Tag Team
Mania....Stanley vs. Jackson...and Eli Flair is back!
Unified
World Tag Titles
Contenders Battle Royal
BB:
During the break I've been told that we are to refer to the Unified Tag Team
Champions not as the "Powers of Apocalypse" but as "The Dark
Carnival."
SB: How
about just as "Those Freaks With The Belts."
BB: And
we're finally ready to see who will come out of this battle royal as the top
contenders to face The Dark Carnival at Winter's Warriors VIII.
SB: Don't
forget....in an "Extreme Rules" match.
BB:
Whatever Powers and Apocalypse decide that means. (Music begins in the
background as the teams are introduced.) The rules to this one are simply...if
you go over the top, you're out....but your partner isn't. Whichever man
is left standing at the end...his team goes on to a Unified Tag Title shot.
Former Unified Tag Champs SWAT Team have been introduced and are on their way
to the ring. Already in the ring are Simply Stunning, US Champion
Lawrence Stanley and Serf and former US Tag Champs Carl Brigsby and Wesley
Paige, as well as "Strictly Business," John Cisco and Mark
Davis, who are making their CSWA debut.
SB: You
mean Brigsby's actually recovered from his beating earlier tonight?
BB: It
appears so.
SB: And who
is the woman that came down with Cisco and Davis.... I may have a new
favorite.
BB: That's
Terra Lopez.
SB: I've
got something she can tear...
BB:
Sammy!!!
("I'm The
One" by the Descendents begins to play as Junior Hornet comes out.)
BB:
Hey...that's not Junior's music......
Voice: I
know you've all been waiting to hear it.... we're back, and there's NO
LIMIT!!!
(Mikey Beretta
joins Junior Hornet on the rampway...the two run down to the ring, slide in,
and the melee begins.)
BB: Beretta
is in....and Wesley Paige is out! He sent the former US Tag Champ over
with a huge hurricanrana! Beretta landed on the apron, and now he
charges his way back in before he can get knocked off! Mark Davis and
John Cisco have hold of Carl Brigsby, and they're working him over in the
corner.
SB: How
surprising that Brigsby and Paige would be the first ones picked on.
BB: Simply
Stunning catches Junior Hornet with a double dropkick...but the former
multi-time tag champ rolls away from the follow-up....as Hardy and Wilcox end
up toe-to-toe with Lawrence Stanley and Serf! Wilcox levels Serf with a
standing sidekick, and then goes to the aid of his partner, who is caught in a
full nelson by Stanley. Wilcox frees Hardy, and the tag team specialists
go to work on the US Champ with a double back drop. Serf jumps on
Hardy's back....but Hardy simply rams backwards into the turnbuckle, and now
he's working to send Serf over the top! In the meantime, Strictly
Business has Brigsby stretched out on the other turnbuckle....and now he's
over!
SB:
Amazing, isn't it.
BB: Jr.
Hornet has Colt in a chokehold, but quickly gets flipped over the top of the
big man...and now both members of SWAT Team are working over the man formerly
known as P. Vicious. But here comes Mikey! Beretta uses that
empty neutral corner...and he catches Beretta with a Hurricane DDT!!!
Hardy finally sends Serf over the top...and now Stanley is all alone against
Simply Stunning.
SB: Where
is that music coming from?
BB: What
music?
SB:
That.....disco music. Oh please Lord no.
BB: DISCO
EXPRESS are on their way down the aisle! The former Unified Tag Champs
are back...and it looks like they're going to enter the battle royal.
And look who's coming down behind them....it's Greensboro Champ Wicked
Sight....is this the team he was talking about managing?
SB: Well,
there's no sign of the Drunken Disco Midget....so maybe they finally got
themselves a real manager.
BB: The
Express is on the inside, and Disco Inferno still has that disco ball in
hand!!! He levels Junior Hornet with it while B....excuse me, I'm being
told that he wants to go by "Boogieman 2000" now...
SB: You've
gotta be kidding...
BB:
Boogieman 2000 dumps Junior Hornet over the top!!! Simply Stunning is
stalking Stanley on one side.....the SWAT Team is stalking Beretta on the
other....and now Stanley and Beretta back into each other....and now those two
are going at it!!! Simon Wilcox dives over the fray, and now he tackles
Colt!!! Hardy goes for Beretta, but he's stopped from behind by Cisco
and Davis! John Cisco levels Michael Hardy with a facebuster!!!
And now Strictly Business pulls Hardy to his feet and forces him against the
ropes as they try send him over and out. But there's Inferno with that
disco ball again, this time catching "Fantastico" Mark Davis in the
head. The disco ball goes flying, but the damage is done.
