All right, fans, we're back, with our three biggest matches still to come. We've seen it all tonight so far, fans. We've seen three titles change hands tonight already. We've seen strange friendships formed, and strong rivalries come to a head! We've even seen some bizarre betrayals and ridiculous antics. But compared to what we're going to see shortly, we may not have seen anything yet. Our three biggest matches are still to come!

But before we go on with the show, we understand that another limo has arrived in the parking lot! We're going to go to a camera view of the parking lot to see what's going on here.

In the Parking Lot...

A limosine pulls up in the parking lot, and a driver steps out and opens the door. Gabriel Black steps out of the limo, wearing a white dress shirt and black slacks, with his hair bound back in a ponytail, and the VCW Television Title belt worn over his clothes. He extends a hand into the limo, and his wife, Charlotte Black, takes it and climbs out of the door.

The driver shuts the door after them, and they begin walking to the arena together. Lance Errington steps out of the arena doors and approaches them, wearing a blue shirt, black slacks, and a black coat buttoned around his waist. He is walking with the aid of a crutch, with Derek Cole at his side. Despite his difficulties in walking, Lance Errington still smiles and extends a hand when he approaches Gabriel Black, and so does Derek Cole. Gabriel Black returns the smiles and slaps their hands with each of his own.

G. Black: And how are you gentlemen today?

L. Errington: My leg feels like it's been run over by a steamroller. I can barely walk. ... But take a look at this.

Lance Errington stands still and opens his coat, revealing the VCW Intercontinental Title belt around his waist. Gabriel Black nods and smiles.

G. Black: Good. Very good.

Lance Errington gestures to Gabriel Black's VCW Television Title and grins.

L. Errington: Now, in the rock-paper-scissors game that is pro wrestling, I'm pretty sure Intercontinental beats Television. So doesn't that mean that I'm a bigger star than you now?

Gabriel Black smiles and shakes his head.

G. Black: It doesn't matter. By the end of the night, I'll have two titles to my name. But, just to satisfy my curiousity, if we were to set about trying to hold all the titles, would we have to defeat Troy Black and Brujah, or the Ontario Colour Show?

D. Cole: The Colour Show won them just a few minutes ago.

G. Black: Good. Everything's as it should be, then.

L. Errington: We've got the VIP dressing room again tonight, of course. Care to come in and watch your sister fight Stacey Lockman?

G. Black: I suppose watching those two trying to wrestle could be worth some amusement. Care to join us in the arena, dear?

Charlotte Black looks down at the ground and sighs.

C. Black: You know how much I hate these places, darling. They're always so bleak and filthy, and the other wrestlers are noisy and dirty and crude, just like animals. That's to say nothing of the sorts of people in the audience...

Gabriel Black cups Charlotte's chin in his hand and raises her face so that he can look into her eyes.

G. Black: This is my moment of triumph. Tonight, I will become VCW World Champion, and the money I earn will open the door to all of your dreams. After tonight, you name what kind of car you want to drive, and I'll buy it for you. You name what kind of jewelry and clothes you want to wear, and I'll buy them for you. You pick the private school you want Molly to attend, and I'll pay for it. After tonight, I can grant your every wish, and VCW's payroll account will pay for it. This will be my finest hour, and I want you by my side tonight.

C. Black: You won't let Crimson hurt you, will you? I... I've heard what he's said, and I don't think I could take it again, not knowing if you'd ever recover, if you'd ever be yourself again--

G. Black: Of course not. I'm the greatest wrestler in the world, and he's just an clumsy brawler. He has no idea how outclassed he is. Now, will you come with me?

C. Black: ... All right.

Derek Cole claps Gabriel Black on the shoulder.

D. Cole: Okay, champ. Let's head in and get you ready to tear Crimson apart.

Derek Cole, Lance Errington, Charlotte Black, and Gabriel Black walk into the arena together, and the camera fades out on the parking lot scene.

Gabriel Black and his wife have just arrived at the arena in a limo... does this have anything to do with the other limo we saw earlier? We can't be sure, but it's something to keep in mind as we get back to the action in the ring.

We're going to start off with a match to settle a feud that, in terms of pure hatred, might be the most intense one in VCW right now. "Lovefool" by the Cardigans begins playing, and the crowd cheers as Stacey Lockman comes to the ring, wearing a pink tank top and denim shorts that come to her mid-thigh. She's not dressed for a wrestling match tonight, because this won't be a wrestling match. Stacey Lockman will have to fight for her life against a woman who is more vicious, and more evil, than perhaps anyone in the wrestling world today. Stacey Lockman looks determined as she gets to the ring, but she seems to crack and get a little nervous when she steps inside and turns to watch the backstage entrance for Rebecca Black.

And now "Brackish" by Kittie begins playing, and the crowd explodes into boos as Rebecca Black comes out of the backstage entrance! She's wearing a pair of leather pants and a black latex tube top, apparently straight out of Amy Lin's wardrobe, and the smile on her face is just horrifying. You can tell that there's no doubt in her mind that she can dominate Stacey Lockman and do whatever she wants to her, and her intentions are as bad as they come. We've already seen the casualties pile up tonight, and we can only expect it to get worse; this isn't the kind of match where both competitors walk away unscathed. This may not be the kind of match where anybody walks away. Rebecca Black suddenly darts forward and slides into the ring... and Stacey Lockman begins stomping on her! Linda Peterson enters the ring and calls for the bell, and that'll get this Street Fight underway!

Street Fight:

Rebecca Black

vs.

Stacey Lockman

Stacey Lockman stomps and kicks at Rebecca Black while she tries to get up, but Rebecca Black gets to her feet anyway. Stacey Lockman punches her a few times, then whips her into the ropes and runs into the other side... and brings Rebecca down with a high knee when she comes off the other side! The crowd explodes into cheers, and Rebecca Black gets up... but Stacey Lockman knocks her off her feet with another running kneelift! Rebecca Black gets up again, and Stacey charges her, and takes her down with a third kneelift! The crowd cheers loudly, and Rebecca Black rolls out of the ring, angry and frustrated!

Stacey Lockman follows her out, and this could be where the match gets ugly quick. She grabs Rebecca Black by the hair and takes her head-first into the apron, but Rebecca Black blocks it with her hands, then gives Stacey Lockman an elbow to the ribs! Stacey is stunned, and Rebecca Black rams her head-first into the apron instead! Stacey Lockman goes down, and Rebecca Black stomps and kicks at her a couple times, then puts a foot down and stands on the back of her neck, leaning on the apron for balance! Come on! That could break her neck again, and Rebecca Black knows that!

Rebecca Black reaches down, pulls Stacey Lockman up by the hair, and drives an elbow into the back of her neck. Stacey Lockman goes down to one knee, clutching her neck, and Rebecca Black steps back, then kicks her square in the face! Stacey Lockman goes down again, and Rebecca Black turns to the steel ringsteps, then removes the top half of the stairs! She raises it over her head with effort as Stacey gets up, then smiles down at her and brings the steps down on her head! Stacey Lockman falls down to the mat, and the crowd boos!

With Stacey Lockman laid out, Rebecca Black drops the top half of the steps and turns to look under the ring. She rummages around under there for several seconds and doesn't find what she's looking for, so she walks to another side of the ring and looks there. This time, she brings out a table! The crowd greets that with a mixture of cheers and boos, and Rebecca Black begins carrying the table towards Stacey Lockman! But Stacey's getting up now, and she sees Rebecca coming! She takes a running start, steps on the top half of the steel ringsteps for an added boost, and knocks the table into Rebecca Black's face with a running dropkick! Rebecca Black goes down, with the table on top of her, and the crowd cheers loudly!

Stacey Lockman gets up and turns to the crowd with an excited cheer of her own, then hops up on the apron. Rebecca Black pulls herself up to her hands and knees, but the table's still on top of her... and Stacey Lockman takes a running start along the apron, then jumps off and lands on the table with a double foot stomp, squashing Rebecca Black back down to the floor under the table! The crowd explodes into cheers again, and Stacey Lockman jumps up and down on the table with a few more double foot stomps, pressing Rebecca Black like a grape underneath it! Then she stops at one end of the table, turns around, and struts across the table like her father, Jimmy Lockman, used to do, to a huge burst of cheers from the crowd!

Stacey Lockman steps off of the table, and Rebecca Black flings it off with a scream of rage, then starts to get up! Stacey Lockman punches her a few times, but Rebecca Black absorbs the shots, then returns fire with a stiff right hand to the face! Stacey Lockman recoils and squeals in pain, clutching her face, and Rebecca Black doubles her over with a knee to the midsection, then pounds on her with hard clubbing forearm shots to the back and neck. Stacey Lockman crumples and falls to one knee, and Rebecca Black steps back, measures her, and kicks her square in the face! Stacey Lockman goes down, clutching her face, and Rebecca Black smirks down at her as the crowd boos.

