Rocky Mountain Warfare 2016
Sunday, May 8, 2016
From the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta
Live Attendance: 17 189
Tonight’s Broadcast Features the Ringside Commentary Teams of
Ed Whalen and Vampiro (English)
Marc Blondin and René Goulet (Français)
With backstage interviews conducted by
Jeremy Borash and SoCal Val
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VS. VS. VS. Pre-Show Bonus Match
Angelina Love vs. Paige vs. Ivelisse vs. Natalya Neidhart This fatal fourway match started the night off on the right foot, as the hometown girl, Natalya Neidhart picked up the win by putting Angelina Love in the sharpshooter and forcing her to tap out.
Official Decision: Natalya Neidhart wins by submission.
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VS. VS.
The Brain Busters vs. The Crew vs. reDRagon vs. The Vachons The Brain Busters won this hectic 4-team brawl when they were able to give Butcher Vachon a spike piledriver. Anderson covered him for the pin. This win came shortly after they were able to break up a pinfall by Bobby Fish on Mr. Cisco after reDRagon gave him Chasing the Dragon. The Brain Busters managed to clear the ring off both of those teams and then, moments later, toss Mad Dog Vachon from the ring before finishing off the Butcher.
Official Decision: The Brain Busters win by pinfall.
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VS.
Trish Stratus & Chyna vs. Gail Kim & Nia Jax Trish Stratus and Chyna picked up the win by pinfall after Stratus gave Stratusfaction to Kim and covered her as Chyna knocked Jax out of the ring with a big running clothesline. Kim and Jax isolated Stratus for much of the much, but a hot tag to Chyna allowed her to come in and take control of the match for their team. However, soon, a 2-on-1 situation required that Chyna tag out, which led to Stratus coming back in and quickly rallying to get the win for their team.
Official Decision: Trish Stratus & Chyna win by pinfall.
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VS. Women’s Championship Match
Charlotte Flair vs. Sexy Star Charlotte Flair and Sexy Star wrestled for a solid 20-minutes in which Flair kept trying to force Sexy Star to give up. However, there is no quit in Sexy Star. She refused to give up. Even when Flair put her in the figure eight leg lock, a move that has proved impossible to reverse, Sexy Star did not give up, rather she forced the hold to be broken with a rope break. Sexy Star also tried to force Flair to give up when she applied a cross armbreaker, but Flair used her long legs to get her toes on the bottom rope. Later, when Flair attempted a vertical suplex, Sexy Star dropped down onto her feet, behind the champion, then jumped on her back with a sleeper hold. Flair spun around fervently and then broke it by backing into the corner. However, when she did that, the referee was trapped in the corner and got squashed into the turnbuckles. After that, Flair took advantage of the situation by grabbing her title and bringing it into the ring to use as a weapon. Flair swung it at Sexy Star, but she ducked it. Then, Sexy Star kicked Flair hard in the mid-section, causing the title to hit the mat. After that, Sexy Star gave Flair a DDT onto the title belt and pinned her. 1…2…3! Sexy Star wins the Women’s Championship! As Sexy Star is given the title and is celebrating, Flair sits up and is bleeding from the forehead. She complains to the referee that Sexy Star used the title as a weapon and implores him to check the title for traces of blood. He takes the title from Sexy Star and looks at it, spotting some blood on the belt’s big gold center plate. The referee gives the title back to Flair and declares that she wins the match via disqualification. Sexy Star pleads her case to the referee, but the decision is now final. Sexy Star has been robbed and Charlotte Flair remains the champion.
Official Decision: Charlotte Flair wins by disqualification.
