The Chicago crowd is hot, this match being the first of four main attractions…
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("Solace" by Triphon plays)
Enrique and Max, The Dragon Kids, run onto the stage to a big pop from the crowd! There are a few adults booing the two of them, but for the most part it is 90% cheers in the Allstate Arena for the PBS tandem. The two of them peer out at the crowd—all 18,000-plus of them…and they turn to one another and double high-five each other before heading down the ramp, high-fiving every fan they see as green and blue lighting paint the building.
"The last time the Dragon Kids were in this city," Al says, "was on Day 1 of the 2013 Fiction Wrestling Awards where they competed in a Six-Person Falls Count Anywhere Match with their fellow Dragon Tales character Emmy…against the Twinleaves and Nico Robin."
"Don't remind me," Cris groans.
"It was a THRILLING contest that the Dragon Kids emerged victorious in, a match that I'm sure Chi-Town STILL remembers…so this city means quite a bit to these two boys. And it could very well mean a lot more," Al says.
"We've talked about the journey, we've talked about just how far these two have come," Jonathan says. "We've spoken about it AD NAUSEAM – the CCW/UWE Supershow and their match against Team 2D; their run in the CCW Combine Cup; their nomination and near-win of the FWA for 2013 Tag Team of the Year… Now TONIGHT…tonight…it all reaches a head. Can the journey complete itself? Can the Dragon Kids go from reaching for the brass rings…to WEARING them around their waists tonight?"
"HAVE YOU SEEN who they're up against?" Cris says. "HAVE YOU SEEN what has HAPPENED to them against these men? Need I remind everyone that Max's back is being held together by tape, tape and more tape as we speak because of Ozone 39's closing events? And you want to pose the question on whether THESE TWO can beat The Forces of Nature? Let me make it simple for you: the answer is NO."
"Nothing new from Collinsworth, counting Max and Enrique out," Jeremy says.
"Don't tell me YOU Believe…" Cris rolls his eyes.
"Honestly…why NOT Believe?" Jeremy grins. "After seeing what these boys are capable of, I don't see why not."
"Well, you're ABOUT to see why not in just a few seconds once this damn music shuts off…" Cris grumbles.
Max and Enrique look out to the Chicago crowd on adjacent turnbuckles, encouraging the fans to get as loud as they can, to support the young duo!
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And then…
("Domination" by Evan Jones plays)
Boos fill the Allstate Arena as Doc Louis leads Soda Popinski and Bald Bull onto the stage. The Forces of Nature raise their CCW World Tag Team Championship Belts while Doc raises his hands up over his head as well, the three posing in unison on the stage…before Doc starts walking towards the ring, all business. Bald Bull and Soda take their time, Belts held over their shoulders.
"Ahhhhh…HERE is your 'why not?'" Cris smirks. "The Forces of Nature…Champions since Havoc…the first two clients to sign with Doc Louis, and when you talk about domination, THIS is what comes to mind!"
"Doc Louis has been saying in every language imaginable that the Dragon Kids are up the creek without a paddle," Jonathan says, "and what the Forces of Nature have DONE to the Dragon Kids, ESPECIALLY what they did to Max, has emphasized that claim. After Ozone 39, I didn't think we'd even GET this match here tonight! But here we are…The Forces of Nature…and The Dragon Kids…"
"The COMPROMISED Dragon Kids," Al notes. "Let's just face it: Max isn't 100%; his back isn't CLOSE to fully healed."
"No," Jonathan agrees.
"But what Doc Louis and the Forces DIDN'T put into a hospital…was the Dragon Kids' heart, and no manager can teach that to his clientele," says Al.
"No manager HAS TO when he's got guys this good!" Cris pipes in.
"Over 300 pounds separating these two teams…" Jonathan says. "The Forces of Nature almost ALWAYS enter the match with a size advantage…but this disparity couldn't be much bigger without the Dragon Kids being weighed on the moon."
"…On the moon?" Jeremy raises an eyebrow.
"Yeah, because when you're on the Moon, you're weightless?"
"Ah."
"From Combine Cup beginning to Combine Cup end, Doc Louis said that whoever won that trophy was in for a world of hurt, and that the trophy wasn't a blessing; it was a curse," Cris says. "Welcome…to the proof of that point."
"Let's turn it over to Blader DJ for the in-ring intros!" Al says as "Domination" stops, the Forces of Nature having stepped into the ring, staring off at the Dragon Kids across from them, Doc Louis pumped up as well.
"Introducing first in this match…the challengers," Blader DJ says, "at a combined weight of 375 pounds, they are the winners of the CCW Combine Cup…the team of Enrique and Max, The Dragon Kids!"
Enrique holds open a hand for the crowd to bring on more cheers for them while he and Max have a standoff with the Forces.
"And their opponents," says Blader DJ, "being accompanied to the ring by Doc Louis and representing Doc Louis Productions…at a combined weight of 715 pounds, the team of Bald Bull and Soda Popinski, The Forces of Nature!"
Bald Bull and Soda Pop stoically raise their World Tag Team Title Belts over Max and Enrique, the Dragon Kids having to look all the way up to see them in the lights. Doc Louis jumps up and down in the ring, barking, "Which one of you's crying when it's over? Which one of you's CRYING when it's over?"
"Doc Louis, the epitome of CONFIDENCE going into this match-up," Al says.
"As he has every right to be," Cris nods. "Now, who's starting? Looks like Bald Bull…and who'll be the first of the victims?"
Enrique is quick to insist that he kick things off…and Max, after a brief look, doesn't argue and goes to the apron to let Enrique handle the start.
"Enrique…" Jeremy says.
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The bell tolls with Max and Soda Pop on their respective aprons and Enrique and Bald Bull face-to-face…or rather, face-to-waist at best.
"Look at the size differential… Tells you the entire story right there…" Al says. "This will truly be Davids versus Goliaths…"
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Enrique suddenly runs the ropes…and Bald Bull Scoops him up in mid-run…only for Enrique to land on his feet and Dropkick Bald Bull in the back…which has no effect. Enrique hits the ropes again, Bald Bull roaring and running the opposite ropes…and Bull runs into a Running Front Dropkick, sending him stumbling a bit. Enrique gets up and punches at Bald Bull…before hitting a Jumping Knee Strike to the face and a slew of Leg Kicks, keeping Bull against the ropes. Enrique then grabs Bull by the head…and leaps onto and over the top rope all the way out of the ring, executing a Springboard Hotshot. Bull staggers even more…and Enrique goes to the apron and Springboards into a Busaiku Knee…attempt, although the try is thwarted by Bald Bull dodging it in time! Enrique lands flat onto his back…and Bald Bull goes for a Big Elbow Drop, only for Enrique to roll out of the way! Enrique stands and hits the ropes, Bald Bull standing…and Enrique goes for a Crucifix Headscissors…but Bald Bull hands onto Enrique's feet and tosses Enrique up into the air, causing him to land chest-first onto the mat hard. Enrique gets back up…and eats a Big Boot to the chest, Bull planting his foot deep into Enrique's chest upon delivering the move! Bull transitions this into a Giant Walk…and tags in Soda Popinski, who Giant Walks over Enrique's stomach as well. Soda kicks Enrique in the ribs hard, which causes him to roll out of the ring…but Enrique quickly rolls back inside the ring afterwards. Soda sees him and kicks him in the ribs again, causing Enrique to roll away once more. Enrique rolls right back in the ring, showing tenacity…but the same thing happens, and he's kicked out again. Soda sneers at the Colombian Kid before turning to Doc Louis and receiving his counsel. Doc barks out instructions to the Russian Monolith while chomping his chocolate bar…
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…but then barks out for Soda to look alive…
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…as Enrique Springboards at Soda…and gets caught in mid-Cross Body Block! Soda hangs onto Enrique…and goes for a Fallaway Slam…but Enrique turns the Fallaway Slam into a shot at the Arm Drag…only for Soda to stay on his feet, not going down on the Arm Drag! Enrique though comes prepared…and turns the Arm Drag try into an Omoplata. Soda lifts up his arm with Enrique attached to it…and Enrique is able to apply an Elevated Omoplata Crossface! Soda grunts and groans in the submission while Enrique pulls on Soda's cranium…keeping the Omoplata Crossface in for ten seconds…
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…before Soda walks to his corner…and tags in Bald Bull, who grabs Enrique by the head and Headbutts Enrique to force him to let go of the Omoplata Crossface and detach from Popinski. After getting a heavy punch from Bald Bull that knocks him loopy, Enrique finds himself getting Irish Whipped into a neutral corner. The Turkish Nightmare speeds to Enrique…and gets two boots to the chest from Enrique to block the Avalanche. Enrique vaults to the middle turnbuckle and jumps, thinking Sunset Flip…
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…but Bald Bull stays on his feet…and leaves them only to squash Enrique with a Sit-Down Splash!