Rebecca Black grabs Stacey Lockman and rolls her into the ring, then reaches down under the ring and grabs a steel chair. She slides into the ring, holding the chair, behind Stacey Lockman as she gets up! Stacey gets to her feet, and Rebecca Black knocks her right back down with a chairshot to the back! Stacey collapses face-down on the mat, and Rebecca Black moves to stand over her, holding the chair. She points the edge of the chair down at Stacey's neck, stands over her... and thrusts it down!! Damn it, she just thrust the edge of the steel chair into the back of Stacey Lockman's neck! And she does it again! The crowd boos, and Rebecca Black casually tosses the chair aside, then sits down on Stacey Lockman's back and starts rubbing her face into the mat! She may have already broken her neck again, and now she's just adding disgrace and insult!

But Stacey Lockman suddenly plants her hands on the mat and pushes up, then starts fighting her way up to her feet! Rebecca Black is surprised by this sudden surge of strength and jumps off of her back, then throws a punch as Stacey Lockman gets up, but Stacey blocks it and returns fire with a punch of her own! Rebecca Black is rocked by the blow, but she nails Stacey Lockman with a kick to the midsection this time! Rebecca Black backs up a few steps and charges with a clothesline, but Stacey ducks under it and slips behind Rebecca Black into a waistlock! She lifts Rebecca Black, then flings her back with a big GERMAN SUPLEX! The crowd explodes into cheers, but Stacey Lockman doesn't hold the bridge for the pin. Rebecca Black flops over onto her stomach, in a heap on the mat. She must have picked that move up from Ken Collins, and it just made a huge difference in this match!

Stacey Lockman bends down and pulls Rebecca Black up, but Rebecca Black shoves her back, then staggers forward with a desperate swing, and connects right on Stacey's jaw! Stacey Lockman goes down hard, and Rebecca Black collapses to one knee, still shaking off the effects of that devestating suplex. She took a wild swing and got lucky with it, taking Stacey down and buying herself time to recover, and that's part of her fighting instinct, part of what makes her so tough! Stacey Lockman starts to get up now, but Rebecca Black is recovered, and she grabs her by the hair and gives her a swift kick to the midsection! Stacey Lockman doubles over, and Rebecca Black pulls her into a standing headscissors and lifts... PILEDRIVER!!

The crowd explodes into boos, and Stacey Lockman deflates on the mat. Rebecca Black sits up, smiling to herself. She got cocky for a while and Stacey Lockman gave her some trouble, but now she has her safely under control again. Rebecca Black pulls Stacey up off of the mat, then grabs her head and turns her over into position, then brings her down with a reverse neckbreaker! Now that she has the advantage, Rebecca Black's going to make good on her promise to destroy Stacey Lockman's neck! She gets up and kicks Stacey Lockman in the ribs spitefully a few times, then rolls out of the ring.

Rebecca Black's looking under the ring again... what could she be doing this time? She grabs a chain from under the ring, then slides into the ring and begins wrapping it around her fist. Stacey Lockman's starting to get up again, wincing and clutching the back of her neck, and Rebecca Black measures her, then DROPS her with a chain-loaded punch! Stacey Lockman goes down to the canvas, barely moving, and the crowd boos loudly.

Rebecca Black drops the chain from her fist, then stands over Stacey Lockman, bends down, and starts doing something... she's unbuttoning her shorts! Stacey Lockman is nearly unconscious, unable to resist, and Rebecca Black unbuttons her shorts, then turns her over onto her stomach and pulls the shorts down! The crowd cheers loudly as Stacey Lockman's rear is bared for everyone to see, and Rebecca Black chuckles to herself, then gives her bottom a hard smack, sending ripples through the flesh. The camera catches her saying "Look at the fat ass on this fucking cow," and then she smacks her again, turns around, and grabs the chain!!

Stacey Lockman is starting to come around now, and Rebecca Black has the chain. She raises it high... then brings it down across Stacey Lockman's bare posterior! Stacey Lockman screams in pain and writhes on the mat, and Rebecca Black smiles, then whips her with the chain again, and again! Stacey Lockman continues screaming and thrashing in agony as Rebecca Black whips her butt with the chain several times!! Come on, this is just sadistic! Rebecca Black finally stops, laughing to herself as Stacey Lockman pulls up her shorts, cringing in pain, wimpering, and looking ready to cry. She buttons her shorts and starts to get to her feet again, but Rebecca Black draws back the chain again, AND WHIPS HER RIGHT IN THE FACE!!

Stacey Lockman goes down with an anguished scream, clutching her face and thrashing around in agony, and Rebecca Black's laughing about it again! She could have broken an orbital bone or nose, or put out an eye by whipping her in the face like that, and if she did, she'll probably be happy about it! But Rebecca Black's not letting up... she wraps the chain around her fist, then straddles Stacey Lockman and sits down on her chest! She holds her by the hair with one hand, and drives the other chain-wrapped hand down into her face repeatedly! It appears that Stacey Lockman is busted open, as Rebecca Black's blows send red drops scattering to the mat, and the links of the chain shine red with blood. She's mangling Stacey Lockman's face with this horrid assault!

Finally, Linda Peterson goes over to Rebecca Black, pleading her to stop this, so she gets up with a smile. When she does, it's clear that Stacey Lockman is bleeding profusely from the forehead. Her face is already turning into a crimson mask, and she's laid out again. Rebecca Black steps out to the apron, then begins climbing to the top turnbuckle! What's she doing? Stacey Lockman's down, barely moving, and Rebecca Black starts wrapping the chain around her right knee! What's that for? She gets the chain wrapped around her knee, then leaps off the top turnbuckle with a FLYING KNEEDROP TO THE SKULL!! But Stacey Lockman rolls out of the way before impact, and Rebecca Black wipes out on the mat, driving her knee into the steel links of the chain! She's the one who screams in pain now as she curls up on the mat, clutching her knee! The crowd cheers loudly, and both of them are down!

Rebecca Black begins getting up after a few seconds, but she's limping severely. She may have really totalled her knee with that botched kneedrop, and now all the mirth is gone from her face. Rebecca Black is a wounded animal now; she knows she's wasted too much time fooling around with Stacey Lockman, and she has to stop trying to injure and humiliate her, and just put her away! She starts to pull Stacey Lockman up by her blood-drenched hair, but Stacey Lockman elbows her in the midsection, then grabs her leg, lifts her, and takes her down with a kneebreaker! Rebecca Black cries out in pain and goes down again, clutching her knee, and the crowd cheers loudly!

Stacey Lockman gets up and staggers around, then slumps back against the ropes. She's groggy, and probably getting dizzy from blood loss as well. This is her chance, her window of opportunity to beat Rebecca Black! She steps forward, grabs Rebecca Black's leg, and holds it out, then drops an elbow on it! Rebecca Black screams in pain again, and Stacey Lockman gets up and does it again, getting another scream! Stacey gets up and grabs Rebecca Black's leg, then signals to the crowd and steps around it for a figure-four leglock! The crowd cheers wildly... but Rebecca Black kicks her away! Stacey Lockman is flung forward into a corner, and her left shoulder crashes into the ringpost!

Stacey Lockman turns and staggers out, cringing in pain, and Rebecca Black gets to her feet, then grabs Stacey Lockman and brings her down with a SINGLE-ARM DDT!! That's not the double-arm DDT that runs so famously in her family, but if anything it's a more effective move to target Stacey Lockman's neck, and now the left shoulder that she just rammed into the ringpost as well! Stacey Lockman is down, and Rebecca Black wraps her legs around her left arm, then locks her hands across her forehead and leans back for a CROSSFACE!! That's another move that targets both the neck and the shoulder, and it's also Ken Collins's finishing move! Imagine the shame if Stacey Lockman is forced to submit to Ken Collins's finishing move!

Stacey Lockman screams in pain and begins struggling, but she's a long way from the ropes! A sadistic half-smile, half-grimace crosses Rebecca Black's face as she leans back harder on the hold, making Stacey scream again! Stacey Lockman struggles harder, then raises a hand above the mat, preparing to tap out... but clenches it into a fist and changes her mind! She continues to struggle, making an inch or two of progress, but she's just too far from the ropes! Rebecca Black smiles and leans back harder on the hold... and her hands slip off of Stacey's forehead! The blood made it too slippery! With the hold broken, Stacey Lockman pulls her arm free and scrambles to the ropes, clinging to them like a lifeline!

Rebecca Black stares down at her bloody hands in disbelief, then balls them into fists and advances on Stacey Lockman. Stacey pulls herself up on the ropes, and Rebecca Black punches her in the face... but Stacey takes the blow, then returns fire with one of her own! Rebecca Black snarls in fury and punches her again, and the punch rocks Stacey, but she throws a punch of her own right back! She's not flinching away or letting the pain stun her anymore; she's getting tough and fighting for her life!

