The Wrestling Bard 10.11.08: Shawn Michaels vs. AJ Styles, Part 2

The Feud Continues:

Monday Night RAW: A video package of AJ Styles attacking Shawn Michaels after the match is shown. Vince McMahon comes out and informs us that Shawn has suffered internal bleeding and a concussion, and will be out for at least a week.

TNA Impact: AJ Styles is in the ring with a mic. “Now, a lot of people are angry with me because of what I did to Shawn Michaels last Sunday. While I’ll tell you something. I did what I had to do. You see, I was SCREWED out of a victory at the Pay-Per-View. I BEAT Shawn Michaels, but the referee was out. Then Shawn beat me and got the ‘official’ win. Before we went on the air, Shawn Michaels wished me good luck in our match, but also told me it would be the last time we wrestled. Well, I couldn’t have the last time I wrestled Shawn be a loss, especially when I had already beaten him. I made it personal because I have to beat Shawn. I’m better than him. I know it, you fans know, and deep down inside of him, Shawn Michaels knows it too. So Shawn, when you get all better, I’m officially challenging you to a rematch. Give me a chance to beat you, and I will beat you Old Man.”

Kevin Nash’s music hits and he stares down AJ. He slowly chases after AJ but AJ scampers out of the ring and hightails it. Nash gets the mic. “AJ Styles, you made the biggest mistake of your life assaulting my best friend. When I get you, and I WILL get you, you’re gonna wish you’d never been born Son.”

Week 6:

Monday Night RAW: Vince McMahon is out and demands AJ Styles come out and issue an apology to Shawn Michaels. “Vince, I apologize to you for injuring one of your Superstars, and for costing you money. But I am not going to apologize Shawn until he grants me my rematch.”

Shawn Michaels shows up on the Titantron. “AJ Styles, look at me. Listen to me, and you listen well boy. I am very, very angry right now. You injured me AJ. You put me in the hospital with a concussion. I was in there for three days AJ. My wife has been worrying. My kids keep asking her ‘Mommy, is Daddy going to be okay?’ AJ, you crossed a line that you shouldn’t have crossed. And you didn’t need to cross it. I’m a fair man AJ. I’ve been watching tapes of our match at Survivor Series, and I know you got treated unfairly. I would have fixed it AJ, I would have made it right. But you had to stab me in the back, beat me to a bloody pulp, and put me in the hospital. Are you proud of yourself AJ? Are you proud that…”

“Shawn Michaels, hold it, hold it. I know I’m supposed to respect my elders, but uh…SHUT UP! I didn’t come here to listen to you incriminate me Shawn. I came here to get an answer. Yes…or…no?”

“No.”

“No? What are you scared? Are you yellow Shawn? Are you telling me that one of the reckless men in our business is too afraid to face me again?”

“I’m not afraid of you AJ. I know what you are AJ. You’re what the call the flavor of the month. You’re a young punk kid, with a lot of talent, trying to make your name at someone else’s expense. Do you know how many guys like you I’ve dealt with before? Do you think you’re any different from Randy Orton or John Cena? You think you’re special, don’t you? Well let me tell you this AJ…you’re not. You’re just another guy. And I am not afraid of you.”

“Then why won’t you give me my rematch?”

“You know AJ, a decade ago, I would have. I was younger, crazier, and more hot-tempered than I am now. I’m learning to control myself. And I know the difference between a serious threat and a punk kid that needs a little lesson in manners. Guess which one you are AJ? You tried to make this personal my attacking me. You’re trying to plan mind games with me? I’ve been there and done that, and you are not worth my time.”

“Alright Shawn. I know what this is really about. You’re not the old Shawn Michaels anymore. You’ve turned over a new leaf, you’re the good husband, good father, good Christian. You’re trying to turn the other cheek. I get it. Well Shawn, the Good Book also says ‘eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth’. I was robbed of my win, and I will get what I deserve. And if beating you up isn’t enough to convince you, I’ll just have to find out what will.”

TNA Impact: AJ Styles and Kevin Nash have a match and Nash mostly dominates, with AJ getting in a few shots, and Nash goes for the powerbomb but Homicide and Hernandez rush the ring and attack Nash. AJ and LAX pummel Shawn in a Horseman-esque beatdown, and AJ gets a chair and smashes it over Nash’s head, and leaves him lying in a pool of his own blood. AJ grabs the mic while LAX continue to pummel Nash. “Shawn Michaels, this is what will happen if you do not accept my challenge for a rematch! Your friends will suffer Shawn! This blood is on YOUR hands Shawn, not mine!”

