"The Golden Rule" took place on Friday 22rd June 2007 at the Newton Le Willows. The results were as follows:

1) Sean Phoenix defeated Paul “Demo” Gibson: The show kicked off with a great match between two very evenly matched wrestlers. The crowd were really fired up for this contest and it spurred both men on to try and become the 1st wrestler to ever win a match at Newton Le Willows Social Club.
Demo had the crowds support and his quickness often allowed him to prevail over the more methodical and power-based offence of Phoenix.
Despite the skill of Gibson, the experience of the multi-time former International Champion allowed him to take the eventual victory. Using some questionable tactics at opportune moments and also using his great wrestling knowledge to counter moves at key times eventually lead to the Overload coming into play and ending the match.

2) European Championship Contendership Match: Xander Cooper defeated Solar Flare
Right from the start of this match we saw the power of everyone’s favourite superhero come in to play. Solar Flare was able to over power his young foe and throw him around the ring with some impressive arm drags. Cooper soon became frustrated and lashed out with a slap to the face of Solar Flare, but he soon realised that this may have been a mistake and tried to run away. Flare chased Cooper around the ring, but Cooper took advantage of this, cutting of his momentum with a baseball slide drop kick.
Cooper then proceeded to pick apart the legs of Solar Flare, keeping him grounded and limiting his offence. Cooper looked to finish the match off with a half Boston crab several occasions, but Flare was able to power out of the hold. Flare was still somewhat limited by the damage done to his knee, which slowed him down just enough to allow Cooper to go right back to the knee.
At one point the golden warrior looked like he was ready to go on to Night of Champions, he powered out of another half Boston attempt and fought back with a series of clotheslines and big scoop slams. He then went to finish off Cooper with a big 10 punch combo in the corner, followed by his big Heart Punch.
Flare then believed he had picked up the victory with a three count, but Cooper has his foot on the ropes. While Solar Flare debated this with the referee, Cooper struck with a chop block from behind and locked in the Boston Crab once more, which earned him a submission victory and a European Title Match.

FEAR made their way to the ring because Dread had something to say. He expressed his disgust regarding him being stripped of the triple T championship and criticised the decision of the NPWA Board of Directors.
Dread then called out Brickwall and, surprisingly, offered him a place in FEAR. Brickwall had won his respect in their past meetings and would be a powerful addition to the developing group.
However, Brickwall turned the spot down and made it official by delivering a Chokeslam, Powerbomb and Tombstone Piledriver to Slayer.

3) Ultimate Devastation defeated the NPWA Tag Team Champions, Adrian Myers and The Fireball, by disqualification. The titles did not change hands.
The Champions tried to get control as soon as possible by attacking their larger opponents from behind before the match officially began. However, Sebb and Havoc quickly switched the momentum and took control after a tandem back body drop. Myers and Fireball would then try several times to try and out smart or out manoeuvre the challengers, but they were always one step ahead.
Sebb was able to isolate The Fireball and was building up to a finish, when things went wrong. Sebb has hit his Johnny Cage and Axe Kick and had Fireball in position for a see-saw leg drop off the ropes when illegal interference from Myers allowed Fireball to move and deliver a Japanese Armdrag off the ropes.
Sebb was clearly hurt and the Champions were quick to take advantage of that. For several minutes the champs beat Sebb down, using frequent tags and double teams to cause maximum impact and keep themselves fresh. Sebb showed resilience and tried to come back into the match on several occasions, but the team work of the Champions was too effective and Sebb couldn’t get the tag that he desperately needed. In spite of all the punishment he had received, Sebb was able to keep on fighting and survived a flying double leg nelson. At one point Sebb believed that he had the match won, he hit a sit out ura-nage slam on The Fireball, but the champs had made a blind tag and Myers came off the top rope with a big flying cross body to gain another near fall over Sebb.
The champs had everything under control, but they could not put Sebb away. Once again Sebb tried to fight back, but the two double teamed him once again to try and keep him under control. However, when they went for a double clothesline but Sebb power right on through and then made the tag to Havoc.
Havoc came in ready to fight and fought off the champions with a quick flurry of offence. A Spicolli Driver took Fireball out of action and Havoc got several near falls over Myers with some impressive power moves. The challengers then decided to go for the gold and hoped to end it all with a superplex/frogsplash combination. That probably was enough to finish off Myers but, before the referee could count to 3, The Fireball hit Sebb with a title belt to get intentionally disqualified.
Fireball and Myers once again cheated to make sure they walked out with the gold, but left no doubt in the fans minds that Ultimate Devastation are ready to take those titles back as soon as they get a fair shot.

