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NWA-TNA #51
Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
America's Most Wanted (James Storm & Chris Harris) vs. Triple X (Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper)
Steel Cage Match for the NWA World Tag Team Championship
America's Most Wanted (James Storm & Chris Harris) vs. Triple X (Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper)
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00:00Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is sanctioned by the National Wrestling Alliance
00:04and is for the NWA World Tag Team Championships inside the confines of this 15-foot-high steel cage.
00:16Introducing, first of all, the referee, TNA official, Mr. Rudy Charles.
00:22And now, ladies and gentlemen, introducing, first of all, they are the former NWA two-time Tag Team Champions of
00:32the World
00:33at a combined weight of 498 pounds.
00:37They are the number one contenders for the NWA Tag Team Championships of the World.
00:45Cowboy, James Storm, and Wildcats, Chris Harris, America's Most Wanted!
00:55Think of all the trials and tribulations that America's Most Wanted has gone through.
01:00The internal problems that they had, finally winning the tournament, and they get the cage match tonight.
01:05And now, ladies and gentlemen, introducing, at a combined weight of 475 pounds,
01:13they are the current reigning and defending NWA Tag Team Champions of the World,
01:21Primetime, Elix Skipper, and the Fallen Angel, Christopher Daniels,
01:27they are Triple X!
01:32And you'll notice that Triple X no longer wearing the Sports Entertainment Extreme T-shirts.
01:37Pretty simple story.
01:39Vince Russo owns the rights to the name SCX, Sports Entertainment Extreme,
01:43and he has forbidden the use of Sports Entertainment Extreme by Triple X,
01:48Sonny Siaki, the Harris Brothers, Glenn Gilberto, the whole bunch of them.
01:52I'll tell you what, what a move by Russo.
01:54He owns the rights to the name Sports Entertainment Extreme,
01:56and he's keeping those rights and forbidding anybody else to use it.
02:00And it's on, Mike!
02:01The cage door being locked, the padlock put in place by referee Rudy Charles,
02:05and it is on!
02:09The battle is underway for the NWA World Tag Team titles.
02:13They immediately go to a four-way.
02:15On the right-hand side of the screen, you see Daniels and Harris battling it out.
02:20Myfetch chocks out of the corner the exchange by Daniels and Harris,
02:24and now Skipper joins in to make it a two-on-one proposition.
02:27Oh, I'll tell you what, Mike, one thing if you notice, there is no low-key.
02:32It is two-on-two in the cage.
02:36We're going to see if that has been the deciding factor this time, 4-0 against AMW.
02:44Yeah, let's take that outside interference out of the equation tonight in this camp.
02:48Running bulldog by Harris sends Daniels face first to the mat.
02:52You win this match by pinfall or submission.
02:56It's an NWA World Tag Team title match.
02:59This is not a climbing contest.
03:01We're not going to see wrestlers win by climbing over the top of the cage and coming down to the
03:06floor.
03:06We're not going to find out who the best team of climbers is.
03:09We're going to find out who the best wrestlers are.
03:13The pin has to be in the ring, Mike, on the submission, correct?
03:17That's the rule.
03:18That's how you win the match.
03:19And whoever does that walks out with the NWA World Tag Team goal.
03:23Well, Daniels, to see Daniels put on the brakes to avoid going face first into the very unforgiving and imposing
03:31steal.
03:31I'll tell you what, though, great move on Daniels' part.
03:34Realizing there that he had the force in front of him to block the move like that.
03:38And they're going to have to use different tactics in this than they've ever used before, Mike Deney.
03:43To the ropes goes Daniels, able to avoid Harris, and now the double-team from Tribune.
03:48Oh!
03:50Wow.
03:51Daniels and Skipper send Harris face first into the steal.
03:54Think about it.
03:55Normally the ropes will bring you back, and at least you won't have the blood force that you're going to
03:59have head-on like Chris Harris just did right there.
04:05Both of these teams are two-time.
04:08Ended up by one.
04:09Oh, damn!
04:10And again, Skipper sends Harris airborne.
04:13Look at the power of the skipper, Mike.
04:15This guy is, I mean, he's a physical specimen out there.
04:18He just threw Chris Harris into that cage like he was a sack of potatoes.
04:23And Skipper goes right back to the offensive and goes for the pin.
