AngleSlam: TTWC Semifinals: Canada vs Jamaica

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COLE
Folks, coming up is our first semifinal match in the Tag Team World Cup tournament.  It's going to be the Canadian team taking on the Jamaicans, in sort of a David-meets-Goliath matchup!  The Jamaicans were the seventh seed in the European bracket, but scored victories over Italy, Denmark, and finally France in order to qualify for this show and the Final Four!  A prediction, Coach?

COACH
I gotta go with the Canadians, Cole, I just think they're too good to be surprised by this Jamaican team.  The clock will strike midnight tonight!

COLE
With that, let's go to our announcers for the World Cup matches, Tony Schiavone and Jesse "the Body" Ventura!

*Camera pans over to the next table to Tony and Jesse.*

TONY
OK, thank you Michael, and Coach, we're set for some great tag team action, Jess!

JESSE
Absolutely, both these teams have very similar styles, you've got a high-flyer and a power wrestler on each side!  I give the edge to the Canadians, I think they have more wrestling ability, and Ken Pantera is just too powerful, even for Reggie, the power man of the Jamaicans!

TONY
The waiting is over, let's go up to Michael Buffer for the introductions!

[i]Master Blaster (Jammin')[/i] hits, and the Jamaicans are greeted warmly by the Miami crowd.

BUFFER
[i]The following is a semifinal match in the Tag Team World Cup tournament!  It is scheduled for one fall, with a one-hour time limit.  Introducing the first team, they represent Jamaica, hailing from Montego Bay, at a combined weight of 479 pounds.  They won the European bracket, as the number 7 seed...introuducing first...DENNNNNNNNNNZZZZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSPENNNNNCCCCEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!![/i]

*Spencer gets a nice pop as he raises his arms in the air.*

[i]And his tag team partner...RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREGGIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
E LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAMMMONT!!!!![/i]

*Reggie waves to the crowd as he steps into the ring.*

Team Jamaica poses on the buckles, then loosens up as [i]Tom Sawyer[/i] plays and the Canadians come through the curtains, getting a noticeably mixed reaction.

BUFFER
[i]Their opponents...at a total combined weight of 485 pounds, they are the number 1 ranked team in this entire tournament!  First, hailing from Thunder Bay, Ontario..."AFTER HOURS" FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFELIIIIIIIIIIIXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
RR!!!!![/i]

*Strutter holds his hands up in the air, then climbs into the ring.*

[i]And his tag team partner, hailing from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...KENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNTERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!![/i]

Pantera climbs in and stretches on the ropes as Strutter poses on the buckles.  Strutter hops down, and he and Pantera meet the Jamaicans in mid-ring.  The teams exchange handshakes, then go back to their corners.  Pantera and Reggie step out, leaving Denzel in the ring with Strutter.

*DING DING DING*

Denzel and Strutter circle the ring, and tie up.  Strutter quickly takes Denzel across the ring with an armdrag, and Denzel sizes him up briefly from the mat before going in again.  Strutter ducks in and delivers a knee to the gut, then backs Denzel into a corner and fires off right hands.  Strutter brings Denzel out, and delivers a snap suplex!

TONY
And the Canadians with the advantage early...

JESSE
He's making a mistake right now, though!

Strutter goes up to the top rope, and is caught by Denzel, who tosses him down to the mat!

JESSE
Too early to attempt that kind of move!

Denzel whips Strutter into the ropes.  Strutter ducks a clothesline, but gets caught coming back with a monkey flip!  Denzel fires off rights, then whips Strutter in once again, catching him this time with a flying double chop!  Denzel then goes quickly to the top, and catches Strutter with a missile dropkick, sending him rolling to the outside!

TONY
And Denzel Spencer looking great so far!

Strutter walks around to his corner, and rolls back inside.  He confers with Pantera, then goes to meet Denzel again.  They tie up, and Strutter gets backed into the wrong corner, where a tag is made.

TONY
First tag of the match, and it's Reggie Lamont in for the Jamaicans!

Denzel and Reggie both wring an arm, then wring it back, then send Strutter to the mat with a double knife-edge!  Strutter backs into his corner, but decides to stay in once again.

JESSE
I'd be thinking about making a tag right now if I was Felix Strutter, he's taken some tremendous punishment already!

Reggie and Strutter tie up, and Strutter grabs a side headlock.  Reggie pushes him off into the ropes, and shoulderchecks him to the mat.  Reggie then backs into the ropes, as Strutter flips over and Reggie hops over.  Strutter tries to catch Reggie with a slam, but Reggie slips behind the back, and catches Strutter with a BIG axe kick!

TONY
And a great kick by Strutter sends him to the mat once again!

Strutter holds his jaw in his corner, and finally reaches up and tags in Pantera.

JESSE
And now the power man of the team, Ken Pantera!  Let's see the Jamaicans handle this guy like that!

Pantera slowly steps through the ropes and sizes up Reggie.  They circle the ring, and tie up.  Pantera pushes Reggie off into the ropes, then does the "most muscular" pose.

JESSE
Haha!

TONY
And Reggie himself goes in at over 250 pounds!

Reggie moves in, and ties up once again.  Pantera easily backs him into a corner, and starts firing off forearm blows to the chest.  The lack of a clean break draws some boos from fans, as Pantera backs out, then charges, but finds nobody home!  Pantera turns around and is sent to the mat by a bicycle kick from Reggie!  

TONY
Another nice kick by Reggie, that's one of the staples of the Jamaican team, those educated feet!

