Monday Night Wrestling 10/15/01 (VCW 141)

Welcome to VCW Monday Night Wrestling, as we bring you the best wrestling known to man, live from the VCW Arena in California! We are just twenty-four hours removed from Horror Show, which may go down in history as the biggest night in VCW this year! We have a new VCW World Champion in Gabriel Black, and Lance Errington is the new VCW Intercontinental Champion, having defeated "The California Crippler" Ken Collins last night. Furthermore, the Ontario Colour Show won the VCW World Tag Team Titles from Troy Black and Brujah, and the Pink Kitten and Christina Ellis defeated Virginia and Komachi for the SJW World Tag Team Titles! All that, and much more took place last night, and tonight we're expecting to see the fallout...

Hold it, "Denial" by Sevendust just started playing, and the crowd explodes into boos as Gabriel Black emerges from the backstage entrance! He's wearing a white jacket and white slacks over a black silk dress shirt, carrying the VCW Television Title over his shoulder as he wears the VCW World Title around his waist. Lance Errington steps out to join him, in a black jacket and slacks and a blue shirt, with the VCW Intercontinental Title around his waist, and Derek Cole appears at the other side, wearing a typical navy blue "power suit" right down to the cranberry-red tie. They turn and exchange smug grins with each other, and Gabriel Black slaps palms first with Lance Errington, then with Derek Cole. They have a lot to be cocky about right now...

But Gabriel Black's still hesitating, and he tosses a glance back to the backstage entrance. At that point, his wife Charlotte Black hesitantly comes out to join them, wearing a white evening gown and heels. Gabriel Black links his arm in hers, and now together the four of them begin walking down the ramp. As they make their way to the ring, white and silver confetti and balloons begin falling from the ceiling! Oh, great... it looks like Gabriel Black has taken it upon himself to throw a celebration party in the VCW Arena. Make no mistake about it, he DID defeat Crimson... but we're going to be hearing about it now for the next twenty minutes or so.

Gabriel Black steps up on the apron and holds the ropes open for Charlotte, who is a little uneasy stepping into the ring in her heels. Gabriel Black steps in after her, followed by Lance Errington. Derek Cole grabs a microphone and climbs into the ring with them, and the music and fanfare dies down as he looks around at the booing crowd. He raises the microphone to speak, then thinks better of it and hands it off to Gabriel Black.

G. Black: I'd like to thank all of you for your support, your belief, your thoughts and your prayers as I made my courageous comeback from a near career-ending injury to once again rise to the top of VCW. I stand before you tonight as the VCW World Champion, but I never could have done it without your loyal support. Thank you.

The crowd boos loudly. Gabriel Black may have had some of their support once, when he first came back. But after he revealed himself to be the same arrogant jerk that he always was, that support dried up pretty quickly.

G. Black: I'd also like to thank my father, Sean, for giving me the skills I needed to reach this pinnacle, and I'd like to thank my wife, Charlotte, for her tireless emotional support during my darkest hours. I'd like to thank Lance Errington for watching my back and protecting me from cheap shots and attacks of rage and jealousy, and I'd like to thank Derek Cole for taking care of the little things so I could concentrate on the big picture. I'd also like to thank my opponent last night, Crimson, for giving me a shot at this title and pushing me to my limits, and I'd like to thank John Alexander, entertainment visionary that he is, for creating VCW and giving us all the opportunity to be here. Finally, and most importantly, I'd like to extend my deepest thanks to God himself for all of the good things in my life... for surely I have been blessed.

What a bunch of insincere blathering! Lance Errington and Derek Cole applaud, and Charlotte Black smiles uneasily, but everyone in the crowd continues their boos. Gabriel Black nods and smiles.

G. Black: And lest I forget, I should also take this time to thank a few new friends of mine for agreeing to allow Lance and I to join them in a very profitable venture. You may have a few questions about what happened at Horror Show... particularly, about why Derek Cole and I became involved in Johnny Smiles's match. And I see no harm in telling you now. But first, allow me to introduce the group which I now have the honor of calling myself a part of... the Hammer of the Gods!!

WHAT!? "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd boos as Julian Page, Jacob Idol, and Rob Solomon come out of the backstage entrance. Julian Page and Rob Solomon are walking arm-in-arm with two unfamiliar, beautiful women in evening gowns, and Jacob Idol is walking with Jasmina Chastity. Except for the two unnamed women, none of them are dressed up like Gabriel Black and his entourage; Idol and Solomon are wearing blue jeans, leather jackets, and Hammer of the Gods T-shirts, Julian Page is wearing a black dress shirt with a gold leaf pattern and green bell-bottoms with a snakeskin-like pattern on them, and Jasmina Chastity is wearing a gray XXL men's sweatshirt and baggy blue sweatpants.

They walk to the ring and step inside, and each of the men takes turns shaking hands with Gabriel Black and Derek Cole. Once the fanfare behind their entrance has died down, Julian Page calls for a microphone, with an insufferable smirk on his face as he looks around at the crowd.

J. Page: Bet you didn't expect that, did you? I tried to tell everyone that the Hammer of the Gods was the most elite unit in professional wrestling history, but nobody believed me. And then, last night, I made you believe. Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon went FIFTY MINUTES with the three toughest tag teams in VCW and picked each of them off one-by-one. I got in the ring with Johnny Smiles, and I made him pay, I made him suffer, and I made him LOSE the opportunity of a lifetime by knocking him right out of the Wrestlewar main event. And though the cameras weren't there to see it, I had the soon-to-be new VCW World Champion himself, Gabriel Black, bowing at my feet and eating out of my hand, asking ME if he could be a part of the Hammer of the Gods. And you didn't believe we were the elite. Shows what YOU know!

The crowd boos loudly... but we still don't know why this happened. Why would Gabriel Black want to join the Hammer of the Gods? He's always been more of a leader than a follower...

G. Black: You see, I'm not only the most skilled wrestler on the VCW roster, I'm also the most intelligent backstage politician here. And I heard what was said on VCW 140... if Johnny Smiles loses the Wrestlewar title shot, Troy Black or Crimson gets it. So I made some new friends, pulled the right strings, took Johnny out of the picture, and beat Crimson with my own two hands. And seeing as how I just BEAT Crimson, I hardly think the main event of Wrestlewar should be an old rehash of a match we've already seen at Horror Show. The only viable alternative for a Wrestlewar main event now HAS to be Gabriel Black... versus Troy Black, for the VCW World Title. Now I have my match with Troy, and at Wrestlewar, I WILL have my--

Hold on a second, Julian Page just stepped forward to cut Gabriel Black off!

J. Page: Hold on a second. What're you trying to pull here? You seem to be forgetting what I asked for as conditions of letting you and Lance into the Hammer of the Gods. First, you had to cost Johnny Smiles his match against me... and you did that. But you ALSO said that Wrestlewar would be Gabriel Black versus Julian Page, for the VCW World Title... and you said you'd see to it that I walked out the champion.

What!? He can't be serious! What kind of mind-altering drug is Julian Page on here!? Does he really think anyone would let him have a title match at Wrestlewar, then just let him win? Gabriel Black just smiles calmly at him.

G. Black: Wait just a bit. Due to some unforeseen circumstances, there have been a few changes to the plan. But hear me out; this is a good news, bad news situation. The bad news is that I can no longer let you win the VCW World Title from me at Wrestlewar. But the good news is...

Gabriel Black makes a slight hand motion... and Lance Errington clobbers Julian Page from behind with the VCW Intercontinental Title!! What the HELL!? Julian Page falls forward... into Gabriel Black's grasp! Gabriel Black lifts him, and turns him upside down... DESTINY DRIVER!! Damn it, Gabriel Black just gave Julian Page the Destiny Driver! He gets up and smiles, and the woman who was with Julian Page stares down at him in horror... but Rob Solomon nonchalantly steps in beside her and puts his other arm around her with a smirk! Lance Errington throws Julian Page out of the ring, where he lands and remains a motionless husk on the floor, as Gabriel Black retrieves his microphone.

G. Black: The good news is that it's no longer an issue, because you'll never be fit to set foot in a wrestling ring again. May God have mercy upon your soul.

Come on, that was a cruel, hideous attack! Julian Page isn't the nicest guy in the world by any stretch of the imagination, but it's clear now that Gabriel Black just lied to him, used him, and stabbed him in the back! Gabriel Black casts an arrogant smirk down at Julian Page's body at ringside, then turns back to the others in the ring. Jacob Idol picks up Julian Page's microphone, but somehow he doesn't seem too eager to come to his leader's defense. In fact, neither him nor Rob Solomon seem to be the least bit surprised... did they know this was coming ahead of time?

J. Idol: With all of the thank yous going around right now, Rob and I would like to thank YOU for getting that albatross off of our necks. And it was our pleasure to cost your brother and Brujah the VCW World Tag Team Titles... especially since that means Rob and I will get to beat the Ontario Colour Show for them again, and give everyone one more demonstration of why Owen Addison is the SECOND-best wrestler ever to come out of Toronto.

R. Solomon: Yeah. So, then, if you're keeping score, Paul Canyon is the third-best guy in Toronto, and I guess that makes Jerry Savage number four...

Jacob Idol gives Rob Solomon a quizzical stare.

J. Idol: Who the hell is THAT?

G. Black: Never mind. I just want you to know that I'm glad to do business with you. And make no mistake... now that we're rid of the excess baggage, it truly IS an honor to be your friend and ally.

Gabriel Black shakes hands with Jacob Idol, and both of them nod and smile before Gabriel Black raises the microphone again.

G. Black: But backstage politics can be such an ugly business. Instead, let's focus on what's truly important... my achievements in the ring. Last night, I stepped into the ring with the most physically dominant man in VCW, the VCW World Champion, Crimson. All six feet and nine inches, and three hundred pounds of him. Now I may have taken the beating of my life, but if you saw that match, you know that I outsmarted him, outmaneuvered him, and outwrestled him. He talked about breaking my back again, about ending my career, but if you're keeping score... baby, NOBODY has ended more careers in this company than ME!

Gabriel Black pauses and grins at the crowd, but they're all booing him. He has a point; he's notorious for putting people on the shelf with the Destiny Driver. He put an end to the Grave Digger, and he may have just done the same to Julian Page!

G. Black: The odds against me don't matter, because there's only one sure bet in VCW, and that's me. The doctors didn't believe I could ever walk again after the Black Plague's assault on me. Six months later, I picked up right where I left off without missing a beat. The fans didn't believe I could survive an encounter with the Grave Digger. I DESTROYED the Grave Digger. And the oddsmakers and analysts said that I didn't stand a chance against Crimson. Gabriel Black doesn't beat big men, they said. But last night, I pinned Crimson in the middle of the ring and took the VCW World Title. Every time somebody tells me "it can't be done"... as far as I'm concerned, that just gives me an excuse to do it!!

Gabriel Black paces for a few steps, pausing before he speaks again, as the crowd boos. It appears he's just getting started; he'll probably talk himself hoarse, going on about how great he is.

G. Black: And this is just the beginning. For a year and a half, I defended this title against everybody who wanted a shot. Everybody on the roster came after me, with the same results every time. Falcon LOST. Johnny Smiles LOST. Richard Tobian LOST. Chris Champlain LOST. Even my brother Troy... he lost at Wrestlewar II. Nobody could defeat me. THEN... Troy got lucky at Blood and Thunder 2000. And he knew he couldn't do it again, so he tried to take me out. He never wanted to see this title around my waist again. But the WORST he could do couldn't keep me from my destiny, and it only took me one shot to get this title back. He broke my back, and eight months later I stepped up to the plate and hit one right out of the park on my first time at bat!!

All of Gabriel Black's hangers-on in the ring applaud, while the crowd continues to boo him. A "WHAT'S ON RAW!?" chant begins in the crowd, and he glares around at them for a second, then shrugs.

G. Black: I can see why you might be a little upset, knowing that I'm the VCW World Champion again. It gets rather predictable... not only knowing that every one of my matches will be at least a four-star classic, but also knowing that whoever I'm facing, whatever the odds, at the end of the day I'll STILL walk away with the VCW World Title. Make no mistake about it; I'll be defending this title in Rocking Chair Matches before I ever lose it. Troy won't get lucky again... his luck has run out, and his career will END at Wrestlewar. And there's nobody else who can EVER beat me, even on their best days. This title's not going ANYWHERE. Gabriel Black DOES... NOT... LOSE!!

Oh, brother. The title may or may not be going anywhere, but this interview certainly isn't. This segment's starting to run a little long; hopefully Gabriel Black will leave some room for the matches on tonight's show. The crowd boos loudly.

G. Black: So when you think of championship greatness--

Hold it, "Walk" by Pantera just came on over the arena sound system, and the crowd actually begins cheering as Crimson comes out of the backstage entrance! They're so desperate to have someone shut Gabriel Black up that they're even welcoming Crimson! Jacob Idol, Rob Solomon, and Lance Errington turn to watch Crimson warily, and he raises a microphone, then sneers at the cheering crowd.

Crimson: All you people better shut the fuck up so I can hear myself talk.

