.:: The XHF Network Presents - Night of Champions IX ::.

[Curtis D. Kanyon]

.::The XHF Network Presents::.

Night of Champions IX

July 29th, 2018
XHF Network Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota
The theme is "The Greatest Show" from "The Greatest Showman" movie

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Fireworks explode all around the open air of the arena that is housing this amazing night! The fans are in a frenzy after seeing that sweet sweet video!

Hawke: Welcome everyone to Night of Champions Nine! Years in the making! What a stellar week it's been of wrestling action, and it all culminates tonight!
King: That's right! We've got every world title in the XHF network on the line tonight, as well as a massive X*Crown championship 4 Ring Circus match! But first, we're starting the action hot and heavy, just the way I like it, with the XHF tag team championship on the line!

Bonnie Jenkins: Ladies and gentleman it's now time for our XHF Tag team Championship match introducing first our World champions weighing in at a combined weight of 480 pounds, Mueller and Venom, "The GUNS"!!!

The lights to the gym shut off and the crowd begins to get on their feet in anticipation. The projection lights up on the main stage, showing the skyline of Atlanta and Ennio Morricone's "Ecstacy of Gold" begins to pour out of the gym speakers. Shots of Goldbear II trying to feast on salmon and cowboys riding horseback through the American West fill the projection. The crowd begins to sing with the music cheer for Goldbear II's appearances on the big screen. The final shot of "Ecstacy of Gold" has Goldbear catching and devouring a salmon in his mouth. Crowd massive pops for their favorite carnivore.

A lone harmonica for "Man with a Harmonica," by Morricone as well, begins to play while showing Goldbear II dining on a bloody feast of salmon. As the harmonica begins to the pickup and is accompanied by an electric guitar, Venom is shown in the video, and then James Mueller, and even Charlie Velez. It cuts back to Goldbear II and then action shots of Venom, Mueller, and Velez. Eventually, the song breaks down and goes right into "Out of the Black" by Royal Blood. More action shots of the Guns are shown before "THE YOUNG GUNS" come up in text on the projection. The "Young" flickers off and it now reads "THE GUNS."

The crowd pops as Venom and Mueller walk out in front of the projection and onto the main stage. The lights flash with every drum pop in the song. Both men look amped to be here and begin to walk down to the ring. Behind them on the main stage, Goldbear II comes out, dick and balls exposed, to the delight of every fan in attendance and watching at home. Mueller jogs up the stairs to the corner of the ring and pauses on the apron. He sways a little as he approaches the middle of the apron, one hand on the top rope. He leans towards the crowd, looks out, shakes his head at them with a smirk on his face, and then throws himself through the middle ropes on his feet. He spins around on his feet with his arms out to a bit of nostalgic cheer. He jerks his arms to his sides and then calms himself down. Venom gets up to his feet and begins walking towards the ring and stops in front of the ring and looks from left to right with his hood still on and then enters the ring. Venom walks to the stairs with Goldbear II close behind walks up the stairs and across the ring apron to the middle. He and Goldbear enter the ring one at a time and walk to the center where he drops to one knee again and points to the sky. Venom and Mueller both meet up in the ring with a fist bump as they begin to take off their jackets and any accessories before the match starts.

King: Look at these two Joey Hawke, they look great as always and ready to go.

Bonnie Jenkins: ...And their opponents weighing in at a combined weight of 393 pounds of solid furry, James Raymond and Maverick, "The New Age Killers"!!!

The piano cue plays as the lights go dark in the arena. "One True Supervillain" by Dillon Spears plays throughout the arena as the spotlight shines on James Raymond as he walks out with Maverick following behind him. They slowly walk to the ring with the one spotlight shining on them and complete darkness elsewhere, they enter the ring and lean on the ropes. James stands on them and Maverick climbs the ropes from the turnbuckle. They look dead into the crowd as the lights come back on and they stand in the middle of the ring.

King: It's time to see what these two really have when it comes to being a tag team Joey.
Hawke: Well King, NAK have both been singles champions in their respective feds and tonight they may as well become global champions.
King: We will see about that they have a tough task ahead of them in the form of the veterans, the current Champions, and the ever so tough GUNS.

XHF Tag-Team Championship
The Guns [Venom and James Mueller](c) Vs. The New Age Killers [James Raymond and Maverick]

Mueller stands in the corner staring over at NAK waiting to see which one will start the match for them, James Raymond send Maverick who looks a bit nervous out to the apron and steps up for NAK. The referee signals for the bell...

DING... DING... DING...

Both men head straight to the center of the ring quickly locking up into a Collar-and-elbow tie-up, both men seem to be trying to show their dominance right off the bat, but it's Mueller who quickly get's the advantage. Slipping Raymond into a side headlock and grinding it in as he drags him over to his corner.

King: Mueller is always thinking on his feet, see how he didn't wast any time getting him over to his corner.
Hawke: Yeah, yeah but Raymond isn't out yet and this match has just begun.

Raymonds down on one knee as Mueller keeps grinding the headlock in on him, Maverick can be heard over in his corner cheering his partner on, trying to motivate him to get loose. But Mueller refuses to let go as he tags in his partner the cunning yet cocky Venom.

King: Look, Joey, Muellers tagged in Venom things are about to pick up.

Venom pulls Raymond up by his neck slapping him across the face as he stands in front of him, Raymond responds with a right cross stunning the overzealous GUN member as Raymond runs back and shoots off the ropes and drives a knee into the gut of the veteran sending Venom to the mat.

Hawke: I guess Venom didn't expect Raymond to have any heart now did he?
King: Slight oversight by the tag champ, won't happen again, you can bank on that Joey!!!
Hawke: We will see because Raymond and Maverick both have something to prove here tonight. They came here to become the tag team champions and I don't think anyone will be able to stop them.

Raymond stands over by the ropes looking out at the crowd with a smile on his face, as Venom slowly gets back up shaking off the move as if it wasn't much of anything. Maverick is yelling at his partner to get his head back in the game and to look behind him as Raymond begins to turn around Venom nails him with a spinning heel kick sending him over the top rope and to the ground.

The Referee wasting no time begins the ten count...

ONE...

TWO...

Thr...

Mueller not wanting to win by count out at one of the biggest event of the year snatches up Raymond and rolls him in the ring. Venom walks over to his corner tagging Mueller back in as Raymond scurries over to his corner trying to tag in Maverick. Just inches away from a tag Mueller hit's Raymond in the back of the head with a diving elbow drop keeping him from making the tag.

King: I told you, Joey The GUN's are toying with these guys, they could end it whenever they want to.
Hawke: It's not over yet King.
King: That's my point, yet!!!

Mueller stands over Raymond shaking his finger at him as if to tell him "NO" like he's a child getting into trouble, but something sna.ps in Raymond he kicks Mueller in the gut sending him to the ground about three feet back. Raymond jumps up and runs over to his corner tagging in Maverick.

Hawke: Business has now picked up King, Maverick is in and looks to be all business.

Maverick runs down the side of the ring jumps over the top rope hitting Mueller with a massive ICON KILLER!!!

King: HOLY SHIT!!!
Hawke: You said it King I told you this match wasn't over yet.

Maverick is on fire as he runs over to The GUN's corner hitting Venom with a forearm shot knocking him to the mat, Raymond is still a bit out of it in his own corner as Maverick is cleaning house as he now has Mueller in a Chicken Wing submission hold. The referee slides into position asking Mueller if he wants to give, but Mueller refuses and tells him to F**K off. Venom is back up on the apron screaming at Mueller to get up and do his job.

King: I will give Maverick this he's showing the XHF fans something new here tonight, something we don't really get to see from him.
Hawke: Whats that King?
King: BALLS!!!

Mueller manages to wiggle his way close enough to the ropes to have to hold broken, but Maverick refuses to break the hold so the referee starts the count...

ONE...

TWO...

THREE...

FOUR...

Finally, Maverick breaks the count at four and drags Mueller over to his corner tagging in Raymond who is now rested and ready once again for action. Who quickly climbs in hitting Mueller in the gut with a stiff boot then dropping him with a DDT.

Hawke: King, Mueller is bleeding from the forehead, what a DDT from the challenger James Raymond.
King: Yeah Joey but I don't think it did him any good look Joey.

Mueller notices the blood running down his forehead and begins to smile as if he's remembering the old days, he quickly grabs James Raymond sending him into the turnbuckle following him with a clothesline. Raymond falls down to onto his back Mueller follows up with a springboard Lionsault. Jumping back up and hitting him once aging with a second springboard Lionsault before heading over to his corner and tagging in his partner.

King: This is why these two have ruled the tag team division here in the XHF for so many years, there is no team greater than "THE GUN"S"!!!
Hawke: King, some would argue with you on that, you have teams like "The Nihilist", "The Trons", HellBound" what about the newly formed team "VIPER"?

Venom waste no time as he rushes over placing Raymond into The Matsuzaka Lock, Mavericks face goes grim as he knows that move he's seen it before and realizes he needs to do something quickly. The referee's in, position asking Raymond if he gives up as Maverick superkicks Venom's head Damn near off breaking the hold and saving the match for the both of them. Mueller jumps in nails Maverick with a flying forearm, he looks pissed as he picks Maverick back up placing him in a torture rack and hitting a burning hammer.

King: Mueller has just stepped this match up a level and he may have killed Maverick as well.
Hawke: The referee may want to get someone out here Maverick isn't moving.

Venom continues to beat on Raymond as they are the two legal men, Mueller being the crafty veteran he slides Maverick back onto the apron in the NAK corner. Venom sees what his partner has done and once again that cocky grin crosses his face as he drags a beaten Raymond over and forces a damn near unconscious Maverick to tag his partner.

King: Joey that's why these two have been champions for so long they know how to work as a team and work the system.
Hawke: Really King the referee should have called the match already Maverick can't even stand hell he is barely moving.

Raymond is stirring about on the apron as Mueller stands in his corner watching Venom set up Maverick for The Casualty To Society. The crowd is on their feet as the XHF tag team champions are about to retain yet again.

King: Venom is one of the deadliest wrestlers in the business no wonder he is a champion.
Hawke: Come on already Venom just pin him he can't even stand.
King: Calm Down Joey, or he might hit you.

Venom stands there prepared to hit his finisher as he looks at his partner then at James Raymond flips off Raymond and nails Maverick with The Casualty To Society... Venom leans in for the pin attempt as the referee slides into position for the three count...

ONE...

TWO...

THREE...

King: They have done it, Joey, The GUN's have retained yet again proving why they are arguably the greatest tag team in the XHF Network!!!

Hawke: Well King, here's Bonnie Jenkins with the official word.

Bonnie Jenkins: YOUR WINNERS AND STILL XHF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS THE GUUUUNNNS!!!

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Motherfucker of the Year starts playing over the sound system. The lights drop apart from purple spotlights, which appear to swirl around as if they are looking for someone. Suddenly, they all converge on one spot, revealing "The Prodigy" Bobby Barratt standing square in the middle of the ramp. The AWF Prestige Championship sits squarely on his right shoulder. He looks at it, kisses the title and heads down to the ring, keeping on the whole to himself.

Bonnie Jenkins This next match is scheduled for one fall, and it is scheduled for the AWF Prestige Championship! Entering the ring, from Walsall, United Kingdom - weighing in at 203 pounds... He is the AWF Prestige Champion: Bobby Barratt!

Hopping onto the apron and wiping his feet, he hops over the top rope, ascending to the second buckle to mouth along with the fans.

King: And here's Bobby Barratt, the first ever AWF Prestige Champion! He certainly appears to be the cream of the crop in the AWF!
Hawke: Which really isn't saying much. Hyperion did eliminate him and his bud in one foul swoop.

We see a women pressing buttons and flipping switches on the screen before we hear the count down. As the countdown commences lights begin to flash in hues of purples and blues.

10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
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1

We now see a rocket in the screen blasting off. The beat kicks up for a little bit before we hear the voices again. Yuki comes out now. She looks at the fans and gives a smile and salute before walking down the arena.

炎の雨も どこか安らぐ
暖かさだけを 求めて

Bonnie Jenkins And his opponent - from Hirosaki-Shi, Admori Prpefecture, Japan, weighing in at 120 pounds... The Kawaii Supernova, Yuki Sakaraba!

She walks around the ring to shake hands with all of the fans before she runs up the steps and flips around onto the top of the ropes. She makes a spy glass like motion, she points to the crowd again to some big pops. She does this on all 4 corners before she gets into the middle of the ring where she gives a tilt of the head added on with a nice wink and smile, finished off with a salute to the crowd before going to her corner.

King: For some reason, and I can't place my finger on it, seeing this girl reminds me of puppies. I really want to see some puppies right now.
Hawke: Knowing you, I really think it's a good thing that you aren't putting your fingers on the puppies. This is a family show!

AWF Prestige Championship
Yuki Sakaraba Vs. Bobby Barratt (c)

The bell rings. Yuki and Bobby circle around the ring. They both go in for a lock up, but Bobby backs up right before the lock up could connect. Bobby quickly side-steps and slaps Yuki across the face! A gasp echoes throughout the audience. After all, the AWF Prestige Champion just slapped a woman across her face! Even if they were wrestling, this is more of a misogynistic and domestic violence move! Yuki staggers back as a result of the move before she charges right back in! But Bobby side-steps her! He extends his foot and as Yuki falls forward, Bobby takes her down with the elbow on her back. Yuki hits the canvas and Bobby laughs at her. The AWF crowd jeers at him, with Bobby waving them off. He clearly isn't giving him the due that's needed as the ones who signs their checks.

King: This is what Felix has argued against and has been for a long time.
Hawke: Being a jerk?
King: The Icons and their ridiculous showmanship. This is supposed to be about wrestling, not simply being a POS. Think about the statement Felix is trying to make.
Hawke: Felix is in the hospital still. He's not here. The tip top guy of the AWF molehill couldn't even bothered to be here.

Yuki begins to crawl to her feet and Bobby spins around toward her. Yuki gets on one knee and Bobby laughs. He rolls his eyes up and opens his mouth agape as if he was getting a blowjob. Yuki Sakaraba, however, doesn't find it to be funny. Fortunately for her, she is a lot more capable of a work than Bobby gives her credit. Yuki sends a stiff punch to Bobby's stomach, surprising him. He bends over. Yuki gets to her feet and shoots forward to tackle him down, but Bobby goes down and sends Yuki with her for a DDT. He spikes her to the ground and Yuki lays on her back. Bobby pins her missionary style and the referee slides in for the pin:


...One!


...Tw-Yuki powers out of the pin!

King: And Yuki is saying that this isn't the end for her! She's still fighting!
Hawke: Stop acting like this is some sort of great accomplishment. The match has only gone on for two minutes. Stop lowering your expectations for AWF just because they're a small-town company.

Bobby gets to his feet. He has been having his fun with Yuki, but he is ready to end things. He shouts to the crowd, "PRODIGAL ARRIVAL! PRODIGAL ARRIVAL!" He's ready to go for his signature finisher Prodigal Arrival, which is - of course - his Sliced Bread #2 patent. Bobby brings Yuki "The Kawaii Supernova" Sakaraba to her feet. He grabs her head and runs over to the turnbuckle... but Yuki pushes Bobby to the corner. Bobby crashes hard and as he falls backward, Yuki tips the scales to her favor. She pulls him back and rolls him up with a schoolboy! Bobby is kicking, but Yuki is holding him on hard. The referee goes for the pin count:


...One!


...Two!


...Thr-Bobby manages to lift his shoulders!

Hawke: That must be super embarrassing for Bobby, nearly being beaten by a woman.
King: Just because she's a woman doesn't mean she can't be champion! She's doing a great job!

Bobby powers out and spends a moment to check on himself. It turns out to be a very unwise decision as Yuki immediately goes after him again with a baseball slide to the face, which knocks his head back to the steel corner as it connects right under the bottom padding on the turnbuckle. Bobby grabs the back of his head, while Yuki gets back up. She grabs the feet of Bobby and pulls him closer to the middle of the ring. She brings Bobby to his feet and grabs his leg. She begins to lift Bobby over her head. She has him in position. Is she going to go for it?! Is she going to go for her finisher Burning Hammer that she calls Kawaī chōshinsei? No! Bobby manages to slip out and find his way back to his feet! Bobby puts his hands around the waist of Yuki Sakaraba and lifts her up in the air for a German Suplex! She hits the canvas and HARD! Yuki grabs her back and Bobby looks down, grimacing. His smile has all but faded. He actually SPITS on her.

