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"Power struggle no more."
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{ The show opens with all the usual pyro and fans losing their minds, as we pan around the arena and show the crowd going crazy we see that Zelda Knite stands proudly in the center of the ring. AS the music dies down a āONE MORE MATCHā chant starts, Zelda smiles and raises the microphone. }Zelda Knite: Thank you, thank you, all I can say is weāll see.
{ āONE MORE MATCH! }Zelda Knite: Iām out here for one reason and one reason alone tonight. The Board of Directors has asked me to come out here and make an announcement. After last weekās completely and total mayhem caused by the COO of the company as well as the Head of Booking the Board of Directors have decided to temporarily strip both men of their powers.
{ The crowd immediately interjects āYES! YES! YES!ā }Zelda Knite: And if either man even so much as touches the other outside of the confines of a legal match they will both be removed from their positions within this company!
{ āYES! YES! YES! }Vasco Dias: Did you hear that Terri?
Terri Dias: I did, Angel and Verona are being punished for the way they acted last week on Sacrifice as well as on Battleground.
Vasco Dias: I say itās about time, both men have been abusing their power a little too much for my tastes.
Terri Morasco: The interesting part to me is that they canāt even touch each other outside of the confines of a legal match? It sounds like the board of directors is implying they want them to settle this in the ring.
Vasco Dias: It sounds like it and I sure hope so.
{ Zelda smiles as her music hits and she heads to the back. }----------------------------------------------------------
SINGLES MATCH
Renee Pleasant vs Todd Williams
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{āStill Flyā by The Devil Wears Prada begins to blast across the speakers. As it does so two spotlights quickly hit the ramp and we are able to see the silhouette of a man standing behind the curtain along with that of a woman. Todd Williams slowly backs up through the curtain backwards and extends his arms out into a crucifix. He isn't alone as his wife Fiona Williams is with him. The fans immediately boo him loudly and he shrugs it off as he finally reaches the ring. Todd grins as he walks inside the ring staring at all of the booing fans. Fiona pops an Umbrella open as she blocks Todd receiving the boos and the spit from the crowd.
T-Will: HATERS GONNA HATE... YALL KNOW YALL LOVE ME. DON'T GET MAD BECAUSE I DEAL WITH NOTHIN BUT THE BENJAMINS!!!
Todd grins as he receives more boos in return. He runs to the top of the turnbuckles raising his hand proudly in the air before he backflips off of them. He waits in the corner as Fiona stands outside clapping her hands for her man.}Vasco Dias: Todd Williams is agile and quick and a former world champion...
Terri Morasco: He has had some trouble in IWF.
{The opening bar of I smell a massacre hits the speakers as red lights swirl around the crowd, before settling on ReƱee Pleasant who stands in the middle of the stage, smirking at the crowd as a chorus of boos rises up.
ReƱee shrugs and walks down the ramp with purpose, pulling Alice by the wrist, he jumps up onto the apron and enters the ring through the top and middle ropes. He approaches the referee for a moment and towers over him with a laugh, before walking away, shaking his head still laughing as the music fades out.}Terri Morasco: Look at the size of this man
Vasco Dias: He scares me Terri..there is something about him that is downright creepy
{The bell rings and Todd bounces up and down and moves around Renee who stands watching the much smaller man. Alice stands at the side of the ring where Renee told her to stand. Todd bounces and then leaps in with a low kick to Renee's thigh. Todd celebrates and moves around more. Renee goes for a lock up, Todd ducks under and runs to the ropes before leaping onto the middle rope and springing back for a crossbody. Renee catches Todd and drops down with a backbreaker. Renee measure Todd up and runs in hitting a knee to the side of Todd's her before reaching down and slamming his closed fists into the back of Todd's head.}Vasco Dias: Renee is beating Todd down...
Terri Morasco: Todd tried to get out of the box but he failed
{Renee pulls Todd up and whips him into the corner, he reaches back and hits a hard uppercut that lifts Todd up and back almost over the top rope. Renee grabs Todd's wrist and pulls him out of the corner with a short arm clothesline sending him down, but Renee keeps hold of Todd's arm pulling him back to his feet and into another clothesline this time hitting Todd with so much power Todd backflips. The crowd "oooo's" as Renee slaps his thigh waiting for Todd to get up, as he does he comes in and hits a big boot he calls the dead mans foot.}Vasco Dias: Oh Todd getting his teeth kicked in....
Terri Morasco: Todd has been run over by a freight train...
{Renee distracts the referee as Todd gets up near the ropes, Renee motions for Alice behind the referee's back. Alice refuses, Renee moves the referee out of the way and then blasts Todd with a hard right hand, Renee calls Alice onto the apron and starts yelling at her, the much larger man towering over his sister, suddenly the crowd roars as Nero Blake makes his way down to the ring, he reaches up and grabs Alice by the waste grabbing her down and taking her hand leading her away, Renee starts screaming and going nuts in the ring.}Terri Morasco: Nero Blake has come down to get Alice...Awww how romantic...
