Don Owen's hilariously nervous introductions for this were awesome. Grappler does the most bizarre jab I've ever seen as it looks like he is setting up to throw a looping hook and then throws these weird free form jabs that are super short but look stiff. Grappler hits a piledriver and starts working over the neck. Oliver did a good job sellilng his neck on his mini-comebacks. Match sort of builds to the point where Grappler goes for his chemical spray spot with Oliver avoiding. Grappler ends up coming back with an out of blue powder shot and Oliver gets stretchered half way up the aisle bu tfights back. Oliver gets back to the ring and hits a really awesome and insanely quick shoulder breaker with the babyfaces sprinting to get him on the stretcher but Grappler fights off half way down the aisle. Rip hits a second huge shoulder breaker but Grappler fights off the stretcher again. After a commercial they come back with Grappler trying to throw punches while selling his shoulder. Grappler goes to load up his boot, but Oliver cuts him off with a shot from his logging bar but The Grappler fights off the stretcher again. All hell breaks loose with the Grappler hitting a woman and they throw the match out. I'm torn on this as this is more a match with things I liked in it, then a match that I liked.

This felt weirdly sanitized for a toe-to-toe brawl. No blood and shitty strikes from Grappler. Rip's shoulder breakers looked great as always, and I liked Grappler selling the damage on his attempted punches. The stretcher shit was annoying as was the finish. No vote.

 

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