Post by Cyberstrike on Apr 2, 2018 20:43:56 GMT
Warzone 19 goes on air as we see Cane Deathscream standing in the middle of the ring. The X-WCW GM is wearing his usual suit as he is seen holding a mic in his right hand. The crowd bombards him with boos before he makes an announcement.
CD: “Last show, the Eamon X and Divebomb match was declared a double disqualification by the referee. Not only that, but as a result, the title was held vacant. Last week, me and the board of authorities were discussing about this matter and we have come up with a conclusion for this matter. The decision shall STAND! The title is and will remain vacated until further notice.”
The crowd boos heavily at Cane before they let him continue. Infact, they don’t want him to continue as they just boo anyway.
CD: “SHUT UP! I aint done with my announcement yet! That ‘further notice’ I mentioned was the compromise the BoD made earlier this day. The X-WCW will conduct the 2005 LORD OF THE RING TOURNAMENT! Instead of the usual PPV event, the matches for the LOTR tourney shall be featured tonight and on the next X-WCW events leading up to Starrcade Xtreme! Blaster has won the Royal Bash…so the winner of the tournament shall be declared the X-WCW UW Champ a few weeks before the PPV itself and WILL face Blaster in the main event of Starrcade Xtreme.”
The crowd stops booing and replaces it with cheers. Cane just smirks before he concludes his announcement.
CD: “So what are we waiting for then huh? Lets begin this tournament!!!”
His music hits the speakers as he leaves the ringside area. The camera fades to black as he makes his way up the ramp. The opening credits of Warzone play into the screen. The intro stops and we are taken back to ringside where the stage pyros are set off. We go to the announce table with James Russell and Randal King.
JR: “Welcome to X-WCW Warzone! We are live here from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria!!!”
RK: “Yep, after our last PPV, we are back here in the outback, baby!”
JR: “In cooperation with the transformer wrestling alliance and its other wrestling federation, the X Tour joins them here in Australia for the 2K5 Australian Wrestlefest!”
RK: “You said it, JR! Well lets start off this tournament.”
JR: “16 names are in this LOTR tournament that will kick-start tonight. And these are the participants for the said event.”
1) Divebomb
2) Cyberstrike
3) Damien
4) Raven Darkstorm
5) Judge Death
6) Tempest
7) Tidal
8) Jeff Jarrett
9) Autobot Jazz
10 ) Eamon X
11) Ryan X
12) The Xterminator
13) Grant Snell
14) Powermaster
15) D-Extreme
16) SciFi Man
RK: “Wow, that’s a lot of names JR! Most of them are sure shot winners for the title. About 8 of those guys can win this tournament with ease. But the biggest factor here are the new blood of the X-WCW. Can they make an upset over our veterans?”
JR: “We shall find out, King. But right now we have Cole Ryan standing backstage with the FORMER champ, Divebomb. Lets take you there right now.”
Backstage
We see Cole Ryan standing beside the former champ.
CR: "We are here backstage with the former X-WCW UW Champion, Divebomb. After Cane made the announcement, you handed over the UW title belts to the X-WCW officials. Do you have any thoughts regarding about the double DQ decision? And any thoughts about he titles being vacated?”
DB: “You want to know what I think about a decision made by some piss ants that ended up with me having to hand over my world title belts. Are you messed up in the head or something? How in the hell do you think I feel about it? Those were my titles. Now all of this just because that jackass Cyberstrike had a bug up his ass about Eamon having a chance at getting the title back. I have stayed out of this mess with the nTo just because I didn't want to get involved in a petty squabble over power for some useless faction. But now it looks like I might have to start a third one here just so I can get a chance at kicking strike's ass all over the arena. What a joke!”
With frustration in his face, Divebomb punches the wall before CR continues the interview.
CR: "Tonight, Cane revealed the tournament brackets. Your name is on the top of the list, meaning your match will be up next here on Warzone. But the thing is, Cyberstrike will be your opponent. Anything you want to say to your opponent tonight for your match?"
DB: “Strike, you cost me my titles. And there is nothing you or your nTo teammates armed with all the kendo sticks you can manage to scrounge up can do to stop me from walking out of that match victorious. But if for some unknown reason you do manage to win, then before the night is out I will leave you and your rag tag team bloodied and beaten and on the losing end of your nTo war.”
CR: "D-Bomb, if you do win, you obviously will advance. With the names like Eamon X, D-Extreme, Judge Death and even your former GPA team mate Tempest do you think you have any chances of winning in the LOTR tournament?"
DB: “I got to the top of this fed by winning a match against all the top names in this fed. No matter who I am up against I will win and I will get back what is rightfully mine, even if that means getting a fair fight in against Eamon X or fighting that fool D-Extreme or having to beat the hell out of the real turncoat Tempest. This is my tournament and in The End I will walk out victorious.”
CR: “Very defiant words by the former champion. JR, I am sure that this tournament will have an explosive start tonight. So Divebomb, thank you for this interview. And we're going back to ringside for the next match. Its Divebomb vs Cyberstrike for the first round LOTR tourney!”
We go back to ringside with the announcers.
RK: “Very defiant indeed. I don’t know who is gonna win in that one.”
JR: “What I am hearing is, no one will be allowed to interfere during the match. If they do, the wrestler will be indefinitely suspended by Cane.”
RK: “No interference during the match eh? I still think something will come up here. I guess its me starting to get paranoid like Eamon. Hahah”
LOTR First Round
Cyberstrike vs Divebomb
TH: “The following Lord of the ring first round match is scheduled for one fall.”
JR: “The match is about to begin, King.”
RK: “I know, JR. And this is gonna be a battle for the ages. These guys just hate each other! I know Divebomb hates CS for making his last match a double DQ, but I know CS doesn’t like D-Bomb for even one bit.”
"Warriors of the World United" by Manowar hits the PA Systems and out comes the former X-WCW UW Champ, Divebomb.
TH: “Introducing first, from Burnaby, he is DIVEBOMB!!!”
Divebomb makes his way down the aisle as the crowd greets him with a huge chorus of boos. Divebomb ignores them all and slides into the ring.
JR: “The crowd here in Australia doesn’t like D-Bomb one bit.”
RK: “Course they cant, they are just fickle! Just cause Divebomb kicked their hometown hero Eamon’s ass last show, they cant have the integrity to say Divebomb is the better wrestler.”
Divebomb waits on the corner and adjusts his wristbands. The lights go down as “Immortal” by Adema plays in the speakers. Cyberstrike enters the stage with the nTo kendo stick and raises it in the air.
TH: “And his opponent from Indianapolis Indiana. He is the leader of nTo Red…..CYBERSTRIKE!!!”
The crowd gives it to the nTo red leader hard as they give him a louder chorus of boos than they gave to Divebomb earlier. Cyberstrike makes his way down the aisle and pauses as he sees the sign that reads “Cyberstrike robbed Eamon and Divebomb’. CS grabs the sign and rips it into two before throwing it at the fan who was raising it.
JR: “Such disrespect there, King.”
RK: “You said it, that guy had NO right to raise that sign!”
JR: “…I was talking about Cyberstrike.”
CS enters the ring and hands the kendo stick to the referee before the match starts. Both men go to the center of the ring as the bell rings to kick off the action. Both men lock up and CS gets the early advantage with a hard kick to the gut of D-Bomb. CS delivers a couple of clubs to the back of D-Bomb but DB uses his strength to shove CS into the ropes and whips him to the other side. DB catches Cyberstrike with an inverted atomic drop.
JR: “The former UW champ connects with that inverted atomic drop on Cyberstrike. Divebobmb is now putting the boots on Cyberstrike as he is getting up.”
RK: “Divebomb aint letting CS get up that easily here, JR.”
Cyberstrike is up and Divebomb kicks him hard on the gut. Divebomb sets CS up for a powerbomb, but CS takes DB down with a back body drop. Cyberstrike waits for Divebomb to get up before delivering a DDT to take DB down hard on the canvas. CS goes for the cover.
JR: “Cyberstrike pins Divebomb…1…..Kickout by Divebomb.”
RK: “The DDT seemed to have no effect on D-Bomb here. I think CS has to pull off more moves to make DB to stay on the ground.”
DB gets up and CS hits him with a hard right hand to the face. DB ducks the second one and delivers a hard knee to the gut of CS. Divebomb backs Cyberstrike into the nearest corner and starts to deliver some chops to the chest. DB goes up and starts to pummel Cyberstrike with numerous punches on the head. Divebomb delivers the 10th punch on CS and goes down to the mat.
JR: “Cyberstrike is down and Divebomb just waits in one corner for Cyberstrike to get up.”
RK: “I aint sure if Divebomb is doing the right thing here. CS is one of the best wrestlers here in the X-WCW and he can make a comeback at any point of this match if D-Bomb aint careful.”
Cyberstrike is on his feet as Divebomb charges at him. CS sees the former UW champ coming at him and takes DB down with a drop toe hold. Divebomb goes down and has his upper body hanging on the middle ropes as CS bounces off the other end of the ring before delivering a running knee attack on the back of Divebomb.
JR: “Cyberstrike just delivered his knee hard on the back of Divebomb. This could be a turning point of the match.”
Divebomb gets picked up by Cyberstrike and he tries to send DB to the ropes. DB reverses the whip and sends CS to the ropes. D-Bomb goes for a clothesline by CS ducks the attempt. DB turns around and Cyberstrike catches him with a sunset flip. Before the referee can count the pin, DB reverses the momentum to get the pinfall in his favor. The referee counts but Cyberstrike kicks out at two. Both men get up and Divebomb goes for a clothesline but CS ducks and goes behind Divebomb.
JR: “Nice standing switch there by CS but here goes Divebomb with a standing switch of his own. CS turns around and tries to get Divebomb here with another DDT but DB counters with a northern lights suplex. Here comes the pin 1…2…NO! Shoulder up by Cyberstrike!”
DB goes for another pin but it lasts until two yet again. This time, Cyberstrike gets himself up and is now attempting a backslide.
JR: “Both men try to perform a backslide on the other but no one could. Both men let go and DB bounces off the ropes to take CS down with a hard forearm smash.”
RK: “Man, that just knocked the wind outta Cyberstrike. Look JR, he is NOT moving there.”
Divebomb looks on at CS who is out cold on the mat before he goes to the top rope. Divebomb is up on the top rope and he launches himself for THE BOMB.
JR: “DB goes for the bomb but CS gets his knees up. Divebomb is down on the mat and he is rolling in pain after he landed his back on the knees of Cyberstrike.”
RK: “Bad move there by Divebomb. He should know better to stall for a while before going up the ropes. Every second counts if you want to do a top rope move on a grounded opponent.”
Divebomb is down on the mat as Cyberstrike slowly gets himself on his feet. Cyberstrike is up and he picks up Divebomb while sneaking in a couple of clubs to the back. Cyberstrike kicks Divebomb to the gut and goes to his side.
JR: “Cyberstrike has Divebomb in the position for his patented move.”
RK: “The breakdown, has been CS’s most useful move ever since the day he entered the wrestling business. Tonight, its just business for him to end this match with that same move.”
Cyberstrike sets D-Bomb for the Breakdown but before he could connect, he stops as the stage pyros are set off. “Break and Enter” plays through the PA Systems and Cyberstrike lets go of Divebomb. Cyberstrike looks at the stage and tries to search for Eamon. Eamon X is nowhere to be found on stage while CS is holding on the top rope shouting for Eamon to come out and fight him. While this is happening, the crowd are on their feet in anticipation for their countrymen’s entrance to the ringside.
JR: “Eamon’s music has hit the arena but…Eamon is nowhere in sight!”
Both CS and the crowd go into disappointment as the music cuts and Eamon is nowhere to be found. Inside the ring, CS turns around only to get a hard shot to the gut by DB. Divebomb lines him up for THE END and it hits.
JR: “THE END! THE END!!! Cyberstrike is down and Divebomb goes for the pin.”
The referee counts the pin 1…2…3. The bell rings as Divebomb gets up and gets his hand raised by the referee.
TH: “The winner by pinfall…DIVEBOMB!”
“Warriors of the world united” plays as Divebomb raises both arms in victory. Meanwhile, we see Cyberstrike down on the canvas as the song plays on. We go directly to the announce table with JR and RK.
JR: “What a way to end a match. The End was hit by Divebomb for him to pin Cyberstrike and to advance to the next round of the tournament.”
RK: “You said it JR. But I cant help to think what the hell was the music of Eamon doing. I thought he was gonna do something stupid and let himself get suspended or something.”
Backstage
We go backstage after the match to see a couple of motorbikes run through the parking area. They stop on the door to the X-WCW locker room area and they step out of their vehicles. The two men are the two members of nTo white, Bombshell and Powermaster Prime. They wait for the door to open and reveal Sting.
Sting: “Nice to see you guys here. Listen, AJ and Daniels arent here tonight but we got to do our business alright?”
BS: “No prob, Sting. We can handle some nTo red jack assess tonight by ourselves.”
PMP: “Yeah. We gonna punk them out tonight!”
The three enter the locker room area as we go to a commercial break.
LotR II First Round match
Damien vs Raven Darkstorm
“Cowboys From Hell” hits, and the newcomer – Damien – make his entrance to almost no response.
RK: “Tough crowd tonight! They’re indifferent to this guy!”
JR: “Well, Damien’s a new face here, so he has to EARN the crowd’s respect, just as Grant Snell did on Nitro!”
TH: “The following is a First Round Match in the Lord of the Ring Tournament, and it is set for one fall! Introducing first: from parts unknown – DAMIEN!”
