The crowd look at their Gauntlet programmes and realise the announcer is going to announce the Hardkore title match. This makes immediately hype up for it, as them they know its going to be one of the most entertaining matches of the night. 

Kave: Now we have……oh my god….look at what we have Bret!

Bret: Jesus!!! This is going to be insane…

The Cell gets lowered down slowly on top of the ring, causing plentiful cheers from the audience members.

Kave: This is going to be an all out war, absolutely no doubting that!

Battle Star hits the arena, as Mystara paces down with a smug grin on his face, and a wheelbarrow full of hardcore items, most noticeably a pair of handcuffs. The crowd meet the former Bad Blood member with an icy response: but Mystara smiles throughout. He gets in side of the cell, and then the ring. He runs side to side, from rope to rope, warming up. He holds his high sticks high in the air, as he stops in the middle, resulting in another large amount of booing from the angry audience.

Kave: Well here’s the original Hardkore number 1 contender…..

Bret: And the person I betted on! Well I betted on them all so I wouldn’t lose but I had I really want Mystara to win!.

Kave: Loyalty rules!

Words from a Mysteriously Eerie voice, and a spooky background theme hits as the arena gets plunged into darkness. The voice seems to describe what is going to happen to his opponents. At the end..it says “Mystara…watch your back Mystara!” and then suddenly, all lights are turned on, and Azazel is behind Mystara in the ring.

Kave: Here we go!! Get up from underneath the table Bret…..

Bret: Er…sorry…..dropped my pen…

Azazel turns Mystara around, as the crowd hype up, and Azazel hits hard right hand jabs to his opponent. Mystara however counters with a kick to the midsection, and then hits a neckbreaker on Azazel. He then rolls him nearer the ropes.

Kave: Oh…what is Mystara doing now? Before the match has even started!

Mystara then smiles as he realises where Azazel is; right next to the ropes and dazed. Mystara grins even wider, as he turns to the audience, and retrieves out of his pocket a pair of handcuffs like he did last week to Azazel.

Kave: Not again!

The crowd boo and cheer at the same time; booing at Mystara but cheering at the prospect of some more very Hardkore wrestling. Mystara latches half of the cuffs onto Azazels wrist, and then readies himself to attach the other handcuff to the rope. He smiles sadistically throughout, as he approaches the ropes ready to latch the other half on. However, Azazel recovers, and then drives his arm back, and smashes his wrist against Mystaras head, which does amazing damage due to the fact that Azaels wrist has the metal handcuff strapped around it.

Bret: Wooooohooooo! Good stuff!

The crowd begins to cheer, as Azael continues hitting Mystara with his metal clad wrist. The crowd begin to count to ten, as Azaeal gets ten hits on Mystara with it, bloodying up Mystara completely, and laying him out on the floor. Azael uses the time he has to begin biting into the handcuff to get it off.

Kave: Doesn’t get much more Hardkore than that! Eating chains!

Bret: Pff….that’s not hardcore. I do it all the time. Chains on toast, cant beat it.

Azazel then waits patiently, realising he isn’t going to get the handcuffs off. He gets a good ovation off the crowd, as he signals the “come on out” sign with his hand, to the aisle. His signal is met by  the song Take A Look Around by Limp Bizkit blurring out the huge speakers, and the crowd going absolutely mental.  Out of the doors, comes Justin Vincible with Goldham at his side. Vincible has a huge smile on his face when staring into the eyes of Azazel and Azazel responds with a deadly serious look into both Goldham and Vincible. The music stops when Vincible and Goldham are about half way up however, and then a shadowy figure comes out behind them, holding a ladder horizontally across his chest. The man is immediately recognizes as Poet, who runs down fast with the ladder, and uses the ladder is holding to knock down both Vincible and Goldham. The crowd jeer at the Poet, who then drops the ladder, and begins focussing kicks to the grounded body of Vincible. Azazel watches and laughs at everything that’s going on.

Bret: Woah………this is one helluva Hardkore match before it even starts!

Kave: Too right…..the champion isn’t even out yet.

