BB: Ya know, I never get tired of hearing Hortense and the LOVE Sister perform.

SB:  You're a sick, sick man, Buckley.

BB:  Yeah, but I'm not the one who once had an affair with a 300-pound woman in order to get a beer.

SB:  That's in my past, Buckley...let's leave it there.

BB:  Well, here in the present, we're about to solve the mystery of who "X" is.  I've heard the prevailing wisdom is that it's Mark Vizzachero...especially after X made a point to go after the Thrill Kill Cult early on.  And everyone knows of the link between Windham, Vizzack, and Sunshine.  But...I guess we're all about to find out.  

BB: The Unified World Tag Champs are already in the ring....Powers is sitting in one corner, and Apocalypse is pacing the ring as they wait for their opponents.  This is odd...they just took over the ring...no music, no fanfare, no nothing.

SB:  They're all business tonight, apparently.

BB:  Maybe so....but here comes the music for the team of Windham and X....well, there's the music, but there's no appearance by the former Unified World Champ or his mystery partner...just pyro.  Wait a second, now Sunshine is standing at the top of the rampway...but she's all alone.

SB:  Not for long!  Look!!!

BB:  Out from the crowd comes the masked man!!!  X is in the ring, and he's got a chair!!  He cracks Powers in the back of the head, sending him through the ropes...and now he nails Apocalypse in the back, doubling him over!!!  The referee grabs hold of the loose chair and tosses it outside...now he's calling for the bell!  There's no sign of Mark Windham...only X in the ring, and Sunshine there on the ramp.  She looks nervous, but her team is in control, as X catches Apoc with a high knee, and then sends him to the ropes and levels him with a clothesline.  Now X hooks in a sleeper hold on Apocalypse, but Kevin Powers dives inside and trips X up, forcing him to release the hold and regain his balance.  Referee Patrick Young tries to get Powers outside the ring, but the former US Champ is in, and now the Powers of Apocalypse are doing a number on this masked man.  But where in the world is Mark Windham?

SB:  I've got a good idea....

BB:  But you're not telling, huh?  

SB:  Not a chance...

BB:  Powers and Apocalypse double-chokeslam X!!!  Wow...we've never seen that before!  Apocalypse drops a huge leg, and now Powers drops the elbow.  Either one could go for the pin right now...but they're obviously not interested in that...they want payback for what happened at SHOWTIME.  Apocalypse throws X through the ropes to the floor.....and now things are gonna get ugly.  Apocalypse slams X into the railing, and Powers follows with a clothesline that sends the masked man into the front row!!!  Apocalypse climbs into the crowd and press slams X back onto the floor.  Powers waits and measures as X gets to his feet....clothesline...NO!  X ducks the clothesline, spinning Powers around and sending him crashing into Apocalypse!!!!  X slides in the ring, avoiding the doubleteam, as the referee continues the ten-count on the PoA!

SB:  Apocalypse never should've made that freak Powers his partner...he's damaged goods after he left Love country.

BB:  Powers slides in, breaking the count, and quickly locks up with X.  X sends him for the ride, and Powers comes off the ropes with a dropkick...but X dives out of the way.  Powers just nailed referee Patrick Young right in the face!

SB:  That's the one good thing Powers has done since Eddy dumped in....maybe he can still be redeemed.

BB:  X nails Powers with a lariat as he comes around....he's got the pin...but nobody's home to count it!

SB:  Except Apocalypse!!!

BB:  He's back in with a chair!  And he hits the masked man in the back....one......two.....three times!

SB:  There's your three count, Buckley.

BB:  Good grief, they're doing a number on X.  Powers ties the masked man up in the ropes...and Apocalypse still has hold of the chair.  We've gotta get some help down here.  Now Kevin Powers is trying to pull the mask off of X.  It looks like we're gonna solve the mystery here and now!  Where in the world is....WINDHAM!!!  They pulled the mask off and it's MARK WINDHAM!!!  Powers and Apocalypse can't believe it...they think it's hilarious!

SB:  But not for long....because there's X!!!!  Stupid morons should've finished The Living Psycho off when they had a chance!

