Monday Night Wrestling 06/11/01 (VCW 124)

Welcome to VCW Monday Night Wrestling, as we bring you the best wrestling known to man, live from the Compaq Center in Texas! We've got a great show planned out, with three BIG matches already signed! First, Troy Black will face Desmond one-on-one in competition tonight. Then Johnny Smiles will defend the VCW Intercontinental Title against "The Barcelona Assassin" Lorenzo Vasquez! And finally, in our main event, "The California Crippler" Ken Collins will go one-on-one with Tony Garcia, in a rematch from last week's epic battle!

Indeed, VCW fans... we've got a great show tonight! But right now, we're receiving word that we have more of that weird footage that keeps turning up... let's go and take a look at that now!!

In the Royal Castle of Bonarbor...

The scene shows a throne room with white marble walls and floor, and a red carpet covering much of that floor. Tapestries hang in the background, depicting various heroic battles and triumphs, and potted plants hang from the ceiling at various heights, in full bloom... and it can be seen that that ceiling is largely made up of clear panes of glass or some other clear material, supported by a metal frame. The room is bright, and in a regal sort of way, also comfortable. Atop a pair of thrones sit a man and a woman, apparently of Japanese ethnicity and middle age, who are dressed in silk robes. These robes are lavishly stitched and embroidered, but noticably scarce of jewels and gold or silver. As they sit in their thrones, an excited messenger runs in through the doors of the chamber.

Messenger: Your Majesties! King Paragon! Queen Grace! Gavin has arrived with your daughter!!

The face of the king and queen light up with obvious delight and excitement.

K. Paragon: By all means, show them in!!

The messenger nods, then bolts out through the doors. Seconds later, the doors are flung wide open again, and the messenger steps forward, leading a dirty, tired, and haggard-looking pair of Sophie and Gavin into the throne room.

Messenger: Your Majesties... I present to you Prince Gavin of the Cats, and your long-lost daughter, Princess Sophia of Bonarbor!!

Several heralds raise their trumpets and start trumpeting the announcement, but Sophie steps forward.

Sophie: Wait. King person... queen person... I can't lie to you. As much as I want awesome magical powers, I have to tell you... I'm just an ordinary girl. See, I'm really a professional wrestler, and I was born and raised in California...

K. Paragon: You look like my daughter, from my memories... but it has been so long. Fetch me the fragment of the Royal Diamond.

A herald nods and dashes away.

K. Paragon: We will know the truth soon. Gavin... do you know anything of this?

Gavin, the Prince of the Cats, steps forward, kneeling before King Paragon.

Gavin: Your Majesty... I know only that I found her in Morgana's torture chambers. She would not have been there if Morgana had not known she is Princess Sophia.

Sophie: Gavin!! You're supposed to be on MY side! Look, just tell the nice king and queen that I'm not the princess so I can go home and beg Rex to take me back and fall into a suicidal depression when he says no!! ... Hey, wait. That doesn't sound like very much fun at all...

The herald returns carrying a large diamond shard on a chain. King Paragon takes it, and it begins glowing softly as he holds the chain. Then he brings it closer to Sophie, and it begins glowing brightly.

Q. Grace: It IS her!!

K. Paragon: Sophia!! My daughter!

King Paragon grabs Sophie, lifting her off her feet in an embrace and hugging her tightly as she squirms and protests.

Sophie: Listen, king, I'm not your daughter, and I'm also not the kind of girl who'd ever get with a fuddy-duddy like you... so either way, hands off the merchandise! Let go!!

King Paragon releases Sophie, and she steps back away from him.

K. Paragon: You were raised by Larry and Jane Jukodo, correct?

Sophie: Yeah, they're my mom and dad! Not YOU. But how do you know them?

K. Paragon: Because you were hidden with them when you were just an infant. They were never able to have children of their own, so they agreed to take you in and raise you as their own, hiding you from the forces of evil. But then we received word that you had been detected, and we sent Gavin to find you. He's a master of investigation, and he has brought you here to us now.

Sophie: I guess... normal girls don't get kidnapped by ninjas and tortured by bad queens and rescued by talking cats and have magic diamonds glow around them, do they?

K. Paragon: They certainly do not.

Sophie: Wow... so you must really be my parents, I guess... I mean, that would kind of explain the whole thing. But what about my other parents?

Q. Grace: They'll certainly love you always, Sophia, just as we will. You can visit them anytime. You haven't lost your other parents... instead, you've just come to understand that you have two more parents, and you know more about who you truly are.

Sophie seems to grow thoughtful, smiling as she looks around at King Paragon and Queen Grace.

Sophie: I guess you're right. Wow... I feel happy now that that's all cleared up. This is gonna be great...

Gavin steps forward, interrupting Sophie's reverie.

Gavin: I beg your pardon, your Majesties, but I also bring a bit of troubling news. My senses indicated that we were being stalked by a large man during our journey... and yet I could never quite find him. Furthermore, we believe Queen Morgana is trying to uncover the location of the Eternal Stone.

Sophie: A big, sneaky guy? That must be the Super Giant Ninja! He carried me down to the torture chamber, and the bad queen told him to guard me! I know him! He's really big, and sometimes he flips out and tries to kill people for no reason!

K. Paragon: It is good that you were protecting her, Gavin. But Sophia... you have the potential to become much more powerful than Gavin, or us, or even Queen Morgana herself. It is your calling, in these troubled times, to protect the kingdom alongside us and our loyal subjects. Will you do it?

Sophie: Oh, yeah! Just let me at the Super Giant Ninja! I'm the totally hot karate-fighting Princess of Bonarbor, and after they locked me up in the dungeon and poked me with agony rods, it's payback time! It's gonna be some creamy business when I get out there! I'm gonna be kicking sooooooo much ninja ass!!

Sophie does a series of quick kicks to the air, ending with a flashy jumping spin kick that narrowly misses one of the hanging plants. Queen Morgana and King Paragon exchange an incredulous glance before turning back to Sophie.

K. Paragon: Your... um... enthusiam is encouraging. We will give you the simplest of the royal artifacts of power now, the ones that you can use now despite a lack of experience. Fetch the Bands of Power, the Boots of Power, and the Silver Leotard!

Once again, a herald hurries off to follow the order.

Sophie: Oh, yeah... and when do I get a totem animal? Gavin said that I'll get a really cool unicorn...

K. Paragon: Indeed. Artemis, the royal unicorn, has been raised since birth to serve the royal family. But the ceremony will take much time... and first, we will send you into battle against this first opponent, to test your might.

Sophie: Alrighty.

The herald returns, carrying two wristbands and a one-piece silver suit with transparent black leggings and sleeves.

K. Paragon: These are the royal artifacts you will be given to start. The Bands of Power will multiply tenfold the strength in your arms and shoulders... and ONLY your arms and shoulders, so don't over-tax the rest of your body by lifting too much. The Boots of Power will do the same, but only for your legs. Remember that lifting something heavy is done with your back, which you could easily hurt if you overestimate your strength. And the Silver Leotard will be your new combat gear... it renders your body impervious to bladed or pointed weapons such as swords and spears while it is worn. You can still be wounded by other means, however.

Sophie: HELL YES!! Thanks Mom and Dad... these are the best presents EVER!! ... Well, I guess that I really love the little puppy, Toomy, that my other parents gave me... and then one time they got me an AWESOME skateboard... but these are really cool too.

K. Paragon: Use them well. The forces of evil are rising to threaten the kingdom, and you are the only young one of the royal family left to carry on the defense of Bonarbor... in many ways, our future is in your hands. You will return to Earth and face the Super Giant Ninja in ritual combat to grow accustomed to your powers... good luck.

Sophie barely seems to be listening, admiring the Bands and Boots of Power and the Silver Leotard with a smile on her face as the scene fades out.

This is getting weirder all the time. I think we'll just let that footage stand on its own, and get ready to begin our first match tonight. "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd gives a small pop as "Skyhawk" Quinn Harper comes out of the backstage entrance and sprints to the ring. He slides inside and performs a series of backflips, then climbs to the top turnbuckle and poses for the crowd, getting a small round of cheers and a few screams from female fans. He hasn't been too successful lately in VCW, but nobody can deny that he's made an impression with his quickness and high-flying style.

But now "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye begins playing, and that brings out "Double R" Rex Richards, along with Komachi and Minako. Rex Richards is looking every bit as cocky as usual as he walks to the ring and climbs inside, barely even acknowledging Quinn Harper. Komachi and Minako peel off his robe, and Rex Richards kneels and flexes his muscles, bathed in a red and gold spotlight, as Komachi and Minako begin performing their choreographed martial-arts routines around him... but Quinn Harper steps forward as well, and begins performing a series of laughably exaggerated karate poses, mocking Rex Richards's lengthy posing routine!! Rex Richards stops flexing his muscles and stares in wrath-fueled shock, then whips his sunglasses off, throws them aside, and charges Quinn Harper, clobbering him with a series of right hands as Bobcat McGavin enters the ring and calls for the bell to begin this match!

"Skyhawk" Quinn Harper

vs.

"Double R" Rex Richards
w/Minako & Komachi

Rex Richards takes control briefly after his surprise attack, clobbering Quinn Harper and working him over, but Quinn Harper soon turns the tide with his superior quickness, taking Rex Richards down several times, then dumping him to the outside of the ring and leaping out onto him with an impressive shooting star plancha! They begin brawling on the outside... and here Rex Richards takes the advantage again shortly, overpowering Quinn Harper and giving him a mean beating. Back in the ring, he continues to dominate, but Quinn Harper slips out of an attempt at the Death Valley Driver and counters it with the Quinntessence, his variation of the Ace Crusher! But he's still weakened, and when he rolls over for the cover, he only gets two and three-quarters. He gets up before Rex Richards, and attacks with a second wind, quickly hitting a few big moves that take him down. But when he goes up to the top turnbuckle, Komachi shoves his ankle as Minako distracts Bobcat McGavin, and he falls crotch-first on the turnbuckle. Rex Richards goes up after him and brings him down with a big superplex for a near fall, then drives him into the mat with a piledriver and covers for the victory.

Rex Richards pinned Quinn Harper after a piledriver in 0:04:30.
Rating: 3/4*

Thanks to his two female accomplices, Rex Richards just picked up another victory, and Komachi and Minako enter the ring as Rex Richards dumps the fallen Quinn Harper out of the ring, then begins posing and celebrating. But hold on a second... their celebration may be cut short! Cheesy, energetic eighties music is playing over the arena sound system... and here comes Russel "The Muscle" Taylor!! He steps out, holding a microphone, and the crowd actually gives him a small pop as he stands at the top of the backstage entrance... but Rex Richards can't seem to believe it!

R. Taylor: I don't see what YOU'RE celebrating about. You didn't earn a victory... you cheated your way to a victory. And cheaters never prosper!

Rex Richards is staring down the aisle at Russel Taylor, looking completely dumbfounded, but Russel Taylor seems to mean business here! Meanwhile, Quinn Harper is slinking away to the backstage area, mostly unnoticed.

R. Taylor: What just happened in that ring was another injustice. And I don't like to see injustice. I don't like to watch people suffering, to see good people get cheated out what they deserve, and end up getting hurt by some low-down jerk like you... that makes me sad. It makes me want to cry. You should HELP your fellow man... you shouldn't be cheating him to gain an advantage! And don't even get me started on what you did to poor Sophie... you let her get kidnapped and tortured by ninjas! My partner turned to the side of evil to participate in that nefarious plot, and I won't stand for it!!

