XHF NETWORK AND J-ROK PRESENT: END OF DAYS WEEK 1

[Dylan]

The XHF Network, in association with Japanese Renaissance of Kakuto, Proudly Presents: End of Days Week 1
Date: September 27th, 2020
Tokyo Dome In Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan
Capacity: 60,000
Attendance: 20,000 (Masks required)

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♫♫Konpeki no KAATEN ni kokoro wo kakushite
Mabushii asahi wo SHATTOAUTO
Kurayami to kankaku ga SHINKURO shita naraba
Boku no naka no kaibutsu ga abaredasu'n da♫♫

The band Unlimits can be seen playing their song Shutout on the stage as we pan across the packed Tokyo Dome Arena. Pyro goes off as the song finishes up and the fans cheer loudly. we settle down to the commentators at ringside.

Psycho KGB: "(Welcome everyone! this is Psychedelic Violence; Crime of Visual Shock: End of Days Week 1! and boy was that a mouth full! I'm Psycho KGB, next to me is the lovely MUSHI. And we are here LIVE in a packed Tokyo Dome tonight for not only End of Days, but some of the most anticipated matches in the last few months MUSHI.)"

MUSHI: "(We are packed with the max 20,000 fans we're allowed to have in attendance tonight. But don't worry fans, this is going to be one great card! We have 4 EoD matches and 2 Tag Team Tournament matches, not to mention the long awaited match with Brad Swann and STRiFE for the J-ROK Visual Kei Championship, but also the tag team championship match between SKY Force and Dodo-A-Gogo for the J-ROK Power Ballad, IJWF Tag Team, Rose City Tag Team, and XHF Tag Team Championships!)"

Psycho KGB: "(This and so many more matches. The X*Crown match added on last minute between Esmerelda Kanyon, Deco, Wolf Fang Ayame and Dylan Black! Not to mention Rat Bastard makes his return to a J-ROK Ring fighting against a young lady who's been making waves in J-ROK for some time now, Momoko Honda! so much more to come later on tonight folks.)"

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(The Tron shows Psychotic Goth and Vampira surrounded by red and green smoke and in the background there are goths who are dressed in red robes.
There is what looks like an altar in front of him which he stands behind him his face covered with his waist length dark hair.)

Vampira: "Tonight at End Of Days James Mueller your days are numbered in this tournament and you shall suffer greatly at the hands of my husband Psychotic Goth."

Psychotic Goth: "James Mueller is the use of washed up celebrities and Marvel D-list comic book characters the best you can do when it comes to your pathetic promos. You are a fool to believe that your two promos are the best you can come up with. If it is then you are truly pathetic and so is where you come from."

Vampira: "He comes from a place called G.U.N.S."

Psychotic Goth: "So it is Vampira. It's rather obvious that you are mediocre and not worthy of such a esteemed tournament and yet here you are James wasting your time and efforts trying to win. Why did you bother James. You needed attention for yourself and your pathetic fed G.U.N.S. being they need all the attention they can get since nobody knows you exist anyway."

(He laughs and speaks in an ancient Japanese dialect.)

Psychotic Goth: "Imagine you think you are an anime character now and then you are friends with Screech Powers or shall I say Dustin Diamond. Imagine you are friends with a convicted felon when he attacked someone with a knife claiming self-defense. Oh the company you keep tells everyone something doesn't it James."

(Psychotic Goth yells in an ancient Japanese dialect as the ringsiders chant Psychotic Goth's name as a hooded goth hands him a poster of Dustin Diamond which he puts through the shredder shredding the poster.)

Psychotic Goth: "You needed him to look up both me and the match that we are going to be in? Unlike me who enjoys this kind of match that we are about to step into the ring and try to kill each other. Maybe you can wear that sweater John Stamos knitted in that GEICO commercial to see if it's electrical resistant with the exception of static shock."

(He laughs maniacally as one of the hooded goths hands him a poster of John Stamos which he shreds in a shredder.)

Psychotic Goth: "Maybe you can dress your blue dog up to look like you and he'll take the punishment for you so you don't have to suffer from the pain I shall deal out to you. You see I enjoy pain and suffering. It's what I enjoy the best when it comes to any kind of hardcore style match and why I am such a maniac."

(Psychotic Goth roars in an ancient Japanese dialect as the ringsiders roar with him.)

Psychotic Goth: "Why not put your friend Whiplash in the ring with me being you need someone who's equipped to take electrical shocks and deliver them as well. Then again Mickey Rourke is too much above your paygrade and he wouldn't accept any amount of money if he had to take me on. Then again his very short boxing career showed he wasn't quite the worthy champion he imagined himself to be either."

(He laughs demonically as a hooded goth hands him a movie poster of Mickey Rourke's movie "The Wrestler.")

Psychotic Goth: "Of course he was almost something when he tried to impersonate a professional wrestler but fate gave him Whiplash and a phony Russian accent which was even more laughable. Reminds me of you James and your promos. Who knows maybe some shocks to your brain will help you to see true reality but then again you'll be too drunk and won't feel it or maybe you'll think it tickles and then you wake up to see Tiffani Amber-Thiessen or even Lori Loughlin since they are obviously in your fantasy world."

(Psychotic Goth roars louder in an ancient Japanese dialect as the ringsiders roar too as he shreds the poster.)

Psychotic Goth: "We all know you'll be thinking this match will be set in your version of the Firefly Fun House where you'll have the Bayside High Gang running interference but I'll take care of AC Slater and your manager Zach Morris while my wife will take care of your female groupies Kelly, Lisa and Jessie and I'll maul your managers Zach Morris and Jon Stamos and bodyguard Whiplash."

(He laughs maniacally as a hooded goth comes up to him and he takes the poster with the cast of Saved By The bell and puts it in the shredder.)

Psychotic Goth: "What are you going to do about it James. You going to sick your other imaginary D-list friends on me. You going to get Spider-Man to deal with big bad me? You going to grab a bottle of whiskey to escape into your own world to beat me up or hide behind Black Widow and Elecktra to deal with big bad me."

(Psychotic Goth laughs demonically again before lowering his head and raising his arms flinging his head up revealing his pale handsome goth like looks.)

Psychotic Goth: "James Mueller beware of my wrath and my fury. I shall make sure the violence is ramped up and I shall not stop hurting you and I shall increase the pain. I hope to enjoy those shocks as well and I shall make sure that you see how much I enjoy receiving it as well. It is a Electric Shock Death Match after all. Please bring your imaginary friends to watch your suffering and my advancing to the next round of End Of Days. Prepare to suffer James since it's not going to be pretty and your blood shall be Chaos King's. Thus I have spoken and thus I shall make this omen come true."

(He roars as the Tron goes black and the scene slowly fades to black.)

Psychotic Goth: "Maybe you'll be saved by Tony Stark in his Iron Man costume seeing you love Whiplash. Then again why not get your Avengers friends seeing you'll need everyone you can recruit to save your ass."

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Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is a Shock Cage Deathmatch and the winner will be the one to escape through the top of the cage and get both feet to the floor outside. This is also a round one match in the End of Days tournament. Featuring first the challenger...James Mueller!)"

The opening notes of “On GP” by Death Grips begins to play over the arena speakers as television static fades in on the video feeds over the stage. As the beat picks up, flashes of James Mueller hitting opponents with fist strikes, stomps on hands, wrestling moves, and weapons change can be seen throughout the video, along with “GUNS” and “JAMES MUELLER” as text flash through as well. As the vocals kick in around :22 seconds, James Mueller emerges from the back, wearing his exoskeleton suit that he had finished building just the week prior. The whips in both of his hands spark with electricity flowing through them, sparking against the metal stage. James whips them around a bit for show as the lights dim down to better show just how much voltage is running through these whips.

Behind James is a long orange extension cord going back into the backstage area, running a line into the exoskeleton suit. James whips at some of XHF’s security as they try to keep him from going any further down the ramp, but none of them dare to go anywhere near his range. James continues down the ramp before he feels a tug and stumbles back a few. He tries to go forward again but is tugged once again. He forces himself forward but the tension on the orange extension cord coming from his exoskeleton suit comes off and lays on the ramp, totally disengaging himself with power. The lights and the whips themselves power off and James is left with a decision. He decides to strip himself of the exoskeleton jacket and leaves it on the ramp as he continues to the ring.

MUSHI: "(I thought he had built an arc reactor to power that thing?)"

PsychoKGB: "(This isn’t an Iron Man comic book.)"

MUSHI: "(Right. I knew that.)"

Fumio Daemura: "(And his opponent...Psychotic Goth!)"

Evil green mist bellows out of the ring entrance as a woman screams and Psychotic Goth laughing maniacally as "Welcome To Your Death" by Annihilator plays and Vampira leads Psychotic Goth to ringside in chains while holding Psychotic Goth's homemade weapon. He ignores the ringsiders and stops at the ring for Vampira to unlock the chains and Psychotic Goth rubs his wrists hard as he climbs the ringsteps and enters the ring and stands in his corner. He slowly takes off his trenchcoat and jewelry before he lowers his head and raises his arms before throwing his head back revealing his pale handsome gothlike looks looking and snarling like a demonic maniac crazed and intimidating as he is given his homemade weapon and he caresses it before placing it in his corner for Vampira to hold until it's time for Psychotic Goth to use it.

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END OF DAYS TOURNAMENT ROUND ONE MATCH
Shock Deathmatch, 60 min time limit
James Mueller vs. Psychotic Goth

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The steel cage is lowered around the pair as the bell rings to start the match. Psychotic Goth runs across the ring with his homemade weapon in hand as he howls in an ancient Japanese dialect. He swings the weapon at James, but he ducks under the blow, and punches Goth in the gut hard enough to make him drop the weapon.

James takes a step back and hits a strong style kick to the chest that knocks Goth back a few steps.

MUSHI: "(Now for those of you who don’t know. Two walls are electrified and two walls are barb wired. All to make it next to impossible to escape this cage.)"

PsychoKGB: "(I think Mueller is going to use the cage to his advantage.)"

James gets Goth up into a suplex position, turns, and drops Goth so that his back bounces off of the top rope and sends him bouncing face first into one of the cage walls with the barbed wire. Goth slides down the wall for a few inches before getting caught up in the barbed wire. James Mueller walks across the ring to the electrified side. He reaches out as if to touch the electrified steel cage wall, but decides against it.

Psychotic Goth lets out a howl of pain as he rips himself away from the barbed wire cage wall. He steps into the ring and glares at James as blood trickles from many wounds across his body. Goth charges at James, but James grabs him, and sends him to the ropes. On the rebound, James goes for a clothesline, but Goth ducks under it and continues running. On the next pass, Goth goes for a spear, but James easily sidesteps the charge. Goth goes through the ropes and slams face first into the electrified cage wall. He lets out a scream of pain as he is stuck there for a few seconds before the power cycles off to release him. Goth stands up, feeling his red and already blistering face to go with his many barbed wire wounds.

Goth charges at James again, James being ready for the charge. However, Goth shifts gears. He runs to the corner of the ring where his homemade weapon is, grabs it, and rushes back at James. He slams James in the side of the head with it knocking James to the corner.

MUSHI: "(That homemade weapon of Goth’s is no joke.)"

PyschoKGB: "(That’s why James should have brought a longer extension cord.)"

James leans in the corner, blood dripping from the side of his head in a steady stream. Goth slams him in the side of the head with the weapon again, sending blood splattering away from his face to sizzle against the electrified wall. Goth sends the end of the weapon into James’ gut before tossing the weapon to the side. He grabs James by the shoulders, hitting several knee strikes to the gut, before whipping the man across the ring into the other corner.

Goth rushes across the ring, hitting a stinger splash. He grabs Mueller by the head and sends him face first into the barbed wire wall! James falls down to the ring apron, his cheek being torn by the barbed wire as he falls.

Psychotic Goth walks over to an electrified fence wall, stepping through the ropes. He puts his hands near the cage as if deciding whether or not he wants to try to climb the cage or not.

MUSHI: "(I don’t think that’s a good idea.)"

PsychoKGB: "(Is there any good way out of this cage?)"

MUSHI: "(Well...no.)"

James Mueller gets up, seeing that Goth is preoccupied with the electric side, decides to start climbing up the barbed wire side. He picks his hand holds very carefully as to avoid getting his hands ripped up. Psychotic Goth sees James climbing and makes his way across the ring. James sees him climb out onto the apron. He leaps off of the cage wall, bounces his back off of the ropes while grabbing Goth by the back of the head, and slams his face into the barbed wire cage wall with all of his momentum! James’ feet hit the floor and he rips Goth’s face away from the wall with a splatter of blood. With a scream of rage, James slams Goth’s face into the barbed wire cage, rips it away, and repeats several times.

James Mueller gets into the ring, waiting for Psychotic Goth to recover and come into the ring. James slips behind Goth, gets him up into a seated position onto his shoulders, and hits the one winged angel to lay Goth out in the middle of the ring!

James gets up. He looks to the electrified cage walls and shakes his head no. He looks to the barbed wire cage walls and shakes his head no. He puts his hand on his chin and looks as if he’s in thought.

MUSHI: "(There’s no door, all of the walls are dangerous. How is James planning on getting out of the cage?)"

PsychoKGB: "(I’m sure he’ll think of something.)"

James looks around again and then to the downed Goth before he dramatically outs his hand into the air!

MUSHI: "(What is he doing?)"

PyschoKGB: "(Not sure? Wait! Look!)"

a rope drops down from the rafters above. James grabs it and is lifted above the cage. Goth screams in an ancient japanese dialect before climbing the cage desperately.

Psychotic Goth gets to the top of the steel cage as James Mueller lets go of the rope and drops to the hard floor. Goth vents his frustration to the gods as the bell sounds to signal his defeat.

Psychotic Goth drops down to inside of the ring so that the cage can be turned off and lifted up into the air so medics can come down to check on both wrestlers, who are bleeding from many wounds.

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match and going on to round two of the End of Days tournament...James Mueller!)"

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Psycho KGB: “(These two stables have been at each others throats for months now. Seemingly starting with Olympia challenging for the Visual Kei Championship and the King of Hokkaido Tournament when Kenjiro fought and beat both Kira and Carnivore.)”

MUSHI: “(That’s right Psycho-San. Speaking of Masters of The Mat these men have to face Purple Emperors later tonight in a Tables, Ladders, and Bears match. You can bet your ass they’ll want to end this one as quickly as they can!)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is set for one fall at a 30 minute time limit! Introducing first, in the red corner, at a combined weight of 425 pounds, they are the duo of Kira Izumi and Carnivore… They are The Masters of The Mat!)”

Both men make their way to the ring and pose when their names are called in the grandest stage in all of Japan.

Fumio Daemura: “(And their opponent in the blue corner, at a combined weight of 347 pounds, representing Kado, they are Kenjiro and Michiru Kurokawa!)”

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J-ROK MATCH
J-ROK Tag Team Match; 30 Minute Time Limit
Masters of The Mat (Kira Izumi and Carnivore) vs. Kado (Kenjiro Kurokawa and Michiru Kurokawa)

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It’s Carnivore and Kenjiro starting things off for this one. Both men don’t waste any time trying to feel one another out. They know each other all too well after the last few months. Counters to most of their common moves can be seen from both men. Stiff chops and forearms galore! Both are just beating the tar out of one another!

Kenjiro catches a punch from Carnivore and drops him with a short arm lariat. He picks him back up and whips him into the ropes. Carnivore dodges the lariat and runs the ropes again. He comes back with a running knee. Kira comes in from a sneak tag and MOTM gets Kenjiro off guard. Kira hits Kurokawa with a quick backstabber before Carnivore hits him with a sliding knee.

MUSHI: “(Bai Bai connects! These guys really are trying to get things done quickly!)”

Psycho KGB: “(Izumi throwing Kurokawa out of the ring, but looks like Michiru reached out just before… Oh!)”

MUSHI: “(Indeed she did! Izumi didn’t notice and got clocked with a double footstomp to the back of Izumi as he tried to dive out with that suicide dive!)”

She picks up Izumi and throws him back into the ring. Michiru starts to lay in some strikes and suplexes onto Kira. really giving him a beating. She keeps beating him down hitting him with strikes for a while longer before he makes a comeback.

Kira unleashes a killer series of strikes onto Michiru before throwing her into the corner. She kicks him out of the ring before climbing to the top. Carnivore holds her on the middle rope, creating some space and time for Kira to get back up. He climbs to the top ropes on the opposite side of the ring and runs on the ropes. He charges towards her and hits her with a shining wizard he calls the Itami no Izumi, she had an arm up though, and he grabbed it, transitioning that unorthodox Itami no Izumi into an Izumi Special arm bar off the middle rope!

The submission is locked in tight now, but Kenjiro breaks it after a short while, keeping his teams hopes of winning alive. Carnivore gets tagged in eventually as Kenjiro and Kira start fighting outside the ring and brawl with one another up the rampway. Michiru hits Carnivore with the Bloody Tears jumping knee strike. Carnivore goes into the ropes and comes back with a furious head butt. Michiru back up, her knees weak. Carnivore hits her again and eventually hitting that Face the Music gts. A cover and count.

One!

Kenjiro comes charging from the ramp.

Two!

Kenjiro slides into the ring, but his food is grabbed by Kira just a hair behind him.

Three!

And that’s all she wrote for this one.

Fumio Daemura: “(You’re winners of this match, Kira Izumi and Carnivore… Masters of The Mat!)”

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The masked owner of J-ROK appears on screen. They have a trophy and the Rose City Tag Team Belts on their desk.

J-ROK Owner: "(I'd like to announce that as of tonight Rose City and J-ROK have come to an agreement to merge our tag team titles together. With the upcoming closure of the promotion they decided to give us their tag team championships. If the winners of the Rose City Tag Team Championship fall in the 4 Title Tag Team match later tonight wins the J-ROK Tag Team Championship fall as well, the Rose City Titles will be merged into the J-ROK titles. If not, they will be defended separately as a secondary Tag Team Championship for a brief while.)"

The crowd ooos and aaas at the announcement.

J-ROK Owner: "(But that's not all folks, last year we held a single elimination Tag Team Tournament. This year we will do that tournament again, only this time instead of spanning months, we'll hold the entire tournament on one night! at a date that will later be announced, we will hold the Sakura Tag League in November! And you heard that right, it'll still be called the Sakura Tag League as well!)"

J-ROK Owner: "(Starting in October we will begin to search the entire world for the very best tag teams to compete in this tournament. 32 teams, one night. We hope to see you all there, until then see you all soon.)"

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Fumio Daemura: “(The following is a Tag Team Annihilator First Round Match and is a 3-Strikes match, the first team to secure 3 falls will win the match, standard rules apply. Entering first, at a combined weight of 460 pounds … from Seattle, WA representing MCCW … the “Main Attraction” Death Trap and from Raleigh, NC, representing Fireside, Mistress Discipline … TOP OF THE CLASS)”

*The lights dim down and the Tron shows "Top of the Class" in big gold letters with sparkles. It then cuts to images of Death Trap and Mistress Discipline working together in the 2020 rumble. "2285 Entr'acte" by Dream Theater plays over the speakers. Blue and Gold lights strobe the arena as the stage and ramp light up again and Death Trap and Mistress Discipline hit the stage. Mistress straightens her collar and begins marching to the ring. She gets ten steps away and looks back to see DT still doing his signature pose at the top of the stage. She marches back and grabs his arm and forcibly pulls him down the ramp to the ring as DT high fives fans with his free hand. Mistress rolls into the ring and steps to the center while DT goes up the steps and looks out at the crowd as he steps through the ropes. He leaps to the closest corner and poses again as gold sparks shower from the ceiling. Discipline looks around quite unimpressed by all this hoopla. DT jumps down and the two begin to talk strategy as the lights return to normal.*

MUSHI: “(This team is making its debut but they are hot hot hot! We saw DT defend his X*Crown here and Mistress has been a huge hit on the global stage!)”

Psycho KGB: “(Two submission experts and they get the lucky draw of the one non-deathmatch on the card. Who set this up anyway?)”

Fumio Daemura: “(And their opponents, weighing in at a combined 429 pounds, representing AWF, from Eugene, OR, “The Author” Travis Monroe and from Parris Island, SC, Johnny Sniper … THE SAGA!)”

“Who We Are” by Red hits the speakers. Two spotlights illuminate the stage and the Saga step into them. The two men then walk to the middle of the stage, fist bump, then nonchalantly walk to the ring.

Psycho KGB: “(And here are two of The Saga.)”

MUSHI: “(Will their brand of offense work well against the submission machine of Top of the Class?)”

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TAG TEAM ANNIHILATOR ROUND ONE MATCH
3-Strikes Match, 60 min time limit
The Saga (Sniper and Monroe) vs. Top of the Class

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Death Trap and Johnny Sniper step to the center of the ring. DT extends his hand to Sniper who looks at it confused before shrugging and shaking it. The ref calls for the bell and the two men break and begin circling the ring.

Psycho KGB: "(Death Trap is the more experienced here, but Sniper has the speed and agility advantage over the current MCCW World Champ)"

MUSHI: "(Yes but both of the Saga are primarily strikers while DT and Mistress are mat technicians. Should make for some EXCITING match flow!)"

DT feints in and Sniper unleashes a high kick that DT ducks under. DT smirks in approval. Sniper feints in and DT returns the favor with a high roundhouse. Sniper ducks it as well. The two lunge in for a collar and elbow tie up and DT uses his strength to push Sniper back to the ropes where he spins it and pushes on DT before breaking the grapple and hitting a high dropkick to the sternum. DT bounces of the ropes and into a drop toe hold. Sniper immediately tries for the Full Metal Jacket but DT pulls his first arm through and rolls on top of him with a fujiwara arm bar. Sniper uses all his might to topple DT to the mat freeing him of the hold quickly and then kips up as DT does a pushup into a standing position. DT smiles rubbing his chest while Sniper smirks rotating his left arm. They lunge in again and DT transitions it into a top wrist lock. Sniper drops to the mat rolling forward and kips up to reverse the hold and DT snaps his arm down into a hammerlock. He grabs the rear chin lock as he does to try and weaken the neck of Sniper. Sniper stomps on his foot breaking the hold and DT shoves him to the ropes where he springs up and connects with the springboard enzuigiri. DT barely getting his arms up to deaden the blow.

Psycho KGB: "(HEADSHOT from Sniper to DT. Lucky for DT he was quick enough to block it.)"

MUSHI: "(What a back and forth start to the match.)"