"Enrique doing his best to—OHHHH! THAT backfired in the WORST possible way!" says Al.
"Kid was NEVER gonna get that Sunset Flip to go—you kidding? Crushed like a BUG!" Cris laughs.
Bull stays on top of Enrique for the pin: 1…
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…2.65 Enrique manages to somehow kick out! Bull picks Enrique up and delivers a Short-Arm Kneelift into the gut then a Double Arm Suplex while staying on his feet, simply hurling Enrique across the squared circle. Bull walks over and drops a Falling Headbutt onto Enrique's chest, followed by a second…and then pulls Enrique up to execute an Oklahoma Slam! Bull covers Enrique: 1…2…2.67875 Enrique gets his shoulder up. Upon getting his shoulder up, Enrique throws an Up-Kick to Bull's head, showing some signs of fight left…and he throws three more Up-Kicks…but a fourth is caught…and Bull lifts Enrique up by the leg, tosses him into the air and drops him hard onto his back again with an Alley-Oop Bomb! Enrique turns over to where Max is, somewhat hesitant to reach out for a tag.
"Enrique looking to Max…and you can tell he doesn't want to tag in here because Max is the one toting the back injury," Jonathan says.
Max encourages Enrique to reach out for a tag…and eventually, Enrique does extend his hand…only for Bull to grabs Enrique by his legs and execute a Wheelbarrow Suplex across the ring! Following this, Bull tags in Soda Pop, and Soda hits Enrique with a Short-Arm Clothesline! Soda covers Enrique: 1…2…2.73 Enrique kicks out. Soda goes for a Powerbomb…but Enrique elbows Soda in the top of the head repeatedly…and then grabs one of Soda's arm and applies an Elevated Kimura! Enrique tries to tweak the limb of the former Vodka Drunkenski with the Kimura Lock, keeping the hold applied…and Soda winces…
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…but Popinski performs a One-Armed Powerbomb regardless, causing Enrique to lose his Kimura! Soda rubs his arm from Enrique's submission of earlier…and Soda goes for a Big Boot to the downed Enrique…but Enrique dodges it and goes for a Schoolboy…only for Soda to remain standing up despite Enrique's attempts. This prompts Soda to grab Enrique's arm and stomp directly on top of it. Then…Soda picks Enrique up and applies his own Kimura, lifting Enrique up off of the mat while applying the hold!
Doc yells, "You see that?! THAT'S what a real Kimura looks like!" while Soda maintains the Flying Kimura. Soda holds onto this arm for thirty seconds, the referee asking Enrique if he wants to yield…but Enrique shakes his head to assert the negative. Soda walks to the Forces of Nature corner and tags in Bald Bull with one arm…and Bull delivers Headbutts to the arm as Soda holds it in place. After four Headbutts…Bull takes Enrique from Soda Popinski…and applies a Flying Kimura of his own, doing what he can to rip apart the arm of Enrique! Enrique cries out in pain…but doesn't submit. Enrique tries to punch Bull with his free hand…but one extra tweak of the arm is enough to get Enrique screaming again. Referee Lonny Cunningham keeps watch of Enrique's expressions, waiting to see if Enrique will yield…
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…but Enrique shakes his head once again! Soda tags back in after thirty seconds…and hits an Overhand Chop to Enrique's arm in the Kimura of Bald Bull. Three Overhand Chops later…Soda backs away and lets Bull turn the Flying Kimura into a Belly-to-Belly Overhead Suplex! Bull exits the ring while Soda pulls Enrique away from his corner. Soda beats his chest twice with one fist before executing a Leg Drop onto Enrique's arm…then a second Leg Drop onto the neck. Soda stands up…and holds his hand open…waiting for Enrique to stand…
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…and throttles him…
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…and…goes for the Cokeslam, but Enrique knees Soda in the head in mid-lift! Enrique then kicks Soda Pop in both legs…only for Soda to Big Boot Enrique right in the shoulder, causing Enrique to cringe in pain from the brachial offense from the Forces of Nature. Soda hits the ropes…
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…and goes for a Clothesline…but Enrique forward rolls underneath the Clothesline and tags in an eager Max!
"No hesitation there—TAG made!" Jeremy says. "Here comes Max!"
Soda runs at Max at the apron…but Max executes a Rope-Aided High Kick to the dome. Max climbs up the ropes and applies the Bite of the Dragon in the ropes! Max keeps the submission hold applied while the referee counts 1…2…3…4…4.75 Max lets go…and Springboard Throwbacks Soda down into the canvas! Max stands up and clutches his back in pain, feeling the impact of hitting the canvas on the offensive maneuver.
"Max coming in like a house of fire, taking the big man down! But he's gotta be careful with that back of his!" says Al.
"Soda, do something! Cut this damn bean off!" Cris exclaims. "It can't be THAT hard!"
Soda starts to get up…and Max hits the ropes and goes for a Spinning Heel Kick…but Soda catches Max in mid-air! Soda holds onto Max…but Max, in Soda's arms, starts throwing punches at Popinski's head and face, holding Soda in an Elevated Side Headlock in the meantime! Soda lifts Max up…and Max flips over onto his feet and Dropkicks Soda in the back. Max climbs to the second rope in a corner…and hits a Diving Shining Wizard to Soda's face, causing the big Soviet to fall down! Max pins Soda: 1…2…
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…Soda kicks out emphatically! Max helps Enrique up to his feet…and with both Dragon Kids standing and Soda getting up…the PBS duo goes for a Double Suplex…
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…but Soda is too strong…and ends up lifting both Enrique and Max into the air instead!
"Max and Enrique like to perform a Double Three Amigos Suplex move, but I don't think it's gonna work out well for them here!" Al says.
"They really ARE dreamers if they think they could have pulled THAT off! Haha! Drop 'em!" Cris hoots.
