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Because Sabu belongs to me, and AJ belongs to no-one, I decided to skip the brackets for this match, as they aren't necessary yet. Have fun...
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Paul E Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania Match:
Sabu (LL Cool TT) w/Paul E Dangerously Vs AJ Styles
Written By LL Cool TT
Ladies and gentlemen, consider yourselves back at home, as we continue with SRW’s latest Pay Per View extravaganza, Breakdown! But before you do, I advise that you get behind your sofas, because our next match is Paul E. Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania match!
Let’s take you back to a few weeks ago, when Chris Benoit and Booker T met the bWo in a tag team match on SRW Eclipse…
BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! RVD made one elementary mistake, and Benoit pounced on it! RVD’s locked into the Crossface, dead centre of the ring, no way out! The referee’s asking Van Dam if he wants to tap out – who cares about legal wrestlers, huh? The referee is asking Van Dam if he’s going to submit – Van Dam motioning for a microphone, I think! Why does he want a microphone, for God’s sakes? The referee has grabbed a microphone, and put it to Van Dam’s mouth, while Chris Benoit doesn’t seem to be noticing any strange events at the moment, just reclining on Rob Van Dam’s neck! The crowd have gone quiet, waiting for the words of the champion…
Van Dam: Benoit, BENOIT! ARRGHH! GODDAMMIT! DAMN YOU REAVER, I’M DEBUTING OUR NEW MEMBER! AAARRRGGGHH! THE PAIN! Fresh from his stint in TNA, our new member…!
Who the Hell is it? I can’t see anyone yet! Hold on a second – IT’S AJ STYLES! AJ STYLES IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE bWo! He’s pulls the ref to his feet, and clocks him, knocking him out cold! And now he stamps hard on Benoit’s head, which can’t have done that neck or the back any good at all! And now AJ Styles has Benoit(Grandprix) on his feet – Styles goads the Canadian, and Benoit swings, but misses – LOW BLOW ON BENOIT! Styles now spins the Rabid Wolverine around, boot to the gut, hangs him up, steps over the arms – STYLES CLASH!
AJ Styles debuted, and it seemed that the bWo had stolen yet another victory, but there was still another twist in this story’s tail!
FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH! RIGHT ON BENOIT! Benoit is out, but Jericho’s neck could be broken after being caught up in that attack! Benoit flops to the mat, and RVD clutches at every limb available limb of Benoit to get the pin! But wait – SABU ROLLS RVD OVER! RVD’S SHOULDERS ARE DOWN! Brian Hebner makes the count:
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3! BENOIT GETS THE PIN ON THE CHAMP! Sabu(LL Cool T) is here!
Chris Benoit managed to pin the SRW champion, with Sabu getting the assist, but AJ Styles was incensed! His master plan had been foiled by the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal maniac that is Sabu, and he was quick in looking for some measure of revenge! An impromptu singles match was announced, and both men showcased their abilities for the first time to the SRW crowds! But AJ’s night wasn’t going to be spoiled by the legend that is Sabu:
Sabu sets up a chair in front of the table, goes to the opposite corner, runs up, jumps, AND LEG DROPS AJ THROUGH THE TABLE! AJ may have a broken back, thanks to Sabu! Sabu now rolls AJ over, and goes for the pin:
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KICK OUT! KICK OUT BY STYLES! HOW DID HE DO THAT? Sabu(LL Cool T) is shocked; Paul E. looks as though he’s having a heart attack, and AJ, blood streaming down his face, is out! Sabu tries to get AJ up, but it’s a struggle, as Styles is probably concussed and unconscious after that crushing move through the table! Sabu does finally manage to get AJ Styles onto his feet, and now he gets whipped into a free corner – Sabu picks up a chair, runs at AJ, BUT GETS THE CHAIR KICKED RIGHT BACK IN HIS FACE BY STYLES! Big mistake by Sabu! AJ grabs the chair from Sabu, slams it into Sabu’s midsection, drops it to the floor, and picks Sabu up – tries to step over the arms, but Sabu avoids it, instead managing to move himself up, and hurricanranas AJ onto the chair! Styles grabs his head in pain, but is quickly back up – only to be met with a clothesline by Sabu! AJ’s back up again, though, as Sabu leaps onto his shoulders for a hurricanrana – but AJ hangs on! Sabu just made a huge mistake! AJ steps over the arms, AND HITS THE STYLES CLAH ONTO THE CHAIR! He rolls over, and pins Sabu:
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3! AJ Styles has won this impromptu match-up with the Styles Clash, the move used to dispatch Reaver and Booker T(RM18) tonight! What a pair of debuts for these combatants!
And this is where the feud began! AJ and Sabu have been fighting ever since, but last week SRW Commissioner Reaver imposed a ‘cooling-off’ period for Eclipse, but I think that’ll only serve to make the two men ever more rabid, and itching to get their hands on one another.
Paul E. Dangerously then shocked the world when he announced that his client, Sabu, and AJ Styles would compete at Breakdown in the ‘Psychedelic House of Mania’ match, but waited another week to tell the world just what this match involved. Typically, it degenerated into a huge brawl between AJ, Sabu and two wrestlers from the upstart promotion High Dive Wrestling. In the corner of a hallway, Paul E. told us what the match would involve:
*Camera follows Paul E. to just outside the room, near a banister which protects against a huge fall to the next floor*
Paul E: Okay, it’s not as grand as I would have liked it, but here it is anyway: the rules of my Psychedelic House of Mania match. Okay, what happens is this: the match is divided into two halves, both 10 minutes long, with a 2 minute break in between. The ring, for the first half, remains normal. For the second half, though, one side of a cage will be lowered down, and the opposite side of the ring to the caged side will have barbed wire wrapped around the ropes. There will be trash cans of weapons in two opposite corners, a table set up in another, and a ladder will rest in the other. You don’t win the match by pinning though, nor by making your opponent submit – you win if you’ve got the most points.
*AJ is seen manhandling his opponent near the balcony, and throws the opponent off the balcony*
Paul E: OH MY GOD! Oh right – back to the match! Jesus Christ… anyway, you can only win if you’ve got more points than your opponent by the end of the 20 minutes. You earn points by pinning your opponent, by making them submit, or by adhering to some of the rules set out in the document I’ve sent to SRW – I’m sure they’ll explain it for you soon. However, the main point to this match, and its main selling point, might I add, is this – throughout out the match, all the arena lights are off. The ReserveTron, the television lights, everything that is normally used for lighting an SRW match is turned off for this match. The only lights that are on for this match are located at the top of the arena, are there are two types – one type will cover the ring, and only the ring, in a dull coloured light. The other types of lights will project various shapes onto the mat, and the wrestlers can score points in different ways by slamming their opponents into these shapes. That’s all in the document I’ve given to SRW, they’ll explain it for you. Announcers are banned for the match; the only sounds in the arena will be psycho-techno type music played over the speakers, it’s all about confusing the wrestlers. The one with the most points at the end of the match wins, okay? I’ve gotta see if Sabu’s all right!
And that’s how we’ve ended up here, ladies and gents! As you can see, the lights are coming down, so that’s my cue to sign off, folks, and leave you to watch the match without me rattling on over it! If you really want commentary, leave the TV on mute, and turn on ReserveRadio to get some fantastic commentary on the match! Good night, everyone, see you on the other side!
*ReserveRadio’s commentator continues*
Good evening, wrestling fans, and welcome to ReserveRadio! For those of you that have just tuned in from the televised broadcast, welcome, to those that have been listening to us from the start, stay with us, because we’ve got the only commentary in the world good enough to keep up with the hype surrounding this match! Paul E. clearly has thought long and hard about this match, because I can’t think of any other manager who would firstly think up something this insane, and secondly put his client in it! But I’m not here to judge; I’m here to tell you what’s going on!
The arena has now had its lights completely turned off, we are in pitch black! The crowd are getting tense, some are cheering, others screaming, we’ve got one idiot with an air-horn blasting everyone’s ears into pulp, but now there’s light in the ring! Only a small red spotlight, though, but it’s a start! There’s a yellow one, and now a blue! They’re spinning, moving all over the place, and the fans are starting to get excited, as we near our next contest! Don’t forget the basic structure of this match, listeners, there are two 10-minute halves, and the match will not end by a pinfall or submission – the order of the day here is to earn as many points as possible over your opponent in 20 minutes of wrestling – 10 minutes straight, 10 minutes hardcore. Wait a second, the music’s starting, let’s go down to ringside!
*Bizarre music starts – a mix of heavy rock guitar and tidal wave noises*
The lights are pulsating now, all manner of random colours, and here comes AJ Styles! No entrance music or pyro, just straight down to the ring, accompanied by a nice wave of booing and jeering from the audience! They clearly aren’t happy with AJ disrespecting the legendary Sabu, and want to berate him for it! As AJ slides into the ring, it’s obvious he’s in no mood to please – there’s the middle finger for the crowd! And again! There’s a people champion, right there!
*Lights go out*
What in the Hell? There are no lights at all! We’re in utter darkness! What is this?
*Lights come back on*
It’s Sabu! He’s in the ring! There are no announcements here tonight, we’ve just got a bell to tell them when to start, and when to stop!
*DING! DING! DING!*
Ten minutes, and counting, as Sabu and AJ immediately go for each other! Collar and elbow –tie-up in the middle of the ring, as the blue spotlight falls just inches away from them! They’re each struggling to throw the other man into the blue light, for what would surely be 4 points… but the blue spotlight’s gone! AJ Styles, frustrated by this, puts Sabu into a stiff hammerlock, to which Sabu replies by returning the favour; now a red triangle spins in the ring, as golden lights illuminate the ring and ringside area; Sabu backtrips AJ, sending the bWo member face first to the mat, and Sabu locks AJ in a Camel Clutch! A Camel Clutch early on! Sabu’s clearly come here with a game plan! And that, my friends, is one point to Sabu!
AJ is struggling early in this brand new match, as Sabu has trapped him in a Camel Clutch! But AJ’s impressive strength allows him to pull himself slowly to the ropes – he’s there! Sabu is forced to break the hold by tonight’s referee, Mike Chioda! Sabu gets up, leaving AJ to quickly recover by the ropes, as the golden lights turn dark blue, and two green circles shine down to the canvas – Sabu with the low dropkick to AJ’s jaw! Simple but effective offence by the Human Highlight Reel! Sabu picks AJ up, whips him into the ropes; AJ comes back, Sabu ducks down for the back body drop, but AJ turns and rolls over Sabu’s own back, grabs the waistlock, looking for the German Suplex, but Sabu forces the hands apart, swings his right arm back, but AJ ducks that; AJ then takes a thumb to the eye of Sabu – he forces him into the ropes, Irish Whip; Sabu comes back, AJ boosts him high up, Sabu cmoes down, but his legs grab AJ – HEAD-ARM HURRICANRANA! Fantastic move by Sabu! His left leg fell on the shoulder, his right clung under the armpit, and he whipped AJ to the floor! That’s another point for Sabu! He leads 2 to nothing!
AJ gets up frustratedly, and punches Sabu right on the nose! But in order to save the point, Sabu doesn’t go down! AJ again thumbs Sabu in the eye, cheap tactics that aren’t penalised, and whips the Hardcore Legend into the corner – AJ runs up, leaps – he moonsaults off Sabu’s chest! AJ turns 360°, goes for an elbow- but Sabu gets the boot up, and kicks AJ away – he goes for a big clothesline, but AJ counters with the drop toe hold! First point for AJ! The ring lights turn light pink, a yellow square and a red triangle are in the ring, as Sabu gets up and trades shots with Styles! Rights from both men, until eventually it’s just too much for Sabu – he steps back just slightly, but that’s enough for AJ to pounce: he boots Sabu in the gut, throws Sabu’s left arm over his head, lifts Sabu up – vertical suplex! A second point for AJ, and they’re two apiece! AJ just missed a red triangle with that suplex, but I dare say he won’t worry for too long, as they’re both back up on their feet, and AJ just shoves Sabu down! That’s two more points for AJ, but they’re cheap points at best!
As Sabu gets back up, a red helix is shone onto the ring, and the ring turns green – AJ goes for the shove again, but already Sabu has caught on, steps back, grabs AJ’s wrists, leans back into a monkey flip- but AJ flipped out of it, avoiding the points gain for Sabu! And now, Sabu is up, but AJ goes for the superkick- ducked! WHAM! AJ never stopped spinning, and came and slapped Sabu’s chin with his foot! And with Sabu once again on the mat, AJ gets a fifth point, but isn’t holding up, he’s picked up Sabu, scoops him into his arms – AJ starts to move, still holding Sabu, walks over to the red helix, and slams Sabu onto it! A simple move has just earned AJ 14 points! Two for the throwdown, 5 for the red colour, multiplied by two for the complex shape! AJ’s got 18 points already, Sabu still languishes with just the 2! The ring changes colour once again, from green to blue, but no shapes appear – AJ and Sabu are both up, Sabu is incensed but cannot stop the onslaught of AJ’s rights and lefts, forcing him into the turnbuckle; AJ hauls Sabu up to the top rope, but Sabu brings the elbow down across the back of AJ’s head, and clutches on – tornado DDT to AJ! But because AJ’s feet were on the mat, that only gets Sabu one point! Things are all working in the bWo member’s favour!
As the crowd begin to get behind Sabu with chants of ‘SA-F**KIN’-BU! SA-F**KIN’-BU!’, I can reflect on the ‘music’ playing over this match – it is twisted! Severely monged up! We’ve heard baby squeals, piano concertos, violin plucking, rapping, everything all mixed into one track! It hasn’t stopped for a second – just like the action in the ring, as AJ gets brought to his feet by the furious Sabu, and whipped into the ropes! AJ comes back, meets with Sabu’s foot, right to his gut, Sabu runs behind AJ, and brings AJ to the floor with a flying facebuster! 1 more point to Sabu’s cause! It was by no means the cleanest or best of facebusters, but it got the point! Sabu brings Styles back up once more, and hammers his face with a right hand! AJ goes down, adding another point to Sabu’s somewhat meagre total – it’s 18 to 4 with two and a half minutes gone! Sabu again brings AJ up, goes for another fist, but AJ blocks, and hits one of his own, but Sabu doesn’t go down! The ring is now lit with white light, and three red circles are in the ring – but can either man use them? Sabu is taken into the ropes, whipped, but reverses, sending AJ bouncing off the ropes, into a Lou Thesz press from Sabu! Not what we normally see from this man, but it’s worked! As Sabu lays into AJ’s face, an extra point is added to his total! 18-5 it now stands in AJ’s favour!
The white light remains as the red circles disappear, as a solitary blue square replaces them – just inches in front of Sabu and AJ! Sabu gets up, picks up AJ and hits a standing spinebuster! That’s got to have boosted his points! Let’s see… 2 for the throwdown, doubled to 4, and another 10 points for the square – that’s 16 in a single move! Excellent points-gaining by Sabu! That swings the score to 21-18, Sabu leads for the second time! But he refuses to relent, grabs AJ by the hair, and lifts him to his feet; Sabu scoops AJ up, but AJ floats behind, holding onto the head of his opponent – reverse DDT? No- Sabu flips over and behind AJ as another reversal, spins AJ around, boot to the gut, gets him in position for a suplex – lifts him up, but AJ lands on his feet, his head remaining held by Styles – brought down in a neckbreaker! Modified Hangman’s Noose Neckbreaker by the phenomenal AJ Styles, earning him another point! 21-19 to Sabu! This doesn’t leave AJ best pleased, as the howling of a wolf echoes through the arena, and the ring is flooded with golden light; two green circles and a red hexagon occupy the ring. AJ is drawn to the red hexagon, clearly thinking only of more points – he takes Sabu over to it, scoops him up, but Sabu counters just as AJ did to him, floating over and holding the head; AJ now also tries to float over, flipping behind Sabu, but Sabu holds on, and drops AJ straight onto the red hexagon! 14 more points to Sabu! Just as AJ appeared to be closing in, Sabu pulls away, leaving the score 35-19 to the legend! The crowd are cheering wildly, competing with the music, as AJ quickly scrambles back to his feet, nursing his neck, which he appeared to land on slightly. The red hexagon stays, as a blue triangle is added to the mix!
Sabu sees the triangle, as he grabs hold of AJ Styles and drags him frantically over; this doesn’t look good for AJ, as Sabu lifts him up for a – PILEDRIVER! Right on the shape! Sabu, in that move, just earned another 7 points, making it 42-19! AJ has completely fallen behind, as we pass the 5 minute mark! There’s only 5 minutes left before we move into Sabu’s element, and that’s bad news for Styles Esq.. But all is not lost, it seems, as AJ, on one knee, fires stiff rights into Sabu’s stomach, which allows him to get on both feet again, and force Sabu to the ropes… WHOO! Stiff, stiff chop to Sabu’s chest! WHOO! And another! AJ starts to whip Sabu, but stops, and hiptosses him instead! Two points! That makes- another hiptoss! And then… one more! 6 extra points for AJ, as he pushes Sabu over to the corner, making it 42-25, and AJ lifts the shaken (and, yes, stirred) Sabu up to the top rope, gets up with him, and starts to haul Sabu into a standing position in that precarious place – AJ and Sabu are now both standing on the top turnbuckle, but who’ll bite the dust? Sabu is holding onto AJ for dear life, but AJ sees to know what he’s doing – he hiptosses Sabu off the top turnbuckle! That’s ten points for a wrestling move on the top rope! But AJ remains on the top rope, preparing himself for a – leg drop! 7 more points! AJ now also goes for the cover:
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KICK OUT BY SABU! If he’d been pinned, that could have changed the whole outcome of this match, but as it is, we have a dead heat, it’s 42-42! Sabu is tired, after absorbing as punishing a move as the top-rope leg drop, but just as AJ starts to pull him up, a green circle is shone on Sabu, as the ring turns red! AJ notices this, pushes Sabu back down to the mat, and returns to the tope rope, and leaps with the Spiral Tap- missed! He missed the Spiral Tap! Sabu just rolled out of the way, leaving AJ with nothing to hit but the canvas! Sabu is getting up very slowly, but Styles isn’t moving at all! Sabu gets up, leans over AJ to pick him- AJ ROLLS HIM UP!
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SABU ROLLS BACK!
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AJ kicks out! Sabu’s realised he’s not going to get any more pins over Styles yet, so he starts to stomp down hard on the head! Repeated boots to the side of the head by Sabu, as AJ tries and fails to find somewhere to hide! But no! AJ grabs Sabu’s right foot, pulls and pulls on it, eventually causing Sabu to fall to his back – one more point to AJ, but he doesn’t stop there – he’s put Sabu in the Sharpshooter! And with AJ facing the ropes himself, Sabu’s a long way from salvation!
