We're back, and there's still two huge matches ahead of us in this show! The VCW World Title will be contested later on in a Quadruple Threat Match between Falcon, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Tony Garcia, and VCW World Champion David Wright Hubbard... but first, we'll see Troy Black go one-on-one with Sandis Arlington! We're about ready to go into the introductions for that match... but we understand that there's a camera poised to intercept Troy Black as he heads for the entrance area now! Let's take a look at that backstage footage now...
Backstage...
A camera is poised in a backstage hallway, but rather than seeing Troy Black come onto the scene, Melissa DelArmeggio walks into view, having showered and dressed after her match, and walks up to a backstage crew member.
M. DelArmeggio: Hi. I was wondering... well, the trainers are all with Johnny and Julian right now, and maybe you might know where I could get an ice pack. David Wright Hubbard needs another one for his knee...
B.C. Member: Well... um, maybe--
T. Black: If you want something ice-cold to put on his knee, I might be able to suggest that you're overlooking something you already have...
Troy Black walks upon the scene, with a faint hint of a smile on his face, as Rebecca Black and Amy Lin follow behind him, snickering and giggling. Melissa ignores them, gesturing for the backstage crew member to go on, in the hopes that they'll walk past her... but that doesn't happen as Troy Black stops.
T. Black: I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. And you might as well put it to good use... for once in your life.
Amy Lin and Rebecca Black burst into a renewed fit of giggles, as Melissa DelArmeggio turns to glare at Troy Black.
M. DelArmeggio: Troy... go away. David Wright Hubbard's knee is in bad shape today, and if you're not going to help, I don't need you bothering me.
T. Black: Give it up. You could have enough ice to sink the Titanic, and it wouldn't stop Tony Garcia from tearing his leg off in the title match tonight. But I've got bigger things to deal with than you and him anyway... I hope you liked kissing Sandis a few weeks ago, because I'm sure he won't be nearly as good a kisser after I knock all of his teeth out.
M. DelArmeggio: Well, you're not going to do that by standing here and talking to me, are you? Go on... leave me alone.
T. Black: I suppose I'd better do that. Sandis will thank me later for stepping in and preventing you from getting your hands on him... after all, I'm saving him from a nasty case of frostbite if he ever thought he'd try to crawl into bed with you...
Rebecca Black and Amy Lin burst out into loud bouts of laughter, as Melissa stares a hole through Troy Black, clenching her fists, trying to come up with some words to say in reply. But she doesn't, and Troy Black simply smiles, then walks past, with Amy and Rebecca following him. Finally, as they leave, Melissa's anger seems to boil over.
M. DelArmeggio: Up yours, Troy! I hope Sandis beats you within an inch of your miserable life!!
B.C. Member: Um... I was meaning to tell you, I think there's ice in the catering room.
Melissa DelArmeggio doesn't respond, staring after Troy, and the backstage crew member tugs on the sleeve of her shirt, trying to get her attention.
M. DelArmeggio: I heard you the first time. Just... leave me alone.
The camera fades out on the backstage area as Melissa continues to stare after Troy Black.
We're back in the ring... and even on his way to making his entrance, Troy Black finds time to make enemies. But if what Melissa said is true, and David Wright Hubbard's knee is in exceptionally bad shape tonight... his chances in tonight's title match may have just dropped from slim to none. But we don't have time to dwell on that... David Page is in the ring to do the formal introductions for the first of our two main events tonight!
D. Page: Ladies and gentlemen... now it is time for the first of our two main events for the evening. The following contest is set for one fall, with a sixty-minute time limit. Your referee for this match is Bobcat McGavin!
Bobcat McGavin steps into the ring and waves to the crowd briefly, acknowledging the introduction... and the crowd erupts as "Last Beat Of Your Heart" by Mission UK begins playing over the arena sound system! He briefly stops to stare around the arena at the cheering crowd, then begins walking towards the ring, his face an unreadable, grim mask.
D. Page: Introducing first... from Atlanta, Georgia... he stands six feet two inches tall, and weighs two hundred and twenty pounds... ladies and gentlemen, SANNNNNDISSSS ARRRRRLINGTONNNNNN!!!
The crowd continues to cheer as Sandis Arlington enters the ring. He poses on one of the top turnbuckles to a burst of camera flashes and even louder cheers, then steps down and casually leans in the corner, looking to the backstage entrance with grim, composed anticipation.
D. Page: And his opponent...
The arena lights are replaced by dim silver-blue lights as "Favorite Things" by Incubus begins playing over the arena sound system, and... evidently Troy Black has new entrance music, because that's him! He steps out of the backstage area, accompanied by Rebecca Black and Amy Lin, to a huge round of boos from the crowd, and begins walking to the ring...
D. Page: From Pheonix, Arizona... he stands five feet ten inches tall and weights one hundred and ninety-five pounds... he is a former VCW World Champion, and the leader of the dreaded Black Plague... he is TRRRRRROOYYYYYY BLLLLLLAAAAACK!!!
He walks to the ring, staring at Sandis Arlington with malicious intent, then climbs up on the apron, staring into the ring cautiously, before finally stepping inside. He steps forward to stand about a foot from Sandis Arlington, staring into him... and Sandis Arlington meets his gaze evenly, without his calm expression wavering a bit. Sandis Arlington isn't a bit afraid of Troy Black... and we're about to find out now whether that's courage or stupidity! Bobcat McGavin calls for the bell, and this match is on!
Troy Black
w/Rebecca Black & Amy Lin
vs.
Sandis Arlington
The crowd falls to a hush, and the two men circle each other briefly, before Troy Black moves in for a lockup. Sandis takes it, and Troy Black grabs his arm and twists, taking control with an armwringer... but Sandis drops down to the mat and flips out of it, then kips up and grabs Troy's arm with both hands and whips him into the ropes! Troy comes off the other side, and Sandis Arlington goes for a drop-toe hold, but Troy Black jumps over his outstretched leg, then aims a spin kick at Sandis's chin as he pops up... but Sandis sees it coming and ducks, then goes behind Troy Black and lifts for a belly-to-back suplex, but Troy flips out behind him! Sandis turns around and catches a knee to the gut, and Troy Black goes for an Ace Crusher, but Sandis Arlington shoves him forward into the turnbuckle chest-first! Troy Black staggers back, and Sandis Arlington puts on a waistlock... but Troy Black breaks it with an elbowsmash, and goes for a rolling forward cradle... but Sandis Arlington grabs his waist again, and gives him a face-first power bomb!! The crowd explodes into cheers, and Troy Black puts his hands to his face, thrashing around in pain, then rolls out of the ring... and he's making a signal for a time-out!
Troy Black begins checking his face for blood, and Amy Lin and Rebecca Black go to his side to console him, putting their arms around him and speaking comforting words that the camera doesn't catch. The crowd boos, and Sandis Arlington raises an eyebrow at them in a glance that holds equal parts contempt and amusement, as Bobcat McGavin begins counting Troy Black out. Troy Black ignores all of them as Rebecca Black and Amy Lin each take their turn kissing his forehead in sympathy. Amy Lin briefly rubs his back and shoulders, and finally Troy Black steps back up on the apron, cautiously creeping back into the ring. Sandis Arlington spreads his arms in confusion, and looks around at the crowd as if to say "What the hell was THAT all about!?"... but now Troy Black's moving in for a lockup again.
They lock up, and once again Troy Black immediately goes to an armwringer, but Sandis Arlington quickly twists out of it and grabs a side headlock, grinding it in on Troy Black, trying to aggravate some of his well-known neck problems. Troy Black struggles briefly, then grabs Sandis's right arm and slips out, taking the arm behind his back in a wristlock. He pushes on the wristlock and forces Sandis to bend over, then steps around into a standing headscissors, still holding the wristlock... but Sandis uses his free hand to reach down and grab Troy Black's leg, taking him down and breaking the wristlock, then holds the leg and turns him over into a half Boston! Once again, the crowd cheers, and Troy Black quickly struggles toward the ropes, pulling himself to them and grabbing them tightly... and Bobcat McGavin orders the break of the hold.
Sandis breaks, and Troy Black pulls himself to the outside again... what's he doing!? He's stalling again, conferring with Amy Lin and Rebecca Black on the outside... and the crowd boos, getting increasingly fed up with Troy Black's hesitance. They're not the only ones... Sandis Arlington directs a contemptful, annoyed glare at Troy Black, telling him to get back in the ring and fight. Troy Black doesn't even acknowledge him, instead continuing to let Amy and Rebecca console him... and Sandis is calling for a microphone!? He gets one quickly...
S. Arlington: Are you about done over there, or should I go back to the dressing room and get something to read?
Troy Black turns to give an angry glance back into the ring as the crowd cheers... and now he's stepping up on the apron again and climbing inside! He cautiously begins approaching Sandis Arlington again, and Sandis casually throws aside the microphone and moves to lock up with him... but Troy Black catches him with an eye gouge! Troy Black drives Sandis Arlington back with a few right hands to the face, then takes him head-first into a turnbuckle... no, Sandis Arlington blocks, then catches Troy with a back elbow, and tosses him into the corner! Sandis Arlington opens up on Troy Black with a series of punches, rocking him back in the corner, then whips him to the other side and charges in after him with a jumping avalanche! Troy Black staggers out... and Sandis Arlington nails him with a knee to the midsection, then hooks him and takes him down with a snap suplex!
