NR:Zack Malibu vs. Todd Cortez

[Zack Malibu 0]

COLE

Fans, we again apologize for the Triple Cage Championship match not taking place tonight, but we at the OAOAST feel you'll be very satisfied, if you haven't been already with this pay per view, with our main event. The first ever singles meeting between Zack Malibu and Todd Cortez.

 

COACH

This has chaos written all over it, Cole.

 

COLE

For months, Zack Malibu has been tormented by a band of sadistic wrestlers known as The Wildcards. After coming in to supposedly aid Zack Malibu, it became obvious The Wildcards had their own agenda in mind. Their bloodlust has engulfed the company in 2006, and quite honestly, there appears to be no end in sight to the war between Zack Malibu and The Wildcards. In a strange twist, The Hooligans, the same men who Malibu brought The Wildcards in to help him again, have been Malibu's main aids in the war, along with Leon Rodez, Zack's former tag team partner who was put on the shelf at War Games, thanks to Todd Cortez.

 

COACH

Now tonight, Malibu's got revenge on his mind, but with a twist. Anglesault has been making waves since taking his company back under his full control, and he said that he wanted Malibu and Cortez to channel that hostility into a wrestling classic, not a bloodbath.

 

COLE

Originally the winner of this match was to go on to the Triple Cage match. We know that Zack still lays claim to a title shot thanks to his win at Two For The Money back at Anglemania this past year, and if there was ever a man whom he'd like to get his hands on as much as Bruce Blank, it's Drek Stone. Tonight, that is not the case however, as we will cap off our extravaganza with what many are calling a "dream match". Cortez, despite what we've seen him as, is a well-rounded grappler, having held numerous championships in the SWF. He's notorious for what he calls "adapting to his enviroment", making him somewhat of a hardcore MacGyver. He's held the World Tag Team Titles there with two different partners, one of them being Landon Maddix. He's known for his run as Hardcore Champion there, competing in some of the most innovative matchups imaginable. In one of his last appearances, he made then-World Champion El Luchardore Magnifico tap out to the Street Dreams sleeper, showcasing his submission skills as well.

 

COACH

All that looks good on paper, Cole, but he's up against a man on a mission. Zack's one of the world's greatest wrestlers, but let's face it, he's not thinking about wrestling. He's focused on redemption, for what The Wildcards did to his family, and to his best friend. He's been walking around with a target on his back for a long time, but there hasn't been anybody since The Wildcards, and especially Bruce Blank, that has gotten to him this way.

 

Mos Def's "Oh No" is cued up for the final match of the evening, and as the lights dim for the entrance of the Wildcards member, the fans respond with the expected response, booing him out of the building.

 

BUFFER

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your MAIN EVENT here at November Reign! Approaching the ring at this time, hailing from Hollywood Boulevard, he weighs in tonight at two hundred and twenty six pounds. Representing The Wildcards, he is the URRRRRRRRRBAN LEGEND, TODD CORRRRRRRRRRTEZZZZZZZZZ!

 

Cortez peers over the rim of his shades, and it's probably lucky for him he wears a bulletproof vest, as the crowd isn't taking kindly to his arrival. The man who assumes responsibility for hooking Zack up with The Wildcards, only to become the gravest danger he's had to face powerwalks down the ramp and gets in the ring, hopping up on the ropes and angrily tossing his shades and vest off, trash talking the crowd from his perch on the middle rope.

 

The lights go low again, and Stabbing Westward's "Save Yourself" is cued up, this time drawing a favorable reaction from the crowd. In fact, it's one of the biggest pops of the night, as the OAOAST's favorite son makes his way to the ring!

 

BUFFER

His opponent, hailing from Providence, Rhode Island. Weighing in tonight at two hundred and five pounds, he is widely regarded as The Franchise of the OAOAST, he is ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK MALLLLLLLLLLLLIBUUUUUUUU!

 

Malibu walks fast, wasting no time in getting to the ring. Cortez is there waiting for him though, and stands in wait with open arms, daring Malibu to come at him. Zack does, but is immediately pushed back by the referee for the match, Earl Hebner. Cortez chuckles, knowing he's already in Malibu's head tonight, and continues to taunt him as the two stars wait for the bell to sound.

 

COLE

Here we go, Coach!

 

DING*DING*DING!

