AS: CWM-Brannigan

[Tony149 0]

BUFFER
The following contest on AngleSlam is scheduled for one fall with a 30 minute time limit. 

"He's simply ravishing...OWWWW!" 

The fans waste no time giving the business to former World Heavyweight Champion Tony Brannigan, booing unmercifully as he walks to the ring with a swagger to his step, hands on hips. 

BUFFER
Making his way to the ring, from Hollywood, U.S.A., weighing 262 pounds...TONY BRANNIGAN! 

Brannigan removes his lavish robe and flaunts his to-die-for physique. He warms up in the ring -- stretching, running the ropes, etc. -- as "Simply Ravishing" slowly fades out and is replaced by Nirvana's "You Know You're Right."

"YEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" 

COLE
What an ovation for CWM! Let's go back to Michael Buffer. 

The lights go out and the opening chords of the song kick in as a mist fills the entrance way. 

"I would never bother you
I would never promise to
I will never follow you
I will never bother you
Never say a word again
I will crawl away for good"

BUFFER
His opponent. From Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, weighing 245 pounds... C...W...M! 

The mist fades and CWM steps out onstage, unresponsive to the cheers being leveled his way. Keeping his eyes on his opponent, CWM enters the ring and drops down in the corner, sitting against the turnbuckles. 

COLE
What a matchup this will be, fans. Two former World Champions set to face off for the first-time ever one on one. 

COACH
Talk about a match that could headline anywhere in the world -- this is it. 

COLE
In any other promotion this would be the main event. It's a testement to the great talent we have here in the OAOAST. And we're certainly proud to be broadcasting this to you live on pay-per-view. Don't forget our next big pay-per-view event comes to you live from Fenway Park in Boston on September 25th, Dirty Deeds.

* DING DING *

Charles Robinson calls for the bell and we're underway. CWM pulls himself up using the top rope. He removes his t-shirt and throws it into the crowd, a group of fans fighting for posession. CWM and Tony walk up to each other mid-ring, exchanging words. Tony SHOVES CWM, who responds with a SLAP to the face. The two engage in a slap-fest. Moments later, the side of their faces bright red, they're like "enough of this shit" and lockup. Neither man able to gain the advantage so they break and lock backup. Again, neither is able to overpower the other. They break. Super intense staredown ensues. Collar-and-elbow tie-up, both men punching wildly at each other's heads as they roll around in the ropes. Tony traps CWM in the corner. CWM keeping his guard up. It proves to be a smart move, as he avoids a right hand and CLOTHESLINES Brannigan from behind into the turnbuckles. Tony bounces out of the corner and is taken over with a Japanese armdrag. CWM follows up with another, then into an armbar. 

COLE
Tony needs to find a way out of this as quickly as he can. We saw what a simple armbar did to Synth earlier tonight. I'm sure that's running in the back of Tony Brannigan's mind as CWM has the armbar applied on him. 

CWM yanks down on the arm, bringing Tony to his knees. The former World Champion grimacing as the arm is wrenched. CWM steps over the right shoulder, hyperextending the arm upright. Brannigan uses the free arm to drive the point of the elbow into the gut. He gets back to a vertical base and connects with a couple of heavy right hands. Side headlock applied, CWM counters out with a back suplex. Tony crawls to the ropes and stuns CWM coming in with a kick to the gut. Brannigan hammering away on his opponent with short forearm shots. He grabs another side headlock, and reverses CWM's Irish whip attempt. Tony drops down, CWM going over the top and under a leapfrog from Brannigan, who catches him on the rebound with a POWERSLAM! 

ONE...

TW-- KICKOUT! 

