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Entry #83
Sabu (XPW) vs. Dirtbike Kid (EWA)
Hardcore Winner Takes All Match for the XPW World Heavyweight Championship and EWA European Junior Heavyweight Championship
FWA Evil Intentions: About to Explode - August 5, 2000
Sabu (XPW) vs. Dirtbike Kid (EWA)
Hardcore Winner Takes All Match for the XPW World Heavyweight Championship and EWA European Junior Heavyweight Championship
FWA Evil Intentions: About to Explode - August 5, 2000
And now we come to Dirtbike Kid's swansong. The final match he ever wrestled, against the man who got him his big break, Sabu. Of course, since it's in this thread, it didn't turn out well. Quote from DBK himself in the one interview he seemingly ever did:
The Evil Intentions show was very badly run, to the point where they had given 20 minutes on the card to some stupid gothic dance routine, that had nothing…and I repeat… nothing to do with wrestling… and having John Feltham (who is an ok guy, I liked him) come up to me to tell me that my match with Sabu, could only go…listen to this…. no more than 5 minutes, because they had already…gone over-time allowed.
I thought, you’re having a fucking laugh. Up to the point where they had announced, Sabu v DBK on the card, they had only sold 180 tickets. After we had been added, he had sold 1100 odd tickets in total, in half the time it took him to sell 180, with Dan Severn on the show. And he wanted us to screw over his paying customers with a five-minute screw job, because he didn’t realise how bad he’d booked the show.
In the end, we tried to make it last longer, but it turned into a disaster of a match in our opinion (which should have been a lot better) because of rubbish pasting tables that he had bought, and the complete rush we were put under because the building management wanted to close the Arena, before our match had even begun!!!! Sabu, and myself were happy to a degree as we tried under difficult circumstances to pull off a good match that turned out just ok really. We salvaged a near disaster really, that almost made us walk away from the building, but decided that the people outside shouldn’t pay the price, for their monumental fuck-up!
Maybe I could leave it with that, but I want to see this match for myself, so here we go!
This match starts similarly to how the 1995 match started, with attempts to sweep the legs being dodged. Eventually Sabu succeeds and starts a ground-and-pound. There's notably less matwork at the start of this match, and a lot more brawling. Sabu misses a springboard kick and DBK hits a crossbody for two. DBK goes for a dropkick whose technique is reminiscent of Erik Watts to knock Sabu out of the ring, then hits another crossbody to the outside. Now on the outside, Sabu tosses DBK over the barricade, grabs a fork, and starts to stab his opponent in the head with it. Sabu continues to bust DBK open with the fork, and brings him back over just to grind him and make him bleed more. Sabu is off camera for a while, and all we get is a shot of DBK stumbling about and falling on his shoulder on to an exposed bit of wooden floor.
Back to the ring... and Sabu continues to abuse the fork before hitting a slingshot leg drop for two. Sabu goes out to grab a table, and only finds a chair. Luckily this time some guy (probably the promoter) is on hand with one. You know, so DBK doesn't have to kick the ref to stop the count. Speaking of DBK, he grabs the chair and whacks Sabu in the head with it. He then lays Sabu on the table... which COLLAPSES! The crowd launches into a mix of booing and mocking laughter. Sabu hits DBK with a sloppy looking frankensteiner before the promoter slides in the chair. He then realises it's not the time for that spot, takes it out, and slides it in again! Sabu takes the chair and clatters DBK's already-bloody head with it, then uses it to pull off a step-up springboard corkscrew senton (at least, that's what I think it was; it only gets 2, though).
Sabu's got the chair set up to do his step-up kick, but DBK grabs the chair and hits him with it for a pin that draws a rope break. The promoter sets up the collapsed table in the corner of the ring as DBK slams Sabu to set up one of his trademark random top rope moves. This time it's a moonsault, which this time falls quite short, and only gets two. DBK tosses Sabu out, slides out to follow him, but Sabu comes out on top in the ensuing brawl (that the camera can't see). Sabu lays DBK on something... and the sound of breaking would, combined with the derisory laughter of the crowd, confirms that a SECOND table has collapsed! From what I can tell, Sabu and the promoter bring DBK over to a third table and THAT COLLAPSES TOO!
If you like table breaks, this isn't your match. If you like tables collapsing, this is the greatest match of all time. Sabu hits DBK with the third table before returning to the ring. He has to consult with the promoter before going outside and engaging in chair battle with DBK. Sabu wins, and rolls DBK into the ring for a two-count. This promoter geek comes in to set up Sabu's finish, using his body to help Sabu trip DBK (and land on the upturned first table, on the back of his neck). Sabu then goes for his step-up kick, and we get our first table working properly at the FOURTH time of asking. Shame DBK hasn't gotten up so Sabu misses completely. Ref fast counts to finish it.
Yeah, that was rubbish from start to finish. Probably doomed from the very beginning given the backstage accounts, but that doesn't really account for the production botches (those tables...).