Heart & Soul Wrestling Chapter 22: Back In Black: Second Half, a X-overs + Wrestling Crossover fanfic

Armed Vanguards © vs Team FCKU - Heart Tag Team Championship

The Heart Tag Team Titles are on the line. The Armed Vanguards have been reigning champions since August of Year 1. They've been enjoying a bit of a leave from in ring combat these past few weeks, watching the other men teams toil to get to tonight. Team FCKU had emerged as the number one contenders. This was not the first time Christopher Auburn and Fabio Aeuro faced Mason & Woods. Last time the soldiers had marched through Team FCKU on their way to the championship. This time, however, things would be very different.

FCKU were aiming to match the Vanguards in their aggression. It may seem something foolhardy, especially when Mason or Woods starts to lug you about the ring. But not having the advantage in aggression started to throw a wrench into the plans of the Vanguards. Many close calls occurred that threatened their reign throughout the match.

What the Vanguards could have used, though they wouldn't admit to it, was reinforcement. They had the crowd motivating them but only the two of them could contend with not just their legal opponents but the female counterparts of Team FCKU prowling on the outside. Mason's aim for a rebounding Superman Punch was thrown off with Karen Cashew jumping up on the apron. Mason paid no mind but that split second distraction bought time for Christopher to by time for Fabio, executing a fertile running big boot. Christopher dived out before the offices could through fingers.

Woods attempted to pick up the slack in the final moments. His adrenaline kept him defiant against the onslaught of both Christopher & Fabio. But one too many shots got in through Wood's blocking. Gold Experience from Fabio pit Woods down for the three count. Team FCKU had won the Heart Of Wrestling Tag Team Championship. A victory all four members of the faction rejoiced equally in.

Selena Richardson © vs. Pyrrha Nikos vs. Shayne Daniels – Soul Of Wrestling Championship

After a time limit draw, Selena Richardson assumed she'd eek away from the responsibility of defending the Soul Championship. Not so fast, as both Pyrrha Nikos & Shayne Daniels were granted an equal chance to fight for the title. The penultimate match at Back In Black is a Triple Threat battle of the Rolling Cutters! The reigning champion who believes herself to be the ideal model of the fairer sex, the unstoppable powerhouse that is the Invincible Girl, and the unlucky scrap fighter that is the Fallen Angel.

The match commenced with the world against the Auburn Beauty. Selena's running of the mouth fills her with confidence that deflates the moment see realizes both women have the numbers game against her. Credit to Selena, she stands her ground and tries to get the first shot in on Pyrrha. She immediately regrets overlooking Shayne as the Evil Angel hip tossed Selena into one of the six corners. Shayne taunts Selena to try and throw her off balance. Selena obliges but intentionally zips right under Shayne's lunging arms. She tries to springboard back in with some sort of attack but is yanked out and power slammed to the mat by Pyrrha.

Shayne was not letting Selena's slights go unanswered. She shoved Pyrrha aside and took possession of the champion. A harsh Irish Whip threw Selena sternum first into one of the turnbuckles, Shayne's goal of a body smash is aborted when the champion throws the foot or her boot into her face. Selena tries to duck out of the ring, but is stopped by Pyrrha. Pyrrha pulls Selena back into the six sided ring, throwing her into the mat shoulders first with a Dragon Suplex! Both Pyrrha & Shayne plant Selena into the mat with a double team vertical suplex. But who was to make the cover?

Pyrrha tries to go for the pin but Shayne yanks her aside. A fight breaks out between the two challengers, one in which Shayne struggles to keep up with. Pyrrha succeeded in scoop slamming Shayne, but Selena broke up the pin. Pyrrha pursued the champion to the outside, but got sucker punched while weaving through the ropes. The precarious position she sat in made it easy for Selena to drop Pyrrha on her head with a brain buster on the floor! Selena is pleased with herself, even if the crowd is not. But the emotions of both pivot when Shayne floors Selena with a moonsault to the outside!