Brannigan stays on the offensive, raking the eyes across the laces of the boot. CWM rocked by big right hands. Tony grabs CWM's left arm and whips him to the ropes, tagging along with him and ramming the knee into the gut. CWM somersaulting over. Brannigan dropping the forearm down across the sternum. Cover made, Tony hooking the leg, but CWM kicks out at two. CWM brought back to his feet and sent head-first into the top turnbuckle. Brannigan backing CWM in the corner and ramming the shoulder into the mid-section. He shoves CWM's head back and delivers two sharp right hands to the jaw, following up with kneelifts and forearm shots to the stomach and face. Snapmare takeover, Tony driving the point of the elbow into the shoulder blades. Front facelock applied, Tony draping CWM's arm over the neck and taking CWM up for a vertical suplex. The impact of all the weight crashing down on the canvas thundering throughout the arena. Tony steps on the apron and climbs up to the top. As he sets himself on the top rope, he looks up and is met by a right hand to the mid-section. Brannigan momentarily stunned, but he's able to halt the attack launched at him, RAKING the eyes. CWM staggers away. Brannigan off the top with a clubbering clothesline to the back of the neck. 

The crowd boos, sensing the time may have come. Yes, it has. Tony Brannigan gives the fans what they came to see -- the HIP SWIVEL~! 

"BOOOOOOOOOO!"

Double bicep pose, Brannigan wiping the sweat on his forehead and flicking it to the crowd. CWM nailed with another round of rights. Tony backs CWM in the ropes and whips him across the ring. As Brannigan extends his arm out for the clothesline, CWM grabs a wristlock and slams the arm to the mat, burying the knee down on it afterwards. CWM keeps a tight grip of the arm and slithers out of the ring, bashing the right arm against the RINGPOST. A second time. A third time. 


Clutching his right arm, Brannigan crawls to the center of the ring, calling CWM off. CWM couldn't give a damn. With a grin on his face, he stalks a retreating Tony Brannigan to the corner. Brannigan tries cheapshotting CWM with a kick, but CWM grabs the leg and sends Tony stumbling back into the corner with a stiff forearm smash to the face. CWM pumpels Tony in the corner with a combination of rights, forearms and knee strikes. Tony whipped out of the corner. Baaaack bodydrop, followed by a clothesline. Brannigan sent over the top to the floor. He gets up in a state of confusion, jelly-legged. CWM hits the far side and DIVES through the middle and top rope, driving the forearm into the side of Tony's face on the way down! Tony's entire right side crashes into the guardrail, most notably the shoulder. CWM takes advantage of the opening, sending Tony crashing into the RING STEPS shoulder-first. He scoopes Brannigan up, hammerlocks the right arm and slams him on the arena floor! 

CWM rolls back into the ring to breakup Charles Robinson's count. Charles asks him to stay inside while he counts Tony out. CWM ignores the words coming out of his mouth. 

1...
2...
3...
4...
5...

Tony milks the count for all it's worth, massaging his right arm outside. His expression goes from one of a grimace to shock as he sees CWM HURDLE the top rope and drop an elbow across his chest. 

COLE
Oh, my! What a move from CWM!

"C-DUB-M!"
"C-DUB-M!"
"C-DUB-M!"

COACH
I can't believe people are actually cheering him. 

COLE
Neither men exactly fan favorites, but the fans appreciate the competitiveness of CWM. He'll win or die trying. 

COACH
Maybe we'll get lucky and see the latter. 

CWM takes off his BELT and WHIPS Tony across the stomach! Brannigan makes the mistake of turning around. The crowd going wild as CWM gets his licks in, payback for what happened two weeks ago.

* WHAP *

* WHAP *

* WHAP *

Charles Robinson sticks his head through the ropes, warning of a disqualification if the belt isn't put away. CWM narrowly misses bitch slapping Robinson with the belt. 

COACH
Heh. That'll teach Charles from threatening a DQ. 

Charles steps outside to take the belt away from CWM. The only belt taken away is Charles', as Tony physically removes the belt from around his waist...all while CWM continues whipping him. 

COACH
It's turned into a strap match!

COLE
CWM and Tony beating the hell out of each other with the leather belts. 

