NAWA Glory 4/28/05

Tonight: The Steel Cage is hanging above the ring, for the battle between Tony Mamaluke and Ron Waterman for the NAWA International Title. Also, the 2005 Gold Rush Tournament continues with Austin Aries against Teddy Hart and Samoa Joe against Low Ki. Plus, match two in the best of three series with Simon Diamond and C.W. Anderson against Matt Bentley and Chris Sabin, Sederick Skyhawk and CM Punk squaring off against Jerry Lynn and Raven, and more!

First Round Gold Rush Tournament Match Low Ki vs. Samoa Joe

Lock up and Low Ki manages to chop his way into Joe's thick chest. Some chops but Joe fires back with some forearms of his own, before he pulls Low Ki into a short arm clothesline. Joe pounds away at Low Ki, pulling him back to his feet. Irish whip into the ropes, back elbow smash is ducked. Low Ki comes off with a dropkick to the knee. Joe's legs buckles and Low Ki assaults the right knee of Samoa Joe with a series of brutal kicks. Low Ki winds up and chops Joe, before attempting to whip him into the ropes but Joe puts the breaks on and headbutts Low Ki. Low Ki bounces down to the canvas, before popping back up right into a stiff forearm smash by Joe, before Joe goes behind Low Ki and hoists him up, before bringing him down with a belly to back suplex. Joe bounces off the ropes and huge kneedrop.

Knee driven to the midsection and Joe whips Low Ki into the corner. Charging in but Low Ki gets a kick right to the face. Joe has been tagged by that assault by Low Ki and Low Ki climbs to the top rope and leaps off. Missile dropkick but Joe remains on his feet, so Low Ki bounces off the ropes and huge spinning leg lariat knocks Joe for a loop. Joe is staggered and Low Ki aims with a vicious kick right to the ribs of Joe. Another pair of kicks and Joe is doubled over allowing Low Ki to wind up, with a running soccer kick right to the face of Joe! The crowd is on their feet as Low Ki's boot was implanted right in the face of Joe and Low Ki backs off, going for another kick but Joe catches him and brings Low Ki down with a powerslam. Cover by Joe hooking the leg but only a two and a half count.

Joe picks up Low Ki and knee to the face, before he grabs the leg. Dragon screw takedown, right into a STF. Joe begins to crank on the hold, working over Low Ki, who is struggling to get to the ropes, and makes it. Joe breaks the hold, to stomp away at Low Ki, before hammering his back with forearms. Standing headscissors and attempted power bomb but Low Ki is punching his way out of the hold, before he does a back flip, landing right on his feet. VICIOUS KICK RIGHT TO THE FACE BY LOW KI! Another vicious kick to the face by Low Ki and Joe is backed off to the ropes. Low Ki takes a running start and running dropkick sends Joe over the top rope. Joe lands on his feet and Low Ki takes a running start, before he kicks Joe right in the face with a baseball slide. To the ring apron goes Low Ki and he leaps to the middle rope. ASAI MOONSAULT DELIVERED TO JOE! Both men go down in a heap on the floor!

Low Ki pulls himself up and rams Joe into the ring apron, before rolling him into the ring. Joe is on the ring apron and Joe has his head sticking out between the second and third ropes. LOW KI PUNTS SAMOA JOE IN THE HEAD! Joe is on his hands and knees and Low Ki is to the top rope, raising his hands in the air. DOUBLE FOOT STOMP RIGHT TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD! Joe collapses in the ring and Low Ki makes the cover hooking the leg. Two and a half count! Joe powers out and Low Ki hammers away at Joe before rolling him over. Dragon Clutch has been applied! Low Ki is applying the Dragon Clutch, he wants to hand Joe his first defeat and Joe is fighting to his feet, with Low Ki on his back. Before Joe can throw him off. Low Ki leaps off, before he backs off. Kick right to the chest. The foot of Low Ki snaps off the chest of Joe and Low Ki hooks him in a cradle. Attempted Ki Krusher but Joe is too big for Low Ki to get up that high so Low Ki with an uppercut and he still has the cradle. Fisherman Suplex into a bridge brings Joe over! Two and a half count when Joe kicks out again!