Damien enters the ring.
A few moments later, “End of Everything” hits, and one half of StarStorm – Raven Darkstorm – enters the stage to the usual mixed response.
TH: “And his opponent: also from parts unknown – RAVEN DARKSTORM!”
Raven makes his way to the ring, entering it once he reaches it.
The referee calls for the bell, and the match begins in earnest. The diminutive Damien ties up with Raven in the middle, but Raven throws him right to the mat within seconds.
JR: “If Damien’s not careful, this could become one of the mismatches of the year!”
RK: “Or he could become our first Midget Champion, if Cyberstrike wants to introduce such a title!”
JR: “Stop it.”
Damien gets up, tying up with Raven once more – and yielding the exact same result.
But instead of allowing Damien to get up, Raven grabs him by his legs and turns him over into a Boston crab!
JR: “Raven’s got the right idea in trying to wrap this one up quickly – but he’s WAY too close to the left ropes!”
RK: “And Damien knows it! He’s trying to grab them!”
Damien reaches out for the bottom left rope, but Raven walks in the other direction, pulling Damien away in the process. Raven keeps the hold locked on for another 30 seconds, but with a surge of energy, Damien starts to turn toward the front ropes, reaching the bottom rope and finally breaking the hold.
Undaunted by this, Raven grabs the standing Damien from behind and slamming him headfirst into the front right turnbuckle – several times. He then turns Damien around to face him, before backing up and charging at him with a running butt bump attempt. However, Damien ducks to his right, causing Raven to miss his mark and crash awkwardly into the turnbuckles. While Raven is stunned from this, Damien mounts the turnbuckles, grabbing Raven around the back of his neck and hitting a top rope bulldog on him! Damien goes for a pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. CLOSE!”
JR: “We almost had one of the biggest upsets of the year right there!”
Raven gets up, but Damien is quick to resume his offensive. He whips Raven into the back ropes, taking him down with a Shawn Michaels-style superkick on the rebound! And once Raven hits the mat, Damien bounces off the left ropes, hitting Raven with a leg drop! Damien goes for another pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JR: “Raven’s a much tougher man to beat than that!”
Raven gets up once more, but Damien is more than ready: he goes for another whip attempt into the right ropes, but this time, Raven reverses it. On Damien’s rebound, Raven knocks him to the mat with a thunderous clothesline, before jumping to the front ropes and hitting an Asai moonsault on the smaller Damien.
RK: “That’s it – Damien’s a pancake now! This one’s over!”
JR: “Well, Raven THINKS he’s got it wrapped up: he’s going for a pin!”
RK: “1…. 2…. HE KICKS OUT!”
JR: “My God!”
Damien musters the strength to get to his feet once more, and Raven renews his attack. He hooks Damien’s left arm, dropping him with a knee to the face!
Raven gets up once more, and with Damien laying on his stomach, Raven seizes the opportunity to lock him in a surfboard hold!
RK: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone escape from a surfboard hold before!”
JR: “Neither have I! Damien’s going to have to produce something special to stay in this match-up!”
Raven keeps the hold locked in for another 30 seconds, but Damien shows no signs of submitting. Then, in an unexpected move, Raven releases the hold and walks around to face Damien. He waits for Damien to get up, and once he does, Raven nails him with the Darkstorm Rising!
RK: “THIS IS IT! Raven’s got this match in the bag!”
JR: “He’s going for the pin!”
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JR: “There’s still life in Damien yet! What a display of courage from this newcomer!”
Despite kicking out at the last moment, Damien is slow to get up. Raven takes advantage of this by whipping Damien into the front ropes once he IS up. However, Raven’s spinning heel kick attempt on the rebound misses its mark. And once Damien bounces off the back ropes, Raven tries to hit him with another hard clothesline, but Damien ducks it.
Both men turn to face each other, and Damien kicks Raven to the groin before hitting his version of the Ace Crusher – the CLASH WITH REALITY!
RK: “Did you see that! That move came out of nowhere!”
JR: “Call it what you will, but it’s one of the best and most unexpected finishers in the business! But Damien’s not done yet!”
With Raven floored, and with a shout of “It’s raining blood!”, Damien races to the front right turnbuckles. He climbs to the top, turns around, and hits his version of the Five Star Frog Splash – RAINING BLOOD – on the fallen Raven. He goes for the final pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! UPSET!”
JR: “Damien wins! He’s through to the next round of the Lord of the Ring Tournament!”
The crowd cheers Damien for his efforts.
TH: “Here’s your winner – DAMIEN!”
JR: “He’s certainly won over the crowd with his impressive performance! Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come!”
RK: “We’ve had an enormous influx of talent recently, but they’ll have to pay their dues just like everyone else!”
Damien leaves the ring, raising his fist in victory.
We go back from the commercial break and “Break and Enter” hits the PA Systems. This time, Eamon X makes his way to the ringside area. The crowd goes wild for the Australian born X-WCW Superstar as he makes his way down the ramp way and slap hands with his countrymen. Eamon X jumps to the apron Brock Lesnar style and gets in the ring. He grabs the mic and addresses the crowd.
EX: “MY FELLOW OUTBACKERS BETTER MAKE SOME NOISE RIGHT NOW!!!”
The Australian crowd cheers grow louder and an “Eamon” chant breaks through the cheering.
EX: “Tonight, I am here to address my home, Australia. Tonight, I may not be fortunate enough to wrestle for my country, but I came here for a promise. The promise is on Starcadde Xtreme, Eamon X will make history!”
The fans cheer once more as Eamon pauses for a while.
EX: “You see, Eamon X will be the winner of the 2005 Lord of the Ring tournament! There is nothing and I mean..NOTH-”
“Immortal” by Adema plays as Cyberstrike interrupts the ceremony. CS is on the entrance ramp wearing an nTo red t-shirt and is holding his usual nto Kendostick in his hand. He slowly makes his way to the ring as the crowd pours on the boos.
JR: “Now what could this be now?”
RK: “What else JR? Its time for Cyberstrike to give Eamon a royal trashing for what he did earlier!”
Cyberstrike enters the ring and goes nose-to-nose with Eamon X. He grabs the mic from the ring announcer who enters the ring before he backs up and speaks.
CS: “Eamon, I know this is Australia and all…but you know that you got a lot of explaining to do. Infact, you have a LOT of explaining to do.”
EX: “Oh and what kind of explanations do I need to tell you Cyberstrike? Is it about my music hitting off the speakers during your match? If it is, then just complain or…hell…just FIRE the damn technician. Its not my fault if they mistakenly play it now right?”
CS: “Oh so it’s the technician’s fault? Its so easy for you to get away with this huh? Well whether you did plan it or not, its gonna be your loss, kid. You talk about people screwing you and not look at yourself? It aint the X-WCW that screws you up…its YOU who screws the X-WCW up!”
The Australian fans do not appreciate this comment by Cyberstrike and starts to chant “you suck”.
EX: “I don’t know what your talking about Strike, cause I can only hear 10,000 plus of my countrymen saying that YOU SUCK!”
The crowd cheers wildly as Cyberstrike forms a scowl on his face. Eamon smirks before he speaks again.
EX: “Oh and Cyberstrike, if I wanted to get revenge from what you did at Nitro, I would have gotten to the ring and handed it myself. You know me, I don’t back down from any challenge. So Cyberstrike, your out of the title tournament, but I’m not. Now how about you…get over it?”
Eamon turns around and drops the mic. Before he gets out of the ring, he gets blasted by the kendostick on the back of his head. The crowd boos heavily as Cyberstrike starts to stomp down on Eamon.
JR: “For the love of God, this is not right!”
RK: “Of course its RIGHT!!! Eamon deserves this for screwing Cyberstrike.”
Cyberstrike picks up Eamon and goes for the Breakdown, but Eamon X gets out of it and sends CS to the ropes. Eamon catches CS and delivers the Xplosion on him. Eamon X slowly gets to his feet as the crowd roars in approval for him. “Break and Enter” plays as Eamon X raises his arms in the middle of the ring while CS is down and out.
JR: “Eamon X, stands triumphant in the middle of his country. But King, I think this is a start of one brutal rivalry”
RK: “You said it JR.”
Backstage
We go backstage with Cole Ryan. There, we see Judge Death beside him holding his usual helmet
CR: “We are here backstage with Judge Death. JD, tonight is your LotR match. Do you think you have what it takes to defeat Tempest?”
JD: “I ssssurely do. Cole Ryan, Tempessst daysss of glory are OVER! Onssseee I am done with him tonight, he would have a hard time whearing hisss thong. Hehehe…”
We go to ringside with JR and RK
RK: “Thong? What is that skinny little turd talking about?”
JR: “No idea, King.”
TH: “The following is a Lord of the Ring First Round Match, and it is set for one fall!”
LotR II First Round Match
Judge Death vs Tempest
“Out of the Silent Planet” hits, and Judge Death makes his stage entrance to a mixed response.
TH: “Introducing first: from Deadworld, near Glasgow in Scotland – JUDGE DEATH!”
Judge Death makes his way to the ring, entering it upon his arrival.
A moment later, “Step Up” hits, and Tempest makes his entrance to a shower of boos.
TH: “His opponent: from Australia, he is The Human Bulldozer – TEMPEST!”
The boos continue as Tempest approaches the ring and enters it.
RK: “Is it just me, or don’t these fans want to cheer right now?”
JR: “Well, neither of these two are real crowd favourites, but if they put on a great match-up – and I think they will – that may change!”
The referee calls for the bell, and the match begins. Both men tie up, but Tempest – with his MASSIVE size advantage – throws JD off him within seconds. This doesn’t faze JD in the slightest, and he gets up and ties up with Tempest once more, yielding a similar result. Once more, JD gets to his feet, but on JD’s third approach, Tempest grabs him around the throat with both hands, lifting him into the air and hitting a Baldo Bomb on the smaller man. Tempest goes for the first pinfall.
RK: “1…. NO!”
JR: “Just a 1-count? Judge Death is tougher than I thought!”
JD gets up very quickly, and as Tempest grabs him by the throat again, JD – wearing his distinctive helmet – headbutts Tempest, but it has almost no effect on the much bigger competitor. So he tries another headbutt, and this also has a minimal effect.
Tempest – with his left hand still on JD’s throat – places his right hand on JD’s groin, lifting him into a military press position and carrying him to the front right corner of the ring. Tempest drops JD into a snake eyes, following it up with several slams of JD’s head into the top turnbuckle.
Of course, these have little effect on the helmeted JD, but Tempest whips him into the back left corner just the same. As soon as JD hits the corner, Tempest attempts a running clothesline, but JD ducks to his left, causing Tempest to crash into the turnbuckles. JD capitalises on this by catching Tempest in a schoolboy pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. KICK OUT!”
JR: “What is Judge Death thinking? It’s MUCH too early for such a finish!”
Tempest gets right up, and as JD rises, Tempest attempts to remove JD’s helmet! JD fights this furiously, unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks on Tempest, but these have little effect on the big man. However, JD does just enough damage to get closer to Tempest, and – in an astonishing show of strength – he picks up Tempest with ONE hand!
JR: “Judge Death may be small, but it seems he can do it all!”
RK: “He’s only about 100 pounds, but he’s lifted Tempest up like he was a baby!”
JD drops Tempest into a Gorilla press slam, going for a pinfall immediately afterwards!
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JD: “It looks like TWO can play the strength game! Tempest threw Judge Death off with authority!”
Both men are up in a very short space of time. Tempest whips JD into the right ropes, and on the rebound, Tempest floors JD with a stiff back heel kick. He follows this up by climbing atop the fallen JD, and finally removing his helmet before engaging in a series of stiff punches.
RK: “AAAAAH! Judge Death is one ugly SOB! Put the helmet back on, Tempest!”
JR: “Will you stop it please?”
Tempest stands up, bringing the smarting JD to his feet as well. He then locks JD in an abdominal stretch, right in the middle of the ring!
JR: “Tempest isn’t well known for his submission holds, but this is a VERY good one to use in this situation!”
RK: “If I were Judge Death, I’d be tapping like Fred Astaire right now! That’s gotta hurt!”
But JD is instinctively hiding his pain. The referee asks him several times if he’d like to submit, but JD just shakes his head each time. Thirty seconds pass, and JD starts to fight his way out of the hold. He finally breaks free with a kick to the groin, which goes unnoticed by the referee.
RK: “Come on, ref! That’s a DQ right there!”
JR: “Not if he didn’t see it!”
As Tempest is smarting from this, JD bounces off the front ropes and takes Tempest down with a modified Hart Attack! JD then goes for another pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. KICK OUT!”
JR: “Tempest isn’t done yet!”
Tempest gets up, but JD reacts quickly, jumping right on Tempest’s back and locking in a sleeper hold!
JR: “Another submission attempt! I wouldn’t expect that from power wrestlers like these two!”
RK: “Neither would I, but that goes to show you: ANYTHING can happen in X-WCW!”
Despite keeping the hold locked on, JD is unable to bring Tempest to his knees. Instead, this serves to fire Tempest up, and Tempest – with JD still firmly on his back – walks around the ring, backing himself and JD into the back left corner. This knocks the wind out of JD, and he finally releases the sleeper hold.
Tempest follows this with a pair of hard running butt bumps, and with JD seemingly beaten, Tempest drags him back into the middle of the ring, positioning him for the Thunder Press.
He lifts JD up to hit the move, but with a sudden and unexpected rush of energy, JD slips out of the predicament at the last moment, landing on his feet behind Tempest. Both men turn to face each other, and JD slaps his right hand on Tempest’s throat, hitting The Touch of Death with his left. This knocks Tempest right to the mat, and JD goes for the last pinfall of the match!
