DISCLAIMER: I only own Jesse Alvarez, Joshua Garza, Carter Young, Stan Terra, Hector Ambrose, Erik Rollins, David Reigns, Luke Smith, Kurt Hudson, Kenji Matsuo, Zack Carver, Mike "The Mic" Martin, Clarissa Rivera, Alyssa Parker, and Maria Lopez. Anything else here I own nothing.

Note: This chapter takes place before FUSION 6 to avoid confusion.

Enjoy.


ACW Friday Night Ignition: July 5th, Week 1

TV-14

Before the show began, the camera shows the office of a General Manager's office and we find the Chairman/Co-Owner/GM of ACW Jesse Alvarez sitting at his decks with slight stern look on his face...before growing a small smirk and proceeds to speak.

"Good evening, ACW Universe. As you all know, my name is Jesse Alvarez, the Co-Owner, General Manager, and Chairman of Awesome Championship Wrestling. Why aren't starting the show yet? Well, I know how excited you fans are...for what's about to come in a few minutes for our first prime time television show: Friday Night Ignition. However...Ignition...isn't the only ACW prime time show its got," Jesse smirks, earning some soft murmurs from the fans in confusion. "I say that...'cause tomorrow night at 10/9 PM CST—Central Standard Time—ACW launches its second prime time show called 'Saturday Night RAMPAGE' on Spike!" the crowd is heard giving cheers as to the new and second prime time program. "Why is RAMPAGE being born, you ask? Well, in case you haven't heard the recent news of ACW, which I'm pretty sure you have, it is because we are having a tourney to determine a new midcard champion. I shall explain this one from here."

Jesse stands up from his desk and walks around it for the camera to follow him to three stands, which had the following championship belts in glass cases: the ACW United States Championship, the ACW Intercontinental Championship, and the ACW Television Championship. Alvarez stands behind them with arms behind his back as he looks at the belts and the camera pans up to him still smirking.

"You see these belts, the Television, United States, and Intercontinental Championships in front of me. These belts will be combined into one brand new midcard title I like to call...the ACW International Championship. Originally, it'd be called the Undisputed Intercontinental Championship, but that's just a whole mouthful...which it was. Man, that sucked," Jesse had let out a deep breath in a bit of exhaustion, which a few fans chuckled. "Anyways, moving on...these belts will be the prize of the tourney. There will be a total of ten matches; nine of them in singles matches, two for Ignition and one for RAMPAGE; in the next three weeks, there will be one championship match each week respectively for these belts on RAMPAGE only. As of now, these belts still belong to the current champions of Dante, Luke Smith, and Mason Stone. For tomorrow night, the ACW United States Championship will be put on the line tonight with Dante against...well, he won't be a mystery opponent since I actually chose this one myself. Tomorrow, Dante will defend his ACW United Championship belt...in a rematch against his twin brother, 'The True Son of Sparda' Vergil!"

The crowd cheers loudly as to Vergil is getting his fair rematch before Jesse resumes talking, "The following week, we'll have Mason putting his Intercontinental Championship on the line against...a mystery opponent this time. Third week, Luke puts his Television Championship up for grabs against a mystery opponent as well. As of there, the winners of those matches move on into the Finals aka the Fatal-4-Way Match in an all-or-nothing match where those three belts are on the line and the winner will become the first-ever ACW International Champion! ...Now what about the other matches in the tourney? And why is it a Fatal-4-Way at the Finals? That's easy...those non-championship matches happen to be entries—entries to the Semifinals, entries to the Battle Royale on the go-home show before ACW Rebellion! Three championship matches, yes, but there is a total of six entry matches before the Battle Royale. And before I continue, I got a good treat here. See, those who lose in the championship matches will get a second chance by automatically entering the Battle Royale and getting a chance into the Fatal-4-Way spot! The Over-the-top-rope Battle Royale Match will determine the winner that will join those three remaining champions in the Finals at ACW Rebellion. All of that...to determine our brand new and first-ever International Champion. Now since that's cleared, I will announce the following wrestlers I've chosen to be apart of this championship tourney:

"...Kenshin Himura," the crowd cheers.

"...Duke Devlin," the crowd cheers.

"...James Griffin," the crowd boos.

"...Eddward 'Double D' Remington," the crowd cheers.

"...Zeke Cage," the crowd boos loudly.

"...and finally...Red Murdock, better known as RC Bane!" the fans give a mixed reaction, half of the fans are RR fans and are a bit shocked, yet cheer, and the other half just plain hate him and boo.

"Those are the following wrestlers that I have chosen into this very tournament. As for any remaining spots...well, that's where I want you, the entire ACW roster, to take a chance—take a shot at seizing this opportunity. Those of you who are tired of waiting and floating in the rivers of the large roster. Yes, I take full blame for it, but tonight, this is your chance. It's time to cash in on the moment you rise from your pit hole and shine in the spotlight you've been dying to get on. Any guy who wants a shot at this championship belt in the midcard section—HIGH or LOW or IN-BETWEEN, wherever the hell you are at—I want you to take that shot and go out in the ring and FIGHT. I want you all to give the best you got; I want you all to show what you are made of in the ring. I want you all to prove you are worthy of TV time! I want you to show the ACW Universe you're not just sticking around for nothing! I never gave you a chance due to such crap I've done in the past, but now I am giving you all a chance to do just that... I don't give a damn who you are—face, heel, tweener—all I care about is you guys, the wrestlers, going out there and prove you're not floating in that big-ass river anymore! You know what else?! I'm calling out not just my ACW, but my AIW developmental territory wrestlers, my Adeline Impact Wrestling superstars into ACW as a chance to see if you belong in the main roster! You wanna impress me? Don't kiss my ass or thank me for this; go out there in the squared circle and fight! Release the ruthless aggression you've been wanting to give out since the day you got here! Unleash the attitude you got in your heart! Go in the ring and win to enter the Battle Royale Match! Eliminate those superstars as you met them in the ring! Finally, be sure to kick some ass when you get in that Fatal-4-Way and become the first-ever ACW International Champion!"

Jesse then takes a breather and exhales deeply. He would then continue to speak, "...Overall...this is the chance to shine, boys...you wanna take it...or do you wanna waste it and keep waiting in the river where I may execute your contract? Hell, I really don't like doing that and I've done it twice and I got a gamer bitch after my ass 'cause I 'cut her'—hey, it's how BUSINESS is. You don't like it? Well, go BITCH and MOAN about it and make your crappy, snarky comments somewhere else like you always love to just to HEAR the sound of your own voice and get attention as you are nothing more than an ATTENTION WHORE. ...Personal business aside...like I said...this is your chance to shine...your chance to become an ACW International Champion... Opportunities like this only come once in a lifetime; you may never get another one like this again... So...I say to you men I have chosen and those who heard me clearly and definitely want in...good luck.

"I just have one more thing to say, ladies and gentlemen...welcome to Friday Night Ignition...it's time...to Ignite...the Night," Jesse says with a grin as the camera is zoomed in on his face a bit before going out to black.


Now get the guns...the drugs...

(A full moon in the night sky is seen; Atem is seen behind the swinging chains as the Eye of Anubis glows on his forehead.)

From my generation, I'll take the—

(Seto Kaiba grins as the lights flicker; the lights streak rapidly throughout a city then into an arena.)

(Ash Ketchum hits the Superkick—*STATIC*) Come on! (The Erupting Eds hits a DX Crotch Chop.)

(Samantha Hart hits the Dark Dive to Saeko Busujima—*STATIC*) Come on! (Sakura Haruno slips on her glove with a smirk.)

(Benjamin Strong III hits the Coronation 2K1 to Rogen—*STATIC*) Come on! (Beowulf roars to the crowd with intensity.)

Let's get it on...

(Yugi Mutou lip syncs, "Let's get it on" as he slightly tilts his head and looks a bit psychotic with a sick grin.)

(Sasuke Uchiha stomps on the mat à la Randy Orton and he looks up with his pupils being slit in his eyes like a viper itself; The Second City Saints pose at the stage; Alpha & Omega stand in the ring with raised fis—*STATIC*)

We're in this together

(Hinata Hyuga and Samantha Hart raise the Women's Tag Belts; Takashi Komuro and Kohta Hirano hit Drop Dead! to Ryo Bakura through the table.)

And through it—

(Yugi Mutou hits the Pharaoh's Endgame to Seto Kaiba off the ladder; Naruto Uzumaki hits Sasuke Uchiha with—*STATIC*)

And they refuse to see

(The Gods of Darkness smashes Takashi Komuro's head with the Con-Chair-to; Crash Bandicoot hits the Crash Landing to RC Bane.)

The chan—in me

(Téa Gardner hits the Apricot Dominance to Kendra Daniels; Nathan Drake and Isaac Clarke Suic—*STATIC*—ke Brothers; Sasuke Uchiha Punt Kicks Rogen Townsend.)

Why won't they wake up?!

(Naruto Uzumaki raises the ACW Undisputed Championship high in the ring; the logo of ACW: Awesome Championship Wrestling bursts in—*STATIC*)

...

Static has overtaken the screen just as it zooms out of a widescreen television set...and "Ignition" by TobyMac begins playing, building things up as the spotlight that surrounds the HD TV disappears. The TV is zoomed out widely and it is seen in the middle of a wrestling ring, then a few claps played in unison to the beat as the TitanTron behind the TV and there was some spark in the middle of the big screen, music slowly building up more and more louder. Then...silence...

...

...

...

...and "Ignition" bursts out in bold words just as the titled song kicks it, showing highlight clips of the past ACW episodes and pay-per-views.

(Past clips show in rapid speed such as Jesse Alvarez striking Seto Kaiba down with a mic; Naruto Uzumaki staring down in the ring with Isaac Clarke before showing Isaac catching Naruto off in a Small Package Pin and winning; The SHIELD—or more likely nowadays, The Wolves—entering through the arena steps and then beating the hell out of The Eds, The Hardcore Foundation, Duke Devlin, and many more along their way and shows Luke Smith being an added addition to The Wolves as they all stand together as one; Alpha & Omega [Carter Young and Stan Terra] showing their official RR armbands along with Kendra Daniels; all the inaugural ACW champions declared at ACW Southern Hell; Jason Krueger Goring Alex Loredo through the flaming table, stomping Crash Bandicoot's face in the mat via Sanity Broken, and Goring Ichigo Kurosaki through the barricade; Takashi Komuro and Kohta Hirano hitting Ryo Bakura with a Drop Dead! through the table along with Marik Ishtar before showing Kohta being driven through a table via Malevolent Nightmare and put through a flaming table by a Darkness Reigns, then showing Takashi hit by The Rapture through a table by Ryo; Téa Gardner slapping Kendra across the face, the Evil Beauty assaulting her; Beowulf debuting and Spearing and hitting a Wulfhammer to Naruto; final clip showing Naruto and Sasuke Uchiha staring down in the ring with intense hate towards each other as their past matches from ACW and every other company are seen above them.)

Start it up, turn it on, we can ride this storm

(On the first episode of ACW, Kenji Matsuo and Zack Carver are seen at the announce table having a conversation before showing Barney Stinson fading in at the table followed by Mark 'Markiplier' Fischbach; fireworks explode at the former ACW stage as they show an excited crowd.)

A grip of hope in our hands for the coming dawn

(Jesse Alvarez stands in the ring alone with a crowd surrounding him as he looks like the naive and biased kid when ACW started until his grin faded away into a more grown appearance, looking like a businessman into his company with a smirk of confidence, and standing next to him were Joshua Garza, the Assistant GM, and Misty in a women's formal suit as she is the Head of the Women's Division.)

Up to our necks in complexities

(Naruto Uzumaki is sitting on a bench in a busy backstage with many ACW staff members such as Mike 'The Mic' Martin discussing interviews with 'The Violet' Clarissa Rivera, then Felix 'PewDiePie' Kjellberg, and ACW Ring Announcer Maria Lopez walking by in fast speed; Naruto was holding his head as he looks a bit frustrated and couldn't concentrate.)

Causing us to pause as we collect our thoughts

(The crowd of people suddenly pauses and Naruto notices this, then he would take this as an advantage to think to himself with the ACW Undisputed Championship resting on his lap.)

So don't blink if you wanna come cross the border

(A blink of an eye happens and the entire arena is gone, leaving only Carter Young, Stan Terra, and Kendra Daniels by themselves at the stage, very confused; they weren't alone as they see the statues of Yugi Mutou & Atem [Altered Egos] and Téa Gardner placed in the middle of the ring in their poses with the ACW World Tag Team Championships (Yugi and Atem) and the Women's Championship (Téa), making the RR members scowl deeply.)

Take a look around or come test the water

(Ryo Bakura and Marik Ishtar [The Gods of Darkness] with stoic expressions as they stare at the flowing, clean river until Bakura took a step in the river and the whole stream turns into nothing but blackness, showing their destruction against HotD and an evil grin is what was seen on their faces.)

We won't stop till we see the morning

("The Gore Machine" Jason Krueger sitting in the pit of his asylum with the ACW Hardcore Championship draped over his shoulder, staring down at the small pool of blood as he images the people he despises such as Jesse Alvarez and Ichigo Kurosaki before a light shines on his face and he glances at the sunlight glaring into his room.)

So welcome to the quiet before the storm hits...

(Jesse Alvarez stands alone in the ring once again, this time in front of a TitanTron as he has his arms splayed, getting two fingers ready at both hands and points them both straight at the camera, making things go black as in the TV has turned off...but turns back on as the hook lyrics play.)

Turn on, turn on the ignition, everybody!

("The Pharaoh" Atem (aka Yami Yugi) hits the Pharaoh's Endgame to Marik Ishtar; then Yugi Mutou letting out a Hardy Boyz shout before landing the Duel Dive on Carter Young; then both Yugi and Atem standing together as Altered Egos, Yugi pointing at the camera with Jeff Hardy's signature hand gestures and Atem is motioning with his hand in a "bring it" gesture with a dark grin.)

Come on, come on and turn on the ignition!

(Takashi Komuro locking in the Crippler Crossface to Ryo Bakura; Kohta Hirano nailing a Otaku's Gunpoint; Rei Miyamoto going for a Brain Dead to Eliza Hart; Saeko Busujima hitting the Violet Violence to Sakura Haruno; Saya Takagi having Allison Wilson in the Takagi Special; all of HotD standing side by side with Takashi upfront and a baseball bat in his hand.)

Turn on, turn on the ignition, everybody!

(Zeke Cage shaking Kenshin Himura's hand before suckering him in a Cage KO; Tony and Adrian Blake [Blake Bros. 2.0] nailing Daniel Kent with the Neckbreaka'; then Joey Wheeler nailing the In Your Face! to Seto Kaiba; The Gods of Darkness smashes Takashi Komuro's head with the Con-chair-to; Téa Gardner hits the Apricot Dominance to Kendra Daniels twice at Southern Hell and Reign in Blood.)

Come on, come on and turn on the ignition!

(The huge Face-Heel brawl (from the first episode) breaks out; Beowulf breathes out smoke like a dragon from his entrance as he slowly lifts his head up and glares at the ring, then shows him hitting a Spear to Naruto Uzumaki; one side shows Seto Kaiba grinning with arms over his chest as the camera circles around him and the other shows him nailing the White Dragon Plunge to Ash Ketchum; Kurt Hudson accompanied by Alysa Parker and Hattori Hanzo before showing him hit the Hudson $treet to Nathan Drake.)

Turn on, turn on the ignition, everybody!

(Jimmy Carmichael and Benjamin Strong III [The New Devastation] making their debut entrance with Trish Warrington holding the former's hand; Strong hits the Coronation 2K1 to Rogen Townsend; Jimmy Carmichael nailing the Silent Elbow to Jeremy Ellis before making him tap out to the Carmichael Special; Ichigo Kurosaki poses at the stage with rock horn hands.)

Come on, come on and turn on the ignition!

(Dante and Vergil standing in the ring as they stare face to face with foreheads touching; Dante hits The Rebellion to Vergil; Vergil hits the Yamato to Dante; Crash Bandicoot performs a twister, then has him nailing the Crash Landing; The Wolves rise fists together in the ring; Isaac Clarke traps Adrian Blake in the Walls of Clarke.)

Turn on, turn on the ignition, everybody!

("The Black Mamba" Jeremy Ellis makes his debut entrance as he slides in the ring; Alpha & Omega and Kendra Daniels standing tall in the ring (at a house show) as the ACW RR District; "The Bully" James Griffin attacking his cousin, Ryan Griffin, then nailing Hernan Ortiz with the Grounded and again to Ryan after a steel chair shot to the skull countering his Suicide Dive.)

Come on, come on and turn on the IGNITION!

(The six-man Tower of Doom (or in this case, Pyramid of Doom) performs in the Playground of Blood with a shocked crowd; Rogen Townsend Genocides Naruto Uzumaki through the announce table; Sasuke Uchiha hits the Punt Kick to Rogen, Joey Wheeler, Mason Stone, Isaac Clarke, and Naruto; Naruto performs the NW—Ninja's Way to Sasuke, then has him instantly raising his ACW Undisputed Championship belt overhead before the logo of Ignition bursts in with impact.)

Uh-oh, uh-oh...

Uh-oh, uh-oh...


After the intro, "Ignition" by TobyMac starts over at the kick of the first verse and fireworks in the color of white shoot at the TitanTron, then silver pyro shoots out all over the stage before exploding left and right on the stage shooting out like a machine gun for a few seconds before one final blast out of an all-white and silver pyrotechnics shoot out of the stage. The lights came on immediately in the arena, and the crowd immediately roared ferociously in fervor, absolutely thrilled as the camera went over them. The stage looked different this time: instead of the original ACW stage when it started, it looked similar to the WWE HD stage as as the signature theme colors, red, blue, and purple, are replaced with white, gray, and black. The top displayed "Ignition" in Brawl font (think RAW's logo from 2002 to 2006) and the same is said on the MiniTron. The TitanTron's lights surrounding it are bright white as its sides look silver and such and on the left side of the stage, there was a large version of a car engine letting out some fire as if it is turned on. There was a theme for the "Ignition" brand better known as the cars igniting nitro itself with fire and machines connecting to form sparks as it displayed on the TitanTron screen. The fans throughout the arena were holding signs such as "The Gore Machine Lives"; "The Shadows Rule All..."; "Zeke Cage is Arrogant and Cocky and Rude...I Like Him!"; "Welcome to...Ignition Is Jericho! ...Wait, Got 'em Mixed Up!"; "I Wanna be International Champion!"; and "HAIL KING BEOWULF!"

"Over 14,462 attendants standing on their feet, the proud people of St. Louis, Missouri, all standing up for ACW right here in the Scottrade Center!" Markiplier exclaims as the cameras turn to the announce table. "HELLO, EVERYBODY! My name is Markiplier and we welcome you LIVE to our company's first and new prime time show we like to call...ACW Friday Night Ignition! Turn on the ignition, everybody!"

"I am 'The Truthfully and Brutally Honest Man from the Land of the Rising Sun' Kenji Matsuo!" Kenji smirks.

"I am the half-brother of this handsome son of a bitch, otherwise known as 'That Guy' Zack F'n Carver, baby!" Zack says...before waving to the camera with a toothy and goofy grin. "Hi, Mom! Hi, Dad! You proud of me and Kenji now?! We're making it to the big leagues! Woo!"

Kenji gains a deadpan expression and smacks him upside the head, "Baka! You've already been telling them that since we started ACW!"

"Ow! ...Jerk," Zack pouts as he rubs his head. "You know Mom's watching and she's not going to be happy with how you're treating me."

"Oh, don't be such a baby," Kenji says.

"Wah-wah, putting you losers aside, announcing myself here—and now, last, but NEVER EVER the least, your Legen—wait for it...I'm looking forward to the night of awesomeness 'cause tonight is the launch of Friday Night Ignition that will be LEGENDARY! Your Legendary Commentator of the FWM / ACW History! Yo, it's me! It's me! It's Bar-ney Stinson!" Barney grins.

"You're gonna get your ass sued if you keep this up, Stinson," Kenji quips.

"Oh, please, not like DDP can touch me. None of you all can! Except for the ladies. Self high-five!" Barney calls as he high-fives himself.

"...How I wish I could feed you to a dragon, Stinson," Kenji says in a dry tone.

"Now, now, you two, put your petty rivalry aside and focus on what's REALLY important here. What's important, you ask? Oh, I don't know...oh, right—our first episode of ACW Friday Night Ignition, baby!" Markiplier yells happily. "I mean, look at the capacity of this crowd! They're going wild, brother!"

"Especially since we are post after the events of Reign in Blood. What a hell of a night these wrestlers have given us all at the Allstate Arena in Chicago! We have a new ACW Television Champion, The SHIELD have gotten a clean sweep as they still hold the Trio Tag Team Championships and now hold the TV Championship thanks to Luke Smith, Jason and Ichigo going to WAR, The Gods of Darkness defeating HotD, all the champions retaining their titles except one, and finally, the coronation of our inaugural King of Blood, 'The Beast of Geats'...King Beowulf!" Zack states. "So much has happened all throughout the night—my God, my heart was beating."

"No better than the citizens of Chicago who were one hell of a crowd. The event showed why it was the Bloodiest Show on Earth, especially with the Playground of Blood!" Barney states...before growing a frown. "Considering that match should've been won by Kurt or Seto."

"Yes, we've heard it all before on Sunday and the past week, Stinson. Get over it," Kenji says. "We're not at Reign in Blood anymore; tonight is Friday Night Ignition and we got a hell of a show ahead of ourselves!"

"Yes, indeed, my half-brother! We got Smosh debuting tonight, two ACW International Championship Tourney matches, and who knows what else?!" Zack exclaims in excitement. "I'm so excited, I could piss myself!"

"...Yeah, let's NOT have that, please?" Markiplier asks, Zack realizing what he said and hangs his head in shame.

"I'd rather focus on what awesomeness brings us tonight. What's even better is that MY MAN, Zeke Cage is in this match!" Barney grins. "He along with James, Double Dweeb, Pretty Boy Devlin, not-so-talented Kenshin, and surprisingly, RC BANE. I mean, it's good for him, but knowing Alvarez, it's REALLY surprising he picks HIM of all people considering his hate towards the faction."

"I guess it doesn't matter at this point 'cause all Jesse is focused on is making Ignition a success. Lot of things ahead in our future and we can only hope for the best," Kenji notes.

"Well, if we're gonna do that, then let's begin this show! Let us Ignite the Night, baby!"

[*A pack of wolves howl*

Whiskey!

Oscar!

Lima!

Victor!

Echo!

Sierra!

WOLVES]

("Special Op" by Adam Massacre)

"Ohhh, boy...here comes the pack! First ones to make their appearance on Ignition and in St. Louis!" Zack says as the crowd goes into a frenzy, half of them cheering for The Wolves and half of them booing down at them.

As that frenzy continued, the lights turn sky-blue and the cameras search all around to find The Wolves and they finally appear at the arena steps once one of the cameras locked in on them. All four men, Hector Ambrose, Erik Rollins, David Reigns, and Luke Smith walk down the steps passing by many St. Louis natives with the Trio Tag Team Championships around the first three men's waists and the Television Championship around Luke's waist; all four of them wearing steel mesh half-face skull masks (The Shield's masks) and Ambrose the only one wearing a hoodie, looking vicious as they've ever been. Hector hops over the barricade first followed by Erik leaping over and rolling up to his feet à la Seth Rollins, then David goes over it, and Luke jumps on the barricade and turns around to the crowd and points to his TV Title with a grin, "Your NEW TV Champion, people! A better one at best!" before leaping down from the apron and all The Wolves enter the ring to stand together, looking over the crowd giving mixed reactions. The Wolves unstrap the belts and hold them in the air as they declare, "BELIEVE in Justice! FEAR The Wolves!"

"These four men NO longer declaring themselves as The SHIELD anymore, guys. To this day forward, they are more known as The Wolves, the current ACW Trio Tag Team and Television Champions!" Barney proclaims. "Ambrose, Rollins, and Reigns have retained their titles as of Sunday and gained a new golden belt in their reign thanks to Smith putting down that pretty boy Duke Devlin. Yeah, he wasn't so much of the Whole Damn Show anymore, now is he? No, he's more of a loser now."

"Yet, he gets a second chance into the tourney. Since we are talking about The Wolves, they have been dominate since their Trio Tag Title retention and Television Title winning; however, The Eds weren't the only ones they've retained their Trio Tag belts against," Zack notes.

"As of recent events in the FWM, The Wolves clashed against Anarchy Reigns on FUSION 5 and retained the Trio Tag Team Championships impressively. Only considering the reason is the ACW Trio Tag Team Championships are here to stay," Markiplier grins. "Only thing is, they'll be put on the line WHEREVER they go. Anyone want a shot at them? You might as well go for it and see if The Wolves don't sink their sharp teeth in you and send you through the table."

"Yeah, that won't be a pretty sight. However, they got another ACW Trio Tag Team Title Match on their way at this year's Fiction Wrestling Awards and the Trio Tag Champs will be defending against CCW's Doc Louis Productions. For now, these men are due for a match...but it seems they want to speak first," Kenji says as Hector grabs a microphone from the ringside crew.

"Special Op" dies down slowly as Ambrose taps the mic a bit to see if it is working and starts speaking into it.

"This thing on? Of course it is, otherwise, this segment would suck. I'll be making this quick that your champions, The Wolves, are still around...only that we got a NEW piece of gold in our hands thanks to the new member who was able to serve Justice to the FRAUD known as Devlin," the crowd boos as Luke adjusts his TV Title over his shoulder with a grin. "And not only are we dominating ACW territory...but we happen to dominate those outside of our company. On the recent events of FUSION 5...we retained our belts against...Anarchy Reigns of OCWF... Oh, they tried to take us out. Oh, they TRIED! Good Lord, have they tried, but failed. A team...who go by anarchy. A team who WANTS to see the world burn...who want nothing more than chaos and Armageddon to rule the entire universe... No way in hell we were gonna allow that."

