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TRUE WRESTLING: ADRENALINE "OPENING DAY"
8/31/2012
WRESTLEFEST CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER
TEN-MAN OVER THE TOP ROPE BATTLE ROYAL
Kaycee Jay - And now, the man who drew number-two...
"Epic" by Faith No More hits the speakers as the fans hit their feet welcoming "The Working Class Warrior" Mark Devereaux to the arena.
Kaycee Jay - ...from Dearborn, Michigan, weighing in at two-hundred and forty-seven pounds... MARK DEVEREAUX!
Devereaux wastes no time, rushing the ring and sliding under the bottom rope. Quickly, Devereaux is up and standing opposite of Michaels. The referees on the outside, in force, and wrestlers on the inside all wait for Kaycee to exit the ring.
Austin McGreghor - Alright fans, two favorites here will start things off!
Senior Official Eldon Hamilton calls for the bell and the battle royal begins with Stormm and Devereaux measuring one another as they come chest to chest in the center of the ring. An exchange of words as Devereaux informs Stormm, respect or not, he will be winning the battle royal. Stormm nods and says otherwise and the two bump fists before stepping back from one another. The parting is brief as they slam together in a collar and elbow tie up.
Ernie Turner - I seriously thought that they were just going to start making out. Seriously...
Fighting for the advantage that neither man finds, they again briefly part before slamming back together. The struggle sees Devereaux locked up in a side headlock by the Hall of Fame member, but Devereaux pushes Stormm off and into the ropes. Stormm returns, ducking a clothesline and Devereaux goes to the opposite ropes. They cross-cross the center of the ring, Devereaux stepping over Stormm who dropped to the mat. Quickly, they exchange again, this time with the same idea, as both men throw an arm for a clothesline.
Simon Ward - I've not been in many, but I know I never won any battle royals from the mat.
They are neither down longer than Ward can finish his sentence; both back up and tied up with one another again. As Stormm goes to wrench an arm, Devereaux reverses and hammer locks Stormm's wrist behind his back. Stormm twists and ducks under, reversing the hammer lock, cinching it in hard. Devereaux finds a way out, with precarious use of the turnbuckles in the corner, floating up and over Stormm's head. Devereaux catches an inverted headlock on the way over and drops Stormm with an inverted-DDT. A quick and very irrelevant pin as Devereaux loses track in the moment. Stormm kicks out as he would in any other match.
Simon Ward - That ain't going to do it fellow.
Devereaux is up a blink before Stormm and launches him across the ring with an Irish whip. Stormm clutches the top rope, stopping him from returning into Devereaux's drop kick. Devereaux bounces off of the mat hard as Stormm comes to snatch him up. Too early to attempt a rest hold, Devereaux is quick to fight out of a rear chin lock. A shoving exchange ensues and Stormm breaks the rhythm, taking Devereaux's left wrist, pushing him into the ropes behind him and then rockets him across the ring. Devereaux is caught in a press on the return, but gets free before any damage and behind Stormm. He pushes Stormm forward, attempting to use the ropes as a means to flip the legend, but Stormm again holds onto the top rope and Devereaux rolls back to his feet without his opponent.
Ernie Turner - How long before another guy comes out here and stomps these two?
Austin McGreghor - About another fifteen seconds, if you could just be patient; watch the Casio up there.
As Devereaux is back up, Stormm rushes, attempting a Thesz press that Devereaux simply pushes off. Stormm goes down hard and Devereaux plays to a mixed reaction from the crowd before returning to the task at hand. Helping Stormm back up, Devereaux pushes him into the corner and delivers a chop as the fans begin to count down from ten! Devereax gets the first two, Stormm reverses for eight through six; Devereaux switches again for five and four. Stormm pushes Devereaux to the center of the ring and they each trade three and two with one going across the chest of Mark Devereaux.
Austin McGreghor - The buzzer sounds!
Saliva's "Bad Ass" hits the speakers and Bryan Parker, with his identical twin brother Brandon just behind him, comes through the curtain and makes his way to the ring. The Parker Brothers go to each side, distracting the two in the ring. As they come to the broadcast table, from each side of the ring, Senior Official Hamilton checks the wrist tape of each. Finding the identifier, he allows Bryan to slide into the ring under the bottom rope.
Ernie Turner - So, they put a red dot on his wrist tape?
Austin McGreghor - They have to make sure that Brandon does not get involved.
Parker immediately gets involved, turning the center of the ring into a triangle of swapped lefts and big rights. With a few closed fists and elbows he is able to get the upper hand, doubling Devereaux over with a kick to the stomach and sending Stormm to the mat with a short-arm clothesline. Parker goes to the ropes and drops Devereaux with a bulldog before leaping up onto the second rung of the far corner. He informs the fans in the front row of how great he is; doesn't end up selling the idea to them, so he hops back down.
Simon Ward - I think they are booing you throughout the arena mate.
Parker goes to Devereaux, picking him up and punching him in the mouth. He backs him into the opposite corner in which Stormm has taken rest and wrenches his arm only to kick him in the knee. Two more shots to the face and he is joined by Stormm. Both Stormm and Parker toss Devereaux to the opposite corner. Parker whips Stormm in with an avalanche splash and Stormm quickly moves as Parker rushes in, full steam, with a clothesline.
Ernie Turner - OH!
Austin McGreghor - He could have taken his head off there.
Devereaux crumples up in the corner as Stormm goes to one side of the ring, closest to his wife and Parker goes to the near side of the ring, talking to his brother over the top rope. They meet in the center of the ring and decide it best to keep a good thing going so they again go to work on Devereaux. The ten count is on as the next competitor is ready to make their way to the ring. While the crowd counts, Stormm and Parker attempt to push Devereaux over the top rope. Devereaux seemingly has a new affection for the ropes as he wraps and clings to them for dear life.
Simon Ward - There's the buzzer, who is it?
"Undead" hits the speakers and the fans immediately drown out the Hollywood Undead theme with jeers. Chaela Leigh, in a drab red singlet that boldly states, across her broad shoulders, "HOW it's DONE" in flaming letters, steps out onto the ramp and makes her way to the ring. Devereaux is saved by the "awe" factor, as in "awe, what the...", as both Parker and Stormm stand in total disbelief of the six-foot three-inch Amazon approaching the ring.
Ernie Turner - What in the hell is that?
Simon Ward - If that's a woman, I'm a Saint.
Austin McGreghor - We all know that is not the case, but we have been told that she is indeed a woman. Show some respect.
Inside the ring, Stormm and Parker play a game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" which Stormm loses. Again, he has to glance at his wife, seemingly to say, "You know the dirty deeds of the business." Stormm holds the ropes open for Chaela Leigh, but she doesn't take the bait; instead, she circles around the ring and enters on the opposite side. While neither man look up to her, they are both taken aback by the fact they are looking pretty much eye to eye with her.
Austin McGreghor - Again folks, in TRUE, there are no gender or weight restrictions when it comes to the Television and World championships.
Another round of the popular hand game and Parker begrudgingly loses. He rushes the fourth entrant into the battle royal with a clothesline that fails to even jar his opponent. He shrugs to Stormm and they both rush into a double clothesline. Chaela snatches both men up by the backs of their necks and attempts to bang their heads together. They block and then attempt to take her off of her feet with a double hip toss that she blocks. Eventually, the noggins of Parker and Stormm are introduced to one another and they both fall to the mat; over sell.
Ernie Turner - I can't believe this is happening. I mean come on!
Chaela drags Parker back up and drops him with an atomic drop, he hops and hobbles turning himself around into a second, this time inverted, atomic drop before Chaela really does a number, spiking his head off of the mat with a DDT. Devereaux is up and he and Stormm are now looking from opposite sides of the ring at Miss Unrelated. While Parker consuls his self in the far corner, Devereaux is the first to rush in taking a clothesline for his efforts. Stormm hesitates long enough to see the result and ducks the attempt at his head.
Simon Ward - Whoa! Close one!
Ernie Turner - You know I heard that she is really related to...
Austin McGreghor - ...she's not.
Stormm surprises Chaela from behind as he spins her around and sends her into the, no he doesn't as she puts on the breaks and fires him into the far corner with authority. She follows him in, but he quickly leaps up onto the second rung and FINALLY takes her down with a flying clothesline against her momentum. Stormm rolls through and Devereaux is up. He and Stormm pull the beastly woman to her feet and push her hard against the ropes behind her for added momentum as they send her across the ring. Parker capitalizes, pulling the top rope down and hooking her... crotch as she goes over the top and crashes out into the floor.
Austin McGreghor - That's HOW it's done folks. Just like that!
Simon Ward - Yes Sir. Take the big bad monster and topple it!
Ernie Turner - Seriously? Had it not been for quick thinking on the part of Bryan Parker, she could have probably won.
Kaycee Jay - MICHAELA LEIGH BEST HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
In all of the excitement of Chaela's elimination, the crowd notices the clock and starts counting down. Back inside of the ring, Stormm and Devereaux are back at it as "Lies" by Evanescence ushers Brad Jackson from backstage area. At ring side, the referees are busy with Chaela Leigh, all six of them having to restrain her from returning to the ring. Parker rolls out holding his taped wrist to his stomach, wetting it with his sweat. He pushes it against his brother's leaving a faint red dot on both. Brandon dives in under the bottom rope and lights up Stormm from behind, knocking him down. He is quick to find his feet and fires two rights into the face of Devereaux.
Ernie Turner - What is Brad Jackson doing?
Whether he was measuring his opponents or calculating his attack, Jackson slowly takes a walk around the entire ring, picking his spot. As soon as Brandon Parker dropped Devereaux with a swinging neck breaker off of the ropes, Jackson entered the match. Low blow from behind, Brandon stumbled turning into a haymaker and then was quickly pressed over the grizzled veteran's head. Jackson pressed, tossing Brandon into the air and caught him on his drop with a punch to the gut before he bounced off of the mat; chest first.
Austin McGreghor - The Mechanical Animal is here and no one is safe!
Ernie Turner - And he's obviously not all that smart! With that man over his head like that, why not toss him out of the ring?
Jackson goes to work on Devereaux next, tossing him to the ropes and turning him inside out with a running lariat. Back up and bringing Devereaux up with him, a quick T-bone suplex bounces the Working Class Warrior off the mat. Stormm is up and meets Jackson in the middle of the ring. The two ring generals share some unpleasant exchanges before Jackson throws a right. Stormm blocks and has a right of his own blocked in kind. Clearly, not getting anywhere with this, they lock up. Jackson slyly plants a knee enabling him to hoist Stormm up, stalling for several moments allowing the blood to rush down into Stormm's head before dropping back with a vertical suplex!
Austin McGreghor - Devereaux is up!
As Jackson rolls to his knees and pushes his self to his feet, Devereaux knocks him down with a running drop kick. With Jackson down, Devereaux grabs a leg and flips forward with a stump puller. On the opposite side of the ring from Stormm, Bryan pulls Brandon out under the bottom rope and goes to slide into the ring. Official Ace Tanner catches him and grabs his arm, finding the dot he allows Bryan back into the ring. Parker snatches Devereaux and they pair off in the corner while Stormm and Jackson gather themselves and go to the opposite corner. Devereaux gets the upper hand with Parker slamming him hard against the corner while Stormm and Jackson continue to out wrestle each other transitioning from a hold to a lock to a hold and back again.
Austin McGreghor - What a match here folks and we are just halfway through the entrants!
In one corner, Parker turns the momentum to his favor while in the other Jackson manages to do the same. Unable to push their paired opponents out over the top rope, Parker delivers a swift kick and Jackson lights Stormm up with a knife edge chop. Both Parker and Jackson go to whip Devereaux and Stormm from the corner and are both reversed and wind up colliding with each other in the center of the ring. Jackson stumbles backward into Devereaux and Parker into a reverse head lock by Stormm, dual inverted side suplexes! All four are down! The crowd goes crazy as again they begin to count.
Ernie Turner - And we are about to cross the halfway point!
"Born Entertainer" by Veruca Salt hits the speakers and Landon Divine wastes absolutely no time getting to the ring, leaving the beautiful Lucy several steps behind him. As Jackson collects himself on the ropes, Landon immediately grabs him and pulls him out into the center of the ring, clubbing forearm across the back of the neck. Divine takes to stomping and kicking Devereaux using the top rope for added momentum. Divine pulls Devereaux up and sends him across the ring. He comes off the opposite and the two meet, Devereaux on the receiving end of a running high knee. Meanwhile, Parker catches his breath in a corner and Stormm has pushed Jackson back into a corner.