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However, Max and Enrique both hit knees to the top of Soda's skull…land on their feet…and nail a Double Roundhouse Kick to Soda Pop's head! Soda is dropped…but then so are the Dragon Kids by a Double Clothesline from Bald Bull! Bull stomps onto both of the young boys, placing focus on Max in particular. After ten seconds of stomping to both men…Bald Bull goes for a Body Slam to Max…but Max lands onto his feet in front of Bald Bull…and hits him with a Stunner! Max hits the ropes…and goes for a Wheelbarrow Bulldog…
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…but Bald Bull turns it into a Back Suplex Gutbuster directly onto the top ring rope!
"Ohhhhhh! Let's see what Max had for lunch, shall we?!" Cris jokes.
"From a normal man, that can rupture something, but from BALD BULL to MAX, that is immeasurable DEVASTATION," says Jonathan.
"How fitting from a Force of Nature!" Cris says.
Max gasps for air as his diaphragm nearly explodes from the maneuver. Bald Bull, ready to end things at Doc Louis's behest, grabs Max and goes for the Turkish Delight…
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…but as Max is on Bald Bull's shoulders…Enrique is on the top rope in a neutral corner…
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…and he grabs Max's wrists…
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…and Enrique flips out of the corner…sending Max backward as well and providing enough momentum for Max to deliver a Hurricanrana to Bald Bull!
"What a double-team move! The Dragon Kids doing what they do best: making the most out of their size!" Al calls.
"What kind of Cirque du Soleil s**t is THIS?!" Cris shouts
Bull rolls out of the ring, Doc Louis rubbing his eyes in disbelief…while Soda stands back up. Max hits the ropes…and runs into a hand to the throat!
"YEAH! Let's put an end to that! Cokeslam him!" Cris exclaims.
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Before the Cokeslam, Enrique scores with a Jumping Enzuigiri to the back of Soda's head! After this…Max and Enrique execute a Double Enzuigiri! Soda's eyes glaze over…and Max and Enrique Double Dropkick Soda, sending him into the ropes. Max and Enrique speed into Soda with a Double Shoulder Barge into the midsection. Soda is doubled over…and Enrique hits the ropes…for Max to pop Enrique up into a Double Foot Stomp onto Soda's spine! Soda ends up on his knees…and Max Savate Kicks Soda in the side of the head. Both of the Dragon Kids hit the ropes…and Baseball Slide Dropkick Soda to send him underneath the bottom rope and out of the ring! Bald Bull goes onto the ring apron, trying to return…but Max and Enrique Double Capo Kick Bull off of the apron to the floor! Max goes to the ropes where Bald Bull is standing outside of the ring…and Enrique goes to the ropes where Soda Pop is standing on the outside…
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…and the Dragon Kids attempt stereo Planchas…but the Forces of Nature both snatch the Dragon Kids out of the air!
"Two Planchas, two catches! Two VERY Cris Collinsworth-like catches!" Cris grins.
"Every time you make that statement, self-respecting NFL players collectively die a little inside," Jeremy says.
"Enough about that! The Dragon Kids are in a pickle!" Al says.
Soda and Bald Bull try to run Enrique and Max into the ring posts with a Shoulder Breaker…
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…but Enrique and Max manage to escape and push Soda and Bull into the ring posts! Soda bounces off of the post and leans on the steel steps…and Max jumps onto the ring apron…
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…runs along…
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…and delivers a Running Diving Bulldog onto the steel ring steps face-first to Soda!
"FACE-FIRST! Max putting Soda down with authority, using the environment to his advantage as well!" Al says.
"ANOTHER one of the Dragon Kids' best traits! You can never discount a PBS Kid's imagination!" Jonathan says.
Soda goes down…and Max stands at ringside, the crowd chanting, "WE BELIEVE! WE BELIEVE! WE BELIEVE!" …But as Max stands up, he heavily favors his back. Enrique notices this and asks if Max is okay…and Max nods…
"Oh, but you can tell that everything Max is doing is affecting his spine—every contraction, every jump, every landing, every fall, every ACT…" Jeremy says. "Enrique's concerned…"
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…and Max yells, "Watch out!"
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…before Bald Bull Spears Enrique into the steel ring steps, sending the steps barreling into Max as well!
"OHHHH! And Enrique's CRUSHED!" Al shouts.
"Enrique was checking his partner, and he didn't see the Turkish FREIGHT TRAIN known as Bald Bull coming into the station and PULVERIZING him into those steps and sending the STEPS into Max!" Jonathan says.
"Imagine just how much FORCE it takes to not only move a human body and the steps, but to do it in such a way that moves the steps and sends them FLYING into another man behind them!" Cris says. "IMAGINE what that takes! THAT is Bald Bull! THAT is the Turkish Nightmare!"
"Doc Louis's client taking the momentum the Dragon Kids had…and ultimately sending it off of the rails…" Jeremy says.
Bald Bull picks up Enrique after the Spear, shaking off the impact…
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…and Bull Fallaway Slams Enrique across ringside! Following this…Bull walks to Max…
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…and Max, while down, kicks Bull in the leg. Max tries to put up some form of offense…landing two kicks…before Bull snatches the leg…and Max tries kicking Soda's leg with the other foot…before Bull grabs Max's other leg…
…and performs a Giant Swing…
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…swinging Max around…and hurling his body into the security barricade!
"And this is a WORST CASE SCENARIO for the Dragon Kids! With Max already hurt, and Bald Bull with easy pickings, the chances of the Dragon Kids walking out of here with the Belts grows slimmer and slimmer," Al says.
"Walking out with the Belts? …More like walking PERIOD," Cris says.
Max slowly pulls himself up…
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…and Soda begins to punch away at Max as he's against the barricade! Soda, face turning red, puts his boxing skills to full use with strikes to the body and face…
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…before Choke Tossing Max all the way over the apron into the ropes, causing Max to bounce off of the cables and splat onto the ringside floor face-first!
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Soda Military Press Slams Max through the ropes and back inside the ring before entering the ring himself. Soda picks Max up…and proceeds to Biel Throw Max across the ring, taking his time. Doc Louis rubs his hands together and chuckles, saying, "This what you wanted? This what you wanted so badly? Ha! You didn't want any of this, Dragon boys—you didn't WANT any of this! COULDN'T have wanted it!" Soda Biel Throws Max across the ring again…and a third time, Doc's voice providing the perfect backdrop.
"Soda Popinski wearing a bruise from Max's earlier Bulldog onto the steps…and with that bruise, he's also wearing a boatload of BRUTALITY and ANGER that he intends to bring upon the young lad," Jonathan says.
"And I hate to say it, but with every slam…every move…the Dragon Kids' dream starts slipping further away…" Jeremy sighs.
Max leans in a corner to rest…and Soda rams him with an Avalanche Splash into Max's spine! Max screams in agony while Soda tags in Bald Bull…who enters the ring and Avalanche Splashes Max in the back himself! Bald Bull picks Max up and places him in the corner, lying across the top turnbuckle on the top rope. Bull clubs Max in the back…and then riddles him with Headbutt after Headbutt to the back, each one taking more and more out of the four-year-old. Bull hits seven Headbutts to the back…and then kicks Max in the chest, sending him off of the top rope…and flying onto Bull's shoulder, there for the catch…
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…and Bald Bull Running Powerslams Max into the mat! Bull tags in Soda Pop…and Bull picks Max up over his head in a Gorilla Press…
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…and tosses Max at Soda, who catches Max in his arms…and lifts Max up over his own head in a Gorilla Press. Soda holds onto Max…
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…and tosses Max back at Bald Bull! Bull catches Max…and the Forces of Nature proceed to trade Max between each other, throwing him and catching him!
