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[TKOW Board]

Soft, murky, scratched tones begin to play. Static images from the last year of TKOW events show as voices filter in over the ambient music.

Carpenter: To survive...

Aello: To survive...

Phoenix: Do you have what it takes, to survive?

Salazar: To defy destiny, to cheat fate, to sidestep certain damnation.

Carpenter: To survive...

Aello: To survive...

Clips roll of Carpenter stalking Aello.

T.H. Power: To survive the game. A game of evolution. A game with no rules. A game of opportunity.

Bob Lancelot: Survive...

Clips roll of Soulfly and Ghalleon beating the bloody hell out of each other.

JJB: To survive the final encounter. An encounter with a monster. *Soulfly is shown* An encounter with a reckless maniac. *Ghalleon is shown* An encounter where someone will not walk away.

Bryant McCoy: To survive...

Kid Styles: Survive...

Clips roll of the Firestarter entrants.

T.H. Power: A battle of attrition. Can the technical prowess of David *we see Tobias Burden & Salazar Tyrenus* overcome the brute force of Goliath? *we see Phoenix & Matt Griffen*

Adrian Tanner: Survive.

Eric Mitchell: Survive. The night.

Clips roll of Tobias Burden and Salazar Tyrenus.

JJB: Can this man trust anyone? *we see Salazar* Will this man lose the life he has created? *we see Tobias*

Rising Sun: Survive.

Amy Chastaine: Survive.

Jace Mingla: Survive. The demons.

Clips roll of Phoenix and Matt Griffen.

T.H. Power: He's the face that decides the fate of all men. *we see Phoenix* Can the darkness of his soul be overcome? *we see Carpenter* Is this the man to put an end to his tyranny? *we see Matt Griffen*

More clips of everyone involved in MegaBowl V.

Salazar Tyrenus: What shadows live in these mens' souls.

Tobias Burden: Defy destiny. Cheat fate. Sidestep certain damnation.

Phoenix: Survive.

Matt Griffen: What are you willing to do.

Carpenter: To survive.

The music and the still of Carpenter fades to...

[TKOW Board]

T.H. Power's voice echoes ominously through the arena...

Ladies and gentlemen. You are here to bear witness to the TKOW event months in the making. You will see pain. You will witness blood. You will be at the sdge of your seats as you watch your favorite TKOW stars put life and limb on the line for their own pride, and your enjoyment.

Welcome, to MegaBowl V!

As the crown explodes, MBV banners flutter in the AC, and TKOW personnel fire tshirts into the crowd. A large black drape, which is surrounding the ring, drops and reveals INXS waiting! J.D. raises his bullhorn and Pretty Vegas begins to play.

{J.D. Fortune}
Fallin? asleep at the wheel again baby,
You?re driftin? over the line (the line) Yeah.
You?re hands are tied, but you?re losin? grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the signs?

Thumbin? your way to Vegas, dirty
And dreamin? of the other side...
Save your tears and laughter because
It doesn?t matter what you find

It ain?t pretty
After the show
It ain?t pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go
If you think you need it
Here?s the place to feed it
But it ain?t pretty

When everything that you do is wrong and you
Feel like you can barely survive Yeah!
When those around you are crumblin? downwards
Buried in the sunset alive

Thumbin? your way to Vegas, dirty
And screamin? like you're back from hell
Save your dreams and occupations
Cause it doesn?t matter what you sell

It ain?t pretty
After the show
It ain?t pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go

If you think you want it
Here?s the place to get it
It ain?t pretty

The party's over
And the road is long
The party's over
And you're movin on
The party's over
And the road is long

If you think you want it
Just come out and say it
It ain't pretty

Fallin? asleep at the wheel again baby
You?re driftin? over the line (line)
You?re hands are tied, but you?re losin? grip quickly
Fix me, can you read the signs?

Thumbin? your way to Vegas, dirty
And dreamin? like you?re out of control
Save your tears and laughter
Because this is the ride
And this is the show

And it ain't pretty
After the show
It ain?t pretty when the pretty leaves you
With no place to go

So, if you think you want it
Just come in and get it
It ain?t pretty

Tito: WELCOME ONE AND ALL TO LAS VEGAS! We're out here, live, at the arena at Ceasars Palace, and we're having a ball!

Johnny: It's only been four minutes Tito, you need to save some of that energy for the good parts! No wonder you can't keep a woman.

Tito: That wouldn't have a thing to do with you calling all my dates cells and telling them I have genital warts, would it...

Johnny: Now you're just letting the pot affect your brain. I keep telling you to pass the joint to the Hoops on your right, but do you listen? Nooooo.

Tito: You're on my right Johnny.

Johnny: Let's not confuse the issue with facts Tito.

Tito: Earlier tonight we witnessed a brief Hall of Fame ceremony, where the TKOW Hall of Fame, previously marred by scandal, was reconstituted, and it's members given special awards.

Johnny: You see those thing? Bruno didn't make enough money in his entire career to afford something like that, and Power was handing em out like burritos at Taco Bell. Damn cheapskate never did that for HPWA. If he did, I'd have three.

Tito: While Johnny preens himself and INXS' gear is broken down, let's head to the back where our cameras have caught Aello.

Johnny: That bird's going to be plucked clean and roasted tonight, mark my words.

The special BowlTron 50 loses the graphic and shows Aello storming along the outside of the seating area, closely shadowed by the mysterious bodyguard. She lets out a frustrated growl.

Johann Carlysle: *stepping out of the shadows* Aello, that isn?t a very ladylike thing to do.

She stops on a dime with the bodyguard nearly running into her. She turns to Carlysle, her hands on her hips.

Aello: A lady isn?t usually smothered by an overzealous bodyguard hired by a paranoid millionaire, either. What do YOU want? Aren?t you Pender?s errand boy? Why aren?t you out running your errands?

Johann: Who says I?m not?

Aello: Fine. I?ll leave you to it.

She dashes off with the bodyguard in hot pursuit. A darker shadow moves in the shadows near Carlysle, who watches her leave.

Johann: Oh? I see what you mean. She?s definitely trouble--feisty, but I can handle her.

Voice: He wants her and I want her gone after I break her.

Johann: Don?t worry. Everything is ready.

Voice: If you don?t do it, I?ll just kill her the next chance I get? or better yet, drive Him to do it.

Johann: I told you the last time we spoke that I?d do it. Arrangements have already been made.

Carlysle turns to the shadow, but it is gone.

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Tito: Looks like Aello just has trouble oozing from every angle.

Johnny: Must be why Power hired that guy to follow her around. Can't be his looks, that's for sure.

Tito: Johnny, I don't know about you, but I think we should kick this one off.

Johnny: I agree. Where's that hot chick action?!

Tito: I'm afraid that the Harrison Sisters couldn't remember what wrestling was, and therefore aren't here tonight.

Johnny: They've had over 6 weeks to...

Tito: Not now Johnny.

Johnny: This is unfair! I'm sueing to get a refund for my ticket! WHO'S WITH ME?!

Tito: You didn't BUY a ticket Johnny. You're being paid to sit here and call matches.

Johnny: What did I tell you earlier about facts...

Yuri Testkov: THE OPENING CONTEST OF MEGABOWL V IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL AND IS A SUBMISSION ONLY TAG TEAM MATCH!

"Rapture" starts with the heavy riff, and a few red lights flash in time with the music. Amy walks to the ring through the first lyric, and as the song jumps to the second chorus, she gets in the ring and stands on the second rope, posing for the fans.

Yuri Testkov: INTRODUCING FIRST, WEIGHING IN AT 140 POUNDS! FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANNA!! AAAAAMMMMMYYYYYY CCCCHHHHHAAAASSSSTTTTAAAAAIIIINNNNEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

"Unstoppable" by The Calling kicks in as the words "Legends Never Die" come across the screen. As the singer starts Eric comes out through the curtains and a fire springler display (shooting upwards) goes off behind him. He makes his way to the ring conversing with the crowd before rolling in and posing on all four turnbuckles.

Yuri Testkov: INTRODUCING HER PARTNER FOR THIS MATCH, WEIGHING IN AT 246 POUNDS.... FROM TORONTO, CANADA!!! EEEEERRRRIIIICCCC MMMMIIITTTCCCHHHEEELLLLLLLL!!!!!

Tito: There's a lot of tension going on between these two teams. Bryant McCoy and Amy Chastaine look to take each other to their limits while animosity grows between Kid Styles and Eric Mitchell. Kid Styles is blaming Eric Mitchell for holding him back in the now-defunct Southern Cross Wrestling while Eric was the commissioner.

Styles wants his shot at revenge, and this may very well be his last one, as rumors are floating about this being Eric Mitchell's retirement match. It will be very interesting to see which one of these teams will advance to the final four.

Yuri Testkov: INTRODUCING THEIR OPPONENTS. FIRST, WEIGHING IN AT 245 POUNDS. FROM AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.... "THE CRIMSON CYCLONE" BBBRRRRYYYYAAAAANNNNTTTTT MMMMMMCCCCCCCOOOOOOOYYYYYYY!!!!!

The lights go dim as a strong breeze can be felt over the arena.

As I saw the world in flames
Though the eyes of eternal life
I wish to destroy the life
For every innocent cry
As a sign to die

The pyros explode on both sides of the entranceway as Bryant McCoy emerges, leaping high into the air. He takes a few steps forward and then suddenly stops.

As I see the mistakes of man
I feel my anger
God will make the end of time
You cry forever

A huge tornado forms on the Tron behidn him, eventually forming the name "Bryant" in its eye. Bryant takes off running towards the ring as the guitar picks up.

I cry - I saw
Eternal, eternal winds
Eternal, eternal winds

Your voice screams like
The rain from sky
The end of time has come
Neither time nor a sign
Can stop this cicle of death

Yuri Testkov: AND HIS OPPONENT, FROM AUGUSTA GEORGIA, STANDING SIX FOOT FIVE AND WEIGHING IN AT TWO HUNDRED FORTY FIVE POUNDS, THE CRIMSON CYCLONE, BRYANT, MCCOOOOYYYYYYYYY~!!

Bryant raises both his hands into the air as he climbs up on the middle rope of each side of the ring, one by one.

An imagine of total devastion
Characterize the world of today

I cry - I saw
Eternal, eternal winds
Eternal, eternal winds

The lights come back up slowly as Bryant shuffles back and forth awaiting the match.

"Shiver" by Maroon 5 fills the arena and the fans immediately begin chanting 'K.I.D'. Kid emerges from behind the curtains and walks out onto the stage. He stop and looks out to the fans, smiling. He makes his way down the aisle, tagging random fan's hands.

Yuri Testkov: FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA. WEIGHING IN AT 150 POUNDS AND A MEMBER OF SECTION 8! HE IS... "The K.I.D".... KKKKKIIIIIDDDDD SSSSSTTTTTYYYYYLLLLLLEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!

He arrives to the ring and rolls under the bottom rope then makes his way over to the corner, climbs the turnbuckle and raises both arms high into the air, giving everyone a thumbs up. Kid takes the hat off his head and throws it out to the fans then hops off the turnbuckle, turns and waits for the match to begin.

Johnny: Well you can be sure that my no good son will fuck it up for his team, trying to get a chocolate cake out of his ass or something. Hell, I'll even join McCoy for the post-match beat down.

The fans cheer while Styles and McCoy respectfully shake each other's hand. Styles then eyeballs Eric Mitchell, who eyeballs him back. The ref checks both teams for weapons and then rings the bell!

Tito: Johnny, you disgust me.

Johnny: And you disgust me more.

Tito: Remember folks, this match can only be decided by submission, so you're going to see a lot of technical exchanges. It looks like Bryant McCoy and Eric Mitchell will open up this match.

McCoy and Mitchell circle each other, Bryant tries to tackle Mitchell but he moves out of the way. They lock into a collar and elbow tie up, and McCoy powers Mitchell into one of the corners. The ref tries to separate them and McCoy walks away after a two count--not before patting Mitchell's chest and showing off his biceps. Mitchell seems angered and he proposes a test of strength.

McCoy agrees and they lock hands. Mitchell at first gets the upper hand, but McCoy manages to over power him and gets him on his knees. Mitchell quickly falls on his butt and uses his legs to knock McCoy off his feet. Mitchell stands up and points to his head to show that he has outsmarted his opponent. McCoy galvanizes the opportunity and surprises Mitchell with an ankle lock, but Mitchell quickly reaches the ropes.

Tito: The young rookie has surprised the seasoned veteran with a few tricks of his own. Eric Mitchell should never be cocky, even if he's wrestling a turtle.

Johnny: Yeah who knows, maybe the turtle could surprise him with a roll up. *Laughs*

Tito: Don't mock me Johnny, I've seen Turtles do things that'll blow your mind.

Johnny: Like?

Tito: Well? there was that story about a turtle beating a rabbit in a race. It came with drawings!

Johnny: *sarcastically* Don't forget TMNT...

Tito: COWABUNGA, DUDE!

The two men lock up again and McCoy turns it into a side headlock. Mitchell sends him into the ropes. When he comes back, Mitchell trips him with a drop toe hold, and then rolls over him and locks in a headlock of his own. He tries to hook the arm for a crossface but McCoy rolls away. Mitchell goes for a clothesline but McCoy ducks and hits him with a back suplex. McCoy continues his leg work on Mitchell by applying a leg lock. Mitchell screams out in pain as the ref checks if he wants to tap.

Tito: And again, McCoy has the better of Mitchell.

Johnny: It won't last long.

Eric goes for the ropes but McCoy drags him to the center of the ring. Mitchell refuses to tap and McCoy eventually lets go. He stomps at Eric's leg for a bit before trying to pick him up. Mitchell surprises him with a cradle pin but the ref refuses to count. Eric breaks the pin and then argues with the ref. The ref explains to him that it's submissions only. By the time Eric turns to face his opponent, McCoy catches him with a dropkick. McCoy tries to dent Eric's ankle but Mitchell kicks him in the face with his other leg and McCoy lets go. Both men get up and McCoy runs towards Mitchell who catches him with a belly to belly suplex that drops him right on his head! McCoy grabs his head and neck in pain when Eric limps towards him and picks him up for a german suplex. McCoy however blocks him with his leg and elbows him in the head, which causes him to release the hold. McCoy then hits him with a spinning back kick. McCoy grabs his neck while signaling to the fans that he going to the top rope. He climbs the top turnbuckle and attempts a body splash, but Mitchell moves out of the way, and McCoy's 245 pound frame crashes onto the mat!

Tito: Both men seem out of it as McCoy made a crucial mistake by going to the top rope.

Johnny: Great, now we have to watch them catching a breather for five minutes.

Both men begin to slowly crawl into their respective corners, and their partners extend their hands for the tag. They simultaneously tag out and both Chastaine and Styles hop into the ring! Styles goes for a clothesline, but Amy ducks and bounces off the second rope and rebounds with a cross body press. They fall to the mat and kid quickly shoves her off and they both get up. They exchange arm drags until the kid drop toe holds Chastaine onto the second rope and attempts a 619, but she dodges it.

Kid catches Amy with a hurricarana that sends her to the other side of the ring. Amy grabs her aching head while Styles locks in a half boston crab. He drags her to his corner and tags in Bryant, who applies the half boston crab to the other leg. The ref begins the count and Kid lets go at four and steps out to the ring apron. McCoy continues to work on Chastaine's legs by applying a full boston crab. Bryant picks her
up for a shin breaker, but Amy turns it into a Tornado DDT!

Tito: Amy has just turned the tide! She better have enough strength in those legs of hers in order to get to her corner.

Johnny: She won't be doing Lucha anytime soon.

Chastaine badly limps into her corner. She's a few inches short from her partner's hand when a freshly tagged Kid Styles drags her to the center of the ring, where he does a standing moonsault. Kid motions to Mitchell and locks in a figure four leg lock. Amy screams in agony and tries to scratch herself out of the hold, but Kid won't let go. Finally she manages to reverse the hold and Kid quickly releases it so that he doesn't get damaged. Styles Irish whips Chastaine into his corner and to an awaiting McCoy, but Chastaine hits him with a flying forearm. Styles jumps to the corner but Amy avoids him. Kid manages to balance himself just before crashing chest first. Kid jumps off the turnbuckle and Amy catches him with a twist of fate in midair!

Tito: What a move by Amy Chastaine! But did she put enough hurting on Kid Styles to get him to tap out?

Johnny: She can make him tap out by tickling his armpits for God's sake.

Chastaine locks a sitting sleeper hold on Styles who seems out of it. The ref raises Styles's arm once and it falls to the mat. Raises it again, and still no reaction. Suddenly Eric Mitchell pulls Amy off of Kid Styles.

Tito: What is he doing?

Johnny: It looks like Mitchell wants beat down on the brat.

Tito: What is he an idiot in his old age? They had this match won!

Johnny: This is way better! I can enjoy seeing the little shit getting beat up for hours!

Amy argues with Mitchell while Kid tags in McCoy with his last strengths. McCoy jumps to the top rope and hits Amy and Eric with a springboard double clothesline. Once they get up, McCoy hits Chastaine with a dropkick. Mitchell then kicks Bryant in the stomach and then lifts him up for a suplex, but McCoy manages to shift his weight and turns it into an Aero Cutter! McCoy then tries applies an Indian Deathlock on Mitchell, but the ref stops him and yells at him that Eric's not the legal man. While McCoy is distracted, Amy kicks him in the stomach and hits him with a DDT. She then rolls Mitchell out of the ring. Chastaine applies a camel clutch on Bryant McCoy. McCoy uses his size and strength to get to his feet while Amy is still holding on to him. He grabs her head and goes for a snapmare, but Amy turns it to a headscissors takedown!

Crowd: That was awesome! *Clap clap, clap clap clap!* That was awesome!

Tito: A great counter by Amy Chastaine that has the fans riled up!

Johnny: She can't seriously expect to pull that shit with a man that outweighs her by nearly one hundred pounds; she got lucky with that counter.

Amy grabs her legs in pain while McCoy grabs the ropes in order to get himself up with one hand while holding his neck with the other. McCoy grabs Chastaine by the legs but she punches him in the head and he lets go. Amy then begins crawling to her corner, but McCoy once again grabs her by the legs and picks her up. He goes for the Crimson Rain, but Amy escapes it and slides of his back. Chastaine tries to hit him with Black Lighting (Super Kick) but McCoy grabs her leg, Amy utilizes it to hit him with an enziguri! Amy crawls to her corner and tags in Mitchell just as McCoy hobbles towards his corner. When he sees Mitchell he stops dead in his tracks and turns to face Mitchell who doesn't move an inch.

Tito: What in the hell is he doing? Doesn't he want to win the match?

Johnny: Get the clue stupid, Mitchell wants to make this match worthwhile by getting my no good son to tap out like the little bitch that he is.

McCoy tags in Kid Styles, who goes right after Mitchell. The two stand head to head (Or in this case chest to head) and it seems like they have plenty to say to each other.At one point Styles to put an end to their evening chit chat by slapping the taste out of Mitchell's mouth. Mitchell smiles?and headbutts the K.I.D square in the chest!

Crowd: Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit!

Tito: What a distasteful act by Eric Mitchell. Whenever a respected wrestler with great accolades goes out like this it's really a shame. I hope they seriously consider removing him from the mid-year voting.

Styles gets up and then goes down again after Eric hits him with a clothesline followed by an elbow drop. Eric goes for a triangle choke but Styles quickly rolls away. Kid attempts to trip Mitchell, who jumps just in time. Styles gets up and tries to kick Mitchell in the stomach but he catches it and flips Styles over, connecting with knee lift (that can easily break a man's jaw) before Styles even hits the ground. The blow sends Kid flying to the ropes. Mitchell taunts the crowd before picking Styles up in a suplex and motioning for Death Awaits.

Tito: Mitchell is just wanting to hurt Kid!

Johnny: Damn straight and I'm enjoying every minute of it. HIT IT, MITCHELL!!

Styles however manages to shift his weight and counters it with a reverse neck breaker. Styles grabs his jaw and shakes it to see if it isn't broken and then applies a spinning toe hold on Mitchell, who quickly reaches for the ropes. The Kid drags Mitchell to one of the corners and then climbs the second rope, coming off with an elbow drop on Mitchell's hurt knee. Styles then quickly goes for the single legged crab but Eric instantly grabs the ropes. In the heat of the moment, Kid Styles picks Eric up and goes for a shin breaker yet Eric is too heavy. Eric just simply elbows him in the head and hits a DDT. Mitchell picks Styles up and sets him on the top turnbuckle. He then gets on the bottom rope and grabs Styles abdomen from behind, resulting in a top rope german suplex that drops the Kid right on his juvenile neck!

Crowd: Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit!

Tito: Oh shit !! Johnny get the EMTs!

Johnny: Why should I?

Tito: He's YOUR kid goddammit!

Johnny: Well... fathers are hugely overrated. We just pop it in, pull it out, and then refuse to pay child support.

Mitchell covers Styles for the pin and once again the ref has to explain to him the rules of the match. Mitchell cries out "Fuck this shit!" in desperation and picks up Kid Styles. He then lifts him up with a suplex and then slams him to the mat with a Rock Bottom (Death Awaits). He then picks up a seemingly unconscious Kid Styles and then applies a sleeper hold. The ref picks up Kid's arm, and by the third time the arms flails violently. Styles elbows Eric Mitchell in the stomach a few times to release the hold. Styles then puts his leg over Mitchell's head and hits a variation of the hurricarana and the crowd explodes in cheers!

Crowd: K.I.D! K.I.D! K.I.D!

Tito: Kid Styles has some fight left in him! This match is not over folks!

Johnny: Give it up while you still can son, I don't want to see your stinkin' relatives in the hospital again!

Styles goes out to the apron and stalks Mitchell. When he gets up, the Kid attempts a west coast pop, but Mitchell turns it into a powerbomb. Mitchell falls on his behind after he lands the move and decides to get a breather. Mitchell then tries to lock in a crossface yet Styles is giving too much of a fight and Mitchell can't hook the arm. Mitchell repeatedly elbows Styles head out frustration until he sees red and then shouts "Fuck you Vanilla Midge!" in the Kid's ear. Mitchell then picks him up for another Death Awaits when Bryant McCoy clips his hurting knee, causing him to fall with Styles on top of him. McCoy plays to the crowd by shaking the ropes. Amy Chastaine does her best to run in and feed McCoy's teeth with a leg lariat that sends them both over the top rope and onto the floor!

Crowd: Chastaine, Chastaine, Chastaine!

Tito: Unbelievable! Chastaine is pulling out all of the stops in order to get the win!

Johnny: Yeah, Eric will be very grateful when he maims her at the final four.

Eric Mitchell pushes Styles off of him and gets to a kneeling position. Before he can even get up Styles hits him with a knee lift that sends him stumbling to the second rope. Styles then motions for the crowd that the match is about to come to a close. Styles hits the 619 on Eric Mitchell and then quickly grabs his hurting leg and applies a single leg crab!

Tito: The K.I.D! Does this spell game over for Eric Mitchell?

Eric tries to grab the ropes but he is to far away, he can't stand the pain any longer and he taps!

Johnny: Guess so.

Yuri Testkov: THE WINNERS AND ADVANCING TO THE INVITATIONAL FINALS... KKKKIIIIIDDDDD SSSSTTTTTYYYYYLLLLLEEEEEESSSSSS AAAAANNNNNDDDDD BBBBBRRRRRYYYYYYAAAAAANNNNNNTTTTT MMMMCCCCCCOOOOOOYYYYYYY!

"Shiver" by Maroon 5 plays as the referee lifts Styles's hand in victory. Bryant McCoy slides into the ring and joins the celebration. The two then shake hands, neither with a smile on their face as they realize they'll soon have to face each other.

They both pose on the turnbuckle for some cheering goodness by the fans. They leave the ring separately. The camera then focuses on Eric Mitchell's and Amy Chastaine's disappointed and paining faces. The fans are cheering for everyone in the match for their efforts.

Tito: The team of Kid Styles and Bryant McCoy has won this match and these two advance to the final four later tonight.

Johnny: They won't be so friendly then, eh Tito?

Tito: You're not upset over your son winning?

Johnny: Well, the idiot runt can win once in a while. It's in his genes, you know.

Tito: A tough break for Eric Mitchell and Amy Chastaine, especially for Eric with having been his apparent retirement match and all.

Johnny: Have fun flipping burgers, Eric!. My no good son just kicked your ass! *Laughs* Guess he's good for SOMETHING, right?

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The camera is backstage and we see Tobias Burden backstage. He approaches a changing room door, but his normally cool and collected expression looks different somehow. He looks questioning, emotionally uncertain, like a debate is raging inside him. Finally, almost as though it?s a snap decision, he picks his arm up and raps his knuckles on the door. The camera changes positions from a side shot to a shot just behind Tobias, allowing us to see the name on the door.

Jace Mingla

The boos can be heard reverberating from the audience into the backstage area. Finally, the door opens and Madison answers.

Tobias: Oh! Madison?

Madison smiles and sinks up against the door frame.

Madison: I?ll be damned?.Tobias Burden! Shit has it been a while!

Tobias: Yeah, long while. Is Jace around?

Madison suddenly looks pouty and throws the door open.

Madison: You mean you didn?t come here to see me?

Tobias: Well, I didn?t say that. But it is important that I talk to Jace.

Madison: Jace is outside on the phone talking to his kid?

A look of surprise registers on Tobias? face.

Tobias: His kid??

Madison: Yeah. Apparently he had a son. Heh, who knew! Anyway sweetheart why don?t you come in and visit me a while?

Tobias: Actually, I?ll just come back later and-

Madison: No, no, no, come in. Because now that you?re here I have a little proposition for you.

Tobias, looking nonplussed, hesitates a moment before following Madison into the dressing room.

Madison: You put on some muscle, huh? Lookin? good.

Madison walks over to a mirror on the wall in an adjacent room and starts putting on a dark coat of lipstick while Tobias takes a seat. Madison talks to him through the threshold, eyes locked on her own reflection.

Madison: It?s funny you show up here Toby, what with Jace starting up the Violence Party in SWAT and all.

Tobias: Well? I am booked on the card tonight, and this IS Megabowl.

[CROWD POPS FROM THE ARENA]

Madison: Oh! You know what I mean! It?s a coincidence that you came to visit, because now that you?re here.

Tobias: You wanna make me an offer.

Madison turns to face him and stabs the lipstick into the air to exaggerate her point.

Madison: Exactly!

Tobias: You want me to jump ship to SWAT and join the Violence Party.

Madison: You always were the smart one!

Tobias? expression suddenly sours.

Tobias: No.

Madison looks taken aback.

Madison: What do you mean ?no?? Jace was practically your fucking hero!

Tobias: I mean ?no? as in ?not happening. Ever.? I had a bad feeling one of you would try to pull this on me.

Madison: Well? fine. Whatever. What do you want then?

Tobias: To talk to Jace. Like I already said.

Madison: And like I already said, he?s talking to his kid. So you?re gonna have to wait.

Madison leaves the room and returns, but now wearing a devious smile.

Madison: You know, you seemed surprised when I said that Jace had a son. But then you didn?t bring it up again.

Tobias (looks confused): Well, you said you had an offer for me. But now that that?s out of the way, how is Jace?s son? And how exactly did he find out about him?

Madison: Eh, he?s alright. Typical teenager...or? whatever? kinda just showed up at Jace?s door, but Jace is convinced it?s his kid.

Tobias (smiles a little): I think Jace needed that. I mean, I know he?s cold when it comes to wrestling. But when he was with us? he was? just different. Like he genuinely WANTED us to succeed, and when we did I got the impression that he was proud of us. GENUINELY proud, not just because it looked good for A Violent Reaction.

Madison: ?like a dad?

Tobias doesn?t say anything for a moment, and looks a little wistful.

Tobias: Yeah, I think you could say that.

Madison: And you?d love to have that back, wouldn?t you?

Tobias? eyes narrow.

Tobias: And what does that mean?

Madison: It means I know you want back in, but you're being stubborn and not joining the Violence Party, that?s what!

Tobias gets up from his seat, beginning to look annoyed.

Tobias: That?s right. I?m NOT joining the Violence Party.

Madison: Why the hell not?!

Tobias: Why not?! Because it?s NOT the same entity. It?s NOT Dave Havoc, Tobias Burden, Jace Mingla, and Leona Nguyen? and it?s NOT TKOW.

[BIG CROWD POP!]

The look on Madison's face is dark now.

Madison: Oh that's right, because Leona Nguyen isn't around, what are you out of your fucking mind!? I was ten times better than that bitch and I proved it to Jace!

Tobias: Onslaught never DID show up, frankly I never knew-

Madison: You don't believe me! Jace told you himself you little shit, even after Leona said she wouldn't waste her time on the failures that you were... and seemingly are.

An angry look covers Tobias' face but Madisons' expression trumps even that.

Tobias: Everybody fuckin' loses eventually Madsion and even Leona-

Madison: Fuck Leona, fuck TKOW and fuck YOU! We've already told you that this had nothing to do with any of you failing. It was because of what Jace did to the bit-

Madison smacks a hand over her mouth quickly and Tobias rises to his feet, his expression guarded but the rest of his body tense, poised for a show of what one could only guess will be anger.

Madison: Err... what I meant was-

Tobias: What did Jace do to the "bitch," Madison? What the fuck did Jace do to Leona, huh!?! TELL ME!!

The Heartless One takes a menacing step forward as Madison attempts to scramble backwards, knocking over a bench and sending some water bottles flying. Bumping into the wall the youngest living Dyson finds herself with nowhere else to go as Tobias closes in a slams his fist into the wall beside her head.

Madison: Nothing... err... he fired, no he terminated...

Tobias' face is stern and Madison knows he doesn't believe a word. She finally finds a certain interest in her feet. She gives a long drawn out sigh before looking right back up to Tobias' face and spitting at him defiantly. The wad hits him on the cheek making him flinch but he remains where he is.

Madison: Fuck you...

Tobias: Not likely, now what-

Madison: Jace had his fucking way with the uptight bitch and she deserved every minute of what happened to her!!

[CROWD BOOS AND HECKLES THEIR DISGUST FROM THE ARENA]

The comment hits Tobias like a bag of hammers and he stumbles backwards a few steps, leaving Madison to gain some ground.

Madison: That's right Toby, you supported and stuck up for a man like Jace because you knew how great he was but you're now so fuckin' noble that when you find out exactly how far Jace was willing to go that you 'Can't believe it'?! HA, don't make me laugh you fucking useless piece of-

A wild swing!

~BAM!!!~

[HUGE CROWD POP!]

Madison Dyson goes down hard, knocked clean out from the vicious haymaker... and there stands Tobias, quivering with unchecked rage and glaring down at the unmoving form of his ex-manager, his former mentors' lover. After a moment he turns and storms out of the locker room.

Tobias: JAAACCEE!!!

Tobias looks confused at first, the wild-eyed mania of a man who is seeing nothing but blood red. He looks back and forth down the hallway and settles on a direction. His movements simmer with an undercurrent of pure hatred as he makes his way towards the ring area and the camera is following him the whole way. Right before he is set to make his way out to the ring he grabs a folded steel chair leaning up against the wall and steps out onto the stage. The fans pop huge at the sight of an enraged Tobias Burden holding a steel chair in one hand. After a moment, the techs in the truck get a clue and hit 'Black and White' but Tobias doesn't even seem to notice. He slides into the ring, chair still in hand.

Tobias: GIVE ME A FUCKING MIC!

The music cuts and Tobias gets his mic. The crowd goes silent. Tobias is literally trembling with rage now, and has to take a moment to muster the control to speak.

Tobias: Jace, from the moment I first laid eyes on you, from the first interaction we ever had... I knew... I KNEW that there was something different about you, something "off," something completely and utterly beyond morality, beyond redemption. And I kinda liked it. You were someone who DEMANDED attention, and as an up and comer attention was something I craved. But now, after what I just heard, I CANNOT believe how wrong I was. You aren't something to be admired at all.

Tobias brings the mic down to his side, looking disillusioned for a moment. And then, a glimmer overtakes his eyes. The rage is back, unbridled and ready to explode.

Tobias: GET OUT HERE YOU SICK FUCK! GET OUT HERE!

Tobias again brings the mic to his side and starts to pace like a caged animal. The crowd starts to pop again and right before Tobias looks like he's going to spout off again a familiar theme hits. It's "Personal Jesus" and Jace Mingla steps out onto the stage to immense heat from the crowd!! Jace has a mic in hand and looks like he's about to speak.

Tobias: NO! SHUT THE FUCK UP!!

Crowd: *IMMENSE POP!*

Tobias: Jace, I can see you now and I KNOW I'm faster than you. So why don't you just come down to the ring now...

Tobias' eyes narrow.

Tobias: ....because you are already dead.

Crowd: *ANOTHER IMMENSE POP WITH BURDEN CHANTS MIXED IN!*

Jace puts his hand up as though to silence the masses and hopefully quell Tobias' rage. He speaks now before Tobias can interrupt.

Jace: Tobias, I don't know what you just heard-

Tobias: Everything I needed to hear, thats what I heard! My God! You fucking raped Leona didn't you? Jesus! You sick fuck!

A smile tugs at Jace's lips, but he hides it again quickly.

Jace: My, my, my... It seems the rumor mill is still working in full force here in TKOW and still can't stop talking about me no less...

Tobias: NO! You egomaniac, I heard it from Madison! She told me what you did!

Jace: Oh come on! You know you can't trust everything that comes out of her mouth! She was trying to get a rise out of you. I thought you were smarter than that!

Crowd: *BULL-SHIT! BULL-SHIT!*

Tobias points to the crowd.

Tobias: Uh uh....I don't think so! BULLSHIT is right! Everything out of your mouth was bullshit, wasn't it?! Why should that change now?!

Jace: Bullshit? BULLSHIT?! So it was all bullshit when I took you and Dave in and treated you like my own flesh and blood...MY OWN FUCKING CHILDREN....when I would rather spit on EVERYONE else in TKOW than look at them?! YOU REALLY THINK THAT WAS BULLSHIT?!

Tobias brings the mic up to his mouth to speak... but then doesn't. The mic dips a little.

Jace: For God sakes! I am a cold, rotten bastard. I was ALWAYS honest about that! But for as cold as I am the time and attention I devoted to you guys was NOT something I could have faked or lied about!!

Tobias: No, no, you're avoiding the issue...

Jace: I AM NOT avoiding the issue! (pauses) Damn it... Madison was right. I did. I RAPED LEONA!

Tobias looks dumbfounded, unable to believe that Jace so openly admitted it. The crowd is stunned into silence.

Jace: But I did it because she had to pay!! She spit in our faces and worked behind our backs! That conniving bitch!!

Tobias (awed): Jesus....you're sick....

Jace: SO WHAT?! She betrayed my boys....MY CHILDREN....so I ruined her for the rest of her life! SHE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AND EVEN THEN SHE GOT OFF EASY! Does that make me sick?! FUCK IT! FINE! YES! IT MAKES ME SICK! But you already knew that when you agreed to join with me!!

Tobias: You even have a child now, you sick bastard. Are you gonna raise that kid to be like you? Huh, Jace?

Jace: Yes! I HAVE a child! A child that loves me unconditionally and respects me unconditionally like the mutual respect WE used to have! Jesus, you are so blind! Everything I did I did for you!!

Tobias: Kinda like how you left us high and dry for SWAT... and conveniently replaced us with Jay St. Clair like you replaced Leona with Madison? Everything you did huh Jace?! YOU ARE SO FULL OF SHIT! AND YOUR BULLSHIT ENDS HERE AND NOW! I'm not your "child" or your little puppet that you can emotionally manipulate!!

Suddenly Jace starts stepping towards the ring, arms outstretched like he's waiting to be crucified.

Jace: Very well then Tobias. My "bullshit" ends here. Lets see you do this. Lets see if you can drill me in the skull with that chair after all I did for you... after the fact that I committed a crime to protect you!!

Jace is slowly getting closer to the ring. Tobias never takes his eyes off Jace.

Jace: Do you have it in you? You seem to be implying that I betrayed you for SWAT. So do you have it in you to betray me? To harm the man who gave you your CAREER?

Jace slowly steps into the ring and gets nose to nose with Tobias, who looks unsure of himself now.

Jace: Morality, my friend, is not black and white. It's nothing more than one... big... profound... shade of gray. And what I did to Leona was for the greater good of A Violent Reaction.

Tobias breaks away from Jace and turns from him, staring a hole in the mat.

Jace: Whatever you may think of me or what I did to Leona, you cannot deny that I did a GOOD thing for you, and I didn't have to do it. I CHOSE to do it.

Tobias: ....

Jace: Say something, Tobias. Say anything.

Tobias: Earlier, I said you were already dead...

Jace: Yes?

It happens in an instant--so fast most of the people in the audience miss it. Tobias wheels on Jace and delivers a skull shattering chair shot that richochets through the arena and Jace goes down.

The crowd blows the roof off the building!

Tobias: I said you were already dead.

Blood is starting to run from Jace's forehead as he collapses into the corner. His eyes glaze over and he tries to pick himself up. Tobias looks down at the chair, now smeared with Jace's Mingla's blood.

Tobias: And I now know I was right. You are the saddest person I have ever met in my life. Because you're completely dead inside and desperate for anything and anyone to leach off of and make you feel human again. Me, Dave, Leona... We were just filling a void and when you decided you were done with us you threw us away.

Somehow, Jace manages to crawl his way up to a standing position. With mic still in quivering hand he speaks in a voice that sounds like a mixture of desperation and pure evil. He growls.