With the score at 57-42 in the first half of this House of Mania match, AJ has put Sabu in a Sharpshooter! Widely believed to be one of, if not THE most painful submission move in wrestling, and Sabu has almost no way out of it! If I were Sabu, I’d tap right now and save my legs, but I’m not Sabu! He’s going to hold out until he dies, if needs be, but this is his problem – if he stays in the Sharpshooter for the rest of the half, 2 minutes will not be enough for him to fully recover, and that effectively hands the match to AJ! But will he tap? Or can he, by some unimaginable feat, can he reach the ropes, which are all the way over to the other side of the ring? The ring continues to change colour, shapes are added and removed, the music never stops, but none of that matters right now – what matters is how long Sabu can resist tapping out to the Sharpshooter inflicted upon him by AJ Styles! AJ is using all his strength to put Sabu in as much pain as possible, and will not give p this effort, so long as he shall live! Sabu is in absolute agony, he’s grinding his face into the mat to stop him from saying ‘uncle’, but even that may not be enough! Sabu is world-renowned for his amazing endurance, but this surely is too much – what’s he doing? What is he doing now? He’s trying to move sideways? Of course, if he can somehow spin AJ around, then he can get to the nearest ropes! But will he be able to implement his plan of action?
He’s clawing at the mat, trying to force Styles to spin around, and he’s actually doing it! But AJ just drags him back round! Sabu, back to square one, is trying again – and he’s started to move Styles again! But Styles again spins round- but Sabu moves in that same direction! He predicted AJ’s next move, but even that isn’t enough! You can see AJ grimacing in the green light, and hear him screaming over the music – exactly the same can be said for Sabu! Sabu tries once more to turn AJ around, but AJ knows Sabu’s plan, and just grounds to a halt – there’s no way out of this for Sabu now! But – but he’s still crawling! And try though he might, AJ cannot stop him, without dragging him back, but Sabu is wriggling so damn hard – AJ collapses into the ropes, as Sabu breaks free! Cursing loudly, turning the yellow air blue with swearing, AJ is slamming his hands on the mat in outrage, allowing Sabu to crawl over with his weary legs, and leap on AJ’s back, putting him in another Camel Clutch!
With 2 and a half minutes left on the clock for this half, Sabu has AJ Styles in another Camel Clutch, right in the middle of the ring! It could all be curtains for the phenomenal bWo member, unless he can find a way out of this submission move- he flipped Sabu over his head! An extra point! Great neck strength and leverage by AJ, who now puts Sabu in a surfboard – a painful yet simple move by Styles, but surely something used to keep Sabu from hurting AJ than an actual hope of submission? Saying that, I’m not sure, because he’s stretching Sabu very harshly indeed – so much so that Sabu looks to be in almost as much pain in the surfboard as he was in the Sharpshooter! AJ’s really wrenched that in! But Sabu is still trying to get himself out of it – he’s trying to get to his feet, but AJ just forces him back down to the mat! Sabu tries again, but AJ isn’t having any of it, and he forces him hard back onto the mat, turnnig Sabu onto his front, and putting him in a Camel Clutch! How humiliating! Sabu has been put into his own submission move, and there’s still 1 and a half minutes left! AJ has locked in the Camel Clutch on Sabu… and Sabu can’t crawl away this time! AJ should have 30 points in the bag!
Just a minute left, now, and still Sabu cannot budge AJ… surely he can’t last out another minute of this pain? Granted, it’s no Sharpshooter, but having your neck forcibly pulled backwards for an entire minute and beyond is unbearable for any normal man!
30 seconds left, and still Sabu hasn’t tapped! One half of the crowd is growing angry with the lack of action in the ring, and clearly isn’t enjoying the music and light show, but the other half is really getting behind Sabu, cheernig him on, and trying to motivate him enough to struggle out of this hold! But AJ will not let Sabu go, there is no chance of him escaping!
Just 10 seconds left of this half of the match, and still Sabu resists submitting!
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*DING! DING! DING!*
Sabu has survived! Sabu is safe! AJ is torn away from Sabu by Mike Chioda, and Sabu crawls to his corner, gasping for breath, as the music continues along with the ballet of light around us. There you have it, folks, 57-43 to Sabu as we head from this straight-up wrestling into hellacious hardcore Hell! As you can see if you’re also watching TV, we have a ring crew rushing to the ring to assemble a wall of a cage on the side of the entrance ramp, and some other members of the ring crew are wrapping barbed wire around the ropes opposite to that… various weapons and items are being placed in the ring, we’ve got two trash cans full of weapons in two corners, a ladder in another, and a table in the final one… this is going to be bad. Real bad. I’ve got that feeling, like in the Sabu-Sandman Stairway to Hell match at ECW House Party ’97, or the Sabu-Terry Funk barbed wire match at ECW Born to be Wired, we’ve got another Sabu bloodbath in store, and this could be one hardcore game too far. But we can only wait and see what happens in the next half!
After that fast-paced action, it’s only now that I realise that we haven’t seen Paul E. Dangerously this evening! Where is he? There he is, folks, rushing down to the ring, puffing like a chain-smoker! He’s off to speak with his man, Sabu, while we go down to the ring to get some updates on each man’s condition!
*Down to ringside, with AJ Styles*
AJ: Yeah, I’m losing, but I’ve not lost yet. There’s still 10 minutes of no-holds-barred action left, and baby I’m going to kill that b@$t@rd! I’ve got no injuries to speak of, but my neck’s a little stiff after the Camel Clutch, and missing that Spiral Tap did my back no favours, but that’s it. Now c’mon, get lost! Beat it!
*Switches to Paul E. and Sabu*
Paul E: What the-? Get away! C’mon, go! We’ve no time for this!
*Back to the radio commentator*
Well, that didn’t come off as well as we’d hoped, but these two minutes are almost up… the music’s playing loudly again, the lights are changing all over the place, it can only mean one thing…
*DING! DING! DING!*
The match has re-started! In ten minutes, both you and I will know who’s won this contest! This half is fully hardcore; the cage wall has been erected (no jokes at the back!) and Sabu and AJ are quick to dole out punishment to one another! AJ kicks Sabu hard in the gut, goes over to the trash can in the nearest corner, and swings at Sabu’s head- but misses, Sabu with the thumb to the eyes, he picks out a pool cue – CRACK! AJ goes down, after taking a huge pool cue shot to the head! It broke right in half off his forehead, and earned Sabu another two points – one for the knockdown, the other for the weapon shot, but AJ gets back up almost instantly, and scoop slams Sabu down! 2 points to AJ! He now takes that trash can again, and slams it on top of Sabu! Another point! This half could see the points reach beyond 150 each, if they don’t slow down! AJ gets Sabu back up, scoops him, and slams him hard on the can! That’s, what, only two more points? I see, no points for wrestling with weapons – Paul E.’s obviously realised Sabu doesn’t play that way!
The score’s now up to 58-47 to Sabu, he’s still leading, but we’re barely into this half! Much, much more to come yet! AJ brings Sabu up his feet, and whips him into the corner, right into a ladder! Sabu stays on his feet, though rests on the ladder, he doesn’t want to lose any more points if he can avoid it – AJ comes up, and goes for that moonsault launch- but Sabu got out of the way, and AJ falls onto the mat after dropkicking the ladder! Sabu now grabs the ladder, and just drops it on AJ! That’s one more point, and Sabu picks up the ladder again – and slams it down on AJ! Another point! And now Sabu takes the ladder away from AJ, as the lights go green, and the red circles invade the ring, but Sabu drags AJ onto that ladder, he’s left AJ on the ladder! Some heavy rock music, mixed with scratching noises hit the speakers, Sabu goes to the top rope, looks behind him, AND MOONSAULTS – CONNECTS! He landed right on top of AJ, who was on the ladder! Already we’ve gone hardcore, ladies and gentlemen! That’s another 5 points, I guess, as Sabu used the weapon for the aerial dive! Can Styles recover quickly enough to get any offence in to earn the points as well? It looks as though Sabu also sustained some damage in that quickfire assault, but surely AJ got the worst of it? Sabu has been able to get up fairly soon, although he’s holding his midsection, but he’s healthy enough to grab a cookie tray, and smack AJ with it while his opponent remains on the ladder! And again! One more time! 3 fast points, and Sabu is pulling away!
Golden light bathes the ring, and a green square spins onto the mat, which Sabu sees and wants to make use of – he takes AJ by the ears (the ears, for God’s sake!) and puts him in place, ready for a powerbomb? Piledriver? No! AJ backs body drops Sabu onto the green square! That’s an amazing 22 points in one simple counter for the bWo representative! In just a second, AJ has turned this match around – it’s 69-68 to AJ Styles! Sabu was hardly brutalised by that move, but it’s brought the match right back to Styles! Sabu gets back up and starts to pummel away at AJ’s face, pushes him into the ropes by the cage wall, whips AJ – INTO THE BARBED WIRE! There was no getting out of that! AJ has been- oh, God! You can see where the flesh has pierced his skin (unless you’re just listening to us on ReserveRadio, of course) and there’s blood pouring from the cuts! Sabu likes what he sees, the twisted man that he is, yet pulls AJ from the wire Hell! He helps AJ out of the barbed wire, but takes him by the head, runs with him, and slams AJ’s head into the steel cage wall! And now – he’s grinding the forehead into the cage mesh! Sick! AJ collapses from his feet, and Sabu appeared to just get a hand on AJ as he fell, gaining another 2 points, taking the lead from AJ! Sabu points to the Heavens, and turns his attention back to AJ – SMALL PACKAGE BY THE BLOODIED AJ STYLES!
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This music is really bothering me now – there’s some guy talking at random to a huge bass beat! It’s ridiculous, but I’ve got to put up with it. You can’t win them all. To be honest, I’m quite surprised that no-one has yet used the steel cage wall for a huge dive or something like that – but Sabu may just well do something like that now! He’s got another baking sheet, and is climbing up the cage wall… he’s reached about halfway, turns slowly, allowing AJ time to get up… JUMPS… SMACK! Baking sheet right between the eyes for AJ, special delivery from Sabu! 5 points for Sabu for that high-risk weapon dive! AJ is back down, Sabu has quickly got up, and is setting up that table in the middle of the ring! What is looking to do now? Whatever it is, we’ll just have to wait, because he’s manhandling AJ Styles onto that table, and has taken the chair… he’s climbing the cage wall! He’s climbing! He’s almost got to the top, where he stops, turns, leaps… CRASH! SABU FALLS RIGHT THROUGH THE TABLE! He went for an Arabian Facebuster, the double legdrop with a chair, but AJ rolled off the table, just in time! As Sabu writhes in pain and agony, amongst the wood and metal, AJ smiles, hiding the obvious discomfort, and points to his head – yeah, we know you’ve got smarts, there, Styles, no need to boast! He’s started to get to his feet again, and should probably look to slam Sabu in the multicoloured triangle that has appeared near the shards of table that Sabu is trapped in, to get about 19 points or so – it could get him back in the lead!
AJ is indeed back onto a vertical base, and is sifting through the wreckage that is the table, and hauls Sabu out from under it… surely he’ll go for the shape slam? He lifts Sabu up, and hauls the legend onto his shoulders… flips him over, and Sabu’s neck lands on Styles’ knee! Oh my God, that must hurt! But AJ didn’t do it in the shape, and so has got to move quickly if he wants to make the most of this great opportunity! He drags Sabu over to the shape, lifts up Sabu by the waist, and drops him in a sidewalk slam! But only 12 points from that move, as he went down with Sabu – still, he’s in the lead, because it’s now 83-77 to AJ! Now he’s got to look to pull further ahead, as the ring is flooded with blue light, and we hit the 3 minute mark! 7 to go!
AJ Styles, the leader of the match, whips the weary Sabu into the trash can in the corner again! Sabu falls to his knees, as AJ charges up- OH MY GOD! AJ rushed his knee straight into Sabu’s face! Sabu has folded down, and from what I can see – good Lord, his nose is smashed and he’s bleeding from there and his mouth! AJ almost collapsed Sabu’s face right there and then! But he can’t afford to hold up – the haunting string music plays over the action, as Styles gets Sabu up, stands near a new white circle, gets the waistlock, and hits a German Suplex right onto the circle – but Styles flips over, carries Sabu along with him, lifts him up, and slams him face first into the circle with a German Face Bust! That gives AJ a cool 40 points! Amazing gain by Styles, he obviously is still using a great deal of thought to get ahead in the match – he’s now on 123 points, with Sabu way, way, way behind on 77! He’s going to have to pull something tremendous out of the bag to win this match! AJ realises how far ahead he is, but is all too aware that he can’t afford to rest, so he gets Sabu’s legs, grapevines them… but Sabu wriggles free of what looked to be a Sharpshooter! He crawls to the ropes, to avoid having to tap out to any AJ submission hold, but this doesn’t stop Styles – he takes Sabu’s legs, stretches them apart – but Sabu uses his strength and leverage to pull AJ out of the ring, through the ropes, and avoid a low blow! Both men are now on the outside, when it is complete darkness, and no-one can see what’s happening! But almost as soon as he was thrown out, Styles re-enters the ring, and grabs a stop sign – and throws it out the ring, possibly hitting Sabu!
But it didn’t, because Sabu slides back into the ring, not too quickly, I must admit, but hits some strong right hands to the side of AJ’s face! He pushes AJ to the ropes, whips him over, AJ returns, but Styles manages to kick Sabu as he returns… he steps back a pace, gears up – MISSES THE SUPERKICK – Sabu grabs the foot, and trips Styles backwards! 2 more points for Sabu, but he needs big moves, and soon!
5 minutes left! Only 5 more minutes for Sabu to come up with something huge! He’s beginning by taking a chair – and hammering AJ repeatedly with it! That’s six chair shots to the fallen Styles, which is also 6 more points! And with AJ confined to the mat to recuperate, Sabu goes out of the ring, straight for the steel steps! He throws the steps high into the ring, just missing his opponent, and slides back into the ring, to set up the steps just in front of the barbed wire-covered ropes! AJ could be in trouble now, as he is picked up by Sabu, pushed into the ropes, and whipped into the- SMASH! OOOH! AJ was whipped straight into the steps, which he hit, but the momentum carried him forward, and he flew back-first into the barbed-wire! Horrific stuff from Sabu, but that earned him no points! I don’t think he cares, though, because he’s gone straight back to the outside, and I can just makes him out to be looking underneath the ring for something! Whatever it is, he’s found it, because he’s thrown something… a wooden board, into the ring! But he’s still looking, and is throwing tons of objects into the ring – boards, cookie sheets, chairs, and flat objects!
Now Sabu rolls himself into the squared circle, and gets the trash cans from either corner, puts them almost side-by-side, but with a gap in between, and starts to bridge them with the weapons and boards! This assembly of horror has been set up near the cage wall, and Sabu, chair in hand, goes back over to AJ - THWACK! A huge chair shot to the top of AJ’s head! And Sabu takes hold of Styles’ head, brings him over to the trash can-board construction, and positions him on top of it… this looks bad… so, so bad. Sabu is climbing the cage wall, glancing back every now and then to ensure AJ hasn’t moved… he’s now at the top of the cage wall! Sabu is standing on the top of the cage wall, looking at the crowd, preparing for something big… HE JUMPS – SHOOTING STAR PRESS THROUGH THE TRASH CANS AND BOARDS! OH MY GOD! Sabu jumped, flipped in mid-air, and crashed straight onto Styles! But he can’t make a cover! He must have earned about 10 points for that, but if he can get the pin, which he surely would if he can roll over, he’d get an extra 15! But Sabu has almost killed himself with that move, and even though Paul E. is screaming at him from ringside, he just can’t roll over- yes he can! Yes he can!
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Sabu and AJ have been down for almost 30 seconds now, but Sabu is finally moving… he’s crawling on his hands and knees to AJ… h – he puts him in the Camel Clutch once more! If Sabu can force the submission, this match is won! He’s pulling back as hard as he can on the neck, but I don’t think he’s got enough strength to pull hard enough to get AJ to tap, personally… 10 seconds pass, but AJ doesn’t seem to be in masses of pain, as one usually would be in Sabu’s punishing submission hold.
He’s held it in for about 30 seconds, and now the strain is starting to show in AJ’s face! He’s grasping onto Sabu’s hands, and gasping for air… he’s starting to move! Styles is starting to make his way towards the ropes – but Sabu lets go?! Paul E. has gone ballistic on the outside, but Sabu doesn’t care! He’s gone to the outside of the ring, and is looking for something again… he returns to the ring with a cinder block! If Sabu can use this block effectively, then he could still win, but there’s only a minute left! The lights and music have descended into rave mode, there’s a huge, pulsating beat, and lights and shapes all over the ring, as Sabu places the block near one of the corners… and now he takes the weary AJ Styles to the corner, lifts him to the top rope, and sets up a chair near the corner as well – Sabu runs up, leaps off the chair, onto the rope, jumps onto AJ, looking for the hurricanrana – but AJ hangs onto Sabu! AJ has Sabu, and is… oh no, oh no! He’s hooked the arms with his arms, dives off with Sabu – NO! STYLES CLASH OFF THE TOP ROPE ONTO THE CINDER BLOCK! Sabu’s bloodied face was crushed on the block! And AJ rolls over, pinning Sabu:
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3! AJ has won this match, surely! After gaining 5 points for the Styles Clash, AJ adds 15 with a pinfall! But Styles refuses to let up, he gets to his feet, and grapevines Sabu’s legs… Sharpshooter! Sharpshooter! AJ’s locked it in! And Sabu can’t get out of it! Sabu’s already nearly out, and Mike Chioda is checking on him…
20 seconds left, folks, just 20 seconds, but Mike Chioda is checking on Sabu, still… he takes Sabu’s right arm, lifts it up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up…. AND IT COMES DOWN! That counts as a submission, and earns AJ another 30 points against Sabu! We now are down to the last 10 seconds of the match:
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*DING! DING! DING!*
It’s over! It’s over, and AJ Styles has won this match! With a score of 173 points to Sabu’s 110, AJ Styles has won the Psychedelic House of Mania match, and he’s passed out, as has Sabu! I’m just trying to get my breath back, that was incredible! Congratulations to both men, but at the end of the day, AJ just knew how to play the game! He’s victorious, we have a winner, and it’s the bWo’s very own Phenomenon, AJ Styles!
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Paul E Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania Match:
Sabu (LL Cool TT) w/Paul E Dangerously Vs AJ Styles
Written By LL Cool TT
Ladies and gentlemen, consider yourselves back at home, as we continue with SRW’s latest Pay Per View extravaganza, Breakdown! But before you do, I advise that you get behind your sofas, because our next match is Paul E. Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania match!
Let’s take you back to a few weeks ago, when Chris Benoit and Booker T met the bWo in a tag team match on SRW Eclipse…
BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! RVD made one elementary mistake, and Benoit pounced on it! RVD’s locked into the Crossface, dead centre of the ring, no way out! The referee’s asking Van Dam if he wants to tap out – who cares about legal wrestlers, huh? The referee is asking Van Dam if he’s going to submit – Van Dam motioning for a microphone, I think! Why does he want a microphone, for God’s sakes? The referee has grabbed a microphone, and put it to Van Dam’s mouth, while Chris Benoit doesn’t seem to be noticing any strange events at the moment, just reclining on Rob Van Dam’s neck! The crowd have gone quiet, waiting for the words of the champion…
Van Dam: Benoit, BENOIT! ARRGHH! GODDAMMIT! DAMN YOU REAVER, I’M DEBUTING OUR NEW MEMBER! AAARRRGGGHH! THE PAIN! Fresh from his stint in TNA, our new member…!
