Great American Bash Results 07/14/13
Jul 12, 2013 21:35:37 GMT -7
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PROUDLY PRESENTS
LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW
Date: July 14th, 2013
Location: The TD (Boston) Garden, Boston, MA
Commentator: Joey Styles, Mick Foley, and William Regal
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SEGMENT
The show opens with the President of the NWA, Dustin Smith, joined in the ring by Paul Heyman. They both take time to welcome the fans and thank them for their support, and explain that tonight is a very special night, as half of the overall proceeds will be going to the victims of the treacherous act of terrorism that took place on April 15th. They then ask that everyone please stand as they are lead by Rene Rancourt, much in the vain of this performance I'm going to link to.
The fans all cheer for this, and chants of "USA!" fill the arena. Joey Styles and William Regal, along with their special guest commentator for the night, Mick Foley, go over some of the matches that will be taking place tonight, before sending us off to a pre-taped segment.
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SINGLES MATCH
Antonio Cesaro (HP) vs. Chris Hero (RW)
Cesaro and Hero recently did battle, with Cesaro cheating to get the victory over his former tag team partner. Cesaro would be attacked by William Regal in a saving effort after that match, who has a history with both men and a big respect for Hero, and the two squared off on Thursday. Cesaro would manage to defeat Regal with a Sleeper hold, and then attacked Regal afterwards disrespectfully, leading Hero to attack Cesaro and proclaim that this match had been signed.
Obviously there was a lot of bias from Regal on the commentary team for this one, as these two were very rough and brutal throughout, with both men bending the rules and trying to do whatever they could to hurt and maim the other. Cesaro and Hero would both try numerous submission holds, desperately trying to make the other man tap, and it seemed as though they were legitimately trying to injure one another and break limbs throughout. Hero would look to be in a bad way, as Cesaro would try to defeat him with a Stretch Muffler hold a number of times in the match, going after his leg and trying to keep him grounded, where he couldn't land one of his deadly strikes. Cesaro would stomp his head as he applied the hold, often times verbally mocking Hero, as these fans rallied behind the Dayton, OH, native. Hero would manage to fight through, reversing the hold each time, and every hold, for that matter, as he did not want to give Cesaro the satisfaction of having to force him to get a rope break. Cesaro would do much the same, a lot of pride on the line here. Hero would eventually deliver some of those powerful strikes he is known for, but Cesaro would manage to avoid and block many elbow attempts, leading Hero to use his worn down legs, battling through the pain to wind up and deliver a massive Cyclone Kill (Discus Kick) right to Cesaro's face, nearly knocking him unconscious. Hero would trap Cesaro with a Stretch Plum in the center of the ring afterwards, twisting Cesaro and keeping him away from the ropes.
Cesaro has amazing conditioning, but he just didn't have it in him to fight this off and pull Hero would, three of his limbs being subdued in the hold and his free leg not offering him any way to escape the pain. The referee would call for the bell, as Cesaro verbally admitted defeat.
Hero secures the win, but both men look battered and tired in what was an exhausting opener.
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SEGMENT
John Cena is seen standing in front of an American flag graphic, wearing a Boston Bruins jersey.
"April 15th, 2013 is a night that will go down in infamy, a night that Boston… a night AMERICA will never forget. Although it was an act of cowardess that ruined many lives that day, lives lost and lives forever changed. The best of Boston was shown when on lookers and emergency staff rose up from the tragedy to help their fellow man. It’s up lifting to see that in the aftermath of this act of terror, the people of Boston have become stronger than ever. People call us, the men and women who step through the ropes heroes. Tonight the NWA, and myself plan on putting on a show for the strong people of Boston who have deserve a smile, an escape from those horrible memories. Tonight we we share with the people of Boston, tonight we are all BOSTON STRONG!"
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SEGMENT
Before the next match, the color commentator for NWA Southwest steps out to say a few words to hype the contest and introduce the contestants.
Tony Brooklyn enters the ring with a microphone and begins.
"Hello, NWA fans! Tony Brooklyn here, and up next you will see the stars of NWA Southwest taking the Great American Bash by storm! Tonight, the greatest promotion in all of Texas has provided you all with a No-Rope Barbed Wire Match for the NWA Texas Heavyweight Championship! Matt Morgan won the belt at NWA Southwest’s Summer Star Wars show over the man he faces once again tonight, Vance Archer. NWA Southest CEO, Tom Gorgas, decided there should be a rematch, ordering this match and stating,
'One man will win... but BOTH... will bleed!'"
This receives a big pop from the fans as he goes on to formally introduce the competitors.
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TEXAS HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
NO-ROPE BARBED WIRE MATCH
Matt Morgan (c) vs. Vance Archer
Once the bell rang, these two tore into each other! Archer was the first one to draw blood, tossing Morgan into the barbed wire! Morgan extricated himself from the wire, and then suplexed Archer into the wire! By now, both men were a bloody mess! Archer unleashed every trick in his arsenal, with Morgan doing the same.
Archer finally got an advantage over Morgan, and tangled him in the wire! While Morgan was trying to get himself free of the wire, Archer channeled the spirit of Fritz Von Erich, and applied a pectoral claw-hold on Morgan! Morgan couldn’t move, and screamed as the wire tore into his flesh! Morgan finally couldn’t stand the pain anymore, and signaled for the submission!
The referee signaled for the bell, then handed a very bloody Archer the title!
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SEGMENT
We cut to a pre-taped segment, as a camera pans across an empty stadium to Ramu Endo sitting alone in the stands at the far end.
Ramu Endo begins, "Hello Boston and hello to all the NWA fans watching around the world. For those of you who don’t know me, I am Ramu Endo and I am the JoshiPuroPride Openweight Champion and this is the beautiful Hong Kong Stadium.
