The 2007 NoDQ CAW Cup - Semifinal Match 2

**The 2007 NoDQ CAW Cup - Semifinal Match 2** is the twentieth episode of Season 9 of NoDQ CAW as well as the two-hundred-and-twenty-third episode overall.  It is a semi-final match in the 2007 NoDQ CAW Cup between Link and Captain Jack Sparrow.

## Match

The two men circle the ring. The two exchange punches then enter a Test of Strength which Link comes out on top with with a kick. Link attempts to give Captain Jack Sparrow an arm drag but Sparrow reverses it. Link clotheslines Sparrow then attempts a splash but Sparrow dodges. Sparrow dropkicks Link in the face. Link catches Sparrow with a pair of arm drags. Sparrow clotheslines Link then goes for a leg drop but Link avoids it and hits a spinning backfist. Sparow tosses Link but is struck with another backfist from Link. Link clotheslines Sparrow. Link ducks a clothesline from Sparrow and hits a neckbreaker.

Sparrow gets Link in a sleeper hold. Link climbs the turnbuckle and Sparrow attempts to pull him down but Link counters with a cross body press. Sparrow hits Link with a missile dropkick from the top rope. Link clubs Sparrow in the back of the head then takes him over with a hip toss. Link puts Sparrow in a rear chinlock. Sparrow fights back with a series of knees then applies a Boston crab. Link fights back with a series of punches and knees of his own. Link applies an STF but Sparrow grabs the bottom rope. Link hits a spinning neckbreaker to Sparrow then leaps onto him with a diving headbutt from the top rope to pick up a 1-count.

Sparrow tosses Link with a back body drop then drops an elbow on him from the top rope for a 1-count. Sparrow gives Link an arm drag then trips him over. Link punches Sparrow in the head but Sparrow fights back with a chop and a neckbreaker. Sparrow aims a top rope missile dropkick at Link but Link dodges. Link rubs his elbow into Sparrow’s face. Sparrow thrusts his shoulders into Link’s stomach in the corner. Link fights back with a front fallaway slam. Sparrow responds with a pair of dropkicks, knocking Link into the corner, where Sparrow thrusts his shoulders into Link’s lower back. Sparrow covers Link but fails to earn a count.

Link gives Sparrow a backbreaker for a 2-count. Sparrow responds with a double-underhook suplex then gives Link a back suplex. Sparrow Irish whips Link into the ropes for a hip toss then applies a rear chinlock. Sparrow arm drags Link then mounts and punches him. Link punches Sparrow in the back but Sparrow fights back with a Russian leg sweep. Sparrow gives Link a sidewalk slam. Link returns fire with a shinbreaker then locks in an STF but Sparrow grabs the bottom rope. Sparrow ducks a bulldog from Link and punishes him with a dropkick to the back. Sparrow ducks a clothesline from Link and punishes him with a clothesline of his own, knocking Link out of the ring. Sparrow dives onto Link with a diving double axe handle drop.

Link gives Sparrow a shinbreaker. Sparrow fights back with a headlock smash. Link returns fire with a spinning backfist. Link returns to the ring then leaps back out onto Sparrow with a suicide dive. Link throws Sparrow into the ring and re-enters at the referee’s count of 18. Link covers Sparrow for a 1-count. Sparrow gives Link a Test Drive for a 2-count. Link gives Sparrow a Rikishi Driver for a 1-count. Sparrow gives Link a neckbreaker and covers him but Link’s foot is under the bottom rope. Link delivers a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a 1-count. Link follows up with a tornado DDT and covers Sparrow to pick up a 2-count.

Link puts Sparrow in an abdominal stretch but Sparrow wriggles free and tosses Link with a back body drop before mounting and punching him. Link clotheslines Sparrow then gives him an inverted DDT before making the cover, though finds Sparrow’s feet beneath the ropes. Sparrow gives Link an Alabama Slam then mounts and punches him some more. Link fights back with a clothesline then utilises a stepover toe hold. Sparrow gives Link an inverted DDT of his own. Link clotheslines Sparrow them applies a rear chinlock, though Sparrow refuses to submit. Link attempts a ZDT but Sparrow counters with a vertical suplex. Sparrow attempts a Pirate’s Plunge but Link counters with a cross body press.

Sparrow hits Link with a Running Mongolian Chop and makes the cover but Link’s head is under the ropes. Sparrow gives Link a neckbreaker then punches away at him. Link Irish whips Sparrow into the ropes then catches him with the Hyrule Crossface. Sparrow holds on, despite being in intense pain, and refuses to submit to Link. Sparrow Irish whips Link into the ropes to catch him with a Death Valley Driver to pick up a 2-count. Sparrow clotheslines Link out of the rope then tries to leap onto him with a diving double axe handle drop but Link dodges and returns Sparrow to the ring, following shortly thereafter.

Both men jostle for position with Sparrow coming out on top with a Test Drive. Sparrow attempts a Pirate’s Plunge but Link again counters it with a cross body press. Sparrow clotheslines Link. Sparrow gets Link in the corner but Link reverses their positions and mounts Sparrow in the corner to punch him in the face. Sparrow gets out of the corner but Link spins him around into another Hyrule Crossface but Sparrow refuses to submit. Sparrow gives Link a Pirate’s Plunge and makes the cover for a 2-count. Link delivers a Duo ZDT to Sparrow for a 2-count of his own.

Sparrow gives Link a pullback sidewalk slam then delivers a Guillotine Leg Drop for a 2-count. Link clubs Sparrow in the back but Sparrow fights back and tosses Link with a back body drop but Link’s legs are under the ropes in the ensuing cover. Link delivers a facecrusher to Sparrow then puts him in the Hyrule Crossface once more, but Sparrow grabs the bottom rope to break the hold. Sparrow gives Link a headlock smash then climbs the turnbuckle, clubbing Link with a double axe handle then hitting him with a diving shoulder tackle followed by a Pirate’s Plunge to pin Link for a 3-count to earn a spot in the Final.

**Winner: Captain Jack Sparrow**

Wade Needham shows he is impressed with the match that just unfolded.

**The 2007 NoDQ CAW Cup**
Round 1 Match 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12
Round 2 Match 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6
Semifinal Match 1 • **Semifinal Match 2** • Semifinal Match 3
Final Round Match
**Mega Event**
Bragging Rights