We're back, and ready for Part Two of our exciting pay-per-view extravaganza known as Deck the Halls! We've got a hell of a match coming up next, pitting VCW Television Champion "Skyhawk" Quinn Harper and "Halfway Decent" Heather Dannon against Chris Champlain and Mary Cohen. But first, we've received word that we're going to take a look backstage at the catering area! Let's take a look now!

In the Catering Area:

A huge, long table is set up at one end of the room with all sorts of food spread out on it, and many coolers line its sides, filled with various drinks. "Hell's Musketeer" Jacques Normandy is sitting down to a styrofoam plate filled with Three Musketeers candy bars, while nearby, Monty Pompous samples hors d'ouvres from a glass plate in between sips from a glass of wine.

J. Normandy: I say verily, good Monty, that we's some of the biggest and baddest gladiators ever to be afforded a place among the ranks of great warriors! Alexander the Great, Hector of Troy, Mr. T... such men are but fading, flickering candles to the big-ass four-hundred-watt strobe light of our greatness!

M. Pompous: Indeed, good Jacques. Our noble labors have met with great success upon this evening, and it is only right that we taste the rewards of success.

J. Normandy: Now that you speak of tasting, old buddy, it doth strike me peculiar that big Jockey should be absent from this dining hall. That great-girdled son of a gun loves fine food and drink above all else. Why ain't he here to sup with us this evening?

M. Pompous: He has a greater love now. Since last we parted he has been in the arms of the arms of Vivacia, engaged in such work as exhudes sweat and musk and cries of passion.

Jacques Normandy makes a face and pushes away his plate of candy bars.

J. Normandy: I had thought my hunger for these here Three Musketeers candy bars was as unquenchable as Apollo's heavenly beacon itself, but that shit you're saying's like all the world's oceans poured upon the flame of my hunger. My appetite grows meager; let's get outta this dump.

The Knights of the Squared Circle get up and leave, but the Super Giant Ninja creeps into the room, still carrying Santa Claus's sack slung over his shoulder. He goes over and sits down at a table with it. A few seconds later, Santa Claus and Jessica Judd come into the room, looking around frantically.

S. Claus: I can hardly believe it! I leave my bag alone for one second, and--

J. Judd: Hold your horses, Santa Claus! There it is! The Ninja's got it!

Jessica Judd points at the Super Giant Ninja, who rises from the table, putting his hands up as if to protest his innocence. Santa Claus advances on him, pointing an accusing finger.

S. Claus: You tried to steal my bag full of presents for all good little girls and boys, Ninja! Now you've gone too far!!

Santa Claus reaches behind one of the nearby tables and pulls out a singapore cane, then charges at the Super Giant Ninja and hits him in the midsection with it. The Super Giant Ninja doubles over, and Santa Claus whacks him over the back with the cane, felling him to the ground. The Super Giant Ninja begins to scramble away on his hands and knees, and Santa Claus turns back to his bag in satisfaction.

J. Judd: That dumb mask-wearing poop! You'd better check it and make sure my presents're still in there, Santa!

Santa Claus goes over and reaches into the bag, then pulls out a gold necklace and an expensive-looking designer dress.

S. Claus: Ah, yes! Here they are! You've been a VERY good girl, Jessica. Here you go! Merry Christmas!

Santa Claus hands the presents to Jessica Judd, who takes them with a smile and then kisses him on the cheek.

J. Judd: Ho ho ho!

Jessica Judd skips out of the room, carrying her prizes, and Santa Claus looks on in satisfaction. But just then, something starts to shake and move inside of his sack.

S. Claus: What the devil!?

A few seconds later, Jeremy Tellier frantically scrambles out of the sack on his hands and knees, then gets to his feet. Tommy Hustle crawls out of the sack after him, and Jeremy Tellier takes a swing at him, but Tommy Hustle blocks, then kicks Jeremy Tellier in the midsection, grabs him by the hair, and throws him up onto a table. Tommy Hustle climbs up with him, then scoops him up and bodyslams him through the table, sending both men tumbling to the floor amidst a heap of wreckage. Tommy Hustle covers Jeremy Tellier, and Santa Claus goes down and counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Jeremy Tellier kicks out at two and a half.

Undaunted, Tommy Hustle drags Jeremy Tellier over to the catering table, then throws him up on it and begins dragging him across the whole table, sending food flying everywhere: a kettle of brocolli cheddar soup, a whole lobster, a baked ham, potato salad, gelatin, and more. Some of it ends up splattered on Jeremy Tellier, and still more ends up on the floor as Tommy Hustle slides him all the way across the table, clearing it off until Jeremy Tellier falls off in a heap at the end. Jeremy Tellier bolts to his feet and runs out of the room, and Tommy Hustle chases after him.

A camera follows in hot pursuit as Tommy Hustle chases Jeremy Tellier down a corridor, turns right at a T-intersection, and keeps going, finally tackling him in the hall. Tommy Hustle unloads on Jeremy Tellier in the hall with a series of forearms, but Jeremy Tellier reaches up and gives him an eye gouge, stunning him. Jeremy Tellier crawls to a door and grabs its knob to get back to his feet, but in the process accidentally turns the knob. The door swings open, and Jeremy Tellier falls to his hands and knees in the doorway. The camera's not in position to see inside, but the voices of Nurse Vivacia and Jockey Oldcastle can clearly be heard coming out of the room.

N. Vivacia: OH YES!! Give it to me, Jockey! HARDER!! Like that, baby... I'm SO CLOSE!!

J. Oldcastle: Vivacia, my dear, I--zounds! What is the meaning of this intrusion!

Jeremy Tellier stares up into the room in horror.

J. Tellier: DEAR LORD. That's the worst thing I've ever SEEN in my LIFE!!

J. Oldcastle: Dare to disturb the privacy of the Brontosaurus of Love, will you!? By the Sword of Mars, young man, I'll teach you a lesson that'll stick with you for all your days!

Jeremy Tellier pulls himself to his feet and starts to protest.

J. Tellier: No, please! I think it's fair to say that I've already been punished enough--

Jockey Oldcastle steps out of the room, his hairy chest and belly bare, with a king-size bedsheet wrapped around his gargantuan waist, and clobbers Jeremy Tellier with a big right hand. Jeremy Tellier flies back from the blow with such force that he actually hits the wall on the opposite side of the hallway from the door, then bounces off and flips head-over-heels to land flat on his back in front of Jockey Oldcastle. Jockey Oldcastle just scowls down at him, then drops an elbow on him. His meaty, jiggling arm connects with Jeremy's chest with an audible "smack", causing Jeremy Tellier to convulse wildly, then go very, very still. Jockey Oldcastle gets to his feet again and looks down at him with a stern glare, when Nurse Vivacia steps out of the room, naked, with one hand covering her crotch and the other trying, with marginal success, to cover her breasts.

N. Vivacia: That showed him. Now come back in, Jockey, baby... I'm not done with you yet.

Nurse Vivacia grabs Jockey Oldcastle by the wrist, in the process giving up any pretense of leaving her breasts covered, and hauls him back into the room, and then the door slams shut behind them. Tommy Hustle, who has been staring in shock the whole time, just laughs to himself and then shrugs, then crouches down and covers Jeremy Tellier's motionless body. He looks around for a second for someone to count, but then the Outbackers, Luke and Butch, come out of a door further down the hallway and begin doing their silly Bushwhacker Walk down the hall, towards Tommy Hustle.

Butch: YEEEEAAAYYY!!

Luke: WHHHHOOOAA!!

They stop in front of Tommy Hustle, drop to their knees, and begin to count the pinfall... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... FOUR!! And at this point, both Outbackers stop, satisfied. But despite the fact that Jeremy Tellier's not even starting to stir yet, Tommy Hustle looks up at them with frantic annoyance.

T. Hustle: No, no, NO!! It's three, not four! THREE's what comes next, you guys!

After a sudden, dawning look of realization crosses their ape-like faces, the Outbackers exchange a nod, and then they make the final count for THREE!! That makes it official; Tommy Hustle has defeated Jeremy Tellier in this brutal Falls Count Anywhere, Anyone Counts Pinfalls Match.

Falls Count Anywhere, Anyone Counts Pinfalls Match:
Tommy Hustle defeated Jeremy Tellier via pinfall in 1:18:44.
Rating: -***

Tommy Hustle stands up, grinning widely, and raises his hands in victory, and the Outbackers get up, turn around abruptly, and begin doing the Bushwhacker Walk until they get back to the door from which they came. At that point, they go back inside and slam the door shut behind them, and the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

Well, that puts an end to that match, and with a little help from Jockey Oldcastle and the Outbackers, Tommy Hustle has given Jeremy Tellier his just desserts! But the scene we're about to see will surely be a lot less light-hearted and joyful than that one. Any time Chris Champlain comes into the equation, things get deadly, and fast!

And now "Stormbringer" by Deep Purple begins playing, and the crowd boos in anticipation as Chris Champlain and Mary Cohen come out of the backstage entrance, and Mary Cohen looks markedly different! She's wearing a black sable cloak bedecked with ice-blue jewels and silver trim, and a one-piece black latex bodysuit with sliver trim beneath that. A silver tiara rests on her head, and even her eyepatch is silver, with a sapphire set in the middle of it! She walks to the ring, flanked by Chris Champlain, who helps her up onto the apron, then hops up himself and holds the ropes open for her. When she steps into the ring, Chris Champlain follows her in, then flings off his cloak and bows down at her feet as she removes her sable cloak. These two have definitely formed a strange alliance, and tonight, against Heather Dannon and Quinn Harper, we'll see just what sort of vile, destructive fruit it bears!

And now "The Mighty Quinn (Quinn The Eskimo)" by Manfred Mann's Earth Band begins playing, and the crowd cheers as the VCW Television Champion, "Skyhawk" Quinn Harper, and "Halfway Decent" Heather Dannon come out of the backstage entrance together, accompanied by Tim Bell! Heather Dannon seems hesitant, staring nervously into the ring as she holds Quinn Harper's hand, but Quinn Harper's going boldly forward. He's not afraid of Chris Champlain; in fact, as far as anyone can tell, he's not afraid of anything! He's been on an amazing winning streak lately, and he no doubt expects more of the same. But regardless of whether he earns a victory or a loss against Chris Champlain, he can expect it to come at a heavy physical price. Quinn Harper slides into the ring, and Chris Champlain rushes him! Bobcat McGavin enters the ring and calls for the bell, and this match is on!

No Countout, No Time Limit
Tornado Tag Team Match:

Chris Champlain & Mary Cohen

vs.

"Skyhawk" Quinn Harper & "Halfway Decent" Heather Dannon
w/Tim Bell

Chris Champlain hammers away at Quinn Harper with a series of forearms, then whips him into the ropes! Quinn Harper comes off the other side, and Chris Champlain runs and leaps at him with a big jumping clothesline, knocking him off his feet! Meanwhile, Mary Cohen goes over to where Heather Dannon's standing on the outside of the ring and reaches down to pull her in, but Heather Dannon grabs her by the ankles instead, trips her, and pulls her out under the bottom rope, then knees her in the midsection and snap mares her down on the thinly padded floor!

Chris Champlain turns his attention away from Quinn Harper and sees that Mary Cohen is in trouble, so he turns and runs at Heather Dannon, then drops and slides into her with a baseball slide! Heather Dannon goes down on the outside, and Chris Champlain rolls right out after her and grabs her by the hair, then pulls her up and begins kicking her in the midsection repeatedly! But while he's doing that, Quinn Harper gets to his feet, runs at him, and leaps out over the top rope to barrel into him with a TOPE CON HILO!! And unlike the Pink Kitten in our last match, he clears the top rope with ease and barrels into Chris Champlain cleanly, knocking him to the floor! The crowd erupts, but Mary Cohen gets up and drives a double axhandle smash into Quinn Harper's back as he starts to get up!

Still, even Quinn Harper's much bigger and physically tougher than Mary Cohen, and he shrugs off her blows to get to his feet, then turns and kicks her in the midsection! Mary Cohen doubles over, and Quinn Harper lifts her high over his head in what's probably the first Gorilla Press of his career, then throws her down on Chris Champlain as he begins to stand! Both of them go down in a heap at ringside, and the crowd cheers! They untangle their bodies and begin to stand up again, but this time Quinn Harper leaps up on the guardrail, then twists and springs off onto both of them with a SPRINGBOARD CROSS BODYPRESS!! All three go down in a heap this time!

Heather Dannon comes over to them timidly, grabs Quinn Harper, and gently helps him up, then gives him a quick kiss on the cheek and yells "YEAH, QUINN! YOU'RE THE BEST!" at him. But Chris Champlain's getting up now, and Quinn Harper goes over to him and starts drilling him with a series of forearms, leaving Heather Dannon alone as Mary Cohen struggles to her feet! Heather Dannon looks worried for a second, then grabs Mary Cohen by the hair, takes her head-first into the ring apron, and rolls her into the ring!

On the outside, Chris Champlain and Quinn Harper are just standing on the ramp, trading quick, sloppy forearms that look like they'd be lucky to crack eggs, so the camera quickly cuts away from them and to the ring, where Heather Dannon follows Mary Cohen into the ring. Mary Cohen gets up, but Heather Dannon hits her with a pair of right hands, then whips her into the ropes! Mary Cohen comes off the ropes, and Heather Dannon yells "YEAH! BIG DROPKICK!" and leaps into the air, then takes Mary Cohen off her feet with said dropkick! The crowd cheers, and Heather Dannon stops and poses for them for a second, then boosts herself up to the second turnbuckle! Mary Cohen gets up, and Heather Dannon comes off onto her with a flying axhandle smash from the second turnbuckle, knocking her right back down! Heather Dannon stares down at her, pleased, then grins and yells "THAT WAS COOL!" at the nearest camera.

Heather Dannon pulls Mary Cohen up and starts to scoop her up for a bodyslam, but Mary Cohen counters with a small package! Bobcat McGavin goes down and counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And Heather Dannon kicks out at two! Both women get up, but Mary Cohen ducks a Heather Dannon clothesline, wraps around her into a waistlock, and brings her down with a waistlock takedown, then floats over into a front facelock! She has Heather Dannon down on the mat, trapped near the middle of the ring, and when Bobcat McGavin goes down to check on Heather Dannon, Mary Cohen puts her feet on the ropes for leverage! The crowd boos, but Quinn Harper, having just felled Chris Champlain on the outside, comes over and grabs her by the ankles, then pulls her out to the floor and takes her head-first into the ring apron!

