Gauntlet Match for #1 contenders spot
at Re-Awakening
With the title shot and main event at
Re-Awakening at stake, this match was always going to be a dog
fight. It started with Jamie Jurah taking on Richter. With his new
tag team partner, Devlin Reeves at ringside, Jurah was cocky as
usual. He slapped the big man repeatedly before having Richter boot
him straight out of the ring. Jamie tried to cut the big man down by
beating on his leg. But in the end, Richter was too big and strong
and put Jamie away with a massive lariat.
Richter then awaited his next opponent
who turned out to be the ‘Fallen Angel’ Azazal. These two fought at
Evolution 2004 but this match turned out to be a more desperate
encounter than their last one. Azazal tried to exploit the weakness
in the legs as Jamie had softened Richter up a little. But this
served to further aggravate the big man as he drilled Azazal with a
thunderous powerbomb. Azazal fought back and hit his ‘Fallen Angel’
finisher only to see Richter gets his foot to the rope before the
three. Azazal’s frustration hurt him as he walked straight into
Richter’s Impaler (chokeslam backbreaker) for the 1-2-3.
Azazal went berserk after the loss and
it took two referees to convince him to leave the ringside area. As
the referees escorted him out, FN Carnage entered the ring from
behind and knocked Richter out cold with the EPW Title belt. Tommy
Cartel was the next man in and he simply entered the ring and pinned
the unconscious Richter.
The
last opponent would prove to be no pushover for Cartel. The crowd
went nuts as Mikey headed to the ring to try and grab his chance at
the EPW title. Both men seemed to have the match won numerous times
before seeing the other kick out time and time again. Xeriyous Blade
was lurking at ringside and didn’t hesitate to get involved. A Mikey
kick put Cartel down but could only keep him there for a two count.
Mikey tried to put him away with a top rope huracanrana but wound up
on the receiving end of a massive 2nd rope blue thunder. But even
that couldn’t keep Mikey down. A miscommunication between Blade and
Cartel took Blade out of the picture before Mikey nailed the sunset
bomb for a well deserved win. It also booked him his place in the
main event of Re-Awakening.
As he was celebrating his future, Azazal reminded him of the past by
clotheslining him down. It seems as if the issue between these two
isn’t dead just yet.