Simon Ward - I like the way all of these guys move, especially Landon Divine, he's really picked up the pace here.
Parker joins Divine in the center of the ring as they take to stomping Devereaux. Jackson is hoisted up onto the top turnbuckle and Stormm attempts a superplex, but it's blocked. Again, Stormm tries pulling Jackson off of the top and again he fails, this second time Jackson shoves him off and he collides with the stomping fury in the center of the ring. Jackson stumbles and falls to the ring apron. Brandon Parker attempts to pull him off, but he wraps his self into the ropes and works his way back in under the bottom rope. Divine, still the freshest, is the first to recover from the four-body pileup in the center of the ring.
Austin McGreghor - Landon Divine the first man up, but Brad Jackson is quickly behind him.
Divine hooks Jackson up and gets a set of European uppercuts before a German suplex. Divine again back up and this time he goes to work on Parker, bringing him to his feet only to quickly drop him with a standing drop kick. Playing into his own hype and quickly building momentum, he jerks Devereaux up off of the mat and set him up for a suplex only to have the power shift and ends up the victim of an exploder suplex. Now, it's Devereaux who is the only man standing and he doesn't let up. Devereaux pulls Parker up and pushes him against the ropes, wrenching Parker's arm up and across his shoulders. As the crowd begins another count down, Parker is flipped hard into a sidewinder suplex. Stormm, having found his feet is poised behind the confident Devereaux. As the crowd reaches one and Devereaux turns around into a super kick that could have knocked all of his teeth out, Volbeat's "A Warrior's Call" introduces the fans to Brandon "Ace" Aldridge!
Austin McGreghor - Here is a frequent "Where Are They Now?" feature from his college days in Denver, Colorado!
Ernie Turner - Is that a fact?
Simon Ward - Appears to me the answer is simple, he is here in TRUE about to enter a battle royal.
Ernie Turner - Are you serious? Do you have to be out here?
Ace is quick to get in the ring and even the pairings. Divine and Devereaux take to a corner, Jackson and Stormm take to a corner and Ace pulls Parker up from off of the mat. Stormm plants a shoulder into the midsection of Jackson once, twice and a third time for good measure. Divine and Devereaux both try pushing one another out of the ring with neither getting a decisive advantage. With five guys gassed and Ace taking pot shots on each of them the "LET'S GO STORMM" and "COME ON MARK!" chants begin to echo throughout the arena.
Austin McGreghor - Folks, as much as it pains me to say it, we have to take a commercial break!
### COMMERCIAL BREAK ###
As the feed returns some life has been breathed back into the battle royal and the six men are steady pacing one another. Ace still has the most get up and go and a clear upper hand with Parker while Devereaux and Jackson are trading blows and Stormm is trying to push Divine out.
Austin McGreghor - Talk about returning right on time, there's the buzzer and number eight is about to enter the match!
The fans absolutely explode as Linkin Park's "One Step Closer" could mean only ONE MAN and it is THE MAN... "Grandmaster" Glyn Speight explodes through the curtain and rushes the ring. Immediately, Speight and Jackson are going at it, trading punches and the Grandmaster is clearly getting the better of this exchange. He puts Jackson on the mat with a combination of shots and stands up just in time to dispatch an oncoming Bryan Parker out and over the top rope.
Kaycee Jay - "BAD ASS" BRYAN PARKER HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Brandon is quick to rush to the aid of his twin and they argue an absolute moot point with the official that Speight had used Bryan's tights. Nevertheless, the officials demand that the Parker Brothers return to the locker room. Speight, having turned his back on his first attack, turns back around catching a haymaker from a now standing Mechanical Animal! Jackson hoists Speight up over his head, press slam, only this time in the right direction as he throws Speight out into the crowd barrier.
Austin McGreghor - OH MAN!
Simon Ward - I was really hoping that he was going to win this thing!
Ernie Turner - That's right, you two are frienemies or something, right?
Kaycee Jay - Ladies and gentlemen, "GRANDMASTER" GLYN SPEIGHT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
As quickly as he had eliminated Speight, Jackson was now fighting to stay in the ring himself as Devereaux and Stormm tried very hard to push him out. Jackson got some rib shots in on Devereaux causing him to powder off and Stormm caught a mule kick causing him to grab at his manliness and collapse to the mat. Jackson freed his self of the ropes and turned around only to catch a running clothesline from Ace Aldridge that sent him tumbling backward, over the top rope and out to the floor!
Kaycee Jay - BRAD JACKSON HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Ernie Turner - No eliminations for several minutes and then "The Icon" enters and we get three off the bat, including the so-called "Icon".
Simon Ward - We are back to two-pair, one of the players an Ace.
Ernie Turner - Please, just stop! STOP FREAKING TALKING!
Ace and Stormm go to the ropes while Divine and Devereaux go to a corner. Stormm is whipped across the ring and gets dropped hard on the return by a clothesline. Ace lifts Stormm back up and dispatches him once more, this time to the near corner. Devereaux has Divine teetering on the top rope and gets an assist as Ace attempts to whip Stormm, but it's reversed and Ace is hurled into the situation on the other side jarring Divine loose and knocking him down to the apron. Devereaux pushes Divine off of the apron with his feet, using the middle rope to his advantage. The crowd counts down the entrance of one of two remaining competitors!
Kaycee Jay - LANDON DIVINE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Austin McGreghor - Stormm and Mark Devereaux were the first two in this thing and we are about to see the first of the last two to enter!
A load hammer cocking noise is heard followed by a gun blast booms over the arena.
Ernie Turner - Winner, right here, I am calling it now!
"SHOCK AND ROLLA... HERE TO SHOW YA... COCKED BACK AND FUCKIN' LOADED!"
As the fans boo the entrance of TRUE's self-proclaimed franchise, inside the ring Devereaux and Stormm have Ace clinging for dear life momentarily. In an act of, "how about we all get him", they stop their attempt to eliminate Aldridge helping him back in the ring as Chance Von Crank saunters to the ring. Not expecting his reception at all, he's RELUCTANT to enter the ring where all three men are in position to attack. Von Crank wastes several minutes on the outside jaw-jacking with the fans before Senior Official Hamilton takes exception and demands that he enter the ring.
Ernie Turner - Come on, this isn't right. He's got no chance with them waiting on him like that.
Austin McGreghor - Every man for himself, meaning every man makes his own decision. These three have decided to work together for the moment.
Simon Ward - Now the clock doesn't start for the next entry until he has completely entered the ring, correct?
Austin McGreghor - That is correct. Somewhere in the back Scott Stevens has got to be chopping at the bit to get into this thing and the Trailer Park Prodigy is simply prolonging the wait.
Von Crank has absolutely no interest entering the ring as the three entrants now become aware that they are each one glancing at one another. Senior Official Hamilton interrupts Von Crank's jaw jacking with a fan in the front row to demand he enter the ring. Von Crank simply shoves him away, but this is the Hall of Fame Senior Official of Matthews Wrestling Medias, he DEMANDS that Chance get in the ring. Von Crank answers, a resounding, "NO!" as he levels the fifty-eight year old referee then proceeds to put the boots to him.
Austin McGreghor - WAIT A MINUTE! THAT'S OUR SENIOR OFFICIAL!
Stormm leads the chase as Ace and Devereaux follow, exiting the ring under the bottom rope. Von Crank is slick and gets by Devereaux. Now they are following him up the ramp, all three closing in as, without music or introduction, Scott Stevens steps through the curtain behind the unsuspecting Chance Von Crank. When Devereaux, Stormm and Ace all head back for the ring, Von Crank appears confused until tapped on the shoulder. He turns around to find the Scorpion! DISCUSS CLOTHESLINE! Von Crank is bounced hard off of the steel girders of the ramp.
Ernie Turner - He shouldn't be out here yet!
Stevens pulls Von Crank to his feet and drags him down the ramp to the ring. He tosses him in and goes to dive in with him, but Ronald Hamilton stops him telling him he has to wait the full sixty seconds. Stevens argues, but gives in as he sees the damage in the ring. Pacing impatiently on the outside of the ring he waits and watches.
Austin McGreghor - They are picking him apart!
Stormm, Ace and Devereaux take shots on Von Crank, swapping him like a sparring bag. Several unbearable seconds for both Von Crank and Stevens pass as one is beat from pillar to post and the other anxiously awaits the buzzer to get in the ring. Von Crank is thrown to the ropes and Stevens trips him up from the outside. Stormm jerks him up and fires him into a standing clothesline from Ace as Devereaux comes off of the ropes and drops a fist. Stormm picks him up again and the threesome attempt to muscle him over the top rope. As Von Crank struggles to stay in the ring, wrapping his feet, knees and elbows into the ropes, the buzzer sounds.
Austin McGreghor - Stevens is in!
Immediately, Stevens is on the attack, only it's not Von Crank that he's zoned in on. Devereaux is jerked away from the attempt to eliminate Von Crank as Stevens goes to work on him. Saved by the Scorpion, Von Crank is able to keep himself from being eliminated, sliding back into the ring through the legs of Ace. While Devereaux suffers a barrage of strikes and dropped with an implant DDT, Stormm doesn't allow Von Crank to get very far. Stormm pulls Von Crank up to take a thumb in the eye and have his head bounced off of Von Crank's knee.
Ernie Turner - Look out!
Von Crank doesn't catch Ace coming in and takes a clothesline. Stormm goes to the corner, nursing his head. In the meanwhile, Devereaux clutched to the ropes trying to stay in the ring as Stevens tried pushing him out over the top rope. Ace rips Von Crank up and, holding onto his left wrist, drops him again with a short-arm clothesline and again once more before throwing him to the ropes toward Stormm who ducked, pulling the top rope as he fell. Von Crank quickly reversed and Ace was on his way across the ring instead. Up and over Ace went to the outside.
Austin McGreghor - Stormm intended that for Chance Von Crank, no doubt about it!
Ernie Turner - And then there were four!
Devereaux kept himself from being eliminated and as the final four, the top seeds in the tournament regardless of their eliminations, each took to a corner.
"THIS IS AWESOME!"
The chants echo throughout the arena as the foursome measure each other up. Stormm and Von Crank remain in opposite corners as Stevens and Devereaux come out to the center of the ring. Stevens reaches to grab Devereaux, Devereaux swats his hand. Devereaux kicks at Stevens, Stevens dodges. They shoot at each other, Stevens ducks the collar and elbow, slipping around behind Devereaux with a hammer lock. Devereaux throws his loose arm over Stevens' head and reverses the hold into a side headlock. Stevens gets out of the headlock and Devereaux gets a fireman's carry, still holding on to Stevens' head. Stevens breaks loose, locking Devereaux's head into a leg scissors. Devereaux is quick to get out and both men quickly find their feet.
Ernie Turner - I just realized, we are down to the first two to enter and the last two to enter.
They circle each other once more while Stormm and Von Crank remain at bay. Again, Devereaux goes for a tie up and Stevens ducks it, straight to the ankle this time though, sweeping Devereaux off of his feet. Stevens fights to get an ankle lock and Devereaux fights against it. Eventually, the hold is on as Stevens steps on the foot of Devereaux's free leg and cranks the ankle of the captured foot. Devereaux gets his stomped foot free, rolls to his stomach to relieve the pressure and then continues over onto his back dropping Stevens with a drop toe hold. Devereaux locks the top of Stevens' foot against his shoulder, applying pressure. Stevens goes to the ropes closest to the corner Von Crank is occupying.
Austin McGreghor - The referees aren't going to break the hold in this match.
Ernie Turner - No, but the Trailer Park Prodigy will!
Von Crank kicks Devereaux away and pursues him to the center of the ring. They circle, sort of, Von Crank RELUCTANT to put his back to Stormm, before Von Crank invites Devereaux for a test of strength only to kick him in the gut as he gets a grip on his fingers. Von Crank clubs Devereaux in the shoulders and pushes him into the corner. Devereaux slumps down against the turnbuckles as Von Crank comes in landing some big stomps and quick kicks. Von Crank pulls Devereaux from the corner by his wrist to the center of the ring and wrenches his arm several times. Devereaux rolls through and then cartwheels free before planting both boots into the center of Von Crank's chest; standing drop kick.