Who the Hell is it? I can’t see anyone yet! Hold on a second – IT’S AJ STYLES! AJ STYLES IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE bWo! He’s pulls the ref to his feet, and clocks him, knocking him out cold! And now he stamps hard on Benoit’s head, which can’t have done that neck or the back any good at all! And now AJ Styles has Benoit(Grandprix) on his feet – Styles goads the Canadian, and Benoit swings, but misses – LOW BLOW ON BENOIT! Styles now spins the Rabid Wolverine around, boot to the gut, hangs him up, steps over the arms – STYLES CLASH!
AJ Styles debuted, and it seemed that the bWo had stolen yet another victory, but there was still another twist in this story’s tail!
FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH! RIGHT ON BENOIT! Benoit is out, but Jericho’s neck could be broken after being caught up in that attack! Benoit flops to the mat, and RVD clutches at every limb available limb of Benoit to get the pin! But wait – SABU ROLLS RVD OVER! RVD’S SHOULDERS ARE DOWN! Brian Hebner makes the count:
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3! BENOIT GETS THE PIN ON THE CHAMP! Sabu(LL Cool T) is here!
Chris Benoit managed to pin the SRW champion, with Sabu getting the assist, but AJ Styles was incensed! His master plan had been foiled by the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal maniac that is Sabu, and he was quick in looking for some measure of revenge! An impromptu singles match was announced, and both men showcased their abilities for the first time to the SRW crowds! But AJ’s night wasn’t going to be spoiled by the legend that is Sabu:
Sabu sets up a chair in front of the table, goes to the opposite corner, runs up, jumps, AND LEG DROPS AJ THROUGH THE TABLE! AJ may have a broken back, thanks to Sabu! Sabu now rolls AJ over, and goes for the pin:
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KICK OUT! KICK OUT BY STYLES! HOW DID HE DO THAT? Sabu(LL Cool T) is shocked; Paul E. looks as though he’s having a heart attack, and AJ, blood streaming down his face, is out! Sabu tries to get AJ up, but it’s a struggle, as Styles is probably concussed and unconscious after that crushing move through the table! Sabu does finally manage to get AJ Styles onto his feet, and now he gets whipped into a free corner – Sabu picks up a chair, runs at AJ, BUT GETS THE CHAIR KICKED RIGHT BACK IN HIS FACE BY STYLES! Big mistake by Sabu! AJ grabs the chair from Sabu, slams it into Sabu’s midsection, drops it to the floor, and picks Sabu up – tries to step over the arms, but Sabu avoids it, instead managing to move himself up, and hurricanranas AJ onto the chair! Styles grabs his head in pain, but is quickly back up – only to be met with a clothesline by Sabu! AJ’s back up again, though, as Sabu leaps onto his shoulders for a hurricanrana – but AJ hangs on! Sabu just made a huge mistake! AJ steps over the arms, AND HITS THE STYLES CLAH ONTO THE CHAIR! He rolls over, and pins Sabu:
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And this is where the feud began! AJ and Sabu have been fighting ever since, but last week SRW Commissioner Reaver imposed a ‘cooling-off’ period for Eclipse, but I think that’ll only serve to make the two men ever more rabid, and itching to get their hands on one another.
Paul E. Dangerously then shocked the world when he announced that his client, Sabu, and AJ Styles would compete at Breakdown in the ‘Psychedelic House of Mania’ match, but waited another week to tell the world just what this match involved. Typically, it degenerated into a huge brawl between AJ, Sabu and two wrestlers from the upstart promotion High Dive Wrestling. In the corner of a hallway, Paul E. told us what the match would involve:
*Camera follows Paul E. to just outside the room, near a banister which protects against a huge fall to the next floor*
Paul E: Okay, it’s not as grand as I would have liked it, but here it is anyway: the rules of my Psychedelic House of Mania match. Okay, what happens is this: the match is divided into two halves, both 10 minutes long, with a 2 minute break in between. The ring, for the first half, remains normal. For the second half, though, one side of a cage will be lowered down, and the opposite side of the ring to the caged side will have barbed wire wrapped around the ropes. There will be trash cans of weapons in two opposite corners, a table set up in another, and a ladder will rest in the other. You don’t win the match by pinning though, nor by making your opponent submit – you win if you’ve got the most points.
*AJ is seen manhandling his opponent near the balcony, and throws the opponent off the balcony*
Paul E: OH MY GOD! Oh right – back to the match! Jesus Christ… anyway, you can only win if you’ve got more points than your opponent by the end of the 20 minutes. You earn points by pinning your opponent, by making them submit, or by adhering to some of the rules set out in the document I’ve sent to SRW – I’m sure they’ll explain it for you soon. However, the main point to this match, and its main selling point, might I add, is this – throughout out the match, all the arena lights are off. The ReserveTron, the television lights, everything that is normally used for lighting an SRW match is turned off for this match. The only lights that are on for this match are located at the top of the arena, are there are two types – one type will cover the ring, and only the ring, in a dull coloured light. The other types of lights will project various shapes onto the mat, and the wrestlers can score points in different ways by slamming their opponents into these shapes. That’s all in the document I’ve given to SRW, they’ll explain it for you. Announcers are banned for the match; the only sounds in the arena will be psycho-techno type music played over the speakers, it’s all about confusing the wrestlers. The one with the most points at the end of the match wins, okay? I’ve gotta see if Sabu’s all right!
And that’s how we’ve ended up here, ladies and gents! As you can see, the lights are coming down, so that’s my cue to sign off, folks, and leave you to watch the match without me rattling on over it! If you really want commentary, leave the TV on mute, and turn on ReserveRadio to get some fantastic commentary on the match! Good night, everyone, see you on the other side!
*ReserveRadio’s commentator continues*
Good evening, wrestling fans, and welcome to ReserveRadio! For those of you that have just tuned in from the televised broadcast, welcome, to those that have been listening to us from the start, stay with us, because we’ve got the only commentary in the world good enough to keep up with the hype surrounding this match! Paul E. clearly has thought long and hard about this match, because I can’t think of any other manager who would firstly think up something this insane, and secondly put his client in it! But I’m not here to judge; I’m here to tell you what’s going on!
The arena has now had its lights completely turned off, we are in pitch black! The crowd are getting tense, some are cheering, others screaming, we’ve got one idiot with an air-horn blasting everyone’s ears into pulp, but now there’s light in the ring! Only a small red spotlight, though, but it’s a start! There’s a yellow one, and now a blue! They’re spinning, moving all over the place, and the fans are starting to get excited, as we near our next contest! Don’t forget the basic structure of this match, listeners, there are two 10-minute halves, and the match will not end by a pinfall or submission – the order of the day here is to earn as many points as possible over your opponent in 20 minutes of wrestling – 10 minutes straight, 10 minutes hardcore. Wait a second, the music’s starting, let’s go down to ringside!
*Bizarre music starts – a mix of heavy rock guitar and tidal wave noises*
The lights are pulsating now, all manner of random colours, and here comes AJ Styles! No entrance music or pyro, just straight down to the ring, accompanied by a nice wave of booing and jeering from the audience! They clearly aren’t happy with AJ disrespecting the legendary Sabu, and want to berate him for it! As AJ slides into the ring, it’s obvious he’s in no mood to please – there’s the middle finger for the crowd! And again! There’s a people champion, right there!
*Lights go out*
What in the Hell? There are no lights at all! We’re in utter darkness! What is this?
*Lights come back on*
It’s Sabu! He’s in the ring! There are no announcements here tonight, we’ve just got a bell to tell them when to start, and when to stop!
*DING! DING! DING!*
Ten minutes, and counting, as Sabu and AJ immediately go for each other! Collar and elbow –tie-up in the middle of the ring, as the blue spotlight falls just inches away from them! They’re each struggling to throw the other man into the blue light, for what would surely be 4 points… but the blue spotlight’s gone! AJ Styles, frustrated by this, puts Sabu into a stiff hammerlock, to which Sabu replies by returning the favour; now a red triangle spins in the ring, as golden lights illuminate the ring and ringside area; Sabu backtrips AJ, sending the bWo member face first to the mat, and Sabu locks AJ in a Camel Clutch! A Camel Clutch early on! Sabu’s clearly come here with a game plan! And that, my friends, is one point to Sabu!
AJ is struggling early in this brand new match, as Sabu has trapped him in a Camel Clutch! But AJ’s impressive strength allows him to pull himself slowly to the ropes – he’s there! Sabu is forced to break the hold by tonight’s referee, Mike Chioda! Sabu gets up, leaving AJ to quickly recover by the ropes, as the golden lights turn dark blue, and two green circles shine down to the canvas – Sabu with the low dropkick to AJ’s jaw! Simple but effective offence by the Human Highlight Reel! Sabu picks AJ up, whips him into the ropes; AJ comes back, Sabu ducks down for the back body drop, but AJ turns and rolls over Sabu’s own back, grabs the waistlock, looking for the German Suplex, but Sabu forces the hands apart, swings his right arm back, but AJ ducks that; AJ then takes a thumb to the eye of Sabu – he forces him into the ropes, Irish Whip; Sabu comes back, AJ boosts him high up, Sabu cmoes down, but his legs grab AJ – HEAD-ARM HURRICANRANA! Fantastic move by Sabu! His left leg fell on the shoulder, his right clung under the armpit, and he whipped AJ to the floor! That’s another point for Sabu! He leads 2 to nothing!
AJ gets up frustratedly, and punches Sabu right on the nose! But in order to save the point, Sabu doesn’t go down! AJ again thumbs Sabu in the eye, cheap tactics that aren’t penalised, and whips the Hardcore Legend into the corner – AJ runs up, leaps – he moonsaults off Sabu’s chest! AJ turns 360°, goes for an elbow- but Sabu gets the boot up, and kicks AJ away – he goes for a big clothesline, but AJ counters with the drop toe hold! First point for AJ! The ring lights turn light pink, a yellow square and a red triangle are in the ring, as Sabu gets up and trades shots with Styles! Rights from both men, until eventually it’s just too much for Sabu – he steps back just slightly, but that’s enough for AJ to pounce: he boots Sabu in the gut, throws Sabu’s left arm over his head, lifts Sabu up – vertical suplex! A second point for AJ, and they’re two apiece! AJ just missed a red triangle with that suplex, but I dare say he won’t worry for too long, as they’re both back up on their feet, and AJ just shoves Sabu down! That’s two more points for AJ, but they’re cheap points at best!
As Sabu gets back up, a red helix is shone onto the ring, and the ring turns green – AJ goes for the shove again, but already Sabu has caught on, steps back, grabs AJ’s wrists, leans back into a monkey flip- but AJ flipped out of it, avoiding the points gain for Sabu! And now, Sabu is up, but AJ goes for the superkick- ducked! WHAM! AJ never stopped spinning, and came and slapped Sabu’s chin with his foot! And with Sabu once again on the mat, AJ gets a fifth point, but isn’t holding up, he’s picked up Sabu, scoops him into his arms – AJ starts to move, still holding Sabu, walks over to the red helix, and slams Sabu onto it! A simple move has just earned AJ 14 points! Two for the throwdown, 5 for the red colour, multiplied by two for the complex shape! AJ’s got 18 points already, Sabu still languishes with just the 2! The ring changes colour once again, from green to blue, but no shapes appear – AJ and Sabu are both up, Sabu is incensed but cannot stop the onslaught of AJ’s rights and lefts, forcing him into the turnbuckle; AJ hauls Sabu up to the top rope, but Sabu brings the elbow down across the back of AJ’s head, and clutches on – tornado DDT to AJ! But because AJ’s feet were on the mat, that only gets Sabu one point! Things are all working in the bWo member’s favour!
As the crowd begin to get behind Sabu with chants of ‘SA-F**KIN’-BU! SA-F**KIN’-BU!’, I can reflect on the ‘music’ playing over this match – it is twisted! Severely monged up! We’ve heard baby squeals, piano concertos, violin plucking, rapping, everything all mixed into one track! It hasn’t stopped for a second – just like the action in the ring, as AJ gets brought to his feet by the furious Sabu, and whipped into the ropes! AJ comes back, meets with Sabu’s foot, right to his gut, Sabu runs behind AJ, and brings AJ to the floor with a flying facebuster! 1 more point to Sabu’s cause! It was by no means the cleanest or best of facebusters, but it got the point! Sabu brings Styles back up once more, and hammers his face with a right hand! AJ goes down, adding another point to Sabu’s somewhat meagre total – it’s 18 to 4 with two and a half minutes gone! Sabu again brings AJ up, goes for another fist, but AJ blocks, and hits one of his own, but Sabu doesn’t go down! The ring is now lit with white light, and three red circles are in the ring – but can either man use them? Sabu is taken into the ropes, whipped, but reverses, sending AJ bouncing off the ropes, into a Lou Thesz press from Sabu! Not what we normally see from this man, but it’s worked! As Sabu lays into AJ’s face, an extra point is added to his total! 18-5 it now stands in AJ’s favour!
The white light remains as the red circles disappear, as a solitary blue square replaces them – just inches in front of Sabu and AJ! Sabu gets up, picks up AJ and hits a standing spinebuster! That’s got to have boosted his points! Let’s see… 2 for the throwdown, doubled to 4, and another 10 points for the square – that’s 16 in a single move! Excellent points-gaining by Sabu! That swings the score to 21-18, Sabu leads for the second time! But he refuses to relent, grabs AJ by the hair, and lifts him to his feet; Sabu scoops AJ up, but AJ floats behind, holding onto the head of his opponent – reverse DDT? No- Sabu flips over and behind AJ as another reversal, spins AJ around, boot to the gut, gets him in position for a suplex – lifts him up, but AJ lands on his feet, his head remaining held by Styles – brought down in a neckbreaker! Modified Hangman’s Noose Neckbreaker by the phenomenal AJ Styles, earning him another point! 21-19 to Sabu! This doesn’t leave AJ best pleased, as the howling of a wolf echoes through the arena, and the ring is flooded with golden light; two green circles and a red hexagon occupy the ring. AJ is drawn to the red hexagon, clearly thinking only of more points – he takes Sabu over to it, scoops him up, but Sabu counters just as AJ did to him, floating over and holding the head; AJ now also tries to float over, flipping behind Sabu, but Sabu holds on, and drops AJ straight onto the red hexagon! 14 more points to Sabu! Just as AJ appeared to be closing in, Sabu pulls away, leaving the score 35-19 to the legend! The crowd are cheering wildly, competing with the music, as AJ quickly scrambles back to his feet, nursing his neck, which he appeared to land on slightly. The red hexagon stays, as a blue triangle is added to the mix!
Sabu sees the triangle, as he grabs hold of AJ Styles and drags him frantically over; this doesn’t look good for AJ, as Sabu lifts him up for a – PILEDRIVER! Right on the shape! Sabu, in that move, just earned another 7 points, making it 42-19! AJ has completely fallen behind, as we pass the 5 minute mark! There’s only 5 minutes left before we move into Sabu’s element, and that’s bad news for Styles Esq.. But all is not lost, it seems, as AJ, on one knee, fires stiff rights into Sabu’s stomach, which allows him to get on both feet again, and force Sabu to the ropes… WHOO! Stiff, stiff chop to Sabu’s chest! WHOO! And another! AJ starts to whip Sabu, but stops, and hiptosses him instead! Two points! That makes- another hiptoss! And then… one more! 6 extra points for AJ, as he pushes Sabu over to the corner, making it 42-25, and AJ lifts the shaken (and, yes, stirred) Sabu up to the top rope, gets up with him, and starts to haul Sabu into a standing position in that precarious place – AJ and Sabu are now both standing on the top turnbuckle, but who’ll bite the dust? Sabu is holding onto AJ for dear life, but AJ sees to know what he’s doing – he hiptosses Sabu off the top turnbuckle! That’s ten points for a wrestling move on the top rope! But AJ remains on the top rope, preparing himself for a – leg drop! 7 more points! AJ now also goes for the cover:
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AJ kicks out! Sabu’s realised he’s not going to get any more pins over Styles yet, so he starts to stomp down hard on the head! Repeated boots to the side of the head by Sabu, as AJ tries and fails to find somewhere to hide! But no! AJ grabs Sabu’s right foot, pulls and pulls on it, eventually causing Sabu to fall to his back – one more point to AJ, but he doesn’t stop there – he’s put Sabu in the Sharpshooter! And with AJ facing the ropes himself, Sabu’s a long way from salvation!
With the score at 57-42 in the first half of this House of Mania match, AJ has put Sabu in a Sharpshooter! Widely believed to be one of, if not THE most painful submission move in wrestling, and Sabu has almost no way out of it! If I were Sabu, I’d tap right now and save my legs, but I’m not Sabu! He’s going to hold out until he dies, if needs be, but this is his problem – if he stays in the Sharpshooter for the rest of the half, 2 minutes will not be enough for him to fully recover, and that effectively hands the match to AJ! But will he tap? Or can he, by some unimaginable feat, can he reach the ropes, which are all the way over to the other side of the ring? The ring continues to change colour, shapes are added and removed, the music never stops, but none of that matters right now – what matters is how long Sabu can resist tapping out to the Sharpshooter inflicted upon him by AJ Styles! AJ is using all his strength to put Sabu in as much pain as possible, and will not give p this effort, so long as he shall live! Sabu is in absolute agony, he’s grinding his face into the mat to stop him from saying ‘uncle’, but even that may not be enough! Sabu is world-renowned for his amazing endurance, but this surely is too much – what’s he doing? What is he doing now? He’s trying to move sideways? Of course, if he can somehow spin AJ around, then he can get to the nearest ropes! But will he be able to implement his plan of action?
He’s clawing at the mat, trying to force Styles to spin around, and he’s actually doing it! But AJ just drags him back round! Sabu, back to square one, is trying again – and he’s started to move Styles again! But Styles again spins round- but Sabu moves in that same direction! He predicted AJ’s next move, but even that isn’t enough! You can see AJ grimacing in the green light, and hear him screaming over the music – exactly the same can be said for Sabu! Sabu tries once more to turn AJ around, but AJ knows Sabu’s plan, and just grounds to a halt – there’s no way out of this for Sabu now! But – but he’s still crawling! And try though he might, AJ cannot stop him, without dragging him back, but Sabu is wriggling so damn hard – AJ collapses into the ropes, as Sabu breaks free! Cursing loudly, turning the yellow air blue with swearing, AJ is slamming his hands on the mat in outrage, allowing Sabu to crawl over with his weary legs, and leap on AJ’s back, putting him in another Camel Clutch!