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VS. VS. International Heavyweight Championship Match
“Nature Boy” Ric Flair vs. Bret Hart vs. Kurt Angle This was a classic 30-minute bout between three of the greatest wrestlers of all-time. All three men are revered for being able to bring the best out in their opponents. Putting them all in the same ring together could only do wonders. Kurt Angle came into this match as the only face, but he receives a mixed reaction from the partisan crowd, which is heavily behind the heel, Bret “The Hitman” Hart. He can do no wrong in his own backyard. The champion, “Nature Boy” Ric Flair is soundly booed, although the falls love to go
“Woooo!” so they don’t mind when he’s laying into someone – even their hometown hero – with some chops. Submission holds are huge in this match, but with three competitors, they aren’t the easiest way to achieve the goal of gaining a victory. Flair puts Angle in a figure four leg lock and keeps him from getting to the ropes, but Hart eventually breaks it before Angle gives up. A few minutes later, Hart tries to make Flair submit to the sharpshooter, but Angle breaks it up. Not long thereafter, Angle puts Hart in a devastating ankle lock to try to win the match, but then Flair chopblocks him and tries to put Angle in the figure four, only to have Angle quickly get to the ropes. As the match draws near its conclusion, Flair feels like it is slipping away from him. With Hart having trapped Angle in the sharpshooter, and copying his daughter’s lead, Flair grabs one of his title belts and enters the ring with it. He looks poised to hit Hart with it, but the referee sees him and gets in the way. He stops him from cheating and they get into a long argument. While they have their backs turned to Hart and Angle, Hart’s recent tag team partner, Chris Jericho, comes down to the ring and gives Hart the Codebreaker! He leaves the ring, allowing Flair to take advantage. He grabs Angle and throws him out of the ring and then pins Hart. 1…2…3! Ric Flair retains the International Heavyweight Champion. Chris Jericho gets huge heel heat for his part in causing Hart to lose the championship match in his hometown.
Official Decision: “Nature Boy” Ric Flair wins by pinfall.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN WARFARE MATCH
Rules: Two wrestlers start in the ring. Every 90-seconds, another wrestler joins the match. The only ways in which a wrestler can be eliminated is by pinfall or submission. The last wrestler standing wins the match and earns the right to compete against the Mash-Up Wrestling World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk, at AGPW’s biggest event of the year:
JOURNEY TO GREATNESS 2016!
The first two wrestlers in the match are the “Swiss Superman” Cesaro and “King of Strong Style” Shinsuke Nakamura are the first two wrestlers to enter into this year’s Rocky Mountain Warfare match. The two fan favourites face a huge uphill battle. Cesaro has no doubt been pencilled into the number one slot ever since he told “Nature Boy” Ric Flair that he was coming for his World Heavyweight Championship. Ed Whelan and Vampiro speculate that Flair paid Dario Cueto to secure the first spot for him. Cesaro and Nakamura shake hands to begin and then go to work on each other, countering and blocking many attacks. This goes on for the entire 90 seconds before our third competitor enters the contest.
The next wrestler entering the match is Test and he tees off on both of the fan favourites with running big boots to the face. He sends Cesaro crashing to the mat with a fireman’s carry swinging cutter and then executes a full-nelson slam on Nakamura. He covers Nakamura, but he kicks out. Test tries to knock his head off with a hard running clothesline, but Nakamura ducks it and then pummels his legs with hard shoot kicks and hits a spinning back kick to knock him down.
The King of Cuteville is the next man to enter the contest. He comes into the ring and immediately gives Cesaro a missile dropkick. Then, he tosses Cesaro out of the ring and takes the fight to him on the outside. Meanwhile, Test reverses a whip into the corner and charges in, going for a running big boot, but Nakamura moves and Test gets his leg hung up on the top rope. Nakamura does a middle-rope springboard front face kick to knock Test down to the floor.
Jacques Rougeau comes into the match next and he rough houses it with Nakamura, hitting him with the best dropkick in the business. Meanwhile, Breeze has Cesaro pinned up to a ring post and goes for the Beauty Shot, but Cesaro gets out of the way and Breeze’s foot hits the steel hard! Test comes running at Cesaro and gets a back body drop onto the floor.
Raymond Rougeau comes into the ring at number 6. He and his brother double team Nakamura and quickly execute La Bombe de Rougeau. They cannot capitalize on it as they see Cesaro coming into the ring and have to deal with him. Soon, Breeze and Test are in the ring. Before long, Nakamura is out on the floor, and Breeze, Test, and both Rougeaus are in one corner each, which enables Cesaro to run to every corner of the ring, nailing everyone with running European uppercuts. He finishes of the sequence by running to the ropes and hitting Test with a running dropkick. He pins him. 1…2…3!