Shayne had the champion to herself, managing to cut her down with a running neckbreaker just after re-entering the ring. But Selena manages to kick out shortly past a two count. Shayne's attempts to hit a more calculated moonsault are thwarted by Pyrrha recovering. She disables the Evil Angel temporarily with a roundhouse kick. Shayne's seated awkwardly on top of one of the turnbuckles, making it easy for Pyrrha to throw her back into the center of the ring with a Olympic slam! But seeing Selena shuffling toward the ropes makes Pyrrha change priorities. Pyrrha softens a hunched over Selena with a running knee, but clotheslining her allows the champion to take advantage of what should be a bad situation. She dives for the mat, chop blocking Pyrrha off her feet. Selena lunges across the downed Invincible Girl, putting on a headlock. She keeps trying to force the head to turn, straining the neck as much as she can. As Selena stands up, she keeps hold of Pyrrha and looks to want to hiptoss her across the ring. But Shayne applies around the back of her head. Pyrrha is let go, dropping to her knees, while Shayne successful throws Selena over her head and into a bridging full nelson suplex for a failed pin attempt.

Shayne has taken note of what Selena was trying to do to Pyrrha. She reapplies the full nelson to Selena, hoping to add stress to the back of the head of the champion. Pyrrha has recovered and sees an opportunity, trying to run up and spear throw both combatants. Shayne instead throws Selena aside and attempts to block Pyrrha by planting a foot forward and bracing for impact. Pyrrha tries to uproot Shayne, but gets slapped on the cranium for her efforts. Furious, Pyrrha falls to the mat, arm dragging Shayne with force across the canvas. There's a delay to capitalize, as Pyrrha is visibly favoring her collarbone. An attempt to body smash Shayne into the corner is to no avail, Shayne bending Pyrrha forward with a kick to the gut. She hits a DDT to Pyrrha in the middle of the ring. But she's unable to make a cover as Selena springboards into the ring, knocking Shayne to one of the six sides with a powerful missile dropkick! Selena steals the cover, but enough time had elapsed for Pyrrha to make the kickout!

Selena started to wildly drill her elbow into the side of Pyrrha's neck, hoping to weaken her in a hurry to execute the Auburned. Her desperation was obvious to not just the fans in the stands but one of Selena's adversaries. Shayne is back up on her feet (still a bit off balance from the dropkick) and pulls the champion away from Pyrrha. Selena begins throwing wild punches, hoping to drum up as much damage to Shayne. But her haymakers are scattered, whereas Shayne's are far more concentrated and impactful. Selena does get one wild jab in and makes a break. Where she plans to run to is anyone' guess, perhaps its fight or flight taking over. Whatever the case was, she ended hiking up to the top of one of the ring posts. Shayne manages to gain ahold and attempts to superplex her from the top. Selena keeps the toe of her boots curled around the top rope, preventing Shayne from succeeding. But when Pyrrha hooks both of Shayne's legs from underneath, all three wrestlers crash down to the mat in a Tower Of Doom.

Pyrrha goes after Shayne, throwing her to the corner of the ring with a release german suplex. Selena starts to rise back to her feet, only be sucked into Cross Polarity (Rolling Cutter)! The crowd pops as Selena is prone on her back.

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But The Auburn Beauty Is Pulled Out From Under Pyrrha!

A quick cut to one of the handheld cameras reveal Shayne Daniels had yanked Selena out to the floor, keeping her chances of a underdog victory alive for herself. Shayne hits a form of the Angel's Wing (Spinning Sitout Lifting Double Underhook Facebuster) on the barren floor. But Shayne's break up of the pin attempt appears to be short sighted. Pyrrha is standing on the edge of the ring skirt, with arms folded. She's blocking Shayne from rolling Selena into the ring. Shayne drops the champion and braces for Pyrrha jumping down and swinging away. They both brawl in between two of the shipping container-converted-into-balconies. They play pinball with each others bodies and each wrestler throws and shoves the other into the steel.

The brawling is only advantageous to the champion. Just after Shayne is rolled back into the ring by Pyrrha, the Invincible Girl gets hit with a Disaster Kick just after re-entering. A haggard Selena pins Pyrrha by pressing both of her legs to her chest & shoulders, getting a two count. Selena gives a reprise of the elbows to the neck, this time a far shorter barrage. Selena at last is able to hit Aburned to the wakened neck & head of Pyrrha Nikos. But Shayne Daniels breaks up the pin in dramatic fashion, crashing upon Selena & Pyrrha with a BME! Shayne had to get gutsy to sprint on the top of the post in time to hit the BME and is unable to immediately capitalize. She & Selena are moving at the same snails pace. Selena in fact gets a hand on Shayne first, delivering a stiff punch. But like before, Shayne's punches are far more powerful. The crowd begins roaring with support for the Evil Angel. With every punch Shayne is able to stand a little taller before she is towering over the champion. She hooks Selena's head and attempts a Reverse STO. Selena gets desperate and rakes Shayne's eyes! It appears to be a successful distraction, Selena is able to get to her feet on her own.