Troy Black gets up, and begins backing off, trying to buy time to recollect his thoughts... but Sandis has had enough stalling, and he whips Troy Black into the ropes and comes off the other side, taking him down in the middle with a Thesz press! He holds it for the pin, and Bobcat counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Troy Black shoves him up at two, then hooks his legs under his arms and takes him over in a sunset flip-like position... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Sandis Arlington rolls backwards out of that to his feet! Troy Black gets up, but Sandis Arlington pelts him with a kick to the midsection, then hooks a leg over his head for a Rocker Dropper, but Troy Black flips Sandis out of position, only to have Sandis flip back to his feet and launch a clothesline, but Troy ducks and wraps around behind him, and takes him down with a German suplex! Bobcat McGavin makes the count again... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by Sandis Arlington!
Sandis Arlington gets up, but Troy Black catches him with a kneelift, then grabs his arm and gives him an armwringer. This time, before Sandis can squirm free, Troy Black steps to the side and hammers his shoulder with a series of elbowsmashes, then sweeps his legs out in front of him, taking him face-first to the mat. Troy holds his arm outstretched on the canvas, and repeatedly drives his knee into the upper portion of the arm, bringing a pained grimace to Sandis's face. Sandis fights his way back to his feet and finally twists out of the armwringer, grabbing Troy Black's arm and putting on a top wristlock to counter... but Troy Black kicks him in the shin to break that, then nails him with a punch to the ribs and a right-left combination to the face that sends Sandis staggering back.
Troy Black backs him into the ropes with a few more well-placed punches, then steps back and charges... but Sandis Arlington backdrops him out of the ring! Troy Black grabs the ropes and holds on to avoid crashing to the floor, in the skin-the-cat maneuver often used by Shawn Michaels... but Sandis Arlington just turns and sees it, and dropkicks him in the back! Troy Black loses his grip and falls forward onto his hands and knees on the floor... and Sandis Arlington takes a running start in the ring, and dives out onto him with a tope as he stands! The crowd explodes in cheers, and Sandis Arlington crouches over Troy Black, landing a series of punches on his face! Sandis Arlington pulls Troy Black up, pauses briefly to shake his targeted arm out, and whips him into the guardrail, but Troy Black leaps up onto the rail, and springs backwards with a moonsault... but Sandis Arlington ducks, and Troy Black lands face-first on the floor!! The crowd lets out an "oooohhh" in spite of their dislike of Troy Black, and begins a "VCW!" chant... Troy Black just wiped out on his face with that moonsault attempt!
Sandis Arlington stands back, watching Troy Black... and fortunately, he's getting to his feet. A few degrees' worth of difference in angle on that landing, and Troy Black could have put himself in traction. He stands on wobbly legs and throws a blind punch at Sandis Arlington, but Sandis easily blocks and retaliates with a series of punches of his own, then takes Troy Black head-first into the steel ringsteps! Troy Black staggers back, and Sandis Arlington hooks him in a front chancery, then gives him a snap suplex on the steel ramp! Troy Black begins pulling himself up again... and Sandis Arlington climbs up on the apron, then leaps to the second rope and springs backwards onto him with an Asai moonsault! Troy Black collapses under Sandis Arlington, and the crowd erupts in cheers... that move had equal parts insult and injury, because Sandis Arlington just connected with the same move that Troy Black missed moments earlier!
Bobcat McGavin's has been lenient with the count, but now he threatens a double-countout if Sandis doesn't take it in the ring soon. Sandis Arlington obliges, rolling Troy Black into the ring, then climbing in after him... obviously, he didn't come this far to fight Troy Black on pay-per-view, only to end it with a double-countout! He rubs his right arm and shoulder briefly, then grabs Troy Black in a front facelock as he gets up, but Troy Black catches him with a low blow! Sandis Arlington doubles over, and Troy Black takes a brief pause of a second or so, then begins stomping Sandis Arlington repeatedly, occasionally kicking him in his right arm and shoulder. Sandis Arlington gets to his feet, and Troy Black punches him in the midsection, then scoops him up and bodyslams him in the middle of the ring, and follows that with a legdrop. He covers and hooks a leg, and Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And only two, before Sandis kicks out! Troy Black has a lot of work ahead of him before he can think about putting Sandis away!
Sandis is getting up again, and Troy Black doesn't look too pleased with that. He nails him with a knee to the midsection, then goes for a vertical suplex, but Sandis flips out behind him and hooks him for a German suplex, but Troy Black breaks the waistlock with an elbow, then grabs Sandis in a headlock and takes a running start, bringing him down in a bulldog! With Sandis face-down on the mat, Troy Black slips back to his side and grabs his right arm, and now he's putting on an armbar! He's been working Sandis's right arm for some time now, and he's going back to that now with an armbar submission! Sandis immediately begins struggling, going for the ropes, but Troy Black has him pretty close to the middle of the ring. Sandis Arlington hasn't been known to submit in recent memory of his career... and he won't start just now, because he makes it to the ropes! He still had too much strength left, and he was able to get to the ropes before he got in serious trouble.
Sandis Arlington begins pulling himself to his feet, but Troy Black gives him a few kicks and stomps as he gets up, then scoops him up and gives him a backbreaker. Troy Black stops briefly to look down at Sandis, then heads up to the top turnbuckle as Sandis gets up... and he comes off the top with a flying spinning leg lariat, but Sandis ducks under it! Troy Black lands awkwardly on the mat, and begins to get up... and Sandis advances on him immediately with a series of punches! He winces in pain slightly with each extension of his right arm, but he still drives Troy Black back into the ropes, then whips him to the other side and rushes him with a clothesline... but Troy Black ducks under it, then runs off the other side, and Sandis does likewise... but Troy Black takes him down in the middle with a jumping clothesline as he comes off!
The crowd boos, and Troy Black looks down at Sandis with a smile... it seems he's beginning to get a little confidence back after the early goings of the match. He drops a knee on Sandis's right arm, then goes for a cross armbreaker, but Sandis lurches his arm away, then drives a back elbow into Troy Black's groin! Troy Black doubles over and collapses to the mat, as Amy and Rebecca angrily protest from the corner, but Sandis is getting up! He pauses to shake his arm out, then pulls Troy Black up and gives him a reverse neckbreaker. That may have aggravated his arm further from the look on his face, but he's still getting up, and he picks Troy Black up across a shoulder, then takes a running start and drops him face-first on the top turnbuckle! Troy Black flops to the mat, clutching his face, and Sandis pulls him up into a sitting position, then flips over him with a jumping neck snap!
Sandis Arlington rolls his shoulder and rubs his arm, measuring Troy Black as he gets up, then drills him with a kick to the midsection and puts him in a standing headscissors, and brings him down with a piledriver!! That can't be good for Troy Black's neck, and Sandis Arlington goes for the cover... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half! The piledriver might have put away a lesser opponent, but even with a bad neck, Troy Black's nearly indestructable! Sandis Arlington begins going up to the top turnbuckle, looking for a followup... but Rebecca Black gets up on the apron and slaps his apron as Bobcat McGavin checks in with Troy Black, and Sandis Arlington falls crotch-first on the top turnbuckle! Troy Black begins pulling himself to his feet, and climbs up with him, then hooks him in a front chancery... he goes for a superplex, but Sandis Arlington blocks it, and gives him a few shots to the ribs, then counters with a front-layout superplex! Once again, Troy Black wipes out face-first, and he begins getting up... and Sandis Arlington takes him down with a flying somersault neckbreaker! He hesitates a brief instant as pain flashes across his face, possibly from the jolt to his arm... but covers him and hooks a leg, and Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half again!
Troy Black begins getting up, and Sandis Arlington slips around to the side, looking for a Russian legsweep, but Troy Black catches him with an elbow to the mouth! Sandis Arlington steps back, clutching his face, and Troy Black nails him with a blatant kick to the groin! Bobcat McGavin gives Troy Black a stern warning, and gets a dirty look in reply... and Troy Black drops down and rolls out of the ring!? He rolls out to Amy Lin and Rebecca Black... and the camera catches him saying "Come on, we're outta here..." to them... and he's turning and walking up the ramp! The crowd boos loudly, and a huge chant of "BULLSHIT!" begins as Troy Black continues walking up the ramp. Bobcat McGavin begins counting him out, but Troy Black simply acknowledges that with a sneer and a dismissive wave of his hand, then keeps walking. The crowd boos loudly, and Rebecca Black stops at the top of the ramp to give both sides of the arena the finger, getting a shower of garbage and a renewed round of boos in reply... but inside the ring, Sandis Arlington is up!
