Post by Cyberstrike on Apr 4, 2018 15:10:01 GMT
X-WCW goes on air as we see a black and white footage of an army marching.
VO: “Every war….has its army”
The footage then switches to show some of history’s greatest generals.
VO: “Every war….has its leaders.”
After the Voice over, the footage fades to black and we hear a loud and thunderous explosion. As it fades back, we see a bomb going off and makes a mushroom of smoke. As the smoke is clear, we see a ruined city.
VO: “And war…..leaves a list of casualties.”
The video shows the ruined city one by one. However, as it shows the parts of the ruined city, we see flashes of various X-WCW superstars.
VO: “This is ground zero…..”
The footage continues to be black and white, however, it starts to show the following clips.
- Divebomb hitting the ground zero on Blaster
- GE hitting a clothesline to RK
- D-Ex raising the Singapore cane
- TB hitting the Nitoplex on Wolfang.
After TB connects with the nitoplex, we hear an explosion and the clip fades. We go to a full color video as ‘Falling Apart’ by Zebrahead plays. We see Divebomb standing on top of a tall building before he unbuckles his X-WCW UW belt. He places it on the ground behind him before he leaps off.
DB: “look out below!”
As soon as he hits the ground, the impact makes a very bright flash. The scene shifts into the X-WCW logo as the song continues to play.
VO: “X-WCW presents….”
The logo explodes and shows the GZ3 logo
VO: “….GROUND ZERO 3!!!”
The video ends and we go to the ringside area. The stage pyros hit and the jam-packed MCI center goes alive. The fans are on their feet and the camera pans over them to show various signs such as “Otacon stole my two other signs and I want them back”, “Bruno stole my babe” and “D-Ex got drunk again and puked on me”. The cameras swirl its way to the announce booth with James Russell and Randal King.
JR: “WELCOME EVERYONE TO GROUND ZERO 3!!! This is James Russell and along side me as always is Randal King. We are here live from the MCI Center in Washington.”
RK: “Oh boy, JR, we got a STACKED card tonight.”
JR: “You said it, King. Tonight, we will have the X-Rumble tourney….and to cap things off, the X-Rumble itself. The X-Rumble will be a match to determine the no. 1 contender come next X-WCW PPV.”
RK: “There are a load of newcomers here in this tournament, JR. And let me tell you, it will be their time to shine if they even just MAKE it to the X-Rumble itself.”
JR: “Let also not forget, King, we got title matches here tonight. One of those matches are R.E. Rage vs Judge Death in TLCC match. These two men have faced off in Starrcade: Xtreme and JD got the upperhand on that one. However, I think Rage has one thing on his mind tonight, REVENGE!”
RK: “Yes indeed! Rage aint gonna take what JD did to him last time by sitting down. We also have a X-WCW US title match between Stryker and Wolfang. Wolfang was the winner of GZ2’s main event. This year, he will be the defender of a title.”
JR: “I think Wolfang is hoping to get 2-0 after the night is done, Randal. Also on tonight’s card, we got Xille vs Ignavus in a first blood match! Its gonna be for the TV title. Two former friends are gonna settle the score once and for all in this fight.”
RK: “We also have the X-WCW Tag team titles on the line, JR! Its Powerbomb vs Final Frontier! I think Powerbomb will beat FF after they won over Starstorm last Doubleshot.”
JR: “And let us not forget..OUR MAIN EVENT! The Six-Man War Elimination Match. The winner of that match will be the X-WCW UW Champion.”
RK: “I am betting that Divebomb will retain this title, JR. However, C-Back is there, so who knows, he might win it as well.”
JR: “Whatever, King. Now lets start off this night with a right tune for the X-Rumble qualifier match! We got Cole Ryan backstage with Otacon for his thoughts on his upcoming match.”
Backstage
CR: "Right! I'm here backstage with the CON MAN himself, Otacon. Otacon, you had one HELL of a match with Tony Bonito. Sad to say, you passed out while he got that Ankle Lock slapped on you. But a lot saw that you had one hell of a determination not to give up. What are your comments about you 'technically' losing to Bonito and the fact that you two will NEVER face each other again?"
OC: “Well Cole, i chose to play Bonito at his own game and yes "Technically" i did lose....However i think the wrestling fans know thats nothin but BULLSHIT and that Bonito is a one trick pony who's just frustrated because he's just about gone bald and has always been ugly....As for me and Bonito NEVER going head to head again, well ill just say NEVER say NEVER.”
CR: "Tonight, you will be in a one-on-one match to advance in the X-Rumble. If you win this match and the X-Rumble itself, you will be the no.1 contender for the X-WCW UW title. So Otacon, if you do advance tonight to the X-Rumble, do you think you can win? If you lose, which among the participants do you think will be the no. 1 contender by the end of the night?"
Oc: “IF I win Cole, IF??......Ye have little faith”
*Oc takes a copy of the GZ roster from Cole and looks at it*
OC: “Lets see…Ahh the Xtreminator is first up, rest assured he will be going down hard, fast and painfully......After that it looks like the best of the rest who could make it into the X rumble are TGO and Chris Daniels, really need i say more........As for me not being there at the end, well that just aint gonna happen my friend....As soon as you begin to think about what your apponants might do your gonna lose, all you should be thinking about is doing what it takes to win........Ill let you know now to save the gamblers around here some money, come the end of GZ i WILL be the NEW no1 UW title contender and i will have earned it....Now quit buggin me.”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as Otacon shoves CR aside.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
Otacon vs The Xtreminator
We go back from the commercial break to see The Xterminator already in the ring.
TH: “The following singles match is scheduled for one fall. Already in the ring…THE XTERMINATOR!!!’
Xterminator poses for the crowd, only to draw a mild response from them. “Superstar” by Saliva hits the speakers and out comes Otacon.
TH: “And his opponent, he is the CON MAN……..OTACON!!!”
Otacon makes his way down the ring with a rather mixed reaction from the crowd. He slides into the ring and goes to the turnbuckle to pose for the crowd.
JR: “This man here showed a lotta guts on Warzone. He never tapped out to Bonito’s ankle lock.”
RK: “Hate to break it to ya, JR, but he STILL lost the match.”
JR: “I know that King! However, you can never question this man’s guts.”
RK: “The other thing I cant question is, he is gonna win this match against the Xterminator.”
Otacon goes down from the corner and gives a cocky smile at his opponent. The bell rings and both men square off in the center of the ring. They lock up and the Con Man quickly applies an overhead wristlock on Xterminator, before he uses one of his legs to trip his opponent. Otacon waits for Xterminator to get up before he takes him down to the mat with an arm drag. Xterminator comes back up to his feet and he ducks an incoming clothesline from Otacon.
JR: “Otacon misses with the clothesline and Xterminator grabs the former TV champ and delivers nasty knee smash onto the gut of Otacon.”
Otacon staggers back into a corner and Xterminator follows him there. Otacon gets pummeled on the corner by The Xterminator. Xterminator chokes Otacon with his boot, but the referee breaks it up. The referee separates Xterminator from Otacon and Xterminator starts to argue with the referee. On the corner, we see Otacon slowly pulling himself up with the ropes. Xterminator finally makes it back to the corner, but The Con Man hits a couple of hard punches to the gut. Xterminator tries to hit a punch on Otacon, but he gets blocked and Otacon delivers a flurry of hard left punches. After one hard punch, the Xterminator falls to the mat. He gets up, however, Otacon takes him down yet again with another punch to the face.
JR: “Otacon seems to have a burst of energy after he was down on that corner, King. Otacon grabs The Xterminator and tries to whip him to the ropes. Its reversed and Otacon is sent to the ropes. The bounce off the ropes…and Otacon delivers a Thez Press on Xterminator! Otacon starts to hammer away on The Xterminator!”
Otacon gets up and grabs Xterminator by the head. He picks him up and kicks him hard on the gut before he tries for the Final Impact. The Xterminator blocks it and shoves Otacon towards the ropes. On the rebound off the ropes, Otacon is taken down by a big boot to the face.
JR: “The Xterminator just countered Otacon’s Final Impact.”
RK: “I guess it was just plain too early for The Con man to finish things off here.”
The Xterminator waits for Otacon to get up before he grabs him by the throat. He lifts him in the air for the chokeslam, however, Otacon counters it with a DDT. Both men are down on the mat and the referee starts to count both of them. At the count of 5, we see both men stirring up on opposite sides of the ring. The Xterminator is the first man to get to his feet and he runs towards Otacon. The Con man sees him and he pulls down the top rope for The Xterminator to crash on the outside of the ring.
JR: “Otacon is using his veteran instincts and pulled down the ropes. The Xterminator is on the outside of the ring as Otacon waits for him inside.”
RK: “Otacon knows that even though he is on the inside, The Xterminator is at a disadvantage now.”
The referee starts to count Xterminator outside the ring. Inside, Otacon observes his opponent’s movement outside. By the count of 3, we see Xterminator up and about and he slides in the ring. Otacon greets him with a barrage of clubs to the back and he delivers a hard chop to the chest. Xterminator staggers back and Otacon sends him to the ropes. Otacon bounces off the opposite side of the ropes and goes for a clothesline. Xterminator ducks the clothesline and bounces off the other rope. On the rebound, Xterminator goes for a big boot, but somehow, Otacon avoids it and the referee gets in the way of the boot.
JR: “I hate to be referee after seeing him being the receiving end of that big boot by Xterminator.”
RK: “You tell me, JR!”
While the Xterminator checks the knocked out referee, we see Otacon sliding to the outside. He pulls out something beneath the apron. He gets a steel chair and slides himself back into the ring. He waits for Xterminator to turn to him before he thrusts the chair onto the mid-section of Xterminator. With his opponent on his knees, Otacon places the chair on the mat and picks up Xterminator. He locks a front face lock and before you know it, DDT ON THE CHAIR!
JR: “BAH GAWD! What a sickening echo throughout the building!”
RK: “That certainly smarts JR. But in Xterminator’s case..consider his brain xterminated……get it? Xterminator? Xterminated?”
JR: “…….”
RK: “IT’S A JOKE!!!”
JR: “……….”
RK: “Oh I give up!”
Otacon kicks the chair to the outside once he sees the referee getting to his feet. Otacon pretends he was laid out as well once the referee gets to his feet. However the con man slowly moves and places an arm over The Xterminator.
JR: “Here is the pin 1…2…3! Its over, King.”
RK: “The con man advances to the X Rumble..and I just LOVE that fact!”
TH: “The winner of this match…..OTACON!!!”
“Saliva” hits the speakers and Otacon gets his hand raised in victory. He gets a very mixed reaction from the crowd as he continues to celebrate his unclean win over The Xterminator. The camera pans over to the announce booth with our team of commentators.
RK: “Well that was one good way of kick-starting the PPV huh JR?”
JR: “Certainly was, King!”
RK: “So whats the next match gonna be?”
JR: “Its gonna be Sandy Drake vs The Renegade”
RK: “Great! I’mma see Renegade take out another punk tonight!”
JR: “Stay with us folks, we will be back for the next matchup.”
X-WCW goes to a brief commercial break as Otacon makes his way up the ramp.
Backstage
We see Ian Brady lying down on the corridor. A couple of road agents storm into the scene and we see them check on the newxomer. They turn Brady to face to them and we see him bloodied.
Road Agent: “SOMEONE CALL THE PARAMEDICS!!!”
The other Road agent gets up and storms out of the scene. Probably, he would find some medics in the area.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
The Renegade vs Sandy "The Young One" Drake
We go back to the ringside area as “Hurt” starts blaring at the sound system around the MCI Center.
JR: “Welcome back to this X-WCW PPV special. We are live from our Nation’s capital as we continue the X-Rumble qualifying matches.”
RK: “Here comes my bet, JR!!!”
We see The Renegade make his way down the ramp as the crowd gives him a loud chorus of boos.
TH: “The following match is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, weighing in at 267 pounds…THE RENEGADE!!!”
Renegade makes it to the steel steps and climbs up to the ring. He enters it and poses for the crowd about a few seconds.
JR: “This guy right here is one tough cookie, King. Everytime he steps into that ring, you know, something bad is gonna happen.”
RK: “That’s the reason why if I were Sandy, I’d run outta here in the jiffy!”
“Behind those eyes” by three doors down starts to fill up the speakers and fade out Renegade’s music. The Young One makes his appearance out of the curtains and poses for the fans.
TH: “And his opponent, from Vancouver BC. …”THE YOUNG ONE” SANDY DRAKE!!!”
The Young One stands on stage while he smiles at the fans as they cheer and chant his name. He points at the ring before he darts down the ramp and slides in. He goes to the top rope and poses for the fans some more.
JR: “This young kid here has made a couple of good matches here in the X-WCW.”
RK: “He did have ONLY a couple of matches here JR!!!”
Drake backflips down to the mat and the crowd cheers even more.
RK: “WHOA! How the hell did he do THAT move!”
JR: “I guess he is a flashy wrestler, King. Young, arrogant, but the crowd loves him..they still love him somehow.”
The bell rings and both men go to the center of the ring. Drake extends his hand to Renegade, however, he pulls it out even before Renegade could extend his hand. Drake laughs as both men circle around the ring for a couple of seconds and eventually lock up. Drake quickly goes behind Renegade and takes him down with a waistlock takedown. Drake floats over him and locks on a side headlock. Renegade slowly gets to his feet and forces Drake to let go after three elbow shots to the gut of SD. The Renegade shoves Sandy Drake to the ropes and tries to hit him with a clothesline. However, Drake ducks the clothesline and bounces off the other end of the ropes.
JR: “Sandy Drake bounces off the ropes and goes for a flying crossbody. Renegade catches him and takes him down with a back breaker. The Renegade pins Drake 1…2..CLOSE!”
RK: “Drake made a big mistake there and he almost paid for it by being the loser. However, I think he is lucky enough that he got a shoulder up there.”
The Renegade gets up and waits for Drake to get to a vertical base. Once Drake gets to his feet, Renegade tries to scoop him up for a bodyslam. However, Drake slides to the back of Renegade and takes him down with a sleeper drop. Drake runs towards the nearby corner and delivers a springboard moonsault. It connects and he goes for the pin.
JR: “Drake with the pin 1..2..Kickout by Renegade!”
RK: “These two might soon go do an exchange of uhm..pins.”
Drake picks up Renegade and tries to send him to the corner. However, Renegade reverses the momentum and sends Drake face first into the turnbuckle. Renegade catches Drake, who stumbles backwards, and connects with an atomic drop. Renegade steps over Drake and locks on a Mexican Surfboard.
RK: “Drake is in serious trouble now, JR. After that atomic drop, Renegade just followed it up with a surfboard. That move alone just hurt Drake’s spine…and now…Drake’s spine is being aggravated as the surfboard is locked on.”
JR: “I can see he is serious pain right now, King.”
After a minute passes by, The Renegade lets go of the submission hold on Drake. He picks up The Young One and backs him onto the corner. He starts to deliver shoulder charges at Drake before Drake drops on the corner. The Renegade starts to choke Drake with his knee, until the referee tells him to break it up. The Renegade complies to the referee, however, after just backing up a bit The Renegade smacks his Knee on the face of Sandy Drake.
JR: “OH CMON! Now that was just uncalled for!”
RK: “Hey, nothing like a wrestler putting a young kid to his place, JR!”
JR: “Just like what GE did to you on Doubleshot?”
RK: “AH SHUT UP!!!”
The Renegade turns his attention to the fans and taunts them a bit. The Renegade approaches the fallen Sandy Drake and picks him up by the head. The Renegade delivers a couple of punches at SD before he sends him to the ropes. The Renegade ducks down, but Sandy Drake kicks him right to the chops. The Renegade stumbles back and SD delivers a couple of punches at his opponent. The Young One reels Renegade into a clothesline. SD leans on the nearby ropes in the meantime, while Renegade is down on the mat.
JR: “Sandy Drake is making a come back here in this match, King. However, I don’t know how long that back of his can hold.”
RK: “He IS young, he would heal quickly. Uhm..I think.”
Drake waits for Renegade to get up before he runs at him and delivers a dropkick. Renegade gets back up from the dropkick and this time, Drake takes him down with a snap suplex. The Renegade gets to his feet yet again and SD delivers ANOTHER snap suplex at him. The crowd is fired up as Drake looks determined to finish things off right now while Renegade is down on the mat. Drake goes to the top rope and is about to hit his finishing move.
JR: “SANDY DRAKE LAUNCHES HIMSELF OFF THE TOP ROPE AND IS GOING FOR THE…the..”
RK: “you mean ‘the FOUN-TIN OF YOUTH?! HAHAHA seems like it!”
He delivers the fountin of youth, but the Renegade sticks his knees up for him to land on it. Drake rolls on the mat in pain as The Renegade slowly picks himself up. The Renegade waits for Drake to get up before he goes behind him. The Renegade has Drake on a wasitlock and delivers a german suplex with bridge.
JR: “Here is the bridge..1..2..NO! Drake kicks out of the suplex with bridge combination of The Renegade.”
RK: “Whoa, I thought he’d never had that much energy right now to even get a shoulder up.”
The Renegade picks The Young One up and kicks him on the gut. Renegade backs up a bit before he tries his superkick, which Drake ducks. As Renegade turns around, he is caught by a superkick of Sandy Drake.
JR: “ABB! ABB ON RENEGADE BAH GAWD!!!”
RK: “Oh crap.”
The Renegade falls down on the mat, but soon enough, Drake falls down as well. Drake crawls towards The Renegade for the pin and the referee starts the count. Before the count of three was made though, Renegade gets an arm up. Sandy Drake gets up and sees The Renegade crawling towards the nearby corner.
JR: “It seems like the Renegade wants to take a breather on that corner, King.”
RK: “Well, he can take his time. Drake is bound to do something stupid…”
The Renegade pulls himself up from the corner and continues to lean on it. Drake shakes his head in disapproval before he charges his way to that corner. Before he could hit a shoulder charge on Renegade, The Renegade gets out of the way.
RK: “…..see what I mean.”
Sandy Drake hits his shoulder onto the post before he turns around. He stumbles into The Renegade, who quickly takes him down with THE RENEGADE HOLD.
JR: “The Renegade has the crossface on Sandy Drake, and the young one is screaming in pain.”
RK: “Meh, he can cry all he wants know.”
Drake taps out after a couple of seconds and the referee calls for the bell.
TH: “THE WINNER BY SUBMISSION…THE RENEGADE!!!”
Renegade’s music hits and The Renegade finally breaks the hold. He gets to his feet and the referee raises his arm in victory.
JR: “What a match there, King.”
RK: “Yeah, too bad Drake had to screw it all up and cost himself the match.”
JR: “Oh don’t be so hard on the kid! He is just…young.”
RK: “Well folks we will be back to continue this x-rumble qualifiers.”
GZ 3 goes to a commercial break.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
Icon vs Tempest
X-WCW goes back from the commercial break for the next match.
JR: “Randal, our next match will determine another participant into the X Rumble.”
RK: “I know. This X Rumble for title shot is shaping up to be an awesome fight.”
“Wolfpack” plays and Icon appears at the top of the stage.
TH: “The following is an X Rumble qualifier match scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring, from Detroit, Michigan, weighing in at 265 pounds, The Icon.”
Icon enters the ring and poses for a few moments awaiting his opponent.
“Step Up” by Drowning Pool hits and Tempest makes his way to the ring.
TH: “And his opponent, from Australia, Tempest.”
The bell rings and the two men lock up. Tempest quickly gains the upper hand by using his strength to throw Icon to the ground.
JR: “And Tempest shows his power early in this match.”
Icon stands and delivers a standing drop kick to Tempest. Both men are back up quickly. Icon tries to whip Tempest to the corner, but Tempest reverses and follows up with a powerful clothesline in the corner.
JR: “And Tempest goes for a cover, but no. Icon gets the shoulder up at two.”
RK: “I thought it was over there. But this match continues.”
With Icon still on the ground, Tempest begins to lay into him with a volley of left and right fists. Tempest pulls Icon up and throws him into the corner. He goes for another clothesline, but Icon lifts his leg and connects with the jaw of Tempest.
While Tempest is distracted, Icon goes to the second rope and connects with a bulldog. He goes for the cover, but only gets a two count.
JR: “That could have been a big upset right there.”
RK: “Yeah, especially considering Icon hasn’t won an X-WCW match yet.”
JR: “And Tempest is up. He connects a powerful fist to the gut of Icon.”
Tempest sets Icon up and hits a DDT on his opponent. Tempest begins to stomp away at Icon.
RK: “This match is gonna be over real soon, James.”
JR: “Right now it appears to be that way, but It ain’t over until that bell rings.”
Tempest then applies an STO to Icon. The ref goes next to Icon and asks him if wants to submit.
JR: “And Icon is not giving up. He reaches for the ropes. Tempest continues to apply the pressure, but Icon is able to grab the rope and the ref begins the five count.”
Tempest breaks the hold and the referee checks on Icon. Meanwhile, Tempest goes over to the corner and pulls the padding off of one of the turnbuckles.
JR: “Come on Tempest, you don’t have to end it like this.”
RK: “He thinks this match has gone on long enough and is in a hurry to end it.”
He goes back over to Icon and puts him in position for a catapult. He launches Icon, but Icon is able to grab the ropes and stop himself before hitting the turnbuckle.
Tempest turns to face Icon and Icon surprise him with a leaping kick from the second rope.
Tempest stumble for a bit and Icon delivers a DDT.
Remembering the exposed turnbuckle, Icon sets Tempest up and catapults him into the turnbuckle. Tempest’s head connects and Icon rolls him up.
JR: “Here is the pin 1…2…3! Its over, King!”
RK: “Thankgod.”
“Wolfpack” plays as Icon celebrates his win.
TH: “Here is your winner, The Icon.”
The Icon gets his hand raised in victory as X-WCW goes to a commercial break.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
Xbomb vs AAA
JR: “Our next match features two of the X-WCW’s newest stars.”
RK: “What an opportunity for both of these guys. One will go to the X-Rumble to fight for a spot at the Ultimate World Title.”
Encore by Jay Z hits and X-Bomb appears at the top of the stage. He heads down to the ring.
TH: “The following contest in an X-Rumble Qualifying match scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring: From New York City, weighing in at 320 pounds: X-Bomb.
X-Bomb gets in the ring and poses. The crowd gives a mixed reaction to him.
Instruments of Destruction hits the PA. Antonio Australian Awesome appears at the top of the stage.
TH: “And his opponent, from Sydney, Australia, weighing 285 pounds, Antonio Australian Awesome.”
JR: “Folks, this is Antonio Awesome. He was just recently signed to the X-WCW and was just called up from the developmental territory.”
RK: “He does look awesome. Great physique. He looks like he’ll do great here.”
The bell rings and the two men lock up. Antonio sends X-Bomb into the ropes and hits him with a stiff knee on the rebound. X-Bomb gets up quickly and goes for a left fist, but Antonio grabs it.
JR: “And Antonio Awesome pulls the arm around the back, applying pressure to X-Bomb. He’s looking to wear that arm down.”
RK: “Looks like this match could be over real soon.”
X-Bomb reaches back with several elbows and gets Antonio to break his hold. He quickly grabs the reeling Antonio and applies a DDT. He goes for a cover, but only gets a two counts.
JR: “X-Bomb going for the early cover, but to no avail.”
Antonio gets up quick enough to avoid a charge from X-Bomb. X-Bomb crashes into the corner and stumbles back. Antonio connects with a roundhouse kick. X-Bomb is on the ground. Antonio locks in a Boston crab.
X-Bomb struggles for a few moments and is able to grab the ropes. The ref begins the five count and Antonio relinquishes the hold at four. Antonio kicks X-Bomb in the back while he’s on the ground.
X-Bomb gets up only to get a right hook from Antonio. Antonio goes for another one, but X-Bomb gets around him and locks in a sleeper hold.
JR: “And X-Bomb has that sleeper locked in. The ref has walked over to Antonio to lift his arm. Antonio drops it this time.”
RK: “Must not be as awesome as he looks. He dropped it again.”
On the third time, Antonio keeps the arm up and clocks X-Bomb in the head with his fist. A couple of elbow shots is enough to break the hold.
Antonio shoots X-Bomb to the ropes and roll shim up on the rebound. X-Bomb reverses the roll and grabs the ropes without the ref seeing it.
1..2..3.
TH: “Here is your winner, X-Bomb!”
X-Bomb hurries out of the ring as Antonio gets up and realizes what happened. He begins to argue with the ref while X-Bomb goes to the back victorious.
Winning tag team Advances to the X Rumble
Tag Team Match
BBB & CCC vs The Purgatory
(The Warrior and Hell's Guardian)
“Move Bitch” hits, and the first half of X-WCW’s newest odd couple – Bruno the Brazilian Badass – makes his stage entrance. Being a newcomer, the audience isn’t sure how to react.
TH: “The following tag team contest is set for one fall, with the winners advancing to the X Rumble! Introducing first – BRUNO THE BRAZILIAN BADASS!”
A moment later, the second half of the team – Casus “Crimson” Crevious – enters. No entrance music is played.
TH: “And his partner – CASUS “CRIMSON” CREVIOUS!”
The fans remain perplexed as the two barbarous behemoths make their way to the ring.
JR: “Look at the sheer size of these two men, King!”
RK: “According to my statistics, they’re 7’5” and 6’10” respectively, and they weigh nearly 800 pounds between them!”
JR: “And they’ll be facing two members of the faction known as Purgatory, with some of the toughest stipulations ever placed on such matches. I’ll have those stipulations for you in a few moments!”
RK: “And we’ve got three referees here, JR, to make sure the added rules are enforced!”
After this, “Slave New World” hits, and Hell’s Guardian and The Warrior make their entrance to a decent face pop.
TH: “Their opponents: representing Purgatory – HELL’S GUARDIAN and THE WARRIOR!”
The cheers continue as the two fearsome individuals make their way to the ring.
JR: “Before we start, here are the stipulations from the Board of Directors:
1. The third member of Purgatory – Lone Wolf – has been barred from ringside;
2. Any outside interference will be penalised with an immediate disqualification for the team they assist, and a 2-month suspension without pay for the culprit;
3. Once you tag your partner into the contest, you must leave the ring immediately. That’s right: no double-teaming will be tolerated, and;
4. Pinfall and submission attempts cannot be broken by another wrestler from either team. Doing so will result in an instant disqualification for their team and a 2-month unpaid suspension.”
RK: “Wow, that is tough! But this match will be even tougher!”
JR: “By the way, these rules also apply to the other two X Rumble tag team qualifiers, which will occur later in the evening!”
RK: “Yikes!”
The bell rings, with the two giants – Bruno and the Guardian – starting proceedings. Both men tie up in the centre of the ring, and while the Guardian has the slight height advantage, Bruno possesses a massive weight advantage. Before long, Bruno breaks the deadlock with a few strategically-places knee lifts, and as the Guardian staggers backwards from the impact, Bruno bounces off the right ropes – shifting the ring itself in the process – and launches into a thunderous Lou Thesz press, followed by several stiff punches to the face.
With a taunt of “I’m the REAL Sexual Chocolate!”, Bruno stands up, bringing the stunned Guardian to his feet.
He lifts the Guardian up over his shoulder, dropping him into an equally impactful shoulder breaker, but instead of going for a pin, he tags Casus into the match.
Bruno steps over the ropes out of the ring, and Casus steps through them to enter it, eagerly awaiting the Guardian’s rise. He calls out “Prepare to face the God of War!” as Guardian gets up, and Casus is quick to attack him, knocking him to the front ropes with a stiff pump kick.
This, however, has very little effect on the giant Guardian. Casus goes for another kick, but Guardian blocks it with his hand, grabbing Casus’ leg and throwing him back first to the mat.
Keeping a firm grip on Casus’ leg, the Guardian delivers a stiff leg drop to Casus’ groin before finally releasing him. As Casus smarts from the blow, the Guardian tags the Warrior into the match-up, leaving the ring by stepping over the ropes.
The Warrior climbs the front left turnbuckles and waits for Casus to rise, and once he is up, the Warrior goes for a clothesline, but Casus just shrugs it off.
JR: “BAH GAWD! A clothesline of that nature would bring most men down, but Casus ‘Crimson’ Crevious shrugged it off as if it were nothing!”
RK: “It may well be nothing to him!”
Casus screams “Come on, little man! DO YOUR WORST!” at the smaller Warrior, and the Warrior is happy to oblige. He attempts a spear on Casus, but once again, Casus barely budges. And then, the Warrior bounces off the back ropes for a dropkick attempt, but Casus blocks it again, sending the Warrior to the mat and laughing as he does so.
After a few moments, he picks up the hurting Warrior once more, lifting him into the torture rack position to hit his finisher: The Final Breathe. But with a sudden energy rush, the Warrior slips out of it, landing on his feet and somehow lifting Casus into a Gorilla press slam!
With just as much speed, the Warrior tags his enormous partner back into the contest, and the Guardian wastes no time in renewing the assault on Casus. He grabs the rising Casus from behind, throwing him into a colossal dragon suplex and going for the first pinfall of the match.
RK: “1…. 2…. NOT QUITE!”
JR: “Never mind a David and Goliath battle: this is a ring full of Goliaths right here!”
Both men get up, but the Guardian is on the attack once more. He grabs Casus by his left arm, driving him right into the back left turnpost and injuring Casus’ shoulder.
While Casus is hurting, the Guardian slams him headfirst into the top turnbuckle, with the fans counting each one – “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!” – as it happens. And once the Guardian is done with that particular move, he brings Casus to the mat with a powerful reverse vertical suplex.
RK: “What raw power! If Bruno is kept out of this for much longer, Purgatory could have this one in the bag!”
JR: “In any case, that’s a very good game plan!”
The Guardian tags the Warrior back into the match, and the Warrior rushes in to lock an STF on the fallen Casus. Despite being in even greater pain as a result, Casus refuses to submit, and after about 25 seconds in the hold, he starts to edge toward the left ropes.
After another ten seconds, the bottom rope is within Casus’ reach, so he reaches for it, thus breaking the hold. Undeterred by this, the Warrior backs off, waiting for Casus to get to his feet again.
RK: “Just look at that giant Bruno! He wants in desperately!”
JR: “But if the Warrior keeps his intensity at this level, Bruno won’t get in!”
Once Casus is standing again, the Warrior tries to whip him into the right ropes, but with relatively little effort, Casus reverses the move. On the Warrior’s rebound, Casus hits him with a hard boot to the face, sending the Warrior spinning to the mat.
And at long last, Casus pins the fresh Bruno back into the match. The Warrior gets to his feet and charges at Bruno in an attempted spear, but he simply bounces off the freakish Brazilian. The Warrior then tries a succession of full force punches and kicks, but Bruno still fails to budge or show any sign of pain.
Then comes the decisive blow. Bruno reaches out for the Warrior’s throat with his right hand, and he lifts the much smaller Warrior into a devastating single-handed chokeslam that shakes the ring itself!
JR: “WOW! What a massive impact! I think I actually FELT that chokeslam myself!”
RK: “Me too! And Bruno’s not done yet!”
Bruno makes a ‘bomb dropping’ gesture to the crowd, signalling his intent to use one of his finishers: the South American Bomb.
The Warrior – who is barely conscious at this point – is brought to his feet by Bruno, and promptly placed in the headscissor position. Bruno lifts him into the vertical position, and then he walks to the front right corner, turning around and reversing up the turnbuckles, and hitting the powerbomb variant with crushing force. A “HOLY SHIT!” chant breaks out as a result.
JR: “GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! He could have KILLED the Warrior with that if he’d done it on hard cement!”
RK: “The Warrior’s not moving at all! And Bruno’s going for the pinfall!”
JR: “1…. 2…. 3! IT’S OVER!”
RK: “With devastating authority, I might add! Bruno and Casus are through to the X Rumble, though it’ll be every man for himself in that particular match-up!”
The bell rings to end the match, and the Guardian calls for medical assistance for the Warrior.
TH: “Here are your winners: BRUNO THE BRAZILIAN BADASS and CASUS “CRIMSON” CREVIOUS!”
Bruno and Casus raise their arms in victory as EMTs see to the Warrior.
JR: “These two men are going to go VERY far in this company, if you ask me!”
RK: “Agreed! And there’s plenty more action where that came from, so stay tuned!”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as the EMTs carry out The Warrior to the backstage area.
Winning Tag Team Advances to the X Rumble
Jeff Jarrett & TRD vs AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels
“n-T-o” is heard on the PA system, then “No Chance” hits. The two nTo members – Jeff Jarrett and The Real Deal – make their entrance, receiving a loud boo from the crowd as they do so.
TH: “The following tag team contest is set for one fall, with the winning team advancing to the X Rumble! Introducing first: representing the nTo – JEFF JARRETT and THE REAL DEAL!”
The booing only becomes even more intense as they enter the ring. Then “I AM” hits, and A.J. Styles makes his stage entrance, receiving a huge cheer from the fans.
TH: “Their first opponent – A.J. STYLES!”
After a moment, “XXX Is Gonna Give It” hits, and Christopher Daniels joins him on stage. The cheering continues, and both men high-five each other.
TH: “And his partner: he is The Fallen Angel – CHRISTOPHER DANIELS!”
Styles and Daniels run to the ring.
JR: “Now Styles and Daniels shouldn’t be too hasty here: those tough stipulations are still in effect!”
RK: “And I’ve heard from reliable sources that 3 of these men may well be out of contract after tonight, but I can’t say which three!”
JR: “Anything else you want to share with us, King?”
RK: “Yeah, JR: I think Terri’s got great PUPPIES!”
JR: “Even blind people could see that remark coming!”
RK: “Ha ha – I know!”
Styles and Jarrett commence the proceedings. They tie up once the bell rings, and after 5 seconds, Jarrett breaks it with a few well-placed punches to Styles’ midsection. Jarrett then tries to whip Styles into the back ropes, but Styles reverses the move, sending Jarrett into those same ropes. As Jarrett rebounds, Styles floors him with a spinning heel kick, going for the first pinfall of the match-up.
RK: “1…. And a half!”
JR: “The veteran Jarrett is just too talented to give up that easily! This match will be a good one!”
Jarrett gets up, but Styles is on him again. He tries to kick Jarrett again, but Jarrett catches Styles’ leg, forcing him to turn the move into an Enziguri kick that succeeds in bringing Jarrett to the mat.
Once Jarrett is down, Styles goes for a fast submission hold: a leg lock chokehold. As soon as he tries to lock it in, though, Jarrett grabs Styles’ legs and turns on his belly. Styles makes a dash for the left ropes, but Jarrett keeps his grip on Styles’ legs, and as Styles reaches for the top rope, Jarrett manages to get Styles onto his shoulders, hitting an electric chair drop on Styles.
As Styles smarts from this impact on the mat, Jarrett gets up and tags TRD into the contest. TRD wastes no time in pounding Styles while he’s down, using a flurry of stomps and a leg drop to subdue him further. TRD goes for a pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JR: “Despite that stomping, Styles is determined to stay in this one!”
Styles gets up, and TRD is upon him again. TRD hits a hard body slam on Styles, then he hurts him even more with an inverted wishbone leg splitter.
However, TRD gets cocky. He runs to the back ropes, hoping to nail the hurting Styles with a running elbow drop, but the elbow misses its mark as Styles rolls out of the way at the last moment. This causes TRD to fall awkwardly on his elbow, and Styles manages to tag Daniels into the contest.
The fresh man Daniels climbs to the top turnbuckle, and he waits for TRD to rise. Once it happens, Daniels takes TRD right down with a ferocious wheel kick, and he seizes the opportunity to get the pinfall on TRD.
JR: “1…. 2…. Kick out!”
RK: “The Real Deal’s far tougher to keep down than that!”
TRD stands up, and Daniels jumps into an attempted hurricanranna, but TRD is able to stop him in the vertical position and drop him into a hard powerbomb! TRD then goes for a pinfall of his own.
JR: “1…. 2…. Close!”
RK: “Don’t let Christopher Daniels’ moderate size fool you: he’s double tough!”
Daniels rolls over backwards and stands up, and TRD promptly whips him into the back right corner. With Daniels seemingly stunned in the corner, TRD moves in for another offensive, but suddenly, Daniels turns around and launches into a crucifix pin attempt!
However, TRD remains standing, and after almost ten seconds, he drops into a modified Samoan drop. Instead of going for a pinfall on Daniels, though, TRD tags Jarrett back into the match, and Jarrett climbs the back right turnbuckles for a flying leg drop. He hits his mark with great ease, and Jarrett goes for a pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. And three quarters!”
JR: “That was unbelievably close to a 3-count right there!”
Daniels gets up slowly, and Jarrett goes on the attack once more. Jarrett grabs Styles by the arm and pulls him into a stiff short arm clothesline, bringing him to the mat immediately. And with just as much speed, Jarrett grabs Daniels by his legs, locking him in a figure four leg lock!
RK: “Jeff Jarrett is showing his true talent with that move!”
JR: “That’s right: this is a VERY good game plan by Jarrett! His ring positioning is very good, and he’s keeping the fresh A.J. Styles out of it!”
