Jessie vs The Champion

Champion Axel vs Jessie Lee, Match 841 (UCW)

I don't know how Jessie became a contender for the UCW belt, taking on the almost indestructible Champion Axel, but he throws everything he's got into this match. Axel is bigger and more experienced, but Jessie brings a lot of energy and gives the champ a real run for his money.

Most of the action occurs away from the ropes. With a few small changes, the battle could have been fought in the mat area. The match has the slow and insistent pace of honest-to-goodness competition with fewer jokey moves and prearranged holds. Jessie's grim and incessant smile might look like he's messing around, but he and Axel take the competition seriously. The mat action has the savage, cumbersome tone of two crocodiles at war.

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