Test has been eliminated. The first surprise entrant of the contest, in at number 7, Lance Storm, who hails from this very city. What is it called? “Calgary (dramatic pause), Alberta, Canada.” He gets a huge pop for entering the match and hitting Breeze with a springboard clothesline on his way into the ring. While he and Breeze fight. Cesaro and Nakamura get the better of both Rougeaus, with Cesaro giving Raymond the Neutralizer and Nakamura nailing Jacques with Boma Ye! Both of the
Fabulous Rougeau Brothers have been eliminated, about 10 seconds apart.
I’m afraid I’ve got some bad news. No, it’s not Wade Barrett. It’s the original purveyor of bad news – the 2-time Pan American Games Gold Medalist and Olympic Bronze Medalist in Judo – Bad News Brown! He comes into the ring and immediately makes a statement by giving Cesaro a powerslam and then taking Storm out of the ring. He follows him to the outside to brawl. Back in the ring, Breeze climbs the turnbuckle, but Nakamura bounces into the ropes and he falls onto the top turnbuckle. Nakamura drapes him over the top rope and nails a running high knee lift on him, then gives him an inverted exploder suplex and finishes him off with the Boma Ye! 1…2…3! That’s his second victim of the night.
Tyler Breeze has been eliminated.Coming in at number 9 is the fan favourite from the 6-1-9: Rey Mysterio Jr! He brings some exciting lucha maneuvers into action as he mixes it up with everyone. He attempts to give the 6-1-9 to Cesaro, but he catches Rey’s legs and then drags him into the middle of the ring and gives him the Cesaro Swing! He spins Rey around to the count of thirty before dropping him and going for the sharpshooter, but Bad News Brown grabs him from behind and gives him a release German suplex! Brown then starts to brawl with Nakamura.
Coming in at number 10 is “Killer” Karl Krupp, who enters the ring with his riding crop and whips everyone in sight. Everyone takes a few lashings from him until Mysterio sneaks away and then executes the West Coast Pop on him. He cradles for the pin, but Krupp manages to just kick out of it and then he scrambles away out of the ring. Both then Mysterio runs and leaps over the top rope, executes a somersault senton transitioned into a hurricanrana! He gets a huge pop for that.
Pentagon Jr. is in next. He comes down to the ring with a steel chair in his hands and he hits Mysterio with it before entering the ring and hitting Cesaro and Lance Storm. His chair shot party is put to an end when Nakamura comes up from behind him and executes a double knee backbreaker! Then, he takes the chair and drills Pentagon Jr. over the head with it! Brown tackles Nakamura and pummels him with his fists as the referee clears the chair out of the ring.
Big Ryck is the next man entering the match and he doesn’t come alone. He has The Crew with him. They come in and start cleaning house. Cortez Castro hits everyone in sight with his Singapore Cane, while Mr. Cisco tees off on people with a steel chair. They bring a table into the ring and that spells doom for hometown hero Lance Storm as Big Ryck puts him through it with a Ryck Bottom. 1…2…3!
Lance Storm has been eliminated. The retaliation comes from Mysterio, Pentagon and Cesaro. It looks like a 6-man tag team brawl inside of the ring, while on the outside, Krupp is going to work on Nakamura.
The next surprise entrant into the match is Chyna. She comes in and helps everyone deal with The Crew. Mr. Cisco receives a DDT and Cortez Castro gets thrown out to the floor with a gorilla press! Cesaro and Mysterio are unsure about locking up with her, which gets them both attacked from behind by Big Ryck and Pentagon. Pentagon and Cesaro head to the outside, where Bad News Brown joins in the ringside brawl. Big Ryck traps Mysterio in the corner and shows him huge disrespect by trying to rip his mask off, so Chyna attacks him from behind. Ryck turns around and throws her across the ring. He walks up to her while laughing. He isn’t afraid to strike a woman. He goes for a right hand. Chyna ducks and gives him a low blow and then gives him the Pedigree! 1…2…3!