Sandis Arlington quickly runs out of the ring and sprints up the aisle, as Troy Black disappears backstage! Rebecca Black stands in his way... and Sandis Arlington knocks her aside with a right hand to the head! Amy Lin tries to slap him, but Sandis blocks it, then kicks her in the gut and snap mares her down on the ramp! He steps through the backstage entrance... and a second later, Troy Black comes flying out, landing on his back on the steel to the cheers of the crowd! He gets up and begins backpedalling, but Sandis comes out after him, then begins driving him back with a series of punches! Troy Black's staggering back, and Sandis kicks him in the midsection, then hooks on a front facelock and lifts... ELEVATED DDT ON THE RAMP!! Sandis Arlington just gave Troy Black a Gangrel-style elevated DDT on the steel ramp, and the crowd explodes into cheers! But Bobcat McGavin, even with his intentionally slow count, is into the higher numbers, and Sandis quickly grabs Troy Black and rolls him into the ring. He climbs in after him, and crawls across Troy Black for the pin... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Shoulder up at two and a half by Troy! Too much time passed between the DDT and the pin attempt for Sandis to have a chance of pinning Troy Black there.
Sandis Arlington pulls Troy Black up, and gives him a few more punches, fighting back the pain in his arm, and whips him into the ropes, then takes him down with a Samoan Drop in the middle of the ring when he comes off! Troy Black gets up, and Sandis whips him into the turnbuckle, then charges in with a jumping avalanche... but Troy Black gets a foot up! Sandis Arlington staggers back, and Troy Black boosts himself up to the top turnbuckle quickly, then gets to his feet and leaps off to cut Sandis down with a flying clothesline! Troy Black goes for the pin... no, he's just crouching over Sandis Arlington and raining punches down into his face! Maybe he had a sudden surge of confidence, or maybe he's just angry that Sandis Arlington cut off his attempt to escape... but whatever the case may be, he's beating the hell out of Sandis right now!
Finally heeding Bobcat McGavin's warnings about closed fists, Troy Black pulls Sandis Arlington up and whips him into the ropes, then brings him down in a hiptoss, but flows from there into a cross armbreaker! Sandis yells out in pain and begins thrashing around on the mat, trying to break the hold, and Troy Black immediately yells "ASK HIM!" prompting Bobcat McGavin to go down and start checking on Sandis Arlington. Bobcat McGavin's checking in, asking for a submission... but Sandis isn't giving up yet... he's fighting, and trying to make it to the ropes! He's obviously in a great deal of pain, and fatigue's beginning to show as he expends the effort to drag himself and Troy closer to the ropes, inch by inch. Sandis is still fighting, struggling for the ropes, as Troy Black continues to apply pressure in the hold, trying to break his arm or force a submission... he's getting pretty close... he inches forward a few more times, and finally Sandis reaches out and grabs the bottom rope!
Bobcat McGavin warns Troy Black to release the cross armbreaker, then begins counting, but Troy Black yells "NO!" and blatantly begins leaning into the hold further, and applying more pressure! Bobcat McGavin counts to five, and threatens to call for a disqualification... but Troy Black's still not letting go! Finally, Bobcat McGavin grabs Troy Black by the hair and pulls him off of Sandis Arlington! Troy Black gets up, and immediately starts getting in the face of Bobcat McGavin, but Bobcat McGavin's laying down the law, getting right back in Troy Black's face! Troy Black shoves Bobcat McGavin, who staggers back a step or two... but Bobcat McGavin shoves him right back! Troy Black's forced back a few steps... and Sandis rolls him up from behind by a handful of his pants! Bobcat McGavin conveniently ignores that as he goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half by Troy Black!
Troy Black pops up and throws a punch at Sandis as he gets up, but Sandis Arlington blocks it, then slugs Troy Black in the midsection! Troy Black doubles over, but Sandis cringes from the pain in his arm as he gets to his feet... but he's still able to keep on the attack with a knee to the midsection that keeps Troy bent over, then hooks him for a DDT... but Troy Black nails him with a shot to the ribs, then counters with a Northern Lights suplex! He holds the bridge, and Bobcat McGavin goes for the count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half by Sandis Arlington! Sandis Arlington begins getting up again, and Troy Black measures him... then knocks him off his feet with a spin kick to the chest! Troy Black stops to pose for the crowd, but gets only a chorus of boos in reply. Sandis Arlington's getting up again... and Troy Black grabs him by the hair, then tosses him to the outside of the ring!
Sandis Arlington's down on the outside, and Troy Black steps out to the apron, then climbs to the top turnbuckle as Sandis gets up... and comes off the top to nail Sandis Arlington with a moonsault bodyblock from the ringpost to the floor! Sandis Arlington goes down under Troy Black, and Troy's getting up quickly, then pulling Sandis up with him. He grabs Sandis's arm and wraps it forcefully around the ringpost, drawing an exclamation of pain from Sandis, then draws his arm back and does it again... and again! Troy Black's mauling Sandis Arlington's arm! He releases the arm and takes Sandis Arlington head-first into the ringpost, then reaches under the ring and pulls out a table! He sets Sandis Arlington up on the table, then climbs to the top turnbuckle... but Sandis rolls off of the table to the floor, then begins getting up! He's not staying still long enough to be put through a table!
Troy Black steps down off of the top turnbuckle and jumps down to ringside again, looking disgusted, then staggers Sandis Arlington with a few punches to the side of the head as he gets up, before grabbing him and whipping him into the guardrail. Sandis Arlington hits the rail back-first and slumps against it, and Troy Black charges in and nails him with a shoulder to the gut! Sandis Arlington staggers out, doubled over... and now Rebecca Black has Bobcat McGavin distracted! Troy Black goes to the timekeeper's table... and he just grabbed the ring bell! He advances on Sandis Arlington with the ring bell in hand... but Sandis nails him with a kick to the midsection before he can strike! Sandis Arlington grabs the ring bell away and nails Troy Black upside the head with it, busting him open! Troy Black's laid out on the floor and bleeding, and Sandis quickly returns the bell to the timekeeper's table as Bobcat McGavin turns around.
Troy Black's starting to get up, with a few trickles of blood running down his forehead, and Sandis Arlington grabs him by the hair, then takes him head-first into the ring apron, leaving a small blood spot on it. Troy Black staggers back, and Sandis whips him into the guardrail back-first! Troy stumbles forward from that also, and Sandis takes him down with a drop-toe hold that sends his face into the ringsteps! Sandis Arlington hauls Troy Black up and sets him on the table, then rolls into the ring, breaking Bobcat McGavin's perilously high count. He climbs to the top turnbuckle and leaps off... MOVING SHADOW!! But Amy Lin pulls Troy Black off the table, and Sandis Arlington goes through the table on the floor!! Bobcat McGavin threatens Troy Black with disqualification, but seems inclined to let it go since Amy Lin didn't touch Sandis Arlington directly... but now both men are wiped out on the floor!
Bobcat McGavin begins a slow count, and at five, Troy Black gets to his feet. Sandis Arlington's on his hands and knees, just beginning to pull himself up, and Troy Black draws back and kicks him in the face! Sandis Arlington goes down again, and Troy Black hauls him up by his right arm, then once again wraps that around the steel ringpost. He rolls Sandis Arlington back in, then climbs up on the apron, leaps up to the top rope, and comes off with a springboard legdrop... but Sandis Arlington rolls out of the way! Troy Black lands square on his tailbone, and Sandis Arlington pulls himself to his feet, then runs into the ropes and rushes Troy Black, knocking him off his feet with a clothesline! Troy begins to get up, but Sandis Arlington grabs him from behind and takes him down with a German suplex! He rolls back to his feet, going for a second one, but Troy Black elbows his way out of the waistlock, then goes behind Sandis into a waistlock of his own... but Sandis brings a foot up between his legs, then goes behind Troy Black and puts on a sleeperhold!!
Troy Black struggles wildly, flailing his arms around and suddenly throwing his weight in the direction of the ropes... but Sandis Arlington keeps the hold firmly applied in the center of the ring, preventing Troy Black from escaping. Finally, Troy Black's frenzied thrashing slows down, and his legs buckle, causing him to drop to his knees, then to a seated position. Sandis rolls him onto his side, then applies a bodyscissors, and Troy Black struggles weakly, then goes limp in his grasp! Amy Lin and Rebecca Black begin pounding the mat rhythmically, trying to encourage Troy Black to fight off the hold, but the crowd begins chanting "TROY BLACK SUCKS!" to the rhythm, earning themselves an earfull of outraged screaming and swearing from Rebecca Black.
Troy Black's limp in the bodyscissors sleeperhold, and Bobcat McGavin checks his arm once... and it falls. He checks his arm again... and once again, it falls. The crowd's cheering... they'd love to see Troy Black go out here... Bobcat checks his arm a third time, and it falls... to an inch or two above the mat, then stops and shoots up!! The crowd boos, and Troy Black's eyes flash open... he's still in the match! He's struggling, trying to fight the sleeper... and he rolls Sandis Arlington onto his back, laying on top of him, as Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Sandis rolls Troy back to his side! Troy fights back again, rolling Sandis back onto his back... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Once again, Sandis rolls Troy back to his side! Troy's not getting out of it like that!
