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Entry #456
Mark Canterbury vs. Bradshaw
Brawl for All Tournament First Round Match
WWF Monday Night RAW - June 29, 1998
Mark Canterbury vs. Bradshaw
Brawl for All Tournament First Round Match
WWF Monday Night RAW - June 29, 1998
Later that same night, we get a match from the entire reason this tournament exists. According to a story disputed by no one except Bradshaw himself, Vince Russo came up with the idea after the big Texan prick bragged that he could take any man on the roster in a legit fight. His first round match against Mark Canterbury should go some way to prove or disprove this. After all, if you can't beat a Godwinn, you can't beat anyone.
This is better immediately, these guys are just swinging punches at each other. Crowd doesn't care, though. Canterbury tries to go for a takedown but Bradshaw holds him off. We leave round 1 with no takedowns, no knockdowns, and Bradshaw with the punching edge. Round 2, it's like amateur boxing but less co-ordinated. Bradshaw nearly gets a knockdown on Canterbury with a flurry but Canterbury clinches (I recently learned that that's the name for when boxers hug sometimes) to save himself. The "boring" chants are so loud. Turns out Bradshaw got a cut lip that round. Canterbury gets a takedown in round 3, then goes for another, but Bradshaw stops him. Apparently that means Bradshaw's won on points. Don't know...
...and don't care. That's another match out of the way!