Post by fifthhorseman on Aug 16, 2016 9:41:49 GMT -5
It’s day three of the Universal Wrestling Federation Tournament of Champions – live from Houston, Texas! Tonight’s action will feature six World Heavyweight bracket matches, and three World Trios round-robin bouts – so let’s get right to the action!
The first match of the night was a fast-paced contrast of styles in the Trios division, in which the Newer Age Outlaws defeated the Motor City Timesplitters at 16:48 when Chuck Palumbo pinned Chris Sabin with a superkick. The MCT were actually in control for the majority of the contest, isolating the “Road Dogg” and making dozens of quick tags. However, when the match degenerated into a pier-six brawl, the big kick came out of nowhere on Sabin, shocking the crowd and setting the stage for an “Anything can happen” kind of night.
Case in point: Dalton Castle pinned the bigger, stronger, Crush at 10:05 with a dragon suplex to advance in the World tournament, staying alive in the bottom bracket. After the win, Castle admitted he was using a “rope-a-dope” strategy to try to wear out his much larger foe, but it was tough to tell; Crush dominated the contest, throwing his opponent around like a ragdoll. But the over confident member of Demolition did indeed wear down, and was completely off-balance during the suplex pin.
Terry Gordy defeated Bobby Fish at 12:56 with a piledriver, moving on in the bottom bracket. Fish was more than a match for the Freebird, and the action was very snug in the middle of the ring. Gordy used his mass to throw Fish around at will, but his resilient foe attacked Gordy’s legs at will, taking it to the mat. Regrettably, this match got a big schmozzy, when outside teammates Michael Hayes and Kyle O’Reilly mixed it up on the outside, allowing Buddy Roberts to land an unseen eyepoke on Fish just before the devastating piledriver.
The fourth match of the night saw Jack Swagger submit D’Lo Brown with the “Patriot Lock” at 14:11. Brown attacked Swagger before the opening bell, and kept the advantage early on with high-impact aerial moves. He smartly avoided taking it to the mat, only going down for pin attempts. Eventually, though, the “All-American American” got his bearings, and suplexed Brown into a weakened state, finishing him off with his patented, painful ankle lock to move on in the UWF World Heavyweight tournament.
Joseph Hennig got by Billy Gunn to complete the first round of the bottom bracket, pinning the Outlaw at 9:30 with a perfect-plex. Though some considered an upset, the reinvigorated Hennig took the fight to Gunn eagerly, showing an aggressive streak reminiscent of his father. That said, these were two of the best athletes in the UWF, and it was a viciously hard-hitting contest. Both men left the ring bloodied, but Hennig, at least, had another life in the UWF World Heavyweight tournament.
It was Terry Gordy’s turn for double-duty, and it was another win, as the Fabulous Freebirds defeated the Castoffs at 8:28 when Michael Hayes pinned Chris Harris after a DDT. “Bamm Bamm’s” involvement was kept to a minimum, and he was primarily used to neutralize the brawny presence of Jim Neidhart. The Castoffs put up a great fight, but the men infamous for their three-man battles in Texas won decisively.
The seventh match of the night, and the first of two “top bracket” World Heavyweight championship battles, saw Bret Hart defeat Manny Fernandez with the “Sharpshooter” at 24:40. Both men, roughly the same size, put on an intense mat classic. It was a match similar to one of the many Hart-Austin battles, and the tide turned a dozen times throughout the contest. The “Raging Bull” used every weapon in his arsenal, but in the end, “the Hitman” systematically took the rugged Texan down and locked in his finisher for the hard-fought win. After the match, Fernandez attacked Hart from behind, but the Canadian was saved by – ironically enough – Fernandez’s old tag-team partner, Dusty Rhodes. The two international icons shook hands and left the ring together.
reDRagon defeated the Midnight Express at 15:37 when Kyle O’Reilly forced Dennis Condrey to submit to a cross-armbreaker. This was another fast-paced, back-and-forth contest between two teams with excellent chemistry. The irritating presence of Jim Cornette, the Express’s manager, was a key factor in this match, and his charges kept control for much of the middle portion of the match. Eaton was the MVP for his team, and nearly scored the pin with a top-rope legdrop on Quackenbush. But a few minutes later, the momentum shifted, and Condrey had no choice but to tap out.
The final match of the night was the last quarter-final bout on the top bracket side. Two of the smartest grapplers in wrestling history squared off, and in the end, Dusty Rhodes defeated Eddie Gilbert at 28:01 with the “bionic elbow”. “The American Dream” fed off the energy of the crowd, controlling the action early, using his weight to his advantage. However, “Hot Stuff” – subtly aided by his partner in crime, Chris Candido – took charge for a while, and sought to ground his opponent with sleepers and nerveholds. A referee bump at the 25-minute mark brought on a double-team, but Bret Hart dashed to the ring and took Candido out with him, and the two brawled all the way to the back curtain. As the ref regained his senses, Rhodes took charge with powerful punches, and finally laid Gilbert out for the count with the big elbowsmash.