Low Ki begins to stomp the hell out of the face of Samoa Joe. Joe pulls himself up and Low Ki winds up, before he delivers another kick right to the chest of Joe. Low Ki winds up and another kick rocks Joe and he winds up for the big kick but Joe ducks. Low Ki is dizzied and HUGE LARIAT FOLDS LOW KI UP LIKE AN ACCORDIAN! Joe is in position as Low Ki is in the corner. He rushes in and running knee to the midsection is avoided. Joe hits knee first into the corner and Low Ki rolls up Joe for a two count! Joe is to his knees and Low Ki hammers Joe with more kicks, but Joe kicks him and attempts the Muscle Buster but Low Ki forearms out of that move. Joe is doubled over and Low Ki backs up. RUNNING KOPPO KICK RIGHT TO THE TOP OF THE HEAD OF JOE! Joe crumples down and Low Ki rolls over Joe, before he delivers a backflip splash. Cover on Joe once again but he rolls the shoulder up at two and a half.

Low Ki rakes his boot across the face of Joe and Joe is on his hands and knees, before Low Ki just unloads on him with a series of kicks and backs off, before attempting a bodyscissors roll up. JOE COUNTERS WITH AN INVERTED POWER BOMB! Low Ki is facefirst on the canvas and Joe for the Kokina Clutch but Low Ki counters by elbowing out of the hold. Joe is still weakened from all the times Low Ki kicked him and Low Ki backs off, kneelife doubles Joe over, before Low Ki bounces off the the ropes. Low Ki goes for a sunset flip, but Joe catches him in mid move and BRINGS HIM DOWN WITH THE MUSCLE BUSTER! Low Ki has just been planted on the canvas and Samoa Joe makes the cover to score the pin to advance to the Quarterfinals of the Gold Rush Tournament.

[Gold Rush First Round Match]: Samoa Joe pinned Low-Ki after a Muscle Buster in 0:14:30. Rating: *** 1/4

Samoa Joe rolls over to his back, hand raised in the air, looking a bit dazed from this match. Joe remains undefeated as he joins Raven and Bryan Danielson in the elite eight of the Gold Rush Tournament. Low Ki came closer to beating Joe then most but Joe continues his path of destruction though the New Age Wrestling Alliance.

Backstage:

Dan Marion is standing by with a prerecorded interview with NAWA World Champion Miles Stylish, who is in Japan, defending his belt over the next five days against some of the top stars in that country. Marion asks about Stylish's comments about the Gambler, who he will be facing for the NAWA World Title, providing he survives this Japanese tour with the belt. Stylish is offended that this is even a question, saying that the Gambler beat him last week, after Stylish wrestled ninety minutes. The Gambler will get his chance at the title at Gold Rush, as Stylish will prove once and for all why he is the NAWA World Champion. He jumped on the chance to go to Japan, to defend his belt against the greatest in the world, and to get away from the ignorant fans who are asking him about how it felt to lose the the Gambler. He's the greatest wrestler in the world today, the NAWA World Champion. Night after night, he will defend that belt and come out on tonight.

However, with the Gambler out of the way, Miles Stylish has to acknowledge another competitor that has been making some noise about wanting a title shot. That man is Scott Steiner. Steiner has been the NAWA World Champion in the past and seems to think that he has a chance to be so again. Stylish says that Scott Steiner seems to think he's entitled to a title shot because he was scheduled to have one before Harry Harris broke his neck. Since he's a fair man, Stylish agrees to give Scott Steiner a title match, one title match, and he doesn't have to wait much longer, only seven days. Yes, Stylish says that he accepts Scott Steiner's challenge for the NAWA World Title on the May 5th edition of Glory, all Commissioner New Jack has to do is make the match official and it's on. Stylish promises several successful title defenses in the future, against the Gambler, Steiner, his opponents on this tour, and whomever wins the Gold Rush. With that Stylish walks out to prepare for his match on the first tonight on the tour as we fade to a

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A brief video clip of Simon Diamond and C.W. Anderson beating Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley in the first match of the best of three series by shady means, putting them ahead, which leads to match number two tonight.