But when Quinn Harper turns around, Chris Champlain meets him with a kick to the midsection, then whips him into the guardrail! Quinn Harper runs to the rail and springs up on it, but Chris Champlain runs right in under him as he leaps off with a SPRINGBOARD MOONSAULT!! Quinn Harper sails harmlessly over Chris Champlain's head and amazingly manages to land on his feet, but Chris Champlain springs up on the rail and leaps back with his own springboard moonsault to take Quinn Harper down! And then he gets up and climbs into the ring, where Heather Dannon's getting up!

Heather Dannon sees Chris Champlain coming for her, screams in panic, and slides out of the ring, but runs afoul of Mary Cohen on the outside, who knocks her down with a clothesline, then scoops her up and bodyslams her on the thinly-padded mats on the outside! Chris Champlain shouts some instructions to Mary Cohen, and she nods, then reaches under the ring and pulls out a table! She sets up the table, then grabs Heather Dannon and hammers her with three shots to the face, and rolls her onto it! Chris Champlain goes up to the top turnbuckle, preparing to leap, but Quinn Harper's up again, and he shoves Mary Cohen aside, then pulls Heather Dannon off as Chris Champlain takes flight with a FLYING BODYPRESS THROUGH THE TABLE ON THE FLOOR!! But nobody's home, and Chris Champlain crashes through the table all by himself!

Mary Cohen gets up, stares at Chris Champlain in the wreckage and back at Quinn Harper and Heather Dannon, then begins backing off, putting her hands up in surrender as she heads towards the backstage entrance! She seems to have had enough! She doesn't want any more of this! Heather Dannon seems to suspect a trick, but Quinn Harper just waves dismissively at her, then pulls Chris Champlain up and rolls him into the ring. He climbs back in after him, and Heather Dannon hesitantly follows him, as Mary Cohen nears the backstage entrance. But when she gets there, she's greeted by Devaccio Pola, with heavily-taped ribs, and a smiling Desmond, dressed in a dapper black and violet tuxedo!

Mary Cohen stops and says something to them, but Desmond and Devaccio Pola grab her arms and begin leading her back down the ramp, towards the ring again! Mary Cohen's squirming a little bit; it doesn't look like she really wants to go back, but they're dragging her back all the same! Inside the ring, Quinn Harper drops a leg on Chris Champlain, then covers, and Bobcat McGavin counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And only two, before Chris Champlain kicks out! And then Desmond and Devaccio Pola roll Mary Cohen back into the ring! She gets up and turns to them, protesting desperately, and Heather Dannon slips in behind her and rolls her up for the pin! Bobcat McGavin turns to her and counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And Mary Cohen kicks out at two!

She pops up angrily, shoves Heather Dannon back, and then screams in outrage and wildly swings a right hand that drops Heather Dannon to the canvas! She screams "YOU'RE ALL ASSHOLES! I FUCKING HATE YOU ALL!!" then turns and spits on Devaccio Pola on the outside! Quinn Harper's up, and he's going over to Heather Dannon, and Mary Cohen turns and decks him in the face as well! He staggers back a step, and Chris Champlain starts getting up, only for her to run forward and kick HIM square in the face now! Mary Cohen's lost her mind! Bobcat McGavin tries to grab her and restrain her, but she shrugs him off, then takes a wild swing at him that he narrowly dodges! She throws a punch in Quinn Harper's general direction, lashing out blindly, but misses by about half a foot! Desmond reaches into the ring and pulls her out by the ankles, then puts his hands on her shoulders and starts trying to talk sense into her, and she rears back and headbutts him in the nose!

Devaccio Pola grabs her from behind, whirls her around, and begins yelling at her, but she draws back and kicks him in the crotch! Devaccio Pola roars in pain and doubles over, but then straightens up suddenly and glares at Mary Cohen with a hint of madness in his eyes! He bellows "BAAAHHH!!" at her and advances on her, then absorbs a punch in the face from her and draws back to retaliate! But Tim Bell comes up from behind him, grabs his arm to stop the blow, then whirls him around and whips him into the steel ringsteps! Tim Bell just saved Mary Cohen, and he extends a hand and begins trying to reason with her. But she screams in his face, then punches him too! Mary Cohen is literally attacking anything that moves!

Inside the ring, Quinn Harper and Heather Dannon, as well as referee Bobcat McGavin, are staring at Mary Cohen, stunned. But Chris Champlain's stirring, and he slinks up behind Quinn Harper and nails him with a low blow, then grabs him and dumps him out of the ring, to the floor! Heather Dannon turns around with a surprised shriek, but doesn't react quickly enough as Chris Champlain kicks her in the midsection, then snap mares her to the canvas! On the outside, Mary Cohen's looking around wildly, ready to strike at anyone who comes near, and everyone's giving her a wide berth. But on the inside, Chris Champlain barks out "HOLD BOBCAT!", and Desmond reaches into the ring and grabs Bobcat McGavin's ankle tightly, and Chris Champlain reaches into his pants, and fishes out a HUNTING KNIFE! He pulls Heather Dannon's head back, exposing her throat as she squirms uselessly in his grasp, and raises the knife high with a triumphant laugh!

But on the outside, Mary Cohen looks up into the ring at him, then slides inside! Chris Champlain smiles and says something to her, but Mary Cohen just screams angrily, rushes at him, and tackles him! She begins angrily screaming and clawing at his face, but after a few seconds, Chris Champlain shoves her down to the mat, then raises the knife and stalks towards her, saying something with a threatening leer on his face! But Heather Dannon crawls up behind him now, and gives him a LOW BLOW!! Chris Champlain drops the knife and doubles over, and Heather Dannon quickly kicks it out of the ring! Devaccio Pola begins stalking towards it, but Tim Bell grabs a chair on the outside, and when Devaccio Pola approaches the knife, Tim Bell runs forward and LEVELS him with a chairshot! And then he rushes Desmond and hits him with a hard shot from the chair, causing him to slump forward and lose his grip on Bobcat McGavin's ankle!

As all this is going on, Quinn Harper has recovered, and he slides into the ring! Chris Champlain starts to recover and look up, but Quinn Harper slips in from the side, hooks his head, and brings him down in the QUINTESSENCE!! Heather Dannon looks warily at Mary Cohen, but she backs off, and Quinn Harper goes for the cover on Chris Champlain! Bobcat McGavin, freed from Desmond's grasp, comes over and makes the count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THREE!! Spiralling in the throes of her own inner fury, Mary Cohen saved Heather Dannon from Chris Champlain's sadistic intentions, and Quinn Harper has picked up the victory!!

Quinn Harper and Heather Dannon defeated Chris Champlain and Mary Cohen when Quinn pinned Champlain with the Quinntessence in 0:11:55.
Rating: * 3/4

Quinn Harper has won for his team, but it appears his victory may be short-lived. Devaccio Pola's somehow getting up from Tim Bell's chairshot, and Desmond didn't seem all that hurt by the blow he endured in the first place, and they're both looking into the ring! But Tommy Hustle comes running down the aisle towards the ring, to a modest round of cheers from the crowd. And then, seconds later, Russel Taylor comes running out after him, and he slides into the ring too! They stand beside Quinn Harper, congratulating him, while keeping their eyes on Desmond and Devaccio Pola on the outside. Tim Bell enters the ring as well, brandishing the steel chair, and Desmond just shakes his head, then reaches into the ring and drags Chris Champlain out by the ankle, and begins escorting him backstage.

In the ring, Heather Dannon is staring at Mary Cohen in shock. She seems unsure of what to do, still frightened, but knowing that Mary Cohen just saved her in a big way! Slowly, she extends her hand, and Mary Cohen slowly extends her hand back to Heather. She brushes Heather Dannon's hand with her fingertips, then backs away suddenly, rolls out of the ring, and hops the guardrail, then begins retreating through the crowd! Mary Cohen helped Heather Dannon and Quinn Harper out, and just when it seemed like they were on the verge of calling a truce, she turns and leaves through the crowd!

That match certainly turned into one hell of a chaotic mess. Up next, we'll see another emotionally-intense encounter, as Melissa DelArmeggio takes on Christina Ellis. But Melissa DelArmeggio may not be at one hundred percent after suffering at the hands of Sadako Momotani earlier today. We're going to take a look backstage as she prepares to go ahead with this match! Let's look in on that now!

Backstage...

Melissa DelArmeggio is sitting backstage in a comfortable dressing room, holding an icepack on one shoulder, with a large, red-stained bandage over her forehead. Lance Errington comes walking in, not wearing his jacket any longer, but still wearing his shirt and tie. Derek Cole is walking with him, smiling.

D. Cole: I'm telling you, Lance, tonight's bringing nothing but good things. With their foolproof strategy, Jake and Rob will take home the VCW World Tag Team Titles. Gabriel Black's going to utterly EMBARRASS Johnny Smiles in the Iron Man Match. And you and Troy Black? Well, let's just say--

L. Errington: Let's not say anything about it now.

Lance Errington goes over to Melissa DelArmeggio and puts a hand on her shoulder.

L. Errington: You sure you want to do this? You're hurt. Nobody would blame you if you took the night off. Certainly not Yuri. I'm sure that, after tonight, you proved yourself beyond a doubt to her.

M. DelArmeggio: I'm sure of that, too. She had to notice. I was the one who came out and saved her. Not Christina. Christina just wasn't there for her.

L. Errington: Just like Troy wasn't there for YOU tonight.

Melissa DelArmeggio sighs and looks down at her feet.

M. DelArmeggio: ... Yeah.

L. Errington: But--

M. DelArmeggio: But you were. I know that. And that's why I can afford to go out and face Christina: because you saved me from the worst of what was to come. I'm still in shape for a fight. You know I'm grateful for that, Lance. But... maybe this is stupid, but I'm a little sad that Troy wasn't there to help me too.

Lance Errington strokes her cheek softly.

L. Errington: You don't need him any longer. You have me now, and you always will. Any time you need me... I'll be there.

Melissa DelArmeggio stands up.

M. DelArmeggio: Yeah. And Yuri needs someone to be there for her. I need to go out there and protect her.

L. Errington: But you already did.

Melissa DelArmeggio smiles and kisses him on the cheek.

M. DelArmeggio: I need to protect her from CHRISTINA. ... Wish me luck.

Melissa DelArmeggio walks out of the room, and Lance Errington sighs and smiles faintly. Derek Cole looks thoughtful as he stares after her, then closes the door behind them.

D. Cole: You know what gets me? I can't really figure out why Troy WASN'T there for her just then. I mean, the guy threw himself in front of Desmond to save her, and he wouldn't come out to help her there? Why do you suppose that is?

The faint smile on Lance Errington's face spreads wider, becoming a devious, malicious grin. He reaches into his pocket, pulls out his pipe wrench, and holds it up for Derek Cole to see, as the grin overtakes his face.

L. Errington: Because I saw him in the parking lot and bashed his fucking head in about an hour before the show started.

After a moment of realization, the devious grin spreads onto Derek Cole's face now, and the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

We're back, and ready for our next match, but... in the wake of that revelation, we have a number of questions about Troy Black's match with Lance Errington! Will he even be able to compete tonight? For that matter, with his chronically-injured neck threatening his future career, after this latest attack, will he even be able to compete again? Just how badly is Troy Black hurt? We have no way of knowing; our only information this time comes from what we just heard Lance Errington admit to! And we have no further time to inquire, because the show's moving forward!

"Star Cycle" by Jeff Beck begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd cheers as Christina Ellis comes out of the backstage entrance. She walks down the aisle with a purpose, touching the hands of a few fans sitting next to the barrier, then climbs inside and tests the ropes by pulling on them. Christina Ellis is certainly a more polished professional athlete than Melissa DelArmeggio, but Melissa has faced a number of technical wrestlers in the past, some of them even top competitors in the men's world of wrestling! Both of them are fighting over the friendship of the Pink Kitten, Yuri Sonoda, but this is also a clash of styles, a test of whose path leads to success and victory.

And now "Sad But True" by Metallica begins playing, and the crowd actually offers up mostly cheers for Melissa DelArmeggio as she makes her way out of the backstage entrance, bandaged but still ready to fight! Despite her allegiances, the crowd seems to have a hard time booing a statuesque redhead who dives off of tall objects and participates in wild, bloody brawls. Though her allegiances and beliefs are somewhat self-righteous and superior, at least she's consistent. And while she's not the technical competitor Christina Ellis is, her style has its own savage effectiveness. It will be Christina Ellis's flowing, technical style against Melissa DelArmeggio's freewheeling, high-risk style in this encounter, where both women battle in the name of protecting a close friend! Melissa DelArmeggio steps into the ring and stares at Christina Ellis with sadness and disgust... and Christina Ellis just walks right up and slaps the taste out of her mouth! That'll start things off in a hurry, and Harold Brusco enters the ring and calls for the bell!

Christina Ellis

vs.

Melissa DelArmeggio

Melissa DelArmeggio tries to retaliate with a punch, but Christina Ellis ducks and slips behind her into a rear waistlock! She goes for a German suplex, but Melissa DelArmeggio grabs her wrists and powers out of the waistlock before she can execute the move, then shifts her grip to one wrist and twists Christina Ellis's arm out at one side! But Christina Ellis drops and rolls forward to relieve the pressure, then grabs Melissa's wrist and reverses the armwringer, before twisting the arm behind her back in a wristlock! Melissa DelArmeggio grimaces in pain, then stumbles forward and grabs the ropes. Harold Brusco forces a break, and Christina Ellis gives him one.

Melissa DelArmeggio has to know that she's not going to outwrestle Christina Ellis, and she seems a little more cautious as she steps back. Christina Ellis comes forward, and Melissa DelArmeggio lashes out with a martial arts kick to the head, but Christina Ellis catches her foot and brings her down with a single-leg takedown, then crosses her legs over and puts her in a scorpion deathlock! The crowd cheers, and Melissa DelArmeggio screams in pain, then plants her hands on the mat and begins pushing up! With surprising strength, she powers up out of the scorpion deathlock, tipping Christina Ellis forward, then bolts up to her feet! She had too much strength left to stay trapped in that hold for more than a few seconds!

But Christina Ellis is waiting on Melissa DelArmeggio when she gets up, and she leaps up and knocks her off her feet with a dropkick! Again, Melissa gets up, and again Christina Ellis knocks her down with a dropkick! Melissa gets up a third time, and a third dropkick sends her back down yet again! This time, she's a little slower to get up, and Christina Ellis goes over to her, hooks her arms, and flings her back in a double underhook suplex! The crowd cheers, and when Melissa DelArmeggio gets back to her feet again, Christina Ellis snap mares her to a seated position on the canvas, then leaps up and dropkicks her right in the back of the head to another burst of cheers!