BB:  The REAL masked man dives in the ring and pastes Apocalypse with another chair...sending both Apoc and his chair hard to the mat.  Apocalypse is busted open folks...he may have lost some teeth with that one!  Powers ducks one swing of the chair, but gets pasted by the backswing and takes a powder.  And now it looks like we're really gonna find out who X is....he's taking off his own mask!  It's MARK VIZZACK!  Many guessed, but no one knew...and the team of Vizzack and Windham has beaten the Unified Tag Team Champs right out of the ring!  The Powers of Apocalypse are taking a powder, while Sunshine joins her team in the ring.  This crowd is on its feet for the return of Mark Vizzack, and possibly for the real return of Mark Windham to the ring as well! 

SB:  Well yippie ky yo ya...

BB:  SAMMY!  Mark Vizzack is back in the CSWA...and it looks like that bad shoulder is all healed up...at least well enough to swing that chair hard enough to bust open Apocalypse!   Good grief....and we've still got another Main Event to go!  For the record, it looks like this one will go down as a no-contest, leaving the PoA as the Unified Tag Champs.....but I don't think either Windham or Vizzack were after the tag straps tonight.  Tonight...it was all about showing the world that they're still on top.

SB:  Please....Eddy Love's the only one on top...as we'll see tomorrow night.

BB:  Maybe so.  But the question remains as to whether his match against Deacon will be for the World Title, or a Top Contenders match.  That's up next!

SB:  It's time....it's time....it's Vader time.  Sorry...I don't know where that came from.

BB:  It's time alright.  It's time for one of the biggest matches of the year, folks.  I don't think we've seen one like this since Mark Vizzack and Eddy Love stepped in the ring at ELVIS LIVES.  And after everything that has happened this year....these two men now step to the pinnacle of the sport.  It's time for the sendoff to Day One... let's give it to Rhubarb.

RJ:  Ladies and gentlemen...first, the challenger...

[The lights go out and the crowd SCREAMS in anticipation.]

[They wait…]

[…And wait, or so it seems. Slowly, the sound of the Gregorian chant begins to overtake the screaming of the fans. A feeling, previously of euphoria that accompanies such things as entrances, is replaced by something else - an eerie, change. Smoke begins to pour from under the ramp and out into the walkway. Goosebumps grow as the power and force of the chant increases. The crowd responds as expected, but the chant begins to lose out to something new - wind chimes?]

[The crowd, not expecting this change, realizes that SOMETHING IS UP and LOVES IT! Overtaking the wind chimes another chant, no - more like a prayer, begins to be heard…]

PRAYER: OUR FATHER WHICH ART IN HEAVEN, HALLOWED BE THY NAME.

PRAYER: THY KINGDOM COME. THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

PRAYER: GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD.

PRAYER: AND FORGIVE US OUR DEBTS, AS WE FORGIVE OUR DEBTORS.

PRAYER: AND LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION, BUT DELIVER US FROM EVIL: FOR THINE IS KINGDOM AND THE POWER AND THE GLORY FOREVER!

[An electric guitar power chord is struck, surprising all the fans in attendance. As that chord, you hear a voice, strong with a Mediterranean accent, shout…]

VOICE: FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE!

["Destiny" by Petra starts its explosive beginning as Fireworks explode all around the entrance along with blinders. When the fans can see again, Shepherd is already walking down the ramp toward the ring followed by Deacon wearing his monk's robe. They seem to float to the ring as 'their' fan's screams reach deafening levels. Shepherd enters the ring, followed by Deacon who appears to be 'coming out' of the smoke below. He ascends the stairs, steps over the top rope, and then stands in the center of the ring, "Destiny's" second verse already playing. As the chorus begins to play again, fireworks EXPLODE all around the ring along with the aforementioned blinders from above the ring. When the intense light dies down, Deacon's robes are removed and he stands there in his new ring attire.]

[Replacing his old black 'priest' outfit is a white pants outfit. No shirt now is worn, and his cross scar from when he was in China, lines his olive skin colored chest. The pants have a golden 'Celtic Cross' inlaid into their legs. He turns to the fans and accepts the cheers and jeers equally with the same look upon his face - complete determination.]

