PRE TAPE INTERVIEW #6 - Nick MadisonJosh Duncan: What got you into wrestling?
Nick Madison: When I was a teenager I saw wrestling live and it just...kinda clicked immediately. It was one of those things where, the minute I saw it, I knew I wanted to be a part of it. I knew I belonged in this business.
Josh Duncan: How long have you been wrestling?
Nick Madison: Uhhhhh, I guess I'd say about twelve years or so. Hard to believe its been that long.
Josh Duncan: What’s been your biggest accomplishment to date?
Nick Madison: I've held many titles throughout my career, but coming up at the end of December, I'll be inducted into the PWS Hall of Fame. That is my greatest accomplishment.
Josh Duncan: Is there anything you haven’t done yet, that you want to?
Nick Madison: Hmm...wrestle in Antarctica? Haha, realistically though as far as my in ring career, I would like to headline Destiny or Crusade one time before I hang up the boots.
Josh Duncan: What do you consider the biggest disappointment in your career?
Nick Madison: That one's a tough one. I've managed to accomplish quite a lot in my career, and I feel like I still have quite a bit left to achieve. As far as biggest disappointment...I guess in my first year in PWS, I came in second in the rumble, that was bittersweet cause I was so close, and losing out to a PWS legend in Mack Payne. But as far as outright disappointment...I guess that'd have to go to the first time I challenged Shane Fuller for the PWS Heavyweight Championship and lost. That was heartbreaking after making it so far and working so hard.
Josh Duncan: Why did you decide to compete in PWP?
Nick Madison: I thought it was a great opportunity to get a feel for something different, help get the PWS name out there and all that. Just a chance to do something fun, and I always like new challenges.
Josh Duncan: Your nickname is “The Extremist.” What’s the most extreme thing you’ve ever done in wrestling?
Nick Madison: Welllll, there was the time I did a moonsault off a ladder laid between two production trucks onto a guy who was wrapped to a table. Then there was the matches I had with Omen where we damn near killed each other with tacks, fire, trash cans...you name it, we used it. The All or Nothing Elimination Chambers I've been in, I've done some crazy stuff. But I think the moonsault is where the nickname really stuck.
Josh Duncan: For those that don’t know, you’re with Laura Phoenix. What’s the most challenging thing about being a couple in wrestling?
Nick Madison: Being in this business, you know how it feels when you're just not at the top of your game for any number of reasons, and you know how you react in those situations. But, not everyone reacts the same, so it's a trick to know how the other would react to each situation and how you can help make it better. It's funny that we're both kinda alike in that, after a big loss, we like our space for a bit, but then we're right back in the gym training. We've both become accustomed to that, and know how to deal with it. Of course, after a big win, there's lots...and lots...and lots of partying haha.
Josh Duncan: What are your plans for after wrestling, whenever you decide to retire as an active competitor?
Nick Madison: Hmm, I've thought about going into the behind the scenes part of the business, maybe a road agent or something. Or maybe opening up my own wrestling school. Not sure, but I figure I have a bit before I have to worry about that, at least another year.
Josh Duncan: Who’s one person in the wrestling world that you’ve never faced, but you’d like to one day?
Nick Madison: One guy that I've seen compete in PWP that I'd like to face, Flex Johnson. The guy is incredibly talented, and I think if he and I were to have a match, we could put on a match that would steal the show, no matter who else was on the card.
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PRE TAPE INTERVIEW #7 - James SharkJosh Duncan: What got you into wrestling?
James Shark: Money and nothin but money.
Yall gotta understand that I aint know a damn thing bout wrestlin nor gave any fucks bout it, I always just ignored the whole sport. In them streets we fought with our hands, none of that grapplin bullshit. If you rocked a dude and he took your ass down to the ground, the group around yall would stand you both up. The whole wrestlin thing was frowned upon, we looked at that like some cowardly ass shit.
