Subject: XWA Presents The Great American Bash (7/25/18) Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:53 am
(The Dave Matthews Band comes out and does a half dozen songs then for the finale Warren Hayes comes out on stage and they do Cortez the Killer. Then Warren Haynes plays the Star Spangled Banner to start the show.)
1. Richie Steamboat & Jimmy Snuka vs Fist of Islam w/Khosrow Daivari
(We get a fast paced match here. FOI get Snuka down in the corner and work him over a bit. But he finally makes the tag. Richie cleans house and Hits a Slingblade on Ali. He is looking for a Superkick but Ariya runs in and hits im from behind. Snuka is back and throws Daivari out the ring then fires him shoulder first into the ring steps. Snuka is brutalizing the kid as Richie hits Ali with a Gory Neckbreaker and gets the three count.)
Winners: Richie Steamboat & Jimmy Superfly Snuka
(After the match is over Snuka climbs up top and hits Ali with a Flying headbutt.)
2. Chris Candido vs Will Ospreay - XWA Cruiserweight Championship
(Candido has really bitten off a lot for tonight. He is defending his Cruiserweight title here and the challenging for the World title later. Now can he chew all of it? Ospreay was attacked last XWA TV by Candido. Now he can't wait to get his hands on him. The match begins with Candido stalling. Ospreay is too furious and dives over the ropes onto him. He is raining rights and lefts on him as the crowd cheers. Chris is able to push Will off of him. he is looking to leave the ring area but Ospreay chases him down and batters him back to the ring. He sends Candido in then hits Pip Pip Cheerio (Springboard forearm smash). He covers for two.
Wil now goes for the Oscutter but Candido counters into a release German Suplex. Candido clotheslines Will over the ropes. Chris is catching his breath as he ref makes the count. Out comes the Border Control Agent, David Schultz. He is slapping the mat trying to pump Candido up. Will returns to the ring and is immediately hit with a knee lift. Candido gives Ospreay a Hanging Vertical Suplex. He starts to climb the ropes but Will is up. He traps Candido's head in the buckle and gives him the Cheeky Nandos Kick (Superkick to opponent on the turnbuckle). Then he Powerbombs him to the mat. Ospreay points to the corner but Schultz jumps on the apron threatening to enter. Will runs up the buckle and then jumps and gives a Hurracanrana to Schultz. He's down and Will climbs again but Chris is up and takes out his leg crotching the challenger. Candido goes up... Blonde Bombshell! 1.. 2.. 3!)
Winner & STILL Cruiserweight Champion: Chris Candido
(After Candido orders Schultz to remove the "Eurotrash" from his ring. Doc tosses him over the ropes and then Candido cuts a promo on how that was just step one. England is out next is Japan when he does the same thing to Hayabusa.)
3. Amber Gallows vs Sasha Banks
(Amber let it be known she blames Sasha for Taya Valkyrie not getting a new contract which led to her leaving XWA. Amber has already left Sasha laid out once and defeated her last month. She looks to once again prove Sasha is only here because her uncle is Snoop Dogg. They tie up and immediately Amber puts Banks in a side headlock. Sasha shoves her off to the ropes but is knocked down by a shoulder block. Gallows hits the ropes again. They criss-cross then Amber drops down and gives Gallows a hip toss. Then another followed by a Bodyslam. Amber rolls out the ring but Sasha chases her out there. Amber runs back into the ring. When Banks follows she gets caught with a boot as Amber is stomping away.
Gallows has Sasha in the corner and is laying in Shoulder thrusts to the mid-section. She whips her to the far corner and races behind her but Sasha is able to float over the head of Amber and dropkick her in the back sending Gallows chest first into the buckle. Sasha then executes Bank Statement! Amber is in trouble here. But she is able to get to the ropes to save herself. Sasha is laying some big forearms now. She has Gallows against the ropes and chops her then goes to Irish Whip her but Amber reverses and nails a Booty Bop. She goes for the Amber Alert (Michinoku Driver). But Sasha slips free and hits a Bulldog. Sasha says that's it... Bankrupt (Straight jacket Neckbreaker slam). 1.. 2.. 3!)
