TONIGHT: Bryan Danielson and Low-Ki will square off for the NAWA Cruiserweight Title in the main event. Also, Chris Sabin squares off against Harry Harris, The Gambler puts his briefcase with the NAWA World Title shot on the line against the NAWA International Title of Scott Steiner, and much more.
We cut backstage, where Team 3D is backstage, talking to Harry Harris, offering their services for the War Games match at Last Chance at Redemption. Harris welcomes them to the team, saying that he knows Team 3D are among the toughest bastards in wrestling, so they deserve a spot in the match. Up walks Larry Sweeney, who says since Team 3D are in the match, they should get a preview of what’s to come. Therefore, Brother Ray can take on one of the men on Sweeney’s team, the monster known as Abyss and that match is happening right now.
Brother Ray vs. Abyss(w/Larry Sweeney)
Brother Ray attacks Abyss at the bell, pounding him with a series of jabs. Abyss is staggered into the ropes and Brother Ray knocks him into the corner with a clothesline. Running avalanche into the corner and Brother Ray hooks him. Thunderous suplex brings him down in the center of the ring. Cover but only a one count. Brother Ray with some stomps and he drops an elbow down across the chest of Abyss. Brother Ray picks up Abyss but Abyss punches him in the stomach. Several more punches, before Abyss brings him down with a clothesline. Abyss picks up Brother Ray and headbutt to the back of the head. Belly to back suplex brings Brother Ray down to the canvas. Abyss picks up Brother Ray, scooping him up and powerslams him into the corner, before he turns around and brings Brother Ray down with a powerslam. Abyss climbs to the corner and drills him with a pump splash. Brother Ray is covered for a two count.
Abyss picks up Brother Ray and hammers him with forearms across the back, before hoisting him up in a torture rack but Brother Ray drops down. Abyss is shoved off the ropes and bounces off right into a leaping clothesline, knocking Abyss to his back. Abyss is back on his feet and Brother Ray jabs away at him, before he shoves him. Spinebuster brings him down and Brother Ray climbs to the outside. Ray is on the top rope and he leaps off. HOLY SHIT, BROTHER RAY JUST LEAPS OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH A SENTON BACKSPLASH RIGHT ONTO THE CHEST OF ABYSS! Abyss has been flattened like a pancake and he covers hooking the leg. Two and a half when Sweeney puts the foot on the bottom rope. Brother Ray walks over and grabs Sweeney, slapping him around but Ron Killings is on the floor and he slides Abyss’s chain to it. Abyss is up and he has the chain, knocking Brother Ray down with a punch from behind. Abyss throws the chain away and whips Abyss into the ropes, before he connects with the Black Hole Slam, brining Brother Ray down to score the pin!
Abyss pinned Brother Ray with the Black Hole Slam in 0:09:42. Rating: ***
Abyss and Killings beat down Brother Ray after the match, as Larry Sweeney reaches underneath the ring apron and pulls out a table, but Brother Devon rushes out with a pipe, chasing off Killings, Abyss, and Sweeney, rushing them to the back, to check on his partner, who took a hell of a hit from behind with that chain.
Backstage:
Dan Marion is backstage with the NAWA International Champion Scott Steiner, who intimidates Marion away. Steiner rants about Christopher Daniels, saying that Daniels offered him a one on one NAWA World Title Shot at Starclash 05, but he backed out in favor of a match with Miles Stylish. Steiner says Daniels is a lying son of a bitch but Steiner also claims he’s the better man. He offers Daniels an NAWA International Title Match at Last Chance at Redemption, promising to finish the job that he started last week. He also says that he will take the Gambler’s title shot tonight and rip his head off, before he goes on to take the NAWA World Title, claiming that Raven will quote nevermore when he gets his hands on him. Steiner looks menacing as we fade out.
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Johnny Excalibur vs. the NAWA Television Champion Samoa Joe(Non Title Match)
Excalibur makes some movements with his sword and promptly gets slaughtered by Samoa Joe. Joe pounds him for about a minute before he power bombs Excalibur into the corner and stomps the ever living piss out of him, before delivering the boot scrape and the running Yakuza Kick, and sends him down with a Muscle Buster, before he slaps on the Kokina Clutch for the submission win!
