Squared Circle Wrestling presents Living On The Edge IV Night Two
Date: 4/11/2009
From: Syracuse, NY
Colin Delaney comes out and is met with “you got fired” chants, but he reminds the fans they were never there. Delaney calls out Jay Freddie to have any kind of match he wants to have. Freddie decides to have a tag match where Freddie picks the partners. Freddie picks his trainer, ZS3, who was on commentary. Delaney’s partner ends up being Short Sleeve Sampson.
Opening Contest: Colin Delaney & Short Sleeve Sampson vs. Jay Freddie & Zaquary Springate III: Sampson and Freddie kickoff the match with Sampson taking Freddie down and hits a dropkick a couple of times. Freddie catches Sampson on a crossbody, but Delaney dropkicks his partner on top for a two count. Freddie cuts Sampson off to gain the advantage. Freddie slams Sampson and keeps control with a headlock. Sampson breaks free with a jawbreaker and nails Freddie with a seated dropkick for a two count. Sampson head scissors Freddie to the floor and hits a suicide dive through the ropes to the floor. Sampson tries for a cover, but Freddie kicks out. Delaney tags into the match and mounts Freddie with right hands. Delaney delivers a swinging neckbreaker to maintain the advantage. Delaney punches Springate on the apron and knee drops Freddie. Freddie avoids a slam and tags in Springate. Delaney avoids Springate by tagging in Sampson. Sampson dropkicks Springate on the knee and delivers a leg drop to the knee. Sampson keeps Springate on the mat with leg control. Springate kicks Sampson away, but misses a running knee strike in the corner and flies over the corner to the floor. Freddie and the referee check on Springate. Delaney tosses Sampson off the apron into the guard railing! Delaney rolls Sampson into the ring and pretends to root for Sampson. Freddie doesn’t take advantage because he thinks Delaney did something to Sampson. Freddie delivers a backbreaker, but Sampson kicks out at two. Delaney pulls away from Sampson and drops to the floor refusing to tag into the match. Freddie drives Sampson down with a vertical suplex for another near fall. Delaney continues to refuse to tag into the match and taunts Sampson. Springate nails Sampson with a swinging slam for another two count. Springate plants Sampson with a powerslam, but Delaney breaks up the cover. Sampson fights back by tripping Springate to the mat. Freddie tags back into the match and wants Delaney in the ring. Sampson tags Delaney’s boot after blocking a boot. Freddie clotheslines Delaney several times. Freddie clotheslines Delaney over the top to the floor. Springate chops Delaney around ringside. Delaney is trapped on the floor and is chopped several times. Springate does the giant swing to Delaney and Freddie dropkicks Delaney. Freddie heads to the top rope and hits the diving headbutt. Springate hits a swanton bomb. Sampson climbs to the top rope and splashes Delaney. All three men cover Delaney to win the match. (*1/2. From a story perspective this didn’t make a lot of sense. Freddie chose Sampson to be Delaney’s partner and then they were both conflicted about beating him up when they chose to put him in the spot having to know that Delaney wasn’t going to be a good partner. So, that aspect kind of took me out of the match. In the end, Delaney got beat up and that’s all that matters, really.)
