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ACW Saturday Night RAMPAGE: August 17th, Week 3
[TV-14]
I heard you've been looking for me
(The logo of RAMPAGE appears floating onscreen with multiple shattered glass, which were featuring multiple RAMPAGE roster members such as Sasuke Uchiha glowering from ringside with Sharingan eyes; The Domino City Machine Guns posing back to back with their "gun fingers" pointing at the ring; Jeremy Ellis looks around the whole arena with a smirk.)
But, you look for trouble (Trouble...)
(Tony Blake mouths off to the camera while Adrian Blake stand stoic with arms folded behind his brother; Kenshin Himura sheathes his Sakabatō with his eyes closed before opening to deadly amber eyes like the Hitokiri Battōsai he was before.)
You're gonna see that
(Alpha & Omega celebrate their ACW World Tag Team Championship victory with their embracing hug; Jason Krueger awaits in the corner for a measuring Gore with a very bloody face before fading to Ichigo Kurosaki doing the same thing for a Spear.)
Your words are dangerous (Words are dangerous...)
(RC Bane stands in the middle of the ring with a microphone in hand while scowling at the booing crowd; Ian Hecox crotch chops DX-style with his tongue hanging out as Anthony Padilla smirks widely with an arm around his friend and motioning the "bring it on" gesture to the camera.)
Your talk is cheap (Cheap...)
(Trish Warrington gestures "Come hither" to the camera before suddenly pounding her left fist into her right palm with an evil grin; Zeke Aries poses Miz style at the turnbuckles with sneering arrogant grin; a sitting Felix "PewDiePie" Kjellberg lifts his head up to glare at the camera.)
I'm standing here!
(Joan Rivera arrives onstage from the ACW Brand Extension with arms splayed and a smirk; "Edback" growls intensely while winding his right arm with Eddy pointing at the camera with an evil smirk.)
Still standing hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
(Saeko Busujima sides in the ring and whips her hair back Lita style; Duke Devlin leaps for the Five Star Frog Splash; Sasuke Uchiha forms a "Releasing the Doves" pose à la Randy Orton; PewDiePie nails a flying Bro Fist to James Griffin on the ladder.)
Don't question my heart!
(New Devastation performs ND Express on Alex Loredo; Edd removes his hood and poses à la A.J. Styles; Rei Miyamoto, Saeko Busujima and Saya Takagi leap over the top rope simultaneously to the outside.)
Still standing hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
(Sarah Ortiz points at the fans with a wink; Alpha & Omega hit a Double Spear to an unaware Takashi Komuro; Jeremy Ellis lets out a passionate roar.)
Don't question the fire that burns insiiiiiiiiiiiiide!
(Sasuke Uchiha cricks his neck and revs his right foot in the corner, ready for a gruesome Punt Kick; Ichigo Kurosaki spears Jason Krueger through the ropes and into the flaming table; Zeke Aries plants an off-guard Kenshin Himura with the Half Nelson Facebuster; Ashley Storm hits the Tough Luck on Saeko Busujima; Tommy Oliver appears onstage, Green Ranger helmet flashing over his head; PewDiePie strikes a Bro Fist into the camera, shattering the whole screen into glass pieces that an encrusted dark-purple fist breaks through as the RAMPAGE logo is literally punched in on impact.)
The glass pieces shatter down in transition to the stage set of RAMPAGE as "Don't Question My Heart" by Saliva featuring Brent Smith proceeds to the instrumental solo in full blast and fireworks in the color of violet and red shoot at the RAMPAGEtron, then violet pyros explode out all over the stage and shooting left to right repeatedly like a machine gun for a few seconds before one final blast out of crimson and violet pyrotechnics from the stage! The lights came on immediately inside The Pit arena and over 13,400 attendees roared ferociously in fervor, absolutely thrilled as the camera went over them. The fans throughout the arena were holding signs such as: "Hardcore Foundation? More like Softcore Foundation, amirite?"; "Wall Street Journal says, 'Hi,' Pewds"; "The Edpocalypse!"; "Alpha and Bromega…Bro"; "The Uchiha is on the Hunt for some Hardcore Gold"; and "Saints Gonna Get Got by Blake Bros!"
"Now eight days away from our first-ever dual-brand pay-per-view in Summer Wars, we are LIVE on Spike from the WisePies Arena aka The Pit, formerly named Dreamstyle Arena! This is Saturday…Night…RAMPAGE!" Ted states. "Good evening, ladies and gents, boys and girls, at the announcer's table with Ned Bigby and Logan Reese, I am 'The Architect' Ted Mosby! And boys, we got an interesting card for tonight, don't we?"
"Hell yeah, Mosby!" Logan agrees. "You have the one and only Zeke Aries set to put Alex Loredo back in his place, the Hardcore Foundation continuing their mission to place their dominance against the likes of the Jeweled Felines and Duke Devlin respectively, our World Tag Team Champs against the irrelevant degenerates known as Smosh, Kenshin Himura and RC Bane go one-on-one, and finally, we got our second and last semifinals match between The Second City Saints and The Blake Bros. 2.0 in our World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament in order to advance to the finals against The Naughty Dogs at Tag Team Mayhem."
"The action is gonna be JAM-PACKED as always when it comes to the likes of ACW! It doesn't get any better than live, baby!" Ned grins. "Now without further ado, let's do what we do best on this brand and bring on the RAMPAGE!"
("Falling Apart" by Zebrahead plays)
[EVERYTHING'S FALLING APART! (PART…!)]
Violet pyro explodes behind a leaping Joshua Garza coming out from under the stage à la Rey Mysterio as the crowd produces a loud pop to this eccentric, smirking GM, who fixes his tie.
"Whoa! …Well, that's one way to make your presence felt as the boss," Ted chuckles as Josh walks down to the ring, high-fiving the nearest fans along the way.
"Ya know, I'm not really sure if this is how a higher-up should be acting…" Logan scoffs.
"Loosen up, Reese, Josh is just being Josh and the fans love him for that. He's…a bit eccentric and enigmatic, yes, but he knows when to get the job done as our general manager," Ned says.
"And speaking of that occupation, Mr. Garza is just about to give topic about our main event aftermath from last week. With the chaos that ensued from the controversial finish of the Hardcore Title Match, Mr. Garza is now taking action on the case tonight," Ted states.
In-ring Segment – RAMPAGE General Manager Joshua Garza addresses the Hardcore Title situation
– Already bringing out the likes of ACW Hardcore Champion Ichigo Kurosaki, Jason Krueger, Tommy Oliver and Sasuke Uchiha to the ring with him, Joshua goes out his way to state the obvious why they're all out here. He first says, "Mr. Krueger, obviously, you weren't a happy camper after that notorious finish. You had your foot on the rope and our senior official, Marshall Eriksen, failed to make the right call and therefore, he apologies for the misconception—"
Jason then interrupts, "I don't know any kind of apology BS—I WANT MY HARDCORE TITLE BACK. So you either give me what I want or—"
Joshua suddenly raises a hand up in Jason's face, silencing him with a serious expression, "…Mr. Krueger…I was gonna get to that…so don't try to interrupt me, bub." Jason scoffs, but Josh continues, "As I was saying…Mr. Eriksen apologies for the misconception…and in spite of everyone here, especially me, not being a fan of how you lashed out…it was still unfair how the match ended for you. So, that's why that at Summer Wars, you will have your fair rematch against Ichigo Kurosaki for the ACW Hardcore Championship. And it is where you two will officially face off for the final time and move on from each other."
– As Jason nods in satisfaction, Ichigo pipes in that if that's official, then for what reason are Tommy and Sasuke doing in the ring with them. Josh smirks in response, "Ah, Mr. Kurosaki…that is what brings up this next topic I've thought over after what went down last week. See, with Sasuke wanting your title…and Tommy getting involved…it can't just be Ichigo Kurosaki versus Jason Krueger for the fourth time. I fear people might get sick of it, so I thought to spice things up a little bit. Which is why that at Tag Team Mayhem…it will be the team of…Sasuke Uchiha…and Tommy Oliver…versus…the team of Jason Krueger…and Ichigo Kurosaki!" Amongst the bewildered reactions from the crowd, the announcers and wrestlers, Josh continues on that if Sasuke and Tommy win, they earn their right into the Hardcore Championship Match at Summer Wars as a Fatal 4-Way…but if Ichigo and Jason win, they get to keep their original stipulation and will be the only ones to face each other.
– After all the commotion has settled down, Tommy comes up to Josh and says, "Um…Mr. Garza, if I may call you that…I understand what you're doing and all, trying to make things interesting for Summer Wars, but…are you out of your mind?!"
– Josh takes in Tommy's words…and actually ponders on them for a good while, earning quite a chuckle from the audience…who he then asks, "Am I?"
"YES!" shouts the collective audience members, ringside commentators and the wrestlers, causing Josh to jump.
"…Well, aren't you people rude?" Garza playfully pouts, earning another round of chuckles. "Anyways, my decision on this is final. Tag Team Mayhem. Ichigo Kurosaki and Jason Krueger against Tommy Oliver and Sasuke Uchiha. The latter win, they join the former and it becomes a Fatal 4-Way Hardcore Rules Match; the former win, it remains Kurosaki v. Krueger IV. Plain and simple. So if you two teams want to get want you want…both pairs respectively are gonna to work together as a TEAM. Whether you like it or not. Understood?"
– While disgruntled (Jason and Ichigo), lacking care (Sasuke) and unsure (Tommy), they all nod. Josh smiles and tells everyone in the arena and watching from their screens to enjoy the rest of the show. Joshua leaves and all four men were left in the ring to glare at each other, obviously not too keen about the announcement by their GM…but they pretty much have to suck it up by then.
Backstage Segment – Mike "The Mic" Martin interviews Zeke Aries
– The brown-haired interviewer stands by the arrogant Aries, prepared to do his job when he interrupts him and demands that he and the rest of the interviewers call him by "Mr. Aries" from now on…to which Mike deadpans, "Dude, I'm literally older than you by a few years as I'm 22 and you're still in your teens."
"And I'm a professional wrestler who can kick your ass if you don't do what I say. …We clear, Mason? And don't correct me—I know what your name is," Zeke states.
– "Mason" sighs irritably and gives in to his demands. Onward with the discussion, he talks about his ongoing feud with Kenshin Himura and their match to happen at Summer Wars by next week from tomorrow. He asks, "Why the disrespect towards Kenshin? Why do what you do to get under his skin? What point are you trying to prove here even if you beat Kenshin at Summer Wars?"
