[2005-02-20-WWE-No Way Out] JBL vs Big Show

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WWE Champion JBL vs Big Show - WWE No Way Out 2005 Barbed Wire Steel Cage

I dont know this match intrigued me I think it is an above average match but I don’t necessarily think you need to go out of your way to see it. JBL is on a Honky Tonk run of a lifetime. Having two world titles allowed them to experiment with shit like this that they never would have had they kept only one title. My brother and I always remark we were at the last Smackdown that Bradshaw was APA Bradshaw as a joke. JBL totally over delivered he went from a random what the fuck he’s getting pushed to winning me and my brother over. Great gimmick, great promo but honestly never watched back anything outside the famous bloodbaths against Eddie and Cena. In my research, Big Show has a pretty nonexistent 2005 was he injured he has this and the WrestleMania showcase against Akebono then doesnt pop up again until the end of the year. I’ll have to check his Cagematch,

I wanted a Watts slobberknocker and sort of half got it. Both dudes lay their shit in. Bradshaw has some great offense. The comparisons to Hansen would have doomed him in Japan but he was probably better suited for Japan. He surprisingly doesnt really stooge or chickenshit sell for Big Show. The whole gimmick outside the ring is he is a chickenshit and the Barbed Wire Steel Cage means his jabronis Orlando Jordan and Bashams Cant bail him out. Yet he never really sells fear. He would get an opening and search for an opening in the Barbed Wire did this three times. Maybe the camera work was bad but he wasn’t selling it. Big Show and him were hitting hard Bur still something was missing. 
 

Man looking back on it 2005 WWE was FUCKING VIOLENT! It was nonstop blood. Show was bleeding profusely after a cage shot. I thought Show transition was weak though a nice Powerbomb. Cabinet smells defeat bum rushes the Ring and is able to get a pair of wire cutters to JBL before Teddy Long tells them to get to steppin. Bradshaw clocks Show with the wire cutters CLOTHESLINE FROM HELL! It is a fucking good one. For two! Big Show Chokeslam for two! Like hitting bombs back to back there. JBL low blow. He gets the Cutters so he is going to try to clip his way out. THEY TRADE ABSOLUTE BOMBS ON THE TOP ROPE! STIFF STIFF SHOTS! CHOKESLAM THROUGH THE MUTAFUCKIN RING! What a spot no one talks about. Big Show snaps the chain off the door. I know JBL wins but how?!? They shoot the camera shot in such a way you know something’s up. The announcer declares JBL the winner as WTF and you see JBL crawled under the Ring to win which is a clever finish for the chickenshit escape artist to escape with the title again. Batista and Cena take turns beating JBL…Cole says it could be a Triple Threat I groaned fuck no audibly out loud out of reflex even though I know that didn’t happen.

The Chokeslam spot is INSANE! They are lucky they didn’t accidentally fall through that. How is that not more famous? February title match is a lame duck title defense and the finish kinda washes it out but damn I am surprised Thats not up there with Show and Lesnar breaking the Ring. The shots were stiff, big power moves, INSANE high spot but still this leaves me wanting more. I wanted more character work from both more fire from Big Show and more chickenshit from JBL. Very good but you can really just watch the clip of the Chokeslam and call if a day. *** 1/2