Second Contest: Isys Ephex vs. Antonio Thomas vs. Mean Marcos in a number one contenders match: Marcos insulted the other two and is met with a double chop and backdrop to the floor. Ephex leg sweeps Thomas and counters an arm drag by Thomas to hit one of his own. Thomas arm drags Ephex and they have a standoff before decking Marcos off the apron. Thomas shoulder blocks Ephex and hits a heel kick. Thomas baseball slides Ephex into the railing, but is dumped to the floor by Marcos. Marcos baseball slides Thomas and plants Ephex with a tornado DDT on the floor. Thomas nails Marcos with a clothesline! Thomas works over Marcos with strikes in the corner. Thomas clotheslines Marcos in the corner and hits a northern lights suplex for a two count. Thomas hits a fisherman suplex on Ephex while keeping a leg lock on Marcos for a two count. The crowd liked that a lot. Marcos is double teamed in the corner, but elbows both men. Marcos hits a double tornado DDT and covers Thomas for a near fall. Marcos tries to cover Ephex, but only manages a two count. Ephex uses Marcos legs to hit Thomas and tosses Marcos onto Thomas with a slam. Ephex locks in a double abdominal stretch, but doesn’t get a submission. Ephex uppercuts Marcos and tries for a suplex, but Marcos counters with a jawbreaker. Thomas leaps off the top to hit a flying clothesline to both men. Thomas airplane spins Ephex, and Marcos is hit by Ephex’s legs. Thomas plants Ephex with a quick DDT for a near fall. Marcos nails Thomas with a Slice Bread. Ephex hits a swinging slam on Marcos onto Thomas and pins Marcos for the win. (**1/2. A solid triple threat match, but I feel like Thomas shined more than Ephex with several moments where the crowd popped pretty well for Thomas. Ephex seems destined to be the next challenger for the title, so it makes sense. Thomas worked very well in the match, though.) After the match, it’s announced that Antonio Thomas will wrestle Samoa Joe in Utica in May.
Third Contest: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Brodie Lee: Castagnoli bails to the floor to stall for a bit. Lee backs Castagnoli into the corner, but cleanly backs off. Castagnoli bails to the floor again to stall. Castagnoli chops Lee, but Lee responds with a chop to send Castagnoli to the floor to regroup quickly. Castagnoli attacks Lee from behind and delivers a chop, but Lee responds with chops and punches Castagnoli over the top to the floor. Lee rams Castagnoli onto the apron and continues with strikes around ringside. Lee sends Castagnoli into the railing and delivers several more chops. Lee rolls Castagnoli into the ring and Castagnoli begs off in the ring. Lee punches Castagnoli for a two count. Lee sends Castagnoli into the corner, but runs into a big boot. Castagnoli covers for a two count. Castagnoli forearms Lee in the corner and tosses Lee across the ring. Lee chops Castagnoli, but Castagnoli stops Lee with an uppercut. Castagnoli chops Lee on the apron and drops Lee chest first over the apron. Castagnoli kicks Lee in the midsection and delivers a few strikes. Lee decks Castagnoli with a strike, but Castagnoli stomps Lee in the corner. Castagnoli slams Lee and delivers a knee drop. Castagnoli chokes Lee on the mat followed by a stomp. Castagnoli controls Lee with a neck vice on the mat. Castagnoli switches to a sleeper, but Lee doesn’t stay down for long.
Lee comes off the ropes, but is nailed by a clothesline by Castagnoli. Castagnoli hits a dead lift suplex for a near fall. Castagnoli nails Lee with a boot and uppercut in the corner. Castagnoli hooks Lee for a suplex and floats over for a two count. Castagnoli controls Lee with a sleeper on the mat. Lee runs the ropes to head scissors Castagnoli to the floor and hits a suicide dive to the floor! Lee hits a top rope crossbody for a near fall. Lee connects with a big boot in the corner and Castagnoli drops to the mat where Lee gets a near fall. Castagnoli backdrops Lee and delivers an uppercut for a two count. Castagnoli tries for a powerbomb, but Lee nails Castagnoli with a big boot after ducking a clothesline to win the match. (***. It started a little slow with the stalling by Claudio, but that turned into a decent match and a hot finish. Brodie is a stud and an absolute star in the making.)
Sunny makes her surprise debut and is the referee for the next match.