The crowd gives a somewhat subdued pop for that, mixed with a few boos.

Crimson: Now, you say you ain't gonna give me the Wrestlewar title shot because the people don't wanna see the same match again? Big deal. I don't care what these stupid pantywaists wanna see. I'll tell you what I wanna see: I wanna see the look on your face when I reach up your asshole, turn your guts inside-out, and wrap 'em around your neck and strangle you with 'em.

A few members of the crowd cheer for Crimson, but most of them have turned against him after his comments to them. Derek Cole takes the microphone from Jacob Idol and raises it to begin speaking.

D. Cole: Crimson, professional wrestling is a business. And unlike you, Gabriel Black has a deep respect for this business. He has a deep respect for our fans. And he knows they don't want to see YOU in the Wrestlewar main event. Heck, let's ask them. Fans, what would you rather see in the Wrestlewar main event... that same old, same old with Gabriel Black beating Crimson again... or the final, epic confrontation between Gabriel Black and his brother Troy!?

The crowd begins a loud chant of "JOHNNY!", and Derek Cole glares around at them for a second, then shakes his head.

D. Cole: No, no. Johnny Smiles ISN'T going to be in the main event of Wrestlewar. You know why? Because he's a LOSER. Now... what would you rather see, the definitive five-star epic between Gabriel Black and Troy Black, or a routine Gabriel Black broomstick match against THIS big stiff?

The crowd continues chanting "JOHNNY!", and Derek Cole shrugs helplessly to Gabriel Black, then looks back at Crimson.

D. Cole: Be THAT as it may... you still don't deserve to main event Wrestlewar with Gabriel Black, Crimson. I mean, after all, not only did you lose to Gabriel last night... but last time you were in a Wrestlewar main event, you choked on it.

The crowd boos, and Crimson's face actually reddens a bit as he snarls at Derek Cole.

Crimson: You're about to be choking on my fist when I ram it down your throat if you don't take that back, motherfucker.

Lance Errington tries to shush Derek Cole at this point, looking somewhat concerned, but Derek Cole just brushes him off and smiles. Sometimes he doesn't know when to quit...

D. Cole: Tell you what, big man. Why don't you come down here and TRY? If you can get through four of the greatest wrestlers that this industry has ever seen, I'll do you the honor of dusting off my tae kwon do skills and kicking your ass PERSONALLY.

Oh, no... this is as bad as the time when he threatened the Grave Digger! Crimson just looks into the ring, and a fiendish grin spreads across his face.

Crimson: You got about a fifteen-second head start to begin running, punk. That's how long it's gonna take me to blow through your four buddies in there.

Crimson begins walking towards the ring, as the crowd cheers in anticipation of the carnage... but hold it! "Takin' Care Of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive just started playing! James Applebee steps out of the backstage entrance, and the crowd erupts into cheers again! VCW Commissioner James Applebee is here, and he looks MAD! One of his eyes is surrounded by a black ring, and there's a furious expression on his face!

J. Applebee: Hold it RIGHT THERE, everybody!!

Crimson throws a glance back at James Applebee, then gives him a dismissive sneer and keeps walking towards the ring.

J. Applebee: Crimson, you take one more step towards that ring, and you'll be getting punked out by Nathan Jones and Scott Steiner in front of a hundred people in WWA next month!

Crimson turns and looks at James Applebee with an incredulous stare, and a camera catches him muttering "You don't wanna do that, you dumb son of a bitch," but he stops in his tracks.

J. Applebee: Now, let's get a few things straight. FIRST of all... Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon. You may have won the number-one contenders' match last night, but you also stuck your noses where they didn't belong and cost Troy Black and Brujah their titles. You'll get your title shot... what's done is done. But you won't be the first ones to get it... those will be the Tough Customers, who'll face the Ontario Colour Show for the VCW World Tag Team Titles tonight!

The crowd cheers, and Jacob Idol and Rob Solomon look unhappy in the ring. You have to believe the Ontario Colour Show won't be happy about this either, though... not after Brujah nearly murdered Owen Addison in the ring last night! But James Applebee isn't finished...

J. Applebee: But you guys won't be left out of tonight's show. I've got a match for you. A six-man tag team match. Jacob Idol, Rob Solomon, and Lance Errington... against Troy Black, Brujah, and "The California Crippler" Ken Collins!!

The crowd's cheers get even louder, and now Lance Errington is looking rather upset as well!

J. Applebee: Oh, and speaking of you, Lance Errington... last night, everyone saw you win the VCW Intercontinental Title--

Lance Errington grabs Gabriel Black's microphone and raises it as James Applebee talks.

L. Errington: That's right, they did. So I'm the new VCW Intercontinental Champion, and you'd better start giving me the respect I deserve!

J. Applebee: If you'll let me finish, I was GOING to say that everyone saw you win the VCW Intercontinental Title, not only by using an illegal foreign object, but also sixty-five seconds AFTER the thirty minute time limit was expired.

L. Errington: Now that's just not true. If the match had gone over thirty minutes, why didn't the timekeeper ring the damn bell!?

J. Applebee: Because YOU took the bell out of the timekeeper's hands to use it as a foreign object, and it wasn't readily available when time ran out. Or did you forget?

L. Errington: Look, maybe you're right. But so what? You're an ex-referee yourself, and you've made the rule... a referee's decisions are FINAL. Linda Peterson, one of YOUR referees, came to the ring and made the count, even after all the stuff you just mentioned. Therefore, I'm the VCW Intercontinental Champion... not Ken Collins.

J. Applebee: That may be so, but after tonight, I'm giving Ken Collins a rematch for that title, and allowing him to choose the time, the place, and the kind of match!! And YOU have NO say in it whatsoever!!

The crowd explodes into cheers, but Lance Errington and Derek Cole both begin shouting at James Applebee, so frustrated and angry that they forget to raise their microphones.

D. Cole: You absolutely can NOT do that! There is NO WAY you can make Lance Errington--

J. Applebee: Save it, because I've got something to tell you too, Derek. Last night, when I was the acting referee in the Johnny Smiles versus Julian Page match, you took a cheap shot at me and assaulted me.

D. Cole: Hey, that was just payback for that little sucker punch in your office last month. You're not so tough when I'm ready for you, are ya?

J. Applebee: Tell me this: do you remember the penalties for assaulting a VCW referee?

D. Cole: Yeah. In the immortal words of former VCW Commissioner James Lockman: "In the future, if any wrestler forgets this rule and intentionally strikes a referee, that wrestler will be stripped of any title that he may currently hold and suspended for thirty days, in addition to the customary fifty thousand dollar fine for striking a VCW official." But there's just one problem with that, boss. I'm not a wrestler.

J. Applebee: That shouldn't matter. You--

D. Cole: Oh, shouldn't it? Hell, if you want fifty grand that bad, I'll write you a check right now. And hell, while you're at it, go ahead and suspend me from competing in the ring for thirty days, too. That'll teach me. I guess I'll just have to put my wrestling career on hold for a while...

J. Applebee: Shut up, damn it! How would you like to be suspended from accompanying these low-lifes to ringside!?

D. Cole: You mean I get a thirty-day vacation? No sweat. Jasmina can cover for me tonight, and after that... believe me, it won't be a problem. We've already got a suitable replacement lined up. So I'll just use this time to head to Japan, talk to a few old friends, see if Toju Akamatsu or Omega Titan is interested in hooking up with Gabriel Black and Lance Errington in VCW...

J. Applebee: All right, forget about that. You want a real punishment? I'll GIVE you a real punishment. I'm gonna hit the gym hard in the next five weeks, and then, at Spontaneous Combustion, your punishment is Derek Cole against James Applebee, one-on-one, in a knock-down, drag-out fight!!

Derek Cole smiles confidently, but then throws a concerned glance back at Lance Errington and says something to him privately. James Applebee is a former boxer and amateur wrestler, and even with his alleged martial arts background, Derek Cole could be in big trouble! But halfway up the aisle, Crimson's starting to look impatient, and now he's raising his microphone.

Crimson: All right. Now that y'all have had your little talk, I'm gonna murder somebody. And that's either gonna be these clowns if you let me go down to that ring, boss... or it's gonna be you if you don't. Pick your poison.

J. Applebee: Hold on just one more second, Crimson. Since Gabriel Black's backstage politics are at the heart of this whole mess, I need to punish him too. And I'll do that by making him DEFEND the VCW World Title tonight against you, Crimson... AND Johnny Smiles, in a Triple Threat Match!!

The crowd explodes into cheers, and Crimson slowly begins to grin. Gabriel Black just shakes his head dismissively and takes Lance Errington's microphone...

G. Black: So you're punishing me by pitting me against the man I defeated handily last night and a career midcarder who got lucky once upon a time. With all due respect, Commissioner... that's rather pathetic.

J. Applebee: I thought you'd say so. But wait, there's more. I couldn't help but notice that you have NEVER successfully defended your VCW Television Title... not even once. So, tonight, BEFORE the Triple Threat Match, you'll ALSO have a VCW Television Title defense, one-on-one... against DAVID WRIGHT HUBBARD.

Whoa!! The crowd doesn't seem too thrilled about the name of his opponent, but inside the ring Gabriel Black is going ballistic! He turns to Derek Cole, saying something to him without the microphone, and Derek Cole just shrugs helplessly and shakes his head! Finally, Gabriel Black turns back to James Applebee, glowering with rage...

G. Black: If you want me to cripple every last man on your roster, you're starting off in the right way. Go ahead, put me in a match with David Wright Hubbard, then another one with Crimson and Johnny Smiles. And then bar the door, because nobody's leaving that ring on their feet except for me. You remember what happened to the Grave Digger the last time you tried to push me? If I can do that to HIM, you must know that I can and will do the same thing to this entire company if I have to... and once again, the blood will be on YOUR hands.

"Denial" by Sevendust begins playing again, and the crowd boos as Gabriel Black stares defiantly at James Applebee and Crimson in the aisle. Charlotte Black puts a hand on his shoulder and says something to him, but he pays her no mind as he stares down his adversaries. With all of his own hype aside, Gabriel Black is booked now in TWO big-time matches, twenty-four hours after Crimson's brutal assault on his bad back! Can even HE survive and emerge victorious from under all this pressure? As Gabriel Black said, you can never safely bet against him, but these are some pretty big odds.

As the ring clears out after this mammoth opening segment, we're going to take a look backstage, where Tommy Hustle is going to talk to Dean Sanders! Let's take a look!

Backstage...

Dean Sanders is snarling angrily, tearing into a heavy punching bag hanging from the ceiling with heavy punches and kicks. Bass Rogers and Darren Michaels are sitting backstage with him, watching a monitor.

D. Michaels: Hear that, big man? You and me, and the Colour Show, for the titles tonight. They're pretty good, but this is our shot. The titles are coming home tonight.

B. Rogers: Yeah. Then I'll get my hands on that weaselly rat Jacob Idol and squeeze him out like a tube of toothpaste.

As they talk, Tommy Hustle walks into the room, dressed in blue jeans and a tank top.

T. Hustle: Yo! Dean Sanders! Let me get with you a minute.

Dean Sanders stops his assault on the punching back and levels an angry stare at Tommy Hustle.

D. Sanders: Make it quick, my good man. I'm not in the mood for any nonsense today.

T. Hustle: Yeah, me either. Those chumps in the Knights of the Squared Circle got the better of us last night, and I'm pretty P.O.ed about it. So since your boys already got a match, how's about we get a little match going too? You and me against that musclebound punk Monty Pompous and his butterball buddy Oldcastle, tonight.

Dean Sanders strokes his chin thoughtfully, then frowns at Tommy Hustle.

D. Sanders: You'd better be ready. This is no trifling matter.

T. Hustle: Hey, I ain't playing games either. This is about showing people we're better than those losers. We're gonna do this.

D. Sanders: Then it's a match. Come find me here when it's time to go to the ring.

Without so much as another word, Dean Sanders turns back to the punching bag and continues beating the hell out of it, ignoring Tommy Hustle. Tommy Hustle stares at him for a second, expecting him to say something else or at least acknowledge his presence again, then shrugs and walks out of the room.

We're back at ringside, and "Calling Dr. Love" by KISS begins playing. What's this? Uh-oh... here come Dave Adams and "The Chief of Governors" Tom Guycot. But for some reason, Dave Adams isn't dressed up in his usual doctor garb... he's wearing a pair of black tights with a skull on the rear and skulls on the kneepads, and white boots, and he's wearing a pirate captain's hat with a skull and crossbones in front on his head! How bizarre. They're accompanied by Nurse Vivacia, who's still wearing her nurse's uniform, as well as an old man wearing a white sailor's cap and coat and navy blue slacks, and a small, skinny, fresh-faced young man in a white and red-striped tank top and cutoff denim shorts who some wrestling fans might recognize as former NCXCW worker "The Paperboy" Jeremy Tellier. What're they doing? They come to the ring and grab microphones, and Dave Adams begins to speak first...