Rollins takes the mic and takes his turn on speaking, "As they CRAVE for chaos...we crave for JUSTICE. The Wolves were not going to let Anarchy Reigns do whatever they please in the name of chaos. That is WHAT we oppose of; anything of INJUSTICE will be dealt with IMMEDIATELY! And that is what happened at FUSION 5! We took care of that injustice. As of now, we are our own. We are NOT known as The SHIELD...not anymore... We are an elite group...a team...a pack of carnivorous HOUNDS who seek Justice wherever we go. The SECOND we see the ounce of Injustice, we devour the ones causing it and eliminate them with no mercy. All who faced us have fallen...The Hardcore Foundation...The Erupting Eds...Duke Devlin...and Anarchy Reigns. We know more will come along our way just to gain our belts...that will NEVER happen. The Wolves' path to the righteousness will be continuing for a good long time."

Reigns grabs the mic next and speaks, "And this team is gonna make sure it continues as long as we stand as a pack. For no matter what stands in our way, we are ready to maul our opponents ALIVE. Speaking of so...we have about three who are FOOLISH enough to step in the ring with us in a few minutes... Just like they rest, they will ALL fall to the grounds. We do not give a damn and it does not matter WHO you are: Face, Heel, Tweener...those who stand in our way, those who are ludicrous enough to challenge us, those...who bring Injustice...we WILL ready to take you out the SECOND you step into the ring with us."

Smith grasps the mic and speaks last, "Better yet...we may just be the ones to take you out within our own reasons. In case you don't believe us...well, we'll be showing you SOON and see if you still don't believe us by then. BELIEVE in Justice. FEAR The Wolves."

With a grin, Luke drops the microphone and wishes his teammates luck as he exits the ring with their Trio Tag Titles and "Special Op" resumes, Hector, Erik, and David standing in the ring to wait for their opponents.

The bell rings thrice as Maria Lopez announces the match, "The following Six-Man Tag Team contest is set for one fall! Introducing first: Standing in the ring, at a combined weight of 678 pounds, they are the ACW Trio Tag Team Champions, the team of Hector Ambrose, Erik Rollins and David Reigns, The Wolves!"

"You heard them right then and there, guys; anyone stupid enough to challenge them and get in their way or show one ounce of Injustice, they'll be there to MAUL YOU ALIVE and send you through a table," Barney says.

("Just Close Your Eyes" by Bedlam's Gate)

[Go!

If you close your eyes

Your life will make the truth reveal

Dreams you never lived

And scars never heal (Scars never heal)

In the darkness, light will take you to the other side

And find me waiting there you'll see

If you just close your eyes!

If you just close your eyes...

If you just close your EYES!]

Crowd gets into cheers as Tristan Taylor steps out to the stage and places a hand over his forehead, viewing the fans with a grin and walks to the other side, doing the same thing again and steps a few feet back to the middle of the stage to point straight at The Wolves and perform shadowboxing and proceeds his way down the ramps. On the way, he gives a few passing fans high-fives and steps on the steel stairs the way up to the ring. He enters through the ropes and gives a glare to his opponents before stepping onto the second turnbuckle and places a hand over his forehead à la Christian to view the fans once more and points at them all around, then slaps his chest as he steps down.

"And their opponents, first: From Domino City, Japan, weighing in at 229 pounds, Tristan Taylor!" Maria announces.

"Another known Yu-Gi-Oh! character only known as Tristan Taylor finally makes his in-ring appearance in ACW and his opponents are The Wolves! We've seen him around the backgrounds and he is known for his work back in ECW: Blood & Ink in tag team with Joey Wheeler, a former tag team champion might I add," Zack asserts.

"You know, I expected Joey to be stupid enough to step in their path, but TRISTAN is what surprises me," Barney states. "I thought he was smarter than that Brooklyn-accented moron. Seems he rubbed it off him; oh, man, I just can't wait to see The Hounds of Justice devour this guy and the two stupid enough to join him."

By the time "Just Close Your Eyes" ends...a familiar guitar plays off with metalcore as "This Fire Burns" by Killswitch Engage plays over the loudspeakers and the crowd is a thunderous response of cheers.

"...Of course..." Barney says in a dry tone.

[YEAH!

Yeah!]

("This Fire Burns" by Killswitch Engage)

[All I've ever wanted was destiny to be fulfilled

It is in my hands, I must not fail

I must not fail!

...

Even through the darkest days

This fire burns, always

This fire burns, always!]

The lights turn dark blue and white as the cheering crowd (a mixed one for Colt) continued on for the arrival of The Saints with their team continuing to play...but as time passed, their arrival doesn't seem to happen as it confuses the crowd.

"Heh...well, it seems those posers aren't showing up. Turns out they actually were smart enough to not mess around with The Wolves," Barney smirks.

"Or perhaps there are just some problems in the back...I don't know what—" Markiplier gets interrupted by the sounds of an enchanted chorus of pure light followed by a beat heard in the loudspeakers. "...What in the...?"

("Never Back Down" by Nine Lashes)

[The day that we dreamed of... (Dreamed of...)

...

The day that we dreamed of... (Dreamed of...)]

"Whose song is this? Are we having new people debut in this match?" Kenji asks.

[From here all the world is a raging fire...

I know you can see what I see...

Well, they'll have their way

Everyone breaking down...

If we turn and we flee...

All I know is I'd rather die than believe a lie (Live a lie)

I cannot follow the blind]

"I'm not sure here, but...wait... Oh, no way! Guys! It's the Saints! The Saints are here!" Zack exclaims as the lights change into a mixture of fiery red and white as Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson walk out to the stage; Colt stands behind his tag partner as Phil gets to a knee and "gathers the dust" in his fingers from the stage, looking at the crowd before pulling down the bandanna the lower half of his face, revealing a grin, cupping his hands around his mouth and shouts, "IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!" And then Colt shouts, "What this guy said!" as Phil stands up and throws his fist forward, revealing the text on the back of his Second City Saint's hoodie saying, "Second City Saint," just as Colt does the same, but his jacket says, "Is My Jacket Better Than His?" Both teens turn around to walk up the ring and Phil stands on the top turnbuckle as Colt enters and stands in front of him with splayed arms, The Second City Saint pointing up to the sky, then they step down to join Tristan in their corner.

[We'll never back down, we will not relent

Now or never, till the day that we dreamed of

I see it coming as we press on

We will not relent

Now or never, till the day that we dreamed of

I see it coming to life!]

"And his tag team partners: From Chicago, Illinois, at a combined weight of 340 pounds, Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson, The Second City Saints!" Maria announces.

"Second City Saints looking strong and confident tonight with a NEW theme song to play them out! These two have been with ACW since week 4 of April when Eddy called them up from PCUW for help against The Wolves and Alpha & Omega at Southern Hell and they've been sticking by us ever since," Kenji states. "Despite the bad luck they've been having together, they are upbeat tonight."

"Well, I have a theory for that, it's because tonight is the launch of Ignition and they are happy to be apart of it. Along with that, they may be confident enough to defeat The Wolves tonight," Mark says.

"Or—here's the better theory—or...it's because they KNOW they're going to lose tonight and they might as well go out with a smile 'cause they'll feel just like 'winners'!" Barney implies in a mocking happy tone.

"...Yeah, way to support them, Stinson," Kenji deadpans.

"I do what I can," Barney grins.

Both teams stand at their respective corners as they discuss who will be the ones to start it off, Rollins votes it'd be Reigns going first and Ambrose has no problem with that as they exit to the apron. With The Saints and Tristan, Phil and Colt played a quick game of Rock, Paper, Scissors and the latter won with a pair of scissors. Phil exits the ring to the apron with Tristan while Colt got ready, then the official asks if both of them are ready. They nod and the referee calls for the bell, starting the match. Anderson and Reigns circle the ring for the moment, then clashed with a collar-and-elbow lockup and Reigns sends the knee into his gut and bends him to lift him over and plants him with a Gutwrench Suplex. David hauls him up into a neutral corner where he hits three Back Elbows, then feigns an Irish Whip to pull him in with a Hip Toss and lands Colt into the corner. Colt favors his back as he is dragged out of the corner and gets nailed with a Leg Drop by the Big Wolf.

"David isn't giving him one chance to fight at this point; he's just making sure he doesn't do a thing," Markiplier states.

"And that's a pretty good thing to do for his team. He'll be making sure that Dolt Anderson doesn't make the first punch and reach to his team for a tag," Barney says. "This is one of the reasons why they're perfect as the Trio Tag Team Champions."

Reigns picks Colt up on his shoulders and tags in Ambrose, the "Psychotic Wolf" of the team enters as David hooks Colt in the Tree-of-Woe and Hector starts stomping his foot into his chest multiple times nonstop, just going crazy before the referee had to count, but Hector backs off with a smirk and his hands raised. By then, Ambrose lifts Colt up to hit a sick Double Knee Backbreaker, having the former Internet Champion writhing in pain. Hector mocks his pain and says to him, "This is the Internet Champion that was 'so awesome'? Yeah, right!" and rakes his foot across his face. Hector tells him that he'll give him a free shot as Colt was getting to his feet...and suddenly kicks him in the gut and nails the #Ownage—no, Ambrose pushes him off! Colt stops himself at the ropes and ducks the Clothesline from Hector. Then, he lifts him on his shoulders, going for the Colt .45 (Death Valley Driver into a Stunner), but Hector slips off and pushed him away, hitting the ropes as Hector performs a tilt, Phil managing to tag himself in and Colt takes the Pendulum Lariat and hooks the leg. The referee tells him that Colt isn't the legal man...and Hardy comes in flying with a Springboard Clothesline! Hector stands up dizzy and Phil bounces off the ropes to plant him with a Bulldog, then follows it with another rebound off the ropes to hit a kneeling Hector with the Shining Wizard!

"A fresh man is in play and that is 'The Second City Saint' Phil Hardy making the save for his team and look at him go! Already, he's taken back the momentum from The Wolves!" Kenji states.

"Ngh, this is too much for me to bear. Tag in Reigns so they can destroy this pathetic team!" Barney shouts.

Phil sizes up Hector for a finisher, the latter getting to his vertical base and turns around to get lifted up on Phil's shoulders. Hardy drops him to the Take a Nap—not! Hector grabs the knee and trips him up into the Single-leg Boston Crab. The Psychotic Wolf pulls back at the leg as much as he can while Phil is crawling for the ropes. Ambrose has pulled him back a bit to keep pressure, but Phil manages to turn him over and pulls him in the Small Package: 1, 2...Hector kicks out at two! Ambrose rolls to his corner and tags out to Erik, the "Strategic Wolf," and he proceeds in the ring to hit a Double Ax Handle onto Phil before he can make a tag. He drags him away to the center of the ring and nails an Elbow Drop right on his back. Then, he brings him to an empty corner and nails a Backhand Chop to the chest, gaining loud woos from the fans, and hits another to Phil as he is holding his chest in pain. Rollins smacks the chest again before pushing his face far back illegally as the referee scolds him and begins the count: 1...2...3...4 Erik steps off with a sneer for the ref to warn him, then he returns to Hardy for a Backhand Chop, but misses it as he turns it around and hits him with a Knife Edge Chop this time around. Phil hits the chop three more times and whips Erik to the corner, which he counters and when Phil reached it, he grabbed the corner to elevate himself above Erik, who hits the turnbuckle chest-first and Phil rolls him up in the O'Connor Roll: 1, 2...Rollins kicks out!

"Erik had momentum here, but it seems Phil got the better of him," Zack implies.

"He'll get back in this one and when he does, The Saints and Tristan are screwed once The Wolves have it easy over them," Barney proclaims.

"Depending how Phil is one step ahead, I almost doubt that," Kenji says.

Phil rests in the corner for the moment as he lines Rollins up and sprints towards him with a hop on his shoulders for the Hurricanrana, but Rollins locks him in midway. He lifts him up and hits the Turnbuckle Powerbomb! Phil holds his head sitting in the corner before being pulled out by Erik and the Strategic Wolf hooks him up, then plants a Suplex. However, he rolls to his feet with Hardy in tow and lands a second Vertical Suplex as the crowd counts, "Two!" Rollins gets to his feet once more and goes for the third lift...but Hardy hooks his leg with Erik's. Just as that happened, Phil keeps his feet planted on the mat and hits a Knee Strike and follows it with a Swinging Neck—no, Rollins escapes it! Erik shoves him to the ropes, Phil rebounds off them and catches the Superkick Erik was planning to do! With a grin, Phil throws the foot aside and ducks a Dragon Whip...goes for the Roundhouse Kick...which he misses...

...

...and both men spin...

...

...with a double Dragon Whip, both feet knocking each other's heads off!

"Both kicks connecting to each other's skulls and both Hardy and Rollins are down! Now this is where somebody's gotta make the tag here!" Barney exclaims.

"Hot tags in ACW...gotta love 'em! Who will be the ones to make the tag? Erik or Phil?" Markiplier asks.

"We'll be finding out about that once either man tags out!" Zack implies.

Tristan and Colt hold their tag rope with their hands held out for the Hot Tag and the same is said with Hector and David, their hands extended for a Hot Tag as Erik and Phillip crawl to their corners. Fans grow in anticipation while clapping for either man to tag; one of them got closer...and Erik tags out to Reigns...at the same time Hardy tags in Tristan! The Big Wolf steps in with a Clothesline, but Taylor ducks it and plants the Falling Neckbreaker! David gets to his feet and Tristan hits a Clothesline, then nails another and steps on the apron while Reigns stood up. Tristan slingshots himself over the rope and drives his head with a DD-Taylor (Slingshot DDT)! He makes the cover: 1...2...Reigns powers out at two! Tristan stands up and runs straight to David into a Spinning Side Slam! He gets him in the corner, boosts him up on the top turnbuckle and starts climbing his way up. He sends down two fists into the temple as he drapes an arm over, getting ready for the Superplex, but Tristan starts fighting back with a few shots to the kidneys. With just a few more elbows to the ribs, Tristan nails a Headbutt and pushes David off, and then when he rolled to his feet, he charged at Tristan, who hopped off and hits a Diving Double Foot Stomp right on him!

"Tristan's back in and he's got David on the ropes with that Double Foot Stomp to the back!" Markiplier states.

"Any more further and this may be the end for The Wolves!" Kenji says.

David is then lifted on the top as Tristan climbs up and begins setting him up; he gets the arm over, steps on the top turnbuckle with David...and flips off...and lands the Thunder Drop (Rolling Moonsault Side Slam)! Tristan covers David! 1...

...

2...

...

2.86 Ambrose breaks up the pinfall! Rollins gets in and Roundhouse Kicks an incoming Colt and Hector goes for the Forearm Smash, but Phil ducks it and nails him with a Sinners Welcome (Tiger Bomb)! Phil stands up to duck a fist from Erik and bounces off the ropes with a Springboard Clothesline...and Rollins ducks it. With Phil's back on him, Erik catches him off with a Keep on Rollin' (Jumping Corkscrew Roundhouse Kick to the back of his opponent's head)!

"Right in the back of his head! Rollins calls that 'Keep on Rollin'!' 'Cause you know what they say in Limp Bizkit's song, 'Keep on rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'!'" Barney quips. "That aside, this time, The Wolves have them now! ...And look at what Rollins' gonna do next!"

As Phil holds his head in pain from the finisher, Erik lines him up and rebounds off the ropes...and SMASHES his face in with a Blackout (Seth Rollins' Curb Stomp)!

"The Blackout, a Curb Stomp to the back of Phil's head, adding insult to injury! That may have been lights out for him!" Markiplier states.

"Now, Erik's after Tristan, going for the same move..." Zack observes as Rollins lines Taylor for another Curb Stomp and bounces off the ropes...and MISSES the Curb Stomp! "Or maybe not! Tristan evades it and he's got him in the Full Nelson!"

Tristan locks the Full Nelson on Erik, not letting him get away from his grasp and lifts him up...and hits the Taylor Bomb (Full Nelson Bomb)! Erik rolls out of the ring while Tristan stands dominant with the crowd on his side. He sees David getting up and stalks him from behind, then grabs him for the Taylor Bomb...but Reigns doesn't allow him as he is struggling to be released from his grip. Tristan tries to keep his hands clutched together...and David powers out of the Full Nelson! He elbows Tristan in his gut and feigns the Irish Whip, which Taylor catches him with a Toe Kick to the midsection. He runs back to the ropes with a springboard...

...

...AND DAVID SPEARS HIM DOWN WITH THE FINAL REIGN!

"David calculated THAT perfectly and has made the Final Reign for Tristan! He got all of it!" Kenji shouts.

Reigns chuckles as he hooks the leg of Tristan: 1...

"Now this is where it all ends for these losers, 'cause, baby, Bada Bing!" Barney begins.

2...

"Bada Boom!"

...

...

...

...3!

"Forget About It!"

("Special Op" by Adam Massacre)

"Here are your winners, Hector Ambrose, Erik Rollins, and David Reigns, The Wolves!" Maria declares.

Reigns keeps the intense look on his face with the leg hooked before letting it go and Rollins, Ambrose, and Smith enters the ring to stand in the ring in victory. Luke passes his fellow pack their Trio Tag belts and raises his Television belt as the other three raise theirs with a shout: "BELIEVE...in Justice! FEAR The Wolves!" and they howl altogether to the sky as a group. During then, Tristan was in the corner as he looked like he got the wind knocked out of him, Phil at ringside with Colt, who was checking on his best friend since he had his head kicked and stomped in.

"The Wolves made a promise to show what they're all about and that is what they've accomplished tonight," Kenji implies.

"Not a doubt in my mind The Wolves were gonna win this one! This is why these guys are still our Trio Tag Team Champions," Barney implies. "You got that, guys? These guys are a perfect example as our Trio Tag Champs!"

"The message they've sent for their future opponents has been well-sent," Zack notes.

"...Actually, Zack, I don't think that was the message because they're about to set one up right now," Markiplier says as Luke brought out a table from under the apron.

He slides it in as Ambrose had the Tristan in a Side Headlock with a crazed look on his face, begging Erik for him to let him finish Tristan off. Erik thought about it for a literal second and allows him to do so; with a sick grin, Hector grips Tristan's head tight...and DRILLS it down with the Lone Wolf Drive (Headlock Driver)! Tristan lies on the mat nearly knocked out before Erik cracks a grin as he places his Trio Tag Belt on the mat and as Ambrose and Smith held him on his feet, Rollins bounces off the ropes and STOMPS his head in right on the belt with the Blackout! To the point Tristan is bleeding from his forehead, Reigns tightens his right fist with a grin, cocks the arm, and POUNDS it into the mat in a pose, then looks up at Ambrose holding Tristan up and shoves him towards him...and David sprints and nails the Superman Punch with authority! Luke picked him up and says to him right in his ear, "You are going to learn just what your friend, Devlin, went through this past Sunday in the meaning of JUSTICE!" and after he put his Television belt down, he hits him with the Russian Legsweep...rolls up to their feet...and finishes him off with a Full Nelson Facebuster, face-first on the TV Title!

"I don't know about you, but THAT was a Lethal Combination right there! I don't mean Jay Lethal's finisher!" Barney smirks. "No, this is what I like to call the Blacksmith!"

"That was the same maneuver that had ended Duke's TV reign five nights ago and tonight, it is against one of his friends, Tristan!" Zack states.

"And if THAT wasn't enough...they're about to display the FULL message right now," Kenji adds as Luke is shown to be setting up the table.

Hector and Erik gets Tristan's arms over their heads and David howls (along with a few St. Louis fans), "OOOOOOWAAAAAAAAAA!" Then, they place him on his shoulders...and The Wolves DRIVES Tristan through the table, Justice is Served! Reigns gives out his signature war cry as Adam Massacre's "Special Op" plays in the loudspeakers again, he stands alongside with Rollins and Ambrose with their Trio Tag Belts high while Smith talked trash to the downed Tristan Taylor. The Yu-Gi-Oh! character lies in the remains of the broken table with groans before Smith gave a smug grin and stands up with his foot on his chest and raises his TV Title with his fellow wolves. All declare together: "BELIEVE...In Justice! FEAR...The Wolves!" and they gave a loud wolf's howl in unison.

"Well, if the Lone Wolf Drive and the Blacksmith weren't enough, the Triple Powerbomb, Justice is Served, should be enough to do just that!" Markiplier claims.

"This was one hell of a way to kick of Ignition! Nothing like some Justice being served around here in the ACW community," Barney sneers. "You see that, DLP?! THAT is our Trio Tag Team of the Year, baby! They will be the ones DOMINATING your asses at the FWAs! Just you wait!"

"In any case, despite the unrelenting tactics we've just witnessed tonight...we still got a show to carry on," Kenji says as the camera switches to the TitanTron. "Coming up next, we got the first match of the ACW International Championship Tourney and it features Hernan Ortiz since it seems he has answered the boss' call! His opponent will be a mystery tonight as this one will be an AIW wrestler getting the chance to be apart of our main roster."

"And the same can be said for Kenshin Himura as he has a match against an AIW wrestler as well in our main event! The ECW: Blood & Ink Legend could be the one advancing in the tournament or it could be his AIW opponent tonight getting the opportunity," Zack adds.

"Don't forget, you guys, not only we are getting some AIW superstars to appear tonight, but the debuting team of Ian and Anthony, Smosh, appears later tonight!" Mark exclaims in excitement. "Oh, I cannot wait!"

"Ugh, degenerates...just what we need in this company..." Barney rolls his eyes. "Well, anyways, don't go away, people. We'll be right back after this break and we'll be seeing if Senji finally admits I am more awesome than him."

"Oh, get over yourself, Stinson," Kenji retorts. "...And it's KENJI, jackass..."

[Commercial Break]


Returning from the break, Phil Hardy is seen in the trainer's room being checked out with an ice pack on his head, trying to recover from the head injury earlier tonight. He lightly winces in pain since he still feels the effects of the Keep on Rollin' and the Blackout, then Colt walks in the room...dressed as Sherlock Holmes with a magnifying...glass...

Phil raises an eyebrow to his friend and asks, "Colt...what are you doing?"

Colt rises up and puts away his glass in his coat before replying in a...somewhat English accent, "Elementary, my dear Hardy boy...I am looking for the beautiful and luscious big-breasted Nurse Shizuka, the love of my life..."

"...Don't you have a girlfriend? ...And more importantly, isn't she dating that Dante guy?" Phil questions.

"Oh, my young foolish friend, for you are a foolish boy just like that chick-stealing, boner-bringing, devilishly handsome, egotistical, half-witted, suit-wearing a-hole," Colt says.

"...Colt...you just described Barney...yet, that strangely fits," Phil replies, receiving a few laughs from the fans. "Anyways, you should forget it. Miss Shizuka is not going out with you EVER."

"Oh, Hardy, haven't you ever heard of the word called 'destiny'? ...And haven't you ever heard of the word 'harem'?" Anderson asks with a smirk.

"Yes, I've heard of those two. The former is where it will never happen and the latter is one you will NEVER have, ya idiot," Phil deadpans.

"Just like how you two fools are NEVA' gonna win a match in your lives," chuckles a voice off-screen.

Colt blinked as Phil grew a scowl and they look off-camera...to see "Hot Flash" Tony and "A" Adrian Blake coming in the mists of loud boos with some cheers from the fans. Tony had the smug grin on his face while Adrian had his stoic face that NEVER leaves him.

"I mean...you two's careers are already droppin' down in the toilet around here! I remember the commentators saying you two have been around since late-April and you two looked good when you won at Southern Hell...but everythin' else since then? ...Nothin'. You've been hittin' rock bottom; you guys haven't gotten a single win around here in over two months. What happened?! Nothing but bad luck on your way... It's time to face the reality, fools...you don't belong in ACW. So why don't you just go pack your bags and stay in PCUW where the kids play around like in backyard wrestling? Take the easy life...while we take our time in ACW, where 'A' and I, the BIG BOYS, get what we deserve...go on. Run along, punks...we won't be missing you."

Phil scowls and gets in his face, both males staring down at each other for a while before Phil spoke.

"You really think you can psyche us out, huh? ...No, I don't think so...we got our thing in PCUW, but this is ACW and we're just happy to be here as much as everyone else here in this roster. You know something, I'm actually a little sick of ya running your mouth, Tony...tell you what, what do you say tomorrow night, RAMPAGE, Saints vs. Blake Bros 2.0 and we'll see who's gonna lose by then," Phil states.

"...Heh-heh...that's how desperate you wanna go, eh? Yeah...sure...I'm game, baby. It'll be fun for me and 'A' to DEMOLISH you two tomorrow night...and much more fun since it's been a while we've had practice in the ring...thanks for participating as our training dummies, Hardy," Tony mocks with a grin and "playfully" pats his face. "You're just setting yourselves up to lose again. We'll gladly put you two into good use for Adrian and I...well, mostly, 'A' 'cause he's a big boy. Let's go, Big A; we out."

Tony snaps his fingers and points to the exit as he leaves and Adrian gave a stoic glare to the Second City Saints before following his brother out. Phil watches them out with a glare and winces a bit as he moves his head around a bit and keeps the ice pack on his neck. Then, "Sherlock Coltmes" steps back in the scene as he watches the Blake Bros. walk away before turning to his best friend.

"...Phil?" Colt calls.

"...Yeah?" Phil responds, a bit of a low voice.

"..." Anderson was quiet...then suddenly grabs Phil's face and shouts to him in panic. "Do you realize what you've done?! Now I'll NEVER have my chance to get with my darling Shizuka! You've doomed us all!"

Colt then ran out of the room with the crowd heard laughing at his antics just as Phil pinched his forehead with an irritated sigh. By then, the cameras change to the announce table at ringside.


"Well...looks like tomorrow night, we got our first match of RAMPAGE and it's round two of The Saints versus the Blake Bros. 2.0. Phil's REALLY desperate just to lose again, he foolishly challenges the nephews of Terry Blake Sr. How desperate can you get?" Barney chortles.

"Considering the troubles they've had in and out of ACW, who could blame them?" Kenji questions. "But yes, this Saturday night, tomorrow on RAMPAGE, it is Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson clashing against Tony and Adrian Blake in a tag team match and that's not all there is for RAMPAGE."

"But that will be told later tonight, people. You'll find out soon enough," Zack grins.

[This is my town

It's my town! It's my town! It's my town!

This is my town

It's my town! It's my town! It's my town!

This is my town]

("My Town" by Hollywood Undead)

Bursting cheers come from the crowd, Hernan Ortiz heads out to the stage on the left side with arms spread out wide and pumping the fans up to get on his side and does the same on the other with the "Bring it" gesture at both hands. Feeling a bit cocky, yet confident, Hernan walks down the ramp on his way to the ring and when he reached midway, he sprints to the squared circle and leaps in with a slide on the mat à la Evan Bourne before standing up to give the peace hand sign to the fans with a grin. He stands on the second ring rope and points to both sides of the crowd and then manages a backflip on the mat with a pose.