DT shakes out the cobwebs as Sniper charges. DT turns his momentum against him with a high hip toss before crunching him in the face with a pair of knee strikes. Sniper rolls backwards and to his feet holding his jaw. DT hits a pair of punches to the gut and follows it with a knee lift before firing off that signature round house which Sniper just ducks and rolls behind. DT spins and gets a snap mare into a dragon sleeper for his troubles. DT however is familiar with this move and pushes off the mat before dropping Sniper with a jawbreaker. Sniper stumbles as DT gets to his feet. DT hooks a collar and elbow on Sniper and drags him to his corner where Mistress tags herself in. DT releases the hold and boots Sniper in the gut. He spins and gets that echoing slap to the face from MD. He spins into a high kick from DT sending him spiraling into another slap from MD dropping him to the mat. The ref gets DT out of the ring.

MUSHI: "(And here is the 2020 rumble surprise standout Mistress Discipline. Let’s see how she handles former AWF US Champ Johnny Sniper.)"

She gets behind Sniper as he sits up and wrenches both arms back with a knee to the spine.

Psycho KGB: "(Both DT and MD utilize submissions that affect the neck and back. While DT is all about choking you out, Mistress is about contorting your body and letting pain do the work.)"

Sniper yells in pain but when asked whether he submits by the ref he shouts NO! Mistress wrenches back hard on the hold. Sniper breathes rapidly before slamming his head backwards into MD’s nose. She releases the hold and Sniper does a forward roll and dive to tag in Travis Monroe. Monroe storms through the ropes and catches Mistress with a clothesline on the way by. He charges at DT to knock him off the apron but DT drops down to avoid it. Monroe turns and barrels into a standing Discipline with a shoulder block. She falls to the mat. He steps towards her but she springs out and hooks his ankle wrenching him down to the mat. She begins to torque the ankle and wraps the leg up in a grapevine.

Psycho KGB: "(This is the Procedure, a move she has co-opted from Anthony Caffrey after he knocked her partner DT out of the rumble.)"

MUSHI: "(She is still new to it, it seems. Monroe looks to be getting free.)"

Monroe indeed has managed to wriggle to the ropes. Mistress releases the hold and climbs to her feet. She drags Monroe up and he launches a kick to the gut. She catches it however and he looks concerned. SLAP! She unleashes that thunderous slap and Monroe spins away and to the ropes. She grabs him from behind and drops him into the Dunce Cap choke sleeper. Monroe struggles and tries to roll out of it but she has it locked in tight. Johnny Sniper charges into the ring and breaks the hold with a kick to the shoulder of Mistress. He stomps on her twice before the ref backs him off as DT shouts at him. This allows Monroe to get to his feet and send a right hand closed fist right to DT’s reconstructed teeth. DT charges into the ring but the ref stops him. Monroe hauls Mistress to the opposite corner and stands her in the corner where Sniper chokes her with the tag rope. Monroe rains heavy handed shots to the stomach. DT fights even harder to get into the ring as the Saga continue their tag team assault.

Psycho KGB: "(How is she going to get out of this situation?)"

MUSHI: "(OOH LIKE THAT!)"

Mistress does not share DT’s strict adherence to the rules and noticing the ref is still not saving her she lifts a boot to the family jewels of Monroe before turning and crushing Sniper with a discus elbow. DT finally relents and steps to the apron raising his hands in innocence. Mistress picks up Monroe and whips him to her own corner before following him in with a leaping forearm shot to the head. She tags in DT and the two hook Monroe and drop him with a double team snap suplex. DT rolls Monroe onto his stomach and ties up his legs before putting his own knees on his spine and hooking the neck. DT rolls backwards into his modified surfboard stretch!

MUSHI: "(OH DT got Eichi Yamaguchi to tap to this move to defend his MCCW title!)"

Psycho KGB: "(DT is always one submission away from winning any match.)"

Monroe howls in pain. He struggles but the damage is being done. Monroe refuses to tap out however. The Saga are nothing if not persistent. Monroe reaches for the ropes. DT applies more pressure causing him to pull his hands back to his throat to try and free himself. Sniper is now back on the apron holding the tag rope and begging for a tag. Monroe again reaches and tries to wiggle his body and eventually he grabs the rope. DT lets the ref count to three before releasing the hold and using his legs to power Monroe out to the apron under the bottom rope. Monroe gasps for air and holds the bottom rope. DT charges and hits a shining wizard through the ropes dumping Monroe to the floor.

MUSHI: "(Breakdown from DT! Monroe is struggling here.)"

DT backs off as if he is going to leap from the ring but is greeted from behind by Johnny Sniper who sends a flurry of punches to DT sending him off balance and stumbling to the ropes. Sniper whips him off the opposite ropes and on the return hits a float over DDT. The ref is admonishing Sniper to get him back to the apron. Meanwhile Discipline is eyeing up Monroe on the floor. She leaps from the apron with a double axe handle to the spine dropping him right back to the mat. She hauls him to his feet and locks in the Naughty Child.

MUSHI: "(OOOH Look on the outside! Discipline has that triangle choke cinched in tight! Monroe may not be long for this match!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Remember MUSHI this is a first to three falls and DQ’s ARE in effect, she needs to be careful.)"

Sniper backs away and as the ref has control in the ring, Discipline releases her submission and then sends Monroe rolling back into the ring before leaping back onto the apron. DT is slow to his feet shaking his head. Monroe is on the mat holding his throat. DT walks over and tags in Mistress. She enters the ring and cracks her neck. She slowly pulls Monroe to his feet and unleashes a trio of stinging elbow shots to the nose. No blood yet. She kicks him in the left knee dropping him to one knee then follows it with the shining big boot. She pins hooking the far leg.

ONE!
TWO!
Sniper breaks up the pin by diving on top of them.

Psycho KGB: "(Close call for the first pinfall there. Sniper with the save.)"

MUSHI: "(I thought they had that first fall!)"

DT gets in the ring as the ref signals a 2 count. He grabs Sniper from behind and hits a forward Russian leg sweep. He then slides out of the ring and pulls Sniper with him and drops him on the floor. Discipline stands up holding her back from where Sniper attacked her. She reaches down to grab Monroe but he catches her in a small package.

ONE!
TW-Kickout by MD.

Monroe slowly gets to his knees and blocks an incoming slap from Discipline. He powers to his feet and shoves her to the ropes and hits a belly to belly suplex. Discipline arches her back in pain. Monroe winds up and charges her with a running knee strike.

Psycho KGB: "(Monroe Saving the Document. I’m sure he’ll go back for final edits later.)"

He pins.

ONE!
TWO!
THR-Kickout by Discipline.

Monroe is slow to his feet and holding his neck in pain. Outside the ring DT and Sniper are trading punches. Monroe grabs Discipline by her hair as the ref admonishes him. He turns to the ref to argue but Discipline spins to his side and hooks him rolling forward and into the koji clutch!

MUSHI: "(DETENTION! MONROE IS IN DETENTION!)"

Sniper sees this and tries to enter the ring but DT gets him from behind and hits a German Suplex on the outside to keep him down. Monroe struggles but he is all contorted out of shape. Monroe fights it for a little bit but finally decides it is better to fight another day. He taps out.

Fumio Daemura: "(Earning a strike via submission is The Saga.)"

The ref resets everyone to their respective aprons and gives Monroe a chance to recover. Monroe and Discipline stand face to face. The ref starts the match. Monroe moves towards Mistress carefully. They grapple. He uses his strength to push her backwards but she moves with it allowing DT to tag himself in. Monroe breaks the hold and throws her to the canvas by her hair. He then intercepts DT with a series of haymakers. DT is stunned off balance. Monroe hooks him and hits a DDT. He rolls DT over and into the middle of the ring to pin.

ONE!
TW-DT kicks out.

Monroe mounts DT and starts with the ground and pound. Punches rain down. Monroe grabs DT by the head and bounces his head off the mat three times. DT turtles up. Monroe rubs his elbow across DT’s face as the ref admonishes him. DT kicks his right knee up sending Monroe falling forward and DT catches him with a modified triangle. Monroe moves his weight off DT and uses his strength to haul DT to his feet. DT releases the choke but Monroe hooks him for the Re-Write! DT however sends elbows to the side of his head to fight free and then unleashes two crushing rib kicks and a trio of muay thai knees. As Monroe falls down DT unleashes a trio of kawada kicks. Monroe however rolls to his corner and tags in Sniper who springs off the top rope with a springboard dropkick. DT stumbles to the ropes and catches his arms on the top rope to stay standing. Sniper keeps his momentum going with a heart punch. DT grabs his chest and moves to attack Sniper but instead falls face first to the mat.

MUSHI: "(Johnny bringing the fight to DT now!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Sniper wants to get that point back.)"

Sniper picks DT back up and hits a series of knife edge chops. DT is set in the corner. Sniper climbs up and begins raining punches as the crowd counts with him!

ONE!
TWO!
THREE!
FOUR!
FIVE!

DT shoves him off the top rope and he stumbles back but charges in with a corner shining wizard and brings DT out of the corner with a snap mare and a penalty kick to the spine. DT winces in pain and slowly rolls over. Sniper dives on for a pin.

ONE!
TWO!
Mistress breaks it up with an elbow drop to the neck of Sniper. She returns to the apron.

Sniper looks annoyed. He pulls DT to his feet slowly but DT comes to life hooking his head and leg and hitting the cradle DDT he calls the Main Attraction, spiking Sniper’s face onto the mat. DT is too tired to immediately pin however. He slowly regains his awareness and rolls over with an arm draped on Sniper.

ONE!
TWO!
Broken up by a punt to the chest from Monroe.

Monroe rains stomps down on DT’s head. He begins to tell him off before he turns and is crushed by a Final Bell from Mistress Discipline sending him to the mat where he rolls out of the ring. DT is slowly to his knees. Sniper is also pushing to his feet. Mistress goes off the ropes as they stand and hits the Final Bell to Sniper who spins right into the Cut the Strings cutter from DT!

Psycho KGB: "(Oh! And that’s a brutal School’s Out combo from Top of the Class)"

MUSHI: "(DT has transitioned it right into his finisher, the Death Trap, as MCCW fans will have seen this combo many times!)"

The dragon clutch is indeed sunk in. DT is still shaking out the cobwebs but it is in tight. Sniper struggles but he is still loopy from the previous assault to his head. He taps out!

Fumio Daemura: "(Gaining a second strike via submission is the Saga. Top of the Class needs one more point to win.)"

DT releases the hold and rolls to the side catching his breath. The ref allows them to get to their feet. The match is restarted. DT and Sniper tangle and DT sends a few stiff knees to the gut before Sniper hits him with a few forearm shots to the head. DT tries a clothesline but Sniper catches the arm and spins him into a float over DDT. He stays on the mat panting. He slowly stands and tags in Travis Monroe. Monroe comes in and they hit DT with a double back body drop. DT arches his back in agony. Monroe stomps him a few times as he struggles to his feet. DT fights back with fists to the gut but Monroe lifts a knee to the gut. He then hits a big hip toss.

Psycho KGB: "(It appears the plan is to isolate DT from his partner.)"

MUSHI: "(Mistress is the freshest person in the match, so it’s a good strategy to get back into this match.)"

Monroe locks DT in a rear chin lock to try and wear the guy down. DT grits his teeth and tries to fight out. Monroe is just sapping the energy from DT. He eventually releases the hold and steps up with a penalty kick to the chest of DT. He pins.

ONE!
TWO!
DT kicks out with authority.

DT tries to scramble to his corner but Monroe grabs the leg and pulls him back and drops an elbow with theatrics on DT’s head. He pulls DT to his feet and hits a vertical suplex and then tags in Sniper. Sniper springs off the top rope with an elbow drop and pins.

ONE!
TWO!
TH-DT kicks out.

Sniper looks over at Mistress daring her to come in but the ref is also eyeing her up so she doesn’t. Sniper locks DT in a camel clutch. DT howls in pain but refuses to tap out. He slowly pulls Sniper towards the opposite corner where his partner waits. As he gets within reach Sniper leaps and lands on DT with his whole body and then drags him back to his own corner and tags in Monroe. He pulls DT to his feet but DT punches him in the face. Sniper hits him with a headbutt. DT spins right into the spellcheck superkick from Monroe, which spins him into the KILLSHOT from Sniper. DT again spins right into the Re-write. Sniper hangs in the ring to stop Discipline as Monroe pins.

ONE!
TWO!
THREE!

Fumio Daemura: "(Gaining a strike via pinfall, Top of the Class.)"

Psycho KGB: "(A well-coordinated assault plan on DT has earned the Saga their first point.)"

The ref allows everyone a minute and DT to shake the cobwebs out. Monroe intelligently stands in the corner of Top of the Class forcing DT to stand in their corner. The ref restarts the match and DT sprints to tag in MD but Monroe slams him with an STO. He pins.

ONE!
TWO!
THR-kickout!

DT refuses to go down again. Monroe smirks and picks DT up. He sends a sharp right hand to the jaw. DT recoils. Monroe hits another. He tries for a DDT but DT counters into a northern lights suplex. Both men are down. Monroe crawls to Sniper. DT slowly rolls onto his stomach. Sniper is tagged in. DT inches towards Discipline but Sniper dives onto him with a double foot stomp to the spine. He then barrels into the corner and elbows MD off the apron. She is not pleased. Sniper begins laying into DT with stomps. He picks DT up and dropkicks him into the center of the ring. He then backs into the corner to set up for the Lock ‘n Load. As he moves Mistress trips him from outside the ring and he falls face first to the mat.

MUSHI: "(Mistress really wants into this match.)"

Mistress climbs to the apron. DT slowly gets to his feet. He moves in but Sniper pushes up to a kneeling position and hooks him in a front waist lock. DT reaches but Sniper holds onto him. He signals to Monroe who comes barreling in with an axe handle to DT’s head. Unfortunately this sends him out of the grip of Sniper and he tags Mistress on his way to the mat.

Psycho KGB: "(Discipline into the ring like a house of fire! She’s cleaning house!)"

She charges into the ring and hits a knee lift to a kneeling Sniper before flooring Monroe with a lariat. She adjusts her bow and then turns around and grabs Monroe and whips him off the ropes and catches him with a discus elbow. Sniper stands up and gets that thunderous slap again. Monroe slowly climbs to his feet and she hits a huge hip toss and then a kick to the spine. She dives onto him with a basement elbow to the face. The ref now goes to work getting Monroe out of the ring. Sniper chop blocks Mistress from behind. He slowly gets to his feet and moves in for an attack but she kicks her legs out and catches him. She pulls him into the Naughty Child!

MUSHI: "(Is this it? Is Sniper going to tap out?)"

Psycho KGB: "(That would end the match.)"

Sniper is struggling. He eventually musters all his strength to lift her off the mat and slam her in a make shift powerbomb breaking the hold. He stumbles back and tags in Monroe. Monroe slowly enters the ring looking to avoid the deadly submissions. He pulls her to her feet and hits a headbutt. She answers back with a slap. He hits a haymaker. She stumbles but retaliates with a discus elbow. She grapples him and pushes him back into the corner. Sniper blind tags in. Mistress pulls Monroe out and shoots a double leg takedown. She turns around and Sniper leaps off the ropes for a hurricanrana. Somehow she manages to hold herself up by grabbing a rope. She pulls him up into a seated position on her and stumbles towards her corner. Suddenly DT springboards off the top rope with the shining wizard Breakdown as Mistress plants Sniper with authority with her Expulsion sit-out powerbomb.

Psycho KGB: "(HOLY SHIT THAT’S THE PERMANENT RECORD! It has to be over.)"

Mistress holds the pin. DT intercepts Monroe as he charges with the Cut the Strings.

ONE!
TWO!
THREE!

Fumio Daemura: "(That is a third strike via pinfall for the Saga. Winners and advancing to the semifinals of the Tag Team Annihilator … TOP OF THE CLASS!)"

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Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the Jrok Straight Edge championship! Featuring first the challenger...Miguel Diaz!)"

“Power” by Kanye West begins playing as Miguel Diaz appears from the back. He makes his way down to the ring. He rolls into the ring and shadowboxes a few karate strikes and kicks before standing in his corner to wait for his opponent.

PsychoKGB: "(Miguel Diaz looks ready, but can he play by the Straight Edge rules?)"

MUSHI: "(I’m sure he can. It’s not like he has to do a whole ton different from a regular match.)"

PsychoKGB: "(Straight Edge matches are rules heavy. Not even a closed fist is good. That’ll get ya disqualified.)"

MUSHI: "(Right. One just has to be careful in this kind of match.)"

Fumio Daemura: "(And his opponent, the Jrok Straight Edge champion…”the One” Eric Havoc!)"

“Not Strong Enough” by Apocalyptia begins playing as "the One" Eric Havoc walks out with the Straight Edge championship belt around his waist. The fans boo him once he comes into sight as he stops at the entrance stage to frame his belt with his hands like a crowning achievement. He makes his way down to the ring, his eyes locked on Miguel Diaz the entire time. He hands his championship belt off to the referee to be displayed for the crowd and then handed off to the Timekeeper. Eric Havoc just leans in his corner, waiting for the bell to be sounded.

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J-ROK STRAIGHT EDGE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Straight Edge Match; 30 Minute Time Limit
Miguel Diaz vs. Eric Havoc (C.)

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MUSHI: "(Havoc awful confident here. Miguel could defeat him for the championship.)"

PsychoKGB: "(The roof could also cave in during the match and kill us all.)"

MUSHI: "(That's horrible.)"

PyschoKGB: "(That's why we don't focus on what "could be" instead of what's going on in the ring right in front of us.)"

Miguel Diaz walks across the ring to meet Eric Havoc face to face.

Miguel Diaz shoves Eric Havoc, who shoves Miguel back. Miguel comes back with a knife edge chop that is returned by Eric. They go back and forth with the knife edge chops until Miguel hits a bodyslam!

Eric gets right back up, but is knocked back down with a running clothesline. Miguel carries on to the ropes, coming back as Eric gets back to his feet. Eric ducks a second clothesline attempt. Miguel goes to the ropes again and comes back for another clothesline attempt, but Eric steps into Miguel's path. He grabs Miguel and hits a belly to belly overhead suplex.

When Miguel gets up, Eric takes aim, and kicks him in the side of the head! He then pulls Miguel up into a textbook suplex before going for the cover!

One

Tw-Miguel kicks out!

PsychoKGB: "(It's a bit early to be going for the win there.)"

MUSHI: "(Anytime is a good time to try to win.)"

Eric stands up and pulls Miguel to his feet and grabs for him, but Miguel hits a few punches. He rears back his fist for another blow, but the ref catches his arm from behind. He spins Miguel around and admonishes him for punching. Eric grabs Miguel from behind and hits a German suplex. Eric jumps up and kicks Miguel in the ribcage before stomping on him a few times for good measure.

Miguel manages to sit up, but is the victim of a leaping basement dropkick. Eric is back up, watching Miguel for a moment before lunging down to hit an elbow strike to the side of the head.

Eric gets Miguel up and slips behind him to start locking him for the katahajime suplex, but Miguel brings him down for a cutter instead!

Miguel goes for the pinfall!

One
Two
Th-Eric kicks out!

PsychoKGB: "(Miguel almost became champion right there!)"

MUSHI: "(He still has the chance to become champion. He just needs to keep it up.)"

Miguel pulls Eric back to his feet and applies an armbar. However, he's too close to the ropes so that Eric can easily stretch out and reach the ropes for a break.

Miguel breaks the hold and whips Eric into the ropes. On the rebound, Miguel goes for a clothesline, but Eric ducks under. He puts on the brakes and lunges backwards to slam an elbow into the back of Miguel's head to send Miguel face first to the mat.

Miguel is back up quickly, but Eric is on the run to bounce off the ropes. He locks up with Miguel in the rebound, hitting a neckbreaker, and then going for the pinfall!

One
Two
Thre-Miguel gets a shoulder up!

MUSHI: "(That was soo close!)"

PyschoKGB: "(I thought he had it for sure.)"

Eric Havoc gets Miguel Diaz up into position for the Devestation (Pedigree) when he sees Randy Angel across the ring jumping up onto the apron with flash in hand. Randy waves and takes a long nip from the flask.

Eric motions to the referee to have him get Randy Angel down. The ref runs over to yell at Randy to get him to get down off of the apron.

In the meantime, Miguel holds onto Eric's legs, stands up, and drops Eric onto his head! He cinches in the Cuban Lock (Kimura Lock) as Randy jumps down and points this fact out.

The ref checks to see if Eric will submit to see that he's out cold. He signals for the bell to be sounded.

MUSHI: "(What the heck? Randy helped Miguel win the match?)"

PyschoKGB: "(Sure seems that way.)"

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match and NEW Jrok Straight Edge Champion...Miguel Diaz!)"

Randy Angel salutes Miguel Diaz with a laugh and takes another long pull from his flask before heading to the back. Miguel frowns at the sight of Randy, but celebrates his title win in the ring.

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Backstage in the locker room, a roadie named Brian is looking around. He looks down the rows of lockers as if he’s searching for someone. Finally, he speaks up.

Brian: Nathan? Nathan Parker?

Brian walks to where Nathan’s assigned locker is and looks around with a frown. The locker is open so he should be somewhere nearby.

Brian: Nathan! You’re supposed to be by the entrance to be called for your match!

Parker: I’m not going.

Brian frowns, not seeing anyone in the row with him.

Brian: Nathan? Where are you?

Parker: Down here!

Brian looks down and sees that Nathan Parker is laying in full ring gear underneath the bench. How did he miss seeing Nathan?

Brian: What are you doing under here, man? You got a match to go wrestle!

Parker: I can’t go out there. I’m sick. I can’t go on. Just let Pepe know that he wins the match by default.

Brian sighs.

Brian: Is this a sick in the head kind of thing? I heard you were sick in the head. What did they call it? Bipolar disease. Dude, you gotta go out there and wrestle.

Parker: I won’t do it. I won’t go. You can’t make me go! I told you I’m sick! I’ll puke if it makes you feel any better about me being sick.

Brian: You gotta be fucking kidding me, man. A grown man acting like a crybaby. Do you have any medicine that you should be taking? I mean, you fucking should be on something. Let’s see.

Brian sorts through Nathan’s locker, looking through his clothes and other belongings to try to find some kind of prescription drug that will make him all better. All he finds is a fifth of vodka. He shrugs, it’s better than nothing. He takes the bottle out of the locker and shakes it at Nathan.

Brian: Would you go wrestle for a Parker snack? Hmm? Would ya?

Nathan sees the bottle of vodka being dangled in front of him and swallows hard.

Parker: Maybe.

Brian: Will you or won’t you? I ain’t got all fucking night.

Nathan comes out from under the bench and stands up. He takes the bottle of vodka from Brian and pops the top. He begins drinking from the bottle and doesn’t stop drinking until it’s empty. He hands the empty bottle to Brian and belches loudly.

Parker: Alright...I’ll go fuck him up.