With 2 and a half minutes left on the clock for this half, Sabu has AJ Styles in another Camel Clutch, right in the middle of the ring! It could all be curtains for the phenomenal bWo member, unless he can find a way out of this submission move- he flipped Sabu over his head! An extra point! Great neck strength and leverage by AJ, who now puts Sabu in a surfboard – a painful yet simple move by Styles, but surely something used to keep Sabu from hurting AJ than an actual hope of submission? Saying that, I’m not sure, because he’s stretching Sabu very harshly indeed – so much so that Sabu looks to be in almost as much pain in the surfboard as he was in the Sharpshooter! AJ’s really wrenched that in! But Sabu is still trying to get himself out of it – he’s trying to get to his feet, but AJ just forces him back down to the mat! Sabu tries again, but AJ isn’t having any of it, and he forces him hard back onto the mat, turnnig Sabu onto his front, and putting him in a Camel Clutch! How humiliating! Sabu has been put into his own submission move, and there’s still 1 and a half minutes left! AJ has locked in the Camel Clutch on Sabu… and Sabu can’t crawl away this time! AJ should have 30 points in the bag!
Just a minute left, now, and still Sabu cannot budge AJ… surely he can’t last out another minute of this pain? Granted, it’s no Sharpshooter, but having your neck forcibly pulled backwards for an entire minute and beyond is unbearable for any normal man!
30 seconds left, and still Sabu hasn’t tapped! One half of the crowd is growing angry with the lack of action in the ring, and clearly isn’t enjoying the music and light show, but the other half is really getting behind Sabu, cheernig him on, and trying to motivate him enough to struggle out of this hold! But AJ will not let Sabu go, there is no chance of him escaping!
Just 10 seconds left of this half of the match, and still Sabu resists submitting!
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*DING! DING! DING!*
Sabu has survived! Sabu is safe! AJ is torn away from Sabu by Mike Chioda, and Sabu crawls to his corner, gasping for breath, as the music continues along with the ballet of light around us. There you have it, folks, 57-43 to Sabu as we head from this straight-up wrestling into hellacious hardcore Hell! As you can see if you’re also watching TV, we have a ring crew rushing to the ring to assemble a wall of a cage on the side of the entrance ramp, and some other members of the ring crew are wrapping barbed wire around the ropes opposite to that… various weapons and items are being placed in the ring, we’ve got two trash cans full of weapons in two corners, a ladder in another, and a table in the final one… this is going to be bad. Real bad. I’ve got that feeling, like in the Sabu-Sandman Stairway to Hell match at ECW House Party ’97, or the Sabu-Terry Funk barbed wire match at ECW Born to be Wired, we’ve got another Sabu bloodbath in store, and this could be one hardcore game too far. But we can only wait and see what happens in the next half!
After that fast-paced action, it’s only now that I realise that we haven’t seen Paul E. Dangerously this evening! Where is he? There he is, folks, rushing down to the ring, puffing like a chain-smoker! He’s off to speak with his man, Sabu, while we go down to the ring to get some updates on each man’s condition!
*Down to ringside, with AJ Styles*
AJ: Yeah, I’m losing, but I’ve not lost yet. There’s still 10 minutes of no-holds-barred action left, and baby I’m going to kill that b@$t@rd! I’ve got no injuries to speak of, but my neck’s a little stiff after the Camel Clutch, and missing that Spiral Tap did my back no favours, but that’s it. Now c’mon, get lost! Beat it!
*Switches to Paul E. and Sabu*
Paul E: What the-? Get away! C’mon, go! We’ve no time for this!
*Back to the radio commentator*
Well, that didn’t come off as well as we’d hoped, but these two minutes are almost up… the music’s playing loudly again, the lights are changing all over the place, it can only mean one thing…
*DING! DING! DING!*
The match has re-started! In ten minutes, both you and I will know who’s won this contest! This half is fully hardcore; the cage wall has been erected (no jokes at the back!) and Sabu and AJ are quick to dole out punishment to one another! AJ kicks Sabu hard in the gut, goes over to the trash can in the nearest corner, and swings at Sabu’s head- but misses, Sabu with the thumb to the eyes, he picks out a pool cue – CRACK! AJ goes down, after taking a huge pool cue shot to the head! It broke right in half off his forehead, and earned Sabu another two points – one for the knockdown, the other for the weapon shot, but AJ gets back up almost instantly, and scoop slams Sabu down! 2 points to AJ! He now takes that trash can again, and slams it on top of Sabu! Another point! This half could see the points reach beyond 150 each, if they don’t slow down! AJ gets Sabu back up, scoops him, and slams him hard on the can! That’s, what, only two more points? I see, no points for wrestling with weapons – Paul E.’s obviously realised Sabu doesn’t play that way!
The score’s now up to 58-47 to Sabu, he’s still leading, but we’re barely into this half! Much, much more to come yet! AJ brings Sabu up his feet, and whips him into the corner, right into a ladder! Sabu stays on his feet, though rests on the ladder, he doesn’t want to lose any more points if he can avoid it – AJ comes up, and goes for that moonsault launch- but Sabu got out of the way, and AJ falls onto the mat after dropkicking the ladder! Sabu now grabs the ladder, and just drops it on AJ! That’s one more point, and Sabu picks up the ladder again – and slams it down on AJ! Another point! And now Sabu takes the ladder away from AJ, as the lights go green, and the red circles invade the ring, but Sabu drags AJ onto that ladder, he’s left AJ on the ladder! Some heavy rock music, mixed with scratching noises hit the speakers, Sabu goes to the top rope, looks behind him, AND MOONSAULTS – CONNECTS! He landed right on top of AJ, who was on the ladder! Already we’ve gone hardcore, ladies and gentlemen! That’s another 5 points, I guess, as Sabu used the weapon for the aerial dive! Can Styles recover quickly enough to get any offence in to earn the points as well? It looks as though Sabu also sustained some damage in that quickfire assault, but surely AJ got the worst of it? Sabu has been able to get up fairly soon, although he’s holding his midsection, but he’s healthy enough to grab a cookie tray, and smack AJ with it while his opponent remains on the ladder! And again! One more time! 3 fast points, and Sabu is pulling away!
Golden light bathes the ring, and a green square spins onto the mat, which Sabu sees and wants to make use of – he takes AJ by the ears (the ears, for God’s sake!) and puts him in place, ready for a powerbomb? Piledriver? No! AJ backs body drops Sabu onto the green square! That’s an amazing 22 points in one simple counter for the bWo representative! In just a second, AJ has turned this match around – it’s 69-68 to AJ Styles! Sabu was hardly brutalised by that move, but it’s brought the match right back to Styles! Sabu gets back up and starts to pummel away at AJ’s face, pushes him into the ropes by the cage wall, whips AJ – INTO THE BARBED WIRE! There was no getting out of that! AJ has been- oh, God! You can see where the flesh has pierced his skin (unless you’re just listening to us on ReserveRadio, of course) and there’s blood pouring from the cuts! Sabu likes what he sees, the twisted man that he is, yet pulls AJ from the wire Hell! He helps AJ out of the barbed wire, but takes him by the head, runs with him, and slams AJ’s head into the steel cage wall! And now – he’s grinding the forehead into the cage mesh! Sick! AJ collapses from his feet, and Sabu appeared to just get a hand on AJ as he fell, gaining another 2 points, taking the lead from AJ! Sabu points to the Heavens, and turns his attention back to AJ – SMALL PACKAGE BY THE BLOODIED AJ STYLES!
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SABU KICKS OUT! Good idea from AJ, he just couldn’t hold on long enough to gain the 15 points from a pinfall in this match. Sabu gets quickly back to his feet, not wanting to lose any more of his advantage, and goes for that ladder – he sets it up in the corner, where it was before, and throws Styles into it. Sabu then finds a chair in one of the trash cans, sets it up in front of AJ, goes to the opposite corner, takes the run-up… and leaps off with an aggressive calf kick, right to the face of AJ Styles! Great weapons usage- but wait… OOOH! AJ fell forwards from the calf attack, and his face hit the steel chair! Bad luck for AJ, the very worst! That attack must have earned Sabu 2 more points – double weapons usage, a chair and a ladder, gets the two for Sabu! Still in the lead, but as AJ has shown us, he can easily pull it back!
This music is really bothering me now – there’s some guy talking at random to a huge bass beat! It’s ridiculous, but I’ve got to put up with it. You can’t win them all. To be honest, I’m quite surprised that no-one has yet used the steel cage wall for a huge dive or something like that – but Sabu may just well do something like that now! He’s got another baking sheet, and is climbing up the cage wall… he’s reached about halfway, turns slowly, allowing AJ time to get up… JUMPS… SMACK! Baking sheet right between the eyes for AJ, special delivery from Sabu! 5 points for Sabu for that high-risk weapon dive! AJ is back down, Sabu has quickly got up, and is setting up that table in the middle of the ring! What is looking to do now? Whatever it is, we’ll just have to wait, because he’s manhandling AJ Styles onto that table, and has taken the chair… he’s climbing the cage wall! He’s climbing! He’s almost got to the top, where he stops, turns, leaps… CRASH! SABU FALLS RIGHT THROUGH THE TABLE! He went for an Arabian Facebuster, the double legdrop with a chair, but AJ rolled off the table, just in time! As Sabu writhes in pain and agony, amongst the wood and metal, AJ smiles, hiding the obvious discomfort, and points to his head – yeah, we know you’ve got smarts, there, Styles, no need to boast! He’s started to get to his feet again, and should probably look to slam Sabu in the multicoloured triangle that has appeared near the shards of table that Sabu is trapped in, to get about 19 points or so – it could get him back in the lead!
AJ is indeed back onto a vertical base, and is sifting through the wreckage that is the table, and hauls Sabu out from under it… surely he’ll go for the shape slam? He lifts Sabu up, and hauls the legend onto his shoulders… flips him over, and Sabu’s neck lands on Styles’ knee! Oh my God, that must hurt! But AJ didn’t do it in the shape, and so has got to move quickly if he wants to make the most of this great opportunity! He drags Sabu over to the shape, lifts up Sabu by the waist, and drops him in a sidewalk slam! But only 12 points from that move, as he went down with Sabu – still, he’s in the lead, because it’s now 83-77 to AJ! Now he’s got to look to pull further ahead, as the ring is flooded with blue light, and we hit the 3 minute mark! 7 to go!
AJ Styles, the leader of the match, whips the weary Sabu into the trash can in the corner again! Sabu falls to his knees, as AJ charges up- OH MY GOD! AJ rushed his knee straight into Sabu’s face! Sabu has folded down, and from what I can see – good Lord, his nose is smashed and he’s bleeding from there and his mouth! AJ almost collapsed Sabu’s face right there and then! But he can’t afford to hold up – the haunting string music plays over the action, as Styles gets Sabu up, stands near a new white circle, gets the waistlock, and hits a German Suplex right onto the circle – but Styles flips over, carries Sabu along with him, lifts him up, and slams him face first into the circle with a German Face Bust! That gives AJ a cool 40 points! Amazing gain by Styles, he obviously is still using a great deal of thought to get ahead in the match – he’s now on 123 points, with Sabu way, way, way behind on 77! He’s going to have to pull something tremendous out of the bag to win this match! AJ realises how far ahead he is, but is all too aware that he can’t afford to rest, so he gets Sabu’s legs, grapevines them… but Sabu wriggles free of what looked to be a Sharpshooter! He crawls to the ropes, to avoid having to tap out to any AJ submission hold, but this doesn’t stop Styles – he takes Sabu’s legs, stretches them apart – but Sabu uses his strength and leverage to pull AJ out of the ring, through the ropes, and avoid a low blow! Both men are now on the outside, when it is complete darkness, and no-one can see what’s happening! But almost as soon as he was thrown out, Styles re-enters the ring, and grabs a stop sign – and throws it out the ring, possibly hitting Sabu!
But it didn’t, because Sabu slides back into the ring, not too quickly, I must admit, but hits some strong right hands to the side of AJ’s face! He pushes AJ to the ropes, whips him over, AJ returns, but Styles manages to kick Sabu as he returns… he steps back a pace, gears up – MISSES THE SUPERKICK – Sabu grabs the foot, and trips Styles backwards! 2 more points for Sabu, but he needs big moves, and soon!
5 minutes left! Only 5 more minutes for Sabu to come up with something huge! He’s beginning by taking a chair – and hammering AJ repeatedly with it! That’s six chair shots to the fallen Styles, which is also 6 more points! And with AJ confined to the mat to recuperate, Sabu goes out of the ring, straight for the steel steps! He throws the steps high into the ring, just missing his opponent, and slides back into the ring, to set up the steps just in front of the barbed wire-covered ropes! AJ could be in trouble now, as he is picked up by Sabu, pushed into the ropes, and whipped into the- SMASH! OOOH! AJ was whipped straight into the steps, which he hit, but the momentum carried him forward, and he flew back-first into the barbed-wire! Horrific stuff from Sabu, but that earned him no points! I don’t think he cares, though, because he’s gone straight back to the outside, and I can just makes him out to be looking underneath the ring for something! Whatever it is, he’s found it, because he’s thrown something… a wooden board, into the ring! But he’s still looking, and is throwing tons of objects into the ring – boards, cookie sheets, chairs, and flat objects!
Now Sabu rolls himself into the squared circle, and gets the trash cans from either corner, puts them almost side-by-side, but with a gap in between, and starts to bridge them with the weapons and boards! This assembly of horror has been set up near the cage wall, and Sabu, chair in hand, goes back over to AJ - THWACK! A huge chair shot to the top of AJ’s head! And Sabu takes hold of Styles’ head, brings him over to the trash can-board construction, and positions him on top of it… this looks bad… so, so bad. Sabu is climbing the cage wall, glancing back every now and then to ensure AJ hasn’t moved… he’s now at the top of the cage wall! Sabu is standing on the top of the cage wall, looking at the crowd, preparing for something big… HE JUMPS – SHOOTING STAR PRESS THROUGH THE TRASH CANS AND BOARDS! OH MY GOD! Sabu jumped, flipped in mid-air, and crashed straight onto Styles! But he can’t make a cover! He must have earned about 10 points for that, but if he can get the pin, which he surely would if he can roll over, he’d get an extra 15! But Sabu has almost killed himself with that move, and even though Paul E. is screaming at him from ringside, he just can’t roll over- yes he can! Yes he can!
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Sabu and AJ have been down for almost 30 seconds now, but Sabu is finally moving… he’s crawling on his hands and knees to AJ… h – he puts him in the Camel Clutch once more! If Sabu can force the submission, this match is won! He’s pulling back as hard as he can on the neck, but I don’t think he’s got enough strength to pull hard enough to get AJ to tap, personally… 10 seconds pass, but AJ doesn’t seem to be in masses of pain, as one usually would be in Sabu’s punishing submission hold.
He’s held it in for about 30 seconds, and now the strain is starting to show in AJ’s face! He’s grasping onto Sabu’s hands, and gasping for air… he’s starting to move! Styles is starting to make his way towards the ropes – but Sabu lets go?! Paul E. has gone ballistic on the outside, but Sabu doesn’t care! He’s gone to the outside of the ring, and is looking for something again… he returns to the ring with a cinder block! If Sabu can use this block effectively, then he could still win, but there’s only a minute left! The lights and music have descended into rave mode, there’s a huge, pulsating beat, and lights and shapes all over the ring, as Sabu places the block near one of the corners… and now he takes the weary AJ Styles to the corner, lifts him to the top rope, and sets up a chair near the corner as well – Sabu runs up, leaps off the chair, onto the rope, jumps onto AJ, looking for the hurricanrana – but AJ hangs onto Sabu! AJ has Sabu, and is… oh no, oh no! He’s hooked the arms with his arms, dives off with Sabu – NO! STYLES CLASH OFF THE TOP ROPE ONTO THE CINDER BLOCK! Sabu’s bloodied face was crushed on the block! And AJ rolls over, pinning Sabu:
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3! AJ has won this match, surely! After gaining 5 points for the Styles Clash, AJ adds 15 with a pinfall! But Styles refuses to let up, he gets to his feet, and grapevines Sabu’s legs… Sharpshooter! Sharpshooter! AJ’s locked it in! And Sabu can’t get out of it! Sabu’s already nearly out, and Mike Chioda is checking on him…
20 seconds left, folks, just 20 seconds, but Mike Chioda is checking on Sabu, still… he takes Sabu’s right arm, lifts it up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up…. AND IT COMES DOWN! That counts as a submission, and earns AJ another 30 points against Sabu! We now are down to the last 10 seconds of the match:
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*DING! DING! DING!*
It’s over! It’s over, and AJ Styles has won this match! With a score of 173 points to Sabu’s 110, AJ Styles has won the Psychedelic House of Mania match, and he’s passed out, as has Sabu! I’m just trying to get my breath back, that was incredible! Congratulations to both men, but at the end of the day, AJ just knew how to play the game! He’s victorious, we have a winner, and it’s the bWo’s very own Phenomenon, AJ Styles!
WHAT.A.MATCH.
It really was an amazing match, I think Ant,GP and Jae have said it all really. It was great how you managed to keep everything together, add up all the points, all of it was great!
Sabu really did pull off some excellent, mad moves with those weapons, great stuff, LL. Very well writen match, nice one.
It really was an amazing match, I think Ant,GP and Jae have said it all really. It was great how you managed to keep everything together, add up all the points, all of it was great!
Sabu really did pull off some excellent, mad moves with those weapons, great stuff, LL. Very well writen match, nice one.
Wahey, that was amazing. :D
I must've read evey single word of that - I was enticed. It's taken me at least 20 minutes but it was worth every second, I loved it, and I was surprised by the winner. I think the final score is a bit unfair on Sabu (LL Cool T) who put up a great fight, but the bWo come out on top once again, this time in the form of AJ Styles.
Amazing originality, unebelievable if I'm honest, really really good. {:) I look forward to the continuation of this great feud.
Congrats LL.
I must've read evey single word of that - I was enticed. It's taken me at least 20 minutes but it was worth every second, I loved it, and I was surprised by the winner. I think the final score is a bit unfair on Sabu (LL Cool T) who put up a great fight, but the bWo come out on top once again, this time in the form of AJ Styles.
Amazing originality, unebelievable if I'm honest, really really good. {:) I look forward to the continuation of this great feud.
Congrats LL.
Wow, thanks Jae, those comments are really, really... great. It always means a lot to me when I get the positive reviews for my work.
Thanks, guys.
Thanks, guys.
Woah! That match took me about half an hour to read but it was all worth it! That match must go down as one of the best matches in SRW history! :D It was seriously amazing. The effort that must have been put into it is unbelievable. - First of all, creating the match and then actually writing the match going into all that detail.
It must have been hard to go along with all the rules you created and adding all the points up at the right times for the right moves.
I didn't fully understand how the match was going to work when I began to read it although it became clearer and clearer as I got further into the match. It just seemed to get better and better!
On another note, I was quite surprised at an AJ Styles victory! I really thought that Sabu was going to win. Afterall, the match type was created by his manager... :D It'll be interesting to see how Paul E reacts to Sabu losing that match. Hmm...
Anyway. Well done LL! :D That was amazing. :)
It must have been hard to go along with all the rules you created and adding all the points up at the right times for the right moves.