"The following contest is set for the ACW International Championship Tourney! Introducing first: From San Diego, California, weighing in at 195 pounds, 'The New Enigma' Hernan Ortiz!"

"Don't be fooled by this young man's looks, everybody. Hernan Ortiz just happens to be a semi-veteran in the wrestling business since he's worked with another wrestling company known as UWE and won the Omega Title there," Markiplier notes. "Tonight, the New Enigma has heard Jesse's message and is joining in on the tourney!"

"Bah, he shouldn't even try. Guy's nothing a clean cookie-cutter babyface who HATES all heels in general just because they're 'bad guys'. Hell, his SISTER is much worse and she's a bisexual!...which isn't that bad at all, really," Barney states with a grin. "It's like the guy is living in the '80s and he thinks he's Hulk Hogan! It's just ridiculous and pathetic; hell, it's actually amazing he still has a career today."

As Hernan crouches and waits in the ring, the crowd turn their eyes at the stage to see who's coming out to face Hernan..."My Town" turning down the volume completely, the silence just making them a bit antsy...until...

...

...

...

...a monstrous ROAR is overheard in the loudspeakers that sounded VERY familiar of a famous kaiju monster, which made Hernan gain an "Oh, shit!" expression on his face and a HUGE pop from the crowd.

"...OHHH, SH*T..." Kenji and Zack says in perfect unison, just like in the old days of ACW.

("Godzilla" by Blue Öyster Cult)

[With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound

He pulls the city's high tension wires down...

...

Helpless people on a subway train

Scream, "My God!" as he looks in on them...

...

He picks up a bus and he throws it back down

As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town...

...

Ohhh, no! They say he's got to go

Go, go, Godzilla! Yeah...

...

Ohhh, no! There goes Tokyo

Go, go, Godzilla! Yeah...]

As the St. Louis residents continue to EXPLODE in THUNDEROUS cheers while the lights turn fiery blue all over the arena...and Godzilla walks out to the stage with a small grin on his face. He walks his way down to the ring and makes it to the apron, entering over the top rope and stands in the middle of the canvas, then with a grin, he lets out his signature roar (as Godzilla fans join in with him) and it triggers his pyro to go off on the ring posts in the same color as his signature fiery blue Atomic Breath. The flames die down and Godzilla sees a very surprised Hernan Ortiz, then cracks a smirk as he says to him off-mic, "Were you expecting someone else?..."

"And his opponent: From Monster Island, Japan, standing at 7'3" tall, weighing in at 390 pounds, 'The King of Monsters'...GODZILLA!" Maria announces.

"Oh..." Barney begins.

"My..." Mark joins in.

"...GOD!" Barney finishes.

"Uh, I think it's more like, OH, MY GODZILLA! It's him! King of the Monsters! The Tokyo Terror! Gojira!" Markiplier exclaims in shock. "He's HERE! He's really here! Godzilla has arrived in ACW! He's here on Friday Night Ignition in St. Louis! Holy sh*t!"

"Mark, you took the words right out of my mouth. The King of Monsters has made his presence made in the Resch Center!" Kenji implies. "The famous kaiju is known to wrestle in WCE and won the Deathmatch Championship; he was also in XGW, UWE's developmental territory, with Toon Link as Toon-Zilla. As of the events that pass by the FWM, we had our first-ever FWM Draft and we had a lot of wrestlers taken in and Godzilla was ONE of them!"

"And it looks like he makes first appearance on the debut of Ignition and in this tournament! Ooh, man, this is gonna be good!" Zack smiles like a giddy child.

"Now, you talks talk the positives...and while I'm gonna find it amusing to see this beast DESTROY Ortiz soon enough...the guy's a rookie himself. While he can be a very, very, very strong wrestler, a resilience son of a bitch and such, he still has a LONG way to go before even entering this roster," Barney says. "The guy is tall and all, but he's so easily clunky in the ring that may hurt himself or his opponents. Along with the fact that he gets pissed off VERY easily... As a matter of fact, Hernan, make sure you do that so he can bury you. (grins)"

Hernan rests in his corner, trying not to believe his eyes that he's facing the actual kaiju himself, while Godzilla cracks his knuckles, waiting for the match to start. After the referee checks both competitors, he signals the ring keeper to sound the bell and it happens, then Hernan and Godzilla walk up to each at the center of the canvas. Hernan still couldn't believe he's looking up (literally) at the monstrous movie icon himself as Godzilla gave a light chuckle. The New Enigma slowly shakes his head and says off-mic, "Okay...okay... Let's get this over with," and with somewhat cocky grin he circles the ring with Godzilla and goes for the lockup...yet Gojira easily pushes Hernan off and he rolls to his feet in shock of the monster's POWERFUL strength. Ortiz runs his hand down over his mouth and stands up, going for another lock up—ah-ah, no, he feigns it and twists Godzilla's arm. He ducks the Clothesline from him and gets him in a Hammerlock, then makes him fall on the mat when he nailed a Leg Sweep from behind. The King of Monsters holds his head just as Hernan leaps with a Discus Leg Drop and lands it.

"I think Stinson's words are coming into play here as Godzilla is having a bit of trouble keeping up with Hernan after that Hammerlock. It doesn't look like Gojira is one for chain-wrestling," Kenji implies.

"From how Ortiz manged to make him go down, it isn't a surprise," Barney says rolling his eyes.

Hernan quickly went for the cover, but Godzilla easily kicks out of that one. He grabs his head up to his feet to deliver a Forearm Smash into Godzilla's skull and follows it up with an Irish Whip. The King of Monsters bounces off and hits a Shoulder Block that knocks Hernan down HARD, nearly taking the air out of him. He grabs him with one hand by the head and lifts him up, then pushes him to the ropes. The New Enigma bounces off and he gets suddenly boosted up HIGH, then Godzilla HITS him with a Pop-up European Uppercut, a huge "Clack!" heard around the arena!

"Geez, that may have just popped Hernan's jaw right there! Godzilla is already back in action over Hernan!" Zack states.

"What amazes me is him picking the New Enigma up with ONE HAND and performing that sickening European Uppercut right in the air," Markiplier says. "It is Godzilla we're talking here; here's hoping Hernan can make some kind of comeback against this one."

"That is if he can. He's easily becoming the rag-doll of The Tokyo Terror," Barney chortles with a satisfied grin. "He's a babyface getting what's coming to him."

Favoring his jaw, The New Enigma recovers in the corner as Gojira walks to him and sends many knee shots to the midsection, then he pulls him out with a Hip Toss from the corner; Ortiz gets up to have Godzilla clutch onto him and nails an Exploder Suplex right back in the corner. Godzilla drags him away and pins him with the hook of the leg: 1, 2...Hernan gets his shoulder up at two. Godzilla stands holding Hernan's wrist as he pulls him up and whips him at the ring ropes, then Hernan bounces off into the hands of the Alpha Predator as he hoists him in a Military Press, going to the ropes to throw him outside...but Hernan slips out of his grip! Godzilla turns around and gets sent out from a Dropkick by Hernan over the top rope! As the Kaiju Alpha recovers and starts to stand up by the barricade, Hernan already makes his way up at the top turnbuckle, lining him from the skies...and once Godzilla turned around...

...Hernan leaps off and lands a Diving Crossbody!

"High-off the top turnbuckle and with a Crossbody, Hernan gets all of it on the King of Monsters!" Markiplier exclaims. "My goodness gravy, that was totally awesome!"

"*replay* Okay, kid got lucky there 'cause Godzilla was recovering. He got LUCKY," Barney nods to his own words. "In just a moment, Godzilla will be destroying QUICKLY."

"Right now Hernan is showing off the charisma he's shown for his whole career," Kenji chuckles as Hernan poses with his arms splayed in front of the St. Louis crowd with a grin. "Now, if he could just focus on getting Godzilla in the ring and pinning him...honestly, I doubt with that giant's weight."

Done with the posing, Hernan grabs Godzilla and tries bringing him up to his feet, but has lot of trouble with it considering his large amount of weight. He managed to haul him on his knees and attempts to drag him on the apron before taking a shot to the gut by Godzilla and he shoves him into the ring. The Alpha Predator has him resting on the apron with his head sticking out and he climbs on the edge of the ring. Godzilla proceeds walking the apron, then runs to leap up and executes Leg Drop right on the apron-hung Hernan! The New Enigma holds his throat as he rolls to the center of the ring and Godzilla holds his fist up with a smirk before beginning to climb up the turnbuckle.

"Guys...get ready for the ring to break...and get ready for Hernan to get SQUASHED because Godzilla's ready to fly!" Barney grins.

"This is gonna be big trouble for the New Enigma if Gojira lands a maneuver from the top," Kenji states.

Godzilla crouches on the top and slowly stands up in a vertical base as he tries to keep his balance and make sure he doesn't break the ring post (or the ring for that matter). Hernan stands on all fours while catching his breath and gets to his feet, completely unaware of the kaiju is on the top...until Godzilla jumped off and strikes Hernan with his signature Flying Godzilla Dropkick (Missile Front Dropkick)! Getting to his feet, the monstrous Godzilla beats his chest and lets out his famous signature roar the fans just love to hear. He looks at his right hand and clutches it with a grin, signaling for the Atomic Breath Chokeslam (Vader's Sky High Chokeslam). Ortiz stands up on his feet, looking a bit groggy after the Dropkick as he holds his chest...and meets Godzilla with a hand to his throat! The Big G clutches his neck tight as he lifts him HIGH in the sky...

...

...and has Hernan land on his shoulders! The New Enigma then counters it all with a Reverse Frankensteiner!

"Ho-ho! Hernan nearly became a victim of Godzilla's Atomic Breath Chokeslam! He somehow landed on his shoulders and lands the Reverse Frankensteiner!" Markiplier shouts. "Man, that's gotta hurt The Big G's head!"

"Now Hernan's taking advantage by heading to the top! He's just about to end this match!" Zack states.

"No, don't you dare! You get your ass down from there, Hernan, you little bastard!" Barney growls.

By the time Godzilla was holding his head and lies on his back, Hernan has ascended to the top of the turnbuckle and stands at a vertical base with two peace signs on both hands. The New Enigma cracks a grin before sticking his tongue out and shouts, "AIR BOURNE!" and jumps off with a backflip...

...

...and lands on top of Godzilla with the Shooting Star Press, a very high impactful one at best!

"Shooting Star Press! The Air Bourne! Hernan nails it and has all of it on the King of Monsters!" Zack exclaims. "He nailed it BEAUTIFULLY!"

Hernan holds his abdomen and then hooks the leg tightly with the pin: 1...

"Now comes the part where I say for the first time, Godzilla, with all due respect, but...Anata! (You!)" Kenji begins.

2...

"Desu! (Are!)"

...

...

...

...3!

"Kansei! (Finished!)"

"HABUSKI! That's all she wrote, everybody!" Mark proclaims as the bell rings.

("My Town" by Hollywood Undead)

"Here is your winner, 'The New Enigma' Hernan Ortiz!" Maria declares.

Hernan rolls off the kaiju to stand on his knee, panting slowly as he looks to the crowd and smirks to raise two fingers up in victory. He stands up to make a bow and pulls out a peace sign once again as he stands on the turnbuckle, shouting of himself being in the battle royale and motioning around this waist that he will be the next ACW International Champion.

"Looks like we got our first entrant in our Battle Royale! May the fans wish Hernan long enough to win the whole thing and join the champions by ACW Rebellion," Mark chuckles.

"Oh, great...how wonderful," Barney rolls his eyes. "We got a cookie cutter babyface in the Battle Royale coming in just three weeks on Ignition...how GRAND! Not so surprising... I hope he gets to be the first eliminated as well. Like you losers, I get to hear all the goodness that can happen on that match, whee! It's times like these I wish Moon and Vegeta or Sarge or Cris or even my protégé Drake is here at this table to even with you idiots."

"Sometimes there are just some things you don't like ya just gotta live with, Stinson. And this is one you have to live with when you joined us," Kenji chuckles. "You're with us commentating and you gotta live with it."

"Yeah, yeah..."

Godzilla stands up holding his midsection from the aftereffects of the Shooting Star Press and Hernan nods to him in respect. The King of Monsters stare at him before nodding back and exits the ring, walking on the ramp as he passes the fans and Hernan raises his two fingers once more.

"The King of Monsters had the chance to enter the Battle Royale, but it seems that set him back to the drawing board and possibly back in AIW," Zack says.

"I wouldn't say that, Zack...in fact, I don't think it's the last time we'll see him," Barney says. "...By the way, Penji, what the heck did you even say when you counted the pin?"

"Easy. Anata. Desu. Kensei. Meaning: You. Are. Finished," Kenji explains.

"...THAT'S MY ORIGINAL LINE! You stole it, you bastard!" Barney shouts as Kenji laughs.

"Technically, Stinson, you have 'Bada Bing! Bada Boom! Forget About It!' You're using that now and I'm using this as my own."

"I hate you."

"So do I, baka."

"Okay, petty rivalry aside between you two, we got more coming up...like the debut of my boys, Smosh!" Mark smirks. "They'll be arriving here very soon and it's gonna be awesome here!"

"Only you, Mark...only you..." Barney says in a dry tone, the only one at the announce table not looking forward to these YouTubers. "And along with that...you guys ready for some nostalgia? I think I am 'cause later on, we'll be having Altered Egos meeting the victorious Gods of Darkness! Not in a tag match...but in a singles match. That's right, it's going to be Atem versus Marik in the middle of the ring!"

"Nostalgia is going to set in real nicely tonight as we see these rivals clash in the ring. We'll be seeing them soon enough after the break," Zack says.

[Commercial Break]


Cameras come back live on Ignition from the break to pan over the Busch Stadium as TobyMac's "Ignition" plays in the loudspeakers.

"We're back live on Friday Night Ignition on the USA Network, we are in the second-largest city of the entire state, St. Louis! Ladies and gentle, you are looking at the Busch Stadium that holds the capacity of over 40,000," Zack states.

"Interesting you'd know that, Zack," Kenji says.

"Well, I have been a fan and a player of baseball for a long time, Kenji. You've seen me play," Zack smirks.

"Yeah, I have...and you sucked."

"Hey, I was good, man! The dang baseball bat slipped out of my hand..."


Then, "Violet" Clarissa Rivera is seen in a backstage arena with a microphone in her hand and her lovely smile on her face.

"Evening, everyone! I am 'Violet' Clarissa Rivera and I am just happy to be here in St. Louis on Ignition!" Clarissa smiles, gaining a small (cheap) pop from the city natives in the arena. "Let me introduce to you my guest at this time, welcome with me Zeke Cage."

The crowd showers the venue as Zeke Cage walks in with a smug grin on his face, the corner of his lip having a mark from a fist by five days ago when he fought Kenshin.

"Zeke, earlier tonight, Jesse Alvarez announced you into the ACW International Championship Tourney where you may or may not have the chance to enter Battle Royale. Along the way by winning the match, you'll receive the chance to enter the Fatal 4-Way at Rebellion. Do you have any thoughts on this?" Clarissa asks.

The C-Enigma lightly chuckles as he favors his chin before answering, "See, Rivera...people are wanting me to lose and see me out of here with how I'm treating Kenshin...why, they want me to get buried all because I'm a Cage and related to that idiot, Drew... Honestly, at least that's a lot better than being a Din. In any case...people would just love it if I were to lose it all...and that's not gonna happen. It will never happen 'cause the marks out there can bitch and moan all they like...it's not going to stop me from entering the Battle Royale into the Fatal 4-Way, which I will win and become this company's first-ever International Champion. Whether those 'Cage Haters' like it or not, they can go into the corner and suck their thumbs when I win it all, baby. I'm already heading to the top in this business, Rivera...I was a nobody when I came in, just a kid who's related to Drew Cage before he fell to sh*t HE got himself into... Tch...he's out there picking whatever girl he's hitting and quitting...me, I got a hot Latina girl who's got some Latina Heat in her heart...and that's not ALL where she's got it," Zeke looks to the camera with a grin and winks, having Clarissa be disgusted by him. "And that's all I need...unless...you wouldn't mind joining us along, would you, Rivera?"

Zeke would purr and twirls Clarissa's hair with a grin, but Clarissa would scowl and gently push his hand away. She clears her throat before speaking in the mic.

"No, thank you, Zeke...as you can see, I'm just doing my job and I don't think this is for the best..." Clarissa states. "Now let me do my job and finish it."

"Heh...ah, Rivera...don't need to be like that... Nothing wrong with being with a legit Cage...and experimenting with a lady," Zeke grins, almost provoking the violet-haired interviewer to slap him, but resists.

"...Just finish the interview, Cage..." she demands coldly.

"...Tch, fine... Anyways...I have her, yadda-yadda...and by the end of all this, I'll be the inaugural ACW International Champion and I'll be celebrating it all night long with my Latina Girl...offer's still up for you, Rivera," he purrs.

"No, I'm done. This interview is OVER. Goodbye," Clarissa huffs as she leaves, but Zeke gets in front of her.

"Now, now...don't be like that...you know you want to... I'm the C-Enigma," Zeke grins as he took off Clarissa's glasses...before looking off-screen and frowns. "The hell do you want?"

Clarissa turns around and the camera pans out...to show "The People's Soldier" Dax Din standing in the same area with them and is glowering at the young Cage as fans gave loud boos (mostly due to Asheel's actions), but there were cheers along the way since people stuck by him and/or just like seeing him stand up to Zeke. The interviewer quickly gets behind Dax as he steps up to him and the two respective bloodlines of the Cage and Din family glare at each other.

"Listen, kid...I get this isn't my business and I could've give two sh*ts what you think of my family because your opinions mean nothing to me...I don't care about you nor do I like you...who would? As for one thing...when the lady says no, NO means NO... You got all that, or do I have to punch send your poo-tang ass on out of here to send the message in your thick head?" Dax questions, earning some cheers from the fans.

Zeke scowls at Dax deeply, almost gritting his teeth...before making a smirk on his face and chuckles. "...Okay...that's how it's gonna be? Fine...not like Rivera's gonna be good in bed anyway... I still got my girl and she's damn good...so thanks for being a cock-blocker, Din...seems it's one of the things you're best at. Just like another Din who's best at lying to his good friends for his own selfish deeds. I'll give you a warning, though...you better hope I don't meet you in the tourney where I can pin you...or eliminate you...just like Kenshin... Speaking of Kenshin, Rivera, I got one last piece to say; I heard he has his own match tonight in the main event...I think I'll pay him a visit there... After all...he's a good 'friend' of mine... See you two later..."

With a grin he's still keeping smug, Zeke walks away from the interview set as Dax watches him with a glare then turns to Clarissa.

"You okay?" he asks.

"Yeah, thanks... You didn't have to do that," Clarissa implies.

"I know, but with a punk ass like him? I don't think so...kid needs to learn some respect around here. And I believe I gotta give it to him when I face him," Dax states. "Hopefully that's SOON. I'll see you around." Dax would leave but stop to see he almost stepped on Rivera's glasses and picks it up. "Oh, didn't see these here. Here."

Dax opens up the glasses and puts it back on Clarissa and she adjusts them.

"Better?" he asks.

"Yeah...thanks," nods Clarissa.

"No problem. See ya," Dax says as he walks off, leaving Clarissa behind with a small smile.


"So...that went well," Mark says ironically.

"Yeah, things ended a bit good for Dax and Clarissa, but with what Zeke was doing, I don't think so," Kenji shakes his head. "The guy was basically sexually harassing one of his fellow workers and thinks he can get away with it."

"Of course he can 'cause he's Zeke Cage, you idiots. He's the guy who's bound to enter the Battle Royale and win it and bound to enter the Fatal 4-Way and win it to become our first-ever ACW International Champion, baby!" Barney grins. "He's awesome like that. Hell, he's been awesome since he—as you dumbasses say—'turned his back on the fans.'"

"May I remind you he did so, Stinson?" Kenji quires with a glare. "He did it because he's a selfish little punk and believes it's his time to shine."

"It is, Benji. He was a nobody when he first arrived here, but since his match with Kenshin, look at him! He's better than he ever was!" Barney praises.

"Yeah, you stick to your guns, we'll stick to ours..." Kenji says rolling his eyes. "Moving on, I believe we're no longer on this subject. It's time to move on to bigger—"

[Are you ready?]

("Break It Down" by The DX Band)

[You think you could tell us what to do?

...

You think you could tell us what to wear?]

"—things...wait a minute...are the Eds coming out? Why?" Kenji asks.

"Maybe they're gonna welcome Smosh?" Mark guesses.

[You think that you're better?

...

Well, you better get ready...

...

Bow to the masters...

...

BREAK IT DOWN—

SHUT UP!]

("In the Middle of It Now" by Disciple)

[NOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

I'm knocking on the door!

...

Kick it down!

...

I'm knocking on the door!

...

Break it down!

When it comes to dues, we paid them

We had the patience, we waited

Sometimes loved and sometimes hated

Here we come, there ain't no mistaking

We get the chance and we take it

Get the shot at the game and we make it

Standing on the edge, like we played it

Here we come, there ain't no mistaking!]

The crowd now bursts loudly into popping cheers as Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla of Smosh arrives at the ACW stage in the Scottrade Center! Anthony struts his way to the ring as Ian shouts, "WE'RE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR!" along with their theme song and a young beautiful girl named Lisa Weston following them along the way. She has a ponytail in the color of black, lightly-tanned skin, and blue-green eyes, wearing pink wrestling tights, white wrestling boots, white knee pads, fingerless taped hands, and a black top. Anthony turns right to the corner, climbs on the apron, and stands near the turnbuckle pole as Ian climbs up to the second rope, and both men pose with their arms up à la Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. Smosh lowers their arms and enter the ring. Then, they grab onto the ropes and help Lisa enter as she enters in a very interesting seductive way. Smosh stands in the middle of the ring with raised arms, but before they could make a chop, Lisa crawls in between them and grins to the crowd as she stands on her knees and moves her hands around her smooth body. Smosh shivers at the sight of her actions and grins as they nail a DX crotch chop three times, signalling green pyro to shoot up from the ring in formation of an "X" three times before making a huge one with one last crotch chop.

[We're in the middle of it

Fire and smoke are everywhere

I can't see it cooling down

We're in the middle of it

It's everything we ever wanted

The middle of it

We're in the middle of it

NOOOOOOOOOOOOW!

I'm knocking on the door!]

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to ACW Friday Night Ignition, accompanied by 'Spunky' Lisa Weston, the team of Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla...SMOSH!" Maria announces.

"OHHHHHH! NO WAY! Oh, those guys got us good! Hahahaha! Son of a bitch, I thought it was the Eds, but it just turned out be Smosh themselves! Look at the ovation of this crowd, guys!" Markiplier shouts. "St. Louis is loving them!"

"Not long ago has this pair of YouTubers signed to ACW and would move up to the main roster as a tag team. These two have been together for years on the web, but we now see them both making it to the leagues of wrestling," Kenji states. "However, this isn't the only company they've signed on. Months ago, Smosh also signed with Fiction Wrestling Entertainment before its recent hiatus."

"And now we got these two unfunny tools in ours...wonderful. I can't wait for these two to bore me to death," Barney says.

Ian grabs two mics and passes one to Anthony as "In the Middle of It" turns down and the crowd is chanting "SMOSH!" in the Scottrade Center.

"WHAT'S UP, ST. LOUIS!" Ian shouts, receiving a loud ovation from the fans. "Wow, I swear my ear almost POPPED at the same time you guys popped for us."

"Is it bleeding?" Anthony asks with the mic in his hand.

"Gee, I don't know—OH, MY GOD, IT IS! My ear's bleeding!" Ian panics when there was red liquid on his fingers...but he sniffs it quickly and sees it isn't blood. "Oh...nope, it's just ketchup."

Then he licks the ketchup off his fingers, which grosses out Anthony, Lisa and the crowd since it did came from his ear. "Dude, really? From your ear? Ugh, that's just gross...I still wonder how you got with Ami in the first place."

"She loves me for who I am, thank you," Ian huffs with his arms crossed. "And FYI, that ketchup was delicious."

"Whatever."

"Now, now, boys, don't argue. This isn't the time for that," Lisa says in her beautiful English accent. "Tonight is the night of Friday Night Ignition! And tonight, we're in St. Louis, Missouri! (crowd cheers) So...can we try to get along, please? After all...you two could have the fellow degenerates watching from their televisions and the original degenerates as well...especially one degenerate who I hope is watching this fine kitty make her debut soon enough." Lisa winks and waves to the camera.

"Awww, how sweet...but yeah, you're right, Lise! Tonight is the first launch of ACW Friday Night Ignition and we're Smosh and we are here LIVE on the USA Network and we are in St. Louis, Missouri in the Scottrade Center! And we want to ask you all one question, you guys...are you ready?" Anthony asks with a grin, the crowd responding with cheers; however, it doesn't seem to be enough for him. "Nah, nah...that doesn't sound like you guys are trying."

"Yeah, I'm not feeling it, either," Ian agrees and it has fans slightly groaning and booing.

"Oh, come on, St. Louis! You know you can do it! You fellows aren't the second-largest city in the state for nothing!" Lisa exclaims, getting the fans a bit pumped.

"Damn right, Weston! If we're ALL gonna do this, we're gonna do this right! I know you can do it! I know you can do it! I know the lady with the big tits, which is probably silicone, in the front row with a sexy black top can do it! I know that guy in the nosebleed seats who looks like he's stayed up all night playing World of Warcraft can do it! I know that little boy sitting on his old man's lap who will look like a Call of Duty troll player one day can do it! I know the cute teen girl in glasses who copied my old hairstyle can do it! I know EVERYONE in this arena can do it! So, I'll ask this again—ST. LOUIS! I SAID, ARE...YOU...READY?!" Anthony repeats as he's on the second turnbuckle, gaining much LOUDER cheers than ever before. "Now THAT is what I'm talking about!"

"Then...for the THOUSANDS in attendance..." Ian begins. "...and the MILLIONS..."

"...AND MILLIONS..." Anthony says, the crowd saying along with him.

"...and millions..." Lisa speaks in Anthony's mic in a cute voice, which made a few fans chuckle.

"...okay...yes, MILLIONS...and the many members of the X-Family who we hope are watching and are proud of us in the future...watching at home...Anthony...take it away..." Ian points at his best friend.