Vasco Dias: And Renee is going crazy!
{Todd runs up and flips himself upside down going for a roll up on Renee, Renee rolls over his shoulder and to his feet, Todd goes for the sweet dreams superkick, Renee catches Todd's leg and grabs him by the back of the head and picks Todd up slamming him down with the The RAV before pinning a limp Todd. 1...2....3}----------------------------------------------------------
SINGLES MATCH
Xavier Cross vs Mason St. Croix
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{ "The War Isn't Over Yet" by Eye Empire begins playing and blue and white pyro shoots out from the walkway as Mason St. Croix makes his way to the ring slapping hands with the fans along the way. Once in the ring Mason climbs all four turnbuckles one at a time before hoping down and taking the center of the ring where he stands at attention with his eyes focused on his opponent. }Vasco Dias: Next up weāve got two former Heavy Weight Champions going toe to toe. Both these men took their division to the limits as champions and now find themselves at the bottom of the mountain working their way back up.
Terri Morasco: Cross was our first champion and he represented the division well but Mason was the longest reigning Heavy Weight Champion and really raised the bar.
Vasco Dias: Iām actually really excited for this match.
Terri Morasco: Iām sure both men will put on a great show.
{The lights dim, as the echo of a bird of prey screeching rips through the arena, a large explosion of orange/red/gold pyro erupts across the front of the stage. As it dies down we see the back of Xavier Cross, facing towards the curtain. This is when āThe Phoenixā by Fall Out Boy begins to play off the P.A.}{The fans are on their feet, chanting.}āXavier Cross! Xavier Cross! Xavier Cross!ā
{Cross turns around, doing the Atlanta Falcon āDirty Birdā wing flap, as he makes his way to the ring. Heāll stop and find the first child he sees, pulling a pen out of his boot, immediately signing something for the kid. Before moving over to the other side of the ramp giving fans a series of hi-fives.}Allison Valance: "Hailing from Atlanta, Georgia, coming to you from Lexington, Virginia....He stands at Six Feet...three inches, weighing in at Two-Hundred, and Thirty One pounds. Xavier....THE PHOENIX....CROOOOOSSSS!"
{Cross stares at the ring for a second before marching up the steps, looking around he doesnāt enter through the apron but climbs the outside of the turnbuckle, standing tall as he looks around the arena a grin on his face. He slaps his chest three times before hopping into the ring. He kisses his middle and index finger, pointing them to the sky, before looking down, crossing each wrist to make an X, he slowly raises his arms up. Each post shoots a pyro cannon perpendicular to each other, creating a flaming X for a moment.}{Xavier moves to the corner, pulling himself on top of the turnbuckle, adjusting the tape on his wrists, waiting for the bell to ring and the match to begin.}Vasco Dias: Cross has got these fans on their feet, some of them love him, some of them hate him but the only thing that matters to him is that he gets to stand in that ring and compete.
Terri Morasco: That and making Verona look bad.
Vasco Dias: Yes, well, it seems Verona has quite the target on him lately.
{ Both men nod across the ring at each other as the referee calls for the bell. The two men move around each other in the ring and then move in a lock up. Their pretty much dead even strength wise and it becomes clear to them quickly as Cross moves around Mason for a rear waist lock but Mason is quick to reverse it and get behind Cross, he picks him up off his feet and tries to slam him down to the mat but Cross fights and pulls Masonās hands off and twists him around into a rear wrist lock. Mason fires off a hard elbow and twists Cross around into a rear wrist lock and then moves into a side head lock and goes for the take down but Cross shifts his hips and German suplexs Mason! Both men spin back to their feet and Mason tries to lock up with Cross but Xavier kicks him hard in the gut and clubs him over the back, Cross hits a hard kick to the chest and grabs him by the arm and sends him flying into the corner. Cross runs in looking for the link to the past but Mason launches out of the corner and grabs Cross out of the air under hook side slam! }Vasco Dias: WOW! Both of these men are so evenly matched.
Terri Morasco: Itās been back and forth right from the bell.
{ Mason is right up and pulls Cross up by his neck and throws him hard into the corner, he follows him in with a clothes line and then rips him out of the corner with an arm drag! Mason locks Cross into a rear chin lock and wrenches back hard. Cross is kicking hard for the ropes and trying to scout himself over but Mason has him pretty under control. Mason wrenches back even harder and Cross is able to get his feet back onto the ground and bridges himself up and turns over onto his stomach, Mason immediately drops an elbow across the back of Cross, he gets up and drops another. Mason wraps his arms around the neck of Cross and pulls him to his feet but Cross explodes with a European upper cut and follows through with the BST COMBO! He caps it off with a standing shooting star press and a cover. ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: A close call there for Mason but he was able to get the shoulder up.
Terri Morasco: Cross looks impressive here tonight.
Vasco Dias: Extremely as does Mason.