04:27And able just to get a two count before Harris is able to find the safety of the ropes and
04:31get the break.
04:35I'll tell you what, Wildcat, I don't know what he was expecting when he went in there, but I'm telling
04:39you right now, Triple X has come out ready to go.
04:42Oh, my God.
04:43Oh, he's already bleeding.
04:45You know, we talked about unforgiving.
04:47We talked about how imposing that steal is, and there you see it.
04:50What a great shot by our cameraman, Mike Jackson, getting you inside the steal cage.
04:55Holy cow, Wildcat Harris is just absolutely split wide open over the left eye, Mike.
05:01Boy, tough way for AMW to start this match.
05:08The double team in the corner.
05:10Storm dying to get in there, just dying to get in on a tag.
05:13Oh, and Daniels with a headbutt directed into the cup.
05:17Look at the blood coming down.
05:19Oh, my God.
05:21And people were talking about the blood from Klitschko's eye this past Saturday in the boxing match.
05:26Did you see the blood flowing out of the eye of Klitschko's eyes?
05:29It's coming out even faster.
05:31Unbelievable.
05:32Chris Harris is just getting beaten to a pulp.
05:37The tag team champs.
05:39Never did I think we were going to see this.
05:41Tag team champs appear to be in the driver's seat, but Harris is going to try and fight back.
05:45From his knees, the left now gets up to a vertical base.
05:49Just swinging wildly with left hands.
05:51Connecting with a couple of them, but Skipper's able to counter.
05:54Catch him with a short arm clothesline.
05:56Oh, what a move!
05:57He got him!
05:58Caught him.
06:01Caught him with a double spring.
06:03Here's his chance right now to get up for the pin and end this quickly.
06:08Tag is into Daniels.
06:12Daniels quickly goes for the pin.
06:13He's going to put him away early.
06:14No, just a two count.
06:18I'll tell you what.
06:19Chris Harris showing some unbelievable guts in there.
06:23But he's got to get the tag to Cowboy James Storm.
06:26Somehow, someway, the southpaw has got to make the tag to his partner.
06:30Left arm Larry at that time by Harris.
06:33Takes down Daniels.
06:36Oh!
06:37What an unbelievable kick!
06:39It is!
06:40No way!
06:42And back to the mouth goes Daniels.
06:44Driving those right hands into the head of Chris Harris.
06:50Great teamwork on the part of Triple X.
06:52They turn things over to Daniels to Skipper.
06:54Always getting the fresh man in.
06:56Cutting off the ring.
06:57Keeping Chris Harris on their side of the ring.
07:00Not allowing him to get to the corner and get the tag into his partner, James Storm.
07:04I'll tell you what.
07:05Daniels, wait a minute.
07:06Here we go!
07:07Can it hit by Skipper for a two count?
07:10Daniels was telling me before the match that he wants to let the world know that they are
07:14not a two-man team.
07:17I mean, a three-man team.
07:18That they can, any two parts of the ring are as good as any two other people that they
07:22face.
07:23And they are proving that right now.
07:24They are just literally dismantling America's most wanted.
07:28And the Cowboy can't even get into the ring.
07:30Oh!
07:32They've been dominant to this point.
07:33Get the tag!
07:35Will the clothesline prove the difference?
07:38He's close to a tag!
07:39He reaches out.
07:41Tag is into Storm.
07:42Tag into Daniels on the opposite side.
07:45Oh, man!
07:46Storm Raley blows on the Fallen Angel!
07:50Oh!
07:52Flying forearm by Storm out of nowhere!
07:56Uh-oh!
07:57Skipper in the ring!
07:58He's got Storm!
07:59Oh, wait a minute!
08:00Look at Storm!
08:01What a counter!
08:02What agility!
08:03Oh!
08:06No way to put him but face first and body first into the cage!
08:10Wow!
08:11Look at that!
08:11Storm on fire!
08:13The momentum has changed here, Mike Beck, quickly!
08:16Spinning neckbreaker takes down Daniels!
08:18Oh, you're right!
08:20The momentum has switched!
08:21It's got a full 180!
08:23T-N-A!
08:24T-N-A!
08:25T-N-A!
08:26Daniels to the rope!
08:27Oh, there he goes!
08:28Mid-ring power slam!