The two women trade a few more punches, and Stacey Lockman actually takes the upper hand, backing Rebecca Black up with a series of punches to the face! She kicks her in the midsection, then backs into the ropes and runs forward, and leaps onto Rebecca Black with a Thesz press! Rebecca Black is down, and Stacey Lockman bends down and starts biting her forehead! Rebecca Black squirms and struggles frantically, but when she finally throws her off, her forehead bears a few bleeding bite marks, in addition to some spots of blood that dripped off of Stacey Lockman's face! Stacey Lockman just tore Rebecca Black open with her teeth!

Stacey Lockman pulls Rebecca Black up by the hair, but one of Rebecca Black's hands just grabbed the chain, and she brings that up into Stacey's face as they get up, knocking her down! It wasn't a solid blow, but it may have been just what Rebecca Black needed to stop Stacey Lockman's momentum! Stacey starts getting up again, and Rebecca Black wraps the chain around her fist, then draws back and stiffs the HELL out of Stacey Lockman with a brutal chain-loaded right hand! Blood goes flying, Stacey Lockman goes down, and Rebecca Black drops the chain, then goes for the cover! Linda Peterson counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... SHOULDER UP!! It was two and three-quarters! How the HELL did Stacey Lockman get a shoulder up!?

Rebecca Black stares down at Stacey Lockman in disbelief, then regains her composure and draws a thumb across her throat, then motions for the Destiny Driver! She pulls Stacey Lockman up, then lifts her into position... but her knee's not strong enough to hold her, and she wobbles back, allowing Stacey Lockman to slide out behind her! Rebecca Black turns around, and Stacey Lockman dropkicks her in the knee! Rebecca falls to the mat, clutching her knee, and Stacey Lockman gets up, grabs her leg, and steps around it! Rebecca Black starts struggling frantically, realizing the position she's in, but it's a little too late as Stacey Lockman falls back and applies the FIGURE-FOUR LEGLOCK!! The crowd explodes into cheers, and Rebecca Black screams and thrashes around on the mat in anguish!

Rebecca Black's struggling and thrashing around in the hold, trying to turn it over or pull herself closer to the ropes... but Stacey Lockman reaches back and grabs the ropes behind her, keeping the hold immobile! And since this is a Street Fight, that's pretty much legal! Rebecca Black's trapped in the figure-four leglock, and Stacey Lockman has the ropes for extra leverage, so she's not going anywhere! The camera catches Stacey Lockman mouthing the words "tap out, bitch" to her. Rebecca Black screams "NO! I'LL NEVER GIVE UP!! YOU'LL HAVE TO FUCKING KILL ME!!" but she's clearly in a lot of pain, flailing around and screaming frantically!

This is what Rebecca Black was talking about... this is the time when a person has to hang on and keep fighting against hopeless odds! Rebecca Black's starting to go hoarse from all of her screaming, and she's desperately writhing and flinging her arms around, trying to find the ropes, trying to find the chain, trying to find something she can use to escape from this hold! She even lunges for Linda Peterson, desperately grabbing at her, but Linda Peterson backs away from her grasp before she can be caught!! Rebecca Black is pretty much incoherent from pain now, flailing around on the mat and screaming hoarsely and wordlessly!!

Exhaustion and pain are plain on Stacey Lockman's blood-soaked face, but she's not gonna stop! Rebecca Black has to find a way out of this hold! She's running out of breath, starting to hyperventilate from her incoherent screams and wild convulsions!! It'd be one thing to get pinned, but Rebecca Black is desperate not to give up to Stacey Lockman! But there may be no other way out of the figure-four leglock! She shakes her head "no" wildly and gives out another long, tortured scream, and with a desperate surge of strength she tries to pull Stacey Lockman away from the ropes... but Stacey's grip holds! Rebecca's not going anywhere! She screams out "I HATE YOU!! FUCK YOU!!" and trails off into a wordless shriek of despair and agony, AND STARTS TAPPING OUT!! REBECCA BLACK TAPPED OUT!! STACEY WINS!!

Stacey Lockman made Rebecca Black submit to a figure-four leglock in 0:23:32.
Rating: *** 3/4

The crowd explodes into a huge chorus of cheers, and finally Stacey Lockman releases the figure-four leglock and pulls herself to her feet! Her face is soaked with blood, her blond hair turning orange at the roots, but she manages a pained, triumphant smile as she raises her hands in victory! She did it... she showed more guts and determination than anyone could have expected out of a Beverly Hills heiress. Rebecca Black bet everything on being able to torture Stacey Lockman into submission, but Stacey Lockman refused to quit, she refused to stay down, and Rebecca Black was the one who ended up submitting!

Stacey Lockman goes up and poses on one of the top turnbuckles, weary, bloody, and exhausted, and gets a round of cheers from the crowd, then steps down and begins heading backstage. Rebecca Black is down on the mat, clutching her knee and grimacing in pain, but when trainers come to her side to help her up, she shrugs them off! She rolls out of the ring and pulls herself to her feet, determined to walk backstage on her own, but after three excruciating steps her knee buckles under her, and she topples to the floor. The trainers haul her up and begin carrying her backstage, struggling feebly. Rebecca Black can't even leave the ring under her own power; she must really hate this.

With the ring cleared, we're ready to move on to our next match. "Degenerated" by the Lone Rangers begins playing, and the crowd cheers loudly as Johnny Smiles comes out of the backstage entrance! He slaps hands with the fans in the aisle seats as he makes his way to the ring, then climbs inside and poses on one of the top turnbuckles to a huge explosion of cheers from the crowd! He steps down, then turns and poses on the opposite turnbuckle to another deafening burst of cheers! Then he stops and grabs a microphone, and the crowd cheers again, then goes silent in anticipation. Johnny Smiles looks around at them for a moment, and a grin slowly spreads across his face as he raises the microphone.

J. Smiles: HEEEEEEERRRRRRE'S JOHNNY!!

The crowd sings along, then cheers wildly at the end. Johnny Smiles pauses for a little bit, then looks up at them.

J. Smiles: Y'know, I really have to apologize to all of the Johnnycoholics in attendance tonight. We've seen a lot of indecent exposure tonight, especially of certain people's hindquarters. I mean, first there was the bikini contest, with all the women in thongs and Nurse Vivacia's crazy stunt... I was right here in the ring for that, and it was great! Then, they pulled Troy Black's pants down yet AGAIN in the VCW World Tag Team Title match. And just before this, Rebecca Black pulled Stacey Lockman's shorts down, too. It's been a running theme all night.

Now, I'm never one to complain against gratuitous nudity, but I imagine you're all getting pretty sick of seeing all these backsides and rumps and posteriors all over the show. So, I have to apologize for what you're about to see in this match... because in a few short minutes, I'm wrestling Julian Page, and he's far and away the biggest ASS in the whole company!!

The crowd cheers wholeheartedly. Julian Page does quite often act like the biggest ass in VCW, and most of the fans here aren't too eager to see him.

J. Smiles: And I guess this is the moment of truth, huh? People are watching this match to see if I can hang with the big boys. Everybody around the world, from the diehard VCW crowd here in Johnnyfornia, to Canada, England, Germany, Australia, Japan, and all the places we've been so far... even my great-uncle in Siberia, Johanny Smilosovich, and our old friend Marty Jannetty, watching this on a battery-powered black and white TV in a horse trailer somewhere in Georgia... they're all cheering me on. Because they know that last month, I EARNED the right to go to Wrestlewar and get slaughtered by Crimson in the main event, and come hell or high water, I'm gonna KEEP it!!

The crowd cheers loudly, but then begins booing when "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin hits the arena sound system, and Julian Page walks out of the backstage entrance. He's still wearing the royal blue bell-bottoms and "WRESTLERS DO IT IN THE RING" T-shirt from earlier, and he seems pretty confident. He swaggers to the ring and snatches up a microphone, then climbs inside. He looks Johnny Smiles up and down with a cocky smirk, then slowly raises the microphone.

J. Page: You know, Johnny... I have to hand it to you. You made it to the top, shrugged off everything the naysayers and top guns could throw at you, and took the spot all your fans wanted you to have. And for the longest time, how you managed to do it was a mystery to me. I'm sure even you would admit, you're not as strong as a guy like Crimson. You're not as agile as a guy like Troy Black. You're not a great technical wrestler like Gabriel Black. You're not as tough as a guy like Bass Rogers. You're not big like the Grave Digger. You're not experienced like Tony Garcia. And--I dare you to tell me differently--you're just not as smart as me.

The crowd boos, but Johnny Smiles seems to be thinking about what Julian Page is saying. Finally he shrugs and smiles.

