Last Wrestling Match Watched 2.0

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Savio Vega vs. Yokozuna w/Jim Cornette. King of the Ring '95 quarter-finals. Yokozuna easily backs Vega up and nails him with a chop. Yoko Irish whips Vega. Vega ducks a clothesline but Yokozuna nails him with a back elbow. Vega bangs Yoko's forehead ten times against the turnbuckle pads. Vegas tries a spinning heel kick, which Yoko easily ducks. Yoko then weakens Vega with a nerve hold. When Vega tries to break-free and tries to get some offense in, Yokozuna simply tosses him over the rope. Vegas tries to use his superior handspeed to outbox Yokozuna but Yoko wins that brawl with a karate thrust to the throat. As Vega and Yokozuna are fighting outside, Vega slams his head against the ring post and knocks him out. Yoko doesn't beat the ref's count.

 

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(c) Sanada vs. Yota Tsuji for the IWGP title. Dominion. Tsuji puts him in a side headlock. Sanada tries his acrobatic leapfrog, but Tsuji stops him with a spine-buster. Tsuji goes for his Hacksaw Duggan stance and rushes in, but Sanada kicks him in the shoulder. Sanada does his skull-end, airplane spin combo. Tsuji stops Sanada with a gutwrench backbreaker and then puts Sanada in a Boston Crab. It would make Rick Martel proud.

Sanada performs a moonsault off the second turnbuckle, misses, but lands on both feet. Before Tsuji mounts an offense, Sanada quickly dropkicks his left knee. Tsuji attempts a vertical but Sanada fights it off. And it was a textbook vertical suplex. Sanada lifts him up for a Fireman's Carry, but Tsuji counters with a snapmare. Sanada executes the Shining Wizard and defeats him with a Dead Fall.

 

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(c) David Finlay vs. El Phantasmo for the Never Openweight title. Dominion. Finlay misses a clothesline but wisely ducks an El Phantasmo super-kick. Finlay misses another clothesline, and Phantasmo connects with a springboard cross-body and springboard moonsault.

Finlay press slams Phantasmo, head first, against the ring post. Phantasmo with an inverted Atomic drop and a scoop slam. Finlay performs an exploder-fisherman's suplex. Phantasmo executes a springboard DDT. Finlay flapjacks Phantasmo on the turnbuckle padding. Phantasmo picks Finlay up for a Torture Rack, converts it into a front-face slam. Bullet Club members distract Phantasmo, as they've been doing throughout the match. Finlay flattens Phantasmo with a powerbomb. Finlay finishes him off with the Last Shot.

 

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(C) Hiromu Takahashi vs. Master Wato, for the IWGP Jr. heavyweight title. Dominion. Hiromu tries a go-behind hammerlock. When they take it on the ground, Wato tries a head scissors, which Hiromu quickly breaks free. Wato with a loose armdrag and knocks Hiromu down with a dropkick. Hiromu batters him and slings Wato against the steel rails. Hiromu picks him up and Fireman Carry's him all the way up the ramp. After some resistance, Hiromu suplexes Wato.

Hiromu executes his signature Dynamite Plunger. Wato tries a crucifix pin, but Hiromu rolls around the mat. Wato executes a German suplex but his left knee wasn't fully up. Hiromu executes a Time Bomb. Hiromu with a Lariat and puts him away with the Time Bomb II to retain his title.

 

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Diesel & Bam Bam vs. Sid & Tatanka w/Ted Dibiase. King of the Ring '95. Tatanka tries to wristlock Diesel, which Diesel easily knocks him down with a clothesline. Tatanka tomahawk chops Diesel's injured right elbow. Diesel's right elbow is bandaged and has an elbow pad to prevent further damage. Sid and Tatanka are taking turns pummeling Diesel's elbow. Bigelow DDT's Sid. Bigelow with a headbutt off the top on a downed Sid. Bigelow tries for another high-flying move but Sid chokeslams him.

Bigelow side headlocks Tatanka, but Tatanka counters with a side suplex. Tatanka puts him in a front facelock, and pushes Bam Bam all the way to Sid's corner. Sid comes in with a running boot to Bam Bam's jaw. Bam tries an over-the-top move, but Tatanka sneaks up from behind and trips his feet. Tatanka ducks Bigelow's clothesline and counters with a cross body. Bigelow puts his head down for a bodydrop attempt. Tatanka counters with a jumping DDT. For the latter half of the match, it was Bam Bam and Tatanka seeing action. Diesel finishes off Tatanka with a Jack knife. Sid heads back to the dressing room, leaving his partner to fend for himself. Diesel pins Tatanka.

