A/N: We are HERE...FINALLY HERE. It has been a long wait...but I hope you all enjoy it. This is my magnum opus, my ultimate show...and I'm gonna give you a show unlike any other. Let's get GOING EVERYBODY...for the FINAL CLASH. Special thanks go to Toonwriter2.0 for writing the Pre-Show match for me as a favor. I owe him a lot of saving time for me.
People were shown filing into the AT&T Stadium one by one, nowhere near full yet, but for those that were there, they were about to get a show little early, as we went to ringside...and got two people a little DIFFERENT from who we usually get.
"Hey, is this thing on? Please tell me it's on. I swear to God, if Caboose messed this up..." Tucker muttered. "...Hey there! I'm Tucker...Lavernius Tucker...they made me say my whole name."
"And I'm Dick Simmons of the Reds! Welcome to the Final Clash Pre-Show, the first of its kind for UCA!" Simmons said. "Now I'm sure you wonder why are WE here, when we're usually backstage interviewers."
"I know we're not Church & Sarge, and trust me, I wish we weren't here...BUT...this is our first pre-show. They wanted to save Church & Sarge for the pre-show, and needed commentators. Everyone noted the praise for us as interviewers...aaaannnddd...you can see where the rest goes." Tucker stated.
"I think we were the RIGHT MEN for the job! And I hope to make Sarge proud, after all, we're two-time FWA winners! We can be GREAT commentators!" Simmons said.
"Dude...you once crated Basebook...which had the crappiest downloading time EVER...of all time...I don't have much confidence in you." Tucker said.
"...SHUT UP, IT WAS A GREAT IDEA!" Simmons suddenly cried out in sadness.
"Uuughhhh...this pre-show better have some hot chicks, or a way for me to say my catchphrase so this can be worth it." Tucker groaned.
("Pardon Me" by Incubus)
"Oh COME ON, dude, a MATCH?! And no women either?! ...Man, I hate commentating here..." Tucker groaned.
The crowd gave a mixed reaction to this music...and Riku came out from the back onto the stage, a very determined look on his face. He had a string of bad luck so far...but it ends HERE. He claps his hands together and says "MY MOMENT..." before making his way down the long rampway. He eventually reached the ring, and quickly summoned his Way To Dawn Keyblade and swung it through the air before posing with it...if only to show off because Pre-Show or not, this WAS Final Clash.
"Alright, alright, we're here, we're here...so might as well. And Riku here...well...can we say he's been a little...limp? Bow Chicka Bow W-OW!" Tucker cried out as he got a shoe to the back of his head. "...Assholes. Anyways, Riku's been on a bit of a losing streak here, and dude, he is NOT in a happy mood over that."
"Got that right! Two failed attempts at getting into the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, and followed by getting pinned by Robin in a Tag Match a few weeks ago! Things have NOT been going his way! Buuuuuttt...he COULD turn it around with a victory over the guy that pinned him last week! An I know Sarge is cheering for him SO GO RIKU! MAKE THE REDS PROUD! ...Did I do it like Sarge would have?" Simmons questioned.
"...No. And I'm glad you didn't. That's Church's job to deal with THAT." Tucker said. "But yeah, Riku wants a win...but I don't think Robin's going to let him..."
I am so high, I can hear heaven
I am so high, I can hear heaven
Whoa, but heaven, no, heaven don't hear me
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'll hold on to the wings of the eagles
Watch as we all fly away
("Hero" by Nickelback)
The crowd cheered loudly as the lights dimmed around the stadium, and the camera goes around the stadium, trying to find him...and it catches Robin running through the crowd, before jumping over the barricade and rolling onto his feet in one fell swoop. He then quickly slid into the ring and climbed a turnbuckle, raising his fists in the air before taking a deep breath. He made it...even if it's a Pre-Show, he's at Final Clash. And that was good enough for him after everything. Robin got off the turnbuckle, and faced Riku, who exclaimed "Get ready to go back to your losing ways, Robin...!"
"And here comes the guy who switches between Boy Wonder and badass dark hero like crazy in the FWM, Robin." Tucker noted. "And dude, I'm shocked. This guy was a total JOBBER not too long ago, losing streak a year long, could not win if his life depended on it, dude had EVERYTHING against him...now...man, he's like how I am in Red vs Blue these days! A TOTAL BADASS!"