 

The two competitors, for the first time pitted against each other under standard match rules, come out of their respective corners storming towards one another, locking up in center ring as the crowd watches on! They tie up, and immediately Cortez throws down Zack's arms, then shows the amount of respect he has for the Preppy One by firing off a slap with his right hand, stunning Zack and drawing a mix of "oooh's" and boos from the crowd! Malibu checks his lip, then opens up with a flurry of right hands, each one more powerful than the prior one, backing Todd to the ropes! He tries for an Irish whip, but Cortez holds onto the top rope, prevening it from taking place. He swings around and grabs Malibu in a headlock, dragging him back towards center ring as he wrenches on his head, until Zack is able to fire him off! Todd bounces off the ropes, colliding hard with Zack and driving him down with a shoulderblock, but missing the followup elbowdrop attempt! Both men roll to their feet and Zack snares Cortez in a side headlock, but the "Urban Legend" breaks free by lifting Zack for a back suplex...that Zack floats through! Zack spins Todd around, and before the streetwise superstar knows what hit him, Malibu delivers a hard slap, repaying the favor from earlier, and then grabs a headlock again, trapping the Wildcard in his grasp!

 

COLE

I think this is the most "legitimate" action I've seen from either Malibu or Cortez since the war between Zack and The Wildcards started over six months ago!

 

COACH

Both o' these playas got the talent, and that's what the boss wants them to show. We know Zack's got the skills, and now tonight we'll see if Cortez has what it takes to hang with him.

 

Malibu hangs onto the headlock for a few moments, until he's shoved off and spun around by Cortez, who takes him over with a deep arm drag! Malibu gets up, and Cortez looks to tie up with him again, but Zack knocks him back with a European uppercut, then a chop across the chest that brings a groan out of Cortez! Zack takes him by the wrist and sends him to the ropes, but it gets reversed, and it's Zack who winds up bouncing off the three strands! He comes back as Todd leaps up with a dropkick, but Zack swats it down, then grabs Todd upon his recovery and brings him to the mat with a rear waistlock takedown! Zack holds onto Todd, trying to tie him up somehow, but Cortez squirms forward and grabs the bottom rope, causing a break and forcing Malibu to have to back off and allow his foe to his feet.

 

COLE

Imagine how Malibu must feel, having to back off and ease up on one of the men who has made his life a living hell in recent months!

 

Back off is exactly what Zack does, but as Todd gets to his feet, Zack storms forward and shoves Cortez, an act that Cortez responds to with an incredulous "oh HELL NO" and pushes back! Malibu comes forward and clocks him with a right hand, but Cortez fires back with one of his own, and now both men are trading fisticuffs, with referee Earl Hebner trying his damndest to not let things break down!

 

COACH

Here it comes! I got money on a double DQ within the next sixty seconds!

 

After absorbing a hard right hand from the street fighter, Malibu turns and tackles Todd, forcing him back to the corner...but as he rams his shoulder into Todd's ribcage, Cortez pounds on his back with forearms, not allowing Malibu to gain the advantage and trap him against the turnbuckles! After wearing Malibu down, Todd grabs him by the head and leads him out of the corner and hits a quick snap suplex, rolling through with it and lifting Malibu off his feet again, holding him upside down in a second, delayed vertical suplex...but Malibu starts kicking his legs and shifts his weight so that he falls back to the canvas! Now it's Malibu hoisting Cortez up, dropping him forward on the top rope to slingshot him back into a suplex, which Malibu floats through with, landing atop his rival for the first pin attempt of the match!

 

ONE!

 

The kickout comes just before two, as Todd gets a shoulder up rather quickly. Zack brings him up and delivers two forearms across the cheekbone of Cortez, then sends him to the ropes...but Todd holds onto Zack's wrist and spins back to face him, delivering a kick to the stomach that doubles him over! With Zack reeling, Todd pulls him into a standing headscissors, preparing for a RIOT ACT PLUS~!...but Zack manages to push him away, then fires his leg into the air, trying for SCHOOL'S OUT~!...but Todd catches the leg and holds onto it before spinning out and taking Zack off his feet with a sweep kick, then hits a standing moonsault on Malibu, hooking the leg after landing!

 

ONE!

 

T-KICKOUT!

 

Just as Zack did to him, Cortez stands up after the kickout, bringing Zack up with him, and while holding his head, rams his knee into it! Todd then hooks both of Zack's arms in a butterfly lock, placing his right leg behind Malibu's legs to give himself some added leverage, and stretches Malibu while he's trapped!

