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(CUT TO: Billy Buckley, sitting behind a studio desk, with a video screen behind him that has a split down the middle of the screen-- on one side is MIKE RANDALLS, his cold eyes staring at the audience. On the other is TSUNAMI-- mask on, eyes in the back of his skull, choking himself.)
BILLY: Folks, at Anniversary, we saw many matches that rank as some of the all-time greats here in the CSWA. Shane Southern versus Dan Ryan. Mark Windham and Eli Flair in a brutal, I Quit match that shoked us all. Tom Adler versus Hornet. And a technical matchup not seen in years between Mike Randalls and Evan Aho, that ended with Mike Randalls having his hand raised-- much like it has for his DECADE long reign here in the CSWA.
But after that match, an old foe of his once again appeared here in the CSWA... The Posterboy of Hardcore, TSUNAMI, a former World Tag Team champion on several occasions and, at one time, the youngest AND smallest Unified Champion. Many of us longtime fans remember 1995 and we remember a match between Tsunami and Randalls.
(CUT TO: A younger, less-scarred Mike Randalls walking towards a ring in dated film footage. Randalls' hair drops over his eyes and as he flicks his hair over his face, fireworks go off. CUT TO: Randalls in the ring against HEAT, dropping the bigman on his neck with a Full-nelson German Suplex and then hooking in The Devastator as HEAT taps. CUT TO: Mike Randalls holding the EN World Title over his head as pyro explodes.)
BUCKLEY: In 1995, Mike Randalls JUST entered the prime of his career-- a career that would see him perhaps eclipse the legacy of anyone we had EVER seen grace our prestigious squared circle. Mike Randalls had recently won the EN World Title, then regarded on the circut as perhaps the most sought after title in the industry. And Mike Randalls, in the beginning of 1995, stood as arguably the greatest wrestler on the planet.
(CUT TO: Tsunami, in an all-black karate gei w/ matching mask, standing in the aisleway with 'HARDCORE' Jimmy V behind him, pointing menacingly with his cell phone. CUT TO: Tsunami in the ring with MIKE ROITER, delvering a series of savate and spin kicks that cause the big man to backpedal then fall to the floor between the second and third ropes. Tsunami then quickly bounces off the far ropes, does a back handspring, and then backflips over the top rope, spinning into a Senton Splash on the dazed Roiter attempting to get to his feet. CUT TO: Jimmy V pounding Roiter, laid out on a table in the ring as Tsunami climbs the far ropes. Tsunami then moonsaults off the top, onto Roiter and through the table as the crowd goes ballistic.)
BUCKLEY: And in 1995, a rookie was starting to take the sport by storm. Tsunami, a 19-year-old trained in the dojos of Japan, had come to the CSWA with little fanfare. He soon exploded on the scene. The CSWA had seen aerialists before, and they had seen violent wrestlers before, but they had NEVER seen anyone like Tsunami-- who could attack an opponent in ways never dreamed of before. Labeled 'The Posterboy of the Hardcore Generation' by his manager Jimmy V., Tsunami became known for his unique ability to SHOCK audiences and opponents alike.
He eneterd 1995 as a wrestler on the rise. And he signed a match for the EN World Title against Mike Randalls. The match was not even the main event on that edition of CSWA SuperPrimetime, headlined by Bonecrusher taking on Mark Windham. But diehard fans were abuzz about the No DQ, No Countout match. But no one expected what we saw... a match that would change wrestling history forever.
(CUT TO: The early minutes of the match... as Tsunami gets whipped into the corner but comes out and meets Randalls with a quick knife-edged chop followed by a Japanese Armdrag, then a series of dropkicks that send Randalls sprawling to the floor. Tsunami then charges and dives through the top and middle rope, crashing onto Randalls, then gets up and slams Randalls head into the ring railing several times.)
BUCKLEY: Right away, no one had ever seen anything like it. Randalls was known for getting into the heads of his opponents, of attacking right away and never relenting. But Tsunami, despite giving up the size advantage, went on the attack first. And then he did one of his trademark high-risk dives, a tope that we had never seen before, and sent Randalls on the run.
