SYN: Dream Partner Tag Match

[King Cucaracha 0]

COLE
Welcome back to Syndicated, where we are moments away from our big main-event. With AngleSlam just four weeks away, we will see the three participants in the triple threat, World Title main-event in action here. The sure to be awkward pairing of Landon Maddix and Tha Puerto Rican teaming up in an attempt to take out their third rival, Zack Malibu, plus a 'Dream Partner' of his choosing.

COACH
Do we have any idea who it is yet?

COLE
Not yet. I assume we'll know just as soon as PRL and Landon do.

COACH
That hardly seems fair. I mean, unless Zack's having trouble finding a partner which is entirely possible, why shouldn't he be made to name him in time for PR and Landon to prepare?

COLE
It's a little thing called 'intrigue' Coach. Sells tickets.

COACH
We come here like what, once a millenium? We coulda sold this place out with Biff Atlas in the main-event.


Thankfully, it's at this point that the lights go down in the arena. The crowd know what's coming and already begin to whistle and cat-call, as Puerto Rican flag appears on the AngleTron. In big white blocky letters, the following words appear on the screen, with Tha Puerto Rican saying them:

[b]*THE CHAMP IS HERE!*[/b]

With that, a lightning bolt hits the entrance, the PRL entrance video plays on the AngleTron, and "Know Your Role '99" begins playing, with the crowd standing up and booing. The entrance doors slide open and out come "The Corporate Champion" Tha Puerto Rican, his girlfriend and Women's Champion Ms. Lindsay Gonzalez and his manager and "Career Consultant" Stephen Joseph Popick! The crowd boos away as PRL holds his black briefcase spray-painted with L.C. in yellow high, which of course contains his Golden Contract inside.

BUFFER
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Dream Partner tag team main-event, scheduled for one fall!! Introducing team number one. First, accompanied to the ring this evening by STEPHEN JOSEPH POPICK and the OAOAST Women's Champion, MS. LINDSAY GONZALEZ! He hails from San Juan, Puerto Rico. Weighing two hundred, twenty pounds... he is, THE PUUUEEEEEEERRRRRRTTOOOOOOOOO... RRRRIIIIIIIIIICCAAAAAAAAAANN!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

PRL looks at the crowd in disgust, jawing with one section as he climbs onto the ring apron. Popick holds the ropes open for his man and Tha Puerto Rican enters, spinning around and soaking in the fans' boos. PRL busts out the classic 'HBK muscle pose' as pyro goes off behind him, Popick displaying PR with pride like a prize on The Price Is Right.

COLE
PRL, getting as warm of a reception here in London, England as he does everywhere else in the world.

COACH
Except Puerto Rico of course.

COLE
Well, maybe.

As PRL does his rounds of the turnbuckles, smelling the electricity on each side of the arena...



"REACH OUT AND TOUCH FAITH!"

...he gets rudely interrupted! The lights dim, alternating between complete blackout and really frikkin' bright as "Personal Jesus" by Marilyn Manson hits. From behind the curtain steps Megan Skye, heralding the arrival of The World Champion, Landon Maddix, who stops at the top of the ramp and thrusts his hands out to his side to resounding boos. The lights stop alternating but stay dimmed as he walks to the ring, head held high as you'd expect from the Champ.

BUFFER
And, his tag team partner! Accompanied to the ring by MEGAN SKYE! Hailing from Huron, South Dakota by way of Madrid, Spain... weighing in at two hundred and eight pounds... he is the reigning OAOAST World Heavyweight Champion... LLLAAAAAANNDDOOOOONN... "LA CUCARACHA"... MMMMMAAAAAAAAADDIIIIIIIIIXXXXXXXXXXXXXX!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

With his 'partner' watching on with a displeased look on his face, Maddix makes sure all eyes are on him as he unstraps his World Title and places it over his right shoulder. Jogging up the ring steps, Landon then makes his entrance in similar fashion to PRL, spinning into centre stage as Megan holds the ropes for him. That alone creates some tension between Champion and soon-to-be-challenger, forcing Megan, Lindsay and Popick to step in and mediate.

