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The show opens up deep in the heart of downtown Toronto, Ontario. We see long time XWF employee STEVE SAYORS standing dutifully near the parking ramp of the AIR CANADA CENTRE holding a "REUNION" branded microphone and looking awkwardly into the camera. SAYORS: Um, hello everyone, and welcome to the long anticipated RAVENS NEST REUNION! I'll be honest with you, though, I'm not really sure where everyone else is... STEVE reaches into his suit pocket and pulls out a small index card. He looks over it frantically. SAYORS: Look, it says right here "Pre Show Red Carpet with STEVE SAYORS", that's me. I did my part, I even brought my own red carpet! He points at the ground to his left and the camera shifts to reveal a small eight foot strip of carpeting that could only have been found in a salvage store. SAYORS: Look at all these people that were supposed to appear! DYNAMIC DYNAMITE! I miss that guy, I would have loved to talk to him! KIERAN KING? How awesome would that have been? DRIFTER and RUSS LINUS?! Why the hell am I the only one here?! Suddenly the door of the AIR CANADA CENTRE flies open, and former XWF Owner JAMES RAVEN sticks his head outside. RAVEN: STEVE?! Have you been out here this entire time? We've been looking everywhere for you, the show is about to start! SAYORS: But, I... I thought I was supposed to do red carpet interviews? RAVEN: You were... an hour ago... at the FRONT of the arena... STEVE looks around, and realizes there's a giant sign above him that reads "SERVICE ENTRANCE ONLY". He sighs. SAYORS: So... everyone's already inside? RAVEN: Afraid so, buddy. Come on in, like I said the show's about to start. SAYORS: I, uh, I couldn't get a ticket to the show. Sorry. SHANE CARVER doesn't pay like you and JON BROWN did. RAVEN: Jesus STEVE, you're working the event... you don't need a ticket, now get down to the stage and kick this bitch off! Fans are getting impatient! STEVES face lights up like a childs on Christmas morning, and he fires off an enthusiastic salute to JAMES RAVEN who just shakes his head in disbelief. SAYORS: Yes, sir! He rushes past JAMES and into the arena, but a moment later pops his head back out. SAYORS: Wait, do I actually need to kick any "bitches" off of anything? Because I'm not OK with that. JAMES sighs, and shoves STEVE firmly through the entrance allowing the door to swing shut behind him. IN ASSOCIATION WITH XWF/WGWF/TWC/HWO
The camera shifts inside the arena, and the crowd goes absolutely ape shit as their signs begin to appear on the X-TRON monitors.
"T MONEY FEARS LEE STONE!"
"SJ vs. RIGG, ONE LAST TIME!"
"KEEP TWISTING AND TURNING #HURRDURR"
"CENTURION CAN SLEEP ON MY FUTON!" The ring is decorated with a deep blue and black apron, the turnbuckles painted a vibrant blue. "RAVENS NEST REUNION" is emblazoned on the pristine canvas, and the outside floor mats. There's one commentary table to the side, with three chairs arranged around it. The crowd begins to die down when suddenly STEVE SAYORS rushes through the black curtain an onto the top of the stage. The crowd ramps up into a frenzy once more.
SAYORS: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! Welcome to REUNIOOOOOOON!
The crowd nearly blows the roof off of the building, thrilled to see their long time intrepid reporter to start the show. He motions for them to quiet down, and it takes a good fifteen seconds before they do so.
SAYORS: This moment has been a long, long time in the making. It's been what, half a decade since the "REBOOT ERA" ended and most of us said goodbye? There are a lot of things that can be said right now, but we all know there's only one man qualified to say any of them... the man responsible for getting us here tonight... JAMES... "F-WORD" I WON'T SAY... RAVEN!
"NOW HERE WE GO FOR THE HUNDREDTH TIME, HAND GRENADE PINS IN EVERY LINE!"
The crowd gives their loudest pop so far as "BLEED IT OUT" by LINKIN PARK hits the speakers and the former XWF Owner makes his way out to the stage to join STEVE, bumping fists with him in the process. He motions for the crowd to quiet as well, but they ignore him.
"FEAR THE RAVEN!"
RAVEN: STEVE was right, there's a lot that could be said right now but frankly we don't have the time... so I'm going to keep this short. I missed you guys. Every single one of you that bought a ticket tonight, and every single one of you that's getting ready in the back. I missed you, and I thank you for being here tonight.
He pauses and acknowledges the cheers, but again asks the fans to quiet once more.
RAVEN: We've been wandering without a home for a long time, and we've been looking for something to call our own ever since SHANE CARVER took what belonged to us and refused to acknowledge that we literally built the house he lives in. I won't speak for everyone, but I feel like I was robbed of something. I feel like there's a void in my life, knowing that everything I worked so hard for is locked away on some assholes hard drive and will never see the light of day... but more on that later... for now, let's be happy that we have something to call our own again, a small snapshot to look back on that will embody the years of shows we poured our hearts and souls into. STEVE, will you do the honors?
STEVE SAYORS smiles, and nods his head before lifting his own microphone again.
SAYORS: The first contest is scheduled for one fall!
The fans erupt as we're finally underway. JAMES surveys the pandemonium and smiles proudly to himself before turning and heading backstage.
SAYORS: Introducing first, "LIGHTNING" LUCAS FELIX!
"CATCH YOUR BREATH" begins to play as a chorus of mixed cheers and boos erupt throughout the arena. Garbed in one of his traditional wrestling suits decorated in electric-based patterns, LUCAS FELIX steps into view from behind the curtain at the top of the stage. Crossing both his arms over his chest, LUCAS lets out a wide and confident smile as he throws both arms high into the air. A bolt of lightning crashes down behind him, sending a flourish of pyrotechnics from around the stage. The arena is illuminated like the Fourth of July as LUCAS yells out in excitement before strutting down to the ring with that smile still prominent on his face. The fans are still clearly drawn in by LUCAS’ celebrations, the amalgamation of positive and negative towards which are constantly throughout.
Slowly climbing onto the top of one of the turnbuckles, he throws both arms high into the air in the same manner as he had done at the top of the entrance ramp to a sea of admiration from the fans. "THE STORMSLINGER" eventually lowers himself into a seated position atop the turnbuckle, crossing both legs while he waits for the match to start.
SAYORS: And his opponent, a female no matter what FELIX would have you believe... ICARUUUUUUUSS!
The lights dim as "SKYFALL" by ADELLE slowly comes across the speakers, the music building as several white lights hover across the arena finally converging on a single spot. The entrance. There stands a small woman, back turned toward the ring, a hood covering her head. She slowly turns around revealing beautiful Asian eyes, the bottom half of her face covered in a mask. Her silver and blue jacket shines as the lights dance around her. She slowly makes her way to the ring. She climbs up the steps, each step taking her time. Finally she reaches the apron, and immediately climbs to the top rope. She drapes her legs across, and sits on the top rope. Raising her head to the sky she removes her hood, revealing short blue and white hair. She then slowly pulls the mask down revealing the rest of her face. A somewhat somber, yet deliberate smirk crosses her face. She leaps down off the ropes and stands in the middle of the ring. She whips out her arms in a triumphant pose as pyro springs from the ringpost. The music stops and ICARUS simply walks to the corner, kneeling down, whispering to herself as she prepares for war and LUCAS FELIX does the same.
HERE... WE... GO!
Lucas Felix DING! DING! DING!
LUCAS FELIX immediately spears ICARUS back into the corner and begins wailing on her with several hard right hands, beating and pounding her into the turnbuckle. The referee quickly steps in and admonishes LUCAS FELIX, but FELIX holds his hands up and declares his innocence. The referee backs away, and LUCAS quickly lunges back into the corner and attempts to choke out ICARUS!
"ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!"
LUCAS FELIX releases just before the referees 5-count and avoids disqualification. Smiling from ear to ear, LUCAS FELIX grabs ICARUS and irish whips her across the canvas and into the opposite corner, then catches her bouncing out with a big clothesline that sends ICARUS crashing down to the canvas. FELIX now begins driving his boot across the bridge of her face and slapping her whilst she's down. What is with FELIX's attitude here tonight? LUCAS FELIX pulls ICARUS up but eats a stiff right hand, and then another, before ICARUS lands a kick to the ribs and bounces off the ropes landing a running forearm smash before making a cover on FELIX!
ONE!
LUCAS FELIX powers out and goes straight back on the offence, standing up with ICARUS and locking up quickly. ICARUS doesn't have the strength and is thrown across the ring and off the ropes once more, LUCAS FELIX WITH A SPRINGBOARD CLOTHESLINE! ICARUS GETS ROCKED WITH THAT ONE! ICARUS gets rolled over, and LUCAS FELIX locks in the Texas Cloverleaf! Will ICARUS be forced to submit here?
ICARUS: AAAAARGGGGHHHHHHHH! Get off!
ICARUS thrashes wildly, but FELIX cranks on the hold even harder. Eventually ICARUS drags herself to the ropes and grabs the bottom one. The referee tells LUCAS to break the hold, but he refuses!
"ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!"
LUCAS FELIX stops at 4 again and pulls ICARUS to her feet and hitting a quick snap suplex on the smaller competitor. A "LUCAS FELIX SUCKS!" chant begins to ring throughout the arena as LUCAS looks out at the fans and begins shouting at a few of them, telling them that they in fact suck. As this is going on, ICARUS has recovered and sneaks up behind LUCAS FELIX!
TOKYO POP! ICARUS with the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
THR-
LUCAS FELIX gets his shoulder up off the mat! LUCAS FELIX squirms out from underneath and gets up, then pulls ICARUS up by the hair and proceeds to drive her face first into the nearest turnbuckle, slamming her head off the padding. ICARUS turns around and leans back in the corner as LUCAS FELIX catches her with a hard chop, before lining her up with another, but ICARUS counters with a chop of her own and follows it up with a right hand then a left jab. She throws a hard jumping knee that sends LUCAS stumbling back, then climbs up to the middle rope. Another flying knee off of the middle rope! Another pin!
ONE!
TWO!
FELIX gets his shoulder up, and sweeps her over into a pin of his own.
ONE!
TWO!
ICARUS gets a shoulder up! LUCAS FELIX looks shocked and argues with the referee, grabbing him by the collar and forcing him back into the corner. When LUCAS FELIX turns back around he is met by a standing enzeguri to the jaw, catching him off-guard big time. ICARUS follows up with a Tornado DDT and then another pin attempt!
ONE!
TWO!
LUCAS FELIX kicks out and gets to his feet, throwing ICARUS down and into the corner. LUCAS FELIX charges at ICARUS, driving his knee into her jaw and then begins to stomp away at her with hard, hard kicks to the chest. He drives his boot into her gut before stepping back and landing a dropkick, hitting ICARUS right in the stomach and winding her. LUCAS FELIX pulls her up by the hair and takes her down to the mat with a snap mare and then goes for the cover.
ONE!
TW-
ICARUS kicks out! There's no quit in her!
LUCAS FELIX doesn’t look happy and lifts ICARUS up again before nailing with a knee to the gut and taking her down to the mat in a huge power-bomb! ICARUS’S lifeless body slams off the mat as LUCAS FELIX drops to his knees and drapes an arm across her prone body!
ONE!
TWO!
THRE-
NO!! ICARUS KICKS OUT AGAIN!!! LUCAS FELIX IS FUMING!!!
FELIX stands up and allows ICARUS to climb to her feet as well! ICARUS has almost nothing left in the tank! She stumbles towards LUCAS and looks for another TOKYO POP, but he sees it coming and counters...
BOLT FROM THE BLUE! LUCAS FELIX HAS LAID ICARUS OUT COLD! He's climbing the turnbuckle!
LIGHTNING CRASH! LUCAS FELIX WITH THE LIGHTNING CRASH!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
YOUR WINNER:
LUCAS FELIX wins the match! He may have bent the rules, but he didn't break them and he's the first man to get his hand raised tonight! "CATCH YOUR BREATH" by CFO$ hits the speakers as LUCAS climbs the turnbuckle in celebration and the camera fades backstage.
The crowd pops as HARDCORE SMITTY comes into the frame. He has a duffle bag over his shoulder as he is walking down the hallway. He grabs the door handle, twists it but it will not open.
HARDCORE SMITTY: What the fuck…
SMITTY tries again but the door won’t open! SMITTY backs up and boots his way through the door…
HARDCORE SMITTY: You’ve got to be kidding me.
THE OUTSIDER STONE is inside the locker room setting up balloons and ribbons with a huge “Happy Retirement SMITTY” banner draped across the room. SMITTY rolls his eyes as he sees a bunch of people in the room that he does not know…
HARDCORE SMITTY: Who the fuck are these people?
OUTSIDER STONE: They are here for the party!
HARDCORE SMITTY: Who are they!? I don’t know them!!!
OUTSIDER STONE: Well I tried to get ANDERSON, RABOIN, GREEN and friends to come but they said they were busy wrestling…. They also didn’t believe that you were retiring so they didn’t want to waste their time. So, being the good friend that I am…. I hired you some friends. Each one has a unique backstory and I’ve only picked the best of the best for you SMITTY…
HARDCORE SMITTY: Really….
OUTSIDER STONE: That’s right! You showed up early!! It was supposed to be a big surprise!!
HARDCORE SMITTY: Well don’t you worry, I am surprised… I’m surprised how dumb you continue to be! STONE, I have to lose tonight to retire! Get these idiots out of here! I have a match to win!!!
OUTSIDER STONE: Can they come back later?
HARDCORE SMITTY: No….
OUTSIDER STONE: Just ask one of them their back story!
HARDCORE SMITTY: Ugh, fine!
HARDCORE SMITTY walks up to one of the older women in the room. She has a name tag on that reads Debbie.
HARDCORE SMITTY: Okay so whats your deal?
DEBBIE: I’m the person you lost your virginity to in the back of a taxi cab. It was a glorious night! You still had hair, you wooed me into the taxi and then the magic happ…
HARDCORE SMITTY: That’s enough! Next!!!
HARDCORE SMITTY walks up to another one of his hired friends. This mans name tag reads Andy.
HARDCORE SMITTY: Hi ANDY. Long time no see!
ANDY: Long time no see? I saw you yesterday! I’m your bookie! You’ve got a crazy addition to horse racing in your old age, and I’m you hook up. You look for fixed races and I’m the one who gives you all the….
HARDCORE SMITTY: Done! Every one out!!!
SMITTY points to the door and all the hired friends hang their heads and start to leave the room as STONE looks slightly disappointed in his friend as the scene fades to black…
Blood begins to ooze from the symbol, seeming to drain down the screen, down the video wall, and onto the ramp. Yellow and blue lights scamper in an erratic pattern all around the arena. Flashes of lightning flicker brightly on the screens. LUNATIC comes out, the GOOD DOCTOR, dressed in a suit and wearing a burlap scarecrow's mask, leading the way. LUNATIC has a very large burlap potato sack draped over his shoulder. The look in LOONEY's eyes isn't too far removed from that of his symbolic smiley; menacing and laser focused. He and the DOCTOR turn around in unison towards the back.
The sound of a needle scratching halts one song, exchanging it for "UNSTABLE" by ADEMA. The crowd roars a mixed reaction as TOMOKO HANAHARA (with Elmo, of course), DOWNFALL, and LEGION emerge from the curtain joining LUNATIC and the DOC as they continue their journey down to the ring. As he gets to the top of the stairs, LUNATIC heaves the potatoes over the rope landing with a sickening "thunk". He and the assembled (UN)STABLE members enter the ring, all looking ready for the night's action. LUNATIC asks for a single microphone, handing it to the GOOD DOCTOR.
GOOD DOCTOR: Ladies and gentlemen, I'm afraid that this match has been formally cancelled due to no one caring enough to witness CHASM poison the ring once more.
Without warning the potato sack begins to move, slowly at first. Then it begins to violently thrash around, a muffled scream coming from within. The gathered members of the (UN)STABLE begin stomping the living hell out of the potato sack, beating it back into submission. Finally, LUNATIC opens the sack with a sadistic grin unveiling a bound, gagged and bleeding CHASM!
Lunatic - - Standard Match - - GOOD DOCTOR: I have prescribed the proper medicine for this ailment, getting it well under control before the affliction even hits. THE DOCTOR turns to his gathered forces. GOOD DOCTOR: Each of you have your own matches and destinies. I wished to thank you all for being a part of LUNATICS history. I would have even thanked CHASM for his contributions had he bothered to put in any effort greater than his usual. Since he did not, then I believe the proper treatment is to leave him lying here in a pool of his own blood. LUNATIC snatches the microphone from the DOCTOR. LUNATIC: I may not have a match here tonight, but I'll be damned if I'm leaving without sending a message. If you kick this bee's nest, you. Will. Get. Stung! I'm back in action and I want to watch the world burn! LUNATIC drops the mic and stomps CHASM in the chest one last time before the DOCTOR retrieves it. GOOD DOCTOR: Now is no longer the time, and this is no longer the place, MARC. LUNATIC shoots the DOCTOR a menacing scowl at the mention of his real name. GOOD DOCTOR: Miss HANAHARA and Elmo... LEGION... DOWNFALL... Thank you for your time. There are liverwurst and Swiss cheese sandwiches awaiting you in the back for your troubles. The three members begin their return journey to the back. LUNATIC peels the sack off of his victim, sitting on the mat, rocking back and forth whilst holding CHASM. In turn, he punches his victim and then comforts him, punches and comforts, punches and comforts, screaming as the DOCTOR holds the mic to his mouth. LUNATIC: Why did you make me do this? All I wanted was a good match! LUNATIC stands bolt upright again, dropping the fallen wrestler's head on the mat unceremoniously. He stomps the downed man repeatedly before the DOCTOR finally puts an end to it, Security rushes to the ring to check on the beaten man with shocked expressions at the damage. Medics follow in soon thereafter. GOOD DOCTOR: Let this be a warning to anyone in LUNATICS path now and in the future. Mercy is a thing of the past. Ruin shall be the therapy of choice for those unfortunate enough to encounter my wrath. The DOC drops the mic, directing LOONEY to exit the ring. The pair head up the ramp. About midway, LUNATIC turns to head back down to deliver another beating, but the DOCTOR stops him, redirecting him to the exit as the audience jeers loudly, tossing rubbish at him the entire time. YOUR WINNER:
We open up just behind the black curtain, in gorilla position. MICHAEL GRAVES and TRENT GEIN stand on opposite ends of the hallway, eyeing each other cautiously but keeping a respectful distance. After a moment JAMES RAVEN steps into frame between them. RAVEN: It's almost time for your match, have either of you seen DARREN ZIRADO? MICHAEL GRAVES shakes his head, but says nothing. TRENT shrugs his shoulders. TRENT GEIN: I couldn't pick the guy out of a lineup. RAVEN: Shit... what the hell, GRAVES? You said he was reliable, and wanted to do this? I booked him on your recommendation, I don't know the fucking guy either! M. GRAVES: Do either of you have daughters? RAVEN: What... the fuck? You creepy bastard. What the hell are we supposed to do now? We can't delay the show any longer to look for him, I feel like people have already been waiting a week for these results. TRENT takes a step towards JAMES, offering a suggestion. TRENT GEIN: Do we really need the kid? RAVEN: Excuse me? TRENT GEIN: I'm just stating facts. How many DARREN ZIRADO tee shirts did you see walking into the arena? The true value of this match is in the two men that showed up for it... two old school XWF'ers in every sense of the term. MICHAEL GRAVES, and THE BUTCHER. JAMES looks from TRENT to MICHAEL, then from MICHAEL back to TRENT. He begins to nod his head slowly. RAVEN: What do you think, GRAVES? M. GRAVES: What, do you expect me to say no to a challenge?! HA! It would be an honor to officially end the career of the BUTCHER OF PLAINSFIELD. TRENT GEIN: Be careful, MICHAEL. It may not be my career that's ended. M. GRAVES: Bring it. JAMES nods his head and claps both men on the shoulders. RAVEN: Then it's settled; TRENT GEIN vs. MICHAEL GRAVES, one on one... and Xtreme rules. Get out there and make us all proud, gentlemen. GRAVES and GEIN say nothing. They simply nod, and we fade out.
Michael Graves
DING! DING! DING! The two XWF O.G.s lock up in the center of the ring, each of their names being chanted by various sections of the crowd, though it would appear that TRENT GEIN is slightly favored for most. MICHAEL GRAVES gets the upper hand as he locks TRENT in a head lock, squeezing tightly. GRAVES plays to the fans cheering for TRENT as he squeezes even tighter, even laughing out loud towards all of the supporters cheering on GEIN to escape. GEIN feeds off the crowd, hitting GRAVES with a quick elbow in the gut. GRAVES loosens up the hold, but still refuses to let go. TRENT hits the gut of GRAVES, again, stronger this time, and GRAVES can't help but loosen his grip even more. TRENT GEIN is about one more good shot away from escape! TRENT changes his strategy and grabs the arm of MICHAEL, breaking the hold by force, and takes GRAVES down with a huge arm drag and locks in an arm bar! GRAVES screams in pain as TRENT pulls back and adds extra torque on the arm!! Suddenly, and to everyone's surprise, TRENT relinquishes the hold! What is he doing?! He had GRAVES right where he wanted him! It quickly becomes obvious though, as he begins to go for the PLAINSFIELD DDT TO GET A QUICK VICTORY! MICHAEL GRAVES climbs to his feet slowly and stumbles right into it, clutching his arm. BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! TRENT hooks the leg! ONE! TWO! Kickout by MICHAEL GRAVES! Wow! It looked like that one was about to end this! TRENT GEIN climbs off of him and backs off, allowing GRAVES to climb back to his feet and is met with a huge big boot that sends him toppling over the rope and to the floor below! GRAVES gets up to his feet slowly and begins rooting around underneath the ring apron and producing a steel chair. He slides back into the ring and is met with several heavy stomps from TRENT and drops the chair. GRAVES fights to his feet and is knocked back down by a standing clothesline! TRENT GEIN IS ON FIRE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! TRENT bounces off the ropes but when his back is turned GRAVES picks up a the steel chair and takes a mighty swing! CLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!!! TRENT GEIN crumples to the mat, and MICHAEL GRAVES gives the jeering crowd a smile before going for a pin. ONE! TWO! TH- Kick out! GRAVES smacks the mat as he gets in a mounted position, locking TRENTS legs, and begins to lay down MMA style elbows to the face of GEIN. Normally this kind of attack is illegal, but welcome back to the XTREME division, MR. GEIN!!! TRENT is covering up, the ref is asking if he wants to give up from the elbow shots to the head, but before the ref can ring the bell, TRENT grabs GRAVES arm and locks in a submission hold until MICHAEL GRAVES gets up from the mounted position. Did TRENT GEIN just utilize a kimura to escape that ground and pound? Apparently, THE BUTCHERS been watching a little MMA as of late! TRENT climbs to his feet, still holding GRAVES' arm in that keylock before whipping MICHAEL, shoulder first, into the ring ropes and then hitting a reverse DDT when GRAVES comes out from the corner! The crowd loves it! These guys are old as dirt in the wrestling world, but they have deep bags of tricks! TRENT GEIN covers! ONE! TWO! GRAVES STICKS HIS HAND UP BEFORE THE COUNT OF THREE! TRENT GEIN looks up at the referee, his face is battered from the elbows he just took from GRAVES and is bleeding all over the place, a welt already forming under his right eye. TRENT gets up and is waiting until GRAVES does the same... he's setting up for the PLAINSFIELD! BUT IT'S REVERSED INTO A FINAL NAIL! MICHAEL GRAVES HITS TRENT GEIN WITH THE CRUCIFIX PILEDRIVER!!! GRAVES rushes to the corner of the ring and climbs to the top rope... oh no! CRADLE TO THE GRAVE! This one is over! The referee begins to count! ONE! TWO! THRE- NO! THE BUTCHER KICKS OUT AT THE LAST POSSIBLE SECOND! MICHAEL GRAVES is on his feet, screaming at the referee and backing him into the turnbuckle, accusing him of screwing him over with a slow count! TRENT is moving! He's climbing slowly to his feet! GRAVES IS STILL SCREAMING AT THE REFEREE! THE PLAINSFIELD DDT! TRENT GEIN CATCHES GRAVES OFF GUARD, THE DERANGED GRAVES LOST FOCUS! ONE! TWO! THREE! YOUR WINNER:
The former UNIVERSAL CHAMPION and XWF LEGEND has done it! He's bested fellow old-schooler MICHAEL GRAVES in an incredibly close match! A chainsaw revs over the sound system and "NOW YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR" by LAMB OF GOD blares loudly for maybe the final time as TRENT GEIN pumps his fist for the crowd, and celebrates as we fade backstage.
