HD: Battle Royal

[King Cucaracha 0]

COLE
And it's now time for our main-event...

COACH
Already? Man. Remind me to TiVo Syndicated this week.

COLE
...here on HeldDOWN~!, featuring no less than 15 of the OAOAST's finest in a battle to take one step closer to OAOAST World Championship gold. Members of The In Crowd, The Enterprise, The Deadly Alliance and Cucaracha Internacional did battle on a wild and crazy HeldDOWN~! last week in San Juan as the war of the words over who the most dominant group in the OAOAST really is finally and inevitably spilled over into violence!


[QUOTE=LAST WEEK ON HELDDOWN~!, Love Shack]
ALFDOGG
I hope you're not grouping this four with your group Maddix. Because we're fixing to run through [i]everybody[/i] in this ring in about five seconds if you all don't get the hell out.

MONEYMAKER
I assume that includes the females as well as the males?

Reject grabs the microphone from Alf, realising that shot was directed at him.

REJECT
Look, Moneymaker, put it this way...


*SLAP!*

COLE
OH BOY!

The Messiah reels back from the slap, nobody quite able to believe it just happened.

REJECT
I will run through who I want, whe...

Reject has no time to finish that thought though, as The Enterprise suddenly pile forward AND START SLUGGING IT OUT WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE DEADLY ALLIANCE!! The punches fly back and forth sending Melissa, Mackenzie and Molly all heading for the safety of the outside. And Megan soon joins them, as after watching for a few seconds, Landon gives the signal AND CUCARACHA INTERNACIONAL SUDDENLY DIVE INTO THE FRAY AS WELL!!!!

COLE
HERE WE GO!!!!

COACH
No, no, this is what he wants! Damn it!

It's chaos as the fifteen or so OAOAST superstars do battle inside the ring. On the outside, even the females are about to get in on the act, as Mackenzie and Molly get into a heated arguement with Megan and with Melissa. Watching all this unfold, Leon puts his microphone down carefully and dusts his hands on a job well done. Getting to the top of the aisle he decides not to leave after all though, instead reaching into the ring AND PULLING OUT REJECT, GOING WILD WITH RIGHT HANDS ON THE FLOOR!!!

COLE
LEON HAS REJECT!! OH MAN WHAT A CHAOTIC SCENE!!

COACH
AND NOW WHAT!?

Now would be ZACK MALIBU, dodging past Reject and Rodez to dive into the ring in pursuit of Theodore Moneymaker! The Messiah is tied up with Thunderkid though and Zack gets lost in the melee, instead throwing right hands at whatever Enterprise or Cucaracha Internacional member steps his way. Moments later and BOHEMOTH sprints out through the curtains to get in on the war as well, sliding in and going to work on Alfdogg!!

COLE
IT'S ALL GONE TO HECK IN SAN JUAN!!

Not a moment too soon referees rush out from the back to try and break the mass brawl up. But the wrestlers outnumber the officials and they're powerless to help, as the wild punches continue to fly around in the ring. They do manage to break up Leon and Reject though, for what it's worth. With Leon restrained, Melissa starts to rush towards him... but Molly Nerdly grabs her sister by the arm and wheels her around, into a big SLAP! Down goes Melissa, but Megan attacks Molly from behind, leading to Mackenzie tackling her to the ground giving the officials even more order to try and restore. Eventually, they give up and signal to the back, leading to more OAOAST staff and road agents to run to the ring to help out!

COACH
Michael, hold my headset.

COLE
What? Are you mad, you can't go up there!

COACH
What!? Screw that, room service just brought me my meal and I don't wanna be chewing on air, fool.

COLE
Oh for the love of...

The fight begins to become a little less frenetic, if only because the shots everyone is taking are having their effect. Some roll to the floor to get out of the firing line, like The Beverly Hills Blonds and James Blonde, who go back at it on the floor instead. In the ring, Todd Cortez finds the room to set Sandman9000 up for the Riot Act Plus... but Christian Wright bundles him over. Finally the mass of OAOAST officials is joined by some of the locker room, the likes of The Love Doctors, Vinny Valentine and The Can-Jam Connection being drafted in to get the warring factions seperated!

COLE
It is utter chaos on HeldDOWN~! and it seems like there's no end in sight, even with all these bodies out here to stop it... LOOK OUT!!!!!

Suddenly, Zack Malibu leaves the ring, with a PLANCHA OUT ONTO JAMES BLONDE AND THE BEVERLY HILLS BLONDS!!!!!

COLE
THIS IS OUT OF CONTROL!! We're going to need the US army to break this up at this rate![/QUOTE]


COLE
After that chaotic scene, Josie Baker acted and made this astronomical battle royal, with the added incentive that the last two men standing tonight will go on to our Halloween Spectacular next week in Miami, competing one on one to determine who faces the World Heavyweight Champion at November Reign!

A match graphic pops up, with two black sillohuette figures, hyping the #1 Contendership Match between '???' and '???'. An in no way totally unneccessary visual aid!

COLE
Now, the way this match is laid out isn't your typical battle royal. One man from each group will start the match, with eliminations to occur when someone is thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. But at each interval, another member of each stable will enter. Which is a big disadvantage for The In Crowd considering they only have Leon and Zack in this thing. But a huge advantage for The Enterprise with six entrants, which means whoever are in Blocks 4 and 5 will be coming in alone and fresh. A huge advantage for The Enterprise, there's a surprise.

COACH
What are you implying?

COLE
I'm not implying anything. Why, guilty conscience?

COACH
Not a bit of it. You can't put this down to Enterprise bias. They're at a 9-6 disadvantage! No bias! And Josie threw everyone into this thing, even Leon Rodez, the one responsible for the entire brawl, so you can't say she's bias.

COLE
I wouldn't dream of it. Let's go up to Michael Buffer.



BUFFER
Ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is your special Stables Battle Royal! The rules are as follows. One man from each of the four represented groups will begin the match. Then, at evenly timed three minute intervals there-after, each group will enter one more member. This process will continue until all groups are fully represented and until all 15 men have entered. Eliminations occur when a competitor is thrown over the top and onto the floor. The match continues until two men remain, with those two to go on to the Halloween Spectacular to compete for the number one contendership for the Heavyweight Championship of the world! Are you ready!?

"YYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

BUFFER
Washington D.C... ARE... YOU... RRRRRREEEEEEEEAADDYYYYY!?!?

"YYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

BUFFER
Then... for the thousands in attendance here in our nation's capital... and for those watching around the world, ladies and gentlemen... llllllLLLLLLLET'S GET RRRRREAADDYYYYY TO RRRRRUUUMMMBBBLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!