D. Adams: Look alive, ya bath-needing scurvy sons of seacooks! I'm your captain, the Dread Pirate "Dastardly" Dave Adams, and these are me hearties. The skullfaced man is my loyal skipper, "The Chief of Governors" Tom Guycot. Together, we're the Jolly Rogers, and we're gonna plunder VCW like a fat Spanish galleon!

Oh, brother. The Jolly Rogers? The crowd boos this nonsense, treating it with the utter lack of respect that it deserves.

D. Adams: The brave souls surrounding us are the rest of our crew. You know Nurse Vivacia by now... she's our medic. The gentleman in the cap is our loyal crewman, Seaman Staines. And this plucky lad here is Roger the Cabin Boy. They'll be at our side as we set sail through the stormy waters of VCW! Our coffers will be filled with gold, and buckets o' blood aplenty spilled, ere we be seen back at port! Now what do you say to that!?

Tom Guycot takes the microphone.

T. Guycot: It seems that, unable to provide for my family any other way, I have turned to a life of piracy. The shame that this brings to my heart nearly equals my desire for the newfound riches we will surely get. No, it doesn't.

Tom Guycot hangs his head and shakes it for a second, then perks up and holds a finger up like he has an idea, and poses with his chest thrown out, his hands on his hips, and his chin raised high as Dave Adams takes the microphone back.

D. Adams: And as far as all these sweet California girls go... Dastardly Dave is in, and still making house calls in his Magic Ambulance of Love. I'll be happy to guide you in your delicious descent into decadent delights, and shock your body and rock your body all night long. If you want a little nautical naughtiness in your life, I'd be happy to guide my vessel into your narrow, tropical canal. And when I turn the electricity of the ecstasy up to a hundred and eighty thousand volts, and your body shakes and quakes with contractions of carnal contentment, that's when I'll man the battlements and roll out my big cannon, firing shot after shot into the walls of your fortress until you surrender to the soul-shattering sensation of sexual satisfaction. So brace yourselves, you saucy wenches, for the coming of the orgasmic overlord, and the pleasures I'll bestow on each and every one of you.

The crowd boos loudly. If he's a pirate now, why's he still using the "Doctor" Dave Adams shtick? Old habits die hard, I guess. But now... uh-oh, he just handed the microphone off to Seaman Staines! Oh, great, what could THIS joker possibly have to say?

S. Staines: Aye, captain. Now, we'll be concluding our pirate business with a sing-a-long. Everyone ready?

The others in the ring nod and agree in the affirmative, and Seaman Staines begins to launch into an awful, off-beat, off-key rendition of the Spongebob Squarepants theme song, as the others join in to shout occasionally.

S. Staines: Whooooooo sails in a galleon and plunders the sea?

All: JOL-LY RO-GERS!

S. Staines: Unpleasant and nasty and vicious are we!

All: JOL-LY RO-GERS!

S. Staines: If naked women is something you want...

All: JOL-LY RO-GERS!

S. Staines: Then ask Nurse Vivacia to show us her--

Hold it, the audio just cut out on the mic, and "Riders On The Storm" by Creed begins playing! On one hand, at least someone's going to disrupt this nonsense; on the other hand, it IS the New Immortals, so things'll probably only get worse. Sure enough, "Magnificent" Moy Lazzario and "Beautiful" Bobby Danson step out of the backstage entrance, accompanied by Nicole and Steve "Mongo" McMichael. They both have microphones...

M. Lazzario: Hi, I'm "Magnificent" Moy Lazzario.

B. Danson: And I'm his tag team partner, "Beautiful" Bobby Danson. Together, we're the New Immortals... two great wrestlers, one super fantastilicious tag team. We're accompanied by the lovely and talented Nicole, and the mighty and talented Steve "Mongo" McMichael.

Hold it, Nicole just grabbed Moy Lazzario's microphone!

Nicole: And before this goes any further, I think that Nurse Vivacia has shown off QUITE enough of her naked body after last night. I mean, we all knew she was a cheap slut before Horror Show, but now everybody knows she's a complete fucking WHORE.

Nurse Vivacia shoots Nicole a murderous look and grabs a microphone to reply.

N. Vivacia: Yeah, well you're a bitch!

Nicole: Tramp!

N. Vivacia: Cunt!

Nicole: Prostitute!

Before Nurse Vivacia can hurl another insult back at Nicole, Tom Guycot grabs the microphone away from her.

T. Guycot: Ladies, please. There must be a more dignified way to resolve our differences than that. It's important to remain calm.

Moy Lazzario takes Nicole's microphone.

M. Lazzario: Yeah, what would you know, you skull-faced shmuck!?

T. Guycot: You just insult because you're too ignorant to handle these issues maturely.

M. Lazzario: Yeah, well you just wear that mask because your face looks like the hair on my ass!

T. Guycot: Why you... bastard!

M. Lazzario: Your ass looks like the hair on my crotch!

T. Guycot: Lackwit!

M. Lazzario: Your face looks like someone ran over my dick!

T. Guycot: Simpleton!

M. Lazzario: Your dick looks like somebody shrunk your head and neck!

T. Guycot: Dunderhead!

M. Lazzario: Your ass looks like somebody inflated my balls!

Nurse Vivacia finally gets fed up and grabs the microphone away from Tom Guycot.

N. Vivacia: Look, I don't even know why you guys came out here. So why don't you just leave?

Nicole takes the microphone back from Moy Lazzario.

Nicole: The reason we're out here is because of that stunt you pulled in that bikini contest last night. You screwed me over, you dirty slut!

N. Vivacia: I didn't screw you. MONGO screwed ME. After all, I'm generous to the people who can actually appreciate my charms.

Nicole: I don't know what's worse, that you fucked Mongo to win the contest, or that you're bragging about it now.

Mongo turns and stares at Nicole with an incredulous, hurt look on his face, and Bobby Danson quickly steps between them.

B. Danson: Now, look. Mongo's a strapping, handsome man. There's no need to fight amongst ourselves when we could fight those guys instead. We can beat them up. Remember when we beat up the entire cast of Gilligan's Island all at once? This couldn't be that much harder.

M. Lazzario: Those guys weren't the cast of Gilligan's Island, remember? That was the time when we went to Hawaii for your brother's birthday, and you had too much to drink and started raising hell at one of the theme parks.

B. Danson: Close enough, though. Who's to say we can't do it again, except with these guys?

M. Lazzario: All right, then. You chumps are going down faster than the S.S. Minnow!

Moy Lazzario and Bobby Danson run to the ring and slide inside, then quickly begin brawling with Dave Adams and Tom Guycot, as Jerry Rogers enters the ring and calls for the bell to begin the match!

New Immortals
w/Nicole & Steve "Mongo" McMichael

vs.

Jolly Rogers
w/Nurse Vivacia, Seaman Staines, & Roger the Cabin Boy

Moy Lazzario and Tom Guycot start off the match after the chaos dies down, and face off in a close, fast-paced contest of quickness and wrestling ability as the match opens. Tom Guycot takes control and executes an airplane spin, then staggers Moy Lazzario into the ropes with several Tomahawk chops, but Moy Lazzario dumps him over the top when he charges, then leaps out onto him with a tope suicida! Moy Lazzario continues the beating on the outside, but Nurse Vivacia raises her skirt to show off a flesh-colored thong underneath, and Moy Lazzario loses his concentration and stares at her. Unfortunately, so does Tom Guycot, and he doesn't retake the advantage, as they both just stop and admire Nurse Vivacia's panties.

Nicole quickly comes over, looking pissed, and begins choking Nurse Vivacia from behind with the handle of her croquet mallet. Mongo sees the ensuing violence and decides to make himself at home, so he begins gleefully bullying Seaman Staines and Roger the Cabin Boy on the outside, slapping them around with ease despite the two-on-one odds. Since Nurse Vivacia's skirt has fallen again, Tom Guycot and Moy Lazzario turn their attentions back to the match. Tom Guycot blocks a punch and takes Moy Lazzario head-first into the ringpost, then rolls him back into the ring and covers for two. A Miracle Ecstasy gets two and a half, and he tags in Dave Adams to continue the assault. But when Dave Adams goes to pull Moy Lazzario up, he gets a low blow!

Outside of the ring, Nurse Vivacia and Nicole have brawled all the way up the aisle, and Tom Guycot jumps down off the apron to defend his allies from the assault of Steve "Mongo" McMichael. Moy Lazzario takes Dave Adams down with a snapmare, runs into the ropes, and dropkicks him in the face, then tags in Bobby Danson. Bobby Danson puts Dave Adams in a torture rack, and Moy Lazzario grabs his head, and they go down in a rather awkward-looking torture rack drop/Ace Crusher combo that looks like it nearly broke poor Dave Adams's neck! Bobby Danson hauls Dave Adams to his feet and continues the attack, clobbering him with superior power and stretching him on the mat.

Dave Adams is in trouble for a short while as Bobby Danson takes control, but then he gains an opening with an elbow to the stomach followed by a jawbreaker that takes Bobby Danson down. Bobby Danson gets up, and Dave Adams takes him to his corner and tags in Tom Guycot. They both take their turns working over Bobby Danson for a few minutes, cutting off any of his attempts at offense. But when Tom Guycot seems ready to finish the match and goes for the Skullicide, Bobby Danson catches him and brings him out of the corner with a big SPINEBUSTER!! He collapses to the mat, and both men crawl to their corners, tagging in Moy Lazzario and Dave Adams!

Moy Lazzario comes in from the hot tag and takes both of his opponents down with repeated dropkicks, armdrags, and hiptosses, going on the typical roll that one goes on after a hot tag despite the fact that the crowd's not really behind him. He dumps Tom Guycot to the outside, where Bobby Danson begins brawling with him, then takes Dave Adams down with the Thesz press and punches him in the face repeatedly! He pulls Dave Adams up, kicks him in the midsection, and goes for the Ace Crusher, but Dave Adams shoves him forward into one of the corners! Moy Lazzario hits the turnbuckles chest-first, turns, and staggers out... into the DOCTOR'S ORDERS!! Dave Adams just flattened him out of nowhere! But Mongo slides into the ring behind him! Dave Adams turns around... and Mongo mows him down with a clothesline! Jerry Rogers calls for the disqualification!

The Jolly Rogers defeated The New Immortals when Adams defeated Lazzario via disqualification in 0:07:17.
Rating: **

The match is over, but Mongo isn't going to stop! He pulls Dave Adams up, knees him in the midsection, and lifts him with a rear gutwrench... TOMBSTONE!! He just spiked Dave Adams! Tom Guycot slides into the ring, and Mongo knocks him back into the ropes with a big right hand, then rushes him and knocks him out over the top rope with a big clothesline! Seaman Staines and Roger the Cabin Boy slide into the ring to try to help... and Mongo turns and mows them down with a double clothesline! They go down and roll out of the ring, and Mongo stands in the ring, beating his chest and bellowing triumphantly! Steve "Mongo" McMichael is standing tall in the ring after this match!

The Jolly Rogers regroup on the outside of the ring with their entourage, and they begin heading backstage, yelling threats into the ring. Seconds later, the New Immortals and Mongo follow, and finally that nonsense is over.

We're moving on now... and "War Pigs" by Black Sabbath just kicked on! The crowd boos loudly as David Wright Hubbard swaggers out of the backstage entrance with a smug smile on his face, accompanied by Michelle Hubbard, who's now wearing her husband's T-shirt with the "DWH" logo on the front, and "NOW YOU'RE MESSING WITH A SON OF A BITCH" on the back. They walk to the ring, holding hands, and then David Wright Hubbard steps up on the ring apron and holds the ropes open for Michelle before he climbs inside himself! Well, he's certainly the model of chivalry after last night's attack on Lars Coverdale. He grabs a microphone and raises it, as the crowd begins chanting "WE WANT LARS!", then stops. Michelle listens to the "WE WANT LARS" chant for a second, then takes the microphone herself.

M. Hubbard: Trust me, no, you don't. He's gotta be the most sexually inadequate man in the world.

The crowd boos, and Michelle Hubbard laughs as she hands the microphone off to David Wright Hubbard.

D.W. Hubbard: Besides, he's done here! You ever whipped a man's ass before!? Because last night, I sure enough whipped that man's ass!!

The crowd boos, and David Wright Hubbard laughs to himself. It's true that he gave Lars Coverdale the beating of a lifetime, but only because Michelle Hubbard turned against him unexpectedly!

D.W. Hubbard: Basically, he's finished. He ain't gonna be fit to come back to the ring, he ain't gonna have the guts to show his face here again, and he ain't NEVER gonna get in my face again!

The crowd boos loudly again, and David Wright Hubbard paces in the ring.

D.W. Hubbard: Now, as far as tonight goes, I got a match with Gabriel Black. And me and him ain't always seen eye-to-eye, but I gotta say... I respect Gabriel Black. He's a good man. He's a real talented wrestler. Hell, he used to be my boss. But ain't none of that gonna stop me tonight.