King: Yuki has been trying! She's been trying so hard and every time it seems like she's gaining a bit of momentum, Bobby just shuts her down!
Hawke: It's called reality. It's not some sort of Cinderella story where the underdog can win. Yuki has gotten a couple of lucky blows but in the end, she's just not good enough.
King: But what if we wish for it hard enough?
Hawke:

Yuki wipes the spit off her face. She looks at it with contempt. She has traveled the cosmos and faraway planets (at least, that's what he gimmick suggests), but she has never had to take such disrespect. Yuki gets up, and still she feels wobbly. Bobby is done trying to entertain the Kawaii Supernova. Yuki gets to her feet, and she turns around. That's when Bobby shoots forward. He has been itching to use his patented superkick. And so he does - DISTORTION KICK! ...and Yuki Sakaraba ducks it! Bobby spins around and out of nowhere, Yuki manages to take down Bobby with the Super Galactic Collider, her trademark lariat! Bobby Barratt hits the ground and Yuki goes for the pin count over the Prestige Champion. Will she take over the champion!? The referee moves in for the count:


...One!


...Two!


...Thr-Bobby kicks out!

Hawke: So the AWF guys produce crap week in and week out, but it's the SALIVA that sets them off? They don't use logic, do they?
King: It's Yuki's time, baby! She's been dealing with so much of her family issues and coming down to Earth will all that has gone wrong. She's about to let loose and get hers!

Yuki jumps up into the air after it. The people are cheering. Yuki Sakaraba came in as an underdog and is managing to hold her own against the AWF Prestige Champion! She climbs one of the turnbuckles. The poses to the audience! Tsuki No Hane! Her signature double rotation moonsault! She's about to end it, but wait! Bobby is getting to his feet. Yuki doesn't want to risk it. She's playing it safe. She's playing it smart. Bobby runs to Yuki, having no more patience to deal with his opponent's theatrics. Bobby runs full speed to Bobby and goes to her with a clothesline, but Yuki ducks it! As she puts her head down, she puts her hands down for a hand stand. She reaches back with her legs. As Bobby turns around, Yuki Sakaraba puts her feet around his neck. She then begins to spin around. Slowly, but getting momentum. Bobby grabs her feet to try to dislodge it, but the centripetal force has been making this difficult. Yuki moves fast enough to lift her body off the ground, relying on her impeccable abdominal strength. Still spinning, she gathers enough momentum to finally take Bobby down with a take down! The attack didn't hurt Bobby as much as it pissed him off. He's looking to get off the ground, but Yuki is quick to build off it. She quickly applies her signature Muta Lock, The Apollo Lock!

King: Joey, she has the Apollo Lock In! Bobby's done for!
Hawke: Let's hope we have one those interesting ends where Bobby taps out to Yuki but also pins her. Then they'll both lose - just like all of us for watching this gosh-darn awful match.
King: ...You know, you're really a jerk sometimes.

Bobby's immediately sent to a world of pain. His eyes are sharpened as he uses his phenomenal ring awareness to tell where he is and where the closest ropes are. It's to his left. Bobby starts trying to turn around. He's trying to make his way over there, but he's finding himself unable to make his way close to the ropes! Yuki knows exactly what Bobby's trying to do. She knows well enough he's trying to get himself closest to the ropes, but he's fighting it. The referee keeps checking on Bobby Barratt. He keeps checking to see if he's OK and if he wants to continue. Bobby is actually struggling to keep himself from threatening the referee as he's pissing him off deep to the core! Bobby is gripping at himself since he knows he can't find his way to the ropes, furious that he's not finding his way to the ropes. He isn't able to fully pull himself to the ropes. THAT'S WHEN BOBBY BARRATT TAPS OUT! HE'S TAPPING!

King: Bobby Barratt tapped! He just lost to Yuki! She's the new AWF Prestige Champion!
Hawke: Hah! No she's not!

The referee wasn't looking at Yuki nor the champion that just tapped to her! Jack Diamond gotten onto the apron and was attempting to get into the ring. The referee sees that and blocks him from getting into the ring. Jack is pushing hard and trying to do that. While he does, the referee enforces the rules and even mentions that Bobby can lose the match as a result of the interference. All while this is going on, Bobby stretches out his free leg under his other leg... AND KICKS YUKI RIGHT WHERE THE SUN DOESN'T SHINE! This forces Yuki to let go of the hold. She holds herself. Bobby is also recovering from the submission hell he was just in. Jack finally lets go and watches while the referee turns around. He sees both competitor on the ground and withering in pain. The referee pretty much is forced to scratch the side of his head, unsure as to what just happened.

King: Bobby Barratt just c*$t punted her!
Hawke: Watch your mouth. There are children watching this pay per view. Now kiddos, if you're watching, the actual term is called kitten smitten.

After a full minute, Bobby is able to crawl over to Yuki. He shoves her shoulders to the mat where the referee is quick to actually pay attention to the match now:


...One!


...Two!


...Th-Kickout!

Bobby struggles to get to one knee and it's very easy to see him gritting his teeth.

King: He really wants to win this match.
Hawke: Well he did just tap out to a girl.

Bobby gets to his feet. He's vicious when he picks up Yuki to her feet by her HAIR. He lets out an angry roar as he grabs Yuki, generating jeers from the crowd. Bobby runs to the corner. Pridgal Arrival! His sliced bread #2 hits! Bobby goes for the pin count:


...One!


...Two!


...Three!

Bonnie Jenkins Here is your winner and STILL the AWF Prestige Champion: Bobby Barratt!

King: And Bobby is able to pull out a win here at Night of Champions. But let's hand it to Yuki, who put out a good showing.
Hawke: I will admit that Yuki put on a good display. Hell, if it wasn't for Jack, Yuki would have actually been named the champion.

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Hanbuko By Stereopony begins to play as the GM of Sakura Shoujo Stampede comes out from the back. We pan across the crowd and catch a glimpse of the ring where we see a large box shape being covered with a silk curtain colored light pink. Yuuko Koizumi gets in the ring to address the crowd.

Yuuko Koizumi: Hero Eberi one. My name isu Yuuko Koizumi. I am GM for SSS. It'su hardo to taruku in engrish so i wiru taruku in japanesu for za restu. (First i'd like to tell the President of the United States, Curtis Kanyon as well as the owner of the XHF, Mongo The Detroyer a huge thank you in allowing me and SSS for this time on this very busy and important show. You may notice behind me a large box. This is in fact what i'll be talking about.)

She paces around the arena as most fans cheer some boo and the rest just kinda silent as they have no clue what she's saying.

Yuuko Koizumi: (For a while now Sakata-san wanted to show another side of SSS. For a while now we wanted to give those less fortunate a shot. Those in the undercard and who feel 'overlooked' a chance at greatness. So from this idea, this concept we also started thinking wouldn't it be interesting to see who's truly innovative. Who's truly worthy. It'd be fun to see your favorite underdogs get the chance they wanted and you wanted for so long, right?)

She pulls down the silk sheet.

Yuuko Koizumi: (So we at SSS are debuting a new concept to the new XHF. A new concept to SSS. A 24/7 title has been created. A 24/7 Title we will now call the Pride of Sakura! And as the name suggests this title will not only be defended anywhere a referee is in sight, but this title, the champion will represent a pride. The Pride of Sakura! Now, we will determine the champion in a contest next month at Saturday Sakura Genesis Ep.7 "Nana na, na nanana" Tune in to SSS sometime this next week as we will give you the full details and the full look at the title. Thank you all and have a good rest of your night. Oh and don't forget to check out the greatest females in all of the XHF Network only at SSS.)

She smiles as she leaves and we get a nice shot of the titles before fading to black.

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King: Oh boy am i ready for our next match or what?!
Hawke: Why’s that King?
King: PUPPIES!
Hawke: Actually King we’re likely to not see much ‘puppies’ in this match.
King: Now why would that be Hawke?
Hawke: Did you even read the notes for the card or the match? It’s because this is a Lights Out Death Match! Now for those unfamiliar with this type of match, All lights in the arena will be turned off during the duration of this match. The only light will be from the light tubes and light tube structure around and in the ring.
King: Not to mention that this is for that one companies title. You know the one right Hawke? The one with all the lovely laddies with… more plot and puppies then one of those japanese cartoons!
Hawke: If you mean Sakura Shoujo Stampede then yes! And this match is for their Goddess of Sakura title!

Bonnie Jenkins: This match is a best of three falls, Lights out death match! And is for the Goddess of Sakura championship! Now… Introducing first the challenger, from Aokigahara Forest… She is the “Goddess of Death” Kuroi Yami!

The lights cut out as we hear women sing and the instruments play. Kuori comes out from the bottom of the stage with her arms stretched out in a raven pose. She moves her hands in a "come, cheer me on" kinda motion. Some cheer, many boo as she starts to walk down the ramp now.

She makes her way to ring side. She walks around the ring giving deadly stares at fans and acknowledging her fans who cheer her on. Kuroi walks up the steps and enters the ring. She looks out into the crowd one more time before walking to her corner.

Bonnie Jenkins: And introducing her opponent. She is the Goddess of Sakura… Hailing from Okuma-machi, Fukushima, Japan… She is Fukushima Zombie!

The Goddess of Sakura, Fukushima Zombie comes out to some cheers from SSS faithful and like with everyone not AXW she gets a few boos sprinkled in from those losers fans. She gets to the ring and raises her title high in the air.

SSS Goddess Of Sakura Championship
2 out of 3 falls Lights Out Deathmatch
Kuroi Yami Vs. Fukushima Zombie(c)

The champ extends her hand for the custom hand shake before every SSS match. But Kuroi just stands there and stares at her. She spits at her and smiles as Fukushima charges her and tries to throw her in the surrounding light tubes. Kuroi stops before getting running into them though. And motions for Zombie to come on. Zombie charges again and gets thrown into some lit up light tubes hanging from the ropes before Yami picks her up and drops her, raising her knee to smash into Fukushima’s face and finishing off the sequence with a PK Kick to her chest and a pin attempt.

One!

Two!

Three!

Bonnie Jenkins: And the winner of the first fall, Kuroi Yami.

Hawke: And just like that with one mistake lead to the first fall of the match folks. Yami’s got to be happy with this and Zombie is going to have to seriously rethink her game plan for this match now.
King: You got that right Hawke. And the first fall of these kinds of matches are always so important. This was a game changer for both and now both are going to have to play this match very differently.
Hawke: That’s right King, and not to mention that some light tubes were broken in the process. This arena just got a bit darker.

Both are in their respective corners with their seconds wiping them off and giving them water before the second match begins. For those a bit confused by this sentence this is how best of three matches in Japan and in SSS work. After a few seconds of the two wrestlers getting rested up the bell rings and the second ‘Match’ of the series begins.

Fukushima is allot more cautious this time though as she slowly approaches her opponent with one hand up and one hand guarding her lower half. Kuroi seems slightly more relaxed getting the first fall and walks towards her opponent. They tie up and Fukushima gets the advantage. She goes from a tie up to a headlock almost seamlessly. She transitions from a headlock to a wristlock now. Kuroi falls to a knee as it’s wrenched in. Fukushima twists the wrist some more before stepping over, only for her to be grabbed by Kuroi and have her arms pulled out between her legs, making her flip onto her back and Yami goes for another flash style pin with something similar to a Gedo Clutch this time.

One!

Two!

Kick out!

Fukushima gets out by the skin of her teeth and quickly gets up to her feet. Kuroi gets up to her feet and smiles taunting her that she almost had her again. Zombie isn’t having any of this crap though and urges her to get up and come at her. Yami and Zombie tie up again only for this time Yami to get the better of the two and transitions into a sleeper hold.

Zombie starts biting the hand and arm of Kuroi as she starts screaming in pain and shock from the attack. Kuroi grabs Fukushima’s hand and starts biting her fingers and hand. Both are biting each other now. Trying to get the other to stop while continuing to bite the hand of their opponent.

King: What the hell is going on here?! They’re biting each other!
Hawke: They sure are King! I… I have no clue what’s going on in their heads right now! This is nuts!

Blood starts dripping from boths hands and they eventually stop as they both realize that this just isn’t working and hurts worse than the light tubes. Both back away and shake their hands trying to get some feeling back in them. Zombie gets behind her and starts pulling down some light tubes and putting them in a pile. Kuroi runs and clocks her with a stiff blow to her back. She drops to a knee and is picked back up by Yami. Kuroi hits her with a sidewalk slam near the pile and Zombie rolls away.

Kuroi tips over one of the light tube structures in the corner near her and piles the light tubes on the ground on top of it too. She goes to grab Zombie and eventually manages to get her on top of the ropes. She does a cut throat motion before she climbs to the very top as well now. Now Kuroi is standing on the top ropes as she lifts Fukushima up high in the air. She drops her on her head and hits a top rope version of her Black Driver brain buster, right onto the pile of light tubes and the lit up light tube structure.

She rolls her up for a pin.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE…

NO!

Hawke: Holy hell! Zombie managed to kick out! She could damn well have a broken neck but she kicked out!
King: These SSS girls are nuts Hawke! Why can’t we have nice ones like SBW?

Yami is in complete shock that she didn’t get the win with that move. She starts yelling at the ref and demanding that she got the three but the ref pushes her back and yells it was a two. Zombie by this time has somehow managed to get up to her feet and is creepily walking towards Kuroi with two light tubes in her hands. She throws one at Kuroi as she catches it. The two start having a lightsaber duel. That’s right we here in SSS and XHF aren’t afraid to call them what they are! Light sabers! Suck it George Lucas and Disney!

The two start hitting light tubes at each other and as one breaks they quickly grab another behind or beside them. By now we can’t really even see the competitors, we just see white dust from the light tubes breaking as well as glass fragments flying everywhere. Not to mention the arena is getting even darker now.

The dust clears up and we see both Fukushima and Kuroi barely able to stand as their faces are covered in blood and dust. The two scream to the heavens or hell? As they both run and bounce off the ropes, Fukushima hits Yami with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. She picks up Kuroi and throws her into the corner, having her crash into one of the three remaining light tube structures. Well two are remaining now as Kuroi falls down onto the mat and screams in pain as she rolls around and bounces off the corner area. She rolls out of the ring to catch her breath and leans on a guard rail.

The next thing we see is Fuku running off the apron and crashing into Kuroi, knocking both of them over the guardrail with a flying metorea and crashing into the fans near them. Fuku starts grabbing chairs and throwing them at Kuroi before Kuroi gets up and starts throwing fists. Zombie knees Yami in the gut before she throws her into a pile of chairs. She goes on to climb a structure in the back before Yami gets up and climbs up the structure now too.

King: Oh no! They’re both up on top of that thing!
Hawke: I don’t know what these two are doing King… OH NO! Look out! Midnight Dominator! ON THE CHAIRS NO LESS! AND FROM WHAT LOOKS TO BE TEN FEET IN THE AIR!

Kuroi hits Fuku with a straight jacket snap german suplex off the structure and onto a pile of chairs. Fuku falls hard and lands on them. Kuroi starts playing to the crowd as the camera men have flashlights pointing at both. Zombie by this time manages to get to her feet as Yami jumps off the ten foot structure.

Zombie hits her midair with a superkick. The kick hits Kuroi square in the jaw as she falls down and hits her head on the concrete. Fuku manages to get her way back into the ring and sits in a corner catching her breath.

King: These two women want this title very badly!
Hawke: They want to make sure everyone is talking about this match afterwards King! These two are going to kill each other! I mean for gods sake these two could of given each other concussions!

Kuroi after a minute or two manages to get back into the ring. Fuku rushes to clobber her with slaps and forearms before power slamming her onto the mat. She climbs up to the top of the ropes now. She jumps off and hits her 630 Senton.

Hawke: There’s her Jisatsu Sakuru!
King: ONE! TWO! THREE! And that’s the second fall folks! We’re down to the final one now!

Bonnie Jenkins: And your winner of the second Fall, Fukushima Zombie!

The two get to their corners and are now completely banged up. Their bruised, bloody and cut up to pieces. They get wiped off and cleaned up a bit as they get water and catch their breath as well. The bell rings signaling for the third and final match of the series. Now with only two light tube structures and maybe a hand full of lit up light tubes still hanging on the ropes, the arena is very dark.