(CUT TO: Tsunami hitting Randalls off the top rope with a dropkick, then leaping off the ring apron onto Randalls pinned against the barricade, then Tsunami sadistically beating Randalls' face against the barricade ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN times as Randalls bleeds the crimson mask.)
BUCKLEY: Under ten minutes, and we had already seen more moves in this match than what we were used to seeing in an hour long marathon. And Randalls, bleeding from his scalp. (CUT TO: Tsunami on the top, moonsaulting onto Randalls.) And we thought there was a major upset... but Randalls somehow survived.
(CUT TO: Randalls with the advantage, now hitting Tsunami with a textbook snap suplex followed by a knee drop and then it cuts into Randalls hooking THE DEVASTATOR in the middle of the ring.)
BUCKLEY: Randalls had Tsunami hooked... and then his manager hops onto the apron... and then we saw something we had NEVER seen before. (CUT TO: Randalls charging into Jimmy V., knocking him off the ring apron into the barricade but Tsunami gets up and dropkicks Randalls over the ropes onto the timekeepers table. Tsunami then leaps off and Randalls kicks up his knees. CUT TO: Randalls knocking Tsunami's skull into the barricade, then grabbing a wooden chair and breaking off a leg, jabbing it repeatedly into his face as Tsunami busts a gusher and starts bleeding all over, his mask ripped to shreds.)
(CUT TO: Randalls tossing Tsunami INTO the crowd that scatters, chair leg still in tow. Tsunami, scattering, knocks a fan out of the way and grabs his chair and hits Randalls in the ribs with it, then crowns him over the head as both men slump to the arena floor.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami trying to piledrive Randalls in Section A, but Randalls backdropping Tsunami-- whose back FOLDS over the ring barricade as he falls to the floor.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami, backpeddalling, hijacking a camera. The camera has a view of Randalls face then WHAM-- static. CUT TO: Another camera angle that shows the glass of the camera shattering over Randalls' face, the camera in a thousand pieces.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami standing over Randalls, but Randalls picking up a shard of glass and SLICING across Tsunami's chest, cutting him open dangerously near the heart, blood all over the place.)
(CUT TO: A close-up of Randalls hand, complete cut to shreds from the glass shards.)
(CUT TO: Randalls hitting a textbook Belly-to-Belly Suplex-- on the ring ramp, with glass shards lying underneath Tsunami. Jimmy V then gets up, staggered, and shoves Randalls. Randalls grabs V and piledrives him on the ring ramp.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami picking up some of the glass and throwing it in Randalls' eyes.)
(CUT TO: The bloody Tsunami, springboarding to the top rope and sommersaulting onto Randalls, now in the ring. Tsunami covers, Randalls kicks out.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami and Randalls exchanging roll-ups, until Randalls gets the advantage until Tsunami kicked out.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami hitting an Alabama Jam. CUT TO: Tsunami hitting a Shooting Star Press. CUT TO: Randalls kicking out as Tsunami screams in Japanese.)
(CUT TO: Both men clotheslining each other out on the mat. Jimmy V then limps, grabs the title belt and tosses it to Tsunami. CUT TO: Tsunami reaching for the title but Randalls leaping and catching him with a DDT. Tsunami goes 90 degrees perpendicular on the belt. CUT TO: Randalls pinning Tsunami.)
(CUT TO: Both men, bloody, unrecognizable messes, looking like aliens from another planet, laid out on the ring apron. Jimmy V stands over Tsunami. Medics rush to the ring. CUT TO: A male fan, in his 30's, mouth agape, as his child stands next to him, crying.)