Austin McGreghor - What a show of sportsmanship as Stormm and The Scorpion remain in their corners.
Ernie Turner - Stevens is being smart. Stormm is being lazy!
Simon Ward - How so?
Devereaux goes to send Von Crank into an empty corner, but Von Crank reverses. Devereaux goes to float over, expecting Von Crank to be there. He is aware enough to catch him coming in with a reverse mule kick. Stevens has seen enough and surprises Devereaux, rushing in and launching him over the top rope by the back of his neck with a handful of tights. Devereaux trys grabbing the ropes, but can't keep himself from going up and over to fold up on the floor at ringside.
Kaycee Jay - MARK DEVEREAUX HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
While Stevens bad mouthed Devereaux, Stormm got the crowd going, lining up directly behind The Scorpion. Stevens dusted his hands, flipped Devereaux a one-finger salute and waved him good-bye only to turn around into a rushing clothesline by the MWM Hall of Fame star!
Kaycee Jay - "SCORPION" SCOTT STEVENS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Ernie Turner - And just like that, we are down to two!
Stormm immediately goes for the approval of the fans as he is now in the ring with Chance Von Crank... alone! Forearm and Stormm pushes Von Crank to the ropes, sending him across, telegraphed back body drop and Von Crank kicks Stormm in the face. Both exhausted at this point, Von Crank bounces of the ropes and uses the momentum to clothesline Stormm. Von Crank points to the far side and yells, "NOW I'M GOING TO DUMP HIM!" Stormm on his knees in the center of the ring and Von Crank hammers on him from above and then kicks him in the chest from below.
Austin McGreghor - Stormm has got to be spent at this point!
Another kick and two rights to the side of Stormm's face before Von Crank drags him up. Fisherman's suplex and Stormm is bounced off of the mat. The crowd incensed as they cheer and chant for their hero. They shake the arena, stamping, clapping and slapping of their chairs and the crowd barrier up front.
Austin McGreghor - It's very clear who the fans want to see win here!
Ernie Turner - Yeah, but he's been in there longer than Von Crank, he's tired and it's not going to happen!
Stormm taps into the energy of the sold-out crowd and the lefts and rights that Von Crank is landing seemingly have no effect as even Stormm's wife on the outside gets into the cheering, slapping the ring apron in support of her husband. Stormm continues to reach deep inside, brushing off the next couple of shots and then delivering a forearm of his own. Stormm sweeps Von Crank's feet from beneath him and monkey flips him into the corner. Right hand then a clothesline and another, then with a handful of mullet Stormm sends the crowd over the edge pointing out and over the top rope. Knuckles full of mullet and the other hand full of tights, Stormm tosses Von Crank over the top rope and to the floor!
Kaycee Jay - CHANCE VON CRANK HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
As "Crash" by Decyfer Down hits the speakers, Lindsay Michaels rushes into the ring and into the waiting arms of her husband.
Kaycee Jay - The winner of the match, and NUMBER ONE SEED in the WRESTLEFEST CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT... JUSTIN "STORMM" MICHAELS!
Austin McGreghor - He did exactly what he said he would do! He started this battle royal and he fought to the very end! Now he has to prove in the tournament that he has what it takes against three other contenders to capture the TRUE Heavyweight Championship of the World!
Ernie Turner - And it all starts with your pal there Simon!
Austin McGreghor - That's correct, the two Matthews Wrestling Medias stars here in TRUE will lock up in the first round of the tournament as Speight was the third elimination from this match!
The brackets are displayed on the TRUE-Vision showing the lineup, top to bottom, starting with Justin "Stormm" Michaels vs. "Grandmaster" Glyn Speight, Mark Devereaux vs. Ace Aldridge, Scott Stevens vs. Landon Divine and Chance Von Crank vs. Brad Jackson!
Austin McGreghor - Every one of them high caliber matches, but that first one, that is one for a decade!
Ernie Turner - I still can't believe he won this thing!
Austin McGreghor - I have been told that we are going to take our final commercial break and return with our main event!
As the feed cuts to commercial, high above the arena, both Johnny and Stace Matthews can be seen from their luxury box applauding their brother-in-law's victory.
### COMMERCIAL BREAK ###
Austin McGreghor - Fans, it is now time for the main event and I tell you, what an event it has been thus far! The excitement level in this building is at a fevering pitch!
Ernie Turner - I don't know why, but I'm going to agree with you. I am just about amped out!
Simon Ward - Mates, I have worked the road with both of these men about to make history right here and now. I have to tell you, they have got to be both excited and very nervous coming into this thing.
MAIN EVENT
FUTURE HALL OF FAMER vs. CURRENT HALL OF FAMER
"Lady's Man" Quinn Masters vs. Machine Chris Gil
Kaycee Jay - Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the MAIN EVENT of the evening!
As the arena lighting blacks out over the crowd and the spotlights return their focus to the ring, every fan in attendance finds their feet in anticipation. The trademark feet stamping, chair slapping and barrier thumping shakes the US Bank arena once more.
Kaycee Jay - This is a match TEN YEARS in the making featuring two former InterAction Wrestling Federation Champions, a current member of the Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame and, I am proud to announce, a 2013 inductee!
"Thank you Masters!" and "Thank you Gil!" chants alternate from all sides of the arena.
Austin McGreghor - The fans showing their appreciation for the ONLY TWO superstars to have ever been in EVERY single Matthews Wrestling Medias promotion!
Kaycee Jay - Introducing first...
Kaycee pauses to allow the crowd to settle and the opening riffs of Switchfoot's "Meant to Live" tear through the arena. The stage lighting darkens and a hooded figure steps out onto the stage.
Kaycee Jay - ...from Hollywood, California, he weighed in this morning at an even two-hundred and fifty pounds, he is a former IAWF Champion and member of the Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame...
The figure on the stage shakes his head and arms, slightly bouncing in place as he warms up for his introduction.
Kaycee Jay - THIS IS THE MACHINE CHRIS GIL!
The stage suddenly lights up as the drums hit revealing the figure to be Chris Gil, arms outstretched with a dazzling pyrotechnic display behind him. Cloaked by the black suede hooded jacket, a red stripe down on the right arm leading to a bottle of water he is gripping tightly, he starts toward the ring.
Austin McGreghor - This is it folks! Here comes The Machine!
Simon Ward - You know, if I didn't know better, I'd never guess it's been ten years. This cat looks fantastic!
At the foot of the ramp, Gil stops and glares from beneath the hood into the ring before taking a long slow drink from the bottle and tossing it into the front row. With a burst of power, he launches himself under the bottom rope and slides halfway across the ring before pulling his feet under him and returning to a vertical position. Marching to the nearest turnbuckle, he leaps to straddle the middle turnbuckle and atomizes the water into the air from beneath the hood. He jerks the hood off of his head revealing long black pony tail and iron jaw of the MACHINE!
Ernie Turner - Did he have to do that? I'm going to have to get checked after the show now. Disgusting!
Gil bad mouths the fans in the front row, pointing and laughing at a few at ringside as they give him a return piece of their minds. He brushes them off, drops down and takes his jacket off as he crosses the ring, headed for the opposite turnbuckle. He finds the second rung once again and rouses a few more fans before dropping his jacket down to the ring crew.
Ernie Turner - You see, THIS is what this business needs! Trust me, whatever he is telling these hooligans, he'll back it up tonight. Just watch.
Brushing these fans off as he did the others, he rips away his tear-away pants and tosses those to ringside before slapping each side of his face and dropping down to concentrate his attention on Kaycee Jay and her next announcement.
Austin McGreghor - Alright, there's one and we have one to go before the bell sounds for the first TRUE Main Event!
Gil continues to warm up, working his neck, shoulders and wrists, as he paces behind Kaycee Jay. She attempts to allow the crowd to simmer, but Gil returns to provoking a group of fans, leaning over the top rope shouting at them.
Austin McGreghor - Did he just tell them that they had paid to see him?
Ernie Turner - Yeah, he also told them to return to the nose-bleeds where they belong.
Simon Ward - That's Chris Gil!
As Gil continues to antagonize, the fans start chanting "WE WANT MASTERS!" Gil motions like he is going to step through the ropes, but has his attention quickly jerked to the stage as a look of complete shock consumes his face and the crowd absolutely erupts!
"WHO YOU TRYIN' TO GET CRAZY WITH ESSA?"
Every fan in the building finishes the Cypress Hill opening, "DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LOCO!"
Kaycee Jay - Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome at this time, the special guest referee for tonight's main event! He is a former IAWF Champion and a member of this year's Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame.
Gil goes ballistic as the crowd completely drowns out the introduction.
Kaycee Jay - THIS IS "INSANE" MARCUS CANE!
Austin McGreghor - The look on Chris Gil's face right now, so hard to describe, he looks like he has seen a ghost!
Ernie Turner - Damned right and rightfully so, Cane isn't even supposed to be here!
Cane explodes through the curtain to a chorus of cheers, sporting an expression of determination and focus over the TRUE Official polo shirt, which he's ripped the sleeves from. Paying no mind to the fans until he gets to ringside, he rounds the ring to the left blindly slapping hands with everyone in the front row as his stare remains fixated on Gil inside the ring.
Simon Ward - This Yank has handed me my ass on more than one occasion, you better believe this match is going to be right down the middle.
Ernie Turner - I don't know how you can even say that. Look at how he is staring down Chris Gil right now.
Austin McGreghor - Yeah, but keep in mind, if he were to be a fan of any former IAWF star, I don't think it would be either man in this match tonight.
Cane continues his stride around the ring until he returns to the foot of the ramp. He only motions to slide in the ring prompting Gil to prematurely pounce, showing his intentions. Cane wisely goes to the steps and levels the playing field coming eye to eye with Gil over the top rope. Cane and Gil share some heated words before Gil backs off and allows Cane to enter the ring. Gil drops out of the ring opposite where Cane enters and paces back and forth at ringside.
Austin McGreghor - I thought we might see this thing explode, but it looks like Gil is going to allow Cane to work this crowd into an excited frenzy!
Cane goes to each corner, jumping up on the second turnbuckles and working the crowd as the chorus kicks in for the last time. The entire arena screams along with the words as the US Bank arena goes insane in the membrane.
Ernie Turner - Sorry, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?! I CAN'T HEAR A DAMNED THING!
The song fades out, the arena remaining at full on boil as Kaycee Jay takes center ring once more. Cane paces around her waving his hands up and down keeping the crowd in pitch. Gil remains at ringside, keeping opposite of Cane and jaw-jacking the fans as he passes.
Kaycee Jay - ...AND HIS OPPONENT...
"ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!" followed by a pyrotechnic "X" on the stage and Saliva's "Survival of the Sickest" rocks the arena as everyone's attention is once more returned to the entrance.
Kaycee Jay - ...from Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at two-hundred and thirty-five pounds, he is the first announced inductee of the 2013 Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame...
Gil slides into the ring and Cane points him into a corner to await his opponent.
Kaycee Jay - ...he is the "Greatest of All Time" QUINN MASTERS!
With a beautiful stunner on each arm, the lady's man steps through the curtain and absorbs the cheers with a huge grin. The ladies join him as he steps into history and starts down the ramp.
Ernie Turner - Some pigs have all the luck.
Simon Ward - This guy was always surrounded by beautiful women.
Austin McGreghor - It appears some things never change.
At the foot of the ramp he gives a peck on the cheek to each of his gorgeous companions and they each return to the backstage area on opposite sides of the ramp. Masters makes his way around the ring, going to the right, smacking hands with the fans at ringside. He even stops to talk to a few, including a group that Gil had shared words with earlier.
Simon Ward - You have to wonder what he's telling these fans he's going to do here tonight.
Ernie Turner - No, I don't. He can tell them whatever he wants. He's going to lose, plain and simple.
Gil leans over the top rope shouting obscenities at Masters and Masters demands that Cane pull him back into the ring so that he can enter. As Cane literally pulls Gil to the opposite side of the ring, Kaycee Jay ducks through the ropes and Masters assists her from the apron, with a hand on each of her hips, lowering her to the floor and leaves her at ringside with a peck on the cheek. Masters bounds to the apron and walks from one post to the other taunting Gil. He stops midway in his return and wipes the soles of his boots on the apron before leaping in over the top rope.
Austin McGreghor - After all we have seen here tonight, this is the one many of these long time fans came to Cincinnati to see!