Rex Richards just rolls his eyes and shakes his head... and he's grabbing a microphone.

R. Richards: Listen, you stupid punk-ass goody-two-shoes pussy... I don't know WHAT the hell your problem is, but if you've got a problem with me, bring your ass in the ring, and I'll beat your ass right here, right now!!

Rex Richards clearly isn't afraid of Russel Taylor... and given the past history, that's not at all surprising.

R. Taylor: Violence won't solve anything. But I tell you what I will do... I'll take you on, one-on-one, at Gang Wars, and I'll show you PERSONALLY that cheating doesn't pay!!

R. Richards: Yeah, sure... fine. But that don't change the fact that I'm in here right now, and I want to kick your ass! You say violence won't solve nothing... how about this? If you DON'T get in here and fight me, I'm gonna beat up some nice person backstage for NO REASON!! You can't let that go, can you, you goody-good son of a bitch!?

R. Taylor: I won't let you get away with that! You're going down, you big, bad scoundrel!!

Russel Taylor just tossed aside the microphone, and he's rushing towards the ring! Again, a small portion of the fans actually cheer as Russel Taylor slides into the ring, then starts opening up on Rex Richards with right hands! Rex Richards tries to retaliate, but Russel Taylor blocks, then whips him into the ropes... and runs him over with a clothesline in the middle of the ring! Rex Richards gets up, and starts backing off... but Minako nails Russel Taylor from behind with a low blow! He doubles over, and Komachi runs the ropes, then nails him with an axe kick to the back of the head! Russel Taylor's down, and Rex Richards pulls him up... DDT!! They just assaulted Russel Taylor three-on-one, and laid him out!!

The crowd boos as Rex Richards, Minako, and Komachi begin leaving, with Russel Taylor down in the middle of the ring. Russel Taylor actually has a match on pay-per-view... that's an unusual state of affairs, without a doubt. But hold it... "You Oughtta Know" by Alanis Morissette just started playing over the arena sound system, and that brings out Amy Lin, along with Rebecca Black and Virginia!! They begin walking to the ring, and they pass Rex Richards, Komachi, and Minako on the ramp. Amy Lin stops briefly to say something to Komachi and give her a friendly hug, then keeps going to the ring as Rex Richards, Minako, and Komachi depart. Rebecca Black, Virginia, and Amy Lin enter the ring, and roll Russel Taylor out to the floor, where he gets up and begins staggering backstage as Amy Lin calls for a microphone.

A. Lin: Okay... tonight, we have some bad news, and some good news. First of all, let's start with the good news. Tonight, Troy Black has finally decided to take matters into his own hands... he's going to crush that incompetent, butt-ugly, worthless traitor to the Black Plague, Desmond... and he's going to do it personally, right here, tonight. It's going to be an example to everyone... especially the Grave Digger, because he's getting the exact same treatment this Sunday when Troy Black or Tony Garcia kicks his ass and wins the VCW World Title.

The crowd boos. Obviously, they don't share Amy Lin's high opinion of Troy Black. We know for a fact that that match is signed... and Desmond had better be ready for the fight of his life when it comes.

A. Lin: Now... for the bad news. There's no justice in this country. Maybe if I'd still been working in Canada in SMCW, and my case had been tried under CANADIAN law, things would've turned out differently... but not here. I'd get more fucking justice in Stalin's Russia than I would here! A court of law had the NERVE to tell Troy Black's lawyers that my case against Melissa DelArmeggio was... laughable! They said it was laughable! Well, excuse me, but I don't see what's so FUCKING funny about a psychotic bitch who's tried to sexually assault me repeatedly!! I don't see anybody laughing!

Oh, come on! Can Amy Lin honestly believe what she's saying, or is she just trying to cover up after those ridiculous bogus charges were thrown out of court!? The crowd boos, and a "BULLSHIT!" chant begins in the crowd. Amy Lin looks out at them angrily, then raises the microphone again.

A. Lin: And because of that... my temporary restraining order against Melissa expires at midnight this Saturday. And I suppose that that means that I COULD have a one-on-one match against Melissa at Gang Wars...

The crowd cheers loudly, but Amy Lin holds up a finger, indicating that she's not finished.

A. Lin: But I don't think I'll do that. I want to have that match on my own terms... so I have a different idea. Since none of Melissa's little girlfriends are booked for Gang Wars, why don't all three of them get in a cage with me and two partners... in a War Games Match?

The crowd explodes into cheers again. A War Games match pitting Melissa DelArmeggio, Christina Ellis, and Yuri Sonoda against Amy Lin and two partners would be one hell of a spectacle! Amy Lin hesitates before continuing to speak.

A. Lin: And just to make it interesting, let's throw a little added incentive in there. I'll have a one-on-one match with Melissa. But we'll let the captain of the winning team decide when and where, and what the stipulations will be. So, speaking hypothetically... if Melissa's team wins... I'll face her anytime, anywhere, in any match she chooses. But speaking realistically, WHEN my team wins... let's just say I have big plans for Melissa.

The crowd cheers... the stipulations could get very intriguing. What kind of match would these two women possibly inflict on one another? We know that Melissa DelArmeggio has a history of competing in violent, bloody Street Fights and Hardcore Cage Matches... could perhaps we see something like that if Melissa's team wins? And what sort of plans does Amy have in mind if she wins?

A. Lin: Now that I've made the challenge, I know Melissa's dumb enough to play right into my hands here, so of course she'll accept. All that remains now is for me to announce my team. My first choice for a partner should be obvious... and that's the most dangerous, most physically dominant woman in VCW... Komachi.

The crowd boos, and Rebecca Black and Virginia both smile and nod at that choice. It's hard to argue with Komachi's effectiveness, and she has worked successfully with Amy Lin and Rebecca Black before in similar tag team matches. But who will the other one be?

A. Lin: Now... Rebecca. I know the family you come from, and I know your physical abilities VERY well... so I hope you're not mad. But I don't want to risk putting any unsightly bruises or marks on that smooth, creamy skin of yours... so my other partner is going to be the largest female athlete in the world, the most powerful woman in VCW... VIRGINIA.

The crowd boos, and Virginia raises an arm and flexes it, showing off a massive, sculpted globe of a bicep. There's no doubt about it. She's six feet four inches tall, and well over two hundred pounds... Virginia may be the last woman in the world that anybody would want to be trapped in a steel cage with. But now Rebecca Black steps forward and speaks into the microphone.

R. Black: Amy, you couldn't have chosen better. In six days, I want you to go out there and kick their asses... and I'll be waiting to give you a little victory celebration. The only problem is... I don't want to wait six days. I want you NOW.

The crowd lets out a frenzy of catcalls and cheers as Rebecca Black puts her arms around Amy Lin and draws her forward, opening her mouth for a kiss as she closes her eyes. But Amy Lin pulls away before their lips touch, looking around at the crowd with a contempt-filled smile.

A. Lin: Sorry, people... you're not getting a show this time. Come on, Rebecca... we'll finish this in the locker room.

The crowd explodes into boos, and Rebecca Black, Amy Lin, and Virginia begin to step out of the ring... but as they do, "Star Cycle" by Jeff Beck begins playing, and that brings out Christina Ellis and Yuri Sonoda, to a renewed round of cheers from the crowd! Christina Ellis has a microphone in her hands and an amused smile on her face as she looks into the ring at Rebecca, Amy, and Virginia. They don't look happy at this interruption...

C. Ellis: Hold it... before you go backstage and express your mutual love like two actors in a bad porno movie, I've got a few things to tell you. First of all... you're damn right, we accept your War Games Match. And second of all, if we can break up your little private party for a second, we've got our own challenge. Pick any two of you, against the two of us, and we can wipe you out right here, right now!

The crowd cheers...not only is the War Games Match now official, but we may have an impromptu match on our hands! Amy Lin raises the microphone...

A. Lin: I'm always up for a good fight, and I know Virginia doesn't have anything better to do... but I'm a generous person, and I have to think about the needs of other people first. So, Rebecca...

R. Black: Say no more. It can wait. Besides, what I'm gonna do to you is gonna wear you out a hell of a lot more than some little match with them... you might as well work up a good sweat out here.

A. Lin: Okay. I guess that means yes... so bring it on down here, and me and Virginia will beat you like a pair of dogs.

Christina Ellis just tossed the microphone aside, and she and Yuri Sonoda are headed to the ring! They climb inside, and Amy Lin and Virginia quickly rush them and attack! Jerry Rogers enters the ring and calls for the bell, and we've got a match!

Christina Ellis & Yuri Sonoda

vs.

Amy Lin & Virginia
w/Rebecca Black

Amy Lin and Virginia control briefly in the opening of the match, but soon Christina Ellis and Yuri Sonoda fight back, using their quickness, well-rounded wrestling ability, and teamwork to their advantage, evening things out. The match is back and forth for several minutes, with neither team retaining the advantage for long or weakening their opponents severely enough to go in for the kill. As the match progresses, Yuri Sonoda hits a few nice, quick moves on Virginia, then goes for a high cross body, but Virginia steps a bit to the side and just swats her out of the air with a massive lariat!

Virginia takes control and tags in Amy Lin, who begins viciously working Yuri Sonoda's right arm, wearing her down and applying submission holds, occasionally tagging Virginia in to keep Yuri Sonoda down with a few big power moves. With Yuri Sonoda hurting, Amy Lin applies an armbar submission in the middle of the ring, looking to end this match... but Yuri Sonoda struggles, finally fighting her way to her corner and making the tag to Christina Ellis! Christina Ellis charges in, taking both Amy Lin and Virginia down with several quick wrestling takedowns and dropkicks. Yuri Sonoda comes in to help, and dumps Virginia to the outside, then nails her with a baseball slide and goes out after her, leaving Amy Lin and Christina Ellis alone in the ring together!

Christina Ellis takes Amy Lin down with a series of three rolling double underhook suplexes, then puts on a full nelson... no, Amy blocks, then counters with a jawbreaker! Christina Ellis is down, and Amy Lin begins going up to the top, perhaps for the Moonsault... but Christina Ellis is back up, following her... and she hooks her from behind! TOP-ROPE GERMAN SUPLEX!! Amy just got wiped out on the mat... but on the outside of the ring, Rebecca Black just nailed Yuri Sonoda from behind with a chair, and Jerry Rogers didn't see it! Now Christina Ellis is putting the full nelson on again... DRAGON SUPLEX!! She holds the bridge... and Virginia slides into the ring, dropping an elbow on her just before Jerry Rogers's three-count! She hauls Christina Ellis up by the throat... CHOKESLAM!! Virginia isn't going to stop there, though... she pulls Christina Ellis up across her shoulders and starts spinning... VIRGIN SACRIFICE!! That could do it... Amy Lin struggles to her feet, and she's going up to the top turnbuckle... MOONSAULT!! Amy Lin covers and hooks a leg, and that'll be all!

