This match is an over the top rope elimination match, once both feet hit the floor you are OUT. We start with four men, with one more contestant coming down every sixty seconds. Once we get down to the last 2 the focus switches and pinfalls and submissions come into play. I like to think that this makes this match something special.
So which poor souls were unlucky enough to draw the first four spots in this match? First up was CJ Osborne, which is doubly unlucky for a man who’s already had a match here in Croydon! Second was former MWA star Travis Eagle, Reborn Wrestling’s Troy Gafgen is three and the fourth and final starter was FRONTIER’s Christopher Moore.
Entrant #1: CJ Osborne
Entrant #2: Travis Eagle
Entrant #3: Troy Gafgen
Entrant #4: Christopher Moore
Needless to say all hell broke loose when the bell sounded for the match to start. The four men brawled all over the ring until Gafgen began to take control, almost eliminating Travis Eagle by tossing him over the rope, but Eagle held on and slides back in under the bottom rope. CJ Osborne does the exact same thing with Moore, who almost falls off the ring apron before sliding back in. Before we know it the first sixty seconds is up and it’s time for entrant number five…
Entrant #5: Chandler Scott
The FGA man, who says he’s not here on FGA duty, clotheslines Osborne, and then Moore. He boots Gafgen, suplexing him hard. Travis Eagle charges him, Scott dodges and connects with a dropkick that sends Eagle over the top rope!
Travis Eagle has been eliminated! (total time – 2:17)
And it’s the Harvard Connection man who takes first blood in this one as he eliminates Eagle. He turns his attentions to Christopher Moore while CJ Osborne and Troy Gafgen are locked up in the corner. Osborne tries to DDT Gafgen, but Troy blocks the move and reverses it into a Northern Lights Suplex!
Entrant #6: Angelica Jones
And with that, GDW’s Angelica Jones enters the fray. She’s wise enough to sit back and watch the action as the other four men are battling between themselves. CJ Osborne is fighting back against Gafgen, he has him against the ropes and is trying to lift him over the top. Gafgen connects with elbows, keeping himself in the match. Osborne pulls Gafgen off the ropes and takes him down with a short-arm clothesline. Osborne then pulls him up, hoists him into the air and drops him over the top rope!
Troy Gafgen has been eliminated! (total time – 4:00)
Entrant #7: Kenta Yamashita
And just as Gafgen leaves, Yamashita arrives! And Angelica Jones finally gets herself involved in the match as she attacks Kenta, while CJ gets involved with Chandler Scott and Christopher Moore. The three trade blows and Moore falls against the ropes. CJ connects with a clothesline on Scott, who pops right back up and tries to clothesline CJ… but CJ ducks… and Chandler Scott connects on Christopher Moore instead, sending him over the top!
Christopher Moore has been eliminated! (total time – 4:29)
Scott shrugs, CJ grabs him from behind and tries to toss him over too, but Scott holds on and climbs back into the ring.
Entrant #8: Ryan Tyler
Another former MWA star in now, and Tyler helps out Kenta Yamashita as they try to push Angelica Jones over the top, but she’s got her legs wrapped around the ropes in the corner and isn’t going anywhere. Scott and Osborne are trading blows, both beginning to tire slightly and taking their time between swings. CJ connects with a European Uppercut, Chandler strikes back with a dropkick to the knee.
Entrant #9: Alex Jones
Massive cheer as the former GFC Champion enters the fray. I say former, he considers himself to be the rightful Champion after that non-title win over Gabe Gambino two weeks ago. Jones heads straight to the corner where Yamashita and Tyler are battling his namesake, Angelica Jones. AJ grabs Tyler, boot to the gut, TIME TO BURN (Shellshock)!! He’s fired up still from his earlier win and quickly tosses Ryan out of the match!
Ryan Tyler has been eliminated! (total time – 1:21)
Alex turns his attentions to Yamashita as he helps Angelica Jones try to get him over the top rope, but the big Japanese star is holding firm with an arm over the rope. CJ Osborne and Chandler Scott are still brawling on the other side of the ring and after a moment Alex Jones ditches helping Angelica Jones to go attack Chandler Scott instead.