While Cane keeps Gil at bay Masters takes to the center of the ring, absorbing the cheers as he flexes and poses for the flash bulbs. Gil attempts to blindside Masters, but Cane is on him and keeps him against the ropes. Cane shouts at Masters motioning him to the opposite corner as the music fades out.
Ernie Turner - Like you really have to check him? He's never cheated in his entire career.
Simon Ward - What?! Have you never watched a Chris Gil match?
Cane checks Gil over from his wrist tape to his boots and then demands that he remain in the corner. Crossing the ring, Cane pushes Masters into the opposite corner and checks him over as well. With both competitors checked and the fans' anticipation boiling over, Cane takes the center of the ring and, after nodding to both Masters and Gil, calls for the bell.
Austin McGreghor - HERE WE GO!
Both men come to the center of the ring; chest to chest and nose to nose, swapping a heated exchange of words. Gil bad mouths Masters and Masters makes fun of Gil's long hair drawn back into a pony tail. Gil rolls his eyes and points out the fact that, unlike his opponent, he doesn't need a picture of himself on his tights. Cane splits them up and they each go back into opposite corners. Cane informs each that this isn't a debate.
Austin McGreghor - You have to wonder, after all this time, just what exactly these two have to say to one another.
Ernie Turner - No I don't. All I need to know is how soon Chris Gil is going to end this.
Simon Ward - You got some where to be mate?
Ernie Turner - As if that were any of your business.
Circling each other several times, closing the distance of the ring with each pass, they clash and lock up. Gil gets a side headlock and Masters pushes him off against the ropes. Gil returns with a stiff shoulder tackle, jarring Masters to the canvas. Masters rolls to the near ropes as Gil goes to the second turnbuckle of the farthest corner of his opponent to bad mouth the fans Masters was friendly with before the match.
Simon Ward - There's no need for that.
Gil drops down off of the turnbuckle and is met in the center of the ring once more as the fists fly; an exchange of rights and lefts broken up when Gil pushes Masters against the ropes and, using the momentum, goes to shoot him across the ring. Masters reverses and Gil comes off of the opposite ropes into an arm drag which Masters transitions into an arm wrench. Gil reverses the hold and takes a closed right hand in the mouth.
Ernie Turner - Come on Ref; that was a blatant closed fist!
As Gil collects himself in the corner, Cane admonishes Masters for the closed fist punch. Cane goes to check on Gil who pushes him aside and a shoving contest ensues. Masters gestures that Gil can kiss the left cheek of his ass and takes a stiff shove into the corner. With no hesitation, Masters charges back. They lock up again, pushing and pulling on one another until they are back in the middle of the ring. In a test of power, Gil gets the advantage and takes a wing. Winding Masters' arm several times, Gil adds further punishment by jerking downward on the wrenched arm of his opponent.
Austin McGreghor - He could pull Quinn Masters' shoulder right out of the socket!
Ernie Turner - I think that is his intention there Captain Obv...
Masters tries pushing Gil off with no success, but gets the move reversed when Gil goes to crank it once more. He pulls Gil in for a headlock take down. Cane is quickly in position, but there's no count as Gil brings his shoulder up near instantly. Unable to get loose of the headlock, Gil goes prone on the mat and Masters cinches in. Gil is admonished by Cane for attempting to get out of the hold with a couple of knuckles of Masters' hair. Eventually, Gil pushes them back to a vertical position, but Masters is unrelenting. Gil shoves Masters toward the corner. Masters steps up each turnbuckle and comes over the top, returning Gil to the mat with a side headlock takedown.
Simon Ward - Hold on to him Quinn!
Ernie Turner - Don't blow your load you limey bastard, he's not going to beat Chris Gil with a headlock.
Gil again rolls to his stomach and Masters keeps the hold on tight. A minute, maybe two and they are pushed once more to their feet. Again, Gil goes to the hair and pulls Masters from behind. Gil gets out of the hold sending Masters to the ropes, but catches a shoulder tackle of his own that sends him back to the mat. Masters comes off of the ropes stepping over Gil on the first pass, but Gil is up quick and Masters catches a back elbow on the return. Masters goes down hard, but in his daze, finds his knees. Gil quickly flaunts once more to the fans in the front row before using the ropes to thrust an axe handle blow to the back of his opponent's head. Then quickly drops an elbow into the center of Masters' back followed by another and then a third.
Ernie Turner - See, now he is finding his groove.
Gil jerks Masters up by the hair and sends him to the ropes. Masters is bounced off of the mat with a hip toss so hard that he is immediately back to his feet and almost instantaneously bounced a second and third time. Cane stays on Gil as he again jerks Masters up by the hair and drags him across the ring only to snapmare him over into a seated position. Masters rolls to Gil's left, reversing the momentum into a seated sleeper hold.
Austin McGreghor - What a reversal!
Ernie Turner - Yeah, but again, there's no one on this planet that can make Chris Gil tap out!
Simon Ward - I believe that's why they call him Machine.
Austin McGreghor - You know, both of these men trained our boss, Johnny Matthews back in the IAWF days.
Ernie Turner - No and frankly, I don't care.
Masters leans on Gil sinking in the sleeper. Gil fights to find his feet. Once up, Masters can't hold the sleeper, but does maintain a standing side headlock. Cane swats Gil's hand from Masters' hair once, twice, but not a third time as Gil once again uses Masters hair to pull him to the ropes and break the hold. Masters is rocketed across the ring and ducks a clothesline to return with another shoulder tackle that sends Gil down. Masters steps over, Gil leap frogs on the return and then catches Masters in midair as he attempted to do the same this exchange. Masters gets the receiving end of an inverted atomic drop and then gets clotheslined hard over the top rope and out of the ring.
Ernie Turner - Well there went his chances with those ladies later on this evening!
Masters remains motionless as Cane has no choice but to count.
1 ...
The crowd stamps, claps and cheers for Masters to get up as Cane continues to count.
2 ... ...
3...
Against Cane's orders, Gil goes to the outside, restarting the count.
1 ...
As Gil gets to the floor Masters finds his feet only to take a trio of hard knife-edge chops.
2 ... ...
Master is irish-whipped hard into the apron.
3...
Gil bounces Masters' head off of the apron.
4....
Gil rolls back into the ring and breaks the count. He leans out over the top rope and pulls Masters up onto the apron. Gils sets Masters up for a suplex, but Masters floats over and lands on his feet behind him. Masters rolls Gil up!
1 ...
2 ... ...
Austin McGreghor - NO!
Gil kicks out, finds his feet and rushes into a drop toe hold. Masters quickly latches on with an STF. Gil battles free, breaking his leg lose and then dragging Masters the short distance across the mat until he can reach the ropes. Cane orders the hold be broke, but Masters holds out for a four count. Gil quickly rolls to the outside, favoring his left shoulder. He paces half way up the ramp as Cane begins to count him out.
1 ...
Gil, in no hurry to rush back into the ring where Masters is primed and waiting, tongue lashes some fans along the ramp.
2 ... ...
Masters sits on the middle rope inviting Gil back in, but Gil continues around the ring to the other side.
3...
Climbing the rings steps, Gil demands that Cane back Masters up so that he can enter the ring.
4....
Once in the ring, Gil offers up a test of strength. Masters refuses and then hesitates and then is goaded into it by Gil's mockery. With a good grip on the right hand, Gil challenges Masters to test the left as well. As soon as Masters had both hands locked up, Gil kicked him in the stomach several times until Masters was on his knees and Gil had firm control of the test of strength. Cane asks several times if Masters wants to quit. The fans stamping and chanting somehow helps Masters lift himself to his vertical base and he delivers some quick gut kicks of his own.
Simon Ward - These fans strongly behind the Lady's Man!
Masters breaks the hold and sends Gil across the ring to the ropes. Gil returns and is taken way off of his feet with a very high back body drop. As the fans go nuts, Masters makes a quick cover and Cane is down for the count.
1 ...
Austin McGreghor - Could he?
2 ... ...
Ernie Turner - NO!
Masters comes off the ropes to drop an elbow, but nobody there.
Ernie Turner - It doesn't get any closer than that!
Gil does the exact same thing as he drives his elbow into nothing but canvas.
Simon Ward - Oh? I have a few pounds to say that Masters is just a shy quicker.
Masters with an arm wrench that takes Gil right back down on his stomach, but Masters doesn't let up holding onto the arm bar. Cane drops to check and Gil refuses to give telling the guest official to shut the hell up. Gil pushes back up once again and shoves Masters off and into the ropes. Gil ducks a clothesline, Masters steps over, Gil with a leap frog and Masters ducks a back elbow. Each pass getting faster until Gil gets a Thesz press, tackling Masters hard. Machine opens up a barrage of strikes with his fists and elbows.
Ernie Turner - That will teach this entertainer to try and out-quick a professional wrestler!
Gil relents and paces the ring as Cane admonishes the closed fists. Gil again mounts Masters and draws back to deliver another fury, but Masters catches Gil's arm with his legs and rolls him over into a pin.
1 ...
2 ... ...
The crowd is crazy as Gil pulls through and then pushes against Masters' legs pinning him down!
1 ...
Masters turns up the crowd even louder, flipping Gil over, finding a sunset position from his back!
1 ...
2 ... ...
The crowd at full throat, but booing very loudly as Gil once again kicks out and flips over Masters for a bridging pin attempt!
Simon Ward - One!
Ernie Turner - TWO!
Austin McGreghor - WAIT JUST A MINUTE!
Marcus Cane is jerked out of the ring before making the three-count. As the cameras scurry for an angle, it's revealed that Chance Von Crank had interrupted the count.
Austin McGreghor - What is he doing out here?
Von Crank stomps the Hall of Fame guest referee before diving in under the bottom rope and hitting Gil with a clothesline. He jerks Masters up off of the mat and stuns him with the Shock-N-Rolla'??! Gil is back up and Von Crank has catches him quick with a snap overhead belly-to-belly suplex that sends him to the mat hard and out under the bottom rope! Returning his attention to Masters, he lifts him in a pump handle fashion and falls to a seated position, RazzleDazzleR'??!
Austin McGreghor - For goodness sakes, there's no call for this!
Ernie Turner - That's why he is the number two seed in the...
Just as Von Crank demands the microphone from ringside, the thunder rolls! The crowd hit their feet as the Force of Nature steps through the curtain. In no rush to attack an expecting adversary, Stormm allows Von Crank time to speak.
Chance Von Crank - I tell you what there Stormm, why don't you just run on down here and like the rest of these has-beens, I put you out of all of these people's misery?
Stormm continues slowly down the ramp, provoking Von Crank to step closer to the ropes and holding his attention from the INSANE guest referee's return to the ring.
Chance Von Crank - That's right, come on down here and let the new take out the old.
Austin McGreghor - He has no idea what is waiting directly behind...
Stormm motions like he's going to rush the ring causing Von Crank to step backward into a belly to back suplex from Cane. Cane jerks Von Crank up off of the mat and locks in for the double underhook DDT, but Von Crank drops to his knees breaking the grip. Von Crank rolls out of the ring and jumps the barrier and exits through the crowd, leaving Marcus Cane inside the ring with the wrecked bodies of Quinn Masters and Chris Gil, while Justin "Stormm" Michaels stands on the ramp the number one seed going into the WrestleFest Championship Tournament! Cane demands a microphone from ringside.
Simon Ward - I've seen this man frustrated. I've seen him angry. I can tell you now that his is a level of enraged the likes I have NEVER seen!
Marcus Cane - I tell you what Trailer Park whatever it is you call yourself, you may have ruined this match, but in two weeks, that won't be the case at all! If... and that's a very BIG IF you make it into the finals of the WrestleFest Championship Tournament be prepared to come face to face with "INSANE" MARCUS CANE!
Everyone in the arena, including the number one seed shares a look of confusion. The crowd doesn't care, all the heard was that Marcus Cane will be at WrestleFest!
Marcus Cane - CANE BRINGS THE PAIN! I also bring JUSTICE! At WrestleFest, in the final of the Championship Tournament, I will don the stripes once more and award the IAW... TRUE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD to the winner and I hope as much as you will by the end, that it's not you!
Austin McGreghor - Ladies and gentlemen, we are absolutely out of time. For Simon Ward and Ernie Turner, I am Austin McGreghor and we will see you in two weeks at WrestleFest!
