( EAW intro plays…. )
( RECAP – The “Showdown” logo sting briefly appears. TLA and Limmy Monaghan begin Showdown stating they intend to walk out of Super Showdown as the EAW Answers World Champion. Hayashi Sakura and Olivia Tate fight to a draw for the opening match. The next match sees EAW Hardcore Champion Charlie Marr face Usagi Senshi. Amir Yusuf attempts to attack Charlie at ringside, but is unsuccessful. However the distraction gets Marr counted out, giving Usagi Senshi the victory. Lucas Knight says he will be giving the opportunity to face Aurora Munroe after Grand Rampage. He dismisses his opponent, and walks away from his match with Corbin Hyde. Hyde picks a fight with Rogues Gallery, and gets outnumbered until Aurora Munroe makes the save. An unhappy Veena Adams announces she will make a statement at Super Showdown. Ronan Malosi goes face-to-face with Amir Yusuf. Marr slides into the ring and tries to hit Yusuf with a steel chair while the referee is unconscious. He accidentally hits Malosi, and Yusuf is able to take advantage and leave as the winner. Theron Nikolas comes out to state his intentions as we head closer towards Pain For Pride and Grand rampage. He throws a challenge at Kassidy Heart, but his challenge is surprisingly answered by Xander Payne. Xander Payne and Theron Nikolas exchange wits before they both agree on facing each other at Super Showdown. Harper Lee comes down to be the special guest commentator for the main event between Lexi and Kassidy. Kassidy Heart submits Lexi, but she refuses to let go of the “Thank U, Next” submission hold. Harper Lee breaks the hold, and a fight break out between both Elitists. Crew members are needed to contain and break the fight apart. To close the show, Adam Lucas comes out to make an apology for his appalling acts last week. Impact tries to intervene in the apology, but Hawk warns him that he will have to earn his PFP opportunity only through the Grand Rampage match. Ryan Wilson abruptly appears and confronts Adam Lucas. Wilson aims to get a receipt of the disrespect Lucas gave to him on Voltage weeks ago. He low blows, and lays him out with the small package piledriver before announcing that he will be Adam Lucas’ opponent at Super Showdown. The last shot of the recap video is Ryan Wilson standing over Adam Lucas. )
( It opens up to a panning shot of the sold-out attendance in Mexico City Arena. Blue and white fireworks begin to illuminate the inside of the venue. “WE WRESTLE” chants reverberate as the atmosphere for tonight’s Showdown event is unmatched. The camera continues to pan throughout various sections of the diehard fans before it eventually focuses in on Eve, Deadprez, and Gavin Kirkland standing by ringside with microphones in their hand ready to report. All three announcers wear suits with matching colors of the Mexican flag. Eve wears a red and black suit, Gavin Kirkland wears a white suit with the mexican flag painted on his face, and Deadprez wears a blue suit. )Gavin Kirkland: NOSOTRAS LUCHASMOS!! WOOOO!!!
Deadprez: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!! WE CONTINUE ON OUR TOUR THROUGH MEXICO AS WE ARE LIVE IN THE MEXICO CITY ARENA! WE PRESENT TO YOU ANOTHER WEEK OF THE PREMIERE PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING BRAND IN THE SECOND EVER SUPER SHOWDOWN!! THIS IS THE CHAMPIONS SHOWCASE EDITION WHERE!CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE ON THE LINE AS WE PLAN TO BRING YOU THE MOST HISTORIC SHOWDOWN EPISODE OF ALL TIME!
Eve: WHO WILL WALK INTO GRAND RAMPAGE AS THE CHAMPIONS! Charlie Marr and Amir Yusuf’s saga comes to a conclusion with the EAW Hardcore Championship on the line. We go pure as Kassidy Heart and Harper Lee collide in a match where there are only pinfalls and submissions only! Voltage’s Ryan Wilson faces Adam Lucas in an old school, traditional grudge match! We get a dream match between Xander Payne and Theron Nikolas! The EAW Answers World Championship is up for grabs in the main event between Limmy Monaghan and TLA. This is a star-student showdown from top to bottom, and we are excited to be the voice of tonight’s show!
Gavin Kirkland: Estoy tan emocionado de comentar sobre la biblioteca!!! NOSOTROS LUCHAMOS!! NOSOTROS LUCHAMOS!! NOSOTROS LUCHAMOS! WE WRESTLE!! WE WRESTLES!! WE WRESTLE!!
(The camera pans to Hurricane Hawk in the ring, the fans on their feet.)
Hurricane Hawk: Wow, Mexico City, now that’s what I call a noise. Each and every week, the fans of the blue brand show why we ARE the premier brand in EAW, because first and foremost WE WRESTLE. I want to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone of you for buying a ticket and spending your hard-earned cash on merchandise because I assure you I, and every single wrestler in the back appreciates you for it. I want to welcome you all to Super Showdown and assure you that you are about to experience one of the most exciting nights in Showdown history.
(The crowd pops again, bringing another smile to Hawk’s face.)
Gavin Kirkland: Cue a bore fest.
Eve: Ever the optimist.
Deadprez: I wouldn’t know, I never listen.
Hurricane Hawk: Tonight, we have one of the most packed cards you will ever see with matches such as Lexi versus Usagi Senshi, and Charlie Marr versus Amir Yusef for the prestigious Hardcore Championship. We will bear witness to the legendary Kassidy Heart face Harper Lee in a match where only pinfalls or submission can give you the victory. But that’s not all, in a battle for brand supremacy, our own Theron Nikolas will go one on one against Dynasty’s Xander Payne. And by the same token, it’s Showdown versus Voltage, as Adam Lucas takes on Ryan Wilson.
(Boos ring out at the sound of Ryan’s name.)
Deadprez: Partisan crowd here tonight for their Blue Brand Elitists!
Eve: No surprise in that!
Gavin Kirkland: Still the greatest General Manager ever!
Hurricane Hawk: And who can forget our main event here in Mexico City… as Limmy Monaghan challenges the Answers World Champion T…L…A…
(The fans roar, louder than before to their hometown hero, Hawk nodding his head in agreement.)
Hurricane Hawk: And there will be so much more as the Showdown Elitists make their statements ahead of Grand Rampage, looking to mark their cards for Pain for Pride.
Deadprez: It’s an exciting time no question. Time for a lot of people to put up or shut up!
Gavin Kirkland: I wish he’d shut up and let’s just get to the action!
Deadprez: Bit harsh.
Gavin Kirkland: But oh, so very true.
Hurricane Hawk: And talking of Adam Lucas…
(The crowd pops, but the camera pans to Kirkland who is seen rolling his eyes.)
Gavin Kirkland: Oh look, Hurricane Hawk in tongue up Adam’s ass, shocker.
Deadprez: He’s not even said anything yet!
Gavin Kirkland: But we all know he is about to.
Hurricane Hawk: I know that many of you were shocked by his actions, but he has paid for his indiscretions and that is the end of it. I’m glad that he was a big enough man to admit his mistakes and own up to them, and his apology is sentiment to him, and what we are trying to achieve here on Showdown. I only wish that there were others on this roster big enough to do the same, because even though Adam apologized, there is no doubt in my mind that Impact had a lot to do with the events that transpired. I…
Voice: Sorry to break up the Days of Our Lives moment…
(Boos ring out as Impact walks through the curtain and onto the stage.)
Gavin Kirkland: Yes… someone I can get behind at last!
Impact: I know… see Hawk, these fans think you are full of shit as well.
(With a chuckle he starts to make his way down the ramp, evading anyone who tries to touch him. Hawk just watches as Impact walks around the ramp and up the steps, bending through the strands.)
Impact: See Hawk, these fans know it. Gavin Kirkland knows it…
(The camera pans to Gavin who is nodding.)
Impact: And I sure as hell know it. Adam Lucas is categorically, one hundred percent the epitome of everything that is wrong with this sport, and why this ideology of ‘we wrestle’ will never gain any traction.
Hurricane Hawk: Is that right?
Impact: It is. This new blood that you keep speaking of. The ‘future’ of this company. The bright new ‘era’. None of them are capable of being the person you are going to need them to be. Everyone keeps banging on about my age, and why I still carry on. THEY are the reason why Hawk. I have to hang around because otherwise Showdown wouldn’t be worth shit. And you would be out of a job. They are not built like I am, I proved that at Dia Del Diablo, and instead of disrespecting me, you should be thanking me. For keeping this brand afloat.
(He chuckles at the boos, but his eyes never leave Hawks.)
Impact: In truth Hawk, and I say this with the greatest of respect, you are the luckiest son of a bitch alive. Since at Pain for Pride I will become the Answers World Champion and once again save this company from ruin. Can Adam Lucas do that Hawk?
(Hawk nods his head, firmly believing that he can.)
Impact: No Hawk… NO HE CAN’T. There is only…
(To Impacts surprise, Hawk cuts him off rudely and abruptly)
Hurricane Hawk: There’s only one, ten times, no one else… I’ve heard it so many times before Impact. You TOLD me you’d beat Kassidy Heart, but it took TLA to do your job for you. You TOLD me that you’d beat Adam Lucas, but the result was dubious at best.
Impact: Dubious… I sliced and diced that motherfu-
Hurricane Hawk: NO Impact… now I’m going to talk, and YOU are going to listen.
(Impact’s eyes widen stunned by the audacity.)
Hurricane Hawk: You want to be the big man, the tough guy on canvas, then I’m going to make you prove it. If what you have isn’t enough for you, then how’s about this? I put your spot at Pain for Pride on the line at Grand Rampage?
Impact: WHAT???
Hurricane Hawk: You heard me. You reckon carrying this company on your shoulders, win Grand Rampage. Because if you don’t, whoever does… will take your place on the grandest stage of them all… PAIN FOR PRIDE!!
(The crowd roars, as Impact looks totally stunned.)
Deadprez: Hawk just tore Impact a new asshole!
Gavin Kirkland: How the hell is that fair?
Eve: Adam and Impact was never an official contendership. Hawk can do what he likes!
(Impact stands there, looking at Hawk and then the crowd, obviously getting more and more pissed. He turns, and grabs the ropes, holding onto them, his knuckles whitening on the strands.)
Deadprez: Impact looking like he is about to lose it
Gavin Kirkland: How can you blame him, this is bullshit
(Impact turns, and stares Hawk down, the General Manager visibly gulping. Impact takes a step forward, Hawk ready to slide out the ring when suddenly the crowd roars.)
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS!!! ADAM LUCAS!!! HERE TO MAKE THE SAVE!
(Adam storms through the curtain with chair in hand, and sprints down the ramp, sliding under the bottom rope. Impact seeing this takes his leave, getting out the ring as Adam narrowly misses him with the chair, Impact down on the arena floor. Adam though doesn’t stop, and Impact hurdles the barricade, attempting to escape through the crowd as Adam follows.)
Deadprez: Adam Lucas said he was a different animal, that he was willing to fight fire with fire. Well, he was millimeters from caving Impact’s head in with a chair so I’d say he was telling the truth.
Eve: There does seem to have been an attitude shift… and I reckon these fans are buying into it.
Gavin Kirkland: Still a coward, who comes to the ring with a chair?
Deadprez: The guy making the save perhaps?
(The camera cuts to the crowd, Impact is still pursued by Adam, and then back to Hurricane Hawk, who wears a huge smile on his face as the scene to an ad for Grand Rampage.)
Gina Romano: Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall and has a ten minute time limit!!!
(The EAW fans in attendance roar with approval as all eyes focus on the stage when suddenly Mr Brightside by the Killers hits over the P.A System.)
Gina Romano: Introducing first, she hails from Detroit, Michigan. Give it up for The Motor City Machine Gun… LEXI!!!!
(Upon the introduction the curtains part ways as Lexi pushes through with a big smile on her face. She walks to the middle of the stage and poses for the camera while the EAW fans begin to boo loudly.)
Gavin Kirkland: How DARE these insolent fans boo that woman, look at her she is adorable! She is CUTE! She is the embodiment of a woman wrestler in 2022!
Eve: And despite all your praise she more than likely wouldn’t bat an eyelid at you either.
Deadprez: No way jose there Gavin, she has eyes set elsewhere like Limmy or Adam Lucas and formerly Bethany Blue.
Gavin Kirkland: Way to break a man’s heart guys…
(Lexi ignores the boos from the crowd and begins to walk down towards the ring with a slight skip in her step. She walks around the ring once reaching the bottom of the ramp and stops by the apron. After pulling herself up she turns and sits on the middle rope and bounces playfully while looking out at the crowd clearly ignoring the continued boos. She enters the ring via the middle rope and walks over to a corner and climbs up and poses for the cameras once again before stepping down.)
Eve: Lexi not willing to acknowledge these fans tonight and how they feel about her.
Deadprez: A lot of that no doubt is due to who she is facing tonight, one of the beloved Ice Aces.
(All eyes focus back onto the ring momentarily as Gina Romano introduces her opponent…)
Gina Romano: And her opponent… She hails from Fukuoka, Japan and is being escorted to the ring by ARIA and Ayu Megumi…Representing the ICE ACES… She is the Cryptic Ace… USAGI SENSHI!!!!
(Immediately upon hearing that Lexi makes her way over to the official and begins to speak with them just when Starless Sky by Ladybaby hits over the P.A System. The curtains part ways and out walks Usagi Senshi first with a spin on her heels. She is followed afterwards by AIRA and Ayu Megumi all of which converge dead center of the stage and pose to cheers from the EAW fans.)
Eve: It’s night and day with this crowd tonight here in Mexico City. They love themselves some Ice Aces.
Deadprez: You love to see it don’t you or in this case hear it but when Senshi and Lexi kick this match off, it’s going to pop off a whole other level i’m certain.
Gavin Kirkland: Of course it will, Lexi has all of their number. Just you watch.
(All three members of the Ice Aces walk down the ramp towards the ring, Lexi is seen inside the ring emphasising her point to the official.)
Lexi: THEY DON’T NEED TO BE OUT HERE!
Eve: Lexi is annoyed at both ARIA and Ayu’s presence here with Usagi.
Gavin Kirkland: And so she should, they don’t need to be out here other than to watch their friend and partner lose to Sexi Lexi!
(Senshi leaps up onto the apron first and is followed by ARIA and Ayu Megumi next who both walk to a corner and climb to look out at the crowd. Usagi grins with a wave to the fans before entering the ring. At ringside having stepped outside is Lexi who paces back and forth looking a little annoyed… The official approaches ARIA and Ayu and asks them to get down from the ring and stand at ringside which they do without question. Usagi nods to both before removing her entrance gear. Once they’re at ringside Lexi re-enters the ring seemingly a little more composed.)
Deadprez: We’re about to get this Super Showdown match started, all our ducks are in a row.
DING!!! DING!!! DING!!!
Eve: Lexi immediately walks up to and gets into the face of Usagi Senshi to complain about ARIA and Ayu…
Lexi: What the hell are they doing here? You’re only proving my point you know that you can’t fight without them.
Usagi Senshi: I don’t need them. My friends are here to support me!!
Lexi: Whatever!
Deadprez: OOOH STIFF RIGHT HAND FROM LEXI! Another sends Usagi backwards to the corner and she follows that up with a knee to the gut doubling Usagi over. But she isn’t done there; an Irish whip sends Usagi across the ring but the Cryptic Ace puts a boot up to the turnbuckle pad to stop her momentum.
Eve: Lexi doesn’t like that and runs at Usagi who catches her with an elbow to the face. Lexi shakes it off and runs at her again only to get another elbow, now a mule kick to the gut that doubles her over. Senshi however forces Lexi into a corner and puts her arms over the ropes exposing her chest and unloads with a stiff chop!
SLAP!
Crowd: OOOOH!
SLAP!!
Crowd: OOOOH!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Usagi tries one more chop for good measure on that beautiful chest of Lexi but she rake’s the eyes of the Ice Ace member stopping that idea! Thank god! Lexi pushes Usagi away from her before running to the opposite ropes. Senshi walks out as ARIA and Ayu shout to her but Lexi hits a Lou Thez Press on the return, taking Usagi off her feet, the fiery brunette now hammering away at Usagi!
(Ayu and ARIA are both leaning on the apron watching with concern now as Lexy steps away from Usagi only to run back and stomp her in the face. She stomps again and again before pulling her up to her feet hitting a snap suplex!)
Deadprez: Solid snap suplex there from Lexi. She pops her hips and rolls back to her feet with USagi in tow and hits another!
Gavin Kirkland: Lexi pops those glorious hips one final time and hits another Snap suplex on Usagi and goes for the cover…? No she doesn’t, she has something else in mind!
Eve: Lexi back on her feet is lying in wait in the corner for USagi to get up, Usagi rolls over to the sound of ARIA and Ayu trying to warn her. Lexi shakes her head and runs at Senshi and connects with a running knee to the side of USagi’s head. OOF! I felt that as the Cryptic Ace collapsed down to the canvas and Lexi covers!
ONEEEEEEE!!!
TW-
Deadprez: NO! Usagi kicked out!!
(Both ARIA and Ayu breathed a sigh of relief. Lexi hits the mat in anger.)
Deadprez: But Lexi isn’t wasting time getting back to her feet. She pulls up Usagi and whips her into the corner. With a quick step back Lexi charges at Usagi and hits a clothesline in the corner before Irish Whipping Usagi across the ring to the opposite corner of the ring.
Gavin Kirkland: That’s it, show them all what for!
Eve: Lexi looks at Usagi as she leans into the corner, ARIA and Ayu screaming at their friend and partner looking like a sitting duck. Lexi runs at her for another clothesline but Usagi gets a boot up!
Gavin Kirkland: NO! Her beautiful face!
Deadprez: Lexi stumbles back, she is stunned! Usagi exits quickly to the apron and climbs the turnbuckle to the top and sets herself up and leaps off hitting a missile drop kick that sends Lexi flying back across the ring!
(The crowd cheers loudly for Usagi as both ARIA and Ayu try to get them to be even louder for the Cryptic Ace, and they’re obliging here in Mexico City.)
Gavin Kirkland: Sexi Lexi is looking to be in trouble, Usagi is back on her feet first. She is motioning for Lexi to get up… No stay down!
Eve: Lexi holds her chest as she gets back to her feet and turns around into a boot from Usagi…
Deadprez: NO! LEXI had scouted and caught her foot, she threw it down and threw a haymaker but Usagi ducks under it. Lexi tries another only to this time get blocked, Usagi catches her arm and holds onto it. Lexi tries to hit her with her free arm but Usagi blocks that and now has both arms trapped, we know where this is going…
Gavin Kirkland: NO! Usagi is unloading headbuts on a defensless Lexi!
Deadprez: Those headbutts hit harder and harder but you can tell they aren’t just hurting Lexi here, Usagi is feeling them too! That is the price of using your own head as a weapon. A knee from Usagi doubles over Lexi as she knocks the wind out of her, she double underhooks her arms and lifts Lexi up and flips her through into a sit out powerbomb and traps the arms for a cover!!!
OOOOONNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
TWWWWWOOOOOOOO-
Gavin Kirkland: NOOOO!! KICK OUT FROM LEXI!!!
(ARIA and Ayu hold their heads and clap louder to motivate their friend from ringside. Usagi holds her head and gets back on the offensive knowing she has Lexi on the ropes.)
Eve: Gavin’s excitement aside there, Lexi showing her tough side there not many would take those headbutts off Usagi. Speaking of which Lexi rolls away towards the apron which is where both ARIA and Ayu are…
Gavin Kirkland: Oh my god, watch out Lexi you don’t know what those two will do!!
Deadprez: What THEY will do?! Lexi is pulling herself to her feet as Usagi holds her head while getting to her feet. Lexi is up though and…
CRACK!!!
Eve: OH MY GOD LEXI JUST PUNTED ARIA IN THE FACE!!!
STOMP!!!
Gavin Kirkland: LEXI NOW DOUBLE STOMPS OFF THE APRON ONTO THE UNSUSPECTING AYU!!!
Deadprez: WOW! She kicks ARIA in the face, Ayu goes to check on her only to get a double stomp to the back of the head from Lexi… They weren’t doing ANYTHING!!
Gavin Kirkland: She doesn’t care, they shouldn’t be out here!!
Eve: What she should be doing is focusing on this match not who is outside. Lexi gets back to her feet and poses to the crowd… But as she turns around she is caught by a flying Usagi Senshi who hit a Suicide Dive!
(The crowd roars at the perfect Suicide Dive takes Lexi down to the matting. However Usagi’s attention isn’t on Lexi, it’s on Ayu who is down holding the back of her head.)
Deadprez: Ayu is down, ARIA is holding her face. And now Usagi looks PISSED!! Lexi is up to her feet though and rolls back into the ring and she is smiling! SMILING! She is proud of what she did to Ayu.
Gavin Kirkland: So she should be, no business out here she’s been trying to tell Usagi this all week and now Usagi is all pissed. That is why you don’t have people like them there, they will hold you down!!
Eve: If you ask me that’s only motivated her more! Usagi charges into the ring screaming. Lexi quickly exits the ring with Usagi chasing after her!
Usagi: YOU MOTHER BITCH I WILL KILL YOU!!! YOU NO HURT AYU!
Deadprez: Hell hath no fury like Usagi scorned and god damn she isn’t letting up. She chases after Lexi who runs around the ring only to slide back in. Usagi gives chase and slides in but it was a trap with Lexi turning on her heels and dropping a knee to the back of Usagi’s head. She hits another knee and another to boos from this crowd.
Eve: The red mist might have been a motivator for Usagi but it is also that blind rage which left her open to those knees. Lexi now stomps down on the back of Usagi multiple times angrily. Lexi backs up and motions for Usagi to get up, even shouting it.
Lexi: GET UP YOU BITCH!
(Boos rain down from the Mexico City fans)
Deadprez: This crowd doesn’t appreciate that, but neither will Usagi appreciate THIS! LIGHTS OUT Superkick from Lexi on Usagi as she got to her knees! She’s down for the count. Lexi covers.
OOOONNNEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWWWWWWOOOOOOOO!!!
THREEEEEEEE-
Eve: NOOOO!! KICK OUT BY USAGI!! The screams of not only these fans but ARIA as well did enough to get her to kick out! Lexi sits up and sees ARIA is standing there and flips her off before getting to her feet and runs to the corner. I think she’s looking for the heart stopper…
Gavin Kirkland: The greatest moonsault in all of EAW and if she hits that would surely get that three count! ARIA slaps the canvas trying to warn Usagi. Lexi is on the top turnbuckle now, looks down at Usagi and then ARIA and… SHE GOES FOR THE HEARTSTOPPER TO THE OUTSIDE?! LEXI HAD ENOUGH OF ARIA’S INVOLVEMENT AND HITS THE HEARTSTOPPER ON… AYU?!
Crowd: OOOOOHHH!!!!!
Eve: AYU PUSHED ARIA OUT OF THE WAY AND TOOK THE FULL BRUNT OF THE HEARTSTOPPER MOONSAULT!
Deadprez: Ayu down once again and Usagi isn’t aware at all. ARIA was pushed away but into the steps by Ayu. But Lexi is on her feet once more and poses to the crowd before making an L shape and showing it off to the down Ayu and ARIA before re-entering the ring.
Gavin Kirkland: God what is there not to love about this woman, she oozes confidence and is cute as a button! And now she is scaling the corner again looking for something big to do to Usagi.
Eve: Lexi reaches the top turnbuckle and tries to steady herself, however is distracted by ARIA who backs away from the steps. You think Lexi is thinking about something else? I don’t think it matters either way Usagi is back up and runs the corner to the top rope and OH MY GOD!!!
Deadprez: ACE-PLEX OFF THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!!! LEXI JUST FLEW ACROSS THE GOD DAMN RING!!!!
Crowd: OOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!!!!!
(The EAW replay shows Lexi getting ready for something, gets distracted by ARIA at ringside for a moment which was enough for Usagi to run up the corner and hit the Ace-Plex off the top rope. A “Holy Shit” Chant begins from this sold out crowd.)
Crowd: HOLY SHIT!!! HOLY SHIT!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Those two words indeed, I don’t know what to say!! It was a great move but… it’s Lexi… I’m so torn!!!!
Eve: I’m not, that was fantastic and could be what throws this match on its head entirely! Usagi lands hard though and crawls over to a prone Lexi and covers…
CROWD: OOOOOOOOOONEEEEEEEEE!!!!
CROWD: TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
CROWD: THREEEEE—
Gavin Kirkland: NOOOOOOO!!! LEXI LIVES! LEXI LIVES!! At the last possible moment Lexi kicked out to spite not only these damn fans, not only ARIA who watches, not only AYU who lays on the mat in front of us but Usagi!!! She isn’t dead yet, not by a LONG SHOT!!
Deadprez: Unbelievable, credit where it is due Lexi is one tough momma. She showed that against Kassidy and she’s showing it here tonight as well. Usagi however has other ideas as she gets to her feet and stumbles to the ropes and notices ARIA holding her side.
Eve: Usagi exits the ring to check on ARIA only to then notice Ayu down again, she checks on her and it looks like she is okay. But that doesn’t do any favours for Usagi who looks to be seeing red again…
Gavin Kirkland: God damn it, a hurt Ayu is like a red rag to a bull or in this case Usagi Senshi! She enters the ring and waits for Lexi to get up, don’t do it, stay down!! STAY DOWN!!
Deadprez: She isn’t listening man and who would blame her, she wants to win this match. Only she isn’t aware of Usagi waiting for her. USagi runs at Lexi looking for the Fatality, running Bicycle Knee strike…
Gavin Kirkland: SHE MISSES!!! LEXI HAD IT SCOUTED!! BACKSLIDE!! LEXI WITH THE BACKSLIDE ON USAGI!!
ONEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEE-
Eve: NOOOO!!! KICK OUT BY USAGI!! ARIA HOLDS HER HEAD IN RELIEF, LEXI HOLDS HERS IN DIRE STRAITS AS SHE NOW STOMPS THE MAT WITH HER FEET. BOTH WOMEN GET TO THERI FEETS. LEXI SLAPS USAGI ACROSS THE FACE ANGRILY. USAGI RESPONDS WITH A SLAP OF HER OWN!!
SLAP!!!!
SLAP!!!!!
SLAP!!!!!!
SLAP!!!!!!!
SLAP!!!!!!!
SLAP!!!!
SLAP!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Both women slapping the ever loving shit out of each other right now, neither one is giving up ground!! Lexi slaps Usagi again, Usagi this time hits a forearm shot to break the combo!!
Deadprez: That shot rocked Lexi but the next attempt was blocked by the Motor City Machine Gun and a European uppercut followed now rocking Usagi!! Lexi backs up and hits another Lights out on Usagi who drops to her knees. ARIA SCREAMS at Usagi to stay in the match and that has caught Lexi’s attention.
Gavin Kirkland: NO! Focus on Usagi, not ARIA!!
(Too little too late ARIA at ringside shouts at Usagi once again, Lexi runs past Usagi and kicks at the bottom ropes forcing ARIA to back up.
Lexi: IT ENDS NOW YOU BITCH, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS BECAUSE OF YOU TWO!!!
Eve: Lexi tries to turn around to focus on Usagi but she is already up and quickly rolls the unsuspecting Lexi into a pin…
Gavin Kirkland: NO!!!
OOOOOOOOOONEEEEEE!!!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!
DING!!!! DING!!!! DING!!!!
(The bell sounds and Usagi is quickly pulled out of the ring by ARIA at ringside as Starless Sky by Ladybaby hits over the P.A System. Sat in the ring in utter shock is Lexi who can’t believe what happened. She is arguing with the referee that it was a two not a three.)
Gina Romano: LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH AS A RESULT OF A PIN FALL…. THE CRYPTIC ACE USAGI SENSHI!!!!
Eve: WOW What a match, these two went at it and you could argue that having ARIA and Ayu at ringside did benefit Usagi tonight.
Gavin Kirkland: YOU’RE DAMN RIGHT IT DID, LEXI WAS ROBBED! IF THEY WEREN’T THERE, SHE HAD THIS ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS!!!
Deadprez: Whichever way you look at it, tonight it was the victory for Usagi Senshi in another fantastic match for the Ice Aces.
(While Ayu, ARIA and Usagi all celebrate on the ramp. The focus is the ring where Lexi is screaming at the three of them to come back to the ring but all she can do is watch them head to the back.)
(We cut to the backstage area where Kyra Phillips is standing by.)