"If you are what you say you are
A superstar
Then have no fear
The camera's here
And the microphones and they wanna know
Oh oh oh yeah"

The red carpet is rolled out as "Superstar" by Lupe Fiasco plays. And first to appear, not looking in the best of moods, is Ned Blanchard. The sullen Handsome Hustler throws his arms up over his head in a defiant signal to the boos of the crowd but certainly not the usual contempt he'd show for them were in his usual fine form.

BUFFER
Introducing first, Enterprise representative number one! Hailing from Beverly Hills, California... he weighs two hundred, thirty five pounds. One half of the walk of fame worthy Beverly Hills Blonds... "THE HANDSOME HUSTLER"... NNEEEEEEEEEDD... BBLLLLLAAAAAAANNCCCCCHHHHHAAAAAARRRRRRRDD!!!"

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Ned enters the ring and instantly hits a corner, leaning in the turnbuckles with narrow eyes aimed at the crowd.

COLE
Boy, Ned continuing to draw the short straws. Entering first of six for the Enterprise tonight, this after what we heard earlier that The Heavenly Rockers will be representing The Enterprise in the Fatal 4-Way for the Tag Team Titles next week in Miami. In, what was, a surprise decision.

COACH
How was it a surprise? The Heavenly Rockers are one of the most successful teams in the OAOAST...

COLE
And so are The Beverly Hills Blonds, who unlike Logan and Synth are official, card-holding Enterprise members.

"Oh No" by Mos Def, Nate Dogg and Pharoah Monche hits next, getting a bit more of a cheer from the crowd. Head down, Todd Cortez marches out and right towards the ring in a state of complete focus. His pyro goes off far behind him, already way past his cue.

BUFFER
Introducing next, representative number one for Cuucaracha Internacional! Hailing from Hollywood Boulevard... weighing in at two hundred, twenty six pounds. He is "THE URBAN LEGEND"... TTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODD... CCOOOOOOOOORRRRRRTTEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZ!!!!

"YYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!"

COLE
The black sheep of Cucaracha Internacional, Todd Cortez, who'll hold no stable pride but will be relishing the competition in this match nonetheless.

COACH
I'll bet. This is his only shot at number one contendership for anything while he's still refusing to fall in line.

As Cortez slides into the ring, the arena goes dark. "God Of Thunder" pounds out through the arena. The entrance way lights up yellow, then fills up with yellow smoke, followed by the figure of Thunderkid walking through the smoke. With his half of the Tag Team Titles around his waist, Thunderkid walks tall and determined to the ring.

BUFFER
Representative number one for The Deadly Alliance. Hailing from Green Bay, Wisconsin... he weighs in at two hundred and fifty pounds. One half of the OAOAST World Tag Team Champions... TTHHHHHHHHUUUUUUUUUUUNN - DDEEEEEEERRRRRKKIIIIIIIIIIIIDD!!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Thunderkid enters the ring and raises his arms, then starts bouncing back and forth on the spot sizing his immediate opponents up.

COLE
Gang warfare here tonight and plenty more to come at the Halloween Spectacular, as Thunderkid and Reject will defend their Tag Team Titles against opponents from Cucaracha Internacional, The Enterprise and The In Crowd.

COACH
After months of talk, it's starting to heat up between these groups Michael. And the OAOAST may never be the same once the dust settles on it all.

The three men in the ring all cast some threatening looks around, "Rock The Casbah" hits to bring the crowd to their feet. Sweeping through the entrance way is of course Leon Rodez, wearing a big grin on his face as he opens up his robe to reveal the Nerdly thrilling treats beneath.

BUFFER
And finally, representative number one of The In Crowd! From Grand Rapids, Michigan... weighing in at two hundred, eighteen pounds. "THE NEW-AGE LOVE MACHINE"... "THE GRAND RAPIDS GOLDEN CHILD"... ladies and gentlemen, "SILKY SMOOTH"... LLLLLLEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOONN... RRRRRRRROOOOOOODDEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZ!!!!

"YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Leaping to the ring apron, Leon turns to the crowd and blows them a two-handed kiss before leaping in over the top. Thunderkid takes a step towards him, Leon throwing up a mocking boxing pose and daring him to 'fite me'.

COACH
See, this is all this punk's fault. Everybody was getting along fine throwing around groundless threats and then he had to light the touchpaper, didn't he? I see him for real now. Leon ain't no good guy. He's just a troublemaker, plain and simple!

Rodez removes of his robe and suddenly we're ready to go, as the lone referee in the ring joins his two colleagues on the floor. Finding himself in the middle of the ring, Leon quickly dances to the one unmanned corner before anyone can jump him unexpectedly, before the bell sounds.

COLE
So all of these four are in the toughest position possible to make it to the Halloween Spectacular. Of course, the best position will be whoever enters sixth of The Enterprise. Gee, I wonder who that'll be.


*DINGDINGDING!*

On the bell, the four starters all carefully start to leave their corners. All prepared for a sudden attack from each other. As they near the middle of the ring, Leon and Cortez get within touching distance and look like they're about to lock hands... and the moment they take their focus away, Thunderkid and Blanchard pounce on them! TK clubs away at Leon, Ned doing the same on Cortez.

COLE
Thunderkid and Ned both spotting an opening there and the battle picks up where we left it last week, hot and heavy!

After a European uppercut, TK looks for an irish whip. Next to him Ned has the same idea with Cortez. Both Leon and Cortez duck attacks coming back off the ropes though, rebounding back and baseball sliding through the legs in stereo. As they get to their feet Leon and Cortez look at each other, surprised to be in synchronicity, before both ducking clotheslines and both hitting dropkicks on their respective opponents!

COLE
How about that!

Leon and Cortez again look each other in the eye and pretty soon they're face to face, about to go at it. Again the other two men in the match see an opportunity though and come charging. Alert, Leon sidesteps TK, who ends up clotheslining Cortez, who in turn bumps backwards into Ned. As they hit the mat, Leon tries to take advantage on TK, looking for an irish whip, which is reversed. Rodez hits the turnbuckles and Thunderkid charges, only to eat boot! Hitting the ropes, Leon looks to follow up...


...but gets caught and PRESSED, Thunderkid walking him over to the ropes...



...only for Leon to slip free before elimination! Landing on his feet, The Silky Smooth One turns TK around and goes to work with forearms, while Cortez stomps Ned in a corner across the ring.

COLE
I wonder what Tha Puerto Rican must be thinking watching this, with 15 guys in immediate title contention, plus the 4 he has to wrestle next week in Miami!

COACH
That's the beauty of a bloated roster baby.

Irish whip attempt is reversed again by Thunderkid, but this time Leon grabs the ropes to stop himself and encourages TK to kiss his rear end. TK charges in, presumably not through eagerness to do just that, landing up with him drop toeholded (toeheld?) across the middle rope.

COLE
Uh-oh, get out them tap shoes!

COACH
That's horrible.

A happy again Leon does the JIG~! before hitting the ropes and driving his body weight into the spine of the Tag Team Champion!