But Selena's attempts to try and hit a running bicycle kick are Sucked Into The Last Rites From Shayne! The crowd pops in anticipation for the crowning of a new champion…

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BUT Shayne Is RIPPED Off Of Selena! This time not by a competitor within the ring but by outside interference. Sakura Hagiwara & Elena Miyazawa, two thirds of Selena's Sophisticated Beauty, had rushed to the ring to keep the Soul Of Wrestling Championship in their trios clutches a few moments more. Shayne is for sure as furious as the crowd are but can't fight against the injustice. Sweet Diva begin to batter Shayne against the ring posts & hard edges of the six-sided ring. Shayne finds herself sandwiched in between Sakura's back & Elena's abdomen, Sweet Diva are about to hit the Sakura Driver EX (Back-To-Back-To-Belly Piledriver) on the floor…

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But Shayne is spared a cruel fate by her tag partner & trusted friend, Ivory Atkinson! She surprises both of the pop idols, who briefly are being held back in what should b situation. Sakura gets her face smacked one of the ring posts, but Elena sucks Ivory into a Spider's Web (Headscissors Shoulder Lock). Shayne dives across Elena, freeing her friend but becomes ensnared herself. Back in the ring, Pyrrha contemplates where she should go. She feels for Shayne's bleak situation brought by interference…but then there was the championship. Pyrrha makes her mind up, and goes to hit the Miló Javelin (Spear). But Shayne DECKS the charging Pyrrha with the stiff toe of her unlaced boot in hand. Although on uneven footing (literally now she's down a boot), Selena manages to hit Aburned perfectly. Outside, Ivory has managed to wrestle Elena off of Shayne to free her to focus on the match at hand…

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But its too late for Shayne…

Shayne had half her body under the bottom rope when the three count was made official. A look of devastation is on her face as she sinks to her knees at the foot of the ring apron. Selena Richardson's face doesn't show joy of winning, but taut with fortitude. Her arm is raised in victory, the other holding her belt high in the air. The referee is pushed aside as Sweet Diva rush the ring and embrace Selena in a hug. The pop idols cackle & grin, guiding their leader out of the ring. Even as she is leaving the CourageDome, the champion hasn't relaxed. She is shouting at the cameraman, an avatar in her mind for all who have doubted the Auburn Beauty in past and present.

Adam Price © vs. Alex Minazuki- Heart Of Wrestling Championship

It is quite surprising that the main event picture for tonight's pay-per-view features two lesser established names, at least in the eyes of the average viewer. But both wrestlers have equally storied careers outside of Heart & Soul's six-sided ring. Alex Minazuki has thus far spent much of his time wrestling in venues across Japan. He's far from bashful in displaying his inner feelings. He's wrestling kit makes him look less like a wrestler and more like a genderbent Pretty Cure. He's spared insult from a coarse crowd for they have seen his prowess in-ring. There's a reason he's been nicknamed the Cure Phenomenal with a manner of wrestling he's called "Anime-Brit Strong Style".

But his open flag waving for Japan has only made him more enticing of prey for the Heart Of Wrestling Champion. Adam Price has had many false starts to his career. Winning the championship last June has made the Top Bill go to another zone. He has gone on record to blame the rise of Japan not only in professional wrestling but also pop culture as a cause for several promotions he was once a part of to collapse. The thought of losing to a Pretty Cure motivates Adam Price to be merciless in what is his second title defense.

The match opens with a collar-elbow tie-up. Things quickly heat up as both engage in trying to get their opponent in a hold on the mat. A quick succession of counters and brief holds follow, the crowd applauding the energy both wrestlers are demonstrating. But Adam grinds things to a halt by stomping on Alex's hand. It makes its hard for the Cure Phenomenal to pop himself to a stance. Adam slows the pace, throwing Alex to the mat via an arm drag. Adam starts wrenching repeatedly on the arm with the stomped upon hand. Alex, however, starts feeding off of the crowd who begin clapping. Alex is motivated to use his knees to gain leverage over Adam. The Top Bill tries swatting Alex back down but misses, getting a roundhouse kick to the head instead. He manages to whip the champion into one of the corners, a discus elbow mash into the corner!