Once I took that Kimbo Slice route into fame and got discovered off of street fighting along with some matches from a Underground MMA Fight Club type thing, I started to get a lot of offers from professional wrestlin companies. I ignored the majority of em cause I was getting paid more on the streets doing my own thing, but once I got an offer from the NLWF, that was the type of money you couldn’t refuse, I didn’t hesitate to grab the stash and get in that ring. It’s all history from there.
Josh Duncan: How long have you been wrestling?
James Shark: I debuted in 2009 but still had my old school boxing style.
That really didn’t take me nowhere. I was able to do good against guys with average wrestlin cause all I had to do was keep my distance, watch for their takedowns and clip em with my hands but once I started to face high level wrestlers I got dominated and tossed around.
I vanished from the major leagues, fucked around in some small time companies and didn’t start working on my wrestling till 2011 when I got back to the big times and signed with IWF.
So damn… I guess 2011? That was only like two years ago, and I’m one of the best. You can’t hate on that shit.
Josh Duncan: What’s been your biggest accomplishment to date?
James Shark: Winning the IWF Full Throttle Championship and I ain’t kidding either man.
That title don’t even fucking exist no more and back when it did, it was the lowest ranking title in the company, but do you know why that’s my biggest accomplishment? Cause it meant so much to me. That right there was my first title ever and I earned that motherfucker.
When I joined IWF it was my return to the sport, my return after a year of criticism about me being overhyped, untalented, not built for this game, yada, yada, yada. I took a year off, trained my ass off, sharpened up my skills, came back, wrecked shit up, and won that title. That title was also the beginning of my success, because after that, I hit a few speed bumps and had some setbacks, but it ain’t take me long to get to the top and stay there.
Josh Duncan: Is there anything you haven’t done yet, that you want to?
James Shark: In this sport? Nah, outside of it? I could write a book bout the shit I haven’t done yet that I’d love to do, but as far as this sport goes, I’ve done everything there is to do.
I retired legends, stopped rising stars, dethroned champions, won titles, become a world champion a number of times, set records, ended records, headlined, main evented, I mean shit… I’m just waiting on them hall of fame inductions.
All there is for me to do in this sport is face people that I haven’t faced yet and that’s it, cause when it comes to accomplishments, there’s nothing I don’t have under my belt. I got so much accomplishments that I can give about 100 of them over to Darren Maddox and the list of my remaining accomplishments would still be legendary status yall.
Josh Duncan: What do you consider the biggest disappointment in your career?
James Shark: Sleeping with both Serai Leone and Lya Sanchez, they’re sisters right? Cousins? Who the fuck knows man, but those two are dirty sluts, I’m lucky I didn’t catch nothing.
You know what? Sabrina Artois, yeah, fucking with that poopie fetish hoe was a regret too man.
Those really be the only disappointments I have, I know that ain’t got much to do with my career but peep my rap sheet, my career is golden. The matches that I lost that hurt me the most… I went back, had rematches, and whooped those fools. I really have no disappointments in my career let alone one big one. If I had some, I wouldn’t be at the top, I’d probably be way down under, call that Darren Maddox level.
Josh Duncan: Why did you decide to compete in PWP?
James Shark: To show the world that I’m the best. When I’m on, focused and ready to go, nobody can beat me.
When I heard PWP was starting up and it was a company with the idea of having these super shows once a month with people from different companies facing each other, I was all for it. I don’t know how long I’ll last here though, so far I haven’t seen any super fights.
Shark vs Audrey James? Shark vs Darren Maddox? Come on son, those aint super fights, those are super easy wins that nobody wants to see. I think me and Flex Johnson were the only big names involved with PWP and a match between us wouldn’t have even been special cause I already faced him in IWF and won. Come February, that PWP Championship is mine cause there aint a damn person in the PWP that can match me let alone beat me.
Josh Duncan: You’re considered to be, easily, one of the most controversial wrestlers in the game right now. Has there ever been a time when the controversy caught up to you in a negative way?
James Shark: Ya mon. Back before my black ass got shot with that cupid arrow and I fell for Brooklyn, I had all these dumbass rumors bout me having some kind of STD.
