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[2000-12-14-NWA Wildside] A.J. Styles vs Air Paris vs Sabu


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  • GSR changed the title to [2000-12-14-NWA Wildside] A.J. Styles vs Air Paris vs Sabu
  • 3 weeks later...

Long promo with Jeff G Bailey but it does good setting the table of what happened at the house shows and setting the stage for tonight. Paris attacks before the bell and the match is worked as a straight sprint. Sabu is taken to the hospital so he is unable to joint he proceedings. AJ regains control and has Paris set up on a table on the outside when the lights go out and here comes Sabu. Sabu does his out of control bit and hits most of his stuff cleanly looking good before finishing things off with an Arabian legdrop through a table. Short but to the point. **1/4

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Steve Martin, Jeff G. Bailey and A.J. Styles are all in the back and Martin says that tonight they’re going to crown a new NWA World Heavyweight champion.  Sabu is laid up with a broken jaw at the hands of Tank Abbott (I think the second part of that sentence is a lie) so they’re going to go to the ring where he’ll demand a ten count from the referee and, with Sabu not there to answer, at the count of ten dignity will then be restored to the NWA World title as A.J. Styles becomes the new champion.  I should point out that they’ve already got their hands on the belt, this being treated like it’s a formality.  Bailey announces that they’re going to give the first title shot to Air Paris who, if he was going to name his team after a musical act, rather than going for Suicidal Tendencies should’ve called themselves the Carpenters as they’re nothing but a bunch of bulimic little bitch boys who have no business being in the ring with a World Heavyweight champion!  They decree that December 14th will be the greatest night in National wrestling history and with Styles as the champion it will mean that Wildside is the third largest promotion in the world today.

A supremely confident Styles has already got the title belt strapped around his waist, like I said, a formality.  Martin talks about this being the happiest day of his life and as the owner of this company orders referee Andrew Thomas to start counting Sabu out.  At three the lights in the building go off and when they come back on Air Paris is stood in the centre of the ring with them.  Paris says that he hates to be the bearer of bad news but Sabu has been taken to the hospital with a broken jaw.  He’s a bit surprised that Styles doesn’t want to fight him, as most people would when there is someone stood in front of them, so calls him a “pussy” before slugging Jeff G.  The match is on at that point and Paris hurls Styles over the rope to the outside.  Martin, who has now joined Prazak at the commentary table, is not happy at all with Air Paris ruining moment.  Styles crotches Paris on the barricade before rolling him back inside.  The corkscrew moonsault fails to connect and then Air misses on the corkscrew senton.  Burning Hammer by Paris.  As he collects a table from under the ring he’s caught by a Styles baseball slide dropkick.  A.J. sets the table up and lays Paris across it as Martin calls this “justice”.  He climbs to the top turnbuckle when the lights go odd for a second time; this time when they come back on Sabu is stood pointing at the ceiling, his jaw all taped up.  Sabu shoves Styles to the floor but then loses his balance as he goes to leap off the top rope, instead opting to slingshot himself out onto Paris putting him through the table. Triple Jump crossbody over the barricade into the front row on A.J.  Steve Martin sounds like he’s in tears as his great plan is falling apart in front of him.  A hard chair shot to the head of Styles.  Sabu slips on the top rope rana so resets and does it again.  He grabs a second table from the back of the arena and throws that into the ring, Martin thinking it will be the end of Wildside if Sabu wins.  ‘Arabian legdrop’ on Styles putting him through the table and this one is over already.  A post-match ‘Arabian facebuster’ as Martin continues with the waterworks.

A total sprint and way shorter than I was expecting.  I’m guessing Sabu’s banged up jaw led it to being that way, but in hindsight maybe a blessing in disguise as I actually thought this was the perfect way of using him.  Yes, he did slip a couple of times but he came, did all his trademark spots and then they went home, no twenty minutes of furniture arranging or constant botching like we’ve seen from him in other Indy promotions.  Really enjoyed Steve Martin getting more upset on commentary while Bailey’s like about maybe Paris should’ve named his team after the Carpenters was something else.

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