08:29Two!
08:30No!
08:32I'll tell you what, though.
08:33Don't count Triple X out.
08:34They have proved so resilient.
08:36Just like that.
08:37Christopher Daniels, one of the most valuable wrestlers that we have seen at T-N-A.
08:42And I've always said he'd be a skipper.
08:44If not...
08:45No, I don't even go out and say it.
08:47The most improved that we've ever seen from the start of T-N-A.
08:50I don't think there's any question about that.
08:52Great knee!
08:52Daniels charging across.
08:54He hits Storm in the back of the head with the knee.
08:56He's actually lucky the cage was there to keep him in the ring.
09:01And just as quickly, look how the momentum has switched back and is now in favor of Daniels
09:07and Skipper with Daniels in control.
09:10Oh, Storm came in like a house of fire.
09:12It was just cleaning house.
09:13But that's why these guys are the current champions, Mike.
09:17They are so good.
09:19They are so resilient.
09:21And whether they use outside interference or not at times, they always find a way to win.
09:26Yeah, that's why they're 4-0.
09:27That's why they're unbeaten against America's Most Wanted.
09:30And...
09:30Oh, look at this.
09:32Now James Storm has been opened up.
09:33Both members of America's Most Wanted are bleeding.
09:36I'll tell you what, Mike.
09:38Look, these guys have been unbelievable champions.
09:41And I'm wondering if at this point, losing four times.
09:44Look at there as Skipper can't.
09:46He's just fighting the pain, trying to even get up to the top ropes.
09:52Oh, beautiful teamwork!
09:54Flying cross-body block.
09:56But again, you talked about the pain that he was feeling.
09:59Yes, his midsection is unbelievable.
10:03He's holding on to it.
10:04He hit that desperation cross-body block, but he's unable to even follow up with a pin attempt.
10:09That's sacrificing your body.
10:11Here it is!
10:11No, Storm got the arm up, and it was that momentary lapse.
10:14That's right.
10:14That delay in going for the pin that allowed James Storm to get the shoulder up at 2.
10:19I'll tell you what, I don't think I've ever seen any Skipper this grounded like this.
10:23He's just holding on to the midsection.
10:25I'm trying to...
10:25It's either the ribs or the lower abdomen or something, but he is in severe pain.
10:30But he's sure not showing it right now, Mike.
10:33You know, this is the first ever cage match for Elix Skipper in just a second for Christopher
10:37Daniels.
10:38Oh!
10:39What a mid-ring collision!
10:40Oh, man!
10:41Both Storm and Skipper are down.
10:43Storm is face down!
10:45I don't even know if he knows who he is, and he's definitely facing the wrong way!
10:49His partner, though, is up and ready.
10:51I didn't think Wildcat would be ready to get back in that ring, but he is up and ready,
10:55Mike.
10:57And Storm, looking towards the corner.
11:00Got him!
11:00And Daniels is legal!
11:03Daniels is legal!
11:05Oh, that's out!
11:06They've had the left-hander go!
11:08Oh, man!
11:11These guys are just willing each other!
11:15Oh!
11:16Oh!
11:17What a move!
11:18What elevation that time!
11:20Variation of the back body drop sends Skipper into the steering!
11:23Here he goes!
11:24Here he goes!
11:25Look at that!
11:26Just hit first!
11:27Again!
11:28He just runs him from one side of the cage, face first, to the other side of the cage!
11:34Whoa!
11:35Man!
11:36Right into the midsection, and again!
11:38Skipper down!
11:40Oh, I'll tell you what!
11:42It's a new side of Chris Harris we're seeing tonight in Dave Storm!
11:46They've been, they've lost so many times, and they've felt like they've been spooked so many
11:49times, but this time tonight, they're not holding back!
11:52They're gonna do whatever it takes!
11:54A little more cage experience from Storm and Harris as we see Daniels been split wide
11:58open!
11:59Oh, man!
11:59Storm and Harris, this is their third ever cage match!
12:02Whoa!
12:03Plants him!
12:03Full Nelson slam!
12:04One!
12:05Two!
12:06Oh, how did Daniels get out of that?
12:09Because he's one of the best!
12:11Look at that, guys!
12:12This is why you don't do this at home!
12:17Scoop!
12:18Here comes!