I didn't fully understand how the match was going to work when I began to read it although it became clearer and clearer as I got further into the match. It just seemed to get better and better!
On another note, I was quite surprised at an AJ Styles victory! I really thought that Sabu was going to win. Afterall, the match type was created by his manager... :D It'll be interesting to see how Paul E reacts to Sabu losing that match. Hmm...
Anyway. Well done LL! :D That was amazing. :)
Grandprix, you've given me a quick idea - next Eclipse, as I'm continuing the feud, I can have an 'independent confirmation' of the points in a promo, so if anyone who thinks there's an chance of an extra point to be added or taken away, can they write down where this is, and what they think should have happened? Always good to see people really thinking about it.
Cheers for the comments, GP, it always means a lot. I'll have to get you rambling more often...
Final point, can we resolve this AJ Styles issue? Can anyone who wants him tell me, and he'll be assigned - I still want the person to have seen AJ before, too. I can't have him, although I would like to change Nunzio for Amazing Red, if that's possible.
So, I've got an AJ Styles, any offers?
Cheers for the comments, GP, it always means a lot. I'll have to get you rambling more often...
Final point, can we resolve this AJ Styles issue? Can anyone who wants him tell me, and he'll be assigned - I still want the person to have seen AJ before, too. I can't have him, although I would like to change Nunzio for Amazing Red, if that's possible.
So, I've got an AJ Styles, any offers?
Okay, I've been reading through this and typing as I'm going. Paragraph 5, I think Sabu should have got 1 more point then he was given. The paragraph where the Hardcore section starts, They should have an extra point each unless the weapon point was removed. The paragraph where AJ did the sidewalk slam, I'm sure you've given AJ two extra points there. In the end, it didn't matter much. :)
I'll comment on the match as a whole now. Absolutely fantastic. To go into that much detail and try to keep up with everything that is going on takes an inhuman effort. Kudos to you, kudos! It was intense and crazy, that's probably why I liked it so much.
I would say that you should take a well earned break but you've got that SRW Title match to write. I suppose the best thing for you to do is have a well earned drink or something like that. Very well done again. You've done well because you've got me rambling. :D
I'll comment on the match as a whole now. Absolutely fantastic. To go into that much detail and try to keep up with everything that is going on takes an inhuman effort. Kudos to you, kudos! It was intense and crazy, that's probably why I liked it so much.
I would say that you should take a well earned break but you've got that SRW Title match to write. I suppose the best thing for you to do is have a well earned drink or something like that. Very well done again. You've done well because you've got me rambling. :D
Because Sabu belongs to me, and AJ belongs to no-one, I decided to skip the brackets for this match, as they aren't necessary yet. Have fun...
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Paul E Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania Match:
Sabu (LL Cool TT) w/Paul E Dangerously Vs AJ Styles
Written By LL Cool TT
Ladies and gentlemen, consider yourselves back at home, as we continue with SRW’s latest Pay Per View extravaganza, Breakdown! But before you do, I advise that you get behind your sofas, because our next match is Paul E. Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania match!
Let’s take you back to a few weeks ago, when Chris Benoit and Booker T met the bWo in a tag team match on SRW Eclipse…
BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! RVD made one elementary mistake, and Benoit pounced on it! RVD’s locked into the Crossface, dead centre of the ring, no way out! The referee’s asking Van Dam if he wants to tap out – who cares about legal wrestlers, huh? The referee is asking Van Dam if he’s going to submit – Van Dam motioning for a microphone, I think! Why does he want a microphone, for God’s sakes? The referee has grabbed a microphone, and put it to Van Dam’s mouth, while Chris Benoit doesn’t seem to be noticing any strange events at the moment, just reclining on Rob Van Dam’s neck! The crowd have gone quiet, waiting for the words of the champion…
Van Dam: Benoit, BENOIT! ARRGHH! GODDAMMIT! DAMN YOU REAVER, I’M DEBUTING OUR NEW MEMBER! AAARRRGGGHH! THE PAIN! Fresh from his stint in TNA, our new member…!
Who the Hell is it? I can’t see anyone yet! Hold on a second – IT’S AJ STYLES! AJ STYLES IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE bWo! He’s pulls the ref to his feet, and clocks him, knocking him out cold! And now he stamps hard on Benoit’s head, which can’t have done that neck or the back any good at all! And now AJ Styles has Benoit(Grandprix) on his feet – Styles goads the Canadian, and Benoit swings, but misses – LOW BLOW ON BENOIT! Styles now spins the Rabid Wolverine around, boot to the gut, hangs him up, steps over the arms – STYLES CLASH!
AJ Styles debuted, and it seemed that the bWo had stolen yet another victory, but there was still another twist in this story’s tail!
FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH! RIGHT ON BENOIT! Benoit is out, but Jericho’s neck could be broken after being caught up in that attack! Benoit flops to the mat, and RVD clutches at every limb available limb of Benoit to get the pin! But wait – SABU ROLLS RVD OVER! RVD’S SHOULDERS ARE DOWN! Brian Hebner makes the count:
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3! BENOIT GETS THE PIN ON THE CHAMP! Sabu(LL Cool T) is here!
Chris Benoit managed to pin the SRW champion, with Sabu getting the assist, but AJ Styles was incensed! His master plan had been foiled by the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal maniac that is Sabu, and he was quick in looking for some measure of revenge! An impromptu singles match was announced, and both men showcased their abilities for the first time to the SRW crowds! But AJ’s night wasn’t going to be spoiled by the legend that is Sabu:
Sabu sets up a chair in front of the table, goes to the opposite corner, runs up, jumps, AND LEG DROPS AJ THROUGH THE TABLE! AJ may have a broken back, thanks to Sabu! Sabu now rolls AJ over, and goes for the pin:
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KICK OUT! KICK OUT BY STYLES! HOW DID HE DO THAT? Sabu(LL Cool T) is shocked; Paul E. looks as though he’s having a heart attack, and AJ, blood streaming down his face, is out! Sabu tries to get AJ up, but it’s a struggle, as Styles is probably concussed and unconscious after that crushing move through the table! Sabu does finally manage to get AJ Styles onto his feet, and now he gets whipped into a free corner – Sabu picks up a chair, runs at AJ, BUT GETS THE CHAIR KICKED RIGHT BACK IN HIS FACE BY STYLES! Big mistake by Sabu! AJ grabs the chair from Sabu, slams it into Sabu’s midsection, drops it to the floor, and picks Sabu up – tries to step over the arms, but Sabu avoids it, instead managing to move himself up, and hurricanranas AJ onto the chair! Styles grabs his head in pain, but is quickly back up – only to be met with a clothesline by Sabu! AJ’s back up again, though, as Sabu leaps onto his shoulders for a hurricanrana – but AJ hangs on! Sabu just made a huge mistake! AJ steps over the arms, AND HITS THE STYLES CLAH ONTO THE CHAIR! He rolls over, and pins Sabu:
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3! AJ Styles has won this impromptu match-up with the Styles Clash, the move used to dispatch Reaver and Booker T(RM18) tonight! What a pair of debuts for these combatants!
And this is where the feud began! AJ and Sabu have been fighting ever since, but last week SRW Commissioner Reaver imposed a ‘cooling-off’ period for Eclipse, but I think that’ll only serve to make the two men ever more rabid, and itching to get their hands on one another.
Paul E. Dangerously then shocked the world when he announced that his client, Sabu, and AJ Styles would compete at Breakdown in the ‘Psychedelic House of Mania’ match, but waited another week to tell the world just what this match involved. Typically, it degenerated into a huge brawl between AJ, Sabu and two wrestlers from the upstart promotion High Dive Wrestling. In the corner of a hallway, Paul E. told us what the match would involve:
*Camera follows Paul E. to just outside the room, near a banister which protects against a huge fall to the next floor*
Paul E: Okay, it’s not as grand as I would have liked it, but here it is anyway: the rules of my Psychedelic House of Mania match. Okay, what happens is this: the match is divided into two halves, both 10 minutes long, with a 2 minute break in between. The ring, for the first half, remains normal. For the second half, though, one side of a cage will be lowered down, and the opposite side of the ring to the caged side will have barbed wire wrapped around the ropes. There will be trash cans of weapons in two opposite corners, a table set up in another, and a ladder will rest in the other. You don’t win the match by pinning though, nor by making your opponent submit – you win if you’ve got the most points.
*AJ is seen manhandling his opponent near the balcony, and throws the opponent off the balcony*
Paul E: OH MY GOD! Oh right – back to the match! Jesus Christ… anyway, you can only win if you’ve got more points than your opponent by the end of the 20 minutes. You earn points by pinning your opponent, by making them submit, or by adhering to some of the rules set out in the document I’ve sent to SRW – I’m sure they’ll explain it for you soon. However, the main point to this match, and its main selling point, might I add, is this – throughout out the match, all the arena lights are off. The ReserveTron, the television lights, everything that is normally used for lighting an SRW match is turned off for this match. The only lights that are on for this match are located at the top of the arena, are there are two types – one type will cover the ring, and only the ring, in a dull coloured light. The other types of lights will project various shapes onto the mat, and the wrestlers can score points in different ways by slamming their opponents into these shapes. That’s all in the document I’ve given to SRW, they’ll explain it for you. Announcers are banned for the match; the only sounds in the arena will be psycho-techno type music played over the speakers, it’s all about confusing the wrestlers. The one with the most points at the end of the match wins, okay? I’ve gotta see if Sabu’s all right!
And that’s how we’ve ended up here, ladies and gents! As you can see, the lights are coming down, so that’s my cue to sign off, folks, and leave you to watch the match without me rattling on over it! If you really want commentary, leave the TV on mute, and turn on ReserveRadio to get some fantastic commentary on the match! Good night, everyone, see you on the other side!
*ReserveRadio’s commentator continues*
Good evening, wrestling fans, and welcome to ReserveRadio! For those of you that have just tuned in from the televised broadcast, welcome, to those that have been listening to us from the start, stay with us, because we’ve got the only commentary in the world good enough to keep up with the hype surrounding this match! Paul E. clearly has thought long and hard about this match, because I can’t think of any other manager who would firstly think up something this insane, and secondly put his client in it! But I’m not here to judge; I’m here to tell you what’s going on!
The arena has now had its lights completely turned off, we are in pitch black! The crowd are getting tense, some are cheering, others screaming, we’ve got one idiot with an air-horn blasting everyone’s ears into pulp, but now there’s light in the ring! Only a small red spotlight, though, but it’s a start! There’s a yellow one, and now a blue! They’re spinning, moving all over the place, and the fans are starting to get excited, as we near our next contest! Don’t forget the basic structure of this match, listeners, there are two 10-minute halves, and the match will not end by a pinfall or submission – the order of the day here is to earn as many points as possible over your opponent in 20 minutes of wrestling – 10 minutes straight, 10 minutes hardcore. Wait a second, the music’s starting, let’s go down to ringside!
*Bizarre music starts – a mix of heavy rock guitar and tidal wave noises*
The lights are pulsating now, all manner of random colours, and here comes AJ Styles! No entrance music or pyro, just straight down to the ring, accompanied by a nice wave of booing and jeering from the audience! They clearly aren’t happy with AJ disrespecting the legendary Sabu, and want to berate him for it! As AJ slides into the ring, it’s obvious he’s in no mood to please – there’s the middle finger for the crowd! And again! There’s a people champion, right there!
*Lights go out*
What in the Hell? There are no lights at all! We’re in utter darkness! What is this?
*Lights come back on*
It’s Sabu! He’s in the ring! There are no announcements here tonight, we’ve just got a bell to tell them when to start, and when to stop!
*DING! DING! DING!*
Ten minutes, and counting, as Sabu and AJ immediately go for each other! Collar and elbow –tie-up in the middle of the ring, as the blue spotlight falls just inches away from them! They’re each struggling to throw the other man into the blue light, for what would surely be 4 points… but the blue spotlight’s gone! AJ Styles, frustrated by this, puts Sabu into a stiff hammerlock, to which Sabu replies by returning the favour; now a red triangle spins in the ring, as golden lights illuminate the ring and ringside area; Sabu backtrips AJ, sending the bWo member face first to the mat, and Sabu locks AJ in a Camel Clutch! A Camel Clutch early on! Sabu’s clearly come here with a game plan! And that, my friends, is one point to Sabu!
AJ is struggling early in this brand new match, as Sabu has trapped him in a Camel Clutch! But AJ’s impressive strength allows him to pull himself slowly to the ropes – he’s there! Sabu is forced to break the hold by tonight’s referee, Mike Chioda! Sabu gets up, leaving AJ to quickly recover by the ropes, as the golden lights turn dark blue, and two green circles shine down to the canvas – Sabu with the low dropkick to AJ’s jaw! Simple but effective offence by the Human Highlight Reel! Sabu picks AJ up, whips him into the ropes; AJ comes back, Sabu ducks down for the back body drop, but AJ turns and rolls over Sabu’s own back, grabs the waistlock, looking for the German Suplex, but Sabu forces the hands apart, swings his right arm back, but AJ ducks that; AJ then takes a thumb to the eye of Sabu – he forces him into the ropes, Irish Whip; Sabu comes back, AJ boosts him high up, Sabu cmoes down, but his legs grab AJ – HEAD-ARM HURRICANRANA! Fantastic move by Sabu! His left leg fell on the shoulder, his right clung under the armpit, and he whipped AJ to the floor! That’s another point for Sabu! He leads 2 to nothing!
AJ gets up frustratedly, and punches Sabu right on the nose! But in order to save the point, Sabu doesn’t go down! AJ again thumbs Sabu in the eye, cheap tactics that aren’t penalised, and whips the Hardcore Legend into the corner – AJ runs up, leaps – he moonsaults off Sabu’s chest! AJ turns 360°, goes for an elbow- but Sabu gets the boot up, and kicks AJ away – he goes for a big clothesline, but AJ counters with the drop toe hold! First point for AJ! The ring lights turn light pink, a yellow square and a red triangle are in the ring, as Sabu gets up and trades shots with Styles! Rights from both men, until eventually it’s just too much for Sabu – he steps back just slightly, but that’s enough for AJ to pounce: he boots Sabu in the gut, throws Sabu’s left arm over his head, lifts Sabu up – vertical suplex! A second point for AJ, and they’re two apiece! AJ just missed a red triangle with that suplex, but I dare say he won’t worry for too long, as they’re both back up on their feet, and AJ just shoves Sabu down! That’s two more points for AJ, but they’re cheap points at best!
As Sabu gets back up, a red helix is shone onto the ring, and the ring turns green – AJ goes for the shove again, but already Sabu has caught on, steps back, grabs AJ’s wrists, leans back into a monkey flip- but AJ flipped out of it, avoiding the points gain for Sabu! And now, Sabu is up, but AJ goes for the superkick- ducked! WHAM! AJ never stopped spinning, and came and slapped Sabu’s chin with his foot! And with Sabu once again on the mat, AJ gets a fifth point, but isn’t holding up, he’s picked up Sabu, scoops him into his arms – AJ starts to move, still holding Sabu, walks over to the red helix, and slams Sabu onto it! A simple move has just earned AJ 14 points! Two for the throwdown, 5 for the red colour, multiplied by two for the complex shape! AJ’s got 18 points already, Sabu still languishes with just the 2! The ring changes colour once again, from green to blue, but no shapes appear – AJ and Sabu are both up, Sabu is incensed but cannot stop the onslaught of AJ’s rights and lefts, forcing him into the turnbuckle; AJ hauls Sabu up to the top rope, but Sabu brings the elbow down across the back of AJ’s head, and clutches on – tornado DDT to AJ! But because AJ’s feet were on the mat, that only gets Sabu one point! Things are all working in the bWo member’s favour!
As the crowd begin to get behind Sabu with chants of ‘SA-F**KIN’-BU! SA-F**KIN’-BU!’, I can reflect on the ‘music’ playing over this match – it is twisted! Severely monged up! We’ve heard baby squeals, piano concertos, violin plucking, rapping, everything all mixed into one track! It hasn’t stopped for a second – just like the action in the ring, as AJ gets brought to his feet by the furious Sabu, and whipped into the ropes! AJ comes back, meets with Sabu’s foot, right to his gut, Sabu runs behind AJ, and brings AJ to the floor with a flying facebuster! 1 more point to Sabu’s cause! It was by no means the cleanest or best of facebusters, but it got the point! Sabu brings Styles back up once more, and hammers his face with a right hand! AJ goes down, adding another point to Sabu’s somewhat meagre total – it’s 18 to 4 with two and a half minutes gone! Sabu again brings AJ up, goes for another fist, but AJ blocks, and hits one of his own, but Sabu doesn’t go down! The ring is now lit with white light, and three red circles are in the ring – but can either man use them? Sabu is taken into the ropes, whipped, but reverses, sending AJ bouncing off the ropes, into a Lou Thesz press from Sabu! Not what we normally see from this man, but it’s worked! As Sabu lays into AJ’s face, an extra point is added to his total! 18-5 it now stands in AJ’s favour!
The white light remains as the red circles disappear, as a solitary blue square replaces them – just inches in front of Sabu and AJ! Sabu gets up, picks up AJ and hits a standing spinebuster! That’s got to have boosted his points! Let’s see… 2 for the throwdown, doubled to 4, and another 10 points for the square – that’s 16 in a single move! Excellent points-gaining by Sabu! That swings the score to 21-18, Sabu leads for the second time! But he refuses to relent, grabs AJ by the hair, and lifts him to his feet; Sabu scoops AJ up, but AJ floats behind, holding onto the head of his opponent – reverse DDT? No- Sabu flips over and behind AJ as another reversal, spins AJ around, boot to the gut, gets him in position for a suplex – lifts him up, but AJ lands on his feet, his head remaining held by Styles – brought down in a neckbreaker! Modified Hangman’s Noose Neckbreaker by the phenomenal AJ Styles, earning him another point! 21-19 to Sabu! This doesn’t leave AJ best pleased, as the howling of a wolf echoes through the arena, and the ring is flooded with golden light; two green circles and a red hexagon occupy the ring. AJ is drawn to the red hexagon, clearly thinking only of more points – he takes Sabu over to it, scoops him up, but Sabu counters just as AJ did to him, floating over and holding the head; AJ now also tries to float over, flipping behind Sabu, but Sabu holds on, and drops AJ straight onto the red hexagon! 14 more points to Sabu! Just as AJ appeared to be closing in, Sabu pulls away, leaving the score 35-19 to the legend! The crowd are cheering wildly, competing with the music, as AJ quickly scrambles back to his feet, nursing his neck, which he appeared to land on slightly. The red hexagon stays, as a blue triangle is added to the mix!