"...Ian...drum roll..." Anthony smirks as Ian gives his mic to Lisa and starts beating his chest in a drum roll. "Without any further ado...may the X-Family welcome...the ones known as Smosh and may we say PROUDLY—lllllllllllllllllllllet's get ready to SUCK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!"

"Ha-ha, whether you love them or hate them, you know they got this crowd of St. Louis on fire!" Markiplier smirks.

"I honestly wish for these idiots to set themselves on fire like they have many times...but don't survive," Barney scoffs. "Like I said, the last thing we need is degenerates running around in the backstage doing God knows what they're doing in the future."

Ian plays around with his mic for a bit before speaking, "Months and months we've been waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting (thanks a lot, A1) and before we got here, we went through some wild rides ourselves: We pulled a prank with X-Factor at the Dragon Kids and got our asses, we pulled a prank of our own against the Kombatants over the video we've made them see which they find 'insulting' when they need to learn meaning of the word: COMEDY, we got through a hell of a war—long story, I don't think you guys need to know—and we even got some girlfriends along the way, so HELL YEAH! We got a big long night ahead of us and as for me, I got a big long—"

"DUDE! This is public television! Children are watching this! Even Lisa is right here!" Anthony halts his friend just as he was holding Lisa and covering her ears, who looked a bit confused like a child.

"...foot...big long foot. What'd you think I was gonna say?"

"...Oh...well, uh...this is awkward," Anthony scratches his cheek.

"Is it as awkward as Jesse and Korra's relationship? I gotta tell ya, that ship has SAILED into awkwardness and bad space between the two," Ian says, gaining a few laughs and an "Oooooooh..." from the fans. "Well...at least it's still a better love story than a Twilight."

"What isn't? Yes, a long night ahead of us...and before Ian continues his rambling that makes us look like a pair of jackasses who are just DX posers, we only got one goal in mind...to be one of the best degenerates the X-Family has to offer! You can like us or hate us, we are the pair of teams that will blow you away. And I don't mean in THAT way, ya sick freaks. While ACW has been spreading its legs like a cheap skunkbag and is been letting all of the so-called ACW wrestlers inside it, it overfills like crazy, so thanks a lot for doing that, Jess; let's hope you don't get any diseases. Yet, by a miracle, we managed to beat all the rest and land on the big land hoe known as the ACW Tag Team Division," Anthony states with a grin. "It is, in fact, the BIGGEST and POPULAR division since Smackdown's Tag Division before it started to SUCK along with the WWE today. You got your teams like the Second City Saints, Altered Egos, Alpha & Omega, the Gods of Darkness, Highschool of the Dead, Blake Brothers 2.0, New Devastation, the Erupting Eds, The Wolves, and we got a hell of a lot more, but it's getting boring just talking about those posers. Who needs those guys when you got Smosh? Not only do we have the goal of being the best degenerates the X-Family has to offer, we got the mindset on being Tag Team Champs. So we will 'kindly' tell the guys who couldn't get the job done by 'beginning the end' and the No. 1 Yaoi bait kings of Yu-Gi-Oh! since the Gods of Yaoi themselves to move out of our way and leave us the gold. Like us or hate us, it's says so 'In the Middle of It Now', 'we get the chance and we take it' and we're gonna take that chance and grind into it HAAAARD like Ian imagines to do to that big breasted chick in the corner I just pointed not too long ago."

"Hey, the only girl I wanna grind into is Ami and my God, that sounds SO wrong, Ami, if you're watching this, I apologize!... I'm so sorry!" Ian starts "bawling" as he is on the mat...but springs up on his knees. "But yes, we are gonna grab that ACW Tag Division skunk bag and we are gonna GRIND IT HARD!" Ian shouts with thrusting motions. "And if you're not down with that..."

"We only got TWO WORDS FOR YA!" Smosh says together with Lisa into the mic before raising it up.

"SUCK IT!" the crowd completes the blank for Smosh and said YouTubers gave each other an X-shaped double high-five over their heads.

[BREAK IT DOWN!]

("Break It Down" by The DX Band)

"Oh, now here comes the Eds this time!" Zack says as Smosh and Lisa turn to the stage.

And arriving at the stage were indeed Eddy McGee, Eddward "Double D" Remington, and Ed James, the Erupting Eds, arriving at the Ignition stage amongst the St. Louis crowd! Ed ran to the left side of the stage and waves his arms around to the crowd as he shouts, "HI, ST. LOUIS! MY NAME IS ED!" The crowd cheers loudly for the Big Ed as Eddy just heads to the ring and Double D says off-mic with a chuckle, "Lovable oaf." Ed continues waving to the fans and giving out X-shaped gesture with his arms before seeing his fellow Eds head to the ring and follows them.

[Degenerate into something, fool!

We just got tired

Of doing what you told us to do

That's a break, boy (Yeah...)

That's the breaks, little man

Break it down!

...

D-Generation X!

...

D-Generation!]

"Okay, Smosh used their music and then fool us, but now this time the Eds are out to join Smosh in the ring. Think it's big enough for both degenerate factions in this ring?" Zack quires.

"Whatever it is, I could care less for EITHER team. This is just a big waste of time right now," Barney says. "If you need me, I'll be heading to sleep. Wake me when this is over."

Eddy grabs a microphone from the ringside crew and twirls it in his hand as he joins by his Eds and speaks, "So...this is the famous Smosh I've heard of for a while...the newest members of the X-Family. From us Eds, known as in other companies D-Generation Ed in XCW and E-Generation X in CWA...we would like to be the first to welcome you. Now, boys, I understand you two are excited to be apart of the family, but there's a lot more than to being a degenerate. It ain't just the pranks and being immature...it's about breaking all the rules and doing what you like. It's about setting a goal and if you can't get that goal, well, you might as well take it in your own hands. By then, the pranks, the parodies and such are icing on the cake. Heck, we'd be HAPPY to teach your ourselves."

"Really? That so? ...See, that's the funny thing because we actually haven't seen you or the Eds do ANY of that stuff since day one in this company. Yeaaaaaaah...sorry," Anthony says with a shrug.

"...Okay, mister 'funny guy', if we are gonna teach you a few things about the degenerate life, you gotta learn to give us—or more likely, give ME some respect," Eddy demands.

"Oh, you want respect? Okay, then. Tell me, Ian, Lady Lisa, what do you suppose we have to say about that?" Anthony asks in a mocking Mid-Atlantic English accent.

"Dear sir, I think only have one thing to say about that..." Ian says in the same accent, looking snooty and snob like Anthony and Lisa...before suddenly starts guffawing like crazy altogether.

Anthony laughs with his head buried on Lisa's shoulders as Ian falls to the mat and starts spinning around à la Curly Howard, still guffawing like hell. During so, Edd had his face covered in a bit of annoyance and embarrassment, Ed had no idea what was going on, so he just joins in on the laughter and that only made Eddy more irritated himself as he saw the disrespect coming from the pair of YouTubers. As Ian continues spinning around on the mat and laughing, he gets on his back and crotch chops the Eds from there with his hips thrusting up à la Shawn Michaels.

"...Such disrespect to the Eds...I am SLOWLY warming up to Smosh," Barney says intrigued.

"I thought you were going to sleep," Zack implies.

"Yeah, but with these idiots laughing and such, I might as well watch," Stinson shrugs.

Smosh kept their laughter going on and on for a while before Ian stands up and rested his chin on Lisa's shoulder and Anthony "wipe a tear" from all the laughter.

"Oh, man, that is FUNNY. What a riot," Anthony chuckles.

"Yeah, I know...'RESPECT'," Ian snickers before laughing with his best friend again. Then they see a very unamused Eddy with arms folded over chest.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Eddy, we is sowwy... We'll give you your respect..." Anthony says in a baby voice.

"Yes, we will...we just need you to do one thing...and it has two words...SUCK IT!" Ian crotch chops as he laughs again with Anthony.

"Wow, these guys are REALLY being disrespectful to the Eds," Markiplier says the obvious.

"Did you really expect any?" Kenji asks.

"Point taken."

As Ian goes around the ring crotch chopping and Anthony laughs at Eddy, that's when he draws the line, "All right, you two dipsticks! I've taken enough of your crap to see you two aren't going to respect me! So, if that's what it takes, I might as well say you two aren't as funny as you think you are! Yo, Ed! Tell 'em what you think of 'em!"

"They're funny!" Ed laughs in the mic while clapping, which made Eddy grew a deadpan face.

"Why, thank you, Ed. Here! Have a free Smosh prop," Anthony says, pulling out a feign rubber severed arm...from completely out of thin air.

"Ooh, yay!" Ed cheers as he hugs the arm. "I'm gonna call you Mr. Arm."

"Okay, gentlemen, gentlemen... It's quite obvious we need to get along a bit before anything goes wrong here," Edd steps in between his teammates and Smosh. "Mr. Hecox, Mr. Padilla, I understand you two are being yourselves, but I only suggest you would halt the degeneracy for a moment and let me discuss peace and fairness between us factions.

"...'Peace and fairness'...oh, Double D...how naive of you. There's no such thing as peace and fairness when it comes to US. Heck, there's no such thing as that when it comes to all degenerates," Anthony states. "As a matter of fact, we got no problem getting our hands dirty."

"Ohhh, is that what I think you're saying, punk? I'd be HAPPY to use these bad boys to break your pretty face," Eddy says, stepping up to Anthony while motioning to his fists.

"Wait, wait! Gentlemen, we need to discuss a fair treaty between us! There is no point in fighting with each other! After all, these two happen to be the newest members of the X-Family and we need to honor that..." Edd says, trying to make sure things don't break down into a brawl between the two.

"Yeah, maybe he's right," Ian says, having his friends, Eddy and the fans confused as Edd sighs in relief. "I mean...we're all family...we are apart of the X-Family and these guys are the vets in that one...we need to honor that. I mean, after all, there's a big difference between us is that there's three dudes in that team. There's two dudes in our team and a hot chick that Odd's banging...and by banging, I mean A LOT of bang—OW!" Ian shouts from Lisa smacking the back of his head and she's shown to be blushing deeply.

"Nah, that's not actually a big difference between us," Anthony denies.

"Why's that?" asks Hecox.

"They have their own chick right over there in the hat...only thing is that he removed her Double D's and turned herself into a boy," Anthony simply says in a joking manner, which had fans laughing and Edd's face growing red as a tomato before pulling his hat down in embarrassment.

"Oh, yeah, NOW I see why he had the dirty name, 'Double D'...dude, Danny Antonucci had a dirty mind, didn't he?" Ian says.

"Yes, he was...but he was a clever bastard hiding all those dirty jokes," Anthony nods.

"Okay, you two...I am DRAWING a line here that you two stop these mockeries once and for all!" Edd states, getting absolutely serious here...and as he's doing this, Ian decides for the hell of it to motion him to 'Suck It' à la Michaels to Jim Ross during his talking. "I have tried my best to discuss peace between both teams, I've tried doing what I can to make a treaty, and it seems you two want NONE of that at all! Either you stop this nonsense or—I am trying to speak here, Mr. Hecox! What are you doing?!"

"What? I'm doing nothing!" Ian says, starting to leap up and down and doing his crotch chops.

"You're jumping up and down and doing crotch chops, sir... As I was saying, I am trying to make sure NOTHING disastrous happens between both parties and you two are just making it worse for yourselves."

"Yeaaaaaah...you guys really should've thought of that before you came into this ring and started demanding 'respect,'" Anthony says.

"Gentlemen—"

"Enough of this crap, Sock-head! It's obvious these two won't be respecting us any time sooner. So, you know what? I say we go ahead and give these boys a match on their first night tonight since tonight is Friday Night Ignition!" Eddy shouts, gaining a few cheers from the fans.

"...Okay, fine. I give up! You two want to fight like barbarians? Fine! But leave me out of it the next time you four start arguing," Edd says, showing he's had enough and just leaves the ring to stand by the apron. "I'm staying out of this since I have the tourney to compete in. So...this is out of my hands, 'gentlemen'...and I use that term LIGHTLY."

"Welp, you heard what he said, shorty...let's dance," Anthony grins as he throws his mic aside with Ian and they back up to their corner.

"Oh, you got it, bub! Let's DANCE..." Eddy states, throwing his mic away and takes his shirt off.

"...But I can't dance, Eddy!" Ed shouts randomly off-mic.

"Guess Edd's peace suggestion isn't enough to settle these two teams and now it looks like we're about to have a Tag Match between Smosh and The Eds!" Mark states.

"You know, this may turn out to be an interesting night after all since it's two degenerate teams destroying each other! Oh, I already love it," Barney grins.

Smosh rips off their shirts and then rips off their pants, which revealed Anthony in navy blue wrestling tights with the Smosh logo on both legs, white wrestling boots, blue wrist bands and a black elbow pad on the left arm. For Ian...he was only in his boxers and the crowd laughs at him as he covered himself. "Oh...wrong one!" Ian says off-mic as he rips off his boxers...and is wearing yellow-green wrestling tights with Smosh logo on the back, black wrestling boots, black fingerless gloves, black knee pads, and elbow pads. Anthony sighed a bit in relief before the ref asks which of them would go first. Eddy whispered something in Ed's ear that made him angry and roars as he pounds his fists together; with a sly, evil grin, Eddy escapes the ring on the apron. Smosh would go play Rock, Paper, Scissors...and Anthony wins it, so Ian has to fight Ed.

"Aw, why do I have to fight him?" Ian complains.

"You lost, dude. Good luck," Anthony snickers as he steps out on the apron.

Ian runs a hand through his hair as he turns to his opponents and the referee signals the bell-keeper to start the match. Ian slowly gets ready in a lockup and weakly waves to Ed...who he waves back in a goofy smile, and Eddy shouts for him to get his head in the game. Ed remembers and growls at Ian and lunges at him, but Ian sidesteps him and already fires away with multiple fists in the corner as Ed blocks them. Then, Ed would grab ahold of his face and pushes him off. Ian rolls to his feet and runs straight at Ed as he eats a Lariat from the Big Ed! Anthony and Lisa winces at the impact as Eddy cheers on for the Lump; Ed grabs Ian up on his feet and shouts, "I AM ED! CHEESE AND MACARONI!" then he hoists Ian up in a Military Press Lift as he is screaming in panic. Ed marches around the ring with Ian up high and would make a run to throw him outside...until Hecox manages to slip from his hands and lands behind him! Ed thought he threw him, but sees he's gone and would be so confused he'd ask where did he go and turns around...and Ian takes Ed and himself out with the Cactus Clothesline!

"Ian nearly got thrown out by Ed and he counters with the Cactus Clothesline, bringing himself and the Big Ed outside!" Kenji exclaims.

"They looked like they almost landed on their heads," Zack implies.

"It's a battle of morons and I'm starting to like it! This ain't the casual 'good guy versus bad guy' case—this is the case of a Degenerate Civil War!" Barney states as Ian is standing up with both arms raised and a toothy grin and the St. Louis crowd. "And as much as I love to keep talking, we gotta take a commercial break!"

"In this battle of degenerates, will it be the veteran Eds standing tall or will Smosh make an upset? Find out when we return!" Markiplier says.

[Commercial Break]


Cameras come back to show Ed having Anthony in a tight Headlock in the middle of the ring as the latter is doing what he can to get out of it, but to no avail.

"Welcome back to Friday Night Ignition, ladies and gentlemen, we are live in the Scottrade Center and right now, we are seeing Ed having Anthony in his grasp right in the center of the ring," Markiplier states. "Before commercial break, it was Smosh having the momentum when Ian had Ed taken out with the Cactus Clothesline, which took himself out as well."

"*replay* And during commercial break, Ian would tag in Anthony and the two perform a Superkick into a Bridging German Suplex, but that wasn't enough to keep the big guy down. Anthony kept the momentum going for a bit when he hit the ropes and Eddy KICKS him right in the spine and Ed, having no clue what he just did, pulls Anthony into a Spinning Side Slam, cutting the momentum of Smosh off," Barney states. "Thus...explaining Ed trapping Anthony in the middle of the ring."

"Padilla needs to think a way to counter and bring momentum back into his side. Otherwise, he'll be in huge trouble should Ed keep his weight down on him," Zack states.

As Ed roughens up the Headlock a bit, Anthony's face looked a bit red as he looks like he may pass out. Nonetheless, Ed drags him to his corner and tags in Eddy. The leader of the Eds enters while Ed has his arms pinned behind him and Eddy kicks Anthony right in his midsection and pounds away on his head. The two would set Anthony up and hits a Double Suplex together, then Eddy hooks his leg for the pin: 1, 2...Anthony kicks out. Eddy gets on top of him with raining fists into his skull before shouting at him, "You wanna talk smack to me, rookie?! You wanna disrespect me?! I got no problem with that, 'cause I'll be happy to take you and your stupid friend out!" and he follows it with a headbutt.

"The anger and frustration Eddy McGee held in from Smosh's jokes to him and the Eds...he's unleashing it all on him," Zack states.

"He should've seen this coming when he thought to mock them, but it's just how it seems," Kenji says.

Eddy brings Anthony on his feet to the corner and rams him into it over and over with multiple Shoulder Thrusts to the midsection. He then nails a fist in the head and strikes an elbow as Anthony escapes the corner and holds his head. Eddy climbs on the top rope with arms raised, Anthony turns around to see Eddy crotch chops him as fans exclaim, "SUCK IT!" and hops off with a Diving Double Axe Handle...and Anthony counters with a Reverse Atomic Drop! Ian and the (male) crowd winces at that as Eddy is favoring his lower regions...and Anthony nails a running version of his Rainbow Lariat-pop (Discus Lariat)! He hooks the leg: 1, 2...Eddy gets the kick out at 2.36! Anthony grabs his hair to drag him to his corner and tags in Ian, who leaps over the ropes and Smosh brings a groggy Eddy up and follow it with the Rejected! (Discus Lariat (Anthony) / Running Low Kick from behind (Ian) combination) They shout as they high-five in an X-style and crotch chops Eddy, "REJECTED!" Ian hooks the leg for the pin: 1, 2...Ed breaks up the pinfall! He rolls out quickly as Ian glared at him but grabs Eddy to his feet and whips him to the ropes. He attempts a Clothesline when Eddy ducks it, wraps his arms around his waist and hits the German Suplex! He rolls to his feet still clinging onto Ian, who is flailing his arms around like crazy to get out of it, but is nailed with another German Suplex! Eddy sways himself on his feet, Ian is looking a bit groggy now, but is still flailing his arms out to escape...and Eddy nails a third and final German Suplex! Ian rolls on his feet very groggy, stumbling around a bit...and falls face first to the mat in a Hecox Flop (Flair Flop).

"Hot damn, three German Suplexes in a row by Eddy himself! And Ian...well, Ian has fell down on his face," Markiplier says. "I think the Eds may be the ones winning now."

"Smosh, I don't like you at all, but I certainly don't like the Eds the most, so what I beg of you is this...WIN, YOU JACKASSES!" Barney exclaims.

Eddy raises his arms in an "X" with a grin as he lines him for the one ultimate finisher, the Sucker Charge, and Ian uses the ropes to help himself up as Anthony and Lisa warn him not to turn around and he shakes his head off the dizziness. Eddy's grin grows more as he waits for him to turn around...which he does...and Eddy sprints towards Ian and leaps up for the Sucker Charge!...and Hecox suddenly catches him and nails a hard-blowing Lifting Reverse STO of his own!

"Whoa! Ian managed to counter the Sucker Charge, he saw it coming a mile away and plants Eddy with an STO of his own!" Kenji shouts.

"Yeah, that is what I'm talking about! Way to go, you bowl-haired jackass!" Barney cheers. "Now, pin the three-haired shorty!"

Ian shakes his head and tags in Anthony, the fellow Smosh mate leaps in and now lines Eddy up for a finisher of his own. Eddy stands bent over and Anthony bounces off the ropes, jumps, and hits the Tomahawk Chop (Scissors Kick)!...if Eddy hadn't moved away! Anthony gets up and Eddy officially executes the Sucker Charge! Eddy pins him for the cover: 1, 2...Ian hits a Slingshot Somersault Leg Drop on top of his head, stopping the count! Ed now runs in the ring and Clotheslines him down hard, then Ian stands up to get caught in his arms for the Ed Bottom...and counters with a DDT! He sees the Eds are down along with his tag partner, notices Ed is near the ropes and looks at Lisa, knowing what he has to do next as she encourages him. And then...with a goofy grin, he splays his arms and legs out with a "BWAAAAAAAAAAAH!" and stomps his feet around. He then begins hopping around the ring as the crowd spells: "W! O! R! M!" then he performs the Worm dance towards Ed and stands up, swings his arms about left and right with woos and shouts with a crotch chop, "SUCK IT!" and nails the Chop Drop, completing The Magical Tapeworm (Scotty 2 Hotty's The Worm)!

"Aaand now I'm starting to hate them again," Barney says in a dry tone.

"But this crowd sure doesn't! Ian connects The Magical Tapeworm right on Ed and the adrenaline's all behind Smosh!" Markiplier shouts. "Everything has broken down between both teams!"

It was then Ian had pulled out the sock puppet known as Robbie the Tapeworm and has him say hi to the fans. He gets the puppet ready to strike Ed and when he got up, Ian went for Robbie's Strike (Santino Marella's Cobra Strike)...and Ed blocks it! Ed stared at him for a while before looking at Ian...and compliments him he's got a cool puppet, then Hecox chuckles, "Well, you know..." and is pulled right into an Ed Bottom! Ed now sizes Anthony up and scoops him on his shoulders and attempts to put him in a Inverted Front Facelock for the Lump Drop, but Anthony got out of it, kicks him in the gut and executes a Tomahawk Chop! Now, Padilla gestures Eddy to get up and when he did, he shouts, "BANANARAMA!" and performs the move of the same name, Bananarama (Trouble in Paradise)...

...and misses it! Anthony crashes hard as Eddy has the momentum to stalk him to his feet. By then, Anthony gets up holding his stomach to face a running Eddy as he leaps up for the Sucker Charge...

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...and gets his spine nailed by a countering Backbreaker to the knee from Anthony! Eddy rolls on his feet favoring his back as Anthony grabs him and hits a Lifting STO...then follows it with the Manspider Hug (Koji Clutch)! Having his far leg hooked across Eddy's neck, hands behind his head, one arm passed over his own leg and the other under, Anthony pulls back with the arms and pushes forward with his leg, causing pressure to the head!

"Manspider Hug! The Koji Clutch! And it certainly is NOT the Anaconda Vice—there's a big difference! The Koji Clutch is locked in on Eddy!" Kenji exclaims. "Both men are in the center of the ring! Ed is out thanks to Anthony and there is nothing that can save him!"

"Only way for Eddy to get released is tap out or pass out! Either one, there isn't a way out for him to reach the ropes!" Barney exclaims.

Anthony shouts at him to tap out as he continues wrenching the Koji Clutch as much as he can, Eddy struggling to escape it with his arm flailing out! He pulls at the leg to at least get out, but Anthony strikes the back of his head with his knee and wrenches the hold harder than it was! Only two minutes have passed and Eddy was just close to pass out as his arm slowly stopped struggling to fight. As soon as the arm falls and Eddy wasn't struggling anymore, the ref checks his arm a few times to see if he can continue. He sees he can't continue...and calls for the bell!

"Holy crap! Eddy passes out! Anthony has made Eddy pass out! HABUSKI! That's all she wrote!" Markiplier exclaims as the bell rings.

"No pin, but hey...Bada Bing, Bada Boom, Forget About It," Barney grins.

("In the Middle of It Now" by Disciple)

"Here are your winners by Submission, Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla, Smosh!" Maria declares.

Anthony releases his Manspider Hug and lies on the mat catching his breath as Ian and Lisa help him up and celebrate their first win in ACW. Smosh and Weston leaves the ring as Edd checks on Eddy who coughs after shortly waking up from the Koji Clutch. Smosh backs up at the ramps before seeing Edd give a small glare at them, Ian mockingly readies his fists for a fight as Anthony just smirks and has him back away with him. Ed enters the ring and sits Eddy up as the leader only glares at them.

"By the end of the day, the new degenerates have claimed this battle to be won. May it be the last of it? ...With how Smosh acted, I almost doubt it," Zack states.

"Won't matter since either way, it's fun for me to see two teams of the same faction tear each other apart," Barney says with a grin.


Changing to the TitanTron, "Ignition" is played in the loudspeakers as the screen shows a blurred background of engines being ignited and turned over, "Official Theme Song" above ACW Friday Night Ignition, the Portable Sounds album, and "Ignition" above TobyMac.

"Moving on, we would like to thank TobyMac for the use of 'Ignition' as the official theme song for ACW Friday Night Ignition! Thanks so much, Toby! We owe ya," Barney says.

"A perfect theme song fit for this show and who can ask for a better one?" Kenji asks.

TitanTron changes it up again to show Atem with a dark expression and a glowing Eye of Anubis on his forehead with Yugi Mutou behind him and on the other side shows Marik Ishtar cracking an evil grin with Ryo Bakura behind him, four men in front of engines, words displaying under the fire, "Atem w/Yugi Mutou vs. Marik Ishtar w/Ryo Bakura: NEXT".

"All right, time for nostalgia, ladies and gentlemen! Coming up next in a few moments, it's Altered Egos versus the Gods of Darkness, but featuring only Atem and Marik in the ring!" Zack proclaims. "We're gonna see these two rivals duke it out in the squared circle when we come back from the break! Stick around; you don't wanna miss this."

[Commercial Break]


And now, the Ignition Backtrack is brought to you part by Subway®, Eat Fresh™!

[Last Sunday]

The Master of Darkness stands on the top turnbuckle and the Spirit of Darkness stands in front of the table; the Sinners of the Shadows grin to each other...and Marik leaps off the corner...and both put Kohta through the table via Malevolent Nightmare!

"OH, MY GOD!" Markiplier screams. "KOHTA'S THE FIRST ONE OUT...AND HE MAY BE PARALYZED FROM THE SICK MOVE! MY GOD, THEY SEND HIS HEAD RIGHT THROUGH THE TABLE LIKE THAT—WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?! THEY COULD'VE KILLED HIM!"

*skip*

Takashi shouts, "Drop Dead, mother f*cker!" before lifting Marik up with a Flapjack...

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...Kohta catches the head...

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...AND MARIK GETS DROPPED DEAD THROUGH THE TABLE!