Shit was annoying as fuck, there was a time where I had respect for being a player and all but I guess all the hate caught up with me and jealous niggas decided to spread rumors. The rumor probably got started from some dude that lost his wife to me or something.
Josh Duncan: What’s the craziest rumor that’s been spread about you, that you’ve heard?
James Shark: I had a bunch of crazy ass rumors put on me but the craziest one in my opinion are all the old rumours along with ongoing rumors of me cheating on Brooklyn Carter and shit like that.
I got a cheating past with my exes and I may flirt with some girls in a FUNNY type of way with no serious meaning behind any of it but I’d just never do that to her or to myself.
Brooklyn’s my life yo, so when people question my commitment to her or spread a rumor bout me towards her I just wanna bust a nut in they eyeball for that stupid shit. It’ll never happen, this thing we got going is something straight out of a corny ass chick flick romance film, we were meant for each other.
Josh Duncan: Are you afraid that your outspoken ways will somehow alienate yourself from the wrestling business?
James Shark: Nah and that would never happen, even if it did, I wouldn’t give two fucks.
I’m not in this business cause I love this sport, I’m not in it cause I love the fans. I hate this sport, I hate these fans even more than I hate the sport. I’m in it cause I love the money. Right now is an example of me being outspoken too but this is how I am, I say it how it is and I’m fucking real bout it.
Nobody likes two faced peeps or fakes, people can hate on me all the way but what they gotta respect is how real I am. Besides, this whole outspoken thang sells, these dumb motherfuckin fans eat this stuff up along with my trash talk, it gets them hyped for an event, stuff like this would never alienate myself from the business.
Josh Duncan: Who’s one person in the wrestling world that you’ve never faced, but you’d like to one day?
James Shark: I can’t name one person. I got a long list, but really it’s all the big names you douches ain’t seen me take on yet for different reasons, whether it’s cause we in different companies or the match just never got made. I’m talking about the real super fights and real champions, legends, and people who retired that I never got to take on before they left.
80% of wrestlers out there that are hearing this will probably think that they are on that list but chances are they’re not. There’s a lot of cocky fucks in this game that think they’re high level, people like Darren Maddox who are unknown but think that the whole world knows their name. People like Darren Maddox who haven’t done anything worth mentioning in their career but for some odd reason, act like they’re a fucking legend. I want to face killers and always have. Easy matches like Darren Maddox and Audrey James are not what I’m about.
PRE TAPE INTERVIEW #8 - Laura PhoenixJosh Duncan: What got you into wrestling?
Laura Phoenix: Honestly looking back and trying to remember, I was at this local show in New York with a bunch of friends, because they were getting me out of the house and literally as I’m watching this show I am amazed by it. Here you have these men and women who for a living going from show to show to perform these amazing feats in the ring. I knew I had to be apart of it by the time that show was over.
Josh Duncan: How long have you been wrestling?
Laura Phoenix: I was 18 when I began training and I am 28 now, so it’s 10 years. I worked my way up, I was the only female in my training class going through local small promotions.
Josh Duncan: What’s been your biggest accomplishment to date?
Laura Phoenix: Becoming a multiple time champion. People say that it’s just a gimmick winning those belts but what people seem to miss is that when you are a champion you are the face of that company. Becoming the face was something huge for me. Because I got to do all this traveling and meet all these wonderful people.
Josh Duncan: Is there anything you haven’t done yet, that you want to?
Laura Phoenix: Oh I’m sure there is I just can’t think of anything at the moment. I think I would really love to face people that I haven’t had a real chance to face yet, but not just one match and done, a REAL program with them.
Josh Duncan: What do you consider the biggest disappointment in your career?
Laura Phoenix: Not really a disappointment but I think that in PWSWF that Omega could have been a lot bigger than it really was. I think we all felt really constricted with what we could say and do in all of that and we were the heels during that.
Josh Duncan: Why did you decide to compete in PWP?
Laura Phoenix: I wanted that challenge of facing something new. There are times that things get mundane and if you face someone new it helps improve your game that much better. It wasn’t really about proving myself but just helping me.