Kyra Phillips: Ladies and Gentlemen, my guests currently… Ronan Malosi and the Rogues Gallery.
(The camera pans back to reveal all four individuals who do not look happy.)
Kyra Phillips: Ronan, you requested this time, so I assume you have something to say?
Ronan Malosi: Damn right, and we’ll start by telling you to get that disrespectful look off your face
Kyra Phillips: I…
Ronan Malosi: I…I…I wish you would shut the hell up. How long have you been an interviewer around here and STILL your garbage? I mean, I know other than myself and my friends here you rarely get a chance to practice with actual superstars but really?
(Jonny laughs, Pandora playfully punching him, as Lucas just smirks.)
Ronan Malosi: I mean, what the hell was that puff piece with Adam Lucas huh? It made me sick. YOU SUCK!!
(Kyra lowers her head, Ronan shifting the mic, so it is closer to him.)
Ronan Malosi: That’s all said, YOU are not important. No one cares about you. What everyone does care about is the fact that once again Ronan Malosi was screwed over by this company. Everyone knows that I would have beaten Amir Yusef. Guys?
(He turns to the Rogues Gallery who all nod.)
Ronan Malosi: If it wasn’t for that ugly ass loser Charlie Marr getting involved, then people Amir wouldn’t be walking around believing that he is a true contender to the Hardcore Championship. I’ve taken a lot this season, I was almost MURDERED in front of the eyes of the world. I nearly LOSE MY LIFE for this company. And what respect do I get for it huh? Well, this is it, the line in the sand. I won’t stand for this any longer, it’s time that this brand, no this company stopped seeing me as a joke and treated me in the way that I deserve. It’s time for everyone to remember that it isn’t Hurricane Hawk who runs things around here, it’s Ronan Malosi. Pandora, I believe you have something to say?
Pandora: Look at me, just look at me. I am the total package of beauty and skill, and yet I am treated no better than a two-bit whore wankers that aren’t even worthy of breathing the same air. Every week, without fail, just like Ronan, Jonny and I are disrespected by Showdown, when the fact is, we ARE what ‘we wrestle’ truly means, and not just a blatant gimmick. Take the New Era Classic Tournament? What does that even mean when you are looking at the New Era right HERE. I get true fans coming up to me all the time, asking how I could be so underused? And I can’t give them a legitimate answer. Do you know how that makes me feel? Pissed off. And it’s time for people to pay for making ME feel like that.
(She turns to Jonny who looks just as worked up.)
Jonny: And they call ME a loser. ME. When I have spilled my guts for this company time and time again. I get booed, and branded irrelevant by people that don’t have the first clue. Were they used in an EQUAL trade with Bethany Blue the Empress of Elite? Were they personally approached to come and wrestle for Showdown because I was so obviously the perfect fit? They throw my losses at me, when ALL of them can be explained away by the fact I was screwed over, and NOT because my opponent was better. Amir Yusef is challenging for the Hardcore Title, when I am obviously better than he will ever be. All he has is a couple of fluke victories over me… ridiculous.
(Lucas Knight holds up his hand and interjects.)
Lucas Knight: If you would allow me?
(Jonny nods and takes a step back.)
Lucas Knight: There is very little doubt that my esteemed colleagues here raise many valid points. Points that have been made thoughtfully, and reasonably, two words that sum up our little group perfectly. The ‘Rogues Gallery’ is a very apt name, and one we are happy to go by, if being a ‘rogue’ means that we will get the job done. Showdown created this, they gave us the ‘We Wrestle’ moniker in which we should have thrived, and yet all we have seen is brutality. A Free Per View on which Ronan here would have died if not for our quick thinking.
(Ronan looks like he is going to argue the point he would have died but doesn’t.)
Lucas Knight: Now, it is up to us to pick this brand apart. Take what it is, fraudulent, and destroy it, so that it can be recreated. For you all, we are going to repair the blue brand, and turn it into what it has been billed as. A WRESTLING company, without all this entertainment bollocks. And when we do that, and ‘We wrestle’ truly does mean something again, every single one of you will owe us two words.
(He pauses, smirking at Pandora and Jonny)
Lucas Knight: Thank you. And you will all queue in your thousands to shake our hands.
(Kyra goes to end the interview there, but Ronan snatches the mic away.)
Ronan Malosi: None of you can see it, what you have in front of your eyes. WE are your only defense against this shit storm that Hurricane Hawk produced. It should be obvious to all, but because those boos show me that some still haven’t figured it out, you’ve given us no choice. I’m going to make damn sure everyone remembers what happens here tonight.
(With a final stare down the camera lens, Ronan and the Rogues Gallery walk away. And the scene fades to ringside with Gina Romano..)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR…ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
(‘Elevate’ by DJ Khalil plays to a loud ovation from fans as Amir Yusuf heads out from behind the curtain, high fiving audience members ahead of his showdown with Charlie Marr.)
Gina Romano: Introducing first! Hailing out of Chicago, Illinois, weighing in at 182 pounds…HE IS THE HEART OF EAW…AMIR YUSUF!!
Eve: We’ve seen Amir challenge for this title before, but last time, he was unsuccessful.
Deadprez: But you could argue that this’ll be different, given the fact he has much more to fight for this time round.
Eve: Yeah, he’s dealing with the man who injured him, and even assaulted him two weeks ago, Yusuf has gotta be determined on this night.
(‘Praise The Lord’ by Bandokay plays next, and is met with jeers rather cheers as Charlie Marr raises his Hardcore Championship high in the air, carrying the utmost confidence in his stride down to the ring.)
Gina Romano: And his opponent! Hailing out of Tower Hamlets, London, weighing in at 240 pounds…HE IS THE HARDCORE CHAMPION…CHARLIE MARR!!
Deadprez: Speaking of determined, nothing can match that of a champion’s.
Eve: Yeah, you not only can lose the match, but the precious gold around your shoulder, and that’s the last thing Charlie wants.
Deadprez: Especially after his belittling of Amir, could you imagine the embarrassment?
(Both competitors stare each other down from the opposite corners as the referee signals for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Eve: There’s the bell, and this match is underway. BOTH COMPETITORS WASTING NO TIME, CHARGING AT EACH OTHER IN THE CENTER OF THE RING, ENGAGING IN FISTICUFFS! GRABBING THE BACK OF EACH OTHERS NECKS, AND LANDING REPEATED RIGHT HANDS! AMIR GETS THE BETTER OF MARR, TAKING WILD SWINGS AT HIS HEAD WITH BOTH HANDS! CHARLIE’S DOING HIS BEST TO COVER UP AROUND HIS HEAD AREA! BUT AMIR YUSUF SCORES SOME SHOTS TO THE BODY BEFORE CLUBS TO THE BACK, DROPPING MARR DOWN TO A KNEE!
Deadprez: YUSUF STANDS HIM UP, AND BACKS HIS OPPOSITION IN THE CORNER WITH FOREARM STRIKES! YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE SOME OF THIS BEING THERAPEUTIC, EXACTING REVENGE ON THE MAN WHO INJURED HIM A COUPLE MONTHS BACK! AMIR STOMPS AWAY ON MARR IN THE CORNER, SO MUCH SO, HE ROLLS OUT UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM ROPE TO GET AWAY, AND HOPEFULLY CREATE SOME BREATHING ROOM FOR HIMSELF!
Eve: Marr’s tryna stagger away, but in doing so, he has his back turned to the opposition, so eats a running elbow to the back of his head by Amir, dropping him down to all fours. CHARLIE GETS THROWN OVER THE BARRICADE, AND INTO THE TIMEKEEPER’S AREA! Amir goes digging underneath the ring, and pulls out two steel chairs, tossing them both into the ring, which the crowd screams loudly for. The fans love themselves some extreme violence, especially against a man as hated as Charlie Marr.
Gavin Kirkland: Gotta admit, in this instance, so do I. Feels good to see the man who ROBBED Limmy of his title get his just desserts.
Deadprez: Speaking of, Marr gets fished out the timekeepers area, and rolled back into the ring by Yusuf, who goes digging for another weapon underneath the ring. Is that-
Eve: A BARBED WIRE CRUTCH, AMIR’S ABOUT TO DO SOME DAMAGE WITH THAT THING!
Deadprez: The dazed Marr’s on all fours, AND GETS CRACKED ACROSS THE BACK! YOU CAN ALREADY SEE SOME SMALL SCARS AS A RESULT OF THAT BARBED WIRE, BUT AMIR IS FAR FROM DONE, KICKING MARR OVER ONTO HIS BACK, DRIVING THAT CRUTCH PAD DOWN ONTO HIS GUT! UNDOUBTEDLY TAKING THE WIND OUT OF MARR’S SAILS!
Eve: Marr tried to end his career, so Amir’s gonna happily return the favor tonight, picking him up off the mat, and rebounding him off the ropes with one hand! …WILD SWING WITH THE CRUTCH IS MADE, BUT MARR HANGS ONTO THE ROPES, AND SLIDES OUT UNDERNEATH THE BOTTOM! AMIR DROPS THE CRUTCH, AND CHASES AFTER CHARLIE FOR A BIT BEFORE MARR ROLLS BACK INTO THE RING, RUNNING OFF THE ROPES AS YUSUF SLIDES BACK IN HIMSELF!
Deadprez: OOH! MARR GETS TAKEN DOWN ANYWAYS WITH A RUNNING CLOTHESLINE BY AMIR! Looks like he tried to bait his opponent in, but that didn’t quite pay off, backfiring in the end. Amir once again has possession of that kendo stick, and watches as Marr gets up to all fours before cracking him across the back with it once more! Marr winces in pain, the barbed wire having dug into his skin deeper, and having the blood on some of those scars seep out further. Amir drops the kendo stick, and grabs one of the steels chair he pulled out instead, wedging it into the opposite corner of Charlie, who’s pulling himself up in his.
Eve: Yusuf storms over to inflict more damage, BUT CHARLIE QUICKLY PULLS THE REFEREE IN, CREATING A SHIELD BETWEEN HIM AND HIS ADVERSARY! THE REFEREE GETS SHOVED INTO YUSUF, WHO CATCHES HIM, AND POLITELY MOVES THE OFFICIAL OUT OF HIS WAY! …BUT WANDERS RIGHT INTO A POKE TO THE EYE FROM CHARLIE! Amir stumbles briefly before Marr takes advantage with a running big boot to his opponent’s jaw!
Deadprez: Yusuf winds up on wobbly legs before collapsing down to the floor, and rolling out to the apron, underneath the bottom rope. Charlie grabs that barbed wire crutch formerly in the use of Amir Yusuf, and tags him in the gut with it as he stands himself up on the apron! Amir falls to both knees, clutching at his abdomen. AND CHARLIE REBOUNDS OFF THE OPPOSITE SET OF ROPES TO DRIVE HIS KNEE INTO THE SIDE OF AMIR’S SKULL, KNOCKING HIM OFF THE APRON!
Eve: Charlie tosses that crutch aside, and goes after Yusuf on the outside, standing his opponent up, and connecting with a stiff elbow smash, staggering Amir back into the barricade, putting him closer to the fans in which adore him. Marr grabs a fistful of hair, and bounces Amir’s face off the apron before whipping him HARD into the barric- OH MY GOD!
Deadprez: AMIR CRASHED RIGHT THROUGH THAT CORNER OF BARRICADE CLOSEST TO THE TIMEKEEPERS AREA, AND LIES IN THE RUBBLE MOTIONLESS! Meanwhile, Marr takes his time to follow up, opting to admire his handiwork while resting his arm on the apron, soaking in the crowd boos.
Eve: This match has been like this since the very beginning, no lockups, no wrist locks, just a straight fight, and we’re already seeing the extents they’re willing to go when it comes to becoming Hardcore Champion.
Deadprez: And in regards to Amir Yusuf, HES showing that heart in which we’ve come to expect out of him.
Gavin Kirkland: How is Amir stirring right now???
Eve: I don’t know, but he’s crawling back to his feet, using our announcer’s table for assistance. The sadistic grin on Charlie Marr’s face has drastically turned to a scowl, certainly unhappy with this turn of events, but realizing that more damage has to be done if he wants to succeed. Therefore, Amir gets bounced face first off our announce table cover, and a headbutt dazes him enough to be rolled back into the ring by Charlie, who begins unsheathing the top turnbuckle pad once getting in there himself.
Deadprez: I’d like to remind you, all legal. Amir rests on his side, and Charlie takes advantage of this, reigning down with repeated stomps to the side of the head! Amir’s trying to cover up, but those things have still gotta sting! Marr stands him back up, BUT IS ON THE RECEIVING END OF A KNIFE EDGE CHOP! AMIR YUSUF BEGINS TO BATTLE BACK WITH MORE, BACKING MARR UP AGAINST THE CORNER, AND CONNECTING WITH RIGHT HAND PUNCHES TO THE SKULL!
Eve: Marr shoves Yusuf back to create some separation, but relentless in his efforts, Amir charges back at Marr, who sidesteps whatever he had planned! YUSUF SPRINGS TO THE MIDDLE TURNBUCKLE- BUT GETS SHOVED OVER THE TOP ROPE, AND DUMPED TO THE OUTSIDE, BACK HITTING THE APRON ON THE WAY DOWN! Charlie Marr breathes a sigh of relief, knowing he has the ball back in his court, and goes to the outside, now tearing the protective padding off the top part of the barricade, exposing metal.
Deadprez: Amir has no idea what’s happening as he gets brought up by Marr, and SLAMMED FACE FIRST OFF THAT EXPOSED PORTION OF THE BARRICADE! Amir looks lost, barely keeping a vertical base with assistance from the barricade, and Charlie begins to wail on him with rights to the forehead, busting open Amir, who collapses down to all fours. CHARLIE DELIVERS A STOMP TO THE SKULL, AND THE SIDE OF AMIR’S HEAD BOUNCES OFF SAID BARRICADE!!
Eve: Marr begins jaw jacking with the fans, gloating in their faces about beating down their hero, but turns attention back to Amir, and begins to stalk him as he slowly gets back to his feet, creating slight distance. Charlie prepares to charge in, which he soon does- BUT RIGHT INTO A DOUBLE LEG TAKEDOWN BY AMIR! YUSUF MOUNTS MARR WITH PUNCHES TO THE DOME, AND STANDS HIMSELF UP TO REIGN DOWN WITH STOMPS TO THE HEAD! CHARLIE TRIES TO GET HIS HANDS UP, BUT THERES NO DEFENDING FROM THAT TYPE OF VICIOUS OFFENSE!
Deadprez: Amir has a dangerous look in his eyes as he grabs our announce table cover, and leans it up against the announce table. What could he possibly have planned here? Marr gets brought up… AND BODY SLAMMED RIGHT THROUGH! NOT ONLY SPLITTING OUR COVER IN HALF, BUT EXPOSING THAT WOOD USED TO MAKE IT!
Gavin Kirkland: I could hear the crunch from here, but it looks as if Amir isn’t quite done, now ripping out our announce table monitors, evil intentions in the mind of our challenger.
Eve: But that’s the mindset Amir needs to have in a match like this against an opponent like this, now setting Marr up for a powerbomb. …BUT CHARLIE BACK BODY DROPS HIS WAY OUT OF IT! DID YOU HEAR THAT THUD?! That isn’t something he’ll be able to shake off in the morning as Amir gets to all fours, but that might’ve been a major mistake. Charlie grabs one of the monitors he took out, raises it high, and drops it right down on the spine of Yusuf, who writhes in pain!
(Marr goes over to Gavin, and looks to be threatening him before Kirkland takes off his belt, and hands it to Marr.)
Deadprez: You gave the man your belt?
Gavin Kirkland: He was quite persuasive. :francis:
Eve: Marr watches as Amir moves to all fours once more, AND THE BELT GETS WHIPPED ACROSS HIS BACK REPEATEDLY! Marr finally relents as the welts begin to show, and rolls back into the ring for a cover, hooking the leg!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHH-
Deadprez: KICKOUT! That’s not gonna finish off Amir just yet, who jolts up a seated position, but pushed back down into a grounded rear chinlock. The crowd aren’t fans of this at all, but I don’t think Charlie Marr cares too much, right now it is all about expending his opponent’s energy.
Eve: Yeah, a hold like this will certainly wear down his opponent, who starts fighting back to his feet, delivering back elbows to the midsection, loosening the grip of Marr! Amir slips behind him, and completely escapes his predicament with a back suplex! Amir rolls to the apron, and slowly pulls himself back up, so slow that Marr manages to make it to his feet a bit quicker, and grab the head of Amir. BUT YUSUF CATCHES HIM WITH A HOTSHOT!
Deadprez: Charlie staggers back, falling down to a knee, back facing Amir on the apron, WHO SLINGSHOTS HIMSELF THROUGH THE MIDDLE ROPE FOR A ROLLING- NO! I WAS BOUT TO SAY ROLLING FACEBUSTER, BUT MARR SPUN AROUND TO CONNECT WITH A BARBED WIRE CRUTCH SHOT TO THE HEAD! Yusuf collapses down to the canvas, clutching at the side of his face. Amir turns over, and gets the crutch pad bludgeoned down onto his back!
Eve: Amir favors that back while on both knees, and Charlie drops the crutch to connect with a slap to the face, echoing throughout the arena! Yusuf lies prone on the mat now with Charlie trash talking while trying to stand his opponent back up. SMALL PACKAGE! AMIR ROLLED CHARLIE INTO THE SMALL PACKAGE!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHH-
Deadprez: KICKOUT! BOTH COMPETITORS SCRAMBLE BACK TO THEIR FEET, BUT A STEP-UP ENZIGURI BY MARR TAKES AMIR OFF OF HIS! CHARLIE SHOOTS THE HALF, HOOKING THE LEG FOR ANOTHER COVER IN THIS MATCHUP!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHRRRRR-
Eve: Marr came close to retaining his title there after shutting down yet another attempt at a comeback by Marr. Charlie’s beginning to be frustrated, and grabs one of the steel chairs brought into the ring earlier. Marr has cruel intentions in the mind like always, stepping down on the ankle of Amir Yusuf, making sure his leg is pinned there while raising that chair above his head. You don’t think Charlie Marr is gonna try to injure his knee for a second time, do you??
Deadprez: Knowing Charlie Marr, unfortunately, I do.
Eve: …LUCKILY, AMIR USED HIS FREE LEG TO PENALTY KICK TO THE BACK OF MARR’S KNEE, DROPPING HIM TO ALL FOURS AS THE CHAIR GOES OUT OF HIS HAND! HAVING A SECOND WIND, AMIR GRABS THE CRUTCH, AND REPEATEDLY SLAMS IT DOWN ONTO THE BACK OF MARR! Charlie finally finds some reprieve in the corner, pulling himself up, but from the opposite, Amir is watching, and charges in!
Deadprez: CHARLIE MARR TRIES TO BACK BODY DROP HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE, BUT AMIR CATCHES HIMSELF ON THE APRON, AND CHARLIE TURNS AROUND INTO A ROUNDHOUSE KICK, STAGGERING BACK FOR A SLINGSHOT ROLLING FACEBUSTER! Amir drags Marr in drop zone distance for the 054 before climbing up to the top rope!
Eve: BUT CHARLIE GETS THE KNEES UP, AND AMIR STUMBLES BACK TO HIS FEET, USING THE ROPES FOR HELP! CHARING CROSS!!
Deadprez: BUT THE DISCUS LARIAT IS COUNTERED INTO A SPANISH FLY! COVER IS MADE!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHH-
Deadprez: KICKOUT AT TWO BY CHARLIE! Amir goes to the top rope, but in attempt for a different diving move this time! …BUT CHARLIE MARR SHAKES THE TOP ROPE, CROTCHING YUSUF, AND CHARLIE CLIMBS TO THE MIDDLE ROPE WHILE SCORING A FEW STRIKES ON HIS RIVAL! SUPERPLEX ATTEMPT BY MARR!
Eve: HOWEVER, AMIR HANGS ON, FIGHTING OUT OF THIS PREDICAMENT WITH SHOTS TO THE BODY, AND SOON FOREARM STRIKES THAT KNOCK MARR DOWN TO THE CANVAS! AMIR PERCHES HIMSELF ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE! …SHOOTING STAR PRESS, HOOKING THE LEG FOR A COVER!!!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE-
Deadprez: SHOULDER UP!
Gavin Kirkland: How did Charlie get the shoulder up?
Eve: That, I do not know. But Amir stands his opponent up before putting him on wobbly legs with forearm after forearm! Suplex attempt it looks like by Amir, BUT MARR SLIPS OUT THE BACK, AND CONNECTS WITH A GERMAN SUPLEX, DUMPING YUSUF RIGHT ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD! Charlie rear mounts the prone Yusuf after that, and rolls him over for Tranquility!
Deadprez: BUT BEFORE MARR CAN GRAPEVINE THOSE LEGS FOR THE REAR NAKED CHOKE, AMIR ROLLS THROUGH TO HIS FEET, AND DELIVERS A JUMPING DOUBLE FOOT STOMP TO THE HEART OF CHARLIE! AMIR CLIMBS TO THE TOP ROPE AGAIN FOR 054!!
Eve: BUT CHARLIE CUTS HIM OFF AGAIN, YANKING THAT LEG OUT FROM YUSUF, FACEPLANTING HIM ON THE CANVAS! AND CHARLIE GRABS THE BACK OF AMIR’S TRUNKS, ALONG WITH A HANDFUL OF HAIR TO SEND HIM FACE FIRST INTO THE CHAIR HE HAD WEDGED EARLIER IN THE MATCH! SCHOOL BOY BY MARR!!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHH-
Deadprez: KICKOUT! But neither competitors are unable to scramble back to their feet, both lying down prone on the mat, simply exhausted from what they’ve had to endure thus far. But slowly begin making it back to their feet at the same rate with Yusuf being the first getting to his, stumbling over to Marr, and trying to lift him back up to his feet. CHARLIE! CHARLIE EXPLODES WITH A CHARING CROSS! DISCUS LARIAT TURNS AMIR INSIDE OUT!
Eve: Marr shoots the half, but winds up accidentally rolling Yusuf out of the ring, much to his own dismay! Marr sticks his head out through the middle rope, looking to retrieve a kneeling Amir Yusuf. BUT WHAT THE-
Deadprez: AMIR BLEW FIRE EXTINGUISHER IN THE FACE OF CHARLIE MARR, WHO STUMBLES AROUND THE RING NOW BLINDED! BUT IN SLIDES AMIR YUSUF WITH THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER, USING THE BOTTOM TO HIT MARR IN THE HEAD, TAKING HIS OPPONENT DOWN!
Eve: Charlie rolls out of the ring, pulling himself back to his feet with help from our announcer’s table, BUT ANOTHER SHOT TO THE HEAD WITH THAT FIRE EXTINGUISHER LAYS MARR ACROSS OUR TABLE! You can see blood beginning to pour out of the cut on his cheek, and Amir drops the extinguisher, possibly having more sinister plans in mind.
Gavin Kirkland: Think it’s best if we clear out the way.
Deadprez: For once, I agree with you on that.
(The commentary team get out of the way, realizing that Amir is fixing to put Marr through the table.)
Deadprez: Amir climbs onto the apron, and Charlie Marr has not moved a muscle, he still might be out of it after being on the receiving end of two shots to the head with that fire extinguisher. Amir briefly looks back BEFORE SPRINGING OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE!
Eve: TWISTING CROSSBODY ONTO CHARLIE MARR, CRASHING THROUGH THE TABLE! THESE FANS ARE ELECTRIC RIGHT NOW! BUT AS FOR BOTH MEN, NEITHER HAVE MOVED FOLLOWING THAT HIGH RISK MOVE FROM AMIR!
Deadprez: Speaking of, Yusuf’s the first one to stir, having to roll 240 pounds of dead weight back into the ring. It’s a struggle, but he manages, and crawls back in himself, hooking the leg of Charlie for the cover.
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE-
Eve: MARR! MARR KICKED OUT!
Gavin Kirkland: :comeagain:
Deadprez: Yusuf’s in disbelief like the rest of us, and at this point, has to be thinking what more he has to do. But he might’ve already found that answer after he brings Charlie up to a kneel, gonna high flying once more as HE SPRINGS OFF THE MIDDLE ROPE FOR A MOONSAULT!
Eve: BUT CHARLIE GRABBED THE BARBED WIRE CRUTCH, AND SWATTED YUSUF OUTTA MID-AIR, CRACKING HIM ACROSS THE STOMACH! Marr falls to his knees, dropping the crutch, fatigued from this match up. Meanwhile, Amir rolls in agony, some of that barbed wire having sliced his stomach.
Deadprez: I’d say he’s regretting the introduction of that weapon right about now. Amir clutches at his gut while crawling over to the steel chair, trying to pick it up with one hand. BUT BEFORE HE CAN CLASP IT, MARR RUSHES OVER, AND SPIKES HIM ON SAID CHAIR WITH A DOUBLE UNDERHOOK DDT! THE QUEEN IS DEAD! Charlie’s a bit sluggish when it comes to shooting the half, and rolling his opponent over, but manages to do so, hooking both legs of Yusuf!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEE!!
Eve: NO! AMIR GETS THE SHOULDER UP! HEART IS WHAT’S KEEPING HIM IN THE FIGHT NOW AS CHARLIE REACHES HIS HEIGHT OF FRUSTRATION! GRABBING THE REF BY SHIRT, AND JUST YELLING, INSISTING THAT THE COUNT OF THREE WAS MADE! But the official isn’t buying it, and Marr’s face twists into that of a scowl, preparing to end this contest once and for all.
Deadprez: Amir gets brought up from a seated position in the inverted facelock. The crowd boos, knowing what Marr’s about to do next. AY- NO! AMIR SNAPMARES HIS WAY OUT OF IT! BOTH MEN RUSH BACK TO THEIR FEET, AND CHARLIE GOES FOR A CLOTHESLINE, BUT THE ARM GETS TRAPPED BY AMIR FOR AYC TO CONNECT! CHARLIE MARR MIGHT BE OUT OF IT AFTER THAT ROLLING CUTTER, AND AMIR ROLLS HIM OVER!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE-
Gavin Kirkland: FUCK!
Eve: MARR BARELY, JUST BARELY INCHES THE SHOULDER UP, REFUSING TO LET THAT TITLE GO WITHOUT A FIGHT!
Deadprez: Amir drags Marr closer to the corner, and begins ascending to the top rope for 054, another move in his arsenal that has put away so many ! If he hits this, the match is over.
Eve: BUT THE NEGATIVE ABOUT THAT MOVE IS HAVING YOUR BACK TURNED TO THE OPPONENT, AND IT COMES BACK TO BITE YUSUF AS MARR PULLS THAT LEG OUT FROM UNDER HIM! AMIR HIT FACE FIRST ON THE EXPOSED TOP TURNBUCKLE MARR HAD UNDONE EARLIER!
Deadprez: Marr crumples to the canvas, but instead of going for the cover, Marr drags 182 pounds of deadweight up in the center of the ring, PLANTING HIM WITH THE QUEEN IS DEAD FOR A SECOND TIME!
Eve: BUT MARR DOESNT UNHOOK THE ARMS, AND GRAPEVINES HIS LEGS AROUND THE WAIST OF YUSUF FOR A BUTTERFLY LOCK! BUTTERFLY LOCK! I DONT THINK WEVE EVER SEEN THIS OUT THE ARSENAL OF CHARLIE MARR!
Deadprez: NOWHERE FOR YUSUF TO GO, BUT HES HANGING ON, REFUSING TO TAP OUT JUST YET!
Eve: BUT AMIR’S HALFWAY OUT OF IT REGARDLESS, AND HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO TAP OUT! SUCCUMBING TO THIS VICIOUS SUBMISSION HOLD!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: HERES YOUR WINNER…AND STILL HARDCORE CHAMPION…CHARLIE MARR!!
(Amir feintly taps out before the referee pries Charlie off as ‘Praise The Lord’ by Bandokay plays to a negative reception from the EAW audience, no one happy with the outcome, EXCEPT for Charlie Marr, who snatches his Hardcore Title out the referee’s hands, raising it high in the air.)
Eve: Tonight was a hard fought contest between both men, but in the end, Charlie Marr is the last one standing, managing to tap out Yusuf.
Gavin Kirkland: :will:
Deadprez: Marr clears the first obstacle in his path for that Hardcore Championship, and any man better be careful when stepping to him next, showing that he is one of the most vile men in EAW today.