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! What an upset!”
JR: “Yes, Judge Death continues to defy logic right here in X-WCW! What a win that was!”
TH: “Here’s your winner – JUDGE DEATH!”
JD looks down at Tempest, and taunts him by saying “I…. ssssmell…. YOUR DEATH!” before he leaves the ring in triumph. Yet the crowd in attendance remains indifferent to his win.
JR: “So Judge Death is going through to the next round of the Lord of the Ring Tournament on the strength of that unexpected victory!”
RK: “And we’ve got 1 more qualifying matche, and the TV title bout, to come right here on Warzone, so don’t go away!”
LotR II First Round Match
Jeff Jarrett vs Tidal (c)
“My World” hits, and Jeff Jarrett makes his entrance. Despite raising his distinctive Slapnuts guitar and calling out “I AM The Chosen One!”, the fans still boo him loudly.
TH: “The following is another first round match in the Lord of the Ring Tournament, and it is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first: from Hendersonville, Tennessee, he is The Chosen One – JEFF JARRETT!”
The boos seem to become louder as Jarrett walks down to the ring and enters it.
Then the arena lights go off. “Boiler” hits, accompanied by blue floodlights, then the pyrotechnics explode, and the lights return to reveal Tidal on the stage. He is booed heavily.
TH: “His opponent: from England – TIDAL!”
RK: “Is there anyone here that the audience actually LIKES? Apart from Eamon X, that is?”
JR: “Well, let’s not allow the crowd’s hatred of these men to take away from the significance of this match!”
Tidal runs to the ring, and once he enters it, he wastes no time in attacking Jarrett. He charges at Jarrett as the bell rings, taking him right to the mat and taking the guitar right out of his hands. As the referee throws the guitar out of the ring, the brawl continues on the mat. Tidal is laying into Jarrett with a flurry of punches to his upper body, but before long, Jarrett hits a low blow – unseen by the referee – which sends Tidal rolling over in pain.
Jarrett gets up quickly, grabbing Tidal by his right leg and wrapping it in a standing leg lock, but after about five seconds, Tidal manages to grab the bottom front rope. The hold is broken, and Jarrett allows Tidal to get up, only to rake him in the eyes!
RK: “That’s a Jeff Jarrett trademark right there!”
JR: “A classic old school move, I must say. It reminds me of Ric Flair!”
With Tidal temporarily blinded, Jarrett grabs him from behind, pushing him face-first into the front ropes and dragging his face across the top rope!
Upon reaching the front left turnbuckles, Jarrett slams Tidal’s head into the top one a total of ten times. Though on the eleventh, Jarrett makes the mistake of pausing and badmouthing the audience. Tidal capitalises on this by hitting a low blow, again unseen by the referee, which brings Jarrett to his knees.
Tidal turns to face Jarrett, bringing him to his feet and hitting him with several underhook headbutts. After this, Tidal whips Jarrett into the back right corner, following it up with a spear attempt.
However, the more experienced Jarrett turns to face him just in time, dodging the spear and causing Tidal to slam his right shoulder into the turn post.
JR: “No matter how tough you are, that would have to hurt!”
RK: “Thanks for that cutting and witty analysis, Captain Obvious!”
As Tidal clutches his shoulder in pain, Jarrett grabs him by his right hand and puts him in a standing arm wrench! Jarrett keeps the hold in place for about fifteen seconds, tightening it several times, but after this, Tidal manages to execute a back heel kick to the back of Jarrett’s head, bringing him to the mat fast!
As soon as Jarrett hits the mat, Tidal steps over him, locking him in a camel clutch!
JR: “This could be it! Tidal could go through if Jarrett gives up!”
RK: “Though Jarrett’s not that easy to beat! I’m willing to bet any amount of money that the guitar on the floor over here will be in a thousand pieces by the end of this match!”
Thirty seconds pass, and Jarrett still does not submit. Tidal has Jarrett too close to the right ropes, and as a result, Jarrett manages to reach the bottom one, breaking the hold. Tidal allows Jarrett to rise once more, only to drop him with a swinging neckbreaker. Tidal goes for the first pinfall of the match.
RK: “1…. 2…. and Jarrett gets his foot on the rope!”
JR: “That’s ring positioning – and wrestling experience – for you.”
Unhappy with the nature of this broken pinfall, Tidal gets right up and yells at the referee! And while the argument continues, Jarrett seizes the opportunity to take Tidal down with a chop block from behind. However, this has the added effect of knocking the referee to the canvas, taking him out of the equation for the time being. With Tidal clutching the back of his left leg, Jarrett slips out of the ring in search of his guitar, finding it near the announcers’ table.
RK: “I KNEW IT! Jarrett’s going to make music with Tidal’s head!”
JR: “Damn you Jarrett! Why the hell can’t you win a match cleanly?”
Jarrett slips the guitar into the ring, slipping into the ring himself a moment later. Noticing that the referee is still down, he waits for Tidal to get up, and once he does, he smashes the guitar right over his head! And as Tidal smarts from the impact, Jarrett gets behind him and hits his main finisher – The Stroke – on Tidal!
JR: “THE STROKE! Bah gawd! Jarrett just drilled Tidal with that move.”
But instead of going for the pinfall, Jarrett turns the downed Tidal over, locking him in a figure four leg lock! He keeps the hold locked on for thirty seconds, before the referee finally comes to his senses. By this time, Tidal is almost unconscious from the pain, and the referee calls for the bell to end the match!
RK: “There’s the bell, but what’s the referee going to do?”
JR: “We’ll have to wait and see on this one!”
Terri enters the ring, and after conferring with the referee, she makes the announcement.
TH: “Ladies and Gentlemen: the referee has decided that Tidal is no longer able to continue in this match! He therefore awards it to The Chosen One – JEFF JARRETT!”
The crowd boos the decision.
JR: “My God! Why can’t they restart it instead! I want to see a clean winner!”
RK: “Well, Jarrett DID have Tidal well and truly beaten near the end!”
JR: “Thanks to that guitar of his!”
RK: “Oh, quit your whining!”
JR: “Well Cyberstrike, I hope you’re happy! One of your boys just got what could have been a top quality match handed to him – AGAIN!”
RK: “Didn’t I just tell you to stop whining?”
Jarrett continues to badmouth the fans in attendance as he leaves the ring, and the fans heckle him all the way.
JR: “So Jarrett’s going through to the next round of the Lord of the Ring Tournament, and frankly, I hate it!”
RK: “But I love it! And ladies and gents we will be right back after a word from our spon-WHAT THE?!”
Jarrett stops at the ramp way as Powerbomb enters the stage and corners him. Jarrett backs away but he is stopped as he feels he bumped someone behind him. He turns around to see Sting with a grin on his face. Jarrett backs away as Sting points his nightstick at Double J. Powerbomb pounce on Jarrett and the three men from nTo white beat Jarrett down to the delight of the fans.
JR: “nTo white are making their presence felt here in Australia, King!”
RK: “This is not right, JR! Where the hell is nTo red?!”
Starstorm enters the ringside area to help out Jarrett and it’s a 6 man brawl. Sting is beating up Jarrett with the nightstick as Starstorm engage battle against Powerbomb. The road agents and referees storm to ringside to break up the fight as X-WCW Warzone goes to a commercial break.
Backstage
We go back from the break to see Ignavus and Xille making their way to the corridors.
X: “Hey dude, I hear The Outcasts are a very formidable tag team. Heck, those two were once opponents in 2003! Now they are teaming with each other, Igz, its gonna be a tough fight.”
Igz: “hmm….”
X: “And Final Frontier, they are also a good team. I think were in for a tough time. But hey, were Default right? We can kick ass!”
Igz: “mmmph!…”
Xille pauses and looks at Igz who just follows him and is eating a chicken leg.
X: “Tell me…you forgot to eat on your way here did ya?”
Igz: “……..just hungry.”
X: “Well I hope you didn’t overeat. Cause tonight, we should put all the stops. I don’t want you to hurl at the ring, like D-Ex did at 2002 upon his return after a back injury.”
Igz: “You read too many wrestling history books X. Whats next, you wanna tell me Eamon’s last name? Or where….uhm….Wolfang lives or something…..yeah?”
X: “No…just relating your case. That’s all. Now c’mon! Were up next! LETS RUN ALREADY!”
Xille runs through the corridor as Igz continues his slow pace and finishes up the chicken leg. He burps and tosses the remains of the food to the nearby basket.
World Tag-Team #1 contendership
The Outcasts vs Igz & Xille vs The Final Frontier
We go to ringside where the next match is already starting.
TH: “The following match is a three-way elimination match for the number one contendership of the X-WCW World Tag Team Title.”
“Wherever I may roam” plays as Daedelus and Otacon enter the stage. They get the usual chorus of boos as they make they way down the aisle.
TH: “Making their way to the ring…Otacon and Daedelus…THE OUTCASTS!!!”
JR: “These guys were former X-WCW International Tag Team Champions, King. Tonight, if they will win, they can get the World Tag Team Titles. It might have a diff. name but still, it’s a title nonetheless for them to aim for.”
Daedelus and Otacon slide into the ring and wait for their opponents. “Save a horse, ride a cowboy” plays through the PA Systems and out comes Final Frontier. The fans give them a warm reception of cheers as they make their way down the ring.
TH: “On their way to the ring….Autobot Jazz and Scifi Man…FINAL FRONTIER!!!”
JR: “These two men are one of the exciting tag teams here that you can only see on the X-WCW!”
RK: “They are impressive JR! But I think the Outcasts will get away with the win on this contest tonight.”
Final Frontier enters the ring and go to the corner opposite to The Outcasts. Both teams are discussing their game plan for a while until “High Wire Escape Artist” blares through the speakers.
TH: “And introducing the team of Xille and Ignavus…DEFAULT!”
The fans are on their feet as Xille and Ignavus enter the ringside area. Xille runs down the ramp while Igz takes his time and slaps a few hands with the fans. Xille waits for Igz and both men slide into the ring at the same time.
JR: “The team of Xille and Ignavus have been a very surprising tag team here in the X-WCW. Like in the other federation, Ignavus has been teaming with the most unlikely of partners but in the end, they manage to work out GREAT as a team.”
RK: “I guess being lazy has its perks in the tag team division.”
All 6 men are in the ring and they stare off at each other. The bell rings and Daedelus and Xille start this match out. Both men lock up and Daedelus scores a quick side headlock on Xille. Deadelus quickly switches behind X and locks on an armlock. X delivers a couple of elbows to the face of Daedelus before forcing the man from New Zeland to let go.
JR: “Xille bounces off the ropes and catches Daedelus with a flying cross body block. The referee sees the pin being made..1…NO! Daedelus quickly kicks out of the pin attempt and both men are up.”
X takes a charging Daedelus with a drop toe hold and bounces off the ropes to hit a basement dropkick to the side of Daedelus’ head. Daedelus rolls on to his side of the ring to tag out to Otacon. Otacon enters the ring and delivers a couple of blows to X. X gets a club to the back before the Con Man delivers a stomach crusher on Xille.
JR: “The Con Man is delivering a beating on Xille right now.”
Xille clutches his mid-section as Otacon drags him on the nearby corner. There he backs X and delivers some knees to the midsection. Otacon backs up and runs towards Xille on the corner but X stops him on his tracks with a hard kick to the face. Xille stands on the second rope and comes down with an overcast. Both Xille and Otacon are down as the other 4 men look on.
JR: “Xille just hit a desperation move there on Otacon and both men are down.”
Otacon is the first man to get up and picks up X. X fights him with a couple of blows to the mid-section. Xille is up and he delivers a hard smack on the face of Otacon that sends the Con Man reeling to the ropes. Xille runs at him but the Con Man sees it and goes for a back body drop. Otacon looks at the opposite end of the ring to point at Igz and starts to mutter off words at him while he is walking towards him. Xille landed on the apron and he jumps off there to deliver a springboard dropkick on the back of Otacon.
JR: “Shades of Lance Storm there with that springboard dropkick by Xille. Otacon is down and Xille tags out to SFM!”
RK: “And look at that JR, SFM is putting the boots on Otacon.”
SFM waits for Otacon to get up and hit a superkick. But Otacon ducks it and kicks him to the gut. Otacon plants SFM down with a double arm DDT. Otacon slowly gets to his feet and tags out to AUTBOT JAZZ!
RK: “WHAT THE? He just tagged in SFM’s tag partner!”
Jazz enters the ring with a shocked expression in his face as Otacon just grins at him. SFM slowly gets up and looks at his partner who just got tagged in. Final Frontier look at each other for a while until SFM pats the grinning Otacon who was standing in the middle of them. After the pat, which automatically tags Otacon in, Final Frontier take him down with a double clothesline.
JR: “Double clothesline on Otacon and it makes him officially back in the match. SFM is on his corner now as Otacon is whipped to the corner. Autobot Jazz follows him there but is greeted by a back elbow to the face. Otacon turns around and places Jazz in the corner. Otacon delivers a hard chop to the chest and follows it with another hard chop to the chest.”
RK: “Otacon just lit Jazz up there with those 2 consecutive chops to the chest.”
Otacon puts Autobot Jazz on the top rope for a superplex but Jazz blocks it. At the same corner, we see Defeault just looking on and talking to each other about the match. Otacon tries his best to pull off the superplex but Jazz fends him off with shots to the ribs. Otacon is shoved into the mat but unexpectedly tags in Ignavus who got his hand slapped by Otacon on his way down. Autobot Jazz is still groggy on the corner as Ignavus scratches his head on whats going on.