8/31/2012
WRESTLEFEST CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT QUALIFIER
TEN-MAN OVER THE TOP ROPE BATTLE ROYAL
Kaycee Jay - And now, the man who drew number-two...
"Epic" by Faith No More hits the speakers as the fans hit their feet welcoming "The Working Class Warrior" Mark Devereaux to the arena.
Kaycee Jay - ...from Dearborn, Michigan, weighing in at two-hundred and forty-seven pounds... MARK DEVEREAUX!
Devereaux wastes no time, rushing the ring and sliding under the bottom rope. Quickly, Devereaux is up and standing opposite of Michaels. The referees on the outside, in force, and wrestlers on the inside all wait for Kaycee to exit the ring.
Austin McGreghor - Alright fans, two favorites here will start things off!
Senior Official Eldon Hamilton calls for the bell and the battle royal begins with Stormm and Devereaux measuring one another as they come chest to chest in the center of the ring. An exchange of words as Devereaux informs Stormm, respect or not, he will be winning the battle royal. Stormm nods and says otherwise and the two bump fists before stepping back from one another. The parting is brief as they slam together in a collar and elbow tie up.
Ernie Turner - I seriously thought that they were just going to start making out. Seriously...
Fighting for the advantage that neither man finds, they again briefly part before slamming back together. The struggle sees Devereaux locked up in a side headlock by the Hall of Fame member, but Devereaux pushes Stormm off and into the ropes. Stormm returns, ducking a clothesline and Devereaux goes to the opposite ropes. They cross-cross the center of the ring, Devereaux stepping over Stormm who dropped to the mat. Quickly, they exchange again, this time with the same idea, as both men throw an arm for a clothesline.
Simon Ward - I've not been in many, but I know I never won any battle royals from the mat.
They are neither down longer than Ward can finish his sentence; both back up and tied up with one another again. As Stormm goes to wrench an arm, Devereaux reverses and hammer locks Stormm's wrist behind his back. Stormm twists and ducks under, reversing the hammer lock, cinching it in hard. Devereaux finds a way out, with precarious use of the turnbuckles in the corner, floating up and over Stormm's head. Devereaux catches an inverted headlock on the way over and drops Stormm with an inverted-DDT. A quick and very irrelevant pin as Devereaux loses track in the moment. Stormm kicks out as he would in any other match.
Simon Ward - That ain't going to do it fellow.
Devereaux is up a blink before Stormm and launches him across the ring with an Irish whip. Stormm clutches the top rope, stopping him from returning into Devereaux's drop kick. Devereaux bounces off of the mat hard as Stormm comes to snatch him up. Too early to attempt a rest hold, Devereaux is quick to fight out of a rear chin lock. A shoving exchange ensues and Stormm breaks the rhythm, taking Devereaux's left wrist, pushing him into the ropes behind him and then rockets him across the ring. Devereaux is caught in a press on the return, but gets free before any damage and behind Stormm. He pushes Stormm forward, attempting to use the ropes as a means to flip the legend, but Stormm again holds onto the top rope and Devereaux rolls back to his feet without his opponent.
Ernie Turner - How long before another guy comes out here and stomps these two?
Austin McGreghor - About another fifteen seconds, if you could just be patient; watch the Casio up there.
As Devereaux is back up, Stormm rushes, attempting a Thesz press that Devereaux simply pushes off. Stormm goes down hard and Devereaux plays to a mixed reaction from the crowd before returning to the task at hand. Helping Stormm back up, Devereaux pushes him into the corner and delivers a chop as the fans begin to count down from ten! Devereax gets the first two, Stormm reverses for eight through six; Devereaux switches again for five and four. Stormm pushes Devereaux to the center of the ring and they each trade three and two with one going across the chest of Mark Devereaux.
Austin McGreghor - The buzzer sounds!
Saliva's "Bad Ass" hits the speakers and Bryan Parker, with his identical twin brother Brandon just behind him, comes through the curtain and makes his way to the ring. The Parker Brothers go to each side, distracting the two in the ring. As they come to the broadcast table, from each side of the ring, Senior Official Hamilton checks the wrist tape of each. Finding the identifier, he allows Bryan to slide into the ring under the bottom rope.
Ernie Turner - So, they put a red dot on his wrist tape?
Austin McGreghor - They have to make sure that Brandon does not get involved.
Parker immediately gets involved, turning the center of the ring into a triangle of swapped lefts and big rights. With a few closed fists and elbows he is able to get the upper hand, doubling Devereaux over with a kick to the stomach and sending Stormm to the mat with a short-arm clothesline. Parker goes to the ropes and drops Devereaux with a bulldog before leaping up onto the second rung of the far corner. He informs the fans in the front row of how great he is; doesn't end up selling the idea to them, so he hops back down.
Simon Ward - I think they are booing you throughout the arena mate.
Parker goes to Devereaux, picking him up and punching him in the mouth. He backs him into the opposite corner in which Stormm has taken rest and wrenches his arm only to kick him in the knee. Two more shots to the face and he is joined by Stormm. Both Stormm and Parker toss Devereaux to the opposite corner. Parker whips Stormm in with an avalanche splash and Stormm quickly moves as Parker rushes in, full steam, with a clothesline.
Ernie Turner - OH!
Austin McGreghor - He could have taken his head off there.
Devereaux crumples up in the corner as Stormm goes to one side of the ring, closest to his wife and Parker goes to the near side of the ring, talking to his brother over the top rope. They meet in the center of the ring and decide it best to keep a good thing going so they again go to work on Devereaux. The ten count is on as the next competitor is ready to make their way to the ring. While the crowd counts, Stormm and Parker attempt to push Devereaux over the top rope. Devereaux seemingly has a new affection for the ropes as he wraps and clings to them for dear life.
Simon Ward - There's the buzzer, who is it?
"Undead" hits the speakers and the fans immediately drown out the Hollywood Undead theme with jeers. Chaela Leigh, in a drab red singlet that boldly states, across her broad shoulders, "HOW it's DONE" in flaming letters, steps out onto the ramp and makes her way to the ring. Devereaux is saved by the "awe" factor, as in "awe, what the...", as both Parker and Stormm stand in total disbelief of the six-foot three-inch Amazon approaching the ring.
Ernie Turner - What in the hell is that?
Simon Ward - If that's a woman, I'm a Saint.
Austin McGreghor - We all know that is not the case, but we have been told that she is indeed a woman. Show some respect.
Inside the ring, Stormm and Parker play a game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" which Stormm loses. Again, he has to glance at his wife, seemingly to say, "You know the dirty deeds of the business." Stormm holds the ropes open for Chaela Leigh, but she doesn't take the bait; instead, she circles around the ring and enters on the opposite side. While neither man look up to her, they are both taken aback by the fact they are looking pretty much eye to eye with her.
Austin McGreghor - Again folks, in TRUE, there are no gender or weight restrictions when it comes to the Television and World championships.
Another round of the popular hand game and Parker begrudgingly loses. He rushes the fourth entrant into the battle royal with a clothesline that fails to even jar his opponent. He shrugs to Stormm and they both rush into a double clothesline. Chaela snatches both men up by the backs of their necks and attempts to bang their heads together. They block and then attempt to take her off of her feet with a double hip toss that she blocks. Eventually, the noggins of Parker and Stormm are introduced to one another and they both fall to the mat; over sell.
Ernie Turner - I can't believe this is happening. I mean come on!
Chaela drags Parker back up and drops him with an atomic drop, he hops and hobbles turning himself around into a second, this time inverted, atomic drop before Chaela really does a number, spiking his head off of the mat with a DDT. Devereaux is up and he and Stormm are now looking from opposite sides of the ring at Miss Unrelated. While Parker consuls his self in the far corner, Devereaux is the first to rush in taking a clothesline for his efforts. Stormm hesitates long enough to see the result and ducks the attempt at his head.
Simon Ward - Whoa! Close one!
Ernie Turner - You know I heard that she is really related to...
Austin McGreghor - ...she's not.
Stormm surprises Chaela from behind as he spins her around and sends her into the, no he doesn't as she puts on the breaks and fires him into the far corner with authority. She follows him in, but he quickly leaps up onto the second rung and FINALLY takes her down with a flying clothesline against her momentum. Stormm rolls through and Devereaux is up. He and Stormm pull the beastly woman to her feet and push her hard against the ropes behind her for added momentum as they send her across the ring. Parker capitalizes, pulling the top rope down and hooking her... crotch as she goes over the top and crashes out into the floor.
Austin McGreghor - That's HOW it's done folks. Just like that!
Simon Ward - Yes Sir. Take the big bad monster and topple it!
Ernie Turner - Seriously? Had it not been for quick thinking on the part of Bryan Parker, she could have probably won.
Kaycee Jay - MICHAELA LEIGH BEST HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
In all of the excitement of Chaela's elimination, the crowd notices the clock and starts counting down. Back inside of the ring, Stormm and Devereaux are back at it as "Lies" by Evanescence ushers Brad Jackson from backstage area. At ring side, the referees are busy with Chaela Leigh, all six of them having to restrain her from returning to the ring. Parker rolls out holding his taped wrist to his stomach, wetting it with his sweat. He pushes it against his brother's leaving a faint red dot on both. Brandon dives in under the bottom rope and lights up Stormm from behind, knocking him down. He is quick to find his feet and fires two rights into the face of Devereaux.
Ernie Turner - What is Brad Jackson doing?
Whether he was measuring his opponents or calculating his attack, Jackson slowly takes a walk around the entire ring, picking his spot. As soon as Brandon Parker dropped Devereaux with a swinging neck breaker off of the ropes, Jackson entered the match. Low blow from behind, Brandon stumbled turning into a haymaker and then was quickly pressed over the grizzled veteran's head. Jackson pressed, tossing Brandon into the air and caught him on his drop with a punch to the gut before he bounced off of the mat; chest first.
Austin McGreghor - The Mechanical Animal is here and no one is safe!
Ernie Turner - And he's obviously not all that smart! With that man over his head like that, why not toss him out of the ring?
Jackson goes to work on Devereaux next, tossing him to the ropes and turning him inside out with a running lariat. Back up and bringing Devereaux up with him, a quick T-bone suplex bounces the Working Class Warrior off the mat. Stormm is up and meets Jackson in the middle of the ring. The two ring generals share some unpleasant exchanges before Jackson throws a right. Stormm blocks and has a right of his own blocked in kind. Clearly, not getting anywhere with this, they lock up. Jackson slyly plants a knee enabling him to hoist Stormm up, stalling for several moments allowing the blood to rush down into Stormm's head before dropping back with a vertical suplex!
Austin McGreghor - Devereaux is up!
As Jackson rolls to his knees and pushes his self to his feet, Devereaux knocks him down with a running drop kick. With Jackson down, Devereaux grabs a leg and flips forward with a stump puller. On the opposite side of the ring from Stormm, Bryan pulls Brandon out under the bottom rope and goes to slide into the ring. Official Ace Tanner catches him and grabs his arm, finding the dot he allows Bryan back into the ring. Parker snatches Devereaux and they pair off in the corner while Stormm and Jackson gather themselves and go to the opposite corner. Devereaux gets the upper hand with Parker slamming him hard against the corner while Stormm and Jackson continue to out wrestle each other transitioning from a hold to a lock to a hold and back again.
Austin McGreghor - What a match here folks and we are just halfway through the entrants!
In one corner, Parker turns the momentum to his favor while in the other Jackson manages to do the same. Unable to push their paired opponents out over the top rope, Parker delivers a swift kick and Jackson lights Stormm up with a knife edge chop. Both Parker and Jackson go to whip Devereaux and Stormm from the corner and are both reversed and wind up colliding with each other in the center of the ring. Jackson stumbles backward into Devereaux and Parker into a reverse head lock by Stormm, dual inverted side suplexes! All four are down! The crowd goes crazy as again they begin to count.
Ernie Turner - And we are about to cross the halfway point!
"Born Entertainer" by Veruca Salt hits the speakers and Landon Divine wastes absolutely no time getting to the ring, leaving the beautiful Lucy several steps behind him. As Jackson collects himself on the ropes, Landon immediately grabs him and pulls him out into the center of the ring, clubbing forearm across the back of the neck. Divine takes to stomping and kicking Devereaux using the top rope for added momentum. Divine pulls Devereaux up and sends him across the ring. He comes off the opposite and the two meet, Devereaux on the receiving end of a running high knee. Meanwhile, Parker catches his breath in a corner and Stormm has pushed Jackson back into a corner.