Jace: I fucking HATE you-

And Tobias brings the chair down again--another thunderous crack and Jace goes down for good, blood pooling all over his face and onto the mat. The mic falls from his hand and out of the ring. Tobias looks down at him and the chair slips from his hand.

Tobias: How's that for a violent reaction?

'Black and White' hits and the crowd explodes one last time. Tobias crawls out of the ring and walks to the backstage area... and never looks back.

[TKOW Board]

Tito: My goodness did you see that Johnny?

Johnny: What? It was Tobias Burden and some nobody from SWAT. I was playing Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on my PSP.

Tito: You're hopeless.

Johnny: I heard there was this one special hooker in the game, that if you picked her up, you got a special scene where your guy plays air guitar with his schlong while wearing a sign that says "Hot Coffee THIS fuckers!"

Tito stares blankly at Johnny while fifteen thousand people load up their PSP's...

Johnny: You know you want to see it Tito.

Tito: Not as much as I want to see the parking garage. I'm hearing that Phoenix is finally arriving at the arena.

Johnny: THE CHAMP IS HERE!

Tito: My goodness did you see that Johnny?

Johnny: What? It was Tobias Burden and some nobody from SWAT. I was playing Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories on my PSP.

Tito: You're hopeless.

Johnny: I heard there was this one special hooker in the game, that if you picked her up, you got a special scene where your guy plays air guitar with his schlong while wearing a sign that says "Hot Coffee THIS fuckers!"

Tito stares blankly at Johnny while fifteen thousand people load up their PSP's...

Johnny: You know you want to see it Tito.

Tito retrieves a cell phone.

Tito: Yes Mr Power. I know Vince already has his lawyers contacting your lawyers. Yes sir, I know he's going to sue you for everything you own. No sir, I am not against the on air murder of a broadcast partner, however, I think we should save that for a post-ppv pinata. Yes sir. Ok sir.

Johnny: Kiss ass.

A Black Emerald & Majestic Green Pearl 2006 FLHTCUSE Screamin? Eagle Ultra Classic Electra Glide roars into the garage and coasts into a spot next to a 1965 Lincoln Continental. Kickstand in place, the engine is cut off and Phoenix removes his Stealth Flame Modular Helmet, his cloth mask staying surprisingly in place underneath. Setting the helmet on the bike, he extracts a dufflebag from the Tour-pack luggage box as well as his TKOW "Fiery" title belt.

He throws the belt over his shoulder and starts walking towards the entrance to Ceasers Palace when a voice floats out from behind the C-Team van, too low to be picked up clearly by the camera, which is on the far side of the lot. Phoenix stops dead in his tracks, his lips tightening into a sneer, his hands tightening on the belt and the straps of his dufflebag. The voice can be heard again, and Phoenix stalks to the van's backdoors and is stopped by a bandaged hand.

Phoenix speaks to someone hidden by the van. The two voices parry as the hand can barely be seen once more, holding some sort of paper. The hand retracts, and produces a new paper. Phoenix drops the bag and the belt, slaps the paper out of Carpenter's hand, and reaches in. A slam is heard and the C-Team van shakes as Phoenix steps out of the camera's view. Carpenter's throaty chuckle begins anew, getting louder and dissipating into a cackle.

The voices grow louder, but are now more muffled, as both men are on the far side of the van. There is a pause, an eerie silence. Phoenix takes a couple of haggard steps out from behind the van, back into the cameras view. Phoenix's next words are softspoken; the voice not of a champion of men, but of a soulless being, filled with strife. A different dufflebag hits the ground next to Phoenix.

Phoenix slowly lifts both bags and the title off the ground and begins walking away as the video feed cuts out.

Tito: We missed the whole thing!

Johnny: Next time we need to get a cameraman with a pair. I mean really, how do you NOT get close to the champion when he's accosted like that?

Tito: I just hope whatever that was doesn't affect him in his steel cage match. The fans are really looking forward to that one.

Johnny: Fans nothing! I can't wait for it. Long reigning Brutality champion against the man that took the strap from him, friend against friend, teacher against student, this has all the makings of match of the year, or dud of the year. Depending, of course.

Tito: Of course.

Yuri Testkov: THIS IS A KING OF SUBMISSIONS INVITATIONAL MATCH. THERE IS NO DISQUALIFICATION OR COUNT OUT. TEAMS CAN WIN ONLY BY SUBMISSION AND ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND.

Tito: It's now time for Adrian Tanner and The Rising Sun versus Jace Mingla and our own, The Hardcore Superstar, Bob Lancelot!!

Johnny: Four huge egos and one ring to contain them. *sarcastically* I?m brimming with joy.

Tito: Make that five, counting you.

[The house lights dim to black and spliced footage from Metal Gear Solid III appears on the screen.]

Revolver Ocelot: Hold it right there, traitor. Let's find out just how lucky you are.

(Ocelot reveals a bullet for his revolver. He loads the bullet)

Ocelot: Watch closely. (takes out three revolvers)

Ocelot: One of these three guns has a single bullet in it. I'm going to pull the trigger six times in a row. Are you ready?

(Ocelot juggles the three guns. Each time he pulls a trigger, Sokolov winces. The fifth time a trigger is pulled, Sokolov pisses his pants}

Ocelot: Looks like your luck hasn't run out yet.

{The sixth time, the gun fires and the screen shatters into a million pieces as Damageplan's "Moment of Truth" booms through the speakers.}

#There were times when I questioned my reasons
Thought I wouldn't last#

(black and white footage of Adrian Tanner matches flash across the screen)

#Seemed the hand of God held my head
Underwater
Somehow I fought back#

(footage of Adrian pinning Triple B for the Ring Syndicate Australian Heavyweight Championship)

#It's still not over yet
No, it won't let me quit#

(footage of Adrian getting powerbombed through the Aborigine announce table by the Hellhounds)

#Found myself more than just once
Praying down on my knees#

#My search for answers only led to more questions
Sometimes for faith you've got to bleed#

(footage of Adrian, bloody and battered, holding up the Australian Heavyweight title)

#By now I've bled my share
Now it's my turn to redeem#

*BOOM!*

(A huge blast of pyro engulfs the stage in flames)

#When it comes my way, I won't be scared
I've been waiting all my life#

(When the flames die down, Adrian Tanner Jr stands in the middle of the stage, head down, dressed in red "metallic effect" shorts with "AT" in gold letters on each side and an open red "metalic effect" ring jacket with the same, along with black elbow and knee pads.)

Yuri Testkov: INTRODUCING FIRST, STANDING SIX FEET AND TWO INCHES, WEIGHING IN AT TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX POUNDS?FROM TUCSON, ARIZONA. THE ARIZONA ASSASSIN?.AADDRIIIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN?TAAAAAAANNNNNEEEERRR!!!!

#Pain has prepared me for the moment of truth
And the true test is time#

(Black and white footage continues to play on the screen as Adrian begins his walk down the ramp)

#Give all you have because you believe
Sell your mortal soul#

(Footage of Adrian and Dave Rave brawling through the arena plays as Adrian continues to walk down the stage, slapping a couple hands on the way down)

#And if you're not a predator then, oh - you better pray
Bet it all now or fold#

(footage of Adrian nailing X with the "Best Damn Secondary Finisher, Period.")

#But there's still a danger there
Don't become one of them#

(At the last verse, Adrian raises his arms, throws his head back, and thousands of multicolered streamers shoot simultaniously from all four corners of the ring. Adrian takes off his ring jacket and slides into the ring.)

#When it comes my way, I won't be scared#

(footage of Adrian nailing various people with the Revolver)

#I've been waiting all my life#

(footage of Adrian holding up various Championships, stopping on the SWAT World Tag Team Championship)

#Pain has prepared me for the moment of truth
And the true test is time#

(In the ring, Adrian mounts the nearest turnbuckle, making the "gun" motion with left hand. He "cocks" and "fires," and then jumps down. Tanner rubs his hands together in anticipation as the crowd continues to roar loudly without abandon.)

Tito: Multiple title belts in more federations than I have hair and he?s no stranger to Megabowl?just last year, Adrian Tanner and David Rave went the distance and Tanner proved himself to TKOW and the world, as if he hadn?t already.

Johnny: Man, Rising Sun better not disappoint Tanner. Hey, I think Tanner should've taken on Mingla and Lancelot in a Handicap, even then he?d have better chances!

Tito: Speaking of Rising Sun?

?Motown Philly? by Boyz II Men calls through the speakers as The Rising Sun appears on the stage, clad in his red Japan flag colored Vega mask and kung fu pants with the sash. Rising Sun slowly walks down towards the ring, while Adrian Tanner gives him distrusting glares all the way down the isle.

Tito: From what I know about Rising Sun, this guy is a serious player in the wrestling landscape. Five titles, two currently held, and also the winner of the UWA Tournament. This man is no stranger to the big stage but can he co-exist with Adrian Tanner?

Johnny: They?re professionals man. They?ll have sex if they have to.

Tito: I?d love to hear their reaction to that comment.

Johnny: Hey I ain?t backing down!

Yuri Testkov: STANDING IN AT SIX FEET EXACTLY, WEIGHING IN AT ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY POUNDS, REIGNING HARDKORE WORLD SIX MAN TAG TEAM CHAMPION AND HARDKORE NIPPON GRAAAAAND CHAMPION. THE RIIIIISIINNNNNNNGGGGG SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNN!!!!

Rising Sun raises his arms after the announcement before sliding into the ring and posing on the turnbuckles, always glancing back towards Tanner who doesn?t seem at all amused. Both men exchange brief greetings before warming up. Rising Sun seems the more relaxed one but Tanner gives him tense expressions from the other side of the ring as the two refuse to stand together.

Tito: This has to be a very testing environment as there is no real ?team ethic? here tonight, its just a matter of survival with a forced ally.

Hardcore by Feel plays over the loud speakers as the lights dim in the arena, a white spotlight appears on top of the entrance ramp and Bob Lancelot slowly raises up from a hole in the ramp on a raising platform into the spotlight. He has the TKOW Television Championship over his shoulder but it has barbed wire wrapped around it and yellow police "Do not cross" tape wrapped around it also.

Yuri Testkov: AND THEIR OPPONENTS, FIRST INTRODUCING... STANDING AT FIVE FEET AND TEN INCHES, WEIGHING IN TONIGHT AT TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY POUNDS?FROM OXFORD, ENGLAND. THE HARDCORE SUPERSTAR, AND REIGNING TKOW TELEVISION CHAMPION? BOOOOOOOOOOOB LAAAAAAANCELLLOOOT!!!!

Bob hops off the platform and then walks towards the ring, rolls under the bottom rope and flips his middle finger to the enormous sea of humanity to deafening jeers. He smiles unfazed and parades his Television Championship around the ring, also waving it in front of Tanner and Rising Sun who give off angry glares.

Johnny: What the hell?! He?s the only REAL TKOW man inside that ring and they BOO HIM??! Ungrateful bastards, show some class you idiots this is Mega-fucking-Bowl! This is YOUR Television Champion, Bob Lancelot? and no longer self proclaimed but HE IS THE REAL, Hardcore Superstar.

Tito: Hardcore Superstar? I don?t think so... yet. After all, the title IS the TV title, NOT a hardcore title... but Lancelot has changed after going through hellacious battles with Carpenter--who can forget that TLC match? And that Brutality Gauntlet Match at New Era. He?s come unscathed to the biggest event of the year and he?s going up against three of the top wrestlers of the industry as the reigning Television Champion, which is no easy feat.

The arena goes quiet and a few mixed reactions and jeers can be heard?

?Personal Jesus? by Marilyn Manson thunders through the speakers, the lights going completely dark momentarily as out comes Jace ?The Iceheart? Mingla, blonde hair wet and dripping from backstage as he stands on the stage in his red akido pants, taking as much time as he can and surveying the massive crowd who give him a conflicted but extremely loud reaction. Mingla hardly bothers to react as he calmly walks down to the ring, not at all amused by the occasion and definitely in some kind of pain, his walk slow and calculated.

Yuri Testkov: AND INTRODUCING LAST, STANDING IN AT SIX FEET AND TWO INCHES, WEIGHING IN TONIGHT AT TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY POUNDS. REIGNING SWAT HARDWAY CHAMPION, THE ICEHEART?.JAAAACCEEEE MIIINGLAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Mingla eyes his partner Lancelot, mumbling displeasure before getting up onto the ropes and entering the ring as Adrian Tanner comes out, both of them executing a stare down with the fans split on who they owe allegiance to.

Tito: You all know who this man is, the man who took Phoenix to the distance but just came up short at last year?s Megabowl in the historic Blood Money Hitman Ladder Match.

Johnny: Jace Mingla is a piece of crap. Phoenix started his spell of dominance by defeating this man and what did he do? He ran and left! You want to hype this guy Tito? I think not!

Tito: You don?t know any of the details Johnny but you cannot deny that Jace Mingla has gone back to his old self?the man on the edge. He?s vindicated the name he was given, ?Iceheart? Jace Mingla, over the last few weeks. This Invitational is his to take!

Johnny: Tito Poppi, ladies and gentlemen, the official kiss ass of our federation!

Tito: I don't kiss yours. Anyway... Folks, this is a tag team match, no disqualifications BUT the only way to win is by making a member of the opposing team submit and tap out. The two winners progress to the end round of the Invitational.

Johnny: LET?S GET THIS ON ALREADY?

The referee promptly rings the bell as both teams decide who goes first. Mingla doesn?t even wait to talk to Lancelot but goes to stand behind the ropes as Lancelot throws up his arms and prepares to meet Adrian Tanner in the middle. Tanner sizes up Lancelot as both men circle each other intently. Lancelot breaks and charges but Tanner ducks and nails an enziguri!!!

Johnny: Rookie mistake, come on BOB!!!

Lancelot quickly rises back up clutching his head as Tanner breaks a faint smile and beckons Lancelot forward. Bob charges at Adrian but gets rolled into an arm drag. Tanner quickly switches it into an arm lock submission on the left arm as Lancelot winces in pain, trying to maneuver out. The referee hounds Lancelot while Mingla looks on with disdain and Rising Sun looks on nonchalantly. Tanner wrenches and wrenches until he takes Lancelot into his corner and goes for the tag but Rising Sun declines to HUGE jeers from the crowd.

Tanner mouths off and releases the hold, stomping on Lancelot?s abdomen. Tanner grabs Lancelot by the hair and brings him into the middle of the ring, whipping him into one of the unoccupied turnbuckles with a menace. Adrian then goes over and executes chop after chop on Bob?s bare chest before putting him in a headlock and bringing him back out and converting into a headlock takedown.

Tito: Adrian Tanner?s experience is clearly showing and Lancelot has yet to put in any kind of offense and Adrian?s completely worn down Lancelot who is used to the fast paced environment, this is completely alien territory for him.

Johnny: Rising Sun is a pussy. Rising Sun is a pussy.

Tito: God?

The referee once again checks on Lancelot as Tanner wears the other man down, both starting to sweat quite a bit as the fans roar for Tanner to keep no mercy and continue the hold. Lancelot desperately tries to get up but Adrian keeps forcing him down. All of a sudden Jace Mingla enters the ring and gives Tanner an absolutely stiff kick straight to the face breaking the hold. The referee berates Mingla who calmly strides back to his corner and out of the ropes. Rising Sun chuckles but Lancelot seems to have finally gained a foothold. Bob races to the ropes while Adrian?s still groggy and clotheslines him down to the mat. Lancelot proceeds to stomp the living hell out of Tanner before following through with an elbow drop.

Bob raises Tanner up and whips him into Mingla?s corner and tags in Iceheart! Mingla gets inside and stomps Tanner down to the bottom rope before walking back a few steps and connecting with a running knee right into Tanner?s noggin. Mingla drags Tanner to the center, executing a few punches and puts his foot in front of Tanner?s legs and throws The Arizona Assassin into a LEG SWEEP FACE BUSTER. Jace doesn?t waste a single moment, grabbing Tanner and pulling him up, whipping Adrian into the ropes. Tanner rebounds off as Mingla tries to catch him but Adrian reverses into a tremendous spinning DDT out of the air and sends Mingla crashing to the mat!!!

Tito: Jace Mingla paid for letting Adrian Tanner go free. You can?t let an aerial fighter have that much room.

Johnny: Mingla get the hell up! I wanna see more ass kicking!

Jace Mingla is visibly shaken as he struggles to get up onto the ropes and the referee comes to check on him. Tanner screams for the ref to move and comes off the ropes again before running into a dropkick but MINGLA PULLS THE REFEREE BACK in front and slides for his life as Tanner?s boots launch the referee right through the middle ropes and out of the ring. Adrian holds his head in his hands and surveys the damage as the fans roar for him to turn around.

Tanner hesitantly gets up and turns looking towards Mingla, who?s still down, and then he looks up, too late. Bob Lancelot flies off the top rope and lands on Tanner?s shoulder for a brief second before a HUGE HURICANRANA that sends The Arizona Assassin sprawling. Rising Sun runs into the ring and looks for a spear but Lancelot dodges and Rising Sun goes straight into the ring post! Bob looks into the chaos and sees Tanner rising so he runs to the ropes and attempts a diving lariat but Tanner connects with a desperation dropkick in mid air!!!

Tito: Adrian?s won back control of the match! What a dropkick!

Johnny: MINGLA GETTTT HIMMMM!!!!

As if by cue Jace Mingla comes right behind Adrian and connects with a vicious back-cracker. The Iceheart takes Tanner?s body, raising him back up, and nails him with a fisherman?s suplex before climbing the nearest turnbuckle. Mingla goes completely to the top as the sea of humanity roars in approval and he jumps off into a flying leg drop BUT MISSES! Tanner rolls out of the way in the last second as Mingla clutches his legs in pain. Rising Sun, newly recovered, runs at Mingla and catches him with a vicious one legged kick to the face, putting Jace down on the mat as he clutches his mouth painfully.

Tanner and Rising Sun exchange looks before going over to the body of Lancelot and raising him up before whipping him into the opposite ropes. Lancelot comes hurtling back as both Rising Sun and Tanner lift him up and connect with a double face plant! Tanner immediately goes onto Mingla who?s curled up on the mat and locks in the kneeling dragon sleeper. Mingla tries his best to wriggle out and almost does but Adrian rolls over Mingla?s head and nails a roll the dice! Tanner quickly slides over Mingla?s back to his original position and locks in a headscissors on Mingla?s left arm!!!

Johnny: PROBLEM SOLVER! PROBLEM SOLVER!!!

Tito: But the ref?s out!!!! Mingla?s on the verge of tapping.

Adrian roars at Mingla to tap but Mingla screams in denial as Rising Sun seeing the absence of the ref walks outside the ring and tries to wake the official kneeling at the ref. He doesn?t know though that Bob Lancelot is FLYING TOWARDS HIM IN A SUICIDE PLANCHA THROUGH THE ROPES!!!

Tito: Oh god! Lancelot out of nowhere!!! He used Rising Sun?s own favorite move on him! What a show of disrespect.

Johnny: Why the hell didn?t he break Tanner?s hold instead!?? What an idiot!

Rising Sun?s prior efforts at waking the referee seem to have worked as the ref crawls into the ring and the fans roar, Mingla seems on the verge of tapping!!! The ref is obscenely slow and Bob Lancelot is already coming into the ring as Tanner holds on mercilessly with Jace Mingla screaming in absolute agony.

Tito: Mingla was shot in the head in the past and this can totally knock out the man! Come on referee!!!

The ref barely makes it but Lancelot comes roaring desperately and elbow drops the referee!!! The crowd boos in disgust as Tanner is forced to break the hold.

Johnny: Now I get what Lancelot was doing! Still a loon though.

Tito: Tanner just got screwed!!

Tanner and Lancelot battle it out in the center of the ring exchanging punch after punch. Tanner knocks Lancelot back, punching relentlessly with his newfound anger and driving Lancelot to the ropes. Tanner whips Lancelot in the opposite direction before running at The Hardcore Superstar and executing a devastating swinging neck-breaker.

Lancelot seems to be out cold as Adrian mounts the nearest turnbuckle and the fans cheer relentlessly. Rising Sun, Lancelot, and Mingla are all three out cold not to mention the referee as Tanner positions himself, glancing at the crowd for a split second before launching off into a CORKSCREW 180 SPLASH OFF THE TOP!!!!

Tito: OH GOD! OH GOD! That has to take Bob Lancelot out for good!

Johnny: But he?s not the legal man and Tanner can?t pin him either. It seems both of them took heavy damage.

Indeed as Tanner clutches his front rolling around to gain some air. The referee now seems to have regained his senses as he pushes Lancelot away, while Rising Sun slowly stumbles back to his corner still hurting from the suicide plancha.

Tito: Well it seems some sort of order has been re-established. At least our refs do their jobs!

Johnny: Eh, I liked them flying around like monkeys. Plus that elbow drop on the ref was sweet!

Tanner and Mingla slowly rise, Jace definitely not in a good mood as he sways around uneasily. Tanner charges but Mingla ducks in the nick of time, getting Tanner on the rebound with A STANDING ENZIGURI out of sheer desperation! Both men fall to the mat as Mingla edges towards his corner clutching his head. Lancelot seems to have regained his senses as he reaches out and makes the tag but Tanner has also made the tag to Rising Sun! Both men charge at each other but Lancelot quickly hits Sun with an expert northern light suplex but relinquishes the bridge.

Bob pounces and locks in the headlock quickly but Sun pushes him up. Lancelot refuses to let go but Sun punches away for his life and pushes Lancelot into the ropes somehow. Lancelot bounces off the ropes and comes right into a SPINNING HEEL KICK from Rising Sun completely knocking the wind out of The Hardcore Superstar. Sun approaches the nearest turnbuckle and climbs with earnest, beckoning Bob Lancelot to get up. Lancelot is extremely dizzy as Sun sizes him up but out of nowhere Jace Mingla THROWS HIM OFF THE TOP ROPE AND SUN GOES CRASHING THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE!!!!

Tito: *jumping back* Oh what the hell!!!

Johnny: Yes! That?s my man, Mingla baby! YEAH!

Tito: HOW ARE YOU NOT UNFAZED?!! He landed on our freaking table!

Johnny: That?s the beauty you piece of shit!

The fans boo hugely as Mingla keeps a twisted smile at his corner and orders Lancelot to go outside the ring! Sun is completely laid out on the debris as the referee berates Jace Mingla. Adrian Tanner sneaks out of his corner and grabs a chair quickly and CONNECTS WITH A STIFF CHAIR SHOT RIGHT TO LANCELOT?S TURNING HEAD!

Tito: Tanner with the equalizer, taking that small window of opportunity and *pushing his foot against what remains standing of the table and watching it fall* we need a new table damn it!

Bob Lancelot is out cold as Tanner drops the chair and slides Lancelot back into the ring while Mingla gives him a sinister expression, trying to make the referee turn and look. The Arizona Assassin then goes to check on Rising Sun, who somehow gets back up miraculously, as the fans clap in respect before Sun is assisted back into the ring. Lancelot and Sun both take their time to get up but Sun is the slower and Lancelot capitalizes with an extremely sloppy T-Bone suplex.

Lancelot then drags Sun right back into the middle and LOCKS ON THE SHARPSHOOTER!!! The fans boo heavily as Lancelot (busted open) screams out in rage for Rising Sun to tap as the referee hounds the Hardkore Nippon Grand Champion. Sun refuses to tap and squirms towards the ropes. Lancelot strikes and pulls him back out, screaming in rage as the blood flows down his face from the earlier chair shot.

Tito: This match is taking its toll on these men already. They cannot take the quick way out by using pinfalls, so they?re having to completely annihilate and corner their opponents in a world of pain.

Johnny: I don?t want Rising Sun to tap only because I want to see him get his ass kicked some more! This guy talks a lot of shit.

Tito: And Lancelot doesn?t? Even though he?s bleeding he?s still taunting Adrian Tanner!

Johnny: Bleeding, smeeding. What does a little blood have to do with keeping anyone from talking? If it did, I'd bust you open right now just to shut you up.

Tanner furiously tells Rising Sun not to tap and speaks words of encouragement as the fans start to get behind him. Sun screams out in agony and roars at Lancelot trying to claw his way to the ropes and... HE DOES!! Somehow he gets to the bottom rope and Bob Lancelot is forced to break the hold. The Hardcore Superstar looks at Sun with disgust before connecting with a stiff elbow drop. Lancelot drags Rising Sun up by the mask and whips him into the turnbuckle and connects with a tremendous splash to the body.

Lancelot hits Sun with stiff punches before mounting him on the top turnbuckle. The Hardcore Superstar then climbs up after Sun and hooks him in, signaling for the superplex! Rising Sun battles Lancelot near the top and somehow throws Lancelot off the ropes and back down to the mat. Clutching his legs he stands up on the top rope, balancing himself with arms outstretched and launches off as Bob is getting up into a FLYING CROSS BODY SLAM KNOCKING LANCELOT DOWN!

Tito: Beautiful execution! Sun finally has a chance to reverse his fate.

Johnny: Lancelot?s really letting me down tonight, tag in Mingla already!!!

Sun and Lancelot both shuffle towards the ropes but Sun gains the upper hand and connects with a Rolling Thunder lariat onto Lancelot?s approaching body! The fans roar in approval as Rising Sun heaves for breath. Tanner screams for the tag but Sun FLIPS HIM THE FINGER!!!!

Johnny: I?m starting to like this guy!

Sun waits patiently as Adrian Tanner is left looking furiously while Mingla screams for Lancelot to ?watch out?. Bob Lancelot tries to get up onto the ropes as Rising Sun approaches and CACTUS CLOTHESLINES LANCELOT OUT OF THE RING! Taking himself out in the process.

Johnny: Another loon?

Tito: That might have cost him! Both Lancelot and Sun are down and what?s this!?

Jace Mingla calmly enters the ring, glancing at the two fallen bodies and then back at Adrian Tanner. Mingla screams for him to ?finish this now? and invites The Arizona Assassin inside. Tanner takes a look around and definitely gains crowd approval before coming inside. Mingla doesn?t waste time and charges at Tanner but gets caught with a drop toe hold AND HIS HEAD CRASHES INTO THE TURNBUCKLE!

Tito: Adrian Tanner knows what he?s doing! Jace Mingla was tortured by the Problem Solver submission only minutes ago and now his head is facing all kinds of problems once again.

Tanner waits as The Iceheart groggily comes off the turnbuckles and back pedals into Tanner who german suplexes Mingla into a heap. Tanner goes for a second but Mingla somehow elbows out of it. Tanner is reeling but charges towards Mingla but gets caught in a quick fireman?s carry into a FALLING NECK BREAKER!!!!! The whole crowd is shocked at the move as Tanner seems to be completely out cold. Jace Mingla struggles up, still clutching that head and stumbling to the ropes somehow. Meanwhile Rising Sun enters the ring from outside.

The Iceheart sees this and snarls towards Sun trying to end the other man with a spear but Sun jumps above and nails him with THE MUSHROOM STOMP SENDING MINGLA PLUMETTING OUT OF THE RING!!! The referee desperately tries to maintain control and tries to push Tanner?s struggling body towards his team?s corner. Bob Lancelot enters the ring with that same chair he got hit with earlier and nails the unsuspecting RISING SUN WITH A CHAIR SHOT!!!!! Lancelot quickly slides it out of the ring before the referee can see and LOCKS IN THE STF ON THE BUSTED HEAD!!!!

Tito: No! No! It can?t end this way! That damn Lancelot again with his hardcore antics and that chair shot has to have Rising Sun completely out!

Johnny: TAP! TAP! TAP!!!!

Rising Sun screams out in pain, the STF completely taking a toll on his body as the referee bolts back like a bitch and hounds on Rising Sun enquiring if he wants to submit. Sun furiously shakes his head with a definite ?NO!? and tries to wriggle but Lancelot has it locked in completely tight. Lancelot suddenly hears the crowd cheer and turns his head around INTO A 45O LEG DROP GUILLOTINE FROM TANNER!!!!

Tito: Second time Tanner got him! WAKE UP CALL! WAKE UP CALL BY ADRIAN TANNER!

Johnny: Out of sheer desperation, ha ha Lancelot is 0 for 2 tonight.

Tito: How is Adrian Tanner still pulling off these moves after the suffering at the hands of Mingla!?!!

All three bodies are in a heap as Adrian somehow squirms off of Rising Sun and Lancelot, desperately going towards his corner to wait for the legal tag from Sun who?s also budging. Rising Sun crawls towards Tanner who?s hanging on to the ring post on their corner as Sun crawls furiously but his leg is pulled, and his body comes crashing back out of the ring courtesy of Jace Mingla!

Mingla beats on The Rising Sun and whips him into the steel steps before stomping relentlessly on his body. Tanner sees this and climbs past his own ring post and to the top turnbuckle, facing Mingla. He waits for Mingla to turn and flies into a HURICANRANA BUT MINGLA CATCHES HIM IN MID-AIR!!! Tanner punches away at Mingla but MINGLA HITS A RUNNING POWERBOMB ONTO THE CONCRETE!!!!

Johnny: YES! YES! This is what I?m talking about!

Tito: Jace Mingla MUST, HE MUST, have put Adrian Tanner out for good!

Adrian Tanner is completely laid out as Jace Mingla hurls Rising Sun inside the ring and screams at Lancelot to get up with all his force before glancing back at Tanner. Lancelot groggily gets on the ropes and tries to survey the situation before walking over to Rising Sun. All of a sudden Rising Sun uses his LEGS AND ARMS PUSHING OFF THE GROUND AND INTO A HEADSCISSORS FOLLOWED BY A HURICANRANA ON LANCELOT!!!

Tito: Great athleticism by The Rising Sun! He?s keeping his team alive in this match and they were sure to be finished only moments earlier.

Johnny: He?s gonna pay!

Sun rises up off the ground and is met with claps from the crowd for the amazing move but he wastes no time and monkey flips the emerging Lancelot to the other side of the ring, then follows up once again on the rebound with a DEEP ARM DRAG sending Lancelot crashing. Jace Mingla immediately slides into the ring, led by his intuition, but misses a running knee lift on Sun completely!

Sun sees Mingla re-emerging and climbs the turnbuckle before facing the stumbling Jace Mingla and LAUNCHES OFF INTO A MOONSAULT ON THE STANDING BODY OF JACE MINGLA!!! Both of them go down in a heap but Sun emerges out quickly. The referee is in complete panic as tag rules have been completely abandoned by the wrestlers and Bob Lancelot capitalizes by punching Rising Sun into the ropes and sliding over the ropes and LOCKING IN THE TARANTULA!!!!

Tito: It?s legal tonight and Lancelot and Rising Sun are the legal men!

Johnny: IT HAS TO BE OVER NOW!!!

The entire crowd is in chaos as Rising Sun roars out in pain while Lancelot has a sick twisted smile on his bloodied face as he keeps it locked in like his life depended on it. The referee questions Rising Sun who is on the verge of tears as the pain is searing through his body!

Johnny: SAY YOU SUBMIT YOU SON OF A BITCH!!!

Rising Sun is on the verge of giving up as Jace Mingla runs towards the RETURNING ADRIAN TANNER!!!! Tanner ducks a clothesline from Mingla on the outside and nails him with the ENZIGURI!!!! The crowd roars as Tanner comes across to the other side of the ring and pulls off INTO A DDT ON LANCELOT?S NECK, WHICH HITS THE CONCRETE!!!!

Tito: OH?.MY?GOD! Bob Lancelot?s career has to be over!!!!

Johnny: HOLY SHIT!!!!!!

Tito: Adrian Tanner is developing a habit of saving the match at the last minute, he?s even shaken off a career ending Powerbomb to implicate a possible career ending DDT on Bob Lancelot. The Hardcore Superstar got taken to the extreme by The Arizona Assassin! REPLAY! REPLAY!

Johnny: No matter how much he trains with Syberus, this is the REAL Adrian Tanner, the high flying son of a bitch and he?s killed Bob Lancelot. I mean it. First the Corkscrew, then the 450, now this DDT?Lancelot?s in wonderland.

Adrian Tanner groggily slides into the ring, pulling Rising Sun?s body to his corner, and TAGGING HIMSELF IN by slapping Rising Sun?s back. Rising Sun crawls behind the ring ropes trying to save his own life as Tanner sees Jace Mingla recuperating near the now broken announce table. Tanner gives one last desperate look across to the fans and FLIES OFF INTO A SPRINGBOARD SENTON OVER THE RING AND INTO JACE MINGLA SENDING THEM BOTH CRASHING TO THE MAT!!!

Tito: This was supposed to be a Submissions match but these men are just killing each other! God!

Mingla barely shoves Tanner?s body away before screaming out in pain clutching his head. The Arizona Assassin meanwhile crawls to safe ground, his back in severe pain as he tries to return to the ring. Mingla groggily stumbles towards his partner, Lancelot and somehow lifts him into the ring before half heartedly tagging himself in... because Bob Lancelot is completely laid out. Tanner struggles to get inside but finally manages. He sees The Iceheart and they both run towards each other ducking TRYING THE SAME SWINGING NECKBREAKERS KNOCKING EACH OTHER OUT COMPLETELY!!!

An immense period of time passes as Tanner somehow rises first and crawls towards his corner where Rising Sun is barely hanging on, the injuries starting to kick in due to the time length. Tanner manages the tag! Rising Sun enters the ring and goes after Mingla but walks straight into a DESPERATION SAMOAN DROP BY JACE MINGLA!!!! Tanner can barely see his partner knocked out as Mingla struggles to rise to his feet, clutching his head at the site of his old bullet wound.

Meanwhile Bob Lancelot has somehow risen and he sees Adrian Tanner hurting in his corner. The referee focuses on the two legal men, so he runs over to Tanner?s corner from ringside and REVERSE ELECTRIC CHAIRS TANNER FROM OFF THE APRON TO THE GROUND!!!! TANNER AND LANCELOT ARE COMPLETELY LAID OUT!

Tito: Lancelot exacting revenge!!!

Johnny: This is it! This is it! Now?s the chance Mingla!

As if he heard Johnny Styles, Mingla charges towards Rising Sun, grabbing him around the head and lifting him into an inverted suplex, but quickly turning it in Vindication!! Jace takes a few moments to stomp on Sun's knees, then twists him into his Elevated Inverted Leg-Lace Stretch, LIBERATION!!!

Tito: Tanner and Lancelot are out, this could be it! Jace is pulling hard and Sun's screaming right now!

Johnny: Give it up you god damned joke of a wrestler! You can't handle the pain! You're not hardcore enough for this pain! This is Iceheart pain here!

Sun yells and fights, trying to twist, kick, or move, but Jace has Liberation locked in TIGHT, and finally, Sun has no choice, and taps!

Tito: THAT'S IT! IT'S OVER! Jace Mingla has just secured his teams spot in the elimination finals!

Johnny: I always knew Mingla was going to push this one home. Doesn't matter if that punk laid him out earlier, this is freakin Jace Mingla here!

Tito: A little later in the night, we'll see the finals, and it's going to be Bryant McCoy, Kid Styles, Jace Mingla, and Bob Lancelot facing off in a crazy elimination bout. Last man standing takes home the prize!

Johnny: That's for sure Tito, but next, NEXT, is going to be Aello and Carpenter. Assuming that masked lunatic shows up for the fight.

On cue, Aello is seen walking slowly around the Apollo Pool area, her masked Bodyguard in tow.

Aello: I wonder where she is? She said for me to meet her here?

Bodyguard: She?s with Matt and this is a wild goosechase, probably set up by Carpenter.

Aello spins around angrily.

Aello: If it is, then you can go take a break and leave me to my match!

Just then a whistle cuts through the air. Aello turns and searches, finding Lady Hawke fairly close--standing in a group of people in front of a cabana. LH motions for Aello to join her. The Winged Maiden does, followed closely by the unwanted bodyguard. The crowd separates him from her and within seconds, Aello disappears behind Hawke.

Bodyguard: Aello! Wait!! Damn it, people! LET ME THROUGH!!!

He struggles to get through the crowd, which thins on a second whistle. The Bodyguard steps up onto a lounge chair and scans the area quickly, afterwards turning to Hawke, who stands innocently where she was at the start.

Bodyguard: Where is she?! What the hell have you done, Skye?! *stepping down toward Hawke* Carpenter could get her and we wouldn?t know until it?s too late!!

Lady Hawke merely shakes her head ?no.?

Bodyguard: Damn it, Skye! Now I?ll have to escort you back to Matt, hunt for her, and THEN explain to Power how Aello ditched me. Thanks a lot?

The bodyguard takes Hawke by the arm in a familiar manner, but she pulls away and takes off on her own. He takes one last look around then moves to join Hawke.

Bodyguard: *fading out* You haven?t changed one bit, have you?

[TKOW Board]

Tito: You know Johnny, while we wait to find Aello and Carpenter, I want to talk about the Phoenix Pit match later tonight. For this special outdoor event T.H. Power, under the consent and guidance of Phoenix, has had a special Pit built. The Pit is 25 feet by 25 feet, 20 feet tall, roughly the size of the Hell In A Cell cage. The floor is made of the same material as the mat of a ring, supported underneath by metal struts, and covered in dirt. The sides and ceiling are two-way mirrors against safety glass. The mirrors face inside the Pit, giving the competitors a feeling of enclosure, while the live audience and cameras can see everything.

Johnny: In the center of the Pit is the usual pile of weapons, standing six feet high. In the corners are fire pits, over which T.H. has unwillingly hung two platinum loaded bongs and two old Ghalleon Knight symbol shields. Set up three feet from one wall is one side of a Brutality cage, black steel bar, bars wrapped in barbed wire, with a metal baseball bat hooked to the top.