Big Ryck has been eliminated.Uh-oh! Business is about to pick up as the Samoan Submission Machine, accompanied by Sensational Sherri, comes to the ring next. He doesn’t actually enter the ring right away as he finds Cesaro on the outside and decides to bring the fight to him. Meanwhile, inside of the ring, with have a strong style standoff between Nakamura and Brown. It’s a martial arts battle between the two men trained in different techniques.
Closing out the first half of the field, entering at number 15, is Leo Burke, who also has quite a past competing in Stampede Wrestling. He comes into the ring and goes right after Bad News Brown, giving him rolling German suplexes. After Samoa Joe picks up Mysterio and throws him out of the ring, into a pile of wrestlers, knocking them all down, Burke comes up from behind him and hits him with a dropkick that sends him falling out of the ring. Then, Krupp enters the ring with his riding crop back in hand and starts whipping him with it.
Alberto El Patron is the next entrant in the contest and he has step-up enzuigiri kicks for everyone in sight. He hits Cesaro, Joe and Nakamura with them. He knocks Brown off of the ring apron with a superkick. The only person left standing is Chyna and he challenges her to step up to the plate. Chyna comes at her, but he blocks her attack and then pulls on her hair (classic heel move). Then, he drops her with a short-arm clothesline. El Patron is calling for the cross armbreaker, but his long-time rival, Mysterio, comes into the ring with a seated springboard senton to save Chyna from that. While Mysterio and El Patron fight, Pentagon Jr. comes into the ring from behind and gives Chyna a double knee backbreaker. Then, he picks up Chyna and gives her a Pentagon Driver. 1…2…3!
Chyna has been eliminated. Pentagon Jr. threatens to break Chyna’s arm as a sacrifice to his master, but just as he sets up for it, our next entrant comes rushing down to the ring.
It’s the Blue Blazer and he’s here to save the day! He attacks Pentagon Jr., who tries to stop the onslaught, but to no avail. He gives him an overhead belly-to-belly suplex, then a leg feed enzuigiri kick and puts him in the Sharpshooter! Pentagon Jr. has no way to escape and taps out as the fans chant
“Owen! Owen! Owen!” Pentagon Jr. has been eliminated. After that, the Blue Blazer gets into a fight with Samoa Joe and does a pretty good job of holding his own against the Samoan Submission Machine, but eventually gets thrown clear over the top rope.
In at number 18 is the “Rated R Superstar,” and one half of the North American Tag Team Champions, Edge! He comes into the ring and goes straight after Samoa Joe. Meanwhile, Krupp and Burke brawl their way back into the ring. Krupp drops Burke with a spinebuster and then signals that he is going to give him the Iron Claw, but Edge spears him out of his boots and pins him. 1…2…3!
“Killer” Karl Krupp has been eliminated. Blue Blazer comes back into the ring, but as he does, Pentagon Jr runs down and nails him with multiple chair shots. He throws him at Samoa Joe’s feet. Joe wastes no time in putting him in the Coquina Clutch. The Blue Blazer does not respond to the referee. As a result, the
Blue Blazer has been eliminated.The next surprise entrant in tonight’s match is the “Lone Wolf” Baron Corbin, who makes his Mash-Up Wrestling debut by immediately making an impact upon entering the ring. Just as he walks into the ring, he coldcocks Burke with a stiff right hand and then nails Mysterio with one, too. Meanwhile, Nakamura just finishes propping Brown up in the corner and does a backwards somersault to prepare for his running high knee lift, only he is turned right around and planted into the mat with the End of Days! 1…2…3! Next, Burke comes at him and gets dropped with a big boot and then he receives the End of Days! 1…2…3! Corbin gets up and sees Mysterio coming at him and counters a move into Deep Six! He pins. 1…2…3!
Shinsuke Nakamura, Leo Burke and Rey Mysterio Jr. have all been eliminated. Meanwhile, as Brown gets down from corner ropes, he receives a spear from Edge! 1…2…3!