Samoa Joe made Johnny Excalibur submit to the Kokina Clutch in 0:02:22 Rating: **
Joe continues to pound on Excalibur after the match until AJ Styles, his opponent and challenger for the NAWA Television Championship at Last Chance at Redemption, runs down to the ring and springboards to the middle of the top rope before he wipes out Joe with a springboard clothesline. Joe hits the canvas with a thud and Styles dodges a clothesline as Joe is back up. PELE KICK ROCKS JOE! ANOTHER PELE KICK! A leaping dropkick and Joe stumbles to the floor, where he is held back by security. AJ Styles looks focused, ready to win the NAWA Television Title as part of Last Chance at Redemption but Samoa Joe has yet to taste defeat in the New Age Wrestling Alliance and he might be a steep challenge for Styles.
Backstage:
Raven is backstage, with the NAWA World Title draped across the floor in front of him, cutting a promo about Jerry Lynn. He said Lynn surprised him last week, but that won’t happen again. Raven talks about how he nearly put Lynn out for good at Luck of the Draw, but Lynn will not gain his redemption at Last Chance at Redemption and Raven will finish the job, as he continues his mission to purge the New Age Wrestling Alliance. So it is written, so it shall come to pass, Quoth the Raven, nevermore. The NAWA World Champion is focused and ready for Last Chance at Redemption when he faces Jerry Lynn.
Coming Up Next: Chris Sabin takes on Harry Harris. Both of these men are in War Games at Last Chance at Redemption and this should be a high impact preview of that match.
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Harry Harris vs. Chris Sabin(w/Larry Sweeney)
The bell rings and this match is underway. Sabin and Harris trade some elementary holds to start out, with Sabin leapfrogging Harris but he turns around into a pair of armdrags from Harris. Sabin backs off and Harris delivers a series of jabs, before he delivers a judo takedown and puts on a front facelock, before he hammers Sabin in the face with a series of knee strikes. Snap suplex brings Sabin over and a rolling somersault senton sets up a two count. Harris drops some elbows down across the chest and picks up Sabin. Into the corner goes Sabin and kneelift in the corner, before Harris scoops up Sabin. Front slam brings him down and Harris climbs to the second rope, before he drives a knee down across the chest of Sabin for a two count. Harris picks up Sabin and belly to back suplex, sets up a snap elbowdrop which scores another two count. Harris grabs Sabin and throws him into the corner hard. Shoulder thrust to the midsection in the corner and gutwrench suplex. Harris floats over for a two count off of that one.
Harris has Sabin and a series of forearm smashes right down across the top of the head. Sabin has been staggered and Harris picks up Sabin, throwing him into the corner. Harris charges into the corner but Sabin moves and Harris hits the corner. He turns around and Sabin dropkicks Harris. Harris is slumped in the corner and Sabin hammers him with a pair of elbowsmashes to the side of the head, before he backs off. Spinning leg lariat drills Harris and Sabin follows that up with an impressive Rocker Dropper for a two count. Springboard dropkick delivers another two count and Sabin works over the neck of Harris, hitting a swinging neckbreaker and a springboard legdrop to the back of the head. Sleeperhold is applied but Harris elbows out. Sabin throws Harris into the ropes and Frankensteiner brings him down for a two count. Sabin drills Harris into the corner and forearm to the head, before a brain buster gets another two count. Sabin picks up Harris and scoops him up, before he brings him down with a gutbuster. Springboard Oklahoma Side Roll but Harris kicks out of that one as well!
