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03/08/07 - Payne vs Haste STEEL CAGE MATCH by Lukey
Desperate Measures
 

This article has been written by Lukey. Lukey has been EPW’s commentator extraordinaire since day one and is considered the finest play by play commentator in Australian wrestling.

On the 25th of August 2007 at Desperate Measures, Jimmy Payne will step inside an unforgiving steel cage with the #1 contender, Shane Haste. The question I get asked at least 10 times a day is………where did you buy those sweet shoes?

But the other question I get asked a lot is, can Shane Haste defeat Jimmy Payne? I would like to say yes with confidence but the truth is I am not sure.

Jimmy Payne has held the EPW title for a year. It defines who he is. He isn’t just an EPW wrestler. He is Jimmy Payne, the EPW champion. The best have challenged him and he has beaten them all. In the past year he has defeated:
CJL, Bobby Marshall, Devlin Reeves, Havok, Jamie Jurah, Rusty Evans (ok that one wasn’t really worth bragging about) and Azazal just to name a few. Some of them came close but it doesn’t matter how many 2 counts you can get on the champ. If you can’t pin him down for the 3 seconds, then it means nothing.

Which brings me back to the question at hand………can Shane Haste beat the champ?

In a normal match I couldn’t side with Shane. However, this match is in a steel cage! Shane has one chance. Keep Jimmy grounded and take to the air! If Shane can take a few risks from the top rope and they pay off, then he will be the new champ. However, if Shane does something crazy and misses, Jimmy Payne will easily climb out to victory as the refs attempt to scrape Shane off the canvas.

So am I fence sitting? You betcha! I want so badly to see Shane Haste get that title but I guess I am just going to have to wait until the 25th of August just like everyone else to see who will walk away from the steel cage at Desperate Measures the undisputed EPW champion.


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