Tito: The entire structure is being held outside the arena, and will be hoisted inside via a heavy crane when it is time for the match, and taken out after the match. Another crane, holding the steel cage for the Firestarter Tournament match, will also lift out the ring itself to make room for the Pit. This is going to be great!

Tito holds his hand to his earpiece.

Tito: I?m getting a message that Aello and Carpenter have found one another and the fight?s already begun! The footage should be appearing on the Bowltron 50.

A pool scene from the Garden of the Gods appears on the Bowltron 50. As the camera pans around the men in the arena hoot, cheer, and wolf whistle because? to their delight a majority of the females at the pool are topless.

Johnny: HOT DAMN!!! It's the Venus Pool, look at all the breasteses!!!!

Tito: *sputtering* There's Carpenter... and Aello!!!

Johnny: Is she topless too?!?

The camera shows Carpenter looming over Aello, but she gets Carpenter with a jaw breaker, then stands and struggles to lift him into a torture rack.

Johnny: Damn it! She?s covered! Does that chick think she can pick up a full grown man like that?

Tito: Apparently.

Aello barely gets Carpenter up into the rack, staggering hard under his weight, and immediately falls into the brainbuster onto the granite and marble surface next to pool?s edge.

Tito: She got Carpenter with the Downdraft!!!

Johnny: She just got lucky.

Tito: You wish you could get lucky.

Aello gets to her feet and pulls Carpenter up, only he grabs onto her and headbutts her hard.

Carpenter: Time to get you nice and wet?

Carpenter turns and body slams Aello down hard on the edge of the pool, her back impacting on the edge, and her lower body is immersed in the pool. Aello yells in pain on contact.

Carpenter: We all know you like it rough, little birdy.

He kneels down and shoves her completely under, holding her face under with a hand.

Tito: He?s going to drown her!!!

Aello fights him and reaches up, trying to pull him in with her. He pulls back and she pops up out of the water grabbing a quick breath before he tries to shove her back down. However, she gets her feet under her and pushes away from him further out. She stands in the pool, her already form-fitting ring attire completely plastered to her body. She gulps in several breaths and wades backward into the water.

Johnny: The Harpy?s become a chicken!

Carpenter circles the pool as Aello hurriedly dives and swims for the other side at top speed, climbing out of the water before he can make it to her spot in front of a group of people, mainly females attending two males lazing about in the lounge chairs.

Aello rushes Carpenter, who?s finally reached her area.

Tito: Is she going for a hurricanrana?!

Aello jumps at Carpenter. While in the leap she bends a leg and plants her foot on his stomach and hooks his left arm. She twists to the side and falls hard to the granite on her back with a loud grunt and whimper. She pulls Carpenter over, placing her free foot on his stomach as well, pushing both out and flipping him over (arm drag with leg throw), throwing him into the pool back first with a huge splash! Aello rolls on the granite clutching at her back, whimpering as she moves to get to her knees. She grabs one of the pool?s lounge chairs to stand and slings it at Carpenter as he surfaces.

Johnny: Now he?s the one all wet.

Carpenter ducks under the water to avoid the chair only to find Aello flying at him, driving him back under with Festinate (a vertical splash body press).

Tito: Looks like Aello is going to hold Carpenter under a while.

Johnny: *smirking* Not a better way to go than with your head between a chick?s legs.

Tito: Like you would know?

Carpenter and Aello thrash about in the water trading blows and trying to push and pull the other under, but neither are really able to get anywhere. Finally Aello pulls herself up on the pool?s edge and to her feet with Carpenter grabbing at her as he emerges from the pool. Carpenter snap suplexes Aello onto the edge of a chaise-lounge, which flips up and over, breaking. He pulls her up into a half nelson, grabbing one of her breasts with his free hand.

Johnny: Woo! Wouldn?t you like to be Carpenter about now?

Carpenter: You like that, don?t you little birdy?

Carpenter executes the half-nelson suplex onto the broken chaise lounge. When he gets to his feet, he picks her up into an airplane spin runs and tosses her into one of the marble columns near the pool. She crumples to the ground. Carpenter laughs and turns back to the pool. A few of the females at poolside scream.

Carpenter: I think it?s time for a snack while the slut recovers.

Carpenter stalks one of the topless women closeby and grabs her, pulls up his mask and has at her breasts. She screams for help and hits him like? a girl (duh). One of the two men appear to start to come to the woman?s aid just as Carpenter is speared to the granite by Aello, who straddles him and takes the opportunity to land some punches to his unmasked face.

Aello: You sick PIG!!!

Carpenter throws Aello off and pulls his mask back down, stands, grabs her and whips her into the crowd. She tries to avoid hitting anyone, trips and falls over and through a group of women... facedown onto a lounge chair onto its male occupant... Soulfly(!!!), who grins and feels her up while repositioning her to his liking.

Tito: What's Soulfly doing there?! He's going to be in the Phoenix Pit match!

Johnny: Enjoying himself by playing with the available titty, what would you- No, don't answer that.

Fly: *to Aello* I knew you'd come to me eventually. Phoenix isn't giving it good enough to you. I tell you what, you ditch the Bird and come and see me after the show and D and I?ll show you the best time of your life, isn?t that right D?

D-Matic: Sho nuff, dread!

Fly: And bring Lady Hawke along with you so she can have some fun, too.

Aello: *angrily struggling with Fly* When hell freezes over!!!!

She grabs his hands and frees herself by rolling off the chair onto the ground. She winces and grunts as she hits the stone. She claws her way through the surrounding (topless) girls and looks around for Carpenter, but only sees TKOW security, Mike Oates, and? the Masked Bodyguard approaching.

Aello: CARPENTEEEEEERRRRRR!!!!

Clutching her back, she takes off in a run around the pool, the camera and the bodyguard trying to follow but losing her after a minute. The feed fades.

Johnny: Damn? just when it was getting good! I wanna see more of the tits. Tell the cameraman to turn back around! The Superstar Johnny Caesar commands it!

Tito: Like they?re going to- wait?

The Khaostron flickers, showing snow followed by a clear black-and-white image of one of the Caesars Palace casino areas from a high angle.

Tito: I?m being told that Caesar?s Palace security has spotted Aello and Carpenter and is going to directly feed us the footage from their security cameras covering the area where they?re fighting.

Johnny: Of course they are. There are probably bets on the match and Caesars Palace caters to its customers.

The black and white image shows two Caesars Palace security guards releasing Aello. She jerks away from them and points to Carpenter, who is running amok along the top of a row of slot machines a few feet away, harassing the players.

Tito: It appears that T.H. Power anticipated them losing the TKOW cam and had Mike Oates in talks with the casino management about doing this in case this situation happened. I?m betting the Happy Thoughts orderlies will be there in a few minutes and capture Carpenter!

Johnny: Riiiiiiiiight. Just like they captured him the LAST show?

Carpenter jumps down, shoves the Caesars Palace security guard away and hits Aello with a spinning clothesline, throwing her back into a slot machine. She winces in obvious pain but launches herself back at him, spearing him across the aisle, slamming him into a chair that is vacated by the player just in time, and on against the played slot machine. Carpenter shoves her off and pushes off the slot machine, in the process pulling down the arm.

Tito: I?m being told that camera is stationed in the Colosseum Casino and overlooking the Palace Court slot machine area adjacent to the Seahorse Lounge.

Aello backs a few steps as Carpenter walks toward her, then runs and nails him hard to the floor with a hurricanrana as the lights go wild on the slot machine, indicating a win! The vacated player immediately runs back to the machine to collect the winnings.

Johnny: And Carpenter has hit the jackpot! Is this a sign of things to come?

As the Aello and Carpenter get to their feet they move just out of the camera?s range. There are a few seconds of snow then a different camera shot (again black and white and high angle) flashes onto the Khaostron. The scene shows Carpenter holding Aello by her shoulders and viciously jerking her toward him, headbutting her hard on her masked face again. She knees him in the groin and knocks his hands from her shoulders. She grabs his right arm, executes an arm breaker and then jumps up and drops with a hard elbow to the back of his neck--both of them hitting the floor.

Tito: Aello?s getting fairly aggressive!

Johnny: *sarcastically* She?s fighting for her ?man.?

Tito: I?m told this camera is also in the Colosseum Casino area.

Johnny: Caesars Palace is a huge spread.

Getting to her feet, Aello gingerly touches her mask as though trying to rub her face. Carpenter downs her with a front Russian leg sweep and goes for an ankle lock, but she kicks too much and he abandons the attempt. She scramble-crawls away from him. The Khaostron split screens with the security footage on the left and on the right a ground level, color (and sound) footage closing in on the two, showing them to be close to the Seahorse Lounge and in the Colosseum Casino area itself.

Johnny: It?s about damn time!

As Aello moves to stand, Carpenter steps forward and from behind pulls her body close into his. She struggles but he gets her with an Atomic drop, making her cry out with pain. The crowd in the arena boos. Carpenter runs a hand along one of her thighs to her hip.

Carpenter: *heard just above the noise* Yes, it did need a bit more beating. It didn?t get enough earlier did it.

Tito: *eyes wide* What?s he talking about?

Johnny: *rubbing his chin* Hmmm?

Carpenter starts to throw Aello off his knee as he stands but she yells and nails him with a tornado DDT!! As she gets to her booted feet she kicks and stomps him a few times, yelling some more.

Aello: You! *kick* God! *kick* Damned! *hard stomp!* BASTARD!!!!

Carpenter?s laughter floats its way through and above the din of the casino. By this time the Caesars Palace security moves around to keep bystanders out of harm?s way.

Tito: He?s enjoying pissing her off.

Johnny: I wonder?

Aello moves out of the security camera?s range when she heads toward one of the Caesars Palace ?guards? near the Elton John gift shop. On the Khaostron the security camera fades and the TKOW camera view takes over the entire screen, showing Aello forcibly taking the shield from the ?centurion.? When she turns around, Carpenter is there and throws a brass-knuckled punch, which she blocks by throwing up the shield. Carpenter goes hard on the offensive with the brass-knuckles, driving her back, but she continues to use the shield until he backs her into the glass wall of the shop. On his next punch she ducks and sidesteps. Carpenter shatters the glass with a fist as she slams the edge of the shield into his kidney and shoves him on through into the displays with a loud crash!

Aello swiftly knee drops on Carpenter and hits him over the back of the head, shoulders and upper back with the edge of the shield a couple times before quickly looking through the rubble for something else to use, indiscriminately tossing things out of the way. The proprietor throws a fit, yelling for security and demanding payment, trying to force Aello out, but Aello stands on Carpenter?s back and shoves the woman back and rifles through the shelf next to her.

Tito: Well, looks like Mr. Power is going to have to pay for a few things. Hey? that was the Elton John figurine I wanted to buy!! Nooo!!!

Johnny: Don?t tell me you like- Hey! Don?t break that, it?s a replica of Prin- *wince* Too late?

When her opponent tries to push himself up with his hands, Aello grabs a heavy glass paperweight and drops it on the back of Carpenter?s head and neck, hearing his mask crunch into the broken glass beneath him. He laughs again.

Carpenter: *barely heard* The harder it is the better you like it?

Tito: WHAT is he talking about?

Johnny: *chuckling knowingly* I think I know.

Aello looks around, seeing something she doesn?t like and unexpectedly jumps to her feet.

Aello: No! No? Get up! They?re coming! Damn you, T.H.!! This is between ME and HIM! I don?t care what you say!

Aello tugs Carpenter up.

The Bowltron 50 split screens again with a view of a second camera following behind TKOW security, Mike Oates, the Happy Thoughts orderlies, and the Masked Bodyguard, who has broken through the crowd and approaches the gift shop in a mad dash.

Bodyguard: Aello!!! Get away from him!! NOW!!!

Aello: GET UP BEFORE THEY REACH US!

Tito: Aello?s warning Carpenter? After all he?s done?

Johnny: The stupid hen thinks she can finish Carpenter and doesn?t want them to stop their fight.

Aello pulls Carpenter out of the shop rubble and shoves and pushes him into the Forum Casino area. Another group of TKOW security moves in from the other side of the Shadow Bar on the left. Carpenter looks from side to side, then reaches back and latches onto Aello, throwing a hard and fast brass-knuckled blow to the side of her head, dazing and stunning her. As she drops, he grabs her up and throws her over his shoulder.

Carpenter: Like you wanted, I?m not going to get caught. I?m going to finish you, little birdy, and they?re NOT going to stop me.

Carpenter takes off into the Race and Sports book area, weaving around people and shoving them out of his way, decking one who tries to stop him.

Tito: *panicking* Oh my god!! He?s got Aello and is making a run for it! There?s no telling what he?ll do to her if he gets away!

Johnny: If she?s dumb enough to help him, she deserves what she gets.

The cameras and TKOW security follow with the Masked Bodyguard in the forefront. Carpenter makes a beeline for the Colosseum entrance. The gladiator attendants move to block him, but he throws a deadweight Aello into them, knocking them down. He jerks off their helms and bashes their heads together before grabbing Aello, who is starting to rouse, and throwing her back over his shoulder. They disappear inside the dark Colosseum entrance. The cameras move to follow.

Johnny: Hey! We get to see a bit of A New Day? and for free!

Inside, the first TKOW camera moves down the stairs on the lower level of the Colosseum where Celine Dion, dressed in a red evening gown, is walking out on stage to a huge round of applause. The camera moves on down the stairs and pans around.

As the applause dies down, the second TKOW camera runs up a flight of stairs to the lower mezzanine. Calming music begins in the background as the camera turns the corner and bursts down the aisle. Two dark familiar silhouettes are scuffling down in front near the railing as Aello come to her senses.

Celine sits on the steps at the front of the stage and begins to sing a quiet number as the music cues up.

If I could
I'd protect you from the sadness in your eyes

As the second camera moves closer, Carpenter lifts Aello and powerbombs her onto the railing, forcing a loud painful moan from her. Her head, upper torso and arms hang over the railing. A few women near them scream as Carpenter lifts her up for a second powerbomb.

On the gigantic LED screen onstage behind Celine a seedling tree sprouts and grows, putting forth leaves. The camera moves out from under the mezzanine and pans around, revealing the audience sitting enraptured? except for those witnessing the disturbance from above.

Give you courage in a world of compromise
Yes, I would

Carpenter: Not like that, little birdy. Let me hear you do it like you did earlier?

Carpenter powerbombs Aello onto the mezzanine railing again, forcing another moan from her that morphs into a scream.

Audience Member: *yelling* Someone stop him! He?s going to kill her!

Carpenter releases her body then leans over and grabs her by her hair and pulls her upper body back over the railing. She slumps to the floor on her knees, grimacing in pain, held up by a handful of hair. He squats down next to her, releasing her hair and lifting his mask up. He places his bandaged face close to hers. The camera zooms in as he runs a finger lightly down her cheek and jaw, then slides his hand around her throat and starts choking her.

Carpenter: *laughing* Better, but not quite as exciting as your earlier ones were. Shall we do it again until you get it right? Or do I need to get you alone to make you plead?

Celine, still singing, glances up to the lower mezzanine at the yell and scream.

If I could
I would teach you all the things I've never learned

A dark shadow dives past the camera and pulls Carpenter off Aello. They struggle in the front walkway exchanging blows. Carpenter throws the Bodyguard off and leaps onto the railing and jumps off with a corkscrew dropkick, knocking the Masked Bodyguard into the seats onto a few in the crowd. A few more women scream as Carpenter pulls his mask back down and turns toward Aello again.

And I'd help you cross the bridges that I've-

Celine Dion quits singing and motions for the music to stop.

Celine Dion: Excuse me, but I?d like to know just what?s going on. Can someone get a light up there, please? Why are you disturbing everyone?

She turns to the side of the stage and points to the lower mezzanine as a couple spotlights move and focus on it.

Celine: Is security aware of this?

Aello is hit with the spotlight. She stands on the railing, her back to the stage. Celine gasps and a few people in the audience scream. Aello leaps forward into the seating, taking Carpenter down with a somersault DDT. The upper cam shows the Bodyguard trying to help Aello to her feet, but once he does, she turns to face him and shoves him a few feet away. Some people squeal and she sees the man?s eyes widen. She immediately runs toward him, leaps and runs up him, going into a backflip kick, catching Carpenter in the chest and driving him back as well as knocking the bodyguard back from her kickoff.

Tito: How did she know Carpenter was behind her?

Johnny: Tito?

Tito: What?

Johnny: Nevermind.

Aello grunts as she lands and the bodyguard moves toward her. She waves him off and slowly gets to her feet. Carpenter uses the railing to pull himself up as Aello rushes him and gets him into a fireman?s carry, staggering around under his weight. The bodyguard runs toward them. Carpenter shifts his weight and kicks him. Aello staggers dangerously toward the railing? and over it with Carpenter!!

Tito: NOOOOOO!!!

Both crowds scream and only stop when the lower camera shows Aello holding on to the edge of the railing with one hand and Carpenter holding onto her thighs and slowly slipping down. Aello tries to reach up with her free hand to grasp the railing but can?t? and loses her grip and falls!

Celine screams and covers her face. The camera shows the bodyguard leaning dangerously over the railing holding onto Aello?s wrist with both hands, straining to keep himself from going over and her from falling with Carpenter holding onto her ankles and dangling. The people beneath Carpenter scream and scramble to move out from under him moments before he laughs and lets go, dropping into the seats. The bodyguard is helped by someone in the audience and they pull Aello back up into the mezzanine. She and the Bodyguard apparently get into a loud argument long enough for Carpenter to recover and crawl out of the seating area into the aisle. Aello?s voice can be heard and she throws her arms into the air and then points down to Carpenter.

Aello: I TOLD YOU BOTH TO STAY OUT OF IT!!!

Johnny: Just like a woman to chew out a guy for helping her.

Carpenter stumbles a few steps and looks up then turns toward the stage, looking at Dion. The Bodyguard tries to pull Aello back up the aisle, but she refuses to go and sucker punches him, following it with a mulekick. She runs to the railing, looking down to find Carpenter. She hops up onto the railing and leaps off with a beautiful Phoenix Splash, calling out Carpenter?s name just before she lands on him with a sickening !~THUD~! as he turns to look. Screams come from both the outdoor arena and the Colosseum crowd.

Arena Crowd: HOLY SHIT!!!

Colosseum Crowd: OH MY GOD!!!

Upon the contact force Aello bounces and flips over, rolling down the aisle a bit to an awkward stop against an aisle seat. In the mezzanine the bodyguard runs to the railing and looks down.

Masked Bodyguard: AELLO!!!

He turns and heads to the back of the mezzanine as the upper camera looks over the lower level showing Carpenter and Aello lying in the aisle unmoving.

Tito: They?re both out!! Where?s the ref and? hey, what are the rules for winning?

Johnny: Ref?wait? wait!! There isn?t a ref. Haven?t you noticed? Not through the entire thing. It?s just been them trying to kill each other and that incompetent bodyguard trying to get between them. If there?s no ref then there aren?t any rules? and no match! They?re really trying to kill one another!

Calling for medical assistance, Celine hurries down the stage steps and up the aisle to Aello. She kneels beside the Harpy. The lower level camera shifts closer to Carpenter who starts moving a bit as if waking up. He slowly struggles to push himself over onto his stomach and sees Aello lying a few feet away.

Carpenter: *weakly* No? nice lady hurt!

Carpenter crawls toward Aello.

Carpenter: Yes, the little birdy is hurt. I don?t like you! I don?t care. You?re nothing but a nuisance like she is. I?m going to destroy her like I did you and like I?m going to destroy our dear brother. I won?t let you! You can?t stop me.

Carpenter makes it to Aello, who still hasn?t moved all this time, and gets to his knees. Celine looks at him as someone from backstage runs out with a medical jump kit.

Celine: She?s breathing.

Carpenter: Too bad.

Celine: What?!

Aello moves a hand and moans quietly as Carpenter gets a foot beneath him.

Carpenter: If the stupid bitch will kill herself trying to take me out, it will make things all the easier. If not?*laughing* well, there ARE other options?

Carpenter rears his head back, yelling at the ceiling.

Carpenter: YOU HEAR THAT BROTHER!?!!

The medic attends to Aello, waiving a smelling salts beneath her nose and she rouses fairly quickly, looking around and shoving him away. She crawls toward Carpenter but Celine grabs her.

Celine: You can?t! You have to solve this another way! Listen to me!

Dion begins to sing to them both.

If I could
I'd protect you from the sadness in your eyes
Give you courage in a world of compromise
Yes, I would

Both Carpenter and Aello (Celine assisting her) climb unsteadily to their feet, swaying slightly. Carpenter steps toward the two women as the Bodyguard appears, quickly making his way down the aisle, followed by some centurions.

Carpenter: I never thought I?d get to do this?

Carpenter draws back and decks Celine, drawing a HUGE set of jeers and boos from the Colosseum crowd. Aello holds the woman up as Carpenter takes off staggering then finding his stride up the stage steps and into the backstage area. The Bodyguard gives chase at first, but turns back to the women just in time to see Celine straighten.

Aello: I know you only meant to help, but?

The Harpy steps back and SHE decks Celine to the amazement of both crowds!! And as the Bodyguard steps in to catch the entertainer, Aello nails HIM with a roundhouse kick to the jaw.

Aello: THAT?s for interfering in OTHER PEOPLE?S BUSINESS!

Aello limpingly storms (if that?s even possible) up the stage steps on Carpenter?s trail.

Aello: We're not done yet and we're running out of time Carpenter! Don't go running too far!

Carpenter: There's only one person truly running out of time, and he's not here yet.

Aello: I'm going to make damn sure you can't bother him ever again!

Carpenter: Silly little bird. You don't have the faintest idea of who that man is. What he's done. The secrets and what used to be the tiniest skeleton. Oh my, just thinking about it all gives me the creeps. If you knew what I'd know, you'd be douching for a year just to try and get the stink out of you.

Shuffling is heard and the sounds of violence move towards Aello as she continues to track Carpenter. But it's too late. She rounds a corner as security catches up to her. Two orderlies are holding Carpenter down as Mike and the Bodyguard pull Aello to a corner.

Aello: NOOOOO!! LET ME GO DAMMIT!! HE'S NOT GETTING TAKEN AWAY FROM ME!! NOT LIKE THIS!!

Carpenter manages to get his head up and looks past Aello.

And begins to laugh.

Carpenter: No, not quite like this, after all...

His appearance is a stark contrast to the smooth leather everyone knew. Black steeltoe workboots with white socks, very worn dark black jean shorts with the leg edges tattered, and a black leather belt with a heavy metal buckle adorned with a phoenix logo. His right arm has black leather running from his glove nearly to his armpit over his inner arm, while straps of the leather encircle the outer part of his arm. His left wrist has a black leather band, 5 inches long, edged in metal studs. There is a strap of black leather circling his body around chest level, and another that goes from the strap at his left pectoral over his shoulder back to the strap again. There's also a small length of chain running from the center of the strap up to his neck, where it's attached to a collar. His mask, when it can be seen, has been restyled. It's now almost all black with images of streaks of blood running down it, and the eyeholes have been covered with red backlit Oakley lenses. The remains of a black hooded sweatshirt are tattered around his upper body. There's nothing but a few strands from the chest down, with a chunk underneath the strap of leather over his chest. Thin pieces of cloth run from the chunk up into the hood, which also has tattered and worn edges. A flap of the shirt hangs down across his back as if it were a tiny cape. His manriki-gusari is wrapped around his left forearm.

Phoenix strides into the room, bat in hand, and smashes the first two guards in his way. As Security starts to realize what's happening, they begin to attempt to subdue him, but he kicks, chops, bats, and generally forces his way through the throng of rent-a-cops. He grabs one of the orderlies by the collar and belt and slides him thirty feet across the floor, them stomps on the head of the other orderly, freeing Carpenter. As Carpenter pulls himself up, Mike releases Aello and steps in, but Phoenix shoves his bat into Mike's throat like a blade.

Carpenter: For just, a moment, I thought you were going to actually go through all that suffering again. I guess that just means I'll have to redefine the word for you, won't I.

Phoenix: You'll give me what I want. That's the deal.

Carpenter: You're in no position to name terms. I'll give you what I want to give you, when I want to give it to you. Until then, you do what I say, when I say it. You know what happens if you let me down.

Phoenix: You'll take him away again.

Carpenter: That's right. One slip-up that I don't like, and it's all gone, and you'll never, ever know the truth.

Carpenter limps towards Aello.

Carpenter: I know you enjoyed your little sweaty rendevous with my brother here earlier. Cherish that memory, dear. As of this moment, he's done with you.

Johnny: Oh ho hooooo!!! Now we know why the harpy wanted to get away from her bodyguard!

Aello's eyes go wide and she screams, breaking the Bodyguard's grasp, and jumps at Carpenter. Phoenix takes a step in and grabs her by the throat just inches away from Carpenter. while still holding Mike at bay with the bat.

Carpenter: Betrayal. *his voice gets deep* Aint it a bitch.

Carpenter motions, and Phoenix roughly throws her to the ground, then slowly backs away following Carpenter.

Carpenter: It's going to be, a lovely evening. Come brother. We must plan.

Carpenter's throaty laughter fills the air as Mike quickly makes a call and the Bodyguard tries to help Aello.

Mike: We got a problem.

[TKOW Board]

Tito: Did we see what I think we saw?

Johnny: I saw lots of breasteses.

Tito: After that.

Johnny thinks.

Johnny: More breasteses?

Tito: Well of course. But waaaaaaay after that.

Johnny: Us talking about breasteses.

Tito shakes his head.

Tito: Before th- Forget it. Phoenix showed up, after what's sure to go down as the strangest fight we've ever seen, and actually saved his brother from security, and even attacked the woman he's supposedly d-

Johnny: Humping like a rabbit.

Tito: No no Johnny, d-

Johnny: Doing daily?

Tito: Dammit Johnny!

Johnny: Ok ok.

Tito sighs.

Johnny: Rubbing the breasteses of.

Tito: NO!!

Johnny looks at Tito with a "what'd I say" stare.

Tito: Dating, dammit. DATING. He just choked her out, tossed her to the floor like yesterday's rubbish.

Johnny: This conversation was so much more fun when it was about breasteses.

Yuri Testkov: THE FOLLOWING MATCH IS ONE OF TWO FIRST ROUND MATCHES IN THE FIRESTARTER TOURNAMENT. THIS MATCH IS A FALLS COUNT ANYWHERE, NO DISQUALIFICATION, WIN BY PINFALL ONLY! THE WINNER ADVANCES TO THE FIRESTARTER FINALS TO BATTLE FOR THE TKOW TITLE!!!

Johnny: Daaayyyyaaammmm? this is gonna be GOOD! Nearly as good as the Grudge match!

The opening chords of 'Black and White' cue off as Tobias steps on to the stage, there's no playing to the crowd, instead he just starts his way down the ramp avoiding and ignoring any fans reaching over for a high five or attempting to verbally harass him.

Yuri Testkov: MAKING HIS WAY TO THE RING, WEIGHING IN AT TWO HUNDRED FORTY FIVE POUNDS, FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, TOBIAS BUUUUURRRRDEEEEEENNN!!!

He hops up on the apron and turns to face back to the ramp momentarily as though paranoid that someone will be there, then he steps in between the ropes and retreats to his corner, waiting for the starting bell to begin.

Tito: Tonight, after Burden fights his last match at MegaBowl V, he gives up his ?Heartless? moniker.

Johnny: The Heartless? didn?t that kid defeat them in that video game? Better hope The Forsaken doesn?t have a keyblade.

Tito: But he has his Dreadlink- *does a double take at Johnny* Hey? you play Kingdo-

Yuri Testkov: AND HIS OPPONENT, STANDING 6 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL, WEIGHING IN AT 217 POUNDS, HAILING FROM PARTS UNKNOWN? SALAZAR? ?THE FORSAKEN?? TYYYYYRRREEEENNNUUUUSSSS!!!!

Voice of Tupac ? What Do We Have Heeeree NOWWWWWWWWWWW?..

The lights dim out in the arena. Las Vegas is covered in total darkness and chaos while the chaotic uproars of the crowd build a frenzied anticipation.

Johnny: Oh, god? NOT THE DARK AGAIN!!!

*GONG* *GONG*

A dim image flickers on the Khaostron, that of the skeletal tree seen somewhere in the past. The dark valley seems to be swirling?

A purple haze rises from all sides of the stage, including the undersides of the ramp while the dimness disappears replaced by complete haze. Many moments go by in chaos, the fans roaring continuously.

Rise?
Rise?
Rise?

My Eden?
Bring His Demise.

The world?s caught in surprise,

Only I see through the demon?s eyes.

Only darkness can see shadow?

Only shadow can lead to the light?

Eden Rise?

?YOU?RE MY PASSSENGGEEEERRRRRRRR???

Las Vegas breaks out into hysteria and madness as ?Deftones ? Passenger? thunders through the speakers, guitars and bass and the constant crooning setting the volatile mood. Finally a figure walks out onto the stage, clad in complete black trench coat, black pants and black boots. His face lurks behind the hood, the wicked under-beard glistening as he stomps down towards the ring, giving darting glances at the fans?with a smile filled with rage and malice if that were possible.

The music continues its haunting tones as Salazar ?The Forsaken? Tyrenus walks down towards the ring, looking around to a rousing roar before getting inside the ring and going down on his knees, looking upwards towards the sky and nodding to himself.

Tito: Is he praying?

Behind Tyrenus Burden slips out of the ring and pulls a chair from under the apron. He slides it in and follows, rolling to his feet.

Johnny: He better be praying to Mars if he hopes to leave Caesar?s Palace under his own power tonight... because this is going to be a war.

Salazar stands, listening to the roaring crowd and holding up his arms as if soaking in applause instead of the jeers and boos that are dominating the roar of the crowd. He turns as Burden screams his name and catch-grabs the chair that is thrown at his face, only to be nailed by it as Burden connects with a drop kick. Tyrenus staggers back into the ropes and drops the chair. He tries to shake off the feeling as Burden jumps up and comes at him.

As Burden goes for a spear, Tyrenus spins to the side and lowers the top rope, ducking under Burden and flipping him over onto the apron. Burden grabs for the rope but only snatches the bottom one, and lands on his ribs half on the apron, the breath knocked out of him. His feet slam to the floor. The Forsaken quickly jumps to the top rope, stands, and leaps off with a shooting star press (camera flashes going off like crazy), slamming Burden back down onto the apron. Both bounce off onto the floor from the impact!

Tito: Holy shit!

Johnny: I TOLD you this?d be good! Now THIS is entertainment!

Burden lays on the floor, attempting to suck in some air, and after about 15 seconds his chest rises from his efforts. He winces then sucks in another and another, the blue of his lips changing to pink. A few moments later The Forsaken gets to a knee and shrugs off his overcoat. Burden rolls and completely disappears under the apron. Tyrenus gets to his feet and steps toward the apron but a ladder suddenly pokes and slides out for a few feet. He jumps back to avoid a trip, then reaches down and grabs it, giving it a hard shove, nearly falling at the lack of resistance. Upon standing straight, the crowd roars and he quickly ducks, earning numerous boos.

Tito: What the hell? A shield?

Burden, having rolled out the other side of the corner and thrown the shield, attacks Salazar and they begin exchanging blows as the shield bounces off the guardrail and clatters to a stop just before it hits someone in the front row.

Johnny: This IS Caesars Palace. Haven?t you noticed the gladiator/Ancient Rome type theme around here yet?

Burden kitchen sinks Tyrenus and shoves him back over the ladder, tripping him. He steps over and double underhook suplexes The Forsaken onto the ladder after pulling it completely out from under the apron. He follows up with several hard double stomps to Tyrenus? chest and gut. A sinister smile crosses Burden?s face and he hops up onto the apron and then onto the top rope. He leaps off with a guillotine legdrop but misses and hits the ladder as The Forsaken rolls away at the last second!

Tito: Burden trying for a quick way to end the match and had he connected, he could have pinned and advanced with little the worse for wear!

Johnny: The Forsaken isn?t about to let Burden have the win that easily and I?d be really disappointed had the match ended this soon.

As The Heartless One rolls off the ladder and tests out his leg before getting up completely, Salazar climbs onto the apron just far enough to reach the chair inside the ring, then slides back out and beats Burden over the head with it. The crowd counts.

One! Two! Three! Four! Fi-

Burden grabs the now dented chair and rips it from Tyrenus, ramming it into his stomach and shoving him with it over the barricade. He pulls Salazar up and back body drops him over the barricade again. Afterward he gingerly rubs his head, pulling away his hand and finding a bit of blood on it. He immediately pulls The Forsaken up and hits the Hangup (on the barricade) and walks with a slight limp to the ladder, picks it up, swings it up and over to hit Tyrenus, but his opponent rolls over and grabs it with his hands! Burden releases, hops up onto the barricade and dives onto the ladder, crushing it over The Forsaken, both men grunting out loudly in pain!

Tito: Burden?s going all out here tonight!

Johnny: Duh? Come on, Tito, say it with me. It?s a little something we call MEGABOWL?

The Forsaken reaches through the steps of the ladder and grabs Burden by the head, jerking his face into the ladder several times and bloodying his nose before The Heartless One manages to pull away and stagger to his feet. Tyrenus tosses the ladder to the side and slowly gets up. The two lay into one another again, making their way up through the crowd. They swap blows, Burden hitting a few European uppercuts and Tyrenus nailing a few hard rights, as they ascend through the seating area. The Khaostron lights up, showing a close up view from a mobile camera. The ref follows at a safe distance while the crowd scrambles to move out of their way.

The Forsaken glances around and grabs a sign from a young woman and hits Burden with it. Burden grabs the sign, low blows Tyrenus with a knee to the groin, then jerks the sign from his opponent. He follows with a hard low kick to The Forsaken, driving him into a group of people and stomping him.

Burden steps back and goes to drop the sign to the floor until he sees the writing? ?The Heartless can have my <3!? He looks around, pointing to the sign. The girl waves and smiles at him. He tosses the sign to her and turns? only to blinded by popcorn and drink thrown into his face by Tyrenus! The Forsaken grabs him, pulls him into the aisle and NAILS him with a face plant (X-factor by X-Pac) on the stairs! The Forsaken is nearly bowled over when the young woman (the Burden mark) leaps on his back and starts boxing him in the ears and anywhere she can land a hit.

Tito: Someone get her off him before she gets hurt!

The ref immediately runs in to pull her off but The Forsaken grabs her by the hair and jerks her head into his, headbutting her hard. She screams and lets go and he gets her in an elevated choke hold as her nose runs with blood. The crowd boos Tyrenus heavily and starts chanting as the ref demands he release her. Tyrenus argues with the ref and shoves him away.

Crowd: Let her go! Let her go!

Johnny: *sarcastically* Where?s Section 8 when you need them? Obviously not anywhere around-

An ear-piercing whistle rises above the din of the crowd as Lady Hawke runs down the aisle from above. The crowd pops with loud cheers. Tyrenus turns to Hawke with a maniacal grin and abruptly tosses the young woman into the ref . They tumble into the seats as The Forsaken runs up the aisle toward Hawke, who stopped in her tracks when Tyrenus released the fan.

Tito: It?s Lady Hawke!

Johnny: Miss goody two shoes interfering in things that aren?t her business. *mumbling* She needs to come interfere in mine!

By this time The Heartless has regained his feet and chases after The Forsaken, gaining on him as Hawke runs back up the steps. Burden desperately dives at his opponent and trips him up just before he reaches Hawke, who disappears into the crowd at the top. The Forsaken yells in frustration and rolls over. The two rise and Burden suddenly jerks as a drop of blood appears on his cheek, then trails down to his jaw and drips off. The Forsaken snaps his Dreadlink again, making another mark and another as he stands, whipping Burden frantically with it.

Protecting himself, Burden quickly steps in toward Salazar and pops him hard with an open palm strike. He grabs Tyrenus? arm and his shoulder and headbutts him hard, following seconds later with a T-Bone suplex. The two lay there with Burden throwing an arm over Tyrenus for a pinfall. The crowd roars as the ref runs up the steps counting!

Ref: One!

Two!

Thre-

Salazar throws Burden?s arm off. They lay there for a few moments before rolling over to their knees and then climbing to their feet, both using their hands to push themselves up. They glare at one another, blood dripping off both their faces?Burden?s from the nosebleed and chain cuts and Tyrenus? from the headbutt (nosebleed). They rush one another and lock up. As each tries to get the upper hand, they stumble, fall, and roll down the stairs exchanging blows, ending up crashing into the barricade at ringside!

Crowd: DO IT AGAIN! DO IT AGAIN!

They both attempt to beat each other?s head into the barricade when they rouse up enough. Salazar manages to fight free of Burden, gets up, and nails him with an Impaler DDT. He quickly follows that with a belly to back suplex then pulls Tobias up into an elevated chokehold. The crowd roars with boos. The Forsaken smiles and throws Burden into the barricade again?Burden landing on his side then rolling off into the floor. The Forsaken goes under the apron and pulls out a couple tables and sets them up.

Tito: Tyrenus had a chance to pin and didn?t take it? What?s he doing?

As he turns back to Burden, Burden low blows him and then nearly takes his head off with a roaring elbow, making Tyrenus? head bounce off one of the tables. Salazar stumbles and falls back against the apron. Just for good measure, Burden hits The Forsaken with the Fireman Crush then walks with a slight limp over to the official TKOW vending area.

Tito: Oh come on! Just a minute ago he was going to pin and now he?s going to get a souvenier?

Johnny: Shut up, Tito. Watch and learn.