Amy Lin and Virginia defeated Christina Ellis and Yuri Sonoda when Lin pinned Christina with the Moonsault in 0:10:36.
Rating: * 1/4

The crowd boos as Amy Lin and Virginia are announced as the winners. Amy rolls out of the ring and leans on Rebecca Black's shoulders, letting her help her backstage, as Virginia follows. Back in the ring, Yuri Sonoda drags herself in to check on Christina Ellis. Virginia's assistance was crucial to Amy Lin's winning of this match, and if Rebecca Black hadn't neutralized Yuri Sonoda with a chairshot on the outside, we might be looking at a very different outcome. As Yuri and Christina regroup, we're going back to a backstage scene, where we'll see the VCW Television Champion, Brujah, who'll defend that title tonight one-on-one against Dean Sanders!!

Backstage...

Brujah is sitting backstage with Jennie on a sofa, with the VCW Television Title laying on his lap, and one arm loosely around her shoulders. They seem to be in the process of talking about an upcoming match.

Jennie: So you're sure that's your match at Gang Wars?

Brujah: Yeah. Me and Lorenzo against Johnny and Ken, in a tag team match. Tony isn't letting Ken get Lorenzo one-on-one until he gets through him first, but we've got this match.

Jennie: You know I don't like that.

Brujah: I don't necessarily either. But why worry about it? I've got a match with Dean Sanders tonight...

Jennie: Yeah, but the match at Gang Wars... after what Lorenzo did, it's like you're helping him--

Brujah sits up a little straighter, looking bothered by that suggestion.

Brujah: No. I didn't help him do anything that he did. I never put a finger on Stacey. He did all that on his own. I just happen to be his tag team partner in a match or two.

Jennie: Come on... aren't you disgusted by what he did?

Brujah: And if I am, what do I do about it? Keep my mouth shut, if I'm smart. Ken and Stacey are both adults. They can take care of themselves. If they want to keep her safe, they won't bring her to the arena anymore.

Jennie: So it's right that they have to hide from that maniac? Are you saying that if you ever need to keep me safe, you won't bring me to the arena?

Brujah: Now you're putting words in my mouth. And this never was about you and me. This is all between Lorenzo, Ken, and Stacey, and I'm not getting dragged into this any more than I have to in order to keep my job. And that's a final decision. I'm not gonna be a hero, Jennie. You knew that when you got mixed up with me to begin with. And if that makes you unhappy... if who I am makes you unhappy...

Brujah stops and runs a hand through his hair, looking away from Jennie as he breaths deeply.

Brujah: ... Listen. I just want you to be happy. You do what you have to do... and I'll do what I have to do. Whatever that might be for each of us.

Jennie throws her arms around Brujah and hugs him tightly, then stands up abruptly.

Jennie: I have to step out and talk to a few people about a few things.

Brujah: Is it anything you can talk to me about?

Jennie: ... Evidently not.

Brujah: So... you're coming back in here when you're done?

Jennie: Probably.

Brujah: Okay. Do whatever you need to. Just be happy.

Jennie smiles sadly, then turns and walks out of the room. Brujah watches her go, then looks at the VCW Television Title belt and sighs.

Jennie's continuing to have problems with Brujah's association with Lorenzo Vasquez. Things could reach the boiling point tonight, because in two of our top matches, Lorenzo Vasquez will be facing Johnny Smiles for the VCW Intercontinental Title, and Tony Garcia will go one-on-one with Ken Collins in a return match from last week! But right now, we're going to see another match... "Surfing With The Alien" by Joe Satriani begins playing, and the crowd cheers as Salvaje Demonio runs out of the backstage entrance and sprints to the ring. He slides inside and runs the ropes a few times, then turns to face the backstage entrance, waiting for his opponent.

And now "Stormbringer" by Deep Purple starts playing, and here comes that opponent! Chris Champlain comes out of the backstage entrance, wearing his usual dark hooded cloak. He comes to the ring and climbs inside, then climbs up to the second turnbuckle and throws his head and arms back, flinging the cape off as he laughs maniacally with his head pointed up to the rafters. He steps down... and he's not going for a microphone, so fortunately we'll be spared the usual maniacal interview from him. He's going in to lock up with Salvaje Demonio, as Brendan Powers enters the ring and calls for the bell!

Chris Champlain

vs.

Salvaje Demonio

These two men both provide a big test to the others ability, as they alternate between technical wrestling contests, brawling, and a few exchanges of quickness and aerial moves. Salvaje Demonio dumps Chris Champlain to the outside and leaps out onto him with a corkscrew plancha, and he starts to continue to take the abuse to him on the outside, until Chris Champlain reverses a whip to the guardrail, then blasts Salvaje Demonio with a high knee as he staggers forward. Chris Champlain takes the advantage on the outside, brutalizing Salvaje Demonio and bashing his head into everything he can find, then taking him back into the ring and continuing the assault with some mat wrestling and wear-down holds to try to stretch his neck or damage it somehow. Salvaje Demonio, also no slouch on the mat, tries to make a comeback with counter-wrestling, but if Chris Champlain can't outwrestle him, he always finds some cheap shot to keep the advantage.

With Salvaje Demonio wearing down, Chris Champlain looks to go in for the kill, picking him up in a fireman's carry, perhaps for a Death Valley Driver... but Salvaje Demonio slips out of that behind him, then counters with a tiger suplex!! Chris Champlain kicks out at two and three-quarters, still having too much left to be put away at this stage of the match, but with that one big move, Salvaje Demonio is able to regain the momentum, hitting Chris Champlain hard and fast with a flurry of offense. Finally, he hits a fireman's carry into a flapjack, and begins climbing to the top turnbuckle... but somehow Chris Champlain makes it up just in time to nail him with a punch to the abdomen, causing him to fall onto the turnbuckle! Chris Champlain climbs up with him, and both men struggle for position... but Chris Champlain gets control with a shot to the ribs, then hooks on a front facelock... TOP-ROPE DDT!! Salvaje Demonio goes limp on the mat with the impact, and Chris Champlain climbs up again... SPLIT-LEGGED MOONSAULT!! That'll definitely do it! Chris Champlain hooks the leg for the pin, easily getting three!!

Chris Champlain pinned Salvaje Demonio with the Split-Legged Moonsault in 0:07:42.
Rating: ** 3/4

Chris Champlain has won this match, and rather impressively, with that amazing top-rope DDT and the Split-Legged Moonsault. Both of these men put on great athletic performances, but Chris Champlain, mentally imbalanced or not, is the one who comes away with the victory this time. He begins stalking towards the backstage entrance... and now we're hearing that backstage, a camera is on Jennie again! Could this have anything to do with what we saw earlier?

Backstage...

In a bare stretch of hallway with no other people around, Jennie is leaning against the wall and talking to Paul Canyon, who's dressed to wrestle now.

Jennie: I wish I could convince him to change sides. I've tried to tell him, I'm willing to take my chances if the Black Plague comes looking for revenge, but... he doesn't see it that way.

P. Canyon: It's never quite that easy. Doesn't Troy Black have total control over his contract?

Jennie: Yeah, but then... why is Desmond still around? There has to be some loophole, some way--

P. Canyon: I know the feeling. But sometimes, if someone's close to you, you have to put up with them for who they are. They'll think differently than you, and have different priorities. But if you're really a good friend... or, in your case, if you actually love him... well, you know. You don't have to stick with somebody if the friction gets too high... but if it works on so many other levels, you should think carefully about making choices that you can't take back.

Jennie: You're talking about Owen?

P. Canyon: Yeah. I mean, we've been friends forever. And I know we're the greatest tag team in VCW... I'm not really saying that to be boastful, it's just that when we're working together, when we've got everything firing on all cylinders, I can feel it in the air, that feeling that we could take on anything and win. So maybe we don't get along all the time. I just think... well, I'm sorry. I know you came here to talk to me about Brujah, and I don't want to focus completely on myself...

Jennie: No, it's okay. It's good to talk about these things.

P. Canyon: I'm not worried about our team anyway. The Ontario Colour Show will be together all the way. I'm sure of it.

Jennie: I don't know what to say about me and Brujah. Maybe.

Paul Canyon is looking past Jennie, down the hallway, as she talks.

P. Canyon: Speaking of the Ontario Colour Show... watch out. I don't think he's gonna be happy with me.

Owen Addison walks onto the scene with Tim Bell, and he doesn't look very happy to see Paul Canyon talking to Jennie.

O. Addison: Oh, for God's sake... I thought we'd settled this.

P. Canyon: We HAVE settled it. Now, we've got a match in a few minutes, right? Don't worry about it. Let's go.

O. Addison: Yeah, we've got a match in a few minutes, against Hell's Bikers... and here you are, talking to this backstabbing bimbo here! I thought you had your priorities straight!

P. Canyon: I DO have my priorities straight. And what about you? You're always saying that the wrestling should come first, and the backstage social stuff should take a back seat. I agree with you. You're ABSOLUTELY right. So let's not talk about this... let's get out there for our match and wrestle!

O. Addison: Don't go trying turn that logic around on me, okay? You KNOW this is gonna interfere with your concentration tonight.

P. Canyon: No. You know what interferes with my concentration? It's when YOU won't get off my back about little stuff that doesn't make any difference at all in how we perform in the ring!

T. Bell: Guys... come on. We really DO have to get to the ring. Can we worry about this later?

Jennie: Yeah. I'm sorry. I don't want you to--

O. Addison: Sorry? You damn well ought to be. Maybe you should just stick to your own kind from now on... stay with Amy and Rebecca, the other two conniving BITCHES--

Owen Addison is cut off as Paul Canyon slaps him hard across the face, making an audible sound and knocking him aside. Owen Addison and Tim Bell stare at Paul Canyon in disbelief after that, but he glares right back at Owen Addison.

P. Canyon: Don't talk to her like that. Now we've got a MATCH in a few seconds. In the ring. Let's go.

Paul Canyon walks past his partners and begins walking down the hall. Owen Addison grabs a chair and stares after him, but then turns and flings the chair at Jennie. She screams and quickly leaps out of the way, avoiding the chair by a few inches, then takes off and runs away, as Owen Addison turns back to Tim Bell.

O. Addison: He's right. Let's go.

Owen Addison begins walking away as well. Tim Bell stares after him, then looks up at the ceiling and mutters something under his breath before turning to follow after him as the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

This is NOT the time for there to be dissention among the Technicians... they've got one hell of a fight coming up. "Walk" by Pantera begins playing, and the crowd boos as all three members of Hell's Bikers, Jack Norman, Butch Manson, and Crimson, step out of the backstage entrance and begin making their way to the ring. They'll be facing the Technicians in a six-man tag team match here, as part of their alliance with the Hammer of the Gods, dedicated to taking out the Technicians and Stiff Competition. Not only that, but lately Tim Bell has taken exception to Crimson's wanton acts of violence, and seems determined to beat him in the ring... a feat that's been accomplished only three times in VCW history. They enter the ring and begin preparing for battle...

And now "Until It Sleeps" by Metallica is playing, bringing out the Technicians, Paul Canyon, Owen Addison, and Tim Bell, to a huge round of cheers from the crowd! They don't look unified at all, though... Owen Addison still has a red mark across the side of his face from being slapped, and he's directing murderous glares at Paul Canyon, as Tim Bell seems to be wondering what he's gotten himself into. They're climbing into the ring, and at least they seem willing to try to cooperate and take care of this match together. Linda Peterson enters the ring and calls for the bell, and that'll get this match started!

Hell's Bikers (Jack Norman, Butch Manson, & Crimson)

vs.