Disco Express finishes up by sending Davis over the top, but he lands on the
apron. Davis catches Boogieman 2000 and sends him over with a suplex....but
he goes to the floor as well. Hardy catches Cisco with a sidekick,
freeing him from the ropes. Disco Inferno makes his way to the other
side as Stanley and Beretta struggle against the ropes. Inferno grabs
Beretta from behind by the trunks and sends the leader of the NLS halfway over
the ropes. Beretta rolls over and lands on the apron...and now he grabs
Stanley from behind and pulls him partway over the top. Inferno comes
across with a dropkick that sends both men out to the floor, eliminating them.
SB: Would
somebody please get rid of that idiot...Disco is dead!
BB: Not
quite yet they're not. Fans, I'm being told that we've got special
guests at ringside. Former World Tag Champions Tsunami and Wildstar have
taken seats at ringside along with their manager, Teri Melton!
SB: Forget
that Terra chick...my baby is back!!!!
BB: We
haven't seen "Dawn of a New Day" in action in...well, years.
Last I heard, they were dominating the circuit in Japan...and now they're here
watching the CSWA's competition.
SB: Is it
me or does Teri have too many clothes on?
BB: Tsunami
and Wildstar appear to be comparing notes....and by the looks on their faces,
they aren't too impressed with what they see in the ring.
Meanwhile, we're down to the SWAT Team, John Cisco of Stricly Business, Simply
Stunning, and Disco Inferno of the Disco Express in the ring. Disco
Inferno has Michael Hardy against the ropes, while the SWAT Team is working
over Simon Wilcox in the opposite corner. John Cisco is looking for his
next victim while getting a breather in the other corner. Inferno
backs away from Hardy....he's ready to put the young man out.
Clothesline....but Hardy ducks....and Disco Inferno goes over the top!
SB: But
Wicked Sight had the top rope held down!
BB: And he
quickly steps around the ring before Inferno can realize what happened.
Wicked Sight just accidentally eliminated his own team! I can't believe
it! Inside, Hardy heads to the aid of his partner, but he's cut off by
John Cisco with a neckbreaker!
SB: Good
grief...it looks like we've got more company.
BB:
Security has gotten in between Disco Inferno and Wicked Sight....and now the
Peacekeeper is on his way down the aisle.
SB: What's
he got planned? Or does he even know?
BB: Cisco
sends Hardy for the ride into the opposite corner and follows him in for the
running splash...but Hardy is out of the way! Cisco hits the turnbuckle
hard, and Hardy quickly over-ends the lighter man and sends him over the
top!!! We're down to Simply Stunning and SWAT Team!
SB: Not for
long....Wilcox has taken a beating over there.
BB: And
Colt and Beretta almost have him over the top. But Peacekeeper jumps up
on the apron and nails Colt in-between the eyes with some sort of foreign
object!!!! Beretta tries to grab the masked man, but he quickly jumps to
the floor. The referee couldn't see him behind all three men! And
as Colt tries to shake off the blow, Hardy catches him from behind with
belly-to-back suplex! Hardy whips Colt into the ropes....and Colt goes
over the top!!! Wicked Sight pulled down the top rope again!!!! He
wasn't here for the Disco Express....he's here for Simply Stunning! Colt
hit the floor hard, but he's up quickly, and he's headed after the
Peacekeeper!!!
SB: Is
there anyway we can send Tyler to Green Valley for say....the rest of his
life?
BB: Wilcox
and Hardy go after Beretta...if they can get his over the top, they'll win
this thing. They send him into the ropes....DOUBLE DROPKICK but NOBODY'S
HOME!!! Beretta held onto the ropes, and Wilcox and Hardy hit hard.
Beretta goes after Wilcox, the lighter of the two....he benchpresses the young
man and sends him ten feet straight to the floor. And then there were
two! Hardy and Beretta are the last two remaining inside the ring!
The Peacekeeper has escaped into the crowd, leaving Beretta, Wilcox and Wicked
Sight on the outside. Sight is trying to help Wilcox get to his feet.
Inside, Beretta slams into Hardy with a shoulderblock...but Hardy takes
Beretta down to the mat head-first as well. Beretta is up first, and he
pulls Hardy to his feet. Wilcox has jumped on the apron yelling at the
referee, while Beretta sends Hardy into the ropes. Hardy holds on, but
Beretta follows in with a short-arm clothesline. Hardy is tied up in the
ropes as Beretta grabs his legs, trying to dump him over once and for all.
On the other side, Colt jumps up on the apron, and now he and Wilcox are going
at it again! But now Wicked Sight makes his move!!! He pulls
Beretta's feet out from under him and pulls him to the outside!!! Hardy
is still tangled in the ropes, but he yells for the referee's attention.
Ref Patrick Young is calling for the bell!!! He things Beretta just went
over the top rope!
SB: He's
Carl's son alright....neither of them can make a call under pressure.
BB: Sight
is yelling for Wilcox and Hardy to make a break for it as Colt helps Beretta
to his feet. It looks like by hook AND by crook, Simply Stunning will
get a title shot at WW8 in just a couple of weeks.