The first match of the night was a fast-paced contrast of styles in the Trios division, in which the Newer Age Outlaws defeated the Motor City Timesplitters at 16:48 when Chuck Palumbo pinned Chris Sabin with a superkick. The MCT were actually in control for the majority of the contest, isolating the “Road Dogg” and making dozens of quick tags. However, when the match degenerated into a pier-six brawl, the big kick came out of nowhere on Sabin, shocking the crowd and setting the stage for an “Anything can happen” kind of night.
Case in point: Dalton Castle pinned the bigger, stronger, Crush at 10:05 with a dragon suplex to advance in the World tournament, staying alive in the bottom bracket. After the win, Castle admitted he was using a “rope-a-dope” strategy to try to wear out his much larger foe, but it was tough to tell; Crush dominated the contest, throwing his opponent around like a ragdoll. But the over confident member of Demolition did indeed wear down, and was completely off-balance during the suplex pin.
Terry Gordy defeated Bobby Fish at 12:56 with a piledriver, moving on in the bottom bracket. Fish was more than a match for the Freebird, and the action was very snug in the middle of the ring. Gordy used his mass to throw Fish around at will, but his resilient foe attacked Gordy’s legs at will, taking it to the mat. Regrettably, this match got a big schmozzy, when outside teammates Michael Hayes and Kyle O’Reilly mixed it up on the outside, allowing Buddy Roberts to land an unseen eyepoke on Fish just before the devastating piledriver.
The fourth match of the night saw Jack Swagger submit D’Lo Brown with the “Patriot Lock” at 14:11. Brown attacked Swagger before the opening bell, and kept the advantage early on with high-impact aerial moves. He smartly avoided taking it to the mat, only going down for pin attempts. Eventually, though, the “All-American American” got his bearings, and suplexed Brown into a weakened state, finishing him off with his patented, painful ankle lock to move on in the UWF World Heavyweight tournament.
Joseph Hennig got by Billy Gunn to complete the first round of the bottom bracket, pinning the Outlaw at 9:30 with a perfect-plex. Though some considered an upset, the reinvigorated Hennig took the fight to Gunn eagerly, showing an aggressive streak reminiscent of his father. That said, these were two of the best athletes in the UWF, and it was a viciously hard-hitting contest. Both men left the ring bloodied, but Hennig, at least, had another life in the UWF World Heavyweight tournament.
It was Terry Gordy’s turn for double-duty, and it was another win, as the Fabulous Freebirds defeated the Castoffs at 8:28 when Michael Hayes pinned Chris Harris after a DDT. “Bamm Bamm’s” involvement was kept to a minimum, and he was primarily used to neutralize the brawny presence of Jim Neidhart. The Castoffs put up a great fight, but the men infamous for their three-man battles in Texas won decisively.
The seventh match of the night, and the first of two “top bracket” World Heavyweight championship battles, saw Bret Hart defeat Manny Fernandez with the “Sharpshooter” at 24:40. Both men, roughly the same size, put on an intense mat classic. It was a match similar to one of the many Hart-Austin battles, and the tide turned a dozen times throughout the contest. The “Raging Bull” used every weapon in his arsenal, but in the end, “the Hitman” systematically took the rugged Texan down and locked in his finisher for the hard-fought win. After the match, Fernandez attacked Hart from behind, but the Canadian was saved by – ironically enough – Fernandez’s old tag-team partner, Dusty Rhodes. The two international icons shook hands and left the ring together.
reDRagon defeated the Midnight Express at 15:37 when Kyle O’Reilly forced Dennis Condrey to submit to a cross-armbreaker. This was another fast-paced, back-and-forth contest between two teams with excellent chemistry. The irritating presence of Jim Cornette, the Express’s manager, was a key factor in this match, and his charges kept control for much of the middle portion of the match. Eaton was the MVP for his team, and nearly scored the pin with a top-rope legdrop on Quackenbush. But a few minutes later, the momentum shifted, and Condrey had no choice but to tap out.
The final match of the night was the last quarter-final bout on the top bracket side. Two of the smartest grapplers in wrestling history squared off, and in the end, Dusty Rhodes defeated Eddie Gilbert at 28:01 with the “bionic elbow”. “The American Dream” fed off the energy of the crowd, controlling the action early, using his weight to his advantage. However, “Hot Stuff” – subtly aided by his partner in crime, Chris Candido – took charge for a while, and sought to ground his opponent with sleepers and nerveholds. A referee bump at the 25-minute mark brought on a double-team, but Bret Hart dashed to the ring and took Candido out with him, and the two brawled all the way to the back curtain. As the ref regained his senses, Rhodes took charge with powerful punches, and finally laid Gilbert out for the count with the big elbowsmash.