The bell rings and the third match of the series starts. The two go straight for each other too as Kuroi and Fuku tie up in the middle of what now looks like a battlefield. Light tube fragments are all over the ring now. Fuku gets behind Yami and goes for a German, She gets stopped as Kuroi lands on her feet and slips under her arms, sliding under her legs while holding onto her arm. Causing Fuku to flip onto her back and Kuroi locking in her Tears Of The YOUTH Koji Clutch.

Fuku manages to fight her way out of the submission attempt and get in one of her own. She locks in her Spider Twist known as the Jigoku. She squeezes in tight, but Yami is close to the ropes and some remaining light tubes, which she claws at, and smashes behind her with all her might to get the anaconda like grip of Fuku to loosen up. After what’s left of the remaining light tubes hanging from the ropes, Fuku lets go and falls to the mat. Kuroi grabs a hold of the ropes as she gasps for air and slowly gets up to her feet.

She looks around at the crowd and the battlefield these two have raged war on thus far and she goes outside the ring. She starts looking under the ring now for something or somethings.

King: What the heck could she be looking for Hawke?
Hawke: From the looks of it, looks like she’s bringing out some tables and a ladder!

Kuroi pushes a table and ladder into the ring as she sets the other table outside the ring right over what little mats there are in the arena. She rolls in the ring A sets up the ladder now too close to where the table is. Fuku is now on her feet now too. She rushes over to Kuroi and hits her from behind with a sliding german suplex. She drags Kuroi out of the ring and places her onto the table outside the ring now.

Fuku climbs up the ladder now and plays to the crowd getting them to cheer loudly. Yami rolls off the table though by this time and sees Fuku is on the ladder, she climbs up it too now. Clubbing Fuku getting her a bit groggy. But Fuku kicks her in the face trying to get her down, as Kuroi is climbing on the same side as Fuku is on. The side closest to the ropes and the table. Kuroi falls down only to get back up. She hits Fuku again, making her groggy. Kuroi slides one of the last remaining light tube structures under the ropes and onto the table as well, before climbing up to Fuku.

She grabs her and hits her with a Snap Tiger Suplex off the top of the ladder, onto the light tube structure and through the table outside the ring as well.

Hawke: Holy shit! She just went through the table from on top of the ladder! Damn near neck first!

Fuku and Kuroi are in the ring now, with Kuroi making a pin attempt.

ONE!

TWO!

Kick out by Fukushima Zombie as she bridges up and screams. She manages to get up to her feet as Kuroi starts stomping her in the face and chest. Fuku screams at Kuroi and begs for more and more. Kuroi obliges and keeps on stomping her and kicking her in the face and chest. She runs back and bounces off the ropes and goes for a PK kick. Fuku rolls her up after a missed kick and has her in a school girl.

ONE!

TWO!

Kuroi grabs the ropes and pulls herself out of the ring and onto the apron. She stands up before being met with a stiff kick to the face. Fuku goes on the apron now herself. A left! A right! Both start going at it with strikes now on the apron. Kuroi misses a punch and spins around facing the crowd now. Fuku jumps up and hits and inverted frankensteiner onto Kuroi onto the apron of the ring. Kuori comes up to her knees and eats a Super kick for her troubles. She rolls off the apron and onto the padding below now. Fuku climbs to the top of the ropes.

King: Sweet buttery Jesus, Hawke!
Hawke: Moonsault Double Foot Stomp from the top rope onto Yami outside the ring!
King: She’s not done! A moonsault to add to the damage!

Fuku goes for another pin attempt now that the both are in the ring. She gets a one count though as she is caught in a pin attempt herself, it gets reversed into a gedo clutch by Fuku. Yami manages to get in a small package. Fuku kicks out at two and the two stand up to their feet now. Fuku rushes Kuroi now.

Kuroi irish whips Fuku into the corner where she hops to the top ropes and comes diving off with a cross body. Yami catches her and lifts her up to her shoulders. A GTA and PK combo, Her finisher the Shi no Seppun. A pin attempt.

ONE!

TWO!

NO!

Kuroi picks her up again and hits Shi no Seppun again. She doesn’t go for a pin, but goes for another and hits it. Another pin attempt now.

ONE!

TWO!

NO!

Kuroi picks her up by her hair now. She starts cursing at her and spits in her face before running the ropes. Fuku pops up and hits a snap hurricanrana and keeps hold for a pin attempt. Kuroi rolls up and gets Fuku’s shoulders down for a pin of her own. Fuku rolls back breaking the pin and rolls onto her back, up and over onto her feet and hits a drop kick on Kuroi Yami now.

She rushes over to climb the top ropes now. She jumps off and hits the 630 senton!

Hawke: Jisatsu Sakuru!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE…

King: No! NO YAMI KICKS OUT! SHE KICKED OUT HAWKE!
Hawke: HOLY HELL KING! I CAN’T BELIEVE WHAT WE’RE SEEING NOW!

Zombie can’t believe it either. She’s just as shocked as everyone else in the arena. Especially considering this is the first time anyone in SSS has ever kicked out of the move. She gets to her feet and picks up Kuroi. Fuku throws her into the last light tube structure and the last source of light in the whole arena for the duration of this match.

At least it would be if not for the camera crew having lights on their cameras and night vision enabled for those at home to see what’s going on still.

King: Help me Hawke! I can’t see anymore puppies!
Hawke: Don’t worry King, just look at the monitors.

Fuku rolls out of the ring now and grabs a box of matches and lighter fluid now. She goes and sets up a table. She beats down Kuroi some more before putting her on the table. She climbs to the top of the ropes with the lighter fluid and matches in her hands. She starts pouring the lighter fluid onto Yami and the table like a waterfall. She throws the empty bottle out of the way before grabbing a handful of matches and lighting the whole box on fire. She pauses and stares at the burning matches and the fire as if entranced. She holds it up high into the air before throwing them at Yami and the table, catching both on fire.

The stench of burning flesh and hair can be smelled immediately and the whole arena is lit up by the flames. Fuku screams as she jumps off and we can hear the screams of Kuroi as well. A 630 senton.

Hawke: A FLAMING TABLE! A BURNED WOMAN! AND A JISATSU SAKURU!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Bonnie Jenkins : Your winner of the third and final fall as well as this match… and STILL Goddess of Sakura! FUKUSHIMA ZOMBIE!

The ring crew immediately start dowsing both in water and sprays the ring with a fire extinguisher. Yami is rolled out of the ring and helped to the back by medical staff and her stablemates.

Zombie grabs her title and lifts it high into the air as the lights start turning back on now.

Hawke: Both of these women gave their all for that title and this match tonight. But don’t let me tell you, just hear this crowd cheering and chanting for both. Their all on their feet for these two ladies tonight!
King: And this is only the third match for tonight folks!
Hawke: Wait a minute King, Yami's stopped up at the stage. She's got a mic!

Kuroi indeed does has a mic in her hand. She pushes off Satsujin as she bends over, breathing heavy; speaking in Japanese.

Kuroi Yami: (XHF! SSS! I lost! I... lost. Like i said in the press conference... I renounce my name.)

She is standing up straight now, still catching her breath and clutching her back. She looks over at Satsujin.

Kuroi Yami: (We renounce our names. Jisatsu is over on the west coast right now... She too, renounces her name. We are no longer Kuroi, Jisatsu, Satsujin Yami. We are no longer Abnormalize. But this is not our end. This is the beginning of a new chapter of our lives. This is the beginning of a new destiny for us all.)

She and the woman formerly known as Satsujin Yami hug each other, crying before continuing.

Kuroi Yami: (So, Hello SSS. XHF. My name is Sakura Hase! Her name is Kikue Minami! Our sister fighting for the gold on the west coast later tonight's name is Mei Hayashi! We are Sakura-Gumi. We will come back from this failure! and we will not let our failures define us! Thank you all so very much!)

Sakura and Kikue bow before spiking the mic into the stage and leaving.

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Hawke: Hello and welcome-
King: Welcome to the Riot Star Wrestling portion of the show! It’s also known as the best portion of the show!
Hawke: Saying that we’re the best part of the show might be a little far fetched.
King: Like the match that one dude put up his wig like some kind of bet? C’mon, we are the best.
Hawke: I guess I can’t argue with that.

Bonnie Jenkins: This next match is a Sky Pyramid Death Match and is for the Riot Star Wrestling World Championship! Featuring the challenger...Shane Mitchell!

“Fool’s Gold” by the Stone Roses begins playing as Shane Mitchell walks out to the booing of the fans. He ignores the fans as he heads starts heading toward the four rings.

Shane stops about halfway down to the rings to look up at the sight.

Four rings with four ladders that lead up to a large scaffold with four ladders that lead to a normal scaffold with two ladders that reach to a small scaffold with a single ladder that reaches to the RSW World title.

Realizing the kind of carnage that can come from this kind of match, Shane Mitchell smiles. The sadism oozing from every pore as he makes his way down to one of the rings.

King: Shane wanted a match like this so that he could avenge the death of Tiffany from that vile Erickson.
Hawke: This isn’t really fair to the XHF fans. Unless they also watch every single RSW show, they won’t know what you’re referring to.
King: They should have watched every single RSW show then. I mean, how else you gonna fucking learn?
Hawke: By us doing a catch up for the fans that don’t know.
King: Really? Whatever.

Bonnie Jenkins: And his opponent, the RSW World champion...Dylan Erickson!

The big screen shows the name “Dylan Erickson” in big letters as Dylan Erickson walks out from the back. He looks around at the cheering crowd, nodding to himself, and walking down to get into the same ring as Shane Mitchell.

Ring hands rush down to the ring to lay out small mines around the ringside area in case someone is thrown from the ring.

King: Bomblets, scaffolds, and ladders. Who could ask for anything more?
Hawke: When it all began, Shane Mitchell was Reverend Shane Mitchell. He came down to the ring with a lovely valet named Tiffany. Mitchell was a cruel priest who punished whom he considered wicked. He began a feud with a man known as PT Merciless, who led a stable known as the Kingdom.
King: Stow it, the match is getting ready to begin.
Hawke: As the preacher and the porn company owner exchanged blows, PT wins a blow when he turns Tiffany to a life of ecstasy. The dream doesn’t last long as Tiffany’s loyalties were to Shane Mitchell and the turn becomes a kidnapping as Tiffany is imprisoned in a castle in Europe.

RSW World Heavyweight Championship
Sky Pyramid Death Match
Shane Mitchell Vs. Dylan Erickson(c)

As the bell rings to start the match, Dylan and Shane approach on another in the center of the ring they are both in. Shane begins pelting Dylan with punches, but he responds with a knee to the gut that doubles Shane over. A double axe handle blast from Shane sends him to the mat.

Hawke: Tiffany is forced to have sex with PT and many of his lieutenants before being freed by Shane Mitchell in a World title match at Riot’s Rules Two that saw Shane winning the World championship and killing PT Merciless in a freak accident after the match was finished. Tiffany was freed and the Reverend had a face turn after facing the ultimate villain and surviving to tell the tale.
King: Really? You’re going to continue the history lesson?

Shane quickly starts to rise, Dylan going for another knee that Shane rolls backwards to his feet to dodge out of the way. Shane lunges at Dylan, hitting a spear that does not take the bigger man to the mat. A blow to the ribcage from a pair of brass knuckles staggers the champion backwards just enough for Shane to draw first blood with a brass knuckled blow to the mouth that does little more than turn Dylan’s head.

Hawke: If that would have only been the end. Tiffany come out of her ordeal pregnant with what was considered at the time to be the baby of PT Merciless.
King: They should have known better. Merciless was as healthy as an ox when he died.

A few more blows with the brass knuckles staggers Dylan backwards, stunning him enough for Shane to back up and hit a running knee to the gut from a bounce off of the ropes. This still doesn’t bring Dylan down to the mat.

Shane hits a roundhouse right with the brass knuckles before hefting Dylan up and hitting a power slam!

Shane stands up, looking to the ladder that will take him from the ring that he’s in to the first scaffold. He seems to consider climbing the ladder, but then sees Dylan making his way back to his feet.

Dylan wipes blood from his mouth with a grin.

Dylan Erickson: Try that again.

Shane goes for another heft right hand with the brass knuckles, but this time the punch is caught by Dylan. He pulls Shane into a mighty clothesline that sends the challenger over the ropes down to the explosive laden floor below.

*BOOM!*

Hawke: If this were the end of things, we would still not have the match that you see before us. The baby was born and was born with a birth defect that would soon see the baby perish. Tiffany was unable to cope with the pain of losing both her child and Shane, killing herself. That is at least the going story, though I have heard that it could have also been a homicide.
King: I also hear that the baby was fathered not by PT Merciless, but by one of his sidekicks in the form of Hecklewood. A dude named Louis Kubrick who dresses as a clown.
Hawke: Dylan Erickson was the right hand man of PT Merciless and despite the fact that he didn’t personally lay a hand on Tiffany, Shane still wants to punish him for the series of events that led up to the death of Tiffany.

Shane slowly works his way up to his feet, motioning for Dylan to join him. The World champion steps out of the ring to reach for Shane, who drops down, and hits a rare wrestling move in the form of the drop toe hold that sends Dylan into an area of fresh explosives!

*BOOM!*

Dylan jumps to his feet, looking the worse for wear. He hits a clothesline, sending Shane down to an already exploded area. Dylan steps into the ring and begins climbing a ladder. Shane Mitchell rolls into a different ring, starting to climb another ladder so that they both reach the first scaffolding at the same time.

Shane Mitchell makes the first move, hitting a drop kick to knock Dylan down near the edge of the scaffolding.

Hawke: The history between Dylan and Shane goes deeper than the fact that Dylan was part of the stable that took Tiffany.
King: Much deeper.

Shane Mitchell runs across the scaffold to the opposite edge. He runs back to hit a baseball slide drop kick that sends Dylan off of the edge of the scaffolding! He bounces off of the ropes and into one of the rings. Shane sits on the edge of the scaffolding, looking down at the downed champion.

King: My how the mighty have fallen.
Hawke: That was a heck of a fall. This looks like it could already be the end of the match!

Shane looks up at the road to the championship belt and then to the downed Dylan. He gives a sadistic smile before he begins climbing down the ladder.

Hawke: Back when Shane claimed to be a Reverend, he gathered a group of followers called Mopolytes. Wrestlers down on their luck flocked to his beck and call, suffering through Shane’s abuse for his wisdom.
King: There’s a few left.

Shane Mitchell hops onto the mat, watching as Dylan rises up to his hands and knees.

Shane Mitchell: Your suffering ends today, Mopickson. I’ll see to that.

Shane hits a punt kick to the side of Dylan’s head, sending blood in a high arc from the champion’s mouth.

Hawke: After Dylan’s wife died, he became one of Shane’s more skilled Mopolytes. He was rechristened as Dylan Mopickson.
King: And what a servant he made!

Dylan starts to rise up again, Shane aiming another kick at his face. This time Dylan is ready, hitting a palm strike on the bottom of Shane’s foot with so much force that Shane is sent over the ropes and onto the joint ring aprons between two of the wrestling rings.

King: Shane Mitchell to the hardest part of the ring!
Hawke: That isn’t a good place to fall upon.

Dylan steps through the ropes to the joint ring apron, grabbing Shane by the face, and slamming his knee into Shane’s face a few times. He drops Shane to the joint apron, blood trickling from Shane’s mouth to the apron.

A sound kick to the ribcage sends Shane rolling through the ropes into another wrestling ring.

Dylan Erickson: You are the real monster here. A slain monster!

Dylan steps into the ring to follow Shane. He picks Shane up into a suplex position, walks a few steps to the side of the ring, and casually tosses him over the ropes!

*BOOM!*

King: Jimminie Fucking Cricket!
Hawke: What on Earth? Dylan just tossed Shane from the ring like he was a sack of garbage!

Dylan looks down upon the fallen form of Shane Mitchell with a look of satisfaction. He climbs the ladder up to the first scaffold with ease, looking down to see that Shane is unmoving upon the floor. dylan climbs up to the second scaffold.

King: This looks to be all over!
Hawke: I don’t think so! Look!

Shane Mitchell sits up with a gasp of air as if he had just been drowning. He looks up to see Dylan standing so high above him.

Dylan Erickson: Are you coming, Mitchell? Don’t disappoint me.