(As Sight and
Simply Stunning run toward the back to avoid the SWAT Team, John Cisco and
Mark Davis meet them at the entryway and slam them into the video wall
supports. Davis runs Hardy through the curtain into a wall, while Cisco
sends Wilcox off the rampway entirely. Sight quickly jumps off the
rampway to check on Wilcox.)
Cisco: And
this is just the beginning for Strictly Business!
(Strictly
Business heads behind the curtain as the SWAT Team stalks their way up the
ramp.)
BB: Fans,
we'll be right back.
United
States Championship Lawrence Stanley vs. Bobby Jackson
This heated contest for the United States
heavyweight title, between two of CSWA's finest, was an above-par
matchup. Stanley started off with an array of brawling tactics,
which sent Jackson reeling. As the match progressed, it
seemed as if Stanley was only a move away from victory. Jackson began
to come back, however, about five minutes into the match with a series
of high-impact maneuvers.
*Joined In Progress (5:45)*
BB: Stanley with a whip to the ropes, Jackson
bounces off... Stanley telegraphs a back-body drop, Jackson kicks him in the
chest. Side headlock applied by Jackson, runs to the corner...
springboard bulldog!
SB: He makes the cover! One, two, no!
"The English Gent" breaks it. Jackson whips Stanley to the
ropes, goes for a lariat. Stanley ducks, pivots, and TAKES JACKSON'S
HEAD OFF!
BB: It looks as if Stanley's going for his
finisher...
SB: NO! Jackson with a school-boy rollup!
One, two, th-NO! Stanley kicks out! Jackson is frustrated, Bill.
BB: Well it cost him, because Stanley has him up
for the ride! He slams him hard into the center of the canvas, and now
the US champ is setting up his finisher, the FACE DOWN! he hits it! One,
two, three! Stanley pins Jackson to retain the US belt! Blade may
be calling him a fluke, Sammy...but Stanley proves he's the champ!
SB: And Blade...well, he's not collecting
a paycheck anymore is he?
BB: Before we get to our next match, fans....
we've got a very special interview to show you.
SB: Special? Says who?
BB: Sammy.... please. Fans, we haven't heard from
Eli Flair since December.... but Rudy Seitzer was able to catch up with him
earlier this week.
(CUTTO: Eli Flair's apartment. The camera is set
up to show Rudy sitting on the left and Eli on the right. He looks good - his
hair is its natural black, and there's just a hint of stubble on his face.)
RS: I think my first question is an obvious one,
Eli.... how are you feeling?
ELI: I'm feeling just fine. My knee problems are
a thing of the past, and the doctors have checked out all of my extremities and
gave me a clean bill of health, something I haven't had in at least two years.
RS: I think I speak for the CSWA fans when I
convey a feeling of relief at that.... What have you been doing with yourself
since we last saw you?
ELI: I've been taking it easy.... helping M where
I can with her Master's Degree in Social Deviance. I actually ran into an old
friend of mine from high school about two months ago.... it's been really
great.
RS: So, I suppose there's no point in dodging the
issue anymore, Eli.... when will we see you back in the ring?
ELI: That's a good question. You know, Rudy....
I've thought long and hard over it.... when I'll come back.... when I'll get my
"revenge" on the Forsaken, and what's left of the UnHoly. But I
haven't really come up with any answers.
RS: I don't understand....
ELI: Look at me, Rudy.... What's the first thing
that comes to mind?
RS: I don't know.... You look good, and your
spirits seem to be up.
ELI: Exactly. I'm happy. For the first time in a
long time, I'm happy.
RS: That's good, I suppose.
ELI: Wicked Sight and the others enjoyed their
trash talking, I'm sure. Well.... let 'em talk, because Eli Flair is done with
his career.
RS: .... What?
ELI: Look at the numbers, Rudy.... I'm a
ten- time World Champion. I've been regarded around the world as one of the top
mat wrestlers, one of the top brawlers, and one of the most well conditioned
athletes of the past ten years. It's not a matter of age, because I can still
take down anyone who gets in my way. It's not a matter of titles, because I've
held virtually all of 'em.
RS: What's it about, then?
ELI: It's about timing. I can still deliver
memorable matches.... but I'd rather step down and let the fans decide my
legacy. I don't need to be in a wrestling ring anymore. And I want to show M the
finer things in life.... the poor girl spends too much time stressing over her
work. You look stunned, Rudy.... say something.
RS: I.... really don't know what I CAN say.
Thanks for the memories?
ELI (laughing): Good enough.
(The interview ends, and the camera cuts to
Buckley and Benson.)
BB: I'm not sure what to say
either....Sammy?
SB: (silence)
BB: It's even got Sammy
speechless......fans, we'll be right back with the Main Event!