Match Number Two In the Best of Three Series Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley vs. C.W. Anderson and Simon Diamond

Sabin and Anderson start out with Anderson going for a clothesline but Sabin ducking underneath it. Pair of hiptosses rock Anderson. Anderson gets up and Sabin hammers away at him with punches, before whipping him into the ropes. Running knee to the midsection and Sabin backs off, before he takes down Anderson with a spinning headscissors. Tag to Bentley as Sabin holds Anderson in an extended armbar. Fistdrop to the standing Anderson. Bentley punches away at Anderson and whips him into the ropes. Dropkick rocks Anderson and Bentley rushes off the ropes, before leaping at him with a forearm shot right between the arms. Anderson is set up for a suplex but Anderson blocks it and knees Bentley, before pulling him into a short arm clothesline. Anderson drops an elbow down across the chest of Bentley.

Anderson hoists Bentley up and rams him into the corner backfirst. Tag to Simon Diamond. Simon enters the ring and Anderson grabs him, before irish whipping him towards Bentley. Simon hits a corner clothesline and Bentley staggers out of the corner, before gutwrench. Gutwrench suplex brings Matt Bentley down. Simon drills an elbow right to the head and tag to Anderson. Inverted atomic drop by Simon Diamond and Anderson leaps off the top rope with a shoulderblock to Bentley. Bentley drops down to the canvas and Anderson picks up Bentley and hammers him with a series of forearms across the back, before he whips him into the ropes. Hoisted up and Anderson Spinebuster brings Bentley down! Cover by Anderson and only a two and a half count when Sabin makes the save. Anderson drags Bentley into the corner, allowing Simon to choke him from behind with the tag rope and Anderson to pound him in the corner, as the referee is ushering Sabin out of the ring.

Sabin staggers back into the center of the ring and Anderson scoops up Bentley but Bentley kicks the legs and backs off the ropes. RUNNING FOREARM SMASH TOPPLES ANDERSON! Anderson goes down but he is closer to the corner than Bentley. Sabin is reaching over the top rope, attempting to get the tag. Tag to Simon Diamond and Simon enters the ring, grabbing the foot of Bentley, but tag to Chris Sabin. Sabin leaps into the ring, house of fire, knocking Simon Diamond around with punches and forearms. Anderson is up on the apron but Sabin leaps up with a leaping roundhouse kick to the face, which knocks Anderson off the apron. Simon Diamond goes for a back elbow smash but Sabin ducks and comes off the top ropes with a spinning DDT! Simon Diamond is down and Sabin is climbing to the top rope. High risk move on the way, as a dazed Simon Diamond gets up, turning around, and Sabin leaps off with a flying cross body press. Simon Diamond goes down underneath Sabin and three seconds later, Sabin just barely holds Simon Diamond down for the pin.

Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley defeated Simon Diamond and C.W. Anderson when C. Sabin pinned S. Diamond after a flying cross body press in 0:09:31. Rating: ** 1/2

Simon Diamond is incensed that he lost, as Sabin and Bentley even the odds. Next week is the tie breaker match, the winners will face the Archangels of Anarchy for the NAWA World Tag Team Titles at Gold Rush.

Backstage:

Dan Marion is standing backstage with CM Punk. Marion recaps Raven viciously assaulting the testicles of Punk at the Pay Per View and asks Punk if he's one hundred percent after that assault. Punk admits that he's still a bit sore from what happened but the pain is relieved somewhat by the final result. No matter how long Punk had to sit on a bag of ice, the end result was that CM Punk defeated Raven once again. Punk says that he's proven time and time again that Raven can't beat him and now Punk looks forward to the Gold Rush Tournament, where he is going to face Norman Smiley next week. He promises victory and he says that the NAWA World Title will be his at Night of the Rogues. As for tonight, Punk and Sederick Skyhawk will take care off of Jerry Lynn and Raven. Punk closes out the interview, remarking straight edge means that Punk is better than you and CM Punk is better than Raven.