Nathan staggers past Brian and heads toward the waiting area.

Parker: I’m going to go fuck up a Mexican!

Brian: He’s not Mexican!

Parker: Whatever!

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Fumio Daemura: “(The following match is a Tag Team Annihilator Quarterfinal and is a Tables, Ladders, and Bears match! Entering first, representing PURE here in J-ROK … at a combined weight of 425 pounds, Kira Izumi and Carnivore … THE MASTERS OF THE MAT!)”

"Figure.09" by Linkin Park blares over the PA system as Carnivore and Kira come down the entrance ramp. They are riding bears! That is to say they are on those sticks with pony heads but with bear heads instead. It’s quite silly. Carnivore only even acknowledges fans who are wearing Carnivore mask or shirts.

MUSHI: “(Here comes Masters of the Mat to represent J-ROK in the tag tourney!)”

Psycho KGB: “(They do seem banged up though. Kira is favoring his back slightly and Carnivore’s head dome is dented.)”

The arena's lights go off and the fans immediately launch into a roaring pop at the sounds of Fall Out Boy's "My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark" and the sight of their former X-Crown Champion. Anthony Caffrey takes a few moments to stand up at the top of the ramp, looking out at his Japanese faithful before heading down to the ring. He is wearing his mask for safety, and his tights read "CAFF" on the back.

Once Caffrey stops looking to the fans, he locks eyes with the opposition. He does not break eye contact with tonight's opponents as he walks with a laser focus -- at least until he makes it to the ring steps. He reaches down and taps his ankle before pointing at his opponents. He then makes a simple motion to mime breaking it in half as if his opponents’ ankles were simple wishbones. The crowd join along in the motion, knowing the veteran technician has a deep list of broken ankles in his history.

Fumio Daemura: “(… And the opponents, first from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, representing Fireside … he weighs in at 223 pounds … he is Anthony … CAFFREY!)”

Caffrey steps into the ring and moves past his opponent, handing his glasses off to the timekeeper. He looks back at his opponent and does a few last minute stretches, knowing he's in for a battle.

MUSHI: “(Our J-ROK faithful still seem to want to cheer Mr. Caffrey! How exciting this match should be!)”

Psycho KGB: “(They’ll change their tune if he takes down our J-ROK employees for months with a broken ankle…)”

[The house lights fade, leaving the arena in darkness.]

#SHAKE IT... like a ladder to the sun#

[Yeah Yeah Yeahs' ZERO starts to pump over the PA system.]

#Makes me feel like a madman on the run#

[The tron starts to show footage of the former world champion's recent defenses. Black and white. The amount of blood loss makes it look like an old horror film, but it does the trick working the crowd up into a frenzy.]

#find me never, never far gone... So get your leather, leather... LEATHER ON on on on...#

[The footage then cuts to the backstage, just as the champion throws a powder blue leather jacket over his vintage '86 DOA "To Hell and back" tee. Not the best wrestling attire, but it’s a better look than the mass of bandages that give him a Mummy vibe. As the music hits his cue, he starts pushing forwards towards the curtains.]

#You're a zerooooooooooooooOOOOOOoo, What's your name? No one's gonna ask you, Better find out where they want you to GOOOOOOOooooooooo. Try and hit the spot, Get to know it in the dark#

[Purple spotlights search through the crowd, building a sense of anticipation. The audience cheer for the next participant, as repulsive as he is, he's oddly compelling. The erratic movement of the lights start to circle closer together before eventually, the perfect circles of light connect into the body of a large centipede. The visual representation of the insect stalks over the crowd, before racing towards the entranceway. Hitting the black curtains, the purple lights seem to double up, and fold into themselves.]

#Get to know it whether you're a crime, crime, crime of love. Can you climb, climb, climb hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigher?#

[Rough hands swatting aside the curtain, the five-time SWAT Dixieland champion pushes his way out into the arena. Clenching his fists, Radu Matei starts to stalk down the aisle in sync with the music. The audience approval seems to make the champion uncomfortable, though he could also be suffering from bruised ribs.]

#Shake it like a ladder to the sun. Makes me feel like a madman on the run. Know you're never, never far gone. So get your leather, leather, leather on-on-on-on-on#

[Are they trying to tear him apart like a burning effigy? No. These extended arms are looking for high fives. Taken aback, the Beast of Dixie extends a hand to apprehensively slap one, then another. This is new. Getting into the spirit of it, Radu leans closer to the railings on his travels back and forth, slapping more hands on his way down the aisle.]

Fumio Daemura: “(And his partner, representing SWAT, hailing from Sibiu, Romania. Coming in at 6’2 and 234 pounds .... The Sacrificial Idol, Deathless, Unbreakable M, The Beast of Dixie ...RADU MATEI!!! Together they are … the PURPLE EMPERORS!)”

#You're a zerooooooooooooo. What's your name? No one's gonna ask you. Better find out where they want you to goooooooooooooooooooooo. Try and hit the spot, Get to know it in the dark. Get to know it whether you're a crime, crime, crime of loooooooooooooooooove. Can you climb, climb, climb hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigher?#

[Arriving at ringside, the champion lifts the ring curtain to check on his bag of tricks. Nothing has escaped. Probably for the best. Leaving the sack next to the ring steps, Matei slowly ascends to the ring. Getting into the middle of the ring, he still seems uncomfortable, but throws a heavily bandaged arm up in the air to a massive pop from the crowd. The Deathless has arrived.]

MUSHI: “(EW EW EW HE HAS BUGS IN A BAG! NO NO NO!)”

Psycho KGB: “(Calm down MUSHI! They’re not gonna get used. Kira will stomp them flat.)”

Fumio Daemura: “(Ladies and gentlemen … THE BEARS!)”

A pair of handlers lead an angry, hungry looking grizzly bear, a sweet looking sun bear, a black bear with honey on his snout and then … a robotic bear … with a familiar head!

Psycho KGB: “(Wait isn’t that Mecha-Goldbear IV? He has a robotic body that is an actual bear this time. Has he been rebuilt?)”

: I have been retrofitted for this match, I am currently assigned call name Mecha-Goldbear IV.5

“The Bare Necessities” hits the speakers and a large bear walks onto the ramp holding a tablet in his hands and playing games with reading glasses on. He waves to the crowd. IT’S CW’S OWN TRIPLE B!

MUSHI: “(OH IT’S TRIPLE B! BIG BAD BEAR-SAN I READ YOUR BLOG!)”

Finally one more bear approaches the ringside area dodging the ladders. He has on his Bear Necessities title and as he stands everyone can recognize that signature twig and berries.

Psycho KGB: “(Goldbear II!! All the way from GUNS the Bear Necessities champion has graced us with his presence! Arigato indeed sir!)”

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TAG TEAM ANNIHILATOR ROUND ONE MATCH
Tables, Ladders, and Bears Match, 60 min time limit
Purple Emperors vs. Masters of the Mat

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The ref calls for the bell and we are underway. Caffrey studies his opponents for a brief moment before Radu shouts at Kira who yells back and they charge each other and begin just raining haymakers down on each other with reckless abandon. Caffrey is shocked by this allowing Carnivore to take advantage and spear him to the mat. Carnivore begins raining forearms and closed fists to Caffrey who turtles up and tries to deflect the damage. Kira sends a kick to Radu’s gut and Radu replies with a European Uppercut. Kira retaliates with a throat chop. He then shoves Radu who trips over Carnivore and falls to the mat. This allows Caffrey to grab Carnivore by the arm and roll him onto the mat and into a key lock. Caffrey releases the hold and then stomps on the dome head of Carnivore. Carnivore rolls towards the ropes before a bear paw puts the fear of God into him. He leaps to his feet and backs away from the wild grizzly bear. Suddenly he is grabbed from the back and hurtled over the top rope. He manages to snag a ladder at ring side. It nearly tips over but stabilizes and he climbs away from the wild bear. Caffrey snaps his fingers in disappointment in the ring.

MUSHI: “(Carnivore almost met a real carnivore there!)”

Psycho KGB: “(One way to remove a smile from that face…)”

Kira has Radu in a Boston Crab and is shouting insults at him in Japanese. We hear Radu shout, “I WILL MAKE YOU SHIT IN BAGS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!” Kira just yells back in English, “I LIKE SHITTING IN BAGS!” Caffrey shakes his head and clobbers Kira with the Phorearm Smash. He rolls backwards and as he does Radu just grabs a fistful of his crotch. He squeezes hard. Kira howls in agony. Caffrey strolls to the ropes to try and navigate the ursine menace at ringside and get a ladder into the safety of the ring but as he does Carnivore dives off his ladder back into the ring with a flying clothesline. Kira gets up the gusto to kick Radu repeatedly in the jaw to break the claw and scrambles away to the ropes.

: Hello pathetic human. I will commence the hugging now!

Mecha-Goldbear IV.5 grabs him by the arm with his robotic mouth and hauls him out of the ring and into a bear hug. Not as deadly as his usual giant robot hugs it still has Kira gagging as the air is crushed from his lungs. MGB then begins to gnaw on his head a bit for funsies. Carnivore punts Caffrey in the chest sending him to the mat hard then follows it by running and springing off Radu through the ropes and clotheslining the robo-bear freeing Kira.

MUSHI: “(Carnivore saved his partner from the evil robotic bear from the future!)”

: RETORT: THAT IS … THE AFTERWARD! … PLEASE GET IT RIGHT!

Psycho KGB: “(Stop angering the bears MUSHI.)”

Carnivore leaps to his feet and grabs a ladder but is stopped by the sound of scratching. He looks to his left and right next to him is Goldbear II, scratching his balls. Carnivore looks confused and repulsed. He picks up the ladder which blocks the light Goldbear II was using to complete his task and he lets out a roar before swatting Carnivore with a massive paw then teabagging him a bit. The audience can hear the thump of his big bear rod smacking off the dome head. Kira comes from behind and hits Goldbear II with a chair in the back. He turns and roars and Kira hits him in the head. In the ring, Caffrey has crawled to the ropes. There he is met by a brown bear … but this one is on his hind legs.

Caffrey: Triple B! Hey buddy can you uh, do me a favor and get me a ladder?

Triple B lowers his reading glasses and stares at Caff.

Caffrey: Please?

Triple B shrugs and turns to get a ladder. He leans it on the ring for Caff to have. Goldbear II is thoroughly done with Kira and hits the Mother Nature Destroyer on Kira through a table set up at ringside. He then slaps Carnivore in the head leaving a nice mushroom stamp on his face. He then looks at the ring where he sees one of Radu’s bags. He sniffs the air and lumbers over to it. Radu sees this and dives out of the ring into Goldbear and begins raining his 1000 blows to the bear. The Bear Necessities Champ just absorbs the hits and after like 100 sits down. Radu grabs his bag but is greeted by the sun bear who just looks cute. Radu is distracted for a moment and pets the docile bear before the hungry black bear chomps right down on Radu’s left shoulder spraying blood everywhere.

Psycho KGB: “(HOLY SHIT! Someone tame these wild animals! Mongo is going to get sued!)”

MUSHI: “(They signed waivers. Just enjoy the fun Psycho KGB, when do we ever get to go to the zoo?)”

Radu falls to his knees trying to pry the bear off of him. The Sun bear looks at him and licks his legs. Carnivore is slowly getting to his feet when he sees the grizzly charging him. He yelps and dives away. He grabs Kira and drags him towards the ring. Caffrey grabs the ladder to pull into the ring but is stopped by a mechanical paw on the bottom rung. Mecha Goldbear IV.5 stands on his hind legs and a grabber arm protrudes from his chest and grabs the ladder. It tugs hard sending Caffrey over the top rope where he lands back first on the ladder. He skids down it right to MGB who chomps on his right arm. Caffrey howls in agony.

: Commencing hugging!

He locks Caff in the robo bear hug. Carnivore slides Kira into the ring and throws two chairs, a table, and a ladder in behind him. As he tries to slide into the ring he is stopped by a roar. Goldbear II is up and has hit the grizzly magnum knocking Carnivore’s head clean off! Underneath the dome head was a smaller, more form fitting cloth smiley face mask which is now turning red with blood. Carnivore collapses to the ground and rolls under the ring. Goldbear sniffs the ground but is too bulky to follow him. On the other side of the ring Caffrey has geared up his elbow and clobbers the closing remarks on the mechanical bear knocking its robotic head from its shoulders, freeing him. He clutches his right arm in pain and looks at the welt on his left elbow from striking it on metal.

: Masters, head has been removed once again. Require assistance …

The robotic bear body slumps to the ground. Caffrey looks up to see the grizzly bear running at him and rolls into the ring to avoid it. He ends up face to face with Kira Izumi. They both begin slugging it out with punches, reeling from each and every blow. Caffrey steps back to try the Closing Remarks but Kira catches the arm and rotates underneath it and turns it into a dragon suplex onto a chair. Kira sets up the table in the ring and grabs Caffrey. Outside the ring Radu is sending elbow shot after elbow shot to the black bear who is now also clawing up his back. Radu’s back and shoulder are a bloody spectacle.

MUSHI: “(That bear must have a taste for carrion.)”

Psycho KGB: “(How is he going to get free?)”

Kira seems satisfied and picks up the chair. Caffrey slowly gets to his feet holding his neck and ducks a chair shot. He kicks Kira in the gut and tries to suplex him though the table but his old shoulder injury won’t allow it. Kira reverses it but his back also won’t allow him to lift Caffrey from the double duty. Caffrey settles for dropping Kira face first onto the chair with the Brotherly Love. He slowly gets to his feet. Outside the ring Radu is now free from the black bear but now the grizzly has pounced and has him pinned. He begins clawing the shit out of Radu’s chest. Any other man would be dead but Radu doesn’t know how to die. The sun bear has found a bag of Radu’s bugs and begins nuzzling it with his snout. He rolls it closer to Radu and it opens. The bear begins eating some individual grubs, maggots and centipedes.

MUSHI: “(Has Mongo trained these animals? Is PETA going to sue?)”

Caffrey has the ladder in the ring set up. He slowly moves it into place under the big End of Days emblazoned clipboard on the carabiner. He slowly climbs up the ladder. As he reaches the top he can only look down in horror as Carnivore is standing at the base and waves to him, a sick smile on his … well it’s a smiley face. Carnivore pushes the ladder back sending Caffrey off the top as his arms are too weak to hold on and he crashes through the table and seems to be out cold. Carnivore resets the ladder. Radu is slamming his fists onto the top of the grizzly’s head to try and wriggle out of his grasp. He sees what is happening and reaches into his back. He pulls out his hand and inside it is a murder hornet! And on top of it is another. Which stings him. Radu flinches but is used to pain.

MUSHI: “(QUICK GET THE PRESIDENT OUT HERE! HIS MURDER HORNETS ARE BACK!)”

Psycho KGB: “(What is he going to do with that?)”

Carnivore is to the middle of the ladder when Radu throws the two hornets. One lands on Carnivore’s back, the other on his right leg. They immediately sting him and he crashes off the ladder in abject agony. He rolls out of the ring where the black bear begins sniffing him. Radu then finally grabs the bag itself and uses it to distract the grizzly. The bear follows the bag as he tosses it. Radu is finally free. He slowly rolls over pouring blood. He stands up, looking for all the world to be a corpse. He climbs the ring steps. As he enters the ring … Kira Izumi comes from the blind side with a spray of the blood mist and a Shining Wizard.

Psycho KGB: “(ITAMI NO IZUMI! Kira is the only one left on his feet.)”

MUSHI: “(Masters of the Mat are going to win!)”

Kira begins to move to the ladder when Radu slowly pushes to his feet. Kira is in shock. Radu charges but gets the Liberation back drop sending him on top of Caffrey. Kira looks satisfied and moves to the ladder. Radu however rolls over, the shock of the attack having woken up Caffrey to a world of pain. Radu pushes to his feet. Kira hits a Dragon Screw Neck Whip. Radu pushes to his knees and sends a series of chops to Kira. Kira is now burning with rage and hits a Decayed State of Mind gotch style piledriver! Kira walks to the side of the ring and grabs a chair. He uses it to slam into the ring and scare the black bear that was on top of his tag team partner.

MUSHI: “(Kira is calling for backup.)”

Carnivore holds his smiley head in pain but slowly crawls into the ring. Kira begins to climb the ladder when he is stopped by Carnivore being taken off the other side of the ladder with authority by Radu with the CWM Special! The Backdrop Driver has Carnivore down and out. Kira looks at him with a murderous rage and leaps off the ladder only to be caught by the Aculeus Strike ’01.

Psycho KGB: “(That vicious mule kick counter took Kira right out of the air.)”

MUSHI: “(How is Radu still moving, he’s taken more punishment than most people have in a lifetime.)”

Radu gets to his feet and wobbles from blood loss. He holds a hand to his head and shakes it out. He then picks up Carnivore for the Centipede Effect Suplex but drops him to the outside where Goldbear II just sits on Carnivore’s chest in victory. Radu leans on the ropes for a minute to get his wind back. He turns and gets the Kira Driver ’91 for his troubles right onto a chair. Kira spits on his body as he laughs. Radu isn’t moving this time.

Psycho KGB: “(Has Kira finally taken out Radu for good?)”

Kira walks to the opposite side of the ladder that he left Radu’s body on. He nods and slowly starts to climb. He gets halfway up the ladder when he is stopped. He looks down and Caffrey has grabbed his right leg. Kira shakes and shakes until his boot comes off. He laughs and steps up the ladder. Caffrey however stands up completely and grabs the leg. He pulls him down and while Kira is leaning on the ladder locks in the Process. He grapvines the leg as Kira holds the rungs of the ladder in pain shouting. He keeps trying to claw his way up and reach the clipboard but no good. Kira uses his other leg to try and kick Caff but this just takes them both to the mat where Caff sinks the hold in even deeper. He wrenches and torques back and forth trying to break the ankle.

MUSHI: “(Oh my … he’s MOVING AGAIN!)”

Psycho KGB: “(What is that man made of?)”

Radu has crawled to the ladder. He begins to slowly climb. Kira howls in pain. Carnivore cannot move the large bear on top of him. After what seems like an eternity, a bloody, torn up, injured Radu gets his hands on the clipboard and hauls it down!

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winners and advancing to the semifinals of the Tag Team Annihilator … the Purple Emperors!)”

Radu holds the clipboard in the air. He then looks down at Caff holding Kira and leaps off with the Omukade Press! Caffrey releases the hold as Kira goes limp. Radu then pulls a small bag from his coat and dumps out the contents on Kira’s body. Spiders and beetles crawl all over him. The ref raises Caffrey and Radu’s arms in victory.

---

??: I’ve… had enough of this bullshit.

A voice echoes out through the halls of the famous Tokyo Dome, men and women pass by as James Raymond walks through the crowd of individuals. Of course, he’s dressed to not compete and wearing a mask as he should be wearing during a time like this. The muffled British accent is somewhat heard through the commotion of the crowd backstage trying their best to make sure the show goes according to plan. Locker rooms upon locker rooms are passed by as James looks to every name on the doors. From STRiFE to Guillotina, Rat Bastard to Deco, Dylan Black to Death Trap- and even The King’s own personal locker room. James stands there as he looks to the door, the sounds of loud bickering heard from behind the door before he would walk away and leave The King to his “peace”.

Raymond: I’m a little bit sick of the fact that every time I’m put in the way of something, or I’m just so close to getting somewhere, I’m taken down like a little runt. Maybe it’s the fact that we let outsiders do their bidding and let them do whatever they want around here, because that’s the only way Brad Swann could beat me, because he did whatever he was pleased to do. I’m an understandable man with this whole XHF Network thing- but when you’ve an entire roster that can fill out those brackets, why do you need the outsiders?

James shrugs his shoulders at his own comment, continuing his walk to the entrance ramp. He passes by many of the wrestlers that will either later compete tonight or already have for the show. James, understandably, is downright jealous of it all. Not being able to be booked in such a high numbered card like “Psychedelic Violence; Crime of Visual Shock” is like a cardinal sin to a wrestler.

Raymond: You’ve got some of the biggest stars in this roster right now in J-ROK, and some of them barely get to see themselves on the bigger shows, demoted right to the Encore shows like some toy soldiers in a sand pit. We’re all getting buried underneath the sand, left there and forgotten, it’s just lucky that the X*Crown Champion got to finally be put on the top show after months in the house shows. When does everyone else get their chance? There's a whole show next month and there’s going to be MORE outsiders in this one because management is too picky on bringing people they already have into their shows.

James shook his head in disappointment. He begins to walk up some steps and grabs a microphone from a table right beside him, heading through a curtain and entering the arena itself where everyone begins to have their eyes peeled on The Blood Soaked Star. James takes a slow paced walk down the long ramp of the Tokyo Dome as he brings the microphone to his face.

Raymond: I’m not going to go around and tell everyone how to do things, but give those who are your top fucking talents a chance, or we’ll just rush in and take opportunities for ourselves. Which is exactly what I’m doing right now. I survived an entire bracket, full of the best of the best, along with the X*Crown Champion right now. I came out on top, and do I get rewarded with anything? Fuck no, I barely get on the shows, let alone be given something. No title shot for second place, no number one contender shit happening, but we let the President’s wife have an X*Crown Championship shot which she might lose later on.

The crowd are a bit confused as to what James Raymond is talking about in his rant but they’re all ears as they listen to every word he says.

Raymond: So what am I going to do right now? Well, I’m going to enter this year's Sakura Tag League. With a partner of my choosing, and what’s going to happen is that myself and my partner are going to run through god damn everyone and anyone that comes in our way because that’s what we do. Because that’s what we can do. Because it’s what we should do. The last Tag Team Tournament we were in, we fucking lost it and now, we’re both looking for something to bounce back on. Everyone’s going to be wondering who my partner is, who from PURE is stepping up with James Raymond to win this whole thing- You’re wrong.

Another questionable reaction from the crowd gathers even more attention than before.

Raymond: My partner isn’t a part of PURE, as much as they might not like that idea. My partner isn’t even a part of the J-ROK roster, so now that I have your attention, do you know exactly who it is? I ask of you again… do you know exactly who it fucking is?

The lights go out. The tron lights up. Three letters spill out onto the screen…

...and the crowd went livid. A team they’ve not seen in well over two years has finally reunited. James stands there with a devious smirk on his face. The lights within the arena dim as the crowd sing along to the lyrics. A shot of the eyes of Maverick fills the tron as they sing.

BOW DOWN BEFORE THE ONE YOU SERVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.
BOW DOWN BEFORE THE ONE YOU SERVE.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET WHAT YOU DESERVE.

Once the final word is heard, the eyes on the screen turn to red and everything cuts to black, the sounds of "Head Like A Hole" by Nine Inch Nails is heard as all of the house lights continue to stay dimmed, the fans using whatever light source they can use to illuminate in front of them as they sing out the chorus to the song.