RK: “Though Daniels isn’t the easiest man to beat either!”
JR: “He’ll need every last bit of energy to get out of this one, though!”
Jarrett keeps Daniels in the hold for another 20 seconds, but Daniels begins to edge toward the back ropes, and after another 15 seconds, he manages to grab the bottom one, breaking the hold.
Daniels staggers to his feet, and Jarrett turns him around for another attack. Jarrett goes for a hard left hand, but Daniels manages to duck it and grab Jarrett from behind, dropping him into an atomic drop.
This move gives Daniels enough time to return to his corner and tag Styles back into the contest. Styles rushes at the slightly stunned Jarrett with a fast running clothesline, taking him to the mat quickly.
Styles is even quicker in following this move with an inverted surfboard hold, bringing Jarrett into the middle of the ring and placing him in tremendous pain. He keeps Jarrett in this uncomfortable position for about 20 seconds before Jarrett finally rolls over to his right and reaches the right ropes.
JR: “That’s experience for you!”
RK: “And if Jarrett is one of the wrestlers out of contract, what a great loss he’d be to our company!”
JR: “Even though he’s not a fan favourite, I would agree with that, King!”
RK: “A lot of young up-and-comers can learn a lot from him, JR!”
JR: “As can no-hopers like TG Stylez!”
RK: “And Fresh Prince!”
As both King and JR laugh at their jokes, Jarrett makes a rapid recovery, getting up and resuming the battle with Styles. Both men tie up once more, but Jarrett breaks it with some stiff right knee lifts, and he whips Styles into the left ropes.
Styles rebounds with an attempted flying back elbow, but Jarrett catches it, reversing the move into his other finisher – The Stroke!
RK: “The Stroke! I think Jarrett’s got this one won!”
JR: “So do I! He’s going for the pin!”
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! Jarrett and The Real Deal are through to the X Rumble!”
JR: “Where they won’t be able to work as a team, I might add!”
The fans boo loudly as Jarrett and TRD celebrate their win.
TH: “Here are your winners – JEFF JARRETT and THE REAL DEAL!”
Jarrett and TRD badmouth the fans as they leave, and Jarrett tears up a couple of fan signs on the way backstage.
JR: “Jarrett does not like these fans, King.”
RK: “Well, he won’t have to face them for much longer!”
JR: “What do you mean?”
RK: “Well, JR, I’m now at liberty to reveal that this will be the last X-WCW show featuring Jarrett, Styles and Daniels! They’re going back to TNA!”
JR: “I think these fans know that already!”
RK: “I’m sure they do! Listen to the chant!”
Sure enough, a “YOU SOLD OUT!” chant is directed at the defeated and dejected Styles and Daniels, who leave the ring without even acknowledging the fans in attendance.
JR: “At least Jarrett’s making one more appearance tonight: in the X Rumble!”
RK: “That and many more matches are still to come, on our biggest event to date – Ground Zero III! So stay with us!”
The Winning Team Advances to the X Rumble
StarStorm vs Karl Baller & TGO
“n-T-o” is heard, followed by “End of Everything”. Before long, the members of StarStorm make their entrance, receiving a very loud boo from the fans in attendance.
TH: “The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall, with the winners advancing to the X Rumble later in the evening! Introducing first: representing the nTo – STARSTORM!”
StarStorm make their way to the ring and enter it. After a moment, “Ima Hustla” hits the PA system, and Karl Baller appears on stage to a very warm response.
TH: “Their first opponent: KARL BALLER!”
Baller comes out with a throwback Washington Bullets jersey as he has a mic in his hands.
KB: “Now yall know its time to buss some heads, break some legs, and crack some spines/
But before dis ass whoopin let me express some stuff dats on my mind/
As I spit dis ryme I hear all da critics about who no one should choose/
Sayin "man whoever picks KB on their team will surely loose"/
But tonight i'ma silence dat and bruise people who at double shot looked like rookies at sports/
2 dudes wit no talent or order, i'm talkin bout da rejects who couldnt use da force/
Dats right i can prove dis source dis aint a fake rumor or myth/
Dey came back to wrestle cuz dey were rejected from Star Wars: revenge of da sith/ (the X-tron shows Raven in a Darth Sidious and Vanth in Darth Vader costumes)
But i'm tired of dis, lets stop talkin and begin da match/
And end dis quick, cuz me and TGO bout to give you some serious bruises to patch/”
After Baller finishes his rap, he waits on the outside of the ring. “Bad Company” hits, then The Great One joins Baller on stage, receiving an equally loud face pop.
TH: “And his partner: THE GREAT ONE!”
Both men make their way to the ring.
JR: “Needless to say, King: the hard stipulations laid down by the Board of Directors are still in effect for this match! The Thrillaz’ third man, Tommy Tennessee, has been barred from ringside as well!”
RK: “So Baller and The Great One had better resist the urge to storm the ring, JR, since it’ll mean an instant DQ for them!”
Luckily, they do hold back, and once the bell rings, Raven Darkstorm and Karl Baller get the proceedings started for their respective teams. Both Raven and Baller stalk each other around the ring for about 15 seconds before finally tying up in the middle.
Baller is soon able to gain the advantage, throwing Raven to the mat within seconds. Baller waits to Raven to rise again, and once he does, they tie up again, but with an identical result.
Once Raven gets to his feet again, another tie up occurs, but this time, Raven breaks it up with a few knee lifts and punches. He then tries to whip Baller into the right ropes, but Baller reverses the move into a short arm clothesline, flooring Raven for the third time in this match-up!
Baller grabs Raven by the head and brings him to his feet again, and then he grabs Raven’s right arm and drops him into a snapping reverse DDT! He follows this with the first pin attempt of the contest.
RK: “1…. 2…. NOT YET!”
JR: “Not even close! There’s a long way to go in this one!”
Raven gets up, and as Baller tries to lock him in a sleeper hold, Raven drops into a jawbreaker, stunning Baller. Baller falls to the mat, and Raven capitalises on this by grabbing Baller by the legs and hitting a hard leg drop to the groin, followed by a wishbone leg splitter.
With Baller smarting from these painful moves, Raven tags Vanth into the match. Vanth wastes no time in continuing the assault, bringing Baller to his feet and locking him in a front facelock. He then nails a stiff front suplex on his opponent before turning him over and going for another pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. He kicks out!”
RK: “And no rule breaks yet!”
JR: “Well, what do you expect with three referees?”
RK: “If one of them was a woman, they could make a Wobbly H!”
JR: “There ARE children watching, King.”
RK: “I’m just making this fun AND educational, JR!”
Vanth allows Baller to rise, then he walks up behind him, picking him up and dropping him front first into a chestbreaker. Despite the pain, Baller tries to roll back to his corner and tag TGO into the match, but Vanth stops him with a stiff elbow drop to the back of Baller’s neck.
Vanth then locks Baller in a Crippler Crossface, inflicting greater pain on Baller.
JR: “The ring positioning is OK, but Baller’s not that easy to beat!”
RK: “He trying to get his left foot to the front bottom rope!”
After about 20 seconds in the hold, Baller has moved enough to get his foot on the rope, forcing Vanth to break the hold. Once it’s released, Baller rolls to his corner quickly, tagging TGO into the match.
TGO is quick to go to work on Vanth. He knocks Vanth down with a thunderous running clothesline, and once Vanth gets up, he is greeted by another running clothesline! And a third one occurs a few seconds after that.
With a taunt of “Are you ready to go one on one with The Great One?”, TGO waits for Vanth to get up again. And once Vanth is up, TGO goes on the attack once more, with a series of stiff right hands to the face.
And when TGO goes for one final right hand, he winds the arm up, only to knock Vanth to the mat with a hard left!
JR: “Nice one! The crowd loved that little swerve!”
RK: “I’ll bet! Listen to them!”
A chant of “Let’s go Great One!” breaks out as TGO picks Vanth up off the mat. He whips Vanth into the left ropes, catching Vanth on the rebound and lifting him into a swinging front backbreaker!
JR: “WOW! What a powerful move that was!”
RK: “He’s going for the pin!”
JR: “1…. 2…. Not this time!”
RK: “Pretty close, though!”
TGO allows Vanth to get up, but as soon as he’s up, TGO grabs Vanth in a tight side headlock. TGO then takes the unusual step of walking to StarStorm’s corner and ordering the headlocked Vanth to tag Raven back into the match!
JR: “Is he crazy?”
RK: “It looks like The Great One WANTS to take on the fresh Raven!”
JR: “He doesn’t need to prove how great he is!”
RK: “Try telling HIM that!”
Vanth tags Raven in, causing TGO to release the headlock and allow Vanth to leave. Once Raven enters the ring, both he and TGO trade punches for about ten seconds.
And when Raven tries one more punch, TGO catches Raven’s arm and whips him all the way to the front left corner. TGO then follows the move with a hard corner splash, done while Raven is still facing the turnbuckles.
Raven is hurt by this, and once he turns to face TGO, he is greeted with a flying butt bump that knocks the wind out of him and sends him crashing to the mat.
TGO tags the fresh Baller back into the contest, and Baller climbs the turnbuckles, waiting for Raven to rise once more. Once Raven stands, Baller jumps onto Raven’s shoulders and rolls him into a victory roll, complete with a pinfall attempt.
RK: “1…. 2…. And a half!”
JR: “Awfully close to a win there!”
Having barely kicked out, Raven gets up after Baller, and although Baller is able to place a front facelock on Raven, Raven reverses the move into an inverted atomic drop!
As Baller falls to the mat, Raven tags Vanth back into the match, and Vanth launches into a leg drop to the back of Baller’s neck. As Baller smarts from that move, Vanth turns him over and locks him in a beast choker!
JR: “That’s a Dan Severn special right there!”
RK: “And they’re right in the middle of the ring! Karl Baller’s going to have to reach down deep to get out of this jam!”
Vanth keeps the hold locked in, and tries not to lay on his shoulders, lest the referee thinks he’s being pinned. After 20 seconds, Baller gets his second wind: he starts to roll from left to right, and after a few seconds of this, he gets up enough momentum to roll all the way to the right ropes, breaking the hold.
Once he is released, Baller makes a dash for his team’s corner, and before Vanth can catch him, he manages to tag TGO back into the contest. TGO steps through the ropes with a shoulder tackle to Vanth’s gut, stunning him for a few moments.
Though these few moments prove to be enough time for TGO to prepare for one of his numerous finishers: he raises his hand for a facefirst chokeslam, much to the delight of the crowd! And once Vanth turns around, it’s too late: TGO slaps his hand on Vanth’s neck and hits the powerful finisher with authority!
RK: “That’s it! 1…. 2…. 3! The Great One and Karl Baller are through to the X Rumble!”
JR: “But will these two self-proclaimed ‘Thrillaz’ be on the same page then? Only time will tell.”
The bell rings, and TGO and Baller raise their hands in victory.
TH: “Here are your winners – KARL BALLER and THE GREAT ONE!”
The crowd cheers their win.
RK: “I’ve got to say: that was a good match, but these rules are a bit too strict, if you ask me!”
JR: “Luckily, they won’t apply to the Ultimate World Tag Team match-up that’s still to come!”
RK: “That’s a relief! It’s going to be one hell of a contest between two popular teams!”
JR: “Two of the best tag teams in the business today, I might add! It’s coming up soon, so stay with us!”
***
Starrcade:Xtreme…
We see a clip of the match. Ignavus yawns for a while and scratches his butt until…someone seems to be behind him and just tapped him from the back. Quickly, Ignavus turns around and swings the chair at the person behind him. He looks at the person and it turns out to be his partner. Iganvus drops the chair and scratches his head for a while before he sees the referee getting back in the ring. Ignavus is told by the referee to get back to his corner while we see Autobot Jazz putting himself on top of the fallen Xille.
RK: “HAHAHA! What an idiot that Igz is..he clocked his own partner!!!”
JR: “The referee is back and he sees the pin being made…1..2…3! Its over! Final Frontier wins!”
The footage skips to the part of Ignavus getting back into the ring to help his partner get up. Xille is on his feet and he looks a bit disappointed about the outcome of the match. He and Ignavus talk in the ring for a while before they shake each other’s hand. As Ignavus turns around though, Xille gets the chair and he smacks it behind Ignavus. As Ignavus falls down on his knees, the crowd boos Xille as he continues his assault on his partner.
JR: “What is Xille doing?! He is attacking his own partner, King!”
Xille hits a couple of more chairshots on the back of Ignavus’ head before he tosses the chair to the outside. Xille grabs the mic from the outside and slides back into the ring.
Xille: “THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT! I HAD IT WON! I WAS ABOUT TO GET THE BELTS FOR OUR TEAM! BUT YOU HAD TO SCREW UP! THAT’S IT! I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE! Ignavus…if you can hear me…DEFAULT IS OVER! I’m on my own now. So you lazy piece of garbage…find some other loser to team up with!”
The scene fades to black as Xille makes his way to the back. The footage comes back again as we see Ignavus in the ring with a mic on his hands.
Igz: “I should be happy for Xille, as he and I unified the tag titles. But that didn't happen, not tonight. Not ever.”
The video shows the clip of Ignavus accidentally hitting Xille with the chair.
Igz: “Because X has forgotten what friendship is, probably never even learned. He and I obviously don't share the same values.”
The video starts to show clips of Xille attackin Ignavus after the match and the part where Xille shakes his head at one of Ignavus’ comments.
Igz: “I can't help but notice, X. You've had two tag championships in your career - and now both have lead to blows. Why is that X?”
We then see Ghostal and Xille holding the AWF tag title belts in the air. The scene skips and shows Default winning the X-WCW tag title belts.
Igz: “I think I know. Down in there, down in your drive to succeed you're afraid. When you were little, no one believed in you, and now you have to make sure everyone is in fear of denying the power of the X. Even those that would call themselves friends.In that mind of yours, you've let yourself become so caught up in showing up everyone else you can't comprehend friendship - it's become a foreign concept to you.”
The video then shows Xille making his way down to ringside with a smirk on his face. It skips and we see him in the ring now, with a mic of his own.
X: “You know, Igz, for as lazy as you are, you certainly can get a person fired up. No, it's not some innate leadership quality you have. And no, I'm not going to call it stupidity, either. It's just you doing what you do best, Igz - you tell the truth. Everything you said was the truth. I'm not out here to rebut any of it.And that brings me to your second point, Igz. The X doesn't have any friends. Well, let me tell you this, Igz: You don't needc friends when you have respect, when you have success. What are friends there for? To make you feel better when you lose. A man who wins has the respect of his peers - if there are any - and needs no friends.”
We show clips of Xille doing numerous high risk moves. The scene ends with Xille holding the Xtreme title high in the air. We go back to the ring where Xille continues his speech.
X: “I was on my way to becoming that man... until you, "my friend", took that chance from me. You stole it from me. You know you need me, Igz. You need me as your friend. That why you held me back. That's why you stopped me from becoming something better.”
The opening acoustics of “High wire escape artist” plays in the background as Xille continues
X: “Starting next week, your life becomes more of a hell than it already is. The X lives to deny the odds, Igz. ...Oh, and since you expended so much energy paraphrasing the X, I'll go ahead and show you how it's really done.”
Igz: "So I'll be there waiting for your fight. Come and claim it if you want it, but be sure, be absolutely sure, that you do. It won't come easily, X. I promise that above all else. And me? I don't break my promises."
The scene fades and the vocals start to hit
“Bleed out all empathy…”
The video shows a black and white footage of Xille running down the ramp way and sliding into the ring. It shifts into Ignavus lazily making his way out of the backstage area and into the ringside
“this vessel has no spirit left to hold on….”
The video then shows both men running down on the ramp with the X-WCW World tag team title belts on their waist.
“…..to lies I’ve lived in full”
We see the following clips as the vocals are heard and the guitar riffs too.
- Xille hitting the Last Mile on Wrecka
- Ignavus hitting he 4AM Flier on PMP
- Xille and Ignavus delivering a double dropkick on D-Ex
The footage fades as Default raising the world tag belts in the air. It comes back and this time in full color, as the drum beats are heard in the background.
”Do I have to believe them (lies)”
We see Ignavus accidentally hitting Xille in the face with the chair.
”In order to attain fulfillment”
We then see Final Frontier taking out Igz and then pinning Xille.
”I have to succumb to (lies)”
We see a clip of Xille accidentally smacking Igz with the TV title
”All my inner fears that tear at me”
The video shows Otacon making the cover to retain his belt.
”I will never believe them (lies)”
We see Ignavus slowly getting up to his feet outside the ring.
”I’m sick of the weakness that controls me”
Igz slides back into the ring to help Xille up.
“Now that I have fallen…I-will-not-repent!”
Both Igz and Xille shake hands. However, the video skips to the part where Xille takes Igz out from behind with the chair.
“The balance has shifted warped sick and twisted”
We see Xille hitting the dropsault on Bombshell before we see Ignavus hitting the shinning wizard on PMP.
“Grabbing at angels when I fall”
We see Ignavus flopping down to the mat after making a blind tag. We then see a scene of Igz rolling out of the ring and making his way to the ramp.
“Because I am more than this idol endless recital.”
We see Xille getting to his feet. The video then shows Xille hitting an enzugiri to D-Extreme
“For all my demons to applaud”
We see back and forth flashes of Xille and Ignavus’ face on the screen
“I am free”
RK: “Xille vs Ignavus in a first blood match!
The video fades as we see Xille looking at Ignavus from the ring.
***
We go back to ringside as we hear “Clint Eastwood” playing on the speakers.
TH: “The next match is for the X-WCW Television Title! It will be a first blood match.”
Ignavus etners the ringside area and gets an enormous cheering response from the crowd.
TH: “Introducing first, from Simsbury CT. He is IGNAVUS!!!”
Ignavus lazily jogs down the ramp and gives some high fives to the fans. He slides into the ring and waives to the fans for a while before he leans back on the ropes.
JR: “Ignavus is out first and he is looking to get some payback on his former partner.”
RK: “Out of the two men, JR, I think Xille is the better wrestler. Its not because he is shorter, its because Ignavus is lazier!”
Ignavus pulls himself onto the nearest corner and leans there as he awaits his opponent.
”It's so real”
”How I Feel”
”'Cause this society”
”That makes a man wanna kill”
“Lapdance” by NERD plays through the PA Systems and Xille comes out of the curtain. He stands on the stage as he unbuckles his TV title and he slowly raises it in the air confidently.
TH: “And his opponent from Lancaster Ohio. He is the X-WCW Television champion…XILLE!!!”
With the belt still up, Xille uses his free hand to point at Ignavus and then at his belt. He slowly puts the belt down and places it over his shoulder. Xille walks down the aisle while the crowd gives him a chorus of boos.
JR: “This man is so obsessed in making Ignavus, his former partner, pay for what he did to him on Starrcade. I think that Xille took that accidental chairshot too seriously, King.”
RK: “Well you may never know JR! I mean, Iganvus might have liked hitting Xille with that chair on Starrcade: Xtreme.”
Xille goes to the top rope and lifts the belt into the air yet again with both hands. He puts the belt around his waist before he does a backflip into the mat. He turns around and takes off the belt to hand it to the ring official.
RK: “that was one sweet backflip there by Xille. Goes to show ya, JR, he is one flashy kid.”
JR: “To me, he is more like a show-off, King.”
The referee hands the belt onto the ringside staffer before he goes to the middle of the ring to signal the start of the match.
JR: “The bell is rung and both men go to the center of the ring.”
Xille and Ignavus lock up in an collar-elbow tie up move. Xille quickly applies the side headlock on Ignavus. However, Ignavus backs Xille into the ropes and delivers a couple of blows to the gut. Xille lets go and Ignavus sends him onto the other side of the ropes. Xille bounces off the ropes and he tries to deliver a shoulder block. Unfortunately, both men are not fazed by the shoulder block of Xille.
JR: “It seems to me, King, no one wants to go down here in this fight.”
RK: “It may be a first blood match and a no DQ match, JR, but I think they wanna start the match by sending the other one to school.”
Both men go for another tie-up and they lean onto the ropes. Xille turns around and makes ignavus lean on the ropes while they are tied up. Before the referee could tell them to break it up, Xille delivers a cheap shot on Iganvus before he goes for an Irish whip.
JR: “Ignavus reverses the Irish whip of Xille and he tries to deliver a powerslam Xille floats over off the powerslam and has Xille with a waist-lock. Xille goes behind Ignavus and he tries a German Suplex. However, Ignavus delivers an elbow to the face of Xille and does a go-behind on X.”
RK: “Looks to me like Igz wants no part of getting suplexed by Xille. I guess he doesn’t like a German Suplex since it feels the opposite of the couch he usually slacks on.”
Ignavus tries for a backdrop, but Xille lands on his feet behind Igz. Xille grabs Iganvus and takes him down with a waistlock takedown.
JR: “X tries to take Igz off his feet and he does! Igz is down, but wait, Igz jumps back up and delivers a deep armdrag to Xille. Both men get up and Xille takes Igz down with an armdrag of his own.”
Both men get up yet again and Xille tries to deliver a punch to Igz, who ducks it. Xille turns around and he is taken down by a Japanese armdrag by Ignavus. Both men get up yet again and Ignavus goes for a spinning heel kick, which Xille avoids. Igz turns around and Xille takes him down with a Japanese armdrag as well. Both men up and both men try to do a dropkick onto the other. Both men get up their feet and back up from the other as the crowd is pumped up and “X” and “Ignavus” chants divide the arena.
JR: “King, this looks like a stalemate to me.”
RK: “Enough about sending someone to school guys! I advise them to quit it and grab some barbed wired bats and beat each other silly with it. That way, it would be more entertaining.”
JR: “Its entertaining as it is already, King.”
Both men lock up yet again, but Xille kicks Ignavus hard on the gut. Igz goes down to his knees while Xille shoots off from the ropes and delivers a dropkick. Xille waits for Ignavus to get up before he charges at him. Ignavus sees him and goes for a clothesline. X ducks the clothesline and bounces off the other ropes. Iganvus turns around and decks X with a hard spinning leg lariat.
JR: “That leg lariat might have just broken the jaw of Xille.”
RK: “The kick, JR, looked like it hurt a LOT!”
Ignavus picks Xille up and backs him into the corner. He climbs up the top and he starts to hammer away on Xille. After the tenth punch, Xille falls flat on the mat. Ignavus has a grin on his face and he runs towards the other side of the ring while we see Xille getting up. Before Xille could completely get up, Ignavus connects with a shinning wizard kick.
JR: “Shinning wizard!”
RK: “Ignavus seems to be motivated with the chance of making Xille bleed.”
Ignavus picks Xille up by the head, but X hits a low blow. Ignavus is momentarily stopped and it gives Xille the proper time to get to his feet. Xille tries to whip Ignavus at the nearby corner, but it is reversed! Igz follows Xille there, but before Xille could hit face first, he delivers a whisper in the wind maneuver to take down his former partner. Both men get up at the same time and Ignavus charges at X. Xille sees him and sends him to the outside by pulling the nearby top rope.
RK: “The slacker just got outsmarted, JR.”
JR: “Ignavus just crashed to the outside of the ring, King. Now I have no idea what Xille has in mind, but he just made his way to the side opposite of where Ignavus is outside of.”
RK: “You know its gonna be one high spot, JR.”
Ignavus slowly get to his feet outside the ring. Inside the ring, Xille runs towards the other end and he delivers a springboard shooting star press to the outside. Outside the ring, it hits Iganvus and both men go down. The crowd starts to chant, ‘HOLY SHIT’ as both men are not moving outside.
JR: “OH BAH GAWD! XILLE JUST MADE A SUICIDAL DIVE ONTO THE OUTSIDE!!!”
RK: “It’s a shooting star press, JR.”
JR: “Well……I knew that.”
RK: “Sure you did.”
After a minute, both men start to get to their feet. Xille gets something out of the apron and it’s a steel pipe. He waits for Ignavus to turn around before he tries to hit him over the head. Igz avoids the attack and smacks X in the side of the head with a hard elbow. Ignavus takes Xille down with an enzugiri and grabs the steel pipe for himself.
JR: “Ignavus is just looking at the steel pipe right now and Xille is down on the outside.”
RK: “Igz got evil intentions right now, JR.”
Xille gets to his feet and Igz greets him with a hard thrust of the steel pipe right onto the sternum of his former team mate. Xille falls down to his knees and Ignavus smacks him over the head with the steel pipe. Xille is lying on the outside of the ring now as Ignavus tosses the pipe to the crowd and mounts ontop of Xille. Ignavus starts to hammer away on the face of Xille in hopes of making him bleed.
JR: “Ignavus is really acting like a mad man, King.”
RK: “Of course he is….he might have dosed himself with TOO MUCH coffee tonight.”
After a while, Ignavus gets to his feet and shakes his head. It seems like he hasn’t busted open Xille that much. Ignavus gets a wooden table from the apron and he slides it back into the ring. He turns around and sees Xille crawling onto the nearest guard rail. Ignavus follows him over and picks him up by the head. Xille, however, starts to deliver some hard punches to the gut of Ignavus. Xille makes Igz let go and delivers one hard right punch to the jaw.
JR: “Ignavus staggers backwards and Xille takes him down with a superkick.”
RK: “The power of the X is starting to show here, JR!”
Xille leans onto the guard rail for a while before he goes over to Ignavus. He grabs him by the head and slams Igz’s head onto the steel steps three times. Ignavus rolls onto the ground as Xille makes his way to the apron. Ignavus slowly gets to his feet and Xille launches himself off the apron to deliver a flying hurracanrana on Ignavus. After connecting the hurracanrana, X is mounted on top of Igz and starts to deliver some shots to the face of Igz.
JR: “Xille gets up and picks up Ignavus after punishing him with hard shots to the face. He rolls Ignavus back to the ring and he stays outside.”
RK: “He knows that this match is a first blood match, JR. He wants to take out Igz right now. But I am not too sure about that.”
JR: “Why is that?”
RK: “Usually, first blood matches should be short and sweet.”
JR: “I highly doubt your claim, King. However, this match might not be over yet.”
Xille pulls out a barbwire-wrapped bat and makes a huge grin before looking at the ring. Xille climbs back into the ring and he waits for Ignavus to get up. As soon as Igz gets to his feet, Xille swings the bat at him. Ignavus avoids the bat and kicks X to the mid-section Igz delivers a couple of punches and lets X drop the bat. Ignavus grabs Xille and goes for the slacker tower. However, Xille blocks the attempt and reverses the momentum with a suplex into face crusher move.
JR: “Xille just reversed the Slacker Tower, King.”
RK: “Both men are down on the mat right now, JR. The reversal was done to perfection. I wonder who is gonna get the advantage outta this. Obviously, its gonna be Xille.”
Both men scramble and get to a vertical base. Ignavus gets hit by a forearm to the forehead by X and staggers to the nearby corner. X continues the assault by some kicks to the mid-section before he backs up. Xille charges at the corner, but Ignavus greets him with a foot on the face. Ignavus goes to the second rope and delivers a flying shoulder block on his former partner. Ignavus is up and he grabs the table lying on the mat. He sets it in up the center of the ring before he grabs Xille. He places Xille on the table and he starts to deliver some stiff punches on the face of X.
JR: “Ignavus has something in mind here right now as Xille is lying on the table.”
RK: “I wonder as well, JR. The logical thing for Igz to do is to drive X face first through the wood. I mean, the splinters on X face might help him bleed ya know.”
Ignavus climbs on the top of the table and picks up Xille. He sets Xille up for a powerbomb, but Xille reverses it and takes Ignavus out of the table with a headscissors takedown. Xille stands on top of the table and delivers a flying fist drop onto the face of Ignavus. Ignavus covers his face and rolls onto the mat.
JR: “I think he is bleeding after that fist drop!”
RK: “Well the ref is checking him now and…..oh no…no blood there.”
Xille waits for Ignavus to get up before he kicks him on the gut. He grabs him in a front face lock and delivers a DDT. He rolls the fallen Ignavus and checks if there is blood on his forehead. Seeing that there is still no blood coming out, Xille bangs his feet in frustration. Xille goes over to Iganvus and mounts on top of him. He starts to hammer away on his opponent in hopes of busting him up. Surprisingly, Ignavus gets the strength to block one of the punches and he uses his head to deliver a hard headbutt to Xille. Xille rolls out of Ignavus and holds his head in pain.
JR: “Ignavus LITERALLY used his head on that one.”
RK: “You can say that again, JR! I think it would do him more harm than good though.”
Ignavus slowly gets to his feet and waits for Xille to get up. Xille is up and there is no blood visible in his forehead. Ignavus runs towards Xille, but Xille sees him and takes him down with a single leg takedown. Xille grabs the Barbwire-wrapped bat and makes his way over Ignavus. He waits for Igz to get up before he takes a shot at him. However, Ignavus avoids the attempt yet again. Ignavus connects with a dropkick that sends Xille to the amt. Ignavus grabs the barbwire-wrapped bat, but he just looks at it before he puts it down to the mat.
RK: “THAT IDIOT!!! DOESN’T HE KNOW HE CAN END THIS THING IF HE USED THAT?”
JR: “I guess he has other plans, King. He just slid out of the ring and retrieved a chair.”
Ignavus gets back into the ring with the chair and he sets it up in the middle of the ring. He sits down on it and waits for Xille to get up. X is up and he sees Ignavus standing up from the chair. Igz taunts Xille before Xille could runs towards him. Unfortunately for the TV Champ, Ignavus delivers a drop toe hold and Xille hits the chair face first.
JR: “Shades of raven by Ignavus. He just drop toe hold’ed Xille face first onto the steel chair.”
Xille is sprawled on the ring floor, but it seems like he is STILL not busted open. Ignavus shakes his head and looks at the outside and calls the time keeper. Both of them talk before Ignavus is handed a bag, whose contents are unknown to us.
JR: “He just called the time keeper to give him that bag, I wonder whats in it.”
Ignavus grabs Xille by his other hand and he places him over the table. He climbs on the table with the bag and he opens it. There, he pours the thumbtacks all over the table before he picks up Xille.
JR: “Oh my goodness! Those are thumbtacks!”
RK: “And if my hunch is right, Ignavus is gonna piledrive Xille through the table….that has those prickly objects. Its bound to make Xille…or even Igz bleed. Well, for Ignavus’ case, its his ass that’s gonna bleed.”
Ignavus delivers a huge knee strike to the gut of Xille before he delivers a rocker dropper onto the table.
JR: “ROCKER DROPPER!!! Ignavus just delivered a rocker dropper on Xille over the thumbtack-filled table.”
RK: “Well, THAT was unexpected. I thought he was really gonna piledrive him.”
JR: “Don’t worry, King, nobody is perfect.”
RK: “Yes…but I AM KING…..I should be perfect….this is not fair.”
The referee checks both men and Ignavus has no signs of blood anywhere. However, as the referee turns the unconscious Xille, he has been busted open by the thumbtacks and the splinters from the wooden table. The referee signals for the bell and Ignavus is triumphant on this contest.
TH: “The winner of this match and NEW X-WCW Television Champion…..IGNAVUS!!!”
”Clint Eastwood” hits the PA systems and Ignavus is handed the X-WCW TV belt. Ignavus collapses to his knees and clutches the belt. He stares at it for a while before h raises it up slowly in the air. The fans cheer wildly as Ignavus gets to his feet and continues to raise the belt.
JR: “That was one hell of a match, King.”
RK: “You said it. Both of those men in the ring gave it their all.”
Ignavus looks at the fallen and bloodied Xille. Ignavus approaches him and thinks of what to do, however, he yawns and uses his free hand to scratch his posterior. He quickly turns around and slides to the outside of the ring. The fans continue to cheer for the newly christened TV champ as he makes his way up the ramp.
JR: “Well, up next, we have another Title match, King.”
RK: “Oh yes! It will be a TLCC match between R.E. Rage vs Judge Death. These two men have a score to settle tonight.”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as Ignavus leaves the ringside area.
X-WCW Xtreme Championship
A TLCC Match
R.E. Rage vs Judge Death(c)
X-WCW goes back from the commercial break and TH II is standing in the ring. The ring is filled with 2 chairs, 2 chains, a ladder and a table leaning on a corner. It seems that the X-WCW ring crew was nice enough to take them out for the match, ready for use!
TH: “The following X-WCW Xtreme Title Match is scheduled in a TABLES LADDERS CHAIRS AND CHAINS MATCH!”
JR: “Welcome back to Groundzero!!! Our next match is a TLCC match for the Xtreme Title.”
RK: “This match is a Starrcade: Xtreme rematch between R.E. Rage and Judge Death. During their match in Starrcade: Xtreme, both men put the other man on the edge. I do not doubt that they will make another good match here tonight.”
“I AM IT!”
The pyros explode on stage as we hear another voice.
“BREAK!”
“Tear away” by Drowning Pool hits as R.E. Rage enters the ringside area. He stops on the stage and spreads out his arms wide open while the gold sparkles shower the stage.
TH: “Introducing first, weighing in at 238 pounds….R.E. RAGE!!!”
The sparkles die down and Rage slowly makes his way down the ramp. Instead of the usual “Ricky Sucks” chants, we hear a “Nananana, Nananana, hey hey hey Goodbye!” chant. Rage shakes his head in annoyance over the chants and continues with his cocky stride down to ringside.
JR: “It is no mystery, King, that R.E. Rage is leaving the X-WCW soon. The internet has been buzzing about the rumors of R.E. Rage and the X-WCW not renewing his contract.”
RK: “I hope it’s a lie, JR! To be honest, R.E. Rage is one of the best wrestlers here.”
Rage enters the ring and climbs up the top turnbuckle to pose for the crowd. He continues to get major heel heat and Rage jumps down from the corner. He leans on the nearby ropes and awaits his opponent. “Out of the silent planet” hits and Judge Death comes out on stage.
TH: “And his opponent, from somewhere near Glasgow. He is the X-WCW Xtreme Champion…….JUDGE DEATH!!!”
JD enters the ringside area with the huge helmet on his head. He slowly makes his way down the ramp as the crowd is cheering wildly for the champ.
RK: “Now this guy, is just plain CREEPY!”
JR: “He may be a man filled with eccentricity, King, but he is one of the toughest wrestlers here in the X-WCW.”
RK: “And the only skinny turd I know who held the Xtreme title in the history of this company.”
JD enters the ring and slowly takes of his helmet. Rage just stands on the other side, looking rather disgusted at the sight of his opponent. The bell rings and both men go to the center of the ring.
JR: “The match has begun and it seems like Rage wants to give JD a handshake before they start off.”
RK: “Look, even though the fans hate Rage, he is a man with class.”
Before JD could reach out to the hand, Rage extends his hand some more and delivers a hard slap on the face of JD. JD fights back with a hard slap of his own. Before Rage could react with the slap, Judge Death delivers a hard punch to the gut and follows it up with a gutwrench suplex. Rage is picked up by JD and he is backed into the corner. Judge Death delivers a hard chop to the chest of Rage. However, R.E. Rage fights back with a chop of his own. Rage delivers another chop to the chest of JD before he reels him in with a clothesline. Rage notices the chain hanging on the top rope and has a grin on his face.
JR: “Rage has spotted a chain wrapped on the top rope and he yanks it out of there.”
RK: “Rage is about to hand JD a huge ass beating with that chain, JR.”
Rage grabs the chain and he starts to whip it onto the back of Judge Death. JD rolls to the outside to stop the attacks of Rage with the chain. R.E. Rage looks angry and he drops the chain on the mat before he follows JD to the outside. Judge Death gets up and he turns around to see Rage. Rage goes for a punch, but JD beats him to the punch with a hard kick to the gut. JD grabs Rage by the head and slams him headfirst on the guard rail 3 times. Rage goes down on the floor and Judge Death pulls the chain to the outside.
JR: “The Xtreme champ has something up his sleeve here, King. He just wrapped that chain around his right hand.”
RK: “Rage is in deep trouble, JR, and I don’t like it.”
JD grabs Rage by the head and starts to pummel him with the chain wrapped around his fist. JD shoves Rage down to the floor before he gets in the ring and goes to the top rope. Rage slowly gets to his feet and he sees Judge Death flying from the top turnbuckle and onto the outside. Rage gets out of the way and JD crashes down to the outside.
RK: “Judge Death had a minor miscalculation, JR. And let me tell ya, it cost him a LOT on that too.”
Rage approaches the fallen Judge Death and he unwraps the chain around the champ’s hand. He wraps it around JD’s neck and starts to choke the champ with the chain.
JR: “Oh bah gawd, this is just too much for one person to handle. He doesn’t wanna get the title, King, he just wants to kill Judge Death.”
RK: “And in my view, that’s doing the world a HUGE favor.”
After a few seconds, R.E. Rage stops choking Judge Death and he rolls back to the ring. He gets the ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring. On his way up, we see JD getting in the ring. Rage is on the top of the ladder and is about to reach for the title, until JD stumbles onto the ladder and makes it fall down. Rage falls down with the ladder and he crashes down to the ring.
RK: “DAMMIT! That skinny turd just made the ladder fall down. Poor Rage, I hope he is ok.”
JR: “Well Rage got what was coming to him, King. Both men are down in the ring but it seems like Judge Death is moving about.”