RK: “Hey, Otacon kinda tagged Ignavus in. Its all good to me but, why aint he doing anything?”
Ignavus asks Xille what the hell happened. All X tells his partner is to get in the ring and do something. Igz shrugs and gets in to see Jazz still sitting on the top corner, resting. Ignavus runs to the other end of the ropes and runs towards Jazz on the corner. Before Jazz could manage to get up, Ignavus is there and springs to the ropes to hit Jazz with a shinning wizard. Both Jazz and Ignavus go down to the mat and Autotbot Jazz is outcold after that hard kick to the back of his head by Ignavus.
JR: “Ignavus hits him with the UNMOTIVATOR! Ignavus is on his feet and he goes for the pin…1…2…3!”
RK: “So long Final Frontier!”
TH: “Final Frontier have been eliminated!”
Otacon is back to his corner as Daedelus storms into the ring and hits Ignavus on his way up. Daedelus picks up Ignavus and whips him to the ropes. Daedelus catches Ignavus and locks him in a sleeper hold. Daedelus puts the pressure on Igz with the sleeper hold and drags him to the center of the ring for him not to go to the ropes. Ignavus is slowly going down to the mat with that sleeper hold locked tight on him.
JR: “Ignavus is down on the mat while Daedelus has that sleeper locked tight on him. The referee checks Igz’s arm and it falls down. The ref does so again…and it goes down yet again. The final time the ref is gonna raise it up…it goes do…NO..its up! Ignavus is still in this match!”
Ignavus’ raised arm starts to shake and slowly, he gets up from the hold. Ignavus hits a couple of elbow strikes to the mid-section of Daedelus to make him let go. D lets go but before Igz can go to the ropes, Daedelus grabs him by the hair and slams him down to the mat. Igz holds the back of his head in pain as Daedelus slowly picks him up.
RK: “Talk about one hard fall, Igz could have broken his neck due to that slam by Daedelus.”
Daedelus locks up with Ignavus and goes behind him. Daedelus delivers a german suplex on Iganvus. He still has Ignavus on his grasps as he gets up and delivers a second consecutive german suplex to Ignavus. He rolls back and STILL has Ignavus on his clutches. But before he could deliver the final one, Ignavus uses the back of his head to hit the face of Daedelus. Ignavus slowly goes behind Dadelus and performs a german suplex of his own.
JR: “Ignavus with a german suplex on Daedelus. He still has Daedelus and scores ANOTHER ONE…Ignavus going for the third suplex and it connects! Daedelus just flopped to the mat like a newly caught fish landing on someone’s boat.”
RK: “Wow, for a lazy guy, Ignavus is getting a bit motivated here.”
Ignavus slowly gets to his feet and watches Daedelus getting himself up as well. Ignavus just stands there and yawns as Daedelus holds his back and looks at Ignavus with a bitter face. Daedelus charges Ignavus but Ignavus sidesteps, sending Daedelus hitting face first into the nearby turnbuckle. Daedelus falls backwards and Ignavus has him with a backslide pin. The referee counts 1..2…break by Otacon.
JR: “Otacon gets in the ring to save his partner there before they lose this match. Xille gets in and he and Otacon are at it. Ignavus picks up Daedelus but Daedelus sneaks in a low blow while the referee is distracted by the brawl of X and the Con Man.”
RK: “That would wake Igz up…if not hurt him a lot.”
Daedelus pins Ignavus, but the referee is still trying to break up the brawl of Xille and Otacon. Daedelus gets up and gets the referee’s attention. The referee goes for the count…1…2…NO! Ignavus gets his foot on the bottom rope. Meanwhile, Xille is sent to the ropes by Otacon and he goes for a back body drop. But it proves to a big mistake as Xille delivers the sit-down faceslame on the con man. Otacon rolls out of the ring.
JR: “The Con Man is outside while Daedelus is now arguing with the referee for the count.”
RK: “Well its not Daedelus fault that the referee counted slow.”
While Daedelus complains to the referee, we see Ignavus getting up and spinning Daedelus around. Ignavus lifts him up and connects with the slacker tower.
JR: “SLACKER TOWER BY IGNAVUS!!! Daedelus is out cold and here comes the pin 1…2…3! Default gets their win here tonight!”
“Clint Eastwood” by the Gorillaz plays as Xille and Igz raise their arms in victory.
TH: “The winners of this match…DEFAULT!”
JR: “Ignavus and Xille have pulled off a big upset on the X-WCW’s top two teams! And for Default, who knows, they might even pull another upset when they face Team nTo for the tag titles. Ladies and gentlemen, don’t change that channel, Warzone will come back right after these messages”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break
Backstage
We go back to Warzone and we see D-Extreme and Cyberstrike walking down the corridors of the backstage area. They enter a locker room where we see Ignavus and Xille inside. Team nTo approach Default and both men grin at them.
CS: “Hey boys, nice win there tonight. We just wanna congratulate you for a job well done.”
Xille who is up just looks at the two uneasily. Igz meanwhile, just sits there and yawns.
X: “…Thank you, I guess.”
D-Ex: “Hey don’t thank us man, thank yourselves for that win. But guys, on the next Warzone…its time for you guys to get a taste of reality. That reality is that you guys are not worthy of any of our tag titles. So enjoy your victory tonight guys…enjoy them while you can.”
CS and D-Ex laugh their way out of the locker room as Xille just glares at them. Ignavus meanwhile…just sits there, bored, sleepy and lazy to give a damn at all.
X-WCW TV Championship
Styker vs Reaper(c)
JR: “Welcome back to X-WCW Warzone! Tonight’s main event is gonna be a blast, King. Uhm..Randal..we are on air already.”
We see Randal King eating a burrito and seems to be delighted by eating it as well.
RK: “Oh….sorry about that JR. I was so hungry for some wrestling action that I forgot that I was also hungry for some food. Tonight’s X-WCW main event is sponsored by burrito-shack!”
TH: “The following Television Title match is scheduled for one fall.”
“Poison” by Prodigy blares through the speakers and out come the X-WCW TV Champion.
TH: “Introducing first, he is the X-WCW Television Champion…REAPER!”
The boos of the crowd are audible as Reaper makes his way down the rampway. He gets inside the ring and raises his TV Title in the air. He slowly puts it down and waits for his opponent.
JR: “Reaper recently won the X-WCW TV Title from Judge Death a few weeks ago in Nitro and tonight he will defend it against the returning Flash Stryker.”
RK: “Reaper is a very physical wrestler, JR. Look for the TV Champ to deliver some hard hitting moves on Stryker to make him wish he was still rehabbing his injuries at home.”
“Speed Demon” hits the PA Systems and out comes the returning Flash Stryker. The fans give him a warm round of cheers as he slowly makes his way to the stage.
TH: “And his opponent, from Winnepeg, Alberta, Canada….FLASH STRYKER!”
Stryker points at the ring before he dashes down the aisle. He slides into the ring and goes to the corner to pose for the crowd. He jumps down there and looks at Reaper who is at the opposite end of the ring.
RK: “JR, the only thing that Flash Stryker has to remember here is that his speed is his best friend here against Reaper. Once Reaper catches him, he is DEAD.”
Stryker and Reaper go to the center of the ring as the referee calls for the bell to start the match. Both men lock up and Reaper hits a hard knee to the mid-section of Stryker. Stryker is on his knees now as Reaper picks him up and sends him to the ropes. Reaper delivers a back body drop but Stryker lands on his feet and bounces off the ropes yet again. Reaper turns around and gets hit with a flying forearm smash by Stryker.
JR: “Stryker hits that flying forearm smash with great velocity.”
Reaper gets up and runs towards Stryker only to get taken down with a drop toe hold. Stryker waits for Reaper to be on all fours before he bounces off the ropes to hit a basement dropkick to the side of Reaper’s head. Stryker picks up Reaper and tries to whip him to the ropes but Reaper blocks it and takes Stryker down with a clothesline. Reaper holds on to the arm of Stryker to pull him up and deliver another hard clothesline to the former F1 racer. Stryker is down on the canvas as Reaper shouts ‘get up’ to him.
JR: “Stryker just got leveled there by the double clothesline of Reaper. I don’t know if Stryker can get up after that, King.”
RK: “Don’t think about it JR. This match is already won by Reaper.”
Stryker gets up using the leg of Reaper and Reaper helps him up by grabbing him by the hair to lift him up. Reaper sends Stryker to the corner and follows him there. Before Stryker hits the corner, he floats over Reaper. Reaper turns around and goes for a clothesline at Stryker, but Stryker ducks down. Stryker lands a dropkick to the face of Reaper. Both men go down after the dropkick.
JR: “Stryker hit the desperate dropkick on Reaper. Both men are now down and Stryker is the first one up as he uses the ropes to help himself up.”
RK: “Flash Stryker is up on both legs, JR and I also see Reaper getting up as well.”
Reaper gets up and gets hit by a number of punches and chops by Stryker to back him to the ropes. Stryker sends Reaper to the other side of the ropes. Reaper bounces off the ropes and Stryker bounces off the other end. Both meet at the center of the ring where Reaper is caught by a crucifix pin by Stryker. The referee counts the pin but Reaper kicks out at two.
JR: “Both men up and Stryker takes Reaper down with a hiptoss. Reaper is up yet again and Stryker goes for another hiptoss, blocked and Reaper hits a hard right hand to the head of Stryker. Stryker staggers back to the ropes and Reaper runs at him.”
RK: “Bye bye Fla-WHOA! Stryker just ducked down and dropkicks Reaper to the outside of the ring.”
Reaper falls to the outside as Stryker gets up from the ring. Stryker goes to the top rope and waits for Reaper to get up. Reaper gets to his feet and Stryker launches himself from the top rope to connect with a moonsault on Reaper at the outside of the ring. The fans are on their feet after Stryker pulled off that top rope move.
JR: “Stryker just connected the top rope moonsault on Reaper! Both men are outside as the referee just started to count to 10.”
Reaper is the first to get up from the two and grabs Stryker. He tries to slam him face first into the steel steps but Stryker stops it and hits an elbow to the chest of Reaper. Reaper gets hit on the chest yet again with Stryker’s elbow before Stryker grabs Reaper by the head and slams him face first into the steel steps. Stryker rolls Reaper into the ring and goes to the top rope.
JR: “Flash Stryker is on the top rope yet again and Reaper is down.”
Stryker raises both arms and does a circular motion with his two fingers signaling for a 450 splash. The crowd are hyped up by Stryker and he launches off the top rope with the 450 splash. Unfortunately, Reaper rolls out of the way and Stryker crash lands on the mat.
RK: “Should have just saved the posing after the match, cause I think he is regretting that delay, JR.”
JR: “Indeed he does, King. Stryker is down on the mat and Reaper is slowly getting himself up from the canvas. Reaper crawls his way to the nearby corner and pulls himself up. It seems he is setting himself up for something here, King.”
Reaper is leaning on the corner for a while before he crouches and waits for Stryker to get up. Reaper grabs the ropes in the corner with one hand and uses the other to tell Stryker to get up. Stryker slowly gets back to his feet and turns around to see Reaper running towards him. Reaper seems to charge at Stryker and is set to deliver the spear he calls “R.I.P”, but Flash Stryker quickly gets out of the way and Reaper hits shoulder first into the opposite steel ring post.
JR: “Reaper tried to spear Stryker but he fails and gets his shoulder rammed hard into the steel post at the other end of the ring.”
RK: “This is gonna be a turning point for Stryker if he knows how to capitalize on this opportunity. If he doesn’t capitalize on it then it aint gonna be my fault!”
Stryker grabs Reaper and places him on the top turnbuckle. Stryker stands on the second rope and grabs Reaper. He sets Reaper up for the Drag Strip but Reaper blocks it.
JR: “Stryker struggles to floor Reaper with the drag strip on that corner, King. If this hits, Stryker could be the new TV Champ!”
Reaper gets out of the double underhook grab of Stryker and hits a couple of punches to Stryker. Stryker fights back with a hard smash over the head of Reaper. Reaper is groggy on the corner and Stryker sets him up for the drag strip yet again. Without any resistance from Reaper, Stryker connects with the Drag Strip and both men are on the mat.
JR: “DRAG STRIP! The ring just trembled with that hard impact by both wrestlers.”
RK: “Now only if Flash Stryker can get himself to pin Reaper, yup this match might be over.”
Flash Stryker crawls over to Reaper and puts his arm over Reaper. The referee counts the pin and the crowd counts along with him…1…..2….NO! To the disappointment of the crowd and of Stryker, Reaper gets his shoulder up at the last second.
RK: “He got an arm up, too bad for you Flash. Now get up and do something to end this match already!”
Flash Stryker slowly gets himself up and goes to the top rope. Reaper is up and Flash Stryker launches off the top rope and goes for a flying cross body. Reaper catches Flash Stryker and delivers a Fallaway Slam on F-S. Stryker rolls on the mat in pain as Reaper waits for him to get up. Reaper is at the corner stanching for a spear as Stryker is getting up in the middle of the ring. Flash Stryker is up and Reaper runs towards him to land the R.I.P
RK: “REST-IN-PEACE! JR, its gonna be game over for Stryker.”
King’s theory proves right as Reaper pins Stryker 1….2….3. The bell rings to sound the end of the match.
TH: “The winner and still X-WCW Television Champion, REAPER!”
“Poison” blares through the arena as the referee hands the still reigning Television Champ his belt.
JR: “Well ladies and gentlemen, that’s all we have for tonight. For Randal King, this is James Russell…good night!”