Shane Mitchell rises up, using the ring skirt as an aid. He climbs into the ring and up ladders until he reaches the second scaffold. He looks to Dylan, spitting blood onto the scaffold floor.

Shane Mitchell: For Tiffany!

Shane runs at Dylan, hitting a Lou Thez Press that takes the pair off of the second scaffold to the screams of the fans. They slam against the first scaffold and then fall down to one of the rings, plunging through the mat!

King: Did Shane just kill them both?
Hawke: Maybe? What the heck?

The referee looks down into the hole to see if anyone is going to try to come back out.

No one does.

The ref looks to the crowd for a moment before shrugging and beginning a ten count.

One

Two

Hawke: Can this match really end with a double count out?

Three

Four

Five

Shane Mitchell places a hand onto the mat.

The fans begin cheering as both Shane Mitchell and Dylan Erickson climb out of the hole in the mat. They’re both covered in already deepening bruises, cuts, and blood.

Dylan kicks Shane in the gut and then the head to send him back down to the mat. He begins to make the climb toward the top.

It isn’t long before Shane Mitchell rises and begins climbing up as well.

The two meet at the third scaffold, both panting from the effort of climbing.

King: They are awful high up there. Think Shane gonna take them both down again?
Hawke: I don’t think that would be a very good idea.

Dylan and Shane begin exchanging blows, Shane ducking under a roundhouse punch to hit a knife edge strike to the throat. From there, Shane uses both hands to shove Dylan off of the side of the scaffold to land flat on his back onto the second scaffold with a thud that jars the entire scaffolding array.

Shane looks up at the championship title and then back down to Dylan.

Hawke: He isn’t considering a high risk move? That isn’t like Mitchell!
King: He does want to dismantle Dylan for playing his part in Tiffany’s death!
Hawke: But he played no part in her death!
King: Not doing anything in helping her get free is like doing something to help the series of events that led to her death along!

Shane points up to the RSW World title belt as if he were going to climb the final ladder to get it, but then pats his fist.

Hawke: Is he going to use the finishing move of the late PT Merciless?
King: The same move that PT died trying to use against Shane Mitchell!

Shane Mitchell jumps from the scaffolding to hit the Fist Drop, but Dylan gets a leg up to place his foot against Shane’s jaw! The kick sends Shane off of the side of the second scaffold and he lands on the first scaffold with an audible smack!

Dylan gets to his feet, letting out a roar as he looks down to regard Shane Mitchell. He waits, perched in place, as Shane slowly rises up.

King: This is going to be a massive axe kick!
Hawke: He shouldn’t even be trying this!

Dylan jumps from the second scaffold, hitting an axe kick against Shane Mitchell to drive him back to the scaffolding floor!

Dylan kneels up, grabs the front of Shane’s shirt, lifts him up a few inches, and slams him down. He picks him up again and slams him down. He picks up Shane a third time, but drops him with a yelp as Shane does a quick motion toward one of Dylan’s thick legs.

Hawke: What’s going on? Blood is just streaming from Dylan’s leg!
King: Some last ditch move from Shane mitchell?

As Dylan stands up and grasps at his thigh, a shiny metal object falls from the third scaffold to land onto one of the ring mats along with blood that falls like rain.

Hawke: That’s a letter opener, Tommy! Shane stabbed Dylan in the leg?
King: Dylan was out to crack Shane’s spine open. All’s fair in the Sky Pyramid!

Dylan backs away from the downed Shane, clutching at the wound in his leg to keep pressure on it. Shane starts to rise, but falls back down to the scaffolding.

Hawke: I’m surprised that Shane can even get up after that axe kick. His hatred of his former Mopolyte must be that strong.
King: He blames Dylan for the death of Tiffany. I mean duh!

Shane Mitchell makes it to his feet, staggering a little, but remaining upright. Dylan meets him, but Shane darts with his fist to punch the champion in the wound. He hits a powerslam, jarring the entire scaffolding system.

Hawke: I think the ladders from the ring to the first scaffold look askew. What do you think, Tommy?
King: Oh shit! You think the whole thing could come down? That would be epic! Who would win if no one can climb to the belt?
Hawke: I would think that you would be more concerned if either of them would survive such a thing!
King: Oh well...yeah.

Shane rises quickly to his feet, dropping a quick knee to the leg wound that sends Dylan rolling to the edge of the scaffold in pain. Shane backs up to the middle of the scaffold before running and hitting a punt kick to the ribs that sends Dylan off of the edge of the scaffolding. He has the presence of mine to grab the edge of the scaffolding to dangle by one hand. Shane stands up, looking down at Dylan with an evil smile.

Shane brings a foot down to smash Dylan’s hand when he reaches up to grab Shane by the ankle. He yanks Shane off of the side the scaffolding to the mat below! Dylan dangles for a moment before letting go of the scaffold and hitting a high elbow drop!

King: Jesus Christ! All that weight coming down from so high? Shane could be dead! Could we have such hopes?
Hawke: Why would you hope that Shane died? That’s horrible!

Dylan rolls away from Shane, still laying on the mat. Shane lifts his head as if trying to rise, but falls back to the mat.

Hawke: Shane’s alive, but I don’t know that he’s capable of continuing this match! I don’t know if Dylan is capable either!
King: Someone get up! Someone has ought to break someone in this match!

The ref sees that both men are down and decides that maybe it’s best to begin counting once again.

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Te-Dylan sits up, followed by Shane. The ref wipes at his forehead, relief plain on his face.

King: The match has avoided ending once again!
Hawke: Someone ought to win this match before one or both men can’t continue.

Both men rise up, but Shane sends Dylan back to the mat with a running knee to the stomach.

Hawke: Dylan gets hit by the Raw Deal!
King: That wasn’t the Lord’s Work? Oh right, he changed the name.

Shane climbs up to the first scaffold and looks down at the still downed Dylan. He smiles wickedly as he looks down.

Shane Mitchell: Is that all you have, Mopickson? I should have expected as much from you. All you ever were was a sad little Mopolyte!

Dylan stands up, his eyes blazing with anger as he looks up at Shane Mitchell. Shane climbs up to the second scaffold as Dylan makes it up to the first.

Shane Mitchell: I will always be above you, Mopickson!

Shane climbs up to the top scaffold as Dylan makes it to the second.

Shane Mitchell: You’ll never catch me in time, Mopickson!

Dylan watches, his rage smouldering as he watches Shane get halfway up the final ladder toward the championship belt.

Dylan Erickson: I killed Tiffany.

Shane stops in his tracks.

Dylan Erickson: Did you hear me? I killed Tiffany! I enjoyed taking your closest friend away from you as you did mine.

King: Should we call the police?
Hawke: I think he’s just trying to get under Shane’s skin. It’s working.

Shane climbs back down to the top scaffold, meeting Dylan as he rises to the top.

Shane Mitchell: I’ll fucking kill you!

Dylan Erickson: That’s my line!

The two exchange blows for a moment on the top until Dylan seizes Shane by the wrist and whips him face first into the ladder with an impact that knocks Shane down to the floor of the top scaffolding! Dylan holds onto the ladder, kicking Shane over and over again.

Dylan Erickson: You think I would lower myself to your level? That I would consider killing your bitch? I am not you!

Dylan finishes kicking the prone Shane and begins climbing up the final ladder. Each step is an agony as the many wounds Dylan has taken during the match have finally caught up with him. Shane uses the ladder to stand up, beginning to climb up just that much faster than Dylan so that the two meet at the top of the ladder.

Hawke: This is the match at its most dangerous! If either man fall from this height…
King: It would be totally awesome!

The two exchange punches at the top until Shane stabs his thumb into Dylan’s stab wound in his leg. This causes enough of a distraction for Shane to get the double underhook off of the side of the ladder and drop Dylan into the double underhook ddt to the top scaffold! The entire structure shudders, one of the ladders at the bottom falling into the ring!

Shane grabs the ladder to once again use it to get to his feet. He begins climbing, getting halfway before Dylan gets back up with a mask of blood for a face. He begins climbing on the same side, reaching for Shane at the top to try to pull him down.

Shane kicks Dylan in the face a few times before finally kicking him off of the ladder to slam back onto the top scaffold.

Hawke: Oh shit!
King: The whole thing is about to come down!

The entire structure begins to shake itself apart. Shane Mitchell jumps for the belt, grabbing it, and holding on as the entire pyramid collapses into the ring with Dylan Erickson somewhere in the carnage below. Only his right hand can be seen peeking out from beneath a bit of scaffolding.

Shane Mitchell swings from the belt, it holding on to the wire that it’s hooked to. People backstage begin lowering the wire so that Shane doesn’t have to fall all that way to the floor.

Once he within reach, Shane places his feet down to the floor and pulls the World title from the hook.

Bonnie Jenkins: Winner of the match and NEW RSW World heavyweight champion...Shane Mitchell!

Hawke: You think that this is over between the two of them?
King: Is one of them dead? I don’t think so.

Workers come out to begin taking the pieces of the scaffold away and unburying Dylan Erickson so that EMTs can have their turn.

King: What a mess!
Hawke: We’re going to have to take a brief break while the rings get put back into order. Your GUNS Bear Necessities Championship match is up next!
King: What kind of championship is that? Is this going to be a scene out of the Jungle Book? Are they going to sing to us?
Hawke: It’s a serious championship match from a serious wrestling company.
King: Oh please. They couldn’t have anything serious to save their life if the’re going to have a championship named that!
Hawke: Let’s check out some videos about the championship in question while we wait for the rings to be cleared up and repaired.

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Hawke: And now, lets take a pause for a special announcement.
King: Oh cool, what is it?

Hawke: Another fed joining the fold.
King: How exciting!

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It’s now time for the Bear Cage Match. The cage drops around the ring slowly and the crowd hums in anticipation. Soon "Am I Evil" by Metallica hits the speakers and the stage fills with mist. Strobe lights go on all throughout the arena. Out onto the stage steps Mecha-Goldbear. He stands there and looks around. He said “I love you” before boosters in his boots flare up and he flies into the ring.

King: It’s a robot bear!
Hawke: It’s Mecha-Goldbear. He’s an evil creation by the Borgs.
King: He’s so cute though.

The lights to the arena shut off and the crowd begins to get on their feet in anticipation. The projection lights up on the main stage, showing the skyline of Atlanta and Ennio Morricone's "Ecstacy of Gold" begins to pour out of the gym speakers. Shots of Goldbear II trying to feast on salmon and cowboys riding horseback through the American West fill the projection. The crowd begins to sing with the music cheer for Goldbear II's appearances on the big screen. The final shot of "Ecstacy of Gold" has Goldbear catching and devouring a salmon in his mouth. Crowd massive pops for their favorite carnivore.

A lone harmonica for "Man with a Harmonica," by Morricone as well, begins to play while showing Goldbear II dining on a bloody feast of salmon. As the harmonica begins to the pick up and is accompanied by an electric guitar, Venom is shown in the video, and then James Mueller, and even Charlie Velez. It cuts back to Goldbear II and then action shots of Venom, Mueller and Velez. Eventually the song breaks down and goes right into "Out of the Black" by Royal Blood. More action shots of the Guns are shown before "THE YOUNG GUNS" come up in text on the projection. The "Young" flickers off and it now reads "THE GUNS."

The crowd pops as Venom and Mueller walk out in front of the projection and onto the main stage. The lights flash with every drum pop in the song. Both men look amped to be here and begin to walk down to the ring. Behind them on the main stage, Goldbear II comes out, dick and balls exposed, to the delight of every fan in attendance and watching at home. Venom and Mueller walk around the ring as Goldbear II crawls up the stairs and through the cage door. He crawls through the ropes and stands on his hind legs across from his foe. The Guns walk around to the announcers table and take a seat.

King: The Champs are here.
Hawke: Settle down or you’ll get up a cease and desist King.
Venom: Take a match off boys, we got this covered.
Mueller: Yeah king go look at an SSS magazine and Hawke, just get lost.

GUNS Bear Necessities Championship
Mecha Gold-Bear III Vs. Goldbear II (c)

The ref calls for the bell and Goldbear II lunges at his robotic counterpart, but with one swipe the machine knocks the bear away. Goldbear II flies backwards, but catches himself in a roll and cartwheels backwards onto his feet. He reaches down and claws at his balls thinking about his next move as the robot stands and awaits. The mechanical bear continues to wait and Goldbear II quickly moves to the cage and begins to climb. He gets about half way up before Mecha- Goldbear shoots his arm out like Inspector Gadget and hits the cage with a thud shaking the whole cage and knocking Goldbear II down on his back in the center of the ring.

Venom: How’d he do that?
Mueller: He’s a mechanical bear that’s how.
Venom: That was a hard fall by Goldbear II. Hopefully he can recover.

Goldbear II lays on his back and quickly Mecha-Goldbear moves over and lifts his leg then drops it down where Goldbear II’s head was, but he rolls out of the way and up onto all fours. Mecha-Goldbear turns towards the bear and Goldbear II runs at him and leaps onto the chest of the robot. Goldbear II scratches and claws at the chest of Mecha-Goldbear much like he did in their first meeting trying to rip open the chest plate, but the Borgs planned for this and reinforced the chest plate of Mecha-Goldbear and Goldbear II’s claws just clang off the robot. Mecha-Goldbear reaches between his chest with both arms and launches Goldbear II off of him with one swipe of both arms.

Mueller: Nothing Goldbear II does seems to have any affect.
Venom: It appears the Borgs have reinforced their beast. It’s time for Goldbear II to come up with a new plan.

Goldbear II scrambles to his feet and shakes his whole body. Mecha-Goldbear moves towards Goldbear II, but Goldbear leaps and throws his body at the legs of Mecha-Goldbear and knocks him down. Goldbear II then quickly jumps on top of the machine and pins him down on his back. He punches at the mechanical head of his foe over and over again, but it has little affect and the jets on the bottom of Mecha-Goldbear’s feet light up and he shoots out from under Goldbear II and onto his feet. Goldbear II doesn’t slow down, though, and runs and again throws his body at Mecha-Goldbear, but this time it doesn’t knock him down, but pushes the mechanical bear against the ropes. Goldbear II stands up on his hind legs and begins clawing away at the head of his opponent. Sparks begin to fly as Goldbear II’s claws scratch against the robots face. He’s got Mecha-Goldbear trapped, but not for long. Mecha-Goldbear again pushes Goldbear II off, but this time he pushes with more force and Goldbear II flies across the ring and it’s now him that is against the ropes. Mecha-Goldbear flies across the ring and now he begins punching at the head of Goldbear II and blood spurts out of the head of the bear. Goldbear II is in trouble, when something bursts out of the center of the ring and a zombie like creature emerges.

Venom: Oh shit.
Mueller: It can’t be.
Venom: I think it can.

It appears to be another bear-like creature, but it is covered in moss, dirt and burns. It lets out a mighty roar causing Mecha-Goldbear’s head to turn around and look at what is behind him. He stops pummeling his foe and doesn’t seem to know what to do, but before he can react the zombie-like bear charges and dives at both bears spearing them both through the cage. The cage wall breaks and all three fly to the outside. The zombie-like creature stands and screams.

Bonnie Jenkins: Winner and new Bear Necessities Champion: Zombie Goldbear

James Mueller throws off his headset from the announcers table, followed shortly by Venom as he begins to make his way to the other side of the cage. Goldbear suddenly shakes his head a bunch and squints his face. He clasps his right shoulder with his left hand and tries catching his breath. A referee runs over with the GUNS Bear Necessities Championship and hands it to him. Goldbear looks reluctant before taking it, and then confusingly holds it in his hands. He looks around at the crowd, still confused, and then begins to leave up the ramp. Magnus comes running down to block his path, a tranquilizer rifle in hand, as James comes around the corner of the ring and cuts off Goldbear before he can walk any further. Venom scrambles over to the downed Mecha Gold-Bear III and Goldbear II.

: Whoa, big fella!

: Where… What’s going on?

: Uncle? ...Goldberg, you’re at Night of Champions… You just won the Bear Necessities Championship.

Goldbear looks down at his new championship, then looks up at bewilderedly at James Mueller and Magnus.

: I don’t know how I got here…

: We can help you… But you need to come with us.

: I… I can’t.