RK: “Don’t you mean he is ‘wriggling’ about? hahaha!!!”
Judge Death slowly gets to a vertical base and looks across the ring to see Rage crawling towards the ropes. Rage manages to reach the ropes and pulls himself up. Rage leans on the nearest corner before he turns around to see JD charging at him. All is too late for Rage as JD delivers a corner splash on him. Rage stumbles forward and Judge Death catches him with a bodyslam.
JR: “Judge Death takes Rage down with a bodyslam and now he grabs the nearby table that is standing beside the corner. Judge Death sets it up in the ring and picks up Rage. He places Rage on top of the table and JD goes to the top rope.”
RK: “Oh no, don’t tell me he is gonna fly.”
Judge Death reaches the top of the rope and he flies off for a legdrop. The legdrop connects on Rage and the table breaks in two. The crowd starts to go wild after that high spot performed by Judge Death. Judge Death slowly gets to his feet and grabs the ladder. He goes to a corner and he leans the ladder over there. JD goes over to the fallen Rage and picks him up. JD tries to whip Rage towards the ladder, but R.E. Rage reverses the whip and sends JD hitting the ladder back-first. JD goes down to his knees and eventually falls flat onto the mat. Rage slowly makes his way towards JD while he is favoring his back.
JR: “R.E. Rage just sent JD crashing to the ladder, King.”
Rage slowly picks JD up and he kicks him on the gut before he lights him up with two huge chops to the chest. Rag grabs him by the head and slams him face first onto the ladder that is on the corner 10 times. After the tenth time, he snapmares JD and he delivers a dropkick to the spine of the Xtreme champ. R.E. Rage taunts JD while he is down, and the crowd starts to chant ‘Ricky sucks’. Rage doesn’t look very pleased after hearing the chants and he delivers a couple of kicks to the back of JD to show the crowd his displeasure.
RK: “These people should know something, don’t piss off Rage. He might actually KILL the damn skinny turd right now.”
Rage picks up JD, but JD holds onto the waist of Rage and delivers a Fisherman’s suplex. Rage hits the canvas hard on the back and he screams in pain. Judge Death gets up and he picks up Rage, who is really favoring his back right now. Judge Death lines him up for a powerbomb, but Rage sneaks in a low blow to stop the attempt. Rage rolls down to the mat while JD goes down to his knees.
RK: “Ouch! JD just got hit in the money-maker, JR. Now even though he is skinny, but its not reason enough for Rage to go hit him below the belt.”
Rage grabs the chair and folds it before he approaches JD. Rage smacks JD over the head with the Chair and it echoes through the building. The sickening thud is heard as JD’s prone body hits the ring mat and Rage puts his foot over his fallen opponent. As Rage poses in the ring, the fans give him additional heel heat for his arrogance. Rage stops posing for the crowd as he looks at the ladder and makes his way there. He grabs the ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring yet again. Once it is set up, he starts to climb up the ladder yet again. Unnoticed by Rage, Judge Death crawls over to the other side of the ladder and slowly climbs up as well. Rage reaches the top of the ladder and reaches out for the top, however he stops as he sees JD making his way up on the other side. Rage greets JD with a hard punch as JD makes it on the top of the ladder as well. JD fights back with a punch of his own. Both men exchange punches on the top of the ladder for a couple of seconds. JD blocks a punch from Rage and grabs the challenger by the throat. He lifts Rage and places him standing on the top stool of the ladder before JD jumps down the ladder with Rage in hand to deliver a very high chokeslam. Once they hit the ring mat, both men are laid out on the ring.
JR: “BAH GAWD!!! JUDGE DEATH JUST CHOKESLAMMED RAGE OFF THE LADDER!!! BOTH MEN ARE DOWN!”
The crowd starts to make a ‘HOLY S***!” chant after the two men are lying on the mat. Rage, however, is seen rolling to the outside of the ring for some reason or another. Inside the ring, we see Judge Death moving his hands abit. After a few seconds, Judge Death gets to his feet and he looks at the ladder that is still in place. With Rage nowhere in the ring, he goes to the ladder and starts to climb slowly. Outside the ring, we see Rage grabbing the chain and wrapping it around his fist. While JD is slowly climbing up the ladder, Rage slides in the ring and makes his way up the ladder though the other side. JD makes it up the top of the ladder and he slowly reaches out for his title that is hanging in the air.
JR: “Judge death tries to unhook the belt, but Rage makes it on the other side. JD sees him and he punches Rage in the face. Rage punches back and JD is stunned by the punch from Rage, since it’s the chain-wrapped fist.”
RK: “That Rage, he certainly knows what he is doing right now.”
Rage grabs JD by the hair and delivers some hard punches onto the forehead of JD. Judge Death is eventually stunned by the heavy hitting blows done to him by Rage’s chained wrapped fist and Rage uses both hands to shove JD out of the ladder. Judge Death falls down to the ring while Rage takes his time to get the title hanging in the air. He eventually gets the title and the bell rings to end the match.
TH: “The winner and NEW X-WCW Xtreme champion, R.E. Rage!!!”
Rage’s music hits as he slowly climbs down the ladder. The crowd boos as he is handed the mic.
Rage: “I WON THE MATCH! I WON THE TITLE!! But its sad to say to you all, that this is the last that you will see me here in the X-WCW. You know why? Its because everyone here does NOT appreciate talent like R.E. Rage. You know what the X-WCW does to their talent, they shove them down to the lowercards and become stepping stones to untalented bozos like Drake, TGO and even that tall Brazilian smuck! Even though I have the title here in my hands, I’ll take this with me. So when you see me at the next 2NLW event, I’ll be holding this belt and SHOVING IT DOWN TO THE TRASH CAN!”
Rage laughs as the crowd boos loudly. However, someone jumps off the guard rail and enters the ring. He picks up the helmet of Judge Death and smacks its behind the head of R.E. Rage. Rage goes down and the man looks at him.
JR: “WHO THE HELL IS THAT, KING?!”
RK: “I dunno JR! Wait, that dog collar, I can spot that from a mile away! Hey its Mitch Barker, the new signee of the X-WCW development contract last Tuesday.”
Barker grabs the table and sets it up near the corner. He grabs Rage and he sets him up for a powerbomb on the table. He lifts up Rage and he powerbombs him through the table. The crowd gives a mixed reaction to this as Barker goes to the top rope and starts to bark at them…..literally! Barker jumps down from the top turnbuckle and gets the Xtreme title. He leaves the ringside area through the crowd, with the Xtreme title in his clutches. Inside the ring, the referee checks on R.E. Rage and he calls for the EMTs to escort both Rage and JD out of the ring.
JR: “Bah gawd! That was one swerve there, King.”
RK: “You tell me. I never expected Rage to really leave the X-WCW after tonight. Oh well, atleast theres still Cyberstrike to praise over and over again.”
JR: “Oh, is it that time of the year again where you have to pay your gambling debts, King?”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as the EMTs storm into ringside.
“Rollin’” hits, and PowerBomb make their entrance, receiving a warm reaction from the fans.
TH: “The following contest is set for one fall, and it is for the X-WCW Ultimate World Tag Team Championships! Introducing first, the challengers: the team of Powermaster and Bombshell – POWERBOMB!”
The fans continue to cheer as PowerBomb make their way to the ring.
Once they enter it, “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” hits the PA system, and a few seconds later, The Final Frontier appear on stage, receiving an equally loud pop.
TH: “And the champions: the team of Autobot Jazz and Sci Fi Man – THE FINAL FRONTIER!”
The cheering gets even louder as The Final Frontier enter the ring. The referee relieves them of their title belts, and the bell rings to start the match.
AJ and PM start proceedings for their respective teams. They tie up in the middle, but PM – with his huge size and power advantage – throws AJ to the mat like a rag doll. AJ gets up quickly, though, and with the next tie up, AJ manages to untangle himself and lift PM into a side backbreaker, going for a fast pinfall right away.
RK: “1…. 2…. Bombshell breaks it up!”
JR: “Luckily for him, those rules for the X Rumble tag team qualifiers don’t apply here! Just about anything goes in this one!”
As BS is sent back to his corner, AJ and PM get up again. AJ bounces off the front ropes and tries to deliver a bulldog headlock to PM, but PM telegraphs the move, catching AJ around his waist and dropping him into a stiff side slam! Once the referee turns around, he rushes to count the pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. And Sci Fi Man stops it!”
RK: “These teams have a lot of respect for each other, but at the same time, they’re fiercely competitive, and they’ll do just about anything to win this one!”
PM allows AJ to rise, but as soon as he does, PM slaps his right hand on AJ’s neck. He brings AJ back to his corner, tagging BS into the contest, and once BS enters the ring, he slaps his left hand on AJ’s neck. They then deliver a powerful double chokeslam to AJ, and once PM leaves the ring, BS goes for the pin.
JR: “1…. 2…. Sci Fi Man breaks the pin again!”
RK: “An act of pure desperation on his part, since it appears that PowerBomb mean business tonight!”
BS brings the hurting AJ to his feet, and he attempts to whip him into PowerBomb’s corner, but AJ manages to reverse the whip, sending BS to that very corner.
But instead of following it up with an offensive move, AJ tags SFM into the contest before dropping to his hands and knees. SFM then uses AJ as a springboard for a Poetry in Motion move, sending the charging BS to the mat with a huge boot to the face. AJ leaves the ring, and SFM goes for a pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. And Powermaster intervenes!”
JR: “It’s been a pretty even contest so far, I must say!”
SFM gets up, with BS not far behind him. SFM then tries to whip BS into the left ropes, but BS reverses the move, pulling SFM in close for a hard back elbow smash. He then hits an elbow drop on SFM once he hits the mat, then another one, and then another!
With SFM smarting from these blows, BS stands up, and in an unexpected move from such a large man, he grabs SFM by his legs and locks him in a figure four leg lock!
JR: “BAH GAWD! A figure four!”
RK: “And with his greater size and strength, Bombshell could have this one wrapped up!”
JR: “Though Sci Fi Man is no easy adversary to beat!”
RK: “True, but the ring positioning here is very good!”
Sure enough, the bottom front rope lies just beyond SFM’s reach. The referee looks around to ensure no one interferes, then he asks SFM if he wants to submit. Naturally, SFM refuses, and after nearly 40 seconds in the hold, SFM starts to turn it over.
Although it takes several more seconds to do so, SFM finally reverses the hold and reaches for the bottom rope, breaking the hold completely. By this time, both men are hurting, and instead of renewing the contest, both crawl toward their respective corners, where their partners are awaiting tags.
A few more seconds pass, and SFM and BS make the tags simultaneously. AJ and PM enter the ring and continue the battle, with AJ attempting to take the larger PM down with a spear, but PM knocks him to the mat with a double axe handle smash to the back of his neck.
PM then picks up AJ, placing him into the headscissor position for a powerbomb. He lifts AJ up, but AJ manages to slide out of it and land on his feet in front of PM. Taken by surprise, PM fails to offer another offensive move, and this enables AJ to lift PM upside down, dropping him into an inverted piledriver!
AJ goes for the fast pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. Bombshell breaks the pinfall again!”
RK: “Autobot Jazz would’ve had it won otherwise!”
BS is sent to the outside as AJ gets up. PM, though, is much slower to rise, and once he does, AJ goes on the attack once more. He whips the staggering PM to The Final Frontier’s corner, following the move with a massive corner splash!
AJ tags SFM back into the match-up, and both men go to work on PM with big punch combinations. PM falls down in the corner, and AJ leaves the ring as SFM backs up for a baseball slide. SFM goes for the move, but PM manages to move to his right before SFM can make contact with him. This causes SFM to collide with the turn post instead, jarring his left foot in the process.
The still stunned PM manages to get up again, and with a sudden surge of strength, he lifts SFM up off the mat and over his shoulder, dropping him into a modified body slam in the middle of the ring. He tags BS back into the contest, and he climbs to the top turnbuckle.
Then, in a freakish display of power, PM enables BS to jump on his shoulders, then PM elevates BS even further, pushing BS into an assisted leg drop on the fallen SFM. PM leaves the ring, and BS goes for a pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. Autobot Jazz stops the count!”
JR: “What a hard fought battle this has turned out to be! This could still go either way!”
BS gets up, with SFM rising a few moments later. BS tries to whip SFM to the back ropes, but SFM reverses it, and he tries a roundhouse kick on BS on the rebound, but BS catches it. In that instant, though, SFM manages to turn the move into an Enziguri kick that stuns BS, but doesn’t bring him to the mat.
SFM gets up quickly, and he tries to clothesline his much larger opponent, but BS shrugs it off, flooring SFM with a stiff clothesline of his own. BS then grabs the downed SFM by his legs, catapulting him right into the back ropes and almost (but not quite) out of the ring.
BS rises again, and while SFM gets his bearings, BS capitalises on it with an inverted neckbreaker. BS then goes for yet another pinfall!
RK: “1…. 2…. Autobot Jazz stops it again!”
JR: “And just in the nick of time as well! That was dangerously close to a 3-count there!”
BS brings SFM to his feet again, backing him into his corner and tagging PM back into the match. PM and BS then grab SFM around his neck in an attempt to nail a double vertical suplex on him, but with a sudden burst of energy, SFM manages to land on his feet in front of them and reverse the move into a double DDT!
This whips the fans into a frenzy, and with both opponents down in the ring, SFM tags AJ back into the contest. AJ goes to work on the non-legal man, BS, with a big splash on him, but this enables the legal PM to get right up.
While AJ rolls the hurt BS out of the ring, PM waits for AJ to face him. And once AJ turns around, he is greeted by a boot to the gut, which enables PM to place AJ into a headscissor position for a powerbomb.
PM lifts him up into the vertical position, but unexpectedly, AJ manages to reverse it into a hurricanranna, complete with a pinfall attempt!
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! The Final Frontier retain the titles!”
JR: “Can you believe it? The Final Frontier have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!”
The crowd pops for all four competitors. Although PM is stunned by the outcome, and BS is still hurt, they get up, and AJ and SFM raise their arms in victory.
TH: “Here are your winners – and STILL the X-WCW Ultimate World Tag Team Champions – THE FINAL FRONTIER!”
As the crowd cheers, PM whispers something in the referee’s ear. The referee then hands the belts to PM and BS, leaving the crowd somewhat perplexed.
RK: “What’s going on? Is the result being reversed on a technicality?”
JR: “I wish I knew!”
But as soon as this happens, PM and BS hand the belts to AJ and SFM, shaking their hands and raising their arms once more. With the confusion now gone, the crowd cheers again.
JR: “Ah, I see! A display of sportsmanship!”
RK: “And fair enough too! Now don’t go away: we’ve got more to come, including the US Championship match between Wolfang and Flash Stryker, and the Six Man War for the Ultimate World Title!”
“Speedway” hits the PA system, and Flash Stryker appears on stage, much to the delight of the fans!
JR: “I’ve got to say, King: Flash Stryker has really come on lately!”
RK: “I’m amazed Wolfang agreed to put his US title on the line against him to begin with, but I have a hunch Stryker’s due for a shot at it! Here’s Terri!”
TH: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the X-WCW United States Championship! Introducing first: FLASH STRYKER!”
The cheer from the crowd is enormous. And after Stryker makes his way to the ring, “Brutal Planet” hits. Wolfang then appears, receiving the usual ‘tweener response from the fans in attendance.
TH: “And his opponent: he is the current X-WCW United States Champion – WOLFANG!”
The mixed response continues as Wolfang approaches the ring. He hands the belt to the referee upon arrival, then the bell rings to commence the match-up.
Both men tie up, but neither one can gain a strength advantage. So Wolfang breaks it with several knee lifts to Stryker’s groin, but the blows aren’t low enough to warrant disqualifications.
Yet they have the desired effect, causing Stryker to stagger backwards. Wolfang then takes Stryker by his left hand, pulling him in for a thunderous short arm clothesline that flips Stryker over onto his belly. Wolfang then capitalises on this by placing the downed Stryker in a surfboard hold!
JR: “Bah Gawd! Wolfang wants to really hurt this man!”
RK: “Stryker’s still relatively new at this, JR, and right now, it looks like the veteran Wolfang’s got his number!”
After about 20 seconds in the hold, Stryker starts to move toward the front ropes, and a short time afterwards, he reaches the bottom rope, thus breaking the hold.
Wolfang allows Stryker to rise, before turning him around and dropping him into the Wolfsbane! And Wolfang follows this with an attempted pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. HE KICKS OUT OF IT!”
JR: “I knew he would! Flash Stryker’s really proven his worth of late, and this match will be no exception to that!”
Stryker gets up, but Wolfang goes on the attack once more. He whips Stryker to the back ropes, and on Stryker’s rebound, he tries to hit the Nightwing on him. Stryker ducks this, and is able to stop his running, and before Wolfang can turn to face Stryker, Stryker jumps on Wolfang’s shoulders for a victory roll, resulting in a pinning predicament!
RK: “1…. 2…. KICK OUT!”
JR: “Of course, the veteran Wolfang isn’t that easy to beat either! We could be in for a long one here!”
Wolfang gets up, and Stryker locks him in a standing arm wrench, but Wolfang is able to reverse it into an overhead wristlock. But after about 5 seconds, Stryker is able to reverse that particular hold into a hammerlock, and after a few moments, he drops Wolfang into a reverse DDT. Again, Stryker goes for a pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. NO!”
RK: “Some very basic, but effective, wrestling moves there, but still not enough to keep Wolfang down!”
Stryker allows Wolfang to rise again, and he attempts to whip Wolfang into the back left corner, but Wolfang reverses the move, sending Stryker hurtling into the turnbuckles. Stryker turns around, only to be greeted by a hard running butt bump from Wolfang.
As Stryker staggers forward, smarting from the impact, Wolfang catches him, vaulting him into a snake eyes on the top turnbuckle. Wolfang follows this move by driving Stryker’s head into the turnbuckle ten times – with the crowd counting “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!” as he does so – and grabbing Stryker’s arm and sending him through the left ropes to the outside.
Stryker lands on the mat outside, and Wolfang climbs to the top turnbuckle.
RK: “Oh my God! What’s Wolfang about to do here, JR?”
JR: “It’s anyone’s guess, King! Wolfang isn’t the most predictable wrestler around, y’know!”
Wolfang waits for Stryker to recover and get to his feet, and once this occurs, Wolfang launches into a plancha-style move. However, Stryker’s well and truly ready for it: he catches the flying Wolfang by his thighs, dropping him into a modified sitout powerbomb!
JR: “Good God Almighty! Stryker was prepared for that!”
RK: “He’s right on his game tonight! We might well have an upset in the offing here!”
Stryker gets up, and with the mandatory 10-count having reached 4 by this point, Stryker picks up the fallen Wolfang and sends him hurtling back under the left ring ropes. Stryker re-enters the ring himself, stopping the referee’s count altogether, and waits for Wolfang to get up again.
Once Wolfang is up, Stryker is upon him. He boots Wolfang in the gut, hooking his arms and hoping to hit a Drag Strip on him, but Wolfang – in a sudden burst of energy – is able to reverse this into a back body drop, sending Stryker to the mat.
In a renewed assault, Wolfang bounces off the back ropes, and on the rebound, he falls into a very stiff elbow drop on the downed Stryker. He follows this with another elbow drop, then another, and then he goes for another pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. Stryker kicks out!”
RK: “The title could go either way here!”
JR: “And we need to remember that Flash Stryker can hit that Drag Strip from just about any predicament as well!”
RK: “As many competitors have discovered!”
Stryker gets up, but Wolfang grabs him in a fast front facelock and hits a snap suplex on him. This is followed by a vertical suplex, and a fisherman’s suplex with a bridging pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. ANOTHER KICK OUT!”
JR: “Flash Stryker just won’t stay down! He’s waited a long time for this title shot, and he wants to make the most of it!”
As Stryker tries to get up, Wolfang grabs him by the legs and pulls him right back to the mat. He then locks Stryker in a Sharpshooter!
RK: “SHARPSHOOTER! This match could be over if Stryker’s not careful!”
JR: “Wolfang’s ring positioning is very good! Stryker will have to reach down deep to get out of this one!”
Wolfang keeps the hold locked on Stryker for about 20 seconds before Stryker starts to fight his way out of it. Despite the referee’s persistence, Stryker refuses to submit, and Stryker moves toward the left ropes.
And finally – after about 20 more seconds – Stryker stretches his hand out to grab the bottom rope, breaking the hold. But Wolfang doesn’t hold back for long after the hold is released: instead, he goes for Stryker’s legs again, and despite the pain, Stryker is able to kick Wolfang off him.
Stryker – with renewed vigour – gets up, and he catches the rebounding Wolfang with a kick to the gut. He then places Wolfang into the headscissor position, before executing a TRUE jackknife powerbomb (ie. a powerbomb with a flipover pin) on him!
JR: “1… 2… KICK OUT!”
RK: “I don’t believe it! A REAL jackknife powerbomb!”
JR: “I haven’t seen one of those in years!”
RK: “And it’s taken its toll on Wolfang! That hurt!”
Stryker stands up and signals for the Drag Strip, whipping the crowd into a frenzy! And once Wolfang staggers to his feet, Stryker hooks both of his arms, reversing into the back right corner and hitting the electrifying finisher!
Stryker then goes for the final pinfall of the match.
JR: “1…. 2…. 3! NEW US CHAMPION!”
RK: “A huge upset, but a hard-fought match nonetheless!”
JR: “The United States Championship is back in the hands of someone FROM the United States!”
RK: “And boy, this crowd knows it! Listen to the chant!”
A huge “USA!” chant breaks out as Flash Stryker is handed his newly won belt.
TH: “Here’s your winner – and the NEW X-WCW United States Champion – FLASH STRYKER!”
Stryker holds the belt over his head before leaving the ring, while Wolfang is still out cold inside the ring.
RK: “Wolfang’s hurting, JR! He might need some medical attention!”
JR: “You may be right about that, King! He’s barely moved an inch!”
RK: “Meanwhile, we’ve got to move along in the event! We’ve still got our huge Six Man War for the Ultimate World Title coming up!”
JR: “I don’t know about you, but I really can’t pick a winner for that one!”
RK: “Neither can I, but what I DO know is that it will be one of the greatest main events in sports entertainment history!”
JR: “And it’ll happen right here at Ground Zero III! Stay with us!”
Backstage
We see TGO inside of CB's office. The two are talking about their two companies.
CB:” Okay TGO, the deal is settled, UCW World Championship/UCW Championship unification on Nitro tomorrow night right?”
TGO: “Yeah, trust me, my superstars won't fail in making this a great main event.”
CB: “Is there any sort of stipulation for this match?”
TGO: “Yeah, a Fatal 4 way Hell in a Cell.”
CB: “Sounds good, now this match has you, The Real Deal, Karl Baller, and D-Extreme in it right?”
TGO: “That's correct.”
CB: “Thank you, TGO.”
TGO: “Your welcome.”
They shake hands as we go back to see JR and RK at the annouce booth.
JR: “Now what the hell was that about, King?”
RK: “I was gonna ask you the same thing.”
JR: “Well, nevermind. Folks, we will be back right after the break.”
X-WCW goes to a brief commercial break.
Backstage
We go back from the commercial break and we see Cole Ryan standing backstage with GE.
CR: "Eamon, tonight is the night that you have been waiting for. Not only will you be facing Bonito, Chris Back, D-Extreme, Bonito and Divebomb, but it will be for the X-WCW UW title. I know you can come up with some pre-match strategies for yourself so let me ask you something. So during this match, who will you try to take out first?"
GE: "The truth is, I probably won't get time to target anyone in particular. They'll either try to take me out first, or be too busy beating the living crap out of each other. Either way, that's OK by me."
CR: "As I said, this is for X-WCW top prize. Do you think you got what it takes to be a two-time X-WCW Ultimate World Champ?"
GE: "That's the silliest question you've ever asked me in my time here. And my answer is this: if I didn't think I could do it again, I wouldn't even be here.”
GE gives CR a smirk before he leaves the backstage area.
X-WCW Ultimate World Championship
#1 Contendership
10-Men X Rumble Match
Otacon vs Icon vs X Bomb vs Karl Baller vs TGO vs BBB vs The Renegade vs CCC vs Jeff Jarrett vs The Real Deal
We go back to ringside to see BBB and CCC make their way down the ramp. Both men are seen holding steel chairs as they slide into the ring.
JR: “Welcome back to ringside folks! Right now we will have the 10-Man X Rumble Match. This will be an over the top battle royale type match. The difference is, if you have a weapon on your way in, you can use it.”
RK: “Ah I love the hardcore matches we see in the X-WCW, JR. Its just so thrilling to see blood and gore in the middle of the ring.”
TH: “The following match is for the #1 Contendership of the X-WCW Ultimate World Title. Introducing first, Bruno Brazilian Badass and Casius Crimson Crevious!”
“No Chance” hits the speakers and TRD and Double J come out on stage. We see Jarrett wielding his trusty guitar as TRD is there with a baseball bat.
TH: “Representing the nTo…..THE REAL DEAL AND JEFF JARRETT!!!”
The fans give them a chorus of boos as they enter the ring. Jarrett goes to the corner and raises his guitar in the air. TRD stands behind Jarrett and looks over to the other side to glare at CCC and BBB. “Hurt” plays at the speakers and we see Renegade making his way down the ramp with a bullrope.
TH: “From Outwest…..THE RENEGADE!!!”
The renegade slides into the ring and he looks intently at his other opponents. He leans on the corner behind him and continues to looks at his other opponents in the ring.
JR: “This character seems to be well….intense.”
RK: “You said it JR. He is intense and calculative. Did you he how he worked on Drake earlier. The renegade is one dangerous SOB!”
Wolfpack hits and The Icon makes his way down the ringside area. He is seen holding a steel pipe as the fans cheer for him.
TH: “Making his way to the ring, from Detroit Michigan…..THE ICON!”
The Icon enters the ring and begins to pose for the crowd. “Encore” plays and he comes out holding a frying pan. The fans give X Bomb a mixed reaction as he makes his way down the ramp.
RK: “WHAT THE?! A FRYING PAN?!”
JR: “I am a bit perplexed here myself, King.”
TH: “From New York city….X BOMB!!!”
X bomb enters the ring and he looks at his frying pan with a grin. “Bad Bad Man” hits the speakers and Karl Baller and TGO come out on stage. The fans give them a huge ovation as they come out with weapons of their own. Baller is seen holding a trash can while TGO is holding a Singapore Cane.
RK: “Oh look, TGO has a Singapore cane. I wonder why.”
TH: “Making their way to the ring……KARL BALLER AND THE GREAT ONE!!!”
TGO and KB enter the ring and pose for the crowd.
JR: “There are nine men in that ring right now, King. Only one more to go.”
“Superstar” hits the speakers and Otacon comes out with nothing on his hands.
RK: “Here comes the con man, JR. Out of the 10 men in this match, he seems to be the only one with NO weapon at all.”
JR: “This is a bit strange for me, King. Is he up to no good yet again?”
TH: “And finally, from Manchester England……OTACON!!!”
Otacon runs down the aisle and slides into the ring. The bell rings and the match has begun. However, Bruno Brazilian Badass is curious as to the other nine men going into the opposite corner of the ring and start to talk to each other.
RK: “The match has begun, JR, but what are the other nine men doing? Are they conspiring a plan to steal Triple B’s bikini entourage? Speaking of which, where ARE those beautiful ladies?”
JR: “They are FAR from your reach, King. That’s as far as far as I know.”
RK: “Hah, fat chance, JR. I’ll be partying with them after this PPV is over.”
After a few seconds, the nine men start to run towards BBB. Triple B, with chair in hand, starts to swing it on the first man who charges at him. That man, is CCC. CCC gets blasted by the chair and he goes down. But before Triple B could hit the other eight men, The Renegade takes him down with a spear. While Triple B is down, all eight men pounce on him and start to hit him with their respective weapons.
JR: “My gawd! They are mauling Bruno Brazilian Badass right now!”
RK: “I’m feel bad for him, he just HAD to be tall and HAD to be in this match eh?”
JR: “They are doing the right thing, king. He is perceived to be the biggest threat here in this match. All eight men pick up Triple B and they try to ship him over the ropes.”
After a few seconds, they manage to send Triple B over the ropes, thus eliminating him from this competition.
TH: “Triple B has been eliminated.”
With Triple B eliminated, the eight men start to brawl while CCC is still recovering from the chairshot. TGO and Karl Baller, however, are only talking at the corner before they nod with each other and shake hands. They go over to CCC and they send him to the corner. The two men start to deliver the boots on Casius. On the other side of the ring, we see The Renegade and The Icon exchanging punches. We also see Otacon and Jarrett on the corner exchanging chops. X-Bomb and The Real Deal are grappling in the middle of the ring. TRD stops the grappling via a huge knee to the gut of X Bomb. He bounces off the ropes to deliver a clothesline, but X Bomb ducks down. On TRD’s way back, he gets hit by a spinebuster from X Bomb.
JR: “Whoa! That was a devastating spinebuster from X Bomb.”
RK: “Damn, TRD is still kinda sore after that long tag match against Styles and Daniels. I have no idea how bad that felt for him.”
X Bomb roars before he picks up TRD. Otacon gets a punch blocked by Jarrett and Jarrett kicks him below the belt. Otacon rolls to the outside, but he is STILL a part of this match. Jarrett picks up his guitar and is ready to go outside, however he notices TRD is in trouble. X Bomb is setting up TRD for a powerbomb. But before he could lift The Real Deal, Jarrett smashes the guitar over X Bomb’s head. With X Bomb stunned by the shot, TRD takes him down with a double leg takedown. TRD grabs X Bomb by the legs and catapults him over the ropes, eliminating the muscle-bound man.
TH: “X Bomb has been eliminated!”
TRD and Jarrett high five each other before they go over to where TGO and KB. TRD spins KB around and takes him down with a hard punch. Jarrett delivers a couple of hard kicks to TGO. TGO fights back with a hard chop to the chest of Jarrett, but Jarrett takes him aback with a face rake. Jarrett grabs TGO by the head and tries to toss him to the outside. TGO holds onto the ropes while Jarrett and TRD start to stomp down on Baller.
JR: “Unbeknownst to Jarrett and The Real Deal, TGO is still in this match.”
RK: “Damn lucky kid! He should be outta this match!”
On the other side, The Icon gets hit by a huge superkick by The Renegade. While The Icon is down on the mat, The Renegade wraps the bullrope around his neck. He picks up The Icon and tosses him over the ropes. However, before he touches down the ground, The Renegade uses the bull rope and pulls him up. He sends The Icon hanging on the outside and choking on the bullrope.
JR: “Oh my goodness! That is just too much! The Icon is getting choked by The Renegade with the bullrope! Someone just have mercy and stop this heinous assault!”
After a few seconds, The Renegade lets go and lets The Icon fall to the outside.
TH: “The Icon has been eliminated!”
Outside the ring, we see a couple of medics storming towards The Icon. Also outside, we see Otacon rummaging through the apron and pulling out various weapons.
JR: “Outside, it seems Otacon is trying to pick a weapon of his choice. He knows there is only ONE weapon that a wrestler could use in this X-Rumble.”
RK: “He better be quick about it since there are only 6 men in the ring already.”
TGO gets back into the ring and see Baller on the corner being pummeled by the nTo. TGO shakes his head before he picks up his Singapore cane and smashes it over the head of TRD. The shot echoes throughout the building before TRD falls down to his knees. Jarrett turns around to notice TGO, but its too late. The Great One scores with a hard smack of the cane across the face of Jarrett. Jarrett stumbles back into the ropes and TGO tries to clothesline him. Jarrett uses his energy to stop TGO with a hard kick to the ribcage. Jarrett delivers a couple of more kicks toe the mid-section of TGO before he gets back to his vertical base and starts hitting him with a number of left smacks across the face.
JR: “Jarrett was almost a goner right there, King.”
RK: “You can say that again, JR. However, never count out Jarrett, JR. He is a veteran after all.”
On the other side of the ring, The Renegade grabs the chair and starts to punish CCC with it. He picks up CCC and whips him into the ropes. CCC somehow ducks the chair swing and comes back with a flying shoulder block to take down The Renegade. CCC slowly gets to his feet and waits for The Renegade to get to his feet. Renegade turns to CCC’s direction before being hit by a running kick to the face by CCC.
JR: “Shades of Lex Luger right there by Casus Crimson Crevious!”
RK: “I guess The Renegade just got kicked in the teeth.”
CCC picks up The Renegade and sets him up for the Final Breath. He lifts him up in the torture rack position before he connects with his finisher.
JR: “FINAL BREATH ON RENEGADE!!”
CCC gets to his feet and is ready to pick up The Renegade, however he gets blindsided by Otacon. Otacon has finally got back to the ring and he just used a brass knuckle that was wrapped on his fist on the back of CCC’s head. Otacon snickers to himself before he picks up CCC and deliver the Final Impact. CCC stumbles back near the ropes and Otacon clotheslines him to the outside.
TH: “Casus Crimson Crevious has been eliminated!”
JR: “Otacon is being true to his con man nick name right now, King.”
RK: “And you know what..I LOVE IT!!!”
The Renegade slowly gets to his feet and Otacon turns around to notice just that. He grins before he kicks The Renegade to the gut and deliver The Final Imact on him. The Renegade blocks it and shoves him towards the ropes. On the rebound, Otacon gets hit by a hard superkick to the chin. Both Otacon and The Renegade go down in the ring. We see Jarrett setting up TGO for the Stroke, but TGO blocks it. He takes Jarrett down with a side Russian legsweep. On the other side of the ring, we see Baller picking up TRD before he sends him towards the ropes. Baller goes for a dropkick, but TRD never leaves the ropes and hangs on there. Baller goes down and TRD goes over him and picks him up. TRD delivers a hard punch to the gut before he takes Baller to the mat with a hard bodyslam.
JR: “What a hard bodyslam there by The Real Deal!”
TRD picks up Baller and he sets him up for the deal maker. However, Baller blocks it and delivers some shots to the kidneys of TRD. TRD lets go and Baller goes to the ropes. On the rebound however, he is caught by TRD with the Cut a deal.
JR: “TRD just delivered his patented CUT A DEAL finisher on Baller. The thing is, that finisher of Real Deal is just as similar as Baller’s chaos from heaven.”
Baller is laid out on the ring as TRD gets to his feet. TRD sees Jarrett in trouble and he helps him out. TGO sees TRD and he takes him down with a drop toe hold. TGO picks up the frying pan and waits for TRD to get to his feet.
JR: “Oh no..”
RK: “I don’t like the looks of this JR. This reminds me of how D-Ex got injured during 2002.”
TRD is on a vertical base and he gets smacked over the head with the frying pan. TRD leans on the ropes and TGO runs towards him with the frying pan. With a jump in the air, he smacks the pan over TRD’s head. However, it seems like its not that much to take down the big man to the outside of the ring. TGO turns around for another run, but Jarrett is there to take him down with a hiptoss. TGO is up on his feet, but Jarrett kicks him below the belt. Jarrett picks up the frying pan and smacks it across the face of TGO. Jarrett laughs at the fallen TGO before he drags him to the nearby corner.
JR: “Ouch, just ouch!”
Otacon is picked up by The Renegade and he is sent to the corner. Otacon hits the corner and The Renegade charges at him. Unfortunately, The Renegade hits the post as Otacon gets out of the way in time. Otacon looks at his brass knuckles on his hand before he grabs The Renegade by the head. He backs Renegade nearby the ropes before he delivers a hard punch over the head of The Renegade. Renegade falls over the top ropes and is eliminated from the match.
TH: “The renegade has been eliminated!”
TRD gets to his feet via the ropes, but it doesn’t last too long as Otacon runs towards him and clotheslines him to the outside.
TH: “The Real Deal has been eliminated!”
RK: “Otacon is on a roll, JR!!! And look, it’s the final four in the ring right now.”
JR: “Inside the ring, remain the final four. These four men are Otacon, TGO, Jarrett and Karl Baller. King, those four men have a 1 to 4 chance of being the new no. 1 contender for the X-WCW UW title!”
Baller gets to his feet and sees Jarrett with the frying pan. He spins Jarrett around and smacks him hard with a forehand smash to the forehead. Baller delivers another one to let Double J go of the frying pan. He sends Jarrett bouncing off the ropes and goes for a back body drop. Jarrett slides and delivers a Dustin Rhodes style throat thrust to take Baller down momentarily. Jarrett picks up a chair and he smacks it over the face of Baller. Eventually, we see Baller bleeding on the forehead. Otacon, sees TGO down and he picks him up by the head. Otacon backs him into the corner and starts to hammer him as he reaches the top turnbuckle. After the tenth punch, he jumps down and TGO falls flat on the mat. Baller is picked up by Jarrett and Double J calls for Otacon to help him out.
JR: “Otacon approaches Jarrett and they help each other against Baller. Otacon bodyslams Baller and he tells Jarrett to do something on the top rope.”
RK: “Time to see Jarrett fly off, JR!”
Jarrett is climbing to the top turnbuckle. However, before he could turn around to face Baller, Otacon runs towards him and shoves him to the outside.
