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XCW Undisputed Title to be decided at Backlash: Pandora's Box

When XCW closed for a brief period last year, a lot of superstars were let out of their contracts or went into retirement. As such, the titles have been vacated. Most importantly, Undisputed Champion Shawn Michaels went into retirement and left the championship vacant. Originally, Backlash was supposed to feature a main event hell in a cell match between two world champions, Shawn Michaels and Christian Cage. But with titles now vacant and Shawn Michaels in retirement, that wasn't possible.

At the first Impact show, XCW Chairman Jarel Damone made it clear that at Backlash the Undisputed Championship would be decided inside Pandora's Box, and later that night announced Christian Cage would be participating in it. This monstrous structure is Jarel's own creation, along with fellow legend the Maverick, that is eerily reminiscent of the hell in a cell structure. There are however, key differences. First, there are no doors. Secondly, the roof is a solid platform instead of chainlink, with one large hole in the top. On top of the structure are ladders, and hanging from the rafters are two keys. Back inside the structure are two boxes filled with weapons. Until the competitors retrieve their keys, pinfalls and submissions don't count. Once they've unlocked their box, this match is no disqualifications, and first pinfall or submission wins.

Jarel was the master of hell in a cell, and with just a few short matches proved to be just as efficient in Pandora's Box before retiring. Now Christian Cage was the next victim of the structure, but who would be joining him? The question was answered Friday Night on Warzone, when Jarel added the ever dangerous Poison to the match. Poison demolished Cartwright in this very same match at Wrestlemania to secure XCW as the dominant brand in the XCW vs WWCW war. Though it was only one match, that experience will definitely come into play as these two enter the structure. One could say that this match favors the larger and stronger Poison, as this is a match made for brawlers, for those that live to maim and destroy. But don't count Cage out. Cage is undefeated here in XCW and has survived some tough challenges to date. Ever the underdog, we've seen Cage tople Shawn Michaels, Damien, and Samoa Dan to get to where he is and he shows no signs of stopping now. Cage's speed will be an asset in a match where one has to climb out onto the roof. But as Poison showed us, he's right at home out on top, as he did toss Cartwright from the roof back down to the ring. Backlash is sure to be interesting when, as the saying goes, the Unstoppable force meets the immovable object.