You see, he comes out here, running his mouth and talking shit, telling us how great he is because he beat Crimson. Hell, I beat Crimson too, and I did it at the biggest show of the year! I'm real glad and everything for this VCW Television Title shot, but let's face it, I oughtta be getting a shot at the VCW World Title too. I whipped Crimson's ass for the belt and got screwed out of it by Tony Garcia, and I ain't never had a rematch. But then Gabriel Black starts talking about how he ain't never had an ass-whipping, saying "Gabriel Black does not lose" and all that shit... well, let me tell you something, brother. There's a first time for everything, and anybody in VCW will tell you that David Wright Hubbard wrote the book on whipping ass!!

The crowd boos, and David Wright Hubbard keeps pacing for a few seconds, then looks down the aisle at the backstage entrance.

D.W. Hubbard: So basically, Gabriel, you're looking at getting in the ring with the baddest man in this place, the man who whipped Crimson's ass even worse than you did, the man who just put the Heavy Metal Express out of business singlehandedly, and you're gonna come in here and defend your title. How about that!? How do you like me now!?

The crowd boos, but the boos get even louder when "Denial" by Sevendust begins playing over the arena sound system! Here he comes! The VCW World Champion, the VCW Television Champion, Gabriel Black, comes out of the backstage entrance, accompanied by Derek Cole, and begins walking to the ring. He's wearing the VCW World Title around his waist, but he's also carrying the VCW Television Title, and he points to it and says something to David Wright Hubbard on his way to the ring. He slides into the ring and poses on one of the top turnbuckles, raising each one of his title belts high in one hand! He steps down, and Bobcat McGavin enters the ring and calls for the bell to begin this match!

For the VCW Television Title:

Gabriel Black (c)
w/Derek Cole

vs.

David Wright Hubbard
w/Michelle Hubbard

They both open the match cautiously, and Gabriel Black starts off in control by taking David Wright Hubbard to the mat with a dragon screw leg whip, then does his best to keep him there. Gabriel Black's strategy in the early portions of the match is to keep David Wright Hubbard on the mat, where Gabriel Black's superior mat wrestling ability will overcome him. Gabriel Black doesn't hesitate to attack David Wright Hubbard's historically injured right knee, singling it out for abuse. Likewise, when David Wright Hubbard manages to fight back and get in a few spots of offense, he goes right for Gabriel Black's lower back.

Gabriel Black controls the opening minutes of the match for the most part, but that changes when David Wright Hubbard kicks him into the turnbuckles on a figure-four leglock attempt, then bolts to his feet and wipes Gabriel Black out with a desperation lariat. He stops to flex his knee and try to walk off some of the punishment it's taken, then mauls Gabriel Black with a few power moves before he dumps him to the outside of the ring and goes out after him. David Wright Hubbard dominates Gabriel Black in a brawl around ringside, cutting off all of his attempts to turn the tide and abusing him mercilessly, almost as Crimson did during their match at Horror Show. After numerous other attacks, he scoops Gabriel Black up and takes him back-first into one of the steel ringposts! Gabriel Black shouts in pain, and David Wright Hubbard drops him to writhe on the arena floor!

Derek Cole doesn't seem to like what he sees, and he starts to approach David Wright Hubbard... but Michelle Hubbard grabs him by the shoulder and whirls him around! She starts saying something to him, and he punches her right in the face! Michelle Hubbard throws up her fists and takes a few swings at Derek Cole, but he dodges and blocks them, taunting her, then kicks her in the side of the waist... but David Wright Hubbard turns his attention to the fight, then charges up from behind Derek Cole and CLOBBERS him with a lariat to the back of the head! He just creamed Derek Cole from behind, and the crowd actually cheers for him a little! David Wright Hubbard smiles at his wife and stomps down on Derek Cole's fallen carcass one more time, then goes back over to Gabriel Black and pulls him up by the hair, but gets a low blow!

David Wright Hubbard doubles over, and Gabriel Black takes him head-first into the steel ringpost, then rolls him back into the ring. He stays outside for a few seconds to rest and shake off the effects of the beating he took, then climbs up on the apron as David Wright Hubbard begins to get up, leaps to the top rope, and springs off to take him down with a big springboard clothesline! Both of them stay down for a bit, as Gabriel Black continues to rest after taking a beating, and then they both get up. But Gabriel Black's up first, and he backs into the ropes, then comes off with a dropkick to the knee that knocks David Wright Hubbard back down!

Now the advantage is firmly in Gabriel Black's hands again, and he unleashes an intense assault on David Wright Hubbard's knee, stomping and attacking it viciously. He puts on a half Boston crab, and David Wright Hubbard claws his way to the ropes, though he's clearly in a lot of pain. David Wright Hubbard starts to get up again, but Gabriel Black takes him down with a kneebreaker, then rips off David Wright Hubbard's kneebrace and throws it out of the ring! He steps around his leg, and slaps on a FIGURE-FOUR LEGLOCK!! The crowd boos, and David Wright Hubbard roars in pain, thrashing around in the ring! Bobcat McGavin goes to check on him, and Gabriel Black grabs the ropes for extra leverage... but Michelle Hubbard reaches in and gouges his eyes! Gabriel Black breaks the hold and curls up on the mat, clutching his eyes!

Bobcat McGavin looks up and sees Gabriel Black, and then he turns to Michelle Hubbard and starts questioning her accusingly. He knows something's up, but he may not be able to prove it! And meanwhile, David Wright Hubbard just rolled out of the ring and grabbed a chair! He slides back in and gets up, as Gabriel Black pulls himself to his feet... and he limps over and NAILS Gabriel with the chair! Gabriel Black goes down, and David Wright Hubbard chucks the chair out of the ring just before Bobcat McGavin turns around! He goes for the cover on Gabriel Black, and we may have a new VCW Television Champion... but no, Gabriel Black kicks out at two and three-quarters!

David Wright Hubbard slips out of the ring and sits on the apron, and Michelle Hubbard retrieves his kneebrace and helps him put it back on. He rolls back into the ring, wearing his kneebrace once again, but he's still limping severely, even with it on. Gabriel Black starts to get up, and David Wright Hubbard grabs him and whips him into a corner! Gabriel Black hits the turnbuckles back-first and staggers forward, and David Wright Hubbard cuts him down with a BIG lariat!! Gabriel Black spins in mid-air from the impact and flops to the mat, and David Wright Hubbard covers... but only gets two and three-quarters again!

David Wright Hubbard argues with Bobcat McGavin about the count for a second, then steps out to the apron and begins climbing the turnbuckles. He's going for the Flying Cross Bodypress, but he's climbing pretty slowly here due to his hurt knee... and Gabriel Black gets to his feet, then staggers into the ropes, shaking them and making David Wright Hubbard fall crotch-first on the top turnbuckle! He's stunned, and Gabriel Black clears the cobwebs from his head and climbs up to the top with David Wright Hubbard! He hooks him in a front chancery and lifts with a desperate cry... SUPERPLEX!! Gabriel Black just brought David Wright Hubbard down with a superplex!

Both men are down after that big move, and Bobcat McGavin begins a count for them. Gabriel Black gets up at seven, and David Wright Hubbard starts getting up not long after. He turns and staggers towards Gabriel Black, but gets a kick to the knee! He roars in pain and doubles over, and Gabriel Black hooks his head and takes him down with a DDT!! That brought him down again! But instead of going for the pin, Gabriel Black sits up with a pained, sadistic smile, and gets to his feet... then signals for the Destiny Driver!! He's going to take David Wright Hubbard out too! But can he do it!? Does he have the strength in his back!?

Gabriel Black pulls David Wright Hubbard up, and yells in pain and effort at the top of his lungs as he lifts, but he has him upside-down! He's gonna give him the Destiny Driver! But Michelle Hubbard slides into the ring behind him, holding the chair from ringside, and BLASTS HIM RIGHT ACROSS THE BACK!! Gabriel Black cries out in pain and buckles forward, dropping David Wright Hubbard, and Bobcat McGavin calls for the bell!!

Gabriel Black defeated David Wright Hubbard via disqualification in 0:16:40.
Rating: ***
(Gabriel Black retained the VCW Television Title.)

The crowd boos loudly, and Gabriel Black rolls out of the ring, grimacing in pain as he puts a hand to his back, then joins Derek Cole on the outside as Michelle Hubbard drops the chair to check on her husband. Both of them look a little worse for wear after this encounter, but Gabriel Black grabs his VCW Television Title belt and VCW World Title belt from the timekeeper's table and puts one over each shoulder, then points to himself and says something to David Wright Hubbard that the cameras don't catch. They're heading backstage now, and Gabriel Black just made it past David Wright Hubbard in one piece. But he took one hell of a beating, and he STILL must defend the VCW World Title against Crimson and Johnny Smiles in a Triple Threat Match tonight!

After a few minutes, David Wright Hubbard rolls out of the ring. He leans on Michelle's shoulders for support as he limps backstage, giving all the fans a surly look and bitching to himself as he leaves. He came close to defeating Gabriel Black in this match, but he didn't quite take the VCW Television Title, and he's definitely frustrated. After he wiped out Lars Coverdale last night, this wasn't the successful follow-up victory he had hoped for.

But with that match finished, we're going to move on again! "Halfway Decent" by Audio Karate begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd cheers as "Halfway Decent" Heather Dannon and Pauline Vietjohn come out of the backstage entrance! Pauline certainly looks happy, with a big smile on her face, but that's nothing compared to Heather Dannon, who's grinning widely and jumping around excitedly on the way to the ring! She's back to wearing her white spandex tube top, white tights with silver shooting stars on the legs, and silver boots; she won't need the Masked Avenger costume anymore, because last night she made up with Pauline Vietjohn and earned an official VCW contract!

They walk to the ring together, but halfway down the aisle, Heather Dannon turns and spontaneously hugs Pauline Vietjohn, jumping up and down excitedly, then runs to the ring and slides inside. Pauline Vietjohn just smiles, shakes her head, and follows her. Once in the ring, Heather Dannon calls for a microphone and begins talking, excitedly and too fast.

H. Dannon: Hi, everybody! I know you've heard this before, but I want to say it anyway... it's GREAT to be here, wrestling in the VCW Arena for all of you. I love it!

The crowd cheers.

H. Dannon: I can't believe I'm actually a VCW wrestler! I'm really, actually on TV and stuff! This is really cool!! Hi, Mom! Hi, Dad! Are you watching? Sorry I kinda ran off for the past month or so. Look, I'll come home right after the show, okay? I'll tell you about everything! I'll stay for dinner. Mom, you can make your special potato salad, and those bratwursts that have little slivers of jalepeno peppers in them--I know the weather's not really good for using the grill, but maybe just this once? It's a REALLY special occasion. Please? I'll call you!!

The crowd gives a rather confused, subdued round of cheers. Her enthusiasm is a little contagious, but this segment's rapidly turning into a pretty amateurish spectacle.

H. Dannon: Anyway, now that I'm here in VCW, with a contract as a real, official wrestler, it's time to get down to the wrestling! So if there's anyone in the back who wants to fight me--

Oh, no. "Superbeast" by Rob Zombie just hit the arena sound system, and the crowd boos loudly as Komachi steps out of the backstage entrance, accompanied by Minako! She just lost the SJW World Tag Team Titles last night to Christina Ellis and the Pink Kitten, and she has to be in a bad mood! She points into the ring at Heather Dannon, and a cruel smile crosses her face as she pounds her fist into her palm. In the ring, Heather Dannon's eyes go wide, and she raises one hand to protest as she speaks into the microphone.

H. Dannon: Wait! Not YOU!! I meant someone else!

Komachi's ignoring Heather Dannon's protests, walking purposefully to the ring. She slides inside, and Linda Peterson enters the ring to call for the bell! It looks like we've got a match!

"Halfway Decent" Heather Dannon
w/Pauline Vietjohn

vs.

Komachi
w/Minako

Komachi enters the ring, and Heather Dannon yells "YEAH! BIG DROPKICK!" and runs forward and dropkicks Komachi, sending her staggering back into the ropes... but Komachi just runs forward as Heather Dannon gets up, and clobbers her with a clothesline! Heather Dannon starts getting up again, but Komachi clubs her in the back of the neck, then pulls her into a knee to the midsection! She whips Heather Dannon into a corner of the ring, and she hits the turnbuckles and staggers out... into a URAKEN!! Heather Dannon goes down to the canvas, completely laid out!! Komachi goes for the cover... and gets three! She won't be making any overtime tonight!

Komachi pinned Heather Dannon after a uraken in 0:00:38.
Rating: 1/2*

Komachi turns and says something to Minako, and the camera catches a few words in Japanese as Komachi turns and celebrates her victory, raising her hands and yelling something to the crowd. Pauline Vietjohn comes into the ring and crouches over Heather Dannon, checking on her... but on the outside of the ring, Minako just pulled a table out from under the ring, and she's setting it up! Komachi turns to Pauline Vietjohn, grabs her by the hair, and pulls her up... and SPITS BLUE MIST IN HER FACE!! Come on!! Pauline Vietjohn staggers back, clutching her eyes, and Komachi measures her and kicks her square in the face, knocking her down!