TH: “Jeff Jarrett has been eliminated!”
Outside the ring, Jarrett gets to his feet and looks furious at Otacon. Inside the ring Otacon looks at Jarrett and laughs at the eliminated man’s misfortune.
RK: “Oh goodness! He just tricked Jarrett! HAHAHAH!!!”
Otacon turns around to get a hard punch from TGO. TGO delivers another punch before he sends Otacon to the corner. Otacon hits the corner and TGO follows it up with a corner clothesline. Otacon stumbles forward and TGO grabs him from the back of his neck.
JR: “TGO is trying to deliver his GKO…but Otacon kicks him below the belt!”
RK: “Yeah! That’s it con man, anything is legal here baby!”
TGO goes down to his knees while Otacon is holding onto the ropes. Otacon grabs The Great One and delivers a hard punch with the brass knucks. TGO stumbles back to the ropes and eventually falls over the top rope to be eliminated. Otacon laughs as he pulls out the brass knucks and tosses it to the crowd.
TH: “TGO has been eliminated!”
JR: “It is now the final two inside that ring, King. It’s the Con Man and Karl Baller.”
RK: “Stick a fork in Baller, JR, he is DONE! Look at Baller, he is getting up all bloodied up after that shot from the head.”
Baller struggles to get up to a vertical base as Otacon looks at him and starts to mock the bloodied Karl Baller. He approaches Baller and tells him to give him a punch. Baller obliges and Otacon blocks the punch. Otacon delivers a couple of hard punches to the already bleeding forehead of Baller before he scoops him up for a bodyslam. However, Baller slides behind Otacon and grabs him by the waist. Without hesitation, he takes Otacon down with a german suplex. Both men are down momentarily as the fans start a “BALLER” chant.
JR: “The crowd is really going behind Karl Baller in this matchup.”
RK: “Great, they DO realize he just had his first win tonight…and lightning wont strike twice, JR.”
Both men slowly get to their feet before the see the other one yet again. Otacon tries to punch Baller, but Baller beats him to it and delivers a couple of lightning fast punches to the face. Baller hits a hard forearm smash to the face of Otacon and he sends the con man down. Otacon gets up and he gets a kick to the mid-section by Baller. Baller bounces off the ropes and goes for a spinning head scisors, but Otacon converts it with at tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Both men are down momentarily yet again before we see Otacon getting up by the help of the ring ropes.
JR: “Otacon is the first to get up from that move and I think Baller’s back is hurting right now, King.”
RK: “That was one hell of a spin before he got stopped by that devastating backbreaker by Otacon.”
Otacon goes over to Baller and helps him get up. However, Baller continues to fight him and hits a couple of punches to the gut of Otacon. He lets Otacon release him and Baller unloads with lefts and rights on Otacon. Otacon, however, stops this barrage with a well placed knee to the mid-section. Otacon delivers a chop that lights up Baller. Baller fights back with a chop of his own. Otacon tries to fight back, but Baller hits him with another chop to the chest. Otacon is grabbed by Baller and tries to Irish whip him towards the ropes. Otacon reverses the whip and sends Baller instead. Otacon goes for a clothesline on Baller’s way back but Baller ducks down. Otacon turns around and he gets hit by the chaos from heaven.
JR: “CHAOS FROM HEAVEN! CHAOS FROM HEAVEN ON OTACON!!! Baller might be bleeding profusely, but he still has the drive to win this match.”
Otacon goes down, however, Baller goes down to all fours and looks very tired. With the blood already forming a crimson mask on Baller, he tries to get to his feet yet again. He picks up Otacon and tosses him over the ropes. Baller turns around and falls down on all fours yet again, thinking it is all over. However, Otacon somehow held onto the ropes and has both feet planted firmly on the apron.
JR: “Otacon thought its all over, King. But he has some bad news, Otacon is still pretty much in this match.”
RK: “Well, Baller is up yet again and he can see Otacon alright.”
Baller tries to clothesline Otacon off the apron, but Otacon pulls down the top rope from the apron and Baller falls to the outside. Baller goes down to the outside and the bell rings, ending the match.
TH: “The winner and the number one contender for the X-WCW UW title…..OTACON!”
“Superstar” plays at the speakers to signal Otacon’s win. An exhausted Otacon slowly goes down from the apron and falls to his knees outside the ring. The referee slides to the outside and raises his hand in victory.
JR: “The final two men gave it their all in this 10 man x-rumble, King. In the end, however, Otacon somehow outsmarted the rookie Baller.”
RK: “Yeah, Baller ALMOST won his second match. But if he can get a singles win here in the X-WCW, I’ll be impressed by the young kid. Right now though, he has to admit his mistakes and admit that…HE LOST AGAIN.”
JR: “Oh shut up King! Give Baller some credit, the kid was already bleeding and he was THIS close from being the no. 1 contender.”
RK: “Oh fine!”
Ground Zero goes to a commercial break as Otacon makes his way to the backstage area.
Backstage
CR: "We are here backstage with the X-WCW UW champion himself, Divebomb. Divebomb, tonight there will be 5 men gunning for your title in the six man war match. Do you have any thoughts about your opponents?"
DB: "Yeah, lots. But most of them are not that suitable for our younger audience. But lets see, first you got Grandmaster E. Well new name, same old chump. He's been pissed at me since I took the belt. But not too worried. Then theres Blaster, beat him twice in a row. No challenge. Then we got D-Ex, wrestling again and seems to want this personal, but I will walk over him to keep my belt. And then Bonito and Back, well they aren't worth my effort but I will enjoy beating them both. Yeah, my five opponents are going to crushed by this Bomb."
CR: "Any thoughts about the PPV name and how it is related to one of your finishing moves?"
DB: "It's my show. It's not a coincidence that it is named for me. It is a prophecy coming to pass. 'In the squared circle one shall rise above the rest and when the bomb goes off all shall be crushed at ground zero.' So you see, it is me who shall rise above the rest. This is my legacy, I can't lose."
CR: "Well since we saw the previous bout, we found out who the new no. 1 contender is. What is your view about Otacon and his chances at being the no.1 contender for the UW title?"
DB: "Otacon?....Well he's got potential. More than I would say for Blaster. I seem to remember him winning a few titles. But yeah, when I win my title later tonight I will be more than happy to face Otocon for my title. But in The End, he will be just another name on the list of people that have fallen to my riegn as champ."
CR: “Well there you have it folks! Thank you for your time champ. Lets set it back to the ringside area.”
We go back to ringside with JR and RK.
JR: “Welcome back to Ground Zero 3! Up next is our MAIN EVENT!”
RK: “It’s a six man match, JR. Its gonna be one for the books.”
JR: “But before we go there, lets see what transpired to make THIS match happen.”
A video package plays at the WARtron
***
Starrcade: Xtreme…
Before the video shows any clips, we get to see the following words on screen.
A surprise return…
The footage starts to play the CS/EX match.
Cyberstrike is about to grab the contract when Eamon X punches him in the gut and that stuns him! Eamon X tries to grab the contract but Cyberstrike slams his head into the top of the ladder! Then Cyberstrike attempts to get the contract and Eamon X grabs his arm and slams it into the top of the ladder!
JR: “Neither one of them is going to let the other get the contract!”
RK: “Come on Cyberstrike!”
Suddenly a figure jumps over the guardrail and quickly slides into the ring and pushes the ladder over sending both Cyberstrike and Eamon X crashing through the tables near the entrance ramp!
JR: “I don’t believe my eyes it’s Tony Bonito! Bonito is back!
RK: “What is he doing here?!”
Bonito repositions the ladder and climbs it and grabs the contract! The referee signals for the bell!
TH: “As a result of outside interference the referee has declared this match a NO CONTEST!”
JR: “That means this match is a draw!”
RK: “Who has to leave and who is the number one contender?”
Bonito looks at the contract then grabs the mic.
TB: “First off Tony Bonito is back and like always he makes an impact! And second this contract states that in the event of a draw BOTH Eamon X and Cyberstrike are fired! Now ain’t that just nito?”
“Medals remix” hits the speakers as Bonito is booed and leaves the ring and he takes the contract and throws it on the remains of Cyberstrike and Eamon X!
As the footage fades, we see the following words
Destiny fulfilled…
Both men are not moving on the mat as the referee does the standing ten count yet again. Slowly, we see Blaster crawling his way towards DB and he puts himself over him. The referee counts..1…2….KICKOUT. Blaster gets himself up and grabs Divebomb. He tries to get him up slowly, but DB holds onto the waist of Blaster. Before Blaster knew it, DB somehow hits him with THE END.
RK: “Divebomb hits him with THE END! YET…AGAIN!”
JR: “Blaster goes down and Divebomb falls down to his knees after he desperately pulled off his finisher! Divebomb goes over the fallen Blaster and covers him for the pin. 1…2….3! Its over…Divebomb…GETS THE UW TITLE!!!”
The bell rings and “My Last Serenade” hits the speakers.
TH: “THE WINNER AND NEW X-WCW ULTIMATE WORLD CHAMPION….DIVEBOMB!!!”
The referee helps Divebomb get to his feet and hands him the X-WCW UW belt. The crowd seems to give Divebomb some mixed reaction as he clutches the belt and falls down to his knees. He kisses the belt before he gets up and raises it high in the air while his music continues to play in the arena.
JR: “What a perfect way to end the night with one of the most intense X-WCW Main events I have EVER seen.”
RK: “I agree with you, JR. This match was one hell of a rocket buster, if Tazz would have been with us commentating.”
The footage fades as we see Divebomb posing for the X-WCW UW title at the top rope.
Nitro 11…
We see Bonito on the ring and he starts his speech.
TB: “On Starrcade: Xtreme, you saw the return of yours truly…TONY BONITO! *smirks* Now I know some of you here in the audience are so disappointed to see Eamon X and Cyberstrike go. OH BOO HOO HOO!!! Face facts, It was Cyberstrike’s fault that I didn’t appear after Ground Zero. As most of you know, after GZII, Tony Bonito and X-WCW had parted ways. But what you DIDN’T know is that my contract ran out and he NEVER had the intention to sign me back here! Well Cyberstrike, I know your wondering why I’m back with the X-WCW right now huh? I know you wanna know why you got kicked out of your OWN federation and I got back in without you noticing it. Well let me tell you something, after D-Ex won that match of his, I sneaked in one of my OWN contracts that would put me back into the X-WCW while your moronic friend’s head was still gushing out blood and had to do his GM duties during the night.”
A grin flashes from the face of Bonito.
TB: “So c’mon D-Ex, I know you wanna do it. MAKE ME THE NO. 1 CONTENDER! YOU KNOW…THAT IS NITO!!!”
The footage skips and we see 8 men in the ring as D-Ex makes his way to ringside.
D-Ex: “OK! OK! I hear you all. I believe you all have a legitimate claims to be facing the UW champ…and others are just plain…well..weird. But enough about that, cause I have an idea. Cane, you wanna see how a REAL GM handles this? I know you’d nod right now, so hear this! Tonight, there will be a special tournament that I will call..THE DOUBLE FOUR TOURNAMENT! It will be 2 4-Way Elimination matches tonight. The 2 winners from each match will face each other in the main event for the no.1 contendership.”
As we hear D-Ex’s speech, we are shown highlights of the double four matches of the night. The following clips are as follows.
- Bonito hitting the Nitoplex on Igz and pinning him.
- Wolfang pinning KB to get the win.
The footage fades as a spilit screen shows TB and Wolfang celebrating their win. We go back to a footage for the finals.
TB gets up and locks the Ankle Lock on Wolfang. Wolfang screams in pain and Bonito holds on tightly. After a few seconds we see Wolfang trying to get to the ropes but TB drags him away yet again. After the drag back to center, Wolfang rolls through and goes for an inside cradle. It is a mat war as Bonito struggles out of the pin and goes to continue the Ankle Lock but Wolfang pins him to the ground for the pin. Before the ref could count Bonito overpowers Wolfang soon and goes to a standing position to lock on the Ankle Lock yet again! Wolfang tries to kick Bonito out of the move but it is in vain as TB continues to put on the pressure. After a minute the referee asks Wolfang if he submits.
RK: “YOU IDIOT!!! TAP OUT ALREADY!!! Bonito has this match, JR.”
Wolfy shakes his head violently as TB locks on the move and does a lying variation of the lock. After a few seconds we hear more moaning and shouting by Wolfang as he tries to fight the pain. It was not enough as after a few seconds it seems like Wolfang finally taps out. Bonito lets go and lies down the mat as the bell sounds. Bonito lets go and he slowly gets to his feet as TH announces him.
TH: “The winner of the Double Four Tournament…TONY BONITO!!!”
The footage fades as Bonito celebrates in the ring.
Warzone 23…
We see a cloaked man in the ring as the footage starts.
GE: "Hello there. Did you miss me?"
Slowly, GE, takes off his cloak. Revealing his real face, the crowd is stunned in silence.After the initial shock of seeing the former Eamon X again, the fans erupt. The lights go on again and we see Grandmaster E taking off the robe completely, revealing that he was wearing street clothes inside.
GE: “After weeks and weeks of mystery, speculations and guessings…THE ANSWER HAS BEEN REVEALED! I..AM GRANDMASTER E! You see, while I was away, people like Tony Bonito have been stealing my spotlight. Well Tony, guess what, your plan might have worked and sent me and CS outta here on Starrcade: Xtreme. HOWEVER..I am back, and you got a lotta hell to pay. The reason why I’m back here is the same reason on how Tony Bonito got back in the X-WCW in the first place. No Tony, I didn’t slip my contract while the GM was drunk. Infact, I was contacted by the General Manager and informed me of a loophole in the stipulations of the match I had with CS during Starrcade: Xtreme. The thing is, only the NAME Eamon X was legible to be fired. However..Grandmaster E...thats a different story. So Bonito, X-WCW, get ready for me. Get ready for GRAND-MASTER-E!!!”
The footage fades as we hear JR screaming “EAMON IS BACK!!! BAH GAWD”….to which, someone is gonna be vocal about this name later in the writer’s forum.
Later that night…
We see footage of CB entering the ringside area with a smile on his face.
CB: “God is it great to be back home in the greatest town on Earth Indianapolis, Indiana!”
Main event time…
CB obtains the kendostick from the rafters and raises it in the air as the fans chant ‘cyberstrike’. CB climbs down the ladder and waits for GE to get up so he could blast him with the kendostick. However, we see TB running down the ramp and he slides into the ring. CB swings the kendostick at him but TB ducks down. TB goes behind Christopher Back and delivers the Nito Plex.
JR: “BONITO INTERFERES AND HE DELIVERS THE NITO PLEX! DAMN HIM! DAMN HIM TA HECK BAH GAWD!”
RK: “Damn it! And I was gonna cheer loudly once CB would beat the hell outta GE already.”
CB is down and TB slides out of the ring as he sees Grandmaster E getting to his feet. GE picks up the kendostick from the fallen CB and raises it high in the air. After raising it, he swiftly swings it down and hits the chest of CB. The impact is so hard, that the kendostick breaks in half. The bell rings and TH II announces the outcome.
TH: “The winner of this match..GRANDMASTER E!!!”
The fans boo as GE is declared the winner of this match. TB enters the ring and applauds GE, who is puzzled as to why TB is in the ring right now.
JR: “Grandmaster E may not know it, but Tony Bonito just helped him get this victory.”
TB approaches GE and tells him he helped him win. TB extends his hand to GE and GE just looks at it for a while. GE nods and extends his hand to TB. But before they shake, Eamon delivers a hard knee to the gut of TB. Grandmaster E grabs TB and takes him down with a chokeslam. The crowd cheers as Eamon helps CB to get on his feet. Both GE and CB start to stomp down on the fallen Tony Bonito.
RK: “Hahaha, it seems like TB is getting what he deserved right now!”
JR: “Christopher Back and Grandmaster E are showing how much they hated Bonito for what he has done tonight and during Starrcade: Xtreme. I hope Bonito learns a valuable lesson to-WHAT THE?!”
Blaster jumps from the crowd and enters the ring, while on the ramp, we see DB running down. Blaster is in the ring and he attacks CB. Divebomb enters the ring and he attacks Grandmaster E. All five men in the ring, except Bonito start a brawl.
JR: “It’s a brawl brewing in the ring right now, King!”
RK: “And look, the security quickly comes to the rescue.”
The security breaks up the fight inside the ring and we see D-Extreme entering the ringside area with a mic.
D-Ex: “ALRIGHT! BREAK IT UP! BREAK THE DAMN BRAWL UP! I got an announcement to make here. On Ground Zero 3..it will be a six man war elimination match for the X-WCW UW Title. Its gonna be Divebomb vs Blaster vs Bonito vs Christopher Back vs Grandmaster E vs….D-Extreme!”
As the footage fades, we hear Zebrahead’s Falling apart guitar riffs filling the airwaves.
We go back to the footage as we hear some comments.
JR: “BAH GAWD DID YOU HEAR THAT?! A six man match for the UW title!”
RK: “Its gonna be off the hook JR! 6 of X-WCW’s best are gonna be inside one ring to fight for the UW title.”
A black and white footage plays the following clips as the vocals start to hit.
“Manipulation is on my mind”
We see Bonito with a grin on his face as the cameras show him outside an arena.
“Inspect me - try to check me”
As the camera zooms in, it goes to a different location. This time, we see Blaster sitting down on a bench and wrapping some tape around his fist.
“Expectations well defined”
The camera tries to zoom it, but it changes scenery yet again. This time, we see D-Extreme leaning on the wall as he looks at his Singapore cane.
“Dissect me - want to wreck me”
We zoom in on D-Ex, and the video changes the surroundings. We see Grandmaster E sitting on the chair as he slowly tilts up his head to the ceiling.
“Violator of my own will. Accept me - reject me”
The video zooms on GE and it changes the background again. Cyberstrike is standing on the X-WCW stage and raises both arms slowly into the air.
“Separate or SHOOT TO KILL”
The video closes in on Cyberstrike, yet it changes again. This time, we see Divebomb in the middle of the X-WCW ring. He slowly lifts up the X-WCW UW title into the air before the title shines brightly, and it covers the screen into white.
“Cause everything's falling apart”
We go to full color and we see DB delivering Ground Zero on FP
“You can't control me, You can't control me”
The footage shows a clip of GE hitting the X-Blast on C-Back. We then see a clip of C-Back hitting the Breakdown on GE.
“Everything's falling apart”
We then see D-Extreme hitting the X-Ocution on Cane
“Now I can't see you”
We see a scene of Bonito spinning around the ring during his entrance
“Doesn't matter what I do”
The footage then shows Blaster hitting the Deep Impact on Divebomb
“I can't see you”
We see Grandmaster E taking off his hood.
“Cause everything's falling apart”
The footage fades to black as Christopher Back hits the nTo kendostick over the head of Bonito.
The footage comes back as we see Divebomb launching himself from the top rope to deliver the ground zero at Blaster.
“EVERYTHINGS FALLIN APART!”
As the vocals fade, Divebomb hits the Ground Zero on Blaster. With that done, the video ends.
***
TH: “The following match is a Six Man War Elimination and is for the X-WCW Ultimate World Championship! First the rules: there no disqualifications, falls count anywhere in the building, when one of the partipents is pinned or he submits he’s been eliminated and the last man left will be declared the X-WCW Ultimate World Champion!”
JR: “Pretty straight forward rules to of this match.”
RK: “Sounds sorta like a hardcore match to me!”
TH: “And now the challengers! First from the United Kingdom weighing in at 255 pounds BLASTER!”
As “Imperium” by Drowning Pool plays on the MCI Center’s speaker system Blaster comes down to a thunderous applause by the fans.
JR: “Blaster is a former X-WCW U.S. Heavyweight Champion and won the Royal Bash this year to earn him his first Ultimate World Title shot and he...”
RK: “He lost at Starrcade: Xtreme and then he lost the rematch for the title but this is his last chance to gain the title and when he loses tonight he will be out of the title picture for quite awhile!”
TH: “Challenger number two from Australia weighing in at 224 pounds he is GRANDMASTER E!”
As “Various Songs” play Grandmaster E walks down the ramp and the crowd cheers so loudly that it drowns out Russell and King.
Finally after about three minutes the crowd dies down and Terri Hotbody makes the third introduction.
TH: “Challenger number three is originally from parts unknown but now makes his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Representing the nTo D-EXTREME!
As “X Gon Give it to ya” by DMX hits the speakers of the MCI Center most of the crowd boos but there is a very vocal minority that loudly cheers for him!
JR: “When you look at his resume’ D-Extreme it speaks for it’s self he has held every major title in every promotion he’s worked for he was the first X-WCW World Heavyweight Champion, X-WCW European, X-WCW U.S.Heavyweight Champion, and with Christopher Back they held both X-WCW World and International Tag Team Championships. In addition to his many title reigns here in the X-WCW he has also held ACW US Championship, and the ACW Tag team titles with Back, and he was the AWF TV Champion and is a two-time AWF Tag team champion the first time with Back and is one half of the current AWF Tag Team Champions with Ignavus, and he was just until very recently the first UCW Champion.”
RK: “Now he’s after his third run with X-WCW Ultimate World title.”
TH: “Challenger number four is from Boston, Mass. weighing in at 278 pounds TONY BONITO!”
Just as “Medals Remix” starts playing the fans chant “NITO, SUCKS! NITO, SUCKS!” at Bonito as he makes his way to ring.
JR: “Bonito might be the most hated man in this match. But Grandmaster E and Christopher Back both hate him more than they hate each other because he cost both of them their jobs and their wrestling names at Starrcade: Xtreme! It’s well known that D-Extreme, Blaster, and Divebomb all can’t stand him as well!”
RK: “You’re forgetting that Bonito is a talented wrestler he’s a former X-WCW U.S. Heavyweight Champion and a former X-WCW World Tag Team Champion with Wolfang. He’s also a former 2-Time ACW World Champion beating Back for the titles both times!”
JR: “He did not he beat twice he only beat him once the second one was due to complex business issues!”
Bonito stands on the ring apron and is about to enter when he sees Grandmaster E staring intently at him, and he decides to walk around the ring instead to wait the next challenger.
TH: “Challenger number five is from Indianapolis, Indiana he weighs in at 245 pounds representing the nTo, he is also the CEO of the X-WCW CHRISTOPHER BACK!
Even before Terri can finish her introduction Back runs down the ramp and Bonito seeing him runs around ring and Back chases him into the ring where he finds Grandmaster E waiting and Back slides rolls into the ring and Bonito quickly slides out of the ring!
TH: “From Burnbay, BC weighing in at 270 pounds, he’s the reigning and defending X-WCW Ultimate World Champion DIVEBOMB!”
As "Awaken" by Disturbed plays Divebomb walks down the ramp and is booed by the fans he doesn’t seem to care as he walks into the ring with five men wanting his title.
JR: “This has to be Divebmb’s greatest challenge to date as X-WCW Ultimate World champion! All five of the challengers are
wanting his title and this match is to settle who is going to be the Ultimate World Champion!”
RK: “Well as long as that jackass Grandmaster E doesn’t win then I’ll be a very happy man!”
JR: “We have three referees for this one because falls count anywhere! Sid Greene is the head referee in the ring on the floor are Mark Chambers and Bob Stool”
X-WCW Head Referee Sid Greene calls for the bell and the war begins! Divebomb locks up with Back, Grandmaster E locks up with D-Extreme, and Blaster locks up with Tony Bonito.
Back pushes Divebomb into a corner and into the ropes Referee Sid Greene orders for Back and Divebomb to break. Divebomb releases Back who has his hands on Divebomb’s throat. Divebomb then slaps Back’s face! Back returns the favor and steps back a few steps Divebomb then charges at him! Back drops him with a drop-toe-hold and then quickly goes for an
STF submission in the center of the ring!
As Divebomb struggles to the ropes, Grandmaster E and D-Extreme have locked up and both try to out-power the other but without much luck. Grandmaster E Irish whips D-Extreme into the ropes and follows up with a closeline that takes him out of the ring and to the floor. Grandmaster E steps out onto the ring apron and waits for D-Extreme to get back to his feet.
As D-Extreme gets back to his and Divebomb gets a rope break, Blaster has Bonito in he opposite side corner, from where Back and Divebomb were in, and Bonito and Blaster are trading chops in the corner. Bonito chops at Blaster finally Blaster goes down in the corner. Then Bonito face washes him in the corner. Bonito kicks him in the ribs and then picks up and drapes over the bottom rope and Bonito runs kicks Back in the back of the head causing him to break the STF hold on Divebomb then runs back and tries to jump on Blaster who’s hanging on the ropes. But Blaster slides down and all Bonito hits is the ropes. Blaster quickly gets back up to his feet and nails Bonito with some forearms to the side of the head.
Divebomb is up on his feet as Back who’s dazed is sitting up Divebomb runs to ropes, which knocks Grandmaster E off the apron and D-Extreme catches him, as Divebomb bounces off those ropes he then bounces off the other side ropes and drop-kicks Back in the chest. Divebomb goes for a pin but only gets a two count before Back kicks out.
On the floor D-Extreme has Grandmaster E and drops him with a Fall Away Slam on the floor. Then instead of going for a pin D-Extreme starts looking under the ring for weapons. As D-Extreme looks under the ring Grandmaster E gets back to his feet and hits him with a double axe handle blow to the back of D-Extreme, then Grandmaster E picks him up and throws him into the ring steps!
Blaster Irish-Whips Bonito into far side ropes and then close lines Bonito over the ropes and he crashes on top of D-Extreme! Divebomb kicks Blaster in the gut and picks him up on his shoulders and tries to hit The End but Blaster fights outs if it and hooks him for an inverted DDT but before Blaster can drop Divebomb, Back springs off the ropes and hooks Blaster for the Crackdown, then he quickly drops Blaster and Divebomb! He goes for a quick pin on Blaster but only gets a two count before Blaster kicks out and then without a wasting a second Back tries to pin Divebomb but only gets a two before Divebomb gets his foot on the ropes. Chris Back stands and then hits Divebomb in the head with some stiff right hands punches. As Grandmaster E re-enters the ring Blaster kick Back in the back of the head and tosses him out of the ring and he lands right on top of D-Extreme and Tony Bonito just as both of them were just getting back on their feet! Blaster then nails Divebomb with a Shining Wizard and goes for the pin but the pin is broken up by Grandmaster E who kicks Blaster in the back of the head! Then Grandmaster E picks Blaster up by the hair and kicks him in the gut and then nails him with a power bomb and goes for the pin.
JR: “The action is all over the place and it looks like Grandmaster E is going for a pin!”
RK: “Please Blaster kick out!”
The referee counts to three and Blaster is out!
TH: “Blaster has been eliminated!”
RK: “Damn it!”
JR: “There is still five zarrkkettt.
RK: “James I think we’re have some technical problems again!”
As Blaster is escorted to locker room Grandmaster E is helping to get Blaster out of the ring when Divebomb gets back to his knees and nails him with a lowblow! He sets up for The End but Grandmaster E’s feet knock out the referee as Divebomb hits the move and he quickly covers him but the referees are busy with getting Blaster to back to the locker room and following Back, Bonito, and D-Extreme all of whom are brawling on the floor. After a few seconds referee Bob Stool sees that Divebomb has pinned Grandmaster E and runs back, slides in the ring and counts up to two before Grandmaster E kicks out.
Divebomb picks him and then Scoop Slams him then he picks up Grandmaster E again and shoots him off into the ropes and nails him with a flying forearm smash and then he drags Grandmaster E near a corner and he quickly climbs up to the top turnbuckle and he Divebomb nails Grandmaster E with a Swanton Bomb! But instead of going for a pin Divebomb then leaves the ring on the opposite side where Back, Bonito, and D-Extreme are fighting and pulls up the ring apron and looks under the ring and he pulls a steel chair and he puts under the ring ropes and then he pulls a ladder and he positions on the ring apron and on the guardrail and then he slides back into the ring and picks up the chair and measures Grandmaster E as he staggers back to his feet.
As all that was going on Back and D-Extreme were double-teaming Bonito. Back had gotten to his feet and saw the groggy Bonito and picked him up by the hair and threw him into the guardrail. Back quickly went for a splash but Bonito was quick to recover and he back-body-dropped the X-WCW CEO into the front row and as he was about to climb over the rail D-Extreme nailed him a massive closeline and then he picked up Bonito over his head and threw him over the rail! D-Extreme stepped over the rail and Chris Back was already up and found a trashcan and as Bonito got up to his feet Back hit over the head with the trashcan but Bonito wouldn’t fall down! So Back him over the head with the trashcan again and he still wouldn’t fall down! D-Extreme found another trashcan hit Bonito in the head again and he still wouldn’t fall down! Back and D-Extreme were now frustrated so they both went to Bonito in the head at the same time but he ducked and they hit each other’s heads instead and they crashed to the floor Bonito fell on top of D-Extreme and went for the pin! Referee Sid Greene counted only a two count! Bonito who was now busted wide open went to cover Back but was only able to get a two count as well.
Back in the ring Grandmaster E staggers back to his feet as Divebomb waited in the corner with a chair held like ram waiting for him to turn around. Grandmaster E turns and Divebomb charges at him but Grandmaster E hits Divebomb with a Drop-Toe-Hold causing Divebomb to hit the mat and his chest landing on the chair. Grandmaster E slowly rolls Divebomb and drapes an arm over him and gets a two count before Divebomb gets his shoulder up! Both men slowly try to get up to their feet as referee Bob Stool starts the ten count!
JR: “Randal can you hear me?”
RK: “Yeah. Can you hear me?
JR: “Sure can!”
RK: “What a match so far we got action all over the arena!”
D-Extreme picks Bonito up and throws over the guardrail near the stage entrance he nails Bonito in the back with a series of kicks and looks around he sees some tables and goes over and starts to set them up as Back climbs over the guardrail and he kicks Bonito in the ribs and helps D-Extreme set up some more tables. D-Extreme and Chris Back set up four tables set up t two stacked next to each other and set two more on top of those two. D-Extreme tosses Bonito on to the ramp and Back quickly follows them. Back and D-Extreme pick of Bonito and attempt a Double Back Suplex on the ramp but Bonito blocks their first attempt. They go for another but Bonito blocks it and starts punching them in the ribs and that stuns them he then grabs them and nails them both a Double Stunner! Bonito quickly goes for a pin on Back, but only gets a two count before D-Extreme breaks it up! D-Extreme nails Bonito with a stiff punches to the back of Bonito then he picks him up and drops him a Full Nelson Slam! Back gets up and tells D-Extreme something and he nods and they pick of Bonito and drag him toward the edge of the stage D-Extreme points to the tables set below and both D-Extreme and Back have Bonito set up for a double Chokeslam!
JR: “They’re going to do what I think they’re gonna do?”
RK: “Oh yeah!”
As the fans chant “HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!” as they both Choke slam Tony Bonito off the set, through the four tables!
RK: “OH MY GOD! They have just broken him in half!”
Back and D-Extreme both slide off the set and they both pin Bonito for a three count!
TH: “Tony Bonito has been eliminated!”
Divebomb and Grandmaster E are both back on their feet and they see what Back and D-Extreme have done to Tony Bonito. Back and D-Extreme each grab a chair from the under the ring. The former X-WCW Tag Team Champions circle the ring as Grandmaster E and Divebomb, both of them are now back up on their feet, daring both Back and D-Extreme to re-enter the ring. Back walks up the ring steps near the ramp and D-Extreme walks up the ring steps near the announcer’s table Grandmaster E and Divebomb lunge at them both and they both quickly jump down to the floor where Back asks for a microphone.
CB: “Ok if you two jackasses won’t let us in the ring then you two go on ahead and beat the shit out of each other then me and D-Extreme will sit here and watch and then we’ll destroy the winner!”
D-Extreme and Back take the chairs, open them up, and sit down on the chairs near the ramp as Grandmaster E and Divebomb look at them with a confused look on their faces.
JR: “You got to be kidding me Back and D-Extreme are going to sit there and watch?”
RK: “Why not, that sounds like a good idea to me!”
Grandmaster E and Divebomb both start talking to each other in the ring and then they turn around when Back and D-Extreme both slide into the ring and start attacking them both!
JR: “I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! Back and D-Extreme were going to do that.”
RK: “Big deal! These two are doing whatever it takes to win and that’s all that matters!”
Back is pounding on Divebomb, finally he forces the X-WCW Ultimate World Champion to crash on the mat. D-Extreme shoots Grandmaster E into the ropes and then plants him with a Spine buster and goes for a quick pin but only gets a two count! D-Extreme sees the ladder propped up on the guardrail and the ring apron and he picks Grandmaster E up and throws him on the ladder and then he climbs over the ring rope and walk toward the ring post. D-Extreme reaches the post and turns around and runs toward the ladder with the prone Grandmaster E on it and he leaps off and nails him frog splash! D-Extreme rolls on to the floor and is holding his ribs but sees Grandmaster E still laying the ladder in so much pain as D-Extreme lays in some more punches and then looks under the ring and he pulls out a twenty-foot ladder and sets up near the ladder where Grandmaster E is laying on, and he starts to climb up the ladder.
Back grabs Divebomb and he tosses him through the ring ropes and he quickly follows and he then attempts to Irish-whip Divebomb into the guardrail, but Divebomb reveres it and he sends Back crashing into the guardrail instead! Divebomb quickly follows that move with a close line, but Back side steps him and Divebomb crashes into the steel guardrail. Back grabs Divebomb and drops him throat first on the guardrail. Back grabs a steel chair from the time keeper’s postition and he throws him it into the ring, Back rolls Divebomb back in the ring and he sets up the chair in the center of the ring, Back picks up Divebomb and sets him for what looks like a Crackdown, his version of an inverted DDT but instead of a Crackdown, Back nails Divebomb with a Spinning Neckbreaker that drops him neck first on the steel chair and he goes for the pin and gets a two count.
As Christopher Back sets up Divebomb for another Spinning Neckbreaker on the open steel chair, D-Extreme has climbed to the top of the twenty foot high steel ladder and motions to the crowd for a Frog Splash off the ladder on to Grandmaster E laying on top of a ladder set up between the guardrail and the ring apron. As D-Extreme leaps off the ladder Grandmaster E rolls off the ladder he’s on and D-Extreme crashes on to propped up ladder with such force that he breaks the ladder in half!
Grandmaster E quickly crawls over to here D-Extreme is lying he pins him and gets a three count!
TH: “D-Extreme has been eliminated!”
Back sees that his friend has been eliminated and he drops Divebomb with another Spinning Neckbreaker on the open steel chair and goes for another pin attempt and he gets the three count!
TH: “Divebomb has been eliminated!”
Suddenly Otacon appears on the stage, watching the action in the ring.
Back rolls out of the ring and as Grandmaster E is just getting back on his feet, Back nails him with closeline in the back of the head! Then Chris Back hurls Grandmaster E head first into the ring steps! Back starts looking under the ring and he quickly finds his trusty old Kendo stick wrapped in barbed wire, and he points with it at Grandmaster E, who is still reeling from being thrown into the ring steps and is slow to get back on his feet. Grandmaster E turns around and Back swings the Kendo stick at his head but Grandmaster E ducks and he nails Back with a closeline and quickly follows that up with a series of kicks to the back of the X-WCW CEO’s head! Grandmaster E then Back into the ring and then starts looking under the ring for weapons.
He pulls out from under the ring a table, another steel chair, and a blue felt bag, after sliding the table in the ring, he puts the bag under the bottom turnbuckle pad, he picks up the chair and re-enters the ring. Chris Back is up on his hands and knees when Grandmaster E hits him in the back with a steel chair! Grandmaster E hits again with the steel chair and then picks him up, by the hair, and drops him on the top turnbuckle pad hard!
Grandmaster E quickly sets up the table, and he gets the blue felt bag and he opens it up and pours thousands of thumbtacks on the center of the table. He then climbs the to the top turnbuckle and attempts to Superplex Back through the table, but the
X-WCW CEO fights back with a series of punches to the kidneys that stun Grandmaster E and he attempts to set up for a Breakdown off the top turnbuckle but Grandmaster E blocks it a series of Elbow shots to the ribs that stun Back and Grandmaster E quickly nails Back with a Breakdown off the top rope right through the thumbtack covered table!
JR: “Grandmaster E goes for the pin 1...2...3!”
RK: “NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
TH: “THE WINNER AND NEW X-WCW ULTIMATE WORLD CHAMPION GRANDMASTER E!”
As the firework s go off in the ring lights, and the confetti falls down into the ring Otacon races down the ramp and grabs the
X-WCW Ultimate World title belt and a microphone and he then enters the ring!
O: “Congrats on becoming the X-WCW Ultimate World Champion for a second time but understand this: at our next Pay-Per-View, Bloodbath 3 this belt will be mine and I WILL MAKE YOU BLEED!”
Otacon hands Grandmaster E the belt walks out of the ring and then walks back up the ramp, as Grandmaster E celebrates with the fans as Ground Zero III comes to a close.
FIN
VO: “Every war….has its army”
The footage then switches to show some of history’s greatest generals.
VO: “Every war….has its leaders.”