Alex tries to go for the sky the first time in the match, but realizes Adam has staggered to the far side of the ring. Alex rushes across, but his corner dropkick hits nothing but turnbuckle. Adam gets a waist lock applied and throws Alex back into the middle with a german suplex. An early pin attempt goes nowhere for the champion. Adam continues softening up his challenger, but a got at a second german suplex doesn't get much steam. Alex is able to break free of the waistlock, whipping Adam so hard he ends up seated on top the turnbuckle. Adam falls back, finding his legs trapped and eats a baseball slide kick. Adam rolls out of the ring soon after, but it would be a decision he quickly regrets. Alex soared over the top rope, hooking head and executing a swinging DDT on the dive, champion's skull drilled into the concrete floor! The challenger is jumping in excitement, he and the crowd feel the champion is stunned. He quickly rolls Adam back into the ring. Alex is salivating the moment. The crowd is cheering him, all eyes at home are on him. He wants to make this a iconic moment in the annals of Heart & Soul history. He scales the top turnbuckle and attempts the Shiniest Shooting Star Press Ever…

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NOBODY HOME! Adam rolls away in the nick of time. Alex is prone on the mat, Adam rolls on top for the attempted cover. Alex kicks out at 2. There's a pause as both wrestlers squirm on the canvas, their stamina starting to become depleted. Adam grabs Alex's hand, delivering a stiff club of the forearm against the forehead. Alex returns the favor with a club of his own. Both wrestlers begin beating the holy hell out of each other's skulls, neither one willing to let go of the other's hand.

Adam at last breaks loose, winding up for a devastating lariat. Alex ducks under and hooks the champion's arms. He plants Adam into the center of the six-sided ring with a Tiger Suplex, keeping the arms hooked for a pin attempt. Adam is able to kickout before three. Alex attempts to quickly follow up with some knee strikes to the champion's head. But the Top Bill lunges to his feet, turning the challenger inside out with a fierce lariat. The champion's breathing can be heard, be it exhaustion or frustration. He lifts the challenger in a bear hug and runs toward one of the turnbuckles, smashing Minazuki's spine. Adam rides up the ropes, beginning to drill fist after fist into Alex's head. The referee calls for a separation after a 5 count, leading to a vicious half-nelson bulldog.

Adam's attacks are noticeably becoming more malicious. He is attempting to ragdoll Alex to his breaking point. For a short time, it appeared the lights in Alex's eyes had gone dim. The Top Bill spikes Alex's head on the exposed floor with Paycheck (Snap Double Underhook DDT). Adam satisfies his lust for revenge from the earlier suicide dive DDT, but all the efforts turn up dry. By the time he had gotten Alex into the ring for the cover, the Cure Phenomenal was able to find enough strength to lift the shoulder before the count of three. Adam attempts Pay The Price, but Alex manages to hook the head and reverse into a stunner.

Alex struggles to get back to his feet, grasping a hold of Adam's wrist for apparent stability. But it soon becomes clear it's a set up for the Minazuki Rain-Maker (writst-locked standing moonsault side slam). The Cure Phenomenal had gotten a second-wind and started to run circles around the champion. At one point Adam thinks he got Alex psyched out, rolling out of position of a moonsault. But Alex is able to land feet first, launching into a standing moonsault that lands down upon the Top Bill. But the champion is able to kick out at two. Alex pulls himself up to his feet, using the ropes in the corner to support him. He starts drumming up the band while a visibly dazed Adam tries to get his bearings. Alex charges….but his superkick is a feint, instead aiming for Adam's knee. But the Top Bill was well aware of the PSYCHE kick of Minazuki's. He jumps off the mat just as Alex goes for the lower kick, instead hitting a single leg dropkick that cracks across the side of the challenger's skull. Minazuki appears unresponsive as Adam swings him over his shoulders. The Cure Phenomenal is drilled into the center of the canvas with Pay The Price (Over The Shoulder Piledriver) for the successful title defense.