J. Smiles: But I do have better fashion sense that you. I mean, what's up with these garish clothes you keep--

J. Page: Shut up! What I'm saying is that I have you figured out now. That's what I'm getting at. You're a success in spite of it all because you try so hard. It's your effort and your determination. You have all these brainless sheep in the audience--

The crowd boos, and Julian Page looks around at them and smirks.

J. Page: I don't care what you people think. When you bought your tickets, you paid my salary. I already have your money.

The crowd boos even louder.

J. Page: Anyway, all of your Johnnycoholics that so graciously lined my pockets by buying tickets to this show... they cheer you on, and that motivates you. That keeps you going even when all is lost. Your secret is your motivation. But I have something motivating me too now: the desire to destroy everything you've worked for. I want to bring you to your knees more than anything I've ever wanted in my life. There is nothing I wouldn't do, nothing I wouldn't give, nothing I wouldn't sacrifice to ruin your career. My hatred for you has grown so strong that I'd even make a deal with the Devil himself to destroy you... and God help you, Johnny, that's exactly what I did.

Julian Page has an almost demented grin on his face. What's he talking about? He may have gone off the deep end here! What... hold it, "Takin' Care of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive begins playing over the arena sound system! Julian Page and Johnny Smiles both seem surprised to hear that, and the crowd cheers as VCW Commissioner James Applebee comes out of the backstage entrance, wearing a striped referee's shirt! He has a microphone.

J. Applebee: All right, boys. I think we've heard about enough talk for this evening. I just have one thing to tell each of you. Julian, I don't know what you're up to... but I've named MYSELF the special referee in this match, and whatever your plan is, it's not gonna fly. And Johnny... give it all you've got, and win if you can, but I'm calling this match right down the middle, so don't you expect any breaks. We're gonna find out tonight exactly where things belong.

What an announcement! Commissioner Applebee has made himself the referee to prevent any funny business! Julian Page grimaces in frustration and starts stomping his feet and cursing, but Johnny Smiles whirls him around by a shoulder and drops him with a big right hand! The crowd explodes into cheers, and James Applebee slides into the ring and calls for the bell to begin this match!

Julian Page

vs.

Johnny Smiles

Julian Page gets up, but Johnny Smiles unloads on him with series of punches, then whips him into the ropes. Julian Page co mes off the ropes, and Johnny Smiles flings him high into the air with a backdrop! Julian Page takes a rolling bump on his side like Ric Flair, then gets up and charges Johnny Smiles, but runs right into an armdrag! He gets up and charges again, and again Johnny Smiles brings him down with an armdrag takedown! Julian Page gets up again, and this time Johnny Smiles runs forward and knocks him off his feet with a big dropkick! The crowd cheers loudly, and Julian Page rolls out of the ring.

Johnny Smiles climbs out after Julian Page, whirls him around by the shoulder, and hammers him in the face with a punch! Julian Page is rocked back, and Johnny Smiles drills him with a few more punches, then whips him back-first into the guardrail! Julian Page crashes into the rail and slumps against it, and Johnny Smiles charges him, but Julian Page lowers his head and backdrops him! Johnny Smiles goes flying over the rail, into the laps of the fans in the front row! The fans pat him on the back and begin helping him up, and he gets to his feet, but Julian Page grabs him by the hair and punches him right in the face, sending him staggering back!

Julian Page climbs over the guardrail himself and approaches Johnny Smiles, pounding him with a series of punches and forcing him back. Johnny Smiles blocks a punch and returns fire with one of his own, sending Julian Page staggering away! A fan offers him a cup of cola, so he takes it and sloshes it on Julian Page! Julian Page looks around and tries to take a cup of cola away from a young woman at ringside, but she jerks it away and slaps him! Julian Page flies back from the slap, but a few fans grab him to keep him from going down and hold him for the young woman, who gets up with a smile, draws her hand back, and slaps him again! Julian Page thrashes and convulses in the grasp of the fans, who seem to be enjoying themselves quite a bit..

Johnny Smiles approaches Julian Page, knees him in the midsection, and takes him by the hair as the fans release their grip on him. Johnny Smiles tosses Julian Page back over the guardrail to ringside, and climbs after him. Julian Page starts getting up, but Johnny Smiles grabs a handful of his hair and takes him head-first into the ring apron! Julian Page pops up like a piece of toast from the impact and flies back, landing on his back on the floor at ringside! Johnny Smiles just hauls him back to his feet and rolls him back into the ring, then climbs up on the apron and goes to the top turnbuckle! Julian Page gets up, and Johnny Smiles leaps off with a FLYING CLOTHESLINE!! But Julian Page ducks, and Johnny Smiles flies overhead harmlessly and crashes to the mat!

Johnny Smiles starts to get up, but Julian Page turns and rushes him with a leg lariat that knocks him off his feet again. He starts getting up again, but this time Julian Page grabs him by the hair, drives a knee into his midsection, and clubs him in the back of the head. He prepares to do it again, but Johnny Smiles drives an elbow into his ribs, doubling him over! Johnny Smiles runs into the ropes while Julian Page is clutching his midsection in pain, then comes off and leaps over him for a sunset flip! He holds it for a pin, and James Applebee counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Only two, before Julian Page kicks out!

Both men get up soon, but Johnny Smiles is first on the draw with a kick to the midsection... but Julian Page catches his foot, brings him down with a dragon screw leg whip, then flows into a half Boston! The crowd boos, and Johnny Smiles yells out in pain, then begins struggling in the hold! He begins fighting his way to the ropes, and fortunately he's relatively fresh and full of energy still. He makes quick progress, and before long he makes his way to the bottom rope and grabs it tightly! Julian Page keeps the half Boston applied, but James Applebee begins counting, and at four Julian Page releases the hold, and complains about a fast count! Oh, come on! He had a hold illegally applied in the ropes, and he's complaining about a fast count!?

Johnny Smiles gets up, so Julian Page whacks him with a forearm to the face, then whips him into a corner of the ring. Johnny Smiles staggers out, and Julian Page flings him to the mat with a hiptoss! Johnny Smiles begins getting up, and Julian Page backs into the ropes and comes off at Johnny Smiles, but Johnny grabs him and gives him an inverted atomic drop! Julian Page winces in pain and hops up and down in a circle, clutching his groin... and Johnny Smiles grabs him from behnd and gives him an atomic drop when he's turned around! Julian Page hops forward wildly like a spastic kangaroo, crying out in pain and clutching his bottom, and Johnny Smiles backs into the ropes, then comes off with a running leaping forearm smash as Julian Page turns around, knocking him off of his feet!

Julian Page gets up, somewhat dazed, and Johnny Smiles punches him twice, then whips him into a corner of the ring and charges in with a dropkick. Julian Page is rocked back in the corner, then slumps to a seated position, and Johnny Smiles backs up, then runs at him and hits him with a low dropkick that hits him in the chest! Then Johnny Smiles grabs his legs, pulls him out of the corner, and flips over him, holding his legs for a jackknife pinning hold! James Applebee goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two again by Julian Page!

Johnny Smiles gets up and begins pulling Julian Page up again, but Julian Page nails him with a low blow! James Applebee immediately pulls Julian Page aside and begins lecturing him, and Julian Page stands and listens, nodding respectfully and apologizing. He must realize that he's in there with the VCW Commissioner, and he can't afford to piss him off and still expect to win this match! But Johnny Smiles is still weak and pulling himself to his feet as Julian Page turns around, and Julian grabs him by the leg and brings him down with a kneebreaker! And then he holds Johnny Smiles's leg by the foot and kicks at the inside of his thigh a few times, then holds the leg to the side and drops an elbow on the side of the knee! Johnny Smiles cries out in pain, and Julian Page smiles. Whether it's by beating Johnny Smiles or putting him out with a horrible injury, he's going to make sure Johnny Smiles doesn't make it to Wrestlewar!

Julian Page puts Johnny Smiles's ankle on the second rope, then stands straddling his leg and holding the top rope, jumps into the air, and comes down butt-first across his knee! That makes Johnny Smiles cry out in pain again, and once again Julian Page enjoys hearing that, so he jumps up and does it again! And then he pulls Johnny Smiles up by the hair, kicks him in the knee, hooks him in a front chancery, and whips him to the mat with a snap suplex! Johnny Smiles is down again, and Julian Page moves down, grabs his leg, and puts on a kneebar!

Johnny Smiles begins struggling again, but he's starting to get worn down now, and he's not as fresh as he was at the start of the match. He struggles towards the ropes, with James Applebee watching him closely, asking if he wants to stay in the match. The crowd is cheering him on wildly, and you know Johnny Smiles is desperate not to give up, not to disappoint his fans, and that gives him the strength he needs to crawl towards the ropes! Julian Page keeps cranking on the kneebar, but Johnny Smiles struggles to the ropes and grabs them again! James Applebee begins counting again, and once again Julian Page releases his hold at four.

