[1995-07-07-EWA] Dirtbike Kid vs Sabu

[Ma Stump Puller]

EWA is Dirtbike's own sleazy British indie promotion and one he'll frequent a few times to put himself over  work matches until his early retirement from chaotic back injuries (according to Dirtbike himself, he actually broke his back before wrestling this match a few weeks earlier) One wonders how he didn't retire sooner given the shit he was putting himself though here lol. Of course he puts himself in the main event with Sabu, and this match is a glorious trainwreck; Dirtbike isn't a good wrestler, however he's a complete natural of trashbag indie garbage wrestling, and combined with Sabu? Guarantied craziness. I really like Sabu's "crazy man" antics, especially at the start when he's just shooting for Dirtbike's legs with takedowns wildly before just wrecking his shit with a big lariat early on, as well as a mean springboard senton and a Taue-lite Snake Eyes off the ropes; it's standard stuff from him but at the time no one was working like him so it felt fresh. Dirtbike bumps pretty hard for all of it and it looks good; his selling less so but hey, no surprises there. He tries for a moonsault but misses, allowing Sabu to take over again. It's a shame the crowd didn't bite harder for Sabu's arm work, because it's actually pretty decent as he pulls for cross armbreakers and hammerlocks, alongside just rubbing his elbow into the head of his opponent for bonus discomfort. Sabu goes for his usual chair spots, including a terrifying leap off one to knock Dirtbike off the top rope and to the outside in a wild bump. Basically most of this is just Sabu no selling Dirtbike's offence, or if he is then he's quickly getting back the advantage and doing more spots.

Granted his ratio of botches is surprisingly low here, but still. We slightly miss a dive to the outside from Dirtbike that Sabu needs to move in closer for it to actually connect. He makes up for that with a actually good looking Lionsault for a near fall. There's also a bonkers bit where Sabu is on the shoulders of his opponent, he grabs the ropes and they do a Victory Roll to the outside, looked nasty but was awesome. Dirtbike dodges a Sabu leg drop before just botching the shit out of a moonsault by missing completely. Sabu quickly just does a top rope Frankensteiner before trying for another, is countered into a solid crossbody for another near fall. The big spot of the match is, of course, a table spot: Dirtbike is set up on one outside, Sabu is supposed to break it with a senton, easy stuff. The table doesn't even BUDGE, Sabu's ass is full force on the poor lad's face. Ok, try again with a leg drop this time....still nothing. Dirtbike is barely alive at this point, they end it quick with a Arabian Facebuster for the win while the table remains unbroken. I mean....is it good? Not in the technical way, but if you want attempted murder and Sabu just destroying someone for 15 minutes, this'll be up your avenue. Dirtbike is peak 90's indie badness but he has a endearing chaotic quality about him that makes that work, somehow. Guilty pleasure sure but I thought this was real fun for a grimy spot-filled main event with pretty much no logic, just cool stuff and/or botches.