COLE
Call That Bitch Bojangles!

Fist pumping, Leon fires up the crowd. What he doesn't notice is Todd Cortez coming off the ropes to his side and LAUNCHING him into the air with the HOLLOW POOOOOOIIIIIIINT~!


(Period.)

Cortez jumps to his feet, but Ned is waiting with a clothesli... NO! Cortez sidesteps and guides Ned up and over the top...



...onto the apron, as Ned hooks the top rope and saves himself at the last second!

COLE
Oh, Ned almost gone!

COACH
That would have done him no favours with Mister Moneymaker, that's for sure. Maybe if Ned and Simon want to know why The Heavenly Rockers are repping the E at the Halloween Spectacular, they oughta look in the mirror. I still love'em though, don't get it twisted.

As he rolls back inside Ned is stomped by Cortez, before being pulled up and hit with a European uppercut. And a second. Cortez then wrings the arm and looks for an irish whip. Spinning out in front, Ned reels Cortez in though and pulls a 180 to drop him throat-first across the top rope with the STUN GUN! Cortez whiplashes off the rope and holds his throat, as for a moment Ned is the only man standing. That moment soon passes though, as he turns around into a BICYCLE KICK from Thunderkid!

COLE
Bodies are flying in the early going. Physicality at every turn.

Thunderkid steps over Ned's body, going back after Leon. He stomps him by the ropes, then stands on the bottom ring rope pressing it down across Leon's windpipe. TK delivers another few stomps, then pulls Leon up and tries to dump him over the top.

COLE
Here we go, Thunderkid looking to thin out the field a little.

COACH
And no surprise he goes for Leon. Good for him.

Hanging on, Leon is able to avoid going to the floor as Thunderkid eventually pushes him over the top. He quickly scoots in under the apron and away from TK, giving him time to get to one knee and fire a right hand. And another. TK clubs back at Rodez, but a headbutt to the gut doubles him up, allowing Leon to get to his feet. He drives a bionic elbow to the back of the head, before backing off the ropes behind him. TK boots him in the gut though, elevating Leon into a fireman's carry and dumping him face-first to the canvas. Off the ropes, Thunderkid then follows up with a HARD boot to the side of the head!

COLE
Ooh!

COACH
That oughta make pretty boy a little less pretty, huh?

COLE
Maybe a little.

COACH
Ghey.

With Leon down, Thunderkid goes after Cortez seeing him on the ropes. TK tries to lift Cortez over the top and calls Ned over to help him out. Still smarting from the Bicycle Kick, Ned gives TK no assistance though and instead gouges his eyes. Ned then tries to eliminate Thunderkid, only for Cortez to break it up.

COLE
We're getting ready for the next four entrants in under a minute. The face of this battle royal will change pretty dramatically at that point.

Cortez and Ned trade shots, before Cortez makes some room...


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

...and delivers a knifedge chop. Ned fires back with a right hand...


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

...and Cortez fires off a second chop. So Ned delivers a knee to the gut to cut him off. Pulling Cortez in, Ned then slaps on a sleeper, as we see in the aisleway the bandaged face of Sandman9000 appears.

COLE
Here we go and here comes the Heartland Champion!


BUFFER
Ladies and gentlemen, Block 1 of this match is now underway. Entering the ring at this time, representative number two for The Deadly Alliance... the OAOAST Heartland Champion... SSAAAAANNDDMMMMMAAAAAANN 9000!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

As Sandman slides into the ring, Cortez tries to fight out of the sleeper. Turning to the side, he delivers an elbow to the ribs of Blanchard. And a second. With the hold weakened, Cortez then places a hand on Ned's back and shoots him off...




...into Thunderkid, WHO BACKDROPS NED UP AND OVER THE TOP ROPE!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!"

COACH
Oh Ned, no!

COLE
There goes the Handsome Hustler, at the worst possible time!

As Sandman and Thunderkid jump Cortez, Ned sits up to see an apologetic Simon Singleton running past him.

BUFFER
Representative number two of The Enterprise... "BOX OFFICE" SSSIIIIMMMMMMOOOOOOOONN... SSSIIIIINNGGLLLLLEEEEEEETTOOOOOOONN!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
NED BLANCHARD
ENTERED: #1, Enterprise
LEFT: 1st
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Thunderkid
Left in ring: Todd Cortez, Thunderkid, Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Simon Singleton
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Singleton attacks Thunderkid from behind with a double axehandle, then follows him into a corner. Cortez and Sandman continue to go at it as well, while the entrants keep on coming.

BUFFER
Representative number two for Cucaracha Internacional, one-third of the OAOAST Six-Man Tag Team Champions... NNAAATTHHHAAAAAAANNIIIIIEEEEEEELLLLLLL... BBLLLLLLAAAAAAAAACCKK!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Black leaves everyone else to their battles and targets Leon Rodez as he slides in, attacking him in a corner.

"ZACK!"
"ZACK!"
"ZACK!"
"ZACK!"

COLE
These people know who's coming next!

COACH
They're doing a better job than me then, this is confusing as hell!

Those who are following this mess get their wish, as eventually out through the entrance bursts The Franchise, running to the ring at top speed.

BUFFER
And now entering the ring, the second and final representative of The In Crowd... the former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and undisputed Franchise of the OAOAST... ZZZAAAAAAAACCK... MMMMMAAAAAALLLIIIIIIIIBBUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!

"YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

COLE
BUSINESS HAS PICKED UP BAH GAWD!!

Zack slides into the ring and he comes in swinging! Spinning Singleton around, he drops him with a right hand. Thunderkid takes a step forward, to get dropped with a right as well. Wheeling away, Zack is charged by Sandman, but he blocks him with a boot then goes on the attack. Palm strike from the left side, palm strike from the right, another from the left and Sandman is reeling. Off the ropes, Malibu delivers a clothesline that puts Sandman against the ropes but doesn't knock him down. And as the Heartland Champion comes back asking for more, Zack looks to deliver. As Zack hits the ropes, Sandman ducks his head looking for a backdrop. Zack sees it and hops behind into a waistlock. Standing switch by Sandman, but Zack switches back and dumps Sandman backwards with a German Suplex!

COLE
The Franchise is on fire!

COACH
Not for much longer.

Coach's prediction looks accurate, as Cortez hits the ropes for the HOLLOW POOOOIIII... NO! Zack leapfrogs The Urban Legend, who ends up spilling to the floor. He quickly tries to get back inside, but Zack dropkicks his legs out, causing him to fall face-first into the ring apron! Cortez is then put in the firing line again, as Simon Singleton charges...





...AND ZACK BACKDROPS HIM OVER THE TOP ONTO THE URBAN LEGEND!!!!

COACH
Aw, damnit!