But as Adam Price walks out of sight with the Heart Championship slung over his shoulder, the crowd is not departing. Even as Alex Minazuki struggles to his feet after being defeated, the crowd remain to politely applaud the Cure Phenomenal for performance. Yet the fans remain seated as on commentary Ai Tanabe announces the sanctioned portion of Back in Black as concluded. The lights go off in the arena, before being restored.

There is one more battle to be waged.

Zack © vs. Christopher House – Carnage Championship- Lights Out Match

The Carnage Championship that was created by Christopher House in defiance toward the Heart of Wrestling Championship appeared at first to be a vanity project of the Innovator of Carnage. But to his devilish delight, people were willing to push their bodies to the limit to challenge for his worn out belt from Northern Carnage Wrestling. However, most of those defenses have been by the Serial Killer known simply in Heart & Soul as Zack. Zack thus far has been the only one who dared to put Chris's "anyone at any time" stipulation. He interjected himself into Chris's Carnage Championship Complimentary Challenge and snatched the Innovator of Carnage's belt at Innuendo. But Zack's time as champion could be coming to a close as Christopher House is back in Heart & Soul. Chris has made it clear he will do whatever it takes to rip the belt out of Zack's hands. But Zack has proven week after week on Grit he's willing to stoop to any means. In one final twist to tonight's Lights Out contest, both sides have agreed to not bring their signature weapons to the battlefield.

Neither man enter to music, neither man are given ring introductions. But the crowd knows exactly who both of them are. Zack is booed relentlessly as he arrives to the ring. He sits in the six-sided ring and awaits the arrival of his challenger. There is some delay before the sound of a combustion engine is heard. Chris rides into the CourageDome on the same motorcycle he rode into the Pro-Bending Arena at Innuendo. With Zack's bandaged covered flesh cloaked in a hoodie & Chris wearing a black denim jacket, neither man look like wrestlers. There's a tense pause as Zack laughs manically while Chris revs up the bike while in park. Chris enters the ring and is immediately hit with a barrage of fists on the apron. From there, all hell breaks loose within the CourageDome.

The following series of unfortunate events t two human bodies can barely be categorized as a wrestling match. Rather, its much easier to file it away in Preston County's homicide case files at the Sheriff's office. After both men went fist-o-cuffs in all six corners of the Heart & Soul ring, they spilled out to the floor. Chris got the upperhand in the early going and started bashing Zack's head against the side of the balconies. Zack was unfazed, laughing each time his head was bashed off the steel siding. Chris grew tired and Zack was given his turn to beat his opponent's head into steel. Zack capitalizes on the dents in Chris's forehead by slingshoting him head first at the steel ring post. The post becomes a repeat weapon of Zack, who twists and bends the Innovator of Carnage's left arm around it.

Zack goes under the ring, digging out the first of many wooden tables to be brought into the fight. He props it up within one of the six corners and tries to whip Chris through it. Chris is able to keep his feet firm and dazes Zack with a discus elbow. Chris drops to the floor and is also in such of weapons. He finds…..a large heart shaped candy box? Well, Valentine's Day was indeed only a few weeks ago. Eating expired chocolate could slowly take Zack out of action…

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Chris quickly tosses the cover aside revealing he had stuffed the box with barbed wire! Zack gets pie in the face of the worst sort! Chris plants the back of Zack's head on the now squished barbed wire filled holiday box with a Inverted DDT! But Zack is able to endure and kick out.

Chris goes diving for more weapons under the ring. In addition to pulling another table into the fight, he has a trash can. Trying to bonk the defending Carnage Champion with the metal can, however, proves difficult. Zack ducks remembering what happened the last time he didn't. Chris tries again but gets the can dropkicked into his mouth & nose. Zack, who is now dealing with blood blocking his eyes, looks to blind Chris as well. He drops the trash can over the Innovator of Carnage's body. Chris aimlessly stagers for a few moments before Zack creeps out onto the ring apron. He launches himself over the top rope, a dropkick to the side of Chris Trash Can House. Zack pins the challenger but only gets a two count.

Zack attempts to whip a still blinded Chris into the propped up wooden table. Chris is able to keep his feet firm and makes the motion of a head-butt; a head-butt all the more impactful when it's a trash can that makes contact with Zack's bleeding skull. Chris throws the mashed up bin off his body. He now has better perspective to execute a exploder suplex to Zack that crushes the table.

