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ACW Saturday Night RAMPAGE: July 6th, Week 1
TV-14
("Cross The Line" by AD/AM starts off as RAMPAGE punches in onscreen before spinning to show Zeke Cage posing Miz-style at the turnbuckles with a cocky grin; Téa Gardner holds up her Women's Championship; Ichigo Kurosaki poses at the stage himself, holding rock horn hands as fireworks go off behind him.)
It is my destiny, it is a truth I see
(The Second City Saints get into their signature pose at the corners in their entrance; New Devastation attacks Alex Loredo with their ND Express; Ash Ketchum tips his hat to the camera with a smirk; James Griffin stands alone as it was raining on him, growling before roaring like a beast.)
In this world I find
(Vergil stares throughout the crowd in the ring, then shows him nailing the Force Edge to a local jobber; Hart of Hyuga execute a Diving Headbutt / Shooting Star Leg Drop combo to Eliza Hart.)
A way to cross the line
(The Wolves raise their belts together and have their fists connected, then shows them Triple Powerbomb the following: Marcus King, Ed, Duke Devlin, and Tristan Taylor; The Wolves stand under the rain with Ambrose grinning while rubbing his hands together, Rollins' arms splayed, Reigns flexing his muscles with a beast-like roar, and Smith smirking with his Television Championship raised.)
Everybody's doing what everybody's doing
(Yugi Mutou nails a Duel Dive upon Carter Young, then a Duelist's Endgame to Stan Terra and gives a shout to the camera as he's being rained on; Crash Bandicoot pulling off a Crash Landing on all his Playground of Blood opponents, then lets go of the roof of the Chamber to drop on Kurt Hudson.)
Everybody's doing the same thing
(Ed, Edd and Eddy show up in their respective entrances; Smosh appears at the stage and then performs a crotch chop; Ichigo Kurosaki hits Jason Krueger with a Spear, then Krueger drives Ichigo through the barricade with a Gore, and then shows Krueger bellowing under the rain as an echoing growl is heard.)
I'll be doing what I'll be doing
(Sakura Haruno pounds her fist down on the floor, cracking it completely and looks at the camera with a grin; Hernan Ortiz hops off with a high Shooting Star Press, sounds of a jet flying through is heard; Godzilla himself appears and growls at the camera, breathing out a blue fiery breath under the rain.)
I'll be doing my thing
(Dante throws a fist at the camera as fire explodes from behind during his entrance and performs a Devil May Cry to Vergil; The Gods of Darkness drive Kohta Hirano through the flaming table.)
The world spins round, to the right they say
(The Blake Bros. 2.0 hit the Neckbreaka' to Daniel Kent; Seto Kaiba plants Ash Ketchum on the canvas with the White Dragon Plunge, then shows him grinning with arms spread out; Nathan Drake dives over the top rope at Kurt Hudson and Ash Ketchum.)
I'll be spinning the other way
(Zeke Cage is pointing at the camera with a cocky smirk and then shows him planting Kenshin Himura with the Cage Breaking Finale; Takashi Komuro and Kohta Hirano plants Ryo Bakura through the table; Beowulf springs on his feet with a bellow and a cutthroat gesture, then he hits the Wulfhammer to Seto Kaiba.)
Doing what I can
(Kurt Hudson walks down the ramps with Alyssa Parker in hand and Hattori Hanzo by his side, then has him hit Crash Bandicoot with the Hudson $treet; Ash Ketchum dives off with an Elbow Drop off the pod.)
Doing what I know
(Evil Beauty stand together with evil grins, Kendra Daniels gesturing the "Come Hither" with her finger; Isaac Clarke beats his chest at the second turnbuckle.)
The world's my stage and I'm the show!
(Sasuke Uchiha stalks Naruto Uzumaki up on all fours like a predator and leaps up for the Sharingan Impact; alternating clips through the drums, Naruto raises his Undisputed Championship while planting Sasuke with the Ninja's Way; Atem is the last seen with eyes shut and suddenly snaps them open and the Eye of Anubis appears, closing with the logo of RAMPAGE punches in with impact.)
"Cross The Line" by AD/AM plays as fireworks in the color of violet and red shoot at the TitanTron, then crimson 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-crimson and violet 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 was like Ignition's but colors happen to be in purple and red, the top displayed "RAMPAGE" along with the MiniTron. At the left side of the stage, there was a large version of a fist sticking out below the TitanTron (think Smackdown's Fist Stage from 2001 to 2008). The fans throughout the arena were holding signs such as "Takashi Komuro: The Next Rabid Wolverine!"; "Blake Bros. 2.0 as Our New Tag Team Champs"; "ACW's Women's Division: Cute, Beautiful, Sexy, Hot, and Powerful"; "The Sons of Sparda Clash Again!"; "Bring on the RAMPAGE!"
[It is my destiny, it is a truth I see
In this world I find
A way to cross the line!
No possibility, originality
Don't be left behind
Go ahead and cross the line!]
"ACW Saturday Night RAMPAGE is live on the air, ladies and gentleman!" yells Ned Bigby. "We are here in Kansas City, Missouri at the Sprint Center, capacity at 14,983 attendants standing tall and proud on Spike! Ned Bigby at ringside along with Logan Reese!"
"Ah-ah, Ned, I believe you meant the 'Handsomest Devil around PCA and ACW.' The Logan Reese is sitting by ringside with a poser," Logan Reese grins.
"Gee, thanks for that compliment, Reese," Ned says sarcastically. "I'm just glad you're not Barney Stinson of all people or else I would feel Kenji's pain... Then again, you're just like him."
"You do know you just gave me one hell of a compliment, right?" smirks Logan.
"No one likes a smartass, Reese," Ned deadpans.
"Whatever, Bigby. But right now, this isn't about us, or me, sadly. No, this is Saturday Night RAMPAGE. You and I were stuck in AIW, but thanks to Jess, we have a chance on the big leagues right here on Spike TV! We got a lot of ahead of us in our hour."
"I can actually agree to that. We're live on Spike TV, post-Ignition, and most of these people are on FIRE to see some RAMPAGE action! We got scheduled matches such as Saints versus Blake Bros. 2.0, a special Females Tag Team that actually features two new ladies into our division and they're challenged to join ACW should they impress everybody here, and in our main event, the Sons of Sparda clash once again for the ACW United States Championship, one fall to the finish!" Ned states. "No ties-ups, no screw-ups, nothing!"
"Let's hope not... Now why don't we get this party started?" Logan grins.
("Party Up (Up In Here)" by DMX)
[WOO!
Y'all gonna make me lose my mind!
Up in here, up in here!
Y'all gonna make me go all out!
Up in here, up in here!
Y'all gonna make me act a FOOL!
Up in here, up in here!
Y'all gonna make me lose my cool!
Up in here, up in here!]
The crowd fills the arena with loud boos, along with some respective cheers, as a 1965 Impala with hydraulics comes at the nearside of the cruise boat and soon stops. Exiting out first was Tony Blake with the arrogant smirk on his face, and next was Adrian Blake from the other side, having the stoic look on his face, being the silent type as usual. The Blake Bros. 2.0 walk on the ramps on their way to the ring and Tony takes out a microphone and people already know he's gonna talk.
"Sweet, Tony's got words to say as usual," Logan says with a smirk.
"Oh, joy..." Ned rolls his eyes.
"What's up, Kansas City!" Tony greets, receiving a mixed reaction from the crowd. "That's right, we Blakes is here in this fine state of...was it Missouri or Kansas? Ah, forget it; not like there's a difference. But, there is a difference between us Blakes and those posers who call themselves the Second City Saints...back in May...they was winners...and we were losers at the time... Despite the fact 'A' and I defeated the ACW World Tag Team Champions and made an upset, we've been having bad times...we lost to Beowulf no thanks to Baby Bitch Isaac Clarke, who's still in the hospital right, so thanks Rogen! Then again, it's to keep that steroid freak's streak alive, so I guess I can't complain... The next three weeks, however, really got to us. Even when we got past Spring Breakdown...we got our asses handed to us by some UFC punk...but we managed to get our RESPECT back when we kicked his ass down to HELL and that was when our losing streak was dead," Tony and Blake enter the ring as the former continues talking. "And at the same time...the punk-ass known as The Saints started losing a whole lot. They just can't seem to catch a break...tch, not like they're meant to have one, anyway. Hey, that was actually a turning point for us! Blakes started to win, Anderson and Hardy started to lose. So tonight, as nature had ALWAYS intended, the Blakes win matches, The Saints lose matches...and when we DO beat 'em...Phil's gonna learn to keep his mouth SHUT for once. Now into the introductions; Maria, why don't ya stand back, baby? We'll handle this...the following match is a BURIAL match set for the obvious 1-2-3 pinfall or submission. Arriving first in the ring we OWN, we come from the capital of the good ol' U.S. of A, Washington D.C. Combined, we weigh at 514 pounds of pure Blake and awesomeness! I am the 'Hot Flash' Tony Blake, and with me is my bro, 'A' Adrian Blake, we are...The Blake Bros. 2.0, baby!"
Tony drops the microphone as DMX's "Party Up (Up in Here)" turns up the volume and both nephews of Terry Blake Sr. stand by to wait for their opponents.
Ned says, "Lot of bark from the young 'Hot Flash' Tony Blake—"
"But he and his brother can always back it up in the ring when they face those loser Saints. It's gonna be a piece of cake!" Logan smirks. "The result is so obvious like my handsomeness."
Ned had nothing to say as he only rolls his eyes.
("Never Back Down" by Nine Lashes)
[The day that we dreamed of... (Dreamed of...)
...
The day that we dreamed of... (Dreamed of...)
...
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 (Believe a lie...)
I cannot follow the blind]
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.
[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 their opponents: From Chicago, Illinois, at a combined weight of 340 pounds, Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson, The Second City Saints!" Maria announces.
"Dead morons walking!" Logan quips with a laugh.
"The Saints tonight look determined and focused into end their losing streak on RAMPAGE. Since Spring Breakdown, the Saints have been having a lot of bad luck, especially with Colt considering his loss at UCA Last Stand, and they want it all to end," Ned states. "This could be their chance to do just that along with shutting Tony up and put him in his place."
"Oh, yeah, that'll happen all right...when they ACTUALLY win, which is obviously impossible. Did you not pay attention to Tony's words, Bigby? The Blakes are DESTINED to win; the Saints are DESTINED to lose. It's just gonna be as nature intended," Logan implies.
The Saints and the Blake Bros. stand by their respective corners, then Phil would be the one to start things off along with Tony, who rubs his hands together with a smug grin while Colt and Adrian stand at their aprons. The bell rings and Tony and Phil circle the ring, trying to psyche each other out before getting into a collar-and-elbow lockup. Phil pushes his arm up and pulls him in the Side Headlock, but then Tony would run themselves to the ropes and pushes Hardy off to the other side. He hits the ropes and kicks Tony's chest, countering the Back Body Drop, then heads to the ropes again. He bounces off and the self-proclaimed Hot Flash takes him down with a Spinning Sitout Neckbreaker Slam! Tony lets out a loud whoop, smirking arrogantly as he tells Phil, "See that, Hardy boy? That's how we DO IT!" He starts stomping on him and hauls him up to push him in a neutral corner. He lands a Back Elbow two times, then a right hook before backing up while scaling him in the other corner. He runs at him with a Stinger Splash and Phil sidesteps the attack, making Tony crash into the corner. He stumbles back and Phil springboards off the ropes with a Clothesline.
"Calculating that perfectly, Phil dodges the Splash and takes Tony down with the Clothesline!" Ned calls.
"He got lucky and you know it," Logan scoffs.
Phil makes the cover, but Tony kicks out at one. The Second City Saint grabs his head to pull him in another Side Headlock and Tony lands an elbow to the gut, then gets out of it with a wrist-lock and brings him to his corner and tags in Adrian. The larger Blake gets on the second turnbuckle and hops off with a Double Axe Handle on the arm, making Phil wince and shake his arm off. Tony gets on the apron as Adrian Hammer Throws Phil to the ropes, he bounces off them and Adrian catches him into a One-handed Spinebuster! With a scowl, Adrian brings Phil on his feet and pulls him by the arm right in a Shoulder Block. He then drops an elbow, but Phil rolls out of the way and he nails a Low-angle Dropkick right in his face. Phil heads over to Adrian, who gets to the corner, and starts nailing multiple fists to the temple as "A" is doing his best to block them. Adrian quickly grabs Phi's face and pushes him away, making Phil roll on his feet and he nails him with a vicious Big Boot!
"Yeow! Big Boot to the jaw! That may have stopped Phil's momentum there," Ned says.
"What'd I tell ya? Phil had luck and it just ran out for him," Logan states. "Adrian is gonna pummel him good before he can make a smartass comment."
"It ain't over until the fat lady sings, Reese," Ned points out.
Big A grabs Hardy with both hands and lifts him on his feet and then makes a harsh chop to the chest. Phillip shouts in pain while holding his chest and walks into the ropes and Adrian grabs him again into a Military Press Lift, holding him up high in the air before slamming him down on the mat. Phil drapes himself on the second rope and Adrian begins raking his foot against his head as the ref forebodes him to stop it, then Adrian suddenly yanks Phil out of the ropes and throws him across the ring by the head. Phil slowly stumbles on his feet and when Adrian was about to grab him, Hardy nails a Dropkick to the knee, getting him down on one foot. The Saint quickly heads to the ropes, bounces off and nails a Running Corkscrew Neckbreaker on the larger Blake! Phil then heads to the corner and tags in Colt and the former Internet Champion leaps over the ropes, proceeding to line Adrian up. As soon as "A" got to his feet, Colt runs straight at him for a Hurricanrana...but Adrian catches him and nails a vicious Snap Powerbomb! Adrian drags Colt by his leg to his corner and tags in Tony, then he sets his opponent up and catapults him towards the loudmouth Blake, who nails a hard Elbow Smash and Colt falls back to hit his spine on the knees of Adrian. Adrian lets go and rolls away as Tony slingshots himself over the top rope and lands a Leg Drop right on his head. He drags him to the center of the ring to make a pin: 1, 2...Colt kicks out at two!
"Colt thought he had Adrian, but all that momentum Phil gained for the moment disappeared quickly," Ned says.
"This is what Phil gets for tagging in his idiot of a tag team partner," Logan says, shaking his head.
