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Tyson the Hammer vs TK Wu, Match 647 (UCW)

TK challenges the Champ to an oil match, with the UCW belt on the line. This is Tyson's fourth title defense, his first in 2019. As far as I know, no previous UCW champion has been determined via an oil match, but UCW is nothing if not open to new ways of doing things. Besides, Wu and the Hammer both have ideal builds for an oil match - all smooth lean muscle with plenty of stretch.

Tyson has the edge in size and strength, yet TK gets him on his back seconds after the sounding of the bell. Tyson reverses mere seconds later, and the give and take is steady for the next 25 minutes. The sensuousness of oil wrestling does nothing to diminish the wrestlers' fervor for victory, and hardly a minute passes without a close call that could bring the match to a sudden close.

The last seven minutes see the ferocity intensify, and the advantage shifting at a rapider pace. The neck-and-neck struggle culminates in a rear naked choke and a dismissive kiss. It's a fine match by any standards. Both wrestlers have plenty to be proud of, and I have to wonder, things ending as they do, might a rematch be in the making?


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