CHAPTER 43: SETTLING AN OLD GRUDGE
WCW Monday nitro started that night with mike tennay on commentary saying "welcome ladies and gentlemen to another exciting episode of WCW Monday nitro and in our main event the WCW world heavyweight champion Jacob cass will defend his championship against his former mentor Barron Blade" and Jacob was sitting backstage with his family after he got changed into his ring gear before his wife becky sat next to him and leaned her head on his shoulder as she said "hopefully tonight you will feel a lot better when you defeat Barron Blade inside the triple cage honey"
And Jacob gave his wife becky a kiss on her lips as he replied "yeah, once i defeat Barron Blade tonight and prove my win at Bash at the Beach was no fluke i will feel a lot better as a weight would have been lifted off my shoulders and i have been thinking of going back to WWE anyway because i want to become the WWE universal champion on smackdown and i know that means facing the fiend or bray wyatt but as long i have my family by my side i have nothing to fear" then becky returned the kiss to her husband as she replied "yeah i understand how ya feel honey because to tell ye the truth i want to go back to WWE too and become the WWE smackdown womens champion then not only will we be a real power couple but also when our daughter and her girlfriend win the WWE womens tag team championships our family will have all the gold"
Later...
It was main event time on WCW Monday nitro as the triple cage was slowly being lowered into the arena and Jacob was waiting in gorilla position with his wife becky and their daughter Michelle and her girlfriend Christie hemme and becky gave her husband a kiss on his lips as she said "are ya ready for tonight honey? we will be here cheering ya on as a family" then Jacob returned the kiss to his wife becky as he replied "i know honey, and of course i am ready for tonight because i am going to make sure Barron Blade feels every inch of that cage for what he has done to me" then Jacob walked out on stage to a thunderous crowd reaction as the world is yours by arch enemy was playing.
Then the announcer said while Jacob was making his way to the ring "ladies and gentlemen, the following contest is a triple cage match with a 20 minute time limit on his way to the ring from London England weighing in at 280 pounds he is the king of the heavyweights JACOB CASS!" and when Jacob got the cage he walked around and hi fived some fans before bashing the side of the cage a couple of times before eventually making his way inside the cage as the referee closed the door behind him and Jacob made his way to the top of the triple cage eagerly waiting his opponent.
Barron Blade then made his way out on stage to a mixed crowd reaction as the announcer said "and his opponent weighing in at 219 pounds he is the private investor of WCW BARRON BLADE!" and mike tennay said on commentary while Barron Blade was slowly making his way towards the cage "you can see the look on Barron's face as he makes his way towards the cage that he looks terrified of stepping inside against his former protégé and you just know that Jacob has been waiting get his hands on this man because in his eyes Barron cost his dream of becoming a WWE superstar" and Barron slowly made his way inside the cage and made his way to the top of the triple cage to meet Jacob before the referee held up the championship and the time keeper rang the bell and the match was underway.
Jacob then charged at Barron and took him down with a clothesline before he then quickly picked Barron up to his feet and slammed his face against the side of the small cage as mike tennay said on commentary "and right away you can tell there is no remorse in the eyes of Barron's former protégé as he slams his head against the cage and possibly makes his way down to the next layer of this cage" then Jacob mounted Barron and rained down right hand after right hand into Barron's face before he then opened the trap door down to the next layer of the cage and picked Barron back up to his feet and dragged him over to the trap door opening and threw him down into the next layer of the cage where some members of NWO wolfpack waited for him before Jacob followed Barron down to the next layer of the cage joining some his stable mates.
Halfway through the match Barron connected with a low blow on Jacob causing him to collapse down to the floor of the cage above the final layer and Barron went for a pin as the referee in the second layer made the count "1.." before one of the members of the NWO wolfpack broke up the pin before they then called for the trap door to be opened as some of the members of the NWO wolfpack were beating down Barron while two other members were dragging Jacob towards the trap door opening and Jacob slowly climbed down to the final layer of the cage as he collapsed down in the ring and Barron slowly followed after him eliminating the members of the NWO wolfpack in the second layer of the cage from the match but little did Barron know that there were more members of the NWO wolfpack waiting for him in the final layer of the cage which included Scott hall and Kevin Nash.
The end of the match came when Jacob was holding a steel chair above his head as Barron was on his knees begging Jacob not to hit him before Jacob heard a familiar theme playing in the arena as Chris Jericho and his inner circle came out and entered the cage and Jacob held the chair in his hand and raised it at Jericho and Chris Jericho looked like he was going to attack Jacob and the NWO wolfpack but then in a bizarre twist Chris Jericho helped Barron up to his feet before connecting with a code breaker sending him back down to the mat as the rest of the inner circle attacked Barron Blade for a bit before they held him up on his knees holding him in place before Chris Jericho said to Jacob who was holding the chair in his hands "do it Jacob, get your revenge on this stupid idiot"
Jacob raised the chair above his head before bringing it down across Barron's head and watched as Barron collapsed down to the mat before the inner circle then picked Barron back up to his feet and held him in place as Jacob was setting up for a spear in the corner before he charged out of the corner and connected with a spear on Barron Blade sending him crashing down to the mat before he went for the pin as the referee made the count "1.." "2.." "3.." and the bell rang and the match was over and Jacob's wife becky and their daughter Michelle and her girlfriend Christie hemme all came down to the ring to join Jacob in the ring and becky looked a little confused when she saw Chris Jericho and the inner circle in the ring.
Chris Jericho then hands Jacob his championship and helps him up to his feet before he asks for a microphone and says to Jacob "hey Cass, relax i'm not here with the inner circle to ruin your moment because i am actually here with the inner circle because le champion has been thinking and to tell you the truth i think i owe you some props" and the crowd were booing before Chris Jericho continued "no no, i mean it i owe you some credit where credit is due because even though we may have had our differences when we were in AEW together and i have been doing this a long long time but even i can see that you are exactly what you say you are and you back it up every single time you step into a ring and that is you are one of the best damn wrestlers in this industry today hell maybe the entire world"
Then Jacob had a mic in hand and was trying to catch his breath as he replied "thank you Chris, that means a lot coming from a veteran like you who has been doing this far longer than i have and you are the reverend of reinvention and le champion but i am the saviour of wrestling and the king of the heavyweights and i think there is room for us both to write another chapter in the saga that is Chris Jericho vs Jacob cass one day if we are in the same company together" and Chris Jericho gave Jacob a hug and held his arm out for Jacob's wife becky to join the hug before he released the hug and said on the mic "you are absolutely right brother and i would love for the two of the best in the world clash one more time somewhere down the road but right now this is your moment as you earned it and the inner circle is gonna leave you to soak in this moment and clear the trash from the ring because even though i am not under contract to WCW however WCW IS JERICHO and WCW IS CASS enjoy this moment with your family champ" before he then left the ring while the inner circle dragged Barron Blade out of the ring leaving Jacob to celebrate with his family in the ring.