HEAD LIKE A HOLE.
BLACK AS YOUR SOUL.
I'D RATHER DIE THAN GIVE YOU CONTROL.

The sudden change of lighting on the entrance ramp appears, the light-up jacket of The King of Immortality. Once the bridge of the song kicks in, all of the house lights shine down on Maverick who looks out to the many in attendance with a smile on his face, he raises his arms up and stands with his arms stretched out wide, he lowers his arms and makes his way down to the ring in a slow manner, taking his time as the chorus of loud cheers rain down on him. Upon making it to ringside, he circles around the ring and hits the hands of every fan in attendance that reaches out to him. He climbs up the steps and walks along the apron, brushing his feet along the apron before entering through the middle ropes. Maverick springs himself into the corner and roars out to the crowd before hopping back down and standing side to side with a former friend of his.

Maverick: It’s been a while, Japan, but I’m baaaaack!

The chants of “N-A-K!” ring out throughout the Tokyo Dome.

Maverick: Take a look in the ring, guys, The NAK are fucking back. The New Age Killers are back to wreak some havoc on this joint! The NAK are here because we want the smoke, we want… the gold. Tonight, we’re announcing ourselves as the first ever team to be official for the 2020 Sakura Tag League.

Another loud cheer from the crowd.

Raymond: Oh yeah, we’re doing this again. I’ve made sure to make some phone calls and have this man come here, because no matter if we win or lose, we’re coming for some Tag Team Championships- whether it be the J-ROK or the XHF Tag Team Championships. We’re going to crush it, because we are the N..A..K. The New Age Killers. You thought we might have died, but here we are, back from the grave with a fucking purpose to ruin lives and take everything from J-ROK.

Maverick: So if you can speak some english, I want you to repeat after me when I say…

Maverick charges and leaps onto the second turnbuckle in the corner. The crowd joins in as they scream out...

Maverick/Crowd: Long Live the New Age fuckin’ Killers!

The sounds of “I Disagree” by Poppy blast through the PA System as both Maverick and Raymond leave the ring and head back up the ramp, the shot fading to a commercial break.

---

Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Featuring first the challenger, hailing from Paris, Illinois...Zolothach!)"

“Cthulhu” by Gunship begins playing as “Zolothach” Tabitha Osborne walks out from the back to the boos from the crowd. She looks around at the crowd with her eyes open wide before heading down to the ring. The ref walks up to her.

Ref: Now, Tabitha. I need to make sure that-

Tabitha has her ritual dagger out and pressed to the referee’s throat in no time flat.

Osborne: My name is Zolothach!

The ref holds his hands up in the air, obviously scared by the confrontation.

Ref: Right. I’m sorry, Zolothach. I just wanted to make sure that you didn’t have that knife on you when the match started.

Tabitha grins maniacally.

PsychoKGB: "(Is she going to give up the knife so that we can continue?)"

MUSHI: "(Or is she going to cut the ref?)"

Tabitha turns the blade over in her hand that that the handle faces the referee. He sighs in relief as he takes the ritual dagger and hands it over to the timekeeper to keep watch of.

Fumio Daemura: "(And her opponent, hailing from Blair, Nebraska...she is Haven “Wolverina” Cassidy!)"

“Whatever It Takes” by Imagine Dragons begins playing as Wolverina appears from the back. She raises her arms into the air and brings them down as fountains of sparks go up into the air on either side of her. The crowd cheers and she smiles and waves at them on her way down to the ring where she gives Tabitha a dirty look and rolls into the ring.

PsychoKGB: "(No love lost here between these two.)"

MUSHI: "(Zolothach thinks that Wolverina’s antics sets back women’s wrestling. Just because she sold the wrestling moves of a few fans in the ring with her.)"

PsychoKGB: "(So, she should have countered the move and maybe put a kid in the hospital? That’s kind of harsh.)"

MUSHI: "(Zolothach is kind of harsh in general.)"

---

J-ROK MATCH
J-ROK Singles Match; 30 Minute Time Limit
Zolothach vs. "Wolverina" Haven Cassidy

---

As the bell rings to start the match, Tabitha rushes across the ring with her hands in the form of claws. She swipes at Wolverina’s belly, tearing through clothing and skin in a single swipe. Haven backs up a few steps with her hand to her belly as blood flows through her fingers. Tabitha licks her fingers as Haven looks on in shock.

PsychoKGB: "(Are those claws at the end of her fingers? Is that even legal?)"

MUSHI: "(The ref was so worried about taking away her dagger that he didn’t see those on the end of her fingers!)"

Tabitha decks Haven and whips her into the ropes, hitting a leg lariat on the rebound! Haven is back up quickly, but another swipe from the claws on Tabitha’s right hand catches her in the left shoulder, sending blood splattering in a high arc away from the two. Haven’s hand goes immediately to the wounds, but she is grabbed into a suplex position and dropped unceremoniously onto the top rope where she bounces out of the ring.

PsychoKGB: "(Can’t the ref see the claws there? Or is Zolothach going to get the chance to kill Wolverina before the match is over?)"

MUSHI: "(I wonder if he notices it, but is too scared to say something?)"

Tabitha goes to the ropes, bounces off, and dives through the middle ropes as Haven is getting up to hit a high spear that hits just below the throat! The move sends Haven backwards where she slams into the security railing and Tabitha sails into the crowd!

A male fan grabs Tabitha by the right wrist to try to remove the claws from her hand, but she kicks him in the junk and slashes him across the face once he releases her, sending blood flying across other members of the crowd who quickly back away.

Tabitha slashes Haven across the chest as she turns around and brings her down across the top of the security railing with a cutter!

MUSHI: "(Sweet Jesus!)"

PsychoKGB: "(That could have just shattered Haven’s jaw!)"

Tabitha hops over the security railing, grabs Haven by the front of her, now tattered, outfit, and rolls her into the ring before following.

Tabitha goes for the pinfall.

One
Two
Three! NO! Haven gets a foot onto the bottom rope!

Tabitha gets up, pulls Haven up, and slashes her from her chest down to her crotch in one swift motion. This time the ref catches on and grabs Tabitha by the right wrist.

The ref complies, taking the claws off of her hand, and putting them in his pocket. Haven “Wolverina” Cassidy drops to her knees, bleeding so much from her many wounds that she doesn’t notice that she’s essentially naked from the waist up. Tabitha wraps her up in a reverse crucifix armbar with a neck submission.

MUSHI: "(The Stars Are Right! The Stars Are Right! But is it even going to make a difference? Does Haven even know she’s in a submission move?)"

PsychoKGB: "(I think she knows. She’s moving slowly from the looks of it.)"

Haven doesn’t have much strength left, but she manages to tap out. The referee signals for the bell and the EMTs as blood begins to pool from Haven’s torn up form. Tabitha Osborne stands up and celebrates her victory, covered in Haven’s blood. EMTs rush down to the scene to try to help get Haven to the back to that her bleeding can be controlled.

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match via submission...Zolothach!)"

---

Deco is backstage looking into the camera, ready for a promo.

Deco: Just a few short weeks ago, I made good on a promise. I left J-ROK for a bit, carrying the flag for this company, and I stepped into AWF -- the most overrated fed on the Network -- as a complete outsider for their big Fired Up tournament.

She squints her eyes.

Deco: You know they all saw me as some low life outsider? But you know what I did? I shut everyone up! I beat down Jason Kross and Julianna Del Marco so bad, AWF dropped Kross from their roster. I shut down that sleazebag Keith Williams, and got one over on Guillotina... the guy currently going for their World Title. I would've made the finals, too, as I had pinned Maverick for TEN WHOLE SECONDS while the referee was distracted. If I had made that final, Chris Card and Natasha would've been shown the brutal force of Deco up, close, and personal.

Her mouth grows into a wide grin.

Deco: But... that was then. And this is now. Now, I'm stepping up to the plate in J-ROK, with a shot for that X*Crown Championship. The one held by Dylan Black. Hey, Dylan... you should check my record at Fired Up against yours. It makes you look downright shameful.

She rolls her eyes.

Deco: I'm as happy as anyone that the Crown is here in J-ROK... but is it really worth DYLAN BLACK being our representative? Mr. Mayhem himself thinks he's hot stuff. Dylan wanders from place to place until the heat gets too hot to handle and then disappears again to lick his wounds like a sick puppy. Well, you know what, Dylan?

Deco throws back her jacket, revealing a J-ROK shirt underneath.

Deco: I'M J-ROK UNTIL I DIE! I BLEED J-ROK! I take my losses, I take my wins, and I keep trying. I'm bringing 110% of full, unleashed force your way. And once I hit you with my dotHack, you'll be down for the count. Then maybe we can get a TRUE X*Crown Champion that J-ROK actually deserves.

She holds up a hand.

Deco: Now, I mean no disrespect to my opponent. But Esmerelda wouldn't be given the time of day if she didn't have that Presidential dick inside her! And, while I might enjoy watching Wolf Fang's work... you've had your run around the block here in J-ROK, and what have you done with it? I'm hungry for it. I just got done stomping the hell out of some of the best talent XHF has to offer, and I want more. I need more.

Deco leans in really close to the lens of the camera.

Deco: So I'm putting you all on blast. The Dawn of Deco has come to J-ROK. And I'm about to make you all take notice.

Deco flashes a wink and blows a kiss before pulling her mask back up and hopping off to the side of the camera.

---

Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is a light tube death match scheduled for one fall! Featuring first the challenger...King Brad Swann!)"

'Bohemian Rhapsody' hits the PA as the fans loudly boo in terror. The lights dim black with a spotlight shining lonesomely on the ramp. The venue shakes. Out from the back through clouds of smoke and white strobes arrives King Brad Swann, a white crown upon his head - an evil snarl on his grotesque face. The demonic psychopath slowly strolls down the ramp, hunched over like a gremlin... The single spotlight following his every move. He doesn't look around at the fans, keeping his distance. When he reaches the ringside area he makes a few slow laps of the ring, still just only the spotlight following him.

He eventually walks up the ring steps and enters through the middle rope. The hardcam zooms into his face under the spotlight, the crown shining atop his demonic guise. Slowly he raises his arms out, palms stretched, garnering a loud reception from the live crowd that despise his very persona.

MUSHI: "(That’s one scary man.)"

PsychoKGB: "(Ognom is going to wet himself.)"

MUSHI: "(Maybe.)"

PyschoKGB: "(No maybe about it.)"

Fumio Daemura: "(And his opponent...Ognom!)"

“My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark” by Fallout Boy begins playing as Ognom meekly walks out from the back. He looks around at the fans and then heads back to the back.

PyschoKGB: "(Ognom leave? Is he not wrestling?)"

MUSHI: "(Certainly seems like it.)"

Hands push Ognom back out onto the entrance stage. He dusts himself off and heads to the ring, grabbing a light tube from ringside on his way into the ring. He rolls into the ring and stands in the center with the light tube in both hands. He begins waving the light tube around and humming like it were a lightsaber.

---

END OF DAYS TOURNAMENT ROUND ONE MATCH
Light Tubes Deathmatch, 60 min time limit
Ognom vs. King Brad Swann

---

Brad Swann steps up to Ognom as the bell rings to start the match. Ognom doesn’t see him. That is, until he brings the light tube down and shatters it over Brad’s head. Brad stands there, looking unamused, as blood trickles down his face from his forehead.

Ognom continues to swing the light tube around until he notices that it’s a bit short. He blinks at it a moment before looking at Swann. He sees the blood from where he had struck Swann with the light tube.

Brad Swann draws a fist back to strike Ognom, who stabs him in the side with the end of the light tube. The glass crumbles as it cuts Brad Swann. His eyes go wide as he feels the wound. Ognom releases the light tube and lays into Swann with heavy punches.

MUSHI: "(Ognom with the early offensive!)"

PsychoKGB: "(Yeah, by stabbing Swann.)"

MUSHI: "(Considering what Swann himself has done to people, I don’t think that’s very bad.)"

Ognom grabs Swann by the arm and throws him over his shoulder. He kicks Swann in the side where glass shards are still embedded. Ognom drops down to his knees, smashing a punch into Swann’s face.

Ognom stands up, watching as Brad Swann gets to his feet. Ognom suddenly seems braver as he sees the blood trickling from Swann’s nose.

Ognom steps up to Swann and pulls back his arm for another punch. Swann steels his gaze, catching Ognom by the fist and squeezes. Ognom’s mouth opens wide in pain as he drops to his knees, trying to pull his hand from Swann’s grasp.

Brad punches Ognom in the gut with his other hand. He hits hard enough that Ognom is lifted into the air several feet. Ognom’s eyes go wide as all the air in his lungs is immediately released. Swann lifts him up with that hand and hurls him across the ring like he were a rag doll.

MUSHI: "(What strength!)"

PsychoKGB: "(Though look where Swann has thrown him.)"

MUSHI: "(Near the corner where a bunch of light tubes are leaning?)"

PsychoKGB: "(Yes.)"

Brad Swann walks over to the downed Ognom, reaching for him. Ognom seizes a light tube and shatters it across Brad’s midsection with a baseball swing! Ognom stands up, grabs two more light tubes and smashes them across each side of Brad’s head. Ognom grabs Swann by both legs to do a double leg takedown, but Brad brings down a fist to the top of Ognom’s head to stun him. Brad grabs a light tube and swings it, catching Ognom straight in the nose with it hard enough to shatter the light tube. Ognom clutches at his eyes, backing into the remaining light tubes in the corner and breaking all of them as he falls into a seated position.

Brad Swann grabs the top rope with both hands and begins kicking Ognom in the gut, chest, and face.

MUSHI: "(Brad Swann is demolishing Ognom in the ring there!)"

Brad Swann picks Ognom up by under the armpits and shoves him into the corner. Ognom is bleeding from a multitude of cuts from the light tubes having broken against him and from being kicked repeatedly in the face. Brad whips Ognom across the ring to the other corner, but Ognom trips onto his face halfway across the ring. Swann gets up to the top turnbuckle and hits a missile drop kick as Ognom starts to get back up. He goes for the cover!

One
Two
Th-Ognom gets a shoulder up!

PsychoKGB: "(I don’t know if that was the brightest thing in the world to do.)"

MUSHI: "(Kick out of a pinfall? Why not?)"

PsychoKGB: "(Because the punishment will continue. See?)"

Brad Swann rolls out of the ring, grabbing an armload of light tubes, and putting them into the ring. He gets into the ring and grabs a light tube as Ognom stands up, swinging the light tube to smash it across Ognom’s face to send glass and blood flying everywhere!

Ognom turns from the impact and drops to his knees. He reaches up with shaky hands and plucks a shard of glass from his cheek. Blood pours out from the open wound. Brad stomps on Ognom’s face, sending out a splatter of blood as Ognom drops down to the mat.

Brad Swann gathers the light tubes in the ring into a pile before he climbs to the top rope. He leaps into the air, catching Ognom as he gets back up, and DDTs him right into the pile of light tubes! He rolls the twitching Ognom over and goes for the pinfall.

One
Two
Three!

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match and going on to round two in the End of Days tournament...King Brad Swann!)"

---

Psycho KGB: “(Our next match is an interpromotional match. The time traveler Guillotina of AWF has crossed paths with the recently turned heel Yuki Sakaraba of Destiny Wrestling.)”

MUSHI: “(Yuki deemed Guillotina too dangerous after discovering him. That’s why they’re here tonight. But can one match stop either of these two fierce competitors? I guess we’ll find out in mere moments! Down to you Daemura-San.)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This is a Super Galactic Multiuniversal Deathmatch and is set for one fall at a sixty minute time limit! This match will start out with both opponents in a separate room. They will fight through multiple gates. The match will only end when both opponents are in the ring. There are no disqualifications or count outs either.)”

We cut to see both wrestlers in a room with gate or portal looking contraptions.

Fumio Daemura: “(Introducing first, in the red corner, standing in at 6’3 and weighing in at 200 pounds from Dei Milites, New Earth representing the AWF he is… Guillotina! And his opponent in the blue corner, standing in at 5’2 and weighing in at 110 pounds, from Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan, representing Destiny Wrestling… She is “The Dark Pulsar” Yuki Sakaraba!)”

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J-ROK MATCH
Super Galactic Multiuniversal Death Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
Guillotina vs. Yuki Sakaraba

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Both circle one another as the bell rings from well somewhere. That doesn’t really matter. What matters is the fact a time traveler and a space police woman are fighting on this wrestling show! Both take a slower pace to feel one another out first. Yuki’s the one to charge first and gets sent into a gate. Guillotina follows suit and so does the camera! I hope they work through those gates!

We go from a dark dingy and honestly, shady looking room to one of bright colors. Grass as green as one could imagine. There’s tons of monsters all around. Some furry some scaly. There’s a cute yellow one with red circles on it’s cheeks even. For legal reasons we can’t sa-

MUSHI: “(Wait a minute… are… are those pokemon?)”

Or we can say exactly what they are. Yuki smiles as she reaches in her pocket. It’s some a big blue ball and a red and white ball. She clicks them and throws them at Guillotina. An Inteleon and a Charizard come out. Yuki sends them to attack Guillotina, but lucky for him a trainer throws him some balls and he unleashes a pikachu and magnemite onto the field.

The camera cuts to the classic pokemon battle angle as they both start fighting. Pikachu using thunder storm and Inteleon using sniper shot. Magemite using thunderbolt and charizard using dig. Some more moves are done before Yuki’s infamous Charizard dynamxes and obliterates Guillotinas remaining pokemon. They hop into another gate and leave this wonderful world behind. This time everything but them is in black and white. It’s kind of creepy.

They start fighting in an alleyway. Throwing punches at one another. Guillotina kicks her through a door and another universe they go. This time there’s abstract shapes all around white space. We’re not sure if there’s colors or not. Everything is hard to make out as they brawl from shape to shape. Yuki kicks him off one. He grabs her feet and they both fall into the white void.

A flash and they’ve landed somewhere else now. There’s cat people everywhere as they’re in a middle of a city fighting around them. Yuki climbs a pole and jumps off it hitting a cross body. Guillotina catches her and rolls onto his feet before throwing her head first into a glass window. Yuki goes through as we see her land on a pillow. We pan out to see the entire area now is made of pillows and blankets.

She grabs a sword as does Guillotina. They begin to have a duel on top a pillow and blanket cliff. He throws the sword at her as she dodges, he hits her with the 540 spinning round house kick he calls She Did It! Sakaraba goes flying off the cliff and splashes into water. They’re completely surrounded by water now as Yuki tries to push his head under the water. Guillotina punches her in the face and comes back up. He unleashes some more strikes as they go from this water like land to one of candy.

Psycho KGB: “(It’s Candy Land!)”

Guillotina grabs a liquorice rope and starts choking Yuki with it. Trying to get her worn down. Yuki takes a bite out of it to break free. She climbs up to the top of a candy cane and hits a brutal mass extinction double foot stomp onto Guillotina. He crashes onto the ring mat now in our universe. She climbs up to the top rope and goes for a shooting star press. She’s caught with a brutal knee and trapped in a devastating submission by Guillotina! She rolls around desperately trying to get out. Eventually getting onto her shoulders and a pin position.

ONE!

TW-

Guillotina kicks out and they start to trade more strikes. Yuki dodges his devastating tornado kick finisher and catches him with a galactic collider lariat. They trade suplexes before Yuki picks him up and drapes him over the ropes. She drops him down with a dragon screw neckwhip.

MUSHI: “(Perpetual Pulsar!)”

Psycho KGB: “(The cover and count!)”

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of this match… Representing Destiny Wrestling, Yuki Sakaraba!)”

She celebrates in the ring but then all of a sudden...

The Lights Go Out.

Everything in the arena goes dark.

Psycho KGB: "(What in the hell is this? I can’t see a thing!)"

MUSHI: "(I’m not sure. I can’t even see my notes.)"

Suddenly the big screen flashes on and once your eyes adjust all you see is one image.

The Golden Gun award for Most Anticipated Return displayed majestically upon a stone mantle.

As the camera slowly starts to pan back it’s shown there are two clocks on either side of the award. They are both counting down.

The camera pulls back even further and the wall is full of calendars. The pages on each one flutter off one by one and start to create a pool on the floor.

Out a nearby window you can see a small seedling sprouting from the ground. The environment suddenly starts to rapidly change from a spring meadow into a dry summer field. Then into a crisp autumn followed by a brisk winter.

After a few cycles the seedling was finally mature enough to produce a flower.

The dates on the calendars all stop on September Twenty Seventh.

All the clocks on the mantle conveniently stop directly on “right now o’clock”

Suddenly a hand reaches into the shot and grabs the Most Anticipated Return Golden Gun award. It’s Steve Awesome!!

He glances at the award and then all the clocks and calendars and smiles.

Steve Awesome: Do ya get it?

His smile fades and he rolls his eyes as if you didn’t get it.

Steve Awesome: I’m coming back you idiots!

He shakes his head.

Steve Awesome: Lights please!

The lights in the arena cut back on and everyone gasps when they see him standing in the ring.

Psycho KGB: "(No way! It’s Steve Awesome!!!! What is he doing here in J-Rok!?)"

MUSHI: "(He’s standing right behind Yuki Sakaraba!)"

A confused Yuki turns around and she only sees Steve for a brief moment before she gets her lights knocked out by a superkick that hits her right on the chin! Yuki goes stiff and hits the mat.

MUSHI: "(No! Steve just kicked Yuki after everything she has been through! What is the meaning of this?)"

Psycho KGB: "(I don’t know but I liked it! I hope Steve Awesome is here to stay and he kicks Yuki in the face way more often!)"

A couple refs are tending to Yuki as Steve stands over her fallen body. He slowly pulls his sunglasses off and just glares down at her. He looks absolutely disgusted.

“It should have been me.” He mutters under his breath. He grits his teeth and his fists clenched. “It should have been MINE!” He yells and then starts trying to stomp at Yuki but some security push Steve back.

Psycho KGB: "(I’m not quite sure why Steve is so mad but I’m a fan of how he’s handling it.)"

MUSHI: "(Not me. If this is the way he is going to behave, he can just leave town! I want answers! What does he mean by “it should have been him?”)"

Steve is screaming that it should have been him as security try to calm him down.

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Novita before J-Rok:

(A video package opens as part of a documentary-style interview where the camera follows Novita, set at a coffee shop at the heart of Los Angeles)

Cameraman: Hey! Novita! Hey!

Novita: Oh, hello there!

Cameraman: What were you doing over there?