The cameras pick up backstage in the locker room of WGWF's most loved and hated tag team, HEELS ON WHEELS. The once well-groomed and well-dressed RAZIEL is sitting alone in the center of the room in a wheelchair. He is dressed in white clothes reminiscent of psychiatric care patient's, and his hair and beard are unkempt as hell. The TV broadcasting the Reunion show is on, but he only squints at it with his head cocked. The door to the bathroom slams open and RJ comes walking out. Well, he wobbles out, as if he is having trouble with his legs. We can't see his legs behind the couch at first, but with a contorted look on his face, he makes his way towards RAZIEL, who doesn't even show his awareness of his partner. RJ nearly topples over as he reaches the chair, and the camera reveals that he is wearing...high...heels... He uses RAZIELS shoulder to straighten himself up before looking down at his own feet. He seems to like what he sees, nodding to himself. RJ PALMER: Not bad, if I do say so myself. RAZIEL's gaze lazily lowers, but when he sees the shoes he lights up and starts laughing hysterically. RJ frowns, looking down with his arms out in protest before he looks at RAZIEL's feet, which just have white slip on shoes on them, you know, like a man is want to wear. RJ PALMER: What the hell, brah! I thought we agreed we were changing our name to Heels IN Heels! It's fashionable, and it proves a point! RAZIEL stops laughing enough to look up at RJ, still smirking. RAZIEL: What point...uh...that you...uh...want to be on..um...Ru Paul's Drag Race? HAHAHAHA RJ lifts his feet one at a time, getting his heels in one hand and wagging them at RAZIEL like he has done it before. RJ PALMER: The point WAS...that we can beat anyone...even if we were in heels! Damn, man! Way to ruin a brilliant idea! Maybe I can find a broad out here with feet big enough to loan your overweight ass a pair... RAZIEL chuckles as RJ storms out of the locker room barefoot, heels still in his hand. After a moment, RAZIEL's chuckle fades and he looks back at the TV, his smile disappearing as well as he falls back into an almost catatonic state.
"PROJECT SNAKEHEAD"
MATTAKI and BILL BLAKK start out with a punching battle! BILL BLAKK's punches are brutal whereas MATTAKI's are more technical and focused. MATTAKI gets the upper hand in the battle but BILL BLAKK quickly decides to take back control by kicking MATTAKI in the gut and hitting him with a swift DDT. BILL BLAKK smiles but his smile is met with a swift kick by NEPTUNE who just jumped in the ring. MIGHTY KID is not standing idle either and jumps in the ring as well. An all out brawl explodes in the ring!! The referee is trying his best to keep the legal men in and force the teammates back into their corner! But try as you may, the vicious blows being exchanged between MIGHTY KID and NEPTUNE look like they could kill anyone who's not a professional wrestler! The referee keeps a safe distance but yells at them and warns them that if they keep going at it, they will disqualify their teams! MATTAKI puts a hand on NEPTUNE's shoulder and pulls him away from MIGHTY KID. BILL BLAKK also has a word with MIGHTY KID. NEPTUNE keeps his glaring eyes on MIGHTY KID who responds with a cocky smirk. MATTAKI says something to NEPTUNE and NEPTUNE smiles back at him before going back in his corner. The legal men are now back to being alone in the ring! BILL BLAKK knows he can't allow MATTAKI to strategize so he quickly runs and slides towards MATTAKI, knocking him over. BILL BLAKK goes to apply an armbar on MATTAKI but MATTAKI flips out of it, showing off his agility, and backhands BILL BLAKK. BILL BLAKK loses his grip on MATTAKI. MATTAKI catches him with a big dropkick! BILL BLAKK elbows MATTAKI as MATTAKI tries to pick him up. BILL BLAKK then tries to hit a piledriver but MATTAKI counters with a toehold that drops BILL BLAKK to the mat. MATTAKI tags NEPTUNE in, who starts stomping right away on BILL BLAKK. But once again, MIGHTY KID doesn't stay idle as he jumps in to help his tag partner. But MATTAKI deals with him, leaving NEPTUNE to deliver some more punishment on BILL BLAKK! The referee breaks up the fight between MIGHTY KID and MATTAKI and sends them back in their respective team corners. NEPTUNE throws BILL BLAKK in a corner and starts kicking at him like crazy, ending the combo with a devastating kick to the head. BILL BLAKK falls to the mat, hurting. NEPTUNE tags MATTAKI back in the match and MATTAKI goes to hit BILL BLAKK with a well executed tiger suplex! MIGHTY KID looks rather annoyed now, and wants to get into the action. NEPTUNE cheers for MATTAKI's move. MATTAKI glances at him for a second before hitting BILL BLAKK in the ribs with a knee. BILL BLAKK yells out in pain. MATTAKI shakes his head at BILL BLAKK before grabbing him by the hair! But wait! BILL BLAKK connects a few quick punches in MATTAKI's gut! BILL BLAKK tackles him to the mat and locks in a painful looking camel clutch! BILL BLAKK has MATTAKI in a submission! MIGHTY KID approves with a grin. NEPTUNE glares at BILL BLAKK and looks like he could murder him. MATTAKI is having trouble breaking out of the move! BILL BLAKK applies a lot of pressure and makes sure that MATTAKI is nowhere near the ropes! The referee checks up on MATTAKI but MATTAKI is not giving in. BILL BLAKK sits down a bit more and pulls a bit more as well... the pressure is enormous! MATTAKI is in a lot of trouble now! That's it, NEPTUNE can't take it anymore and jumps in to interfere! But MIGHTY KID is quick to react and meets NEPTUNE before he reaches BILL BLAKK and MATTAKI. MIGHTY KID and NEPTUNE are now engaged in a brutal show of punches and kicks! The crowd goes even wilder now! The referee goes to break their fight. The referee looks like he's getting annoyed too now. Meanwhile, BILL BLAKK is still holding on but he realizes it's useless unless the referee is there to hear MATTAKI if he gives up. BILL BLAKK lets go of MATTAKI who quickly goes to grab a hold of the bottom rope closest to him. BILL BLAKK then goes to help MIGHTY KID deal with NEPTUNE. They double team him and suplex him into the mat. But NEPTUNE doesn't stay down and jumps back right up. NEPTUNE starts kicking away at both of them. MIGHTY KID puts a stop to that by poking him in the eyes when the opportunity arises! NEPTUNE covers his face, feeling the horrible sting. MIGHTY KID is happy with himself. But neither MIGHTY KID or BILL BLAKK notice MATTAKI behind BILL BLAKK and LOW BLOWING him! BILL BLAKK falls to the mat, holding his privates. The referee pushes MIGHTY KID back and gives him a final warning. MIGHTY KID grits his teeth but agrees and heads back into his corner. NEPTUNE is forced into his own team's corner as well. Now... who is going to tag their partner first? Both BILL BLAKK and MATTAKI are slowly crawling to their respective team's sides to get to their partner. The crowd is being loud, mostly getting behind BILL BLAKK. NEPTUNE has his hand extended as far as he can and keeps cheering MATTAKI on. MIGHTY KID also has his hand extended, stomping his foot on the mat. Who will get to whom first? MATTAKI reaches NEPTUNE first! Quickly followed by BILL BLAKK smacking MIGHTY KID's hand! NEPTUNE leaps into the air, hoping to kick MIGHTY KID in the face. But MIGHTY KID uses his momentum from running towards NEPTUNE and slams him into the mat before NEPTUNE is able to hit him with his vicious kick. MIGHTY KID stays on NEPTUNE and punches the living hell out of him!! What a punishment! Now MIGHTY KID's elbowing NEPTUNE in the guts, several times! And it's not over, MIGHTY KID is not letting NEPTUNE breathe! MIGHTY KID starts pummeling at the legs!! NEPTUNE's body jerk like crazy as he tries to get away from MIGHTY KID's sick and brutal punches. But MIGHTY KID knows he can't allow NEPTUNE to get his bearings back! MIGHTY KID head butts NEPTUNE and then sets him up for a powerbomb aaaaand... success! NEPTUNE hits the mat hard, making a sickening sound. It looked painful and judging by the expression on NEPTUNE's face... it felt even worse than it looked. MIGHTY KID smirks his confident and cocky smirk. MIGHTY KID then hits NEPTUNE with a violent suplex. NEPTUNE lets out a scream of pain, arching his back. MATTAKI watches on, his mask hiding what his eyes could be telling of his reaction to watching NEPTUNE being hurt. MIGHTY KID Irish whips NEPTUNE into the corner but NEPTUNE retaliates immediately by reversing the move and throws MIGHTY KID in the corner. SMACK! SMACK! SMACK! NEPTUNE kicks him in the face a few times! NEPTUNE then quickly goes to tag MATTAKI in. MATTAKI runs to MIGHTY KID, spins in the air, and DROPKICKS MIGHTY KID in the chest! MATTAKI picks MIGHTY KID up and irish whips him into the ropes. MATTAKI bounces off the other side and runs to MIGHTY KID and connects a perfect clothesline!! MIGHTY KID goes down. The HEROES FOR HIRE fans boo MATTAKI's efforts. MATTAKI hits MIGHTY KID with a head-butt to keep him dazed and then follows suit with a SICK BUZZSAW KICK! BILL BLAKK looks on, annoyed and clearly wishing he was the legal man right now so he could deliver some punishment on his masked opponent. MATTAKI keeps working on MIGHTY KID, now twisting MIGHTY KID's legs awkwardly and locking them with his own legs! MIGHTY KID screams out, feeling a violent sting all over his legs! HEROES FOR HIRE fans start to chant for MIGHTY KID to give him a boost to get out of the unbearably painful looking move. BILL BLAKK looks at the crowd and motions for them to be louder! BILL BLAKK watches on, frustrated by how things are going. NEPTUNE on the other side has a big grin on his face, looking like a kid on Christmas Day. MATTAKI pulls harder on the legs, cranking the ankles as well! MIGHTY KID shakes his head, refusing to give up. MATTAKI cranks the ankles one last time before letting go. MATTAKI looks down at MIGHTY KID and knees him in his lower back! And again! And again! The crowd is wondering if MIGHTY KID's back will be okay after this match. MATTAKI then picks MIGHTY KID up by his hair and throws him into the ropes again. MATTAKI runs after him, wanting to clothesline him out of the ring! But WAIT! MIGHTY KID jumps on the ropes and pushes his body back! He connects an elbow right in MATTAKI's face! They both go down HARD on the mat. MATTAKI sits up quickly, shaking his head. MIGHTY KID squirms for a moment before rushing to BILL BLAKK and tagging him in!! The crowd goes wild! BILL BLAKK goes to attack MATTAKI but MATTAKI thinks quickly and blocks the punch that was about to hit his face! MATTAKI kicks BILL BLAKK back and nails him with a TIGER DRIVER! MATTAKI then goes to his corner and tags NEPTUNE in. NEPTUNE runs to BILL BLAKK immediately and hits him with a kick to the throat, pushing him into a corner. NEPTUNE proceeds with some punches, followed by kicks. BILL BLAKK takes the brunt of most of the attacks before RUSHING into NEPTUNE and taking down on the mat. BILL BLAKK starts SMASHING his elbows viciously into NEPTUNE's chest!! NEPTUNE loses his breath as BILL BLAKK keeps on going with the violent punishment! BILL BLAKK slams a punch into NEPTUNE's face before picking him up and with a big grin on his face, BILL BLAKK goes to hit NEPTUNE with a BRAINBUSTER SUPLEX! The sound it makes is absolutely SICKENING! The crowd gasp, wondering if NEPTUNE's neck is still in one piece! NEPTUNE stays down on the mat, kicking his legs slightly, showing that he's indeed still alive. BILL BLAKK glances at MIGHTY KID and MIGHTY KID quickly jumps in the ring. MATTAKI doesn't just stand and watch as he also jumps in the ring! MIGHTY KID and MATTAKI starts brawling it out! BILL BLAKK picks NEPTUNE up again and again hits him with the same BRAINBUSTER SUPLEX! HEROES FOR HIRE fans are very happy right now! BILL BLAKK goes for the pin! ONE! TWO! KICKOUT at the last second! Project Snakehead fans (a minority) cheer loudly for their favorites! MIGHTY KID and MATTAKI's brawl is broken by the ref who sends them into their respective corners. BILL BLAKK picks NEPTUNE up and POWERBOMBS him VIOLENTLY into the mat! BILL BLAKK quickly goes for another pin attempt! ONE! TWO! NO! ANOTHER KICKOUT at the last possible second! MATTAKI, who was ready to break the pin, stays in his corner. BILL BLAKK grunts, frustrated by NEPTUNE's endurance. BILL BLAKK picks NEPTUNE up and throws him into a corner. BILL BLAKK channels his inner boxer as he jabs NEPTUNE quickly in the ribs and a few times in the head! BILL BLAKK then sets NEPTUNE up on top of the turnbuckles and... SUPLEX FROM THE TOP ROPE! The crowd goes wild for the move! BILL BLAKK smiles as he quickly goes for another pin attempt! ONE! TWO! THR- SHOULDER UP! NEPTUNE is not giving up! BILL BLAKK grits his teeth and starts kicking away at NEPTUNE!! MATTAKI jumps in the ring and defends NEPTUNE! MIGHTY KID also joins and defends his own partner! The ref gets in and stops the brawl! The ref yells at the illegal men to go back to their corners. MATTAKI reluctantly does so. BILL BLAKK turns to MIGHTY KID and tags him in. MIGHTY KID smiles a sick smile as he approaches NEPTUNE. MIGHTY KID GRABS NEPTUNE BY THE THROAT WITH HIS TWO HANDS and lifts him off the mat to throw him into a corner. MIGHTY KID jabs NEPTUNE a few times in the ribs, like BILL BLAKK did previously. MIGHTY KID then sets NEPTUNE up on the mat and hits him with an elbow drop from the top rope. NEPTUNE seems knocked out. BILL BLAKK quickly runs to MATTAKI outside the ring and engages him into battle to prevent him from interfering. MIGHTY KID smirks and goes for the cover. ONE! TWO! NO! Kickout! NEPTUNE kicked out! MIGHTY KID is not happy! NEPTUNE has fight left in him. NEPTUNE is showing off his incredible resilience. MIGHTY KID grabs him by the hair and clotheslines him HARD into the mat after making him stand up. MIGHTY KID notices MATTAKI still occupied with BILL BLAKK. MIGHTY KID goes for the cover once more. The referee counts: ONE! TWO! NO! NEPTUNE still manages to kick out! MIGHTY KID is getting frustrated now and punches NEPTUNE a few times to try and kill the fighting spirit in him. MATTAKI manages to hit back at BILL BLAKK and jumps in the ring! But the referee stops him from doing anything. BILL BLAKK uses this opportunity to give some help to his teammate. MIGHTY KID smirks as they both double team NEPTUNE once again. BUT WAIT! NEPTUNE gets a second wind and kicks both MIGHTY KID and BILL BLAKK out of his way with just one spinning back kick. Two birds, one stone. But the beating he took from MIGHTY KID has slowed him down. MIGHTY KID and BILL BLAKK are on the mat, reeling from the hit. MATTAKI sees it and quickly gets back to his corner. The referee drags BILL BLAKK back to his feet and into his own corner as well. NEPTUNE goes to tag MATTAKI but MIGHTY KID catches his legs and trips him. NEPTUNE tries to kick MIGHTY KID off but MIGHTY KID has a solid and tight grip on NEPTUNE's legs. MIGHTY KID pulls him closer and strangles him with his arm! MATTAKI jumps in and kicks MIGHTY KID off. BILL BLAKK joins the ring again and once more, an all out brawl breaks out! The referee has a hard time controlling the superstars in the ring. MATTAKI is now taking on both MIGHTY KID and BILL BLAKK, hitting them with precise blows and moves! MIGHTY KID is thrown out of the ring!! BILL BLAKK and MATTAKI keep battling it out! BILL BLAKK hits MATTAKI with a JUMPING DDT!! MATTAKI is down!! MIGHTY KID is stirring up outside. MIGHTY KID's still the legal man. BILL BLAKK goes to help his tag partner up. NEPTUNE is also back on his feet and... OH! NEPTUNE FLIES OUT OF THE RING AND ONTO BILL BLAKK AND MIGHTY KID!!! MATTAKI shakes off the sting from the DDT and climbs outside the ring to check on NEPTUNE. BILL BLAKK holds onto the ring's edge for support. MIGHTY KID seems to be the one who has taken the biggest blunt from the aerial move performed by NEPTUNE. BILL BLAKK goes to collide with MATTAKI, engaging him into battle! NEPTUNE still looks a bit dazed from his high risk move but still manages to kick MIGHTY KID a few times. NEPTUNE throws MIGHTY KID back into the ring. Before NEPTUNE climbs in, he glances at MATTAKI and sees that MATTAKI is dealing with BILL BLAKK. NEPTUNE smirks and jumps into the ring. NEPTUNE irish whips MIGHTY KID hard into the corner and launches a VICIOUS KICK COMBO at MIGHTY KID! MIGHTY KID spits out blood! Project Snakehead fans are quite happy with this! NEPTUNE is ready... THE DESPERADOS JOKER CARD! MIGHTY KID JUST TAPPED! MIGHTY KID HAS TAPPED OUT!
With the match over PROJECT SNAKEHEAD have had a chance for their adrenaline to stop pumping and stand alone in the ring looking out into the crowd for what could possibly be the last time ever. The fans have always had a love-hate relationship with both of them, more love in NEPTUNES case and definitely more hate in MATTAKIS case. However none of that matters now, even if PROJECT SNAKEHEAD said they didn't do any of it for the fans, they still came out week after week and put on a show for them. Sometimes they provided them with somebody to cheer for, most times they provided them with somebody to boo, but each and every time they stepped into the ring they provided them with entertainment. How can you not appreciate that? As the fans continue to shower PROJECT SNAKEHEAD with applause, MATTAKI calls for a mic and is tossed one by a member of the ring crew. He points into the crowd as he beings to speak. MATTAKI: Listen, we haven't always seen eye to eye. Mostly due to the fact that I'm a cocky son of a bitch who didn't give a fuck less what any of you thought of me. The cheers qucikly turn to boos and it brings a smile to Mattaki's face. MATTAKI: BUT.... BUT.... Let me finish. There comes a point in every man's life when he needs to humble himself and realize that no matter how much he said they weren't, things are actually bigger than he is and the world doesn't revolve around him. This business wasn't my only passion but when I was here, when I was in a wrestling ring, I gave it everything I had. Now I'm not going to blow smoke up your asses and say that I did it for you because I didn't. Throughout my career I did things for one of two people, me, or NEPTUNE. However before you shower me with boos again I just want each and every person out there who watched a match I was in to know that looking back on it now, I truly appreciate you. If you ever cheered me, I heard you, and I wanted to prove that you were backing a winner. If you ever booed me, I heard you, and I wanted to do everything within my power to shut your fucking mouths. Whatever side of the coin you were on, as I make my exit from this business all I can say to you now is thank you. MATTAKI drops to his knees for a moment and bows his head as the crowd goes absolutely insane which is probably the first time and the last time MATTAKI will ever be cheered like this. MATTAKI now rises from the mat and hands the mic over to NEPTUNE. NEPTUNE: You know, I became a wrestler because I wanted to prove something. I thought by becoming a fighter, I would stop sinking like quicksand. But the more I fought, the more I felt like I was getting lost. I thought it would be my life. Eventually I would end up being one of those tragic stories. You know the ones: wrestlers who never managed to get a hold of their life. But then, I met MATTAKI and just like that… I stopped sinking. Wrestling was all I knew, it was what I based my worth on. I loved being in this industry. I loved the adrenaline running through my veins every night. I proved people wrong. I proved that I could fight off anything that was thrown my way. But with that said, I’m glad there’s more to me than just the wrestler. I’m glad to have done a lot in this business, I'm glad that I was able to entertain and be an influence to many. However I’m also glad to be moving on to the next chapter in my life. And with MATTAKI by my side, I don’t think there’s anything that will ever stop me. Bring it on, I say. Bring it all on! The crowd continues to show their love for Project Snakehead as MATTAKI hugs NEPTUNE and then takes the mic back from him. MATTAKI: Well that brings to fruition what I said about this show being a final chapter for PROJECT SNAKEHEAD but I also said something else in my promo but before I get into that, Dai, bring it. Right on cue PROJECT SNAKEHEADS bodyguard DAI comes waddling from the backstage area down the ramp and climbs into the ring. He hands something to MATTAKI who cups it in his hand. DAI then makes his exit as MATTAKI goes back to speaking. MATTAKI: Now the second thing I said about this show was that it was going to be a new beginning for PROJECT SNAKEHEAD. You see, NEPTUNE and I first met in the XWF during a time when if you saw a gay wrestler it was painfully obvious that they were a gay wrestler. It was all flamboyance and limp wristed stereotypes, something that we never were. Yet once we shared our first kiss inside an XWF ring it seemed to spark a revolution for people like us. I mean we joke about it but whether we had anything to do with it or not, it seemed like after us gay wrestlers of all types started coming out of the woodwork. We like to think that we had something to do with that and it does make us happy. So with that being said if sharing our first kiss with the wrestling world made any sort of a difference to anybody then it seems only right that we share the first page in the next chapter of our life with the wrestling world as well. MATTAKI now drops down to one knee and prominently displays what is was that DAI gave him. A ring, NEPTUNE is in pure shock as are the fans in attendance who have somehow found a way to get even louder than they were before. MATTAKI: NEPTUNE you said that before me you felt like you were in quicksand and I helped you stop sinking. Well before you I was a rudderless ship just going wherever the waves took me with no clear direction. However you gave me direction, you gave me purpose, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me? NEPTUNE rushes over to MATTAKI with tears streaming down his face and almost tackles him to the ground. The crowd continues to tear the roof off of the arena as the two of them embrace and MATTAKI slides the ring onto NEPTUNES finger. NEPTUNE now walks around the ring holding hands with MATTAKI with one hand and showing his ring to the crowd with the other. MATTAKI is all smiles as he brings the mic up to his lips one more. MATTAKI: You guys have no idea how hard it was not to ask him if he'd spend the rest of his life being my monkey. Laughter erupts from the crowd. NEPTUNE: YOU JERK! NEPTUNE punches MATTAKI in the shoulder and the two of them make their way to the back amid more laughs and cheering.
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YOUR WINNER AND NEW
ALYSSA FERRO
We cut to the backstage area where STEVE SAYORS is standing by in an interview area and, with him, stands The Best Wrestler In The World™: DANTE ANGLAIS.
STEVE SAYORS: Tonight, DANTE, you go one on one with MAXIMUS in an Iron Man Match, one of the most gruelling matches you a wrestler could choose to compete in. My question is, what is your mind-set heading into a match like this?
DANTE ANGLAIS: There’s always going to be an element of planning when it comes to matches against anyone but when you come face to face with someone who is as over-confident as MAXIMUS seems to be, it makes it all the more interesting. From his standpoint, he has nothing to lose and everything to gain. If he wins, he beats the great DANTE ANGLAIS once again. If he loses, he’s already beaten me.
DANTE shrugs half-heartedly, not quite sure what to make of that sort of thought process.
DANTE ANGLAIS: I’m not sure why he thinks that means that this rubber match doesn’t mean anything but that’s a bad mind-set to have. His “win or whatever” attitude caught me entirely off-guard so I’m taking the exact opposite mind-set; winning this match is the only result. For me, there is no win-lose mentality, it’s win-win with no if, and or but attached as an addendum.
STEVE SAYORS: So what exactly is your plan to even make it through what is sure to be a hellacious contest?
DANTE ANGLAIS: That’s not something I’m going to just go ahead and reveal for MAXIMUS to know. I will tell you that I’m more than happy with my preparation for this contest. It’s been a long and winding road but we’re finally gotten to the end.
STEVE SAYORS: You’re making it sound like it’s going to be the last thing you ever do...
DANTE ANGLAIS: Well, you can never say never, but I won’t be wrestling another match again.
There’s a rather vocal majority of the crowd who boo and jeer this announcement; unhappy with the news that DANTE is saying goodbye to the ring.
DANTE ANGLAIS: Unless under certain circumstances. I’ll face a select group of people and I’d be willing to do an even more select group of people a favor if need be but aside from those specific instance, MAXIMUS will be my last opponent. Alas, tonight is not about that. Tonight is a celebration of the XWF and MAX and I plan on putting on one hell of a show to help show just how special the XWF once was.
DANTE turns to face the camera, looking directly down its lens.
