Laurel Anne Hardy & Evangelista vs. Jason Richards & Sylar Drake
Laurel Anne Hardy and Sylar Drake start off as they trade waist-locks and Evangelista blind tags herself in; we get our first unique offense from Hardy and Evangelista in the form of a double leapfrog into Evangelista hip-tossing Hardy into a hurracanrana on Drake. Drake has the wherewithal to force Evangelista into the corner and tag in Jason Richards. Jason pounds Evangelista down but she slides through his legs and drops him with a Frankensteiner. Hardy tags back in and Richards is caught with a pair of kicks to the front and back of the head. Richards counters a Octopus Stretch attempt grabbing the ropes and forcing the break. From there Richards pulls himself onto the ring apron and then to the floor where he tries to shake out the cobwebs.
Drake joins him on the floor where Hardy fakes them out with a Asai moonsault attempt but she just leaps onto the ropes allowing Evangelista to wipe out Richards with a topé, UNDER Laurel’s legs. Fantastic. Drake turns right into a boot off the apron. Back in the ring, Hardy hits a low dropkick and pounds on Richards; she blind charges in the corner but meets a pair of boots. Richards sits atop the second rope and tries to grasp Hardy from the apron but eats a pendulum enziguri. Hardy tries a Super Frankensteiner but Drake runs interference (taking a boot off the apron in the process) allowing Richards to hoist her up in a fireman’s carry and leap off the ropes dropping Hardy face first into the top turnbuckle… which only manages a two somehow. Damn that Laurel is one tough chick!
Drake drops elbows to Hardy’s neck. They work a little tandem as Sylar trips Hardy from the floor and Richards hits a running boot. Richards with a hangman under the ropes and applies a chinlock. Drake uses a classic tag team move drawing Evangelista into the ring so Richards can add some choking behind the referee’s back. From there Richards gets into the ring and hits a Roaring Elbow on Laurel in the corner, followed by a Yakuza Kick from Drake. Hardy drops to a seated position and receives a Facewash from Richards and a Cannonball by Drake. The referee finally turns back around, just as Richards gets back out of the ring. Classic tag-team timing.
Drake tries that slide-out-of-the-ring trip manoeuvre again but Hardy jumps in the air to counter and tosses a charging Richards to the floor. Suddenly the tide turns as Evangelista just about gets the hot tag and takes Drake off his feet; she then avoids a backdrop and spin kicks Drake right in the face. Evangelista gets two off a spinout powerbomb. Drake comes back with a sit-out slam and gets two; he props Evangelista atop the ropes and says something to wind up Evangelista, who promptly SLAPS him and leaps off the ropes into a Pinay Legsweep (Tornado into side Russian legsweep); Richards breaks up the following pinfall. Hardy rushes in and takes a charging Richards over the top with a body scissors. A frustrated Drake then runs right into a running knee from Evangelista. Hardy tags as Evangelista hoists Drake up and nails the Headbreaker (urunage backbreaker but on the head), Hardy adds a Stronger Than Dirt (Corkscrew shooting star elbow drop) from the top rope and she gets the pinfall.
Your winners, The UK Dragons!
A great match, some amazing action from both of those teams. And just like I said before this one, how long before those GFC Tag-Team Championships come into play? Because I think we just witnessed the top two challengers here.