PERSONAL

The Wall-Crawler's victory in Scotland is shown worldwide, especially those present in the Garden, to which caused the crowd to all cheer in approval. However, not everyone shared such jubilation, for, in the top floor of the Daily Bugle, the staff all tried their best to deal with the angry outburst of J. Jonah Jameson, who like all of them, just witnessed Spidey's win in Scotland and was not happy about it. "FIXED! THE WHOLE THING WAS FIXED!" roared the enraged Jonah, with his face bright red and his voice loud enough for everyone in the entire building could hear. "WHO DID THAT WALL-CRAWLING BRIBE IN ORDER TO WIN THAT?! ROBBIE, GET BRANT TO FIND OUT WHO!"

Robbie rolled his eyes at this order, having long since gotten used to his boss's wrath, but to prevent him from having a heart attack, pulled out his cellphone and began to dial Betty's number. "On it, Jonah."

Back in Madison Square Garden, Spidey has arrived back on the stage via the teleportation pad and is welcomed back with a standing ovation from a pleased audience. Among the people happy for the Wall-Crawler was that of Gwen Stay, who saw Spidey's return from her skybox, and even though she barely knew him, she remembered how Spidey saved her life from Doctor Octopus when he kidnapped her on New Year's Eve, and from that experience, knew that he was a true hero. And thus, she smiled a little as she watched him being approached and congratulated by his fellow Avengers.

One of those Avengers was that of the Wasp, who by this time grew to her human size so she can run in and hug Spidey happily. "Spidey, you were amazing!"

Another person who shared Wasp's point of view was that of a smiling Cap, who placed his hand on the Web-Head's shoulder. "I second that."

Moments later, the ever vibrant Thor stepped in to voice his approval of Spidey's performance. "As do I!" he shouted and with his hammer raised. "Well done, Man of Spiders!"

Spidey couldn't help but feel honored with having the Earth's Mightiest Heroes all gathered around and phrasing him, but looked straight ahead to see Hawkeye, with his arms crossed and looking somewhat reluctant. That is, until finally, the archer sighed and approached the Wall-Crawler by saying this. "Not bad, kid."

"Wow...thanks," said an astounded Spidey to Hawkeye, as well as the rest of the Avengers, but as he looked around, he noticed that Magus's loss angered the Thunderbolts, but as for Magus himself, he is nowhere to be seen. "Hey, where's Beck? I'd thought he would be here too."

At this point, Iron Man decided to answer the curious Web-Head. "Not sure kid. But wherever he is, I wouldn't want to be in his shoes right now."

Meanwhile, inside the bridge of the S.H.I.E.L.D. helo carrier, an unmasked Beck is seen handcuffed and being taken to a holding cell by two agents, all the while observed by Maria, not looking the least bit pleased with how Beck performed in his match. Moments later, she looks back at the big screen to see the announcer walking towards the Iron Patriot, and looking forward to seeing how her boss had to say to cover up Beck's newly revealed fake magic.

And back in the Garden, the announcer finally approached the armored leader of the Thunderbolts. "Well Iron Patriot, you and your teammates must be quite concerned on how the Avengers took the first point over your team?" he asked somewhat cautiously as he held the microphone to the Patriot to allow him to speak.

Sure enough, the Patriot answered the announcer, and the fans, while keeping a calm demeanor. "We are, but I can assure you, we'll bounce back. But before that, I would like to take this moment to inform to the people in the audience, especially those who are supporting us, that we are both shocked, as well as embarrassed, over the regards of Magus. When he signed up, he had informed us that he had studied under REAL wizards and other practitioners of the mystic arts, but as we found out, that is not the case. Therefore, I can assure you that he will be dealt with properly," as he continued, the Patriot turned his attention to the next Thunderbolt fighting next, the Silver Samurai. "And also be rest assured that the Silver Samurai is as real as it gets!"

This answer left the announcer a bit intimidated by both the Patriot's stern words, as well as the imposing figure. "Hey, you have a believer in me," he said with a smile, trying to mask his fear, then turned his attention back to the crowd. "And with that in mind folks, let's keep the show running! For it is now time for our second match-up! And this time, we have the Avengers' clawed Wolverine going up against the Thunderbolts fierce ronin, the Silver Samurai!"