COLE
No love lost between Landon and PRL. But they have a common goal tonight, to defeat and soften up Zack Malibu ahead of AngleSlam.

Popick continues to ram that point home as Landon and PRL continue to glare daggers at each other. It's not until "Getting Away With Murder" hits and the crowd erupt on every side around them that they finally break their staredown and turn to the entrance way.

BUFFER
And the opponents! First, hailing from Providence, Rhode Island... weighing in at two hundred and ten pounds, he is the former three-time World Heavyweight Champion... "THE FRANCHISE"... ZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCKK... MMMMMMAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIBBUUUUUUUUUU!!!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Malibu enters the arena on his own, welcomed by the cheers of the crowd. As he heads down to the ring, Maddix and Tha Puerto Rican keep their eyes on the aisleway, waiting for Malibu's partner to appear and follow him to the ring. Surprisingly, no one follows, and Malibu hits the ringside area solo, circling around the ring while his foes dare him to step through the ropes.

COACH
You think he's got a partner, Cole?

COLE
It wouldn't surprise me to see Malibu try to take his two rivals on solo, but I have a feeling there's more than meets the eye here.

Zack takes the mic from Michael Buffer, and then steps through the ropes, walking up to both his opponents and looking them in their eyes before stepping back and speaking.

MALIBU
I know what's on your mind, guys. I know that you and everyone else in here, wants to know who my partner is going to be tonight. You wanna know who has my back tonight? All in due time.

COLE
All in due time? Did he PICK a partner at all?

Maddix shouts "We're waiting!" to Malibu, daring him to end the theatrics, but Zack continues on.

MALIBU
Give me a minute here, Landon. It'll be worth the wait, trust me. You see, as soon as this match got announced, I knew what I had to do. I knew exactly who to pick for this match, because it was the right thing to do. No, it's not any of The Hooligans, and it's not any of the Originals, so you can throw your obvious choices right out the window right now. Because there is someone deserving of a chance to prove himself in this company. A man who's been too wrapped up in issues that were no fault of his own. An endentured servant needing to be set free..

Suddenly, Maddix shoves PRL down, shouting at him, to the shock of everyone. PRL gets up, but Zack of all people steps between them, keeping them away from each other.

MALIBU
Hey...HEY! What's with the tension, guys? C'mon Maddix, you're jumping the gun...I didn't get one of the Lightning Crew lackeys to start a revolution...

Maddix, now infuriated that Zack has made him look like a fool (and strike his partner), screams for Malibu to cut to the chase.

MALIBU
...you really wanna know?

Maddix and PRL, in unison, shout "YES!", before glaring at each other for having the same thoughts.

MALIBU
Then let me tell you who it is. It's someone that can be a breakout star in this company. Someone with all the talent needed to succeed, but with one fatal flaw. Loyalty. How is that a flaw? Because this guy has spent his career remaining loyal to the wrong people. People who use his talent for their own gain. People who keep him on their side simply because they know they can't afford to have him as an opponent. People, like a certain World Champion, who deep down knew all along that this day was coming.

Malibu peers into the eyes of Landon Maddix, and Landon gulps, appearing to know what's coming.

MALIBU
Ladies and gentlemen, my partner tonight...the URBAN LEGEND, TODD CORTEZ!

COLE
WHAT!?

Maddix, quickly, takes the mic out of Zack's hands before Todd's music can be hit, and starts screaming.

MADDIX
Wait a minute...WAIT A GOD DAMN MINUTE! Hehe. No way, there is NO WAY Todd is going to be your partner! No...Todd Cortez is MY friend, Malibu. He's MY partner. We came up through the SWF together, we came here and made your life a living HELL...what makes you think Todd Cortez owes YOU anything!?  

The crowd pops loudly as Cortez sprints down the aisle, sliding into the ring.

CORTEZ
Landon, BACK OFF.

Again, the crowd pops, as Todd puts Landon in his place, and takes the mic from him.

CORTEZ
Malibu...you've got some balls on you, man. After all we've been through, all that went down last year between The Wildcards and you, and now you're gonna use ME as a part of your games?

