Christian And Storm Tear It Up!

In what can arguably be best described as the most entertaining match of the year, former NWA Heavyweight Champion Christian Cage and wrestling legend Lance Storm put the Blood, Sweat And Ears crowd in the palm of their hands last night and then just went to work.

Lance Storm, who may very well be in the best shape of his career, does not look like he has missed a step.

He is just as good now as he was while feuding with RVD in the old ECW. In fact, he might be better.

Christian looked as good as ever. He has really evolved as a performer.

The main event started with the two men in the ring, having streamers thrown at them by the fans - japanese style. Cool. The streamers weren't exactly thrown on cue (supposed to be tossed during introduction not entrance!) but the thought was there.

Christian then started getting ready for the match. He took his track pants off that he wears over his gear and got down on his knees and very carefully folded them up in a tiny little square. For some reason, the crowd went bananas for this. When Christian took of his jacket we were blown away by chants of "Fold It! Fold It!". So he did. That brought on chants of "This is Awesome!".

This whole time, Lance Storm is pretty much just chillin' and watching. Looks like they are about to lock up, but NO. Christian looks at his old buddy and asks him to break out the 'Cabbage Patch' that WWE creative thought would add so much to his character. Lance was laughing and didn't want to do it. The crowd begged. Christian encouraged by doing a very awkward version of Tyson Dux's crazy dance. Finally, peer pressure won out and Storm danced. "Holy Shit, Holy Shit" rang out through the building. I was just laughing my ass off.

Ok. Time to wrestle? Nope.

Now the fans are SCREAMING "Five Second Pose! Five Second Pose!" As Christian and Lance are about to lock up then turn to face each side of the ring striking hilarious poses for some great photo ops (There's a slideshow at the bottom of this page).

Crowd: "Thank You! Thank You!"

NOW it's time to go right? NO! The crowd is begging for a Spinaroonie! Hell, why not?! Christian teased it a couple times before finally doing his version, which was of course topped by Lance who looked very Booker T-ish on his. By this point, the house is absolutely electric. The fans are going bananas. One of the wrestlers watching from the VIP yelled out "Take it home boys! You can't top that!".

Well, they did top that. The actual match got under way and was incredible. Man, Storm has STILL got some ups. The O's could be heard through the crowd when he jumped from the ring to the top rope and springboarded off backwards. His standing dropkick to the top of Christian's head was poetry.

The match was rock solid. If BSE is putting this out on DVD, you MUST get a copy. The finishing sequences saw Storm lock in the Half Crab and hit a superkick. Cage managed to survive both. Storm kicked out of the Unprettier, but after a beautiful series of counters got caught in a second one and that was all she wrote.

At the end of the show, Storm showed how classy he was by cutting a promo telling them how much he loved performing for them and how much he respected them as fans. This was met with chants of "Please Come Back! Please Come Back!".

I'm happy to report that Lance Storm will be a guest on Tha O Show in the near future.

The rest of the results from BSE's show last night (Courtesy of The Wizard Of Id):

Brian won a BSE Student Suicide 6 Pack match.

Jake O'Reilly was set to face El Vigote when Dancing Pete joined the fun and said he wanted to be in the match. Barely had Jake & Vigote agreed when Franky the Mobster ran out and chased Pete away. Pete returned later just in time to trip and fall on top of Jake & Vigote who were both down after a top rope suplex. Pete won the match and danced in the ring while Franky had a petulant frenzy at ringside.

Flesh w/Danyah & Vlad The Penetrator defeated El Sombra after Danyah used her assets to distract the official & Vlad crushed Sombra.

The All Starters beat Pierre Shadows & Vane. Mr Black joined Vane & Shadows after the match to beat down the winners.

Kobra Kai pinned Franky the Mobster after a 2nd rope moonsault. After the match fans were once again treated to Dancing Pete.

T-Unit (Anton Arakis & T Gomez) fought the Suicide Kidz (Xtremo & Cody 45) in a 1st round Tag Tournament match. The Suicide Kidz advanced after a double pin. Both hit top rope maneuvers; Xtremo a 450 on Arakis - I didn't see what Cody did.

Fatal 4-Way: Angel de Guerra vs Kris Chambers vs Ash vs Don Paysan:
Ash pinned Chambers
Paysan pinned Guerra
Ash made Paysan tap out to win the match.

Kelly Couture & Traci Brooks defeated 21st Century Fox & Tiana Ringer when Brooks pinned Ringer.

1st Round Tag Tournament: James Champagne & Robert Roode defeated Tyson Dux & El Tornado by DQ when the ref saw Dux using a chair that Roode had brought into the ring.

Photos Courtesy Emmanuel Melo and Ontario Indy Wrestling

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