 

COLE

Butterfly stretch by Cortez, working the arms and shoulders of Malibu here.

 

Malibu struggles, but with his arms hooked behind his back, he's unable to get to the ropes. He wriggles around, finally able to drop his head low, and then pushes up, elevating Cortez over his back! Todd lands on the canvas, but as Hebner drops down to count, Cortez, still holding the lock, rolls both he and Malibu to their feet and drops him with a butterfly suplex! Cortez gets up and stomps Malibu down, then after the last stomp delivers a little "spit shine" to his fallen foe, drawing many jeers from the crowd! Uncaring, Cortez waves his arm at some of the fans who watch as he exits the ring, moving out to the apron. With Malibu prone on the canvas, Cortez springboards off the ropes and into the ring, but as he looks to land with a kneedrop, Malibu rolls out of the way! Cortez reacts quickly, turning his landing into a roll and coming up to his feet, but turning around to be blasted with a hard running lariat by Malibu! The fans roar as Zack yanks Todd up by the arm and shoots him into the corner, following up with a crushing corner lariat that drives the wind out of Cortez! Malibu starts firing off jabs with his left hand, rocking Cortez again and again before hoising him up and putting him on the top rope.

 

COACH

He's goin' high risk, Mikey Cole!

 

Zack follows up, and delivers a European uppercut while standing on the middle rope to keep Todd at bay. He climbs up onto the top rope, pulling Todd up to a standing position...but Cortez shoves Zack back, and with nowhere to go the OAOAST's pride and joy falls down to the canvas below! Zack rolls across the mat and struggles to his feet, while Todd braces himself on the ropes, then launches himself into the air, coming down with a legdrop to the back of Malibu's head as he's rising off the canvas!

 

COLE

He came right down on the back of his neck!

 

COACH

And smashed him face first back into the mat!

 

Cortez stands over Zack's back, and pulls back on his head, then slams his arms across his face with vicious crossface shots! Cortez then rolls Zack onto his back and leaps into the air, driving his knee into Zack's temple upon landing, and then covers him once again.

 

ONE!

 

T-SHOULDER UP!

 

COLE

Malibu escapes defeat after being worked over, but he's still weary, and Cortez is still in control!

 

Todd lifts Zack up off the canvas, and then hoists him off his feet, dropping Malibu with an inverted atomic drop, a move that has become one of Todd's calling cards! He connects with a second one as well, stunning Zack, then takes his head under his arm and rotates, looking for a neckbreaker...but Malibu manages to counter quickly by hooking Todd's arms and pulling him down with a backslide!

 

COACH

He got him, yo!

 

ONE!

 

TW-NO!

 

Todd rolls through to escape that pin attempt, and as Zack is getting up, grabs him in a front facelock...but he's pushed to the ropes and then taken down with a drop toehold! Todd checks to make sure all of his teeth are intact after falling face first, and is unable to fight Malibu off as he brings him up to his feet and delivers several elbows to the small of the back before he's pushed into the ropes, and then tossed into the air and back bodydropped down to the canvas! Cortez cringes as the shock surges up and down his back, and while he reels from the manuever Malibu scopes him out, waiting for just the right moment...and then runs forward, leaping into the air and coming down on the back of Todd's head with a scissor kick...but the attempt is no good, and the kick misses! Malibu's leg slams back down to the canvas, and he winces for a moment as his knee buckles under him, which is just enough of a window for Todd to fire off a kick to that very leg. And another! And another! AND ANOTHER!

 

COLE

Cortez has opened fire on that right leg of Zack Malibu's with those hard martial arts kicks, and if he's able to weaken it enough, it's going to take away Malibu's most reliable weapon, the School's Out superkick!

 

COACH

If the right leg is hurting, he ain't gonna kick with it. Cortez is gonna keep on it, or at least he should, because it'll eliminate a surefire match ender!

 

Malibu inches away, now hobbling as his leg is sore from the kicks. He grabs the top rope to support himself, but Cortez pulls him away and rocks him with a hard right, then drops him with a scoop slam. Cortez then bounds for the ropes and comes off with another kneedrop, but this one misses, and he drives his knee into the hard surface of the ring! As he gets up Malibu is back on both feet, and Todd gets caught with a pair of blistering chops across his chest, and then gets ROCKED with a ROARING ELBOW~! from Malibu! Cortez takes the high road after being knocked silly with that blow, and rolls out under the bottom rope to the floor, making a quick escape to cut off any momentum Zack may be able to channel.