Zack, who has been given another mic by Michael Buffer in the midst of all this, responds.

MALIBU
Then look me in the eye and tell me you're happy about where you're at. Can you honestly say you're happy being stuck as the background to a guy that you don't even LIKE? I'm no fool, Todd. I know about everything that went down in the SWF. I know that you spent your time there honoring your old tag partner because you felt that his early retirement was partly your fault. How you wound up back by the side of this clown I'll never know, but your loyalty is doing you more harm than good, and you're blind to it. You think HE'S good for your career? You want to make something of yourself, and that's all you ever wanted. You want to make your family proud, you want to honor your brother, but THIS is not how to do it.

Landon screams from behind Todd, telling Malibu to stop "making up lies", but Todd turns around and backs Landon up himself.

CORTEZ
So what, you're telling me I shouldn't be obligated to anyone, yet you're asking for my help?

MALIBU
I'm asking you to open your eyes. You don't owe me a damn thing, and honestly, we'll never be best friends...but neither will you two. You're gonna get run into the ground as his workhorse, doing all the dirty work so Maddix keeps the blood off his hands. Is THAT what you want? Don't you deserve better than that? Wasn't that always the plan, Todd? To make yourself better than the hand you were dealt?

Cortez grows silent, thinking over Malibu's words, when Maddix steals the mic from him.

MADDIX
You... don't even TELL me you're listening to this crap! After all we've been through, you're going to listen to HIM? HIM!??!

Cortez speaks down into the mic, and says all of two words.

"He's right."

The crowd goes nuts. Maddix fumes.

MADDIX
What did you just say?

Cortez steals the mic from Landon, and inches closer to his "friend".

CORTEZ
I SAID he's RIGHT. For almost three years now, I've been living everyone else's life. I did everything for everyone else, because I'm not selfish. I don't ask for much, but the one thing I ask for is RESPECT, Landon. RESPECT is something that I got from Mike Van Siclen. RESPECT is something that I got from Alan Clark... and whether you like it or not, I just got more respect from a man I was forced to torture just one year ago, than I EVER got from you.

Maddix looks like he's about to shit, while Malibu and PRL keep at bay.

MADDIX
Do you know what you're saying to me? You do this now, there's no going back. Not tomorrow, not a week from now, not EVER.

CORTEZ
That's the idea.

Maddix's lip quivers as he tries to find the words to direct at his now former running buddy, while Cortez addresses Malibu.

CORTEZ
Let's clear the air though, Malibu. I do this, but after tonight, I don't owe you a damn thing. I respect you, but I don't owe you.

Malibu nods in agreement and puts his hand out, and after a moment of hesitation, Todd Cortez accepts it to a HUGE pop...



...and then turns around JUST as Landon Maddix was going to clock him with the microphone! Landon freezes, dropping the microphone before he begins to plead his case. Cortez isn't having it, however, because if a handshake with Zack Malibu wasn't enough, flooring his former Martial Law partner with a right hand certainly gets the point across!

"YYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!"

COACH
What the hell is going on here!?

Tha Puerto Rican tries to intervene, but Malibu cuts him off, staggering him with a flurry of right hands and then sends him over the ropes with a clothesline, while Landon quickly rolls out of the ring, away from Cortez! Megan rushes over to her man, looking as shocked as he does.

COLE
A shocking turn of events here tonight... Zack Malibu's dream partner is Landon Maddix's worst nightmare! Todd Cortez has broken free of the chains that bound him, and when we come back, Zack Malibu and Todd Cortez will take on Tha Puerto Rican and the World Heavyweight Champion!


[b]*COMMERCIAL BREAK!*[/b]


COLE
Welcome back to Syndicated, and if you're just joining us, you've missed out on a truly shocking turn of events. Todd Cortez was selected by Zack Malibu to be his partner against Landon Maddix and Tha Puerto Rican here tonight and accepted the role, breaking ties with the World Champion and becoming his own man!