After the Voice over, the footage fades to black and we hear a loud and thunderous explosion. As it fades back, we see a bomb going off and makes a mushroom of smoke. As the smoke is clear, we see a ruined city.
VO: “And war…..leaves a list of casualties.”
The video shows the ruined city one by one. However, as it shows the parts of the ruined city, we see flashes of various X-WCW superstars.
VO: “This is ground zero…..”
The footage continues to be black and white, however, it starts to show the following clips.
- Divebomb hitting the ground zero on Blaster
- GE hitting a clothesline to RK
- D-Ex raising the Singapore cane
- TB hitting the Nitoplex on Wolfang.
After TB connects with the nitoplex, we hear an explosion and the clip fades. We go to a full color video as ‘Falling Apart’ by Zebrahead plays. We see Divebomb standing on top of a tall building before he unbuckles his X-WCW UW belt. He places it on the ground behind him before he leaps off.
DB: “look out below!”
As soon as he hits the ground, the impact makes a very bright flash. The scene shifts into the X-WCW logo as the song continues to play.
VO: “X-WCW presents….”
The logo explodes and shows the GZ3 logo
VO: “….GROUND ZERO 3!!!”
The video ends and we go to the ringside area. The stage pyros hit and the jam-packed MCI center goes alive. The fans are on their feet and the camera pans over them to show various signs such as “Otacon stole my two other signs and I want them back”, “Bruno stole my babe” and “D-Ex got drunk again and puked on me”. The cameras swirl its way to the announce booth with James Russell and Randal King.
JR: “WELCOME EVERYONE TO GROUND ZERO 3!!! This is James Russell and along side me as always is Randal King. We are here live from the MCI Center in Washington.”
RK: “Oh boy, JR, we got a STACKED card tonight.”
JR: “You said it, King. Tonight, we will have the X-Rumble tourney….and to cap things off, the X-Rumble itself. The X-Rumble will be a match to determine the no. 1 contender come next X-WCW PPV.”
RK: “There are a load of newcomers here in this tournament, JR. And let me tell you, it will be their time to shine if they even just MAKE it to the X-Rumble itself.”
JR: “Let also not forget, King, we got title matches here tonight. One of those matches are R.E. Rage vs Judge Death in TLCC match. These two men have faced off in Starrcade: Xtreme and JD got the upperhand on that one. However, I think Rage has one thing on his mind tonight, REVENGE!”
RK: “Yes indeed! Rage aint gonna take what JD did to him last time by sitting down. We also have a X-WCW US title match between Stryker and Wolfang. Wolfang was the winner of GZ2’s main event. This year, he will be the defender of a title.”
JR: “I think Wolfang is hoping to get 2-0 after the night is done, Randal. Also on tonight’s card, we got Xille vs Ignavus in a first blood match! Its gonna be for the TV title. Two former friends are gonna settle the score once and for all in this fight.”
RK: “We also have the X-WCW Tag team titles on the line, JR! Its Powerbomb vs Final Frontier! I think Powerbomb will beat FF after they won over Starstorm last Doubleshot.”
JR: “And let us not forget..OUR MAIN EVENT! The Six-Man War Elimination Match. The winner of that match will be the X-WCW UW Champion.”
RK: “I am betting that Divebomb will retain this title, JR. However, C-Back is there, so who knows, he might win it as well.”
JR: “Whatever, King. Now lets start off this night with a right tune for the X-Rumble qualifier match! We got Cole Ryan backstage with Otacon for his thoughts on his upcoming match.”
Backstage
CR: "Right! I'm here backstage with the CON MAN himself, Otacon. Otacon, you had one HELL of a match with Tony Bonito. Sad to say, you passed out while he got that Ankle Lock slapped on you. But a lot saw that you had one hell of a determination not to give up. What are your comments about you 'technically' losing to Bonito and the fact that you two will NEVER face each other again?"
OC: “Well Cole, i chose to play Bonito at his own game and yes "Technically" i did lose....However i think the wrestling fans know thats nothin but BULLSHIT and that Bonito is a one trick pony who's just frustrated because he's just about gone bald and has always been ugly....As for me and Bonito NEVER going head to head again, well ill just say NEVER say NEVER.”
CR: "Tonight, you will be in a one-on-one match to advance in the X-Rumble. If you win this match and the X-Rumble itself, you will be the no.1 contender for the X-WCW UW title. So Otacon, if you do advance tonight to the X-Rumble, do you think you can win? If you lose, which among the participants do you think will be the no. 1 contender by the end of the night?"
Oc: “IF I win Cole, IF??......Ye have little faith”
*Oc takes a copy of the GZ roster from Cole and looks at it*
OC: “Lets see…Ahh the Xtreminator is first up, rest assured he will be going down hard, fast and painfully......After that it looks like the best of the rest who could make it into the X rumble are TGO and Chris Daniels, really need i say more........As for me not being there at the end, well that just aint gonna happen my friend....As soon as you begin to think about what your apponants might do your gonna lose, all you should be thinking about is doing what it takes to win........Ill let you know now to save the gamblers around here some money, come the end of GZ i WILL be the NEW no1 UW title contender and i will have earned it....Now quit buggin me.”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as Otacon shoves CR aside.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
Otacon vs The Xtreminator
We go back from the commercial break to see The Xterminator already in the ring.
TH: “The following singles match is scheduled for one fall. Already in the ring…THE XTERMINATOR!!!’
Xterminator poses for the crowd, only to draw a mild response from them. “Superstar” by Saliva hits the speakers and out comes Otacon.
TH: “And his opponent, he is the CON MAN……..OTACON!!!”
Otacon makes his way down the ring with a rather mixed reaction from the crowd. He slides into the ring and goes to the turnbuckle to pose for the crowd.
JR: “This man here showed a lotta guts on Warzone. He never tapped out to Bonito’s ankle lock.”
RK: “Hate to break it to ya, JR, but he STILL lost the match.”
JR: “I know that King! However, you can never question this man’s guts.”
RK: “The other thing I cant question is, he is gonna win this match against the Xterminator.”
Otacon goes down from the corner and gives a cocky smile at his opponent. The bell rings and both men square off in the center of the ring. They lock up and the Con Man quickly applies an overhead wristlock on Xterminator, before he uses one of his legs to trip his opponent. Otacon waits for Xterminator to get up before he takes him down to the mat with an arm drag. Xterminator comes back up to his feet and he ducks an incoming clothesline from Otacon.
JR: “Otacon misses with the clothesline and Xterminator grabs the former TV champ and delivers nasty knee smash onto the gut of Otacon.”
Otacon staggers back into a corner and Xterminator follows him there. Otacon gets pummeled on the corner by The Xterminator. Xterminator chokes Otacon with his boot, but the referee breaks it up. The referee separates Xterminator from Otacon and Xterminator starts to argue with the referee. On the corner, we see Otacon slowly pulling himself up with the ropes. Xterminator finally makes it back to the corner, but The Con Man hits a couple of hard punches to the gut. Xterminator tries to hit a punch on Otacon, but he gets blocked and Otacon delivers a flurry of hard left punches. After one hard punch, the Xterminator falls to the mat. He gets up, however, Otacon takes him down yet again with another punch to the face.
JR: “Otacon seems to have a burst of energy after he was down on that corner, King. Otacon grabs The Xterminator and tries to whip him to the ropes. Its reversed and Otacon is sent to the ropes. The bounce off the ropes…and Otacon delivers a Thez Press on Xterminator! Otacon starts to hammer away on The Xterminator!”
Otacon gets up and grabs Xterminator by the head. He picks him up and kicks him hard on the gut before he tries for the Final Impact. The Xterminator blocks it and shoves Otacon towards the ropes. On the rebound off the ropes, Otacon is taken down by a big boot to the face.
JR: “The Xterminator just countered Otacon’s Final Impact.”
RK: “I guess it was just plain too early for The Con man to finish things off here.”
The Xterminator waits for Otacon to get up before he grabs him by the throat. He lifts him in the air for the chokeslam, however, Otacon counters it with a DDT. Both men are down on the mat and the referee starts to count both of them. At the count of 5, we see both men stirring up on opposite sides of the ring. The Xterminator is the first man to get to his feet and he runs towards Otacon. The Con man sees him and he pulls down the top rope for The Xterminator to crash on the outside of the ring.
JR: “Otacon is using his veteran instincts and pulled down the ropes. The Xterminator is on the outside of the ring as Otacon waits for him inside.”
RK: “Otacon knows that even though he is on the inside, The Xterminator is at a disadvantage now.”
The referee starts to count Xterminator outside the ring. Inside, Otacon observes his opponent’s movement outside. By the count of 3, we see Xterminator up and about and he slides in the ring. Otacon greets him with a barrage of clubs to the back and he delivers a hard chop to the chest. Xterminator staggers back and Otacon sends him to the ropes. Otacon bounces off the opposite side of the ropes and goes for a clothesline. Xterminator ducks the clothesline and bounces off the other rope. On the rebound, Xterminator goes for a big boot, but somehow, Otacon avoids it and the referee gets in the way of the boot.
JR: “I hate to be referee after seeing him being the receiving end of that big boot by Xterminator.”
RK: “You tell me, JR!”
While the Xterminator checks the knocked out referee, we see Otacon sliding to the outside. He pulls out something beneath the apron. He gets a steel chair and slides himself back into the ring. He waits for Xterminator to turn to him before he thrusts the chair onto the mid-section of Xterminator. With his opponent on his knees, Otacon places the chair on the mat and picks up Xterminator. He locks a front face lock and before you know it, DDT ON THE CHAIR!
JR: “BAH GAWD! What a sickening echo throughout the building!”
RK: “That certainly smarts JR. But in Xterminator’s case..consider his brain xterminated……get it? Xterminator? Xterminated?”
JR: “…….”
RK: “IT’S A JOKE!!!”
JR: “……….”
RK: “Oh I give up!”
Otacon kicks the chair to the outside once he sees the referee getting to his feet. Otacon pretends he was laid out as well once the referee gets to his feet. However the con man slowly moves and places an arm over The Xterminator.
JR: “Here is the pin 1…2…3! Its over, King.”
RK: “The con man advances to the X Rumble..and I just LOVE that fact!”
TH: “The winner of this match…..OTACON!!!”
“Saliva” hits the speakers and Otacon gets his hand raised in victory. He gets a very mixed reaction from the crowd as he continues to celebrate his unclean win over The Xterminator. The camera pans over to the announce booth with our team of commentators.
RK: “Well that was one good way of kick-starting the PPV huh JR?”
JR: “Certainly was, King!”
RK: “So whats the next match gonna be?”
JR: “Its gonna be Sandy Drake vs The Renegade”
RK: “Great! I’mma see Renegade take out another punk tonight!”
JR: “Stay with us folks, we will be back for the next matchup.”
X-WCW goes to a brief commercial break as Otacon makes his way up the ramp.
Backstage
We see Ian Brady lying down on the corridor. A couple of road agents storm into the scene and we see them check on the newxomer. They turn Brady to face to them and we see him bloodied.
Road Agent: “SOMEONE CALL THE PARAMEDICS!!!”
The other Road agent gets up and storms out of the scene. Probably, he would find some medics in the area.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
The Renegade vs Sandy "The Young One" Drake
We go back to the ringside area as “Hurt” starts blaring at the sound system around the MCI Center.
JR: “Welcome back to this X-WCW PPV special. We are live from our Nation’s capital as we continue the X-Rumble qualifying matches.”
RK: “Here comes my bet, JR!!!”
We see The Renegade make his way down the ramp as the crowd gives him a loud chorus of boos.
TH: “The following match is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, weighing in at 267 pounds…THE RENEGADE!!!”
Renegade makes it to the steel steps and climbs up to the ring. He enters it and poses for the crowd about a few seconds.
JR: “This guy right here is one tough cookie, King. Everytime he steps into that ring, you know, something bad is gonna happen.”
RK: “That’s the reason why if I were Sandy, I’d run outta here in the jiffy!”
“Behind those eyes” by three doors down starts to fill up the speakers and fade out Renegade’s music. The Young One makes his appearance out of the curtains and poses for the fans.
TH: “And his opponent, from Vancouver BC. …”THE YOUNG ONE” SANDY DRAKE!!!”
The Young One stands on stage while he smiles at the fans as they cheer and chant his name. He points at the ring before he darts down the ramp and slides in. He goes to the top rope and poses for the fans some more.
JR: “This young kid here has made a couple of good matches here in the X-WCW.”
RK: “He did have ONLY a couple of matches here JR!!!”
Drake backflips down to the mat and the crowd cheers even more.
RK: “WHOA! How the hell did he do THAT move!”
JR: “I guess he is a flashy wrestler, King. Young, arrogant, but the crowd loves him..they still love him somehow.”
The bell rings and both men go to the center of the ring. Drake extends his hand to Renegade, however, he pulls it out even before Renegade could extend his hand. Drake laughs as both men circle around the ring for a couple of seconds and eventually lock up. Drake quickly goes behind Renegade and takes him down with a waistlock takedown. Drake floats over him and locks on a side headlock. Renegade slowly gets to his feet and forces Drake to let go after three elbow shots to the gut of SD. The Renegade shoves Sandy Drake to the ropes and tries to hit him with a clothesline. However, Drake ducks the clothesline and bounces off the other end of the ropes.
JR: “Sandy Drake bounces off the ropes and goes for a flying crossbody. Renegade catches him and takes him down with a back breaker. The Renegade pins Drake 1…2..CLOSE!”
RK: “Drake made a big mistake there and he almost paid for it by being the loser. However, I think he is lucky enough that he got a shoulder up there.”
The Renegade gets up and waits for Drake to get to a vertical base. Once Drake gets to his feet, Renegade tries to scoop him up for a bodyslam. However, Drake slides to the back of Renegade and takes him down with a sleeper drop. Drake runs towards the nearby corner and delivers a springboard moonsault. It connects and he goes for the pin.
JR: “Drake with the pin 1..2..Kickout by Renegade!”
RK: “These two might soon go do an exchange of uhm..pins.”
Drake picks up Renegade and tries to send him to the corner. However, Renegade reverses the momentum and sends Drake face first into the turnbuckle. Renegade catches Drake, who stumbles backwards, and connects with an atomic drop. Renegade steps over Drake and locks on a Mexican Surfboard.
RK: “Drake is in serious trouble now, JR. After that atomic drop, Renegade just followed it up with a surfboard. That move alone just hurt Drake’s spine…and now…Drake’s spine is being aggravated as the surfboard is locked on.”
JR: “I can see he is serious pain right now, King.”
After a minute passes by, The Renegade lets go of the submission hold on Drake. He picks up The Young One and backs him onto the corner. He starts to deliver shoulder charges at Drake before Drake drops on the corner. The Renegade starts to choke Drake with his knee, until the referee tells him to break it up. The Renegade complies to the referee, however, after just backing up a bit The Renegade smacks his Knee on the face of Sandy Drake.
JR: “OH CMON! Now that was just uncalled for!”
RK: “Hey, nothing like a wrestler putting a young kid to his place, JR!”
JR: “Just like what GE did to you on Doubleshot?”
RK: “AH SHUT UP!!!”
The Renegade turns his attention to the fans and taunts them a bit. The Renegade approaches the fallen Sandy Drake and picks him up by the head. The Renegade delivers a couple of punches at SD before he sends him to the ropes. The Renegade ducks down, but Sandy Drake kicks him right to the chops. The Renegade stumbles back and SD delivers a couple of punches at his opponent. The Young One reels Renegade into a clothesline. SD leans on the nearby ropes in the meantime, while Renegade is down on the mat.
JR: “Sandy Drake is making a come back here in this match, King. However, I don’t know how long that back of his can hold.”
RK: “He IS young, he would heal quickly. Uhm..I think.”
Drake waits for Renegade to get up before he runs at him and delivers a dropkick. Renegade gets back up from the dropkick and this time, Drake takes him down with a snap suplex. The Renegade gets to his feet yet again and SD delivers ANOTHER snap suplex at him. The crowd is fired up as Drake looks determined to finish things off right now while Renegade is down on the mat. Drake goes to the top rope and is about to hit his finishing move.
JR: “SANDY DRAKE LAUNCHES HIMSELF OFF THE TOP ROPE AND IS GOING FOR THE…the..”
RK: “you mean ‘the FOUN-TIN OF YOUTH?! HAHAHA seems like it!”
He delivers the fountin of youth, but the Renegade sticks his knees up for him to land on it. Drake rolls on the mat in pain as The Renegade slowly picks himself up. The Renegade waits for Drake to get up before he goes behind him. The Renegade has Drake on a wasitlock and delivers a german suplex with bridge.
JR: “Here is the bridge..1..2..NO! Drake kicks out of the suplex with bridge combination of The Renegade.”
RK: “Whoa, I thought he’d never had that much energy right now to even get a shoulder up.”
The Renegade picks The Young One up and kicks him on the gut. Renegade backs up a bit before he tries his superkick, which Drake ducks. As Renegade turns around, he is caught by a superkick of Sandy Drake.
JR: “ABB! ABB ON RENEGADE BAH GAWD!!!”
RK: “Oh crap.”
The Renegade falls down on the mat, but soon enough, Drake falls down as well. Drake crawls towards The Renegade for the pin and the referee starts the count. Before the count of three was made though, Renegade gets an arm up. Sandy Drake gets up and sees The Renegade crawling towards the nearby corner.
JR: “It seems like the Renegade wants to take a breather on that corner, King.”
RK: “Well, he can take his time. Drake is bound to do something stupid…”
The Renegade pulls himself up from the corner and continues to lean on it. Drake shakes his head in disapproval before he charges his way to that corner. Before he could hit a shoulder charge on Renegade, The Renegade gets out of the way.
RK: “…..see what I mean.”
Sandy Drake hits his shoulder onto the post before he turns around. He stumbles into The Renegade, who quickly takes him down with THE RENEGADE HOLD.
JR: “The Renegade has the crossface on Sandy Drake, and the young one is screaming in pain.”
RK: “Meh, he can cry all he wants know.”
Drake taps out after a couple of seconds and the referee calls for the bell.
TH: “THE WINNER BY SUBMISSION…THE RENEGADE!!!”
Renegade’s music hits and The Renegade finally breaks the hold. He gets to his feet and the referee raises his arm in victory.
JR: “What a match there, King.”
RK: “Yeah, too bad Drake had to screw it all up and cost himself the match.”
JR: “Oh don’t be so hard on the kid! He is just…young.”
RK: “Well folks we will be back to continue this x-rumble qualifiers.”
GZ 3 goes to a commercial break.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
Icon vs Tempest
X-WCW goes back from the commercial break for the next match.
JR: “Randal, our next match will determine another participant into the X Rumble.”
RK: “I know. This X Rumble for title shot is shaping up to be an awesome fight.”
“Wolfpack” plays and Icon appears at the top of the stage.
TH: “The following is an X Rumble qualifier match scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring, from Detroit, Michigan, weighing in at 265 pounds, The Icon.”
Icon enters the ring and poses for a few moments awaiting his opponent.
“Step Up” by Drowning Pool hits and Tempest makes his way to the ring.
TH: “And his opponent, from Australia, Tempest.”
The bell rings and the two men lock up. Tempest quickly gains the upper hand by using his strength to throw Icon to the ground.
JR: “And Tempest shows his power early in this match.”
Icon stands and delivers a standing drop kick to Tempest. Both men are back up quickly. Icon tries to whip Tempest to the corner, but Tempest reverses and follows up with a powerful clothesline in the corner.
JR: “And Tempest goes for a cover, but no. Icon gets the shoulder up at two.”
RK: “I thought it was over there. But this match continues.”
With Icon still on the ground, Tempest begins to lay into him with a volley of left and right fists. Tempest pulls Icon up and throws him into the corner. He goes for another clothesline, but Icon lifts his leg and connects with the jaw of Tempest.
While Tempest is distracted, Icon goes to the second rope and connects with a bulldog. He goes for the cover, but only gets a two count.
JR: “That could have been a big upset right there.”
RK: “Yeah, especially considering Icon hasn’t won an X-WCW match yet.”
JR: “And Tempest is up. He connects a powerful fist to the gut of Icon.”
Tempest sets Icon up and hits a DDT on his opponent. Tempest begins to stomp away at Icon.
RK: “This match is gonna be over real soon, James.”
JR: “Right now it appears to be that way, but It ain’t over until that bell rings.”
Tempest then applies an STO to Icon. The ref goes next to Icon and asks him if wants to submit.
JR: “And Icon is not giving up. He reaches for the ropes. Tempest continues to apply the pressure, but Icon is able to grab the rope and the ref begins the five count.”
Tempest breaks the hold and the referee checks on Icon. Meanwhile, Tempest goes over to the corner and pulls the padding off of one of the turnbuckles.
JR: “Come on Tempest, you don’t have to end it like this.”
RK: “He thinks this match has gone on long enough and is in a hurry to end it.”
He goes back over to Icon and puts him in position for a catapult. He launches Icon, but Icon is able to grab the ropes and stop himself before hitting the turnbuckle.
Tempest turns to face Icon and Icon surprise him with a leaping kick from the second rope.
Tempest stumble for a bit and Icon delivers a DDT.
Remembering the exposed turnbuckle, Icon sets Tempest up and catapults him into the turnbuckle. Tempest’s head connects and Icon rolls him up.
JR: “Here is the pin 1…2…3! Its over, King!”
RK: “Thankgod.”
“Wolfpack” plays as Icon celebrates his win.
TH: “Here is your winner, The Icon.”
The Icon gets his hand raised in victory as X-WCW goes to a commercial break.
Winner Advances to the X Rumble
Xbomb vs AAA
JR: “Our next match features two of the X-WCW’s newest stars.”
RK: “What an opportunity for both of these guys. One will go to the X-Rumble to fight for a spot at the Ultimate World Title.”
Encore by Jay Z hits and X-Bomb appears at the top of the stage. He heads down to the ring.
TH: “The following contest in an X-Rumble Qualifying match scheduled for one fall. Making his way to the ring: From New York City, weighing in at 320 pounds: X-Bomb.
X-Bomb gets in the ring and poses. The crowd gives a mixed reaction to him.
Instruments of Destruction hits the PA. Antonio Australian Awesome appears at the top of the stage.
TH: “And his opponent, from Sydney, Australia, weighing 285 pounds, Antonio Australian Awesome.”
JR: “Folks, this is Antonio Awesome. He was just recently signed to the X-WCW and was just called up from the developmental territory.”
RK: “He does look awesome. Great physique. He looks like he’ll do great here.”
The bell rings and the two men lock up. Antonio sends X-Bomb into the ropes and hits him with a stiff knee on the rebound. X-Bomb gets up quickly and goes for a left fist, but Antonio grabs it.
JR: “And Antonio Awesome pulls the arm around the back, applying pressure to X-Bomb. He’s looking to wear that arm down.”
RK: “Looks like this match could be over real soon.”
X-Bomb reaches back with several elbows and gets Antonio to break his hold. He quickly grabs the reeling Antonio and applies a DDT. He goes for a cover, but only gets a two counts.
JR: “X-Bomb going for the early cover, but to no avail.”
Antonio gets up quick enough to avoid a charge from X-Bomb. X-Bomb crashes into the corner and stumbles back. Antonio connects with a roundhouse kick. X-Bomb is on the ground. Antonio locks in a Boston crab.
X-Bomb struggles for a few moments and is able to grab the ropes. The ref begins the five count and Antonio relinquishes the hold at four. Antonio kicks X-Bomb in the back while he’s on the ground.
X-Bomb gets up only to get a right hook from Antonio. Antonio goes for another one, but X-Bomb gets around him and locks in a sleeper hold.
JR: “And X-Bomb has that sleeper locked in. The ref has walked over to Antonio to lift his arm. Antonio drops it this time.”
RK: “Must not be as awesome as he looks. He dropped it again.”
On the third time, Antonio keeps the arm up and clocks X-Bomb in the head with his fist. A couple of elbow shots is enough to break the hold.
Antonio shoots X-Bomb to the ropes and roll shim up on the rebound. X-Bomb reverses the roll and grabs the ropes without the ref seeing it.
1..2..3.
TH: “Here is your winner, X-Bomb!”
X-Bomb hurries out of the ring as Antonio gets up and realizes what happened. He begins to argue with the ref while X-Bomb goes to the back victorious.
Winning tag team Advances to the X Rumble
Tag Team Match
BBB & CCC vs The Purgatory
(The Warrior and Hell's Guardian)
“Move Bitch” hits, and the first half of X-WCW’s newest odd couple – Bruno the Brazilian Badass – makes his stage entrance. Being a newcomer, the audience isn’t sure how to react.
TH: “The following tag team contest is set for one fall, with the winners advancing to the X Rumble! Introducing first – BRUNO THE BRAZILIAN BADASS!”
A moment later, the second half of the team – Casus “Crimson” Crevious – enters. No entrance music is played.
TH: “And his partner – CASUS “CRIMSON” CREVIOUS!”
The fans remain perplexed as the two barbarous behemoths make their way to the ring.
JR: “Look at the sheer size of these two men, King!”
RK: “According to my statistics, they’re 7’5” and 6’10” respectively, and they weigh nearly 800 pounds between them!”
JR: “And they’ll be facing two members of the faction known as Purgatory, with some of the toughest stipulations ever placed on such matches. I’ll have those stipulations for you in a few moments!”
RK: “And we’ve got three referees here, JR, to make sure the added rules are enforced!”
After this, “Slave New World” hits, and Hell’s Guardian and The Warrior make their entrance to a decent face pop.
TH: “Their opponents: representing Purgatory – HELL’S GUARDIAN and THE WARRIOR!”
The cheers continue as the two fearsome individuals make their way to the ring.
JR: “Before we start, here are the stipulations from the Board of Directors:
1. The third member of Purgatory – Lone Wolf – has been barred from ringside;
2. Any outside interference will be penalised with an immediate disqualification for the team they assist, and a 2-month suspension without pay for the culprit;
3. Once you tag your partner into the contest, you must leave the ring immediately. That’s right: no double-teaming will be tolerated, and;
4. Pinfall and submission attempts cannot be broken by another wrestler from either team. Doing so will result in an instant disqualification for their team and a 2-month unpaid suspension.”
RK: “Wow, that is tough! But this match will be even tougher!”
JR: “By the way, these rules also apply to the other two X Rumble tag team qualifiers, which will occur later in the evening!”
RK: “Yikes!”
The bell rings, with the two giants – Bruno and the Guardian – starting proceedings. Both men tie up in the centre of the ring, and while the Guardian has the slight height advantage, Bruno possesses a massive weight advantage. Before long, Bruno breaks the deadlock with a few strategically-places knee lifts, and as the Guardian staggers backwards from the impact, Bruno bounces off the right ropes – shifting the ring itself in the process – and launches into a thunderous Lou Thesz press, followed by several stiff punches to the face.
With a taunt of “I’m the REAL Sexual Chocolate!”, Bruno stands up, bringing the stunned Guardian to his feet.
He lifts the Guardian up over his shoulder, dropping him into an equally impactful shoulder breaker, but instead of going for a pin, he tags Casus into the match.
Bruno steps over the ropes out of the ring, and Casus steps through them to enter it, eagerly awaiting the Guardian’s rise. He calls out “Prepare to face the God of War!” as Guardian gets up, and Casus is quick to attack him, knocking him to the front ropes with a stiff pump kick.
This, however, has very little effect on the giant Guardian. Casus goes for another kick, but Guardian blocks it with his hand, grabbing Casus’ leg and throwing him back first to the mat.
Keeping a firm grip on Casus’ leg, the Guardian delivers a stiff leg drop to Casus’ groin before finally releasing him. As Casus smarts from the blow, the Guardian tags the Warrior into the match-up, leaving the ring by stepping over the ropes.
The Warrior climbs the front left turnbuckles and waits for Casus to rise, and once he is up, the Warrior goes for a clothesline, but Casus just shrugs it off.
JR: “BAH GAWD! A clothesline of that nature would bring most men down, but Casus ‘Crimson’ Crevious shrugged it off as if it were nothing!”
RK: “It may well be nothing to him!”
Casus screams “Come on, little man! DO YOUR WORST!” at the smaller Warrior, and the Warrior is happy to oblige. He attempts a spear on Casus, but once again, Casus barely budges. And then, the Warrior bounces off the back ropes for a dropkick attempt, but Casus blocks it again, sending the Warrior to the mat and laughing as he does so.
After a few moments, he picks up the hurting Warrior once more, lifting him into the torture rack position to hit his finisher: The Final Breathe. But with a sudden energy rush, the Warrior slips out of it, landing on his feet and somehow lifting Casus into a Gorilla press slam!
With just as much speed, the Warrior tags his enormous partner back into the contest, and the Guardian wastes no time in renewing the assault on Casus. He grabs the rising Casus from behind, throwing him into a colossal dragon suplex and going for the first pinfall of the match.
RK: “1…. 2…. NOT QUITE!”
JR: “Never mind a David and Goliath battle: this is a ring full of Goliaths right here!”
Both men get up, but the Guardian is on the attack once more. He grabs Casus by his left arm, driving him right into the back left turnpost and injuring Casus’ shoulder.
While Casus is hurting, the Guardian slams him headfirst into the top turnbuckle, with the fans counting each one – “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!” – as it happens. And once the Guardian is done with that particular move, he brings Casus to the mat with a powerful reverse vertical suplex.
RK: “What raw power! If Bruno is kept out of this for much longer, Purgatory could have this one in the bag!”
JR: “In any case, that’s a very good game plan!”
The Guardian tags the Warrior back into the match, and the Warrior rushes in to lock an STF on the fallen Casus. Despite being in even greater pain as a result, Casus refuses to submit, and after about 25 seconds in the hold, he starts to edge toward the left ropes.
After another ten seconds, the bottom rope is within Casus’ reach, so he reaches for it, thus breaking the hold. Undeterred by this, the Warrior backs off, waiting for Casus to get to his feet again.
RK: “Just look at that giant Bruno! He wants in desperately!”
JR: “But if the Warrior keeps his intensity at this level, Bruno won’t get in!”
Once Casus is standing again, the Warrior tries to whip him into the right ropes, but with relatively little effort, Casus reverses the move. On the Warrior’s rebound, Casus hits him with a hard boot to the face, sending the Warrior spinning to the mat.
And at long last, Casus pins the fresh Bruno back into the match. The Warrior gets to his feet and charges at Bruno in an attempted spear, but he simply bounces off the freakish Brazilian. The Warrior then tries a succession of full force punches and kicks, but Bruno still fails to budge or show any sign of pain.
Then comes the decisive blow. Bruno reaches out for the Warrior’s throat with his right hand, and he lifts the much smaller Warrior into a devastating single-handed chokeslam that shakes the ring itself!
JR: “WOW! What a massive impact! I think I actually FELT that chokeslam myself!”
RK: “Me too! And Bruno’s not done yet!”
Bruno makes a ‘bomb dropping’ gesture to the crowd, signalling his intent to use one of his finishers: the South American Bomb.
The Warrior – who is barely conscious at this point – is brought to his feet by Bruno, and promptly placed in the headscissor position. Bruno lifts him into the vertical position, and then he walks to the front right corner, turning around and reversing up the turnbuckles, and hitting the powerbomb variant with crushing force. A “HOLY SHIT!” chant breaks out as a result.
JR: “GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY! He could have KILLED the Warrior with that if he’d done it on hard cement!”
RK: “The Warrior’s not moving at all! And Bruno’s going for the pinfall!”
JR: “1…. 2…. 3! IT’S OVER!”
RK: “With devastating authority, I might add! Bruno and Casus are through to the X Rumble, though it’ll be every man for himself in that particular match-up!”
The bell rings to end the match, and the Guardian calls for medical assistance for the Warrior.
TH: “Here are your winners: BRUNO THE BRAZILIAN BADASS and CASUS “CRIMSON” CREVIOUS!”
Bruno and Casus raise their arms in victory as EMTs see to the Warrior.
JR: “These two men are going to go VERY far in this company, if you ask me!”
RK: “Agreed! And there’s plenty more action where that came from, so stay tuned!”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as the EMTs carry out The Warrior to the backstage area.
Winning Tag Team Advances to the X Rumble
Jeff Jarrett & TRD vs AJ Styles & Christopher Daniels
“n-T-o” is heard on the PA system, then “No Chance” hits. The two nTo members – Jeff Jarrett and The Real Deal – make their entrance, receiving a loud boo from the crowd as they do so.
TH: “The following tag team contest is set for one fall, with the winning team advancing to the X Rumble! Introducing first: representing the nTo – JEFF JARRETT and THE REAL DEAL!”
The booing only becomes even more intense as they enter the ring. Then “I AM” hits, and A.J. Styles makes his stage entrance, receiving a huge cheer from the fans.
TH: “Their first opponent – A.J. STYLES!”
After a moment, “XXX Is Gonna Give It” hits, and Christopher Daniels joins him on stage. The cheering continues, and both men high-five each other.
TH: “And his partner: he is The Fallen Angel – CHRISTOPHER DANIELS!”
Styles and Daniels run to the ring.
JR: “Now Styles and Daniels shouldn’t be too hasty here: those tough stipulations are still in effect!”
RK: “And I’ve heard from reliable sources that 3 of these men may well be out of contract after tonight, but I can’t say which three!”
JR: “Anything else you want to share with us, King?”
RK: “Yeah, JR: I think Terri’s got great PUPPIES!”
JR: “Even blind people could see that remark coming!”
RK: “Ha ha – I know!”
Styles and Jarrett commence the proceedings. They tie up once the bell rings, and after 5 seconds, Jarrett breaks it with a few well-placed punches to Styles’ midsection. Jarrett then tries to whip Styles into the back ropes, but Styles reverses the move, sending Jarrett into those same ropes. As Jarrett rebounds, Styles floors him with a spinning heel kick, going for the first pinfall of the match-up.
RK: “1…. And a half!”
JR: “The veteran Jarrett is just too talented to give up that easily! This match will be a good one!”
Jarrett gets up, but Styles is on him again. He tries to kick Jarrett again, but Jarrett catches Styles’ leg, forcing him to turn the move into an Enziguri kick that succeeds in bringing Jarrett to the mat.
Once Jarrett is down, Styles goes for a fast submission hold: a leg lock chokehold. As soon as he tries to lock it in, though, Jarrett grabs Styles’ legs and turns on his belly. Styles makes a dash for the left ropes, but Jarrett keeps his grip on Styles’ legs, and as Styles reaches for the top rope, Jarrett manages to get Styles onto his shoulders, hitting an electric chair drop on Styles.
As Styles smarts from this impact on the mat, Jarrett gets up and tags TRD into the contest. TRD wastes no time in pounding Styles while he’s down, using a flurry of stomps and a leg drop to subdue him further. TRD goes for a pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. NO!”
JR: “Despite that stomping, Styles is determined to stay in this one!”
Styles gets up, and TRD is upon him again. TRD hits a hard body slam on Styles, then he hurts him even more with an inverted wishbone leg splitter.
However, TRD gets cocky. He runs to the back ropes, hoping to nail the hurting Styles with a running elbow drop, but the elbow misses its mark as Styles rolls out of the way at the last moment. This causes TRD to fall awkwardly on his elbow, and Styles manages to tag Daniels into the contest.
The fresh man Daniels climbs to the top turnbuckle, and he waits for TRD to rise. Once it happens, Daniels takes TRD right down with a ferocious wheel kick, and he seizes the opportunity to get the pinfall on TRD.
JR: “1…. 2…. Kick out!”
RK: “The Real Deal’s far tougher to keep down than that!”
TRD stands up, and Daniels jumps into an attempted hurricanranna, but TRD is able to stop him in the vertical position and drop him into a hard powerbomb! TRD then goes for a pinfall of his own.
JR: “1…. 2…. Close!”
RK: “Don’t let Christopher Daniels’ moderate size fool you: he’s double tough!”
Daniels rolls over backwards and stands up, and TRD promptly whips him into the back right corner. With Daniels seemingly stunned in the corner, TRD moves in for another offensive, but suddenly, Daniels turns around and launches into a crucifix pin attempt!
However, TRD remains standing, and after almost ten seconds, he drops into a modified Samoan drop. Instead of going for a pinfall on Daniels, though, TRD tags Jarrett back into the match, and Jarrett climbs the back right turnbuckles for a flying leg drop. He hits his mark with great ease, and Jarrett goes for a pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. And three quarters!”
JR: “That was unbelievably close to a 3-count right there!”
Daniels gets up slowly, and Jarrett goes on the attack once more. Jarrett grabs Styles by the arm and pulls him into a stiff short arm clothesline, bringing him to the mat immediately. And with just as much speed, Jarrett grabs Daniels by his legs, locking him in a figure four leg lock!
RK: “Jeff Jarrett is showing his true talent with that move!”
JR: “That’s right: this is a VERY good game plan by Jarrett! His ring positioning is very good, and he’s keeping the fresh A.J. Styles out of it!”
RK: “Though Daniels isn’t the easiest man to beat either!”
JR: “He’ll need every last bit of energy to get out of this one, though!”