– "Uh, okay, let's get that brain of yours to remember why I'm doing what I'm doing, Mitchell," Zeke instantly replies. "For one, nice guys finish last…and in this case, Kenshin is going to finish last when I'm through with him. I was a nice guy before…but with the way I won my first match? …Felt good, actually…didn't even care for what that loser Griffin not named James down on developmental hell was doing, anyway. Then comes my second match against Kenshin…who I lost to… Kenshin Himura…who is nothing more…than an afterthought. When you think about Anime Dynasty, who first pops into your head? Survey says, Yusuke Urameshi or Sailor Moon. …But not Kenshin. Nope. Why? Because he's either the last person you've ever think of…or just an afterthought. What else has he done after being let go from WWE? What else has he done after losing a job in ECW? Mind telling me what he's accomplished so far? …Nothing. He's done nothing memorable in over the last decade…and yet people are still sucking his dick like he's the greatest wrestler to ever live. He's nothing more than a pathetic '90s comeback for every stupid idiot in the new millennia to get to know before they get sick of him with their short attention span. I am the FUTURE of this company, Manny…not 'Ken-Ken' who everyone adores as this 'legend' to look up to… By the time we reach Summer Wars, my point will be proven when I beat him in front of his many fans that will feel absolute disappointment and realize that I…was…right. And from there, Kenshin will be nothing but wasted history…and my future will be paved…with AWWWEEESOMENESS, BAY-BAY."
"The A-List Pro Wrestler" Zeke Aries vs. "The Extreme Warrior" Alex Loredo
– The match to kick off the seventh edition of Saturday Night RAMPAGE involves the conceited Aries and the criminally underrated Loredo, the former lacking respect to who he considers as "useful for once" as Zeke needs to "hone his on someone already deep in obscurity in spite of [Alex Loredo] being a waste of time"…and rightfully deserved a right fist for that from the Extreme Warrior. Alex started off well, determined to shut Zeke up and teach him respect with a Frankensteiner, a Russian Legsweep and a Wheelbarrow Bulldog…but after an eye poke and flinging him straight into the ring post shoulder-first from Zeke, it quickly turned the tables for him. Apparently, Zeke locks target on the shoulder he rammed into the ring post with a Shoulder Breaker—thrice in a row, in fact—a double knee drop into the area, a Big Boot while Loredo was seated in the middle of the ring, an arm wrench leading to nasty arm pull and a hotshot to the limb over the top rope.
– Later on, Aries has his opponent on all fours while holding his arm, now simply mocking him and scolding him for thinking he can step up to someone like himself with his foot and knee raking his face and slapping him. Going as far with two more vicious foot rakes and a knee strike, Zeke then went for a Running Knee Lift…but runs right into a Chaotic Stomp (Victory Roll transitioned into a Double Foot Stomp)! Zeke backs away into the corner and kicks Alex's face, then climbs the second rope. He goes for a Diving Double Axe Handle…and gets caught in a bridged Northern Lights Suplex from Alex Loredo, who earns only a two-count and follows it up with a Standing Dropkick!
– From a Corkscrew Moonsault, Spinning Heel Kicks, a Dragon Suplex, a Blockbuster and a Standing Moonsault Senton branded as Warrior Uprising, Loredo has steamrolled through Aries to an impressed and rooting response from the audience. A sequence starts with Zeke slipping out of an Elevated Turnbuckle Powerbomb and hooking Alex's arms into a Backslide Pin…earning a count at 2.474 and Dropkick by Alex; then, Zeke retaliates with a Discus Punch…and Alex makes a comeback with a Spinning Enzuigiri! With Zeke on his knees, Alex hits the ropes and snatches him in a Wheelbarrow Bodyscissors…but Zeke was counting on it as he catches him midway and drills him with Collateral Damage (Wheelbarrow lifted and dropped into a Backstabber)! Aries sets up for a Vertical Suplex stance, screaming with a shit-eating grin, "ZEKE ARIES, BAY-BAY!" to a negative reception…and when lifting Alex up, the Extreme Warrior rotated his body and countered into an Extreme Twist (180° Stunner)! Zeke bounces off the ropes in a staggered position and gets hoisted on Alex's shoulders, eager to finish him off with a better updated Chaos Kick…but Zeke brutally drives his elbow into the bad shoulder, forcing Alex to drop down and lose his grip! Zeke then plants him with a Reality Check (Skull-Crushing Finale), center of the ring…and pins him straight-up clean for the full three-count.
After the match…
– Zeke Aries stands victorious with "I Came to Play" booming inside The Pit, having his hand raised and forming haughty grin…but he wasn't entirely satisfied. As referee John Benoit checks on Alex, Zeke suddenly attacked the latter with a Big Boot. Wanting to make a further example out of Loredo, Zeke drills the poor fellow rookie with Prodigal Execution (Snapmare Driver)…then lines him up to his feet and connects a Discus Forearm Smash, one recognizable by booing fans as the Reverse Blade Forearm! Ignoring all of Benoit's immense scolding, the vain, yet dangerous Aries, with a foot on the fallen Extreme Warrior and fists raised high, remains standing tall in front of a booing crowd…
…
…until "Heart of Sword" by T.M. Revolution brought out Kenshin Himura, who appears very serious as he walks straight down to the ring! Zeke immediately darts out of the ring the moment Kenshin was about to enter inside, and as he makes his getaway up the entrance ramp, Kenshin remains his glare at him, never letting up for moment brief moment. Surely, Kenshin is going ensure the young, loudmouth rookie is put in his place by Summer Wars, definitely.
Backstage Segment – PewDiePie Presents: "A Message to all the Haters…and Luke Smith – ACW Edition"
– Somewhere around backstage, Felix stands in front of a purple curtain backdrop with his phone in hand as he reads various comments, Tweets, etc., all read out loud in a voiceover by the Swedish YouTuber in a mocking manner…
"Just give it up, PewDiePie! Luke is better than you!"
"Cut the sh*t, PoopiePie—you're not good enough to be Phenomenal Champion."
"You don't deserve the Phenomenal Championship!"
"Luke is right; you don't deserve a shot at the Phenomenal Title."
"How are you STILL wrestling? Why are you bothering to even go after a belt you never deserved to win in the first place? Get the f*ck off my TV and DIE!"
"Bitch 'bout yo problems somewhere else; let Luke Smith have his rightful reign, ya ego-driven cuckold!"
"Just move on, Felix. You ain't worth Luke Smith's time; he's the REAL underdog in this story."
"YOU'RE WORSE THAN HULK HOGAN!"
"YOU'RE WORSE THAN JOHN CENA!"
"YOU'RE WORSE THAN ROMAN F*CKING REIGNS!"
"I BETCHA JAKE PAUL CAN DO BETTER THAN YOU—"
– "OKAY! …I think it's high time that I put on a full response," Pewds finally says, raising a right brow. "I'll be that guy and say…not everyone believes in me—not everyone likes me. That's very obvious. …But am I one to bitch about it? NAH. Hell nah, but I do take notice. Especially…how they think I don't deserve the Phenomenal Championship…why I don't deserve to even wrestle in AC-Dub after my 'bitching and moaning'…why I'm full of 'ego'…why I should move on…and why I'm worse than what my commentators say about me. I'm worse than Hogan? …Well, I made bad jokes about being anti-Semitic and looked like I was a secret Nazi—thanks a lot, Wall Street Journal (hello to you, too, by the way), or should I say, Ben Fritz, ya massive f*cking cu—! *cut to next scene* So, yeah, I can probably agree to that…but at least I never said 'nibba' during a disgusting sex tape, Hogan, ya massive, selfish f*cking cu—!
"Now am I worse than John Cena—Mr. Cenation? The Champ? The Face That Runs the Place? …Well, maybe," Pewds chuckles before we cut to him resuming his monologue. "Saying I'm worse than Cena…is a bit of an exaggeration. Yeah, his 'Super Cena' is awful…but we know he's cleaning up his act. He's sniffing that Kryptonite dust in order to put folks like A.J. Styles over… And I know what you're probably thinking, 'Is Pewds just talking nonsense just to avoid finding a real response to prove he's not worse than Cena?' Well, guess what?! …You'd be correct. *breaks into a chuckle*
"For me being worse than Reigns…also an exaggeration. You don't see me getting pushed hard for three world title reigns right now. You don't see me winning all the time. Okay, yes, I admit…I came close to being the next Roman Reigns in ACW, but sh*t happens. Nonetheless, you don't see me cutting out wooden, painfully obvious scripted promos—I do my own promos! Hell, I write my promos and I f*ck them so hard, I don't even need to read 'em as I got it memorized with my dick! Can you do that, Roman Reigns?! CAN YOU?! Actually, please don't, not even if McMahon commands you to; trust me, I'm saving you from further hate…even though it's too late. See, Jake Paulers? I can rap, too.
(Insert MLG sound effects here; air horns, hollers, Doritos logos, Mountain Dew logos, etc.)
"And speaking of Jake Paul, I've heard a lot of insults in my younger days…and I still hear them today…and while I'm not all that affected, I just can't stand a few like…like these nibbas telling me that Jake Paul could actually do better at this kind of thing than me. And it makes me SICK to my stomach! Why?! …'Cause it's true, that's f*cking why! *shotgun sound effect* UGGGHH, MAH HEART," Pewds "cries," clenching his chest. "MAH HEART IS NOW IN PAIN FROM SPEAKING THE TRUTH. Jake Paul is better than me because of talented, intellectual rap lyrics he and Time10 wrote in just ONE DAY. Can he wrestle better than me, too?! …Nah, not really.
(Insert a quick clip of Jake Paul's "It's Every Day, Bro" here: *distorted and ear rapingly loud* BROOO!)
"But I digress. You know what Jake Paul has in common with certain haters I see trying to one-up me? Like BG Kumbi? …They act like they're hard sh*t when really, they're all talk and no action. But I know Jake Paul was like me before; arrogant, childish and acting like we can take on the world all because he still has the Disney contract. (goddamn that Disney contract; just had to pull that card, J.P., you son of a bitch!) BG Kumbi…well, he just the whitest, narcissistic douche I've ever known…and I'd still like to make impregnate him. But you know who the whitest douche bag is also? …Why, he goes by the name of Luke Smith," Pewds slowly transitions his comedic tone into a bit of a more serious one. "He…is the very reason I'm after his ass. He is the reason why history was taken away from me. He is the reason…why I won't stop until I get my vengeance. Now I know I didn't earn it before…but this time I want to earn it by kicking Smith's ass all over the ring and gain my Phenomenal Title shot. And I know that lately with my couple of losses and lack of gaining momentum over Smith, I've let a few members of the Bro Army down…I've let my friends down, I've let my girlfriend down…and I've especially let the YouTube Revolution down. But at Tag Team Mayhem, with the help of Ian and Anthony, we're gonna boost momentum back into the YouTube Revolution as we fight The Wolves.