BUCKLEY: In the CSWA's history before that match, there were classic, legendary matches. Hornet took on Wall in a 90 minute marathon that drew record ratings and introduced this promotion to a nationwide audience. Hornet and Mark Windham faced off for three times in three matches no one would ever forget. But that match, voted the 1995 Match of the Year, stands next to ANY of them. And the matches you see today, where men think of new ways to destroy each other, well... the ideas all come from this match. Folks... Tsunami and Mike Randalls are once again on a crash course. They reinvented this sport once before. The next time... they might do it again. (FTB)
BILLY: Folks, at Anniversary, we saw many matches that rank as some of the all-time greats here in the CSWA. Shane Southern versus Dan Ryan. Mark Windham and Eli Flair in a brutal, I Quit match that shoked us all. Tom Adler versus Hornet. And a technical matchup not seen in years between Mike Randalls and Evan Aho, that ended with Mike Randalls having his hand raised-- much like it has for his DECADE long reign here in the CSWA.
But after that match, an old foe of his once again appeared here in the CSWA... The Posterboy of Hardcore, TSUNAMI, a former World Tag Team champion on several occasions and, at one time, the youngest AND smallest Unified Champion. Many of us longtime fans remember 1995 and we remember a match between Tsunami and Randalls.
(CUT TO: A younger, less-scarred Mike Randalls walking towards a ring in dated film footage. Randalls' hair drops over his eyes and as he flicks his hair over his face, fireworks go off. CUT TO: Randalls in the ring against HEAT, dropping the bigman on his neck with a Full-nelson German Suplex and then hooking in The Devastator as HEAT taps. CUT TO: Mike Randalls holding the EN World Title over his head as pyro explodes.)
BUCKLEY: In 1995, Mike Randalls JUST entered the prime of his career-- a career that would see him perhaps eclipse the legacy of anyone we had EVER seen grace our prestigious squared circle. Mike Randalls had recently won the EN World Title, then regarded on the circut as perhaps the most sought after title in the industry. And Mike Randalls, in the beginning of 1995, stood as arguably the greatest wrestler on the planet.
(CUT TO: Tsunami, in an all-black karate gei w/ matching mask, standing in the aisleway with 'HARDCORE' Jimmy V behind him, pointing menacingly with his cell phone. CUT TO: Tsunami in the ring with MIKE ROITER, delvering a series of savate and spin kicks that cause the big man to backpedal then fall to the floor between the second and third ropes. Tsunami then quickly bounces off the far ropes, does a back handspring, and then backflips over the top rope, spinning into a Senton Splash on the dazed Roiter attempting to get to his feet. CUT TO: Jimmy V pounding Roiter, laid out on a table in the ring as Tsunami climbs the far ropes. Tsunami then moonsaults off the top, onto Roiter and through the table as the crowd goes ballistic.)
BUCKLEY: And in 1995, a rookie was starting to take the sport by storm. Tsunami, a 19-year-old trained in the dojos of Japan, had come to the CSWA with little fanfare. He soon exploded on the scene. The CSWA had seen aerialists before, and they had seen violent wrestlers before, but they had NEVER seen anyone like Tsunami-- who could attack an opponent in ways never dreamed of before. Labeled 'The Posterboy of the Hardcore Generation' by his manager Jimmy V., Tsunami became known for his unique ability to SHOCK audiences and opponents alike.
He eneterd 1995 as a wrestler on the rise. And he signed a match for the EN World Title against Mike Randalls. The match was not even the main event on that edition of CSWA SuperPrimetime, headlined by Bonecrusher taking on Mark Windham. But diehard fans were abuzz about the No DQ, No Countout match. But no one expected what we saw... a match that would change wrestling history forever.
(CUT TO: The early minutes of the match... as Tsunami gets whipped into the corner but comes out and meets Randalls with a quick knife-edged chop followed by a Japanese Armdrag, then a series of dropkicks that send Randalls sprawling to the floor. Tsunami then charges and dives through the top and middle rope, crashing onto Randalls, then gets up and slams Randalls head into the ring railing several times.)
BUCKLEY: Right away, no one had ever seen anything like it. Randalls was known for getting into the heads of his opponents, of attacking right away and never relenting. But Tsunami, despite giving up the size advantage, went on the attack first. And then he did one of his trademark high-risk dives, a tope that we had never seen before, and sent Randalls on the run.