Tony gets Colt up and flips him on a seated position with a Snapmare, then runs to the ropes and rebounds with a Running Low-angle Elbow. He covers him again and gets the same result as before, then shoves him into a neutral corner, where he starts stomping a mudhole on Anderson. He halts his kicks and slaps his chest with the Knife Edge Chop, taunting his opponent in arrogance before hitting the Backhand Chop again. "That's how we do it, baby!" Tony shouts and backs up to the corner, charges right at him and makes a Corner Clothesline, landing on the ropes and hitting Colt in contact. Tony pushes him down and begins climbing on the top rope, sizing the former Internet Champion on his feet. As soon as Colt turns around, Tony shouts, "Kill Yo Self, fool!" and hops off with the Diving Leg Lariat, the Kill Yo Self!...and Colt catches him on his shoulder! He switches it up on his shoulders, Fireman's Carry-style, then lifts him and Tony lands on his feet. He pushes him away, misses a Clothesline and Colt kicks him in the gut and plants his face in the middle turnbuckle with Brain Damage (Reverse STO into the middle turnbuckle)! Colt brings him over to his corner and tags in Phil, then the Saint climbs on the top rope as Colt sets Tony on the turnbuckles and stands back while Phil flips himself forward with a Sunset Flip Powerbomb and Colt catches his head with a Neckbreaker, the Second City Saints hitting the Markout!
"What a tag team maneuver! The Saints are starting to make a comeback now!" Ned states.
"Nuh-uh! That's not how it's supposed to be! No way are the Saints supposed to have momentum AT ALL!" Logan shouts.
Phil has Tony pinned...and Adrian breaks up the pinfall! He picks up Phil and whips him to the ropes, he bounces off and ducks the Big Boot. Colt then flies in off the ropes at Adrian, but he catches him in his hands and attempts the Blake Drop, only to get countered with a Reverse STO! Tony stands up and Phil clings onto him and plants him with an Ura-nage Powerslam...and locks him right in the Anaconda Vice, Pray to the Saint (Ura-nage Powerslam into an Anaconda Vice)! Phil screams as he pulls on the Vice as tight as he can and Tony is shouting in pain, feeling pressure into his neck and head as his legs flail around. Colt picks Adrian up to make sure he stays out, but Adrian suddenly tosses him out of the ring! He then kicks Phil's head and pulls him away from his brother to knock his head off with a vicious Clothesline. He helps Tony up and the loudmouth Blake says to him, "Let's end this punk..." before Adrian forces Hardy on his feet to lift him on his shoulders as Tony ascends the top rope. Phil comes to his senses and starts nailing punches to Adrian's head, starting to daze him a bit as Tony is shouting for his brother to hold him still. Then, Hardy somehow makes a leap on the ropes and starts sending shots to the loudmouth Blake enough to get him sitting on the turnbuckle. Phil looks back at Adrian, then leaps on the shoulders to flip Tony with a Super Hurricanrana, crashing him right into Adrian!
"Phil Hardy makes the triumphant risk, throwing Tony right into his brother with a Hurricanrana! That should throw the Blake Bros. off balance!" Ned implies. "I think this is the mark of the end for them!"
"No way! This is not happening!" Logan yells. "This has to be by dumb luck or something!"
Hardy sizes Tony on his feet and lifts him on his shoulders...to deliver the TAN—Take a Nap! He tags in Colt and with Tony still standing, but pretty dazed and look like he was about to fall, Anderson tosses him in a Back Suplex and catches him in midair with a Cutter, completing the Coltter (Back Suplex Cutter)! He quickly hooks the leg: 1...
...
2...
...
...
...
...
...3!
"THEY DID IT! The Saints got the win!" Ned cheers as the bell rings.
"NO WAY DID THAT JUST HAPPENED! NO FREAKING WAY! A NIGHTMARE! THAT'S ALL THIS IS!" Logan yells.
("Never Back Down" by Nine Lashes)
"Here are your winners, Colt Anderson and Phil Hardy, the Second City Saints!" Maria declares.
Colt stands on his knees in shock and Phil is celebrating in happiness as the crowd cheers loudly for their victory in such a while, an upset one at best. The Saints hug each other and leave the ring in victory as they pass by the crowd and high-five them on their way to the stage. However, in the ring, Adrian was silently growling in anger as Tony started regaining his consciousness and sees the Saints leaving in their winnings, now in shock with his hands grasping his head and is absolutely livid. Colt had the camera in his face and shouts into it with a grin, "See that, Shizuka?! Your man's coming home a winner to ya!" Phil would deadpan and smack Colt upside the head, saying off-mic: "Idiot, she's NOT your girlfriend."
"These two gave all they got and The Second City Saints takes away the win!" Ned says.
"A fluke! A total fluke, man! The Blake Bros. got screwed over here, man! No way was that a three-count!" Logan shouts.
"Hate to break it to ya, Reese, but it just happened. The Saints got one over the Blake Brothers fair and square; you may not like it, but Phil and Colt and everyone else in Kansas City is loving it," Ned states.
Cameras change to the interview area where a young African American around his early 20s stands with a microphone in his hand, wearing a special type of glasses and a smirk on his face. This man is recognized to be Simon "Cookie" Nelson-Cook.
"What's up, everybody? This is Simon Nelson-Cook speaking to you from the ACW interview setup live on RAMPAGE. Lisa, hope you're watching this handsome guy work the mic," Cookie grins.
..."Simon, this is a backstage interview; do your job!" shouts a backstage member.
"...Nobody takes a joke these days," Cookie shrugs. "Oh, well. Might as well carry on. Ladies and gents, welcome my guest at this time, he's the People's Wrestler and the guy to stand up to Zeke's arrogance, meet Dax Din!"
Dax Din walks in on the camera's view with a smirk of his own, the fans half cheering for and half booing down him.
"Dax, last night on Ignition, you stood up to Zeke as he harassed Clarissa in his interview and later that night, just as Zeke tried to take Kenshin Himura out of the tourney, you stepped in again and you would start a fist fight between you both that leads to backstage before security had to break it up. Now I know you have your reasons, but I would like to know why you're interfering with him," Cookie says, having the mic now towards Dax.
"Cook, I know you're a smart guy—hell, smarter than most of us around here. It's obvious to you and everyone else at this point...I don't like how Zeke is acting like he runs the damn place. He thinks just because he pulled a trick on an ECW Alumni, he's the top guy? Okay, one thing's for sure, I could care less for that the kid does around here. He can beat Johnny Cage for his Internet Championship or probably fight Drew Cage in an MMA cage, and no one would give a sh*t. Though, him hitting on a lady when she says no...that pisses me off. That guy is making me sick by the minute with his arrogance. I know people say Dins are no better than a Cage, but at least I'm not a man-whore (Drew), a complete tool (Zach), or an arrogant jackass trying to be like a ripoff of The Miz. The People can say about the People's Wrestler...they can love him or hate him...but I know for a fact, I'm far different a Din than anyone you know...I'm not a man who lies to his company to get what he wants for his own selfish deeds like my great nephew...who I deeply disappointed in and feel nothing but shame that he's a Din...nor am I am man who uses the company for his own personal gain like a certain TCW Champion... I am a different Din...and Zeke...he's just like any other Cage...a moron. Zeke, you wanna play with the big boys? You wanna act like you're a prime-time player? You wanna act like you're 'Awesome'? Then quit being a pussy[late bleep] and fight me like a man for once...next Friday, you and me, one-on-one. The People's Wrestler versus the so-called—NGH!"
DAX SUDDENLY GETS TACKLED INTO THE SETUP BY ZEKE CAGE! As Simon just runs the hell out of the scene, Zeke pulls himself up and brings Dax on his feet to throw him against the stands, crashing on the floor. Groaning in pain, Dax tries to stand up as he uses the wall to help himself, but then Zeke would grab Din's head and rams him against a metal wall! The C-Enigma gets Dax on his feet once again and plants his face in with the Cage Breaking Finale right on the metal crate! Din falls onto the floor unconscious as Zeke crouches near him with a smug grin.
"Yeah...I doubt that's gonna happen since you're going to be out for a while...but let's see if you can make it, Din. See you later...NOT," Zeke smirks.
Cage starts walking off from his dirty work as the camera zooms in on a motionless Dax Din before commercial break.
[Commercial Break]
Cameras return to RAMPAGE and a replay shows the current events that just happened before the break as Ned overheard speaking.
"Welcome back to RAMPAGE; just moments ago, Dax Din was being interviewed by Cookie and he was saying his thoughts on Zeke and speak of the devil, he appears and attacks the People's Wrestler, beating him down in the setup," Ned explains. "It was then that he finished Dax off with the Snapmare Facebuster, or better yet now known as the Cage Crushing Finale."
"Just what Dax deserves for barking up the wrong tree. Zeke is all action and everything that represents and defines awesomeness," Logan says. "Dax is nothing but all bark, no bite considering he's all up in Zeke's business. The C-Enigma's got an old samurai fart to beat, a Battle Royale to enter and win, AND an International Championship to win."
"Think what you will, Reese, but people will always get their comeuppance," Bigby replies.
("Never Lost" by Decyfer Down)
[Where could I go to escape from you?
Break from you?
If I move beyond eternity
You would be...
...
I fall every time, into another place
Where I always find, your single saving grace
Whether I have climbed, or fell into the blue
I'm never lost from you!
Never lost from you]
Rei Miyamoto enters the light orange-brown-lit stage with hands on her hips and a smirk on her face. She gives a small nod to the cheering crowd and walks down the ramp, passing high-fives along the way. She walks up the steps, stands in the middle of the apron, grabs the top rope, flips herself over them onto her feet, and smirks to the crowd. She then walks over to the ropes and stands on the middle rope, keeping her balance real well on it while looking at the fans before suddenly leaping onto the top rope, backflips off the rope, and lands on the feet perfectly. She stands straight with a small smile to the crowd, raising a finger up in the air and saying off-mic "Never lost from you."
The bell rings as Maria announces the contestant, "The following contest is set for one-fall! Introducing first: From Tokonosu City, Japan, weighing in at 115 pounds, Rei Miyamoto!"
"Rei Miyamoto of Highschool of the Dead—both in terms of her team and manga/anime series—makes her singles debut on RAMPAGE in a type of exhibition match. She hasn't been in action since her tag match with Saya against Evil Beauty last month; and now, it looks like she's back," Ned calls. "Since Takashi, Kohta and even Saeko are getting the wrestling action these days, Rei thought to join them in the singles competition as she arrives in the Sprint Center."
"Meh. There's not much to offer from Rei here considering some of her moves is based off Takashi's and all she's good for is being ogled at along with Psycho ("Saeko") and Saya considering how ridiculously good-looking their bodies are," Logan implies. "Nothing but FANSERVICE GIRLS...and it's a good fact."
("Power" by Cassie Steele)
[Turn me on
I've been down and out for far too long
If I start, I can't stop
Pouring out your mouth
And light me up
Running through my veins
Baby, I can almost taste it
I can feel it coming close
I feel your body shaking
I want it, so I'll take it
Baby, try and tell me, "No, no, no!"
My body's like, "Oh, oh!"]
Fans then change their cheers into loud boos as lights turn into a mix of violet and yellow and Trish Warrington walks out to the stage with hands on both hips, proceeding to strut her way down the ramps and keeps the snooty look on her face. She flaunts herself by flipping her hair and softly chuckles to herself in a haughty manner, as if to see Rei as an opponent who's beneath her and shakes her head at the H.O.T.D. character. She steps on the steel stairs and enters the ring, walking forward the ropes with a smug grin and splayed arms and says off-mic: "I'm all about power, baby..." Trish performs a type of angel pose on the ropes before getting off to ready herself, readying to demonstrate her strength against her opponent.
[I just want the power!
I just love the power!
No way I can warn you
'Bout to teach you
It hits me so hard like a hurricane in my heart
(Pow-pow-ow-er-er...
Pow-pow-ow-er-er...)]
"And her opponent: Making her Awesome Championship Wrestling debut, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, weighing in at 145 pounds, Trish Warrington!" Maria announces.
"Now there is a woman and she stands before Rei as a person who is destined for power, just as her song says so. Hell, it DEFINES her!" Logan praises.
"Truthfully, we haven't exactly seen her in the ring to display what she has and has only been accompanying her boyfriend, Jimmy Carmichael, but since this is her official debut match, we'll get to see what she has in store for this match," Ned states.
Miyamoto and Warrington stand ready in their separate corners as the referee rings the bell and the two walk up to each other in a collar-and-elbow lockup. Trish slips Rei in a harsh Knee Strike to the midsection and pulls her down with a Hair-pull Mat Slam. She ignores the scolding referee as she rakes her foot across Rei's head before quickly kicking her face in viciously; she speaks trash to her off-mic and then grabs her hair to slam her face right in the canvas. Warrington "encourages" Rei to get on her feet and the latter rises up on her knees...and SLAPS the tastes out of her mouth! The crowd oohed at that not in shock, but in more of "Oh, no, she didn't!" Trish holds her cheek in rage as she turns to Rei...who tackles her down with a Spear, then starts raining down multiple fists right on her face!
"To think this would start off easy, but both women are showing no love loss as they viciously try to put each other down, Trish especially!" Ned exclaims. "But now Rei is the one on top of her opponent as she sends down those right fists in her temple!"
"This has become a cat fight already! Pull that little skunk bag off, Trish!" Logan roots. "Show her how you define power, baby!"
Trish pushes Rei off with her feet, but would get knocked off her base by the precipitous Clothesline from Miyamoto. The Sojutsu club member quickly wraps her arm around Trish's temple in a Side Headlock before Warrington nails a few shots to the back with her elbow, feeling the grip starting to loosen and would wrap her arms around Rei's waist to lift her up and plants her with a Saito Suplex. Warrington pulls Rei to her feet and drapes her on the second rope, then runs to the opposite side, hits a rebound and lands a Leapfrog Knee Strike Guillotine. Rei crawls to the corner and Trish pushes her against it with her chest out and nails a harsh Knife Edge Chop, earning woos from the crowd in a tribute to the Nature Boy. She chops the chest two more times and grabs onto Rei's hair to do a Hair-pull Whip, throwing her right across the ring. As Rei would hold her head, most likely her hair, in pain, Trish mocks her for her agony and viciously Soccer Kicks her in the ribs. She stands with an elegant pose for the crowd to boo loudly at her as she proclaims, "I'm the dominate female wrestler around here! I'm just facing a worthless SKANK!"
"Well, well, Trish is officially taking momentum right now and she's showing that in confidence. She's quite the show-woman if you ask me," Logan smirks.