Reaper goes to the top rope and raises his belt with both hands and lets out a roar. X-WCW goes off air.
CD: “Last show, the Eamon X and Divebomb match was declared a double disqualification by the referee. Not only that, but as a result, the title was held vacant. Last week, me and the board of authorities were discussing about this matter and we have come up with a conclusion for this matter. The decision shall STAND! The title is and will remain vacated until further notice.”
The crowd boos heavily at Cane before they let him continue. Infact, they don’t want him to continue as they just boo anyway.
CD: “SHUT UP! I aint done with my announcement yet! That ‘further notice’ I mentioned was the compromise the BoD made earlier this day. The X-WCW will conduct the 2005 LORD OF THE RING TOURNAMENT! Instead of the usual PPV event, the matches for the LOTR tourney shall be featured tonight and on the next X-WCW events leading up to Starrcade Xtreme! Blaster has won the Royal Bash…so the winner of the tournament shall be declared the X-WCW UW Champ a few weeks before the PPV itself and WILL face Blaster in the main event of Starrcade Xtreme.”
The crowd stops booing and replaces it with cheers. Cane just smirks before he concludes his announcement.
CD: “So what are we waiting for then huh? Lets begin this tournament!!!”
His music hits the speakers as he leaves the ringside area. The camera fades to black as he makes his way up the ramp. The opening credits of Warzone play into the screen. The intro stops and we are taken back to ringside where the stage pyros are set off. We go to the announce table with James Russell and Randal King.
JR: “Welcome to X-WCW Warzone! We are live here from the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Victoria!!!”
RK: “Yep, after our last PPV, we are back here in the outback, baby!”
JR: “In cooperation with the transformer wrestling alliance and its other wrestling federation, the X Tour joins them here in Australia for the 2K5 Australian Wrestlefest!”
RK: “You said it, JR! Well lets start off this tournament.”
JR: “16 names are in this LOTR tournament that will kick-start tonight. And these are the participants for the said event.”
1) Divebomb
2) Cyberstrike
3) Damien
4) Raven Darkstorm
5) Judge Death
6) Tempest
7) Tidal
8) Jeff Jarrett
9) Autobot Jazz
10 ) Eamon X
11) Ryan X
12) The Xterminator
13) Grant Snell
14) Powermaster
15) D-Extreme
16) SciFi Man
RK: “Wow, that’s a lot of names JR! Most of them are sure shot winners for the title. About 8 of those guys can win this tournament with ease. But the biggest factor here are the new blood of the X-WCW. Can they make an upset over our veterans?”
JR: “We shall find out, King. But right now we have Cole Ryan standing backstage with the FORMER champ, Divebomb. Lets take you there right now.”
Backstage
We see Cole Ryan standing beside the former champ.
CR: "We are here backstage with the former X-WCW UW Champion, Divebomb. After Cane made the announcement, you handed over the UW title belts to the X-WCW officials. Do you have any thoughts regarding about the double DQ decision? And any thoughts about he titles being vacated?”
DB: “You want to know what I think about a decision made by some piss ants that ended up with me having to hand over my world title belts. Are you messed up in the head or something? How in the hell do you think I feel about it? Those were my titles. Now all of this just because that jackass Cyberstrike had a bug up his ass about Eamon having a chance at getting the title back. I have stayed out of this mess with the nTo just because I didn't want to get involved in a petty squabble over power for some useless faction. But now it looks like I might have to start a third one here just so I can get a chance at kicking strike's ass all over the arena. What a joke!”
With frustration in his face, Divebomb punches the wall before CR continues the interview.
CR: "Tonight, Cane revealed the tournament brackets. Your name is on the top of the list, meaning your match will be up next here on Warzone. But the thing is, Cyberstrike will be your opponent. Anything you want to say to your opponent tonight for your match?"
DB: “Strike, you cost me my titles. And there is nothing you or your nTo teammates armed with all the kendo sticks you can manage to scrounge up can do to stop me from walking out of that match victorious. But if for some unknown reason you do manage to win, then before the night is out I will leave you and your rag tag team bloodied and beaten and on the losing end of your nTo war.”
CR: "D-Bomb, if you do win, you obviously will advance. With the names like Eamon X, D-Extreme, Judge Death and even your former GPA team mate Tempest do you think you have any chances of winning in the LOTR tournament?"
DB: “I got to the top of this fed by winning a match against all the top names in this fed. No matter who I am up against I will win and I will get back what is rightfully mine, even if that means getting a fair fight in against Eamon X or fighting that fool D-Extreme or having to beat the hell out of the real turncoat Tempest. This is my tournament and in The End I will walk out victorious.”
CR: “Very defiant words by the former champion. JR, I am sure that this tournament will have an explosive start tonight. So Divebomb, thank you for this interview. And we're going back to ringside for the next match. Its Divebomb vs Cyberstrike for the first round LOTR tourney!”
We go back to ringside with the announcers.
RK: “Very defiant indeed. I don’t know who is gonna win in that one.”
JR: “What I am hearing is, no one will be allowed to interfere during the match. If they do, the wrestler will be indefinitely suspended by Cane.”
RK: “No interference during the match eh? I still think something will come up here. I guess its me starting to get paranoid like Eamon. Hahah”
LOTR First Round
Cyberstrike vs Divebomb
TH: “The following Lord of the ring first round match is scheduled for one fall.”
JR: “The match is about to begin, King.”
RK: “I know, JR. And this is gonna be a battle for the ages. These guys just hate each other! I know Divebomb hates CS for making his last match a double DQ, but I know CS doesn’t like D-Bomb for even one bit.”
"Warriors of the World United" by Manowar hits the PA Systems and out comes the former X-WCW UW Champ, Divebomb.
TH: “Introducing first, from Burnaby, he is DIVEBOMB!!!”
Divebomb makes his way down the aisle as the crowd greets him with a huge chorus of boos. Divebomb ignores them all and slides into the ring.
JR: “The crowd here in Australia doesn’t like D-Bomb one bit.”
RK: “Course they cant, they are just fickle! Just cause Divebomb kicked their hometown hero Eamon’s ass last show, they cant have the integrity to say Divebomb is the better wrestler.”
Divebomb waits on the corner and adjusts his wristbands. The lights go down as “Immortal” by Adema plays in the speakers. Cyberstrike enters the stage with the nTo kendo stick and raises it in the air.
TH: “And his opponent from Indianapolis Indiana. He is the leader of nTo Red…..CYBERSTRIKE!!!”
The crowd gives it to the nTo red leader hard as they give him a louder chorus of boos than they gave to Divebomb earlier. Cyberstrike makes his way down the aisle and pauses as he sees the sign that reads “Cyberstrike robbed Eamon and Divebomb’. CS grabs the sign and rips it into two before throwing it at the fan who was raising it.
JR: “Such disrespect there, King.”
RK: “You said it, that guy had NO right to raise that sign!”
JR: “…I was talking about Cyberstrike.”
CS enters the ring and hands the kendo stick to the referee before the match starts. Both men go to the center of the ring as the bell rings to kick off the action. Both men lock up and CS gets the early advantage with a hard kick to the gut of D-Bomb. CS delivers a couple of clubs to the back of D-Bomb but DB uses his strength to shove CS into the ropes and whips him to the other side. DB catches Cyberstrike with an inverted atomic drop.
JR: “The former UW champ connects with that inverted atomic drop on Cyberstrike. Divebobmb is now putting the boots on Cyberstrike as he is getting up.”
RK: “Divebomb aint letting CS get up that easily here, JR.”
Cyberstrike is up and Divebomb kicks him hard on the gut. Divebomb sets CS up for a powerbomb, but CS takes DB down with a back body drop. Cyberstrike waits for Divebomb to get up before delivering a DDT to take DB down hard on the canvas. CS goes for the cover.
JR: “Cyberstrike pins Divebomb…1…..Kickout by Divebomb.”
RK: “The DDT seemed to have no effect on D-Bomb here. I think CS has to pull off more moves to make DB to stay on the ground.”
DB gets up and CS hits him with a hard right hand to the face. DB ducks the second one and delivers a hard knee to the gut of CS. Divebomb backs Cyberstrike into the nearest corner and starts to deliver some chops to the chest. DB goes up and starts to pummel Cyberstrike with numerous punches on the head. Divebomb delivers the 10th punch on CS and goes down to the mat.
JR: “Cyberstrike is down and Divebomb just waits in one corner for Cyberstrike to get up.”
RK: “I aint sure if Divebomb is doing the right thing here. CS is one of the best wrestlers here in the X-WCW and he can make a comeback at any point of this match if D-Bomb aint careful.”
Cyberstrike is on his feet as Divebomb charges at him. CS sees the former UW champ coming at him and takes DB down with a drop toe hold. Divebomb goes down and has his upper body hanging on the middle ropes as CS bounces off the other end of the ring before delivering a running knee attack on the back of Divebomb.
JR: “Cyberstrike just delivered his knee hard on the back of Divebomb. This could be a turning point of the match.”
Divebomb gets picked up by Cyberstrike and he tries to send DB to the ropes. DB reverses the whip and sends CS to the ropes. D-Bomb goes for a clothesline by CS ducks the attempt. DB turns around and Cyberstrike catches him with a sunset flip. Before the referee can count the pin, DB reverses the momentum to get the pinfall in his favor. The referee counts but Cyberstrike kicks out at two. Both men get up and Divebomb goes for a clothesline but CS ducks and goes behind Divebomb.
JR: “Nice standing switch there by CS but here goes Divebomb with a standing switch of his own. CS turns around and tries to get Divebomb here with another DDT but DB counters with a northern lights suplex. Here comes the pin 1…2…NO! Shoulder up by Cyberstrike!”
DB goes for another pin but it lasts until two yet again. This time, Cyberstrike gets himself up and is now attempting a backslide.
JR: “Both men try to perform a backslide on the other but no one could. Both men let go and DB bounces off the ropes to take CS down with a hard forearm smash.”
RK: “Man, that just knocked the wind outta Cyberstrike. Look JR, he is NOT moving there.”
Divebomb looks on at CS who is out cold on the mat before he goes to the top rope. Divebomb is up on the top rope and he launches himself for THE BOMB.
JR: “DB goes for the bomb but CS gets his knees up. Divebomb is down on the mat and he is rolling in pain after he landed his back on the knees of Cyberstrike.”
RK: “Bad move there by Divebomb. He should know better to stall for a while before going up the ropes. Every second counts if you want to do a top rope move on a grounded opponent.”
Divebomb is down on the mat as Cyberstrike slowly gets himself on his feet. Cyberstrike is up and he picks up Divebomb while sneaking in a couple of clubs to the back. Cyberstrike kicks Divebomb to the gut and goes to his side.
JR: “Cyberstrike has Divebomb in the position for his patented move.”
RK: “The breakdown, has been CS’s most useful move ever since the day he entered the wrestling business. Tonight, its just business for him to end this match with that same move.”
Cyberstrike sets D-Bomb for the Breakdown but before he could connect, he stops as the stage pyros are set off. “Break and Enter” plays through the PA Systems and Cyberstrike lets go of Divebomb. Cyberstrike looks at the stage and tries to search for Eamon. Eamon X is nowhere to be found on stage while CS is holding on the top rope shouting for Eamon to come out and fight him. While this is happening, the crowd are on their feet in anticipation for their countrymen’s entrance to the ringside.
JR: “Eamon’s music has hit the arena but…Eamon is nowhere in sight!”
Both CS and the crowd go into disappointment as the music cuts and Eamon is nowhere to be found. Inside the ring, CS turns around only to get a hard shot to the gut by DB. Divebomb lines him up for THE END and it hits.
JR: “THE END! THE END!!! Cyberstrike is down and Divebomb goes for the pin.”
The referee counts the pin 1…2…3. The bell rings as Divebomb gets up and gets his hand raised by the referee.
TH: “The winner by pinfall…DIVEBOMB!”
“Warriors of the world united” plays as Divebomb raises both arms in victory. Meanwhile, we see Cyberstrike down on the canvas as the song plays on. We go directly to the announce table with JR and RK.
JR: “What a way to end a match. The End was hit by Divebomb for him to pin Cyberstrike and to advance to the next round of the tournament.”
RK: “You said it JR. But I cant help to think what the hell was the music of Eamon doing. I thought he was gonna do something stupid and let himself get suspended or something.”
Backstage
We go backstage after the match to see a couple of motorbikes run through the parking area. They stop on the door to the X-WCW locker room area and they step out of their vehicles. The two men are the two members of nTo white, Bombshell and Powermaster Prime. They wait for the door to open and reveal Sting.
Sting: “Nice to see you guys here. Listen, AJ and Daniels arent here tonight but we got to do our business alright?”
BS: “No prob, Sting. We can handle some nTo red jack assess tonight by ourselves.”
PMP: “Yeah. We gonna punk them out tonight!”
The three enter the locker room area as we go to a commercial break.
LotR II First Round match
Damien vs Raven Darkstorm
“Cowboys From Hell” hits, and the newcomer – Damien – make his entrance to almost no response.
RK: “Tough crowd tonight! They’re indifferent to this guy!”
JR: “Well, Damien’s a new face here, so he has to EARN the crowd’s respect, just as Grant Snell did on Nitro!”
TH: “The following is a First Round Match in the Lord of the Ring Tournament, and it is set for one fall! Introducing first: from parts unknown – DAMIEN!”
Damien enters the ring.
A few moments later, “End of Everything” hits, and one half of StarStorm – Raven Darkstorm – enters the stage to the usual mixed response.