Bad News Brown has been eliminated. And just like that, the field has been thinned out considerably with El Patron and Cesaro fighting outside of the ring and Corbin, Joe and Edge staring each other down as they wait to see who comes next.
And that is the Ultimo Dragon! He enters the ring and Corbin tries to clothesline him. Ultimo Dragon ducks that attempt, runs to the far ropes and returns to take him down with tilt-a-whirl headscissors. While that is happening, Joe tries to strike Edge, but he sees it coming and they end up duking it out. Ultimo Dragon gives Corbin the Dragon Combo of kicks and then very impressively executes a bridging Dragon suplex on him for a 2-count. Corbin heads to the outside and gets caught in the middle a fight between El Patron and Cesaro. Ultimo Dragon takes them all out with a corkscrew plancha!
The Man-Beast Rhino is the next man to enter the match and he right into the ring to butt heads with Samoa Joe. They engage in a nasty fist fight in the middle of the ring that is finally won by Rhino. However, he is unable to capitalize on it as he gets trip up from the outside and pulled out to the floor by Corbin, who then whips him hard into the guardrail and then clotheslines him into the crowd. Corbin turns around and ends up flying over the guardrail, himself, when Cesaro nails him with a running European uppercut.
Entering the ring at number 22 is Sensational Sherri’s other monster, “The Animal” Batista. And right away he makes his presence felt by giving Ultimo Dragon a spinebuster! He sees Edge putting the boots to Joe in the corner and goes in to save him. They spend the next minute double teaming him and trying to eliminate him to no avail. Edge holds on just long enough for his tag team partner to come to his aid.
And that is because Christian drew number 23 and is the next man to come into the ring. He comes to the aid of his partner by attacking Batista, who whips him into the corner and charges after him. Christian stops him with a back kick and then takes him down with a corner springboard sunset flip for a 2-count. Joe tries to attack him, but gets a drop toehold that drapes him over the middle rope. Christian jumps onto his back and stands on it. Then, he slingshots himself over the ropes and slaps Joe in the face. El Patron hits him with a superkick to take him out of the picture.
Next, Yoshihiro Tajiri comes out. He doesn’t even make it into the ring before he gets into a scrap with Corbin. Meanwhile, El Patron climbs to the top turnbuckle and gives Edge a diving double axehandle smash to the back of the head before getting taken down by Cesaro with a diving crossbody. Cesaro rolls through and holds onto him, but then gets leveled with a spear by Batista! El Patron falls out of the ring. Before Batista can capitalize, Rhino nails him with the GORE! GORE! GORE! He goes for the pin, but Joe breaks it up. After knocking him around for a while outside of the ring, Corbin rolls Tajiri into the ring and whips him into the corner. He charges after him, but hits the turnbuckle and then gets pulled into the Tarantula!
Coming to the ring at number 25: It’s time! It’s time! It’s VADER TIME! Bobby “The Brain” Heenan comes down to the ring and immediately grabs a headset to let us all know that the field is about to be thinned out. And he is right. After Rhino clotheslines Joe to the floor, Vader levels him with a hard running clothesline before throwing him into the corner and nailing a running corner body splash on him, followed by the Vader Bomb! 1…2…3!
Rhino has been eliminated. Ultimo Dragon goes for a springboard crossbody, but Vader catches him and drops him into the mat with a fall forward slam. Then, he drags him into the corner and gives him the Vader Bomb! 1…2…3!
Ultimo Dragon has been eliminated. When Tajiri releases Corbin from the Tarantula, he’s pulled into the ring by Vader and given a powerbomb and then lifted into a second, release powerbomb. Vader gives him a body splash and covers him. 1…2…3!
Yoshihiro Tajiri has been eliminated.Another hometown boy is the next wrestler in the match. Despite being a heel since his return to action a couple of months ago, Tyson Kidd receives a very warm reception from the fans inside of the Saddledome. FACT. He gets into a battle with Christian, giving him a variety of kicks. Meanwhile, El Patron rolls Cesaro into the ring and signals that he’s going for the cross armbreaker. Cesaro blocks his attempt and then gives him the Neutralizer! He pins him. 1…2…3!
