Tuesday, January 24, 2023

VPWA Wednesday Warfare #6 'Streets of Rage'

[Winner Gets A Contract]:
Drew McIntyre pinned Dasher Hatfield with the Claymore in 0:12:50.
Rating: ***

No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Match:
Cactus Jack pinned Irving Goff with the Double Arm DDT in 0:02:54.

No-Time-Limit-Four Corners Match for the vacant VPWA Six Man Tag Team Championship:
Rob Van Dam, Sabu and Will Ospreay defeated The Dudleys (Big Dick Dudley, Buh Buh Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley), SUPER J (Great Sasuke, Hayabusa and Jinsei Shinzaki) and The Order of the Neo-Solar Temple (Frightmare, Hallowicked and UltraMantis Black):
x W. Ospreay beat Big Dick Dudley via disqualification in 0:22:58
x W. Ospreay beat Shinzaki via the Stormbreaker in 0:25:16
x RVD beat Hallowicked via the Five Star Frog Splash in 0:39:50
Rating: *** 1/2
(Rob Van Dam, Sabu and Will Ospreay won the VPWA Six Man Tag Team Championship.)
[Joel Gertner interfered against Will Ospreay.]
[Bill Alfonso interfered against Hallowicked.]

[Raven's Rules]: Elimination No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Falls-Count-Anywhere Match:
The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson), Brandon Cutler, Cody Rhodes and Kenny Omega beat The Flock (Raven, Stevie Richards and The Blue Meanie) and The Pitbulls (Pitbull 1 and Pitbull 2) 5 falls to 0:
x M. Jackson beat Pitbull 2 via putting him through a table in 0:12:26
x Cody beat Richards via a moonsault bodyblock in 0:45:07
x K. Omega beat Pitbull 1 via a German suplex in 1:02:39
x M. Jackson beat Meanie via a moonsault in 1:11:16
x M. Jackson beat Raven after the BTE Trigger in 1:14:00
Survivors: Brandon Cutler, Cody Rhodes, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson
Rating: ****

News and Notes:
The Mad Dogs of War, The Pitbulls, ended up being Raven's mystery partners but they weren't enough to secure a victory for The Flock. In fact, Raven ended up being all alone against all five of his opponents and was beat from pillar to post before getting hit was a BTE Trigger from The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega. These 10 men brawled all over the arena in one of the bloodiest fights you'll ever see.

Rob Van Dam and Sabu's odd couple act has worked everywhere they've wrestled so it's really no surprise that adding a third combustible element to the mix in the form of Will Ospreay led to championship gold. RVD scored the final fall and the belts for his team after he broke a keyboard over Hallowicked's head and finished him off with the Five Star Frog Splash after a grueling 40-minute war. Ospreay grabbed his belt and immediately walked to the back, leaving Alfonso, Sabu and RVD in the ring for an awkward photoshoot to commemorate the moment.

Joel Gertner had to flee from The Dudleys after he inadvertently got them disqualified.

Definitely a contrast in styles in the VPWA's first ever All or Nothing match, where the winner would receive a contract. Most outsiders would have looked at Dasher Hatfield and Drew McIntyre and expected the Scot to demolish his opponent but that wasn't the case as Hatfield controlled the majority of the match and came within a hair of winning and earning a spot in the VPWA on several occasions. Almost wasn't good enough, however, as McIntyre was able to rally and score the victory with his devastating Claymore kick.

Cactus Jack demolished young Irving Goff in just under three minutes. Goff got one move in on offense, an elbowsmash that both caught Cactus off-guard AND motivated him to inflict serious punishment.

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