Eve: Not to mention, wily, because let’s be honest, I think we all forgot about that turnbuckle being exposed. But Marr waited, wanting to use it at an opportune time.
Deadprez: Crazy thing is: that wasn’t even the main event, we still have a lot more to go for this edition of Super Showdown.
(Charlie Marr goes to head up the ramp, but turns around to notice Rogues Gallery slide in the ring.)
Eve: CANT SAY WE WERE EXPECTING THIS AS ROGUES GALLERY HAVE INFILTRATED THE RING, THE TRIO STOMPING DOWN ON AMIR YUSUF, WHO HAS YET TO RECOVER FROM THAT GRUELING CONTEST HE JUST TOOK PART IN!
Deadprez: LUCAS KNIGHT GRABS A STEEL CHAIR, AND USES THE TOP RAIL OF IT TO BLUDGEON DOWN ON THE GUT OF YUSUF!
Eve: AND CHARLIE MARR’S JUST WATCHING IT ALL HAPPEN ON THE OUTSIDE!
Gavin Kirkland: Far as he’s concerned, this isn’t his fight.
Deadprez: WELL, IT MIGHT BE NOW AS FROM BEHIND! RONAN MALOSI BARRELS INTO CHARLIE WITH AN ELBOW TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD, KNOCKING HIM FORWARD!
(Ronan tosses his suit jacket aside before rolling up the sleeves to his dress shirt, preparing to beat down on Marr further, who’s lying supine, looking out of it after that hit.)
Eve: RONAN MOUNTS MARR WITH PUNCHES RINGSIDE, PERHAPS EXACTING SOME REVENGE FOR LAST WEEK’S CHAIR INCIDENT!
Deadprez: BUT INSIDE THE RING, LUCAS KNIGHT FINISHES PRESSES THE TOP RAIL OF THAT CHAIR UP AGAINST THE JAW OF YUSUF! But Knight finally relents, and stands Amir up, who’s on wobbly legs right about now, barely able to stand on his own, and needing the assistance of Lucas.
(Airhart, and Pandora give each other a brief nod before running off the opposite set of ropes to each other.)
Eve: CRIPPLING DEPRESSION! COMBINATION OF A SPINNING LEG SWEEP, AND PAISLEY’S SIGNATURE MOVE “PANDORA’S BOX,” AKA SPINNING MAFIA KICK, FORMING A DANGEROUS MOVE! AMIR JUST GOT TURNED INSIDE OUT!
Deadprez: They may be done with Amir Yusuf, but Charlie Marr still has a bigger beat down coming his way as Rogues all leave the ring, stomping down now on Mare, who just got done being hammered with punches by Malosi.
Eve: ROGUES GALLERY HOIST CHARLIE UP, AND ROUGHLY THROW HIM SHOULDER FIRST INTO THE STEEL STEPS, KNOCKING THE TOP ONE OFF!
Gavin Kirkland: RONAN TAKES ADVANTAGE NOW, HITTING MARR WITH A DEATH-RO RINGSIDE!
Deadprez: HAVING SOME VICIOUS INTENT BEHIND IT, KNOWING HOW THIN THE PADDING IS OUT THERE!
(Ronan pops up off the floor, and stands tall alongside the Rogues, admiring their handiwork as they begin heading up the ramp with Malosi grabbing his jacket off the ground, and placing it back on.)
Eve: Statement made.
Deadprez: Ronan, and Rogues Gallery weren’t gonna allow last week to stand, and show it right here, laying out both men they deem responsible.
(The camera fades elsewhere on a shot of them all smiling on the stage area with a chorus of boos heard in the background.)
[SCREEN BAR – EAW Headquarters in Newark, NJ.]
The screen comes up as it is none other than Mikaela Street wearing her traditional suit with bowtie and suspenders, adjusting her reading glasses as she waves with a smile on her face.)
Mikaela Street: HELLO EAW Universe! It is me, Mikaela Street and boy do I have a large scoop for you! With the Grand Rampage less than a month away, do we have an exciting few weeks leading up to all of this and a great Super Showdown that still has Kassidy Heart taking on the Specialists Champion, Harper Lee. Adam Lucas wrestles Ryan Wilson, Theron Nikolas and Xander Payne will go one on one and our Main Event for the Answers World Championship, Limmy Monaghan will try to win the belt off TLA! But before we get into all that, I do have some breaking news. Hurricane Hawk has just sent me some of the names that will be included in this years Grand Rampage! Now we saw to open Super Showdown a huge announcement made by our General Manager that he is indeed putting Impact into the Grand Rampage!
(Mikaela takes a deep breath from excitement…)
Mikaela Street: Impact is going to have to defend his spot at Pain For Pride against the other Showdown entries because it is not guaranteed! You look at Voltage which could be a possible three-way if the winner is from the yellow brand especially after the Gold Rush Tournament! Dynasty’s match is set in stone, that could also turn into a triple threat, but Showdown is the one where the Main Event is in jeopardy and with TLA having to defend the Championship tonight anything can happen, for the title will also be defended at Grand Rampage AND…. Battle of Egypt! Impact though will be forced to walk into the Grand Rampage and YES! Try and attempt to defend his spot. If someone else from the Showdown roster wins it, Impact could see himself NOT in the Main Event at Pain for Pride!
(With a smile on her face and yet a look of concern, Mikaela continues to speak…)
Mikaela Street: As we all know; Grand Rampage is the beginning of Pain For Pride Season where every EAW Elitist turns up the volume and wrestles at a whole another level. This year will be no different and I already have some names that not only Hurricane Hawk has given me, but they have also requested to take part in this years Grand Rampage. We have the EAW Hardcore Champion… CHARLIE MARR! I mean… WOW! We also have…. Listen to this…. RONAN MALOSI! Yes, RONAN will be in the Grand Rampage but not too far behind him are THE ROGUES GALLERY! Talk about a force to be reckoned with in the Grand Rampage! Those names alone, between Charlie Marr who we all know is no nonsense and what he did just a little while ago just proves how touch he is. The Former World Champion is no stranger to defending his turf and this is definitely the proper match for him.
(Clearing her throat, she continues to speak…)
Mikaela Street: Everyone knows that the Grand Rampage is every man and woman for themselves, but we saw New Eden last year dominate, they worked together to preserve the win, could we see much of the same with Ronan and the Rogues Gallery? Another gang mentality group that could use the numbers depending on where they all come in because it is the luck of the draw! There are so many variables here but that is not all, what about the quickness of AMIR YUSUF! Yes, he too will be in the Grand Rampage, former New Breed Champion! Rookie of the Year! Talk about what a huge win at the Grand Rampage would mean to Amir and he could take the spot in the Main Event at Pain for Pride! With the addition of Amir Yusuf, it brings a dynamic in the Grand Rampage and with what happened earlier, you can bet that he will be looking for revenge against the Rogues Gallery. I have also been informed that THERON NIKOLAS will BE in the Grand Rampage as well! The former World Champion looks to bring in a different aspect to the match and his name alone and everything that he has done already makes him a favorite to win this and imagine, Impact has to stave off the challenge of Theron Nikolas, he will see firsthand how badly someone like Theron would love to Main Event Pain for Pride! We have others to be named but of course in the midst of the New Era Classic Tournament we will have updates as they come. Finally, I have been told that the loser of the Main Event tonight will STILL have a chance to compete in the Main Event at Pain for Pride as either TLA or Limmy Monaghan will be entered into the Grand Rampage! I mean wow…. Just wow!
(Mikaela smirks….)
Mikaela Street: So excited to see how this all comes out but so far with the names released, this Grand Rampage is going to be one for the ages! The opportunities are endless and with Voltage and Dynasty starting to announce their participants as well, this Grand Rampage will be one to remember! Thanks again EAW Universe and remember…. Mikaela Knows Best!
(She waves while smiling as the scene fades to ringside and Gina Romano for the call of the next match.)
(The camera cuts to Gina Romano in the ring.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST IS SCHEDULED FOR…ONE FALL!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!
(‘Monster’ by Kanye West plays out Kassidy Heart to a chorus of boos, not that she cares in route to the ring, focused on adding another name to the growing list of people she’s defeated on Showdown.)
Gina Romano: Introducing first! Hailing out of Sydney, Australia, weighing in at 138.5 pounds…SHE IS THE MAULER…KASSIDY HEART!!
Eve: Kassidy Heart goes into this match with the utmost confidence, believing her abilities to be enough to topple Harper Lee.
Deadprez: And can you blame her? Kassidy Heart is the longest reigning Answers World Champion in history.
Gavin Kirkland: Not to mention, a major bitch. :mjpls:
Eve: Better hush up before she hears you, we both know that Kassidy Heart is a dangerous woman once you piss her off.
(Sweet Dreams’ by Eurythmics, Annie Lennox & Dave Stewart blares throughout the arena for Harper Lee, making sure to flaunt her Specialists Championship en route to the ring, but showing some focus in her eyes for a showdown with one of the most dominant wrestlers in EAW, Kassidy Heart.)
Gina Romano: And her opponent! Hailing out of Charlotte, North Carolina, weighing in at 118 pounds…SHE IS THE SPECIALISTS CHAMPION…HARPER LEE!!
Deadprez: People talk about how dangerous Kassidy is, but let’s put a little respect on Harper, and tout the same with her.
Eve: Yeah, she’s dangerous when given the opportunity, we’ve seen what that woman can do when going to a dark place
Gavin Kirkland: Don’t remind me about the pliers.
(Both competitors stare each other down from the opposite corners as the referee signals for the bell.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
Eve: The bell has rung, and we are officially underway. I gotta tell ya, we are in for a classic here involving Harper Lee, and Kassidy Heart.
Gavin Kirkland: Only if the right person wins this match. *cough* Harper Lee. *cough*
Deadprez: Well, putting your vendetta against Kassidy Heart aside, I’m interested to see this match as both competitors lock up in the center of the ring, jockeying for position. But Lee gets the early advantage, backing Kassidy Heart up against the corner, showing off her deceiving strength, which I think even takes Kassidy Heart back a bit, who outsizes, along with outweighs her. But regardless, the referee has to intervene with a five count here.
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!
Eve: The referee pries the two apart, and they circle the ring with Kassidy Heart looking to score a front kick to the body of Lee, who just narrowly evades, putting herself slightly outta reach. But they finally lock up once more, and Lee quickly gets the advantage for a second time in this contest with a standing side headlock. But Kassidy backs Harper up against the ropes, and again, the referee has to intervene with a five count, smart move by Heart, who’s gonna practically force Harper to release her hold, similar to the collar and elbow tie-up.
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE! FOUR!
Deadprez: Harper took her time when it came to loosening that grip, BUT KASSIDY TOOK ADVANTAGE WITH A STANDING SIDE HEADLOCK OF HER OWN! Dragging Harper to the center of the ring, and wrenching further on that headlock, bringing Harper down to a knee, Kassidy going to hers as well. But transitions into a grounded front facelock, showing off her in-ring prowess by wrestling Harper Lee to the canvas, putting her down on all fours.
Gavin Kirkland: Just the way I like Harpawg.
Deadprez: :hhh:
Eve: Kass tries to rear mount Lee, but Harper manages to slide between her legs to escape, and before Kassidy can turn around, Lee grabs her in a rear waistlock. But Heart begins to pry those fingers apart before making a go behind for a hammerlock on Harper. …STOMP TO THE FOOT! LEE WITH A STOMP TO THE FOOT FREES HERSELF!
Deadprez: And she follows that up with another standing side headlock, dropping Kassidy Heart, and herself down to a knee while she wrenches more and more on that hold. But one thing about Kass is that you can’t keep her down for long, especially in a predicament like this where she powers back to her feet, and rebounds Lee off the ropes. But Harper manages to bring herself to a halt in the center of the ring.
Eve: From behind, Kassidy charges in with a northern lariat, however, Harper ducks underneath! Kassidy turns around, and gets struck in the throat! Bit of a dirty move there by Harper, but that’s the type of extra measures you gotta take when in the ring with someone like Kassidy Heart, who fires back with a shoot kick right to the sternum. Heart takes time to get some air back in her lungs before running off the ropes in front of Lee!
Deadprez: BUT HARPER WITH A LEAPFROG! Then a drop down, and catches the rebounding Kassidy with a dropkick! From there, Harper stands her up, and bounces Heart face first off the top turnbuckle in the corner, following that up with a knife edge chop that echoes throughout the arena! Harper leans Kassidy up against the ropes, and whips her off! But Heart hangs on to the opposite set, forcing Lee to charge in!
Eve: BUT SHE RUNS RIGHT INTO A BACK ELBOW, STAGGERING HER GREATLY! KASS FOLLOWS THAT UP WITH A KICK TO THE MIDSECTION, AND RUNS OFF THE ROPES FOR A BICYCLE KICK TO THE SIDE OF LEE’S HEAD! Harper’s down to all fours now, and crawls over to the corner, seating herself in it. Heart marches over, looking to inflict further damage, BUT HARPER USES THE WAISTBAND OF HEART’S TRUNKS TO PULL HER FACE FIRST INTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!
Deadprez: Kassidy Heart turns outta the corner, and comes close to being caught with a right hand by Harper! But blocks it, getting her arm up, and returns fire with two stiff forearm strikes of her own, fighting her way out of the corner! BUT LEE STAGGERS KASS WITH A FOREARM BEFORE SHE COULD LAND THE THIRD ONE! Harper has to close the slight separation between her and Heart, that giving Kass just enough time to recover, and hammer Harper with another forearm strike!
Gavin Kirkland: Hopefully the next one by Harper gives that bitch another concussion!
Eve: FOREARM BY HARPER, BUT KASSIDY SHRUGS IT OFF TO LAND TWO MORE! GOES FOR ANOTHER, BUT LEE DUCKS UNDERNEATH! KASSIDY TURNS AROUND, AND RIGHT INTO A STEP-UP ENZIGURI, DROPPING HEART TO A KNEE! But only for a bit before she’s back on her feet, clearly on wobbly legs. Harper wisely goes to take advantage, hooking her up for a suplex it seems. BUT KASSIDY SLIPS OUT THE BACK DOOR ONCE BEING LIFTED, TURNING LEE AROUND FOR A ROUNDHOUSE KICK, KNOCKING HER BACK IN THE CORNER!
Deadprez: KASSIDY HEART RUNS IN, BUT LEE GETS THE BOOT UP, ONLY FOR HEART TO CATCH IT, AND BRING LEE TO THE CENTER OF THE RING, FORCING HER TO HOP ON ONE FOOT WITH THE OTHER ONE CAUGHT! Lee’s a bit vulnerable right now, trying to take swings at Heart, but she’s just outta reach. AND KASSIDY SHORT-LEGS HER INTO AN INVERTED TILT-A-WHIRL SLAM! KASS MAKES THE COVER!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Eve: LEE POWERS OUT! But that’s no problem to Kassidy, who’s gonna keep inflicting damage, lifting Lee back to her feet, and nailing her with shoot kicks to the chest before a strong one catches Lee in the gut, knocking down to the canvas prone! Harper uses the ropes to assist in getting back to her feet, and Kassidy goes to land another shoot kick to the rib cage this time! BUT LEE CATCHES IT, AND POKES HER RIGHT IN THE EYE! The referee admonishes Lee, but I don’t think she cares, rare we see Harper throw the rule book out like this as she approaches Kassidy with a forearm strike!
Deadprez: HEART ANSWERS WITH ONE OF HER OWN! BACK TO WHERE WE WERE EARLIER WITH BOTH SIDES EXCHANGING BLOWS! HARPER! HEART! HARPER! THAT FOREARM HIT HARD, AND TURNS KASSIDY AROUND LONG ENOUGH FOR HARPER TO ATTEMPT RAGNAROCK! BUT HEART SLIPS OUT THE BACK, AND SPINS HARPER AROUND FOR A SUPERKICK!
Eve: A DAZED LEE REBOUNDS OFF THE ROPES, SCORING A STEP-UP KNEE STRIKE! But doesn’t get a pretty landing, dropping right on her back, and both competitors are down, showing some wear and fatigue. But Harper is the first one to begin stirring, slowly getting back to her feet with Kassidy not far behind, getting to hers just a bit slower than Lee. BUT HARPER TAKES HER DOWN WITH A RUNNING CLOTHESLINE!
Deadprez: KASS IS QUICKLY BACK UP, AND TAKEN DOWN WITH A SECOND CLOTHESLINE! BUT GETTING UP A THIRD TIME PROVES TO BE A BIG MISTAKE AS LEE DAMN NEAR TAKES HER HEAD OFF WITH A DISCUS LARIAT! Kassidy Heart is out, and Harper looks to make sure of it by lifting her back to a vertical base. Front facelock by Lee, building a head of steam before she kicks off the top rope for a tornado ddt, spiking Heart! Cover is made, hooking the leg!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRR-
Eve: ALMOST HAD IT, BUT HEART HANGS ON! I mean, we’ve seen Kassidy Heart endure a lot here in EAW, you have to expect it’ll take a lot more than that to put her down. Harper realizes this, and starts to size Kassidy up as she slowly gets back to her feet, unknowing of what awaits her. Harper wraps her arms around the throat of Kassidy for the backstabber, aka House of Balloons, BUT HEART BACKPEDALS INTO THE CORNER, SANDWICHING HARRER BETWEEN THE TURNBUCKLE, AND HERSELF!
Deadprez: Kassidy hobbles outta the corner, BUT SPINS AROUND TO NOTICE A CHARGING HARPER FOR A TILT-A-WHIRL CROSSFACE! CENTER OF THE RING, NOWHERE FOR HEART TO GO! BUT I DONT THINK SHE PLANS ON TAPPING, ALREADY BEGINNING TO CRAWL HER WAY TOWARDS THE ROPES! HARPER WRENCHES FURTHER BACK ON THE SUBMISSION, TEMPORARILY STOPPING HER FROM DOING SO, BUT THE DETERMINATION OF KASSIDY HEART IS UNMATCHED!
Gavin Kirkland: CAP! LIMMY MONAGHAN’S IS BETTER!
Eve: :wow: KASSIDY WRAPS HER HAND ON THE BOTTOM ROPE, AND THE REFEREE BEGINS HIS COUNT!
Referee: ONE! TWO! THREE!
Eve: Harper releases the hold, clearly a bit frustrated. But the damage might already be done when it comes to Kassidy, clutching the back of her neck while pulling herself up, using the ropes. Harper wants to work more on that neck it seems, grabbing the head of Heart, WHO CATCHES HER WITH A HEART PUNCH! Lee stumbles backward, dropping to a seated position, middle of the ring, KASSIDY GOES FOR THE SLIDING KNEE!
Deadprez: BUT LEE NARROWLY GETS OUTTA THE WAY! KASSIDY GETS UP TO A KNEE, AND LEE TAKES ADVANTAGE, FEIGNING A SHINING WIZARD, AND CLUBBING KASSIDY ON THE BACK OF HER WITH A REVERSE ROUNDHOUSE KICK! SHE MIGHT BE OUT OF IT AS HARPER SHOOTS THE HALF, HOOKING THE LEG FOR A COVER!
ONNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHRRRRRRREEEEEEEE-
Eve: KASSIDY GETS THE SHOULDER UP AT TWO, EVEN AFTER THAT TREMENDOUS IMPACT BY LEE! Harper tries to stand Kassidy up, BUT HEART BREAKS FREE FROM HER CLUTCHES, LEAPING IN THE AIR NORVINA LIGHTS! SPIKE HURRICANRANA! HARPER LEE IS CRUMPLED ON THE CANVAS, AND KASS TURNS HER OVER FOR A COVER!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRREEEEEE-
Deadprez: ANOTHER NEARFALL! Kassidy Heart pulls Harper back up in a rear waistlock, possibly for the Kassploder Plex. BUT BEFORE SHE CAN LIFT HER FOR A GERMAN, LEE ELBOWS HER WAY OUT OF THE SITUATION! KASSIDY HEART REELS BACK INTO THE CORNER, AND HARPER LEE CHARGES IN! BUT KASSIDY HEART GETS THE BOOT UP!
Eve: HOWEVER, LEE CATCHES IT- OOH! ROPE-ASSISTED ROUNDHOUSE KICK BY HEART WITH THE OPPOSITE FOOT, AND LEE CAN BARELY STAND RIGHT ABOUT NOW! KASSIDY HEART HOPS TO THE TOP ROPE, AND DIVES DOWN WITH A CROSSBODY, ROLLING OFF THE BODY OF LEE!
Deadprez: Kassidy gets back to her feet, and watches as Harper seats herself up before running off the ropes in front for a SLIDING KNEE STRIKE! SHE HAD ATTEMPTED IT EARLIER, BUT HITS IT NOW! KASSIDY HEART LIES BACK ON LEE, NOT EVEN HOOKING THE LEG, PROBABLY NOT EVEN POSSESSING THE ENERGY TOO! But when you’re fatigued in a match like this, you start to get sloppy, and make mistakes. Regardless, the referee begins counting!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHRRRRRRRRR-
Eve: HARPER LEE INCHES THE SHOULDER UP! And Kassidy Heart posts in the corner, urging Harper Lee to stand up in the center of the ring, which she soon does. KASSIDY HEART WITH A HEAD FULL OF STE- SCHOOL GIRL! SCHOOL GIRL ROLL-UP BY HARPER LEE, LOOKING TO USE HEART’S OWN MOMENTUM AGAINST HER!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
Deadprez: KICKOUT BY KASSIDY, SIMULTANEOUSLY LOCKING IN A TRIANGLE CHOKE ON LEE! WHICH SHE CALLS THE SHINING TRIANGLE! HARPER IS DOWN TO A KNEEL, BUT FURTHER CINCHING BY KASSIDY CAUSES HER TO PLOP DOWN TO HER SIDE! LEE MIGHT BE GOING OUT HERE!
Gavin Kirkland: NO! NO! NO!
Eve: WE TALKED ABOUT KASSIDY’S DETERMINATION EARLIER, WELL, WHAT ABOUT THAT OF HARPER LEE’S, POWERING BACK TO HER FEET WHILE TRAPPED IN THIS TRIANGLE! AND STACKING KASSIDY HEART UP, TRYING TO SNEAK A WIN HERE!
ONNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOO-
Deadprez: Heart inches the shoulder up, keeping the triangle locked in, and if Harper isn’t careful, she’s gonna go night-night very soon. BUT LOOK AT THIS! THE POWER OF HARPER LEE ON FULL DISPLAY, HOISTING KASSIDY UP FOR A SIT OUT POWERBOMB, BREAKING THE TRIANGLE, AND POSSIBLY SCORING HERSELF THE WIN AS SHE GOES FOR A COVER!
ONNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THHHHHHHHHHRRRRRRRREEEEEE-
Eve: KASSIDY KICKS OUT, ROLLING AWAY FROM HARPER LEE, WHO SCOOTS BACK BEFORE GETTING TO HER FEET! Kassidy Heart pulls herself up in the corner, AND IN COMES HARPER LEE! HOWEVER, KASS ATTEMPTS TO BODY BACK DROP HER OVER THE APRON! HARPER CATCHES HERSELF, AND SCORES A FOREARM ON KASSIDY, WHO TURNS AROUND, CREATING SLIGHT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TWO!
Deadprez: BUT SOON AS HARPER TRIES TO SPRING OFF THE TOP ROPE, KASS STOPS HER WITH A ROUNDHOUSE KICK! AND RUNS OFF THE OPPOSITE SET OF ROPES FOR A SPEAR! BUT HARPER LEE SIDESTEPS, AND PENALTY KICKS KASS IN THE FACE WHILE HER HEAD WAS DUCKED OUT THE MIDDLE ROPE! AGAIN, STAGGERING KASSIDY HEART! HARPER GOES TO SPRINGBOARD!
Eve: BUT AS SHE DOES SO, KASSIDY SCALES TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE LIKE A CAT, AND RIPS HARPER OFF THE TOP ROPE WITH GAWD’S GIFT! AVALANCHE CROSS ARMBREAKER! WHAT’S HARPER GONNA DO?!
Deadprez: YOU CAN SEE THE PANIC ALL OVER HER FACE, THINKING ABOUT HOW SHES GONNA ESCAPE THIS PREDICAMENT! A MOVE THAT HAS TAPPED OUT SO MAN-
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: HERE’S YOUR WINNER…KASSIDY HEART!!!
(‘Monster’ by Kanye West plays to a somewhat shocked reaction from the crowd, not expecting Harper Lee to tap out so early, including Kassidy Heart, who gets pried off by the referee, allowing Harper to roll out of the ring, and snatch her championship from the timekeepers area.)
Gavin Kirkland: :comeagain:
Eve: Must say, I’m shocked with that outcome, I for sure thought Harper Lee was gonna put up much more of a fight when in that submission hold, but I guess not.
(Harper begins backpedaling up the ramp, pointing to her championship, and laughing, which only annoys Kassidy Heart in the ring, wanting to have made Lee fully suffer in that submission hold.)
Deadprez: Putting the dots together, I’m guessing Lee just wanted to play things rather smartly, refusing to be injured at the hands of Kassidy Heart, and opting to fight another day it seems.
(Harper’s laughing is cut short when ‘Recreant’ by Chelsea Grin interrupts, causing the crowd to pop greatly, realizing what’s about to come Lee’s way as Ximena Velasquez steps out from behind the curtain, and marches down with a purpose.)
Eve: Can’t say I was expecting this, but Ximena is here, and marching straight towards Harper Lee, who drops her title belt, and slides in the ring. Velasquez shortly follows, and Harper Lee turns around to lock eyes with Kassidy Heart, refusing to let Lee go anywhere.
Deadprez: AND THAT OPENS UP THE DOOR FOR XIMENA TO CONNECT WITH A RUNNING BIG BOOT THAT TAKES HARPER DOWN!
Eve: Heart leaves the ring, and allows Ximena to go to work on Lee, who picks herself up in the corner, AND GETS SQUASHED BY VELASQUEZ WITH A RUNNING BODY SPLASH, FOLLOWED UP BY A BIEL THROW, LAUNCHING HER TO THE CENTER OF THE RING!
Gavin Kirkland: HARPAWG’S IN TROUBLE!
Deadprez: HARPER STANDS HERSELF UP, FAVORING THAT BACK, AND TRIES TO SCORE A KICK TO THE MIDSECTION ON AN APPROACHING XIMENA, WHO CATCHES THE BOOT, AND PLANTS HER IN THE CENTER OF THE RING WITH THE XV!
Eve: ONE ARM POWERBOMB DAMN NEAR PUTS HARPER THROUGH THE RING, AND XIMENA STANDS TALL OVER HER FOE! THE WOMAN WHO SHE BLAMES FOR THE WAY THINGS HAVE GONE THIS SEASON, AND YOU CAN’T BLAME HER FOR THAT! HARPER CERTAINLY HAD IT COMING!
(Ximena stands tall over the limp body of Lee while Kassidy watches and shrugs her shoulders, before heading to the back as the camera fades elsewhere.)
(Adam Lucas is seen in the back, seemingly talking to himself. He paces back and forth, obviously concerned about something. The camera doesn’t pick up at first what he is saying, but as it zooms in closer, we start to recognize what it is on his mind.)
Adam Lucas: What if they believe that I’m like that all the time. What if they think I’m just as much of an asshole as most of the others on this brand? It’s not who I aimed to be; it was just one moment.
(He pauses, and it seems like he is staring into space, but then he starts to pace again.)
Adam Lucas: I’m going to do everything I can to make sure they believe me, but at the same time I won’t be a chopping board to the likes of Impact ever again. If he tries that shit again at Pain for Pride and I’m World Champion by then, I’m going to show him how much I learned at Dia Del Diablo. Mark my words, what I went through at that event won’t be in vain.
(The camera pans in a little further, and then we realize that he is talking to someone else who is off screen. He gives the impression that he is now staring directly at them.)
Adam Lucas: I’m right aren’t I? It’s not the same as how they conduct themselves.
Voice: It isn’t Adam, and I’m so damn proud of you…
(The door flies open behind him, and Adam turns to face whoever it is, subconsciously readying himself for an attack from maybe Ryan Wilson. He would probably have preferred that, as Lexi appears in the doorway, a huge smile on her face.)
Lexi: HIIIIIIIIII, I KNEW I’D FIND YOU AND THAT YOU WEREN’T AVOIDING ME!!!