"Yes, she's quite so, but that arrogance may come back to bite her," Ned states.
Warrington flips her hair as she picks Rei up and whips her to the ropes, having the latter bounce off and gets caught in a Falling Neckbreaker. Miyamoto rolls out of the ring holding her head, Trish follows in suit. She grabs her head and rams her into the barricade and follows it with a pose familiar to her boyfriend's as she's showered upon by the jeering fans. She would take this time to mock them and their fan favorite female, telling them that they're only supporting a nobody. Waving them off, Trish clutches onto Rei and makes for another attempt at driving her head onto the steps...but the HotD girl blocks it and elbows her! With that, she grabs Trish's head and slams it down right on the steps, giving her payback! Rei pushes her back in the ring and lines her up to stand, which Trish does slowly and her fate is made when Rei nails the Running Knee Strike and follows it with the Falling Neckbreaker, executing the Pulse Check! Rei quickly hooks the leg excitingly: 1...
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...2.68 and Trish kicks out! Rei slaps her hand on the mat in a bit of frustration, but takes deep breaths to calm herself down and picks Trish up on her feet. She goes for an Irish Whip, then Trish reverses it with a twisting wrist-lock and pulls her into a Step-up High Knee Strike, perfectly hitting the Beautifier (Wrist-lock transitioned into a Step-up High Knee Strike)!
"Trish comes right back with the Beautifier! That may have knocked Rei down a couple of notches, but is it enough? I like to think so," Logan says as Trish hooks the leg.
1...
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2...
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...Rei pops her shoulder up at 2.85!
"Close, but no cigar!" Ned calls.
"Aw, come on! What's it gonna take to bring this chick down?!" Logan shouts.
Trish slams her hands on the mat and shouts at the referee to count faster before beginning to line Rei up. Grinding her teeth, Trish waits for Rei to get up and as she gets to all fours, Warrington runs to ram a knee in her head with Beauty and the Knee (Boma Ye)...and Rei evades it somehow! She then grabs her by the tights and rolls her up in a Schoolgirl Pin: 1...
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...Trish kicks out at 2.91! Rei and Trish roll to their feet and Miyamoto strikes her down with a STIFF Roundhouse Kick! Warrington goes down to her knee dazed before Rei pulls her up by the head and throws her over with the Sojutsu Neckbreaker (Snapmare Neckbreaker)!
"Snapmare Neckbreaker, planting Trish on the canvas!" Ned shouts. "She's got the leg hooked!"
"No! Kick out, Trish! Kick out, you sexy girl!" Logan screams.
Rei covers Trish with the hook of the leg!
1...
2...
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...3!
"And she gets the full W!" Bigby calls.
"Aw, come on!" Logan whines.
("Never Lost" by Decyfer Down)
"Here is your winner, Rei Miyamoto!" Maria declares.
Rei rolls off and gets up on her knees with a smile, raising her finger up in the air as she celebrates her victory upon the crowd's cheers. She roses up to her feet and stands on the second turnbuckle with fists raised, enjoying her winning—TRISH CLUBS REI FROM BEHIND! Showering the arena with boos, the crowd dislikes Trish's actions as she continuously stomps on Rei with absolute no remorse.
"Oh, come on, Trish! I get you lost, but there's no need to be such a sore loser!" Ned exclaims.
"Sore loser? WEAK excuse, Bigby! Trish is sending a message to that little skunk bag that you aren't going to win that easily!" Logan states. "Despite that she won, Trish is going to make her feel like a REAL loser! She's going to make her feel like TRASH...in which she already is."
As Trish keeps stomping Rei, she sits on her to ram her fists into her face, showing the wrath and anger she holds within her for the loss. She screams off-mic in her face, "Your win was nothing but luck, you bitch! I'm going to show that you are TRULY beneath ME!" Trish hauls Rei on her feet, sticks her head between her legs, hoists her vertically, steps both feet over Rei's arms and PLANTS her with the Foreign Glamor (Faithbreaker)! Warrington rises on her knees as she glares down at the fallen HotD female character, letting herself get rained by the loud boos from the Kansas City natives. She gets up on her feet and exits the ring, displaying the nonchalant look on her face before cracking a smug grin as she starts walking up the ramps.
"Despicable. Just despicable! She loses the match to Rei fair and square, yet she decides to pull a sleazy trick such as that!" Ned says. "I'm disgusted by her actions...it's really not surprising knowing her already..."
"Do not judge a book by its cover, Bigby...because this book's cover is a hot babe and she's shown she's more than a valet to Jimmy Carmichael. She's shown she can DEVASTATE her opponents whether she wins or loses!" Logan states with a smirk. "She is Trish Warrington; don't be thinking you can get off that easily."
Trish turns around to make an "elegant" pose with a flaunt at the stage, grinning the whole time as Rei glares up at her from the ring and the crowd continues booing.
[Commercial Break]
And now, the RAMPAGE Rewind is brought to you in part by Netflix, "It just might bring everyone together"!
[Ignition, last night]
Ian 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 and Ian is pulled right into an Ed Bottom!
*skip*
Ed scoops Anthony on his shoulders and attempts to put him in an 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!
*skip*
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.
The rewind ends to transit to the ring, where a young unknown local wrestler (*couch*local jobber*cough*) stands in the ring getting ready for his match (aka his demise) as his generic rock music plays from the loudspeakers.
"Welcome back to Saturday Night RAMPAGE, ladies and gents, we're already on our way into a sudden impromptu match between this young rookie named Christopher Grayson and a special opponent for tonight," Ned states.
"This kid wants to try ACW out to see if he can even make the leagues of Fiction Wrestling...heheheh, oh, that is where he is SO wrong," Logan chuckles. "These type of matches...there's a trick to it...and you and I both know what the trick is, Bigby."
"Sadly for Christopher...yes."
("Turn Up the Trouble" by Airbourne)
[I turn up the trouble 'til it gets real loud
I feel so much better that way
I'm gonna mess with your mind, 'cause I know that I can
See how much I can mess with you, yeaaaaaah!
I'm gonna rock, gonna roll, gonna go toe to toe
Drop like a clock, now I'm out of control
Step a little closer, close to my fire
Trouble's my drug, takes me higher and higher
Turn up the music, light up the crowd
Turn up the gas, 'cause it can't be too loud
You know it's religion, and I'll show you the way
Drop to your knees and join when I say!]
Out of the RAMPAGE stage comes Eddy McGee of the Erupting Eds and fans cheered at the sight of the Leader of the Eds. From the ring, the rookie believes he was his opponent, but notices he's not in his ring attire and has a microphone in his hand. Eddy walks around the stage for a while and softly chuckles, almost in pity to the rookie as he has something in mind. "Turn Up the Trouble" dies down and Eddy brings the mic up to his lips and speaks.
"How's it hanging, Chris? You feeling good about your first match here, huh?" Eddy asks with the grin. "Now, that's good—that's good, really! I bet you're so determined to make your win tonight. I won't lie, kid...it won't be easy... Especially since your opponent is VERY angry; oh, and don't worry...he isn't me, so you're cool. Although...(sucks in teeth, making a wince)...the guy you're facing...he IS angry...and REALLY hungry...he hasn't eaten since last night along with the fact that he's watched...too many monster movies and...well...you're in for a treat."
With the smug grin growing, Eddy backs up a bit to the side to face the stage, waiting for the wrestler he's managing tonight to appear...and the crowd was getting antsy along with the rookie...until...
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[FEED...
ED...
MORE...]
("Meat on the Table" by Jim Johnston)
"...I'm not sure I like the sound of that..." Ned says.
"You and me both, no lie..." Logan agrees.
[FEED...ED...MORE...
FEED...ED...MORE...
FEED...
ED...
MOOORE...!]
As the Sprint Center capacity roars in cheers, Eddy grins with a smug chuckle while Ed walks out in a new wrestling attire that is similar to Ryback's. Instead of his natural goofy personality, Ed looks angrier than he ever was and has the face that tells he wants to DESTROY his opponents. He winds up his arms one at a time and throws them down for the fireworks to pop off-screen. He looks down at the ground, breathing deeply as he gets himself into the song; "FEED...ED...MOOOOOORE!" Ed growls in unison to the lyrics and Eddy SLAPS him across the face to get him more pumped and shouts, "WAKE UP, LUMPY! IT'S FEEDING TIME!" And that sets Ed on fire as he BELLOWS to the sky and marches his way down to the ring. Ed makes it to the steps and roars as he slams his hands on the stairs before walking up on them and into the ring while Eddy stays at ringside. Ed grabs the ropes and shakes them like an animal then turns around to slam a fist into his left palm, pyrotechnics popping off-screen and bellows loudly to the crowd.
[Meat on the table
Yeah, that's what you are!
Yeah, you can run
But you won't get too far! (Hey!)
You're in my jungle
And I'll make the kill!
Meat on the table
And I'll get my fill!]
"Approaching to the ring: Accompanied by Eddy McGee, from Peach Creek, weighing at 202 pounds, Ed!"
"The Big Ed has arrived...and Eddy is right—he IS hungry! Ed is looking to decimate his opponent tonight and with the events that happened last night on Ignition, who can blame him?" Ned queries.
"We're seeing a whole new side to Ed...and honestly, I like it! He was a big goof back then, but since Smosh were stupid enough to tick them off...let's hope they're watching as this scrawny jobber is FED to Ed," Logan grins.
Grayson gets himself ready as Ed was growling under his breath and when the referee signaled for the bell to be rung...Chris walks up to him...and Ed nearly DECAPITATES the kid's head off with a vicious Clothesline! Ed then pulls the kid right up to his feet, almost lifting him in the air, and knocks him down again with a Monobuster! Christopher stumbles away as he tries to regain himself, but Ed immediately corners him with a fury of hard rights to the temple, then pulling him out with an Irish Whip. The rookie hits the corner and Ed crashes into him with the Stinger Splash! Grayson falls to the ground and Ed picks him up to nail a hard left to the gut and tosses him across the ring with a huge Hip Toss. Chris shouts in pain from his back landing hard on the mat as Ed lines him up and begins revving his arm up à la Ryback and the fans chant, "FEED ED MORE! FEED ED MORE! FEED ED MORE!" Just as the rookie was standing and the chants got louder and louder, Ed bellows with his arms flexing, rushes at his opponent and executes him with the Gravy Hook (Ryback's Meat Hook)!
"Dear God! Ed takes Grayson's head off with the Lariat! How sickening—almost took his head off!" Ned shouts.
"And this is where we see the demise of this jobber," Logan chuckles, enjoying Ed's wrath against the jobber.
Ed leans against the ropes to give out a loud shout to the fans and looks back to see Eddy grinning and telling him to finish his "food" off. The Big Ed nods and clutches onto Grayson, hooking him up by the head and his leg, arm draped over his head, and hoists him up on his shoulders. He strolls around the ring for a moment, faces the crowd, runs forward before falling back...and plants the kid with his new finisher, From the Belly of Hades (Ryback's Shell Shocked)! Ed leaps over to hook the leg with a vicious look on his face: 1, 2, 3!
"And good night, nurse!" Ned calls as the bell rings.
("Meat on the Table" by Jim Johnston)
"Here is your winner, Ed!"
Ed lets go of the leg and stands on his knees, and Eddy slides in the ring to give his teammate his congrats on decimating the jobber. Eddy tells he's going to reward him with a bucket of gravy later tonight and was enough to have our lovable oaf grin. The two Eds then exit the ring, leaving behind an immobile jobber as Eddy gloats to the camera over Ed being a NEW and BETTER wrestler than before. Most of this was sending a message to two certain degenerate rookies.
"A massacre displayed tonight and Grayson was nothing but PREY to Ed, the predator. But this was MORE than just a massacre, this was a message to Smosh—a message saying well-cleared that they shouldn't have been mocking them," Ned states. "I got a bad feeling that Smosh's insults to the Eds are going to bite them hard now that Ed is a brand NEW Ed...a very hungry one at best."
"Only if you don't give him gravy and let him watch too many monster movies...those Smosh guys are SO screwed once Ed gets his hands on them," Logan says.
Transiting to the backstage, Eddy and Ed are seen walking away from the Gorilla Position as the former gives the latter words to destroy Smosh and his future opponents, telling him he's going to DEVOUR each and every one of them. Then Mike "The Mic" Martin walks up to the two Eds with a mic in his hands.
"Excuse me, Ed, Eddy, I am need to ask you two a few questions," Mike says. "What we've just seen was a massive display of destruction by Ed and...I think everyone here knows what that was about. You two were sending a message to two fellow degenerates of yours about the events that occurred last night at Ignition. What—"
"Okay, okay, okay, I'm gonna have to stop you right there, Mikey. To correct you, those two weren't even our 'fellow' degenerates; they were nothing but a bunch of snot-nosed punks who think just because they were a part of the X-Family, they think they disrespect whoever they want, including US Eds," Eddy states. "Smosh, there's a lesson you two morons should know and it's that you should learn to RESPECT your elders. But considering I'm still young and handsome, I can make an exception. Now, we know degenerates could NEVER give respect to others...but the one thing you should know, it's that you shouldn't disrespect a fellow degenerate because last night, you guys ticked off the WRONG people. You two see what Ed did to that shrimp tonight? Yeah, it just goes to show of how MAD Lumpy is. I don't blame him...considering last night with you two being such posers. You've just messed with the WRONG guys, Smosh, and the next time we're gonna meet...it'll be this one (pats Ed's back) to maul you two ALIVE. And if you're not down with that...we only got two words for ya."
"SUCK IT!" the crowd shouts off-screen and Eddy hears that with a grin.
"...Along with that...better watch out for how angry Lumpy is...trust me, you DON'T want a ticked off Monobrow on your butt," Eddy chuckles as he walks off with Ed.
The cameras changes to another part of the backstage area and Rei Miyamoto is seen sitting on a bench in her locker room aiding her head, silently brooding over Warrington's attack. Then a hand holds out an ice pack and Rei raises an eyebrow in curiousness, wondering who brought it...and sees it was her childhood friend (and crush), Takashi Komuro, inciting a loud cheering reaction from the crowd.
"Ice pack?" he asks with a weak smile as Rei chuckles and nods. He gently places it on her head and she winces. "Easy..."
"Sorry...head still hurts from that bitch's cheap assault... I'm gonna get back at her for that on Ignition next week," Rei declares.
