ReAwakening 16 – EPW Championship Street Fight, Tale of the Tape

Who will stand victorious after this epic ReAwakening main event?

The Don will win if…

He attacks Davis Storm with reckless abandon. Losing to one of, if not THE greatest EPW Champion Perth wrestling has ever known won’t cost Don any fans, so he really can attack this match with a ‘nothing to lose’ mindset.  The added stipulation of it being a Street Fight really works in his favour. With the EPW Hardcore Championship belt alluding Davis Storm throughout his vast career, his lack of success in hardcore matches may start to play on his confidence when things get ugly.

The Don will undoubtedly need to have his running buddies Generation Zero watching his back to neutralize The Solution members should they decide to rock up at ringside.

If The Don can wrestle a mistake-free match, absorb the punishment Davis Storm will dish out, and avoid his Solution lackeys, there’s no reason we won’t have a new EPW Champion by the time ReAwakening comes to close.

Davis Storm will win if…

He is patient. Make no mistake about Davis Storm, he is an absolute assassin. He rarely, if ever, makes a mistake and has been in more main events than most people have been in matches. Storm’s biggest strength is that he has no real weakness, which makes him a formidable opponent.

He has always been at his best against the younger generation because of his relentless pressure and risk free style of wrestling. I’m not sure where he sits with his Solution cronies, but if they can get to the ring and cause some damage on The Don before Gen Zero can make a save, things could go downhill fast for the challenger.

If Davis Storm rocks up in the right mindset, keeps his cool and gets to wrestle the match on his own terms he will retain his EPW Championship once again.

We want to see…

The Don to shine bright! As far as I’m concerned I’m not worried about The Don picking up the win here, I just want to see him leave everything in the ring. Many young studs have used the Main Event spotlight to elevate themselves without scoring the victory, so for The Don to do the same would be an amazing achievement.

I would also love for these boys’ respective teams to stay in the locker room and let us find out who the better man is. The Solution can’t cross the street without interfering in something so I think that’s going to be a long shot, but at the very least we can hope that Gen Zero can neutralize them before they cause too much damage.
All I want is the hard fought, quality match that ReAwakening deserves as it’s main event, which can propel Morleone, and EPW, into 2018 with some serious momentum.

Verdict?

Davis Storm wins. Davis Storm always wins. Every year it seems that another young challenger steps up to the plate and after 15 years, Storm is still at the top of mountain. The no holds barred stipulation adds an element of unpredictability that he won’t like, but make no mistake, he will be prepared for every scenario before it unfolds. The Don will throw everything including the kitchen sink at him (maybe literally), but Davis Storm isn’t a 6 time EPW Champion for no reason. Storm should be able to withstand Don’s best shot and then calmly dismantle him just like he has done to so many others.
BUT if The Don can rattle Storm early and throw him off his game, who knows what might happen?
Either way, it should be one hell of a ride!