Technicians (Owen Addison, Paul Canyon, & Tim Bell)

As can be expected, the Technicians take the early lead in this contest with their wrestling skill, and for a time they seem to be working tolerably well. The tension is visible between Owen Addison and Paul Canyon, and they're not setting up each other's offense or hitting any tandem moves, but they and Tim Bell make a good showing of technical wrestling ability. Hell's Bikers, for their part, make a good showing of power and viciousness, and when they finally get their hands on Paul Canyon, they isolate him and begin working him over viciously. He nearly makes the tag to one of his partners when Butch Manson misses a moonsault, but he's cut off at the last second. Likewise, when he clocks Crimson in the head with an enzuigiri and takes him down, Crimson makes the tag and Jack Norman cuts him off just before he can get to his corner. Owen Addison seems disgusted with Paul Canyon's repeated failures to tag out, shaking his head and rolling his eyes.

Finally, things start to look worse as Crimson gives Paul Canyon a gutwrench suplex and a ragdoll full nelson slam, then tags in Jack Norman. Jack Norman pulls Paul Canyon into a standing headscissors, but Paul Canyon slumps to the mat instead of staying up. Jack Norman points at him and laughs for a second, then pulls him up again and lifts for a power bomb... but Paul Canyon reverses with a Frankensteiner! They both take a second or two to get up... Jack Norman's up first, and he rushes with a clothesline, but Paul Canyon ducks, pops up, and takes him down with a savate kick! Both men go down, and Paul Canyon's headed for his corner! Owen Addison asks for the tag... but Paul Canyon tags Tim Bell instead!! Tim Bell's in... and Jack Norman tags in Crimson!!

Crimson charges in, and Tim Bell takes him down with a few dropkicks and takedowns, trying to keep the big man off-guard and make the most of his ability and quickness. Jack Norman and Butch Manson soon rush in as well, and all hell breaks loose as the Ontario Colour Show also enter the ring. Tim Bell hits a few nice moves on Crimson, but when he goes for a piledriver, Crimson blocks and counters with a huge backdrop, then goes on an offensive tear of his own, mauling Tim Bell with power moves and plenty of massive blows. He takes Tim Bell down with a big Gorilla Press slam... but Paul Canyon, having just dumped Jack Norman to the floor, is up on the top turnbuckle, waiting for him!! Paul Canyon comes off with a flying cross bodypress... but Crimson catches him!! But on the other side of the ring, Owen Addison has Butch Manson up... TOMBSTONE!! He just nailed Butch Manson with the Tombstone, and he turns around as Crimson lifts Paul Canyon up... and Crimson tosses Paul Canyon onto Owen Addison!!

Tim Bell's back up... and Crimson NAILS him with a huge kick to the head!! Paul Canyon and Owen Addison get up again, and Paul Canyon turns to face Crimson... but Owen Addison whirls him around, getting in his face!! They're arguing in the middle of the ring! Crimson rushes them both, nailing them with a double clothesline!! They go down hard, and Tim Bell's pulling himself to his feet again, as Crimson gives him a knee to the gut, then puts on a standing headscissors... POWER BOMB!! Owen Addison's up, and Crimson nails him with a boot to the head that sends him spilling out over the top rope! Paul Canyon's up too... and Crimson picks him up and chucks him out of the ring onto his partner!! Once again, Tim Bell's trying to stand... and Crimson grabs him by the throat!! CHOKESLAM!! The Ontario Colour Show members are down on the outside, and Crimson places a foot over Tim Bell's chest... and that gets three!!

Hell's Bikers (Jack Norman, Butch Manson, and Crimson) defeated The Technicians (Owen Addison, Paul Canyon, and Tim Bell) when Crimson pinned T. Bell with the Chokeslam in 0:16:13.
Rating: ** 1/2

The turmoil within the Technicians may have cost them this match... it seems like several cases of miscommunication between Owen Addison and Paul Canyon piled up in the end, leaving Crimson free to dominate and pick up the pieces. As a result, Tim Bell, who we know wanted to redeem all of the abuse he's taken from Crimson tonight, just got Chokeslammed again, and Hell's Bikers will be walking away with the victory, as the crowd boos. They head for the backstage area, clearly pleased with this outcome... but there are some other people who aren't.

Back in the ring, Paul Canyon's helping Tim Bell to his feet... and Owen Addison's climbing back inside as well, not looking pleased! He grabs Paul Canyon by the shoulder and whirls him around, and the two men go face to face, exchanging obviously heated words that no microphone is present to pick up. Paul Canyon begins to turn to leave... but Owen Addison grabs him by the shoulder and forces him to stay, saying more to him! Paul Canyon pushes Owen Addison back, and Owen throws his fists up in preparation for a fight... but then Paul Canyon says something and sticks out his hand for a handshake! Owen Addison looks around to the crowd... they're cheering him to accept!! They don't want to see the Ontario Colour Show dissolve like this! After looking around to the crowd, Owen Addison looks back to Paul Canyon... and shoves him down to the mat!!

The crowd boos as Owen Addison steps out of the ring and begins walking backstage alone. Paul Canyon gets up, staring after him... but Owen Addison's not looking back! He just walks away, as the crowd boos... and Paul Canyon finally breaks his stare to help Tim Bell out of the ring... it looks like Tim's a little disoriented after taking that massive power bomb and Chokeslam combination. As they leave the ring, let's go backstage and hear from one-half of our main event tonight, Ken Collins, as he prepares to do battle with Tony Garcia!

Backstage...

Ken Collins is shown sitting in a locker room backstage, facing a camera. He's already dressed to wrestle, and he looks especially focused and ready tonight. He looks directly into the camera and begins to speak.

K. Collins: Tonight... I guess you already know that I'm going to be facing Tony Garcia again. Last week, he gave me a challenge. I could have Lorenzo Vasquez, one-on-one, if I went through him first. And there's nothing I want more than that right now. Normally, beating Tony Garcia would be its own reward... it would be a sign that I've made it, that I'm one of the top competitors in this business. But right now, I just don't care about that. All I care about is getting that one-on-one match against Lorenzo Vasquez, and making him pay for all the hell that he put me and the Lockman family through.

Ken Collins pauses, stopping to clear his throat, then goes on again after a second.

K. Collins: I guess the bookers thought they'd placate me a little bit. They gave me a tag team match at Gang Wars. Me and Johnny Smiles against Brujah and Lorenzo Vasquez. Better than nothing, I guess. I appreciate the gesture. But with all due respect, it's just not GOOD ENOUGH. I don't want Brujah to be in the way... and no offense to Johnny, but I don't want HIM in the way either. I want it to be me against Lorenzo, one-on-one... no assistance, no excuses. And if I can't get the job done, if I fail in the eyes of Stacey, Jimmy, and everyone else who wants to see Lorenzo Vasquez fall... I'll accept that. I'm not going to be Richard Tobian and try to batter down a brick wall by ramming it head-first until something gives... if Lorenzo wants to get rid of me, ALL he has to do is take me out, to prove that I'm a failure and that he can get away with what he's done. But I'm not going to quit until I get that ONE single encounter with Lorenzo Vasquez.

And that's why tonight... I'm more than willing to get in the ring with Tony Garcia one more time. People wonder if I'm crazy, if I want him to snap my spine in half... they're saying I'm lucky to have survived at all last week. But I want this match more than anything. I'd BEG for this match if I had to. I want my one-on-one confrontation with Lorenzo Vasquez, and I want it soon. And if Tony Garcia says that beating him will get that for me... then I AM going to beat Tony Garcia. And then I'm going to get in the ring with Lorenzo Vasquez... and when I do, winning and losing will be secondary to ensuring that Lorenzo Vasquez regrets the day he ever heard the name Ken Collins, and regrets EVER putting his hands on Stacey Lockman.

I know where you're coming from, Lorenzo. Sean Black taught you to wrestle, and Tony Garcia taught you to hurt people. Tonight, your old teacher is about to get a lesson from me... and you'd better take notes, because I'm coming to teach you the same lesson as well. The lesson is... there are certain lines you just don't cross, certain things you just don't DO, or there'll be hell to pay. You've crossed those lines, Lorenzo... there WILL be hell to pay... and after I get done with Tony Garcia tonight, I'm coming to collect.

Ken Collins goes silent as the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

No question about it... we're looking at a new sort of intensity from Ken Collins. We're about to see one of the men he just spoke of in action soon. "War Machine" by KISS is playing, and that'll bring forward the challenger, Dean Sanders! He'll be facing Brujah with the VCW Television Title on the line tonight. He steps out of the backstage entrance to a loud round of cheers from the crowd, then makes his way to the ring with a single-minded focus. He's not worried about Brujah. The two men are a lot alike, in that they're not the biggest athletes in VCW, but both are vicious fighters. With that said, it has to be acknowledged that Dean Sanders is a far superior wrestler...

And now "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)" by Alabama Three begins playing, and Brujah steps out of the backstage entrance, wearing the VCW Television Title, to a round of boos from the crowd. He walks to the ring slowly, looking around at the booing fans with contempt, then climbs into the ring, takes off the VCW Television Title, and poses on the top turnbuckle with it to a renewed round of boos. He sets the title aside and steps down, then rushes Dean Sanders! Bobcat McGavin enters the ring and calls for the bell, and this match will be getting underway!

For the VCW Television Title:

Brujah (c)

vs.

Dean Sanders

Brujah and Dean Sanders begin the match with a lot of brawling, attacking each other with a lot of viciousness and not a lot of finesse. They seem evenly matched in this regard, but as the match shifts more towards wrestling, it becomes clear that Dean Sanders is a more skillful wrestler. Brujah keeps getting up, shrugging off Dean Sanders's offense and coming back for more, but Dean Sanders stays in control of the match, though Brujah gets in a few big moves of his own when he can. Dean Sanders begins working over Brujah's right leg viciously, possibly to set it up for the figure-four leglock that he's been known to use to win some of his singles matches.

After several minutes, Brujah hits a low blow and begins rabidly assaulting Dean Sanders, fighting back as well as he can with the wounded condition of his leg in a last-ditch show of inner fury and survival instinct. But when he hits Dean Sanders with a double arm DDT, it only gets two and three-quarters. He starts going up to the top turnbuckle, but is too slow, and Dean Sanders catches him on top, then brings him down with a top-rope kneebreaker!! Brujah thrashes on the mat, clutching his right knee, and Dean Sanders puts on a figure-four leglock!! The crowd cheers, and Brujah's attempts to fight the hold aren't meeting with much success.

But as Dean Sanders keeps the figure-four leglock applied, Jennie comes running out of the back! The crowd boos, and she runs to ringside, unseen by any of the men in the ring. Jennie stops on the outside, looking uncertain and a little hesitant... but when Brujah yells out in agony again, she quickly reaches in from the outside and pulls Dean Sanders's hair!! The crowd's boos get louder, and Dean Sanders stands up, angrily accusing Jennie as she shrugs and shoots him an apologetic glance. Dean Sanders is irate over this interference... and somehow, Brujah's pulling himself to his feet! Dean Sanders turns around... and Brujah launches himself at him with a diving lariat!! Dean Sanders goes down hard! But Brujah fights back to his feet, then pulls him up into a standing headscissors... POWER BOMB!! He covers Dean Sanders, hooking his trunks for leverage, and gets the three-count!!

Brujah pinned Dean Sanders with the Power Bomb in 0:09:50.
Rating: 1/2*
(Brujah retained the VCW Television Title.)