"MARIK'S OUT! MARIK IS OUT! DROP DEAD! H.O.T.D. HAS JUST TOLD THE MASTER OF DARKNESS—ONE HALF OF THE GODS TO DROP DEAD!" Markiplier shouts. "IT'S NOW TIED UP HERE BETWEEN BOTH TEAMS!"

"OH, COME ON, MAN! THAT IS SO NOT COOL AT ALL! IT'S NOT RIGHT HERE! THIS IS INJUSTICE! WHERE'S THE SHIELD WHEN YOU NEED THEM?!" Barney shouts.

*skip*

Bakura hoists Kohta up onto his shoulders, Ishtar sprints forward as his tag partner Powerbombs him, and they hit Darkness Reigns to Kohta THROUGH THE FLAMING TABLE!

"DEAR GOD IN HEAVEN! IT'S BAD ENOUGH THEY HAD TO PARALYZE HIM, BUT NOW THEY BURN HIM THOUGH HELL!" Zack screams.

*skip*

Takashi stands up and drags Ryo to lie him down on the wooden table. He shouts to him off-mic with hatred in his tone, "This is for Kohta, you son of a bitch!" and then he elbows his face. He turns his back on Ryo at the corner with hands on the ropes...

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...and bounces off with a Corner Springboard Crossbody onto Bakura...

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...who wasn't lying on the table...

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...AS HE CATCHES TAKASHI WITH THE RAPTURE THROUGH THE TABLE!

"TAKASHI KOMURO GOES THROUGH THE TABLE! THE GODS OF DARKNESS HAVE WON THE MATCH!" Kenji exclaims.

"AND HIGHSCHOOL OF THE DEAD ARE FINISHED, BABY! BADA BING, BADA BOOM, FORGET ABOUT IT!" Barney shouts happily as the bell rings.

*skip*

Takashi slowly rolls off the remains of the broken table and out of the ring with his hand on his abdomen as he checks on his nearly burnt tag partner. As he helps him off of there, the trainers, medics, and Shizuka inspect him for further damage. Shizuka tells them he needed medical attention immediately and the medics help Kohta on a stretcher before rolling him up to the stage. Shizuka and Takashi follow as the latter has the face of worry and self-disappointment with a taste of guilt.

"As much as loss is bitter...guilt is what Komuro has in his head right now after seeing his own friend in the remains of the burnt table. Chaos reigned, tables were broken while one was burned, blood spilled...my God..." Markiplier says.

"If Kohta's out of the game after being burned like that...what will happen now?" Zack asks.


After the rewind, Takashi Komuro is seen standing in the interview setup backstage staring down at the floor with a very blank expression shown in his eyes, a hint of self-disappointment and depression displayed. The camera pans out to show him standing next to Mike "The Mic" Martin.

"Um...Takashi, as we had just saw, last Sunday, you and your tag partner, Kohta Hirano, clashed against The Gods of Darkness at Reign in Blood in a Tables Match...in which you two lost. However...the case is your partner is in the hospital as of now and Ryo and Marik happen to be the only ones left standing since then... What do you have to say about that? Do you...have any guilt of what happened on Sunday?" Mike asks before Takashi just takes the microphone from him and that spooked him a bit.

Takashi brought the mic up his lips and answers, "In all honesty, Mike...yeah...I had a lot of guilt that night... For the whole week, I've had worse nightmares since the Gods of Darkness sent us that video package...I kept thinking of those nightmares and what happened to Kohta...what they did to him... It was just AWFUL... Seeing him get his head driven through a table and having to be sent through a flaming table...a table which I set on fire... It was all of my fault that happened...if I didn't set it on fire, Hirano would still be here... I've had guilt hanging over my head for the past five days and I still do...I felt like sh*t since that night...I doubt Hirano would accept my forgiveness after the stupidity I pulled on Sunday...it really was all my fault... But...during then...I started thinking more...perhaps...instead of whining like a little bitch like I'm doing right now...I should be handling the ones RESPONSIBLE of putting Kohta in the f*cking hospital. Perhaps I should focus on kicking the asses of Bakura and Marik for giving us absolute hell. Perhaps, it's time I take matters into MY hands, Mike. Yeah, that's actually WHAT I should do. Mind knowing how it's gonna go? They wanna play the psychology game with me and Hirano? Heh...well, okay, fine. While they do that...(pulls out a baseball bat)...I'm gonna play the PHYSICALITY game in this one...and that starts by breaking some Goddamn bones. It's gonna be brains versus brawn here, Martin...I'll have some brains, though...but there's more likely to be VIOLENCE and BLOOD to be shown around here... And if ya can't handle it...here's two words for ya," Takashi turns to the camera with a grin as he shoulders his bat, "...DROP DEAD."

Takashi tosses the mic back to Mike and leaves the interview with the bat on his shoulder as the crowd in the audience is heard cheering, then would have the scene change back to the announce table.


"Oh, man, guys, Takashi stated he is guilty and he still is, but at the same time, he's looking for VENGEANCE. He's looking for REDEMPTION for Kohta after the Gods of Darkness put him out of action," Zack states. "He's going to do whatever he can to get his hands on them and breaks their bones."

"Okay, THINK about what you are SAYING, Zack. Then again, you can't even think with how small your brain is," Barney insults. "He's only taking his anger out on the Gods because they sent his fat ass in the hospital when it is really his OWN fault. He admitted it himself! Why should he take it on Marik and Bakura when he should take it out on HIMSELF? If anything, HE'S the one still being a bitch."

"Don't be trying to twist any words around here, Stinson. Yes, he admitted he is at fault, but he wasn't the one to send Kohta to the hospital—the Gods of Darkness were," Kenji states.

"Blah, blah, blah, cry me a river... He better not try any funny business by interfering with the Gods," Barney huffs.

"If anything, Barney...there's a saying that you can't stop the inevitable and this is one of them," Markiplier implies.

"Whose side are you on, man?!"

"No one's! I'm just stating a fact here! I'm just a commentator who calls it right down the middle here! Geez, be a paranoid ass, why don't you?"

"Whatever..." Stinson rolls his eyes as the lights go off. "Oh, come on...power outage?"

"I can still hear you, actually," Zack says. "This doesn't seem like a power outage."

As there was a commotion going on in the crowds, confused of what's happening...an eye is seen at the TitanTron, a glowing Eye of Anubis to be specific and the St. Louis crowd goes bananas and they hear a piano play notes in the loudspeakers.

"...Aw, crap..." Barney groans.

("Dark Passenger" by Fozzy)

[Jesus is my co-pilot

Or that's just what they say

But it's not the savior

Who guides me every day

The soul that's deep inside of me

Once so clean and pure

Now a festering sore

A pain I can't endure]

Darkness continues consuming the whole arena as the Eye of Anubis slowly blinks twice and another small gold glow appears at the stage, then a spotlight moves up to it. It hits right on Atem as he is seen with a stern expression, the Eye of Anubis glowing bright on his forehead as the darkness surrounding him turn dim into crimson red and Yugi Mutou walks up to him with one of the ACW World Tag Team Championships draped over his shoulder. The two nod to each other and Atem walks first to the ring and Yugi follows. The Pharaoh marches down the ramps with the still dark expression on his face and turns to walk on the steps and enters the ring. Atem stands his feet on the second and bottom rope while gazing at the crowd and grows a dark grin before hopping off to do the same on the other side and raises a fist.

[Tick, tick-tock

It's only a matter of time

And when that stranger arrives

He's my dark passenger!

Won't leave me be

He's my dark passenger!

Won't set me free

From my dark passenger!]

"The following contest is set for one fall! Introducing first: Accompanied by Yugi Mutou, from Domino City, Japan, weighing at 215 pounds, he is one-half of the ACW World Tag Team Champions, 'The Pharaoh' Atem!" Maria announces.

"Takashi and Kohta may have not been victorious last Sunday, but these Tag Team Champions were able to. They had a rough ride going through them at Reign in Blood in the Extreme Rules Tag Match and retained their Tag Team Championships," Zack states.

"Only thing they managed to retain is their survival when Alpha & Omega were close to win and begin their end, but only for their chances to be ruined," Barney contradicts. "They had them and the belts right in their hands, but NO. It just had to be ruined by the midget known as Yugi."

"He did managed to get a second wind, but despite that, we all saw the glare Stan gave to Altered Egos upon their victory," Markiplier states. "It's obvious they're not through with them...not now at least. However, tonight, we'll be seeing some nostalgia happening tonight and—"

Suddenly, dark disturbing images rapidly appear onscreen with people screaming in blood, slimy worms crawling through skulls, an eclipse blocking the sun, a severed arm being burned, a closeup of a creepy doll, who turn its head to the camera instantly, and a final quick snapshot of a screaming pale man with empty eye sockets with a loud brief scream being heard. And...darkness and silence is what was left...until a small match was lit and it lights a candle...and the light reveals The Gods of Darkness, Ryo Bakura and Marik Ishtar.

"St. Louis, Missouri..." grins Bakura as the crowd lets out a small pop in cheers. "...we're here..."

He suddenly blows out the candle and "King Nothing" by Metallica plays over the PA system and the arena is turned dark for the moment of the intro.

("King Nothing" by Metallica)

[Wish I may, wish I might

Have this, I wish tonight

Are you satisfied?

Dig for gold, dig for fame

You dig to make your name

Are you pacified?

All the wants you waste

All the things you've chased]

As lyrics spoke, the lights come back on...Ryo Bakura and Marik Ishtar are revealed standing at the stage with their signature G.O.D. masks with The Guy's face. However, they weren't the only ones as a few fans in the audience were ACTUALLY wearing the same masks as them. Marik creepily tilts his head, staring towards the crowd under his mask, as Bakura just looks throughout the booing and lightly cheering St. Louis audience. Ryo taps his partner's arm and gestures themselves to head on to the ring. He nods and they walk on the ramps to the ring. Once it was reached, Ishtar slithers in as Bakura goes around the ring to stare at Yugi and Atem in the ring. Marik stands at the corner to look at the crowd once again before gradually removing his mask off and he reveals his own dark sinister grin as only Bakura lifts his mask up a bit to reveal his left eye and a vile grin himself.

[Then it all crashes down

And you break your crown

And you point your finger

But there's no one around

Just want one thing

Just to play the king

But the castle's crumbled

And you're left with just a name

Where's your crown, King Nothing?

...

Where's your crown?]

"And his opponent: Accompanied by Ryo Bakura, from Egypt, weighing at 183 pounds, 'The Master of Darkness' Marik Ishtar!" Maria announces.

"The Gods of Darkness are here, but only one is in action...and from the looks of this crowd, it looks like this team has some followers in this arena," Mark says, a bit freaked out by the G.O.D. fans' masks. "...God, they scared the crap out of me..."

"I actually like it despite it being creepy as hell! It just goes to show how much these guys are praised for their victory against the snot-nosed, punk-ass high school brats known as HotD. It was a glorious night, seeing Hirano and Komuro broken down...and the former was LITERALLY broken while the latter was MENTALLY broken," Barney smirks. "...And he better stay that way because I don't like him interfering with the Gods of Darkness."

"Well, it just may or may not happen. Overall, the Gods of Darkness have gain the win when Bakura caught Takashi off with the Rapture and planted him through the table," Kenji states. "As of now, the two live off their victory and they meet another pair of victors in a singles match with Marik and Atem this time. Time to see which one will be winning again."

Yugi and Atem speak to one another before clasping each others hands tightly, the former wishing his older twin luck as he steps down from the apron. Atem turns around to see a evilly grinning Marik slowly removing his mask and passing it to Bakura and he grew a large scowl himself as the referee calls for the match to start. The bell rings and the two start circling each other around the ring, Marik faking out to go in to the lock, but only chuckles with his tongue hanging out in mockery at Atem and that only made him more angry at the rookie. Marik splays his arms out and allows him to give him a free shot right at the face, but that didn't occur to Atem when he kicks him right in the midsection and nails a hard right to the skull. Marik stumbles to the ropes and The Pharaoh lunges away with multiple fists to the head before the ref had to separate them. That didn't sit well for the Yu-Gi-Oh! character as he glared at the recovering Marik, then the referee steps aside for Atem to proceed towards Marik, who thumbs him right in the eye! The Pharaoh screams in pain holding his eye as Marik grins and nails the Shoot Kick right to the chest, sending him down! He wasn't through as he runs to the ropes, leaps on them, and bounces off to land a No-handed Springboard Moonsault!

"Very nice set of strategies made by one-half of the Gods of Darkness! Taking on Atem's weak point, he managed to put him down easily," Barney grins. "Even executed a beautiful Moonsault. No hands, Ma!"

"Well, if you count a THUMB TO THE EYE smart, then that may just be you... Despite that, he's gotten control in his hands for now and may just keep it up as long as he does so," Markiplier observes.

Marik had a pin, but Atem managed a kick out before the count was made, then he hits a couple of punches and pulls him up to shove him in the corner. The Master of Darkness hits him with a trio of kicks to the midsection, then a Back Elbow to the side of his head and pulls him out of the corner with an Irish Whip. Atem reaches it and elevates himself above Marik as he catches him and sends him straight into the turnbuckles, driving him head first onto it via Headscissors Takeover! Marik nurses his face as Atem harshly hauls him out and ascends on the second turnbuckle, sizing his opponent up to his feet, then lets out a Hardy shout with the Hardy hand symbol and strikes a Diving Elbow Drop right on the back of a bent over Marik's head. He rolls him on his back and hooks the leg: 1, 2...Marik kicks out at two. Quickly, Atem gets him in the Fujiwara Armbar and grinds into it as Marik is on his knee, giving brief shouts of pain. Then, Marik manages to stand on his feet and rolls forward, kips up, and twists his wrist to pull off a Reverse Roundhouse Kick to the back of the head! Atem holds his head as Marik would rake his foot across it disrespectfully, earning a few boos and a warning from the referee, but he didn't care with the grin on his face.

"Marik Ishtar, executing a very impressive Roundhouse kick after countering the Armbar and now is raking his foot across the head of his opponent," Kenji observes. "You can know from their past life before, they still got some unfinished business with one another...and I'm not just talking about what happened inside the ring."

"No, there's a WHOLE lot more personal business between the two back then than in the ring, Quincy... These four have a lot of history...Marik was bad, then turned REALLY evil when his evil side took over and now he's good again...but he made the right choice teaming with Bakura again," Barney chortles. "This time, NOTHING can go wrong for the two."

As Atem sat up, Marik locks in a very tight Headlock, wrapping the arm around his neck as much as he can to cut off the air in his throat. The King of Games slaps the mat a few times to cheer Atem on as Ryo clutches his fists tight with a grin, telling Marik to keep the hold tight in; Marik roughens up the Headlock to choke The Pharaoh as he coughs and the official asks him if he wants to submit, but he shakes his head, still wanting to fight on. By then, he got up on his knee and slowly stood on both feet, proceeding to make a shot to the gut with an elbow, followed by two more and two left shots. He nails a right hand into the temple and a Knee Strike to the gut, then twists the arm and starts climbing up on the top rope. Holding the arm, he walks his way right on the top ring rope and with a shout of "Old School!" from the fans, Atem leaps off and executes said move of the same name, Old School! Marik rolls out of the ring as he tries recovering and Atem would go after him, but the referee halts him that he would let Marik do it himself. As the referee orders him to get back in the ring, Atem had other plans as he sees him standing up and hits the ropes, runs across the ring, LEAPS over the official and the top rope and lands on Marik with a Over the top rope Suicide Dive!

"Flying Pharaoh from the skies, baby!" Zack calls.

"The official denied Atem to go after Marik, but he ignores anyway and clashes on Marik with that high Suicide Dive over the top! My goodness gravy, that was something," Markiplier says.

"Damn it...this is just a small backfire for Marik. When he gets back to it, he's gonna show that old man what it means to be the Master of Darkness," Barney believes.

Yami Yugi gets up with Marik in and forces him into the ring, but he rolls all the way across and heads back out to recover. Atem wasn't going to let that happen as he immediately followed him and grabs him to throw him back in the ring only for Ishtar to reverse and slam his head on the apron! (1!... 2!... 3!...) Marik grabs Atem in a Belly-to-Back and lifts him up and drops him with a Back Suplex on the announce table! (4!... 5!...)

"Marik has Atem hoisted and—oh, damn! He drops him right on our announce table!" Barney exclaims as he had backed away with the others.

"Countering and gaining advantage of that with the Back Suplex, we're lucky and I'm happy our table didn't explode after that," Kenji states.

Marik pulls Atem off the table, having him crash on the padded floor, and then pushes him in the ring, making the ref stop at seven. He steps on the apron and slingshots himself with a Leg Drop, follows it with the leg hooked: 1, 2...Atem pops the shoulder up at 2.41. Marik rolls him on his prone position and brings him up on his feet with the Front Facelock, slowly dragging him to the center of the ring, drapes the arm over and lifts him up...and plants the Blackened Falcon (Sitout Suplex Slam)! He didn't pin him yet as he already makes his ascension up on the top turnbuckle; he stands high at a vertical base...hops off with a forward flip, rotating in the air...

...and MISSES the Egyptian Impact (450 Splash) as Atem rolled out of the way! (Markiplier: Ooh, Ishtar misses ALL of it! He's been left high and dry!) Marik stumbles on his feet, holding his stomach in absolute pain, as he gets to the turnbuckles...and Atem nails him with a Corner Clothesline and then a Running Bulldog afterwards! Marik holds his face as he's stumbling around, then Atem lifts him on his shoulder and drops him face-first on the top turnbuckle with Snakes Eyes! Yami Yugi heads for the ropes as Marik gets to the center of the ring, being groggy and all, and then Atem knocks him off his base with a Running Big Boot! With this, he hits the ropes again and STOPS himself...confusing Yugi a bit..and Atem grins as he quickly gets on the second turnbuckle. Standing vertically, he lets out a Hardy shout with Hardy hand symbols and jumps off to land a Diving Leg Drop right across the head of Marik!

"Atem is making his comeback here and he is on a hell of a roll!" Markiplier calls. "Hitting off the Diving Leg Drop, this could mark the end of The Master of Darkness!"

"Oh, hell no! This cannot be! Marik, you better do something fast to ruin that dead guy's momentum!" Barney shouts.

The Pharaoh Atemu rises up to his feet and slowly gestures the cutthroat motion with an evil grin, signaling for his finisher as the fans cheer. Marik gradually staggers to his feet and turns around to be boosted up on Atem's shoulders...but slips out of it and shoves Atem into the referee! He gets knocked out of the ring as Marik drills Atem with a Back Suplex—no, Atem lands behind him...lifts him up on his shoulders, gets him in position...and DRIVES his head down with the Pharaoh's Tomb (Tombstone Piledriver)!

"Pharaoh's Tomb! Undertaker's Tombstone Piledriver!...but there is no referee to make the count! Atem won't make a pinfall unless there's an official!" Kenji shouts. "If only Marik hadn't—Bakura attacks The Pharaoh!"

"Seems our Spirit of Darkness is taking matter into his own hands! I like it a lot!" Barney exclaims happily.

Bakura nails shot after shot to the skull until Yugi lunged himself in the ring and Lou Thesz Presses him, raining fists on his head before getting pushed off. Yugi rolls on his feet and speeds at Ryo to RECEIVE a Clothesline, nearly knocking his block off! Yami Bakura pulls him up by his hair, brings him in an Inverted Front Facelock and plants the Exiled to Hell (Spinning Inverted Headlock Elbow Drop)! He chortles with the vile grin on his face, glaring down at Yugi before turning around and Atem drills him with a Dark Impaler (Impaler DDT)! The Pharaoh hollers to the cheering crowd, then checks on Yugi...and Marik suddenly grabs him...and drills his head into the mat with a Psychological Destroyer (Front Flip Piledriver)!

"Canadian Destroyer! Marik has cracked the skull of Atem with that Flipping Piledriver!" Zack exclaims. "Everything's broken down between these two!"

"And the Gods of Darkness have regained it all! BTW, that finisher, the Shadow Driver? It's now called the Psychological Destroyer!" Barney shouts. "Seeing how it fits, it certainly destroyed a few things in the mind of the Pharaoh!"

Marik gets Bakura up and with a seething look, Ryo tells him to bring out the chairs. He nods to him and slides out to bring two steel chairs out from under the apron, then enters back in to pass a chair to Ryo. However, Yugi came in to fight Bakura, trying to stop them, but Marik slams the chair over his back. Yugi goes down on all fours and Bakura slams the chair over his spine about three times, more vicious after then the other. The Spirit of Darkness lies the chair under Yugi's head, then grabs his head with a few words off-mic: "We...have unfinished business, Yugi...hope you're ready to bleed soon enough..." then he places his foot on the back of his head...and STOMPS his face in right on the weapon HARD! But, he picks him up again to put him in position...CRACKS a sinister grin and plants his face with a Reverse Swinging STO on the chair!

"God, that is enough! That's ENOUGH! Stop it! ...Just stop it, damn it!" Markiplier scolds. "What are you accomplishing from this?!"

"A lot of things, Mark! Lot of things!" Barney retorts.

"Yeah, right... Clear beat-down from the Gods that isn't needed at all..." Kenji scowls.

As Yugi is groaning with his head resting on the chair and Atem is still recovering outside the ring holding his head, Bakura grasps his chair tightly as he speaks down to Yugi, "Alpha & Omega couldn't get the deed done at Reign in Blood...it just seems we're the only ones to END your Tag Title reign, Yugi Mutou!" He raises the chair high over his head...

...

...

...

...

...

...

...AND TAKASHI KOMURO POUNCES BOTH MARIK AND BAKURA! HE UNLEASHES A FURY OF FISTS ALL OVER RYO!

"WHOA! TAKASHI KOMURO! Takashi's kept his promise and he's making his appearance in the ring! He's beating the holy hell out of Bakura!" Zack exclaims.

"There he goes—sticking his big nose in business that's NOT his own!" Barney shouts.

"No, in a way, this IS his own, but this isn't to help Yugi or Atem! This is out of VENGEANCE! Revenge for his best friend!" Kenji states.

Takashi continues unloading his rage of punches on Bakura before having to be pushed off, then Ryo tackles him down with fists of his own as Komuro blocks them! Takashi swings an actual fist to the jaw and connects, getting Ryo off him! Marik charges in and Dropkicks him out of the ring, Takashi crashing on the floor! Marik steps out to stomp on Takashi while Ryo, with blood flowing down from his corner lip, sees the blood on his finger and seethes in absolute anger. Bakura pushes Marik off and he starts kicking him down against the table himself. He forces him up against the apron and heads to the table to throw him over—Takashi counters and throws him over the announce table! (Kenji: Ryo is LIVID and he wants to destroy Takashi, but it seems the tables have turned (no pun intended)! Komuro tosses him over instead! ; Barney: This is madness, guys! Nothing but anarchy no thanks to that damn Komuro! Why couldn't you just live with the guilt, you stupid son of a bitch?!) Takashi kicks the incoming Marik and SLAMS his head on the announce table; then, he grabs him and throws him right into the barricade, Marik giving a shout of pain! Takashi looks to the St. Louis crowd and calls out, "ST. LOUIS! I GOT TWO WORDS FOR THESE SONS OF BITCHES!" (crowd: WHAT?!) "...DROP DEAD!" And with loud cheers, Takashi RAMS his knee against the skull of Marik against the barricade and forces him back in the ring. He sees Bakura crawling from the announce table and forces him into the ring, then slides in to grab a steel chair and sizes him up...and as soon as as Ryo got up...he EVADES the chair shot and gets the hell out of there!

"Wanting NO part of the steel chair in his face, Bakura escapes the wrath of Takashi Komuro! As J.R. would say, Bakura is running off like a scolded dog!" Markiplier exclaims.

"He's being the SMART man and wants nothing to do with that spoiled punk! He's got better things to do than worry about Komuro!" Barney frowns.

"Well, uh...should he be worrying about MARIK since he's STILL in the ring?" Zack questions as Takashi glares down at a groggy Marik Ishtar.

The Highschool of the Dead character looks at the chair in his hands, looks back at Marik..and grins evilly as he clutches his weapon tight. Bakura sees this from the stage and his eyes widen as Komuro stalks Marik, who turns around...and he SMASHES the chair in the Master of Darkness' skull! He throws the chair aside, pulls out his signature baseball bat and starts viciously beating it down all over Marik, showing no mercy whatsoever!

"Takashi is ANGRY and PISSED! He's as vicious as a rabid wolverine!" Kenji exclaims. "He's beating the living hell out of Marik with the bat!"

"Another quote from J.R.—he's being beaten like a government mule!" Markiplier exclaims.

"I don't know what the hell that means, but Marik is getting destroyed here! That damn kid's a monster! He's nothing but a f*cking animal!" Barney shouts. "Somebody get security and get his ass out!"

Soon enough, after many shots to Marik's body, the bat BREAKS, but Takashi still uses it as a tool to hurt him more! He throws the weapon aside and pulls up a BLOODY Marik to shout in his face: "This...is for Kohta, you bastard... It's time to send you BACK to HELL where you belong...!" Then, holding onto his hair, he drags him to where he threw the chair and brings them over to the center of the ring, where he places the edge of the chair against Marik's throat...

...

...

...

...and RAMS them down on the mat, crushing the windpipe of Marik! The Master of Darkness flails around in absolute agony while clutching his throat from the chair shot to the esophagus as Takashi raises his chair up in cheers from the fans. He sees security running in to stop the beat-down, but he waves around the chair to stop them from getting in or trying to bring Marik out. "STAY OUT OF THIS! THIS IS MY BUSINESS, ASSHOLES!" Takashi shouts at them, grabbing onto Marik's shirt drags him back to the ring with the chair lying flat. He hoists him up on his shoulders in an Argentine Rack...stares at Ryo, who was clutching onto his head as he is witnessing the destruction of his tag partner. He breathes out off-mic, "Don't you f*cking DARE, Komuro...!" Takashi sees this and grins sinisterly, "Oh, I DARE..."

...

...

...

...

...

...and DROPS Marik with the Inverted Death Valley Driver, Kohta Hirano's Otaku's Gunpoint, on the steel chair!

"AAH! NO, NO! THAT SICK BASTARD! HE'S GONE MAD! MARIK'S SKULL HAS TO BE BROKEN AFTER THAT! DAMN YOU, KOMURO! DAMN YOU TO HELL!" Barney yells.