TH: “And his opponent: also from parts unknown – RAVEN DARKSTORM!”
Raven makes his way to the ring, entering it once he reaches it.
The referee calls for the bell, and the match begins in earnest. The diminutive Damien ties up with Raven in the middle, but Raven throws him right to the mat within seconds.
JR: “If Damien’s not careful, this could become one of the mismatches of the year!”
RK: “Or he could become our first Midget Champion, if Cyberstrike wants to introduce such a title!”
JR: “Stop it.”
Damien gets up, tying up with Raven once more – and yielding the exact same result.
But instead of allowing Damien to get up, Raven grabs him by his legs and turns him over into a Boston crab!
JR: “Raven’s got the right idea in trying to wrap this one up quickly – but he’s WAY too close to the left ropes!”
RK: “And Damien knows it! He’s trying to grab them!”
Damien reaches out for the bottom left rope, but Raven walks in the other direction, pulling Damien away in the process. Raven keeps the hold locked on for another 30 seconds, but with a surge of energy, Damien starts to turn toward the front ropes, reaching the bottom rope and finally breaking the hold.
Undaunted by this, Raven grabs the standing Damien from behind and slamming him headfirst into the front right turnbuckle – several times. He then turns Damien around to face him, before backing up and charging at him with a running butt bump attempt. However, Damien ducks to his right, causing Raven to miss his mark and crash awkwardly into the turnbuckles. While Raven is stunned from this, Damien mounts the turnbuckles, grabbing Raven around the back of his neck and hitting a top rope bulldog on him! Damien goes for a pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. CLOSE!”
JR: “We almost had one of the biggest upsets of the year right there!”
Raven gets up, but Damien is quick to resume his offensive. He whips Raven into the back ropes, taking him down with a Shawn Michaels-style superkick on the rebound! And once Raven hits the mat, Damien bounces off the left ropes, hitting Raven with a leg drop! Damien goes for another pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JR: “Raven’s a much tougher man to beat than that!”
Raven gets up once more, but Damien is more than ready: he goes for another whip attempt into the right ropes, but this time, Raven reverses it. On Damien’s rebound, Raven knocks him to the mat with a thunderous clothesline, before jumping to the front ropes and hitting an Asai moonsault on the smaller Damien.
RK: “That’s it – Damien’s a pancake now! This one’s over!”
JR: “Well, Raven THINKS he’s got it wrapped up: he’s going for a pin!”
RK: “1…. 2…. HE KICKS OUT!”
JR: “My God!”
Damien musters the strength to get to his feet once more, and Raven renews his attack. He hooks Damien’s left arm, dropping him with a knee to the face!
Raven gets up once more, and with Damien laying on his stomach, Raven seizes the opportunity to lock him in a surfboard hold!
RK: “I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone escape from a surfboard hold before!”
JR: “Neither have I! Damien’s going to have to produce something special to stay in this match-up!”
Raven keeps the hold locked in for another 30 seconds, but Damien shows no signs of submitting. Then, in an unexpected move, Raven releases the hold and walks around to face Damien. He waits for Damien to get up, and once he does, Raven nails him with the Darkstorm Rising!
RK: “THIS IS IT! Raven’s got this match in the bag!”
JR: “He’s going for the pin!”
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JR: “There’s still life in Damien yet! What a display of courage from this newcomer!”
Despite kicking out at the last moment, Damien is slow to get up. Raven takes advantage of this by whipping Damien into the front ropes once he IS up. However, Raven’s spinning heel kick attempt on the rebound misses its mark. And once Damien bounces off the back ropes, Raven tries to hit him with another hard clothesline, but Damien ducks it.
Both men turn to face each other, and Damien kicks Raven to the groin before hitting his version of the Ace Crusher – the CLASH WITH REALITY!
RK: “Did you see that! That move came out of nowhere!”
JR: “Call it what you will, but it’s one of the best and most unexpected finishers in the business! But Damien’s not done yet!”
With Raven floored, and with a shout of “It’s raining blood!”, Damien races to the front right turnbuckles. He climbs to the top, turns around, and hits his version of the Five Star Frog Splash – RAINING BLOOD – on the fallen Raven. He goes for the final pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! UPSET!”
JR: “Damien wins! He’s through to the next round of the Lord of the Ring Tournament!”
The crowd cheers Damien for his efforts.
TH: “Here’s your winner – DAMIEN!”
JR: “He’s certainly won over the crowd with his impressive performance! Let’s hope it’s a sign of things to come!”
RK: “We’ve had an enormous influx of talent recently, but they’ll have to pay their dues just like everyone else!”
Damien leaves the ring, raising his fist in victory.
We go back from the commercial break and “Break and Enter” hits the PA Systems. This time, Eamon X makes his way to the ringside area. The crowd goes wild for the Australian born X-WCW Superstar as he makes his way down the ramp way and slap hands with his countrymen. Eamon X jumps to the apron Brock Lesnar style and gets in the ring. He grabs the mic and addresses the crowd.
EX: “MY FELLOW OUTBACKERS BETTER MAKE SOME NOISE RIGHT NOW!!!”
The Australian crowd cheers grow louder and an “Eamon” chant breaks through the cheering.
EX: “Tonight, I am here to address my home, Australia. Tonight, I may not be fortunate enough to wrestle for my country, but I came here for a promise. The promise is on Starcadde Xtreme, Eamon X will make history!”
The fans cheer once more as Eamon pauses for a while.
EX: “You see, Eamon X will be the winner of the 2005 Lord of the Ring tournament! There is nothing and I mean..NOTH-”
“Immortal” by Adema plays as Cyberstrike interrupts the ceremony. CS is on the entrance ramp wearing an nTo red t-shirt and is holding his usual nto Kendostick in his hand. He slowly makes his way to the ring as the crowd pours on the boos.
JR: “Now what could this be now?”
RK: “What else JR? Its time for Cyberstrike to give Eamon a royal trashing for what he did earlier!”
Cyberstrike enters the ring and goes nose-to-nose with Eamon X. He grabs the mic from the ring announcer who enters the ring before he backs up and speaks.
CS: “Eamon, I know this is Australia and all…but you know that you got a lot of explaining to do. Infact, you have a LOT of explaining to do.”
EX: “Oh and what kind of explanations do I need to tell you Cyberstrike? Is it about my music hitting off the speakers during your match? If it is, then just complain or…hell…just FIRE the damn technician. Its not my fault if they mistakenly play it now right?”
CS: “Oh so it’s the technician’s fault? Its so easy for you to get away with this huh? Well whether you did plan it or not, its gonna be your loss, kid. You talk about people screwing you and not look at yourself? It aint the X-WCW that screws you up…its YOU who screws the X-WCW up!”
The Australian fans do not appreciate this comment by Cyberstrike and starts to chant “you suck”.
EX: “I don’t know what your talking about Strike, cause I can only hear 10,000 plus of my countrymen saying that YOU SUCK!”
The crowd cheers wildly as Cyberstrike forms a scowl on his face. Eamon smirks before he speaks again.
EX: “Oh and Cyberstrike, if I wanted to get revenge from what you did at Nitro, I would have gotten to the ring and handed it myself. You know me, I don’t back down from any challenge. So Cyberstrike, your out of the title tournament, but I’m not. Now how about you…get over it?”
Eamon turns around and drops the mic. Before he gets out of the ring, he gets blasted by the kendostick on the back of his head. The crowd boos heavily as Cyberstrike starts to stomp down on Eamon.
JR: “For the love of God, this is not right!”
RK: “Of course its RIGHT!!! Eamon deserves this for screwing Cyberstrike.”
Cyberstrike picks up Eamon and goes for the Breakdown, but Eamon X gets out of it and sends CS to the ropes. Eamon catches CS and delivers the Xplosion on him. Eamon X slowly gets to his feet as the crowd roars in approval for him. “Break and Enter” plays as Eamon X raises his arms in the middle of the ring while CS is down and out.
JR: “Eamon X, stands triumphant in the middle of his country. But King, I think this is a start of one brutal rivalry”
RK: “You said it JR.”
Backstage
We go backstage with Cole Ryan. There, we see Judge Death beside him holding his usual helmet
CR: “We are here backstage with Judge Death. JD, tonight is your LotR match. Do you think you have what it takes to defeat Tempest?”
JD: “I ssssurely do. Cole Ryan, Tempessst daysss of glory are OVER! Onssseee I am done with him tonight, he would have a hard time whearing hisss thong. Hehehe…”
We go to ringside with JR and RK
RK: “Thong? What is that skinny little turd talking about?”
JR: “No idea, King.”
TH: “The following is a Lord of the Ring First Round Match, and it is set for one fall!”
LotR II First Round Match
Judge Death vs Tempest
“Out of the Silent Planet” hits, and Judge Death makes his stage entrance to a mixed response.
TH: “Introducing first: from Deadworld, near Glasgow in Scotland – JUDGE DEATH!”
Judge Death makes his way to the ring, entering it upon his arrival.
A moment later, “Step Up” hits, and Tempest makes his entrance to a shower of boos.
TH: “His opponent: from Australia, he is The Human Bulldozer – TEMPEST!”
The boos continue as Tempest approaches the ring and enters it.
RK: “Is it just me, or don’t these fans want to cheer right now?”
JR: “Well, neither of these two are real crowd favourites, but if they put on a great match-up – and I think they will – that may change!”
The referee calls for the bell, and the match begins. Both men tie up, but Tempest – with his MASSIVE size advantage – throws JD off him within seconds. This doesn’t faze JD in the slightest, and he gets up and ties up with Tempest once more, yielding a similar result. Once more, JD gets to his feet, but on JD’s third approach, Tempest grabs him around the throat with both hands, lifting him into the air and hitting a Baldo Bomb on the smaller man. Tempest goes for the first pinfall.
RK: “1…. NO!”
JR: “Just a 1-count? Judge Death is tougher than I thought!”
JD gets up very quickly, and as Tempest grabs him by the throat again, JD – wearing his distinctive helmet – headbutts Tempest, but it has almost no effect on the much bigger competitor. So he tries another headbutt, and this also has a minimal effect.
Tempest – with his left hand still on JD’s throat – places his right hand on JD’s groin, lifting him into a military press position and carrying him to the front right corner of the ring. Tempest drops JD into a snake eyes, following it up with several slams of JD’s head into the top turnbuckle.
Of course, these have little effect on the helmeted JD, but Tempest whips him into the back left corner just the same. As soon as JD hits the corner, Tempest attempts a running clothesline, but JD ducks to his left, causing Tempest to crash into the turnbuckles. JD capitalises on this by catching Tempest in a schoolboy pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. KICK OUT!”
JR: “What is Judge Death thinking? It’s MUCH too early for such a finish!”
Tempest gets right up, and as JD rises, Tempest attempts to remove JD’s helmet! JD fights this furiously, unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks on Tempest, but these have little effect on the big man. However, JD does just enough damage to get closer to Tempest, and – in an astonishing show of strength – he picks up Tempest with ONE hand!
JR: “Judge Death may be small, but it seems he can do it all!”
RK: “He’s only about 100 pounds, but he’s lifted Tempest up like he was a baby!”
JD drops Tempest into a Gorilla press slam, going for a pinfall immediately afterwards!
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JD: “It looks like TWO can play the strength game! Tempest threw Judge Death off with authority!”
Both men are up in a very short space of time. Tempest whips JD into the right ropes, and on the rebound, Tempest floors JD with a stiff back heel kick. He follows this up by climbing atop the fallen JD, and finally removing his helmet before engaging in a series of stiff punches.
RK: “AAAAAH! Judge Death is one ugly SOB! Put the helmet back on, Tempest!”
JR: “Will you stop it please?”
Tempest stands up, bringing the smarting JD to his feet as well. He then locks JD in an abdominal stretch, right in the middle of the ring!
JR: “Tempest isn’t well known for his submission holds, but this is a VERY good one to use in this situation!”
RK: “If I were Judge Death, I’d be tapping like Fred Astaire right now! That’s gotta hurt!”
But JD is instinctively hiding his pain. The referee asks him several times if he’d like to submit, but JD just shakes his head each time. Thirty seconds pass, and JD starts to fight his way out of the hold. He finally breaks free with a kick to the groin, which goes unnoticed by the referee.
RK: “Come on, ref! That’s a DQ right there!”
JR: “Not if he didn’t see it!”
As Tempest is smarting from this, JD bounces off the front ropes and takes Tempest down with a modified Hart Attack! JD then goes for another pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. KICK OUT!”
JR: “Tempest isn’t done yet!”
Tempest gets up, but JD reacts quickly, jumping right on Tempest’s back and locking in a sleeper hold!
JR: “Another submission attempt! I wouldn’t expect that from power wrestlers like these two!”
RK: “Neither would I, but that goes to show you: ANYTHING can happen in X-WCW!”
Despite keeping the hold locked on, JD is unable to bring Tempest to his knees. Instead, this serves to fire Tempest up, and Tempest – with JD still firmly on his back – walks around the ring, backing himself and JD into the back left corner. This knocks the wind out of JD, and he finally releases the sleeper hold.
Tempest follows this with a pair of hard running butt bumps, and with JD seemingly beaten, Tempest drags him back into the middle of the ring, positioning him for the Thunder Press.
He lifts JD up to hit the move, but with a sudden and unexpected rush of energy, JD slips out of the predicament at the last moment, landing on his feet behind Tempest. Both men turn to face each other, and JD slaps his right hand on Tempest’s throat, hitting The Touch of Death with his left. This knocks Tempest right to the mat, and JD goes for the last pinfall of the match!
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! What an upset!”