: Masters… Masters… Can’t Feel Legs… Masters…

Behind Goldbear lays Mecha Gold-Bear III, who starts glitching out. His robot bear legs have begun trying to walk despite Mecha Gold-Bear III laying on his back. Venom checks on Goldbear II still on his back as well, bear cock and balls visible to the world. Venom tries to comfort and keep Goldbear II from getting up. Magnus adverts his gaze at the broken cage wall and the downed Bears, and back to the original resurrected zombie Goldbear. Magnus raises his rifle and points it at Goldbear.

: James, he’s dangerous… Let me take the shot.

: No, wait!

: NO!

Goldbear grimaces again and begins shaking his head violently. He falls to one knee, and then both… He stops and then looks at Mueller in front of him.

: ...Goldber-

: RAWR!

Goldbear stands back up to his feet, title in one hand, drool dripping out of his mouth. He takes a step towards Mueller.

: JAMES LOOK OUT!

Magnus fires his tranquilizer rifle at Goldbear but Goldbear deflects it with his new Bear Necessities Championship. The tranq flies off into the crowd, effectively tranquilizing a poor kid. Mueller throws his hands up to stop Goldbear from advancing but Goldbear swats Mueller to the side, throwing Mueller into the barricade next to the ramp. Magnus drops his rifle, takes a couple steps back, and shakes his head at Goldbear. Goldbear then begins to chase after Magnus up the ramp. Venom and Goldbear II are up at ringside and watch in horror as Goldbear tackles Magnus at the top of the ramp. Goldbear begins to maul Magnus at the top of the ramp.

James climbs to his feet, a bit concussed but he grabs the tranquilizer rifle off of the ramp where Magnus dropped it. Goldbear stops and turns, with one of Magnus’ detached arms, to the GUNS standing at the bottom of the ramp. Goldbear also looks around the NoC arena before finally retreating to backstage through the ramp entrance. The GUNS catch up to the mangled Magnus, still breathing as medics come and tend to him.

: Oh man… Poor Magnus…

Medic: Get back, we need to get him to a hospital!

: I better put him down…

As the medics quickly put a one-armed Magnus on to the stretcher, James Mueller raises the tranquilizer rifle to him and shoots Magnus. The medics scramble even more while yelling at the GUNS to get away.

Medic: WHY?

: Poor poor Magnus.

: Good night, sweet prince…

Medic: He’ll be fine, you guys are just dicks.

: Rude.

The medics push the stretcher away with Magnus passed out while bleeding out and creating a red trail behind them. James hustles after Goldbear, and Venom and Goldbear II walk after. Mecha Gold-Bear III is still stuck on his back until some janitors come and help remove him from the ringside, along with the broken cage.

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We cut backstage to see Price warming up, getting ready for the big AXW title match. Doing some squats and stretches.

Hawke: Price looks as ready as he’ll ever be for this hardcore encounter.
King: We’ve seen some great matches tonight, and the hits keep coming!

We then cut to President Curtis D. Kanyon walking away from the camera, moving his arms. As he crosses a hallway, a zamboni comes zooming down and smashes into the President Champion!

King: Oh no!
Hawke: Someone call the EMTs! Quick quick!
King: Why has this event been surrounded with so much death!

The zamboni keeps moving and the President champion lays in a heap. An eerie silence has fallen over the scene as the commentators have dropped out. As he lays unmoving, a man in black moves out into the hallway. He sneaks up to the President Champion, and bends down and nudges him. He then stands up and celebrates. The camera moves closer on the man as he continues to dance in hapiness.

: You son of a bitch!

The man in black stops in his tracks. He looks over to see the President Champion. He then looks down at the heap on the floor, apparently a stunt double. SWAT immediately storms into the room and head of Secret Service Jim runs right up to the man in black and handcuffs him.

: It’s about damn we caught you, you son of a bitch!

: That’s right! We knew you’d take the opportunity to show up on Night of Champions to murder the President on the biggest night of his career!

: So we set up the bait, and you took it! Just like we knew you would!

: Guys, can I, please.

: But we figured out who it was!

: Yeah, we’ve been on this case for months.

: You only figured it out because of the President’s nephew!

: Wait, you guys know who it is?

: Yes we do sir! But instead of telling you, let’s show you.

Jim grabs at the top of the ski mask and yanks it off to reveal…

: PAUL SMACKAGE! How could you!?

: Not Paul Smackage! I mean, it is, but it’s the man… or tranny… under the mask.

: That’s right sir, it is actually…

Jim grabs at the top of the Paul mask and yanks it off to reveal…

: Who the-- what the fuck is that!?

: This is Nick Bass.

: Nick Bass?

: Formerly known as Nikki Bass, more formally known as Nicole Bass.

: And I would have gotten away with it too if it hadn’t been for you meddling fake detectives! And you’re secret service too!

: Why Paul? Why?

: I promised your brother that he and his entire family would pay for what he did to me! He left before I could do something to him, so I had to do it to you! I was so close!

: Well you won’t ever be again. Where you’re going, you won’t see the light of day for a long time.

Jim takes Nick Bass away. Jake and Lucifer high five. The SWAT help up there stunt man.

: Well, that’s one monkey off my back. Now...let’s take care of another one!

Curtis starts to head down the hallway.

Hawke: Wow, I thought she, I mean he, was dead! What a reveal!
King: What a hideous monster. And don’t get me wrong, I like a good tranny now an--
Hawke: I want to stop you right there.
King: Just want to be clear it wasn’t about her becoming a him.
Hawke: Thanks. The SJWs will love it.

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Hawke: I'm glad the President is still alive because I'm really looking forward to this next match, King. If this doesn't feel like an XHF calbre main event, then I don't know what does.
King: You are right about that, if this match was on any other card it would headline. Tonight though it is for the AXW Section of our show.
Hawke: This feud has been playing out for a long time and tonight it culminates... It's Wig verses Title, here we go!

Bonnie Jenkins: The following match is hardcore match, and is for the AXW Undisputed Championship!!!

The fans inside the XHF Arena come to life as the house lights dim a bit and we hear Tyler Duran from Fight Club's voice come over the PA system.

"First you have to give up, first you have to know... not fear... know... that someday you are going to die."

Bonnie Jenkins: Introducing first, the challenger, from Cleveland, Ohio and weighing in at two hundred and forty pounds... The Messiah of Hardcore, PRICE!!!

Panther Like a Panther starts up over the PA system at the 19 second mark.

"Told the preacher I love her, he said that God was her lover, I said if he really loves her then he would love that we're lovers." 

Random people all dressed in the same black hat, black bandanna over their faces, black jacket, all stand and raise their fists to the air

"I walk around in a bubble, a fucking scoundrel in trouble, In every town, make a rumble, the venue ground into rubble"

The beat drops and we see Price himself walk out from somewhere on the ground floor of the fans, draped in all black from the hat that's only half way on his head, the black bandanna over his face, a black t-shirt of whatever band or comic book he's into that week, black leather styled baggy basketball shorts, one leg has a Punisher skull with the American, Brazilian, Japanese, and now British flag embedded inside it, the other leg has his Price family crest on it. (A chair, barbwire, baseball bat, and flaming table in each square) knee pads and black wrestling boots. He does the Eddy style chest slap before throwing his arms out into the crucifix pose, then he lowers his left arm while raising his right fist to the air.

Hawke: There are those that would say that this is not the real Price, that the real Price died a couple years ago and this is some horrible imposter.
King: Eh, I don't buy that. I've seen this guy in some matches and I can tell you that this is Price, through and through Joey.

He then makes his way towards the ring walking with his gangster style thug swag. Slides into the ring and once again slaps his chest, throws his arms out into the crucifix pose, then raises his fist of resistance as he stands on the bottom and 2nd rope, he pulls the bandanna down off his face, and gives a ever so slight sadistic grin before reaching into his back pocket and pulling out a blonde wig and showing it to the crowd to a big pop.

King: And there it is! The wig! That thing carries a lot of lore in the XHF depending on who you ask.
Hawke: I'm sure President Kanyon will stop at nothing to get it back too, King.

Hail to chief starts to play, but after twenty seconds, it screeches to a halt. Then, "Amerika" by Rammstein begins to play.

"We're all living in Amerika, 

Amerika ist wunderbar

We're all living in Amerika,

Amerika, Amerika"

Bonnie Jenkins: And his opponent, weighing in at two hundred and ninety pounds, hailing Washington, D.C. He is the AXW Undisputed Champion and The President of the United States!!! CURTIS D. KANYON!

Curtis D. Kanyon emerges from the curtain when the drums kick in. He's got a sledgehammer slung over one shoulder and the AXW title over the other.

"Wir bilden einen lieben Reigen

Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen

Musik kommt aus dem Weißen Haus

und vor Paris steht Micky Maus"

Curtis pounds his chest with his fists then raises the hammer in the air. He walks down to the ring, nodding to the fans. He grabs a "MAKING AMERICA BANG!" sign from a fan and shows it to the camera!

"We're all living in Amerika

Coca-Cola, Wonderbra

We're all living in Amerika

Amerika, Amerika"

Curtis then climbs into the ring and goes to the turnbuckles. He climbs a turnbuckle and pounds his chest. He points to the crowd with his hammer, then hoists it straight up into the air and yells "BANG!" He jumps down and looks ready for action!*

Hawke: The time for talking is over. For months Prie has been a thorn in Kanyons side, between preventing him from cashing in on the X*Crown champion at the time to even desecrating Chris Kanyon's grave...
King: To hear Price tell it, he hung with him in the afterlife and he actually enjoyed that!
Hawke: In any event, all that is history tonight, tonight it is just the two of them in that ring fighting or one prize, the AXW Title.

AXW Undisputed Championship vs Wig
Hardcore Match
Curtis D. Kanyon (c) vs Price

DING! DING!

Neither man makes this first move right at the bell sound. As explosive as they both are, the heat they've got with each other, it's more about being calculated here. Not making he first mistake. The approach each other and lock up but Kanyon is quick to use his power to toss Price into the corner and following in with an array of punches to the body.

Hawke: It looked like this was going to be a slow burner but it quickly escalated into Kanyon taking an early advantage.
King: Wait, there is plenty of fight in Price as well.

With that Price blocks a punch that would have landed on the jaw and returns fire to Kanyon, rocking him back towards the center of the ring. Kanyon tries to regroup with a clothesline but Price ducks it and as Kanyon turns back around his is met with a standing dropkick.

King: Picture perfect!
Hawke: Say what you want about Price being nothing but a hardcore wrestler or brawler, he really does have the technical ability to hang with the best.
King: But can he continue to hang in this match? Hang or Bang Joey!
Hawke: I don't even know what that means.

Kanyon cimbs back to his feet groggily and Price is there waiting. He grabs The President's arm and sends him into the ropes and drops flat to the canvas as Kanyon rebounds and jumps over Price. As Kanyon hits the opposite ropes Price springs back up and hooks Curtis' right arm with his left and throws Curtis over into a thunderous hip toss. Price immediately pounces on Kanyon and locks in a reverse chinlock.

Hawke: An excellent hip toss followed up nicely by a submission hold. Maybe this match won't be so hardcore after all, King.
King: If that's the case, I want my money back.
Hawke: We didn't pay anything for this, in fact we are getting paid King.
King: Good! Wait! Kanyon isn't done!

Through sheer power, Kanyon starts to push himself up to one knee, then two. He starts standing with Price still having the hold locked in. Once to his feet, Kanyon reaches up and wraps his arms around Price's body and forcefully slams him down to the mat. THe impact audibly knocks the breath out of Price as he rolls to the ropes and drops out of the ring.

Hawke: What impact!
King: I wouldn't be surprised if Price has a couple broken ribs after that slam, Hawke!

Curtis makes his way back up to his feet as Price rolls around on the floor trying to catch his breath. Kanyon looks around and sees Price finally starting to pull himself up using the barricade. Curtis gets a crazed look in his eyes and runs towards the ropes closest to Price, he hits them and runs the opposite direction, bouncing off that side now at the fullest speed 290 pounds will allow and just as Price gets on both feet and turns towards the ring, he sees probably the scariest thing you could imagine. Curtis D. Kanyon, launching himself headfirst like a missile through the middle ropes. There was no time for anything but to try and brace himself...

King: BANG!

"HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!"

Hawke: Kanyon just speared Price through the barricade, King! That thing moved a good three feet, I hope the fans in the front are ok!
King: I'll tell you who isn't ok, Price!
Hawke: Well it looks like neither man is right now...

Kanyon absolutely crushed Price with the spear but in the process he went head first into the barricade. Both men lay sprawled out on top of a mess of steel and spilt soda and beer. The crowd is going absolutely insane. Price clutches is ribs as he finally starts to stir a bit. Kanyon opens and closes his eyes a few times try to get his bearings back. Curtis starts to move now as he reaches up and grabs a chair to help assist getting up. Price is back on all fours. Some of the crowd tries to cram in close to get a photo of these XHF Legends. Secret Service runs out to try and assess the situation, making sure that the crowd doesn't present a danger for the POTUS. Kanyon sees them and waves him off as he grabs his head and shakes the cobwebs out. He is a man of his word and between the bell he is JUST a wrestler. Secret Service head back to the back to watch from afar as Kanyon turns to walk over to Price. As he reaches down to grab his opponent, Price jumps up and slams a platter of nachos into Kanyons face. The hot cheese and the spice from the jalapeno peppers go right into Kanyons eyes who lets out a yelp of pain. He reaches up and tries to wipe his eyes but it just rubs it in even more, temporarily blinding him. He swings wildly in the direction of Price who is easily able to dodge it.

King: That was "Nacho" average wrestling move, Hawke!
Hawke: Stop being so cheesy...
King: I'm not, I'm just.... wait a minute, I see what you did there! Ha!

Price picks up a chair as Kanyon desperately grabs a patrons oversized Coca-Cola and tilts his head back and douses his face and eyes with the ice cold soda. The carbonation and citric acid do little to stop the burn but at least he is finally able to get some of the cheese and pepper juice out of his eyes. He grabs a folded up T-shirt from a little kid, presumably once that was just bought from the merchandise stand. He wipes away the cheese and soda, and while the shirt is covering his face, Price blasts the top edge of the chair into the midsection of Kanyon who doubles over. Price lifts the chair high into the air and comes down with all the force he can across Curtis' back, flattening him back to the ground. Kanyon falls face first onto the LOrd Dominicus T-Shirt, now covered with cheese sauce. Why the hell would we be selling Lord Dominicus T-shirts and why the hell would anyone buy one?

Hawke: We've went from nacho chips to steel chairs, it looks things are finally starting to pick up.
King: Speaking of picking up, someone needs to pick up that Lord Dominicus shirt and throw it away!
Hawke: Oh come on, he's one of the bright spots in AWF these days and lord knows there aren't many bright spots in that place.

Price drags Kanyon back towards the ring and rolls him underneath the bottom rope. He slides in after him and makes a cover

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

[...THR- KICKOUT!...]

Hawke: We almost had a new champion there, King!
King: President Kanyon using every bit of the three count there before getting a shoulder up.

Price checks with the ref again to make sure that it wasn't a three count. When the ref confirms, Price quickly rolls out of the ring and lifts the ring skirt, searching, searching, searching, until he comes up holding a singapore cane. He slides back into the ring, twirling the cane around in his left hand. As Kanyon gets up on his hands and knees, Price unloads down and across his back with the cane. Once, twice, three times as Kanyon writhes in pain with each lash. Price straddles Kanyon and uses the singapore cane to choke him. The ref gets in position to see if Kanyon submits but The President shakes his head. Price, wrenches back further and while Kanyon screams out a bit he still yells out no. Price jumps up a bit and lands hard on Kanyon's back when sends him back down to the mat. Price rolls him over and pins him, hooking his leg.

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

[...KICKOUT!...]

Before the ref can even get up, Price hooks the leg and covers Kanyon again.

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

[...KICKOUT!...]

And once more

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

[...KICKOUT!...]

Hawke: Good strategy by Price here, keep the pressure on your opponent and wear him out by making him kick out of continued pin fall counts.