Sabu sees the triangle, as he grabs hold of AJ Styles and drags him frantically over; this doesn’t look good for AJ, as Sabu lifts him up for a – PILEDRIVER! Right on the shape! Sabu, in that move, just earned another 7 points, making it 42-19! AJ has completely fallen behind, as we pass the 5 minute mark! There’s only 5 minutes left before we move into Sabu’s element, and that’s bad news for Styles Esq.. But all is not lost, it seems, as AJ, on one knee, fires stiff rights into Sabu’s stomach, which allows him to get on both feet again, and force Sabu to the ropes… WHOO! Stiff, stiff chop to Sabu’s chest! WHOO! And another! AJ starts to whip Sabu, but stops, and hiptosses him instead! Two points! That makes- another hiptoss! And then… one more! 6 extra points for AJ, as he pushes Sabu over to the corner, making it 42-25, and AJ lifts the shaken (and, yes, stirred) Sabu up to the top rope, gets up with him, and starts to haul Sabu into a standing position in that precarious place – AJ and Sabu are now both standing on the top turnbuckle, but who’ll bite the dust? Sabu is holding onto AJ for dear life, but AJ sees to know what he’s doing – he hiptosses Sabu off the top turnbuckle! That’s ten points for a wrestling move on the top rope! But AJ remains on the top rope, preparing himself for a – leg drop! 7 more points! AJ now also goes for the cover:
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AJ kicks out! Sabu’s realised he’s not going to get any more pins over Styles yet, so he starts to stomp down hard on the head! Repeated boots to the side of the head by Sabu, as AJ tries and fails to find somewhere to hide! But no! AJ grabs Sabu’s right foot, pulls and pulls on it, eventually causing Sabu to fall to his back – one more point to AJ, but he doesn’t stop there – he’s put Sabu in the Sharpshooter! And with AJ facing the ropes himself, Sabu’s a long way from salvation!
With the score at 57-42 in the first half of this House of Mania match, AJ has put Sabu in a Sharpshooter! Widely believed to be one of, if not THE most painful submission move in wrestling, and Sabu has almost no way out of it! If I were Sabu, I’d tap right now and save my legs, but I’m not Sabu! He’s going to hold out until he dies, if needs be, but this is his problem – if he stays in the Sharpshooter for the rest of the half, 2 minutes will not be enough for him to fully recover, and that effectively hands the match to AJ! But will he tap? Or can he, by some unimaginable feat, can he reach the ropes, which are all the way over to the other side of the ring? The ring continues to change colour, shapes are added and removed, the music never stops, but none of that matters right now – what matters is how long Sabu can resist tapping out to the Sharpshooter inflicted upon him by AJ Styles! AJ is using all his strength to put Sabu in as much pain as possible, and will not give p this effort, so long as he shall live! Sabu is in absolute agony, he’s grinding his face into the mat to stop him from saying ‘uncle’, but even that may not be enough! Sabu is world-renowned for his amazing endurance, but this surely is too much – what’s he doing? What is he doing now? He’s trying to move sideways? Of course, if he can somehow spin AJ around, then he can get to the nearest ropes! But will he be able to implement his plan of action?
He’s clawing at the mat, trying to force Styles to spin around, and he’s actually doing it! But AJ just drags him back round! Sabu, back to square one, is trying again – and he’s started to move Styles again! But Styles again spins round- but Sabu moves in that same direction! He predicted AJ’s next move, but even that isn’t enough! You can see AJ grimacing in the green light, and hear him screaming over the music – exactly the same can be said for Sabu! Sabu tries once more to turn AJ around, but AJ knows Sabu’s plan, and just grounds to a halt – there’s no way out of this for Sabu now! But – but he’s still crawling! And try though he might, AJ cannot stop him, without dragging him back, but Sabu is wriggling so damn hard – AJ collapses into the ropes, as Sabu breaks free! Cursing loudly, turning the yellow air blue with swearing, AJ is slamming his hands on the mat in outrage, allowing Sabu to crawl over with his weary legs, and leap on AJ’s back, putting him in another Camel Clutch!
With 2 and a half minutes left on the clock for this half, Sabu has AJ Styles in another Camel Clutch, right in the middle of the ring! It could all be curtains for the phenomenal bWo member, unless he can find a way out of this submission move- he flipped Sabu over his head! An extra point! Great neck strength and leverage by AJ, who now puts Sabu in a surfboard – a painful yet simple move by Styles, but surely something used to keep Sabu from hurting AJ than an actual hope of submission? Saying that, I’m not sure, because he’s stretching Sabu very harshly indeed – so much so that Sabu looks to be in almost as much pain in the surfboard as he was in the Sharpshooter! AJ’s really wrenched that in! But Sabu is still trying to get himself out of it – he’s trying to get to his feet, but AJ just forces him back down to the mat! Sabu tries again, but AJ isn’t having any of it, and he forces him hard back onto the mat, turnnig Sabu onto his front, and putting him in a Camel Clutch! How humiliating! Sabu has been put into his own submission move, and there’s still 1 and a half minutes left! AJ has locked in the Camel Clutch on Sabu… and Sabu can’t crawl away this time! AJ should have 30 points in the bag!
Just a minute left, now, and still Sabu cannot budge AJ… surely he can’t last out another minute of this pain? Granted, it’s no Sharpshooter, but having your neck forcibly pulled backwards for an entire minute and beyond is unbearable for any normal man!
30 seconds left, and still Sabu hasn’t tapped! One half of the crowd is growing angry with the lack of action in the ring, and clearly isn’t enjoying the music and light show, but the other half is really getting behind Sabu, cheernig him on, and trying to motivate him enough to struggle out of this hold! But AJ will not let Sabu go, there is no chance of him escaping!
Just 10 seconds left of this half of the match, and still Sabu resists submitting!
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*DING! DING! DING!*
Sabu has survived! Sabu is safe! AJ is torn away from Sabu by Mike Chioda, and Sabu crawls to his corner, gasping for breath, as the music continues along with the ballet of light around us. There you have it, folks, 57-43 to Sabu as we head from this straight-up wrestling into hellacious hardcore Hell! As you can see if you’re also watching TV, we have a ring crew rushing to the ring to assemble a wall of a cage on the side of the entrance ramp, and some other members of the ring crew are wrapping barbed wire around the ropes opposite to that… various weapons and items are being placed in the ring, we’ve got two trash cans full of weapons in two corners, a ladder in another, and a table in the final one… this is going to be bad. Real bad. I’ve got that feeling, like in the Sabu-Sandman Stairway to Hell match at ECW House Party ’97, or the Sabu-Terry Funk barbed wire match at ECW Born to be Wired, we’ve got another Sabu bloodbath in store, and this could be one hardcore game too far. But we can only wait and see what happens in the next half!
After that fast-paced action, it’s only now that I realise that we haven’t seen Paul E. Dangerously this evening! Where is he? There he is, folks, rushing down to the ring, puffing like a chain-smoker! He’s off to speak with his man, Sabu, while we go down to the ring to get some updates on each man’s condition!
*Down to ringside, with AJ Styles*
AJ: Yeah, I’m losing, but I’ve not lost yet. There’s still 10 minutes of no-holds-barred action left, and baby I’m going to kill that b@$t@rd! I’ve got no injuries to speak of, but my neck’s a little stiff after the Camel Clutch, and missing that Spiral Tap did my back no favours, but that’s it. Now c’mon, get lost! Beat it!
*Switches to Paul E. and Sabu*
Paul E: What the-? Get away! C’mon, go! We’ve no time for this!
*Back to the radio commentator*
Well, that didn’t come off as well as we’d hoped, but these two minutes are almost up… the music’s playing loudly again, the lights are changing all over the place, it can only mean one thing…
*DING! DING! DING!*
The match has re-started! In ten minutes, both you and I will know who’s won this contest! This half is fully hardcore; the cage wall has been erected (no jokes at the back!) and Sabu and AJ are quick to dole out punishment to one another! AJ kicks Sabu hard in the gut, goes over to the trash can in the nearest corner, and swings at Sabu’s head- but misses, Sabu with the thumb to the eyes, he picks out a pool cue – CRACK! AJ goes down, after taking a huge pool cue shot to the head! It broke right in half off his forehead, and earned Sabu another two points – one for the knockdown, the other for the weapon shot, but AJ gets back up almost instantly, and scoop slams Sabu down! 2 points to AJ! He now takes that trash can again, and slams it on top of Sabu! Another point! This half could see the points reach beyond 150 each, if they don’t slow down! AJ gets Sabu back up, scoops him, and slams him hard on the can! That’s, what, only two more points? I see, no points for wrestling with weapons – Paul E.’s obviously realised Sabu doesn’t play that way!
The score’s now up to 58-47 to Sabu, he’s still leading, but we’re barely into this half! Much, much more to come yet! AJ brings Sabu up his feet, and whips him into the corner, right into a ladder! Sabu stays on his feet, though rests on the ladder, he doesn’t want to lose any more points if he can avoid it – AJ comes up, and goes for that moonsault launch- but Sabu got out of the way, and AJ falls onto the mat after dropkicking the ladder! Sabu now grabs the ladder, and just drops it on AJ! That’s one more point, and Sabu picks up the ladder again – and slams it down on AJ! Another point! And now Sabu takes the ladder away from AJ, as the lights go green, and the red circles invade the ring, but Sabu drags AJ onto that ladder, he’s left AJ on the ladder! Some heavy rock music, mixed with scratching noises hit the speakers, Sabu goes to the top rope, looks behind him, AND MOONSAULTS – CONNECTS! He landed right on top of AJ, who was on the ladder! Already we’ve gone hardcore, ladies and gentlemen! That’s another 5 points, I guess, as Sabu used the weapon for the aerial dive! Can Styles recover quickly enough to get any offence in to earn the points as well? It looks as though Sabu also sustained some damage in that quickfire assault, but surely AJ got the worst of it? Sabu has been able to get up fairly soon, although he’s holding his midsection, but he’s healthy enough to grab a cookie tray, and smack AJ with it while his opponent remains on the ladder! And again! One more time! 3 fast points, and Sabu is pulling away!
Golden light bathes the ring, and a green square spins onto the mat, which Sabu sees and wants to make use of – he takes AJ by the ears (the ears, for God’s sake!) and puts him in place, ready for a powerbomb? Piledriver? No! AJ backs body drops Sabu onto the green square! That’s an amazing 22 points in one simple counter for the bWo representative! In just a second, AJ has turned this match around – it’s 69-68 to AJ Styles! Sabu was hardly brutalised by that move, but it’s brought the match right back to Styles! Sabu gets back up and starts to pummel away at AJ’s face, pushes him into the ropes by the cage wall, whips AJ – INTO THE BARBED WIRE! There was no getting out of that! AJ has been- oh, God! You can see where the flesh has pierced his skin (unless you’re just listening to us on ReserveRadio, of course) and there’s blood pouring from the cuts! Sabu likes what he sees, the twisted man that he is, yet pulls AJ from the wire Hell! He helps AJ out of the barbed wire, but takes him by the head, runs with him, and slams AJ’s head into the steel cage wall! And now – he’s grinding the forehead into the cage mesh! Sick! AJ collapses from his feet, and Sabu appeared to just get a hand on AJ as he fell, gaining another 2 points, taking the lead from AJ! Sabu points to the Heavens, and turns his attention back to AJ – SMALL PACKAGE BY THE BLOODIED AJ STYLES!
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This music is really bothering me now – there’s some guy talking at random to a huge bass beat! It’s ridiculous, but I’ve got to put up with it. You can’t win them all. To be honest, I’m quite surprised that no-one has yet used the steel cage wall for a huge dive or something like that – but Sabu may just well do something like that now! He’s got another baking sheet, and is climbing up the cage wall… he’s reached about halfway, turns slowly, allowing AJ time to get up… JUMPS… SMACK! Baking sheet right between the eyes for AJ, special delivery from Sabu! 5 points for Sabu for that high-risk weapon dive! AJ is back down, Sabu has quickly got up, and is setting up that table in the middle of the ring! What is looking to do now? Whatever it is, we’ll just have to wait, because he’s manhandling AJ Styles onto that table, and has taken the chair… he’s climbing the cage wall! He’s climbing! He’s almost got to the top, where he stops, turns, leaps… CRASH! SABU FALLS RIGHT THROUGH THE TABLE! He went for an Arabian Facebuster, the double legdrop with a chair, but AJ rolled off the table, just in time! As Sabu writhes in pain and agony, amongst the wood and metal, AJ smiles, hiding the obvious discomfort, and points to his head – yeah, we know you’ve got smarts, there, Styles, no need to boast! He’s started to get to his feet again, and should probably look to slam Sabu in the multicoloured triangle that has appeared near the shards of table that Sabu is trapped in, to get about 19 points or so – it could get him back in the lead!
AJ is indeed back onto a vertical base, and is sifting through the wreckage that is the table, and hauls Sabu out from under it… surely he’ll go for the shape slam? He lifts Sabu up, and hauls the legend onto his shoulders… flips him over, and Sabu’s neck lands on Styles’ knee! Oh my God, that must hurt! But AJ didn’t do it in the shape, and so has got to move quickly if he wants to make the most of this great opportunity! He drags Sabu over to the shape, lifts up Sabu by the waist, and drops him in a sidewalk slam! But only 12 points from that move, as he went down with Sabu – still, he’s in the lead, because it’s now 83-77 to AJ! Now he’s got to look to pull further ahead, as the ring is flooded with blue light, and we hit the 3 minute mark! 7 to go!
AJ Styles, the leader of the match, whips the weary Sabu into the trash can in the corner again! Sabu falls to his knees, as AJ charges up- OH MY GOD! AJ rushed his knee straight into Sabu’s face! Sabu has folded down, and from what I can see – good Lord, his nose is smashed and he’s bleeding from there and his mouth! AJ almost collapsed Sabu’s face right there and then! But he can’t afford to hold up – the haunting string music plays over the action, as Styles gets Sabu up, stands near a new white circle, gets the waistlock, and hits a German Suplex right onto the circle – but Styles flips over, carries Sabu along with him, lifts him up, and slams him face first into the circle with a German Face Bust! That gives AJ a cool 40 points! Amazing gain by Styles, he obviously is still using a great deal of thought to get ahead in the match – he’s now on 123 points, with Sabu way, way, way behind on 77! He’s going to have to pull something tremendous out of the bag to win this match! AJ realises how far ahead he is, but is all too aware that he can’t afford to rest, so he gets Sabu’s legs, grapevines them… but Sabu wriggles free of what looked to be a Sharpshooter! He crawls to the ropes, to avoid having to tap out to any AJ submission hold, but this doesn’t stop Styles – he takes Sabu’s legs, stretches them apart – but Sabu uses his strength and leverage to pull AJ out of the ring, through the ropes, and avoid a low blow! Both men are now on the outside, when it is complete darkness, and no-one can see what’s happening! But almost as soon as he was thrown out, Styles re-enters the ring, and grabs a stop sign – and throws it out the ring, possibly hitting Sabu!
But it didn’t, because Sabu slides back into the ring, not too quickly, I must admit, but hits some strong right hands to the side of AJ’s face! He pushes AJ to the ropes, whips him over, AJ returns, but Styles manages to kick Sabu as he returns… he steps back a pace, gears up – MISSES THE SUPERKICK – Sabu grabs the foot, and trips Styles backwards! 2 more points for Sabu, but he needs big moves, and soon!
5 minutes left! Only 5 more minutes for Sabu to come up with something huge! He’s beginning by taking a chair – and hammering AJ repeatedly with it! That’s six chair shots to the fallen Styles, which is also 6 more points! And with AJ confined to the mat to recuperate, Sabu goes out of the ring, straight for the steel steps! He throws the steps high into the ring, just missing his opponent, and slides back into the ring, to set up the steps just in front of the barbed wire-covered ropes! AJ could be in trouble now, as he is picked up by Sabu, pushed into the ropes, and whipped into the- SMASH! OOOH! AJ was whipped straight into the steps, which he hit, but the momentum carried him forward, and he flew back-first into the barbed-wire! Horrific stuff from Sabu, but that earned him no points! I don’t think he cares, though, because he’s gone straight back to the outside, and I can just makes him out to be looking underneath the ring for something! Whatever it is, he’s found it, because he’s thrown something… a wooden board, into the ring! But he’s still looking, and is throwing tons of objects into the ring – boards, cookie sheets, chairs, and flat objects!
Now Sabu rolls himself into the squared circle, and gets the trash cans from either corner, puts them almost side-by-side, but with a gap in between, and starts to bridge them with the weapons and boards! This assembly of horror has been set up near the cage wall, and Sabu, chair in hand, goes back over to AJ - THWACK! A huge chair shot to the top of AJ’s head! And Sabu takes hold of Styles’ head, brings him over to the trash can-board construction, and positions him on top of it… this looks bad… so, so bad. Sabu is climbing the cage wall, glancing back every now and then to ensure AJ hasn’t moved… he’s now at the top of the cage wall! Sabu is standing on the top of the cage wall, looking at the crowd, preparing for something big… HE JUMPS – SHOOTING STAR PRESS THROUGH THE TRASH CANS AND BOARDS! OH MY GOD! Sabu jumped, flipped in mid-air, and crashed straight onto Styles! But he can’t make a cover! He must have earned about 10 points for that, but if he can get the pin, which he surely would if he can roll over, he’d get an extra 15! But Sabu has almost killed himself with that move, and even though Paul E. is screaming at him from ringside, he just can’t roll over- yes he can! Yes he can!
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Sabu and AJ have been down for almost 30 seconds now, but Sabu is finally moving… he’s crawling on his hands and knees to AJ… h – he puts him in the Camel Clutch once more! If Sabu can force the submission, this match is won! He’s pulling back as hard as he can on the neck, but I don’t think he’s got enough strength to pull hard enough to get AJ to tap, personally… 10 seconds pass, but AJ doesn’t seem to be in masses of pain, as one usually would be in Sabu’s punishing submission hold.
He’s held it in for about 30 seconds, and now the strain is starting to show in AJ’s face! He’s grasping onto Sabu’s hands, and gasping for air… he’s starting to move! Styles is starting to make his way towards the ropes – but Sabu lets go?! Paul E. has gone ballistic on the outside, but Sabu doesn’t care! He’s gone to the outside of the ring, and is looking for something again… he returns to the ring with a cinder block! If Sabu can use this block effectively, then he could still win, but there’s only a minute left! The lights and music have descended into rave mode, there’s a huge, pulsating beat, and lights and shapes all over the ring, as Sabu places the block near one of the corners… and now he takes the weary AJ Styles to the corner, lifts him to the top rope, and sets up a chair near the corner as well – Sabu runs up, leaps off the chair, onto the rope, jumps onto AJ, looking for the hurricanrana – but AJ hangs onto Sabu! AJ has Sabu, and is… oh no, oh no! He’s hooked the arms with his arms, dives off with Sabu – NO! STYLES CLASH OFF THE TOP ROPE ONTO THE CINDER BLOCK! Sabu’s bloodied face was crushed on the block! And AJ rolls over, pinning Sabu:
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3! AJ has won this match, surely! After gaining 5 points for the Styles Clash, AJ adds 15 with a pinfall! But Styles refuses to let up, he gets to his feet, and grapevines Sabu’s legs… Sharpshooter! Sharpshooter! AJ’s locked it in! And Sabu can’t get out of it! Sabu’s already nearly out, and Mike Chioda is checking on him…
20 seconds left, folks, just 20 seconds, but Mike Chioda is checking on Sabu, still… he takes Sabu’s right arm, lifts it up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up…. AND IT COMES DOWN! That counts as a submission, and earns AJ another 30 points against Sabu! We now are down to the last 10 seconds of the match:
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*DING! DING! DING!*
It’s over! It’s over, and AJ Styles has won this match! With a score of 173 points to Sabu’s 110, AJ Styles has won the Psychedelic House of Mania match, and he’s passed out, as has Sabu! I’m just trying to get my breath back, that was incredible! Congratulations to both men, but at the end of the day, AJ just knew how to play the game! He’s victorious, we have a winner, and it’s the bWo’s very own Phenomenon, AJ Styles!