Entrant #10: August Joyce
And “The People’s Choice” August Joyce makes a surprise return to Pro-Wrestling FRONTIER! And the first thing he does is attack Angelica Jones, helping his old buddy Kenta Yamashita. The two double-suplex Jones, although she strikes back with a dropkick on both men. On the other side of the ring Alex Jones has the upper hand over Chandler Scott, while CJ Osborne is taking the opportunity to catch a breather.
Entrant #11: Jay Pride
Great reaction for Jay Pride, who heads straight for CJ Osborne and clotheslines him over the top, but CJ hangs on and rolls back in. Scott has regained advantage over Alex Jones with a big lariat and a DDT while Angelica Jones has Kenta Yamashita in a dangerous position, half over the ropes! Jay Pride spots this and goes to help, having a bone to pick with Yamashita’s behaviour earlier in the evening. Pride actually pulls Jones away from Kenta and pushes her to the ground. He pulls Kenta back into the ring! And slaps him as hard as he can! Pride then connects with a spinning side kick that sends Yamashita over the top!
Kenta Yamashita has been eliminated! (total time – 4:58)
Entrant #12: Jason Talbot
Talbot enters the fray alongside Chandler Scott, Alex Jones, Angelica Jones, CJ Osborne, Jay Pride and August Joyce. All of them stop for a second and look around, like they realise they’re not getting anywhere in their respective mini-battles and decide to switch things up a little. Joyce and Talbot hook up while Jones battles Jones. Chandler gets attacked by Jay Pride and once again CJ Osborne manages to catch his breath. Considering his earlier defeat at the hands of Alex Jones that’s not bad strategy if he wants to last in this one.
Entrant #13: Madman Szalinski
Now this is interesting, a man competing for free and waiving his right to any prize… should he win here tonight. What makes a man do that? Szalinski heads straight for his old pal Jason Talbot and helps him out with August Joyce, although even together they can’t get the Canadian star over the ropes. Alex Jones and Angelica Jones are brawling still, CJ Osborne spotting an opportunity to send them both over the top… but both hang on and get to their feet on the ring apron. Osborne tries to dropkick them both off, but again they hang on. Jay Pride takes down Chandler Scott with a side suplex and puts some boots in as he tries to wear him down a little.
Entrant #14: Adam Stryker
Next in is Stryker, from PWX and hailed as a Loose Cannon. In fact before the show Stryker told me he was considering taking more bookings with FRONTIER, so we may well see more of him after tonight. His first action tonight was to go straight for Chandler Scott and Jay Pride, taking both down with clotheslines and dropkicks. August Joyce looks in trouble as Szalinski and Talbot have him on the ring apron. The two old friends talk to each other, as if deciding who should eliminate him!
Entrant #15: Tim Worthington
Massive cheer for the MWA Hall of Famer and British legend, not to mention tag-team partner of August Joyce! He runs to help his friend, but it’s too late as a big elbow from Madman sends Joyce crashing out.
August Joyce has been eliminated (total time – 5:03)
Szalinski appears to say “I’ll take this one too” to Talbot as Worthington slides in and charges him. Madman grabs Worthington and uses his momentum to send him flying out of the ring on the other side!
Tim Worthington has been eliminated (total time – 0:03)
Unbelievably quick elimination from Madman Szalinski, his second of the night! Meanwhile Stryker is now getting a beat down from Chandler Scott and Jay Pride, despite having the two men rocked for a moment. And CJ is now helping Alex Jones against Angelica Jones? My how quickly allegiances change in these types of match! Szalinski and Talbot weigh in on the Jones/Jones/Osborne battle and turn allegiances again. Now we have CJ and Talbot battling Jones & Jones, while Madman seems to orchestrate it all!
Entrant #16: Lito Kruz
The blue-haired bastard of the MWA has arrived in FRONTIER! Suddenly Talbot and Osborne break away from the Jones’, leaving them to battle Szalinski, as they cut off Lito. Kruz takes a pounding from his former colleagues, but soon strikes back with big right hands and atomic drops. Kruz is stopped in his tracks by Chandler Scott, flying off the ropes with a massive lariat. And once again all hell breaks loose in a massive brawl.