Melissa DelArmeggio gets up, and Christina Ellis kicks her in the midsection, hooks her in a front chancery, and takes her down in the middle of the ring with a vertical suplex! She floats over and covers, and Harold Brusco counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by Melissa DelArmeggio! Melissa DelArmeggio crawls to the ropes and starts to pull herself up on them, so Christina Ellis charges at her, only for Melissa to suddenly drop down and backdrop her over the ropes! But Christina Ellis catches the top rope and guides herself to a controlled landing on the apron, then reaches in, grabs Melissa's hair, and drops off the apron to pull her down throat-first on the top rope! Melissa DelArmeggio staggers back, and Christina Ellis returns to the apron, climbs to the top turnbuckle, and leaps off with a flying axhandle smash! But she took a second too long, and as she comes down Melissa DelArmeggio sidesteps and KICKS HER RIGHT IN THE FACE!!

The crowd offers a mixed reaction as Christina Ellis goes down in a heap. Melissa DelArmeggio takes a deep breath, then drops an elbow on Christina Ellis and hooks a leg for the cover! Harold Brusco counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And Christina Ellis kicks out at two. Even Melissa DelArmeggio doesn't seem surprised by that, and she pulls Christina Ellis up, then whips her into a corner of the ring! Christina Ellis slumps against the turnbuckles, and Melissa DelArmeggio offers her three quick kicks to the midsection, then draws back and gives her another big kick to the head! Christina Ellis wilts limply in the corner, and Melissa DelArmeggio hauls her out by the hair and flings her roughly to the canvas! Christina Ellis gets up to her knees, and Melissa just rushes her and FLATTENS her with another kick right to the head!

Melissa DelArmeggio's martial arts prowess and sheer power have made this match one-sided in a hurry. Christina Ellis starts to get up again, and Melissa DelArmeggio grabs her and whips her into a corner of the ring! Christina Ellis hits the turnbuckles and staggers out, and Melissa grabs her and lifts her up into a bearhug! The crowd boos somewhat, and Christina Ellis grimaces and starts wiggling in Melissa DelArmeggio's grasp! Harold Brusco asks if she wants to submit, but Christina Ellis ignores him and continues struggling.

Finally, she manages to get enough room to draw an arm back, and she hammers Melissa DelArmeggio in the face! Melissa DelArmeggio holds on, but her grip is shaken, and a second punch breaks the hold! Melissa DelArmeggio staggers back, and Christina Ellis backs into the ropes, then comes off with a running dropkick that knocks her off her feet! Melissa DelArmeggio pops up and charges, and Christina Ellis brings her down with a hiptoss! Again Melissa gets up and charges, and this time Christina Ellis ducks a right hand, goes behind into a waistlock, and brings Melissa DelArmeggio down with a German suplex!! The crowd cheers, and Harold Brusco counts as she holds the bridge... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And a shoulder up at two by Melissa DelArmeggio!

Christina Ellis rolls to her feet, still holding the waistlock, and this time she lifts Melissa DelArmeggio and brings her down in an atomic drop! Melissa DelArmeggio staggers forward, and Christina Ellis backs into the ropes, then comes off and knocks her off her feet with a dropkick to the back of the leg! Melissa DelArmeggio starts to get up again, and Christina Ellis slips in at her side, then brings her down with a Russian legsweep, floats over, and covers! Harold Brusco counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And at two and a half, Melissa DelArmeggio kicks out again!

Christina Ellis scowls, then steps out of the ring and goes up to the top turnbuckle. Melissa DelArmeggio gets to her feet, as Christina Ellis comes off the top with a flying cross bodypress!! But Melissa DelArmeggio catches her out of the air and spins her to the mat in a crushing POWERSLAM!! The crowd offers a loud, mixed response of mostly boos, and Melissa DelArmeggio covers and hooks the leg! Harold Brusco counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Shoulder up at two and a half by Christina Ellis! She survived that one, but all the same, that huge move turned the tide of the match in a big, big hurry!

Christina Ellis is slow to get up again, and when she does Melissa DelArmeggio kicks her in the midsection, then reaches out and grabs her throat! She lifts her, then drives her down to the canvas with a huge CHOKESLAM!! The crowd offers a mixed reaction for that as well, and Melissa DelArmeggio could have this match won! But she's not attempting a cover; instead, she steps out of the ring and begins going to the top herself! She stops at the top turnbuckle, takes off her shirt to reveal a well-filled pink bra, then tosses it aside and leaps off with the FROG SPLASH!! But Christina Ellis gets her knees up, and Melissa DelArmeggio lands right on them, then rolls off, gritting her teeth and folding her arms over her breasts!

After a second or two, both of them get up at the same time, but Melissa DelArmeggio's still stunned, and she's facing the wrong way! Christina Ellis comes from behind, tucks her arms under Melissa's, and hooks her for the DRAGON SUPLEX!! But Melissa DelArmeggio realizes where she is, and breaks the full nelson with a surge of power, then lashes out with a back elbow! Christina Ellis staggers back, stunned, and Melissa DelArmeggio whirls on her, kicks her in the midsection, then measures her and leaps up for the BACK BRAIN KICK!! But Christina Ellis recovers just in time to duck forward, and Melissa's foot misses her head!

Melissa DelArmeggio wipes out on the canvas and quickly gets up, but Christina Ellis runs her head between Melissa's legs and lifts her up on her shoulders, looking for the Ocean Cyclone Suplex!! But when she goes to grab Melissa's arms and cross them, Melissa pulls away, then performs a backward roll off of her shoulders and lands on her feet! Christina Ellis turns around just in time for Melissa to double her over with a kick to the midsection! Melissa DelArmeggio hooks her arms, looking for the SWAN SONG!! That's Lance Errington's move, and she's going for it, but no, Christina Ellis pulls her arms free, brings Melissa down with a double-leg takedown, and flips over her into a jackknife pinning hold!! Melissa thrashes wildly, but Christina Ellis hangs on tight as Harold Brusco counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THREE!! Christina Ellis wins!!

Christina Ellis pinned Melissa DelArmeggio after a jackknife pinning hold in 0:07:26.
Rating: ** 1/4

The crowd cheers, and Melissa DelArmeggio pops up, breathless and confused, her chest heaving under the pink bra! Christina Ellis gets up, smiling with satisfaction, and Harold Brusco raises her hand! But then Melissa DelArmeggio comes over, jerks Christina Ellis's hand down, and begins yelling in her face! She's not happy about the way this ended! She points to the bandage on her head and says something, and Christina Ellis steps back and grabs a microphone. It doesn't look like this'll end well...

C. Ellis: What the hell else do you want, Melissa? We had our match. I beat your ass. Isn't this settled yet?

M. DelArmeggio: No. Not until Yuri sees the truth. The ONLY reason you beat me just now is because Sadako Momotani nearly killed me a few minutes ago. And the reason Sadako Momotani nearly killed me a few minutes ago is because I ran out here and risked MY BUTT to save MY FRIEND, Yuri Sonoda. But then, you might not know much about that, Christina... because you weren't THERE. Funny how you're never there when it counts, isn't it?

Christina Ellis sighs and looks down at the mat for a second.

C. Ellis: You know... I do regret that I wasn't there for her. Yuri told me not to interfere, that she wanted to prove herself on her own... and I knew I'd have a hard time doing that. I love her--not in THAT way, but in the deepest way a person can love her best friend--and I could NEVER stand by and watch her get hurt. So I didn't watch. I made myself go for a little walk while that match was going on, to make sure that I kept my promise to Yuri. And you know... she proved herself, all right. She BEAT Sadako Momotani. But I still wish I'd been watching her back.

M. DelArmeggio: That's REALLY convenient, isn't it? You're just like Troy, always having some phony line about why you couldn't do the right thing--

P. Kitten: Wait!

Melissa DelArmeggio's verbal tirade stops as the Pink Kitten comes out of the backstage entrance. Her right wrist is heavily wrapped, and she awkwardly holds a microphone in her left hand as she walks down to the ring and climbs inside.

P. Kitten: It's true. I told her not to interfere, no matter what happened.

M. DelArmeggio: Yuri, you don't have to stick up for her--

P. Kitten: Yes, I do. We all have to stick up for each other. That's what friends do! Not this fighting each other. THAT is NOT what friends do.

M. DelArmeggio: Yuri...

P. Kitten: I'm just not sure you know who your friends ARE right now, Melissa. That's what worries me.

M. DelArmeggio: No, Yuri. I... I know who my friends are.

Melissa DelArmeggio steps forward and gives the Pink Kitten a big hug, which the Pink Kitten carefully returns with one arm while keeping her hurt wrist out of the way. The crowd cheers, and then the Pink Kitten steps away, and slowly Melissa DelArmeggio turns to Christina Ellis. An uneasy moment of silence passes, and then the two step forward and hug one another, to another large burst of cheers from the crowd! Christina Ellis smiles and says something into Melissa's ear as she pats her on the back.

M. DelArmeggio: Let's go back for a while. There's a lot we have to talk about.

And Melissa DelArmeggio, Christina Ellis, and the Pink Kitten all leave the ring together. It appears that, at least to an extent, they've reunited as friends! But what will this mean for the future? What will this mean, given that Melissa DelArmeggio's Unholy Alliance teammate Gabriel Black is hell-bent on embarrassing and even destroying Christina and Yuri's good friend Johnny Smiles tonight?

No doubt the answers will unfold with the rest of tonight's show. We've got a long way to go yet! Up next, we'll see a match pitting Russel "The Muscle" Taylor against the dangerous, unstoppable force known as Desmond! But first, we're going to take a look backstage at the Jolly Rogers, who no doubt must be taking Vivacia's betrayal very hard, in addition to a crushing loss to the Knights of the Squared Circle! Let's look in on them now.

Backstage...

"Dastardly" Dave Adams and "The Chief of Governors" Tom Guycot are sitting on a bench backstage next to a door with a sign that says "MEDICAL TREATMENT." Both of them are looking rather sorry and dejected, though it's hard to tell in Tom Guycot's case because his mask covers his face. Dave Adams also looks impatient.

T. Guycot: Woe is us! The foul seeds of betrayal have been planted in the rich earth of our nurturing bosom and grown into the Plant of Misery! My friend, I... I will forever regret this.

Tom Guycot hangs his head, and Dave Adams shrugs.

D. Adams: Yeah. Whatever.

T. Guycot: All is lost. Let us be gone from this place for the evening, to a place much more fertile and ripe for success and happiness! ... A place... such as Kentucky Fried Chicken!!

D. Adams: My back's still sore from trying to pick that big, hairy sack of crap up. I'd best be getting it looked over before we shove off.

Dave Adams checks his watch, then scowls.

D. Adams: Damn it, what does it take to get some medical attention around here!? We've been waiting here ever since we got out of the shower!

As Dave Adams finishes talking, a woman in a skimpy nurse's uniform steps out of the door. Rich black hair flows down her shoulders, and her pretty Latina features are covered up and cheapened by entirely too much makeup. Her breasts are even more shamelessly and excessively huge than Nurse Vivacia's, straining against the white fabric of her uniform.

Nurse: Why, hello there! I'm Nurse Isabel. Sorry to keep you waiting, but it's been a VERY rough day. Nursing is a very stressful profession.

Dave Adams and Tom Guycot exchange a blank glance for a few seconds, and then Dave Adams whirls back to her.

D. Adams: Avast, fair lady! How'd you like to be the manager and ship's medic for the Jolly Rogers!?

Nurse Isabel puts a hand to her chin and thinks it over... for about two seconds. Then she shrugs and smiles brightly.

N. Isabel: Okay!

T. Guycot: It would seem that our dear Vivacia was not so hard to replace, unlike my grandmother's antique dishes, which I shattered by flinging them like frisbees through the air one by one in the year of 1987.

Nurse Isabel looks Dave Adams over with a sultry smile.

N. Isabel: But since you're injured, maybe I'd better check you out right now. In fact, if you'll care to step into my orifice--er, I mean, office... I'll give you a VERY thorough physical.

Dave Adams grins and walks into the medical treatment room. Tom Guycot begins to follow, but Nurse Isabel stops him at the door.

N. Isabel: I suppose you can join in too... but YOU'RE going to have to wear a condom.

T. Guycot: How disappointing. My quest to spread syphillis to as many people as I possibly can meets with another crushing setback! Argh!

Nurse Isabel makes a disgusted face and steps back.

N. Isabel: Better yet, maybe you should just wait outside.

Nurse Isabel slams the door shut in Tom Guycot's face, and he shrugs.

T. Guycot: I really ought to stop telling people that fanciful lie; it seems to lower my popularity.

Tom Guycot seems to ponder for a minute, then raises a finger to indicate he has an idea as the other hand fishes a package of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and a roll of masking tape out of his red backpack.

T. Guycot: But it'll have some difficulty in lowering this candy, because I intend to tape it to the ceiling at once!!

Tom Guycot stands up on the bench and begins to tape the unopened package of candy to the ceiling as the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

Well, it appears that the Jolly Rogers have found a new manager, who's not that much different from their old manager. There's not much that needs to be said about that, and not much time to say it in, because we're heading straight to our next match! "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler is playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd cheers as Russel Taylor runs down to the ring, pumping his fists in the air excitedly. He stops to touch the hands of fans in the front row for a while, then climbs into the ring and poses on one of the middle turnbuckles to another burst of cheers. He's a valiant fighter for integrity and the greater good, and there's nobody in VCW with better intentions and a purer heart than Russel Taylor. But tonight, those good intentions could pave the road to his own personal hell, as he steps into the ring with Desmond.

And, indeed, "New World Order" by Ministry begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd boos loudly as Desmond comes out of the backstage entrance. At least he's alone, unaccompanied by Chris Champlain or Devaccio Pola, his sadistic partners in crime. Both of those two have, fortunately, gone down in defeat tonight, and for the sake of all of VCW, not just Russel Taylor, we have to hope that Russel can make it three-for-three. Somebody needs to put a stop to Desmond's path of destruction! All the same, Desmond looks calm and composed, a faint smile on his scarred, half-masked face as he climbs slowly into the ring. He actually asks Brendan Powers to check him for foreign objects before the match, and Brendan Powers does, finding nothing. Then he calls for the bell, and that'll begin this match!

Desmond

vs.

Russel "The Muscle" Taylor

Russel Taylor eyes Desmond cautiously, not wanting to get too close, but Desmond calmly ambles forward and sticks out his hand for a handshake! Russel Taylor looks around at the crowd hesitantly, and all of them are yelling "NO!" at him, but he slowly extends a hand anyway. Desmond takes Russel Taylor's hand and shakes it, then backs up and begins circling him, jockeying for position! Russel Taylor is a little bit stunned, but quickly begins circling Desmond as well!

