(01.11.14) CPW The Main Event

[sam]

Announcers : Taz, Arn Anderson and Michael Cole
Date : 01.11.14
Location : CPW Arena, City of Industry, CA

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CPW Junior Heavyweight Championship Match : AJ Styles (c) pinned Trent Barreta with the Styles Clash in 11:30 to retain the CPW Junior Heavyweight Championship.

One on One Match : Alex Riley pinned Antonio Banks after a waistlock Suplex in 09:03.

Tag Team Match: The Impact Players (Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins) defeated Team 3G (Joe Hennig and Bo Dallas) when Curt Hawkins pinned Joe Hennig after an inside cradle in 03:45.

One on One Match : Christian pinned Eric Young after a flying forearm in 08:53.

CPW Tag Team Championship Match : Chris Jericho & Paul Burchill defeated Rey Escorpion & Dragon Rojo Jr. (c) when Paul Burchill pinned Rey Escorpion after a swinging Neckbreaker in 16:20 to win the CPW Tag Team Championships.

One on One Match : The Miz pinned Shelton Benjamin after a reverse neckbreaker in 06:10.

One on One Match : Alberto Del Rio pined Ken Anderson in 12:43

CPW Television Championship Match : Rob Van Dam (c) pinned Kofi Kingston after a Northern Lights suplex in 12:17 to retain the CPW Television Championship.

Cage Match : Harry Smith defeated Rhino by escaping the cage in 14:17 to earn a trip to StarrCade.

• AJ Styles and Trent Barreta put on a hell of an opener. Both men showed that you don't have to be the biggest to be one of the best. After the match, they shook hands.
• The Impact Players again amazed the fans with their team work. They introduced their new team name and their new manager... Sting!
• Christian and Eric Young worked well together in this match.
• Chris Jericho & Paul Burchill are once again the CPW Tag Team Champions after a hard fought win. They looked more like a team, and less like a pair thrown together. They once again challenged any team to a match, then they challenged the NWA World Tag Team Champions to a match, saying that they were the best team in the NWA right now!
• The Miz was all business. He was on top of his game and while Shelton looked to make a come back, Miz shut him down with a low blow that ended Shelton's momentum.
• Alberto Del Rio said that at StarrCade, he would face Kyle Mathews... in a Last Man Standing Match!
• Rob Van Dam continues to impress. His win over Kofi shows that he can adapt to almost any competitor.
• Harry Smith and Rhino battled in a bloody cage match for the final spot in the North American Match at StarrCade. Both men were hungry for the opportunity, but Smith was just a bit more. Both men nearly killed themselves and the other in an attempt to win. In the end, it was a race up and over. With both men at the top and Rhino starting his decent, Harry leapt off the top of the cage and crashed threw the announcers table to reach the ground first! The fans were chanting "HOLLY SHIT!" and "THIS IS AWESOME! the whole match for both men"

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Harry Smith managing to get the win and head to StarrCade is great, as he is becoming a huge star and prospect for you. The Last Man Standing match also seems like a great prospect for Del Rio and Matthews. Kofi is a very, very good match for Rob Van Dam, as the two share a very similar style and with Rob being able to overcome the youthful vigor of Kingston he shows he's still one of the best in the game.

[steve]

Just getting back into people's products. But good couple of recent shows from Sam. Shame Shelton couldn't turn his win over Kofi on the previous show into a win over Miz to build some momentum but Miz was determined and a good push for him is something I highly approve of. Still alot you can do with that guy IMO.

Kofi suffers another loss, this time in a TV Title match. Was surprised to see him gain a TV Title match really after a loss to Shelton but it's good match-making none the less. I visualise an RVD-Kofi match to be either a short blast of a 100mph balls-to-the-wall match or a longer gimmick match. The middle ground I can see it plodding a little, with a few botches and not enough story telling in the ring, so I'd prefer to keep it just a tad shorter or perhaps a longer rematch in a Ladder or Falls Count Anywhere match, I'd defo tune in to see that if that was to happen in CPW.

Sting with the Impact Players, Ryder & Hawkins, is interesting...any backstory?

The tag title switch in the middle of the show, with it being the longest match, seems a little weird for the pacing of the show and positioning but I can understand why you did it with the title change.

Harry Smith showed his mettle in the main-event, which was a good finish chucking himself off the cage. Sacrificing his own body to get the win, showed he really really wanted the spot at Starcade and makes his character a lot more intense, daredevil-like and to be taken seriously. Good show.

[cdw]

Good show, congrats on the new Tag Champs. Sting as the Impact Players manager is way cool.

[Dustin Salyers]

Just playing a little catch up here...

I have a feeling that the match of the night was between Styles & Barreta... hopefully this becomes an ongoing story centered around the CPW Jr. Heavyweight Championship. Hopefully the addition of Sting will add something to the Impact Players team but I would have loved to see Team 3G get the new name and a winning streak started. Jericho & Burchill winning was a bit obvious with the lack of a member in Mexico now, so hopefully the Impact Players will see a move towards a program for the CPW Tag Team Championships. ADR, Mathews & Smith at StarrCade will definitely increase the buyrate... all great ideas Sam.

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Solid card here as always, lots of quality matchups. Smith/Rhino seems like it was a very wild match, and Smith certainly had to earn his spot in the NA Title match. Kyle Matthews will be ready for Alberto Del Rio, being in the know I think everyone is going to be blown away with the blowoff match in their feud. Glad to see Jericho and Burchill continuing to do well, while I don't know if I'd want to see them as World Tag Champs, I have no doubts that they would be good champs based on their CPW success. Anyways, good show man.