Troy Black reaches down and grabs Sandis Arlington's feet... he's forcing them apart! He's trying to break the bodyscissors... and he manages to squirm his waist free, then fight up to one knee! He seems to be starting to lose his strength again... but he fights his way to his feet! He wobbles around a little bit on his feet, looking for the ropes... but Sandis still holds him in the middle of the ring, and he can't make it to the ropes on any side! Troy Black's legs buckle under him again... but this time, he reaches up and grabs Sandis's head, and brings him down with a jawbreaker that breaks the sleeperhold! Both men are down on the mat now, and Bobcat McGavin's beginning the count! Sandis Arlington just took a jawbreaker, but that seemed like it took the last of Troy's consciousness... he's out cold on the mat! All Sandis needs to do is roll over and pin him... DAMN IT, TROY SITS UP!!
Troy Black just sat up like a zombie, and now he's back on his feet! Sandis Arlington begins to get up... and for once, his cool, composed demeanor is broken as he sees Troy Black standing up! He tries to get to his feet, but Troy Black cuts him off with a kick to the midsection, then whips him into the turnbuckle! Sandis Arlington crashes in hard back-first, and Troy Black follows him in with a kneelift, then unloads on him with a series of punches in the corner. Sandis Arlington staggers out, and Troy Black kicks him in the midsection again, then hooks him and gives him a brain buster!! Sandis is down, but Troy's not going for the cover. He pulls Sandis up and hooks him... DOUBLE ARM DDT!! Troy Black just nailed Sandis Arlington with the double arm DDT, and the crowd explodes into boos! Troy Black climbs to the top turnbuckle and smiles as he balls up his right fist, then comes flying off... BLACK DAGGER!! But Sandis Arlington rolls out of the way, and Troy punches the mat!!
Troy Black gets up, stopping to shake out his fist briefly. He doesn't want another situation like the one in the Street Fight, where his fist was too injured to perform his signature moves... but Sandis is getting up as well! Troy Black throws a punch, but Sandis blocks, then retaliates with a few punches of his own, gritting his teeth through the lingering pain in his arm. With Troy Black dazed, Sandis hooks him in a front chancery, then takes him down with a snap suplex! But he's not letting it go... he rolls through, and takes him down with a second snap suplex, and continues to hold Troy Black as he rolls through and gives him a third snap suplex!! The crowd cheers, and Sandis gets up, shaking out his right arm and rubbing the muscles, trying to soothe the pain caused by the effort of the suplexes. Sandis quickly mounts the top turnbuckle, as Troy Black pulls himself to his feet. Troy Black turns around as Sandis comes off the top... FLYING DROPKICK!! Troy Black's down, but Sandis Arlington caught some of the landing on his right arm, and he's incapacitated by pain... but only for a second, as Sandis Arlington fights off the pain, covers him, and hooks a leg... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters!
Troy Black starts getting up again, and Sandis measures him briefly, then runs into the ropes... but Rebecca Black trips him on the outside! Sandis Arlington wipes out on his face, as Troy Black gets to his feet and collects his bearings... and when Sandis tries to stand again, Troy Black's waiting for him with a kick to the midsection... no, Sandis Arlington catches his leg, but Troy Black jumps up and clocks him with an enzuigiri! Troy Black slips to Sandis's side and tries to grab him for an armbar, but before he can lock in the hold, Sandis squirms out of it and pulls him down into a headlock by the hair! He grinds in the headlock, fighting against the pain in his arm as he uses all of the strength he can muster in it to try to loosen Troy Black's head from his shoulders!
Troy Black fights his way to his feet and pulls Sandis's hair to break the headlock, then kicks him in the midsection and hooks him for the double arm DDT, but Sandis Arlington backdrops him! Troy Black gets up, but Sandis grabs him and whips him into the ropes... and nails him with an inverted atomic drop as he comes off the other side! Troy Black staggers back, doubling over... and Sandis pulls him into a standing headscissors! He lifts him for a power bomb, but Troy Black counters with a Frankensteiner, then squats on Sandis's shoulders and holds his legs down for the pin... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Sandis kicks out at two and a half!
Troy Black pulls Sandis up in a waistlock, and gives him a German suplex... but no, Sandis flips out behind him, then slips in from the side... RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP! He just took Troy Black down, and now he's climbing to the top turnbuckle... but Amy Lin has Bobcat McGavin's attention, and Rebecca Black jumps up on the apron and jostles Sandis, causing him to fall crotch-first on the top turnbuckle! Bobcat McGavin turns around, but the damage is done, and Troy Black's climbing up with Sandis. He hooks him... SUPERPLEX!! Troy Black just brought Sandis crashing to the canvas, and he covers him and hooks a leg... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters!
Troy Black looks down at the fallen body of Sandis Arlington, then pulls him up again, and lifts him with a rear gutwrench... into position for the Destiny Driver!! He's going for a Destiny Driver... but Sandis Arlington counters it with a spinning headscissors that takes Troy Black down! Both men get up slowly, with fatigue obviously setting in... Troy Black goes for a spin kick, but Sandis Arlington ducks under it, then pivots and catches Troy on the chin with a superkick!! Troy Black's down, and Sandis Arlington pulls him up again... RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP!! He's going for it again! He heads up to the top turnnbuckle, and Rebecca Black jumps up on the apron... but Sandis Arlington kicks her in the face, knocking her off! He leaps from the top... MOVING SHADOW!! It just connected!! He covers Troy Black and hooks a leg, and Bobcat McGavin goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters!! Troy Black kicked out of the Moving Shadow! What will Sandis have to do to win this match!?
Sandis Arlington gets up, cradling his arm... he may have taken part of the landing from the Moving Shadow on that injured arm. He's sizing Troy Black up, as if wondering what exactly he'll have to do to beat him, then he pulls him to his feet and hooks him in a full nelson... DRAGON SUPLEX! He holds the bridge, and Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Troy Black throws his right shoulder up! Sandis Arlington's right arm wasn't strong enough to hold him down... but he pulls Troy Black up again in a waistlock, and gives him a German suplex with a bridge, getting another count from Bobcat McGavin... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Shoulder up at two and three-quarters again! But Sandis Arlington seems to have expected that, and he hauls Troy Black up into a fireman's carry... DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!! He's just dropping Troy Black on his head repeatedly, determined to break his neck again if that's what it takes to put him away... and he goes for the cover! ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Shoulder up at two and three-quarters AGAIN!
Sandis Arlington pulls Troy Black up again, and a little bit of impatience and agitation is starting to show through now... he surely knew Troy Black was tough to put away, but he has to be asking, what does it take!? He pulls him up again, and goes for a backdrop driver, but this time Troy Black flips out behind him! Troy puts on a waistlock, looking for a suplex of his own, but Sandis Arlington catches him with an elbow to the ribs, then hooks his head... ACE CRUSHER!! But rather than go for the pin, Sandis is clutching his shoulder in pain... he brought Troy Black down on his targeted right shoulder, and may have done more damage to his own arm! He crawls across him for the cover... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Shoulder up at two and three-quarters again!! Troy Black's a bloody, battered mess, but he's still in this match somehow!
Sandis Arlington pulls Troy Black up, but Troy Black shoves him away before he can grab him again! Sandis Arlington comes back in, and Troy goes for a spin kick, but Sandis Arlington ducks, then pops up and nails Troy Black with a superkick, sending him spilling out of the ring between the second and third ropes! Troy Black's face-down on the outside, but Sandis Arlington, though he's a little slowed by fatigue, doesn't seem ready to offer him even a moment of respite... he climbs up to the top turnbuckle and waits for him to get to his feet! Troy Black gets up... SHOOTING STAR PLANCHA!! Sandis Arlington comes down onto Troy Black with the shooting star plancha, and Troy Black's down at ringside! Both men are staying down, actually... they're both heavily plagued with fatigue, and not moving that fast anymore.
Sandis gets up first, and nails Troy Black with a few punches as he gets up, then whips him into the ringsteps. Troy Black collapses in a heap, and Sandis Arlington is taking up the pads at ringside! He exposes the concrete floor... and Amy Lin's protesting to Bobcat McGavin... but as she does, Rebecca Black comes from behind Sandis Arlington and gives him a low blow! Sandis doubles over and goes down... but Troy Black's up now! Amy Lin still has Bobcat McGavin distracted, so Rebecca Black hands Troy a chair... and he nails Sandis Arlington on the shoulder with it! He tosses the chair aside as Bobcat McGavin turns around, then pulls Sandis up over the exposed concrete and hooks him... DOUBLE ARM DDT ON THE CONCRETE!! The crowd boos and Bobcat McGavin once again gives Troy Black an impotent warning, but the damage has been done! A smile spreads across Troy Black's blood-streaked face as he sits beside the fallen form of Sandis Arlington, pausing briefly to catch his breath. Amy Lin comes over to him and rubs his neck briefly, but Troy Black steps away, not wanting to waste too much time, and rolls Sandis Arlington into the ring. He covers him and hooks a leg, as Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters! Sandis Arlington may be every bit as hard to finish off as Troy Black himself!