Fourth Contest: Portia Perez vs. Sara Del Ray: Del Ray kicks Perez on the knee, but Perez retreats to the corner to regroup. Del Ray backs Perez into a corner and backs off before delivering a kick to the thigh. Perez gains control with a headlock, but Del Ray takes Perez down to the mat quickly. Perez counters with a head scissors on the mat. Del Ray splashes Perez on the mat a few times before backing Perez into a corner and tosses Perez across the ring. Del Ray stomps Perez several times in the corner. Del Ray shoulder blocks Perez and delivers a big boot to send Perez to the floor. Del Ray dropkicks Perez to the mat and hits a snap suplex followed by a leg drop for a two count. Del Ray elbows Perez over the head a few times. Del Ray kicks Perez against the ropes and pulls Perez off the ropes causing Joey Eastman to be pulled into the ring. Perez hits Del Ray with a chain and chokes Del Ray while Sunny is distracted by Eastman. Del Ray rams Perez into a corner and delivers a few back splashes. Perez knee strikes Del Ray and delivers a few strikes to gain the advantage. Del Ray headbutts Perez to the mat. Perez dropkicks Del Ray into the corner. Perez continues to kick Del Ray several times in the corner. Del Ray trips Perez to the mat and misses a senton splash. Perez covers for a two count. Perez keeps Del Ray on the mat with a headlock. Del Ray fights out, but is met with a dropkick leading to a near fall. Perez chokes Del Ray over the bottom rope. Eastman chokes Del Ray while Sunny is distracted by Perez. Perez snapmares Del Ray and delivers a kick to the back. Del Ray returns the kick over the back a few times. Del Ray hits a bridging suplex for a near fall. Del Ray clotheslines Perez for another two count. Perez is sent into the corner, and elbows Del Ray a few times followed by a kick. Perez tries to use the ropes for leverage on the cover, but Sunny saw it. Sunny decks Eastman off the apron and Del Ray nails Perez with a double under hook suplex for the win. (**1/2. A solid enough match and Sunny did fine as the referee. Del Ray is great and that finisher got a pop from the crowd. Perez is 2CW’s top female wrestler and puts on a good showing against the competition that comes to 2CW. They got more time than usual and it didn’t feel like it dragged along at all.)
Fifth Contest: Killer Steves vs. Alumni Club: Steves and Alumni Club started brawling before the match started or before there were any introductions. Kruz hits a spinebuster on Torres and they go to the floor to continue brawling. Kruz is worked over the Alumni Club in the ring as two chairs are setup. Club hit a double powerbomb onto the two chairs. Club slide a table into the ring and set it up in the corner. Torres almost misses a spear through a table. McKenzie hits the Club with a Nintendo game system! McKenzie tossed the system and accidentally hit his own partner with it! Cheech and Cloudy storm the ring to attack the Killer Steves. The Steves are beaten down by both teams. Eventually, All Money Is Legal make their way out to make the save for their rivals. The crowd goes nuts for AMIL returning. There is now a four way elimination tables matches.
Sixth Contest: All Money Is Legal vs. Killer Steves vs. Up In Smoke vs. Alumni Club: All eight men are in the ring brawling to start the new match. AMIL nails Cheech with running strikes in the corner. Cloudy is stopped by AMIL and they powerbomb Cloudy into Cheech in the corner. Murda dives to the floor onto Cloudy. Pusha also dives over the ropes to the floor. Steves hit a double spear on Alumni Club. AMIL hit a Gory Special/tornado DDT combo onto Cloudy, which looked quite dangerous. AMIL hit a wheelbarrow/top rope facebuster onto Cheech. Cheech stops Pusha on the top rope and looks for a suplex, but Pusha breaks free and tries for a powerbomb. Cheech holds onto the ropes and kicks Pusha onto the table. Cloudy leaps off Cheech’s shoulder to put Pusha through a table with a senton splash to eliminate AMIL.
Steves send the Club into each other. Steves clothesline Up In Smoke followed by a big boots. Steves hit a neckbreaker/DDT combo on both Cheech and Cloudy. Steves hit a side slam/neckbreaker combo on Cheech. McKenzie accidentally hits Kruz with a big boot. McKenzie works over Cloudy in the corner, but Cloudy fights back as Cheech gets in the ring. Cheech and Cloudy double team McKenzie. McKenzie sends Cloudy into Cheech off the apron. Steves suplex Cloudy through a table in the corner to eliminate Up In Smoke.