"Smith, at Rebellion, you took everything away from me in an instant… You took away my chance of making so much history in one night…by low blowing me and snatching the belts away from me that I pulled down myself… That is real injustice, sir. Oh, you wanna call yourself the 'true underdog'? Ha-ha-ha—NOPE. You can spout all the BS about me all you want, Smith, but I ain't gonna take it while lying down! You've made it personal that night, man…and I'm gonna make sure you pay for it with my own bare hands. I'm coming for you and that Phenomenal Championship, 'Sistah'. One way or another at Tag Team Mayhem, I get my shot…and I'll win the title that you stole from me three weeks ago by Summer Wars. That you can count on. And now…for all the Bros still with me to the very end…who I promise I will not let down EVER…Bro Fist," Pewds pounds his right fist into his palm and covers up the camera lens with it, ending the promo there.
Jeweled Felines (Lisa Weston and Jessica Wilson) vs. Jessica Montoya and Carla Ramirez (with Sara Verser and Roxanne Stone)
– Payback is on the menu for the Jeweled Felines as they get a chance to put a stop to the Hardcore Foundation's heinous momentum for their actions thus far…but due to the new ruthless attitude by Jessica Montoya and Carla Ramirez, it would end up being quite difficult for the former AIW Women's Tag Team Champions. Lisa and Carla began the match for their respective teams, the latter easily managing to get the better of her with her lucha libre prowess. However, as Carla attempted a Wrist-lock transitioned into Springboard Tornado DDT, Lisa catches her midway, uses her momentum to spin around 180° and drop her with a Northern Lights Suplex, all for a two-count! Later, Lisa went for a Diving Hurricanrana…but Carla cartwheeled out of it and nails her face with a Dropkick.
– Ramirez tags out to Montoya, who slingshots over the ropes to land a double knee drop across Lisa's abdomen as she was hanging off the middle rope by Carla. The Modern Day Angel takes Lisa to the ropes and Lisa barely avoids the Reverse Roundhouse Kick, hitting the ropes to perform a Tilt-a-whirl Headscissors Takedown. Carla then breaks up the ensuing pinfall with a stomp to the back of Lisa's head, but there's Jessica Wilson intervening with a set of fists targeting at Carla to keep her at bay. Referee Kenneth Luger separates the two, pushing Jessica back to her corner while the two HF females gang up on the English gal in the corner with multiple stomps behind the official's back. In spite of this, Lisa somehow finds an opening to swing a punch to Carla, then Jessica, switching back and forth as she Clotheslines Carla out of the ring, then Irish whips Montoya. The blonde ducks a back elbow and bounces off with a tilt-a-whirl—backbreaker! Lisa grabs her quickly to set up a Front Facelock…but Carla returns with a chair shot to her spine! As Carla rids the evidence and herself, Jessica drives Lisa down with a Scoop Brainbuster…and she reaches up to 2.84 when Lisa stubbornly kicked out in time, much to the Hardcore Foundation's anger!
– Carla, after being tagged in, gets very aggressive on Lisa as she mounts her with fists, grinding and slamming her face across the mat, driving an elbow to the back of her head twice and pressing a foot against her throat while using the ropes as leverage, all while with an enraged, psychotic look on her face. Kenneth Luger separates Carla away to reprimand her of her actions, and Sara Verser and Roxanne Stone take advantage of this distraction to pull Weston out and drive her into the padded floor with a Double Powerbomb! They push her back into the ring for Carla to make the pin and Lisa still kicks out after the punishment they put her through. Eventually, Lisa catches Carla with an Arm-trap Neckbreaker and tags in Wilson, who lands a Fameasser from the top rope right to the rising Carla Ramirez!
– Going wild with Clotheslines, a Forearm Smash, and a Leg-feed Enzuigiri, Jessica cleans house all over Montoya and Ramirez as Lisa later joins for some double-team maneuvers with her partner, such as Lisa scissoring her legs around (Jessica) Montoya's head and spins her around and around center of the ring three times before landing Headscissors Takedown caught into a kneeling Powerbomb by (Jessica) Wilson! Then, showing off their chemistry, Lisa aids Jessica to perform a backflip into a Moonsault and then lands a Leg Drop afterwards onto Montoya. Now The Jewel wishes to end things here on her own with a Facial Reconstruction (Sweet Chin Music)…but Sara Verser pulls out Carla from under the bottom rope in time to avoid that Superkick! The HF females all regroup…but Lisa and Jessica weren't gonna let them get what they want as they hit the ropes together…and nail a Stereo Suicide Dive on all four women! As Lisa keeps the rest of the Foundation females down, Jessica tosses Carla back in the ring and tries again for Facial Reconstruction, stomping the mat in the corner to "tune up the band"…
…but while the referee occupied by Lisa keeping the HF females at bay, he and Jessica don't see Roxanne Stone with a steel chair in hand sneaking behind her from the steel steps…
…and as Jessica hits the Superkick to Carla, ROXANNE SMASHES THE CHAIR OVER…the stairs?! Jessica turns around to find the source as Roxanne tosses the chair over into her hands and hops down. Luckily, Jessica was able to realize the situation as she tosses the chair out…but not in time for Kenneth to see it with his own two eyes. Analyzing Carla being out cold and how Jessica not able to throw out the chair in time, Kenneth didn't want to believe how the latter used a chair to get an easy win while she explains herself…
…but seeing Carla's forehead bleeding like as if she got hit with a chair, his naïve personality gets the better of him and calls for the bell!
After the match…
– In midst of the booing crowd chanting, "BULLSHIT!" and the Jeweled Felines appalled by this loss, the Hardcore Foundation gals take their leave for their victory as "Omen in the Sky" plays loudly. As Lisa and Jessica tries to get an understanding of what happened, they see their answer…in the razorblade resting on Carla's hand, knowing that she actually cut her forehead on purpose! Much to their anger, Ramirez smirks with her teammates as she wipes the blood off her forehead with a middle finger…and sucks it clean off her finger in a voluptuous manner while moaning, rightfully grossing people out, then she chuckles, "Nada como el dulce sabor rojo del cobre… Hardcore Foundation for life, little kittens."
Backstage Segment – Clarissa Rivera interviews Rei Miyamoto
– Rei Miyamoto has been through quite a rough two weeks thus far, witnessing her fellow zombie apocalypse survivors and closet friends in Saya and Saeko getting put on the shelf by Trish Warrington as a way to get into her head and to assert dominance in the industry. "Violet" Clarissa Rivera did make note of that in the most polite way she can say it. Rei knew that…but it doesn't stop her from feeling guilty.
– "I appreciate what you're trying to do, Clarissa…but…my heart just feels heavy," Rei sighs. "Since the very beginning, Warrington has been making my life Hell all because I've had beaten her in the middle of the ring, fair and square…and her selfish, egomaniacal, bratty attitude can't handle that fact. For as conceited as Warrington is, she's equally dangerous. I know this…and so far, so do Saya and Saeko unfortunately. Her Beauty and the Knee is a one-hit kill. When you're hit by one single knee shot to the skull by her…you're done. No getting up. Game over. It's…quite terrifying to know how my friends are hospitalized…and I hate myself for not being there for them in time. Warrington is making this very personal, and I will not let her get away with it any longer. For as long as I'm still standing, for as long as I keep fighting, I will repeat history from the very first episode of RAMPAGE…by beating her one…two…three—
– "Blah, blah, blah…" mocks Joan Rivera coming into the camera's view with hefty jeers by the audience in the background as Rei glares at her. "'My fweinds awe huwt. My besties have such pathetic skulls that make good tawget pwactice for the likes of Warrington. I say I'm gonna kick her butt, but I'm too much a scawedy cat to commit to it. Oh, woe is me!' …Give me a break, Miyamoto. Do you really think you were gonna win anybody over with that sob story? You're almost as bad as Jeremy with his weak, bitch excuses on why he sucks at winning. Almost, and that's saying something," Joan scoffs, Rei obviously not liking how she's badmouthing Jeremy. "Oh, don't give me that look—you know damn well you haven't hung around with Jeremy that much to be his friend. My point here is this…if you can't even defeat a mere ranked level four boss at your rank as a noob…then just quit the game, girl. For next time you get into something like this, don't start what you can't finish."
– The Gamer Champ furthers her sardonic attitude by patting Rei's head, then attempts to leave…but Rei grabs her by the shoulder…clenching tightly in making her wince as she growls, "Listen good, Rivera…I am not in the mood for your type of BS… You don't ever talk about my friends like THAT and think you can get away with it. You don't about Saya, Saeko and Jeremy like THAT, thinking you're better than them. So unless you wanna keep talking sh*t…I suggest you back that up by tonight."
– Knowing Rei is issuing a challenge, Joan, albeit while in pain, surprisingly accepts. Her reasons for this? Well, for one: she gets to add another soon-to-be defeated enemy in order to gain better experience points than with Ashley Williams as she "levels up" in the card, and two: she'll be very happy to put Rei in her place before the "ranked level four boss" completely annihilates her. As she leaves, Rei seeks forward to shut Joan up before she can really start riding her ego train back into ACW.
"The Whole Damn Show" Duke Devlin vs. Nolan Gates
– Last week, Mason Stone and Marcus King came close to advance into the semifinals tonight after taking out the Domino City Machine Guns and replacing them, but thanks to Duke Devlin distracting them by attacking Nolan Gates backstage, they had come up short. Now, the Hardcore Foundation want vengeance; enter the man assaulted by The Dungeon Dice Master, Nolan Gates, who requested a match with Devlin in order to avenge his hardcore comrades and so here we are.
– The bout starts off with a bang, both men performing beautiful cruiserweight chain wrestling; Duke arm wrenching Nolan, forcing him to his knees before somersaulting back onto his feet and twisting Duke's arm this time…then Duke front-flips as well, slides between Nolan's legs with his wrist still held and sets him up for a Pumphandle hold…but Nolan slips out and shoves Duke away to the ropes! He bounces off, avoids a back body drop by rolling off his back à la RVD, but eats a Back Kick to the gut and Nolan hits the ropes…Snap Northern Lights Suplex by Duke Devlin! Nolan pops the shoulder up at one, then turns on his stomach, lifts Duke over in a back-to-back position and hits a Backslide Driver…or at least he would've if Devlin had not landed on his feet, kicks his stomach and catches him with Snake Eyes center of the ring! But he hangs on to hit a deadlift Rolling Vertical Suplex…followed by a deadlift Rolling Release Suplex, connecting the Ace Deuce and then a Discus Leg Drop afterwards! His leg remains across Nolan's neck as he hooks one of his legs…up to a count of 2.38! The arena applaud at the performance both men gave, especially the smirking Devlin…who let his distraction and premature taunt cost him with a Falling Inverted DDT by Gates from behind! Legs hooked…and a kick-out at 2.4!