Price slaps the mat with a bit of frustration and stands up, pulling Kanyon by the hair to lift him off the ground. He shoots Kanyon into the corner and Kanyon hits hard and drops down to the ground, sitting prone in the corner. Price points a finger gun at him and takes off running, but Kanyon quickly reaches up and grabs the ropes, pulling himself up with a quickness not to be expected from him, drops his shoulder about the time Price gets to him and flips him up and into the next ring. Price lands on his feet and goes to grab Kanyon but Kanyon delivers a stiff elbow shot to his jaw. As Price stumbles, Kanyon steps through the middle ropes of both rings and joins him. He grabs Price into a huge bearhug, lifting him off the ground. The ref is there to keep an eye on Price but he is trying to fight it. Price is gouging at Kanyon's eyes and Kanyon tries to tighten the grip and the hold. After a few seconds of this, Kanyon clearly gets pissed and takes a couple steps with Price before slamming him down into a spinebuster and rolling through. Kanyon covers.

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

[...THR- NO! KICKOUT!...]

King: The President almost retains!
Hawke: That was a monster spinebuster, King, but not quite enough to do the job. Uh oh, what's he looking for here?

Kanyon gets out of this ring and looks under it much the same way Price searched under the other ring. Kanyon slides out a table and the fans go crazy. He picks it up and slides it into the ring before bending back over. Another table out and in the ring. Then another, and another! Curtis Kanyon has slid five tables into the ring by the time he is satisfied and slides back into ring. He begins to prop up a table in one of the corners. As he does so, Price beings to try standing. Kanyon sees him and as he walks to another corner he stomps on the midsection, sending him back down to the mat and stepping over him with all his weight. Price grabs his ribs again, breathing heavily. Kanyon opens up the legs to one of the tables and sets it up next to the corner closest the the ring they were previously in. He then grabs another table, opening it and stacking it on top of the first table.

Hawke: What is he doing here, King?
King: I don't know but if he doesn't hurry he is going to let Price back into the match.

While Kanyon is setting up some furniture, Price crawls into a corner and is able to slowly lift himself up and while there he unties the top turnbuckle cover. Kanyon notices this and heads toward Price. Price turns and gets a big boot to the gut that doubles him over. Kanyon positions him for a powerbomb.

King: Lookout! He is going to use the exposed turnbuckle to his advantage!
Hawke: Wait.. I don't know!

The fans stand as Kanyon lifts Price up onto his shoulders for a powerbomb. Price tries fighting out of it though but Kanyon is too strong and gets ready to launch Price into the corner. In a last second effort, Price pokes Kanyon in his eyes and let's be honestly they are probably still bothering him from the nacho sauce earlier but Kanyon drops Price. Price grabs Kanyon around the neck with his left arm and leaps!

Hawke: Price Crash! No! Kanyon shoves him off!

Price tried to hit his finisher but Kanyon indeed threw him off. Once gain Price landed on his feet and charges in but Kanyon catches him and slams him with a snap scoop slam. He goes for a pinfall.

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

But this time Kanyon actually reaches up and grabs the head of Price, lifting him up from the pin. The ref looks perplexed.

King: THREE! Wait, what?! Kanyon could have won the match right there, what gives?
Hawke: Look at his eyes, King, he is wanting to inflict more damage. He is he Imitator of Violence after all.
King: Yeah, yeah, the King of Xtreme, I get it... but you have a title to retain.

Kanyon stands and drags Price over to the corner where he propped the table up earlier. He walks back to the opposite corner with an evil smile on his face. Tonight he is not President Kanyon, no tonight he is Curtis D. Kanyon, the baddest mother fu.... he takes off running and BANG!S....right through the table because Price moves out of the way at the last second! Kanyon is in a world of hurt!

King: Ouch! He should have ended this match when he had the chance.
Hawke: Kanyon is a splintered mess, busting through that table has done some damage to his head King, I see the droplets forming around him.

It's true, Kanyon has busted himself open. If this was some types of match, Price would be bleeding too and the ref wouldn't know who bled first and just end them match as a draw... but this is a REAL match! Price stands up and points and laughs at Kanyon for his boneheaded mistake. He rolls out of the ring and heads to the timekeeper where he grabs the blonde wig and holds it up to the crowd. They pop for this display and for the anticipation of what Price is going to do with the wing. He simply just puts it on his head and rolls back into the ring.

King: Oh this is great! Price is going to beat Kanyon WHILE wearing his very own wig!

Price lifts the battered Kanyon up and chops him across the chest.

WOOO!

Price drags Kanyon to the corner by his hair and lifts his head up before slamming it down into the exposed turnbuckle. Blood and sweat fly as Price makes a mocking "BANG" yell on impact. And again, "BANG!" "BANG!" "BANG!" Kanyon is a bloody mess as Price tosses him over the ropes and he falls back into the initial ring they were in. As he steps through the ropes he picks up the singapore cane that is still lying in this ring from earlier. Kanyon tries his best, just off of adrenaline, to stand up. His legs are wobbling, he reaches up to wipe some blood out of his eyes and flips Price off. Price returns the gesture and swings above his head and right now in the center of Kanyon's head with a sickening "thwack" that drops Kanyon to his back. Price in his exhaustion just drops down to his knees and arm covers Kanyon

King: This could be it!

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

[...THRE-KICKOUT!...]

Hawke: Kanyon JUST gets a shoulder up!
King: That just reflexes there, Hawke. He is out cold!

Price is pissed that Kanyon kicked out. Honestly if he hooked a leg right here he may have it but he isn't thinking like that. He wants to end Kanyon. This is Price's night to shine. He picks up the champion and drags him over to the ropes. He lifts up his body and goes to toss him out but at the last second, as Kanyon tumbles over, Price grabs the middle rope and lifts it with all his strength, letting it catch Kanyon around the neck as he falls out of the ring, and stopping him from hitting the ground... but now he is literally hanging there, pulling at the ropes while they choke the life out of him.

Hawke: Oh no! Someone needs to do something! Kanyon is in a bad spot right now!
King: Price is laughing!

Kanyon hangs there, blood pumping from his head, his legs kicking but fading fast. Price isn't done though. He picks the cane up one more time and starts lashing Kanyons back with it. Kanyon's eyes are bulging but his legs slowly stop kicking. He is fading fast... The ref steps in the check on Kanyon and looks concerned. He turns to the time keeper but before he can motion to the timekeeper to stop the match, Price lands an elbow to his head knocking him out. He is determined to finish Kanyon off. He walks over to the ropes when a couple people come running out of nowhere!

Hawke: What's this?

As Price reaches down to inflict more damage a suited man jumps up onto the ring apron and in one motion punches his arm out at Price's neck. He makes connection... but it wasn't a punch. Price, convulses a bit and falls, clearly having been hit with a taser gun, the man one of the secret service members. They had seen enough, it's one thing to lay back for a wrestling match, but Price was going to kill the President of the United States! As Price falls, the wig comes floating off his head. The other agent quickly untangles Kanyon who falls to the ground, unconscious. The fans all stand, they are all watching one thing. The wig. It hits the top rope before falling out and lands squarely on the head of Kanyon, who is slumped against the ring apron.

Hawke: Price has been tasered! Kanyon is out! Who is going to win this match
King: Oh no, look! The wig!

As soon as the wig hits Kanyons head his eyes open up. He lets out a roaring scream as he reaches up and straightens the wig. Kanyon stands, blood running down his head and chest and throws his arms up in the air in a DDP way, with a loud guttural roar! He sees the Secret Service agents looking on astonished. They are asking if he is okay but Kanyon only shouts out one word... BANG! He speras the first agent out of his shoes! The only agent walks over to check on the first but Kanyon grabs him by the head and KANYON CUTTER! The agents are out. Kanyon obviously has snapped, it's amazing considering it was almost blackout out about a minute earlier. He starts running around the four rings until he gets to the timekeeper table where his sledgehammer is propped up against the barricade. He grabs it and throws it up in the air to massive cheers.

Hawke: They always claimed that wig had huge powers, I never fully believed...until tonight.

Kanyon runs back around and slides into the ring where Price is trying to get up. Shaking his arms from the electrocution of the taser gun, trying to get the feeling back. Kanyon, with sledgehammer in hand runs in and punts Price in the ribs flipping him over and landing on his back. He gets on the bottom turnbuckle and flips the sledgehammer around and jumps off the bottom rope driving he hammer into Prices head. He raises his arms up as Kanyon gets off him, and feels the warmth oozing out and running through his fingers.

Hawke: What a shot with the sledgehammer! Price has been busted open, all Kanyon has to do is make the cover and he retains!
King: Price just tried to end this man's life, Joey, I don't think Kanyon is done!
Hawke: That's what I was afraid of...

Kanyon picks up Price and sends him hard into the corner. He holds his hands out in a diamond shape before running in and BANG!ING Pice hard in the corner. Kanyon stands up as Price falls down out of the corner. He looks around, and notices the two stacked up tables in the next ring. Through the blood his eyes light up and a big smile comes across Curtis D. Kanyon's face. He picks Price back up and lifts him, sitting him on the turnbuckle. He climbs up top with Price and pushes him over onto the double stacked table before following him. There is a lot of weight on top of these two tables right now as they being to buckle a bit. Kanyon picks Price up and positions him between his legs.

King: Is he going to powerbomb him off? This isn't going to be pretty!

Kanyon flips Price up into a piledriver position and jumps up in the are before sitting out. There is an eerie silence in the XHF Arena, for a split second but as the sound of a head cracking through would fills the void, the crowd pop is thunderous. Kanyon and Price come crashing down through not one but two tables.

"HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!"

Hawke: Oh my God!
King: You hear the fans, it's the HOLY $HIT Piledriver, Hawke!

Price folds up like an according, His feet dangling over his head. Kanyon pushes Price off of him and out of the rubble and crawls out with pieces of wood sticking into his arm and legs. He collapses and drapes an arm over Prices chest. The ref slides in...

[...ONE!...]

[...TWO!...]

[...THREE!...]

DING! DING!

King: He's done it!

Bonnie Jenkins: Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of this match by Pinfall... AND STILL AXW UNDISPUTED CHAMPION!!!! CURTIS D. KANYON!!!!

The ref reaches down and raises Kanyon's hand as the secret service agents are just getting back to their feet. They come into the ring to help pick the President up, his blond wig proudly flowing over his bloody face. The ref hands Kanyon the belt and he climbs the corner and holds it up in the air.

Hawke: What a match! President Kanyon, after months of being made a fool of by Price, has finally gotten some payback! He has retained his AXW Title, King!
King: AND HE'S GOT THE WIG! That spells danger for the AXW roster, Joey!
Hawke: Indeed it does! Ladies and gentlemen don't go anywhere, if you thought that match was crazy, you haven't seen anything yet. Four Ring Circus... X*Crown Championship... Up Next!

Kanyon is helped up the ramp as medical personnel attend to Price and the XHF area goes dark before a video package is played hyping up the X*Crown main event.

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We turn our attention to the back as Jack Diamond is warming up for the X*Crown match later tonight. Soon though he's joined by the XHF Network owner, Mongo the Destroyer.

Mongo: Jack!

Jack seems a little surprised at Mongo's sudden appearance, but the XHF Network owner is all smiles. He grabs Jack's hand, shaking it.

Mongo: Jack, I swung by your grand opening gala last night; great stuff, really. I just hope this whole hotel and casino side-business won't lead to any conflicts of interest.

Yeah, he emphasized that last bit; weird. Mongo smiles curiously as he hard-pats Jack on the back and laughs.

Mongo: It's a really great looking place! You got it all right the first time; luckily that means you won't have to keep trying again and again with new locations.

The XHF Network owner smiles a wide grin as he walks off. Jack looks at his hand. Why? Because when Mongo shook it he also palmed a business card....

Xtreme Hotels
Chief Executive Officer
Mongo the Destroyer

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The crowd is murmuring, excitement filling their hearts after the previous match. All of a sudden, four cages begin to descend from the ceiling. A standard wrestling cage, a green glass cage, a cage with various weapons hanging from it, and a cage tainted with barbed wire. This was it, the Four Ring Circus, not seen in match action since 2004, made it's valiant return to the XHF Arena. And 8 warriors, 8 of the XHF's top superstars, would battle for one prize...

The X*Crown.

King: This is going to be a fantastic match, Hawke! The biggest match of some of these young stars careers, as well as a chance for some of the older fellas to stake a claim once again to the main prize in this company!
Hawke: I've checked out some of these newer talents in this match, and I gotta say. Some of them impress me. Others, not so much.
King: Regardless who impresses and who doesn't, this is gonna be a great match in my books! 

From above the ring, we see another structure in the shape of an "X," and hanging from that structure are the 18 championships that have been made one with the X*Crown Championship. Tonight, one man (or woman) would stake claim to the pinnacle of wrestling in XHF.

But to whom it'd belong to was the question. Well strap in, because we're about to find out.

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The arena lights dim down as the violin like intro of "Ketsuraku Automation" plays up, and slowly, Raiden Ishimori walks out onto the stage with his head hung low. He idly stands there for a bit until the tempo of the song picks up, and his head swiftly rises up, along with the lights becoming bright once again.

Bonnie Jenkins: Introducing the first contender, hailing from Osaka, Japan. Weighing in at 207 pounds, "Bone Cold" Raiden Ishimori!

Letting the rhythm of the song guide him, Raiden makes his way down the aisle with his eyes trained on the rings. Reaching the apron, he slows his pace as the lights dim, and a spotlight appears over one cage. He climbs up some steps, leading him into the Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills.

King: It looks like SBW's representative, Raiden Ishimori, will be our first participant, and will fight in the Cae of Xtreme Mat Skills! That means, no dirty wrestling is allowed! Only the purest of fighting in that cage!
Hawke: Only those with the most supreme wrestling abilities will make it out alive! But who will it be? 

He walks to the center of the ring, taking a knee, before walking over to the nearest turnbuckle, he pulls himself up onto the middle rope, raising a single arm up into the air to cheers from the crowd before he sets himself back down in the ring, anticipating the oncoming match.

As “I feel You” by Depeche Mode fills the arena from behind the curtain steps Rob Riot. The former member of the trilogy the Bastards receives a huge cheer.

Bonnie Jenkins: The next contender, from Blackpool, England, weighing in at 238 pounds, "The Stealer of Dreams," Rob Riot!

Riot proceeds to the ring touching outstretched hands as he walks. He slowly strides down the ramp, pausing in the same spot Raiden did, and just as before, the lights go dim, and aspotlight shows him his fate. He slowly strides up the steps and looks around before entering the Xtreme Mat Skills cage, across from Raiden. 

King: It looks like we'll see Raiden Ishimori take on RSW's representative, Rob Riot.
Hawke: These kids are two happy-go-lucky. Too kind looking. I hope they lose.

Riot stretches on the ropes and adjusts the elbow pad on his right arm. He nervously ensures that the tape on his wrists is properly tight. Riot smiles and surveys the crowd, waiting for the other contended to arrive so the match can officially begin.

King: Well that's the two who will contend in the Xtreme Mat Skills cage! Let's see who will come out next, and what cage he'll go in to.
Hawke: Or she, King. There's a girl in this match, we must conform to all genders.

The stadium lights dim and red strobes begin to flash as "Ace of Spades" by Motorhead feels the stadium. Diamond emerges from the back wearing his leather jacket and diamond shaped sunglasses and smiles big at the crowds reaction.

Bonnie Jenkins: The next contender, from Cherokee, north Carolina, weighing in at 190 pounds, "The Ace of Spades," Jack Diamond!

Some boo, others chant "Diamond Club" as the Ace of Spades makes his way down to the ring. He pauses, as the spotliht instructs him to go into the Cage of Tradition.

King: Jack Diamond will be our first contestant into the Cage of Tradition! In this cage, anything goes! And you're surrounded by an almost-greenhouse like structure.
Hawke: Which fed is Jack representing?
King: AWF-
Hawke: I despise him already. He better lose.
King: Well, he's one of three men here who's a former X*Crown Champion.
Hawke: He beat Rob?
King: Yep.
Hawke: I almost wish Rob Arnold was in here. It's a tough call of who's worse.

Jack climbs the steps and steps through the ropes, quickly popping up and throwing his hands in the air in a diamond champ, again to some cheers and some boos and he gives a very smug grin as he awaits his opponent or for the match to start.

The lights turn down.... As a ridiculous amount of fog creeps into the arena. As the music of pat benatar fills the ears of the hearing enabled in the arena. Invincible is what Harold campbell believes himself to be.... 20 seconds in and he finally emerges from the fog.

King: Here comes the legendry Hardcore Harry! I do not envy who he's going to be sharing a ring with. I don't envy any of these 7 other guys, to be quite honest.
Hawke: Whoever he's against is in for a world of hurt!