Josh Duncan: You’ve made a big name for yourself in two major companies - PWS and PWSWF. What do you consider to be the biggest difference between your success in both?
Laura Phoenix: In PWSWF I was kinda thrown in with the big boys really really fast. I teamed with the Unholy Alliance so I was kind of thrusted into the spotlight. When I came into PWS I came in with just a simple contract where I was feuding with Shane Fuller. Yeah at that time he was main event but it wasn’t for anything big. In PWSWF it took me less than a year to main, in PWS I took the slower path and was there for 2 years before I even sniffed the main event. I made sure to build and earn the stripes. I love both companies dearly and they will always be my homes.
Josh Duncan: You’ve had a lot of high profile matches in your career, throughout both of the previously mentioned companies. Is there one that stands out above the rest?
Laura Phoenix: There’s more than one but if I have to narrow it down there is two. When I showed myself in my first Elimination Chamber for PWSWF, though I didn’t win I truly proved myself at that point what I was capable of. For PWS, it’s actually when I became the number one contender for the PWS Title. It was the moment that I really stepped up and said that this company has something special with me and I was out to make myself a true main event stand.
Josh Duncan: Since you’ve achieved such great success in the last 2 companies you’ve been in (PWSWF & PWS), have you thought about branching out and trying to repeat that success elsewhere?
Laura Phoenix: I had thought about it for a while, I’ve done the working for multiple companies in the past and it stretched me and damn near broke me down so I am happy with just where I am now which is PWS but who knows maybe in the future I might step into somewhere else and start the process all over again.
Josh Duncan: Who’s one person in the wrestling world that you’ve never faced, but you’d like to one day?
Laura Phoenix: Oh that’s a long list of “never could be” but....Legit, it would have to be Levi Russow. I have never faced him and I at this rate it might never happen. I was suppose to go one on one with him in PWSWF a long time ago but things happened and it just never came to be. The guy is better than SOME give him credit for and he’s a true craftsman of this business. I think him and I could just tell the greatest story in that ring together.
PWP 5: The Gold Rush
History is made! A champion is crowned!
February 22nd, 2014.
PRE TAPE INTERVIEW #9 - Riley OwensJosh Duncan: What got you into wrestling?
Riley Owens: Well, I’ve been training in various martial arts for years. One day during Muay Thai training we had a professional wrestler come in and train. We hit it off pretty well; he gave me his business card, and offered to train me in wrestling. So, I thought about it, gave him a call—after that I started training.
Josh Duncan: How long have you been wrestling?
Riley Owens: Four years.
Josh Duncan: Since you’ve just started, you obviously don’t have any accomplishments yet. So I ask you this - realistically, what is the first thing you’d like to accomplish in your young career?
Riley Owens: You know, I’ve never really thought about it. Winning titles isn’t really in my sight right now. Right now I’m just trying to improving in the ring. So, I guess I’d just like to build a name for myself.
Josh Duncan: When it comes to wrestling, what is your biggest fear?
Riley Owens: I guess my biggest fear is not making it. My family has gave up a lot for me achieve my dream; I just don’t want to let them down.
Josh Duncan: Being a rookie, what do you consider to be your weakness?
Riley Owens: My biggest weakness is being inexperienced. Now that I’m in FGA and a couple of other places, I’m starting face veterans who have been wrestling a lot longer than I have.
Josh Duncan: Why did you decide to compete in PWP?
Riley Owens: I saw that PWP had a spot open for a match. I try to wrestle as much as I can, and everywhere that I can.
Josh Duncan: What are your first impressions of the company you signed a contract with, FGA?
Riley Owens: You know, I’ve been traveling the indie since I’ve started. I’ve wrestled in a fair amount of shady places. FGA is one of the most professional promotions that I’ve ever had the pleasure of working for.
Josh Duncan: Even though you came out on the losing end, overall, how do you feel your pro debut went?
Riley Owens: It was ok. You know, I’m a completive person, so a lose never sits well with me. But, I think FGA management saw what I could do out there. I feel like I made a good impression you know. So, that’s all that really matters now.