The Heartless peruses the stall then points to replicas of Phoenix?s bat, some lighter fluid and a lighter. The vendor refuses, wanting to be paid, but Burden is in no mood for it and shoves the vendor away and takes the items himself. He liberally douses the bat and turns, only to be speared into the TKOW stall by The Forsaken! When they get to their feet again, TKOW merchandise spills everywhere as Burden swings the bat in attempts to nail Tyrenus, who dodges and dances just out of reach. Burden throws the bat, turning his back to The Forsaken, who moves in immediately. Tobias spins around, flicks a lighter and shoots a fireball into Tyrenus? face!!! The crowd goes ballistic.

Johnny: Woohooo!!! There?s finally some fire in this Firestarter tourney!

The Forsaken yells, backs up, and stumbles into the clothing section of the vending area. When he gets back up he wipes at his face with? a Phoenix ?Feel My Pain? t-shirt! He roars in frustration and pain as he throws the shirt at Burden and rushes him. He kicks Burden in the gut and hits Bliss in Abyss--with Burden hitting the floor on his back! The crowd pops.

Tito: Bliss in Abyss! This is over!

Johnny: I don?t think so? The Forsaken wants to destroy Burden, not just defeat him.

His face blistering up, Tyrenus looks around and grabs a replica Alyon Mac sledgehammer and goes after Burden, kicking him over and hitting him in the back and legs! Burden rolls in pain and scrambles to his feet, reaching his hand for the first thing he can find to defend himself, which turns out to be? a Clench prosthetic leg! The crowd roars as the two swing their weapons at one another, with Burden landing a ?kick? to the side of The Forsaken?s head. On the next swing, the two weapons connect and the leg breaks in two and is knocked from Burden?s grasp. Burden reaches behind him as he dodges a swing from the sledgehammer, and grabs? A Ghalleon punching puppet (inflated) and swings it, nailing The Forsaken on the chin with the weighted bottom!

Johnny: *snickering* And wouldn?t you know it! Ghalleon has managed to sneak into the match and hit the Ragnarok on Tyrenus with a little help from Burden!

Tito: ?

Burden bends over puking out the remainder of the lighter fluid, getting it on his tape-wrapped hands as Salazar stumbles, loses the sledgehammer, and falls back in amid the clothing section knocking a table over. Burden gets to his feet and goes after The Forsaken, picking him up into a Gorilla press. He yells and runs toward the ramp, tossing Tyrenus into the side of it. Before Salazar hits the floor, The Heartless grabs him and hits him with a backbreaker. The crowd roars with approval.

Burden grabs The Forsaken by a foot and drags him past the announce table to the tables near the ring. When they arrive Tobias kicks at the leg of Salazar then locks in a modified leg lock. He doesn't hold it in long, just enough to make Salazar feel the burn. Tobias gets up and looks under the ring, pulling out a 2x4. He turns around as Salazar is getting to his feet. Tobias swings and clocks Salazar across the fourhead with enough force to crack the 2x4! Salazar is apparently out but Burden doesn't go for the cover. He picks up the ladder and slides it into the ring. Tobias comes in after it and quickly sets it up near the ropes. He slides back out starts pulling tables out from under the ring. Five in all.

Tito: Apparently, Tobias wants to put Salazar through some tables.

Johnny: Yea, and one just doesn't seem like enough.

Tobias sets up two of the tables side by side. He turns and picks Salazar up. He tries to roll Salazar onto the table, but Salazar fights back with an elbow to the ribs, then lays into Tobias with some right hands. Salazar grabs Tobias by the head and spins him around and sends him flying headfirst into the steel post! Salazar holds onto Burdens face although his body goes limp. Salazar rams Tobias face into the steel again, and even does it a third time. The strikes have busted Tobias open across the forehead. Salazar rolls Tobias headfirst onto the table. Salazar takes note of the ladder in the ring and decides to put it to use. He rolls in the ring, and starts climbing the ladder. He reaches the top,
and leaps off with a Swanton bomb!

Johnny: He missed! He missed!

Tito: Tobias rolled out of the way at the last second! Incredible!

Tobias stays on the floor catching his breath, as Salazar remains still in the rubble of the tables. Finally, Tobias manages to gather himself and get to his feet. He sets up another table and heads to the rubble. He pulls Salazar out and rolls him onto the table. Tobias looks down at his hands, still dripping with the flammable liquid. He heads to where the fans are and spots a fan smoking a cigaratte. Tobias gets their lighter off them and turns back to the ring apron. He pulls out a baseball bat and a canister of lighter fluid.

Johnny: That's what I'm talking about! Let's get some fire going!

Burden returns with the fluid to the tables only to find Salazar not where he left him. He hops up into the ring to get a better view just as The Forsaken reappears from beneath it. In one hand Tyrenus holds a dripping barbwire wrapped baseball bat and in the other a gallon can of kerosene. Burden lights his bat and hits a perfect poetic tope on The Forsaken, getting in a swing to Tyrenus? bat with his own before their bodies collide.

Johnny: Oh yeah!! Now it?s gonna get hot!

The kerosene is dropped to the floor and spills on Burden?s taped hands. The flames run along the bat and light Burden?s hands. They get to their feet and Tobias drops his bat and just lays into The Forsaken?s already burned face with his burning fists!

Tito: I know this is the Firestarter tourney, but aren?t they taking this a little far? Salazar?s going to end up looking like Dusty Dynamite!

Tobias is unrelentless with the burning fists and doesn't stop until the flames go out on his heavily taped hands. When they do, he pulls Salazar up and into a Firemans Crusher! Tobias retrieves the bat, flames now extenguished, and stalks Salazar with it. Salazar gets to his feet and Tobias nails Salazar with it. Salazar falls to the floor. Burden pulls Salazar up near the announce tables and slams his face hard into it.

Johnny: I love having a front row seat! Do It Again!

Tobias does just that, slamming his head hard into the table. Tobias sets Salazar up for a piledriver, but Sal counters with a double leg takedown, and he kicks Tobias right in the balls. Salazar pulls Tobias up and puts him in the pump handle.

Tito: Bliss In The Abyss on the floor!

Salazar takes a moment to get his head straight, then pulls Burden to his feet and rolls him onto the announce table. He heads back to the ring and climbs back up the ladder... and leaps off with a Swanton again! And hits!!!

Tito: Incredible high risk move from Salazar! Both men are down!

Johnny: Them? What about my announce table? They destroyed it!

After a short spell, Salazar comes to his senses and draps an arm over Burden.

One!

Two!

Thr-

Shoulder up!

Salazar pulls himself out of the rubble. He picks up a steel chair and tosses to the ground in front of Tobias. He pulls Burden up and nails him with The Voluntary Despair! Salazar seems satisfied with this and pulls Tobias up and rolls him into the ring. Salazar looks under the ring and pulls out....a roll of barb wire!

Johnny: It's about to get nasty...I love it!

Salazar takes the barbwire and wraps up the two tables he set up earlier in the stuff. He also grabs the kerosene and douses the table in the stuff. He pulls out his pack of cigarettes and a lighter. He takes a few puffs off his cigarette then tosses it onto the table, which instantlly goes up in flames! Salazar slides into the ring. Tobias is pulling himself up by the ropes on the other side. Salazar runs at him, but Tobias explodes off the ropes with a spear! Burden sees the burning table on the outside and he immediately tries to capitalize. He pulls Salazar up and sets him up for a powerbomb.

Tito: Tobias is going to powerbomb him through the burning table!

Salazar starts figthing for his life with right hands before finally flipping back with a hurricaranna that sends Tobias crashing through the table!

Johnny: Now THAT'S what I'm talking about!

Salazar heads over to the ruins, a few pieces of the table still burning, and he pins Tobias.

One!

Two!

Thre-

No! Shoulder up!

Salazar can't believe it. He jaws off to the official, arguing the count. The referee assures him the count was not slow. Salazar pulls Tobias up and Tobias low blows Salazar on the way up. Tobias nails Salazar with a few right hands before he DDTs him to the floor. Tobias grabs the barbwire, wraps it around Salazars mouth and applies a modified camel clutch.

Tito: Tobias has the Blood Riot locked in on Salazar!

Johnny: I like that move. The barb wire makes it great. , The blood rushing out of Salazar's mouth makes it better.

Tobias tugs away at the barbwire, ripping deepeer and deeper into Salazar's face with it. Finally. he lets go and Salazar falls to the ground. Tobias picks up one of the tables he pulled out earlier and sets it up. He takes the roll of barbwire and starts wrapping the remaining wire around the newly set up table.

Johnny: Yes!

Satisfied, Tobias turns and sees Salazar isn't moving. He picks up another table and slides it into the ring. He tosses a steel chair and a baseball bat into the ring, then picks up Salazar and rolls him into the ring. Tobias comes in behind him and does a double stomp on the middle of The Forsaken's back. He picks up the table and sets it up in the turnbuckle. He turns and drags Salazar to his feet and whips him hard into the table. The table doesn't break and Salazar just lays lifelessly across it. Tobias heads to the opposite turnbuckle and runs in at Salazar and dives in for a spear.

But Salazar comes to life and drops to the mat, dodging the spear, and sending Tobias crashing through the wood and into the turnbuckle! Salazar takes a moment to recover, wipes some of the blood off of his face, and heads across the ring. He stops and picks up the kerosene can. He sees the table that Tobias set up on the outside and douses it with the kerosene. Once the table is covered, he pulls a pack of matches out of his pocket, takes a single match, lights the whole pack on fire and tosses it onto the table.

Tito: These two are making sure that the "Firestarter" tournament lives up to its name.

Johnny: And I'm loving every second of it!

Salazar turns back around to see Tobias has crawled out of the wreckage in the turnbuckle and is trying to get to his feet. Salazar takes his dreadlink chain and strikes Tobias across the back with it before he takes it and uses it to put a chain assisted Camel Clutch on Tobias!

Tito: The Heartless One is getting a taste of his own medicine!

Johnny: And it tastes like violence!

After putting enough pain on Tobias with the dreadlink, Salazar releases the hold and looks around the ring, taking note of the ladder and the chair. He drags Tobias towards the ladder and, once he's close enough, he places the steel chair across Tobias head. He turns his back on Tobias and starts climbing the ladder.

Tito: Salazar's going to the ladder again!

Johnny: He needs to hurry up and climb it. I can't wait to see what he's going to do this time.

Tito: The wear and tear of the match is showing on him, as he's not climbing it as fast as he was earlier.

Tobias comes to and grabs the chair as he manages to get to his feet. He sees Salazar is nearly 3/4s of the way up the ladder and he doesn't hesitate to swing the chair, connecting with Salazars back with a ~CLANG!~ Salazar doesn't fall, but he stops climbing and sort of lays on the ladder. Tobias goes to push it over when he sees the flaming barbwired table on the other side of the ladder on the outside. He heads to the other side and starts to climb. He gets high enough to grab ahold of Salazar.

Tito: He's going to suplex Salazar into the table!

Johnny: Awesome!

There is still some fight in Salazar, as he starts to punch away at Burden. Finally, the grip loosens and the two just kinda stand there on the ladder, each one trying to fight through the pain. Salazar grabs his dreadlink off his waist once again and uses it to nail Tobias across the head. Thinking that Tobias is out enough, Salazar makes his move.... and connects!

Johnny: Holy shit! That was fucken awesome!

Tito: Oh My God! Sunset Flip powerbomb through the burning table wrapped in barbwire!

The referee goes to make a count, but notices that neither man is in a pinning situation. Finally the two start moving and Salazar crawls out of the wreckage. He makes his way to the steel steps and tries to crawl up them.

Tito: Incredible, after all the abuse they've taken this match and they still want more.

Johnny: When you have an opportunity to compete for the TKOW title, you will do anything and everything it takes to win. And to top it all off, the winner gets that shot TONIGHT.

Tito: That's assuming that either one of them can actually make it to the finals here tonight.

Salazar has managed to crawl up the stairs and into the ring. He uses the ropes to pull himself up to his feet. He sees Tobias still lying on the floor and he goes for the kill.

Tito: Salazars going for another high impact maneuver...

Salazar leaps off with a Asahi Moonsault! Tobias rolls away! Salazar hits the floor with a thud, drawing cheers from the fans. Tobias takes his time getting up, trying to recover from the beating he's taken thus far. He turns around and sees The Forsaken struggling to get to his feet. He's on one knee and Burden runs in with an axe kick to the back of the head!

Tito: Fading Mage! It's over! The cover!

One

Two

Thre-

No! Salazar gets the shoulder up!

Tobias looks at the referee in disbelief. He shakes his head in frustration and grabs Salazar and pulls him up. He rolls Salazar into the ring and comes in after him. Burden pulls Sal up and sets him up in the turnbuckle. He chops him a few times, then whips into the opposite turnbuckle. Burden runs in, but eats the leather from Salazars shoes. Salazar runs in with a running backbreaker. He pulls Burden up and nails him with the Sky High powerbomb. Salazar immediately gets to his feet and heads to the ladder. Slowly, he climbs it. He reaches the top, looks down to see Burden's still not moving, and he leaps off with a Flipping Leg Drop!

Tito: Hypnosight! Salazar's going to the finals!

One

Two!

Three!

No! Shoulder up!

Tito: Salazar can't believe it and neither can I! How did Tobias get the shoulder up?

Johnny: Good question, we know that Tobias is "Heartless" so that can't be the reason.

Tito: Maybe he's not heartless anymore.

Salazar pulls Tobias up and sets him for the Blyss In Abyss, but Burden slides down his back and nails Salazar with a reverse DDT! Burden tries a cover.

One

Two

Thr-

Kickout!

Tobias pulls Salazar up and tosses him over the ropes. Salazar catches the bottom rope and remains on the apron. Tobias steps out on the apron as Salazar tries to pull himself to his feet. Tobias quickly reacts with a Cross Special Brainbuster! Off the apron to the floor!

Tito: Tobias can win this right now if he can make the cover!

Johnny: But he can't! He's hurt and he can't crawl over to make the cover.

Tobias struggles but he finally manages to crawl over and get an arm across Sal's chest.

One

Two

Three!

...

...

No! Salazar barely gets the shoulder up in time.

Tito: How did he kick out of that! Remarkable endurance from Salazar!

Johnny: He'll need endurance if he plans on winning the title tonight.

Tobias is frustrated to no end. He pulls Salazar up and throws him up the ramp. Salazar rolls halfway up the ramp from the force. Tobias grabs a chair and heads after him in hot pursuit. He swings, and Salazar rolls further up the ramp to avoid the contact. Salazar gets to his feet atop the ramp. Tobias swings and gets nothing but air. Salazar backs up against the Powertron. Tobias swings. Salazar ducks! The chair ricochets off the tron and back into Tobias face. Salazar kicks him in the gut, and follows up with a Double Underhook Suplex!

Salazar picks up the chair. Tobias starts to get to his feet. Salazar starts climbing the tron.

Tito: Oh my god, this is about to get intense!

Tobias sees this, and quickly follows suit. He reaches Salazar about five feet off the ground and starts to fight him. Salazar throws the chair and it hits Burden in the face! But he doesn't fall!

Salazar climbs down a bit, hooks in Tobias legs, and goes for The Fall! Tobias throws a few fists into Salazar's head. He drops to his feet, pulls Salazar down, lifts him up for a powerbomb, and leaps off the stage with the Rubix Cube crashing through a hot dog vendor!

Tito: Oh my God! Both men are unconcious!

The referee sees that Burden is on top of Salazar and makes the count.

One

Two

Three!

Tito: He's done it! Burden has beaten Salazar to advance to the Firestarter finals and the TKOW Title Match!

Johnny: Salazar gave him a hell of a run.

Tito: I hate to see an athlete like Salazar Tyrenus keep getting within inches, and barely being pulled back. A lot of guys in the back would just leave, crying, like Jace Mingla.

Johnny: Salazar is made of tougher stuff than that. He knows as well as we do that you can't just look at the wins and losses. He's going to bring it even stronger his next time out. Believe that!

[TKOW Board]

Tito: Right now i hear we have feed coming from the Section 8 locker room. Normally jovial, full of energy, the mood has dropped dramatically with the night's earlier revelation. Let's see what's going on.

T.H. Power is on a couch, holding a sobbing and shaking Aello close. Lady Hawke is sitting there as well, trying to help comfort her. Kid Styles is using the lighter from "the Elmo incident" to melt his Phoenix figure, while Matt is pacing, cracking his fingers, eyes nearly glowing in anger.

Matt: This is surreal! I don't know what's going on, but he has to answer for this! He better be drugged, or brainwashed, or an evil twin from another dimension, I don't care!

Matt grabs the tv and yanks it off the stand, actually throwing it across the room and through the wall!

T.H. Power: Matt, you need to clear your head. You're about to get into a steel cage with the man. That was dangerous enough before. If Carpenter's really in his head now, it just got ten times more dangerous.

Matt: Do I look like a man that cares right now? This is a friend! A great close friend! And he did this? For what? What could possibly be so important, that we wouldn't even know about it? No, I'm going out there, and beating the answers out of him, no matter what!!

Matt storms through the door. Lady Hawke looks after Matt, then back at Aello.

T.H. Power: Go dammit! We're not losing him too!

Tito: Section 8 clearly not happy with what happened. Regardless of who likes who now, though, it's time for the TKOW Title to be decided. This steel cage isn't your traditional steel cage match. Instead of the usual Steel Mesh cage used nowadays, Power has opted to go with the old-school black steel bars for this match.

Johnny: And I'll tell you one thing, I've participated in both types of steel cages, and this one we're having tonight is a lot worse than the mesh lining. These bars are nothing but solid steel, and hurt a whole hell of a lot more than the pansy mesh.

The lights of the arena dim. A foggy smoke billows up and about the entire arena, including the ramp and stage. The opening bars of ?Blow Me Away? by Breaking Benjamin hauntingly swell into existence.

~GONG~

Several humanoid forms covered in grey camouflage cloaks appear creeping through the fog in the audience at varying distances to the ring. Four red spotlights run a crisscrossing search pattern over the arena.

~GONG~

Lady Hawke, dressed in black leather pants, boots, gloves and jacket strides forward onto the stage toward the ramp? veiless! Her face is painted in a camouflage pattern in several shades of grey, ranging from nearly white to black.

As the first guitar strum blares out, red strobe lights flash along the top of the arena seating and one of the red ?search lights? locks onto one of the forms. At each of the following three repeats, another ?creeper? is ?found? with a red spotlight and locked on. Each creeper acts surprised and makes a run toward the ramp. Several more creepers appear in the upper sections of the arena aisles and more red spot lights appear and cover them as the arena is bathed in a red glow.

They fall in line
One at a time
Ready to play
(I can't see them anyway)

Lady Hawke races down the ramp to face the first attacker in a hand-to-hand combat.

No time to lose
We've got to move
Steady the helm
(I am losing sight again)

Fire your guns
It's time to run
Blow me away
(I will stay, in the mess I made)
After the fall
We'll shake it off
Show me the way

Lady Hawke defeats the first creeper by taking his weapon and using it on him. A white light path fades into being in the fog and leads down the ramp to the cage door.

Only the strongest will survive.
Lead me to heaven when we die

The second and third creeper advance to her, engaging her in battle on the path. They injure her. She falls.

I am the shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all

The fourth creeper comes running and attacks the second and third, destroying them. The fourth creeper pulls off his hooded cloak and spins, throwing it into the audience. The crowd roars in approval when the person reveals himself to be? Matt Griffen!!!

There's nothing left
So save your breath
Lying in wait
(Caught inside this tidal wave)

Griffen covers Hawke, ?shooting? down oncoming creepers, as he pulls her up and slips an arm around her, but she gets ?hit? by a creeper?s shot and falls.

Your cover?s blown
Nowhere to go
Holding your fate
(Loaded I will walk alone)

He throws her over his shoulder and advances down the ramp, zigzagging and ?firing? his weapon into the crowd.

Fire your guns
It's time to run
Blow me away
(I will stay, in the mess I made)
After the fall
We'll shake it off
Show me the way

Hawke rouses and points him to the white path which leads to a now brightly lit cage. Griffen makes a run for it down the ?path,? firing at the remaining creepers coming up.

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven when we die
I am the shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all

Griffen makes it to the cage, sets Hawke down, kissing her passionately before climbing in, drawing catcalls from the audience. Hawke remains outside holding the prop ?weapon.?

Wanting it back (DON'T LET ME DIE!)

(HHHEEEERRRREEEEE IT COOOOMMMMMEEESSS!!!!)

(DDDIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE!!!)

Griffen moves to each of the four turnbuckles, posing on each and playing to the crowd, encouraging it to a fever pitch.

Only the strongest will survive
Lead me to heaven when we die
I am the shadow on the wall
I'll be the one to save us all

Save us all

Yuri Testkov: THIS IS A ROUND ONE FIRESTARTER MATCH! WAITING IN THE RING... THE FIRST CONTENDER FOR THE TKOW FIERY TITLE! STANDING 6 FOOT 8 INCHES, WEIGHING IN AT 325 POUNDS? HAILING FROM BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY? ONE THIRD OF THE BIRDS OF PREY AND REPRESENTING SECTION 8? MMMMMAAAAAAATTTTTTT? GGGGRRRRRRIIIIIIFFEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNN!!!!!!

Griffen hops down from the last turnbuckle and warms up a bit while waiting for Phoenix.

A deep voice booms out "Time to Rise!" as the tron lights up with fiery lettering spelling out "Rise Like the Phoenix", and a flash shot of Phoenix's bloody entrance at the final match of the Ring Syndicate Memorial Cup plays. A drumroll hits signalling the start of Saliva's reworked "King of My World". The arena lights drop to a dark orange.

{A flash shot of Phoenix delivering the Death Pyre to Soulfly at Holiday Hell.}

Fog rolls out and a circle of fire lights on the stage.

{A flash shot of Phoenix crushing Cobryn with a steel chair.}

I'll never see any side of heaven

{A flash shot of Phoenix in his priestly garb.}

I walk for miles through a blazing hell

{A flash shot of Phoenix walking through flames after Jace Mingla.}

It doesn't matter what you think I'm supposed to be-e-e-e, e-e-e-e
because I myself know all too well

{A flash shot of Phoenix holding the TKOW "Fiery" Championship belt.}

I'll open your eyes and make you see

The stage and turnbuckles explode with flame pyro. Phoenix rises through the circle of flames, down on one knee, head on his fist, wearing his new tattered gear. He stands up and the turnbuckles explode again as Carpenter walks out from the back, the TKOW "Fiery" Title around his waist.

I'm the King of my Woooooooorld (King of my World)
I'll bring down the walls around you now
I'm the King of my Woooooooorld (King of my World)
I'll bring down the walls around you

Yuri Testkov: AND NOW, FROM RED BANK NEW JERSEY, STANDING 6 FEET 6 INCHES AND WEIGHING 265 POUNDS, YOUR TKOW FIERY CHAMPION, PHOEEEEEEEEEENIIIIXXXAH~!

My mind alone is filled with rage for you

{A flash shot of Carpenter.}

Carpenter stalks to one side of the stage, looks at the screaming crowd, and thrusts both arms out to his sides, hands loosely open, laughing at the disdain. He suddenly puts both arms straight up in the air and his hands turn to the middle finger, and he laughs at the crowd, as shots of Phoenix going after Hardcore Al and Soulfly as a civilian play on the Tron.

I am the pastor to your sheep
I am the master of my destiny-y-y, y-y-y
I am the king of all I see

Fast motion clips play of Phoenix delivering the Phoenix Driver to a bevy of opponents, including D-Matic, Matt Griffen, Soutter, Adam Haven, Johnny Styles, Syberus, Clench, Dustin Hughes, Dan Stein, Mars, Rick Dushae, Dave Rave, Extreme Killer Phil, Soulfly and Jace Mingla.

(King) I'll open your eyes and make you see
I'm the King of my Woooooooorld (King of my World)
I'll bring down the walls around you now

Carpenter moves to the other side of the stage and repeats, getting another burst of anger in response.

I'm the King of my Woooooooorld (King of my World)
I'll bring down the walls around you

The crowd jeers and Carpenter begins making his way down towards the ring as the haze dissipates, yelling at Phoenix to follow.

Here I come again come again

{A flash shot of Phoenix exiting the C-Team van with a bullet wound.}

3...2...1 here I come here I come again

{A flash shot of Phoenix getting out of the wreckage following the falling Phoenix Driver to Jace Mingla.}

3...2...1 here I come again here I come

{A flash shot of Phoenix crawling out of the Hidden Treasure cratee wreckage after a Death Pyre to Soulfly.}

3...2...1 here I come HERE I COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMEE

Carpenter motions for Phoenix to stand at the ring steps and yells for the ref to keep Matt back. He waves at Lady Hawke and removes the "Fiery" Championship, raising it high above his head.

I'm the King of my Woooooooorld (King of my World)
I'll bring down the walls around you now

Carpenter hands the belt to the ref, who shows it to Matt and then hands it out to the timekeeper.

I'm the King of my Woooooooorld (King of my World)
I'll bring down the walls around you

Carpenter grabs Phoenix by the chain and yells at him, slapping him a few times, and sends him into the cage. The ref slips out and closes the cage, locking the door.

I'm the King of my Woooooooorld (King of my World)
I'll bring down the walls around you now

Tito: Neither of these men has yet suffered a loss in singles competition in TKOW but, after tonight, one of these men will.

Johnny: Is there not a way BOTH of them could lose? Because THAT would kick ass!

Tito: No Johnny, there must be a winner, but I want to know? what is up with Phoenix?

Johnny: I have no idea, but I like the new look.

Griffen looks warily at Phoenix, unsure of what he sees before him. The Phoenix he knows wouldn't be wrestling in rags and chains. And that doesn't account for the glowing eyes. Phoenix wastes no time and starts moving in at Matt. He rushes in for a clothesline, but Matt ducks out of the way. Phoenix turns around and he and Matt instantly tie it up in the middle of the ring. Phoenix breaks it up with a knee to the stomach of Griffen and follows it up with a Belly to belly suplex.

Phoenix stays on the offense. He grabs the left leg of Griffen and stomps the knee before stepping over and dropping down in a leg lock. He holds it on for a few moments then lets go. He waits on Griffen to get up then roars in with a clothesline. The Champ follows it up with a knee drop right to the head of Matt, then mounts him and unleashes a barrage of right hands. Phoenix gets up, pulling Griffen by the head, leads him across the ring and smashes Griffen face first into the cage! Griffen doesn't fall and stumbles backwards away from the ropes. Phoenix quickly grabs Griffen by the waist and delivers a German Suplex.

Tito: Phoenix is starting this match off with a bang!

The Champ pulls Griffen up and sets his head in between the legs, going for either a piledriver or powerbomb. But Griffen uses his power to flip Phoenix over his back. Matt turns around as Phoenix is getting to his feet. Phoenix runs in, but catches a powerslam. The Champ gets up a little slow and Matt grabs him, lifting him over his head in a military press. Griffen decides to show off his power as he lowers Phoenix behind his head, and then back up in the air, back down, and back up, as if lifting weights.

Tito: What strength by Griffen! He's using Phoenix as a set of weights!

Finally, Griffen stops his "workout" and grimaces as he steps forward and tosses Phoenix forward? and Phoenix smashes against the cage wall! Phoenix lands on the top rope. Well, the Phoenix crotch lands on the top rope. The men in the audience wince as he falls to the mat. Seeing this as an opportunity to get a quick win and save himself for the second match, Griffen starts climbing the cage. He gets about a third of the way up when Phoenix takes notice of this. Phoenix heads over and grabs the right foot of Matt. Matt tries to kick away, but Phoenix starts twisting the ankle of Matt.

Johnny: Smart move by the Champ. Cripple Griffen so he can?t climb.

Griffen starts screaming out in pain, and tries to fight it off. Phoenix gives up at trying to pull Matt down and quickly scales the ropes and onto the cage. He's a little lower than Matt and he starts throwing punches at his midsection. Matt's grip loosens up. Phoenix climbs up a little more; he's nearly level with Matt. Phoenix throws another punch or two and then steps up a bit more. Matt starts fighting back, hitting Phoenix with a couple shots. Phoenix kicks at Griffen's stomach and Matt nearly falls from this. The Champ grabs Matt by the back of the head and slams him into the steel. Matt falls to the mat below. Phoenix hops down from the cage. He starts unraveling the manrikigusari off his right arm and, after it?s off, he wraps it around his right hand instead.

Tito: Phoenix is bringing his ninja chain out.

Johnny: This could be getting good then, despite the fact it's Phoenix in there and not me!

Phoenix waits for Matt to get up and then he clocks him with his right hand. Matt falls backwards and gets caught up in the ropes. Phoenix quickly moves in and unleashes a fury of right hands into the side of Matt's forehead. Blood starts to trickle down, and Phoenix suddenly stops. He looks on at Matt Griffen. His hoodie helps hide his expression, but his body language seems to say that he doesn't like what he's doing to Matt as he moves to strike again, yet pauses and glances at his unmoving hand.

Tito: What?s Phoenix doing?

Johnny: Looks like he?s being stupid. He?s gonna regret that.

Matt takes this moment of hesitation to get out of the ropes and he quickly hits Phoenix with a front bearhug slam. Matt wipes some of the blood away from his face and pulls Phoenix up, throwing him headfirst into the steel cage! He catches Phoenix on the rebound with a Super Spinebuster that shakes the ring and, in turn, the cage as well. Matt pulls Phoenix up and whips him into the ropes, catching him with a big boot as the Champ comes back off them. Matt heads to the turnbuckle and climbs up it.

Matt stands in wait of Phoenix and leaps off at the right moment with a flying clothesline. Griffen pulls Phoenix up and hits him with a Falcon Arrow. Matt stays on the offensive as he pulls him up, sets the head between his legs, lifts him, and hits a spiral powerbomb! He pulls Phoenix up slowly and Phoenix hits....a low blow?!? On the outside Hawke lets fly with a string of piercing whistles.

Tito: Phoenix resorting to a low blow? I don't think I've ever seen him do that before...

Johnny: Me either... and against his friend, too! But, it IS an escape only cage match so anything goes!

Phoenix grabs Matt by the head, and takes him across the ring, and slams Griffen?s head into the steel cage? back across the ring and slams Matt?s head into the opposite wall! The crowd roars! He leads him to the center, turns 90 degrees to his right, and takes him and slams him into the third wall! He turns and takes Griffen to the last wall, and slams him face first into it! Phoenix lets go of Matt?s head and appears shocked to see him still standing! Phoenix quickly takes care of this with the Xing Buster!

Tito: He? Phoenix seems determined to take Griffen down like?

Johnny: Like a Champ should!

Phoenix unwraps the ninja chain from around his hand. He wraps the chain around Matt?s throat and pulls back, using it to choke Matt. He doesn't let up, just keeps choke, choke, choking away. He uses the chain to pull Matt to his feet and he spins him around and nails him with the X DDT that shakes the ring and the arena explodes with a huge pop! Dead center of the ring Phoenix grabs the legs of Matt and locks in a sharpshooter. Phoenix rears back, causing Matt to bellow out in pain. The Champ doesn't let go, instead he rears back more. Finally satisfied with the sound of Griffen?s bellows, he releases the hold and he heads to the cage and starts climbing. Phoenix is nearly halfway up the cage when Matt gets up. Limping, and shaking out his ankle and foot with each step, Matt heads straight for the same wall, the one facing the stage, and climbs up behind Phoenix. When Phoenix reaches the top, Matt is only about three or four rungs behind him. Phoenix starts kicking away at Matt, but Matt doesn't fall. Matt finally gets even footing with Phoenix. Phoenix eye gouges Matt and slams his head into the steel bars three times! Matt falls to the mat.

Tito: It's over! Phoenix is going to retain the world title and advance to the finals of the Firestarter tournament to face Tobias Burden!

Phoenix steps to the top and looks down at Matt. The camera's start flashing as the champ leaps off with a Phoenix Splash! Griffen rolls away! Phoenix eats the mat! Hard! Griffen slowly gets to his feet, and he grabs Phoenix by the back of the head and he throws him head first into the Cage wall! Again the arena bursts into a loud pop!

Tito: What is Phoenix thinking?! He could have gotten out with Matt down but he went after him again! They've been throwing each other into the wall facing the stage an awful lot Johnny.


Johnny: Yes, they have, but they haven't thrown each other into it enough. I?m beginning to think Phoenix doesn?t want to just win this round. I think he?s out to make a point about something.

As if hearing Johnny, Matt holds onto the Champ?s head and slams it into the same wall a second time, and a third time, then a fourth time! Matt pulls Phoenix away from the cage and sets him up for a powerbomb. He lifts Phoenix into the air, raises him in the air for a rising powerbomb, and nails it! The crowd roars! Griffen gets up from the move and looks down at Phoenix. He decides to try and get the win. He starts climbing the wall in front of the stage. He gets halfway up it when Phoenix gets to his feet, still recovering from the powerbomb. The Champ quickly gives chase up the wall. They get nearly at the top. Matt starts to cross, but Phoenix grabs Matt?s leg and pulls it down and, as a result, he low blows Matt with the cage. Griffen falls and lands hard on the mat.

Tito: Phoenix is climbing, he has this match won!

Phoenix reaches the top and again looks down at Matt below. Then, he does the unthinkable. He leaps off with ANOTHER Phoenix Splash off the top of the cage! Cameras are going off all over the arena as he twists through the air. And he nails it!

Tito: Wow! Incredible move from Phoenix!

Johnny: He?s STUPID!!! He could have ended this already and retained for the first time tonight, but noooooooooooo, he had to show off!

Phoenix takes a moment to get up from the move. Blood runs down his chest from his face underneath the hoodie. The Champ grabs the legs of Matt and locks in a sharpshooter! Matt screams out in pain, but there?s nothing he can do. Phoenix doesn't let up and instead keeps the hold locked in. Matt struggles towards the ropes and manages to grab them, but there are no rope breaks inside the cage.

Johnny: Griffen?s not thinking straight. The blows to the head are taking effect.

Phoenix doesn't let up. Lady Hawke starts giving some angry sounding whistles in the direction of Phoenix, who is seemingly ignoring them. Finally, he let's go. He pulls Matt up and sets him up for a powerbomb. He lifts him high in the air, and slams him hard to the mat. He holds on and hits a second one! He lifts Matt up for a third powerbomb! He rolls Matt onto his shoulders and nails the Phoenix Driver!

Lady Hawke reaches through the bars and smacks the mat, trying to rouse Griffen. Phoenix heads to the opposite wall and starts climbing it. He gets about halfway up, when Carpenter starts shouting at Phoenix, loud enough for the cameras to pick up.

Carpenter: What are you doing! Get down! Cripple him! Now!

Phoenix hears him and hops down from the cage. Phoenix pulls Matt up and hits a Stalling piledriver! Carpenter throws a chair over the cage wall into the ring. Lady Hawke starts whistling madly at Carpenter. She shoves the ?weapon? from Griffen?s entrance through the bars to even things up and slowly heads around the ring toward Carpenter. Griffen sees her and waves her off. Carpenter orders Phoenix to get the chair. Phoenix takes the chair as Matt struggles to his feet and hits him square in the head with the chair! Griffen falls back to the mat. Phoenix sets the chair on the mat, picks up Griffen, and hits the X DDT onto the steel chair! This time the arena is torn between cheers and boos as the crowd isn?t quite sure why Phoenix is acting so differently and listening to Carpenter. Phoenix gets up and looks down at Matt.

Carpenter: Don't stop! More! More!

Phoenix pulls Matt up and whips him into a nearby turnbuckle. Phoenix then rears back with his right hand and bitchslaps Matt! He then screams at Matt and slaps him again! The fans aren't approving of this and Phoenix screams at them, and then smacks Matt again. Phoenix grabs at his own head, as if a battle is going on inside it. He releases his head long enough to bitchslap Matt again. Phoenix grabs the chair, rears back to hit him and? stops as he stares at Griffen?s bloody face.

Carpenter: Finish Him!

Phoenix keeps staring at Matt and suddenly he drops the chair. At that instance Matt explodes out of the turnbuckle with a vicious clothesline. He pulls Phoenix up and lifts him high over his head before tossing him into the side of the cage facing the stage. Phoenix falls down and Matt quickly pulls him up. He takes Phoenix by the back of the head and throws him into the opposite cage wall. He holds onto the Champ?s head, and slams him into the opposite wall. Matt continues to hold onto the Champs head and continues to slam Phoenix into the same two walls--the one in front of the stage and the one opposite it. The crowd counts ten times total, before Griffen hits Phoenix with a tilt a whirl sideslam. Matt pulls Phoenix up, only to hit him with a gutwrench powerbomb! The crowd pops!

Tito: Griffen is making Phoenix pay for what he did earlier to him!

Johnny: Yeah!!! Isn?t it great!?!

Matt pulls Phoenix up and throws him headfirst into the cage wall again, with so much force that one of the bottom hinges break off and fall to the floor.

The arena bursts into a ?HOLY SHIT!? chant.

Johnny: Daaayuuuummmm!!! I don?t think I?ve ever seen THAT happen before in a cage match?

Griffen wipes more of the blood from his face as he gingerly rotates the ankle Phoenix had been working over with the submissions. He stands there catching his breath as Phoenix begins to stir.

Carpenter: GET UP!!! CRUSH HIM!!!

On the outside Hawke heads determinedly around the corner of the cage. Griffen yells for her to stop, but she doesn?t listen. He doesn?t have time to argue with her as Phoenix stands up using the ropes, shaking his head violently as if to clear it. He leaps up on the top rope and dives off, trying for a top rope lariat, but at the last second Griffen ducks, spins and grabs the chain that crosses over Phoenix?s shoulder and back! Griffen jerks Phoenix around and, keeping the Champ airborne, starts spinning around!

