2001-10-24 - 5:33 p.m.
(Continued from last entry...)
So Special K pulled out the old ladder. Unfortunately, he poses with it too long, and it's dropkicked into his face when he tries to take it into the ring with him. (see, we were just teasing the ladder spots to the crowd to get a reaction. It's called psychology.)
By this time, the ref has recovered his senses enough to start his count, so all four men clamber back up into the ring. After a little brawling, K and Nino finally leave the ring, and it's Youth vs. Lightining. Collar and Elbow lockup. Youth is whipped off the ropes and hip tossed. Lighting kicks Youth for a bit, then dropkicks him. Cover gets 2. Irish Whip, sidewalk slam. Cover gets 2. Lightning tags in Nino, and the two proceed to double team the hell out of Youth. Lighting finally leaves the ring, and Nino lands a powerslam on Youth, and follows it up with a Rolling Thunder. Youth kicks out, and the crowd is starting to come alive. Several more rapid tags follow on the part of the Elements, but Youth keeps kicking out. K is standing on the ring apron, hot for a tag.
Lighting whips Youth off the ropes one more time, but this time Youth is able to manage a crossbody block. Both men are down. Ref starts his 10 count. Rather than go for a tag, Youth inexplicably begins to climb to the top rope.
Lightning tags in Nino, who immediately runs over and hotshots K on the apron. K, furious, tries to climb into the ring and get him some of the Elements, but the ref forces him out. While the ref's back is turned, Lighting is able to nail Youth with a the dreaded "Crotch the guy on the turnbuckle move" and Youth is in a really bad way.
Nino goes to the ropes to attempt a superplex. Youth fights for all he's worth, and is able to reverse it into and odd sort of double flapjack maneuver that leaves both men down (cause damn but that had to hurt.) and dazed. Ref tries another 10 count. Both men crawl toward their respective corners. Nino manages his tag first, and Lighting rushes over and grabs Youth by the ankle to stop him from making the tag to K, who by this point is going to explode if he doesn't get in the damn ring. Youth stands and manages an ensiguri to Lightning, then...
HOT TAG TO SPECIAL K!!! IT'S A FAT GUY AFIRE!!! THE CROWD GOES WILD!!!
Clothesline for Lightning. Dropkick for Nino. Whips Lightinging to the ropes, Samoan drop as he comes off. Whip on Nino is reversed, but K comes off the ropes into a flying head scissors. (Where'd he learn that move?) Lightning staggers up, but gets nailed with a Twist of Fate. Nino breaks up the cover, but Youth has recovered enough by this time to come over and get him some of Nino. K beats on Lightning some more, and he bails. K to the outside of the ring. Tries to Ride the Barricade, but is met with a powerslam. (Note- in 4 matches with ABW, K has tried the move 7 times. Three times he's been powerslammed, once his opponent merely stepped out of the way, twice he's had a ladder or chair thrown in his face, and one time he simply slipped and fell of the barricade prematurely. He has yet to successfully hit the move.) With K down, Lightning staggers back into the ring, but not before stopping to retrieve the ladder from where it's fallen.
Back in, Youth had been getting the better of Nino, until he is stopped with a nasty ladder shot to the back of the head. Youth is then scoop slammed onto the ladder, the elbow dropped while still lying there. The Elements pick up the ladder and let Youth stagger to his feet, then sweep him down with a running ladder clothesline. Then they do it again. The third time, though, they fail to notice K climbing to the top rope. They charge, Youth ducks, and the Elements fall victim to a flying body press onto the ladder. (Also Ouch!) Youth takes advantage of the breather to begin suplexing the hell out of everyone. K recovers enough to hit a Poetry in Motion on Nino. They try the same trick on Lightning, but he pulls the ref in front of him to use as a shield. The ref is down again.
K-Y responds by beginning to beat the hell out of Lightning, but once again, Nino with a sneak attack from behind, laying out both members of K-Y with nasty chair shots. Youth gets up, Nino swings again, but Youth ducks, and it's Kick-Wham Diamond Cutter for Nino. Nino bails from the ring. Youth follows him out. Back in, K sets up the ladder and starts climbing. SWANTON BOMB!!!
Unfortunately, Lightning rolls out of the way. Lightning covers, but there is no ref to make the count. Lightning rolls out of the ring and grabs another table, sets it up on the outside. Youth is hotshoted from behind, then dragged over to the table area. Edge-O-Matic through the table and Youth is done for the night. Back in, K is trying to climb the ropes, but is shoved off the top by Nino and crashes to the canvas. Lightning catches him as he's staggering to his feet with a super kick, then rolls him up. The ref comes to just in time, and it's 1..2..3!
Your winners, and still ABW Tag Team Champions...Unleashed Elements at 13:21.
Youth will not be deterred in his quest for tag team gold. However, who will be his partner? He and Essa Vato go back a long way, but Special K and Thuggic Youth made a remarkably effective tag team, considering how much cheating and foreign objects were needed to ensure victory on the part of the champions. A little more practice together, and the K-Y Connection could be a tag team to be reckoned with.
So the question in everyone's minds is, which way will Youth go when Essa Vato gets out of the hospital?
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