Johnny Smiles starts to pull himself up on the ropes, but Julian Page grabs him by the ankle and pulls him away from the ropes! Johnny Smiles stays up somehow, hopping on one foot, and jumps up for an enzuigiri, but Julian Page ducks! Johnny Smiles wipes out face-down on the mat, and Julian Page keeps a hold on his ankle, raises it high into the air, and thrusts down sharply, sending Johnny Smiles's knee down into the mat like a hammer! Johnny Smiles shouts in pain and curls up, clutching his leg, and Julian Page stomps away at his knee and thigh, to a chorus of boos from the crowd!

James Applebee finally steps in and tells Julian Page to back off, and he backs away, allowing Johnny Smiles to get to his feet again. He charges again as Johnny Smiles gets up, but runs right into a sudden armdrag takedown! Julian Page gets up and rushes forward with a punch, but Johnny Smiles blocks it! Johnny Smiles returns fire with a punch of his own, then whips Julian Page into a corner! Julian Page hits the turnbuckles back-first, and Johnny Smiles limps in after him, but runs into an elbow to the face!

Johnny Smiles staggers back and falls to one knee, and Julian Page steps out to the apron and climbs to the top turnbuckle... but not fast enough, because Johnny Smiles recovers, steps forward, and catches him at the top! He prepares to fling him off the top turnbuckle, and Julian Page frantically shakes his head "no"... but Johnny Smiles nods his head and smiles, and flings him off the top anyway! Julian Page crashes to the mat and rolls to his feet, howling in pain, and Johnny Smiles rushes forward and takes him down with a clothesline! But Johnny Smiles goes down to one knee and cringes after the clothesline; his leg's starting to trouble him. He has to think about finishing this match before Julian Page gets the chance to weaken him further!

Julian Page starts to get up, but Johnny Smiles moves behind him and lifts him for a belly-to-back suplex... but Julian Page flips out and lands on his feet behind him! Johnny Smiles turns around, and Julian Page kicks him in the knee to double him over, then grabs his head and brings him down with the DDT!! The crowd boos, and Johnny Smiles deflates on the mat as Julian Page sits up, grinning broadly! He covers Johnny Smiles and hooks the leg, and James Applebee counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters!

Julian Page shoots James Applebee a glare, then gets up and grabs Johnny Smiles's leg and steps around, going for a figure-four leglock! Rebecca Black tapped out to one in the last match, and Julian Page is going for a figure-four too... but Johnny Smiles kicks him away! Julian Page is knocked chest-first into the turnbuckles, then staggers back, into a roll up by Johnny Smiles! James Applebee goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half by Julian Page! Julian Page gets to his feet, then clobbers Johnny Smiles in the back as he begins to get up and pulls him into a standing headscissors. He hooks his arms for the Swan Song, but Johnny Smiles backdrops out of it!!

Julian Page starts getting up, but Johnny Smiles grabs him and pulls him into a kneelift! Julian Page doubles over, and Johnny Smiles grimaces and staggers back a step, but recovers in time to come forward and take Julian Page down with a swinging neckbreaker! Julian Page starts to get up, but he's facing away from Johnny Smiles, and Johnny Smiles grabs him from behind, lifts, and brings him crashing down with a belly-to-back suplex! Julian Page starts to pull himself to his feet again, but again Johnny Smiles gets behind him, and this time he takes him down with a Russian legsweep!

Johnny Smiles stands over Julian Page and pumps his fist in the air slowly like Diesel in the 1990s, then pulls Julian Page up into a standing headscissors! He lifts him up... POWER BOMB!! The crowd cheers, and Johnny Smiles goes down for the cover! James Applebee counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters! Julian Page is still in the match! Johnny Smiles gets up and stops to flex his leg, bending the knee a few times, then moves to a corner of the ring and starts stomping the mat in a slow rhythm! He's gearing up for a superkick! Julian Page gets up, dazed and haggard with his mess of blond hair hanging in his face, and Johnny Smiles measures him... SUPERKICK!! Julian Page goes down hard, but Johnny Smiles topples to the mat as well, clutching his leg and gritting his teeth in pain!

It took a lot out of Johnny Smiles to hit that superkick, but Julian Page is flat on his back! Johnny Smiles crawls over to him and covers, and James Applebee counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three-quarters again! He can't quite put him away! But he still has his biggest move left... he gets to his feet and pulls Julian Page up into a fireman's carry position! But as he goes for the Smiledriver, Julian Page squirms and struggles, and slips out behind him! Johnny Smiles turns around, and Julian Page grabs him by the hair, and brings him down into a jawbreaker! Both men crumple to the mat after that move, and the crowd boos loudly.

Both of them get up, but Julian Page is up first, and he knees Johnny Smiles in the midsection. He puts him in a standing headscissors and hooks his arms again for the SWAN SONG!! But no, Johnny Smiles pulls his arms free, grabs Julian Page's legs, and brings him down with a double-leg takedown!! Then, still holding Julian Page's legs, he falls back with him, catapulting him face-first into the top turnbuckle in one of the corners! Julian Page hits the turnbuckle and staggers out as Johnny Smiles gets up... and he staggers right into a fireman's carry lift! Johnny Smiles pivots on his good leg, and brings him down with the SMILEDRIVER!! He nailed it!! The crowd explodes into cheers, Johnny Smiles covers and hooks the leg, and James Applebee counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THRE... KICKOUT!! Julian Page just kicked out of the Smiledriver at two and nine-tenths! There's that drive and motivation he was talking about earlier... that's the first time he's EVER kicked out of the Smiledriver!

The crowd boos, and Johnny Smiles can't contain a surprised stare down at Julian Page. He grabs Julian Page and pulls him up into a front chancery, but Julian Page blocks an attempted lift and kicks him in the knee, then grabs his legs and takes him down... and steps through his legs and turns him over into the SHARPSHOOTER!! Julian Page hasn't pulled this move out since his failed attempt to claim Bret "The Hitman" Hart's legacy last year, but he's desperate now, and he's drawing on everything in his arsenal! He cranks back on the Sharpshooter, and Johnny's squirming in pain and struggling wildly, but without much progress! James Applebee goes down to ask him if he's still in the match, and he is, but for how much longer?

The crowd boos Julian Page at first, then begins a chant of "JOHNNY!" to rally Johnny Smiles! He grits his teeth and pumps his fist in the air with the chant a few times, then plants both of his hands on the mat and begins pushing up! Julian Page snarls and leans back deeply on the Sharpshooter, and Johnny Smiles's face spreads in a grimace of agony, but he's still fighting! He pushes up and lurches back, and he tips Julian Page forward, breaking the hold, and rolls with it to his feet, grabbing Julian Page's legs on the way up and putting HIM in the Sharpshooter! Johnny Smiles just reversed the Sharpshooter on Julian Page, and the crowd explodes into cheers!

Julian Page cries out in pain, and now he's the one who's caught! Earlier this year, at Wrestlewar, he submitted to the Sharpshooter when Bret Hart reversed it on him... will he submit now!? James Applebee's asking him, but Julian Page shakes his head "no" and begins fighting his way to the ropes! He's crawling, inch by inch, and he's not gonna stop! The crowd starts a "TAP OUT!" chant for him, but Julian Page yells "NO!" and keeps struggling! He's pulling himself closer and closer to the ropes, and he reaches out... and makes it!! Julian Page has the bottom rope, and James Applebee starts a five-count! Johnny has to release the hold! Julian Page was determined enough to survive the Sharpshooter, and he's still in this match!

Johnny Smiles stops to flex and stretch his ailing knee again, and Julian Page begins getting to his feet. Johnny Smiles unloads on Julian Page with a pair of right hands, staggering him back, then whips him into a corner of the ring, but Julian Page reverses! Johnny Smiles hits the turnbuckles back-first and staggers out, and Julian Page kicks him in the midsection and hooks him for a DDT! But Johnny Smiles grabs him around the waist and blocks, then lifts him and drops him throat-first into the ropes! Julian Page staggers back away from the ropes, clutching his throat, and Johnny Smiles comes from behind him and puts on a COBRA CLUTCH!!

Julian Page thrashes around wildly in the cobra clutch, but Johnny Smiles keeps the hold applied with a solid grip! Julian Page staggers around, trying to get to the ropes, but Johnny's keeping him in the center of the ring, not letting him go anywhere, not giving him any chance to break the hold! Julian Page is starting to fade... but someone's coming out of the backstage entrance! It's... Derek Cole!? What the hell is HE doing here!? The crowd boos as Derek Cole walks to the ring and climbs inside, and James Applebee turns and notices him. He begins yelling at him, and Derek Cole puts up his hands to apologize, then turns to leave... but pivots suddenly and nails James Applebee in the side of the head with a back heel kick!! What the hell is he DOING!?