Tito: Hey? that looks like fun!

Johnny: Until time for the landing? I wonder where the Bird will splat?

On the outside Hawke has reached Carpenter, who laughs at her, amused. He says something not picked up by the mic and Hawke flips him off, which draws more laughter from him. Meanwhile in the cage Griffen picks up speed on the spin and begins a yell that gets stronger and louder the more he spins. He finally releases Phoenix? to let him slam face first over the top rope into the stage-side cage wall hard enough to rattle the entire cage. Phoenix drops to the apron in a heap but struggles to rise as Griffen, staggering slightly with dizziness, approaches him and pulls him up. Matt slams Phoenix?s head into the bars a few times for good measure.

Johnny: How many head slams does it take to get to the center of Phoenix?s bird brain? Let?s see? ah one, ah two, ah threeeeee-

Griffen stops and pulls Phoenix up and over to the corner.

Johnny: *yelling at Griffen* SPOILSPORT! NOW THE WORLD WILL NEVER KNOW!

On the outside Carpenter sees Griffen manhandling Phoenix and decides to take matters into his own hands and leaps up on the outside of the cage and starts climbing. He doesn?t get but a step or two up before Lady Hawke leaps up onto the second bar and jumps up with a hurricanrana, jerking him hard with a twist back down onto the floor face first! The crowd pops loudly!

Tito: Lady Hawke isn?t going to let Carpenter get in there!

Johnny: *yelling at Hawke* YOU?RE A SPOILSPORT, TOO!

Griffen steps up the ropes, pulling Phoenix up with him. Griffen doesn?t stop until he?s standing on the top of the turnbuckle and Phoenix is on the top rope facing the cage wall.

Tito: He?s never on the top rope? He looks weird up there. Is he going for the Dive Bomb?

Johnny: I don?t think so-

Griffen pulls Phoenix up into an Argentine back breaker rack. The crowd explodes and flashbulbs go off as Griffen leaps off with the brainbuster... landing Phoenix's head on the 'weapon' and breaking it into several pieces!

Tito: That?s Aello?s Downdraft!! And from the top rope!!

Johnny: Looks like Griffen?s ripped off one of his partner?s moves. Ironic he?s using Aello?s. Who?da thunk it?

Tito: He?s going to have to surprise Phoenix to beat him because Phoenix knows all Matt?s moves. I wonder what?s next?

Johnny: With those two? Who knows, but you know it?s gonna be rough.

As Phoenix and Griffen lay on the mat inside the cage, on the outside Carpenter and Lady Hawke have begun their own fight, throwing blows and blocking them, making their way around to the stage side of the cage. Hawke goes into a kick flurry, rounding it off with a drop kick, driving the back of Carpenter?s head into the steel bars of the cage wall.

Tito: Lady Hawke is really going after Carpenter!

Johnny: With any luck she?ll be able to damage him, especially after the bit of hurtin? Aello put on him.

The noise from Carpenter hitting the cage spurs Griffen to climb to his knees and feet. He uses the ropes to pull himself up and over. He doesn?t look back as he starts the climb, slowly stepping up one bar at a time and favoring his right leg. He pauses only to kick Carpenter through the bars toward Hawke, who has regained her feet and she nails him with a swinging neckbreaker.

Tito: Matt just kicked Carpenter!!

Johnny: Bah! They ought to let him in and have him beat the shit out of both of them so neither can escape.

Tito: You really believe he could do that after that fight with Aello?!

Johnny: Fighting a girl is nothing.

Tito: This? from someone who fought and lost against the Birds.

Johnny: Shaddup and get back to commenting on the MATCH. And HEY, Where?s SECURITY when we need them?!

As Griffen gets just about half way up the wall, the crowd lets out a huge roar. Griffen pauses to look back down behind him when he?s hit by Phoenix, who?d gotten to his feet, jumped up on the top rope and leaped up, grabbing hold of Griffen?s belt and pants! Phoenix gets his feet planted on the bars and leans back, pulling on Griffen while punching him in the right knee with his manriki-gusari wrapped right hand.

Tito: The Champ is back in action!

Griffen tries to pry Phoenix off and kicks at him as well, but the denigrated Fowl is relentless in his attack. Even with the barrage on his knee and with Phoenix?s weight pulling him down, Griffen still manages to pull himself up a few more bars on the cage and stops when his outstretched hand easily reaches the top. Griffen reaches back and pulls Phoenix higher and closer. Meanwhile, on the floor outside, Carpenter is back up, and he and Lady Hawke exchange blows with both blocking every attempted strike and counter strike.

Tito: Matt?s helping Phoenix up the cage wall?!

Johnny: Now I?ve seen everything! Helping your opponent to the top?!

Griffen gets Phoenix in an inverted DDT hold and throws both himself and Phoenix free of the wall.

Crowd: HOLY SHIT!!!

Flashbulbs go off nearly like a strobe light, with Griffen and Phoenix appearing to suspend in mid air for an extended period before hitting the mat below.

Tito: Griffen?s Bad Habit Drop from near the top of the cage!!! You know that had to hurt both of them!

Griffen clutches his elbow and rolls away from Phoenix, who lays unmoving on the mat. On the outside Carpenter grabs Hawke?s wrist, going for an arm drag but she counters by grabbing his and twisting into an arm wringer, taking him down and falling over him. Carpenter kicks her off him with both feet, throwing her into the cage wall. A quiet ?oof? escapes her and is captured on the mics.

Griffen rolls to his hands and knees. He pulls his right knee up and tries to stand, but he can?t and has to switch to his left before reaching for the ropes to pull himself up with his good leg. Once standing, he gingerly tests out his right leg and winces with a very pronounced limp upon taking a step.

Tito: Griffen?s leg is injured! If he makes it to the finals Burden?s going to zero in on that immediately!

Johnny: The key word is IF, Tito. As much as I hate to admit it, we all know that Phoenix usually catches a second wind and? yep?

Sure enough, Phoenix stirs on the mat, pushing himself up into a sitting position, rubbing his head through his hoodie with his left hand. He stops and stares with an eerie stillness when he sees Matt limping in obvious pain next to the ropes. Phoenix draws his knees up and leans his head over on them, his hands and arms over his head. He rocks slightly back and forth for a few moments then throws his arms up and his head back as a heart-wrenching guttural scream erupts from him. Through the scream Carpenter?s laughter is heard as he nails Lady Hawke with a head butt followed with Judgement. Hawke lays on the floor as Carpenter gets to his feet.

Tito: Lady Hawke is out! Who?s going to keep Carpenter from getting inside now?!

Carpenter pulls Hawke up and drags her by her hair to the cage, where he lifts her up and slams her into the wall, holding her body against it.

Carpenter: Finish him now, Brother? or...

Carpenter steps back, taking Hawke with him as Phoenix slowly stands, looking at Griffen, who glares through the cage at Carpenter.

Tito: *standing and looking around* Somebody help Lady Hawke!!

Carpenter: What are you going to do, Matty-boy?

Griffen only smiles and glances behind Carpenter where TKOW security finally streams out by the stage and down the ramp. Carpenter sees them, drops Hawke, removes a set of brass knuckles and tosses them into the cage before jumping the barricade and making a mad dash through the crowd, once again trailed by a team of men.

Johnny: You?d think as many times as they?ve been within sight of him tonight, they might actually nab him, but nooooooo? Incompetent idiots!

The rattling of the cage regains everyone attention as Griffen tries to pull himself back up after being speared into the cage wall by Phoenix. Phoenix continues on the offensive, only stopping long enough to snatch up the brass knuckles, which landed conveniently within his reach. He slips it on his left hand and pins Griffen against the cage wall, pounding away at his upper chest and head. A sickening crunch is heard when one of his fists makes contact with Griffen?s nose and blood gushes and spurts out.

Johnny: Well? there went Griffen?s nose. Let?s hope Phoenix doesn?t leave him any teeth either!

Griffen struggles to get his good leg under him as he throws up his arms to protect his face. With a loud RRRROOOOAAARRR~! Griffen launches himself up and into Phoenix, shoving him back to the center of the ring and limping after. They each stand ready, staring at each other with both of them just out of arm?s reach. A hush falls over the arena. The two men draw in deep breaths as Griffen wipes the freeflowing blood from his face and spits it out of his mouth to the side without taking his eyes of Phoenix.

Hawke pulls herself up using the cage wall (still on the stage side) and whistles quietly. Griffen nods in response to whatever she was communicating and she backs away from the cage until she reaches the ramp, where she sits on the incline, letting out another whistle.

Johnny: This has to be it. Any time now?

Tito: You can't ever count either one of these two men out of any match, and you know that firsthand.

Johnny: It looks like they aren't the only ones!!

Carpenter has worked his way back around and comes out of the crowd by the ramp, this time with Phoenix's bat in hand. He saunters up behind Lady Hawke and raises the bat, tilting his head, as she rests on the steel.

Tito: He wouldn't!

Johnny: Phoenix points past Matt at LH, I think Phoenix knows full well he would!

Matt turns his head and sees Carpenter standing behind Hawke. He starts to warn her, but it's too late as Carpenter rears back and hits a tee-ball home run off the back of her skull!!

Crowd: YOU'RE A PUSSY!! YOU'RE A PUSSY!! YOU'RE A PUSSY!!

Carpenter waves at the crowd, eating it all up. Phoenix puts his hand on Matt's shoulder, but in a fit of rage, Matt wheels around, grabs Phoenix by the throat, and lifts him over his head!

Tito: He's practically pirouetting with Phoenix in there!

Johnny: BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIG CHOKESLAM!!

Matt drives Phoenix into the mat with the stalling chokeslam and heads to the door. He kicks the door open and steps through the ropes, but Carpenter dropkicks the door back into his head! Matt falls back through the ropes as Phoenix gets back to his feet, and step over to the big man. He lifts Matt, holding his head in a bulldog, and actually hits Carpenter's move, Jugement!!

Tito: His brother on the door, Hawke on the ground, Matt laid out. This one is OVER.

Phoenix staggers to the ropes and steps through at the doorway.

Johnny: It was a doozy, that's for sure!

Carpenter looks up at Phoenix and shrugs, grabs the door, and SLAMS IT IN HIS FACE!!

Tito: WHAAAAAAAAAATTT?!

Johnny: Color me confused Tito.

Phoenix staggers, and Carpenter shrugs again and repeats, slaming the door into his brothers head AGAIN.

Tito: Apparantly Carpenter doesn't think Phoenix is done yet.

Johnny: They haven't destroyed our table Tito.

Tito: Good thing T.H. has like fifteen of these things.

Phoenix falls back into the ring as well, near Matt. Carpenter gets into the cage as well, shaking his head as he looks over the fallen competitors. He motions for a mic and regards the crowd.

Carpenter: This is a good start, I have to admit. A nice, solid beginning to the future I have planned out for your champion. But come on everyone. *behind Carpenter, Matt Griffen is starting to stand* We all know this is FAR from over. Both men have more blood to give. More pain to feel.

The crowd is cheering, and Carpenter is, of course, confused. Matt stands tall behind him as he suddenly realizes why they're cheering and turns around. Matt rears back and starts pounding Carpenter in the msk, driving him back to the ropes. He whips the lanky fighter across the cage and uses his momentum to lawn-dart him into the already buckling stage side of the cage. Carpenter crumples to the mat, but that doesn't dissuade Griffen, who hoists him up and throws him straight through the cage door to the ringside area.

Breathing heavily, eyes glowing, Matt takes a step through the ropes.

Tito: Overcoming all odds!!

Johnny: You speak of things you do not know, kemosabe...

Matt gets through the ropes just as Phoenix makes it to the door. He drops and grabs Matt by the ankles and uses a burst of energy to pull, toppling the bigger man face first into the steel steps leading to the doorway! Phoenix drags Matt back inside the ring and immediately drops an elbow to the small of his back.

Outside, Carpenter gets up and gets under the ring. He pulls out a heavy chain and lock, and uses it to chain the door shut, preventing any escape via the door.

Phoenix sees this and quickly goes for the side of the cage, climbing up near the corner. Unfortuantely, Matt also gets up, sees the chain, and sees Phoenix. He starts up the same side, also near the corner. Phoenix makes it over the top as Matt catches up. The two quickly start exchanging blows, Phoenix trying to knock Matt off and Matt trying to keep Phoenix from moving down any farther.

Matt starts to lock his position and grabs Phoenix's head, ramming it into the steel bars, stopping every shot to make sure Phoenix doesn't fall off. He gets his weight on his good leg and manuevers Phoenix into a suplex hold. Grunting with the strain, Griffen lifts Phoenix up, straight into the sky. Cameras click as Griffen continues to hold him, defying the gruling torture of the match.

Tito: He isn't going to try...

Johnny: I think he's REALLY had enough!!

Matt pushes off with his good leg and starts to fall, twisting as he goes. Cameras continue to click as both men fall twenty feet. In the air, Matt continues to turn, and HITS A SUPER DIVE BOMB FROM NEAR THE TOP OF THE CAGE!!

Tito: OH MY SWEET GOD!!

Johnny: AGAIN!! AGAIN!!

Both men hit with an amazing amoutn of force, bouncing them off the mat, Griffen going up nearly a foot, and THE CORNER OF THE RING COLLAPSES UNDER THEM!!

Crowd: HO-LY SHIT!! HO-LY SHIT!! HO-LY SHIT!!

Tito: I've got to see that again!!

Johnny: Play it! Fr the love of everything holy!!

The Bowltron 50 lights up and a realtime replay shows Matt and Phoenix falling off the cage and crashing into the mat. The mat breaks underneath them and the entire corner collapses down to the floor. Even the ropes have come undone. Both men slide down underneath the ring!

The replay shows again, going in slow motion, from a different angle.

Tito: It seems that that was the same area that felt the Phoenix Splashes AND the Bad Habit Drop, among more punishment throughout the night!

Johnny: I don't care! That was AWESOME!!

The crowd continues to chant and cheer as both men are apparantly still under the ring. After five minutes, a bare hand appears, and Griffen starts to drag himself onto the rest of the mat. The crowd gets loud as the challenger shows the first signs of life, but not long after, Phoenix begins to make his way out as well.

Tito: They are alive, ladies and gentlemen, both men are moving, and they still have to get out of that cage!

Johnny: I'd like to see either one of them climb that cage right now.

Matt slowly makes his way to his feet as Phoenix is dragging himself towards the door, apparantly forgetting Carpenter chained it shut. Staggering, Matt moves towards Phoenix and pulls him up to his feet. Phoenix bursts, throwing palm heels into Matt's chest, driving him off for a moment. He leans in and grabs Matt, then uses a huge amount of energy to run him at the stageside cage wall and ram him into the steel. Matt staggers backwards, but doesn't fall down. Phoenix runs at him with a Yakuza kick, but Matt dodges it and haphasardly shoves Phoenix out of the way.

On the outside, Carpenter has found Phoenix's bat again and went back to the stirring Lady Hawke. He takes a seat behind her and pulls her close, setting the bat around her throat so Griffen can see him.

Tito: Carpenter's pulling out every trick now.

Johnny: Dirty pool I say!! What's the world coming to when you need to threaten loved ones just to get something done.

Matt strides to the cage and grabs the side, shaking it and screaming. Phoenix comes up behind him and hooks him around the waist, hitting a THUNDEROUS german suplex. Griffen rolls up, adrenaline pumping, and quickly catches Phoenix offguard, getting him in a belly-to-belly, and turning, throwing him into the cage wall again!

Matt yells at Carpenter and grabs Phoenix by the back of the head and the belt, turning a 360 for momentum, and throws Phoenix into the cage wall one more time. He picks Phoenix up, placing him facing the steel, backs up a couple feet, and explodes into his back, CRUSHING him into the steel wall!

Tito: This has definetely gotten a bit more interesting.

Johnny: Matt's being a gentleman. He's trying to help Phoenix out of the cage. By pushing him through the bars...

Matt backs off and rams him again, then shoves him roughly down to the mat. Dragging Phoenix a few feet, Griffen stands by his feet and lifts his legs, falls back and sends Phoenix FLYING into the steel wall face first.

Tito: Should NOT be messing with his woman...

Johnny: That wall there is shaking REALLY bad right now.

Griffen points at Carpenter and pulls Phoenix all the way back to the opposite cage wall. He points again, and starts running Phoenix, getting them both up to full speed and SHOTPUTS HIM into the cage wall-

-which finally GIVES WAY!! The top hinge SNAPS and the wall swings out, causing Phoenix to twist and fall outside to the floor!!

Tito: WHAT?!

Johnny: NO!!

DING DING DING!!

Yuri: THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH BY ESCAPE, AND STILLLLLLLL, THE TKOW CHAMPION, PHHHHHOOOEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNIIIIIXXXXXXXX~!!

Johnny: Say it isn't so!!

Matt turns in disbelief, seeing the cage wall hanging. Carpenter yanks the title belt from the ref and slaps Phoenix a few times to bring him back, and the two men retreat up the ramp. Phoenix pulls the title away from Carpenter and shoves him, pointing at Lady Hawke and screaming at him. Carpenter pulls a paper out of his pants pocket and waves it at Phoenix, then points to the stage as Matt jumps out of the ring to check on Hawke.

Tito: I thought I'd seen it all.

Johnny: Not around here you haven't.

Tito: And there's still three matches!

Johnny: King of Submission finals, Phoenix Pit, and, my god, the Firestarter finals. Phoenix defends his title against Tobias Burden, in a submissions only match. Are either one of them going to be in any condition to fight it??

[TKOW Board]

Tito: The ring crew is rushing out to get the cage removed, and it looks like some of the crew is trying to brace up that busted corner.

Johnny: It?s a quick fix, but this show needs to continue. It?s like crack Tito, and I?m a bonafide crack ho!

Tito: Matt?s out of the ring, lifting Lady Hawke gently into his arms, he?s gotta be worried about his bride to be.

Johnny: You think Carpenter gets off at night dreaming about maiming women?

Tito: Why are you even THINKING about Carpenter?s masturbation habits?

Johnny: Well you see? Uhm? Damn?

Tito: Ladies and Gentlemen, while we wait for the ring to be fixed, here?s a quick look at the next TKOW Pay Per View extravaganza, the second annual, Holiday Hell.

Cool Ass Movie Trailer Guy: Nearly one year ago, the disturbed minds of the HPWA brought you the Prince of Hell.

A dark clip plays, showing the infamous Prince of Hell structure, flames rising.

CAMTG: Nearly one year ago, six men put their bodies through the ultimate test of resilience, with the ultimate prize of number one contender being put on the line.

A slow motion clip plays of Carpenter?s Lethal Injection off the PoH structure, through Duke McFilthy.

CAMTG: Nearly one year ago, six men sold their souls to be called the best in the business.

A slow motion clip plays of Matt Griffen falling off the structure through a table.

CAMTG: Nearly one year ago, six men defied the odds to show the world what they were made of.

A slow motion clip plays of Kid Styles flying from one catwalk to another.

CAMTG: Nearly one year ago, six men came together to test their mettle, forged in fire and steel.

A slow motion clip plays of Salazar and Ghalleon toe to toe.

CAMTG: Nearly one year later, it returns.

Clips burst forth onto the screen at a quick rate, jumping to various points in the match, detailing the blood, the burns, the near death experiences. The clips get faster, and faster, and suddenly stop?

CAMTG: Who will go forth this year and brave the fire?

? on a still shot of the TKOW Title is shown superimposed over the Prince of Hell structure.

CAMTG: The Prince of Hell.

Is waiting.

Holiday Hell returns, Friday, December 29th, 2006, to the house that Power built, the HPWA Arena in New Jersey. Tickets will go on sale from the HPWA Ticket Office October 1st.

Tito: You knew they couldn?t just use it once Johnny.

Johnny: Holiday Hell was a crazy success Tito, and that Prince of Hell match had everyone on their feet using oxygen tanks. I can?t wait for this thing to hit again.

Tito: Couldn?t agree more Johnny.

Johnny: I have to ask though. Holiday Hell is months away! Too long for standard schedules. Is there something else going on?

Tito: Apparantly there is something scheduled to break up the time between now and then, but we?ve yet to hear any details.

Johnny: Damn that Power. Always making people guess.

Tito: But hey there Johnny, the ring seems to be fixed, the crew is telling the referee that it?s ok to continue!

Johnny: About damn time!

[TKOW Board]

Yuri Testkov: THE FOLLOWING CONTEST, IS AN ELIMINATION BOUT TO DETERMINE THE HPWA/TKOW KING OF SUBMISSIONS~!! THIS MATCHUP CAN ONLY BE WON VIA SUBMISSION~!

Tito: You can see in the ring right now, the referee is showing off the King of Submissions trophy, a platinum and crystal masterpiece. That must have cost a fortune.

Johnny: Wrestlers like their shiny baubles Tito. It's a wonderful prize to have, to show off, to say "Hey, things didn't go exactly as planned, but I got this big shiny doo-dad, and you don't!"

The lights go dim as a strong breeze can be felt over the arena.

As I saw the world in flames
Though the eyes of eternal life
I wish to destroy the life
For every innocent cry
As a sign to die

The pyros explode on both sides of the entranceway as Bryant McCoy emerges, leaping high into the air. He takes a few steps forward and then suddenly stops.

As I see the mistakes of man
I feel my anger
God will make the end of time
You cry forever

A huge tornado forms on the Tron behind him, eventually forming the name "Bryant" in its eye. Bryant takes off running towards the ring as the guitar picks up.

Yuri Testkov: INTRODUCING FIRST, FROM AUGUSTA GEORGIA, STANDING SIX FOOT FIVE AND WEIGHING IN AT TWO HUNDRED FORTY FIVE POUNDS, THE CRIMSON CYCLONE, BRYANT, MCCOOOOYYYYYYYYY~!!

I cry - I saw
Eternal, eternal winds
Eternal, eternal winds

Your voice screams like
The rain from sky
The end of time has come
Neither time nor a sign
Can stop this cicle of death

Bryant raises both his hands into the air as he climbs up on the middle rope of each side of the ring, one by one.

An imagine of total devastion
Characterize the world of today

I cry - I saw
Eternal, eternal winds
Eternal, eternal winds

The lights come back up slowly as Bryant shuffles back and forth awaiting the match.

Tito: Apparantly this kid is making something of himself over in HVW, fast becoming an annoyance to ?Wildcat? Lynn Brewster, among others.

Johnny: Then he must be a completely down to earth normal guy. Only the things we perceive as ?regular?, ?decent?, and ?normal? bother that crazy bitch.

"Shiver" by Maroon 5 fills the arena and the fans immediately begin chanting 'K.I.D'. Kid emerges from behind the curtains and walks out onto the stage. He stop and looks out to the fans, smiling. He makes his way down the aisle, tagging random fan's hands.

Yuri Testkov: HIS OPPONENT HAILS FROM ORLANDO, FLORIDA. STANDING FIVE FOOT SIX AND WEIGHING IN AT 150 POUNDS, A MEMBER OF SECTION 8, HE IS... "The K.I.D".... KKKKKIIIIIDDDDD SSSSSTTTTTYYYYYLLLLLLEEEEEESSSSSS!!!!

He arrives to the ring and rolls under the bottom rope then makes his way over to the corner, climbs the turnbuckle and raises both arms high into the air, giving everyone a thumbs up. Kid takes the hat off his head and throws it out to the fans then hops off the turnbuckle, turns and waits for the match to begin.

Tito: Kid Styles brought Brynat McCoy to this finals match off the strength of a single leg crab on Eric Mitchell.

Johnny: Don?t take anything away from Bryant. He?s got plenty of talent. Now that it?s every man for himself, we?re going to see just who carried whom to this bout.

The lights dim in the arena and "Hardcore" by FEEL blasts through the loud speakers. Bob Lancelot walks through the curtain, he is wearing black tights with orange ligthening bolts on them and no shirt, Claire Matthews follows Bob out to the ring, she is wearing one of her promotional "Weapons of Mass Distraction" T-Shirts and a short black skirt.

Yuri Testkov: AND THEIR OPPONENT, FROM OXFORD ENGLAND, STANDING FIVE FOOT TEN AND WEIGHING TWO HUNDRED THIRTY POUNDS, BOB, LANNNNNNCELOOOOTTT~!

Bob slides under the bottom rope and climbs the far right turnbuckle. He then hops of the turnbuckle and awaits his opponent.

Tito: Speaking of every man for himself, what do you think of Bob Lancelot?s chances now that the Iceheart isn?t in his corner?

Johnny: I almost wish Jace Mingla was back in TKOW. He?s probably the guy that?s come closest to taking out our current champion, Phoenix, and after earlier events, he may need some taking out, if you catch my drift.

The lights dim as the opening chords to Nine Inch Nail's "The Mark Has Been Made" hits. The 'Tron shows what look to be snakes eyes superimposed over the Los Angeles cityscape. The image of the eerie eyes is quickly cut away and replaced with extremely quick shots of Jace ruining somebody's shit with a brutal kick to the face or body, all done to the tune of the opening chords. When the song picks up a fully formed snake appears above the cityscape forms and lunges, the image shatters and it cuts to a series of scenes of Jace in action, intercut with sinister looking red profile shots of him laughing maniacally.

Yuri Testkov: FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, STANDING SIX FOOT TWO AND WEIGHING TWO HUNDRED SIXTY SEVEN POUNDS, THE ICEHEART, JACE, MINNNGGGGGLLAAAAAAAAAAA~!

By now, the arena is bathed in a strange purplish glow with his symbol (Two snakes locked in combat in the symbol for "infinity") formed in neon lights and leading to the ring. Jace walks to the ring, ignoring the fans. He seems extremely focused and gets in the ring without any frills or wasted movement. He removes his gi top and throws it over the top rope and awaits his opponent.

Tito: I tell you this, Jace isn?t about to pass up the opportunity to spit in the faces of what?s left of TKOW.

Johnny: No he isn?t. Expect him to be on all cylinders as he attempts to rip the King of Submissions bragging rights right out from under the other three competitors.

The bell rings and Kid Styles wastes no time, as he immediately hops onto the nearest turnbuckle, and leaps off, catching his former partner McCoy with a Missile dropkick. Styles hops up quickly, and does a standing moonsault onto McCoy. As soon as Kid gets to his feet, he is floored with a clothseline from Bob. Bob hops on and starts punching away at Kid, as Jace casually walks over to McCoy.

McCoy is struggling to get back up, but Jace delivers a swift kick to the side of the head, dropping him back to the mat. Jace steps over him, and applies a Camel Clutch.

Bob pulls Kid up and whips him into the turnbuckle. Bob runs in after him, but catches nothing but leather in his face. He stumbles out and away, and Kid hops back up onto the turnbuckle. Bob turns around and is caught with a hurricanrana from Styles!

Tito: Impressive move from Kid Styles!

Johnny: Bah!

Jace releases the camel clutch, but continues to hold onto the right arm and drops down, applying an arm bar and using his legs to apply pressure. Kid pulls Bob up and drills him with a piledriver. Jace pulls McCoy up, and tosses him into the turnbuckle. He follows it up with a series of stiff kicks to the midsection of Bryant.

Finally, the Crimson Cyclone falls to his ass in the corner, and Jace swings his leg, and drills Bryant in the side of the head. Kid decides to be bold and runs in catching Jace with a bulldog. He hops to the apron and watches the three. Bob is the first to stir and Styles springboards into the ring with a West Coast Pop! He runs towards the corner at Bryant and clotheslines him. Seeing Jace slowly getting to his feet, Styles tries a school boy, but instead of pinning Jace, he locks in a leg lock on Jace's right leg.

Jace quickly reaches towards the ropes and finds himself a few inches short. He easily overpowers Styles and manages to drag himself close enough to grab the ropes to break the hold. Bob and Bryant get to their feet. Bob immediately starts swinging on Bryant, causing Bryant to head backwards. Bob grabs him and whips him into the ropes. When Bryant comes running back, Bob manages to lock in a sleeper hold. He tightens up his arms, intensifying the move.

Meanwhile, Kid runs at Jace and slides underneath his legs. He attempts to hit a Reverse DDT, but Jace overpowers the much smaller Kid and shows off his strength advantage by picking Kid up in a military press and tossing him to the outside! Iceheart turns his attention to the other two competitors and sees that Bryant has nearly fallen asleep in the sleeper. He unleashes several kicks to the midsection of McCoy and follows it up with a roundhouse kick that not only hits McCoy, but manages to knock Bob to the mat too!

Johnny: Two with one blow! Ya gotta love it!

Bob gets up, and charges Mingla, spearing him to the mat. He starts choking The Iceheart blatantly in front of the referee. The referee orders him to release the hold, and when bob refuses to relinquish it, the referee administers the five count.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Bob reluctantly stops choking Jace and stands up, only to get taken down with a spinning leg scissors from McCoy. Bryant quickly locks in a triangle hold.

Tito: Everyone is trying to get a quick submission in this match.

Johnny: Well Tito, when you have three other people in the ring trying to force you to submit, you need to eliminate someone early to help put the odds in your favor.

Styles reenters the ring and, seeing Jace on the ground, attempts a sharpshooter but is kicked away by Jace. Jace gets up and runs at Kid, but Kid sidesteps him. Jace rebounds off the ropes and into a drop toe hold, and Kid quickly locks in another leg lock. Bob has managed to get his foot on the ropes and McCoy gives one last squeeze before letting go.

Jace pulls himself closer to the ropes and gets the ropes as well. McCoy gets up, and takes advantage of Kid having his back to him by wrapping his arms around Kid and landing a German suplex. He gets up and starts stomping away at The Kid. Jace gets up and sees Bob getting to his feet. Jace sets him up for the Vindication, but Bob elbows his way out of it and tries for a snapmare on Jace.

However Jace's 260+ pound body is too much for him and he shoves Bob away. Jace nails Bob with a scoop slam just as McCoy picks Kid up. McCoy sets Kid up in the turnbuckle and begins wailing away with some nice chops. After about ten, McCoy climbs to the second rope and begins punching Kid, the crowd chanting along.

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten!

McCoy hops down. Jace has a modified arm bar locked in on Bob. Bobs foot gets on the rope; Jace refuses to break the hold as McCoy sets up Kid for a pumphandle slam.

One

Two

Three

McCoy slams Kid hard to the mat.

Four

Fi-

Jace releases the hold just in time to avoid the DQ. McCoy heads up to the top rope. Jace stalks him, Bryant gets up top and Jace shoves him hard to the floor outside the ring. Jace turns around and heads over to Kid. He pulls him up, but Kid fires back with some right hands. He has Jace reeling. He tries for an Irish whip, but Jace counters by sending Kid to the ropes instead. Kid rebounds and leapfrogs Mingla, rebounds off the ropes and catches Jace with a high flying clothesline!

Kid sees Bob getting to his feet and runs in catching him with a bulldog! McCoy is catching his breath alongside the apron and Kid rushes in with a baseball slide, sending McCoy reeling. Kid turns around and sees Jace struggling to his feet and he steps in behind with a Russian Leg sweep.

Tito: Your son is cleaning house right now Johnny.

Johnny: The only house he NEEDS to be cleaning is MINE.

Kid sees Bob is still down and he hops on the turnbuckle and leaps off with a Frogsplash! Bob gets the knees up! Kid bounces off the legs and starts rolling around the mat in pain. Bob pulls Kid to his feet and hits a Northern Lights Suplex. He turns around to see Jace getting to his feet. He kicks Iceheart in the gut and drills him with a stiff DDT.

Tito: Mingla has a history of head trauma. That move appears to have been hugely devastating to Jace Mingla.

Johnny: So you call a bullet to the head "history of head trauma"....idiot, he has a history of getting his ass beat by Phoenix and then running to SWAT.

Tito: If he was running away from SWAT then why did he agree to wrestle here tonight?

Johnny: Because he wants to make as many people tap out as he can. That?s what this match is all about.

Bob pulls Styles up and drills him with a T-Bone Suplex. Kid rolls out of the ring after the move as McCoy enters from the other side. He blindsides Bob with a double axe handle to the back. He pulls Bob up and goes for the Aero Cutter, but Bob shoves him away. Bob roars forward and takes McCoy down with a clothesline.

Jace is starting to come to, but is still lying on the mat. Bob pulls McCoy up and whips him into the turnbuckle. He runs in with a splash and connects. Bob stays on the offensive, following it up with some kicks to the midsection and then a chop to finish it off. He sets McCoy up on the turnbuckle, climbs up, and nails a superplex!

Tito: The Hardcore Superstar is looking to put McCoy out of this one.

Johnny: If this was a regular match, I MIGHT agree with you. But I assure you, it's much harder to make someone tap out than it is to pin them for a three count.

Jace starts to get to his feet as Bob sets up McCoy for The Swinging Bells, and hits it! He turns to Jace and sets him up for a double Arm DDT and hits it as well!

Tito: Craig?s Crippler! And he may have just killed Jace Mingla.

Bob looks at the two bodies he has left lying on the mat. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his trusty rusty fork. He eyes Jace then eyes Bryant. He doesn't see Kid slide into the ring and scale a nearby turnbuckle.

Bob finally decides on Mingla and he heads in that direction. He notices Kid but it's too late. Kid leaps off with a flying hurricanrana. Bob bounces off the mat, and lands with his head and arms hanging over the bottom rope. Kid runs into the ropes, and hits the 619 and turns into a single leg crab!

Tito: He just hit The K.I.D.

Johnny: NO!

Tito: Bob has no where to go! He's gonna tap!

Bob fights the move and tries to find a way to escape, but he is nowhere near the ropes!

Johnny: Come on Bob! Don't tap to that sorry ass move...

Bob rubs his face as he screams out in pain. Kid keeps the move locked in perfectly. Jace and Bryant are both still out on the mat. Bob tries to crawl to the ropes, but none are even close. Finally, he gives in and taps.

~Ding Ding~

Yuri Testkov: BOB LANCELOT HAS BEEN ELLLLLLLIIIIIIMMMIIIINAAATED!

Kid releases the hold and turns to see both McCoy and Mingla still out on the mats. Kid grabs a leg of McCoy and rolls him over in a single leg crab.

Tito: Kid going for two in a row!

Johnny: *Covers eyes* I can't watch.

Bryant is close to the ropes. He reaches out, but he's a foot or so out of reach. Mingla finally shows some signs of life as he rolls over clutching his head. Bryant pulls himself closer and reaches again. Still short. He fights some more. He reaches and his fingers graze the ropes. He takes a powerful lunge and manages to grab a hold of the bottom rope. Kid releases the hold and tries to pull McCoy to the center of the ring, but Bryant kicks him away.

Johnny: Ha! Rookie mistake. Instead of releasing the hold and pulling him to the center of the ring, he should have held on and dragged him to the center of the ring. No son of mine would make a mistake like that.

Tito: But he is yo-

Johnny: Can it dickgrabber. He isn't my son. Never has and never will be.

Bryant gets to his feet and he and Styles lock in the center of the ring. Bryant manages to position himself behind Kid and performs a German suplex. Kid slips out and lands on his feet! Kid rushes in and attempts a Reverse DDT and lands it! He runs to the turnbuckle and leaps off with a corkscrew moonsault! He leaps to his feet in celebration but he is immediately hit with a Samoan Drop from Jace Mingla!

Johnny: Yes! That'll teach that little punk!

Mingla stays on the offense. He pulls Kid to his feet just so he can kick him in the back of the knee and knock him right back down. Jace stomps away at the legs of Kid before pulling him up, and hitting him with the Vindication! Jace steps around Kid, grabs both legs and locks in a sharpshooter!

Tito: Iceheart has it locked in! Center of the ring!

Kid has no where to go but he refuses to tap! He struggles, trying to get to the ropes, but he just can't. He then tries to grab hold of Jace's leg, but The Crimson Cyclone decides its best to help Jace get Kid out of the match as he kicks Styles in the head. He quickly grabs an arm and locks in a Crippler Crossface on Kid.

Tito: Double submission on Kid Styles! He has no choice but to tap!

Johnny: This is great! It's a Kodak moment! Where?s my damn camera?!

Johnny starts fiddling in his pockets for his camera while Styles refuses to give up.

Tito: At this point in time, it's best for Kid to swallow his pride and give it up.

Johnny: Not yet he can't...not until I find my cam...ah there it is!

Johnny stands up and prepares to take a picture.

Johnny: Now he can tap.

Mingla and McCoy each rear back, applying more pressure. Finally Kid gives it up and taps.

~Ding Ding~

Yuri Testkov: KID STYLES HAS BEEN ELLLLIIIIMMMMMIIIINNNAAAATTTTTEEEEDDDDDD!

Johnny: Ah... that's a perfect picture. I'm going to take it with me everywhere I go.

Iceheart and the Crimson Cyclone each release their hold and turn to face one another. They start trading punches until Jace breaks it up with a stiff kick to the side. And another kick, followed by a right hand from Jace, sends McCoy stumbling back. Jace nails a Yakuza kick that sends McCoy into the ropes and he gets hung up in them!

Tito: This isn't good for The Crimson Cyclone.

Like a bloodthirsty wolf, Jace goes on the attack with a series of his lethal kicks into the midsection of McCoy. And he finishes it off with a standing enziguri that nearly knocks him out cold. Jace pulls Bryant out of the ropes and nails a Fishermen suplex. Jace stays on the attack as he delivers a crucial kick to the head of McCoy. He goes for an inverted leg lock, but McCoy kicks him away. McCoy moves in and swings a right hand, but Jace ducks under and hits a release German suplex. Jace gets up and pulls McCoy up, but catches a poke to the eyes and quickly hits a 3/4 turning neck breaker.

Tito: The Aero Cutter!