{ Cross is right up and heads to the top rope, heās looking for a big elbow drop but Mason gets up and leaps to the second rope and drills Cross with a European upper cut! Mason climbs up onto the top rope and wraps his arms around Cross as the fans watch with baited breathe, Mason throws his hips and sends Cross over head with a belly to belly suplex off the top rope! }Vasco Dias: OVERHEAD BELLY TO BELLY SUPER PLEX!
Terri Morasco: That had to take a lot out of both men!
{ Mason is slow to get up, Cross has had the wind knocked out of him, Mason drapes an arm ofver Cross as the referee drops to his knees and ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! Mason gets to his feet and backs into the corner where he slaps the turn buckles and gets the crowd riled up. Cross is slow to his feet and Mason burst out of the corner with the Warpath spear into a gut wrenching spinebuster! Mason immediately hooks the leg of Cross. ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Vasco Dias: Cross got the shoulder up at the last second after that Warpath.
Terri Morasco: Cross is showing some real resilience.
Vasco Dias: Heās a veteran of the ring where as Mason is still a little green under the colar.
{ Mason grabs Cross and pulls him to his feet and drills him with a forearm shiver, and then a second, he looks for the third one but Cross gets underneath it and grabs Mason with an inverted face buster! Cross is right up and Mason follows him but Cross grabs him by the arm and hits the ropes for a spring board arm drag take down. Both men are right up and Cross slams into him with a clothes line and shoves him back into the corner. Cross runs in with the link to the past knee in the corner and then goes for the bulldog but Mason pushes him off and looks for a clothes line but Cross gets under it and spring boards off the second rope with the Phoenix Driver DDT! Cross hooks the leg and ONE! TWO! KICK OUT! }Terri Morasco: The Phoenix Driver almost put Mason away.
Vasco Dias: Itāll take more than that to put down the former Heavy Weight Champion.
Terri Morasco: I completely agree Vasco but Cross has a lot of tricks up his sleeve.
{ Cross gets to his feet and his pumped, heās yelling at Mason to stand up. Mason gets to his feet and Cross runs at him but Mason moves just in time and catches Cross with a Russian leg sweep. Mason spins to his feet and Cross is right behind him and Mason catches him with the Recoil! Mason doesnāt move in for the cover, instead he pulls Cross up off the mat and looks for the Rangerās Way but Cross throws his weight and lands on his feet, Mason spins around and Xavier hits a quick kick and grabs him for the Crossifixion! Cross hooks the leg and ONE! TWO! THREE!!! }Allison Valance: And your winner by pin fallā¦ XAVIER CROSS!!!
{ Cross is right up and demands the referee raises his hand. }Vasco Dias: Cross picks up a huge win over the former Heavy Weight Champion and continues his climb back up the ladder and toward the IWF Championship.
Terri Morasco: In impressive fashion too.
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SEGMENT
āRematch.ā
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{ Cut to the backstage where Tiffany Jones stands side by side with Frank Black. }Tiffany Jones:: Tiffany Jones here with one half of the former Tag Team Champions,
Frank Black:. Frank, Iām told youāve got something you need to get off your chest?
Frank Black:: Ya damn right I do.
{ Black grabs the microphone from Jones and steps right up to the camera. }Frank Black:: RAGNAROK!!! You boys think just because you whipped my ass once or twice that Iām just going to go away? NUH UH! Iām still standing here, Iām still breathing and as long as thereās blood pumping through my veins I aināt going away! You think you can steam roll the Brothers Black? Well that aināt how itās gonna work, see I been talking to Mr Verona and you know what he said? Well Tiffany?
{ Tiffany Jones: pops back in and speaks into the microphone. }Tiffany Jones:: What did he say?
Frank Black:: He said my brother Eddie and I can have ourselves a rematch. NEXT WEEK! For those tag team championshipsā¦ IN A STREET FIGHT! Now you gonna see how we do things down south.
{ Black looks hard into the camera when suddenly Tank Armod blind sides him with the Tag Team Championship to the skull! Tank goes to work on Frank as Tiffany runs off, Nero Blake steps into the shot. }Nero Blake: Challenge accepted, better hope your brother turns up.
{ Tank backs off as he and Nero laugh and walk off. }----------------------------------------------------------
SINGLES MATCH
Kristoff Liam Bates vs Gjenrei
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Vasco Dias: Now comes the time of the night that I am always looking forward toā¦ Kristoff Liam Bates gets to hit somebody in the head with that briefcase.
Terri Morasco: Shouldnāt we be celebrating his wrestling talent and not his cheating abilities?
Vasco Dias: Yeah sureā¦ if youāre a whimp.
{The lights dim as "Ryoujoku no Ame" by Dir En Grey starts to play. The masked man known only as "Gjenrei" steps out from behind the curtain and kneels at the upper part of the ramp as the drum beats start to kick in. He waits, his hands folded in prayer, then the music amps up and comes full force. He leaps from his knees to his feet as a short pyro burst explodes on either side of the ramp. He walks down the ramp, and ascends one of the corner turnbuckles, gazing out over the packed crowd. Then he sits himself on top of the turnbuckle, crossed legged, and meditates until the match is about to get underway.}Terri Morasco: Gjenrei always looks like heās ready for a good hard fought match.