(She looks so happy to see Adam, and looks like she is about to fling her arms around him, but then her eyes widen as the camera pans out, showing both Lexi and Dr. Bethany Blue standing face to face. Bethany does not look best pleased that Lexi has once again showed up)
Lexi: Errmm, Hi Bethany, I didn’t know you were going to be here.
Dr. Bethany Blue: Obviously not.
(Lexi’s concern dilutes, as she claps her hands gleefully.)
Lexi: You like milkshakes? I love milkshakes, Adam loves milkshakes. We can all have milkshakes. Oooooo, we can share ONE milkshake, three straws that would be awesome. This is a good thing, finally we can start acting like besties because that’s all I’ve ever wanted.
Dr. Bethany Blue: In case you forgot, I’m lactose intolerant and Is it really Lexi? That’s not the way it’s looked on television and not the way that others think this little obsession is
Lexi: Oh, you are a silly Billy. Of course, it is. You and Adam are made for each other, I’m just here to make sure that no one else gets in the way of your true love. Like any true friend would.
Dr. Bethany Blue: By getting in the way? That doesn’t make sense.
Lexi: I don’t get in the way, do I Adam?
(Adam looks at Beth and doesn’t say a word.)
Lexi: Adam?
(He still doesn’t say anything, seeing that Beth is getting more and more annoyed.)
Lexi: ADAM!!!
(Finally, he has no choice but to answer, even if he is trying his hardest to keep the piece.)
Adam Lucas: You have kinda been getting in the way, Lexi. I mean, at Dia Del Diablo…
Lexi: I was trying to help you against the big nasty man. I didn’t want you to get hurt, and I did exactly what Bethany would have done.
Dr. Bethany Blue: The only difference being that it had nothing to do with you.
(Lexi looks a little hurt for a moment, but the moment soon passes.)
Lexi: Oh Bethany, you know what you and I are much better BFF’s then we are shouting at each other. Let’s kiss and make up…
(Lexi wraps her arms around Bethany, and kisses her on the cheek, Bethany then pushing her off with an emotionless expression.)
Dr. Bethany Blue: Lexi, can’t you see? What we had, it’s in the past. Adam and I don’t need you hanging around anymore than we need anyone else poking their nose into our business. It’s hard enough having a relationship in this industry anyway without any privacy.
Lexi: You don’t mean that. I know you don’t mean that. Take that back
Dr. Bethany Blue: I really do. This is getting out of hand now.
Lexi: But if we’re not besties, how are we supposed to do bestie things?
Dr. Bethany Blue: Lexi, we are NOT best friends. I’m not sure that we ever were, and I’m not even convinced that we are even friends at all.
Lexi: That’s a little harsh, but I forgive you.
Dr. Bethany Blue: Maybe it is harsh, but Adams told you, and I’ve told you. Even Hurricane Hawk has threatened you with a fine, but you’re still not listening.
Lexi: I don’t listen when someone is talking nonsense. Lexi was brought up the right way.
Dr. Bethany Blue: Nonsense??? OK then maybe I should beat some sense into you.
(They almost come to blows, but Adam gets between the two quickly.)
Lexi: Oh, isn’t he a big strong man Bethany, I see why you like him. But you’re fooling yourself Bethany. You want me around just as much as Adam does. But everything is fine, no harm no foul. You’ll see that it’s all for the best, and when you do, we can go right back to where we were.
Dr. Bethany Blue: NO LEXI…
(Lexi’s eyes widened again as Bethany shouted at her, Adam still stood between them both.)
Lexi: Yes Bethany. You might not, but I know what is best for us all. You’ll thank me when you realize it too, just like Adam…
(Bethany intervenes obviously having had enough.)
Dr. Bethany Blue: Lexi, I’m going to say this one more time. Stay away from Adam, because if I have to come to Showdown again, the next time I won’t be so polite with you. This ends tonight, or else you will regret it.
(Lexi sticks her bottom lip out, and for a moment looks like she is about to cry, but Bethany doesn’t care anymore. She rolls her eyes at an obviously upset Lexi, and then grabs Adam by the hand, and takes him out of the room leaving Lexi standing there, almost distraught. The camera focuses on her as the footsteps in the hallway get fainter, her face suddenly changing as she shouts after them)
Lexi: DINNER LATER???
(Lexi smiles content, her heart full of love as the scene fades to ringside and Gina Romano.)
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST HAS A THIRTY MINUTE TIME LIMIT AND IT IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL!!!!
Crowd: ONE FALL!!!!
Gina Romano: Introducing first! Weighing in at-
Off-Camera Voice: No.
( The crowd boos as Ryan Wilson’s Promotional Director is making her way to the stage area with a calm, cool and collected demeanor, dressed in a sharp-looking business outfit. She has her own microphone in hand as she stands on the stage just below the big screen. )
Demi Knor: Thank you miss Romano, I will handle things from here. Ladies and Gentlemen my name is Miss Demi Knor! And as the Promotional Director for the man about to be introduced, I feel it is my duty to do it rather than the usual way. Now, introducing from Montréal, Québec, Canada! Weighing in at 220 pounds! He is the Archivist! RYAN… JOSEPH… WILSON!!!
( ‘The Only Thing They Fear Is YOU’ by Mick Gordon plays over the sound system of the arena as for former New Breed Champion makes his way to the ring moving past the newest member of his Extended Universe giving her a thankful nod before giving his full focus to the ring. )
Deadprez: Demi Knor making the ring introductions for Ryan Wilson where tonight and this match is going to be a war. These are two contrasting styles but it has become personal. A lot of it focused around Ryan Wilson’s time as the General Manager of Showdown and his role in the career of Adam’s real life fiance, the Empress of Elite and now on Dynasty, Dr. Bethany Blue.
Gavin Kirkland: Did you see how hot she looks here tonight? What the hell was Hawk thinking when he traded her for Jonny Airhart!?
Eve: I think that will be one of the worst trades in EAW history but that is not what is at stake right now. First it was the war of words, then Ryan showed up last week and dropped Adam Lucas, sending a message, Bethany is here tonight in support, but we understand that she is here to watch and not be with Adam at ringside.
(Ryan Wilson paces the ring as he waits, the boos ring out here in Mexico as his theme fades and is replaced with “You Know My Name” by Chris Cornell as the crowd cheers. Adam Lucas slowly comes out, his focus on the ring…)
Gina Romano: HIS OPPONENT HAILS FROM NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK! WEIGHING IN AT 231 POUNDS! HE IS THE NEXT LEVEL…. ADAM LUCAS!!!!
(The crowd continues to cheer as Adam Lucas starts to make his way down to the ring. He slaps hands with some of the Mexican fans before sliding into the ring and glaring right in the face of Ryan Wilson as both men have a staredown.)
Deadprez: Here is Adam Lucas and we saw him come out earlier when Impact and Hurricane Hawk opened the show. He looks ready, determined and with the Good Doctor in the back was able to pipe down Lexi.
Eve: I don’t think Lexi is going to be a problem the rest of the night. Ryan Wilson wants to make a statement, prove a point and while Ryan did some really good things as the General Manager but they were overshadowed by all the negativity. Tonight, he gets to come over here and remind everyone how successful Ryan Wilson was on Showdown.
Gavin Kirkland: I miss Ryan Wilson and he was a great GM, tonight he shows why he is a great wrestler too and how he made Thiccany into one of the best female talents in the EAW!
(Adam and Ryan are both checked by the referee as he signals for the bell and the starts of the match.)
(DING! DING! DING!)
(Adam Lucas and Ryan Wilson waste not time locking up, Adam puts him in a headlock, but Ryan Wilson throws him off into he ropes, Adam bounces off, Ryan Wilson tries with a clothesline, but Adam ducks, Ryan turns….)
Deadprez: Arm Drag and Wilson took all of that, he springs back up and Adam is there with a hip toss! Ryan lands hard on his back, up again and he charges in, and Adam uses his momentum and throws him over the top rope…. NO! HE KEEPS HIS HANDS ON RYAN, DRAGGING HIM BACK IN AND HUNG ROPE DDT! RYAN WILSON IS ALREADY IN TROUBLE AND ADAM IS NOT WORKING BY THE HOUR! GOES FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO…..
Eve: Ryan Wilson quickly kicks out and that really caught him by surprise in the early goings of this match! Wilson is back up and Adam with a forearm, whipping him against the turnbuckle and charging in, big boot by Wilson as he stumbles back, Ryan comes out with a huge clothesline and Adam goes down! Ryan Wilson quickly found an opening and took full advantage of it! Ryan Wilson quickly picks up Adam and a couple of forearms to the chest, but Adam fights back! Forearm blast! Another! Ryan now with one of his own! And another! He stumbles back….
(Adam goes for a clothesline but Wilson ducks, Adam stops himself by putting on the breaks, he turns right into…. )
Gavin Kirkland: A BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX! Ryan Wilson with a textbook counter and look at him laughing! He is laying the fists on Adam Lucas as the referee makes the count!
Referee: 1….2….3….4…..
Gavin Kirkland: The genius former General Manager shows good sportsmanship and stops the closed fists! What an icon and great role model this man is for all the young wrestlers watching right now!
Deadprez: You have got to be kidding me, but whatever dawg. Ryan Wilson is now chocking Adam early int his match, maybe the frustrations are starting to show early in this match! Ryan Wilson is being super aggressive but that was expected considering a win here over a man like Adam Lucas will do wonders for his career and really put him in a favorable spot-on Voltage!
Eve: Ryan has always had the talent; I think it is more that Ryan sometimes talks his way into some serious issues, and this is one of them. Taking credit for Bethany’s success now due to the hell he put her through in Season 14 which we all remember. Adam didn’t take too kindly to those accusations and now what we have here is the result of his words. Ryan has Adam down and now he runs against the ropes, leg droop! Ryan rolls back on his feet and elbow drop!
Deadprez: Good chain wrestling by Ryan Wilson but he is going to have to do a lot more than that to keep Adam Lucas down! He picks up Adam by the hair, Irish Whip into the buckle, Ryan charges in with a shoulder block! He throws another and another! Ryan taking charge here as he pulls Adam out of the corner and goes for a bulldog…. NO! ADAM LAUNCHES RYAN OFF HIM AND HE LAND STRAIGHT ON HIS ASS! RYAN IS FEELING ALL THAT PAIN AND STIFF KICK RIGHT TO THE MIDDLE BACK OF RYAN!
(Ryan screams in pain as Adam backs up and kicks him again this time even harder as Ryan arches, Adam quickly picks him up on his feet…)
Gavin Kirkland: NO! RELEASE GERMAN SUPLEX AND HE FOLDED HIM LIKE AN ACCORDIAN! SOMEBODY GET IN THERE AND STOP THIS! IT HAS ONLY BE A FEW MINUTES INTO THIS MATCH AND ALREADY THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER!
Eve: What did you expect after the things Ryan Wilson said!? Adam Lucas made it clear this week he was coming for a fight, having a lot to prove and that is exactly what he is doing! Adam Lucas picks up Ryan Wilson and a couple of stiff elbows before lifting him up and BACKBREAKER! Adam focusing on the back, and he has Ryan Wilson hurt! But notice how Lucas isn’t going for the cover, he wants to make sure that Wilson is down for the count! Adam bounces off the ropes, Corkscrew Elbow! Adam goes for the cover!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Deadprez: Ryan Wilson kicks out! Adam sits him up, he runs against the ropes, BASEMENT DROPKICK TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD! Ryan Wilson is really reeling right now and Adam Lucas looks like man possessed! He picks up Ryan Wilson and up on a suplex…. But he places him on the top rope! Adam climbs the second turnbuckle as he nails Ryan with a couple of stiff elbows, going for the Superplex and…. Ryan Wilson rakes the eyes of Adam! A head butt! And another on the bridge of the nose!
(The camera shifts backstage to Bethany watching on a monitor very concerned right now as we can see Lexi a distance away trying to hide behind some crates watching her ex-fiancé focused on the match. Back in the ring, Wilson with another head butt and Adam teeters, before Wilson jumps up….)
Gavin Kirkland: BLOCKBUSTER ON ADAM LUCAS AND RYAN WILSON TAKES HIM DOWN! HE GOES FOR A COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!
TH…..
Gavin Kirkland: KICK OUT BY ADAM! Maybe I need to go back and keep Thiccany company! She needs someone to comfort her right now!
Eve: I doubt that you of all people is who she wants to see! That was a close one, but Ryan is staring at the referee asking for a faster count! He picks up Adam who is wobbly on his feet, whipping him into the ropes! Wilson charges in with a boot! NO! Adam ducks it, turns around… SUPERMAN 2.0! KNEE STRIKE AND SUPERMAN PUNCH COMBO AND HE MAY HAVE KNOCKED ADAM LUCAS OUT! RYAN WILSON IS GOING TO THE TOP ROPE! HE IS NOT WASTING ANY TIME AND COMING OFF…. HEATSEEKER ELBOW RIGHT ON THE CHEST OF LUCAS! THIS ONE IS OVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THRE……..
Deadprez: KICK OUT BY ADAM LUCAS AND RYAN WILSON CANNOT BELIEVE IT! Slapping his hands quicker this time as the referee shakes his head and holds up two fingers! Ryan wants a faster count, but he picks up Adam and THROWS HIM INTO THE STEEL POST! Now this is starting to get a bit dirty, and Ryan Wilson is starting to lose a lot of patience here!
(Adam has fallen outside the ring holding his shoulder and arm, hurting as he hit the steel post going in pretty fast. Ryan stands in the inside of the ring, telling the referee to count…)
Referee: 1! ….. 2!….. 3!…. 4!…..
(Adam slowly gets up, holding his shoulder, he uses the guardrail and some of the Mexican faithful help him up. He looks obviously hurt as he tries to get back to his feet.)
Referee: 5!…. 6!…. 7!…. 8!…… 9!…..
(Adam slides in at the last possible second!)
Eve: Adam is able to break the count, but Ryan Wilson quickly punted Adam in the shoulder the second he rolled into the ring! Now he is stomping it relentlessly and not stopping! Ryan wants to tear that arm out of the socket and now he locks on an arm bar, but reverses it, pulling back as Adam screams in pain!
(Adam is locked in on the reverse Armbar as Ryan leans back some, the crowd starts cheering for Adam in support….)
Crowd: ADAM!!!! ADAM!!! ADAM!!!! ADAM!!!!
(They are definitely behind Adam Lucas who could have his arm torn right out of the socket! Ryan pulls back hard as the crowd continues to cheer for him…)
Eve: Adam Lucas is in a bad position right now. Ryan Wilson has that Arm bar, almost like a Disarmer locked and Adam cannot go anywhere as he is trying to get to the ropes but to no avail! Adam looks ready to tap out and look at Wilson!
Ryan Wilson: (Off Mic) ASK HIM! ASK HIM NOW!!!!
(The referee looks at Adam….)
Referee: (Off Mic) Come on Adam… what do you say!?
(Adam shakes his head….)
Adam Lucas: (Off Mic) NOOOO!!!!!
(The crowd cheers hearing Adam Lucas fighting off the hold!)
Deadprez: Adam is trying now to crawl toward the ropes, this maybe his only chance to get anything salvaged before Ryan Wilson completely tears that arm out of it’s socket! Ryan Wilson is looking to humiliate Adam and he knows Bethany is backstage watching! He knows that she is probably trying to fight the urge to come out here while her man is in trouble! But he is crawling and look at the face of Wilson! He can’t believe the strength of Adam Lucas as he drags himself over to grab the ropes! Wilson is using every muscle in his being but to no avail as Adam stretches and he stretches….. and HE GRABS THE ROPES! RYAN WILSON MUST BREAK THE HOLD!
Referee: 1! ….. 2!….. 3!…. 4!…..
(Ryan Wilson breaks the hold. A very frustrated and livid Wilson drags Adam to the middle of the ring, he tries again to lock in the arm bar, but Adam rolls him up for the cover….)
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: The greatest GM in Showdown history kicks out! Adam almost tries to sneak on in the back door but to no avail! He is trying to get up but look at Ryan! He is continuously going at it with Adam, kicking him on the shoulder and he picks him back up…. He is going to ram the shoulder again into the turnbuckle and…. NO! Adam Lucas reverses and Ryan Wilson crashes and burns! HE WENT SHOUDLER FIRST INTO THE STEEL POST THIS TIME AND HE STAYED IN THE RING, TURNS AROUND AND ADAM… HONOR BOMB! HE JUST HIT THE HONOR BOMB AND NOOOOOO! THIS ONE IS OVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE…..
Eve: Ryan Wilson was able to get a shoulder up and Adam is a bit shocked! Holding up three fingers but the referee calls it off and holds up two fingers.
(Adam winces in pain trying to get blood circulating in his arm and shoulder, slowly getting back up and grabbing Ryan Wilson, whipping him into the ropes…..)
Eve: DEVASTATING SPINEBUSTER BY ADAM LUCAS AND LOOK! HE IS LOCKING IN THE SHARPSHOOTER! THE LUCAS LOCK IS ON AND HE TURNS RYAN WILSON AROUND! HE IS SCREAMING IN PAIN! RYAN WILSON NOW IS THE ONE THAT IS IN DANGER OF TAPPING OUT! ADAM LUCAS IS LOCKED IN AND HE IS PULLING BACK!
(Ryan Wilson is getting stretched out and this time Adam Lucas is looking for the submission! Ryan Wilson is scrambling, trying to grab an ankle, anything possible even reaching for the ropes, but he can’t as the referee is now trying to ask him, but Ryan Wilson shakes his head….)
Ryan Wilson: (Off Mic) Noooooo!
Gavin Kirkland: OUR HERO REFUSES TO GIVE UP! Look at Ryan Wilson! The epitome of bravery! He is trying so hard to be a model example to us all, I wish you could all see that! What an inspiration! Adam can’t break him at all no matter how much he tries! Ryan… fight it! Prove him wrong in every aspect! Prove him…..
Deadprez: Ryan grabs the ankle of Adam Lucas, and he trips him up as Adam falls! Ryan Wilson is able to get out of it, but the damage is already done! He is back to his feet though! He looks in pain as Adam gets back up…. Ryan runs at Adam with a boot, Lucas ducks and Ryan misses! Adam goes for a clothesline, but no Ryan Wilson ducks, he bounces off the ropes and Adam charges in…. NO! LA BOMBE BLEU! RYAN WILSON WAS ABLE TO GET ALL OF THAT AND HE HOLDS HIM DOWN FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE……………..
Eve: ADAM LUCAS WITH A SHOULDER UP AND HE CAN’T BELIEVE IT! RYAN WILSON IS BESIDE HIMSELF RIGHT NOW ANND HOW COULD ADAM LUCAS KICK OUT OF THAT MOVE! HE IS STARTIING TO QUESTION HIMSELF NOW AND HAS ADAM UP BY THE HAIR, RYAN WILSON HOISTING HIM UP FOR A GOTCH STYLE PILEDRIVER AND HE CONNECTS! RYAN GOT ALL OF THAT AND HE HOOKS THE LEG FOR THE COVER!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE…..
Gavin Kirkland: HOW IS ADAM LUCAS KICKING OUT OF THIS! HOW!? HE HAD HIM DOWN AND NOW RYAN HAS ADAM WHERE HE WANTS HIM! HE DRAGS ADAM BACK UP TO HIS FEET…. HE SETS UP ADAM LUCAS… CHEMIN DE CROIX…. THE CRUCIFIX POWERBOMB… NOOOO! STOP ADAM PLEASE!
Deadprez: ADAM SLIPS BEHIND RYAN WILSON AND RYAN TURNS…. LEVEL UP!!! NO!!!! RYAN WILSON FLOATS OVER BEHIND ADAM AND HE ROLLS HIM UP WITH A BRIDGE!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE…..
Deadprez: ADAM LUCAS KICKS OUT AGAIN AND RIGHT NOW RYAN WILSON HAS NO ANSWER FOR HIM! HE SI TRYING TO DO HIS BEST HERE TO PUT LUCAS DOWN AND NOW HE IS GOING FOR THE MIC DROP! HE IS SIGNALING FOR THE END OF THIS…. WAIT… ADAM IS NOT ALLOWING HIM TO LIFT HIM UP! HE IS TRYING SO HARD BUT HE CANNOT! HE TRIES AGAIN AND ADAM FLIPS RYAN OVER! HE LANDS HARD ON HIS BACK AND WILSON IS SLOW TO GET UP, ADAM THOUGH IS GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE, STANDING ON THE APRON! RYAN IS UP….
Gavin Kirkland: Please…. No…. BUCKSHOT LARIAT BY ADAM LUCAS AND HE JUST BEHEADED RYAN WILSON! THIS MATCH IS OVER!!!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE…..
Gavin Kirkland: YES! YES! YES! RYAN WILSON GETS THE SHOULDER UP AND NONE OF THESE MEN WANT TO GIVE AN INCH! THIS IS THE GREATEST MATCH EVER FOR RYAN WILSON! OUR GENERAL MANAGER IS BACK AND TRIUMPHANT! RYAN WILSON IS GOING TO WIN AND SHOW WHY HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT SHOWDOWN!
(Adam Lucas looks out to the crowd as they scream in excitement, but Adam is looking for something, anything right now to help him get past this turning point in the match. He though he had him there but Adam slams the mats the frustrations are starting to get to him as he rolls out of the ring and grans a chair….)
Deadprez: ADAM! DON’T!
Eve: Adam Lucas is about to lose it again!
(The footage shows a nervous Bethany pacing while watching the match in Gorilla, she thinks about running out there but stops, taking a deep breath, cupping her mouth with her hands, looking on, believing that he will make the right decision. He looks at the chair, contemplating, looking in the ring at Ryan Wilson who is struggling to get to his feet, but Adam once again is conflicted….)
Gavin Kirkland: DISQUALIFY HIM NOW! HE HAS FINALLY SNAPPED!
Deadprez: Wait a second…. ADAM IS SHAKJING HIS HEAD, HE REFUSES AND DROPS THE CHAIR AS THE FANS CHEER HIM ON! I AM SURE THAT BETHANY IS HAPPY RIGHT NOW AND HE SLIDES INTO THE RING ASD THE REFEREE GETS THAT CHAIR OUT….. LOW BLOW BY RYAN WILSON AS THE REFEREE WASN’T LOOKING! ADAM IS IN A LOT OF TROUBLE!
Eve: RYAN WILSON SETS HIM UP FOR THE MIC DROP AND…… WAIT ADAM LUCAS HOPS ON RYAN WILSON’S SHOULDER AND A CRUCIFIX PIN!!!
Gavin Kirkland: HOW!?!?!
ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(DING! DING! DING!)
Gina Romano: HERE IS YOUR WINNER…. ADAM LUCAS!!!!
(“You Know My Name” by Chris Cornell plays throughout the arena as Adam Lucas quickly springs to his feet as Ryan Wilson looks in shock after the crucifix pin. Ryan is pleading with the referee but he is saying no, his shoulder was down and was a pinfall.)
Deadprez: Adam Lucas with the crucifix pin! He caught Ryan Wilson just as he thought he was taking a lead and Adam simply outsmarted and outwrestled him! Ryan is in complete shock and….
Eve: RYAN WILSON GRABS THE REFEREE! WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS MAN! HE IS LOSING IT AND ADAM LUCAS TURNS HIM AROUND! FIST AFTER FIST, RYAN WILSON IS TAKING THE HAYMAKERS FROM ADAM LUCAS AND CLOTHESLINE OVER THE TOP ROPE! RYAN WILSON GETS RIGHT BACK UP AND HE TRIES TO SLIDE BACK IN BUT THE REFEREE IS RIGHT THERE TO STOP HIM! ADAM LUCAS IS BEGGING FOR WILSON TO GET BACK IN THE RING!
Gavin Kirkland: This is absolutely ridiculous! First that was a fast count and now this unnecessary attack!? Someone get him out of the ring, Ryan Wilson is a guest here!
(Wilson is now being grabbed by officials and security, Adam continues to scream for Ryan Wilson to get back in the ring but he is being dragged away as Wilson has completely lost it as Adam rolls out of the ring and grabs a chair….)
Eve: Okay Adam that is not necessary!
Deadprez: Emotions are starting to boil over! Adam Lucas with a chair and he looks ready to blast Ryan Wilson and he’s heading up to the back where Ryan Wilson is!
(Adam Lucas starts to make his way up the ramway while officials are trying to hold Ryan Wilson as the crowd roars as officials now try to stop Adam Lucas as they continue to try and contain the confrontation as Adam raises his arms with the chair as the crowd cheers…)
(The camera fades backstage to Hurricane Hawk in his office talking to Cameron Ella Ava, the crowd roars at the sight of Cameron as she prepares to take on Andrea Valentine for the Universal Women’s Championship at Grand Rampage and she is scheduled for a contract signing over on Dynasty, Friday Night.)
Hurricane Hawk: I am happy that you were given this opportunity and definitely earned it. It has been a long road for you traveled but I had the feeling you would eventually get this chance and against Andrea Valentine no less, an incredible feud and incredible match to say the least. I just want to make sure that you are 100%, that was a real nasty fall you took at Dia Del Diablo, Cameron.
(Cameron nods, trying to reassure him that she’s alright…)
Cameron Ella Ava: I have not been on Showdown since Dia Del Diablo, but I feel great. Yeah, there are some parts that still hurt but overall, I think everything is in working order. I have a good feeling about Grand Rampage and found the opening I needed to challenge for the title. Seems like Dr. Bethany Blue is picking and choosing her moment and I can respect that, so I decided why not, get my chance now and then watch what happens at Battle of Egypt with the Ladder Match, survive that at Pain for Pride and maybe the Empress of Elite is next, whatever the scenario, I am ready for it and to bring the title back to Showdown.
Hurricane Hawk: There are so many different avenues this could take, it could be a battle of Showdown between you and Kassidy Heart, no matter what though we have some exciting times coming up and it was great to catch up, just wanted to make sure that you were ready for this.
(She nods again, shaking his hand…)
Cameron Ella Ava: I am… promise.
Hurricane Hawk: Excellent, well enjoy the rest of the show and….
(But before he could finish the sentence, the General Manager is interrupted as the door opens and none other than Veena Adams walks in catching the eye of Cameron Ella Ava. Veena quickly wastes no time speaking her mind…)
Veena Adams: Oh… now I see how it is. So, she gets to do whatever she damn well wants and can just mosey and saunter on over to Dynasty to challenge Andrea Valentine for the Universal Women’s Championship and that’s it? I guess the privileged are able to bounce from brand to brand. I must admit, I have seen a lot of ways for people to be ducking others, but this right here takes the cake.
Cameron Ella Ava: Ducking? I haven’t been ducking anyone, I decided to go after a title I would like to hold and have an outstanding match against Andrea Valentine, a woman I respect. Sorry if that is an inconvenience for you Veena but right now I have more important things to take care of like becoming the Universal Women’s Champion.
(Hurricane Hawk obviously looks concerned as he tries to wedge himself in-between both women. Veena though finds it quite amusing, snickering a little….)
Cameron Ella Ava: What’s so funny?
Veena Adams: I am glad you asked. The fact you are standing here right now pretending that you’re in control. Cameron, you’re not because I will not forget what happened at Dia Del Diablo when you cost me the match. I was ready to enter the third and final level where I would have destroyed TLA and become Answers World Champion.
(This time Cameron finds the last statement amusing, having a laugh about it…)
Veena Adams: You find that funny I see because I would be Answers World Champion right now!
Cameron Ella Ava: Uh huh… sure. Whatever you say. I have wasted enough time here with this, thanks for inviting me, Hurricane Hawk.
(Veena though isn’t letting her pass by her. She stands her ground as Cameron and Veena are now face to face…)
Veena Adams: Listen to me closely bitch… I don’t care what you do with Andrea Valentine at Grand Rampage to be honest, I don’t give a fuck what program is being ran between Dynasty and Showdown, if you want to run from me because that is basically what this is, then go ahead, but even Hawk knows that you can’t run forever, and we still have a match between us and so why not make it now? Hurricane Hawk, what do you say that Cameron here, faces me one on one in Rwanda, the Showdown after Grand Rampage and if she is the Universal Women’s Champion? I want the title on the line, and it will be inside a STEEL CAGE!
(The crowd roars at the sound of that announcement as Hurricane Hawk looks rather surprised and impressed by Veena’s challenge. He then looks at Cameron Ella Ava who nods…)
Cameron Ella Ava: YOU ARE ON!
(Both women stare at one another before Veena starts backing off with a smile on her face….)