Week 7:

Monday Night Raw: Shawn Michaels comes out to the ring with a mic. “AJ Styles! Last week, you assaulted my best friend. You and a couple of friends got together and brutalized him. And you dared to say that his blood was on my hands! All week, I’ve been in the hospital, making sure he’s okay. AJ, you wanted my attention, and now you’ve got it. I accept your challenge for a rematch, this Sunday, at Armageddon! But it will be in a street fight! And you better look out AJ, because I’m coming after you! You’ve awakened a side of me that you are going to regret waking up. May God forgive me for what I’m going to do to you!”

TNA Impact: LAX defeat Eric Young and Curry Man in a squash, but Shawn runs through the crowd and hits both of them with a chair. He lays into Homicide with punches and hits Sweet Chin Music on Hernandez. He grabs the mic and the chair. “AJ Styles! Get out here and fight me like a man!” AJ rushes the ring and they trade blows, but security rushes them and we get a pull apart brawl. The officials keep AJ in the ring and start taking Shawn to the back, but AJ hits a Shooting Styles Press onto everyone. AJ and Shawn keep fighting, and they pull them apart again.

Armageddon, Street Fight Rules
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AJ comes out second and Shawn slides through the ropes and starts pummeling AJ with right hands, whips AJ to the ring and AJ slides in, Shawn rushes in and hits a spear and unleashes a flurry of mounted punches. Shawn places AJ in the corner and chops at him, and then does the ten corner mounted punches. Shawn whips AJ to the buckles and runs into a mule kick, and AJ hits a missile dropkick off of the second rope. AJ tries to catch his breath but Shawn slaps him in the face and hits a flurry of chops. Shawn whips AJ and goes for Sweet Chin Music but AJ rolls to the floor. Shawn follows by sliding out and hitting a neckbreaker on the floor. Shawn tries to whip AJ into the guardrail, but AJ leaps over it, and then gets the Superman Forearm off of the rail! AJ tries to lift up the mats, but Shawn dropkicks the mat onto him and jumps on him with stomps. SHADES OF MIND GAMES! Shawn goes to the apron, SPRINGBOARD CROSSBODY! Shawn keeps unloading rights onto AJ, and slams him onto the rail. Shawn keeps fighting with chops, but AJ fights back with elbows and knees, and hits a suplex on the floor! AJ hits a military press that drops Shawn onto the guardrail, and rams his back into the ring apron. AJ rolls Shawn into the ring and hits a Hilo to the back. AJ hits a pair of STO backbreakers, lifts him into the torture rack and hits the Rack Bomb for 2. AJ goes to the floor and gets a chair, and rams the chair into the ribs of Shawn, and then smashes it across the back and covers for 2. AJ sets the chair up in the middle of the ring and hits a backbreaker onto the chair for 2. AJ sets the chair on top of Shawn, sit on it and applies a Steiner Recliner with the chair. Shawn refuses to give up and AJ smashes the chair across his back again and covers for 2. AJ sets the chair on the ground and goes for the brainbuster on the chair, but Shawn escapes and hits a hangmen’s neckbreaker on the chair for 2. Shawn chops at AJ in the corner, goes for a cross-corner whip but AJ reverses it and Shawn does his turnbuckle flip. AJ goes for a German Suplex, but Shawn counters to his own bridging German Suplex for 2. Shawn throws a few right hands, but AJ reverses a whip, leapfrogs Shawn, sprawls and goes for the dropkick but Shawn stays in the ropes, and AJ lands on his feet. Shawn charges and AJ JACKS him with the dropkick for 2. AJ hits a suplex and rolls Shawn over, and hits a running somersault senton to the back for 2. AJ applies an abdominal stretch and uses the ropes for leverage, goes for the pump handle gutbuster but Shawn counters into a modified cradle for 2. AJ connects with a superkick before Shawn can do anything, and hits a backbreaker that makes Shawn roll to the apron. AJ goes to the apron and they trade punches on the apron, and AJ hits an enzugiri on the apron, SUPLEX ON THE APRON! SICK! AJ goes into the ring and hits the ropes, goes for a somersault plancha but Shawn moves and AJ lands on the apron, and Shawn pulls his legs down and AJ lands on his face! Shawn hits a jawbreaker and AJ lies on the ground, ASAI MOONSAULT BY SHAWN! AJ is bleeding from the nose, and Shawn goes for a piledriver on the steel steps, but AJ counters and catapults Shawn into the iron post! Shawn is busted open, STYLIN’ DDT OFF OF THE APRON ON THE FLOOR! AJ rolls Shawn into the ring, 450 SPLASH! 1…2…NO! AJ pummels Shawn from a mount position and grabs the chair. He goes to nail Shawn, SWEET CHIN MUSIC INTO THE CHAIR! Shawn is too hurt to go for the cover and he staggers on his feet. AJ and Shawn trade blows and Shawn wins, hits the ropes, DISCUS CLOTHESLINE! 1…2…NO! AJ goes to the floor and grabs the steel steps. Shawn is on his knees and AJ takes a few shots at his head, and Shawn fights back with punches, but AJ stops the exchange with a front dropkick to the face. AJ grabs the steps and charges Shawn, but Shawn hits a drop toehold and AJ goes face first onto the steel steps. Shawn gets to his feet and pummels AJ, tries a whip but AJ reverses, and Shawn hits the flying forearm. KNIP UP! Shawn hits a series of punches and an atomic drop, whips AJ to the ropes, and hits a back body drop and AJ lands on the steps! Shawn kicks him in the gut, PILEDRIVER ON THE STEPS! AJ is busted open on the top of his skull! Shawn grabs the steel chair, CHAIR SHOT TO AJ! Shawn climbs the top rope, and hits the flying elbow drop! Shawn starts to tune up the band, but AJ moves out of the way of Sweet Chin Music, PELÉ KICK! AJ grabs Shawn, POWERBOMB! 1…2…NO! AJ wraps the chair around Shawn’s throat, climbs up top, but Shawn is up and nails AJ with a chair shot! AJ falls to the floor and Shawn goes to the apron, PESCADO! Shawn sets up a table at ringside. He rolls AJ on top of the table and climbs up top, but AJ rolls into the ring. Shawn goes for the moonsault but AJ catches him and drops him throat first on the top rope. AJ pulls Shawn out to the apron, and they trade blows, and Shawn wins, LOW BLOW BY AJ! He grabs Shawn, STYLES CLASH THROUGH THE TABLE! AJ rolls Shawn into the ring, covers him, 1…2…NO! AJ goes outside and grabs what appears to be a sandbag, THUMBTACKS! AJ spreads them out on the mat, and grabs Shawn and tries to suplex him into the tacks but Shawn lands behind AJ and they trade blows, and AJ almost gets Shawn into the tacks, hits the ropes but Shawn hits a flying back elbow. Shawn grabs AJ and SLAMS HIM INTO THE TACKS! Shawn climbs up top, PICTURE PERFECT ELBOW MISSES AND SHAWN EATS TACKS! SICK! AJ grabs Shawn, STYLES CLASH INTO THE TACKS! 1…2…3! AJ wins! Both men are bloody and AJ spits on Shawn, and heads to the back. Shawn is taken out on a stretcher.