Jarrett keeps Daniels in the hold for another 20 seconds, but Daniels begins to edge toward the back ropes, and after another 15 seconds, he manages to grab the bottom one, breaking the hold.
Daniels staggers to his feet, and Jarrett turns him around for another attack. Jarrett goes for a hard left hand, but Daniels manages to duck it and grab Jarrett from behind, dropping him into an atomic drop.
This move gives Daniels enough time to return to his corner and tag Styles back into the contest. Styles rushes at the slightly stunned Jarrett with a fast running clothesline, taking him to the mat quickly.
Styles is even quicker in following this move with an inverted surfboard hold, bringing Jarrett into the middle of the ring and placing him in tremendous pain. He keeps Jarrett in this uncomfortable position for about 20 seconds before Jarrett finally rolls over to his right and reaches the right ropes.
JR: “That’s experience for you!”
RK: “And if Jarrett is one of the wrestlers out of contract, what a great loss he’d be to our company!”
JR: “Even though he’s not a fan favourite, I would agree with that, King!”
RK: “A lot of young up-and-comers can learn a lot from him, JR!”
JR: “As can no-hopers like TG Stylez!”
RK: “And Fresh Prince!”
As both King and JR laugh at their jokes, Jarrett makes a rapid recovery, getting up and resuming the battle with Styles. Both men tie up once more, but Jarrett breaks it with some stiff right knee lifts, and he whips Styles into the left ropes.
Styles rebounds with an attempted flying back elbow, but Jarrett catches it, reversing the move into his other finisher – The Stroke!
RK: “The Stroke! I think Jarrett’s got this one won!”
JR: “So do I! He’s going for the pin!”
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! Jarrett and The Real Deal are through to the X Rumble!”
JR: “Where they won’t be able to work as a team, I might add!”
The fans boo loudly as Jarrett and TRD celebrate their win.
TH: “Here are your winners – JEFF JARRETT and THE REAL DEAL!”
Jarrett and TRD badmouth the fans as they leave, and Jarrett tears up a couple of fan signs on the way backstage.
JR: “Jarrett does not like these fans, King.”
RK: “Well, he won’t have to face them for much longer!”
JR: “What do you mean?”
RK: “Well, JR, I’m now at liberty to reveal that this will be the last X-WCW show featuring Jarrett, Styles and Daniels! They’re going back to TNA!”
JR: “I think these fans know that already!”
RK: “I’m sure they do! Listen to the chant!”
Sure enough, a “YOU SOLD OUT!” chant is directed at the defeated and dejected Styles and Daniels, who leave the ring without even acknowledging the fans in attendance.
JR: “At least Jarrett’s making one more appearance tonight: in the X Rumble!”
RK: “That and many more matches are still to come, on our biggest event to date – Ground Zero III! So stay with us!”
The Winning Team Advances to the X Rumble
StarStorm vs Karl Baller & TGO
“n-T-o” is heard, followed by “End of Everything”. Before long, the members of StarStorm make their entrance, receiving a very loud boo from the fans in attendance.
TH: “The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall, with the winners advancing to the X Rumble later in the evening! Introducing first: representing the nTo – STARSTORM!”
StarStorm make their way to the ring and enter it. After a moment, “Ima Hustla” hits the PA system, and Karl Baller appears on stage to a very warm response.
TH: “Their first opponent: KARL BALLER!”
Baller comes out with a throwback Washington Bullets jersey as he has a mic in his hands.
KB: “Now yall know its time to buss some heads, break some legs, and crack some spines/
But before dis ass whoopin let me express some stuff dats on my mind/
As I spit dis ryme I hear all da critics about who no one should choose/
Sayin "man whoever picks KB on their team will surely loose"/
But tonight i'ma silence dat and bruise people who at double shot looked like rookies at sports/
2 dudes wit no talent or order, i'm talkin bout da rejects who couldnt use da force/
Dats right i can prove dis source dis aint a fake rumor or myth/
Dey came back to wrestle cuz dey were rejected from Star Wars: revenge of da sith/ (the X-tron shows Raven in a Darth Sidious and Vanth in Darth Vader costumes)
But i'm tired of dis, lets stop talkin and begin da match/
And end dis quick, cuz me and TGO bout to give you some serious bruises to patch/”
After Baller finishes his rap, he waits on the outside of the ring. “Bad Company” hits, then The Great One joins Baller on stage, receiving an equally loud face pop.
TH: “And his partner: THE GREAT ONE!”
Both men make their way to the ring.
JR: “Needless to say, King: the hard stipulations laid down by the Board of Directors are still in effect for this match! The Thrillaz’ third man, Tommy Tennessee, has been barred from ringside as well!”
RK: “So Baller and The Great One had better resist the urge to storm the ring, JR, since it’ll mean an instant DQ for them!”
Luckily, they do hold back, and once the bell rings, Raven Darkstorm and Karl Baller get the proceedings started for their respective teams. Both Raven and Baller stalk each other around the ring for about 15 seconds before finally tying up in the middle.
Baller is soon able to gain the advantage, throwing Raven to the mat within seconds. Baller waits to Raven to rise again, and once he does, they tie up again, but with an identical result.
Once Raven gets to his feet again, another tie up occurs, but this time, Raven breaks it up with a few knee lifts and punches. He then tries to whip Baller into the right ropes, but Baller reverses the move into a short arm clothesline, flooring Raven for the third time in this match-up!
Baller grabs Raven by the head and brings him to his feet again, and then he grabs Raven’s right arm and drops him into a snapping reverse DDT! He follows this with the first pin attempt of the contest.
RK: “1…. 2…. NOT YET!”
JR: “Not even close! There’s a long way to go in this one!”
Raven gets up, and as Baller tries to lock him in a sleeper hold, Raven drops into a jawbreaker, stunning Baller. Baller falls to the mat, and Raven capitalises on this by grabbing Baller by the legs and hitting a hard leg drop to the groin, followed by a wishbone leg splitter.
With Baller smarting from these painful moves, Raven tags Vanth into the match. Vanth wastes no time in continuing the assault, bringing Baller to his feet and locking him in a front facelock. He then nails a stiff front suplex on his opponent before turning him over and going for another pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. He kicks out!”
RK: “And no rule breaks yet!”
JR: “Well, what do you expect with three referees?”
RK: “If one of them was a woman, they could make a Wobbly H!”
JR: “There ARE children watching, King.”
RK: “I’m just making this fun AND educational, JR!”
Vanth allows Baller to rise, then he walks up behind him, picking him up and dropping him front first into a chestbreaker. Despite the pain, Baller tries to roll back to his corner and tag TGO into the match, but Vanth stops him with a stiff elbow drop to the back of Baller’s neck.
Vanth then locks Baller in a Crippler Crossface, inflicting greater pain on Baller.
JR: “The ring positioning is OK, but Baller’s not that easy to beat!”
RK: “He trying to get his left foot to the front bottom rope!”
After about 20 seconds in the hold, Baller has moved enough to get his foot on the rope, forcing Vanth to break the hold. Once it’s released, Baller rolls to his corner quickly, tagging TGO into the match.
TGO is quick to go to work on Vanth. He knocks Vanth down with a thunderous running clothesline, and once Vanth gets up, he is greeted by another running clothesline! And a third one occurs a few seconds after that.
With a taunt of “Are you ready to go one on one with The Great One?”, TGO waits for Vanth to get up again. And once Vanth is up, TGO goes on the attack once more, with a series of stiff right hands to the face.
And when TGO goes for one final right hand, he winds the arm up, only to knock Vanth to the mat with a hard left!
JR: “Nice one! The crowd loved that little swerve!”
RK: “I’ll bet! Listen to them!”
A chant of “Let’s go Great One!” breaks out as TGO picks Vanth up off the mat. He whips Vanth into the left ropes, catching Vanth on the rebound and lifting him into a swinging front backbreaker!
JR: “WOW! What a powerful move that was!”
RK: “He’s going for the pin!”
JR: “1…. 2…. Not this time!”
RK: “Pretty close, though!”
TGO allows Vanth to get up, but as soon as he’s up, TGO grabs Vanth in a tight side headlock. TGO then takes the unusual step of walking to StarStorm’s corner and ordering the headlocked Vanth to tag Raven back into the match!
JR: “Is he crazy?”
RK: “It looks like The Great One WANTS to take on the fresh Raven!”
JR: “He doesn’t need to prove how great he is!”
RK: “Try telling HIM that!”
Vanth tags Raven in, causing TGO to release the headlock and allow Vanth to leave. Once Raven enters the ring, both he and TGO trade punches for about ten seconds.
And when Raven tries one more punch, TGO catches Raven’s arm and whips him all the way to the front left corner. TGO then follows the move with a hard corner splash, done while Raven is still facing the turnbuckles.
Raven is hurt by this, and once he turns to face TGO, he is greeted with a flying butt bump that knocks the wind out of him and sends him crashing to the mat.
TGO tags the fresh Baller back into the contest, and Baller climbs the turnbuckles, waiting for Raven to rise once more. Once Raven stands, Baller jumps onto Raven’s shoulders and rolls him into a victory roll, complete with a pinfall attempt.
RK: “1…. 2…. And a half!”
JR: “Awfully close to a win there!”
Having barely kicked out, Raven gets up after Baller, and although Baller is able to place a front facelock on Raven, Raven reverses the move into an inverted atomic drop!
As Baller falls to the mat, Raven tags Vanth back into the match, and Vanth launches into a leg drop to the back of Baller’s neck. As Baller smarts from that move, Vanth turns him over and locks him in a beast choker!
JR: “That’s a Dan Severn special right there!”
RK: “And they’re right in the middle of the ring! Karl Baller’s going to have to reach down deep to get out of this jam!”
Vanth keeps the hold locked in, and tries not to lay on his shoulders, lest the referee thinks he’s being pinned. After 20 seconds, Baller gets his second wind: he starts to roll from left to right, and after a few seconds of this, he gets up enough momentum to roll all the way to the right ropes, breaking the hold.
Once he is released, Baller makes a dash for his team’s corner, and before Vanth can catch him, he manages to tag TGO back into the contest. TGO steps through the ropes with a shoulder tackle to Vanth’s gut, stunning him for a few moments.
Though these few moments prove to be enough time for TGO to prepare for one of his numerous finishers: he raises his hand for a facefirst chokeslam, much to the delight of the crowd! And once Vanth turns around, it’s too late: TGO slaps his hand on Vanth’s neck and hits the powerful finisher with authority!
RK: “That’s it! 1…. 2…. 3! The Great One and Karl Baller are through to the X Rumble!”
JR: “But will these two self-proclaimed ‘Thrillaz’ be on the same page then? Only time will tell.”
The bell rings, and TGO and Baller raise their hands in victory.
TH: “Here are your winners – KARL BALLER and THE GREAT ONE!”
The crowd cheers their win.
RK: “I’ve got to say: that was a good match, but these rules are a bit too strict, if you ask me!”
JR: “Luckily, they won’t apply to the Ultimate World Tag Team match-up that’s still to come!”
RK: “That’s a relief! It’s going to be one hell of a contest between two popular teams!”
JR: “Two of the best tag teams in the business today, I might add! It’s coming up soon, so stay with us!”
***
Starrcade:Xtreme…
We see a clip of the match. Ignavus yawns for a while and scratches his butt until…someone seems to be behind him and just tapped him from the back. Quickly, Ignavus turns around and swings the chair at the person behind him. He looks at the person and it turns out to be his partner. Iganvus drops the chair and scratches his head for a while before he sees the referee getting back in the ring. Ignavus is told by the referee to get back to his corner while we see Autobot Jazz putting himself on top of the fallen Xille.
RK: “HAHAHA! What an idiot that Igz is..he clocked his own partner!!!”
JR: “The referee is back and he sees the pin being made…1..2…3! Its over! Final Frontier wins!”
The footage skips to the part of Ignavus getting back into the ring to help his partner get up. Xille is on his feet and he looks a bit disappointed about the outcome of the match. He and Ignavus talk in the ring for a while before they shake each other’s hand. As Ignavus turns around though, Xille gets the chair and he smacks it behind Ignavus. As Ignavus falls down on his knees, the crowd boos Xille as he continues his assault on his partner.
JR: “What is Xille doing?! He is attacking his own partner, King!”
Xille hits a couple of more chairshots on the back of Ignavus’ head before he tosses the chair to the outside. Xille grabs the mic from the outside and slides back into the ring.
Xille: “THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT! I HAD IT WON! I WAS ABOUT TO GET THE BELTS FOR OUR TEAM! BUT YOU HAD TO SCREW UP! THAT’S IT! I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE! Ignavus…if you can hear me…DEFAULT IS OVER! I’m on my own now. So you lazy piece of garbage…find some other loser to team up with!”
The scene fades to black as Xille makes his way to the back. The footage comes back again as we see Ignavus in the ring with a mic on his hands.
Igz: “I should be happy for Xille, as he and I unified the tag titles. But that didn't happen, not tonight. Not ever.”
The video shows the clip of Ignavus accidentally hitting Xille with the chair.
Igz: “Because X has forgotten what friendship is, probably never even learned. He and I obviously don't share the same values.”
The video starts to show clips of Xille attackin Ignavus after the match and the part where Xille shakes his head at one of Ignavus’ comments.
Igz: “I can't help but notice, X. You've had two tag championships in your career - and now both have lead to blows. Why is that X?”
We then see Ghostal and Xille holding the AWF tag title belts in the air. The scene skips and shows Default winning the X-WCW tag title belts.
Igz: “I think I know. Down in there, down in your drive to succeed you're afraid. When you were little, no one believed in you, and now you have to make sure everyone is in fear of denying the power of the X. Even those that would call themselves friends.In that mind of yours, you've let yourself become so caught up in showing up everyone else you can't comprehend friendship - it's become a foreign concept to you.”
The video then shows Xille making his way down to ringside with a smirk on his face. It skips and we see him in the ring now, with a mic of his own.
X: “You know, Igz, for as lazy as you are, you certainly can get a person fired up. No, it's not some innate leadership quality you have. And no, I'm not going to call it stupidity, either. It's just you doing what you do best, Igz - you tell the truth. Everything you said was the truth. I'm not out here to rebut any of it.And that brings me to your second point, Igz. The X doesn't have any friends. Well, let me tell you this, Igz: You don't needc friends when you have respect, when you have success. What are friends there for? To make you feel better when you lose. A man who wins has the respect of his peers - if there are any - and needs no friends.”
We show clips of Xille doing numerous high risk moves. The scene ends with Xille holding the Xtreme title high in the air. We go back to the ring where Xille continues his speech.
X: “I was on my way to becoming that man... until you, "my friend", took that chance from me. You stole it from me. You know you need me, Igz. You need me as your friend. That why you held me back. That's why you stopped me from becoming something better.”
The opening acoustics of “High wire escape artist” plays in the background as Xille continues
X: “Starting next week, your life becomes more of a hell than it already is. The X lives to deny the odds, Igz. ...Oh, and since you expended so much energy paraphrasing the X, I'll go ahead and show you how it's really done.”
Igz: "So I'll be there waiting for your fight. Come and claim it if you want it, but be sure, be absolutely sure, that you do. It won't come easily, X. I promise that above all else. And me? I don't break my promises."
The scene fades and the vocals start to hit
“Bleed out all empathy…”
The video shows a black and white footage of Xille running down the ramp way and sliding into the ring. It shifts into Ignavus lazily making his way out of the backstage area and into the ringside
“this vessel has no spirit left to hold on….”
The video then shows both men running down on the ramp with the X-WCW World tag team title belts on their waist.
“…..to lies I’ve lived in full”
We see the following clips as the vocals are heard and the guitar riffs too.
- Xille hitting the Last Mile on Wrecka
- Ignavus hitting he 4AM Flier on PMP
- Xille and Ignavus delivering a double dropkick on D-Ex
The footage fades as Default raising the world tag belts in the air. It comes back and this time in full color, as the drum beats are heard in the background.
”Do I have to believe them (lies)”
We see Ignavus accidentally hitting Xille in the face with the chair.
”In order to attain fulfillment”
We then see Final Frontier taking out Igz and then pinning Xille.
”I have to succumb to (lies)”
We see a clip of Xille accidentally smacking Igz with the TV title
”All my inner fears that tear at me”
The video shows Otacon making the cover to retain his belt.
”I will never believe them (lies)”
We see Ignavus slowly getting up to his feet outside the ring.
”I’m sick of the weakness that controls me”
Igz slides back into the ring to help Xille up.
“Now that I have fallen…I-will-not-repent!”
Both Igz and Xille shake hands. However, the video skips to the part where Xille takes Igz out from behind with the chair.
“The balance has shifted warped sick and twisted”
We see Xille hitting the dropsault on Bombshell before we see Ignavus hitting the shinning wizard on PMP.
“Grabbing at angels when I fall”
We see Ignavus flopping down to the mat after making a blind tag. We then see a scene of Igz rolling out of the ring and making his way to the ramp.
“Because I am more than this idol endless recital.”
We see Xille getting to his feet. The video then shows Xille hitting an enzugiri to D-Extreme
“For all my demons to applaud”
We see back and forth flashes of Xille and Ignavus’ face on the screen
“I am free”
RK: “Xille vs Ignavus in a first blood match!
The video fades as we see Xille looking at Ignavus from the ring.
***
We go back to ringside as we hear “Clint Eastwood” playing on the speakers.
TH: “The next match is for the X-WCW Television Title! It will be a first blood match.”
Ignavus etners the ringside area and gets an enormous cheering response from the crowd.
TH: “Introducing first, from Simsbury CT. He is IGNAVUS!!!”
Ignavus lazily jogs down the ramp and gives some high fives to the fans. He slides into the ring and waives to the fans for a while before he leans back on the ropes.
JR: “Ignavus is out first and he is looking to get some payback on his former partner.”
RK: “Out of the two men, JR, I think Xille is the better wrestler. Its not because he is shorter, its because Ignavus is lazier!”
Ignavus pulls himself onto the nearest corner and leans there as he awaits his opponent.
”It's so real”
”How I Feel”
”'Cause this society”
”That makes a man wanna kill”
“Lapdance” by NERD plays through the PA Systems and Xille comes out of the curtain. He stands on the stage as he unbuckles his TV title and he slowly raises it in the air confidently.
TH: “And his opponent from Lancaster Ohio. He is the X-WCW Television champion…XILLE!!!”
With the belt still up, Xille uses his free hand to point at Ignavus and then at his belt. He slowly puts the belt down and places it over his shoulder. Xille walks down the aisle while the crowd gives him a chorus of boos.
JR: “This man is so obsessed in making Ignavus, his former partner, pay for what he did to him on Starrcade. I think that Xille took that accidental chairshot too seriously, King.”
RK: “Well you may never know JR! I mean, Iganvus might have liked hitting Xille with that chair on Starrcade: Xtreme.”
Xille goes to the top rope and lifts the belt into the air yet again with both hands. He puts the belt around his waist before he does a backflip into the mat. He turns around and takes off the belt to hand it to the ring official.
RK: “that was one sweet backflip there by Xille. Goes to show ya, JR, he is one flashy kid.”
JR: “To me, he is more like a show-off, King.”
The referee hands the belt onto the ringside staffer before he goes to the middle of the ring to signal the start of the match.
JR: “The bell is rung and both men go to the center of the ring.”
Xille and Ignavus lock up in an collar-elbow tie up move. Xille quickly applies the side headlock on Ignavus. However, Ignavus backs Xille into the ropes and delivers a couple of blows to the gut. Xille lets go and Ignavus sends him onto the other side of the ropes. Xille bounces off the ropes and he tries to deliver a shoulder block. Unfortunately, both men are not fazed by the shoulder block of Xille.
JR: “It seems to me, King, no one wants to go down here in this fight.”
RK: “It may be a first blood match and a no DQ match, JR, but I think they wanna start the match by sending the other one to school.”
Both men go for another tie-up and they lean onto the ropes. Xille turns around and makes ignavus lean on the ropes while they are tied up. Before the referee could tell them to break it up, Xille delivers a cheap shot on Iganvus before he goes for an Irish whip.
JR: “Ignavus reverses the Irish whip of Xille and he tries to deliver a powerslam Xille floats over off the powerslam and has Xille with a waist-lock. Xille goes behind Ignavus and he tries a German Suplex. However, Ignavus delivers an elbow to the face of Xille and does a go-behind on X.”
RK: “Looks to me like Igz wants no part of getting suplexed by Xille. I guess he doesn’t like a German Suplex since it feels the opposite of the couch he usually slacks on.”
Ignavus tries for a backdrop, but Xille lands on his feet behind Igz. Xille grabs Iganvus and takes him down with a waistlock takedown.
JR: “X tries to take Igz off his feet and he does! Igz is down, but wait, Igz jumps back up and delivers a deep armdrag to Xille. Both men get up and Xille takes Igz down with an armdrag of his own.”
Both men get up yet again and Xille tries to deliver a punch to Igz, who ducks it. Xille turns around and he is taken down by a Japanese armdrag by Ignavus. Both men get up yet again and Ignavus goes for a spinning heel kick, which Xille avoids. Igz turns around and Xille takes him down with a Japanese armdrag as well. Both men up and both men try to do a dropkick onto the other. Both men get up their feet and back up from the other as the crowd is pumped up and “X” and “Ignavus” chants divide the arena.
JR: “King, this looks like a stalemate to me.”
RK: “Enough about sending someone to school guys! I advise them to quit it and grab some barbed wired bats and beat each other silly with it. That way, it would be more entertaining.”
JR: “Its entertaining as it is already, King.”
Both men lock up yet again, but Xille kicks Ignavus hard on the gut. Igz goes down to his knees while Xille shoots off from the ropes and delivers a dropkick. Xille waits for Ignavus to get up before he charges at him. Ignavus sees him and goes for a clothesline. X ducks the clothesline and bounces off the other ropes. Iganvus turns around and decks X with a hard spinning leg lariat.
JR: “That leg lariat might have just broken the jaw of Xille.”
RK: “The kick, JR, looked like it hurt a LOT!”
Ignavus picks Xille up and backs him into the corner. He climbs up the top and he starts to hammer away on Xille. After the tenth punch, Xille falls flat on the mat. Ignavus has a grin on his face and he runs towards the other side of the ring while we see Xille getting up. Before Xille could completely get up, Ignavus connects with a shinning wizard kick.
JR: “Shinning wizard!”
RK: “Ignavus seems to be motivated with the chance of making Xille bleed.”
Ignavus picks Xille up by the head, but X hits a low blow. Ignavus is momentarily stopped and it gives Xille the proper time to get to his feet. Xille tries to whip Ignavus at the nearby corner, but it is reversed! Igz follows Xille there, but before Xille could hit face first, he delivers a whisper in the wind maneuver to take down his former partner. Both men get up at the same time and Ignavus charges at X. Xille sees him and sends him to the outside by pulling the nearby top rope.
RK: “The slacker just got outsmarted, JR.”
JR: “Ignavus just crashed to the outside of the ring, King. Now I have no idea what Xille has in mind, but he just made his way to the side opposite of where Ignavus is outside of.”
RK: “You know its gonna be one high spot, JR.”
Ignavus slowly get to his feet outside the ring. Inside the ring, Xille runs towards the other end and he delivers a springboard shooting star press to the outside. Outside the ring, it hits Iganvus and both men go down. The crowd starts to chant, ‘HOLY SHIT’ as both men are not moving outside.
JR: “OH BAH GAWD! XILLE JUST MADE A SUICIDAL DIVE ONTO THE OUTSIDE!!!”
RK: “It’s a shooting star press, JR.”
JR: “Well……I knew that.”
RK: “Sure you did.”
After a minute, both men start to get to their feet. Xille gets something out of the apron and it’s a steel pipe. He waits for Ignavus to turn around before he tries to hit him over the head. Igz avoids the attack and smacks X in the side of the head with a hard elbow. Ignavus takes Xille down with an enzugiri and grabs the steel pipe for himself.
JR: “Ignavus is just looking at the steel pipe right now and Xille is down on the outside.”
RK: “Igz got evil intentions right now, JR.”
Xille gets to his feet and Igz greets him with a hard thrust of the steel pipe right onto the sternum of his former team mate. Xille falls down to his knees and Ignavus smacks him over the head with the steel pipe. Xille is lying on the outside of the ring now as Ignavus tosses the pipe to the crowd and mounts ontop of Xille. Ignavus starts to hammer away on the face of Xille in hopes of making him bleed.
JR: “Ignavus is really acting like a mad man, King.”
RK: “Of course he is….he might have dosed himself with TOO MUCH coffee tonight.”
After a while, Ignavus gets to his feet and shakes his head. It seems like he hasn’t busted open Xille that much. Ignavus gets a wooden table from the apron and he slides it back into the ring. He turns around and sees Xille crawling onto the nearest guard rail. Ignavus follows him over and picks him up by the head. Xille, however, starts to deliver some hard punches to the gut of Ignavus. Xille makes Igz let go and delivers one hard right punch to the jaw.
JR: “Ignavus staggers backwards and Xille takes him down with a superkick.”
RK: “The power of the X is starting to show here, JR!”
Xille leans onto the guard rail for a while before he goes over to Ignavus. He grabs him by the head and slams Igz’s head onto the steel steps three times. Ignavus rolls onto the ground as Xille makes his way to the apron. Ignavus slowly gets to his feet and Xille launches himself off the apron to deliver a flying hurracanrana on Ignavus. After connecting the hurracanrana, X is mounted on top of Igz and starts to deliver some shots to the face of Igz.
JR: “Xille gets up and picks up Ignavus after punishing him with hard shots to the face. He rolls Ignavus back to the ring and he stays outside.”
RK: “He knows that this match is a first blood match, JR. He wants to take out Igz right now. But I am not too sure about that.”
JR: “Why is that?”
RK: “Usually, first blood matches should be short and sweet.”
JR: “I highly doubt your claim, King. However, this match might not be over yet.”
Xille pulls out a barbwire-wrapped bat and makes a huge grin before looking at the ring. Xille climbs back into the ring and he waits for Ignavus to get up. As soon as Igz gets to his feet, Xille swings the bat at him. Ignavus avoids the bat and kicks X to the mid-section Igz delivers a couple of punches and lets X drop the bat. Ignavus grabs Xille and goes for the slacker tower. However, Xille blocks the attempt and reverses the momentum with a suplex into face crusher move.
JR: “Xille just reversed the Slacker Tower, King.”
RK: “Both men are down on the mat right now, JR. The reversal was done to perfection. I wonder who is gonna get the advantage outta this. Obviously, its gonna be Xille.”
Both men scramble and get to a vertical base. Ignavus gets hit by a forearm to the forehead by X and staggers to the nearby corner. X continues the assault by some kicks to the mid-section before he backs up. Xille charges at the corner, but Ignavus greets him with a foot on the face. Ignavus goes to the second rope and delivers a flying shoulder block on his former partner. Ignavus is up and he grabs the table lying on the mat. He sets it in up the center of the ring before he grabs Xille. He places Xille on the table and he starts to deliver some stiff punches on the face of X.
JR: “Ignavus has something in mind here right now as Xille is lying on the table.”
RK: “I wonder as well, JR. The logical thing for Igz to do is to drive X face first through the wood. I mean, the splinters on X face might help him bleed ya know.”
Ignavus climbs on the top of the table and picks up Xille. He sets Xille up for a powerbomb, but Xille reverses it and takes Ignavus out of the table with a headscissors takedown. Xille stands on top of the table and delivers a flying fist drop onto the face of Ignavus. Ignavus covers his face and rolls onto the mat.
JR: “I think he is bleeding after that fist drop!”
RK: “Well the ref is checking him now and…..oh no…no blood there.”
Xille waits for Ignavus to get up before he kicks him on the gut. He grabs him in a front face lock and delivers a DDT. He rolls the fallen Ignavus and checks if there is blood on his forehead. Seeing that there is still no blood coming out, Xille bangs his feet in frustration. Xille goes over to Iganvus and mounts on top of him. He starts to hammer away on his opponent in hopes of busting him up. Surprisingly, Ignavus gets the strength to block one of the punches and he uses his head to deliver a hard headbutt to Xille. Xille rolls out of Ignavus and holds his head in pain.
JR: “Ignavus LITERALLY used his head on that one.”
RK: “You can say that again, JR! I think it would do him more harm than good though.”
Ignavus slowly gets to his feet and waits for Xille to get up. Xille is up and there is no blood visible in his forehead. Ignavus runs towards Xille, but Xille sees him and takes him down with a single leg takedown. Xille grabs the Barbwire-wrapped bat and makes his way over Ignavus. He waits for Igz to get up before he takes a shot at him. However, Ignavus avoids the attempt yet again. Ignavus connects with a dropkick that sends Xille to the amt. Ignavus grabs the barbwire-wrapped bat, but he just looks at it before he puts it down to the mat.
RK: “THAT IDIOT!!! DOESN’T HE KNOW HE CAN END THIS THING IF HE USED THAT?”
JR: “I guess he has other plans, King. He just slid out of the ring and retrieved a chair.”
Ignavus gets back into the ring with the chair and he sets it up in the middle of the ring. He sits down on it and waits for Xille to get up. X is up and he sees Ignavus standing up from the chair. Igz taunts Xille before Xille could runs towards him. Unfortunately for the TV Champ, Ignavus delivers a drop toe hold and Xille hits the chair face first.
JR: “Shades of raven by Ignavus. He just drop toe hold’ed Xille face first onto the steel chair.”
Xille is sprawled on the ring floor, but it seems like he is STILL not busted open. Ignavus shakes his head and looks at the outside and calls the time keeper. Both of them talk before Ignavus is handed a bag, whose contents are unknown to us.
JR: “He just called the time keeper to give him that bag, I wonder whats in it.”
Ignavus grabs Xille by his other hand and he places him over the table. He climbs on the table with the bag and he opens it. There, he pours the thumbtacks all over the table before he picks up Xille.
JR: “Oh my goodness! Those are thumbtacks!”
RK: “And if my hunch is right, Ignavus is gonna piledrive Xille through the table….that has those prickly objects. Its bound to make Xille…or even Igz bleed. Well, for Ignavus’ case, its his ass that’s gonna bleed.”
Ignavus delivers a huge knee strike to the gut of Xille before he delivers a rocker dropper onto the table.
JR: “ROCKER DROPPER!!! Ignavus just delivered a rocker dropper on Xille over the thumbtack-filled table.”
RK: “Well, THAT was unexpected. I thought he was really gonna piledrive him.”
JR: “Don’t worry, King, nobody is perfect.”
RK: “Yes…but I AM KING…..I should be perfect….this is not fair.”
The referee checks both men and Ignavus has no signs of blood anywhere. However, as the referee turns the unconscious Xille, he has been busted open by the thumbtacks and the splinters from the wooden table. The referee signals for the bell and Ignavus is triumphant on this contest.
TH: “The winner of this match and NEW X-WCW Television Champion…..IGNAVUS!!!”
”Clint Eastwood” hits the PA systems and Ignavus is handed the X-WCW TV belt. Ignavus collapses to his knees and clutches the belt. He stares at it for a while before h raises it up slowly in the air. The fans cheer wildly as Ignavus gets to his feet and continues to raise the belt.
JR: “That was one hell of a match, King.”
RK: “You said it. Both of those men in the ring gave it their all.”
Ignavus looks at the fallen and bloodied Xille. Ignavus approaches him and thinks of what to do, however, he yawns and uses his free hand to scratch his posterior. He quickly turns around and slides to the outside of the ring. The fans continue to cheer for the newly christened TV champ as he makes his way up the ramp.
JR: “Well, up next, we have another Title match, King.”
RK: “Oh yes! It will be a TLCC match between R.E. Rage vs Judge Death. These two men have a score to settle tonight.”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as Ignavus leaves the ringside area.
X-WCW Xtreme Championship
A TLCC Match
R.E. Rage vs Judge Death(c)
X-WCW goes back from the commercial break and TH II is standing in the ring. The ring is filled with 2 chairs, 2 chains, a ladder and a table leaning on a corner. It seems that the X-WCW ring crew was nice enough to take them out for the match, ready for use!
TH: “The following X-WCW Xtreme Title Match is scheduled in a TABLES LADDERS CHAIRS AND CHAINS MATCH!”
JR: “Welcome back to Groundzero!!! Our next match is a TLCC match for the Xtreme Title.”
RK: “This match is a Starrcade: Xtreme rematch between R.E. Rage and Judge Death. During their match in Starrcade: Xtreme, both men put the other man on the edge. I do not doubt that they will make another good match here tonight.”
“I AM IT!”
The pyros explode on stage as we hear another voice.
“BREAK!”
“Tear away” by Drowning Pool hits as R.E. Rage enters the ringside area. He stops on the stage and spreads out his arms wide open while the gold sparkles shower the stage.
TH: “Introducing first, weighing in at 238 pounds….R.E. RAGE!!!”
The sparkles die down and Rage slowly makes his way down the ramp. Instead of the usual “Ricky Sucks” chants, we hear a “Nananana, Nananana, hey hey hey Goodbye!” chant. Rage shakes his head in annoyance over the chants and continues with his cocky stride down to ringside.
JR: “It is no mystery, King, that R.E. Rage is leaving the X-WCW soon. The internet has been buzzing about the rumors of R.E. Rage and the X-WCW not renewing his contract.”
RK: “I hope it’s a lie, JR! To be honest, R.E. Rage is one of the best wrestlers here.”
Rage enters the ring and climbs up the top turnbuckle to pose for the crowd. He continues to get major heel heat and Rage jumps down from the corner. He leans on the nearby ropes and awaits his opponent. “Out of the silent planet” hits and Judge Death comes out on stage.
TH: “And his opponent, from somewhere near Glasgow. He is the X-WCW Xtreme Champion…….JUDGE DEATH!!!”
JD enters the ringside area with the huge helmet on his head. He slowly makes his way down the ramp as the crowd is cheering wildly for the champ.
RK: “Now this guy, is just plain CREEPY!”
JR: “He may be a man filled with eccentricity, King, but he is one of the toughest wrestlers here in the X-WCW.”
RK: “And the only skinny turd I know who held the Xtreme title in the history of this company.”
JD enters the ring and slowly takes of his helmet. Rage just stands on the other side, looking rather disgusted at the sight of his opponent. The bell rings and both men go to the center of the ring.
JR: “The match has begun and it seems like Rage wants to give JD a handshake before they start off.”
RK: “Look, even though the fans hate Rage, he is a man with class.”
Before JD could reach out to the hand, Rage extends his hand some more and delivers a hard slap on the face of JD. JD fights back with a hard slap of his own. Before Rage could react with the slap, Judge Death delivers a hard punch to the gut and follows it up with a gutwrench suplex. Rage is picked up by JD and he is backed into the corner. Judge Death delivers a hard chop to the chest of Rage. However, R.E. Rage fights back with a chop of his own. Rage delivers another chop to the chest of JD before he reels him in with a clothesline. Rage notices the chain hanging on the top rope and has a grin on his face.
JR: “Rage has spotted a chain wrapped on the top rope and he yanks it out of there.”
RK: “Rage is about to hand JD a huge ass beating with that chain, JR.”
Rage grabs the chain and he starts to whip it onto the back of Judge Death. JD rolls to the outside to stop the attacks of Rage with the chain. R.E. Rage looks angry and he drops the chain on the mat before he follows JD to the outside. Judge Death gets up and he turns around to see Rage. Rage goes for a punch, but JD beats him to the punch with a hard kick to the gut. JD grabs Rage by the head and slams him headfirst on the guard rail 3 times. Rage goes down on the floor and Judge Death pulls the chain to the outside.
JR: “The Xtreme champ has something up his sleeve here, King. He just wrapped that chain around his right hand.”
RK: “Rage is in deep trouble, JR, and I don’t like it.”
JD grabs Rage by the head and starts to pummel him with the chain wrapped around his fist. JD shoves Rage down to the floor before he gets in the ring and goes to the top rope. Rage slowly gets to his feet and he sees Judge Death flying from the top turnbuckle and onto the outside. Rage gets out of the way and JD crashes down to the outside.
RK: “Judge Death had a minor miscalculation, JR. And let me tell ya, it cost him a LOT on that too.”
Rage approaches the fallen Judge Death and he unwraps the chain around the champ’s hand. He wraps it around JD’s neck and starts to choke the champ with the chain.
JR: “Oh bah gawd, this is just too much for one person to handle. He doesn’t wanna get the title, King, he just wants to kill Judge Death.”
RK: “And in my view, that’s doing the world a HUGE favor.”
After a few seconds, R.E. Rage stops choking Judge Death and he rolls back to the ring. He gets the ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring. On his way up, we see JD getting in the ring. Rage is on the top of the ladder and is about to reach for the title, until JD stumbles onto the ladder and makes it fall down. Rage falls down with the ladder and he crashes down to the ring.
RK: “DAMMIT! That skinny turd just made the ladder fall down. Poor Rage, I hope he is ok.”
JR: “Well Rage got what was coming to him, King. Both men are down in the ring but it seems like Judge Death is moving about.”
RK: “Don’t you mean he is ‘wriggling’ about? hahaha!!!”