They lock up, and Russel Taylor grabs a side headlock on Desmond at once, but Desmond grabs his wrist and counters it into an armwringer! He holds the arm out straight for a few seconds, then twists further and takes it behind Russel Taylor's back into a wristlock! Russel Taylor throws a back elbow with his free arm, stunning Desmond into releasing him, then drops down and snares Desmond's legs with his own to take him down in a drop toe hold! And then Russel Taylor floats back over into the headlock while Desmond's on the mat!

The crowd cheers, but Desmond grabs Russel Taylor by the waist and props himself up a little, then rolls them over so that Russel Taylor's shoulders are down on the mat! Brendan Powers goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And at two, Russel Taylor manages to right himself, keeping the headlock applied! With immense strength, Desmond fights his way back up to his feet from the headlock, then backs Russel Taylor into the ropes and shoots him off into the other side! Russel Taylor comes off the ropes, and Desmond drops down to his belly on the mat, so Russel Taylor leaps over him and runs to the other side! Russel Taylor comes off again, and Desmond leapfrogs over him as Russel Taylor ducks under and runs past! Again, Russel Taylor bounces off the ropes, and Desmond lowers his head for a backdrop, but Russel Taylor leaps over him into a sunset flip! Brendan Powers goes to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by Desmond!

Both men get up, and they lock up in the middle of the ring, pushing mightily against one another. For several seconds, nobody moves, as each man strains against the other! Russel Taylor's great strength has always been his greatest asset, and he's giving no ground to Desmond as they push mightily on one another! Time passes, with the two men locked in this struggle, and then finally, Russel Taylor takes a step back! The crowd boos, and Desmond takes the upper hand, pushing him back another step, and then another! Slowly, fighting for every inch, Desmond pushes Russel Taylor back into a corner of the ring, up against the turnbuckles! Brendan Powers calls for the break, and Desmond gives a clean break and backs up with a nod and a smile!

Russel Taylor stares at Desmond in amazement, then looks down at his own hands in disbelief. For perhaps the first time in his career, Russel "The Muscle" Taylor has been overpowered! Of all the athletes to compete in VCW, off-hand only Tony Garcia and the Grave Digger, and possibly Bass Rogers, have been able to equal or exceed Russel Taylor's power! But now Desmond has done it as well, and this match takes on a whole new aspect! Russel Taylor is clearly intimidated as he steps out of the corner, and Desmond just stands back, smiling calmly.

After a moment of hesitation, Russel Taylor panics and charges at Desmond, with a closed fist raised to strike! But Desmond quickly backpedals, covering his face, and ducks between the second and third ropes! Brendan Powers orders Russel Taylor to back off, and Desmond slowly comes out of the ropes, then calmly explains that Russel Taylor was trying to attack him with a closed fist! Brendan Powers looks at him like he can't believe it, but then rolls his eyes, turns to Russel Taylor, and warns him about using a closed fist.

Russel Taylor looks increasingly desperate as the two men begin to circle one another again. They lock up in the middle of the ring, and Russel Taylor catches Desmond with a kneelift, then backs into the ropes and comes off with a clothesline! It catches Desmond square in the chest and rocks him back, but Desmond stays on his feet! Russel Taylor gamely backs into the ropes and comes off with another clothesline, and it rocks Desmond again, but again he stays on his feet! Russel Taylor backs into the ropes a third time, comes off, and swings for all he's worth, but this time Desmond ducks under his arm and wraps around into a rear waistlock, then brings him down with a waistlock takedown! And then he climbs up on Russel Taylor, mounts him, and hooks his hands under his chin in a camel clutch!

The crowd boos, and Russel Taylor begins struggling, trying to fight his way up! Desmond sits back and keeps the chinlock tightly applied, although a check from Brendan Powers shows that he doesn't appear to be using a chokehold. Slowly, Russel Taylor begins to rise, carrying Desmond on his back, until finally he gets up to his knees, then to his feet, with Desmond still on his back! Once on his feet, Russel Taylor gets his balance, then takes position and smashes Desmond back-first into the turnbuckles in one of the corners! Desmond releases the chinlock, and Russel Taylor staggers forward, gasping for breath. But Desmond, completely unfazed by hitting the turnbuckles, casually dashes out of the corner and clubs Russel Taylor in the back of the head with a clothesline.

Russel Taylor goes down to his hands and knees, and Desmond stands over him, then drops an elbow down on his back, squashing him down to the canvas. Again, Russel Taylor begins trying to stand, but Desmond grabs him by the shoulders and hits him with a kneelift, then grips his head and snap mares him down to a seated position on the canvas. And then Desmond kneels down behind him and grabs a rear chinlock! The crowd boos loudly, and then begins a chant of "BORING!", and they may have a valid point. This match, so far, looks like the sort of match you'd expect between two rookies training at the VCW Power Plant!

Nevertheless, Russel Taylor's valiantly struggling, trying to fight his way up from the chinlock. Desmond's keeping it applied well, but Russel Taylor keeps fighting to break the hold, pumping his fist in the air, and slowly he rises up to his knees! Then he gets to one knee, and with great effort he stands up, and then he fires an elbow off into Desmond's midsection! Desmond absorbs that one, but a second elbow loosens his grip, and a third one breaks it! With a burst of energy, Russel Taylor runs into the ropes, then comes off to tackle Desmond with a SPEAR!! But Desmond just stays standing, making it appear as though Russel Taylor just executed a running hug on his lower waist! Desmond looks down at him with a shrug and a smile, then locks his hands together and clubs Russel Taylor down with a double axhandle smash!

Russel Taylor's down, and Desmond hauls him up to his feet, then puts him in a front chancery. He hooks him, lifts, and takes him down with a vertical suplex, then floats over for the cover and hooks the leg! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by Russel Taylor! Desmond calmly gets up, scoops Russel Taylor up, and bodyslams him down to the canvas! And then he backs into the ropes, comes off, and drops a big elbow on Russel Taylor's chest! Again he covers and hooks the leg, and Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by Russel Taylor again!

Desmond calmly gets up, then backs into the ropes again and comes off with another elbowdrop, but this time, Russel Taylor rolls out of the way! Desmond crashes down to the canvas, and Russel Taylor looks around desperately as he gets up, then turns and unloads on him with three big forearm smashes to the face! Those barely seem to faze Desmond, but then Russel Taylor whips him into the ropes! Desmond comes off the ropes, and Russel Taylor catches him and drives him to the mat with a big POWERSLAM!! The crowd cheers, Russel Taylor hooks a leg, and Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... And only one, before Desmond kicks out!

Russel Taylor gets up, undaunted, and whips Desmond into a corner of the ring! Desmond hits the turnbuckles back-first, and Russel Taylor follows him in with a big clothesline, then climbs up on him on the second turnbuckle and begins hammering away! The crowd counts along with each punch, but after five, Desmond casually throws Russel Taylor off! Russel Taylor tumbles to the canvas, but gets back to his feet, and Desmond charges him! But Russel Taylor lowers his head and flings Desmond back with a backdrop! The crowd cheers loudly, but Desmond gets back up and turns to face Russel Taylor! But he turns right into a kick to the midsection, and then Russel Taylor plants his hands on Desmond and lifts him high over his head, then flings him to the mat in a Gorilla Press slam!! What power, to pull that move off against a man the size of Desmond!

But Desmond's still getting up, and Russel Taylor seems to be at a loss for what to do. He comes at him with a series of forearm shots to the face, then whips him into a corner of the ring, but this time, Desmond reverses! Russel Taylor hits the turnbuckles this time, and Desmond charges in with a running avalanche, but Russel Taylor moves out of the way! Desmond runs chest-first into the turnbuckles, then turns and staggers out, and Russel Taylor kicks him in the midsection! Desmond doubles over, and Russel Taylor pulls him into a standing headscissors, then lifts him, and DRIVES HIM DOWN with a big POWER BOMB!! The crowd cheers loudly!

Russel Taylor takes a deep breath, but Desmond's already starting to get back up from that huge move! As Desmond stands, Russel Taylor backs into a corner, then winds up his arm, crosses himself, and calls out a prayer to the rafters! Desmond gets to his feet, and Russel Taylor pats his elbow and measures him as he turns around! Desmond turns to face him, and Russel Taylor runs forward and barrels into him with the MIRACLE ELBOW SMASH!! It connected! Desmond goes down hard, flat on his back on the canvas, and Russel Taylor crawls over him and hooks his leg! That move defeated even Crimson, the VCW World Champion, and Russel Taylor just OBLITERATED Desmond with it! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... BIG KICKOUT WITH AUTHORITY AT TWO!! Russel Taylor goes flying off of Desmond!!

The crowd boos, and Russel Taylor lands in a heap a foot or two away from Desmond, then stares in shock as Desmond bolts to his feet! Desmond's eyes are wide open now, and a maniacal grin has crossed his face! All throughout this match, it seems as though he's been wrestling in a restrained, polite style, and now it looks like his INNER FURY has just been unleashed! Russel Taylor gets up and charges him with a big right hand, but Desmond completely ignores it, then grabs Russel Taylor and whips him to the ropes! Russel Taylor comes off, and Desmond lashes out with a huge clothesline! Russel Taylor is turned inside-out from the impact, flipping over in mid-air before landing in a heap on the canvas!

Russel Taylor starts to get up again, but Desmond grabs him under the arms, hauls him up, and crudely flings him down to the mat again! Still, Russel Taylor begins to stand, and Desmond kicks him in the midsection, then pulls him into a standing headscissors! But before he can lift, Russel Taylor counters the move with a backdrop! Desmond crashes to his back on the canvas, and Russel Taylor goes into a corner again, winds up his arm, and calls out to the heavens one more time! Desmond gets up, and Russel Taylor charges again, and again hits him with the MIRACLE ELBOW SMASH!! BUT HE DOESN'T EVEN GO DOWN!! Desmond rocks back, teetering dangerously close to tipping over, but stays on his feet! Russel Taylor gets up and stares at him in disbelief, and Desmond suddenly seizes him with both hands, lifts him up, and FLINGS him down with a STANDING DOUBLE CHOKE BOMB!!

The crowd boos loudly, and Russel Taylor convulses on the mat, then begins pulling himself up to his hands and knees. But with the maniacal grin still present on his face, Desmond's not waiting for him to stand up; he reaches down, pulls him into a standing headscissors, lifts, and drives him down with a POWER BOMB!! The crowd boos, and Desmond quickly reaches down, pulls him into a standing headscissors again, and drives him down with another POWER BOMB!! Come on, this is excessive! But Desmond reaches down again, pulls Russel Taylor up, and again lifts him and dashes him on the canvas with a third POWER BOMB!!

The crowd boos loudly, but now at least Desmond drops to his knees and goes for the academic cover. But no, instead of covering, he wraps his hands around Russel Taylor's throat and begins strangling him! That demented, wide-eyed smile grows even broader across his face as he keeps the chokehold applied! Brendan Powers stares in horror for a few seconds, then counts to five! Desmond still refuses to release the chokehold, so Brendan Powers calls for the disqualification, then bails out of the ring!

Russel Taylor defeated Desmond via disqualification in 0:14:04.
Rating: 3/4*

As the bell sounds, Desmond's expression returns to normal, and he takes his hands off of Russel Taylor's throat and brushes himself off. He stands up and looks around with a calm, almost bashful smile, then reaches out of the ring, calling for a microphone. He gets one, and raises it...

Desmond: Thank you all for coming to see my match tonight. I hope you liked it.

The crowd boos loudly, and Desmond sets the microphone down, then steps out of the ring and begins calmly strolling backstage. Inside the ring, Russel Taylor is convulsing and coughing; after being power bombed no less than THREE times and then nearly strangled by Desmond, he may be in need of medical attention.

As trainers come out to check on Russel Taylor, we're going to head backstage again to see the Green Dragon, as he drowns his sorrows after his pathetic loss to Hasan Gilden in the Waste-of-Time! Let's take a look at this shoddy spectacle!

Backstage...

The Green Dragon is walking through the hallways with a mug full of weak-looking draft beer in his hands, with his head hanging down in sorrow.

G. Dragon: Tonight just wasn't my night. ... I really need to focus harder and become more fearsome and intimidating! Yeah! After this, I'll turn it around--

Since he's looking down, the Green Dragon's not watching where he's going, and when he nears the doors that lead out of the arena, he bumps right into a grumpy-looking Butch Manson. In the course of the collision, the Green Dragon manages to spill the beer from his mug all over Butch Manson's shirt. Butch Manson looks down at him, incredulous.

B. Manson: What the hell's WRONNNNNNNNNNNG with ya, you silly dressed-up geeky bastard!? Watch where you're headed, boy! Why don't you use that PUNY little braaaaiiin of yours and THINK about what you're doing!?

The Green Dragon seems ready to apologize, but then glares at Butch Manson.

G. Dragon: You know what!? I'm through taking crap from people like you! I don't HAVE to use my brain if I don't want to, damn it! I'm the Green--

Butch Manson cuts the Green Dragon off by kneeing him in the midsection, then grabs the beer mug out of his hands and brings it down on his masked head, shattering it in a shower of glass. Butch Manson scowls and walks out the arena doors, his boots crunching on the broken glass of the mug. After several seconds, the Green Dragon groans and begins to get up, rubbing his head.

G. Dragon: Oww... okay, so THAT wasn't a great idea--

Before the Green Dragon can finish talking, Desmond walks onto the scene. Though sweaty and rumpled from his recent match, he's calm and collected, whistling to himself. But as soon as he approaches the Green Dragon, a maniacal grin flashes onto his face, and he grabs him with both hands and begins choking him against the wall. The Green Dragon struggles, but Desmond drives a knee into his midsection repeatedly until his struggling grows weaker. With the Green Dragon starting to give out, Desmond hauls him away from the wall abruptly, only to shift his grip suddenly so he can ram him head-first into it. The Green Dragon goes down in a heap, and Desmond grows calm and placid once more, then turns and walks down a different hallway, whistling to himself again.

Several more seconds pass, and the Green Dragon begins to get up again, coughing and gasping.

G. Dragon: Aw, geez, that really sucked--

As the Green Dragon's talking now, Jessica Judd walks onto the scene, wearing the bright gold necklace and slinky black dress that Santa Claus gave her earlier. She's also carrying a guitar, and she gives the Green Dragon a disgusted look, then chokes up on the guitar neck and shatters it over his head in a burst of wood. The Green Dragon goes back down to the floor, and Jessica Judd walks past him to the arena doors. But when she gets there, the doors suddenly open and a man in a giant rabbit suit walks in, carrying a basket.