"Just be sure to have a clear head because I don't think charging right at Trish pissed off is going to help you," Takashi says.
"Says you. You're pissed and you're after Bakura...but you have reasons and I won't blame you," she smirks. "I'm glad you managed to get one of the Gods of Darkness, but there's only Ryo left to take care of."
"I can handle it just fine...considering how angry I am and since I took it out on Marik, the odds are now EVEN...and I'm gonna keep this up until Bakura is no longer standing. I'm going to make him feel HUMAN soon enough... Trust me when I say that, Rei," Takashi states.
"I always do," she chuckles. "By the time you're done with the Gods of Darkness, Kohta will be back and you two can head your way to the ACW World Tag Titles."
"Damn right..." he smirks...then sees a television shown to have static and Rei notices it. "...Rei...did you turn on the TV...?" Komuro asks in a bit of a strained tone, already recognizing this.
"N-No...I don't even have the remote with me—AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!" she screamed as she hears a screeching high pitched tone coming from the TV along with Takashi.
Suddenly, dark disturbing images rapidly flash 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...and smoke slowly rises out of the darkness in revealing a white-haired silhouette crouching in the middle of a blinking light hanging above him. The silhouette is actually recognized to be Ryo Bakura as he had his eyes clothes and deeply, but silently breathes in the air and breathes out, looking relaxed before speaking just as a piano version of "Nightmare" by Avenged Sevenfold is played quietly in the background.
"Revenge...vengeance...retribution...payback...they all mean the same thing... It's what every sinful man and woman wants when they have things that were supposed to be normal, but is taken away from them...and there's always that one person or even a group responsible for that... They say revenge is a best dish served cold...and it doesn't MATTER whether you are a good man or an evil man who's been wronged...because we're all simply sinners... It never mattered...sinners are made when a man has his FIRST kill...it is horrifying at first, but as soon as you get used to it, you learn it FEELS RIGHT... That's how it must've felt when you destroyed my fellow god, isn't it, Komuro...?" Bakura asks with a small vile grin. "You came to the ring seeking revenge for your fallen comrade...and you took out your anger on Marik and I... You want to know what sin you've committed, Komuro?... You've committed the Sin of Wrath...you've let that sin take over you, young Komuro...you've let it take over you and you've committed that sin on us and you took out Ishtar...and then you decided to finish him off with a tribute to your fallen brother-in-arm by DRILLING Marik's head onto that very chair... (chuckles darkly) Well, congrats, my 'friend'...you've just made a GRAVE mistake in doing that...see, what's worth than a man's wrath...is a GOD'S wrath... And trust me when I say this, you do NOT want to anger a god...because you will SUFFER in the hands of your god, Komuro...you've written your own fate when you destroyed Marik and now, it seems I have to get a touch on that Sin of Wrath in order to make you pay... It'll be such a dirty deed for me to do, but it seems I have no choice...you've caused this war to happen, Takashi Komuro...you and your friend of Gluttony when you both kept interfering with our goals of becoming the World Tag Team Champions...since Spring Breakdown, you both have been nothing but worthless little worms slithering in our bodies...
"We've taken out Hirano...you've taken out my fellow god...and now it seems we'll have to annihilate each other to see who is the last one standing...so I'm going to propose a match for us, Komuro... I declare...ACW Rebellion...Komuro and Bakura...one-on-one...in one of the most DEVASTATING matches in all of wrestling history...Monster's Ball... Now, I only have a few questions...do you believe you have the absolute power to fight with a god such as me? Are you willing to give up twenty-four hours of your life and secede from food, water, and light? Are you willing to confine yourself...in MY world of darkness? ...You'll know soon enough...when I get to drive your head through a flaming table like I did to your friend... You tell me to 'drop dead'? ...Honestly...it'll such an ironic faith for you do it yourself, heheh... As soon I'm done with you and I free you from your Sin of Wrath...I will make sure you TRULY...Follow...the Shadows..."
Bakura slowly cracks his sinister grin much large as he began to chuckle and it rises into an insane cackle, laughing like a madman—
"DEH!"
A brief scream is heard as a screaming pale man with empty eye sockets was seen before going into blackness...
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...static appears on the TV as Rei is clinging onto Takashi, who was scared to death by the video, but slowly turns to anger as he grits his teeth from this psychological game Bakura has pulled off against him, trying to get his head. You can tell he's not going to let that happen...but it just may be inevitable.
[Commercial Break]
Cameras return to the event as we see the Sprint Center from the outside and the crowds are heard cheering loudly at the sight of it while "Cross The Line" by AD/AM is playing in the background.
"We are back on Spike TV, live from the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri! You are seeing said arena yourself, people, and so far, it's been one heck of a night for RAMPAGE," Ned chuckles.
"Well, despite that a jobber tag team won tonight, creating disappointment for me and the Blakes, the rest was made up when Trish showed Rei what she was all about, the Eds showing they're not playing any games with Smosh and Bakura sending in a new message to Komuro," Logan states. "It just could not get better than that."
"The night's still young and only got much ahead of us. Tonight's Saturday Night RAMPAGE is brought to you part by Snickers®! 'You're Not You When You're Hungry'!" Ned states. "...Wow, I'm already hungry for just SAYING that. As it says, 'Snickers® Satisfies.'"
"Heh, I can't quite blame ya. RAMPAGE is also brought to you in part by the FWM's home program, FanFiction Dot Net! 'Unleash Your Imagination'!...which is actually not true because your stories will get deleted due to a bunch of copyright assholes," Logan bluntly implies.
"...If we happen to get deleted, I blame you," Ned says.
"Hey, I have the right to say my thoughts. Freedom of Speech, Bigby."
The cameras change to the backstage hallway where Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg was standing with the microphone in hand and a casual smirk on his face.
"Heh-heh—how's it going, Bros? My name is PeeeeeeeeeeeewDiePie! What a hell of a night on Saturday Night RAMPAGE, huh, Bros?" PewDiePie grins as the fans react in cheers. "Ha-ha, that's what I thought. Now, allow me to introduce to you all with me at this time, he happens to be the Demon Killer...the Crimson Sparda...the inaugural and current ACW United States Champion, 'The Crimson Showstopper' Dante."
The camera pans out to reveal the main protagonist of the famous Devil May Cry franchise, Dante, walking out onscreen with cocky grin as usual with the US Championship belt draped over his shoulder as fans were heard cheering loudly for the son of Sparda.
"Dante, I gotta know, man—are you really ready to go in your match later tonight? Last week on Sunday at Reign in Blood, you faced your older twin brother, Vergil, in a First Blood Match, only to retain your belt...but not exactly the way you and Vergil wanted to go, huh?" Felix asks, raising the mic up to Dante, who lost his cocky smile to grimace slightly as he remembered that night.
"Hell no...it sure wasn't. Yeah, I managed to retain my belt, but in a Double First Blood? I call bull on that. It was disappointing to me and the fans out there who wanted to see which one of us bleeds first and gets the belt. But as of now, Verge and I are gonna get another chance to fight each other...this time, it's one fall to the finish. Pinfalls and submissions...only one man is going to be crowned the U.S. Champ and that...well, you and the fans are just gonna have to find out soon. I am going to make sure this title is well defended, and I'm gonna make sure that these people out there, who are in their seats, standing on their feet, crowd signs hanging above them, even kids on their dad's shoulders, and so on the time of their lives when it comes to ME. I gave these guys one hell of a match back at Reign in Blood and they loved every second me and my brother trying to break each other down with weapons and trying to find the weakness in technicality. The second I step into that ring, I'm gonna give it all I got. Do or die, Felix...United States Championship on the line and whatever happens, I'll be walking out STILL the United States Champion...and on my way to that Battle Royale as said champion and become the first-ever International Champion," Dante smirks, adjusting his belt on his shoulder. "Soon...I'm gonna go out there...stand in that squared circle with Vergil...and deliver what I promised...don't believe me? Watch me."
With a flick of his nose, Dante regains his arrogant and confident grin and walks away from the interview set and the cameras transit to the arena.
"You heard him just right, ladies and gentlemen, Dante is willing to give it all he's got and is gonna give these fans one amazing night to remember between him and Vergil. Can he deliver that promise?" Ned questions.
"Hmph, as much as I hate to admit Dante's skills are good, but that's not going to matter due to Vergil's ruthless aggression in the ring," Logan remarks. "While Dante is focusing on giving these losers in the crowded seats what he 'promises', Vergil is focusing on one thing—no, two things and...actually, not one, not two, but three things only: Ending the reign of Dante, become the United States Champion, and FINALLY beating his brother for once. He's focused on WINNING and that's all that matters in this business."
"You got your point of view, Reese, I got mine. I'm only looking forward to what every wrestler's got here on ACW," Ned implies.
("Popularity" by Jonezetta)
"And now we're about to see just that as we have new debuting wrestlers coming to RAMPAGE!" Ned calls.
"From the sound of this song...I think I'm gonna like them...but I actually heard rumors that a certain female team was debuting to this song," Logan proclaims with a grin.
"Wait...what rumor?"
"Oh, you'll see..."
[Oh, they got the raddest hooks
They got the dopest looks
And when they're misunderstood, it's even better
And they all agree, the future ends with me
On their computer screens like they even
Matter to the words we sing
Or feel apart in our melodies
If all you have is yourself
You're never going to need anyone else]
The fans weren't sure to either cheer or boo whoever was going to come out...but once they saw who it was as lights turned purple, yellow and blue, they begin showering the arena with loud and vicious boos as Carly Shay and Sam Puckett walk out to the RAMPAGE stage along with their manager, Freddie Benson. Sam simply scoffs the negative reaction as Carly flaunts herself and raises her hands up in a diva-like manner, saying loudly over the boos, "Your REAL Queens of Wrestling have arrived, ACW!" That causes more fans to boo louder than ever as the iCarly gang walks down the ramps with Sam keeping the stern expression and almost attempting to hit a fan as this one flipped the bird on her before Freddie had to pull her away and heads to the ring while Carly steps on the apron just as Freddie holds the middle and bottom rope open for her to enter. Puckett enters through the ropes herself and Freddie follows and iGeneration stands at their adjacent corners with Sam raising both fists as Carly continues her "smile" and blows many kisses to her "fans."
[Popularity!
Do you think it's scary?
Everybody's talking with their own opinion
Popularity!
It's a lot to carry
I'll fall asleep to you screaming in my brain!
...
My brain!
...
My brain...]
"Ladies and gentlemen, making their appearance and in-ring ACW debut: Accompanied by Freddie Benson, from Settle, Washington, at a combined weight of 255 pounds, Carly Shay and Sam Puckett, iGeneration!" Maria announces.
"That cannot be..." Ned says in shock.
"Oh, it CAN be, Ned. iGeneration has arrived in the Sprint Center building, baby! The current longest-reigning GAIA Tag Team Champions of the WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORLD!" Logan calls à la Road Dogg. "It was said that Jesse signed these two chicks along with Freddie as their manager to show up on RAMPAGE and they're scheduled to have a match tonight against two of the 'toughest' women he has in store for them just. If they can just impress all of us, in which they obviously will, they'll be officially signed to the ACW Roster!"
"More and more of Nickelodeon characters, including you and me, just keep arriving...and now these two are a part of it," Ned says.
As "Popularity" dies down, Freddie halts Maria Lopez, ACW's ring announcer, and simply takes the mic away from her and passes it to Shay, who attempts to speak, but the crowds lay down the absolute hatred towards them.
"Wow, oh, wow...guess Jesse's biased personality completely rubbed off around these (mocking southern drawl) southern folks, hasn't it?" Carly queries with a smug smirk, creating more boos from the crowd. "It's not much of a surprise considering how ACW fans can be since the first day this company was born. Yeah, first two months were really not your best days, huh? Yet, it seems around their third month of June, things are looking better than they did before! Unfortunately...it doesn't seem like it as to Jesse still has his unfair view towards heels. Sure, he tries not to show it...but when it came to that NCW Christmas Party, oh, he was so 'unbiased'... Too bad for him and his little corporate slut when Sam and I and a special friend of ours showed her you don't mess with the best. It's actually funny that he hired HER after he fired Joan Rivera...such controversy, huh? I guess Jesse obviously wanted to live the fantasy of bending over the Avatar Bitch on his desk and banging her in his office."
Fans lets out an even louder negative reaction as they chanted, "You suck! You suck! You suck!" and another chant was called out, "We Want Korra! (clap-clap! clap-clap-clap!) We want Korra! (clap-clap! clap-clap-clap!)"
"Keep on chanting what you like, but it's not like it's going to make a difference of me speaking the truth! Now, I like to get to a reason WHY we are meant to be here, WHY we are meant to be a part of the ACW Roster. That's such an easy thing to answer...their Women's Division is a JOKE. Most of the girls running around are a trio of fan service high school girls with big boobs, an ugly mom who's the Head of the Women's Division, four mediocre 'hardcore' girls, a furry, a biased bisexual chick who can NEVER back things up, and three women who think they're all define evil and beauty. What's worse are the CHAMPIONS of that division...you all simply know them as Téa Gardner and the newly named Hart of Hyuga, Hinata and Samantha—both being the inaugural Women's Champion and Women's Tag Team Champions respectively. You have a candied trash crybaby of diva and two women who can barely get along for champions? I really do question ACW's choices as to those skunk bags as our 'champions.' We're here to CHANGE that."
Sam grabs the mic from Carly and starts speaking herself. "For over two months since ACW's first pay-per-view, Southern Hell, those three sluts have been running the division and have done one hell of a BORING job holding those titles...well, now it's obviously time to dethrone those three bimbos, especially Hyuga and Hart, and take what will truly belong to US by the end of the day. When Jesse signed us up into ACW for a day to 'impress' you cluster f*ck of morons. (crowd boos at that cheap shot) Truth be told, there's no NEED because Carls and I are THAT DAMN GOOD. By the time our match ends, we're guaranteed to be a part of this roster for a long time," Sam grins. "To put it simple, we're what this company needs BADLY. They've tired with Evil Beauty...yet they've failed so easily; they just don't seem like much of a threat, now do they? I didn't think so...by the time we're through with Hart of Hyuga, we'll be making them and Evil Beauty and the rest of the Women's Division our little bitches." Carly asks for the mic back and Sam passes it to her.