DANTE ANGLAIS: MAXIMUS, you better not let me down because I’ve already told you this is all or nothing: prove me right.
The lights turn red as “WAKE UP” by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE plays throughout the arena. LEGION makes his way to the stage, his head covered with a towel. The music kicks in with the main riff, and LEGION removes his towel, holding it as he makes his way to the ring. He enters the ring, tossing the towel aside as he climbs the nearest turnbuckle to stare at the crowd. He jumps down, getting ready for his match.
The music shifts to "IN TIME" by MARK COLLIE and RAGE rides in his Harley Davidson Motorcycle, his eyes affixed on LEGION. He gets in the ring, takes of his trenchcoat and stares down his opponent until he can start hitting him. That'll be soon.
The referee calls for the bell, and these old foes are underway!
DING! DING! DING!
Legion The match begins with LEGION and RAGE exchanging words in the center of the ring. LEGION charges at RAGE shoulder first ramming him into the ropes. LEGION then whips RAGE across the ring and RAGE comes rebounding towards LEGION, but LEGION slides under the legs of RAGE! LEGION jumps up quickly before RAGE can turn around and pulls the feet out from under him sending RAGE’s face into the mat. LEGION sees the opening early and runs over to the back of RAGE to lock in the camel clutch but RAGE quickly gets out of it and slides out of the ring. LEGION quickly bounces off the ropes on the opposite side of the ring and goes to the ground looking to connect with a baseball slide to the back of RAGE who wasn’t paying attention, but RAGE turns around just in time to move out of the way! LEGION goes crashing onto the floor holding his back! RAGE pulls LEGION up to his feet and walks him over to the barricade and smashes LEGION’s head into it once. Then RAGE picks him up and drops LEGION’s chest on it. LEGION falls to the ground holding his torso. RAGE then begins to stomp multiple times on the chest of LEGION, punishing his opponents ribs. RAGE pulls LEGION up to his feet and then whips him with all his force into the ring steps. LEGION sends his shoulder directly into them and he grasps his arm, writhing in pain. RAGE decides to pick up a chair! We're about to get XTREME! He waits as LEGION slowly recovers and climbs to his feet, LEGION turns to face RAGE and is hit hard over the head with the chair! CRAAA-AACK!! LEGION falls straight backwards and is out of it! RAGE picks up the body of LEGION and throws him back into the ring. LEGION has a cut on the top of his head and has started bleeding all over his himself! RAGE picks the chair back up and throws it into the ring. RAGE climbs up on the apron and then to the top rope. RAGE jumps off and connects with heavy elbow drop right in the middle of the ring. RAGE taking to the air! He gets up quickly and crosses the ring, climbing the opposite turnbuckle! THE CROSS YOUR HEART HOPE YOU DIE! THE CROWD IS GOING NUTS AS RAGE CONNECTS WITH THE SECOND ELBOW!! This could be it! RAGE with the pin! ONE! TWO!! THR- KICKOUT!!! The bloodied LEGION is somehow able to kick out after a chair shot and two consecutive elbow drops! How much more can he take? RAGE gets up and stands over the almost knocked out body of LEGION. LEGION is now slowly making his way to his knees. Blood is flowing everywhere. RAGE helps LEGION get to his feet quicker. RAGE then hits LEGION with two hard slaps across the chest. RAGE then kicks LEGION in the stomach and drops him down with a DDT! RAGE slides out of the ring and begins to look underneath the ring for a new weapon and doesn't notice that LEGION has made his way to his feet. LEGION takes a running start and catapults his body over the top rope and connects with a cross body to the outside of the ring! LEGION bounces up to his feet pretty quickly but RAGE is down and in some serious pain after that one! LEGION picks up RAGE and whips him into the steel stairs, avenging his own crash earlier. RAGE goes back first into the stairs! RAGE's back is now in a lot of pain! LEGION has done a number on his back and has noticed he is grabbing it in pain! LEGION picks up RAGE and slides him back into the ring. LEGION then climbs up to the top rope. He jumps off and hits RAGE with a frog splash to the lower back! RAGE grabs his back in severe pain yet again! LEGION isn't done yet though. He picks up the chair and slams it into the back of RAGE! LEGION puts the chair across RAGES back and then climbs back up to the top rope and quickly jumps off connect with a leg drop onto the chair right to the demolished back of RAGE! That has to be it! A leg drop onto a chair! LEGION kicks the chair off of RAGE. LEGION is limping around and took some damage to the leg after that leg drop. LEGION hooks the leg of RAGE for the pin! ONE! TWO!! T- KICKOUT!!!! RAGE is somehow able to kickout! What a match! Both men want to win this Reunion match badly! Neither one is willing to give up! LEGION once again climbs up the rope this time only to the second turnbuckle. He waits for RAGE to make his way to his feet and turn towards him. LEGION jumps off and grabs a hold of RAGE's head and tries to spin him around with a tornado DDT but instead RAGE catches LEGION picks him up high and slams him into the mat with a hard spinebuster! Both men are now down! RAGE got himself some much needed time to recuperate. Both men make their way to their feet at about the same time. RAGE runs at LEGION and hits him with a hard spear! THE PATH OF RAGE! RAGE picks up the chair and takes it with him to the top rope. What is he going to do? LEGION has no idea what's going on and as he turns around to face RAGE, RAGE throws the chair at him. LEGION catches it right in front of his face. RAGE jumps off and connects with a flying knee into the chair which goes straight into LEGION's face!! RAGE just connected with a huge flying knee into a chair that might have ended this match! RAGE goes for the pin! ONE! TWO!! KICKOUT!!! LEGION does it again! LEGION might be bleeding all over the ring but he doesn't want to give up his shot at winning this match! RAGE gets up grabbing his back! He picks up the chair and slams it into the back of LEGION who is now laying face down in the ring. RAGE doesn't know what he has to do in order to get the win! He picks LEGION up and suplex's him into the middle of the ring. RAGE waits for LEGION to stagger to his feet one more time! He grabs hold! THIS HAS TO BE IT! THE RAGE DRIVER! RAGE HOOKS THE LEG! ONE! TWO! THREE! YOUR WINNER:
IT'S OVER! RAGE has defeated LEGION in a great XTREME rules match! RAGE stands up slowly, clutching his back in agony. He throws his hands gingerly over his head in celebration, and the fans applaud the former Universal Champion in what may be his final curtain call. LEGION slowly climbs to his feet, and stumbles over to RAGE who braces himself for another battle. LEGION extends his hand; a show of sportsmanship. RAGE takes it, and the two men share a respectful embrace before LEGION rolls out of the ring and makes his way up the ramp to allow RAGE his moment. The fans break out into two distinct chants. "THANK YOU LEGION!"
"IN TIME" by MARK COLLIE
RJ PALMER: Never have I ever cheated on someone. PALMER glances across at the other four people sat at the table and all four of them take a shot and down it. RJ PALMER: You unfaithful sluts. DANTE ANGLAIS: You’re one to talk. AIDAN COLLINS: Yeah, fucking RAZ while you’ve got DANTE waiting for you at home. JAMES RAVEN: Bliz is right, that’s cheating if you ask me. DANTE and RJ glare at RAVEN and COLLINS as they take the low-hanging fruit. TOMOKO HANAHARA: OH! It’s a gay joke, I get it, ha! The delayed reply from TOMOKO demonstrates just how many shots she has downed; it’s the second go round the table. DANTE ANGLAIS: Alright, my turn; never have I ever had a devil’s three way a.k.a. two dudes. DANTE, AIDAN and JAMES all look at TOMOKO expectantly, perhaps even hopefully, but, for the first time since the game started, she doesn’t take a shot. Instead, only one person takes a shot: RJ PALMER. AIDAN COLLINS: Why am I not surprised? Who was at the other end of that sandwich? RJ PALMER: We are not getting into this. JAMES RAVEN: Boo, you whore. DANTE ANGLAIS: Did you guys... cross swords? RJ PALMER: I JUST SAID WE ARE NOT GETTING INTO THIS!!! TOMOKO HANAHARA: Ha, RJ is a gay boy. Although I hear that’s not uncommon in Australia. RJ drives his head down into the table in front of him in frustration, driving his forehead down onto the wood several times as he realizes that agreeing to play this game might not have been the best idea. AIDAN COLLINS: Okay, my go: never have I ever known a guy named Bill to be reliable. TOMOKO throws one down the hatch and JAMES does the same. RJ and DANTE, however, clearly know the same Bill that AIDAN does. AIDAN COLLINS: Yeah, I usually expect people named Bill to end up saying they’ll do something then not actually do it. My plumber is named Bill and my toilet is constantly blocked. DANTE ANGLAIS: Sounds like more of a problem with your bowl movements than with Bill to me. Without thinking, AIDAN slaps DANTE right across the back of the head. AIDAN COLLINS: Your wedding is over, bro. You had that one day... AIDAN suddenly stops his tirade before things get too heated as his attention is drawn to the ear-splitting snoring sound that now engulfs the room. TOMOKO, who is clearly worse for wear, had fallen asleep and is now snoring so loudly that the room, possibly the entire arena, is now shaking. JAMES RAVEN: Dude, that is... terrifying. Is that... normal? RJ PALMER: I don’t think so. Do you think we should call a doctor or something? DANTE ANGLAIS: No, I think we should record it and put it on YouTube. Bliz, you got your phone? AIDAN reaches into his pocket and he does indeed have his phone, bringing up the camera before setting it up to record. TOMOKO HANAHARA: ZzZzZzZzZz!! AIDAN COLLINS: I’m having a rough time even holding this thing. Alright, recording in three, two... The recording starts and RJ, DANTE and JAMES all fall silent as AIDAN records TOMOKO on his phone. The snoring isn’t just loud either; on occasion, the most horrifying noises exit her mouth to make it sound like she’s possessed by some sort of demon: terrifying stuff. Just as the foursome begin to struggle as they hold back the laughter, the door to the locker-room, which was clearly marked “DO NOT DISTURB!” swings open and RAZIEL pokes his head round the door and into the room. RAZIEL: Hey guys, I... In unison the five of them, TOMOKO included, all look at RAZ and, simultaneously say two words. THE COOL KIDS: GET OUT!! Without saying another word, RAZIEL disappears back behind the door, closing it as he does. TOMOKO lowers her head as she had only lifted it to respond to the interruption and we fade out as AIDAN goes back to recording the snoring TOMOKO.
Hunter Ryan & Nick Ryan
ERIC ANDERSON and NICK RYAN look eager to get things underway for their respective teams. Eyes locked upon one another, the bell sounds and a collar and elbow tie up later sees the match underway. ERIC ANDERSON takes the upper hand with a wristlock. NICK RYAN taps the arm and then a quick reversal sees him sending ERIC ANDERSON into the ropes. A leapfrog by NICK RYAN as ERIC ANDERSON is underneath and off the far side ropes. NICK RYAN with an arm drag attempt, ERIC ANDERSON lands on his feet and he fires a staggering right hand taking NICK RYAN down. NICK with a quick kip up, and a right hand attempt of his own. Duck under by ERIC ANDERSON and a quick hook of the neck...STO! NICK RYAN is introduced to the mat very forcefully as ERIC ANDERSON is quick to get him to his feet. NICK RYAN shot into the ropes again...ERIC ANDERSON catches him on the rebound and plants him with a sidewalk slam.
HUNTER RYAN is eager to get into the ring to aide his partner as ERIC ANDERSON pulls NICK RYAN to a vertical base. A side headlock is applied and ERIC ANDERSON drags NICK RYAN to his corner, tagging in MIKE RABOIN. MIKE RABOIN to the top rope and he comes down onto the small of NICK's back with a double ax handle, taking NICK RYAN to his knees. MIKE RABOIN with a forceful boot to the side of the face. Several stomps to the back and MIKE RABOIN rolls NICK RYAN over and drops down with a pinfall attempt.
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Shoulder up! NICK RYAN with a good deal of fight left. MIKE RABOIN to his feet and he takes a hold of the right leg of NICK RYAN before delivering a quick boot to the right knee. He steps over and twists the leg before dropping to the mat. NICK RYAN writhing in pain as the ref checks for a possible submission. NICK shrugs it off as MIKE RABOIN reaches out and ERIC ANDERSON tags back in.
ERIC ANDERSON with a springboard into the ring, a quick turn and a springboard ASAI bodysplash! Applause from the crowd as he hooks a leg.
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KICKOUT! by NICK RYAN! NICK RYAN taking a good deal of abuse as ERIC ANDERSON draws him up, delivering a stiff boot to the gut. A signal to the crowd and he could be looking to end it...NICK RYAN with a hoist and ERIC ANDERSON is on the mat following a back body drop! NICK RYAN leaps to his corner, a necessary tag to HUNTER RYAN, who is in and immediately lays ERIC ANDERSON out with a soup bone shot!
ERIC ANDERSON to his feet and it is followed up with a knife edge chop and another right hand. Counter attempt by ERIC ANDERSON and a duck under by HUNTER RYAN who follows things up with a lariat. ERIC ANDERSON down and a pin fall attempt.
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Kickout by ERIC ANDERSON. A grounded right hand by HUNTER RYAN and another pin fall attempt.
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Again a kickout! HUNTER RYAN pulls ERIC ANDERSON to a vertical base and he shoots him into the ropes. Yakuza kick attempt by HUNTER RYAN, duck under by ERIC ANDERSON and a DIVING ELBOW on the follow up! HUNTER RYAN is quickly grounded. ERIC ANDERSON to his feet, a tag to MIKE RABOIN!
MIKE RABOIN leaps over the top rope and into the ring as HUNTER RYAN is back to his feet. Hard right attempt by HUNTER RYAN, duck under a hook of the waist...GERMAN RELEASE SUPLEX and HUNTER RYAN is planted on the bridge of his neck! MIKE RABOIN quickly ascends to the top rope and gives the signal...he dives off for a body splash but HUNTER is on his feet and spears RABOIN out of thin air! Seemingly out of nowhere, HUNTER RYAN with a brilliant counter and a quick hook of the leg!
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MIKE RABOIN with a shoulder up! HUNTER RYAN grins and comes to a vertical base, pulling MIKE RABOIN up. He shoots MIKE RABOIN to his far side corner where he is met by the awaiting right hand of NICK RYAN. MIKE RABOIN staggers back and HUNTER RYAN attempts a german suplex of his own. MIKE RABOIN lands on his feet. Standing flashback by MIKE RABOIN and HUNTER RYANs head connects with the mat. MIKE RABOIN to his corner and a tag to ERIC ANDERSON. ERIC ANDERSON to the top rope, poised. HUNTER RYAN to his feet and as he turns he is met by a jumping heel kick. HUNTER RYAN taken off a vertical base and a quick hook of the leg from ERIC ANDERSON.
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TWO!
HUNTER RYAN with a kickout.
ERIC ANDERSON looking for a faster count, but to no avail. He drags HUNTER RYAN to a seated position and into a grounded sleeper applied. The air passage quickly being cut off as the ref drops to a knee to check on HUNTER RYAN. A question of submission and a shake of the head. The ref raises HUNTER RYAN's hand and it drops for the first time...the ref set to check for the second drop, but out of nowhere ERIC ANDERSON is blindsided by a forearm to the back of the head by NICK RYAN.
MIKE RABOIN clamoring to get into the ring, but he is cut off by the ref as ERIC ANDERSON is drawn up, only to receive a thumb to the eye from NICK RYAN. ERIC ANDERSON fighting off the blindness as HUNTER RYAN climbs to his feet. A quick bulldog plants ERIC ANDERSON as HUNTER RYAN makes the tag to a fresh NICK RYAN. NICK RYAN steps through the ropes and he awaits ERIC ANDERSON's attempt to stand. A straight right hand attempt meets ERIC ANDERSON who staggers back. NICK RYAN with a second right hand, it connects and backs ERIC ANDERSON towards the ropes...NICK RYAN fires himself off the ropes and he attempts a clothesline, duck under by ERIC ANDERSON. ERIC ANDERSON with a crescent kick that connects to the jaw! NICK RYAN backed up and a JAWBREAKER ACROSS THE ROPES BY MIKE RABOIN!
NICK is shotputted back and lands hard in the center of the ring. ERIC ANDERSON to the ropes and he's up to the top! EA SPORTS... ITS IN THE GAME! ERIC ANDERSON PINS NICK RYAN!
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TWO!
THREE!
YOUR WINNER:
The lights fade and the opening beat to Stranger Things plays throughout the arena. Red lines cover the screen, moving around to form letter that then become rooms. As the music intensifies and everything comes together, the screen reads in red “The Dark Prince” SEAN GRAVES. At that moment the lights come back on and SEAN GRAVES is standing at the bottom of the ramp. He looks around the arena to the crowd that loves and hates him. He slides under the bottom rope and stands in the middle of the ring with his head held down. A single white spotlight shines down on him. The moment SEAN raises his head and looks out to the crowd, the spotlight turns an intense red.
The lights once again go out in the arena… “Can you feel it”…. The beginning of Down with the Sickness starts to play….”OOOOWAHHHHHHAHA” as pyros blast off all around the ramp way as the lights come back on and HARDCORE SMITTY is standing on the top of the ramp, the crowd pops as HARDCORE SMITTY starts his way down the ramp. He stops midway down the ramp and throws his hands up in the air and more pyros go off up and down the ramp way. SMITTY continues to walk to the ring, slowly walking up the steel steps. He steps into the ring. Him and SEAN meet in the middle of the ring and stare each other down.
Hardcore Smitty
The bell sounds and neither men moves. They are clearly talking to each other. Both me take a step back and start to circle each other. HARDCORE steps in first and SEAN steps in and both start to trade shots right in the middle of the ring! Both men are firing off lefts and rights. GRAVES gets the upper hand as SMITTY starts to reel back towards the rope! GRAVES delivers another right that throws SMITTY over the top rope, SMITTY lands on the apron, GRAVES winds up and swings, SMITTY ducks! SMITTY grabs GRAVES and pulls down, driving GRAVES neck into the top rope! SMITTY pulls GRAVES out of the ring and drops him with a huge right hand. SMITTY wastes no time looking under the ring for something to use against his foe! SMITTY pulls out a chair! GRAVES is just getting to his feet. SMITTY swings with all his might, GRAVES ducks and SMITTY makes contact with the ring post, forcing him to drop the chair! GRAVES quickly capitalizes by picking up the chair. SMITTY turns and gets blasted by GRAVES! SMITTY reels back into the barricade! GRAVES winds up and smashes the chair into SMITTY’s head! SMITTY falls over the barricade. GRAVES throws down the chair and now he is looking under the ring! SMITTY is pulling himself back into the ringside area just as SEAN GRAVES is pulling out a table. GRAVES quickly sets up the table as SMITTY is trying to shake out the cobwebs. GRAVES grabs SMITTY and smashes his head into the table once, twice, three times!! GRAVES tosses SMITTY onto the table. GRAVES throws three right hands into the head of SMITTY before grabbing the chair and slamming it into the ribs of SMITTY once! GRAVES leaves the chair on SMITTY as he hops up onto the apron. GRAVES looks to the top rope and nods his head. GRAVES ascends to the top rope and turns to face SMITTY. SEAN GRAVE leaps off with a body splash!!!
IT CONNECTS!!! GRAVES rolls around on the ground holding his ribs as he yells at the referee to count SMITTY down!
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SMITTY pulls himself up by the barricade. GRAVES shakes his head in disapproval as he grabs SMITTY and throws him into the barricade! GRAVES takes a few steps back. He charges!!! He spears!!! WAIT NO! SMITTY side steps him and GRAVES collides hard with the barricade breaking it open!!!
HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!
SMITTY picks up GRAVES and just starts to unload on him with punches and kicks! GRAVES is reeling backwards. He turns around trying to flee the onslaught of punches but it’s not working. SMITTY pushes GRAVES hard into the hockey boards that are still setup around the arena! SMITTY clotheslines GRAVES right into the penalty box. SMITTY gets up onto the boards and hops down on GRAVES with a leg drop! SMITTY continues his assault by throwing GRAVES over the boards again! SMITTY this time waits for GRAVES to get to his feet! SMITTY leaps off. Flying Hurricanrana!!! GRAVES goes crashing into some fans seats!! The referee starts to count!!
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SEAN GRAVES uses a fan to get to his feet. SMITTY charges at him but GRAVES throws a drink in SMITTY’s face to get the upper hand. GRAVES snap suplexs SMITTY on the concrete! He spins around and hits him with another snap suplex! GRAVES pulls SMITTY up to his feet and they make their way back towards ringside! GRAVES tosses SMITTY into the ring posts and then tosses him into the ring. GRAVES pulls out another table from underneath the ring and slides it into the ring. GRAVES slides another table into the ring! GRAVES gets into the ring. GRAVES runs at SMITTY and hits a running jumping knee to the face! GRAVES grabs a table off the mat and he sets it up in the corner. GRAVES waits for SMITTY to get up, he charges SMITTY! SMITTY catches GRAVES off guard with a tilt a whirl slam! HARDCORE SMITTY rolls out of the ring. He looks under the ring again!!! SMITTY pulls out a gas can!! SMITTY slides back into the ring as the crowd is starting to get louder and louder. SMITTY starts to pour gas on the slanted table in the corner. SMITTY puts the can down. SMITTY turns to see GRAVES on his feet. SMITTY plants him with a choke slam!! SMITTY looks at the crowd and nods as they all cheer! SMITTY strikes a match engulfing the table in flames! SMITTY quickly grabs GRAVES. SMITTY hoists GRAVES up in a powerbomb, turns and starts running at the flaming table!!!
WHO THE HELL IS THIS?!!?!
BLAKE ARMSTRONG has come through the crowd with a baseball bat, ARMSTRONG intercepts SMITTY from powerbombing GRAVES into the flaming table by smashing him in the knee with the bat!!! SMITTY drops GRAVES, GRAVES lands on his feet. Over head belly to belly duplex sends SMITTY THROUGH THE FLAMING TABLE!! SMITTY rolls around in pain and falls out of the ring and is down!!!
BLAKE and GRAVES are celebrating in the ring as the crowd boos!
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STONE descends from the ceiling behind both BLAKE and GRAVES! He has an airhorn in hand!
BEEEEEEEPPP!!!
SMITTY is stirring getting to his feet on the outside!!!
GRAVES and BLAKE cover their ears and turn around! Double clothesline by STONE knocks both men down! STONE grabs the baseball bat. WHAM! Nails! BLAKE across the back! WHAM! Nails GRAVES in the gut. STONE drops the bat! SUDDEN IMPACT!! GRAVES rolls out of the ring just as SMITTY gets into the ring. SMITTY and STONE high five and turn their attention to BLAKE ARMSTRONG. BLAKE looks up and sees both men, he pleads with them to leave him alone. STONE picks him up as SMITTY sets up the other table!! STONE tosses BLAKE at SMITTY. SMITTY clotheslines him down to the ground, he spins him around on the ground into a reverse powerbomb…. CROSS KILLER THROUGH THE TABLE!!!! GRAVES has crawled around the ring and is behind CROSS FIRE. GRAVES slides into the ring and grabs the bat off the mat! WHAM! He plants STONE in the head with the bat! WHAM! He plants SMITTY with the bat in the head as well! SMITTY starts to drip blood from his forehead! GRAVES grabs STONE…. GRAVE DIGGER!! GRAVES pulls SMITTY up to his feet… GRAVE DIGGER…. Oh wait! Countered! SMITTY pushes GRAVES into the ropes, GRAVES rebounds and SMITTY back body drops him outside the ring! SMITTY follows as GRAVES is trying to get to his feet. SMITTY starts to throw big punches knocking GRAVES back up the ramp area. SMITTY and GRAVES both exchange punches as they are at the top of the ramp now! GRAVES blocks a big strike from SMITTY and head butts him in the chin. SMITTY falls back. MENTAL BREAK! SMITTY goes flying out of sight behind the curtain, the camera quickly catches SMITTY falling down the stairs in the backstage area. People start to scatter as SMITTY lands at the bottom of the stairs. The ref starts counting!