The Serial Killer slumps under the bottom rope and to the outside. Perhaps he was having second doubts of taunting one of the FWM's hardcore legends? More likely, its just basic survival instinct kicking in. Chris is happy to pursue at a leisure pace. He's more than happy to shift their brawl to a more unpredictable environment such as the bowels of the CourageDome. What follows is hard to follow do to both men fighting in narrow quarters. But be assured even if you can' see it, violence is unfolding in the shadows. Sickening thuds can be heard as both men smack parts of their opponents' bodies off the concrete walls of the arena. The two end up brawling in front of several tables that are leaned up in two columns against the wall for storage. Both men end up shoving the other at the same time into the columns, the front tables implode at the same time. The rest of the tables loose balance and pile upon the combatants.

Zack gets the chance to adorn Chris in a crimson mask when he accelerates the man's head THROUGH a window! Chris goes limp as a result, with those watching on considering one or both of Chris's eyes may have been sliced! Good thing he's heading to the bathrooms to wash his wounds…..well, not at his own accord. Zack throws Chris into one of the stalls where he….he…..HE DUNKS THE SLICED HEAD OF CHRIS INTO A TOILET! Zack flushes the toilet, closing the stall door. He staggers to the far end of the bathroom, gasping for air. Happy to be alive after having gone through the valley of death with Chris House…

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Only problem…..Chris isn't dead yet.

The stall door is kicked open as a man covered in blood, drenched in water, and now smelling foul, stands stall. Zack for the first time tonight looks legitimately terrified of who his is facing. Chris has gotten a second-wind (perhaps knowing there's a possibility he's living his last hour before succumbing to infection) and rams Zack's back against one of the mirrors in the bathroom. The glass of the mirror tears up the back of Zack's hoodie and stabs at his muscles. Zack begins throwing fists at Chris's head as fast as possible. Zack looks around for a weapon to hit Chris with but can't find one...

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So He Pries One From The Wall. Zack, after several tries, Manages To Break One Of The Porcelain Sinks Free From Its Moorings (to be fair, the bolts holding them were excessively rusty.) He hurls it at Chris, but the Innovator of Carnage ducks away. The sink shatters into a hundred of so pieces on impact, as Chris rams Zack INTO the cameraman! The camera becomes a weapon of Chris which he uses to DECK Zack in the head. Then he DESTROYS the camera over Zack's knees.

Chris drags Zack out of the bathroom; with intentions of taking him all the way back to the six-sided ring. He doesn't want to deny the crowd from seeing the freak show he and Zack are in the midst of producing right now. But the dragging time buys Zack time to recuperate. When Chris tries to drop Zack, the Serial Killer refuses to relinquish grip on one of Chris's hands. Chris rolls his eyes, thinking Zack's nothing more than deadweight. But it's a ploy to sucker Chris lifting Zack. Zack applies a variant of a triangle choke around Chris's neck! Zack's seated on the edge of the ring apron, Chris loses his stance. But the challenger refuses submitting, he rather die than let Zack hold onto the Carnage Championship. Zack lets Chris drop to the ring and starts plotting something better to put away the Innovator of Carnage. His crazed eyes go back under the ring, where he emerges to the surprise of everyone a familiar looking oblong black bag. When Zack unzips it, we find out it's a weed whacker. Remember the rules, both wrestlers agreed not to use THEIR signature weapons. Nothing was said about using your opponents signature weapon (and at the end of the day, Chris declared the Carnage Championship had no limits, rules or laws when he first created the title). Zack revs up the weed whacker but Chris ducks the torrent of chord that could tear apart his flesh. He dives around the six sided ring, ducking his head under the ring skirt. Zack is about to swing the weed whacker's turning chord down at Chris's back…

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Until Chris brandishes Zack's iconic SCYTHE, Blocking The Weed whacker!

Chris may me sadist, but he's not stupid.

Zack laugh hysterically, realizing both had planned to twist their agreed upon stipulation from the very get-go. Both Deathmatch warriors could at least respect the other as a equal in their schemes. But a match still must be one. Both men duel it out, trying to make contact with their opponents flesh with the weapons at their disposal. Neither man, however, is too familiar with how to properly wield their rivals weapon. The enormous size of the scythe throws off Chris's aim. But it's the narrow target Zack must hit with the weed whacker that ultimately does him in.