Soon, Poets kicks to Vincible are interrupted by Goldham, who gets up, and then hits a German Suplex on Poet. Vincible also rises, and they both begin to pummel Poet, who is more or less unconscious already.  Goldham is warderned off by referees and agrees to leave the Hardkore match to itself. He does a bow to the audience, and then leaves, clutching his back from the ladder shot by Poet. Vincible rolls the dazed Poet into the cell, and then into the ring. Vincible gets up to stretch off the ladder shot which Poet inflicted on him. But before he can, Azael  hits him hard, in the back of the head with Mystaras barbed wire steel chair.

Bret: Get up Vincible you wuss!

Kave: He just got hit by a steel chair with sharp metal wire wrapped around it Kave…..

Bret: Pff…I’d take that! I’m Hardkore! I eat barbed wire steel chairs for breakfast!

Kave: You eat chains on toast…barbed wire steel chairs….can’t be too good for your digestive system!

Azael is the only person out of the four standing in the ring. He smiles, as he looks at all the broken bodies, and then lifts his hand up to the crowd but gets a mixed reaction. Mystara however, bloodied faced and weary before the bell has even rang, sneaks up behind Azaeal. Azaeal quickly picks up the steel chair, and gets ready to hit Mystara. But Mystara dropkicks the steel chair into Azaeal’s face, completely knocking him out. However, the chair rebounds back to hit Mystara in the face, putting him to the ground. All 4 men then lie in the ring, all showing no signs of getting up.

Bret: God this is exciting to watch….4 men having a nap.

Kave: I think they’re hurt!

The crowd get anxious and wait for something to happen, but none of the superstars show any signs of getting up. The crowds attention is so glued to the ring, that they get the shock of their lives as “The Way I Am” by Eminem bursts out of the speakers. The crowd go frantic, as the Hardkore champion finally makes his appearance in the arena. Smiling, and walking down slowly to the ring, Double D laughs at his opponents all beat up in the ring, whilst Double D still doesn’t have a bead of sweat coming off him.

Kave: The Hardkore champion! Finally this match will get properly underway!

Bret: God…took his time didn’t he?

Double D slowly enters the cell, and then the ring. He laughs again deeply at his opponents, as he rolls up the nearest person, Justin Vincible, into a pinning move. The fans cheer, and the MATCH START bell rings, and the ref begins counting.

Bret: Surely the match can’t finish 3 seconds after it’s started!

The crowd join in with the referees slow count; “1……..2……………..”

Kave: Vincible’s legs on the rope!

Bret: Hah!

The crowd go “ooooohh” as the referee stops the count after seeing Vincibles leg on the rope. Double D stands up, and looks very frustrated. He paces around the ring  but doesn’t notice Azael and Mystara who have both got up. They put their arms together, and Double D gets hit with a double clothesline before he can even turn around. Mystara and Azazel then go to tag hands, in a gesture of friendship but both wrestlers have other plans, and go to kick each other. Mystara quickly realises and plants a left hand on Azazel’s head.

Bret: No friends here. Except me and you Kave, of course.

Kave: I wouldn’t say we were friends.

Bret: W-w-what?

Kave: We’re just associates man.

Bret: Oh right…..(Bret puts his heads in his hands)…

Kave: Are you crying???

Bret: No…not me…must have a lil something in my eyes……

Kave: Yeah right! Just watch the bloody match.

Double D slowly recovers in the corner, and watches Mystara hit Azael with a crushing piledriver onto the barbed wire steel chair, and Poet bashing Vincibles head with Mystaras short sticks. Both Mystara and Poet go for the pins. Double D quickly alerts himself.

Kave: If either of these gets the pin, Double D loses the title!

The One count is counted on Azazel by Mystara. Double D dives on Mystara to stop it. And then, he quickly turns his attention to the ongoing count on Vincible by Poet.

 

Kave: 2!

 

Bret: Thre…..

 

Double D lunges over to the other side of the ring, and stops the count, resulting in a “phew” from the capacity audience. Double D gets up and grabs two trash can lids. He proceeds to smash one into the head of Mystara and the other onto Poet, one by one, each time resulting in an “oooh” from the audience, and a louder cheer. Both Mystara and Poet get dizzied and stumble in front of Double D, who uses both the trash can lids to squash there heads together, and the audience laugh. Double D salutes with the trash can lids high in the air and the crowd go absolutely nuts.

Bret: Hehehe, Mystara and Poets head make quite a musical sound when smashed together with trash can lids! It should be an instrument in an orchestra.