"Look at this! The Forces of Nature are playing CATCH with Max!" Al calls.
"Hahahahahaha! This is CLASSIC! I want an animated .gif of this PRONTO!" Cris laughs. "That is just PRICELESS, man!"
"Doc Louis finding humor in it too…but he and you are the only ones; this isn't fun OR funny for poor Max…" Jonathan says.
"If anything, it's DEGRADING…" Jeremy says.
Soda makes another catch…and hits a Backbreaker onto his knee while Bald Bull exits the squared circle to the apron. Soda picks Max up by his hair…and Headbutts him in the back of the head, sending Max rolling to the ropes. With Max lying prone, Soda Popinski stands up on Max's back while holding onto the ring ropes for leverage! Max hollers in pain while Soda keeps his boots on Emmy's brother's spine, and referee Lonny Cunningham counts 1…2…3…4…4.85 Soda gets off of Max's back and picks Max up. Soda lifts Max up…and executes a Slingshot Drop Suplex. Max weakly crawls from the canvas to try to tag out…Enrique now recovering on the apron in his corner…
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…but Soda casually just grabs Max by the beltline of his pants and carries him back to the Forces' corner. Max kneels up…and Soda Big Boots him directly in the face. Soda raises both of his arms and taunts Maxito, the crowd booing this while Doc Louis is loving every second of it. Soda bends down to pick up Max…
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…who suddenly attempts a Small Package Pin on the giant! Max tries to bring Soda's shoulders down…but Soda refuses to fall, instead remaining standing and Headbutting Max in the face. Soda tags in Bald Bull and picks Max up. Bull drops to a knee…and Soda just drops Max onto Bull's knee for an Assisted Pendulum Backbreaker! Max wails as his back takes another harsh blow…
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…and Bull makes matters worse with a Backbreaker submission hold! Bull tries to break Max in half over his own knee!
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The crowd chants, "MAX! MAX! MAX!" admiring the young boy's heart and trying to get him to stay fighting as best as he can…but the Backbreaker Hold isn't getting any looser coming from Bald Bull.
"Just give it up, kiddo! Just save yourself the agony! You knew you weren't winning from the start, so let's just fast-forward your fate!" Cris heckles.
"Max REFUSING to quit, REFUSING to give up…" Al says.
"He really IS his sister's brother…" Jeremy says.
"Relation to Emmy isn't going to get him out of this hold though!" Jonathan says. "I don't know what WILL!"
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After thirty seconds, Enrique runs into the ring and Dropkicks Bull in the back of the head!
"Well, THAT will!" Jeremy says. "Enrique running in to save his partner's bacon—it's like he KNEW Max wasn't getting out of that…"
"Referee, he's not legal—come on!" Cris complains. "How do you ALLOW that?!"
Enrique stomps on the unsuspecting Bull, only concerned with helping his friend Max out of the predicament. Bull is down…
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…but on one stomp try, Bull grabs Enrique's foot and holds it above him…and pushes Enrique up and off of him! Bull gets to his knees…and Enrique goes for a Roundhouse Kick, but Bull catches it and plants Enrique with a Thrust Spinebuster! Bald Bull stands up…grabs Enrique's legs…
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…and Giant Swings him back into the Dragon Kids' corner in a heap!
"There! Bye-bye, Enrique! You weren't even legal in the first place!" Cris says.
Bald Bull picks Max up…
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…and puts him in a Bear Hug!
"And back to a submission—the BEAR HUG applied here," Al says. "And THIS could be the end…"
"Bear Hugger perfects this move, but from Bald Bull, it's not half bad! From Bald Bull onto MAX…it's a killer," Cris smirks. "Tap, kid. Just tap."
Bull squeezes Max's spine, Doc yelling, "I wanna hear those bones BREAK, my man! Make him regret even THINKING he can measure up!"
"Doc Louis RELISHING this—relishing ALL of it," Al says.
"It's almost UNSETTLING how he enjoys it…" Jeremy says.
"Hell, I'm enjoying it too! But all good things must come to an end, and THIS…this is about to," Cris says.
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Max's screams of pain slowly start to become less and less audible the longer the hold is applied… After forty seconds…Max starts to fade…
"Max falling out of consciousness… If I'm the referee, I'm checking the vitals…" Jonathan says.
"I don't think Max has much left…" says Jeremy. "It may be over… It may be all over…"
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Max…raises his arm…
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…and starts to elbow the back of Bald Bull's head…hitting one elbow…
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…then five elbows…then six elbows…
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…then seven elbows, then eight elbows…
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…then sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three—Max just elbows Bald Bull repeatedly, his arm moving faster and faster and faster, putting as much behind the elbows as he can to try and force Bald Bull to let go of him and relinquish the Bear Hug!
"Or maybe he's got a LOT left in him! Elbows and elbows! And MORE elbows! And MORE elbows!" Jeremy says. "Max doing what he can and doing it with a purpose to find a way free out of this hold!"
"Bald Bull, whatever you do, DO NOT let go of that child!" Cris shouts.
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After approximately fifty elbows to the hairless head of the Turk, Max is able to free himself from the Bear Hug, stepping on Bull's feet…
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…hitting the ropes…
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…ducking a Clothesline…then a second Clothesline…
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…and…getting popped up by Bald Bull…into a Dropkick to the face! Max lands onto his back from the Dropkick, which aches him…while the Dropkick angers Bald Bull, who snarls. Bull runs at Max…
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…and Max backward rolls away from Bull before executing a Drop Toe Hold to put Bull onto the middle rope! Bull nurses his larynx…before Max stands up…twelve seconds later…
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…and performs a Slingshot Leg Drop onto the back of Bull's head into the rope!
"Max, LEG DROP! Leg Drop onto the ropes! That's almost shades of Emmy and the Dragon Tail move she likes to use!" Al says.
Max climbs to the top rope…Bald Bull standing inside the ring…
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…and Max jumps…just inches ahead of Bald Bull's Bull's Eye! Max grabs Bull by the head…
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…and delivers a Jumping DDT!
"OH, did you see that?! Did you see that?! Max jumped from the top rope, and he saw the Bull's Eye coming from Bald Bull!" Jonathan says. "So he jumped and landed just SHY of Bald Bull so he could grab the head and drop him with that DDT!"
"There's Maxito using his noodle!" Jeremy says.
Max and Bald Bull are down together for nearly thirty seconds, the crowd clapping rhythmically and calling out for Max to make a tag out to his partner Enrique. Max struggles on his belly…crawls towards the Dragon Kids' corner…
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…but Bald Bull gets up…grabs Max by the waist…picking him up…
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…and receiving a Pelé Kick to the skull! Max lunges after the Overhead Kick and tags in Enrique!
"PELÉ OVERHEAD KICK! Also shades of his sister and HEEEERE'S ENRIQUE!" Al calls.
Enrique Slingshots from the apron…ends up on Bull's shoulders…
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…and performs a Dragonrana Driver that puts Bull's head into the top turnbuckle!
"OH! OHHH! Slingshot Somersault Rana, and it nailed Bull into the top turnbuckle! A Slingshot Somersault Hurricanrana Driver!" Al calls.
"Slingshot Dragonrana Driver, if you will!" Jonathan says.