"Every March, this stadium is host to the biggest event in Hong Kong’s sporting calendar, the Hong Kong Sevens rugby tournament. The best seven man and seven women rugby teams from around the world come here to prove who is the best.
"On August 30th, Hong Kong Stadium and JoshiPuroPride will host the Summer Sevens iPPV. JPP will form a team of our seven best and we are inviting our friends in Mexico, Ring Warriors and South Beach to each send a team of their best seven. There will be two semi-final matches and a final to decide what is the best seven woman team in the NWA.
Come to Hong Kong or watch on iPPV to see the best seven women teams in the NWA and several other great matches during JPP’s Summer Sevens!!"
With that big announcement, we head back to the broadcasting area, where the commentary team talk about the prospects of that series and the upcoming match as the ladies are being introduced.
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FOUR-WAY DANCE ELIMINATION TAG TEAM MATCH
Awesome Kong & Jessika Havok (SB) vs. Dancing Queens: Hikaru Shida & Miyako Matsumoto (JPP) vs. Hailey Hatred & Sara Del Rey (RW) vs. Marcela & Silueta (MEX)
Havok and Kong are introduced separately. Havok is looking very serious while Kong scares some kids at ringside. Marcela & Silueta come out together to Marcela’s entrance music. They are both proudly carrying a Mexican Flag. Like their South Beach opponents, Sara Del Rey and Hailey Hatred are introduced and come to the ring separately. The lights in the TD Garden dim and a huge disco ball lowers from the ceiling. The ball starts spinning and lights of all colours bounce off of it. Hikaru and Miyako are introduced and dance their way to the ring as they are lead by an Abba tribute band singing ‘Dancing Queen’.
They try to get the other girls to dance; Marcela and Silueta happily join in while Kong just snarls at them and Sara looks pissed off.
The lights come back on and the disco ball rises back up. The ref gets everyone to their corners. Jessicka, Sara, Silueta and Hikaru will start the match. The ref calls for the bell. All four girls circle around a bit. Sara and Jessicka exchange a few glances before they attack Hikaru and Silueta. The bigger American girls get the upper hand on their smaller foreign opponents. They use their size advantage and bullying tactics to keep Hikaru and Silueta down. Jessicka sets up Silueta and drives her into the mat with the Demon Drop piledriver. Before she can try for the cover, Kong slaps Jessicka’s back hard, tagging herself in.
As Kong comes in, Jessicka stares at her with murder in her eyes. When Kong turns her attention towards the fallen Silueta, Jessicka kicks her in the gut. Jessicka grabs Kong and hits her with the Havokiller. Jessicka rolls out to the floor and grabs the ring mic.
Jessicka Havok proclaims, "I warned you what would happen if you cost us the match."
Jessicka walks off, leaving Kong on the mat. Sara and Hikaru stopped fighting when they heard Jessicka. They both see Kong on the mat. Hikaru jumps onto Kong, Sara jumps on Hikaru and Silueta jumps on Sara. The ref makes the three count.
Hikaru Shida, Sara Del Rey and Silueta pinned Awesome Kong. Kong & Havok are eliminated.
Sara Del Rey stays in the ring while Silueta tags out to Marcela and Hikaru tags out to Miyako. Hailey is asking for a tag but Sara’s focus now is entirely on Marcela. Marcela sees Sara staring at her and motions for to bring it on. They both charge in and lock up. Sara tries to overpower Marcela, but Marcela easily counters Sara’s power with speed and agility. While Sara and Marcela are putting on a clinic of technical wrestling, Miyako is dancing around and posing. Miyako does a pirouette and bumps into Sara. Sara breaks away from Marcela, holding up a finger telling her to wait. Sara stalks Miyako, forcing her into a corner. Sara cracks Miyako across the face with a brutal slap, collapsing Miyako to the mat. Sara returns to Marcela and continues their battle.
Hailey is getting visibly frustrated that Sara won’t tag her in. Sara gets the better of Marcela and has her set up for the Royal Butterfly. Hailey comes into the ring, picks up Miyako and drops her with a brainbuster.
The referee has disqualified Sara Del Rey and Hailey Hatred. Hatred & Del Rey are eliminated.
Hailey flips off Sara and walks off. Sara chases after Hailey. Marcela manages to roll over to her corner and tag in Silueta. Silueta hits Miyako with a seated dropkick. Silueta rolls Miyako over into a face down surfboard submission. Miyako has no way to get free and taps out.
Silueta forced Miyako Matsumoto to submit.
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SEGMENT
Before the next match, we have a pre-taped segment from NWA South Beach champion, Low Ki. Ki is standing in front of the same American flag animated graphic that we saw John Cena in front of earlier.
"My heart has been heavy because of the tragedy here in Boston over three months ago. I have wrestled in the New England area many times over and the one thing I am proud to say is that the people in this area have more heart and passion than any group of people I have ever performed in front of. This city will come back better and stronger than ever, because that is the only thing it knows how to do. In closing I am honored to announce that I will be running in next year's marathon. Stay strong Boston."
Mick Foley makes a statement about how classy Ki is for taking the time to send that message, and then they go on to talk about how there will be no class or respect in the next contest, as two men will be battling in a Falls Count Anywhere match for the other singles championship in South Beach, the Television title.