– Off the top turnbuckle with a Diving Crossbody by Gates, Devlin rolls through, lands on his feet after missing the Standing Moonsault and Nolan strikes the back of his head with a vicious elbow. Nolan bounces off the ropes and leaps high over Devlin to nail a Double Foot Stomp over his head, marking his target obviously while adding insult to injury. After raking his head with his foot as he smirks, Nolan takes his time to further damage into the head and neck area with a Front Sleeper, slowly grounding Devlin flat on the canvas. Soon, as Duke was stuck for about a minute, "Let's go, Devlin—let's go!" chants and rhythmic claps echo around the arena in support of their favorite Dungeon Dice Master. And eventually, Duke answers their support by groggily rising to his feet with Nolan in tow…though the latter wrenches in the Front Sleeper Hold tightly…but it doesn't stop him from attempting a Northern Lights Suplex…only to have his head spiked via DDT, which earns Nolan a two-count.
– Nolan keeps his momentum going as he prolongs his attack around Duke's head and neck area with a running forearm, a Fireman's Carry Neckbreaker and a sickening Dragon Screw Neck Whip that would even make Keiji Mutoh wince in regret; that last move should've put Devlin away, but he only barely kicks out at 2.69. As Nolan gets ready to finish this contest, he scolds Duke and reminds him why they have this match in the first place, slapping him around and then elbowing his neck before running for the ropes…and right into a Spinning Dropkick by the retaliating former/inaugural ACW Television Champion! Devlin catches him for a Sidewalk Slam reversed into an Inverted Facelock, then Gates lifts him…and Devlin lands on his feet…twists him around into a cravate…Nolan pushes him away…and Duke nails the Springboard Thrust Kick to the face!
– Steamrolling through Nolan with an Ace Deuce, a Lifting Double Underhook Facebuster and a Rolling Dice (Rolling Thunder), Duke takes himself up to the top rope for his Five Star Frog Splash…but Marcus King crashes the party to immense boos as he appears on the apron with a steel chair in hand, distracting referee Michael Verra as he tries to prevent him from interfering. However, Mason Stone comes from the blind spot of the official and Duke with a chair of his own, ready to attack him…but Duke leaps off the rope in time and rolls through. Mason enters and swings the chair at Duke…who ducks it in time…
…and barely stops himself from hitting Nolan by accident! Both men are in relief…but the Dark Saint becomes a victim of his own demise with a Kill Shot (Van Daminator) by Devlin! Stone rolls out as Duke picks up the chair to toss it out…
…but as soon as Marcus stepped down with a smirk, Verra sees Duke recently throwing the weapon out…Nolan down and out…and conclusions might be jumped to. Duke tries explaining and telling him not to make the same mistake as Luger did earlier, but Verra wanted no part of it as he's not that stupid…and yells at Nolan to get up and quit the acting, showing how Genre Savvy he really is! This works as Nolan gets up to argue with the referee as Marcus is furious and the crowd are cheering! Duke then capitalizes with a high-speed Bridging Tiger Suplex…which Nolan breaks the pinfall at 2.78 via kick-out! Duke rolls to his feet and hits a Springboard Thrust Kick to Marcus King, knocking him off the apron to prevent any further interference…especially now that Joey Wheeler and Tristan Taylor have arrived as the cavalry to fend off Mason and Marcus.
– Duke Devlin nails Nolan with a Scoop Slam and a Discus Leg Drop, proceeding to hop onto the top turnbuckle…but all of a sudden, Nolan springs to life in "accidentally" shoving Michael Verra into the ropes, causing Duke to slip and land crotch-first onto the pad! After explaining to a scolding Verra that he thought he was Duke (which a fan called, "BULL!"), Nolan wastes no time to run up the top and land a Superplex! Hanging on, he follows it up with a Falcon Arrow…and puts him in position to a knee…as he ricochets off the ropes to nail a Kickback to the Future (Sick Kick to a kneeling opponent, using their knee as leverage), hooking the leg tightly for the ensuing pinfall victory!
After the match…
– A battle ensues between the fans' loud negative reactions and "The Arms of Sorrow" by Killswitch Engage playing over them as Nolan Gates stands up with both fists raised high, one held up by the official to signal as the winner. He remains tall over Duke…who begins to stir…and his grin is quickly replaced with a dark glare. After Joey and Tristan were taken down, Mason tosses his chair over to Nolan and states to the audience that a punishment is due for Duke for ruining their title opportunities in the tournament…then Marcus enters the ring to press his foot against Duke's skull…and Nolan proceeds to mercilessly smash the chair onto his back over…
…and over…
…and over…
…and over…
…and over…
…and over, AND OVER, AND OVER…
…AND OVER, AND OVER, AND OVER! To no end, Duke is screaming his lungs out in agony and failing to escape as Nolan, with a sadistic grin, keeps destroying his spine with the foreign object! Eventually, he stops for Mason to slip a chair under Duke's head and growls in his face for the camera to hear: "We will NO LONGER hide in the background for pricks like you, Wheeler and Taylor! NO LONGER will we be overshadowed for any BULLSH*T! This ERA is OUR TIME! This ERA is the HARDCORE FOUNDATION'S! HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR, MOTHERF*CKER?!" Then Mason swipes the chair away from Nolan and SUDDENLY SMASHES THE CHAIR OVER DUKE'S SKULL WITH A CON-CHAIR-TO!
– Horrified silence was all that's left in the arena, other than the murmured boos…The Hardcore Foundation now appear stoic with raised right fists connecting and determined to put their names back on the map…as they stand over an immobile Duke Devlin…whose blood seeps out from a cracked skull. The EMTs and a few more officials clear the Foundation away from the ring to check on Duke's condition; the trio didn't mind—their work was done for now as they head up the stage without ever looking back nor any regrets.
– Later on backstage, after the commercial break, Joey and Tristan, as they're approached by Marzia Bisognin to hear their thoughts, were outright FURIOUS over the Hardcore Foundation's actions. They felt they had themselves to blame for not saving their friend in time…but they weren't going to let Mason, Marcus and Nolan get away with their crimes. They issued a challenge to settle it all next week on the go-home show…in a Three-on-Two Handicap Hardcore Rules Match. With Duke's current state of a possible head trauma and a spinal injury, they seek VENGEANCE and they're gonna get it…one way or another.
Backstage Segment – The Lone Uchiha heeds a warning for the Tommy Oliver
– In a locker room backstage, the Mighty Morphin Green Ranger is approached by "Cutie Pie" Marzia Bisognin to get his thoughts on the stipulation he's involved with Sasuke, Jason and Ichigo for the Hardcore Title as declared by Joshua Garza at the start of the show. To him, this was insanity; he didn't exactly wanted a Hardcore Title shot to begin with as he only appeared to put a stop to Krueger's outrage that happened these past two weeks…but with how involved he got himself into, he probably should've seen it coming.
– "Yes, you should've," said Sasuke Uchiha, entering the room. "Because perhaps you shouldn't gotten yourself involved in this title scene in the first place. I've waited for a chance like this. I've waited for an opportunity to build myself back to the top since my mortifying loss to Naruto at Rebellion…and I'm not gonna let you screw that up for me, Oliver. So since we're 'partners' at Tag Team Mayhem only…let me tell you this…if we ever end up losing…because of you screwing everything up…I won't hesitate to punt your skull off of your shoulders and out of this company. Do you understand me?"
– Tommy returns the glare to his well-known rival from XCF, replying, "Oh…I hear you, Sasuke…loud and clear. …Just doesn't mean I won't hesitate to kick your face in. Since we're stuck in this situation, we're gonna have to work together, whether we like it or not. And I sure as heck don't like it as much as you do. So for now…we're partners."
– As much as Sasuke hated to hear that…he was right. They were temporary partners until the end of their tag match and if Sasuke wanted a Hardcore Title belt, he was gonna have to work as a team with Tommy. So he sighs irritably, "Fine. We're 'partners'…for now. Just remember what I said to you…or else we're gonna have a problem." Sasuke takes his exit as Tommy is left to glare at him.
"The Sōjutsu Specialist" Rei Miyamoto vs. "The Gamer Champ" Joan Rivera
– Joan felt very confident going into this match after believing she got into Rei's head…but she didn't exactly count on her suddenly sprinting down to the ring halfway on the ramp, sliding inside, ducking a fist and landing a Springboard Clothesline! The Sōjutsu Specialist is taking out all her frustrations and anger on the Gamer Champ with a series of breakneck fists to the face, showing she's not gonna take Joan's crap lying down like that! Three stiff knife edge chops in to Joan against the ropes, Rei takes her arm for an Irish whip, but Joan reverses it and Rei rebounds with a baseball slide between her legs and hits a German Suplex…followed by a Dragon Suplex…and concluded with a Bridging X-Plex, executing Dance with the Dead (Samoa Joe's Chimera-Plex)! Joan manages to kick out at two, but as she stands up dazed and baffled, she soon finds herself tumbling to the outside through the ropes after a Springboard Thrust Kick by Rei. The fight takes place outside as Rei nails a Soccer Kick to Joan's gut followed by holding her foot back to release and snapping the kick over the back of Joan's skull; all the while, referee Shawn Yeager is just trying to do his job by warning Rei to get herself back in the ring, but she paid no attention as she grabs Joan and flingers her body straight into the steel steps!
– The action returns inside the ring and Joan manages to turn the tables by ducking a Clothesline and catching Rei with a Seizure Warning (Reverse Frankensteiner), spiking her head into the canvas! She goes for a quick cover, but Rei powers out at two-and-a-half. Joan decides to want payback for Rei's all-out attack by cornering her with repeated chest stomps and a knee to the throat, choking her before stopping at nearly five by Yeager's count. Telling her that she has no idea who she's dealing with and slapping her, Joan takes Rei up for a Vertical Suplex…but as she attempts lifting her up, Rei stops her with a leg hooking around hers and hits a Snap Suplex into the turnbuckles. Momentum switched back and forth between these young women throughout the bout; Rei Miyamoto blasting the running video game enthusiast with a Crossbody Block, Joan Rivera drilling the Sōjutsu Specialist with a Déjà Vu DDT (Tilt-a-whirl DDT), Rei leg-feeding her opponent to nail an Enzuigiri, Joan monkey flipping Rei halfway across the ring and face-first, Rei performing the Art of the Spear (Suicide Dive transitioned into a Spear), and Joan landing a Platformer Leap (Diving Crossbody) off the apron.