Alberto El Patron has been eliminated. Vader attacks Cesaro and decides to try to squash him with a moonsault from the top turnbuckle, but Cesaro narrowly escapes by rolling out of the way. When Vader gets to his feet, Kidd whips Christian towards him and Vader drops him with a Vader Attack! He goes for the pin, but Edge saves his partner, which results in him getting thrown from the ring and followed out to receive a beating.
Although Chris Jericho lost the match against Randy Savage to determine who would get to enter last in Rocky Mountain Warfare, he gets very lucky by drawing number 27. However, Jericho has barely entered the arena before he gets attacked by Bret Hart in the entrance aisle! Hart does a number on him, whipping him into the guardrails and giving him a vertical suplex on the exposed concrete. It is payback for costing him the International Heavyweight Championship earlier in the evening. Hart rolls Jericho into the ring, at Batista’s feet. He takes the gift, picking up Jericho and giving him a Batista Bomb! 1…2…3!
Chris Jericho has been eliminated.Coming in at number 28 is “Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase, who must have given Dario Cueto so much money that he didn’t just buy his way into the match, but also bought himself a great spot from which to come into the match. He’s accompanied by Virgil, who helps him dish out some punishment to Cesaro. Virgil dropkicks Cesaro out of the ring. They move on and target Christian. DiBiase puts him in the Million Dollar Dream, but Batista and Samoa Joe attack them. They pitch Virgil over the top rope as DiBiase tucks tail and bails on his own. Batista gives Christian a spear and then Joe gives him a running senton bomb. He pins him. 1…2…3!
Christian has been eliminated. Edge comes in an nails Batista with a spear! However, his pinfall attempt is broken up by Samoa Joe, who pulls him into a Coquina Clutch with body scissors. Edge ends up tapping out.
Edge has been eliminated.Unbelievable! Earlier in the match, we saw the Ninth Wonder of the World. Now, we’re seeing the Eighth Wonder of the World enter an AGPW ring for the very first time. It’s André Le Giant. For a moment, it is as if the match stands still. Everyone stops what they are doing. Outside of the ring, Vader stops pummeling Cesaro. Corbin, Virgil and DiBiase stop fighting to watch. Inside of the ring, Kidd, Batista and Joe stare at André as he walks down the aisle and up the ring steps. The moment he steps over the top rope, Kidd is seen hoping over the rope on the other side of the ring. Batista and Joe both try to attack, but André sends them flying in opposite directions with nasty headbutts. Corbin shows enough bravery to enter the ring and attack. André absorbs his right hands. Corbin runs to the ropes, but runs right into a hard forehead chop. André gives him two more and then drops him with a headbutt. He scoops him up and gives him a bodyslam and then a seated senton onto his chest. 1…2…3!
Baron Corbin has been eliminated. Then, suddenly, Batista and Joe pounce on him. DiBiase, Virgil and Kidd join in the attack. It’s 5-on-1 as the final entrant is announced.
“Macho Man” Randy Savage rounds out the 30-wrestler field. Cesaro has defied the odds by lasting the 42 minutes of the match so far. Joe has been in there for half the match. Batista, Vader, Kidd, DiBiase and André have all benefited from entering the ring in the twenties. Now, the Macho Man enters the fray and he runs in to nail his old nemesis, Batista with a pointed elbow. Then, he drills Joe with some elbows. André flings Virgil aside and throws Kidd out to the floor. DiBiase runs at him and eats a big boot. André walks across his stomach and then drops an elbow on him. A bodyslam and a seated senton bomb later and that’s the end of the Million Dollar Man’s night.