COLE
And whatever advantage The Enterprise had is disappearing before their eyes!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SIMON SINGLETON
ENTERED: #2, Enterprise
LEFT: 2nd
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Zack Malibu
Left in ring: Todd Cortez, Thunderkid, Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, Zack Malibu
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zack turns away after the elimination...



...and comes face to face with Nathaniel Black, sending a wave of anticipation around the Wachovia Center!

COACH
Uh-oh! Uh-oh!

COLE
Would you look at this? Zack and Black, these two men have tore the house down every time they've met and they've been just dying for another shot at one another for months. And here it is!

Already mouthing off to Zack, Black gives him a shove in the chest and dares him to take the first shot. No second invitation needed. Zack nails Black with a palm strike to the jaw. The Englishman responds with a BIG slap though, the sound echoing throughout the arena as Malibu reels backwards. As he does, he quickly has to drop down to avoid a Deadly Alliance double clothesline, which ends up nailing Black instead. Sandman and Thunderkid regroup as Zack charges them, letting him go through the middle of them. As he rebounds back they deliver a double boot and back off the ropes for another double clothesline, but Zack ducks. Sandman and TK keep going though...



...but as they rebound, Zack suddenly launches Leon Rodez overhead towards them, The Silky Smooth One coming out of the air with a dropkick that knocks both men backwards out of the ring!!

COLE
Excellent teamwork from The Usual Suspects, the former World Tag Team Champions!

A high-five between Leon and Zack is a brief moment of calm, before Todd Cortez rolls back in and the Cucaracha Internacional twosome attack. Black jumps Leon while Cortez goes after Zack, beating them down before whipping them into opposite corners. With Black calling the shots, Todd whips his 'partner' across the ring towards Zack... and into a boot! Black staggers backwards, but Todd grabs him again anyway and whips him towards Leon... who also puts up a boot!

COLE
Not so excellent teamwork from Cortez and Black though.

Understandably, Black isn't happy and yells at Cortez, even going so far as to shove him in the chest. Todd doesn't back down though and shoves his stable'mate' right back.

COLE
Uh-oh, Cucaracha Internacional in danger of falling apart!

Nathaniel scowls at the push and gets in Cortez's face... BEFORE SURPRISING HIM WITH A HEADBUTT TO THE FACE!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

COLE
Ooh! And somewhere, Landon Maddix must be fuming now!

COACH
I doubt it. Cortez is only in this to make up the numbers, you know that.

As Cortez goes down, The Usual Suspects see their chance and sandwich Black between two meaty clotheslines. Black staggers, but doesn't go down. So Zack nails him with a shot to the face, sending him around into a jab from Leon!


Open hand from Zack!
A jab from Leon!


Open hand!
A jab!



Open hand!
A jab!



Rodez turns, blowing the kiss, before turning back on his heels...



*SMACK!*
*SMACK!*



...AND BLACK'S HEAD ALMOST EXPLODES FROM AN ENZIGURI/SCHOOL'S OUT COMBO!!!!

"YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

Black collapses like a felled redwood, completely KOed!

COLE
MAMA SAID... SCHOOL'S OUT!?

COACH
Dayyum. Just... dayyum. You look dayyum up in the dictionary and you'll see a picture of that.

COLE
I doubt it somehow, but whatever.

Back in slide Thunderkid and Sandman, or attempt to at least. Zack and Leon meet them, keeping TK outside before bringing Sandman in. They send him into a corner with a double whip, before Zack follows in with a forearm smash. Zack then rolls backwards, with Leon soaring over top of him and driving the Superman Spear into the ribs! Sandman falls against the bottom turnbuckle... and Zack nails him with a facewash style knee strike off the ropes!

COLE
Boy, The Usual Suspects, the sole representatives for the In Crowd tonight, are doing exactly what they had to do. They are working as a well oiled machine. Quick, vibrant tag team combinations.

Thunderkid makes it back in and is grabbed as soon as he does so.


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

Chop by Zack.


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

Chop by Leon.


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

Chop by Zack.


And Leon decides to concede defeat, elbowing TK instead. After shrugs of the shoulders they load TK up, sending him off the ropes. Rodez lands a Rolling Sole BUTT, then scoops Zack up off the ropes, swinging him around with an assisted 619. As TK goes down, Rodez keeps a hold of Zack and throws him off his shoulder, bringing The Franchise down on top of Thunderkid with an assisted moonsault!

COLE
And again, another great combination of moves.

COACH
I can't argue against that.

With The Usual Suspects standing, suddenly all eyes begin to turn to the entrance way, as the next wave of entrants begins... and begins with a very cautious REJECT, who slows almost to a stop as he sees Leon and Zack spot him.


BUFFER
Block 3 of this match will now begin. Entering the ring, representative number three for The Deadly Alliance... one half of the OAOAST World Tag Team Champions... RRRRRRRREEEEEJJJJEEEEEEEECCTT!!!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

COLE
And Reject, in no rush to join the party. The Usual Suspects are rolling, but more than that, one of those Usual Suspects is Leon Rodez!

Reject wipes a hand across his face and goes to enter the ring, but Leon takes a step forward and Reject suddenly thinks better of it. To the derision of the fans, The R-Man decides to wait it out, as he sees more help coming.

BUFFER
Representative number three for Cucaracha Internacional hails from The Isle Of Samoa and is one third of the OAOAST 6-Man Tag Team Champions... FFFFAAAAAAAAAAAA - QQQUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

COACH
Alright, here we go!

COLE
A heavy hitter for sure, Faqu.

The Samoan Wrecking Ball marches to the ring and Reject applauds him, encouraging him to "go get them". Faqu stops and glares at Reject for a moment, saying something to him in Samoan before he walks past him (to Reject's relief) and stomps up the ring steps. Just as enters the ring, out rushes DETECTIVE BOSLEY as well, diving in and going right on the attack, right as Faqu does the same!

BUFFER
And representative number three from The Enterprise. From Miami, Florida... "DETECTIVE" TTAAAAAAAANNGGOOOOOOOOOOO... BBOOOOOOOSSSLLLLLLEEEEEYYYYYYY!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Bosley and Faqu brawl with Leon and Zack, giving Reject a window to safely slide into the ring. Sure enough, he goes right after Leon, knocking him down from behind while trading shots with Faqu. Reject stomps away on Rodez, not noticing that the Samoan hasn't appreciated his help and is glaring at him. Only when Reject stomps stomping and starts to pose does he realise. And by then it's too late, as Faqu nails him with a thrust to the throat!

"YYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!"

COLE
Well that might shut Reject up for a little while. Hopefully.

With Bosley and Zack still going at it, Faqu stalks towards them and nails them both. Grabbing them in headlocks, Faqu then delivers a headbutt to both at the same time, dropping both and coming out of it unphased.

