The Anaconda Vise vs. Hell’s Gate, The Deadman vs. The Chicago Made Punk, The Phenom vs. The only Straightedge WHC in history, and The Undertaker vs. CM Punk.

 

September 27th marks the date of the newly created Breaking Point pay-per-view. Formerly known as Unforgiven, now rebranded to give the WWE pay-per-view scene a fresh, new exciting look. Could be a master stroke by Vince McMahon if the matches are given the time and preparation they deserve.

 

Breaking Point’s main event matches will all be contested under submission rules. At which a breaking point will be reached. It is stress at which a person breaks down, at which a person will submit under extreme pressure and at which a person will quit under extreme hardship.

 

Breaking Point could be exactly this for WWE, triumph or failure. This breaking point could lead to a shift in the morals and perception of the WWE. As in the film “Apocalypse Now” when Colonel Kurtz reaches his breaking point after the Vietcong’s gruesome acts, he defects from the U.S. Army.

 

The main event of WWE Breaking Point could provide us with a quality five star match which re-invokes attention in wrestling and which offers us this kind of turning point. A turning point away from the WWE look of 6ft 2inchs and 250 pounds, towards a dynamic roster of all shapes and sizes and a concentration and respect on technical wrestling.

 

It will be through The Undertaker vs. CM Punk at Breaking Point where we will see a glimmer of superb wrestling rarely seen in the WWE. It will be The Anaconda Vise vs. Hell’s Gate for the World Heavyweight Championship.

 

CM Punk made a name for himself in Ring of Honour as a great technical wrestler who can play heel or face. He is credited for one of the greatest feuds in this decade. As Punk faced off against Samoa Joe the then ROH World Champion, in a three match series.

 

The first match, took place in 2004 on June 12th at World Title Classic in Dayton, Ohio. The match had a sixty minute time limit on it, and the match reached this limit and was declared a draw. Due to neither Punk nor Joe could pin or cause submission to one another, so Joe retained the ROH World Title.

 

The second match between Punk and Joe took place on October 11th 2004 in Chicago. This second match dubbed Joe vs. Punk II, again ended in a sixty-minute draw. It was this match in the series that received the coveted five-star rating from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. The match was ROH best selling DVD at the time as well, and was in huge demand.

 

It was the first match in North America to receive a five-star rating in seven years. The last one coincidently involving The Undertaker and Shawn Michaels in a Hell in a Cell match at Badd Blood: In Your House in 1997. The third and final match had no time limit and Punk was defeated by Joe on December 4th 2004 at All-Star Extravaganza 2.

 

With both men having competed in five-star quality matches in the past, the Breaking Point match is sure to be something special if it is allowed the time. Both men have deadly submission holds; Undertaker’s being Hell’s Gate and CM Punk’s The Anaconda Vice, which he has been teasing on recent Smackdowns.

 

Hell’s Gate, is the name given to The Undertaker’s submission hold, commonly seen over the last few years. Most notably winning Taker the Wrestlemania 24 match against Edge last year.

 

Hell’s Gate is a modified Gogoplata. It is a hold executed from a “rubber guard”, where the legs are held very high, against the opponent’s upper back. One foot is then slipped in front of the opponent’s head and under the chin.

 

The hands are then locked behind the head and the opponent is choked by pressing the shin into the trachea. The Undertaker uses the Gogoplata to deadly effect usually causing bleeding from the mouth of his opponents.

 

The Anaconda Vise, is Punk’s submission manoeuvre which was removed from his attire by WWE, but which he has used in the past to great effect in Ring of Honour. But we shall see the return of Punk’s friend the Anaconda at Breaking Point.

 

The vise is done when both wrestlers are seated on the mat facing each other. The wrestler then encircles the opponent in a headlock and grabs the opponents near wrist, bending the arm upwards. This creates a hole from which the wrestler can lock the wrists together and pull the opponent forward causing pressure on the arm and neck area.

 

With both of these moves involved in the match, and the extreme technical ability of both wrestlers, Undertaker vs. Punk at Breaking Point, is sure to create a Breaking Point of superb technical wrestling when The Anaconda Vise meets Hell’s Gate.