We’ve got three more matches from wXw’s latest road trip, which saw them return to Paderborn for the first time in over 11 years.
Quick Results From The Stream
Katsuya Murashima pinned Dennis Dullnig in 9:59 (***)
Dieter Schwartz submitted LSG in 7:27 (***½)
Peter Tihanyi pinned Ricky Sosa in 15:36 (***½)
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wXw made their first trip to Paderborn since November 2014 – points if you can guess who the one wrestler is who was on that last show and on this one. Unfortunately they’re not a part of the three matches on this stream, which comes from the Kulturwerkstatt. Mett Dimassi and Francesco Dergue are back for German commentary here.
Katsuya Murashima vs. Dennis Dullnig
Dullnig’s still smarting from losing his Shotgun title, but he wasn’t in any hurry to engage with Murashima here.
When Murashima did threaten to grab Dullnig for a suplex, the former champion scurried into the ropes before he looked to wear down Murashima. A shoulder tackle takes down Dullnig, who resorted to working over the fingers in a bid to get out of a slam. Regardless, Murashima hit the shoulder tackle seconds later, but Dullnig again took over with a second finger snap and a clothesline to the back for a two-count.
Dullnig worked over the back for a spell, then went back to Murashima’s digits for a wristlock that ended with a stomp to the elbow. Murashima’s able to elbow his way out of trouble as a spinning clothesline took Dullnig down, leading to some fresh momentum in the form of clotheslines in the corner.
From there, Murashima hits some overhead belly-to-belly suplexes, before a powerslam almost won it for him. Dullnig’s back into the ropes, this time to stop Murashima on the top rope before he wrenched Murashima’s ankle into the top turnbuckle. He’d loosened the boot in the middle of that, by the way, but Dullnig wasn’t able to capitalise fully… and when he got caught with a cutter from Murashima, the game was up as Murashima put him away with a flip senton off the top. Murashima’s getting it done in under 10 minutes again – and had to overcome some cheap tactics from Dullnig to do so here. ***
Dieter Schwartz vs. LSG
Schwartz wasn’t in the mood for shaking hands to start with, as he got going by taking LSG down to the mat.
LSG’s able to reverse the side headlock, and broke free to indulge in some World of Sport-style stuff of his own, tricking Schwartz around the ring ahead of a roll-up for an early two-count. After getting shot off into the ropes, LSG’s able to rebound with headlock takedowns to keep things grounded, before Schwartz found a way to slingshot LSP into the ropes.
From there, a quick neckbreaker gets Schwartz a two-count, before he was forced to push away a cravat from LSG and add a diving European uppercut as the two remained pretty closely matched. Elbows and boots kept LSG in it, as did a back body drop and a stunner, before LSG’s enziguiri almost won it.
Schwartz was reduced to going for roll-ups before his German suplex created some space… albeit briefly, before LSG missed his Launch Code and landed right into the path of the arm trap submission as Schwartz left with the win. This was some pretty good stuff with neither man able to maintain the advantage for long… until one missed shot from LSG led to his demise. A very good use of their minutes. ***½
Ricky Sosa vs. Peter Tihanyi
On paper, this should be an intriguing match-up to say the least…
Sosa took the best of the opening exchanges, at least until Tihanyi forced the match down to the mat for a wristlock… which Sosa kipped up and armdragged his way out of. A dropdown attempt from Sosa’s mocked by Tihanyi, who then forced Sosa’s groin-sweat-covered hand into the former European champ’s own face. You’ll know when you see it.
A dropkick from Tihanyi created some space as he began to take charge, booting and chopping Sosa into the corner, before a clothesline sent Sosa sailing over the top. Tihanyi followed him into the crowd as the pair brawled, with Tihanyi maintaining the upper hand… at least until Sosa tricked him onto the other side of the hall and threw him into the ring post.
Sosa’s happy to bounce on the top rope and claim a count-out… but Tihanyi makes it back to the ring… where his enziguiri got countered into a Dragon screw in mid-air as he continued to pile on the pressure. Tihanyi’s able to counter a suplex, but a roundhouse overhead kick put Sosa back on top before his moonsault wiped out Tihanyi for a near-fall.
More from Sosa sees him crash into Tihanyi with uppercuts in the corner, before Tihanyi sprung up to hit a superplex off the top to finally slam the breaks on Sosa. From there, Tihanyi’s able to build up with right hands and enziguiri before a running Meteora led to a near-fall.
Sosa finds an opening with a dropkick to the knee, before a pull-up Northern Lights suplex and a Falcon arrow almost put away the former Unified World Wrestling champion as the shots were intensifying. The back-and-forth continued with Tihanyi countering a springboard something into a German suplex, taking Sosa outside for a flash tope, before a slingshot cutter back into the ring was caught and countered into a Blue Thunder Bang attempt.
That’s escaped with some headscissors as the countering counters continue as Sosa found his way in with a Drip Drop (Styles Clash) for a near-fall. The pace slows a little as Sosa indulges in mudhole stomping, before we got the Shelton Benjamin/Shawn Michaels thing as Tihanyi superkicked away a springboard something. A second pull-up Northern Lights suplex got countered into a swinging DDT from Tihanyi though, who’s then able to add the slingshot cutter to the mix for the win. This was pretty good, if not a little unpopular with the live crowd… although the Flying Nothings on show here were a little too telling at times. ***½