COLE
That thick, Samoan cranium doing it's damage. And could Faqu be the difference maker in the Fatal 4-Way at the Halloween Spectacular, when he and James Blonde challenge for the Tag Team Titles?

COACH
It might take everyone else in that match to stop him. Just like it might do tonight.

Faqu is caught from behind by Reject, who tries to take the fight to him but takes another thrust to the throat for his troubles. Meanwhile, Sandman9000 tries to eliminate Nathaniel Black but struggles to get the Brit up and over. Todd Cortez comes over to help out, but who we won't know as Sandman cuts him off with a mule kick just to be on the safe side.

COLE
So by my calculations, we've got four men left to enter. James Blonde for Cucaracha Internacional and CPA, Christian Wright and Theodore Moneymaker all for The Enterprise, who although they only have one man in right now still hold all the big cards.

Able to get off the ropes, Black fends Sandman off with a European uppercut. Over comes Faqu, attacking Sandman from behind with a Mongolian Chop. The Cucaracha Internacional duo then combine, trying to put the Heartland Champion over the top! Sandman wraps his legs around the ropes to save himself and clings on, waiting until Reject and Thunderkid come over to bail him out.

Across the ring, Bosley pounds away on Zack, but soon finds himself outnumbered as Rodez spins him around and lands a forearm. Leon and Zack then corner Bosley, teeing off with right hands on the Alpha Male.

BOSLEY
COME ON, IS THAT ALL YOU'VE GOT!?

Apparantly not, as Leon and Zack boot him in the gut, then lift a leg each and hover him over the top rope!

COLE
We've got Bosley in trouble here, Black maybe in trouble over in that corner with The Deadly Alliance and Cucaracha Internacional trios... who's going to the Halloween Spectacular!? Don't go anywhere, we will be right back!!


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


When we return, we no longer see Detective Bosley in peril, instead on the attack on Leon Rodez. That's thanks to Sandman9000 currently working on Zack Malibu. Meanwhile, the World Tag Team Champions Reject and Thunderkid double team Faqu, trying to lift him out with Nathaniel Black busy with supposed team-mate Todd Cortez.

COLE
Welcome back to HeldDOWN~! with this historic battle royal in progress and would you look at this scene Coach?

COACH
What in the HELL is Cortez thinking!? That's what I wanna know. Why is he going after Nathaniel Black!? If anybody should know about gang warfare it's this guy, so what is he doing!?

COLE
I'd think that's pretty self-explanatory Coach. Cortez doesn't care about Cucaracha Internacional and the feeling's mutual. This is all about bein one of the last two for The Urban Legend.

Black nails Cortez with a knee to break his flurry of forearms, then delivers a European uppercut. Grabbing Cortez behind the head he then tosses him over the top...




...but Cortez SKINS THE CAT!

COLE
Great agility!

With that dealt with Black starts to go to help Faqu, but before he can do so Cortez spins him around...


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

...and cracks him with a chop.


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

And another.


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

And a third. Black doubles over for a second, but uses it to his advantage with a headbutt to the sternum, surprising Cortez. Black then looks for an irish whip. Cortez reverses though, pulling Black back into a boot and setting him up ready for the RIOT ACT PLUS...



...NO! Bosley charges and levels him with a clothesline to put pay to that!

BOSLEY
YEAH! YEAH! *pounds chest* THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT!!

Fired up, Bosley turns around... and Black shows his gratitude by delivering the BLACK LARIAT!!

COACH
Nathaniel Black really likes nobody. I doubt he even likes Landon, Blonde or Faqu all that much.

COLE
He wouldn't be the only one.

As Cortez gets to his feet, Black then grabs a hold of him...



...AND HURLS HIM UP AND OVER THE TOP!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

COLE
Cucaracha Internacional, eliminating Cucaracha Internacional.

COACH
Good, eliminating not so good.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TODD CORTEZ
ENTERED: #1, Cucaracha Internacional
LEFT: 3rd
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Nathaniel Black
Left in ring: Thunderkid, Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, Zack Malibu, Reject, Faqu, Detective Bosley
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Finally Black is able to get over and help out Faqu, one of his preferred CI allies, by grabbing Reject and peeling him away. A headbutt sends Reject collapsing to the canvas. TK runs over to help out, but Black delivers a headbutt to him as well. Black stays on the attack on Reject, while Leon runs over and dives at Faqu with some forearm shots. Lifting him up in his arms, Faqu tosses Rodez away with ease though. As Leon picks himself up, Faqu then shuffles his large frame to deliver a Thrust Kick!

COACH
See, Cucaracha Internacional don't even need Cortez out there. Not when they've got Faqu. Get Cortez outta the way and get on with it, that's what I say!

COLE
And they've got more coming right now!


Right on cue, we see a confident James Blonde jogging out, applauding his best buddy (besides Landon, of course!)

BUFFER
Block 3 of this match now begins. Now entering, the fourth and final representative for Cucaracha Internacional... hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. One third of the OAOAST 6-Man Tag Team Champions! He is "THE TRENDSETTER"... JJJJJAAAAAAAMMMMMEEEEESSSSSS... BBLLLLLOOOOOONNDDEEEEEEEE!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

COLE
And that means we've got all three of the 6-Man Champions in there for Cucaracha Internacional now.

As Blonde takes an eternity to take off all his trendsetting entrance attire, the other entrant at Block 3 makes his way out as well, to similarly negative reactions.

BUFFER
And representative number four for The Enterprise... now residing in Washington D.C. He weighs in at approximately '8 and 1/3 BARS OF GOLD'... The Financial Analyst of The Enterprise, this is "THE NATURAL"... CCHHHRRRIIISSTTIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAANN... WWWWRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGHHHHHHTT!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Wright sets his briefcase aside and starts to remove his polyester jacket, taking almost as much time as Blonde to prepare himself.

COACH
Hey, what's that all about? This man relocated to this city, our nation's capital and they show their appreciation by booing him?

COLE
I don't think Financial Analysts are too popular anywhere in the country right now, Coach. Especially in Washington.

COACH
True dat.

COLE
And especially if they're named Christian Wright.

Finally Wright and Blonde join the fray, rolling in and immediately finding themselves going at it! 

Meanwhile, Faqu drills Thunderkid with a headbutt. Faqu then catches Sandman coming towards him, fending him off with a headbutt as well. The wave of bodies keeps coming though, Zack now going after his former rival. Predictably Faqu stays with what's working... but Zack expects it and throws his arms up across his face. That blocks enough of the headbutt for him to strike back, attacking Faqu's bulky midsection with open handed thrusts before closing the fists on some lefts and rights! Faqu finds himself backed against the ropes and Zack reaches down, trying to grab a leg and start lifting the Samoan towards elimination. But Faqu SLAPS him across the back, then slams Zack's head off of his knee.

COLE
Not many men capable of doing that!