– Later onward, Rivera takes down Rei with a Tilt-a-whirl Headscissors Takedown into a Single-arm DDT and floats over into a Fujiwara Armbar! Both females lie together on the mat as Joan deeply wrenches the armbar and Rei struggles to move herself towards the ropes or break out of the hold in her own power! Being smart, Joan also pulls back on Rei's fingers to deepen the pain, giving Rei a harder time to move and escape. Even so, Rei draws herself closer to the ropes and seeing where she's at before Joan had to bend the arm back more, the Sōjutsu Specialist extends her leg out and drapes it over the bottom rope! Shawn Yeager counts 1…2…3…4…4.74, and an irate Joan lets go, but not before stomping on the arm to add insult to injury. Rivera takes her to a corner with a backhand chop, then rebounds off the opposite corner to hit a Corner Clothesline and follows it up with a Bulldog—Rei carries her halfway across the ring to toss her into the turnbuckles! After Joan crashed and burned, Rei picks her up for an Irish whip, but Joan reverses that, goes for a Jumping High Knee…and Rei avoids it, causing Joan to hurt her knee! Then Rei hits the ropes and officially puts herself back in the driver's seat with a high-speed, high-impact Dead Rush (Running Single Leg Dropkick)!
– However, both Miyamoto and Rivera are laid out after the former used up a lot of power into that kick to knock out the latter. It would take a while for them to regain their energy and continue fighting, which Rei is the first to do so by draping an arm over Joan's chest…and Joan pops the shoulder up at 2.69. Both girls later rise to their feet and Rei strikes Joan with a right hook, then two consecutive Clotheslines and reverses a German Suplex attempt into a Wheelbarrow Victory Roll! But Joan kicks out at 2.77…and Rei pulls her into a Deadlock Crossface (Crippler Crossface)! Joan has nowhere to go as she screams at the top of her lungs in total pain, feeling her neck stretched back by Rei's rigid grasp as she shouts at her opponent to "tap the f*ck out"! Joan tries overturning the submission into a pinfall…which Rei kicks out 2.83 and she still keeps the Crossface locked in! Joan's hand shaking, appearing so close to tap out…but then Trish Warrington appears to nail a kendo stick over Joan's back! Shawn calls for disqualification, bringing in the crowd's angry reception and Rei's fury for costing her the match!
After the match…
– Rei immediately went after Trish, but earns a swift kendo stick shot to the gut! The Canadian blonde doesn't hesitate to continue her assault, whipping the kendo stick over her back constantly as punishment for last week! Meanwhile, Joan had escaped and ambles her way up to the Gorilla Position, telling the camera that she is "2-0" and the "experience points" she's earned were not much, but worth a lot more than she had with Ashley. After nailing the kendo stick over Rei's face, Trish plants her center of the canvas with the Foreign Glamour. She soon leaves her rival to be taken care of by the officials with a smug, victorious grin and her kendo stick carried over her shoulder as The Pit rages with hisses and jeers.
Backstage…
– As Trish walks down the stairs, she ends up bumping into Misty, who doesn't appear very pleased by her actions with her firm, strict posture. "Can I help you, 'boss lady'?" Trish asks self-assuredly.
"Well, Ms. Warrington, I can't help but feel very disappointed over your recent heinous actions lately against Saya, Saeko and Rei," Misty states. "From the way you act to the way you treat your opponents with such arrogance, these aren't exactly the qualities of what female wrestler should have—
"Oh, gag me, Misty. Don't be giving me that lesson about the world being black and white. I do this because I want to. Those three girls are in need of a lesson to be put in their place while I can continue dominating this pathetic division I'm stuck with under your rule, sadly. The competition has only been too easy for me thus far."
"An attitude like that won't get you so far…but obviously, people who say that have been proven wrong, unfortunately. Nonetheless…if you still think the competition has been 'too easy', then in that case, after seeing what you did to Rei…I'm calling your rematch with her next week…in a Kendo Stick Match."
– Trish's left eyebrow raises in enthrall over the stipulation as the crowd cheers…and she says, "Fine by me… Gives me a great excuse to whip Miyamoto into her place. So when she's beaten to a pulp by then…she'll have you to thank, Misty. So in advance…thanks." She pats her boss' shoulder and takes her leave as Misty watches her with narrowed eyes.
Alpha & Omega (Carter Young and Stan Terra) vs. Smosh (Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla)
– Revolutionaries versus degenerates. That's a match people can get into, especially now they're about to witness Alpha & Omega and Smosh facing off in the ring for the first time. The first participants to commence the tag match are Carter and Anthony (after he beat Ian with rock-paper-scissors, much to his infuriation), who both lock up in the middle. Anthony twists the arm and tries for a takedown, but Carter rolls forward to his feet and pulls Anthony into a rear waistlock that he quickly shifts into a takedown. Anthony sits up as Carter tightens his hold, not letting up for one second…until Anthony gyrates his hips, forcing a disgusted Young to let go and shove him away…but that's what Anthony wanted as he apprehends him in with a Short-arm Elbow Smash! As Carter recovers in his corner with a glare, Anthony and Ian perform a crotch chop (Crowd: SUCK IT!) just to add insult to injury.
– Getting down to serious business, Young and Padilla engage in a Greco-Roman knuckle lock and the latter trips the former with a Legsweep, then turns and bends the arm back along with his wrist and fingers. Regardless of the pain, Alpha rolls back as Anthony twists the arm forward, then he rolls forward and proceeds with a duo of feign kip-ups into a real kip-up and twists Anthony's arm to flip him onto his back and Leg Drops on his arm! A Figure-four Keylock is set and Anthony doesn't stay too long with a headscissors snapped tight around Carter's temple. That's when Carter shows off his strength and flexibility by performing a handstand, wowing the crowd…then he hops around a bit…and front flips back onto his feet out of Anthony's headscissors as he fixes up his Ivy League haircut…and returns the DX crotch chop to Anthony, mocking his degenerate antics and taunting how he got the better of him. The leading man of Smosh did not appreciate that at all. It's obvious that got under his skin as he slowly stands up and both men talk trash to each other…until Anthony slaps him right across the face…and Carter slaps him right back him! The action picks up the pace as both men lock up and bounce off the ropes as Carter pushes Anthony off of him from the side headlock; Carter lies flat while Anthony hops over, hits the ropes and runs under a leapfrogging Carter, who misses a Running Clothesline, but catches a leapfrogging Anthony with a high-impact Powerbomb!
– Carter soon tags in Stan, who lands a Slingshot Senton Atómico over Anthony with the former rope-hanging him to hit a simultaneous Falling Inverted DDT. The Omega watches Anthony roll outside and decides to join him by hitting a Corner Springboard Dropkick and landing his back right on the apron. Dumb move on Stan's part, but he fights the pain as he shoves Anthony back in the ring; hitting another Topé Atómico while unintentionally hurting his back again, Stan performs two-hit combo of a Vertical Suplex rolled through and followed by a Falcon Arrow. A pin attempt only gains a near-fall for the high-flying rookie. Later, he contributes to perform a Snapmare followed by a Shoot Kick to the back concluded with a Standing Shooting Star Press, which earns another near-fall for Terra.
– The Omega stands Anthony up, slaps him across the face to assert his dominance as champion and goes for a Handspring Shiranui…but Anthony is able to counter with a back body drop, which Stan lands on his feet from, followed by a Rainbow Lariat-pop (Discus Lariat)! Anthony tags his best friend in and they pay homage to The Hardy Boyz with Poké-try in Motion (Poetry in Motion)! With a successive sequence of a Go, Go Cannonball (Cannonball Senton, preceded by drinking his Go, Go Juice), a Running Knee Lift to a rope-hung Terra, and a ZDT (Brainbuster), Ian tags back out and both show off their teamwork as Ian hits a Spinning Spinebuster while Anthony concurrently nails a Running Neckbreaker to Stan together; Anthony with a forearm to Carter, knocking him down (but not really as he hangs on), and Smosh decide to end this match early as they set up Stan by Ian Bear Hugging him and Anthony running—INTO A BIG BOOT BY CARTER YOUNG FROM THE SIDELINES! Funny enough, Ian paid no attention to what happened behind him and is just waiting for Anthony to complete the move with him, but all that's there behind him is Carter with his hands on his hips and waiting for him to turn around. The crowd gets a good laugh out of this as Ian eventually turns around, goes "Ohhh, sh—" and Big Boot to the face by Young. After throwing Ian out into his fellow comedian mutually, Carter gets down on all fours as Stan bounces off the ropes…steps on his friend's back…and comes flying at Smosh with a One-foot Springboard Topé con Hilo! And the wowed crowd goes wild over it!
– The end appears nigh when Carter (who is now legal) lifts Anthony upside-down, displaying his superb natural strength by keeping him held up vertically and soon doing it just by one arm while Stan patiently waits in the corner. Half a minute has passed, the blood is rushing down to Anthony's head, and The Pit are amazed by Carter's unbelievable power for someone his size as they raise their voices for the inevitable finish with Terra, smirking confidently, takes his time to do his bid…but Ian trips him up and pulls him crotch-first into the ring post! Now Carter has no idea what's taking Stan so long…and he turns around to find his answer, Ian flipping him off and saying, "Payback, bitch!" and kicks him in the gut! Anthony gets dropped on his stomach and rolls out to recover while Ian hoists Carter on his shoulders, proceeding to Airplane Spin around and around and around with the crowd counting each 360° turn; after ten spins (Crowd: TEN! TEN! TEN!), Ian goes "Look, Ma, no hands!"…and after fifteen handless Airplane Spins, he hits the Fireman's Carry Cutter!
– Referee Nikolas Alba escorts a very dizzy Ian out of the ring and Anthony comes back into the match, crouching on the top turnbuckle and thanking his best friend for the assistance…before diving with an elbow drop to the chest of the young Alpha, HBK style! Feeling the momentum shifting back to his team's side, Anthony signals for Sweet Chin Music from a neutral corner as he starts stomping like he never stomped before…but Stan Terra interferes by tripping and pulling Anthony into the ring post, smashing his groin in the process! The fuming Terra is proud at vengeance being served at his own hands as he recovers from his situation…though he hears "LEEROOOOY JENKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINS!" by Ian Hecox from behind, turning around to a High-impact Shoulder Block that sends Terra flying and crashing into the barricade like a f*cking rag doll!
– Meanwhile in the ring, Carter capitalizes with an Alpha Driver to Anthony…and Ian breaks up the ensuing pin at a near three-count! Attacking Carter with punches to the face, Ian takes him for an Irish whip…misses a Clothesline…but connects a High Knee—CARTER CATCHES IAN DESPITE THE KNEE STRIKING HIS FACE! Ian freaks out as Carter roars to pop Ian up and hits a defining European Uppercut that would make Antonio Cesaro smile…just as Anthony chop blocks him! Anthony, albeit somewhat dazed, tries slapping Ian back to his senses and the two set Carter up for a double-team finish, Anthony carrying Alpha on his shoulders…Ian crouching on the top turnbuckle…and he dives off and crashes hard onto the barricade by a returning Omega! Carter then gets the most out of the situation with a hard elbow to the jaw…hoists him up on his shoulders with an Electric Chair and turns his back on the corner…as Stan stands at the top, grabs his head…and the World Tag Team Champions execute Alpha and Omega (Sitout Electric Chair Facebuster (Young) / Diamond Dust (Terra) combination)! And that does the trick for the A&O clean victory!
