NR: Triple Cage Match

[Zack Malibu 0]

Now that all six men are in the ring, they face off with each other. On one side of the ring stands Malibu, Bohemoth and Cortez. On the opposite side, the group with minimal, if any fan support: PRL, Maddix, and the World Champion himself. A combination of former champions and those who have come *thisclose* to the belt in the past, they all take note that the biggest prize in wrestling is currently hanging some 30ft. in the air...and they have to make their way up this brutal contraption to claim it.

 

*DING* *DING* *DING*

 

We're off, and no sooner has the bell sounded than the six men pair off, scrambling to be the first to gain some type of advantage in this enviroment. Cortez and Maddix face off, as do Popick and Malibu, and as they brawl back and forth they wind up battling in the corners. PRL and Bo remain at center ring, and when two forearms to the chest barely make Bo flinch, PRL gets floored by a standing clothesline, then pulled up off the mat while he's still woozy. After being sent to the ropes, Tha Puerto Rican finds himself a few feet closer to the championship gold...but that's because Bo is pressing him overhead, almost nonchalantly, before dropping him facefirst to the canvas!

 

COLE

That remarkable power advantage is one thing that the other five men need to watch out for, and PRL just found out the hard way!

 

Bo pulls PRL up, but Tha Puerto Rican pushes Bo away, then hits a quick dropkick that staggers Bo, sending him through the ropes...and when Bo drags himself to his feet, PRL snaps his head over the top rope, which sends Bo to the floor! PRL smirks at his deed, but he's soon quick to join Bo, as Cortez and Malibu team up, rushing the leader of the Lightning Crew and nailing him with a double clothesline that sends him tumbling over the top!

 

COACH

Did they miss the memo that this isn't under Battle Royal rules?

 

With Bo and PRL dazed at ringside, Malibu slingshots himself over onto the apron and takes position, looking to nail them with his trademark Apron Run Diving Clothesline...but as he races across the apron, he's nailed with a lariat from Cortez, who bounces off the ropes inside the ring and nails Zack on the outside! Zack falls and rolls back into the ring, while Cortez is the one who executes a dive, going over the ropes with a pescado onto the two challengers on the floor! Back in the ring, Zack gets up but is met with a boot from Maddix, and then he and Popick double up and hit Zack with a double-team suplex, putting him back on the canvas! Maddix goes after Zack again, but when he does Popick spins him around and rakes his eyes, then shoots him to the ropes...but Maddix reverses! Popick clings to the ropes, and when Maddix charges he winds up going up and over, as Popick sends him crashing down onto the rest of the people at ringside! Popick surveys the scene, and then goes to climb the turnbuckles...but once he's on the top rope, Malibu comes from behind and knocks his legs out from under him! Popick falls hard onto the top rope, and Malibu climbs up the ropes, and ONTO POPICK'S BACK, using his rival as a launchpad to dive onto the rest of his opponents!

 

COLE

If this is what people mean by Crash TV, they're certainly getting their money's worth!

 

Cortez is the first one up from the floor, and gets back into the ring. Popick eases himself off the ropes, still favoring his "little friends"...and Cortez takes note of that, because his first move on offense is his patented inverted atomic drop! Popick reels, and winds up struck with another one...and stumbles backwards into Bo, who has also returned to the ring. Popick glances back over his shoulder and looks as if he's ready to cry, while Bo shoves him forward into a THIRD inverted atomic drop, which is followed by a full nelson slam from Bohemoth! Popick rolls off to the side, while Cortez opens fire on Bo, throwing kicks at his leg to try and knock him off balance...but when he tries one too many times, Bo captures the leg, grabs Todd by the throat with his free hand, and hurls him backwards into the corner! Cortez bounces off the turnbuckles, then gets sandwiched by a running lariat before getting placed on the top rope. Bo climbs up after him, but Cortez punches wildly, trying to back him away...and it works! Bo goes off balance, falling to the mat, and when he gets up he's quickly snapped back to the canvas by Maddix's Russian leg sweep...and PRL caps that off with a springboard senton that crushes the big man! PRL rolls to his feet, but immediately gets dropped with an STO from Maddix, who in turn gets nailed with a springboard dropkick from Malibu!

 

COACH

It's like a game of dominoes in there, Cole! One falls, they all fall, one after the other!

 

COLE

It's literally a fight to the top here tonight, and the sooner you can take one, two, or all of your opponents out, the better. Imagine what it's going to be like having to be trapped in one of the higher cages, battling for the belt!

 

With everyone scattered about on the canvas, Zack heads back to the floor for a ladder that will aid him in moving to the next level of the cage. Malibu pulls a ladder up, but as he pulls it up to his chest, he's nailed with a baseball slide by Cortez! Zack falls into the steel wall, while Cortez yanks the ladder away from him and slides it in. Cortez opens fire on Zack, nailing him with some hard fists and then a European uppercut! Zack falls to the floor, allowing Cortez to return to the ring. When he does, he picks up the end of the ladder, looking to set it up...but Landon grabs the other end, trying to pry it out of Todd's hands! They both pull, looking to claim the ladder for their own...but when PRL comes charging both men raise the ladder up and crack the Spanish sensation in the forehead with the ladder!

 

COLE

Break out the Advil!

 

Cortez loses his grip on the ladder after that shot, and Maddix takes control of the steel implement, setting it up so that he can try to get into Level 2. Maddix starts climbing up one side, while Cortez races up the other...but the ladder starts teetering as they get to the top, because the Metrosexual Monster heaves it over! Cortez and Landon both don't want to fall, so they act quickly, both grabbing onto the roof of the cage, dangling in the air as the ladder falls, resting on the ropes!

 

COACH

They're stuck in the air!

 

Cortez and Landon continue their fight, each man trying to kick the other down...but Bo ends that by reaching up and yanking both men to the canvas! Cortez and Landon both land on their feet, and find themselves with Bo's hand wrapped around their throats! The former Martial Law once again act as a team, both nailing Bo with a kick to the stomach at the same time and then take him by the head, snapping him onto his back! Landon then takes Cortez and bodyslams him onto Bo, then orders Cortez to get up and do the same thing with Landon. Cortez calls Landon on and obliges, but as he lifts Landon, Maddix squirms free, spins Todd around, and jabs a thumb in his eye before running him facefirst into the turnbuckle!

 

COLE

That snake in the grass! That's as close as you'll ever get to seeing Martial Law in action again, I promise you that!

 

Landon blocks Todd in the corner, cutting him off from the rest of the ring, and stomps him down.