Minako has the table set up near the apron now, and Komachi pulls Heather Dannon into a standing headscissors, lifts her, and SMASHES her down on the mat with a power bomb! Then she rolls her out onto the table and leaves her laying there. Pauline Vietjohn's starting to get up, but she's still hurt and blinded, and Komachi takes her apart with a series of quick jabs to the face and body, then grabs her by the hair and pulls her face-first into a kneelift. Pauline Vietjohn goes down, and Komachi puts her in a standing headscissors and lifts, then takes a running start towards the table... RUNNING POWER BOMB THROUGH THE TABLE ON THE FLOOR!! Komachi just tossed Pauline Vietjohn out over the top rope, putting her through the table with Heather Dannon on it with a huge power bomb!!

Pauline Vietjohn and Heather Dannon are both laid out in the wreckage of the table at ringside, and Komachi and Minako just smile at each other and begin heading backstage. Komachi's a world-class athlete, a former SJW World Champion and former SJW World Tag Team Champion, and to be bullying a pair of rookies like this is really beneath her. She won the match against Heather Dannon, but there was no call for this! She doesn't seem to care; she looks pleased with herself as she heads backstage.

As trainers come out for Heather Dannon and Pauline Vietjohn, we're going to take a look backstage at the Knights of the Squared Circle, as they prepare for the next match!

Backstage...

Monty Pompous and Jockey Oldcastle are sitting backstage in a fancy-looking dressing room, with curtains hanging from the walls and a table set in the middle. There are unlit candlesticks on the table, and plates and silverware set out, but no food yet.

M. Pompous: Truly, the catering service that will bring our meal is a fine and noble institution. I shall leave our good deliverer a most generous gratuity on the table!

Monty Pompous produces an old leather coin-purse from his side, and pulls a ten and twenty dollar bill out of it, then places both on the table.

M. Pompous: Is thirty dollars sufficient compensation for this worthy man's time and labors? What say you, my bully comrade?

J. Oldcastle: Those most excellent souls who bring food to our table can never be rewarded richly enough.

M. Pompous: Well said, my old friend of the castle!

Monty Pompous takes the ten dollar bill away and replaces it with another twenty.

M. Pompous: Now, we must clapper-claw a pair of bold and saucy villains. Let us depart for the ring, bully Hercules.

J. Oldcastle: Indeed, Monty. My anticipation for the sound drubbing we shall give these poor fools is nearly as much ardent as my anticipation of enjoying the delicious feast that will surely be here upon our return. Though I do believe the portion of our meal which I eat will likely be larger than the total weight either of our opponents.

M. Pompous: I daresay it will, most noble valiant. It might probably be larger than both opponents combined. Such unmatched might and hearty constitution as you possess requires a great amount of sustenance. You are a veritable Ethiopian! Hector of Troy, my good man!

The two men leave the room, and the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

It looks like the Knights of the Squared Circle are prematurely planning a bit of a celebration! We'll see if that works out well for them. Right now "Tziganne" by Bozzio, Levin, and Stevens is playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd boos as Monty Pompous and Jockey Oldcastle, the Knights of the Squared Circle, come out of the backstage entrance. They make their way to the ring slowly and climb inside. Monty Pompous begins removing his shirt and slacks, revealing his usual black tights and boots underneath, but fortunately Jockey Oldcastle keeps his leather jerkin and wool slacks on.

And then "Stuntman" by 24-7 Spyz begins playing, and the crowd cheers as Dean Sanders and Tommy Hustle come out of the backstage entrance! They're not wasting any time, either... they run straight to the ring and begin assaulting their opponents, and Brendan Powers enters the ring to call for the bell!

Knights of the Squared Circle

vs.

Dean Sanders & Tommy Hustle

In the opening brawl, Tommy Hustle sends Jockey Oldcastle retreating to the outside with a series of rapid dropkicks and quick moves, then joins Dean Sanders in assaulting Monty Pompous. Finally, Brendan Powers sends Tommy Hustle outside, leaving Dean Sanders to start off the match against Monty Pompous. He tears into him in a relatively one-sided brawl, obviously angry about the outcome of last night's match and ready to exact some vengance. Monty Pompous takes a beating, then gets a low blow and tags in Jockey Oldcastle, but Dean Sanders tags in Tommy Hustle.

Tommy Hustle comes in and confounds Jockey Oldcastle with his superior speed and agility, outmaneuvering him skillfully for a while until Monty Pompous clobbers him in the back when he runs into the ropes. Tommy Hustle staggers forward into a clothesline from Jockey Oldcastle, who is by this time out of breath and sweating profusely. Jockey Oldcastle tags Monty Pompous back in, and Monty Pompous goes to work on Tommy Hustle, keeping him cut off from Dean Sanders and attacking him, occasionally bringing Jockey Oldcastle back in for a few power moves.

After a few minutes of this, Jockey Oldcastle signals that it's time for the match to end, and he bodyslams Tommy Hustle, then backs into the ropes and comes off with the Big Splash, but Tommy Hustle rolls out of the way! Jockey Oldcastle gets up, huffing and puffing, and tries to take a swing at Tommy Hustle, but Hustle ducks, then pops up and nails him with a dropkick! Jockey Oldcastle wobbles backwards, pinwheeling his arms wildly, and finally falls down on his rump in his corner, where he tags in Monty Pompous... but Tommy Hustle tags in Dean Sanders!

Dean Sanders comes in and goes absolutely berserk, dropping Monty Pompous repeatedly with stiff, intense offense. Seeing his partner in trouble, Jockey Oldcastle waddles back into the ring and comes to help, but Tommy Hustle leaps up on the top rope and springs off at him to take him down with a SPRINGBOARD THESZ PRESS!! Jockey Oldcastle goes down and rolls out of the ring, then starts to get up... but Tommy Hustle climbs up on the top turnbuckle and leaps out onto him with a FLYING CROSS BODYPRESS!!

In the ring, Dean Sanders knocks Monty Pompous down with a lariat and covers for a near fall. He bodyslams him down, then climbs to the top turnbuckle and leaps off with a FLYING ELBOWDROP!! Monty Pompous's body shakes with the impact, and Dean Sanders covers and hooks a leg... but again, only gets two and three-quarters! And meanwhile, Jockey Oldcastle just caught Tommy Hustle with a low blow on the outside of the ring! He sees his partner in trouble, then grabs a chair and slides into the ring... and that idiot Brendan Powers is checking on Tommy Hustle instead of watching the ring!

Dean Sanders starts to pull Monty Pompous up into a standing headscissors, but he sees Jockey Oldcastle getting into the ring with the chair! He comes over to cut him off with a kick to the massive belly, and Jockey Oldcastle drops the chair and doubles over! Dean Sanders grabs the chair, takes aim, and just WHACKS Jockey Oldcastle with a huge chairshot! He goes down and rolls out of the ring, but Monty Pompous is starting to get up! On the outside, Tommy Hustle doesn't see what's going on, but he just gestured for Brendan Powers to leave him alone and get back to the match... and he does, just in time to see Dean Sanders whack Monty Pompous over the head with the chair!! That'll disqualify him right away!

The Knights of the Squared Circle defeated Dean Sanders and Tommy Hustle when Monty defeated Sanders via disqualification in 0:07:13.
Rating: 3/4*

Dean Sanders throws down the chair in disgust and starts shouting at Brendan Powers, and that gives Monty Pompous the opportunity to roll out of the ring and join Jockey Oldcastle on the outside of the ring! They begin retreating up the aisle together... they just won this match via disqualification, so they're both still undefeated in VCW! Tommy Hustle slides into the ring and starts to say something, but Dean Sanders just shoves him aside rudely, then stares down the aisle at Jockey Oldcastle and Monty Pompous. This isn't over...

As Dean Sanders remains in the ring, we're going to take a look at his friends, the Tough Customers, getting ready for their title shot coming up next. Let's take a look!

Backstage...

The Tough Customers, Bass Rogers and "The Star Player" Darren Michaels, are backstage in their dressing room, watching the monitor. Darren Michaels just smiles.

D. Michaels: Hey, he might've lost that match, but those two chumps sure aren't leaving looking like winners.

B. Rogers: Yeah, he can handle himself. But we're on next. You ready for this match? You ready to take the belts back?

D. Michaels: You know it, big man. Let's head out. It's time.

Bass Rogers gets up and opens the door to the dressing room, and as soon as he does baseball bat swings through the doorway, catching him square in the face. He goes down to the floor, and Darren Michaels steps back in shock.

D. Michaels: What the hell!?

Blade and John Uldwall, the Wrecking Crew, step into the room carrying baseball bats.

Blade: I don't know what's going on with you two getting a title shot. You lost that match last night fair and square. We're the ones who got screwed. And we're getting real sick of getting screwed, so we're just gonna take that title shot... if that's all right with you.

D. Michaels: I don't know who the hell you think you are, but you can't--

John Uldwall snarls and charges him, swinging his bat for his head. Darren Michaels gets an arm up to block it, but he yells out in pain and clutches his arm after the bat connects, leaving him open when John Uldwall takes another swing of the bat, catching him in the side of the head and sending him spinning to the floor. Bass Rogers starts to get up, but Blade clubs him across the back of the head with his baseball bat, then whacks him in the back a couple times as he lies on the ground.

J. Uldwall: Tough Customers!? You motherfuckers don't look so tough right now, huh!?

Blade: Anyone deserves that title shot, it's us. They cheated, they got us DQ'ed for it, but YOU guys get the kickbacks when Applebee goes to set things right? I don't think so. We're taking your goddamn title shot! We're tired of getting screwed!

John Uldwall and Blade exchange a nod, then walk out of the room together, leaving Bass Rogers and Darren Michaels laid out on the floor of the room.

Well, the Tough Customers were supposed to face the Ontario Colour Show for the VCW World Titles in the next match, but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen! We don't know what to expect in the next match... but wait! We've just received word that we're going to take another look at the Knights of the Squared Circle as they regroup backstage!

Backstage...

The fancy dressing room of the Knights of the Squared Circle is shown again, and this time, there's food set out on the table. Several trays are placed out, holding offerings such as vegetables in gravy, blood sausages, a steak and kidney pie, and foil-wrapped potatoes. The door to the room opens, and Monty Pompous and Jockey Oldcastle walk in, looking somewhat beaten and haggard, but also jovial.

M. Pompous: It may have been a rough battle, but we were victorious. In the end, no more matters.

J. Oldcastle: Nothing else matters a bit at present to me. Our dinner has arrived!

Jockey Oldcastle eagerly bellies up to the table and starts heaping food onto his plate, and Monty Pompous goes to sit at the table as well. But as they do, the door bursts open and Dean Sanders walks in, carrying a chair and smiling viciously.

D. Sanders: We're not done here yet, lads.

M. Pompous: Bold villain, to disturb us during our meal! This time, I shall vanquish you for good!

Monty Pompous charges Dean Sanders, but gets whacked in the head with the chair. Jockey Oldcastle starts to get up from his own chair, but Dean Sanders smashes him over the head with the chair as well, sending him back down rump-first onto his seat, which breaks under his massive weight and sends him spilling to the floor, looking dazed.

D. Sanders: I'll serve your dinner for you, you bloody nancy-boys.

Dean Sanders grabs the bowl of vegetables and gravy and dumps it over Monty Pompous, then grabs a few blood sausages and throws them at Jockey Oldcastle, sending them bouncing off of his face. Jockey Oldcastle starts to get up, so Dean Sanders grabs the steak and kidney pie and brings it down top-first onto Jockey Oldcastle's head, sending him back down. He roars in pain and thrashes around on the floor, his belly wobbling wildly, as searing-hot grease and gravy from the pie run down his face. Dean Sanders turns back to Monty Pompous and puts a foot on his throat, pressing down, but then Tommy Hustle comes into the room.

T. Hustle: Hey, man. Sorry to interrupt you again, but Bass and Darren just got jumped in your locker room.

D. Sanders: Damn it all! Will nothing ever go as it should?

Dean Sanders gives Monty Pompous one last spiteful kick, then leaves the room. Monty Pompous groans and twitches on the floor, as Jockey Oldcastle paws at his grease-and-gravy-covered face, and the camera fades out on the dressing room.

We're back at ringside now, and we were supposed to see the Tough Customers challenge the Ontario Colour Show for the VCW World Tag Team Titles, but it doesn't look like that's gonna happen after the attack we just saw. They... hold it! "Domination" by Pantera begins playing, and here come Blade and John Uldwall, the Wrecking Crew! The crowd boos them loudly after seeing their earlier attack on the Tough Customers, and they scowl back at the fans as they make their way to the ring. They get in, and John Uldwall grabs a microphone...

J. Uldwall: Ontario Colour Show!! There's been a change of plans! Now we're the ones getting the shot at your titles, just like it should've been in the first place! And if you're not a couple of sissies, if you're not a pair of tie-dyed yellow-bellied fairies... if you've got ANY respect for what's fair and right at all, get your asses out here and put the belts on the line right NOW!!