 

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(C) Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith w/ Diana and Jim Cornette. King of the Ring '96. It's a technical match in the early minutes HBK keeps the side headlock on when they're in a standing position. Smith tries a side suplex, but Michaels lands on his feet and takes him down with an on-the-ground side headlock.

As HBK skins the cat, Bulldog rushes forward and HBK headscissors him over the top rope Bulldog with a side headlock takedown on the mat. HBK tries a leapfrog, but Bulldog smartly puts the brakes on. HBK with an armdrag, an armbar, and eventually extends it into an armbar submission. Michaels ducks a Bulldog clothesline attempt and counters with an armbar takedown. Bulldog military press slams him over the top rope. Bulldog does a surfboard submission. HBK tries Bulldog's own finisher, the running powerslam, but without success. HBK tries a hurricanrana but Bulldog stops him with a Tiger driver. HBK defeats Bulldog with a superkick.

Although Jim Cornette and special guest ref Mr. Perfect were standing at ringside, there wasn't any interference from either of them.

 

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Steve Austin vs. Jake Roberts. KOTR '96 Finals. Stone Cold thoroughly dominates Roberts, who injured his ribs in his semi-final match against Vader. Austin was methodical, zeroing in Jake's rib with double-axe handles off the second turnbuckle and an elbowdrop. President Gorilla Monsoon enters the ring and asks Jake if he wants to stop the match. He answers No. Jake gets little offense going before Austin puts him away with a Stunner.

When Austin walked to the coronation, he didn't wear the crown and cape which previous winners Bret and Owen Hart did. He challenged the winner of the HBK-Bulldog World title match and headed back to the dressing room. He was a heel but there were a number of fans cheering for him.

 

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Nasty Boys w/Missy Hyatt vs. (C) 2 Cold Scorpio & Marcus Bagwell w/Teddy Long for the tag team titles. Halloween Havoc '93. Saggs with a few roundhouse rights to Bagwell. Saggs connects with a kneedrop, but Nastys miss a double boot as Bagwell rolls out of the way and Scorpio nails both Nastys with a cross body. 2 Cold with a drop toehold on Knobbs and keeps him down with an armbar. Brian Knobbs ducks a 2 Cold & Bagwell double-clothesline but gets taken down with a shoulder-tackle. Bagwell with a well done Thesz press on Knobbs. But 2 Cold performs a botched flying body off the second turnbuckle on Saggs.

Saggs side suplexes Bagwell outside. Bagwell is legit hurt as he's murmuring, "Oh, my God." Saggs doesn't inflict further damage. In the ring, Knobbs puts him in a loose camel clutch. An exhausted Bagwell tries to tag his partner but Knobbs legdrops him to the back of his neck. Saggs viciously clotheslines a defenseless Bagwell. In the melee which ensued, Missy comes up on the ring apron to argue with the ref. Saggs takes off his boot and smashes it against the back of Scorpio's head. Knobbs drapes his arm over an unconscious Scorpio for the win as the ref makes a rapid-fire count.

 

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(C) Dustin Rhodes vs. Steve Austin for the US title. Halloween Havoc '93. Austin slaps Rhodes in the face. Austin tries a Boston Crab too early in the match. Rhodes with a snapmare and beats a defenseless Austin down with ground-and-pound. Rhodes picks him up for a side suplex, but Austin flips and lands on both feet. Rhodes with a one-legged leapfrog over Austin, then knocks Austin down with a dropkick.

Austin tries a running knee on Rhodes, who's backed up against the turnbuckles. Rhodes moves out of the way just in the nick of time and Austin slams his knee on the turnbuckle pads. Rhodes works on Austin's ankle. Austin with legit open-palm strikes, but Rhodes outbrawls him and executes a bodydrop. Rhodes tries a running bulldog, but Austin atomic drops Rhodes, knee-first, against the turnbuckle. Austin pins Rhodes and puts his feet on the ropes for additional leverage. The ref sees it just as he counts to three. Austin thinks he's won, but the ref invalidates the pin. Rhodes schoolboy's Austin to retain.