Josh Duncan: Do you see yourself as a one company guy or are you looking to be one of those wrestlers that travels all around, competing for companies all around the world?
Riley Owens: I’m definitely more of a journeyman you know. I guess that comes from traveling around on the indies.
Josh Duncan: Who’s one person in the wrestling world that you really want to face one of these days?
Riley Owens: Josh Anderson. I believe he works in Inferno at the moment. He has a style similar to mine. I think we would put on a show.
Main Event
Steel Cage Match
Darren Maddox vs. James SharkRandall Jobbs: The following contest is our main event of the evening… And it is a Steel Cage match! Introducing first…
(Darren Maddox’s music starts, he comes out onto the stage and looks out at the crowd with a serious look at first, then he starts to grin a bit and makes his way to the ring.)
Randall Jobbs: From Chicago, Illinois, weighing in at 220 pounds… Representing WXW… Darren Maddox!
(Maddox climbs up the ring steps and walks through the cage door. He stands in the ring, waiting for his opponent.)
Randall Jobbs: And his opponent…
(A loud screeching scream could be heard from a woman. Followed up by the scream is a bunch of other cries, the sound of splashing water can then be heard a long with the cries for help yelling out "SHARK, SHARK, SHARK!". The loud screams fade away until all that could be heard are the fans in the arena.
Told y'all niggaz
Ya just don't listen
Why must you be hard headed
Tried to explain, but ya didn't hear me though
Ya know, grrrrrr
The lights in the arena begin to flicker black and blue as a bunch of sexy females carrying AK-47's begin to walk out of the curtains and down the ramp. Each one of them wearing white t-shirts with black thongs. All the white shirts reading: "Team Shark" in bold black font.
They all stand in a vertical line on both sides of the ramp. The mini tron behind them display the words: Money Power Respect. Suddenly, as the theme song kicks in and blasts through the speakers, pyro begins to go off in front of the ramp.
"Uh
One two one two, come through run through
Gun who, oh you don't know what the gun do
Some do, those that know are real quiet
Let me think you wanna try it, fuck around and start a riot
Niggas gonna buy it, regardless because I'm the hardest
rap artist and I'ma start this
Shit up foreal, get up and feel, my words
I make herbs split up and squeal
James Shark comes out from behind the curtains with both of his arms raised up in the air. Flipping off both the arena and the audience watching at home. As the camera zooms into him he looks right at it, beginning to talk shit about his opponent. He takes his eyes off of the camera and looks at all the sexy females standing on the ramp. A sly smirk comes across his face before he begins to walk down the ramp.
Ill is all I've been hearin lately
Niggaz hate me, wanna duck tape me and make me
put their brains on the wall, when I brawl
Too late for that 911 call
Niggaz stay beefin but a lot of them bluffin
But not me because I'ma nigga that can get out of them cuffs
You think a lot of them tough
Not just for frotin
When I hit them niggaz like 'What you want?'
the battle turns into a hunt
With the dog right behind niggaz chasin em down
We all knew that you was pussy
but I'm tastin it now")
Randal Jobbs: From Brooklyn, New York, weighing in at 205 pounds… Representing Insurgency Wrestling Federation… James Shark!
(As James walks down the ramp, the females all turn around and point their guns at the fans, making sure none of them is reaching out towards him and trying to touch him. Once he gets to the bottom of the ramp, he walks up the steps and goes through the cage door.
Niggas is pussy
Keep me runnin from the werewolf, owww
Howling at the moon on the roof
Eh, ah, no, get em
Ten niggas on him, hope God's with him
Give me the bat, let me split him
I'll have em where the pillow and the casket won't fit him
Only reason I did him, he wouldn't fight back
Trieed to strike back
Left him like that, layin up with the white hat
Gettin right back at ya when I snatch ya
up out the grave, nuthin but bones and ashes
Hittin niggaz with gashes to the head
Straight to the white meat but the street stay red
But this girl gave me head for free
Shark begins to move around the ring, bouncing off the ropes and shadow boxing right in the center. He begins to demonstrate his incredible speed and foot work before the music dies off and the females all head backstage.)