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SOUTH BEACH TELEVISION TITLE
FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE MATCH
Jay Lethal (SB) vs. Jimmy Jacobs (c) (SB)
Lethal comes out first to a huge pop from the crowd which includes some of his friends and family that made the drive up from Rahway, but he only makes it halfway down the ramp before Jimmy Jacobs ambushes him! Jacobs sends him into the security wall as the ref tries to signal the bell to start the match while getting out of the ring to do his job. Jacobs tries to send Lethal back into the wall but Lethal blocks and scores with a couple rights to the head before irish whipping him into the other wall. Lethal picks Jacobs up and hits a scoop slam on the floor and tries for a quick cover but Jacobs kicks out before the count of 1. Lethal goes to pick Jacobs back up but gets stopped with a low blow as the TV champ takes off his belt and starts whipping Lethal across the back. Lethal tries to create some separation by limping back to the set but Jacobs is in hot pursuit, both men head behind the curtain and the camera loses the feed for a minute but we come back just in time to see Lethal cracking Jacobs over the head with a chair. Jay picks Jimmy up and drags him over to a table in the catering area and sets him on it while looking for something...a ladder! Lethal positions the ladder and climbs about halfway up, he points to the sky and jumps off...
HAIL TO THE CHIEF! LETHAL WITH AN ELBOW FROM THE LADDER STRAIGHT TO THE BLACK HEART OF JIMMY JACOBS!
Lethal with a cover, but Jacobs gets his shoulder up at two! Lethal can't believe it but continues to press the attack. The two men fight and claw at each other all throughout the TD Garden until Jimmy gets sent into a door and Lethal spears him hard enough to open it as both men have left the arena! The commentators mention that they are taking the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation literally and wonder where the two will end up before the match ends. Lethal crawls over to a trash can, picks it up and hits Jacobs over the head with it, but Jacobs doesn't fall! Lethal hits him again and Jacobs wobbles but still stays on his feet! Lethal goes to hit him a third time but Jacobs with a thumb to the eyes which makes Lethal drop the trash can. Jacobs with a kick to the gut and a DDT on the trash can! Jacobs covers...one....two...NO! Lethal kicks out! Security is doing their best to keep the people out of the way of the combatants as they fight their way into the parking lot of the Garden. Jacobs gets stunned by a kick from Lethal who proceeds to go back to work on any part of Jacobs he can reach. Lethal with a go behind and he hits a Dragon Suplex on the hood of a car! The windshield spiderwebs with the force of Jacob's knees. Lethal rolls Jimmy over and covers him on the hood of the car...ONE....TWO......NO! JACOBS KICKED OUT!
Jay looks down at Jimmy and screams "STAY DOWN!" as Jimmy smiles with a bloodied mouth. Jacobs spits in Lethal's face!
While Jay wipes the blood off his face Jimmy reaches into his boot.....FOR THE RAILROAD SPIKE! Lethal turns around and gets blasted right between the eyes with the spike! Lethal goes to his knees as blood pours from his forehead.
Jacobs searches the parking lot...and finds a roll of barbed wire! Jacobs goes over to Lethal and throws the wire right on his back as Jay screams in agony. Jimmy with a kick to the head and a cover.....
TWO COUNT! JAY LETHAL REFUSES TO DIE!
Now it's Jimmy's turn to wear the countenance of frustration as he quickly formulates a new plan. Jimmy grabs Jay by the head, runs to another car....CONTRA CODE ON THE PAVEMENT! BY GOD JIMMY JACOBS JUST KILLED HIM! JACOBS COVERS! ONE! TWO!......NO!
HOW IN THE HELL DID LETHAL KICK OUT! JACOBS LOCKS IN END TIME AND LETHAL IS STRUGGLING FEEBLY! LETHAL IS GETTING DESPERATE! LETHAL STOPPED MOVING!
The ref checks on Lethal for a moment before waving his arms! Jay Lethal's body took more than enough to kill most men and it finally couldn't take anymore.
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HYBRID PRO CHALLENGE BELT
SINGLES MATCH
Brian Cage (c) (HP) vs. Homicide w/ Shelly Martinez (RW)
Cage has so far made 2 successful defences of his Challenge Belt, defeating Drew McIntyre and Daisuke Sekimoto, but in Homicide he faced a much tougher challenge. Homicide is someone who is willing to do just about anything to win a matchup, from straight out wrestling to stabbing you with a fork, and showed that here by brawling all around the ringside area with Cage, who is no slouch when it comes to fighting. Cage had an undeniable power advantage however, and Homicide got tossed around a lot here, struggling to keep up with the force of the machine. Homicide's closest near fall came when Cage went to the top rope, maybe looking for that Five Star Elbow Drop, but Homicide crotched him and took him down with a Super Ace Crusher! Homicide made the cover but Cage got his foot on the bottom rope. Homicide attempted to go for the Cop Killa, but it was too much of a challenge for him to hit the move. He went for a Lariat instead but it had zero effect on Cage! He went for another, but Cage avoided it and grabbed Homicide, WEAPON X! 1-2-3, another successful title defence by Cage.
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CPW HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
MATCH 5 IN BEST OF 5 SERIES
SINGLES MATCH
Cody Rhodes w/ Trevor Murdoch vs. Rob Van Dam w/ Dustin Rhodes
Special Referee: Shawn Michaels
This match was a brawl with all four men getting involved in the match, and there wasn't anything that Shawn Michaels could do, not that it looked like he was in any hurry to enforce the rules that didn't pertain to this match other than count the three or register the submission.
This match was just as exciting as the last four have been with both men getting near falls and reversing the others attempts at hitting high risk moves.
Late in the match, Trevor and Dustin were laying into one another at ringside while RVD and Cody battled in the ring. Trevor was able to throw Dustin into the ringside barrier and stun him for a moment or two. Trevor then entered the ring and assisted his 'boss' making it effectively a two on one match against RVD. Cody held RVD while Trevor got a head of steam going, but as he went to deliver a nasty lariat, RVD moved and Trevor nailed Cody!
RVD was able to toss Trevor over the top rope and to the floor following a spin kick, and then went to pin Cody!
