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("Break Stuff" by Limp Biskit pumps through the speakers and the heat rains down for
Mike Powers, who doesn't acknowledge the crowd, but simply walks to the ringside
area and tests a couple sides of the case before entering through the door)
Folks, this match here is for the World LH Title, as Mike Powers is
getting set to do battle with the current LH champion, Simon Sanders. Joining
me in the booth are the new color team for High Impact, Ted Bender and Mikael
O'Leary. Welcome to the team gentlemen. Mr. O'Leary, as a former wrestler
and a close friend of Simon Sanders, you must be pretty excited to commentate
on this match.
You're not talking to some rookie, Cross. I've done commentary on
Simon's matches when we were both in the USeW. I was in the back with Simon
and he's pumped up for this match.
Sanders better be pumped up because Mike Powers has proven time and
time again that he's a legitimate threat to the EWC big guns. Powers may be
a jerk, but he has all the tools to be a winner. All he needs is a little
focus.
Powers, to his credit, isn't backtalking the fans or reacting to
anything at the moment, he's locked and focused on the task at hand, and
that's finding a way to beat Simon Sanders. In a standard cage match,
you can win by pinfall, submission, or leaving the cage.
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(Solid pop as "Scatman" by Scatman John comes onto the speakers, and Simon Sanders
heads to the ring in a brisk walk)
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Simon Sanders has made the scene, and he's taking off the belt and
leaving it at ringside as he slides into the ring AND GOES RIGHT AFTER MIKE
POWERS!!! LEFTS AND RIGHTS HAVE POWERS BACKED INTO A CORNER!
Welcome to the school of hard knocks... have face... will pummel.
Sanders going after Mike Powers with a vengeance, and I don't think
Powers was quite prepared for that level of an assault, Sanders grabbing
Powers' head - and TOSSES HIM FACEFIRST INTO THE STEEL CAGE!!!
Did you see Powers bounce off the steal cage? He looked like he
he got shot out of a cannon. I can't tell if Simon Sanders is on a mission
to prove that he's the best light heavyweight in EWC or if he's just trying
to kill Mike Powers.
If we're lucky, it's kill Mike Powers.
Sanders sends Powers to the ropes, Powers ducks an elbowmsmash
on the rebound, Mike Powers goes behind for a waistlock, but Sanders
does the same thing...and A HARD BELLY TO BACK SUPLEX RIGHT INTO THE CAGE!!!
POWERS IMPACTS INTO THE CAGE NECK AND HEAD FIRST, and Powers crumples to
the mat.
Mike Powers is going to know he was in a war tonight... assuming
he survives. Hit him again, Simon!
Sanders wasting nothing in this match, he's making it clear that he's
settling this issue permanently tonight. Sanders going for the cover, but
only getting a two count, and now Sanders locking in a short arm scissors to
begin this evenings "work on the arm" portion of the broadcast.
I can't believe this. Simon knows that when you have a man down,
you kick him like the dog he is. This is just embarrassing.
Sanders wrenching that arm with his legs for all he's worth, Powers
in a lot of pain at the moment, OOH, Powers with a punch right in the mouth
on Sanders, and that was enough to break the hold. Referee Ray Chapman
giving him the what for, but that's all he can do.
While I don't agree with the method, it was pretty much the only way
Mike Powers was getting out of that move. He was in the middle of the ring
and Sanders had that hold on tight.
Shut up, Bender! Don't diss Powers for the first decent move he's
executed this whole match.
Powers now with a boot to the gut, followed by an uppercut that staggers
Sanders. Powers with the irish whip, Sanders rebounds, Sanders ducks a spinning
elbowsmash by Powers, Powers not missing a beat, runs to the ropes, SPRINGBOARD
LEG LARI...SANDERS CONVERTS IT TO A BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX!!! Good thinking on
the fly by the LH Champion, and now Sanders laying boots right to the face
and chest of Powers...*CRACK* And Sanders with a pimpslap right across the face
of Powers!
I haven't seen Simon pimpslap someone like that since the last time
we closed down Jackie's Road House in '98. Now that was a bar brawl!