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SEAN GRAVES pulls SMITTY up to his feet. GRAVES throws SMITTY through the door of a bathroom!! People quickly scatter from the bathroom as well! GRAVES rips a mirror off the wall and smashes it over SMITTY’s back!! SMITTY falls down to his knees and starts to crawl towards a bathroom stall. GRAVES waits for SMITTY to get close! SEAN slams the stall door on SMITTY’s head!! GRAVES pushes SMITTY further into the stall! SEAN GRAVES is trying to drown SMITTY in the toilet!! SMITTY is fighting off getting his head dunked into the toilet… LOW BLOW! SMITTY low blows SEAN and SEAN stumbles back, SMITTY gets to his feet. He takes off the the top of the toilet! WHAM! SMITTY smashes the ceramic top over SEAN’s head!!! GRAVES crumbles to the ground and a small pool of blood starts to appear!!! HARDCORE SMITTY pulls GRAVES to his feet. SMITTY throws GRAVES out of the bathroom and back to the hallway. SMITTY follows GRAVES as GRAVES stumbles about. GRAVES starts to climb the stairs back out to the ringside area and SMITTY isn’t far behind. SMITTY grabs GRAVES…. HARDCORE BOMB onto the steel stage!!! The section gives away and SEAN GRAVES goes through the stage is lying about 10 feet down now!! The referee counts!!!
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GRAVES fingers are seen pulling himself out of the hole of the stage!! The camera pans in to see a small step ladder that helped SEAN get out. SMITTY can’t believe it!!! SMITTY grabs SEAN! GRAVES punches SMITTY in the stomach to push him back. GRAVES stands tall and once again the two warriors are trading blows back and forth! GRAVES is getting the better of the exchanges again! GRAVES has SMITTY backed up to the end of the stage now! GRAVES takes a step back. MENTAL BREAK AGAIN! NO WAIT! SMITTY caught the kick. SMITTY tries to throw GRAVES off the stage but GRAVES catches part of the side of the staging! GRAVES starts to climb up the side of the X-TRON! SMITTY watches him climb. He looks around, shrugs and jumps over and starts to chase GRAVES!!! GRAVES reaches the top of the X-TRON and looks down to see SMITTY climbing up. SMITTY makes it to the top! Both men are on top of the X-TRON as the crowd is cheering! Both men nod at each other before they start to rifle punches at each other! Both guys trade winning the exchanges! SEAN GRAVES is getting the better more often. SMITTY swings! GRAVES ducks, GRAVES wraps SMITTY up and hits a german suplex. SMITTY hits the steel and rolls to his left… He’s dangling from the X-TRON by a hand! The crowd noise level is deafening as SMITTY is dangling! GRAVES goes over and tries to step on SMITTY’s fingers! SMITTY switches hands he’s hanging from. SMITTY gets two hands on the structure and starts to pull himself up. GRAVES is throttling him with punches as this is going on! SMITTY somehow still manages to get onto the steel frame of the X-TRON. SMITTY drives GRAVES in the stomach with a right hand. SMITTY gets to his feet! SMITTY drives GRAVES in the stomach with a kick! GRAVES doubles over!
SNAP!!!!!!
A cable breaks and the X-TRON starts to sway!!!!! GRAVES and SMITTY try to catch their balance….. They continue to throw punches at each other!!!
SNAP!!!
Another cable breaks and the X-TRON starts to shake violently!!!! The crowd at ringside is moving frantically in fear the X-TRON is going to fall on them. GRAVES and SMITTY are still exchanging wild punches!!!
SNAP!!!!!!
The X-TRON drops about a foot!!! SMITTY and GRAVES fall out of sight!!!!!
CRRRRRRRRRRRRRRASSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
WHERE ARE THEY??? WHERE DID THEY LAND?!?!?!
A Camera finally finds GRAVES and SMITTY in a pile of broken production boxes and neither of them is moving!!!!!!!
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BOTH MEN ARE STILL DOWN!!! THIS ONE IS A DRAW!!!
EMT’s rush to the scene to pull SMITTY and SEAN GRAVES out of the rubble. They start to load them onto stretchers when both of them start to move slightly. Both stretchers are between arms distance. SMITTY’S arm reaches out as does SEAN’s as they fist bump each other.
HARDCORE: I’m... Okay... Going... Out... Like... That...
S. GRAVES: Me... Too!!!
Did both men just retire?!?!?
The lights in the arena go off, the crowd goes nuts and the darkness is filled with the glow of cell phones.
BEEP, BEEP, BEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
Oh My Gosh, can it be!?
The crowd goes crazy, as "RIDE THE LIGHTNING" by METALLICA blasts over the PA System. Multi-colored strobe lights shine down onto the stage, as BIGG RIGG, SUPERBALLS, KEEPER, SILVERBULLET and MYSTERY walk out onto the stage, all sporting "FLATLINE CREW" t-shirts made specifically for REUNION. We have not seen these men together, in a wrestling ring or anywhere else, for about fifteen years. The reaction these men are receiving from this crowd is deafening!
The five men walk down the ramp, slapping hands of fans along the way. KEEPER, SUPERBALLS, MYSTERY and SILVERBULLET each climb up onto a side of the ring apron and RIGG slides into the center of the ring. In unison, they raise their arms into the air as silver pyros blast up around the inside of the ring counter clockwise. KEEPER, SUPERBALLS, MYSTERY and SILVERBULLET all climb into the ring with RIGG, each climbing to the top of a turnbuckle, raising their arms as the crowd explodes in cheers. As they climb back down into the ring with RIGG, the music slowly fades. And the fans voices are all that can be heard, echoing throughout the building.
"THIS IS AWESOME, THIS IS AWESOME!"
THE CREW stands in the ring, taking it all in for a moment. RIGG then slowly lifts a mic to his mouth.
BIGG RIGG: In the late 1990's, in a small independent promotion called the TITAN WRESTLING CORPORATION, five men chose to do something that is unheard of in this business. They chose to choose loyalty and brotherhood over the temptation of the all mighty dollar and offers to take the easy way to the top.
KEEPER: We watched each other's backs, we kicked ass together and we burned any mother fucker who got in our way. THE FLATLINE CREW isn't just a stable, it isn't a group of men that break up and get back together just to break up again. In that respect, we don't need a reunion because THE CREW NEVER WENT ANYWHERE!
MYSTERY: Sure, we have been off of television. We haven't waged war beside one another in many, many years. The world of professional wrestling and the world, in general, has changed around us. But while the world changed, the CREW remained the same.
SILVERBULLET: We haven't always seen eye to eye over the years, of course. Every relationship deals with conflict. But real bonds only grow stronger from those conflicts. Our bond, our brotherhood....it is stronger than any conflict.
SUPERBALLS: We were together then, we are together now and 20 years from now when we're all hobbling to the ring with walkers and canes, WE WILL STILL BE TOGETHER!
BIGG RIGG: These colors don't fuckin' run! We have been through wars, fought side by side when the deck was stack against us and EVERY DAMN TIME THE CREW WHOOPED ASS! Individually we are five of the greatest stars this industry has ever seen or will ever see. And together, WE ARE FUCKIN' LEGENDARY! Some of us have matches tonight and some of us don't. But when it's all said and done, the Crew will do what the Crew has ALWAYS DONE! Kick some ass and take some motha fuckin' NAMES! And, in case anyone has forgotten. In case anyone has the bright idea to make a nice reunion moment for themselves by stepping to the FLC, we've still got FIVE WORDS FOR YOU BITCHES....
The CREW together, with the fans: "DON'T SCREW WITH THE CREW!!!!"
The crowd roars once again as "Ride the Lightning" by Metallica blasts. THE FLATLINE CREW exits the ring, celebrating with their fans.
IN CELEBRATION OF THE HYBRID WRESTLING ORGANIZATION
Superballs vs. Takeshi Kato vs. Bishop vs. "Double G" Grappling Gary vs.
Mark Breeze vs. Eric Anderson vs. Drifter vs. Frost
vs. Jose Chavez
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YOUR WINNER AND NEW
"GODKING" FROST
The camera cuts backstage parking lot where there is an ambulance awaiting SEAN GRAVES and HARDCORE SMITTY after their epic battle. GRAVES and SMITTY come into view still on the stretchers. OUTSIDER STONE comes barging into the scene!
OUTSIDER STONE: HOLD IT! HOLD IT! Where do you think you are taking these two?!?!!
EMT: To the hospital. They could have very serious injures sir!
OUTSIDER STONE: I have put a lot of effort, time and money into a retirement party and SMITTY and SEAN are going to make it to this party.
EMT: Sorry sir but-
SUDDEN IMPACT OUTTA NOWHERE!!!
OUTSIDER STONE: THAT JUST HAPPENED!!!!
OUTSIDER STONE grabs both stretchers and starts to wheel them out of the scene as we fade to black
DR. EMO and "THE ICEMAN" DEAN JAMES are standing in the ring, whispering strategy to each other as the crowd awaits the arrival of one of the greatest tag-teams in the WGWF's history; HEELS on WHEELS.
A custom mash up of RJ PALMER and RAZIEL's theme music hits the loudspeakers and the sound of a motorcycle revving its engine sounds from backstage. The crowd gets to their feet, a chorus of boos and HEELS ON WHEELS chants ensue as the bike continues to rev. After a moment, the vehicle pulls out onto the ramp, but it is not a motorcycle at all. RJ PALMER is riding a SEGWAY, and he is holding a megaphone up that is playing the sounds of a motorcycle engine. He is also wearing a motorcycle helmet with the visor up as he pauses on stage and holds the megaphone up and makes the engine sounds once more before tossing it off the stage. The crowd is enjoying this as they watch, and RJ turns and yanks on a cord that is tied to the back of the Segway. It draws tight and he begins to drive down the ramp, pulling along something from backstage. When the cord has reached about ten feet in length, a wheelchair comes through the curtain, and the other half of Heels on Wheels is sitting in it. The crowd roars in laughter as RAZIEL looks to be completely out of it, drool falling from his mouth as he grins out at the crowd and waves, his white linen outfit looking like he was just broken out of a mental facility. RJ tries to go full throttle in the Segway, but the weight of RAZIEL and the chair causes the chair to only move at a slow pace. RJ strains against the vehicle almost toppling it over, before the wheels of RAZIEL's chair reach the top of the ramp. There is a moment of silence as everyone watches, and then the rope grows slack and RAZIEL starts rolling downward. He is aware enough to know this isn't good, and he reaches out for RJ as he barrels by, but RJ just puts the visor down on his helmet. The wheelchair speeds up until it hits the end of the ramp and topples over, sending RAZIEL careening sideways into the ring apron. The crowd is hushed, and only the music is playing. Calm as can be, RJ rides the Segway down past RAZIEL, and then backs up so the right wheel starts to run over his slack hand. The pressure causes RAZIEL to yank his arm back and pop up with surprising grace, lifting his hand in a fist. RJ jumps off the Segway and removes his helmet, laughing and punching RAZ in the chest. RAZ looks down at his chest and then nods, finally realizing where he is as he looks out at the crowd, before giving them the finger and rolling into the ring. RJ ditches the helmet, following suit as the two meet in the center of the ring, pushing each other in a type of pump up ritual before going to opposite corners and climbing the turnbuckles, bumping their chests with their fists before pandering to the crowd, the way Heels and Wheels could only do.
"HEELS ON WHEELS" The ref starts the match as DEAN JAMES and RAZIEL try psyching one another out until DEAN JAMES finally just up and slaps RAZIEL! DEAN JAMES then rushes RAZIEL before he can react, and grabs hold of his arm only to Irish whip him across the ring. RIZZA catches RAZIEL on the rebound with a nice hip toss. RAZIEL quickly gets back up and charges at DEAN JAMES only to get hip tossed again! RAZIEL once more gets back up, shaking it off and charging at DR. EMO. The fans don't get a hip toss hat trick. Instead, he flips around RAZIEL'S arm and drops down with a standing leg drop across RAZIEL'S chest.
DEAN JAMES then right away applies an arm bar while now down on the mat. RAZIEL then struggles not to tap out as he fights his way over to the ropes and finally grabs the bottom one. The referee starts up his 4-count as DEAN JAMES lets go.
With RAZIEL favoring his arm, DEAN JAMES quickly walks over grabbing up RAZIEL'S hurting arm and twisting it around while yanking RAZIEL down to one knee.
DR. EMO has gotten an early advantage on RJ PALMER, working him over across the ring and turning his attention to RAZIEL. He takes a running start jumping and landing with an elbow down onto the hurting shoulder of RAZIEL. DR. EMO then pulls RAZIEL up to his feet and hooks him through the air as he nails a perfect suplex.
ONE!
TWO!
PALMER with the save! RAZIEL and DR. EMO get up and the match quickly becomes a slugfest as RAZIEL and DR. EMO exchange punches in the middle of the canvas. EMO kicks RAZIEL in the stomach and doubles him over, then he turns his focus to PALMER and drives him back into the turnbuckle with a series of furious punches. RAZIEL leaps over to DR. EMO sensing an opportunity, and flips him back with a quick suplex. EMO sits up and eats a stiff dropkick to the teeth. RAZIEL jumps on top of him for the cover.
ONE!
TWO!
Kickout by DR. EMO! RAZIEL drags him to his feet and hits DR. EMO with an eye gouge! DR. EMO stumbles weakly around running into RJ PALMER who nails him with a Belly to Belly suplex! RAZIEL bounces off the far ropes, leaps over the fallen DR. EMO to bounce off the opposite ropes…DEAN JAMES WITH A CORKSCREW FLYING ELBOW THAT BUSTS RAZIELS FOREHEAD OPEN AND DROPS HIM TO THE MAT! WHAT A MOVE BY DEAN JAMES! He's rolling up RAZIEL but before the ref can make the count here comes RJ PALMER with a clothesline. DEAN JAMES releases RAZIEL, ducks the clothesline and sweeps RJ’s leg as he passes dropping him face first to the mat in the corner!
DEAN JAMES rolls RAZIEL up once more!
ONE!
TWO!
RAZIEL kicks out! RJ PALMER back to his feet now, he comes up behind DEAN JAMES and grabs him by the hair pulling him backwards into a Reverse DDT! DEAN JAMES’s skull is driven hard to the mat! RJ PALMER picks DEAN JAMES back up, looks like he’s trying to set DEAN JAMES up for a suplex of some kind, but DEAN JAMES blocks it and from out of nowhere DR. EMO levels RJ PALMER with a clothesline! RJ PALMER hits the mat back first and DR. EMO follows up with an elbow drop to the sternum! DEAN JAMES turns around to find RAZIEL waiting with a powerful superkick! DEAN JAMES ducks under the kick grabs THE LEGENDS leg and powers him back to the mat with it! He follows that up with a couple more stomps to RAZIEL’s ribs. RJ PALMER drags himself to his feet only to catch a dropkick from DR. EMO directly to his chest sending him back against the ropes with such force that his arms get entangled in the ropes. DR. EMO begins to measure RJ with shots to the forehead! Meanwhile, DEAN JAMES has RAZIEL in a front face lock and nails him with the LIGHTS OUT!!
He floats over RAZIEL and rolls him up…
ONE!
TWO!
TH-
RAZIEL kicks out! I mean he got his shoulder of the mat just a split second before the ref’s hand landed for three! DEAN JAMES pulls RAZIEL to his feet once more, setting up for another finisher and this time RAZIEL charges, driving DEAN JAMES and himself through the ropes and out onto the floor!
Back in the ring, RJ PALMER aims a kick at DR. EMO…DR. EMO catches it and then RJ PALMER nails DR. EMO with the ANTAGONIZER! DR. EMO goes down to the mat! Out on the floor DEAN JAMES and RAZIEL have made it to their feet and are trading punches furiously. DEAN JAMES drives a knee to RAZIEL’s gut, RAZIEL bends double and DEAN JAMES drives him to the floor with a vicious Hanging Power Bomb! DR. EMO makes it to his feet and RJ PALMER hits a missile dropkick that sends DR. EMO over the top rope and out to the floor! RJ PALMER is over by the ropes, looks like he may be thinking about a plancha when he is speared into the corner by DEAN JAMES! RJ PALMER has just been slammed into the corner with authority! DR. EMO lays in knife edge chop after knife edge chop, lighting up RJ's chest! He grabs RJ by the wrist and Irish Whips him into the corner following him in with a vicious clothesline! RJ PALMER takes two steps out of the corner and collapses face first onto the mat. DEAN JAMES drops an elbow onto RJ PALMER’s spine! DEAN JAMES flips RJ over onto his back and runs over to the corner. He climbs to the top turnbuckle and leaps into the air driving an elbow into RJ's chest! RJ thrashes in the center ring and DEAN JAMES crosses to the opposite turnbuckle…looks like he’s looking for the 5 STAR PERFORMANCE…DEAN JAMES leaps into the air and RAZIEL is in the ring!
RAZIEL just met DEAN JAMES midair with NEVERMORE as he was sailing towards RJ! DEAN JAMES isn’t moving! Wait, here comes DR. EMO! He swings it at RAZIEL who tries to duck the shot…it misses his head but cracks into his right shoulder! DR. EMO scoops RAZIEL into a vicious shoulder breaker hitting that right shoulder once more! DR. EMO goes for the cover…but RAZIEL rolls through and has EMO pinned with a small package!!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
DR. EMO HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
DEAN JAMES crawls over and lifts RAZIEL, hitting him with another LIGHTS OUT! DEAN JAMES covers RAZIEL!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
RAZIEL HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
RJ PALMER kicks DEAN JAMES in the head but RJ's a split second too late, RAZIEL has been eliminated! RAZIEL rolls out of the ring as RJ PALMER begins to stomp DEAN JAMES! DEAN JAMES tries to get to his feet, but RJ continues to stomp him, sending him to the mat again and again! RJ backs up and DEAN JAMES slowly rises to his feet. DEAN JAMES is bent over and PALMER bounces off the ropes looking for a running lariat but DEAN JAMES sidesteps it uppercuts into RJ's Groin! What a Low Blow! I don't know if that was intentional, but RJ is bent over in the center of the ring, gagging! DEAN JAMES grabs PALMER and hooks him into an inverted sit out side slam! He goes for the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
RJ PALMER Kicks Out! DEAN JAMES drags RJ PALMER to his feet, sets him up for a neck breaker…no, DEAN JAMES just spun it out into a knee face-buster! DEAN JAMES goes for another cover!
ONE!
TWO!
RJ PALMER Kicks Out again! DEAN JAMES stands up and drags RJ to his feet and Irish whips him into the ropes. PALMER bounces off…AND CATCHES DEAN JAMES WITH THE ANTAGONIZER! JAMES IS KNOCKED SENSELESS! PALMER climbs atop the turnbuckle, he's looking for a moonsault! DEAN JAMES attempts to get to his feet and RJ PALMER comes off the rope and nails THE ICEMAN! HE ROLLS OVER INTO A PIN!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
YOUR WINNERS:
The scene opens up inside SMITTY’s locker room. STONE has just finished spray painting GRAVES name onto the banner. Many of the paid friends of SMITTY are still in the room, but now they are joined by ERIC ANDERSON, MIKE RABOIN and a few other special guests. SMITTY and GRAVES stretchers are in an upright position as both of them have a beer and seem to be in good spirits. Suddenly there’s a knock at the door.. OUTSIDER STONE opens up the door and standing there is BARNEY GREEN!!!
OUTSIDER STONE: Where the hell have you been? You no showed your match AND worst of all you are late for SMITTY’s retirement party! You better have a good fucken excuse!
BARNEY GREEN: I’m still getting used to only having one ey-
SUDDEN IMPACT OUTTA NO WHERE!!!
OUTSIDER STONE: THAT JUST HAPPENED!!!
GREEN lays motionless on the ground.
ANDERSON: Well now, at least he can’t eat all the food and drink all the booze.
Everybody has a chuckle as the scene fades to black!
Kyle Shane & Vega$ DING.... DING... DING.... The crowd roars feverishly upon the opening bell as we see Tax and Tristan Slater talking over some last minute strategy and vice versa with Shane and Vega$. We see Tax step through the ropes and out to the ring apron and across the way Kyle Shane does the same thing leaving the rivals that are Vega$ and the WGWF World Heavyweight Champion "Glorious" Tristan Slater to start this tag team affair off. Toronto starts to come alive as the two men walk out towards the center of the ring where they instantly begin to talk smack back and forth as these two men know each other extremely well. The shit talking ends with Vega$ shoving Tristan back several feet which draws a smirk from Slater before he brushes off his shoulder at Vega$. Vega$ swings with a right hand that's blocked by Slater and countered with a slap right across the face! The crowd let's out a gasp as Vega$ starts to turn red in the face before charging towards Slater, Slater side steps Vega$ sending him into the ropes where he bounce off the ropes blocking a hiptoss take over attempt and counters with a quick backslide stacking Tristan's shoulders to the mat.
ONE!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!
THR-
Slater escapes the near fall as both Tristan and Vega$ quickly get to their feet with Vega$ snatching a side headlock on the WGWF Champion where he snaps Slater over to the mat with a head lock take over which Tristan quickly counters with a head scissors, Vega$ quickly works his way to his knees before flipping over Slater stacking Tristan's shoulders to the mat, the referee makes the count and it's Slater that bridges up and out of the pin attempt where he turns inward countering with a Swinging Neck Breaker to Vega$! Tristan quickly makes a cover hooking the near leg.
ONE!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THR-
Vega$ kicks out of the near fall as we see Tristan latch on to a front face lock. The referee is quickly in position checking for a choke but before he can Vega$ starts to work his way to his feet where he drives Tristan back into a neutral corner with a shoulder block which breaks Slater's grasp on the front face lock and opens his chest up for Vega$ to lace away with a stiff open handed chop across the chest followed by a knife edge chop drawing a pop from the crowd before Vega$ brings Slater out towards the center of the ring where he locks in a front face lock before snapping off a suplex. Vega$ is back to his feet where he back up into a neutral corner and hops up on the middle turnbuckle before leaping off with an elbow drop across the chest of Slater! Vega$ makes the cover.
ONE!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!
THR-
Slater kicks out once again. Vega$ is back to his feet where he reaches down to pick Tristan up off the mat only to see Slater counter with a jaw breaker. Tristan stands back to his feet before taking Vega$ and slinging him into the corner that houses Tax! Tristan takes the attention of the referee allowing Tax to wrap the tag rope around the neck of Vega$! He starts choking away at Vega$ which draws Kyle Shane into the ring where he's cut off by the referee and allows for the choke to continue as Tristan makes his way over laying in right hands to the chest and sternum as the crowd starts to boo intently. Finally Kyle exits the ring and as the referee turns around Tax removes the rope from around Vega$ neck holding it up in the air and away from Vega$. Tristan and Tax make the tag and it's Tax who enters the ring immediately stomping away at the chest and sternum driving Vega$ down and into a seated position. The crowd boo's loudly as Tax throws his arms up in the air while Slater steps out to the ring apron. Tax turns his attention back towards Vega$ where he reaches down picking Vega$ up off the mat and hammers him with a hard right hand followed by a second that rocks Vega$ back into the ropes, Tax comes forward with a boot to the midsection followed by a rake across the eyes before sending Vega$ across the ring with an Irish Whip, the crowd responds with a pop as Kyle Shane makes the blind tag just as Vega$ bounces off the ropes, Vega$ ducks under a Tax clothesline causing Tax to spin around towards Vega$ not knowing the tag has been made! Kyle Shane sping boards off the top rope with a Missile Dropkick to the back of neck of Tax sending Tax staggering forward and walking right into a Superkick by Vega$ to a roar from the crowd! Tax hits the mat like a ton of bricks as Shane makes the cover!
ONE!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THR-
Tax kicks out to a gasp from the crowd. Kyle gets back to his feet where he reaches down picking Tax up off the mat where he locks a front face lock and delivers a snap suplex, Shane rolls through picking both himself and Tax up off the mat where a second snap suplex is delivered! Shane rolls through a second time picking himself and Tax up off the mat where a t third snap suplex is delivered effectively completeing the three amigos to a nice ovation from the crowd. Shane reaches his feet where he points up in the air signaling a top rope situation that pops the crowd once again! Shane makes his way towards the ropes where he steps out to the ring apron before climbing the nearest set of buckles. Shane reaches the top rope while in the ring Tax starts to push himself up off the mat and as he stands to a vertical base Kyle leaps off the top rope with a Flying Cross Body Block attempt only to see Tax drop out of the way causing the God of Game to crash and burn! Tax gathers himself as he backs up into a neutral corner and as we see Kyle start to work his way to a vertical base Tax explodes out from the corner with a flying knee strike to the jaw off Shane! Shane crumbles to the mat like a sack of potatos as Tax makes the cover!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THRE-
Shane kicks out to a pop from the crowd which quickly translates into boo's as Tax starts to choke Shane right in front of the official. The referee starts to lay the count to Tax and it's Tax that breaks the choke at the four count. The fans roar with boo's as Tax reaches his feet where he's admonished by the referee. Tax blows past the referee where he starts to lay the boots to Shane before reaching down picking him up off the mat, he positions Kyle for a Powerbomb before hoisting him up in the air and delivering a Sit Out Powerbomb driving the WGWF Intercontinental Champion down into the mat. Tax reaches a vertical base where he turns towards the corner housing Vega$ and spits in his general direction! The action brings boo's from the crowd as Vega$ enters the ring where he's cut off by the referee. This leads to Tristan entering the ring where he and Tax lay the boots to Kyle Shane! Vega$ is beside himself as the referee stands between him and the double team attack on Kyle Shane! Slater comes up behind the referee where he slaps his hands together loudly. Tax exits the ring as the referee gets Vega$ back out to the ring apron. The official turns around as Slater is shown reaching down picking Shane up off the mat where he drives him back into a neutral corner. Slater lays a stiff knife edge chop to the chest of Shane before hurling him across the ring and into the opposite buckles with a Irish Whip, Slater charges in after Shane delivering a running knee to the jaw followed by driving Shane face first into the mat with a bulldog head lock! Slater rolls Shane over making the cover hooking the near leg.