"And speaking of so...Jesse said he had a 'tough challenge' for us once our match begins...oh, it'll be SO 'tough' getting through two posers as they don't stand a chance against Sam and me. Once iGeneration is through with them, we are on our way to greatness...and soon enough, 'The Change' will arrive. Hey, Freddie, announce us for tonight's match, please. I'm sure you'll do better than that skunk bag standing outside the ring where she belongs," Carly smugly says, motioning to Maria, who frowned deeply at the arrogant internet star as she gives the mic to Freddie.
Freddie clears his throat and announces, "Standing in the ring, making their ACW in-ring debut...accompanied by yours truly, Freddie Benson...they hail from 'The Emerald City' Settle, Washington...your FUTURE ACW Women's Tag Team Champions—whether you idiotas in the crowd and the backstage like it or NOT (crowd boos loudly)—at the unified weight of 255 pounds, no more, no less...THE TEAM OF CARLY SHAY AND SAM PUCKETT...iGeneratioooooooooooooooooooooooon!"
Benson waves off the booing crowd and leaves the ring as they begin chanting, "Biiiiitch Boy! Biiiiitch Boy! Biiiiitch Boy!" à la Goldberg chants and Carly and Sam stand ready in the ring, the former smugly grinning with her hands on her hips and the latter cracking her neck and knuckles as she gets ready to knock some heads in.
"iGeneration is ready for action and ready to bury whoever the hell Jess had brought in store for these future tag champions; whoever they are, they're about to get a reality check," Logan chuckles.
"iGeneration are arrogant now, Logan, but that arrogance is going to bite right back at them," Ned states as the crowd waits on, some of them hoping for the opposing team to shut the iCarly gals up.
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...and their answers were made as dark red clouds floating in the sky with two heterochromia eyes, left eye being blue and right eye being red, on the TitanTron flashing every two seconds with the song about to kick in.
"Oh, NOOOO... Not her! No way!" Logan shouts in disbelief.
"Oh, YES WAY! Better believe it, Logan Reese!" Ned excitingly exclaims.
[So f*ck your rules, maaaaaaan!
So f*ck your rules, maaaaaaan!
So f*ck your rules, maaaaaaan!
So f*ck your rules, maaaaaaan!
So f*ck your rules, maaaaaaan!
You step up, you'll go down faaast
I've got to release all the
Sh*t that has made up my past
So go let your soul dance, baby
Time to free yourself at laaast
Unshackle your life's spirit
Pry away from the past...]
("Lovefurypassionenergy" by Boy Hits Car)
Fans then stood on their feet and began to cheer loudly...as Lady of Devil May Cry heads out to the stage with a grin on her face, rocking her head out to her theme song while raising a rock horn hand on her right arm before pointing her pinkie and index fingers out towards Carly and Sam in the ring with a wink. Lady keeps her grin as she points her two fingers to the stage...and out comes a fellow Devil Hunter with waist-length blond hair, light-blue eyes, slender body, a Gothic corset, black leather pants, a belted wristband that reaches up to her forearm, and Kuora boots...and the crowd explodes as Trish makes her appearance! She struts next to Lady with a hand on her hip with a grin and chuckles to herself to see Carly and Sam as her opponents. The two female Devil Hunters nod to each other and head down to the ring, then slides in as Trish stands up to step onto a turnbuckle and Lady runs her hands through her hair on her knees, grinning in determination and rises to her vertical base to stand at her respective turnbuckle.
[She's like a lost flower
Growing out through a crack
In the bustling sidewalk
Moving like a river so sad
So hey, where we going?
Tell me where we've gone
Was there love and fury
Energy and passion?]
"And their opponents: Residing in North Carolina and California respectively, at combined weight of 266 pounds, Lady and Trish!" Maria announces.
"Lady has arrived on RAMPAGE and she's not the only one...since TRISH from WWL and XCW appears as well! Jesse has done another impossibility of bringing in more and more of the Devil May Cry characters into ACW! While Lady has been apart of our developmental for a while, this is the first time we've seen Trish come to our company!" Ned exclaims. "These two Devil Hunters seem to be Jesse's challenge to iGeneration and they are looking forward to shut their mouths."
"Tch, this is the best he's got? A rookie and a vet past her time? I actually thought he could do better than THIS," Logan scoffs.
"Actually, you're wrong there. For over seven years, Lady has been in the wrestling business herself as she worked in SHIMMER until Alvarez had approached her with a contract to ACW and after taking her time thinking about it, she would sign it and join the company," Ned notes. "As for Trish, I don't know HOW he did it, but he did it."
Both teams get to their respective corners with iGeneration standing at their lower right side of the ring and Trish and Lady standing at their upper left side as the ref checks on them and calls for the bell, signaling for the match to start. Lady and Carly were the ones to start things off as they circle around the ring and the former tries to get into a collar-and-elbow lockup, but the latter keeps on evading her, not wanting to get caught in her hands as she wags her finger at the Devil Hunter. Scowling, Lady tries once more and now Carly goes for it...but she quickly dodges her again, grinning smugly as Lady has had enough. She charges without thinking and Carly throws her over the rope to the outside, crowd booing loudly at the internet star being so arrogant...but what she didn't know is that Lady had actually hanged on and Skins the Cat! The brunette devil hunter had actually counted on Carly being cocky as said teen was still flaunting to her "fans" as she swings her hips around for the appeal...and sees Lady mockingly waving at her and grows a shocked look on her face. "Oh, hell no!" shouts Shay as she makes a Clothesline, but misses and both women to turn around for Lady to BITCH SLAP (yes, the author just typed that) Carly right across the face and out of the ring, literally!
"Yeowza! Lady slaps the tastes out of the egotistical Carly Shay and she's out of the ring and LIVID! I told you that cockiness was gonna bite her back!" Ned states.
"You told me NOTHING, Bigby! Carly had the right to be cocky and confident because she's the most superior out of all of us! Lady made one cheap shot and that's it!" Logan exclaims. "She's SO going to pay for this now that she's pissed of Carly."
Carly was screaming her ass off like a prissy teen up to a ten or over as she was complaining to the ref about the cheap shot and Freddie ordered for Lady to be DQ'd and he tells him there's nothing he can do about that; honestly, he can't. Lady attempts to go after Carly, but the ref stops her as Sam shouts for the brunette to be kept away while Freddie checked on her. As the ref begins the count, the star of iCarly screams for him to wait for a while and he can't since she's out of the ring...and taking that chance, Lady bounces off the ropes and runs across the ring to perform a corkscrew through the ropes and attacks both Carly and Freddie with Hunting Grounds (Corkscrew Suicide Dive)! The crowd cheers loudly at Lady's maneuver as she forces Carly back in the ring just as Sam suddenly nails the demon hunter down with a brutal Lariat! Trish comes to her aid as Puckett backs away with a small grin and Lady glares at her before going back into the ring just as Carly already kneels to her with multiple fists to the temple. Lady fends a strike and kicks Carly in the gut, then whips her towards the ropes, and the iCarly host makes a handspring against the ropes and nails Lady with a Handspring Back Elbow! She makes the pin, but Lady kicks out at one, the attack obviously not effective enough.
"Not even close for Carly Shay to get a pinfall, but she's beginning to have the upper-hand for her team at least," Logan states as Carly tags in her fellow co-host. "And now Sam's in the match; this is about to get ugly for Lady and she's got it coming."
"Knowing the monster-like strength, not a doubt..." Ned adds.
Shay and Puckett whip Lady to the ropes, she hits them and bounces off into a Double Hip Toss by both girls and Sam catches her in midair with a Sitout Powerbomb while Carly hits a Pop-up Neckbreaker, hitting their tag signatures, It Came From The Internet (Double Hip Toss into a Pop-Up Neckbreaker (Carly) / Sitout Powerbomb (Sam) combination)! Sam has the legs hooked tight...and Lady kicks out at two! "Aw, come on!" shouts the impatient Sam as she sits Lady up and drives her knee into the spine not once...not twice...but thrice, having the female Devil Hunter scream in pain from each shot before the meat enthusiast wraps her arm around her neck into a very tight Headlock, slowly dragging her down on the mat on their sides. For a while, Lady had been close to passing out as Carly and Freddie root for Sam to keep her down, but the Devil May Cry character shakes her head and rises up to her knee. Not wanting her to get up, Sam hits a few punches to her skull while in the headlock as the ref scolds her and Lady elbows her about three times and suddenly lifts her up high and nails her down with the Back Suplex Side Slam!
"And I thought I've seen Sam with strength, but Lady has shown power herself—she lifts the co-host of iCarly up in the air and slams her back down on the mat with that Side Slam!" Ned states.
"Tch, she got lucky! Next one will have Sam having the full adrenaline and burying that chick," Logan proclaims.
Lady lines Sam to a knee and she hits the ropes to leap on her shoulders and attempts the Driven to Hell (Hurricanrana Driver)...
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...and Sam rises up to her feet before she could get her head driven, lifting Lady up on her shoulders! Getting her to sit on her shoulders, Sam slingshots Lady off the ropes into a spin and nails a Snap Powerbomb, better known as the Tenderizer! (Logan: Ha! What did I just tell you?! ; Ned: The power of Samantha Puckett is as what it's said to be—just monstrous strength!) Sam yells to the downed Lady, "How do you like me now, bimbo?!" and spits at her, gaining heat from the crowd, who she flips off before forcing the brunette on her feet and has both arms hooked, already attempting to put her away...but Lady spins out of it to kick her in the gut. She whips Sam to the ropes but is countered she stops herself, making Sam rush at Lady, who nails a stiff Back Elbow. Sam backs away and Lady leaps at her with a Headscissors Takedown; the dizzy tomboy staggers onto her knee and Lady now hits the Driven to Hell, drilling Sam's temple into the canvas! She hooks the leg: 1, 2...Carly breaks up the pinfall! The internet star quickly rolls out as Lady is left annoyed at her before dragging Sam up to her feet and nails a Forearm Smash and the meat enthusiast shoots back with her own. Both the female devil hunter and the tomboy trade multiple Forearm Smashes to each other's skulls and the two stagger back to hit each other with it at the same time. Then, Lady stumbles into the ropes, performs a tilt and goes for a Pendulum Lariat, but Sam thought the same thing and both woman crash into each other, knocking each other's heads off!
"Lady's going for the Lariat—wait, Sam thought the same and they make a huge collision! Both Lady and Puckett are down for the count!" Ned shouts. "Now what matters is which of these two women will make the tag!"
"This is too close to call, but c'mon, Sam! Crawl over to Carly and get the win!" Reese pleads.
Sam groans as she holds her head and tries to shake the cobwebs off while Lady is favoring her neck after landing on it from the collision; during then, Carly had hanged onto the turnbuckle string with her hand out for a tag as Freddie slams his hands on the mat to encourage his fellow internet star as Trish was getting antsy for Lady to head over. By then, Sam tags in Carly and just when Lady was about to tag out to Trish, Shay drags her away by the leg! She sneers smugly at Lady and pulls her into an attempted Suplex lift...when Lady lands on her feet behind the internet star, ducks the Clothesline and drives her foot into her skull with an Overhead Kick, Finn Bálor style! Now that Carly was favoring her head, Lady leaps up to her corner and tags in Trish! The First Lady of DMC steps in and drives Carly's head down with a Falling Neckbreaker! Then, Trish brings Carly up to her feet, whips her into a neutral corner, and slams into her with a Corner Clothesline.
"Trish is tagged in and she's on fire! She's has all the momentum here!" Ned calls.
She backs away from the brunette to ready herself and speeds at her opponent once more...and Carly lifts a foot up to counter her attack! The iCarly main protagonist elevates herself on the turnbuckles and hops off with a Diving Double Axe Handle...to have her crotch land on the knee of Trish as she hits an Inverted Atomic Drop! Carly holds her lower regions and Trish plants her with a Fisherman Suplex, having the leg hooked: 1, 2...Carly kicks out at two! The brunette slowly rises up while Trish rebounds from the ropes and goes for the Famouser, but only to shoved off by Carly. She then grabs her head to pull of a Hangman's Neckbreaker and follows it into a DDT, driving her head on the mat with her signature Style & Grace! Now Carly makes the pin: 1...2...Trish kicks out at 2.87! As soon as Trish got up again, Carly rolls her up for a Schoolgirl Pin, but Trish kicks out of it; the blonde gets driven into an empty corner from the brunette's Turnbuckle Thrust, then said internet star bounces her off from the whip for Trish to reverse and Carly goes for a Handspring Back Elbow—Trish reverses with a Backstabber!
"Carly attempted the Back Elbow off the ropes like she did to Lady earlier, but Trish saw that coming a mile away and would not fall for it herself! What a counter!" Ned comments.
"That was a small and teeny mistake on Carly's part, but there's gonna be a peak for her and Sam to get right through and get the win," Logan states.
As Carly was favoring her spine and went for a tag, Trish had thought ahead of her and drags her by the leg back at the center of the ring to lock in her Nightmare-Gamma (Crossface / Scissored Armbar combination)! The brunette was screaming in pain as the First Lady of DMC pulls back as much as she can, attempting to force her opponent with all her might to tap out...in which Carly was at the point to it in a matter of minutes...
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...until Sam had broke up the hold and hammers away on the "fellow" blonde! Lady steps in and Puckett doesn't back down as she tackles her down with the Lou Thesz Press, raining down fists upon the female devil hunter! Lady halts the fist and shoots one back at her, pushing her off and out of the ring. She rolls out to receive a knee to the lower abdomen by Sam, who grabs her head and looks to throw her towards...when Lady blocks it with her foot and slams her head right on it! She gets back on the apron in time for Trish to tag her in and she leaps over the ropes to swing a Clothesline only for Carly to duck it and grabs her head for the Style & Grace; however, Lady knew she would do that as she elbows her back, making Carly release her grip to nurse the spot and then turns her around to kick her in the midsection, turns her back on her to hook the arms, twists her body around to hoist Carly upside-down on her back, and she holds onto her legs as she goes for Kalina Ann (Inverted Gory Special flipped forward into Sitout Wheelbarrow Facebuster)...but Sam saves her in time with the Jobber Clobber (Northern Lariat), nailing Lady at the back of her head!
"Halle-freaking-lujah! Sam came just in time to save her partner from doom!" Logan exclaims happily.
"But is it enough to put Lady away?" Ned questions.