"Yeah, and it was all thanks to a victory over Sora thanks TO TIDUS! He beat a guy who managed to beat him TWICE! That was a confidence booster, and he followed it up with getting the pin on Riku here next week, and that whole deal has boiled over to this! Robin WANTS to keep his luck going, but Riku has other ideas. This should be a good match." Simmons said.
"Yeah, it better be. I want to be entertained after going through this bullshit." Tucker complained.
The bell rings, starting us off with Robin and Riku circling each other around the ring. They both begin to get closer to one another...and the tie-up commences. Robin headlocks Riku, and then Riku starts trying to find ways out of the hold. So he lifts Robin up...but Robin puts his weight back down to keep himself grounded for now. But Riku STILL lifts Robin over his head, and this ends with Robin flipping over Riku and keeping hold of the head. He twists with Riku's head in tow and plants him with a Rolling Cutter! Robin gets back up, and then picks Riku up. Riku holds his head, and Robin knees him before Irish Whipping him. Riku comes back, and Robin hops over Riku...and Riku comes back and Robin FRONT FLIPS over him. Robin lands on his feet, and Riku comes back right into a Dropkick that takes him straight down! Robin rolls onto his stomach before getting up, and Riku gets up to his hands and knees; but Robin performs an Oklahoma Roll and rolls him into a pin! First of the night! 1, 2-Riku kicks out, but Robin keeps hold of Riku and LIFTS him for a Powerbomb...but gets FLIPPED over with a makeshift Arm Drag via the legs and a Cross Armbreaker from Riku! Riku tightens then hold on Robin's arms and tries to make him tap to the Cross Armbreaker. But Robin slowly flips Riku over...and it's a PIN! School Boy! 1-Riku flips over onto his feet...and nails a Double Knee Armbreaker! Robin holds his arm, and Riku gets up and runs the ropes. He runs right back to Robin and grabs the arm before flying over the ropes and HOTSHOTTING the arm onto the ropes! The right arm is being targeted, and Riku gets up from outside the ring and grabs the legs of Robin before pulling him out the ring!
"Oh dang, Riku's just targeting that dude's arm like crazy! That's GOTTA suck!" Tucker said.
"The arm is a CRUCIAL limb for wrestling, without it, Robin may be DOOMED!" Simmons noted.
Riku lifts up Robin and Flapjacks him onto the barricade, and Robin goes down while sliding down the security barrier. He gets picked up...and Riku throws Robin over to the steel steps right arm first! Riku heads to the apron, and he backs up from Robin...and then runs...and Robin DODGES THE DROPKICK AND RIKU CRASHES AND BURNS! Robin rolls to his feet, and he holds his arm...trying to not focus on the pain and instead beating Riku. He heads to the top of the steel steps...and Riku tries getting up AND GETS TAKEN BACK DOWN WITH A DIVING DOUBLE FOOTSTOMP! Riku goes back first onto the floor, and then he tries to get up...and Robin comes back...rolls back into the ring and rolls out to restart the count...and follows that up with picking Riku up and throwing him into the ring. Robin runs the ropes, and he comes back to Riku and jumps over him, gripping the neck, and then coming down with a VICIOUS LOOKING HANGMAN'S NECKBREAKER! Riku's neck nearly CRACKING over the shoulder of Robin! It is ALL OVER, the pin! 1...2, RIKU kicks out...and Robin rolls over and keeps hold of Riku's neck. He keeps on the neck by picking Riku...and going for a Package Piledriver...but Riku comes back down and LIFTS Robin over his head before DROPPING him with an Alabama Slam! Robin rolls to the ropes...and Riku runs and Low Dropkicks Robin back out the ring. He rolls on the floor, and Riku smirks before yelling, "THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE! NOT YOURS, PIGEON!" He runs the ropes and vaults over TO MISS A CRUCIAL SPLASH THAT ROBIN DODGES! Robin rolls right towards the apron, and he gets up as Riku holds his neck. He shakes his arm out, it already healing from Riku's assault on it earlier due to no hits to it recently, and picks up Riku.
"Oooohhh DAMN! Now THAT hurts! Riku tried to fly, and he just went down with a SPLAT!" Tucker stated.
"Riku thought he could beat Robin at his own game, and it didn't work. And that arm of Robin is recovering thanks to this. This is his chance." Simmons said.
Robin throws Riku into the ring, with Riku's head sticking out of the ring from under the ropes, and Robin goes back on the apron. He he runs...