Kave: I don’t think Mystara and Poet would hold kindly to having their heads smashed together just for the aid of music!

Bret: Pfffff!

Double D turns his attention to the still floored Azazel, and Vincible joins him in stomping a mud hole in him. Double D quickly goes for the pin on the grounded Azazel, but Vincible drags Double D off with one leg, and then locks in….

Kave: Ankle Lock! It’s over!

Double D cries out in anguish as Justin Vincible smiles, while pulling tighter on the leg of the Hardkore legend. However, the referee has his attention turned to the other three participants, who are brawling near the cage, on the outside of the ring. The referee attempts to break this up, as Double D taps out to the Ankle Lock in the ring.

Bret: New Hardkore champion?

Kave: No referee to administer!

Azazel and Poet continue to brawl, but Mystara separates himself from the two and rolls into the ring, grabs Justin Vincibles hair, and pulls him out of the hold, runs with him to the ropes and hurls him over the ropes, as Vincible goes face first right into the steel. Mystara stands triumphant in the ring, and goes for the pin on Double D. He counts the pin himself, laughs, and gets up. The referee is still on the outside, so Mystara wraps the Hardkore belt around his own waist and salutes the crowd. The crowd boo him uncontrollably, as he goes to each turnbuckle and climbs up them.

Bret: Wahey! New Hardkore champion!

Kave: No way! He didn’t actually get the pin. He’s not a qualified referee, so his 3 count doesn’t mean a thing.

Bret: I’m sure Mystara is a qualified referee. I mean why would he claim to be the champ? He’s not like that; he’s a Reaper! He’s just too sweet!!!

Kave: Er…moving away slowly as usual.

Azazel sneaks up on Mystara though, and strips him of the belt, and then begins whipping him across the face with it. Azazel then straps it around his own waist. Vincible and Poet are fighting on the outside, as Vincible sidewalk slams Poet right onto the steel steps. Double D is recovering, and receives boots from the man wearing the title, Azazel. Mystara is clearly worse for wear, Vincible enters the ring and he runs right into Azazel and spears him right out of the ring, and the two competitors both bang their heads against the cell, resulting in all wrestlers being on the floor. Poet is the first to get up, and he crawls into the ring, and lays on top of Double D.

Kave: ONE!!!!!!!!!

Bret: TWO!!!!!!!!!

Kave: NOOOOO! Not this time!

Double D barely manages to get a leg up, and Poet gets annoyed. He goes under the ring, and the fans excite slightly at the first site of tables. Poet lays it in the middle of the ring, and he drags him and Double D to the corner. He sits on the top turnbuckle, and sets Double D up for the Jack-knife power bomb. He aims at the table and……

Bret: POETRY IN MOTION! RIGHT THROUGH THE TABLE!

Kave: I think we’re going to see some Poetic Justice next……

Poet stands up tall on the top turnbuckle and focuses himself to hit the broken body of Double D. However, Azazel rises from being hit into the cage, and whilst Mystara hits a powerbomb to the body of Justin Vincible on the outside, Azazel climbs up the turnbuckle behind Poet, unbalancing him so his groin hits the turnbuckle, resulting in an “oooooh” from the crowd, and then standing directly behind the seated Poet.

Kave: What the hell is this?

Azazel sets Poet up from behind, and then lifts him high and hits…..

Bret: Insomnia! Pump Handle Slam from the Top Rope right onto the body of Double D.

Mystara is shown on the outside hitting Justin Vincible with the short sticks, but Vincible stops him, and chops him in the chest. Then, Vincible kicks Mystara in the stomach, sets him up for the Somoan Drop, and hits the DVD! The second referee in the cell goes to make the count. However, Azazel dives through the ropes, and hits a flying Spear on the second referee to stop the count.

Kave: Oh my god!

Bret: I’d think of something witty to say right now, but all wrestlers are bloody messes, and now the referee is! This is really brutal.

Kave: Too right!

Vincible begins to punch Azazel in the gut, whilst all the other 3 wrestlers are down. Vincible smashes Azazel’s head into the cell, eventually so hard that the cell gains a hole in the side. Upon seeing this, Vincible tosses Azazel to one side, unstraps him of the Hardkore belt and puts it on. He then, using brute strength, makes the hole in the cell big enough for him to fit thru.

