Rough Sleeper

Chase Michaels vs Tyson the Hammer, Match 663 - Sleeper Match (UCW)

Champion for almost eight months now, Tyson has been super-diligent in accepting challenges and defending the UCW belt. In this new release, he fights Chase Michaels, whom he hasn't faced since 2017, back in the old cinder-block fight-room days. There's no ref, so it's not a title defense - or, wait, maybe it is. What the fuck kind of match do we have here? The longer it stretches (36 minutes or more), the less I am able to classify it. Is this a sleeper match or a sex match? Is it a ring match or mat match? And maybe the real stumper is who really wins the fight?

Actually that last question has a definite answer, but I found myself scratching my head for the final four minutes. The action is R-rated for raunchy, yet there are moments of what appears to be romantic comedy - in the tradition of While You Were Sleeping, only with kink you couldn't pay Sandra Bullock enough money to perform. This is a situation where if I drop too many hints, I'll spoil the surprise. (So far, I have not. I'm pretty sure I have not, but who knows?) Are the last four minutes real, or did somebody dream all this? One thing is certain, the crazy contest has UCW written all over it - probably the most anarchic enterprise in all underground wrestling - and yet the only underground promotion to have a title belt and a champion. Weird, huh. So are we being set up for a rematch, in which the champion  - Tyson? or Chase? - will settle the matter once and for all? Stay tuned.

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