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CCW Gulf Coast Cruiserweight Title Tournament
Live from Garrett Coliseum in Montgomery, Alabama
Commentators: Gorilla Monsoon and Honky Tonk Man
Ring Announcer: SoCal Val
vs.
Matt Sydal vs. Shawn Michaels
Referee: Joey Marella
Matt Sydal vs. Shawn Michaels
Referee: Joey Marella
Early crisscross sequence sees a lot of leapfrogs and dropdowns. Michaels goes for a hiptoss, but gets blocked and reversed. Michaels blocks Matt’s hiptoss try and Sydal backflips out of it. He pushes Michaels into the ropes and goes for an O’Conner Roll, but Shawn grabs the ropes to prevent it. Sydal rolls to his feet. Michaels tries to surprise with the superkick, but Sydal turns it into a Dragon Screw leg whip, but keeps hold of the leg and sits down on it for a single leg crab. Sydal jumps on the leg and jams the knee into the mat out of the crab. He hits a rolling leg snap. Pops to the second turnbuckle for a turnaround splash that hits knees. However, that just aggravates Michaels hurting knee and he can’t capitalize. Sydal pulls Shawn up into a straight jacket neckbreaker. Springboard moonsault double stomp. Package piledriver. Sydal goes up for the shooting star press…and misses. Slingshot suplex. Teardrop suplex. Michaels goes up top for the diving elbow drop, but the leg buckles. Sydal jumps up and tries a top rope monkey flip, but Shawn blocks and pushes him off. Diving elbow drop for two. Michaels sets up Sweet Chin Music. Sydal grabs the leg again, but Michaels comes off the other leg with an enzuigiri for two. Second teardrop suplex puts it away.
WINNER: Shawn Michaels by pinfall at 12:36
Kurt Angle does a direct to camera promo in the back.
KA: When I first came into CCW, I did so under a mask as the Super Patriot Mark III because I didn’t want everything handed to me. I worked myself up the ranks. I won the Gulf Coast Title and now thanks to the brand split I’m the top champion for the Gulf Coast brand. I’m at the top of the mountain not through lucky or cheating my way to get there. I got there on the three I’s – intelligence, intensity and integrity. You want those three elements in any champion and that’s what I bring to the table anywhere I go and for any championship I hold. Now, “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig, you might claim to be perfect in every single way. I can’t claim that, but I can say I have what it takes to beat you in the ring tonight and hold onto the Gulf Coast Championship. I might not be perfect, but I’m the best I can be. I won an Olympic Gold Medal on a broken friggin’ neck, so I think I can beat you here tonight.
vs.
Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Dynamite Kid
Referee: Tommy Young
Brian Pillman Jr. vs. Dynamite Kid
Referee: Tommy Young
Kid grabs a headlock out of a lockup and then punches Pillman in the nose. This is a more aggressive Kid who stomps and kicks Pillman while he’s down on the mat. He rolls to the floor for a breather. Kid slingshot splashes out onto him. Snap suplex on the floor. Kid goes back inside. Pillman makes the apron, just beating the count. Kid slingshots him back into the ring. Second rope knee drop for two. Gutwrench suplex for two. Kid telegraphs a backdrop off the ropes and Pillman goes for a sunset flip. Kid blocks and drops a fist. Hard whip to the corner. Kid tries a monkey flip, but Pillman holds on and Kids splats to the mat. Brian explodes out of the corner with a charging clothesline. He gets a series of arm drags. Kid retreats to the corner and Pillman mounts him for the 10 count punches. He gets to four, before Kid brings him out with a reverse atomic drop and a short arm lariat. Fire Thunder Driver.
WINNER: Dynamite Kid by pinfall at 10:12
Curt Hennig does a direct to camera promo in the back.
CH: If Curt Hennig wants to talk about his Three I’s. I’ve got perfect intelligence, perfect intensity and perfect integrity. Some people might question that last one, but all integrity means is that you’re being true to yourself and what you stand for. I stand for perfection in that ring and out of it. As the Gulf Coast brand of Continental Championship Wrestling gets sorted out, we need a champion that truly demonstrates intelligence, integrity and intensity. You can talk about it all you want, Angle, but you need to show it. And I show it every waking moment of every day in everything I say and everything I do…perfectly.
vs.