Rabbit: Hello, VCW!! I'm the Easter Bunny, come to bring lots of chocolate and marshmallow goodies to all the good little boys and girls. ... Hey, it's Jessica Judd! Care to show the Easter Bunny how good you've been?

Jessica Judd scowls and kicks the Easter Bunny square in the crotch. He doubles over with a groan, and she grabs the head of his costume and pulls it off, revealing the face of the man who used to work in VCW as Main Street Pete.

J. Judd: Nice try, you dumb asshole.

Jessica Judd throws the rabbit suit head down on the floor, then shoves Main Street Pete back out of the arena doors and walks away. A few seconds later, Tom Guycot stalks onto the scene cautiously. But then he looks down at the discarded head from the rabbit costume, and slowly picks it up.

T. Guycot: GOOD HEAVENS!! Somebody has decapitated a giant rabbit and hidden its grisly remains here! I must notify the authorities at once!

Tom Guycot puts on the rabbit costume head over his skull mask and goes dashing down the hallway, and the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

It really seems like we're getting desperate for backstage content, doesn't it? But we're certainly not lacking for in-ring content, and we're about to get started on a huge Four Way Dance for the VCW World Tag Team Titles!

"What'chu Lookin' At?" by Uncle Kracker begins playing, heralding the arrival of the first of these four teams, and the crowd cheers as Brian Rivera and Marylin Silvera come out of the backstage entrance! Brian Rivera's dressed in a baggy pair of shiny, aqua-green pants and a T-shirt with black and yellow horizontal stripes, along with his purple Nike high-tops. Marylin Silvera is just dressed in his usual tights and pink blouse. Together, they make their way to the ring, and Brian Rivera stops to give goofy gang handshakes to a few fans at ringside before he grabs a microphone and climbs inside.

B. Rivera: Let's make some noise up in this bitch! Seattle, where my dogs at!?

Brian Rivera begins barking like a dog and holds out the microphone to the crowd, and many of them make barking noises back at him.

B. Rivera: That's cool, yo. But you know what's gonna be mad fly like a mack daddy? Tonight, you finna see the Rivera-Silvera Era begin FOR REAL, because me and my homeboy about to win some bling-bling. We finna take six other chump-ass SUCKERS to school and walk outta here as the NEW VCW World Tag Team Champions!

The crowd cheers, and Brian Rivera looks around, then raises the microphone again.

B. Rivera: Yo, check this:
Y'all know the B-R and M-S, we like fighting.
Tickets to the show? We get y'all to buy some.
I'm strong as a titan! I punch like Mike Tyson!
If this was Street Fighter, I'd be the end boss, like M. Bison!
Check this out, we's about to beat down six FOOLS!
Get out yo pencil and notebook, cause we're going to school!
We finna use them like tools! We make ALL our own rules!
Bass Rogers is the big man, with his bottom, the Star Player...
Even Marylin here knows, that shit couldn't GET no gayer!
Unholy Alliance, used to call 'em the Hammer of the Gods:
I got yo hammer right here, boys, and I don't like YO odds!
Then you got yo champions, three letters, O-C-S!
Greatest team of all time? That's two letters: B-S!
Who's gonna get some first!? Get in line, take yo pick!
I'm the K-I-D, BITCH!! Get on yo knees and SUCK MY...

Brian Rivera holds the microphone to the crowd, which enthusiastically finishes that line for him. But then "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin begins playing, and the crowd boos as Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon of the Unholy Alliance come out of the backstage entrance, accompanied by Jasmina Chastity. They make their way to the ring, Rob Solomon carrying his hockey stick over his shoulder, and slowly climb inside. Marylin Silvera and Brian Rivera stand waiting for them, and the two teams stare off uneasily. But then Marylin Silvera winks at Jacob Idol and blows him a kiss, and at a signal from Jacob Idol, Rob Solomon charges him with the hockey stick, forcing Brian Rivera and Marylin Silvera to slide out of the ring to the floor to avoid him!

But then "War Machine" by KISS begins playing, and the crowd cheers loudly as Bass Rogers and "The Star Player" Darren Michaels come out of the backstage entrance! Dean Sanders isn't with them, which isn't really surprising given the world-class mauling he endured in the process of fighting his way to victory over Devaccio Pola. Still, Bass Rogers and Darren Michaels seems psyched up and ready to go as they stalk to the ring and climb inside. Despite possession of the hockey stick, Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon back off and keep their distance from these two dangerous men.

And now "Achilles Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd cheers loudly as the VCW World Tag Team Champions, the Ontario Colour Show, Paul Canyon and Owen Addison, come out of the backstage entrance! They make their way to the ring, wearing the VCW World Tag Team Titles, and they look ready for this challenge! They've got the three best teams in VCW, all wanting to take their titles from them, and they're stepping into this Four Way Dance without hesitation! Objectively, they have a one-in-four shot of coming out of this match on top; maybe even less, because all the other teams will be gunning for them! But they ASKED for this match, and now they seem ready for it! Jerry Rogers enters the ring and calls for the bell, and that'll get this match underway!

For the VCW World Tag Team Titles:

Ontario Colour Show (c)

vs.

Tough Customers

vs.

Unholy Alliance (Jacob Idol & Rob Solomon)
w/Jasmina Chastity

vs.

Brian Rivera & Marylin Silvera

Jacob Idol steps forward boldly, pointing at Owen Addison, then at himself in an open challenge! Owen Addison smiles confidently and steps forward, and all eyes fall upon these two as the other six men step out of the ring. They circle one another cautiously, looking for an opening... and then Owen Addison suddenly backs off, reaches out, and tags in Marylin Silvera! Marylin Silvera comes forward, shimmies his hips enticingly, and then purses his lips towards Jacob Idol, and Jacob Idol freaks out, backs off, and tags in Bass Rogers, then bails out to the floor! The crowd boos, but Bass Rogers yells out "I AIN'T FORGOTTEN HOW YA TRICKED ME, YOU LIPSTICK-WEARING FRUIT!" and barges into the ring! He wants some of Marylin Silvera, even if the fans would rather see Silvera torment Jacob Idol!

Bass Rogers charges in and swings a meaty fist, but Marylin Silvera blocks, then opens up with three quick right hands on Bass Rogers. He whips Bass Rogers into the ropes, but Bass Rogers reverses, and Marylin Silvera hits the ropes and comes off running! He turns and leaps at Bass Rogers butt-first in a jumping hip attack, but his toned posterior just bounces off of Bass Rogers's massive frame, and Marylin Silvera ends up staggering to the side! He turns around, stunned by the failure of his attack, and Bass Rogers runs forward and MOWS HIM DOWN with a big clothesline! The crowd boos, and Marylin Silvera slowly gets up, but Bass Rogers grabs him by the hair, hauls him up, and knocks him off his feet with a huge headbutt!

Marylin Silvera gets up again, then staggers in and throws a big right hand, but Bass Rogers blocks it, then grabs Marylin Silvera's silk blouse and rips it open, exposing his bare chest! He snarls, reaches forward, and grabs one of Marylin Silvera's nipples, then gives it a sharp twist! Marylin Silvera cries out with a high-pitched, feminine wail and dances from foot to foot in pain, and Bass Rogers lets go only to draw back and blast him with a BLISTERING chop to the chest! Flesh rings out on flesh, Marylin Silvera goes down hard, and Bass Rogers backs into the ropes, then comes off with a big splash! But Marylin Silvera rolls out of the way, and Bass Rogers falls to his hands and knees on the canvas!

Bass Rogers starts to get up, but his bulk makes him slow to stand, and Marylin Silvera hammers away at him with several shots to the head, then grabs a double handful of his wild hair, drags him to his corner, and takes him head-first into the turnbuckle! Then he tags in Brian Rivera, who comes in and hits Bass Rogers with a series of quick snap jabs! With Bass Rogers seemingly stunned, Brian Rivera begins doing a stupid little jiggy dance to set up another punch, but Bass Rogers yells "I DON'T PLAY THAT SHIT!" and charges with a huge clothesline! But Brian Rivera ducks under it, and when Bass Rogers turns around, Brian Rivera hauls off and connects with the big punch he was saving from earlier! The crowd explodes into cheers!

Bass Rogers staggers back into the corner, pinwheeling his arms to keep his balance! When he slumps against the turnbuckles, Brian Rivera climbs up on him and begins drilling him with punches as the crowd counts along, hitting him nine times before drawing back and hammering him with a big TEN!! He dismounts, Bass Rogers staggers out, and Brian Rivera steps to the side and brings him down with a Russian legsweep! Bass Rogers is down, and Brian Rivera steps out to the apron and goes up to the top turnbuckle, then yells "I'M GOING PLATINUM!" and leaps off with a FLYING LEGDROP!! It connects, and Brian Rivera covers! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at only two by Bass Rogers!

Brian Rivera pulls Bass Rogers up, kicks him in the midsection, and then hooks his arms and begins to turn him into position for the Bitch Slap! But Bass Rogers sees it coming, easily powers his arms free, and then shoves Brian Rivera forward! Brian Rivera stumbles three steps, then turns around, and Bass Rogers rushes forward and runs him over with a big clothesline! Brian Rivera's down, and Bass Rogers drops an elbow on his chest, then covers! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Shoulder up at two and a half by Brian Rivera! Brian Rivera's fairly tough, but he can't afford to take much heavy offense from the most physically dominant man in the match!

Bass Rogers steps over to his corner, preparing to tag Darren Michaels, but then suddenly changes his mind and turns and slaps Rob Solomon hard across the face, then grabs him by the hair and hauls him in! It looks like Bass Rogers just tagged himself out on Rob Solomon! He steps out of the ring, and Rob Solomon turns to him, cussing and complaining about the cheap shot, but while he's doing so Brian Rivera creeps up behind him! He hooks Rob Solomon's arms from behind suddenly, then turns him around and drops him with the BITCH SLAP!! The crowd goes WILD!! He just hit Rob Solomon with it out of NOWHERE!! He goes for the cover, and Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And at two and a half, Jacob Idol reaches in under the bottom rope and pulls Rob Solomon out from under Brian Rivera by the ankle! He drags him out of the ring, under the bottom rope, and the crowd boos.

On the floor outside, Jacob Idol helps Rob Solomon to his feet, and begins trying to assess the damage. Brian Rivera watches for a moment from inside the ring, then becomes impatient and starts going up to the top turnbuckle! Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon don't notice him as he goes up, but just as he takes flight, Jasmina Chastity calls out a warning! Brian Rivera comes off with a flying axhandle smash to the floor, but Jacob Idol dives for cover, and Rob Solomon KNOCKS HIM OUT OF THE SKY WITH A HUGE LARIAT!! The crowd boos, and Rob Solomon drops to his hands and knees with a grimace, but Brian Rivera is left WIPED OUT on the floor!

Jacob Idol grabs Brian Rivera and rolls him back into the ring, and Rob Solomon gets to his feet and climbs up on the apron. Brian Rivera starts to get up, but he's facing the wrong way, and Rob Solomon comes off the top to club him with a flying double axhandle smash to the back! Brian Rivera goes down on his hands and knees, and Rob Solomon kicks him in the ribs a few times until he drops flat in a heap! The crowd boos, and Rob Solomon drops a leg across the back of Brian Rivera's head, then rolls him over and covers! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half by Brian Rivera!

Rob Solomon scowls, then pulls Brian Rivera up from behind and crosses his arms for a straightjacket suplex, but Brian Rivera snaps his head back into Rob Solomon's nose! Rob Solomon loses his grip and falls back on his posterior, and Brian Rivera stumbles forward, free from his grip! Rob Solomon turns around and gets to his knees, and tags in Jacob Idol, but Brian Rivera staggers forward, dives with an outstretched hand, and makes the tag to Owen Addison! The crowd cheers, and Jacob Idol grins in anticipation as Owen Addison steps into the ring!

Owen Addison and Jacob Idol begin circling one another, and after several seconds they come forward and lock up in the middle of the ring. Jacob Idol immediately grabs Owen Addison's arm and twists it out to the side in an armwringer! But Owen Addison drops down and rolls forward to take off the pressure, then ducks low, sweeps Jacob Idol's feet, and dives on him for the cover! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two, and both men burst to their feet immediately!

Jacob Idol charges, but Owen Addison brings him down with a drop toe hold, then floats over him and grabs a headlock! Jacob Idol struggles in his grasp, then grabs his wrist, pulls his head free, and twists Owen Addison's arm into a wristlock! The crowd boos, and Owen Addison grimaces and feels around with his free arm, looking for a way out! Then, after a few seconds, he pulls forward abruptly and turns to take off the pressure, then spins around behind Jacob Idol and grabs him in a rear waistlock on the mat! He gets to his feet and starts to pick Jacob Idol up, but once Jacob Idol's up to his knees he breaks the waistlock with a back elbow, then reaches back, grabs Owen Addison's head, and takes him down to a seated position with a snap mare, then locks on a chinlock!

The crowd boos again, and Owen Addison begins fighting his way up from the chinlock. He gets to his knees, then turns his shoulder to Jacob Idol, grabs his leg, and flips him over in a fireman's carry takedown to bring him down! Jacob Idol gets back up, but Owen Addison grabs a quick headlock on him before he can get his bearings. Jacob Idol struggles for a second, then grabs Owen Addison by the waist and lifts for a belly-to-back suplex, but Owen Addison flips out behind him, lands on his feet, and dropkicks Jacob Idol in the back before he can turn around! Jacob Idol bolts up to his feet and charges, but Owen Addison takes him down in a drop toe hold again, then floats over and puts the headlock back on to a burst of cheers from the crowd!

Jacob Idol fights his way back to his feet, then begins pushing Owen Addison towards the ropes, but in the process he also pushes him towards Marylin Silvera! Marylin Silvera tags himself in, then climbs inside! He grabs Owen Addison, pushes him off of Jacob Idol, then pulls Jacob Idol over one of his knees and begins spanking him! The crowd cheers and laughs, and Jacob Idol takes a second to realize what's happening, then freaks out and frantically scrambles away! He gets to the Ontario Colour Show's corner before Owen Addison does, desperately tags Paul Canyon, and climbs out of the ring in a hurry!