Hurricane Hawk: It looks like we have our Main Event in Rwanda!
(Veena slowly backs off and gets to the door…)
Veena Adams: I’ll be rooting for you at Grand Rampage, bitch.
(Walking out and leaving, Cameron continues to glare at her as the camera fades to ringside and Gina Romano.)
( Gina Romano is in the ring standing before the lively Mexico City Arena audience. )
( DING! DING! DING! )
Gina Romano: This next bout is scheduled for ONE FALL under NO TIME LIMIT, and is a DYNASTY VS SHOWDOWN BRAND WARFARE MATCH!!!
( “It Follows” by Cane Hill plays and a roar of boos begin to emerge from the crowd. Xander Payne walks out to the stage dressed to compete, seemingly uncaring about the response he is getting. He continues to the ring nonchalauntly, appearing to have a strategy in mind. )
Gina Romano: Introducing first on behalf of DYNASTY; from Toronto, Ontario, Canada weighing in tonight at approximately 240 POOOUNDS… XANDDDERRRRRRRRRRR PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYNNNNEE!!!
Eve: The Industry Titan, a self professed wrestling genius, among many other things you can call him makes his first Showdown in-ring appearance of the year after making his presence felt last week on Showdown — as we take a look.
( A recap airs showing Xander Payne’s confrontation with Theron Nikolas. Theron initially went to the ring to challenge Kassidy Heart, and Xander would come out to question why Kassidy or anybody in his past would have interest in facing him again. He tempts Theron’s temper and dares him to validate his own legacy by facing him at Super Showdown, with the quote “you want a match at Super Showdown? I’m your huckle bearer.” We return to the arena, where Xander is taking a stroll around ringside, raising an eyebrow at the fans who are violently booing him. )
Eve: As this is a Dynasty vs Showdown match we just so happen to have a guest on commentary as well to represent the red brand. The legendary STEW-O!
( Camera cuts to commentary where Stew is sitting with Gavin, Eve and Deadprez. )
Stew-O: Thank you Eve, you’re too kind! I’m happy to be here, I just happened to be in the neighborhood when I heard they needed a representative from Dynasty on commentary. I can’t tell you how surreal it is sitting at a Showdown announce table after all of these years!
Gavin Kirkland: No offense but I wish they would have had Jake represent Dynasty, it just would have been more fun :/ Hell I’d take Flannery too, even if she does have the legs of a man.
Eve: Thank your lucky stars you’re not commentating with Flannery, she’d be less tolerant of your crap than I am.
Deadprez: Well I for one am thrilled to be sittin’ beside you like the good old days, Stew. People forget that before you became the voice of Friday nights you and I held down the broadcast fort here on Showdown. What has it been, ten years since then?
Stew-O: That’s right going back to EAW Season 4. It’s nostalgic and humbling to see things come full circle during #EAW15, and that man in the ring is one of the most impressive Elitists I’ve seen in my run here.
Eve: I was just going to ask, there was a conversation about Theron’s legacy and his reputation last week in the ring, but considering you are somebody who has seen all 15 years of EAW history, can you speak on the reputation and the legacy of Xander Payne in a comparative light?
Stew-O: Well antics aside we’re looking at one of the great World Champions in EAW history, a force to be reckoned with. Highly respected among his peers even if he isn’t the most likable among them; there are very few Elitists that I can honestly say would be successful in any era you put them in and Xander is on that exclusive list.
( Xander’s music dies down and he looks around stoically at the booing crowd. The heat is replaced with raucous fanfare as “The Rumbling” by SiM hits, and Theron Nikolas makes his entrance to the ring. )
Gina Romano: And his opponent, REPRESENTING SHOWDOWN; from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada weighing in at 224 POOOUNNDS… THEEERROOOOOOOOOOONN NNNNIKKOOLLLLAAAASSS!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Goodness listen to these people! They’re so loud I just popped a snooze bubble and woke up from the COMA that these two old men sent me into from all the reminiscing over their glory days.
Stew-O: Uh I’m pretty sure you’re like the exact same age as I am Gavin, but pop awf.
Gavin Kirkland: I’m 26 TYVM.
Eve: If you couldn’t already tell Stew, Theron Nikolas’ popularity has surged among the EAW Universe this season. He has quickly become a fan favorite to almost no effort of his own; other than by exhibiting stellar performances, one after another, night in and night out. You called pretty much the entirety of Theron’s run on Season 12 and were there for his ascension and coronation into ‘God Emperor’ status. How does it compare and contrast from today’s Theron?
Stew-O: See Eve you’re giving me the lay up to totally put my guy over your guy, this IS brand warfare after all. 😀
Gavin Kirkland: Oh please. These Elitists are basically allowed to go to whatever brand they want, why should anybody even care about brand warfare anymore? It happens every other fucking week!
Eve: OK scrooge. Go ahead Stew you were gonna continue?
Stew-O: I was gonna say the Theron of now in my opinion is actually not much more talented in the ring than he was back in Season 12. The reason why there appears to be such a difference is because the Theron of now is in a position where he is willing and able to exhibit that talent on a regular basis. With the influence of The 1% you only saw glimpses of what Theron is capable of such as his incredible bouts with Jamie at King of Elite and Darkane at Gateway To Glory that season for example. The biggest changes we’re seeing in Theron these days are in his character.
Deadprez: And it’s important that you bring that up Stew because so much of this game is mental. You can have all the intangibles you want but you’re only getting so far if the mental side of things isn’t on par with some of the fierce competition that we have here, and Theron’s character strides have taken drastic leaps this season alone.
( Theron is in the ring and glares over at Xander who is warming up in his respective corner. )
Gavin Kirkland: I suppose those are actually very good points. There’s been no King of Elite, no 1%, no favour of the top brass; it’s been Theron and his objectives all season long, and his objective now is a win against one of the best in the world… at eating hot dogs and I assume at in-ring competition as well.
( Theron’s music dies down and the referee sizes both men up to keep them at a healthy distance from each other before calling the bell. )
( DING! DING! DING! )
Deadprez: In my mind it ain’t even up for discussion. These are two of the best Elitists today without a shadow of a doubt and tonight is about proving it on an individual level. Xander wants to start out appropriately with a grapple, beckoning Theron into a collar and elbow. Theron has some words for Big Xander before accepting the tie up. They’re like two bulls with their horns locked, starting off with a contest of power to gain a psychological edge.
Eve: It’s Theron who’s backing his opponent up by the inches, eventually bringing Xander into the ropes and forcing a count from the referee.
Ref: 1. 2. 3. 4.
( Theron holds his hands up, releasing the collar and elbow while Xander’s arms are hanging to the ropes at his sides. Theron pats Xander across his belly, prompting a deadpan response from Xander and a laugh from the audience. )
Gavin Kirkland: Big Xanny sure isn’t missing any meals.
Deadprez: I don’t think Xander found that funny at all. He walks out of the ropes and offers another grappling bout. The two circle the ring before lunging in for a greco roman knuckle grapple this time. Putting more of the emphasis into, again, the strength between each other before Xander’s power advantage begins to show… he’s got Theron in the beginning states of a back bend. Theron clips a boot behind Xander’s heel, but Xander gets Theron’s shoulders down to the canvas with a leg trip and adds force to the knuckle lock….
( Xander slowly releases the hold, and loudly pats Theron across the cheek a couple of times. )
Stew-O: Textbook one upmanship that we’ve seen from Xander time and time again. Theron does not look amused, but Xander is challenging him to come to a rise which Theron begrudgingly obliges to. Once he’s up the two former World Champions get to circling the ring and re-engage in another lock up, only for Xander to bring Theron down with a side headlock takeover! Theron responds with a headscissors. Xander nips himself out of it, he’s up to a knee and Theron’s already up looking for a running boot! Leg sweep by Xander into a lateral press!
Ref: OOOOOONNNE-
Stew-O: Hardly even a “one”, Theron bench presses Xander off of him and darts up before Xander even gets the chance to. Gator roll takeover to the ground by Theron transitioning into a CROSS ARMBREAKER? But Xander Payne leaps to a point of leverage, rolling Theron up to his shoulders to evade the submission!
Ref: OOOOOOOONNNNE-
Eve: Quick kick out. Theron rolls up and is caught by Xander with a NORTHERN LIGHTS? But Theron rolls down Xander’s back and takes him to the mat with a SUNSET FLIP PIN!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOONNNNNE!!!
Gavin Kirkland: Xander uses his immense body weight to his advantage! Sit-up counter pin brings Theron onto his back, with Xander sitting on his chest and hooking both legs from behind him!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOONNNNNEEEEEE!!! TTTTTTT-
Eve: Theron shoves Xander off of him! Theey both get up and XANDER TAKES HIM BACK DOWN WITH A RUNNING BACK ELBOW!
Stew-O: Not quite! Theron caught the oncoming elbow beneath the arm! And counters with a CRUCIFIX BACKSLIDE!
Deadprez: But Xander is centering his gravity just enough, showing enough core strength to make it much too hard for Theron to take him back down in spite of the timely counter.
Gavin Kirkland: Core strength :usure: more like cookie dough strength. But yes Theron is damn near throwing out his back trying to send Xander over. He might as well try something else – aht, too late, Xander twirls around and takes Theron onto his shoulders with a school boy roll up from behind!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! TTTTWWWWWWWW-
Eve: XANDER PAYNE PICKS THERON NIKOLAS UP FROM THE ROLL UP, WANTING A SIT-OUT POWERBOMB!!! But Theron sends a few kicks to the face using the heel of his boot, despite being hung nearly upside down! Theron rolls backwards out of the powerbomb to his feet, still maintaining a wrist snatch, and TAKES THERON TO THE GROUND WITH A DROP TOE HOLD BEFORE SNAPPING IN A CROSSFACE RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!!!
Stew-O: ALMOST, Eve, but not quite! Xander had enough awareness to stop the crossface, and wanna know why? Because that’s a move commonly used by XANDER himself; and I think that’s exactly the message Theron is trying to send there! Unfortunately for Theron Xander had it far too well scouted, prying Theron’s hands apart by the wrists! Theron is doing his best to out-muscle the Industry Titan, but Xander this time slams his head across Theron’s own skull with a number of headbutts! Completely averting the crossface — for now.
Deadprez: Executing a move in your arsenal to perfection is one thing, but UNDERSTANDING that move well enough to see it coming from another opponent is a whole ‘nother. That’s what separates a good Elitist from a great one.
Stew-O: You could argue it’s what separates a great Elitist from an all time great Elitist, as these two are, as they’re up — THERON CHARGES AT XANDER FOR THE ‘HEADHUNTER’!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: WHAT THE? XANDER CAUGHT THERON BY THE ONCOMING LEG ITSELF! THERON IS BEING HOISTED UP BY THE SINGLE LEGGED KNEE THAT WAS MEANT TO TAKE XANDER OUT! AND XANDER SEATS THERON ON THE TOP MOST RING ROPES… BEFORE SLAMMING AN OPEN PALM STRIKE INTO THE CHEST, LOUD ENOUGH TO WAKE THE FUCKING MAYANS, AND SEND THERON LANDING ON THE APRON!
Deadprez: That was a damn good catch from one of Dynasty’s finest! Theron is using the ropes to pull himself up, still rattled by that chest chop for certain. But Xander Payne isn’t waiting, he takes Theron by the hair and brings him through the ropes, into the ring, and over to the nearest corner by him… ANOTHER PALM CHOP ACROSS THE CHEST! That has Theron leaning back grinding his teeth while the echos still careen off of the arena walls. And as Theron starts to double over there’s a KNIFE EDGE CHOP! PALM STRIKE! KNIFE CHOP! PALM STRIKE! KNIFE CHOP! ANOTHER ONE! AND THAT’S THREE TIMES!
Eve: Theron can hardly stand! He’s crouched over in the corner taking those repeated chest chops while the referee is asking Xander to get his opponent out of there. Xander sends Theron across the ring with an Irish whip … and he goes CHARGING OVER TELEGRAPHING A RUNNING PALM CHOP!!!
Stew-O: THERON CATCHES THE WRIST AT THE LAST SECOND! Just as Xander was about to cave in the chest of the former champion, Theron uses both of his hands to stop the oncoming strike! Now he frees his right hand to send over forearm strikes across the jaw, and the sound of those strikes are music to the ears of this capacity crowd tonight in Mexico City. That’s four! Five! Six! Xander backpedals away…. and is CHALLENGING Theron to send more! He is too stunned to retaliate for the moment but has enough bravado to egg Theron on! THERE’S FOREARM NUMBER SEVEN! EIGHT! NINE! AND A DISCUS FOREARM STRIKE TO TAKE XANDER PAYNE DOWN! LATERAL PRESS!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! TWWWWWWWWWWWWO-
Stew-O: A strong shoulder up from Xander! There is still that distinct ‘crispness’ of Theron’s shoot style strikes that can really only be felt when you’re watching him in person.
Eve: TV doesn’t do justice to the effect of Theron’s melee strikes. Speaking of which he wants another, he aids Xander up from the mat and sends Xander Payne into another turnbuckle before COMING RIGHT AFTER HIM WITH A RUNNING CORNER FOREARM SMASH!!!
Deadprez: We know that combo well, but Xander knew it well enough to send Theron up with a SNAKE EYES!!! No not so fast, Theron catches himself on the middle ropes! Springs up to the top rope! AND XANDER CHARGES UP THAT SAME CORNER WITH A SLEEPER HOLD! AND HE PULLS THERON FROM THE TOP TURNBUCKLE TO THE GROUND WITH A BODY-SCISSORS SLEEPER HOLD! Xander wisely turns himself and his opponent in a direction AWAY from the ropes that are near them, making it much more difficult for Theron to find a way out of this!
Gavin Kirkland: But he intends to find a way, you can see it in the way he is squirming and using his legs to try and fight from out of the hold! Theron has his arms reached out, virtually flailing all four of his limbs and trying to use his weight to find whatever crevice offers a means of escape. And with Xander there are A LOT of crevices. Disgusting, I know.
Stew-O: You had me up until that final visual Gavin, but you are right in that Theron is searching for a means of escape… and I think he’s found one! Theron bangs his fists against the legs that are wrapped around his mid section – particularly nailing Xander right across the knees! Now Theron takes the risk of swinging Xander onto his back, the most dangerous place you can be caught in when it comes to a sleeper. But the great risk comes with great reward! Theron swings his lower half up enough to ROLL BACKWARDS OUT OF THE GROUNDED SLEEPER! AND THERE’S AN ELBOW DROP TO THE FACE!
Deadprez: Elbow drop misses! Theron gets up holding his elbow and XANDER HITS A SUPERKICK TO THE ELBOW THAT JUST HIT THE FLOOR! That had to have hurt! BOOM! FLUSH SUPERKICK FROM THERON IN RETALIATION!!! That’s got Xander staggering over to the corner a few feet away, slumped over. THERON’S GOT HIM FROM BEHIND! TOUCH OF HEROINE TIME?!!??!
Stew-O: OVERDOSE!!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: GOODNESS LORD, XANDER JUST COUNTERED OUT OF THE RAINMAKER LARIAT WITH A DISCUS PALM STRIKE, TO CRATER THE GOD-EMPEROR’S FACE!
Stew-O: That also sent him flying! Theron was sent through the ropes and out of the ring in an instant from that spit knocking shot! Xander himself stumbles down after eating a superkick and still managing to deliver such an authoritative blow. Now it’s Theron who is going to need to recover at ringside … and he’s gonna need to recover relatively soon, because the ref’s getting ready to start up a count.
Ref: 1!!! ……… 2!!!
( REPLAY: Theron Nikolas pulls Xander Payne out of the corner with a rainmaker lariat attempt, however ‘Touch of Heroine’ is countered with the ‘Overdose’. We see an alternate angle showing Theron’s entire face contort upon impact, and the replay emphasizes how quickly Theron’s body darted through the ropes following the strike. )
( Return to ringside: Theron Nikolas is up to a knee with blood and saliva hanging from his mouth. )
Ref: 5!!! ……. 6!!!
Deadprez: Theron’s seeing the sight of his own blood in the palm of his hand, and something about that sight lights him up enough to jump up to his feet and hop up on the apron. BUT XANDER CUTS HIM OFF with a DROPKICK THROUGH THE ROPES!
Gavin Kirkland: The official wasn’t a fan of that but then again these refs are always whining about something or another. Xander’s at ringside staring at the front row fans who are sending what may as well be death threats in their native tongue! Theron is using the waistband on Xander’s shorts to try to pull himself up, and Xander flings Theron’s body up and onto the apron, leaving his head dangling over the apron and backs away… a RUNNING ELBOW STRIKE TO THE SKULL WHILE THERON IS HUNG OUT TO DRY!
Stew-O: Not yet Theron rolls away as quick as he can! But Xander faked him out! And he grabs Theron’s right arm and SWINGS IT ELBOW FIRST AGAINST THE VERY EDGE OF THE APRON!!! Theron rolls back into the ring crawling away with the right elbow no doubt in searing pain! It isn’t long before Xander is on Theron’s heels, he’s in the ring and applies a rear hammerlock. AND BEATS DOWN STRIKES OVER THE BACK OF THERON’S NECK!!!
Eve: Those are unrelenting, Stew! They’re enough to bring Theron to nearly all fours, but Xander’s still got the right arm keeping Theron’s targeted elbow in his sights. And there’s a ROLLING ARM SNAP sending Theron’s right arm into the mat, contorting the elbow specifically in a brutal way that provokes a scream out of the former Answers World Champion! Lateral press!
Ref: OOOOOOOOONNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! TTTTWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOO-
Stew-O: Shoulder up, Xander Payne made sure to apply as much body weight as he could on Theron’s right side. He wisely snaps in a grounded top wrist lock, twisting the targeted right elbow of Theron Nikolas in an uncomfortable and unnatural manner. Just like that Xander has taken a mile out of an inch and found an opening to pick at!
Deadprez: It’s the little things that go a long way ain’t it, Stew?
Stew-O: They may as well be a prerequisite if you’re talking about reaching the upper echelon. Xander is at the vanguard of the post-merger era, specifically when it comes to reaching a level of in-ring mastery. There’s a threshold that very few of the greats are ever able to reach where there is more for them to teach than there is to learn. Those who have hit that threshold? They need no introduction, and Xander Payne is one of only a handful in his era that can I can say earnestly have met that standard.
Deadprez: You could argue Theron Nikolas meets him right in this category, which makes this match so appropriate to have happened at a time like this. Theron has made it onto his back on the floor, forcing Xander back to a wrist-clutch position. But Theron sends up kicks from his back that nail Xander in the midsection multiple times! THIS TIME THERON APPLIES THE WRIST-LOCK OF A PRONE, DOUBLED OVER XANDER PAYNE AND SENDS BOOTS INTO XANDER’S HEAD REPEATEDLY!! ONE SICKENING THUD AFTER ANOTHER!!
Gavin Kirkland: We’re accustomed to seeing Theron deliver these from a place of dominance, standing over a kneeling, unworthy subject before him! I don’t know if we’ve seen Theron resort to this from a defensive position! BUT IT ISN’T LONG BEFORE HE’S HOISTED INTO THE AIR, XANDER MAY WANT ANOTHER STAB AT THE SIT-OUT POWERBOMB!!! BUT THERON’S NOT GOING TO ALLOW IT, HE SENDS DOWN CLOSED FIST STRIKES IN SUCCESSION BATTERING XANDER’S BRAINS IN! THE PAYNEKILLER MIGHT NEED A PAINKILLER AFTER THESE UNPROTECTED PUNCHES!
Eve: Theron lands on his feet to the side of Xander to escape the powerbomb yet again. XANDER SPINS AROUND AND TAKES THERON UP WITH A FULL NELSON LIFT! AND SPINS INTO A REVERSE STO!!!
Stew-O: ARMDRAG COUNTER BY THERON! XANDER’S UP! ANOTHER ARMDRAG! HE’S UP AGAIN, AND IS CAUGHT WITH A RUNNING FOREARM SMASH WHILE HIS BACK IS UP AGAINST THE ROPES! Theron Nikolas hooks the arm to capitalize! He’s going to need to dig deep for this one, BUT HE SIPHONS THE NEEDED RESERVES FOR A VERTICAL SUPLEX TO COMPLETE THE SEQUENCE! COVER AND HOOK OF A LEG!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! TTTTTTWWWWWWWO-
Eve: KICK OUT! Theron goes back to massaging his own right elbow, looking to loosen any tension that’s there after some of the abuse that it’s taken. Xander is crawling more towards the center of the ring. Theron sees this and rolls out to the apron before climbing one of the turnbuckles on our side of the ring… Xander is actually quite far as it is, but he’s coming to a rise, all while Theron’s perched up at the top rope!!!! ANNNNNNDDDDD BEAUTIFUL MISSILE DROPKICK TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD!!!!!
Deadprez: BOOM!!! LAUNCHING HIMSELF FEET FIRST LIKE A ROCKET, AND CRACKING THE BACK OF XANDER’S SKULL WITH TWO BOOTS!!! PERFECTLY EXECUTED, XANDER HITS THE DECK HARD AND ROLLS OUT TO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE RAMP!
Gavin Kirkland: The God-Emperor isn’t finished! He quickly follows Xander Payne out of the ring and mounts over him with REPEATED ELBOW STRIKES! XANDER IS TRYING TO COVER HIMSELF UP BUT THERON’S GOING TO ABSOLUTE TOWN ON HIS OPPONENT WHILE HE HAS THE CHANCE! Theron scrapes the big man up from the floor after he just had his brains scrambled… and he whips Xander over to the barrier on the side of the ramp! And a running KNEE TO THE LOWER BELLY! Now he runs Xander tailbone first into the apron with another whip! HERE COMES THERON AGAIN WITH A RUNNING EUROPEAN UPPERCUT WHILE XANDER IS LEANED AGAINST THE APRON!!!
Stew-O: That was strong enough to send Xander rolling under the bottom rope and back into the ring off of momentum! Anybody familiar with who Theron is can see that look in his eyes and see the proverbial gears turning. It’s borderline patented, he’s picking his spot and is ready to call his shot as he re-enters the ring… remaining out of sight from a recovering Xander Payne… AND HE TAKES XANDER’S HEAD IN FROM BEHIND LOOKING FOR GOD’S REQUIEM!!!!!
Deadprez: XANDER TWISTS HIS BODY OVER AND TAKES THERON OFF HIS FEET WITH THE DOUBLE LEG! TURNING HIM OVER, LOOKING FOR A LIONTAMER!!! XANDER WHIPPED THAT OUT OF THIN AIR, BUT IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT HE NEEDED TO DO IN THE DIRE STRAITS HE WAS IN!
Stew-O: WAIT A SEC LOOKS LIKE THERON’S RESISTING, HE’S GIVING XANDER ENOUGH GRIEF TO PREVENT HIMSELF FROM BEING TURNED OVER ON TO HIS CHEST!
Deadprez: THERON’S DAMN NEAR STANDING ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD LIKE A B BOY, AND HE REELS XANDER IN TO A SMALL PACKAGE PIN, USING HIS LEGS AS A COUNTER TO THE LIONTAMER!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! TWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOO
Deadprez: Frantic kick out by Xander! You can tell Xander didn’t expect to find himself trapped in that, now the two race up from the floor as quickly as they can. RIGHT HAND BY XANDER! Blocked by Theron! LEFT HOOK TO THE RIB FROM THERON! OPEN HAND SLAP TO THE FACE WITH A RIGHT! LOADED FOREARM SMASH WITH THE LEFT! AND THERON FINISHES ‘BATTLE FURY’ OFF WITH A BURNING LARIAT!!!
Stew-O: DOESN’T CONNECT! XANDER DUCKS THE ONCOMING ARM AND TAKES HIM UP — INVERTED USHIGOROSHI SENDS HIM BACK DOWN!!! THERON LANDED WITH THE ENTIRETY OF HIS BODY WEIGHT ON THE DAMAGED ELBOW, STRAIGHT INTO XANDER’S KNEE… LOOK AT HIM SQUIRMING, AND XANDER’S NOT DONE! XANDER HOVERS OVER HIS OPPONENT, SENDING BALLISTIC RIGHTS AND LEFTS TO THE FACE BEFORE HOISTING HIM UP AGAIN! INTO MEMENTO MORI!!!!!! ONE-HANDED ELECTRIC CHAIR USHUGOROSHI!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: AGAIN WITH THERON’S DAMAGED RIGHT ELBOW TAKING THE BRUNT OF THE FALL! HO-LEE-HELL! POOR THERON TOSSES AROUND THE MAT IN A WORLD OF HURT, AND XANDER MAKES GOOD ON CAPITALIZING WITH A COVER! HOOK OF BOTH LEGS!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! TWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Eve: KICK OUT AT TWO!!!
Xander Payne: (off-mic) WHAT?!
( Xander Payne sits up in shock and gives the referee a bewildered look. )
Stew-O: Xander can say what he wants but that was a very clear “two” count.
Gavin Kirkland: The message may be directed at the referee but it is not in response to his perception of the count, but rather the fact that Theron was still willing to keep going after that series of brutality on that right arm!
Eve: And it’s hard to blame him, we’ve known Theron to have a high pain threshold but even I am surprised he was willing to push past that kind of pain and choose to carry on. Xander looks over to his opponent with a look that could kill, while Theron has instinctively rolled himself away at a snail’s pace further to the opposite end of the ring. After a moment Xander is up and is on the tail of an unsuspecting Theron Nikolas. He brings him up and hits a HEART STOPPING KNIFE EDGE CHOP! Theron backpedals against the ropes and careens forward — OVERDOSE AGAIN!!! THERON IS SENT THROUGH THE ROPES YET AGAIN, AND IS DANGLING OVER THE MIDDLE ROPE AFTER TAKING YET ANOTHER BRUTAL DISCUS STRIKE!!!
Stew-O: I think his nose is broken guys! At the very least I see some blood being drawn from that one, that had to have left a lasting mark!
( To Stew’s point, Theron is seen bleeding from the nose while draped over the middle rope with blood pouring down to the apron. )
Deadprez: Xander’s sitting around breathing heavily starting to get emotionally invested from the seems of things. He’s got to stay on his man, he can’t give Theron too much space to run with. Finally Xander Payne is right back on his opponent’s tail, taking Theron out of the ropes and sending him across the ring!!! AND AWAITS A RETURNING THERON FOR LAST SEDATION!!!!!!!
Stew-O: BUT THERON HOLDS HIS GROUND! HE CLINGS ONTO THE ROPES RATHER THAN REBOUNDING OFF OF THEM! XANDER MAKES A MAD DASH TOWARDS THERON — AND EATS A BICYCLE KICK FOR HIS TROUBLES!!! Xander turns around looking starry eyed, AND THERON NABS HIM WITH A DOUBLE KNEE LUNGBLOWER FROM BEHIND!!! THAT SHOOTS XANDER UP AND BRINGS TUMBLING BACK DOWN TO HIS FACE, BEFORE ROLLING OUT TO THE APRON!
Deadprez: You can see Xander getting a little bit of blood on him, he rolled out at the same spot of the apron that Theron’s nose was leaking over. Theron is fighting his way up, essentially a one-armed man at least for the moment, but he knows he’s got a very small window of opportunity to seize upon this opening.
Stew-O: Hyper-aware of his surroundings, that is vintage Theron!
Eve: He said it! He said “vintage”!
Gavin Kirkland: :eyeroll: Oh boy. Give him a metal.
Eve: I see somebody’s jealous 😉
Deadprez: THERON TAKES XANDER OFF OF THE ARPON WITH A RUNNING HAYMAKER!
Stew-O: BUT XANDER USES THE ROPES TO KEEP HIMSELF UP THERE BY HIS FINGERTIPS! AND FIRES BACK WITH A RIGHT HAND! THAT SENDS BLOOD FLYING OFF OF THERON’S FACE…. BUT THERON RETURNS FIRE WITH ANOTHER LEFT! THERON’S ELBOW INJURY TURNING HIM INTO A TEMPORARY SOUTHPAW …. XANDER RESPONDS! … AND THERON RESPONDS! …. THERON! …. XANDER! ….
( The crowd “boos” every time Xander hits a punch, and “cheers” any time that Theron does. )
Crowd: BOO!
Crowd: YEAH!
Crowd: BOO!
Crowd: YEAH!
Crowd: BOO!