 

COLE

Cortez got blasted with that shot from Malibu, and now has headed out in front of us to catch a breather before Malibu mounts a heavy offense.

 

COACH

He could just be pacing himself.

 

Cortez walks around ringside, holding his jaw and looking up angrily at Malibu...who charges with a baseball slide...but misses! Cortez then takes Zack by the leg and yanks him out under the bottom rope, then uses the grip he's got on his legs to snap Zack over with a wheelbarrow suplex ON THE FLOOR~!

 

COLE

MAN ALIVE! The back of Zack's head just slammed down on the floor!

 

Cortez, still winded, takes another moment to work himself back into shape, as Malibu lays on the floor, holding his head. Cortez then gets up on the apron, and with Malibu down he races across the apron and leaps off, dropping onto Zack with a splash from the apron! Todd bounces off of Zack's ribcage, and now the Preppy One curls up into the fetal position, his ribs feeling crushed after the impact of that blow!

 

COACH

So much for resting up! Neither of these guys are gonna give...we've seen in every time they've been pitted against each other, and now without any weapons, without any stipulations, these guys are going balls out to prove who the better WRESTLER is tonight!

 

Todd leads Zack to his feet and drives one knee into Zack's forehead, and then another, staggering him even more before hitting ANOTHER inverted atomic drop! Zack winces, and now Cortez opens up with hard slaps, rocking Zack across each side of his face repeatedly before Zack knocks his hand away and opens up with right hands, drawing the crowd into a frenzy! Zack then boots Cortez in the gut and takes him by the head, and rams it repeatedly and rapidly into the ring apron, knocking Todd senseless!

 

COLE

If he keeps that up he's going to crack his skull like an egg!

 

Malibu, tired of slamming Todd's head into the apron, shoves his foe up onto the apron and back into the ring. Todd crawls away from the ropes and staggers to his feet, dazed and confused. Malibu hops up on the apron, eyes wide with rage as he springboards in, snapping Cortez to the canvas with a huracanrana! Cortez scrambles back to his feet but can barely stand, falling back into the corner. Malibu gets up and stays right on him, charging the corner and hopping up on the second rope, ready to open up with more punches...but Todd throws him off before he can act on his offense! Malibu charges in again, this time jumping up and monkey flipping Cortez out of the corner...but the backstreet brawler lands on his feet! He turns around and takes a swing at an oncoming Malibu, but Zack ducks it, spins Todd around, and carries him over with a Northern Lights Suplex!

 

ONE!

 

TW-NO!

 

Cortez pushes up, but does so while holding Malibu's waist. He rotates as they get to their feet, and holds Malibu in position, then leaps over his back with another attempt at the RIOT ACT PLUS~!...but Malibu grabs Todd's ankles as he leaps over his back, holding him upside down to prevent the hold...then snaps him overhead by his ankles and slams him to the canvas!

 

COLE

Malibu once again managed to avoid that flip piledriver that has won Cortez numerous championships, numerous matches, and put Leon Rodez on the shelf for an indefinite period of time!

 

With Todd down, Malibu steps to the apron and begins climbing the ropes, always eyeing Cortez. Zack perches himself on the ropes, and stands straight up on the rope, waiting on Cortez...but Cortez notices Malibu in wait as he gets up, and purposely falls towards the ropes, sending Malibu off balance! Zack falls and crotches himself on the top rope, giving every man in attendance sympathy pains!

 

"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH!"

 

COACH

That Cortez is like a chick with how he targets our weak spot!

 

COLE

I've gotta say though, Coach, he has gotten the inverted atomic drop over with the masses.

 

Cortez, now with the advantage, races up the ropes and snares Zack in a front facelock, pulling him back up onto his feet. Both men are now standing on the top rope, with Zack fighting not to be taken over and Cortez fighting to weaken arguably the OAOAST's most resilient competitor. They jockey for position, with Zack hammering Todd in the ribs to break the facelock...but before Malibu can react Todd grabs him by the throat and braces his lower back, leaping off the top and carrying Malibu into the air, bringing him down with an URBAN ASSAULT ONTO THE ELEVATED RAMP~!~!~!