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THRE-
Shane kicks out to a massive ovation from the crowd as Slater latches on to a rear chin lock. The referee is on the spot asking Shane to surrender to which he refuses. Tristan cranks back on the chin lock as the fans start to rally behind The God of Game. Kyle starts to work his way back up and to a vertical base where he turns into the chin lock and attempts to deliver a side suplex! Slater flips over the back of Shane landing on his feet and as Kyle spins around Slater takes him back into the ropes where he fires him across the ring with an Irish Whip, Shane bounces off the ropes ducking under a Slater clothesline where he bounces off the near side and as Slater spins around he's nearly be-headed with the Skyward Sword by the WGWF Intercontinental Champion! The fans explode as Vega$ rallies behind Shane from the ring apron as his hand is extended out eagerly awaiting a tag! Shane starts to crawl towards his corner as Slater lays on the mat looking up at the lights. The closer Shane gets the louder the crowd gets! Tristan starts to stir and as he does Shane makes the tag to a massive ovation from the crowd! Vega$ measures Slater from the ring apron and as Tristan starts to push himself to his feet we see Vega$ spring board off the top rope delivering an arm drag! Vega$ and Slater are both back to a vertical base where Slater is met with a Japanese Arm Drag! Both men pop back up off the mat where Slater walks into a Tilt-A-Whirl slam by Vega$!! Vega$ makes the cover hooking the leg.
ONE!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THRE-
Slater kicks out to a gasp from the crowd! There's a "THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!" chant that starts to filter throughout the building as Vega$ works his way back to his feet. He reaches down picking Tristan up off the mat where he locks in a font face lock before hoisting Slater up in the air! Vega$ holds Slater up allowing the blood to rush down into his head before spiking him down head first into the mat with a Brain Buster Suplex! The fans roar as Vega$ is back to his feet where he drags Slater towards a neutral corner where he leaves him and starts to scale the set of turnbuckles from the inside of the ring until he reaches the top rope. Vega$ sets sail looking to deliver a Moonsault! Tristan draws his knee's up sending them into the sternum of Vega$! This gives Tristan the time needed to pull himself together as he uses the ropes to help himself get to his feet. Slater measures Vega$ and as we see Vega$ push himself up to a vertical base it's Slater who nearly be-heads him with a Superkick of his own! Slater turns towards his corner tagging Tax back in before running towards the oppoiste ropes and spring boards off the middle rope delivering a Spring Board Leg Drop across the throat of Vega$ as Tax has climbed to the top turnbuckle where he leaps off with a Frog Splash across the chest of Vega$!! The fans pop as Tax makes the cover hooking the near leg while Slater blasts Shane off the ring apron.
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THRE-
Vega$ kicks out to a massive ovation from the crowd! Slater is forced out to the ring apron as the crowd starts a massive "VEGA$! VEGA$! VEGA$!" chant as we see Tax reach a vertical base. Tax reaches down picking Vega$ up off the mat rocking him back and into the ropes with a European Uppercut sending Vega$ back into the ropes. Tax explodes towards Vega$ looking to clothesline him out to the floor! Vega$ drops out of the way at the last second while yanking down the top rope effectively low bridging Tax sending him spilling out to the floor and at the feet of Slater. Vega$ pulls himself to his feet where he starts to measure Tax and with Tax starting to get to his feet we see Vega$ charge across the ring bouncing off the far side where he charges across the ring, Slater drops down to the floor and as Vega$ looks to deliver a Suicide Dive to Tax yet Slater yanks Tax out of the way at the very last possible second sending Vega$ crashing and burning out to the floor! Tax and Slater pick Vega$ up off the floor before collectively sending Vega$ crashing into the ring steps right shoulder first. Kyle Shane drops down to the floor where he starts to come around the ring. The crowd roars with boo's as the referee hops out of the ring and gets in between Kyle and his partner while Tax is shown picking Vega$ up off the floor and hurling him back into the ring under the bottom rope. Tax rolls into the ring where he gets to his feet and he once again joined by the referee who checks on Vega$ while Tax signals for the KoinKick!
The crowd responds with loud boo's at Tax as he backs up and into a neutral corner, he starts to lift his right boot up off the mat before stomping is down on the mat causing the boo's to get louder and louder upon each strike into the canvass. Vega$ rolls over to his chest and starts to slowly push himself up and back to a vertical base as he spins around towards the center of the ring and as he does Tax comes out from the corner looking to deliver the KoinKick! Vega$ ducks out of the way! Tax spins around and is met with a boot to the midsection followed by a standing version of Slice Bread!! The Toronto crowd roars loudly as both men are down and we see Kyle Shane pacing the ring apron like a caged animal just waiting for the tag as both men are down!! The referee is forced to start laying the count to both men! At the four count we see Vega$ slowly start to roll over drapping his arm over the chest of Tax!
ONE!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THR-
Tax fires a shoulder up off the mat to a massive and collective gasp from the crowd! Kyle starts smacking the top turnbuckle padding getting the crowd to start clapping along as Vega$ starts to push himself up off the mat and back to a vertical base where he reaches down picking Tax up off the mat where he takes him back into the ropes and sends him across the ring with an Irish Whip, Tax bounces off the ropes ducking under a Vega$ clothesline, Vega$ charges to the opposite ropes as Tax bounce off the near side Vega$ bounces off the far side where they both connecting with a cross body block knocking each other in mid air!! Both men once again are laid out on the mat as another "THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!" chant starts to pick back up throughout the building. The referee once again starts to lay the count to both men as they're laid out in the center of the ring. At the referee's five count both men start to stir as they're crawling towards their respective corners. The crowd starts to get louder and louder and at the seven count both men make respective tags! Here comes Slater and Shane! The fans roar as the two men meet center ring with a heated exchange of right hands! Back and forth they go with the fans getting louder and louder with each shot landed by both men but get crazy as Kyle Shane takes the upper hand as he backs Slater up against a neutral corner before shooting him across the ring and into the opposite buckles, Slater bounces off the buckles and into a Sling Blade clothesline by Kyle Shane! Shane turns and charges towards Tax blasting him off the ring apron and sending him crashing down to the floor! Shane turns and picks Slater up off the mat taking him back into a neutral corner where he hoists the WGWF World Heavyweight Champion up to a seated position on the top rope! Shane blasts Slater with a stiff right hand before stepping up to the middle turnbuckle where he latches on to a front face lock. Shane is thinking Superplex but as he looks to deliver it's Slater that latches on to the top rope effectively blocking the attempt. Shane looks to deliver again and again Slater latches on to the top rope where he starts to drive right hands to the ribs of Shane before driving a headbut across the bridge of the nose effectively breaking free before shoving Shane backwards and down to the mat! It's Slater who stands up on the top turnbuckle where he looks down at Shane before delivering a picture perfect Shooting Star Press! Slater makes the cover hooking the near leg.
ONE!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THRE-
Shane escapes the near fall to a massive pop from the crowd! Tristan cuts his eyes towards the referee with a quick complain over the count as he reaches his feet before signaling for the Glorious Piledriver to a mixed reaction from the crowd. Slater sizes Shane up as Kyle rolls over to his chest and starts to push himself up to his knee's before pulling himself up to his feet where Slater comes forward driving a boot into the midsection of Shane doubling him over. Tristan positions Shane but before he can deliver the Flip Piledriver Shane counters with a back body drop! Slater gets back to his feet where he backs up into the ropes. Tax makes the blind tag just before Slater is sent over the top rope and out to the floor with a clothesline! Tax waits as we see Kyle sizing Slater up and as Tristan stands to his feet he's taken down by Shane who sling shots over the top rope with a flying cross body block! Shane pops back up to his feet where he's taken down hard with a block buster neck breaker off the by Tax who comes off the ring apron!!!
Vega$ enters the ring to a pop from the crowd while out on the floor Tax is getting to his feet where he's joined by Slater and they both start putting the boot to Kyle Shane. Tax reaches down picking Kyle up off the floor as Vega$ takes off full speed across the ring leaping over the top rope with a Rolling Senton sending all four men crashing to the floor! The Toronto crowd erupts as Vega$ is the first to his feet where he picks up Slater and hurls him into the security barrier! Vega$ comes forward and starts hammering away at Slater while we see Kyle Shane starting to work his way to his feet while the referee continues to lay the count to both Shane and Tax! Shane reaches down picking Tax up off the floor and hurls him back into the ring. Out on the floor it's Vega$ who charges towards Slater looking to clothesline him into the crowd, Slater ducks and elevates Vega$ into the front row while Shane slides back into the ring. Kyle gets to his feet where he reaches down picking Tax up off the mat and sets him up and delivers the 200/HP to a massive ovation from the crowd! Shane makes the cover hooking the near leg.
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!
Slater comes towards the ring as Vega$ climbs back over the security barrier!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Slater dives into the ring only to have Vega$ catch him by the ankles and pull him back out towards the floor!
THREEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DING.... DING.... DING..... YOUR WINNERS:
One last time friends, for nostalgias sake.
Both ROXY and CENTURION are down in the ring with the referee making sure they stay off to one side as ZACH RIZZA and TOMOKO HANAHARA hit the ramp. The legendary WGWF tag team make their way down the ramp, RIZZA looking intense as his better half is totally chill and in control. TOMOKO is everyones favorite. "THE PROPHECY"
At the sound of the bell ROXY and CENTURION immediately double team and clothesline TOMOKO out of the ring. They are obviously looking to end this one as quickly as possible! RIZZA runs at ROXY and bulldogs her to the mat from behind, but CENTURION hits a Russian leg sweep on RIZZA. TOMOKO is back in the ring with a chair and nails CENTURION, but tosses out the chair before the ref turns around. She drops down and covers in the opening moments of the match! ONE! TWO! ROXY breaks it up. ROXY grabs TOMOKO’s hair, dragging her up to her feet and hurling her into the corner. ROXY punches TOMOKO in the corner as RIZZA climbs to his feet and takes advantage of CENTURION being down from the chair shot. He goes to the top rope, waits for CENTURION to get up, and then hits a perfect axe handle smash! He covers! ONE! CENTURION kicks out. ROXY pulls TOMOKO out of the corner and goes for a hip toss, but TOMOKO blocks it and hits a German suplex. She holds the waist lock and goes for a second, but CENTURION lunges over with a forearm smash that forces TOMOKO to release ROXY NOVA. ROXY turns around, straight into a RIZZALINER! RIZZA covers ROXY! ONE! TWO! CENTURION breaks it up. CENTURION knocks down RIZZA with a clothesline and then grabs him by the legs and whips him up into the 1000 MILE SLAM! RIZZA JUST GOT CRUSHED! CENTURION pulls RIZZA up and sends him flying into the corner. CENTURION then turns his attention to TOMOKO, leaving RIZZA in the turnbuckle. TOMOKO sees CENTURION coming and meets him with a brutal dropkick. TOMOKO then picks up CENTURION, whips him into the corner, and then whips ROXY into the same corner, causing THE PROPHECY allies to crash into one another. ROXY falls back and then rolls out the ring. TOMOKO goes into the opposite corner and then charges across to mat and hits a running clothesline on CENTURION. CENTURION falls into the corner and TOMOKO laughs loudly before rolling him up with a small package. ONE! TWO! TOMOKO stands up and can’t believe CENTURION kicked out. ROXY gets to her feet and helps CENTURION up as well before running and DOUBLE dropkicking TOMOKO! TOMOKO falls to the mat, but sits up quickly. ROXY looks at CENTURION shaking her head as they scramble to get away and back up. CENTURION looks at ROXY and nods. ROXY smirks before walking over to TOMOKO. She leans down in front of her, showing TOMOKO some cleavage! TOMOKO stops and stares down ROXYs top, then eats a brutal right hand for her voyeurism! TOMOKO IS UP! TOMOKO GETS ROXY BACK WITH AN EVENFLOW DDT! TOMOKO laughs sadistically as she moves away from Roxy and starts stomping on CENTURION relentlessly. She picks CENTURION up by the neck and swings him toward the ropes, causing him to bounce off the ropes awkwardly and fall flat on his face. Again, TOMOKO just laughs as she turns to face ROXY and taunts her. She then turns back to focus her attention on CENTURION but is caught by a boot to the face!! CENTURION drops down to cover TOMOKO! ONE! TWO! THR- RIZZA dives over to save his partner, breaking up the count! CENTURION stands up and faces off with RIZZA, the two long time veterans tying up for a moment before RIZZA overpowers the LEGEND and drops him to a knee. He hooks CENTURIONS head, DDT! RIZZA rolls to his feet and joins TOMOKO who's hammering ROXY in the turnbuckle. Giggity. TOMOKO backs off and together RIZZOKO rushes ROXY with a vicious double clothesline that crumples her to the mat. TOMOKO pulls ROXY to her feet and irish whips her into the ropes, and RIZZA catches her on the rebound with a belly to belly suplex! ROXY NOVA is getting rag-dolled here! THE PROPHECY can't take much more! RIZZA stands over ROXY NOVA, but CENTURION sneaks up behind him! 1000 MILE SLAM! RIZZA IS DOWN! TOMOKO runs over... ANOTHER 1000 MILE SLAM! CENTURION looking to lock in the FALL OF ROME! TOMOKO is screaming for RIZZA to help her, but he's not moving! ROXY NOVA is climbing the turnbuckle and shouting for CENTURION to move out of the way. He refuses, but she's adamant that he move and let her finish this. He lets go of TOMOKO HANAHARA, clearly against his better judgement, and ROXY NOVA flies of the turnbuckle with a vintage SUPERNOVA! NOOO! TOMOKO moved! ROXY crashed and burned, and TOMOKO is face to face with CENTURION who is furious! RIZZA is up, and grabs CENTURION from behind! THE RIZZALINER! RIZZA covers CENTURION, TOMOKO covers ROXY! The referee doesn't know which fall to count, so he counts both! ONE! TWO! THREE! YOUR WINNERS:
Marcus Enderton
All 3 men are down in the ring and ready for action as the ref is calling for the bell to be rung starting the match. DING! DING! DING! The three superstars look at one another until finally both MARCUS ENDERTON and DOMINATOR turn to ACE VINCENT and bum rush him. Eventually VINCENT can't help but be beat down to the ground, trying his best to cover himself from the two on one onslaught. ENDERTON stomps away at ACE before backing away slowly. DOMINATOR drops a knee across the face of ACE VINCENT before dragging him to his feet and irish whipping him across the ring. ENDERTON and DOMINATOR team up again to double suplex VINCENT hard to the canvas. DOMINATOR goes for a quick cover as the ref slides in. ONE! VINCENT uses a creative jiu-jitsu sweep to get out from underneath DOMINATOR, and climbs to his feet. He bounces off the ropes quickly and charges DOMINATOR and ENDERTON with a flying double clothesline. ACE immediately goes to work grabbing DOMINATOR and laying him out with another stiff clothesline. Dropping a quick elbow to DOMINATORS sternum, ACE gets back up to his feet and runs over to MARCUS ENDERTON, spearing him into the ring post! ACE kicks ENDERTON while he lays on the mat and then returns his attention to DOMINATOR, walking back over and yanking him up by his hair. He turns and quickly irish whips DOMINATOR into the same turnbuckle as ENDERTON resulting in a massive collision! The crowd makes a huge "oooooh" noise as ENDERTON gasps out in pain. VINCENT drags him back out into the middle of the ring and hits a vicious german suplex. DOMINATOR is back up and now runs at ACE VINCENT with a spear that ACE sees coming and jumps over. VINCENT watches DOMINATOR bounce off the ropes and catches him on the rebound with a brutal spinning kick! DOMINATOR IS DOWN! ACE WITH THE COVER! ONE! TWO! KICKOUT BY DOMINATOR! ACE VINCENT waits patiently as both men get up to their feet and come together, ENDERTON behind DOMINATOR. ACE VINCENT comes running with a terrifying spear that DOMINATOR sees and dodges at the last second, and ACE instead drills ENDERTON and leaves him folded on the mat!!! ENDERTON looks like he was snapped in half with that one as he holds onto his aching ribs. ACE VINCENT stands up and turns around when DOMINATOR comes running and spears him in return!! DOMINANT FORCE! DOMINATOR wastes no time as he drops down and rolls out of the ring, walking over to the commentator's table and beginning to remove the tv's from it. DOMINATOR rolls back into the ring, standing back up as he grabs ACE VINCENT and hurls him over the top rope to the floor below! ACE VINCENT crash lands hard on the outside of the ring as DOMINATOR makes his way out of the ring as well. MARCUS ENDERTON is still down in the middle of the mat. DOMINATOR walks over to ACE VINCENT and picks him up before bending down and grabbing ahold of him by his knees, he hoists him up into the air and drops him down face first into the commentator's table. DOMINATOR rolls ACE VINCENT up onto the table as he slowly begins climbing up himself. Suddenly ENDERTON rolls out of the ring and grabs DOMINATOR, hurling him clear of the table and into the steel guard rail. ENDERTON begins climbing up onto the table himself when ACE VINCENT quickly grabs onto MARCUS and knees him in his stomach before grabbing onto his head and jumping off the table, slamming ENDERTONS head hard into the floor. ACE VINCENT sees DOMINATOR about to stand up, and starts running straight for him when DOMINATOR at the last moment ducks down and launches ACE VINCENT up and into the crowd! "THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!" DOMINATOR turns his attention back to a nearly standing ENDERTON. DOMINATOR comes walking over to ENDERTON grabbing him and upper cutting him hard as he goes reeling backwards against the ring commentator's table. DOMINATOR comes running over to him clothes lining him up onto it before slowly climbing up onto it himself. Hooking ENDERTON'S head, DOMINATOR pulls him to his feet on the table when... CCCRRRRRAAAASSSSHHHH!!!!! The table just exploded from the impact off ENDERTON reversing DOMINATOR'S "GOD COMPLEX" into a jackhammer suplex of his own! Both men seem down for the count as the referee is checking up on them! ACE VINCENT now having crawled back into the ring area walks over towards the carnage, grabbing up ENDERTON and rolling him into the ring. ACE VINCENT makes his second cover of the night as the ref drops down. ONE! TWO! THREE! MARCUS ENDERTON IS ELIMINATED! VINCENT can barely get back to his feet before DOMINATOR is in the ring and sprinting towards him. DOMINATOR lunges with a clothesline but ACE VINCENT ducks and DOMINATOR bounces off the ropes. DOMINATOR grabs ACE ands sends him flying with a powerful suplex. DOMINATOR to his feet, and he begins stomping away at ACE'S leg before VINCENT finally rolls out of the way and out of the ring. Trying to shake his head clear, he can hardly get away from the ring as DOMINATOR comes running through the ropes and to the floor. DOMINATOR grabs ACE and smashes him face first into the ring apron a few times before rolling him back into the ring. DOMINATOR climbs up onto the ring apron about to get into the ring when suddenly VINCENT jumps up to his feet and grabs a hold of DOMINATORS head and drops down with a guillotine neck drop on the top rope. DOMINATOR falls backwards landing hard on the ground as ACE uses this time to quickly recover. Rolling out of the ring ACE walks over to DOMINATOR and picks him up. He quickly slams him down with a standing clothesline, then lifts him back to his feet and rolls him back into the ring and follows up with another pinfall. ONE!!! TWO!!! Kick out by DOMINATOR! ACE VINCENT runs over, bouncing off the ropes and catching DOMINATOR with a hard knee to the face as he was up to his knees about to stand. ACE VINCENT runs bouncing off the ropes again and this time coming back and jumping up in the air with a high knee drop across DOMINATOR'S face. ACE VINCENT lifts DOMINATOR and hooks DOMINATOR'S head then flips him up for a powerbomb when DOMINATOR suddenly counters it into a DDT drop. The ref looks at both men as he's about to start up a 10-Count, but DOMINATOR rolls over and gets back up to his feet. Suddenly ACE grabs him by the tights and rolls him up with a small package! ONE!!! TWO!!! DOMINATOR kicks out again! The former WORLD CHAMPION refuses to give into the legendary ACE VINCENT! ACE VINCENT seeming to get furious by this and bangs his fists on the canvas, but he doesn't realize DOMINATOR is up and lifting ACE up for the GOD COMPLEX! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! ONE!!! TWO!!! THREE!!! YOUR WINNER:
DOMINATOR has done it! The former XWF WORLD champion has defeated ACE VINCENT and MARCUS ENDERTON! He climbs the turnbuckle and throws his arms in the air as "EVIL ANGEL" by BREAKING BENJAMIN hits the speakers, and we fade out.