Bull is sent staggering…while Enrique gives Bull a Running Bulldog Lariat off of the ropes…bouncing off of him and not knocking him down. Enrique hits the ropes again…and hits a second Bulldog Lariat, still not knocking Bull down. Enrique hits the ropes a third time…and hits one more Bulldog Lariat that backs Bull into the ropes! Enrique hits the ropes now again…and gives Bull a High Knee to the chest…then hits the ropes and does it again…then hits the ropes and delivers a third High Knee to the chest, the third one enough to knock Bald Bull to the outside! Enrique sees the Turk at ringside…
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…hits the ropes…
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…and gives Bald Bull a Suicide Dive!
"SOAAARING…AAAAAAAAND—wait a minute…"
Bald Bull bounces off of the security barricade this time…and Enrique runs back into the ring…hitting the ropes again…
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…and gives Bull a second Suicide Dive!
"SOAAAAARING…AAAAAAAAAND—wait a minute…"
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Bald Bull is still standing…and Enrique runs back into the ring, gets excited…and hits the ropes…
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…and gives Bull a third consecutive Suicide Dive into the barricade, knocking Bull down this time!
"…Can I say it THIS time?!" Al screams…loud enough for the Colombian Kid to say.
"Sí!" Enrique answers Al from afar.
"Gracias—SOAAAAARING…AAAAAAAAAAND SCOOOORIIIIIING!" Al finally finishes.
"…We need to set a limit on the number of Suicide Dives you can perform in one match," Cris deadpans.
"Yeah, good luck getting THAT bill passed," Jeremy snorts.
Soda Popinski dismounts the apron…runs at Enrique and goes for a Big Boot…
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…but Enrique ducks it, causing Soda to catch his boot over the barricade instead! Enrique climbs onto the top of the security wall…grabs Soda's arms…and hits a Colombian Necktie off of the barricade onto the ringside floor!
Bald Bull gets to his feet…and Enrique hits a Front Dropkick that sends Bull into the ring post back-first. With the crowd chanting, "ENRIQUE! ENRIQUE!" the Colombian Kid leaps into Bull with a Koronco Buster against the ring post! Enrique punches at Bull's face, fist after fist…
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…before Bald Bull walks away from the post with Enrique in his grasp! Before Bull can do anything from this position though, Enrique leaps off of Bull's shoulders and ends up on the ring apron. Enrique Back Kicks Bull from the apron…then vaults to the adjacent apron and executes a Rope-Aided Dropkick through the ropes and in Bull's face. Following this…Enrique goes back to the floor at ringside…backpedals…
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…and hits a Suicide Dive between the bottom and middle turnbuckles…turned into a Tornado DDT onto Bald Bull!
"WHOOOOOA!" Jeremy exclaims. "BHINDI MASALA, TORNADO DDT THROUGH THE BUCKLES!"
"Sami Zayn, eat your heart out!" Jonathan says.
"Bald Bull should be eating ENRIQUE'S heart out!" hollers Cris.
Enrique stands up…and tries to pick up Bald Bull to push him back inside the ring, so he can capitalize and pin the man for the Titles…
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…and he drags Bull towards the apron in a Front Facelock…
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…before Bull suddenly bursts from Enrique's grip and pushes Enrique up and into the ropes above the apron hard!
"Enrique trying to pull Bull back into the ring, but he's just too powerful! Too much for one kid!" Al says.
Bull is hunched over, breathing heavily…
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…and Max…comes off of the top rope and goes for a Corkscrew Plancha onto Bald Bull's back…but Bald Bull catches him!
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Bald Bull drops Max with a Samoan Drop onto the arena floor!
"OHHHHH! Max trying to catch Bull with the Corkscrew Plancha, but Bald Bull performs a counter that couldn't be more destructive to the Dragon Kids' chances given the circumstances!" Jonathan says.
"That put the 'screw' in Corkscrew Plancha…because Max was screwed from the beginning! Hahahaha!" laughs Cris.
Bull picks Max up from the ground after fifteen seconds…lifts him over his head in a Military Press…
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…and chucks Max right on top of Jeremy and Jonathan's table! Bull roars and beats his chest savagely before clubbing Max on the table with overhand blow after overhand blow. With Max lying on the table supine, his back pointing up…Bald Bull walks to the table of Al Michaels and Cris Collinsworth…and stands on top of it.
"Oh…NO…" Jeremy shudders. "NONONONONO…"
"YESYESYESYESYES!" Cris cheers. "DO IT!"
"YOU'LL BREAK HIM IN HALF! YOU'LL ALL BUT MAIM HIM!" Jonathan shouts. "THE KID HAS A FAMILY!"
"And I hope said family has enough to cover hospital and possible cemetery charges!" Cris says.
Doc Louis gets giddy at ringside, shouting, "END HIM! HE ISN'T GONNA HAVE A CAREER AFTER THIS! FINISH THIS SUCKER!"
Bull shouts, "Şimdi gösteririm! Zaman ölmek!"
He runs along Al and Cris's table…
"NOOOOO!" Jeremy cries before covering his eyes. "I CAN'T LOOK!"
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…jumps into the air…
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…and…falls onto the twins' table with nobody home! Max rolls out of the way!
"OHHHHHH! AND TALK ABOUT YOUR CRASHES AND YOUR BURNS! THAT WAS A DAMN NEAR INFERNO THERE!" Jonathan yells.
"HOW DID HE—?! OKAY, ALONG WITH THE SUICIDE DIVES BILL, THERE NEEDS TO BE A NO GUARDIAN ANGEL POLICY IN FICTION WRESTLING!" Cris complains. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TWINS HOLD HIM DOWN?!"
"…Um, were we SUPPOSED to?!" Jonathan asks incredulously.
"YES!" Cris answers.
"…Am I obligated to justify that with a response?" Jeremy deadpans. "…On another note, I'm surprised our announce table SURVIVED that… We may just last the night with our table intact!"
Max looks at Bald Bull on the table…the table somehow standing fast…
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…and, in his exhaustion, amidst his exhaustion, amidst his pain…he looks around…
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…looks up…
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…and climbs to the ring apron…to ascend to the top rope in a corner!
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what is Max—WHAT IS MAX THINKING?" Jeremy says.
"I think you KNOW what he's thinking…but like others, can't believe he's thinking it! Bad back and all!" Jonathan says.
"The four-year-old boy headed for the high-rent district…!" Al says.
"And when I said that we may go the night with our table intact, I may have spoken too soon!" Jeremy says.
Max stands up on the top turnbuckle…making sure he's got the perfect base…
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…and Doc Louis stands between the corner and the announce table, shouting, "NO! NO! GET DOWN FROM THERE! YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DO THIS—YOU CAN'T DO THIS! I WON'T LET YOU DO THIS! GET YOUR DIAPER-WEARING ASS OFF OF THERE! YOU'VE GOT NO BUSINESS!"
"YEAH! Listen to Doc! He speaks SENSE! Don't you DARE jump!" Cris shouts.
"Doc Louis standing between Maxito and the table with his client Bull!" Al says.
Max glares at Doc…
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…looks behind him…
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…exhales…
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…and leaps over Doc Louis to hit a prone Bald Bull with a 450 Splash through Jonathan and Jeremy's announce table, the table practically bursting from the impact!
"NAAAAAAAAAAHHH! WHAT THE HEEEEELL?!" Cris is thunderstruck!