4) European Championship Contendership Match: Enigma defeated Johnny Vodka
Before the match Gary Wild came out and said a few words to the fans and also made sure that the match would be as fair as possible by banning Vodka’s D.N.A team-mates from ringside.
This match started quickly, with both men trying to gain control as soon as possible. Enigma almost stole a quick victory with a series of pins, and then was able to outsmart Vodka when he tried to use the same trick that Cooper had used earlier in the night.
Enigma then went high risk, coming off of the top rope, but Vodka was able to duck and avoid the attack. Impressively Enigma was able to land on his feet and went back at Vodka with a spear, but Vodka dodged again and Enigma went flying between the turnbuckles and smashed his left shoulder into the corner post before falling to the floor.
Enigma was clearly in trouble after making that mistake and Vodka capitalised by focusing all of his offence on the arm. Every strike was carefully targeted to cause maximum damage, every hold cleverly positioned to both inflict instant pain and to weaken the arm in the long term.
Enigma used his speed to try and quickly switch things around. He caught Vodka with a crucifix pin, but couldn’t hold him in place for a three with his weakened limb. Vodka was able to wiggle out of the hold and maintain control over Enigma’s arm at the same time.
Vodka then picked up his intensity and really tried to force his foe to submit. Enigma showed great resilience and the heart of a champion as he refused to give up to the tremendous pain, but every second spent in these holds put his long term health at risk.
Vodka was getting increasingly impatient and that provided a small opening for Enigma to get back into the match. He exploded with a flurry of strikes and ducked some clotheslines from Vodka before taking him down with a flying back elbow. Enigma then seemed to have turned it around as he quickly used a hurricanrana and a kick of fury, but that only secured him a near fall.
Enigma then went for a 619, but Vodka caught him in a Rock Bottom and locked in the Anaconda Vice. It looked like it was over, but Enigma was able to wiggle his way to the ropes. Instead of following up the hold to finish off his opponent Vodka argued with the referee, allowing Enigma to hit a drop kick to his back setting up for the 619 and a frog splash to take the victory.

After the match Gary Wild celebrated with Enigma, and looked like he was ready to conduct a short interview as part of his “Where the Wild Things Are”, but then the Tag Team Champions arrived. The Fireball and Adrian Myers were here to send a message to Wild before Night of Champions. They were quick to point out that Jonny Storm was not in the building and that Wild was all alone before trying to attack him. Wild was able to fight back and send them packing, clearly looking forward to going for the gold on July 27th.

5) Adonis defeated AC Kage to retain the NPWA International Championship
Adonis had a big challenge ahead of him when he stepped into the ring with the former International and NPWA Champion, but he had no fear in his eyes and came fully prepared.
Kage struck first, attacking the Champion from behind, but Adonis was ready and soon turned it around with some big power moves and almost took the victory when he slapped on the figure four leg lock.
Kage made it too the ropes and then tried to back away, knowing that he was in trouble, but he was actually drawing Adonis in to deliver a low blow and take control with a series of strikes.
From here the match would swing back and forth and it looked like either man could take the victory if they could hit one big move at the right moment.
Kage locked Adonis in the straight jacket but Adonis was able to work his way out and attempted to Suplex Kage. Kage blocked this and delivers a suplex of his own before going for the 'C.P.R.' Adonis moves and gets a two count from a Sunset flip. Adonis goes for the F-5 but Kage wriggles out the back pushes Adonis into the rope and follows up with the spear. Kage then goes for the victory with his Deadlights but Adonis flips straight over and lands on his feet, follows with the F-5 and the BUM to get the 1, 2, 3.

- After the match D.N.A rushed the ring and attacked the International Champion. They were out to send a message as they had done last month, by injuring one of the rising stars of the company. Adonis was lucky on this night as help was on hand. Solar Flare came to the ring to make the save. Kage went to hit him with a chair, but Flare blocked the shot with his bare hands and over powered his attacker. Solar Flare and Adonis then sent D.N.A packing. Disappointingly, we would later find out that D.N.A weren’t done for the night just yet.