Sabin hits a side slam and climbs to the top rope but he dives off right into the feet of Harry Harris. Harris is back up and he blocks a punch, before he fires back on Sabin. Into the ropes goes Sabin, tilt a whirl into a powerslam. Harris is back up and forward rolling somersault senton. Harris covers Sabin for a two count. Sweeney is going ballistic at ringside as Harris pounds on the forehead of Sabin before he takes him down with a vicious lariat! Sabin has been drilled and Harris picks him up, hammering Sabin right in the back of the head, before he sets up the Sliced Bread #2. NO SABIN BLOCKS IT AND HARRIS LANDS ON HIS FEET, ALLOWING SABIN TO TURN AND SUPERKICK HARRIS! Sweeney looks pleased and Sabin covers for a two and a half count! Sabin picks up Harris, beating on him with a series of forearm smashes right across the back but as Sabin ducks the head, Harris rolls him up into a small package for a two count. Sabin is on his feet and Harris drops him with a Hotshot, before delivering a La Magistral cradle to Sabin for a close two count. Harris goes for the Harris Driver but Sabin counters with an inverted DDT! Sabin picks up Harris and cradles. FISHERMAN BUSTER DRILLS HARRIS DOWN RIGHT TO THE CANVAS! He just landed on that surgically repaired neck and Sabin covers him. Two and nine tenths count when Harris just kicks out!
Sabin beats on Harris before he delivers a front slam and to the outside. Slingshot senton backsplash drilled to Harris for another nearfall. Sabin grabs Harris and puts him on the top rope. SUPER FRANKENSTEINER BRINGS HARRIS DOWN TO THE CANVAS! Both men are down for a standing ten count but Sabin covers at nine and a half to get a two and three fourths count. Sabin picks up Harris and Cradle Shock, no Harris counters with a crucifix for a two count! Sabin is on his feet but Harris catches him with an elbow, before he hooks Sabin. Northern Lights Suplex brings Sabin over for a two count. Sabin is on his feet and Harris drills him with a kneelift, before putting him in a standing headscissors. PILEDRIVER BRINGS SABIN TO THE CANVAS! Harris climbs to the outside, high risk move on the way. Harris leaps off and FROG SPLASH MISSES WHEN SABIN ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY! Sabin steps back and sunset flips Harris, no Harris sits down at the count of two. Sabin rolls through and sunset flip gets a two and a half count. Enzuigiri right to the face of Harris and Sabin hoists up Harris. Cradle Shock no Harris wiggles out and drops behind, hooking Sabin with a backslide! Two count only. Sabin bounces back up and Harris kicks him right in the ribs and scoops him up for the Harris Driver, but Sabin counters with a spinning headscissors in an instant. Harris is staggered and Sabin hoists him up. Cradle Shock brings Harris down and Sabin covers hooking the leg to score the pin!
Chris Sabin pinned Harry Harris with the Cradle Shock in 0:15:24. Rating: **** ½
Sweeney hands Sabin his NAWA World Tag Team Title belt and raises his hand in the air. Chris Sabin has a big cocky grin on his face, as he’s just defeated the former two time NAWA World Champion in the center of the ring tonight on Glory. The crowd is booing Sabin, but this has to be one of the biggest wins he’s ever scored in his career in the New Age Wrestling Alliance.
Coming Up Next, the Gambler takes on Scott Steiner, with the Gambler putting his NAWA World Title shot contract on the line against Scott Steiner’s NAWA International Title belt. More action coming your way next on Glory. Don’t you dare touch that remote.
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NAWA World Title shot vs. NAWA International Title: The Gambler vs. Scott Steiner©
Steiner and the Gambler brawl for about a minute, with Steiner taking the Gambler down with a belly to belly suplex but out runs Christopher Daniels to get into it with Steiner, just as Tony Mamaluke is attacked by the Gambler when comes to ringside in an attempt to steal the briefcase. The bell rings, throwing this match out just before it could really get going.
The Gambler and Scott Steiner battled to a no contest in 0:01:37. Rating: **
All four men continue to brawl, as the bell ring but Larry Sweeney is out with security. He announces another match, featuring Tony Mamaluke and Scott Steiner against the Gambler and Christopher Daniels in an impromptu tag team match and that match is now!
The Gambler and Christopher Daniels vs. Scott Steiner and Tony Mamaluke
The Gambler attacks Mamaluke at the bell, rattling him with a series of punches, before hitting an atomic drop which flipped Mamaluke to his back. A series of stomps on Mamaluke stun him before the Gambler delivers a kneedrop right down across the chest of Mamaluke. The Gambler picks up Mamaluke and kneelift drills him, before he brings him down with a suplex for the count of two. The Gambler hammers Mamaluke and makes the tag to Daniels. Held for some chops and Daniels throws Mamaluke into the ropes. Spin kick brings Mamaluke down for a two count. Gutwrench suplex and springboard moonsault hits the knees. Mamaluke decks Daniels with a kneelift and European Uppercut, before tagging in Scott Steiner. Mamaluke holds Daniels so Steiner can come off the ropes with a double axe handle. Daniels is doubled over and Steiner hammers him, before delivering a belly to belly suplex for the count of two.