Bret: Vincible’s nishing!

Kave: Nish?

Bret: Leaving!

Vincible waves goodbye to the 4 injured competitors in the cell, completely ignores officials trying to get him back in the cage, and walks down the ramp with the Hardkore title.

Kave: What the hell……new Hardkore champion?

Bret: Nothings official, Vincible’s just running away with it!

Vincible slowly paces down the ramp, to cheering fans, honestly believing he is the new Hardcore title holder. Nowone seems to be getting up, until Double D gets up and looks completely energised. He runs as fast as he can, out of the cell, and up the aisle, and just before Vincible can go through the door, he hits him with a clothesline to the back of the head, knocking him down to the ground. “Get up!” Double D shouts, as the fans go wild.

Kave: New leash of life in the champion!

As Vincible tries to crawl away, all he finds is Double D who takes the Hardkore belt from him, and sets him up near the edge of the stage.

Kave: No DD……don’t do it!

Vincible is lifted high up in the power bomb position, and then dropped, 20 feet down to the side of the stage. The Hardkore champion smiles, and looks at the lifeless body of Vincible, before heading back to the ring.

Bret: I cant believe what I just seen…..this has gone too far! I mean only Hardkore legends like me would be fit at points like this.

Kave: Hardkore legends? I don’t remember you ever winning the title in the 4wf.

Bret: You’re getting old Kave! I am 19 time Hardkore champion. Don’t deny it!

Kave: Hmmmmm…..

Double D smiles and raises a hand to the fans, as he takes one of the announce tables, and using pure strength, throws it up onto the top of the cage.

Kave: This does not look good at ALL.

The fans cheer as Double D climbs on top of the cell slowly but surely, and finally reaches the top. He then taps his foot, and looks down on the three injured superstars below him. He raises a hand to the fans, who all do the same, as he is so high up, everyone in the crowd can see him.

Kave: What is this guy doing! On top of the cell……its too bloody dangerous!

All 4 of the other superstars are lying down, injured still. Poet holds the leg which he landed on when being hit with the Insomnia by Azazel;  Vincible is lifeless at the side of the stage; Azazel is unconscious due to Vincible using him as a hammer on the cage; Mystara is slowly rising though.  Mystara stands up, clearly dizzy, and immediately spots the hole in the cage. Double D indicates that he wants Mystara to come up. An angry Mystara squeezes through the hole, and brings his barbed wire chair with him, as he climbs slowly up the cell, to fight Double D. Once he reaches the top, he runs straight for Double D but Double D ducks and sets him up in the Samoan drop position.

Bret: English Slam on top of the cell, perhaps?

Kave: Doesn’t look too good for Mystara.

Double D paces around the top of the cell, holding Mystara in the Samoan drop position. He gets to the edge, ready to throw him off with the English Slam. However, Mystara gets out of this predicament by going over the shoulder of Double D, and coming up behind him. Mystara then executes a inverted neck breaker on the top of the cell.

Bret: Look at this scene! 4 men completely wiped out, only Mystara is standing and he is on top of the cage!

Kave: You’re right Bret…but what the hell is Mystara doing now.

Mystara slowly paces around, and smiles as he looks at the barbed wire steel chair he dropped. As the blood drips from his head, he picks it up, but instead of hitting Double D with it, he puts it in the middle. The crowd talk to each other in confusion, as Mystara slowly paces around the top of the cell, and picks up the table, setting it up so that the chair is directly below it. The crowd cheer for the prospect of some more action.

Bret: What’s he going to do? Knowing Mystara he’ll just put Double D on the table to give him some rest. That’s the Reaperz way! Kind to the end.

Kave: Hmmm…

Mystara then rolls the fazed Double D on to the table, and then stands on it himself, and lets out a deep laugh, giving the crowd another reason to continue their booing.

Kave: Table….then barbed wire chair……then top of cell……surely he’s not going to do what I think he is going to do.

Bret: Well what else is he going to do with them exactly!!!

Mystara drags the head of Double D, so that both competitors are standing up on the table, high above the crowd. Mystara kicks Double D in the gut, and then sets him up in the pedigree position.

Kave: No way!!

Bret: Yes way!!!