JR: “Yes, Judge Death continues to defy logic right here in X-WCW! What a win that was!”
TH: “Here’s your winner – JUDGE DEATH!”
JD looks down at Tempest, and taunts him by saying “I…. ssssmell…. YOUR DEATH!” before he leaves the ring in triumph. Yet the crowd in attendance remains indifferent to his win.
JR: “So Judge Death is going through to the next round of the Lord of the Ring Tournament on the strength of that unexpected victory!”
RK: “And we’ve got 1 more qualifying matche, and the TV title bout, to come right here on Warzone, so don’t go away!”
LotR II First Round Match
Jeff Jarrett vs Tidal (c)
“My World” hits, and Jeff Jarrett makes his entrance. Despite raising his distinctive Slapnuts guitar and calling out “I AM The Chosen One!”, the fans still boo him loudly.
TH: “The following is another first round match in the Lord of the Ring Tournament, and it is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first: from Hendersonville, Tennessee, he is The Chosen One – JEFF JARRETT!”
The boos seem to become louder as Jarrett walks down to the ring and enters it.
Then the arena lights go off. “Boiler” hits, accompanied by blue floodlights, then the pyrotechnics explode, and the lights return to reveal Tidal on the stage. He is booed heavily.
TH: “His opponent: from England – TIDAL!”
RK: “Is there anyone here that the audience actually LIKES? Apart from Eamon X, that is?”
JR: “Well, let’s not allow the crowd’s hatred of these men to take away from the significance of this match!”
Tidal runs to the ring, and once he enters it, he wastes no time in attacking Jarrett. He charges at Jarrett as the bell rings, taking him right to the mat and taking the guitar right out of his hands. As the referee throws the guitar out of the ring, the brawl continues on the mat. Tidal is laying into Jarrett with a flurry of punches to his upper body, but before long, Jarrett hits a low blow – unseen by the referee – which sends Tidal rolling over in pain.
Jarrett gets up quickly, grabbing Tidal by his right leg and wrapping it in a standing leg lock, but after about five seconds, Tidal manages to grab the bottom front rope. The hold is broken, and Jarrett allows Tidal to get up, only to rake him in the eyes!
RK: “That’s a Jeff Jarrett trademark right there!”
JR: “A classic old school move, I must say. It reminds me of Ric Flair!”
With Tidal temporarily blinded, Jarrett grabs him from behind, pushing him face-first into the front ropes and dragging his face across the top rope!
Upon reaching the front left turnbuckles, Jarrett slams Tidal’s head into the top one a total of ten times. Though on the eleventh, Jarrett makes the mistake of pausing and badmouthing the audience. Tidal capitalises on this by hitting a low blow, again unseen by the referee, which brings Jarrett to his knees.
Tidal turns to face Jarrett, bringing him to his feet and hitting him with several underhook headbutts. After this, Tidal whips Jarrett into the back right corner, following it up with a spear attempt.
However, the more experienced Jarrett turns to face him just in time, dodging the spear and causing Tidal to slam his right shoulder into the turn post.
JR: “No matter how tough you are, that would have to hurt!”
RK: “Thanks for that cutting and witty analysis, Captain Obvious!”
As Tidal clutches his shoulder in pain, Jarrett grabs him by his right hand and puts him in a standing arm wrench! Jarrett keeps the hold in place for about fifteen seconds, tightening it several times, but after this, Tidal manages to execute a back heel kick to the back of Jarrett’s head, bringing him to the mat fast!
As soon as Jarrett hits the mat, Tidal steps over him, locking him in a camel clutch!
JR: “This could be it! Tidal could go through if Jarrett gives up!”
RK: “Though Jarrett’s not that easy to beat! I’m willing to bet any amount of money that the guitar on the floor over here will be in a thousand pieces by the end of this match!”
Thirty seconds pass, and Jarrett still does not submit. Tidal has Jarrett too close to the right ropes, and as a result, Jarrett manages to reach the bottom one, breaking the hold. Tidal allows Jarrett to rise once more, only to drop him with a swinging neckbreaker. Tidal goes for the first pinfall of the match.
RK: “1…. 2…. and Jarrett gets his foot on the rope!”
JR: “That’s ring positioning – and wrestling experience – for you.”
Unhappy with the nature of this broken pinfall, Tidal gets right up and yells at the referee! And while the argument continues, Jarrett seizes the opportunity to take Tidal down with a chop block from behind. However, this has the added effect of knocking the referee to the canvas, taking him out of the equation for the time being. With Tidal clutching the back of his left leg, Jarrett slips out of the ring in search of his guitar, finding it near the announcers’ table.
RK: “I KNEW IT! Jarrett’s going to make music with Tidal’s head!”
JR: “Damn you Jarrett! Why the hell can’t you win a match cleanly?”
Jarrett slips the guitar into the ring, slipping into the ring himself a moment later. Noticing that the referee is still down, he waits for Tidal to get up, and once he does, he smashes the guitar right over his head! And as Tidal smarts from the impact, Jarrett gets behind him and hits his main finisher – The Stroke – on Tidal!
JR: “THE STROKE! Bah gawd! Jarrett just drilled Tidal with that move.”
But instead of going for the pinfall, Jarrett turns the downed Tidal over, locking him in a figure four leg lock! He keeps the hold locked on for thirty seconds, before the referee finally comes to his senses. By this time, Tidal is almost unconscious from the pain, and the referee calls for the bell to end the match!
RK: “There’s the bell, but what’s the referee going to do?”
JR: “We’ll have to wait and see on this one!”
Terri enters the ring, and after conferring with the referee, she makes the announcement.
TH: “Ladies and Gentlemen: the referee has decided that Tidal is no longer able to continue in this match! He therefore awards it to The Chosen One – JEFF JARRETT!”
The crowd boos the decision.
JR: “My God! Why can’t they restart it instead! I want to see a clean winner!”
RK: “Well, Jarrett DID have Tidal well and truly beaten near the end!”
JR: “Thanks to that guitar of his!”
RK: “Oh, quit your whining!”
JR: “Well Cyberstrike, I hope you’re happy! One of your boys just got what could have been a top quality match handed to him – AGAIN!”
RK: “Didn’t I just tell you to stop whining?”
Jarrett continues to badmouth the fans in attendance as he leaves the ring, and the fans heckle him all the way.
JR: “So Jarrett’s going through to the next round of the Lord of the Ring Tournament, and frankly, I hate it!”
RK: “But I love it! And ladies and gents we will be right back after a word from our spon-WHAT THE?!”
Jarrett stops at the ramp way as Powerbomb enters the stage and corners him. Jarrett backs away but he is stopped as he feels he bumped someone behind him. He turns around to see Sting with a grin on his face. Jarrett backs away as Sting points his nightstick at Double J. Powerbomb pounce on Jarrett and the three men from nTo white beat Jarrett down to the delight of the fans.
JR: “nTo white are making their presence felt here in Australia, King!”
RK: “This is not right, JR! Where the hell is nTo red?!”
Starstorm enters the ringside area to help out Jarrett and it’s a 6 man brawl. Sting is beating up Jarrett with the nightstick as Starstorm engage battle against Powerbomb. The road agents and referees storm to ringside to break up the fight as X-WCW Warzone goes to a commercial break.
Backstage
We go back from the break to see Ignavus and Xille making their way to the corridors.
X: “Hey dude, I hear The Outcasts are a very formidable tag team. Heck, those two were once opponents in 2003! Now they are teaming with each other, Igz, its gonna be a tough fight.”
Igz: “hmm….”
X: “And Final Frontier, they are also a good team. I think were in for a tough time. But hey, were Default right? We can kick ass!”
Igz: “mmmph!…”
Xille pauses and looks at Igz who just follows him and is eating a chicken leg.
X: “Tell me…you forgot to eat on your way here did ya?”
Igz: “……..just hungry.”
X: “Well I hope you didn’t overeat. Cause tonight, we should put all the stops. I don’t want you to hurl at the ring, like D-Ex did at 2002 upon his return after a back injury.”
Igz: “You read too many wrestling history books X. Whats next, you wanna tell me Eamon’s last name? Or where….uhm….Wolfang lives or something…..yeah?”
X: “No…just relating your case. That’s all. Now c’mon! Were up next! LETS RUN ALREADY!”
Xille runs through the corridor as Igz continues his slow pace and finishes up the chicken leg. He burps and tosses the remains of the food to the nearby basket.
World Tag-Team #1 contendership
The Outcasts vs Igz & Xille vs The Final Frontier
We go to ringside where the next match is already starting.
TH: “The following match is a three-way elimination match for the number one contendership of the X-WCW World Tag Team Title.”
“Wherever I may roam” plays as Daedelus and Otacon enter the stage. They get the usual chorus of boos as they make they way down the aisle.
TH: “Making their way to the ring…Otacon and Daedelus…THE OUTCASTS!!!”
JR: “These guys were former X-WCW International Tag Team Champions, King. Tonight, if they will win, they can get the World Tag Team Titles. It might have a diff. name but still, it’s a title nonetheless for them to aim for.”
Daedelus and Otacon slide into the ring and wait for their opponents. “Save a horse, ride a cowboy” plays through the PA Systems and out comes Final Frontier. The fans give them a warm reception of cheers as they make their way down the ring.
TH: “On their way to the ring….Autobot Jazz and Scifi Man…FINAL FRONTIER!!!”
JR: “These two men are one of the exciting tag teams here that you can only see on the X-WCW!”
RK: “They are impressive JR! But I think the Outcasts will get away with the win on this contest tonight.”
Final Frontier enters the ring and go to the corner opposite to The Outcasts. Both teams are discussing their game plan for a while until “High Wire Escape Artist” blares through the speakers.
TH: “And introducing the team of Xille and Ignavus…DEFAULT!”
The fans are on their feet as Xille and Ignavus enter the ringside area. Xille runs down the ramp while Igz takes his time and slaps a few hands with the fans. Xille waits for Igz and both men slide into the ring at the same time.
JR: “The team of Xille and Ignavus have been a very surprising tag team here in the X-WCW. Like in the other federation, Ignavus has been teaming with the most unlikely of partners but in the end, they manage to work out GREAT as a team.”
RK: “I guess being lazy has its perks in the tag team division.”
All 6 men are in the ring and they stare off at each other. The bell rings and Daedelus and Xille start this match out. Both men lock up and Daedelus scores a quick side headlock on Xille. Deadelus quickly switches behind X and locks on an armlock. X delivers a couple of elbows to the face of Daedelus before forcing the man from New Zeland to let go.
JR: “Xille bounces off the ropes and catches Daedelus with a flying cross body block. The referee sees the pin being made..1…NO! Daedelus quickly kicks out of the pin attempt and both men are up.”
X takes a charging Daedelus with a drop toe hold and bounces off the ropes to hit a basement dropkick to the side of Daedelus’ head. Daedelus rolls on to his side of the ring to tag out to Otacon. Otacon enters the ring and delivers a couple of blows to X. X gets a club to the back before the Con Man delivers a stomach crusher on Xille.
JR: “The Con Man is delivering a beating on Xille right now.”
Xille clutches his mid-section as Otacon drags him on the nearby corner. There he backs X and delivers some knees to the midsection. Otacon backs up and runs towards Xille on the corner but X stops him on his tracks with a hard kick to the face. Xille stands on the second rope and comes down with an overcast. Both Xille and Otacon are down as the other 4 men look on.
JR: “Xille just hit a desperation move there on Otacon and both men are down.”
Otacon is the first man to get up and picks up X. X fights him with a couple of blows to the mid-section. Xille is up and he delivers a hard smack on the face of Otacon that sends the Con Man reeling to the ropes. Xille runs at him but the Con Man sees it and goes for a back body drop. Otacon looks at the opposite end of the ring to point at Igz and starts to mutter off words at him while he is walking towards him. Xille landed on the apron and he jumps off there to deliver a springboard dropkick on the back of Otacon.
JR: “Shades of Lance Storm there with that springboard dropkick by Xille. Otacon is down and Xille tags out to SFM!”
RK: “And look at that JR, SFM is putting the boots on Otacon.”
SFM waits for Otacon to get up and hit a superkick. But Otacon ducks it and kicks him to the gut. Otacon plants SFM down with a double arm DDT. Otacon slowly gets to his feet and tags out to AUTBOT JAZZ!
RK: “WHAT THE? He just tagged in SFM’s tag partner!”
Jazz enters the ring with a shocked expression in his face as Otacon just grins at him. SFM slowly gets up and looks at his partner who just got tagged in. Final Frontier look at each other for a while until SFM pats the grinning Otacon who was standing in the middle of them. After the pat, which automatically tags Otacon in, Final Frontier take him down with a double clothesline.
JR: “Double clothesline on Otacon and it makes him officially back in the match. SFM is on his corner now as Otacon is whipped to the corner. Autobot Jazz follows him there but is greeted by a back elbow to the face. Otacon turns around and places Jazz in the corner. Otacon delivers a hard chop to the chest and follows it with another hard chop to the chest.”
RK: “Otacon just lit Jazz up there with those 2 consecutive chops to the chest.”
Otacon puts Autobot Jazz on the top rope for a superplex but Jazz blocks it. At the same corner, we see Defeault just looking on and talking to each other about the match. Otacon tries his best to pull off the superplex but Jazz fends him off with shots to the ribs. Otacon is shoved into the mat but unexpectedly tags in Ignavus who got his hand slapped by Otacon on his way down. Autobot Jazz is still groggy on the corner as Ignavus scratches his head on whats going on.
