Asomugha out first, with Kristoff Sterling by his side. Auslander accompanied Nana Moto too and ended up stood chatting to Sterling. Not sure what to make of that, they actually looked pretty friendly!
Next out was Rock ‘n Roll God, to be referred to as RnRG for the remainder of this report! And then came Chris Jacobs, to a good reception. Jacobs and the Young Lions have been making a name for themselves recently in High Octane Wrestling and Peach State Wrestling, the fans have obviously been paying attention to his career. And, truth be told, he looked excited to be here in Oxford.
Nana and RnRG began the match, going into a test of strength. They battled for position, RnRG took Nana down but she kips back up, to the shoulders of RnRG. Great agility shown early on. She played the crowd but took an arm drag from RnRG. A head scissors by Nana, then a series of arm drags which are stopped by a clothesline from RnRG.
Asomugha and Jacobs tagged themselves in, they traded boots and chops, off the ropes, Asomugha pressed his opponent up but Jacobs got a nice dropkick. Great fan reaction too. Forearms by Jacobs, an Irish whip, Jacobs charged in but got caught by a lariat that almost takes him out of his boots. He gets up to take some chops by Asomugha, a whip and running chop connected. Another running lariat by Asomugha got a two count.
More big chops by Asomugha, into a sleeper. RnRG and Nana both came in to break that up. They bounced off the ropes and Asomugha levelled them both with a shoulder block. Asomugha clears them from the ring with lariats, Jacobs is back up and misses a dropkick, but he completely back flips to his feet in the process. Tremendous.
RnRG back in off of the tag, works over Asomugha, tries the Rock ‘n Roll History, countered but RnRG grabbed the big mans legs and trips him up, locking in the Sharpshooter in the process. Running uppercut connects for 2 as Jacobs breaks it up.
Nana tags herself in…huge top rope lariat to RnRG. Cobra stretch countered, but she then rolls through and gets it! RnRG to his feet, and gets a face first side slam. Another uppercut and a cover for two. Asomugha and Jacobs brawl to the floor, Nana and RnRG battle, a whip and Nana head butts RnRG on a cross body try. Jacobs back in the ring, grabs up Nana but his powerbomb is countered into a Hurricanrana! She then nails both men with a Panic Attack! Definitely a shot at Chris Jacobs there, that’s one of his moves! He won’t like that!
Asomugha came back in with a lariat on Nana Moto that turned her inside out. RnRG charged in and nailed Asomugha with the Red, White & Blue Kick! Jacobs grabbed RnRG and pulled off the East Coast Driver! Asomugha back up grabs Jacobs and nails the Nsukka Nightmare! As Asomugha stands back up Nana Moto leaps off the ropes and takes the big man down with the Iconoclasm before collapsing to the canvas herself!
Outstanding series of moves from all four competitors, the crowed were eating this up. “This is Awesome” chants echoed around The Regal. These four really giving a great show for the Oxford fans. When the DVD of this show comes out, make sure you watch this match!
It took a while for anyone to stir but eventually Nana Moto did and got back to her feet. Kristoff Sterling jumped up onto the ring apron to distract Ed Watling and while the two were arguing Asomugha sat up, grabbed Nana and punched her hard in the face with a closed fist. Moto went down hard holding her face and Asomugha went for a pin.
Auslander pulled Sterling off the ring apron and clotheslined him to the floor. Sterling got up quickly and ran off, Auslander giving chase. That was until he noticed that Watling was starting to count the pin attempt. Auslander slid in and broke up the pinfall.
Watling was irate and ordered Auslander to leave the ring. Sterling found this highly amusing, until he too was forced to leave ringside! The crowd chanted goodbye to Auslander and Sterling as they made their way to the back, arguing all the way. Whatever happened to the peaceful conversation these two were having before the match?
The interruption allowed time for the other wrestlers to regain their breath and get back to their feet. Asomugha and Nana were arguing with each other… well more AT each other. I’m not sure they were speaking the same language. This allowed RnRG and Chris Jacobs time to sneak up on the pair. Had snuck out to the ring apron and springboards in, taking Asomugha down with the KTFO (not to be confused with the KTFO~! of Kevin Hardaway) while RnRG went for the Rock ‘n Roll History but Nana managed to block the move, pushing her attacker away and nailing a superkick!
Nana and Jacobs then hooked up, trading kicks and chops until Jacobs whips Nana into the corner. He nails a running knee strike into the corner, with a big smile on his face as he does it. Sending a message back to Nana Moto who used the same move on him earlier in the match. Jacobs grabs Moto by the head, stands her up and nails the East Coast Driver for the pin! Asomugha tried to break it up but was just too slow!
Your winner, Chris Jacobs!
Jacobs comes through this tough match, and while Asomugha has a career first loss under his belt, he can still rightly claim he wasn’t the one who was pinned.