Both men lay on the mat--jace from the move, McCoy from the punishment he's taken so far tonight. Finally, McCoy starts to get to his feet as Mingla starts to stir. McCoy heads to the turnbuckle and climbs it. Mingla gets to his feet and gets Missile dropkicked to the mat! McCoy puts a leg lock on Mingla!

Tito: This could be it! Bryant McCoy could be the King of Submissions!

Mingla fights the leg lock, struggling to get out, but it's locked on tight. Madison Dyson finally makes her presence felt as she hops on the apron screaming at Jace. The referee turns to her and she immediately tries to get the refs attention. Jace sees this, but Bryant doesn't. Jace quickly taps, which causes Bryant to immediately break the hold. Bryant starts jumping around in celebration, then he notices that the referee is occupied with Madison. He starts to head in this direction but he gets low blowed from behind by Mingla!

Tito: What trickery from Mingla, he tricked The Crimson Cyclone into thinking he had won so that he could get out of the move and get a dirty advantage!

Johnny: Hey, I like that, you have to do what you have to do to win, and he's doing just that.

Mingla sets up McCoy for the Martyr Maker, and nails it as Madison hops off the apron. Jace looks down at Bryant with an evil smile on his face and he starts twisting him into an STF.

Tito: Jace is going a different route on Bryant, forgoing the Liberation for an old fashioned STF.

Johnny: And not that crappy one John Cena does, this is a real leg twisting, back bending, mother of an STF!

Madison starts yelling outside the ring at McCoy while the crowds jeers get louder and louder. Jace grits his teeth as he leans back farther, stretching Bryant out. Bryant frantically waves his arms, trying to find a piece of Jace.

Tito: I don't think Bryant has a way out of this.

Johnny: Not unless someone comes in and bashes Mingla upside the head.

The crowd has taken up a split chant, half chanting "CY-CLONE!" and the other half chanting "HEART-LESS!" Bryant, trying to break the hold, is digging his nails into Jace's flesh and jamming his fingers into Mingla's finger joints and pressure points on his arms, trying anything he can, but all it does is piss off Jace more.

Tito: Mingla's going to break his damn neck if this thing isn't called!

Johnny: The ref can't stop this unless Bryant passes out, or Power gets bored. Either way, Jace is taking this one home!

Jace roars and finds a way to lean back even FARTHER, and finally Bryant's hand slaps the mat in agony!

Tito: That's it!!

Johnny: It's over!!

The ref calls for the bell and drops down to make Jace release the STF. Jace applies another few seconds of pressure and drops the hold, getting to his feet as Madison enters the ring, King of Submissions trophy in hand!

Yuri Testkov: THE WINNER AND THE HPWA/TKOW KING OF SUBMISSIONS 2006, REPRESENTING S.W.A.T., THE ICEHEART, JACE, MINNNGGGGGLLAAAAAAAAA~!!!

In a huff, Madison kick-rolls Bryant out of the way as Jace takes the trophy from her and holds it high.

Tito: This is a big blow to those three great TKOW athletes.

Johnny: They'll bounce back Tito. They're tough. Well, at least two of them.

Tito: The King of Submissions has been decided, meaning that it's time for the cranes!

Johnny: Yes! Cranes!!

[TKOW Board]

As Jace and Madison begin walking up the ramp, one of the cranes begins moving into the arena, lowering it's chains as ring crew members make their way out.

Tito: This is a possible safety DISASTER. They're actually going to lift the ring out of the arena, and lift the Pit INTO the arena. I hopw Power bought REALLY strong chains.

The chains get near the mat and each of the eight crew members each take a chain and start moving. Four of the members slide out of the ring and start crawling underneath. Four more move to the ringposts where other members are screwing heavy hooks into the tops of the posts. One more member appears with a massive lock and heads under the ring.

Johnny: That's a LOT of metal.

Tito: While we're waiting for this to get taken care of, I'm getting a report that something is happening backstage.

Johnny: That's convenient.

On the Khaostron a camera catches up with Aello, the Masked Bodyguard and Lady Hawke. Hawke and the bodyguard heavily support an exhausted and injured Aello as they?re walking her into the area of the arena. Lady Hawke?s painted face shows her concern for her team mate. She glances over at the Bodyguard.

Bodyguard: Almost there, Aello. Just a little farther. The med team should be meeting us. We?ll get Doc Hawke to see you right away.

Just then two medics show up pushing a gurney stretcher. Aello is placed gently on the stretcher and strapped on. She tiredly reaches a hand to Hawke, who holds it and smiles down at her. Hawke is suddenly shoved into the stretcher, nearly turning it over as the Bodyguard is thrown into her. She?s jerked away from Aello and whipped into the Bodyguard, who was just rising, taking him down again.

Tito: What?s going on!!

Tyrenus appears next to the stretcher and begins unstrapping Aello, who doesn?t have the strength to defend herself.

Tyrenus: There you are! If I can?t have my Eden, Phoenix is going to suffer! It?s all his fault!! I?m going to destroy him and I?m starting with you!

The Bodyguard appears behind him and goes for a restraining hold but an enraged Tyrenus easily powers out of it, turns and nails him with Bliss in Abyss! The crowd breaks into huge boos.

Johnny: Tyrenus has gone off the deep end! This should be good!

The Forsaken gets up and moves back toward the stretcher, but Lady Hawke downs him with a hurricanrana. He shakes it off and stands. When she comes at him, he hits her with the Bliss in Abyss as well!

Tito: Two Bliss in Abyss in a row!! Is security going to help?!

Johnny: Have they all night? What do you think? TKOW security sucks. I hate to say it, but Oates needs to bring in the HPWA teams and let them run things.

Salazar scrambles to his feet and turns back to Aello, who is barely managing to stand next to the stretcher and using it for support. He bends and sets her up onto his shoulders, hooks her legs in while planting them over his back, and does a face-first sitting Electric Chair Drop!!!

Tito: The Fall!!! Noooooooo!!!! Somebody stop him! She can?t defend herself!

Johnny: That?s what the bodyguard is for?

The arena crowd roars in disapproval.

Voice: Trying to finish what I?ve started? No, that?s MY pleasure?

The camera pans and shows Carpenter rushing toward Tyrenus. He pounds him in the head with his brass knuckles before The Forsaken can get to his feet.

Tito: Carpenter just won't stop!!!

Lady Hawke and the Bodyguard rouse and Hawke scrambles toward Aello, who lies motionless. The Bodyguard grabs Aello?s feet and drags her out of harm?s way while Hawke maneuvers to stay between her and two fighting. The medics lift Aello back up onto the stretcher and start rolling her away. Tyrenus trips Carpenter and gets to his feet. Carpenter quickly regains his and the two stagger around the area trading blows, somehow following the direction of the stretcher. The Forsaken backs off and goes for a swinging neckbreaker, but Carpenter sees it coming. He nails Tyrenus with a standing drop kick, and pulls him back up, whipping him into the Bodyguard who is attempting to escort Aello from the scene. Both men go down.

Carpenter steps toward Aello and the retreating med team. Hawke and Carpenter eye one another. He chuckles.

Carpenter: The voiceless little birdy? where?s the veil? Why aren?t you hiding behind it? You think a little makeup hides those scars of yours? I can see them. I see how deep they are.

Lady Hawke takes a defensive stance, never taking her eyes of Carpenter.

Carpenter: We haven?t had fun yet, have we. I?ll have to change that. After all, you?re one of his closest friends? but not for long. No? not for long.

Security appears on the scene and rush toward him. One team breaks off and heads toward Tyrenus, who takes off.

Carpenter: But not now. We?ll dance later.

Carpenter suddenly turns and runs. Hawke starts to give chase, as do the security teams.

Bodyguard: Skye!! No! Let him go. Our priority is Aello.

Hawke pauses and turns back to see her brother, Dr. Cliff Hawke, arrive with a med team and stretcher.

Cliff: Where is she? Where?s Aello?

The Bodyguard: What do you mean where is she? Your med team just took her!

Cliff: No, they didn?t. They?re here with me.

The Bodyguard: Son of a?

He takes off running in the direction Aello?s stretcher went, closely flanked by Lady Hawke, leaving Cliff and his people standing.

Tito: I don?t understand? if Hawke?s team didn?t take her, then whose did and where?

As the camera pans to follow the runners, Johann Carlysle walks by, looking at the commotion.

Johann: Yes, Pender. You know I told you I have a surprise for you, so hurry up.

Carlysle hangs up his cell, putting it away, grins and walks past Dr. Hawke as the scene cuts.

[TKOW Board]

As the Tron refocuses inside the arena, cameras are snapping as people record the self-contained Phoenix Pit.

The Pit is 25 feet by 25 feet, roughly the size of the HiaC cage. It's 20 feet tall. The floor is made of the same material as the mat of a ring, supported underneath by metal struts, and covered in dirt. The sides and ceiling are two-way mirrors against safety glass. The mirrors face inside the Pit, giving the competitors a feeling of enclosure, while the live audience and cameras can see everything.

In the center of the Pit is the aforementioned pile of weapons, standing 6 feet high. In the corners are the fire pits, over which hang two platinum bongs (loaded) and two old Ghalleon Knight symbol shields. Set up three feet from one wall is one side of a Brutality cage (black steel bar, bars wrapped in barbed wire) with a metal baseball bat hooked to the top.

Johnny: Did they actually lose Aello? I mean, they feel that they?ve lost Phoenix, but that was in like, a spiritual sense.

Tito: You saw what I saw Johnny. She was taken by the medical team, but Dr Hawke says that his team wasn?t there.

Johnny: What I want to know is, why was she going to the medical team now, a good, what, 90 minutes or so after her match?

Tito: I?m afraid I can?t answer that Johnny.

Johnny: Must have been the emotional stress of the steel cage match.

Tito: I hate to break this up Johnny, but it?s time for the second ever Phoenix Pit match! Let?s take it to T.H. Power for the rules.

T.H. Power appears on the Khaostron.

T.H..Power: The Phoenix Pit Match is an Iron Man match, with a six-pack challenge to determine falls and a winner. This match WILL go one full hour, and the competitor with the most falls at the end of the hour will be declared the winner.

The types of falls allowed are as follows.

Pinfall.

Submission.

Last Man Standing, in which there MUST be a break given before counting again.

Ladder.

Table.

Inferno.

Those six types of falls are specified for this match up. The rule of the six-pack challenge is each competitor must score a fall by each of the six fall types at least once to be able to win.

The only exceptions are by scoring falls in one or both of the following fall types.

First Blood.

Bat on the cage.

The first person to draw serious blood or retrieve and use the bat, placed at the top of the side of Brutality cage in the Pit, will receive a bonus fall, which can replace one regular fall type if needed. There is only one way to get disqualified. An unprovoked attack on the guest referee, Jim Lowe, or the enforcer, Jessie James Blackwood. Disqualifications will result in the loss of a fall. Other than that, obviously, anything goes.

Tito: All outside parties are banned from this match. TKOW GM, Jessie James Blackwood is ref on the outside as well as Senior Referee, Jim Lowe on the inside.

"Magic Emperor Ghaleon - Mechanical Castle" by Noriyuki Iwadare starts to play as the lights dim down slightly. Smoke comes up from three small spots on the left side of the entrance and three on the right side of the entrance. The lights starts to get a dark purple tone of color as Ghalleon starts to make his way out through the smoke filled entrance. He stops in front of the entrance and lowers his head, extending his arms out a little bit above his shoulder line. Fireworks start to go off down to the entrance ramp as he start to walk to the Pit.

Yuri Testkov: INTRODUCING FIRST, HAILING FROM THE ADVANCED NATION OF THE ORDER, STANDING SIX FOOT FIVE, WEIGHING TWO HUNDERED AND FORTY-FIVE POUNDS, HE IS GHAAAAAAAALLEOONNNNNNN~!

On the KhaosTron, scenes from some of Ghalleon's past matches are shown. Some of the included are the mixed tag match at TKOW Forever, fighting 'Wildcat' Lynn Brewster in UCW, the Karnij match at Halloween Hijinks, the Super Kick Challenge at Megabowl 3, the King of the Jungle 2004 match and various others. On the Khaos Tron, various moves that Ghalleon does are shown done to his opponents.

Ghalleon stops in front of the door, looking at the sheer size of the Pit. Inside, referee Lowe is lighting the firepits.

Tito: I think Ghalleon?s starting to wonder what he got himself into.

Johnny: He got himself into a world of hurt. A big, dirty, flaming, bloody, metal swinging world of hurt.

Tito: So did Soulfly you know.

Johnny: Soulfly?s brain damaged from all the weed. He won?t even remember he was here an hour and ten minutes from now.

The lights go out. Slowly, the light around the stage comes back on, and we see four individuals, one behind a set of drums, one carrying a guitar, another carrying a bass guitar, and another standing behind the mic stand. They begin playing "Vicarious" and everyone realizes it's TOOL!

{Maynard James Keenan}
Eye on the TV
'cause tragedy thrills me
Whatever flavour
It happens to be like;
Killed by the husband
Drowned by the ocean
Shot by his own son
She used the poison in his tea
And kissed him goodbye
That's my kinda story
It's no fun 'til someone dies

Don't look at me like
I am a monster
Frown out your one face
But with the other
Stare like a junkie
Into the TV
Stare like a zombie
While the mother
Holds her child
Watches him die
Hands to the sky crying
Why, oh why?
'cause I need to watch things die
From a distance

Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
You all need it too, don't lie

Why can't we just admit it?
Why can't we just admit it?

We won't give pause until the blood is flowing
Neither the brave nor bold
The writers of stories sold
We won't give pause until the blood is flowing

I need to watch things die
From a good safe distance

Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
You all feel the same so
Why can't we just admit it?

Blood like rain come down
Drawn on grave and ground

Part vampire
Part warrior
Carnivore and voyeur
Stare at the transmitter
Sing to the death rattle

La, la, la, la, la, la, la-lie

The convertible Mustang we last saw when Phoenix was CEO of TKOW comes out on the ramp, and we see Soulfly behind the wheel. The pot smoke is billowing out from the vents and the exhaust. He rolls to the edge of the Pit and stops.

{Maynard James Keenan}
Incredulous at best your desire to believe in
Angels in the hearts of men
Pull your head on out
Your head believes it give a listen
Shouldn't have to say it all again
The universe is hostile
So impersonal
Devour to survive, so it is
So it's always been

We all feed on tragedy
It's like blood to a vampire

Vicariously I, live while the whole world dies
Much better you than I

As TOOL wraps up, Fly hops out of the Mustang GT, with a briefcase in hand. He lifts up the hood, opens the briefcase, and dumps some weed into the engine. A LOT of weed. Enough to get the whole arena high if he leaves the car running during his match. Which he will.

Johnny: Oh it's going to get bloody, I'm going to love this a lot!

The camera pans around the large structure. The two men look at the surroundings as the crowd cheers.

Tito: And we're about to start.

Ref. Jim Lowe: *looking at Soulfly* You ready?

Fly nods slightly.

Ref. Jim Lowe: *looking back at Ghalleon* You ready?

Ghalleon starts to smile with a sinister smile. Lowe then signals for the bell as Fly charges Ghalleon.

[Ghalleon: 0] [59:59] [Soulfly: 0]

Fly starts off by laying into Ghalleon with deep punches to the side of the head. The crowd cheers loudly as Ghalleon tries to get away from Fly. He kicks away at Fly's shin, trying to fight him off. He gets the opportunity and grabs Fly's hair and goes to slam him into the cage, but Fly blocks and elbows Ghalleon in the stomach. He then leads Ghalleon into the cage. Ghalleon falls back to the ground as Fly goes for a weapon. While he does this, Ghalleon shakes the cobwebs out and gets back to his feet. Fly picks up a chair and turns to be met with a kick in the stomach from Ghalleon. Ghalleon then grabs the chair and slams it down hard on Fly's back. Fly collapses down to one knee as Ghalleon slams the chair down again. Fly rears back in pain as Ghalleon swings again. Ghalleon taunts Fly to get up before rearing back for another swing. As he does this, Fly grabs a nearby baseball bat and jabs Ghalleon in the stomach with it. Ghalleon drops the chair and holds his stomach as Fly rams Ghalleon's forehead with the bat.

Tito: Fly with that brutal attack on Ghalleon. I hate to see what he'll do with the bat.

Ghalleon falls to his side and dabs his forehead with his fingers. He's bleeding slightly, but not enough to pick up the First Blood count for Fly. Fly gets back to his feet as Ghalleon rolls over to his knees. Fly starts to attack Ghalleon's back with the bat, and not letting up, after three jabs and a swing, Ghalleon collapses to the floor. Jim Lowe then starts the ten count.

1!

2!

3!

Ghalleon stirs and gets back up as Fly looks on. He waits for Ghalleon to get back up fully before he puts the bat in front of Ghalleon's neck and chokes him. Ghalleon gasps for air before back kicking Fly--low blowing him. Fly lets go of the bat and Ghalleon turns around and delivers a quick clothesline. Both men fall to the floor, with Ghalleon the first back up. He grabs one of the dented chairs and buries the edge of it into Fly's upper back.

Johnny: I think he might be setting something up for later.

Ghalleon then stops pushing the chair down and delivers a swift kick to Fly's ribs. Then another, and another. After the fourth kick Ghalleon starts to shout at Fly.

Ghalleon: I gave you a chance! You had a chance to run TKOW again! I'll make you pay for brushing me off!

He delivers another kick before throwing the chair down on him. Ghalleon then smiles slightly and goes over to get a nearby table. He sets it up next to the side of the Brutality Cage. He turns around and sees Fly starting to get back up.

Ghalleon: Oh, you haven't had enough, bitch?

Ghalleon bends down and grabs a nearby chair but, as he rises up, Fly charges at him and delivers a quick spear into the table and Brutality Cage. Ghalleon hit the cage before Fly's head could, but both men are down on the mat from this attack. Jim Lowe calls for the bell for the first fall.

Crowd: Holy Shit! Holy Shit! Holy Shit!

[Ghalleon: 0] [56:58] [Soulfly: 1]

Tito: I'm amazed that Soulfly didn't hit his head on the Brutality Cage!

Fly starts to slowly get up, while pulling Ghalleon up with him. Ghalleon tries for some offense, but Fly stops it with a punch to the forehead and an Irish Whip into the pile of weapons. Ghalleon reels in pain, but as he does this, Fly lays into him with stiff punches to the forehead, hoping to bust him open wider. Fly rakes at the small cut from earlier, but Ghalleon manages to rake Fly's eyes to break him away. He then moves in and locks his arms around Fly's stomach and delivers an overhead back body drop to the pile of weapons. Ghalleon shakes his head slightly and then grabs one of the bent chairs. He turns around and shoves it into Fly's throat. While he does this, he kicks away at Fly's ribs again. After about three kicks, Ghalleon takes the chair off of Fly's throat and smashes it against his ribs. Fly gasps for air as Ghalleon viciously swings down on his ribs. Ghalleon then tosses the chair down and moves his hair out of his eyes. He pulls Fly back up to his feet and kicks him in the stomach. Ghalleon gets him into a DDT position, jumps up and lands a DDT and locks in a guillotine submission.

Tito: Ghalleon's got the EvenGhalleon locked in!

Fly tries to hold out on it, eventually, he starts to slowly get to his feet. Ghalleon notices this and is slightly shocked at this. He continues to wrench the neck as Jim Lowe closes in. Fly gets back up to his feet, but Ghalleon unlocks his legs, swings his body around and lands another DDT. He then locks the EvenGhalleon back in. He keeps wrenching Fly's neck, and eventually, Fly taps to the hold. Lowe calls for the bell shortly after, but Ghalleon doesn't let go.

[Ghalleon: 1] [54:21] [Soulfly: 1]

Ghalleon keeps the hold locked in, wanting Lowe to count this one as well. Lowe won't count it as another fall. Frustrated by this, Ghalleon rolls over, unlocks his legs, but keeps the lock around Fly's neck. He then starts to knee Fly in the chest a few times. Ghalleon started to get up, still locking in part of the EvenGhalleon, he unlocks his arms, switches it around and delivers a double-armed back suplex to Fly. Ghalleon looks around as Fly holds his back. He notices the fire and remembers back to the Prince of Hell match. He then looks back over to Fly and motions for his finisher. Ghalleon steps back a few steps and stomps his foot some, waiting for Fly to get back up. Fly gets back to his feet and Ghalleon closes in for the Ragnarok, but as he goes for the kick, Fly turns out of the way, locks Ghalleon's arms with his own and bends over. He gets Ghalleon into a backslide pinfall as Lowe gets down for the count.

1!

2!

3!

Lowe calls for the bell as Ghalleon looks at him in shock.

[Ghalleon: 1] [53:22] [Soulfly: 2]

Tito: How did Soulfly do that after all the hits to his ribs and chest?

Fly gets back up and kicks Ghalleon in the ribs. He then takes the fight to him with punches and kicks while Ghalleon tries to escape from him.

Soulfly: Come on! You think you're so tough huh? Pussy!

Fly then grabs Ghalleon's hair and pulls him back some before pulling him to his feet by it. Ghalleon sends a few punches to Fly's ribs, but is soon met with a knee to his stomach. Fly then leads him over to the cage and tries to rake his forehead across the cage, but Ghalleon stops this, elbows Fly in the face twice. He then turns around and gives him a Harmonious Hangover (Russian Leg Sweep, only the opponent is facing opposite of you), into the cage.

Johnny: What was that?

Tito: I think that was shades of Ghalleon when he was Vanyard in WOF.

Johnny: Like anyone watches that crap.

Fly falls down to his knees with his face to the cage while Ghalleon starts to get back up to his feet. He kicks Fly in the lower back twice and then walks behind him. He gets a few feet away, bends down, grabs another chair, and points at Fly. He then charges at Fly and jumps with the chair out in front of him. But at the last second, Fly moves out of the way and Ghalleon hits the cage with the chair and his feet. Fly shakes the cobwebs out of his head before grabbing the chair. He gets back to his feet and waits for Ghalleon to stand back up. He takes a step back as Ghalleon gets up, which. Fly then tosses the chair into Ghalleon's face and does a modified Vandamninator to Ghalleon using the THC. Fly falls to the floor from the kick and Ghalleon is sent back into one of the sides of the Pit. Jim Lowe checks on both men and calls for the bell, signaling that Soulfly got the First Blood fall over Ghalleon.

[Ghalleon: 1] [49:36] [Soulfly: 3]

Tito: Things aren't looking good for Ghalleon.

Fly gets back to his feet and goes over towards Ghalleon. He takes his boot and stomps away at Ghalleon, afterward raking away at the cut on his forehead. Fly then rears back and starts to kick away at Ghalleon's stomach and chest. He grabs Ghalleon's left arm and pulls him back up to his feet. Fly then follows up with a knee to the chest and sets up an Evenflow DDT. He connects and the rolls Ghalleon over for a pinfall.

1!

2!

But Ghalleon gets his right shoulder up!

Getting up from the pin, Fly pulls Ghalleon up with him. He then takes him by his hair and his suit and tosses him face first into the pit's cage. He then follows up with a clothesline to the back of Ghalleon's head. He pulls Ghalleon's head back and slams it against the cage once again. He then grabs his hair once again and leads him over and tosses him into the pile of weapons. Soulfly then bends down and grabs a chair. He slams it against the mat and reels back. However he catches Jessie James Blackwood in his sights, out of the corner of his eye. Fly turns around and stares down Jessie. Fly starts to shout and cuss Jessie. Ghalleon, who just rolled off of the weapon pile, grabs a pipe and moves towards Fly. He reaches under Fly's arms and holds the pipe against Fly's neck. From there Ghalleon jerks him back and delivers a modified Perfect Blue. Lowe gets down for the count shortly after.

1!

2!

But Fly kicks out at the last moment!

Ghalleon lets go of Fly and gets back to his feet. He takes the pipe and starts to work away at the ribs of Fly. As Fly doubles over, Ghalleon does a strong, downward swing to the back of the left shoulder of Fly. He then starts to kick him with stiff kicks in the middle and lower back. After a number of kicks, Ghalleon looks around and spots the ladder. He smiles and goes over to set it up. He looks back at Fly as he fully sets it up next to the Brutality Cage wall. He looks up and notices that the bat it at a higher level than the ladder could reach. Ghalleon then looks back at Fly who's getting up to his knees. Ghalleon starts to climb the barbwire covered Brutality Cage wall. He grimaces some from touching the barbwire, but he makes his way closer towards the bat. While this happens, Fly starts to get to his feet now. Fly sees this and starts to make his way over.

As Fly closes in towards the wall, Ghalleon reaches up and grabs the bat. As soon as he does this, he leaps off and lands next to the Brutality Cage wall. Ghalleon gets up and grabs the bat. He heads over to meet Fly at the weapons pile. Ghalleon doesn't see it, but Fly has pipe of his own. He swings it with his right arm at Ghalleon's ribs. Ghalleon almost doubles over, but takes the bat and thrusts it right into Fly's ribs twice! Lowe signals the bat on the cage fall!

[Ghalleon: 2] [47:32] [Soulfly: 3]

Ghalleon takes the bat around Fly's neck and delivers a side Russian Leg Sweep. He then leans over and hooks Fly's leg.

1!

2!

But Fly gets his left shoulder up!

Ghalleon then reaches over and grabs the bat as he gets back to his feet. When he gets there, he drops back down with the bat jabbing into the ribs of Fly.

Tito: Ghalleon looks to be getting some offense going now.

Johnny: Yeah, but it won't last long. I love seeing these two literally beat the hell out of each other!

Back in the pit, Ghalleon stands back up and goes over to grab fresh table. He sets it up a few feet away from Fly and the fire pits. After doing this, Ghalleon heads over and grabs the ladder from before. He folds it up and starts to carry it over to the area with Fly and the table. But as he goes back around the weapons pile, Ghalleon's met with a shot to the stomach from Phoenix's Bat. Fly beats Ghalleon down with the bat with various shots to the stomach. This causes Ghalleon to drop the ladder next to him. Fly then shoves Ghalleon away and grabs the ladder. He sets it up next to one of the fire pits. Fly looks over at Ghalleon and mouths some profanities to him before he climbs the ladder. He makes it half way up as Ghalleon gets to his feet and heads over to the ladder. He tries to climb up behind Fly, but Fly kicks him away. Frustrated, Ghalleon goes to the side of the ladder just as Fly is about to grab one of Ghalleon's Knight Symbols.

Tito: If Soulfly or Ghalleon grabs any one of the Knight Symbols or Platinum Bongs, they get the Ladder Fall!

Ghalleon grabs hold of the ladder and shoves it over the fire pit. Fly stumbles and goes flying off into the pit's caged wall. He smacks it face first and then falls back down to the mat below. Ghalleon then looks on as Lowe starts the ten count for Fly.

1!

2!

3!

4!

5!

6!

Fly stirs and gets back to his knees. Ghalleon continues to look on through the fire with Phoenix's Bat in hand. He notices that Fly's starting to get back up and throws his arm back to swing the bat. He continues to look on, but still, Ghalleon is surprised with a quick spear from Fly.

Tito: Damn! He just speared Ghalleon from the other side of the fire!

But he doesn't stop there. Like a mad man, Fly waisl away on the open cut on Ghalleon's forehead. Ghalleon tries to get away, but Fly pulls him back and continues the thrashing. Eventually, he gets up and goes for a weapon. Ghalleon rolls over onto his side as the blood pours down his face. He just gets to his knees when Fly reels back and smashes a light tube over the back of Ghalleon. Ghalleon clenches in pain as Fly smashes the remaining broken part over Ghalleon's head. Ghalleon then falls face first onto the mat as Fly drops the remains of the light tube. He then bends down and pulls Ghalleon back to his feet. He kicks him in the stomach and sets Ghalleon into a double armed DDT onto the mat. He grabs Ghalleon's legs and sets up and locks in The Tree of Pain. He wrenches Ghalleon's back more and more before Ghalleon has no choice but to tap out to the pressure applied.

[Ghalleon: 2] [42:52] [Soulfly: 4]

From there, Fly goes over to the weapons pile again and pulls out a pipe. He pulls Ghalleon up and sets him up for the Downstroy, as he turns to face the table. But as Fly pulls back to use the move, Ghalleon slips under the pipe and executes a desperate back body drop to the mat. Both men lay on the mat as Lowe starts the ten count for both men.

1!

2!

Ghalleon starts to move his right arm slightly as Fly starts to catch his breath.

3!

4!

Ghalleon then takes his left arm up to his face and starts to wipe the blood away from his eyes. Fly starts to turn over and slowly gets to his knees.

5!

6!

He then takes this time to get to his knees fully and tries to pull himself up. While this is happening, Ghalleon starts to sit up.

7!

Fly makes it to his knees and gets up fully. Ghalleon now tries to get onto his feet.

8!

Fly gets up and Lowe stops the count for Fly. As Fly gets up, Ghalleon gets to one knee and looks over at Fly. Fly makes his way towards Ghalleon to make an offense, but Ghalleon fights him off.... until he surprises Fly and gets in a rollup schoolboy pin locked on Fly!

1!

2!

3!

[Ghalleon: 3] [42:08] [Soulfly: 4]

Tito: Ghalleon's managed to counter back after Soulfly's Tree of Pain! He might have his second wind here.

Fly looks at Lowe in unrest at the pinfall. Ghalleon, who's slowly recovering, takes this time to get to his knees and deliver a short clothesline to Fly. After doing this, Ghalleon grabs the nearby pipe and gets to his feet. He taunts Fly to get to his. Fly does so but is met with a strike from the pipe to the ribs. Fly bends over and is met with a stiff knee shot to the nose. He falls back holding his nose as Ghalleon heads back to the broken table from before. He grabs one of the shards and heads back to the area as Fly gets back to his feet. He's bleeding from his nose thanks to the knee shot. He gets closer to Ghalleon and kicks him in the stomach. But Ghalleon fights back by sending stiff punches to the ribs of Fly. He then executes a knee shot to the chest of Fly. After doing this, Ghalleon heads over to the fire pit and holds the shard over the fire, trying to set it aflame. But before it can, Fly gets back to his feet and attacks Ghalleon from behind. He almost goes into the fire, but manages to catch himself before he does. Fly continues the attack and tries to knock him into the fire pit, but Ghalleon turns around and swings the shard across his forehead. Fly staggers back some from the shock and holds his forehead with his right hand. Blood starts to come out from the cut made. Ghalleon then throws the shard down and lays into Fly with punches to the side of the head.

Tito: Soulfly's got that height advantage over Ghalleon.

Johnny: Yeah, but it's not doing any good for him. Ghalleon is still laying into him despite Soulfly being five inches taller.

Ghalleon takes a step back and runs at Fly. He goes behind him while hooking his left arm around Fly's body. He then pulls Fly down as he comes down to the mat, thus giving him a Randy Orton style back and neck breaker. Fly sits up from the move and holds his back while Ghalleon gets back to his feet. He then grabs Fly by the hair and pulls him onto his feet. He then knees him in the stomach once and leads him towards the fire pit. There he elbows Fly's lower back three times and kicks the back of his right knee. Fly drops to his knees and Ghalleon places his hand on the back of Fly's head. He tries to shove Fly's head into the fire pit. Fly resists it as Ghalleon starts to shout at him.

Ghalleon: I'll burn you damn it!

Fly: Try it bitch!

He tries to shove Fly's head into the flames, but Fly holds off and shoves Ghalleon away from him. Fly then gets up and heads over to Ghalleon, but is met with a stiff punch, then another. He then steps back and starts to go for a Ragnarok, but somehow Fly catches it at the last second. But it isn't enough as Ghalleon counters it into an enziguri to the side of Fly's head. Both men hit the mat and Lowe moves in for the ten count.

1!

2!

But as Lowe goes for the three count, Ghalleon drapes his arm across Fly's chest and attempts a pinfall.

1!

2!

But Fly gets his shoulder up at the last moment. Frustration appears on Ghalleon's face as the ref tells him it was a two count. Frustrated by this, Ghalleon starts to lay into Fly's forehead, thus busting him open more from the gash. He then grabs Fly's jaw and pulls his head back and then slams it down hard onto the mat. Ghalleon then attempts another pinfall.

1!

2!

Again Fly gets his shoulder up at the last second.

Tito: It looks like he's not going to put him away with just that.

Ghalleon then pulls Fly to his feet. From there he leads him over to the table and knees him in the stomach a few times. Ghalleon then sets him up for a powerbomb or piledriver and pulls him up.

Johnny: There's no way, he can't!

Tito: Ghalleon's going for the Overdrive!

But as Ghalleon gets Fly up onto his shoulders, Fly counters it into a facebuster. He then rolls Ghalleon over and goes for a hook of the legs.

Johnny: The crowd loved that counter!

Tito: Not many, if any, like Soulfly, but they did like that counter he just did!

Lowe gets down for the count.

1!

2!

And Ghalleon gets his shoulder up at the last moment!

Fly looks surprised at this and pulls Ghalleon back to his feet. From there he delivers a throat thrust and then follows it up with a spinebuster. Fly hooks the leg again, but doesn't go for a pinfall, instead he turns Ghalleon over and sets him into a Single Leg Crab. He reels back on Ghalleon's back and applies more pressure. Ghalleon reels in pain but eventually taps out to the move.

[Ghalleon: 3] [38:15] [Soulfly: 5]

Tito: We have just under 40 minutes to go and so far Soulfly has gotten the First Blood, Table, Pinfall and two Submission falls over Ghalleon.

Johnny: But Ghalleon's not far behind with the Bat, Submission & Pinfalls over Soulfly.

Fly then let?s go of the hold and turns around to notice Ghalleon rolling over onto his back and looking up through the blood at Fly's bloody face. Fly grabs Ghalleon?s leg and goes for a figure four, but Ghalleon kicks Fly away from him. Ghalleon grabs Phoenix?s bat and quickly rolls to his knees and uses it to low blow Fly from behind. Fly falls to his knees. Ghalleon stands up and swings the bat wildly, connecting with Fly?s head and knocking him out. With Fly temporarily incapacitated, Ghalleon returns to the ladder and starts climbing to the top. he gets their with no problem from Fly who is barely moving below him. Ghalleon grabs the shield and removes it with little problem to get the ladder fall.

[Ghalleon: 4] [36:27] [Soulfly: 5]

Ghalleon tosses the shield to the ground, then leaps off with a diving leg drop to Fly... who rolls out of the way. Fly goes for a nearby chain and picks it up. Ghalleon is writhing in pain from the missed attack as he struggles to stand up. Fly tries to wrap the chain around Ghalleon?s neck, but Ghalleon senses it coming, and counters with a quick lean forward as he grabs Fly's arms and causes Fly to flip over Ghalleon, who immediately locks in a Dragon Sleeper. Fly struggles for a second, then manages to elbow Ghalleon in the ribs. After a few shots the hold loosens and Fly tries for a quick stunner. Ghalleon shoves his way out of the move, and Fly hits the mirror hard. Ghalleon wipes some blood from his face and notices the shield on the ground. He picks it up as Fly begins to move off the wall. Ghalleon waits until Fly turns around and throws the shield right at Fly?s head! Fly catches it! But, that?s what Ghalleon wanted, as he roars in with a Ragnarok, sending the shield into Fly?s face. He collapses to the mat and Lowe starts to count.

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4!

5!

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7!

8!

9!

10!

[Ghalleon: 5] [35:23] [Soulfly: 5]

Tito: We're closing in on the midway point in the match it's all tied up! Ghalleon only needs one fall to win!

Johnny: Tito, you've never seen the only other Phoenix Pit match, have you. Tied up doesn't mean anything until the very last second because ANYTHING can happen in the time remaining. The key thing is that Ghalleon only needs to put Fly through a table OR catch him on fire to be able to win the match. Fly still needs two of the 6 pack challenge.

Tito: Oh... right.

Johnny: If Soulfly gets any two of these: inferno, ladder, or last man standing, he can still pull it off. PLUS he has that extra submission fall over Ghalleon which gives him an advantage. If Fly gets those two falls, he's STILL ahead of Ghalleon, unless Ghalleon picks up another fall in the meantime. Just getting the 6 pack doesn't guarantee the win. It's the minimum REQUIRED to win.

Ghalleon tries for a pinfall immediately after the ten count, but the referee refuses to count. This upsets Ghalleon and he begins to argue with Jim Lowe. Finally, he gives up, and heads to the pile, where he finds a Kendo stick! He turns around just as Fly is pulling him self to his knees.

~TWACK!~

Ghalleon pulls Fly up and nails him again with the stick. And he follows it up with nearly a dozen more shots, focusing on the ribs and head. Satisfied, he pulls Fly up, sets him up for a powerbomb, and then switches it up...

Tito: Overdrive! And Fly?s head bounced off the shield!

This time, the referee counts the pinfall.

1!

2!

3!

[Ghalleon: 6] [34:32] [Soulfly: 5]

Tito: Ghalleon has gone from trailing by 2 to winning in just under 5 minutes!

Johnny: Not yet, it just evens his extra falls up with Fly's. Pay attention, Tito.

Ghalleon doesn't slow down, He quickly starts setting up tables. Three in all. Plus a fourth one against the mirrors.

Johnny: Ghalleon?s trying to get that one fall he desperately needs to finish off the six pack challenge.

Satisfied with what he's done, Ghalleon turns around to see Fly struggling to his feet in front of the fire pit! Seeing this as an opportunity he can't pass up, Ghalleon speeds over and tries for another Ragnarok, to hopefully send Fly into the Fire, but Fly grabs Ghalleon?s foot, twists and Ankle lock!