Ricky Morton vs. “Iceman” Dean Malenko
Referee: Joey Marella
Ricky Morton vs. “Iceman” Dean Malenko
Referee: Joey Marella
Malenko wins the initial lock up with a leg trip. He misses an elbow drop. Morton drops three elbows in rapid fire succession. He works a spinning toehold. Malenko eventually boots Morton in the rear and into the ropes. He comes off as Malenko comes up and into a backdrop position. Morton with a neckbreaker for two. He works a series of arm drags. Malenko begs off to the corner and asks for a timeout, but Morton presses his advantage. He does the 10 count punches in the corner. Monkey flip out. Morton up top and a splash eats knees. Malenko comes back with a T-bone suplex and a tilt-a-whirl side slam. He locks in the Texas Cloverleaf and has Morton in the center of the ring. He crawls for the ropes, but can’t get there. Malenko really sits down on it and Morton has to tap out.
WINNER: Dean Malenko by submission in 8:20
vs.
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Lance Storm
Referee: Tommy Young
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Lance Storm
Referee: Tommy Young
Lockup to start with Storm coming out of it with an armbar. Mysterio tries to flip out of it, but Storm turns it into a short arm clothesline that damn near takes Rey’s head off. Storm stomps the back and goes to a Mexican surfboard. Rey won’t submit, because it’s too early, and Storm eventually loses his control of it and they fall to the side. However, Lance keeps hold of Mysterio’s arms and stands while pulling the arms and driving a foot into Rey’s back. He still won’t submit and Lance eventually just stomps his head into the mat. Tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and Storm grinds the back across his leg. Storm shoots Rey into the corner, which he takes chest first. Storm dives in with a forearm to the lower back. He then drives several shoulders into Rey’s lower back. He brings Mysterio out of the corner with a bridging German suplex for two. Rey ducks the spinning heel kick off the ropes and comes back the other side with a crossbody. Storm presses him off before Young can make a count. They come up and Rey gets a standing dropkick. Storm walks into two more dropkicks and rolls to the floor. Mysterio does a slingshot crossbody out onto Storm to the floor. He evades and Mysterio crashes to the floor. Storm goes for a falling elbow drop from the apron, but Rey moves and he wipes out. Both men are up slowly and make it back into the ring at eight. Long crisscross sequence and Rey gets a drop toehold to sprawl Storm out on the second rope. 619 into the West Coast Pop, but Storm drags Young into the way. Rey wipes his out. He’s surprised and Storm nails a straight jacket neckbreaker. He undoes a turnbuckle pad and goes to revive Young. He’s coming around at the same time as Mysterio. Storm goes to whip Mysterio hard into the exposed corner, but he reverses. Lance takes it hard in the chest and falls back into a rollup by Rey. Young makes a groggy three count.
WINNER: Rey Mysterio Jr. by pinfall at 12:43
Curt Hennig is getting ready for his match when Ric Flair comes in wearing a three-piece suit and dark sunglasses. They just stand there in silence for a moment.
CH: If you’ve got something to say, then say it.
RF: (with a wry smile) There’s been a lot of changes around here. That little play group we had broke up and the Original Four Horsemen are back together and better than ever thanks to also having Bobby Heenan at our side as a manager. You know Bobby. You know us and we know you.
CH: I don’t remember getting a formal invite for your new little play group.
RF: (slight laugh) Some of us just wanted to keep it us. The original band back together, you know. But that wasn’t me, Bobby or the Andersons. (slight pause as Hennig figures out what that means) I wanted to let you know one thing. You won’t see the Horsemen out there tonight from bell to bell. After the bell…who knows. If you win, you know I want a shot at the Gulf Coast Title immediately. If Angle wins…well, he might need a message sent. And I want to make sure you’re not there when it’s delivered.
CH: Is that so I don’t get caught in the crossfire or I don’t get involved on the wrong side.