Marylin Silvera seems disappointed at first, but then he looks at Paul Canyon appraisingly as he steps into the ring, and his smile broadens. Paul Canyon steps in, locks up with Marylin Silvera, and quickly grabs a headlock, but Marylin Silvera's hands caress their way up and down the sides of his body while the hold's applied, and Paul Canyon lets him go, shoves him away, and stares at him strangely. Paul Canyon starts to go for another lockup, but then thinks better of it and instead comes in with a forearm shot from his right hand! But Marylin Silvera absorbs the blow, returns fire with a closed fist, absorbs a punch from Paul Canyon in retaliation, and hammers him with another punch, then another, and another! Paul Canyon is rocked back into the ropes, and Marylin Silvera whips him in to the other side, then runs to the opposite side and knocks him down with a clothesline when he comes off! Marylin Silvera used some devious psychology there to lure Paul Canyon into a slugfest instead of a wrestling exchange, from which he came out with the upper hand!

But at this point, Marylin Silvera seems to lose interest in Paul Canyon, and he scoops him up, bodyslams him, and makes the tag to Darren Michaels. Paul Canyon gets up, and Darren Michaels runs forward and sends him back down with a clothesline! Again, Paul Canyon stands, and Darren Michaels hammers him with a pair of clubbing forearms, then whips him into a corner of the ring! Paul Canyon hits the turnbuckles back-first, and Darren Michaels charges in after him with a SPEAR!! But Paul Canyon moves out of the way, and Darren Michaels hits the steel ringpost shoulder-first! He turns and staggers out, clutching his shoulder, and looks up just in time to see a Paul Canyon dropkick that knocks him off his feet!

Darren Michaels gets up again, but Paul Canyon grabs his arm and twists it out at the side in an armwringer, then makes the tag to Owen Addison. Owen Addison goes up to the top turnbuckle as Paul Canyon keeps the armwringer applied, then leaps off with a flying axhandle smash right to Darren Michaels's right shoulder! Darren Michaels goes face-down to the canvas, clutching his shoulder in pain, and Owen Addison goes and straddles his shoulder, then reaches between his legs, grabs the arm, and falls back, turning Darren Michaels over in the process to lock on a cross armbreaker!!

The crowd gives a mixed response of mostly cheers as Owen Addison leans back on the cross armbreaker, and Darren Michaels thrashes around in pain, trying to struggle towards the ropes! But he's not getting very far, and after about ten seconds, Bass Rogers loses his patience, comes in, and drops an elbow! But Owen Addison breaks the hold and scurries out of the way just in time, and Bass Rogers's elbow connects only with the mat! Bass Rogers gets up, and Darren Michaels is up just a step behind them, so Owen Addison grabs each of their heads and bangs them together! But then as one, Bass Rogers and Darren Michaels look at him, unhurt by that treatment, then each grabs Owen Addison's head, and they pull him into a double headbutt, knocking him down!

Jerry Rogers comes in at this point to order Bass Rogers out of the ring, but Owen Addison's still down. As he gets up, Darren Michaels backs into the ropes, then comes off and hits him with a big, impressive dropkick that knocks him right back down! Darren Michaels gets up again, favoring his arm somewhat, then pulls Owen Addison up and hooks him for a vertical suplex, but he flinches with pain when he goes to lift, and Owen Addison capitalizes by pulling him down into a small package! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two by Darren Michaels!

They both pop up, and Darren Michaels snaps off a quick kick to the midsection, then pulls Owen Addison into a standing headscissors! He lifts him for a power bomb, despite his wounded right arm, but his grip gets a little shaky towards the top, and Owen Addison counters with a Frankensteiner! He cradles Darren Michaels's legs, and Jerry Rogers goes down to count again... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And at two, Darren Michaels kicks out again! They both get up, but Owen Addison reacts first and brings Darren Michaels back down in another small package! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two again!

Darren Michaels gets up again, and this time takes an impulsive wild swing right at Owen Addison's head! But Owen Addison ducks past the blow, wraps around, and grabs Darren Michaels from behind, then lifts him up and brings him crashing down with a belly-to-back suplex! He keeps a hold and bridges for the pin, and Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And Darren Michaels kicks out at two again! He gets up and takes another swing at Owen Addison, but again Owen Addison's expecting it, and he ducks past, hooks the arm, and pulls him down into a backslide! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And another kickout at two!

This time, before he gets up, Darren Michaels pounds his fists on the mat and yells in frustration! He cautiously watches Owen Addison, warily looking for an opening, then seems to give up on the whole idea and tags in Rob Solomon. Rob Solomon comes in gamely, goes into a martial arts stance, and lashes out with a kick to the midsection, but Owen Addison grabs his foot, brings him down with a dragon screw leg whip, and then holds it and turns him over into a half Boston! Rob Solomon cries out in pain and frustration, and the crowd cheers!

Rob Solomon quicky gathers his strength and begins struggling; he's fairly close to the ropes, and after about ten seconds he manages to crawl his way to them. Owen Addison breaks the half Boston at Jerry Rogers's request, then drives a forearm into Rob Solomon's back as he stands up. Rob Solomon goes down to his knees, then begins pulling himself up on the ropes, and Owen Addison leaps up behind him and dropkicks him in the back! Rob Solomon flies out over the top rope, crashes on the apron, and tumbles to the floor, and the crowd cheers loudly! He starts to get up on the outside, but Owen Addison backs into the opposite ropes, then rushes forward and dives out between the ropes onto him with a TOPE SUICIDA!! Both men go down at ringside, and the crowd cheers again!

But then Brian Rivera climbs into the ring, comes over, and begins climbing one of the nearby turnbuckles! Jerry Rogers tries to wave him down as Owen Addison and Rob Solomon stand, but he's not to be denied, and he comes off onto both of them with a FLYING CROSS BODYPRESS TO THE FLOOR!! All three men go down in a heap! But then Jacob Idol comes over to the corner and climbs the turnbuckles, and on the outside Jasmina Chastity comes forward and leads Rob Solomon away! Owen Addison and Brian Rivera disentangle themselves from each other, but it's just in time for Jacob Idol to leap off onto both of them with a MOONSAULT BODYPRESS TO THE FLOOR!! All three of them go down now!

But as Owen Addison, Jacob Idol, and Brian Rivera all begin getting up, Rob Solomon's up first, and he comes over to Owen Addison and flattens him with a big LARIAT!! The crowd boos, and Rob Solomon grabs Owen Addison by the hair, takes him head-first into the ring apron, and rolls him back into the ring. Owen Addison begins to get up, but Rob Solomon climbs in right after him, then unloads on him with two swift kicks to the midsection, pivots and spin kicks him in the right shoulder, and then leaps up and connects with a jumping spinning thrust kick that knocks him off his feet! Rob Solomon drops an elbow on Owen Addison, then goes for a cover, and Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half by Owen Addison!

Rob Solomon pulls Owen Addison up, knees him in the midsection, and then locks on an abdominal stretch to a chorus of boos from the crowd. Jerry Rogers kneels in front of Owen Addison to ask for the submission, and Rob Solomon grins, then reaches out to grab Jacob Idol's hand for extra leverage! Of course, Jerry Rogers doesn't notice, but Paul Canyon does, and he jumps off of the apron and runs around to the other side of the ring! Jacob Idol releases Rob Solomon's arm, hops off of the apron, and begins backing up, protesting his innocence, but behind him, the Tough Customers dismount from their corner and begin advancing on him! Bass Rogers clubs Jacob Idol in the back, knocking him down, and then he and Darren Michaels each take one of Jacob Idol's arms and hold him while Paul Canyon comes over and hammers him with a series of punches! It looks like just about everyone's fed up with the Unholy Alliance's tricks, and now they're all taking out their frustrations on Jacob Idol!

At this point, Rob Solomon releases the abdominal stretch to point to the outside of the ring, where his partner's being blatantly triple-teamed! Jerry Rogers turns to admonish Paul Canyon and the Tough Customers, but while he's doing that, Rob Solomon calls for the hockey stick! Jasmina Chastity grabs it and slides it into the ring, and Rob Solomon begins sneaking up behind Owen Addison with it! But Brian Rivera gets into the ring now, and he comes from behind and grabs the hockey stick away from Rob Solomon! Rob Solomon turns around to him, shocked by the interference, and when he does Owen Addison comes from behind HIM, lifts him in a rear gutwrench, turns him in position, and brings him down with the TOMBSTONE! The crowd erupts, and Owen Addison goes for the pin as Jerry Rogers turns around... but the first thing Jerry Rogers sees is Brian Rivera with the hockey stick, and he yanks it away from him and begins ordering him out of the ring!

Meanwhile, Owen Addison's got Rob Solomon covered, but Jasmina Chastity slides into the ring now, and she jumps up on Owen Addison's back and begins choking him! Owen Addison gets up and staggers around a little in her grasp, but then Marylin Silvera comes in, grabs Jasmina Chastity around the waist, and pulls her off of Owen Addison, then kisses her on the cheek, tousles her hair, and drops her on her butt! Owen Addison turns back to Rob Solomon and goes to pick him up, but Rob Solomon nails him with a LOW BLOW!! The crowd boos, and Jerry Rogers finally turns around, just in time to miss that! Owen Addison drops to the canvas, and Rob Solomon's down as well!

Owen Addison crawls in the general direction of the Tough Customers, then tags in an eager Bass Rogers, while Rob Solomon heads for the corner of Brian Rivera and Marylin Silvera, only for Brian Rivera to nail him with a right hand! Rob Solomon turns and staggers away... right into the arms of Bass Rogers, who grabs him and flings him to the mat in a big BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX!! Jacob Idol comes in, and Bass Rogers greets him with a kick to the midsection, then lifts him high over his head in a Gorilla Press and flings him down to the mat as well! Bass Rogers turns back to Rob Solomon, but he gets a kick to the midsection! Rob Solomon grabs his hair, and gives him the SITDOWN FACESLAM!!

The crowd boos, and Rob Solomon gets up with a big grin, looking somewhat justifiably pleased with himself. But Bass Rogers struggles to his feet, shakes off the cobwebs, and roars angrily! Rob Solomon gives him a worried look, then backs into the ropes and comes off with a big LARIAT!! But Bass Rogers gives him a huge lariat at the same time! Rob Solomon goes flying back, and Bass Rogers topples backwards to crash to the mat like a ton of bricks! Bass Rogers recovers first and crawls to his corner, then tags in Darren Michaels. Rob Solomon's headed for Jacob Idol, but before he gets there Darren Michaels grabs him by the feet and pulls him back into the middle of the ring!

Rob Solomon pulls himself free, gets up, and gives Darren Michaels a kick to the midsection, but Darren Michaels just absorbs it, then hauls off and drills Rob Solomon with a big right hand, knocking him down! Rob Solomon gets back up, and Darren Michaels kicks him in the midsection, then whips him into the Tough Customers' corner! Rob Solomon hits the turnbuckles back-first, but shouts defiantly and charges right back out with a LARIAT!! But Darren Michaels ducks, Rob Solomon misses, and when he turns around Darren Michaels picks him up and SPLATTERS HIM ON THE CANVAS with a SPINEBUSTER!! The ring shakes violently, and the crowd goes wild!!

Jacob Idol climbs into the ring now and charges at Darren Michaels, but Darren Michaels cuts him off with a kick to the midsection, then lifts him by the throat with both hands and flings him down with a sloppy DOUBLE CHOKE BOMB!! Rob Solomon gets back up, and Darren Michaels shoots him into the ropes, then catches him coming off and gives him a second earth-shaking SPINEBUSTER!! The crowd cheers loudly, and Darren Michaels pulls Rob Solomon up, shoves him down into a standing headscissors, and then lifts and drives him down with a POWER BOMB!! The crowd cheers, and Darren Michaels goes for the cover! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Shoulder up at two and three-quarters! Rob Solomon's nothing if not tough!

Darren Michaels stands up, signals as if throwing a football, then steps out to the apron and begins climbing one of the turnbuckles! But in his inexperience, it looks like he's chosen the corner nearest to Jacob Idol! He gets to the top as Rob Solomon begins to stand, and prepares to take flight, but predictably, Jacob Idol gives him a shove! Darren Michaels falls forward off of the turnbuckle, right into a crushing LARIAT!! He's left wiped out on the canvas, and Rob Solomon slumps forward nearby! Both men are down again!

Rob Solomon rolls over and tags in Jacob Idol, and Darren Michaels begins crawling for Brian Rivera and Marylin Silvera! But Bass Rogers yells "NO, YOU DON'T!! OVER HERE, DAMN IT!" at him, and Darren Michaels changes course, dives forward, and tags in Bass Rogers! Bass Rogers comes in, mows Jacob Idol down with a big clothesline, then goes over to the apron and punches Rob Solomon for good measure! Jacob Idol starts to get up again, and Bass Rogers grabs him by the hair, hauls him over to the corner, and takes him head-first into the top turnbuckle! Jacob Idol flops down on the mat, and the crowd cheers loudly!

Bass Rogers scoops Jacob Idol up, then bodyslams him to the canvas and points up to the sky! The crowd cheers, and Bass Rogers goes back to the corner, then begins climbing the turnbuckles! Jasmina Chastity panics and jumps up on the apron, distracting Jerry Rogers, and on the floor, Rob Solomon picks up his damn hockey stick! Darren Michaels jumps off of the apron and heads over to cut him off, but Rob Solomon gives him a hockey stick shot to the midsection, then chokes up on it and gives him another shot right upside the head! Bass Rogers reaches the top turnbuckle, facing the crowd... and Rob Solomon runs forward, swings the stick high, and NAILS him right upside the head with it! Bass Rogers falls backwards and crashes to the canvas!

The crowd boos, and Rob Solomon drops the hockey stick, then climbs up to the apron in time to get the tag from Jacob Idol. Bass Rogers is starting to stir, and Rob Solomon runs into the ropes in front of him as he gets up, then comes off to nail him with a huge lariat!! Bass Rogers staggers back, but Jacob Idol's up behind him now, and he grabs a handful of hair and pulls him back into an INVERTED DDT!! Jerry Rogers admonishes Jacob Idol and begins warning him to leave the ring, but the damage has been done as Rob Solomon steps out to the apron and climbs up to the top turnbuckle! He leaps off, and connects with the KATANA LEGDROP!! The crowd boos, and Rob Solomon covers Bass Rogers!! Jacob Idol takes Darren Michaels down on the outside, and Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THREE!! The Unholy Alliance eliminates the Tough Customers from tonight's contest!

----- x Solomon beat Rogers via the Katana Legdrop in 0:33:06.

