The sixth week of the Catch Grand Prix gets going as 16 Carat Gold winner Cara Noir takes on one half of the wXw tag team champions in Fast Time Moodo.
For the first half of the week, we’re joined at the Steffy by Anil Marik, who’s alongside Nico Schmidt and Dään Jokisch. They run through the standings as usual, before noting that today is Moodo’s final match of the tournament… and he’s got a heck of a challenge here. Last week’s draw for Cara Noir means he needs to win to keep his chances alive, but Moodo won’t want to go out on a loss. Anil picked the upset…
Moodo’s interview brings up Cara’s motivation, and says that he won’t roll over and let Cara get the win easy. You know, I heard that Cara Noir may have been familiar with black belts in a past life…
Catch Grand Prix 2020 – Block A: Cara Noir vs. Fast Time Moodo
Round 1: Moodo looks for the Black Belt kick out of the gate, but Noir ducks it as the pair instead bowed to each other. They try their luck out with kicks to the quad, but it’s Moodo who’s able to string some kicks together and force Cara to a knee. A head kick’s ducked as Noir took down Moodo with a knee and a chop for a two-count, before a snapmare and a kick to the back levelled Moodo for a two-count. Moodo retaliates with a crucifix pin, but they’re right by the ropes as a break was forced, as Noir looked to work the right wrist of Moodo as time ran out.
Round 2: Noir shoots for a takedown at the bell, and manages to get hold of Moodo’s left leg as he worked a toe hold. Grabbing the arm stops Moodo from getting away, but Noir instead goes down for a side headlock, which nearly turned into a pin as Moodo rolled him up. Noir clings on as Moodo tries to shoot him into the ropes, before an arm whip took Moodo to the mat… and created a new opening for the 16 Carat winner. Moodo manages to get free with a back fist, before some kicks were stopped with a headbutt from Noir… but he hurts himself more with that as Moodo came back in with a scissor kick for a near-fall, and was unable to follow up as time ran out.
Round 3: A charging clothesline from Cara Noir misses at the bell, but he’s able to hit a rebound German suplex and a superkick… only for Moodo to come back with a dropkick and a rear spin kick in the corner. Moodo followed with a sliding elbow too, but his stomp off the top misses. A Black Belt Kick’s countered as Noir hooked the leg away with a leg lariat, before he came in with a stomp and a mean package piledriver for the win. Another third-round blitz for Cara Noir gets him the win, and keeps those dreams of making the finals alive.
Result: Cara Noir pinned Fast Time Moodo in 00:58 of Round 3 (***½)
Backstage, Moodo noted he had nothing to lose, and he did his best – even if he lost. While Moodo did win some in the Catch Grand Prix, he leaves with a losing record… but a fair amount of experience gained as well.
We then see Norman Harras on the phone to Metehan – he’s got the solution to “who’ll win next week?” Norman tells Metehan of the plan – that he needs to get a draw in his match this week and next. Metehan sees no problem… but his match is first this week, and if he draws *and* Bobby Gunns beats Avalanche on Wednesday, then it’s deep trouble. Norman plants a seed saying that he could throw everything up in the air by beating Hektor…
Standings, with eliminations (including those who’d be eliminated on tie-breakers)…
Block A
Bobby Gunns (3-0-1; 7pts)
Cara Noir (3-1-1; 7pts)
Metehan (3-1; 6pts)
Avalanche (2-1-1; 5pts)
Fast Time Moodo (2-4; 4pts) * eliminated
Hektor Invictus (1-2-1; 3pts) * eliminated
Anil Marik (0-5; 0pts) * eliminated
Block B
Marius al-Ani (4-0; 8pts)
Senza Volto (4-1; 8pts)
Tristan Archer (3-1; 6pts)
Prince Ahura, Norman Harras, Emil Sitoci (1-3; 2pts) * eliminated
Vincent Heisenberg (1-4; 2pts) * eliminated
Disciplinary: €3305 of fines; twenty-three yellow cards and one red card.
Tomorrow, we’re back as Hektor Invictus takes on Metehan – will we get a draw, or will there be other shenanigans?