An epic match has added to "BEST IN THE MIDWEST" on August 31st at The Brat Stop between two of the top tag teams to be found in the region. Since Ryan Kross & Jeff Luxon are officially "back on track" as "The East-West Express", they will be taking on Ruff Crossing & Scott Spade ("Noize, Booze & Tattooz") in tag team competition on August 31st.
a look back at their feud
The feud between "The Express" and "NBT" late last year was second to none and began when Ruff & Spade won #1 contendership to the titles at "Ascension" (our 10th Anniversary event). They would taket their title shot last September at "A New Day". In that match, Ryan Kross got his team disqualified when he tried to bring brass knuckles into the ring. After the match, if became apparent that this was done intentionally to trigger a disqualification...which allowed he and Luxon to retain the titles.
At the following event, "Ring of Horror", SSW owner RJ Daniels put both teams to the test in singles competition, where if both Ruff and Spade could beat Luxon and Kross in solo matches, they would earn another chance at the titles. Ruff was successful in defeating Jeff Luxon in his match, but during the match between Kross and Spade, Luxon threw an "unknown substance" in Ruff's face while at the two were at ringside, temporarily blinding him. Luxon entered the ring and then tried to do the same to Spade. Spade intercepted him, and kicked the substance in Luxon's own face, also blinding him. Unfortunately, this momentary distraction allowed Kross to roll Spade up for the win.
RJ Daniels was not happy with what happened at "Ring of Horror" and decided that since the two teams were 50/50 in singles matches, that Ruff and Spade would have one more chance to earn a title shot at "War is Coming". This time, the two teams would face off in tag team competition, but this time it would be a "Blindfold Match". Things did not go so well for Kross & Luxon, and Ruff & Spade would defeat the champions, and thus earning another title shot the following month. RJ Daniels also added a stipulation to the upcoming championship match, in that the titles could also change hands on a disqualification or a count-out, meaning that whichever team won the match, no matter how they did so, would be crowned the champions!
So, at "Game of Gold", the feud between "The East-West Express" and "Noize, Booze and Tattooz" would come to a head, with the Tag Team Championships on the line. At this time, it seemed that both teams were starting to gain their own supporters, with a somewhat mixed crowd seemingly in support of both teams. Even so, Kross and Luxon would seem to have "an off night", having miscommunication with each other on many occasions. The match would come to a close, when Kross would accidentally hit Luxon with a big splash off the top rope (after being pushed by Spade), allowing NBT to get the pinfall on Luxon and become new SSW Tag Team Champions! After the match, Ryan Kross and Jeff Luxon had words with each other, which led to the two men breaking up their team and going their "seperate ways".
Ryan Kross and Jeff Luxon would not team together again after that, and the two would even face off against each other in Bracket 1 of the "Lords of the Ring" tournament at "Headlock on Hunger 9". They would finally put their differences aside at "Fallout" this past May, when they would team with Melanie Cruise to take on "The 3 Rings". Now, with "The Express" back on track, they have un-finished business with Ruff & Spade as they never got a rematch for the titles! But, now Ruff & Spade are no longer the champions, as they lost the titles to Dave Rydell & Calvin Beckham at "Fallout".
So, with both teams now in the hunt to regain the SSW Tag Team titles, these two teams will square off one more time to finally see who the best really is in "The War to Settle the Score", as Ryan Kross & Jeff Luxon reunite to take on Ruff Crossing & Scott Spade in tag team competition!
So, with both teams now in the hunt to regain the SSW Tag Team titles, these two teams will square off one more time to finally see who the best really is in "The War to Settle the Score", as Ryan Kross & Jeff Luxon reunite to take on Ruff Crossing & Scott Spade in tag team competition!
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SSW returns to the Brat Stop on August 31st for "BEST in the MIDWEST" and to kick off our 12th season.
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