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Cup of Wrestling
Date: December 7, 2013
Location: Impact Zone, Orlando, Florida
Commentators: Mike Tenay, Tazz
JB explains the rules: There will be eight matches with the winners receiving one point apiece. The teams with the most points advance to an eight man elimination tag for the cup.
Here are the teams, in order of X-Division, Knockouts, tag team and singles.
United Kingdom – Rockstar Spud, Hannah Blossom, Rob Terry/Douglas Williams, Magnus
USA – Kenny King, Mickie James, Bad Influence, James Storm
UK – 1 (3 matches remaining)
USA – 0 (4 matches remaining)
International – 0 (4 matches remaining)
Video on Team USA in the same style as earlier with everyone getting a quick profile.
Kenny King (USA) vs. Sonjay Dutt (International)
USA – 1 (3 matches remaining)
UK – 1 (3 matches remaining)
International – 0 (3 matches remaining)
International – 1 (2 matches remaining)
USA – 1 (3 matches remaining)
UK – 1 (2 matches remaining)
Tazz declares the leader board to be lazy for reasons of general stupidity.
An enziguri is FINALLY enough for the hot tag to Williams as things speed up. Petey headscissors Knux into 619 position and dropkicks him in the back as everything breaks down. A running DDT gets two on Knux and Petey low bridges Doc to the floor. Funaki gets two on Doc off a cross body but Knux comes back in with a hammer shot to Funaki for the pin.
International – 1 (1 match remaining)
UK – 1 (2 matches remaining)
USA – 1 (3 matches remaining)
Video on Rockstar Spud, including an endorsement from Hogan.
International – 1 (1 match remaining)
UK – 1 (1 match remaining)
USA – 1 (3 matches remaining)
Bad Influence (USA) vs. British Invasion (UK)
A double clothesline puts Bad Influence down and we get a double belly to back suplex of all things. That looked awesome. Terry hits a tilt-a-whirl powerslam on Kaz to set up a top rope knee drop from Williams but Daniels makes the save. A top rope European uppercut puts Kaz down but Daniels breaks up the Rolling Chaos theory. Bad Influence gets in a quick High/Low for the pin on Williams for the point.
USA – 2 (2 matches remaining)
International – 1 (1 match remaining)
UK – 1 (0 matches remaining)
The Brits are officially eliminated.
Video on Mickie James, including something about her country music push as a heel.
To say Ivelisse looks hot as the biker in leather is the understatement of the night. How in the world does she not have a job? They circle each other to start until Mickie grabs the arm and takes Ivelisse down. Ivelisse is sent into the ropes for a breather as Taz starts to sing for no apparent reason. James hooks a headlock and Ivelisse bails to the floor. Back in and Ivelisse takes Mickie down and pounds away for two.
Mickie gets choked on the ropes but escapes from a wristlock to dropkick Ivelisse down for two. James pounds away in the corner but gets sent shoulder first into the post. Ivelisse gets a VERY delayed two count and a backbreaker gets the same. The kickouts are frustrating Ivelisse so she hooks a chinlock. James fights up and scores with some clotheslines followed by a neckbreaker for two. Mickie goes up top but here are the Aces to shove her off, giving Ivelisse the easy pin.
USA – 2 (1 match remaining)
International – 1 (1 match remaining)
UK – 1 (0 matches remaining)
Ultimate X: Kaz (America) vs. Volador Jr. (Mexico) vs. Naruki Doi (Japan) vs. Daivari (International)
This is for four points apparently, so more or less the winner wins everything, making the entire previous three rounds totally pointless. Daivari is allegedly predictable in this. Ok then. West thinks Kaz is the favorite because of his experience letting him know that he’ll know how to win earlier. YOU CLIMB UP AND GRAB THE FREAKING X! How hard is this?
Daivari wisely goes after Kaz’s arm. That makes the most sense here if nothing else. Oh and only Kaz is a face here. We can’t have nice foreigners! West says Kaz is close to being a world champion. Oh the comedy! Oh and also, great idea on telling us to stop watching your show so we can go get our computers to vote on something on the show later on. In other words, a stipulation for later on in the night is more important than the match you’re watching at the moment. Volador is pretty fun to watch. Kaz manages to get above the X and almost unhooks it but Daivari makes the save.
It worked as it’s not like Kaz had a long time up there like in a ladder match so it didn’t look completely ridiculous which is a very nice difference. Also he used his legs to get there so he kept selling the arm from earlier. In a MIND BLOWING spot, Daivari is going across a cable with his back facing the ring so he’s looking up at the ceiling. Kaz climbs up to the metal thing that holds up the cables and JUMPS off of it, crashing down with a clothesline onto Daivari and killing himself in the process. That was INCREDIBLE. It also lets Volador go up and get the X for the win and the Cup.
Rating: B. This was another great high impact battle that worked perfectly for what it was supposed to do. I wasn’t sure who was going to win and I was thinking it would have been Team TNA but a surprise is always good. This was your usual crazy spotfest but it worked quite well.
Now that the time filler is over, back to modern times.
James Storm likes the idea of his team depending on him and mentions Ricky Morton for some reason.
Mesias (International) vs. James Storm (USA)
This should be interesting. Mesias punches Storm into the corner to start but James comes back with right hands of his own. They head outside for more punching with Mesias being whipped into the barricade. Storm rams him into various other metal objects until they head back inside for a Mesias powerslam. A clothesline in the corner staggers Storm as we actually talk about Mesias being in TNA before.
Final standings:
USA – 3
UK – 1
International – 1
We recap the matches so far tonight.
James Storm, Kenny King, Bad Influence, Mickie James
Mr. Anderson, Wes Brisco, Doc, Knux, Ivelisse
Brisco gets a knee up in the corner to stop a charging Daniels and tags in Ivelisse for some reason. Mickie pulls her in and beats on Ivelisse like she stole something. The beating continues until Mickie misses a charge into the post, only to come back with a clothesline. A top rope Thesz perss eliminates Ivelisse but Brisco comes in with a quick rollup to eliminate Mickie. Storm comes in just as fast and Backstabs Brisco for the pin.
Bad Influence comes out to celebrate and get beaten up as well. Dude Daniels pinned Knux. Show some gratitude already. Storm and James get the cup to end the show.
Results
Magnus b. Mr. Anderson – Michinoku Driver
Kenny King b. Sonjay Dutt – Running knee to the chest
Doc/Knux b. Funaki/Sonjay Dutt – Hammer shot to Funaki
Wes Brisco b. Rockstar Spud – Powerslam
Bad Influence b. British Invasion – High/Low to Williams
Ivelisse b. Mickie James – Pin after Wes Brisco shoved James off the top
James Storm b. Mesias – Last Call