The crowd boos. Oh, come on... he's talking about what's fair, and what's right, but they're the ones who laid out the Tough Customers, stole their title shot, and now want to force the Ontario Colour Show into defending their titles with no advance notice! The Ontario Colour Show would be perfectly in their rights not to even answer this challenge... but "Achilles Last Stand" by Led Zeppelin kicks on, and it looks like they will! The Ontario Colour Show, Paul Canyon and Owen Addison, step out of the backstage entrance, accompanied by Tim Bell, and the crowd erupts into cheers! Owen Addison has a microphone, and he gives the Wrecking Crew a disdainful sneer as he raises it.

O. Addison: Look, if you stupid idiots had as much brains in your head as you've had needles in your ass, you'd know how stupid you sound right now. You're talking about respect and justice, and trying to pull this kind of crap? Maybe I'd expect this kind of nonsense from the New Immortals or the Knights of the Squared Circle, but from one legendary tag team to another so-called legendary tag team, I've gotta say... this is pathetic.

Paul Canyon grabs the microphone from Owen Addison and takes a step towards the ring.

P. Canyon: Yeah! But you know what they say... you have to be careful what you ask for, because you might get it. Well, you're gonna get it, all right. We don't back down from any challenge... and to be honest, it'll be a pleasure to put the titles on the line and shut you up right here, right now!

Paul Canyon tosses aside the microphone and begins charging to the ring... but behind him, Owen Addison is protesting and shaking his head! He doesn't want this match, and after he was beaten within an inch of his life by Brujah last night, you can't really blame him for that! But Paul Canyon doesn't hear Owen Addison, and he runs to the ring and slides inside... and is met with a two-on-one assault by Blade and John Uldwall! Owen Addison stomps the ground in frustration and yells "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, YOU DUMB SON OF A BITCH!?" loud enough to be picked up without a microphone, then rolls his eyes and charges to the ring to help his partner! Jerry Rogers enters the ring and calls for the bell, and we've got a match!

For the VCW World Tag Team Titles:

Ontario Colour Show (c)
w/Tim Bell

vs.

Wrecking Crew

With Owen Addison's help, Paul Canyon turns the tide of the brawl in the ring. John Uldwall gets dumped to the outside, and Owen Addison steps out to the apron as Paul Canyon takes control of Blade with repeated takedowns in the opening of the match. After a few frustrating takedowns, Blade finally reverses a hiptoss, taking Paul Canyon down himself! When Paul Canyon gets up, Blade kicks him in the midsection... but Paul Canyon catches his foot and whips him to the mat with a dragon screw takedown, then turns him over into a half Boston! Blade yells out in pain, and the crowd cheers; this move is going to target his hip, with its history of injury, and if the Ontario Colour Show can keep the match on this track, they could be on their way to a quick victory!

Blade struggles to the ropes, and Paul Canyon breaks the hold, then tags in Owen Addison. Owen Addison whips Blade into a corner of the ring, then runs forward and gets on his hands and knees in front of him in the corner... but Paul Canyon doesn't notice, because he just stepped out to the apron! Blade recovers and gives Owen a swift kick to the ribs, and the crowd boos! Obviously, Owen Addison was expecting Paul Canyon to spring off of his back and hit a high-flying move on Blade, but Paul Canyon wasn't on the same page! Owen Addison starts to get up, but Blade pulls him into a kneelift, then tosses him to the Wrecking Crew's corner and tags in John Uldwall.

The Wrecking Crew begins a slow, systematic destruction of Owen Addison, isolating him from Paul Canyon and working him over. After last night's beating from Brujah, Owen Addison is obviously nowhere near one hundred percent, and the Wrecking Crew's merciless domination with power moves and elbow and forearm strikes to the back of the head and neck worsen his condition quickly. After a few minutes, he reverses a power bomb by John Uldwall into a Frankensteiner, then begins trying to make it to his corner... but John Uldwall tags in Blade, and Blade runs forward and clobbers him with a double axhandle to the back, then drags him back into the Wrecking Crew's corner!

The abuse continues, and now Owen Addison seems to be in serious jeopardy. Blade hits a spinning leg lariat on him and covers for a near fall, then gives him a belly-to-back suplex and holds the bridge for another near fall. Sensing the end, Blade draws a thumb across his throat, lifts Owen Addison in a rear gutwrench, and takes him down with a side backbreaker, then tags in John Uldwall! John Uldwall crouches in a corner of the ring as Blade climbs to the top turnbuckles in the opposite corner. Owen Addison gets up, and the Wrecking Crew converges for the BREAKDOWN... but Owen moves!! Owen Addison just dodged the Breakdown, and Blade's spinning leg lariat collides with John Uldwall's tackle! John Uldwall goes down on the mat, and Blade crumples to the canvas as well, clutching his leg and hip! And Owen Addison stumbles and falls to his corner, but flings out a hand and TAGS PAUL CANYON!!

Paul Canyon leaps up to the top rope as both Wrecking Crew members get up, and jumps forward to take both of them down with a double springboard clothesline! Blade rolls out of the ring, and John Uldwall gets up, so Paul Canyon nails him with a dropkick, then runs at Blade and jumps through the ropes to nail him with a TOPE SUICIDA!! Blade crashes into the guardrail, and they're both down! But as they get up, John Uldwall gets back up in the ring as well! He comes over and grabs the ropes, and jumps out at Paul Canyon with a PESCADO BODYPRESS!! But Paul Canyon side-steps and pulls Blade into the way, and John Uldwall takes out his own partner as the crowd explodes into cheers!!

Paul Canyon grabs John Uldwall and whips him to the guardrail, but John Uldwall reverses, and Paul Canyon goes back-first into the rail! He staggers out, and John Uldwall LEVELS him with a huge clothesline!! Just like that, the tide of the match may have turned! Owen Addison comes over and throws a punch at John Uldwall, but Uldwall just absorbs it, kicks Owen Addison in the midsection, picks him up, and drops him throat-first across the guardrail! Owen Addison goes down in a heap, and Paul Canyon starts to get up, so John Uldwall clubs him like a baby seal with a forearm to the back of the neck, sending him back down again!

John Uldwall takes Paul Canyon face-first into the ringpost, then rolls him into the ring and gets up on the apron. As Paul Canyon gets up, John Uldwall goes to the top turnbuckle! Paul Canyon turns around... INTO A FLYING SHOULDER TACKLE!! John Uldwall just tackled Paul Canyon from the top turnbuckle, and that could finish him! He goes for the cover and hooks a leg, but Paul Canyon kicks out at two and three-quarters! John Uldwall pulls Paul Canyon up into a standing headscissors, perhaps preparing to give him a power bomb... but someone's coming out of the backstage entrance! THE TOUGH CUSTOMERS!! They're bruised and bandaged up, but Bass Rogers and Darren Michaels are running to the ring, and now THEY'VE got baseball bats! But their baseball bats are wrapped in barbed wire!!

In the ring, John Uldwall lifts Paul Canyon, then flings him to the mat with a HUGE power bomb! He starts to go for the cover, but sees the Tough Customers charging onto the scene and quickly slips out of the ring, then hops the guardrail! Blade is up on the outside by now, and he sees the same thing, and likewise hops the guardrail! The Wrecking Crew are fleeing through the stands, wanting no part of the Tough Customers and their barbed wire baseball bats! Jerry Rogers stares in confusion, then begins counting. Paul Canyon begins to stir at seven, but the Wrecking Crew are long gone by then, and Jerry Rogers makes it to ten and counts them out.

The Ontario Colour Show defeated The Wrecking Crew when Canyon beat Uldwall via countout in 0:11:18.
Rating: ** 1/4
(The Ontario Colour Show retained the VCW World Tag Team Titles.)

Paul Canyon and Owen Addison are just now beginning to come around. It appears that the Wrecking Crew might have had them beaten tonight; they were certainly in the right place at the right time, after the devestating abuse Brujah unleashed on Owen Addison last night. But the Tough Customers just chased them off, getting a measure of revenge for the lost opportunity and beating that the Wrecking Crew inflicted on them earlier. But if we know Bass Rogers and Darren Michaels, they're not going to stop at this; they're going to want to get their hands on the Wrecking Crew personally.

As the ring clears after the chaos, we're going to go backstage to Johnny Smiles and Ken Collins!

Backstage...

Johnny Smiles and Ken Collins are backstage in a dressing room. Ken Collins is dressed to wrestle, pacing like a caged tiger, as Johnny Smiles just sits on a bench, looking thoughtful.

K. Collins: I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. You got cheated last night. I got cheated last night. Stacey and Lars may never be the same after what happened. Damn it, Johnny... when I'm out there against the Hammer of the Gods and Lance Errington tonight, I might just end up doing something I'll regret.

Johnny Smiles looks up and frowns.

J. Smiles: Come on, you're starting to worry me. You're talking like Gabriel Black.

K. Collins: Maybe I am. But maybe we need to start thinking like Gabriel Black, if we want to stop being doormats for everyone in this company.

Johnny Smiles shrugs and offers Ken Collins a grin and a thumbs-up.

J. Smiles: Hey, it's not so bad. Stacey beat Rebecca, right? She'll get better. She showed us how tough she is last night. And don't forget... Yuri and Christina beat Virginia and Komachi... I'm so proud of them! And I'll find a way to cheer Lars up and nurse him back to health or something. In a couple weeks, we'll be having so much fun, we won't even remember all this!

K. Collins: Yeah, but... what about everything else? What about how Lance Errington cheated me, or how Gabriel Black cheated you?

J. Smiles: Yeah, it's a shame that you lost the VCW InterKentinental Title, but... you'll get a chance to win it back. Besides, does it really matter that much who's in the main event, and who wins and loses? We're entertainers, dedicated to amusing and delighting the legions of Johnnycoholics and Keniacs out there. As long as VCW is a little bit more fun for us being in it, that's all that matters, isn't it?

Ken Collins just shakes his head.

K. Collins: I guess... it's just hard to think that way. I don't know how you do it, Johnny. You're an eternal optimist.

J. Smiles: Well, I learned how to make my pecs dance. That's my secret. Should I show you how?

The conversation is interrupted when Troy Black and Brujah walk into the room. Johnny Smiles and Ken Collins both turn to look at them warily.

T. Black: Hey, Ken... you're our partner in the next match. We'd better head for the ring.

Ken Collins nods.

K. Collins: All right. Let's take those scumbags apart. ... Catch you later, Johnny.

Ken Collins and Brujah both turn and walk out of the room, and Troy Black looks at Johnny Smiles.

T. Black: You have a three-way title match tonight with Crimson and my brother.

J. Smiles: Yeah... I know.

T. Black: You'd better win it.

J. Smiles: I'll try.

T. Black: No. Don't you remember what Christina told Yuri? You HAVE to win. Crimson and Gabriel are gonna tear VCW to shreds and fight over the scraps. You think anyone else is gonna appear out of thin air and put them in their place? We're all out of Grave Diggers and Sandis Arlingtons. No matter what the office says, you beat me; you're the main event superstar now. So it's up to you. Do it for your fans, do it for the company... do it for your stupid stuffed cat, if that's what it takes. But you'd better win that match.

Johnny Smiles freezes under Troy Black's stare for a second or two, and then Troy turns and walks out of the room, as the camera fades out on the backstage scene.

We're back, and "Kashmir" by Led Zeppelin is playing over the arena sound system! The crowd boos loudly as Jacob Idol, Rob Solomon, and the VCW Intercontinental Champion, Lance Errington, come out of the backstage entrance and begin walking to the ring, accompanied by Derek Cole and Jasmina Chastity. They're smiling and talking like old friends on the way to the ring, and they have a lot to smile about right now. But in a few minutes, they're going to be facing three men whom they cheated last night, and things could turn around pretty quickly. They enter the ring and pose for the crowd, which greets them with a renewed burst of boos.

And then "Liquid Mercury" by Jimmy Page hits the arena sound system, and the crowd explodes into cheers as "The California Crippler" Ken Collins, Troy Black, and Brujah come out of the arena sound system! They begin walking to the ring... and Ken Collins takes off into a run! He runs ahead of Troy Black and Brujah and slides into the ring! Rob Solomon charges him with a lariat, but Ken Collins ducks, and Solomon nails Jacob Idol! He stares in horror and turns around into a blistering chest chop by Ken Collins that knocks him off his feet! Ken Collins turns to Lance Errington... and Lance NAILS him in the face with the VCW Intercontinental Title belt, then tosses it aside! And Linda Peterson enters the ring and calls for the bell to begin the match!

Troy Black, Brujah, & "The California Crippler" Ken Collins

vs.

Jacob Idol, Rob Solomon, & Lance Errington
w/Derek Cole & Jasmina Chastity

Troy Black and Brujah slide to the ring to come to Ken Collins's defense, but Linda Peterson is adamant about making them return to their corners. Brujah's angrily shouting at her, and she stops to lecture him... but meanwhile, Ken Collins is getting up! Lance Errington looks over and sees that Linda Peterson's chewing out Brujah... so he grabs the VCW Intercontinental Title belt, raises it high, and blasts Ken Collins in the head with it again!! The crowd boos loudly, and Lance Errington throws the belt out of the ring.