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Spanky vs Rapmaster Killings Larry Sweeney is on the rampway, watching Killings, as he has been for the past few weeks. Oddly enough, Killings will face Sweeney's prize client, Tony Mamaluke, in the first round of the Gold Rush Tournament. Spanky rocks out to the fans and gets attacked from behind. Killings kicks and punches Spanky in the corner, throttling him before throwing Spanky to the floor. To the outside and double axe handle to the back of the head before Spanky is whipped shoulder first into the ring steps. Spanky flips over the steps and clutches his shoulder and Killings stomps on Spanky, before rolling him into the ring. Spanky is on his feet and elbows to the face, before a leg lariat catches Spanky in the face. Killings backs off and kneelift, before Killings chokes Spanky some more and hoists him up in a Canadian Backbreaker. Shoulderbreaker brings Spanky down onto the shoulder that connnected to the ringpost. Killings bends down, viciously pulling Spanky up by the hair, and hammers him before hooking the shoulder. Crossface Chickenwing applied by Killings. Killings falls back, adding the bodyscissors, viciously cranking on the shoulder of Spanky. After about thirty seconds, the referee checks on Spanky hoisting up the arm and dropping it three times, giving Killings the victory by knockout.

Rapmaster Killings defeated Spanky when Spanky passed out in a crossface chickenwing in 0:05:24. Rating: ***

Sweeney applauds the victory of Killings on the ramp, before walking off. Killings walks off as well as Spanky is in the ring. Spanky is down in the ring and the crowd is booing as Scott Steiner comes down to the ring. Steiner slides into the ring and rolls into the ring, before he pounds away on Spanky, before hoisting him up onto his shoulder. Helicopter Slam brings Spanky down! Spanky lands on the back of his head and Steiner rolls Spanky over, before he picks up Spanky, before throwing him to the arena floor. Steiner grabs the microphone from the ring announcer.

Steiner gives us a history lesson, saying that three years ago, he lost the NAWA World Championship to Shane Douglas at Truth or Consequences 2002. After that night, Scott Steiner has never gotten his proper one on one return match. It was supposed to happen at Night of the Rogues 2002, but Norman Smiley and Jeff Jarrett were shoved into the match with Douglas and Steiner, to make it a fatal fourway, which according to Steiner, was bullshit. However, next week, Big Poppa Pump will finally get his one on one match for the NAWA World Championship, in a battle that has been three years in the making. Steiner tells Stylish to enjoy the wrestling in Japan, enjoy the women while he can, because he vows to rip Stylish's balls off next week and take both his championship and his manhood. Next week, Big Poppa Pump will be the NAWA World Champion for the second time. He will be the top man in the company, that there's nothing finer than Scott Steiner, and next week, Miles Stylish is going to find out why Scott Steiner's is a genetic freak. He gives a shoutout to his freaks, telling that his hookup and to holler if they hear him. The crowd boos as this week, security and the medics wait until Steiner has left to tend to Spanky. Hype for Miles Stylish and Scott Steiner for the NAWA World Title in seven day.

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CM Punk and Sederick Skyhawk(w/Candace Sweet, Bruno the Bodyguard, Mr. Fernando, and Richard Ramos Ricardo, Attorney at Law) vs. Jerry Lynn and Raven Skyhawk starts out against Raven. Both men lock up and Raven shoves Skyhawk into the corner. Punches in the corner, before Raven pulls Skyhawk into a kneelift, before drilling some elbows. Raven whips Skyhawk into the ropes but Skyhawk slides to the floor, stalling for time. Of course, Raven's not having any of that bullshit, as he slides to the floor and pummels Skyhawk, before throwing him into the guardrail. Skyhawk enters the ring and Raven levels Skyhawk with a clothesline, before Raven hoists up Skyhawk and atomic drop, right into a forearm smash from Jerry Lynn. Raven makes the tag to Jerry Lynn, before whipping him into the ropes. Drop toe hold by Raven, before Lynn backs off the ropes and elbowdrop to the back of the head. Raven exits the ring and Lynn picks up Skyhawk, shoving him into the corner, before chopping away at his chest, stinging it.