Judge Death slowly gets to a vertical base and looks across the ring to see Rage crawling towards the ropes. Rage manages to reach the ropes and pulls himself up. Rage leans on the nearest corner before he turns around to see JD charging at him. All is too late for Rage as JD delivers a corner splash on him. Rage stumbles forward and Judge Death catches him with a bodyslam.
JR: “Judge Death takes Rage down with a bodyslam and now he grabs the nearby table that is standing beside the corner. Judge Death sets it up in the ring and picks up Rage. He places Rage on top of the table and JD goes to the top rope.”
RK: “Oh no, don’t tell me he is gonna fly.”
Judge Death reaches the top of the rope and he flies off for a legdrop. The legdrop connects on Rage and the table breaks in two. The crowd starts to go wild after that high spot performed by Judge Death. Judge Death slowly gets to his feet and grabs the ladder. He goes to a corner and he leans the ladder over there. JD goes over to the fallen Rage and picks him up. JD tries to whip Rage towards the ladder, but R.E. Rage reverses the whip and sends JD hitting the ladder back-first. JD goes down to his knees and eventually falls flat onto the mat. Rage slowly makes his way towards JD while he is favoring his back.
JR: “R.E. Rage just sent JD crashing to the ladder, King.”
Rage slowly picks JD up and he kicks him on the gut before he lights him up with two huge chops to the chest. Rag grabs him by the head and slams him face first onto the ladder that is on the corner 10 times. After the tenth time, he snapmares JD and he delivers a dropkick to the spine of the Xtreme champ. R.E. Rage taunts JD while he is down, and the crowd starts to chant ‘Ricky sucks’. Rage doesn’t look very pleased after hearing the chants and he delivers a couple of kicks to the back of JD to show the crowd his displeasure.
RK: “These people should know something, don’t piss off Rage. He might actually KILL the damn skinny turd right now.”
Rage picks up JD, but JD holds onto the waist of Rage and delivers a Fisherman’s suplex. Rage hits the canvas hard on the back and he screams in pain. Judge Death gets up and he picks up Rage, who is really favoring his back right now. Judge Death lines him up for a powerbomb, but Rage sneaks in a low blow to stop the attempt. Rage rolls down to the mat while JD goes down to his knees.
RK: “Ouch! JD just got hit in the money-maker, JR. Now even though he is skinny, but its not reason enough for Rage to go hit him below the belt.”
Rage grabs the chair and folds it before he approaches JD. Rage smacks JD over the head with the Chair and it echoes through the building. The sickening thud is heard as JD’s prone body hits the ring mat and Rage puts his foot over his fallen opponent. As Rage poses in the ring, the fans give him additional heel heat for his arrogance. Rage stops posing for the crowd as he looks at the ladder and makes his way there. He grabs the ladder and sets it up in the middle of the ring yet again. Once it is set up, he starts to climb up the ladder yet again. Unnoticed by Rage, Judge Death crawls over to the other side of the ladder and slowly climbs up as well. Rage reaches the top of the ladder and reaches out for the top, however he stops as he sees JD making his way up on the other side. Rage greets JD with a hard punch as JD makes it on the top of the ladder as well. JD fights back with a punch of his own. Both men exchange punches on the top of the ladder for a couple of seconds. JD blocks a punch from Rage and grabs the challenger by the throat. He lifts Rage and places him standing on the top stool of the ladder before JD jumps down the ladder with Rage in hand to deliver a very high chokeslam. Once they hit the ring mat, both men are laid out on the ring.
JR: “BAH GAWD!!! JUDGE DEATH JUST CHOKESLAMMED RAGE OFF THE LADDER!!! BOTH MEN ARE DOWN!”
The crowd starts to make a ‘HOLY S***!” chant after the two men are lying on the mat. Rage, however, is seen rolling to the outside of the ring for some reason or another. Inside the ring, we see Judge Death moving his hands abit. After a few seconds, Judge Death gets to his feet and he looks at the ladder that is still in place. With Rage nowhere in the ring, he goes to the ladder and starts to climb slowly. Outside the ring, we see Rage grabbing the chain and wrapping it around his fist. While JD is slowly climbing up the ladder, Rage slides in the ring and makes his way up the ladder though the other side. JD makes it up the top of the ladder and he slowly reaches out for his title that is hanging in the air.
JR: “Judge death tries to unhook the belt, but Rage makes it on the other side. JD sees him and he punches Rage in the face. Rage punches back and JD is stunned by the punch from Rage, since it’s the chain-wrapped fist.”
RK: “That Rage, he certainly knows what he is doing right now.”
Rage grabs JD by the hair and delivers some hard punches onto the forehead of JD. Judge Death is eventually stunned by the heavy hitting blows done to him by Rage’s chained wrapped fist and Rage uses both hands to shove JD out of the ladder. Judge Death falls down to the ring while Rage takes his time to get the title hanging in the air. He eventually gets the title and the bell rings to end the match.
TH: “The winner and NEW X-WCW Xtreme champion, R.E. Rage!!!”
Rage’s music hits as he slowly climbs down the ladder. The crowd boos as he is handed the mic.
Rage: “I WON THE MATCH! I WON THE TITLE!! But its sad to say to you all, that this is the last that you will see me here in the X-WCW. You know why? Its because everyone here does NOT appreciate talent like R.E. Rage. You know what the X-WCW does to their talent, they shove them down to the lowercards and become stepping stones to untalented bozos like Drake, TGO and even that tall Brazilian smuck! Even though I have the title here in my hands, I’ll take this with me. So when you see me at the next 2NLW event, I’ll be holding this belt and SHOVING IT DOWN TO THE TRASH CAN!”
Rage laughs as the crowd boos loudly. However, someone jumps off the guard rail and enters the ring. He picks up the helmet of Judge Death and smacks its behind the head of R.E. Rage. Rage goes down and the man looks at him.
JR: “WHO THE HELL IS THAT, KING?!”
RK: “I dunno JR! Wait, that dog collar, I can spot that from a mile away! Hey its Mitch Barker, the new signee of the X-WCW development contract last Tuesday.”
Barker grabs the table and sets it up near the corner. He grabs Rage and he sets him up for a powerbomb on the table. He lifts up Rage and he powerbombs him through the table. The crowd gives a mixed reaction to this as Barker goes to the top rope and starts to bark at them…..literally! Barker jumps down from the top turnbuckle and gets the Xtreme title. He leaves the ringside area through the crowd, with the Xtreme title in his clutches. Inside the ring, the referee checks on R.E. Rage and he calls for the EMTs to escort both Rage and JD out of the ring.
JR: “Bah gawd! That was one swerve there, King.”
RK: “You tell me. I never expected Rage to really leave the X-WCW after tonight. Oh well, atleast theres still Cyberstrike to praise over and over again.”
JR: “Oh, is it that time of the year again where you have to pay your gambling debts, King?”
X-WCW goes to a commercial break as the EMTs storm into ringside.
“Rollin’” hits, and PowerBomb make their entrance, receiving a warm reaction from the fans.
TH: “The following contest is set for one fall, and it is for the X-WCW Ultimate World Tag Team Championships! Introducing first, the challengers: the team of Powermaster and Bombshell – POWERBOMB!”
The fans continue to cheer as PowerBomb make their way to the ring.
Once they enter it, “Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy” hits the PA system, and a few seconds later, The Final Frontier appear on stage, receiving an equally loud pop.
TH: “And the champions: the team of Autobot Jazz and Sci Fi Man – THE FINAL FRONTIER!”
The cheering gets even louder as The Final Frontier enter the ring. The referee relieves them of their title belts, and the bell rings to start the match.
AJ and PM start proceedings for their respective teams. They tie up in the middle, but PM – with his huge size and power advantage – throws AJ to the mat like a rag doll. AJ gets up quickly, though, and with the next tie up, AJ manages to untangle himself and lift PM into a side backbreaker, going for a fast pinfall right away.
RK: “1…. 2…. Bombshell breaks it up!”
JR: “Luckily for him, those rules for the X Rumble tag team qualifiers don’t apply here! Just about anything goes in this one!”
As BS is sent back to his corner, AJ and PM get up again. AJ bounces off the front ropes and tries to deliver a bulldog headlock to PM, but PM telegraphs the move, catching AJ around his waist and dropping him into a stiff side slam! Once the referee turns around, he rushes to count the pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. And Sci Fi Man stops it!”
RK: “These teams have a lot of respect for each other, but at the same time, they’re fiercely competitive, and they’ll do just about anything to win this one!”
PM allows AJ to rise, but as soon as he does, PM slaps his right hand on AJ’s neck. He brings AJ back to his corner, tagging BS into the contest, and once BS enters the ring, he slaps his left hand on AJ’s neck. They then deliver a powerful double chokeslam to AJ, and once PM leaves the ring, BS goes for the pin.
JR: “1…. 2…. Sci Fi Man breaks the pin again!”
RK: “An act of pure desperation on his part, since it appears that PowerBomb mean business tonight!”
BS brings the hurting AJ to his feet, and he attempts to whip him into PowerBomb’s corner, but AJ manages to reverse the whip, sending BS to that very corner.
But instead of following it up with an offensive move, AJ tags SFM into the contest before dropping to his hands and knees. SFM then uses AJ as a springboard for a Poetry in Motion move, sending the charging BS to the mat with a huge boot to the face. AJ leaves the ring, and SFM goes for a pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. And Powermaster intervenes!”
JR: “It’s been a pretty even contest so far, I must say!”
SFM gets up, with BS not far behind him. SFM then tries to whip BS into the left ropes, but BS reverses the move, pulling SFM in close for a hard back elbow smash. He then hits an elbow drop on SFM once he hits the mat, then another one, and then another!
With SFM smarting from these blows, BS stands up, and in an unexpected move from such a large man, he grabs SFM by his legs and locks him in a figure four leg lock!
JR: “BAH GAWD! A figure four!”
RK: “And with his greater size and strength, Bombshell could have this one wrapped up!”
JR: “Though Sci Fi Man is no easy adversary to beat!”
RK: “True, but the ring positioning here is very good!”
Sure enough, the bottom front rope lies just beyond SFM’s reach. The referee looks around to ensure no one interferes, then he asks SFM if he wants to submit. Naturally, SFM refuses, and after nearly 40 seconds in the hold, SFM starts to turn it over.
Although it takes several more seconds to do so, SFM finally reverses the hold and reaches for the bottom rope, breaking the hold completely. By this time, both men are hurting, and instead of renewing the contest, both crawl toward their respective corners, where their partners are awaiting tags.
A few more seconds pass, and SFM and BS make the tags simultaneously. AJ and PM enter the ring and continue the battle, with AJ attempting to take the larger PM down with a spear, but PM knocks him to the mat with a double axe handle smash to the back of his neck.
PM then picks up AJ, placing him into the headscissor position for a powerbomb. He lifts AJ up, but AJ manages to slide out of it and land on his feet in front of PM. Taken by surprise, PM fails to offer another offensive move, and this enables AJ to lift PM upside down, dropping him into an inverted piledriver!
AJ goes for the fast pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. Bombshell breaks the pinfall again!”
RK: “Autobot Jazz would’ve had it won otherwise!”
BS is sent to the outside as AJ gets up. PM, though, is much slower to rise, and once he does, AJ goes on the attack once more. He whips the staggering PM to The Final Frontier’s corner, following the move with a massive corner splash!
AJ tags SFM back into the match-up, and both men go to work on PM with big punch combinations. PM falls down in the corner, and AJ leaves the ring as SFM backs up for a baseball slide. SFM goes for the move, but PM manages to move to his right before SFM can make contact with him. This causes SFM to collide with the turn post instead, jarring his left foot in the process.
The still stunned PM manages to get up again, and with a sudden surge of strength, he lifts SFM up off the mat and over his shoulder, dropping him into a modified body slam in the middle of the ring. He tags BS back into the contest, and he climbs to the top turnbuckle.
Then, in a freakish display of power, PM enables BS to jump on his shoulders, then PM elevates BS even further, pushing BS into an assisted leg drop on the fallen SFM. PM leaves the ring, and BS goes for a pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. Autobot Jazz stops the count!”
JR: “What a hard fought battle this has turned out to be! This could still go either way!”
BS gets up, with SFM rising a few moments later. BS tries to whip SFM to the back ropes, but SFM reverses it, and he tries a roundhouse kick on BS on the rebound, but BS catches it. In that instant, though, SFM manages to turn the move into an Enziguri kick that stuns BS, but doesn’t bring him to the mat.
SFM gets up quickly, and he tries to clothesline his much larger opponent, but BS shrugs it off, flooring SFM with a stiff clothesline of his own. BS then grabs the downed SFM by his legs, catapulting him right into the back ropes and almost (but not quite) out of the ring.
BS rises again, and while SFM gets his bearings, BS capitalises on it with an inverted neckbreaker. BS then goes for yet another pinfall!
RK: “1…. 2…. Autobot Jazz stops it again!”
JR: “And just in the nick of time as well! That was dangerously close to a 3-count there!”
BS brings SFM to his feet again, backing him into his corner and tagging PM back into the match. PM and BS then grab SFM around his neck in an attempt to nail a double vertical suplex on him, but with a sudden burst of energy, SFM manages to land on his feet in front of them and reverse the move into a double DDT!
This whips the fans into a frenzy, and with both opponents down in the ring, SFM tags AJ back into the contest. AJ goes to work on the non-legal man, BS, with a big splash on him, but this enables the legal PM to get right up.
While AJ rolls the hurt BS out of the ring, PM waits for AJ to face him. And once AJ turns around, he is greeted by a boot to the gut, which enables PM to place AJ into a headscissor position for a powerbomb.
PM lifts him up into the vertical position, but unexpectedly, AJ manages to reverse it into a hurricanranna, complete with a pinfall attempt!
RK: “1…. 2…. 3! The Final Frontier retain the titles!”
JR: “Can you believe it? The Final Frontier have snatched victory from the jaws of defeat!”
The crowd pops for all four competitors. Although PM is stunned by the outcome, and BS is still hurt, they get up, and AJ and SFM raise their arms in victory.
TH: “Here are your winners – and STILL the X-WCW Ultimate World Tag Team Champions – THE FINAL FRONTIER!”
As the crowd cheers, PM whispers something in the referee’s ear. The referee then hands the belts to PM and BS, leaving the crowd somewhat perplexed.
RK: “What’s going on? Is the result being reversed on a technicality?”
JR: “I wish I knew!”
But as soon as this happens, PM and BS hand the belts to AJ and SFM, shaking their hands and raising their arms once more. With the confusion now gone, the crowd cheers again.
JR: “Ah, I see! A display of sportsmanship!”
RK: “And fair enough too! Now don’t go away: we’ve got more to come, including the US Championship match between Wolfang and Flash Stryker, and the Six Man War for the Ultimate World Title!”
“Speedway” hits the PA system, and Flash Stryker appears on stage, much to the delight of the fans!
JR: “I’ve got to say, King: Flash Stryker has really come on lately!”
RK: “I’m amazed Wolfang agreed to put his US title on the line against him to begin with, but I have a hunch Stryker’s due for a shot at it! Here’s Terri!”
TH: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall, and it is for the X-WCW United States Championship! Introducing first: FLASH STRYKER!”
The cheer from the crowd is enormous. And after Stryker makes his way to the ring, “Brutal Planet” hits. Wolfang then appears, receiving the usual ‘tweener response from the fans in attendance.
TH: “And his opponent: he is the current X-WCW United States Champion – WOLFANG!”
The mixed response continues as Wolfang approaches the ring. He hands the belt to the referee upon arrival, then the bell rings to commence the match-up.
Both men tie up, but neither one can gain a strength advantage. So Wolfang breaks it with several knee lifts to Stryker’s groin, but the blows aren’t low enough to warrant disqualifications.
Yet they have the desired effect, causing Stryker to stagger backwards. Wolfang then takes Stryker by his left hand, pulling him in for a thunderous short arm clothesline that flips Stryker over onto his belly. Wolfang then capitalises on this by placing the downed Stryker in a surfboard hold!
JR: “Bah Gawd! Wolfang wants to really hurt this man!”
RK: “Stryker’s still relatively new at this, JR, and right now, it looks like the veteran Wolfang’s got his number!”
After about 20 seconds in the hold, Stryker starts to move toward the front ropes, and a short time afterwards, he reaches the bottom rope, thus breaking the hold.
Wolfang allows Stryker to rise, before turning him around and dropping him into the Wolfsbane! And Wolfang follows this with an attempted pinfall.
RK: “1…. 2…. HE KICKS OUT OF IT!”
JR: “I knew he would! Flash Stryker’s really proven his worth of late, and this match will be no exception to that!”
Stryker gets up, but Wolfang goes on the attack once more. He whips Stryker to the back ropes, and on Stryker’s rebound, he tries to hit the Nightwing on him. Stryker ducks this, and is able to stop his running, and before Wolfang can turn to face Stryker, Stryker jumps on Wolfang’s shoulders for a victory roll, resulting in a pinning predicament!
RK: “1…. 2…. KICK OUT!”
JR: “Of course, the veteran Wolfang isn’t that easy to beat either! We could be in for a long one here!”
Wolfang gets up, and Stryker locks him in a standing arm wrench, but Wolfang is able to reverse it into an overhead wristlock. But after about 5 seconds, Stryker is able to reverse that particular hold into a hammerlock, and after a few moments, he drops Wolfang into a reverse DDT. Again, Stryker goes for a pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. NO!”
RK: “Some very basic, but effective, wrestling moves there, but still not enough to keep Wolfang down!”
Stryker allows Wolfang to rise again, and he attempts to whip Wolfang into the back left corner, but Wolfang reverses the move, sending Stryker hurtling into the turnbuckles. Stryker turns around, only to be greeted by a hard running butt bump from Wolfang.
As Stryker staggers forward, smarting from the impact, Wolfang catches him, vaulting him into a snake eyes on the top turnbuckle. Wolfang follows this move by driving Stryker’s head into the turnbuckle ten times – with the crowd counting “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10!” as he does so – and grabbing Stryker’s arm and sending him through the left ropes to the outside.
Stryker lands on the mat outside, and Wolfang climbs to the top turnbuckle.
RK: “Oh my God! What’s Wolfang about to do here, JR?”
JR: “It’s anyone’s guess, King! Wolfang isn’t the most predictable wrestler around, y’know!”
Wolfang waits for Stryker to recover and get to his feet, and once this occurs, Wolfang launches into a plancha-style move. However, Stryker’s well and truly ready for it: he catches the flying Wolfang by his thighs, dropping him into a modified sitout powerbomb!
JR: “Good God Almighty! Stryker was prepared for that!”
RK: “He’s right on his game tonight! We might well have an upset in the offing here!”
Stryker gets up, and with the mandatory 10-count having reached 4 by this point, Stryker picks up the fallen Wolfang and sends him hurtling back under the left ring ropes. Stryker re-enters the ring himself, stopping the referee’s count altogether, and waits for Wolfang to get up again.
Once Wolfang is up, Stryker is upon him. He boots Wolfang in the gut, hooking his arms and hoping to hit a Drag Strip on him, but Wolfang – in a sudden burst of energy – is able to reverse this into a back body drop, sending Stryker to the mat.
In a renewed assault, Wolfang bounces off the back ropes, and on the rebound, he falls into a very stiff elbow drop on the downed Stryker. He follows this with another elbow drop, then another, and then he goes for another pinfall.
JR: “1…. 2…. Stryker kicks out!”
RK: “The title could go either way here!”
JR: “And we need to remember that Flash Stryker can hit that Drag Strip from just about any predicament as well!”
RK: “As many competitors have discovered!”
Stryker gets up, but Wolfang grabs him in a fast front facelock and hits a snap suplex on him. This is followed by a vertical suplex, and a fisherman’s suplex with a bridging pin.
RK: “1…. 2…. ANOTHER KICK OUT!”
JR: “Flash Stryker just won’t stay down! He’s waited a long time for this title shot, and he wants to make the most of it!”
As Stryker tries to get up, Wolfang grabs him by the legs and pulls him right back to the mat. He then locks Stryker in a Sharpshooter!
RK: “SHARPSHOOTER! This match could be over if Stryker’s not careful!”
JR: “Wolfang’s ring positioning is very good! Stryker will have to reach down deep to get out of this one!”
Wolfang keeps the hold locked on Stryker for about 20 seconds before Stryker starts to fight his way out of it. Despite the referee’s persistence, Stryker refuses to submit, and Stryker moves toward the left ropes.
And finally – after about 20 more seconds – Stryker stretches his hand out to grab the bottom rope, breaking the hold. But Wolfang doesn’t hold back for long after the hold is released: instead, he goes for Stryker’s legs again, and despite the pain, Stryker is able to kick Wolfang off him.
Stryker – with renewed vigour – gets up, and he catches the rebounding Wolfang with a kick to the gut. He then places Wolfang into the headscissor position, before executing a TRUE jackknife powerbomb (ie. a powerbomb with a flipover pin) on him!
JR: “1… 2… KICK OUT!”
RK: “I don’t believe it! A REAL jackknife powerbomb!”
JR: “I haven’t seen one of those in years!”
RK: “And it’s taken its toll on Wolfang! That hurt!”
Stryker stands up and signals for the Drag Strip, whipping the crowd into a frenzy! And once Wolfang staggers to his feet, Stryker hooks both of his arms, reversing into the back right corner and hitting the electrifying finisher!
Stryker then goes for the final pinfall of the match.
JR: “1…. 2…. 3! NEW US CHAMPION!”
RK: “A huge upset, but a hard-fought match nonetheless!”
JR: “The United States Championship is back in the hands of someone FROM the United States!”
RK: “And boy, this crowd knows it! Listen to the chant!”
A huge “USA!” chant breaks out as Flash Stryker is handed his newly won belt.
TH: “Here’s your winner – and the NEW X-WCW United States Champion – FLASH STRYKER!”
Stryker holds the belt over his head before leaving the ring, while Wolfang is still out cold inside the ring.
RK: “Wolfang’s hurting, JR! He might need some medical attention!”
JR: “You may be right about that, King! He’s barely moved an inch!”
RK: “Meanwhile, we’ve got to move along in the event! We’ve still got our huge Six Man War for the Ultimate World Title coming up!”
JR: “I don’t know about you, but I really can’t pick a winner for that one!”
RK: “Neither can I, but what I DO know is that it will be one of the greatest main events in sports entertainment history!”
JR: “And it’ll happen right here at Ground Zero III! Stay with us!”
Backstage
We see TGO inside of CB's office. The two are talking about their two companies.
CB:” Okay TGO, the deal is settled, UCW World Championship/UCW Championship unification on Nitro tomorrow night right?”
TGO: “Yeah, trust me, my superstars won't fail in making this a great main event.”
CB: “Is there any sort of stipulation for this match?”
TGO: “Yeah, a Fatal 4 way Hell in a Cell.”
CB: “Sounds good, now this match has you, The Real Deal, Karl Baller, and D-Extreme in it right?”
TGO: “That's correct.”
CB: “Thank you, TGO.”
TGO: “Your welcome.”
They shake hands as we go back to see JR and RK at the annouce booth.
JR: “Now what the hell was that about, King?”
RK: “I was gonna ask you the same thing.”
JR: “Well, nevermind. Folks, we will be back right after the break.”
X-WCW goes to a brief commercial break.
Backstage
We go back from the commercial break and we see Cole Ryan standing backstage with GE.
CR: "Eamon, tonight is the night that you have been waiting for. Not only will you be facing Bonito, Chris Back, D-Extreme, Bonito and Divebomb, but it will be for the X-WCW UW title. I know you can come up with some pre-match strategies for yourself so let me ask you something. So during this match, who will you try to take out first?"
GE: "The truth is, I probably won't get time to target anyone in particular. They'll either try to take me out first, or be too busy beating the living crap out of each other. Either way, that's OK by me."
CR: "As I said, this is for X-WCW top prize. Do you think you got what it takes to be a two-time X-WCW Ultimate World Champ?"
GE: "That's the silliest question you've ever asked me in my time here. And my answer is this: if I didn't think I could do it again, I wouldn't even be here.”
GE gives CR a smirk before he leaves the backstage area.
X-WCW Ultimate World Championship
#1 Contendership
10-Men X Rumble Match
Otacon vs Icon vs X Bomb vs Karl Baller vs TGO vs BBB vs The Renegade vs CCC vs Jeff Jarrett vs The Real Deal
We go back to ringside to see BBB and CCC make their way down the ramp. Both men are seen holding steel chairs as they slide into the ring.
JR: “Welcome back to ringside folks! Right now we will have the 10-Man X Rumble Match. This will be an over the top battle royale type match. The difference is, if you have a weapon on your way in, you can use it.”
RK: “Ah I love the hardcore matches we see in the X-WCW, JR. Its just so thrilling to see blood and gore in the middle of the ring.”
TH: “The following match is for the #1 Contendership of the X-WCW Ultimate World Title. Introducing first, Bruno Brazilian Badass and Casius Crimson Crevious!”
“No Chance” hits the speakers and TRD and Double J come out on stage. We see Jarrett wielding his trusty guitar as TRD is there with a baseball bat.
TH: “Representing the nTo…..THE REAL DEAL AND JEFF JARRETT!!!”
The fans give them a chorus of boos as they enter the ring. Jarrett goes to the corner and raises his guitar in the air. TRD stands behind Jarrett and looks over to the other side to glare at CCC and BBB. “Hurt” plays at the speakers and we see Renegade making his way down the ramp with a bullrope.
TH: “From Outwest…..THE RENEGADE!!!”
The renegade slides into the ring and he looks intently at his other opponents. He leans on the corner behind him and continues to looks at his other opponents in the ring.
JR: “This character seems to be well….intense.”
RK: “You said it JR. He is intense and calculative. Did you he how he worked on Drake earlier. The renegade is one dangerous SOB!”
Wolfpack hits and The Icon makes his way down the ringside area. He is seen holding a steel pipe as the fans cheer for him.
TH: “Making his way to the ring, from Detroit Michigan…..THE ICON!”
The Icon enters the ring and begins to pose for the crowd. “Encore” plays and he comes out holding a frying pan. The fans give X Bomb a mixed reaction as he makes his way down the ramp.
RK: “WHAT THE?! A FRYING PAN?!”
JR: “I am a bit perplexed here myself, King.”
TH: “From New York city….X BOMB!!!”
X bomb enters the ring and he looks at his frying pan with a grin. “Bad Bad Man” hits the speakers and Karl Baller and TGO come out on stage. The fans give them a huge ovation as they come out with weapons of their own. Baller is seen holding a trash can while TGO is holding a Singapore Cane.
RK: “Oh look, TGO has a Singapore cane. I wonder why.”
TH: “Making their way to the ring……KARL BALLER AND THE GREAT ONE!!!”
TGO and KB enter the ring and pose for the crowd.
JR: “There are nine men in that ring right now, King. Only one more to go.”
“Superstar” hits the speakers and Otacon comes out with nothing on his hands.
RK: “Here comes the con man, JR. Out of the 10 men in this match, he seems to be the only one with NO weapon at all.”
JR: “This is a bit strange for me, King. Is he up to no good yet again?”
TH: “And finally, from Manchester England……OTACON!!!”
Otacon runs down the aisle and slides into the ring. The bell rings and the match has begun. However, Bruno Brazilian Badass is curious as to the other nine men going into the opposite corner of the ring and start to talk to each other.
RK: “The match has begun, JR, but what are the other nine men doing? Are they conspiring a plan to steal Triple B’s bikini entourage? Speaking of which, where ARE those beautiful ladies?”
JR: “They are FAR from your reach, King. That’s as far as far as I know.”
RK: “Hah, fat chance, JR. I’ll be partying with them after this PPV is over.”
After a few seconds, the nine men start to run towards BBB. Triple B, with chair in hand, starts to swing it on the first man who charges at him. That man, is CCC. CCC gets blasted by the chair and he goes down. But before Triple B could hit the other eight men, The Renegade takes him down with a spear. While Triple B is down, all eight men pounce on him and start to hit him with their respective weapons.
JR: “My gawd! They are mauling Bruno Brazilian Badass right now!”
RK: “I’m feel bad for him, he just HAD to be tall and HAD to be in this match eh?”
JR: “They are doing the right thing, king. He is perceived to be the biggest threat here in this match. All eight men pick up Triple B and they try to ship him over the ropes.”
After a few seconds, they manage to send Triple B over the ropes, thus eliminating him from this competition.
TH: “Triple B has been eliminated.”
With Triple B eliminated, the eight men start to brawl while CCC is still recovering from the chairshot. TGO and Karl Baller, however, are only talking at the corner before they nod with each other and shake hands. They go over to CCC and they send him to the corner. The two men start to deliver the boots on Casius. On the other side of the ring, we see The Renegade and The Icon exchanging punches. We also see Otacon and Jarrett on the corner exchanging chops. X-Bomb and The Real Deal are grappling in the middle of the ring. TRD stops the grappling via a huge knee to the gut of X Bomb. He bounces off the ropes to deliver a clothesline, but X Bomb ducks down. On TRD’s way back, he gets hit by a spinebuster from X Bomb.
JR: “Whoa! That was a devastating spinebuster from X Bomb.”
RK: “Damn, TRD is still kinda sore after that long tag match against Styles and Daniels. I have no idea how bad that felt for him.”
X Bomb roars before he picks up TRD. Otacon gets a punch blocked by Jarrett and Jarrett kicks him below the belt. Otacon rolls to the outside, but he is STILL a part of this match. Jarrett picks up his guitar and is ready to go outside, however he notices TRD is in trouble. X Bomb is setting up TRD for a powerbomb. But before he could lift The Real Deal, Jarrett smashes the guitar over X Bomb’s head. With X Bomb stunned by the shot, TRD takes him down with a double leg takedown. TRD grabs X Bomb by the legs and catapults him over the ropes, eliminating the muscle-bound man.
TH: “X Bomb has been eliminated!”
TRD and Jarrett high five each other before they go over to where TGO and KB. TRD spins KB around and takes him down with a hard punch. Jarrett delivers a couple of hard kicks to TGO. TGO fights back with a hard chop to the chest of Jarrett, but Jarrett takes him aback with a face rake. Jarrett grabs TGO by the head and tries to toss him to the outside. TGO holds onto the ropes while Jarrett and TRD start to stomp down on Baller.
JR: “Unbeknownst to Jarrett and The Real Deal, TGO is still in this match.”
RK: “Damn lucky kid! He should be outta this match!”
On the other side, The Icon gets hit by a huge superkick by The Renegade. While The Icon is down on the mat, The Renegade wraps the bullrope around his neck. He picks up The Icon and tosses him over the ropes. However, before he touches down the ground, The Renegade uses the bull rope and pulls him up. He sends The Icon hanging on the outside and choking on the bullrope.
JR: “Oh my goodness! That is just too much! The Icon is getting choked by The Renegade with the bullrope! Someone just have mercy and stop this heinous assault!”
After a few seconds, The Renegade lets go and lets The Icon fall to the outside.
TH: “The Icon has been eliminated!”
Outside the ring, we see a couple of medics storming towards The Icon. Also outside, we see Otacon rummaging through the apron and pulling out various weapons.
JR: “Outside, it seems Otacon is trying to pick a weapon of his choice. He knows there is only ONE weapon that a wrestler could use in this X-Rumble.”
RK: “He better be quick about it since there are only 6 men in the ring already.”
TGO gets back into the ring and see Baller on the corner being pummeled by the nTo. TGO shakes his head before he picks up his Singapore cane and smashes it over the head of TRD. The shot echoes throughout the building before TRD falls down to his knees. Jarrett turns around to notice TGO, but its too late. The Great One scores with a hard smack of the cane across the face of Jarrett. Jarrett stumbles back into the ropes and TGO tries to clothesline him. Jarrett uses his energy to stop TGO with a hard kick to the ribcage. Jarrett delivers a couple of more kicks toe the mid-section of TGO before he gets back to his vertical base and starts hitting him with a number of left smacks across the face.
JR: “Jarrett was almost a goner right there, King.”
RK: “You can say that again, JR. However, never count out Jarrett, JR. He is a veteran after all.”
On the other side of the ring, The Renegade grabs the chair and starts to punish CCC with it. He picks up CCC and whips him into the ropes. CCC somehow ducks the chair swing and comes back with a flying shoulder block to take down The Renegade. CCC slowly gets to his feet and waits for The Renegade to get to his feet. Renegade turns to CCC’s direction before being hit by a running kick to the face by CCC.
JR: “Shades of Lex Luger right there by Casus Crimson Crevious!”
RK: “I guess The Renegade just got kicked in the teeth.”
CCC picks up The Renegade and sets him up for the Final Breath. He lifts him up in the torture rack position before he connects with his finisher.
JR: “FINAL BREATH ON RENEGADE!!”
CCC gets to his feet and is ready to pick up The Renegade, however he gets blindsided by Otacon. Otacon has finally got back to the ring and he just used a brass knuckle that was wrapped on his fist on the back of CCC’s head. Otacon snickers to himself before he picks up CCC and deliver the Final Impact. CCC stumbles back near the ropes and Otacon clotheslines him to the outside.
TH: “Casus Crimson Crevious has been eliminated!”
JR: “Otacon is being true to his con man nick name right now, King.”
RK: “And you know what..I LOVE IT!!!”
The Renegade slowly gets to his feet and Otacon turns around to notice just that. He grins before he kicks The Renegade to the gut and deliver The Final Imact on him. The Renegade blocks it and shoves him towards the ropes. On the rebound, Otacon gets hit by a hard superkick to the chin. Both Otacon and The Renegade go down in the ring. We see Jarrett setting up TGO for the Stroke, but TGO blocks it. He takes Jarrett down with a side Russian legsweep. On the other side of the ring, we see Baller picking up TRD before he sends him towards the ropes. Baller goes for a dropkick, but TRD never leaves the ropes and hangs on there. Baller goes down and TRD goes over him and picks him up. TRD delivers a hard punch to the gut before he takes Baller to the mat with a hard bodyslam.
JR: “What a hard bodyslam there by The Real Deal!”
TRD picks up Baller and he sets him up for the deal maker. However, Baller blocks it and delivers some shots to the kidneys of TRD. TRD lets go and Baller goes to the ropes. On the rebound however, he is caught by TRD with the Cut a deal.
JR: “TRD just delivered his patented CUT A DEAL finisher on Baller. The thing is, that finisher of Real Deal is just as similar as Baller’s chaos from heaven.”
Baller is laid out on the ring as TRD gets to his feet. TRD sees Jarrett in trouble and he helps him out. TGO sees TRD and he takes him down with a drop toe hold. TGO picks up the frying pan and waits for TRD to get to his feet.
JR: “Oh no..”
RK: “I don’t like the looks of this JR. This reminds me of how D-Ex got injured during 2002.”
TRD is on a vertical base and he gets smacked over the head with the frying pan. TRD leans on the ropes and TGO runs towards him with the frying pan. With a jump in the air, he smacks the pan over TRD’s head. However, it seems like its not that much to take down the big man to the outside of the ring. TGO turns around for another run, but Jarrett is there to take him down with a hiptoss. TGO is up on his feet, but Jarrett kicks him below the belt. Jarrett picks up the frying pan and smacks it across the face of TGO. Jarrett laughs at the fallen TGO before he drags him to the nearby corner.
JR: “Ouch, just ouch!”
Otacon is picked up by The Renegade and he is sent to the corner. Otacon hits the corner and The Renegade charges at him. Unfortunately, The Renegade hits the post as Otacon gets out of the way in time. Otacon looks at his brass knuckles on his hand before he grabs The Renegade by the head. He backs Renegade nearby the ropes before he delivers a hard punch over the head of The Renegade. Renegade falls over the top ropes and is eliminated from the match.
TH: “The renegade has been eliminated!”
TRD gets to his feet via the ropes, but it doesn’t last too long as Otacon runs towards him and clotheslines him to the outside.
TH: “The Real Deal has been eliminated!”
RK: “Otacon is on a roll, JR!!! And look, it’s the final four in the ring right now.”
JR: “Inside the ring, remain the final four. These four men are Otacon, TGO, Jarrett and Karl Baller. King, those four men have a 1 to 4 chance of being the new no. 1 contender for the X-WCW UW title!”
Baller gets to his feet and sees Jarrett with the frying pan. He spins Jarrett around and smacks him hard with a forehand smash to the forehead. Baller delivers another one to let Double J go of the frying pan. He sends Jarrett bouncing off the ropes and goes for a back body drop. Jarrett slides and delivers a Dustin Rhodes style throat thrust to take Baller down momentarily. Jarrett picks up a chair and he smacks it over the face of Baller. Eventually, we see Baller bleeding on the forehead. Otacon, sees TGO down and he picks him up by the head. Otacon backs him into the corner and starts to hammer him as he reaches the top turnbuckle. After the tenth punch, he jumps down and TGO falls flat on the mat. Baller is picked up by Jarrett and Double J calls for Otacon to help him out.
JR: “Otacon approaches Jarrett and they help each other against Baller. Otacon bodyslams Baller and he tells Jarrett to do something on the top rope.”
RK: “Time to see Jarrett fly off, JR!”
