HARDCORE TALE OF THE TAPE
Height: Bram - 6ft 3in / Foley - 6ft 2in
Weight: Bram - 213lbs / Foley - 287lbs
Finishing Move: Bram - Brighter side of suffering / Foley - Mandible Claw
Weapon of Choice: Bram - Turnbuckle / Foley - Barbed wire baseball bat
Notable Career Highlight: Bram - Defeating numerous hardcore wrestling legends / Foley - Hell In a cell match at King of the Ring 1998
PreMatch Analysis
With the match stip being in both mens favour, Prehaps the advantage would go to the veteran Mick Foley, but you cant count out the "King of Hardcore" Bram.
The Showdown!
The stipulation is a Full Metal Mayhem match, The ring is surrounded by all of the crazy and dangerous items one normally see's during a hardcore match, Tables, Barbed Wire, Nails, Chairs ect and the combatants are staring off in the centre of the ring with the "ECDUB" chants filling the arena. Just as they are about to clash both men exit the ring to grab their weapons of choice, Bram with the turnbuckle and Foley with the barbed wire baseball bat. They both climb back in the ring with their weapons and start swinging them frantically at each other but neither connects. The Chaos already runs wild with Bram knocking the bat out of Foley's hands and hits the Cactus clothesline over the top rope using the turnbuckle. With only a minute on the clock the bout spills outside of the ring and gets very interactive with the crowd with Foley and Bram battling in amongst the fans. The fight eventually gets back to the ring after a few big moves outside of the ring, including the Running knee sandwiching Bram's head between the ring steps. Bram starts to bleed and Foley starts to zone in on the laceration on the forehead of Bram with repeated viscous right and left fists like a fully fledged piston engine, which sends Bram into a bloody daze.
Then we see the "Bang Bang" taunt from Foley which drives the people into a nostalgic frenzy, but he pays the price for taking his eyes off of Bram and goes head first into the ring post, which now causes Foley to bleed also. The taste of his own blood drives Foley to fight back with more fire and power than before which takes the "King of Hardcore" to a new limit of pain and suffering like he's never known. The crazed Foley then drags out a black bag from beneath the ring and heads back into the ring. As he Pours the thousands of thumbtacks onto the canvass, Bram starts to stir and regain his composure after a hellacious beating at the hands of Foley outside of the ring and climbs back in the ring to continue the battle. The Two then restart the action with huge lefts and rights to each other with the crowd hanging on every moment, Bram gets the advantage with a big low blow followed by a vertical suplex which lands Foley directly onto the tacks.With Foley writhing in pain and pulling tacks out of his arms, Bram takes the time to search for another weapon to use. He finds a glass covered table and sets it up in the ring ready to end the match. Bram struggles to get Foley up but he eventually does and sets up the Brighter side of Suffering, But Foley plays possum and counters Brams attempt with a Mandible Claw out of no where and sends him into the gloom, But he hits one more lowblow and hoists foley over and through the table and covers him for the win.
Winner: Bram
Post Match Analysis: Whilst this match remains a closely knit battle, Bram was the better man in this exchange of weapons and toughness against the Veteran Foley, but Don't count Mick out as he'll be back for a rematch in no time!
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