Skyhawk is whipped into the ropes. Lynn ducks the head and Skyhawk takes Lynn down with a swinging neckbreaker. Lynn clutches his neck and Skyhawk stomps away at Lynn, before making the tag to Punk. Skyhawk holds Lynn and Punk takes Lynn down with a clothesline. Lynn rolls over, before Punk rams an elbow down across the back of the head of Lynn. Punk delivers another elbow to the head, before delivering a kneelift, before double underhooking the arms of Lynn and hoists him up. Double underhook backbreaker and Punk covers Lynn for a two count. Punk rakes his foot over the face of Lynn, before delivers some forearms, before hammerlocking Lynn and kneeing him in the face, armlock legsweep DDT brings Lynn down. Rolls him over and makes a cover hooking the leg. Two count and Skyhawk is tagged in. Punk takes Lynn down with a gutbuster and Skyhawk comes off the second rope, drilling an elbow to the back of the head. Skyhawk makes the cover on Lynn, for a two count.

Skyhawk pounds away at Lynn, before snapmaring him. Jumping neck snap punishes Lynn and Skyhawk hoists up Lynn, applying a chinlock. Skyhawk works over Lynn, attempting to hold him in, but Lynn fights out with some elbowsmashes and takes Skyhawk down with a jawbreaker. Lynn rolls over, crawling towards the corner but Skyhawk makes the tag to Punk. Punk enters the ring, grabbing the leg of Lynn but Lynn pulls himself up and enzuigiri delivered to Punk, before Raven is tagged in. Raven rushes into the ring, punching away at Punk, and he rushes across the ring, before he knocks Skyhawk off the ring apron. Punk turns around and Raven hoists him up. Inverted Atomic Drop, with Punk screaming like Raven killed him. Clothesline rocks Punk. Another clothesline and Raven delivers a running kneelift, before hooking him around the head. Attempted bulldog but Punk shoves Raven off. Raven comes back with a reverse thrust kick, cracking Punk right in the jaw. Cover by Raven hooking the leg for a two count before Skyhawk breaks up the cover.

Lynn rushes into the ring and chops away at Skyhawk, before throwing him between the ropes. Raven drills an elbow across the head of Punk. Another elbow and Mr. Fernando is on the ring apron, but Raven drags him into the ring. EVENFLOW DDT DELIVERED TO MR. FERNANDO! Fernando has been dropped and Ricardo is the ring apron. Raven rushes Ricardo but Ricardo drops down. Lynn throws Skyhawk into the guardrail. Raven grabs Punk but Punk rolls him up into a small package to score the pin!

CM Punk and Sederick Skyhawk defeated Raven and Jerry Lynn when Punk pinned Raven after a small package in 0:11:28. Rating: *** 3/4

Punk leaves the ring, having pinned Raven once again, before he rushes from the back. Raven is in the ring, as Skyhawk leaves the ring as well. We see a replay of Punk managing to catch Raven in the small package to score the pin. Punk will be facing Norman Smiley in the Gold Rush Tournament next week, which Raven has already advanced into.

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Gold Rush Tournament First Round Match Austin Aries vs. Teddy Hart

Both men lock up and Hart grabs Aries in a wristlock but Aries rolls out and Hart quickly takes him down with a hiptoss. Aries bounces back up, before getting taken down into a drop toe hold. Hart drills an elbow to the back of the head, before he puts a headsissors. Aries manages to kip out of the headscissors and he dropkicks Hart in the face. Knee driven to the face and Aries picks up Hart, before punching away at him. Aries whips Hart into the ropes and back elbow smash. Hart goes down to the canvas and Aries delivers a kneelift, before connecting with a pair of uppercuts. Aries grabs Hart and forearm across the back of the head, before he drapes Hart throatfirst onto the top rope, choking him, before stepping back and running across the ring. Aries leaps onto the back of Hart, before he drops down, snapping the neck of Hart down across the top rope!