As Zack goes bowling away though, Faqu looks up to see Thunderkid thundering towards him...




...and NAILING HIM WITH A CLOTHESLINE...






...SENDING FAQU OVER THE TOP... BUT TK'S MOMENTUM TAKES HIM RIGHT THE WAY OVER WITH THE SAMOAN AS WELL!!!!!

"YYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!"

COLE
OH MY! Thunderkid just EXPLODED into life and eliminated the mighty Samoan Wrecking Ball, but he commited battle royal suicide in the process!

COACH
The momentum it took to get Faqu over, it's no surprise. If you're clotheslining a guy who's 300 pounds with enough force to knock him over the top rope, the only thing stopping you is concrete.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FAQU
ENTERED: #3, Cucaracha Internacional
LEFT: 4th
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Thunderkid
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THUNDERKID
ENTERED: #1, Deadly Alliance
LEFT: 5th
ELIMINATED: Ned Blanchard, Faqu
ELIMINATED BY: N/A
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, Zack Malibu, Reject, Detective Bosley, James Blonde, Christian Wright
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Picking themselves up, Thunderkid and Faqu start to go at it again on the arena floor, drawing a flood of officials (well, three) over to try and seperate them. Distracted by his partner's elimination, James Blonde walks over and tries to get Faqu to calm down. As he turns around though, he little expects what's waiting...



...Reject, like a snake in the grass, striking with the EULOGY~!~1!!!~!!

COACH
BAM!

Reject hops back to his feet and smirks down at Blonde...



*SMACK*


...BEFORE THE SMIRK IS WIPED OFF HIS FACE VIA SCHOOL'S OUT!!!!

"YYYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"

COLE
There's your 'BAM!' right there!

Even before the kick has set in, Zack quickly turns around and charges Detective Bosley...




...AND CLOTHESLINES HIM UP AND OVER THE TOP TO THE FLOOR!!!!!


"YYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

COLE
AND THERE'S AN ELIMINATION!! Zack puts out the Alpha Male!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DETECTIVE BOSLEY
ENTERED: #3, The Enterprise
LEFT: 6th
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Zack Malibu
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, Zack Malibu, Reject, James Blonde, Christian Wright
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As Bosley flips out on the floor, Christian Wright looks to avenge his team-mate as he attacks Malibu. After wearing Zack down to his knees Wright locks on a front facelock, elevating Zack up for the gordbuster... NO! Zack escapes by driving his knee into the top of CW's head while upside down!

COLE
That's an innovative way to save yourself.

Zack lands on his feet and grabs Wright looking to throw him out, but Wright goes deadweight before being thrown and just falls into the ropes. Not dettered, Zack continues to try and dump him out anyway.

Across the ring, Nathaniel Black has Leon Rodez in a similar position looking for the elimination. Sandman9000 walks over and Black 'encourages' him to help him out... so Sandman nails him with a forearm instead. Away reels Black, while Sandman takes over on Leon.


COLE
Uh-oh.

Uh-oh is right, for everybody in the ring, as the lone entrant in this block makes his way to the ring, CPA.

BUFFER
Entering in Block 4, the fifth representative for The Enterprise... from Miami, Florida and weighing two hundred, eighty pounds... CHRISTOPHER PATRICK ALLEN... C... P... A!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

After getting hyped up by his V.I.C.E team-mate Bosley in the aisle, CPA enters the ring and immediately goes after Zack Malibu, surprising him with a bodyshot from behind.

COLE
And right after Zack! CPA, I'm sure on strict orders from Theodore Moneymaker, who surprise surprise will be coming out last in this battle royal.

CPA continues to lay into the body of The Franchise with his heavy right hands, CW eventually lending a hand after getting his bearings back. They double-team Zack while Sandman9000 is forced to try and fight off Rodez, coming back with forearms. Sandman gets the better of the forearm exchange predictably enough. Hitting the ropes, he then goes for the Yakuza Kick... but Leon ducks and catches Sandman turning around with an Inverted Atomic Drop! Leon then trips the Heartland Champion up and applies the LIONTAMER!!!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!"

COLE
Rodez has got Sandman trapped!

COACH
Yeah, but no submissions... and even if there were, Sandman wouldn't quit anyway.

COLE
This ought to soften Sandman9000 up a little though.

With Sandman growling in pain, Nathaniel Black staggers over... and throws up his hands, leaving him to it!!

"YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHH!!"

COACH
Well, I guess that was deserved.

Black instead goes after Reject who's just gotten to his feet, trapping him in a corner and delivering elbow smashes. With Reject dazed, Black then looks for an elimination. But Reject is able to place the sole of his boot in Nathaniel's face, SLAPPING it back against the skull twice to free himself.

COLE
Nasty shots from Reject, this man has been vicious in recent months.

COACH
Yeah and he's also been successful, which is all that matters in the end...

Grabbing Black's head, Reject sends him face-first into the top turnbuckle. As Reject backs away though, he suddenly feels a tug on his tights and goes stumbling forward...





...ALL THE WAY OVER THE TOP TO THE FLOOR, AT THE HANDS OF LEON RODEZ!!!!!

"YYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

COLE
OH YEAH!!

COACH
NO!

COLE
REJECT IS GONE!!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
REJECT
ENTERED: #3, Deadly Alliance
LEFT: 7th
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Leon Rodez
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, Zack Malibu, James Blonde, Christian Wright, CPA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A furious Reject slams the ring apron and almost takes a swing at a referee, before getting even angrier seeing Leon waving to him from the ring. Reject tries to jump back in but the referees pull him away and send him heading to the back, much to his dismay.

COLE
A little bit of poetic justice, a small measure of payback, Reject gone at the hands of Leon Rodez!

COACH
What a sneaky move. He had the tights, he came in from behind... ugh!

COLE
Hey, look on the bright side, at least now Reject won't have to pull double-duty next week.

COACH
Shut up.

With Reject (unhappily) on his way, Leon rushes over to help out Zack against CW and CPA. He slams the heads together with the trusty Double Noggin Knocker, then tries to dump Wright out! CPA clubs him with a double axehandle though. As Leon goes down, Zack jumps on CPA's back, only for the bigman to throw back an elbow, catching Zack right in the temple!

COLE
Ooh! Zack got caught hard there!

CPA spins Leon around and wraps on a bearhug. Meanwhile, a reeling Zack staggers backwards...




...and before he knows what's hit him, HE SPILLS TO THE FLOOR AS BLACK DELIVERS A EUROPEAN UPPERCUT!!!!

COLE
WOAH, there goes Zack!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ZACK MALIBU
ENTERED: #2, In Crowd
LEFT: 8th
ELIMINATED: Simon Singleton, Detective Bosley
ELIMINATED BY: Nathaniel Black
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, James Blonde, Christian Wright, CPA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

COLE
Boy, that's a big surprise. Zack Malibu gone!

