(07.27.13) CPW Saturday Nights Main Event

[sam]

Announcers : Taz, Arn Anderson and Michael Cole
Date : 07.27.13
Location : CPW Arena, City of Industry, CA

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The show started off with highlights from NWA's Great American Bash. It showed clips from each of the championship matches, and ended with Cody Rhodes winning the CPW Championship after his brother, Dustin cost RVD the match. Cody came out wearing a suit and holding the CPW Championship over his shoulder, to a house full of boos and 'You Screwed RVD" chants. He said he couldn't believe that his brother.. his own flesh and blood could have done such a hennas act! He said that his match at the Bash was going down in history as one of the BEST championship matches in the HISTORY of the NWA! Better than then the Steamboat/Sheik match, better than the Flair/Garvin matches, and even better than the Flair/Steamboat matches!! He said he was working the 'Match of the decade", but alas it will have to settle for "Match of the Year"!

RVD came out and said he knew he wasn't gonna win that match. He said he saw the writing on the wall. It was all pointing to Cody winning, but he felt that Dustin had a point when he made that call. He said Dustin knew Cody better than anyone else, and he was willing to trust and exploit that knowledge.

RVD went on to say that he was granted a re-match for the CPW Championship. RVD said he demanded that he first face Dustin in a cage match next week! RVD said that once Dustin is out of the way, he will regain the CPW Championship!

Cody said he was aware of the match, but that he was going to assign the referee for that cage match.... HIMSELF!

RVD smiled as he left and the fans started chanting "RVD!" "RVD!" "RVD!"

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Eric Bischoff made his way out and said tonight would be the beginning of the King of the Ring tournament! This year it would again be a round robin tournament, with the top 4 competitors from CPW facing off with the top 4 from around the NWA in the final matches. He said any competitor form the NWA was eligible, so long as they were showcased in a sanctioned "King of the Ring Qualifying Match".

He said the ranking would be updated as the tournament went on and would conclude on August 25th at the Bound for Glory iPPV held at the Gerstein Pavilion in Los Angeles, California!

He called Edge out and said he was heading to spend some time with his son, so control of CPW for the time being was being handed to ..

Before Eric could finish, Edge started to thank him for the opportunity to show what he can do.

Eric told Edge that it was Shawn Michaels that he was leaving in charge for the time being. Edge was stunned, as Michaels made his way out. Shawn thanked Eric and they left as Edge was visibly angered at the announcement.

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King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Matt Hardy
-vs-
Colt Cabana

This was a very good match. Both men worked well together and in the end, it was a mat based strategy of Cabana that enabled him to target and weaken Hardy's legs. When Hardy took an unnecessarily needed high risk move, Colt was able to lock on the
RESULT : Colt Cabana made Matt Hardy submit to a Texas Cloverleaf in 09:08.

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King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Scott Steiner
-vs-
Wes Brisco

Scott Steiner started off strong, but Wes outlasted the veteran and hit the Brisco Buster for the win!

RESULT : Wes Brisco pinned Scott Steiner with the Brisco Buster in 07:09.

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King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Kofi Kingston
-vs-
Alex Riley

Alex and Kofi put on one heck of a match, going back and forth. In the end, it was Kofi who got the pinfall victory.

RESULT : Kofi Kingston pinned Alex Riley with the Trouble in Paradise in 05:11.

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Tag Team Match
Team 3G
(Joe Hennig and Bo Dallas)
-vs-
Chris Jericho & Paul Burchill

Jericho and Burchill once again worked 'well'. This time they were able to outsmart the team of third generation up and coming stars as the targeted Hennig's arm.

RESULT : Chris Jericho and Paul Burchill defeated Team 3G when Paul Burchill made Joe Hennig submit to a Fujiwara armbar in 11:28.

After the match, Paul offered his hand to Chris, who reluctantly shook it.

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King of the Ring Qualifying Match
Justin Gabriel
-vs-
Caprice Coleman

The biggest news to come out of this competitive match was that Ric Flair made his way to ringside during this match and 'guided' Coleman to victory, even telling Coleman how to preform the Figure Four to perfection!

RESULT : Caprice Coleman defeated Justin Gabriel when Justin Gabriel passed out in a figure-four leglock in 09:04.

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One on One Match
CPW Television Championship Match
Santino Carelli
-vs-
AJ Styles (c)

AJ and Santino battled back and forth, in possibly the best match of the night. It looked like Santino might actually have had a chance to take the gold, but AJ battled back and secured the win with his finisher to get the three count.

RESULT : AJ Styles pinned Santino Carelli with the Styles Clash in 04:58 to retain the CPW Television Championship.

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One on One Match
NWA North American Heavyweight Championship Match
Harry Smith
-vs-
Dolph Ziggler (c)

These two went at each other as if their lives depended on it. Dolph played mind games, while Harry used his power to wear down the champ. IN the end, the experience of the champion was enough to outlast his challenger and retain the title.

RESULT : Dolph Ziggler pinned Harry Smith after a Hotshot in 19:01 to retain the NWA North American Heavyweight Championship.

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So yeah, I'm trying to make a consistent effort to comment on every show I read now, including CPW which always puts on a good product. Despite the lack of detail on the match writeups, I think you have a lot of interesting matchups here, stuff like Styles/Santino and Gabriel/Coleman are matches you'll likely never see in real life that would be intriguing. The reluctant team of Jericho/Burchill is entertaining, I'm wondering how far they will go. Also I like how you didn't go for the obvious option with the King of the Ring qualifiers, Brisco and Coleman going over for example, though I'd like to have seen Riley beat Kingston to make a statement.

[howardschilling]

Solid show. Can't wait for KotR. South Beach will have its KotR qualifying match at Tribute to the Troops

[Deleted]

I like the Harry Smith push thus far, as he has been steadily moving up and a match between him and Ziggler is interesting. Cody Rhodes is also brilliant as your champion, and I really think he has a huge future.