12:18Gonna take him and wind him up!
12:19Get it!
12:20Go!
12:21Went for the can of tonic, but it was blocked!
12:23The double ender!
12:24Oh!
12:24Yes, it is!
12:25Angel's wings!
12:26That spinning, sit-out pedigree move!
12:29Pin and attempt!
12:30Two!
12:31Go!
12:31Got this shoulder up!
12:34Mike, it was everything we thought it would be!
12:38Unbelievable!
12:40Oh!
12:41Oh!
12:42What a save by Storm, lunging across, connecting with the clothesline and taking Daniels down!
12:49Now Storm, driven into the corner, got the big boot up!
12:52Here he goes!
12:53Oh, look at Daniels' fight back!
12:56Looks like he was going for the swinging noose!
12:58Attempt at the swinging noose out of the corner by Storm, blocked by Daniels!
13:02And you see now, after all these counters, how well these two teams really know each other!
13:09Walking the tightrope, Daniels and Storm!
13:12Oh!
13:13Beating up against the bar part there of the counter!
13:16You're right!
13:17Oh, man!
13:18He's right on his face!
13:19The back of his head and driving it into that steel bar!
13:22You're right!
13:22It wasn't even a fence!
13:28Holy cow, Mike!
13:31Skipper!
13:32And Harris battle it out!
13:35Storm and Daniels are down!
13:37Oh!
13:38Look at the streak!
13:39I mean, it's Skipper!
13:40Belly to belly by Skipper!
13:44Doesn't go for the pin!
13:45Pulls him up!
13:46No, he wants to be in!
13:47Oh!
13:48Oh, God!
13:49God!
13:49Wildcat right there in the forehead!
13:53Just rubbing it in right now!
13:54Look at that streak!
13:57This guy's unbelievable!
13:59Another pin attempt now!
14:00Skipper!
14:00Two!
14:01Got the leg foot!
14:01And again, just gets two!
14:03Incredible series of near falls in this steel cage!
14:07First ever here on TNA!
14:09And the NWA World Tag Team Championship belts go to the winner!
14:17Eelix Skipper climbing in the corner!
14:19Who knows?
14:21Wildcat going up there after him!
14:23And Harris follows Skipper up the cage!
14:26What?
14:26You've got to be kidding!
14:28No!
14:29No!
14:31Oh, my God!
14:32Good God!
14:33Power bomb!
14:34From 15 feet up in the air!
14:37Pin attempt!
14:38If he can just extend his arm, and he can't even do that!
14:42What a crash that was!
14:43All four of these guys have spent!
14:45There it is!
14:46Here it is!
14:47Two!
14:47No!
14:52Any way we can see that, Keith?
14:54Is there any way we can see a replay of that power bomb?
14:58Take a look at it on the right!
14:59Oh, wow!
15:03We go back live!
15:05Action continues!
15:06All four men in the ring!
15:09Oh, man!
15:10Now it's Christopher Daniels taking control of the Cowboy!
15:14What a move right there, Mike!
15:16He's putting right on his head!
15:17In the pin!
15:18Now Harris won't let it happen!
15:22Both of these teams have been on the verge so many times of scoring the win, that will
15:28either allow them to win the tag titles, or retain the tag team championship belt!
15:32To the corner goes Daniels!
15:33Harris charges in!
15:34Caught him again with a clothesline!
15:36Sandwiched him in the corner!
15:40Now what does he have in store?
15:42Sets Daniels up in the top rope!
15:44I think these guys are making these things up as they go along!
15:46I mean, they're in a situation that they've never been in in TNA before!
15:52Going up to the top again!
15:53Let's see who can improv the best!
15:55Looking for every advantage they can get, Mike!
15:58Any kind of leverage!
16:00Harrison Daniels fighting on the top rope!
16:04Oh, he speared it from the down!
16:06He speared it while he was walking on the top rope!
16:09You believe it!
16:09Oh my gosh!
16:12And they're both out!
16:14Everybody's out!
16:16Man, can we see that again?
16:18The double knockout referee Rudy Charles puts in the count!
16:21Will follow the count on the left!
16:23Look at that spear!
16:25No!
16:26We go back live in another pin attempt, and yes, another near fall!
16:30Oh, an angel would not let himself go down!