As Shawn was coming down for the three count, Dustin pulled RVD from the ring! RVD was furious! RVD pushed Dustin. Dustin apologized. He said he thought it was Cody making the pin, and he was trying to help RVD. RVD cooled off a bit, and as he got into the ring, Dusting again stopped RVD, but this time by calling out to him.
Dustin said he wanted to make it up to RVD. Dusting picked up his brother and dropped him with a DDT!! Dustin again picked up his brother and told RVD it was 'Time for the 5 star!!" Dustin slammed his brother to the mat and watched as RVD scaled the ropes and started posing for the fans.
What RVD didn't notice was Dusting stumble and crash onto the top rope, causing RVD to get crotched! And just like that Dustin was better! He nailed RVD with a Superplex!!
Dusting then picked up Cody and started smacking some sense into him. Cody saw the opportunity and hit the Cross Rhodes for the pin as Shawn Michaels made the count in disbelief!
After the match, Dustin said that while he didn't approve of Cody's antics, he did say that "Blood is thicker that water"...
Dustin was booed out of the building, just as Cody was as he walked back with the CPW Championship!
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SEGMENT
There is video package for The Rock and Roman Reigns feud. The package shows the attack on the Rock by Reigns that took place the Sacrifice iPPV, after the Rock defeated Fandango. It shows an abridged version of Reigns' promo on the Rock and about how he is going to make him "earn his spot," so to speak, and then goes to show the Rock attacking Reigns with a chair after Reigns was disqualified at a later Ring Warriors show for powerbombing JTG through a table. The Rock would smash Reigns with a chair, and then hit a Rock Bottom on said chair to send a big message. It then shows some clips of the Rock cutting a promo, and then chasing off Reigns at the most recent Empire show, the Rock taking out his frustrations on Randy Orton after Reigns would narrowly escape, obviously jacked for this upcoming contest.
We head back to the ring, where the introductions are made and Foley, who is a good friend of The Rock's, weighs in on what must be going through the former five-time World Heavyweight champion's head right now.
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LAST MAN STANDING MATCH
The Rock (EMP) vs. Roman Reigns (FREE)
If you were to see the tale of the tape, you’d find that these guys are nearly identical. The only differences is Reign’s youth against Rock’s experience. Rock would rub his ribs as he looked across the ring at Reigns, reminding him of the attack that started this. This match started with a hard tie up with Reigns and Rock trying to establish dominance, with Reigns shoving Rock down to the mat making the Brahma bull look on in a bit of surprise, only to grin arrogantly. Reigns would go for a tie up again but Rock would duck and fire in rapid fire rights, before clotheslining Reigns out of the ring. The Rock would follow Reigns to the outside taking a camera from a camera man, smashing it over the head of Reigns letting pieces fly. That’s all it took to cut the forehead of Reigns as he tried to get away from the Rock, who ended up walking into a toe hold from Reigns sending the Rock face first into the railing around ringside. Reigns would whip the Rock into the guard rail a few times before picking up and dumping Rock into the crowd! Security around the ring were going nuts as Reigns would batter Rock with a steel chair as the ref tried to get Reigns to stop so he could start the ten count, but the Rock would pull himself to his feet with the help of a chair. The Rock would spit in the face of Reigns, following up with a suplex over the guard rail back to the ringside area. Rock looked pissed as he grabbed a cable cord using it to choke Reigns! The Rock would grab a chair, jamming the top rim repeatedly into the throat of Reigns as the veteran got into control of the match. Rock grabbed a mic from a stage hand and counted along with the ref getting up to seven before Reigns got close to his feet. The Rock would strike with more hands before rolling Reigns into the ring. Things looked bad for Roman but he was still able to fight back only to have the Rock plant him with a spinebuster! The Rock would grin again throwing his elbow pad into the crowd before snapping off the people’s elbow! The Rock wasn’t done as he went out of the ring throwing in a couple of chairs, as well as sliding a table into the ring trying to figure out a way to keep Reigns down who was stirring from the elbow drop. Rock wasn’t careful getting back into the ring and Reigns was able to nearly rip him in half with a spear! Reigns would wipe the blood on his face making it look more like war paint as he opened up the folding table getting it ready to finish off the Brahma bull. Reigns tried for a powerbomb , but Rock would power out with a back drop getting fired up from the crowd, Reigns looked dizzy as Rock grabbed him for the rock bottom, but Reigns would fight out. Reigns tried to whip Rock off the ropes trying for another spear but the Rock would counter with a huge DDT leaving both men laying worn out in the ring. They were both able to answer the refs count getting to their feet, but Rock was able to come out of no where slamming Reigns through the table with a rock bottom, barely dragging himself to his feet to win the match!
After the match The Rock would get a mic, catching his breath a moment as he wiped the sweat from his iconic eyebrow.
"FINALLYYYYYYY THE ROCK HAS COME BACK! TOOOOO BOSTON!!!"
Huge pop, as "ROCKY!" chants erupt, shaking the rafters of the arena. The Rock soaks in the admiration for just a moment, but then begins intensely.
"The Rock just did what he promised the people he would do, and that’s putting Reigns down on his candy ass! Tonight The Rock beats Reigns, and soon The Rock is going to gun for the NWA World Heavyweight title! IF YOU SMELLLLLLLLLLLL WHAT THE ROCK…. Is cookin’!"
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SEGMENT
The NWA North American Tag Team Champions The Faces of Fear come out to the ring for their big title defence against The Pistols. Matt Taven them comes out, microphone in hand, to announce who will be facing them.
Taven begins, "This is the moment you've all been waiting for, the moment where I announce exactly who will be representing The Pistols in their biggest match to date, against the NWA North American Tag Team Champions The Faces of Fear. Now I've thought about this long and hard, and it has been a very difficult decision, but it has been made and the time is now to tell the world.
