Texas Death Match
Bully Ray vs. Ethan Carter III
Bully comes out with a bull rope, and attacks Ethan as soon as the bell rings. He sets up two tables next to each other on the floor, and Carter attacks from behind. They roll back in the ring and Bully does his version of the Bionic Elbow, then the crowd tells him to “get the tables”. He goes and gets another table, setting it up in the corner, but Carter again attacks from behind. EC3 grabs himself a steel chair and begins to break it over his opponent’s back, shot after shot. He taunts the crowd, and Bully rocks him with a big boot. Bully with overhand chops in the corner – big “wooo” chants from the crowd – until Carter’s chest is bright red. He grabs a cheese grater and starts to grind it over Carter’s chest, but EC3 drops down and hits a low blow to regain control. Back to the steel chair shots we go, and eventully he settles for just slamming Bully’s face into the chair over and over again. Bully gets some momentum and battles back, rolling to the outside and getting a box cutter. He starts knifing the ring and reveals the wood underneath, then asks the crowd if they want the wood or the table still in the corner. Rockstar Spud comes out of nowhere and attacks Bully with a kendo stick, but Bully hits him in the nuts and cracks him over the skull with the stick. Carter takes advantage and hits his finisher into the boards. The referee gets up to a count of nine, but Bully does get back to his feet. EC3 has a bucket with the Dallas Cowboys logo on it; he dumps it into the ring and it’s just shards of glass everywhere. Carter off the second rope, but Bully catches him with an RKO out of nowhere, slamming him down into the glass! Both guys roll to the floor and take a long time to get up. Bully rocks him with a kendo stick, then throws Carter on top of the two tables. He heads up to the top turnbuckle, but Dixie Carter is out to make the save. He screams out “I’m gonna kill you bitch!” which gets an excellent reaction. Bully chases Aunt D all over the ring, until EC3 accidentally takes her out. Bully knocks out EC3 and then picks up Dixie, placing her on the tables. He goes back up to the ropes again, but EC3 attacks him with the kendo stick as Dixie Carter is pulled to safety by Rockstar Spud; Bully goes through the tables. The referee gets to a count of ten, and this one is over.
Winner: Ethan Carter III
KILLAM: Everyone is going to have their own opinion on that match, and the string of ridiculous endings to everything Dixie Carter is involved with, but I really enjoyed how everything played out. Once the dynamic has been established, you can’t just hide them all backstage and pretend like the No DQ stipulation doesn’t play into their numbers game. You can’t just ignore that. I’m also a big EC3 fan, so whatever they can do to put him over is fine with me. It’s not a world title match – Bully can afford to lose to put over a young up-and-coming star. Furthermore, how awesome did Rockstar Spud look?
