm away at Barrett. Barrett ducks a spinning clothesline attempt and drops Smith on the back of his head with a Regal Plex. Barrett makes a cover, but Smith kicks out at two! The champion begins pummeling the challenger with short knee strikes to the jawline, and bounces off the ropes right into a British Bulldog style Running Powerslam! Smith makes the cover for the 1...2...KICK OUT! Smith and the crowd are in disbelief, as commentary screams for Smith to stay on the champion. Smith lifts Barrett over his shoulder, attempting a second one but Barrett wiggles free onto his feet. He blasts Smith in back of the skull with a Bull Hammer. Smith drops to a knee, completely dazed with his eyes glazed over. Barrett bounces off the ropes and smashes the challenger in the face with a second Bull Hammer! Barrett covers for the 1...2...KICK OUT!!! Barrett cannot believe it, grabbing the referee by the collar, screaming at him to count faster. Barrett stalks Harry Smith, who slowly but surely reaches his feet. Barrett looks for a third and final Bull Hammer but runs right into a tilt a whirl Running Power Slam from out of nowhere! Smith makes the cover, hooking the leg to score the 1...2...3 to finally dethrone The King in a moment that would even make a Bulldog cry. After recapping the action of the bout, Don Callis reminds the viewers at home that two years ago Smith did what many thought couldn’t be done when he dethroned Rob Rage. This time Barrett presented a different level of dominance leading up to the bout, but like Rage, Smith wouldn’t let Barrett get the better of him, and Smith’s champion win feels just as good as his first. As Smith takes his newly won championship back to the locker room, many in the locker room area are attempting to find a good seat for the main event. There is a lot of buzz for what is shaping up to be the biggest main event in Starcade history. The broadcast team mentions we are on the verge of history. For the first time both competitors in Starcade’s main event are female, but if you go back to 2006, Trish Stratus broke the mold and competed in that year’s main event. While was not successful in her challenge, some call that night the unofficial start of the women’s wrestling revolution. Despite coming up short on that night, she claimed the heavyweight crown later in the year. Some might not like it, but the fact of the matter is it woke up not just the rest of the women’s roster, but became the spark for future generations, and those that were young fans could believe that if you could dream it anything is possible. If you told these two when they began their careers they would one day be in this spot, some would laugh at that, but neither of them ever took no for an answer. Skyler proved she was tough enough to get a contract and show the world she deserves to have her name along side someone like Trish Stratus as a holder of the women’s championship. Everyone knows of Act Yasukawa’s time in Japan and how it lead her to getting a shot in North America. She came in on a tryout agreement, and since then has shown her dominance. Even though they are on the in the same group, once that bell rings there are no friends, just two of the top athlete in the sport. Two enter the ring tonight, but only one can leave as champion. As the following video package adds in further detail, for the second year in a row, a battle of endurance awaits two female competitors. Last year Trish Stratus and Kana went the distance in their 30-minute battle. This time around Skyler Raye defends the gold she won in this year’s Survival match against the number one contender, former champion, and follow Oedo Tai member Act Yasukawa. There is no doubt that both have raised the level of expectations in XCW’s division upon their respective arrivals. Eric Bischoff feels they can take it up another notch, and they will have 60 minutes to do so. |
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| Maxy | May 15 2018, 11:03 AM Post #4 |
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60-minute Ironman Match Women's Championship Act Yasukawa vs Skyler Raye Referee Jimmy Korderas goes over last minute instructions to both competitors before calling for the bell. Lockup right out of the gate as if it was typical match, and for the first couple of minutes neither is able to obtain a clear advantage. Don Callis comments it could be some time before one of them is able to dictate the pace, as the both of them were exchanging quick counters before ending in a double stand off, with both taking a moment gather themselves. Jason Kronan agrees with the observation as the two prepare to lock up again, but Act does so with a bit more causion, and when Skyler comes in, Act avoids the grab and strikes Skyler in the back. Act begins the wearing down process of the champion. She gets a two count following a corner backsplash followed up by a running bulldog, but she maintains control. Act takes things back to the corner and chops Skyler in the chest, which one could hear clearly even in the farthest row in the arena, and clearly the champion isn’t feeling too good from that. Act delivers a second one, but it has the opposite affect as she soon finds her self in the corner and be on the receiving end of the same thing. Skyler manages to get three off before Act feeds out of the corner, only to get clotheslined to the outside. Act finds her footing on the floor, but is taken back down quickly by a baseball slide. Skyler goes after her and brings her back inside and goes for a cover, one count only. The two exchange short lived advantages before Act goes up 1-0 at the 26 minute mark by striker Skyler in the knee and quickly following up with a fameasser, pinning the champion afterwards. Act would keep her lead past the halfway mark, and just after that looked like she was going to add to her lead by going for her Orochi hold, which has put away many opponents before. Skyler’s not one to let that move be put on her without a fight however, and the champ manages to grab one of Act’s legs and pulls back on it, converting it into a pin attempt in her favour. Skyler holds on just barely long enough to get a three count, tying the fight at 1-1. Things get a bit heated after the pin as Act yanks Skyler down by her hair, frustrated by getting caught like that. The challenger isn’t the only one who starts bending the rules, as Skyler retaliates a few minutes later by running Act’s face across the upper rope. There’s agreement by the announcers that the gloves could very well be off now as both haven’t held back. That slows the challenger down for a moment, but as she ends up in the corner she tags Skyler up high when the champ closed in. It becomes