(CUT TO: Tsunami hitting Randalls off the top rope with a dropkick, then leaping off the ring apron onto Randalls pinned against the barricade, then Tsunami sadistically beating Randalls' face against the barricade ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN times as Randalls bleeds the crimson mask.)
BUCKLEY: Under ten minutes, and we had already seen more moves in this match than what we were used to seeing in an hour long marathon. And Randalls, bleeding from his scalp. (CUT TO: Tsunami on the top, moonsaulting onto Randalls.) And we thought there was a major upset... but Randalls somehow survived.
(CUT TO: Randalls with the advantage, now hitting Tsunami with a textbook snap suplex followed by a knee drop and then it cuts into Randalls hooking THE DEVASTATOR in the middle of the ring.)
BUCKLEY: Randalls had Tsunami hooked... and then his manager hops onto the apron... and then we saw something we had NEVER seen before. (CUT TO: Randalls charging into Jimmy V., knocking him off the ring apron into the barricade but Tsunami gets up and dropkicks Randalls over the ropes onto the timekeepers table. Tsunami then leaps off and Randalls kicks up his knees. CUT TO: Randalls knocking Tsunami's skull into the barricade, then grabbing a wooden chair and breaking off a leg, jabbing it repeatedly into his face as Tsunami busts a gusher and starts bleeding all over, his mask ripped to shreds.)
(CUT TO: Randalls tossing Tsunami INTO the crowd that scatters, chair leg still in tow. Tsunami, scattering, knocks a fan out of the way and grabs his chair and hits Randalls in the ribs with it, then crowns him over the head as both men slump to the arena floor.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami trying to piledrive Randalls in Section A, but Randalls backdropping Tsunami-- whose back FOLDS over the ring barricade as he falls to the floor.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami, backpeddalling, hijacking a camera. The camera has a view of Randalls face then WHAM-- static. CUT TO: Another camera angle that shows the glass of the camera shattering over Randalls' face, the camera in a thousand pieces.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami standing over Randalls, but Randalls picking up a shard of glass and SLICING across Tsunami's chest, cutting him open dangerously near the heart, blood all over the place.)
(CUT TO: A close-up of Randalls hand, complete cut to shreds from the glass shards.)
(CUT TO: Randalls hitting a textbook Belly-to-Belly Suplex-- on the ring ramp, with glass shards lying underneath Tsunami. Jimmy V then gets up, staggered, and shoves Randalls. Randalls grabs V and piledrives him on the ring ramp.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami picking up some of the glass and throwing it in Randalls' eyes.)
(CUT TO: The bloody Tsunami, springboarding to the top rope and sommersaulting onto Randalls, now in the ring. Tsunami covers, Randalls kicks out.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami and Randalls exchanging roll-ups, until Randalls gets the advantage until Tsunami kicked out.)
(CUT TO: Tsunami hitting an Alabama Jam. CUT TO: Tsunami hitting a Shooting Star Press. CUT TO: Randalls kicking out as Tsunami screams in Japanese.)
(CUT TO: Both men clotheslining each other out on the mat. Jimmy V then limps, grabs the title belt and tosses it to Tsunami. CUT TO: Tsunami reaching for the title but Randalls leaping and catching him with a DDT. Tsunami goes 90 degrees perpendicular on the belt. CUT TO: Randalls pinning Tsunami.)
(CUT TO: Both men, bloody, unrecognizable messes, looking like aliens from another planet, laid out on the ring apron. Jimmy V stands over Tsunami. Medics rush to the ring. CUT TO: A male fan, in his 30's, mouth agape, as his child stands next to him, crying.)
BUCKLEY: In the CSWA's history before that match, there were classic, legendary matches. Hornet took on Wall in a 90 minute marathon that drew record ratings and introduced this promotion to a nationwide audience. Hornet and Mark Windham faced off for three times in three matches no one would ever forget. But that match, voted the 1995 Match of the Year, stands next to ANY of them. And the matches you see today, where men think of new ways to destroy each other, well... the ideas all come from this match. Folks... Tsunami and Mike Randalls are once again on a crash course. They reinvented this sport once before. The next time... they might do it again. (FTB)
