Steve Notes COC 9/27/20

Steve Notes COC 9/27/20

Kickoff Show: Cesaro/Nakamura vs. LHP

LHP work well for a bit, including good part on the outside with a suicide dive/DDT combo, but C/N win with a Kinshasa/Swing combo

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John Cena narrates the intro- an all out GOLD RUSH!

Sami Zayn vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy

Sami climbs early, gets kicked off by Jeff

Jeff launches himself into the V of the ladder

Sami gets laid out, Jeff and AJ fight, Jeff getts thrown off, but comes back and pulls him down

Sami throws Jeff out, AJ pulls Sami off the ladder, exploder to AJ onto ladder

Jeff takes out AJ against the barricade, then Sami with a helluva kick, climbs the ladder, AJ CHUCKS THE SMALL LADDER AT HIM, Sami falls

AJ and Jeff at the top, Jeff tips the ladder over, Sami climbs

Jeff pushes the ladder at AJ while he tries a phenomenal forearm, sami climbs but jeff brings him down and hits a twist of fate

Jeff climbs, Sami tips it over

Sami goes for another ladder, AJ goes after him on the outside

AJ with the moonsault scorpion deathdrop

AJ sets up Sami on the ladder bridge, Hardy takes out AJ, then climbs the ladder, SWANTON ON SAMI 

Jeff spills AJ off the ladder, Sami comes to and rams Jeff into the barricades, gets out HANDCUFFS

Sami handcuffs Jeff to a ladder, then tries to cuff AJ to the ropes, AJ comes back, but Sami cuffs HIMSELF to AJ, AJ carries Sami up, Jeff gets in WITH the Ladder, Sami has the key, uncuffs himself, cuffs AJ to the ladder brace, Sami climbs and grabs the titles

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R-Truth dressed as old prospector is with little jimmy, looking for gold

GULAK ROLLS UP TRUTH, WINS 24/7 title

Zelina Vega vs. Asuka

Zelina hurts Asuka’s arm, targets it

Asuka trying to get an Asuka lock, Zelina counters with arm bar

Asuka tries for hip attack, Zelina counters, get a rana, corner knees

Great final sequence, but Asuka gets in the Asuka lock, Zelina taps

**¾

Apollo Crews vs. Lashley

Back and forth to start

Apollo gets the upper hand

Apollo press slams Lashley

Lashley hits superplex

Apollo gets out of the DOMINATOR, standing moonsault, frog splash gets 2

Lashley taps his bitch ass out

**½

Street Profits vs. AA

Dawkins gets the tag to Ford, who gets killed by A and A

UGLY spanish fly

Montez tries for a hot tag to dawkins, Angel pulls him down, rolls up Montez

Angel hurts something (hamstring on knee strike?), tags in Andrade, Dawkins comes in, spinebuster, rushed finish for 3, Andrade kicked out but bell rung

**¼

Gulak interview- ALWAYS BE ALERT, was doing my lunges and seized my moment

Truth blasts Gulak with a giant bowl, gets 3

BAYLEY comes out with her chair

Sad news about Nikki Cross- I was looking forward to that- I even got new gear! I am the most dominant, you would have lost, I wish it wasn’t a forfeit. She issues open challenge. 

Asuka vs. Bayley

Asuka comes out strong, Bayley tries to leave to get counted out, Bayley goes after her injured arm, takes control- Bayley eats a codebreaker as a counter to Bayley- BAYLEY uses a chair on Asuka, ASUKA WINS BY DQ

**

Sasha hits BAYLEY with a chair, then takes her in the ring and beats the fuck out of her

Drew vs Randy

Drew kicks off with chops

Randy gets the advantage

Randy wants a punt early

BIG SHOW chokeslams Orton through a table

Drew takes over, brings him over to the ambulance, takes a chair from the ambulance to Orton

Orton grabs a crutch, takes over- they both get inside the ambulance and fight, they both come out

Drew claymores the door off the ambulance, his knee is busted now

They go backstage, Christian attacks

They go back out, Orton slams Drew on the windshield, they go to the top, Orton pushes him off, HBK superkick Orton off the top, Orton hits an RKO, gets Drew in, Drew barely gets out, Claymore’s Randy, puts him in, brings him back out, PUNTS HIM, wins

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Roman vs. Jey

BEEEFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jey jaws a lot, gets in a bit of offense, but Roman starts picking him apart- then slaps the shit out of him on the apron.

Reigns hits superman punch, Jey gets back up, Roman starts talking shit about him, you shoulda just laid down and taken the pay day. Roman talks more shit, Jey chops him in defiance, Roman no sells then slaps him down. Jey comes alive, rams Roman’s shoulder into the corner. Jey hits a suicide dive, then dives on him. 

Jey gets two with a splash, then superkick, 2.9999

ROMAN HITS JUMPING LEG DROP for 2

Jey counters the SPEAR, gets 2, then superkick, then splash, Roman kicks out AND PUNCHES JEY IN THE BALLS, hits a spear, doesn’t pin. He tells ref he’s not ready yet. 

He tells jey to call him chief. Do it now and this is done. Another spear. He holds Jey’s head toward the camera, tells him to acknowledge him, Jey doesn’t. Paul chimes in, he does. Roman says that’s not how this works. Roman pummels him, Lil Naitch tries to stop him, Roman CHECKS HIM HARD. I will punch you so hard and leave you without a job. Roman POUNDS on Jey, Jimmy comes down, throws the towel, gets in between, says we’re family, what’s wrong with you? You the chief man. Is that what you want? Just leave him alone. Roman tells Paul to go. Paul puts the lay on him. 

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