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Nero Angelo vs Kenny Star, Match 734 - Squash Match from the Lost Video Collection (UCW)

Kenny's scruffy good looks have made him a personal favorite and a fan favorite. For years he has been a consummate jobber and babyface, instantly likeable, heartbreaking in his suffering and defeats. Near the beginning of this match against uber-heel Nero Angelo, Kenny takes a bold and somewhat unexpected turn.

Nero and Kenny lock up, and Kenny backs Nero to the ropes and starts hammering his fist into the guy's abs. Then Kenny crushes his opponent's head in an excruciating minute-long side headlock. The first word spoken is "fuck," yelped by Angelo as Star punishes him in a full nelson. "How's it feel?" Kenny asks a couple of minutes later (third GIF above). "Eat a dick," Nero moans bitterly.

Nero is as muscular, crafty, and handsy as he's ever been. He fights back, but for the first half of this match, Kenny is in charge, and he torments Nero with one punishment after another, and more peculiarly, Kenny appears to like hurting people, or at least hurting Angelo - to which let's just say, "More power to him."

It's not as if Nero doesn't deserve an asskicking. Some of you may recall that Kenny already messed up Angelo fair and square in a 2019 oil match. When they first met, in their first singles match in 2016, Nero ripped Kenny a new asshole. The question here is Can Angelo turn this humiliating beatdown around? If he can, how much will be left of Kenny when he's done with him? And if he can't, can we expect a new badass Kenny notching up wins over other UCW talents?

The Lost Video Collection, as most of you know, consists of the customized videos fans can purchase for $650 and up. These matches don't usually fit into the company's running narrative of challenges and grudges, but more of Star as a tough guy is something I'm ready for.

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