The Steves argue and are attacked by the Alumni Club. Cypher rams McKenzie into the ring post back first. Torres backdrops Kruz over the top and through a table to give the Alumni Club the win. (***. I enjoyed this as the complete carnage as it was. I’m surprised that the Alumni Club won, but they seem to be getting a push in 2CW. I liked the usage of AMIL and Up in Smoke as non-advertised additions to the show.) After the match, Kruz decks McKenzie to seemingly signal the end of the Killer Steves.
There’s an announcement about the first ever 2CW Tag Team Champions being crowned via a tag team tournament starting June 5th in Syracuse and ending on June 6th in Binghamton. Alumni Club, Killer Steves, Up In Smoke, Spike Dudley & Little Guido, Best Around, Delirious & Jigsaw, All Money Is Legal, and Kevin Steen & El Generico are the announced teams for the tournament.
Seventh Contest: Nigel McGuiness vs. Eddie Edwards: They start off with counter wrestling to kickoff the match. McGuiness takes Edwards to the mat and keeps arm control. McGuiness leg drops Edwards on the arm and keeps control with a head scissors on the mat. Edwards pops out of a head scissors and puts a headlock on McGuiness. McGuiness controls Edwards with a wrist lock. Edwards controls McGuiness with a wrist lock, but McGuiness rolls through and kicks Edwards on the arm. Edwards drop toe holds McGuiness to the mat and keeps control with a front face lock. McGuiness backs Edwards against the ropes and breaks away cleanly. McGuiness takes Edwards down with a headlock, but Edwards breaks free and knee drops McGuiness on the back. McGuiness backs Edwards against the ropes and delivers an elbow to stop Edwards. McGuiness nails Edwards with a headbutt and snapmares Edwards to the mat to deliver a strike. Edwards chops McGuiness, but McGuiness responds with forearms. Edwards nails McGuiness with an elbow and a kick to the back for a two count. McGuiness plants Edwards with a hammerlock DDT. McGuiness yanks Edwards down to the mat by his arm. McGuiness tosses Edwards overhead with a suplex. Edwards chops McGuiness, but McGuiness responds with a strike and keeps arm control on the mat. Edwards reaches the ropes to break the hold. McGuiness works over Edwards in the corner and takes Edwards down to the mat to deliver a knee drop.
McGuiness continues to try and get a submission, but settles for kicking Edwards arm sending Edwards into the corner. McGuiness keeps control with a top wrist lock. Edwards ducks a clothesline and kicks McGuiness. McGuiness kicks Edwards over the back and knocks Edwards to the mat. McGuiness tries for a top rope cutter, but Edwards blocks the move. McGuiness elbows Edwards, but Edwards nails McGuiness with a running knee strike for a near fall. Edwards forearms McGuiness followed by a snap suplex. Edwards goes to the top rope and hits a missile dropkick for a near fall. McGuiness yanks Edwards down to the mat and keeps control with a chin lock. McGuiness sits Edwards on the top, but Edwards elbows McGuiness several times and hits a sunset flip, but McGuiness rolls through and locks in an arm bar. Edwards counters with a rollup for a two count. McGuiness shoulder rams Edwards and elbows Edwards in the corner. Edwards nails McGuiness with a kick in the corner and hits a backpack stunner for a near fall. Edwards heads to the top rope, but McGuiness stops Edwards and hits an elevated cutter for the win. (***1/2. A better match for McGuiness compared to the previous night with Ephex. I’m wondering if McGuiness worked a better match for the Syracuse market because Watertown can get away with relying on legends. Plus, McGuiness likely works better with Edwards than he does with Ephex. They delivered a great match and quite impressive considering McGuiness having a major tricep injury.)