[Shepherd calls for the microphone and is obliged. He takes it to begin…]

SHEPHERD: I HAVE STATED THIS IN THE PAST. IT HAS BEEN OUR MISSION STATEMENT, BUT NOW - IT IS TIME THAT AARON SHUTS UP AND LETS MOSES SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.

[To everyone's surprise, Deacon moves toward Shepherd who puts the outstretched microphone directly in front of Deacon's mouth. The fans, spending two long years wondering what he sounds like, can now finally hear what the Deacon says. Deacon takes a moment to stare out to each side of the ring riling the crowd even more in eager anticipation. In one violent motion, he throws his arms out in a crucifix position and tosses his head so he looks into the heavens as he screams in a VERY known Mediterranean accent…]

DEACON: FAITH… IS…THE EVIDENCE!!!!!

[The crowd is stunned… the gasps are slowly replaced by cheers as Deacon looks around one last time and awaits his opponent…]

RJ:  Ladies and gentlemen...hailing from the Bronx, New York, and standing at six feet nine inches and 300 pounds...

("Loco" by Coal Chamber begins to play)

RJ:  His opponent is a former Intracontinental Champion, a former Presidential Champion, former United States Champion, and is accompanied to the ring by his manager, Poison Ivy.  He is the CSWA World Heavyweight Champion and the King of Extreme....here is.....TOTAL ELIMINATION......ELI FLAIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!   (crowd pops huge as a wall of pyro goes up behind Eli and Ivy.)

BB:  Well...we've certainly never seen anything like that before.  Deacon breaks his silence...and Eli Flair emerges from a wall of flame...with that storied twenty pounds of gold around his waist.

SB:  And the same old rag on his arm...

BB:  Don't start that again, Sammy....otherwise we might have another guest up here tonight.  

SB:  Lord no....

BB:  Senior referee Ben Worthington has the call in this contest.  He accepts the big gold belt from Eli Flair, shows it to Deacon, and raises it above his head.  This one is for the the biggest prize in wrestling today, folks.  The belt that started it all... the CSWA...the Unified Title...and the biggest moneymaker in the sport.  Here it is, folks...

SB:  Oh boy...it's time for the tagline from Buckley...

BB:  Referee Worthington has the two men shake, calls for the bell...and this one is underway!  These two huge giants, both in stature and reputation, lock it up in a collar-and-elbow tie-up.  Remember, it was on July 25, 1999 at ANNIVERSARY 1999, when Eli Flair defeated Hornet in a controversial match-up to win the IRONMAN of CHAMPIONS and the World Title.  That was after having won and defended various other CSWA titles, including the Intracontinental, Presidential and US over the past six years or so.  Deacon backs Flair into the ropes, and breaks at the referee's behest.  The clean break by Deacon, and now both men are back in the middle of the ring, circling.  They go back into the collar-and-elbow...and this time it's Eli who gets leverage...backing Deacon into the corner...and now he gives a clean break...that's something we rarely see from Eli, even though he's not typically known as a rulebreaker.

SB:  The King of Extreme is just playing by the same rules his competition is using.

BB:  Ivy stands behind one corner on the floor, with Shepherd at the opposite corner...but both are silent as this match gets going.  Inside, Deacon sends Eli across the ring and into the ropes, but Eli gets up for a quick dropkick that rocks the big man.  Eli is quick to his feet...but he seems to be favoring that left leg a bit.  We've heard through the rumor mill that Eli is in dire need of at least two different surgeries to keep his legs from deteriorating.

SB:  I thought the man had 'bionic' knees.

BB:  Yeah, but that's just the joints, Sammy..doesn't help with the tendons and ligaments.

SB:  Thanks "Doctor" Buckley.  

BB:  Deacon backed into the ropes, but he's not down.  Flair comes in with a shoulder to the gut, but Deacon grabs Flair by the throat and tosses him away.  Both men are still on their feet...and now they charge in at each other!  They collide, and both are backed up a few steps.  They hit again....and this time Eli Flair goes down... and he's clutching that left leg.  Deacon steps back and waits for the World Champion to get to his feet.

SB:  That's a mistake...he should be going in for the kill.