Crowd: YEAH–
Deadprez: XANDER GOES DANGLING OFF THE APRON WITH NO HANDS, AND THERON SPRINTS ACROSS THE RING TO REBOUND FOR A RUNNING FOREARM!
Gavin Kirkland: NOT SO FAST! XANDER GORES AN ONCOMING THERON RIGHT IN THE RIBS WITH A SHOULDER THRUST THROUGH THE ROPES! That stops Theron right in place; Xander sucking wind the same way he does when he has to climb a single flight of stairs! And now Xander reaches over the ropes to take Theron by the head… AND RUN OVER TO ANOTHER TURNBUCKLE ACROSS THE RING TO BASH HIS FACE IN!
Stew-O: Theron gets the hands up stopping right before the face plant! Theron sends a couple of elbow strikes into Xander’s torso from inside the ring… Xander’s dropped down to a knee and meanwhile Theron from inside the ring is climbing up the turnbuckle! Now from the second that Xander straightens back up Theron is reaching down and is trying to drag his larger opponent up to the top rope with him from the apron! What in the world has Theron got in mind??
Eve: THERON HAS XANDER’S HEAD TUCKED BENEATH AN ARM!!! HE’S ACTUALLY MANAGING TO POWER LIFT XANDER UP FROM THE APRON, WITH ONE GOOD ARM, NEARLY TO THE TOP ROPE WITH HIM! THERON WANTS TO HIT GOD’S REQUIEM FROM THE SKY!!!!!!!
Deadprez: NO WAY, NO HOW. THERON AIN’T GONNA HIT THAT WITH ONE ARM, IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. XANDER KICKS HIS LEGS TO CENTER HIS GRAVITY WHILE HE’S DAMN NEAR DANGLING ABOVE RINGSIDE…. AND XANDER SENDS SOME CROSSES OVER THE BACK OF THE HEAD OF HIS OPPONENT!
Stew-O: Your skepticism was perhaps warranted Prez, Theron’s eyes are starting to look glazed over after those desperation shots. Xander is on the apron clearing up some cobwebs before he turns over to his opponent… AND HOISTS HIM OFF OF THE TURNBUCKLE WITH A MILITARY PRESS …… OH MY GOOOOOOOD!!! HE SENDS THERON FLYING FROM THE TOP ROPE, SOARING ACROSS RINGSIDE, AND CRASHING OVER TWELVE FEET INTO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!!!!!
( Xander drops to the apron looking exhausted. Theron has pain written all over his face, hardly able to move on his own accord following the impact. )
Gavin Kirkland: FUCKING AY WE NEED TO SEE THAT AGAIN! SOMEBODY GET A REPLAY! THERON MUST HAVE BEEN BROKEN IN HALF!
Eve: The replay is on its way, as Xander Payne rolls back into the ring using all of the opportunity that he needs to catch his breath and get his bearings about him.
Ref: 1!!!! ……….. 2!!!……
Eve: Even the official seemed hesitant in starting the count just out of principle, but to be honest guys that might have been all she wrote. Take a look at the HEIGHT, and more importantly, the FALL that Theron just took!
( REPLAY: Theron Nikolas is sent with a military press takeover from the top rope, and it shows him flying nearly the same distance as the ring, before landing on the ringside floor kidneys first and bouncing off of the floor MULTIPLE times. )
Deadprez: (over the footage) Dear God. The human body isn’t meant to bounce that way off of any solid surface. I’m with you Gavin, that must have broken Theron in half.
( BACK TO: ringside, the referee’s count is at 5, and Theron is completely laid out on his stomach, with zero leverage gained thus far. )
Ref: 6!!! ……… 7!!! ………
Stew-O: Xander Payne is hardly able to keep track of the count or of Theron’s whereabouts until just now. He’s at the corner on the far side finally and is waiting with baited breath as the official’s count hits “8”!!! Theron has only just gotten to all fours and is uncomfortably far from the apron! You can hear the anxiety among this crowd that desperately wants Theron to get up so that this match can continue!
Ref: 9!!! …. AND…. TE-
Eve: THERON JUST ABOUT LEAPS OUT OF HIS SKIN AND JUMPS FROM THE FLOOR TO BREAK THE COUNT AT 9 AND 9/10THS! WOW!
Deadprez: And he’s already clawing his way back up! He’s ragdolling himself up his feet after digging down deep to bring himself back in this! BUT JUST LIKE THAT XANDER SENDS HIM OVER THE ROPES WITH A CLOTHESLINE, BRINGING THERON BACK DOWN TO THE FLOOR RIGHT IN FRONT OF US! Xander Payne has wanted this to be a test of wits and a bout of skill from the onset but you can see tempers starting to boil over, this thing is devolving into a fight right before our very eyes.
Stew-O: It certainly has and I’m not surprised by that at all. Excellence eventually meets grit when you’re competing at an echelon like these two combatants. Two sure fire future Hall of Famers.. but Xander Payne is down here at ringside WANTING TO MAKE SURE HE’S THE SURE FIRE WINNER!!!! XANDER WITH THE PAYNEKILLER INTO THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!!!!!!
Xander Payne: (off-mic) I WIN!!!
Gavin Kirkland: WATCH OUT!!
Stew-O: HOW IN THE WORLD?! THERON JUST SENT XANDER PAYNE UP AND OVER INTO OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE WITH A BACK BODY DROP!!!! XANDER WENT FROM “I WIN”, TO THERON BASICALLY RESPOND WITH “NOT YET”!
( Theron Nikolas collapses down to his hands and knees and Xander Payne is laid out over the announce desk. )
Gavin Kirkland: I’M JUST STUNNED BY HOW THIS TUB OF LARD MANAGED TO NOT SHATTER OUR DESK INTO A MILLION PIECES! THIS THING HAS TO BE MADE OF BRICKS, OUR PRODUCTION CREW IS FINALLY STARTING TO BECOME HIP TO THE GAME! IT’S ABOUT TIME WE’RE GIVEN BETTER THAN THE USUAL BREAKAWAY CRAP!
Eve: It’s cause Stew’s here :D! The referee is starting back up his count, this time with both Elitists subject to count out. What a shame it would be if this match had to end without a winner, but Theron to his credit looks like he has a bit more in him mobility wise than he did a little earlier.
Ref: 1!!! ……… 2!!! ……….
Deadprez: Theron’s up to a knee, showing the wear and tear of this match on his body language, while Xander’s looking down for the count on our table.
Ref: 3!!! ……. 4!!! ……….
Gavin Kirkland: Yeah no kidding, he looks like a spit roasted pig! Thank goodness he’s wearing an undershirt, the last thing I need to see is that gut spilling out!
Ref: 5!!! ……..
Stew-O: Theron makes it in the ring by a count of “six” before rolling back out. Xander is beginning to stir, he turns over and is trying to get himself off of the table. BUT THERE’S A SWINGING ENZIGURI ACROSS THE TEMPLE BY THERON! Bringing Xander rolling off of the announce desk to the floor. Theron sends Xander back into the ring, only to follow him in and pull him INTO GOD’S REQUIEM!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: LIFTING KNEES FROM XANDER! Those knee strikes from an upside down base are enough to pump the brakes, and XANDER TAKES THERON OVER WITH A VICTORY ROLL FROM THE GROUND! STACKING HIS SHOULDERS!
Ref: OOOOOOOONNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THRRRRRRRRR-
Eve: THERON ROLLS BACKWARDS OUT OF THE VICTORY ROLL, AND TRAPS THE ARMS OF XANDER FROM BEHIND! THERON RESTING XANDER’S HEAD AGAINST HIS BENT OVER RIGHT KNEE, AND SENDS FEROCIOUS REPEATED LEFT ELBOWS TO THE HEAD!!!
Deadprez: LISTEN TO THEM WICKED SHOTS!! HE IS BEATING XANDER INTO A PULP WITH NO REMORSE! NOT THAT I BLAME HIM, THERE IS NO ROOM TO PULL ANY PUNCHES IN A BOUT AS HEATED AS THIS HAS BECOME! THESE ARE ULTRA COMPETITIVE ALPHA DOGS WHO HAVE PILES UPON PILES OF ACCOLADES BETWEEN THEM BOTH —
Stew-O: XANDER PAYNE OVERPOWERS HIS OWN ARM TRAPPED BY THERON’S RIGHT ARM WITH THE INJURED ELBOW! XANDER TWISTS HIS BODY IN ITS DIRECTION, INTO THE HURT ELBOW, TO BRING THERON OVER TO THE MAT! AND COUNTER OUT OF IT WITH AN OMOPLATA SHOULDER LOCK!!!!!! DAMAGED RIGHT ARM TRAPPED RIGHT BETWEEN THE LEGS IN A LEG-ONLY VARIATION OF THE OMOPLATA!
Eve: XANDER WAS ABLE TO FIND THAT ESCAPE IN THE MIDDLE OF HAVING HIS LITERAL HEAD BEATEN IN WITH ELBOWS! YOU CANNOT MAKE THIS STUFF UP!
Gavin Kirkland: THERON’S DAMAGED ARM IS BEING TWISTED LIKE A FUCKING PRETZEL! HE’S GOTTA BE THINKING ABOUT TAPPING! OR IS HE?
Stew-O: HE’S LOOKING FOR AN OUT! THERON IS USING HIS LEGS TO FIGHT FOR LEVERAGE! HE IS TURNING HIS BODY INTO THE DIRECTION THAT HE NEEDS — AND ENDS UP PROPPING BOTH OF HIS FEET OVER THE BOTTOM ROPE NEARBY! WHAT AN EXCELLENT RECOURSE FOUND BY THERON NIKOLAS, RATHER THAN PANIC HE FOUND HIMSELF A WAY OUT OF THAT!
Gavin Kirkland: And the referee is telling Xander that he HAS to let go! Theron is screaming in pain and Xander is just continuing to wrench away with the Omoplata!
Ref: RELEASE THE HOLD NOW! 1!!! … 2!!! … 3!!! … 4!!!
Deadprez: I DON’T BELIEVE IT! XANDER PAYNE USES HIS UPPER BODY STRENGTH TO DRAG HIMSELF AND THERON AWAY FROM THE ROPES! ALMOST LIKE A CRAB WALK! OMOPLATA IS STILL APPLIED, AND THE REFEREE CAN’T DO A DAMN THING ABOUT IT!
Eve: BUT THERON CAN, AND HE IS! HE FOUND A SPLIT-SECOND POCKET OF LEVERAGE AND HAS HELD ON FOR DEAR LIFE, NOW STANDING CROUCHED OVER ABOVE XANDER PAYNE BUT STILL CAUGHT IN THE HOLD… AND HE TWISTS HIS BODY TO ALLOW THE HEALTHIER LEFT ARM TO TAKE CONTROL, AND COUNTERS OUT OF THE OMOPLATA SHOULDER LOCK WITH AN STANDING ANKLE LOCK!!! WE MIGHT SEE ‘HORCRUX’ ON THE WAY?!?!
Gavin Kirkland: XANDER IS CLAWING LIKE A HUNGRY, RABID, SNARLING ANIMAL FOR THE ROPES! HE IS DOING EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO FIND AN ESCAPE, AND HE ISN’T VERY FAR. I GUESS HE SHOULD THANK HIS LUCKY STARS HE DIDN’T TRY TO TAKE THE OMOPLATA BACK TO THE CENTER OF THE RING, OR THERE WOULD BE NO CHANCE AT A ROPE BREAK!
Stew-O: But Theron doesn’t want to allow any chances to begin with! It is becoming a tug of war and Theron has never played a game that he didn’t aim to win! Look at this, Xander uses his free leg and arches his body enough to plant a solid foot into the ground! HOLY HELL!!! THERON DECIDES TO REEL XANDER HIM IN BY THE ALREADY CAUGHT LEG!!! TOUCH!!!!! OF!!!!! HEROINE!!!!!
Deadprez: BEHEADED HIM! THERON DROPS OVER THE CHEST OF XANDER PAYNE! THERE’S A COVER!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
TWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEE-
Gavin Kirkland: HE KICKED OUT!!! AT TWO AND 1/2 HE KICKED OUT!!! FATBOY STILL HAS SOME FIGHT LEFT!
Stew-O: MIND BOGGLING RECEPTIVENESS FROM THERON, WHO KNEW XANDER’S PRIMARY FOCUS WAS ESCAPING THE ANKLE LOCK AND PICKED THE RIGHT MOMENT TO NAIL ONE OF HIS BEST MOVES! That was just terrific, get another look at that collision.
( REPLAY: Theron Nikolas opts out of the ankle lock’ by yanking Xander in for ‘Touch of Heroine’. The rainmaker lariat is seen connecting, this time with Xander’s face contorting from the awesome impact of the oncoming clothesline. )
Deadprez: You could tell Theron hit that with some HATRED.
Stew-O: Well whatever frustrations Theron needed to vent appear to be gone after that clobbering shot, now he looks determined to bring this thing to a swan song! He drags Xander Payne’s body as reasonably close to a drop zone as he can, and he steps out to the apron in order to make yet another climb! A glossy eyed Xander Payne can only look up at the lights after nearly having his head taken off with one of the more brutal lariats I’ve seen this season.
Gavin Kirkland: THE GOD EMPEROR IS LOOKING TO MAKE AN EXCLAMATION POINT, NOT ONLY ON THIS SEASON BUT MOST CERTAINLY IN THIS MATCH! XANDER HAS NOWHERE TO GO!!! AND THE GOD EMPEROR TAKES THE DIVE!!! ‘HEAVEN’S DESCENT’!!!!!
Stew-O: NOBODY HOME, XANDER JUMPS OUT OF THE WAY!!!
Eve:: THERON STICKS THE LANDING ROLLING THROUGH THE DIVING DOUBLE FOOT STOMP WITH GRACE! TURNS AROUND AND RUSHES AT A VERY MUCH EXHAUSTED XANDER — LAST SEDATION!!!!!! PLANTS HIM!!!!! HOOK OF BOTH LEGS!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNEEEEEEEE!!!
TWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Stew-O: KICK OUT!!! YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!
( The arena explodes into a frenzy of cheers. Xander Payne scowls and shakes his head. )
Gavin Kirkland: JESUS THERON WHAT ARE YOU ON!?
Eve: NO KIDDING! XANDER PAYNE IS IN AS MUCH DISBELIEF AS THE REST OF US! THERON NIKOLAS IS SHOWING THE HEART THAT HAS HAD THE EAW UNIVERSE EATING OUT OF THE PALM OF HIS HANDS TIME AFTER TIME THIS SEASON ALONE!
( Xander Payne breathes in and out through his nostrils to the point of snot flying out. He is sweating profusely and looking over to Theron Nikolas with bad intentions while the crowd continues to go wild. )
Eve: IT’S LIKE YOU SAID STEW, IN A BIG MATCH SITUATION EXCELLENCE EVENTUALLY HAS TO MEET GRIT, AND THE PERSON WITH BOTH MORE OFTEN THAN NOT FINDS THEMSELVES WINNING THESE THINGS!
Deadprez: Talk about a knockdown dragout! And it’s still not even over!
Gavin Kirkland: Don’t speak too fast, it might not be over right this second but it IS over in the eyes of one man! AND THAT MAN IS PEELING THERON NIKOLAS OFF OF THE CANVAS AS WE SPEAK… SCREAMING INTO THERON’S FACE, BEFORE SENDING HIM INTO THE ROPES ONE MORE TIME!!! LAST SEDATION AGAIN!!!!
Stew-O: THERON LANDS ON HIS FEET BEHIND XANDER!!! GOD’S REQUIEM!!!!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO FREAKING WAY!!!
Stew-O: DRILLS HIM! POP UP POWERBOMB COUNTERED INTO A SWINGING REVERSE STO IN FLUID MOTION! THERON TOSSES AN ARM OVER HIM, BUT THAT’S ALL HE NEEDS!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOONNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Gavin Kirkland: IT’S OVER!
Eve: SHOULDER UP!!!
Gavin Kirkland: WHAT?!
Eve: XANDER GOT A SHOULDER UP!
Gavin Kirkland: ARE YOU SURE?!
Stew-O: THE REFEREE CONFIRMING, THAT WAS SO CLOSE, SO DAMNED CLOSE, BUT NOT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR THERON TO BRING THE WIN HOME!
( Theron rolls over to his side hardly able to react and hardly believing what he is seeing. )
Deadprez: I’ve seen Elitists brought to this point before where they ask themselves what in the hell is it going to take?! When you’re in the situation where your opponent refuses to stay down for nothing you really have no other choice other than to clamp down on them. There is no other option than going to the same bag of tools!
Gavin Kirkland: It makes sense, we’ve seen it work, and it’s going to need to work for Theron if he knows what’s good for him. This appears to be the exact M.O. that Theron is looking to proceed with! He crawls over to Xander Payne and wraps his arms around the big guy to drag him up from the floor.
Eve: But just when Theron is getting close to having him up his arms lose the last bit of strength left and he ends up dropping Xander. You can imagine his entire upper body must feel like jello after what he’s had to endure. Theron reaches down again to deadlift Xander up from behind by his waist —
Stew-O: XANDER TEARS AWAY THE WAISTLOCK, TURNS AROUND, HEADBUTT! THERON BACKS AWAY, AND XANDER WITH A WELL PLACED KICK TO THE GUT! STUNNER!!!!!
Eve: THERON CATCHES THE BOOT BEFORE IT CONNECTS AND SPINS XANDER AROUND!!! ANOTHER TOUCH OF HEROINE!!!!!!!
Stew-O: XANDER’S BODY IS SPIN AROUND TO THERON, BUT AND HE DIPS BENEATH THE ONCOMING ARM — PAYNEKILLER URANAGE!!!!! DUMPING THERON ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD!!!!!! COVER!
Ref: OOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
TWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
( “It Follows” by Cane Hill comes back on, and the audience gives a big pop despite their disliking for Xander due to the excitement of the match. )
Gina Romano: HERE IS YOUR WINNER… XAANNNDDEEEEEEEEEEEERRRR PAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Stew-O: TWO BONAFIDE RARIFIED TALENTS JUST LEFT IT ALL OUT IN THAT RING TONIGHT! WHAT A MATCH!
Eve: That was amazing! That was a classic!
Gavin Kirkland: I couldn’t agree more, holy shit these guys just killed each other! Not gonna lie I started off kind of jaded that the only set of titties I’d get to see would belong to Xander Payne, but now I could give fuck less, this was spectacular!
Deadprez: A hell of a showdown here on Showdown, and Xander Payne to his credit came out here and did exactly what he set out to do. It’s like he knew this match needed to happen and now I understand why.
Stew-O: In my mind this was up there with many of the performances Xander has had this season, including during his title reign. Tonight with no SOSA Henderson in sight Xander was able to focus on the sole task of victory against a talent worthy of being considered at his own level — and we saw that he really hasn’t missed a beat.
( Xander Payne is up and has his arm raised by the referee, Theron is on the ground holding his head in frustration over the result. )
Eve: I can say much of the same for Theron. You can tell that he’s frustrated and borderline dejected, the win was only a hair away. You can tell the entire match is starting to flash before his eyes and he is already trying to find ways to codify the loss, and maybe find flaws in his game plan.
Deadprez: I understand that, but he’s going to have to let it go. This is one of those matches where having a short memory benefits. When you lose a game of inches you can only take it so hard.
Stew-O: It’s like any overtime game; the longer it goes, the rougher the loss seems to feel. But when you’re playing at full efficiency the way Theron was then it really can’t be considered any worse or any better than any other night. By all accounts Theron wrestled a perfect match, he executed at the perfect timing and didn’t hold back a shred of necessary offense.
( An exhausted Theron has made it to his feet and leans back against the turnbuckle. Xander is beginning to make his exit, but he and Theron make eye contact for long enough for the music to stop. )
Eve: What now?
( Theron takes an additional moment to find the strength, eventually gingerly approaching Xander, who himself looks completely drained by the match. )
( Theron begrudgingly shakes Xander’s hand, and “It Follows” comes back on, allowing Xander to take his leave while Theron takes a seat back on the canvas. )
Stew-O: I tell you it is not often to see either of these guys show that kind of respect after a win or a loss, but after tonight it was certainly warranted.
( Xander is up the ramp continuing to celebrate his win while a ringside aide offers Theron a sweat towel and ice for his swollen elbow. )
(Super Showdown cuts to a commercial for a special course on “How To Make Finger Guns Without Looking Like A Dumbass” hosted by EAW Elitists Limmy Monaghan and ARIA, accompanied by special guest Jamie O’Hara.)
(Camera cuts backstage after the commercial break where a bruised and sweaty Theron Nikolas is walking, still dressed in his ring gear following the match with Xander Payne from earlier. Theron is holding an ice pack to his jaw and has a bag of ice fastened around his swollen right elbow. A ring set up crew member passes by him. )
Crew Member: Hey great match, Theron!
( Theron keeps walking, completely ignoring them. A trainer’s apprentice passes by him. )
Trainers Apprentice: Amazing work, sir. That was such a great match.
( Theron keeps walking, ignoring them as well. A medical staff member approaches Theron. )
Medic: Theron are we looking to evaluate any damage on the face?
( Theron shakes his head and passes right by them. Despite owning up to the loss and shaking Xander’s hand, he is still apoplectic over the result after having the contest go down to the wire. As he continues walking, a single set of hands can be heard clapping, causing Theron to stop in his tracks. It is then where Hurricane Hawk steps into frame from off-camera. Theron gives his general manager an icy glare, but Hawk’s face is one of sincere respect. )
Hurricane Hawk: That was excellent.
Theron Nikolas: Another day at the office.
Hurricane Hawk: So you aren’t taking the finish too badly, I imagine?
Theron Nikolas: I know what I just did out there. I know what I’m prepared to do in any given scenario against any given opponent. All I know is, Xander had better pray he never finds himself in my path again.
Hurricane Hawk: I know the feeling. It’s like when the match is said and done, regardless of the result, you just know in your mind that you have the other guy figured out.
Theron Nikolas: Sure, that’s a solid way to put it. Now if you’ll excuse me..
( Theron continues a few paces, but Hawk reaches a hand out to stop him. )
Hurricane Hawk: Hang on. I forgot to mention, I was on the phone with the Chairman and COO during your match.
Theron Nikolas: Ok. Send DEDEDE and HRDO my regards.
Hurricane Hawk: You know where I’m going with this?
Theron Nikolas: No, but I suppose you’re going to tell me.
Hurricane Hawk: Well this match between Xander and yourself had a lot of eyes being that it’s interbranded during this time of year. But considering this match along with the 6-pack Womens match announced last night for Battle Of Egypt, there is quite a bit of attention on matches like this for a reason.
Theron Nikolas: I’ll take a wild gander.. #EAW15.
Hurricane Hawk: Correctamundo. The stakes are considerably higher heading into the 15th Pain for Pride because with #EAW15 we are in a time where names and faces from just about every era are here, many of them at their peaks, looking for a spot at the biggest Pain for Pride of all time.
Theron Nikolas: “Biggest Pain for Pride of all time”, is that not what they say about every Pain for Pride?
Hurricane Hawk: Sure, and this year carries on tradition, so the point still stands. Not to mention this year is a Pain for Pride with the forbidden door virtually wide open to every era, meaning that a spot on that event automatically marks you in the league of the greatest Elitists of all time. Just for being there. The entry fee is just that high. This isn’t about a record setting Pain for Pride, this is about the most important wrestling event in the history of the sport. Pain for Pride 15.
Theron Nikolas: And this applies to me…?
Hurricane Hawk: Because you’ve proven that you deserve an opportunity to main event that show.
( Theron allows a bit of silence to let that resonate. )
Theron Nikolas: That implies–
Hurricane Hawk: An opportunity at the Answers World Championship. You’re right, it does. And Showdown is the land of opportunity. It is there for those who’ve proven they’re willing to bust their ass and overcome every obstacle to seize that opportunity. And that’s exactly what you’ve done.
( Hawk holds up his tablet containing a PDF of a championship match contract. )
Hurricane Hawk: So while my people are working to get it in writing shortly I figured I may as well tell you now, you’re going to get exactly what you’ve earned. An opportunity for the Answers World Title at Battle of Egypt.
( The crowd pops, and Theron nods his head at the offer. )
Theron Nikolas: That sounds good. Now tell me, what made you think it was right to ever doubt me in the first place? Despite any of the questions I may have had regarding my position here in this company, what made you second guess your own faith in my capabilities?
Hurricane Hawk: Simple, it was never actually about that. Everybody and their mother knows that you’re good enough to be EAW’s flag bearer. It was never about how inherently good you are in your abilities. It was always about what you’re willing to do to show that. Are you gonna be the Theron that cuts corners? Are you gonna be the Theron that crumbles under adversity? Or are you going to be (motions his hand in Theron’s direction) this Theron that we’re all seeing today. The choice was always yours, and I’m happy to see that you’ve made the right decision. So what do you say?
( Hawk extends a hand. Theron nods his head again and eventually takes Hawk’s handshake before Hawk takes his leave as the camera cuts to outside as Xander Payne is leaving his bags in tow….)
Xander Payne: Time to take Mexico City by storm… First Showdown and now this… maybe a Margerita and some senorit….
(But before Xander Payne could finish bragging or get to his car he is attacked from behind! SOSA HENDERSON GRABS XANDER AND THROWS HIM AGAINST A CAR! HE STARTS DROPPING FISTS ON XANDER AS HE TRIES TO COVER UP BUT TO NO AVAIL! SOSA THEN TAKES XANDER AND BUSTS THE DOOR OPEN ON HIS HEAD CAUSING HIM TO FALL BACK…)
SOSA Henderson: OH… you thought it was gonna be like that? First Dynasty and then Showdown? Nah bruh… you aren;t partying with shit tonight but a hospital room!
(SOSA Henderson grabs Xander’s head and wedges it against the car door suddenly….)
SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SLAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Xander slumps over and falls to the ground. SOSA stands over him and smirks, when he sees some commotion and skips out, suddenly we see Pandora Paisley and Jonny Airhart running out there, they tend to the fallen Xander as we now see Pandora grabbing officials and medical staff to help, the scene fades to a commercial.)
(Fading back from the last commercial break, the camera pans down to ringside for the Main Event)
( DING! DING! DING! )
Gina Romano: THE FOLLOWING IS SET FOR ONE FALL!! AND IT IS FOR THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP WITH TV TIME REMAINING!
( The Mexico City crowd cheers at the main event announcement. Their volume is further amplified as “King’s Dead” by Jay Rock, Kendrick Lamar, Future, and James Blake begins to reverberate throughout the Mexico City Arena. Limmy Monaghan steps onto the entranceway, sporting a golden-tinted version of his usual attire. He raises his fist and poses on the stage as pyrotechnics light up the venue. The crowd cheers him on as he makes his way down the ramp and into the squared circle. )
Gina Romano: INTRODUCING FIRST! From Glasgow, Scotland, weighing in at 224 pounds.. HE IS “THE MONARCH,” LIIIIIMMMY MONAGHANN!!!
Deadprez: This is the first time that Limmy Monaghan will be vying for the EAW Answers World Championship since September at Territorial Invasion. As we all know, he came up short to Kassidy Heart, but he has a second opportunity at expanding his legacy here in Elite Answers Wrestling. Ironically, he is facing the same man that he faced for the number one contendership at the second Showdown of the season. It is full circle for both of these competitors. TLA is now the EAW Answers World Champion, and Monaghan could not be more clear enough that he intends on taking that championship no matter what it takes.
Gavin Kirkland: TLA won that number one contendership match at the beginning of the season, and he did what he was unable to do at Territorial Invasion, and that was beat Kassidy Heart to become EAW Answers World Champion. As a matter of fact, TLA joins the list of a few men and women who could say that they actually pinned Kassidy Heart, so Monaghan is walking into this match with someone extremely more experienced and better. However, that is what you get when you face someone in the Hall Of Fame. Monaghan has his hands full tonight, but you have to give him the benefit of a doubt. It is no secret that he pinned the world champion weeks ago. It was Adam Lucas and TLA vs Limmy Moanghan and Theron Nikolas in a stacked main event tag team match. TLA accidentally collided with Lucas, and Monaghan took advantage of that malfunction in the junction, and he connected with the epic Hangman’s Gambit and pinned the world champion in the middle of the ring.