Ted DiBiase has been eliminated. André and the Macho Man work together to take on Sherri’s duo of Batista and Samoa Joe. They dump both men to the outside and then Macho Man goes up to the top turnbuckle and takes them both down with a diving crossbody. André is alone in the ring, but not for long. Big Van Vader climbs into the ring. Heenan is hyping up Vader on commentary, claiming that he is the only man in the world who can fell The Giant. Vader and André stand in the middle of the ring and stare at each other. Neither one shows fear. Then, Vader strikes André and he responds in kind. Vader bounces off of the ropes and tries to clothesline André, but he stays on his feet. Then, André takes his turn and Vader stays on his feet. They trade big right hands until Vader backs André into the ropes. He backs up a few paces and charges at him. André counters his clothesline attempt into a back drop that sends Vader out to the floor. Batista and Samoa Joe are back on the attack. After pounding away at him for a while, they set up for a double team vertical suplex, but Vader dives off of the top rope and knocks everyone down. André rolls out to the floor and Vader goes out after him. When Joe gets up, Kidd takes him down with a blockbuster. Batista clubs Kidd with a running clothesline. Cesaro takes him down with a diving European uppercut. Kidd hits Cesaro with a spinning heel kick. He tries to put Cesaro in the Sharpshooter, but Cesaro pulls him into a small package. 1…2… kick out. Kidd attempts an enzuigiri kick, but Cesaro ducks it and then puts Kidd in the sharpshooter. He tries to get to the ropes, but Cesaro breaks it, drags Kidd back to the middle of the ring and then slaps on a crossface submission hold. Kidd is forced to tap out.
Tyson Kidd has been eliminated. Cesaro gets up and Joe goes for the Coquina Clutch, but Cesaro quickly backs into the corner to keep him from locking it in. After he breaks it, he sees Batista charging at him and moves. Batista ends up spearing Joe! Macho Man takes advantage by climbing the turnbuckle and nailing Batista with a diving double axehandle smash. Cesaro picks him up and gives him the Neutralizer. He rolls him over, but doesn’t cover him as he sees the Macho Man going up to the top rope. He points to the sky and then lands the diving elbow drop! 1…2…3!
Batista has been eliminated. After that, Cesaro and the Macho Man are taken out with a double clothesline by Vader. He turns his attention to Joe, who is getting up in the corner, then runs in a squashes him into the corner with a splash. He throws Joe to the mat and mounts the turnbuckle to give him a Vader Bomb! 1…2…3!
Samoa Joe has been eliminated. We’re down to the final four: “Macho Man” Randy Savage, Big Van Vader, André The Giant and the “Swiss Superman” Cesaro. All four men take a moment to look around the ring at each other. The brawl starts with Vader going after Macho Man, who ducks out of the way of his attack and getting hit with some European uppercuts by Cesaro. He moves out of the way so that André can come in and drop some hard open-palm chops into Vader’s chest. André whips Vader into the opposite corner. He comes at him, but Vader turns hima round with a kick to the face and then chopblocks him to get him down to the mat. Vader has to stop his attack as he sees Cesaro charging at him. He back body drops him to the floor. Then, Macho Man comes at him with some running pointed elbows to the forehead. He runs the length of the ring, but this time Vader gives him a powerslam! 1…2… kick out! Vader picks up the Macho Man and gives him a powerbomb before dragging him to the corner and giving him the Vader Bomb! 1…2…3!
“Macho Man” Randy Savage has been eliminated. Vader goes back to attacking André, but then sees Cesaro on the top rope. Cesaro attempts a diving crossbody, but Vader catches him, then lifts him up onto his shoulders and crashes down onto him with a Samoan drop. Heenan gets up from the commentary table and points to the top rope. Vader is going to go for a moonsault, but as he gets up top, André pulls on the top rope. Vader is caught up on the top rope. André starts mounting the turnbuckle. He appears to be going for a super belly-to-back suplex. However, Vader elbows him away. He tries to turn himself around on the top rope. As he does that, André returns to the corner. They trade headbutts and fists. André is setting up for a superplex. André does it! He superplexes Vader into the centre of the ring and the force of their collective weight crashing down onto the canvas causes the ring to collapse!
With the ring having fallen apart and three competitors still in contention for the prize, what happens now? Who will get to face “Nature Boy” Ric Flair for the Mash-Up Wrrestling World Heavyweight Championship at Journey to Greatness 2016? How will Dario Cueto resolve this problem? The answers to those questions won’t be known tonight. You’ll have to tune into
The Titans of Grand Prix over the coming weeks to find out!
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