Vasco Dias: What a whimp.
Terri Morasco: Oh donāt even start with this.
"Actions Speak Louder Than Words Do..."{The song by Celldweller, Louder than Words begins to play over the P.A. and the lights start to spazz out to the beat as Kristoff Liam Bates comes down the ramp, clutching his trademark briefcase.}"Did I really Hear you say you're sorry, hard for me to believe..."{Bates ascends the stairs, leaving his briefcase on the outside and meticulously takes off his suitcoat and tie before hopping through the ropes and cockily smiling, waiting in the corner stretching before the bell rings.}Terri Morasco: Here we go fansā¦. two fantastic wrestlers, each with their own unique wrestling styleā¦ who will prevail?
Vasco Dias: Easy. Bates. Because heās willing to do whatever it takes to winā¦ unlike that boyscout Gjenrei.
Terri Morasco: That isnāt something to be celebrating.
Vasco Dias: Hey. It gets results doesnāt it?
{The match begins with Gjenrei offering his hand towards Bates for a shake, where Bates immediately swats the hand away and instead he grabs Gjenrei with the elbow and collar lockup. Bates spins Gjenreiās arm around him and locks the masked man up with the hammerlock. Gjenrei looks to break out of it with a back elbow but KLB isnāt having that, instead he puts his forearm in the back of Gjenreiās head and knocks him flat on his face. KLB grabs Gjenreiās legs lifts him off the mat holding him into the air where he then spins around and puts Gjenrei across the middle rope throat first. Bates has Gjenrei laying against the ropes and prepares for an attack. Bates charges forward and puts a running knee into the back of Gjenreiās head. Gjenrei falls backwards and Bates climbs to the middle rope and then comes diving off with a leaping forearm across the throat of Gjenrei. Bates makes the cover 1ā¦.2 but Gjenrei rolls the shoulder up. Bates grabs Gjenrei and refuses to let that stop him, and pulls the masked man back to his feet. He signals that heās going for the end of the match here as he grabs Gjenrei up and pulls him back to his feet, he lifts and has Gjenrei right where he wants him before planting him into the ground with the crucifix powerbomb! KLB makes the cover 1...2.. but Gjenrei shoves the arm up into the air.}Terri Morasco: I donāt know how Gjenrei got out of that one.
Vasco Dias: Nor do Iā¦ sneaky little bastard.
Terri Morasco: Oh come onā¦ you canāt possibly turn that into an insult.
{KLB looks somewhat shocked here as he grabs Gjenrei by the back of the head and foces him back up again. He goes to slam Gjenreiās head into the turnbuckle but Gjenrei puts the foot up and blocks the attempt before Shoving his elbow into KLBās nose. Gjenrei rushes up the turnbuckles and flips off and catches KLBās head for the asai moonsault reverse DDT! Gjenrei looks gassed as he throws his body over Bates and grabs a leg for the 1...2...3 NO! KLB puts the arm up. Gjenrei rolls off and pulls himself back to his feet, KLB turns over and tries to regain his footing but the second he is up, Gjenrei is spring boarding off the ropes again, this time with spinning wheel kick. KLB hits hard but is back to his feet to just try and stop this momentum that Gjenrei has, but again is immediately hit with a fast paced impact move as Gjenrei blasts him with a running enziguiri! Gjenrei grabs a leg again and covers 1...2ā¦ again Bates kicks out. Gjenrei seems a bit in disbelief as he slaps the mat, but he isnāt about to let that stop him, he takes Bates up and back to his feet where he lifts Bates into the air and KANASHIMI! The fans cheer as they know whatās coming next, Gjenrei heads to the ropes and jumps to the top, he leaps off and comes off flying with the RYOUJOKI NO AMI but hits the mat as KLB rolls out of the way instead, both men are down!}Terri Morasco: Bates moves just in time!
Vasco Dias: There was plenty of timeā¦ he just suckered Gjenrei.
Terri Morasco: Iām not so sure if thatās an accurate assessment.
Vasco Dias: And you would be wrong.
{KLB is the first man to start getting to his feet as he turns over and begins pulling himself back up using the ropes. Gjenrei isnāt far behind him however as he gets up as well. Gjenrei rushes towards Bates, but bates lowers his shoulder and lifts, throwing Gjenrei up and over the top rope to the apron! Gjenrei grabs KLBs head and looks to hot shot him but KLB breaks away and instead clubs Gjenrei onto his back with a stiff clothesline! KLB reaches over the top rope and pulls Gjenrei back to his feet, takes him by the head and suplexes him back into the ringā¦ noā¦ KLB holds Gjenrei there for a moment with the stalling suplex, but then suddenly throws Gjenrei forward, gut first into the top rope and slingshot suplexes him instead! KLB flips over and mounts Gjenrei where he begins hitting the masked man with mounted forearms across the face, delivering hard blow after another while Gjenrei can barely defend himself. After several moments of the defensless shots, Gjenrei is finally able to start getting his arms up to deflect some of the blows, enough to finally get KLB to stop the assault. KLB gets to his feet and backs away, waiting for Gjenrei to get back up. Gjenrei slowly does, and when he is on his feet he tries to catch Bates off guard but it fails miserably. Gjenrei takes a wild swinging shot but Bates ducks its and instead German suplexās Gjenrei to the mat! Bates arches back for the pinning combination 1ā¦.2...3.. NO! Gjenrei throws the arm up.}Terri Morasco: Oh wow! I thought that was over!