"Now you might all be thinking that I'd go with the obvious decision, that being to pick Mike Bennett and Tommaso Ciampa, the men who have for the most part represented The Pistols as the Hybrid Pro Tag Team Champions. Well, your wrong, because Mike and Tommaso are both tired from a lot of matches they've wrestled lately, so I've decided to give them both the night off. Meanwhile, you might have noticed I haven't been wrestling a lot lately, and you know why? So I'd be completely fresh for this match, because I will be Pistols representative number one!
"The question is, who is my tag partner? There's Zack Sabre Jr, however Zack isn't quite ready for the big stage just yet, so he isn't my partner. Then there's Samuray Del Sol, and while Samuray is my personal assassin and a great talent, he's a bug compared to you two gentleman, so its not him. That just leaves one man, a man who is a true force to be reckoned with, he hasn't suffered a pinfall or submission loss in 3 months, and to prove how much of a machine he is he's going to wrestle his second match of the night. Prepare to feel the force of the Unstoppable FN Machine, because my tag team partner is BRIAN CAGE!"
Cage makes his way out to a massive ovation from the fans, and while Bennett and Ciampa may have proved to be quite a threat to the champs, Cage is a whole new kind of threat. Could the champs be in trouble here?
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NWA NORTH AMERICAN TAG TEAM TITLES
TAG TEAM MATCH
Faces of Fear: Mark Henry & Samoa Joe (c) (CPW) vs. The Pistols (HP)
The Faces of Fear have been tremendous champions, taking on all comers and dominating the ranks with their sheer size and power, and once again they showed what they were made of by taking the fight to their young opponents. While Taven played his part here, getting his shots in when the time was right, this match was the Brian Cage show, Cage has come of age as a wrestler and has a massive amount of momentum on his side right now. Not only did Cage manage to take Samoa Joe down with a massive Powerbomb, he managed to slam Mark Henry, a man almost double his weight not once but TWICE! Late on Taven was taken out of this by Joe, being laid out with a Muscle Buster, but before Joe could cover to retain the titles Cage broke up the cover, tossing Joe through the ropes and hitting BLACK MAGIC OVER THE TOP TO THE FLOOR! The fans chant "holy shit" as Cage gets back in and dukes it out with Henry, exchanging strikes. Henry tries to grab Cage for the Worlds Strongest Slam, but Cage escapes, LIGHTS OUT! 1-2-NO, HENRY KICKS OUT! Cage signals for the end and climbs up top...
FIVE STAR ELBOW DROP!
The referee counts 1-2-3 and WE HAVE NEW NORTH AMERICAN TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!
Cage can't believe it as the referee hands him and the recovering Taven the gold, The Pistols against the odds and the incredible weight difference have managed to win the belts, as the rest of the group come out to celebrate.
A loud "Pistols" chant breaks out, but an even louder "Brian Cage" chant breaks out after that, Cage has made himself a superstar here tonight, thats for sure, wrestling twice in one night and winning NWA gold in the process!
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NWA NORTH AMERICAN TITLE
TRIANGLE MATCH
Brock Lesnar (EMP) vs. Dolph Ziggler (c) (HP) vs. John Cena (EMP)
Cena and Lesnar have been at war with each other pretty much since NWA Empire opened, and both have proven themselves worthy of a shot at the North American champ Dolph Ziggler, who has had a very solid reign as champion so far. This one didn't start out as you would expect, as Cena and Lesnar actually formed a temporary alliance to try and take Ziggler out, so that when he was out of the picture they could fight each other for the belt. It worked for a while, with Ziggler taking a lot of punishment, but when Cena tried to finish Ziggler off with an Attitude Adjustment, Lesnar stopped him, trying to grab Ziggler for an F5. The alliance was off then and the two went at it, firing away with everything they had. And Lesnar tossed Cena around a fair bit with some German Suplexes and Belly to Belly suplexes, before calling for the F5. Cena escaped however and took Lesnar down with some shoulder blocks, followed by the 5 Knuckle Shuffle. He then grabbed Lesnar and dropped him with the Attitude Adjustment. But out of nowhere the now recovered Ziggler nails the Zig Zag on Cena! 1-2-3, Ziggler somehow retains!
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NWA WORLD TAG TEAM TITLES
FOUR CORNERS TAG TEAM MATCH
Future Shock: Adam Cole & Kyle O'Reilly (c) (SB) vs. Jushin Liger & Shocker (MEX) vs. Rockstars of Wrestling: Jimmy Rave & John Morrison (EMP) vs. Team 3G: Bo Dallas & Joe Hennig
This is as chaotic a match as one would expect, with only two wrestlers initially being able to be in the ring at one time. Eventually, after many spirited exchanges, things would break down and brawling would consume this match and everywhere around it, as these wrestlers got down and dirty at ringside. The referee was very lenient here, and was determined to have a finish. After so much carnage, it was unbelievable that any of these men were able to walk away from this match, but it as the champions who did so with the big prize in hand. Adam Cole would manage to catch Shocker with a Superkick at just the right time, with most of the other opponents laid out or preoccupied on the outside, to get the pinfall here and retain the championship for his team.
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NWA WORLD WOMEN'S TITLE
SINGLES MATCH
Ayumi Kurihara (MEX) vs. Kana (c) (JPP)
Ayumi Kurihara’s music plays and she walks to the ring, accompanied by Mima Shimoda. They wait in the corner, talking strategy as Mima holds up the Japanese flag. Kana slowly walks out as her music plays. She stops at ringside when she sees Mima. Kana unsheathes her sword and points it at Mima as she climbs into the ring. Kana keeps her eyes focused on Ayumi and her sword pointed at Mima. The official introductions are made. Kana hands the belt to the ref and returns to her corner.