Eighth Contest: AJ Styles vs. Loca Vida: Styles backs Vida into a corner, but cleanly backs off. Styles controls Vida with a headlock for a few moments. Styles backs Vida against the ropes and cleanly backs off. Styles controls Vida with a headlock. Vida keeps a head scissors on Styles for a few moments. Styles kips up and has a standoff with Vida. Vida controls Styles with a arm lock, but Styles quickly gets to his feet and counters with a wrist lock. Vida kips up a few times, but Styles takes Vida down to the mat with a headlock. Styles arm drags Vida. Vida gets a two count with a rollup. Vida gets another two count, but Styles takes Vida over with another arm drag and keeps arm control. Vida and Styles trade hammerlocks until Styles gets wrist control and yanks Vida down to the mat. Styles keeps control with a hammerlock. Vida forearms Styles a few times, but Vida walks the ropes to arm drag Styles. Vida delivers an elbow strike and continues with strikes in the corner. Vida head scissors Styles out of the corner. Vida tries for a cover, but Styles kicks out at two. Styles forearms Vida, but Vida responds with strikes and a shoulder block. Styles nails Vida with a dropkick. Styles goes to the apron and sunset flips into the ring. Vida avoids the Styles Clash, but Styles hits a suplex into the ring from the apron for a near fall.
Styles controls Vida with a chin lock on the mat. Vida elbows free, but is met with a forearm by Styles. Styles kicks Vida in the corner followed by several stomps on the mat. Styles scoop slams Vida and comes off the ropes with a knee drop. Styles goes for a cover, but Vida gets his boot on the bottom rope. Vida punches Styles a few times, but is met with a strike. Vida punches Styles a few times in the midsection. Styles sends Vida into the corner, but Vida tries for an arm drag, which is countered with a clothesline by Styles. They trade forearms from their knees. Styles stops Vida with a kick to the head. Styles takes Vida over with a snapmare and keeps control with a chin lock. Vida elbows Styles and runs the ropes to hit a tilt a whirl DDT. Styles rolls to the floor and Vida baseball slides Styles into the railing. Vida chops Styles on the floor a few times. Vida strikes Styles over the back and they return to the ring. Vida rams Styles into the corner and delivers a knee strike. Vida delivers a few knee strikes to stop Styles. Vida dropkicks Styles in the corner. Vida covers, but Styles kicks out at two. Vida forearms Styles and hits a tilt a whirl head scissors for a two count. Vida kicks Styles in the corner and hits a double stomp off the middle rope for a near fall. They trade strikes for a few moments. Styles counters a DDT attempt by dangerously dropping Vida onto the ropes. Styles covers Vida for a two count. Styles tries for a suplex, but settles for dropping Vida over his knee. Styles covers, but Vida kicks out at two. Styles hits a nice neckbreaker out of a suplex for a near fall. Styles signals for the Styles Clash, but Vida counters and hits a Code Red for a near fall. Styles stops Vida with a jawbreaker. Vida kicks Styles over the middle rope and tries for the 315. Styles avoids it and punches Vida over the back. Styles elbows Vida in the corner and hits a springboard tombstone after pivoting from the reverse DDT. Styles covers, but Vida kicks out at two. Styles slams Vida, but Vida grabs Styles boot to prevent Styles from going to the top. Vida boots Styles in the corner a couple of times. Vida spikes Styles with a tornado DDT leading to a near fall. Vida rams Styles into the corner and delivers a few strikes. Vida sits Styles on the top turnbuckle. Styles punches Vida off the middle rope and tries for a sunset flip powerbomb, but Vida counters with a hurricanrana for a near fall! Vida heads to the top rope, but rolls through. Styles nails Vida with a Pele kick. Styles quickly goes for the Styles Clash, but sits down with a piledriver instead. (****. That was a great match and something that Loca Vida would never reach again in 2CW, sadly. Loca would become more of a comedy act in the following years with 2CW, but he was capable of incredible matches and that was the case here with Styles. Styles gave Vida a lot here and they killed it. This is easily a top ten match in 2CW history.)