Mystara then lifts one hand up, and signals it against his throat, signalling the end of the match. The crowd let out an onslaught of boos, but it doesn’t stop Mystara for jumping high up with Double D in between his legs. The crowd look on, as Mystara executes the table/steel chair/cage pedigree on his opponent, Double D.

Kave: I CANT BELIEVE HE DID THAT!

Bret: It’s made the cage cave in slightly! What a move!

Double D is unconscious on top of wreckage from the table, the chair and the cage, which has been caved in almost a foot towards the ring. The tally of unconscious wrestlers is now 4, with only Mystara on his two feet. Mystara then goes for the pin on Double D.

Bret: It’s over…..

Kave: But where are the two referees?

One of the referee sees what is going on and climbs up the cell, at a slow pace. Mystara shouts “Hurry the fuck up!” to the referee, which results in a “OOOOOOO!” from the crowd. The referee finally reaches the top of the cell, and begins the count.

1…………..

2……………..

Kave: DOUBLE D KICKED OUT!!!

Bret: That cant be right!

Mystara growls very loud, and then goes for the referee, as the two begin a cat and mouse chase around the top of the cell. Mystara gives up after a while, and begins to stare at the broken body of Double D and laughs. “He is Hardkore?? Don’t make me laugh!” he shouts loudly to the audience, resulting in things being thrown at him but not reaching him. Mystara then notices the Poet climbing up one side of the cell, and Mystara does the “bring it on!” sign.

Kave:  Mystara is waiting for Poet patiently.

Bret: But he hasn’t noticed Azazel climbing the other side!!

Mystara gets ready to hit Poet, as he reaches the top of the cell, but Poet simply points to Azazel, who is right behind Mystara. Mystara laughs.

Kave: Mystara isn’t going to fall for the old “look behind you” trick……although I think he should.

Mystara then doesn’t turn round, as Azazel picks up the chair, and smashes it over the back of the head of Mystara with a huge thud, which starts off Mystaras head bleeding again. Poet and Azazel begin punching each other, as the crowd go crazy for the series of events that just happened.

Kave: 4 men on top of the bloody cell! Who’d of thought it would of turned out this way?

Bret: Me!

Kave: Did you really, or are you just saying that to sound good in front of the viewers?

Bret: No! Here…..I wrote it down before the match started.

Bret quickly writes down a note saying “4 men on cell towards end.”

Kave: Not at all suspicious!

Azazel then goes for Poet with a kick to the stomach. He D.D.TS him onto the cage, making the dent in it even larger. Azazel continues working on the head of Poet, by stomping it. The crowd are cheering constantly throughout. The camera switches though, to the aisle, and Vincible is seen slowly walking towards the cell.

Bret: Looks like Vincible isn’t in a great mood.

Kave: Well would you be after being powerbombed off the stage?

Vincible looks up to the cage, but before he joins the others on top, he stops to think. He looks under the ring and brings out a sack. He sprinkles the floor with thumb tacks, and the crowd give a gasp of shock. Vincible climbs up to the top of the cell, and observes Azazel putting Poet in a rollup pin. Before the count can get past 1, Vincible pulls the referees away from the two. Azazel then snap suplexes Poet on top of the cage, and then turns his attention to Vincible. They lock up, as Vincible gets Azazel in a headlock, and then bulldogs him right to the edge of the cell.

Kave: Ohh Vincible recovered completely so it seems.

Vincible stands up and looks at the Poet, who took a fair amount of  pain from the snap suplex. Vincible looks at the audience, and they cheer him on, as he lifts up the right leg of Poet, and then proceeds to snap on the Ankle Lock.  The camera switches to show Vincible high above the other competitors, all grounded on top of the cage.

Kave: If nowone gets up, this one is OVER!

Vincible pulls tighter, but he sees Azazel rising again. He then lets go of the hold, just as Poet is about to tap. Azazel runs at him with a clothesline, but Vincible ducks, and then tosses Azazel over his shoulder. He paces near to the end of the cage and looks down at the tacks below him near the announcers table

Bret: NO WAY!

The crowd go crazy, as Vincible spins Azazel towards the end. Azazel is about to fly off the cage but…..

Kave: AZAZEL HOLDS ONTO VINCIBLE!!!

Both superstars plummet 20 foot down onto the tacks near the announcers table. The crowd gasp, and all attempt to get a closer look at the wreckage that has just occurred.