Brujah rolls out of the ring and hobbles over to Jennie, then gives her a big hug... and she's a little hesitant to return it, as she shoots a regretful glance back into the ring at Dean Sanders, who's now up on his feet again and complaining to Bobcat McGavin about the unseen interference. Brujah grabs the title and raises it high above his head as he limps backstage, still leaning on Jennie. It seemed like the match was practically over, until Jennie distracted Dean Sanders, breaking his concentration and the figure-four leglock. But we're going to cut away now, and go backstage to a camera on Desmond, the man who'll take on Troy Black tonight in a one-on-one encounter!

Backstage...

Desmond is in a dressing room backstage, seemingly trying to focus as his match with Troy Black draws ever nearer. Christina Ellis and Yuri Sonoda are sitting down near him, discussing their match.

Y. Sonoda: I just didn't see... she came from behind and hit me with a chair! I'm very sorry...

C. Ellis: Don't worry about it. The next time Rebecca Black comes near you, kick her ass just on principle. She likes to act tough, but just see how tough she is when you turn around and kick the chair into her face.

Y. Sonoda: I won't take my eyes off of her again.

They both turn to Desmond, who's remaining quiet and nearly still.

C. Ellis: Worried about your match with Troy?

Desmond: A little bit. I can't stop thinking about it... this is the biggest match of my career.

C. Ellis: Don't worry about it... he's not so scary. He looks even shorter in person... but then, I'm sure you know that.

Desmond can't help but smile a little, but he still doesn't seem very confident.

Desmond: Still... I've seen what he can do. I mean, he's beaten Crimson, he's beaten Gabriel, Sandis, Falcon... when I stop and think about it, I have to wonder... in the face of all that, what chance does someone like ME have against him?

C. Ellis: So don't think about it. Instead, think about AFTER you beat him, how you'll get back here and Melissa will be smiling, and she'll give you a hug and tell you that you did a great job out there... and then you'll ask her if she wants to get a drink after the show.

Desmond: I will?

C. Ellis: Yeah, because you're going to promise me right now that you'll ask her out if you win tonight.

Yuri Sonoda raises a skeptical eyebrow at Christina Ellis.

Y. Sonoda: Christina, what are you trying to do?

C. Ellis: Just helping a friend out. ... So, Desmond... if you beat Troy tonight, you'll ask Melissa out. Okay?

Desmond: Um... okay. Sure, I guess.

Desmond and Yuri Sonoda both seem a little bit skeptical and uncertain of this idea.

Y. Sonoda: Are you sure this is helping anything?

C. Ellis: It's just that you can't go into a match against someone like Troy Black with your head full of doubts. Desmond... whatever you do, don't WORRY about this match. Don't stay back and think about what could happen... march right in there and beat the crap out of him. Don't let him intimidate you. If you have to dwell on something, dwell on what'll happen when you WIN this match... not IF you win, because you can't go thinking about failure.

Desmond: I guess I see your point. What's the worst he can do? If he beats me... so what? But if I beat him...

Suddenly, the door opens, and Melissa DelArmeggio walks into the room. Christina Ellis shoots both Desmond and Yuri a glance that seems to say "keep quiet about that" as she enters.

C. Ellis: So... you've accepted the War Games Match?

M. DelArmeggio: Yeah. I just KNOW I'm going to get thrown off of something high or gouged with barbed wire. I always do when I end up in a situation like this. But it'll be worth it. They could throw me out of an airplane without a parachute, if they promised I'd get another shot at Amy.

C. Ellis: I knew you'd see it that way. Of course you DO have the best partners on your side... not that you'd know it from the way we got our butts kicked tonight.

M. DelArmeggio: We'll all do fine. ... Oh, before I forget, Desmond... can I talk to you about something?

Desmond: Huh? Sure, I suppose.

M. DelArmeggio: Okay. It's your match tonight against Troy. I know sometimes that you get overwhelmed with inner fury and go berserk in the middle of a fight...

Desmond: Yeah, I've already thought of that. I was wondering if I should try to control myself against Troy... if I let my emotions get the better of me, maybe he can outsmart me and win.

M. DelArmeggio: That's a possibility... but also, I just wanted to ask if maybe you could... well, just try not to hurt him too badly. I mean, he has a history of neck injury, and--

C. Ellis: Melissa, shut the fuck up and listen to yourself.

Desmond: Well, I guess I really shouldn't try to hurt him... that's not reasonable at all--

C. Ellis: Desmond, you too. This is TROY BLACK. Don't worry about hurting him, for starters... you could shoot him in the chest with a rocket launcher and he'd still probably kick out at two. And Melissa... this is the same guy who turned on you for a psychotic ex-stripper, tried to break Falcon's back, insults you every time he sees you, and has two-on-one odds against the Grave Digger this Sunday. I'd say it's high time somebody DID try to hurt him. If you're going to be freakishly loyal and devoted to someone, try to pick someone who deserves it, okay?

Melissa DelArmeggio steps back, but Christina Ellis grabs her and guides her to a bench, and she slowly sits down.

M. DelArmeggio: I'm sorry for being such an idiot about Troy.

C. Ellis: Are you really?

M. DelArmeggio: I think so.

Desmond: So, should I--

M. DelArmeggio: Do whatever you need to do to put that bastard in his place. I'll be behind you all the way.

C. Ellis: We all will.

Desmond: All right. I think I know what I have to do.

The camera fades out on the backstage scene.

So Desmond seems to be mentally ready for Troy Black, but does he stand a chance? We know that Troy Black's one of the most dominant wrestlers in the whole company... and in all honesty, Desmond isn't. We could be looking at a very one-sided situation when they get in the ring together, and it won't be long now until we see that match.

Right now, we're going to see a tag team match first. "Domination" by Pantera begins playing over the arena sound system, and that brings out the Wrecking Crew, John Uldwall and Blade, to a round of cheers from the crowd. Once, they dominated the tag team scene in VCW... but lately they haven't been able to recreate that kind of success. They still seem imposing and physically threatening as they enter the ring. They certainly look ready for a fight tonight, and it's a good bet that they'll get one.

"War Pigs" by Black Sabbath starts playing next, and the crowd boos as the rather unlikely team of David Wright Hubbard and Brian Rivera make their way out of the backstage entrance, along with Stormy Weathers. David Wright Hubbard doesn't seem too enthusiastic about this pairing... word has it that he was forced into this team after his attempts last week at conspiring with Brian Rivera against the Grave Digger. Brian Rivera and Stormy Weathers seem thrilled with the prospect of teaming up with David Wright Hubbard... and Brian Rivera's dressed ridiculously, as usual. They enter the ring, and David Wright Hubbard's not wasting any time... he immediately demands that the match get started! Jerry Rogers calls for the bell, and we've got a match!

Wrecking Crew

vs.

David Wright Hubbard & Brian Rivera
w/Stormy Weathers

This match quickly turns into a fierce, explosive brawl as power moves and massive blows are exchanged between David Wright Hubbard and the Wrecking Crew members, with Brian Rivera using quickness and a few nice moves to make up for his lack of size and power. After getting the advantage against Blade, David Wright Hubbard lets Brian Rivera take over, stepping out to the apron to allow his right knee to rest. Brian Rivera tries to control the match with mat wrestling and restholds, playing it safe, but Blade just won't stay down, and soon he reverses the tide of the match by elbowing out of a sleeperhold and countering with a belly-to-back suplex, then tags in John Uldwall.

The tide of the match is reversed now, and the two members of the Wrecking Crew begin taking apart Brian Rivera with some hard-hitting power moves and intense offense. The Wrecking Crew seems to clearly be in control, but Stormy Weathers whacks John Uldwall in the back with a chair as he comes off the ropes, and Jerry Rogers doesn't even see it, having been busy telling Blade to get into his corner! John Uldwall staggers forward... right into a kick to the midsection from Brian Rivera, then the Bitch Slap!! He covers and hooks a leg... but only gets two and three-quarters!! Still hurting from the beating he's taken, Brian Rivera gets up and staggers to his corner. He tags in David Wright Hubbard, who seems a little bit angry that he has to get in the ring again... but John Uldwall crawls to his corner and tags in Blade, too!

David Wright Hubbard and Blade both meet in the center of the ring and start exchanging blows... and David Wright Hubbard gets the better of the exchange, driving Blade back into the corner and unloading on him! But John Uldwall comes from behind, hooking David Wright Hubbard's waist, and brings him crashing to the mat with a release German suplex! The Wrecking Crew hit David Wright Hubbard with a double power bomb, then Blade climbs to the top turnbuckle as John Uldwall crouches in the opposide corner... they're looking for the Breakdown! But Brian Rivera jumps up and shakes the ropes, causing Blade to fall crotch-first on the top turnbuckle... and when John Uldwall charges in for his tackle, David Wright Hubbard turns and kicks him in the head! John Uldwall goes down, and Brian Rivera calls out to David Wright Hubbard, then pulls Blade up and shoves him off of the top turnbuckle... right into a huge lariat!! Blade's down in a heap, and David Wright Hubbard covers... and gets three!!

David Wright Hubbard and Brian Rivera defeated The Wrecking Crew when D.W. Hubbard pinned Blade after a lariat in 0:09:24.
Rating: * 1/4

David Wright Hubbard rolls out of the ring, raising his hands in victory as the crowd boos. Stormy Weathers comes to his side and begins patting him on the back and congratulating him, but David Wright Hubbard just shoos Stormy away, then begins making his way to the backstage entrance, as Stormy Weathers and Brian Rivera trail after him. He doesn't seem to have much fondness for them when they're not helping him try to cheat his way back to the World Title. Shortly after, the Wrecking Crew also departs the ring, headed for the backstage entrance. They're still not doing too well...

And we're going to get our next match started now! "Favorite Things" by Incubus begins playing, and the arena lights are replaced by dim silver-blue lights... here comes Troy Black, as the crowd explodes into a huge round of boos!! He's accompanied to the ring by Rebecca Black, and he'll be facing Desmond momentarily. He doesn't seem a bit concerned about the upcoming match as he comes to the ring. He climbs inside and poses on one of the top turnbuckles, getting more boos, then steps down and grabs a microphone. He glares at the crowd for a while, then raises the microphone to speak.

T. Black: You all bought your tickets to see me. Now, here I am, and I have something to tell you. Shut up and listen.

The crowd continues to boo loudly, but Troy Black just looks around at them, then begins to speak anyway.

T. Black: In six days, the Grave Digger's VCW World Title reign comes to an end. And whether it's me, or it's Tony Garcia that walks away with the title... that doesn't matter. All that matters is that you're going to see a painful lesson in what happens when somebody double-crosses the Black Plague. But you'll see that tonight. Desmond's an uncontrollable maniac, but I'm going to bring him under control personally. He's going to be an example for the Grave Digger... and the odds aren't even two-on-one, this time.

So I've left Amy backstage, since I didn't want this maniac to get his hands on her... and Desmond, it's just you and me now. You wanted to turn against the Black Plague? You wanted to bite the hand that signs your checks? Get in here and make your stand. Show the world what you're made of. You have your big chance, right here, right now, to cut the head off of the Black Plague and be a hero to every last person back in that locker room... now get out here and show me what you've got.