Winner: Sasha Banks
4. The ELITE vs The Uprising (Cesaro, Hero & Schultz) - World 6-Man Championship
(These two groups hate each other and it shows right away as this turns into a Pier 6 brawl quickly. Hero catches Matt with his Discus Elbow out on the floor which lays him out. Then he and Cesaro begin double teaming OMEGA. In the ring Nick is being choked on the middle rope by Schultz. He hits the ropes for a seated splash to Nick's back but he boves and Schultz gets tied up in the ropes. Nick commences to hit a Superkick to the unguarded face of Dr D. He's still trapped so Nick hits another. And now Doc is fee but falls to the mat.
Nick goes up but is shoved off by Cesaro. Cesaro comes in and gives Nick Jackson the Giant Swing. Cesaro goes around 20 times. He drops Nick who is dazed. He goes for the Neutralizer but Matt is back and Superkicks Cesaro. On the floor Hero whips OMEGA into the railing and charges with a big boot but Omega evades it and Hero crotches himself. While he's up there OMEGA hits the Flash Man's Time Stopper (Step-up Enzuigiri). Hero is down. In the ring Schultz hits the Dixie Elbow on Matt and covers for two. He is then met with the V-Trigger from OMEGA. Nick and Matt hit a double Dropkick sending Cesaro to the floor. Then the signal. TRIPLE SUPERKICK to Schultz! Matt covers for the 3 count.)
Winners & STILL Champions: The ELITE
5. Asuka vs Aja Kong w/Gedo
(The last time these two faced off Gedo interfered causing a Disqualification. Before the match you can see her warning Gedo to stay out the way. As this is happening she is attacked by Kong. She pounds down on her neck then whips her into the buckle. Aja charges right into a boot of Asuka. Bulldog by Asuka then she goes right into an Asuka Lock (Crossface chickenwing with bodyscissors). Kong is wide-eyed with surprise Asuka is really torquing but Aja has a hand in there to lighten the pressure just slightly. Finally Asuka realizes she doesn't have it locked in well enough and releases and begins battering Aja with elbows to the head.
Asuka rises and lays in kicks to the small of Aja's back. Gedo is pleading with Kong to fight back. Asuka hits the ropes for a soccer kick to the chest but Aja catches the leg and turns it into a half Boston Crab. Asuka fights and gets to the ropes. Kong is now in control. Stomping, kicking, punching and even choking. Kong goes for the Aja Bomb but Asuka backdrops her. Reverse Roundhouse kick connects. Then she goes for another roundhouse and is caught and Suplexed. Aja goes the spinning Backfist but Asuka blocks it with her two forearms. And hits one of her own. Aja is stunned Spin kick connects. Aja is dazed. Gedo jumps on the apron and he is caught with a Spin Kick. Asuka goes back to Aja and eats a Spinning Backfist. Kong she goozles her. She goes for the Chokeslam but Asuka slips free... Asuka Lock! She has Kong center ring! Gedo is down on the floor. No one to help her she tries to fight it but finally taps.)
Winner: Asuka
6. CHAOS (Okada, Nakamura & Ishii) vs Bullet Club (Gallows, Anderson & Page)
(The Tag Titles are not on the line in this special 6-Man Tag Challenge. But it has become apparent that Bullet Club and CHAOS do not see eye to eye. Both teams are out here without any seconds. Amber Gallows wrestled earlier and Gedo was just helped to the back last match. This battle, unlike the last 6-Man Match we saw, starts off in standard fashion. Both teams despite their reputation for bending rules adhere to a mostly clean tag match. Page catches Ishii with a Spinning Spinebuster. He covers for 2. Later Okada snapmares Gallows over and nails a running basement dropkick to the side of his head. He tags in Nakamura who puts Gallows face down across the corner ropes and hits a Knee lift to the sternum. He goes for a Landslide but Gallows turns it into a Super Samoan Drop. He covers 1.. 2.. No.
Match continues along Anderson rams the head of Ishii into the buckle but he no sells it and drops him with a lariat. Release German Suplex by Ishii. In comes Nakamura, he has Karl down in the corner and gives him the Vibrating boot. Naka pulls him out the corner and goes for a German but Karl hits a few back elbows. Then suplexes Nakamura. Tag into Page h\who nails Nakamura with a Clothesline. He goes for the Rite of Passage but Okada comes in and stops it. Then everyone runs in. They are all fighting. Page has Okada and looks for the Adam's Apple (Short-Arm Clothesline. But Okada ducks it and hits the Rainmaker!. He then picks him up and hits another as the rest of Chaos are holding Gallows and Anderson back. 1.. 2.. 3!)