 

COACH

YO~!

 

COLE

URBAN ASSAULT FROM THE TOP! CORTEZ JUST USED THAT CHOKESLAM/POWERBOMB HYBIRD OF HIS TO DEVESTATE ZACK MALIBU!

 

Malibu's not the only one devestated, as the move had an impact on Cortez too, leaving both men sprawled out on the ramp! The crowd shouts their "HOLY SHIT" chant loudly, as a split screen replay shows us both men coming down from the top rope with a brutal crash landing.

 

COLE

Both men are down, and despite it being an offensive tactic on the part of Todd Cortez, it's still anyone's guess as to who can recover first!

 

With both men down, Earl Hebner starts the count...although the only thing Zack or Todd are counting right now are the stars they're seeing after that leap of faith.

 

ONE.

 

TWO.

 

THREE.

 

Neither man is moving, nor do they look like they're ready to.

 

FOUR.

 

FIVE.

 

SIX.

 

Slowly, Cortez turns onto his stomach and starts crawling across the ramp, desperately trying to make it back into the ring before the count is up.

 

SEVEN.

 

Cortez is nearly there...but suddenly Malibu grabs his ankle, preventing him from going in! Frantic, Cortez kicks Zack's hand away, and uses the ropes to pull himself to his feet.

 

EIGHT.

 

Just as quickly, a groggy Malibu pushes up, and uses what little energy he has left to charge Cortez...only to get backdropped over the ropes and back into the ring!

 

COLE

Well, that'll break the count for sure...and I don't think Cortez even realizes that move cost him a victory!

 

Cortez quickly steps through the ropes, right at the last nanosecond, and uses a go-behind on a recovering Zack, trapping him in a rear waistlock. He tries for a German Suplex, but Zack reaches out and grabs the top rope, preventing himself from being carried over! Cortez breaks, and delivers two elbows to the back of Zack's neck, dazing him, and then pulls him away from the ropes. He tries again for the suplex, but Zack fires back with elbows of his own to break! Todd backs off, while Zack is too worn out for a followup...and Cortez comes back and traps him in a full nelson, then takes him over with a RELEASE DRAGON SUPLEX, DROPPING MALIBU RIGHT ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD~!

 

COLE

Did you see his head snap back on that suplex!?

 

COACH

I did, I did!

 

Cortez collapses to all fours out of exhaustion, then turns to his fallen foe and drags him by the ankle closer towards him, turning him onto his back and trying for a pin to end this encounter!

 

ONE!

 

TWO!

 

T-NO! SHOULDER UP!

 

COACH

HE KICKED OUT~!

 

COLE

That's the heart of a lion, the heart of a champion! Zack Malibu will not go down that easily!

 

Shocked, Cortez is wide eyed as he struggles to bring Malibu's dead weight to it's feet, snapping him back to the canvas with a quick Russian legsweep before leaping over him and onto the middle rope, floating backwards with a quebrada onto the OAOAST Original! Cortez hooks the leg, and once again, Hebner is in position to count the pin.

 

ONE!

 

TWO!

 

TH-NO! NO! ANOTHER KICKOUT!

 

The crowd roars as Cortez slams his hands on the canvas, disgusted with his own inability to defeat the very man who brought him into the OAOAST. He lures Zack to his feet again, but as he does Zack quickly scoops him up onto his shoulders with a fireman's carry, then starts spinning around and around and around and around!

 

COACH

I'm getting dizzy, Cole. Get me a bucket!

 

Malibu spins and spins and spins and spins, as the crowd roars with every rotation. After what seems like thirty revolutions, Malibu dumps Cortez down on his back and collapses, dizzied from his own airplane spin! Both men are back down on the canvas, but the crowd is electric, sensing that their hero is starting to come back to life!

 

COLE

They are exhausted, they are banged up, and they are two stubborn bastards. There's no title shot on the line anymore tonight, there's nothing at stake except pride, respect, and honor!

 

COACH

Anglesault said that he knew what they were capable of. It's the first time we've seen Cortez away from the barbed wire and spikes and chairs and tables. This is simply two men who hate each other, and have the God given ability to do something about it inside our ring!