Entrant #17: Laurel Anne Hardy
Hardy jogs to the ring, looking a little tired after having flown back from an FGA show just hours ago. But there was no way she was missing this opportunity, which is her official FRONTIER in-ring debut to boot. She leaps over the ropes… or off them to be more precise… as she takes out a crowd of people with a springboard crossbody! She celebrates with the fans while the other stars are getting back to their feet. She uses her speed and small frame to evade attacks from various people, connecting with dropkicks on the butt of Chandler Scott and the knee of CJ Osborne. No-one seems to be able to catch her!
Entrant #18: Evangelista
And to make matters worse for everyone else, here comes Laurel’s tag-team partner! She slides into the ring and high-fives Laurel, as well as Jay Pride. The three stand tall together, as everyone else looks at them. They all realise that these three friends and team-mates represent one hell of a threat. If they work well together they could dominate this match… unless everyone else gangs up on them that is. And that’s exactly what six of the other eight people in the match do, they all go for Pride, Leanne and Laurel. The two that don’t? That’ll be Jason Talbot who catches Lito Kruz by surprise with a big elbow… and a Superkick that sends him flying out!
Lito Kruz has been eliminated! (total time – 2:48)
Talbot now joins in the mass brawl, but Pride, Evangelista and Hardy work well together and seem to be holding their own. That is until an AJ-Guri takes out Evangelista!
Evangelista has been eliminated! (total time – 1:00)
Entrant #19: Jimmy Riley
Well a significantly jetlagged Evangelista will still feel disappointed with that one, but so many people were going for her that it was almost inevitable. And now we throw Jimmy Riley from EXODUS into the mix! Jay Pride and Laurel Anne Hardy are still fighting together, backs to the ropes and fending off the advances of Alex Jones, Chandler Scott and Adam Stryker. Riley manages to slide in behind Hardy, un-noticed, and simply tosses her out of the ring!
Laurel Anne Hardy has been eliminated! (total time – 2:10)
Another mass brawl ensues as Scott, Talbot, Osborne and co welcome Riley to the match. Stryker turns his attentions to CJ Osborne, who is pulled away from the crowd and beaten into a corner. Osborne gets a boot up as Stryker charges, and follows up with a charging knee. But Stryker fights back with a shot to the gut and he manages to get CJ up onto the ropes in the corner, with the former GFC Champion laying prone on the turnbuckle. Stryker steps back before charging in and dropkicking Osborne, sending him crashing to the ring apron… where he holds on! But a baseball slide from Stryker seals his fate!
CJ Osborne has been eliminated! (total time – 16:42)
An impressive run comes to an end as our number one entrant is out.
Meanwhile Madman Szalinski has backed Angelica Jones into the corner and yells “READY!” He takes a step or two back and gets down in a three-point stance, yelling out “DOWN!” He rushes in, and starts firing off rapid fire elbow strikes, each time going out “HUT! HUT! HUT! HUT!” The crowd joining in. Jason Talbot spots an opportunity to eliminate his old friend, charging in with a lariat, but Szalinski ducks it pulls down the top rope, Talbot slips over the top and to the floor!
Jason Talbot has been eliminated! (total time – 7:51)
Madman shrugs as he looks down at Talbot, who is shaking his head.
Entrant #20: Pat Gordon Jnr.
And the final entrant is the FGA’s Pat Gordon Jnr, the man who supposedly was supposed to sign with us… that decision causing the whole FRONTIER vs. FGA war that happened at the tail end of 2012. But, he’s here now and looking for a shot at Gambino… just like the other seven people left in this match!
As Gordon begins to trade blows with Angelica Jones, Adam Stryker has been attacked by Alex Jones in the far corner. Stryker fights back, booting Jones in the midsection and taking him down with a gutwrench powerbomb! But Jones nips back up into a huricanranna, and Stryker stumbles over the top!