After the match…
– This was a surprisingly fun match and the crowd knew that, showing their appreciation for both tag teams as Carter and Stan stand together with their hands raised by the official and holding their World Tag Titles up in the air. They were damn proud of their victory…but they needed to prove their dominance as champions by setting Anthony up for the Beginning of the End (Magic Killer), Stan assisting Carter to hit that Snap Swinging Neckbreaker at the center of the ring. This wasn't just a message to the entire ACW Tag Team Division, this was a message to anybody daring to challenge them at Tag Team Mayhem for the belts they've worked for months to get them…and a subtle message for Ray Narvaez Jr. to destroy Ryan Haywood at FWF ForeverFest.
– They continue the message as Carter holds Ian next on his shoulders in a Fireman's Carry…but Ed and Eddy run down the ring to chase the rookies off! Everyone was honestly surprised by how The Eds are defending Smosh in spite of them being in a Degenerate Civil War. Though they weren't surprised by Eddy reminding Smosh that if anybody's gonna discipline them into respecting the old DX guard in the Eds, it's Eddy and Ed themselves (mostly Eddy as Ed's mostly the Ryback muscle) before Eddy crotch chops Anthony while Ed (by Eddy's orders) picks Ian up to hit From the Belly of Hades, then leave them to lick their wounds.
Backstage Segment – Jeff Dunham and Walter interview New Devastation
– Comedian Jeff Dunham with Walter in his hand stands in-between Jimmy Carmichael and Benjamin Strong III, and the ventriloquist says, "Mr. Carmichael, Mr. Strong, you two have been busy for these past few weeks torturing Jeremy Ellis to no end, bringing him to a brink of self-destruction. What everyone else and I observing this feud wants to know after all this time—
"Why the hell are you dicks to the kid?" Walter bluntly asks, rounding up chuckles from the crowd and glares from ND towards Dunham.
– Jimmy licks his lips to think of an answer…and replies, "Why are we 'dicks' to little Ellis, you ask…Jeff? Let me tell you a small story—it goes back to our short time in developmental from Nexus Genesis Wrestling to Adrenaline Impact Wrestling. Any time Ellis and I compete…I. Always. Win. He comes close, I'll give him that much respect…but it doesn't stop the inevitable. I'm just trying to prove a point to Ellis that he is nowhere near the level Ben and I are in, just like how Trish is doing the same to little Miyamoto. See, in this industry, it's where strong survive…and the weak suffer to the brink of death in their careers. As a Future Legend of this promotion, it's my duty to assert who belongs in which position on the card from jobber to main event status. I tried giving him a chance last week…but after his interference and sullying our chances to head into the semifinals tonight, he screwed himself over. He nobody to blame but himself for the path he's walking himself into like a little, selfish bitch. The longer he acts that way, the more he's proving me right on why he deserves the position he's currently in.
"Now I digress…since he wants a win so bad…I'll give him an opportunity he can't refuse," Jimmy says as he faces the camera. "Yo…little Black Mamba…if you're watching this wherever you are, hiding at your home…or in the gutters…I have a proposition for you. Next week, on the final RAMPAGE before Summer Wars, I will give you one last chance to defeat me and Ben in a tag team match with a partner of your own choosing. This is your chance to settle the score with us, my friend. So are you gonna man up and fight us…or are you gonna find some excuse to bitch about why you couldn't face me 'cause of you know that I was right?"
– "Depends, Carmichael…" The Future Legend's eyes widen in surprise, turning them to his left…as Jeremy Ellis, dressed in his street clothes, steps up in his rival's face with a stern expression. Both he and New Devastation have a stare-down while Jeff remains in the background…(Walter: Where the hell did this hobo come from—oh, wait…never mind.)…and Jeremy speaks, "Depends on…if you're man enough to face the wrath of the Black Mamba. Because when those kinds of cold-blooded reptiles target a prey…it never gives them a chance to run away before it seizes them and inject their deadly black venom into their bodies. In other words…you got a match…and I'm gonna show you you've made a big mistake in pissing off a black mamba, 'pal'. Now you know I'm not hiding nor am I gonna take anybody's crap any longer. You understand me? …I'm sick of losing…but I'm also sick of complaining about it. So your arrogant request…will be your demise, Carmichael. And by the way, as for my partner…let's just say…you're gonna be in for a real shock when you see him."
– Jeremy forms a smirk as he leaves and purposely bumps shoulders with Jimmy, who glares at him…with his left eye twitching…and Benjamin rests a hand on him to calm him down. Jimmy exhales, regaining his composure…but he'll be looking forward to put Ellis in his place.
Backstage Segment – Krueger and Kurosaki become reluctantly willing to put their differences aside at Tag Team Mayhem…for now
– The camera shifts to another backstage area, zooming out from a locker room door with Ichigo Kurosaki standing by it with his belt over his shoulder. He sighs before knocking on the door, which soon opens…and Jason Krueger appears answering it, immediately frowning at the sight of his enemy.
– "What the hell do you want, Kurosaki?" Krueger narrows his eyes.
"Okay, I'm gonna make short and straight to the point, so you better damn well listen 'cause I'm not gonna repeat myself," Ichigo firmly replies. "You and I obviously don't like each other."
"Yeah, that's for damn sure," the Gore Machine folds his arms.
"But we're in bit a situation where we are forced to work together if we want to make this match just between you and me for the Hardcore Title—"
"—MY Hardcore Title…!" Jason growls, glowering a hole through the Substitute Shinigami.
"Yeah, well, look who's holding it, jackass," Ichigo points to his belt on his shoulder, glaring right back…before regaining his composure. "The point is…if we want to make this match just between us…Garza is right. We need to work together. Sasuke and Tommy likely have had this same conversation themselves, so we needed to do the same. We'll have to act like a team. We don't gotta like it…but we have no choice. You and I know that."
– And as much as Jason hates to admit it, Ichigo was right; so after running his hands over his face, he replies, "…If we happen to lose, Strawberry…just know I'm gonna beat you black and blue, knowing you screwed everything up for us."
"…Good to know we're on the same page, Krueger," Ichigo deadpans as he walks away, leaving Jason to glare at the Hardcore Champion before slamming the door on the camera.
"The Wanderer" Kenshin Himura vs. "The Virus King" RC Bane
– The past meets the future as RC Bane and Kenshin tie up with the Greco-Roman knuckle lock, testing each other's strength until Kenshin trips him up with a single leg takedown and twists the left leg at an opposite direction. However, Bane quickly rotates himself, breaks Kenshin's hold by swinging his free leg down to his other, rolls forward and dropkicks Kenshin. The former Hitokiri Battōsai sidesteps another dropkick and puts Bane in a Side Headlock, which he escapes with a shove after bouncing off the ropes from the momentum…and Bane takes a Bridged Dragon Suplex by Kenshin! Bane kicks out at nearly two and Kenshin shows how fast he is with an immediate, stiff Soccer Kick to the chest! The second proceeding lateral press attempt gets Kenshin a two-count.
– Himura ascends the top rope to dive, but Bane nails him with an Enzuigiri while he's positioned there. Then Bane tries for a Superplex…but Kenshin fights out of it and floats over Bane to slam him down with a Sunset Flip Powerbomb from the top rope! Kenshin returns to the top…but Bane wisely rolls out of the ring to avoid something devastating from the ECW legend. Even so, Kenshin comes after him with a Diving Crossbody and—lands hard onto the barricade with Bane sidestepping him! After recovering, he throws Kenshin back in the ring, though he sweeps off the apron to dropkick him in impressive fashion. He stands up on the apron to perform a Springboard Moonsault…but Bane sidesteps him in time again and Kenshin on his feet, though tweaks his left knee and Bane capitalizes with a Chop Block.
– After taking Kenshin back in the ring, he catches his kicking leg and Dragon Screws the limb, advancing into a Heel Hook. Bane surely deepens the hold, softening up the leg for when he locks in his patented Reaper Lock, a Single-leg Boston Crab; meanwhile, Kenshin is fighting back with swift, rigid kicks to the head, forcing Bane to let go. However, RC Bane takes the leg back to kick it three times and spike a DDT on it. Standing up with the leg in hand, Bane twists it an opposite direction for a while like how Kenshin did to him earlier before snapping in the Indian Deathlock. Bane is just taking his time torturing the former assassin before he has to make for the kill eventually as Kenshin holds his screams back to endure the pain, then Bane stands up and hooks Kenshin's arms to further pain in a Butterfly Lock / Standing Indian Deathlock combination. A minute into the hold, Kenshin starts mustering up the strength to break out of the Indian Deathlock part and rise to his feet, forcing Bane to ram his knee up into his face repeatedly and throwing him to a nearby corner. Bane runs after Kenshin, who surprises him with a back elbow and then goes up the second turnbuckle to nail a Diving Double Axe Handle. Kenshin goes off the ropes for a Lariat Takedown and then hooks Bane right into an Arm-trap Swinging Lifting DDT, a lovely variation of his Way of the Samurai!
– Due to the pain he endured in his leg by Bane's constant targeting, Kenshin isn't as fast as he brings Bane down with a Running Corner Enzuigiri and a Jumping Tornado DDT afterwards, that maneuver showing he couldn't get all the height and impact he needed as Bane kicks out of an endeavored pinfall at 2.63. Kenshin sits Bane up into a Half Nelson and Single Chickenwing combo in order to keep him grounded since his leg is slowing him down and he has no other choice. Sadly, Bane doesn't stick around in the hold for too long as he rises up, then slips down to Victory Roll Kenshin up…which he kicks out at a near-fall, but Bane holds onto his bad leg with a straight legbar! Thankfully, Kenshin was close enough to the ring ropes to get a rope break, though Bane later puts himself back in the driver's seat with a Snap Scoop Powerslam followed by a Springboard Moonsault, yet another pin effort broken up by Kenshin with his shoulder off the canvas at 2.55.
– Now RC Bane lifts Kenshin up to his feet, sets him up in a Gutwrench hold…and Kenshin slips out of it with an Arm Drag! Bane rolls to his feet and Michinoku Driver II by Kenshin Himura! Legs hooked: 1…2…Bane kicks out and kneels up—SHUFFLE SIDE KICK RIGHT ACROSS THE SKULL! Kenshin takes the stunned RC Bane up for a ride and that ride happens to be a Reverse Neckbreaker (Air Raid Crash onto the knee)! Another tight cover by Kenshin: 1…2…BANE WITH THE KICK OUT AT 2.84!