Eve: That night has probably been itching inside the world champion since then, and Limmy Monaghan is walking into this match knowing that there is a way to beat TLA. Monaghan has learned a lot since the beginning of the season. He has matured, he has evolved, he has adapted to the environment, and he has seamlessly transitioned into the role of a main eventer. Tonight, is where he proves that he is legitimately world championship material. The pressure is high here tonight, and Monaghan is out to get rid of the burden of proof that has been on his shoulders for a long time now. Will tonight be the start of the EAW Answers World Championship monarchy? Or will we continue to see TLA reign over Saturday nights!
( Limmy Monaghan begins to stretch in his designated corner as his theme song comes to a close. The crowd begins to buzz in anticipation for their nation’s hero. “Ambitionz az a Ridah” by Tupac begins to play and it is received with an eruption of cheers. TLA steps out to the stage with a Mexican flag draped over his neck. He dons a Mexican flag-themed outfit as he holds up the flag and embraces in the cheers. It changes to a shot of Monaghan smiling at the home country reception before it goes back to TLA representing his flag. TLA gives the flag to a child at ringside on his way down to the ring. )
Gina Romano: AND HIS OPPONENT! FROM WAY OF TLAXCALA, MEXICO, RESIDING IN THE POON PALACE, MIAMI, FLORIDA, WEIGHING IN AT 210 POUNDS.. HE IS THE EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION… “LA PANTERA SEXUAL,” T… L…. A!!!!!!
Deadprez: TLA did what many thought wasn’t possible for him. He beat the unstoppable, and unbeatable Kassidy Heart to become the EAW Answers World Champion. Since then, he hasn’t been afraid to be thrown towards the jaws of adversity by coming out victorious at that hellacious main event at Dia Del Diablo. Tonight, he has another opportunity to prove himself as he defends his EAW Answers World Championship in his home country, against the up and coming Limmy Monaghan.
Eve: TLA has taken the world of professional wrestling by storm, and his tour rages on with Limmy Monaghan having the opportunity to spoil his second world championship run. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the world championship picture for the past couple of weeks. That controversy comes with the Adam Lucas and Impact dispute, but that will be set aside for the night. This is a match where champions defend their honour and we purely wrestle! TLA is competing tonight not with Adam Lucas or Impact in mind, but just with the intent to defend his honor and leave Mexico City still as the reigning EAW Answers World Champion. It is without a shadow of a doubt that he will not leave without putting up a valiant effort against Limmy Monaghan.
Deadprez: As you said earlier, Limmy Monaghan pinning TLA two weeks ago in that tag team match had to be in the head of TLA this entire week. He stated that he will not make any excuses about that pinfall, and that he will let his Adam Lucas dispute aside for the time being. TLA is not only walking into this match knowing that he has more experience in this industry, but look at the audience. TLA has the hometown advantage. TLA has the entire country rooting for him, and it is not like everyone here hates Limmy Monaghan. Monaghan is a man of the people, for the people, but knowing that everyone is for TLA, has to be a burden in the mental state of Monaghan. Monaghan is competing inside of the house of TLA, and things are different here. The environment. The ambience. There is even more pressure on Monaghan’s shoulders. Significantly more than his main event with Theron Nikolas, his Hardcore Championship bouts, or even his match with Kassidy Heart. This is a big time match with a big time feel. This is unarguably the biggest match of Limmy Monaghan’s career. Despite both of these two having a great amount of respect for each other, just as Monaghan wants to take his championship in front of his homecountry crowd, that desire is equal to TLA wanting to block his chance at being the top dog around here.
(DING! DING! DING! )
Deadprez: This match is officially underway! The EAW Answers World Championship is up for grabs in the second Super Showdown of the season! Limmy Monaghan. TLA. These are two individuals who know each other so well, and we are seconds from what we could potentially be a Match Of The Year contender. This is the first opportunity for the EAW Answers World Championship that Limmy Monaghan has gotten in basically half of the year. We saw him pin the world champion’s shoulders to the ground for those three infamous seconds, but can we see it where it matters the most? Will Monaghan prevail when the pressure is on him? We will see that settled, and there is no doubt that these two are going to put everything on the line for this match. This is one way to end this fantastic night of pure professional wrestling AS WE SEE TLA AND LIMMY MONAGHAN ENGAGE IN A COLLAR-AND-ELBOW TIE-UP!
Gavin Kirkland: The champion and challenger make their first engagement as TLA now muscles and presses Monaghan against the ropes! The referee begins to make the five count, and TLA respectfully relinquishes it! Both of these competitors share a high level of respect for each other. TLA retracts his steps and returns to the other side of the ring. Both competitors are on either side of the ring as they now look to initiate in a test of strength! Monaghan starts to overpower TLA in the exchange, but TLA is able to pipe back and get the upper edge of Monaghan! Monaghan is down onto one knee, but he fights back and twists one of his hands into a wrist lock. TLA rolls forwards, kips back up, and reverses his wrist lock into a headlock. Monaghan tries to reach for the ropes, but he ends up bringing TLA and rebounding off the ropes to try and free himself of the headlock! TLA holds onto the headlock, but Monaghan quickly presses his foot onto the back of his left knee to bring the champion down to one knee. AND HE PLUCKS HIM OFF THE GROUND FOR A BACK SUPLEX OF SORTS!
Eve: Monaghan is not able to connect with the german suplex as TLA had the wherewithal to use the lifting momentum to rotate and land on his feet. Monaghan turns around and gets pounded in the upper chest with a knife-edge chop from TLA! You could have heard that slap all the way in the States as TLA NOW DELIVERS ANOTHER EXCRUCIATING KNIFE-EDGE CHOP TO THE CHEST OF THE CHALLENGER! Monaghan holds his chest in pain while he falters into the corner turnbuckles. TLA follows him and lays him across the turnbuckles! AND HE GOES FOR ANOTHER KNIFE-EDGE CHOP! BUT MONAGHAN DUCKS IT! AND MONAGHAN RECIPROCATES THE CHOPS WITH ONE OF HIS OWN!! AND HE PROCEEDS TO DELIVER WITH A SECOND KNIFE-EDGE CHOP TO THE WORLD CHAMPION! THE CHALLENGER RETURNING THE FAVOR AS HE NOW LEANS FORWARD BEFORE IRISH WHIPPING TLA TO THE OPPOSITE CORNER!
Deadprez: TLA sustains a collision into the corner turnbuckles as Monaghan quickly follows it up! TLA BRINGS HIS OTHER LOWER BODY UP AND OVER MONAGHAN’S SHOULDERS AND EVADES HIM IN THE CORNER! TLA RUNS AND REBOUNDS OFF THE ROPES!! MONAGHAN TRIES TO GET A COUNTERACTIVE MEASURE!! BUT TLA SWIFTLY LUNGES FORWARD, HOLDS ONTO HIS LEFT ARM AND TURNS MONAGHAN OVER ONTO HIS BACK WITH A SPINNING ARMBAR!! Monaghan quickly emerges to his feet, but he walks right back into a traditional armbar! Can it be the second time the charm as he is back up to his feet! TLA GOES FOR ANOTHER ARMBAR!! BUT MONAGHAN MANAGES TO COUNTER THE ARM-BAR ON HIS WAY DOWN!! AND HE TRIES TO ROLL TLA AROUND INTO THE AFTER LAUGHTER SUBMISSION HOLD!! THE OVER-THE-SHOULDER CROSSFACE THAT HAS WON THE CHALLENGER MANY MATCHES IN THE PAST!! BUT TLA IS ABLE TO WIGGLE OUT OF IT, AND VAULT UP TO HIS FEET!
Eve: Monaghan steps up to his feet and hastily charges into the direction of TLA! AND HE GOES FOR MURDER TO EXCELLENCE!! NO!! MONAGHAN MISSES THE BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE!! AND HE TURNS AROUND TO A MEXICAN UPPERCUT! NO! MONAGHAN DUCKS AND COUNTERS IT INTO A BACKSLIDE PIN, BUT TLA RESISTS! TLA KEEPS HIS FEET PLANTED AS BOTH COMPETITORS ARE CAUGHT UP IN A TEST OF STRENGTH AS THEY TRY TO TILT AND BACKSLIDE THE OTHER!! MONAGHAN EVENTUALLY WINS THE EXCHANGE, BUT THE MOMENTUM HAS TLA FLIP ONTO HIS FEET!! AND TLA THROWS MONAGHAN IN BETWEEN HIS HEADS!! AND HE GOES FOR THE MEXICAN DESTROYER!! THIS IS THE SAME MOVE THAT HE HAS USED TO BEAT LIMMY MONAGHAN IN THE PAST!
Gavin Kirkland: NO! NO! NO!! WHA- MONAGHAN COUNTERS THE MEXICAN DESTROYER BY REVERSING IT AND BRINGING TLA UP INTO AN ELECTRIC CHAIR POSITION! THIS IS HOW MONAGHAN HIT THE DEATH NOTE ON TLA TWO WEEKS AGO IN THAT TAG TEAM MATCH!! BUT TLA TWISTS HIS ENTIRE BODY AROUND HIS HEAD AND TURNS IT AROUND INTO A HURRICANRANA THAT SENDS THE CHALLENGER TOWARDS THE ROPES!! MONAGHAN IS LEANING FORWARD INTO THE SECOND ROPE AS TLA LOOKS TO DIAL UP THE 305! EVERYONE IN THE CROWD CHEERS AS TLA NOW RUNS TOWARDS THE ROPES AND SWINGS AROUND!! FOR THE TIGER FEINT KICK!! NO!! MONAGHAN HOLDS ONTO HIS LEGS, SWINGS HIM BACK INTO THE RING AND GOES FOR A FOREARM SMASH!
Deadprez: TLA BLOCKS THE FOREARM SMASH! AND GOES FOR A YAKUZA KICK! MONAGHAN BLOCKS IT AND HOLDS ONTO HIS FOOT!! TLA IS SHAKING HIS HEAD AS MONAGHAN NOW USES THE LEFT FOOT AND PULLS IT UPWARDS!! TLA MIRACULOUSLY LANDS ON HIS FEET!! AND TLA STRIKES FOR A PUNCH! MONAGHAN GRABS HIS ARM, SPINS TLA AROUND AND GOES FOR THE SPINNING HEEL KICK! SILENT WHISPER VARIATION, NOW!! TLA WITH A ROUNDHOUSE KICK!! NO!! MONAGHAN DUCKS IT!! BUT TLA IS ABLE TO SOMEHOW CONNECT WITH A BACK HEEL KICK TO THE MIDSECTION!! AND TLA NOW CROUCHES BEFORE SWEEPING THE LEGS!!
Eve: LIMMY MONAGHAN HAS THE IN RING PRESENCE TO LEAP OVER HIS LEGS!! AND HE LANDS ON HIS FEET!! AND BOTH CHAMPION AND CHALLENGER SHARE A STALEMATE MOMENT AS THEY GAZE INTO EACH OTHER EYES IN A CROUCHED POSITION SMACK DAB IN THE CENTER OF THE RING! TLA and Limmy Monaghan having a Mexican standoff here in Mexico City. Just now, they were exchanging almost attempts at finishers and signatures. They both have clearly done their homework before their match. They get off their knees and stand face-to-face in the center of the ring. They exchange slight competitive insults before MONAGHAN SLICES THROUGH THE HEAD OF TLA WITH A HEFTY FOREARM SMASH!! TLA ALMOST GETS BROUGHT BACK A COUPLE OF STEPS, BUT HE RECOILS BACK AND RESPONDS WITH A HEAVY FOREARM BLOW TO THE FACE! CAN YOU HEAR THE NOISE OF THOSE FOREARM SMASHES!?!? WE NEED SOMEONE TO MEASURE THE DECIBELS BECAUSE IT GOT TO BE IN THE 2023 GUINNESS WORLD RECORD CATALOG!
Deadprez: TLA gestures at Limmy Monaghan to go at it again with the forearm smash! MONAGHAN SWINGS AND STUNS TLA WITH ANOTHER FOREARM SMASH! TLA WOBBLES, BUT HE CATCHES HIMSELF FROM FALLING!! MONAGHAN TELLS HIM TO RESPOND WITH A FOREARM SMASH, AND TLA LUNGES FORWARD FOR A FOREARM SMASH!! AND MONAGHAN REELS BACK INTO THE ROPES!! AND HE CONNECTS WITH A FOREARM SMASH!! THE IMPACT HAS TLA WITH THE REBOUND OFF THE ROPES!! AND HE CLAPS BACK WITH ANOTHER FOREARM SMASH!! THE CHAMPION AND CHALLENGER ARE JUST EXCHANGING FOREARM SMASHES!! TLA GOES FOR ANOTHER ONE!!! BUT MONAGHAN BLOCKS IT AND ABSOLUTELY STUNS THE CHAMPION WITH A BACK KICK TO THE GUT!! TO THE MIDSECTION AS TLA FALTERS INTO THE SECOND ROPE!
Eve: TLA does not rebound off the second rope as he seemingly loses that rapid-fire exchange of strikes! Monaghan stunned him with that back kick to the midsection as it went right into the lungs of the champion! TLA holds his ribs in pain as Monaghan now IRISH WHIPS TLA TO THE ROPES! Monaghan follows him and jumps under! TLA hops over him and runs the ropes! MONAGHAN ELEVATES INTO THE LEAPFROG!! BUT LOOK!! TLA CATCHES HIM INTO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR!! AND HE IS LOOKING TO GO FOR THE DEATH NOTE!! THE IRONY OF THIS!! TLA IS ABOUT TO CONNECT WITH MONAGHAN’S MOST FAMOUS MANEUVER, BUT MONAGHAN IS ABLE TO SLIDE OFF HIS BACK! AND HE GOES FOR THE DRAGON SUPLEX!! BUT TLA CUTS HIS ARMS OFF THE HALF NELSON, AND HE CONNECTS WITH A FOREARM SMASH TO THE JAW! MONAGHAN IS NOW DOWN ON BOTH KNEES!
Deadprez: Monaghan is in a perfect position as TLA NOW RUNS TO REBOUND OFF THE ROPES!! MONAGHAN GETS UP OF HIS KNEES AND FOLLOWS TLA INTO THE ROPES!! HE CIRCLES AROUND TLA’S WAIST WHILE STEPPING THROUGH THE ROPES!! TLA IS DISCOMBOBULATED BY THE COUNTER, AND HE GETS CLOCKED IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A ROPE-ASSISTED ENZIGURI!! MONAGHAN WITH A BRILLIANT MANEUVER RIGHT THERE AS TLA FALLS TO HIS KNEES IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!
Eve: AND NOW LIMMY MONAGHAN IS POSITIONED ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! WAIT MONAGHAN RANDOMLY SHAKES HIS HEAD AND IMMEDIATELY GETS OFF THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! AND HE RUNS INTO THE RING AND BLASTS THE CHAMPION’S NECK WITH A BICYCLE KICK!! BEFORE HE CHANGES DIRECTION AND CONNECTS WITH A PENALTY KICK TO THE FACE! FOLLOWED BY A JUMPING KNEE DROP!! COVER!
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Gavin Kirkland: GOD DAMNIT!! TLA KICKED OUT! Monaghan is going to have to do more than that as he immediately implements a side headlock on the champion. When it comes to a match like this, all it comes down to is who will make the mistake, and who will capitalize the most out of those mistakes. TLA, right there, underestimated the explosive agility of Monaghan, and that is what led him to be in the claws of a headlock. However, that won’t be for long as TLA begins to show some resistance! TLA brings Monaghan up to one knee and brings to send elbows to the midsection! MONAGHAN SENDS A KNEE STRIKE TO THE MIDSECTION!! AND IT SENDS TLA BACK DOWN TO BOTH KNEES! The challenger lets go of the headlock and he runs the ropes-
Deadprez: TLA holds onto his tights and pulls him back into him! Monaghan kicks his hand away, and rotates around for a forearm smash! NO!! TLA GOES UNDER THE FOREARM, AND HOOKS HIM FROM THE SIDE!! AND HE SLAMS THE CHALLENGER DOWN WITH AUTHORITY WITH A STO! HE NEARLY FOLDS HIM LIKE AN ACCORDION WITH THE FRONTWARDS STO AS HE NOW GETS UP TO HIS FEET! TLA steps back into the corner and waits for Monaghan to get up to his feet! AND TLA GOES FOR A HURRICANRANA! BUT MONAGHAN SIMPLY STEPS OUT OF THE WAY!! AND TLA MISSES AND LANDS ONTO THE BACK OF HIS NECK!! MONAGHAN WITH A BOOT TO THE FACE!! ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE CHEST! AND HE BLASTS THE JAW WITH A FLUSH SUPERKICK!
Eve: NO!! TLA DUCKS HIS HEAD UNDER THE SUPERKICK! AND HE GOES FOR THE MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! BUT NO!! MONAGHAN IS ABLE TO SIDESTEP THE UPPERCUT, AND HE CONNECTS WITH A ROUNDHOUSE KICK TO THE HEAD! TLA is staggered as MONAGHAN NOW THRUSTS HIM INTO THE ROPES WITH A BOOT TO THE CHEST!! BUT TLA QUICKLY BOUNCES BACK AND STEAMROLLS OVER THE CHALLENGER WITH A LARIAT! TLA NEARLY DECAPITATES MONAGHAN WITH THAT LARIAT AS HE NOW PICKS MONAGHAN UP!! HE IRISH WHIPS- NO!! MONAGHAN TWISTS THE ARM, TURNS HIM AROUND AND TURNS TLA INSIDE OUT WITH A RIPCORD LARIAT!! MONAGHAN PAYING THE LARIAT BACK WITH ONE OF HIS OWN AS HE NOW THROWS TLA INTO THE ROPES!
Deadprez: TLA JUMPS THROUGH THE ROPES AND POSES IN A HORIZONTAL POSITION!! THE CROWD GIVES HIM AN OVATION AS MONAGHAN DOESN’T LOOK TOO SURPRISED TO THE SHOWBOATING OF TLA!! TLA REMAINS LAID OUT ON THE ROPES BEFORE MONAGHAN RUSHES TOWARDS HIM!! TLA QUICKLY PULLS OUT OF THE ROPES, HOOKS HIS ARM AND CINCHES IN A ROPE-HUNG ARM TRIANGLE ONTO THE CHALLENGER!
land: THE REFEREE BEGINS TO COUNT AS MONAGHAN SCREAMS IN PAIN! TLA relinquishes the arm triangle on the ropes and Monaghan stumbles into the center of the ring! TLA SPRINGBOARDS AND LAUNCHES HIMSELF OFF THE TOP ROPE!! MONAGHAN ROLLS FORWARD AND GOES UNDER HIM!! TLA LANDS AND ROLLS HIM UP TO HIS FEET!! AND MONAGHAN CONNECTS WITH A BICYCLE KICK TO THE JAW!! TLA IMMEDIATELY REPLIES WITH A PRECISION STEP-UP ENZIGURI!! YOU COULD HEAR THAT KICK ACROSS THE SIDE OF THE HEAD AS TLA NOW GETS UP TO HIS FEET! TLA RUNS THE ROPES!! AND MONAGHAN QUICKLY RUNS UP TO HIS FEET AND SLAMS TLA DOWN WITH A SLINGBLADE!
Deadprez: MONAGHAN IS STARTING TO POWER HIMSELF UP AS HE BRINGS TLA UP TO HIS FEET! He grabs the tights, throws over the arm and tangles the legs! AND HE GOES FOR THE AOI SHOUDOU!! BUT NO!! TLA COUNTERS, LANDS ON HIS FEET AND GRABS HIS NECK!! IS HE GOING FOR A NECKBREAKER!! HE TURNS HIS HEAD, AND DROPS IT ONTO HIS KNEE!! BEFORE HE LIFTS HIM UP ONTO HIS SHOULDERS!! AND HE DROPS HIM WITH A TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER!! WOAH! TLA BRINGING OUT NEW GUNS OUT OF HIS ARSENAL AS HE SPIKES HIM WITH A TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER AND HOOKS BOTH LEGS! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!
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Eve: KICK-OUT! TLA quickly emerges to his feet and comes charging in out from the corner! MONAGHAN PICKS HIM UP INTO A FIREMAN’S CARRY!! NO!! TLA GETS OFF HIS SHOULDERS AND WRAPS HIS ARMS AROUND HIS WAIST! MONAGHAN RUNS INTO THE ROPES, AND HE HOLDS ONTO THE TOP ROPE!! TLA LETS GO AND ROLLS ONTO THE BACK OF HIS FEET! AND MONAGHAN GOES FOR MURDER TO EXCELLENCE!! BUT TLA WITH A CARTWHEEL EVASION!! BRILLIANT!! MONAGHAN TURNS AROUND AND TLA POPS HIM UP INTO THE VERY MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! BUT MONAGHAN MIRACULOUSLY COUNTERS THE POP-UP MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! NO!! MONAGHAN USES THE LEVERAGE TO HOP OVER HIS SHOULDERS AND LAND ON HIS FEET! AND HE STUNS THE CHAMPION WITH THE SPINNING HEEL KICK STRAIGHT TO THE JAW! SILENT WHISPER!
Gavin Kirkland: SILENT WHISPER FIVE THOUSAND AS MONAGHAN NOW HOISTS HIM UP ONTO HIS SHOULDERS! AND HE IS AIMING FOR THE KNEELING BACK-TO-BELLY PILEDRIVER!! BUT TLA FLIPS OUT OF THE BERMUDA’S END AT THE VERY LAST SECOND!! AND HE SHOCKS THE CHALLENGER WITH THE CARTEL KICK!! PELE KICK ONTO THE CROWN OF HE HEAD AS MONAGHAN IS IN A SLUMPED POSITION IN THE CENTER OF THE RING! BOTH OF THESE COMPETITORS ARE JUST FIGHTING EACH OTHER COUNTER FOR COUNTER!! WHO WILL MAKE THE FIRST MISTAKE!
Deadprez: TLA RUNS AND REBOUNDS OFF THE ROPES!! AND HE TRAVELS ACROSS THE BODY OF THE CHALLENGER IN A TILT-A-WHIRL MOTION! FOR A TILT-A-WHIRL DDT!! NO!! MONAGHAN COUNTERS THE DDT AND GRABS HIM FROM THE SIDE! ASYSTOLE!!! THE URANAGE SIDESLAM!! NO!! TLA COUNTERS WITH A WHEELBARROW!! AND HE TWISTS IN MID-AIR TO GRAB THE HEAD!! AND SPIKES MONAGHAN ONTO THE TOP OF HIS HEAD WITH A WHEELBARROW DDT! WHAT AN INNOVATIVE USE OF THE WHEELBARROW AS TLA NOW GETS UP TO HIS FEET!! AND HE WAITS IMPATIENTLY IN THE CORNER FOR MONAGHAN TO GET UP TO HIS FEET!
Eve: MONAGHAN IS UP!! AND TLA FLOORS HIM WITH THE MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! THIS IS WHAT MONAGHAN HAS BEEN TRYING TO AVOID THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS MATCH!! MONAGHAN RECOGNIZES HOW POWERFUL THESE MEXICAN UPPERCUTS CAN BE, AND HE IS ABOUT TO GET A TASTE OF HOW THEY ARE!! MONAGHAN GETS UP TO HIS FEET AND HE IS TAKEN OFF HIS FEET WITH ANOTHER MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! TLA NOW GRABS HIS WRIST, AND HE SENDS MONAGHAN REELING INTO THE CORNER TURNBUCKLES WITH A RIPCORD MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! TLA IS JUST CHIPPING AWAY AT HIM WITH THESE MEXICAN UPPERCUTS AS MONAGHAN IS NOW UP AGAINST THE CORNER!! AND TLA RUNS INTO THE OPPOSITE CORNER AND BACK!
Deadprez: TLA CONNECTS WITH A RUNNING MEXICAN UPPERCUT IN THE CORNER!! AND TLA SPRINTS INTO THE CORNER AND BACK!! AND HE SLAMS HIS ELBOW INTO THE FACE OF MONAGHAN IN THE CORNER WITH A SECOND RUNNING MEXICAN UPPERCUT! TWO IN A ROW AS TLA LOOKS TO MAKE IT A TRIPLE INFLUX OF MEXICAN UPPERCUTS! BUT MONAGHAN GAINS SECOND WIND AND FOLLOWS TLA INTO THE OPPOSITE CORNER!! BUT TLA SENSED IT COMING!! AND MONAGHAN GOES FACE-FIRST ONTO THE TOP OF THE RINGPOST!! TLA WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AS HE NOW LOOKS TO FINISH THE TRIO OF UPPERCUTS NOW!!! MONAGHAN IS BACK UP TO HIS FEET IN THE CORNER! AND TLA JUMPS AND LAUNCHES HIMSELF FOR A JUMPING MEXICAN UPPERCU-
Gavin Kirkland: MONAGHAN SNATCHES HIM FROM THE SIDE IN MID-AIR AT THE CORNER!! AND HE DEPOSITS HIM ONTO THE BACK OF HIS NECK WITH ASYSTOLE!! LIMMY COUNTERS THE LEAPING MEXICAN UPPERCUT WITH A HIGH-ANGLE URANAGE SIDESLAM AS HE NOW DROPS TO HIS KNEES AND HOOKS THE KNEE FOR THE WIN!! CAN WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION HERE!?!?
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Eve: NO!! MONAGHAN NEARLY WINS HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! TLA BRINGS HIS SHOULDER UP BEFORE THREE! Monaghan stays calm and composed as he gets up to his feet. TLA continues to hold his neck in pain as he slowly emerges to his feet! MONAGHAN SEES HIM UP ON BOTH KNEES!! AND HE GOES FOR THE MURDER TO EXCELLENCE!!!!
Deadprez: MONAGHAN’S BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE IS COUNTERED INTO THE HEEL HOOK!! TLA WITH A BRILLIANT REVERSAL, BUT HE ISN’T ABLE TO GET IT FULLY HOOKED!! MONAGHAN IS ABLE TO GET HIS UPPER BODY OVER HIS AND HE GRABS HIS ARM!! AND HE GETS OUT OF THE HEEL HOOK, ROLLS THE WORLD CHAMPION OVER AND ATTEMPTS TO PUT TLA INTO THE OVER THE SHOULDER CROSSFACE!! AFTER LAUGHTER!! AFTER LAUGHTER!! NO!! TLA COUNTERS AND GRABS HIS ARMS!! HE HOOKS IT AND ROLLS HIM UP!! AND HE PUTS HIM INTO THE CROSS ARMBREAKER!! CROSSED PATHS!! CROSSED PATHS!
Deadprez: BUT MONAGHAN IS QUICK TO DEADLIFT TLA UP OFF THE GROUND!! HE HAS HIM UP IN THE ONE-ARM POWERBOMB!! BUT HE SOMEHOW TRANSITIONS IT INTO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR HOLD!! THE POWER OF THE CHALLENGER AS HE GOES FOR THE DEATH NOTE!! MONAGHAN IS STRUGGLING TO GET ONE OF HIS ARMS AROUND THE HEAD OF TLA FOR THE DEATH NOTE ELECTRIC CHAIR DRIVER!! AND TLA GRABS HIS ARM AND HE ROLLS HIM INTO THE ARM BAR!! CROSSED PATHS IS CINCHED IN AGAIN!! MONAGHAN IS LOCKING IN HIS FINGERS TO STOP TLA FROM GETTING THE FULL EXTENSION OF THE ARMBAR! MONAGHAN REFUSES TO LET GO, BUT TLA BEGINS TO USE HIS OTHER FOOT TO KICK HIS HANDS!! AND MONAGHAN’S MONKEY GRIP IS BEGINNING TO WEAR OFF!
Eve: TLA KICKS DOWN THE WRIST, AND MONAGHAN LETS GO OFF THE MONKEY GRIP!! AND THE CROSSED PATHS IS IN FULL EXTENSION!! BUT MONAGHAN SHIFTS HIS ENTIRE BODY WEIGHT ONTO TLA! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN, BUT MONAGHAN QUICKLY PICKS HIM UP OFF THE CANVAS!! AND HE USES HIS STRENGTH TO MUSCLE THE CHAMPION UP INTO A POWERBOMB!! LOOK AT THE POWER!! MONAGHAN CARRIES HIM ACROSS THE RING, BUT LOOK AT THIS!! TLA SEES THE ROPES BEHIND HIM, MOMENTARILY LETS GO, AND FALLS BACK INTO THE TOP ROPE!! AND HE USES IT AT A SLINGSHOT, AND GETS THE MOMENTUM TO ROLL MONAGHAN BACK INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING, AND PUTS HIM BACK INTO THE CROSSED PATHS!! THAT IS THE IN RING IQ OF TLA THAT PEOPLE FAIL TO REGARD!! MONAGHAN DEFINITELY DID NOT EXPECT THAT AS HE IS BACK IN THE CLAWS OF THE ARM BAR IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!! CAN WE SEE TLA RETAIN WITH THE CROSSED PATHS! COME ON!