 

Both men lay under the bright lights of the arena, using every precious second that they can to gain as much stamina as possible. Both woozy, they struggle to their feet after the airplane spin sequence, their backs to each other. They stagger, trying to keep their balance, and while doing so back into each other, causing Malibu to spin around instantaneously and drop Cortez with the ANGLE SLAM~!

 

COLE

HE GOT HIM! ZACK MALIBU JUST LAID TODD CORTEZ OUT WITH THE ANGLE SLAM~!

 

COACH

The Boss must REALLY be smiling now!

 

Malibu, sweaty and spent, rolls onto his stomach and inches over to cover Cortez, as the crowd is roaring wild!

 

ONE!

 

TWO!

 

THRE-NO! TODD CORTEZ KICKS OUT OF THE ANGLE SLAM!

 

COACH

OK, so maybe The Boss isn't so happy now!

 

The air is let out of the crowd, as they surely thought Malibu had this won with the manuever passed down to him from the company owner. He yanks Cortez up to his feet and sends him into the corner, then charges in and nails the Hispanic superstar with a running back elbow that sends spittle shooting into the crowd! Malibu then takes Todd by the head and swings around so that he can sit on the turnbuckles, using them to propel himself into a Tornado DDT...NO! Todd holds Malibu off his feet and brings him back around, planting him back on the ropes! As he slips his head free he hits a palm strike under Malibu's chin, rattling his jaw, then climbs the ropes and hits a top rope huracanrana that brings Malibu down to Earth!

 

COLE

Dammit! We already had one Wildcards victory tonight, and now it looks like Todd Cortez is shifting the momentum back into his favor!

 

As Todd rises to his feet, he slaps his chest, taunting the fans in attendance as their hero lay face down on the canvas. Todd turns around and moves towards Zack, slapping the back of his head and he lays on the canvas, unable to get up.

 

COLE

And now he's playing with him, playing with the fact that he's got the advantage.

 

COACH

For months, Zack's tried to take out The Wildcards, and for months they've tried to do the same to him. Neither of these guys are gonna let up, Mikey Cole! Nevermind the lack of a Triple Cage here tonight...this is as intense as it gets!

 

Cortez brings Malibu to his feet, squeezing his cheeks together as he trash talks him, then lets loose with a hard chop to the chest! A series of chops follows, until Malibu manages to duck one wayward shot, and then opens up with a flurry of his own, going so far as to tear the wifebeater of Cortez so that it's nothing but skin on skin contact, causing the skin on Todd's chest to redden and crack! He sends Cortez to the ropes, but Todd reverses, then hits the side ropes, ready to pounce Zack with the Hollow Point...but Malibu leapfrogs over the attempt, then turns around just as Todd does...AND DELIVERS A SCHOOL'S OUT~!

 

COLE

HE GOT HIM!

 

COACH

DAMN RIGHT HE DID!

 

After catching Todd flush in the jaw, Malibu drops onto him, hooking a leg, as the crowd counts along with Hebner.

 

ONE!

 

TWO!

 

THREEEEENO!

 

NO?

 

NO!

 

TODD CORTEZ KICKS OUT!

 

COLE

I don't believe it! Zack Malibu...he just NAILED Cortez with that patented superkick of his, and Todd Cortez, after everything these men have been through, has KICKED OUT!

 

Malibu is just as amazed as anyone, but he knows he can't waste time. He brings Cortez up to his feet and goes behind, lifting Todd up and over with a German Suplex, but hangs onto his opponent, rolling him to his feet again, and again dropping him on the back of his head and neck! Another rollthrough, and Cortez gets German'd again, but as they come up to their feet Cortez becomes dead weight, causing Malibu to struggle to get him over. Todd pries at Zack's wrists, breaking the waistlock, and then spins around, cradling Malibu down into a schoolboy!

 

ONE!

 

TWO!

 

TH-NO!

 

Malibu kicks out of Cortez's flash pin, much to the delight of the crowd, who are now all standing, watching on as these men try valiantly to one-up the other just enough to score a three count. Both men get up, and Malibu goes for a School's Out out of nowhere...but Cortez catches the leg! He throws Malibu's leg down, then follows up with a quick STO, driving Zack into the canvas, and then pulls Malibu up into a seated position, cracking him between the shoulder blades with a hard low roundhouse kick, then runs the ropes and hops over Malibu's body, jarring his neck with a snapmare! Malibu falls back holding his head and neck once again, and Cortez rolls to his feet, eyeing his aching foe on the canvas.