Kudos of the Week

Since I actually haven’t watched any live wrestling this week, the kudos are going to be a little bit different.

5) Kudos to Youtube. I’ve been watching a ton of matches from there and I’m really glad that it’s available.
4) Kudos to Paul London. This guy SERIOUSLY needs a push. He’s absolutely amazing.
3) Kudos to Netflix. Thanks to them, I finally got around to watching the first volume of SHIMMER Women’s Athletes. I highly recommend it. Beth Phoenix (the current WWE Women’s Champion) and Shantelle Taylor (the current TNA Knockout’s Champion as Taylor Wilde) are both on the card, and the the last two matches are ***3/4 and ***1/2 respectively. If you think women are only good for T&A (Which is more like icing on the cake as opposed to the actual cake. Interpret as you will.), then you should definately check this out.
2) Kudos to Larry Csonka. This guy really doesn’t get enough love from the guys here. He busts his butt to make sure everything goes according to plan. Hail to the Chief.
1) Kudos to my commentors. I haven’t had a single truly negative comment in THREE weeks. It’s amazing. Well, except for the guy who thinks kudos are gay. But even he liked the rest of the column.

Thanks for reading, the conclusion (possibly) will be up next week. For those who care, you can check out my blog over the next week or so as I’m FINALLY going to finish my review of the Casting Crowns and Todd Agnew CDs that I’ve been putting off for a month.

Have a blessed week everyone. For whatever my blessing is worth.