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UCW - Week 25

CarlzillaPosted on 08/25/04 at 19:38:55

Card Information:
Held in: BATTLEGROUND ARENA
Location: ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, UNITED STATES
Date/Time: 01/05 at 7:00pm
Matches/Interviews booked: 9
Arena Capacity: 1000
Attendance: 1000
A Sold Out Arena.
Ticket Buy Rate: 100%


Chris Hero and Jody Fleisch defeated
La Nueva Pareja Atomica (El Hijo Del Santo and Negro Casas) when Fleisch pinned
Hijo del Santo with the Phoenix 720 DDT in 0:24:27.
Rating: ****

Tetsuhiro Kuroda pinned Chris Sabin with the Butterfly Suplex in 0:14:57.
Rating: **** 1/4

Interview:
The Golden Dragons confront Hayabusa...

[interview clip:
[The Golden Dragons minus Hayabusa are in the back of the arena. It looks like
they are having some kind of argument with one another...]

Mr. Fuji: Hayabusa has disgraced us by loosing his title to CM Punk...
Tenzan: I agree, he's no longer golden, he should no longer be a part of the
Dragons.
Kabuki: Well, we aren't champions yet either Tenzan...
Tenzan: I am well aware of this Kabuki, this however will be rectified tonight
as we will destroy the trecherous Team EGO.
Kabuki: I say we give him a chance to redeem himself, and if he is unable to
come through we destroy him.

[Hayabusa come up to them.]

Hayabusa: I am very sorry about loosing the title last week, I will make it up
to you guys, I swear it, I have big plans tonight...

[With this Hayabusa walks off...]

Mr. Fuji: You'd better have big plans...[/i]


Iron Man Match:
Minoru Tanaka beat Jimmy Rave 2 falls to 1:
        x Minoru Tanaka beat Rave via countout in 0:14:54
        x Minoru Tanaka beat Rave via the Cross Arm Scissors in 0:25:40
        x Rave beat Minoru Tanaka via the Satellite Crossface in 0:26:19
        x time limit expired (Minoru Tanaka and Rave) in 0:30:00
Rating: **** 1/4
(Minoru Tanaka won the UCW Iron Man Title.)

Sonjay Dutt pinned Wolf with the Hindusault in 0:14:54.
Rating: **** 1/4

Alex Shelley defeated Christopher Daniels by countout in 0:16:26.
Rating: *** 3/4
[Edge interfered against Christopher Daniels.]

[i][match clip:
Christopher Daniels misses with a kick.
Christopher Daniels hits Alex Shelley with a clothesline.
Christopher Daniels runs into the ropes.
Alex Shelley hits Christopher Daniels with a backdrop.
Christopher Daniels falls out of the ring.
Lou Hercs counts: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
Alex Shelley distracts Lou Hercs.
Edge hits Christopher Daniels with the Edgecution.
Ringside is quickly filling up with debris.
Christopher Daniels is out cold.
Lou Hercs is back on the job: ten.
The crowd is on its feet cheering for Alex Shelley.

The winner is Alex Shelley. Time of match: 0:16:26[/i]


Interview:
Hayabusa is standing in the ring...

[i][interview clip:
Hayabusa: I disgraced my homeland when I lost the Intercontinental Title last
week to CM Punk, I will however make ammends, by bringing home the UCW World
Title this week. Colt Cabana, you have been champion long enough, your reign
ends tonight...

[Colt Cabana heads to the ring...]

Cabana: What makes you think I would even step in the ring with a looser like
yourself? I don't have any obligation to fight you...so I won't. Piss off.

Hayabusa: You've been ducking a defense against the the Golden Dragons since
you got that title, and we are no longer going to stand for it...

[Tajiri comes out of the back and gets behind Cabana...he taps him on the
shoulder and sprays the green mist in his face...Hayabusa pulls out a match
contract and forces Cabana to sign it.]

Hayabusa: I'll see you in the ring, tonight...I'd go flush your eyes, so you
can see me walk away with your championship...[/i]


Knights Of The Golden Dragon (Great Kabuki and Hiroyoshi Tenzan) defeated
Team Ego (Magnum TOKYO and CIMA) when Kabuki pinned TOKYO after the
Double Over the Shoulder Facebuster in 0:23:37.
Rating: ****
(Knights Of The Golden Dragon won the UCW Tag Team Titles.)
[Mr. Fuji interfered against Magnum TOKYO.]

Hayabusa defeated Colt Cabana by disqualification in 0:49:11.
Rating: **** 1/4
(Colt Cabana retained the UCW World Title.)
Mr. Fuji interfered against Colt Cabana.]

i]match clip:
Colt Cabana hits Hayabusa with the Colt 45.
Colt Cabana goes for the cover 1...2..Hayabusa kicks out.
Colt Cabana misses with a clothesline.
Hayabusa hits a spinning heel kick on Colt Cabana.
Hayabusa tries to pin Cabana
Cabana kicks out.
Hayabusa sets up for the Firebird Splash.
Mr. Fuji enters the ring and hits the downed Colt Cabana with the cane.
James Hamden disqualifies Hayabusa.

The winner is Colt Cabana. Time of match: 0:49:11./i]

Card rating: ****
Critic of the DawnPosted on 08/25/04 at 20:42:05

D'oh!  That crazy Mr. Fuji...  Hayabusa had the match won, and he still insisted on interfering.  And it ended up costing him the match!  Makes me wonder if the Golden Dragons might be looking for a new manager soon.  I wonder if Yamaguchi-san is free...

Great card as always, with some really good matches.  I'm not sure what I think of your roster, though.  You've got so many amazing workers that it feels sort of fake, if you see what I'm saying.  Everything is great, and nothing is simply good.  You need some worthless hosses, dammit! ;D

Not that I'd complain if I ran into something like that in real life... ;)

Eric "Critic of the Dawn"
CarlzillaPosted on 08/26/04 at 08:46:35

When I picked the initial roster I went entirely on work rate, no one below and 80 was accepted. Then I used the 'm' key to bring in new workers and TNM has been pretty nice to me. I don't like having worthless people to throw around, I want everyone to put on the best match possible. It's definatly a fantasy fed in that respect...

Snabbit888Posted on 08/26/04 at 09:22:55

The one major problem I see with everyone being such a good worker is it takes away from the specialness of it.  I mean, if everyone can potentially put on a ***** match, that's good and all, but if they start to happen too frequently, it loses the magic.  If I see a night of ***** matches, well, cool, but by the main event, I'm not going to be all that impressed anymore, because hey, anyone can do it. It doesn't take away from what you have going here though.  I really like UCW.  Just my two cents.