Vasco Dias: It was over, clearly a slow count from the referee.
Terri Morasco: You are ridiculous.
{KLB takes Gjenrei back to his feet, where he whips Gjenrei into the ropes and catches him on the way back, he lifts Gjenrei for his AA style spinebuste rbut Gjenrei holds on tight and instead goes for a DDT through the move, but Bates blocks the attempt and instead holds onto Gjenrei tighter across the waist, he repositions and lifts for the Northern Lights suplex, but Gjenrei breaks free and lands on his feet instead. Bates turns over and back to his feet to try and counter but Gjenrei flips backwards and IKARI backflip kick! Bates doesnāt fall to the ground however, instead he staggers as Gjenrei jumps back to his feet, he grabs Bates and OSHIKUMO NAI! Gjenrei feels the win, he covers Bates and 1...2ā¦3! Gjenrei jumps to his feet in victoryā¦.. wait no, the referee is waving it offā¦ KLB put his foot on the ropes! They were too close to the ropes!}Terri Morasco: SO CLOSE! How did Gjenrei not win right there!?
Vasco Dias: Because Bates is too smart for him, he should have taken Bates and pulled him into the center of the ring.
Terri Morasco: What is wrong with you?
Vasco Dias: Whatās wrong with you? Bates is an incredible athlete with an incredible since of ring presence.
Terri Morasco: **sigh** true. But still...
{Gjenrei canāt believe the news as he puts his hands to his head in disbelief, he however doesnāt let this stop him, he takes Bates up and begins to kick him martial arts style until Bates is groggy and on one knee, Gjenrei spins around and nails Bates with the spin kick to the side of the head, knocking Bates for a loop and sending him falling to the mat. Gjenrei takes the lifeless Body of Bates and lifts him back up, dragging him towards the corner where he takes Bates up and places him in a sitting position on the top rope. Gjenrei comes up after him and is looking for what appears to be a hurricanrana but Bates isnāt letting that happen as all of a sudden he jabs Gjenrei in both eyesā¦ wait noā¦ Bates has stuck his fingers in the eye holes of the mask and pulls on the mask in an attempt to rip it off!? Gjenrei quickly smacks Bates hands away and jumps off the ropes where Bates in desperation comes leaping off for what appears to be a hurricanrana which is blocked back Gjenrei who slams Bates back first into the matā¦ WAIT! Bates has Gjenreiās arm and head locked up and it wasnāt a hurricanrana instead itās a triangle choke! THIS TIE IS TOO TIGHT! Gjenrei tries to break free, he tries desperately to break out of this hold but Bates has it locked in out of nowhere and there is no other choice but for Gjenrei to start tapping the mat! Winner: KLB!}Vasco Dias: And just like that, KLB wins this match!
Terri Morasco: Yes, because he distracted Gjenrei with the cheap move of trying to rip his mask off!
Vasco Dias: Like I said, heās willing to do whatever it takes to win. You canāt fault him for that.
Terri Morasco: I can too! The mask is one of the most honored traditions in professional wrestlingā¦ you just donāt go there in a match.
Vasco Dias: You do if you want to win. Thatās what Bates did and thatās what he needs to keep doing to remain on this role heās on.
Terri Morasco: There is no talking to you sometimes.
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SINGLES MATCH
Sephiroth Du Lac vs Jimmy Zane
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{A red mist hits the entranceway as the lights dim to a blood red all around the arena as "Requiem for a Dream" begins to play. Slowly the figure of Sephiroth and his lovely wife, Maria step out from behind the curtain with a glass chalice filled with a blood red liquid in one hand and his trademark cane in the other as Maria clings onto him with one arm. Slowly he walks down to the ring head down occasionally sipping his glass as maria struts beside him. He walks to the ring steps and slowly climbs sipping his chalice once more before wiping his feet and stepping in the ring. He does not pose instead setting the cane and chalice in the corner and removing his coat before handing it to maria who waits at ringside blowing a kiss to him.}Vasco Dias: This next match could see quite a leap for a newcomer, Jimmy Zane, taking on the Man of Steel Champion - Sephiroth Du Lac!