Hart falls back into the ring and Aries pulls himself back up, before he slingshots back in. The point of the elbow is driven down across the chest of Teddy Hart. Hart rolls over, favoring his sternum and Aries picks up Hart, before chopping away at Hart, before whipping him into the corner. Corner clothesline and Aries hooks Hart around the head, before he runs up the buckles. Swinging DDT is blocked by Hart and Aries backs off, before he delivers a forearm to the face. Another forearm to the face, before Aries whips Hart into the opposite corner. Running dropkick cracks Hart in the chest and Aries hooks Hart. Northern Lights Suplex out of the corner brings Teddy Hart down. Bridge for the cover but Hart rolls the shoulder up. Aries pulls himself up and kneelift, before he hoists Hart to his shoulders. Attempted Death Valley Driver but Hart fights his way out and lands on his feet.

Hart backs himself up but Aries catches him with an inverted atomic drop. Aries leaps to the middle rope and back elbow smash right to the face of Teddy Hart dropping him down to the canvas. Hart rolls over and Aries pulls up Hart, before he drills a kneelift right into the face. Aries hoists Hart onto the shoulders and turns. This time the Death VAlley Driver connects! Hart has been driven down and Aries makes the cover for a two count. Aries stomps away at Hart before he backs off, taking a running start and leaping to the middle of the top rope. Attempted springboard into a moonsault but Hart rolls to the side. Aries lands on his feet and he rushes Hart, before clotheslining him to the floor. Aries steps back and baseball slide dropkick. Hart is slumped against the guardrail and Aries climbs into the ring and takes a running start. TOPE SUICIDA CONNECTS, CAUSING HART TO CRASH AGAINST THE GUARDRAIL!

Both men are down and Aries scoops up Hart, before rolling him into the ring. Hart is down in the ring and Aries holds onto the top rope. Slingshot somersault splash delivered to Hart! Aries makes the cover hooking the leg for a two count. Hart is pulling himself up and Aries delivers a kneelift to the face. Another kneelift to the face and Aries hooks Hart, attempting to go for a brain buster but Hart drops down. GERMAN SUPLEX INTO A BRIDGE! Two and a half count, with Aries lifting a shoulder up. Hart picks up Aries and forearms away at him, before he delivers a running inverted bulldog. Cover once again hooking the leg for a two count. He picks up Aries and whips him into the ropes. Clothesline by Aries connects on the rebound. Aries picks up Hart, and hooks him. This time the brainbuster connects. To the top rope, Aries makes his way up. High risk move and 450 Splash. NO ARIES MISSES AS HART ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY!

Aries has just wiped himself out and down Hart pulls himself up into the corner. Running knee to the back of the head of Aries as he comes up and Hart leaps onto the shoulders, and REVERSE FRANKENSTEINER BRINGS ARIES DOWN! Hart picks up Aries and drags him into the center of the ring, before climbing to the top rope. Up to the top rope, the Hart Attack could be coming up but Aries is up and he falls across the top rope, crotching Hart. Hart is up and Aries climbs to the top rope, before he hoists Hart onto his shoulders. Hart attempts to fight off but Aries has him. FORWARD ROLLING SAMOAN DROP OFF THE TOP ROPE! Hart has been driven down off the top rope and Aries picks up Hart, elbow to the back of the head and he hooks up Hart. Brain Buster connects and Aries steps to the outside, before he's to the top rope. This time the 450 Splash connects. Hart has been flattened and Aries covers. Two and three fourths count when Hart has draped his foot over the bottom rope.