"THEY SAY REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD...AND IT HAS FOR TAKASHI, USING HIS BEST FRIEND'S FINISHER, OTAKU'S GUNPOINT, TO DROP MARIK'S HEAD ON THE STEEL CHAIR!" Kenji exclaims.

Komuro stands over the motionless body of a bleeding Marik and places a foot on top of him as "Whatever" by Our Lady Peace plays over the loudspeakers and Bakura is absolutely livid, pulling at his hair and shouting "NO!" Takashi looks down at Marik and looks back at Bakura with a forebode, "THIS...is only part one of my plans...part two...is you... YOU'RE NEXT, RYO BAKURA! You've put my best friend in the hospital, now I put HIM in the f*cking hospital! You'll be joining him soon, you son of a bitch!" Takashi has his fist risen up in cheers from the crowd as Yami Bakura is SEETHING.

[But whatever you need!

'Ever you got, 'ever you want!

I'll take back again!

Whatever you need!

'Ever you got, 'ever you want!

I'll take back again...]

"Part one of Takashi's road to vengeance is done tonight...only part two is left...and that's to DESTROY Bakura, thus completing his revenge for Kohta," Zack states.

"Oh, that little brat has NO idea what he's done... He's going to PAY for his deeds! He's going to PAY for his sins! You don't f*ck with a god, Komuro! You don't f*ck with a GOD! Especially not the Gods of Darkness!" Barney shouts.

"The next these two will meet...we're all in for one hell of a ride," Markiplier proclaims. "I can just tell."

"I suppose we should move on..." Kenji suggest. "We have a tag team match ahead of us, then a female Singles Match, and our next tourney match-up, featuring Kenshin Himura and an AIW wrestler. A lot up ahead...don't miss it."

[Commercial Break]


Coming back from the break, Ignition shows a replay from the events that happened between the Gods of Darkness and Takashi Komuro as Markiplier is overheard.

"Welcome back to Friday Night Ignition, ladies and gentlemen, not too long ago it was Atem versus Marik Ishtar, but it all went crashing down when the official was knocked out after Marik shoved Atem into him and from there, Bakura would interfere and Yugi joins in to even the odds. Sadly, that wasn't the case here," Markiplier explains. "Just as the Gods of Darkness were about to demolish Altered Egos completely, Takashi ran in and attack both men in the ring and would assault them to no end as they fought back. Yet, it didn't seemed to be enough to stop Komuro."

"Bakura had managed to escape the wrath of Takashi, but Marik sure hasn't. He felt all the hatred from Takashi in his body from the chair shots to the baseball bat and finished him off with the Otaku's Gunpoint," Kenji states. "He laid him out, drilling his head right on the steel chair and leaving him a bloody mess. Now, he's coming after Ryo."

"Since this happened, as we speak, Marik Ishtar is being taken care of right now by our trainers and will the damages he's taken, we'll be updating his condition as we go on," Zack assures. "As evil as he may be, he's still a human being."

"You know, I can't help but hear HYPOCRISY from you idiots. You say the Gods of Darkness were MONSTERS, now you have sympathy for one of them all because they're injured? You people make us sick," Barney scoffs.

"Don't be twisting our words, Stinson. I wouldn't want to say he had this coming, but he may have did. I'm just stating my own point of view as a color commentator and that's my JOB just like Zack and Mark," Kenji scolds.

"Whatever," Barney rolls his eyes.

In the ring, Alex Loredo is seen in the ring standing on the middle ropes with fists up in the air to a cheering crowd while "Another Me" by Peroxwhy?gen is playing in the loudspeakers.

[Another me is what there will never be

Another life like this you'll never see

Another day is all I think about

Equal we are when time runs out

Another memory I seem to be

In a life-long game of monopoly

Another direct line I want to bend

Another form of disease I want to end...

I want to end...]

Then, the bell rings as Maria Lopez calls the announcement, "The following tag team contest is set for one-fall! Introducing first: From Nampa, Idaho, weighing in at 214 pounds, 'The Extreme Warrior' Alex Loredo!"

"And now as we move on from the Bakura/Takashi business, we move into tag team business and we have Alex Loredo, who has actually been with us in the beginning ACW since his debut—an ACW Original if you will, and we're happy to say, thank you, Alex Loredo, for sticking by us these past three months!" Markiplier says.

"Yeah, thanks for sticking by just to be a jobber," Barney smirks in a mocking happy tone. "These past three months, you have been proving yourself to be a complete nobody ever since losing to Krueger! You were at the top and now you suck so much, you're the next Zack Ryder! Congratulations!"

"...Your sarcasm entertains me, oh, so much, Stinson..." Kenji dryly says.

"I do what I do best, Neji," he grins.

[Okay, okay, okay...

Yes, sir!

Hell Rell!

J.R. Writer, forty...

This is how we do it, man...

I am one of a kind, yeah...

It's now or never...

Time's up, mutha—...

Let's do this...]

("The Best Out" by Dipset)

With lights turning green, Jeremy Ellis pops out from under the stage as with purple and green pyro exploding behind him. As he hears the crowd in the arena cheer loudly for him, Jeremy grows a large grin upon his face and he goes over to the left side of the stage and pumps a fist to the crowd, signaling light-green pyro to explode from there à la Rey Mysterio; he runs to the right side of the stage and performs the same with purple pyrotechnics. He walks back a bit to the center of the stage and walks his way down the ramps, giving stray high-fives along the way. He slides in the squared circle, where he runs up to a corner and stands on the second turnbuckle with raised fists in the air.

"And his tag team partner: From Staten Island, New York, weighing in at 215 pounds, 'The Black Mamba' Jeremy Ellis!" Maria announces.

"Although Alex stuck by us, so has this young man named Jeremy Ellis. He's been with ACW since the dawn of time when he signed to this company and was apart of our developmental roster as the former Intercontinental Champion," Mark states. "He officially debuted as of last week thanks to the help of Dante—"

"Only to lose badly and get humiliated by tapping out," Barney interrupts. "Kid only managed to do one thing right and that's by CHOKING. Oh, yeah, he's a BIG fan of Disco Kid...he's following his footsteps REAL well by tapping out to our Icon of Wrestling."

"May I remind you that Jeremy only had nowhere to go as he was stuck in the center of the ring and for one thing, Ellis did well on his debut. He may not have won, but how he performed meant something," Kenji states.

("The End of Heartache" by Killswitch Engage)

[Seek meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Call meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'll be waiting!

...

Seek meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Call meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

I'll be waiting!

...

This distance, this dissolution

I cling to memories while falling

Sleep brings release and the hope of a new day

Waking the misery of being without you

Surrender, I give in!

Another moment is another eternity!]

Jimmy Carmichael and Benjamin Strong III, the hometown wrestlers of their fair city, walk out to the stage to see fans cheering for them in bias. Jimmy looks to Benjamin and says off-mic, "Let's end these jobbers quickly," and the Strongman nods without looking out his tag partner. The Corporate Icon and the Submission Messiah walk down the ramps on their way to the ring as the latter drank some water and spills some of it all over his head and spits it out, and when they arrive at ringside, Jimmy climbs up the turnbuckle and Benjamin climbs on the apron to stare throughout all the crowd before lowering his head...and spits up a huge mist of water into the air as Jimmy raises a right fist à la The Rock, inciting more cheers from the fans, then Benjamin lets out an intense roar as he flexes his muscles before spitting a smaller mist out, and entering the ring with his ally. The two stands at adjacent corners where Strong motions everyone in the arena to "Bow down to the New King of Kings" before flexing his arms up with Jimmy posing Legend Killer-style.

[(Seek meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!) For comfort

(Call meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!) For solace

(I'll be waiting) For the end of my broken heart!]

"And their opponents: From St. Louis, Missouri, at a combined weight of 510 pounds, 'The Submission Messiah' Benjamin Strong III and 'The Corporate Icon' Jimmy Carmichael, New Devastation!" Maria announces.

"Here come St. Louis' hometown heroes, the New Devastation! These guys are the best tag team ACW has to offer here in this business! They had a bit of a hard time last month, but with Jimmy gaining a victory last week, it seemed to be the start of a new path to a road of righteousness," Barney states.

"Considering only Jimmy has faced Jeremy last week, he had an early interview prior to Ignition. There's actually a reason why this match is happening," Markiplier says as a small display box onscreen displays and inside it was both Jimmy and Benjamin in a pre-taped segment in a room with a shining silver background behind them.


Strong glares at the camera with intensity as Jimmy in front of him speaks: "Now, in all honesty, June wasn't much of a month for me or Benjamin. We got beaten out of a chance to enter the Playground of Blood, but that's all right, really...because last week I made a little Ellis twin tap out. Oh, the poor boy must've actually thought he could've beaten the Future Living Legend. How wrong was he when I crushed his dreams and made him submit on live television in front of his dumbass bimbo of a girlfriend, his injured brother, and everyone else he loves... I know how much it HURTS, Jer...which is why I had a talk with Alvarez and see if we can have a match again and he gave us one, but this time, a tag team match...and it looks like I'll be making you and your partner look like our punks when we're through with you. However...I think Benjamin will be dealing with it most of the time since there's one thing I know he LOVES to do...in fact, I'm gonna let him say it himself. Oh, wait...on second thought...he's more on actions speaking louder than words... Ben...demonstrate it for us, please, my good man?"

Jimmy chuckles as he turns to Benjamin, who swirled his water in his bottle around for a bit before putting it down and grabs an actual skeletal arm, holding it up onscreen. He holds it with both hands...and actually BREAKS it by the elbow joint into pieces.

Carmichael laughs at this as he speaks into the camera again, "See that? Instead of what I did to you last week...Ben's gonna do what he always does best...BREAK ARMS and END CAREERS...beware, poor Jeremy Ellis...beware, Alex Loredo...beware your DESOLATION."

"BEWARE...Your Devastation," Jimmy and Benjamin says in unison, the former grinning arrogantly and the latter snarling into the camera.


New Devastation and Jeremy & Loredo stand at their respective corners, the referee making sure if both sides are ready and they nod. This gives the official permission to start the match and the bell rings as Alex and Jimmy would start this off. The two circle around the ring for a bit as Carmichael has his arm out, gesturing Loredo to have a Test of Strength, and feeling a bit uneasy about this, he slowly accepts it with his hand clinging onto his and Jimmy suddenly pulls him into a Side Headlock. Carmichael roughens up the hold with a grin and plants a Headlock Takedown on him, keeping the Headlock tight before Alex wraps his legs around him to pull him off. Jimmy pushes off and grabs the legs, but Alex lifts himself up with NO HANDS and HEADBUTTS him, making the Corporate Icon let go and stagger back. He bounces off the ropes in a daze and Alex catches him with a Frankensteiner! Carmichael stumbles on his feet into the corner and Alex speeds up at him with a leap and nails a sharp Dropkick right in the chest. Jimmy falls on his backside in the corner and the Extreme Warrior runs back at him, elevates himself and nails a Rope-aided Corner Dropkick! As Jimmy holds his chest, Alex poses for the crowd with shout of confidence and asks them, "ONE MORE TIME?!" (crowd: YES!) And with a small smirk and a shrug, he charges at Jimmy—who CLOTHESLINES him down to Hell, nearly decapitating him!

"Yeow! Where the hell did that Clothesline come from?! That was wicked!" Zack comments.

"It came from his frustration and his smarts, Zachery! Frustration because of how that poser was gaining control and smarts because he waited for the RIGHT opportunity to throw Loredo off his base!" Barney states. "What a hell of a Clothesline by that young man!"

The Extreme Warrior favors his head in pain as Jimmy is rubbing his jaw line, looking quite unamused and kicks Alex right in the head. Loredo stands on all fours and Carmichael rakes his foot across the head in disrespect before leaning back to the ropes, bouncing off, and nailing a Knee Strike to the side of his head. "Think it's funny when you're trying to humiliate me, kid? Huh, think it's funny? Let's see if you find THIS funny," Jimmy says off-mic as he grabs his head and drives his knee into his skull again! Jimmy grabs him by the leg and drags him to the corner to tag in Benjamin, then he grabs onto Alex and lifts him up on his shoulder as Jimmy hits the ropes and the two plant him with a Powerbomb / Neckbreaker combo! Jimmy gets outside on the apron, but Ben wasn't finished as he lifts Alex on his shoulders again and hits the Powerbomb on him a second time! He stomps both feet on the mat, lifting Alex up once more...and Powerbombs him a third time, nearly making him land on his neck! Benjamin roars in intensity as Jeremy was getting more worried for Alex as he struggles to stand.

"Jesus H. Christ...! The POWER of Benjamin Strong III...seeing it myself is just SCARY enough as it is..." Markiplier says in horror.

"That's the idea, Mark...you FEAR the power of Strong...FEAR the power of the Submission Messiah...FEAR the power of our New King of Kings..." Barney grins evilly.

Benjamin sneers at the downed Alex as he simply pushes him away with his foot and stares at Jeremy, shaking his head at him slowly. The Black Mamba scowls at him heavily as Benjamin pulls Alex to his feet and drives a knee into his midsection, then follows it with a sharp elbow to the back of his head. He grabs him by the hair and pulls him in the King's Clutch (Rear Naked Choke), having the Extreme Warrior flail his arms around as he tries to escape it and get a rope break; however, that's not the case as Strong is holding his submission locked tight and already, Alex is starting to fade. Ellis cheers Alex to keep fighting as he is slamming his hand on the turnbuckle pad and starts clapping rhythmically to get the fans started and they do. Alex looked like he couldn't fight anymore, but he heard the fans clapping and stomping for him to keep going and slowly, he starts to regain his strength. He was on his knees, but slowly stands on one foot, clutching onto the arms of Benjamin as he tries pulling them off from his neck. Soon, he managed to get on both feet and starts delivering elbow shots to the midsection many times until he was released. Alex nails a right hand over his skull and ducks a fist from him to hold him in the Inverted Facelock and goes for the Extreme Twist...but Benjamin spins out of it and shoves him away. He hits the ropes and, unknown to Ben, Jeremy blind-tags himself in! Alex goes at Ben and is lifted up on his shoulders, looking to finish him off with the Coronation 2K1 and sees Jimmy trying to warn him that Jeremy is tagged in. He was confused as Jeremy is standing behind him, getting himself pumped for what's about to happen next...and when Ben turned around...Lights Out (Superkick) to the jaw!

"Lights Out for Benjamin Strong! The Black Mamba nails the Superkick right in the jaw, saving his friend from PURE devastation!" Kenji shouts.

"Well, it did help Alex get away, but look at Benjamin! He's STILL standing somehow!" Zack points as Benjamin is really standing, but is stumbling on his feet and is completely groggy.

Alex looks at a dizzy Benjamin and waves his hand in front of him, blinking twice as he looks at Jeremy and says off-mic, "Strong one, this guy is," and Jeremy nods...right before Loredo Superkicks him in the jaw himself! Benjamin bounces off the ropes and is STILL standing in grogginess, much to their surprise; Jeremy and Alex look to each other and he asks if they would like to do a double...and Alex shrugs as to say, "Why not?" and the two nail a Double Superkick, officially bringing Benjamin Strong down for good!

"It took Jeremy's Superkick, then Alex's Superkick, and it didn't seem to be enough until a double dose did the trick! HABUSKI!" Markiplier says.

"Stop saying that! That's not making any sense!" Barney shouts.

Taking full advantage of this, Jeremy leaps at the second rope and flips off with a springboard and lands the Mambasault (Lionsault) right on the Submission Messiah! The Black Mamba gets more pumped up now starts lining Benjamin up for something big, just waiting anxiously for him to get up; but, what he doesn't know is that Carmichael is standing behind him as he is preparing the Silent Killer. Ellis holds up a "Diamond Cutter" gesture above him and shouts, "BANG!" and runs up to Benjamin with the Necrotizer (Diamond Cutter)...and is pushed off! Jeremy gets up...and BARELY ducks the Silent Killer from Carmichael! He leaps on the second rope, bounces off and lands both Benjamin and Jimmy with a Springboard Crossbody! In all the excitement, Jeremy rests at his corner and Alex tags himself in and runs forward to another turnbuckle post and climbs on top of it. He stands tall...dives off with a Double Foot Stomp to Benjamin...

...

...

...and MISSES it! Benjamin rolls to his feet and lifts Loredo on his shoulders, then Jeremy attempts to save him...

...until Jimmy stops him right in his tracks with a Silent Killer, completely out of nowhere! By then, Benjamin hits a Backbreaker to him and lifts him up in a Canadian Backbreaker Rack and Jimmy cracks a cocky grin as he readies himself splayed arms...charges forward...and they hit a ND Express (Inverted Sitout Side Powerslam (Strong)/Running Cutter (Carmichael) combination)!

"All aboard the ND Express, baby! Ben and Jimmy have it all the way!" Barney exclaims.

"New Devastation have certainly have this match ended here!" Zack shouts.

Benjamin sneers at the downed Alex and rolls him over with the leg hooked: 1...

"And Bada Bing!"

2...

"Bada Boom!"

...

...

...

...3!

"Forget About It!" Barney finishes, dusting his hands off as the bell rings.

("The End of Heartache" by Killswitch Engage)

"Here are your winners, Jimmy Carmichael and Benjamin Strong III, New Devastation!" Maria declares.

Benjamin lets go as he stands on his knees with a chuckle as Jimmy stands behind him with a Legend Killer pose and a large grin. The (self-proclaimed) Future Living Legend shouts proudly, "The future has ARRIVED, baby!" Jeremy is seen against the barricade while favoring his head after that Discus Elbow Smash, possibly unaware of his and Alex's loss.

"Last week was Jimmy's win and it looks like he's sharing that win tonight with his partner, Benjamin Strong III. New Devastation picks up the W, but one thing is for sure, Jeremy's gotta be surly, and I meant this with NO pun at all, DEVASTATED," Markiplier states...and is hearing Barney snicker. "And what happens to be so funny?"

"Yeah, you said he's devastated...because THAT is what happened to him and Loredo tonight! They thought they would had this easily with some 'support' by these people when all of their support went to the TRUE winners because this city's SMART!" Barney grins smugly. "They CHEERED for the winners and they're doing that now. So, I would like to say that you INTENDED that pun."

Mark did nothing as he pinches his forehead and Kenji speaks, "Despite what our 'fellow' commentator has said...I know Ellis and Loredo have to be disappointed, but we all know soon enough—what are they doing?"

The Submission Messiah rakes his foot across Loredo's head a few times and Jimmy halts him for the moment as he "helps" Alex up by bringing him to his feet. He mockingly asks if he is all right...then pulls him into the Corporate Bottom (Rock Bottom)!

"Oh, come on! That is unnecessary! Stop this, damn it!" Kenji shouts.

"Ah, nothing like a good burial to show what New Devastation is all about," Barney smirks.

"...You...I-I...are you—GAH!" Kenji shouts as he clutches his head in pure frustration and Zack is trying to calm him down. "...ARE YOU KIDDING ME...?!"

Benjamin holds Alex up as Jimmy is winding the arm up for his Silent Killer and he pushes the groggy Extreme Warrior into Carmichael, eating a vicious Silent Killer! With Alex out of it, Carmichael raises both arms up in another Legend Killer pose...then looks at Benjamin while pointing at Alex...and motions him to BREAK his arm. With a sinister grin, Benjamin holds Loredo on his feet again...then falls back on the mat with legs wrapped around him and locks in the Stronghold! The Extreme Warrior awakens in screaming pain with his legs flailing and immediately tapping out as the referee is trying to pull him off, but wouldn't budge.

"For the love of God, man, stop this already! STOP IT! That is ENOUGH! You two won the damn match! What is the point in all this?!" Markiplier exclaims.

"The point is showing their true dominance around the Tag Team Division and it's showing the truth of reality that losers like Loredo and Ellis will NEVER level to," Barney states.

"The official is trying to put a halt to this, but Ben is not budging at all! Ruthless beat down from the two—Jeremy Ellis! He's sees what is happening and—CHAIR SHOT TO THE SKULL OF CARMICHAEL!" Zack shouts.

Jeremy had nailed the steel chair across the skull of Jimmy and went after Benjamin, but quickly pushes Alex off and rolls out of the ring. Jimmy quickly heads over to Benjamin nursing his head as Jeremy is LIVID in the ring and slams the chair on the mat, wanting and challenging New Devastation to come in the ring and fight him. The Submission Messiah snarls and is tempted to get in the ring, but Carmichael holds out an arm in front of him, stopping him and saying he isn't worth it now. They won. That's all that mattered to them...along with the destruction of Alex Loredo. The team of brains and brawn slowly back up to the stage with sneers to the ring as Jeremy is aiding Loredo as he favors his arm with grinding teeth in pain.

"Let's just hope Strong hasn't done any much damage to the arm of Loredo... That Stronghold looked like it absolutely hurt him..." Zack says, running a hand through his hair.

"I don't think half of St. Louis loves their 'hometown heroes' now with this action," Kenji sighs. "I doubt this is the last time Ellis and ND will meet each other..."


Transiting to the backstage, Sakura Haruno is seen exiting her locker room and starts walking on her way to the Gorilla Position...before seeing someone off-screen and they happen to be...

...

..."The Orange Spark" Naruto Uzumaki standing next to her with the ACW Undisputed Championship draped over his shoulder as the fans are cheering loudly for him in the arena. He is actually seen with a few bandages with one on his forehead and a couple of bruises, the aftermath from his Triple Threat Match at Reign in Blood.

"Naruto? What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home RECOVERING after what happened to you last Sunday. I don't even think you're supposed to be here tonight," Sakura states, folding her arms over her chest.

"Hey, hey, Sakura...take it easy, okay? It's not a big deal or anything...besides, did you REALLY think I would actually miss this? The first episode of Friday Night Ignition in St. Louis, Missouri?" Naruto asks, inciting a cheap pop from the audience. "I mean...it's not like I have a match or anything, 'tebayo. I'll be fine around here in my locker room and relax for the rest of the evening, so don't worry about me."

"Well...all right, then; but, I need to know something...why are you here in the first place? You can't be here just to 'relax'," Sakura says with air quotes.

"Okay, well, if you want to know...I am here to relax for the moment, really...but as soon as the show comes to an end, I have something to say tonight," Naruto answers. "It's important that I hope you and the rest can watch... I heard rumors Sasuke is around here and has something to say as well... That's why I'm here; that's why I need to prepare for anything."

"...Be careful, okay?" she asks.

"I will. Good luck on your match; you're on next," Naruto says before leaving.

Sakura nods and walks her way to the Gorilla Position as "Ignition" is overheard along with the color commentators.

"Now, within just a few moments, Sakura will make her first appearance in the ring in a long while. Good to see her back in action!" Zack says. "Don't change that channel, ladies and gentlemen! We'll be back soon enough to ignite more of your night!"

[Commercial Break]


Cameras come back live on Ignition from the break to pan over the Gateway Arch as TobyMac's "Ignition" plays in the loudspeakers and fans are heard cheering for their famous landmark.

"And we return to you all live on the USA Network right here on ACW Friday Night Ignition! There you see, guys, is the famous monument known as the Gateway Arch—standing at 630 feet high, 192 meters tall," Markiplier says. "It is the tallest man-made monument in the Western Hemisphere, Missouri's tallest accessible building, and the world's tallest arch."

"If anyone's ever thought of visiting St. Louis, they might as well see this tall guy first," Zack chuckles. "Anyways, yes, we are back, and we still got our main event to come tonight. Kenshin Himura will be facing a mysterious AIW wrestler tonight to determine the second entrant who will join Hernan Ortiz in the Battle Royale on the go-home show before ACW Rebellion."

"Best part about that match is Zeke will be here tonight to join us at the announce table to call the action," Barney grins. "Oh, how fun it will be."

"Oh, of course it'll be fun...for YOU, Stinson," Kenji rolls his eyes. "Moving on, tonight's Friday Night Ignition is brought to you in part by PlayStation® 4! Greatness Awaits™! ...Just hope those Lizard Squad assholes don't ruin your fun by hacking into the PlayStation Network."

"Yeah, let's hope so. And you know, speaking of PlayStation®, Ignition is also brought to you in part by Destiny! Become Legend! ...But don't play the story 'cause it's boring and dull as f*ck and no one was even trying in the damn thing, however the game-play is pretty damn awesome. Trust me, I've played it!" Zack says.

"You do know we're in 2013 and this game is not even out until the next year, right? In ACW timeline, we're in 2013. They were in 2014 in Author Time," Mark asks.

"...Why you gotta ruin it, man?" Zack asks in a dry tone as Markiplier chuckles.


("Diary of Jane" by Breaking Benjamin)

[If I had to, I would put myself

Right beside you

So let me ask, would you like that?

Would you like that?

And I don't mind if you say

This love is the last time

So now I'll ask, do you like that?

Do you like that?

NOOOOOOOOOOO!]

Amongst the loud cheers in the Scottrade Center, Sakura Haruno walks out slipping her gloves on with a grin and tightens her right hand in a fist. She walks her way down the ramps, passing by many fans as she enters the ring from the steel steps. Sakura faces the crowd with a smile and bounces off the ropes to throw a fist in midair with a "Cha!" and the fans shout that word back at her. She cracks a grin while stepping on the second turnbuckle and has both fists up.

[Something's getting in the way

Something's just about to break

I will try to find my place

In the diary of Jane

So tell me how it should be!]

"The following contest is set for one-fall! Introducing first: From the Village Hidden in the Leaves, weighing in at 143 pounds, Sakura Haruno!" Maria announces.

"Finally getting back in the action since May with her match against Evil Beauty, it seems Sakura is just happy to get back on her way to the Women's Division," Kenji says. "We have seen her in recent action when she faced the newest signee to ACW, Holly Storm, who is currently in developmental as of now and that match happened to be her debut on AIW."

"Those two women went at it like their careers were on the line and they gave each other one hell of a match...but let's just say that after that match, things went sour because of a certain trio of females that Miss Storm happens to know," Markiplier says.

Sakura is leaning against the ropes, waiting for her opponent arrive, along with the fans as they face the stage and wonder who it is. Eventually, a guitar's riff is heard for over five seconds before silence...and "Pretty on the Outside" by Bullet for My Valentine is played from the loudspeakers.

[Whooooooooooooooooooa...

...

Whooooooooooooooooooa...

...

Whooooooooooooooooooa...

...

So you wanna play games with my head?!