The crowd boos, and Bass Rogers rolls out of the ring to join Darren Michaels on the side. But on the apron, the Ontario Colour Show exchange a disgusted glance with Brian Rivera and Marylin Silvera, and all four men storm the ring! The Ontario Colour Show descends on Rob Solomon, attacking him two-on-one, and Brian Rivera and Marylin Silvera grab Jacob Idol and drag him into the ring! Marylin Silvera gives Jacob Idol a big kiss, and Jacob Idol pulls away and staggers back, making disgusted faces, and runs right into Brian Rivera, who hooks his arms, turns him, and brings him down with the BITCH SLAP!! Meanwhile, the Ontario Colour Show dumps Rob Solomon to the outside! Jerry Rogers demands that order be restored, and after a brief glance, Brian Rivera, Owen Addison, and Paul Canyon leave the ring!

Marylin Silvera steps forward and looks down at Jacob Idol and licks his lips longingly, then runs his hands over his own chest. Jacob Idol's still laid out from the Bitch Slap, and it looks like Marylin Silvera could have his way with him, so to speak! He slides one hand down the front of his tights lewdly... but he pulls out a pair of brass knuckles, turns to the apron, and blatantly CLOBBERS PAUL CANYON!! Paul Canyon flies off of the apron from the blow, crashes back-first into the guardrail, and goes down to a motionless heap on the floor! Jerry Rogers calls for the bell, and that's an instant disqualification! What the HELL was he thinking!?

----- x Idol beat Silvera via disqualification in 0:33:55.

The crowd boos loudly, Owen Addison jumps down from the apron to check on his partner, and Brian Rivera gets in the ring, demanding an explanation! Marylin Silvera just flushed their shot at winning the titles right down the toilet with that brass knuckle shot on Paul Canyon, and Brian Rivera doesn't understand it! Marylin Silvera shrugs, bats his eyelashes, and starts to say something, and then he HITS BRIAN RIVERA!! Marylin Silvera just laid his own partner out with the brass knuckles now! Not only did he lay out Paul Canyon, but he just took out his own partner as well!

The crowd's booing loudly, and now Jacob Idol's slowly getting up, with a pained grin on his face! This can't be what it looks like! It just CAN'T! Marylin Silvera smiles at him, and Jacob Idol stumbles forward, then embraces Marylin Silvera and gives him a passionate, eager kiss on the lips as the crowd explodes into DEAFENING boos and throws garbage in at them! This is absolutely absurd! The crowd begins a HUGE chant of "FAGGOTS!" at them, but the REAL story here is that Marylin Silvera just took out his own team AND half of the Ontario Colour Show in one fell swoop! What a dirty trick, no doubt masterminded by Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon the whole time!

Owen Addison looks up from the outside, and a camera close by catches the shocked outrage on his face as he mutters "You motherfuckers..." into the ring. Paul Canyon's out cold on the floor, not moving at all, and trainers are bringing out a stretcher for him. Back in the ring, Marylin Silvera pulls Brian Rivera up into a standing headscissors, then lifts him and brings him down with a PILEDRIVER!! The crowd's boos are renewed in intensity, and Marylin Silvera chucks him out to the floor, then steps out of the ring and begins heading backstage! Obviously, the Rivera-Silvera Era has come to an end. But this match still hasn't, and Jacob Idol is reminding Jerry Rogers of that right now!

Jerry Rogers looks flabbergasted, but after some prompting he goes near to where Owen Addison's standing and begins counting him out! Owen Addison looks up at him in disbelief and yells "COME ON! THIS IS BULLSHIT!" but Jerry Rogers is still counting! Finally, Owen Addison rolls his eyes and slides into the ring, then rushes Jacob Idol and begins hammering him with right hands! He's not even trying to technically wrestle him! The crowd's cheering loudly! Owen Addison unloads on Jacob Idol, backing him into a corner, then whips him into the opposite corner! Jacob Idol hits the turnbuckles back-first and staggers out, and Owen Addison flings him high into the air with a backdrop!

But now Rob Solomon climbs into the ring, ignoring Jerry Rogers's protests, and charges Owen Addison with a lariat! But Owen Addison ducks, kicks him in the midsection, and hooks him in a front chancery, then flings him to the mat with a snap suplex! Jacob Idol pulls himself to his feet, but he's doubled over, and Owen Addison runs into the ropes, then comes off to take him down with a swinging neckbreaker! Rob Solomon gets up, and Owen Addison kicks him in the midsection, snap mares him to a seated position, and then dropkicks him in the back while he's seated on the mat!

Owen Addison grabs Rob Solomon and tosses him out of the ring to the floor, then pulls up Jacob Idol and lifts him in a rear gutwrench! He's going for the Tombstone, but Jacob Idol counters it with a spinning headscissors, taking him down! Both men are down for a couple seconds, but Owen Addison's up first, fueled by inner fury, and he goes over to Jacob Idol, only to be cut off by a shot to the midsection! Jacob Idol gets to his feet again, hooks Owen Addison's arms, and flings him back with a double underhook suplex!

Owen Addison starts to get back up, but Rob Solomon reaches in from the outside and grabs his legs! Owen Addison pulls free, but it's too late as Jacob Idol comes over and drills him with a right hand! Rob Solomon gets back up on the apron, and Jacob Idol tags him in, then grabs Owen Addison by the hair and holds him out to the side! Owen Addison struggles, but can't break free in time as Rob Solomon steps in, charges, and blasts him with a huge lariat! Owen Addison goes down hard, and the crowd boos! Rob Solomon crouches over Owen Addison and drills him with repeated right hands to the face, only backing off when Jerry Rogers finally warns him!

Rob Solomon gets up and tags Jacob Idol back in, then scoops Owen Addison up and bodyslams him, allowing Jacob Idol to fling himself in onto him with a slingshot splash from the apron! Rob Solomon steps out, and Jacob Idol takes Owen Addison to a corner of the ring, then takes him head-first into the turnbuckles! Owen Addison flops down to the canvas, and Jacob Idol stands over him, gloating, then drops a leg across the back of his head. This match has turned from a Four Way Dance into a two-on-one mugging!

Jacob Idol pulls Owen Addison up and into a standing headscissors, but he stops to gloat for a second, and Owen Addison grabs his legs and brings him down with a double-leg takedown! The crowd cheers, and Owen Addison crawls on top of him and begins opening up on him with repeated right hands! Rob Solomon gets in the ring and charges, but Owen Addison sees him coming in and gets up, then ducks a lariat! Rob Solomon turns to face him again, and Owen Addison lashes out with a superkick, but Rob Solomon catches his foot, so he leaps up and clocks Solomon in the head with an ENZUIGIRI!! The crowd erupts as Rob Solomon topples to the canvas, but as Owen Addison gets up, Jacob Idol comes up behind him, hooks his head, and pulls him back into the INVERTED DDT!!

Rob Solomon rolls out of the ring, and Jacob Idol stands over Owen Addison, breathless and smiling as he looks down at his unmoving body. He could probably have the pin right now if he wanted it, but instead, he pulls Owen Addison up from behind and hooks him in a full nelson! Owen Addison's almost dead weight at this point, and Jacob Idol flings him back with a RELEASE DRAGON SUPLEX!! The crowd boos loudly, and Jacob Idol stays seated on the mat, enjoying his dominance of the match, for several more seconds!

Finally, Jacob Idol gets up and tags in Rob Solomon, then scoops Owen Addison up and bodyslams him in the middle of the ring as Rob Solomon goes to the top turnbuckle! Owen Addison's down, and Rob Solomon takes his position up top, then leaps off with the KATANA LEGDROP!! It connects, and that makes it official; Owen Addison HAS to be completely OUT of this match! The two-on-one odds that were left after Marylin Silvera's turn were completely insurmountable! Rob Solomon starts to go for the cover, but on the apron, Jacob Idol reaches in eagerly, BEGGING to be tagged in!

With a roll of the eyes and a chuckle, Rob Solomon tags Jacob Idol in, and he comes in and puts one foot on Owen Addison's chest for the cover! Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THRE... SHOULDER UP!! Owen Addison threw a shoulder up at two and nine-tenths! He had about ten seconds or so to recover after the Katana Legdrop, and that was a VERY lackadaisical cover! The crowd cheers, and Jacob Idol scowls, then drags him to the corner and sets him up on the top turnbuckle, facing the crowd!

Owen Addison's still practically dead weight, unable to resist as Jacob Idol climbs up behind him, then hooks his head and brings him down with the IDOLIZER!! Damn it, that has to be it, and Jerry Rogers should stop the match right now! But he may not need to, as Jacob Idol pulls himself to his feet, then puts one foot on Owen Addison's chest again. Jerry Rogers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THREE!! This time, he stayed down!

The Unholy Alliance (Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon) defeated The Ontario Colour Show, The Tough Customers, and Brian Rivera and Marylin Silvera:
----- x Solomon beat Rogers via the Katana Legdrop in 0:33:06
----- x Idol beat Silvera via disqualification in 0:33:55
----- x Idol beat Addison via the Idolizer in 0:42:19
Rating: ***
(The Unholy Alliance won the VCW World Tag Team Titles.)

Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon have achieved a THIRD reign as VCW World Tag Team Champions, but they did it in about the most underhanded way possible! When Marylin Silvera attacked Paul Canyon with the brass knuckles, he effectively threw the match for him by eliminating his own team and crippling the Ontario Colour Show in one fell swoop! Marylin Silvera stabbed his own partner and the Ontario Colour Show in the back and handed the VCW World Tag Team Titles to the Unholy Alliance on a silver platter, and you have to believe he'll be held accouintable for that!

But right now, Rob Solomon grabs the VCW World Tag Team Title belts and brings them into the ring, then hands one to Jacob Idol. Jasmina Chastity comes in as well and gives Jacob Idol a big congratulatory kiss, and then the three of them pose with their newly-won titles as the crowd boos and begins a chant of "BULLSHIT!" They've beaten the Ontario Colour Show again, but only because Marylin Silvera took out Paul Canyon for them, allowing them to methodically execute Owen Addison in the middle of the ring!

And now Marylin Silvera comes back out of the backstage entrance and makes his way to the ring to a huge round of boos from the crowd! He slides inside, comes forward, and embraces Jacob Idol, and then Jacob Idol gives him a kiss on the cheek, then turns to his other side and gives Jasmina Chastity a kiss on the cheek! Rob Solomon rolls his eyes and laughs, and they all leave the ring together, Jacob Idol walking with Marylin Silvera on one arm and Jasmina Chastity on the other. Whatever else you might say about this rather unorthodox situation, it's clear that, for the time being, the Unholy Alliance has outsmarted the opposition again and walked away with the titles.

After a few minutes, some trainers come from the back and help Owen Addison away from the ring. Even now, he's barely conscious after the torrent of abuse he endured from both opponents. The Ontario Colour Show has been laid to waste, but once they've recovered, we have to believe they'll be furious about this turn of events! The VCW World Tag Team Title scene may have just heated up even more after tonight.

We're going to go straight through to our next match now! "Woke Up This Morning (Chosen One Mix)" by Alabama Three begins playing, and the crowd cheers as Brujah comes out of the backstage entrance and begins making his way to the ring! He has a disgusted, pissed-off look on his face, as he usually does, but we know his contempt for "Superstar" Sean Black is especially strong. Stress has been mounting on Brujah, and with the Superstar breathing down his neck, he seems about ready to go postal! He climbs into the ring and takes off his leather jacket, preparing for the coming match.

And now Derek Cole comes out of the backstage entrance, carrying a microphone! The crowd boos loudly, and Derek Cole looks around at them with a smirk, then raises the microphone...

D. Cole: Ladies and gentlemen, courtesy of the Unholy Alliance, I bring you... the greatest professional wrestler of his generation... "SUPERSTAR!!" ... SEEEANNNN BLLLLLLAAAACK!!

"Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd gives a HUGE round of boos as "Superstar" Sean Black steps out of the backstage entrance! He stops to look down over his wire-framed black sunglasses at the crowd, then struts back and forth at the top of the entrance ramp as huge bursts of pyro go off behind him! Then he swaggers down the aisle to the ring, stopping to insult a few fans along the way before he climbs inside.

Brujah steps out of the ring, and a spotlight shines down on "Superstar" Sean Black as he dances to his music for a few seconds, then shimmies out of his leather vest and twirls it over his head like a stripper! He tosses the vest to Derek Cole, then drops to his knees and flexes his muscles, as another huge burst of pyro goes off behind him. After a few more seconds, he stands up, takes off his sunglasses, and hands them to Derek Cole, then cracks his knuckles and rolls his shoulders to prepare for the fight! Brujah steps back into the ring, and Bobcat McGavin calls for the bell to begin this match!

Brujah

vs.

"Superstar" Sean Black
w/Derek Cole

They lock up in the middle of the ring, and "Superstar" Sean Black quickly grabs a headlock. Brujah pushes him into the ropes, then shoves him off to the opposite side! Sean Black comes off, leading with a clothesline, but Brujah ducks under it, wraps around behind him, and grabs a rear waistlock! But Sean Black reaches down, breaks the waistlock, and flows quickly into an armbar takedown, then keeps his hold to apply an armbar submission! He laughs and yells "TAP OUT NOW AND SAVE YOURSELF SOME TROUBLE!" at Brujah, but Brujah ignores Bobcat McGavin's asking for the submission, and fights his way to the ropes after several seconds.

Sean Black releases the hold at four, and then they both get up. Brujah's scowling menacingly, but Sean Black just has the same confident smirk on his face as he watches Brujah. He calmly walks forward and takes a swing at Brujah, but Brujah blocks! Brujah unloads on Sean Black with a hard right hand, and Sean Black absorbs it, then retaliates with a BRUTAL fist right to the face! Brujah is rocked back into the ropes, and Sean Black grabs him and whips him to the other side, then flings him to the mat with a backdrop when he comes off! Brujah crashes to the mat back-first, then gets up and advances on Sean Black, but runs right into a kick to the midsection! Sean Black hooks Brujah in a front chancery, then whips him to the mat with a snap suplex!

Brujah rolls out of the ring and flops down in a heap outside, and Sean Black poses for the crowd to a huge round of boos, then turns to look at Brujah. Brujah's beginning to get up, and Sean Black goes over to the nearest corner and climbs the turnbuckles! Brujah turns and looks up at him, just in time for Sean Black to launch himself off the top with a FLYING CROSS BODYPRESS TO THE FLOOR!! The crowd even boos THAT, and both men go down on the floor! Sean Black rolls off of Brujah, grimacing and clutching his right knee in pain, and both men are down on the floor!

Bobcat McGavin begins counting both of them out, so Sean Black gets up, cringing in obvious discomfort, then leans back against the ring apron and waits for Brujah to stand. Brujah gets up, and Sean Black hobbles over to him, then grabs him by the hair and drills him with a FIERCE headbutt! Brujah nearly goes limp in his grasp, and "Superstar" Sean Black rolls him back into the ring, then climbs in after him and pulls himself up on the ropes! Brujah gets back to his feet, and Sean Black grabs him by the hair, draws back, and just HAMMERS him with a deadly right hand to the forehead! Brujah goes down, and the crowd boos loudly!