 

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Triple H w/Chyna vs. X-Pac. Backlash '99. X-Pac tries a heel kick, but Hunter grabs his leg. Triple H knocks him down with a right cross. X-Pac ducks a Triple H clothesline. X-Pac with a few backhand strikes. X-Pac with a spinning heel kick. Hunter with hard punches to the back of X-Pac"s neck. Hunter puts him in a front facelock. Hunter is zeroing in on Pac's injured neck.

Triple H with a kneedrop to the back of his neck. X-Pac surprises Triple H with an inside cradle. Hunter clamps on a sleeper. X-Pac fights back with yet another spinning heel kick.Ref Mike Chioda is knocked out after X-Pac inadvertently baseball slide kicks him. Kane enters the ring and chokeslams Triple H. He chokeslams Chyna. But it was an opportunity wasted because, instead of covering his opponent, X-Pac gives Chyna a Bronco Buster. Hunter puts him away with The Pedigree.

 

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Al Snow vs. (C) Hardcore Holly for the Hardcore title. Backlash '99. Holly takes his title and smashes it against Snow's head early in the match. hoping for a quick pin. Holly smashes a jug of water on Snow's head. Snow with a hard scoop slam on Holly at ringside and follows it up with a moonsault. Snow beats Holly with a hockey stick numerous times. They duke it out in the shipping area. Snow hoses Holly down with a gardening hose. As they fight outside of the arena, Snow slams Holly's head against a Ryder truck.

Holly with a flying Splash on Snow inside of a dumpster bin. Snow hiptosses him on the hood of a car and follows it up with an elbow. They eventually take the fight back in the ring. Holly superplexes Snow through a table. Snow reaches for his mannequin and smacks it upside Holly's head. He pins Holly to become the new champ.

It didn't feel spontaneous. The action felt heavily scripted. "At two minutes into the match, we brawl in the bleachers. Then, we take the fight to the shipping area."

 

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The Undertaker w/ Paul Bearer vs. Ken Shamrock. Backlash '99. Undertaker with a wristlock on Shamrock, walks the top rope and comes crashing down with his signature flying fist-drop early in the match. Shamrock backs him up against the turnbuckles, and drapes Undertaker's leg over the second rope. Shamrock is working on the leg. Shamrock with a stepover toehold and converts it into an ankle lock. Shamrock continues with his submission moves. Shamrock with an armbar. This is the first time I've seen Undertaker screaming in pain. Shamrock tries a running double Axe on the edge of the ring apron on Undertaker. Undertaker catches Shamrock and slams his back against the ring post.

Undertaker tries a legdrop, but Shamrock counters with a kneebar. Shamrock ducks an Undertaker clothesline attempt and counters with a belly-to-belly. Undertaker defeats Shamrock with a Tombstone. Shamrock get a lot of offense in, and it was a clinic of single-leg submission holds. Bradshaw tried to interfere on Undertaker's behalf, but most of the match was clean.

 

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Bret vs Owen

SummerSlam '94

There's no reason why you aren't watching this now.

 

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Dirty Dango vs. Santino Marella. Impact 7-20 Episode. Marella begins with a knuckle lock and a judo throw on Dango. Marella with a single leg takedown. Marella tries an armbar submission. Marella is showing off his judo moves. Dango has gotten no offense in.. Damgo misses a spinning Senton. A security guard rushes to the ring and grabs Marella's wrist. As Marella is tussling with him, Dango sneaks up from behind Marella and shoves him towards the guard. He pins a dazed Marella.

 

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Ace Austin & Chris Bey vs. (c) Subculture for the tag team titles. Impact 7-20 episode. Ace Austin clamps a wristlock on Flash. He takes Flash Morgan Webster down with a modified armbar. Ace with a hammerlock on Flash. Flash surprises him with a crucifix pin. Flash cinches on a hammerlock of his own. Austin counters with a fireman's carry and a single-leg. It's a technical match so far, with a slight edge going to Ace.

Subculture lifts up Ace for a double Falcon Arrow. Mark Andrews with a Northern Lights suplex on Ace. Andrews grabs Austin's left ankle, drags him to Flash Morgan's corner, to allow Flash to elbow-drop Ace's lower back. Subculture is taking turns beating up a weary Ace, who's been in the ring for his team for much of the match.

Bey does a brainbuster on Andrews. Austin with a crescent kick to Andrews' chin. Bey tries to go for a bridge but Andrews sits on Bey's face and hooks his right leg for the win. Good main event for this week's Impact. Although The Rascalz tried to interfere, their influence was minimal.