{The familiar twinge of "wherever I may roam" begins to echo throughout the arena. Just as the music reaches its crescendo, Jimmy Zane flies out from under the stage and lands on his feet with pyros flying all around him. He stands there for a moment before sprinting to the ring. He leaps and slides under the ring feet first, and pops to his feet and stands in the middle of the ring, arms outstretched, as his opponent looks on.}Terri Morasco: A victory for Zane could put him in contention for the belt, but Seph is no walk over.
{The two men stand opposite each other, each man eager to make a statement. They start to inch towards each other, before they collide in the middle of the ring, an explosion of power as they do so. A test of strength begins and for the instance neither man seems to gain the advantage.}Vasco Dias: These guys seem quite well matched.
{Jimmy manages to get the advantage and pushes Sephiroth back into the corner. He slams his forearm into the face of Du Lac, stepping back and sending a knife edge chop right to the chest of Du Lac. He goes for another one, but Sephiroth storms out of the corner and takes Jimmy down with a huge clothesline. He roars with rage as he drags Zane to his feet and hooks him up from a huge scoop slam. Sephiroth hits the ropes and comes back with a leg drop, but Jimmy manages to roll out of the way, scrambling to Du Lac, who slips behind Zane with ease and locks in the Black Embrace, a rear naked choke hold.}Terri Morasco: Oh, thatās an interesting one. The Man of Steel Champion Sephiroth Du Lac could have this match here, in true Man of Steel fashion!
Vasco Dias: A choke? Come on Jimmy wonāt be beaten that easy, this early on.
{Inside the ring Jimmy is desperately reaching for the ropes, but he just canāt reach. Sephiroth squeezes as hard as he can trying to get his opponent to submit but Jimmy is tougher than expected. He struggles and struggles and finds a way to one knee. Du Lac tries to make the hold tighter, but Zane manages to get to his feet and charges backwards into the turnbuckle slamming Du Lac into the turnbuckle forcing him to break the hold.}Vasco Dias: Nice ring awareness there by Zane.
{Zane stumbles away from the corner and Sephiroth comes storming out again, but this time Jimmy reads it perfectly and takes Sephiroth Du Lac to the ground hard with a huge running clothesline out of the corner. Sephiroth hits the mat hard as Zane coversā¦...ONE!..........TWO!.......THR-NO!!! Sephiroth Du Lac manages to kick out! Jimmy Zane slams his fists into the ground and heads to the ropes as Sephiroth climbs back to his feet. Heās full of fury as Jimmy comes towards him, Jimmy swings with a wild punch, and Du Lac ducks it, taking Jimmy down with The Fallen Angel DDT! He coversā¦...ONE! ā¦ā¦.TWO! ā¦ā¦..THRE-NO!!! Jimmy Zane kicks out just before the three! Both men roll to their knees ready to go one last time.}Terri Morasco: What a match!
{The two men charge once more and lock up with each other, this time Jimmy Zane gains the advantage, as he slips behind Sephiroth. He hooks him up in a schoolboy and rolls through, grabbing the legs of the MoS Champion. Zane seems to be going for a single leg boston crab, but at the last minute he drags Sephiroth into the middle of the ring and locks in an STF. The champion flails his arms about wildly, trying to get to any of the ropes near him, but heās well out of reach.}Vasco Dias: Wow, it looks like Zane might have it here!
{Just as it looks like Jimmy might have the match won Du Lac reaches up and rakes the eyes of Zane. Jimmy releases the hold and staggers away from Du Lac when he gets back to his feet. Sephiroth stalks The Voodo Child as he climbs to his feet, just as he moves to lock up with Zane, Jimmy delivers a swift kick to the gut, before pushing Sephiroth Du Lac down, preparing for the VooDoo drop, but Sephiroth springs to life and lifts Zane up dropping him on his back.}Terri Morasco: I have no idea who is gonna win this one!
{Seph paces the ring a little before heading to the corner, taunting Jimmy to get back to his feet. Like a ravbid animal Sephiroth seems to be losing it before Zane staggers to his feet, and Du Lac explodes out of the corner with the Spear of Longinus! He rolls over to cover Jimmy Zaneā¦..ONE! ā¦ā¦.TWO! ā¦...THREE!!! Sephiroth Du Lac picks up a close victory over Jimmy Zane.}Vasco Dias: That was an incredibly close match.
Terri Morasco: Sephiroth had to dig deep to pull out the victory, but Zane shouldnāt feel bad, he pushed the champion to his limits.
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SEGMENT
"All Good Things / A Moment of Weakness"
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The arena darkens out as the screech of āHail to the King by Avenged Sevenfold hits the speakers, the crowd erupt with boos as the tron begins to show the highlights of Spikeās IWF run before Spike Kane walks out onto the stage.Terri Morasco: Itās been a while since we were addressed by the self proclaimed āKingā of IWF.
Vasco Dias: Spike has seemingly dropped down the pecking order as of late after suffering two back to back pay per view defeats, but a victory over Roberto Verona may have changed that.