Roy Hardy: This match is not going to be pretty. If you are wanting to see sportsmanship and good, clean wrestling, then this match isn’t for you. But if you want to see two guys who want to beat the ever living hell out of each other, you are certainly in the right spot.
Jesse Watson: And there is NOTHING better than two guys who just want to beat the hell out of each other!
(As soon as the bell rings, both men begin to brawl with each other, exchanging punches. Shark lands a knee to the stomach and follows it up with with several had punches to the side of Maddox's head. James grabs Darren and attempts to send him into the ropes but Maddox reverses it. As Shark comes off of the ropes, Darren catches him with a hip toss. Shark pops back and runs at Maddox, only to be caught by another hip toss. When James gets up again, this time he's met by a standing dropkick to the mouth.)
Roy Hardy: Darren Maddox is rolling here in the early going!
Jesse Watson: So far, yeah. But as good as Darren is, remember that he is in the ring with James Shark. One of the dirtiest fighters in the game.
Roy Hardy: That's what makes this match so intriguing. Both men are do not play by the rules and I don't think you'll see the fans cheering for either one, which you don't normally see. Instead, I think they will just be cheering on the fact that Maddox and Shark are kicking each other's ass.
Jesse Watson: Well the fans aren't always known as the smartest. If they had a brain, they would appreciate the ract that they're witnessing two of the best going at it. But this IS Tennessee and we all know that there's a major shortage in intelligence.
Roy Hardy: That's real nice. Insult the fans. The same fans that help pay YOUR bills, I might add.
(Shark starts to crawl away, looking to roll out of the ring, only to remember that a steel cage is trapping him in. As he's trapped against the cage, Maddox comes over, putting one leg through the middle rope and stomping on Shark)
Roy Hardy: Shark with a momentary lapse in memory, forgetting he's inside a steel cage, has him now stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Jesse Watson: Everyone makes mistakes. Even a guy like James Shark. Just not often.
(Maddox continues to stomp at Shark but James kicks the 2nd rope, driving it up into the crotch of Maddox, putting a hault to Darren's offense, as he stops and grabs himself in pain.)
Jesse Watson: Brilliant move by James!
Roy Hardy: It was definitely crafty and effective.
(James rolls back away from the cage and gets to his feet. As Maddox is hunched over, shark charges and lands a stiff kick to the side of Darren's head, taking him down. Shark sits Maddox up and reaches down, fish hooking him by mouth and pulling back with all his strength.)
Jesse Watson: It looks like Shark is trying to rip his face off!
(Shark lets go of his mouth and quickly delivers an elbow to the top of the head of Maddox. James gets Darren to his feet and drills him with a European uppercut, sending Maddox backwards and against the ropes. James lays into him with a few knife edge chops before sending him off into the ropes. Shark leans over for a backdrop but Maddox stops short and delivers a kick to the mouth. Darren hits the ropes but as he comes off of them, Shark lands a low dropkick to the knee, taking Maddox's leg out from under him.)
Roy Hardy: Maddox was looking to get back into this match but James Shark was quick to stop him.
Jesse Watson: I think we'll see that this match will be a seesaw contest for most of it's duration. Both men are willing to do anything and everything to win.
Roy Hardy: Even if it means resorting dirty tactics.
Jesse Watson: Exactly. That's why I like these guys so much!
Roy Hardy: You would.
(As Maddox as on his hands and knees, trying to get to his feet, Shark charges and lands a stiff knee strike to side of his head. James lands a few stomps to the back of Darren's head before getting him up and sending him into the corner. Shark charges in but Darren gets his foot up into his mouth. James staggers backwards, holding onto his mouth and as he turns around, Maddox comes charging out of the corner and nails him with a busaiku knee kick.)
Roy Hardy: Explosive move by Darren Maddox!
Jesse Watson: He caught him GOOD with that one!
(Darren gets to his feet and starts to climb the cage.)