BB:  I don't think 'going in for the kill' and 'Deacon' go together in the same sentence.  Flair uses the ropes for leverage and gets to his feet, and now limps back into the center of the ring to face, the seven-foot tall behemoth.  Deacon with a standing switch, puts Flair in a full nelson, but Eli quickly escapes, going behind and sending Deac into the ropes with a big push from behind.  Flair comes off the ropes with a flying leap....BULLDOG!!  I have NO idea how a man with bad legs got into the air high enough to bring the big man down...but he did it!  

SB:  It's called playing possum, Buckley.

BB:  I don't think so, Sammy...that took a lot out of the World Champ, but he stays on the attack.  Deacon gets to his feet...but Flair takes advantage of the bowed head to send him reeling with a reverse neckbreaker!!!  Flair forgoes the cover to hit the ropes and come down with a hard elbow.  Now he hooks the leg!  ONE....... NO!!!!  Deacon presses Eli and sends him halfway across the ring!  I've never seen ANYONE do that to Eli.

SB:  There's a first time for...

BB:  Flair's back on his feet...he charges back across the ring and catches Deacon with a knee lift...but that simply brings the big man to his feet!  Flair backs Deacon into the ropes with a couple of knife edge chops to the chest, but Deacon turns Eli around and whips him to the far side!  Deacon comes across...FLYING BODY PRESS!!!  He's got the leg....ONE.....TWO....NO!!!  Eli uses the momentum to turn him over!  ONE............. TWO..........NO!!!!  We almost had two three-counts there in the span of six seconds!!!  The two big men untangle themselves and roll to opposite sides.  Flair takes a powder outside the ring and confers briefly with Poison Ivy before rolling back up to the apron.  The limp caused by that left leg is becoming more pronounced as we get deeper into this contest.

SB:  I'm telling you...it's all an act.

BB:  Deacon goes to pull Eli back inside from the apron, but gets a shoulder to the gut for his trouble.  Eli dives over top of the doubled-over challenger and hooks in a sunset flip!!  ONE..........TWO........NO!!!  Flair just couldn't overpower Deacon enough to keep the shoulders down, and the challenger rolls to one side.  Deacon extricates himself from the pinfall attempt, and quickly rolls to one knee.  A few feet away, Flair quickly gets to his feet and goes for a swinging neckbreaker...but Deacon blocks the attempt and sends Flair up and over with the back body!!!  Deacon quickly follows up with a leg drop, and then hooks the leg on the winded Flair.  ONE............NO!  Flair gets a leg on the ropes, and Ben Worthington calls for the break.  Deacon pulls up, gets to his feet and stands ready for the World Champion.  But instead of getting to his feet, Flair gets to one knee and somersaults across the ring, getting behind the bigger man!  He clips the knee, and Deacon goes down to one knee.  Flair locks the arms and now he's got a back slide hooked in!!!  ONE........TWO.....NO!!!!!!   Deacon levers out and rolls to the side.  But Flair's not done....he drops an elbow on Deacon, knocking the wind out of the challenger....and now he's going for it!!!  He's got the legs of Deacon......and there's the ELIMINATOR LEGLOCK!!!!  He's got it hooked in....and it's obvious that the formerly-silent Deacon is in tremendous pain!!!

SB:  Yeah, but look at Eli...he's not enjoying it himself.....

BB:  True.  He's putting additional pressure on those already injured legs.  Deacon gets his arms behind him and begins pulling toward the ropes...he's about three inches away from the break if he can pull himself just that much farther.  The Shepherd stands just a couple of feet away issuing encouragement, while Ivy stands across the way yelling instruction to Flair.  But there it is...Deacon grabs hold of the ropes, and now referee Worthington is calling for the break.  But now Flair is reluctant to give up the hold.....Worthington reaches the five-count, and now he's physically trying to pry their legs apart!!!  Flair finally relinquishes the hold, and quickly rolls to the corner to catch his breath.  On the other side, Deacon rolls outside to do the same.

SB:  I'm telling you, Deacon oughta be going after Eli right now...whack him with a chair...do something.

BB:  You just don't get Deacon, do you?  Deacon rolls back inside, and now the ten-count continues on Flair, who is rubbing that left leg while Ivy continues to talk to him.  He rolls back inside at the eight-count...and both men look ready to step things up a notch.  They circle in the middle of the ring one more time...and now the World Champ calls for a test of strength.  Deacon obliges...they lock hands, and just as quickly, Flair is down to one knee.