But you make me fall apart, I wish that I was dead!

I just can't believe I fell for such a blackened heart!

You played me for a fool and used me from the start!

F...k it all! (F...k it all!)

Well, I just want to know the truth

But the words from your heart they just cloud!

All the negativity forces me down into silence

But still I can dream!]

("Pretty on the Outside" by Bullet for My Valentine)

The lights turned violet as the music played and the St. Louis crowd keeps their eyes on the stage and they start roaring in absolute shock...as Mai Valentine walks out to the stage in Scottrade Center! She kept a somewhat stoic expression on her face as she looks at the fans, who are cheering loudly for her in respect and slowly blinks in surprise with a soft chuckle. With a grin, she placed her hands on her hips as she looked out at the ring before flipping her hair as if to flaunt herself then makes her way down the ramp, a confidence oozing from her stride as held her arms out to the side. She then stepped onto the apron, and entered the ring through the ropes, climbing up the nearest turnbuckle. She grabs her jacket and holds it open as if to show herself off once more before looking out to the crowd, smirk still on her face as she nods.

[I wanna know, I wanna KNOW!

If I tear you open wide

Take a look inside, are you pretty?

Can I get inside your mind, see what I can find?

Are you pretty?

So just take off that disguise

Everyone knows that you're only...

Pretty on the outside]

"And her opponent: From Domino City, Japan, weighing in at 138 pounds...MAI VALENTINE!" Maria announces.

"OH, MY F*CKING GOD! IT'S MAI! MAI VALENTINE, GUYS! SHE'S HERE IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AT THE SCOTTRADE CENTER! Mai Valentine, the Harpy Carrier!" Markiplier exclaims. "3-time UCA Women's Champion, the TOP female heel throughout 2001 to 2004, entered the first-ever Women's Elimination Chamber as champion at the time, first Women's Three Stages of Hell, and brought the hardcore feel to the whole division before her release in 2006!"

"Mai's been said to be gone in SHIMMER and SHINE, but somehow in someway, Alvarez managed to pull off the impossible! He's gotten Mai Valentine of the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series into Awesome Championship Wrestling! That guy managed to bring her here!" Barney shouts. "How awesome is this?! Pinch me, I must be dreaming!"

Valentine steps down from the corner to see Sakura's shocked expression on her face and chuckles, "Surprised to see me?" By then, her song dies down and Sakura shakes her head in disbelief that she's in the same ring with Mai Valentine herself. The two women stand in their respective corners before the referee gestures the bell to ring; it sounds off and Mai and Sakura circle the ring before going into a lockup. Mai pulls her in a Knee Strike, then takes her down on the mat as she goes around to put her in the Front Headlock. Sakura quickly gets on her knees and manage to stand on her feet, then plants Mai with a Northern Lights Suplex, adding in the bridge for the pin: 1...Mai gets her shoulder up and uses her whole strength to bring herself and Sakura on her feet. Both women would hit a dead end when their arms are hooked to each other back-to-back before Mai pulled one arm away to perform a Short-arm Clothesline! She backs up to the ropes and lands a Knee Drop right on Sakura's head. Mai pushes down for the pin: 1...Sakura gets a kick out. Valentine brings her up to Irish Whip her, but is whipped to the ropes instead. Sakura bends over for a Back Body Drop and gets a kick to the chest by Mai, then she bounces off the ropes for a Forearm Smash...only for her to get slammed with a Double A Spinebuster!

"Mai Valentine made the smart counter and now Sakura takes her down with a Spinebuster! A very impressive one, but that doesn't seem to be enough to put her down completely," Zack comments when Mai kicked out.

"It's gonna take more than Sakura's beast-like strength to take this beauty down," Barney states.

Sakura lines Mai as she sat up and she nails a Running Low-angle Forearm Smash. She brings her up on her feet and into the corner where she fires away with multiple fists to the head before backing away. The female Naruto character then runs out of her corner to perform a Corner Clothesline to Mai...but misses it! Mai rolls her up in a Schoolgirl Pin: 1, 2...Sakura kicks out at two! Sakura leans back at the ropes, Mai whips her to the other side, Sakura bounces off, and Mai plants her with an overhead Belly-to-Belly Suplex! As Sakura recovers in her corner, Mai nails a Forearm Smash to the side of her head and follows it with countless kicks to the midsection. Valentine backs away as Haruno falls down to a seated position and with a smirk, the blonde speeds at her and executes a Running Face Wash! She drags her out of the corner and hooks the leg: 1, 2...Sakura gets a kick-out at 2.284! Mai sits her up and Butterfly Locks her, keeping a good grip on the Double Underhook as Sakura is giving brief shouts of pain from the hold and is struggling to get out. Sakura gets on her knees, but Mai keeps that lock tight as she nails a few knee shots to the head, trying to keep Sakura down. Slowly, Sakura got to her feet and kept her strength to pull one arm away...and drops Mai down with the Samoan Drop!

"The power of Sakura Haruno displayed to Mai, countering the submission with a Samoan Drop! That would be at least enough, but it doesn't she's going for the pin yet," Kenji states. "She's got something else in mind..."

"Standing in the corner, lining her opponent up...pulling her glove back...oh, this is too easy to tell what THIS is," Markiplier implies.

"Mai, you beautified creature, don't turn around! Don't you let that she-beast hit you with her man-like hands of hers!" Barney warns.

Sakura stands in her corner as she sizes Valentine on her feet and slowly pulls back on her glove while tightening it with a fist, cracking a grin at the same time. "Shānnarō!" she shouts and pounds her fist into the mat in a Roman Reigns-esque pose, waiting for Mai to stand. Mai reaches to her vertical base and nearly turns around...Sakura runs straight at her with a leap, proceeding the Power of Haruno (Superman Punch)...

...

...

...

...and Mai DUCKS it! Sakura then gets caught in Mai's grasp and she plants her with an Elegant Egotist (Emerald Flowsion)! She hooks the leg: 1...2...Sakura kicks out at two! Valentine curses to herself as she ran hands through her hair, then starts ascending up on the turnbuckles. The Harpy Carrier sizes the female Naruto character from the top, eying her like a hawk as Sakura is standing up while favoring her head. She turns around and Mai leaps off with a Winged Assault (Diving Spinning Wheel Kick)...and Sakura evades it herself! Mai crashes hard on the canvas and gets on her feet and Sakura takes her down with the Power of Haruno! Sakura lets out a roar with her fist raised high, "Shānnarō!" and the fans cheer amongst her as she now grabs Mai with arms pinned behind her back and lifts her up with her own strength.

"Power of Haruno is connected and Sakura's just about to finish her off with her Cherry Bomb!" Markiplier states. "This may be the end for Valentine!"

Just as Sakura would execute the Cherry Bomb (Glam Slam)...Mai somehow manages to uses her own weight to put herself down on her feet, then runs to the corner with a spin and slams Sakura right into it hard! Sakura releases Mai as she favors her body and Mai pulls her out of the corner with a Double Underhook, swings her once, twice...and drives her down with the Harpie's Feather Duster (Nick Berk's Berkocet aka Spinning Lifting Double Underhook Facebuster)!

"Harpie's Feather Duster, Mai's finishing maneuver! Sakura nearly had the Cherry Bomb, but Mai thought quickly ahead! What a hell of a counter!" Barney grins.

Mai turns Sakura over on her back with the leg hooked: 1...

"And this is where I say, Bada Bing!"

2...

"Bada Boom!"

...

...

...

...3!

"Forget About It! Hell, yeah, baby!" Barney cheers as the bell rings.

"And Mai hooks it off with an impressive win!" Zack calls.

("Pretty on the Outside" by Bullet for My Valentine)

"Here is your winner, Mai Valentine!" Maria declares.

Mai lets go of the leg as she stands on one knee and softly catches her breath, hearing a few fans chant, "You still got it! (clap-clap! clap-clap-clap!) You still got it! (clap-clap! clap-clap-clap!)" She grins to that as she stood up and says off-mic, "You're damn right I do... I never lost it in the first place." She quickly rolls out of the ring and walks up the ramps to the stage with her arms splayed proudly in arrogance and confidence as Sakura watches her off holding her head.

"Years of absence from the FWM, for seven years she hasn't been wrestling in the FWM...now, she's officially back and she's here to stay. Tell me that in snide comments that she doesn't, boys," Barney says.

"Honestly, in my point of view, and I speak for Kenji and Zack, it is actually honorable and grateful to see Mai Valentine back here," Markiplier says. "She's done it all in her prime back in early to mid-2000s, and now she's back to give herself one last ride in ACW."

Stepping on the stage, Valentine stops and turns around to watch Sakura standing up. Sakura is leaning against the ropes as she sees Mai looking at her, then the Harpie Lady Carrier slowly raises up a hand...and holds up four fingers, gesturing a familiar hand sign with a grin. Sakura blinked as to see her four fingers, finding it very familiar as Mai tells her off-mic, "The Change is coming, pinky... Hope you and your division are ready for that..." She then motions for a camera to come closer to her and talks into it, "And that goes for you, too, Friendship Girl... The Change is coming...and you won't be having your Women's Championship anymore." With that, she walks off to the backstage as Sakura is figuring out what "The Change" is.

"...'The Change'...? What does that mean?" Zack questions.

"I remember Jesse saying this not too long ago on Twitter, announcing not only our tourney, but mentioning a 'change' in the Women's Division as well... What Mai said...could that be connecting to what Jesse had said?" Kenji asks.

"I have the feeling we'll find out soon enough...and I am going to love what Mai's got planned for our 'women's champion'," Barney grins.

[Commercial Break]


Back from the break, Evil Beauty stands in an empty interview setup, all having the same expression: Anger and frustration. They glare into the camera before the leader, Kendra Daniels speaks.

"Reign in Blood...was supposed to be the mark beauty reigns supreme over the so-called champions like Hart of Hyuga and that trash, Téa Gardner...but no. No, that didn't happen...instead, we get our chances of being champions together being put down to the grave. And now, with what just happened...another old hag, who was released and no one's ever remembered her since then and suddenly, people do... Along with that, she proclaims she's instantly the No. 1 Contender for the Women's Championship and says 'The Change' is coming..." Kendra states, biting her lower lip while looking down on the floor...then looks back at the camera with a still angry expression. "It just seems ACW management has forgotten that I helped BUILD this division as its top heel and I stood alone with my girls, Allison Wilson and Eliza Hart...we were at the top, then suddenly, that old hag thinks she can just take MY spot—no, OUR spot? The spot that Evil Beauty has worked to stay on top and were the only primary heels to challenge those skanks idiot fans out there call 'champions'? No, I will NOT have that! ...I've been in ACW longer than Mai...and I'm not letting ANYBODY take that spot away from me... She proclaims a change...well, I say this, there actually will be a change...and that change will be ME becoming the first woman to end Téa's reign as Women's Champion and become one myself...along with Allison and Eliza ending Hart of Hyuga and snatching their Women's Tag Team Championships... Let's just say we have our OWN change to come ahead...and we won't be letting anyone to stop us..."

Kendra folds her arms under her chest as Evil Beauty glares into the camera and the scene changes to the arena.


"Kendra's heard the message...and boy, is she TICKED," Zack implies.

"Ooh, I'm not sure I'm willing to stand for this, guys. As much as I want Kendra to be a real Women's Champion one day, there's Mai along the way...think there'll be a clash between them?" Barney asks.

"It all depends what happens, Stinson. Mai declares a 'change' will happen and that message is sent out through the whole Women's Division...including Kendra, who says she helped built this division the time she was here..." Kenji states.

"Like you said, it all depends what happens. Anyway, ladies and gentlemen, to let you know on a note, next week, most of our wrestlers who went through Reign in Blood will be returning such as Ichigo, Jason Krueger, Beowulf, Seto Kaiba, Ash Ketchum, and many more," Markiplier notes. "Jesse gave them some time off and we believe by next week's Ignition, they should be able to compete."

"Although, I think we beg to differ for Dante and Vergil. Those two are ready to go for tomorrow's event of Saturday Night RAMPAGE," Kenji says. "Tomorrow, we got a few matches ahead in our first episode of RAMPAGE and kicking it off will be the Second City Saints going against The Blake Bros. 2.0 in a rematch after the former had challenged the latter earlier tonight."

"They don't stand a chance against the great nephews of the awesome Terry Blake Sr., man. They just don't. Oh, and by the way, there'll be some lady action after that and I don't mean HLA, folks," Barney grins, making Kenji roll his eyes in disgust. "Yeah, that sucks, but getting this out of the way, we do have Rei Miyamoto and Trish Warrington pitting against each other in a Females Match, apparently this is the first time Trish will be debuting in her singles match."

"Huh, isn't that something new? Speaking of ladies, we have another females match, but this one happens to be a tag team match, we don't know who the competitors will be, but we'll find out soon enough," Zack states.

"And finally, our main event, it is the Clash of the Sons of Sparda II, Dante versus Vergil once again for the ACW United States Championship!" Markiplier announces. "At Reign in Blood, it ended in an unfair Double First Blood and that disappointed a few fans along with these guys, but thanks to Jesse, these two will now have a fair chance to pin or submit one another in a one-on-one match. It will be one for the ages."

"RAMPAGE is definitely something to look forward to, that's for sure," Kenji chuckles. "And one more piece of news, we won't be there to make the calls, but our AIW developmental announce team will be doing so! Ned Bigby and Logan Reese will officially call the matches on RAMPAGE as Zack, Mark, Stinson, and I will comment on Ignition."

[You think you know me...]

("Metalingus" by Alter Bridge)

The fans instantly cheers loudly as the strobe lights flash red, white, and black all over the arena on and off as the guitars pick up and over the Titantron, a thick grey fog begins to form on the stage.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What the hell's he doing here?!" Barney exclaims. "He's not scheduled to be here tonight!"

[On this day, I see clearly

Everything has come to life

A bitter place and a broken dream

And we'll leave it all behind

On this day, it's so real to me

Everything has come to life

Another chance to chase a dream

Another chance to feel...

Chance to feel aliiiiiiiiiive!]

Once the lyrics were spoken, Ichigo Kurosaki runs out of the fog and, despite his injured ribs, is gesturing people to get pumped up on one side of the stage and runs to the other side to do the same. He starts walking down the ramps before stopping himself and takes two steps back with a grin, staying in the middle of the ramps. He lowers his head with a stance before breathing deeply and throws his arms up in rock signs as fireworks shoot like a machine gun from the stage with the colors of red, white and black. Once done, Ichigo looks at the ring and walks his way. The Rated-R Reaper then slides into the ring and walks over to the corner, where he stands on the second rope and has his hands up in rock horns.

"The Rated-R Reaper has arrived in the Scottrade Center and the fans are giving him one hell of a welcome in St. Louis!" Markiplier exclaims.

"And I repeat, what in the hell is Kurosaki doing here?! He's not scheduled to be here tonight!" Barney shouts.

"I believe he knows he isn't scheduled to have a match, but I don't think there's anything about being told to stay in the backstage and not say anything," Kenji states. "He's here on Ignition despite his injuries from Reign in Blood in his Hardcore Match against the ACW Hardcore Champion...and he's got a few words to say tonight about that."

Ichigo stands in the middle of the ring with a mic in hand and has some patched up wounds around his face and body under his regular clothing. Before he could speak, fans chanted his name, "Ichigo! Ichigo! Ichigo!" and he chuckles at that.

"Did you guys really think I was gonna miss Friday Night Ignition?" Ichigo asks, receiving a cheering from the audience while a few were chanting "NO! NO! NO!" The Rated-R Reaper softly chuckles before talking again, "I know we're on a tight schedule and we are supposed to be on the main event already, so I'll make this quick. Firstly...I want to talk about my match with Jason Krueger last Sunday at Reign in Blood...a match I lost. (a small crowd boos) Yeah, it disappointed me...I didn't win the match nor the ACW Hardcore Championship...but there is actually one thing I won that night...I won right over the mind of Jason Krueger. How, you ask? Well, that's actually easy...I was the last man to walk out. It's...it's funny, really. I thought Krueger was supposed to be The Man around his division of Hardcore...when he never got his own ass up after he pinned me. In physicality terms, he did beat me...psychologically...I won that battle. No, as a matter of fact...I've won the war. I was the last guy walking out of that debris and no one got sh*t on me that day. I can already imagine people asking questions if Jason did win...or that I was the REAL winner since then. In a matter of time...I don't think that matters to me right now...what matters...is what Krueger and I REALLY want..."

Ichigo looks into the camera, "...Jason...you have something I want...and that's lying on your waist as you sit in your hospital bed, which I'm sure you were stupid and stubborn enough to stay and left on your own terms...and that's the ACW Hardcore Championship. Krueger, when I left you buried in your own debris, you were trying to lie to yourself that you won...when really I was the one man to actually stand up on his own two feet and walked out. To me, Krueger...you're still NOTHING but hype people praise you for... It doesn't matter what your fans say, it doesn't matter what your Revolution butt-buddies say, it doesn't even matter what YOU say...you're still NOTHING but all hype. Like I said, you have something I want and that's your Hardcore Championship...and I know what YOU want. Don't be lying to yourself...you KNOW what you want and that's to OFFICIALLY beat me in a match; you want to be the last man to leave instead...you want to beat to living piss out of me until I can use my legs anymore...if you want that to happen...you will fight me for your ACW Hardcore Championship...Hardcore rules, anything goes...you and me, one-on-one...at ACW Rebellion. Take a chance at this, Krueger...this may be your only one. Be a smart man for once...see ya next week."

The Rated-R Reaper drops the mic and "Metalingus" plays him out as Ichigo exits the ring and heads to the stage, then suddenly...

[AAAAAWWEEESSSSSOMMMMMEEEE!

I CAME TO PLAY!

I came to play; there's a price to pay

Time for you to get down on your knees and pray (I came to play!)

Say goodbye to the good old days

They're never coming back; watch your future fade (I came to play!)

I came to play, to get my dues paid

I guess you had a dream, but it can't be saved (I came to play!)

I'm here to stay, best get out of my way

(I came to play!)]

("I Came to Play" by Downstait)

The crowd comes to a high negative reaction as Zeke Cage struts out with a smug grin at the stage and his arms splayed out. He wears his casual clothes, but is wearing sunglasses as well as he looks at Ichigo, who wears his signature scowl. Cage simply scoffs and waves him off as he walks his way down the ramps with arms splayed and pointing at both sides of the booing crowd while Ichigo rolls his eyes and leaves to the backstage. Zeke continues the smirk when he makes it to the ring and walks around it on his way to the announce table.

[I came to play; there's a price to pay

Time for you to get down on your knees and pray (I came to play!)

Say goodbye to the good old days

They're never coming back; watch your future fade (I came to play!)

I came to play, to get my dues paid

I guess you had a dream, but it can't be saved (I came to play!)

I'm here to stay, best get out of my way (Out of my way!)

I'm here to stay, best get out of my way

I came to play!...]

"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the guest commentator for tonight's main event, Zeke Cage!" Maria announces.

"Just when Ichigo leaves, the real future comes by to join us at ringside! Welcome to the announce table, Zeke Cage. It's a pleasure to have ya," Barney grins as he shakes his hand.

Zeke sits down while kicking feet up on the announce table and puts on the headset, "It's good to be here, Mr. Stinson. I'm too awesome not to be here; plus, my best buddy Himura's gonna be up there soon, so might as well be here as his good luck charm, don't ya think?"

"Well, that's very nice of you to do that, Cage," Kenji says in a dry tone.

"Yeah, yeah, keep your biased comments to yourself, Kenji," Zeke waves the commentator off. "I'm only here as Kenshi-boy's good luck charm and there's no way he can win without me by his side."

"Load of bull if you ask me..." Kenji mutters.

"Zeke, mind if I ask you why you try to harass one of our coworkers, Clarissa, when she was doing her job and you clearly have a girlfriend?" Markiplier asks.

"Mark, it's simple! He's Zeke Cage!" Barney answers for him. "The man does what he wants WHEN he wants."

"Thank you for acknowledging that, Mr. Stinson," Zeke grins.

"Oh, please...call me Barney. After all, unlike this table, you give me respect," Barney smirks.

"Likewise."

("Heart of Sword" by T.M. Revolution)

[Hitori dewa tooi ashita wo

Yoake no mama de koe sou de

Bukkatte ikya kokeru omoi yo

Konya mo mata sure chigai...]

Lights turn silver before turning dark violet as Kenshin Himura walks out to the stage and he looks throughout the cheering fans with a small smile. He nods to them and walks his way down to the ring, giving high-fives to fans along the way. Kenshin gets on the apron, leaps over the top rope, and raises a right fist in the air before bowing to the crowd. However, his smile would disappear and makes a glaring frown to a grinning Zeke Cage at the announce table.

[Sanzan sugite doryoku no ato mo

Naku naru kekka, only no tsuna watari

Yaru dake son suru yona, mainichi wa

Sha ni kamaeteta hou koso, raku ni naru

(Atsukute) Tsurai

(Jibun wo) Kakushite

(Mijikai) Toki wo ikiteru!]

The bell rings as Maria makes the call, "The following Main Event is set for the ACW International Championship Tourney! Introducing first: from Tokyo, Japan, weighing in at 199 pounds, 'The Legendary Battōsai' Kenshin Himura!"

"Kenshin has his presence felt tonight in the arena and we can see him glowering right at ya, Zeke. He's obviously not happy to see you," Zack implies.

"Ah, he's just being a grumpy old man after I slapped his face in last Sunday and for what I did to him last week when I 'turned my back' on the fans," Zeke states. "You know how old people can be."

"You are completely forgetting the fact Kenshin is a personified legend and you've been completely disrespecting him since then. You lack the acknowledgement of his whole career to the little things you've done," Markiplier states.

"Right, Mark, right... Look at the difference between me and Himura: I'm young and hot, he's old and not. People are praising a samurai who's too much of a coward to even harm a fly and just wouldn't have the guts to bang a girl like I'm doing," Zeke retorts.

"...It's like I have a son," Barney smirks.

"The only fly Kenshin's ready to cut down is you, punk-ass..." Kenji mutters.

("Warrior" by Disturbed)

[I am now an instrument of violence

I am a vessel of invincibility

I cannot leave this undecided

Stepping down to battle another day

Remember me for all time

This determination is a vital part of me

Surrender now or be counted

With the endless masses that I will defeat

Come on, bring it...

Don't sing it, better believe it...

Broken down till your hope has died

Beat down 'til victory's mine

Stand up and show me some pride

And now, are you ready?]

Lights were flicking dark red repeatedly just as "Warrior" played and soon, a red-haired demon with chalk-white skin, an odd-looking scar on his chest that appears to spread across his torso, and bears blue tribal markings on his face that resembles a spider walks to the stage and the fans were booing loudly at the demon known as Rando of YuYu Hakusho. The Human Hunter grins evilly when he turns to his left and meets Kenshin in the ring, then proceeds to walk down the ramp. As he makes it to the squared circle, he leaps onto the apron, signaling red pyro to explode from the turnbuckle poles, and he enters the ring.

[I'm one with the warrior inside

My dominance can't be denied

Your entire world will turn

Into a battlefield tonight

As I look upon you

Through the warrior's eyes

Now I can see the fear

That will ensure my victory this time]

"And his opponent: From the Depths of the Spirit World, weighing at 242 pounds, 'The Ability Thief' Rando!" Maria announces.

"Rando...The Master of a Thousand Techniques...The Human Hunter, arrives in ACW for tonight if he can defeat Kenshin in this tourney match-up and enter the Battle Royale. He is known to steal every man's moveset and use them as his own," Markiplier states. "This demon is really nothing but trouble and it's surprising we have him in our developmental roster."

"Old Kenshin's gonna have a lot of problems facing this dude. I've heard he nearly killed a jobber by crushing his skull in with both hands!" Zeke comments. "Must've been brutal; poor bastard's gotta be in the hospital...I think Old Kenshin is gonna feel that, too."

"This is going to be speed versus strength from what I can tell," Kenji observes. "Rando has his demonic strength while Kenshin has his samurai speed to back him up. Let's hope for Kenshin that he doesn't get caught in Rando's grasp."

Rando and Kenshin stand in their respective corners, the legendary samurai glancing at Zeke with a glare before turning to the demon who is grinning sinisterly at his opponent. The bell rings and both men meet each other in the center to have a collar-and-elbow lockup. Rando had Kenshin backed up into a corner and pushes him against it while the referee was trying to pull them away. The Human Hunter holds his hands up with a grin before heading to Kenshin with a hard right. He hits a few Forearm Smashes then brings him out of the corner with a lethal Short-arm Clothesline; he forces him to his feet and drapes him over the second rope, where he proceeds to push his knee against Kenshin on the rope in a way of choking him. The referee counted up to five if Rando wouldn't stop this: 1...2...3...4...4.39 and Rando moves away from a coughing Kenshin as the official scolds him. The Ability Thief chuckles darkly as he went back to Kenshin, plants his foot on the samurai's face and grabs the ropes to elevate himself and land a vicious Rope-aided Knee Drop right across the skull. Himura holds his face as he's pushed down for Rando to pin him: 1, 2...Kenshin gets a kick out at two.

"The Human Hunter is not even letting Kenshin stand up, not taking that chance and that is a pretty good way in doing so. When Kenshin is on his feet, he starts flying, and when he starts flying, Rando won't be able to keep up," Barney states.

"Surely a smart move to go on with, Barney. Old Man Kenshin doesn't stand a chance right now," Zeke smirks.

"Yes, right now...but soon enough, Kenshin will be countering Rando's merciless attacks. It is only a matter of time," Kenji says.

The Ability Thief sits Kenshin up to drill a hard knee into the spine, making the samurai shout loudly in pain as he rolls away and favors his back. Rando stalks him slowly with demon-like grin and then sits Kenshin up to nail a Low-angle Forearm Smash into the back, and follows them with multiple Elbow Strikes to each shoulder over and over before pushing him down and nailing a Leaping Knee Drop. The former Hitokiri Battōsai holds his face as he drapes himself on the second rope, Rando chortles and says off-mic, "Too easy," before running to the ropes, bouncing off them, and heads to Kenshin to land a Leapfrog Body Guillotine. Rando pulls him up to force him back down with his hand on his throat, attempting to illegally choke him as the referee is trying to pull the arm away, but he wouldn't budge! He counts down to five again: 1...2...3...4...4.8 and Rando releases Himura, who is holding his throat and coughing. The Master of a Thousand Techniques lines Kenshin up with a menacing grin, seeing the samurai use the ropes to stand up and he staggers back into the grip of Rando, then said demon hits him with a Snap German Suplex, driving his head down on the mat.