Roy Hardy: We’ve got our first escape attempt coming up!
(Darren is only able to make it a few steps up the cage before James gets to his feet and runs over, landing several clubbing shots to the lower back of Darren. He grabs him by the back of the shirt and pulls him off.)
Jesse Watson: Gonna take a lot more to keep Shark down, in order to get the time you need to get out of that cage.
(Darren lands on his feet and goes to throw a punch at Shark but James blocks it and lands a knee to the midsection. James follows it up with several more before grabbing Maddox and smashing his head into the steel cage.)
Roy Hardy: I was wondering how long it would take before someone used the cage to their advantage.
Jesse Watson: I’m surprised it took this long, honestly.
Roy Hardy: I am too.
(Shark gets Maddox back to his feet and rams him head-first into the cage for a second time. This time James begins to climb up the cage.)
Jesse Watson: He might have it here!
(James gets about half way up, when Maddox gets up, yanks on Shark’s leg pulling him down and Shark lands on the top rope, crotching himself.)
Roy Hardy: That was NOT a good landing for Shark!
Jesse Watson: Not at all! That hurt my yam bag just seeing it.
Roy Hardy: Seriously? Yam bag?
Jesse Watson: What?
Roy Hardy: Ugh. Nothing.
(Maddox backs up to the center of the ring and then charges in, landing a dropkick to Shark, sandwiching him against the cage. Shark slumps off of the ropes and back into the ring. Maddox lands a few right hands before getting Shark to his feet. Maddox hit’s the ropes and as Shark is trying to get up, Maddox lands a low dropkick to the side of Shark’s head, as he’s on his hands and knees.)
Roy Hardy: This is what Darren has to do. He has to stay on James and not let him back into this match.
Jesse Watson: These are both men that will capitalize on every slight opening they can find. So not only does Darren have to stay on him but he has to make sure he doesn’t slip up.
(Darren gets Shark to his feet but Shark drives his shoulder into Maddox’s midsection. Shark grabs him and attempts to send him into the ropes but Darren reverses it. As Shark comes off the ropes, Darren catches him and connects with an overhead belly to belly suplex.)
Roy Hardy: This back and forth continues!
Jesse Watson: Neither man has been able to get a complete advantage over the other, yet.
Roy Hardy: You’re right. Just when it looks like one gets the upper hand, the other comes right back.
(It takes Darren a few seconds to get to his feet but once he does, he goes to the corner and starts climbing up the turnbuckles, heading out of the cage. He’s only able to get to the top turnbuckle though, before Shark is back to his feet. James grabs Darren’s foot but Darren kicks at him, shaking him off. Darren turns around and as Shark comes back at him, Darren jumps off, connecting with a diving clothesline.)
Roy Hardy: Darren Maddox with a high risk move that pays off!
Jesse Watson: We’ve had several escape attempts but neither one have been able to get very far, yet.
(Maddox gets Shark to his feet and swings at him but James ducks his arm, grabs Darren and hits him with a t-bone suplex. Shark proceeds to land several hard stomps to the chest of Maddox before dragging him to his feet. Shark grabs him and runs with him, driving his face into the cage wall. Maddox bounces off of it, going half way back across the ring. We get a good shot of his face and see that he is cut and starting to bleed.)
Jesse Watson: We’ve got blood!
Roy Hardy: We sure do. That last shot has busted Darren open right above his left eye.
Jesse Watson: That is not good for Darren. Climbing out of that cage is hard enough as it is, much less trying to do it with blood in your eyes.
(Shark brings Maddox back up and drills him face-first into the cage once again.)
Roy Hardy: Shark smells blood, no pun intended. He’s going to work at that open wound, now.
(James then stands over Maddox and hits him with some stiff right hand punches to the cut, working to make him bleed even more. Shark starts to get Maddox up but Darren grabs James by the legs and trips him down to the mat. He then catapults Shark into the air and he goes crashing face-first into the steel cage.)
Jesse Watson: Great counter by Darren Maddox.
Roy Hardy: Sure was. And a great way to stop Shark’s momentum and get back into this match.