James Raven
The bell rings and JAMES begins to bounce around in his corner excitedly, while BIG SHANK stands perfectly still and measures his opponent carefully. JAMES advances out of his corner, still bouncing from side to side and not allowing BIG SHANK to catch him flat footed. BIG SHANK takes a few steps towards JAMES, his hand outstretched for a sportsmanlike tie up which JAMES accepts after a moment of hesitation. They lock hands, fingers intertwined as each man tries to bend the other over, but after a few seconds it becomes clear that both men are almost perfectly even. They break the lock and stumble backwards a few feet, then advance and lock up again, the crowd cheering even louder this time as BIG SHANK gains the early advantage, pushing JAMES back into the ropes and catching him with a forearm smash before irish whipping him across the ring. JAMES bounces back and BIG SHANK catches him with a back body drop that causes JAMES to roll around the mat in pain and agony, the fans cheering as BIG SHANK lifts him back to his feet and delivers a few swift chops to RAVENS chest. He irish whips JAMES into the ropes again, bending over for another back body drop but JAMES has it scouted this time and swiftly kicks BIG SHANK in the face, standing him up straight and stunning him enough for JAMES to slip behind his former rival and ally and lock in a small headlock. BIG SHANK fights hard to escape the hold, but JAMES’ hands are locked tight and it takes quite a few elbows thrown into his ribs before he finally releases BIG SHANK. The two men retreat back to their own corners again, BIG SHANK rubbing his throat as the redness fades from his cheeks, and RAVEN holding his ribs as he winces in pain. JAMES moves first, charging BIG SHANK with a clothesline which the veteran is able to duck, collapsing to his knees and then sweeping his leg backwards to trip RAVEN, sending the JAMES crashing into the turnbuckle. BIG SHANK runs at JAMES from behind, but JAMES hears him coming and jumps up, pushing himself up straight in the air so that BIG SHANK runs under him and slams into the ring post. JAMES lands again behind BIG SHANK, wrapping his arms around his waist and hurling him backwards with a snap suplex that sets the crowd off in excitement. GREAT ATHLETICISM BY JAMES RAVEN!!! JAMES tries to make his way across the ring to pin BIG SHANK, but the former UNIVERSAL CHAMPION is already back on his feet and stomps RAVEN back to the mat. BIG SHANK steps back, allowing JAMES to climb slowly to his feet before slamming him back down with a stiff clothesline that flips JAMES over onto his stomach. BIG SHANK steps back again, and waits for JAMES to stand groggily before folding him in half on the mat with another stiff clothesline. As JAMES stands the third time, BIG SHANK runs off the ropes and approaches JAMES from behind, grabbing the back of his neck and leaping through the air with a running bull dog that drills RAVEN into the mat and leaves him motionless and stunned. BIG SHANK pops to his feet, clearly fired up as he throws his arms in the air and elicits a HUGE crowd reaction. He moves back to his own turnbuckle, leaning against the ropes and watching as JAMES struggles to stand up and then collapses again before finally making it to his feet. BIG SHANK steps out of his corner towards JAMES, his arms outstretched for another grapple, but he’s quickly sent flying as JAMES counters with a dropkick, driving the soles of his sneakers into BIG SHANKS grill so hard there might be NIKE swoops imprinted on his forehead. Both men lay motionless, JAMES using the opportunity to catch his breath before standing up and grabbing BIG SHANK by the ankle, pulling him towards the middle of the ring. BIG SHANK uses his free foot and drives it into RAVENS chest sending him back into the ropes with enough force to bring him rebounding back. BIG SHANK rolls under as JAMES leaps over him, bouncing off of the opposite side, but he's back on his feet as JAMES comes back the second time and he drives his right fist hard into RAVENS side, doubling him over long enough for BIG SHANK to drop his knee on the back of JAMES’ neck, driving him face first into the canvas again. BIG SHANK stands up, walking over to JAMES’ legs and pulling up his left foot, twisting his foot painfully. ANKLE LOCK!!! BIG SHANK has JAMES in an ANKLE LOCK!!! JAMES shouts out in pain as the referee drops to the mat and asks him whether or not he wants to give up. JAMES of course shakes his head “no”, though his hand hovers dangerously over the canvas as he struggles to free himself. He uses his upper body strength to army crawl towards the ropes, slowly dragging BIG SHANK with him. BIG SHANK twists the ankle again and pulls hard, dragging JAMES back to the center of the canvas, and RAVEN is forced to quickly refocus, positioning his arms as if about to do push ups and lifting his torso up. The leverage allows him to balance on one foot and stand up straight, nearly a ninety degree angle between his two thighs as BIG SHANK STILL refuses to release his grip. JAMES bounces a few times on one foot, then spins through the air with a spinning step over enziguri that drills his free foot into BIG SHANK’S temple, forcing BIG SHANK to release the grip and sending both men crashing to the canvas. JAMES tries to make it to his feet, but the pain in his ankle wont allow him to support his own weight. He crawls over to the ropes, grabbing the top one and lifting himself up, balancing on one leg as he waits for BIG SHANK to stand up, slightly dazed. He sees JAMES across the ring and rushes angrily, but he's not prepared as JAMES drops to the mat, pulling the rope down with him and sending BIG SHANK tumbling over the top and back first to the concrete floor outside, landing with a sickening thud. The fans again begin to cheer loudly, just at the simple fact that someone has left the ring for the first time, but they’re sadly disappointed as BIG SHANK makes it to his feet after five or six seconds and slides back under the bottom rope. JAMES still cant make it to his feet as he rests on his knees, waiting for BIG SHANK to advance on him again. He lunges from his knees, grabbing BIG SHANK by the waist and dragging him down to the mat with a legitimate wrestling takedown, then he circles around BIG SHANKS body and tries to lock in a chin lock, but BIG SHANK sees it coming and is able to shift his weight, rolling out from under RAVEN and climbing to his feet. He waits for JAMES to pull himself up near the ropes again, finally able to put some weight on his injured foot. As JAMES turns to face BIG SHANK, the former owner knees him in the gut, hooking his arm around RAVENS head… EVENFLOW DDT!!! JAMES is spiked to the mat and BIG SHANK quickly pushes him over on his back, hooking the injured leg as the referee slides to the canvas to make the count. ONE!!! TW- JAMES rolls his left shoulder up, stopping the count and freeing himself as BIG SHANK climbs to his feet, plotting out his next attack as JAMES stands again himself. BIG SHANK swings at JAMES, who manages to duck it, but he gets drilled with a stiff left hand as he stands back up. BIG SHANK tries another clothesline but RAVEN catches his outstretched arm and drives his shoulder into BIG SHANKS now exposed chest, sending him quickly to the mat, but JAMES never lets go of BIG SHANKS arm, lifting SHANK back to his feet and twisting his arm behind his own back in a hammerlock, twisting BIG SHANKS wrist until its nearly flat against his own shoulder blade. JAMES twists the wrist a few more times, then puts all his weight into BIG SHANKS back, driving him stomach first into the nearest turnbuckle, knocking the wind out of BIG SHANK. RAVEN releases the hammer lock and positions BIG SHANK next to the ropes, then hooks his arm for a DDT of his own. JAMES lifts BIG SHANK straight up in the air, holding him there for a minute to display his incredible strength, but his ankle soon begins to buckle. He turns towards the ropes and drops BIG SHANK forwards onto the ropes which bounce him back up like a trampoline, allowing JAMES to throw him backwards to the mat. INCREDIBLE INOVATION!!! JAMES again never releases him, and instead bridges his back and manages to get a pin attempt out of the maneuver. The referee drops down again and slaps his hands on the canvas. ONE!!! TWO!!! BIG SHANK bridges his own back, lifting his shoulders up and causing JAMES to lose his balance and fall over sideways. BIG SHANK tries to roll the hold into a front chokehold which RAVEN manages to squirm free of. The two men make it to their feet, both red and sweating. BIG SHANK swings at RAVEN once more but JAMES manages to twist out of the way, grabbing BIG SHANK by the forearm and spinning him in the opposite direction, slamming BIG SHANK chest first into the ring post. BIG SHANK turns around as JAMES charges him, jumping through the air and drilling his knee into the former UNIVERSAL CHAMPIONS jaw with a sickening crack that echoes through the entire arena. JAMES hooks BIG SHANKs head under his arm and runs to the center of the canvas with a running bulldog that slams BIG SHANK down hard to the mat. The crowd cheers as JAMES looks like he's finally getting back into this match up. RAVEN backs up a few steps, getting down in a three point stance… what the hell is he doing?!?!?! BIG SHANK makes it up to his hands and knees, dragging himself over to the ropes and using the top one as leverage to pull himself to his feet, which he leans over, spitting a mouthful of blood onto the concrete outside. Finally, he spins around unsteadily, and RAVEN breaks out of the stance and sprints at BIG SHANK, leaping through the air with a diving spear that sends both men flipping awkwardly over the top rope… “THE DIVEBOMB”!!! JAMES RAVEN HITS THE DIVE BOMB!!! He lands hard on the concrete, but BIG SHANKS right hand gets wrapped up in the top rope and he hangs awkwardly above the floor, dangling by one arm, his shoulder wrenching nearly out of its socket as he bounces violently. JAMES climbs to his feet, seeing BIG SHANK hanging completely helplessly. He smiles, holding his back after the fall, and turns to the fan barricade. He climbs it slowly, standing on the top of the thin wall and looking at BIG SHANK who hangs roughly eight feet away. He braces himself, then jumps forwards off the barrier with a missile dropkick. He connects with BIG SHANK’ midsection, slamming him back into the ring apron, the force of the attack untangling the rope and sending BIG SHANK crashing to the ground in pain. JAMES holds his back again after another hard landing, and crawls over to a motionless BIG SHANK lifting him up and rolling him back into the ring for another cover. ONE!!! TWO!!! THR- BIG SHANK rolls his shoulder up in the air, breaking the count and eliciting huge responses from the crowd, half of them cheering wildly that he stays alive in the match up while the other half boos at JAMES RAVENS prolonged agony in the hunt for a final win over his ultimate rival. JAMES lifts BIG SHANK to his feet and slams him skull first into the ring post, a loud clanging sound echoing loudly as BIG SHANK stumbles away. JAMES takes a few steps backwards, then runs and delivers a knee to BIG SHANKS stomach which doubles him over, setting him up for a swinging neck breaker… RAVEN CONNECTS!!! JAMES hits the swinging neck breaker and BIG SHANK is laid out again!!! JAMES bends down to grab BIG SHANK, but SHANK is prepared and kicks his leg up, catching JAMES off guard and drilling him in the side of the head, sending him hard to the mat. The two superstars lay motionless side by side, their shoulders heaving wildly as they both try to suck in air and stay conscious. BIG SHANK props himself up on his elbows, looking at JAMES, his eyes slightly glazed over as he crawls towards him slowly. He climbs onto JAMES’ back and grabs his chin, cranking it back and pulling JAMES into a camel clutch hold. BIG SHANK pulls back on his head a few more times before giving up on the submission maneuver and slamming JAMES’ face down into the canvas, mashing it as hard as he can before standing up and leaning against the ring post as JAMES struggles to stand. JAMES stands up but is immediately sent back down by a BIG SHANK snap suplex, and the SHANK quickly follows it up with an arm bar that causes JAMES to shriek in pain. BIG SHANK cranks the arm up a few inches, then releases the hold and makes his way out to the apron, reaching under the ring and pulling out a steel chair. The fans go wild as BIG SHANK brandishes the chair and makes his way over to RAVEN. JAMES sees the weapon and it gives him a sudden burst of adrenaline and he's able to roll away from BIG SHANK, using the fan barricade to lift himself to his feet. BIG SHANK continues advancing on him, swinging the chair like a baseball bat, but JAMES ducks it and BIG SHANK spins around off balance. He recovers quickly, swinging again, RAVEN leaning backwards and sending the chair crashing into the ring post sending shockwaves up BIG SHANKs arms and forcing him to drop the chair on the floor. JAMES sees this as an opportunity to capitalize on and makes a move, but BIG SHANK suddenly stands up straight and kicks RAVEN in the stomach, grabbing him by the shoulders and spinning him so that his back faces BIG SHANK… REVERSE DDT!!! BIG SHANK slams JAMES first on the folded steel chair and it looks like JAMES RAVEN is in agony as he rolls onto his stomach, barely able to move his arms or legs as he tries to get away from BIG SHANK. Does RAVEN have damage to his spinal cord after that? “HO-LY SHIT!!! HO-LY SHIT!!! HO-LY SHIT!!! HO-LY SHIT!!! HO-LY SHIT!!!” BIG SHANK crawls over to JAMES, rolling him over on the mat and collapsing over his chest as the referee runs over to the battle zone and collapses to his knees, his hand slapping the concrete hard and steadily. ONE!!! BIG SHANK’S got him!!! TWO!!! THERE'S NO WAY JAMES IS KICKING OUT!!! ITS OVER!!! THR- JAMES lifts his legs in the air and clamps them around BIG SHANK’s head. BIG SHANK thrashes from side to side, trying to free himself, but RAVEN wont release him. Finally, RAVEN gets his hands on the ground and swings his body around one hundred and eighty degrees, tossing BIG SHANK face first into the turnbuckle with a spinning head scissors. BIG SHANK collides with the corner and slides limply back to the mat as JAMES struggles to stand up. BIG SHANK struggles to stand as well. BIG SHANK: Be honest JAMES, we've done this too many times... we can go all night. RAVEN: That's... what... she... said... BIG SHANK: You care more about this shit than I do. Than I ever did. Finish it. BIG SHANK tucks his hands behind his back, and sticks his chin up in the air with his eyes closed. RAVEN is furious. RAVEN: What the hell are you talking about? You're not just tapping out here, SHANK. I'm beating you straight up, center of the ring, no controversy... I'm settling the score once and for all. BIG SHANK: Awwww... pumpkin. Our score will never be settled. You know that as well as I do. Finish this off. RAVEN: Absolutely not, that asterisk will haunt me forever. I need to beat you, SHANK. BIG SHANK: I know, and that's why this is absolutely hilarious. BIG SHANK steps through the ropes and out of the ring, making his way up the entrance ramp and towards the black curtain. The referee looks at JAMES and then shrugs and begins to make a count. ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR! RAVEN: WHERE ARE YOU GOING?! GET BACK HERE! SHANK reaches the top of the stage and turns around to look down at the ring, a smile on his face as JAMES curses at him angrily. FIVE! SIX! SEVEN! EIGHT! RAVEN: DAMN IT, SHANK! Don't do this! Get back here and fight me! Don't make me live with this! BIG SHANK flashes JAMES a double thumbs up, and then disappears backstage. NINE! TEN! YOUR WINNER:
"BLEED IT OUT" by LINKIN PARK blares over the sound system as the referee raises JAMES' hand in victory, and his hometown Toronto crowd showers him in applause, but he looks miserable. He pulls his hand away from the referee angrily and exits the ring, making his way backstage to find BIG SHANK.
We return to the ring, ready for action. The camera zooms in on a "Tony Capretti 4 Lyfe" sign in the floor section.
SAYORS: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the competitors of our next match... first, DANTE ANGLAIS!
The lights dim down in the arena as the intro of "Are You Ready?" by In Case Of Fire begins to build up. The lights finally die down and three spotlights slowly drift from the bottom of the entrance ramp all the way to the top as the vocals kick in and the arena becomes a blur of red flashing lights. DANTE ANGLAIS steps out from behind the curtain and stands atop the entrance ramp to a great ovation from the capacity crowd. DANTE stands on top of the ramp for a moment or two, then DANTE closes his eyes as he can literally smell the anticipation amongst the fans before he heads down the entrance ramp and towards the ring with an arrogant, yet purposeful, spring in his step. DANTE slowly climbs the ring steps before climbing between the ropes, stepping into the ring. DANTE spins around, looking out at the crowd before ascending the turnbuckle and pointing at himself for a few moments before dropping his arms to his sides, with an arrogant smirk upon his face. He jumps down from the turnbuckle and uses the ropes to stretch, eagerly awaiting his opponent.
SAYORS: And his opponent... MAXIMUS!
After a few seconds of DANTE's music cutting out, a set of very vocal members of the audience are already on there feet waiting for him. DANTE's arrogant smirk suddenly turns into a scowl, as he waits for his opponent’s music to hit the arena. As the seconds literally turn into a minute, the cheers get louder and louder, and chants for MAXIMUS get stronger as DANTE’s face begins to sour even more. DANTE can’t stop staring up the ramp at the entrance.
Suddenly the lights go out...
"Evolution" by Symphony X hits the PA system. The lights begin to flicker at the top of the stage, and the fans are getting anxious to see him... The lights continue to flicker, the lights come back on, and there’s MAXIMUS standing at the top of the stage!! The crowd gets on their feet, giving MAXIMUS a thunderous ovation! MAXIMUS looks around at the crowd, he doesn’t smirk nor smile, but you can clearly see him turn his head straight to the ring and MAXIMUS and DANTE make direct eye contact from where each of them are standing. MAXIMUS then begins to calmly make his way down to the ring. , MAXIMUS has his eyes set on DANTE, and DANTE has his eyes set on MAXIMUS. MAXIMUS slides through the bottom of the ring, hops to the second turnbuckle and greets the fans, and gets a huge pop. MAXIMUS hops down, and turns his attention to DANTE. The music cuts off, as both men stand on opposite sides of the ring, and the crowd begins cheering frantically as both men stare each other down.
MAXIMUS takes the first step towards DANTE, very slowly, but DANTE makes haste and quickly walks over to MAXIMUS, immediately getting in his face. DANTE starts talking off at the mouth towards MAXIMUS, but MAXIMUS just stands in front of DANTE not saying a single word. MAXIMUS is showing no sign of being intimidated by DANTE, as the ref tries to push DANTE off of MAXIMUS. DANTE manages to shove the ref out of his way, and now DANTE and MAXIMUS are standing nose to nose with one another. Then out of nowhere, MAXIMUS slaps DANTE right on the side of his face! DANTE stumbles down to one knee, and as DANTE looks up to MAXIMUS, as shocked as everyone in the arena seems to be, MAXIMUS has a very intense look on his face ready to get going with DANTE. DANTE gets to his feet, rubbing the side of his cheek that was slapped. Then out of nowhere, DANTE delivers a strong head-butt to MAXIMUS! Connecting right to the forehead! MAXIMUS staggers a bit, holding his forehead from the attack. As MAXIMUS comes to, and is able to stand straight again, a little bit of blood can be seen trickling down the face of MAXIMUS, running down his nose, and landing on the top of his upper lip. MAXIMUS takes a deep breath, and begins to smile. MAXIMUS slowly turns his head in the direction of the referee…
MAXIMUS: Ring the fucking bell.
Without hesitation, the ref calls for the bell and the Iron Man Match is underway! Maximus
30:00 MAXIMUS and DANTE begin circling the ring. DANTE quickly goes for a leg takedown, but MXIMUS quickly counters and goes into a waistlock. DANTE drops to one knee, muscles his way out, turns around and delivers a hard slap to the face of MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS reacts with forearm to the face of DANTE. MAXIMUS grabs DANTE into a headlock, and then quickly transitions into a wristlock. DANTE tries to fight out of it, but no, MAXIMUS holds onto the wristlock and begins to apply pressure to the hold. MAXIMUS is able to get DANTE down to one knee. As MAXIMUS holds him there for a second or two, MAXIMUS quickly strikes with a hard kick to DANTE’s chest! DANTE clutches his chest in pain, but MAXIMUS doesn’t let go of the wristlock. MAXIMUS kicks DANTE again! And again! And again! MAXIMUS goes for another kick, but DANTE grabs the leg of MAXIMUS and quickly elbows the leg of MAXIMUS! More specifically the left leg of MAXIMUS.
MAXIMUS staggers, and starts to limp a little, but instantly gets the strength back in his left leg. That doesn’t stop DANTE from charging towards MAXIMUS, immediately going for a headlock, but MAXIMUS counters into an armlock, then back into a wristlock, then quickly transitions into a headlock takedown. DANTE slaps the mat in frustration. DANTE manages to get MAXIMUS into a headscissors. MAXIMUS powers out and gets DANTE into another headlock. DANTE gets MAXIMUS into a headscissors again, but MAXIMUS powers out. Both men are on their feet. MAXIMUS charges at DANTE, grabs DANTE and gets in him into another armlock. MAXIMUS sweeps DANTE’s leg, MAXIMUS has DANTE’s shoulders to the mat, and the ref begins to count.
ONE!
DANTE gets his shoulder up. DANTE instantly get’s to his feet as MAXIMUS still holds the armlock. DANTE flips over, twist MAXIMUS into an armlock of his own on MAXIMUS. DANTE then connects with dropkick to the face of MAXIMUS!
25:00
MAXIMUS rolls out of the ring, and stands right next to the apron, as he tries to catch a breather. DANTE reaches over to MAXIMUS through the ropes, but MAXIMUS instantly grabs DANTE’s right arm and performs a Dragon screw through the middle rope on DANTES right arm! DANTE holds his arm in pain. MAXIMUS takes advantage by sliding back into the ring and charges at DANTE, but DANTE counters with forearm to MAXIMUS. MAXIMUS staggers to the ropes, DANTE follows up with a Running European Uppercut. DANTE grabs MAXIMUS for a School Boy roll-up pin. The ref counts.
ONE!
MAXIMUS instantly kicks out and hops to his feet. MAXIMUS goes for stiff kick to the face DANTE, but DANTE blocks the kick, and delivers a forearm to the left leg of MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS clutches his left leg in pain. DANTE follows up with a dropkick to left leg of MAXIMUS and MAXIMUS falls face first into the turnbuckle.
MAXIMUS face is laid on the second turnbuckle. DANTE charges with a Running Body Splash to MAXIMUS. MAXIMUS face crashes into the second turnbuckle pad. DANTE quickly recovers. Grabs MAXIMUS by the back of the head and immediately begins smashing MAXIMUS’s face into the padded turnbuckle. The blood that was drying up before now returns as it begins to trickle out of the forehead of MAXIMUS and down his face. DANTE then pulls MAXIMUS away from the turnbuckle and onto his feet. DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and instantly connects with a Vertical Suplex! Instead of going for a pin, DANTE walks to the left leg of MAXIMUS and tries to go for a submission. MAXIMUS attacks with a kick to DANTE’s mid-section, grabs DANTE and goes for an Inside Cradle pin. The ref counts.
ONE!
TWO!
DANTE kicks out! Both men get to their feet, and the both charge at each other. MAXIMUS manages to grab DANTE’s right arm, twist and drops into an arm breaker over his shoulder. DANTE clutches onto his arm. MAXIMUS gets to his feet, runs and connects with a front dropkick on DANTE’s right arm. DANTE’s body goes flying into the ropes. As DANTE bounce back, MAXIMUS manages to connect with an armdrag and immediately performs a double knee drop to DANTE’s right arm! DANTE then rolls out of the ring.
As DANTE stands outside of the ring clutching his arm, MAXIMUS can be seen running the ropes inside of the ring. MAXIMUS then follows with a Rope Assisted Corkscrew Plancha on DANTE to outside of the ring! Both men are laid out on the ground. The ref begins to count.
1... 2... 3... 4...
MAXIMUS begins to get up to his feet...
5...
DANTE begins to come to now as well...
6...
MAXIMUS grabs onto the apron...
7...
DANTE grabs the tights of MAXIMUS...
8...
MAXIMUS swings at DANTE, DANTE dodges the attack!
9...
DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and connects with The Uprising on the floor! DANTE immediately jumps in the ring!
10!
MAXIMUS gets counted out! The first fall goes to DANTE!
20:00
DANTE gets up to his feet as the ref raises his hand for the first fall. When the ref let’s go of his hand, DANTE keeps his arm in air, as he taunts in front of the crowd, proud of his first fall victory. MAXIMUS is still laid out on the floor. The ref begins counting again.
1...
DANTE rolls out of the ring and grabs MAXIMUS.
2...
DANTE picks up MAXIMUS throws MAXIMUS head first into the ring post.
3...
DANTE walks over to MAXIMUS and stomps on the left leg of MAXIMUS.
4...
DANTE picks up MAXIMUS, tosses MAXIMUS into the ring. DANTE slides back into the ring. MAXIMUS struggles to get up to his feet. DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and connects with a Russian Leg Sweep. DANTE immediately attempts to flow over into a One Legged Boston Crab on the left leg of MAXIMUS, but MAXIMUS is able to fight through and quickly crawls over to the bottom rope. DANTE slowly walks over to MAXIMUS and stomps on his left leg. MAXIMUS winces through the pain. DANTE then grabs MAXIMUS and picks him up to his feet. MAXIMUS breaks away from DANTE’s grasp and connects with a Spinning Back Fist. This startles DANTE as MAXIMUS immediately follows up with a Frankensteiner!
MAXIMUS holds onto his left leg as both men are on the mat. DANTE rolls out onto the apron, barley hanging on to the bottom rope. MAXIMUS manages to get himself up, and walks over to DANTE. MAXIMUS climbs out of the ring, and onto the apron, and begins to pick up DANTE to his feet. DANTE strikes MAXIMUS in the midsection. MAXIMUS retaliates with an elbow to back of DANTE’s neck. MAXIMUS then manages to get DANTE up to his feet on the apron, and MAXIMUS turns DANTE around. MAXIMUS attempts to drop DANTE with a Backdrop Suplex, but DANTE stops MAXIMUS with a series of Elbows to the back of MAXIMUS’s neck. After the fury of Elbow’s stop, MAXIMUS summons up some energy, grabs DANTE and connects with a Homicide Backdrop on the apron! DANTE crashes onto the floor, as MAXIMUS holds onto the second rope. DANTE is on the floor holding on his neck from the pain he just endured from that Backdrop. DANTE turns and winds up lying on his back. The ref begins to the count.
1...
MAXIMUS gets on his feet now...
2...
MAXIMUS springboards off of the middle rope...
3...
MAXIMUS hops off and goes for a Asai Moonsault on top of DANTE, but DANTE moves out of the way!!
4!
DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and delivers a German Suplex to the barricade!
5!
DANTE then grabs MAXIMUS and MAXIMUS back into the ring...
6...
DANTE climbs onto the apron and attempts to climb through the middle rope, but MAXIMUS comes out of nowhere and kicks the middle rope! MAXIMUS grabs DANTE before DANTE can fall either in or out of the ring. As MAXIMUS has DANTE, MAXIMUS pulls DANTE’’s body in towards the ring, as DANTE’s legs dangle on the middle rope. MAXIMUS then quickly connects with a Dragon Screw Neckwhip!
MAXIMUS then drags DANTE’s body into the middle of the ring and MAXIMUS’s picks up DANTE’s body… Creeping Death! MAXIMUS connects with Creeping Death!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
MAXIMUS receives his first pin. The match is now tied!
DANTE: 1
The ref holds MAXIMUS back as MAXIMUS tries to attack DANTE while he’s down. DANTE begins crawling over to the bottom ropes. MAXIMUS pushes the ref off of him, and MAXIMUS briskly walks over to DANTE. MAXIMUS grabs DANTE by the back of his neck and MAXIMUS begins to deliver slow and stiff kicks to side of DANTE’s face! MAXIMUS gets in three stiff kicks until the ref manages to pull MAXIMUS off of DANTE. MAXIMUS begins to argue with the ref, as DANTE manages to crawl to the bottom of the turnbuckle. MAXIMUS manages to get the ref out of his way, MAXIMUS runs over to DANTE, and DANTE immediately delivers a hard kick to the left leg of MAXIMUS. MAXIMUS falls hard to the ground. MAXIMUS quickly attempts to get up on one knee, but DANTE gets up to his feet first, grabs MAXIMUS and connects with a DDT. DANTE gets to his feet and holds his neck, as he goes and grabs MAXIMUS to pick MAXIMUS up to his feet. DANTE manages to do so, and DANTE lifts MAXIMUS and connects with a Knee Breaker! DANTE doesn’t let go of MAXIMUS and connects with another Knee Breaker! DANTE follows up with a Saito Suplex! DANTE goes for the pin!