Trish gets in the ring only for Sam to fire fists at her as she returns the favor to the tomboy; the Devil May Cry character evades a fist with a hook of the arm and goes for a Swinging Neckbreaker, but is caught in a Side Slam Backbreaker followed by a Lariat, nearly decapitated by the Killer Combo! Puckett disrespectfully pushes her out of the ring as Carly forces Lady on her feet, who was still a bit hurt from Sam's attack from behind to her head. The brunette glares at her as she speaks off-mic: "You better hope you don't graduate from developmental to here...'The Change' is COMING to bury your pathetic division, bitch," and she SLAPS Lady right across the face, giving her payback from earlier! Lady, seething, retaliates with a Roundhouse, but Carly ducks it and pulls her down with a Hair-pull Mat Slam! Ignoring the ref scolding her dirty tactic, Carly watches Sam lift Lady up in an Argentine lift while the former goes to stand at the apron, ready to help her best friend out with the ultimate tag finisher. The iCarly girls nod to each other with arrogant grins as Carly hops on the top rope and leaps off...
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...and both make contact with a Springboard Diving Knee Drop / Inverted Death Valley Driver combination aka iGeneration's iDestruction!
"And we've reached to the DESTRUCTION of Lady and Trish! iDestruction connects from Carly and Sam—beautiful, yet deadly maneuver!" Logan grins.
"At this point, there is no way Lady's going to kick out of that," Ned states.
Carly turns the devil hunter over for the pin, hooking her leg as the ref counts it, 1...
"And borrowing a quote from Barney Stinson, I say, Bada Bing!"
2...
"Bada Boom!"
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...3!
"Forget About It!" Logan finishes as the bell rings.
"iGeneration wins it! On their debut and they win it in a clean sweep!" Ned shouts.
("Popularity" by Jonezetta)
Before Maria could make her announcement, Freddie had snatched the mic from her and "takes her place" instead as he declares proudly, "Your OBVIOUS winners of this match, Carly Shay and Sam Puckett, iGeneratioooooooooooon!"
He tosses the mic away as Maria caught it and scowls deeply at the tech nerd, who slides in the ring and congrats to his fellow internet stars as Carly raises her arms up in smug arrogance and Sam beats her chest with one fist and raises it. Freddie would then hold their arms up to show they are the victors as he shouts to the hissing fans, "These two are the FUTURE of ACW's Women's Division! Hart of Hyuga, you two better watch your backs! iGeneration is COMING for your belts!" They simply leave the ring together in victory, but Sam was the last left as she stared at a hurt Lady and shakes her head with a sneer, "You never had a chance against us, bitch...Alvarez should've chose better," and with that, she exists the ring Undertaker-style. Lady had looked up to the gloating iCarly trio and scowls heavily at them while Trish came back in and checked on her partner before sharing the glare towards them as well.
"An awesome match-up between both tag teams of iCarly and Devil May Cry! Won't lie, but I have to give my respect to all four of them for giving one heck of a match—kudos to them both," Ned commentates, earning a snort from Logan. "What?"
"Oh, so modest, you are, Bigby. Truth is, you just can't stand seeing Carly and Sam being the winners of the match on the inside! Don't deny it," Logan states.
"...You are delusional, Reese," Ned ignores his commentary partner. "All I am going to say is iGeneration said what they proclaimed they were going to do...and they did just that. One thing's for sure, the Women's Division is in a world load of trouble now that they're here..."
Carly and Sam have their hands raised by Freddie once again as they get showered by the hissing boos from the fans and the iCarly stars grin to the camera, slowly raising four fingers, which were very familiar to the crowd and the Devil May Cry ladies. Carly states to the camera, "The Change is coming, losers...hope you're ready for the inevitable," and iGeneration leaves to the backstage as Lady was cursing to herself and Trish blew her hair up off her her face with a small frown.
"...'The Change is coming'...what in the world does that MEAN? That's EXACTLY what Mai said last night on Ignition! Something is going on here," Ned says.
"Whatever 'The Change' is, I have the feeling it's gonna be GOOD. They stated earlier they're gonna be Hart of Hyuga's REAL challenge and we are going to see that 'Change' happen, Bigby," Logan smirks.
Backstage, iGeneration is seen walking down the hall still celebrating their victory in their smug manners before stopping as they see Jesse Alvarez and Joshua Garza walking in on them. Carly, being the smug girl she is, steps up to Jesse with a grin and chuckles.
"So those two were your VERY best, Alvarez? Man, you...man, I thought you could've picked better than those two bimbos," Carly scoffs.
"You sure, because you two look to be breaking a sweat right now after what appears to be a fantastic tag team match. As I said...I told you I'd give you a challenge...and I did," Jesse remarks. "And since you won, wouldn't matter if you did win or lose...Josh?"
Garza nods and takes out an ACW contract, holding it for the iCarly trio, "You two impressed us enough to join the company...guess you earned it."
"Tch, you 'guess'? Right..." Sam chortles.
"Now, now, Sam...we won and we impressed this biased company. No need to do anything further," Carly chimes in.
"Yeah, yeah... Anyways, I need a pen, so...Fredward," Sam says as she suddenly snatches a pen from Freddie's shirt pocket, who yelped and glared at her, but she didn't care as she signed the contract and Carly next.
"There you go, 'Bosses'...looks like we are OFFICIAL in your roster. See ya around..." Carly smirks as she leaves with Freddie and Sam as both co-owners watch them walk off.
"...This is gonna come back to haunt us, isn't it, Jess?" Joshua asks.
"For ours and this company's sake, I hope not, Josh... Besides, we did need more heels," Jesse says before shrugging and walks away himself in a different direction and Josh follows.
[Commercial Break]
Returning from the break, we see "The Violet" Clarissa Rivera with her signature beautiful smile and the microphone in her hands as she brushes a hair behind her ear and starts speaking.
"Evening, everyone! I am 'The Violet' Clarissa Rivera here in the hallways as I'm waiting for Vergil to come out so I can speak to him of his match coming up in just a few moments," says Clarissa as a door opens up and out comes "The (self-proclaimed) True Son of Sparda" Vergil to a mixed reaction by the fans. He would walk the other way from Clarissa, but she catches up. "Vergil! Vergil, I'm sorry, but if I can have a few moments with you...?"
Vergil didn't seem to care about this as he wanted to get to his match already, but it seems he has to anyway with a small sigh, "Make it quick, I have a match to get to."
"Right... As of now, in a few minutes, you will face your brother, Dante, the current ACW United States Champion in a rematch, but this time, it's a regular singles match. Considering what happened between you two last Sunday, do you still feel angry over the results of a Double First Blood? And to Dante's statement of giving the fans one amazing match, what do you have to say to that?" Clarissa asks, raising the mic up to Vergil, who was scowling deeply, but exhales deeply to calm himself.
"...Rivera...you should TELL by the look of my face...YES. I'm still angry over what happened six nights ago... And what I have to say...is if Dante thinks that's going to help him retain his title, he's dead wrong... He cares about giving the fans a match they won't forget—I care only about winning this match. This...match means more than anything I've went through to get here in ACW. I will do everything in my own power to end Dante's reign—even if it means I have to dishonor the ways of the warrior...dishonor how our father, Sparda, fought against his enemies... I'm willing to go THAT far IF I have no choice and all else fails...and honestly, I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. Dante's willing to entertain the fans and retain his belt, I'm willing to win and end what's haunted me for so long since my death... And I won't stop until it's all over. I will stand alone in the the ring...with the United States Championship in my hands...I guarantee it. And as well...I have a little surprise for Dante...that he's going to HATE once I arrive," Vergil implies, flashing a quick smirk before fading.
The elder twin of Dante then leaves the violet-haired female interviewer on his way to the Gorilla Position.
"See what I mean, Bigby? Vergil is focused and determined to become the United States Champion while Dante would rather play with these jackasses," Logan states. "That's all that it is in this business! Winning belts and nothing else!"
"Okay, that is how you look at it, the way I look at it is this: This is about pride. This is about a brotherly feud that's been going on since the incidents of Temen-ni-gru. These two have fought for so long, inside and outside the ring since their split-up in XCF!" Ned states. "If Vergil is really willing to go that far, then he's just DESPERATE to win. We've seen them in action for the first time in years at Reign in Blood and we are going to see them go at it again TONIGHT."
"And as we are, what's the 'surprise' Vergil has for Dante that he's going to hate?" Logan questions.
"I'm curious myself, but we are going to find out soon enough," Ned replies.
("Crazy La Paint" by Mini Music Man)
Suddenly, fans start cheering loudly to this happy song as Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach walks out to the stage with a smile on his face and starts heading down from the ramps on his way to the announce table around the ring, passing a few high-fives to the fans.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the guest commentator for tonight's main event, Markiplier!" Maria announces.
"Oh, that's right! I forgot! It was said that Mark would appear tonight and he's joining us for Dante vs. Vergil," Ned says.
Mark sits down next to Ned and Logan and puts on his headset, "HELLO, EVERYBODY! My name is Markiplier and it's good to be here on the first episode of Saturday Night RAMPAGE. Real pleasure to join you two at the table."
"Good to have you here for tonight as well, Mark, even though it may be for one night only," Ned implies.
"Hey, when it comes to truly hyped matches such as this one, I think I may visit," Mark chuckles. "For now, why don't we get this show on the road?"
"About time," Logan says.
("Shout at the Devil" by Mötley Crüe)
[Shout! Shout! Shout!
...
Shout! Shout! Shout!
Shout at the devil!]
The crowd continues their bursting loud cheers as the lights turn crimson red and Dante walks out the stage with a smirk on his face and the United States Championship title wrapped around his waist. Dante walks at the ramps and as the lyrics kick in, Dante points to the right and the fans say, "Shout!" Then at the left and they say, "Shout!" Then both sides, "Shout!" After that, it repeats, "Shout!...Shout!...Shout!" then Dante cups his hands around his mouth and shouts to the crowd in unison with the lyrics, "Shout at the Devil!" before throwing a fist at the camera and—"BOOM!"—fire explodes from the stage! He walks backwards to the camera with his arms splayed as his back is turned. Dante turns back around and struts up to the steps and looks to the crowd before entering the ring. He walks to the turnbuckle at his left in front of him, stands on the second rope, points both hands with finger-guns and "shoots" at the crowd before stepping down.
[He's the wolf screaming lonely in the night
He's the blood stain on the stage
He's the tear in your eye, being tempted by his lies
He's the knife in your back, he's rage
He's the razor to the knife
Oh, lonely is our lives
My head's spinning round and round
But in the seasons of wither, we'll stand and deliver
Be strong and laugh and—
Shout! Shout! Shout!
Shout at the devil!
Shout! Shout! Shout!]
"The half-demon, half-human son of Sparda, the Crimson Showstopper, the ACW United States Champion, Dante is making his presence felt here in the Sprint Center and the fans are standing on their feet upon his arrival!" Markiplier exclaims. "For 69 days straight, Dante has kept that U.S. Title since Southern Hell to become said first champion and he's defended once against his brother, Vergil, this past Sunday at Reign in Blood in a First Blood Match. Nonetheless, that match ended in a Double First Blood, probably is the first time to happen in both non-fiction and fiction wrestling history, and both men were truly disappointed in that result, even the Chicago audience."
"But we are going to have a second chance in witnessing true history in the making! It could be Dante leaving the belt for good or, hopefully, Vergil walks away from Kansas City, Missouri with the United States Championship in his hands," Logan states. "Controversy had happened on that night where blood was spilt at the same time by both men, but this will be very different from that."
"It can go either way. Dante says he wants to give it all he's got to defend his belt and entertain these fans in this arena for RAMPAGE while Vergil says otherwise and as long as he defeats his brother, the self-proclaimed True Son of Sparda is going home with the gold and is leaving a smiling demon," Ned states.
Dante was leaning against the ropes with the United States championship now draped over his shoulder as he waits for his older twin to appear next. "Shout at the Devil" dies from the loudspeakers as fans are anticipating Vergil's arrival, hoping to hear that signature Avenged Sevenfold riff...but they get a different answer as the lights suddenly go out!
"Ah! The hell?!" Logan yelps.
"What's going on? Did the power go out?" Ned queries...before a insane clownish laughter sounded out from the loudspeakers.
"...Um...I think we're about to have that answer, Ned..." Mark says.
("Written in the Stars" by Jim Johnston)
While the enchanting piano was played, out came tip-toeing backwards to the the stage was a jester-like silhouette with a small scepter and a crystal ball attached at the top...and this silhouette turned around to reveal himself as Jester, the fiendish and irritating clown of Devil May Cry 3. "I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack! Missed me, Devil Boy?! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" laughed the insane joker as Dante stood in the ring in some shock, but in annoyance as well due to his past meetings with this character.
"W-What the—that's Jester! That damn clown from the DMC series has appeared in ACW! What's he doing here?!" Markiplier exclaims. "Was he the surprise that Vergil said Dante wouldn't like?!"
"One thing's for sure, he doesn't look too pleased to see him...wasn't he supposed to be, you know, DEAD?" Logan asks.
"By him, Logan...I believe you mean his true identity..." Ned infers.
With the sinister grin growing from ear to ear, Jester mockingly waves goodbye to Dante and turns around to spank his backside, insulting him more before the spotlight turned off along with the music as the arena is dark once again. Moments later, "March of the Druids" is heard and the spotlight slowly returns to show under it was a bald priest with a hideous burnt mark on the left side of his face, heterochromia eyes, and the Bible in his hand. The man's head was lowered until he raises it up with a small vile grin, people recognizing him as Arkham.
"...And the devil has revealed his true self..." Logan says.
"What did I tell ya?..." Ned says.
"Arkham? As Logan said...he was supposed to be dead...but considering we have many who are supposed to be, but alive and well...Arkham has risen from the grave," Markiplier states. "I know for sure, somewhere in the backstage, a certain fellow devil hunter is NOT happy to see him alive... You guys think he may be accompanying Vergil here?"
"I don't think there's any need for an answer, Mark...'cause these fans already know about it," Logan implies.
Arkham stands in the middle stage alone under the spotlight and the darkness that surrounds him before raising the Bible in his hand with his index finger pointing towards Dante, who was staring at the priest the whole time with a stoic expression. Arkham says out loud, "Your time...has come, Dante... By the time the bell tolls...let us welcome chaos..." Then, he chuckles as he slowly moves his arms towards the stage, getting ready to introduce his opponent as the Gregorian chant volumes down and the lights come back on...
