Eiji jumps JVD from behind after the flex, and pounds the crap out of him in the corner. JVD fights back, and FUCKS HIM UP with a Corner Yakuza Kick!! Eiji's "limp fall" sell is classic. Things settle down as Jeff misses a diving lariat, and Eiji counters with a dropkick, segueing into a shoulder block sequence with neither man managing to take the lead. JVD starts it off, nailing the block, then the leap over, and flipping through Eiji's hip toss, only for Eiji to do the same to his, and they trade arm drags. Each time a guy falls, he kicks off the other from the lying position, and pops up. Basically, the opening sequence to their RAW World Title Match. Eventually, JVD goes for a clothesline, Eiji ducks, and tosses Jeff over the top. Jeff puts on the brakes and skins the cat on the ropes. Eiji FUCKING KILLS JVD with a Spear when he scoops up, though. The subsequent falling on his head was not pretty.
Eiji sets up a table but takes too long and JVD beats him down with THE CHOPS. He sets Eiji up against the guard rail, and decides to the the SPEAR!! However, it takes both guys out in the process. Smooth game plan, JVD. Anyway, Jeff grabs Eiji, but Eiji comes to life with a few open palm slap, and then POPS Jeff in the jaw with a Rainbow Kick! Eiji follows up with more brutality, just unloading on JVD with the stomps. Eiji throws Jeff back in and grabs a chair, only to have JVD hit a SWEET somersault Plancha Dropkick to the Chair!! Jeff works him over with the KICKS and sets up a chair between the ropes but that obviously doesn't work, as Jeff is thrown into the chair to the floor. Jeff hits a gusher, as Eiji poses. More brawling on the outside leads to Eiji hitting a one man standing Con-Chair-To ON THE POLE!! Disgusting..
We head back in, as Eiji gets two off of it, and Jeff is POURING. They go back and forth with the suplex counters until JVD hits a Springboard Headscissors sending Eiji through the ropes and THROUGH THE TABLE! EIJI IS FUCKED! JVD joins him on the outside, and does a Backbreaker on the Guard Rail!! Eiji is insane to take that kind of abuse. He tosses Eiji back in for two, and looks for the RUDO-CANRANA, but Eiji reverses into the H-BOMBAH!! 1.. 2.. 2 AND 9/10! The crowd is on FIRE now, as they thought that was it. Eiji drills Jeff with a Corkscrew Back Drop, and then heads up.... DEATH FROM ABOVE!! 1.. 2.. 2.999999! Eiji is PISSED. He looks for a Bicycle Kick but that's ducked and JVD hits the MIGHTY FOOT!! He follows up with the ELECTRIC FIRECRACKER!! 1.. 2.. 2.999999! JVD
Jeff wants the pin on the floor, but the referee reminds him on the "pin-in-the-ring" rules, and Jeff has to drag him in. He climbs up the ladder again, and signals for the Frog Splash, but Eiji pops up! He grabs the chair and SMASH-MOUTHS Jeff in the face, stopping his climb. He climbs up to, looking to get the H-EDGE OFF THE LADDER- Jeff elbows out!! VAN DAMAGER OFF THE LADDER- Eiji elbows out!! Jeff fires off a Roundhouse Kick around the ladder(!), smashes Eiji's head off the top of the ladder, and.. HO.. LY.. SHIT.. MIRACLE ECSTACY BOMB OFF THE LADDER!! ONE.. TWO.. THREE!!
Winner: Jeff Van Damage (17:08)
Well, god damn, that was vicious. Jeff's bleeding a mess, Eiji is dead, and this was just INSANE!! This is a reminder of the spot machine Jeff used to be, and while it's a lot of fun to watch, it's a far cry from the mat god he is. This was just Jeff's way of doing a throw-back to 97-99, when he was all about the spots. Match was great, especially all the insane spots and awesome, AWESOME selling from both guys, but it pales in comparison to their RAW World Title Match. Still, the bumps (One Man Con-Chair-To on the Pole, anyone?) were brutal, and the action was fast, thus it gets a Standing Ovation from the crowd in attendance.