[2000-08-25-IWC SoCal] Ricky Reyes vs Dick Danger vs Keiji Sakoda (Elimination)

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The official orders Danger’s ‘Dick Clique’ to the back as he doesn’t want any interference in this three-way.  ‘Big’ Dick persuades Sakoda to work together against the champion to eliminate him first, but that lasts all of fifteen seconds before Sakoda is breaking up a Danger cover.  He then manages to convince Reyes into working with him and that does go better until the same inevitable pin breaking outcome.  Both already double crossed by him Reyes and Sakoda team up, no surprises for guessing how that ends up though.  Sakoda cinches in a camel clutch on the United States champion and rather than let him wear him down or possibly even get a submission, Danger applies a rear chinlock resulting in Keiji having to let go of the hold.  Double sleeper spot.  Combination drop toe hold/baseball slide dropkick on Sakoda.  Danger with a swinging neckbreaker and he’s the first man eliminated.  ‘Big’ Dick collects the title belt and makes his way to the dressing room thinking that he’s the new champion, forgetting its elimination rules.  Reyes drags him back to the ring, sunset flip and he yanks down Danger’s trunks to complete.  He’s in no hurry to pull those trunks back up mind, putting the boots to Reyes with his bare ass on display for all to see.  Reyes avoids the fist drop off the middle, Danger punching the mat.  Huracanrana, however as he goes for a second it’s countered into a pop up powerbomb for a two.  Reyes escapes the swinging neckbreaker, looks for a Northern Lights, but Danger counters that into a DDT for another near fall.  He lands the neckbreaker although this time they’re too close to the ropes and the champion gets a foot over them.  Danger doesn’t realise what’s happened and for the second time in the match collects the title belt thinking it’s over.  When he finds out that’s not the case he swings at Reyes, who ducks, and levels him with a spinning kick.  Tombstone piledriver and Reyes retains the gold. 

The final couple of minutes of this were good, but the three-way part was generic and Reyes isn’t experienced enough to carry someone like Danger, who on the whole didn’t show much.  The near fall laden closing stretch and kicking out of finishers is becoming a regular trend in Reyes’ matches.