No doubt about it... Troy Black wants to send a personal message not only to Desmond, but to the Grave Digger... and now "New World Order" by Ministry begins playing! Desmond steps out of the backstage entrance, and he's walking to the ring! The crowd cheers Desmond on, and to his credit he doesn't seem so intimidated about facing Troy Black now. He climbs into the ring, and he's calling for a microphone too... what's he going to say?

Desmond: You want to see what I've got, Troy? You want to see what I've got!? I'll show you...

Desmond throws the microphone aside... AND TEARS OFF HIS MASK!! Desmond just tore off the half-mask that he wore, revealing the large scar down the side of his right face, and he yells out angrily and charges Troy Black, assaulting him with repeated right hands!! Brendan Powers enters the ring and calls for the bell, and this match is underway!!

Troy Black
w/Rebecca Black

vs.

Desmond

Desmond takes control early on in the match, beating the hell out of Troy Black in a frenzied rage, choking him, and bumping him around with repeated power moves. Troy Black is clearly caught off-guard... it seems that he expected the clean wrestling and collar-and-elbow tie-ups that Desmond usually uses early in a wrestling match, and instead Desmond's just beating the hell out of him! After a short time, Troy Black seems to get his bearings about him again, and stops Desmond's path of rage with some quick takedowns into restholds. He cautiously begins working Desmond over, getting with the match and gaining a little more confidence, but Desmond just keeps coming back and getting up! He powers up out of a headlock, but rather than to try for a belly-to-back suplex or other such move, he lifts Troy Black and tosses him out over the top rope to the floor!

They brawl on the outside, and Desmond continues to fare surprisingly well, attacking Troy Black with a flurry of rage-fueled offense. Rebecca Black manages to slip in unnoticed by Brendan Powers and nail Desmond with a low blow on the outside... but Brendan Powers is suspicious, and he begins questioning Rebecca! As he does, Desmond nails Troy Black with a low blow before he can go on the offensive, then grabs the ring bell from the timekeeper's table and nails Troy Black on the head with it, busting him open!! Desmond continues to go on the offensive... but Troy Black turns the tide again with a reversed Irish whip that sends Desmond head-first into the ringpost.

Troy Black takes the match back into the ring and takes control, and now it seems to be going more as expected. He's bloody and battered, but he still begins methodically taking Desmond apart, keeping him grounded and wearing him down, frequently working over his neck. Desmond nearly makes a comeback by reversing a vertical suplex, then whipping Troy Black into the ropes and rushing him with a clothesline... but Troy Black ducks under the clothesline and runs into the other side, leaping into the air and nailing Desmond with a huge jumping clothesline as they meet in the middle of the ring again! Troy Black gets in a few more big moves, then seems ready to put the match away... kick to the midsection! He hooks Desmond for the double arm DDT... but Desmond backdrops out of it! Troy Black gets up... but Desmond turns around and mows him down with a massive Yakuza kick to the head, sending drops of blood splattering from his face!!

Desmond goes on an offensive tear, assaulting Troy Black viciously again as his rage returns! He hits Troy with a few big moves, then whips him into the corner... but Troy Black hits the corner back-first and flips over, landing on his feet on the apron, then whirls arond and springs to the top! His father, Sean Black, was known to do that from time to time, and Troy Black leaps off with a flying clothesline... into a big boot to the face from Desmond!! Troy Black gets up, staggering and looking around with glassy eyes... and Desmond kicks him in the midsection! Troy doubles over, Desmond grabs his head... OUTCAST!! Desmond goes for the cover... KICKOUT AT TWO AND A HALF!!

Troy Black just kicked out of the Outcast... and Desmond pulls him up again! He kicks him in the midsection again, then hooks his head... OUTCAST!! He just hit it again!! Troy Black's down, and Desmond covers... and Troy gets a shoulder up at two and three-quarters! But now Rebecca Black's up on the apron, yelling at Desmond... and he grabs her head!! OUTCAST!! He just pulled her down throat-first across the top rope, and she collapses to a heap at ringside... BUT TROY BLACK SITS UP!! His face is covered with blood and locked in a stony glare as he gets up, and the crowd explodes into boos!

Desmond turns around, but Troy's on his feet now... THROAT JAB!! No, Desmond caught his hand! Desmond whips Troy Black into the ropes... kick to the midsection!! Desmond grabs his head again... NO! Troy Black shoves him away! Desmond staggers forward, then turns around, and Troy Black launches a spin kick at his face, but Desmond ducks! Troy Black turns around, Desmond takes a swing at him, but Troy Black blocks, then kicks Desmond in the midsection... no, Desmond caught his foot! Troy Black leaps up with an enzuigiri, but Desmond ducks, and Troy Black wipes out, with Desmond still holding his foot... but he brings his free leg up between Desmond's legs!! Desmond doubles over, with his face twisting in pain, and Troy Black gets up and hooks him... DOUBLE ARM DDT!! That just dropped Desmond, and Troy turns him over and goes to the apron, then climbs to the top... BLACK DAGGER!! He covers and hooks a leg... AND GETS THREE!! It's over!!

Troy Black pinned Desmond with the Black Dagger in 0:13:21
Rating: ***

The crowd explodes into boos, but Troy Black has just defeated Desmond in the middle of the ring! He gets to his feet, wipes his bloody face and forehead off on the front of his shirt, then pulls the shirt off to a few female screams and tosses it carelessly into the crowd. Desmond's down on the mat... and Troy Black rolls out of the ring and grabs a chair! He slides it into the ring, then climbs in and picks it up as Desmond starts to get up... and Troy Black nails him with the chair!! Desmond goes down, and Troy Black keeps hitting him with the chair repeatedly! The crowd's booing loudly... evidently Troy Black doesn't just want to beat Desmond, he wants to destroy him! He sets the chair down now, and stands over it as he begins to lift Desmond for the Destiny Driver!! Come on, this isn't right...

But someone's coming out of the backstage entrance!! It's Melissa!! The crowd cheers as she runs to the ring and slides inside... Troy Black gets Desmond up, but can't execute the move before Melissa runs forward and knocks him over with a dropkick!! The crowd explodes into cheers, and Troy Black gets up, looking angry... but that look fades as he sees who he's in the ring with. He smiles, first seeming almost amused, but then his smile takes a more arrogant, seductive turn as he looks at Melissa, then gestures to his bare, sweat-covered upper body, which has been turned mostly red by Desmond's stiff assault... and he opens his arms to Melissa! What the hell is he trying to do!? He wants a hug!? After all he's said and done?

Melissa looks at Troy for a few seconds, as the crowd boos... then looks to Desmond, who's still writhing on the mat, and back to Troy. Her mouth is slightly open with uncertainty... but then she takes a step towards Troy! Troy's smile grows, and he steps forward... right into a right hand that nearly knocks him off his feet!! Melissa just punched Troy Black in the face, and she does it twice more, then whips him into the ropes! He comes off... into a kick to the midsection! That doubles him over, and Melissa takes aim... BACK BRAIN KICK!! Troy Black goes down and rolls out of the ring, and the crowd explodes into cheers!!

Rebecca Black, now up again after the earlier Outcast she took on the apron, hurries to Troy Black's side, consoling him and checking to see if he's all right... and now she's looking up into the ring at Melissa! She's yelling at her, using language that fortunately isn't getting broadcast over the microphones... and Melissa gestures for her to come on into the ring too!! Rebecca Black climbs up on the apron and continues screaming at Melissa... and Melissa rushes forward and knocks her off the apron with a massive right hand!! Rebecca Black goes down, and she stares into the ring hatefully... but Desmond's getting up now, and she's backing off, helping Troy Black up and backing away. They can't be happy about this.

As Troy and Rebecca Black leave, Melissa helps Desmond to his feet inside the ring. He looks around, still a little groggy, and sees her, then puts his hand over the scar on his face... but Melissa just grabs his hand and pulls it aside, then seems to indicate that they need to head backstage. But before they do, Melissa grabs Desmond's hand and raises it as if in victory, getting a loud round of cheers from the crowd. Desmond didn't win this match, but he put up one HELL of a fight against Troy Black, and that won't be forgotten soon. The cheers continue as they leave the ring and head backstage... but we understand that we have some footage of a disturbance backstage to go to now!

Backstage...

Owen Addison is shown walking down a hallway backstage, with Paul Canyon following behind him, trying to talk to him.

P. Canyon: Look, it's not that big a deal. We can work everything out and keep going...

O. Addison: Yeah, I hope so. We've got an eight-man match at Gang Wars, with Stiff Competition against Jack Norman, Butch Manson, Jacob Idol, and Rob Solomon, whether we like it or not.

P. Canyon: What do you mean, whether we like it or not?

O. Addison: I mean what I said, because I don't like it. I just don't think I can count on you. Go ahead and try to prove me wrong this Sunday... but if I can't depend on you, maybe I'd be better off just depending on myself.

Owen Addison turns and walks into a men's restroom, and Paul Canyon sighs, then turns and starts walking away. But as he does, he comes face to face with Crimson in the hallway. He starts backing up, but Crimson has already seen him.

Crimson: Hey, you little piece of shit... You put up a good fight. But maybe next time you'd better go down a little easier for me out there.

Crimson rushes forward and nails Paul Canyon with a massive right hand to the head, then grabs him by the hair and takes him head-first into the wall. He goes down to one knee, and Crimson immediately grabs him by the throat, then drills him to the hard stone floor with the Chokeslam. He looks down at Paul Canyon with contempt, then begins walking down the hallway further.

As Crimson walks turns a corner in the hallway, he comes upon Rex Richards, Minako, and Komachi, who look up as he approaches. Rex Richards immediately puts his hands up and begins backing away, clearly intimidated.

R. Richards: Hey, look, big man... I don't want no trouble with you--

Crimson: Yeah? Tough shit, motherfucker...

Crimson nails Rex Richards with a knee to the gut, then grabs him by the throat, lifts him, and Chokeslams him through a nearby table. He whirls around, immediately focusing on Minako with a lecherous glare.

Crimson: How about you let me show you what a real man can do for you, baby?

Minako: Get the hell away from me, you big piece of trash! I... I know karate!

Crimson: That so? How about this, bitch!?

Crimson drills Minako with a fist to the midsection, then grabs her by the throat, lifts her high into the air effortlessly, and Chokeslams her down hard on the stone floor. She convulses, gasping for air, as blood bubbles up from her mouth. Crimson looks down at her with a sneer, then turns to Komachi with a smile.

Crimson: How about you? Normally, I ride a Harley, not some cheap-ass Japanese piece of junk... but I see something Japanese I wouldn't mind riding right now.

Komachi just glares at Crimson silently, like a cornered, rabid animal, but allows a tiny trickle of blue liquid to seep out one of the sides of her mouth. Crimson's eyes widen, and he backs up a little bit, smiling.

Crimson: Hey... I get the picture. Tough girl. I like that. You just stay out of my way, and I'll stay out of yours.

One of the trainers, walking down the hall, sees Minako on the floor choking and gasping for breath, with blood coming out of her mouth, and rushes to her side.

Trainer: Holy crap... are you all right? What happened here!?

Crimson: Same thing that's gonna happen to you, cocksucker.

Crimson gives the man a swift kick to the midsection, then pulls him into a standing headscissors, lifts, and power bombs him on the floor. He gives him a dirty look, then winks at Komachi and begins to walk away as the camera fades out on the backstage carnage.