Aries stomps away at Hart, before going to the outside. Another high risk move on the way from Aries. Hart climbs his way up and Aries spreads his hands, taunting the crowd, being cocky and he leaps off. Springboard Sunset Flip which Hart manages to roll through into the Sharpshooter! Hart has the Sharpshooter on Austin Aries, leaning back on the hold! The referee checks on Aries, who reaches for the ropes, but he's in dead center, so Aries taps out, giving Hart the win!

[First Round in the Gold Rush Tournament]: Teddy Hart made Austin Aries submit to the Sharpshooter in 0:14:28. Rating: ***

Teddy Hart gets his hand raised, moving on to face Samoa Joe in the Quarterfinals of the Tournament, May 15th at Gold Rush.

Coming Up Next: The Steel Cage is coming down. It will be Ron Waterman against NAWA International Champion Tony Mamaluke. Without any Larry Sweeney to save him, will Mamaluke survive? Stay tuned.

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NAWA International Title Steel Cage Match: Ron Waterman vs. Tony Mamaluke(c)

Larry Sweeney is on the top of the ramp, watching from afar, as Mamaluke hides in front of the referee but Waterman hoists up the referee and lifts him out of the way. Mamaluke cheapshots Waterman, attempting to gain an early advantage but Waterman fights back, rocking Mamaluke with a series of punches and whips him into the ropes. High back body drop brings Mamaluke up and down. Mamaluke begs off but Waterman respondes by kicking Mamaluke in the face and BRUTALIZES HIM WITH A LARIAT! The crowd is cheering as Mamaluke is attempting to crawl away from Waterman but there is a steel cage blocking his escape. Waterman pounds away at Mamaluke and whips him into the corner hard. Mamaluke staggers out and Waterman scoops up Mamaluke before he brings him down with a front slam. Waterman pulls up Mamaluke and knee strike right to the side of the head.

Mamaluke continues to beg off and Waterman picks up Mamaluke. Chokelift and Waterman is shaking Mamaluke like a ragdoll. Mamaluke is attempting to fight off as Sweeney is freaking out on the top of the ramp. Waterman throws Mamaluke down and he steps back, before running Mamaluke over with a huge clothesline. Mamaluke once again scrambles and Waterman pulls up Mamaluke. Headbutt right to Mamaluke and a cut has been opened underneath the right of Mamaluke. Waterman grabs Mamaluke by the hair and rams him right into the cage wall to cheers. Mamaluke slumps down and Waterman is raking the face of Mamaluke across the cage, before grabbing him around the head. Punches right underneath the eye of Mamaluke, drawing more blood and Waterman scoops up Mamaluke over the shoulder. Waterman rushes forward and rams Mamaluke headfirst into the cage!

Mamaluke drops down to the canvas and Waterman punches away at Mamaluke, before hoisting him onto the shoulders. Torture rack is applied by Waterman. This move lives up to its name as Waterman is just punishing Mamaluke. Mamaluke does not give up so Waterman pivots before he just viciously throws Mamaluke to the canvas. The champion is begging off and Waterman with kicks to the chest, as Sweeney puts his hands in his head, he can almost see the title slipping away. Waterman picks up Mamaluke and whip into the corner. Mamaluke staggers out and Waterman hoists Mamaluke up in a scoop slam, before he snaps backwards. Fallaway slam brings Mamaluke down to the canvas. Mamaluke rolls around, grabbing onto the ropes. Waterman grabs Mamaluke and MAMALUKE MANAGES TO CATCH WATERMAN WITH A LOW BLOW!

Waterman is doubled over and Mamaluke rams an elbow to the back of the head, before he backs off. Rocker Dropper drills Waterman facefirst onto the canvas, before Mamaluke catches Waterman with a pair of European Uppercuts, before Mamaluke steps to the outside. Waterman pulls himself to his feet and Mamaluke leaps off. Mamaluke is caught and overhead belly to belly suplex folds Mamaluke up like an accordian. Mamaluke has been drilled and Waterman rushes Mamaluke, before he delivers an elbow to the head. Another elbow driven to the head and Mamaluke is attempting to escape Waterman by climbing up the cage. This doesn't get him anywhere as Waterman pulls him down, before kneelift to the midsection before setting him up in a standing headscissors. Power Bomb drills Mamaluke down to the canvas! Waterman comes Mamaluke hooking the leg for a two and a half count!