16:33He's the champion!
16:34And he's not giving up that belt tonight!
16:39Skipper puts on the brakes!
16:41Catches him with the boot to the midsection!
16:43He went for the play of the day!
16:48Didn't connect like he wanted to!
16:50That's all that saved James Storm from being out of this match!
16:54You can see how the incredible physicality of this steel cage match is wearing on all four competitors!
17:01What is Skipper doing?
17:02Skipper's climbing the cage!
17:03No way!
17:04You don't win here by climbing out of the cage, so he must have some kind of a move in
17:09mind!
17:10Oh my goodness!
17:11Oh my goodness!
17:12No!
17:12Look at that!
17:13Look how high up he is!
17:15Way up on top of the cage!
17:16No way!
17:18No way!
17:20Oh my God!
17:22And even Skipper is flopping around like a fish on the bed!
17:27Where he's mixing it is!
17:28We have to see it again, Keith!
17:30Oh!
17:30Cross body block off the top of the steel cage!
17:34Oh my goodness!
17:35Felix Skipper!
17:37One more time, baby!
17:39Oh!
17:40Man!
17:41Pin and tap, Skipper!
17:42One!
17:43Two!
17:44No!
17:45America's most wanted still alive!
17:46Can we see that one more time, O'Keefe?
17:49I want people to see how high up he was!
17:52You asked for it?
17:53Boom!
17:54You got it, brother!
17:55Off the top goes Skipper, but they still can't put AMW away!
17:59Holy cow!
18:00These guys are warriors!
18:02No!
18:03No chance!
18:03No way is Skipper going to do it again!
18:06How is he even able to climb up there?
18:08Oh!
18:09Oh!
18:10Oh!
18:10Oh!
18:11Wildcat threw him out!
18:12He was knocked to the floor!
18:15It's now two on one!
18:17The numbers are now in AMW's favor!
18:19You think about this!
18:20We've been talking about all the times that the numbers game worked for Triple X!
18:25This time, Skipper's outside!
18:28Knocked to the floor!
18:29Here's the opening for America's Most Wanted!
18:31They have a chance!
18:32Two on one in the ring!
18:34Look at that!
18:35Wildcat won't let him in!
18:37Oh!
18:37What a kick!
18:38Super kick on Target!
18:41That was absolutely unreal!
18:47James Storm connecting with the super kick on Daniels!
18:51Skipper is out!
18:52Skipper is out!
18:53The times have been turned!
18:55You're gonna go for the death sentence!
18:56Here it is!
18:56Death sentence!
18:57Oh!
18:58He just missed it!
19:00He had a mid-move there!
19:01He had to go for something different than this, too!
19:03No!
19:04He's coming out!
19:08Storm can't believe it!
19:10Oh!
19:11If Wildcat would have connected with the death sentence, it would have been over!
19:17Wait a minute!
19:18Wait a minute!
19:18Look how quickly Skipper is able to climb to the top of the cage!
19:22Oh!
19:23You've got to be kidding!
19:25And just as quickly, he's knocked right back down on the floor!
19:28And AMW says they're gonna take advantage of this numbers game!
19:32How many falls can Skipper take from this high up, Mike?
19:35Wait a minute!
19:36Wait a minute!
19:38No way!
19:38No chance!
19:39No!
19:41The Wildcat, Chris Harris, at the top of the cage!
19:45No!
19:45Here it goes!
19:47No freaking way!
19:48Yeah!
19:49Johnson, you've got to be kidding!
19:52Here it goes!
19:55They did it!
19:57Oh!
19:57Leaves!
19:58And you!
20:00NWA Tag Team Champions of the World!
20:06America's Most Wanted!
20:10The unbeaten streak of Triple X has been spoiled tonight, Mike!
20:14And what a way!
20:15It was broken up, and there you see it!
20:18I still can't believe it!
20:19Oh my God!
20:20Chris Harris hits the death sentence!
20:23Not from the top rope, but from the top of the steel cage!
20:28And they deservedly are three-time NWA World Tag Team ship!
20:33We have another look from another angle!
20:35Look at that precise!
20:37It doesn't matter, whatever angle you look at, it's an incredible move!
20:42It is my destiny!
20:45It is the truth I seek!
20:47In this world I'll find a way to cross the line!