Good Lord... Crimson is getting worse and worse every week! Somebody has to try to get him under control... ever since Disaster Area, he's been completely berserk! We're going to have to put that carnage behind us, because the next match is about to start. "Kiss My Ass" by Ted Nugent starts playing, and the crowd bursts into a huge round of boos as "The Barcelona Assassin" Lorenzo Vasquez steps out of the backstage entrance, accompanied by Rebecca Black, who still seems a little bit battered after she got physically involved against Desmond and Melissa. They enter the ring, and Lorenzo Vasquez grabs a microphone... this is sure to amount to NOTHING good.

L. Vasquez: First of all, I've got something to say to Melissa... if you EVER put your hands on my Rebecca again, I'm gonna make it so people look at you and think, "Damn, Stacey Lockman got off easy." You understand me? You touch Rebecca again, and I'm gonna royally fuck you up. I'm a dangerous man... NOBODY better forget it.

The crowd boos loudly, and a "WE WANT KEN!" chant starts among the fans. Lorenzo Vasquez certainly IS a dangerous man, when he's in the ring with a woman who's half his size... he hasn't been so eager to get in a dangerous situation with Ken Collins, though.

L. Vasquez: Now, tonight... I got a match with Johnny, for the VCW Intercontinental Title. You're probably wondering, like the bunch of idiots you are... why? I'll tell you. It's just another warning for you, Ken. See, I already hurt Stacey, and I've shown I can do that any fucking time I want. Then... "Pretty Boy" Jimmy Lockman... not only did I put that decrepit son of a bitch in the hospital, I beat him with his OWN fucking move! I made him out to be what he is... that's a disgrace, a laughingstock, and a failure as a father, who couldn't protect his crippled dick-sucking daughter from the Barcelona Assassin.

The crowd's boos get even louder, and Lorenzo Vasquez just smiles. This creep is on the ultimate power trip right now... somebody needs to put him in his place, the sooner the better.

L. Vasquez: And now... Johnny. One of Ken's friends. A really funny guy. You all like Johnny, don't you? You're all a bunch of Johnnycoholics! You like to cheer his name and buy his shit, and watch him defend that... InterJohnnynental Title of his, right?

The crowd cheers loudly, and a loud "JOHNNY!" chant goes up from the crowd.

L. Vasquez: Well, guess what? I think he sucks. He's a goddamn piece of shit, and all the jokes he comes out here and tells you people... they don't amount to SHIT when you look at the biggest fucking joke of all... the fact that he's actually employed by this company, let alone holding one of the biggest titles in this business. Johnny Smiles doesn't even deserve to be in a VCW show... he should be up in SMCW, giving Mike Haggar a blowjob every week so he can keep his fucking job!! And if Ken Collins still thinks he wants me bad enough to take on Tony Garcia again... Ken, just take a look at what I'm about to do to your fucking friend when--

Suddenly, Lorenzo Vasquez is cut off as "Degenerated" by the Lone Rangers hits the arena sound system, and thank God for that! The crowd explodes into cheers as Johnny Smiles steps out of the backstage entrance, wearing the VCW Intercontinental Title and holding a microphone. He stares into the ring at Lorenzo Vasquez with a disgusted stare, but then as he looks around at the cheering fans a smile slowly spreads across his face, and he raises the microphone.

J. Smiles: HEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRE'S JOHNNY!!

The crowd explodes into cheers again, but Lorenzo Vasquez doesn't seem impressed.

L. Vasquez: Cute. Really fucking cute.

J. Smiles: Lorenzo... after hearing you come out here, cursing like a sailor and babbling like a complete idiot, I have to ask, just out of morbid curiousity. Do you kiss your mother with that mouth of yours?

L. Vasquez: No, I don't. I kiss YOUR mother just before I fuck her in the ass like a little slut!!

Johnny Smiles raises an eyebrow at Lorenzo Vasquez, then shakes his head.

J. Smiles: You know, I don't normally inquire into my mother's personal life, but I happen to know that's not true... she limits herself to men who BATHE more often than once every two weeks, and a filth-covered greaseball like you doesn't make the grade!!

The crowd cheers, and Lorenzo Vasquez steps back, a little caught off-guard by that reply.

J. Smiles: And now you're telling people not to touch Rebecca, or you'll hurt them... honestly, I don't think you have anything to worry about. Personally, I don't even want to get near her, and it's not just because she has more clap than the spectators at a golf tournament, or because her crab lice have to carry machetes and life rafts to survive living in the overgrown, flooded jungle down there... it's just that, well... there's something FISHY going on. Namely, ever since she started getting up close and personal with Amy Lin, her breath smells like a fish market from a hundred paces away!!

The crowd bursts into cheers, but Rebecca Black immediately begins screaming a tirade of non-stop profanity at Johnny, as Lorenzo raises the microphone.

L. Vasquez: That does it, you son of a bitch!! Get in here, and I'm gonna kick your fucking ass!!

J. Smiles: You want some of this, buster!? You got it.

Johnny Smiles runs to the ring and slides inside, then begins attacking Lorenzo Vasquez! They begin brawling and fighting in the ring, and Linda Peterson climbs inside to call for the bell and begin the match!

For the VCW Intercontinental Title:

Johnny Smiles (c)

vs.

"The Barcelona Assassin" Lorenzo Vasquez
w/Rebecca Black

Johnny Smiles and Lorenzo Vasquez face off pretty evenly in the opening brawl, with Johnny's enthusiasm and slight advantage in size countering Lorenzo Vasquez's viciousness and aggression. Lorenzo Vasquez tries to gain the advantage by outwrestling Johnny Smiles, but Johnny keeps up with him surprisingly well, and neither man comes away with a clear advantage for several minutes. But when the match spills out of the ring, Lorenzo Vasquez gains the upper hand on the outside, taking Johnny head-first into many of the unforgiving steel fixtures at ringside, then wrapping his right arm around the steel ringpost forcefully, no doubt starting to damage it in preparation for the Barcelona Armbar.

Lorenzo Vasquez takes the match back into the ring and takes control, working over Johnny's arm and generally dominating the match, cutting off Johnny's attempts at making a comeback. After a few minutes of domination, Lorenzo Vasquez seems to be ready to put Johnny Smiles away... he brings him down with a single-arm DDT, into the Barcelona Armbar!! Johnny Smiles is caught in the middle of the ring, struggling and trying desperately to escape the hold... and the crowd starts getting behind him! As they chant his name and cheer him on, Johnny Smiles struggles against the hold, despite Lorenzo Vasquez leaning back on it and trying to put on more pressure... and he eventually makes it to the ropes!! Lorenzo Vasquez breaks the hold at the four-count from Linda Peterson, then pulls Johnny up and hooks his arms for a tiger suplex... but Johnny snaps his head back, headbutting Lorenzo Vasquez in the nose! Lorenzo staggers back, clutching his nose, then rushes forward and takes a swing at Johnny, but Johnny ducks, then turns and nails him square in the chest with a dropkick!!

Johnny Smiles makes a comeback, fighting through the pain in his arm to hit Lorenzo Vasquez with a fast series of moves, turning the tide of the match quickly. He grits back the pain in his arm to give Lorenzo Vasquez a power bomb for two and three-quarters, then steps back and takes aim as Lorenzo starts to get up! Johnny throws a superkick, but Rebecca Black yells out a warning and Lorenzo Vasquez ducks! He kicks Johnny in the midsection, then hooks him for a single-arm DDT... but Johnny counters that with a backdrop! Lorenzo Vasquez gets up and turns around... SUPERKICK!! Johnny just nailed him with it that time! He picks him up across his shoulders and spins, preparing for the Smiledriver... but Lorenzo Vasquez slips out on the right side, then rolls out of the ring, as the crowd boos loudly!

Lorenzo Vasquez stops on the outside of the ring, as Rebecca Black puts her arms around him, trying to console him... and Johnny takes a running start, then dives out between the second and third ropes to take them both down with a plancha! After pausing to shake out his arm, which may have been hurt in the collision, he takes Lorenzo Vasquez head-first into the ringpost, then brings him up on top of the announcers' table! He goes for a piledriver... but Rebecca Black grabs Lorenzo's feet, preventing Johnny from lifting him! Johnny tries again, but still without success... and Lorenzo Vasquez backdrops him to the floor!! Johnny just landed back-first on the hard stone floor, and that'll cut off his momentum in a hurry!

Linda Peterson begins lecturing Rebecca Black for getting involved there, though it's questionable whether she did anything that was strictly illegal by preventing the piledriver through the table. But as she does, Lorenzo Vasquez tosses Johnny Smiles into the ring, then grabs the VCW Intercontinental Title belt! He rolls inside with the belt, as Rebecca Black sees what he's doing and continues to stall Linda Peterson! Johnny's up, and Lorenzo rushes... BELT TO THE HEAD!! He just took Johnny down!! Johnny may be knocked out, and the crowd boos loudly as Lorenzo Vasquez tosses aside the belt, then pulls Johnny up and hooks him... TIGER SUPLEX!! Linda Peterson's eyes are on the match again, and Johnny's down... and Lorenzo gets three!! Damn it, we have a new champion!!

Lorenzo Vasquez pinned Johnny Smiles after a tiger suplex in 0:12:21.
Rating: ** 1/4
(Lorenzo Vasquez won the VCW Intercontinental Title.)

The crowd boos loudly, and those boos get even louder as Lorenzo Vasquez grabs the VCW Intercontinental Title and raises it high above his head. Trash begins raining down on Lorenzo Vasquez, and the crowd's chanting "BULLSHIT!" loudly... they didn't want to see this outcome at all! Johnny Smiles just got screwed out of the VCW Intercontinental Title by Lorenzo Vasquez and Rebecca Black!! Lorenzo's just laughing as he starts heading backstage, with the title raised high above his head, and the crowd continues to boo and throw trash as he leaves. What we just saw was nothing short of a total perversion of justice... but the fact remains, we have a new VCW Intercontinental Champion.

Our main event is up next... but first, we're going to go to a backstage interview, where Ziggy Adderloaf is standing by with the Grave Digger! Let's take a look at that right now!

Backstage...

Ziggy Adderloaf is standing backstage, with the Grave Digger standing next to him, towering over him. The VCW World Title is strapped around the Grave Digger's waist, even though he's dressed in a black shirt and black denim pants instead of his wrestling gear.

Z. Adderloaf: Okay... Grave Digger, you haven't been booked to compete tonight... perhaps because the bookers are giving you time to prepare for your match at Gang Wars, where you face both Troy Black and Tony Garcia in a handicap match, for the VCW World Title. Do you think you're prepared for that match?

G. Digger: There's no preparation needed. Ever since the day I pinned Tony Garcia for this title, I've been ready for this moment. I accepted the match, and I know and understand exactly what I must do. Everybody's been saying that it's utterly impossible, that there's no way anybody could defeat both Troy Black and Tony Garcia at the same time... but at Gang Wars, I'm going to show them that it's not only possible... it's inevitable.

Week after week, I've made a habit of fighting off two-on-one, three-on-one, or four-on-one assaults from people who try to step in during my matches, and each week, I walk away still holding the title. All that I've done is eliminate the pretense of fair odds. I may only be one man... but I'm twice the man that either of them are. I won this title and started the war by defeating Tony Garcia... now it's time to end it. The Black Plague epidemic will be over this Sunday. This Sunday, Troy Black and Tony Garcia meet the Reaper... and both of them will be taken SIX... FEET... UNDER.