"This bloody road remains a mystery
This sudden darkness fills the air
What are we waiting for?
Won't anybody help us?
What are we waiting for?"

Bonnie Jenkins: The next contender, from Joilet, Illinois, weighing in at 315 pounds, "Hardcore" Harry Campbell!

The fans are screaming and crying, except no one is sure if that's a good thing, as he slowly walks down to the ring. Stopping and posing for a few moments. Soaking in the energy and making the fans hearts melt with excitement. He checks his wrist making sure his body is limber and the arthritis isn't bothering him at all.

"This shattered dream you cannot justify
We're gonna scream until we're satisfied
What are we running for?
We've got the right to be angry
What are we running for?
When there's no where we can run to anymore

Harold parks himself at ringside and begins fighting through the fog, throwing punches to help brush it aside as he waits for the spotlight to show him his destiny. The light shines upon a cage, and he climbs the cage, stepping onto the apron and looking into the eyes of Jack Diamond. Just before he gets in the ring...

"We can't afford to be innocent
Stand up and face the enemy
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible
And with the power of conviction
There is no sacrifice
It's a do or die situation
We will be invincible

Won't anybody help us?
What are we running for?
When there's no where, no where we can run to anymore"

A big smirk comes across his face when the chorus is repeated. This man has been anything but innocent over the years. The grin on his face is disturbing, it would send shivers down your mother's spine. He enters the ring as the rest of the song plays out. Playing to the crowd and retreating to the corner singing the song, and getting weird glances from Jack Diamond.

Hawke: Welp. RIP Jack Diamond.
King: Why do you say that? I think Jack will do fine.
Hawke: Do you SEE who he's in there with?
King: ...you have a point.

Harry's music dies down, and "A New Level" by Pantera comes over the speakers. The crowd, are unsure whom this is for a moment, as the lights bein to flicker. The stage fogs up again, and out of the smoke and mirrors steps a masked man. The crowd boo, they recognize this man, what with new music, he was still the same old asshat.

Bonnie Jenkins: Introducing the enxt contender, from Cambridge England, he weighs in at 182 pounds, "Mr. Undisputed," The Anomoly!

The crowd boos tremendously, their voices shaking the XHF Arena, as he walks down the aisle, slowly, methodically. He looks at the four present competitors, his mask hiding his reactions to each. He pauses, as the spotlight directs him to his cage. He walks around the rings, making his way to the Cage of Death.

King: That bastard Anomoly is going to beigin inside the Cage of Death! Good, I hope he gets slaughtered!
Hawke: He's a despisable man, sure, but Anomoly is a hell of an in-ring talent. He went undefeated for months for a reason, King.

Anomoly steps through the ropes, gazing at all the weapons at his disposal. He walks right up to a crowbar and picks it up, twirling it around like a baton as he waits for his unfortunate victim.

"Call of Ktulu" plays as Zolothoch is wheeled out, strapped to a hand truck, wrapped up in a straight jacket and Hannibal Lecter mask.

Bonnie Jenkins: Introducing next, weighing in at 165 pounds, "The High Priestess of Cthulhu," Zolothoch!

She tries to lash out at the fans but her current predicament makes it quite the challenge. At the foot of the ramp, she's wheeled around as the spotlight directs her towards the Cage of Death. 

King: Oh my. Zolothoch versus Anomoly.
Hawke: A match I never thought I wanted to see, this will be brutal.

At the foot of the steps, the wheeler unstraps Zolo and guides her up the stairs, removing the straightjacket and mask as she slinks into the ring, smiling evily at Anomoly, who remains unphased. She then reaches and grabs a cowboy spur.

King: They'er both armed, Hawke.
Hawke: Just hope they don't fall out of the ring near us. 

A remixed version of "The Ecstacy Of Gold" by Ennio Marricone starts to play over the speakers and a gold light shines on the entrance curtain. Del Trevor and Danny Boy Davis of DDT Security emerge from backstage before Danny calls back through the curtain that the route is clear.

Bonnie Jenkins: Introducing now, from Niagra Falls, Ontario, Canada, weighing in at 231 pounds, Jackson "POWER" Steele!

Jackson Steele steps onto the stage and demands a spotlight be shone on him. The spotlight follows him to the ring as DDT Security hold off requests for autographs and selfies, before making their way slowly aropund the ring and up the steps.

King: Well there's one ring left over and two people to come out. This means it'll be Jackson Steele vs Steve Awesome in the Barbed Wire Cage!
Hawke: No, no! Those men have movie star faces to protect! 

Up on the apron, Jackson wipes his feet before Danny Boy holds the ropes open for him. Jackson steps through and hands off his sunglasses and entrance robe to Del as the crowd chants "POWER STEELE! POWER STEELE!," firmly behind the former AWF Champion and 2017 End of Days winner.

All the lights in the arena die out and the fans in attendance start chanting the final man's name.

[...AWE-SOME! AWE-SOME! AWE-SOME!..]

Dramatic Pause.

"REGRETS I'VE HAD MINE!"

The lights in the arena explode to life as they flash green and black to the beat as Steve Awesome comes running out with intensity to the hyped up chorus of "Full of Regrets" by Danko Jones.

Bonnie Jenkins: And now, the final participant! From Detroit, Michigan. Weighing in at 238 pounds, "The Face of the Franchise," Steve Awesome!

Lonely nights/ and a whole lot of wasted time!
If you see her wont you tell her for me/
It's better this way to avoid all the misery

The chorus plays again as Steve walks down to the ring. The guitar starts soloing and Steve walks around the ring and he provocatively slips off his jacket and then spins and drops into a kneel and he flexes his arms. He gets a slow motion effect as pyro sprays behind him.

King: I think he's trying to out-do Steele!
Hawke: And he's doing a damn fine job of doing it!

Steve makes his way to his ring, only to be stopped by DDT Security. Del and Danny refuse to let Awesome by until he's patted down. Steve refuses, and the ref for the barbed wire cage argues with DDT, to no avail. Finally, Steve gives in and lets himself be patted down. As Del begins to pat down his leg, Steve kicks up with a low kick, much to the pleasure of the crowd. Danny charges, and is met with a jawbreaker supekick that rocks him over the barricade! Steve then climbs into the ring, and all four doors are slammed shut.

X*Crown Championship
Four-Ring Circus Match (link to description)
Jack Diamond [AWF] vs Rob Riot [RSW] vs Raiden Ishimori [SBW] vs Zolothach [SSS] vs Jackson Steele [AXW] vs The Anomoly [AXW] vs Hardcore Harry [GUNS] vs Steve Awesome [XHF Legend and movie star]

All the contenders begin to circle each other in their respective rings. The crowd quiet in anticipation. All of a sudden...

Anomoly: Hey, Zolothot! Where's my f*cking sandwich, b*tch?

Everyone turns towards Anomoly, who just so happened to be standing by a live mic in his ring. So it wasn't just a few surrounding people who heard that statement. Everyone did. Zolothoch stares holes in the former AXW Undisputed Champion before letting out a war cry and charging at him. The other superstars all follow suit, and chaos ensues!

Hawke: What a mind boggling mess we have on our hands right now! 
King: I'm not commentating this right now.

King leans back, kicking his feet up on the table. Hawke stares resentfully at him, before kicking his feet up as well. Multiple cameras are stationed around the ringside area, to catch all the in-ring action at the same time!

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Rob Riot): Ishimori and Riot begin to circle each other before meeting in the wing with a collar and elbow tieup. The two transition through a few holds, wristlocks and waistlocks and headlocks, before Raiden gets the upper advantage with a headlock. Riot pushes him to the ropes, shoving him off. On the rebound, Rob ducks under Ishimori, and on the second rebound, Ishimori drops and rolls as Riot hops over him. They both stand and run the ropes, charging at each other with a double crossbody that leaves them both down and reeling. They both, however, make it back to their feet as the ref just begins to count. Riot rushes to Ishimori and locks in an octopus hold. Ishimori struggles for a moment, and slithers out, Riot not having the hold properly locked in. Raiden then turns around and nails a stiff back elbow that sends Rob reeling into the ropes. Upon the rebound, Rob swings wildly with a clothesline, but Ishimori ducks under and nails a punch! Another punch! A shoot kick! Spinning backfist! And a lariat that takes Riot's head clean off. Raiden kneels beside Riot, breathing a bit heavily, and looks up to see the smiling, psycotic face of Hardcore Harry as he begins to ascend the Mat Skills Cage.

Cage of Tradition(Jack Diamond vs Hardcore Harry): Harry immediately lunges at Jack, who uses his quickness and send Harry into the corner, laying into him with a few quick strikes before backing off, taunting for the fans. Harry turns aroumd, and kicks Jack's head off, sending him head over heels into the greenhouse wall with a thump! The structure shakes, but nothing breaks yet. Jack is slow to his feet, but charges to Harry, swinging at him and sending him back into the corner. Harry, though, is much bigger and much stronger than Jack, so he shoves him off with ease. Jack is persistant though, like a dog tugging and pulling a rope being held by a human. He stumbles back, and charges at Harry again, who grabs him by the throat with both hands and lifts him high in the air for the world to see. He swings Jack around, Jack's face turning a light reddish purple, before Harry charges at the side of the structure, using Jack as a body shield to smash right through the structure's wall! In the process, he lands a chokeslam onto the floor and roars for the crowd, much to their delight! As Jack lays in a pool of his own blood, Harry turns around, sees the structure empty and evin weakly swaying around, before eyeing the Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills. He makes a beeline for it and begins to climb the side of the cage.

Cage of Death(The Anomoly vs Zolothoch): Zolothoch charges at Anomoly, swinging the spur wildly. Anomoly leans back, just barely avoiding taking the spur to the eye, and swings with all his might, knocking Zolothoch back with the crowbar! He stands over her, holding his arms out and twirling the crowbar in his hands. He's met with a nasty boot straight to the nads, causing him to fall over, holding his sterilzed babymaker. She mounts him, and begins to swing wildly wioth a flurry of blows, lefts and rights reigning down on Mr. Undisputed. Anomoly catches a right fist, then a left fist, beginning to push Zolothoch into the ropes. He pshes her up against the cage, before spinning her around and choking her out with an arm around her neck. She struggles, again trying to go low, but is unable to see behind her and thus misses. She then makes herself dead weight, and as Anomoly is forced to put her down, she pushes off with her feet, sending him flying back against the cage with enough momentum to shake it. A few weapons fall from above. Your standard chairs, kendo sticks, brass knucks. But one things catches Zolo's eye; a large saw.

Cage of Barbed Wire(Jackson Steele vs Steve Awesome): Both men meet each other in the ring, forehead to forehead, as they talk up a big game. Steele slaps Awesome across the face, sending him reeling. Steve responds with a slap of his own. giving Steele a taste of his own medicine. They lock up in a struggle for power, not letting each other push themselves into the barbed wire that laced this cage. They both get very close to pushing each other into the cage, wrappped in the wire, when Steele gets the advantage and lets off. Steve seemingly fals for this momentarily, before Steele gives him a quick poke in the eye, blinding him. Steele then grabs Awesome by the hair, and sends him headfirst into the cage, rubbing his face alon the barbs for added pleasure. Steve shrieks, his moviestar look being destroyed, and pushes himself off from the cage, sending both movie stars tumbling to the floor. Both begin to roll around, beating each other down with hard rights and lefts as they edge dangerously close to the cage. Steve gains the advantage and just rains hard strikes on Steele, making him cower and hide his face in fear.

King: Just minutes into this contest and chaos has already erupted! Wait... what's Harry doing?
Hawke: Harry just disposed of Jack, the former X*Crown champ, but instead of finishing him off, is climbing the cage into the Mat Skills Cage!

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden ishimori vs Rob Riot vs Hardcore Harry): Harry reaches up and is finally able to put his hand over the top of the cage. He pulls himself up and sits on the corner, pushing off and landing on the top rope. He then jumps down and gets face to face with Ishimori. Ishimori attempts another Bone Cold Assault! Punch, punch. shoot ki-Harry catches the kick! Raiden looks up at the giant as Harry lifts him up high for a powerbomb, bombing him next to Riot! Riot begins to stir, and Harry grabs him, lifting him high up and flapjacking him down! Both Ishimori and Riot are laid out as Harold paces, cracking his knuckles and neck. Both Raiden and Ron begin to make it to a knee under Harry's watchful eye, and they exchange a few, quick, incohearant words. They both nod, and race to the side of the cage nearest the greenhouse, Harry on on their tails. Harry reaches up and grabs Riot, pulling him down into a giant uppercut! Harry then stalks up the cage to Ishimori, who's looking down at Riot. Harry grabs him by the throat, and looks down at the conveniently placed glass structure...

Cage of Death(The Anomoly vs Zolothoch): Zolo takes the saw and stalks at her fallen prey. Anomoly crawls away to a corner, completely unaware of his dire circumstances behind him. He pulls himself into a corner, turning around and sitting, only to be met with an assault by Zolothoch! She takes the saw and begins to wail him with the flat end, bashing it over his head as he cowers in the corner. She then grabs him by the back of the head, and lifts him up, planting him with an enzugiri on the mat. Anomoly is reeling as Zolothoch stands over him, saw in hand as she brings the blades down onto his mask, cutting a hole in it. Facinated by the hole, she sticks her fingers deep inside, and begins to tear at it, ripping it apart. Thinking fast, Anomoly headbutts her hard, shaking her to her ovaries, and grabs a stabler, stapling his mask shut tight, Twirling it in his hand, he spins around, bashing her upside the head with it. As she topples to the mat, Anomoly takes a baking sheet strung up, and begins to wail her in turn, each "WACK!" of the sheet resounding through the arena. 

Cage of Barbed Wire(Jackson Steele vs Steve Awesome): Steele is able to push Steve off of him, and clubs him in the back of the head with a clothesline. Awesome pulls himself to his feet and flies at Steele with a dropkick that sends him back into the barbed wire ropes! They stick in his skin, and make him scream out in pain. Steve walks up to Steele, and slaps him across the face again, before running into the farthest corner and pushing off, going for a stinger splash into the cage! But Steele pulls himself off the barbs and tumbles, and Awesome flies face first into the cage! He screams, and pulls himself off, and you can see bits of skin are left in that area. Both men are bleeding pretty badly, but find the wherewithall to keep going. Steele rolls over, and as Awesome stands up, hits him low, before wrapping his arms around Awesome for...

[...WRAP PARTY...]

(Million Dollar Dream)

King: Oh come on! Don't do this Harry!
Hawke: Harry's about to kill Ishimori, meanwhile Steele and Awesome, and Zolo and Anomoly are all going to war!

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden ishimori vs Rob Riot vs Hardcore Harry): ...and just as Harry's about to throw Raiden straight to hell, Rob Riot comes out of nowhere, blindsiding him with a flurry of fists! He then takes Harry and begins to lift him up and over his shoulders, with the help of Ishimori. They take Harry and bring him to the top of the cage and look down at the greenhouse structure... before dumping him up and over the cage wallm through the glass, and leaving him in a crater in the ring.

[...HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!..]

The resonding "CRASH!" is thundeous, everyone pauses and looks at the limp body of Harry. We suddenly see a hand climb up and over the side of the apron. It's a bruise,d bloody Jack Diamond! Seeing his fallen opponent lying near-unconcious in the middle of the ring, Jack scrambles in and lifts him up for...

[...STACKED DECK...]

(Cutter)

Jack flops onto Harry, barely having the strength to hook his leg as he makes a cover.

[...ONE...]

[...TWO...]

[...THREE!..]

Bonnie Jenkins: Hardcore Harry has been eliminated via pinfall, by Jack Diamond!

King: Wow! Harry the first one out of this match! What an insane fall!
Hawke: There's a ton of blood pouring from him, and paramedics are on the way.

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Rob Riot): Both men high five each other, proud of their plan to dispose of such a monsterous foe. All of a sudden, Raiden grabs Riot and pushes him off the steel cage, making him fall backwards into the ring. Raiden looks down at the fallen RSW rep, looks up to the rafters, and climbs to the corner, ascending onto the top of the cage. He turns around, steadying himself with a support cable, and leaps for...

[...FLIGHT OVER OSAKA...]

(Moonsault)

...and lands hard on Riot. He holds his shoulder, crying out in pain, and leans back on Riot, putting all his weight on Rob's upper body.