Adam Stryker has been eliminated! (total time – 7:16)
Great comeback from Alex Jones, what a move. Alex namesake, Angelica, is embroiled in a bitter trade of blows with Jimmy Riley while Pat Gordon Jr and Jay Pride are tearing it up on the other side of the ring. Angelica has Riley in the corner, stepping back and preparing to charge. But she steps back into a clothesline to the back of the head from Chandler Scott! Scott picks her up and throws her over the top rope!
Angelica Jones has been eliminated! (total time – 16:53)
GDW’s Angelica Jones caught by surprise there, and that ends the second longest time in this match… ironically the only person who’s been in there longer than Angelica is Chandler Scott himself!
Riley is still in the corner and Pat Gordon spots an opportunity. He leaves Jay Pride tied up in the ropes to go beat up on Jimmy Riley, hoping to eliminate him. They brawl for a while and Gordon whips Riley into the ropes, but Riley charges back with a lariat! Riley pulls Gordon up, connects with some big punches and kicks to the mid-section, pushing the Southie Scrapper back into the ropes. He steps back and charges with a clothesline, sending Pat over the top rope. But Riley goes over too…. But he doesnsn’t grab the rope like Gordon did!
Jimmy Riley has been eliminated! (total time – 4:29)
That’s experience for you, Pat Gordon saves himself there. But before he can haul himself back into the ring he’s met by a charging shoulder from Jay Pride through the ropes! Gordon lets the rope slip from his grasp and he falls to the floor, as does Pride. Although as Pride went between the middle and top ropes he’s not eliminated!
Pat Gordon Jnr. has been eliminated! (total time – 6:47)
And we’re down to the final four! It’s FRONTIER’s Jay Pride and Alex Jones as well as the visitors of Chandler Scott and Madman Szalinski, who have been trading blows for the past few minutes. And all that time Alex Jones has been regaining his breath.
Szalinski stops Chandler before he hits him with a right hook, pointing out that it’s two FRONTIER guys and two non-FRONTIER guys. Scott nods and turns to stand by Szalinski’s side. Pride slides back into the ring and he does the same with Alex Jones. The four men stand opposite each other and bark insults at one another for a few seconds.
And then Jones hits Pride with a backhand and tries for the AJ-guri, but Pride ducks. Pride nails a big elbow to Jones, lifts him up into the Canadian rack and then tosses him over the top, sticking a knee through the ropes for Jones to fall onto… that’s the “Before a Fall”.
Alex Jones has been eliminated! (total time – 15:27)
While Jones is still falling Madman Szalinski runs up behind Pride and pushes him over the top!
Jay Pride has been eliminated! (total time – 14:02)
And all of a sudden FRONTIER has no-one left in this match! It comes down to the CWF star Madman Szalinski and FGA’s Chandler Scott. The two stare at each other for a good long minute, circling each other. Jenni Starr gets on the microphone to remind us all that as we’re down to the final two men it’s pinfalls and submissions that will now ultimately end this contest.
Chandler charges first, getting a knee up into the gut of Madman. Textbook dropkick sends his opponent down and he’s quick to follow up with a jumping elbow drop, but only gets a two from the resultant pin attempt. He pulls Szalinski to his feet… Harvard Hammer (Polish Hammer)? No, Madman avoids it and scoops up Scott in the process… Scoopstone (Scoop slam into Tombstone)? No Chandler slides out of the scoop and grabs Szalinski from behind. Pumphandle Drop!
Scott sits Madman up on the turnbuckle, looking for some kind of superplex maybe? Szalinski fights him off, headbutting him down to the canvas. Madman stands up, on the top rope… X-BUSTER (Shooting Star Senton)!!! He lands hard on Scott… looks like he landed head first? Either way it was one hell of a collision… and he covers…
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Your winner, Madman Szalinksi!
What a finish to that amazing match! Szalinski wins it having been in there for 17 mins and 25 seconds, while runner-up Chandler Scott was in there for a mammoth 25:25, the longest time tonight! Fantastic final few minutes there, after a hell of a battle to get to that stage!