6) Paul “Flash” Andrews defeated Angel D’Souza to take the NPWA Championship
Both the Champion and Challenger knew that they were in for a real fight in this match and were willing to go all out in order to walk out with the title belt around their waist.
The opening showed exactly what sort of wrestlers these two men are. Angel pulled Flash’s hair to take him down several times and used that to take control with a wrist lock. Andrews wouldn’t resort to such tactics, but used his technical knowledge to nip-up, reverse the lock and take Angel down. Angel was clearly upset by this, and when he couldn’t convince the referee that Andrews had used a hair pull he lost his focus and acted out of desperation. D’Souza tried several times to charge at Flash, but he was too quick and was able to ground the champ with a double leg take down and then a Japanese arm drag.
Angel then rolled out of the ring to regain his composure and stop Andrews from building too much momentum. This allowed the Champ to regain his focus and frustrate Andrews at the same time, leading to Angel taking control of the match once he chose to get back into the ring.
As you may already know Angel has been using the Texas Cloverleaf to win his matches, a hold that causes incredible pain to the lower back. Clearly that was the plan in this match as he quickly focused on softening up this area. Another advantage to working on the back of Andrews is that it limits both his strength and flexibility, reducing his offence as he would struggle to lift his larger opponent and make high risk moves even more dangerous.
Angel’s most dangerous weapon is his mind, so as long as he is focused on what he wants to do to cause pain and take the win, he is a very dangerous man, as Flash found out as his spine took a relentless beating. The only way Flash was able to get back in to the match is by once again breaking the concentration of the Champion with a surprising counter. Flash was able to reverse an Irish whip and send Angel front first into the corner, Angel then tried to charge Flash but he caught him with a quick rollup. That only resulted in a near fall, but Andrews started to build momentum with a series of strikes and an impressive leg lariat. Flash tried to end it with his Andrewsault, but D’Souza was able to kick out on two and Flash needed to go for something else if he wanted to take the top title.
However, Angel once again cut off the momentum of his challenger, this time with an illegal low blow out of the sight of the referee. Angel then hit his Boogie Buster, but it only allowed him to get a near fall. He then went for another big move, but Flash was able to counter with a reverse DDT, leaving both men down and out.
The two then struggled to their feet and went back and forth with some hard strikes. Angel backed Flash into the ropes and whipped him off, Flash was able to duck a clothesline but then they both hit each other with a clothesline. The referee began his count and it looked like we could have a double knockout, but both men made it to their feet on the count of 9.
Angel then delivered a gunslinger to Flash, driving him into the ground, hurting the back once more and driving the air from his body. He then went to end it all with his Texas Cloverleaf. It looked like it was over, Flash pulled himself towards the ropes, but Angel was able to drag him back towards the centre. Flash fought through the pain and tried to pull Angel’s legs out from under him.
After 15 minutes of intense fighting in a roasting hot building both men were clearly exhausted, that may have gone in Andrews favour at this point in the match as Angel struggled to keep his painful hold on. Andrews was able to reverse the cloverleaf into one of his own and gave the Champion a taste of his own medicine. Angel pulled himself to the ropes, but he was dragged back to the centre of the ring. Without the necessary strength left to pull over 450lbs combined weight across the ring once more, Angel was left with no choice but to tap out in submission.

Andrews was NPWA Champion once again and D’Souza had finally been beaten. Angel insisted that he hadn’t meant to tap, that his hand had just slipped, but the referee’s decision was final and the celebrations began. Unfortunately the celebration did not last long Vodka and Cooper came through the curtain once again and tried to fight their way into the ring through the resistance of LC Cobra. They didn’t seem to be winning the fight, but they were just a decoy. AC Kage appeared from a door at the other side of the ring and grabbed the NPWA Championship belt. With Flash too beaten up to fight and Cobra too busy with Kage’s D.N.A cohorts there was no one to stop this blatant theft.

This should’ve been remembered as a classic battle between two of the very best and a celebration of Andrews’ return to top form, but it will forever be tainted by the actions of D.N.A.