Winners: CHAOS
INTERMISSION: During the break we get a few interviews in the back.
Caruso: I am here with the UWF World Tag Team Champions The Rock n Roll Empire along with Sunshine & John Cena. It seems you brought the whole crew here tonight for this title defense Sunshine.
Sunshine: Where the Empire goes we all go. That's how we roll.
Cena: Believe me It's not like any of us anted to come this god forsaken ghetto. Baltimore... The bottom of the barrel as far as states go.
Caruso: You have a problem with Baltimore John?
Cena: Do you have a problem with smelling rotting garbage and sleeping with rats? Well looking at you I guess that's normal but we are the Empire. This place, This arena everything about it, is beneath us.
Morton: What Johnny is trying to say is we are doing you guys a favor. We are too big a name to be slumming in towns like this. Just so this walking episode of Jerry Springer of a tea in Steen and Generico can get yet ANOTHER shot at us.
Gibson: It's a joke. These guys are number 1 contenders? They can't even get along themselves. How are they supposed to beat the most cohesive team in the history of this industry?
Sunshine: I tell ya how. They can't. They wont. They never will. These belts are never leaving us...
(In walks the ELITE.)
OMEGA: Well... What do we have here?
Nick Jackson: Looks like a bunch of hicks who think they're ruling something.
Matt: Empire... You should be Umpire. Cause you should all be called out.
Cena: That was supposed to be funny? You guys barely defended your belts tonight. Then call yourselves ELITE. You're like everyone else from Baltimore. Trash. Your mothers should ave swallowed you. Just like she did to the other 6 guys the night you were conceived. As for you OMEGA? You're just Kenny to us. And like the saying goes. If you get in the ring with us they will be screaming... Oh My god, They just Killed Kenny!
Sunshine: You bastards....
OMEGA: Get in the ring with you? Is that what you want? Any time any place. Then you can find out like everyone else why there can only be one ELITE.
(Now they get in each other's faces as Charly looks to calm everyone down. Slowly both teams go their separate ways.)
Caruso: That was close.... Now if I can let's bring out the man who in the Main Event will once again challenge for the World Heavyweight title. "Magnum" Adam Cole.
Cole: Let's make this quick, Charly.
Caruso: Adam, last time you faced CM Punk one on one it was AJ Lee who cost you the match. Tonight everyone is banned from ringside. No Triad, No Bullet Club. You have to beat him one one. But in Japan we saw the newest formation of the Bullet Club attack and injure Punk. We do not know the full extent of the injury. He has wrestled since then and successfully defended this belt. But do you think this gives you an advantage tonight?
Cole: an advantage? You mean more than the fact that I am the greatest wrestler in this business? I ruled the Junior Heavyweight division. Held that title for almost a rear Until I got bored and wanted to be the Heavyweight Champion. That goal has been stolen from me multiple times. But tonight it all comes full circle. Tonight I become the first man to be both Junior and Heavyweight Champion. Tonight I make history. I don't need Bullet Club to make that happen. I don't need Lauren to make that happen. All I need is to get CM Punk one on one.
Caruso: That's all well and good. But you didn't answer the question.
Cole: What do you want me to say? Punk is hurt. Should I not wrestle him? Injuries are a part of the business.
Caruso: But it was Bullet Club at your bidding who injured him.
Cole: Irrelevant! You are trying to cast shade on me before the match even begins. Be careful Charly because after tonight I become the most powerful man in this business. You don't want me as an enemy... Interview over...
(Cole storms off.)
Caruso: Well folks as far as I'm concerned. Both these men have sunk to lower and lower levels to hold the World title. Whoever comes out on top will have to live with that.
7. Robert Roode vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - Wrestle Kindom Championship belt (If Roode loses he leaves XWA)
(Roode is all business tonight. He looks to wrestle Tanahashi early and is doing okay but Tanahashi can do it all and begins to get the better of him. Roode then pokes the eye of Hiroshi and opens up with some heavy strikes. He whips him into the ropes and lands a knee to the bread basket. Then a Gutwrench Suplex. Roode locks in a Chinlock as he looks to take a little starch out of the former XWA Champ. Tanahashi is able to free himself from the hold but is then Back Suplexed. Roode continues the assault. He has Tanahashi in the corner and goes for a kick but Hiroshi catches the foot and delivers a Dragon Screw Legwhip. Now Tanahashi is on the leg of Roode. He keeps applying hold after hold on it and applies a Figure four Leglock. Roode is rocking in agony as the crowd is chanting "Tap". He raises his hand if it comes down it will mean the end of him in XWA. he brings it down but stops just inches from the mat. He rocks and is able to turn it over and reverse it. Tanahashi grabs the ropes quickly.