[...ONE...]

[...TWO...]

[...THREE!..]

Bonnie Jenkins: Rob Riot has been eliminated via pinfall, by Raiden Ishimori!

King: And just like that, we have two men gone in two minutes! Raiden and Jack are getting some well needed rest right now.
Hawke: A shame, I was hoping he'd Steal the Dream of everyone in this match and become X*Crown champion!

Cage of Death(The Anomoly vs Zolothoch): Meanwhile, in this cage, Anomoly throws aside the baking sheet, in favor of a steel clain. He takes the chain and wraps it around Zolo's throat, beginning to strangle her while everyone watches in horror. Zolo flails about, pulling herself to the cage, and mule kocks Anomoly, causing him to drop the chain and allowing that sweet, sweet O2 back into her system. She pulls herself up with the cage, and her hand lands on a koi fish. She looks at it, a bit disgusted, but instead reaches for a singapore cane. As Anomoly pulls himself up on the other side, Zolo helps him up, rears back, and takes a swing at Anomoly's head, dropping him to the mat. She stands over him, ready to swing down, but Anomoly pulls a baseball from the cage and uses it to wail her in the... well. You know.

Cage of Barbed Wire(Jackson Steele vs Steve Awesome): Awesome is flailing about, trying to make it out of the sleeper before he succombs and loses his chance at the X*Crown. He then gets an idea, first planting his feet on the ground, then pushing off, launching both himself and Steele into the barbed wire cage. They both stick, blood pouring from fresh and preopened wounds, before Awesome falls to the mat, blood pouring from a cut on his head. Steele follows too, landing on top of Awesome. Awesome's body writhes and jerks in pain, as they both lay on the mat for a moment, slowly stirring. Steele is first to his feet, being younger and hungrier, but Awesome is hot on his heels. Awesome gets to his feet but Steele is already jumping for...

[...z-TRIGGER...]

(v-Trigger)

...which rocks Awesome right into the cage. He sticks to the barbs, and Steele runs again, rebounding for...

[...z-TRIGGER...]

(v-Trigger)

...which nearly topples the cage! Steele pulls Steve off, ignoring his yelps with each barb being torn put of his skin, and smashes him face first on the mat. He rolls Steve over, and whispers sweet nothings in his ear as he pins him.

[...ONE...]

[...TWO...]

[...THREE!..]

Bonnie Jenkins: Steve Awesome has been eliminated via pinfall, by Jackson Steele!

Steele rolls off of Awesome and sees Jack and Raiden sitting around. He looks between them, and then clumbs the cage and into the Cage of Mat Skills.

King: What a shot by Anomoly! Taking the wind out of Zolothoch!
Hawke: Meanwhile, Steve Awesome has been eliminated and Steele is climbing in to meet Ishimori!

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): Steele climbs up and over the top of the cage, looking down at the puny megastar from SBW, before climbing down the cage and getting right in Ishimori's face. They begin to trade blows, lefts and rights as the crowd cheers them on! Ishimori, in a better physical condition than Steele, gains the upper hand, maneuvering him into the corner and trapping him with blows. He steps back, pulling Steele with him by the wrist, and then Steele lashes out, first with a poke to the eye, and then a side-Russian leg sweep to topple the Japanese sensation. Steele mounts Ishimori and begins to pound away, rights and lefts to keep Raiden down. But Ishimori grabs Steele's left arm, moves it around to a Kimura position, but pushes Steele's head away, rotates his body to move his foot over the shoulder and under Steele's chin. He moves into a resting position, before turning his body and cinching in...

[...BONE COLD SEAL...]

(Omoplata/Wristlock Combination)

Cage of Death(The Anomoly vs Zolothoch): Zolothoch folds over, holding her groin. She reaches at the cage, grabbing a trash can and throwing it at Anomoly and nailing him with it. He tumbled back, and grabs a chair on the round, hurling it like a frisbee at her. Zolo catches it, and jumps at Anomoly, swinging the chair wildly. Anomoly gets hit with the first few smacks, then falls to the ground. As she rears back for one final blow, she gets spun around by Jack Diamond, who sneakily entered the fray, and dropped with a right!

King: Ishimori has the Bone Cold Seal applied, while Diamond and Anomoly are teaming up on Zolothoch!
Hawke: Ishimori might break Steele's arm! I love it, what a beautiful submission!
King: Hey Hawke... think we'll see any puppies from Zolo in this match?
Hawke: ...*sigh*

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): Ishimori wrenches the arm of Steele around and properly applies the wristlock within the omoplata, and Steele is screaming and squirming, alll the while Raiden has an emotionless look on his face. Steele squirms, trying to make his way out, but has no where to go! Finally, he turns his hard around and jams both fingers into Raiden's eyes, blinding him and causing him to release the hold. Steele rolls over, holding his left arm tenderly. Both men make it to their feet, and begin to trade blows again! Steele, at an obvious disadvantage, irish whips Ishimori right into the ref! The ref collapses and Ishimori checks down on him. But from behind comes Steele, with a flurry of fists that takes Ishimori down to the ground.

Cage of Death(The Anomoly vs Zolothoch vs Jack Diamond): Jack offers a hand to Anomoly, but he pushes Jack off, intent on finishing off Zolo. Jack shrugs and sits in the corner, smiling as he gets a front row seat on the hardcore action. Anomoly turns, and is cracked upside the head with a broom handle that snaps clean in half! Anomoly stumbles back, grabs at a toy lightsaber, turns it on and cracks Zolo upside the head! The crowd cheer for the violence on display! Anomoly takes another swing, and smashes it over her head, finally felling her to the mat. But he's not done. He picks Zolo up and on his shoulders, spinning to face Jack, and swings her down for...

[...RAGNORAK...]

(One Winged Angel)

..hooking the leg while staring Jack in the eyes.

[...ONE...]

[...TWO...]

[...THREE...]

Bonnie Jenkins: Zolothoch has been eliminated via pinfall, by The Anomoly!

King: And just like that, we're down to our final four! Raiden Ishimori, Jackson Steele, Jack Diamond, and The Anomoly!
Hawke: Somebody needs to get Jack out of here! We can't have an AWF guy winning the title!
King: Well, if Anomoly can beat him down enough, you won't have to worry about him winning.
Hawke: Kick his ass, Anomoly!

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): Steele relentlessly punches, elbows, assaults the head and shoulder of Ishimori, not relenting because there's no ref to tell him otherwise! He lifts Ishimori to his feet, and smashes his face intentionally against the cage, to the crowds delight and probably to Mongo's dismay. He then notices Ishimori's taped up right hand, and evil thoughts come to mind. He stand's on Ishimori's shoulder, and then places his other foot gingerly on Ishimori's hand. He then puts all his weight on ishimori's hand, and lifts his foot up to stomp on Ishimori's hand...

Cage of Death(The Anomoly vs Jack Diamond): Jack now stands up and kicks Zolo out of the ring, getting face to face with the former AXW Undisputed Champion. They both look out to the fans, as this is a dream match that everyone has looked forward to for ages. They circle each other, Anomoly picking up his trusty crowbar, Diamond nabbing a baseball bat. Anomoly picks up the baseball from earlier and throws it at Jack who cracks it out of the park! A frenzy of fans all move in to catch the ball. Meanwhile, Jack and Anomoly both charge each other. Jack swings first, and Anomoly somersaults under his swing and mule kicks him in the leg in the process. With Jack down to a knee, Anomoly swings the crowbar hard, cracking him in the jaw and toppling him with a sickening thud. Jack doesn't move, he's out cold. Anomoly takes the crowbar and climbs out of the cage, sitting atop the structure, waving at Hawke.

King: Don't do that Steele! Raiden has a whole career ahead of him!
Hawke: Yes! Pin him Anomoly, he's gotta be out cold now!.. Wait, what are you doing, you idiot! Pin Jack! Don't wave at me!

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): Steele goes to stomp on Raiden's hand, but Raiden turns over and lands a hard boot to the jaw of Steele. Raiden turns around and locks in a Dis-Arm-Her type armbar, wrenchin that bad arm of Steele. He screams, and pulls himself to the ropes. He looks back at the ref, but sees he's still out cold from the ref bump he caused. This was coming back to bite him in the ass. Raiden spins around, transitioning the hold to a kimura, and begins to transition to the Bone Cold Seal. He leans over Steele, whispering how bad he'll be fighting with a broken arm, and that's when two feet stomp his back. Anomoly jumped off the cage and flattned both foes. Steele screams, the sudden jolt torquing his arm in a scary way. Raiden, though, lies flat on his back, looking up at the masked warrior.

King: Anomoly taking the fight right to his foes.
Hawke: He's an idiot for not taking out Diamond while he had the chance.

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele vs The Anomoly): Anomoly picks up his crowbar, twirling it around in the air and laughing as he does it. He nudges the referee, who slowly begins to stir. But he doesn't notice it and thinks he's still out. He takes the crowbar and begins to wack Raiden and Steele, one after the other, over and over. He's the only man standing tall, the other contender's bodies limp at his feet. He then stands over Steele, and lifts his head up with the curved part of the crowbar. He then rears back, and smashes the crowbar over Steele's limp body, laughing sadistically. Suddenly, the crowbar is yanked from his hand, as the referee has gotten up and taken note of the disqualifiable work Anomoly has done. A look of fear comes over Anomoly, and he starts to argue with the ref, begging and pleading to not be disqualified. He's on his knees, holding the front of the ref's shirt, nearly sobbing, saying he didn't know which ring he was in. The ref looks hesitant for a moment, but then gestures towards Bonnie.

Bonnie Jenkins: Due to the blatent foreign object attacks in the Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills, The Anomoly has been disqualified!

King: Serves him right! Using illegal weapons in the ring!
Hawke: That's BS! The ref should have given him a second chance!
King: He didn't need a chance, it was a blatent DQ! But now, we're down to our final 3! Raiden, Jack, and Steele!
Hawke: Anomoly was robbed!

Cage of Xtreme Mat Skills(Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): Anomoly takes the ref on his shoulder, in position for his finisher...

[...RAGNORAK...]

(One Winged Angel)

...and plants the ref firmly on the mat. Security begins to come in, to escort Anomoly out of the match. He fights them off, but the numbers overcome him and he's carried off to the back as the crowd sings...

[...NA NA NA NA! NA NA NA NA! HEY, HEY, HEY! GOODBYE!..]

Raiden begins to stir, making it to his feet. He notices the pulp that's now Steele, the slowly stirring Jack, and the mangled ref. He walks to the cage and yells at Jack. Jack looks up feebly, but nods, understanding what's being asked of him. Jack takes a table and sets it up in the Cage of Death, while Raiden picks up Steele in a fireman's carry to the top of the cage. He uses a cable as support, and lifts Steele up...

King: No, no, no! Don't do this Raiden!
Hawke: This is suicide! I love it!

Cage of Death(Jack Diamond vs Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): ...and leaps off the cage for...

[...OKAMI DRIVER...]

(Double Underhook Sitout Powerbomb)

[...HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!..]

...sending Steele through the table, and him too. Steele isn't moving, as Jack applauds his efforts. Raiden tells Jakc to set up some chairs, for he as intent to finish off Steele. Jack sets up the chairs, and Ishimori picks up Steele. He then spinning heel picks Steele, turns to back, and lifts him up for a falcon arrow on the ctairs! Another "Holy shit!" chant echos through the arena, and Ishimori poses for the fans. He then sees a Koi fish, and walks over to it, eyeing the big SOB, before yanking it down and holding it in the air, for cheers.

King: Ishimori is the favorite to win, I reckon!
Hawke: Me too. He's dominating the legend killer and POWER Steele!

Cage of Death(Jack Diamond vs Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): Raiden begins to swing the fish around, ready to smack whoever gets up first with it.

[...KOI! KOI! KOI! KOI!..]

Steele slowly stirs, pulling himself out of the wreckage of the table. He uses the turnbuckles to stand up, and turns around and is smacked hard across the face with the fish! Smacked so hard, the fish "explodes," making the blood and guts go all over Steele!

King: Gross!
Hawke: I think I'm gonna be sick...

Cage of Death(Jack Diamond vs Raiden Ishimori vs Jackson Steele): Steele stands there, shaking. Mouth slightly agape, and the stench of rotten fish overcoming him. That look of shock turns to rage as he picks up a fake leg and charges at Raiden, jamming the heel of the leg into Raiden's gut. As he's doubled over, Steele grabs a unicorn pool floatie and puts it around Raiden's waist, then blows it up so it holds Raiden's arms around him. Immobilized, Steele takes a peg leg and begins to wail on Raiden, beating him to a bloody pulp and busting him open. The mat is painted with blood as Steele brings Raiden up, grabs his arm, and...

[...CITIZEN KANEMAKER...]

(Rainmaker Lariat)

...but Steele's not done. Raiden flips completely over but lands on his knees. Steele runs the ropes, rebounding for...

[...Z-TRIGGER...]

(V-Trigger)

...and with that, Raiden collapses, unable to go on. Steele pulls off the floatie, and makes a cover.

[...ONE...]

[...TWO...]

[...THREE...]

Bonnie Jenkins: Raiden Ishimori has been eliminated via pinfall, by Jackson Steele!

King: We're down to our final two! Jackson Steele and Jack Diamond!
Hawke: No, no, no! Steele, you better win this! Don't let AWF bring the X*Crown home!

Cage of Death(Jack Diamond vs Jackson Steele: And just like that, Raiden's eliminated. Jackson turns around to see Jack on a knee. He runs the ropes, ready to end the match, rebounding for...

[...Z-TRIG-NO!..]

He runs for the Z-Trigger, but stops dead in his tracks! Jack Diamond snags an eggplant and holds it out at Steele. Steele looks at it in horror, before running to the other side of the cage and climbing the wall. Steele is nearing the top when Jack grabs his foot, and yanks him down for...

[...STACKED DECK...]

(Cutter)

...a Stacked Deck from 10 feet up in the air! And the way Steele landed, he got a face full of eggplant! Jack rolls him over, hooking the leg.

[...ONE...]

[...TWO...]

[...THREE...]

Bonnie Jenkins: Jackson Steele has been eliminated via pinfall. Therefore, the winner of thie match, and NEW X*Crown Champion, Jack Diamond!

King: He did it! Against all odds, being put though a glass wall and chairs and other things, Jack has won the X*Crown Championship for a second time! He joins the ranks of Rat Bastard and Hardcore Harry who are two time X*Crown Champions!
Hawke: This is BS! Jack never should have won! An AWF guy shouldn't have won. I will complain to Mongo about this.

The cages raise up, and Jack Diamond pulls himself to his feet as the symbolic "X" holding all the championships is lowered. One by one, through the confetti and blaring of "Ace of Spades," Jack takes all the championships off of the structure and puts them around his waist, legs, arms. He climbs up the center turnbuckle and lifts his belts high in the air, as the show faces to the Night of Champions IX logo, and then fades to black.

[The Anomoly]

Anomoly: This is bullshit! I was robbed! That ref never should have been up! I call 100% BS! 

If Jack Diamond has any balls, he'll come down to AXW our next Anonymous TV and fight me one on one, with the belt on the line.

(OOC: Fantastic show. Good work all around!) 

[ForeverKuroi]

"And the sun can't stop us now!"
(The show is held at a time where it's night for most of the XHF Network Community.)

[Harold Campbell]

*Hardcore Harry roams around backstage stumbling around. Everyone who walks past him avoids eye contact as he's fumbling around with his anger*

HARRY: no, you see. The person who gets eliminated first should get the title. Yeah... Yeah... It makes sense. Especially the one who tussles with glass and puts their life on the line each and everytime I show up. I mean the rules to these matches are ridiculous enough. Just pay me my dues... Give me a mulligan. And hand it over to me. We know 1 time out of 50, I would be walking out with the title anyways. It should just be welded to this well oiled machine of a body at this point.


*Harry leaves over and breathes deep for a minute or two*


HARRY: I think what happened tonight is a travesty. And as soon as I get my personal doctor to look over me and get the thumbs up... I will be back. There's no doubt...


*Harry nearly falls over*


HARRY: there's no doubt I'll be back in the main event. And be handed the x crown title for the 3rd fricken time. No doubt I'll be cleared.


*Curtis Kanyon walks up to Harry*


CURTIS: umm... You have a giant piece of glass in your head.

HARRY: ....







*Fades out*




Great show guys.