 

COLE

Another attack on the neck, and now Cortez plays the waiting game, bracing himself before attempting to put Zack Malibu in a hospital bed alongside Leon Rodez!

 

Cortez moves over to Malibu and pulls him towards him as Zack is getting up, then delivers a kick to the stomach...but Malibu catches the leg! Quickly, Todd leaps up and tries an enzugiri, but Malibu ducks, and the Urban Legend belly flops to the canvas! Zack stumbles back, but as Todd gets up he runs behind him and forces him to the ropes, trying for a rollup...but Cortez hangs onto the ropes! Zack rolls backwards on his own, and when Cortez spins around...

 

CRACK~!

 

...he's face to face with the heel of Malibu's boot once again, as he's dropped by ANOTHER SCHOOL'S OUT~!

 

COLE

SCHOOL'S OUT FOR THE SECOND TIME~! THIS IS IT!

 

ONE!

 

TWO!

 

THREENO!NO!NO! TODD CORTEZ KICKS OUT OF SCHOOL'S OUT AGAIN~!

 

COLE

HOW ON EARTH DID HE MANAGE THAT!?

 

COACH

COLE, HE KICKED OUT!

 

COLE

I saw, Coach...and I have no idea how he has survived not one, but TWO of them!

 

The crowd, having surely thought that was it, can't believe it. Malibu looks up at Hebner and double checks, and Hebner gives him the signal that it truly was only a two count! Malibu looks as if he's about to lose it, as the resilience of not ony Cortez but The Wildcards in general, coupled with their heinous actions since their arrival have mentally torn him apart! He mounts Todd's shoulders and starts clubbing away, peppering his forehead with hard right hands before leading him to his feet. Taking Todd by the head, Zack takes him to the corner and rams his head into the top turnbuckle not once, not twice, but five times! Cortez staggers back, but Malibu grabs him and throws an arm across his chest, lifting him off his feet and dropping him over his knee with a Rock Bottom Backbreaker! Cortez convulses on the canvas, his lower back tingling with pain as he gets to his feet, and finds himself trapped in a front facelock. Malibu reaches down and cradles his left leg, lifting him upside down...and then SPIKING HIM ON HIS NECK WITH THE FALLING STAR DRIVER~!

 

COLE

WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN AGES! THAT COULD BREAK A MAN'S NECK!

 

COACH

...AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHY WE JUST SAW IT!

 

Malibu covers once again, as the crowd chants along with the count, everyone's fingers crossed that this is enough to put Todd Cortez away.

 

ONE!

 

TWO!

 

THREE!

 

DING*DING*DING!

 

BUFFER

Ladies and gentlemen, here is your winner...ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALIBUUUUUU~!

 

COLE

He did it! Finally, Zack Malibu, resorting to that devestating manuever in his arsenal to put Todd Cortez away!

 

COACH

You know, Mikey Cole, I don't think Zack cares that there's no Triple Cage tonight. I think that he's gotten some satisfaction out of this, because this was a hell of a match, and he was able to put one over on The Wildcards once again.

 

COLE

You know Bruce Blank is watching this in the back, and he's probably smashed the monitor with that barbed wire bat of his. Regardless of how he feels, listen to this crowd, cheering about the fact that they just witnessed a classic! No weapons, no bloodshed even...just balls to the wall action between two men out to prove that they are among the best in the world!

 

COACH

Anglesault must be proud of this one. What a way to cap off our November tradition!

 

Malibu circles the ring, while Cortez is being tended to by Earl Hebner. Malibu turns and looks up the aisleway, and at the top of the ramp stands Anglesault, clad in his suit, clapping and nodding to the crowd who is giving a standing ovation.

 

COLE

Look at this. A great show of respect from the fans, and from the company owner himself, for the man he passed the torch to.

 

Malibu, though, doesn't seem completely pleased as he looks back one last time before exiting the ring. He heads up the ramp ready to hit the showers. He walks up to the ramp and past Anglesault, eyeing him, and even the naturally smug AS gives him a "what gives" type of look. Malibu comes over and stares Anglesault down, in a somewhat intimidating fashion. The cameras close in, and Malibu says "You got what you wanted, now give me what I want. Give me Bruce Blank!" and storms off, disappearing behind the curtain as the screen fades to black.

[Zack Malibu 0]

Done and done, boys.