"A brutal German Suplex by Rando, and now Kenshin goes his way to exit the ring, trying to recover," Zack comments. "Guys, Kenshin's getting his ass handed to him and he's in a lot trouble if he doesn't do something."

"Eh. This is just a sign that Kenshin needs to retire already and let guys like me have our way," Zeke shrugs.

"I couldn't said it better myself, my boy," Barney nods.

"...Rando is in control of this match," Markiplier says, trying to ignore Zeke and Stinson, "and he follows Kenshin out now. Pretty much thinking something to end him quickly."

Kenshin was resting against the ring post, facing away from Rando who is stalking him for the samurai to turn around. Soon, Himura regains himself and moves away as Rando runs at him for a Big Boot...but Kenshin calculated that and pushes him face-first right into the post! Rando goes down holding his face and already he bleeds from hitting the post! Himura brings him up...and throws him right at the announce table, more specifically at Zeke Cage, crashing both wrestlers down! (Barney: AAH, ZEKE! You okay, kid?! Man down! Man down! ; Zack: Kenshin manages to finally get over Rando, got him busted open and he's thrown him right over our table! Zeke is down as well!...*trying his best not to snicker* ; Barney: I can see you laughing, Zachery! This isn't funny! Damn you, Himura! Damn you!) The main character of Rurouni Kenshin leans back on the barricade as fans were patting him on the back and one of them said, "Nice job, Ken! Way to shut that asshole up!" The Wanderer chuckles at that as he rolls into the ring and the referee was already at four. (4!... 5!... 6!... 7!...) As Zeke was hurt, Rando manages pull himself out of the table...and the look on his face says all: he was angry and pissed off. He grits his teeth as he stands up...and Kenshin suddenly flies in with a no-hands over the top rope variation of Sky-high Battōsai, Undertaker style! Kenshin stands up to give a brief shout as fans cheer loudly and chant, "ECW! ECW! ECW!" He nods to that and brings Rando into the ring, then proceeds to climb on the top turnbuckle. Rando brings himself up on his feet, blood dripping from his forehead and Kenshin watches him turn around, and hops off with another Sky-high Battōsai...and lands on his feet when Rando dodged it! He loses sight of him and Rando blows him off his base with a Discus Elbow Smash, more likely, Kenshin's Reverse Blade, right to the back of the head!

"Hot damn, a Discus Elbow Smash to the back of Kenshin's head! Rando just used his signature Reverse Blade Elbow maneuver against him!" Zack shouts.

"Kenshin has to be out after this...Rando's version of that attack looked more brutal," Kenji implies. "There may not be a chance for him to kick out."

"Good! That's what the old fart gets for hurting future of our business!" Barney shouts.

Rando snarls as he wipes the blood off his face, seeing it on his fingers and was definitely not amused that he was made to bleed. He glares down at a very hurt Kenshin as he struggles to stand up on all fours and Rando kicks him hard right in the ribs. Kenshin rolls away holding his abdomen and Rando pulls him up by the hair and drives his head into the turnbuckle. He has him standing against it and chops down on his chest HARD, the crowd giving "Oohs" at the sound of that as Kenshin screams and holds his chest as he goes down on his knees, but Rando pushes him on his feet and delivers another hard chop, lighting his chest up. The former Hitokiri Battōsai cries out in pain as he gets a third chop to the chest, and goes down in a seated position and Rando is grinding his knee against him, not caring for what the referee has to scold against him. At 4.9, he pulls away and quickly hits a Knee Strike to the head. He drags him out of the corner with both feet in his arms, bringing him to the center of the ring...and starts to swing him around in a Demon Swing (Cesaro Swing)! Swinging Kenshin around the ring over and over and over and over and over and over! He spins around the ring many times, the fans were even counting along! (Crowd: 12! 13! 14! 15! 16! 17! 18! 19! 20! 21! 22! 23! 24! 25! 26! 27! 28! 29! 30!)

"Oh, my goodness gravy, Rando is swinging Kenshin around with authority! We're past thirty swings and he's still going!" Markiplier exclaims. "Rando, the Human Hunter, is displaying power with his swings!"

"I'm getting dizzy..." Zack groans, actually following the swings and he holds his head. "When will he stop...?"

(Crowd: 39! 40! 41! 42! 43! 44! 45! 46! 47! 48! 49! 50!) And at fifty, Rando releases Kenshin and tosses him away, making him crash on the mat as Rando drops to one knee, feeling dazed himself as he catches his breath and starts regaining his senses. Kenshin had no clue where he was at as he tries standing up with the ropes' help, but easily falls due to how dizzy he was. Rando sees clearly now and he glances at a struggling Kenshin as he tries to get up and grins sinisterly. He starts winding up the arm, getting ready to hit Kenshin with is own Reverse Blade Elbow. As soon as Kenshin manages to finally stay on his feet, he turns around for Rando to spin and make the Reverse Blade...and Kenshin suddenly ducks it! Rando turns around and Kenshin nails him down with a hard kick to the jaw, a Big Boot, one very familiar to the St. Louis and the announce team!

"Kenshin hitting the boot to the jaw of Rando!" Kenji calls.

"Does anyone find that recognize that attack? I sure do! And I got a feeling a certain Senshi is loving that shout-out from Kenshin!" Markiplier states.

Both Rando and Kenshin were down, but the latter was getting up on his feet and shakes his head off the dizziness. Rando was standing up as well and now Kenshin is lining him up, waiting for him to turn around and he runs at him...jumps up with a Ryūtsuisen...and he lands it on the referee instead when Rando used him as a dummy taking the fall! Kenshin showed a bit of panic as he didn't see this coming...and Rando grabs him and leaps forward to hit a Demon Wave (Forward Somersault Cutter)! Rando hooks the leg...but realizes his mistake that the referee is out of it and there was no one to make the count! He curses to himself as he shouts for any referee to come out and make the count. He was getting impatient and couldn't wait any longer until a referee runs out to the stage and speeds his way to the ring. He slides in as Rando hooks the leg: 1...

"Time to call this match to an end! Bada Bing!"

...

2...

"Bada Boom!"

...

...

...

...

...

...Kenshin kicks out at 2.9999!

"Forget About—WHAT?! NO, WE CAN'T FORGET ABOUT IT!" Barney shouts.

"The referee took a while to get here and that gave Kenshin time to recover and kick out of the Demon Wave!" exclaims Matsuo.

Rando's eyes widen as his hands were grabbing onto his head in pure shock and attempts another pin: 1...2...Kenshin kicks out again! The Human Hunter slams his hands on the canvas in anger and shouts at the ref to count faster. He tells the demon he's only doing his job and since Rando couldn't give a damn about that...he Clotheslines him down! The fans boo as he kicks the unconscious referee away and is furious enough to step out of the ring and pull out a steel chair. He slithers in the ring and stalks Kenshin up on his feet...the Legendary Battōsai holds himself up with the ropes...Rando holds the chair high as he makes a swing...

...

...and Kenshin barely evades the chair shot! Kenshin faces Rando and nails a Bicycle Kick to the chair into his face! Rando drops the weapon and holds his bleeding face as Kenshin readies his elbow...spins...

...

...and hits a Reverse Blade Elbow! The bleeding Rando slowly gets on his knees and Kenshin wraps his head in an Inverted Facelock, then jumps forward and lands a Forward Somersault Cutter on the chair! He gets rid of the evidence as he makes his way to pin Rando.

"Kenshin gets all of Rando! He hits a SPIRIT Wave and this could mark the end for the Human Hunter! He has to make the pin and hope one of the referees is awake to call it!" Kenji exclaims.

"I doubt it at this point, but another ref has to come out and—wait a minute, Zeke's in the ring!" Zack shouts.

Zeke slides in and Kenshin gets up to Clothesline him, but misses and Zeke nails a low blow! Kenshin holds his lower regions in pain as Zeke grabs his head in a Cravate...and plants him with a Snapmare Facebuster aka Cage Breaking Finale! Zeke stands up and spits at Kenshin with a large scowl on his face as fans boo loudly at him, then he pushes him over on his back with his foot and drags Rando to place him on top of the samurai. He exits the ring and backs up to the stage as fans chant, "Zeke Cage sucks! Zeke Cage sucks! Zeke Cage sucks!"

"Son of a bitch...Zeke gets himself involved in the match and decides to screw Kenshin over. Why am I not surprised?" Kenji frowns.

"If anything, it's all Kenshin's fault! He's the one who rammed Rando into Zeke and now they're completely even here!" Barney retorts. "Himura got what he deserved and that's that!"

A referee runs past Zeke as he slides in the ring and starts the count: 1...

"Bada Bing!"

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2...

"Bada Boom!"

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...KENSHIN POPS THE SHOULDER UP AT 2.999!

"Forget—AW, SON OF A BITCH! SO CLOSE, MAN! SO DAMN CLOSE!" Barney shouts.

"ZEKE THOUGHT HE HAD KENSHIN SCREWED OVER, BUT THE LEGENDARY BATTŌSAI STILL HAS THE FIRE WITHIN HIM TO KEEP GOING!" Markiplier yells. "And the look on Zeke's face tells that he's NOT happy with that result."

The C-Enigma was scowling deeply at Kenshin's stubbornness to stay down and starts walking down the ring to attack him again...but is turned around by Dax Din and he starts nailing punch after punch to Zeke Cage à la The Rock!

"Dax Din! The People's Soldier's is punching the hell out of Zeke!" Markiplier calls.

"What does that damn Din have to do with this?! He's got no business to get himself involved with Zeke!" Barney frowns.

Zeke keeps taking the hits before ducking it and starts firing back with fists of his own, the two going in a huge brawl as they take it to the stage and half the arena is cheering on for Dax! The People's Soldier and The C-Enigma continue trading fists before the former nails a knee to the gut and throws him to the stage's MiniTron! Cage staggers into the backstage through the curtains and Din follows him; back in the ring, Rando was getting to his feet along with Kenshin, then the two would meet in the ring for Rando to nail a right. Kenshin goes down to one knee and Rando quickly clutches onto his head with both hands, trapping him in the Fiery Palms (The Great Khali's Vice Grip)! Kenshin has his arms flailing around to reach the ropes, but to no avail! He's doing all he can to survive, but is reached to his knees and he's only inches away from the ropes...his fingers were close to them as Rando squeezes the head more into his Two-handed Clawhold...

...and Kenshin pushes himself forward and grabs the ropes, not letting go as the same for Rando's grip! In frustration, Rando releases the Fiery Palms and kicks Kenshin's back. "Enough!" shouts the demon off-mic as he yanks Himura off the ropes and has him by the arm...and pulls him into a Short-arm Clothesline! He pulls him up, clinging onto the arm still and hits another Short-arm Clothesline...forces him on his feet again...and knocks his head off with a Short-arm Lariat, nailing the Life-Force Thread! However, he was still holding onto his wrist and the large grimacing look plastered on his face as he brings a groggy Kenshin on his feet...attempts Himura's Reverse Blade...and the samurai trips him on the rope via Drop Toe Hold!

"Kenshin counters! The Legendary Battōsai has Rando on the ropes! Literally!" Zack calls.

"And I think we know what Kenshin is calling for!" Markiplier shouts as Kenshin dashes to the ropes.

He bounces off and runs across the ring to grab the ropes and hits the Wanderer's Code (619)! Rando rolls back as he holds his head and Kenshin hangs onto the ropes as he leaps up...bounces off them...and lands the Leg Lariat, better yet as the springboard variation Hiten Mitsurugi Style: Ryūtsuisen!

"Ryūtsuisen connects! He's got Rando now!" Kenji shouts.

Kenshin quickly lies on top of Rando and has the leg hooked tightly: 1...

"Rando, the Human Hunter...anata!"

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"Desu!"

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...3!

"Kansei!" Kenji finishes as the bell rings.

"HAAABUSKI! That's all she wrote, people!" Markiplier calls.

("Heart of Sword" by T.M. Revolution)

"Here is your winner, Kenshin Himura!" Maria declares.

Kenshin rolls off Rando on his knees and raises a right fist in victory as he catches his breath and the fans shower him with cheers. The referee holds his fist as he gets to his feet and nurses his head against the ropes, recovering from all the attacks he's received from Rando and Zeke before. Lying on the mat near the ropes, Rando was furious as blood drips from his forehead and glowers at the standing Himura before slithering out of the ring and leaves through the crowd, all while glaring at his opponent. Kenshin stands on the second rope and raises both fists up before having to hold his head with a wince and gives a small smile the cheering crowd. He motions that he'll be the one to win the Battle Royale coming soon.

"What a main event, guys. This was nonstop action and out of all the odds, Rando's brutal strength and low tactics to Zeke nearly screwing him over, Kenshin stands the winner tonight," Markiplier states. "He will now be joining Hernan in the Battle Royale come three weeks on the go-home show before ACW Rebellion in the Fatal-4 Way for the International Championship."

"Feh, I just hope that when Zeke has his match, he'll be winning that one and he'll throw Kenshin out to join the champions and become our first-ever ACW International Champion!" Barney proclaims. "That'll be for damn sure!"

"Speaking of Zeke, we received word that the fight between him and Dax has been broken up by security. Thank goodness," Kenji says. "I doubt those two are through with each other like Kenshin is with the arrogant Cage."

"Next week will be something just like RAMPAGE tomorrow night," Zack chuckles.

"Indeed, my half-brother. All right, coming up next, guys, when we come back from commercial, Naruto will be out here to make an announcement and—hang on... I'm receiving another word from backstage..." Kenji says. "...oh, no...oh, no, no, NO."

"K-Kenji, what's wrong?" Zack asks.

"What's the hold up?" Barney questions.

"...Guys...I've received word from backstage...

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"...Naruto's being attacked backstage by Sasuke Uchiha!"

"WHAT?!" Mark and Zack exclaim.


Cameras change to the TitanTron, showing Sasuke Uchiha himself throwing an already bleeding Naruto into a wall! The Uchiha Predator snatches him on his feet and drags him to throw him right into a ladder! He shouts Naruto to stand up as he holds the ladder in his hands and Naruto staggers on his feet...and receives the long weapon into his midsection! Sasuke backs away with the ladder still in his hands, waiting for Naruto to face him and when he did...Sasuke drives the ladder into his skull again! With a snarl and gritting teeth, Sasuke glares at Naruto and sees the security, ACW officials and staff coming to stop him, but he warns them not to come any closer or else he'd actually kill Naruto on the spot. They back away as he held the ladder against them...then he suddenly throws the ladder right at the security and staff!

"Stay away or else Naruto will die already on the spot!" Sasuke forebodes with a snarl, picking Naruto up and dragging him through the backstage halls.

"Somebody's gotta stop this! Sasuke's gone mad here!" Kenji shouts.

"Security and the staff sure as hell isn't enough to stop him!" Barney screams.

Sasuke continues going through the halls on his way to the Gorilla Position, dragging Naruto's almost carcass along so, but then holds Naruto's head as Jesse and a few more ACW staff and some wrestlers come in to stop him, but are halted by Sasuke.

"Stay where you are, all of you! Alvarez, this is NOT your business!" Sasuke shouts with his arm around Naruto's neck. "Get out of here NOW!"

"Sasuke, it doesn't have to be this way...let him go right now...and we'll leave in peace," Jesse says, trying to console the Viper.

"No chance... I'm warning you all...stay away from me or else Naruto's life will end RIGHT NOW..." Sasuke growls.

"Come on, Sasuke—"

"JESSE! ...Gah...stay out of this...this is my fight..." Naruto manages to speak out, groaning in pain. "...I'll be okay..."

Sasuke drags him away as Jesse and the others look in worry. The Uchiha Predator makes his way to the Gorilla position and when he reaches upstairs, he throws him through the curtains.


Naruto is seen thrown out to the stage as the fans are looking out in horror and Sasuke walks out with a dark expression, stalking him while struggling to stand. Uchiha snarls and nails a kick to the head, then picks him up to bring him towards the ring. He reaches ringside and throws him in, Naruto rolls at the center and slowly stands as Sasuke slithers in with a hiss. The Orange Spark watches Sasuke come towards him...and manages a right fist to the jaw! Despite being injured already and having the blood flow from his forehead again, Naruto starts fighting back with every ounce of energy he has within him!

"Naruto's fighting! He's bleeding and badly injured, but damn it all, he's fighting back! He may have Sasuke rid of!" Markiplier calls as Naruto kept his shots...before suddenly Sasuke kicks him in the gut and hits with the Uchiha Backbreaker! "...Never mind..."

"There's no one to stop Sasuke from his vicious assault to Naruto!" Zack screams as Sasuke rolls out of the ring and starts ripping the announce table apart. "And we might as well move."

"Well, move, damn it!" Kenji exclaims as he and the commentators abandon their table.

Sasuke slaps his hands on the table, still frustrated and gritting his teeth as he gets back in the ring to drag Naruto out of it. The keeper of the Kyuubi, however, was able to kick him away and he sits up, then Sasuke hits him with a right hand and grabs his head to hang him on the bottom rope. With this leverage...Sasuke drops—no, he stops himself...and shakes his head to push him back on the apron.

"What's he doing now?" Zack asks.

"Has he realize his actions?..." Mark adds, but Sasuke is actually ripping off the protection floor pad to reveal the concrete floor. "No, this is worse. He's gonna CRACK Naruto's skull on the concrete!"

"SASUKE, THAT'S ENOUGH, DAMN IT! NO MORE OF THIS! THIS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH!" Kenji yells.

The Lone Uchiha grabs Naruto's head to hang his feet on the bottom rope, looking for the Viper's DDT...

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...and DRIVES his head—NARUTO PUSHES HIMSELF OFF THE APRON AND MAKES A SPEAR, TACKLING SASUKE AGAINST THE TABLE BACK-FIRST!

"Naruto manages to save himself from having a serious concussion!" Barney says. "He should consider himself lucky because of that, and now it looks like he's fighting again!"

Uzumaki pulls himself at a vertical base and is firing away with shots to the kidneys of his long-time rival; he nails a fist to the skull and backs away at the apron before running straight at him and Sasuke tosses Naruto right over the table and he crashes into the chairs, barely missing the commentators.

"Whoa, f*ck! That nearly got to us! Kenji, you okay?" Zack calls to his half-brother.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but Naruto is the one we should be worrying about! He got thrown over our table! ...Dammit, Sasuke's on his way," Kenji says.

The rival of Naruto screams the commentators to stay out of his way as he drags Naruto's carcass on his feet and pulls him on the announce table. He stands on top of it and grabs Naruto by the head to slowly pull him up on his feet; with a sneer, Sasuke shakes his head at his hated enemy, saying to him off-mic: "You...caused this, Naruto...!" He pushes him up...jumps to snatch his head down...

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...into the Sharingan Impact, driving himself and Naruto through the announce table as it breaks down!

"AND SASUKE HAS NARUTO PLANTED THROUGH THE TABLE! NARUTO HAS TO BE OUT OF IT!" Kenji screams. "ARE YOU HAPPY NOW, SASUKE?! WAS THAT ENOUGH FOR YOU, YOU BASTARD?!"

As Naruto was knocked the hell out and Sasuke was wincing from his back, fans are heard chanting, "Holy shit! Holy shit! Holy shit!" The Uchiha Predator overhears Kenji and slowly sits up to shake his head, saying it is NEVER enough. He took his time to stand up and starts dragging Naruto back in the ring, quickly getting two chairs from under the apron before sliding in. He wedges a chair between the top and middle turnbuckle and drags Naruto up to drive his head right into the chair! The hurt Kyuubi carrier stumbles down on the mat as Sasuke pulls the slightly dented chair out and slams it down on Naruto. The Undisputed Champion has his face covered in a crimson mask and could barely see where he was at, unaware he's near the corner and Sasuke leans back on his, looking like a calm and deadly predator...lining him up for his Punt Kick.

"That look in his eye...we all know what this is..." Mark says. "Naruto's a dead man once Sasuke hits his Punt Kick...!"

"No one's doing a thing about this...Goddamn it..." Zack groans. "...Wait...is that Sakura?!"

"Sakura?!" Kenji repeats, seeing Sakura Haruno heading her way to the ring.

Sasuke sees her and shouts for her to stay back; the pink-haired female begs him to stop this insanity and let Naruto go. However, the Uchiha Predator refuses to listen what she has to say and warns her to leave or else he will instantly end Naruto's life. Haruno has her hands up in defense, telling her long-time crush that she's not going to do anything to him and slowly proceeds to enter the ring. Sasuke yells at her to stay away, but she carefully makes sure to walk towards him without trying to cause any more trouble. Sasuke glowered at her as she got closer...

"Be careful, Sakura..." Zack gulps.

...Sasuke hesitated to attack Naruto and Sakura gets in front of him, trying to console him and get on his good side as the worried crowd was watching in silence and suspense. Uchiha silently tells Sakura through his teeth to move NOW, but she gently places her hands on his chest. He actually manages to calm down a bit as Sakura tells him, "There's no need for this fight anymore... Please, stop... You two don't have to fight like this anymore...it's not worth it anymore, Sasuke-kun..." Sasuke gains an expression of confusion as he looks at a groggy and bleeding Naruto, then back at Sakura...she gently cups his face...and leaned in to give Sasuke a kiss on the lips.

"...Should...s-should that stop him...?" Zack queries.

"Honestly...I hope so..." Barney admits.

Sasuke and Sakura shared the kiss for a moment before she pulled away and she tells him it's time to stop all this. Enough is enough. Sakura would grab his hand and leads him to leave the ring...but he stopped in the middle of the ring, hair shadowing his eyes as Sakura looks at her crush in confusion. She asks what was wrong...and Sasuke lets out this whisper that was loud enough for most people to hear, "...You are STILL annoying..." And with Sakura's eyes widening in shock and confusion...

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...Sasuke glares at her with his Sharingan eyes...

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...HE PULLS IN SAKURA AND ATTACKS HER WITH THE SHARINGAN IMPACT!

"...THAT LOW-LIFE, COLD-HEARTED SON OF A BITCH!" Kenji shouts in anger. "SAKURA GAVE SASUKE HER HEART, HER SOUL, EVERYTHING TO CALM HIM DOWN, BUT HE SAYS THAT AND PULLS THIS SH*T?! THIS ISN'T A MAN AT ALL! THIS IS A MONSTER! A SAVAGE BEAST HELL-BENT ON DESTROYING HIS RIVAL!"

Sasuke stands on his knees with empty eyes, staring at a motionless Sakura as the entire Scottrade Arena boos and hisses loudly at him. He blinks and regains his regular eyes as he gains an expression of shock, fear...and some guilt...pulling at his hair and slightly panicking to see his work. He was going MAD...and sees Naruto slowly getting on all fours. With a growl, Sasuke slithers quickly to the corner...

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...Naruto raises his head as Sasuke runs at him like a madman...

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...AND PUNTS NARUTO'S SKULL STRAIGHT TO HELL!

"SASUKE DRIVES HIS FOOT INTO NARUTO'S TEMPLE! HE DELIVERS THE SICKENING PUNT KICK!" Markiplier screams.

The St. Louis crowd boo MORE loudly at Sasuke, who is clutching onto his head and giving a massive death glare to an immobile Naruto. He clutches his head...drags him over on a steel chair and slams his head on it, then holds another chair in his hands, growling at the Undisputed Champion.

"THIS...IS ON YOUR HEAD, NARUTO!" Sasuke screams, point at a hurt Sakura. "YOU'VE CAUSED THIS, YOU SON OF A BITCH! YOU...CAUSED ALL THIS TO HAPPEN! YOU AND YOU ONLY, NARUTO UZUMAKI! REMEMBER THESE WORDS...THIS...IS ALL...ON. YOUR. HEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD!"

SASUKE RAISES THE WEAPON AND SMASHES NARUTO'S TEMPLE WITH THE CON-CHAIR-TO!

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...silence...

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...was all that was left. Sasuke drops the chair and falls to his knees, panting heavily while glowering at Naruto and runs his hands through his hair.

"...What in God's name did we just witnessed...?" Markiplier asks in horror.

"...We've...just saw the destruction of Naruto...and Sasuke is on his way to the road of madness..." Barney stammers.

The show ends with an immobile Naruto, Sakura holding her head, and a kneeling Sasuke as he stares intensely at his fallen rival as half the arena still boos while the other is silent...


Results:

Six-Man Tag Team Match: The Wolves (Hector Ambrose, Erik Rollins, and David Reigns) w/Luke Smith def. Tristan Taylor and Second City Saints (Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson)

ACW International Championship Tourney First Round: Hernan Ortiz def. Godzilla [Hernan Ortiz enters the Battle Royale]

Impromptu Tag Team Match: Smosh (Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla) w/Lisa Weston def. The Erupting Eds (Ed James and Eddy McGee) w/Edd Remington [via Submission]

Singles Match: Atem w/Yugi Mutou vs. Marik Ishtar w/Ryo Bakura [No Contest]

Tag Team Match: New Devastation (Jimmy Carmichael and Benjamin Strong III) def. Jeremy Ellis and Alex Loredo

Females Match: Mai Valentine def. Sakura Haruno

ACW International Championship Tourney First Round: Kenshin Himura def. Rando [Kenshin Himura enters the Battle Royale]


Official Card for RAMPAGE:

Tag Team Match: The Second City Saints (Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson) vs. The Blake Brothers 2.0 (Tony and Adrian Blake)

Females Match: Rei Miyamoto vs. Trish Warrington

Females Tag Team Match: ? vs. ?

ACW United States Championship, Reign in Blood Rematch: Dante (c) vs. Vergil


Well, then...seems Ignition truly ended on...a disturbing term. ._. In any case, it's been a week over a month since ACW was updated...and here you go. :D This is the fastest I've updated and I gotta say, I'm proud of myself. XD Glad this was shorter than Reign in Blood, 'cause that PPV was a female dog. ._. But the good news is, I got this finished before college starts. :D

Thank you all so much for reading this, guys, and I will soon work on Saturday Night RAMPAGE and hopefully get that out quicker that Ignition. XP Be sure to leave a review when you're done reading. :P They make me a very happy, happy A1. XD ...Too much happy. :P But I appreciate ze reviews regardless. XP

Until then, my awesome friends...LATER! :D