GSR Posted September 13, 2017 Report Share Posted September 13, 2017 As Jade makes his entrance he gets nailed from behind with a chair to the back by Steel. He whips him with his belt and throws him into the ring steps as he looks to get some revenge for Jade burning him. Back in the ring and Steel with a bulldog off the turnbuckles for a very quick first fall. Dave Brown reminds us at this point that, as per Texas Death match rules, Jade has ten seconds to get back up although he makes it comfortably. Steel immediately levels him with a clothesline and is right back on him. ‘Stinger splash’ in the corner and he then wedges a chair between the turnbuckles. Irish whip, however he telegraphs the backdrop and Jade with a piledriver. He whips Steel into the chair that he’d earlier set up, pedigree (or ‘Jaded Edge’ as they call it) and Jade gets his first fall. Steel looks beaten, but with the help of the ropes he’s just about to get back to his feet at nine. The match continues as Jade tosses Steel over the top rope to the outside, before ramming his head into the ring post. Inside, and Jade ties his opponent between the top and middle ropes (the old Andre the Giant spot) and then cracks him over the head with chair. He collects a table from under the ring and sets it up in the corner. Jade sits him on the turnbuckles ready for a top rope superplex, when Steel throws fire at him and Jade takes a backwards bump off the top and through the table. Huge splash by Steel for our third fall. Jade struggles to his feet and looks like he’s about to beat the count when he falls back to the canvas and Steel is declared the winner. This started off promising with the brawling on the floor, but in the end it just felt too rushed. I suppose that’s one of the constraints of trying to do this match on TV, but even if they were given just an additional five minutes it would’ve meant they could build to the big spots more. Thought the finish was great though with Steel getting his revenge by throwing the fire at Jade, and then him taking the backwards bump off the top through the table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Evans Posted September 23, 2017 Report Share Posted September 23, 2017 This was all about the finish with Jade taking a hell of a bump off the top through the table. Sad that they broke up as they were two of the better heels in Power Pro at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert S Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 People often complain about WWE not doing "old school" gimmick matches or change the rules of them but in the case of Texas death matches the last man standing rules are a clear improvement. The match here was fine for a 5 minute Texas death match but it really shows how low the talent level of MPPW was compared to MCW, for example (not to talk about CWA/USWA), even though it was the show that looked and felt much more like the "old" Memphis wrestling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonsault Marvin Posted May 20, 2018 Report Share Posted May 20, 2018 I had not noticed how many cameras they had been using for this show. They had 3 camera people around the ring plus the hard camera. That seems like excess for such a small production. The match felt like it was in fast forward, as they had to work fast for the short amount of time given. They should have given it the time from that awful Regulators match. The big spot at the end made up for the rushing. **1/2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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