RF: Either/or. I owe you one and this little friendly tip was it. Don’t expect more than that.
vs.
Shawn Michaels vs. Dynamite Kid
Referee: Joey Marella
Shawn Michaels vs. Dynamite Kid
Referee: Joey Marella
Kid tells Marella to double check the turnbuckle pad that was off in the last match. He looks over his shoulder as he does it, which draws Michaels over to do the same. Kid then slowly slips away and quickly undoes the pad in the opposite corner. Match starts and they grapple in the middle of the ring to start. Kid whips Michaels hard into the good corner and then catches him coming out with a big sling shot as he drops down. Michaels flies into the exposed turnbuckle and falls back into a reverse suplex by Kid. Kneeling reverse piledriver. Michaels is a bloody mess. Marella sees the off turnbuckle pad and questions Kid. He says he must have been wrong on what corner it was that was off from earlier. Obviously, the ring crew didn’t get it back on right. See, he knew it needed checked.
WINNER: Dynamite Kid by pinfall at 3:32
HTM catches Kid on the floor after the match with a microphone.
DK: I said at Kaufmania, I was tired of being a loser here in CCW. The Dynamite Kid is no loser. This new cruiserweight division is a perfect opportunity for me to show that. I will be the first ever Gulf Coast Cruiserweight Champion and the only one. If you want to get that belt off of me, you’ll have to pry it out of my cold, dead hands. I’ve shown in that ring twice already tonight I have what it takes to win this tournament. Whether it’s Rey Mysterio or Dean Malenko in the finals, the outcome will be the same and that’s me with my one hand raised in victory and the other hand holding that new cruiserweight strap. And one more thing…somebody really needs to check those faulty turnbuckle pads.
vs.
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. “Iceman” Dean Malenko
Referee: Tommy Young
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. “Iceman” Dean Malenko
Referee: Tommy Young
Young misses Mysterio jumping up to the second turnbuckle to play to the crowd and calls for the bell. Malenko charges and brings Rey off with an electric chair drop. He goes to an abdominal stretch to work the injured back from the previous match with Storm. Rey hip tosses out, but goes down to one knee. Malenko kips up into a leaping clothesline. Side slam. Dean rolls Rey over on his face and comes off the second rope with a double stomp to the lower back. He pulls the arms and grinds his boot into the back like Storm did. He lets it go and Mysterio rolls to the floor for a breather. Malenko baseball slides out behind Rey and goes low with a forearm to the lower back. He beats Rey around the outside with clubbing forearms to the back. Mysterio slides back into the ring with Malenko following. Dean goes for a full nelson suplex, but Rey kicks off the near corner and flips over into a pin attempt. Dean manages to squirm out before the three. They come up at the same time and Mysterio scores a Codebreaker. Malenko stumbles and falls over the near second rope. 619 into the West Coast Pop, but the back gives out and Mysterio falls down. Double underhook powerbomb gets a close three count. Malenko goes to the Texas Cloverleaf. He really cranks it on, but Rey won’t give up. He slowly starts pulling himself toward the bottom rope and makes it. Young calls for the break and Malenko takes the full five count to give it. Dean whips Rey into the corner, charges in, leaps to grab the top rope with both hands and makes with a swinging double knee strike to the back. Malenko puts Mysterio on his back and climbs for the Exploding Gutbuster. However, Rey slides out of the back and shoves Malenko off the top. He stands to take a flying crossbody. It gets a two count. Flying head scissors off the ropes into a swinging DDT for a two. Standing Shiranui for two. Rey’s is just blitzing too much offense and Dropping the Dime gets the win.
WINNER: Rey Mysterio Jr. by pinfall at 15:30
HTM catches Rey Mysterio at ringside following the win.