Novita: I just found out today that I am going to Japan. I signed a contract with J-Rok as a part-timer, and I hope to someday work with them full time and dedicate my time there. But it looks like I will need to spend most of my time in Japan for it. So I let my boss and co-workers know that I will be leaving. They even threw a party after work for me! We had pizza and spaghetti! Tomorrow I will bid farewell to my gym instructor and wrestling trainer.

Cameraman: That sounds nice, I’m sure they will really miss you.

Novita: I think they will be fine without me. They’re great people to work with, and I’ve seen how they make customers smile. They don’t pay too much, but I enjoy working there so I stayed while I train hard.

Cameraman: Are you scared of this new adventure?

Novita: Yes, but not for the reasons you might think. I’m not afraid of going into matches, or winning, or losing… I am more afraid because I won’t be seeing my big brother Nobi for a long time. But that’s to be expected because I did promise to myself that I will become successful without him holding my hand. I don’t want his money or connections, I want to be recognized as Novita, one of the best wrestlers in the whole world. And I will learn all of the styles and techniques to make all of that happen. This will be tough, I’m sure but I know that I will make it happen.

Cameraman: I wish you luck, Novita!

Novita: Thank you, thank you. And farewell!

(Novita walks off as the camera follows her until she leaves the view.)

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MUSHI: “(We see Kado’s Mayumi Kurokawa get a huge singles opportunity tonight facing the New Wave Champion Brendan Harding.)”

Psycho KGB: “(For those unfamiliar Harding got the title two months ago defeating the most dominant champion of the New Wave titles extensive history in Momoko Honda, who’s fighting XHF Legend and AWF Star, Rat Bastard, later on tonight.)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is a Feel The Burn Match. In this match you must make your opponent feel the burn by any means. There are multiple ways to do so in and around the ring. This match is for the J-ROK New Wave Championship and is at a 60 minute time limit.)”

Fumio Daemura: “(Introducing first the challenger, in the red corner, standing in at 5’5 and weighing in at 141 pounds… coming from Settsu, Osaka, Japan, representing Kado, She is “OMI” Mayumi Kurokawa! And her opponent in the blue corner, standing in at 6’2 and weighing in at 222 pounds coming from Camden, London, England… he is the REIGNING DEFENDING J-ROK New Wave Champion… He is… “Dr.Zen” Brendan Harding!)”

Both look laser focused as the belt is handed to the referee and shown to the challenger before being shown to the crowd. Flames are everywhere. It’s like hell on earth in this heated matchup. The bell rings and instead of most matches these two take a slow and cautious approach to kick things off.

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J-ROK NEW WAVE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Feel The Burn Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
Mayumi Kurokawa vs. Brendan Harding (C.)

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Afterall one small mistake can end their aspirations of winning in only a mere moment. Mayumi goes for a few low kicks hitting most. The last one is blocked and Brendan trips her up, landing some stiff kicks to her thighs as she’s on the ground. He backs up as she gets to her feet. She charges him and tries to throw him into one side of the ring with flaming torches on the outside.

He reverses it and throws her there instead. Kurokawa gets close to the flames but catches herself. When she turns around she sees a running Dr.Zen coming full speed. She dodges a dropkick and he lands hard hip first onto the apron. Luckily for him he just missed the torches.

She picks grabs one of the torches and steps over him. Omi tries to jab the torch into his face now. The flame inches closer and closer as she tries harder and harder to win the match. Harding manages to slip out of the way as she drives it into the mat. Harding rolls out and both are back to a standing position.

Psycho KGB: “(That was a very close call for both of them there.)”

Mayumi urges the uber rookie to hit her. She eggs him on until he finally does, causing her to duck a lariat, she unleashes a series of strikes onto Harding before he catches one and starts trading off strikes of his own. He goes for his Omae wa mou Shinderu flurry, but the backfist is caught and he eats the eye of the storm combo. Harding goes rolling to the opposite side of the ring, this time with a pit of fire that spreads all the way across the floor.

She tries to baseball slide onto the champ. Harding dodges and rolls out of the way. He jumps up and hits a knee onto the smol of her back. He tries pushing her into the flaming pit, but she fights him off. He keeps hold of her wrist and yanks her up, hitting her with a backdrop driver, a move he calls the SHOOPlex.

He tries to charge up for a Thanix Cannon but is caught with a bicycle knee from Mayumi. They both drop to a stupor in the middle of the ring. The crowd roars their names as even they’re boiling hot for this match.

MUSHI: “(The roar of the crowd is getting these two pumped up! Both back up on their knees now.)”

Mayumi and Brendan start chopping and forearming one another. Each strike is stiffer than the other. Both start spitting up blood and by the end of the exchange both are back onto their feet. They keep trading strikes reversing combos into other combos. One going from one side of the ring, the other one beating the other to the other side of the ring.

Eventually Harding gets a good strike in. he grabs the torch on the mat and pulls out some lighter fluid. He pours it into his mouth before spitting it out onto Kurokawa and catching her on fire. The bell rings and staff rush over to put it out soon after.

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of this match and STILL J-ROK New Wave Champion… Brendan Harding!)”

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Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is an explosive barbed wire baseball bat death match and is scheduled for one fall! This is also part of round one for the End of Days tournament. Featuring first the challenger...she is part of SKY Force...Rin Kubo!)"

“Choose Me” by BAND-MAID begins playing as Rin Kubo comes out from the back, waving to the crowd. A few of the fans wave back, but the most of them boo the zany heel. She seems undeterred by the booing and heads down to the ring.

Fumio Daemura: "(And her opponent...Guillotina!)"

"I'm On Another Level" by Tommee Profitt plays for 30 seconds before he walks down the stage slowly with MIA by his side, waving at fans and signing kids t-shirts with his name.

MUSHI: "(So, where is the barbed wire explosive baseball bat?)"

PsychoKGB: "(I think it’s being brought to the ring now.)"

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END OF DAYS TOURNAMENT ROUND ONE MATCH
Exploding Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Deathmatch, 60 min time limit
Rin Kubo vs. Guillotina

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A ring attendant walks down to the ring with the explosive barbed wire baseball bat. He rolls it into the ring and heads to the back. Rin Kubo and Guillotina both look at each other and then at the baseball bat as the bell sounds to start the match.

Both Rin Kubo and Guillotina dive for the baseball bat. When it seems that Guillotina will get to the bat first, Rin shifts gears. Her foot hits the mat, shifts, and she slams a shoulder into Guillotina’s face to knock him backwards to the mat.

Rin Kubo gets up and goes for the baseball bat, but is grabbed by Guillotina and whipped into the ropes. Guillotina reaches for the baseball bat, but Rin Kubo is quick to return from the rebound with a knife edge chop to the gut that doubles Guillotina over. He fires back with a double axe handle uppercut that sends Rin flying nearly halfway across the ring before she lands on the mat.

Guillotina picks up the barbed wire explosive baseball bat with one hand. He gives it a few test swings before noticing that Rin Kubo is not in the middle of the ring where he had left her. He turns to see her running straight for him, nailing a drop kick to the baseball bat!

There is an explosion that sends Rin Kubo flying backwards into a flip so that she lands on her feet. The baseball bat is sent into Guillotina’s face where it explodes again, the barbed wire tearing into the flesh of his face and then being pulled away from the force of the explosion. Rin springs from where she lands, hitting a spear that knocks the baseball bat from his hands and to the concrete floor outside of the ring where there’s another explosion before it lands. Rin sends Guillotina into the ropes, using them to send him across the ring. Rin follows to meet him in the middle of the ring for a Stunner / three-quarter headlock jawbreaker (Rin Factor)!

PsychoKGB: "(Rin Kubo with the Rin Factor early on in the match!)"

MUSHI: "(Is she going to try to get the bat to finish this match quickly?)"

Rin stands up and dusts herself off with a wide grin. She starts walking toward the side of the ring where the baseball bat is on the ground when Guillotina reaches out with a hand to trip her to the mat! He stands up, meeting Rin as she pops up with a kick to the gut, a kick to the face, and then another one to the gut. He grabs her and hits a facebuster before heading to the side of the ring where the baseball bat is.

Rin Kubo recovers, but doesn’t try to head Guillotina off. Instead, she rolls off the ring to the other side. Guillotina comes back into the ring with the baseball bat in hand. He does a double take when he sees Rin Kubo coming back into the ring with a sword in hand. He looks to the ref, like WTF. The ref just shrugs.

PsychoKGB: "(Just a shrug? Rin has a deadly weapon in her hands and it warrants a shrug?)"

MUSHI: "(There are no rules.)"

Rin Kubo rushes at Guillotina, opening with a deadly lunge. Guillotina takes a swing with the baseball bat to deflect the sword. The baseball bat reacts with an explosion that knocks the two back away from one another. Rin Kubo stands with her sword in both hands and sneers at Guillotina, smoke rising from a black mark on the side of her sword where the baseball bat exploded against it.

Rin Kubo lets out a primal scream and charges at Guillotina with an overhead slash. Guillotina swings upward with the bat to parry, the explosion driving them apart again. Guillotina recovers quicker this time, swinging the bat at Rin, who parries with the sword. The sword and the bat go flying from the ring in different directions.

Rin goes for a roundhouse kick, but Guillotina catches the foot! He pulls her into a lariat, sending her to the mat. He waits for her to stand up and goes for the 540 roundhouse kick to the face when Rin ducks under the leg and leaps into an uppercut that knocks Guillotina back down to the mat.

With Guillotina down, Rin hits a moonsault double foot stomp. She rolls out of the ring to grab her sword. She rolls back into the ring with the sword ass Guillotina gets to his feet. She smiles as Guillotina realizes how screwed he is.

MUSHI: "(Someone should stop this craziness! The explosive barbed wire baseball bat was bat enough, but a sword?)"

PsychoKGB: "(Guillotina knows the risks. He could throw the match now and avoid any injuries, but he won’t.)"

Rin Kubo lunges with the sword, but Guillotina rolls to the side to avoid being skewered. Rin stops in her tracks and slashes wide. She nearly takes his head off, but he ducks under the sword. She brings the sword down in an overhead slash, but Guillotina blocks it with the baseball bat! Rin flips backwards from the explosion, landing on her feet.

MUSHI: "(MIA slid her the bat!)"

PsychoKGB: "(Saved his life she did.)"

Rin Kubo lunges again and Guillotina blocks with the baseball bat, but this time there is no explosion! The sword isn’t knocked far away and the sword not only pierces Guillotina in the right shoulder, but runs him through to the hilt. Guillotina opens his mouth wide in pain as he drops the dead baseball bat to the mat.

MUSHI: "(OH SHIT!)"

PsychoKGB: "(Oh my god!)"

Rin Kubo pulls on the sword, but it doesn’t come free.

MUSHI: "(Oh my god! Should she pull it out or leave it in? Should she pull it out or leave it in?)"

PsychoKGB: "(Do I look like a Doctor? I don’t know!)"

Rin places a foot on Guillotina’s chest and pulls the sword free with a healthy (ok very unhealthy) spray of blood out both sides of the wound. She drops the sword, grabs the in shock Guillotina and hits a lariat! She goes for the pinfall as EMTs are rushing to the ring.

One
Two
Three!

Rin Kubo stands up, backing away and raising her hands in the air to celebrate her victory. She is covered in Guillotina’s blood. EMTs get into the ring to start working on Guillotina to control the bleeding.

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match and going on to round two of the End of Days tournament...Rin Kubo!)"

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You are watching the Blessed Be Network. Coming up at 7:00pm is Inspiring Conversion Stories, then at 8:00 it's The Greatest Locker Room Testimonials, a look back at some great interviews where athletes give credit to their Creator. Then at 9:00 it's the movie of the week, Kirk Cameron's Football Player That's Really An Angel where 1989 Golden Globe Nominee For Best Supporting Actor In A Series Kirk Cameron plays a football player that has a shocking secret. But first it's Comfort From The Storm with The Reverend Cornelius Marsh. 

(Organ music plays as we fade to The Reverend Cornelius Marsh, with slicked back hair seated at a talk show desk with his co-host, Nancy. A middle aged woman with pink dyed hair, petting a small white pekingese dog) 

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: Hello friends. It's good to be with you. I do enjoy our time together. As I'm sure you've seen...

Nancy: (makes her dog wave) I enjoy our time together too! 

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: Hmm?

Nancy: I's just tellin em that I also enjoy our time on the TV show. I missed being on TV and being locked up...

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: (shushing her, trying to talk over her) WE all enjoy our time together! Let's just...leave it at that. As I was saying Japan has got their beloved Hellhounds back. The Gods of War, The Devil's Syndicate, and Rage & Fury have learned what the rest of J-Rok's tag teams have in their future. 

Nancy: Staph infection from them rasslin mats? 

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: Suffering, Nancy. But yes, that too. You see, The Hellhounds don't care that they get top dollar whenever they do a lucrative Japan tour. I'm not even sure they like money. They're not big talkers. 

Nancy: One of them bites. 

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: That's Psycho...or Cerberus. Which is the one you can't let near pets?

Nancy: (holds her dog Chloe close) The fat one.

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: Then Psycho is the one that bites. (to himself) Gotta come up with a rhyme to remember that one. But like I said, The Hellhounds haven't come back to Japan for the money that I mostly keep anyway. They do it because they are the last of a dying breed. They're not looking for Twitter followers and likes, they want to make sure The Swann Brothers never walk again. They're not worried about people watching them play the devil's vid-joe games, they're worried the J-Rok medical staff will run out of stretchers. 

Nancy: I called ahead and they got enough of them things at your next show. 

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: Thank you, Nancy. What would I do without you?

Nancy: Probably alot more time than ya did, thanks to me shreddin all that stuff you told me to.

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: ...

Nancy: (loudly whispering) But don't worry, I didn't tell them a thing. (gives him a wink, and a thumbs up)

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: ...

Nancy: Why do your veins do that thing? In your neck? You gotta get that looked at, Rev. My first husband used to get that when I would forget to pay the electric bill and it killed him dead in the kitchen one day. One minute, doin a bunch of hollerin, and then the next, blue and twitchy with a bowl a beefaroni on his chest. Saddest thing. Worst Christmas ever. 

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: (to the camera) We'll be right back with our guest Kevin Sorbo who will tell us why he's against celebrities voicing their political opinions. I can't wait to hear that. Then in the segment I hate more than anything, Chloe's Corner, Nancy will pretend to be her dog with a high pitched voice...

Nancy: You're not supposed to tell them that, Rev! Now they know she can't talk yet! Imma get them mean tweets again...

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: (slaps the desk) IT'S JUST DOG PUNS, NANCY! I THOUGHT THE BIT WOULD GO SOMEWHERE EVENTUALLY, BUT IT'S JUST DOG PUNS!! 

(Marsh slaps the desk again, and Nancy pouts. Cornelius Marsh smooths his hair out and returns to his false sweet demeanor) 

Reverend Cornelius Marsh: So please, join us after this commercial break. And if you hear word that you're booked against The Hellhounds, it's a great time to have that knee injury flare up. Just some sage advice from your Reverend. 

(Organ plays while Comfort From The Storm graphic fades up over an arguing Reverend Cornelius Marsh and Nancy with their mics off)

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Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Featuring first the challenger, weighing in at two hundred and eighty-five pounds, he is Rat Bastard!)"

The lights in the area go out and and red glow comes from the ramp as Sympathy for the Devil by The Rolling Stones begins to play through the speakers. As the words come through, the light gets darker.

Please allow me to introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
Ive been around for a long, long year
Stole many a mans soul and faith
And I was round when jesus christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain

Shadows mix in with the red glow now.

Made damn sure that pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

Rat Bastard steps through the curtain, a cocky smug look upon his face, with a tooth pick handing from his mouth.

I stuck around St. petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

Rat takes a deep breath in and runs his hands through his greasy black hair.

I rode a tank
Held a generals rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

Rat begins his stalk to the ring, shooting dirty looks of disgust out at the fans.

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
I shouted out,
Who killed the kennedys?
When after all
It was you and me

Rat climbs the stairs the ring, slowly climbing inside he begins to point toward the mat, lipping to the fans that he owns this place.

Let me please introduce myself
Im a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached bombay
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But whats puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby


Rat gets into the ring and casually leans in his corner, waiting for his opponent to arrive.

PsychoKGB: "(As announced last month Rat Bastard has signed a one night only deal to appear for a match tonight!)"

MUSHI: "(And what an opponent to face, Momoko Honda! She had a shot at the X*Crown earlier this month and now she's got a huge singles match opprutunity against XHF Legend and AWF star, Rat Bastard!)"

Fumio Daemura: "(And his opponent, weighing in at one hundred and fourteen pounds...Momoko Honda!)"

As Rising Hope gears up, Momoko makes her way to the stage. She rises a single finger up in the air, feeling the crowds cheer rain down on her. She finally makes her way to the ring, greeting the fans as she makes her way down the ramp. Momoko climbs on the apron, she makes her way to the top rope and looks down at the fans. Before she finally raises another finger in the air. After some seconds Momoko, jumps down and makes her way to the middle of the ring, displaying a striking pose. Momo-chan goes to the nearest corner and awaits for the official to start the match.

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J-ROK MATCH
J-ROK Singles Match; 30 Minute Time Limit
Rat Bastard vs. Momoko Honda

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As the bell sounds to start the match, Momoko Honda meets Rat Bastard in the middle of the ring. He laughs at her, putting up a hand to challenge her to a test of strength. Momoko looks to the crowd to see what they have to say on the matter and hears a chorus of “Noo”. It’s all the distraction that Rat needs though as he kicks her in the gut. He grabs her by the head and hits several knee lifts to the gut before casting her at the ropes like a lawn dart.

On the rebound, Rat runs at Momoko, and clotheslines her to the mat hard enough that she does a flip. Momoko is quick to get up, but Rat pounds her down with a series of double axe handles. Momoko tries to get back up still, but Rat keeps pounding her until she’s flat on the mat.

Rat goes to drop a leg, but Momoko rolls out of the way and to her feet. She leaps into the air as Rat Bastard gets back to his feet and nails a drop kick that staggers Rat, but doesn’t knock him down. She is up instantly and nails a second drop kick and then a third. Rat Bastard still doesn’t fall down.

Momoko Honda stands in front of the stunned Rat Bastard and unleashes a flurry of lightning kicks to the thighs, moving up to the gut, and then…

Nothing as Rat Bastard seizes her by the leg and hits a picture perfect giant swing that sees Momoko being released where she strikes the turnbuckles in the corner. She’s up quickly, but Rat Bastard charges into her with a shoulder to smash her in between him and the corner.

PsychoKGB: "(Rat Bastard treating Momoko Honda like a plaything in the ring!)"

MUSHI: "(She’s going to have to fight back somehow. Stick and move!)"


Rat Bastard grabs the top ropes, pulls back away from Momoko, and then pulls himself into another splash. Short arm avalanche? He hits a headbutt at the same time as his body slams into Momoko. The referee begins yelling at Rat to get out of the corner and counting. Rat Bastard pulls away from Momoko and looks to the referee with a grin that states he ain’t going to be breaking the hold anytime soon when Momoko grabs the top ropes herself. She brings her legs up and kicks out, shoving Rat Bastard away from her, sending him flopping into a backwards flip to the middle of the ring.

Rat Bastard gets back up and charges at Momoko Honda, who jumps up to the second turnbuckle and launches herself into a hard hitting clothesline that levels Rat Bastard. Momoko Honda rolls to her feet, spins around into a crouch, and roundhouse kicks Rat in the face as he gets up. This kick doesn’t knock Rat down though and Momoko grabs him to link fingers with him. She hits two hard kicks to the gut and then runs while leading him by the hand to the corner where she runs up the turnbuckles and hits a spinning hurricanrana!

MUSHI: "(Momoko on a roll!)"

PsychoKGB: "(She could win this match if she keeps this up!)"

Momoko gets Rat up into a headlock position. She starts to run with him when Rat Bastard picks her up into the air as if he were going for an atomic drop, but he throws her down onto her back instead!

Momoko is quick to get sat up, but Rat Bastard kicks her in the small of the back! This sends Momoko reeling in pain as she arches her back while laying on the mat. Rat rips her off of the mat, sticking her head between his legs. He pulls her up into the air and then slams her down for a massive Bastard Bomb (power bomb)!

Rat Bastard hooks a leg, nearly folding Momoko in half, and goes for the cover.

One
Two
Thr-Momoko kicks out!

Rat Bastard kneels up, grabs Momoko by the hair, and slams the back of her head against the mat. He goes for the pinfall again.

One
Two
Three! NO! Momoko gets a shoulder up!

Rat Bastard stands up, glaring at the ref where we can see him clearly mouthing “Fucking count right, ref”. The ref defends his count by holding up two fingers. Rat Bastard gets Momoko back up to her feet and drops her to the mat with the Plague (razor’s edge).

Rat Bastard drags Momoko’s limp body to the middle of the ring, climbs to the top rope, and leaps through the air. He misses a diving headbutt when Momoko rolls out of the way. She slowly gets to her feet, watching as Rat Bastard gets up. She grabs him in a side headlock, runs with him, and hits a headlock driver! She pushes her elbow across his face as she goes for the pinfall!

One
Two
Three!

MUSHI: "(Momoko Honda with the Tidal Wave for the win!)"

PsychoKGB: "(I don’t know how she did it, but she did it!)"

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match via pinfall...Momoko Honda!)"

Momoko Honda gets up and rolls out of the ring, celebrating her win on her way to the back. Rat Bastard sits up, blinking, and likely wondering what just happened.

---

We cut to outside the arena, there we see another ring with a large moat and bleachers surrounding it.

Psycho KGB: "(No fans your eyes are not tricking you, our next match will be outside! and surrounded by water!)"

Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is scheduled to be an exploding pool match. The winner will be the one who throws the other into the pool to cause an explosion! Featuring first the challenger...Nathan Parker!)"

45 by Shinedown begins playing as Nathan Parker walks out from the back. He looks around at the mixed reaction from the crowd, seemingly full of angst. He sighs deeply and heads down to the ring, crossing a small bridge over the moat.

MUSHI: "(I heard that Nathan struggles with depression and drinks rather heavily.)"

Almost as if to make MUSHI’s point, Nathan takes out a small flask and takes a long pull from it before putting it back away.

Fumio Daemura: "(And his opponent..."Niño Huracán" Pepe Morales!)"

The wrestler known as Pepe Morales walks through the back curtains. Nondescript, he wears simple black tights. Excited to be there, he does a little spin, like a tornado. He makes his way down to the ring, crossing the little bridge to get into the ring. The bridge is taken away by ring attendants once he is over.

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END OF DAYS TOURNAMENT ROUND ONE MATCH
Exploding Pool Deathmatch, 60 min time limit
Nathan Parker vs. "Niño Huracán" Pepe Morales

---

As the bell rings to start the match, Nathan Parker and Pepe Morales begins circling one another while looking for an opening by which to attack. Nathan stops in his tracks, prompting Pepe to stop as well with a curious look. Nathan points at Pepe and then points to the moat.