Tito: Fly's got the ankle lock on Ghalleon, but Ghalleon manages to roll around, and finally gets close enough to Fly to grabs his leg! He's using this to his advantage as he manages to knock Fly off balance, which causes him to release the hold, and Ghalleon pushes him over for a rollup!!!

1!

2!

Tito: He's got a hold of the tights!

Johnny: It doesn?t matter in this match!

3!

[Ghalleon: 7] [32:58] [Soulfly: 5]

Tito: Ghalleon?s on a roll here! He's got a HUGE advantage over Fly now!

Johnny: ONLY if he gets the inferno or table fall. The extra falls won't matter unless he gets the six pack! *mumbling* Damn it, why'd they have to put me together with this idiot?

Ghalleon knows he has Fly reeling and he continues on the offense. He pulls a dented trashcan out of the weapon pile and slams it over Fly?s head as he stands up. Ghalleon takes the kendo stick and starts whacking the trash can with it. The second shot sends Fly to the ground. He takes a few more shots, then grabs the leg of Fly and pulls him out of the pile. He takes the Kendo stick and cracks away at the ribs with nearly seven shots, the last once leaving the stick nearly useless. Or is it? Ghalleon takes it and sticks one end of it in the fire, becoming uncomfortably hot from the heat of the flames. After about five seconds it catches!

Johnny: Ghalleon may just gain that inferno now...

Ghalleon heads towards Soulfly, who is on his back. Ghalleon thrusts him with the stick, but the fire doesn?t burn on him. Fly feels the heat and rolls away quickly. Ghalleon pursues Fly and goes for another poke, but Fly blocks it with the Shield!. Ghalleon keeps trying to catch Fly on fire as he swings the torch wildly at Fly, each swing causing the flame on the end to grow more and more massive. However Fly uses the shield to protect himself, allowing him to reach his feet. Ghalleon takes another swing and misses. Fly uses this opening to bum rush Ghalleon, and sends The Advanced Human into the Brutality cage wall! Ghalleon sticks to the barbwire, and Fly catches Ghalleon in the gut with the shield, then across the head. Fly pulls drops the shield, then peels Ghalleon off the cage, leaving pieces of clothing and skin behind, hoists him up over his shoulders, then drops him down in front of him.

Tito: Tombstone Piledriver! On the shield!

Johnny: That should be a ten count.

1!

2!

Fly moves over to a nearby ladder and starts to climb.

3!

4!

5!

6!

Fly reaches the top and removes one of the bongs. Lowe signals the ladder fall for Soulfly and continues the ten count.

[Ghalleon: 7] [29:44] [Soulfly: 6]

Tito: Get up Ghalleon or Fly will have the two falls he needs to win at one time! GET UP!!

7!

8!

Ghalleon rolls over and pushes himself up and leans back, sitting on his knees.

[TKOW Board]

Tito: WHew!!! Well, folks, it's just under the halfway point of the match and Ghalleon has gained the bat fall, three pinfalls, Ladder, Submission and the LMS fall. All he needs is the Table fall or an inferno fall to meet the requirements for winning!!

Johnny: Now you've got it right. And Fly can add that Ladder fall to his First Blood, Table, Pinfall and two Submission falls he has over Ghalleon. He still only needs inferno or last man standing.

Fly hops down, takes a lighter out of his pants and lights the bong, drawing a long hit from it and getting a pop from the crowd. He takes a second hit as Ghalleon stumbles to his feet. Fly then busts the bong over Ghalleon?s head! Ghalleon falls yet again. Fly then pulls a flask out of his pocket. He removes the lid, takes a quick sip then douses the nearest table with its contents.

Tito: At MegaBowl IV Fly?s girlfriend Miranda used Everclear to help give Fly a fiery advantage over Dustin Hughes. Think Fly could be doing the same thing here?

Johnny: It's a very smart thing to do, but not as smart as this!

Fly pours the remainder of the liquid onto Ghalleon.

Johnny: If that is Everclear, then Ghalleon just became highly flammable.

Fly tosses the flask aside and picks up Ghalleon?s broken kendo stick torch, which is still burning. He uses it to light the table he doused! Fly turns back to Ghalleon and is met with a dropkick to the face that nearly sends him into his own fiery creation. He tries to throw a punch but Ghalleon counters with an arm drag takedown, and then dropkicks Fly in the back of the head. With Fly down, Ghalleon looks into the weapons pile and pulls out a doombringer...a sledgehammer. He smiles sinisterly as he looks it over and immediately turns to put it in use. Fly is still on the ground, and Ghalleon drives the hammer end down into Fly?s ribcage. And again! Fly rolls around in pain and Ghalleon strikes him again with it. Fly tries to roll away, but Ghalleon swings it like a golf club, drilling Fly in the side and causing Fly to roll ten feet away, near the edge of the brutality cage wall. Ghalleon quickly pursues him, pulls Fly up by the head, and smashes it into one of the bars of the cage. He then rubs Fly?s face into the barbwire, ripping the skin on his face. Ghalleon pulls Fly away and bulldogs Fly to the mat. To follow up, Ghalleon pulls Fly up, but Fly headbutts Ghalleon. He executes a double leg takedown, grabs one leg, steps around, and locks in the figure four leg lock!

Tito: In the Phoenix Pit there are no ropes to grab for a rope break, so Ghalleon is trapped in the hold!

Ghalleon tries to pull the legs apart but cant, he falls back from the pain, which is a pinfall attempt.

1!

2!

Ghalleon sits up, refusing to give Fly a pin that easy. He struggles and fights and finally reverses it! Now Fly?s reeling. Fly has no choice but to tap to prevent Ghalleon from doing any further damage.

[Ghalleon: 8] [26:06] [Soulfly: 6]

Ghalleon releases the hold and pulls out a pair of Brass Knuckles from the pile. He puts them on and pulls Fly up, so that he can wail away at him with the knucks. Five shots. All to the head. Ghalleon rolls Fly onto a nearby table, looks in the pile for something, and pulls out a steel chair. He slides it onto the table underneath Fly. He pulls a second Table over, so that they're side by side. Ghalleon climbs up onto the second table and pulls Fly up. He sets him up for the Aftershock onto the other table and chair, but Fly kicks Ghalleon a few times, then drops to his knees and low blows him. He gets behind Ghalleon and sets him up for a full nelson facebuster. He notices his fiery table is just a few feet away, and he leaps off and sends Ghalleon through it. The referee checks the rubble, notices Ghalleon is on fire and informs the timekeeper to score two falls and quickly smothers the fire on Ghalleon with a small extinguisher nearby as Fly uses the flames on his opponent to light a blunt.

[Ghalleon: 8] [23:17] [Soulfly: 8]

Tito: Noooooo!!!

Johnny: Now THAT was a momentum changer and how to do it the right way! Fly hits Sangue de Barrio and is not only awarded the table fall, but the inferno fall as well! AND the important thing is, the inferno fall just gave him six different falls, which means he's really ahead of Ghalleon, who still needs a table fall or the inferno one to be able to win.

Tito: And Fly used the flames on Ghalleon to light a blunt! How disrespectful!

Fly doesn't like Lowe putting the flames out and yanks the extinguisher from him. He stalks Ghalleon as he rises, coughing from the spray. Fly clocks Ghalleon across the forehead with the extinguisher. Ghalleon hits the floor. Fly raises the extinguisher in the air and slams it down into The Advanced Human and clutches his ribs. Fly takes a few hits off of his blunt and then moves over to the weapon pile and pulls out... a whip.

Johnny: I believe Phoenix acts out his dominatrix fantasies with Power in the pit.

Fly cracks the whip, striking Ghalleon across the back. And a second time. Third time? Of course. And add a fourth for good measure. Fly takes a hit off the blunt and throws the whip to the side. He grabs Ghalleon by the head and puts out his blunt on Ghalleon?s forehead!

Tito: Fly demands the ref award him an inferno fall for that, but Lowe refuses because the blunt didn?t catch Ghalleon on fire.

Fly shrugs it off and looks around in the pit and pulls out a few goodies.. namely a steel chair and a ninja staff. He stuffs the chair into the side of the brutality cage. He turns around to face Ghalleon, who is attempting to use a ladder to pull himself to his feet. Fly heads over and swings the staff... and misses!!

Johnny: All those ribs hit are finally taking a toll on the Ganja God.

Ghalleon rolls out of the way. Fly continues to stalk Ghalleon. He swings again, but this time Ghalleon grabs the staff with both of his hands. He pulls Fly closer to him, just so he can forcefully kick him away. Fly stumbles back and regains his balance just in time to avoid falling into the fire pit. Ghalleon is on his feet, has the staff in hand, and uses it. He once again connects with Fly's ribs, causing him to double over in pain. Ghalleon leaps in the air and dropkicks Fly... right into the fire pit!! He burns! Lowe signals the fall.

[Ghalleon: 9] [20:23] [Soulfly: 8]

Tito: And Ghalleon has taken the lead in falls. With the Bat on the Pole fall replacing the table fall, he has enough to win the match if he can stay ahead of Fly!

Fly rolls out and keeps rolling, trying to put out the fire. The referee grabs an extinguisher and immediately douses Fly. Meanwhile, Ghalleon is climbing a ladder, heading for his second shield. With Fly in agony on the other side of the pit, he has no chance of stopping Ghalleon.

[Ghalleon: 10] [19:45] [Soulfly: 8]

Tito: We're 40 minutes into the match, and Ghalleon has a commanding lead over Soulfly.

Johnny: Commanding? Fly just got two falls at once a couple minutes ago. You can't count Fly out. If he gets that second bong and reenergizes himself, he'll be right back in the thick of this one.

Fly stumbles to his feet and heads towards Ghalleon, who has finished removing the shield and has tossed it to the side. The Advanced Human sees the High Priest coming his way and climbs a little higher on the ladder. He leaps off with a diving attack on Fly but Fly catches him by the throat! Choke slam! Pinfall!

One!


Two!


Thre...

Shoulder up!

Tito: Fly can't believe it!

Johnny: Neither can I. That was a three count.

Fly gets in Lowe's face, arguing the count with him. Ghalleon takes advantage with a rollup!

One!

Two!

Thre-

Kickout!

Fly gets up and roars at Ghalleon, attempting a clothesline. Ghalleon instead does a drop toe hold. Fly falls headfirst into the steel chair that he himself set up in the brutality cage. Ghalleon takes a moment to catch his breath, then goes back on the offensive as he starts wailing away with right hands onto Fly?s head and face.

Tito: Ghalleon still has those brass knuckles on.

Johnny: Smart move by him, they are very effective.

Ghalleon finally quits, and allows Fly to fall to the mat. He pulls Fly up and rolls him across a table. Ghalleon climbs the closest ladder. He leaps off with a moonsault. Fly rolls out of the way and Ghalleon eats the wood!

Tito: There's still some life in Fly!

Despite rolling off the table, Fly is still beaten up badly and isn't moving much. The referee starts the ten count.

One

Two

Three

Four

Fly starts to stir, but not enough to break the count on him.

Five

Six.

Seven.

Fly?s senses start to return to him, and he rolls over and lays a shoulder and arm over Ghalleon?s chest.

One!

Two!

Thr-

Shoulder up!

The two just lay in the rubble for a few moments before they finally moving to get to their feet. After struggling to get to their feet. Ghalleon storms in first for a clothesline, but Fly slides underneath and locks in The Execution Style! Ghalleon?s arms swing for a minute, trying to find a way out, but Fly drops to the mat, holding on tight. He takes his feet, and stomps his heels into Ghalleon?s midsection a few times, before using them to lock Ghalleon?s legs in, preventing any possibility of escape. Ghalleon submits.

[Ghalleon: 10] [16:51] [Soulfly: 9]

Fly unlocks the scissors hold with his legs, stands up, and switches the hold to a full nelson, and he lifts Ghalleon into the air and turns, choke slamming him to the mat. A pinfall.

One!

Two!

Three...

No! Shoulder Up!

Tito: Incredible! I don't see how these two men are still going at it!

Johnny: As much as these two hate each other, 60 minutes may not be enough time for the match.

Fly pulls Ghalleon up, scoops him up, and slams him into the pile of weapons! Ghalleon is nearly motionless from the move, but the pain on his face is evident. Fly picks up Phoenix?s bat and pulls Ghalleon up by the hair. He drags him towards the brutality cage, stands beside him, places the bat in front of Ghalleon?s throat, and executes the side Russian leg sweep, with Ghalleon?s back hitting the brutality cage and his head hitting the steel chair. Fly pulls Ghalleon off and to the floor and hooks the leg.

One!

Two!

Three!

[Ghalleon: 10] [14:41] [Soulfly: 10]

Tito: We're all tied up with just under 15 minutes remaining in the match!

Johnny: Tito, how many times tonight have you said they're all tied up? It's making me want to tie you up and throw you into the Pit so they can use YOU as a weapon.

Fly pulls Ghalleon up and sets him up for the evenflow, but Ghalleon starts punching away, trying to avoid another devastating move. Finally, Fly loosens the grip and Ghalleon quickly strikes, nailing a modified belly to belly overhead suplex. Fly lands neck first into the weapon pile.

Johnny: Now that's a counter I actually like. It keeps you from getting hurt, and hurts them even more!

Ghalleon rolls over onto his hands and knees, and is breathing very heavily. He keeps his eyes on Fly as he slowly gets to his feet, taking the time to revive himself. He makes his way over to Fly and pulls him up by his head. He delivers a Pulling Piledriver onto the weapons. He pushes Fly off of the pile and Fly rolls over near the mirror barricade. Ghalleon stalks Fly, who struggles to his hands and knees, then collapses back to the mat. Ghalleon pulls Fly to his feet, grabs his head, and spins him in a circle and sends him flying headfirst into the mirror. Fly falls lifelessly to the mat, leaving cracks in the mirror from the impact. Ghalleon stomps away at Fly, then takes a table and sets it up against the Mirrors. He pulls Fly up and whips him into the table. And nothing.

Tito: That must be one of those Hardkore Nippon tables if it didn't break from that.

Johnny: Or else Fly and Ghalleon are getting too weak from all the abuse they've taken.

Ghalleon grabs Fly and tries whipping him into again. This time it cracks. Ghalleon then walks back some, and comes running in for the kill. Fly ducks out of the way! Ghalleon crashes through the table, and even hits the mirror, adding more cracks to the mirror before he falls to the mat. Fly is lying down on his stomach, but his head is up, as he stares at the wreckage before him. He takes his time getting up, and grabs a nearby chain. He wraps it around Ghalleon?s throat and starts choking him.

Tito: Soulfly going for the lead here for the first time in over 30 minutes.

Fly jerks Ghalleon to his feet, and starts pulling the chain in different directions, trying to force a submission. Ghalleon, out of desperation, manages to land a punch to the side of Fly?s head, luckily the hand with the knucks. Fly loosens the hold, and nearly releases it. A second shot does just that. Fly stumbles back, and falls into the weapon pile. Ghalleon picks up Phoenix?s bat, and starts clobbering Fly?s midsection with it.

Tito: I believe after all the shots he's taken from Ghalleon, Fly HAS to have broken ribs.

Johnny: Duh... This match is all about breaking your opponent, and the ribs is a good way to do just that.

Ghalleon tosses the bat to the side, and pulls Fly out. He tries to throw Fly into a ladder, But Fly overpowers Ghalleon and sends him flying into it instead. Ghalleon and the ladder fall to the ground. Fly takes a moment to catch his breath and he instantly falls to his knees clutching his ribs, as it's too painful to even breath.

Tito: Ghalleon?s game plan has worked to perfection. Even when he's not capable of fighting, Fly is still fighting the pain due to the attacks from Ghalleon.

Johnny: And that's allowing Ghalleon to recover without allowing Fly to gain any advantage.

Fly regains himself, and gets back to his feet. Still clutching his chest with one hand, he picks up a steel chair with his other. Ghalleon is on his knees and is slowly managing to get himself to a vertical base. Fly heads over. He uses both hands to hold the chair and raises it above his head...

Tito: Ragnarok! Out of Nowhere!

Ghalleon falls to his knees from the superkick, but makes the short crawl over to fly and hooks the leg.

One!

Two!

Three!

[Ghalleon: 11] [10:01] [Soulfly: 10]

Tito: Ten Minutes left in the match and Ghalleon has retaken the lead!

Ghalleon stands up looks over at the clock, noting the time. He waits for about five seconds, then turns back to Fly and pins him again.

One!

Two!

Three!

No! Shoulder Up!

Tito: Fly barely got the shoulder up!

Johnny: It's a good thing for Fly. With the abuse taking its toll on their bodies, it's hard to make up two falls in a ten minute span.

Tito: But Fly did get two falls at once earlier in the match, as much as I hate to admit it, the man knows how to wrestle for the win. He'll do whatever it takes to get the win.

Ghalleon heads for the pile and pulls out a barbwired golf club!

Johnny: Now there's a weapon I don't think I've seen before.

Ghalleon swings it down into Fly?s midsection. Fly jerkingly sits up in pain. Ghalleon pulls it back and swings at his face, ripping open some new wounds on Fly?s face and the club knocks him back down to the mat. Ghalleon takes the club and drives it down into Fly?s throat, digging the barbwire in the skin, as well as choking Fly. After a few seconds, Fly grabs the club and pulls it off his throat and shoves it back toward Ghalleon. Ghalleon backs away. Fly gets a burst of energy, gets up quickly, clubs Ghalleon in the back of the head with an elbow, then hits the final cut. He stays on the offensive, as he pulls Ghalleon up, and lifts him in the air for a brain buster DDT. But he holds him in the air first. The fans count away the time he's in the air.

1!

2!

3!

4!

5!

6!

7!

8!

9!

10!

11!

12!

13!

14!

15!

After the 15, Fly finishes the move, and makes sure Ghalleon lands on the pile of weapons. Since he's so close, Fly looks in and pulls out... a book bag.

Tito: Looks like Fly?s going back to school.

Johnny: Lemme guess, the school of pain and suffering.

Tito: Fly would probably refer to it as the school of hard knocks.

Fly opens it up and smiles. He dumps out its contents.

Tito: Oh my! Tacks, nails, razorblades, screws, glass shards.

Johnny: I'm definately liking what Fly's thinking.

Fly tosses the empty bag to the side and heads towards Ghalleon. Fly pulls Ghalleon to his feet and is immediately kicked in the gut. Ghalleon tries for a DDT, but Fly punches away. He pushes Ghalleon away. Ghalleon runs back at him, but Fly swivels around Ghalleon and quickly hits a release German suplex, and Ghalleon lands against the mirror barricade, leaving some new cracks in it. Fly gets up and starts staling Ghalleon. He pulls Ghalleon to his feet, but Ghalleon kicks him between the legs. Ghalleon steps back and runs in for an enziguri, and connects! He tries for the pin!

One!

Two!

Thre...

Shoulder up!

Ghalleon is a little frustrated and he drags Fly to his feet. He sets him up for the Overdrive, but Fly fights his way out of it. He kicks Ghalleon in the gut, sets him up for the Evenflow, and quickly looks at the nearby surroundings. He modifies the DDT a bit, as he takes a few steps back, and makes sure to spin Ghalleon about 45 degrees.

Tito: Evenflow! and on the all the sharp objects he poured out of the bag!

Fly makes the cover.

One!

Two!

Three!

[Ghalleon: 11] [05:22] [Soulfly: 11]

Tito: Soulfly's tied it up with five minutes remaining in the match!

Soulfly rolls over and tries to catch his breath, as painful as that is. The camera shows a close up of Ghalleon?s face.

Johnny: Ha! He's got all that shit stuck in his face, I see a few nails in it, a screw, even a piece of glass and one of the razors stuck through his cheek!

Fly pulls himself up and then drags Ghalleon up. He sets him up for a vertical suplex onto the weapon pile. He gets it started, but he drops Ghalleon, as the pain in his midsection won't allow him to pick Ghalleon up. Ghalleon takes advantage by quickly landing a suplex of his own... onto the nails and glass! Fly rolls over after the move and you can see the sharp objects sticking in his back as well. Ghalleon grabs the bat and quickly takes the attack to Fly, hitting him once again in the ribs. He pulls Fly up and sets him up for an abdominal stretch, but Fly elbows Ghalleon in the head to avoid the move. Fly moves in for the kill, but Ghalleon is ready, and executes an arm drag takedown and Fly lands on one of Ghalleon?s shields.

Tito: Nearly two and a half minutes to go, who's going to step up and win this thing?!

Ghalleon grabs a chair, and slams it down across Fly?s midsection a few times. He drops the chair, and picks up the barbwire baseball bat. He slams it down into Fly?s chest and ribs a few times, then rubs the barbwire deep into Fly?s face. He tosses the club aside and looks up at the clock...

[Ghalleon: 11] [1:47] [Soulfly: 11]

Knowing that it's now or never, he tries for a cover.

One!

Two!

Three!

No! Shoulder up!

Ghalleon gets up and screams at the referee in frustration. He turns and eyes Fly, who is starting to pull himself up. Ghalleon starts stomping his foot.

Tito: He's calling for the Ragnarok! If he hits this, it's over!!!

Fly gets to his feet, and turns around. Ghalleon runs in and delivers the kick....

Fly dodges it and nails Ghalleon with a THC!!

Tito: Ghalleon?s grounded again!

Johnny: Soulfly?s not capitalizing!

Strangely enough, Soulfly has stumbled over to the Brutality Cage wall, already loosened from the ceiling by the earlier battle had upon it. He moves behind it and turns, takes a deep breath, three big steps and smashes into the center of it with a big boot!

Tito: Huh?

Johnny: Huh?

Soulfly back up and repeats the boot, sending loud clangs through the metal and jarring the braces. He repeats the boot, again, and again, making the cage shake more with each shot.

Tito: I don?t get it. Is he trying to toughen up his leg? It?s a bit late in the match for that.

Johnny: Don?t look at me Tito, I?m trying to locate the hot dog vendor.

The camera pans back, showing Johnny is missing.

Tito: Bring me back some pretzels.

Johnny: And nachos!

Soulfly keeps banging away, not even paying attention to Ghalleon, who has gotten to his feet, looking as confused as everyone else. Noting that Soulfly is ignoring him, he starts rifling through all the weapons and various objects, trying to find the perfect thing to bludgeon the Ganja God with.

[Ghalleon: 11] [0:59] [Soulfly: 11]

*SNAP*

Tito: Whoa. Coooool.

One of the braces on the cage snaps, causing Soulfly to move directly under the other one and redouble his efforts. Ghalleon has chosen an old favorite, a knight?s gauntlet, and is advancing to Soulfly.

[Ghalleon: 11] [0:48] [Soulfly: 11]

Soulfly backs to the Pit wall, tenses, and rushes the Brutality Wall, giving it another huge kick-

*SNAP*

The Wall shakes and tilts as the other brace snaps. With Ghalleon nearing the wall, Fly grabs the cage, grunts, and lifts it out of the holes in the floor, toppling it towards Ghalleon!!

[Ghalleon: 11] [0:34] [Soulfly: 11]

Ghalleon reaches up and uses the gauntlet to block the barbed metal bars from hitting him. He gives it a quick toss up and sprints out from under it, letting the wall crash to the dirt floor, sending up clouds of dirt and dust.

[Ghalleon: 11] [0:27] [Soulfly: 11]

Johnny: Thirty seconds left!

Tito: Both men have been destroyed in this hellacious war. Can either man get a fall in 30 seconds? Will they even approach each other?

Johnny: Neither man wants to lose, but neither wants to give the other the opportunity to win!

Soulfly glances at the clock, then back to Ghalleon. Ghalleon too looks at the clock, wavering as he steps forward, and then back again.

[Ghalleon: 11] [0:15] [Soulfly: 11]

As if reading each others minds, they both mouth, at once, ?Fuck it? and rush each other, running onto the Brutality Cage wall! Ghalleon takes the first swing with the gauntlet, but Soulfly dodges it and sends a jab into the Advanced Kidneys! Cringing, Ghalleon backhands the Ganja Jaw with the metal, sending a loud *CLANG* reverberating through the Pit.

[Ghalleon: 11] [0:05] [Soulfly: 11]

Ghalleon flows with the shot, stepping back and delivering a picture perfect Ragnarok into Fly?s face as he rebounds from the backhand! Fly crumples and Ghalleon falls-

[Ghalleon: 11] [0:00] [Soulfly: 11]

A loud buzzer sounds from the speakers, signaling the end of the match!!

Tito: What?!

Johnny: No!! It can?t be over!!

Tito: Soulfly took way too long working over that cage wall.

Johnny: The man had a plan!!

Ghalleon is yelling at the ref as Soulfly winces sitting up, the barbs pulling out of his skin.

The KhaosTron lights up, and T.H. Power, looking a mix of distraught and annoyed, appears on the screen.

T.H. Power: Eleven to eleven. The crowd doesn?t like it. The ref doesn?t like it. Jesse doesn?t like it. Ghalleon, Soulfly, obviously don?t like it. And most importantly, I don?t like it. Sudden death overtime boys. First fall wins.

The buzzer sounds again. Ghalleon throws up his arms and reaches for Soulfly-

-but Soulfly is already behind him. As Ghalleon straightens, Fly picks him up over his shoulder in a back suplex. He turns slightly on the cage wall, and drops, twisting into a chokeslam!!

Tito: Da Remix of Hellfire!

Johnny: Into barbed wire covered steel no less!

Soulfly stands and steps on Ghalleon in a very cocky cover. Lowe drops and counts?


1?

2?

3!


Tito: Ghalleon got the shoulder up!

Johnny: Soulfly paid for that lazy cover right there.

Soulfly sneers at Ghalleon and pulls him up by his hair. Pointing out to the crowd, even though he can?t see them, he executes a Downstroy, planting Ghalleon?s face into the steel. He flips Ghalleon onto his back and hooks the leg this time?


1?

2?


Tito: Ghalleon kicked out again!!

Johnny: He?s got a lot more life in him than I expected. More importantly, really, is he?s pissing Soulfly off.

Tito: Soulfy went through a lot of trouble and wasted a lot of time to get that cage wall into position to use as a weapon, basically, but it?s not paying off at all!

Johnny: Ghalleon knows it?s do or die time. He can?t fight back, but he?s not about to let Soulfly take this one home.

Soulfly grabs Ghalleon by the throat, lifting him to his feet. He yells out as he lifts Ghalleon over his head, fighting the pain in his own midsection. He turns a full circle, letting everyone get a good look at the bloody duo, then chokeslams Ghalleon into the cage wall so hard it bounces slightly off the Pit floor, and he loses his own footing for a moment.

Tito: He?s not pinning him? Again? Is Soulfly already forgetting he still needs a fall?

Johnny: Brain cells man. Brain cells.

Soulfly limps over to an empty bong and brings it to the closest firepit. He jams the open end into the flames and takes a moment to wipe off some of the blood.

Tito: Ghalleon is starting to move!

Johnny: Soulfly still isn?t paying any attention.

Soulfly digs through the pile of crap and pulls out an old ?Wildcat? t-shirt. He looks at it, front and back, then pulls open his sweats and sticks the shirt down, adjusting and drying his bits and pieces.

Tito: Ewwww.

Johnny: You know what she would do if she were here, right?

Tito: Shoot a family member in the head?

Johnny: And then go back in time a year from now to this point and claim it didn?t happen while she wrestles with said family member in another federation.

Tito: Personally I prefer her like that. *points at Fly*

Johnny: Seconded.

Fly pulls out the shirt and lets the sweatband go, then uses the shirt to take the bong out of the fire. He limps back to Ghalleon, who is once again lying flat on his back. Soulfly mimics jamming the red end of the bong into his buttcheek while pointing at Ghalleon, signaling his intent.

Tito: He?s gonna brand the Advanced Human!

Johnny: I haven?t seen a good branding in YEARS!

Soulfly leans down to turn Ghalleon over, but Ghalleon punches Fly in the groin with the metal gauntlet still on his hand!!

Tito: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh-

Johnny: -daaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmmnnnnnnn!!

The males in the crowd groan very loudly. Soulfly drops the bong, barely missing singing Ghalleon, as he drops to his knees. Tears well up in his eyes as Ghalleon forces himself to his feet. As Soulfly?s face lowers into the cage, his rear sticking into the air, Ghalleon eyes the bong?

Tito: Do it!!

Johnny: Damn straight do it!!

Ghalleon pulls down Soulfly?s pants, revealing his rear to the not very interested television audience, and takes up the shirt and bong, tossing the gauntlet in the process. He takes aim as a camera moves to Fly?s head?

*SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS*

?YYYYEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW~!!!?

The two sounds are heard nearly at the same time as Ghalleon sticks the bong into Fly?s right cheek.

Tito: You know Johnny, I?m starting to wonder if Fly will even mind that.

Johnny: He?ll probably get a tattoo around it or something.

Ghalleon tosses the bong to the side and sticks his arms into the air as the crowd cheers.

Tito: Ghalleon needs to do something right now, while Soulfy?s down on his luck.

Johnny: Agreed. This entire sudden death has been all Soulfy to this point. Frankly I?m shocked Ghalleon can still move.

Ghalleon grabs Soulfly by the back of the head, but Soulfly rolls into a small package!! Lowe makes the count?


1?

2?


Ghalleon rolls a reversal, and Lowe recounts?


1?

2?


Fly reverses and reversal?


1?

2?


Ghalleon reverses again, but breaks out of the package instead of continuing the pin. Both men sprawl out flat, breathing heavily.

Tito: Close, each and every time. I can?t believe either man had enough left to pull that off.

Johnny: More importantly, does either man have enough to pull off MORE.

Soulfly and Ghalleon each roll, away from the other, and begin crawling towards weapons, deadened to the barbs of the cage cutting them as they move. Ghalleon locates the sledgehammer from earlier, and Soulfly comes up with a steel chair.

Tito: They?ve each got something painful. Who?s going to manage the first shot?

Johnny: Either the first or the worst. I?m betting on that hammer!

Fly stands up with the chair. Ghalleon uses the hammer to get to his feet, but Fly knocks him right back down with a chairshot! He starts wailing away with chairshots to Ghalleon?s right leg. Finally, he stops, and sets it up around Ghalleon?s lower right leg.

Tito: Soulfly?s had enough of the games!

Soulfly grabs the nearby sledgehammer and raises it high in the air.

Johnny: He?s going to cripple Ghalleon if he keeps this up!

Soulfly smashes the hammer down on the chair, over and over again, cementing in more damage to the fallen knight?s leg. He kicks the chair off of Ghalleon?s leg and Ghalleon rolls around, holding the damaged appendage.

Tito: Someone has to stop this!

Johnny: It?s still the confines of the Pit rules! Anything goes! Anything at all!!

The High Priest pulls the leg from Ghalleon?s grasps, and steps on his foot to hold it in place. He swings the sledgehammer like a golf club, and hits the leg right below his knee! Not satisfied, Fly hits the same spot two more times with the sledgehammer before tossing it to the side.

He then pulls Ghalleon over to where a fallen ladder lies, and slams the lower part of the leg against the ladder a few times before putting the leg inside the ladder and slamming it shut. Then he picks up the bat and starts hitting the ladder right above Ghalleon?s leg, adding to the damage.

Tito: Just finish it already you sadistic bastard!

Johnny: Even I can?t condone this Tito. Ghalleon?s dead in the water!

The fans boo loudly at what they see before them. This just encourages Soulfy, and he quickly grabs Ghalleon?s legs, and locks in the Tree of Pain. Ghalleon screams out in pain, and slaps away at the floor. Lowe calls the submission and gets in Soulfly?s face to release the hold, which of course, he doesn?t. Jesse James Blackwood rips the door of the Pit open and rushes in, kicking Soulfly in the side of the head to force him off. EMT?s rush the Pit as Soulfly looks over at Ghalleon and starts laughing.

Tito: This is just a disgrace!

Johnny: Both men are heavily fucked up right now, but Ghalleon, my lord, he may never walk again!

The EMT?s wipe down the competitors as they get them both on stretchers. Ghalleon is unconscious while his leg is braced, and Soulfly is laughing amidst coughs and moans.

Tito: I wonder what would have happened had Phoenix been the ref like the first Pit match. Would he have been able to allow that to happen?

Johnny: In his current state?

Tito: I just can?t believe Soulfly had the audacity, the nerve, to go to that length. The chairshot probably did Ghalleon in.

Johnny: I think Soulfly wants us all to remember that he was always the monster of this castle.

Tito: A message?

Johnny: To everyone. Soulfly?s back, with a fucking vengeance.

Tito: God save us all.

Johnny: Amen.

[TKOW Board]

The EMT's rush out of the arena, Soulfly and Ghalleon strapped to stretchers and rolling away. As Jim Lowe and Jesse James Blackwood walk up the ramp, the cranes come back to life and the Pit starts to lift away.

Tito: Now would be the time for something to take our minds off that match, and to distract us from the cranes and the crew working.

Johnny: I completely agree. I don't rightfully know if anyone is left standing to allow for that though. Unles it was some precursor-

The KhaosTron goes black as ?William Tell Overture (Abridged)? by Gioachino Rossini hits while few golden writings quickly flash on the screen one after another. The movie is going very fast.

Ten times the ugly mutt.

Schnitzel?s maniacal grinning face is shown.

Ten times the hilarity.

Pictures of Schnitzel getting his ass kicked.

Ten times the nuisance.

Montages shown of Schnitzel making Bob and Claire?s life miserable.

Ten times the utility.

Clips of Schnitzel screwing Bob out of matches.

Ten times the morphine.

Pictures of Bob Lancelot covered from toe to scalp in plaster.

Ten times the sad puppy face.

Pictures of Bob making faces while failing in life.

Ten times the comeback.

The video comes to a screeching halt.

The camera focuses on Tito and Johnny again. They each look at each other, then the camera, then the monitors in front of them, then the camera again.

Tito: Ew.

Johnny: Didn't someone shoot him at last years MegaBowl?

Tito: No, that was the other guy no one liked.

Johnny: Can't we just parade these people out to a firing squad and take care of them all at once?

Tito: I'm sure it's illegal.

Johnny: So's punching Celine Dion, but we can get away with it. We're a wrestling federation!!

Tito: Well folks, I guess, Dark Schnitzel is coming back to TKOW?

Johnny: See, I was trying to assume I saw that video on account of the weed. But noooo, you had to come out and say it. Jerkwad.

The KhaosTron lights up;

The "Fiery" title appears on the main screen, signafying Phoenix's hold on TKOW's mountaintop.

On the left screens, Carpenter can be seen leading Phoenix down a hallway.

On the right screens, Tobias Burden is also heading down a hallway.

The words "Firestarter Finals" and "Submission Match" appear on the screen, over the Fiery Title.

Carpenter: Are you listening Phoenix? Oh, you must be, mustn't you. Afraid of what I can do now aren't you? Compliant, just like a good brother should be. It's the time of your final transformation. Oh fighting Matt in that cage was nice, sure. But you would have done all of that anyway, wouldn't you have. You never were one to hold back, and neither was he. At least I managed to get his ire up beating up his bitch.

Phoenix tenses behind Carpenter.

Carpenter: Don't pretend as if you're going to defend that dirty cunt. Damaged goods, inside and outside. Oh my how CUTE of Matt to be this decent, stand up loving douchebag. A man like him should be with someone beautiful, that can bear him a litter of corn fed rugrats. Not that ripped up tramp.

Yeah, arms are coming up, hands prepared to throttle.

Carpenter: Now we put you against Tobias. There's no love lost between the two of you, but he's trying to reconnect to life, while I'm taking you away from it. What a battle it will be. You're going to destroy him, Phoenix. Rip his tendons off his bones, and then make him live up to his name. Rip out his still beating heart and show it to him. It will be, my finest ho-

Inches away from Carpenter's throat, the camera freezes up and turns into static.

On the right side, Tobias meets "Hoops" Jackson.

Hoops: Tobias! Tobias Burden, you're on your way out to challenge for the TKOW Title, against this, new Phoenix, in a submission only match. What are your thoughts?

Tobias: Hoops, I'm shaking in my boots here. My palms are sweaty, I'm a bit short of breath, it's really throwing me.

Hoops: So you're scared?

Tobias: Absolutely not. It's nervous excitement Hoops. This is the TKOW Title. It's the pinnacle. It's a piece of history here, a five year running trophy showing stature and greatness. Think about it Hoops. Jason Starr, a legend in TKOW, held it for a year. The man I'm about to face, he's held it nearly a year, and better, he's undefeated. Un-freaking-defeated. He's faced down Dustin Hughes, Salazar, David Sadler, Soulfly, Ghalleon, David Rave, and so many more. Here I am, not too far into my return, and I'm the number two man in TKOW. That means a lot Hoops.

Hoops: How are you approaching this match? Phoenix actually won his first big gold, the HPWA Title, in a submissions only match. And as you've seen, he's apparantly done a complete 180 at the direction of his brother, who isn't known for his compassion, if you catch my drift.

Tobias: I admit, it makes the match, a bit more dangerous. Phoenix was never one to play nice, even if he used to play fair. With no rules and Carpenter at his side, yes, I need to watch out. But look at that goalie faced fuckup. He stopped Phoenix from winning the cage match a couple of times, and he doesn't have anyone I care about to poke at, so he's either got to come at me directly, or he may cause Phoenix to lose that belt.

Hoops: Thank you for this time Tobias, and good luck.

Tobias walks away from Hoops.

The left screens each show a different shot of Phoenix, one of him with the TKOW Title around his waist at Holiday Hell, and one of him standing in the cage earlier.

The right screens show two shots of Tobias, one of him from his time with Violent Reaction, and one of him standing over Jace Mingla with a steel chair.

Tito: It?s been hours of intense action, heated emotion, unbelievable drama-

Johnny: And don?t forget the hot humping!