RM: I am thrilled to be here in Continental Championship Wrestling and the Gulf Coast brand, home of the cruiserweight division. Throughout my career, I’ve shown what smaller grapplers can do. It’s my honor and privilege to have the opportunity to do that again here. As cruiserweight champion I will make this division one of the best in all of the Mash Up Wrestling Universe. I do that not for myself, but for all the other grapplers in the division and all you fans out there cheering us on. I’ve got Dynamite Kid in the finals. I know that’s a dream match a lot of people would want to see and you’re going to see it shortly. Dynamite Kid is aggressive, he’s hungry to win and that’s how I like him. You bring all you’ve got, I’ll take it and dish it right back.
vs.
Gulf Coast Title Match
Kurt Angle (c) vs. “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig
Referee: Joey Marella
Gulf Coast Title Match
Kurt Angle (c) vs. “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig
Referee: Joey Marella
Lockup into a waistlock for Hennig. Angle reverses and trips Curt to ride him on the mat. Hennig gets to a seated position, but Kurt dead lifts him from the mat into a German suplex with bridge for a two count. Hennig gets a drop toehold as they break apart and works an STF on the mat. Angle makes the ropes to break. Hennig kicks and stomps Angle on the mat. He boots Angle to the floor and then goes out into him with a baseball slide. He whips Angle hard into the outside ring post and he takes in on the shoulder. He bounces backwards into an atomic drop and that bounces him into the ring post again. Back in the ring, Curt works an arm wringer. Single arm DDT gets a two count. Short arm whip into the ropes with Hennig holding on and turning to drive an elbow into the shoulder as they collide into the corner. Hip toss out and Angle lands on his rear. Rolling neck snap. Hennig goes for the Perfectplex, but Kurt blocks and reverses into a suplex of his own. Angle rolls through and on top of Hennig to pepper him with punches. Whip to the ropes and he goes for a scoop fireman’s carry slam, but Hennig drops out of it into an inverted DDT. He covers for two. Half nelson bulldog. Curt comes off the second turnbuckle with a leg drop that misses. Angle with a rolling, seated neckbreaker.
Angle does the rolling German suplexes. Hennig blocks the third, nails Angle in the side of the head with an elbow. Standing switch and he does the rolling Germans. Angle blocks the third, fires a back elbow, does a standing switch and performs a release, high angle German suplex. The straps come down and Kurt wants the ankle lock. Hennig goes to the ropes and grabs them to avoid it. Angle grabs the ankles and pulls him out. Curt lets go and splats into the middle of the ring. He gets the ankle lock, but Hennig gets up on the other foot and gets an enzuigiri to break. Both men down. They slowly get up and Mr. Perfect suckers Angle with a small package. One…two….Angle rolls it over for one…two…They break off and as they come up, both try a standing dropkick out of nowhere and knock each other down. As they stand, Hennig gets a swinging knee lift and then drives Angle into the near corner with a driving knee. He works him over in the corner. Hip toss out of the corner. Catapult into the other corner. Kurt is just hanging onto the second rope and takes a straddle to the back. Full nelson suplex with bridge for two.
Hennig goes for the Perfectplex again, but Angle fights out and they start trading punches. Angle starts getting the best of that, so Hennig punches the shoulder he hurt earlier and then comes off the ropes with a flying forearm to the shoulder. Leg trap shoulder breaker. Curt holds on and turns it into a leg trap flapjack. He stomps the shoulder. Curt’s straps come down and he locks on a fujiawara armbar. Angle manages to make the ropes to break. Angle is wobbly as he gets up and is holding onto the second rope. Hennig tries to attack him, but Angle flips him over the top rope. Hennig lands on the apron. He backs Kurt up with a forearm shot. Slingshot sunset flip for two. Angle with a heel trip as they stand. He gets the ankle lock, but Hennig makes the ropes to break. Mr. Perfect catches Angle with several punches to the gut and flips him over the top rope. He lands on the apron and tries the slingshot back in, but his shoulder won’t let him get the right velocity and he gets caught up in the ropes and falls to the mat. Hennig drags him to the center of the ring and goes for the figure four, but Angle kicks him off and he goes head first into the second turnbuckle. Curt captures him from behind in the crossface chicken wing. He works that until Hennig climbs the near corner to flip over. He tries to push Angle into the corner, but he drops and Hennig posts himself a second time. Angle comes in from behind with the Olympic Slam.