COACH
Nat doesn't enjoy much, but I can assure you he damn sure enjoyed that.

COLE
And the most relieved man in the building right now is Theodore Moneymaker, because now Zack won't have the chance to get his hands on him!

COACH
Even better!

Not resting back on the elimination, no matter how satisfying, Black quickly targets Christian Wright and takes the fight to him. Meanwhile Sandman9000 is up and notices the one man free, James Blonde, curled up under the bottom rope.

COLE
Has Blonde done anything since he entered? Besides taking the Eulogy?

COACH
Well, he had that sweet jacket on...

COLE
I rest my case.

Sandman walks over and grabs Blonde, dragging him off the ropes...



...but Blonde surprises him and pulls him forward...




...OVER THE TOP, BUT TO THE APRON ONLY!!!

COLE
No no, Sandman hangs on!

The ever pleased with himself JB celebrates the elimination, only to feel that sinking feeling with the crowd telling him to turn around. Already begging off, Blonde takes a boot and gets planted with the ARCHANGEL'S WINGS!!~!1!!!~1!!

COLE
It's not been a great night to be The Trendsetter.

Sandman casually picks Blonde up...



...and just as casually deposits him over the top!!!

COLE
Nope, not a good night at all.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
JAMES BLONDE
ENTERED: #4, Cucaracha Internacional
LEFT: 9th
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Sandman9000
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, Christian Wright, CPA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As Blonde hits the floor, the cheers turn to boos, as sauntering to the ring comes the last but not least leader of The Enterprise, Theodore Moneymaker.

BUFFER
Ladies and gentlemen, your final entrant, representative number six and LEADER of The Enterprise! Hailing from Vero Beach, Florida... weighing two hundred, thirty seven pounds... "THE BILLION DOLLAR HEIR" THHHHEEEEOOOOODDOOOOORRRREEE... MMMMOOOONNEEEEYYYMMMAAAAKKEEEEERRRR!!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

COACH
The Messiah! Get it right!

COLE
The self-styled Messiah and he enters the ring in prime position.

Not yet he doesn't. Reaching ringside, Theodore Moneymaker stands back with his arms folded and decides not to join the match just yet, despite the referees telling him to do so.

"TED - DY SUCKS!"
"TED - DY SUCKS!"
"TED - DY SUCKS!"
"TED - DY SUCKS!"

As abuse is flung Moneymaker's way, all of which he rises above, the battle continues in the ring with the other five remaining. Sandman9000 sneaks up behind CPA, kicking him in the back which breaks his bearhug on Leon. Worn out, he falls to the mat, while Sandman lands forearm shots to CPA. One big punch to the ribs from the former ex-boxer cuts Sandman off though. With the Heartland Champ doubled over, CPA then preps the fist... and lands a knockout shot to the head!!

COLE
There's not many who can put Sandman9000 down with one strike, but CPA is definately high on that list.

CPA turns around and clubs Nathaniel Black with a double axehandle, saving Christian Wright from elimination. Turning him around, he delivers body shots to the Englishman before pinning his arms behind his back. CW quickly hops to the middle rope and lands a fist, before CPA puts Black down with a clothesline.

COACH
Boy, it's looking good for The Enterprise now, huh Cole?

COLE
Well that might have something to do with the fact that Wright and CPA both entered after everybody else in the match and Theodore Moneymaker hasn't even gotten that far yet!

COACH
Mere details. All I know is, everybody else has one guy left, The Enterprise have three.

With things going his men's way, Moneymaker finally takes off his white robe and starts to enter the match. Halfway up the steps though, he stops, seeing Leon Rodez get to his feet...


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

...and spin CW around into a chop! CPA reacts...


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

...but gets chopped as well!


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

Chop for CW.


*SLAP!*

"WHOOOOOOOO!"

Chop to CPA. With both men reeling, Leon turns and hits the ropes...



...but Moneymaker catches his ankle, causing him to stumble into a knee from CPA. The bigman then whips Leon into Tne Natural, who takes Rodez up and down with the WRIGHT OFF!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

COLE
And there's the numbers advantage. Not even three on one, could Moneymaker risk anything other than a sly trip from the floor though.

COACH
What are you talking about, he's getting in the ring, isn't he?

COLE
Oh sure, now he is!

Sliding in, Moneymaker wears a big smile on his face as he congratulates his men on a good well done. Not a job completed though. Moneymaker quickly orders his troops as Sandman staggers back to his feet. CPA quickly grabs him, scooping and slamming the veteran. Moneymaker then shooes him out of the way, before delivering a FISTFUL OF DOLLARS~!~!

COACH
What a move! Textbook!

COLE
You've got to be kidding me.

Lording it over Sandman as if he'd done all the damage, Moneymaker demands more. Christian quickly drags Leon over and steps aside, as Moneymaker falls back with another FISTFUL~!~!

COACH
Again! How impressive is Theodore Moneymaker looking right now? Look out World Championship!

Moneymaker feels in fine form now and stalks Nathaniel Black as he gets to his feet. From behind, he delivers a big knee to the kidneys. Black falls into the ropes, bounced right back into Moneymaker's waiting arms and locked in the BANK VAU...



...NO!! Black slips out before the hold can be clamped in, ducking behind INTO THE CROSSFACE CHICKENWING!!!!

"YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"

COACH
OH NO! [I]OH NO![/I]

COLE
MONEYMAKER'S CAUGHT!

His boss's wails of pain get Christian's attentions and he quickly rushes to help...




...but Black ducks down AND CHRISTIAN ENDS UP TUMBLING OVER THE TOP!!!!

"YYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CHRISTIAN WRIGHT
ENTERED: #4, The Enterprise
LEFT: 10th
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Nathaniel Black
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, CPA, Theodore Moneymaker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

COLE
Things don't look quite so good now!

Luckily for Moneymaker, CPA makes a better job of saving him with a hard punch to Black's exposed ribs. As Black stumbles away from the ropes, CPA then measures him up. Coming off the ropes, he loads up the GIGATON PUNCH...





...BUT SANDMAN CATCHES HIM OFF THE ROPES WITH A YAKUZA KICK, SENDING HIM SPILLING UP AND OUT OF THE MATCH!!!!!!

"YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"

COLE
WHAT A SHOT!! There goes CPA, there goes the numbers advantage!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CPA
ENTERED: #5, The Enterprise
LEFT: 11th
ELIMINATED: None
ELIMINATED BY: Sandman9000
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Sandman9000, Nathaniel Black, Theodore Moneymaker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Before Sandman can pull his leg from across the top rope though, Theodore Moneymaker plays opportunist AND DUMPS HIM OVER THE TOP RIGHT ONTO CPA!!!!

