[2001-03-04-SDW] CM Punk & Colt Cabana vs Ace Steel & Danny Dominion

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Low sound on this match, which looks to be taking place in a high school gym.  I turned the volume on my computer all the way up and still couldn’t make out a word the Hardbodies were saying on their promo.  Interesting to note in contrast to last night that Dave Prazak is managing the Bodies, who aren’t referred to as that and aren’t in matching ring gear either.  Punk & Cabana don’t have Paul E. Smooth managing them, rather some female valet.  They clothesline the Bodies over the top rope to the outside and then connect with stereo suicide dives.  Punk works over Steel’s left arm and is good at keeping the crowd involved.  Dominion makes a blind tag, however a Punk drop down sees him run into his partner and Punk is able to carry on where he left off on him.  Quesadora bulldog, Steel in to break up the cover.  Double springboard moonsaults from opposite sides of the ring. Steel is in again, they swipe his legs out and he falls on top of Dominion.  Note how in a more family friendly audience they didn’t do the 69 spot there like they did in the IWA.  Reverse springboard forearm smash by Colt.  There’s a long shine here.  Punk with a vertical suplex followed by some double team action.  Dominion nails Cabana with a flying forearm as the Bodies look to slow the tide.  Steel floats over on the Russian legsweep for a two count before drilling Punk, drawing him into the ring so the Bodies can get some double teaming in of their own behind the official’s back.  That release powerbomb where Dominion tosses his man backwards over his own head.  He kicks Colt out to the apron and then stands on the bottom rope to suplex him back inside.  Dominion cuts off the comeback with a Saito suplex.  Colt is dumped to the floor where Prazak puts the boots in, even dropping an elbow on him.  Cabana counters the suplex with a roll up and Dominion is in to break that up.  Release Northern Lights but he can’t make the tag.  Steel clotheslines him across the top rope and hits a springboard tornado DDT.  Colt blocks Dominion’s tornado DDT and lands a top rope Frankensteiner.  After crawling through his legs he makes the hot tag to Punk, quickly gathering a second wind himself.  Dual punches in the corner.  Punk goes for the split legged moonsault but Prazak shakes the ropes, the ref missing all of this as he’s over in the opposite corner.  Dominion rolls through on the roll up, hooks the tights and the Bodies snatch the win.  The female valet low blows Prazak post-match and also gives Dominion a Lita-style leaping rana.  I don’t recognise the girl but she’s clearly a trained worker.

First thing to mention is that Punk & Cabana also worked the MAW show (both cards were held in Wisconsin) so this is either their first or second match of the day.  Some elements were similar to the IWA match although in no way would this be considered a carbon copy, in fact I think it is the better match of the two.  It maybe suffered from slightly going long in the shine and FIP sections, but never felt as bad as last night.  Additionally the managers weren’t a featured part the polar opposite of yesterday where at times it felt like it was more about them than the wrestlers.  A very good match and a strong recommendation.