Troy Black gets up, angrily staring down at Sandis Arlington, then begins viciously stomping and kicking his right arm and shoulder again. He drags Sandis Arlington to the middle of the ring, then puts on an armbar submission!! With all of the cumulative damage done to Sandis Arlington's arm, this could be the best way to end this match! Sandis Arlington hasn't submitted before in recent memory, but you have to wonder how he can continue to take all this abuse! He cries out in pain, and begins fighting his way to the ropes... but grogginess and fatigue have nearly incapacitated him, and he's not moving very fast! Troy Black continues to lean back on the armbar, smiling as he gets another pained yell out of Sandis... but Sandis isn't giving up! He's still struggling, as the crowd begins to get behind him, inching his way to the ropes... and as the seconds wear on, he's slowly making quite a bit of progress! But the pained expression on his face becomes more and more extreme, and he's starting to turn red in the face... he may not be able to hold out! He lurches towards the ropes a few times, getting tantalizingly close... and he goes limp!! Bobcat McGavin checks him, asking for a response, and lifts his arm once... and it falls. He lifts his arm again... and again, it falls. Sandis Arlington may have passed out... and Bobcat lifts his arm a third time, but it stays up!! Sandis Arlington's eyes open into narrow slits, and he begins struggling and reaching for the ropes, as the crowd gets behind him... AND HE MAKES IT!! Somehow, Sandis Arlington made it to the ropes again!!
Troy Black breaks the hold after Bobcat McGavin warns him, then scoots away from Sandis and pauses briefly to recover and admire his handiwork. Sandis is still curled up on the mat, clutching his arm... he may have escaped, but the damage done to his arm might render that a moot point. Troy Black rises and gives a contempt-filled stare to Sandis Arlington, then begins climbing the ropes... but Sandis Arlington comes up on his hands and knees behind him, and reaches up, grabbing Troy Black by the back of his pants! He pulls on him, trying to yank him off of the turnbuckles before he can make the climb, but Troy Black holds onto the ropes, then uses one foot to kick at Sandis Arlington, trying to dislodge his grip! Sandis Arlington absorbs the kicks and pulls again... and he pulls Troy Black's pants partially down in back, earning a few lustful screams from scattered female fans in the crowd and a lot of laughter from everyone else as Troy Black falls backwards off of the turnbuckle, more from shock than from anything else. Troy Black gets up, re-adjusting his pants, but Sandis Arlington's up too, and he mows him down with a left-armed clothesline!!
Sandis Arlington stops to try to work some feeling back into his right arm, but sees that Troy Black is getting up, and nails him with a kneelift, then somewhat awkwardly takes him down with a reverse neckbreaker on the left side. He's trying to work with his left arm to spare his nearly-dead right arm... and it stuns Troy Black long enough for Sandis Arlington to place him up on the top turnbuckle, facing the crowd! Sandis Arlington climbs up after him on the other side, facing the ring, and puts him in a standing headscissors... he's going for a top-rope piledriver, but it seems that his right arm's too weak to do it! He tries to lift him again, but once again Troy Black is able to block! Troy Black squirms free and nails Sandis with a few shots to the ribs... and Sandis tries to retaliate, but when he draws back his right fist, a pained expression washes over his face, and he can't even bring himself to throw the punch! Troy Black straightens up, and hooks Sandis Arlington... TOP-ROPE DOUBLE ARM DDT!! The crowd explodes into boos, and Sandis is a tattered wreck on the mat... what a move that was!
Both men are down briefly, from fatigue and accumulated punishment... but Troy Black sits up like a zombie!! He gets to his feet, and draws his thumb across his throat... he's going to finish Sandis Arlington off! Sandis isn't moving, and Troy Black goes up to the top turnbuckle. He stares around at the crowd with a proud smirk, then slowly balls up his right fist and raises it to the sky. He leaps off... BLACK DAGGER!! Sandis Arlington convulses with the impact, and he's even more motionless now! Troy Black covers him and hooks a leg, and Bobcat McGavin makes the count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THRE... SHOULDER UP!! Sandis Arlington threw a shoulder up at the last possible second!! The confidence fades from Troy Black's blood-covered face, and he doesn't seem to know quite what to do! Sandis just kicked out of the Black Dagger!!
After a few moments of stunned shock, a grin of sadistic enlightenment appears on Troy Black's face, and he grabs Sandis Arlington's arm, going for a cross armbreaker... but Sandis Arlington rolls over and gouges him in the eyes! He knew that he couldn't take another cross armbreaker, and he had to stop Troy Black from putting it on! Troy Black staggers back briefly as Sandis Arlington forces himself to get to his feet... and Troy Black rushes in with a punch, but Sandis Arlington slips around behind him... BACKDROP DRIVER!! That could change the complexion of this match in a big hurry... and once again, both men are laid out on the mat! Sandis Arlington could be a little too fatigued to capitalize on that move, but he just planted Troy Black on his head, and he may have knocked him out! Sandis finally crawls over Troy and goes for the cover, and Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters! Troy may have had too much time to recover there!
Troy Black's beginning to stir again... but Sandis Arlington gets up! He pulls Troy Black up and grabs him from behind in a tiger suplex... no, he's reaching around further... TIGER SUPLEX '85!! Sandis Arlington just planted Troy Black right on his head again... but he's not trying for a cover! Instead, he's putting Troy Black up on the top turnbuckle and climbing up after him! Sandis grabs a leg and hooks him in a front chancery... SUPER FISHERMAN BUSTER!! That's it!! That has to be it! Sandis Arlington holds the bridge, as Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Sandis can't hold the bridge!! Troy Black didn't kick out of that move... Sandis's arm gave out! Sandis had Troy Black beaten, but for the condition of his arm!!
Both Sandis Arlington and Troy Black are lying on the mat, catching their breath... but Sandis is up first. He hauls Troy to his feet and tosses him into the corner, then backs up to the opposite side and charges in with a jumping avalanche! Sandis backs up and measures Troy as he staggers out of the corner... SUPERKICK!! Troy Black's down!! But Sandis Arlington pulls him back up... RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP!! He's going in for the kill now... but Rebecca Black's waving to the backstage entrance! Could she be calling in reinforcements!? Someone's coming out of the back... it's the Grave Digger!! The Grave Digger's on his way to the ring!! Sandis Arlington climbs up to the top turnbuckle, preparing for the Moving Shadow... but he sees the Grave Digger approaching on the outside! Sandis turns to face the Digger... SHOOTING STAR PLANCHA!! Sandis Arlington just wiped out the Grave Digger on the floor, and now he's pulling him up... RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP!! The back of the Grave Digger's head collided with the steel ringsteps as he went down from that, and Sandis pulls himself back up on the apron, then climbs to the top turnbuckle again!! The Grave Digger's down on the outside, and Troy Black's still down on the inside... MOVING SHADOW!! NO!! Troy Black moves!! The Grave Digger distracted Sandis long enough for Troy Black to recover, and he moved out of the way!!
Sandis Arlington landed on his elbow, too... he's thrashing around on the mat, clutching his arm. That could've been the last straw for his right arm... he may have just Eddy Guerreroed himself with that missed frog splash. Troy Black gets to his feet, and the pain and fatigue etched across his face give way to a predatory half-smile, half-snarl! He grabs Sandis Arlington's right arm and drags him into the middle of the ring, then slaps on a cross armbreaker!! He has Sandis Arlington in the middle of the ring, and there's no way in HELL he's going to escape!! Sandis Arlington lets out several tortured yells as he struggles in the cross armbreaker, but he's just prolonging his misery... he's never going to make it to the ropes before his arm gives out. He's hanging in there, still trying to fight... but the inches of progress that he makes are coming too slowly, and his arm's too damaged. It's probably nearly broken already, and Sandis Arlington's just torturing himself and risking a permanent injury by holding out at this point... but he's still fighting!! He lunges towards the ropes... but he's still a good long distance from them, and that took the last of his strength!! He struggles and thrashes wildly for a few seconds... and he goes limp. Bobcat McGavin raises his arm... and it falls. He raises his arm a second time... again it falls. Bobcat raises his arm for the third time... AND THE BELL RINGS, AS SANDIS'S ARM DROPS A THIRD TIME!! But why'd the bell ring so early!? Troy Black breaks the hold, climbs slowly to the top turnbuckle, and raises his hands in victory, as the crowd begins a chant of "BULLSHIT!"... but ring announcer David Page has the microphone! What the hell's going on here!?
D. Page: Ladies and gentlemen... the sixty-minute time limit for this match has expired... therefore, this match has ended in a DRAW!!
Troy
Black and Sandis Arlington battled to a draw in 0:60:00.
Rating: ****
The crowd gives a decidedly mixed reaction for that... but inside the ring, Troy Black is livid! He's yelling repeatedly to Bobcat McGavin, insisting that Sandis Arlington had passed out... and Bobcat McGavin goes to confer with the timekeeper, then turns back to Troy Black and signals that he's going to let the decision stand! Troy Black draws back a fist, glaring at Bobcat McGavin with hostile intent... but Bobcat McGavin balls up his fists and tells him to bring it on! Troy Black lunges at Bobcat McGavin, but Rebecca Black and Amy Lin hold him back.
