Jack Swagger vs. Rey Mysterio - Who Will Be The Number 1 Contender For The World Heavy Weight Championship?
It was an interesting match with extremely high stakes. Rey Mysterio was to face the two times All – American amateur wrestling champion, Jack Swagger to determine the number one contender for the World Heavy Weight Championship. But this was no ordinary match as the person gaining the first pin could lose the fight. The match included the stipulation that the wrestler gaining the first two pins will win the match and will face Kane at Summer Slam.
Rey Mysterio and Jack Swagger faced each other in the ring and waited for the sound of the bell. Both wrestlers engaged in a street fight as they tried to pin each other by executing various effective wrestling maneouvers and finishers. But both wrestlers knew that stakes were high so both of them kicked out whenever the other wrestler tried to go for a pin. It seemed for a moment that no wrestler would give up and the fight will continue for hours before the audience could witness the result. During this fight the audience was clearly in favor of the ultimate underdog, Rey Mysterio.
It was Rey Mysterio who scored the first pin in a highly unexpected fashion. Jack Swagger trapped Rey Mysterio in an Ankle Lock and started twisting his ankle. The trapped victim desperately tried to reach the ropes as according to the rules of professional wrestling, if a wrestler grabs the ropes while trapped in a submission hold then the wrestler applying the submission hold has to break it at once. Rey Mysterio gathered all his strength and eventually reached the ropes.
Instead of leaving Rey Mysterio's ankle, Jack Swagger kept twisting it. The referee tried to warn Jack Swagger but it seemed that Jack woukd break Rey Mysterio's ankle. The referee started counting to 5 and kept warning Jack Swagger as to his blatant disregard of professional wrestling rules.
After counting to 5, the referee awarded the pin to Rey Mysterio. Some wrestling fans were perplexed by the behavior of Jack Swagger and were questioning the rationale of deliberately losing the pin. But wrestling pundits pointed out that Jack Swagger had taken the risk to mentally and physically destroy Rey Mysterio.
They predicted that now that Rey Mysterio's ankle was injured, Jack Swagger will have a chance to score the final two pins and become the number one contender for the World Heavy Weight Championship.
Wrestling pundits were right as Jack Swagger once again trapped Rey Mysterio in an Ankle Lock. Rey Mysterio who was trying to recover from the shocks of the first attack, immediately tapped out and the referee awarded the second pin to Jack Swagger. The score was even as the person gaining the third pin was to become the number one contender.
The competition was heavily in favour of Jack Swagger and many were predicting that Jack Swagger would execute his wrestling finisher on the injured Rey Mysterio and qualify as the number one contender for the World Heavy Weight Championship. But then Rey Mysterio proved why he's called the ultimate underdog.
Rey Mysterio used the leverage of the ropes, jumped in the air and landed on the neck of Jack Swagger. It was all over as Rey Mysterio went for a quick cover and pinned Jack Swagger in the middle of the ring.
Jack Swagger could not believe that he lost the match. He stood in the middle of the ring with a look of disbelief on his face as he went on to once again trap Rey Mysterio in the dreaded Ankle Lock. Jack Swagger lost the match but did not lose his will to punish other wrestlers. It seems that more will be in store for Rey Mysterio as he prepares himself to fight Kane for the World Heavy Weight Championship at Summer Slam.
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