Spike holds the microphone up to his mouth, shifting his weight from foot to foot. The crowd are booing like wild, but Spike just grins at them as they fail to hit home with their reactions.Spike Kane: Fairytales have been my downfall recently. First it was Ortega, and then it was Gibfordā¦..now donāt get me wrong. Gib was the better man on the night, and Iām not going to sully his victory. The dude deserves to go out on top, itās not something many people get a chance to doā¦.but what followed? On my partā¦.it was a moment of weakness. I had to the chance to end things on my own terms, but for a fleeting moment I let Gib have his chance to say goodbye on his own terms, and that has haunted me ever since. You see, I am the King of IWF. I have ruled with brutal efficiency, some might call it barbaric, but the history books donāt lie, and The Empire has been nothing but a successā¦.
The crowd react loudly with boos at how The Empire have acted throughout their time in IWF.Vasco Dias: The things those men have done have left us all speechless.
Spike Kane: Alas though, all good things must come to an end, and I suppose what you fools might feel is good news, Iām here to announce that The Empire is no moreā¦.
The crows roar of cheers could probably be heard throughout the entire arena. Spike simply grins.Spike Kane: This, however will not be the end of your King. Shinigami still remains, Pooler and I will not fade away, not to mention my arrangement with Angel, and Ragnarok. So you fools can cheer all you like, all it means is IWF is entering a new, darker, era. However, I digress...that moment of weakness, when I let that Famularo punk walk away under his own steam is something that has nagged me for weeks nowā¦.so I found out a way to remedy that. To take on the source of that weakness, and to finally rid me of this god damn Famularo curseā¦...XANDER FAMULARO! ā¦..Iām calling you out. High Stakesā¦.you and Iā¦..if you have the balls to do the one thing your dad could do, face meā¦.one on one. Show me the courtesy I showed your old man and give me my chance to rid me of the curse of your god damn family, Iāll be waiting!
Terri Moroasco: What the hell? He just called out Xander!
Vasco Dias: So he tells us theres no more Empire, and then challenges a man heās never beaten in singles competition?
The crowd are chanting āFAM-U-LAR-Oā at Spike who just seems to sneer at the camera, as āHail to the Kingā hits once more and we cut to commercial.----------------------------------------------------------
TAG TEAM MATCH
Eternity and Mercedes Vargas vs Amber Richards and Christine Rochette
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Match goes here.
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SEGMENT
"My shot."
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Alison Valance: Ladies and gentlemen, please welcomeā¦MIIIIIIIKE LASZLOOOOOOOOOO!
{āCult of Personalityā plays over the speakers as Mike and Alexis emerge to the stage. The crowd shows their appreciation as Mike eggs them on while Alexis does her best to support her boyfriend while still looking reserved.}Terri Morasco: I wonder what it is Mike has to say.
Vasco Dias: Heās probably going to complain about how he lost the Man of Steel Title to a freaking vampire.
{Mike makes his way to the ring after Alexis slowly offers her hand. The two of them walk side by side, Mike lifting Alexis on to the apron as he rolls in under the bottom rope. He poses for the crowd who cheer him on as Alexis also gives a subtle clap in the ring. Mike grabs a microphone from the announcer and walks to the center of the ring. The crowd chants his name as he admires all the reactions all around.}Mike Laszlo: Youāre probably wondering why Iām out here tonight. No, it has nothing to do with the Man of Steel Title. My sights are higher than that.
{The crowd cheers him on as he continues.}Mike Laszlo: Iāve been busting my ass in this ring since the opening of this company and yet here come all these one off guys, making their resurgence and getting spots that guys like me deserve. They take the title shots from those of us who work our asses off. Davey Ortega comes in here with his vendetta against Spike Kane, and all of a sudden he leap frogs the entire roster and gets a title shot.
{The crowd give a mixed reaction to Mike for bashing their beloved Imperial Champion.}Mike Laszlo: Congratulations to Davey, I have no personal beef with him, itās more over with the booking around here. Davey got his shot because of his vendetta with Spike. Where the hell was my shot? Iāve been at verbal war with Spike the whole time, and yet, no Imperial Title Shot. I did it the right way. I went through the Empire in an attempt to get to their leader. I was well on my way and then Ortega wins and it all ends up for not. Well Iām not taking this bullshit any longer.
{The crowd erupts in cheer as Mike starts making his real intentions known.}Mike Laszlo: No longer will I sit on the sidelines. Iām done with this crap. Iāve told you all along that Iām not going to lie to you and I havenāt, and I wonāt. Itās time to let it all be known as to exactly whatās been going on around here. For too long weāve seen friends of one owner or another around here getting the lime light. So it seems that to get somewhere around here you have to kiss ass and to be honest, and you all knows this well, Iāve never been one to kiss someoneās ass.
{The crowd simply claps as Mike nods his approval.}Mike Laszlo: Let it be known right here and right now that I donāt give a damn about this pissing match between Simon de Montfort and Roberto Verona. I didnāt come here for the politics. If I wanted politics, Iād go to a promotion where the only people pushed are best friends of the bossās son-in-law, or some over glorified indy fed with a television contract.