He is looking to go back at the leg but Roode catches him with a European Uppercut. Then a Neckbreaker. He goes for the Glorious DDT but his bad leg gives out and he drops Tanahashi. He he does stomp his head a few times then tries to walk off the pain. Tanahashi is up. hy tie up and Tanahashi slams Roode he hits the ropes and drops an elbow across the chest. He covers for a 2 count. He pulls him up and is looking for the Dragon Suplex but Roode is able to break the hold and gives Tanahashi a modified Stunner. . He hits the ropes and delivers a Lariat to the back of Tanahashi's head. He covers 1.. 2.. NO!
Roode again wants the Glorious DDT. But Hiroshi fights from being lifted. He whips Roode into the ropes and connects on a Slingblade. Tanahashi Climbs up as Robert is struggling to his feet. Tanahashi leaps and Roode tries to catch him but his bad leg makes him stumble backwards and Tanahashi inadvertently is dropped neck first across the top rope. Roode stumbles to his feet as a wobbly Tanahashi stands. kick to the gut... GLORIOUS DDT! 1.. 2.. 3!)
Winner: Robert Roode
8. Hayabusa w/ Tojo Yamamoto vs Chris Candido - UWF World Junior Heavyweight Championship
(Candido walks in as if he was the World Champion. Full of swagger. When Hayabusa enters the ring he asks the referee to check for Yamamoto's passport. To his surprise he has it on him. Candido is saying its a forgery but the referee has had enough of Candido's antics and calls for the bell. They tear into each other and soon the battle spills to the floor. Candido whips Hayabusa into the ring steps. He then picks up part of the steps to hit Hayabusa with but referee Paul Turner says he will DQ him if he does. Candido tosses it down then goes back to the Champ and gets a kick to the gut. Uppercut by Hayabusa. He then gives him an Exploder suplex on the floor before returning to the ring.
Candido beats the count in and decides to take this match to the mat. Here is the one place Candido has the advantage. And he shows it but although he is doing well here its not enough to beat Hayabusa for the title. Chris opens it up and hits a Fallaway Slam. He goes to lift Hayabusa up but gets caught with a Jawbuster. Spinning back kick to the midsection. Then Hayabusa hits an Axe Kick. He hits the ropes and nails a Quebrada. 1.. 2.. No. Hayabusa gives Candido the Falcon Arrow. He goes up for Stardust Press (Shooting star press)....
Candido gets his knees up! Chris gives Hayabusa A hanging Vertical Suplex. Then goes up... Jersey Jam! 1.. 2.. NOOOO!!!! Chris lands a couple of hard rights then puts Hayabusa on the top buckle. He goes up for the Blonde Bombshell but out runs Will Ospreay. He races right to the ring. Candido sees him and is yelling at the referee to get the Eurotrash away from here. The momentary distraction allows Hayabusa to grab Candido. He gives him a H Edge (Modified Sambo Suplex) from the top rope. Hayabusa runs up the other buckle and delivers the Phoenix Splash! 1.. 2.. 3!)
Winner & STILL Champion: Hayabusa
9. Molly Holly vs Melissa Anderson - World Women's Championship
(Fans have been buzzing over this one. Many feel Anderson should be champion by now if not for her getting sidetracked with feuds in XWA. Now her focus is on Molly Holly and the World title. Holly is no slouch and has proved her winning the title from Awesome Kong was no fluke. Both women calmly stand ready through the introductions. Then the bell rings and they walk up face to face with one another. We can't hear what they're saying but then Molly shoves the challenger. Melissa bites her lip, then shoves Molly. Now both women start throwing Elbows. They are trading shot after shot. Neither one giving ground. Molly then lands a kick. She follows with an European Uppercut that sends Anderson to the ropes. she Irish whips her across the ring Molly goes for a clothesline but Anderson ducks it and hits one of her own. Anderson immediately goes for the Curb Stomp but the Champ gets one of her hands free and rolls quickly to the floor. Melissa holds two fingers up close together as to say she was this close.