Powers is livid, but he's too stunned to react. Sanders sends Powers
to the rope...tilt-a-whirl backbreaker by the champ, and a cover, we have
one, WE HAVE TWO...kickout by Powers. And Sanders now going for an armbar,
but using his knee as a fulcrum point to place even more pressure on Powers'
arm.
Well if you have to go with the wussy arm bar, you might as well
try and break the... what the hell are those jerks doing???
Retrospection making their way to ringside, and even with a cage
surrounding the ring, that can't bode well for the champion. Sanders sees
them, but still keeps that armbar locked.
Sanders knows that he's safe in the cage and is all business now.
He has that armbar locked in tight and Powers is writhing in pain.
Sanders now picking Powers up by the arm, and hammerlocks it behind
his back before lifting him up into a hard bodyslam...wait a minute, Styles
is trying to climb the cage!!!!
Now this is just stupid! There is no way Styles is going to make
into that cage as long as Simon can get to him first.
Sanders over there kicking the cage, trying to get Styles down..
meanwhile, Jason Gentry just slid a pair of sunglasses into the ring!
Powers putting on the sunglasses as Sanders' kicks finally get Styles off
of the cage. Sanders turns around...AND POWERS TOSSES SOME SORT OF POWDER
RIGHT INTO THE EYES OF SIMON SANDERS!!!
Where is the ref while all of this is going on?
It doesn't matter where the ref is. When Simon's eyes clear up,
he's gonna kick the crap out of Power and his Retro-flunkies.
Powers ditching the sunglasses now as Sanders is staggering around,
blinded by that powder. Powers taking Sanders by the hair...AND TOSSES
*HIM* FACEFIRST INTO THE CAGE!!!
I hope someone is taping this for Sanders, because he's REALLY
gonna be pissed with this.
With help from Retrospection, Powers is back in the game.
Powers again rams him headfirst into the cage..and now Powers off
the far ropes...LEAPING ROARING ELBOW THAT SANDWICHES SANDERS' HEAD
INTO THE STEEL CAGE!!! Sanders is down, and he's bleeding from the
forehead!
Get up, Simon! I've seen you take harder hits from my wife
and laugh it off. Don't be a wussy!
Powers posing for the fans over the fallen Simon Sanders, the arrogance
of this young man never ceases to amaze me, and now he falls down hard into
a legdrop across the back of the head. Powers turns Sanders over, and we
have a cover, count of one, count of two, count of two and a half, Sanders
managing to kick out here...and POWERS with a slap of his own across the
face...and now he spits on the LH champion, then grinds it in with a spinning
bootscrape!
Talk about no respect. Mike Powers would be down and out if
Retrospection hadn't interjected on his behalf, yet he's wasting time
instead of wrestling.
Respect means nothing to Powers, he just wants a championship.
Powers picks up Sanders, puts him into a full nelson, and LANDS STRAIGHT
DOWN, jarring the back of Sanders. Powers up now, and a dropkick to the
back of the head of Sanders! Sanders is down now towards the corner,
and Powers grabs the ropes to slingshot up...SPLIT LEG MOONSAULT!!!
COUNT OF ONE! COUNT OF TWO, COUNT OF THREE! NO! Sanders up at the last
possible second.
That's because he's not a wussy. Simon Sanders is one of the
toughest men in the world. To him, that moonsault was a love tap.
Powers gets Sanders in suplex position...Sanders with a couple
of shots to the gut, and now Simon hooks the leg..."DOWNBEAT" FISHERMAN'S
BRAINBUSTER!!! Both men are down now, but Powers took some hellish
damage!
That's nothing. Try fighting Simon Sanders and Micky Sullivan
for the last beer in the fridge. That makes this cage match look like a
middle school dance.
Sanders up first, and now he's signaling for the door to be
opened...wait a minute, STYLES IS CHAINING THE DOOR TOGETHER!!! HE
CHAINS IT AND PADLOCKS IT!!!
I guess this means Sanders is going to have to put Powers down
for the count because the only way out is cut off.
If Sanders was looking for an escape, he's not going to find it there!