Steiner pounds on Daniels and backbreaker brings him down. He then picks Daniels and throws him into the corner. Belly to back suplex brings Daniels down and Steiner steps on his face, before he drops an elbow down across the chest. Another pair of elbows down across the chest and Daniels hits the corner. German suplex release brings Daniels down for a two count. Steiner picks up Daniels and into the ropes. The head is ducked and kick to the chest, sets up a spinning leg lariat. Steiner goes down as Daniels crawls into the corner. Tag to Mamaluke and Mamaluke grabs the leg of Daniels, but Daniels kicks off and tag made to the Gambler. The Gambler enters the ring, fists of fire, jabbing away at Mamaluke, before throwing him into the ropes. High back body drop. Steiner enters the ring and gets a kneelift, before a hiptoss brings him down. The Gambler hammers away at Steiner with a series of jabs and clotheslines him down. He turns around right into an European Uppercut from Mamaluke and Mamaluke delivers a snap suplex. Second one is reversed into a small package for the count of two!
The Gambler pounds away at Mamaluke with elbows to the head as Daniels dives into the ring to knock Steiner to the floor. Steiner is on the floor and Daniels leaps to the middle rope. ASAI MOONSAULT WIPES OUT BIG POPPA PUMP! The Gambler throws Mamaluke through the ropes. Mamaluke lands on the floor and the Gambler leaps onto him with an elbow suicida, knocking Mamaluke down in a crumpled heap. He beats on Mamaluke but Mamaluke goes low before rolling the Gambler into the ring. Mamaluke now has the briefcase and he slides into the ring, before he charges the Gambler. THE GAMBLER COUNTERS WITH A DROP TOE HOLD, CAUSING MAMALUKE TO LAND FACE FIRST ONTO THE CASE! Mamaluke has been knocked loopy and the Gambler climbs to the top rope, to connect with the Roulette Spin and score the pin!
The Gambler and Christopher Daniels defeated Tony Mamaluke and Scott Steiner when Gambler pinned Mamaluke with the Roulette Spin in 0:10:59. Rating: *** ¼
The Gambler and Daniels win as Scott Steiner walks off in disgust. Christopher Daniels takes on Scott Steiner for the NAWA International Title as part of Last Chance at Redemption and the Gambler walks off with the victory.
Coming Up Next, our feature contest for the NAWA Cruiserweight Title featuring Bryan Danielson defending his title against Low-Ki in a return match from Wildfire. Our main event right after this time out on Glory.
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NAWA Cruiserweight Title Match Low-Ki(w/Larry Sweeney) vs. Bryan Danielson©
Danielson swings an elbowsmash right at Low-Ki at the bell but he collapses to the canvas, clutching his left arm. The referee stops and checks on Danielson right away, as he favors his left arm. He turns to Low-Ki, as Danielson is on his knees. LOW-KI KICKS HIM RIGHT IN THE FACE! Danielson is pulled back up and Low-Ki hooks him in a cradle before bringing him down with the Ki Krusher. Danielson has been driven down to the canvas and Low-Ki covers to score the pin! We have a new NAWA Cruiserweight Champion!
Low-Ki pinned Bryan Danielson with the Ki Crusher in 0:00:32. Bryan Danielson tore his left triceps. He will be out for approximately 7 months. Rating: * (Low-Ki won the NAWA Cruiserweight Title.)
Sweeney enters the ring, presenting Low-Ki the belt, as Danielson is down in the ring. The announcers put over Low-Ki as a killer, having destroyed the dominant NAWA Cruiserweight Champion in such a manner as Low-Ki sneers at the fallen form of Danielson, before taking his belt and strapping it around his waist. We have a brand new Cruiserweight Champion tonight on Glory but the former champion looks to be severely injured. The fourteen month reign of Danielson ends tonight on Glory. We fade out early on that note, see you next week on Glory!