While FGA was in Asbury Park, NJ for the latest DVD Taping, the Super Mario Wrestling Bros were in Las Vegas for PWP 8. The FGA World Tag Team Champions were defending their gold against the team of Adam Stryker and Spencer Vain, the Man Made Monsters. The SMWB were looking to keep themselves sharp for their upcoming challenge at All-Star Showdown III where they would face the winners of DDT3. Meanwhile, Stryker and Vain were looking to bypass the Dynamic Duos Tag Team Tournament and steal the Tag Titles. Could the SMWB keep the belts in FGA? Or would M3 run through the plucky underdogs? The following is exclusive footage from the event, courtesy of the Pro Wrestling Project.
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FGA Tag Team Championship
Man Made Machines vs. The Super Mario Wrestling Brothers (c)
Randall Jobbs: The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the FGA Tag Team Champion! Introducing first, the challengers…
("A New Beginning" by Devil You Know starts to play, bringing out Spencer Vain and Adam Stryker.)
Randall Jobbs: Weighing in at a combined weight of 488 pounds… Spencer Vain & Adam Stryker.. The Man Made Machines!
(The head right to the ring, no messing around and all business. Once they get there, they take their corner.)
Randall Jobbs: And their opponents…
("Rockit" begins to play over the speakers as the SMWB step through the curtain to cheers from the crowd.)
Randall Jobbs: At a combined weight of 373 pounds… Representing the FGA… They are the FGA Tag Team Champions…. Landon Knight & Max Powers.. The Super Mario Wrestling Brothers!
(After looking around at the crowd and nodding their heads in approval, the SMWB jump up and races down the aisle. After sliding underneath the bottom rope and into the ring, they push themselves up and head into opposite corners. After climbing up onto the second rope and trowing their index finger in the air, they climb to the top turnbuckle and backflip off, landing safely on their feet in the ring to cheers.)
Roy Hardy: This is going to be great… The first time a title from another company has been defended here in the PWP! Making some history to kick things off tonight!
(The bell rings and the match starts off with Spencer Vain and Landon Knight in the ring. They lock up and Spencer quickly uses his strength advantage over Landon, backing him up into the corner where Adam Stryker is. Spencer hit’s a hard chop to the chest before tagging Stryker in.)
Roy Hardy: I think we’re going to see a lot of tags in this match. We have two of the most talented teams in all of professional wrestling right here.
Jesse Watson: If you like tag team wrestling, you’re in the right place tonight.
(Stryker gets in and pulls Landon out of the corner, taking him to the center of the ring and putting him in a hammerlock. Knight spins out of it, grabbing Stryker’s arm and putting him in a wrist lock. Landon pulls Stryker over to his corner and tags in Max Powers. Max comes in, grabs Stryker in a side headlock and pulls him to the center of the ring. Stryker fights out of it, landing a knee strike to the midsection. Stryker then hits him with a hard elbow shot, knocking him backwards. Stryker grabs Max and tags in Spencer.)
Roy Hardy: Both teams starting off a bit slow here, trying to get a good feel for one another.
Jesse Watson: Well, I mean, the FGA Tag Team titles are on the line here. There’s a lot to gain and a lot to lose, depending on what side of this match you’re on.
(Spencer climbs up to the second rope, as Adam Stryker holds Max there. Vain leaps off, landing a hard elbow to the crown of Max’s head. Spencer then grabs him and brings him to the mat with a side headlock takedown. He holds him there for several seconds before Max is able to fight back to his feet. Max shoots Spencer off into the ropes but as Vain comes off of the ropes, he hit’s a shoulder block on Max that takes him down.)
Roy Hardy: Simply not going to be able to match power with Spencer Vain. Very strong individual.
Jesse Watson: He’s definitely an impressive athlete. I’ve seen some of his stuff… Man he’s good.
Roy Hardy: Absolutely. All four of these men are top notch competitors.
(Vain hit’s the ropes and as he comes off of them, Max leaps up, catches him with an arm drag and holds him on the ground with an armbar.)
Roy Hardy: Great show of speed by Max to catch Spencer Vain with that arm drag.
(Vain is able to fight back to his feet though but Max keeps the arm twisted as he does, putting pressure on that shoulder. Spencer uses his size though, backing Max up to his corner and tagging Stryker in. Vain holds him there, as Styker gets in and lands a hard kick to the ribs of Max. Stryker then lands a knee to the midsection and then follows it up with a hard chop to the chest. Stryker tags Vain back in.)
Jesse Watson: Great strategy here by Vain and Stryker.
Roy Hardy: I agree. They are staying fresh and making quick tags.
(Spencer comes in and lands a hard kick to the chest of Max. Spencer then lands a few hard chops of his own before backing up to the center of the ring. He charges in and Max gets out of the way, causing Spencer to the the turnbuckles chest first. Stryker tags himself in and as he gets into the ring, Max charges at him but Adam catches him with a hard forearm to the mouth. Stryker then lifts him up and drives him into the mat with a body slam. He tries to follow that up with an elbow drop but Max rolls out of the way.)
Roy Hardy: Good job by Max to avoid the elbow.
(As Stryker is trying to get up, Max delivers a low dropkick to the side of Adam’s head. He gets him up and tags Landon into the match. Landon climbs up to the top rope and jumps off, connecting with a missile dropkick. Landon goes for a pin attempt.)
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Kickout!
Roy Hardy: Nice attempt but only a 2 count for Landon.
Jesse Watson: I think, if SMWB wants to retain their titles, they need to quicken the pace and play to their strength. If they try to out-muscle and out-wrestle Adam Stryker and Spencer Vain, they’re going to struggle.