Simon Ward - I like the way all of these guys move, especially Landon Divine, he's really picked up the pace here.
Parker joins Divine in the center of the ring as they take to stomping Devereaux. Jackson is hoisted up onto the top turnbuckle and Stormm attempts a superplex, but it's blocked. Again, Stormm tries pulling Jackson off of the top and again he fails, this second time Jackson shoves him off and he collides with the stomping fury in the center of the ring. Jackson stumbles and falls to the ring apron. Brandon Parker attempts to pull him off, but he wraps his self into the ropes and works his way back in under the bottom rope. Divine, still the freshest, is the first to recover from the four-body pileup in the center of the ring.
Austin McGreghor - Landon Divine the first man up, but Brad Jackson is quickly behind him.
Divine hooks Jackson up and gets a set of European uppercuts before a German suplex. Divine again back up and this time he goes to work on Parker, bringing him to his feet only to quickly drop him with a standing drop kick. Playing into his own hype and quickly building momentum, he jerks Devereaux up off of the mat and set him up for a suplex only to have the power shift and ends up the victim of an exploder suplex. Now, it's Devereaux who is the only man standing and he doesn't let up. Devereaux pulls Parker up and pushes him against the ropes, wrenching Parker's arm up and across his shoulders. As the crowd begins another count down, Parker is flipped hard into a sidewinder suplex. Stormm, having found his feet is poised behind the confident Devereaux. As the crowd reaches one and Devereaux turns around into a super kick that could have knocked all of his teeth out, Volbeat's "A Warrior's Call" introduces the fans to Brandon "Ace" Aldridge!
Austin McGreghor - Here is a frequent "Where Are They Now?" feature from his college days in Denver, Colorado!
Ernie Turner - Is that a fact?
Simon Ward - Appears to me the answer is simple, he is here in TRUE about to enter a battle royal.
Ernie Turner - Are you serious? Do you have to be out here?
Ace is quick to get in the ring and even the pairings. Divine and Devereaux take to a corner, Jackson and Stormm take to a corner and Ace pulls Parker up from off of the mat. Stormm plants a shoulder into the midsection of Jackson once, twice and a third time for good measure. Divine and Devereaux both try pushing one another out of the ring with neither getting a decisive advantage. With five guys gassed and Ace taking pot shots on each of them the "LET'S GO STORMM" and "COME ON MARK!" chants begin to echo throughout the arena.
Austin McGreghor - Folks, as much as it pains me to say it, we have to take a commercial break!
### COMMERCIAL BREAK ###
As the feed returns some life has been breathed back into the battle royal and the six men are steady pacing one another. Ace still has the most get up and go and a clear upper hand with Parker while Devereaux and Jackson are trading blows and Stormm is trying to push Divine out.
Austin McGreghor - Talk about returning right on time, there's the buzzer and number eight is about to enter the match!
The fans absolutely explode as Linkin Park's "One Step Closer" could mean only ONE MAN and it is THE MAN... "Grandmaster" Glyn Speight explodes through the curtain and rushes the ring. Immediately, Speight and Jackson are going at it, trading punches and the Grandmaster is clearly getting the better of this exchange. He puts Jackson on the mat with a combination of shots and stands up just in time to dispatch an oncoming Bryan Parker out and over the top rope.
Kaycee Jay - "BAD ASS" BRYAN PARKER HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Brandon is quick to rush to the aid of his twin and they argue an absolute moot point with the official that Speight had used Bryan's tights. Nevertheless, the officials demand that the Parker Brothers return to the locker room. Speight, having turned his back on his first attack, turns back around catching a haymaker from a now standing Mechanical Animal! Jackson hoists Speight up over his head, press slam, only this time in the right direction as he throws Speight out into the crowd barrier.
Austin McGreghor - OH MAN!
Simon Ward - I was really hoping that he was going to win this thing!
Ernie Turner - That's right, you two are frienemies or something, right?
Kaycee Jay - Ladies and gentlemen, "GRANDMASTER" GLYN SPEIGHT HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
As quickly as he had eliminated Speight, Jackson was now fighting to stay in the ring himself as Devereaux and Stormm tried very hard to push him out. Jackson got some rib shots in on Devereaux causing him to powder off and Stormm caught a mule kick causing him to grab at his manliness and collapse to the mat. Jackson freed his self of the ropes and turned around only to catch a running clothesline from Ace Aldridge that sent him tumbling backward, over the top rope and out to the floor!
Kaycee Jay - BRAD JACKSON HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Ernie Turner - No eliminations for several minutes and then "The Icon" enters and we get three off the bat, including the so-called "Icon".
Simon Ward - We are back to two-pair, one of the players an Ace.
Ernie Turner - Please, just stop! STOP FREAKING TALKING!
Ace and Stormm go to the ropes while Divine and Devereaux go to a corner. Stormm is whipped across the ring and gets dropped hard on the return by a clothesline. Ace lifts Stormm back up and dispatches him once more, this time to the near corner. Devereaux has Divine teetering on the top rope and gets an assist as Ace attempts to whip Stormm, but it's reversed and Ace is hurled into the situation on the other side jarring Divine loose and knocking him down to the apron. Devereaux pushes Divine off of the apron with his feet, using the middle rope to his advantage. The crowd counts down the entrance of one of two remaining competitors!
Kaycee Jay - LANDON DIVINE HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Austin McGreghor - Stormm and Mark Devereaux were the first two in this thing and we are about to see the first of the last two to enter!
A load hammer cocking noise is heard followed by a gun blast booms over the arena.
Ernie Turner - Winner, right here, I am calling it now!
"SHOCK AND ROLLA... HERE TO SHOW YA... COCKED BACK AND FUCKIN' LOADED!"
As the fans boo the entrance of TRUE's self-proclaimed franchise, inside the ring Devereaux and Stormm have Ace clinging for dear life momentarily. In an act of, "how about we all get him", they stop their attempt to eliminate Aldridge helping him back in the ring as Chance Von Crank saunters to the ring. Not expecting his reception at all, he's RELUCTANT to enter the ring where all three men are in position to attack. Von Crank wastes several minutes on the outside jaw-jacking with the fans before Senior Official Hamilton takes exception and demands that he enter the ring.
Ernie Turner - Come on, this isn't right. He's got no chance with them waiting on him like that.
Austin McGreghor - Every man for himself, meaning every man makes his own decision. These three have decided to work together for the moment.
Simon Ward - Now the clock doesn't start for the next entry until he has completely entered the ring, correct?
Austin McGreghor - That is correct. Somewhere in the back Scott Stevens has got to be chopping at the bit to get into this thing and the Trailer Park Prodigy is simply prolonging the wait.
Von Crank has absolutely no interest entering the ring as the three entrants now become aware that they are each one glancing at one another. Senior Official Hamilton interrupts Von Crank's jaw jacking with a fan in the front row to demand he enter the ring. Von Crank simply shoves him away, but this is the Hall of Fame Senior Official of Matthews Wrestling Medias, he DEMANDS that Chance get in the ring. Von Crank answers, a resounding, "NO!" as he levels the fifty-eight year old referee then proceeds to put the boots to him.
Austin McGreghor - WAIT A MINUTE! THAT'S OUR SENIOR OFFICIAL!
Stormm leads the chase as Ace and Devereaux follow, exiting the ring under the bottom rope. Von Crank is slick and gets by Devereaux. Now they are following him up the ramp, all three closing in as, without music or introduction, Scott Stevens steps through the curtain behind the unsuspecting Chance Von Crank. When Devereaux, Stormm and Ace all head back for the ring, Von Crank appears confused until tapped on the shoulder. He turns around to find the Scorpion! DISCUSS CLOTHESLINE! Von Crank is bounced hard off of the steel girders of the ramp.
Ernie Turner - He shouldn't be out here yet!
Stevens pulls Von Crank to his feet and drags him down the ramp to the ring. He tosses him in and goes to dive in with him, but Ronald Hamilton stops him telling him he has to wait the full sixty seconds. Stevens argues, but gives in as he sees the damage in the ring. Pacing impatiently on the outside of the ring he waits and watches.
Austin McGreghor - They are picking him apart!
Stormm, Ace and Devereaux take shots on Von Crank, swapping him like a sparring bag. Several unbearable seconds for both Von Crank and Stevens pass as one is beat from pillar to post and the other anxiously awaits the buzzer to get in the ring. Von Crank is thrown to the ropes and Stevens trips him up from the outside. Stormm jerks him up and fires him into a standing clothesline from Ace as Devereaux comes off of the ropes and drops a fist. Stormm picks him up again and the threesome attempt to muscle him over the top rope. As Von Crank struggles to stay in the ring, wrapping his feet, knees and elbows into the ropes, the buzzer sounds.
Austin McGreghor - Stevens is in!
Immediately, Stevens is on the attack, only it's not Von Crank that he's zoned in on. Devereaux is jerked away from the attempt to eliminate Von Crank as Stevens goes to work on him. Saved by the Scorpion, Von Crank is able to keep himself from being eliminated, sliding back into the ring through the legs of Ace. While Devereaux suffers a barrage of strikes and dropped with an implant DDT, Stormm doesn't allow Von Crank to get very far. Stormm pulls Von Crank up to take a thumb in the eye and have his head bounced off of Von Crank's knee.
Ernie Turner - Look out!
Von Crank doesn't catch Ace coming in and takes a clothesline. Stormm goes to the corner, nursing his head. In the meanwhile, Devereaux clutched to the ropes trying to stay in the ring as Stevens tried pushing him out over the top rope. Ace rips Von Crank up and, holding onto his left wrist, drops him again with a short-arm clothesline and again once more before throwing him to the ropes toward Stormm who ducked, pulling the top rope as he fell. Von Crank quickly reversed and Ace was on his way across the ring instead. Up and over Ace went to the outside.
Austin McGreghor - Stormm intended that for Chance Von Crank, no doubt about it!
Ernie Turner - And then there were four!
Devereaux kept himself from being eliminated and as the final four, the top seeds in the tournament regardless of their eliminations, each took to a corner.
"THIS IS AWESOME!"
The chants echo throughout the arena as the foursome measure each other up. Stormm and Von Crank remain in opposite corners as Stevens and Devereaux come out to the center of the ring. Stevens reaches to grab Devereaux, Devereaux swats his hand. Devereaux kicks at Stevens, Stevens dodges. They shoot at each other, Stevens ducks the collar and elbow, slipping around behind Devereaux with a hammer lock. Devereaux throws his loose arm over Stevens' head and reverses the hold into a side headlock. Stevens gets out of the headlock and Devereaux gets a fireman's carry, still holding on to Stevens' head. Stevens breaks loose, locking Devereaux's head into a leg scissors. Devereaux is quick to get out and both men quickly find their feet.
Ernie Turner - I just realized, we are down to the first two to enter and the last two to enter.
They circle each other once more while Stormm and Von Crank remain at bay. Again, Devereaux goes for a tie up and Stevens ducks it, straight to the ankle this time though, sweeping Devereaux off of his feet. Stevens fights to get an ankle lock and Devereaux fights against it. Eventually, the hold is on as Stevens steps on the foot of Devereaux's free leg and cranks the ankle of the captured foot. Devereaux gets his stomped foot free, rolls to his stomach to relieve the pressure and then continues over onto his back dropping Stevens with a drop toe hold. Devereaux locks the top of Stevens' foot against his shoulder, applying pressure. Stevens goes to the ropes closest to the corner Von Crank is occupying.
Austin McGreghor - The referees aren't going to break the hold in this match.
Ernie Turner - No, but the Trailer Park Prodigy will!
Von Crank kicks Devereaux away and pursues him to the center of the ring. They circle, sort of, Von Crank RELUCTANT to put his back to Stormm, before Von Crank invites Devereaux for a test of strength only to kick him in the gut as he gets a grip on his fingers. Von Crank clubs Devereaux in the shoulders and pushes him into the corner. Devereaux slumps down against the turnbuckles as Von Crank comes in landing some big stomps and quick kicks. Von Crank pulls Devereaux from the corner by his wrist to the center of the ring and wrenches his arm several times. Devereaux rolls through and then cartwheels free before planting both boots into the center of Von Crank's chest; standing drop kick.
Austin McGreghor - What a show of sportsmanship as Stormm and The Scorpion remain in their corners.