ONE!
TWO!
MAXIMUS kicks out!
14:00
MAXIMUS then rolls out of the ring, clutching onto his left leg. DANTE climbs over to the apron. The ref counts.
1...
2...
MAXIMUS and DANTE lock eyes, and DANTE leaps off of the apron and connects with a Tornado DDT onto the floor!
3...
DANTE is up to his feet, and DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and now both men are up.
4...
DANTE lifts MAXIMUS and rams MAXIMUS’s back into the ring post!
5...
DANTE rolls inside of the ring, and then back out of the ring to break the count. The ref begins the count all over again.
1...
DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and struggles to get MAXIMUS to his feet. DANTE attacks MAXIMUS with Knee Smash to the side of the head of MAXIMUS out of frustration.
2...
DANTE then uses all of his strength to get MAXIMUS up to his feet.
3...
DANTE then attempts to smash MAXIMUS’s face into the ring post, but MAXIMUS counters and sends DANTE flying face first into the ring post!
4... 5...
MAXIMUS reaches for DANTE as DANTE tries get up to his feet…
6...
MAXIMUS rolls into the ring and then back out to break the ref’s count. The ref starts his count all over again.
1...
MAXIMUS and DANTE are on opposite sides of the ring post. MAXIMUS manages to grab the right arm of DANTE, and MAXIMUS swings DANTE’s right arm onto the ring post!
2...
MAXIMUS swings DANTE’S right again!
3...
And again!
4...
And again!
5...
As MAXIMUS goes to swing DANTE’s arm for another time, but DANTE manages to pull MAXIMUS head first into the ring post!
6...
DANTE doesn’t let go of MAXIMUS and begins to continuously pull MAXIMUS into the ring post, as MAXIMUS head is smashing against it! Blood begins to splatter all over the face of MAXIMUS and onto the ring post!
7... 8...
DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and tosses MAXIMUS inside of the ring.
9...
DANTE rolls inside of the ring, and immediately locks in a One Legged Boston Crab on the left leg of MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS screams in pain as the blood that now covers the face of MAXIMUS pours all over the mat. MAXIMUS has no other choice but to tap out! MAXIMUS taps! DANTE get’s his 2ND fall!
10:00
The ref manages to get DANTE off of MAXIMUS as DANTE stands and poses in front of the crowd. MAXIMUS is lying down on the mat in a bloody mess as DANTE continues to pose and taunt the audience. The ref talks to MAXIMUS to see if he is alright to continue to partake in the match. DANTE makes his way over to the ref and MAXIMUS. DANTE pushes the ref out of the way, grabs MAXIMUS, picks up MAXIMUS to his feet and connects with The Uprising! DANTE makes the cover!
1!
2!
3!
Another fall goes to DANTE!
DANTE: 3
The ref goes to check on MAXIMUS again, but DANTE doesn’t want to waste anymore time. DANTE pushes the ref out of the way and goes for another pin. The ref counts.
ONE!
TWO!
TH-
MAXIMUS kicks out! DANTE immediately gets to his feet and begins stomping away at the face of MAXIMUS. DANTE drags MAXIMUS up to his feet and throws MAXIMUS into the turnbuckle. DANTE walks over, MAXIMUS tries to kick DANTE to try and stop him. DANTE grabs MAXIMUS leg and laughs. DANTE then pulls MAXIMUS out of the corner and delivers a hard Lariat knocking MAXIMUS down. MAXIMUS doesn’t stay down though. MAXIMUS is attempting to get up, crawling on all fours. As MAXIMUS crawls, DANTE kicks MAXIMUS in the mid-section. MAXIMUS stumbles, and rolls over. MAXIMUS still manages to crawl on all fours and MAXIMUS reaches for the bottom ropes. As blood continues pouring down the face of MAXIMUS, MAXIMUS manages to get up to one knee, but DANTE manages to deliver a stiff forearm to the back of MAXIMUS. MAXIMUS counter with a kick DANTE. DANTE barley budges from the kick. DANTE then grabs MAXIMUS, pulls MAXIMUS towards him an attempt for another Lariat. As DANTE swings, MAXIMUS grabs DANTE’s right arm and connects with a Sitout Armbreaker! DANTE writhes on the mat in pain, and MAXIMUS is beginning pull himself together. MAXIMUS slowly makes his way to his feet, as does DANTE. MAXIMUS begins to stalk DANTE, and MAXIMUS grabs DANTE from behind and delivers a German Suplex! MAXIMUS rolls around and delivers a Half Nelson and Choke Suplex! MAXIMUS rolls over again and this time MAXIMUS connects with a Dragon Suplex! MAXIMUS rolls over one more time and connects with a Tiger Suplex! MAXIMUS has DANTE in a pinning predicament! The ref counts!
ONE!
TWO!
TH-
DANTE kicks out!
7:00
MAXIMUS can’t believe it, as he sits up looking down at a laid out DANTE. MAXIMUS with his blood fully covering his face now, manages to get to his feet and walks over to a turnbuckle. MAXIMUS begins to climb to the top of the turnbuckle, but he’s struggling to do so with his bad leg. When MAXIMUS finally reaches the top, he looks unsure if he can jump off and connect. MAXIMUS hops into the air, barely manages get enough hang time to connect with Maximum Carnage. As MAXIMUS comes down, DANTE gets his knees up in time! MAXIMUS staggers and runs right into the ropes. DANTE hops to his feet, grabs MAXIMUS and connects with a Pump-Handle Slam! DANTE isn’t done yet. MAXIMUS picks up MAXIMUS again, and connects with a Pump-Handle Backbreaker on MAXIMUS! DANTE goes for the pin!
ONE!
TWO!
THR-
MAXIMUS kicks out! DANTE still isn’t through yet. DANTE picks MAXIMUS up once again and hoist up MAXIMUS and delivers a Folding Powerbomb! The ref begins to count the pin!
ONE!
TWO!
No wait, DANTE transitions into a One Legged Boston Crab again! This time MAXIMUS is able to reach the ropes in time! The ref makes DANTE break the submission!
5:00
DANTE is sitting on one knee as he argues with the ref about the submission hold. As DANTE continues arguing, MAXIMUS comes out of nowhere with a Shining Wizard! MAXIMUS limps over the turnbuckle as fast he can. MAXIMUS climbs to the top, leaps off and connects with Maximum Carnage! He has the cover!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
MAXIMUS gets his 2nd fall!
DANTE: 3
MAXIMUS clutches his left leg after that high-risk move! MAXIMUS limps over to DANTE and attempts to get DANTE up to his feet. As MAXIMUS manages to get DANTE halfway up, DANTE quickly clubs MAXIMUS in his left leg! DANTE doesn’t waste anytime, DANTE grabs MAXIMUS, hoists MAXIMUS onto his shoulders and DANTE delivers the Armageddon Driver! DANTE goes for the pin!
ONE!
TWO!
MAXIMUS kicks out! Both men begin to slowly get up to their feet. MAXIMUS somehow manages to get up before DANTE, and MAXIMUS has his back turned on DANTE. DANTE takes advantage and attempts a Bulldog Takedown, but MAXIMUS able to counter that into a Homicide Backdrop again! DANTE manages to still get up, but DANTE is caught in a daze, not knowing where he is. DANTE is swinging rights and lefts, but doesn’t seem to know where or who to hit. MAXIMUS takes advantage of this and follows up with Damnation Way! MAXIMUS doesn’t go for the pin. MAXIMUS makes throat cutting signal, trying to let everyone know he has something devastating coming up. MAXIMUS gets DANTE up to his feet, and gets DANTE into a Gory Special. MAXIMUS attempts to flip DANTE over, but DANTE rolls both himself and MAXIMUS out of the Gory Special, and gets MAXIMUS to mat and proceeds to attempt a Figure 4 Leglock, MAXIMUS counters with an Inside Cradle pin! The ref counts!
ONE!
DANTE quickly breaks the pin! Both get to their feet quickly, and DANTE charges at MAXIMUS with a tackle, but MAXIMUS manages to power through, lifts DANTE into a Gory Special, flips DANTE over and delivers Dead Man’s Diary! MAXIMUS gets the pin!
ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
MAXIMUS gets his 3rd fall! Both men are tied!
2:00
MAXIMUS is sitting up, breathing hard, as the blood has now begun to dry up and fade off of his face. DANTE winces as he holds his neck, trying to turn himself around to get up to his feet. MAXIMUS is able to get up first, and DANTE follows suit.
1:30
MAXIMUS delivers a stiff forearm to DANTE. DANTE returns with a headbutt to MAXIMUS! MAXIMUS returns with a right hand slap! DANTE comes back with a slap of his own! MAXIMUS and DANTE wind up slapping each other at the same time. MAXIMUS then gets the better of the both of them and proceeds with two rapid forearms to DANTE! MAXIMUS then connects with a third stiff forearm to DANTE, and DANTE falls down to one knee.
1:00
MAXIMUS picks up DANTE and MAXIMUS tries to hold up DANTE, but MAXIMUS can’t seem to get DANTE to stand straight. DANTE has his head leaning on MAXIMUS’s shoulder. MAXIMUS is signaling for another Creeping Death, but DANTE quickly connects with The Uprising out of nowhere!
00:30
DANTE slowly manages to sit himself up, as does MAXIMUS. DANTE tries to get up to his feet as quickly as possible, but MAXIMUS continues to move slowly. DANTE grabs MAXIMUS and carefully positions MAXIMUS for another Uprising.
00:20
DANTE wipes the blood off of the face of MAXIMUS and licks it! DANTE immediately follows through with The Uprising! DANTE goes for the pin!
ONE!
00:03
TWO!
00:02
THREE!
00:01
The ref calls for the bell! DANTE got one last pinfall before the time expired! DANTE wins!
YOUR WINNER:
Both men are laid out on the mat, exhausted, from the grueling match that just took place. The ref walks over, reaches down and grabs DANTE hand, raises hand to show the fans that DANTE is the final victor. Both are still laid out, but DANTE finally gets up to his feet. DANTE receives a thunderous ovation from the crowd after they’ve just witnessed an epic match from two hard working competitors. DANTE stands over in the turnbuckle, and waits for MAXIMUS to get up to his feet. MAXIMUS finally gets up, and the fans give MAXIMUS a standing ovation as well. DANTE begins clapping with the crowd, and gives MAXIMUS a head nod of approval. MAXIMUS acknowledges DANTE, and MAXIMUS rolls out of the ring and makes his way up the ramp without any help. MAXIMUS waves at the crowd as he makes his way to the back and says his final goodbye to the audience. DANTE continues to stand in the ring and celebrates his victory.
The camera opens up backstage, and we see JAMES RAVEN standing alone in an empty hallway. He looks both ways to make sure nobodies coming, and then knocks on an unmarked door.
RAVEN: It's me, are you in there?
???: Of course I am.
RAVEN: We're getting close to curtain call... are you ready?
???: Of course I am.
RAVEN: Can I come in?
???: No.
RAVEN: We should talk about this before we go out there.
Silence. JAMES sighs and shrugs his shoulders, shaking his head as he turns and walks out of frame, and the camera zooms in on the door.
"Bigg Rigg" John Gambino & "Wild Orchid" Laura Gambino All four competitors stand in the middle of the ring, and give sportsmanlike handshakes to each other before backing off to their respective corners and deciding who's going to kick this one off. Eventually it's decided the LEGENDS will battle it out, as WILD ORCHID and HEATHER back off to allow BIGG RIGG and STEVE JASON their moment to tango. The two old rivals lock up and BIGG RIGG takes the early advantage, twisting SJ into a hammerlock and working over the LEGENDS shoulder with a few sharp elbows. BIGG RIGG hits a short arm clothesline and sends SJ crashing to the mat, but STEVE pops right back up and is met with a heavy shoulder block for his effort. BIGG RIGG lifts SJ and whips him into the turnbuckle, charging behind him for a huge spear but STEVE JASON rolls out of the way and sends RIGG crashing into the post! RIGG howls in pain, and SJ pulls him out to the center of the mat for a swinging neckbreaker! STEVE jumps on RIGG, looking for a quick cover! ONE! TW- BIGG RIGG rolls STEVE off of him and climbs to his feet clutching his arm. He takes a few steps towards WILD ORCHID, ready to tag her in, but turns to see what STEVE is doing so as not to send his wife to the wolves. STEVE silently moves towards HEATHER, content to take a break and give the women some run. Both men make the tag. HEATHER and ORCHID waste no time, leaping to the center of the ring and firing away at each other with right hands! The crowd loves it! The women are going to battle! HEATHER finally gains the upper hand and grabs hold of ORCHID, hurling her into the ropes and meeting her on the rebound with a big dropkick! LAURA is stunned! She clutches her mouth, rolling on the canvas in pain as HEATHER grabs her leg and begins to twist her into the figure four! LAURA tries to drag herself to the ropes, but HEATHER is firmly anchored! LAURA rolls over onto her stomach, then back over, forcing HEATHER to keep adjusting her grip and shifting her weight. Eventually HEATHER releases the hold and ORCHID scrambles to her feet, but there's a cramp in her leg and she collapses back to the mat! HEATHER runs off the ropes, dropkick to the seated LAURA GAMBINO! She pounces on top of LAURA for the pin! ONE! TWO! WILD ORCHID kicks out, and HEATHER slams her head off the canvas and follows up with another pin! ONE! TWO! LAURA kicks out again! HEATHER pounds the canvas angrily, and climbs to her feet, storming over to her corner and tagging STEVE JASON into the match. STEVE steps through the ropes, and allows ORCHID to climb to her feet. He motions to BIGG RIGG, offering LAURA the opportunity to tag her husband in. WILD ORCHID gives STEVE JASON two middle fingers and a muay thai style leg kick for his generosity, and hits a stunner! STEVE JASON is down! The ALPHA FEMALE just took down the GREATEST OF ALL TIME with a stunner! She climbs on top of STEVE JASON and hooks the leg! ONE! TWO! KICKOUT! STEVE JASON is going down that easily! WILD ORCHID finally heads back to her corner and tags in BIGG RIGG who rushes STEVE quickly and hits an elbow drop. He hoists SJ back to his feet and hurls him with a belly to belly suplex. He lifts him again, and slams him down with a massive spine buster! SLAAAAAAA-AAAAAAAAAAM! That shook the entire ring! RIGG RIGG doesn't cover STEVE JASON, he stands up and backs into the corner, screaming at his former UNIVERSAL rival to stand up! The crowd is on their feet! THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING! STEVE STAGGERS TO HIS FEET! BIGG RIGG CHARGES FOR THE RAGE! SJ CATCHES HIM COMING IN WITH A COUNTER KNEE! RIGG IS STUNNED! ... ... ... S3!!! STEVE JASON HITS THE S3 ON BIGG RIGG! HE MAKES THE COVER! ONE! TWO! THRE- WHAT THE HELL?! THE CAMERA MAN JUST PULLED THE REFEREE OUT FROM UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE! NO! IT'S NOT A CAMERA MAN.... IT'S... IT'S...
SUPERBALLS just prevented the referee from making the three count! He saved his fellow founder of THE CREW! OH MY GOD! The referee tries to make it over to the announcers table to call for a disqualification, but SUPERBALLS lays him out with the camera! He slides into the ring to join BIGG RIGG and STEVE JASON! HEATHER tries to help STEVE but LAURA GAMBINO flies across the ring like a bat out of hell and tackled her over the rope to the floor! STEVE JASON is on his feet, firing punches as RIGG and SUPERBALLS come at him from different angles. He shoves RIGG away and catches SUPERBALLS! S3!!! STEVE JASON LEVELS SUPERBALLS WITH THE S3! IT'S JUST HE AND BIGG RIGG NOW! NO WAIT! MYSTERY, SILVERBULLET, and KEEPER come sprinting down the ramp! THE CREW is HERE in full force! STEVE JASON circles away from BIGG RIGG as the trio slide into the ring, trying to keep his eyes on everyone. KEEPER moves first. S3!! KEEPER joins SUPERBALLS on the mat as STEVE JASON rolls back to his feet and gets wrapped up by MYSTERY! MYSTERY tries to push SJ back into the turnbuckle, but SJ ducks underneath his arm and slides behind him right into SILVERBULLET! S3!!! STEVE JASON LAYS OUT SILVERBULLET AND STANDS UP TO FACE MYSTERY WHO'S JUST TURNING AROUND! S3!!!!!!!!!!! "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!" The crowd is in a frenzy! STEVE JASON has layed out the entire CREW, and HEATHER and LAURA are still battling outside the ring! LAURA tries to slide in, but HEATHER pulls her back to the floor and the two roll hard into the barricade! STEVE JASON IS ON HIS FEET! HE TURNS TO FIND BIGG RIGG! ... ... ... THE RAGE! BIGG RIGG HITS THE RAGE ON STEVE JASON! The ring is littered with broken bodies! This is absolute mayhem! What in GODS NAME IS HAPPENING!?!?! SUPERBALLS and KEEPER are up. They lift STEVE JASON and hold him in place! "BIGG RIGG" JOHN GAMBINO backs up into the corner! ANOTHER RAGE! He almost breaks STEVE JASON in half, and here comes another referee rushing out from backstage! THE CREW slide out of the ring, hands raised innocently, and BIGG RIGG backs into the corner for the final time! STEVE JASON IS UP! THE HAT TRICK! ANOTHER RAGE! BIGG RIGG HOOKS THE LEG! ONE! TWO! THREE! YOUR WINNERS:
THE CREW rejoins BIGG RIGG in the ring, and WILD ORCHID finally pulls away from HEATHER to rejoin her husband! That was total mayhem! "IF YOU WANT BLOOD" by AC/DC blasts as ring crew and medics rush the ring to attend to the carnage.
The crowd in Toronto erupts as we reach the final match of the evening, featuring four legends in professional wrestling. SAYORS: Ladies and Gentleman, the following contest is your REUNION TAG TEAM MAIN EVENT OF THE EVENING!! Introducing the participants...
The Toronto fans begin to cheer as the house lights dim out and green and white strobe lights begin to flicker to the beat of the drums. Thick white smoke starts to bellow out on to the top of the ramp. SAYORS: Introducing first, representing LONG TERM VISION, hailing from the Motor City, Detroit, Michigan.... "CHRONIC" CHRIS PAGE!!! The fans erupt as the legendary icon emerges out to the top of the ramp walking through the thick, smoky haze. Flashbulbs fire off from all over the Air Cananda Center as Chris stands at the top of the ramp with his hands on his hips, smirk on his face. The music suddenly transitions into....
SAYORS: His partner, also representing LONG TERM VISION, from parts unknown... RANMA SAOTOME! There's a very loud, massive, rock star like ovation for RANMA as he emerges out to the top of the ramp joining CHRIS PAGE where the two throw their arms up in the air before starting to make the long walk towards the ring. PAGE and RANMA, joking a long the way as history is being made right here at Reunion. The duo reach ringside where with one motion RANMA jumps up on the ring apron while CHRIS PAGE makes his way up the ring steps. RANMA sling shots over the top rope and into the ring while CHRIS steps through the ropes entering the squared circle. RANMA throws his arms up in the air near the ropes on the hard camera side while CHRIS steps up on the middle turnbuckle throwing his right arm up for all to see. RANMA and PAGE throw an Outsiders style point towards each other before CHRIS hops back down to the ring. RANMA and PAGE give each other a "too sweet" tap with their fingers as the music fades away leaving nothing but a solid reception from the Toronto crowd. SAYORS: RING ANNOUNCER: .... And their opponents....