Main Event: 2CW Heavyweight Champion Jimmy Olsen vs. Jason Axe vs. Slyck Wagner Brown vs. John Walters in a ladder match: Brown charges the ring and all four men brawl on the floor to kickoff the match. Axe rams Walters into the guard railing and delivers a few strikes as they brawl into the crowd. Walters hip tosses Axe onto a few chairs. Walters back rakes Axe followed by a strike. Walters and Axe trade forearms on the aisle. Axe rams Walters into the ring post. Walters gets into the ring and is stomped by Axe. Axe splashes Walters in the corner and hits a heel kick. Olsen and Brown are brawling in the crowd. Walters hits Axe with leg drop onto the apron. Axe forearms Walters a few times. Brown decks Olsen with a forearm strike. Brown chops Olsen against the apron. Brown drops Olsen chest first over the railing. Walters and Brown trade strikes in the middle of the ring. Walters misses a clothesline and tries to send Brown to the floor, but Brown pulls up and clotheslines Walters. Brown backdrops Walters coming off the ropes. Brown punches Walters in the corner several times until Olsen helps out. Olsen clotheslines Brown and chokes Brown on the mat. Walters tosses Axe over the railing into the crowd. Olsen strikes Brown in the corner and chokes Brown for a few moments.
Brown drop toe holds Olsen into the corner and kicks Walters off the apron to the floor. Brown tries to get a ladder, but Walters cuts off Brown. Walters delivers a knee strike on the apron to Brown. Olsen and Walters hit a snap suplex on Axe onto the floor. Walters misses a baseball slide and Brown chops Walters before ramming Walters into the railing. Olsen grabs a ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring. Brown rams Olsen’s head into the ladder. Brown drops the ladder onto Olsen. Brown slams Olsen onto the ladder with a Falcon Arrow. Brown kicks Walters and backdrops Walters onto the ladder. Olsen rams Brown into the ladder and hits Brown with the ladder over the top to the floor. Olsen tosses Axe over the railing into the crowd. Olsen heads to the top rope and leaps off to dive onto Axe in the crowd! Brown drops Walters chest first onto the ladder over the apron and railing. Brown sets another ladder up in the middle of the ring and climbs towards the title, but is knocked off by Olsen. Olsen tips the ladder over and falls onto Brown. Olsen sets up the ladder in the middle of the ring and climbs, but is stopped by a chop from Brown. Brown powerbombs Olsen off the ladder. Walters stomps on Axe on the apron until Brown tips the ladder to hit Walters. Brown rams Walters with the ladder in the midsection. Walters blocks a suplex attempt and rams Brown into the corner. Walters grabs a chair and hits the ladder into Brown’s groin.
Walters sets the ladder up and climbs towards the title, but Axe stops Walters with a back suplex off the ladder! Axe punches Walters onto a ladder against the railing. Axe runs off the apron and misses a somersault dive crashing through the ladder as Walters moved. Brown chops Walters against the ropes several times. Brown punches Walters several times in the corner. Brown nails Walters with a discus strike. Brown climbs the ladder and is stopped by Walters. Walters pulls Brown off and lays the ladder down. Walters tries for a snap suplex on Brown, but Brown blocks it. Brown bulldogs Walters onto the ladder! Brown hits a moonsault off the top onto Walters on the ladder! Olsen superkicks Brown, but Axe plants Olsen with a DDT onto the ladder. Axe sets the ladder up in the middle of the ring. Axe begins to climb towards the title. JD Love enters the ring with a chair and whacks Axe over the back. Love slides another ladder into the ring and sets it up next to Axe. Love climbs the second ladder and hits a dangerous cutter off the ladder! Brown nails Love with a leg lariat! Brown and Walters brawl on the floor where Walters decks Brown into the crowd. Walters leaps over the ladder and takes out Brown with a dive in the crowd! Olsen climbs the ladder and grabs the championship to win the match and retain the title. After the match, Jack trades is beaten up and Walters puts the Sharpshooter on Trades. Trades is put through a table with a double suplex. by Walters and Olsen. ZS3 runs in with a kendo stick to make the save. (****. Absolute mayhem, but a great match. Axe destroyed his body with a couple of crazy spots. These four are all fantastic and this was a well delivered match with great heat from the crowd.)
Final Thoughts:
A great show with several surprises and there was not a match on the show that felt like filler or a chore to get through. Check this show out.
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