The Grave Digger comes to join them, and it seems that together, they're managing to calm him down... but now Troy Black says something to the Grave Digger, and the Grave Digger walks over to the VCW ring announcer, David Page! He puts a hand around his throat... and Troy Black's saying something menacingly to David Page, as David Page gulps in fear, then nods in response to Troy Black's words. The Grave Digger loosens his grip on David Page, instead gripping him by the shoulder, and he nervously raises the microphone to speak again...
D. Page: VCW fans... it appears that I was informed in error, and I must make a correction. The winner of this match by submission... TROYYYYYY BLLLLLAAAAACK!!!
The crowd boos, and Troy Black nods with satisfaction, prompting the Grave Digger to release David Page. That's not the official decision... that's merely something that David Page was coerced into saying, and this match STILL ended in a draw, regardless of what Troy Black thinks happened. Troy Black, the Grave Digger, Amy Lin, and Rebecca Black are heading backstage, and some trainers come into the ring to assist Sandis Arlington as he makes it backstage... and though he walks out of here with an injured arm, it's hard to say that this match ended decisively. Even if Sandis's arm had fallen before the bell, let's not forget that he seemingly had Troy Black beaten before the Grave Digger's appearance at ringside.
David Page smooths out his rumpled suit, and climbs into the ring again... it's time for the second set of ring introductions, for our second main event of the evening. He raises the microphone and steps back into the ring, getting a smattering of boos from the crowd after making that last announcement, even under duress. He looks around, then raises the microphone again.
D. Page: Ladies and gentlemen... the time has now come for the second of our two main event matches of the evening. The following contest is a Quadruple Threat Match, and it is set for one fall via pinfall or submission, with a sixty minute time limit... and it is for the VCW World Title. The rules are simple... a disqualification or count-out will eliminate one man from the match, but the match will continue until one of the legal men scores a pinfall or submission. Your referee for this match is Brendan Powers!
Brendan Powers steps into the ring, preparing for his role as the official in this main event match... and "Shame" by Rollins Band begins playing over the arena sound system, drawing a loud round of cheers from the crowd as Falcon steps out of the backstage area, accompanied by Lady Erica Whitmore. He begins walking to the ring, showing no signs of a limp or hobble... evidently the time he's taken to recover from his back injury has served him well.
D. Page: Introducing first... accopanied to the ring by Lady Erica Whitmore, he hails from Black Hills, South Dakota... standing six feet and one inch tall, and weighing two hundred and thirty-five pounds, he is one of the three challengers in tonight's match... he is not only a former VCW World Champion, but he is the first VCW World Champion in history... ladies and gentlemen, he is FAAAALLLLLLLCONNNNNN!!!
Falcon hops up on the apron, then holds the ropes open for Lady Erica Whitmore, before slingshotting himself in over the top rope. He climbs to each of the second turnbuckles, basking in the cheers of the crowd, as a small "WELCOME BACK!" chant starts for him, then steps down to face the backstage entrance, as Lady Erica Whitmore steps to the outside.
D. Page: And his opponent...
"I, Zombie (Europe In The Raw Mix)" by White Zombie begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd's cheers suddenly give way to thunderous boos as Tony Garcia steps out of the backstage area, accompanied by Rebecca Black, and carrying his trademark wooden axe handle.
D. Page: He comes from Pheonix, Arizona via Madrid, Spain, and he is accompanied to the ring by Rebecca Black. Standing six feet four inches tall, and weighing in at three hundred and thirty-one pounds, he is a living legend of over twenty-five years in the making, one of the most feared men in the wrestling world, and the TNM Elite Lethal Lottery Cup winner... one of the three challengers in tonight's title bout... TONNNNNNNY GARRRRRRCIIIIIIIAAAAAA!!!
Tony Garcia swaggers to the ring, ignoring the yells and boos of the crowd, then points into the ring at Falcon and makes a motion of breaking something in two with his hands. He climbs into the ring and steps face to face with Falcon... and throws a punch at him! Falcon and Tony Garcia begin brawling in the middle of the ring before the match has even started, and on the outside, Rebecca Black tackles Lady Erica Whitmore to the floor! David Page stands well clear of the carnage, but seems determined to go on with his duties as ring announcer as the brawl continues in the ring...
D. Page: And their opponent...
"Walk" by Pantera begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd bursts into renewed boos as "Macho Man" Randy Savage wastes no time in charging to the ring.
D. Page: From Sarasota, Florida, standing six feet three inches tall and weighing two hundred and forty-eight pounds, he is also a legendary veteran, known for being one of the most dangerous, unstable men in wrestling history. A multiple-time World Champion in many organizations, and one of the challengers in tonight's title match... "MACHO MAN" RAAAANDYYY SAAAAAAVVVAAAAGE!!
Before the introduction's even complete, "Macho Man" Randy Savage slides into the ring! He exchanges a nod with Tony Garcia, and the two of them quickly begin working Falcon over together, dominating with their two-to-one odds! Meanwhile, Rebecca Black's slapping Lady Erica Whitmore around on the floor...
D. Page: And their opponent...
"War Pigs" by Black Sabbath hits the arena sound system, and a mixed reaction of more cheers than boos erupts as David Wright Hubbard steps out of the backstage area, with Melissa DelArmeggio at his side and the VCW World Title around his waist. He's wearing a bigger kneebrace than before on his knee, and running with an obvious limp as he sprints down the aisle towards the ring.
D. Page: Accompanied by Melissa DelArmeggio, he comes from Austin, Texas. Standing six feet five inches tall, and weighing two hundred and seventy-three pounds... the winner of the Survival of the Fittest Tournament in 2000 and the VCW CHAMPION of the WOOOOOORRRRRRLLLD... DAAAAAAAVIIIID WRIIIIIIIIGHT HUUUUUUUBBARRRRRRD!!!
David Page bails out of the ring immediately after finishing the introduction, just as David Wright Hubbard slides inside! Melissa DelArmeggio pulls Rebecca Black off of Lady Erica Whitmore and takes her head-first into the steel ringsteps on the outside, and inside the ring, David Wright Hubbard takes off the VCW World Title belt and nails Tony Garcia upside the head with it! Tony goes down, and the Macho Man turns around... and David Wright Hubbard nails him with the title belt as well, then slides it to a corner of the ring apron! Falcon gets to his feet and offers a handshake to David Wright Hubbard, but he swats the hand away, kicks Falcon in the midsection, and mows him down with a lariat! Brendan Powers calls for the bell, and this match is beginning now!!
For the VCW World Title:
David Wright Hubbard (c)
w/Melissa DelArmeggio
vs.
"Macho Man" Randy Savage
vs.
Falcon
w/Lady Erica Whitmore
vs.
Tony Garcia
w/Rebecca Black
Tony Garcia's getting back to his feet, and David Wright Hubbard immediately singles him out, drilling him with a series of punches and backing him into the corner. David Wright Hubbard whips Tony Garcia into the opposite corner, and Tony Garcia hits the turnbuckle back-first and staggers out, right into a huge dropkick from David Wright Hubbard that takes him off his feet! "Macho Man" Randy Savage gets up and charges David Wright Hubbard, but he gets taken down with a backdrop! Now Falcon's up as well... and David Wright Hubbard hooks him by the waist and brings him crashing to the mat with a belly-to-belly suplex! Tony Garcia gets to his feet, pulling himself up on the ropes... and David Wright Hubbard nails him with a devestating lariat that sends him spilling out to the floor! Randy Savage charges David Wright Hubbard again, but just gets a kick to the midsection, then David Wright Hubbard tosses him out to the floor next to Tony Garcia! Falcon's up... and David Wright Hubbard lifts him in a Gorilla Press, then tosses him out onto Tony Garcia and Randy Savage as they get up on the floor! All three men go down in a heap, and begin pulling themselves up... and David Wright Hubbard grabs the ropes, then catapults himself out onto all of them with a slingshot cross bodypress to the floor!!
Everyone's down in a heap of carnage at ringside... and David Wright Hubbard once again singles Tony Garcia out, pulling him up and taking him head-first into the steel ringpost. Meanwhile, Melissa DelArmeggio and Rebecca Black are still brawling... and that brawl's headed up the entrance ramp, back to the backstage area! It seems they neutralized each other in this match, leaving Lady Erica Whitmore as the only valet or manager still at ringside! David Wright Hubbard backs Tony Garcia into the guardrail, and continues pounding away on him, and now "Macho Man" Randy Savage is up as well... but so's Falcon, and Falcon grabs him by the hair and takes him head-first into the apron, then rolls him back into the ring! Still on the outside, Tony Garcia blocks a right hand from David Wright Hubbard, then takes him face-first into the guardrail, taking control of their brawl!