Molly regroups and re-enters. she hands a quick knee. Then fires Anderson into the corner. She is laying in hard shoulder blocks to the ribs of Anderson. She biels her out the corner. Then hits a dropkick. She looks for the Psycho Driver but Melissa escapes and gives her a Rear Mat Slam. She pulls her up... Reverse STO! She now is looking for the Air Raid Crash but Molly is landing elbows to the ribs and hits a Belly to Belly Suplex. She goes up for the Molly Go Round. She nails it! 1.. 2..
NOOO!! Anderson kicks out. Molly looks for a Neckbreaker but Melissa counters and puts her in a Kondo Clutch (Inverted cloverleaf). Molly is flailing away. Referee is asking if she wants to quit but Holly says no. She claws her way to get a rope break. Melissa pulls her up and is battering her with elbows. She again looks for the Air Raid Crash but Holly fights free. She lands a knee to the chin of Melissa. She goes for the Psycho Driver again but but Anderson is shifting her weight and gets out of it. Melissa headbutts Molly then gives her a German Suplex but both women's shoulders are down. The referee counts 1.. 2.. 3!
Everyone is wondering who won. The referee grabs the title belt while saying something to Eden Stiles. She gives the official decision.)
Winner.... and STILL Champion: Molly Holly
(The announcers talk as we see a replay from a different angle that shows Molly got her other shoulder up before the three count.)
10. Rock n' Roll Empire w/Sunshine & John Cena vs Kevin Steen & El Generico w/Paul Heyman - World Tag Team Championship
(Usually you would see Steen staying in the far corner away from Generico but tonight they stand in the same corner with Heyman. Out come the Empire led by Sunshine and Cena bringing up the rear. As Cena comes he is yelling at fans who are mocking his glove. Heyman is talking to the referee about Cena and that glove but the official says Cena's not in the match so nit doesn't matter. Match begins with Generico wrestling Ricky Morton to a virtual draw. They both tag out and Steen looks to lock up but then pokes Gibson in the eye. Steen whips him to the ropes and backdrops him high in the air. Gibson lands on his lower back and rolls out the ring as Ricky is rubbing his partner's back which brings jeers from the crowd. Cena and Sunshine are yelling at the crowd to shut up.
Match continues and Gibson lands a quick kick to the belly of Steen. He gives him an Arm Wringer and brings him to the corner. Now the Empire utilize quick tags and keep Steen grounded. Generico is in the corner clapping and telling Steen to come on. You can see the frustration growing on the face of the former World Heavyweight Champion.Gibson and Morton go to give Steen a Double back Suplex but Kevin flips over free and clotheslines both of them. Hot tag to Generico! He races in and hits both members of the Empire with Ole Kicks in the corner. He looks for the Brainbustah!!! on Morton but Sunshine distracts the referee as Cena shoves Generico off the buckle. Gibson is in and hits a Swinging Neckbreaker on Generico. He covers for two. Morton is tagged he goes up... Senton from the top Rope. 1.. 2.. NOOO!!!
Gibson nails a Fireman's Carry into a sitout Powerbomb. 1.. 2.. Broken up by Steen. Byron Saxton speaks about how that may have been the first time Steen has ever helped Generico in a match. Tammy points out he was really helping himself. Now the Empire look to put him away with the Double Dropkick but Generico does a matrix type of escape. Then he grabs Gibson, Blue Thunder Bomb! Morton charges but is caught and Generico gives him an Exploder into the Turnbuckle. Then he races to the ropes and catches Cena with a Suicide dive transitioned into a Tornado DDT. Generico raises a fist to the air as the entire crowd screams "OLE!" Standing ovation. Generico roll back in and tags Steen who grabs Morton for the Package Piledriver but Gibson dropkicks Steen right to the face. Now Everyone is in. Sunshine tries to toss the title belt to Gibson but Heyman snatches it away., Sunshine snarls and attacks Heyman!. It's mayhem but no one sees Cena slip something into that glove. Generico has Morton by the waist and wants a Reverse Sunset Flip but when he gets to the ropes Cena Punches him with that glove. Generico is out as Morton rolls him up. 1.. 2.. 3!)