RK: “Hey, Otacon kinda tagged Ignavus in. Its all good to me but, why aint he doing anything?”
Ignavus asks Xille what the hell happened. All X tells his partner is to get in the ring and do something. Igz shrugs and gets in to see Jazz still sitting on the top corner, resting. Ignavus runs to the other end of the ropes and runs towards Jazz on the corner. Before Jazz could manage to get up, Ignavus is there and springs to the ropes to hit Jazz with a shinning wizard. Both Jazz and Ignavus go down to the mat and Autotbot Jazz is outcold after that hard kick to the back of his head by Ignavus.
JR: “Ignavus hits him with the UNMOTIVATOR! Ignavus is on his feet and he goes for the pin…1…2…3!”
RK: “So long Final Frontier!”
TH: “Final Frontier have been eliminated!”
Otacon is back to his corner as Daedelus storms into the ring and hits Ignavus on his way up. Daedelus picks up Ignavus and whips him to the ropes. Daedelus catches Ignavus and locks him in a sleeper hold. Daedelus puts the pressure on Igz with the sleeper hold and drags him to the center of the ring for him not to go to the ropes. Ignavus is slowly going down to the mat with that sleeper hold locked tight on him.
JR: “Ignavus is down on the mat while Daedelus has that sleeper locked tight on him. The referee checks Igz’s arm and it falls down. The ref does so again…and it goes down yet again. The final time the ref is gonna raise it up…it goes do…NO..its up! Ignavus is still in this match!”
Ignavus’ raised arm starts to shake and slowly, he gets up from the hold. Ignavus hits a couple of elbow strikes to the mid-section of Daedelus to make him let go. D lets go but before Igz can go to the ropes, Daedelus grabs him by the hair and slams him down to the mat. Igz holds the back of his head in pain as Daedelus slowly picks him up.
RK: “Talk about one hard fall, Igz could have broken his neck due to that slam by Daedelus.”
Daedelus locks up with Ignavus and goes behind him. Daedelus delivers a german suplex on Iganvus. He still has Ignavus on his grasps as he gets up and delivers a second consecutive german suplex to Ignavus. He rolls back and STILL has Ignavus on his clutches. But before he could deliver the final one, Ignavus uses the back of his head to hit the face of Daedelus. Ignavus slowly goes behind Dadelus and performs a german suplex of his own.
JR: “Ignavus with a german suplex on Daedelus. He still has Daedelus and scores ANOTHER ONE…Ignavus going for the third suplex and it connects! Daedelus just flopped to the mat like a newly caught fish landing on someone’s boat.”
RK: “Wow, for a lazy guy, Ignavus is getting a bit motivated here.”
Ignavus slowly gets to his feet and watches Daedelus getting himself up as well. Ignavus just stands there and yawns as Daedelus holds his back and looks at Ignavus with a bitter face. Daedelus charges Ignavus but Ignavus sidesteps, sending Daedelus hitting face first into the nearby turnbuckle. Daedelus falls backwards and Ignavus has him with a backslide pin. The referee counts 1..2…break by Otacon.
JR: “Otacon gets in the ring to save his partner there before they lose this match. Xille gets in and he and Otacon are at it. Ignavus picks up Daedelus but Daedelus sneaks in a low blow while the referee is distracted by the brawl of X and the Con Man.”
RK: “That would wake Igz up…if not hurt him a lot.”
Daedelus pins Ignavus, but the referee is still trying to break up the brawl of Xille and Otacon. Daedelus gets up and gets the referee’s attention. The referee goes for the count…1…2…NO! Ignavus gets his foot on the bottom rope. Meanwhile, Xille is sent to the ropes by Otacon and he goes for a back body drop. But it proves to a big mistake as Xille delivers the sit-down faceslame on the con man. Otacon rolls out of the ring.
JR: “The Con Man is outside while Daedelus is now arguing with the referee for the count.”
RK: “Well its not Daedelus fault that the referee counted slow.”
While Daedelus complains to the referee, we see Ignavus getting up and spinning Daedelus around. Ignavus lifts him up and connects with the slacker tower.
JR: “SLACKER TOWER BY IGNAVUS!!! Daedelus is out cold and here comes the pin 1…2…3! Default gets their win here tonight!”
“Clint Eastwood” by the Gorillaz plays as Xille and Igz raise their arms in victory.
TH: “The winners of this match…DEFAULT!”
JR: “Ignavus and Xille have pulled off a big upset on the X-WCW’s top two teams! And for Default, who knows, they might even pull another upset when they face Team nTo for the tag titles. Ladies and gentlemen, don’t change that channel, Warzone will come back right after these messages”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break
Backstage
We go back to Warzone and we see D-Extreme and Cyberstrike walking down the corridors of the backstage area. They enter a locker room where we see Ignavus and Xille inside. Team nTo approach Default and both men grin at them.
CS: “Hey boys, nice win there tonight. We just wanna congratulate you for a job well done.”
Xille who is up just looks at the two uneasily. Igz meanwhile, just sits there and yawns.
X: “…Thank you, I guess.”
D-Ex: “Hey don’t thank us man, thank yourselves for that win. But guys, on the next Warzone…its time for you guys to get a taste of reality. That reality is that you guys are not worthy of any of our tag titles. So enjoy your victory tonight guys…enjoy them while you can.”
CS and D-Ex laugh their way out of the locker room as Xille just glares at them. Ignavus meanwhile…just sits there, bored, sleepy and lazy to give a damn at all.
X-WCW TV Championship
Styker vs Reaper(c)
JR: “Welcome back to X-WCW Warzone! Tonight’s main event is gonna be a blast, King. Uhm..Randal..we are on air already.”
We see Randal King eating a burrito and seems to be delighted by eating it as well.
RK: “Oh….sorry about that JR. I was so hungry for some wrestling action that I forgot that I was also hungry for some food. Tonight’s X-WCW main event is sponsored by burrito-shack!”
TH: “The following Television Title match is scheduled for one fall.”
“Poison” by Prodigy blares through the speakers and out come the X-WCW TV Champion.
TH: “Introducing first, he is the X-WCW Television Champion…REAPER!”
The boos of the crowd are audible as Reaper makes his way down the rampway. He gets inside the ring and raises his TV Title in the air. He slowly puts it down and waits for his opponent.
JR: “Reaper recently won the X-WCW TV Title from Judge Death a few weeks ago in Nitro and tonight he will defend it against the returning Flash Stryker.”
RK: “Reaper is a very physical wrestler, JR. Look for the TV Champ to deliver some hard hitting moves on Stryker to make him wish he was still rehabbing his injuries at home.”
“Speed Demon” hits the PA Systems and out comes the returning Flash Stryker. The fans give him a warm round of cheers as he slowly makes his way to the stage.
TH: “And his opponent, from Winnepeg, Alberta, Canada….FLASH STRYKER!”
Stryker points at the ring before he dashes down the aisle. He slides into the ring and goes to the corner to pose for the crowd. He jumps down there and looks at Reaper who is at the opposite end of the ring.
RK: “JR, the only thing that Flash Stryker has to remember here is that his speed is his best friend here against Reaper. Once Reaper catches him, he is DEAD.”
Stryker and Reaper go to the center of the ring as the referee calls for the bell to start the match. Both men lock up and Reaper hits a hard knee to the mid-section of Stryker. Stryker is on his knees now as Reaper picks him up and sends him to the ropes. Reaper delivers a back body drop but Stryker lands on his feet and bounces off the ropes yet again. Reaper turns around and gets hit with a flying forearm smash by Stryker.
JR: “Stryker hits that flying forearm smash with great velocity.”
Reaper gets up and runs towards Stryker only to get taken down with a drop toe hold. Stryker waits for Reaper to be on all fours before he bounces off the ropes to hit a basement dropkick to the side of Reaper’s head. Stryker picks up Reaper and tries to whip him to the ropes but Reaper blocks it and takes Stryker down with a clothesline. Reaper holds on to the arm of Stryker to pull him up and deliver another hard clothesline to the former F1 racer. Stryker is down on the canvas as Reaper shouts ‘get up’ to him.
JR: “Stryker just got leveled there by the double clothesline of Reaper. I don’t know if Stryker can get up after that, King.”
RK: “Don’t think about it JR. This match is already won by Reaper.”
Stryker gets up using the leg of Reaper and Reaper helps him up by grabbing him by the hair to lift him up. Reaper sends Stryker to the corner and follows him there. Before Stryker hits the corner, he floats over Reaper. Reaper turns around and goes for a clothesline at Stryker, but Stryker ducks down. Stryker lands a dropkick to the face of Reaper. Both men go down after the dropkick.
JR: “Stryker hit the desperate dropkick on Reaper. Both men are now down and Stryker is the first one up as he uses the ropes to help himself up.”
RK: “Flash Stryker is up on both legs, JR and I also see Reaper getting up as well.”
Reaper gets up and gets hit by a number of punches and chops by Stryker to back him to the ropes. Stryker sends Reaper to the other side of the ropes. Reaper bounces off the ropes and Stryker bounces off the other end. Both meet at the center of the ring where Reaper is caught by a crucifix pin by Stryker. The referee counts the pin but Reaper kicks out at two.
JR: “Both men up and Stryker takes Reaper down with a hiptoss. Reaper is up yet again and Stryker goes for another hiptoss, blocked and Reaper hits a hard right hand to the head of Stryker. Stryker staggers back to the ropes and Reaper runs at him.”
RK: “Bye bye Fla-WHOA! Stryker just ducked down and dropkicks Reaper to the outside of the ring.”
Reaper falls to the outside as Stryker gets up from the ring. Stryker goes to the top rope and waits for Reaper to get up. Reaper gets to his feet and Stryker launches himself from the top rope to connect with a moonsault on Reaper at the outside of the ring. The fans are on their feet after Stryker pulled off that top rope move.
JR: “Stryker just connected the top rope moonsault on Reaper! Both men are outside as the referee just started to count to 10.”
Reaper is the first to get up from the two and grabs Stryker. He tries to slam him face first into the steel steps but Stryker stops it and hits an elbow to the chest of Reaper. Reaper gets hit on the chest yet again with Stryker’s elbow before Stryker grabs Reaper by the head and slams him face first into the steel steps. Stryker rolls Reaper into the ring and goes to the top rope.
JR: “Flash Stryker is on the top rope yet again and Reaper is down.”
Stryker raises both arms and does a circular motion with his two fingers signaling for a 450 splash. The crowd are hyped up by Stryker and he launches off the top rope with the 450 splash. Unfortunately, Reaper rolls out of the way and Stryker crash lands on the mat.
RK: “Should have just saved the posing after the match, cause I think he is regretting that delay, JR.”
JR: “Indeed he does, King. Stryker is down on the mat and Reaper is slowly getting himself up from the canvas. Reaper crawls his way to the nearby corner and pulls himself up. It seems he is setting himself up for something here, King.”
Reaper is leaning on the corner for a while before he crouches and waits for Stryker to get up. Reaper grabs the ropes in the corner with one hand and uses the other to tell Stryker to get up. Stryker slowly gets back to his feet and turns around to see Reaper running towards him. Reaper seems to charge at Stryker and is set to deliver the spear he calls “R.I.P”, but Flash Stryker quickly gets out of the way and Reaper hits shoulder first into the opposite steel ring post.
JR: “Reaper tried to spear Stryker but he fails and gets his shoulder rammed hard into the steel post at the other end of the ring.”
RK: “This is gonna be a turning point for Stryker if he knows how to capitalize on this opportunity. If he doesn’t capitalize on it then it aint gonna be my fault!”
Stryker grabs Reaper and places him on the top turnbuckle. Stryker stands on the second rope and grabs Reaper. He sets Reaper up for the Drag Strip but Reaper blocks it.
JR: “Stryker struggles to floor Reaper with the drag strip on that corner, King. If this hits, Stryker could be the new TV Champ!”
Reaper gets out of the double underhook grab of Stryker and hits a couple of punches to Stryker. Stryker fights back with a hard smash over the head of Reaper. Reaper is groggy on the corner and Stryker sets him up for the drag strip yet again. Without any resistance from Reaper, Stryker connects with the Drag Strip and both men are on the mat.
JR: “DRAG STRIP! The ring just trembled with that hard impact by both wrestlers.”
RK: “Now only if Flash Stryker can get himself to pin Reaper, yup this match might be over.”
Flash Stryker crawls over to Reaper and puts his arm over Reaper. The referee counts the pin and the crowd counts along with him…1…..2….NO! To the disappointment of the crowd and of Stryker, Reaper gets his shoulder up at the last second.
RK: “He got an arm up, too bad for you Flash. Now get up and do something to end this match already!”
Flash Stryker slowly gets himself up and goes to the top rope. Reaper is up and Flash Stryker launches off the top rope and goes for a flying cross body. Reaper catches Flash Stryker and delivers a Fallaway Slam on F-S. Stryker rolls on the mat in pain as Reaper waits for him to get up. Reaper is at the corner stanching for a spear as Stryker is getting up in the middle of the ring. Flash Stryker is up and Reaper runs towards him to land the R.I.P
RK: “REST-IN-PEACE! JR, its gonna be game over for Stryker.”
King’s theory proves right as Reaper pins Stryker 1….2….3. The bell rings to sound the end of the match.
TH: “The winner and still X-WCW Television Champion, REAPER!”
“Poison” blares through the arena as the referee hands the still reigning Television Champ his belt.
JR: “Well ladies and gentlemen, that’s all we have for tonight. For Randal King, this is James Russell…good night!”
Reaper goes to the top rope and raises his belt with both hands and lets out a roar. X-WCW goes off air.