Tito: There?s no proof of that.

Johnny: Carpenter said so and that?s plenty for me.

Tito: We?ve seen everything from the amazing to the peculiar.

Johnny: Nothing like that thing with the bullet through the he-

Tito: We?re not to speak of that Johnny.

Johnny: Meh.

Tito: We?ve witnessed an amazing King of Submissions tournament! I have to congradulate Jace Mingla one more time on winning the whole thing and becoming the HPWA King of Submissions. I?m not sure how happy the fans are though.

Johnny: The fans don?t care. They came here to see action, and they GOT action. End of story move on!

Tito: How about that Phoenix Pit for action? I?ve never seen a structure like it, nevermind what actually occurred inside of it!

Johnny: Watching that match reminds me why I retired Tito. And I?m not just talking about what Soulfly did to Ghalleon either.

Tito: It?s really hard to believe any two men could even survive that match. I know Soulfly has been through some hellacious matches before, but that had to test even his endurance.

Johnny: No it didn?t. He had weed hanging up inside.

Tito: Not THAT endurance... The big story of the night, Phoenix turning his back on his Section 8 comrades!

Johnny: Who would have thought that the big softy could turn out like that? Over a few words? What could be eating at him like that?

Tito: To show up during that Street Fight on Carpenter?s behalf, and then watching him during that Cage Match with Matt, and how he got the win? I can?t believe this is the same man that?s been our champion since Holiday Hell.

Johnny: it looked as though Carpenter's words about his friends may have snapped him back to our reality.

Tito: The ring is back in place, so I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[TKOW Board]

Yuri Testkov: THE FOLLOWING MATCH, IS THE MAIN EVENT OF MEGABOWL V~! IT IS SCHEDULED FOR ONE FALL, AND CAN ONLY BE WON VIA SUBMISSION, AND IT IS FOR, THE T-KOW TITLE~!!

The opening chords of 'Black and White' cue off as Tobias steps on to the stage, there's no playing to the crowd, instead he just starts his way down the ramp avoiding and ignoring any fans reaching over for a high five or attempting to verbally harass him.

Yuri Testkov: MAKING HIS WAY TO THE RING, WEIGHING IN AT TWO HUNDRED FORTY FIVE POUNDS, FROM LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA, THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER FOR THE TKOW TITLE, TOBIAS BUUUUURRRRDEEEEEENNN!!!

He hops up on the apron and turns to face back to the ramp momentarily as though paranoid that someone will be there, then he steps in between the ropes and retreats to his corner, waiting for the starting bell to begin.

Tito: Tobias went through four kinds of hell with Salazar earlier tonight to get to this point, the main event of MegaBowl V.

Johnny: He?s had a lot longer rest time than the champion.

Tito: Like rest has ever been an issue for Phoenix.

A low guitar riff begins...

A deep voice booms out "Time to Rise!" as the tron lights up with fiery lettering spelling out "Rise Like the Phoenix", and a flash shot of Phoenix's bloody entrance at the final match of the Ring Syndicate Memorial Cup plays on the KhaosTron.

[Scott Stapp]
"Walking around I hear the sounds
of the earth seeking relief."

"I'm trying to find a reason to live
But the mindless clutter my path."

Fog rolls out and a circle of fire lights on the stage. A flash shot of Phoenix crushing Cobryn with a steel chair.

[Scott Stapp]
"Oh these thorns in my side
oh these thorns in my side."

"I know I have something free
I have something so alive."

"I think they shoot cause they want it.
I think they shoot cause they want it."

"I THINK THEY SHOOT CAUSE THEY WANT IIIIIIIIIIIIIAH"

*BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM* *BOOM*

The stage and turnbuckles explode with flame pyro as 'Bullets' by Creed kicks into full effect. Phoenix rises through the circle of flames, down on one knee, head on his fist, Carpenter?s mask in his hand, wearing a sleeved black trenchcoat. He jumps to his feet and the turnbuckles explode again.

[Scott Stapp]
"I feel forces all around me
come on raise your heeeeeaaaad.
Those who hide behind the shadows
live with all that's deeeeeaaaad."

Phoenix stalks to one side of the stage, looks at the screaming crowd, and thrusts both arms out to his sides, hands loosely open, drawing in the energy as he holds out Carpenter?s mask. He suddenly puts both arms straight up in the air and his hands turn to the middle finger, and he jaws out to the crowd, as shots of him going after Hardcore Al and Soulfly as a civilian play on the Tron.

[Scott Stapp]
"LOOK AT MEEEEAH! LOOK AT MEEEEEEAH!
(LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH)
At least look at me when you shoot a bullet through my head...
Through my head...
Through my head..."

Fast motion clips play of Phoenix delivering the Phoenix Driver to a bevy of opponents, including D-Matic, Matt Griffen, Soutter, Adam Haven, Johnny Styles, Syberus, Clench, Dustin Hughes, Dan Stein, Mars, Rick Dushae, Dave Rave, Extreme Killer Phil, Soulfly and Jace Mingla.

[Scott Stapp]
"In my lifetime when I'm disgraced
jealousy and lies.
I laugh aloud 'cause my life
has gotten inside someone else's mind."

Phoenix moves to the other side of the stage and repeats, getting another burst of energy in response.

Johnny: I knew it couldn?t last. He doesn?t have it in him.

[Scott Stapp]
"LOOK AT MEEEEAH! LOOK AT MEEEEEEAH!
(LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH)
At least look at me when you shoot a bullet through my head
Through my head
Through my heeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaad
(my heeeeeeeeaaaaaad)"

The crowd roars and he begins making his way down towards the ring as the haze dissipates, playing up the crowd with a load of energy.

[Scott Stapp]
"Hey...
All I want is what's real,
something to touch and to feel.
I'll hold it close and never let it go..."

A clip shot plays of Phoenix with Kijo, Jessica, and Dominique.

[Scott Stapp]
"Say why...
Why do we live this life
with all this hate inside?
I'll give it away 'cause I don't want it no more."

Shots show Phoenix arriving from his Shaolin training.

[Scott Stapp]
"Please...
help me find a place,
somewhere far away.
Yes I'll go and you'll never see me again."

Phoenix stops halfway down the ramp, pulling a microphone from his jacket pocket.

[Scott Stapp]
"LOOK AT MEEEEAH! LOOK AT MEEEEEEAH!
At least look at me when you shoot a bullet through my head
Through my head
(Through my heeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaad)"

Tito: From the crowd!

Johnny: I guess I was wrong!

Phoenix: Boo.

Tobias? eyes get wide a second before Phoenix lifts him over his shoulder and plants him with a Hellfire.

[Scott Stapp]
"LOOK AT MEEEEAH! LOOK AT MEEEEEEAH!
At least look at me when you shoot a bullet through my head
Through my head
Through my heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaad"

"LOOK AT MEEEAH! LOOK AT MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH..."

?Phoenix? removes his jacket, dropping it on the ground into a much too large pile. He unstraps height adjusters from his boots and dumps them onto the jacket, then removes the ?Fiery? Title from around his waist. Laying the title on the apron, he grabs the pile and ducks under the ring, stowing it away. When he comes out, he?s switched masks, now wearing the hockey-style metal mask of-

Tito: It was Carpenter! Blocks on his feet and a padded jacket just to throw Tobias off his game.

In the ring, Phoenix, still in the all new tattered gear, looks over Tobias.

Johnny: If he goes into the Rings this thing could already be over! One-shotting the contender, I would have never believed it!

Phoenix doesn?t attempt a submission, however. He steps around Tobias as he rolls, carefully watching him. He leans over and slaps Burden in the back of the head, twice, and then uses the point of his boot to shove him over.

Tobias rolls with the shove and gets to a knee, exploding into a lariat that floors the champion. Phoenix quickly bounces up, but Tobias is still on the ball and repeats the attack, sending him right back down to the mat. Once more Phoenix pops to his feet and again Tobias throws a lariat, except this time Phoenix ducks into it and armdrags Burden over his shoulder into the corner.

This time it?s Tobias? turn to pop back up, and he jumps out of the corner into a perfectly executed dropkick to the back of Phoenix?s head. Phoenix takes a glancing blow and rolls forward, sliding around to face Tobias on one knee. Burden also slides into a knee out of the dropkick, and both men are facing each other from opposing corners as the crowd eats up the impressive display.

Johnny: What are these guys, cruiserweights now?

Tito: I have no idea where all that came from, but I?m dying to see more!

Tobias stands first as Carpenter begins yelling at Phoenix from the outside. Phoenix?s head droops, his fists clench, as he seems to still be fighting the urge to follow his brother?s lead. Burden doesn?t bother waiting, walking to Phoenix?s corner and throwing a kick at his head. Phoenix stands quickly, capturing the leg under his arm, and his right hand trusts out to grab Tobias by the throat.

Tito: A back smashing Xing Crusher by Phoenix! That sitout chokeslam isn?t something I?d ever want to feel.

Johnny: If it was performed by a beautiful woman and you were both naked and covered in oils?

Tito: ?

Johnny: Can I get a heterosexual please? Just one?

Phoenix roughly shoves Tobias onto his back and stands, dropping a quick elbow to his shoulderblades. He stands and repeats, then does it again, and for effect, adds a legdrop to the same area.

Tito: I can only assume that Phoenix is looking to damage the area most affected by the Rings. No matter what changes he may have endured tonight, there?s still one thing for certain. He wants to keep that title.

Phoenix begins to guide Tobias to his feet, but cuts it short dropping to a knee and sending a double axe-handle to Tobias? back. Carpenter shoves the timekeeper off his chair and slides it into the ring. Phoenix grabs it and slams it over Tobias? back, over and over again, then drops the chair and picks him up.

As Tobias stumbles, Phoenix delivers a solid kick to his midsection and pulls him in, dropping him with an X DDT ONTO THE CHAIR!!

Tito: He?s bleeding like a stuck pig!

Carpenter yells more instructions and Phoenix drags Tobias into a corner and props him against the bottom rope. Carpenter moves and Phoenix slides him the chair, which he places against Tobias? face. Phoenix gets to the near ropes and climbs as Carpenter continues to direct his brother around.

Tito: Is this what I think it is?

Phoenix stands and jumps, flying across the ring into a dropkick through the steel chair!! Tobias gets CRUSHED into the corner as Phoenix rolls, reaching for his back.

Johnny: He went Coast to Coast on that flight, and just decimated Tobias!

Phoenix gets up and moves to Tobias, still holding his back. He forces Tobias to his feet and lifts him, placing him on the top rope. Stepping through the ropes, he climbs, grabbing Tobias by the throat, and To the PAIN STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR!

Tito: Top rope to the arena floor!

Johnny: Phoenix is NOT screwing around. He hasn?t used that chokeslam, ever, that I can recall.

Phoenix doesn?t give Tobias any time to rest, picking him up, but Tobias droptoeholds Phoenix facefirst into the steel steps!!

Tito: Tobias is still conscious of his surroundings!

Johnny: He?s going to have to be conscious of more than that!

Carpenter is moving over, but the ref jumps out of the ring and stops his progress, leaving Tobias to lay against the apron and Phoenix clutching at his mask.

Tito: At least the ref isn?t letting Carpenter actually hurt Tobias. That?s something.

Johnny: Carpenter?s still focused on getting Phoenix to go all out nasty, and I don?t think he?s performing quite up to task yet.

Phoenix uses the barrier to help get up, and grabs Tobias, throwing him over the barricade into the crowd. He climbs onto the barricade and jumps at Burden with a doubleaxehandle, but Tobias dropkicks Phoenix out of the air!

Burden takes hold of a chair of his own and smashes Phoenix in the head, flips him, then uses the edge of the chair and jams it into his lower back, over and over, working the Camael Clutch zone.

Tito: Tobias is playing smart right now, trying to soften Phoenix up.

He tosses the chair and picks Phoenix up, scoops him, and delivers a backbreaker! Phoenix rolls to the floor, and Tobias uses the barricade to jump off of and duble foot stomp Phoenix in the lower back! Phoenix yells, clutching at his back as Tobias waves to the crowd, shaking a few hands.

He guides Phoenix to his feet and pushes him back into the barricade. He moves farther into the crowd then rushes a lariat at the champ, but Phoenix ducks and backbodydrops Tobias to the ringside area! Burden lands on his feet though, grabs a standing Phoenix by the chin, and falls backwards, stretching him over the barricade by the back in an inverted Hang Up!!

With Phoenix laid out over the barricade, Tobias moves to the far end of the ringside area, runs, jumps up to walk on the barricade, and drops guillotine legdrop across Phoenix?s chest that knocks him back over to ringside.

Tito: Amazing show by Burden so far, and after that brutal match with Salazar?

The crowd agrees, cheering Tobias on as he slowly stands. He gets Phoenix by the hood and slides him back into the ring. He climbs all the way to the top rope and looks down at Phoenix, and leaps into a Cannonball Senton!

Johnny: Phoenix rolls out of the way!

Tobias hits mat as Phoenix starts to recover from Tobias? attacks. He gets to his feet just as Tobias does and both men tieup in the center of the ring. Phoenix shoves Tobias off and Tobias runs at him, right into a HIGH flapjack! Tobias eats the mat, bouncing half a foot.

Phoenix steps on Tobias? spine and grabs both of his arms, standing nearly straight up and PULLING THEM BOTH PAST THEIR LIMITS!! Tobias is screaming as Phoenix seems to be trying to dislocate both his arms. Carpenter goads him on, thrilled.

Tito: The Rings can?t be far off.

Johnny: They can be if Tobias just quits now.

Tito: What are the chances of that happening?

Johnny: Fair if he still wants his arms to work after the match.

Phoenix shockingly drops Tobias? arms to the mat. He looks around at the crowd before running to the ropes, bouncing off, and delivering a legdrop to Tobias? shoulderblades. Carpenter jumps up on the apron and rips off a turnbuckle, and starts yelling at Phoenix and smacking the exposed metal.

Phoenix pulls Tobias up by his hair slowly as the fans boo him hard. He shoves Tobias into one corner, looks over his shoulder, and then backs up, pulling Tobias with him into a hard irish whip chestfirst into the exposed metal!

Tito: Tobias is clutching at his chest where he hit that steel.

Johnny: Just more preparation for the Rings. Arms, shoulders, chest, it?s all stretched out in that maneuver.

Phoenix stalks Tobias, purposefully watching Tobias? every movement. As he reaches for him, Tobias reaches up, grabbing Phoenix by the belt and pull-throwing him through the ropes into the ringpost.

He gets behind Phoenix and schoolboys him, but stands up through it and twists himself and Phoenix into a Boston Crab!

Tito: Phoenix?s back is pretty banged up, Tobias may pull this out!!

Johnny: Ah, but Phoenix isn?t alone?

Phoenix is fighting the pain, clutching at his back, fist slamming into the mat. Carpenter is screaming at him to power through, but Phoenix?s back has taken too much damage.

Tito: Tobias just cranks back more every time Carpenter yells to Phoenix! He?s becoming, well, a burden on his brother!

Johnny: Wait he?s getting in the ring!

Carpenter gets up on the apron, shaking his head, and performs a picture perfect LETHAL INJECTION TO PHOENIX?S HEAD!!

Tito: What is he DOING?!

Hearing the crunch and feeling the mat shake, Tobias releases the hold and sees Carpenter lying chest down on the mat, telling Phoenix off.

Johnny: Get him!

Carpenter notices Tobias and gets up, holding both hands out in a ?what did I do? way. Tobias approaches him, and he pulls one hand back into a fist and attacks! Tobias blocks the punch and chops Carpenter in the chest, then chops him again, and again, driving him back to the ropes as the crowd gets louder and louder.

Tito: You?ve awoken a sleeping giant Carpenter! Tobias knows Violence!

Tobias whips Carpenter across the ring and dropkicks him to the mat on the return trip. But Phoenix is now back up too, and hammer punches Tobias on top of the head. Tobias doesn?t go down, and instead smashes a European Uppercut, staggering the champion. Carpenter punches Tobias in the side of the head, but Tobias kicks him in the midsection, then sends a falling dropkick into Phoenix?s legs.

Johnny: I had a feeling that this would become a handicapped match.

While Tobias is on the mat after the dropkick, Carpenter falls, dropping a headbutt to the base of Tobias? neck. He flips him and starts punching him, over and over again, and that?s when Security hits the ring!

Tito: It?s about damned time!

Security drags Carpenter off of Tobias, which isn?t the best idea, as Phoenix gets up and jumps into the blue-clad throng. More security hit the ring as Phoenix and Carpenter are punching, kicking, and chopping down anyone that?s in range. A group of five start to overwhelm Phoenix-

Johnny: Now this is getting weird.

Tobias jumps on the security officers holding Phoenix and he starts attacking them! The crowd is going ballistic as all three men fight through the throng of TKOW security, sending them bailing on all sides of the ring. As the mass clears up, Phoenix and Tobias back into each other, breathing heavily, turn, and start exchanging right hands again! Carpenter, after kneeing one officer in the groin, notices the two fighting, and throws up his hands in defeat. He slips through the ropes and jumps over to the announce table, then jumps off that into the crowd and starts running as the officers pull themselves together.

Tito: At least Carpenter is away from the ring. I guess that distraction backstage must have worn itself down.

The KhaosTron moves the match to the side screens as if controlled by Tito?s question. Indeed, the room of TKOW stars has settled down and is watching the match. As the camera pans, we indeed see Rick Dushae stapled to the wall upside down, bruised and bleeding with a double ended platinum dildo sticking up out of his ass. Messages are written on the wall in blood and spraypaint, including ?Suicide is too good for you?, ?You must be your own grandpa?, ?Your mother probably raped a donkey?, and ?Don?t you wish you were Clench right now?.

Johnny: Damn, and I missed all the good stuff.

Tito: You?re out here watching this submission match.

Johnny: But how often do you get to beat up someone who killed himself a year ago?

Tito: True.

In the ring, Tobias has managed to get Phoenix into a standing crossface, and is wrenching away, yelling at him to give it up. Phoenix grunts, reaches utp to connect his hands, and rolls, flipping Tobias to the mat. Tobias keeps hold of the move, but Phoenix has a leverage advantage. Tobias releases and each man rolls to the side.

Phoenix gets to a knee and Tobias takes advantage, running in and NAILING the Fading Mage!

Johnny: Great move there!

Tobias jumps onto Phoenix?s back, looking for the Camel Clutch, but Phoenix grabs the ropes and pulls himself forward, then mule kicks Tobias sending him rolling. He pulls himself to his feet and runs at Tobias, but Tobias rolls forward and gets right up into a run himself. Each man comes off the opposite ropes and leap toward each other with flying forearms!

Tito: Middair collision!

Johnny: Both men had the same idea, and they just smashed into each other!

Both champion and challenger collapse into a heap on the mat. Phoenix is lying on his back, his chest heaving, while Tobias is facedown. Tobias pushes himself back to his knees, leaving more blood on the mat, his face covered. He starts to shuffle over to Phoenix, but Phoenix sits straight up and sends a palm heel crashing into Tobias? forehead, sending the challenger rolling.

Phoenix stands, as does Tobias. Phoenix runs in and throws a big boot, but Tobias dodges it and jumps into a rear-naked choke! Phoenix thrashes as Tobias cinches in, but Phoenix knows the ring, and quickly backs Tobias HARD into the exposed turnbuckle.

Tobias is jarred, but holds on, so Phoenix repeats, slamming Tobias into the exposed steel again. Once more, Tobias is jarred, but he refuses to let go. Phoenix slowly moves to the center of the ring, managing to hold Tobias as he goes. He tenses, and starts to backpedal.

Tobias knows what?s coming, and drops the hold, twisting out, and shoves Phoenix along, causing HIM to hit the exposed metal instead!! Seemingly infazed, though, Phoenix EXPLODES out of the turnbuckle and viciously lariats Tobias, flipping him in the air.

Tito: Great show by Tobias, but Phoenix is just a monster.

Johnny: Adrenaline baby, look!

Phoenix drops to a knee, clutching at his reddening back. Tobias twitches a bit.

Tito: It?s been a very long night for both men. I can?t imagine what either one is thinking right now.

Johnny: How about ?after this I?m going to go to my hotel and jaccuzzi for four hours?.

Tito: No, that?s you.

Johnny: It could be them too!

Phoenix rises and turns to face Tobias, who is using the ropes to pull himself to his feet. Phoenix walks over to Tobias and drops a hammer punch on his skull, then whips him to the far ropes. Bouncing off the ropes himself, Phoenix throws a huge Yakuza Kick at Tobias? head, but Tobias ducks under and speeds up, coming off the initial ropes and catching Phoenix with a Running DDT!

Tito: Tobias never gives up! Ever!

Tobias gets to his feet, moving his shoulders and stretching his neck, trying to blur the pain endured through two matches. He sneaks a peek back at Phoenix and bounces off the ropes, nearly sliding into a snap legdrop. As he quickly gets to his feet, he begins pulling Phoenix up and hooks him up, tenses, and NAILS A SNAP SUPLEX!!

Tito: Tobias isn?t done! He?s twisted, rolling through and lifting Phoenix to his feet!

Johnny: Another Snap Suplex!

Burden twists, rolls, and gets Phoenix up again!! And hits the THIRD Snap Suplex!!

Tito: Trifecta! Three Snap Suplex?s in a row!

Johnny: What kind of condition does that leave Burden?s arms in though?

Tobias slowly sits up after releasing the hold, and his face twists up in pain as he uses his arms to push himself to his feet. He stumbles back into a corner, rubbing at his shoulders, watching the downed champion.

Phoenix rolls over to his stomach and begins to push himself up. He?s nearly on all fours when Tobias runs out of the corner into a falling dropkick right to Phoenix?s face!!

Tobias immediately rolls to the outside of the ring, still rubbing both his arms, and forces the timekeeper out his new chair, folds it up, and slides it into the ring.

Tito: I knew it was only a matter of time before weapons came back into play.

Johnny: Phoenix started it.

Tito: Actually?

Johnny: Shut up.

Tobias grunts as he drags Phoenix into a corner and props him against the bottom turnbuckle.

Tito: He?s paying Phoenix back!

Johnny: And HE?S doing it alone!

Tobias grabs the chair and jams it into the corner, covering Phoenix?s masked and hooded head. He moves to the near corner and wipes his face, then climbs to the top as the crowd?s cheers get deafening and flashes explode throughout the arena.

Tobias stands precariously on the top rope, facing Phoenix, and jumps off, all the way across the ring with a dropkick into the chair!!

Johnny: Burden goes Coast to Coast!

Tobias? body twitches heavily as he rolls around in the ring, his back and shoulderblades VERY sore from the rough landing. Phoenix is crumpled in the corner, the chair lying over part of his chest.

Crowd: ?BUR-DEN~!? ?BUR-DEN~!?

Tito: The crowd is on their feet, chanting the challengers name, cheering him on!

Johnny: Who would have ever seen THAT coming?

The referee kneels by Phoenix, presumably making sure he?s still BREATHING, and when satisfied, he checks on Tobias.

Johnny: We?ve GOT to see that again!

The KhaosTron splits the live feed to the side screens and we can see a still shot of Tobias standing on the top rope. In slow motion, he jumps off the rope and flies towards Phoenix, his legs stretching forward as he crashes into the chair. The replay goes again, changing angles, showing Phoenix?s head snapping back and his body being smashed into the ropes and turnbuckle.

The crowds cheers start to change to boos as Phoenix pushes off the chair and sits up. He coughs a few times and spits blood into the ring. Tobias is in the middle of the ring, clutching at his back, face down, looking over at the champion. The two men lock stares for a long minute while the crowd is split between cheering Burden and booing Phoenix.

Tobias? eyes widen, and he pushes his face and chest into the mat, pushing himself to his knees, both arms trembling and locked behind him. Phoenix uses his feet to push back into the corner and reaches up to grab the top ropes. Tobias continues to climb to his feet, even without the use of his arms, and Phoenix gets to his feet as well.

Tito: I have no idea what?s wrong but Tobias isn?t using his arms at all!

Johnny: I think he over extended himself with that last attack. Look how they?re shaking! He fucked himself up something fierce!

Phoenix takes a step out of the corner, but that?s as far as he gets as Burden charges in and shoulder tackles him back into the corner! The crowd gets on their feet again as Tobias back off and starts kicking the champion, sharp, fast, and hard!

Tito: Tobias is a madman right now! Look at him take it to the champ!

After six or seven kicks, Phoenix traps one and his head snaps up! He walks out of the corner for two steps, making Tobias hop back, signs the cross, and HITS THE XING CRUSHER!!

Tito: MASSIVE sitout chokeslam from Phoenix!! Tobias is flat on his back, twitching up a storm!!

Phoenix shoves Tobias? leg away and rolls to one knee. He catches himself and brings one hand to his head, and spits out more blood.

Johnny: Phoenix is pretty weak right now. Tobias just needs another burst!

Tito: That and his arms working again.

Johnny: That would help, yes.

Phoenix forces himself to his feet, staggering slightly. He grabs Tobias by the hair and roughly pulls him to a standing position. He takes a run at the ropes and charges Tobias, but Tobias FEEDS HIM HIS FIST!! Phoenix hits the mat like a sack, but rolls and stands, only for Tobias to nail him again!! Tobias yells out to the crowd, whom are ALL screaming, and runs HIMSELF to the ropes, charging back with a leaping lariat to drop the champion a third time! He sneaks behind Phoenix as he?s standing, ducks between his legs, and lifts him into an electric chair lift!!

Tito: He?s not?!

Johnny: Can he hit the Rubix Cube??

Phoenix?s head wavers, and Tobias can?t get a hold of it. The strain on his shoulders shows as his face contorts, but he keeps Phoenix in the air and keeps trying to grab him. Phoenix keeps swatting Tobias? hands away, and manages to twist and fall HEAD SCISSORING Tobias across the ring!!

Tito: Oh my god!! I?ve never seen that happen before!!

Johnny: If I see a small package hurricanrana from either of these guys, I?m quitting.

Tito: I couldn?t be so lucky?

Phoenix pushes himself to his knees, and Tobias pulls himself up, shakily, using the ropes. The crowd is still solid behind him, and he looks back at Phoenix, who is just about to his feet, and starts to move towards him, but gets BLASTED by the steel chair Phoenix grabbed on his way to his feet!!

Tito: Tobias is still standing!!

Johnny: Amazing!

Blood freely flowing once more, Tobias is indeed standing, though his eyes are vacant and he?s tilting side to side. Phoenix rears back and swings again, but, as if on automatic, Tobias swings both arms up and deflects the attack! Not giving up, Phoenix swings AGAIN, and AGAIN Tobias deflects the chairshot. Phoenix tenses, clearly annoyed, and takes a few steps away. He quickly turns and attacks once more, except Tobias has staggered backwards, falling into the ropes!! Phoenix swings wild and loses his grip on the chair, which careens out of the ring and into the crowd!

Johnny: What is this, a Keystone Cops review?

Phoenix steps towards Tobias, but Tobias kicks him in the gut, doubling him over, and starts hammering him in the back. He double axehandles him over and over, then runs to the ropes, firing back and running into a Xing Buster!!

Tito: Uh oh.

Johnny: It?s time for Rebirth!

Standing following the huge spinebuster, Phoenix pulls Tobias up and into the X DDT. Using the point of his boot, he rolls Burden onto his back again and moves to the corner, climbing to the top rope. Standing up straight, he falls face first, dropping a big headbutt to Tobias? face.

Johnny: Phoenix is just making that head wound of Tobias? worse with every shot.

Tito: The blood loss by Burden this match is staggering. He?s lucky he could still move all this time!

Phoenix gets to his feet and squats a bit while Tobias is laid out flat. Crouched, Phoenix pulls at his shorts, loosening them over his knees, and hand motions for Tobias to get up and come to him, much like Stone Cold and the Rock used to.

Tito: The champ has had enough!

Johnny: He?s just stalking Tobias now. I don?t envy Burden what?s next.

Burden?s chest is heaving, his blood flowing onto the mat as the crowd yells for him to get up and fight more. Even after the long beating, his heart is still in the fight, and slowly, groggily, his head lifts, and the crowd cheers even LOUDER.

Tito: Come on Tobias!!

Burden gets to a sitting position and starts to get to his feet as Phoenix continues to adjust his position and gesture bigger and bigger.

Johnny: I don?t know where he?s getting this from. Must have watched some of my old matches.

Tobias is standing, facing the crowd once more, Phoenix behind him, waiting. The crowd cheers and yells, trying to warn him, but he turns anyway?

Tito: Phoenix gets him up onto his shoulders! Phoenix Driver time!

Phoenix takes a full turn, showing off his prize, but Tobias struggles his way off the champs shoulders!!

Johnny: Totally my move Tito!

Tobias, still mostly out of it, takes a discus lariat to Phoenix, but the champ ducks and picks him up over his shoulder-

Tito: Hellfire!!

-except Tobias goes with the momentum and flips off, falling back into the ropes!!

Johnny: Ok, my heart can?t take this shit!!

Phoenix is on one knee, having fallen and twisted, even though he lost Tobias. Tobias runs at him and SHINING MAGE-

Johnny: NO WAY!!

Tito falls over.

Phoenix dodges the axe kick, spins Tobias, and gets him back up on his shoulders, and quickly hits the PHOENIX DRIVER!!

Voice: PEEEEEEEENNNIIIIIIIXXXXXX DDRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVVAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH~!!!

Johnny: What the fuck was that?

Phoenix sits up, breathing heavily, with Tobias next to him, flat on his back. Phoenix rolls Tobias onto his stomach and shoves one arm between his legs. He leans over Tobias? back and grabs his other arm, pulling it back and stretching him out into the Rings!

Tito: It?s locked in! Center of the ring, nowhere for Tobias to go! Fight it Toby!

Tobias? face can barely be made out with all the blood, but he?s holding his head up, yelling and screaming as his arms are pulled harder and harder.

Phoenix: Quit Tobias! Save yourself!

Tobias: Not to AAAAAHHHHHyou!! Not UUUUURRRRRGGGGHHHHere!!

Tobias? face is a mix of fatigue, pain, and determination as he fights the Rings, straining to find a way to free himself. He kicks his legs, trying to move and reach the ropes?

Tito: He?s a good foot away. Keep fighting!!

Tobias? head begins to slump, his face beginning to calm, but it leaps up again, straining. Again, though, it begins to dip, as the referee keeps on him to quit.

Johnny: That?s right, rest up for a few seconds, redouble your efforts, you can do this!!

Tobias? head jumps up again, and his legs begin to kick more, as he continues to reach for the ropes. But once more, they slow, stopping, and his head dips. Phoenix simply roars and pulls back harder, causing Tobias to again jump, yelling and screaming, fighting for each inch.

Tito: He?s so close now!!

Tobias is just a few inches away from the ropes when his legs stop once more and his head falls, just a mere inch from the mat. His blood continues to drip to the mats surface as Phoenix keeps pulling. The referee asks Tobias again, but there?s no answer.

Tito: He must have been watching Phoenix?s HPWA title match!

Johnny: No no, you can?t just escape a hold by pretending to be unconscious anymore.

Tito: Are you sure?

The referee is yelling at Phoenix, but Phoenix is shaking his head. The ref keeps yelling, trying to make him drop the Rings, but Phoenix refuses.

?Sweet Emotion? hits the arena and T.H. Power walks out from backstage brandishing a mic.

T.H. Power: Let him go.

Phoenix shakes his head as Power walks down the stage.

T.H. Power: Let him go NOW.

Phoenix throws a few choice words Power?s way, but keeps the Rings locked in.

T.H. Power: Let him go or I?ll just award him the belt RIGHT NOW.

Tito: The boss is NOT fucking around.

Phoenix drops the arm and moves away from Tobias, standing up, though shaking. The ref keeps checking Tobias as Power gets to the ring. The ref shakes his head and motions for EMT?s to come down to the ring. Power walks up the steps, eyeing Phoenix as the referee moves to speak to him.

Johnny: What?s this all about?

T.H. Power: The referee has informed me that Mr Burden is indeen unconscious, probably due to blood loss. I have no choice but to end this match-

The crowd SCREAMS at him. Insults fly, along with plastic beer bottles, drink cups, and all sorts of forms of garbage. The ring begins to look like any UCW arena as more and more fans join in hating on the decision. The EMT?s have managed to rouse Tobias with salts and he weakly calls the ref over to find out what?s going on.

Tito: I don?t think ANYONE is happy about this?

Johnny: Phoenix might be. It?s kind of hard to tell. He?s just, standing there.

The EMT?s are trying to get Tobias onto a board, but Tobias is pushing them off and getting to his feet!!

Tito: This kid is out of his mind!!

Tobias kind of stagger-falls into the corner and grabs Power?s hand, and the mic that?s in it.

Tobias: I?m? not? done!

T.H. Power: Yes, you are. Let them...

Tobias: NO!! They *points to the crowd* deserve more! I deserve more, even, THAT *points to Phoenix* deserves more!

Crowd: ?LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!?

Power looks around the arena, over to Phoenix, and dead into the bloody face of Tobias.

T.H. Power: This match is? continuing.

The fans scream and the EMT?s clear the ring. The ref kicks as much debris out of the way as he can as Tobias turns back towards Phoenix.

Tito: He can?t have anything left! He was in the Rings way too long!

Johnny: I don?t think he cares! His heart is all the way into this match, and he?s not about to stop!

Tobias and Phoenix slowly walk to the center of the ring. Face to face, well, face to chest, both men just stare at each other for a minute as the crowd cheers, all on their feet, screaming like crazy. Each man starts to step away, and each fires in a right hand! They start exchanging hard right hands, blasting away at one another, back and forth, neither man giving an inch, the crowd insane, until finally Phoenix begins to come out on top, pushing Tobias back, but Tobias dodges a blow and starts sending jabs to Phoenix?s face, backing him off. He goes into a discus lariat, but Phoenix absorbs it and returns the favor, laying Tobias out.

He steps to Tobias?s legs and picks each up, turning until his back is aimed at the exposed turnbuckle. Stiffening, he falls back and throws Tobias chest-first into the metal! Tobias staggers out of the corner as Phoenix stands, boots him in the gut, and sets a powerbomb. He lifts Burden up over his shoulder and takes a step, tossbombing him right into the steel!!

Tito: Whatever strength Tobias managed to force back into his shoulders and upper back just got creamed.

Tobias crumples to the mat. Phoenix grabs him by the hair, dragging him towards the center of the ring. Tobias keeps fighting, throwing his strength into fists aimed at Phoenix?s kidney?s, but Phoenix picks him up upside down, looks to the crowd, and DRIVES him into the mat with a stalling piledriver.

Phoenix immediately twists around, locking Tobias? arms back into the Rings. Tobias screams, the recent damage from the exposed turnbuckle adding to the overall pain, as Phoenix rears back as far as he possibly can right from the start, Burden?s arms locked up tight.

Tito: The ref is right there, in his face, watching for any sign. Phoenix isn?t waiting for anything, he?s pulled back as far as he can, trying to force Tobias to quit before he passes out again.

Johnny: Tobias can hold out, I know he can.

Phoenix keeps pulling, yelling for Tobias to give it up, stretching all of Tobias? upper body past it?s limits. Tobias continued to yell, legs fighting for leverage, holding on with everything he has.

Tito: Come on?

Johnny: Come on?

Tobias? face is scrunched, teeth grinding, fighting the pain, trying to make the ropes, but Phoenix is an anchor he can?t break free from. The champion continues to pull, and the challenger continues to fight, the crowd is screaming and chanting?

Tobias? body finally gives out, and he tells the ref he quits!! The ref jumps and calls for the bell! Phoenix drops Tobias? arm and falls flat on his back, and Tobias is now face first. Both men are breathing heavily, neither moving.

Tito: It?s over! It?s actually, really, over!

Johnny: And Phoenix has managed to retain!

Tito: What an impressive showing from Tobias Johnny. I think ?Heartless? went out the damned window with that match. That was all heart from the challenger.

The ref brings in the belt and lays it next to Phoenix as the EMT?s from earlier get back into the ring.

Crowd: ?That was awe-some!? *clap clap clap-clap-clap* ?That was awe-some!? *clap clap clap-clap-clap* ?That was awe-some!? *clap clap clap-clap-clap*

Tobias is helped to a stool by EMT?s as his face is cleaned and his cuts attended to. Phoenix is also helped up but he roughly shoves them off as he lifts the TKOW Title off the mat.

Tito: The locker room is clearing out!

Indeed, Salazar Tyrenus, Bob Lancelot, Bryant McCoy, Matt Griffen, Lady Hawke, Kid Styles, and more make their way to the stage as T.H. Power begins to walk up the ramp. Everyone is clapping as the crowd continues to snap photos and cheer.

Phoenix walks to the center of the ring as Tobias gets to his feet. Phoenix motions for him to come to him. Burden looks to the crowd and steps out, unsteadily, but gets close to the champion. Phoenix slowly moves his arm and sticks out his hand. Tobias looks at it, and some of the crowd starts booing, but he takes it anyway, Phoenix pulls him into a hug and slaps him on the back, then raises his arm to the crowd.

Tito: What a damned match. I wouldn?t believe it happened if I didn?t see it.

Johnny: It?s a spectacular end to a spectacular show.

Tito: Months in the making. This was MegaBowl Johnny, and everyone ehre knows it!

Johnny: Damen right they do.

Tito: I can?t wait to see Holiday Hell in December.

Johnny: I can?t even imagine what will happen between now and then.

Tito: Folks, this is Tito and Johnny, signing off for TKOW and MegaBowl V!! I hope you loved it as much as we did! Good night!

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