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The PPV is only 2 Sundays away and there is still lots going on. GM Max McGillicutty comes out and says that
the Steel Curtain will be in action tonight against a team whom he brought in
for a “One Night Only” special. He
thinks the crowd will appreciate it. In
other action, there will be another King of the Ring qualifier and we’ll see
Sonic Blade defend his Intercontinental Championship against Ethan Carter
III. Tonight, tag team action will kick
off the show. Max leaves.
A
golden aura illuminates the ramp and the ring as the Dust Brothers – Goldust
and Stardust make their way to the ring.
Their music and lights go off as their opponents come out to
“Whaaaaasssapppppp!” and the Dudley Boys (D-Von and Bubba) make their way to
the ring. This was a relatively short
match as the Dudleys immediately double teamed the brothers. It wasn’t until 3 minutes in before Stardust
got one shot off. Bubba came in and
yelled “D-VON…Get the Tables!” D-Von
went outside and set up a table. He then
tagged to Bubba to be the legal man. He
took Stardust out of the ring and powerbombed him through the table. D-Von got back in the ring and the ref
counted Stardust down and out. The
Dudley’s get the win. Goldust went to fetch
his brother and helped him to the back.
(4 min)
In
the interview area, A-Team member Alberto Del Rio issues a challenge to Bobby
Lashley for his spot in the World title lineup.
Lashley is a man of honor so it is expected he’ll accept.
Walking
in through the back is AJ Styles.
Clarkus Kentus approaches him and says that the X-Factor are taking on
the Shield tonight. AJ says it doesn’t
matter who they are, the Shield, the Enforcers, whomever, they will dismantle
them all. Enforcer member Mark Henry
walks up and asks “so you think you can ‘dismantle’ me?” He and AJ have a staredown before AJ just
walks away.
The
Steel Curtain (Buzz and Starbuck Steel) make their way out to a nice pop from
the crowd. New music hits and…hang on…we
recognize this music. Holy crap! It’s the Mexicali Flyers (Tornado en Fuego
& El Dragon Insano)! They have
returned “home” after being gone a year.
We then remember that they are only here for one night and the ovation
they received was deafening. After the
crowd finally stared to calm down, the match began. Both teams were evenly matched up and neither
would give an inch. At one point,
Starbuck and Dragon were fighting on the outside of the ring. El Dragon hopped up on the ring and
dropkicked Starbuck. Starbuck barely
made it back in before the 10 count.
Both teams continued to battle (and lots of tagging in/out) and it
wasn’t until Buzz caught Tornado en Fuego with the Buzzkill (Insuguri) that
they got their win. (14 min) After the match, the Ascension hit the ring
and tried to attack the Steel Curtain but SC and the Flyers teamed together and
dispatched the Ascension. The Flyers and
Steel Curtain shook hands and celebrated in the ring before departing.
As
expected, Bobby Lashley did accept the match so that will be happening tonight.
The
next match begins with the Canadians (The Savior and Drew, the Canadian Love
Machine) make their way out to a pop from the crowd. It gets cut off when US Champion Phat Sol and
North American Champion Kevin Owens make their way out. Phat has a mic and he says that the Canadians
are invading the US and must be stopped.
Huh? Whatever. The champs head to the ring and the match
begins. The first 3 minutes of the match
were rough for the Canadians but they eventually found their groove and started
owning the champs. At one point, the
Savior and Kevin Owens were fighting on the outside of the ring and as the ref
neared the 10 count it seemed that the match would end up in a double
countout. Phat came to his partners aid
after dropping the Savior with a chair shot.
Drew, on the inside of the ring insisted Phat be disqualified but the
ref didn’t see it as he was busy trying to send Drew back to his corner. Kevin recovered enough to deliver an Apron
bomb from the ring to the floor.
SPLAT! Kevin stood over the
Savior as the crowd booed loudly. Just
before the ref counted to 10, Kevin rolled back into the ring just in
time. Phat Sol and Kevin Owens win this
one via countout. Drew, not happy with
the decision, attacked both men and drove them from the ring. He then went to help his partner so seemed
to be ok. Drew scowled as he helped his
partner to the back. (6 ½ min)
In
the back, the Undertaker issues a challenge to Kurt Angle for the #1 spot for
the CSWA world title and that match should happen at the PPV. We’ll wait to hear Angle’s response.