Brujah and Troy Black step out to the apron, muttering something to themselves. And now Linda Peterson turns around, looks at Ken Collins's prone form, and asks Lance Errington what happened... but he just holds his hands up to deny any wrongdoing, then pantomimes throwing a punch and gestures to Ken Collins! Oh, COME ON! Will she actually believe that!? Linda Peterson gives him a skeptical frown and pantomimes putting on brass knuckles as she asks him about it, and Lance Errington continues to protest his innocence. Linda Peterson demands to search Lance Errington now, and he puts his arms at his sides as she pats him down. But midway through the search, she loses track of the goal and begins copping feels on his backside instead.

Linda Peterson lets Lance Errington go after that, and he goes over to Ken Collins and begins working him over. Ken Collins is already in bad shape at the start of this match after those two blows from the title belt, and Lance Errington cuts him off from the corner and picks up where he left off last night in assaulting Ken Collins's right arm and shoulder. He brings in Jacob Idol, who continues his work, keeping Ken Collins grounded and matching him move for move when he tries to wrestle his way out of the predicament. For a few minutes, Idol, Solomon, and Lance Errington isolate Ken Collins and dominate him mercilessly.

After a few minutes, Jacob Idol goes for a shoulderbreaker on Ken Collins, but Ken Collins slips out behind him and dropkicks him in the back! Jacob Idol falls forward, and both men start getting up somewhat unsteadily. Jacob Idol throws a punch, but Ken Collins ducks and grabs a front waistlock, then flings Jacob Idol back with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex! They're both down again, and Ken Collins is favoring his arm from the effort involved in the suplex, but he manages to make it to his corner and tag in Brujah, as Jacob Idol tags in Rob Solomon!

Rob Solomon and Brujah both charge into the ring, and they run towards one another and destroy each other with simultaneous lariats!! They both go down, and get up somewhat shaken... and Rob Solomon backs into the ropes and charges with another lariat, so Brujah meets him with a lariat of his own! They both go down again, and this time Rob Solomon's getting up first! He says something to Brujah with a half-grimace, half-smirk on his face, and charges with another lariat... but Brujah ducks this one! Rob Solomon misses and runs into the ropes behind Brujah, then comes off... INTO A LARIAT!! Brujah just wiped him out that time, and Rob Solomon didn't get his own lariat in! Brujah just won that duel of lariats!

Brujah beats on Rob Solomon with some power offense, then tags in Troy Black, who takes Rob Solomon down with a snap mare, then puts on a chinlock. Rob Solomon refuses to stay down for long, though, and he fights his way out of it, then whips Troy Black into the ropes! He goes for another of his lariats when Troy comes off the ropes, but Troy Black ducks, runs into the ropes on the other side, then comes off to take Solomon down with a leaping clothesline! Rob Solomon goes down, but he starts to get up, so Troy Black puts a leg over his head for a Rocker Dropper, but Rob Solomon backdrops out of it! Troy Black lands on his feet, and Rob Solomon grabs him by the throat, but Troy Black stops him with a kick to the midsection, then drills him with a THROAT JAB!! Rob Solomon goes down hard, and Troy Black tags in Brujah.

Brujah gives Rob Solomon a Samoan drop and a brain buster, then covers him, but only gets two and a half. He mutters something to him and puts him in a standing headscissors, but Rob Solomon backdrops out of it! Brujah crashes to the mat, then starts to get up... so Rob Solomon rushes him and cuts him down with a LARIAT!! That time, he got the better of Brujah! He goes to his corner and tags in Lance Errington, and the crowd boos as their team takes control, cutting Brujah off from his corner and taking turns assaulting him. They make frequent tags and wear him down, using their superior skills to cut off his attempts at making a comeback and tagging out again. After several minutes of this treatment, with only brief hope spots that are always crushed at the last minute, Brujah is in serious trouble.

The end seems near when Rob Solomon takes Brujah down with a sitdown faceslam and covers for a count of two and three-quarters, then pulls him up, pulls his arms across his chest, and executes a straightjacket suplex! Linda Peterson gives him a count of two and a half before Troy Black enters the ring and breaks the pin. Linda Peterson admonishes Troy Black, and as she does Rob Solomon pulls Brujah up, kicks him in the crotch, and hooks him in a front chancery! He brings Brujah down with a vertical suplex, then climbs to the top turnbuckle! He leaps off with a somersault for the KATANA LEGDROP!! But Brujah rolls out of the way!!

The crowd cheers, and Rob Solomon flops around on the mat in pain, then rolls to his corner and tags in Jacob Idol. Jacob Idol comes in and grabs Brujah by the hair... but Brujah gives him a low blow! Jacob Idol doubles over, and Linda Peterson scolds Brujah now... but that gives Brujah the opening to crawl to his corner! He crawls to his corner and makes the tag!! Here comes Troy Black!! Jacob Idol looks up, and gets a spin kick to the face! Lance Errington enters the ring and charges, and Troy Black takes him down with a hiptoss! Rob Solomon gets up and staggers in, and Troy Black brings him down with a drop toe hold, then pops up in time to nail Jacob Idol with a punch as he stands back up!

Troy Black backs Jacob Idol into the ropes with a series of punches, then whips him into the opposite side and nails him with a dropkick when he comes off! Lance Errington starts to get up, but Ken Collins comes in and takes him down with a dropkick! Lance Errington starts to get up again, and Ken Collins throws him out of the ring, then climbs out after him and begins assaulting him on the outside! Derek Cole comes from behind Ken Collins, preparing to strike, but Ken Collins ducks a wildly-swung punch from Lance Errington, and the blow hits Derek Cole, knocking him down! Meanwhile, Brujah and Rob Solomon are also brawling in the ring now!

Troy Black takes Jacob Idol down with a bodyslam, then crouches over him and begins raining repeated fists down into his face! Jacob Idol reaches up and gouges Troy Black in the eyes, then throws him off and begins to stand. Troy Black recovers and tries to kick him in the midsection, but Jacob Idol catches his foot... but Troy Black leaps up and nails him with an enzuigiri!! Jacob Idol goes down!

Troy Black pulls Jacob Idol up and gives him a knee to the midsection, but Jasmina Chastity jumps up on the apron and begins screaming something at him... so Troy Black whips Jacob Idol into Jasmina Chastity! They knock heads, and Jasmina Chastity falls off of the apron, as Jacob Idol turns around and staggers towards Troy Black... into a kick to the midsection! Troy Black hooks his arms... DOUBLE ARM DDT!! And now he steps out to the apron and climbs to the top turnbuckle... BLACK DAGGER!! He just hit it! He covers and hooks the leg... but now Linda Peterson is trying to evict Rob Solomon and Brujah from the ring, because they're not legal. Come on!! Linda Peterson is taking incompetence to new heights here! Troy Black has the match won!

Troy Black gets up, glaring at Linda Peterson with contempt, and approaches her, telling her to turn back to the match. But as he does, Jasmina Chastity just slipped Rob Solomon's hockey stick into the ring! Linda Peterson brushes Troy Black off and demands Brujah and Rob Solomon leave the ring, so Troy Black turns back to Jacob Idol with disgust! Jacob Idol feebly begins struggling to his feet, and grabs the hockey stick... but Troy Black just sneers at him with contempt and takes the hockey stick away from him! But then Jacob Idol goes completely limp on the mat, just as Linda Peterson turns around! Jasmina Chastity points into the ring at Troy Black, yelling "HE HIT HIM!" and Linda Peterson looks down at Jacob Idol's motionless body, and calls for the bell!! What the hell!?

Jacob Idol, Rob Solomon, and Lance Errington defeated Troy Black, Brujah, and Ken Collins when Idol defeated T. Black via disqualification in 0:28:41.
Rating: *** 1/4

Oh, COME ON!! This is the fifth disqualification finish out of six total matches tonight, and this is getting a little ridiculous! Especially since Troy Black didn't even use the hockey stick! Troy Black is protesting loudly, arguing with Linda Peterson, but her decision stands as Jacob Idol rolls out of the ring to join Rob Solomon, Jasmina Chastity, and Derek Cole in retreating backstage. Ken Collins and Lance Errington, however, are continuing to brawl all the way up the aisle, trading punches wildly! Troy Black and Brujah roll out of the ring and also begin heading backstage, giving Linda Peterson dirty looks and muttering to each other.

The ring is clear now, and we're ready to go ahead with our main event... but hold it! "Takin' Care Of Business" by Bachman-Turner Overdrive begins playing, and the crowd cheers as James Applebee comes out of the backstage entrance! He's looking angry again, and he wastes no time in walking to the ring and grabbing a microphone.

J. Applebee: If you ask me, it'd be nice if more than one match ended by pinfall or submission tonight. This is the biggest load of shit I've ever seen!!

The crowd cheers loudly. All but one of our matches tonight has ended via disqualification or countout, and it's really dragging down the quality of the show in their eyes.

J. Applebee: We have one match left, and that's the main event. And to be honest, I've had enough of certain know-it-alls trying to manipulate the main events to their own ends. So here you have it... I am PROMISING that this match will end via pinfall or submission. And the first thing I'll do to that end is declare this match a STREET FIGHT! No holds barred, no disqualification, no count-out... there WILL be a REAL winner!!

The crowd explodes into cheers.

J. Applebee: And just to make sure that it's the right winner, I'm leaving this ultimatum. I don't anyone getting near this ring except for the timekeeper, the ring announcer, and the three men in this match... Crimson, Johnny Smiles, and the VCW World Champion, Gabriel Black. If anyone else gets near this ring, they're FIRED. I don't care if it's Derek Cole, the Hammer of the Gods, Crimson's bikers, or Johnny's friends... they're not getting near that ring. I don't even want our medics or trainers getting in there. If somebody gets hurt... if somebody has a heart attack and drops deader than a doornail in that ring, we are WAITING for that son of a gun to be COVERED and PINNED before anyone gets in there and takes him out!!

The crowd cheers yet again, and James Applebee shrugs off his shirt, revealing a striped referee's shirt under it to another pop.

J. Applebee: And I'll be the referee for this match again... and this time, nothing's gonna go wrong. Why? Because if anybody tries to stop me from doing my job tonight, I'm gonna kick their ass, and THEN I'm gonna fire 'em!!

The crowd cheers again, and now "Degenerated" by the Lone Rangers begins playing to an even larger roar of cheers. Johnny Smiles comes out of the backstage entrance and jogs to the ring, and the crowd is behind him all the way! They want to see Johnny Smiles as the VCW World Champion! Troy Black may have had it right earlier... this is a situation where Johnny Smiles cannot afford to fail. He's been cheated at every turn, after coming so close... now, with the playing field levelled and everything virtually guaranteed to be fair, he must prove his detractors wrong and succeed! He slides into the ring and poses one one of the top turnbuckles to a renewed explosion of cheers from the crowd.

And now "Walk" by Pantera starts playing, and the crowd's cheers shift to boos as Crimson steps out of the backstage entrance. He's the former VCW World Champion as of twenty-four hours ago, and he'd really love to claim the VCW World Title again over the dead bodies of Johnny Smiles and Gabriel Black. He has historically been very volatile and very destructive when coming off of a pay-per-view loss, and that could be a nightmare for his opponents. It's also worth considering that while he lost the match with Gabriel Black last night, a case can be made for him winning the fight, giving more punishment than he received. He may be healthier and less banged-up than either Gabriel Black or Johnny Smiles tonight. He steps into the ring, over the top rope, and begins stalking towards Johnny Smiles, saying something to him. Johnny Smiles cowers in a corner of the ring, clearly not at all eager to fight Crimson.

But then "Denial" by Sevendust begins playing over the arena sound system, and the crowd's boos get even louder as Gabriel Black comes out of the backstage entrance, wearing the VCW World Title around his waist, and carrying the VCW Television Title over one shoulder! Only the VCW World Title is on the line in this match, and he has that to be thankful for. Given the circumstances of the match, he must rise to the occasion on his own merits to retain the VCW World Title, after a grueling match against David Wright Hubbard earlier in the show. But he has risen to the occasion many, many times in the past. As he said earlier tonight, Gabriel Black has a pattern of defeating everything in his path, of doing whatever it takes to win regardless of the circumstances or the odds. He walks to the ring and hands his titles to the timekeeper, then climbs inside, and James Applebee calls for the bell to begin this match!

Triple Threat Street Fight:
For the VCW World Title:

Gabriel Black (c)

vs.

Johnny Smiles

vs.

Crimson

Crimson approaches Johnny Smiles and takes a swing at him, but Johnny Smiles ducks, then nails Crimson with a right hand of his own! The crowd erupts, and Johnny Smiles backs Crimson into the ropes with a series of right hands, then whips him to the ropes on the other side! Johnny runs at Crimson as he comes off the other side... and Crimson just MOWS HIM DOWN with a big boot!! The crowd deflates into a drone of boos immediately, and Crimson smiles to himself, then pulls Johnny Smiles up off of the mat, holds him by the hair, and pulls him right into a powerful kneelift! Johnny Smiles hops up two feet in the air from the impact, doubled over and clutching his midsection, then falls in a motionless pile on the mat.