The in-ring action began during the break, as right now Malibu is trapped in the corner by Tha Puerto Rican, who cracks him in the chest with a pair of forearms before pulling him out. Malibu is sent to the far corner, but when PRL charges in, Zack tucks and rolls, avoiding the oncoming charge! Tha Puerto Rican turns around only to be hiptossed to the canvas by Malibu, and the fans rejoice at their hero taking charge. An Irish whip sends PRL to the ropes and back bodydropped on the rebound... but as Malibu comes up to a vertical base, he's nailed with a hard running kick from Maddix, who blind tagged himself in!

COACH
That's teamwork, baby!

COLE
You know, you're right, Coach. Tha Puerto Rican and Landon Maddix have the common goal of wanting to eliminate Zack Malibu before Angleslam, and with that motivation they can be a formidable team. Malibu picked Todd Cortez as his partner tonight, a man he held in contempt since early last year, and while Cortez has apparently seen the light so to speak, one has to wonder if he and Zack can work together, or if this could all be some grand ploy thought up by Maddix and/or Tha Puerto Rican!

Maddix puts the boots to Zack, then stands over him and slaps him in the face, telling him in no uncertain terms to "respect your World Champion!" Maddix then goes over the corner and start pointing and shouting at Cortez, but when the Urban Legend makes a move to step into the ring, Maddix quickly backs off, not wanting to lock horns with his now former charge.

COACH
I tell ya, if it is a ploy, Cortez sure is doing a job of making it seem like he wants to tear Landon apart.

Landon turns around and drills Zack with a right as he's getting up, then nails him with a European uppercut...but Zack fights back, nailing Maddix with a flurry of chops that blister his chest...until Landon jabs a thumb in his eye! Maddix smiles to the audience, who respond to the move with their normal dislike for the reigning OAOAST World Champion, then brings Zack to the corner, where he rams his head into the top turnbuckle...or not, as Malibu puts a foot up to block the move, then sends the World Champion's face directly into a turnbuckle! Maddix tries to move away, but Zack takes him by the head and rams his head into the turnbuckle a few more times, in rapid succession, before dropping him with a scoop slam. Zack then comes off the ropes and nails Landon with a kneedrop across his forehead, and that leads to the first pinfall of the match.

ONE!

T-NO!

Maddix is as resilient as he is brash, and gets a shoulder up almost as soon as the count begins. He's led up to his feet by Zack, who tries for a back suplex...but Landon floats over and spins Malibu around before shoving him! Zack gives Landon a look that expresses feelings of "are you KIDDING me?" and shoves back, causing the champion to fume. Landon and Zack go nose to nose now, their faces red with anger as they lock up, vying for position. Both men get their taste of an advantage, until Malibu snares Landon by the head and brings him over to the canvas! Zack holds on, but Landon uses a headscissors to pull him off, and both men get back to their feet. Zack goes for an open hand slap, gets blocked, and gets the second attempt blocked as well. Maddix then drives a boot into his gut, hammers him with a forearm across the back of the neck, and takes Zack over with a suplex that rocks the ring! Landon gets up and hits the ropes, following thru with a kick to the side of Zack's face as he gets up!

COLE
They'd be proud of that one, right here in the home of soccer.

COACH
Apparantly, they call it 'football' over here. What a backwards country, eh?

Zack winds up hanging over the middle rope, and Landon sits on his back, pulling up on the rope in an attempt to strangle Malibu! At the referee's demand, Landon backs off (after taking advantage of the five count, natch), then leans over the top rope and rakes at Zack's face, tearing the skin back before being forced to break by Nick Patrick once again. Landon pleads his case, but it's just an opening for PRL to get involved, as he runs across the apron and jumps to the floor, bringing Zack's throat down across the middle rope!  

COLE
There's what we talked about earlier!  Tha Puerto Rican and Landon Maddix want to take Zack Malibu out of the equation and they are working hard at it tonight, breaking whatever rules they see fit in the process of course!

Once PRL does his part, Landon rolls Zack onto his back and covers, barking at Patrick to start counting.

ONE!

TW-KICKOUT!

COACH
Looks like they're gonna be doin' a lot more of it, Mikey Cole.