Chris hits Zack's ribs with the hard top of the scythe's blade. Zack's on his knees, the real threat of being DECAPITATED comes to mind. Chris threatens to do so, much smirks. He tosses the bladed weapon to the ground, instead knocking out Zack's lights with a buzz saw kick. Chris readies Zack in front of the last standing table around ringside…

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And PUTS him through it with the Lemon Brook Plunge (Fisherman Buster)! Chris yanks Zack back into the ring so everyone may see his final decisive pin over the Serial Killer. Christopher House, after one of the most shocking encounters in the FWM, has become a two time Carnage Champion!

Being an unsanctioned match, Chris has nobody but himself to pull himself to his feet and welcome back his belt with open arms. A bloodied, drenched, smelling Caranage Champion leans in one of the corners and asks for a microphone be handed. After the hell he just went through, nobody was going to deny Chris a small request like that.

"….so…..I should probably be checking myself into Mon Health down the road after….that…"a exhausted Chris says coolly to the fans remaining in the arena. "…..but….I didn't hear your Heart of Wrestling Champion close out the show. Now, my brain is really screwy, so if someone could correct me…did Adam send you home happy?"

The crowd began to either shout "NO!" or more simply booed at the thought of who their current Heart of Wrestling Champion was.

"….what a a**hole, isn't he?" Chris asks the crowd, receiving a resounding yes from the crowd.

"…..so how about I send you all off, instead?" Chris questioned the audience, receiving resounding cheers.

"Well….I think I just got a big fat yes." Chris affirms, a small smiles grows through is crimson mask.

"I've been called a lot of things in the past decade….I've been called a punk…..I've been called a arrogant prick….I've been called evil…..I've been called psychotic…..I've even been accused of being a sadist…its all true but…..if I could satisfy myself doing a number of different things that would be a lot easier than competing in a wrestling ring. So why do it I choose to fight in a wrestling ring? Why do I choose to go to war in the most unconventional ways?...it may have to do a teeny-weeny bit with you who pay to come to these shows…Every wrestler, whether they wish to admit it or not, do it for you fans…..many relish off of making you happy…..many more feed from pissing you off…I spent so much of my time taking pleasure in pissing you all off but then something weird happened….some of you started cheering what I was doing…..I think psychiatrists would classify it as Stockholm Syndrome but I think it may be a little thing called respect…respect does not mean you love what someone does…but you appreciate the time and dedication they put into their craft…..after several BRUTAL wars with trying to whip that rat off the face of the planet, I came to respect Crash Bandicoot. You'll never see us share a beer together, but I respect he is as equally motivated as I am to put on a show for you fans…and I now….respect Zack…..for me and him think very similarly…..now after what I just did to Zack, the only place you'll see us hanging out is the ER but…..I respect him…..And I respect each and everyone one of you for spending your hard earned money to come and see what bats*** things me and Zack could achieve tonight."

Chris pauses, realizing it'll be hard for his exhausted voice to talk over the fans cheering at the top of their lungs.

"….the frustrating thing about respect is when it isn't reciprocated….I may never like Zack or Crash but I'll never fight them out of hate again…but while you fans show respect for us…your sanctioned champion does not respect you….if the Heart of Wrestling Championship is only meant to represent Adam Price's ego…..then allow my tattered old belt to represent who the people respect…..and I'm not talking just about me. There will be a day another person, like Zack, defeats me for this belt. But if anyone wishes to take this title from me, they will have to equal me. They will have to prove to each and everyone one of you that they are worthy of your respect, To Be Viewed As The Toughest Person Walking And Talking On This Canvas Right Here!...for now, I will gladly be the respectful champion this company needs…so…..before I loose the last of my blood…Thank You For Coming Out Tonight, I'll See You All When I Get Out Of The ER!" Chris announces to the crowd, sending Back In Black off to the sounds of a standing ovation.

Heart & Soul: Back In Black is officially in the record books. We have ourselves new Heart Tag Team Champions, while our World champions stayed around the waists they walked in around. The CourageDome is going to be in need of just a little bit of TLC after being shaken by Gang Warfare, then obliterated by the Carnage Championship match. Where will the Heart & Soul roster go from here?