James Applebee goes down, and Derek Cole straddles him, measures him carefully, draws back a fist, and drives it STRAIGHT down into the side of his head! James Applebee goes limp on the mat, and Derek Cole stands over him, smiling, then yells "HOW DO YOU LIKE GETTING A CHEAP SHOT?" at him! Has he lost his mind!? Johnny Smiles sees what's happening and releases the cobra clutch, letting Julian Page fall limply to the mat, and goes to confront Derek Cole! He's yelling at him... but someone else is coming from backstage! GABRIEL BLACK!! The crowd boos loudly as Gabriel Black runs to the ring, with the VCW Television Title around his waist, and slides inside!

Gabriel Black gets up and takes off the VCW Television Title in the ring. Meanwhile, Johnny Smiles grabs Derek Cole by the collar of the shirt and draws back a fist... but Gabriel Black nails him from behind with the VCW Television Title! Johnny Smiles goes down, and Gabriel Black drops the title belt, lifts Johnny Smiles up in a fireman's carry, and turns... SMILEDRIVER!! Damn it, Gabriel Black just hit the Smiledriver on Johnny Smiles! He looks down at his fallen body, chuckling to himself, and claims his title and rolls out of the ring. Derek Cole looks down at James Applebee, pulls him up, hooks his head, and gives him a DDT, then rolls out of the ring and joins Gabriel Black in his retreat!

Johnny Smiles is down, and Julian Page is starting to pull himself up! He sees Johnny Smiles laid out, then turns and sees Gabriel Black and Derek Cole leaving the ring, and nods and smiles to them!! Is this what he had planned all along!? He pulls Johnny Smiles up into a standing headscissors, hooks his arms, and brings him down with the SWAN SONG!! James Applebee is still down, but an executive in a suit steps out of the backstage entrance, leading referee Linda Peterson by the wrist! He points into the ring and yells something at her, and Linda Peterson runs down the aisle and slides into the ring! What!? What kind of sham is this!? Julian Page goes for the cover, and Linda Peterson counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THREE!! No!! Damn it, NO!! Julian Page just beat Johnny Smiles, but only because of the involvement of all these other people!

Julian Page pinned Johnny Smiles with the Swan Song in 0:27:29.
Rating: ***

Julian Page gets up, smiling, and the crowd boos and begins a loud chant of "BULLSHIT!" for the outcome of this match. They're absolutely right... this was a complete miscarriage of justice. Everybody knew that VCW executives were watching this match to see if Johnny Smiles deserved to be in the main event at Wrestlewar, and now he won't get that shot! Not only did Gabriel Black and Derek Cole interfere, but one of the executives sent Linda Peterson down to the ring to make the count when Johnny was down! But why? What's behind this seemingly massive conspiracy against Johnny Smiles? We may not find out just yet, because Julian Page is walking backstage with an ear-to-ear grin. That son of a bitch set out to ruin Johnny Smiles's dreams of a title shot at Wrestlewar, and that's exactly what he has just done!

As the chaos clears up from this match, we're going to take a look backstage at the dressing room of Hell's Bikers, where Crimson is preparing to defend the VCW World Title against Gabriel Black.

Backstage...

All three members of Hell's Bikers are backstage in a small dressing room. Crimson is stretching in preparation for his match, and Jack Norman is eating a Three Musketeers candy bar as Butch Manson sits nearby.

J. Norman: Hot damn, these Three Musketeers candy bars are great! I don't know how a candy bar so short on fat can be so BIG on chocolate!

Butch Manson frowns and shakes his head as Jack Norman finishes his candy bar and throws the wrapper aside.

B. Manson: Jack... this Three Musketeers business has gotta stop, man.

Jack Norman gives Butch Manson a strange look.

J. Norman: Whaddaya mean?

B. Manson: Look, this candy bar endorsement deal... the 100 Grand you're making might be in a good Payday, but it's made other bikers lose Mounds of respect for you. Everyone just Snickers at you behind your back now. It really Mars your image as a tough guy.

J. Norman: Hey, it's not just the money. Check out all these free samples I get! Want one?

Jack Norman opens his duffel bag to reveal that it's full of Three Musketeers candy bars. Before Butch Manson can answer, Crimson looks around at both of them.

Crimson: You motherfuckers are giving me a headache with your yammering. You can go ahead and have your damn candy bars. I'm gonna go out and beat the shit out of Gabriel Black.

B. Manson: Hey, you want any backup?

Crimson: You two flunkies stay out of this. This is about me and him, and my title, and proper respect. I beat the Grave Digger. I beat every motherfucker in this company, and now if any of these sorry sons of bitches pisses me off in a dream, they wake up and apologize. Everyone in this whole damn place respects me, because they're all scared shitless. At any given time, the only reason they're not a crippled wreck or a rotting corpse is because I'm in a good mood, and they know it.

But then this cripple, Gabriel Black, comes back and starts challenging for my title and talking like he's somebody. I gotta teach him his place. When they're carrying him away on a stretcher, and he can't feel his legs, and his busted ribs are scraping his lungs with every tortured breath he takes, and he's wondering if he'll make it through the night, much less if he'll ever walk again... maybe then he'll have proper respect for me. And if he can come back from that and ask for a second helping, THEN maybe he can start talking like he's somebody... like maybe he deserves a little respect of his own.

Crimson grabs the VCW World Title and steps past Jack Norman and Butch Manson to leave the dressing room, as the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

We're back, and we're ready to go ahead with out main event! David Page has taken center stage in the ring, and he has a microphone. Let's get the main event ring introductions now.

D. Page: Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come for the MAIN EVENT of the evening. The following contest is set for one fall, with a sixty minute time limit, and it is for the VCW World Title. Your referee for this match is Brendan Powers!

Brendan Powers steps into the ring, points to himself, and waves to the crowd, but they could care less about him. This moment is about two of the most hated men in VCW coming face to face, not because of any personal feelings or stakes in this match, but because of pride and the VCW World Title.

"Denial" by Sevendust kicks on over the arena sound system, and the crowd boos loudly as Gabriel Black steps out of the backstage entrance, accompanied by Derek Cole. He's wearing the VCW Television Title, and dressed to wrestle in his usual white singlet and boots, with his hair still bound back in a ponytail. Derek Cole begins talking to him, giving him last-minute advice as they make their way to the ring.

D. Page: Introducing first, accompanied by Derek Cole, the challenger. He hails from Phoenix, Arizona, and stands six feet tall, weighing in at two hundred and thirty-seven pounds. He is a VCW icon, at the age of thirty already considered by many to be the greatest wrestler of all time. His holds the record for the longest professional wrestling World Title reign since the 1980s, and he is the current reigning VCW Television Champion... GAAAAAAABRIIIIIELLLLLLLL BLAAAAAAACK!!

Gabriel Black enters the ring and poses on one of the top turnbuckles, wearing the VCW Television Title, to a renewed chorus of boos and a blinding flurry of camera flashes. Make no mistake about it; Crimson is an imposing sight, but Gabriel Black may very well be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. Furthermore, since his comeback, he has yet to be pinned or submit in a televised match. He takes off the VCW Television Title and steps down into the ring, stretching a few times and hopping up and down lightly to loosen up for the match.

D. Page: And his opponent...

"Walk" by Pantera begins playing, and most of the crowd boos, but some of them actually cheer as Crimson comes out of the backstage entrance, wearing the VCW World Title! He raises a fist in the air to acknowledge the crowd, then directs a surly glare at Gabriel Black and begins stalking towards the ring.

D. Page: From Atlanta, Georgia, he stands six feet nine inches tall, and weighs three hundred pounds. He is one of the most feared men in VCW, the leader of Hell's Bikers, and the innovator of the Homicide Road Tour... he is the reigning and defending TWO-TIME VCW CHAMPION of the WOOOOORRRRRLLLLLLD... CRRRRIIIIIIIIIIMSONNNNNNNN!!

Crimson stalks to the ring, watching Gabriel Black with both caution and contempt. Back in the ring, Gabriel Black is staring out at Crimson with just the slightest bit of trepidation, and then he looks up into the rafters and says something to himself that the cameras don't pick up. Let's face it, for all his skill and accolades, Gabriel Black IS going up against the VCW World Champion, one of the biggest and most powerful men on the roster, and his legendary won-loss record was built against opponents his own size or smaller. Faced with larger opponents, he has a much less impressive track record. He couldn't beat David Wright Hubbard, he couldn't beat Tony Garcia, and he needed help to beat the Grave Digger... and that doesn't bode well for his chances of beating Crimson, who holds victories over all three of those men.