Ernie Turner - Stevens is being smart. Stormm is being lazy!
Simon Ward - How so?
Devereaux goes to send Von Crank into an empty corner, but Von Crank reverses. Devereaux goes to float over, expecting Von Crank to be there. He is aware enough to catch him coming in with a reverse mule kick. Stevens has seen enough and surprises Devereaux, rushing in and launching him over the top rope by the back of his neck with a handful of tights. Devereaux trys grabbing the ropes, but can't keep himself from going up and over to fold up on the floor at ringside.
Kaycee Jay - MARK DEVEREAUX HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
While Stevens bad mouthed Devereaux, Stormm got the crowd going, lining up directly behind The Scorpion. Stevens dusted his hands, flipped Devereaux a one-finger salute and waved him good-bye only to turn around into a rushing clothesline by the MWM Hall of Fame star!
Kaycee Jay - "SCORPION" SCOTT STEVENS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
Ernie Turner - And just like that, we are down to two!
Stormm immediately goes for the approval of the fans as he is now in the ring with Chance Von Crank... alone! Forearm and Stormm pushes Von Crank to the ropes, sending him across, telegraphed back body drop and Von Crank kicks Stormm in the face. Both exhausted at this point, Von Crank bounces of the ropes and uses the momentum to clothesline Stormm. Von Crank points to the far side and yells, "NOW I'M GOING TO DUMP HIM!" Stormm on his knees in the center of the ring and Von Crank hammers on him from above and then kicks him in the chest from below.
Austin McGreghor - Stormm has got to be spent at this point!
Another kick and two rights to the side of Stormm's face before Von Crank drags him up. Fisherman's suplex and Stormm is bounced off of the mat. The crowd incensed as they cheer and chant for their hero. They shake the arena, stamping, clapping and slapping of their chairs and the crowd barrier up front.
Austin McGreghor - It's very clear who the fans want to see win here!
Ernie Turner - Yeah, but he's been in there longer than Von Crank, he's tired and it's not going to happen!
Stormm taps into the energy of the sold-out crowd and the lefts and rights that Von Crank is landing seemingly have no effect as even Stormm's wife on the outside gets into the cheering, slapping the ring apron in support of her husband. Stormm continues to reach deep inside, brushing off the next couple of shots and then delivering a forearm of his own. Stormm sweeps Von Crank's feet from beneath him and monkey flips him into the corner. Right hand then a clothesline and another, then with a handful of mullet Stormm sends the crowd over the edge pointing out and over the top rope. Knuckles full of mullet and the other hand full of tights, Stormm tosses Von Crank over the top rope and to the floor!
Kaycee Jay - CHANCE VON CRANK HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!
As "Crash" by Decyfer Down hits the speakers, Lindsay Michaels rushes into the ring and into the waiting arms of her husband.
Kaycee Jay - The winner of the match, and NUMBER ONE SEED in the WRESTLEFEST CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT... JUSTIN "STORMM" MICHAELS!
Austin McGreghor - He did exactly what he said he would do! He started this battle royal and he fought to the very end! Now he has to prove in the tournament that he has what it takes against three other contenders to capture the TRUE Heavyweight Championship of the World!
Ernie Turner - And it all starts with your pal there Simon!
Austin McGreghor - That's correct, the two Matthews Wrestling Medias stars here in TRUE will lock up in the first round of the tournament as Speight was the third elimination from this match!
The brackets are displayed on the TRUE-Vision showing the lineup, top to bottom, starting with Justin "Stormm" Michaels vs. "Grandmaster" Glyn Speight, Mark Devereaux vs. Ace Aldridge, Scott Stevens vs. Landon Divine and Chance Von Crank vs. Brad Jackson!
Austin McGreghor - Every one of them high caliber matches, but that first one, that is one for a decade!
Ernie Turner - I still can't believe he won this thing!
Austin McGreghor - I have been told that we are going to take our final commercial break and return with our main event!
As the feed cuts to commercial, high above the arena, both Johnny and Stace Matthews can be seen from their luxury box applauding their brother-in-law's victory.
### COMMERCIAL BREAK ###
Austin McGreghor - Fans, it is now time for the main event and I tell you, what an event it has been thus far! The excitement level in this building is at a fevering pitch!
Ernie Turner - I don't know why, but I'm going to agree with you. I am just about amped out!
Simon Ward - Mates, I have worked the road with both of these men about to make history right here and now. I have to tell you, they have got to be both excited and very nervous coming into this thing.
MAIN EVENT
FUTURE HALL OF FAMER vs. CURRENT HALL OF FAMER
"Lady's Man" Quinn Masters vs. Machine Chris Gil
Kaycee Jay - Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the MAIN EVENT of the evening!
As the arena lighting blacks out over the crowd and the spotlights return their focus to the ring, every fan in attendance finds their feet in anticipation. The trademark feet stamping, chair slapping and barrier thumping shakes the US Bank arena once more.
Kaycee Jay - This is a match TEN YEARS in the making featuring two former InterAction Wrestling Federation Champions, a current member of the Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame and, I am proud to announce, a 2013 inductee!
"Thank you Masters!" and "Thank you Gil!" chants alternate from all sides of the arena.
Austin McGreghor - The fans showing their appreciation for the ONLY TWO superstars to have ever been in EVERY single Matthews Wrestling Medias promotion!
Kaycee Jay - Introducing first...
Kaycee pauses to allow the crowd to settle and the opening riffs of Switchfoot's "Meant to Live" tear through the arena. The stage lighting darkens and a hooded figure steps out onto the stage.
Kaycee Jay - ...from Hollywood, California, he weighed in this morning at an even two-hundred and fifty pounds, he is a former IAWF Champion and member of the Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame...
The figure on the stage shakes his head and arms, slightly bouncing in place as he warms up for his introduction.
Kaycee Jay - THIS IS THE MACHINE CHRIS GIL!
The stage suddenly lights up as the drums hit revealing the figure to be Chris Gil, arms outstretched with a dazzling pyrotechnic display behind him. Cloaked by the black suede hooded jacket, a red stripe down on the right arm leading to a bottle of water he is gripping tightly, he starts toward the ring.
Austin McGreghor - This is it folks! Here comes The Machine!
Simon Ward - You know, if I didn't know better, I'd never guess it's been ten years. This cat looks fantastic!
At the foot of the ramp, Gil stops and glares from beneath the hood into the ring before taking a long slow drink from the bottle and tossing it into the front row. With a burst of power, he launches himself under the bottom rope and slides halfway across the ring before pulling his feet under him and returning to a vertical position. Marching to the nearest turnbuckle, he leaps to straddle the middle turnbuckle and atomizes the water into the air from beneath the hood. He jerks the hood off of his head revealing long black pony tail and iron jaw of the MACHINE!
Ernie Turner - Did he have to do that? I'm going to have to get checked after the show now. Disgusting!
Gil bad mouths the fans in the front row, pointing and laughing at a few at ringside as they give him a return piece of their minds. He brushes them off, drops down and takes his jacket off as he crosses the ring, headed for the opposite turnbuckle. He finds the second rung once again and rouses a few more fans before dropping his jacket down to the ring crew.
Ernie Turner - You see, THIS is what this business needs! Trust me, whatever he is telling these hooligans, he'll back it up tonight. Just watch.
Brushing these fans off as he did the others, he rips away his tear-away pants and tosses those to ringside before slapping each side of his face and dropping down to concentrate his attention on Kaycee Jay and her next announcement.
Austin McGreghor - Alright, there's one and we have one to go before the bell sounds for the first TRUE Main Event!
Gil continues to warm up, working his neck, shoulders and wrists, as he paces behind Kaycee Jay. She attempts to allow the crowd to simmer, but Gil returns to provoking a group of fans, leaning over the top rope shouting at them.
Austin McGreghor - Did he just tell them that they had paid to see him?
Ernie Turner - Yeah, he also told them to return to the nose-bleeds where they belong.
Simon Ward - That's Chris Gil!
As Gil continues to antagonize, the fans start chanting "WE WANT MASTERS!" Gil motions like he is going to step through the ropes, but has his attention quickly jerked to the stage as a look of complete shock consumes his face and the crowd absolutely erupts!
"WHO YOU TRYIN' TO GET CRAZY WITH ESSA?"
Every fan in the building finishes the Cypress Hill opening, "DON'T YOU KNOW I'M LOCO!"
Kaycee Jay - Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome at this time, the special guest referee for tonight's main event! He is a former IAWF Champion and a member of this year's Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame.
Gil goes ballistic as the crowd completely drowns out the introduction.
Kaycee Jay - THIS IS "INSANE" MARCUS CANE!
Austin McGreghor - The look on Chris Gil's face right now, so hard to describe, he looks like he has seen a ghost!
Ernie Turner - Damned right and rightfully so, Cane isn't even supposed to be here!
Cane explodes through the curtain to a chorus of cheers, sporting an expression of determination and focus over the TRUE Official polo shirt, which he's ripped the sleeves from. Paying no mind to the fans until he gets to ringside, he rounds the ring to the left blindly slapping hands with everyone in the front row as his stare remains fixated on Gil inside the ring.
Simon Ward - This Yank has handed me my ass on more than one occasion, you better believe this match is going to be right down the middle.
Ernie Turner - I don't know how you can even say that. Look at how he is staring down Chris Gil right now.
Austin McGreghor - Yeah, but keep in mind, if he were to be a fan of any former IAWF star, I don't think it would be either man in this match tonight.
Cane continues his stride around the ring until he returns to the foot of the ramp. He only motions to slide in the ring prompting Gil to prematurely pounce, showing his intentions. Cane wisely goes to the steps and levels the playing field coming eye to eye with Gil over the top rope. Cane and Gil share some heated words before Gil backs off and allows Cane to enter the ring. Gil drops out of the ring opposite where Cane enters and paces back and forth at ringside.
Austin McGreghor - I thought we might see this thing explode, but it looks like Gil is going to allow Cane to work this crowd into an excited frenzy!
Cane goes to each corner, jumping up on the second turnbuckles and working the crowd as the chorus kicks in for the last time. The entire arena screams along with the words as the US Bank arena goes insane in the membrane.
Ernie Turner - Sorry, DID YOU SAY SOMETHING?! I CAN'T HEAR A DAMNED THING!
The song fades out, the arena remaining at full on boil as Kaycee Jay takes center ring once more. Cane paces around her waving his hands up and down keeping the crowd in pitch. Gil remains at ringside, keeping opposite of Cane and jaw-jacking the fans as he passes.
Kaycee Jay - ...AND HIS OPPONENT...
"ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!" followed by a pyrotechnic "X" on the stage and Saliva's "Survival of the Sickest" rocks the arena as everyone's attention is once more returned to the entrance.
Kaycee Jay - ...from Las Vegas, Nevada, weighing in at two-hundred and thirty-five pounds, he is the first announced inductee of the 2013 Matthews Wrestling Medias Hall of Fame...
Gil slides into the ring and Cane points him into a corner to await his opponent.
Kaycee Jay - ...he is the "Greatest of All Time" QUINN MASTERS!
With a beautiful stunner on each arm, the lady's man steps through the curtain and absorbs the cheers with a huge grin. The ladies join him as he steps into history and starts down the ramp.
Ernie Turner - Some pigs have all the luck.
Simon Ward - This guy was always surrounded by beautiful women.
Austin McGreghor - It appears some things never change.
At the foot of the ramp he gives a peck on the cheek to each of his gorgeous companions and they each return to the backstage area on opposite sides of the ramp. Masters makes his way around the ring, going to the right, smacking hands with the fans at ringside. He even stops to talk to a few, including a group that Gil had shared words with earlier.
Simon Ward - You have to wonder what he's telling these fans he's going to do here tonight.
Ernie Turner - No, I don't. He can tell them whatever he wants. He's going to lose, plain and simple.
Gil leans over the top rope shouting obscenities at Masters and Masters demands that Cane pull him back into the ring so that he can enter. As Cane literally pulls Gil to the opposite side of the ring, Kaycee Jay ducks through the ropes and Masters assists her from the apron, with a hand on each of her hips, lowering her to the floor and leaves her at ringside with a peck on the cheek. Masters bounds to the apron and walks from one post to the other taunting Gil. He stops midway in his return and wipes the soles of his boots on the apron before leaping in over the top rope.
Austin McGreghor - After all we have seen here tonight, this is the one many of these long time fans came to Cincinnati to see!