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("Flash of the Blade" by Avenged Sevenfold)
[As a young boy chasing dragons
With your wooden sword so mighty
You're St. George or you're David
And you always killed the beast
Times change very quickly
And you had to grow up early
A house in smoking ruins
And the bodies at your feet]
With the lights turning navy blue, the audience gives a loud mixed reaction as Vergil walks out to the stage with the cold, dark expression on his face and looks throughout the arena. He focuses his eyes towards the ring, mostly Dante, and both he and Arkham look to each other and nod before the former starts walking down the ramps. Vergil walks up to the steps, enters the ring through the ropes, and stands in the middle of the canvas, scanning the entire section from left to right very slowly before raising a right fist high in the air as Arkham held his book up to garner a bigger mixed reaction.
[You'll die as you lived
In the flash of the blade!
In a corner forgotten away!
You lived for the touch
For the feel of the steel!
One man, and his honor!]
"Never would I see the day that Vergil and Arkham would work together again after the experiences they've had before. I actually question Vergil's choice in having Arkham as a manager this time around..." Ned says. "We all know how it all ended. So, why is it that Vergil is with Arkham once again?"
"Breaking a rule here, in reality, it's 2015, Bigby; and 2015 as I hear is the Year of the Managers. Those guys are just popping up everywhere you see around the Multiverse!" Logan states. "Arkham has taken advantage of that, rose from the dead, and now he's back with the TRUE Son of Sparda. Sure, the deal between them ended in a bad way, but I believe they've put that aside to focus into Vergil's career and to help him officially beat Dante once and for all!"
"But how do we know if Vergil can even trust this man? Looking at his history, he...well, disposed of his own wife to become a demon, used the two men you see in the ring and his own daughter to accomplish his own goal by controlling the power of Sparda, and went as far to use that power to take over the world," Markiplier implies. "Is Vergil making the right choice or will he regret this decision? That is a question I hope to save for later because right now...it's championship time."
The Sons of Sparda stand in their separate corners with Dante coolly resting his elbows on the ropes and the U.S. Championship still draped on his shoulder on the left side of the ring and Vergil glaring at his twin with a visible scowl; then, the bell rings three times and Maria Lopez makes the announcement.
"The following contest is set for one fall and it is for the ACW United States Championship! Introducing the challenger first: Now residing in Japan, weighing in at 231 pounds, 'The (self-proclaimed) True Son of Sparda' Vergil!" Fans let out a mixed reaction as Vergil continued to glower at his brother, slowly clenching his fists as he's determined to gain a victory over him.
"And his opponent: Now residing in San Diego, California, weighing in at 225 pounds, he is the current ACW United States Champion, 'The Crimson Sparda' Dante!" The Crimson Sparda grabs his belt raises it up with his right hand to loud cheers by the Missouri natives.
Quickly, Vergil walked up to the center as did Dante and both brothers were going forehead to forehead, exchanging words to one another off-mic until the ref had to separate them. He asks for Dante's U.S. Title and once he took it, he asks for them to come back to declare the rules, "All right, listen up, you two, and listen good. This is a championship rematch for the United States Championship belt, all right? I want to explain the rules here: Keep the fists open, stay off the hair, this match can only be won by pinfall or submission. I'm gonna call it down the middle, I want to keep this match real clean, and there will be no problems. Understood?" Dante and Vergil nods while still staring at each other. "Good, now shake hands and we can get this match started."
After hearing the ref laying down the law in this match, Dante cracks a small arrogant smirk and holds out a hand for a handshake since he's figured Vergil's honorable. The elder son of Sparda only continues glowering at him, but clenches onto Dante's hand, giving him the handshake; although, the two held it tight as they went forehead to forehead once more before moving away from each other to their corners. The referee holds up the United States Title for all of the audience to see before passing it to the ring crew. Vergil had already removed his blue coat to stay in a sleeveless leather shirt as Dante had took off his red coat along with the clothing under it, revealing his chest for the fangirls to squeal over and he chuckles to himself.
"Both men are ready to go and ready to fight...all for the United States Championship. Whoever wins this will go on to the Fatal 4-Way International Championship Match, the Finals, at Rebellion for said new belt; the loser will have a second chance to go into the Battle Royale and when that person wins, he will enter the Fatal 4-Way," Ned states.
"And this is where I say, 'Enough talk! Time for action!'" Logan chimes in as the bell rings.
The white-haired twins circle the ring and Dante reaches a hand out, gesturing a Test of Strength to Vergil, which he accepts, but slowly, the two's hands tie up before reaching their other hands out to complete it. Dante and Vergil tie each other up in the Test of Strength as their arms tried to overpower the other, but Vergil sends a Toe Kick to the midsection of Dante, who did it at the same time. Both held their areas as Dante twists the arm, then puts it in a Hammerlock, and quickly brings him down prone to the canvas. Vergil grunts in some pain as the arm is wretched around a bit, but he only climbs to one knee and sends a backfist to the face of his brother. This would give him the chance to stand on both feet and lands two Back Elbows to the side of his temple, then nails a Kneeling Jawbreaker. However, Dante manages to still hanging onto his brother's arm, and Vergil pulls him for the Short-arm Clothesline, but misses it for Dante to trap him the Hammerlock once more. He gets an arm over his head to attempt a Hammerlock Back Suplex, yet Vergil lands on his feet. He turns him around to kick him in the gut and throws him over with a Snapmare, following it with a Headlock. The older twin grabs his younger twin's arm to trap it around his leg and slowly changes the regular Headlock into a Dragon Sleeper, wrapping Dante up in a what-looks-to-be difficult, yet impressive modified submission maneuver; he kept the hold in for moment as he elbows the upper torso of Dante before Vergil had to stand on a vertical base, yet he had to keep him in the Dragon Sleeper so he wouldn't do anything to take away his moment. That wasn't the case when Dante spreads out both arms to wrap around Vergil's head and elevates himself with pure athleticism over his opponent and lands on his feet! Then, Dante lifts him on his shoulder and holds him upside-down, crowd getting rowdy as they see him about to go for the Tombstone Piledriver.
"Dante lands on his feet with perfection and he's got Vergil in his clutches! He's going for the Tombstone Piledriver, better known in his XCF days as Dante's Inferno!" Ned exclaims.
"This could be the early end for Vergil!" Markiplier exclaims.
"No, too soon! Get out of there, Verge!" Logan pleads.
Vergil moves his legs around to stop Dante from performing the Piledriver, falls backwards on his feet, and hauls him on his shoulder; he runs towards a corner and Dante slips off to push him right into it, chest-first in the turnbuckle, and when Vergil stumbled back favoring his torso, Dante catches him in the O'Connor Roll...only to get a two count! Vergil rolls to a vertical base and Dante grabs him for the Full Nelson Facebuster, but he pulls an arm away and Arm Drags him over. Vergil runs and gets caught in an Arm Drag by Dante, who goes for the ropes and the same is said for Vergil, then both men bounce off to run into a simultaneous Shoulder Block, knocking each other down at the same time! Dante shakes the cobwebs off and brings Vergil to the ropes for an Irish Whip, but is countered, Vergil bends over and receives a kick to the chest by his young brother. Favoring the chest, Vergil is caught in another Irish Whip by Dante and is pulled back in for a Short-arm Clothesline, but counters with a Falling Neckbreaker! Now Vergil has Dante's leg hooked, but he kicks out. Before he could even get up, Vergil gets Dante prone on the mat with a Hammerlock, floating around him to wrap his head in a Front Headlock with the arm. Dante writhes in pain as he struggles to get to his legs, doing so as he rises up and starts elbowing the kidneys. Vergil gradually loses his grip and Dante plants him with a Northern Lights Suplex: 1, 2...Vergil pops the shoulder up! The two brothers ascend themselves with great strength and twist around for Vergil pull Dante forward, he lands on his feet and is pulled into a Double Underhook by his sibling, and Vergil lifts him for the following Backbreaker, but Dante counters it with the Hurricanrana, sending him rolling out of the ring!
"Vergil goes flying out of the ring! Both brothers were doing nothing but exchanging moves and going all around in impressive agility!" Markiplier yells.
"He nearly had Dante with the Double Underhook Backbreaker, but was sent out through the ropes from the Hurricanrana," Logan says. "He better get up quick if he wants to get his own advantage."
The Crimson Sparda garners cheers from the audience as The True Son of Sparda regains his senses and begins to get to his feet. By then, Dante bounces off the ropes and glides under the bottom rope with a Baseball Slide to Vergil, who evades it and SLAPS Dante's chest with the Knife Edge Chop! Dante nurses his lit-up chest before returning the favor to his brother, then he slams his head on the announce table not once, not twice, but thrice and Vergil goes down to the floor. (Ref: 1!... 2!...) Dante rolls into the ring and quickly rolls out to restart the ten-count as he stands on the apron and begins lining up Vergil while he tries getting up. (Ned: Uh-oh. I think it's time to move away from— ; Logan: Way ahead of ya, Ned! *starts gathering his stuff to move away* ; Markiplier: Said it before and I'll say it this time...ABANDON SHIP!) Seeing Vergil gets to his feet and is standing against the table, Dante takes this chance to hop on the middle rope, and flips off with a Springboard Moonsault...
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...and lands right onto THE ANNOUNCE TABLE, crashing into it as it breaks down!
"For God's sake! ...My God, my God, my GAWD!" Markiplier exclaims. "Dante just attempted a Springboard Moonsault from the ropes to Vergil, hoping to land on him...but instead, *replay* he crashed and burned right onto our announce table!"
"Good grief! You can see the look on the champion's face that he's not doing so well," Ned implies. "That just may now give Vergil all the advantage he just needs against his young brother."
"Heh, so much for being the Crimson Showstopper. Vergil's got this in the bag now that Dante's hurt," Logan smirks. "Considering he landed on his abdomen and on our announce table, he's gotta have some cracked ribs. He may have stopped his own show early for himself."
Vergil enters the ring to recover as Dante was holding his midsection in absolute pain, face scrunched up as it tells how much agony he was in and the referee had began the count-out. (1!... 2!...) As Dante grunts to stand, he uses the apron to help himself up while Vergil just stood in the ring, waiting for him to get inside. (3!... 4!...) He reaches up to the middle rope and starts climbing back onto slowly until Vergil nails a shot to the temple, making him dangle from the ropes by his arm and stumbles on he apron. Vergil bends him over to get him through the top and second rope, kicks him right in the chest, turns him around to put him in the Inverted Headlock, slowly drags him out to hang him on the second rope and nails a Rope-hung Inverted DDT! He gets the leg hooked...and Dante kicks out in a near fall! Vergil brings him to the center of the ring, where he flips him on his stomach and wraps his arms around his waist, trying to put more pressure into the midsection. He wrenches the hold to make Dante give out brief yells of pain, then ascends up at a vertical base and lifts his brother into a Gutbuster. Dante rolls away in pain as Vergil quickly wraps his arms back around his stomach, trying to put more pressure into it and wrenching the hold farther. The referee asks Dante if he wants to give up, but he shakes his head, letting out a quick shout in pain as he felt his brother's arms prying into the injured area.
"Being the smart man he is, Vergil is taking advantage of the situation in Dante's abdomen as he keeps that Gutwrench locked in and doesn't make sure he escapes," Logan comments. "That Moonsault is seriously gonna make Dante regret his decision in performing it in the first place."
"That doesn't mean it's stopping the younger son of Sparda from trying to fight back and gain the upper-hand himself. He's stuck in a bad spot right now, but he's gonna find a way to come right back," Ned says.
Soon, Dante was pounding his fist into the mat and slowly brings himself to a seated position, which Vergil had to change gears up and kneels behind his brother with his arms wrapped around the waist still; and very slowly, the Crimson Sparda brings himself onto his feet despite the Gutwrench hold by his brother and starts nailing a series of Back Elbows to the side of the head, both left and right over and over until he grabs onto his head in a Cravate and lifts his own body in the air...but is brought down by Vergil with an Atomic Drop. He nurses his tailbone before rebounding from the ropes for a Clothesline, but Vergil ducks it to wraps his arms around the waist and tosses him with a German Suplex...
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...only for Dante to land on his feet behind him! He turns Vergil around for a series of right hands to the temple, leading him to the ropes and whips him away to the other side. Vergil bounces off and Dante pushes him over with a Back Body Drop! The challenger springs to his feet favoring his back and receives a harsh Backhand Chop from the champion, who whips him to the ropes, and Vergil bounces off, Dante leapfrogs over—onto Vergil's shoulders! Just as he went for a Powerbomb, Dante only reverses with a Hurricanrana...but Vergil stays on his feet and now he pushes his arms over his legs and sits on his brother's back...for the Elevated Boston Crab!
"Boston Crab is locked in! The elevated variation of the Boston Crab traps Dante in the middle of the ring! And with the bad abdomen, he may have to tap out!" Markiplier calls.
"He's got no choice but to do so! He's stuck and this is a sign it's time for him to surrender the United States Championship to the rightful man!" Logan shouts. "Tap out, Dante! Tap out! It's time for you to lose to your brother!"
Arkham watches Dante shouting in absolute agony from the Boston Crab with a vile grin, encouraging Vergil to keep the hold tight as he grips onto his bible. Vergil exclaims for the U.S. Champ to tap out, but he shakes his head vigorously, showing he's not gonna go down like this. He looks up to see the ropes right in front of him and starts to pull himself towards them, crawling for a rope break. However, Vergil fastens his hands together and leans back to stretch the spine of Dante, furthering the stress into the Boston Crab. Dante held onto his head, letting out brief screams while trying to get himself towards the ring ropes and digging his nails on the mat. "Just tap out, Dante! Tap out, damn it!" Vergil screams to Dante, who replied by shouting, "No," to him and soon, the Crimson Sparda reaches out to the bottom rope, only a figure away from breaking the submission. Dante grits his teeth as his fist was clenched and stretches the arm out more, almost to the thick lace...
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...but Vergil drags him back to the center! He puts all of his weight on his brother to add more pain into his back, Dante writhing in reaction as fans pleaded the champ to not tap! Then, with a sudden scream of determination, Dante pushes himself up on both hands, making Vergil stand up as well...and ever so slowly, he turns himself around on his back to face Vergil and pulls off one of his legs! Vergil tries to grab it, but is kicked in the face and Dante rolls him up in the Small Package: 1...
2...
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...2.58 and Vergil kicks out!
"Small Package for the win—no! The self-proclaimed True Son of Sparda kicks out in the nick of time!" Ned shouts.
"Dante escapes the Crab, but Vergil's not through just yet!" Logan implies.