The bell rings and they slowly approach each other in the middle of the ring. They engage in a staredown for about a minute. Kana points at Mima then slaps Ayumi with that same hand. Ayumi returns the slap. They begin exchanging forearm chops, harder and harder. An overhand right from Kana drops Ayumi to the mat. Kana kicks Ayumi in the back. Ayumi gets back to her feet, kicks Kana in the gut and flips her to the mat. Ayumi kicks Kana in the back.
Kana gets up and gives a small smile to Ayumi. When Ayumi smiles, Kana kicks her in the leg. Ayumi hops away and Kana catches her with another kick to the leg. Kana has taken the early advantage and continues attacking Ayumi’s leg. Ayumi manages to reverse the momentum and get in some offence of her own. Kana goes back on the offence by attacking Ayumi’s leg. Kana manages to get Ayumi in a STF. The ref doesn’t see Mima pull Ayumi to the bottom rope. Kana breaks the hold and slips out to the floor. Kana catches Mima, who is walking away. Kana whips Mima into the railing then assaults her with a barrage of kicks.
When Kana slips back into the ring just before the ten count, Ayumi is on her in a flash. Ayumi begins working on Kana’s back with suplexes, slams and kicks. Ayumi sends Kana face first into the turnbuckle. Ayumi sets up in the opposite corner. Ayumi charges across and launches herself, knees first, at Kana but Kana drops out of the way just in time. Ayumi crashes into the turnbuckle then falls back awkwardly, hitting her head on the mat. Kana pulls Ayumi to the middle of the ring and locks her into the Kanagon. Ayumi struggles but can’t break free. She has no choice but to tap out. Kana has forced Ayumi Kurihara to submit to the Kanagon.
Kana retains the NWA World Women’s Title!
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NWA WORLD JUNIOR HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
CROSSFIRE CAGE MATCH
AJ Styles (CPW) vs. Bryan Danielson (c) (RW) vs. PAC (SB) vs. Sami Zayn (HP) vs. Tyler Black (RW)
A steel structure surrounds the ring here, which has two cables crossed at the top and a championship hanging from where they meet in the center. This cage has no door, and this match has no limits for just how crazy it can be. The stakes cannot be higher, as we enter the trademark concept match of Ring Warriors, the ever daunting Crossfire Cage.
These five men have all come here from very different paths. AJ Styles is one of the most decorated wrestlers in NWA history, having won 4 World Heavyweight titles, 2 World Junior Heavyweight titles, and 5 World Tag Team titles, currently holding the CPW Television championship; Bryan Danielson is a world traveled 1 time World Junior Heavyweight champion, but boasts some very impressive skills and a reputation for being one of the best in the world today; PAC is the most talented high flier in the industry today, and won a very competitive tournament to earn a shot at this title, a title he nearly won on numerous occasions last year from rival Ricochet; Sami Zayn recently took off the mask of El Generico and has since seen unprecedented success, besting some of the top wrestlers in the sport in the past month or so and feels it is finally his time to wear some World championship gold; and then there is Tyler Black, a superstar out Iowa who has recently held the Ring Warriors Television title, and is the current No Limits champion, also earning a pinfall victory over Bryan Danielson in an eight-man tag team match on Thursday night.
With all of these paths now colliding, the stage was set for an absolute war, and that is what we got. Black and Danielson would really push things early, advancing on each other and then inciting the others to really get things heated up. As the oldest and wisest of the bunch, AJ Styles would really try to pick his spots and actually went out of the ring, climbing the outside of the cage to try and avoid any harm in scaling the mesh and making to the cables, where he could try to make his way across and retrieve the belts. Sami Zayn would climb on the other side, though, meeting him at the top and then both men would coming crashing down as Zayn hit him with a HUGE Brainbuster variation from the top of the cage!
"HOLY SHIT!" chants galore for that one!
PAC would try to make his way up, but Danielson would grab his leg and these two would fight on the cage. Tyler Black would make his way up the turnbuckle and dropkick Danielson, sending him flying over and crotching himself on the top rope, and down came PAC, doing much the same but falling hard to the mat! Black landed kind of awkward, but he gets up and runs off the ropes and leaps, catching Danielson with a huge knee to the chest that sends him down and traps him between the ropes and the cage.
Zayn makes his way back up as Black leaps and begins to make his way across the cable. He grabs Black's leg and tries to pull him down, but Black kicks him away and brings his legs up, shimming across with all of his limbs. Zayn runs and springboards off the middle rope, doing a VERY HIGH backflip and catching Black right in the ribs with a sort of Quebrada Kick! Very innovative there from the Quebec native, and Black comes crashing down!
Zayn tries to get up the cage and get to the cable, but AJ Styles is up and grabs his leg now. AJ and Sami have a struggle, but AJ gets him into a powerbomb position and then pulls him down, using the cage to steady himself as he hooks Sami in. He then flies off the top turnbuckle and drives Sami down with a massive SUPER STYLES CLASH!
PAC is back up, though, and catches Styles with a dropkick as he's getting back up. PAC then nails a Spinning Enzuigiri and heads up to the top rope. Tyler Black catches him going up, though, and begins to punch him and these two start brawling on the top turnbuckle.
Black looks like he is hooking in PAC for a Superplex, and Styles tries to roll sideways and get out of the way, still pretty dazed from all of the head trauma in the night. Danielson is up now, though, and runs over to Black and PAC. Danielson grabs Black by his waist and proceeds to hit a SUPER GERMAN SUPLEX TO BLACK, AS BLACK NAILS A SUPERPLEX ON PAC, AND PAC LANDS BACK FIRST ON TOP OF AJ STYLES! STYLES IS COMPLETELY CRUSHED BY THE TOWER OF DOOM!