Ziggy Adderloaf backs away a little bit, uncomfortable with the Grave Digger's intensity.

Z. Adderloaf: We're certainly looking forward to that match, in six days. But right now, let's get back to the ring for our main event!!

The camera fades out on the backstage scene.

We're back, and the Grave Digger may just have a point. Beating both Troy Black and Tony Garcia is a nearly impossible task, but if there is one man who can do it, if it is possible for any one human being to overcome both Troy Black and Tony Garcia... it's the Grave Digger.

We're going to see Tony Garcia right now... "I, Zombie (Europe In The Raw Mix)" by White Zombie begins playing, and that brings out Tony Garcia, to a huge round of boos from the crowd. As usual, he's carrying his wooden axe handle, and he's walking to the ring with a no-nonsense glare in his eyes. He sets the axe handle down on the apron and climbs inside, then grabs a microphone. Is he about to respond to the Grave Digger, address Ken Collins, or perhaps both?

T. Garcia: Digger... you've got some guts. I have to give you credit... you ain't scared of us. But I think you should be. You're looking at facing TWO former VCW World Champions, two of the most dominant men in the history of the business... and I don't belive you stand a chance. If somebody tried to tell me, fifteen years ago, that they could take on both Hulk Hogan and Andre the Giant at the same time and win that match... I'd laugh my ass off. But that's what you're looking at, Digger. You think you'll take us both on and WIN? Hell no... you probably aren't even gonna survive.

As for Ken Collins... he wants another shot. He wants to get through me, and get his hands on Lorenzo. I got a little respect for him, not just for his skills, but for what he's trying to do... but he ain't getting past me. I beat him last week, just like I beat him the last time we fought. He's good... he's real damn good... but he's going up against the backbone of VCW, right here. I been fighting off guys who are real damn good for twenty-five years... real damn good just ain't good enough, where I'm concerned. You get through me tonight, and I'll let you have Lorenzo one-on-one... but you ain't getting through me tonight.

Tony Garcia throws aside the microphone and begins warming up in preparation for the match... and now "Liquid Mercury" by Jimmy Page begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd explodes into cheers as Ken Collins walks out of the backstage entrance! He's heading for the ring, looking directly at Tony Garcia. We heard from him earlier tonight, and we know that he wants a match with Lorenzo Vasquez more than anything... and that has to be especially true now that Lorenzo Vasquez has just screwed Johnny Smiles out of the VCW Intercontinental Title! He climbs into the ring, and immediately he approaches Tony Garcia, ready for a fight! Bobcat McGavin calls for the bell, and our main event match is now underway!

Tony Garcia

vs.

"The California Crippler" Ken Collins

Ken Collins immediately goes on the offensive as the match begins, grabbing Tony Garcia's right arm and putting on an armwringer, then drilling him with repeated elbows to the shoulder. He seems to know that he has to take out his arm immediately and neutralize his power offense as soon as he can. Tony Garcia fights back, mauling Ken Collins with massive blows and powerful slams, but Ken Collins keeps coming back and focusing on his right shoulder intensely. Still early in the match, Ken Collins stuns Tony Garcia with a kick to the midsection, then grabs him... his face strains with effort lifts Tony Garcia... and he gives him a huge shoulderbreaker!! He collapses from the effort, putting a hand to his back as a grimace of pain crosses his face... but just like in their last match, he realized that he needed to execute the shoulderbreaker to set up the damage to Tony Garcia's right shoulder!!

Ken Collins goes back on the offensive, but Tony Garcia's ready for him, defending his wounded right shoulder with some impressive countermoves, then taking Ken Collins down with some heavy-hitting offense. Each time he punches or lifts with that right arm, a grimace of pain crosses Tony Garcia's face, but he keeps attacking with everything he's got... he seems to know that he has to take out Ken Collins before he can capitalize on the weakened state of his shoulder! Currently holding the upper hand, he tosses Ken Collins to the outside of the ring, then begins savagely working him over out there. He mauls Ken Collins with some powerful punches and kicks, trying to use his left arm more, to ease the pain that flares up on his face with each use of his right arm. With Ken Collins reeling, Tony Garcia whips him back-first into the guardrail! He staggers out, clutching his back... and Tony Garcia scoops him up, then runs and bashes him back-first into the steel ringpost!!

Tony Garcia takes the match back into the ring, and now he's trying to keep control, working him over slowly and methodically. With Ken Collins worn down a little more, Tony Garcia sits down on him with a camel clutch, putting pressure on his back as he pulls up with the chinlock, and Ken Collins struggles his way to the ropes as the crowd gets behind him! He's safe, but that hold no doubt took a toll on him. Tony Garcia gives him a disdainful glare and tosses him into the corner, then begins unloading on him with a big combination of painful right hand blows and blows from his awkward, but healthy left. He whips Ken Collins to the opposite corner, then charges in with an avalanche... but Ken Collins moves out of the way!

Tony Garcia crashes into the corner and staggers out... and Ken Collins sweeps his legs, then grabs his arm and goes for a cross armbreaker... but once again, Tony Garcia blocks it by grabbing his right hand with his left!! Ken Collins keeps fighting for it, and Tony Garcia rolls up onto him, pinning his shoulders to the mat... but this time, Ken Collins lets go and rolls out at two and a half! Tony Garcia rushes Ken Collins with a left-arm lariat, but Ken Collins ducks, then pops up and staggers Tony Garcia back into the ropes with a savate kick! He steps back, aims, and throws another savate kick, and Tony Garcia spills out through the ropes to the floor! He starts to get up... and Ken Collins goes to the top turnbuckle and leaps out onto him with a flying cross bodypress to the floor!! But Tony Garcia catches him... and brings him down across a knee with a HUGE backbreaker! Ken Collins is reduced to writhing on the floor, and the crowd boos!

Tony Garcia works over Ken Collins on the outside, continuing to punish his back, then rolls him up on top of the announcers' table and climbs up with him. He rolls his right shoulder, trying to work the kinks out of it, then pulls Ken Collins up into a standing headscissors, braces him, and lifts for a power bomb... no, Ken Collins counters... FRANKENSTEINER FROM THE TABLE!! Tony Garcia flies off of the table and crashes down flat on his back and shoulders on the hard arena floor!! Ken Collins gets up, favoring his back, then rolls Tony Garcia back into the ring and hooks him... CALIFORNIA CROSSFACE!! He has it on!! The crowd leaps to its feet as Tony Garcia begins desperately struggling, fighting for every inch... but after a long, hard struggle, he makes it! He grabs the bottom rope!!

The crowd boos... but Ken Collins is undaunted, as he steps out to the apron and goes up to the top turnbuckle! The crowd is on its feet as Tony Garcia stands up and turns around... FLYING DROPKICK!! No, Tony Garcia moves out of the way!! Ken Collins wipes out on the mat, and starts to get up, but Tony Garcia whips him into the ropes! Ken Collins comes off the other side... POWERSLAM!! Tony Garcia grits his teeth against the pain in his shoulder from that exertion, then hooks the leg, and Bobcat McGavin counts... but only for two and three-quarters!

Tony Garcia begins rolling his right shoulder again, trying to work feeling back into it... and then he motions for the Torture Rack! The crowd boos as he lifts Ken Collins across his shoulders, and begins racking him... but Ken Collins slips out behind him again! He goes to take Tony Garcia down for the California Crossface... no, Tony Garcia shoves him away, then whirls around and cuts him down with a spinning lariat from his left arm!! The crowd boos, and Tony Garcia just smiles, then points to his head... he remembers the last time Ken Collins countered the Torture Rack with the California Crossface! Ken Collins starts to get up, and Tony Garcia grabs him, then plants him up on the top turnbuckle!

Tony Garcia climbs up with Ken Collins, then begins to pull him up on his shoulders in a fireman's carry... he's looking for a top-rope Samoan Drop! But Ken Collins shifts his weight, twisting sharply and hooking Tony Garcia's arm with his legs as he locks his arms around his head... and he brings him down off of the top turnbuckle into the California Crossface!! The crowd explodes into cheers... they can't believe it!! Tony Garcia is locked in the California Crossface, after crashing down off of the top rope... and that may have knocked the wind out of him as well!! He's struggling, but he doesn't have the strength to pull himself to the ropes... HE'S TAPPING OUT!! TONY GARCIA SUBMITS!! KEN COLLINS WINS!!

Ken Collins made Tony Garcia submit to the California Crossface in 0:22:54.
Rating: ** 1/4

The crowd explodes into cheers as Bobcat McGavin raises Ken Collins's hands in victory... he just beat Tony Garcia! Tony Garcia rolls out of the ring, clutching his shoulder, and Ken Collins goes up to the top turnbuckles and begins posing on them one at a time, each time getting a huge ovation from the crowd! He has defeated Tony Garcia in the middle of the ring, and this crowd is going nuts!! And that means that sometime, somewhere, he WILL get his match with Lorenzo Vasquez!!

But hold on... Lorenzo Vasquez just ran out of the backstage entrance, carrying the VCW Intercontinental Title! He slides into the ring and comes up behind Ken Collins, raising the title to nail him in the back of the head... and Ken Collins turns around!! Lorenzo Vasquez immediately backs up, putting his hands up and begging off... but Ken Collins nails him with a kick to the midsection, then takes him down with a DDT and flows into the California Crossface!! Lorenzo Vasquez is in the California Crossface in the middle of the ring, and he starts tapping out! But Ken Collins is just pulling back on it further... and Tony Garcia slides into the ring with the wooden axe handle... and he nails Ken Collins right across the back with it!!

The crowd explodes into boos as Ken Collins goes limp on the mat... and here comes Troy Black, from the backstage entrance! He climbs into the ring as well, and he and Tony Garcia begin attacking Ken Collins, who's down on the mat... come on, this won't prove anything! Ken Collins already BEAT Tony Garcia... the Black Plague isn't going to change that by attacking him after the match! But Troy Black and Tony Garcia don't seem to care about that...

WAIT!! "Wait and Bleed" by Slipknot just started playing over the arena sound system... here comes the VCW World Champion!! Here comes the Grave Digger! He's walking to the ring, as the crowd explodes into cheers, and Troy Black and Tony Garcia both turn to face him as he walks to the ring! He climbs up to the apron and steps in over the top rope... and Tony Garcia swings the wooden axe handle, but the Grave Digger catches it in mid-swing, takes it away, and tosses it out of the ring!! Troy Black rushes in, and the Grave Digger nails him with a kick to the head, sending him down as well!

Tony Garcia drills him with a massive right hand, but the Grave Digger returns fire with a few of his own, then whips Tony Garcia into the ropes and catches him coming off... GRAVE YARD SLAM!! Troy Black's up, and the Grave Digger nails him with a kick to the midsection, then hooks him in a cobra clutch... CRADLE TO GRAVE!! Troy Black's down too... BUT HE SITS UP!! Both Troy Black and Tony Garcia begin getting up... and the Grave Digger grabs each man by the throat!! He lifts... DOUBLE CHOKESLAM!! He just chokeslammed both Troy Black and Tony Garcia, and they roll out of the ring to the floor, along with Lorenzo Vasquez!! Can the Grave Digger do that this Sunday? What will happen when he faces both these men in a handicap match!? We're out of time!! See you at the pay-per-view!!

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