Gabriel Black is just standing back and watching, with his arms folded across his chest and a smile on his face. Crimson pulls Johnny Smiles up again, scoops him up over a shoulder, then takes a running start to a corner and tosses him head-first onto a turnbuckle in a Snake Eyes! Johnny Smiles goes limp on the canvas again, and Crimson steps out of the ring, then begins rummaging under it. As he does, Gabriel Black sees a chance and pulls Johnny Smiles up, then down into a small package! James Applebee makes the count, but Johnny Smiles kicks out at two and a half! Crimson looks into the ring again and sees what Gabriel Black tried to do, and he's looking mad! Not only that, but he has a steel chair!

Crimson slides into the ring with the chair as Gabriel Black gets up! Gabriel Black begins backing off, trying to negotiate with Crimson, but Crimson's not having any of it as he whacks Gabriel Black over the head with the chair! Gabriel Black goes down, as the crowd erupts into cheers, and Johnny Smiles stands up again... so Crimson whacks him with the chair too, earning a chorus of boos! Johnny Smiles goes down and rolls out of the ring, and Crimson drops the chair, pulls Gabriel Black up, and whips him into a corner! Gabriel's back collides with the turnbuckles, and he staggers out, allowing Crimson to pick him up, then press him high over his head in a Gorilla Press! Johnny Smiles gets up on the outside, looking groggy, and looks into the ring... and Crimson TOSSES GABRIEL BLACK ONTO HIM!!

Johnny Smiles goes down at ringside under Gabriel Black, and Crimson smiles down at both of them. So far, Crimson has been completely dominating this match! He steps out of the ring again and approaches them as Gabriel Black begins getting up. He scoops Gabriel Black up and runs with him, taking him back-first into one of the steel ringposts! Gabriel Black cries out in pain, and Crimson carries him over to the ramp and bodyslams him there! He turns back around to Johnny Smiles, but Johnny is up, and he rushes him with a dropkick! Crimson pinwheels his arms and staggers back into the guardrail! Johnny Smiles charges him, but Crimson puts his head down at the last second and BACKDROPS HIM INTO THE CROWD!! Johnny Smiles falls into the laps of the people in the first row!

Gabriel Black is starting to get up on the outside, and Crimson goes over to him and clobbers him with a forearm to the back, sending him back down. Crimson reaches under the ring and pulls out a snare drum and two drumsticks! He looks at them strangely for a second, then rushes Gabriel Black when he gets back to his feet, and brings the snare drum down HARD on his head! Gabriel Black's head goes through the bottom skin of the drum, leaving the upper half of his head stuck inside the snare drum, and Crimson takes the drumsticks and begins playing a drum roll on Gabriel Black's head! Gabriel Black staggers back, trying to pull the drum off of his head, and Crimson drops the drumsticks, then grabs him by the shoulders and pulls him into a kneelift! Gabriel Black doubles over, and Crimson hooks him in a front chancery, then lifts and gives him a VERTICAL SUPLEX ON THE RAMP!!

The drum falls off of Gabriel Black's head, and he writhes in pain on the ramp, putting a hand to his back. Crimson gets up... but Johnny Smiles has climbed out of the crowd by now, and he rushes at Crimson with a series of right hand punches! Each blow rocks Crimson back a little bit, but after absorbing three or four of them Crimson just hauls off and DRILLS Johnny with a huge right hand of his own! Johnny Smiles is knocked off his feet by the blow, and he starts to pull himself up, so Crimson grabs him by the hair, drags him a few feet over to the ring, and takes him head-first into the apron! Johnny Smiles goes down, and Crimson hauls him up by the hair again and tosses him into the ring.

Johnny Smiles crawls away from Crimson on his hands and knees as Crimson steps over the top rope into the ring... and he crawls right over to the steel chair Crimson left in the ring! Crimson stalks over to Johnny Smiles and reaches out to grab him... and Johnny thrusts the chair edge into his midsection! Crimson doubles over, and Johnny Smiles gets to his feet, then whacks him over the head with the chair! The crowd explodes into cheers!! Crimson goes down, but growls in rage and begins getting back up! Johnny takes another swing at Crimson, but this time he catches the chair, jerks it out of Johnny's hands, and tosses it aside!

Crimson draws back for a punch, but Johnny Smiles beats him to the draw with a kick to the midsection, then whips him into a corner of the ring! Crimson hits the turnbuckles back-first, and Johnny Smiles runs in after him and dropkicks him in the chest! Crimson rocks back in the corner, then falls to a seated position, so Johnny backs up, runs at him again, and hits him with a low dropkick that connects on his chest again! Then he grabs Crimson's legs, pulls him out of the corner, and flips over into a jackknife pinning hold! James Applebee counts, but Crimson kicks out with authority at one and a half!

Both men begin getting up. Johnny's the first one to his feet, and he hammers Crimson with several forearms and punches as he gets up, but Crimson shrugs them all off, grabs Johnny by the hair, draws back, and BLASTS him with a huge haymaker, sending him sprawling to the mat! Meanwhile, Gabriel Black is up on the outside, and he's creeping over to the side of the ring! Crimson glares down at Johnny Smiles, chuckling to himself, but Gabriel Black yells "TURN AROUND!" from behind him! Crimson whirls around sharply, and Gabriel Black jumps up on the apron, grabs him by the hair, and jumps down, pulling him throat-first across the top rope!

Crimson staggers back, clutching his throat, and Gabriel Black climbs up on the apron and goes to the top turnbuckle! Crimson turns to look at him... and turns right into the DESTINY HAMMER!! No, he side-steps and grabs Gabriel Black's throat on the way down! Gabriel Black lands on his feet, but Crimson has him by the throat, and it seems like the sudden impact of being plucked out of the air by his throat has stunned him! Crimson lifts... CHOKESLAM!! That could do it! He just FLATTENED Gabriel Black! Crimson goes for the cover, and James Applebee counts... but Johnny Smiles breaks up the pin at two and a half!

Johnny Smiles begins pounding on Crimson with his fists and forearms again, but once again Crimson gets to his feet, barely even acknowledging any of the blows. He blocks a punch with a sneer of contempt on his face, draws back, and knocks Johnny Smiles down with an open-hand slap! Johnny Smiles starts getting up again, but Crimson pulls him into a kneelift, then whips him into a corner! Johnny Smiles hits the turnbuckles back-first, and Crimson charges in at him with a kneelift to the midsection! Johnny Smiles doubles over in the corner, and Crimson bends down, grabs him, and flings him back with a huge gutwrench suplex!!

Crimson gets up, smiling sadistically as he looks around at the carnage. Gabriel Black is still down after the Chokeslam, Johnny Smiles is down, and with little exception, Crimson has dominated this match. He makes a motion as if breaking something with his hands, then points down to Gabriel Black, and the crowd actually cheers! Crimson pulls Gabriel Black up and lifts him across his shoulders, and begins racking him in a TORTURE RACK!! The crowd gets to its feet, both cheering and booing! On one hand, Gabriel Black has never tapped out in his VCW career... on the other hand, his back was brutalized last night, brutalized again tonight by David Wright Hubbard, and yet again here in this match! And this is the torture rack, possibly the deadliest submission move in wrestling history! Gabriel Black's squirming and writhing, but he can't seem to get out!

Crimson's continuing to rack Gabriel Black, and Gabriel Black starts screaming in pain and writhing more frantically! James Applebee is checking in, and the VCW World Title could be a mere instant away from changing hands!! But Johnny Smiles is getting up, and he sees what's going on... and he runs forward and blasts Crimson with a SUPERKICK!! That caught him right on the chin! Crimson drops Gabriel Black and goes down!! The crowd explodes into cheers, and Crimson starts to get to his feet, dazed and battered. Johnny Smiles pulls him up across his shoulders and spins... SMILEDRIVER!! He just hit it!! Johnny Smiles gave Crimson the Smiledriver, Gabriel Black's down and writhing in pain, and Johnny Smiles goes for the cover! James Applebee counts... and only gets to two, before Crimson makes a BIG kickout!! The Smiledriver only got two!!

Johnny Smiles looks down at Crimson in shock for a second, then looks around desperately before he gets an idea, and pulls Crimson up into a standing headscissors! Johnny Smiles hooks both of Crimson's arms... perhaps he's going for the Swan Song, the move that he himself lost to last night! But Crimson pulls his arms free with a thunderous bellow, then counters with a BIG backdrop! Johnny Smiles goes high into the air, and crashes to the canvas! He starts getting up, but Crimson runs at him and nearly decapitates him with a big boot!!

Crimson looks down at Johnny Smiles, then turns and sees Gabriel Black starting to get up. He comes up from behind Gabriel Black, grabs him in a full nelson, and lifts, then shakes him violently and flings him to the mat with a FULL NELSON SLAM!! Johnny Smiles is starting to get up, and Crimson pulls him into a standing headscissors, then raises a fist high in the air! He bends down and grabs him, and lifts... POWER BOMB!! Crimson just flattened Johnny Smiles with a power bomb, and he might have the match won right here! He goes for the cover, and James Applebee counts... and Johnny kicks out at two and nine-tenths!! Somehow, he just BARELY kicked out!

Crimson scowls at Johnny Smiles, then goes over and grabs the steel chair he had earlier! He taps it on the mat and smiles, then looks down at Johnny Smiles! He yells "GET UP, BOY!" and draws the chair back, and slowly, Johnny Smiles starts to get back up... so Crimson runs at him and sends him crashing to the mat with a BIG chairshot right to the head! The crowd boos loudly, and Crimson just yells "GET UP! I GOT ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU!!" He's waiting on Johnny Smiles, and Johnny's much slower to get up this time.

Finally, Johnny Smiles is starting to stir... but Gabriel Black is getting up on the other side of the ring, and Crimson doesn't see that!! Gabriel Black steps out to the apron and climbs up to the top turnbuckle, and yells "OVER HERE!" to Crimson! Crimson turns around, raising the chair for a swing as Gabriel Black comes off the top turnbuckle and KNOCKS IT INTO HIS FACE WITH THE DESTINY HAMMER!! Gabriel Black just drove the chair right into Crimson's face with the Destiny Hammer! Crimson goes down, prone and motionless in the ring... but Gabriel Black's on the mat as well, grimacing in pain and holding his knee! And Johnny Smiles has recovered, and he climbs on top of Crimson! James Applebee goes down to count the pin... SHOULDER UP JUST BEFORE THREE!! Crimson just flung a shoulder up at the very last instant! Johnny Smiles was perhaps a hundredth of a second away from becoming the VCW World Champion!

Johnny Smiles frowns down at Crimson, then lifts him across his shoulders, undaunted! And then he turns and plants him with the SMILEDRIVER!! That has to be enough!! Johnny Smiles goes for the cover again, hooking the leg! James Applebee counts... and Gabriel Black breaks the pin at two and a half! The crowd explodes into boos; this time, Gabriel Black had enough time to recover that he was able to stop the pin attempt! Johnny Smiles gets up and rushes Gabriel Black with a clothesline, but Gabriel Black ducks under it and slips behind him, then lifts with a cry of pain and effort, and executes a belly-to-back suplex on Johnny Smiles!! The crowd explodes into boos! Gabriel Black just took Johnny down!

Gabriel Black's back is in pain after that move, so they're both slow to get up. Gabriel Black makes it to his feet first and clobbers Johnny Smiles with a forearm to the back of the head, then pulls him up, puts him in a front chancery, and hooks a leg for a fisherman suplex! But Johnny Smiles realizes where he is, and stops that with a punch to the midsection! Gabriel Black's grip is shaken, and Johnny Smiles jerks his leg free, slips under him, lifts him across his shoulders, and takes him down with the SMILEDRIVER!! That's a Smiledriver on Gabriel Black, too! Crimson's down, Gabriel Black's down... NO, CRIMSON'S UP!! Crimson just got back to his feet! He whirls Johnny Smiles around by the shoulder and grabs his throat! He lifts! CHOKESLAM!! Johnny Smiles splatters on the canvas, and Crimson goes for the cover! James Applebee counts... TO THREE!! Crimson wins!! Crimson is once again the VCW World Champion!!

Triple Threat Street Fight:
Crimson defeated Gabriel Black and Johnny Smiles when Crimson pinned Smiles with the Chokeslam in 0:17:35.
Rating: ** 1/2
(Crimson won the VCW World Title.)

Damn it! With a break of only twenty-four hours, Crimson has just regained the VCW World Title! Gabriel Black and Johnny Smiles are both laid to waste in the ring, and the crowd's booing loudly and chanting "BULLSHIT!" as they pelt the ring with garbage! They wanted to see Johnny Smiles win; they wanted to see him redeem himself after losing the Wrestlewar title shot last night, but instead Crimson used his unconscious body as a stepping stone to the VCW World Title!

James Applebee gets the VCW World Title belt from the timekeeper and hands it to Crimson, but Crimson jerks it out of his hands, muttering "That's goddamn right, motherfucker," then climbs to one of the top turnbuckles and raises the title high over his head! Crimson is once again the VCW World Champion, and both Gabriel Black and Johnny Smiles are laid out! What does this mean for Johnny Smiles and Gabriel Black? What does this mean for VCW!! We're out of time tonight! Tune in next week!

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