Both Dante and Vergil stand up and nails a simultaneous Backhand Chop to one another, inciting, "Woos," from the audience. Then, Dante nails a Forearm Smash to the temple of Vergil, who performs a tilt between the top and middle ropes, and counters with a Pendulum Spinning Wheel Kick to the face! Vergil has Dante Irish Whipped off the ropes, Dante leaps onto them and hops off with the Flash of the Blade, but misses it and lands on his feet behind Vergil, who pulls him into a Front Facelock, going for the Samurai Driver; Dante blocks the hold with a fist to the gut and hits it two more times before spinning out of it, holding the arm and pulls him into a Leaping Reverse STO! Dante rolls to his feet as he gets to a nearby corner, scans a flat Vergil, who now lies on his back, and bounces on the middle rope, top rope next and flips off with the Stylin' Moonsault! Dante lands on his feet when Vergil rolled out of the way and then pulls him into the Samurai Driver! Dante nurses his head from having his head drilled off the canvas as Vergil moderately pulls himself up with the use of the corner and pants softly as he begins climbing. Once he reached all the way up, he faces his opponent flat on the mat and pulls out what appears to be an amulet. He actually had the look of emotion towards it and closes his eyes, his hand clenching it tight before kissing it, putting it back under his shirt as he muttered a few words off-mic we couldn't catch...and he hops off with a full three-hundred-sixty degree twist, landing on Dante with a Single Rotation Splash!
"Vergil flies and lands the splash! And that was the very same splash he used to Dante six nights ago!" Markiplier observes. "He's hurt since he's not used to doing something like that, but now he makes the pin!"
"Oh, we may have a new champion, baby!" Logan exclaims. "I hereby declare..."
1...
"Bada Bing!"
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2...
"Bada Boom!"
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...Dante kicks out at 2.95! And Vergil cannot believe it with wide eyes and hands clenching onto his head!
"Forget About—WHAT THE FRICK?! ARE YOU KIDDING ME?! How did Dante kick out, man?!" Logan shouts in disbelief. "That should've ended him right there! Ugh, that splash must've been useless!"
"As Mark stated, it's a move Vergil never used before and he's only done it twice—once at Reign in Blood, again tonight—but even so, it's the fighting spirit of Dante that keeps him going!" Ned proclaims. "The show ain't stopping for the Crimson Showstopper just yet!"
Vergil looked livid as he was nearly pulling his hair out, but Arkham called to him and persuaded him to stay calm and focus into damaging any of Dante's weak spot. Quickly, his rage went away and he nods to his manager; he then lifts his brother onto his feet and Dante pushes off the arms to deliver a Knife Edge Chop to the chest! Vergil winces from the shot, but fires right back with his own chop! A battle of chops commences between Sparda's sons, receiving "Woos" from the fans to each slap to the chest by each man. Vergil nails a final Knife Edge Chop and Dante favors his lit-up chest and hits a Back Elbow. He then grabs his arm to fake an Irish Whip and pulls him into a Hip Toss, but is countered by Vergil's Hip Toss. Vergil picks him up, whips him to the ropes, and Dante hits a Flying Forearm Smash off the rebound! The two were down for the moment until Dante kips up to his feet, now pumped up as the crowd is exhilarated by his fuel of fire! Vergil shakes his head as he got up and is brought into an Inverted Atomic Drop and follows it up with a Scoop Slam! Dante then leaps up onto the top turnbuckle, lining his brother, who now lies on his back and rises up high. He cracks a smirk and jumps off with the Devil Trigger (Diving Elbow Drop)...and Vergil moves out of the way, making Dante miss the mark! Nursing his arm, Vergil gets Dante up and at the ropes, where he knees him straight in the midsection and puts him in the Front Facelock. He drapes an arm over his head, lifts him onto the top rope to hang him by his legs, and just as he was about to go for the Yamato, Dante wraps his left arm around his brother's head, gets his feet on the top rope, jumps off them and lands a springboard variation of the Diamond Dust!
"Diamond Dust connects! Oh, man, Masato Tanaka has got to be so proud to see that new variation," Markiplier chuckles.
"Who?" Logan asks, having no clue who he is.
"...You are just disappointing, Logan," Ned says dryly.
The elder son of Sparda shakes the cobwebs off his head as Dante gets to his upright base and brings Vergil standing against a corner, then has him sitting on the top turnbuckle as he starts climbing. Reaching on the middle rope, Dante sends a punch to the temple of Vergil about three times at a bit of a slow pace. He gets his right foot standing on the rope and Vergil lands a shot to the ribs, making Dante hold where he was injured earlier in the match. By then, Vergil continues firing away with multiple fists to the abdomen, but Dante stayed where he was at, blocks a punch and nails an Elbow Smash. Dante gets his brother's arm dangled over his head as he was going to make a Superplex, but Vergil stood his ground as his right leg was hooked to the turnbuckles. He hits many forearm shots to the ribs, followed by headbutt and another forearm to the head. Vergil has Dante's head in a Front Facelock, lifts him up high to the crowd's growing shouts as he slowly stands his feet on the top turnbuckle...
"Ohhh, no...you don't think he's ACTUALLY going to...!" Ned infers.
"What goes up..." Logan begins.
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...Vergil quickly leaps off...
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...AND LANDS A SUPER VARIATION OF THE POWER OF SPARDA!
"...MUST COME DOWN! NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, MAN! NOW THAT IS THE TRUE POWER OF SPARDA RIGHT THERE!" Logan exclaims.
"VERGIL HAS EXECUTED AN UNBELIEVABLE ELEVATED VERSION OF HIS VERTICAL SUPLEX POWERBOMB! Both men are down and I believe Dante has got to be out, my God!" Markiplier screams.
"Vergil could be out as well! He used all of his strength to jump off the top turnbuckle and pull off that signature move!" Ned states. "That was completely insane! If the challenger could get himself up and get the pin, he may be crowned the new U.S. Champ!"
Chants of, "THAT WAS AWESOME! (clap, clap! clap-clap-clap!)" roared through the Sprint Center, unbelievably shocked at Vergil's high-risk maneuver as said older son of Sparda slowly sits up nursing his back and is feeling the effects of his signature move, but shakes it off as he crawls on top of Dante and hooks the leg: 1...
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...DANTE KICKS OUT AT 2.99999999!
"YES! WE HAVE A NEW—NOOOOOOO! DAMN IT! HOW IN THE HELL...DID THAT JUST HAPPENED?!" Logan yells.
"DANTE...IS STILL FIGHTING! IT'S UNREAL, MAN! ALL OF THE SHOTS, THE GUTWRENCH HOLD TO HIS HURT ABDOMEN, THE UNIQUE SPLASH, AND JUST NOW, THE POWER OF SPARDA OFF THE TURNBUCKLE—NONE OF THAT WAS ENOUGH TO BRING DANTE DOWN! I-I have no explanation for that!" Markiplier shouts. "I really don't!"
"Vergil is DESPERATE right now! He's just so desperate, you look at his eyes and you can SEE that he's so frustrated at Dante's will to keep going!" Ned implies. "You know what he's thinking! He is thinking, 'How in the hell am I going to put my brother down for good?!'"
As Vergil rolled off lying on his back and ran his hands through his hair, Arkham had walked to where the bell keeper was and snatches the United States Championship from him. He walks around the ring as the ref was checking on Dante and Vergil slowly sat up against the corner, panting heavily and then he puts the belt next to him, gesturing him to pull off cheating tactic. He leaves him to quickly change (with a spin) into Jester (somehow) and with a snicker, he climbs on the apron to distract the official with his antics. Dante sees this and scowls at him, damn annoyed by Jester's shenanigans while Vergil was contemplating whether he should really do this or not—should he really dishonor his own ways of a true wrestler and his father just to beat his own brother. He grits his teeth as he stands to his feet beginning to line Dante up with the belt in hand. He looked as if he had no choice, he was damn desperate to beat Dante, he's willing to go so low to achieve his goal.
"Oh, no, please, Vergil! Think of what you're doing, man! You may be evil, but you have honor, dammit! You're going to regret this decision if you attack Dante!" Markiplier shouts.
"To hell with honor! Vergil for once is doing the RIGHT thing and taking an opportunity like any wrestler should! Do it, Vergil! Win yourself a title!" Logan cheers.
The main protagonist of Devil May Cry moderately stands on his feet, unaware what Vergil's about to do as said Vergil grips the belt tight, actually attempting to attack the champ with his own belt...
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...Vergil throws the belt out of the ring, sticking to his honorable ways of the warrior!
"And the elder son of Sparda, Vergil, says, 'No!' He's not going to cheat this way!" Ned says. "He made the right choice here!"
"Aw, come on! You wussed out, Verge!" Logan frowns.
The 'True' Son of Sparda sizes Dante and Toe Kicks him straight in the gut and sets him up for the Force Edge! He goes for it...but Dante hauls him right onto his shoulders! He was about to perform The Rebellion until Vergil slips out and pushes him off! The Crimson Showstopper rebounds from the ropes into the Tilt-a-Whirl Backbreaker...but lands on his feet and holds Vergil upside down, making people think he's going for Dante's Inferno...when he actually pushes him onto his shoulder and transit it into an Inverted Facelock; he keeps it held tight and plants Vergil with the Devil May Cry!
"Dante's Inferno coming—no, Dante changes up with Vergil into the Headlock and Devil May Cry connects!" Markiplier states.
Dante gets on Vergil for the pin: 1...
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"And HABUSKI! That's all she wrote, baby!" Mark declares as the bell rings.
"Damn it, Vergil!" Logan curses.
("Shout at the Devil" by Mötley Crüe)
"Here is your winner and still the ACW United States Champion, 'The Crimson Sparda' Dante!"
At the sound of the Mötley Crüe song playing, Dante stands on his knees in exhaustion and pats his chest, then raises his right fist in victory. The official passes him his United States Championship and Dante holds it close with a grin, rising up to his feet and holds the belt up as he garners cheers from the audience. "Guess he's going to Rebellion?" Dante questions with a cocky smirk and winks before leaving the ring to celebrate his victory while Vergil was left behind in the middle of the ring, still on his back...and the look on his face says it all: Disappointed. The older brother slowly sits up to favor his head, but the pain of losing to his younger brother was more painful than any injured part of his body itself.
"The U.S. Champ is here to stay as he is now apart of the Fatal 4-Way Match! He says he'll be walking into that match as the U.S. Champion and walking out as the first-ever International Champion," Ned comments. "While so, considering Vergil lost, he will be getting a second chance into the Battle Royale come in about three weeks on Ignition."
"I don't think that's even going to make Vergil the slightest bit of better since he LOST... He should've smashed Dante's head with is own belt, dammit...he just had to wuss out," Logan shakes his head.
"In your terms, it is in your point of view. In Vergil's, he may have declared he would go as far to dishonor his ways and his father's ways of the warrior and sink so low just to defeat Dante, but he made the right choice," Markiplier says.
"But that didn't earn him a championship belt, now did it, Mark? Tch. I still call bull crap on this one," Reese scoffs.
Dante stands at the stage with the United States Title hanging over his shoulder, then raises it up to incite more cheers from the crowd as Vergil looks towards his brother and glares at him. The Crimson Sparda says to him off-mic, "Sorry, bro...this was your second chance...but you know what they say: 'Third time's a charm,'" gesturing the Battle Royale in a few weeks. Arkham, back in his original identity, would stand beside Vergil and watches him stand up and lean against the ropes. Vergil seemed to be...confident this time and cracks a small grin of his own, replying to his brother off-mic, "You got that right...and I'll be sure to win it, Dante. When I win...I'll see you at Rebellion." Dante laughs as he nods to Vergil's bold attitude; it was unlikely of him...but that didn't mattered for now as the brothers continued sharing glares at each other from far distances.
"Vergil's pretty confident he'll win the Battle Royale come the Ignition go-home show...and Dante's looking forward to it," Ned says.
"Indeed, Ned. Indeed. All right, it's time to close the show, boys. We had one hell of an episode tonight and it was awesome to be here at ringside with you two in the main event," Markiplier smiles.
"I admit, it was pretty fun to have ya around, but I'll just be happy to stick around with Ned only and no one else," Logan says.
"Gee, thanks for making me feel special, Reese," Ned says sarcastically before turning to the camera with a normal tone. "Thanks for watching the premiere of Saturday Night RAMPAGE, ladies and gentlemen. We will see you all next week live on Spike and every Saturday night along with an episode of AIW coming soon on the Multiverse; I'm 'The Creator of The Guide' Ned Bigby."
"I'm the 'Handsomest Devil Around ACW' Logan Reese," Logan grins.
"And this is Markiplier, and I will see you in the next episode of Friday Night Ignition...BUH-BYE!" Markiplier says, concluding the outros.
RAMPAGE ends with Dante and Vergil still staring at each other from the stage and the ring respectively as the show comes to a close, the screen fading out to black...
Results:
Tag Team Match: The Second City Saints (Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson) def. The Blake Brothers 2.0 (Tony and Adrian Blake)
Females Match: Rei Miyamoto def. Trish Warrington
Impromptu Singles Match: Ed James w/Eddy McGee def. Local Jobber
Females Tag Team Match: iGeneration (Carly Shay and Sam Puckett) def. Lady and Trish
ACW United States Championship, Reign in Blood Rematch: Dante (c) def. Vergil w/Arkham
Card for ACW Rebellion:
ACW International Championship, Fatal 4-Way: Dante (c) [U.S. Champion] vs. Mason Stone (c) [Intercontinental Champion] vs. Luke Smith (c) [Television Champion] vs. Battle Royale Winner
AW, HELL...YEAAAAAAAH! I have finished Saturday Night RAMPAGE! }:O What an awesome event, eh? :D If you don't like it, then screw you, bub! :D I worked my ass off on this thing and this took me longer to put it up than Ignition considering college and homework is keeping me busy; especially since I only have three classes: two for two days and only one class in a day between them. :P Still, the two classes keep me busy along with some blockage in my brain. XP
Anyways, congrats to Dante, eh? :D Still United States Champion...and Vergil's not, sadly. Don't worry, Vergil fans! He will be in the Battle Royale since it's a second chance, but in his case, a THIRD chance. XP Dante is now in the Fatal 4-Way Match at ACW Rebellion along with Mason Stone and Luke Smith...that is if they can keep their titles in the next RAMPAGE episodes. :P This is gonna be fun the next few weeks. XD
Thank you all for reading, guys and be sure to leave a review when you're done. :P They make me a very happy, happy, happy A1. XD
Until then, my totally awesome friends...LATER! :D