Jarrett is climbing to the top turnbuckle. However, before he could turn around to face Baller, Otacon runs towards him and shoves him to the outside.
TH: “Jeff Jarrett has been eliminated!”
Outside the ring, Jarrett gets to his feet and looks furious at Otacon. Inside the ring Otacon looks at Jarrett and laughs at the eliminated man’s misfortune.
RK: “Oh goodness! He just tricked Jarrett! HAHAHAH!!!”
Otacon turns around to get a hard punch from TGO. TGO delivers another punch before he sends Otacon to the corner. Otacon hits the corner and TGO follows it up with a corner clothesline. Otacon stumbles forward and TGO grabs him from the back of his neck.
JR: “TGO is trying to deliver his GKO…but Otacon kicks him below the belt!”
RK: “Yeah! That’s it con man, anything is legal here baby!”
TGO goes down to his knees while Otacon is holding onto the ropes. Otacon grabs The Great One and delivers a hard punch with the brass knucks. TGO stumbles back to the ropes and eventually falls over the top rope to be eliminated. Otacon laughs as he pulls out the brass knucks and tosses it to the crowd.
TH: “TGO has been eliminated!”
JR: “It is now the final two inside that ring, King. It’s the Con Man and Karl Baller.”
RK: “Stick a fork in Baller, JR, he is DONE! Look at Baller, he is getting up all bloodied up after that shot from the head.”
Baller struggles to get up to a vertical base as Otacon looks at him and starts to mock the bloodied Karl Baller. He approaches Baller and tells him to give him a punch. Baller obliges and Otacon blocks the punch. Otacon delivers a couple of hard punches to the already bleeding forehead of Baller before he scoops him up for a bodyslam. However, Baller slides behind Otacon and grabs him by the waist. Without hesitation, he takes Otacon down with a german suplex. Both men are down momentarily as the fans start a “BALLER” chant.
JR: “The crowd is really going behind Karl Baller in this matchup.”
RK: “Great, they DO realize he just had his first win tonight…and lightning wont strike twice, JR.”
Both men slowly get to their feet before the see the other one yet again. Otacon tries to punch Baller, but Baller beats him to it and delivers a couple of lightning fast punches to the face. Baller hits a hard forearm smash to the face of Otacon and he sends the con man down. Otacon gets up and he gets a kick to the mid-section by Baller. Baller bounces off the ropes and goes for a spinning head scisors, but Otacon converts it with at tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. Both men are down momentarily yet again before we see Otacon getting up by the help of the ring ropes.
JR: “Otacon is the first to get up from that move and I think Baller’s back is hurting right now, King.”
RK: “That was one hell of a spin before he got stopped by that devastating backbreaker by Otacon.”
Otacon goes over to Baller and helps him get up. However, Baller continues to fight him and hits a couple of punches to the gut of Otacon. He lets Otacon release him and Baller unloads with lefts and rights on Otacon. Otacon, however, stops this barrage with a well placed knee to the mid-section. Otacon delivers a chop that lights up Baller. Baller fights back with a chop of his own. Otacon tries to fight back, but Baller hits him with another chop to the chest. Otacon is grabbed by Baller and tries to Irish whip him towards the ropes. Otacon reverses the whip and sends Baller instead. Otacon goes for a clothesline on Baller’s way back but Baller ducks down. Otacon turns around and he gets hit by the chaos from heaven.
JR: “CHAOS FROM HEAVEN! CHAOS FROM HEAVEN ON OTACON!!! Baller might be bleeding profusely, but he still has the drive to win this match.”
Otacon goes down, however, Baller goes down to all fours and looks very tired. With the blood already forming a crimson mask on Baller, he tries to get to his feet yet again. He picks up Otacon and tosses him over the ropes. Baller turns around and falls down on all fours yet again, thinking it is all over. However, Otacon somehow held onto the ropes and has both feet planted firmly on the apron.
JR: “Otacon thought its all over, King. But he has some bad news, Otacon is still pretty much in this match.”
RK: “Well, Baller is up yet again and he can see Otacon alright.”
Baller tries to clothesline Otacon off the apron, but Otacon pulls down the top rope from the apron and Baller falls to the outside. Baller goes down to the outside and the bell rings, ending the match.
TH: “The winner and the number one contender for the X-WCW UW title…..OTACON!”
“Superstar” plays at the speakers to signal Otacon’s win. An exhausted Otacon slowly goes down from the apron and falls to his knees outside the ring. The referee slides to the outside and raises his hand in victory.
JR: “The final two men gave it their all in this 10 man x-rumble, King. In the end, however, Otacon somehow outsmarted the rookie Baller.”
RK: “Yeah, Baller ALMOST won his second match. But if he can get a singles win here in the X-WCW, I’ll be impressed by the young kid. Right now though, he has to admit his mistakes and admit that…HE LOST AGAIN.”
JR: “Oh shut up King! Give Baller some credit, the kid was already bleeding and he was THIS close from being the no. 1 contender.”
RK: “Oh fine!”
Ground Zero goes to a commercial break as Otacon makes his way to the backstage area.
Backstage
CR: "We are here backstage with the X-WCW UW champion himself, Divebomb. Divebomb, tonight there will be 5 men gunning for your title in the six man war match. Do you have any thoughts about your opponents?"
DB: "Yeah, lots. But most of them are not that suitable for our younger audience. But lets see, first you got Grandmaster E. Well new name, same old chump. He's been pissed at me since I took the belt. But not too worried. Then theres Blaster, beat him twice in a row. No challenge. Then we got D-Ex, wrestling again and seems to want this personal, but I will walk over him to keep my belt. And then Bonito and Back, well they aren't worth my effort but I will enjoy beating them both. Yeah, my five opponents are going to crushed by this Bomb."
CR: "Any thoughts about the PPV name and how it is related to one of your finishing moves?"
DB: "It's my show. It's not a coincidence that it is named for me. It is a prophecy coming to pass. 'In the squared circle one shall rise above the rest and when the bomb goes off all shall be crushed at ground zero.' So you see, it is me who shall rise above the rest. This is my legacy, I can't lose."
CR: "Well since we saw the previous bout, we found out who the new no. 1 contender is. What is your view about Otacon and his chances at being the no.1 contender for the UW title?"
DB: "Otacon?....Well he's got potential. More than I would say for Blaster. I seem to remember him winning a few titles. But yeah, when I win my title later tonight I will be more than happy to face Otocon for my title. But in The End, he will be just another name on the list of people that have fallen to my riegn as champ."
CR: “Well there you have it folks! Thank you for your time champ. Lets set it back to the ringside area.”
We go back to ringside with JR and RK.
JR: “Welcome back to Ground Zero 3! Up next is our MAIN EVENT!”
RK: “It’s a six man match, JR. Its gonna be one for the books.”
JR: “But before we go there, lets see what transpired to make THIS match happen.”
A video package plays at the WARtron
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Starrcade: Xtreme…
Before the video shows any clips, we get to see the following words on screen.
A surprise return…
The footage starts to play the CS/EX match.
Cyberstrike is about to grab the contract when Eamon X punches him in the gut and that stuns him! Eamon X tries to grab the contract but Cyberstrike slams his head into the top of the ladder! Then Cyberstrike attempts to get the contract and Eamon X grabs his arm and slams it into the top of the ladder!
JR: “Neither one of them is going to let the other get the contract!”
RK: “Come on Cyberstrike!”
Suddenly a figure jumps over the guardrail and quickly slides into the ring and pushes the ladder over sending both Cyberstrike and Eamon X crashing through the tables near the entrance ramp!
JR: “I don’t believe my eyes it’s Tony Bonito! Bonito is back!
RK: “What is he doing here?!”
Bonito repositions the ladder and climbs it and grabs the contract! The referee signals for the bell!
TH: “As a result of outside interference the referee has declared this match a NO CONTEST!”
JR: “That means this match is a draw!”
RK: “Who has to leave and who is the number one contender?”
Bonito looks at the contract then grabs the mic.
TB: “First off Tony Bonito is back and like always he makes an impact! And second this contract states that in the event of a draw BOTH Eamon X and Cyberstrike are fired! Now ain’t that just nito?”
“Medals remix” hits the speakers as Bonito is booed and leaves the ring and he takes the contract and throws it on the remains of Cyberstrike and Eamon X!
As the footage fades, we see the following words
Destiny fulfilled…
Both men are not moving on the mat as the referee does the standing ten count yet again. Slowly, we see Blaster crawling his way towards DB and he puts himself over him. The referee counts..1…2….KICKOUT. Blaster gets himself up and grabs Divebomb. He tries to get him up slowly, but DB holds onto the waist of Blaster. Before Blaster knew it, DB somehow hits him with THE END.
RK: “Divebomb hits him with THE END! YET…AGAIN!”
JR: “Blaster goes down and Divebomb falls down to his knees after he desperately pulled off his finisher! Divebomb goes over the fallen Blaster and covers him for the pin. 1…2….3! Its over…Divebomb…GETS THE UW TITLE!!!”
The bell rings and “My Last Serenade” hits the speakers.
TH: “THE WINNER AND NEW X-WCW ULTIMATE WORLD CHAMPION….DIVEBOMB!!!”
The referee helps Divebomb get to his feet and hands him the X-WCW UW belt. The crowd seems to give Divebomb some mixed reaction as he clutches the belt and falls down to his knees. He kisses the belt before he gets up and raises it high in the air while his music continues to play in the arena.
JR: “What a perfect way to end the night with one of the most intense X-WCW Main events I have EVER seen.”
RK: “I agree with you, JR. This match was one hell of a rocket buster, if Tazz would have been with us commentating.”
The footage fades as we see Divebomb posing for the X-WCW UW title at the top rope.
Nitro 11…
We see Bonito on the ring and he starts his speech.
TB: “On Starrcade: Xtreme, you saw the return of yours truly…TONY BONITO! *smirks* Now I know some of you here in the audience are so disappointed to see Eamon X and Cyberstrike go. OH BOO HOO HOO!!! Face facts, It was Cyberstrike’s fault that I didn’t appear after Ground Zero. As most of you know, after GZII, Tony Bonito and X-WCW had parted ways. But what you DIDN’T know is that my contract ran out and he NEVER had the intention to sign me back here! Well Cyberstrike, I know your wondering why I’m back with the X-WCW right now huh? I know you wanna know why you got kicked out of your OWN federation and I got back in without you noticing it. Well let me tell you something, after D-Ex won that match of his, I sneaked in one of my OWN contracts that would put me back into the X-WCW while your moronic friend’s head was still gushing out blood and had to do his GM duties during the night.”
A grin flashes from the face of Bonito.
TB: “So c’mon D-Ex, I know you wanna do it. MAKE ME THE NO. 1 CONTENDER! YOU KNOW…THAT IS NITO!!!”
The footage skips and we see 8 men in the ring as D-Ex makes his way to ringside.
D-Ex: “OK! OK! I hear you all. I believe you all have a legitimate claims to be facing the UW champ…and others are just plain…well..weird. But enough about that, cause I have an idea. Cane, you wanna see how a REAL GM handles this? I know you’d nod right now, so hear this! Tonight, there will be a special tournament that I will call..THE DOUBLE FOUR TOURNAMENT! It will be 2 4-Way Elimination matches tonight. The 2 winners from each match will face each other in the main event for the no.1 contendership.”
As we hear D-Ex’s speech, we are shown highlights of the double four matches of the night. The following clips are as follows.
- Bonito hitting the Nitoplex on Igz and pinning him.
- Wolfang pinning KB to get the win.
The footage fades as a spilit screen shows TB and Wolfang celebrating their win. We go back to a footage for the finals.
TB gets up and locks the Ankle Lock on Wolfang. Wolfang screams in pain and Bonito holds on tightly. After a few seconds we see Wolfang trying to get to the ropes but TB drags him away yet again. After the drag back to center, Wolfang rolls through and goes for an inside cradle. It is a mat war as Bonito struggles out of the pin and goes to continue the Ankle Lock but Wolfang pins him to the ground for the pin. Before the ref could count Bonito overpowers Wolfang soon and goes to a standing position to lock on the Ankle Lock yet again! Wolfang tries to kick Bonito out of the move but it is in vain as TB continues to put on the pressure. After a minute the referee asks Wolfang if he submits.
RK: “YOU IDIOT!!! TAP OUT ALREADY!!! Bonito has this match, JR.”
Wolfy shakes his head violently as TB locks on the move and does a lying variation of the lock. After a few seconds we hear more moaning and shouting by Wolfang as he tries to fight the pain. It was not enough as after a few seconds it seems like Wolfang finally taps out. Bonito lets go and lies down the mat as the bell sounds. Bonito lets go and he slowly gets to his feet as TH announces him.
TH: “The winner of the Double Four Tournament…TONY BONITO!!!”
The footage fades as Bonito celebrates in the ring.
Warzone 23…
We see a cloaked man in the ring as the footage starts.
GE: "Hello there. Did you miss me?"
Slowly, GE, takes off his cloak. Revealing his real face, the crowd is stunned in silence.After the initial shock of seeing the former Eamon X again, the fans erupt. The lights go on again and we see Grandmaster E taking off the robe completely, revealing that he was wearing street clothes inside.
GE: “After weeks and weeks of mystery, speculations and guessings…THE ANSWER HAS BEEN REVEALED! I..AM GRANDMASTER E! You see, while I was away, people like Tony Bonito have been stealing my spotlight. Well Tony, guess what, your plan might have worked and sent me and CS outta here on Starrcade: Xtreme. HOWEVER..I am back, and you got a lotta hell to pay. The reason why I’m back here is the same reason on how Tony Bonito got back in the X-WCW in the first place. No Tony, I didn’t slip my contract while the GM was drunk. Infact, I was contacted by the General Manager and informed me of a loophole in the stipulations of the match I had with CS during Starrcade: Xtreme. The thing is, only the NAME Eamon X was legible to be fired. However..Grandmaster E...thats a different story. So Bonito, X-WCW, get ready for me. Get ready for GRAND-MASTER-E!!!”
The footage fades as we hear JR screaming “EAMON IS BACK!!! BAH GAWD”….to which, someone is gonna be vocal about this name later in the writer’s forum.
Later that night…
We see footage of CB entering the ringside area with a smile on his face.
CB: “God is it great to be back home in the greatest town on Earth Indianapolis, Indiana!”
Main event time…
CB obtains the kendostick from the rafters and raises it in the air as the fans chant ‘cyberstrike’. CB climbs down the ladder and waits for GE to get up so he could blast him with the kendostick. However, we see TB running down the ramp and he slides into the ring. CB swings the kendostick at him but TB ducks down. TB goes behind Christopher Back and delivers the Nito Plex.
JR: “BONITO INTERFERES AND HE DELIVERS THE NITO PLEX! DAMN HIM! DAMN HIM TA HECK BAH GAWD!”
RK: “Damn it! And I was gonna cheer loudly once CB would beat the hell outta GE already.”
CB is down and TB slides out of the ring as he sees Grandmaster E getting to his feet. GE picks up the kendostick from the fallen CB and raises it high in the air. After raising it, he swiftly swings it down and hits the chest of CB. The impact is so hard, that the kendostick breaks in half. The bell rings and TH II announces the outcome.
TH: “The winner of this match..GRANDMASTER E!!!”
The fans boo as GE is declared the winner of this match. TB enters the ring and applauds GE, who is puzzled as to why TB is in the ring right now.
JR: “Grandmaster E may not know it, but Tony Bonito just helped him get this victory.”
TB approaches GE and tells him he helped him win. TB extends his hand to GE and GE just looks at it for a while. GE nods and extends his hand to TB. But before they shake, Eamon delivers a hard knee to the gut of TB. Grandmaster E grabs TB and takes him down with a chokeslam. The crowd cheers as Eamon helps CB to get on his feet. Both GE and CB start to stomp down on the fallen Tony Bonito.
RK: “Hahaha, it seems like TB is getting what he deserved right now!”
JR: “Christopher Back and Grandmaster E are showing how much they hated Bonito for what he has done tonight and during Starrcade: Xtreme. I hope Bonito learns a valuable lesson to-WHAT THE?!”
Blaster jumps from the crowd and enters the ring, while on the ramp, we see DB running down. Blaster is in the ring and he attacks CB. Divebomb enters the ring and he attacks Grandmaster E. All five men in the ring, except Bonito start a brawl.
JR: “It’s a brawl brewing in the ring right now, King!”
RK: “And look, the security quickly comes to the rescue.”
The security breaks up the fight inside the ring and we see D-Extreme entering the ringside area with a mic.
D-Ex: “ALRIGHT! BREAK IT UP! BREAK THE DAMN BRAWL UP! I got an announcement to make here. On Ground Zero 3..it will be a six man war elimination match for the X-WCW UW Title. Its gonna be Divebomb vs Blaster vs Bonito vs Christopher Back vs Grandmaster E vs….D-Extreme!”
As the footage fades, we hear Zebrahead’s Falling apart guitar riffs filling the airwaves.
We go back to the footage as we hear some comments.
JR: “BAH GAWD DID YOU HEAR THAT?! A six man match for the UW title!”
RK: “Its gonna be off the hook JR! 6 of X-WCW’s best are gonna be inside one ring to fight for the UW title.”
A black and white footage plays the following clips as the vocals start to hit.
“Manipulation is on my mind”
We see Bonito with a grin on his face as the cameras show him outside an arena.
“Inspect me - try to check me”
As the camera zooms in, it goes to a different location. This time, we see Blaster sitting down on a bench and wrapping some tape around his fist.
“Expectations well defined”
The camera tries to zoom it, but it changes scenery yet again. This time, we see D-Extreme leaning on the wall as he looks at his Singapore cane.
“Dissect me - want to wreck me”
We zoom in on D-Ex, and the video changes the surroundings. We see Grandmaster E sitting on the chair as he slowly tilts up his head to the ceiling.
“Violator of my own will. Accept me - reject me”
The video zooms on GE and it changes the background again. Cyberstrike is standing on the X-WCW stage and raises both arms slowly into the air.
“Separate or SHOOT TO KILL”
The video closes in on Cyberstrike, yet it changes again. This time, we see Divebomb in the middle of the X-WCW ring. He slowly lifts up the X-WCW UW title into the air before the title shines brightly, and it covers the screen into white.
“Cause everything's falling apart”
We go to full color and we see DB delivering Ground Zero on FP
“You can't control me, You can't control me”
The footage shows a clip of GE hitting the X-Blast on C-Back. We then see a clip of C-Back hitting the Breakdown on GE.
“Everything's falling apart”
We then see D-Extreme hitting the X-Ocution on Cane
“Now I can't see you”
We see a scene of Bonito spinning around the ring during his entrance
“Doesn't matter what I do”
The footage then shows Blaster hitting the Deep Impact on Divebomb
“I can't see you”
We see Grandmaster E taking off his hood.
“Cause everything's falling apart”
The footage fades to black as Christopher Back hits the nTo kendostick over the head of Bonito.
The footage comes back as we see Divebomb launching himself from the top rope to deliver the ground zero at Blaster.
“EVERYTHINGS FALLIN APART!”
As the vocals fade, Divebomb hits the Ground Zero on Blaster. With that done, the video ends.
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TH: “The following match is a Six Man War Elimination and is for the X-WCW Ultimate World Championship! First the rules: there no disqualifications, falls count anywhere in the building, when one of the partipents is pinned or he submits he’s been eliminated and the last man left will be declared the X-WCW Ultimate World Champion!”
JR: “Pretty straight forward rules to of this match.”
RK: “Sounds sorta like a hardcore match to me!”
TH: “And now the challengers! First from the United Kingdom weighing in at 255 pounds BLASTER!”
As “Imperium” by Drowning Pool plays on the MCI Center’s speaker system Blaster comes down to a thunderous applause by the fans.
JR: “Blaster is a former X-WCW U.S. Heavyweight Champion and won the Royal Bash this year to earn him his first Ultimate World Title shot and he...”
RK: “He lost at Starrcade: Xtreme and then he lost the rematch for the title but this is his last chance to gain the title and when he loses tonight he will be out of the title picture for quite awhile!”
TH: “Challenger number two from Australia weighing in at 224 pounds he is GRANDMASTER E!”
As “Various Songs” play Grandmaster E walks down the ramp and the crowd cheers so loudly that it drowns out Russell and King.
Finally after about three minutes the crowd dies down and Terri Hotbody makes the third introduction.
TH: “Challenger number three is originally from parts unknown but now makes his home in Charlotte, North Carolina. Representing the nTo D-EXTREME!
As “X Gon Give it to ya” by DMX hits the speakers of the MCI Center most of the crowd boos but there is a very vocal minority that loudly cheers for him!
JR: “When you look at his resume’ D-Extreme it speaks for it’s self he has held every major title in every promotion he’s worked for he was the first X-WCW World Heavyweight Champion, X-WCW European, X-WCW U.S.Heavyweight Champion, and with Christopher Back they held both X-WCW World and International Tag Team Championships. In addition to his many title reigns here in the X-WCW he has also held ACW US Championship, and the ACW Tag team titles with Back, and he was the AWF TV Champion and is a two-time AWF Tag team champion the first time with Back and is one half of the current AWF Tag Team Champions with Ignavus, and he was just until very recently the first UCW Champion.”
RK: “Now he’s after his third run with X-WCW Ultimate World title.”
TH: “Challenger number four is from Boston, Mass. weighing in at 278 pounds TONY BONITO!”
Just as “Medals Remix” starts playing the fans chant “NITO, SUCKS! NITO, SUCKS!” at Bonito as he makes his way to ring.
JR: “Bonito might be the most hated man in this match. But Grandmaster E and Christopher Back both hate him more than they hate each other because he cost both of them their jobs and their wrestling names at Starrcade: Xtreme! It’s well known that D-Extreme, Blaster, and Divebomb all can’t stand him as well!”
RK: “You’re forgetting that Bonito is a talented wrestler he’s a former X-WCW U.S. Heavyweight Champion and a former X-WCW World Tag Team Champion with Wolfang. He’s also a former 2-Time ACW World Champion beating Back for the titles both times!”
JR: “He did not he beat twice he only beat him once the second one was due to complex business issues!”
Bonito stands on the ring apron and is about to enter when he sees Grandmaster E staring intently at him, and he decides to walk around the ring instead to wait the next challenger.
TH: “Challenger number five is from Indianapolis, Indiana he weighs in at 245 pounds representing the nTo, he is also the CEO of the X-WCW CHRISTOPHER BACK!
Even before Terri can finish her introduction Back runs down the ramp and Bonito seeing him runs around ring and Back chases him into the ring where he finds Grandmaster E waiting and Back slides rolls into the ring and Bonito quickly slides out of the ring!
TH: “From Burnbay, BC weighing in at 270 pounds, he’s the reigning and defending X-WCW Ultimate World Champion DIVEBOMB!”
As "Awaken" by Disturbed plays Divebomb walks down the ramp and is booed by the fans he doesn’t seem to care as he walks into the ring with five men wanting his title.
JR: “This has to be Divebmb’s greatest challenge to date as X-WCW Ultimate World champion! All five of the challengers are
wanting his title and this match is to settle who is going to be the Ultimate World Champion!”
RK: “Well as long as that jackass Grandmaster E doesn’t win then I’ll be a very happy man!”
JR: “We have three referees for this one because falls count anywhere! Sid Greene is the head referee in the ring on the floor are Mark Chambers and Bob Stool”
X-WCW Head Referee Sid Greene calls for the bell and the war begins! Divebomb locks up with Back, Grandmaster E locks up with D-Extreme, and Blaster locks up with Tony Bonito.
Back pushes Divebomb into a corner and into the ropes Referee Sid Greene orders for Back and Divebomb to break. Divebomb releases Back who has his hands on Divebomb’s throat. Divebomb then slaps Back’s face! Back returns the favor and steps back a few steps Divebomb then charges at him! Back drops him with a drop-toe-hold and then quickly goes for an
STF submission in the center of the ring!
As Divebomb struggles to the ropes, Grandmaster E and D-Extreme have locked up and both try to out-power the other but without much luck. Grandmaster E Irish whips D-Extreme into the ropes and follows up with a closeline that takes him out of the ring and to the floor. Grandmaster E steps out onto the ring apron and waits for D-Extreme to get back to his feet.
As D-Extreme gets back to his and Divebomb gets a rope break, Blaster has Bonito in he opposite side corner, from where Back and Divebomb were in, and Bonito and Blaster are trading chops in the corner. Bonito chops at Blaster finally Blaster goes down in the corner. Then Bonito face washes him in the corner. Bonito kicks him in the ribs and then picks up and drapes over the bottom rope and Bonito runs kicks Back in the back of the head causing him to break the STF hold on Divebomb then runs back and tries to jump on Blaster who’s hanging on the ropes. But Blaster slides down and all Bonito hits is the ropes. Blaster quickly gets back up to his feet and nails Bonito with some forearms to the side of the head.
Divebomb is up on his feet as Back who’s dazed is sitting up Divebomb runs to ropes, which knocks Grandmaster E off the apron and D-Extreme catches him, as Divebomb bounces off those ropes he then bounces off the other side ropes and drop-kicks Back in the chest. Divebomb goes for a pin but only gets a two count before Back kicks out.
On the floor D-Extreme has Grandmaster E and drops him with a Fall Away Slam on the floor. Then instead of going for a pin D-Extreme starts looking under the ring for weapons. As D-Extreme looks under the ring Grandmaster E gets back to his feet and hits him with a double axe handle blow to the back of D-Extreme, then Grandmaster E picks him up and throws him into the ring steps!
Blaster Irish-Whips Bonito into far side ropes and then close lines Bonito over the ropes and he crashes on top of D-Extreme! Divebomb kicks Blaster in the gut and picks him up on his shoulders and tries to hit The End but Blaster fights outs if it and hooks him for an inverted DDT but before Blaster can drop Divebomb, Back springs off the ropes and hooks Blaster for the Crackdown, then he quickly drops Blaster and Divebomb! He goes for a quick pin on Blaster but only gets a two count before Blaster kicks out and then without a wasting a second Back tries to pin Divebomb but only gets a two before Divebomb gets his foot on the ropes. Chris Back stands and then hits Divebomb in the head with some stiff right hands punches. As Grandmaster E re-enters the ring Blaster kick Back in the back of the head and tosses him out of the ring and he lands right on top of D-Extreme and Tony Bonito just as both of them were just getting back on their feet! Blaster then nails Divebomb with a Shining Wizard and goes for the pin but the pin is broken up by Grandmaster E who kicks Blaster in the back of the head! Then Grandmaster E picks Blaster up by the hair and kicks him in the gut and then nails him with a power bomb and goes for the pin.
JR: “The action is all over the place and it looks like Grandmaster E is going for a pin!”
RK: “Please Blaster kick out!”
The referee counts to three and Blaster is out!
TH: “Blaster has been eliminated!”
RK: “Damn it!”
JR: “There is still five zarrkkettt.
RK: “James I think we’re have some technical problems again!”
As Blaster is escorted to locker room Grandmaster E is helping to get Blaster out of the ring when Divebomb gets back to his knees and nails him with a lowblow! He sets up for The End but Grandmaster E’s feet knock out the referee as Divebomb hits the move and he quickly covers him but the referees are busy with getting Blaster to back to the locker room and following Back, Bonito, and D-Extreme all of whom are brawling on the floor. After a few seconds referee Bob Stool sees that Divebomb has pinned Grandmaster E and runs back, slides in the ring and counts up to two before Grandmaster E kicks out.
Divebomb picks him and then Scoop Slams him then he picks up Grandmaster E again and shoots him off into the ropes and nails him with a flying forearm smash and then he drags Grandmaster E near a corner and he quickly climbs up to the top turnbuckle and he Divebomb nails Grandmaster E with a Swanton Bomb! But instead of going for a pin Divebomb then leaves the ring on the opposite side where Back, Bonito, and D-Extreme are fighting and pulls up the ring apron and looks under the ring and he pulls a steel chair and he puts under the ring ropes and then he pulls a ladder and he positions on the ring apron and on the guardrail and then he slides back into the ring and picks up the chair and measures Grandmaster E as he staggers back to his feet.
As all that was going on Back and D-Extreme were double-teaming Bonito. Back had gotten to his feet and saw the groggy Bonito and picked him up by the hair and threw him into the guardrail. Back quickly went for a splash but Bonito was quick to recover and he back-body-dropped the X-WCW CEO into the front row and as he was about to climb over the rail D-Extreme nailed him a massive closeline and then he picked up Bonito over his head and threw him over the rail! D-Extreme stepped over the rail and Chris Back was already up and found a trashcan and as Bonito got up to his feet Back hit over the head with the trashcan but Bonito wouldn’t fall down! So Back him over the head with the trashcan again and he still wouldn’t fall down! D-Extreme found another trashcan hit Bonito in the head again and he still wouldn’t fall down! Back and D-Extreme were now frustrated so they both went to Bonito in the head at the same time but he ducked and they hit each other’s heads instead and they crashed to the floor Bonito fell on top of D-Extreme and went for the pin! Referee Sid Greene counted only a two count! Bonito who was now busted wide open went to cover Back but was only able to get a two count as well.
Back in the ring Grandmaster E staggers back to his feet as Divebomb waited in the corner with a chair held like ram waiting for him to turn around. Grandmaster E turns and Divebomb charges at him but Grandmaster E hits Divebomb with a Drop-Toe-Hold causing Divebomb to hit the mat and his chest landing on the chair. Grandmaster E slowly rolls Divebomb and drapes an arm over him and gets a two count before Divebomb gets his shoulder up! Both men slowly try to get up to their feet as referee Bob Stool starts the ten count!
JR: “Randal can you hear me?”
RK: “Yeah. Can you hear me?
JR: “Sure can!”
RK: “What a match so far we got action all over the arena!”
D-Extreme picks Bonito up and throws over the guardrail near the stage entrance he nails Bonito in the back with a series of kicks and looks around he sees some tables and goes over and starts to set them up as Back climbs over the guardrail and he kicks Bonito in the ribs and helps D-Extreme set up some more tables. D-Extreme and Chris Back set up four tables set up t two stacked next to each other and set two more on top of those two. D-Extreme tosses Bonito on to the ramp and Back quickly follows them. Back and D-Extreme pick of Bonito and attempt a Double Back Suplex on the ramp but Bonito blocks their first attempt. They go for another but Bonito blocks it and starts punching them in the ribs and that stuns them he then grabs them and nails them both a Double Stunner! Bonito quickly goes for a pin on Back, but only gets a two count before D-Extreme breaks it up! D-Extreme nails Bonito with a stiff punches to the back of Bonito then he picks him up and drops him a Full Nelson Slam! Back gets up and tells D-Extreme something and he nods and they pick of Bonito and drag him toward the edge of the stage D-Extreme points to the tables set below and both D-Extreme and Back have Bonito set up for a double Chokeslam!
JR: “They’re going to do what I think they’re gonna do?”
RK: “Oh yeah!”
As the fans chant “HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!” as they both Choke slam Tony Bonito off the set, through the four tables!
RK: “OH MY GOD! They have just broken him in half!”
Back and D-Extreme both slide off the set and they both pin Bonito for a three count!
TH: “Tony Bonito has been eliminated!”
Divebomb and Grandmaster E are both back on their feet and they see what Back and D-Extreme have done to Tony Bonito. Back and D-Extreme each grab a chair from the under the ring. The former X-WCW Tag Team Champions circle the ring as Grandmaster E and Divebomb, both of them are now back up on their feet, daring both Back and D-Extreme to re-enter the ring. Back walks up the ring steps near the ramp and D-Extreme walks up the ring steps near the announcer’s table Grandmaster E and Divebomb lunge at them both and they both quickly jump down to the floor where Back asks for a microphone.
CB: “Ok if you two jackasses won’t let us in the ring then you two go on ahead and beat the shit out of each other then me and D-Extreme will sit here and watch and then we’ll destroy the winner!”
D-Extreme and Back take the chairs, open them up, and sit down on the chairs near the ramp as Grandmaster E and Divebomb look at them with a confused look on their faces.
JR: “You got to be kidding me Back and D-Extreme are going to sit there and watch?”
RK: “Why not, that sounds like a good idea to me!”
Grandmaster E and Divebomb both start talking to each other in the ring and then they turn around when Back and D-Extreme both slide into the ring and start attacking them both!
JR: “I knew it! I knew it! I knew it! Back and D-Extreme were going to do that.”
RK: “Big deal! These two are doing whatever it takes to win and that’s all that matters!”
Back is pounding on Divebomb, finally he forces the X-WCW Ultimate World Champion to crash on the mat. D-Extreme shoots Grandmaster E into the ropes and then plants him with a Spine buster and goes for a quick pin but only gets a two count! D-Extreme sees the ladder propped up on the guardrail and the ring apron and he picks Grandmaster E up and throws him on the ladder and then he climbs over the ring rope and walk toward the ring post. D-Extreme reaches the post and turns around and runs toward the ladder with the prone Grandmaster E on it and he leaps off and nails him frog splash! D-Extreme rolls on to the floor and is holding his ribs but sees Grandmaster E still laying the ladder in so much pain as D-Extreme lays in some more punches and then looks under the ring and he pulls out a twenty-foot ladder and sets up near the ladder where Grandmaster E is laying on, and he starts to climb up the ladder.
Back grabs Divebomb and he tosses him through the ring ropes and he quickly follows and he then attempts to Irish-whip Divebomb into the guardrail, but Divebomb reveres it and he sends Back crashing into the guardrail instead! Divebomb quickly follows that move with a close line, but Back side steps him and Divebomb crashes into the steel guardrail. Back grabs Divebomb and drops him throat first on the guardrail. Back grabs a steel chair from the time keeper’s postition and he throws him it into the ring, Back rolls Divebomb back in the ring and he sets up the chair in the center of the ring, Back picks up Divebomb and sets him for what looks like a Crackdown, his version of an inverted DDT but instead of a Crackdown, Back nails Divebomb with a Spinning Neckbreaker that drops him neck first on the steel chair and he goes for the pin and gets a two count.
As Christopher Back sets up Divebomb for another Spinning Neckbreaker on the open steel chair, D-Extreme has climbed to the top of the twenty foot high steel ladder and motions to the crowd for a Frog Splash off the ladder on to Grandmaster E laying on top of a ladder set up between the guardrail and the ring apron. As D-Extreme leaps off the ladder Grandmaster E rolls off the ladder he’s on and D-Extreme crashes on to propped up ladder with such force that he breaks the ladder in half!
Grandmaster E quickly crawls over to here D-Extreme is lying he pins him and gets a three count!
TH: “D-Extreme has been eliminated!”
Back sees that his friend has been eliminated and he drops Divebomb with another Spinning Neckbreaker on the open steel chair and goes for another pin attempt and he gets the three count!
TH: “Divebomb has been eliminated!”
Suddenly Otacon appears on the stage, watching the action in the ring.
Back rolls out of the ring and as Grandmaster E is just getting back on his feet, Back nails him with closeline in the back of the head! Then Chris Back hurls Grandmaster E head first into the ring steps! Back starts looking under the ring and he quickly finds his trusty old Kendo stick wrapped in barbed wire, and he points with it at Grandmaster E, who is still reeling from being thrown into the ring steps and is slow to get back on his feet. Grandmaster E turns around and Back swings the Kendo stick at his head but Grandmaster E ducks and he nails Back with a closeline and quickly follows that up with a series of kicks to the back of the X-WCW CEO’s head! Grandmaster E then Back into the ring and then starts looking under the ring for weapons.
He pulls out from under the ring a table, another steel chair, and a blue felt bag, after sliding the table in the ring, he puts the bag under the bottom turnbuckle pad, he picks up the chair and re-enters the ring. Chris Back is up on his hands and knees when Grandmaster E hits him in the back with a steel chair! Grandmaster E hits again with the steel chair and then picks him up, by the hair, and drops him on the top turnbuckle pad hard!
Grandmaster E quickly sets up the table, and he gets the blue felt bag and he opens it up and pours thousands of thumbtacks on the center of the table. He then climbs the to the top turnbuckle and attempts to Superplex Back through the table, but the
X-WCW CEO fights back with a series of punches to the kidneys that stun Grandmaster E and he attempts to set up for a Breakdown off the top turnbuckle but Grandmaster E blocks it a series of Elbow shots to the ribs that stun Back and Grandmaster E quickly nails Back with a Breakdown off the top rope right through the thumbtack covered table!
JR: “Grandmaster E goes for the pin 1...2...3!”
RK: “NNNNNNOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!”
TH: “THE WINNER AND NEW X-WCW ULTIMATE WORLD CHAMPION GRANDMASTER E!”
As the firework s go off in the ring lights, and the confetti falls down into the ring Otacon races down the ramp and grabs the
X-WCW Ultimate World title belt and a microphone and he then enters the ring!
O: “Congrats on becoming the X-WCW Ultimate World Champion for a second time but understand this: at our next Pay-Per-View, Bloodbath 3 this belt will be mine and I WILL MAKE YOU BLEED!”
Otacon hands Grandmaster E the belt walks out of the ring and then walks back up the ramp, as Grandmaster E celebrates with the fans as Ground Zero III comes to a close.
FIN