While Cane keeps Gil at bay Masters takes to the center of the ring, absorbing the cheers as he flexes and poses for the flash bulbs. Gil attempts to blindside Masters, but Cane is on him and keeps him against the ropes. Cane shouts at Masters motioning him to the opposite corner as the music fades out.
Ernie Turner - Like you really have to check him? He's never cheated in his entire career.
Simon Ward - What?! Have you never watched a Chris Gil match?
Cane checks Gil over from his wrist tape to his boots and then demands that he remain in the corner. Crossing the ring, Cane pushes Masters into the opposite corner and checks him over as well. With both competitors checked and the fans' anticipation boiling over, Cane takes the center of the ring and, after nodding to both Masters and Gil, calls for the bell.
Austin McGreghor - HERE WE GO!
Both men come to the center of the ring; chest to chest and nose to nose, swapping a heated exchange of words. Gil bad mouths Masters and Masters makes fun of Gil's long hair drawn back into a pony tail. Gil rolls his eyes and points out the fact that, unlike his opponent, he doesn't need a picture of himself on his tights. Cane splits them up and they each go back into opposite corners. Cane informs each that this isn't a debate.
Austin McGreghor - You have to wonder, after all this time, just what exactly these two have to say to one another.
Ernie Turner - No I don't. All I need to know is how soon Chris Gil is going to end this.
Simon Ward - You got some where to be mate?
Ernie Turner - As if that were any of your business.
Circling each other several times, closing the distance of the ring with each pass, they clash and lock up. Gil gets a side headlock and Masters pushes him off against the ropes. Gil returns with a stiff shoulder tackle, jarring Masters to the canvas. Masters rolls to the near ropes as Gil goes to the second turnbuckle of the farthest corner of his opponent to bad mouth the fans Masters was friendly with before the match.
Simon Ward - There's no need for that.
Gil drops down off of the turnbuckle and is met in the center of the ring once more as the fists fly; an exchange of rights and lefts broken up when Gil pushes Masters against the ropes and, using the momentum, goes to shoot him across the ring. Masters reverses and Gil comes off of the opposite ropes into an arm drag which Masters transitions into an arm wrench. Gil reverses the hold and takes a closed right hand in the mouth.
Ernie Turner - Come on Ref; that was a blatant closed fist!
As Gil collects himself in the corner, Cane admonishes Masters for the closed fist punch. Cane goes to check on Gil who pushes him aside and a shoving contest ensues. Masters gestures that Gil can kiss the left cheek of his ass and takes a stiff shove into the corner. With no hesitation, Masters charges back. They lock up again, pushing and pulling on one another until they are back in the middle of the ring. In a test of power, Gil gets the advantage and takes a wing. Winding Masters' arm several times, Gil adds further punishment by jerking downward on the wrenched arm of his opponent.
Austin McGreghor - He could pull Quinn Masters' shoulder right out of the socket!
Ernie Turner - I think that is his intention there Captain Obv...
Masters tries pushing Gil off with no success, but gets the move reversed when Gil goes to crank it once more. He pulls Gil in for a headlock take down. Cane is quickly in position, but there's no count as Gil brings his shoulder up near instantly. Unable to get loose of the headlock, Gil goes prone on the mat and Masters cinches in. Gil is admonished by Cane for attempting to get out of the hold with a couple of knuckles of Masters' hair. Eventually, Gil pushes them back to a vertical position, but Masters is unrelenting. Gil shoves Masters toward the corner. Masters steps up each turnbuckle and comes over the top, returning Gil to the mat with a side headlock takedown.
Simon Ward - Hold on to him Quinn!
Ernie Turner - Don't blow your load you limey bastard, he's not going to beat Chris Gil with a headlock.
Gil again rolls to his stomach and Masters keeps the hold on tight. A minute, maybe two and they are pushed once more to their feet. Again, Gil goes to the hair and pulls Masters from behind. Gil gets out of the hold sending Masters to the ropes, but catches a shoulder tackle of his own that sends him back to the mat. Masters comes off of the ropes stepping over Gil on the first pass, but Gil is up quick and Masters catches a back elbow on the return. Masters goes down hard, but in his daze, finds his knees. Gil quickly flaunts once more to the fans in the front row before using the ropes to thrust an axe handle blow to the back of his opponent's head. Then quickly drops an elbow into the center of Masters' back followed by another and then a third.
Ernie Turner - See, now he is finding his groove.
Gil jerks Masters up by the hair and sends him to the ropes. Masters is bounced off of the mat with a hip toss so hard that he is immediately back to his feet and almost instantaneously bounced a second and third time. Cane stays on Gil as he again jerks Masters up by the hair and drags him across the ring only to snapmare him over into a seated position. Masters rolls to Gil's left, reversing the momentum into a seated sleeper hold.
Austin McGreghor - What a reversal!
Ernie Turner - Yeah, but again, there's no one on this planet that can make Chris Gil tap out!
Simon Ward - I believe that's why they call him Machine.
Austin McGreghor - You know, both of these men trained our boss, Johnny Matthews back in the IAWF days.
Ernie Turner - No and frankly, I don't care.
Masters leans on Gil sinking in the sleeper. Gil fights to find his feet. Once up, Masters can't hold the sleeper, but does maintain a standing side headlock. Cane swats Gil's hand from Masters' hair once, twice, but not a third time as Gil once again uses Masters hair to pull him to the ropes and break the hold. Masters is rocketed across the ring and ducks a clothesline to return with another shoulder tackle that sends Gil down. Masters steps over, Gil leap frogs on the return and then catches Masters in midair as he attempted to do the same this exchange. Masters gets the receiving end of an inverted atomic drop and then gets clotheslined hard over the top rope and out of the ring.
Ernie Turner - Well there went his chances with those ladies later on this evening!
Masters remains motionless as Cane has no choice but to count.
1 ...
The crowd stamps, claps and cheers for Masters to get up as Cane continues to count.
2 ... ...
3...
Against Cane's orders, Gil goes to the outside, restarting the count.
1 ...
As Gil gets to the floor Masters finds his feet only to take a trio of hard knife-edge chops.
2 ... ...
Master is irish-whipped hard into the apron.
3...
Gil bounces Masters' head off of the apron.
4....
Gil rolls back into the ring and breaks the count. He leans out over the top rope and pulls Masters up onto the apron. Gils sets Masters up for a suplex, but Masters floats over and lands on his feet behind him. Masters rolls Gil up!
1 ...
2 ... ...
Austin McGreghor - NO!
Gil kicks out, finds his feet and rushes into a drop toe hold. Masters quickly latches on with an STF. Gil battles free, breaking his leg lose and then dragging Masters the short distance across the mat until he can reach the ropes. Cane orders the hold be broke, but Masters holds out for a four count. Gil quickly rolls to the outside, favoring his left shoulder. He paces half way up the ramp as Cane begins to count him out.
1 ...
Gil, in no hurry to rush back into the ring where Masters is primed and waiting, tongue lashes some fans along the ramp.
2 ... ...
Masters sits on the middle rope inviting Gil back in, but Gil continues around the ring to the other side.
3...
Climbing the rings steps, Gil demands that Cane back Masters up so that he can enter the ring.
4....
Once in the ring, Gil offers up a test of strength. Masters refuses and then hesitates and then is goaded into it by Gil's mockery. With a good grip on the right hand, Gil challenges Masters to test the left as well. As soon as Masters had both hands locked up, Gil kicked him in the stomach several times until Masters was on his knees and Gil had firm control of the test of strength. Cane asks several times if Masters wants to quit. The fans stamping and chanting somehow helps Masters lift himself to his vertical base and he delivers some quick gut kicks of his own.
Simon Ward - These fans strongly behind the Lady's Man!
Masters breaks the hold and sends Gil across the ring to the ropes. Gil returns and is taken way off of his feet with a very high back body drop. As the fans go nuts, Masters makes a quick cover and Cane is down for the count.
1 ...
Austin McGreghor - Could he?
2 ... ...
Ernie Turner - NO!
Masters comes off the ropes to drop an elbow, but nobody there.
Ernie Turner - It doesn't get any closer than that!
Gil does the exact same thing as he drives his elbow into nothing but canvas.
Simon Ward - Oh? I have a few pounds to say that Masters is just a shy quicker.
Masters with an arm wrench that takes Gil right back down on his stomach, but Masters doesn't let up holding onto the arm bar. Cane drops to check and Gil refuses to give telling the guest official to shut the hell up. Gil pushes back up once again and shoves Masters off and into the ropes. Gil ducks a clothesline, Masters steps over, Gil with a leap frog and Masters ducks a back elbow. Each pass getting faster until Gil gets a Thesz press, tackling Masters hard. Machine opens up a barrage of strikes with his fists and elbows.
Ernie Turner - That will teach this entertainer to try and out-quick a professional wrestler!
Gil relents and paces the ring as Cane admonishes the closed fists. Gil again mounts Masters and draws back to deliver another fury, but Masters catches Gil's arm with his legs and rolls him over into a pin.
1 ...
2 ... ...
The crowd is crazy as Gil pulls through and then pushes against Masters' legs pinning him down!
1 ...
Masters turns up the crowd even louder, flipping Gil over, finding a sunset position from his back!
1 ...
2 ... ...
The crowd at full throat, but booing very loudly as Gil once again kicks out and flips over Masters for a bridging pin attempt!
Simon Ward - One!
Ernie Turner - TWO!
Austin McGreghor - WAIT JUST A MINUTE!
Marcus Cane is jerked out of the ring before making the three-count. As the cameras scurry for an angle, it's revealed that Chance Von Crank had interrupted the count.
Austin McGreghor - What is he doing out here?
Von Crank stomps the Hall of Fame guest referee before diving in under the bottom rope and hitting Gil with a clothesline. He jerks Masters up off of the mat and stuns him with the Shock-N-Rolla'??! Gil is back up and Von Crank has catches him quick with a snap overhead belly-to-belly suplex that sends him to the mat hard and out under the bottom rope! Returning his attention to Masters, he lifts him in a pump handle fashion and falls to a seated position, RazzleDazzleR'??!
Austin McGreghor - For goodness sakes, there's no call for this!
Ernie Turner - That's why he is the number two seed in the...
Just as Von Crank demands the microphone from ringside, the thunder rolls! The crowd hit their feet as the Force of Nature steps through the curtain. In no rush to attack an expecting adversary, Stormm allows Von Crank time to speak.
Chance Von Crank - I tell you what there Stormm, why don't you just run on down here and like the rest of these has-beens, I put you out of all of these people's misery?
Stormm continues slowly down the ramp, provoking Von Crank to step closer to the ropes and holding his attention from the INSANE guest referee's return to the ring.
Chance Von Crank - That's right, come on down here and let the new take out the old.
Austin McGreghor - He has no idea what is waiting directly behind...
Stormm motions like he's going to rush the ring causing Von Crank to step backward into a belly to back suplex from Cane. Cane jerks Von Crank up off of the mat and locks in for the double underhook DDT, but Von Crank drops to his knees breaking the grip. Von Crank rolls out of the ring and jumps the barrier and exits through the crowd, leaving Marcus Cane inside the ring with the wrecked bodies of Quinn Masters and Chris Gil, while Justin "Stormm" Michaels stands on the ramp the number one seed going into the WrestleFest Championship Tournament! Cane demands a microphone from ringside.
Simon Ward - I've seen this man frustrated. I've seen him angry. I can tell you now that his is a level of enraged the likes I have NEVER seen!
Marcus Cane - I tell you what Trailer Park whatever it is you call yourself, you may have ruined this match, but in two weeks, that won't be the case at all! If... and that's a very BIG IF you make it into the finals of the WrestleFest Championship Tournament be prepared to come face to face with "INSANE" MARCUS CANE!
Everyone in the arena, including the number one seed shares a look of confusion. The crowd doesn't care, all the heard was that Marcus Cane will be at WrestleFest!
Marcus Cane - CANE BRINGS THE PAIN! I also bring JUSTICE! At WrestleFest, in the final of the Championship Tournament, I will don the stripes once more and award the IAW... TRUE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE WORLD to the winner and I hope as much as you will by the end, that it's not you!
Austin McGreghor - Ladies and gentlemen, we are absolutely out of time. For Simon Ward and Ernie Turner, I am Austin McGreghor and we will see you in two weeks at WrestleFest!