{A big āOOOOOOHHHHHH!ā goes throughout the crowd.}Mike Laszlo: I wonāt kiss Simonās ass and I wonāt kiss Robertoās ass. Iām here to be the best wrestler in this company, and I will beat whoever stands in my way to hold the Imperial Title, and I guarantee you that my opportunity will come much sooner than later. When it does, I will take full advantage of it.
{Mike drops the microphone as the crowd cheers and āCult of Personalityā hits the speakers.}Terri Morasco: Strong words by Mike Laszlo.
Vasco Dias: More whining.
Terri Morasco: He stated his intentions and the last time he did so for a title, he won the Man of Steel Title.
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FOUR CORNERS TAG TEAM MATCH
Xander Famularo and Mike Laszlo vs Ragnarok vs Leroux Enterprises vs The Empire
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Terri Morasco: Here we are with our main event of the evening
Vasco Dias: 4 teams ready to go including out champs...
{We come back from a commercial break to find all the teams in the ring. Nero, Bob, Malaki and Laszlo get on the apron. Tank attacks Frank black and Xander goes for Killian. Tank goes for a suplex on Fran but Frank blocks it, hit's Tank in the ribs and spins out of the suplex before kicking Tank in the stomach and hitting a DDT, Xander throws killian out of the ring and turns to level Frank black with a widowmaker right hand.}Vasco Dias: Oh god a right hand from Xander!
Terri Morasco: The son of a legend and a future legend himself...I think we forget how young he really is...
{Pooler leaps into the ring and attacks Xander, Xander flips him off and stomps him down, Malaki jumps into the ring and spears a creeping Laszlo. Nero gets in the ring and Malaki, Nero and Xander stare each other down. Malaki and Nero attacks Xander, Killian gets back into the ring to join in going after Nero, Nero turns and levels Killian with a boot to the face. Malaki and Xander throw hands connecting with one another over and over again.}Terri Morasco: This is crazy
Vasco Dias: No one cares about the rules anymore...
Terri Morasco: This is almost a preview of the High stakes match!
{Laszlo slides into the ring and slams into Tank and the two go at it as well. Meanwhile Pooler and Nero trade blows leaving Frank Black and Killian Creed as the match descendes into chaos. Nero and Pooler spill tot the floor, Tank and Laszlo spill out the other side, Frank black collides with Xander taking them both out Creed runs at Malaki Toala and Malaki ducks dow and spears Creed out of his boots and pins 1....2....3}Vasco Dias: OH WOW...Malaki Toala is a beast!
{Malaki gets to his feet and holds Franks hand up by his wrist, suddenly Frank Black goes down after a briefcase shot from Kristoff Liam bate, Malaki turns but gets nailed in the throat by Sephiroths cane!Vasco Dias: WHAT THE HECK?
{Seph just smiles as the crowd boos heavily seeing the victors laying one on top of the other. Kristoff simply paces adjusting his jacket and tie.As Seph brings the mic to his lips.}Sephiroth du Lac: Well, I know we weren't invited but we thought we'd crash the party anyway.
{he smiles smugly to himself as the crowd starts booing more loudly. Seph eventually keeps talking as Kristoff begins pacing back and forth like a crazed animal.}Sephiroth du Lac: Last week we came out here and we put on a little show. Some of you shrugged. Others of you cheered but for the rest of you... well you simply did not comprehend what you saw.
{he begins to slowly pace around the ring as kristoff hangs back leaning on the turnbuckle.}Sephiroth du Lac: You see, children, what happened this past week. Well, it was the start of something. An agreement between gentlemen as it were that is the very start of something much much larger. A new era has arrived in the IWF. It is not an era of Kings and Emperors. It is not an era of godlike worship. it is not an era of honor and integrity. No, it is quite simply an era of two things... blood and business. See when your children look at you five years from now and they see me and my associate still on top they'll ask you how it all got started and this... this is the day. This is the very day you will tell them about how every last one of you saw the moment the face of the IWF changed forever.
{He froths a bit at the mouth as he speaks as Kristoff claps encouraging him on.}Sephiroth du Lac: You see on this day, March tenth in the year of our lord two thousand fourteen two men of like mind came together for one purpose and one purpose only. To show the world that they are the future of this industry. That they are the leaders of today and tomorrow. We are more than wrestlers. We are more than champions. We are the embodiment of this damned dirty and bloody business. So watch and take heed, children. For we are the pied pipers of your destruction. We are the beginning of the end for all you hold dear. We are the embodiment of this Bloody Business.
{Kristoff leans in smiling as Seph grins evilly once more shaking hands like two business men making an agreement as fans toss trash and boo out loud.Sephiroth du Lac: Victory is our business... and business...{Him and kristoff look back at the pile of bodies.}Sephiroth du Lac: ... is very very good.{Seph and Kristoff raise each others hand in consolidation as the crowd boos in disapproval as the logo cuts in the corner.}
Well howdy there pardner.