Tony takes a giant swing, CWM ducking under and wrapping the belt around Tony's neck! He reaches out for the referee as CWM chokes him out with the belt. With the referee unable to reason with CWM, Tony has no choice but to find a way to escape himself. Brannigan backs CWM against the ring apron, ramming him back-first into the edge of the apron until he releases the death grip. After a few tries CWM lets go, falling down to the floor. Brannigan removes the belt, gasping for air. He walks to the other side of the ring to buy himself some time. Tony the first to step back inside the ring. Brannigan whallops a returning CWM with a major league clothesline. He grabs his right arm immediately afterwards, having out of instinct used the right arm -- the injured arm -- to clothesline CWM. Tony doubles over in pain, clutching the arm closely to his chest. He falls back on CWM. 

ONE...

TW-- KICKOUT! 

CWM brought back to his feet, Tony throwing kneelifts to the side of the head. Double hand thrust to the throat. Brannigan leans his left shoulder on CWM and fires him across the ring. But CWM reverses the Irish whip and hurls Tony up in the air, Brannigan crashing down on CWM's knee. GUTBUSTER. CWM scoopes Brannigan up, hammerlock slam into an ARMBREAKER! Brannigan doing whatever he can to get free, but CWM has the hold firmly applied. Tony cries out as CWM applies further pressure to the arm. Brannigan gets to a vertical base and viciously kicks CWM in the face until he lets go of the move. He drops the knee dangerously close to the throat, prompting a warning from the referee. 

COLE
That right arm killing Tony Brannigan. Normally he'd drop the elbow, but due to the injured arm he was unable to do so. 

COACH
Man, does Synth ever look like a punk when he couldn't go with a bad arm. 

COLE
That's not true at all. The poor guy had his arm broken. He and his partner got ambushed by the South Central Militia. Punkmaster P was knocked out, while Synth had his arm targeted. He still wanted to fight, and was taking it to the New New Midnight Express until he got kicked in the arm. 

Even with a bad arm Brannigan showboats, giving the fans a singular bicep pose while keeping the injured right arm pressed close to his body, grimacing and all. He turns around... SPINNING ELBOW! CWM with the cover. 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO, FOOT ON THE ROPE!

Brannigan whipped to the corner. CWM with a clothesline, then a BULLDOG! 

ONE...

TWO...

KICKOUT! 

CWM picks Tony up by the head, and gets leveled with a vicious left-arm lariat. Tony poses for the crowd again, and this time there's no CWM to hit him when he turns around. 

"BOOOOOOOOOOO!"

COLE
I don't understand this at all. Why showboat? You're fighting one of the toughest sons of bitches in the OAOAST, with a bad arm at that, and you're posing?

COACH
I think Tony's using this as a motivational tatic. Some athletes thrive on the hostile reaction from the fans. I bet that's what Tony's doing here. 

COLE
That's one way to interpret it. Other way is, he's an arrogant son of a bitch.

Tony applies a front facelock, setting CWM up for a suplex -- but his right arm gives and CWM is able to float over the top. He quickly grabs a 3/4 facelock, trying to go for the Pollycutter but Tony shoots him off to the ropes. CWM caught coming off the ropes with a backbreaker. He rolls off the knee and onto his stomach. Brannigan going straight for the back, driving the knee into the lower back. Snapmare takeover into a DRAGON SLEEPER! 

COLE
How about Tony breaking out the Dragon Sleeper? No doubt a move taught to him by Dan Black. Their sparing sessions legendary among the guys in the back. Grueling 30 minute workout sessions where they stretch the hell out of each other. 

COACH
Notice how Tony is using the left arm to apply the Dragon Sleeper. 

COLE
Brannigan's right arm has taken a lot of punishment, make no mistake about it. Brannigan not only working the neck but also the back, grinding the left knee into the spine of the back. Very punishing. 

CWM trying to escape by ramming the knee into the top of Tony's head. The blows stun Brannigan, but he maintains the sleeper. That doesn't stop CWM from continuing the throw the knees into the head. He unleashes a fury of knee strikes, eventually freeing himself from the sleeper. Tony staggers around the ring, shaking off the cobwebs. 