"MAX DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT DOC IN THE WAY! HE LEAPT RIGHT OVER HIM LIKE A CALF JUMPING OVER THE MOON!" Jonathan exclaims.
"AND HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE, WE HAVE NO TABLE! MAX AND BULL, THROUGH THE TABLE! MAX AND BULL, THROUGH THE TABLE!" Jeremy exclaims.
Max lies on the ground holding his ribs and shutting his eyes…while Doc Louis's eyes nearly pop out of their sockets, aghast from what Max has just done! The fans are going nuts! Enrique, who starts to stand up himself, runs over as fast as he can to check on his partner.
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The Dragon Kids, using each other to stand up…both grab Bald Bull and try to work together to get him back inside the ring. Doc Louis, watching this, grabs his head and is almost frozen in incredulity. Max and Enrique get Bald Bull close to the apron…
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…and Doc Louis takes it upon himself to stand in the Dragon Kids' way! Doc Louis stops Max and Enrique from getting Bull into the squared circle…and Enrique, realizing this, hits Doc with an Enzuigiri!
"Both Dragon Kids trying to work together to get Bull back into the ring—you NEED both…and Doc's trying to—OH! …Well, Doc isn't trying to get in the way and obstruct them NOW!" Al says.
Doc goes down…
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…and the Dragon Kids, after much struggling, manage to shove Bald Bull back inside the ring! Max and Enrique pant heavily…and then look to each other with resolve, ready to bring the match to a conclusion. Max and Enrique enter the ring…
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…and Bull, through some sheer will, gets to his knees.
The Dragon Kids are somewhat surprised…but they nod to one another and hit Bald Bull with kicks to the chest and back in tandem, Soccer Kick and Shoot Kick from Enrique and Max respectively…and after four such combinations…the two of them deliver a Con-Kick-To to Bald Bull's skull—dual kicks to the face and back of the head! Bull is dazed…and Max grabs Bull by the head as he's kneeling. Enrique hits the ropes…and Enrique and Max hit a One-Handed Bulldog/Complete Shot combination! Bull is down…and Max hits a Standing Moonsault onto Bull's back…then Enrique hits a Standing Shooting Star Press…
…then Enrique stands, and Max pushes Enrique's leg upward to make for an Aided Standing Moonsault…
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…and with Enrique on his hands and knees…Max runs off of Enrique's back…to the middle rope, then the top rope…
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…and into a Triple Jump Moonsault on top of the Turkish Nightmare!
Enrique goes to the ring apron…
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…and Bald Bull stands…
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…and Enrique executes a Springboard Busaiku Knee Strike, leaving Bull down onto his back now!
"BALD BULL DOWN!" Jonathan shouts.
The Dragon Kids both climb to the top rope…ascending to the same turnbuckle…and Chicago knows what maneuver might be coming next…
"AND WE SAW THEM DO THIS TO SODA POP ON OZONE!" Al shouts.
"NOOOOO, NO, NO, NO, THIS CAN'T HAPPEN!" Cris yells.
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…and Max and Enrique dive…
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…and Max and Enrique deliver the Dream Come True, stereo 450 Splashes on top of Bald Bull!
"YES, IT CAN! THE DREAM COME TRUE! DOUBLE DOSE OF 450!" Jonathan shouts.
"IS IT TRULY A DREAM COME TRUE FOR THE DRAGON KIDS?!" Jeremy exclaims.
Max nurses his midsection…and Enrique covers Bald Bull: 1…
"SET IT…"
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"…AND…"
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…2.9 Soda Popinski pulls Enrique out of the ring to break up the pin! Soda Big Boots Enrique to knock him down!
"…FORGE—NOOOO!" Jeremy shouts. "SODA POP WITH THE TIMELY INTERVENTION!"
"Soda Pop doing his part to preserve the Tag Team gold of the Forces of Nature!" Al says.
Max sees what Soda has done…and Maxito hits the ropes…
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…and…his Suicide Dive is intercepted by a Tomagavk to the skull!
"OHHHHHH!" Jeremy clutches his head. "SOARING AND GETTING SCORED ON!"
"YEAH! YEAH! SWATTED HIM LIKE THE PESKY BEE HE IS!" Cris cheers.
Soda pulls Max onto the apron…pushes Enrique into the ring…makes sure they are both close to their own corner…
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…and forces Enrique to tag in Max!
"And now Soda…KNOWING who the more wounded Dragon Kid is, is going to force the hand of Enrique, LITERALLY, to his partner…" Al says.
"A DEVILISH move…" says Jonathan.
"But SMART AS HELL… That's what tutelage under Doc Louis provides for you," Cris smirks.
Soda pulls Enrique out of the ring and goes to the apron himself, extending his hand towards Bald Bull…who crawls to the Forces of Nature's corner and tags out. Soda enters the ring over the top rope with a Soviet smirk…and he grabs Max in a Cobra Clutch…
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…lifts him up…
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…and delivers a Cobra Clutch Backbreaker before hurling Max across the ring!
"GLASNOST CONNECTS! Transparency and openness, and if I'M being transparent and open, I think that Max is on his last limbs…!" Jonathan says.
"You're damn right he is," Cris nods.
After Glasnost, Soda puts Max…in a Standing Headscissors. Soda lifts Max up onto his shoulders…
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…and Jackknife Powerbombs Max into the mat!
"JACKKNIFE POWERBOMB! Up in the lights and then DOWN with a thud!" Al says.
"Nighty-night, Maxie!" Cris grins.
Soda drops down and covers Max, not bothering to hook a leg: 1…
"Check…"
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"…and…"
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…2.95 Max gets his shoulder up!
"…ma—ARE YOU JOKING ME RIGHT NOW?!" Cris exclaims. "WHAT?! SERIOUSLY?! …MAX?! SHOULDER UP, TWO?! NO PUN INTENDED, BUT BULL—THAT WAS THREE! THAT WAS FREAKING THREE!"
"IT WAS A TWO, CRIS! IT WAS A TWO, AND MAX AND ENRIQUE'S HOPE ARE STILL ALIVE!" Al says.
Soda is angry at this point…and with his patience thinned out, Soda raises his hand, signaling for the Cokeslam…
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…grabbing Max by the throat…
"NOT FOR LONG THEY AREN'T… Bring oooon the Cokeslam!" Cris hoots.
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…lifting him…
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…and getting hit with a Double Knee Facebreaker!
"OR BRING ON THE MAX DRIVE!" Jeremy shouts. "GET IT?! GET IT? It's because he's MAX and it's—"
"PIPE DOWN!" Cris snaps at Jeremy.
Soda backs into the ropes…
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…and Enrique grabs Soda's arms and delivers a Colombian Necktie Inverted Hotshot onto the top rope! Soda bumbles towards the center of the ring…tipping over…
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…where Max is able to ensnare him into a Small Package! The referee counts 1…
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…Soda kicks out! Soda stands up…and Max hits him with Sweet Shin Music—a Superkick to the shin! Soda holds onto his foot…and eats a second Sweet Shin Music to the other shin! Max then grabs Soda for an S.O.S.…
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…but out of the Front Facelock, Soda Backdrops Max…who flips onto his feet and runs at Bald Bull for a Flying Forearm Smash to knock him off of the apron! Soda runs at Max as Max is in the corner…but Max escapes and counters with a Pendulum Kick, then a Rope-Aided Gamengiri! Max climbs to the top rope following these kicks…
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…and delivers a Diving Somersault Shoulder Block, knocking Soda down but also hurting his own back!