– Hitokiri Battōsai brings the Virus King to the ropes for an Irish whip, but he reverses it into his own and Kenshin ricochets with a Flying Forearm Smash, knocking referee Andrew Styles down! Kenshin, the gentle soul, helps Styles try to regain his senses, but Bane seizes him from behind with a Release German Suplex…and Kenshin lands on his feet! Though, the knee takes a sacrifice, but Kenshin deems it worthy as he surprises Bane with a Reverse Blade/Sakabatō Forearm (Discus Forearm Smash)! Seeing how Styles shows his toughness by already getting up in the corner, Kenshin measures the rookie from a corner…and his jumping Ryūtsuisen—ducked by Bane, who single leg takedowns Kenshin and turns him over for the Reaper Lock! Going as far to press his knee into the back of Kenshin's head, the Virus King does not show any sign of losing his grip while Kenshin grits his teeth in pain of how stretched his body and his leg are! Though Kenshin shows heart by dragging himself over to the ropes just a few feet away…Andrew Styles asking if Kenshin wants to give up and he shouts, "No!" as he extends an arm out…and then Zeke Aries arrives at the ring apron, taunting Kenshin to tap out if he knows what's good for him before pulling at the bottom rope to prevent him from getting a rope break! The Southern official tells Zeke to get out of here, but the selfish rookie refuses to…so Andrew takes matters into his own hands by kicking Zeke away! Much to the crowd's delight and Zeke's surprise, Andrew proves his authority tonight as Kenshin earns a rope break and Bane doesn't let go until at 4.98, giving enough damage to his leg. Now the Virus King begs Kenshin to get up as he kicks him in the gut and his Gutwrench Powerbomb…is countered into another arm drag followed by a Jumping Leg Lariat, Ryūtsuisen! Kenshin takes cover with both legs hooked: 1…2…Zeke Aries pulls Styles out and smashes a steel chair over his head!
– As this match comes to a no contest by Timekeeper Noah McQueen ringing the bell repeatedly, The Pit's audience let out a heated negative reaction as Aries is just smashing the chair repeatedly over a referee's back and shouting to each shot, "YOU! DON'T! EVER! F*CKING! TOUCH ME! YOU STUPID! GOD! DAMN! SON OF A! BITCH!"
"Oh, Lord, help us, Aries is out of control! Someone put a stop to this! Andrew Styles isn't a trained professional!" Ted shouts.
"I wouldn't do that—you'd just become a victim like that dumbass who laid a foot on Zeke," Logan states.
"He was doing his JOB by keeping Zeke at bay, you heartless…! Know what? No. You're not even worth arguing," Ned frowns. "Someone just stop this already!"
– Zeke puts a stop to his maniacal rampage as he heavily glares at the grimacing, scrunched-up referee who is on the brink of unconsciousness, then Kenshin, bad leg be damned, flies into Zeke with a Slingshot Plancha! The crowd cheers on for Kenshin mounting Zeke with raining punches to the face, not willing to stand by and let Zeke do what he wants! The self-proclaimed A-List Wrestler escapes his wrath for now and Kenshin charges at him…into a dropkick to the knee, the wanderer flying face-first into the steel steps!
"AGH! That was a nasty fall for Kenshin!" Ned winces.
"And now Zeke Aries has rightful control to do what he wants…" Logan sneers.
"Do you seriously have no sense of good morals?" Ted questions his colleague.
– The ruthless punishment by Aries to Kenshin ensues with the former laying out the latter with throwing his body into the barricade, then again head-first to the ring post, and smashes his head with a steel chair against the ring post as Kenshin was in the ring under the bottom turnbuckle. Later on, Zeke takes Kenshin at the center with a chair placed in front of them as he puts him in a full nelson, growls into his ear, "At Summer Wars, Ken…I'm gonna MAKE you my BITCH! And you'll be nothing more than the afterthought that you REALLY are!" and PLANTS Kenshin with the Reality Check into the steel chair! "ASSHOLE!" chants rang very loudly inside The WisePies Arena as Zeke stands over the veteran with fists raised high shouting, "LAST! GUYS! FINISH! LAST! I AM THE FUTURE OF THIS COMPANY! AND YOU ALL KNOW IT!"
Backstage Segment – The Blake Bros. hype themselves up for their personal second round
– Around backstage, Tony and Adrian stand together alone in a somewhat dark area as they prepare for their next round against The Second City Saints to prove why they should be taken seriously.
– "Listen good, big man…we goin' through some crap, but right now, we are in the semifinals and we're gonna make sure we're gonna move on into the finals at Tag Team Mayhem. We're gonna get those tag title shots we're rightfully owed since we came into this company, ever since we defeated Altered Egos and got nothin' out of it," Tony states as Adrian nods to every word. "All the ups and downs we've been through, the good and the bad, all the CRAP we had to put up with this company in its first two months! …But we stuck around somehow… And I'll tell you this, A, at one point…we were the Tag Team Champions for Digital Championship Alliance…and look where we are. We got our own legacy to keep up with the Blake Family, bro…and it's all boiled down to right here and right now. We're on our way to redeem ourselves after being stuck at the bottom of the barrel as we got some Saints to crucify and some Naughty Dogs to skin later on. You got my back like always, bro?"
Adrian nods…as he speaks, "Hell yeah, Hot Flash."
– The silent powerhouse talking for the first time gets a pop from the crowd (mostly those supporting the Blakes) as Tony smirks, "That's my boy… Now let's go out there, A. Let's remind the world who we are and show why we deserve this more than the pathetic jokes known as Phil and Dolt. We're gonna show those sumbitches what we are all about. LET'S DO THIS." Tony smacks his brother's bulky chest and the second generation of the Blake Family head off to the Gorilla Position.
– Meanwhile, the Second City Saints are seen prepping themselves for their upcoming semifinals bout as the commentators promote that the main event is up next.
Main Event: World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament Semifinals – Second City Saints (Phil Hardy and Colt Anderson) vs. The Blake Bros. 2.0 (Tony and Adrian Blake)
– The following main event of the evening is a tournament semifinals to proceed into the World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament Finals…involved are the Blake Bros. and the Saints, both teams who have been at each other's throats for six weeks now. Tony and Adrian seek to make themselves known more and get the respect they feel they deserve from everyone in this arena to their opponents tonight to everyone else in the Multiverse. "Hot Flash" Tony Blake, with a mixture of arrogance and sternness in his tone of voice, proclaims, "Blake Bros. 2.0. In the HOUSE. Or in this case, The Pit. The Pit full of people obviously wanting them Saints to win. Guess you fools are bettin' on the wrong damn horse. For months we've been going back and forth on the card, going from beating the inaugural World Tag Champs in day one…to getting our asses buried by some MMA punk ass bitch who's now just a punk ass bitch 'round Ignition and lost in the shuffle. Since this damn Brand Extension—hell, actually, even before that, we've been BARELY talked about, barely noticed, barely promoted…and yet here we are. Here in the semifinals…yet you suckas STILL don't give us the respect we damn well DESERVE. Well, guess what?! We DONE not being talked about! You selfish a-holes always praising the Egos, A&O, the Symbiotes, HotD, Gods of Darkness, Wolves, Eds…and even the GODDAMN SAINTS. Big A and I are just DAMN SICK of hearing about them! Tonight is OUR TIME! Tag Team Mayhem is GONNA BE OUR TIME! Summer Wars GONNA BE OUR TIME! We're gonna be gunnin' for those World Tag Team Titles and when we win them off of A&O, you people are gonna show us THE RESPECT we deserve! Those Saints say we ain't doing nothing? Well, what the hell have YOU TWO done other than be complete failures and jokes, complete parodies of yourselves! HUH?! …So without further ado, baby girl, Maria, you can go ahead and leave the rest to us. In the ring, from the Capital of the United States, weighting together at pure heavy 514 pounds…my name is Tony Blake! 'The Hot Flash'! A TRUE Certified G and a Bona-Fide Stud! And this big guy right here next to me who's got more beefcake under his skin than Mike Tyson in his prime? Why, this is 'Big A' Adrian Blake, or y'all can keep calling him just by 'A'…he six-foot and eight-inches tall, but he can still demolish yo asses with his own POWER…and ya CAN'T…TEACH…THAT. RECOGNIZE, SON. *drops mic*"
– Senior Referee Marshall Eriksen calls for the match to start and the two to first represent their respective teams are Colt Anderson and Tony Blake. They carefully extend each other's hands out for a Test of Strength…but Colt decides to mock him instead with a crotch chop (Colt: *high-pitched* SUCK IIIIIT!), Young Bucks style, of course…and a crossed Tony Blake PIMP SLAPS him right across the face! "LEARN TO TAKE PEOPLE LIKE US SERIOUSLY, YOU DUMB BITCH!" Tony shouts before hitting the ropes to knee strike his head in. The Hot Flash forces Colt into a corner, releasing his frustration with a series of shoulder thrusts and then mudhole stomps enough to get Marshall to pull him off and calm him down. With a cool head, Tony returns to Colt with a head smash over the top turnbuckle and brings him to the ropes with an Irish whip. Colt bounces off and ducks a right closed hand…and a left-armed Clothesline…and collides into Tony with a Crossbody Block!
– Colt holds Tony against the ropes for a serious knife edge chop—hitting it twice, actually—and grabs his arm for an Irish Whip, but Tony reverses it. He lies flat on his stomach for Colt to hop over and stands up to attempt a back body drop, but Colt performs a cartwheel around him and Fargo Struts around the ring, rounding up an applause and laughter from the entertained crowd while pissing off the loudmouth Blake.
– Phil gets tagged in and both he and Tony get down to serious business with a collar-and-elbow tie-up. Phil snags Tony in a side headlock, wrenching his head before Tony brings Phil into the ropes to bounce off and remove the headlock. Phil lies on his stomach as Tony—outsmarts him with an Elbow Drop to the spine! Tony brings him to his corner and tags his brother in, the two proceeding to beat down Phil into a seated position with punches and kicks. Afterwards, Adrian takes Phil flying with a Biel Throw over halfway across the ring! Colt tries tagging himself in, but Adrian comes speeding in scary fashion with a Big Boot to his skull! The powerhouse of the Blake Bros. 2.0 then grabs Phil by his neck with two hands, holding up for a good while before slamming him down with a Two-handed Chokeslam.
– Adrian displays how strong he can be in tossing and slamming the 180-pounder all around the ring with a One-handed Spinebuster, a Big Boot stomped down into the chest, a Running High-impact STO, a Military Press Drop, and a devastating Dominator. He then drags Colt into the ring with a Hip Toss, Hammer Throws him into a neutral corner and does the same to Phil, smashing him into his friend, before charging and sandwiching them together with a Body Avalanche. Later, Big A would tag in his little brother and the two show off their tag team chemistry by Tony assisting Adrian to hit a Swinging Sitout Side Slam with more velocity and then Adrian swinging down Tony flat onto Phil via Inverted Alabama Slam, the ensuing pinfall receiving only a count of 2.84.