Kave: Now would be a good opportunity for Poet to pin Mystara or Double D……

Poet gets up, and looks down at Vincible and Azazel, and laughs. He then looks down and breathes in deeply.

Bret: Just get the pin Poet!!

Poet then lifts his hands high in the air and gets very near the edge of the cell.

Kave: This crowd are anxious! What is he going to do?

Poet then readies himself, and looks to the audience. He smiles, and then jumps off the cage, flipping once in the air, and ending up in a frog splash. The crowd go absolutely wild, but Poet is also hurt from this move…badly.

Kave: I cannot believe what I have just seen!

Bret: Poet just hit the Poetic Justice from the top of the cell, hurting the already unconscious Azazel and Vincible. Now all 5 members are knocked out…..again!

The three Bret mentioned are lying around 3 feet from each other, all completely unconscious. Mystara and Double D are still knocked out on top of the cell. However, Mystara is slowly but surely getting back to his feet.

Kave: If Mystara can get down there….he wins the title his title…because the other 4 have no chance of getting up.

Bret: Wait…Double D’s getting to his feet……

Mystara dizzily paces around the top of the cage, and then looks down at the 3 people put through tables, Azazel, Vincible and Poet. He then mouths the words “what the fuck went on?”, and continues looking while wiping the blood of his face.

Kave:  What’s going on?

Bret: Double D is up! Mystara look outttttttttttt!!!

Kave: Calm it!

Double has proceeded to get himself up behind the back of Mystara, and is now pacing himself up in a rugby tackle position. The unaware Mystara turns around, and Double D charges full force and…..

Kave: OH MY GOD!!!!

Bret: SPEAR OFF THE TOP OF THE CAGE!!!

Double D rugby tackles a confused Mystara 20 foot down to the ground. In mid-air however, the two separate and Double D falls away from the other 3 competitors by around 5 feet, but Mystara drops right onto Poet.

Kave: Wait a second….is what I think going to happen going to happen?

Bret: Er…..what you on?

Kave: Sorry, came out a bit mental that.

The crowd get a little bit confused, dying down from their hype after seeing the Spear from the cell by Double D. They watch the 5 superstars, who are all motionless, Mystara having the advantage as he is lying across Poet in the pinning position.

Bret: Wait……I see what’s happened! Surely Mystara can’t win the match after being just completely broken by Double D.

Kave: Double D got broken too……and the refs coming down from the top of the cage!!!

The crowd boo as one of the referees climbs down the cage, hurriedly and jumps down the last few feet. He readies himself to count for the unconscious Mystara……

Kave: No way!

Crowd: 1!!!

Bret: Yes way!!!

Crowd: 2!!!!

Bret: New hardcore champion!!!

Crowd: 3!!!!!!!!!!!! 

The crowd launch a mass of booing, as the unconscious Mystara is lifted up by the referee, and his hand is raised. Battle Star hits, and the camera switches to the five unconscious men. Mystara gets lifted up by officials, and taken to the backstage earlier, still not aware at all about anything that went on since he was on top of the cage.

Kave: I can’t believe it…Mystara just pinned Poet…by accident!

Bret: Pf, Mystara knew. He’s so intelligent!

Kave: I’m pretty sure it was by accident Bret! He got thrown off the cage before hand.

Bret: He meant it like that!

As the music dies down, the 3 superstars, Azazel, Poet, and Justin Vincible are taken away, with a strange impression on their faces; they still don’t know that they’ve lost! The scene then switches to Double D, who gets to his feet.

Kave: He wont be in a good mood!

The officials try to take Double D out of the way, but he lunges fists at them , and they soon back off. Double D has a bewildered look on his face, realising that he must of lost the title. He then approaches the crowd, bloodied face and all, and lifts a fist high in the air, and shouts “I AM THE ONLY TRUE HARDKORE!!” and the fans give him the biggest ovation of the night, out of respect for a man who was unlucky to lose to his own move in that fight.

Kave: Huge round of applause for the man, who took more punishment than anyone in that match, and even hit the final stunning move of it.

Bret: But he lost because of that! Hahahah!!

The Way I Am hits the speakers, as the crowd give the two time hardcore champion a standing ovation. He raises his hands throughout, until he reaches the lockeroom.

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