Nathan pulls out his cellphone from his pocket.

MUSHI: "(A flask and a cell phone? What else does Nathan have packed into his tights?)"

Nathan flips through a few screens on the phone until he finds the app he is looking for. He speaks into it.

Parker: I’m going to blow you into little pieces and sell you for fishing bait.

Nathan hits another button on the phone and holds it out.

Phone: Te voy a volar en pedacitos y te venderé como cebo de pesca.

Morales: I don’t know what’s wrong with you, man, but I. Speak. English.

Nathan hits a button on his phone to translate what Pepe had just said, but seems surprised when it comes out exactly the same.

Parker: It’s like you’re speaking English!

Pepe Morales knocks the cell phone from Nathan’s hand and gets into a fighting position. Nathan nods with a grin.

Nathan glides into a fighting stance before he locks up with Pepe. The two push each other back and forth before Nathan whips Pepe into the ropes. On the rebound, Nathan goes for a clothesline, but Pepe ducks under the arm, continuing to the ropes. As Pepe comes back again, Nathan goes for a back drops, but telegraphs the move so that Pepe has the time to put on the brakes and kick Nathan square in the face!

Pepe goes running to the ropes, running back as Nathan gets up to take him down with a clothesline! Nathan is back up quickly with Pepe grabbing him by the arm and sending him for the ropes again. This time Pepe follows Nathan, attempting to clothesline Nathan over the ropes. Nathan’s feet go up into the air and it seems like he might go over, but he lands back inside of the ring.

Nathan hits a cauliflower ear pop and grabs Pepe by the ears so that he can hit several brutal headbutts that stagger Pepe backwards, but Nathan holds tight to his ears. Blood runs down from Pepe’s now broken nose and is splattered across Nathan’s forehead. Nathan picks up the stunned Pepe and dumps him over the ropes, but he lands on the ring apron! Nathan walks away from the ropes, certain in his victory. He pulls out his flask and takes another long pull.

MUSHI: "(Shouldn’t he know that the match hasn’t ended by now? There’s been no boom.)"

PsychoKGB: "(You would think that he would know this, but I don’t think he does.)"

Pepe Morales stands up and grabs the top rope. When Nathan doesn’t hear the boom or the bell ring to end the match, he turns around to see Pepe Morales slingshotting over the ropes and into a shoulder block that takes Nathan to the mat with the flask sliding across the ring where it begins to leak out whatever it is Nathan was drinking.

Pepe is up, seizing Nathan as he starts to rise, hitting a high angle gutwrench suplex. Pepe then wrenches Nathan up and whips him into the ropes while following for a drop kick while Nathan is against the ropes. Nathan rolls out of the way at the last moment as Pepe drop kicks the top rope. He bounces backwards into a roll to a stand in the middle of the ring.

Nathan sniffs, walking over to where his flask is, and picks it up. He drinks the last few drops of what’s inside and looks forlornly at what was spilled. Nathan rushes at Pepe in anger and smacks him upside the head with the metal flask! He slams the empty metal flask against Pepe’s head over and over again, drawing blood from Pepe’s temple.

Pepe knocks the flask from Nathan’s hand and whips him into the ropes, nailing a picture perfect dropkick while Nathan is leaning against the ropes to send him over! Nathan grabs the top rope as he goes over the rope, using them to swing back in through the middle ropes into the ring.

Pepe is on him in a heartbeat, bringing Nathan up into the air and hitting a spinning wristclutch fisherman’s buster! With Nathan limp on the mat from the impact of such a move, Pepe begins rolling him with his feet to try to get him rolled out of the ring.

Nathan gets to the bottom rope and grabs onto it so that Pepe can’t kick him off of the ring apron. Pepe kicks Nathan a few more times to try to dislodge him and then runs to the ropes on the opposite side of the ring.

As Pepe rebounds back into a baseball slide drop kick, Nathan leans into the blow with his face! He’s sent to the ring apron, dangling off with a hand dipped into the water while clutching onto the bottom rope with his other hand. Blood drips into the water from Nathan’s broken nose from the drop kick.

MUSHI: "(Nathan could be losing right now!)"

PsychoKGB: "(All Pepe has to do is kick that hand!)"

Pepe gets back to his feet and sees the predicament that Nathan is in. He kicks the bottom rope, nearly sending Nathan into the drink, but Nathan manages to pull himself in. Pepe launches himself across the ring and makes his way back for another baseball slide dropkick. Nathan gets himself up into like a race starting position and lunges at Pepe. He hits a superman punch to Pepe’s crotch as he’s going for the baseball slide dropkick!

Pepe catches the bottom rope before he slides himself out of the ring, Nathan tucks into a roll to the middle of the ring where he attempts to roll to his feet and fails in a spectacular fashion.

Nathan staggers to his feet, watching as Pepe gets to his feet while still crouched over for his tenderized bits. Nathan wipes blood from his mouth, grinning as Pepe mirrors the motion.

Nathan and Pepe glare at one another from across the ring until you could hear a pin drop to cut the tension as both take off at one another. Nathan swerves at the last possible moment. Pepe continues on to the ropes as Nathan runs to the corner and leaps to the top turnbuckle, nearly sending himself into the drink from his momentum. He spins around and dives as Pepe is on the rebound, hitting a high shoulder block to the chest!

Nathan picks the fallen Pepe up into a bodyslam position, carries him over to the ropes, and simply dumps him over so that he hands on his head onto the ring apron! Pepe starts to fall into the drink when he manages to grab ahold of the bottom rope. Nathan Parker runs to the opposite side of the ring and bounces back. He goes for the baseball slide drop kick, but Pepe swings his legs into the ring, his foot finding Nathan right between the legs that stops his momentum right away.

Nathan is curled up into a ball that Pepe stands up to watch curiously with his head cocked. When Nathan recovers enough to start to sit up, Pepe hits him full in the chest with a shotei palm strike that sends him back down to the mat.

Pepe walks over to the ropes and holds out his hand. A ring attendant hands him a steel chair over the moat. Pepe goes to the top rope, throws the chair into the air, and frog splashes it! He rides the chair down, but Nathan rolls out of the way of the blow so that Pepe crashes onto the steel chair.

Nathan grabs the steel char, rolling Pepe Morales off of it. He holds the chair up by the legs while licking his lips with a monstrous grin.

MUSHI: "(I wonder if we’re going to see shades of Batman: Death in the Family here.)"

Pepe starts to get up, but Nathan brains him with the steel chair. Pepe tries to get up again, but Nathan hits him again. And again, and again, and again, and again, and again. Nathan cackles with madness as he brings the chair down over and over again until the chair itself is a broken, bloody mess. Pepe lays on the mat, bleeding from numerous wounds onto the mat.

Nathan throws the broken chair from the ring, bracing himself when explosives go off, and send a spray of water into the air. Nathan drags the barely conscious Pepe to another side of the ring, pulls him up into a belly to belly suplex position, intending to send Pepe over the ropes.

Pepe headbutts Nathan right into the broken nose, forcing Nathan to let him go. Pepe falls down to his knees. Nathan just smiles. Pepe launches himself upward with a sideways double axe handle smash to the side of Nathan’s head that sends him over the top rope. He hits the ring apron and falls into the water.

BOOM!!!

Water goes up into a geyser around the downed Nathan. Ring attendants work quickly to get Nathan out of the water and onto the floor between the moat and the security railing. Pepe Morales raises his arms in victory.

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match and going on to the second round of the End of Days tournament..."Niño Huracán" Pepe Morales!)"

---

We open up on a new scene. It’s earlier today outside of Hananomai a restaurant here in Tokyo. Standing out front is Kris Quake, Randy Angel and Johnny Styler who is bleeding from the forehead for no apparent reason.

Quake: Are you sure about this Randy? The Monopoly doesn’t like new places.

Randy: Absolutely. I’ve seen lots of comments about this place and how much they love wrestlers here. We’re going to be praised like Gods.

Styler: Woo!

Randy: Johnny’s excited. Let’s go in.

The three men walk into the entrance way, but Styler is quickly escorted back out.

Styler: What do you mean the Forrest Kid is not allowed? Blood? I don’t see no damn blood!

Blood is now pouring down his face. The worker who escorted him out dry heaves at the sight of the blood and quickly scampers back in.

---

We cut back to Ryugoku. It’s an hour later and Johnny Styler is laying in the bushes for some reason. The doors swing open and out flies Randy Angel followed closely by Kris Quake. They both land in the concrete belly first. They sit up and Quake looks at Randy with blood dripping from his nose.

Quake: They love wrestlers you said. We’d be gods you said.

Randy: Well they do love wrestlers.

Quake: Sumo wrestlers Randy, SUMO.

Randy: How was I supposed to know that.

Quake: Did you check the website first?

Randy: No.

Quake: Did you read any reviews.

Randy: No.

Quake: Did you ask anyone who told you about it?

Randy: No.

Quake: Jesus Randy! If I would’ve known it was a sumo restaurant I wouldn’t have walked in talking about how great I was.

Randy: But you do that everywhere.

Quake: Yeah but I wouldn’t have walked in!

Randy: Fair point. That was fun though. I almost got that guy out of the ring.

Quake: Hanging into his back while he walked to the edge to toss you off and out is not almost winning.

Randy jumps up to his feet, dusts himself off, and smiles.

Randy: You say Toe Mate Oh I say Toe Mah Toe. Now let’s go. I know this great place to get a beer.

Quake shakes his head and gets up as we cut back to the arena.

---

Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is a no holds barred match scheduled for one fall and is for the XHF Women’s championship! Featuring first the challenger, weighing in at one hundred and twenty-seven pounds...Bodhi!)"

“Husbands” by Savages begins playing as Bodhi walks out from the back to the mixed reaction from the crowd. She smiles, but keeps her eyes on the ring as she walks down the aisle to the ring.

PsychoKGB: "(Bodhi was the original Goddess of Sakura back in the SSS. I think she can take the Women’s championship.)"

MUSHI: "(Oh, she has the potential to win. That there’s no doubt.)"

Fumio Daemura: "(And her opponent, weighing in at one hundred and forty-one pounds, she is the XHF Women’s champion, Hanako Takeuchi!)"

“Handsome and Gretel” by Babes in Toyland begins playing as Hanako Takeuchi walks out from the back with the XHF Women’s championship belt raised in the air. Her face is painted white with black kanji with opaque looking white contacts, her hair dyed a dark red and her outfit black leather. She lets out a hellish scream and makes her way down to the ring where she hands the championship belt to the referee to display before handing off to the timekeeper.

PsychoKGB: "(Oh my god. Does Hanako know that this is a no holds barred match and not a deathmatch?)"

MUSHI: "(Black Rose Ultra in the house tonight! Besides, no holds barred match, death match. A no holds barred is like a vanilla deathmatch.)"

PsychoKGB: "(So, you’re ok with what she’s doing in the ring right now.)"

MUSHI: "(Perfectly. Wait, what’s she doing?)"

In the ring, Hanako Takeuchi has a syringe in her hand. She keeps her eyes on Bodhi as she glides the needle into a vein and draws out some blood.

MUSHI: "(What is she doing? Giving a sample so that Bodhi knows that she doesn’t have Covid?)"

PsychoKGB: "(I’m pretty sure she isn’t doing that.)"

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XHF WOMEN'S CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
No DQ, No Holds Barred Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
Bodhi vs. Hanako Takeuchi (C.)

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As the bell rings to start the match, Bodhi crosses the ring and decks Hanako with a hard right hand. The blow knocks the syringe from Hanako’s hand where it falls to the mat. She continues raining blows against Hanako before whipping her into the ropes. On the rebound, Bodhi hits a clothesline that sends Hanako to the mat.

Bodhi watches as Hanako is slow to get up. Hanako rises up part way before lunging for the syringe. She plunges it into the side of Bodhi’s leg and presses the plunger!

Bodhi takes the syringe out of her leg and throws it out of the ring. This gives Hanako a chance to leap upwards, hitting a leaping headbutt into Bodhi’s jaw that knocks her backwards to the mat. Hanako is up and running, hitting a running moonsault dropkick to Bodhi’s chest as she starts to sit up.

Hanako gets into a crouch as Bodhi starts to get up. Hitting a Maui Thai knee strike to the ribcage! She whips Bodhi into the corner, runs at her, steps up using the middle rope, and misses a roundhouse kick to the side of the head as Bodhi ducks. As soon as Hanako lands, Bodhi hits a spear that sends them both into the middle of the ring.

Bodhi pulls Hanako up and hits a belly to back suplex! She stands up, grabbing Hanako as she rises, and whips her into the ropes. On the rebound, Bodhi hits a Kitchen Sink. Which is a knee to Hanako’s gut hard enough to flip her over.

Bodhi gets Hanako back up and into a side headlock. She starts through the motion of a bulldog driver, but Hanako picks her up and hits an atomic drop. Hanako hits a ripcord knee strike to the spine of Bodhi that sends her back to the mat.

Bodhi starts to get up, but Hanako slaps her across the face with a hard enough blow to send her back to the mat! The sound of the slap echoes throughout the arena. Bodhi starts to get up again when Hanako slaps her hard across the back in a blow that arches Bodhi’s back as she reels in pain. Hanako switches gears as Bodhi again tries to get up, hitting a downward spiking elbow. This time Bodhi is laid out from the strike so Hanako goes for the pinfall!

One
Tw-Bodhi kicks out!

Hanako Takeuchi goes to the top rope and leaps into the air for a graceful hangtime for a moonsault double foot stomp to the ribcage! She goes for the pinfall!

One
Two
Thre-NO!
Hanako Takeuchi is pulled from the ring! A large masked man yanks her out and begins beating on her.

MUSHI: "(That's... No way! That's Fukitsu Gaikotsu from Yamashi Pro!)"

PsychoKGB: "(Him and Hanako have been having bad blood between one another for months now!)"

MUSHI: "(His hatred for Takeuchi has crossed promotions now and he's going at her!)"

Fukitsu starts hitting her in the still injured ribs before spitting that vile black mist into Hanako's face! he rolls her back in.

Psycho KGB: "(Not the mist! the black mist can blind someone for weeks!)"

Bodhi, seeing an opportunity, hits her queens call finisher and goes for the pinfall!

One

Two

Three!

Fumio Daemura: "(Winner of the match and NEW XHF Women’s champion...Bodhi!)"

Fukitsu Gaikotsu grins at the fallen Hanako and rushes out of the building through the crowd. Hanako is blinded as medical personnel stretcher her out of the venue. The J-ROK Owner walks out with a check and boquet in hands. He shakes the hand of Bodhi before giving them to her. They take a quick picture before he puts the belt on her and she celebrates in the ring.

---

Fumio Daemura: "(The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and is for XHF X*Crown Championship! This is a 20 minute Championship Scramble Deathmatch. Everything is legal, and every pinfall made will crown a new "interim" champion. The last person to be interim champion by the end of the 20 minute time period will be crowded the X*Crown Champion.)"

The sparse guitars of "Demons" by Sleigh Bells echo out, distorted, across the arena. As the drums kick in, the lights in the arena change to blacklight as Deco walks out, lit up and glowing with her blacklight-activated ring gear on.

Ｙｏｕ　ｄｒｉｎｋ　ｔｈｅ　ｗｉｓｅ　ｂｌｏｏｄ
Ｙｏｕ＇ｒｅ　ｇｏｎｎａ　ｈｅａｒ　ａｂｏｕｔ　ｉｔ
Ｙｏｕ＇ｌｌ　ｂｅ　ｔａｋｅｎ　ｄｏｗｎ　ｂｒｉｃｋ　ｂｙ　ｂｒｉｃｋ　ｂｙ　ｂｒｉｃｋ

Deco throws her hood off and lets her pink hair light up in the blacklights, with the white teeth on the front of her face mask shining brightly, even appearing to be moving as the lights pulse on and off. She hops to the apron in one move and steps through the ropes, jabbing at the air to prep for the match and hype herself up.

Fumio Daemura: "(In the ring at this time, from Seoul, South Korea! She is Deco!)"

MUSHI: "(Deco is a fan favorite here in J-ROK! After her performance last week at Fired Up, I think she really has the potential to win the X*Crown tonight!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Dylan had to make his way through Brewer on that same night at Master of Destiny. I'm sure he's not planning on losing to any of his opponents tonight!)"

Miley Cyrus' "Party in the U.S.A." comes out of the speaker, and everyone cheers! It is the current FLOTUS, here to conquer all! She is flanked by her Secret Service agents, Smith and Johnson front and center with an entourage of lanky men in suits behind them. Those lanky men surround the ringside area, standard protocol as protection for Her Majesty. Smith and Johnson block off the entrance ramp.

Fumio Daemura: "(And her first opponent, from Washington D.C, USA! She is the sitting First Lady of the United States, Esmerelda Kanyon!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Hey! This gives an unfair advantage to Esmerelda! Not only does she have all these men available to her at a whim, but now Wolf Fang and Dylan are going to have a difficult time getting to the ring!)"

MUSHI: "(All's fair in war, KGB! Let's get to the ring, they're ringing the bell!)"

---

XHF X*CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

Championship Scramble Deathmatch; 20 Minute Time Limit

Deco vs. Esmerelda Kanyon vs. Wolf Fang Ayame vs. Dylan Black (C.)

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DING DING! DING DING!

Deco and Esmerelda circle each other in the ring. Deco holds a hand up for a test of strength, and Ms. Kanyon takes it up. She's backed into the corner, Deco shoving her back. The referee separates them, and Kanyon lets out the wildest bitch slap, sending Deco flying back! Deco touches her cheek, stunned a moment before looking up at the FLOTUS. She runs at Deco, attempting a meteora but Deco rolls out of the way! Ms. Kanyon rolls back up to her feet, but Deco is a step ahead. SEOUL STRONG STYLE! HOLY SHIT! THAT NASTY BROGUE KICK RIGHT OFF THE BAT! SHE MAKES THE COVER ON THE FLOTUS.

ONE...

TWO...

THREE!

Fumio Daemura: "(The current interim X*Crown Champion is Deco!)"

MUSHI: "(Dylan Black isn't even out yet and we could possibly have a new X*Crown Champion!)"

Psycho KGB: "(It doesn't matter who gets the first interim reign, or who has the most reigns. Dylan just has to be the last guy who makes a pinfall or submission and he can retain his title.)"

Deco can't believe it! Just a minute and a half into this match and she's having a taste of what being a champion, being the X*Crown Champion tastes like. She is so excited! Agent Smith grabs the time keeper by the collar of their shirt, demanding the decision gets reversed! Esmerelda wasn't ready! She wasn't standing on her feet and ready! This is blasphemy! The time keeper holds their ground, nothing will be reversed, especially when there's still 18 minutes left of the match! Deco mocks Agent Smith, laughing at him but she's suddenly rolled up! Esmerelda stacks her up! She gets the feet on the ropes! She's gonna get the pin?

ONE...

TWO...

KICKOUT! NO! DECO GETS THE SHOULDER UP!

MUSHI: "(So close!)"

Esmerelda is furious! She's the goddamn First Lady, and damned if she gets screwed like this! Agent Johnson slides into the ring and roughhouses the ref a bit, Esmerelda behind him. Neither her nor the ref notice as Smith slides in and grabs Deco! She's lifted up! JACKNIFE POWERBOOOMB! Smith slides out as Johnson finished his harassment, both men knew what was up! Esmerelda noticed nothing! She just sees Deco laid out, and runs over for another pin!

ONE...

TWO...

THREE!

Fumio Daemura: "(The current interim X*Crown Champion is Esmerelda Kanyon!)"

Psycho KGB: "(She got it! New interim champ in the US's First Lady!)"

That sweet sweet Puerto Rican fury turns to excitement, as Esmerelda knows what it's like to now be the X*Crown Champion! Deco is reeling on the apron and Esmerelda celebrates! The Secret Service members try to start a round of applause for the FLOTUS, but the crowd in the Tokyo Dome is booing horrendously. They begin a "Deco" chant in retaliation, but Ms. Kanyon simply begins to mount an offensive on Deco, utilizing the bitchy diva-type moveset she's so familiar with.

She climbs the ropes, and drops down with a SALSA ATOMICA! That deadly double foot stomp off the middle rope! She makes sure to grind her foot in extra hard on Deco, to make her feel the burn! But Deco grabs her foot, she sweeps Esmerelda's feet out from beneath her and headbutts her on the way down! The FLOTUS reels on the floor, losing all sense of her mentality, as Deco struggles to make it to her feet. The crowd begin a "Deco" chant again, to help their hero make it to her feet! The Secret Service tries to counteract with a "FLOTUS" chant, but-

BUZZ!

MUSHI: "(I wonder who the next opponent will be.)"

"O・TE・A・GE・DA!" by BRADIO plays, and Wolf Fang comes flying down the ramp, running at top speed!

Psycho KGB: "(Wolf Fang is in the house!)"

She slides between Agents Smith and Johnson with ease, before they can react and keep her out of the ring. She runs it and is quick to hit a soccer kick on Esmerelda!

Fumio Daemura: "(The next opponent, already in the ring - Wolf Fang Ayame!)"

Being the fresh faced babyface of the match, Wolf Fang takes a moment to check on Deco. As much as they're enemies and need to be at each other's throats, Wolf Fang doesn't stand for the type of cheating Esmerelda doesn't know she utilizes. Once she knows Deco is clear headed, they take a moment to talk strategy while the Secret Service do the same with the FLOTUS. Agreeing to work as a team, Deco and Ayame walk towards Ms. Kanyon but a large flying object soars between them! They notice it's a police baton. Both are quick to grab at it, but Esmerelda is quicker!

MUSHI: "(Esmerelda is armed! The first lady has a weapon!)"

Seeing how they have the numbers advantage, Ms. Kanyon brandishes the baton in front of her! Ayame runs at her but takes a baton to the back for her troubles. Deco takes her turn, being experienced with dealing with police. She ducks a swipe by the FLOTUS, smacks her arm away, and kicks Esmerelda in the back of the leg. Wolf Fang gets up and delivers her patented HEAVEN'S HOWL to Esmerelda! The FLOTUS eats knees and falls, and Deco drops an elbow after!

Psycho KGB: "(Their team tactics are working wonders on Esmerelda!)"

Esmerelda rolls out of the ring, not willing to take more damage without a break. Wolf Fang goes to go after her, but Deco grabs her and drops her with a neckbreaker!

MUSHI: "(There goes the end of that partnership!)"