Deadprez: MONAGHAN IS TRYING TO REACH FOR THE ROPES, BUT HE IS NOT EVEN NEAR IT AT ALL!! TLA CONTINUES TO PULL BACK AND TORQUE HIS LEFT ARM! MONAGHAN BEGINS TO USE HIS HIP AND DRAGS HIS ENTIRE BODY TOWARDS THE ROPES!! AND HE IS ABLE TO PUT HIS LEFT HEEL ONTO THE BOTTOM ROPE!! ROPE BREAK ENGAGED!! MONAGHAN IS BARELY ABLE TO ESCAPE THE CROSSED PATHS AS IT TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS FOR TLA TO LET GO OF THE CROSS ARMBREAKER! TLA gets up to his feet as Monaghan grabs his left arm in pain! This may be influential in Monaghan’s performance for the rest of this match! AND IT IS GOING TO BE A TARGET AS TLA KICKS HIS LEFT ARM OFF THE ROPES! AND HE CONNECTS WITH A SUPERKICK TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD!! AND HE JUMPS ONTO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD TO SPIKE THE CHALLENGER ONTO HIS HEAD WITH A INVERTED FRANKENSTEINER!!
Eve: MONAGHAN IS ABSOLUTELY STUNNED! I DON”T EVEN THINK HE KNOWS WHERE WE AT! MONAGHAN IS DOWN ON ALL FOURS AS TLA IS UP ON THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE!! HE JUMPS AND PLACES HIS HEAD IN BETWEEN HIS LEGS!! AND HE FLIPS MONAGHAN OVER FOR THE MEXICAN DESTROYER-NO!! MONAGHAN COUNTERS IT INTO THE BERMUDA’S END!! BACK TO BELLY KNEELING PILEDRIVER AS MONAGHAN FALLS BACKWARDS AND GETS THE BACKPRESS COVER ONTO THE CHAMPION!! CAN THIS BE IT!!
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Gavin Kirkland: TLA POPS HIS SHOULDER UP, BUT HE IS ABLE TO GRAB BOTH OF MONAGHAN’S SHOULDERS AND PINS HIM DOWN WITH A CRUCIFIX!! NO! NO! NO! KICK OUT!
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Deadprez: MONAGHAN ESCAPES OUT OF THAT PREDICAMENT!! BOTH ELITISTS NOW GET UP TO THEIR FEET SIMULTANEOUSLY!! MONAGHAN GOES FOR THE MURDER TO EXCELLENCE KNEE STRIKE!! TLA STEPS TO THE SIDE, AND CONNECTS WITH A PIMP SLAP RIGHT TO THE FACE!! DID YOU SEE THAT!! DID YOU SEE THAT SWEAT BOUNCE OFF THE SKIN OF MONAGHAN’S FACE WITH THAT SLAP!! WE NEED A SLOW MOTION REPLAY OF THAT AS MONAGHAN IS SWAYING SIDE TO THE SIDE, BACK AND FORTH!! MONAGHAN IS OBLIVIOUS TO HIS SURROUNDINGS, BUT HE IS SOMEHOW ABLE TO MAINTAIN HIS BALANCE AND REMAIN PLANTED ON HIS FEET!
Eve: TLA TURNS HIM AROUND!! BUT MONAGHAN INSTINCTIVELY STUNS THE CHAMPION WITH A PIMP SLAP OF HIS OWN!! TLA IS NEARLY UNCONSCIOUS ON THE SECOND ROPE AS A RESULT OF THAT SLAP AS TLA FINALLY REBOUNDS OFF!! AND HE GOES FOR AN MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! BUT MONAGHAN GRABS THE ARMS YET AGAIN!!! AND HE DOESN’T GO FOR THE BACKSLIDE PALL, INSTEAD HE HOISTS HIM UP INTO A GORY SPECIAL!! AND HE FALLS BACKWARDS WHERE TLA GETS SLAMMED RIGHT ONTO HIS FACE!! WAIT NO!! TLA SCRUNCHES UP AT THE LAST SECOND AND REVERSES IT INTO A SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!
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Gavin Kirkland: MONAGHAN POWERS OUT OF THE SUNSET PIN! AND TLA QUICKLY GETS UP TO HIS FEET BEFORE MONAGHAN!! AND TLA SWIFTLY BLASTS HIM WITH A DISCUS MEXICAN UPPERCUT! MONAGHAN WAS NOT FAST ENOUGH TO COUNTER IT AS HE IS DOWN ON BOTH KNEES!! TLA POINTS TOWARDS THE ROPES BEFORE RUNNING TOWARDS IT AND FLIPPING FORWARDS!! AND HE SPRINGS OFF WITH A HANDSPRING!! A- MONAGHAN REVERSES THE HANDSPRING AND SNATCHES HIM IN MID-AIR WITH THE ELECTRIC CHARI!! OH MY GOD!! AND HE CONNECTS WITH THE DEATH NOTE DRIVER!
Deadprez: NO!! TLA COUNTERS IT ONCE AGAIN BY FLIPPING ONTO HIS FEET!! AND HE BACKFLIPS OVER FOR THE CARTEL KICK!! BUT MONAGHAN MOVES OUT OF THE WAY AT THE NICK OF THE TIME AND TLA LANDS ON HIS CHEST!! AND MONAGHAN FOLLOWS IT UP WITH A KNEE TO THE FACE!! TLA REELS CLOSER TOWARDS THE ROPES! MONAGHAN RUNS THE ROPES NOW!! AND HE LEAPS ACROSS THE RING FOR THE MUDER TO EXCELLENCE KNEE STRIKE!! BUT TLA INTERCEPTS IT WITH A TORPEDO MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! TLA JUST LAUNCHED HIS ENTIRE UPPER BODY INTO MONAGHAN AND MONAGHAN GOT HIS WORLD FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN!!
Eve: MONAGHAN IS TWITCHING FROM THE UPPERCUT!! HE IS SHAKING AND SHIVERING AS TLA MAY HAVE HIT THE BUTTON ON THAT UPPERCUT!! TLA MIGHT HAVE PUT EVERYTHING INTO THAT RAPID FIRE RUNNING MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! MONAGHAN IS ABLE TO GET ONTO ALL FOURS WITH DIFFICULTY WHILE TLA EASILY LEAPS ONTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! HE STANDS AND PERCHES HIMSELF ON IT!! AND HE GOES FOR THE SHOOTING STAR PRESS ONTO THE BACK OF MONAGHAN!! THE 420 ONTO THE BENT OVER MONAGHA-
Deadprez: MONAGHAN GETS UP AND DRIVES HIS KNEE INTO THE JAW OF TLA ON HIS WAY DOWN FROM THE SHOOTING STAR PRESS!! OH MY GOD!! THE CHALLENGER COUNTERS THE CHAMPION’S 420 SHOOTING STAR PRESS WITH THE BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE IN MID-AIR!! TLA IS OUT LIKE A LIGHT!! MONAGHAN NOW PULLS HIM UP TO HIS FEET!! HE TURNS HIM AROUND, ELEVATES HIM INTO THE ELECTRIC CHAIR POSITION!! NO SIGN OF RESISTANCE, NOR CONSCIOUSNESS FROM TLA!! AND WE KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT!! MONAGHAN MARCHES INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING AND DROPS ONTO THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WITH THE DEATH NOTE!! ONE-HANDED ELECTRIC CHAIR PILEDRIVER!! MONAGHAN IS THE NEW CHAMPION!! WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION!
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Gavin Kirkland: NO!! TLA MIRACULOUSLY HOISTS HIS SHOULDER UP AT THE VERY LAST MILLISECOND! MONAGHAN WAS FINALLY ABLE TO CONNECT WITH THE DEATH NOTE AFTER TLA COUNTERED IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND IT STILL ISN’T ENOUGH!! WHAT TLA TRIED TO AVOID SO MANY TIMES STILL WASN’T ENOUGH TO PUT HIM OUT!! BUT MY HIBERNATION CHIEF, MONAGHAN KNEW IT WOULDN’T BE ENOUGH!!
Deadprez: THAT IS RIGHT!! MONAGHAN HAD HIS JAW DROPPED TO THE GROUND FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS, BUT HE WIPED HIS FACE AND HE IS NOW IN GAME MODE!! TLA KICKED OUT OF THE DEATH NOTE IN THE TAG MATCH TWO WEEKS AGO, SO MONAGHAN KNOWS WHAT HE MUST DO NEXT! TLA HAS JUST GAINED CONSCIOUSNESS FROM THAT DEATH NOTE JUST NOW AS HE SLOWLY GETS UP ONTO BOTH KNEES! MONAGHAN WALKS BEHIND HIM AND CROUCHES IN THE CORNER! HE SLOWLY PULLS HIS LEFT SHOULDER PAD OFF HIS ARM!! AND HE SIGNALS FOR THE END!! TLA IS ABSOLUTELY OBLIVIOUS!
Gavin Kirkland: AND MONAGHAN GOES FOR THE HANGMAN’S GAMBIT!! THIS IS WHAT HE USED TO BEAT TLA TWO WEEKS AGO!
Eve: TLA SAW IT COMING AND DUCKS IT!! TLA DID HIS HOMEWORK AS MONAGHAN TURNS AROUND!! AND HE WALKS RIGHT INTO A POP-UP MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! TLA IS ABOUT TO CLOSE IN ON THIS! TLA BRINGS HIM UP TO HIS FEET!! VERY SLOWLY AS LIMMY IS DEADWEIGHT IN RESULT OF THAT UPPERCUT!! TLA IS ABLE TO FINALLY GET HIM UP AS HE PLACES HIS HEAD IN BETWEEN HIS LEGS!! AND HE FLIPS HIM OVER FOR THE MEXICAN DESTROYER!! BUT MONAGHAN LIFTS HIM UP OUT OF NOWHERE!! AND HE THROWS HIM TO THE SIDE!! AND TLA COLLIDES INTO THE REFEREE!! OH MY GOD!! THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IN THEIR TAG TEAM MATCH!
Deadprez: YES!! I REMEMBER THIS!! TLA WENT FOR THE MEXICAN DESTROYER, MONAGHAN COUNTERED IT AND THREW HIM RIGHT INTO ADAM LUCAS UNINTENTIONALLY!! THIS IS WHAT CAUSED TLA TO GET DISTRACTED! TLA HAS FOUND HIMSELF IN THE SAME EXACT POSITION!! THE REFEREE GOT KNOCKED THROUGH THOSE ROPES AND HE IS LAID OUT ON THE RINGSIDE FLOOR!! TLA BUMPED HEADS INTO THE REFEREE, SO HE HIS VISION IS DISORIENTED!! TLA IS ON BOTH OF HIS KNEES, TRYING TO GRAB ONTO SOMETHING AND GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HIS SURROUNDINGS!
Gavin Kirkland: LIMMY MONAGHAN IS BACK TO HIS FEET!! HE DOESN’T KNOW WHETHER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OR NOT!! GO KID!! GO!! GO!! DO IT FOR ME!! DO IT FOR US!! MONAGHAN RUNS AND CLOBBERS THE BACK OF HIS HEAD! HANGMAN’S GAMBIT CONNECTS AND WE HAVE A NEW WORLD CHAMPION ON THE HORIZON!
Deadprez: TLA GETS OUT OF THE WAY!!! TLA HAD THOSE SPIDER SENSES AS MONAGHAN GOES FACE-FIRST INTO THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE!! MONAGHAN DARTS HIS FACE RIGHT ONTO THE SECOND TURNBUCKLE AS HIS ATTEMPT TO BECOME NEW CHAMPION JUST GOT BAMBOOZLED!! TLA LEARNED FROM HIS MISTAKES AND THAT WAS ALWAYS KEEP EYES AT THE BACK OF HEAD!! TLA GETS UP TO HIS FEET AND MONAGHAN IS BACK UP ON BOTH KNEES!! AND TLA OBLITERATES THE BACK OF HIS HEAD WITH HIS OWN HANGMAN’S GAMBIT!! TLA GIVING HIM HIS OWN TASTE OF HIS MEDICINE AS HE NOW BRINGS THE CHALLENGER UP TO HIS FEET!
Eve: TLA PULLS HIM BETWEEN HIS LEGS!! AND HE FLIPS HIM OVER!! AND HE FINALLY AND SUCCESSFULLY PLANTS MONAGHAN ONTO HIS HEAD WITH THE MEXICAN DESTROYER!! THE FLIP PILEDRIVER CONNECTS AS TLA IS SECONDS AWAY FROM DEFENDING HIS CHAMPIONSHIP!! A NEW REFEREE FINALLY SLIDES INTO THE RING! SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!! THE LATERAL PRESS IS IN!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Deadprez: …
Eve: ….
Gavin Kirkland …..MONAGHAN ARCHES HIS BACK UP AND HE KICKS OUT!! TLA CAN’T BELIEVE IT!! THE CROWD HERE IS ELECTRIC!! TLA HIT THE HANGMAN GAMBIT AND FOLLOWED IT UP BY THE MEXICAN DESTROYER, AND MONAGHAN REMAINS ALIVE IN THIS MATCH!! THIS IS THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE CHALLENGER!! LIMMY MONAGHAN REFUSES TO GIVE UP ON SUPER SHOWDOWN NIGHT! TLA TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO THINK OF A NEW STRATEGY BEFORE HE STEPS THROUGH THE ROPES AND CLIMBS TO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!
Deadprez: TLA is slowly climbing turnbuckle by turnbuckle while Monaghan is laid out smackdab in the center of the ring! Monaghan took two incredible maneuvers in a row, and he is still in this! That is a testament to how much Monaghan wants to be EAW Answers World Champion! TLA was the same man who took away a number one contendership opportunity at the beginning of the season!, and Monaghan is desperately wanting to prove that he learned from the mistakes he made against Kassidy Heart at Territorial Invasion! Monaghan has the whole world watching and he has a lot of pressure on his shoulders! Will he cave in or not! THAT IS THE QUESTION AT HAND HERE!
Eve: TLA has been proven to be a fighting champion, but his reign seems to be hugely compromised by his challenger! Monaghan refuses to give up as TLA is perched on the top turnbuckle! AND HE LEAPS OFF IT!! AND HE GOES FOR THE CORKSCREW 360 SENTON!! BUT NOBODY IS HOME!! MONAGHAN ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY AND TLA CRASHES AND BURNS IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!! AND MONAGHAN DESPERATELY SCRAMBLES TO CRAWL OVER TO HIS BODY!! AND HE PUTS HIS ARM OVER HIS SHOULDER!! AND HE LOCKS IN THE AFTER LAUGHTER!! THE OVER THE SHOULDER CROSSFACE IS APPLIED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING!! CAN WE CROWN A NEW CHAMPION HERE IN MEXICO CITY!! COME ON!
Deadprez: LIMMY MONAGHAN NOT ONLY IS LOOKING TO MAKE HISTORY HERE SOUTH OF THE BORDER, BUT HE IS LOOKING TO PROVE ALL OF THE NAYSAYERS WRONG AND WIN HIS FIRST EVER WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP HERE IN ELITE ANSWERS WRESTLING!! MONAGHAN HAS A POSSESSED LOOK ON HIS FACE AS HE CONTINUES TO CHOKE OUT THE CHAMPION WITH THE CROSSFACE! TLA’S FACE IS BEGINNING TO BECOME RED, AND IT WILL SOON BECOME PURPLE AND HE WILL BE KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS IF HE DOES NOT FIGHT OUT OF THE AFTER LAUGHTER!! MONAGHAN IS PUTTING EVERY OUNCE OF ENERGY HE HAS LEFT IN HIS BODY, AND TLA HAS YET TO SHOW A SIGN OF STRUGGLE!
Gavin Kirkland: NOW HE DOES!! GOD DAMNIT!!! TLA IS STARTING TO DIG HIS ENTIRE UPPER BODY TOWARDS THE ROPES!! HE ISN’T THAT FAR AS MONAGHAN CONTINUES TO APPLY THE TORQUE AND PRESSURE!! AND NOW MONAGHAN LETS GO!! AND HE GRABS A HANDFUL OF THE CHAMPION’S HAIR!! YES! YES!! THAT IS HOW YOU DO IT!! HE BEGINS TO SLAM TLA’S FACE OVER AND OVER INTO THE CANVAS!! MONAGHAN IS JUST RELENTLESSLY BASHING HIS HEAD INTO THE CANVAS FOUR, FIVE, SIX, AND EIGHT TIMES BEFORE HE PUTS BACK IN THE AFTER LAUGHTER!
Eve: NOW TLA’S ENTIRE FACE IS BECOMING TO TRANSFORM INTO A PURPLISH TINT!! TLA IS SECONDS AWAY FROM LOSING HIS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP!! CAN MONAGHAN END HIS REIGN TONIGHT!! EVERYONE IN THIS ARENA ARE ON THEIR FEET AS WE ARE SECONDS AWAY FROM WITNESSING HISTORY!! MONAGHAN IS BEGINNING TO SCREAM AS HE IS DEMANDING TLA TO TAP!! MONAGHAN WANTS HIM TO TAP!! THERE IS NO WAY THAT TLA CAN LAST ANY MORE THAN THIS!! TLA IS ABOUT TO BE KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS!!
Deadprez: BUT TLA STROKES TOWARDS THE ROPES AND HE GETS HIS HAND ON THE BOTTOM ROPE!! MONAGHAN CAN’T BELIEVE IT AS HE TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS BEFORE HE HEARS THE REFEREE COUNTING AND LETS GO OF THE CROSSFACE!! THE AFTER LAUGHTER IS NOT ENOUGH FOR HIM TO WIN THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP AS HE NOW BACKS UP INTO THE CORNER! TLA begins to cough and wheeze as he gets up onto his feet! AND MONAGHAN RUSHES TOWARDS HIM!! TLA TURNS HIS HEAD AND HIS HEAD GETS NEARLY TAKEN OFF HIS BODY WITH THE MURDER TO EXCELLENCE!! MONAGHAN CONNECTS WITH THE BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE, AND TLA GOES FLYING OUT OF THE RING!
Eve: MONAGHAN LOOKS DISAPPOINTED THAT HE ISN’T IN THE RING, BUT HE TAKES A DEEP BREATH BEFORE HE SLOWLY CONTINUES TO GET A RUNNING START!! TLA IS GINGERLY USING THE APRON TO GET UP TO HIS FEET AS MONAGHAN NOW LEAPS OVER THE TOP ROPE!! AND HE GOES FOR THE TOPE CON HILO!! BUT TLA INTERCEPTS IT IN MID-AIR WITH A MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! A MEXICAN UPPERCUT IN MID-AIR TO COUNTER THE TOPE CON HILO AS MONAGHAN IS OUT!! WHAT A COUNTER AS TLA PICKS HIM UP AND HE LAYS HIM OUT ON THE ANNOUNCE TABLE WITH ANOTHER POWERFUL MEXICAN UPPERCUT!
Deadprez: TLA SLIDES BACK INTO THE RING!! AND HE BEGINS TO GET A RUNNING START HIMSELF!! MONAGHAN IS A SNOOZE ON TOP OF OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE AS TLA JUMPS ONTO THE TOP ROPE!! AND HE FLIPS INTO THE SKIES!!
**CRASSSSSH** **POW** **BAM**
Gavin Kirkland: AND HE FLATTENS MONAGHAN THROUGH OUR ANNOUNCE TABLE WITH A SHOOTING STAR PLANCHA!! TLA WITH A CAREER-DEFINING STUNT AS HE DESTROYS MONAGHAN THROUGH THE TABLE WITH THE 420 SHOOTING STAR PRESS!! MONAGHAN MUST BE OUT AS TLA GETS UP TO HIS FEET!
Eve: TLA SLOWLY EMERGES TO HIS FEET AS HE DESPERATELY TRIES TO LIFT MONAGHAN UP!! BUT MONAGHAN IS ALL DEAD WEIGHT!! TLA RESORTS TO DRAGGING MONAGHAN BY HIS ARMS TOWARDS THE APRON!! TLA PICKS HIM UP INTO A FIREMAN’S CARRY AND MOVES HIM BACK INTO THE SQUARED CIRCLE!!! MONAGHAN MIGHT HAVE BEEN BROKEN IN HALF AS TLA SLIDES BACK INTO THE RING WITH HIM!! AND HE FOLDS HIM OVER WITH A JACKKNIFE COVER!! TLA APPLIES ALL OF HIS BODY WEIGHT ONTO HIS SHOULDERS AS THIS IS A DEFINITE WIN FOR TLA!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Gavin Kirkland: HALLELUJAH!! THANK THE GODS!! LIMMY MONAGHAN POWERS OUT AT THE LAST SECOND AND THIS ENTIRE ARENA HAS GONE BALLISTIC!! THE MEXICO CITY ARENA HAS GONE UNBLUED AS EVERYONE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO BE IT! Monaghan is out of his mind if he thinks he can do any more of this! TLA brings him up to his feet!
Deadprez: He doesn’t even give any time to think about the kick-out AND HE JUST STARTS TO BLUDGEON HIM WITH MEXICAN UPPERCUTS IN THE ROPES!! HE IS JUST BEATING HIS HEAD IN WITH THEM!! ANOTHER UPPERCUT!! AND ANOTHER!! AND ANOTHER!! AND ANOTHER! AND TLA STUNS HIM WITH ANOTHER!! MONAGHAN IS SLUMPED UP IN THE ROPES AS TLA NOW GOES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RING!
Eve: MURDER TO EXCELLENCE!!!! MONAGHAN FOLLOWS HIM AND DRIVES HIS KNEE INTO HIS HEAD IN THE ROPES!! TLA IS OUT AS MONAGHAN NOW FOLLOWS IT UP!! WITH ANOTHER MURDER TO EXCELLENCE KNEE STRIKE!! AND HE RUNS TO THE OTHER SIDE AND BACK!! AND HE DRILLS HIM WITH ANOTHER BICYCLE KNEE STRIKE!! OH MY GOD!! MONAGHAN RETURNING THE SAME ENERGY HE BROUGHT WITH THOSE MEXICAN UPPERCUTS AS MONAGHAN NOW PUSHES HIM INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE RING!! TLA IS ON BOTH KNEES AS MONAGHAN NOW READIES HIMSELF IN THE CORNER OF THE RING!
Gavin Kirkland: HANGMAAAAAAANNNNN’S GAMBIIIIT!!!
Deadprez: TLA POPS UP OFF HIS KNEES!! AND HE SPIKES THE CHALLENGER DOWN WITH A FRANKENSTEINER!!!! THE SHOULDERS ARE DOWN!! CAN IT END LIKE THIS!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Gavin Kirkland: YES!! MONAGHAN KICKS OUT!! BOTH CHAMPION AND CHALLENGER GET UP TO THEIR FEET SLOWLY!! AND TLA LUNGES TOWARDS HIM WITH ANOTHER MEXICAN UPPERCUT!! BUT MONAGHAN GOES UNDER THE SHOULDERS AND PINS HIM DOWN WITH A BACKSLIDE PIN!! NEW CHAMPION!! NEW CHAMPION!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
Eve: COME ON!! HOW MANY MORE DO BOTH OF THESE HAVE LEFT IN THEM!! BOTH COMPETITORS ARE UP TO THEIR FEET!! AND THEY BOTH HIT EACH OTHER WITH A FOREARM SMASH AT THE SAME TIME!! AND THEY CONNECT SIMULTANEOUSLY ONCE AGAIN!! AND THEY BOTH GO FOR ROUNDHOUSE KICKS AT THE SAME TIME!! THEY ARE GOING TIT FOR TAT HERE AS THEY NOW SMASH EACH OTHER’S HEADS IN WITH YAKUZA KICKS AT THE SAME TIME!! BOTH MEN HAVE THE SAME INTENTIONS IN MIND AS THEY ARE DEPENDING ON EACH OTHER TO GET UP TO THEIR FEET!
Deadprez: TLA GOES FOR AN UPPERCUT!! BUT MONAGHAN STEPS TO THE SIDE!! AND HE GOES FOR THE KNEE STRIKE!! BUT TLA STEPS TO THE SIDE!! MONAGHAN TURNS AROUND AND QUICKLY SWINGS FOR A CLOTHESLINE!! TLA DUCKS IT!! HE RUNS AND JUMPS ONTO THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! AND HE SPINS OFF IT!! AND HE GRABS MONAGHAN AND DRILLS HIM WITH THE CANADIAN DESTROYER!! A SLINGSHOT INTO THE CANADIAN DESTROYER AS THIS HAS TO BE IT!
Eve: THERE IS NO WAY MONAGHAN CAN GET OUT OF THIS!! TLA PULLS OUT A NEW DIVING VARIATION OF THE MEXICAN DESTROYER AS HE NOW ON THE TOP TURNBUCKLE!! AND HE LEAPS OFF!! MONAGHAN HAS YET TO MOVE!! AND TLA CONNECTS WITH THE CORKSCREW 360 SENTON!!! BURNOUT CONNECTS AS TLA FALLS AND HOOKS A LEG!! TLA RETAINS HIS CHAMPIONSHIP!! COME ON!!
Gavin Kirkland: NO!!! PLEASE KICK OUT!! PLEASE!
ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
TWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!
( DING! DING! DING! )
( TLA lets go of the leg with relief as he hears the bell ring and “Ambitionz az a Ridah” by Tupac reverberates throughout the Mexico City Arena. Monaghan remains laid out in the center of the ring while TLA uses the ropes to gingerly get up to his feet. He is handed the EAW Answers World Championship, and he raises it to an ear-deafening pop. TLA sports a smile on his face as he limps across the ring in result of an extremely excruciating and energy draining championship defence. )
Gina Romano: HERE IS YOUR WINNER… AND STILL EAW ANSWERS WORLD CHAMPION.. TTTTTLLLLAAAAAAA!!!
Deadprez: Here we have it, ladies and gentleman! TLA retains the EAW Answers World Championship in a match that will definitely go down in history as one of the greatest ever championship matches to ever happen on Saturday Night Showdown. Limmy Monaghan and TLA just put on a barnburner on this match, and definitely left the Mexican fans fully satisfied and happy! On a night where Kassidy Heart vs Harper Lee, and Xander Payne vs Theron Nikolas happened, this perfectly capped off the Champions Showcase edition of Super Showdown!
Eve: Both of these competitors did not disappoint. This was a continuation of the saga between Limmy Monaghan and TLA. We all were convinced that Monaghan was finally going to be able to crown himself as the EAW Answers World Champion for the first time in his career, and that was because we saw him pin TLA weeks ago, however. TLA proves yet again that he is the superior Elitist and he is going to leave Mexico City still the fighting and reigning EAW Answers World Champion
Gavin Kirkland: Limmy Monaghan with one of the greatest performances tonight because he very much delivered! He should’ve won, but even though he didn’t, he demonstrated to everyone he has what it takes to become a world champion! Maybe not now, but that world championship will definitely be in the hands of Monaghan in the years to come. Monaghan with a career-defining performance, but the seniority and experience gives TLA the upper edge and gains him the victory tonight. Monaghan has a lot to learn, and this loss is purely a learning curve for the Scottish native.
( Limmy Monaghan uses the ropes to get up to his feet while TLA holds his championship on the top turnbuckle. TLA notices him and they both meet in the center of the ring. TLA helps him stay on his feet as they both shake hands. The crowd cheers as Monaghan shows great sportsmanship, raises TLA’s hand and gets out of the ring. TLA continues to celebrate with the EAW Answers World Championship while Monaghan makes his way to the back. TLA eventually gets out of the ring, and begins to take the celebration to the Mexican announce table. )
Deadprez: What a match! What a main event! What a show! We continue to prove week after week that we are the number one destination for professional wrestling! All hits, no misses! Thank you everyone for joining us for another successful, and the first ever Champions Showcase Super Showdown! THANK YOU MEXICO CITY FOR HOSTING US! THANK YOU EVERYONE!! AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT!
( The final shot of Super Showdown is TLA posing with the EAW Answers World Championship on the announce table. )
( EAW logo buzzes. )