SB:  What's he thinking?

BB:  Flair with a shoulder to the stomach, and that quickly breaks off the test of strength!

SB:  Oh....that's what he was thinking.

BB:  Flair backs Deacon into the ropes and sends him across.....dropkick by Flair...but nobody's home!!!  Deacon held onto the ropes and dodged the bullet by Flair.  And now Flair is in serious pain...he landed on his left side, aggravating the ongoing injury to that left leg.  But Deacon's on a mission now...he follows in and drops an elbow on the chest, quickly going for the cover.  ONE......NO!  Somehow, Flair continues to find a way to kick out.

SB:  It's called the extra moolah he's making by being the champ...not to mention the psychotic ho train he has a ringside.

BB:  Deacon pulls Flair to his feet and then levels him with a short-arm clothesline.  This time he hooks the leg!  ONE...........TWO..........NO!!!  Flair gets out again!!!  Deacon is up...and he drops another elbow.  He gets up again....another elbow......up again....another elbow!  He hooks the leg!  ONE.............. TWO.................. THREE!!!!   NOOOOOOOO!!!!!   Ben Worthington says Flair got the elbow up!  Deacon pulls Flair to his feet and rockets him into the corner.  He follows in for the elbow....but Flair gets the boot up!!!!!!

SB:  But did you see which leg that was!  He caught him with the left leg....he may have just blown the wheel totally!

BB:  Deacon is down...and Flair collapses on top of him for the cover!  ONE........TWO................ THREE!!!!!!   NOOOOO!!!  Worthington tells Flair that Deacon's foot is on the ropes!  Flair pushes Worthington out of the way and heads for the ropes.  Deacon sits up and quickly climbs to his feet!   Flair hits the ropes and comes across....NO!!  That leg just went out from under him!  He was going to try a flying body press, but the leg collapsed....and Flair falls right at the feet of the challenger.   Deacon hooks the arms and pumps Flair up.......ALTAR CALL!!!   ALTAR CALL!!!   He nailed it!!!  This crowd is on its feet...I can barely hear myself speak!!!  Deacon hooks the leg!   ONE...............................TWO.................................  THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   WE HAVE A NEW CSWA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION!!!   Deacon has done it!!!  Deacon has won the belt!!!!!!!!   This crowd is on its feet applauding for both men!!!  Deacon is still down on one knee checking on Eli Flair...and now he's calling for the paramedics!   Chris Shepherd and Poison Ivy are all in the ring checking on the condition of Flair.  But it looks like Flair is trying to get up....he leans on Ivy on one side and Deacon on the other...and now Deacon raises his hand along with Eli's.  But Flair limps away to the corner with Ivy, while referee Ben Worthington hands the twenty pounds of gold to the big man and raises the hand of the new World's Heavyweight Champion!!!!  This crowd is still giving a standing ovation to both men.....in fact, as Flair is helped out of the ring...they're chanting his name!!!   This is tremendous....we haven't seen anything like this in a long, long time.  Two men fighting for the right to the World Championship....no interference, no cheap shots....this match is a credit to both these men.  And now Deacon kneels in the center of the ring along with Shepherd, the belt lying on the mat between them, and it looks like they're offering up a prayer.  This crowd is still on its feet....and I'm going to shut up and let you listen to them as we go off the air.  Tomorrow night, Eli Flair takes on Troy Windham, then participates in the WAR GAMES!!!  And for the WORLD Title....Deacon and Eddy Love finally get a chance to step in the ring across from each other!!!  For Sammy Benson and the rest of the CSWA staff and crew, I'm Bill Buckley, saying good night!   We'll see you tomorrow night for DAY TWO of the Thanksgiving Weekend Spectacular '99!!!!!!

(The camera shifts from pictures of Deacon and Shepherd in the ring, slowly standing and hoisting the World Championship, to pictures of the crowd and individual fans continuing their ovation.  On the audio, it's easy to hear thousands of fans chanting in unison....."FAITH IS THE EVIDENCE.")

(fadeout)

Onto DAY TWO of TWS '99