Full Card for AWL 279!

                As promised, here’s the full card for the go home show for Season 14:

AWL 279

MAIN EVENT

Lie-ger (C) vs. Matt Classic Sr.

AWL Intercontinental Championship Match

1^st Title Defense

STEEL CAGE MATCH!

                The Intercontinental Championship is the only title in the AWL that allows for immediate rematches.  In this case, the AWL Commissioner has decided that we need to know who the better man is WITHOUT a thirty minute gauntlet preceding the fight.  Additionally, in order to prevent the rest of Nippon Yokatta from interfering, the ring will be surrounded by a 16 foot high steel cage.

                It’s been a while since we’ve had a steel cage match in the Animated Wrestling League and the rules have been altered somewhat since last time.  As of this writing, the rule of a steel cage match in the AWL (known as Cage Master Rules) are as follows:

                1. Victory by submission or knockout ONLY.

                2. No Pinfalls!  Any issue serious enough to require a steel cage requires a definitive winner.

                3. NO ESCAPING THE CAGE!  We’re not trying to determine who’s the best at running away.

                4. 30 minute time limit regardless of title match status.  Give the wresters time to settle things.

Ganba Hisshi DARK, Ganba’s Shadows, & Gisei vs. Azteckaizer NEO, ResuRED, The Roc, & Wyvern

Atomicos Match

                Yes, you read that correctly.  Gisei will compete in his first ever professional wrestling match!  He and the demonic army of the AWL Grand Champion will face off against a who’s who of AWL technicos including the #1 contender for the gold at AWL 280!

Yin & Yang (1) vs. Tiger & Bunny (0)

Points in Play

                With on half of the AWL Joshi Tag Team Champions already in a title match at AWL 280, the joshi tag titles cannot be defended at the finale.  However, if Yin & Yang are successful in this match and earn their second point, they will face Monster Union: Unholy Alliance at the finale in a tag team #1 Contenders match.

Tanaka Kenichi & Estrella Dorada vs. Big Foot & Erupcion Solar

Tag Team GRUDGE MATCH!

                As announced yesterday, the former members of Liga Cosmica, Erupcion Solar and Estrella Dorada, will face each other at AWL 280 in a Grudge Match.  However, Big Foot would very much like the chance to beat the hell out of his former boss in an anything goes match.  Unfortunately, Big Foot and Tanaka Kenichi are set for Batsumania at AWL 280 so a one on one Grudge Match is out of the question.

                That’s where this match comes in.  The AWL Commissioner has allowed all four men to compete in the first ever Tag Team Grudge Match.  Much like the singles version, there are no DQs, no count outs, no time limit, and it doesn’t count in the win loss records.  However, this tag team version throws an additional wrinkle into the mix: Tornado Tag Team Rules and Elimination Rules apply!

Nippon Yokatta vs. The New Classics & T49P

Atomicos Match

                With the fake liger in the main event, the AWL Commissioner decided we needed something to keep the rest of the gang busy unless they decided to try and find their way into the cage.  So, the AWL Commissioner called up Matt Classic’s students and the most decorated tag team in AWL History and they called the technico tag team they have the most respect for, Team 49^th Parallel.  Together, this dream team foursome of gaijin aim to show the xenophobes that they 100% belong in a Japanese ring.

                That’s the card.  Join us this weekend for AWL 279, with only one week to go until the season finale, it’s going to get nuts!