"SOMERSAULT SHOULDER KNOCKDOWN! …But damage to the injured back again!" Al calls.
"Not the smartest move to go for in this situation, Max!" Jeremy yells out. "But I get it! I get it—it's the ADRENALINE flowing! It's the desire to win, the desire to become a CHAMPION, him and Enrique, the Tag Team Champions of CCW? Will it be?! You've gotta get up, kid!"
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It takes twenty-five seconds for Max to get up…
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…but when he does…he leaps over an incoming Bald Bull Spear! Max turns around…and Bald Bull tries to Spear Max a second time…but Max leaps and Dropkicks Bull in the head and face! Bull moves back…
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…and Enrique drops him with a Diving Backcracker from the top rope!
"GAAAAAAH!" Cris groans.
"BACKCRACKER BY ENRIQUE! DIVING FOR IT!" Al shouts.
Soda is moving…
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…and Max delivers an S.O.S., dropping to a Stunner position rather than the Cutter! Soda still remains standing…
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"TWO S. ! BUT SODA STILL STANDS…!" Jonathan says.
Soda is still on his feet…and Max yells…
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…and Max performs a third S.O.S., this time laying out for the Cutter, dropping Soda onto his face!
"NOT ANYMORE HE DOESN'T!" Jeremy exclaims.
"ONE MOVE AWAY! THEY'RE JUST ONE MOVE AWAY!" Al yells.
Enrique ascends to the top rope as Max rolls away to give him room…
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…and Enrique hits the Colombian Splash!
"COLOMBIAN SPLAAAASH! THE FINAL WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED!" Al shouts.
Max crawls into the cover as Enrique rolls away: 1…
"SET IT…"
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"…AND…"
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…2.975 Soda kicks out!
"…FORGE—WHAT?! NEAR-FALL! OH MY STARS, THAT WAS A NEAR-FALL! HOW?!" Jeremy is stunned!
"HOW?! I'LL TELL YA HOW – IT'S A FORCE OF NATURE AND YOU CAN'T KEEP HIM DOWN, THAT'S HOW!" Cris says. "HOW'S IT FEEL, DRAGON KIDS?! YOUR FINAL WISH RENDERED PUNY ON THE BIG STAGE!"
Max slaps the canvas in dejection from the near-fall while Enrique looks at the referee in shock. Referee Lonny Cunningham confirms that it is only a two-count…and the fans are also stunned. The Dragon Kids wonder what to do now…
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…and without saying a word, they know exactly how to proceed. Max pulls Soda up…manages to get him to a kneeling position with that weight…
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"AND IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED…"
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…and Enrique hits another Colombian Splash!
"…TRY, TRY AGAIN!" Jonathan quips.
"I HATE THAT SAYING!" Cris snaps. "NOOOOOOO!"
Max pins Soda again, Enrique rolling off of Popinski…and the referee counts 1…
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"WHAT THE HELL?!" Al shouts. "DOC LOUIS!"
"DOC PULLING OUT THE REFEREE!" Jonathan shouts. "THE DRAGON KIDS WERE A COUNT AWAY!"
"THAT'S WHAT THEY GET FOR ATTACKING DOC EARLIER! THAT'S FOR THE ENZUIGIRI, PUNKS!" Cris justifies.
Doc puts his hands together, almost in a prayer-like motion as he consults the official, diverting his attention from the match and the Dragon Kids seemingly having the match won! Enrique, fed up, hits the ropes…
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…and hits an Over-the-Top-Rope No-Hands Somersault Plancha…onto the referee, whom Doc Louis pulls in the way!
"ENRIQUE LOOKING FOR DOC, BUT HE TOOK OUT THE REFEREE INSTEAD!" Jonathan shouts.
"GOOD GOING, DRAGON DORK!" Cris shouts. "YOU HAVE ONLY YOURSELVES TO BLAME FOR THAT!"
Doc gets out of dodge from Enrique's dive; the Colombian Kid checks on Lonny Cunningham, even more upset by this development. Max sees Enrique land on the ref…and is confused as to what to do now! Max turns and sees Soda sitting up. With little other ideas, Max goes for a Superkick…
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…but Soda grabs the boot! Soda stands up, still holding Max's foot…
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…and while hanging onto the foot, Soda hits Max with a Tomagavk Chop!
Soda keeps Max standing up…holding him by the foot…
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…and Soda hits another Tomagavk Chop! Enrique sees Max trapped in Soda's clutches…and tries to run into the ring, but before he can, Bald Bull Spears him outside of the ring!
"MAX IS IN DIRE, DIRE STRAITS—AND ENRIQUE CAN'T HELP AFTER THAT!" Jonathan calls.
"SPEAR! SPEAR! HAHA, SPEAR!" Cris chuckles loudly.
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Soda hits one more Tomagavk Chop to Max…and then…
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…Doc Louis gives Soda Popinski a chair.
"What the…? No, no, COME ON! WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT RUSSIAN MONOLITH NEED A STEEL CHAIR FOR?!" Jonathan gets angry.
Soda walks over to Max…Doc Louis shouting, "CLOBBER HIS ASS! BROKEBACK MOLEHILL THE SEQUEL!"
He raises the chair…
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"TO TENDERIZE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD BEYOND REPAIR! NO BACK BRACE IS GONNA FIX THAT!" Cris exclaims.
Max is almost in tears from the vicious chair shot by Soda, who nonchalantly puts the chair down onto the canvas. Soda grabs Max by the neck…pulls him up from the mat…
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"COKESLAM ONTO THE CHAIR!" Al shouts.
"THAT WAS NOT EVEN CALLED FOR!" Jonathan says.
"THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU TRY TO HAVE MORE HEART THAN BRAINS! MAX EARNED THAT COKESLAM!" Cris says. "EVERY BIT OF IT!"
Soda kicks the chair away, Doc Louis taking the chair himself and jumping up and down with delight from the Cokeslam on Max. The Punch-Out! Trainer puts the referee back inside the ring…and Soda Pop drops down for the pin. Referee Lonny Cunningham counts 1…
"CHECK…"
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"…AAAAND—COUNT FASTEERRR…"
"This is SADDENING…" Jeremy sighs.
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"…MA—…ma…mamamamama…mamamamamamamamamamama—WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!" Cris loses his mind.
Doc Louis pounds the ring apron, screaming his head off while the crowd is cheering for Max and the Dragon Kids' resilience at this point. Soda Popinski looks down at Max and shakes his head, not believing it!
"IF THERE ARE ANY WORDS TO DESCRIBE HOW ON EARTH MAX SURVIVED THAT COKESLAM ONTO THE CHAIR, I CANNOT FIND THEM RIGHT NOW!" Jonathan hollers.
"THIS IS HOW BADLY THE DRAGON KIDS WANT THIS! THEY ARE WILLING TO LOSE A PART OF THEIR LIVES IN THAT RING TO BECOME WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!" Jeremy says.
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Bald Bull, outside of the ring, is also livid…
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"WELL, GOOD TO HEAR, BECAUSE BALD BULL MAY BE ABOUT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR ONE LUCKY COLOMBIA NATIVE!" Cris yells.
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"OH NOOOOOOOOOO! BALD BULL!" Cris cries.