Hearing this announcement caused both Wolverine and Silver Samurai look at each other from across their respected teams, and they gave each other a hate-filled stare, but with the feral X-Man himself growling in rage.

Something in which concerned Cap greatly, for he remembered back in the days of when he and Wolverine fought together in the war and whenever his old comrade growled, it was never a good thing. "You two know each other, Logan?"

Before Wolverine could answer that, he noticed something up above the stadium, and more specifically, in a skybox. As he looked up, he saw that it was a beautiful but sad Japanese woman in a business suit, one in which Wolverine recognized and made him let out a somewhat saddened sigh. "Yeah, but...it's personal, Rogers."

Cap sensed the genuine sadness in the usual fierce mutant's voice, and thus chose to respect his privacy. "Fair enough," he told him but still felt compelled to tell him this. "But just remember not to take it personal enough to slice him to pieces."

"Yeah, yeah, I get it." Wolverine irritably replied. "Doesn't mean I like it though."

Finally, the announcer turned his attention to both Wolverine and the Silver Samurai, ready to get the next match underway. "Now then, gentlemen, if you will please come to the teleportation pads so we can begin the match."

With that said, both Wolverine and the Silver Samurai comply, and both men walked over to the pads, and upon stepping on them, they vanish and are transported out of the arena and to an unknown location to have their fight, one in which both men were looking forward to for quite some time.

Meanwhile, back in the desert, another battle was taking place, but it was between the original green Hulk and the vengeful Red Hulk, both of whom were trading punches which upon making contact, made explosive echoes which could be heard for miles. Finally, after taking one of the Red Hulk's right hooks to the face, the growling Hulk saw his red-skinned opponent about to throw a left hook. Thus he held up his massive left arm to successfully block the punch, and upon seeing an opening, clinched his right fist and delivered a hard right uppercut to the Red Hulk's jaw, one which was powerful enough to send him flying a few feet up in the air.

The Red Hulk then landed with a thunderous crash, which ended up shaking the earth itself. After getting back up onto his feet, he shook his head and heard the Hulk's rage-filled scream coming up from above. This caused him to look up, and see the Jade Giant coming down with his arms over his head so he can bash the Red Hulk into the ground. As such, the Red Hulk quickly held up both arms and successfully blocked the green Hulk's attack, with the impact being so powerful, it created a massive crater in the desert ground. Afterward, the red-skinned monster responded by giving his green opponent a fierce head-butt to his face, knocking him loopy. With the Hulk staggering backward in a daze, the Red Hulk ran in and delivered a hard right legged front kick to the Green Goliath's abdomen, one that was powerful enough to send him flying backward, then landing and rolling violently on the ground. The Red Hulk did not stop there, however, for he suddenly leaped up high into the air, then stomped both of his feet into his green enemy's chest, creating another creator with a loud crash. Now in control and pinning his opponent down, the Red Hulk began punching the Hulk's face, again and again, all while having a sadistic grin.

After delivering one hard right straight punch to the disoriented Hulk's face one final time, the Red Hulk sat up, grabbed his dazed opponent by his shoulders and threw him several yards away...and flying towards what was left of the Cube!

The Hulk crashed through the prison wall and ended up in one of the now many empty cells. As he sat up and held his throbbing head, the Hulk looked forward and saw the Red Hulk charging towards him at full speed. And so, with a loud snort and now angrier than ever, the Hulk got back up on his feet and ran towards the Red Hulk at full force.

As the two Hulks sped towards one another, the Green Hulk pulled his right fist, while the Red wound back his left. Once they got close enough to one another, both behemoths throw their punches, and their fists collided, creating a shockwave that was so strong, it caused the ruins of the Cube to shake and caused the building itself to tumble on top of the two giants. At first, there was nothing but silence after the abandoned Cube prison was reduced to nothing but rubble until finally, the Hulk is seen bursting out of the debris, but only because he was knocked from out off of the ground and high into the air.

Back down below, the Red Hulk was seen with his right fist up after he delivered a powerful uppercut to his green-skinned opponent, and smiled as he watched the Hulk up in the sky. "You won't beat me this time, monster!" bellowed the Red Hulk, grinning maniacally. "After all these years, it's now to time finish you, once and for all!" With that declaration, the Red Hulk leaped into the air in pursuit of the flying Hulk, with the intent of ending their grudge match...permanently