Wolf Fang looks up in shock, while Deco shrugs, mouthing how it's just business. Wolf Fang gets back up to her feet and begins to brawl with Deco, both throwing some wild punches. Ayame is much quicker, being the fresher opponent, but Deco still has the ability to put some extra "oomph" in her strikes! She throws some tough shots at Ayame, slinging her against the ropes for a back elbow! But Wolf Fang ducks, hits the opposite ropes, Deco crossbodies her! She gets flattened and Deco makes a cover.

ONE...

TW-KICKOUT!

She slams her fist on the mat in frustration. She picks Wolf Fang up and irish whips her over the ropes, landing on the apron. Deco runs the ropes, but Wolf Fang leans down and slams her shoulder into Deco's gut! She goes for a move over the ropes, but Esmerelda is back up! She grabs Wolf Fang's leg and hangs on tight, as Deco kicks her off the apron! Esmerelda gets flattened under Ayame! Deco steps through the ropes, standing on the apron and jumps! She splashes right onto the two and they all tumble on the floor! Agents Smith and Johnson march over while all lay on the floor, but Esmerelda looks up and at them. They both walk over, pretending to check on her. Not their actual plan of course, but the FLOTUS can't know what they do behind her back!

Deco is able to sit up after a moment, noticing the two large men standing way too close to her. She manages to grab Wolf Fang and roll her into the ring, away from the gaze and reach of the Secret Service, and drops a knee right on her face before she rolls her over for a pin!

ONE...

TWO...

THR-BUZZ!-EE!

MUSHI: "(Did that count? Looks like Deco had that pin counted right as the buzzer went off!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Of course it counts! That only marked the halfway point of the match, and that means the final entrant is on his way to the ring! Here comes the champ!)"

Fumio Daemura: "(The current interim X*Crown Champion is Deco! And the final opponent of the match, making his way to the ring, Dylan Black!)"

"Blood, Tears, Dust" by Lacuna Coil belts out from the PA system as a figure emerges from the back. Dylan makes a beeline right for the ring, but the Secret Service block his way! They deny him entry! That doesn't stay for long as Dylan takes a few steps back and barrels through the line! They go flying back as Dylan hits the ring!

Psycho KGB: "(Here comes trouble!)"

Dylan kicks things off with a clothesline to the rising Deco! She saw it coming but would rather go out and bide her time than deal with the freshest guy in the ring. He turns to Wolf Fang, hitting the ropes and dropping on her with a senton! He then sees Esmerelda and Agents Smith and Johnson on the outside. They don't see him, of course. But he locks on, hitting the ropes opposite to them and flooring them with a suicide dive!

Psycho KGB: "(Dylan's on fire!)"

MUSHI: "(He knows what it takes to retain the X*Crown, what needs to be done to win it. I doubt he'll take any chances to slip up and cost himself the championship!)"

Dylan rolls back in, and grabs Wolf Fang around the waist and deadlifts her into a german suplex! He rolls over, a straightjacket suplex! Once more he rolls, he lifts her but she shifts her feet so Dylan can't lift her. She ducks down as Deco runs up, uses her as a step, and hits an elevated TAG AND BAG on Dylan! That shining wizard knocks Dylan Black, and unfortunately sends Wolf Fang up and out of the ring! Deco picks Dylan up by the hair and lays into him with some strong style strikes! Forearm smashes that daze him, but he returns fire! They smash into each other, throwing bombs to gain an advantage! Dylan manages to get the upper hand for just a second, trading his fist for a headbutt, and staggers her. He stumbles into the ropes, bouncing back with a SHOTGUN DROPKICK! THE VERY MOVE THAT SECURED HIS VICTORY A WEEK PRIOR! Deco stumbles to the floor, as the First Lady takes a stab at dancing with Dylan.

Psycho KGB: "(Here comes Esmerelda! Ready to take the fight to Dylan!)"

She mouths off on Dylan, talking about how her husband told her everything there is to know about Dylan. She pushes him back, still talking that shit, yet he hardly reacts. This angers her, so she winds back for a slap and swings! Dylan grabs her by the wrist and wraps his other hand around her throat! Her eyes bug out and his demeanor changes very quickly. He spins her around and lifts her up on his shoulders, he's going for Ragnarok! The move that's won him so many matches throughout his career! He goes to stick a nail in the coff-

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{Spoiler! Click to show}BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANG!

MUSHI: "(WHAAAT?!)"

Standing over Dylan, huffing and puffing, is the sitting President of the United States and husband to Esmerelda! Curtis D. Kanyon, famed rival of Dylan's alter-ego The Anomoly, just speared Dylan right out of his pants! Security is quick to jump on Kanyon and quickly escort him out of the ring. Some of the Secret Service lackeys follow, trying to argue that Mr. President did no wrong!

Dylan rolls out of the ring, where Wolf Fang is waiting. She delivers a swift meteora right to his face and knocks him half under the ring! Esmerelda grabs Wolf Fang, and smashes her head on the apron! Suddenly it's just Deco and Esmerelda on their feet. Just like the opening of this match. Deco begins to deal out some heavy blows, while Ms. Kanyon opts for a more bitchy-diva strike style. Lots of slaps, some hair pulling, and she even goes dirty with a thumb in the eye! Deco holds her eye, and the FLOTUS superkicks Deco! Deco rolls out of the ring, still holding her eye as Esmerelda turns her back, gloating over her success. As her back is turned for an uncomfortably long time, a few lackeys grab at Deco, trying to pull her out from under the ring! BUT DECO SPRINGS OUT AND SPRAYS COLORS IN THE AIR! IN THE EYES OF THE SECRET SERVICE! DECO HAS SOME SPRAYPAINT, SPRAYING IT AT THEM ALL! They back off, screaming and crying out in distress!

MUSHI: "(What an innovative and surprising weapon to bring out!)"

Psycho KGB: "(It fits her style to a tee!)"

Deco rolls back in, going to spray Esmerelda in the face! She hasn't looked back for a while! But when she goes to pull the "trigger" Wolf Fang grabs her by the hand! She spins Deco around, trying to wrestle the spray paint from her but SHE GETS A FACEFUL TOO! Esmerelda jumps on Deco's back in a reverse-Thesz press, launching fists into the back of her head as the bottle of paint goes flying! Esmerelda begins to stand but Dylan's back! He grabs her by the hair and throws her across the ring, where she lands by the corner! She pulls herself to sit up, and he irish whips Deco into the corner after her. But Deco hits a low dropkick, knocking Esmerelda loopy!

Psycho KGB: "(Some tag team efforts by Deco and Dylan! I love it!)"

MUSHI: "(I don't think they were intentional, but they sure were effective!)"

Unamused, Dylan turns his attention to the still-blind Ayame outside, while Deco works more on Ms. Kanyon. She lays into the FLOTUS with some lethal stomps, before mounting and raining elbows down! Meanwhile, Dylan irish whips Ayame into the stairs, where she flies over them and into a few Secret Service agents. An agent kicks her while she's down, perhaps payback for falling into him. Dylan climbs onto the apron, and jumps off with a cactus jack elbow drop onto her! He lifts her to her feet, and tries a spinning heel kick! She ducks! He hits the agent from before! While he's on one leg and not balanced, she shoves him back, where he falls back first onto the steps! She climbs up the steps, jumping and stomping on him as she climbs!

Fumio Daemura: "(There is one minute left on the clock!)"

MUSHI: "(Deco is one minute away from officially winning the X*Crown!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Dylan has one minute to score a pin and retain his championship!)"

Everyone is now on high alert and edge. Except Esmerelda, who's all but out of it now. Wolf Fang climbs the ropes while Deco is distracted, and she gets ready to jump for a hand grabs her leg! Dylan is crawling up, he has an iron grip on her! She knocks him over with a punch and leaps onto Esmerelda! She splashes and stands up to face Deco, but Dylan springboards over the ropes and kicks her away! He picks her up as Deco has to struggle to lift a deadweight Esmerelda from the ground.

MUSHI: "(It's very down to the wire!)"

There is 15 seconds left on the clock. Dylan bounces off the ropes and delivers a stiff knee strike, the DISASTERPIECE to Wolf Fang as Deco hits her SEOUL STRONG STYLE on Esmerelda again! Both cover their respective move recipients, and the referee sees both being made. The referee decides to count BOTH pinfalls!

ONE... / ONE...

TWO... / TWO...

THREE! / THREE!

BOTH OF THEM SECURE THE PIN! AT THE SAME TIME NO LESS! THERE'S 4 SECONDS LEFT! DESPERATE, DYLAN SCRAMBLES TO PIN AYAME AGAIN-

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{Spoiler! Click to show} DING DING! DING DING!

The bell rings, signaling the end of the match. Everyone sits there confused, especially Deco and Dylan who both made simultaneous pin-falls. The referee raises Deco's hand, signaling her as the winner. She celebrates, before another referee runs down the ramp. He slides into the ring, and raises Dylan's hand! He begs to differ that Dylan has retained the title! Both refs begin to argue, as Dylan and Deco stare daggers at one another across the ring. The confusion goes on for a moment, before the screen lights up in the office of the owner of J-ROK!

J-ROK Owner: "(ENOUGH! This is certainly no way to end a match, let alone an X*Crown match on one of our biggest PPVS of the year! It is clear the referee saw both pin falls and counted them both. However, there was not enough time left for a deciding fall to be made. Therefore, I am announcing the following; a 20-minute extension for Dylan vs Deco. No weapons allowed. Just a straightforward match, where the next pin fall will be the deciding fall.)"

With that, the screen goes out. The crowd cheers and chants.

"20 MORE MINUTES!" *clap clap clapclapclap* "20 MORE MINUTES!" *clap clap clapclapclap*

Both Dylan and Deco smirk, before they take a quick rest period. Wolf Fang Ayame and Esmerelda are escorted away from ringside, as is the hoard of Secret Service workers. The referee makes sure both competitors can compete still, and rings the bell!

DING DING! DING DING!

MUSHI: "(We're back underway! The X*Crown Championship match continues, and we'll get a definitive champion tonight!)"

Psycho KGB: "(I can't wait to see how this all goes down! I suspect we could see an upset in just 10 minutes!)"

After the quick rest, Deco seems to be more fired up than before. She bounces in the corner as Dylan stretches. He's had just a taste of Deco earlier but now, now he's going to go all in! They meet in the center of the ring, Dylan offering a hand for a test of strength. Cautious, Deco takes it. Dylan offers his other hand, and Deco moves in for it... only to lock her hand around his wrist and spin him around... a neck breaker! Dylan falls, holding the back of his neck! He rolls a bit away, to gain some ground from Deco as she moves onto the offensive.

She knees by him as he's curled up fetal, and begins to lay into him with heavy blows! Lefts and rights as she just lays the smackdown upon him! She stands up and lands a few stomps before taking a step back. She tries her luck with a senton but Dylan gets the knees up! She rolls off, clutching at her back while crying out!

Psycho KGB: "(The champion with that excellent ring awareness! Knew exactly where and when to get the knees up!)"

Dylan takes this opportunity to show off how a striker really strikes! He crawls over and delivers a few brutal looking knees to the side of the head, grinning while he does it! Intent on making sure Deco doesn't walk out of the Tokyo Dome tonight, especially with the X*Crown, he bounces of the ropes. CURBSTOMP! BLACKOUT! NO, DECO ROLLED OUT OF THE WAY, HE STOMPS ON THE MAT! He holds his knee in pain as Deco takes a turn on the ropes, rebounding for a TAG AND BAG! BUT DYLAN GRABS HER LEG AND DOES AN ARM DRAG WITH HER LEG! He keeps the pressure on as he locks in an ankle lock! But he's too close to the ropes, Deco drags herself a few feet and locks hands with the rope! The referee orders Dylan to let go, but he refuses! The referee then starts counting, and that makes Dylan let go at the count of three, holding his hands up at the ref.

MUSHI: "(Dylan is in this to play dirty, and he doesn't care what has to be done to win!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Deco can have that same mentality too! She is a rebel by heart and playing by the rules is usually the last thing on her mind!)"

Dylan turns back to Deco again, lifting her up by the hair and putting her into position for the Royale Massacre! He lifts her... but she kicks and makes him lose his grip. He tries again, but she is persistent. Dylan goes to lift her a third time but DECO LIFTS HIM INSTEAD! BACK BODY DROP OVER HER HEAD! HE FLIPS UP AND CRASHES AND BURNS ON THE MAT! Dylan does begin to pull himself to his feet though, so Deco runs the ropes. SEOUL STRONG STYLE! NO! Dylan utilizes an Okinawan Leg Block to send her flying to the side! She's able to land on her feet, nimble like a cat, and spins with a heel kick to Dylan's face! That one connects! He stands there a moment, before falling flat on his back! She makes the pin!

ONE...

TWO...

KICKOUT!

Frustrated, she grabs Dylan by the throat and begins to choke him out! Dylan's eyes bulge out of his head as the ref now counts at Deco to let go. She lets go at the count of four, picking him up and irish whipping him into the corner! She lifts his legs above the second ropes, and steps back to the opposite corner.

MUSHI: "(Deco taking a page out of the champs book.)"

Deco sprints across the ring. GOLD RUSH! GOLD RUSH! KICKS DYLAN RIGHT WHERE THE BABYMAKING HAPPENS BUT DAMMIT, THE REF DETERMINES THAT'S LEGAL! SHE PULLS HIS CRUMPLED BODY TO THE CENTER OF THE RING AND COVERS HIM!

ONE...

TWO...

TH-KICKOUT!

Pyscho KGB: "(Big DB still has gas in the tank!)"

MUSHI: "(Eugh don't call him that.)"

Deco grabs Dylan and throws him over the top rope! He hangs onto the ropes and gets his feet on the apron. She runs for a spear, but he ducks down and drives his shoulder into her gut. He then goes for a spinning heel kick again, knocking her out! But he gets hung up on the ropes and falls to the floor. He yelps and clutches as his knee, as the ref counts him out.

1... 2... 3... 4...

Deco rolls out of the ring, unbeknownst to the ref. She walks around the side of the ring, before getting into a full on sprint as Dylan comes to a knee. She runs up and meteoras him right in the face! He rolls over and crawls away, Deco stalking him. She lifts him up to Irish whip him into the steps but Dylan reverses! Deco takes a tumble into the steps with a loud clang! Everyone in house cringes as Deco is out on the floor. The ref is at a count of seven, to which Dylan rolls in just enough under the ropes, and then rolls out to continue the offense. He lifts her up in a fireman's carry, dumping her onto the apron with an F5!

MUSHI: "(Ouch!)"

Psycho KGB: "(Similar to another famous gaijin with an identical attitude!)"

He pushes her back into the ring, covering her for just a two count. He rolls her onto her stomach and begins to slug into her head with forearm strikes! He spins around for a knee and she gets her head damn near knocked off! He wraps his arms around her waist, lifting her up for a german suplex! He rolls over and pushes her away, but locks his hand around her wrist. RIPCORD LARIAAAAAT! NO! SHE FALLS TO HER KNEES BENEATH HIM! He tries a superkick while she's kneeling, flop to the ground! A senton, perhaps? She rolls out of the way! Dylan's getting frustrated, he jumps for a double foot stomp, but jumps over her as she rolls out of the way. He quickly brings back with a moonsault! He makes the cover!

ONE...

TWO...

KICKOUT!

Angry, he begins with some more lethal knees! Driving them into her head once, twice, three times! He makes another cover, and gets two and a half! He picks her up and defiant, she elbows him right on the nose! Blood begins to poor out and she headbutts him! He's staggered! She jumps forward with an uppercut! He's about to tumble! She runs the ropes, discuss back elbow! Dylan ducks! Before she can turn around, Dylan kicks her in the back of the head with a matka-kick, and she crumples to the floor. Not satisfied, he grabs her by the leg, twists it in a figure-four way, and grabs her arm and wrenches it back! The Reaper Death Seal! A classic submission from his book! Deco's free hand shoots up, she tries to claw and drag her way to the ropes but Dylan sits all his weight in the small of her back! Her hand stays up in the air, but she's fading. Her hand slowly sinks to the mat, and her eyelids close over her eyes. The referee picks up her free hand and lifts it once, twice, three times. IT FALLS EACH TIME!

DING DING! DING DING!

MUSHI: "(Dylan did it! He retained the X*Crown!)"

Psycho KGB: "(And Deco looked like a superhero standing up to a dastardly villain here.)"

MUSHI: "(I'm sure Dylan will twist it to make himself the hero of his story.)"

Psycho KGB "(Deco has nothing to be ashamed of though. She came very close to the tip top of the XHF mountain after a 20 minute war against some underrated J-ROK folks, and then another near-20 minute battle one on one with the champ!)"

Fumio Daemura: "(The winner of this match via TKO, and STILL the XHF X*Crown Champion. "THE MESSIAH OF MAYHEM," DYLAAAAAN BLAAAAAAACK!)"

Dylan gets handed the X*Crown as fireworks go off! He climbs the corner and celebrates his win as Deco slowly comes to. His music is cut short though, with a record scratch. He stares up at the tron, expecting the J-ROK owner to give him more shit when the following is heard;

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{Spoiler! Click to show}

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

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{Spoiler! Click to show}The explosive pop heard is MONUMENTAL! 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 but no sign of the Messiah of Hardcore anywhere! All the spotlights point up to the skybox, where someone in a "V" mask painted in the style of an Anomoly mask is shaking their head. We fade to an XHF ad advertising Night 2 of End of Days.

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Psycho KGB: “(Folks when we say this upcoming match is important, even that’s an understatement. This very well may be the most important tag team match not just in J-ROK, but in the entirety of the Wrestling world.)”

MUSHI: “(Since march of this year. That’s how long SKY Force has been fighting, clawing their way back up the ladder to get to this very moment. To get the very tag team titles that were stripped from them earlier in this year.)”

Psycho KGB: “(They worked their way up and won a best of five series to get here tonight, but along the way they won the XHF Tag Team and Rose City Tag Team Championships. They grew and changed a lot to get to this point MUSHI, but their opponents are no pushovers either.)”

MUSHI: “(Anna Daniels and Lisa Seldon. That is the names of the two women who make up the most dominant tag team in this company's history. Dodo-A-Gogo won the J-ROK Power Ballade Championships in March and won the IJWF Tag Team Championships about a month back. They won SSS’ Sakura Tag League last year as well. Going on an almost year long winning streak. No team has pinned, submitted, or beaten this team in any way, shape or form since they entered the Sakura Tag League and won it last year.)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is a four falls match! Each fall will be for one title. The first fall will be for the Rose City Tag Team Championships. The second fall will be for the IJWF Tag Team Championships, The third fall will be for the J-ROK Power Ballade Championships, and the fourth and final fall will be for the XHF Tag Team Championships! All rules will be by the referee’s discretion and this match has no time limit.)”

We see Nausicaa Suzuki and Shizuko Yamamoto make their ways to the ring with their titles and in an elaborate entrance.

Fumio Daemura: “(Introducing first in the red corner, at a combined weight of 391.8 pounds they are the REIGNING DEFENDING Rose City and XHF Tag Team Champions… they are the duo of Nausicaa Suzuki and Shizuku Yamamoto… They are SKY Force!)”

They raise their belts up high into the air as the fans cheer.

Fumio Daemura: “(And their opponents in the blue corner, they are of a combined weight of 265 pounds, they are the REIGNING DEFENDING IJWF Tag Team and J-ROK Power Ballad Champions… They are the duo of Lisa Seldon, Anna Daniels… They are Dodo-A-Gogo!)”

Lisa and Anna raise their titles high in the air as the fans cheer for this highly anticipated match.

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XHF TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
J-ROK Power Ballad Championship, Rose City Tag Team Championship Match and IJWF Tag Team Championship Match; Four Falls Match each for a different title; 60 Minute Time Limit
SKY Force (Nausicaa Suzuki and Shizuku Yamamoto) vs. Dodo-A-Gogo (Lisa Seldon and Anna Daniels) (C.)

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The bell rings and it’s Nausicaa Suzuki and Lisa Seldon who start things off for the first fall and the Rose City Tag Team Championships. Lisa doesn’t seem to take her as too much of a threat as she doesn’t even get into a fighting stance. Instead she makes jokes with Anna. Even turning her back on her opponent. She pays for this dearly as she drops onto her back and is rolled up into a crucifix pin hold by Suzuki.

ONE!

TW-

Lisa gets out and gets up to her feet. Before she knows what’s happening she’s rushed again. This time eating a big boot.

Psycho KGB: “(Dream Crusher! And she just keeps on going into her side of the ring now, a tag by Yamammoto and in they both go.)”

MUSHI: “(Oh! And SKY Force with the Crash Landing combo! Another pin attempt)”

ONE!

TWO!

T-

Seldon kicks out of the pin attempt again. Lisa rolls back onto her feet but before she can do anything she’s yet again hit, this time with Yamamoto’s Shizuku breaker neck breaker variation! She drags her to the corner and another tag!

Psycho KGB: “(That powerbomb and suplex variation!)”

MUSHI: “(That’s Bedlam! SKY Force is going full force against the two women they said stole their tag team titles!)”

ONE!

TWO!


THREE!

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of the first fall and STILL Rose City Tag Team Champions SKY Force!)”

Psycho KGB: “(Now we start the second fall for the IJWF Tag Team Championships!)”

MUSHI: “(Things started off a little rocky for Dodo-A-Gogo in the first fall, but now they seem to be done playing games. Anna and Shizuku starting things off for the second fall.)”

The bell rings to begin the next fall of this four fall mega title match. No more playing games the timelord Anna Daniels goes right for Yamamoto. Yamamoto tries the same strategy as before, but it’s not gonna work twice on this team. Anna dodges a punch attempt and Lisa grabs Yamamoto on the outside, keeping her in perfect position to eat a knee from Anna.

Daniels starts stomping her opponent in the knee. Shizuku tries to crawl away but is cut off. Daniels tags out to Lisa while driving Yamamoto into their corner. She drives a few more knees and punches into Shizuku before lifting her up in an electric chair. She pushes her down and right into Seldon for a shoutout jaw breaker combo.

MUSHI: “(Witch Hunt by Dodo-A-Gogo!)”

A quick pin attempt and she gets her shoulder up at one. Another pin attempt and this time she bridges out. Lisa goes to drop an elbow, but it’s dodged as Shizuku rolls out of the way. She gets to her feet but is met with a leg sweep from Seldon. Another pin attempt, it’s bridged out. Shizuku runs the ropes as Suzuki makes a sneak tag. Shizuku charges her with a big boot, Lisa catches her into a T-Bone Suplex.

We can hear Nausicaa yell out Seldon’s name as she hits her with a missile dropkick she calls the Leap of Faith. Seldon gets blown back into the ropes and comes bouncing back off them twice as fast. She comes full speed ahead towards Nausicaa now. A yakuza kick drops Suzuki.