"NOBODY HOME! NOBODY HOME! THE BULL CHARGE GETS NOTHING BUT BARRICADE!" Al shouts. "ENRIQUE WITH AN S.O.S. OF HIS OWN—SAVING HIS SKIN, THAT IS!"
Doc sees Bull blast through nothing but wall and cringes, feeling every bit of the Turk's pain! Doc screams in frustration and starts to panic at ringside…looking at Bull…looking at Soda…
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…and suddenly…Doc digs into his sweatshirt jacket and pulls out a soda bottle!
"Whoawhoa—what is THAT…?" Jeremy inquires.
"…Is that what I THINK it…? YEAH…" Jonathan's eyes widen. "SODA!"
"Yeah, he gave that thing to Soda, but I'm not sure—"
"No, Jeremy, it's SODA! It's the special soda Popinski drinks!" Jonathan says.
"Ohhhhh… OHHHHHHHHH… OHHHHHH NO…!" Jeremy realizes and panics. "IF SODA DRINKS THAT, HE'LL BE IMPERVIOUS! ANY SHOT THE DRAGON KIDS HAVE ON BECOMING TAG TEAM CHAMPS WILL GET CRUSHED LIKE BLINI!"
Doc tosses the bottle to Popinski, who catches it in the ring. Soda grins at the sight…and pops open the soda bottle. Soda raises the bottle towards his head…towards his lips…
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"WHOA! WHERE DID MAX COME FROM?!" Al shouts.
"I don't know, but he landed on the referee Lonny Cunningham!" Jonathan says.
"What is it with the Dragon Kids and attacking refs?! Why aren't they DISQUALIFIED?!" Cris complains.
"Cris, you and we ALL know that that wasn't intentional contact… The GOAL of that Springboard, though, was to get the soda bottle out of Soda's clutches, and in that regard, mission accomplished!" Jonathan says.
"And for Max's sake, that's GOOD NEWS," Jeremy says.
Soda growls, peeved with having his bottle robbed from him…and Soda walks over to the apron towards where Max has rolled to…
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"HEYHEYHEY! THE BOTTLE! ENRIQUE BROKE THE BOTTLE OVER THE HEAD OF POPINSKI!" Al shouts.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME RIGHT NOW?!" Cris shouts. "YOU GET ON SODA FOR USING A CHAIR, BUT THAT GUY CAN BREAK BOTTLES OVER THEIR HEADS! THIS IS BALONEY! UTTER BALONEY!"
The bottle shatters over Soda's cranium! Soda backs away from the ropes, the burning pain of the broken glass unbearable…while Enrique and Max work together to brush away the shattered bottle glass from the ring apron onto the ringside floor. Then the Dragon Kids both stand up on the apron, Soda Pop standing. Enrique and Max Springboard…
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"DOUBLE S.O.S.! THEY BOTH CONNECT! THEY BOTH CONNECT! SODA IS DOWN, AND THERE'S ONLY ONE THING LEFT TO DO!" Al calls.
The crowd is on its feet while Max implores Enrique to climb to the top rope. "GO, GO, GO!" Max shouts…and Enrique obliges! Enrique starts to climb, almost there…
"ENRIQUE TO THE TOP!" Al shouts.
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"DOC TRYING TO HAVE A SAY, BUT MAX WON'T LET HIM! MAX WON'T LET HIM GET INVOLVED!" Al shouts.
"HE'S ALL ALONE! CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF!" Jeremy yells.
"BLOW OUT THE CANDLE…"
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"…FINAL WISH!" Jonathan hollers. "THE FINAL WISH MADE!"
"…This isn't happening…" Cris shakes his head. "This isn't real…"
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"YES!" Al answers his own question.
"THEY DID IIIIIIIIIIIT!" Jonathan exclaims as the bell rings!
"HOLY CHOLE BHATURE, WE HAVE NEW WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS!" Jeremy hollers as the Chicago crowd is in a frenzy!
Max and Enrique are both down on the canvas…"Solace" playing in the background…both of the PBS Kids spent, panting, catching their breath…while referee Lonny Cunningham is starting to collect himself. Max and Enrique both slowly get to their knees…and their eyes meet when they hear the announcement…
"Ladies and gentlemen, the winners of the match…and NEEEEEEEEW CCW World Tag Team Champions, Max and Enrique, The Dragon Kids!" Blader DJ makes it official…and as they hear this, Max and Enrique suddenly lunge to one another and hug each other tightly, the emotions finally setting in!
"THE IMPOSSIBLE HAS HAPPENED! WHAT WAS SAID THEY COULDN'T DO, THEY HAVE ACTUALLY DONE! THE DRAGON KIDS HAVE KNOCKED OFF THE FORCES OF NATURE AT CCW PANDEMONIUM, AND THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE JOURNEY! THEY HAVE GONE FROM UNDERDOGS…TO TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD!" Jonathan exclaims.
"THE GREATEST NIGHT OF MAX AND ENRIQUE'S LIVES! ALL OF THE STRUGGLE, ALL OF THE INTIMIDATION FROM THEIR OPPOSITION…ALL OF THE PAIN IT TOOK TO GET TO CHICAGO IN THE FIRST PLACE, AND THEY HAVE REACHED THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN!" Al yells.
"OHHH, WHAT A NIGHT THIS IS!" Jeremy exclaims. "WE JUST SAW THE BIGGEST UPSET IN CCW HISTORY!"
Lonny Cunningham hands Max and Enrique each their halves of the CCW World Tag Team Title Belts, raising their hands as they celebrate, smiling from ear to ear, the both of them. Enrique climbs up a corner and rejoices with the Belt in hand…while Max walks to a camera near the ring, looks right into it, and says, "This…is for EVERYONE who's EVERY supported us…EVERYONE who's looked at us and said they Believed… We couldn't have made it without you… THANK YOU… Thank each and every one of you—Mom…Dad…Emmy…Sally…Tom, Jerry…Takashi, Rei, Saeko…THIS…is for ALL OF YOU!" Max then raises his Championship as high over his head as he can…which still isn't very high in the grand scheme of things…but that didn't matter. He was a Champion.
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Enrique gets off of the turnbuckle…and Max leaves the ring and jumps OVER the barricade and into the crowd, raising the Belt up as he laughs and throws a miniature party with the Chicago fans! Enrique goes to the outside of the ring and climbs the barricade himself, raising his Tag Title high. Doc Louis, meanwhile, looks at his Forces of Nature…and is frozen, not saying a word, unable to come up with anything to say here for what has just occurred.
"…This is a travesty… This is a TRAVESTY right here…" Cris facepalms. "They…they ACTUALLY WON…"
"The Dragon Kids…before tonight, were looked at as the Little Engines That Could…but now…NOW, they are the Little Engines That DID!" Jonathan says. "They are NO LONGER just the team that had a great match with Team 2D; they are NO LONGER just the team that won the CCW Combine Cup… They will NOW BE the team that came to Chicago, Illinois, with all odds against them, and walked out with a little more weight to carry back with them, because they ARE the CCW World Tag Team Champions!"
Enrique helps Max out of the crowd and back to ringside, the Dragon Kids walking to the back…and as they back up, they raise their CCW World Tag Team Titles with both hands, triggering a pyro celebration behind them at the stage! White pyro goes off, signifying this historic moment for the PBS Kids…as Max suddenly drops on the ground and does snow angels on the ramp, basking in the moment. He laughs as Enrique pulls him back up, and the newly-crowned Champions retreat to the back, history made.