COLE
Right, left. Right, left. Right, left. Spinning clothesline! Down goes Tony! The cover!

ONE...

TWO...

KICKOUT! 

CWM backs Tony into the corner with forearm strikes. He whips Brannigan sternum-first to the opposite corner. He hits the far side as Tony bounces off the turnbuckles. Brannigan ducks a clothesline and decks CWM with one of his own! Tony goes down as well. 

COLE
Again, out of instinct, he used the bad arm. Tony dropping to his knees, in obvious pain, clutching the right arm. He can't even throw a punch anymore. Brannigan showing a lot of guts, a helluva a lot of guts wrestling with a bad arm. I know he wants the OAOAST Championship back, the title he believes was stolen from him a month ago at the Great Angle Bash, but I'm proud to know this man is on our side in the uprising. Drek Stone and the GPX can look at this match, all the matches involving the men who built this damn company from the ground up and know they aren't gonna roll over. 

Tony basically muscles CWM up with one hand, dropping him throat-first on the top rope. 

COACH
What's Tony gonna do here? I sure hope it isn't a powerbomb. You can't powerbomb CWM. 

It's not a powerbomb, but rather an ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT PILEDRIVER! 

COLE
Lateral press, Tony hooks-- No, he can't. He tried lifting up the leg with his bad arm but couldn't. 

Unable to hook the leg in a lateral press, Tony leans up against CWM and uses the left arm to hook the near leg. 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO!

COACH
This match should be over, M.C. Tony had it won, but that bad arm prevented him from covering CWM properly. 

Brannigan goes up to the top and dives the knee into the side of the head. TOP ROPE KNEE DROP! 

COLE 
It's over. Tony Brannigan is gonna win this. 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO, KICKOUT!

Tony goes back up to the top. Diving knee-- caught in mid-air by CWM! Spinning toehold into the FIGURE-4 LEGLOCK! Brannigan in agony, trying to get to the ropes but CWM has the Figure-4 locked in the center of the ring. Tony grits his teeth, tugging on his hair from the pain. Tony inches towards the ropes, using his 6'6" frame to grab the bottom rope. He hobbles back to his feet and tries taking CWM out with a clothesline, but CWM ducks and nails Tony with a RUNNING KNEE TO THE JAW! Brannigan falls to the mat and rolls outside. He isn't safe there. CWM hits the ropes and leaps over the top rope and crashes onto Tony with a cross bodyblock. 

COLE
It wasn't pretty but damn effective. 

Russian Legsweep into the guardrail. The back of Tony's head meeting steel. A couple of fans ringside patting him on the bad arm, which he sells. Su-- No, Tony hanged on the top rope. CWM took Tony up for what appeared to be a suplex but he draped his feet on the top rope. Brannigan hanging upside down, helpless as CWM beats the hell out of him. As Tony tries to pull himself up, with one arm, CWM comes off the second turnbuckle with an elbow to the forehead. Again Tony tries pulling himself up, CWM coming back with the elbow, but this time Tony uses the referee to help pull himself up and CWM crashes to the arena floor! Tony steps back outside, scooping CWM up in a bearhug and rams him into the ringpost. Brannigan now stomping the back feverishly. He places CWM on the apron and slides back inside the ring. He reaches over the top rope and tries suplexing CWM in, but he doesn't have enough strength in his arm to do so. So he turns CWM, placing him back-first against the ropes and softens him up with clubber forearm shots to the chest (using the left arm, of course) before bringing him in with an inverted suplex from the ring apron! 

ONE...

TWO...

KICKOUT!

Brannigan struggles to climb up the turnbuckles with his bad right arm, but makes it to the top. CWM hits the ropes, causing Tony to crotch himself on the top turnbuckle. He nearly falls from the top to the mat, but CWM waistlocks him on the way down and powers him up. RUNNING CONSPIRACY BOMB! 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO! 