Maddix brings Zack up, trapping him in a front facelock to keep him at bay while Landon makes the tag. PRL comes in, and with Zack held in the facelock, kicks him in the stomach and then takes over for Landon, putting him in a headlock. PRL leads Zack to center ring, wrenching the hold, but when Malibu gathers himself, he lifts PRL up off his feet...but Tha Puerto Rican holds on, able to bring himself back to earth! Malibu tries a different approach, shoving PRL forward before he can totally regain his balance, and when PRL hits the ropes, Zack tries for a hiptoss on the rebound. He catches PRL, but the Lightning Crew leader won't go over, and instead counters with one of his own. This time it's Zack who won't be taken over, but PRL acts quick, hitting a knee to the gut, then drapes his leg over Zack's head, gaining some leverage as he backflips over to his feet...and just barely ducks a Malibu lariat! Both men run the ropes and try for dropkicks, and both come up short. As they get back to their feet PRL tries a chop, but Zack blocks with his elbows, then takes PRL's arm and wrenches, moving behind him in a hammerlock. PRL swings around, trying to use his free elbow to strike, but Zack ducks, hits an inverted atomic drop, and then runs the ropes to put some momentum behind a spinning wheel kick that nails Tha Puerto Rican across the tip of his chin!

"YYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!"

COLE
Zack, so quick!

COACH
He's goin' for the tag Mikey!

Sure enough, once he gains his bearings after the spinkick, Zack begins to scramble for his corner. But before he can make the tag Landon scoots in and blindsights him, dragging Malibu into the centre of the ring before he's forced to re-assume his position on the apron.

COLE
Landon seems to want no part of his former right-hand man.

COACH
Or, he just wants Zack to take all the punishment and maybe end up less than 100% for AngleSlam.

COLE
Or, both.

PRL tags Landon back in, the World Champion again forced to cut off a tag on the other side. Landon stomps away on Zack, gradually moving towards the ribs once he's softened The Franchise up. Taking a moment to warn his tenuous partner to 'buck his ideas up', Landon then whips Zack into the ropes, looking for a clothesline. Zack swoops underneath though, coming off the ropes and hitting Landon with the spinning wheel kick!

COLE
Well, that ought to shut Landon's mouth. Literally and figuratively.

With Maddix down, it's PRL's turn to come in and prevent the tag. He drags Zack away, drawing Cortez into the ring. The referee is distracted as now PRL works over Zack, firing off right hands as he waits for Landon to get back up. The makeshift partners find enough co-operation within them to whip Malibu off the ropes, ready for a double team. But a double clothesline misses the mark and Zack comes back, connecting with a foot a-piece on a double dropkick!

"YYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

COLE
Now BOTH men down! This must be Zack's chance to tag!

*clap clap clapclapclap, clap clap clap clap*
"COR - TEZ!"
*clap clap clapclapclap, clap clap clap clap*
"COR - TEZ!"

COLE
Listen to this. I never, ever thought I'd hear an OAOAST crowd cheering or chanting for Todd Cortez!

COACH
Me neither!

The English crowd's football (*groan*... 'soccer') chant makes it clear what they want. Malibu is back up before his opponents, but in the wrong half of the ring. And with Landon and PRL quickly regaining their feet, Zack has to act quickly. Tucking and rolling, he avoids the lunges of both opponents, coming up to his feet in the corner AND MAKING THE TAG!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!"

COLE
Here comes Cortez!!

Landon's eyes bulge and quick as a flash, he dives for the outside. Cortez goes right for Tha Puerto Rican then, springboarding to the top rope and wiping out The Corporate Champion with a high-flying dropkick! Wheeling around, Cortez looks for Landon. He's routed to the floor though, so Cortez grabs PRL. A European Uppercut connects. And a second. One more, setting up and irish whip. Tha Puerto Rican goes underneath a clothesline and builds up some speed, throwing himself at Todd with a crossbody... CAUGHT! Cortez catches PRL in his arms and throws him with a Fallaway Slam!


ONE!






TWO!