Crimson finishes his slow walk to the ring and climbs the steps up to the apron, then steps in over the top rope. He keeps his eyes on Gabriel Black as he takes off the VCW World Title, and then he turns to hand the title to the timekeeper... and Gabriel Black rushes him from behind and whacks him in the back of the head with his VCW Television Title! He throws the belt aside as Crimson crumples to one knee, and Brendan Powers calls for the bell to begin our main event!

For the VCW World Title:

Crimson (c)

vs.

Gabriel Black
w/Derek Cole

Crimson is down on one knee, and Gabriel Black hammers him with repeated shots to the head, trying to punch him down while he has the advantage. But Crimson's just too big and tough, and he begins getting back to his feet! Gabriel Black kicks Crimson in the midsection, then whips him into the ropes. Crimson comes off the other side, and Gabriel Black nails him with a dropkick, sending him staggering back! Crimson regains his balance and charges Gabriel Black, but Gabriel takes him down with a drop-toe hold, then floats over and grabs him in a headlock! A satisfied smirk crosses his face as he cinches in the headlock... but it disappears immediately when Crimson grabs him by the waist, fights his way up to his feet, and effortlessly lifts him and gives him a big atomic drop!

Gabriel Black staggers forward, clutching his backside, and stumbles into the ropes. Leaning against the ropes, he turns to face Crimson, and Crimson runs at him and nails him with a big boot that knocks him out over the top turnbuckle to the floor! Gabriel Black falls in a heap at ringside, and Crimson steps out over the top rope to join him on the outside! Gabriel Black starts getting up, but Crimson gives him a swift knee to the gut, then takes him face-first into the apron! Gabriel Black goes down again, but Crimson hauls him to his feet, scoops him up, then runs with him and rams him back-first into one of the steel ringposts! Gabriel Black yells out in pain, and the crowd actually cheers for that move; they want to see Gabriel Black decimated and destroyed!

Crimson rolls Gabriel Black back into the ring, then slides in after him. Gabriel Black starts to get up, already favoring his back, and Crimson grabs him and whips him into the ropes. Gabriel Black comes off the ropes, and Crimson lunges at him with a clothesline, but he ducks! Crimson turns around as Gabriel Black comes off the other side, and Gabriel takes him down with a high cross body! He stays on him, and Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... And only one, before Crimson kicks out with authority! Crimson gets up first with an angry roar, then grabs Gabriel Black and starts to pull him up... but Gabriel Black catches him with an elbow to the gut, then grabs him by the hair and pulls him down into a jawbreaker! Crimson goes down!

Gabriel Black gets up slowly, puts his hands to his back, and stretches it, trying to keep it in working shape. Crimson's starting to get up, but Gabriel Black kicks him in the midsection, grabs his head, and turns him into a reverse neckbreaker! Crimson starts getting up again, and Gabriel Black clobbers him in the back of the head a few times, then pulls him up, snap mares him to the canvas in a seated position, and dropkicks him in the back of the head! Crimson slumps in the seated position for a second, and Gabriel Black grabs his head and jumps over him for a jumping neck snap! Crimson recoils to the mat, clutching the back of his head; Gabriel Black's successfully wearing him down with these moves!

Crimson starts getting up, and Gabriel Black stays on him, clobbering him in the back of the head with more forearm shots, then moving behind him to put on a waistlock! Crimson knows what's coming next and flings an arm out to try and catch the top rope, but he's not close enough, and Gabriel Black lifts him and flings him back with a big GERMAN SUPLEX!! Gabriel Black gasps in pain and puts a hand to his back instead of holding the bridge, but he just took his three hundred pound opponent down with a German suplex, and that may have been worth a little strain to his back! He smiles and crawls on him for the cover, and Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... And only two, before Crimson kicks out! He still has a lot left!

Crimson's a big, tough competitor, and he's already starting to pull himself up, but Gabriel Black drives an elbow into the back of his neck, then grabs him in a headlock, takes a running start, and brings him down with a bulldog! He just brought Crimson down again, and now he climbs out to the apron as Crimson gets up! Crimson gets to his feet, and Gabriel Black leaps up on the top rope, then springs off with a springboard clothesline! Crimson goes down again, and Gabriel Black gets another satisfied smile on his face! And then he picks Crimson up and hooks him in a front chancery... come on, this isn't smart. He lifts, cries out in pain and effort, and he actually brings Crimson up and takes him down with a vertical suplex!!

Gabriel Black winces in pain and puts a hand to his back. He's taxing his physical capabilities, but he's getting some decent offense in against Crimson, and that's exactly what he has to do to have any hope of winning. He puts a hand to his back and stretches it again, wincing with discomfort again, then stomps on Crimson a few times as he begins to stir. Crimson pulls himself up to his hands and knees, and Gabriel Black pulls him into a standing headscissors... but Crimson's had enough, and he backdrops out of it with an enraged bellow! Gabriel Black tries to counter the backdrop with a sunset flip, but Crimson reaches out with his left arm and grabs the top rope to hold himself steady! Then he reaches down and grabs Gabriel Black's throat with his right and starts to haul him up, but Gabriel Black gives him an eye gouge, breaking his grip! No doubt Gabriel Black saw Crimson defeat Julian Page a few weeks ago by countering a sunset flip with the Chokeslam, and he was determined to avoid that!

Gabriel Black gets up, hammers Crimson with a few punches without much effect, then whips him to the ropes, but Crimson reverses! Gabriel Black comes off the ropes, and Crimson goes for a clothesline, but Gabriel Black ducks, hooks the arm, and pulls Crimson down into a backslide! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Crimson kicks out at two, gets to his feet, and rushes Gabriel Black with a left-arm clothesline! Gabriel Black ducks, but that was only a feint, and Crimson suddenly stops and whirls a hundred and eighty degrees to catch Gabriel Black in the back of the head with a clothesline from the right arm! Gabriel Black goes down to his hands and knees, and Crimson drops an elbow on his back, squashing him down to the mat!

Crimson gets up and glares down at Gabriel Black, then rolls his head and winces, putting a hand to his neck. Gabriel Black got in a few big moves, but now the ball's in Crimson's court, and in terms of big offense, there are very few people in VCW who could claim to match him. Gabriel Black's starting to get up, but Crimson knees him in the gut, then whips him into a corner. Gabriel Black hits the turnbuckles back-first and staggers out, and Crimson takes careful aim and drops him with a BIG right hand! Gabriel Black is laid out, staring at the ceiling, but Crimson hauls him up, then whips him to the opposite corner! This time, Gabriel Black collides with the turnbuckles and slumps against them, and Crimson charges in with a kneelift, doubling him over! And then he grabs Gabriel Black around the waist from above, lifts, and flings him back with a gutwrench suplex!

Gabriel Black is down on the canvas, and now Crimson's starting to hit his signature offense and dominate as only he can. He hauls Gabriel Black up with a rear gutwrench, turns, and brings him crashing to the mat with a sidewalk slam, causing him to arch his back and cry out in pain! Calm and methodical, Crimson gets to his feet, backs up, then steps forward and drops a big leg across Gabriel Black's chest! He gets up, looks down to survey his work, then drops another leg on him! He seems to think about going for the cover, then mutters "he ain't done yet" to himself. Instead, he hauls Gabriel Black up, lifts him high above his head, and flings him to the mat with a mighty Gorilla Press slam!

Crimson walks around the ring slowly for a few seconds, then raises a fist triumphantly as he surveys his work. Gabriel Black starts to get up, somewhat shaken after that move, and Crimson scoops him up and brings him down casually across a knee with a backbreaker! Gabriel Black goes down to the mat, writhing in agony, and Crimson just hauls him up, then gives him a forearm shot to the back and puts on a front chancery. He lifts him up, holds him in the air for a second, and brings him crashing to the mat with a vertical suplex!

Crimson gets up, nudges Gabriel Black's head with one of his boots, and smirks to himself. Then he scoops Gabriel Black up for a bodyslam, but Gabriel Black squirms a little too much, and slips out behind him! Crimson turns around, and Gabriel Black kicks him square in the crotch, then lifts him in a fireman's carry and brings him down with a DEATH VALLEY DRIVER!! The crowd comes alive with a mixture of cheers and boos for that move! Crimson's down on the mat, but Gabriel Black's down as well, writhing and crying out in pain and clutching his back! He taxed himself to the limit for that move! He hit that Death Valley Driver out of nowhere, and Crimson's down, but can he capitalize on it?

Crimson starts to stir, clutching his head and grumbling to himself. Gabriel Black sees that and quickly forces himself to his feet, then grabs Crimson, knees him in the midsection, and hooks his head... DDT!! Crimson's down again, and Gabriel Black goes for the cover and hooks the leg! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout by Crimson at two and a half! Even a Death Valley Driver followed by a DDT barely fazed Crimson! How the HELL can Gabriel Black beat him?