– Eventually, Phil shifts control back into the Saints' side after ducking a Kill Yo Self! and nailing a Corner Springboard Clothesline. Making a comeback sequence, he nails two Clotheslines, ducks one from Tony and hooks his arm to nail an Arm-trap Swinging Neckbreaker. He nails the kip-up and dropkicks Adrian off the apron; afterwards, he watches Tony rise to a knee and roundhouse kicks his head off before picking him up to perform Pray to the Saint (Ura-nage Powerslam transitioned into an Anaconda Vice)! The Vice locked very tightly, all Tony can feel like doing is kick his feet around and squirm while the oxygen is cut off from his lungs! Adrian slides in to break up the submission…but not before Colt Anderson flying by with a Diving Crossbody—caught by Big A! The silent powerhouse would then Scoop Slam Colt onto Phil in order to break up the hold.
– While Tony recovers for the moment after tagging out, Adrian takes Hardy by his throat for a Chokeslam…which is countered midway into a DDT! Lateral press and Adrian powers out at 2.4, not enough to put him away. Phil staggers, but he hits the ropes and gets caught in a Spinning Side—no, Phil counters that into a Tilt-a-whirl Headscissors Takedown! He gets Adrian flung into the corner and jumps him with a Leaping Corner Clothesline. He pushes him down to the mat, hops up to the top turnbuckle and stands tall on it…signaling a "Savage Drop" with his index fingers pointing up high to the Heavens (Crowd: SAVAGE! SAVAGE!)…and nails the Epic Elbow Drop (Savage Elbow)! He has the leg hooked tight: 1…2…kick-out at 2.85 by Adrian Blake!
– Phil lines Adrian to his vertical base and lifts him up on his shoulders…but he deemed too heavy as Adrian slips off and rams him shoulder-first into the turnbuckle ring post! Phil Hardy stumbles back holding his shoulders and Adrian wraps him in a Sleeper Hold! With his strong arms pressing firmly around his throat, Phil is already beginning to fade fast as he falls to his knees, yet his arms are subconsciously still up for a desperate tag-out or rope break. He then hears Colt and the fans loudly cheering him on, telling the Saint to keep fighting. Even so, Phil's arms begin to fall limp and Eriksen checks him by raising his arm once…twice…
…and Phil's arm stays up! Ramming his elbow three times into Adrian's stomach at a fast pace, he then hoists him up on his shoulders and nails a devastating Death Valley Driver! Phil, somehow, endured all of his strength into lifting Adrian and drill his head down into the canvas with the DVD! Both men are down, appearing to not have enough energy to continue as Colt begs for a tag and so does Tony. The Hot Tag is teased so much as Phil drags himself over to his best friend in the corner at such a slow, suspenseful pace…but Adrian holds onto his leg, trying to hold him back as he's somehow still conscious from the Death Valley Driver he received just now! They stand with Adrian pulling Phil's leg, but he receives a Gamengiri right to the side of his head! Phil then makes the tag!
…But Marshall stops him because he didn't see the tag due to Tony forcing himself in the ring, distracting him long enough! As Colt was arguing with Marshall that he tagged in, Adrian then picks up Phil and throws him to the outside for Tony to beat the living crap out of The Saint and just damaging the exhausted teen! The match just gets so out of control as Colt decides to hell with the senior official's authority and attack Tony with clubbing forearms and punches; meanwhile, Adrian drags Phil back in the ring and hits him with a Blake Drop! A cover is made…but Marshall Eriksen is too occupied trying to separate Colt and Tony brawling outside the ring! After Colt takes out Tony with a Reverse STO, he ascends up to the top turnbuckle and brings down Adrian with a Missile Dropkick!
– The Hot Tag is teased again as Colt is back in his corner and so does Tony later on…Colt slapping the turnbuckle and Tony extending a hand out as far as he can…
…the crowd getting very rowdy…
…
…and…Phil tags out…and so does Adrian, both Tony and Colt hopping into the ring…
…and Colt hits a Flying Hip Attack! Colt shows how on FIRE he is, cleaning house all over the Blake Bros.! Running Clothesline off the ropes! Then a Spinning Heel Kick! Then Colt elbows Adrian off the apron and picks Tony up for an Airplane Spin…but Tony uses that velocity to hit a DDT instead! Tony then brings him back up for a Blake Drop, but Colt elbows his head and escapes, running to the ropes. He bounces off and is knocked down by a Shoulder Block from Hot Flash, who bounces from the ropes, leaps over a rotating Colt and the former Internet Champion hops to his vertical base to shout, "WAAAIIT!" while holding his hands up in front of a confused Tony…
…and stomps his left foot! Tony hops around on one foot holding the other in pain and mutters curse words under his breath while Marshall Eriksen reprimands Colt for an illegal foot stomp…before Blake gives payback to Anderson with a stomp of his own to his foot! As Colt bends over to nurse his foot, Tony plants him from behind with Hot Flash (Running Leapfrog transitioned into a Leg Drop Bulldog), but only for near-fall!
– Tony Blake stands on the middle rope, ready to perform a Kill Yo Self!…but Phil shoves him off from behind and falls right into a Jumping Complete Shot by Colt Anderson! The cover counts up to one…two…thr—Adrian breaks the pin in the nick of time! Phil then springboards in with a Clothesline—HUGE counteractive Spear by Big A! He throws Phil right out of the ring and decides to torment Colt with Ghetto Pain…
…though Colt slips behind and Inverted DDTs him. He goes up quickly to the top rope and hits the Colt 4.50 (450° Splash)…
…onto Adrian's knees…
…
…and Tony surprises him with a Springboard Kill Yo Self! The Blake Bros. recuperate with Adrian holding Colt on his shoulders while Tony ascends the top rope for one last time; the brothers nail the Neckbreaka' (Electric Chair Drop (Adrian) / Diving Leg Lariat (Tony) combination) and in one pin attempt by Tony later…
…
…the Blake Bros. head into the finals at Tag Team Mayhem!
After the match…
– "Party Up (Up in Here)" by DMX rings loudly among the mixed crowd, some either disliking them for their attitude or some feeling sympathetic towards them feeling lost in the shuffle, as Tony gets helped up by Adrian…and the former realizes they've won and moving on into the finals, grinning widely with pride as he wraps an arm around his brother's neck in pumped-up fashion. They were drawing closer to receive what could be their shots at the Tag Team Titles and the respect they felt they have lost and yet to rightfully deserve soon. "ONE STEP CLOSER, BABY!" Tony shouts, leaning against the ropes with an index finger held up to gesture his words. "ONE STEP CLOSER TO GET THE GOLD AROUND US! RECOGNIZE US THEN, MUTHAF[bleep]KA!"
– Meanwhile, the Saints are regrouped at the entrance ramp, knowing their loss as they're currently tied with the Blake Bros. for now. They know they'll meet them again for one final match to show who the better team is over the other. For now, this was Tony and Adrian's night as they continue their victorious boasting and RAMPAGE VII fades to black, signaling the end of the show.
Results for RAMPAGE VII:
Zeke Aries def. Alex Loredo via pinfall
Jessica Montoya and Carla Ramirez (with Sara Verser and Roxanne Stone) def. Jeweled Felines via disqualification
Nolan Gates def. Duke Devlin via pinfall
Joan Rivera def. Rei Miyamoto via disqualification
Alpha & Omega def. Smosh via pinfall
Kenshin Himura vs. RC Bane ended in a no contest due to Zeke Aries' interference
Main Event: World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament Semifinals – The Blake Bros. 2.0 def. Second City Saints via pinfall
Official Card for Tag Team Mayhem:
4-on-3 Handicapped Match – The Wolves (Hannibal Ambrose, Erik Rollins, Damian Reigns and Luke Smith) vs. PewDiePie and Smosh (Ian Hecox and Anthony Padilla)
If PewDiePie and Smosh win, PewDiePie earns a Phenomenal Championship title shot at Summer Wars.
Ichigo Kurosaki and Jason Krueger vs. Sasuke Uchiha and Tommy Oliver
If Kurosaki and Krueger win, their Hardcore Championship bout remains a singles hardcore bout, but if Uchiha and Oliver win, they're added into the title scene as a Fatal 4-Way Hardcore Match.
Mixed Tag Team Match – Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno vs. Jimmy Carmichael and Trish Warrington
Dante and Ash Ketchum vs. Vergil (with Arkham) and Seto Kaiba
Open Challenge – Hart of Hyuga (Hinata Hyuga and Samantha Hart) [c] vs. TBA for the ACW Women's Tag Team Championship
ACW World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender's Tournament Finals – The Naughty Dogs (Nathan Drake and Crash Bandicoot) vs. The Blake Bros. 2.0 (Tony and Adrian Blake)
Main Event: Open Challenge – Alpha & Omega (Carter Young and Stan Terra) [c] vs. TBA for the ACW World Tag Team Championship
Predetermined Card for Summer Wars:
Naruto Uzumaki [c] vs. Beowulf for the ACW Undisputed Championship
Dante vs. Vergil (with Arkham)
Hart of Hyuga (Hinata Hyuga and Samantha Hart) [c] vs. iGeneration (Carly Shay and Sam Puckett) for the ACW Women's Tag Team Championship
Téa Gardner [c] vs. Mai Valentine for the ACW Women's Championship
Kenshin Himura vs. Zeke Aries
Alpha & Omega (Carter Young and Stan Terra) [c] vs. TBD for the ACW World Tag Team Championship
Seto Kaiba vs. Ash Ketchum
Tornado Tag Team Steel Cage Match – Takashi Komuro and Kohta Hirano vs. The Gods of Darkness (Yami Bakura and Marik Ishtar)
RECORD TIME, BOY! RECORD TIME! XD IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE I LAST UPDATED AND I BREAK MY OWN RECORD FOR SHORTEST CHAPTER UPDATED IN A LONG F*CKIN' TIME, BAY-BAY! I'M NOT LOSING MY TOUCH AFTER ALL! XD
I'm so proud of myself for this, I really am. X3 Writing simple for the win. :O I don't know how this came to be, but I'm damn happy I got this chapter out as quickly as possible. Guess when I typed this ish down, I just kept letting my brain flow and enjoyed myself. But whatever the case is, I'm glad this is out so soon and I wish I was this fast around FWA season. But hey, definitely gonna be attending next year thanks to this. I'm truly grateful. Really, I am.
Next stop: Tag Team Mayhem, BAY-BAY! Then, SUMMER WARS! XD And to recap, lot of heels won tonight, I mean…pretty much all heels have won tonight whether clean or not clean (except RC Bane; guy doesn't seem to get a break around here and I feel bad for him ._.).
Be sure to leave a review by the time you're done reading. Whether it's praise, constructive criticism, advice, and so on—as long as they're not meaningless trolls or flames. Reviews are much appreciated and make me a happy, happy, happy author. X)
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