Save by Landon!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Immediately, Landon begins to regret his intervention as The Urban Legend stands straight up. Maddix tries to beg off from his now former ally, crossing his heart on his honesty over a handshake offer. But what he doesn't realise is deep down, even as allies, Cortez has been waiting for this moment on and off for the best part of a year. And he can't wait to grab Landon by his blond hair, backing him up into a corner and UNLOADING with a heavy combo of right hands!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

COLE
Oh my! The World Champion's closest, possibly [i]only[/i] ally, an ally no more!

COACH
What an ingrate! What a dirty, rotten ingrate Cortez turned out to be!

COLE
What are you talking about!?

With Megan only able to watch on in despair, Cortez continues to beat the hell out of his former partner. Irish whip follows, sending Landon corner to corner and HARD upside down in the turnbuckles! Teetering on the top, Landon manages to avoid tumbling to the floor and rolls back down the turnbuckles. However, he walks straight into a Crotch-Droppah from Cortez! Landon almost takes flight from the force of the landing and immediately rolls to the floor. Cortez is ready to follow, until a recovered PR attacks from behind. Shaky leg kicks from The Corporate Champion, beating Cortez down before he "smells the electricity"!

COACH
He's smelling it! He's smelling it!

PR whips Cortez off the ropes. Leapfrog from Tha Puerto Rican. And a reverse leapfrog... RIGHT ONTO CORTEZ'S SHOULDERS!!

PRL
:O

Cortez carries PRL around in the electric chair for a second or two before he gains his bearings, reaching down and jamming a finger into the eye of The Urban Legend. PRL then slides down the back and grabs the back of Cortez's head, running him to the ropes and vaulting to the outside, dropping him throat-first across the top rope with The Ricochet!

However, the moment PRL turns to get back into the ring, Air Malibu takes off WIPING OUT THA PUERTO RICAN WITH A SUICIDE DIVE THAT SENDS BOTH INTO THE EDGE OF THE ANNOUNCE TABLE!!!!

COACH
YO~!!!!

COLE
It's broken down here, bodies all over the place!

Slowly getting to his feet, Cortez looks out at the bodies strewn in front of the announce table. He then turns around, guided by the crowd... into a DROPSAULT by Landon! Quickly Maddix hooks the leg with all his might...


ONE!





TWO!





NO!

MADDIX
COME ON REFEREE!!

Maddix rushes to his feet... and hesitates. Almost unsure over whether to put the boots to Cortez, as he eventually does. With the crowd booing his every move, Landon soon gets into the swing of things and begins to smile away as he lands with the stomps. Landon then backs off, encouraging Cortez back to his feet. However, out of the corner of his eye, he sees Zack and PRL beginning to get back up. The two rivals scrap away on the floor. Providing the perfect target for Maddix, who propels himself through bottom and middle rope WITH THE TOPÉ ESPECIAL!!!

COLE
WOAH! Maddix, taking out Zack... [i]and PRL[/i]! And I've got my suspicions, that was no accident.

COACH
No shit, Sherlock.

COLE
I meant taking out PRL.

The three components of AngleSlam's main-event lay on the floor and in a round about away, help/drag each other back up. Which leaves just Todd Cortez. No stranger to a risk or two, Cortez walks over to that side of the ring and shows great balance by climbing the ropes in the centre. Getting his footing on the top rope he then soars, WIPING EVERYONE OUT, INCLUDING STEPHEN JOSEPH POPICK, WITH A SHOOTING STAR SUICIDA!!!!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

COLE
OH, MY~!

"COR - TEZ!"
"COR - TEZ!"
"COR - TEZ!"
"COR - TEZ!"

Understandably, all four men are slow getting up. It's Cortez up first though, throwing PRL into the ring and following close after. As PRL climbs back up he's measured by The Urban Legend, who waits for him to turn around before burying a boot into the gut. Lindsay Gonzalez reacts almost as quickly as the fans, who pop at the prospect of the Riot Act Plus... but as Lindsay jumps to the apron and distracts the ref, PRL goes low!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

COLE
Ugh, typical PRL! A cheapshot, with his fiancee providing the distraction!

COACH
[i]The Women's Champion[/i], Lindsay Gonzalez.

COLE
What does that have to do with anything?