We
head back to the ring for our next match, a King of the Ring qualifier with
Zach Ryder taking on Kalisto. Normally
Kalisto would have been the favorite but Zach Ryder, tired of being left in the
shadows, put his heart and soul into this match and it showed. He totally dominated his challenger for the
entire match and after dropping Kalisto with a swinging neckbreaker, he made
the cover and got the win. Ryder moves
on in the King of the Ring tournament.
(13 min)
We
go back to the interview area and Lucas Johnston calls out Dr. Red Fang and
challenges him to a match at King of the Ring.
Fang walks over but a bunch of refs and shirts get in the middle. Fang says “Yell at me again and I’ll choke
you out!” Johnston tells Fang to bring
it and both almost come to blows but order is restored fairly quickly.
Our
next match begins with The Ascension w/ MJ making their way to the ring. They are followed by their opponents from the
A-Team Antonio Cesaro & Adrian Neville.
It also so happens that the Steel Curtain (Buzz and Starbuck Steel) come
down and sit at ringside. The Ascension
are not happy about that. And they
showed their displeasure by taking it out on the A-Team and BOY, did they
ever. They tore through the A-Team like
a hot knife through butter and even had time to jaw-jack with the Steel
Curtain. After things almost got physical,
the Steel Curtain decided they’d had enough and they attacked the Ascension
causing a DQ. The Steel Curtain beat
down on the Ascension while MJ trailed yelling obscenities at them. The Ascension get the DQ win. (22 min)
We
go to the back and Alberto Del Rio sees the card line up and questions why he’s
not in the main event. GM Max
McGillicutty tells him that IC Champ Sonic Blade gets that honor tonight. Del Rio walks away shaking his head.
We
return to the action with 6 man tag team action. The Shield vs the X-Factor for placement in
the Tag Team top 10. Right off the bat,
all 3 men were in the ring and Enforcer member Mark Henry walks down and pulls
AJ off the apron and he hits his head on the stairs and was out cold. Henry then left (the ref apparently never
saw anything). This left Aries and
Daniels on their own but they wouldn’t let Daniels in the ring. The Shield kept Aries sequestered and Daniels
got tired of waiting so he grabbed a chair on his own and he got
disqualified. The Shield then got beat
by Daniels swinging the chair and he chased them from the ring. Medics came out to take AJ to the back. (4 ½ min)
In
the interview area, IC Champ Sonic Blade says he’s ready for his title
defense. He knows that he needs to stay
atop his game as the best in the business are gunning for him.
It’s
time for our second to last match of the night.
A-Team leader Alberto Del Rio comes out first still mumbling that he
should be in the main event. His
challenger Bobby Lashley comes out. This
match is for Bobby’s spot in the World title rankings. Alberto tried for some cheap shots on Lashley
but Bobby just didn’t allow it. When he
realized he wasn’t going to get ahead by cheating, he walked out of the
match. Bobby retains his spot for the World
title by countout. (5 min)
Kurt
Angle is in the back and he has a reply for the Undertaker: Yes, I’ll accept your challenge and I will be
victorious. It’s True, its DAMN True.”
Elsewhere
in the back, CJ says that carrying the Hardcore title was in the plans however
plans change and he is now putting all his focus and efforts into the King of
the Ring tournament. No excuses, new
priorities. The PornStache can have his
fun in the sun…for now.
It’s
time for our Main Event with the Intercontinental title on the line. The Champ Sonic Blade defends the title
against Ethan Carter III. GM Max
McGillicutty comes out and says that he’s not going to allow this one (like the
last few matches) to end in a DQ or countout.
He wants to see a winner so he allows this match to be best of 3 falls
with a 60 minute time limit. The match
was pretty even and after Ethan missed a clothesline, Sonic locked in a reverse
cradle and got the 1-2-3 at the 11 minute mark.
The champ got the first fall.
ECIII comes back with a vengeance and takes the match to the champ. Ethan stuns the champ with a belly to back
suplex and with his feet on the ropes, secures the next fall at the 13 minute
mark. The champ battled back with
intensity but ECIII took many shortcuts.
Ethan dropped the champ again with a belly to back suplex and then took
a handful of tights and feet on the bottom rope, he got the 1-2-3. Ethan Carter III has just become the NEW
Intercontinental Champion. Sonic Blade
is beside himself. He tried to point out
the illegal maneuver to the ref but it fell on deaf ears. GM Max comes back out and congratulates Ethan
on his win and tells him that he will have to defend the belt in a rematch with
Sonic Blade at King of the Ring. Sonic
smiles as he leaves the ring and Ethan is left in the ring throwing a tantrum
as the show comes to an end.
Thanks
for reading. Stay tuned for more action.
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