CWM fires a couple of rights before whipping Tony. Brannigan hitting the corner hard, dropping to his knees near mid-ring. CWM gets a running start... SHINING WIZARD. He doesn't go for the pin. With Tony down, CWM climbs to the top. The fans erupt as CWM hits the TEEN SPIRIT LEGDROP (Harlem/Houston Hangover)! 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO, KICKOUT! 

COLE
A desperation move by Tony. 

COACH
Don't see how it's desperate. He HAD to kickout. 

Irish whip. CWM once again going for that whip to the turnbuckle, clothesline off the ropes maneuver that didn't work earlier. Tony hitting hard off the corner and clothes-- No, OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE! 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO!

COACH
No way!

COLE
The momentum CWM had built up within the last few minutes just saved him from defeat. Pure adrealine. Tony must be thinking, "how do I beat this man?" What a match between two of the biggest stars to ever grace a OAOAST ring. 

Tony picks CWM up and shoots him to the ropes. OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE! He isn't done there. He scoopes CWM back up and fires him back off to the ropes. Another OOBE spinebuster. And he isn't done yet. Irish whip. OUT OF B-- POLLYCUTTER! 

COACH
DAYUM~! 

COLE
CWM countered the Out of Body Experience with the Pollycutter! Both men are down. 

COACH
Them boys breakin' out the heavy artillery now. 

The crowd clapping and stomping their feet. 

CWM rolls over and drapes an arm across Tony's chest. 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO, KICKOUT! 

COLE
MY GOD! What will it take?!

Frustrated, CWM removes the turnbuckle pad, exposing the STEEL. Tony charges from behind, CWM moves out of the way and Tony hits the exposed turnbuckle sternum-first. POLLY-- No, Tony shoves CWM off to the ropes. Gutwrench into a Tombstone-- No, CWM counters. SHOULDERBREAKER. Shoulderbreaker. Shoulderbreaker. CRADLE TOMBSTONE PILEDRIVER! 

ONE...

TWO...

TH-- NO!

COLE
Fans jumping out of their seats in amazement. Big move after big move. Nothing keeping these two warriors down. 

Conspiracy Bomb coming up. Tony tries fighting out of it with right hands that send CWM reeling. Brannigan THUMBS CWM in the eye and the two fall over the top rope to the floor. The two get up trading blows. Tony rakes the eyes and throws CWM back in the ring. He climbs to the top and nails CWM with a MISSLE DROPKICK! The crowd popping for the expanded offense of Brannigan. Tony picks CWM up by the hair and delivers two well-executed kneelifts to the side of the head. Brannigan goes for the Rude Awakening, but with the bad arm CWM is able to break the grip. CWM avoids a clothesline and hot shots/stun guns Tony on the exposed turnbuckle. Tony staggers to the center of the ring, CWM 3/4 facelocking the head and... No, Tony shoots CWM off to the ropes. Still reeling from smacking into the exposed turnbuckle Tony sets too soon. CWM with a swinging neck-- SWINGING POLLYCUT-- No, Tony counters with the RUDE AWAKENING! 

COACH
DAYUM~!

COLE
OH, MY! 

1...

2...

3! 

* DING DING DING DING *

The fans give both wrestlers a much deserved standing ovation.  Both men laid out in the center of the ring. 

BUFFER
Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the match... TONY BRANNIGAN! 

COLE
What a match! We witness some of the most incredible action-packed moments the last few minutes of the match. Both guys hitting each other with everything they have. But it all ended when Tony was able to pull out of the Pollycutter in mid-air and reverse it into the Rude Awakening! Tony has won the battle of the Elite, but I think both men will leave with a tremendous amount of respect for the other.

COACH
No doubt about it, Mikey. In the words of Tazz -- "big ups" to CWM and Tony. Helluva match. 

Grimacing, Tony heads backstage clutching his arm as "Simply Ravishing" blares in the background. The fans giving him and a fallen CWM a round of applause. 

[b][color=red]DIRTY DEEDS[/color]

September 25th, 2005

FENWAY PARK

LIVE ONLY ON PAY-PER-VIEW[/b]