Pantera slowly gets to his feet in a neutral corner, then comes out for a tieup.  Pantera goes behind, and takes Reggie up in the air and down to the mat with a waistlock.  He then releases and hooks Reggie's arm behind him.  Reggie gets to his feet, then goes behind and grabs Pantera's arm.  Pantera reverses and takes him down with a drop toehold, then tries to go to a side headlock, but Reggie dodges it and grabs the arm once again.  Pantera gets to his feet, then reaches back and goes to the eyes, and tags out to Strutter.

JESSE
Haha, there we go!

TONY
Fans not liking that move, but it got him out of the hold!

Strutter is immediately caught in an armdrag by Reggie!  Reggie stands on his feet and bars the arm, then Strutter gets to his own feet.  Reggie changes to a wristlock, which allows Strutter to run to the corner, jump to the top, and jump down, taking Reggie across the ring!  Strutter grabs Reggie and whips him into the ropes, but Reggie ducks a clothesline and catches Strutter with a high knee!  Reggie backs Strutter into the ropes, where Pantera blind tags himself in.  Strutter reverses an Irish whip, and Reggie hops over him, but runs right into a bearhug from Pantera!

JESSE
Nice teamwork that time by the Canadians!

Pantera carries Reggie into a corner and hammers away, then moves out of the way as Strutter charges, but finds no one home!  Strutter staggers out beside Pantera, and Denzel flies into the ring with a bodypress!

TONY
Out of nowhere, it's Denzel with a flying bodypress!

JESSE
Was there a tag made?

TONY
Obviously not, as Reggie was in an opposite corner of the ring, but the referee now telling Denzel to clear the ring...

And as he does, Reggie catches Strutter in a reverse sunset flip, but Strutter pushes him off right into a BIG clothesline from Pantera!

JESSE
Wow, and Pantera nearly decapitating Reggie Lamont with that clothesline!

Pantera steps out, and Strutter springs to the second rope, and comes off with a moonsault!

JESSE
Where's the referee?

The referee comes around...

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Kickout!

Strutter picks up Reggie, and wrings his arm, then sticks his head underneath, and executes a Northern Lights suplex!

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Kickout!

Strutter tags in Pantera, who picks up Reggie over his shoulder, then drops down for a backbreaker!  Pantera then rolls Reggie over to the Canadian corner, and tags Strutter right back in.  Strutter springs in with a guillotine legdrop!  Cover...

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Kickout!

JESSE
And the Canadian team going for quick covers!  Smart on their part!

Strutter plants Reggie with a double-arm DDT, then tags Pantera once again.  Pantera sets up a suplex, but Reggie goes for a small package!

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Kickout!

Pantera quickly hammers on Reggie, then executes a trapped-arm belly-to-belly!  Cover...

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Shoulder up!

Strutter is tagged back in, and backs Reggie into a corner.  Strutter delivers three right hands...then Reggie turns him around and fires off rights, sending Strutter down in the corner!

TONY
What a rush of adrenaline for Reggie right there!

JESSE
He should tag, though!

Pantera clotheslines Reggie from the apron, which draws BIG boos from the crowd.

TONY
And the crowd not happy with the tactics of the Canadian team!

JESSE
Hey, they're doing what they've got to do to win, Schiavone!

Pantera tags back in, and whips Reggie into a corner.  Pantera charges, but runs into a foot!  He staggers back, then Reggie delivers an axe kick, and quickly scoots over and tags Denzel!

TONY
And a tag made!

JESSE
Denzel's been waiting on that apron for a long time!

Denzel hammers away on Pantera, then whips him into the ropes and catches him with a flying cross chop!  Denzel then goes to the top rope, and flies off with a bodypress...but lands right in the arms of Pantera!

JESSE
Ooh, he got caught!

However, Reggie comes in and dropkicks Denzel in the back, sending him down on top of Pantera for the cover!

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NO!  Strutter saves!

Denzel pops up and hammers away on Strutter, while Reggie knocks Pantera to the floor!  Denzel then whips Strutter into a corner, before making a signal to the crowd.

TONY
I think it's time for the PAPPY-SHOW~!!!

Denzel whips Reggie towards Strutter, and Reggie executes an avalanche!  Denzel follows with a handspring elbow, then shoves him out into a bicycle kick from Reggie!  Cover...

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NO!!!  Shoulder up!

As Pantera slowly slides into the ring, Denzel goes to the top, as Reggie lifts Strutter up on his shoulders!

JESSE
They're setting it up!

TONY
Here comes the JAMAICAN BOBSLED...

However, Pantera once again intercepts Denzel's jump, catching him, and tossing him right over the top to the floor!  Strutter swings around and counters Reggie into a DDT!  Pantera picks up Reggie, and lifts him for a powerbomb, while Strutter grabs the head...PENALTY BOX~!!!111

TONY
And there's the penalty box!  Will it be enough?

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3!!!

TONY
Yes it will!

*DING DING DING*

JESSE
The clock strikes midnight for the Jamaicans!  The Canadians are heading to the finals!

The crowd boos as the referee raises the hands of the Canadians.

BUFFER
[i]The winners of the match, advancing to the final match...TEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAMMMMMMMMMM CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNADAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!![/i]

Strutter hops out of the ring to help Denzel to his feet, as Pantera shakes the hand of Reggie in the ring.  Pantera then hops to the floor and pats Denzel on the back before shaking his hand, then the Canadians walk to the back.  Reggie reaches through the ropes to shake Strutter's hand as Denzel rolls back into the ring.  The crowd gives a standing ovation to the defeated Jamaican team.

TONY
And a great show of respect from this Miami crowd for the Jamaicans!

JESSE
A valiant effort, but they'll be watching the finals from the locker room.  The Canadians advance!

TONY
And of course, it'll be Team Heyross, representing the United States, taking on the Lithuanians to determine the Canadians' opposition in the finals later tonight!  Right now, let's go back to Josh Matthews!

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