Winners and STILL Champions: The Rock n' Roll Empire
11. Shawn Michaels vs Bad Luck Fale - Texas Death Match - XWA Championship
(Since Shawn won this title the Bullet Club have been out to take it from him. Bad Luck Fale has been a constant thorn and HBK has let to pin him in a match. So tonight there are no rules. There must be a winner. Michaels starts out with a hit and run strategy, utilizing his quickness and agility but people always sleep on just how good an athlete Fale is and soon he catches Shawn by the hair and slams him to the mat by it. Fale rifles Shawn hard into the turnbuckle he sends him into the far buckle and charges but Shawn moves out the way. He is kicking Fale in the hamstrings with his cowboy boots. Shawn hits the ropes but is goozled. Fale looks for the Grenade but Shawn gets free he goes for Sweet Chin Music but Fale blocks that.
Match begins to heat up as they are trading blows but Fale's have much more force. He has Michaels in the corner and is hitting body blows to the rib cage. He again fires Shawn to the buckle. This time he connects on a corner Splash. He gives Shawn a Throat Lift the ref allows it as it is a Texas Death Match. He is asking Shawn if he wants to quit but he says no. he then begins kicking Fale in the sternum until he drops him. Fale is just clubbing away with huge forearms to the back and neck of the XWA Champ. He delivers a Atomic Backbreaker. Then hits the ropes... Big Splash! 1.. 2.. NOOO!!! HBK kicks out barely. Fale lifts Shawn up for the Bad Luck Fall but Michaels is fighting and wriggling and gets free. He hits the ropes... Flying Forearm connects and down goes Fale! Nip up by Michaels! He goes up top... Flying Elbow to the heart! He is tuning up the band. Fale wobbles but gets to his feet as Shawn fires the kick.
Fale catches the leg! He spins him and drops him with a huge clothesline. Fale is on one knee and out comes Hangman Adam Page. He has a chair and tosses it into the ring. Fale slams it across the back of Michaels. He does it two more times. Michaels lays prone in the ring as Fale covers. 1.. 2.. Shawn puts his foot on the ropes! Fale sighs heavily. He drags HBK to the center of the ring. He hits the ropes for another Big Splash. But Shawn moves! Fale is holding his sternum as Shawn tunes up the band. But Page runs in the ring and gives Michaels a Double Sledgehammer to the back of the neck. Fale now signals for the Grenade. Then running down the aisle with a steel chair is....
Spoiler:
TOMMY DREAMER IS HERE!!!! He runs in and blasts Adam Page that sends him out the ring. Fale then shoves Tommy. Who takes the chair and rams right between the legs of Fale. Fale is hunched over and turns away... SWEET CHIN MUSIC!!!!!! 1.. 2.. 3!)
Winner & STILL Champion: Shawn Michaels
(After the match he and Dreamer shake hands as Tommy raises the hand of Michaels.)
Main Event: CM Punk vs "Magnum" Adam Cole - UWF World Heavyweight Champion
(Cole comes out to the stage with Lauren. She gives him a kiss for luck and then walks back. Cole isn't his usual cocky self. He seems ultra serious as he makes his way to the ring. He realizes despite all his talk that tonight may be his last chance at this. Then comes the Champ, CM Punk. He is there alone. We see his leg is bandaged up pretty well. Results of the Bullet Club attack in Japan. He looks out at the crowd which for the most part boo him but he does have some fans in attendance. He does his "It's Clobberin Time" taunt and marches to the ring. Since becoming Champion, Cole has been a thorn in his side. Tonight he gets to shut him up and send him to the back of the line.
Introductions are made and they stare into each other's face.
The bell rings and they circle each other for a bit. They go to tie up but Adam kicks the bandaged knee of Punk and he goes right down.Cole smirks at the crowd who boo him for the cheap shot. Cole now targets the leg of CM Punk. He does a few leg pulls. Stomps at the leg while its draped over the bottom rope. Adam is yelling at Punk, "Come on Champ, fight back!" . Punk pulls himself up in the corner and as Cole advances he lands a kick to the gut. Then lands an uppercut. He grabs the arm and does his single leg mule kick to Adam's chin. Cole is down as Punk is trying to shake off the effects of the attack on the knee. He hits Cole with a couple of Mongolian Chops then delivers a Sitout Suplex Slam. Instead of covering he goes right to the Anaconda Vice. Cole is close enough to get to the ropes. Punk keeps it on though and finally breaks when the referee, Paul Turner, gets to 4.
