{"id":23589,"date":"2018-08-09T12:51:42","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=23589"},"modified":"2018-08-09T12:51:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T16:51:42","slug":"match-point-sabu-vs-pco-vs-matthew-justice-8-25-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2018\/08\/09\/match-point-sabu-vs-pco-vs-matthew-justice-8-25-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Match Point: Sabu vs. PCO vs. Matthew Justice (8\/25\/18)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Match Point is an on-going series at Last Word on Pro Wrestling, where we look at intriguing matchups in indie wrestling and beyond. They may be dream matches, first-time\u00a0matchups,\u00a0or hotly anticipated rematches.\u00a0<\/em><em>Today\u2019s edition focuses on an absolutely insane triple threat happening at <strong>Absolute Intense Wrestling (AIW)<\/strong>&#8216;s next event, Wrestle Rager 3, on Saturday August 25 in Cleveland, Ohio, that will see former 2x ECW World Heavyweight Champion, &#8220;The Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal, Death-Defying Maniac&#8221; Sabu face off against &#8220;Not Human&#8221; PCO and indie veteran Matthew Justice in what is sure to amount to several buckets of blood and an orchestra of human suffering.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23595\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23595 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/sabu-wwe-ecw-wcw-interview-e1533793034290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday August 25 in Cleveland, Ohio, AIW presents <em><strong>Wrestle Rager 3<\/strong><\/em>, their next big event, and it&#8217;s feature attraction is none other than 2x ECW World Heavyweight Champion <strong>Sabu<\/strong>. One of the 90s undisputed pioneers of American hardcore, Sabu has been a spectacle like very few personas of the past three decades. His combination of high flying reckless abandon &#8211; for himself and his opponent &#8211; with a penchant for bloody violence was as much masochistic as it was sadistic. We all knew he would never fit in with the WWE or it&#8217;s ECW re-branding, yet we applauded his arrival none the less. We applauded more his return to the indies, where Sabu could be Sabu, competing around the world with the likes of <strong>Dragon Gate USA, All American Wrestling (AAW), Insane Championship Wrestling (ICW), IPW:UK, Big Time Wrestling<\/strong> (New York), and multiple other promotions across the US, Japan, Mexico and UK.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sabu vs Cactus Jack Desert Death Match\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JMTW9Llrtqg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23592\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23592\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/Dd_493IV4AMHcOF-e1533793068425.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Chris Grasso \/ GCW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Saturday August 25, Sabu steps into the ring with two other men, one of which has emerged as a new pariah of pain, who is as comfortable receiving the bloody destruction as he is receiving it, in former 3x WWE World Tag Team Champion <strong>PCO<\/strong>, the Frankenstein of American hardcore, and one of <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/2018\/05\/03\/pco-the-redemption-of-pierre-carl-ouellette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the greatest comeback stories in professional wrestling<\/a>. Bringing his trusted manager (Handler? Mad scientist creator?) <strong>Destro<\/strong> at his side, PCO continues a year of some of pro wrestling&#8217;s most insane matches, against the likes of <strong>WALTER, Nick Gage, Brian Cage, Homicide, Eddie Kingston, Dan Maff, Chris Dickinson, Teddy Hart<\/strong> and <strong>Joey Janela<\/strong>. The amount of punishment both PCO and Sabu can both inflict and endure, is mind numbing as it is &#8211; to unleash their near invincibility and desire to destroy on each other is the thing that nightmares are made of.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PCO VS DANNY MAFF - WRESTLING HAS A TOMORROW FREE MATCH (GCW\/WRESTLEPRO\/PWG)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoQ5xuNjmr4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23594\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/Pgb8ytB6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/Pgb8ytB6.jpg 400w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/Pgb8ytB6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/Pgb8ytB6-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The third man in this foray is Ohio&#8217;s own\u00a0<strong>Matthew Justice<\/strong>. Born just under an hour away in Middlefield, Ohio, Justice was trained by Ohio indie legend <strong>JT Lightning<\/strong> and starting off in Lightning&#8217;s <strong>Cleveland All-Pro Wrestling (CAPW)<\/strong> in 2006. He began working with AIW in 2007, but in 2010 headed out to other promotions, working with Pittsburgh&#8217;s <strong>International Wrestling Cartel (IWC)<\/strong>, New York City&#8217;s <strong>New York Wrestling Connection (NYWC)<\/strong>, as well as working as enhancement for the WWE. Last year, he made his triumphant return to AIW and has been on a thirst for conquest, going into battle with the likes of Nick Gage, <strong>The MJF, Ethan Page,<\/strong> Joey Janela, <strong>Tim Donst<\/strong>, and more. But he&#8217;s in a world of hurt entering into a three way against such unrelenting monsters like Sabu and PCO.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Matthew Justice vs Rickey Shane Page - PWX\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xAMmTZExDUQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Regardless, this is a match for the ages, pitting two old war dogs who have tasted more blood than Dracula against a young mastiff looking to establish his own yard. If you&#8217;re in the Cleveland area, <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.aiwrestling.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">make sure you check this war out<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23590\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23590\" style=\"width: 425px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-23590\" src=\"https:\/\/lwosonprowrestling.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/08\/DjN4TddWwAAR225-e1533792712772.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"425\" height=\"550\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23590\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: AIW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Match Point is an on-going series at Last Word on Pro Wrestling, where we look at intriguing matchups in indie wrestling and beyond. 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