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Spider-Man's uncanny bad luck strikes once again.

**Match 26** of NoDQ CAW is the first episode of Season 2 as well as the twenty-sixth episode of NoDQ CAW overall.  The match is a fifteen-minute Ironman Match between Superman and Spider-Man with Superman's NoDQ CAW Championship on the line.

## Match

Spider-Man presses the offensive against Superman in the early going with a series of powerful moves. Superman fights back, repeatedly slapping his challenger in the back of the head.

Wade Needham looks to the future and the title defence that awaits the winner of this match.

Superman knocks Spider-Man to the outside. Upon returning to the ring, Spider-Man is met with a hurricanrana from the Champion. A pair of World's Strongest Slams from Spider-Man are effective. A Northern Lights suplex into a pin from Superman fails to even get a one count. Spider-Man rushes out of the corner of the ring towards Superman, aiming to connect with a Spear. Superman dodges at the last moment and Spider-Man accidentally hits the referee with the move. When the referee gets to his feet, he gives Superman a point in the match for a disqualification (though, of course, the match does not end).

Superman throws Spider-man towards the ropes and meets him with a cutter off the rebound. After a brief back and forth, Superman connects with the Speeding Bullet. Superman attempts a Super STO but the attempt is blocked. Superman punches Spider-Man in the face, bloodying the challenger. Spider-Man fires back, connecting with a Spear for a 2-count. Spider-Man dodges another Speeding Bullet and connects with a Spidey Sense Suplex followed by some Rolling German Suplexes. Spider-Man covers Superman but still only picks up a 2-count.

A rake to the eye from Spider-Man cuts Superman's face. The two men briefly fight on the outside of the ring- upon returning to the ring, Spider-Man is caught in a sunset flip pin attempt from Superman, but Spider-Man kicks out of before a count can be made. Superman sets Spider-Man up in the corner and elbows him repeatedly, but Spider-Man counters into a series of strikes of his own before applying a Fujiwara armbar, sadly to no effect. Superman delivers a Dominator to Spider-Man before delivering a Death Valley Driver and a Military Press Slam and a second Dominator.

Spider-Man fights Superman off with a double axe handle strike, but Superman is quick to get Spider-Man against the turnbuckle to launch a Super Twisting Arm Breaker. Spider-Man fights back with a piledriver and a World's Strongest Slam, which gets a 2-count, as does a second use of the move. Spider-Man dizzies Superman in the corner of the ring, giving him opportunity to deliver another series of Rolling German Suplexes. This keeps Superman down long enough for Spider-Man to pin him for a 3-count and a point.

Superman delivers a Speeding Bullet and sets Superman up for a splash but Spider-Man dodges and delivers a World's Strongest Slam. Spider-Man gives Superman a side walk slam and another Fujiwara armbar but has to break the hold as Superman reaches the ropes. Superman attempts a Speeding Bullet but misses. Spider-Man misses a Spear, leaving him open to a successful Speeding Bullet. Superman follows this up with a Top Rope Underhook Suplex. A Spinout Powerbomb gets Superman a 2-count, and a Spidey Sense Suplex from the challenger gets Spider-Man a 2-count.

Superman connects with a Speeding Bullet and then delivers a Super Belly-to-Belly Suplex from the top turnbuckle. Superman tries to Irish whip Spider-Man but Spider-Man reverse the move, sending Superman to the floor outside the ring. Spider-Man launches a senton bomb over the top rope but doesn't connect with it properly, landing hard on the floor. Superman capitalises and apples a surfboard stretch, but Spider-Man fights out of it.

The two men return to the ring and Superman Irish whips Spider-Man at the ropes. Off the rebound, Superman delivers a Vertical Exploder Suplex and follows up immediately with a Super STO. Superman connects with a Dominator and climbs to the top rope to deliver a diving knee, largely missing the move before picking up a 2-count. Spider-Man misses with a Spear, but Superman doesn't miss his Speeding Bullet, nor with a second. Superman delivers another Super STO and makes the cover for a 3-count, making the score 2-1 in Superman's favour.

Spider-Man gives Superman a giant swing then flops over due to exhaustion. However, Spider-Man gets a second win, punching Superman with vigour in the corner of the ring. Superman makes a cover off a fireman's carry and gets a 2-count. A jawbreaker from Superman dizzies Spider-Man. Superman makes a pin but the referee chooses a bad angle to check Spider-Man's shoulders and fails to count the cover. Spider-Man connects with a Spear and covers Superman for a 2-count. Spider-Man delivers a Spidey Sense Suplex and pins the Champion for a 1-count- the referee ends the match before counting 2 as the match timer expires.

**Winner: Superman**

## Trivia

* Of note, Wade Needham highlights how Spider-Man was unlucky to have been disqualified. However, even if he hadn't been, the final score would have still been 1-1, giving Superman the victory due to the Champion's Advantage rule. If Spider-Man had not been disqualified, Spider-Man would have needed at least one more point to win the match- whether or not the final pin attempt of the match would have given him that remains unknown.

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