WINNER: Kurt Angle by pinfall at 25:32
Soon as the match is over the Original Four Horsemen charge the ring and start laying on a beat down to Angle. Tommy Young tries to call them off to no avail. He calls for the bell, which rings like mad, but it doesn’t matter. Hennig slips to the apron and starts heading down the ring steps. He pauses and looks back at the carnage in the ring. The fans start cheering and chanting for him to go back in and help. Tully Blanchard peels off from the beating and looks at Hennig. He makes a ‘c’mon’ gesture at him. Hennig turns his head and continues down the steps. Blanchard yells ‘that’s what I thought’ and goes back to the punching, stomping and kicking of a downed Angle. Hennig calmly grabs a folding chair from the timekeeper’s station and then slides back into the ring. The fans pop as Hennig starts swinging it. Wham to Ole. Wham to Arn. Wham to Tully. He then stares eye to eye with Flair. With a scowl on his face, Ric nods, drops to the mat and rolls out. Angle is still down. Hennig stands with the chair as the Horsemen regroup on the floor and backs off. Tully points and shouts at Curt as they slowly exit.
vs.
CCW Gulf Coast Cruiserweight Title Match
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dynamite Kid
Referee: Tommy Young
CCW Gulf Coast Cruiserweight Title Match
Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dynamite Kid
Referee: Tommy Young
The announcers mention how Dynamite Kid basically got a bye in the last round due to the shady dealings on Michaels. They’re told Shawn might have a concession to go with the deep laceration. Kid surprises by wanting a test of strength, which you usually don’t see with two smaller grapplers. Soon as they lock knuckles, Kid kicks Rey in the gut to double him over. Standing sunset flip slam into a one count. As they come up, Kid nails the lower back, having learned from the previous two matches. Side suplex. Gutbuster, Kid holds on and flips Rey over as he brings him up into a backbreaker. He grinds the elbow into the stomach with Rey across his knee. Kid shoves Rey off in disgust. He goes for a slingshot suplex, but Rey rides the momentum to land on his feet behind Kid and gets a neckbreaker. Mysterio tries a springboard moonsault, but Kid pops up to catch Rey and turns it into a power slam. He hooks the leg for two. Fisherman’s buster for two. Kid goes to a camel clutch. He occasionally lets go, stands up and slams down hard on the lower back before going back to it. He tries this again, but Mysterio quickly rolls over and pulls up his knees, so Kid lands on Rey’s knees.
Mysterio with a somersault elbow try off the ropes, but Kid blocks. Rey drops into a wheelbarrow body scissors and turns it into a rolling facebuster. Basement dropkick off the ropes and Kid slides to the floor. He sidesteps a suicide dive and Mysterio nails the ring wall. Snake Eyes on the ring wall. Kid bring Mysterio off with a high angle German suplex that sees Rey slamming his head on the ring apron. Kid breaks the ring out count. Gut wrench lift onto the shoulder and then a front slam on the floor. Kid with a twisting spinebuster to the ring steps. He goes back inside willing to take the count out. Mysterio manages to get up and crawl from the steps to the ring apron and break the plain of the ropes at nine. Kid pulls him up for a suplex, but Rey twists out and back into an inverted DDT. Mysterio points up top, but he’s slow to get up there because of the bad back. Kid meets him up top and they slug it out. Kid tries a superplex, but Mysterio blocks while taking control of the head and jumps off with a super bulldog. It gets a close three count. Drop toehold to line up the 619, but Kid moves, grabs Mysterio and gets a wheelbarrow face buster. He goes up top now for the diving headbutt. Rey pops up and does a super-rana, he can’t hold on and Kid fights out of the cover before the three. Kid ducks a wild clothesline and slips behind for a Backstabber. Fireman’s carry backbreaker. Kid into the Walls of Jericho. Kid sits down on it and Rey eventually has to tap out.
WINNER and NEW Gulf Coast Cruiserweight Champion: Dynamite Kid by submission at 28:11All rights reserved. Andy Kaufman Enterprises. 1980-something.