"OH MY GOOOOOODDDDDD!" proclaims Joey Styles, perhaps feeling very sympathetic for the man who shares his namesake.
Danielson pulls himself up in the corner, but Sami Zayn has staggered back up and he catches Danielson with a boot right across the face. Zayn puts Danielson up on the top rope, and tries to hook him in, maybe for the BRAINBUSTAH~!, but Danielson fights him off, kneeing him to the face and then trying to climb up the cage and to the cable. Zayn is resilient, and follows him quickly, grabbing his shinpad as he ascends. These two exchange punches and chops up top, and Danielson seems to stagger Zayn with a headbutt, but Zayn grabs Danielson and drives him face first against the top of the cage. Danielson feels he is falling, but hangs on and then hurries, climbing and trying to climb over the cage and away from Zayn's body. Zayn, though, grabs Danielson by the head and catches him with a headbutt of his own. Danielson looks like he might fall backwards to the outside floor, but he grabs Zayn by the hair to hang on. Zayn grabs Danielson and pulls him back, hooking him in and then steadies himself by grabbing the cage, climbing a bit higher even as he does.
In a very crazy, very dangerous spot, Zayn lifts Danielson and twists, and tries his damndest to get his body out as far as he can. He tries in vain to drop Danielson head first from the top of the cage onto the turnbuckle, but instead catches the TOP ROPE WITH THE BRAINBUSTAH~! and the ropes actually SNAPS WITH THE CONTACT!
Danielson flies backwards, and Zayn flies off to the side, and the crowd begins to chant.
"OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!"
They've never seen anything quite like that, as Danielson holds his neck on the mat and Zayn tries to recover, the top ring rope now sagging all over as the one now lays limp on the mat.
"THIS IS AWESOME! *clap, clap, clapclapclap*" now rings throughout the arena.
PAC is back up and he hits Zayn with a German Suplex. Black is back up, and he lays into PAC with punches and kicks, but PAC catches him with a quick Superkick, followed by a Dropsault to take down the Ring Warriors No Limits champion. AJ Styles manages to go over and catch PAC with a kick to the gut and then a forearm to the back, before trying for a Vertical Suplex, but PAC floats over it... and AJ catches him with a Pele Kick! These guys just have an answer for everything!
AJ begins to climb the side of the cage now, and he is going for the cable slowly but surely. Black is back up, and he pretty quickly scales the turnbuckles and grabs Styles by the leg. Styles and Black fight up top, Styles raining down punches, but Black tries to grab him into the Powerbomb position. Zayn is back up, though, and he begins to scale as well. Styles is still fighting Black, and Black switches to an Electric Chair Position, his head between Styles legs as he tries to send him backwards off of the cage. Zayn sends kicks into the side of Black as PAC begins to scale the complete other side of the cage, saying to Hell with all of them. Zayn leaps sideways, twisting and grabbing Black by the legs...
SUNSET FLIP TOWER OF DOOM POWERBOMB OFF THE CAGE, SMASHING STYLES AND BLACK INTO THE MAT!
Styles and Black lay in a heap on the mat as Zayn tries to pick himself back up, having executed yet another amazing move in this match. PAC, though, has a big move of his own in mind, jumping backwards with a corkscrew and hitting a 630 SENTON FROM THE TOP OF THE CAGE AND LANDING ON TOP OF BOTH STYLES AND BLACK! WHAT AN AMAZING MOVE!
The fans are just chanting so many different things, it's hard to say, but the roar in this arena is just deafening. Zayn grabs PAC, as Danielson is finally trying to pull himself up on the cage, still favoring his neck after taking that BRAINBUSTAH variation that went awry. Zayn attempts a Brainbuster on PAC, but PAC knees his way out of it and goes for another German Suplex, but Zayn elbows his way out and both men clothesline each other down to the mat!
They stir, and Danielson sees them getting to their knees. Zayn throws a punch at PAC, and PAC answers with an open hand strike, but Danielson rushes, screaming out as he does and PLOWS THEM with a Double Dropkick to the face, flying into the buckles as he does with tremendous force! "The American Dragon" is back in this thing!
Both men seem to be KO'd by that blow, and with Black and Styles both feeling like death after being squashed by that 630 Senton from the top of the cage, among all of the other things that have happened to them, Danielson manages to scale up the cage, make his way across the cable, and retrieve his title to the roar of the crowd before anybody can really even make any kind of attempt to do anything to stop him.
Bryan Danielson has retained his championship, and these fans are on their feet, giving these men a five minute standing ovation!
"Excuse my language, kids cover your ears, but as all of these fans have said... 'Holy SHIT!' What a match! Congrats to Danielson on this one!"
Mick Foley obviously approves.
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SEGMENT
As the ring is being repaired after that crazy Crossfire Cage match, we cut to another segment.
We see a hype video package for the next contest, as everything each man has been involved with regarding the World Heavyweight title is detailed, including previous matches, different run ins, and the announcement that Alberto Del Rio would be the special guest referee. The package ends with Del Rio running off The Prophecy from the ring at a recent Ring Warriors show and smiling, and then we head to the ring for the official introductions.
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NWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE
TRIANGLE MATCH
Chris Dickinson vs. Kyle Matthews (c) vs. Jon Moxley
Special Referee: Alberto Del Rio
Dickinson and Moxley were just in a war of a cage match on Thursday night, which worked in the favor of the champion. Matthews would actually try to hit and run early, initiating the early attacks, targetting Moxley's damaged mid-section from the cage match and trying to bust back open the wounds on the foreheads both men received in that contest. Matthews would get caught by a big boot from Dickinson as he was running at him, and that turned out to be bad for the champion. Moxley and Dickinson would take turns kicking and dropping elbows on him, before tossing him out of the ring.
