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They go face to face to start and then they tie up, Edwards takes Daniels to the corner and breaks clean. Daniels goes to the arm with a wristlock, but Edwards with a drop toehold and floats over to a front facelock. Daniels counters to a hammerlock and Edwards reverses to one of his own and then catches the other arm to try and turn it to a guillotine, but Daniels rolls through and breaks clear for a stalemate. Daniels takes Edwards over with a side headlock but Edwards gets to his feet and takes Daniels to the corner again, but this time rams his shoulder into Daniels' ribs and then they exchange armdrags with Edwards coming out on top with an armbar. Edwards converts it into a wristlock and Daniels slips out and goes to a side headlock and takes Edwards down with it. Edwards tries to headscissors his way out of the hold, but Daniels blocks it and keeps the hold, trying unsuccessfully to roll Edwards to his back as we hit the 5 minute mark.
Edwards gets to his feet and tries to shove Edwards off, but Daniels goes back to the headlock and takes Edwards back down. Edwards shoves Daniels off into the ropes and Daniels takes him down with a shoulderblock and then a second one, but Edwards blocks the third and takes Daniels off his feet with a chop, then picks him back up and floors him with a second one. Edwards whips Daniels to the ropes and hits a knee to the ribs, then snapmares Daniels and kicks him in the back for 2. Edwards goes to a rear chinlock and Daniels elbows his way out, but Edwards hits an inverted atomic drop, superkick to the knee to chop Daniels down, then a Shining Wizard for 2, then it's back to the chinlock. Eddie takes Daniels to the corner and lays in some more hard chops and a running boot to the chest, then facewashes Daniels and hits the running facewash. Edwards covers for 2, then hits another hard chop and goes for a whip but Daniels counters to a backdrop suplex and slowly makes his way to his feet. Daniels runs Edwards over with a clothesline but is still hurting from the last few minutes and can't go for a cover, so he puts Edwards in the corner facing the turnbuckle and chops him in the back, then does it a gain and follows it up with a side neckbreaker for 2.
We're at 10 minutes now as Daniels kicks Edwards in the back and drops a series of elbows to the back of the neck, and then hits a Northern Lariat for 2. Daniels gets a weird hold that I can only describe as a Million Dollar Dream with the legs, but Edwards rolls backwards and puts Daniels to his shoulders for 2. Daniels recovers right away with a clothesline, but Eddie fires back with chops and forearms and Daniels responds by tackling Edwards to the floor. Daniels goes out after him and they exchange blows on the floor, but Daniels rams the back of Eddie's head to the barricade and then rolls him back into the ring and stomps on the back of his head. Daniels chokes Edwards in the corner with his boot and hits a vertical suplex for 2, then locks Edwards in a neck vice. Edwards fights free, but Daniels nails him and puts him up top for a superplex. Edwards blocks and crotches Daniels on the top rope and then comes leaping out of the corner with a top rope Frankensteiner.
We're at the halfway point now as Edwards dumps Daniels to the apron and hits a running kick to the chest and then hits a slingshot double stomp and they both tumble to the floor. Edwards rams Daniels into the barricade and hits a running Yakuza kick that sends Daniels tumbling into the crowd. Daniels begins to collect himself and get to his feet as Eddie climbs to the top rope and dives into the crowd and onto Daniels. Eddie dumps Daniels over the guardrail and they head back into the ring, and Edwards hits a missile dropkick, running forearm in the corner, and a bridging Tiger Suplex, but releases the bridge at 2 because of the pain Daniels inflicted on his neck. Edwards hangs Daniels in the Tree Of Woe and hits a running dropkick to the face, then goes out to the aisle and runs clear across the ring to leap up and baseball slide Daniels in the head. Crowd popped big for that and Edwards goes for a top rope double stomp, but Daniels moves, palmstrikes him in the face, bulldogs him into the second turnbuckle, and curb stomps Edwards off the second rope for 2. Daniels with a running forearm to the back of the head and a Burning Hammer for 2. Edwards blocks a uranage attempt, armdrags out of a second, but catches Daniels charging and suplexes him into the corner.
Both men are down as we hit the 20 minute mark, but Edwards gets to his feet and hits a running forearm in the corner and puts Daniels on top and hits the Backpack Driver for 2. They exchange chops in the middle of the ring and Daniels palmstrikes Edwards and comes off the ropes, but Edwards rolls backwards right into the Achilles Lock. Daniels goes for the ropes and Edwards drags him back to the middle, but Daniels uses the opening to roll through to the Koji Clutch and now Edwards is in trouble. Edwards goes for the Achilles Lock again but Daniels rolls through and gets an Achilles Lock of his own on Edwards. Edwards kicks out of that and gets a Koji Clutch on Daniels. Paul Turner checks the arm but it only drops twice and Daniels rolls Edwards to his shoulders for 2. Daniels with a leaping enziguiri, Edwards responds with a superkick, and Daniels gets a rolling leg cradle for the first fall at the 23 minute mark.
Daniels: 1, Edwards: 0
Edwards doesn't stop for a second and drops Daniels with a clothesline. Daniels rolls to the apron and Edwards goes for a double stomp off the top, but Daniels moves and then rams Eddie's back into the ringpost and gets a Blue Thunder Driver on the apron and they both tumble to the floor. THAT looked nasty. Daniels makes it back in the ring first as the referee counts Eddie on the outside.
We've got five minutes left, and Eddie barely beats the count back in and Daniels spikes him with a piledriver for 2. Daniels pounds the mat in frustration and then goes for the Angel's Wings, but Edwards rams Daniels into the corner with 4 minutes left. Daniels hits a uranage into the corner and goes for another second rope curb stomp, but Edwards rolls through into the Achilles Lock and Daniels taps.
Daniels: 1, Edwards: 1
We're tied up with three minutes left. Edwards desperately tries to get the Achilles Lock and Daniels blocks and goes for the Angel's Wings, but Edwards trips him and hits a running kick to the chest. Edwards with an STF and Daniels goes for the ropes, but Edwards pulls him back and hits a full rotation back suplex for 2 with two minutes left. Edwards puts Daniels up top and hits a Superfrankensteiner for 2. Daniels is busted open with one minute left, and Eddie hits a pair of superkicks and charges Daniels, and Daniels tries to hiptoss Eddie over the top rope but they both go to the floor with 30 seconds left. Edwards rolls back in first and the referee continues to count but the bell rings for the time limit.
Time Limit Draw
Crowd chants for five more minutes as a bloody Christopher Daniels rolls back into the ring. Edwards goes to check on Daniels along with Kevin Kelly and several officials. Jim Cornette comes out to survey the scene, and he gets the microphone and tells the fans that Daniels is hurt and can't continue the match like last time. Eddie comes out to protest this decision as Daniels is carried to the back, but it looks like it's all said and done, so he waves to the crowd and heads to the back.
I was hoping for someone to make the challenge for a decisive finish, but it didn't happen, which was a little disappointing. That was the only bad thing about this, however, because they went out there and kicked ass for a full half hour in an excellent match.
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