Sanders not wasting much time, he picks up Powers and lays a hard chop
across his chest...Powers responds with a low kick, a middle kick,
SPINNING HEEL KICK BY POWERS!!! Powers stunning the LH Champion, now he
sends him to the ropes, Sanders rebounds, firemans carry into an airplane spin
by Powers...RIGHT into a stun gun across the top rope!
When Mike Powers wants to wrestle, he can put on a show. That was
an amazing series of moves by Powers.
Sanders getting to his feet, Powers off the far ropes, and he
MISSES THE SPRINGBOARD LEG LARIAT *AGAIN*! Sanders over, hooks a
front armbar, RIGHT into a single arm DDT that jars Powers' shoulders.
Sanders getting behind Powers, he goes for the katahajime, but Powers
is right there with a back elbowsmash to stop that.
Simon should have gone for the "Habit Breaker" just then, but
he's still in this match.
Sanders is doubled over, and Powers now with a punt kick right
to the stomach of Sanders, and now Powers gets onto the second rope,
gets into position for a double underhook DDT, and TORNADOES IT COMING
OFF THE SECOND ROPE!!!
This match is over! There's not way Simon Sanders can kick out
after that move.
Powers isn't done yet. He picks Sanders up and sets him on the top rope.
Powers now climbing to the second rope, and pulls Sanders over....SECOND
ROPE K-DRILLER!!! That's it, Sanders is OUT!!! Powers DROVE him right onto
his head from the second rope! but Powers *STILL* isn't done, as he starts
climbing to the top rope.
This Mike Powers is one sick, bastard. If he wasn't beating up on
my best friend, I'd probably be pulling for him. I just want to know what the
hell he's gonna do next.
Wait a minute...he's not stopping at the top rope..HE'S CLIMBING TO THE
TOP OF THE CAGE!!!
He wouldn't!
Powers has a penchant for trying to nail at least one crazy move
every match, but this is beyond crazy! Powers now balancing at the top
of the cage, and eh comes OFF - FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY DEGREE FROG SPLASH!!!
*CROWD POP* SANDERS GOT THE KNEES UP!!!!!
I don't know who's crazier... Powers for taking that risk or Sanders
for sacrificing his knees.
BOTH MEN ARE DOWN NOW...wait, Sanders is clutching his knee! Powers
took a hard blow, but Powers *ALSO* landed on Sanders' knee hard. Sanders has
had problems with that knee since the USeW days, and it looks as if Sanders
may have re-injured it!
Mike Powers tried to kill Simon and may have taken himself out of
the game too. This is gonna come down to who wants the win the most.
Can you have a double count out in a cage match?
Powers rolls over for the cover...we have one....we have two...
*CROWD POP* My god, Sanders is still kicking out! That was two and 999/1000,
but Sanders not letting go of his title without at least a semblance of a fight!
Did you expect anything else?
Sanders is still in a lot of pain right now, as Powers drags him
by the arms to center ring. Powers goes outside, and grabs the ropes...
AND THAT WAS THE POWER PLAY!!! Springboard shooting star press! Powers
with a count of one....count of two...and that got him the three!
("Break Stuff" comes back on as the fans boo something fierce)
Sanders just not having any fight left in him, as paramedics are using
bolt cutters to cut through the chain and to get into the ring! Powers, meanwhile,
simply climbs the cage and comes out the other side before grabbing his belt from
the ring announcer!
Talk about a poor winner.
Styles and Gentry carrying Powers out on his shoulders as he holds
that LH title high - and Simon Sanders, who fought valiantly in that match,
is being set to be carried out on the stretcher. Let's review what happened
here, Powers on the top rope, comes off with the 450 Frog Splash, Sanders
gets his knees up, but the force of the impact was enough for that
knee of Sanders' to potentially get re-injured!
I can't believe that little punk beat Simon. All I can say to Powers
is that I won't let Simon Sanders forget what you and your flunkies did and I'm
sure he won't forgive you. I'm going to check on Simon.
And while Mikael O'Leary tries to get an update on Simon Sanders'
condition, We have to take a break, the main event is next!