From there, Moxley and Dickinson would exchange blows and pick up somewhat where they left off on Thursday, Dickinson sending knees into Moxley's mid-section as Moxley tried to rip and gauge his opponent's eyes out. Alberto tried to intervene, but Moxley shoved him away, causing Alberto to actually shove Moxley backwards, getting a big cheer from these fans as Dickinson rolled him up for a fast counted two. Moxley looked furious, but didn't have time to fume, as Dickinson kicked him across the face.
Dickinson would begin blatantly choking Moxley with both hands, rolling his eyes in the back of his head and looking like a man possessed, causing Alberto to try and pry him off of Moxley. Dickinson would get in the face of Alberto, as Matthews made his way back into the ring. Matthews would grab Dickinson from behind and swinging him around, looking for a clothesline, but Dickinson ducks and Matthews catches Alberto with the move, sending him right out of the ring!
Matthews is a little stunned by this, but turns and catches a big shoot kick right to his chest. Dickinson lights him up with a series of open hand strikes to the face before running off the ropes, but Matthews manages to catch him with a basement dropkick to his once injured knee, the champion knowing both challengers very well and all of their past maladies.
Moxley is back up, though, and he gives "The Anti-Christ" a major pounding in the corner, bringing him out of the corner staggering and leveling him with a big clothesline. Moxley tries to cover, but Del Rio has yet to make his way back into the ring. Moxley yells out to ADR, who is taking his time shaking off the cobwebs, and his prodding doesn't seem to be helping his case. Moxley turns and catches a big Running Boot to the side of the face from Dickinson, followed by a Side Suplex right on the back of his neck!
Dickinson covers, and Alberto is back in, trying to count out Moxley again, but Matthews grabs Dickinson and pulls him off, locking on a Heel Hook! Matthews used this very move to end Dickinson in their first encounter back in April, and he's hoping to make this a relatively short night to night, desperately twisting and trying to make the "Original Death Machine" tap. This move is very deadly, and Dickinson looks like he is considering it, but manages to use his power and weight advantage to create enough momentum to turn it over and grab the bottom rope, getting the break. Matthews hangs on, though, and Alberto begins grabbing at him, trying to pull him off, and now he and Matthews are getting into it!
Alberto is having a lot of trouble with these three, as was expected.
Matthews shoves Alberto back, and Alberto shoves him right back, and it's Moxley who catches Matthews with a big jumping running knee strike to take him down. Moxley lifts him up and he's looking for the Headlock Driver, but Matthews slips out and jumps on his back, trying to spider his way into a Hidaka Lock, but Moxley elbows his way out and grabs Matthews head, adjusting him on his back and driving him to the canvas with an Air Raid Crash!
Moxley covers, thinking he might have it, but Dickinson grabs him by the waist and lifts him up, dead lifting the leader of TOXIC and driving him on the back of his head with a German Suplex! What power from Dickinson! Dickinson lifts up Matthews off of the mat, sending multiple kicks to his face as he holds his head down, and then pulls him up into a front chancery. Dickinson looks for a Vertical Suplex or Brainbuster, but Matthews knees his way out of it, and then plants Dickinson with a hard DDT!
Matthews takes a second to recover, as Dickinson rolls on the mat, and it's official... the wound opened on Dickinson's forehead on Thursday has been re-opened!
The Prophecy of D'Angelo Dinero, Azrieal, Dan Maff, and Jack Swagger all make their way out now, having been somewhat conspicuous in their absence, but ADR had promised to keep this match free of any kind of outside interference. And in a huge guerrilla style attack, out of the crowd around the ramp comes Sami Callihan, Jimmy Jacobs, Rocky Romero, and Davey Richards, the members of TOXIC attacking their sworn enemies!
This huge brawl erupts, and Alberto Del Rio starts yelling at all of them, leaving the ring and trying to shove and push all of them away from the action. Matthews uses the distraction to go to the outside and grab a chair, and promptly uses said chair to catch Moxley in the ribs with it, but into the ring as slid Davey Richards, who uses a Spinning Wheel Kick to send that chair right back into the champion's face, getting a big reaction from the crowd!
Richards slips out of the ring, but into the ring comes Jack Swagger, who sees Chris Dickinson trying to pick up the pieces, and sends him out of the ring with a big clothesline, flying over with him to also try to hide his interference, Alberto still caught up in all of the ensuing mayhem on the outside.
As officials and road agents all come out and try to contain the action, Alberto makes his way back into the ring, where Moxley is holding his injured ribs but stalking Matthews, who is getting up to a knee. Moxley rushes, looking for his Knee Strike to the face, but Matthews dodges it, tripping up Moxley and taking him down. Matthews grabs Moxley into a Rings of Saturn hold, locking up both of his arms with a leg scissors and a chickenwing hold, and then uses his free arm to send repeated, grinding elbows into his injured rib cage!
Moxley has no choice, the pain being too excruciating, and Alberto has no choice but to call it. Kyle Matthews has retained!
Matthews grabs his title, holding it dearly, and then forces Alberto with a smile to grab his wrist and raise his hand. Alberto begrudgingly does so, and Matthews has a big smile on his face, only to get caught with a spin kick to the gut from the former champion! Alberto then grabs Matthews arm and rolls him over, locking on the Cross Armbar!
The champion is in all kinds of pain, and with The Prophecy pre-occupied and being contained in the back, he has no one to help him! He's screaming, trying to get to the ropes, but Chris Dickinson is back in the ring and he steps on Matthews' flailing arm and then drops down to a knee, pressing it against his bicep and causing him even more agony.
You can see the words mouthed by Dickinson here, as he ominously informs Matthews.
"Your days are numbered!"
And that concludes this year's Great American Bash! Thank you to everyone who made this possible!