With Cortez stunner by the shot below the belt, Tha Puerto Rican quickly pulls Todd in by the arm and puts the spine on the pine, dead centre of the ring! Lindsay drops back to the floor, as in spite of themselves, the fans rise to their feet. PRL removes his elbowpad, spitting on it and throwing it into the face of The Urban Legend. He does some weird hand signals, and then bounces off the ropes, jumps over Cortez, and then bounces off the opposite ropes. PR stops short of the elbow and just simply flips Todd off... and then drops the most electrifying move in professional wrestling, the INTENSEZONE ELBOW! 

"YEEEEAAHHHH - BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

COACH
The IntenseZone Elbow! The IntenseZone Elbow, the most electrifying move in spor...



*SMACK!*

"YYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

COLE
SCHOOL'S OUT!! SCHOOL'S OUT!!

Zack catches PRL in a pre-mature celebration with the Superkick and slumps over top with the cover...


ONE!







TWO!







TH-

NO, LANDON SAVES!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Straight up to his feet, Landon catches Malibu on the way up with a kick. Lining him up, Landon then fires off a HARD roundhouse to the chest! Zack falls backwards, getting rolled right the way through as his feet fly up and being lifted up into a fireman's carry... NO! Zack escapes down the back and goes for the ANGLE SLA... NO! With a quick hop, Maddix lands behind! Both men stumble and as Zack meets the turnbuckles, he quickly pushes himself off, coming with SCHOOL'S OUT...






*SMACK!*


...NAILING PRL FOR A SECOND TIME!!!

"YYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"

COACH
Aw, damn it!

COLE
PRL gets hit again... and I think Landon might have pulled him in the way!

As Tha Puerto Rican collapses through the ropes and to the floor, Landon capitalises on the brief confusion, as he catches Zack and drives him face-first with the Complete Shot!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Zack rebounds off the canvas hard. With his opponent already beginning to roll, Landon kicks Zack the rest of the way out of the ring, putting the badmouth on him as he hits the ringside mats. Little does the World Champion realise what's behind him though. With a last insult thrown at The Franchise, Maddix turns around... into a boot! Standing headscissors, Cortez giving the signal....





*WHAM!*


...AND SPIKING MADDIX ON HIS HEAD WITH THE RIOT ACT PLUS~!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

COLE
Oh my God, he got him!

COACH
Oh no...

The fans are on their feet, as Cortez flips Landon over, hooking the leg, Megan watching on with her hands on her head...



ONE!







TWO!






THREEEEEE!!!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"


*DINGDINGDING!*

COLE
OH. [b]MY![/b]

BUFFER
Your winners of the match... the team of "THE URBAN LEGEND" TODD CORTEZ and ZACK MMMAAAALLIIIIBBUUUUUUU!!!!

The London crowd are going positively NUTS, as Cortez's hand is raised in victory. The not-so quick thinking production team, not being told ahead of time of Zack's partner, cue up "Getting Away With Murder". But it doesn't matter to Cortez what music is playing as he stands over Landon Maddix, victorious.

COLE
What a shocking turn of events... another shocking turn of events, in a situation rife with them! Todd Cortez has PINNED the World Heavyweight Champion!

COACH
Look at Megan, she can't believe this is happening. I can't either!

As Landon's World Heavyweight Title is passed into the ring ready for him to wake-up, Cortez quickly snatches it from the referee. Leaning over the unconscious La Cucaracha, Cortez yells something at the fallen Champion before raising the title over his head, to a huge cheer! On the outside, Zack Malibu looks on, seemingly unsure of what to make of what's just happened. Next to him, Popick has the same look as he kneels beside Tha Puerto Rican.

COLE
Until about ten minutes ago, Cortez was still Landon Maddix's, for the want of a better word, 'lackey'. And now, he stands over him, holding [i]his[/i] World Heavyweight Championship!! What the hell does this mean for Landon Maddix, for all of these men in the run-up to AngleSlam 2007!?

Cortez finally drapes the belt over the still KOed World Champion. Eyeing up Malibu, he then exits the ring and backs up the aisle as we...



FADE OUT.