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Paul E Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania Match:
Sabu (LL Cool TT) w/Paul E Dangerously Vs AJ Styles
Written By LL Cool TT
Ladies and gentlemen, consider yourselves back at home, as we continue with SRW’s latest Pay Per View extravaganza, Breakdown! But before you do, I advise that you get behind your sofas, because our next match is Paul E. Dangerously’s Psychedelic House of Mania match!
Let’s take you back to a few weeks ago, when Chris Benoit and Booker T met the bWo in a tag team match on SRW Eclipse…
BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! BENOIT’S LOCKED ON THE CROSSFACE! RVD made one elementary mistake, and Benoit pounced on it! RVD’s locked into the Crossface, dead centre of the ring, no way out! The referee’s asking Van Dam if he wants to tap out – who cares about legal wrestlers, huh? The referee is asking Van Dam if he’s going to submit – Van Dam motioning for a microphone, I think! Why does he want a microphone, for God’s sakes? The referee has grabbed a microphone, and put it to Van Dam’s mouth, while Chris Benoit doesn’t seem to be noticing any strange events at the moment, just reclining on Rob Van Dam’s neck! The crowd have gone quiet, waiting for the words of the champion…
Van Dam: Benoit, BENOIT! ARRGHH! GODDAMMIT! DAMN YOU REAVER, I’M DEBUTING OUR NEW MEMBER! AAARRRGGGHH! THE PAIN! Fresh from his stint in TNA, our new member…!
Who the Hell is it? I can’t see anyone yet! Hold on a second – IT’S AJ STYLES! AJ STYLES IS THE NEWEST MEMBER OF THE bWo! He’s pulls the ref to his feet, and clocks him, knocking him out cold! And now he stamps hard on Benoit’s head, which can’t have done that neck or the back any good at all! And now AJ Styles has Benoit(Grandprix) on his feet – Styles goads the Canadian, and Benoit swings, but misses – LOW BLOW ON BENOIT! Styles now spins the Rabid Wolverine around, boot to the gut, hangs him up, steps over the arms – STYLES CLASH!
AJ Styles debuted, and it seemed that the bWo had stolen yet another victory, but there was still another twist in this story’s tail!
FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH! RIGHT ON BENOIT! Benoit is out, but Jericho’s neck could be broken after being caught up in that attack! Benoit flops to the mat, and RVD clutches at every limb available limb of Benoit to get the pin! But wait – SABU ROLLS RVD OVER! RVD’S SHOULDERS ARE DOWN! Brian Hebner makes the count:
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3! BENOIT GETS THE PIN ON THE CHAMP! Sabu(LL Cool T) is here!
Chris Benoit managed to pin the SRW champion, with Sabu getting the assist, but AJ Styles was incensed! His master plan had been foiled by the homicidal, suicidal, genocidal maniac that is Sabu, and he was quick in looking for some measure of revenge! An impromptu singles match was announced, and both men showcased their abilities for the first time to the SRW crowds! But AJ’s night wasn’t going to be spoiled by the legend that is Sabu:
Sabu sets up a chair in front of the table, goes to the opposite corner, runs up, jumps, AND LEG DROPS AJ THROUGH THE TABLE! AJ may have a broken back, thanks to Sabu! Sabu now rolls AJ over, and goes for the pin:
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KICK OUT! KICK OUT BY STYLES! HOW DID HE DO THAT? Sabu(LL Cool T) is shocked; Paul E. looks as though he’s having a heart attack, and AJ, blood streaming down his face, is out! Sabu tries to get AJ up, but it’s a struggle, as Styles is probably concussed and unconscious after that crushing move through the table! Sabu does finally manage to get AJ Styles onto his feet, and now he gets whipped into a free corner – Sabu picks up a chair, runs at AJ, BUT GETS THE CHAIR KICKED RIGHT BACK IN HIS FACE BY STYLES! Big mistake by Sabu! AJ grabs the chair from Sabu, slams it into Sabu’s midsection, drops it to the floor, and picks Sabu up – tries to step over the arms, but Sabu avoids it, instead managing to move himself up, and hurricanranas AJ onto the chair! Styles grabs his head in pain, but is quickly back up – only to be met with a clothesline by Sabu! AJ’s back up again, though, as Sabu leaps onto his shoulders for a hurricanrana – but AJ hangs on! Sabu just made a huge mistake! AJ steps over the arms, AND HITS THE STYLES CLAH ONTO THE CHAIR! He rolls over, and pins Sabu:
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And this is where the feud began! AJ and Sabu have been fighting ever since, but last week SRW Commissioner Reaver imposed a ‘cooling-off’ period for Eclipse, but I think that’ll only serve to make the two men ever more rabid, and itching to get their hands on one another.
Paul E. Dangerously then shocked the world when he announced that his client, Sabu, and AJ Styles would compete at Breakdown in the ‘Psychedelic House of Mania’ match, but waited another week to tell the world just what this match involved. Typically, it degenerated into a huge brawl between AJ, Sabu and two wrestlers from the upstart promotion High Dive Wrestling. In the corner of a hallway, Paul E. told us what the match would involve:
*Camera follows Paul E. to just outside the room, near a banister which protects against a huge fall to the next floor*
Paul E: Okay, it’s not as grand as I would have liked it, but here it is anyway: the rules of my Psychedelic House of Mania match. Okay, what happens is this: the match is divided into two halves, both 10 minutes long, with a 2 minute break in between. The ring, for the first half, remains normal. For the second half, though, one side of a cage will be lowered down, and the opposite side of the ring to the caged side will have barbed wire wrapped around the ropes. There will be trash cans of weapons in two opposite corners, a table set up in another, and a ladder will rest in the other. You don’t win the match by pinning though, nor by making your opponent submit – you win if you’ve got the most points.
*AJ is seen manhandling his opponent near the balcony, and throws the opponent off the balcony*
Paul E: OH MY GOD! Oh right – back to the match! Jesus Christ… anyway, you can only win if you’ve got more points than your opponent by the end of the 20 minutes. You earn points by pinning your opponent, by making them submit, or by adhering to some of the rules set out in the document I’ve sent to SRW – I’m sure they’ll explain it for you soon. However, the main point to this match, and its main selling point, might I add, is this – throughout out the match, all the arena lights are off. The ReserveTron, the television lights, everything that is normally used for lighting an SRW match is turned off for this match. The only lights that are on for this match are located at the top of the arena, are there are two types – one type will cover the ring, and only the ring, in a dull coloured light. The other types of lights will project various shapes onto the mat, and the wrestlers can score points in different ways by slamming their opponents into these shapes. That’s all in the document I’ve given to SRW, they’ll explain it for you. Announcers are banned for the match; the only sounds in the arena will be psycho-techno type music played over the speakers, it’s all about confusing the wrestlers. The one with the most points at the end of the match wins, okay? I’ve gotta see if Sabu’s all right!
And that’s how we’ve ended up here, ladies and gents! As you can see, the lights are coming down, so that’s my cue to sign off, folks, and leave you to watch the match without me rattling on over it! If you really want commentary, leave the TV on mute, and turn on ReserveRadio to get some fantastic commentary on the match! Good night, everyone, see you on the other side!
*ReserveRadio’s commentator continues*
Good evening, wrestling fans, and welcome to ReserveRadio! For those of you that have just tuned in from the televised broadcast, welcome, to those that have been listening to us from the start, stay with us, because we’ve got the only commentary in the world good enough to keep up with the hype surrounding this match! Paul E. clearly has thought long and hard about this match, because I can’t think of any other manager who would firstly think up something this insane, and secondly put his client in it! But I’m not here to judge; I’m here to tell you what’s going on!
The arena has now had its lights completely turned off, we are in pitch black! The crowd are getting tense, some are cheering, others screaming, we’ve got one idiot with an air-horn blasting everyone’s ears into pulp, but now there’s light in the ring! Only a small red spotlight, though, but it’s a start! There’s a yellow one, and now a blue! They’re spinning, moving all over the place, and the fans are starting to get excited, as we near our next contest! Don’t forget the basic structure of this match, listeners, there are two 10-minute halves, and the match will not end by a pinfall or submission – the order of the day here is to earn as many points as possible over your opponent in 20 minutes of wrestling – 10 minutes straight, 10 minutes hardcore. Wait a second, the music’s starting, let’s go down to ringside!
*Bizarre music starts – a mix of heavy rock guitar and tidal wave noises*
The lights are pulsating now, all manner of random colours, and here comes AJ Styles! No entrance music or pyro, just straight down to the ring, accompanied by a nice wave of booing and jeering from the audience! They clearly aren’t happy with AJ disrespecting the legendary Sabu, and want to berate him for it! As AJ slides into the ring, it’s obvious he’s in no mood to please – there’s the middle finger for the crowd! And again! There’s a people champion, right there!
*Lights go out*
What in the Hell? There are no lights at all! We’re in utter darkness! What is this?
*Lights come back on*
It’s Sabu! He’s in the ring! There are no announcements here tonight, we’ve just got a bell to tell them when to start, and when to stop!
*DING! DING! DING!*
Ten minutes, and counting, as Sabu and AJ immediately go for each other! Collar and elbow –tie-up in the middle of the ring, as the blue spotlight falls just inches away from them! They’re each struggling to throw the other man into the blue light, for what would surely be 4 points… but the blue spotlight’s gone! AJ Styles, frustrated by this, puts Sabu into a stiff hammerlock, to which Sabu replies by returning the favour; now a red triangle spins in the ring, as golden lights illuminate the ring and ringside area; Sabu backtrips AJ, sending the bWo member face first to the mat, and Sabu locks AJ in a Camel Clutch! A Camel Clutch early on! Sabu’s clearly come here with a game plan! And that, my friends, is one point to Sabu!
AJ is struggling early in this brand new match, as Sabu has trapped him in a Camel Clutch! But AJ’s impressive strength allows him to pull himself slowly to the ropes – he’s there! Sabu is forced to break the hold by tonight’s referee, Mike Chioda! Sabu gets up, leaving AJ to quickly recover by the ropes, as the golden lights turn dark blue, and two green circles shine down to the canvas – Sabu with the low dropkick to AJ’s jaw! Simple but effective offence by the Human Highlight Reel! Sabu picks AJ up, whips him into the ropes; AJ comes back, Sabu ducks down for the back body drop, but AJ turns and rolls over Sabu’s own back, grabs the waistlock, looking for the German Suplex, but Sabu forces the hands apart, swings his right arm back, but AJ ducks that; AJ then takes a thumb to the eye of Sabu – he forces him into the ropes, Irish Whip; Sabu comes back, AJ boosts him high up, Sabu cmoes down, but his legs grab AJ – HEAD-ARM HURRICANRANA! Fantastic move by Sabu! His left leg fell on the shoulder, his right clung under the armpit, and he whipped AJ to the floor! That’s another point for Sabu! He leads 2 to nothing!
AJ gets up frustratedly, and punches Sabu right on the nose! But in order to save the point, Sabu doesn’t go down! AJ again thumbs Sabu in the eye, cheap tactics that aren’t penalised, and whips the Hardcore Legend into the corner – AJ runs up, leaps – he moonsaults off Sabu’s chest! AJ turns 360°, goes for an elbow- but Sabu gets the boot up, and kicks AJ away – he goes for a big clothesline, but AJ counters with the drop toe hold! First point for AJ! The ring lights turn light pink, a yellow square and a red triangle are in the ring, as Sabu gets up and trades shots with Styles! Rights from both men, until eventually it’s just too much for Sabu – he steps back just slightly, but that’s enough for AJ to pounce: he boots Sabu in the gut, throws Sabu’s left arm over his head, lifts Sabu up – vertical suplex! A second point for AJ, and they’re two apiece! AJ just missed a red triangle with that suplex, but I dare say he won’t worry for too long, as they’re both back up on their feet, and AJ just shoves Sabu down! That’s two more points for AJ, but they’re cheap points at best!
As Sabu gets back up, a red helix is shone onto the ring, and the ring turns green – AJ goes for the shove again, but already Sabu has caught on, steps back, grabs AJ’s wrists, leans back into a monkey flip- but AJ flipped out of it, avoiding the points gain for Sabu! And now, Sabu is up, but AJ goes for the superkick- ducked! WHAM! AJ never stopped spinning, and came and slapped Sabu’s chin with his foot! And with Sabu once again on the mat, AJ gets a fifth point, but isn’t holding up, he’s picked up Sabu, scoops him into his arms – AJ starts to move, still holding Sabu, walks over to the red helix, and slams Sabu onto it! A simple move has just earned AJ 14 points! Two for the throwdown, 5 for the red colour, multiplied by two for the complex shape! AJ’s got 18 points already, Sabu still languishes with just the 2! The ring changes colour once again, from green to blue, but no shapes appear – AJ and Sabu are both up, Sabu is incensed but cannot stop the onslaught of AJ’s rights and lefts, forcing him into the turnbuckle; AJ hauls Sabu up to the top rope, but Sabu brings the elbow down across the back of AJ’s head, and clutches on – tornado DDT to AJ! But because AJ’s feet were on the mat, that only gets Sabu one point! Things are all working in the bWo member’s favour!
As the crowd begin to get behind Sabu with chants of ‘SA-F**KIN’-BU! SA-F**KIN’-BU!’, I can reflect on the ‘music’ playing over this match – it is twisted! Severely monged up! We’ve heard baby squeals, piano concertos, violin plucking, rapping, everything all mixed into one track! It hasn’t stopped for a second – just like the action in the ring, as AJ gets brought to his feet by the furious Sabu, and whipped into the ropes! AJ comes back, meets with Sabu’s foot, right to his gut, Sabu runs behind AJ, and brings AJ to the floor with a flying facebuster! 1 more point to Sabu’s cause! It was by no means the cleanest or best of facebusters, but it got the point! Sabu brings Styles back up once more, and hammers his face with a right hand! AJ goes down, adding another point to Sabu’s somewhat meagre total – it’s 18 to 4 with two and a half minutes gone! Sabu again brings AJ up, goes for another fist, but AJ blocks, and hits one of his own, but Sabu doesn’t go down! The ring is now lit with white light, and three red circles are in the ring – but can either man use them? Sabu is taken into the ropes, whipped, but reverses, sending AJ bouncing off the ropes, into a Lou Thesz press from Sabu! Not what we normally see from this man, but it’s worked! As Sabu lays into AJ’s face, an extra point is added to his total! 18-5 it now stands in AJ’s favour!
The white light remains as the red circles disappear, as a solitary blue square replaces them – just inches in front of Sabu and AJ! Sabu gets up, picks up AJ and hits a standing spinebuster! That’s got to have boosted his points! Let’s see… 2 for the throwdown, doubled to 4, and another 10 points for the square – that’s 16 in a single move! Excellent points-gaining by Sabu! That swings the score to 21-18, Sabu leads for the second time! But he refuses to relent, grabs AJ by the hair, and lifts him to his feet; Sabu scoops AJ up, but AJ floats behind, holding onto the head of his opponent – reverse DDT? No- Sabu flips over and behind AJ as another reversal, spins AJ around, boot to the gut, gets him in position for a suplex – lifts him up, but AJ lands on his feet, his head remaining held by Styles – brought down in a neckbreaker! Modified Hangman’s Noose Neckbreaker by the phenomenal AJ Styles, earning him another point! 21-19 to Sabu! This doesn’t leave AJ best pleased, as the howling of a wolf echoes through the arena, and the ring is flooded with golden light; two green circles and a red hexagon occupy the ring. AJ is drawn to the red hexagon, clearly thinking only of more points – he takes Sabu over to it, scoops him up, but Sabu counters just as AJ did to him, floating over and holding the head; AJ now also tries to float over, flipping behind Sabu, but Sabu holds on, and drops AJ straight onto the red hexagon! 14 more points to Sabu! Just as AJ appeared to be closing in, Sabu pulls away, leaving the score 35-19 to the legend! The crowd are cheering wildly, competing with the music, as AJ quickly scrambles back to his feet, nursing his neck, which he appeared to land on slightly. The red hexagon stays, as a blue triangle is added to the mix!
Sabu sees the triangle, as he grabs hold of AJ Styles and drags him frantically over; this doesn’t look good for AJ, as Sabu lifts him up for a – PILEDRIVER! Right on the shape! Sabu, in that move, just earned another 7 points, making it 42-19! AJ has completely fallen behind, as we pass the 5 minute mark! There’s only 5 minutes left before we move into Sabu’s element, and that’s bad news for Styles Esq.. But all is not lost, it seems, as AJ, on one knee, fires stiff rights into Sabu’s stomach, which allows him to get on both feet again, and force Sabu to the ropes… WHOO! Stiff, stiff chop to Sabu’s chest! WHOO! And another! AJ starts to whip Sabu, but stops, and hiptosses him instead! Two points! That makes- another hiptoss! And then… one more! 6 extra points for AJ, as he pushes Sabu over to the corner, making it 42-25, and AJ lifts the shaken (and, yes, stirred) Sabu up to the top rope, gets up with him, and starts to haul Sabu into a standing position in that precarious place – AJ and Sabu are now both standing on the top turnbuckle, but who’ll bite the dust? Sabu is holding onto AJ for dear life, but AJ sees to know what he’s doing – he hiptosses Sabu off the top turnbuckle! That’s ten points for a wrestling move on the top rope! But AJ remains on the top rope, preparing himself for a – leg drop! 7 more points! AJ now also goes for the cover:
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3! Sabu gets the pin! 15 points to Sabu! And what a mistake it was for AJ to try and roll Sabu up in his weakened state, after throwing himself onto the mat! 57-42! Sabu leads for a third time! AJ is clearly angry, but has not yet got up to his feet – Sabu takes advantage by going for another cover:
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AJ kicks out! Sabu’s realised he’s not going to get any more pins over Styles yet, so he starts to stomp down hard on the head! Repeated boots to the side of the head by Sabu, as AJ tries and fails to find somewhere to hide! But no! AJ grabs Sabu’s right foot, pulls and pulls on it, eventually causing Sabu to fall to his back – one more point to AJ, but he doesn’t stop there – he’s put Sabu in the Sharpshooter! And with AJ facing the ropes himself, Sabu’s a long way from salvation!