(Shark staggers backwards and Maddox grabs him and drives him into the mat with an inverted DDT. Both men slowly climb to their feet at about the same time. Shark is the first to throw a punch but it’s blocked by Maddox and Darren hits him with a right of his own. Darren hits him with another one before sending him off into the ropes. As Shark comes off the ropes, Maddox catches him with a back drop. James gets up, holding his back and Darren runs and levels him with a clothesline. Shark gets to his feet again and this time Darren kicks him in the gut and hits him with a swinging neck breaker.)
Roy Hardy: Darren Maddox is definitely building up a great amount of momentum now!
Jesse Watson: He sure is. Shark has to do something to get back into this. And quick.
(Darren grabs Shark and brings him to his feet. He attempts to send him into the ropes but Shark reverses it. Darren goes for a diving forearm smash but Shark moves out of the way to avoid it and Darren crashes into the cage.)
Jesse Watson: GREAT presence of mind by James Shark! Not only did he avoid the forearm but he causes Maddox to hit the cage wall and inflict damage onto himself.
Roy Hardy: It goes back to what we said earlier about these two men being crafty. That was a crafty move, right there.
(As Maddox staggers away from the cage, holding his arm, Shark kicks him in the stomach and plants him into the mat with a butterfly suplex. Shark gets up and starts to climb the cage.)
Roy Hardy: That coulda been the opening that Shark needs to win!
(He gets about half way up the cage before Maddox is back to his feet. Darren goes to the corner and climbs to the top rope. Shark turns his body in Maddox’s direction and as he does, Maddox dives off, spearing him and both men crash to the mat.)
Jesse Watson: I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that before!
Roy Hardy: That’s one of the most hellacious spears I’ve ever seen!
(Both men lay on the mat for a good amount of time. Darren is the first to get up, as he slowly climbs to the top turnbuckle and starts climbing the cage. James gets to his feet and climbs up to the top rope with Darren, stopping him. He clubs him several times in the back. James then grabs him and leaps off, driving him into the mat with a high angle suplex.)
Roy Hardy: And now James Shark with a high impact move of his own, suplexing Maddox off of the top rope!
Jesse Watson: This match is nuts! I love it!
(Again, both men are down for quiet some time. Shark is finally able to get to his feet and he goes to one side of the cage and slowly starts to climb it. He gets about half way, before Maddox also begins to crawl towards the cage door.)
Roy Hardy: It looks like we’re going to have a race to the finish line!…
(As the door opens for Maddox, Shark swings both feet over the top of the cage. Maddox reaches the corner.)
Jesse Watson: Someone get a camera ready because this is going to be a photo finish I think!
(James starts to descend down the other side of the cage, as Darren now has half of his body hanging out of the cage door.)
Jesse Watson: I’m sweating bullets! Who’s going to get out first!?
Roy Hardy: I honestly don’t know!
(Shark is about half way down the cage when he sees that Maddox has got 75% of his body out of the cage door and is about to climb out. Once he sees that, he decides to just let go and he falls and crashes to the floor, a split second before Maddox falls out of the door.)
Randall Jobbs: Winner of this match, at the 19:42 mark of the match, James Shark!Jesse Watson: That was one of the closest finishes I’ve ever seen to a match in my entire life! So intense!
Roy Hardy: Intense is right! I had no idea who was going to win this until the bell rang! And even then, I wasn’t 100% sure until we got the confirmation from Mr. Jobbs with the official announcement.
Jesse Watson: And just think, the cage match stipulation wasn’t even originally part of the plan. This was added AFTER the fact!
Roy Hardy: That’s right. It was originally a singles match but after tensions ran high between the two men on Twitter, Josh Duncan told them they could settle their differences inside of the steel cage.
Jesse Watson: And man am I glad he did it!
Roy Hardy: You and me both. We just saw an instant classic because of it. Folks, thank you for joining us here tonight. We won’t be back until February so for my partner, Jesse Watson, happy holidays and from all of us here at PWP, we hope you have a great New Years! Goodnight!