SAYORS: First from Hell's Kitchen, New York... "BLIZZARD" AIDAN COLLINS and his partner DRAKE KOMODO; TRUTH UNTIL DEATH!! Toronto comes unglued as AIDAN COLLINS and DRAKE KOMODO walk out collectively to the top of the ramp. The eyes of all four men lock. AIDAN and DRAKE crack their knuckles and start to make the walk towards the ring. RANMA and PAGE taunt KOMODO and COLLINS as they make that walk towards ringside. Once ringside COLLINS and DRAKE remove their ring gear and climb up on the ring apron before they step through the ropes and into the ring. All four men stare across at each other as the music fades away as all four men are waiting for the moment to unleash hell upon each other. The official in charge separates the four men as CHRIS PAGE points over at AIDAN calling him out. RANMA and PAGE have last minute chatter before SAOTOME steps out to the ring apron. DRAKE and COLLINS high five and its KOMODO who steps out to the ring apron. The referee calls for the bell! DING DING DING! MAIN EVENT
The fans are on the edge of their seats as COLLINS and PAGE stare across the ring at each other before they walk towards the center of the ring. Immediately PAGE lands a right hand with COLLINS firing right back, AIDAN lands his shot, PAGE lands a shot, COLLINS lands a shot before being gouged in the eyes by PAGE to boo's from the crowd. CHRIS opens up on COLLINS with right hands backing AIDAN up and into the ropes. CHRIS shoots COLLINS across the ring only to see COLLINS latch on to the top rope as he bounces off the near side before flipping PAGE off to a huge pop from the crowd! CHRIS charges towards COLLINS, COLLINS side steps PAGE sending CHRIS bouncing off the ropes and into a reverse elbow which COLLINS follows up with a European Uppercut rocking PAGE back into the ropes. AIDAN comes forward and fires PAGE across the ring, CHRIS bounces off the ropes ducking under a COLLINS clothesline! AIDAN spins around where he's met by a front waist lock before being hurled over head with an Over Head Belly to Belly Release Suplex! There's a mixed pop as CHRIS taunts COLLINS who quickly gets to both knee's. PAGE paces back and forth waiting for AIDAN to get back to his feet, which he does as he shakes off the offensive move. COLLINS and PAGE slowly circle each other before they lock up center ring for the first time in years. COLLINS quickly goes behind PAGE before hoisting him up in the air and driving him chest first into the mat before floating over and into a front face lock. COLLINS immediately starts to paint brush slap PAGE across the back of the head to a massive ovation from the crowd as he quickly gets to his feet and taunts PAGE who is back to both knees. Toronto is on fire for COLLINS as we see CHRIS get back to his feet where he and COLLINS go nose to nose causing the crowd to get massively loud! PAGE and COLLINS exchange words before CHRIS shoves AIDAN back several feet! AIDAN comes right back shoving PAGE backwards causing CHRIS to smirk before slapping AIDAN right across the face! AIDAN drops PAGE with a stiff right hand before starting to lay the boots to him! The fans are on fire for COLLINS as he picks CHRIS up off the mat before sending him sailing over the top rope and out to the floor! Toronto roars as COLLINS plays the crowd while RANMA drops down to the floor getting a livid PAGE under control as he reaches his feet. The referee starts to lay the count to PAGE on the floor as he and RANMA secretely talk things over and at the referee's five count CHRIS climbs back up on the ring apron before stepping back into the ring. COLLINS is ready as he and CHRIS lock up once again only this time CHRIS drives a knee to the midsection of COLLINS before taking him back into a neutral corner where he delivers a stiff knife edge chop across his bare chest that echoes throughout Toronto! PAGE laces COLLINS across the chest with a second knife edge chop before bringing him out towards the center of the ring with a snap mare take over! PAGE follows up by coming out of the corner flipping over COLLINS while snapping his neck forward! There's a cover and a leg hook by CCP. ONE!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THR- COLLINS kicks out of the pinfall attempt to a pop from the crowd. CHRIS is back to his feet where he reaches down picking AIDAN up off the mat where he takes him back into the ropes before shooting him across the ring with an Irish Whip, COLLINS bounces off the ropes as CHRIS ducks his head for a back body drop only to be met with boot to the upper chest that stands CHRIS up vertically for COLLINS to move over with a Disc's clothesline that nearly turns PAGE inside out! COLLINS drops down into the cover on PAGE! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THR- PAGE escapes the near fall to some boo's from the crowd as AIDAN locks in a rear chin lock! The referee is in position as he starts to ask PAGE to surrender. CHRIS refuses as AIDAN cranks back on the head and neck of CCP. CHRIS starts to stir as he begins to work his way back to his feet where he turns into the chin lock backing AIDAN up against the ropes where RANMA reaches over making the blind tag. CHRIS shoots COLLINS across the ring where he bounces off the near side, PAGE drops down to his chest and as AIDAN leaps over PAGE's body it's SAOTOME who sling shots himself over the top rope with a flying shoulder block to COLLINS! PAGE rolls out to the floor as RANMA soaks up some boo's from the crowd. SAOTOME turns towards DRAKE before giving him a wink. RANMA turns his attention back towards AIDAN where he picks him up off the mat and hooks him in a front face lock before snapping off a snap suplex! RANMA floats over but doesn't go for the pin as he takes a mount position before hammering down with right hands to the face of COLLINS! The referee starts laying the count to RANMA who promptly gets off AIDAN at the referee's four count. The crowd responds with loud boo's as RANMA is admonished when back to a vertical base. He reaches down picking AIDAN up off the mat before driving him back into a neutral corner. RANMA hoists COLLINS up to the top turnbuckle before looking to deliver a right hand! COLLINS blocks the attempt and delivers a jab RANMA's jaw before bringing RANMA in where he locks on to a front face lock! COLLINS comes off the middle rope with a Tornado DDT to SAOTOME! The fans roar with approval as we see DRAKE with his arm extended out as far as he can towards his partner! The fans explode as DRAKE KOMODO is tagged into the contest! DRAKE enters the ring mowing over RANMA with a clothesline! SAOTOME pops back up to his feet where he's met with another clothesine! RANMA pops back up off the mat where he's met with a boot to the face by DRAKE! DRAKE drops down into the cover. ONE!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THR- RANMA kicks out to a gasp from the crowd as we see DRAKE get back to his feet where he charges towards PAGE looking to cheap shot him off the apron, PAGE drops down to the floor and momentarily distracts DRAKE as we see RANMA back to his feet. DRAKE turns around and RANMA looks for a boot to the midsection! DRAKE catches the boot only to see RANMA deliver an Enziguri to the temple of KOMODO that sends DRAKE back into the ropes. RANMA comes forward sending DRAKE over the top rope and out to the floor at the feet of CHRIS PAGE. The crowd roars with boo's as RANMA distracts the referee and CHRIS PAGE starts unloading with stomps to the body of KOMODO! PAGE picks DRAKE up before sending him crashing into the ring steps with such force they separate upon contact! The crowd responds with a pop as COLLINS drops down to the floor and starts to come around the ring! The referee turns to see COLLINS and quickly slides out to the floor to intervien. CHRIS picks DRAKE up off the floor before hurling him back into the ring where he turns and comes around the ring looking over at COLLINS where he crotch chops him! RANMA is all over DRAKE with right hands to the head and skull as we see the referee slide into the ring where he starts to lay the count to RANMA! RANMA breaks and is to his feet at the four count where he's once again admonished by the referee. RANMA blows past the official as he reaches down picking up DRAKE where he locks in a front face lock before hooking up the right leg. RANMA lifts DRAKE up in the air and drives him down into the mat with a Fisherman's Buster! SAOTOME floats over into the cover hooking the near leg. ONE!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- DRAKE kicks out to a huge pop from the crowd as we see RANMA works his way back to his feet. RANMA reaches down picking DRAKE up off the mat where he takes him back into LTV territory and makes the tag to PAGE before executing a back breaker to KOMODO. PAGE steps through the ropes before jumping up on to the middle rope. He looks down at RANMA pointing at him with his left hand before balling up his right fist where he holds it up in the air! PAGE comes off the middle rope with the devistating Middle Rope Fist Drop to KOMODO! PAGE makes the cover!!! ONE!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THR- KOMODO escapes to a massive ovation from the crowd. CHRIS PAGE is back to his feet where he reaches down picking DRAKE up off the mat before taking him back into a neutral corner. PAGE steps up on the middle rope where he starts hammering down with right hands. The crowd counts along. As CHRIS lands the fifth right hand DRAKE comes out from the corner with a Running Powerbomb to PAGE! The fans erupt at the impact! DRAKE and PAGE lay on the mat as the referee starts to execute his ten count. Both men haven't moved at the referee's four count. Finally DRAKE starts to stir as he works his way back to a vertical base where he reaches down picking PAGE up off the mat. He scoops PAGE up over his shoulder before walking back into his corner where AIDAN makes the tag. COLLINS scales the buckles as DRAKE drives PAGE into the mat with a running powerslam! COLLINS comes off the top rope with a picture perfect Frog Splash across the sternum of PAGE! He makes the cover hooking the near leg! ONE!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- RANMA makes the save for his team as he drags COLLINS off the cover. This brings DRAKE back into the ring where he and RANMA start delivering an exchange of right hands! The referee tries to separate them but is unsuccessful! COLLINS is back to his feet where he reaches down picking PAGE up off the mat only to be met with a low blow! COLLINS falls to the mat as we see KOMODO getting the upperhand on RANMA. CHRIS pulls himself to his feet where he comes up blasting KOMODO from behind! The referee tries to gain control but he's shoved out of the way by PAGE as he and RANMA start working over KOMODO in the corner. AIDAN rolls out to the floor where he makes his way towards the time keeper! COLLINS tosses the time keeper from his chair before taking the steel chair! COLLINS slides back into the ring with the chair in hand and gets to his feet where he's met by the official! COLLINS shoves the referee to the side before cracking PAGE across the back with a vicious chair shot! PAGE spills out to the floor leaving RANMA to turn around and catch a jabbing shot to the midsection that doubles him over to be waffled across the back by COLLINS! RANMA hits the mat rolling out to the floor as the referee calls for the bell! DING.... DING.... DING.... The crowd roars with boo's as the referee has words with the STEVE SAYORS. Several seconds pass before we hear the official announcement. SAYORS: Ladies and Gentleman, the referee has informed me that he has disqualified BOTH teams! Therefor this match has been ruled a DOUBLE DISQUALIFICATION! Toronto roars with loud boo's as they are not pleased! AIDAN COLLINS tosses the chair to the mat as he checks on DRAKE who is starting to work his way back to his feet. CHRIS and RANMA are out on the floor as they're both to a vertical base when a voice is heard coming over the loud speaker. "I don't think so!" The fans ROAR as JAMES RAVEN emerges out to the top of the ramp with a microphone in hand as he addresses the four participants as well as the referee. RAVEN: We're not going to end this REUNION with a big money Tag Team Attraction with a Double Disqualification! Toronto responds with a "LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!" chant which draws a smirk from Raven as he responds. RAVEN: And Fight is exactly what they're going to do! James looks down and directs his attention towards the referee. RAVEN: Referee; Restart this match... Under NO DISQUALIFICATIONS! NO COUNT OUTS! THERE MUST BE A WINNER! The crowd ERUPTS as James Raven lowers the microphone and the referee calls for the bell once again! DING... DING... DING.... RANMA and PAGE continue to regroup on the floor as they turn their backs to the ring and jaw back and forth with ringside fans while AIDAN and DRAKE look over at each other and with a simple nod of the head they're both out to the floor where AIDAN takes RANMA while DRAKE takes PAGE and they spin them around before cracking their heads together! The fans are on fire as Komdo takes PAGE off one way while AIDAN and RANMA go the other way! DRAKE whips PAGE hard into the security barricade while COLLINS bounces RANMA head first off the ring steps! DRAKE charges towards PAGE looking to clothesline him over the barricade only to eat the right boot to the jaw. PAGE takes DRAKE down with a double leg take down before falling backwards catapulting DRAKE face and shoulder first off the ring post! Across the ring AIDAN goes under the ring pulling out a Kendo Stick with his sights set on RANMA who is leaned back against the ring post! COLLINS swings for the fences only to see RANMA duck out of the way causing COLLINS to smack the ring post! PAGE is shown going under the ring where he pulls out a TABLE to a roar from the crowd! PAGE slides the Table into the ring before turning his attention back towards DRAKE. He reaches down picking him up off the floor where he takes a back waist lock. KOMODO throws a elbow landing to the temple of PAGE causing CHRIS to lose his grip. DRAKE spins around driving a boot to the midsection of PAGE before hurling him back into the ring. Across the ring out on the floor RANMA has the Kendo Stick in hand and is choke COLLINS with it! DRAKE slides into the ring where he turns his attention towards the Table! DRAKE takes the Table and opens the legs before setting it up in the center of the ring. The crowd is on fire as DRAKE measures PAGE who works his way back to his feet and turns around where he's met by DRAKE's right hand to clasped around his throat of CCP! DRAKE hoists PAGE high in the air before driving him through the Table with a thunderous Chokeslam! The crowd roars with a massive "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!" chant as we see DRAKE drop down making the cover! ONE!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- RANMA dives on top of DRAKE at the last possible second breaking the pinfall attempt! CHRIS PAGE rolls towards the ropes and out to the ring apron before falling down to the floor. RANMA eyes the steel chair that was left in the ring. He makes his way to the chair picking it up off the mat. DRAKE reaches a vertical base where he turns around and is met with a sick chair shot swung by the hands of RANMA SAOTOME! The chair dents with the force and impact as steel meets skull dropping DRAKE where he stands!! RANMA drops the chair before dropping down making the cover on KOMODO! ONE!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- The crowd roars as AIDAN reaches into the ring pulling the referee out to the floor effectively stopping the count to a huge ovation from the crowd! AIDAN slides back into the ring where he reaches his feet and blocks a right hand from RANMA! COLLINS counters with a huge right hand rocking RANMA before driving a boot to the midsection doubling RANMA over! COLLINS bounces off the ropes delivering a Bicycle Kick across the back of SAOTOME's neck!! Toronto erupts as AIDAN makes a cover! In the distance we see CHRIS PAGE climbing up on the ring apron where he scales the turnbuckles! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PAGE leaps off the top rope with a Diving Headbut!!!! THRE- PAGE lands the Diving Headbut to COLLINS breaking the count as now all four men are laid out in the center of the ring. The Toronto crowd is heard screaming out in unison "THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!" towards the four competitors in the ring as this contest is officially back at square one. There's nothing the referee can do what watch on as all four men aren't moving. Several seconds pass before we see CHRIS PAGE roll over managing to get his left arm over the chest of COLLINS! ONE!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- COLLINS kicks out! Toronto ERUPTS as COLLINS fires his shoulder up off the mat!! RANMA begins to push himself up off the mat and measures DRAKE who is stirring, RANMA picks DRAKE up before positioning him and driving him into the mat with a Double Underhook Piledriver!!! RANMA makes the cover!! ONE!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- It's AIDAN who breaks the pin attempt at the last possible second to another ovation from the crowd! DRAKE rolls out to the floor under the bottom rope while we see CHRIS PAGE start to get to his feet where he comes up behind AIDAN locking AIDAN's arms and holding him in place as RANMA works his way to his feet! RANMA sizes COLLINS up looking to deliver a Superkick to the bound COLLINS! AIDAN breaks free at the last possible second causing RANMA to Superkick PAGE! PAGE hits the mat rolling out to the ring apron as COLLINS locks on a front waist lock where he delivers a Northern Light Suplex! COLLINS rolls through picking RANMA up off the mat delivering a second Northern Light Suplex! The crowd roars louder and louder as COLLINS rolls through picking RANMA up off the mat where he delivers a Third Northern Light Suplex with a Bridge! ONE!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- RANMA escapes the near fall to a massive, massive gasp from the crowd!! Out on the floor we see DRAKE KOMODO going under the ring pulling out a black sack while in the ring AIDAN COLLINS lines RANMA up for the Ice Pick!! Out on the floor CHRIS PAGE works his way up to his feet and he's in the corner in which AIDAN is housed. As RANMA starts to get up we see CHRIS reach under the ropes yanking Collin's ankles out from under him! He yanks both of COLLINS ankles pulling him backwards crotching him into the ring post! DRAKE slides into the ring with the black sack in hand where is unties the sack dumping thousands of thumbtacks on the mat!!! KOMODO spins RANMA around where he scoops him up and slams him into the thumbtacks!! The Toronto crowd erupts with a massive ovation as RANMA screams out in pain as he rolls out to the floor with hundreds of thumbtacks in his back. The crowd suddenly responds with a gasp as CHRIS PAGE reaches under the ring and pulls out a BARBWIRE WRAPPED STEEL CHAIR! PAGE slides into the ring with the Barbwire Wrapped Chair in hands! He reaches his feet and as DRAKE spins around we see CCP jab DRAKE in the chest doubling him over for CCP to waffle him across the back with the Barbwire ripping at his flesh! KOMODO hits the mat hard and rolls over on to his back, with this CHRIS bounces off the ropes and uses the Barbwire Chair as an elbow and drops it across the forehead of KOMODO! The crowd roars with loud boo's towards PAGE as he makes the cover hooking the near leg! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- The crowd roars as AIDAN COLLINS dives on top of PAGE breaking the count at the very last possible second!! COLLINS pushes himself up off the mat where he reaches down picking up the Barbwire Wrapped Chair before turning and pointing down at CHRIS PAGE! Toronto erupts loudly as AIDAN raises up the chair in the air as we see CCP start to work his way back to a vertical base with his back towards COLLINS. The fans get louder and louder as CHRIS slowly staggers backwards before turning around and as he starts to turn AIDAN swings for the fences blasting CHRIS PAGE in the face with the Barbwire Wrapped Steel Chair! "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!" echoes throughout the arena as PAGE crumbles to the mat, busted wide open! AIDAN tosses the chair to the side where he survey's the situation and with RANMA on the floor her calls for the ICE PICK once again! The fans are going CRAZY as COLLINS back himself up into a neutral corner as a bloody CHRIS PAGE rolls over on to his chest before pushing himself out of a pool of his own blood! PAGE slowly manages to work his way to a vertical base and as he does COLLINS explodes from the corner with the ICE PICK SPEAR to the upper body of CHRIS PAGE! The crowd roars as COLLINS manages to make the cover hooking the left leg of CHRIS PAGE!! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- NO! It's RANMA with the save as he yanks COLLINS off the cover and back out of the ring!!! RANMA lays COLLINS out with a DDT on the floor!!! Back in the ring both DRAKE and PAGE are down!!! RANMA rolls back into the ring and pulls himself to his feet using the ropes for assistance as a shot of tumbtacks all over his back are picked up by the camera. SAOTOME makes his way over to KOMODO where he picks him up off the mat. DRAKE is driven back into a set of buckles where RANMA hoists him up to the top turnbuckle! RANMA snatches a 3/4 on the neck of DRAKE before bringing him off the middle rope with a 3/4 Neck Breaker!!! RANMA gets to his knee's as he signals "that's it' before executing the cover hooking the legs of KOMODO! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- KOMODO kicked out!!! HOLY SHIT!!!! DRAKE KOMODO is still alive!! There's a massive "DRAKE! DRAKE! DRAKE! DRAKE!" chant that picks up throughout the arena as RANMA cuts his eyes towards the referee signaling for the three count! The referee shows him just how close he was to putting DRAKE KOMODO away. RANMA, showing perhaps a hint of frustration starts to get back to a vertical base. He reaches down picking DRAKE up off the mat puting DRAKE in positon for the SAOTOME SERENADE! Suddenly from out of nowhere DRAKE counters with a swinging neckbreaker! Across the ring CHRIS PAGE starts coming too as he reaches out towards the ropes using them to help him get back to his feet, blood pouring down his face and as he turns around he's clotheslined over the top rope and out to the floor by KOMODO! The crowd is solidly behind DRAKE as he turns and points down at RANMA before running his finger across his throat! DRAKE staggers towards RANMA where he reaches down picking him up off the mat. DRAKE locks in a front face lock before hoisting RANMA up in the air holding him up vertically! Toronto ERUPTS as DRAKE drives RANMA into the mat with a JACKHAMMER! DRAKE makes the cover on SAOTOME! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- RANMA KICKS OUT! The crowd is in complete shock as RANMA kicked out! The fans start to get loud once again as we see AIDAN COLLINS using the ring apron to pull his self up off the floor! DRAKE can't believe it as he pounds the mat out of sheer frustration as he starts to work his way back to a vertical base. He reaches down picking RANMA up off the mat where he rocks him with a hard right hand followed by a chop across the chest! RANMA comes back with a right hand of his own! DRAKE fires back! RANMA fires back! AIDAN COLLINS is shown sliding back into the ring behind DRAKE where he uses the ropes to pull himself to his feet! DRAKE swings with a clothesline, RANMA ducks under neath, COLLINS comes off the ropes with an ICE PICK! RANMA side steps COLLINS causing COLLINS to drill KOMODO with an ICE PICK! RANMA comes up behind COLLINS planting him with the SAOTOME SERENADE! RANMA makes the cover! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- COLLINS is close enough to the ropes to drape his left boot across the bottom rope breaking the referee's count! CHRIS PAGE is shown rollins back into the ring where he crawls over towards DRAKE and manages to get an arm over his chest! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- DRAKE barely pops a shoulder up off the mat! "THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME! THIS IS AWESOME!" echoes throughout the area as we see RANMA back to his feet where he picks AIDAN up off the mat while calling out towards PAGE! CHRIS pushes himself up to a vertical base as RANMA whips AIDAN towards him with an Irish Whip! PAGE drives a boot into the midsection doubleing COLLINS over! CHRIS under hooks AIDAN's arms and looks to drive COLLINS into the mat with the PAGE PLANT! COLLINS suddenly counters with a back body drop to PAGE! He ducks under a RANMA right hand catching RANMA with a superkick! RANMA spills out to the floor! PAGE is back up to a vertical base as COLLINS charges towards him full speed ahead! From out of nowhere CCP hoists COLLINS up in the air before driving him down into the thumbtacks with a Spinbuster Slam!! COLLINS screams out in sheer pain as CHRIS PAGE reaches down picking DRAKE up off the mat where shoots him towards RANMA only to see DRAKE spear himself and RANMA out to the floor!!! The bodies are every where as CHRIS PAGE measures COLLINS, seemingly stalking him as AIDAN starts to pull himseld up and out of the thumb tacks! COLLINS reaches his feet where he staggers backwards only to be spun around by PAGE who plants COLLINS with a boot to the midsection followed by under hooking the arms before driving him into the mat with a thunderous PAGE PLANT! CHRIS is slow to make a cover with all the blood loss yet he crawls over towards COLLINS, rolls him over and makes the cover hooking the left leg. ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THREE- NO!! COLLINS some how, some way finds the strength to kick out!!! Toronto is on fire!!! "AIDAN! AIDAN! AIDAN! AIDAN!" echoes throughout the entire building as CHRIS PAGE can't believe it! PAGE rolls over on to his back looking up at the skies seemingly asking what else does he have to do! PAGE sits up on the mat before working his way back to his feet. The chant for AIDAN only grows as we see DRAKE slide back into the ring where he reaches his feet! He comes up behind PAGE locking in and delivering a Pump Handle Slam on top of the Barbwire Wrapped Steel Chair! "HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!" bellows throughout the entire building as PAGE is now screaming out in pain!! DRAKE covers PAGE!!! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THRE- RANMA SAOTOME reaches into the ring yanking the referee out to the floor at the last possible second saving the match for Long Term Vision! The fans boo intently as this WAR continues on the Main Stage of REUNION. RANMA clutches as his ribs as he climbs up on to the ring apron where he garners the attention of DRAKE. We see KOMODO comes towards RANMA where he runs into a jumping kick to the temple dropping DRAKE to one knee but as DRAKE steps back up RANMA comes over the top rope with a sling shot DDT driving DRAKE head first into the mat!! All four men are laid out as they've given us everything that they've had! The sold out fans come to a standing ovation for all four men as the referee is powerless to execute a standing ten count. RANMA is the first to stir as he rolls back out to the floor dropping to one knee as he goes under the ring apron and pulls out another Table! He slides the Table in the ring before dropping back down to one knee where he goes under the ring pulling out a SECOND table!!! RANMA slides it into the ring before rolling back into the ring his self. We see CHRIS PAGE is slowly starting to come around as he begins to use the rope to pull himself back to his feet. RANMA is shown setting up one Table while PAGE is shown staggering towards the other table where he starts to set it up! PAGE staggers towards COLLINS where he picks him up and lays him across the table while RANMA picks up DRAKE and lays him across the other table. PAGE and Ramna back up into opposite corners where the each hop up on the middle ropes! RANMA comes off the middle ropes with a Swanton Bomb on to DRAKE sending DRAKE crashing through the Table while PAGE comes off the middle rope with a Splash but finds nothing but Table and crashing through to the mat as COLLINS rolls out of the way!!! RANMA makes the cover on DRAKE! ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOUR WINNERS:
RANMA SAOTOME and CHRONIC CHRIS PAGE bump fists and celebrate their victory, but the "LONG TERM VISIONS" party is cut short as suddenly "BLEED IT OUT" by LINKIN PARK hits the speakers and JAMES RAVEN appears atop the stage once again. RAVEN: Relax boys, I'm not starting this one up again. You beat my TRIBESMEN fair and square. Good on ya. Unfortunately, I couldn't let you milk the spotlight for too long... I need to put a bow on this bitch, you understand I'm sure? It feels like people have been waiting two weeks for this show. CHRIS PAGE nods, and RANMA motions for RAVEN to do what he needs to do. They step back into the turnbuckle and relax, content to watch whatever is about to happen. DRAKE and AIDAN are seated in the opposite corner, recovering and equally interested. RAVEN: I want to thank the four of you, along with everyone else that participated in tonight's show. This was a labor of love for me, a passion project to get the men that I bled with for a good portion of my life back in a ring... but it wasn't until I had already gotten the ball rolling that I realized WHY this had become so important to me. He pauses. RAVEN: I've been out of wrestling for years, but it wasn't totally by choice. I felt like something had been taken away from me the day SHANE CARVER took over the XWF, and purged so many of us from the record books. It actively hurt me to participate in this sport when I couldn't go back and see any of the work I had done before, or relive the greatest rivalries and accomplishments of my life. I tried to keep the passion elsewhere, but it was never the same to climb another companies mountain when I had seen the view from the summit of the XWF and built such a legacy with my friends, and my loved ones. He pauses again. RAVEN: One of the unforeseen benefits of this show was the people that it put me in touch with again, and the bridges that it helped me rebuild. The crowd begins to murmur; what is he saying? RAVEN: As some of you may know, a month or two ago, I returned to the XWF. WHAT THE HELL?! The crowd explodes, some furious and some excited. RAVEN: It was a secret at first. I wore a mask, I wrestled as NATHAN LUCAS and beat up on PETER GILMOUR for old times sake. It wasn't for no reason, though. See, CARVER hasn't had the easiest time since he sent us all packing... and he found himself backed into a corner, with nobody to help him, and so I extended my hand for a price, and I'd bring a friend with me...
"MY NAMES JON BROWN BROWN BABY JON BROWN!"
OH MY GOD! IT'S THE HEART AND SOUL OF THE XWF! JONATHYN BROWN! HE'S JOINED JAMES RAVEN ON STAGE! JON BROWN: Miss me? The crowd is going absolutely nuts! JON BROWN IS HERE IN TORONTO!! RAVEN: That's right, I tag teamed with JON "FUCKING" BROWN! JON winces. JON BROWN: Please, watch the language. It's not my bag. RAVEN: Right, my bad. Back to the story, I spoke to CARVER and offered to help rid him of a problem he was having, and JON BROWN would come along to help... but there was something we wanted in return. We wanted our history back. All of it. JON BROWN: I've never pretended to be a wrestler, but when RAVEN told me what CARVER was offering I couldn't help but do what I had to for the company I built, the family I nurtured... the XWF Universe. There's a loud pop. JON BROWN: We can't drag this out any longer. Hit them with it. RAVEN: I feel like you should. It's only right. JON BROWN: Thanks, but no. You made the deal. You carried that match. You put this show together. You do it. The crowd cheers, will somebody please tell us what the hell is going on here?!?! RAVEN: SHANE CARVER has turned over the original XWF webshell to me, and we've regained access to a mass quantity of XWF Classic programming. We have old websites, the original HALL OF LEGENDS and TOP 50 LISTS, tournaments, event posters... and we'll be making it all public, so that anybody who felt the same void I did; that something had been taken from them... can finally feel a bit more complete. OH! MY! GOD! RAVEN: Stay tuned ladies and gentlemen, because launching soon from RAVENS NEST MEDIA; the XWF Network! But that won't be all... JON BROWN: Wait, what? I thought that was it? That was all you told me we were out here to do. JAMES winks at JON, his former boss. RAVEN: JON... please... you always leave them with something to come back for. You taught me that. Have a good night folks, thanks for coming. I hope you enjoyed the show. JON and JAMES head back stage, whispering to each other off mic. The crowd roars loudly as "REUNION" flashes on the tron, and a pyro display goes off on the stage. |