COLE
And just like that, we're down to three! The Heartland Champion got caught!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SANDMAN9000
ENTERED: #2, The Enterprise
LEFT: 12th
ELIMINATED: James Blonde, CPA
ELIMINATED BY: Theodore Moneymaker
Left in ring: Leon Rodez, Nathaniel Black, Theodore Moneymaker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Theodore Moneymaker afford himself a laugh, even after seeing his two team-mates eliminated seconds apart. As he turns around, the laughing stops. Very abruptly, as he sees Nathaniel Black and Leon Rodez both staring at him.

"YYYYEEEEEEAAAAAHHHHH!!"

COACH
Eek!

COLE
Oh boy! It's down to Moneymaker, Rodez and Black. Two of these men will fight for the number one contendership on Halloween night!

Caught in a bad position, Moneymaker does what anyone in his position would... he flashes the "money fingers", hoping to buy someone off! He tries to convince both that they only need to eliminate the other and they'll face him in eight days, easy as. Both Black and Rodez are unmoved though and Moneymaker backs up, until he can back up no further. Just when The Messiah looks at his most vulnerable though, Black turns around and surprises Leon with a Lariat from the left side!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Moneymaker breathes a sigh of relief and pats Black on the back...



...earning a Lariat of his own!!!

"YYYYEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!"

COLE
Sure enough, Nathaniel Black doesn't care about money. And he damn sure doesn't care about either man left in this battle royal with him. He just cares about the number one contendership.

Picking Moneymaker up, Black grabs a hold of the hair and with the Washington crowd cheering, he runs him towards the ropes... but Moneymaker drops to a knee and with a quick pull of the tights, drags Black face-first into the middle turnbuckle!

COLE
Well, if Moneymaker's going to make it to The Halloween Spectacular, he's going to have to do it on his own merits now. And that's as good a start as any.

COACH
Mister Moneymaker's more than capable, don't you worry. Just because he's got a large support staff backing him, people make out like he's a coward or something.

COLE
Heaven forbid.

COACH
Exactly!

Propping Black chest-first in the corner, Moneymaker begins to club away at the shoulders with forearms, then works on the kidneys with some well placed knees. Meanwhile, Leon is pulling himself back up. Shaking out the cobwebs, he charges. Moneymaker moves out of the way, so Leon lands an elbow on Black. Coming out of the corner Rodez gets caught with a boot though, set up for a Piledriver. Kicking his legs, Leon is able to block once, then twice, before tripping the legs and looking for the Liontamer!! Moneymaker won't go though and before Leon can turn him, Black appears in front of him and delivers another hard Lariat...


...causing Leon to slingshot Moneymaker into the turnbuckles as he hits the mat!!

COLE
Here we go!

As Moneymaker staggers off the turnbuckles, Black is measuring him. He charges, looking for a final Lariat...



...but Moneymaker dips the head, BACKDROPPING BLACK UP...




...AND ONTO THE APRON!!

COLE
Oh, so close!

COACH
Black's still not safe yet though.

Black is able to get to his feet before Moneymaker can force him the rest of the way, a slugfest ensuing between the two. Moneymaker chops Black a couple of times, but Black responds by blocking a right hand and elbowing The Messiah. And again. Black then tries to get back into the ring... but a BILLION $ KNEELIFT stops him in his tracks! Black falls back out to the apron and Moneymaker reaches over to pick him up. An elbow further rocks Black, before Moneymaker grabs a hold of the head and prepares to hang him across the top rope... but Black breaks free of the grip, AND NAILS MONEYMAKER WITH A LARIAT!!

COLE
Oh man! Black almost caved Teddy's chest in with that one!

Still Black isn't safe though, as before he can think of re-entering the ring, Leon Rodez springs into life. He leaps to the middle rope and springboards, delivering a dropkick...





...AND BLACK GRABS THE MIDDLE ROPE ON HIS WAY DOWN, FEET HOVERING INCHES FROM ELIMINATION!!!

"YYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAA...."

COLE
Is he..... can he.....

COACH
He's gotta go, he's gotta, surely!

Picking himself up, Leon seems surprised to see Black hanging in, albeit by his fingertips. The Silky Smooth One smirks and makes a move towards the Englishman. But as he does, Theodore Moneymaker stands up and catches his eye. Taking a last look at Black desperately hanging on, Leon looks up and shrugs...



...BEFORE TOSSING MONEYMAKER OUT INSTEAD!!!!

"YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!"

*DINGDINGDING!*


COLE
That's it! We've got our winners!

COACH
.....WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO THAT FOR!?!

That's exactly what Theodore Moneymaker is asking, as he looks up to see Nathaniel Black finally able to let go of the ropes and safely hit the floor on the referee's assurance. Moneymaker holds his head in his hands, as Black then rolls back into the ring, joining Leon in having his hand raised in joint victory.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THEODORE MONEYMAKER
ENTERED: #6, The Enterprise
LEFT: 13th
ELIMINATED: Sandman9000
ELIMINATED BY: Leon Rodez
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


COLE
So it will be, next week in Miami, Leon Rodez and Nathaniel Black, with the winner to get the World Title shot at November Reign!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BATTLE ROYAL CO-WINNER: NATHANIEL BLACK
ELIMINATED: Todd Cortez, Zack Malibu, Christian Wright

BATTLE ROYAL CO-WINNER: LEON RODEZ
ELIMINATED: Reject, Theodore Moneymaker
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


With Moneymaker being led away from the ring, distraught, Leon can't help but rub it in even further by offering his 'apologies' to The Messiah. Fuming, Moneymaker points the finger at The Silky Smooth One, who just shrugs his shoulders again.

COACH
I'm still waiting for answer, what the HELL did Rodez do that for!?

COLE
Well, I don't know! I don't know if he just wanted Moneymaker gone, or just saw an opportunity, thought Black was going to get himself back in. I doubt it was out of any respect for Natha...




*WHAM!*

Suddenly, the celebrating Leon gets caught and NAILED with a Lariat by Nathaniel Black!

COACH
Haha, there we go!

COLE
Now wait, the match is over!

COACH
Not for Nat Black it ain't!

The referees wave wildly at Black to try and stop him, as he picks Leon back up. Crossing the arms under the chest the Englishman SPITS towards the zebra-stripes, before lifting Rodez up and PLANTING him with the BRITTANIA BOMB!!!

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"

Black shoves Rodez's body away from him as he stands up, raising his arms and announcing himself as the one true winner.

COLE
That's certainly a strange show of gratitude! If it wasn't for Rodez, Black wouldn't have made it to the Halloween Spectacular, let alone have been left standing right now!

COACH
Yeah, but he is. That's a message if ever I saw one.

COLE
Folks, we hope you join us Halloween night, Black and Rodez for real plus the 5-Man Prism Match for the World Title and SO much more, you don't want to miss it! For The Coach, I'm Michael Cole, we'll see you in Miami!


*FADE TO BLACK*