Falcon climbs inside after Randy Savage, then whips him into the ropes and takes him down with a dropkick in the middle of the ring! Randy Savage gets up and charges, but Falcon brings him down again with an armdrag takedown, then nails him with a kick to the midsection as he gets up, and takes him down with a snap mare. Falcon puts on a rear chinlock, but Randy Savage quickly powers up out of that and breaks it with an elbow to the ribs, then knees Falcon in the gut and takes him down with a bodyslam! Randy Savage goes down and begins choking Falcon... but Brendan Powers is focusing on Tony Garcia and David Wright Hubbard, telling them to take it back in the ring, and he doesn't see the chokehold! Lady Erica Whitmore tries to alert him, but she only ends up distracting him further! Finally he turns around... but as he does, Randy Savage releases Falcon and covers him for the pin! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by Falcon!
Tony Garcia takes David Wright Hubbard head-first into the ringpost on the outside, then climbs inside as Randy Savage picks Falcon up... and offers to help him! Tony Garcia grabs Falcon and locks on a full nelson, and Randy Savage starts laying in shots to his chest and ribs while Tony Garcia holds him! But Falcon reaches out and kicks Randy Savage in the midsection, stunning him and temporarily stopping the assault, then brings the other leg up behind himself, between Tony Garcia's legs! Tony Garcia releases Falcon and doubles over, and Falcon turns and takes Randy Savage down with a dropkick, then drills Tony Garcia with a few punches and whips him into the ropes! Falcon takes Tony Garcia down with a drop-toe hold as David Wright Hubbard comes back in, and David Wright Hubbard takes advantage of Tony Garcia's predicament by driving an elbow into the back of his head!
Falcon gets up and turns back to Randy Savage... but Randy Savage catches him with a low blow as he turns around, then grabs him by the hair and takes him head-first into the turnbuckle! Randy Savage chucks Falcon out of the ring, as David Wright Hubbard pulls Tony Garcia up and scoops him for a bodyslam... but Randy Savage clips David Wright Hubbard's bad knee, causing him to fall backwards under Tony Garcia! Tony Garcia takes advantage, hooking a leg, and Brendan Powers makes the count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by David Wright Hubbard! Tony Garcia gets up and begins working over David Wright Hubbard's knee, kicking it and dropping elbows across it, and Randy Savage slips out of the ring to continue brawling with Falcon... but Falcon's up on the outside, and he nails Randy Savage with a kick to the midsection! Falcon grabs Randy Savage and whips him into the guardrail, then snap mares him onto the floor as he staggers forward! Falcon climbs up on the apron and leaps to the second rope as Savage gets up again, then springs off backwards with a Falconsault to the floor!! Randy Savage goes down under Falcon!!
Meanwhile, inside the ring, Tony Garcia puts David Wright Hubbard in a kneebar, and Brendan Powers begins checking in for the submission. Falcon picks Randy Savage up by the hair and tries to roll him into the ring, but Randy Savage nails him with a back elbow, then kicks him in the midsection and takes him head-first into the ringsteps! Seeing that Brendan Powers is busy asking for the submission in the ring, Randy Savage grabs a chair from the timekeeper, then raises it to nail Falcon... but Lady Erica Whitmore grabs it away from him! Randy Savage turns around, with that wild, unpredictable look in his eyes, and begins advancing on Erica, waving his finger threateningly. She backs up, raising the chair to defend herself, but not fast enough, before Randy Savage cuffs her on the side of the face, knocking her down!! The crowd explodes into boos, and Falcon looks up as he gets to his feet, just in time to see that! He nails Randy Savage from behind and takes him head-first into the ringsteps, then grabs the chair off of the floor and brings it down on Savage's head as he tries to get up! Falcon stops to check in with Lady Erica Whitmore... then raises the chair and nails Savage with it again!!
David Wright Hubbard has made it to the ropes now, and Tony Garcia has to release the kneebar... but Falcon's getting into the ring now, and he immediately nails Tony Garcia from behind! He backs him into the ropes and whips him to the other side... no, Tony Garcia reverses! Falcon comes off the other side, and Tony Garcia backs up to the ropes and lowers his head for a backdrop, looking to send Falcon out of the ring... but Falcon puts on the breaks! Tony Garcia looks up in confusion... SUPERKICK!! Tony Garcia takes the superkick right to the chin and goes out over the top rope! Falcon turns around... but David Wright Hubbard's up behind him, and he nails Falcon with a right hand to the gut! He whips Falcon into the ropes, and takes him down with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker as he comes off the other side! Falcon's down on the mat... and David Wright Hubbard picks him up on his shoulders in a torture rack!! David Wright Hubbard's racking Falcon, but Falcon slips out behind him and takes him down with a dropkick to the knee as he turns around! David Wright Hubbard goes down now, and Falcon grabs his wounded leg and puts on a half Boston!
Falcon has David Wright Hubbard in a half Boston... and Tony Garcia climbs into the ring, surveys the scene with approval, and sits down on David Wright Hubbard's back to apply a camel clutch! Since two men can't earn a submission at once, Brendan Powers isn't sure how to call this one... but he doesn't need to be, because Falcon immediately releases the half Boston, then dropkicks Tony Garcia in the back of the head! Falcon takes Tony Garcia down with a reverse neckbreaker as he gets up, then pulls him to his feet again to continue the abuse... but Randy Savage gets up on the apron, climbs to the top turnbuckle, and jumps in to nail Falcon with a flying axhandle... but Falcon side-steps, and Randy Savage hits Tony Garcia!! Randy Savage shrugs, then turns and starts brawling with Falcon anyway... but David Wright Hubbard's up now, and he takes a limping run at them both and knocks them down with a double clothesline!!
David Wright Hubbard scoops Falcon up and drills him with a bodyslam, then picks the Macho Man up, and slams him down on top of Falcon, and steps out to the apron. He grabs the ropes, and slingshots himself in onto both men with a slingshot splash! He pulls Falcon up, lifts him, and brings him crashing to the mat with a belly-to-back suplex! He covers Falcon and hooks a leg, and Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Tony Garcia nails David Wright Hubbard with a knee to the back to break the pin! Tony Garcia hauls David Wright Hubbard up, and whips him to the ropes... no, David Wright Hubbard reverses it! Tony Garcia comes off the other side, and David Wright Hubbard takes him down in the middle of the ring with a spinebuster! He gets up, continuing to hold Tony Garcia's legs spread, and blatantly kicks him in the groin!! Meanwhile, Randy Savage is up, and he clobbers David Wright Hubbard from behind, then backs him into a corner and begins assaulting him!
Falcon's up too, and he grabs Tony Garcia before he can get to his feet, then tosses him out of the ring. Tony Garcia starts to get up, but Falcon takes a running start and sends him careening into the guardrail with a baseball slide to the chest! Tony Garcia staggers forward, and Falcon whips him into the ringsteps... and Tony Garcia collides hard with the steel steps, knocking them out of position and toppling the top half over! Falcon pulls Tony Garcia up, and tries to ram him head-first into the ringpost... but Tony Garcia grabs the post and blocks, then elbows Falcon and takes HIM head-first into the ringpost instead!
Back in the ring, Randy Savage goes for a piledriver on David Wright Hubbard... but David Wright Hubbard backdrops out of it, then begins assaulting Randy Savage as he gets up! David Wright Hubbard whips Savage into the ropes and brings him down with a huge powerslam as he comes off the other side! He covers and hooks a leg, and Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half by Randy Savage! But while Brendan Powers is diverted, counting the pinfall, Tony Garcia picks up the top half of the steel ringsteps and nails Falcon in the head with them! Falcon goes down, his forehead busted open, and Tony Garcia drags him by the hair to the announcers table, then swats the monitors and equipment aside to the floor, and rolls Falcon onto the table. He climbs up after him, and puts on a standing headscissors... Lady Erica Whitmore begs him not to do it, but Tony Garcia just smiles and lifts... PILEDRIVER THROUGH THE TABLE!! He may have just killed Falcon!
Back in the ring, David Wright Hubbard just sent Randy Savage into the ropes, and he catches him coming off with a big lariat!! Randy Savage gets up, seeming a little woozy... and David Wright Hubbard drills him with a kick to the midsection, then puts on a standing headscissors... POWER BOMB!! He goes for the cover... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Tony Garcia reenters the ring and pulls David Wright Hubbard off by the injured leg at two! He drops a few elbows on the knee again, continuing to soften it up. David Wright Hubbard kicks him away, then begins getting to his feet... but before he can get his bearings, Tony Garcia nails him with a quick combination of stiff punches, driving him back into the corner! He hooks David Wright Hubbard around the waist... and brings him down with a massive belly-to-belly suplex!!
Now Randy Savage is up too, and this doesn't look good. Randy Savage hauls David Wright Hubbard to his feet and puts him in a standing headscissors... and David Wright Hubbard goes for a backdrop, but Tony Garcia blocks that by kicking his bad knee out before he can lift fully! Randy Savage lifts David Wright Hubbard for a piledriver, and Tony Garcia grabs his legs... SPIKE PILEDRIVER!! David Wright Hubbard's down in a motionless heap, and the crowd's booing loudly... and Falcon's starting to stir in the wreckage of the table! Fortunately, the action in the ring has kept Brendan Powers too preoccupied to count him out.