Bobcat McGavin starts to say something to Sean Black, but Sean Black just waves him away, then hobbles to a corner and leans back against the turnbuckles as he waits for Brujah to get up. Brujah begins to stand, and he has a nasty-looking, bleeding wound opened up just above his eyebrow. Sean Black limps in from behind, leaps forward, and grabs him in a headlock on the way down to bring him to the mat in a bulldog! Brujah hits the canvas face-first, and Sean Black floats over to put a front facelock on him as the crowd boos loudly!

Brujah begins struggling, trying to fight his way up, and in spite of Sean Black's firm grip, he begins to pull himself up! But Sean Black extends his legs backwards and puts his feet on the bottom rope, giving himself more leverage and shifting more of his weight onto Brujah, and that sends him crumpling back down. The crowd boos loudly, and Bobcat McGavin goes to check on him, but "Superstar" Sean Black takes his feet off the ropes just in time, and he doesn't see anything except the shaking rope. When he asks about that, Derek Cole just smiles and shrugs, then reaches forward and shakes the bottom rope himself, taking responsibility for it.

Brujah continues his determined struggle, trying to fight his way up from the ground, but again, when he makes some progress, "Superstar" Sean Black extends his legs and puts his feet on the ropes! Amazingly, Brujah manages to bear the extra pressure and continue fighting his way up, but then Derek Cole goes over and grabs the Superstar's feet for even more leverage, then begins shaking the bottom rope with his feet on it! That sends Brujah back down on his face on the mat, and the crowd boos loudly again! Bobcat McGavin looks up once more, but again the Superstar takes his feet off of the ropes, and he doesn't see any direct evidence of cheating.

But again, Brujah begins struggling, and this time he grabs Sean Black and drags him a few inches back, away from the ropes! The crowd cheers, and Brujah begins fighting his way back up to his feet! He gets up to his hands and knees, then to his knees, and begins to rise up to his feet! He makes it to his feet, but Sean Black abruptly shifts his grip on Brujah to hook his arms for the DOUBLE ARM DDT!! No, Brujah slips his arms free, then grabs the Superstar's legs and pulls him down with a double-leg takedown, then kicks him square in the crotch to a HUGE round of cheers from the crowd!

Brujah staggers back a few steps, coughing, then shakes off the abuse he's taken and bellows in rage! The crowd cheers, and Sean Black scrambles to try to get back to his feet, but his right knee gives out on him! He goes back down, then crawls to the ropes and pulls himself up on them! He hobbles forward, his face lined with pain, as he puts up his fists to challenge Brujah, and Brujah backs into the ropes, comes off, and FLOORS him with a YAKUZA KICK!! The crowd cheers loudly as "Superstar" Sean Black goes down hard!

Brujah pulls "Superstar" Sean Black up, kicks him in the midsection, and whips him to a corner of the ring, but after a few hobbling steps Sean Black falls forward face-first on the canvas! The crowd boos, and Brujah scowls, then charges forward and drops an elbow across his back, rolls him over, and covers! He even hooks the leg for good measure, as Bobcat McGavin goes down to count... ONE!! ... And only one, before "Superstar" Sean Black kicks out! You have to believe that it'll take a lot more to put him away than that!

Brujah pulls Sean Black up again, and this time physically shoves him into the corner, so that his back's agains the turnbuckles! Sean Black slumps in the corner, and Brujah draws back and NAILS him with a heavy-impact right hand! But Sean Black absorbs the blow, straightens up, and returns fire with a crushingly stiff right hand of his own that knocks Brujah off his feet! He winces and shakes out his fist, and Brujah pulls himself up, but Sean Black limps forward and kicks him in the head, sending him rolling over onto his back!

Sean Black reaches down, grabs Brujah, and pulls him up, then scoops him up, grimacing with effort, and bodyslams him to the canvas! The crowd boos, and Sean Black steps out to the ring apron, then begins climbing the turnbuckles! But he's barely able to make the climb due to pain in his knee, and Brujah gets up, then goes over to the corner and climbs up to meet him! He nails the Superstar with a few shots to the midsection, then hooks him and brings him back down into the ring with a big SUPERPLEX!! The crowd cheers loudly, and both men go limp on the canvas!

Bobcat McGavin begins a ten-count for both of them, but Brujah gets up at four, then hauls the Superstar up into a standing headscissors! He yells "IT'S OVER NOW!!" then lifts him, holds him up for a second, and PLANTS him with a HUGE POWER BOMB!! The crowd cheers, and Brujah steps forward, exhaling with a satisfied snarl on his face! But behind him, SEAN BLACK KIPS UP!! Or at least, he tries to; he kips up, lands on his feet, then screams "AHH, FUCK!!" as his right leg crumples under him, and falls to his hands and knees! Brujah turns around to look at him in confusion, and Sean Black crawls to the ropes on his hands and knees, then pulls himself up on them!

"Superstar" Sean Black takes a hobbling step forward, takes a deep breath and bellows triumphantly, then beats his chest with his fists! Brujah visibly bites his tongue as the corners of his mouth begin to turn up, but then his expression changes into a wide-eyed look of disbelief and fright! He stares around desperately, looking for some way to put the Superstar away, then backs into the ropes and comes off with a Yakuza kick! But Sean Black grabs his foot and spins him around by it, then grabs him from behind, makes a half-successful attempt to lift Brujah, and falls back with him in a rather low-angle belly-to-back suplex!!

Sean Black slowly pulls himself up with gritted teeth, then stands triumphantly over Brujah, sucking in air in deep breaths through his triumphant grin. He looks around at the crowd, and gets a huge round of boos for his trouble, and a chant of "YOU'RE TOO OLD!" begins and quickly grows in volume! He looks around at them, angry and upset, and yells "SHUT UP, YOU FUCKING CUNTS!" then takes a few hobbling steps back, balls up his fist, and kisses his knuckles! He's eyeing Brujah as he begins to stand! Brujah gets up, and Sean Black hobbles towards him, then SWINGS FOR THE FENCES with a huge right hand! But Brujah ducks out of the way, and Sean Black stumbles forward with his own momentum and accidentally DECKS BOBCAT MCGAVIN!!

Bobcat McGavin drops like a ton of bricks, and Sean Black cringes at the pain of regaining his balance on his hurting knee, then turns to Brujah, but gets a LOW BLOW!! The crowd cheers loudly, and Sean Black drops to the canvas, doubled over! Brujah scowls at him, then rolls out of the ring and grabs a chair! Derek Cole tries to grab it away from him, but Brujah easily jerks it free from his grasp, then slides inside! The Superstar's beginning to stand, and Brujah roars in outrage, charges forward, and just MURDERS him with a full-on SKULL-CRUSHING CHAIRSHOT!! The Superstar goes down hard, and Brujah stands over him, bellows, and raises the chair triumphantly as the crowd gives a giant, wild round of cheers!

When the camera cuts back to "Superstar" Sean Black, it can see that there's a large, bleeding cut on his forehead, no doubt opened up by that destructive blow from the chair! He's laid out, and Brujah steps out to the apron, then goes up to the top turnbuckle! He holds his arms out in a "V" and yells out to the crowd; he's going to finish Sean Black off with his own famous move, the Swandive Headbutt! But someone's rushing out of the backstage entrance behind him! It's DESMOND!! Damn it, Desmond's coming out behind Brujah, and he hops up on the apron and clubs him in the back! Brujah falls off of the turnbuckle and lands awkwardly on the canvas, and the crowd boos loudly!!

But now Brendan Powers comes running out to replace Bobcat McGavin, who's still laid out on the canvas with a red mark on the side of his face! Brujah and "Superstar" Sean Black both begin getting up, but Sean Black reacts first with a knee to the midsection, then hooks Brujah's arms and drops him with the DOUBLE ARM DDT!! The crowd boos, and Sean Black covers! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And at two, Sean Black PULLS HIM UP!! The crowd boos loudly, and we have to question the wisdom of that; against Brujah, it's obviously NOT a smart thing to do!!

"Superstar" Sean Black rolls out to the apron, then pulls himself up on the ropes and goes over to a corner of the ring. Brujah's still down and laid out, but Sean Black's going up to the top! He climbs the turnbuckles with some obvious difficulty, then spends a few seconds steadying himself before he holds his arms out in a "V" at the top! Brujah's still down, and Sean Black leaps off with the SWANDIVE HEADBUTT!! It connects!! Sean Black's blood-covered forehead bounces off Brujah's shoulder, and he flops over onto his back, then grimaces and reaches down to clutch his knee! Both men are down!! Brendan Powers looks back and forth at both of them, then begins counting them both down! But when he gets to five, Sean Black rolls over and throws an arm over Brujah's chest!! Brendan Powers goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THREE!! Damn it, even after that huge delay, Brujah wasn't able to kick out after that Swandive Headbutt!

Sean Black pinned Brujah with the Swandive Headbutt in 0:13:06.
Rating: 1/4*

The crowd boos, and another chant of "BULLSHIT!" as Sean Black rolls out of the ring and leans on Derek Cole for support. He's victorious, but bloody and hurting. But on the outside, Desmond suddenly slides into the ring! He goes and stands over Brujah, smiling to himself, then grabs his shirt and hauls his limp carcass up! Brujah starts to come around in Desmond's grasp, but Desmond roars angrily, then throws him back-first into a corner! Brujah hits the turnbuckles and staggers out, and Desmond charges forward and knocks him down with a big boot!!

The crowd boos, and Desmond stands over Brujah again and gives out a primal yelling sound! He pulls him up again and pulls him into a standing headscissors, then lifts him and drives him down with a huge POWER BOMB!! The crowd boos loudly! Brujah is already beaten to a pulp after that grueling match against "Superstar" Sean Black, and now Desmond's just in here, desecrating his corpse! And he's not done yet; he pulls Brujah up, grabs his head, and brings him down in the OUTCAST!! Brujah flops down to the mat, completely limp and unresponsive, and the crowd's boos only get louder!

And now "Superstar" Sean Black comes back in, and he says something to Desmond with an evil grin on his face! He grabs Brujah and tries to lift him for the Destiny Driver, but his knee buckles, and he nearly drops Brujah before Desmond comes forward to catch him! Desmond begins helping him to pull Brujah up into position for the move. But now somebody's coming out of the backstage entrance! It's TROY BLACK!! The crowd erupts into cheers as Troy Black runs out of the backstage entrance! He has a blood-soaked bandage on his head, but he's carrying a steel chair, and he looks ready to murder somebody!

Sean Black drops Brujah again as Troy Black slides into the ring, and he starts towards him, but Troy Black raises the chair and brings it down HARD on his own father's blood-covered forehead to a HUGE round of cheers from the crowd! Sean Black goes down, and Desmond advances on Troy Black, but Troy Black hits him hard with a chairshot to the head! Desmond staggers back a step, and Troy Black brings the chair down on his head again, in a CRUSHING blow! Desmond goes down to one knee, then gets up, and Troy Black jabs the edge of the chair right into his throat, under his chin! Desmond staggers back into the ropes, clutching his throat, and Troy Black draws back and BLASTS him right in the face with the chair! Desmond slumps back on the ropes, but he STILL doesn't go down!

But now "Superstar" Sean Black is up, and he clumsily half-charges at Troy Black with a severe limp! But Troy Black sees him coming and dodges aside just as Sean Black swings at him with a big right hand! The Superstar staggers forward and punches Desmond by accident, and that hard blow sends Desmond tumbling out through the ropes to the floor! Sean Black turns around to Troy Black, but Troy Black jabs the edge of the chair right into his midsection, then drops it and hooks his arms for the DOUBLE ARM DDT!! But Sean Black quickly pulls free, then drops down and rolls out of the ring to a chorus of boos from the crowd.

Desmond and "Superstar" Sean Black begin making their way backstage as Troy Black stands guard over Brujah in the ring and helps him to his feet. As Desmond and the Superstar retreat through the backstage entrance, Troy Black calls for a microphone and looks around at the crowd.

T. Black: I saw the same thing that all of you did. It's clear to me that my father was trying to seriously hurt Brujah, and he almost succeeded with the Destiny Driver just now.

Troy Black looks down at his free hand, then clenches it into a fist as a stony grimace sets in on his face.

T. Black: He won't get another chance. ... It hurts me to say this, and it will hurt me even more to do it when the time comes. He may be my father, but if I'm left with a choice between taking him out or giving him another chance to hurt somebody close to me... my choice is ALREADY MADE.

The crowd explodes into cheers, and Troy Black paces around for a second, then runs a hand through his hair.

T. Black: But first, there's Lance Errington, tonight. You heard him say it earlier: he hit me from behind with a wrench before the show. I left the arena for a few hours to get checked out by a doctor. He said the same thing that the other doctors did: I'd have to be insane to wrestle tonight. Or ever again, for that matter. Just like the others, he told me that, whether I know it or not, my career is over.

The crowd boos loudly, and Troy Black paces around for a few more seconds. Brujah tries to put a hand on his shoulder, but he shrugs it off, then raises his eyes up with an angry snarl on his face.

T. Black: All those doctors can GO STRAIGHT TO HELL.

The crowd explodes into cheers.

T. Black: I'm not going to LET Lance Errington keep playing these games with Melissa's emotions. Just like I'm not going to let my father get another chance to hurt somebody close to me. I'm going to stop both of them, even if it is, literally, the LAST THING I DO.

The crowd cheers again.

T. Black: Lance, you didn't FINISH the JOB. Not quite. And now... it's too late. Bring your wrench; it won't MATTER. I'm COMING after YOU now, Lance. And there's NO WAY OUT.

The crowd cheers loudly, and "For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Metallica begins playing over the arena sound system as Troy Black and Brujah begin to leave the ring. Despite what we heard about Lance Errington attacking him earlier, which has now been confirmed, Troy Black is here and ready to fight! Lance Errington has to be watching, and in the back of his mind, he's surely worried! If he can't take Troy Black out by attacking him with a pipe wrench, then how can he?

 We're going to step away for a moment, as this concludes Part II of Deck the Halls. There's still a lot of great action coming up, including Troy Black's confrontation with Lance Errington with the VCW Intercontinental Title on the line, the Iron Man Match pitting Johnny Smiles against Gabriel Black, and the main event, in which "The California Crippler" Ken Collins will take on the VCW World Champion, Crimson, with the title on the line! All that and more awaits in Part III, which can be accessed by clicking the link directly below! 

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