Roy Hardy: At the same time, they can’t take things too fast. That’s how mistakes happen.
(Landon gets Stryker up and puts him in the corner, before landing several shoulder blows to the midsection and then tagging Max back in. Max gets into the ring and they send Stryker off into the ropes. As he comes off of them, they land a double standing dropkick. Max goes for a pin…)
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Kickout!
Roy Hardy: Some great double team offense there by The SMWB.
Jesse Watson: I’m sure that’s not the last of the double team offense that we’ll see by either team.
(Max starts to get Stryker up but Stryker comes back with a hard elbow blow to the midsection. Spencer puts his foot on the top rope and Stryker sends Max flying face first into Vain’s boot. He then tags Spencer into the match. He sends Max off into the opposite corner and as he bounces out, Spencer connects with a spine buster. Spencer goes for a pin.)
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Kickout!
(Spencer gets up and argues with the ref momentarily. He begins to get Max up but Max grabs him and connects with a jaw breaker.)
Roy Hardy: That little bit of time that Spencer wasted, came back to bite him in the rear end.
Jesse Watson: Yeah, can’t do that, no matter who are. Never give your opponent any amount of time to recover.
(Max then delivers and enziguiri that sends Spencer staggering backwards into the corner. Max tags Landon into the match. Landon rushes over and brings Vain out of the corner with a monkey flip. Landon gets onto the top rope and as Spencer gets up, he turns around and Landon leaps off but Spencer catches him. He then drives him into the mat with a fall away slam. Spencer tags Stryker into the match.)
Roy Hardy: What a hell of a back and forth match we’ve seen so far.
Jesse Watson: We sure have. Not that it’s surprised me.
(Spencer gets down on one knee, as Stryker gets Landon to his feet. He then lands a vertical suplex, driving Landon’s back over the knee of Spencer Vain. Stryker goes for the pin..)
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Kickout!
(Stryker gets Landon up and sends him into the ropes. As he comes off of them, he hits him with a high knee strike to the mouth. He then lands a kick knee drop to the temple. He quickly goes for another pin…)
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Kickout!
Roy Hardy: Stryker is really trying to get the win here, going for those quick pin attempts.
Jesse Watson: Every pin attempt counts. The title is on the line. All it takes is one attempt to win the match.
(Stryker gets Landon up to his feet, grabbing him in a front face lock and hitting him with some knee strikes to the face. He drags him over to the corner and tags Spencer in. Spencer and Adam send Landon off into the ropes and as he comes off of them, the drill him with a double clothesline. Spencer then sits him up and grabs him in a chin lock.)
Roy Hardy: They are looking to really wear down Landon Knight here.
Jesse Watson: And they’re doing a good job of it too.
(Landon fights back to his feet, landing several elbow shots to the midsection. He hit’s the ropes but as he comes off of them, Spencer catches him with a spinning heal kick. He goes for the pin.)
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Kickout at 2 ½!
Jesse Watson: Nice spinning heal kick from Vain, out of nowhere!
Roy Hardy: He has such good athleticism for a guy of his size. People tend to overlook that.
(Spencer gets Landon up goes and tags Stryker back into the match. Stryker takes Landon and plants him into the mat with a butterfly suplex. He goes hooks the leg for a pin attempt.)
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Kickout!
(Stryker starts to get Landon up but Landon pushes him away and out of nowhere, connects with a pele kick. He then dives and tags Max into the match.)
Roy Hardy: The fresh man is finally in!
(Stryker is on his hands and knees and Max charges, leaps onto his back and jumps off, hitting a dropkick on Spencer that sends him flying off of the ring apron. He turns around and as Stryker is up to his feet, Max runs and hits him with spinning heal kick. Max makes the pin.)
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(Broken up by Spencer Vain who gets back in just in time.)
Roy Hardy: Spencer Vain may have just saved their chance at winning those titles there.
Jesse Watson: It’s true. Max caught him hard in the mouth with that kick.
(Spencer lands several hard stomps, keeping Max down for long enough to let Spencer get out of the ring and Stryker to tag him in. Once Spencer gets back in, he starts to get Max up and Max shoves him off into the ropes. As he comes off of them, Max leaps up and catches him with a hurricanrana. Max then tags Landon into the match. Stryker starts to come in but Max goes over and lands a super kick that sends Stryker tumbling back through the ropes and to the outside of the ring. Landon then sets it in motion and he and Max connect with “S.S.M.” Landon makes the pin.)
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Randall Jobbs: Winners of this match via pinfall, at the 18:53 mark of the match and STILL FGA Tag Team Champions… The Super Mario Wrestling Brothers!
Roy Hardy: Just as expected, this was a great tag team contest!
Jesse Watson: I’m very happy that we were able to host such a spectacular match.
Roy Hardy: As am I. It’s the first time that another company’s title was defended here in the PWP and I’d like to think it was a memorable one.
Jesse Watson: I’d say so. All four men made huge impressions here. The crowd was on the edge of their seat the entire match.
Roy Hardy: Great win for Landon and Max, great attempt by Stryker and Vain!
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What an effort that was by Stryker and Vain. But the Man Made Monsters were not able to upset the Red 'n Green Machine. With the World Tag Team Titles still in their possession, the SMWB now look towards All-Star Showdown III, where they will face the winners of the 2014 DDT3 tournament. In two weeks in White Plains, NY, the #Sparklebuddies (Laurel Anne Hardy & Annie Zellor) will go head to head with the Young Guns (Riley Owens & Blake Jones). The winners will challenge the SMWB at All-Star Showdown III.