Waterman was a half of a second away from winning the titles, with Waterman firing a kneelift to the face. Another kneelift to the face of Mamaluke, before he hoists Mamaluke up. Mamaluke is on the top rope and Waterman climbs up. Punches hammer away on Waterman and Waterman hooks Mamaluke but Mamaluke manages to connect with a thumb to the eye. An European Uppercut knocks Waterman off and Mamaluke quickly attempts to escape Waterman. Mamaluke is climbing to the outside but Waterman is back up and he follows Mamaluke up the cage. Mamaluke is on the top but Waterman grabs him by the ankle and catches him with some punches. Some more punches and Waterman has Mamaluke up, with both men standing on the metal support structure on the cage. OVERHEAD BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX OFF THE TOP OF THE TWENTY FOOT STEEL CAGE FROM WATERMAN TO MAMALUKE!

The crowd chants "holy shit" and for good reason, Mamaluke might be dead. Waterman is not in too good of shape either. Mamaluke is down as we see the replay of this. Larry Sweeney takes a few steps forwards ringside, not like it would do him any good, because of the steel cage being there. Waterman picks up a dazed and confused form of Mamaluke and rams him into the cage hard. Mamaluke is just limp and Sweeney is yelling at Waterman but Waterman hoists up Mamaluke in a scoop slam. Attempted Water Bomb but Mamaluke scissors the ropes with his legs. Mamaluke is hanging on for dear life, hanging on for everything. before Waterman drops Mamaluke. Waterman pulls Mamaluke into the center of the ring and pummels him, before whipping Mamaluke into the corner. Charging in but Mamaluke gets an elbow up right in the face of Waterman!

Mamaluke is now scurrying up the cage! Waterman gives pursuit and Mamaluke is on the top of the cage, but he gets caught and Waterman pounds away at Mamaluke. Mamaluke is caught on top of the cage and Waterman hoists up Mamaluke over his head. The crowd is on their feet, as Waterman looks over towards the announcer's table below. WATERMAN HOISTS UP MAMALUKE AND THROWS HIM DOWN OFF THE TOP OF THE CAGE ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR! Mamaluke crashes through the table below, collapsing it and the bell rings?

Waterman looks confused and corners the referee but Larry Sweeney gets on the microphone, looking rather smug. He said that normally cage matches in the New Age Wrestling Alliance cannot end by escaping the cage, but Sweeney brags that he managed to sneak a stipulation into the contract before Waterman and Mamaluke signed it, that stated that the match can be won in addition to pinfall or submission by escaping the cage by going over the top or going through the door with both feet touching the floor. Despite the painful way he did so, Mamaluke is out of the cage, with both feet to the floor. Therefore, your winner, and still NAWA International Champion, by escaping the cage, Tony Mamaluke!

No-Time-Limit-No-Countout-No-DQ-Cage Match: Tony Mamaluke defeated Ron Waterman by escaping the cage in 0:16:05. Rating: *** 3/4 (Tony Mamaluke retained the NAWA International Title.)

The crowd explodes into loud boos, and chants "bullshit". Sweeney has just screwed Waterman over, as in the New Age Wrestling Alliance, we don't reward men for having the ability to run away. The crowd is chanting "FUCK YOU SWEENEY" but Sweeney just looks smug, as he has the NAWA International Title Belt. Security surrounds the cage, to keep Waterman inside, as he looks about ready to kill Larry Sweeney. Paramedics are putting Mamaluke on a stretcher and carrying him out, but he is getting carried out still the NAWA International Champion thanks to a bit of sleazy dealing from Larry Sweeney. See you next week.

Next Week: The Gold Rush Tournament continues with Alex Shelley facing AJ Styles and CM Punk against Norman Smiley. Also, Scott Steiner squares off against Miles Stylish for the NAWA World Title!