Crimson starts getting up, and Gabriel Black backs gingerly into the ropes, then comes off and takes him down with a swinging neckbreaker! Crimson's down again, but he quickly gets back up to one knee! Gabriel Black looks around desperately, at a loss for what to do, then approaches Crimson and begins hammering him with frantic right hands! Crimson shrugs off the blows and nails Gabriel Black with a huge haymaker that sends him staggering back into the ropes! Gabriel Black steps forward with a wild, punch-drunk swing, but Crimson ducks low and slips behind him, then grabs him in a full nelson! He lifts, shakes him out like a chew toy, and flings him to the mat with a FULL NELSON SLAM!!

Gabriel Black is splattered on the mat, and Crimson points down at him, then puts both thumbs down, nods, and smiles! He scrapes Gabriel Black up off of the mat and hauls him to his feet, then whips him to the ropes! Gabriel Black staggers off the ropes, and Crimson runs and NAILS him with a big boot!! Gabriel Black goes down hard! Crimson stops and stands over Gabriel Black, then pulls him up into a standing headscissors! He raises a fist in the air, nods, and smiles, then lifts him up... but Gabriel Black gouges him in the eyes at the peak of the lift, then counters with a FRANKENSTEINER!! He brought Crimson down, and he stays seated on him and cradles his legs for the pin, as Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... Kickout at two and a half by Crimson!

Gabriel Black stumbles to his feet, and Crimson pops up angrily, then charges him with a clothesline, but Gabriel Black ducks under it! Crimson runs into the ropes on the other side, but Gabriel Black catches him with a dropkick when he comes off the other side! Crimson staggers back and slumps against the ropes to stay on his feet, and Gabriel Black charges him with a high cross body!! But Crimson just catches Gabriel Black, regains his footing, and doesn't go tumbling over the top rope as Gabriel Black no doubt intended! He takes a few steps forward with him, then falls back and FLINGS him out over the top rope with a HUGE fallaway slam! Gabriel Black crashes to the floor and tumbles to a stop on the outside of the ring, and the crowd breaks out into a chant of "HOLY SHIT!" And Crimson rolls out of the ring after him!

Gabriel Black is motionless on the floor, but Crimson goes over and begins stomping on him repeatedly, then scoops him up over a shoulder. He takes a running start, and tosses him face-first into one of the steel ringposts like a javelin! Gabriel Black collides face-first with the post and goes down in a heap, and when Crimson grabs him by the back of the head and pulls him up again, there's a pool of blood where his face was lying. Gabriel Black has been busted wide open, and Crimson seems pleased to see that! He lifts him up again, then grabs him and tosses him down throat-first on the guardrail! Gabriel Black's blood drips down at the feet of some fans in the front row, and he falls limp on the other side of the rail.

Crimson bends down and says something to Gabriel Black that the cameras don't quite pick up, then grabs him and tosses him onto the announcers' table! He climbs up with him, pulls him up, and grabs him by the throat, then looks around at the crowd and yells "I'M GONNA BREAK THIS MOTHERFUCKER'S BACK!!" The crowd actually cheers for that announcement, and Crimson lifts... CHOKESLAM THROUGH THE TABLE!! The crowd explodes into cheers, and Crimson climbs away from the wreckage and gets back in the ring, leaving Gabriel Black a bloody, broken mess among the shattered remains of the table!

Brendan Powers admonishes Crimson for throwing Gabriel Black through the table, but Crimson just shrugs it off. He's the champion, and he doesn't care if he gets disqualified, since he just destroyed his opponent. Finally, Brendan Powers gives up and begins counting Gabriel Black out, but that may not even be necessary. A team of medics is wheeling a stretcher down the ramp, no doubt intended for Gabriel Black... and he'll need it. That Chokeslam through the table surely destroyed his previously-injured back. The medics begin loading Gabriel Black onto the stretcher... and Crimson shakes his head, then steps out over the top rope! What's he DOING!?

Crimson shoves the medics aside, then rips Gabriel Black off of the stretcher and rolls him back into the ring! Then he grabs the stretcher, presses it over his head, and tosses it into the ring as well! The medics are protesting uselessly; none of them want to try to stop Crimson, but they know this isn't right! Crimson puts Gabriel Black up on one of the top turnbuckles, facing the crowd, and sets the stretcher up behind him, then steps out to the apron and climbs up with him! Come on, hasn't he done enough!? He's already probably broken his back; does he need to literally tear him in half to be satisfied!? He grabs Gabriel Black by the throat and lifts... but suddenly, one of Gabriel Black's legs kicks Crimson in the ribs! He lurges forward and drops Gabriel Black, and Gabriel hooks his head on the way down to bring him down with a TOP-ROPE DDT THROUGH THE STRETCHER!! The stretcher breaks under the impact, and both men are down in its wreckage!!

Somehow, Gabriel Black managed to counter the top-rope chokeslam, but was that just a last burst of strength? Can he continue in this match? Brendan Powers begins counting both men down, as neither one's moving... but at eight, Crimson starts getting up! Gabriel Black begins to pull himself up off of the mat seconds later, and Crimson grabs him by the hair and starts to haul him up, but Gabriel gives him a low blow! Crimson doubles over and goes back down! Gabriel Black winces in pain and puts a hand to his back again, then glares down at Crimson. He steps out to the apron and climbs to the top turnbuckle as Crimson slowly begins getting up. Crimson turns and staggers towards Gabriel Black... and gets hit in the face with the DESTINY HAMMER!! Crimson goes down, and Gabriel Black covers and hooks the leg! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Kickout at two and three quarters by Crimson! The Destiny Hammer wasn't enough to beat him!

Gabriel Black looks down at Crimson and says something to him, and then he pulls him up to his feet and slips behind him! He lifts him with a rear gutwrench, shouting at the top of his lungs with pain and effort, and hoists Crimson into position for the DESTINY DRIVER!! But before he executes the move, his back gives out, and he falls backwards under Crimson! Brendan Powers counts... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THR... Shoulder up! Gabriel Black threw a shoulder up at two and three-quarters, but does it matter now? He couldn't execute the Destiny Driver on Crimson, so what can he do to beat him!?

Crimson gets up and pulls Gabriel Black up into a standing headscissors. He's going to try for a power bomb again, and this could be it! He lifts him, but Gabriel Black begins frantically punching him in the face! Crimson staggers back a step... and now he's the one toppling backwards, holding Gabriel! But when he falls backwards, he drops Gabriel Black throat-first across the top rope! Gabriel Black hits the top rope and flies back, and Crimson's getting up, mostly unhurt by that! He smiles to himself and shrugs; it looks like he's not too unhappy with the way that ended after all!

Crimson hauls Gabriel Black to his feet and whips him into the ropes, then flattens him with a big clothesline as he comes off the other side. Gabriel Black has seemingly run out of both ways to beat Crimson and energy left to fight back! And now Crimson smiles, points down at Gabriel Black, and draws a thumb across his throat, then motions for the Chokeslam! He's ready to finish this one off! He hauls Gabriel Black up by the hair and grabs his throat... but Gabriel Black grabs his wrist with both hands, breaks his grip, and pulls him into a knee to the midsection! Gabriel Black goes to whip Crimson into the ropes, but Crimson puts the brakes on, pulls in with one hand, then grabs his throat with the other! He starts to lift him for the Chokeslam, but Gabriel Black kicks him in the midsection to block it, hooks him in a front chancery, grabs his leg, and snaps back for a FISHERMAN SUPLEX!! Brendan Powers goes down to count... ONE!! ... TWO!! ... THREE!! NEW CHAMPION!! Gabriel Black just beat Crimson!!

Gabriel Black pinned Crimson after a fisherman suplex in 0:25:09.
Rating: ****
(Gabriel Black won the VCW World Title.)

The crowd boos, with a few scattered cheers mixed in, as Gabriel Black rolls out of the ring and falls to the floor. He's clutching his back and writhing in pain, but smiling through it! He's the new VCW World Champion! Derek Cole grabs the VCW World Title and VCW Television Title from the timekeeper's table and runs to Gabriel's side, helping him to his feet and presenting him with the belts.

In the ring, Crimson sits up, scowling to himself, then looks outside at Gabriel Black with disgust. Gabriel Black and Derek Cole are retreating backstage, looking back at Crimson in the ring... they want no part of him after the match! Crimson gave Gabriel Black the beating of his life and nearly broke his back, but Gabriel Black caught him with the fisherman suplex and won the title! Gabriel Black is weary and in pain, but still smiling with each of his title belts draped over one shoulder, as Crimson points at him and says something from inside the ring. He's not happy, and not many of the fans are either, but Gabriel Black is the new VCW World Champion! Will Troy Black be willing to face him now? Will he hold the title for another year and a half!?

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