With the score at 57-42 in the first half of this House of Mania match, AJ has put Sabu in a Sharpshooter! Widely believed to be one of, if not THE most painful submission move in wrestling, and Sabu has almost no way out of it! If I were Sabu, I’d tap right now and save my legs, but I’m not Sabu! He’s going to hold out until he dies, if needs be, but this is his problem – if he stays in the Sharpshooter for the rest of the half, 2 minutes will not be enough for him to fully recover, and that effectively hands the match to AJ! But will he tap? Or can he, by some unimaginable feat, can he reach the ropes, which are all the way over to the other side of the ring? The ring continues to change colour, shapes are added and removed, the music never stops, but none of that matters right now – what matters is how long Sabu can resist tapping out to the Sharpshooter inflicted upon him by AJ Styles! AJ is using all his strength to put Sabu in as much pain as possible, and will not give p this effort, so long as he shall live! Sabu is in absolute agony, he’s grinding his face into the mat to stop him from saying ‘uncle’, but even that may not be enough! Sabu is world-renowned for his amazing endurance, but this surely is too much – what’s he doing? What is he doing now? He’s trying to move sideways? Of course, if he can somehow spin AJ around, then he can get to the nearest ropes! But will he be able to implement his plan of action?
He’s clawing at the mat, trying to force Styles to spin around, and he’s actually doing it! But AJ just drags him back round! Sabu, back to square one, is trying again – and he’s started to move Styles again! But Styles again spins round- but Sabu moves in that same direction! He predicted AJ’s next move, but even that isn’t enough! You can see AJ grimacing in the green light, and hear him screaming over the music – exactly the same can be said for Sabu! Sabu tries once more to turn AJ around, but AJ knows Sabu’s plan, and just grounds to a halt – there’s no way out of this for Sabu now! But – but he’s still crawling! And try though he might, AJ cannot stop him, without dragging him back, but Sabu is wriggling so damn hard – AJ collapses into the ropes, as Sabu breaks free! Cursing loudly, turning the yellow air blue with swearing, AJ is slamming his hands on the mat in outrage, allowing Sabu to crawl over with his weary legs, and leap on AJ’s back, putting him in another Camel Clutch!
With 2 and a half minutes left on the clock for this half, Sabu has AJ Styles in another Camel Clutch, right in the middle of the ring! It could all be curtains for the phenomenal bWo member, unless he can find a way out of this submission move- he flipped Sabu over his head! An extra point! Great neck strength and leverage by AJ, who now puts Sabu in a surfboard – a painful yet simple move by Styles, but surely something used to keep Sabu from hurting AJ than an actual hope of submission? Saying that, I’m not sure, because he’s stretching Sabu very harshly indeed – so much so that Sabu looks to be in almost as much pain in the surfboard as he was in the Sharpshooter! AJ’s really wrenched that in! But Sabu is still trying to get himself out of it – he’s trying to get to his feet, but AJ just forces him back down to the mat! Sabu tries again, but AJ isn’t having any of it, and he forces him hard back onto the mat, turnnig Sabu onto his front, and putting him in a Camel Clutch! How humiliating! Sabu has been put into his own submission move, and there’s still 1 and a half minutes left! AJ has locked in the Camel Clutch on Sabu… and Sabu can’t crawl away this time! AJ should have 30 points in the bag!
Just a minute left, now, and still Sabu cannot budge AJ… surely he can’t last out another minute of this pain? Granted, it’s no Sharpshooter, but having your neck forcibly pulled backwards for an entire minute and beyond is unbearable for any normal man!
30 seconds left, and still Sabu hasn’t tapped! One half of the crowd is growing angry with the lack of action in the ring, and clearly isn’t enjoying the music and light show, but the other half is really getting behind Sabu, cheernig him on, and trying to motivate him enough to struggle out of this hold! But AJ will not let Sabu go, there is no chance of him escaping!
Just 10 seconds left of this half of the match, and still Sabu resists submitting!
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*DING! DING! DING!*
Sabu has survived! Sabu is safe! AJ is torn away from Sabu by Mike Chioda, and Sabu crawls to his corner, gasping for breath, as the music continues along with the ballet of light around us. There you have it, folks, 57-43 to Sabu as we head from this straight-up wrestling into hellacious hardcore Hell! As you can see if you’re also watching TV, we have a ring crew rushing to the ring to assemble a wall of a cage on the side of the entrance ramp, and some other members of the ring crew are wrapping barbed wire around the ropes opposite to that… various weapons and items are being placed in the ring, we’ve got two trash cans full of weapons in two corners, a ladder in another, and a table in the final one… this is going to be bad. Real bad. I’ve got that feeling, like in the Sabu-Sandman Stairway to Hell match at ECW House Party ’97, or the Sabu-Terry Funk barbed wire match at ECW Born to be Wired, we’ve got another Sabu bloodbath in store, and this could be one hardcore game too far. But we can only wait and see what happens in the next half!
After that fast-paced action, it’s only now that I realise that we haven’t seen Paul E. Dangerously this evening! Where is he? There he is, folks, rushing down to the ring, puffing like a chain-smoker! He’s off to speak with his man, Sabu, while we go down to the ring to get some updates on each man’s condition!
*Down to ringside, with AJ Styles*
AJ: Yeah, I’m losing, but I’ve not lost yet. There’s still 10 minutes of no-holds-barred action left, and baby I’m going to kill that b@$t@rd! I’ve got no injuries to speak of, but my neck’s a little stiff after the Camel Clutch, and missing that Spiral Tap did my back no favours, but that’s it. Now c’mon, get lost! Beat it!
*Switches to Paul E. and Sabu*
Paul E: What the-? Get away! C’mon, go! We’ve no time for this!
*Back to the radio commentator*
Well, that didn’t come off as well as we’d hoped, but these two minutes are almost up… the music’s playing loudly again, the lights are changing all over the place, it can only mean one thing…
*DING! DING! DING!*
The match has re-started! In ten minutes, both you and I will know who’s won this contest! This half is fully hardcore; the cage wall has been erected (no jokes at the back!) and Sabu and AJ are quick to dole out punishment to one another! AJ kicks Sabu hard in the gut, goes over to the trash can in the nearest corner, and swings at Sabu’s head- but misses, Sabu with the thumb to the eyes, he picks out a pool cue – CRACK! AJ goes down, after taking a huge pool cue shot to the head! It broke right in half off his forehead, and earned Sabu another two points – one for the knockdown, the other for the weapon shot, but AJ gets back up almost instantly, and scoop slams Sabu down! 2 points to AJ! He now takes that trash can again, and slams it on top of Sabu! Another point! This half could see the points reach beyond 150 each, if they don’t slow down! AJ gets Sabu back up, scoops him, and slams him hard on the can! That’s, what, only two more points? I see, no points for wrestling with weapons – Paul E.’s obviously realised Sabu doesn’t play that way!
The score’s now up to 58-47 to Sabu, he’s still leading, but we’re barely into this half! Much, much more to come yet! AJ brings Sabu up his feet, and whips him into the corner, right into a ladder! Sabu stays on his feet, though rests on the ladder, he doesn’t want to lose any more points if he can avoid it – AJ comes up, and goes for that moonsault launch- but Sabu got out of the way, and AJ falls onto the mat after dropkicking the ladder! Sabu now grabs the ladder, and just drops it on AJ! That’s one more point, and Sabu picks up the ladder again – and slams it down on AJ! Another point! And now Sabu takes the ladder away from AJ, as the lights go green, and the red circles invade the ring, but Sabu drags AJ onto that ladder, he’s left AJ on the ladder! Some heavy rock music, mixed with scratching noises hit the speakers, Sabu goes to the top rope, looks behind him, AND MOONSAULTS – CONNECTS! He landed right on top of AJ, who was on the ladder! Already we’ve gone hardcore, ladies and gentlemen! That’s another 5 points, I guess, as Sabu used the weapon for the aerial dive! Can Styles recover quickly enough to get any offence in to earn the points as well? It looks as though Sabu also sustained some damage in that quickfire assault, but surely AJ got the worst of it? Sabu has been able to get up fairly soon, although he’s holding his midsection, but he’s healthy enough to grab a cookie tray, and smack AJ with it while his opponent remains on the ladder! And again! One more time! 3 fast points, and Sabu is pulling away!
Golden light bathes the ring, and a green square spins onto the mat, which Sabu sees and wants to make use of – he takes AJ by the ears (the ears, for God’s sake!) and puts him in place, ready for a powerbomb? Piledriver? No! AJ backs body drops Sabu onto the green square! That’s an amazing 22 points in one simple counter for the bWo representative! In just a second, AJ has turned this match around – it’s 69-68 to AJ Styles! Sabu was hardly brutalised by that move, but it’s brought the match right back to Styles! Sabu gets back up and starts to pummel away at AJ’s face, pushes him into the ropes by the cage wall, whips AJ – INTO THE BARBED WIRE! There was no getting out of that! AJ has been- oh, God! You can see where the flesh has pierced his skin (unless you’re just listening to us on ReserveRadio, of course) and there’s blood pouring from the cuts! Sabu likes what he sees, the twisted man that he is, yet pulls AJ from the wire Hell! He helps AJ out of the barbed wire, but takes him by the head, runs with him, and slams AJ’s head into the steel cage wall! And now – he’s grinding the forehead into the cage mesh! Sick! AJ collapses from his feet, and Sabu appeared to just get a hand on AJ as he fell, gaining another 2 points, taking the lead from AJ! Sabu points to the Heavens, and turns his attention back to AJ – SMALL PACKAGE BY THE BLOODIED AJ STYLES!
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SABU KICKS OUT! Good idea from AJ, he just couldn’t hold on long enough to gain the 15 points from a pinfall in this match. Sabu gets quickly back to his feet, not wanting to lose any more of his advantage, and goes for that ladder – he sets it up in the corner, where it was before, and throws Styles into it. Sabu then finds a chair in one of the trash cans, sets it up in front of AJ, goes to the opposite corner, takes the run-up… and leaps off with an aggressive calf kick, right to the face of AJ Styles! Great weapons usage- but wait… OOOH! AJ fell forwards from the calf attack, and his face hit the steel chair! Bad luck for AJ, the very worst! That attack must have earned Sabu 2 more points – double weapons usage, a chair and a ladder, gets the two for Sabu! Still in the lead, but as AJ has shown us, he can easily pull it back!
This music is really bothering me now – there’s some guy talking at random to a huge bass beat! It’s ridiculous, but I’ve got to put up with it. You can’t win them all. To be honest, I’m quite surprised that no-one has yet used the steel cage wall for a huge dive or something like that – but Sabu may just well do something like that now! He’s got another baking sheet, and is climbing up the cage wall… he’s reached about halfway, turns slowly, allowing AJ time to get up… JUMPS… SMACK! Baking sheet right between the eyes for AJ, special delivery from Sabu! 5 points for Sabu for that high-risk weapon dive! AJ is back down, Sabu has quickly got up, and is setting up that table in the middle of the ring! What is looking to do now? Whatever it is, we’ll just have to wait, because he’s manhandling AJ Styles onto that table, and has taken the chair… he’s climbing the cage wall! He’s climbing! He’s almost got to the top, where he stops, turns, leaps… CRASH! SABU FALLS RIGHT THROUGH THE TABLE! He went for an Arabian Facebuster, the double legdrop with a chair, but AJ rolled off the table, just in time! As Sabu writhes in pain and agony, amongst the wood and metal, AJ smiles, hiding the obvious discomfort, and points to his head – yeah, we know you’ve got smarts, there, Styles, no need to boast! He’s started to get to his feet again, and should probably look to slam Sabu in the multicoloured triangle that has appeared near the shards of table that Sabu is trapped in, to get about 19 points or so – it could get him back in the lead!
AJ is indeed back onto a vertical base, and is sifting through the wreckage that is the table, and hauls Sabu out from under it… surely he’ll go for the shape slam? He lifts Sabu up, and hauls the legend onto his shoulders… flips him over, and Sabu’s neck lands on Styles’ knee! Oh my God, that must hurt! But AJ didn’t do it in the shape, and so has got to move quickly if he wants to make the most of this great opportunity! He drags Sabu over to the shape, lifts up Sabu by the waist, and drops him in a sidewalk slam! But only 12 points from that move, as he went down with Sabu – still, he’s in the lead, because it’s now 83-77 to AJ! Now he’s got to look to pull further ahead, as the ring is flooded with blue light, and we hit the 3 minute mark! 7 to go!
AJ Styles, the leader of the match, whips the weary Sabu into the trash can in the corner again! Sabu falls to his knees, as AJ charges up- OH MY GOD! AJ rushed his knee straight into Sabu’s face! Sabu has folded down, and from what I can see – good Lord, his nose is smashed and he’s bleeding from there and his mouth! AJ almost collapsed Sabu’s face right there and then! But he can’t afford to hold up – the haunting string music plays over the action, as Styles gets Sabu up, stands near a new white circle, gets the waistlock, and hits a German Suplex right onto the circle – but Styles flips over, carries Sabu along with him, lifts him up, and slams him face first into the circle with a German Face Bust! That gives AJ a cool 40 points! Amazing gain by Styles, he obviously is still using a great deal of thought to get ahead in the match – he’s now on 123 points, with Sabu way, way, way behind on 77! He’s going to have to pull something tremendous out of the bag to win this match! AJ realises how far ahead he is, but is all too aware that he can’t afford to rest, so he gets Sabu’s legs, grapevines them… but Sabu wriggles free of what looked to be a Sharpshooter! He crawls to the ropes, to avoid having to tap out to any AJ submission hold, but this doesn’t stop Styles – he takes Sabu’s legs, stretches them apart – but Sabu uses his strength and leverage to pull AJ out of the ring, through the ropes, and avoid a low blow! Both men are now on the outside, when it is complete darkness, and no-one can see what’s happening! But almost as soon as he was thrown out, Styles re-enters the ring, and grabs a stop sign – and throws it out the ring, possibly hitting Sabu!
But it didn’t, because Sabu slides back into the ring, not too quickly, I must admit, but hits some strong right hands to the side of AJ’s face! He pushes AJ to the ropes, whips him over, AJ returns, but Styles manages to kick Sabu as he returns… he steps back a pace, gears up – MISSES THE SUPERKICK – Sabu grabs the foot, and trips Styles backwards! 2 more points for Sabu, but he needs big moves, and soon!
5 minutes left! Only 5 more minutes for Sabu to come up with something huge! He’s beginning by taking a chair – and hammering AJ repeatedly with it! That’s six chair shots to the fallen Styles, which is also 6 more points! And with AJ confined to the mat to recuperate, Sabu goes out of the ring, straight for the steel steps! He throws the steps high into the ring, just missing his opponent, and slides back into the ring, to set up the steps just in front of the barbed wire-covered ropes! AJ could be in trouble now, as he is picked up by Sabu, pushed into the ropes, and whipped into the- SMASH! OOOH! AJ was whipped straight into the steps, which he hit, but the momentum carried him forward, and he flew back-first into the barbed-wire! Horrific stuff from Sabu, but that earned him no points! I don’t think he cares, though, because he’s gone straight back to the outside, and I can just makes him out to be looking underneath the ring for something! Whatever it is, he’s found it, because he’s thrown something… a wooden board, into the ring! But he’s still looking, and is throwing tons of objects into the ring – boards, cookie sheets, chairs, and flat objects!
Now Sabu rolls himself into the squared circle, and gets the trash cans from either corner, puts them almost side-by-side, but with a gap in between, and starts to bridge them with the weapons and boards! This assembly of horror has been set up near the cage wall, and Sabu, chair in hand, goes back over to AJ - THWACK! A huge chair shot to the top of AJ’s head! And Sabu takes hold of Styles’ head, brings him over to the trash can-board construction, and positions him on top of it… this looks bad… so, so bad. Sabu is climbing the cage wall, glancing back every now and then to ensure AJ hasn’t moved… he’s now at the top of the cage wall! Sabu is standing on the top of the cage wall, looking at the crowd, preparing for something big… HE JUMPS – SHOOTING STAR PRESS THROUGH THE TRASH CANS AND BOARDS! OH MY GOD! Sabu jumped, flipped in mid-air, and crashed straight onto Styles! But he can’t make a cover! He must have earned about 10 points for that, but if he can get the pin, which he surely would if he can roll over, he’d get an extra 15! But Sabu has almost killed himself with that move, and even though Paul E. is screaming at him from ringside, he just can’t roll over- yes he can! Yes he can!
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Sabu and AJ have been down for almost 30 seconds now, but Sabu is finally moving… he’s crawling on his hands and knees to AJ… h – he puts him in the Camel Clutch once more! If Sabu can force the submission, this match is won! He’s pulling back as hard as he can on the neck, but I don’t think he’s got enough strength to pull hard enough to get AJ to tap, personally… 10 seconds pass, but AJ doesn’t seem to be in masses of pain, as one usually would be in Sabu’s punishing submission hold.
He’s held it in for about 30 seconds, and now the strain is starting to show in AJ’s face! He’s grasping onto Sabu’s hands, and gasping for air… he’s starting to move! Styles is starting to make his way towards the ropes – but Sabu lets go?! Paul E. has gone ballistic on the outside, but Sabu doesn’t care! He’s gone to the outside of the ring, and is looking for something again… he returns to the ring with a cinder block! If Sabu can use this block effectively, then he could still win, but there’s only a minute left! The lights and music have descended into rave mode, there’s a huge, pulsating beat, and lights and shapes all over the ring, as Sabu places the block near one of the corners… and now he takes the weary AJ Styles to the corner, lifts him to the top rope, and sets up a chair near the corner as well – Sabu runs up, leaps off the chair, onto the rope, jumps onto AJ, looking for the hurricanrana – but AJ hangs onto Sabu! AJ has Sabu, and is… oh no, oh no! He’s hooked the arms with his arms, dives off with Sabu – NO! STYLES CLASH OFF THE TOP ROPE ONTO THE CINDER BLOCK! Sabu’s bloodied face was crushed on the block! And AJ rolls over, pinning Sabu:
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3! AJ has won this match, surely! After gaining 5 points for the Styles Clash, AJ adds 15 with a pinfall! But Styles refuses to let up, he gets to his feet, and grapevines Sabu’s legs… Sharpshooter! Sharpshooter! AJ’s locked it in! And Sabu can’t get out of it! Sabu’s already nearly out, and Mike Chioda is checking on him…
20 seconds left, folks, just 20 seconds, but Mike Chioda is checking on Sabu, still… he takes Sabu’s right arm, lifts it up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up… it comes down! He lifts the arm up…. AND IT COMES DOWN! That counts as a submission, and earns AJ another 30 points against Sabu! We now are down to the last 10 seconds of the match:
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*DING! DING! DING!*
It’s over! It’s over, and AJ Styles has won this match! With a score of 173 points to Sabu’s 110, AJ Styles has won the Psychedelic House of Mania match, and he’s passed out, as has Sabu! I’m just trying to get my breath back, that was incredible! Congratulations to both men, but at the end of the day, AJ just knew how to play the game! He’s victorious, we have a winner, and it’s the bWo’s very own Phenomenon, AJ Styles!