In the ring, Tony Garcia lifts David Wright Hubbard into a standing headscissors of his own, then motions for Randy Savage to go up to the top turnbuckle. Tony Garcia lifts David Wright Hubbard... POWER BOMB!! And he stands back, as Randy Savage mounts the top turnbuckle, and takes a big leap... FLYING ELBOWDROP!! They're destroying David Wright Hubbard!! Tony Garcia gestures out to Falcon, in a heap at ringside, and motions for Randy Savage to go take care of him before he can recover... and as Randy Savage begins to step out, Tony Garcia quickly drops down on David Wright Hubbard and hooks a leg! Brendan Powers goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Randy Savage, alerted by the first slap of Brendan's hand on the mat, breaks the pin with an elbowdrop!!
Randy Savage pulls Tony Garcia to his feet, then begins nailing him with a series of right hands. Tony Garcia throws a punch in retaliation, but Randy Savage blocks that, then whips him into the turnbuckle! Tony Garcia staggers out... and Randy Savage scoops him up, then plants him on the mat with a bodyslam! Now he's going up top, as Tony Garcia gets back to his feet... and he cuts him down with a flying axhandle! Tony Garcia's down, and Randy Savage pulls him up into a standing headscissors... but Tony Garcia blocks a piledriver attempt, and counters it with a big backdrop! He crouches over Randy Savage and begins raining punches down on him... but Falcon's up on the apron, and he climbs to the top turnbuckle! He yells "TURN AROUND!" and Tony Garcia does... right into a flying dropkick!! Tony Garcia crashes to the mat, and Falcon runs to the ropes and springs up as he gets up... FALCONSAULT!! Falcon just hit Tony Garcia with the Falconsault, and he hooks the legs for the cover, as Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... David Wright Hubbard pulls Falcon off at two and a half!!
David Wright Hubbard knocks Falcon off his feet with a headbutt, then makes a hobbling run towards Randy Savage as he gets up... and mows him down with a huge lariat! David Wright Hubbard pitches Randy Savage out of the ring, then clobbers Tony Garcia as he gets up, and puts him in a standing headscissors! Tony Garcia tries for a backdrop, but David Wright Hubbard clobbers him on the back a few times to stop that, then braces himself carefully on his good leg and lifts... POWER BOMB!! He actually took Tony Garcia down with a power bomb!! But he's not done... he pulls Tony Garcia to his feet, and takes him down with a short lariat! He climbs out to the apron, and starts going to the top turnbuckle as Tony Garcia gets up... but Falcon's up too, and he nails Tony Garcia with the superkick before David Wright Hubbard has a chance to go for the Flying Cross Bodypress! But now Falcon turns to face David Wright Hubbard... FLYING CROSS BODYPRESS!! David Wright Hubbard changed targets when Tony Garcia went down, and he just took Falcon down! He covers him and hooks a leg... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Randy Savage reaches in and pulls him out of the ring!
Randy Savage and David Wright Hubbard are brawling on the outside... but on the inside, Falcon and Tony Garcia both get to their feet! Tony Garcia whips Falcon into the ropes, and runs off the other side... and he goes for a clothesline, but Falcon ducks under it, then leaps up and springs of the ropes... and takes him down with a second Falconsault!! He doesn't hold it for the pin, though... he hooks Tony Garcia in a front chancery! He's going for the Falcon Arrow... but he can't quite get him up! Tony Garcia may be too big for the Falcon Arrow... but Falcon braces himself and lifts again... but Tony Garcia blocks it with a shot to the ribs, then counters by lifting Falcon... BRAIN BUSTER!! Tony Garcia has him down, and he goes for the cover... but David Wright Hubbard just took Randy Savage down with a power bomb on the steel ramp on the outside! Brendan Powers counts Tony Garcia's pin... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... David Wright Hubbard enters the ring and breaks the pin!!
David Wright Hubbard pulls Tony Garcia up, and drives him back to the ropes with a series of punches. He whips him to the other side and measures him as he comes off... LARIAT!! David Wright Hubbard just knocked the living hell out of Tony Garcia with that lariat, and he pulls him up again... and grabs his throat! He braces himself and lifts... can he do it? Yes he can! CHOKESLAM!! Tony Garcia's down, and David Wright Hubbard's going to the top turnbuckle! He perches on top, as Tony Garcia gets up... FLYING CROSS BODYPRESS!! Tony Garcia crashes to the mat beneath David Wright Hubbard, and David Wright Hubbard covers him and hooks the leg!! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Falcon pulls him off!!
David Wright Hubbard gives Falcon a look of pure murderous rage, then rushes him with a lariat... but Falcon ducks, and David Wright Hubbard knocks poor Brendan Powers into next week!! David Wright Hubbard turns around... SUPERKICK!! Falcon just took him down! Tony Garcia's still down, and Randy Savage is just beginning to stir... but Falcon can't go for the cover, because Brendan Powers is still down! He pulls David Wright Hubbard up and hooks him... FALCON ARROW!! That could do it!! Falcon covers David Wright Hubbard and hooks the leg... and he looks to Brendan Powers, who's still down on the mat, not moving! Falcon slaps the mat three times as he covers David Wright Hubbard, but that's not going to count... and Falcon gets up... but Randy Savage is up too, and he climbs into the ring with Falcon!!
Both David Wright Hubbard and Tony Garcia are down, as is Brendan Powers, and Falcon and Randy Savage are trading blows in the middle of the ring! Falcon's coming out ahead... but someone's coming down the aisle!! IT'S CRIMSON!! Crimson's on his way to the ring!! He's known to be a good friend of Randy Savage, and unless Brendan Powers recovers really soon, Savage could be poised to take the title easily with a little help!! Crimson climbs up on the apron, grabs Tony Garcia's wooden axe handle, and steps over the top rope... and Tony Garcia begins to get up, but Crimson just knocks him back down with a blow from the axe handle to the back of the head!!
Falcon's still hammering Randy Savage with right hands as Crimson advances. Crimson takes a two-handed grip on the wooden axe handle, preparing to swing. But Lady Erica Whitmore yells "TURN AROUND!!" and Falcon turns around, right into a swing from the axe handle... but Falcon ducks just before the blow lands, and Crimson nails Randy Savage!! Randy Savage goes down in a heap, and Crimson turns around for face Falcon... SUPERKICK!! Falcon connects with a superkick, and Crimson drops the axe handle and staggers back into the ropes... and Lady Erica Whitmore pulls the top rope down, causing him to fall out to the floor! Falcon turns back to the match... but Tony Garcia's back up on his hands and knees, and he nails Falcon with a low blow!! Falcon doubles over, and Tony Garcia grabs the wooden axe handle... HE NAILS FALCON!! You could hear the axe handle connecting with the back of his skull... Falcon's not getting up after that!
Falcon's down in an unconscious heap, as is Randy Savage... but David Wright Hubbard's starting to get up, and Brendan Powers is stirring! David Wright Hubbard pulls himself to his feet... and Tony Garcia bashes him right in the knee with the wooden axe handle!! David Wright Hubbard crumples to the mat, and Tony Garcia rips off his kneebrace, then chucks it into the crowd!! He grabs David Wright Hubbard's leg, and puts on a kneebar... David Wright Hubbard's struggling... and Brendan Powers looks up!! He's asking for the submission, and David Wright Hubbard's desperately fighting to try to get to the ropes... AND HE TAPS OUT!! DAVID WRIGHT HUBBARD SUBMITS!! DAMN IT, WE'VE GOT A NEW CHAMPION!!
Quadruple
Threat Match:
Tony Garcia defeated David Wright Hubbard, Randy Savage, and
Falcon when Garcia made D.W. Hubbard submit to a kneebar in
0:23:51.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Tony Garcia won the VCW World Title.)
Tony Garcia releases the hold and climbs up to the top turnbuckle, raising his hands in victory and bellowing to the crowd, which is booing loudly. Trainers and medical personnel begin pouring into the ring, tending to the casualties around the ring, and Crimson stares into the ring briefly, then begins storming backstage, cursing under his breath and taking occasional glances back to the ring. David Wright Hubbard can't even stand up, and Falcon and Randy Savage are both out cold... not only is Tony Garcia the winner and new VCW World Champion, he's the only man in this match left standing!!
Tony Garcia slides out of the ring and grabs the VCW World Title off of the timekeeper's table, then straps it around his massive waist and begins walking up the ramp. He's battered and tired, but he's a winner, and unlike his three opponents, he's walking. And people are coming out of the backstage area... it's Troy Black, followed by Lorenzo Vasquez, Rebecca Black, Amy Lin, Brujah, and Desmond!! The entire Black Plague, minus the Grave Digger, is standing at the top of the ramp, giving Tony Garcia a round of applause! He staggers up to meet them, smiling broadly, and they all begin exchanging hugs and patting Tony Garcia on the back, getting a bigger round of boos from the crowd and a hail of garbage thrown their way. Tony Garcia steps forward and yells something at them, pointing to the VCW World Title around his waist, then raises his hands in victory once more as the Black Plague begins filing backstage! We're out of time for tonight... Tony Garcia is the new VCW World Champion! What does this mean for the future of VCW!? What will his title reign be like!? Join us tomorrow night!!
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