Battle continues with both men getting some offense in. Cole looks to Irish Whip Punk to the corner but he reverses it and sends in Cole. Punk then connects on a Step-up high knee followed by a Bulldog. He covers for two. Punk now lifts Cole on his shoulder for the GTS but Cole slides off and goes for the Florida Key. But Punk gets his hand free and hits a back elbow. He switches behind and hits the Pepsi Twist.
Punk again goes for the GTS and again Cole escapes. This time he hits the Corona Kick. He then locks in a Figure Four Leglock. Punk is crying out in pain. Turner is asking him if he wants to quit. But Punk responds "F*ck No!" He reaches and stretches and shimmies and gets to the ropes. Cole stands and grabs Punks legs and begins to pull him away from the ropes. Punk is able to kick Cole away into the ropes and then gives him a Monkey Flip. Punk then nails a Roundhouse Kick sending Adam to the floor. Punk is noticeably limping but he sucks it up and nails a Corksrew Suicide Dive out on Magnum. Fans are cheering but Punk is holding that knee you can see he is in a lot of pain. He slaps at his knee a few times like he's trying to wake it up. He grabs Adam and sends him in to the ring. He rolls in himself then goes up top... Flying Elbow... Misses! Adam moves in and hits Cole-ateral (Scoop Brainbuster).
1.. 2.. NOO!!! Cole is working a Rear Chinlock. Punk fights his way and is able to land a few elbows to free himself. He nails an Enzuguiri then gives Cole a Tilt-A-Whirl Backbreaker. 1.. 2.. NOOOO!!!!!! Punk is grabbing at the knee as he pulls Adam up. He hoists him on his shoulders... GO TO SLEEP! But the impact sent a wave of pain through the injured knee of Punk. He doesn't cover immediately he is grasping in agony at the knee. Cole is laid flat on his stomach. Punk crawls over. He struggles but rolls him onto his back and covers. 1.. 2.. Cole puts his foot on the bottom rope! Punk punches the mat in disgust. He can barely pull himself up. He gets up and again gets Adam on his shoulders. But Cole jumps off and nails a Superkick then goes in and hits Florida Key!
Paul Turner drops to the mat and makes the count as the capacity crowd counts along... 1... 2... NOOOOOO!!!!! Cole is in disbelief...
Both men are exhausted. They slowly move towards each other on their respective knees and begin trading shots. We hear "Fight Forever" chants. And the way this is going they just might. Cole lands a series of elbows that stun the champ. He goes behind him for the Corona Crash (Inverted DDT). But Punk turns and reverses it. He has his arms hooked and delivers Welcome to Chicago... (Double Underhook Backbreaker). He covers 1.. 2.. NOOOO!!!!!
Both men are now just laying on their backs as they receive a standing ovation. The referee starts to lay in a count. But both men are stirring at about 7. Punk lays in a series of strikes that rock Cole as he staggers into the corner. Punk charges for another Step-up high knee but Cole ducks and Punk hits the buckle with that bad leg. Punk is up but putting almost no weight on it when Cole clips the knee from behind! Punk is almost passed out from the pain. Magnum puts him in a Half Boston Crab. Punk is screaming "NO!" when asked if he wants this to end. Cole is cranking it. The Champ now seems to go limp. The referee is checking his arm. It drops once, It drops twice... He lifts it again. But it STAYS UP! Punk is still in this. He crawls by his finger nails and gets to the ropes. Adam is looking at Punk as he hugs the ropes in desperation. He hangs his head in almost defeat. He looks up to the roof as if asking for divine help. He pulls down his knee pad. He hits the ropes and nails Punk with a knee to the back of the head. He picks him up..... The Last Shot! 1.. 2.. 3!!!!!)
WINNER.... AND.... NEEEWWWWWWW WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: "Magnum" Adam Cole
(After the announcement Lauren, Hangman Page, Doc & Amber Gallows, Karl Anderson, Bad Luck Fale & The Guerillas of Destiny all come out to celebrate with their leader. While AJ and the Triad come out to assist an exhausted CM Punk to the back as he gets to the top of the ramp he turns to the ring. Not with a face of defeat but confidence that he will be back on top.)
