They lock up right away, struggle and release, eyes locked on one another! Another lock up, they work around the ropes, and Osborne takes him down and they grapple. Hanson with the hammerlock, and Osborne escapes. Lock up again, Osborne works the arm. Hanson escapes, they work counter holds, and a side headlock takeover by Hanson. Osborne counters out of that, and applies a side headlock. Hanson to his feet, off the ropes and a shoulder block by Hanson. A hip toss and arm drag follows. Hanson works the arm bar, to the corner they go, eye rake by Osborne. Rights follow, Hanson covers up as Osborne beats on him. Off the ropes and a knee buster by Hanson, neck breaker follows and a cover for 2.
Hanson then clothesline Osborne to the floor. He follows and rights to Osborne. Hanson slams Osborne to the barricade and more rights follow. Hanson breaks the count, and then Osborne slams him to the steel steps. After two hard bouts that one looked tough to take.
Back into the ring we go and Osborne kicks Hanson in the head. Chinlock applied by Osborne as he tries to keep the Peach State champion grounded. Hanson fights to his feet, elbows out, off the ropes and a back elbow by Osborne sends Hanson to the mat again. Mounted rights by Osborne, and he breaks due to the count from the referee. More rights from Osborne and Hanson crumbles to the mat. Elbows by Osborne to the head and face of Hanson. Hanson tries to cover up, but Osborne still continues his attack. This is brutal stuff, CJ really taking the fight to his opponent, I wasn’t expecting this.
Hanson tries to fight back with rights, off the ropes and a sleeper applied by Osborne. Osborne takes Hanson to the mat, and the referee checks the arm of Hanson. Hanson fights out to his feet, elbows out and then gets the belly to back suplex. BOTH men are down. Crowd are screaming at them. Osborne gets to his feet first, they trade rights, off the ropes and a clothesline by Hanson. Another and a third. Osborne fires back, lung blower and then a back stabber by Hanson gets 2. Rights by Hanson, but an overhead belly to belly by Osborne gets 2.
Osborne looks for a German, Hanson counters, off the ropes and a roll through and figure four by Osborne. Hanson escapes, rolls to the apron and gets back to his feet in safety. Boot by Hanson, lariat ducked and a GERMAN by Osborne! Holds on and lands another. Rolls again and then lands the third and Osborne covers for 2. Cashout countered and Hanson nails a gutwrench suplex. That gets 2 for Hanson. Hanson to the apron, up top now and Osborne runs up and almost slips, but then gets the HUGE belly to belly off the top. Osborne covers for 2.
CJ is looking more determined than ever, Suplex countered by Hanson and a superkick by Hanson countered into an ankle lock, transitioning to a Figure Four once more. Hanson looks to tap, tries to fight, but then escapes. Osborne misses a charge and hits the steel post, both men to the apron. How are they still going like this in their third match of the night!?
Hanson grabs Osborne and gets a reverse DDT on the apron. Osborne falls to the floor as does Hanson. Hanson works his way back into the ring, rolling in Osborne as well. Hanson sets in the corner, looks for the pump kick, Osborne dodges. Osborne swings with a big lariat, Hanson grabs the arm, takes him down into the DON’T HOLD BACK!! CJ fights, but it’s too much and eventually he taps out!
Your winner of the 2012 GFC Invitational Tournament, Ben Hanson!
What a great end to a great show here in Stoke-on-Trent! A big night for FRONTIER, although you could argue that it was two non-FRONTIER men in Hanson and Lasiewicz that stole the show here tonight. That semi-final match and then the final were two fantastic matches! Ben Hanson gets himself a future GFC World Championship match, could he go on and carry THREE championships from three different companies?