noticeable around the 45 minute mark adrenaline is coming into play. A lot can still happen with the remaining time, and with what is at stake both competitors there is a strong indication both will fight until they drop. A draw does not favour the challenger, and Act knows this. The added pressure of that situation causes her to show more aggression, though it causes her to charge into a corner as Skyler avoided the contact. Skyler rolls her up, two count from the referee. Skyler’s back on her feet following the kickout, but so is her challenger and she caught a superkick. That didn’t look like one Act would normally get off, but it did the job and the challenger finds herself up 2-1. Act looks like she’s sizing Skyler up for another one, but this time she wants to possibly take the champ’s head off for good in hopes of pulling away on the scoreboard. Skyler feeds up as Act takes aim. Skler turns around and Act delivers the superkick. Skyler manages to avoid the contact at the last position moment and follows up the dodge with a quick saito suplex. Act wasn’t expecting that, and when the challenger gets back to her feet, Skyler’s waiting for her and quickly grabs hold of the waist and executes an overhead belly to belly suplex. Skyler quickly makes the cover and re-ties it at 2 a piece. While a tied score would favour her if it ended as such, Skyler doesn’t look content with running out the clock. Skyler picks up Act and sends her off the ropes. Skyler grabs her as she comes off, but Act reverses and guts Skyler wih a gutwrench before holding Act upside down and planting her with a tombstone piledriver. Act’s regaining the lead with t, no she hasn’t. Referee Jimmy Korderas rules the shoulder came up just in the nick of time. Act feels she had it there, but the official says no. Act picks Skyler, and after a moment she goes for a vertical suplex. Skyler goes up, but manages to escape and land on her feet. Act turns around and takes a boot to the mid-section and Skyler sets her up for a piledriver. Act blocks the lift and manages to escape before delivering a stiff kick to the ribs. Act combos a few together before Skyler yells at her “Come on motherfucker!” Act fires off another one, Skyler catches the foot before shoving it away, and turning Act 360 degrees in the process. When Act’s facing Skyler again she’s quickly taken down by a hard lariat. Act looks like she got her bell rung there. The champ’s not done as she lifts up Act and sets her up in position for a tombstone piledriver of her own. However Skyler changes her arm positing in a cradle position and plants Act with a cradle tombstone piledriver. Skyler with the cover, she gets three and pulls ahead 3-2. Momentum’s on Skyler’s side as a handful of minutes remain. Skyler takes a quick glance at the clock to see how much time remains. It’s not over yet as she goes lifts up Act, going back on the offensive. She keeps the moves simple, wanting to take whatever Act may have in reserve, while at the same time killing time on the clock. It’s a good strategy, but eventually Act manages to shove Skyler away and strike with a superkick. Act is quick to grab hold of Skyler and apply her popular submission hold, call it the stretch muffler, call it a head trap argentine leglock, call it the orochi, call it whatever you want, but it could very well be trouble for the champion even though time is running out. Don Callis feels Act’s only hope is a quick submission and a pin with what time remains. Act has it locked in, and with excellent ring positioning. The referee’s in perfect position to check for a submission. So far there is none from the champion, but he can clearly hear Skyler’s displeasure of the situation. Skyler’s desperately trying to hold on, but each passing second she’s in the hold feels like an eternity. 30 seconds remain, and Act shows no signs of letting go. Both announcers wonder how in the hell Skyler hasn’t tapped out. The clock ticks down as the crowd counts it down. Act keeps the hold applied, yet somehow the champion refuses to give in. Final 10 seconds, looks like the best Act can do at this point is get a tie, but somehow someway Skyler doesn’t as the bell sounds. The referee steps in to break the hold as Act’s in the process of letting go for it herself. Act falls to her back and holds her head in disbelief. Skyler on the other hand appears to have passed out after the bell sounded. The remaining members of the Oedo Tai faction hit the ring to attend to both competitors. There’s no movement from Skyler’s end for a few minutes, but she regains consciousness. Those that weren’t in the match, plus the referee, trying to convince her to stay where is for a moment, but Act’s close by, offering a hand to her. Act pulls Skyler back to her feet and the two hug it out for a moment before Act tells the referee to put the belt around the champion’s waist. Jason Kronan feels the only thing keeping Skyler on her feet is the ovation she’s getting from the fans. Don Callis agrees with this and states that when the adrenaline wears off it’ll hit her like truck. But right now she’s on top of the world, and that's how the show comes to a close. |
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| UK-Joe | May 16 2018, 06:17 AM Post #5 |
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- Brutal scenes to open the show. Yoshiko sure had a point to prove and did just that. Ouch at the finish! - Definitely an upset in the Women's Tag Title Match. Love seeing heel Charlotte. That's where she's at her best. - Will be interesting to see where Heath Slater goes from here. Goldust too considering his age. - The Ultimate Deletion was tonnes of fun as expected. Think this story is far from done mind you. - Taka put up a great challenge however figured he wouldn't win the gold considering his contract status. - Rob Rage will have Tye Dillinger in sight after how the Ironman gauntlet ended. - Very happy AJ Styles picked up the Golden Ticket. Wondering if he'll schedule his title match or take a shortcut victory. - Thought Sandow/Martin were decent enough transitional champions but The MCMG's are the best team in the division right now. - It was Bobby Roode's time to shine and I loved the match. Brian Kendrick deserves credit for his effort as stated though. - Was shocked to see the clean handshake between Rock and Miz. The Miz has had a tough road to get to this point. - Solid way for Harry Smith to win back the belt. Adefinite throwback to when he beat the domineering Rob Rage two years ago. - Great main event with it's fair share of drama. A hell of a contest that deserves a second act, maybe even a trilogy. |
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