Lisa tags Anna in again as she drags Suzuki by the leg to her corner. Daniels comes off the top rope with a corkscrew shooting star leg drop.

Psycho KGB: “(Cake or Death? connects!)”

After this they take turns tagging in and out laying in a highflying flurry of ferocious moves onto Suzuki. Anna goes for a senton eventually and eats two boots to her spine. She bounces off of Suzuki’s boots and Nausicaa crawls towards Shizuku. She inches closer and closer as Charles and Rin scream and cheer her on. Nausicaa makes a leap of faith, but just a centimeter away she misses. Suzuki drops face first. We change camera angles to see Lisa with a death grip on her ankle. She yanks her away from her haven and into the abyss of Dodo-A-Gogo.

She places a foot over her knee and bends her leg, stomping it and driving it over and over and over again into the canvass. Each time an audible noise of agony and suffering is heard. Shizuku runs in to stop things, but Anna is there to stop her. Both members of SKY Force get tied up in a leg submission of sorts now. Nausicaa goes to tap but Charles slides in to stop her as Rin distracts the referee. Charles dives at Lisa and starts clawing her face, causing her to let go of the submission. Nausicaa dives and spears Anna causing her to break her submission as well. Lisa gets Charles off her and punts him about six rows deep into the crowd.

Anna is tagged back in soon after and keeps working on Nausicaa. She picks Suzuki up and goes for a suplex, but Suzuki lands on her feet. She pauses for a mere moment though, causing some room for Anna to turn around with a back elbow, it’s ducked and Nausicaa hits her in the face with a shoutei. Anna takes a step back before hitting her with a forearm. She irish whips her into the ropes and comes back with a handspring elbow. She hits Nausicaa with a few more strikes ending the flash combo with her interrobang brazzilian kick!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winner of the second fall and STILL IJWF Tag Team Champions… Dodo-A-Gogo!)”

Both teams go back to their corners and it’s Shizuku starting things off again, trying to give Nausicaa a breather. Anna starts off with this one too. The effects of the last two falls begin to show as all four women are bruised and beaten.

Psycho KGB: “(The third fall has begun now. This one’s for the J-ROK Power Ballad Championships currently held by Dodo-A-Gogo)”

MUSHI: “(You know, so far both falls have seen the champions of both respected titles retained. Will we see that for the rest of the match or will we see new champions tonight?)”

The two women lock up for the first time in this match, Shizuku getting the advantage. She tries to stop the highflying Daniels from being able to pull off her most devastating of moves. She starts working on the arm to weaken it up for her finisher. Getting it in a painful submission of some sort. Daniels manages to fight out of the hold and break free after a few minutes of struggling. She sends tingles down the spin of Shizuku with a few quick jabs. She throws Yamamoto to the outside before running the ropes and jumping onto the top rope in one movement.

Psycho KGB: “(a beautiful no handed Cake or Death? From Anna Daniels!)”

MUSHI: “(And that’s not all Psycho, here comes her partner with that brutal black horse diving star onto SKY Force and even her own partner!)”

Psycho KGB: “(Hold on Lisa may of hit that no handed asai moonsault but here comes Nausicaa and Charles with an assist! Another Leap of Faith from Suzuki!)”

MUSHI: “(Everyone crashing and burning here now!)”

When everyone finally gets back up a massive brawl ensues between both teams on the outside. Nausicaa drives Anna into the first barricade. Lisa throws Shizuku towards the stage. They start trading strikes and suplexes on one another. Meanwhile we see Anna running on the Barricade and jumping off hitting a hurricarana off it.

The referee counts as they keep brawling outside. Up to a 10 now as Shizuku and Lisa still fight on the ramp. She starts running towards the ring as Anna is already back. A 17 now and she’s ringside. She kicks off Seldon and rolls in at the very final second.

MUSHI: “(A close call there, but both competitors are back in the ring.)”

Anna drops her with a tiger suplex and then another.

Psycho KGB: “(Daniels looking for the Threeish Doctors now. But she can’t get all of it, Yamamoto gets behind her and locks in her Suffocation submission!)”

Shizuku keeps working on the arm of Daniels. Nausicaa and Lisa are fighting around the ring. Shizuku locks in her take on the triangle lancer after a few more minutes working on the arm.

MUSHI: “(Zuku Death Trap!)”

Anna starts struggling. It’s locked in tight. Lisa tries to break it up but is intercepted by Nausicaa! She locks in her grounded octopus stretch she calls Destiny!

Psycho KGB: “(We’ve seen this earlier with Anna and Lisa, but now it’s SKY Force giving them a taste of their own medicine!)”

Nausicaa wraps up Lisa’s arms. Shizuku gets the armbar locked in tighter, bridging with it. Anna taps! She taps!

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winners of this fall and NEW J-ROK Power Ballad Champions… SKY Force!)”

Both teams back to their corners now, the bell rings and like the first fall, it’s Nausicaa and Lisa starting things for their respective teams. This time it’s Lisa who rushes Nausicaa. She’s not letting her get a one up on her again. She hits Suzuki with a Killa-Cana-Rama spike hurricanrana, back up to her feet and she kicks Suzuki in the gut.

Suzuki gets back up to her knees only to be beaten back down with a rush of kicks and stomps from Seldon. She gets bum rushed into the corner and eats a horror pop shotgun knees into the corner. Anna tagged in now, she dives off the top with a set of knees to her chest. Another tag and this time a double team move from Dodo-A-Gogo, a lep sweep/yakuza kick combo in fact.

Psycho KGB: “(The Badger Dance by Dodo-A-Gogo!)”

MUSHI: “(And a pin attempt, One! Two! No Shizuku breaks the pin!)”

All four ladies in the ring now, they begin to all throw punches and other strikes at one another. Anna and Shizuku go over the top and out of the ring, brawling all around the ring and up and down the rampway. Meanwhile Lisa and Nausicaa continue trading strike combos, Seldon throws Suzuki into the ropes, Suzuki goes for another Dream Crusher, Seldon steps out of the way, Nausicaa goes for a pele kick, it’s caught and she goes for a modified inverted northern suplex, Suzuki slips out and between her legs, going for a german of her own. Lisa lands on her feet.

She turns her around for a fishermans driver, she calls the Evil Dead. a pin shortly after and…

ONE!

TWO!

THRE-

No Suzuki bridges out as she lets out a ferocious scream.

She goes for the pin again, this time hooking the legs and arms.

ONE!

TW-

No Nausicaa still has some fight in her. After all they’ve been through throughout this match, this final fall possibly had the most riding on it. Rin distracts the referee for a moment as Charles slides some cold spray to Nausicaa, she tries to spray Lisa in the eyes, but she dodges it, Seldon rolls and pops up and Suzuki tries one more time, this time it working. She throws the can out of the ring and rolls up Seldon with a school girl. A two count though.

Lisa back onto her feet as well and Suzuki. Lisa goes for the wolfsbane mist, but Nausicaa pulls up a shield to protect her. Lisa swings and Nausicaa goes for another roll up. Lisa counters the roll up with a gedo clutch, Nausicaa with a prawn hold, Lisa wiggles out and catches her in the alligator clutch.

MUSHI: “(Hovering Butterfly! This has ended many matches folks!)”

Pyscho KGB: “(One! Two! Thre-)”

MUSHI: “(No! Shizuku! Shizuku breaks up the pin out of nowhere!)”

Shizuku lays in a few good hits before Daniels comes in to stop her, Anna tries to throw her out, but Yamamoto throws her out instead. She hangs onto the ropes and comes bouncing off them with a meteora onto Shizuku, they both roll out of the ring.

MUSHI: “(OW! Nausicaa catching Lisa with a fist full of mini charles toys!)”

They fly out of her hand after the punch and she gets Lisa into a piledriver position, hitting her match ending pandemonium package piledriver.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE










Wait, no! Anna stops the pin attempt! She breaks it up! The crowd are roaring now. They can’t believe it’s still going! Anna drags Lisa to their corner where she tags herself in. She bounces off the ropes and goes for a head scissors, but Suzuki reverses it into a spinning sidewalk slam.

Psycho KGB: “(Wishbone from Suzuki, wait no Anna flips back out and into a head scissors again, around and around she goes! Implant DDT connects!)”

MUSHI: “(Anna to The Infinite Power!)”

Lisa back in for a double team move now, they hit a double rana on their opponent. Anna now with a double underhook brainbuster! Oncoming Storm!

ONE!

TWO!

TH

Shizuku breaks up the pin again, neither team letting the other have any room for error tonight. Lisa takes Shizuku out of the ring and throws her up the rampway. Anna lifts Nausicaa up to the top rope, both jockey for position. Nasuciaa hits her one good time and starts to get her in position for her super finisher, a top rope piledriver! Anna manages to reverse it at the very last second though and hit hers instead, the victory star drop!

Psycho KGB: “(SPLATASTROPHE! WE’VE NEVER SEEN THIS MOVE IN J-ROK BEFORE!)”

MUSHI: “(THAT’S HOW IMPORTANT THIS MATCH IS TO THESE TEAMS! WILLING TO PULL OUT THEIR ULTIMATE TECHNIQUES!)”

ONE!

TWO!

THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Fumio Daemura: “(Your winners of the fourth and final fall, and NEW XHF Tag Team Champions… Dodo-A-Gogo!)”

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You know, there are few feelings in the world that are better than shutting a motherfucker up.

Fade in.

The usually angry spitfire known as STRiFE is standing outside of the women’s locker room. She crosses her arms and leans against the hallway wall before continuing on.

STRiFE: And I cannot wait to savor that feeling tonight.

A small pause.

STRiFE: Brad Swann―

STRiFE: You know Brad, you’ve been talking a mighty big game for a couple of months. And in a weird way, I understand why. You won the King of Hokkaido Tournament. You’ve made some sort of a name for yourself throughout other promotions within the XHF. And you feel as if you are the shit, as they say. Therefore, I get where this self-inflated ego of yours is coming from. But Brad? There’s something you need to grasp onto and hold closely to your heart.

Another pause.

STRiFE: I. Don’t. Care.

A second passes.

STRiFE: I don’t care what you did in the AXW. I don’t care what you’ve done throughout the XHF. And honestly? I don’t really care that you’ve become the King of Hokkaido. None of that makes you special. None of that makes you intimidating.

She nods.

STRiFE: The only thing I truly care about is beating your fucking head into the mat. Why? Because that’s what happens when people get placed in front of me. It doesn’t matter how big they are. It doesn’t matter how much talent they have. It doesn’t matter how many accolades they have under their belt. I know that they are gunning to take what’s mine when that bell rings, and I’d rather kill them than hand over the J-ROK Visual Kei Championship.

A moment passes.

STRiFE: You know, I find it a bit funny that most of the challengers that I’ve run across have had this notion in their brains that they are entitled to hold this championship. However, entitlement implies that you have a given right. But no one has a right to what I’ve spilled my blood to defend.

Her eyes narrow as she looks directly into the camera.

STRiFE: You are a “king,” Brad.

She chuckles.

STRiFE: Yeah. You earned that label by winning that tournament. However, you’re a “king” in name alone. You will be heading back home without a throne or a crown. You will be headed back home battered and bloody. This is a death match, so that means I get to slaughter you in every manner that I see fit. And you’ll be headed back home a disgrace.

She snaps her fingers.

STRiFE: Because those are consequences of stepping to me without realizing what you are truly getting yourself into.

With that, the camera starts to fade to black.

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MUSHI: “(What a match we just got done seeing! But folks, that’s not even the main event. This right here is. And if you’re asking yourself how did an outsider like Brad Swann get a shot at the J-ROK Visual Kei Championship, well Pycho-San, i think you should tell ‘em.)”

Psycho KGB: “(Brstiffad Swann won the inaugural King of Hokkaido Tournament in June. He went right for STRiFE and made it clear he wanted a match against her at this show. Brad Swann has been one of the most dominant wrestlers in the world today, only being pinned a handful of times this year. Even being a multiple time world champion. This is his second of three world title matches this week alone.)”

MUSHI: “(I’m sure many more folks tuning in tonight know this though, what the folks tuning in for End of Days and sticking around till the end of the show may not know though, is that our Visual Kei Champion STRiFE hasn’t lost a single match this year. She’s been the most dominant champion this company has seen since the very woman she beat for the Goddess of Sakura Championship last year in Fukushima Zombie.)”

Psycho KGB: “(This could very well be her biggest threat and opponent to challenge for her title this year though, folks this is a match you don’t want to miss!)”

Fumio Daemura: “(This match is a Duke of Wrestling Match and is for the J-ROK Visual Kei Championship! In this match you must use your opponents finisher. After that if they can’t get up after a ten count they will lose the match. They can go anywhere within the venue and a one mile radius around said venue.)”

The crowd begins to roar in excitement for this highly anticipated match.

Fumio Daemura: “(Introducing first, in the red corner, the challenger… standing in at 5’11 and weighing in at 225 pounds, coming from The Depths of Sanctification, he is the 2020 King of Hokkaido Winner… “The King” Brad Swann!)”

The fans quietly clap for Swann in fear of being beheaded by the king tonight.

Fumio Daemura: “(And his opponent in the blue corner, standing in at 5’4 and weighing in at 122 pounds, coming from Kyoto, Japan…. She is the REIGNING DEFENDING J-ROK Visual Kei Champion….she is STRiFE!)”

With a stone cold stare STRiFE hands off her title for what could be the final time. Not taking her eyes off her opponent for a single second as the introductions are finished and this match is now underway.

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J-ROK VISUAL KEI CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Duke of Wrestling Death Match; 60 Minute Time Limit
King Brad Swann vs. STRiFE (C.)

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They circle one another to start things off, taking a very cautious and calculating approach. There’s no telling when or where a finisher may be attempted in this very unusual match. They lock hands in a test of power like position. Trying to get a good hold of one another. Swann steps over and goes for a wrist and arm lock like combo. He gets pulled and flips onto his back where STRiFE now tries to stomp his face in. He moves his head out of the way and tangles up her arm and leg together, tripping her into a tequila sunrise submission hold. Submissions can wear down the opponent but they won’t win the match unless it’s an opponents finisher and it makes them get knocked out for ten seconds.

With a free hand STRiFE reaches back and grabs a handful of Swann’s hair. His head goes back and she quickly gets a hold of his neck, wrapping an arm and trying to get him in a choke hold. He uses a hand to get her hand off him and wraps her arm up in an uncomfortable position now too.

Psycho KGB: “(We haven’t seen STRiFE in such a position often MUSHI. She looks to be in trouble.)”

Brad lets go of the submission soon though and goes for a swift kawada styled kick. He misses and STRiFE sweeps his legs, tripping him. She gets to her feet and quickly goes for a Kawada styled kick of her own.

MUSHI: “(STRiFE can’t win with the Bullet to Your Throne tonight. It’s a habit many wrestlers have, but in this unique match you must use your opponents finisher to win!)”

Brad gets to his feet too now, he kicks STRiFE in the gut and goes for his patent ddt. STRiFE stops him and lifts him into a suplex instead. He rolls out of the ring for a quick breather. He rolls back into the ring and they lock up again. This time STRiFE getting an advantage working on his ribs with an abominable stretch. She lifts a leg up as she bends Swann down further and gets it over his head and wrapped around his neck, transitioning it into a manji gatame. He gets a hand free after a minute and grabs STRiFE, he lifts up and drops her on her neck with an air raid crash.

Brad sits up after a quick breather and lifts STRiFE up by the hair. He hits her with a Bullet to Your Throne already in the match! STRiFE goes down, but only for a count of 3 by the referee. It’s going to take more than that before she’s finished off. He gets behind her and goes for a snap dragon suplex, STRiFE stops it by locking her feet into his leg, she rolls him into a prawn hold before jumping up and hitting him with a double foot stomp.

She climbs to the middle rope and waits for him to get back up now, jumping off when he does and hits him with The Fine Ending DDT! A count of 3 for her troubles though as he uses the ropes to help him get up faster.

STRiFE runs towards him and goes for a roundhouse, she’s caught and gets thrown out of the ring with a t-bone suplex from the king himself. She crashes onto the apron and then onto the mats ringside. Swann steps through the ropes and goes ringside, picking up his opponent again, driving her into the barricade back first before whipping her into the ring steps. She reverses the last throw and throws him into the steps instead. He stops himself from crashing into them at first, but gets big booted into them anyway.

STRiFE rolls back into the ring, catching her breath for a moment as she waits for the challenger to get back in too. He soon does. They lock up again, this time trading uppercuts with one another. It goes from uppercuts to forearms to chops back to uppercuts in the sickening display of brutality from both opponents.

Psycho KGB: “(These two are going to kill each other by the end of this match!)”

MUSHI: “(Poor choice of words there Psycho-san, but look at this! They’re headbutting each other now!)”

STRiFE grabs him by the head and drives her head into his with full force. A loud thud could be heard even from the cheap seats as Swann drops to the mat. STRiFE looks up…

MUSHI: “(What a loud thud!)”

Psycho KGB: “(Look at STRiFE! She’s… She’s bleeding!)”

Indeed she is as a trickle of crimson falls down her forehead. She doesn’t seem to pay no mind as she backs up and goes for a punt kick. Swann gets hit with the Beheading, but luckily for him his head is still attached for now.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

FOUR!

FIV-

Swann manages to roll out of the ring now, leaning on the barricade. STRiFE follows him and eats a quick kick to the gut. He throws her over the first barricade and now their fighting where the commentary tables and bell keeper sits. Brad lifts her onto the table. He places her head in between his legs and flips with her, hitting a canadian destroyer from the time keepers table to the commentary teams table! He grabs her back up and hits her with a Bullet to Your Throne.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

FOUR!


FIVE!

SIX!

SEVE-

STRiFE somehow, some way gets back up after being piledriven through a table! She staggers around but manages to compose herself. Swann is bewildered. He tries to hit her again, but is dumped over the second barricade and is now into the crowd.

Psycho KGB: “(Oh god now we’re gonna get the show canceled! You guys can’t be near the fans!)”

STRiFE picks up a row of chairs from some fans who were ushered away and smashes them across Brad’s head. She grabs another row of chairs and throws them at him again, this time on his back.

After a short while, they keep brawling through the crowd and into the back where the upper decks are. They continue to brawl close to a scaffolding now, Brad hits her with a snap dragon suplex, he calls the Bloodline. He climbs up the scaffolding now, making his way to the top. He reaches up and hops over to the balcony of the upper decks, a solid 15-20 feet from the ground. He leaps off as STRiFE stands up.

Psycho KGB: “(Moonsault off the upper area of the Tokyo Dome!)”

MUSHI: “(HOLY SHIT!)”

As fast as he was up there he came crashing down even faster. He rolls up onto his feet and again goes for Bullet to Your Throne. A 5 count this time for all his troubles. He picks her up and throws her into the scaffolding, only for her to reverse it and throw him face first into it instead! Swann crashes and burns right into it. He bounces off and STRiFE catches him with the Fine Ending onto the concrete!

A 6 count after that as we keep on going. They make their way down the tunnel now, towards the backstage area. Some more brawling back and forth as they keep going deeper and deeper out of the crowds view. We see them approaching us now as we switch cameras. STRiFE kicks him in the leg, causing him to stumble down into the wall, he comes back and throws her into the hallway.

They head towards the hall that leads to the outside area now. Using weapons and whatever else they can to beat down each other with. They keep brawling down the hall towards the exit when Swann picks up STRiFE and suplexes her into the wall. She crashes down after another hard landing.

They keep going and STRiFE is the one who kicks the challenger out the door with a running roundhouse kick. She follows him and hits him with a nearby sign, smashing it across his head. Swann stumbles and starts walking off towards what looks like another ring.

Psycho KGB: “(Looks like they’re heading towards the ring used for the exploding pool death match!)”

MUSHI: “(Before that though, look! Swann speared STRiFE right through the glass window to the Tokyo Dome!)”

They begin fighting in the lobby of the entrance now. Glass shards all over them, both pouring blood. Swann tries spearing the champ through another glass window, but eats shit and goes through it himself this time. STRiFE dodging the attack. She drags him to a bench and hits the fine ending on him onto the bench.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

FOUR!

FIVE!

SIX!

SEVEN!

EIG-

No he manages to get up. Brad stumbles now, trying to compose himself. He meets an offensive barrage of budgining from the champ as she starts beating him with a traffic cone. She puts it on his head and again goes for the Fine Ending. It gets a nine this time, so close but no cigar as they keep fighting. Trying anything they can now to get the win.

They start fighting towards the other ring outside that was used for the exploding pool death match. Swann starts beating STRiFE now, hitting another Bullet to Your Throne! He wraps a chain around his foot now and hits her again with another Bullet to Your Throne!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

FOUR!

FIVE!


SIX!

SEVEN!

EIGHT!

NI-

STRiFE somehow gets up with the help of a barricade. Both start fighting closer and closer to the ring. Back and forth they go. Brad starts getting in control till he sees it. The water around the ring. He just pauses, looking very uncomfortable. He starts to back away before STRiFE grabs him and shoves his head into the water.

He fights her off and shoves her head into the water now. He starts to slip up though, leaving room for the champ to hit him with a Red Reign wristlock slap. She keeps hold and this time hits him in the legs with stiff kicks. He freezes for just a moment, but that’s all she’d need to hit it. The Beheading! Swann’s head along with the rest of him goes into the air and right into the pool.

MUSHI: “(The Beheading from STRiFE! Swann goes right into that pool of water!)”

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

Psycho KGB: “(Holy shit! There’s still some C4 in the water! That damned thing just exploded again!)”

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!

FOUR!

FIVE!

SIX!

SEVEN!

EIGHT!

NINE!

TEN!

Fumio Daemura: "(Your winner of this match and STILL J-ROK Visual Kei Champion... STRiFE!)"

The bell rings as STRiFE’s hand is raised. Medical staff rush to the water and get Swann out and up onto a stretcher. Somehow he’s still able to move and breath after he coughs up a bunch of water and blood. He pushes the medical staff away and the bruised, battered and now beaten king hobbles off into Tokyo. The champ celebrates a hard fought win as we cut back to the Commentary team.

Psycho KGB: “(What a match we saw here tonight folks, what a show even! These two nearly killed one another and i’m still not sure if Brad Swann is even ok.)”

MUSHI: “(We saw some new champions, surprises and even some upsets in a few matches. Thank you all for joining us, we hope you new viewers stick around and we hope the J-ROK faithful checks out some of our new friends.)”

Psycho KGB: “(This is all the time we have for tonight folks, tune in next time on Halloween when we have Filmsick Mystery! It’s sure to be a spooky spectacular of a show. See you all October 31st folks and be sure to check out NPW next week when they host Week 2 of End of Days in South Korea!)”

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