...and RIKU ROLLS AWAY AND ROBIN HITS HIS KNEE ON THE APRON! Going for the Knee Drop, Robin holds his knee while he tries to get up on the apron...and Riku himself, he heads back into the ring and goes climbing the near left corner.
"And Robin with a FAIL! He could not hit that knee, and now Riku up top!" Tucker stated.
Riku stands up, holding his neck as Robin gets up on the apron...
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...and he jumps AND FLIPS OVER ROBIN BEFORE SLAMMING HIM WITH A SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB OFF THE APRON AND BACK FIRST INTO THE BARRICADE!
"OH SON OF A BITCH, DUDE! DID YOU SEE THAT?! RIKU JUST SUNSET FLIPPED POWERBOMBED ROBIN INTO THE BARRICADE!" Tucker exclaimed.
"I DID, AND I'M GLAD I'M NOT ROBIN RIGHT NOW! I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S LUCKY OR NOT THAT THE BARRICADE HELD, BUT HE'S IN REAL PAIN!" Simmons exclaimed.
Robin writhes on the floor in pain...and Riku gets up slowly, and nods towards this sight of Robin writhing in pain. He grabs Robin and picks him up...and throws him back into the ring. He rolls back in himself and pins Robin...
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ROBIN KICKS OUT!
"And there's a kickout by Robin, but he's in some trouble, man. I don't know how long he can keep this up." Tucker stated.
"Got that right, Tucker, and Riku's gonna keep on the pressure. Riku may be closing in on victory!" Simmons stated.
Riku holds his head and gets up, and is picking up Robin along with himself. He puts him in a Standing Headscissors...and then picks him up. ...But The Way to Dawn (Neutralizer) cannot gain any traction. Robin brings himself back down and flips Riku over his head! Robin stumbles and goes right to the ropes and comes back to Riku, who rolls under a Clothesline from Robin and awaits for him to return so he can SUPERKICK-gets CAUGHT! And Robin FLIPS Riku backwards...but Riku manages to stick the landing and GAMENGIRIS him! Robin goes down, and Riku goes for another pin! 1-2, Robin kicks out! Riku gets up himself, and he NOW wants to finish Robin ANOTHER way. He grabs the legs and crosses them over his legs...KEY-SHOOTER a la Sora...but Robin is FIGHTING it as best as he can! Robin manages to start beating the face of Riku, trying to punch him off. And Robin DESPERATION HEADBUTTS Riku to send him off the Boy Wonder! Robin gets up...and he runs the ropes and comes back to Riku...and begins twisting over and around him like an acrobat! A trapeze artist...and Riku is overwhelmed with trying to grab Robin right before Robin DROPS him with The Flying Grayson (Floatover DDT)! Robin pins Riku! 1, 2-Riku kicks out! And Robin groans...but he still gets up. This was HIS moment. HIS match. HIS Final Clash dream. And Riku wasn't about to take that away. He had a streak going...and so he picks Riku up and gets on his back...and he-gets THROWN off before The Flip Piledriver could connect! Robin gets up and-KICK TO THE RIGHT ARM! REPEATED KICKS! And Riku flips him back over FOR A CROSS ARMBREAKER! RIKU HAS THE CROSS ARMBREAKER LOCKED IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RING, AND THE ARM IS BEING TARGETED ONCE AGAIN!
"CROSS ARMBREAKER! RIKU'S PULLING ON THAT ARM LIKE HELL! ROBIN MAY BE SCREWED HERE!" Tucker shouted.
"ROBIN'S DONE FOR! THE ARM THAT WAS TARGETED BEFORE IS NOW BEING STRETCHED TO HELL! ROBIN'S GOT NOWHERE TO GO!" Simmons exclaimed.
Robin tries to roll around...but Riku keeps him right in the middle of the ring! Robin squirms and groans, but Riku TIGHTENS the hold while pulling even more to increase the hypertension of the arm! Robin yells out in pain, and Riku YANKS the arm some more...and then Robin...
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...RAISES A HAND...
"HE'S GONNA TAP, HE'S GONNA TAP!" Simmons called.
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...and begins PUSHING himself up...
"Oh NO he's not! That Boy Wonder's got some fight left in him!" Tucker said.
Robin gets up and holds onto Riku...Riku, not sure what to do, just keeps putting pressure on the right arm...
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...and Robin LIFTS RIKU AND POWERBOMBS HIM OFF THE MOVE! Riku keeps hold of the arm, not letting go despite the move...
"DUDE, did ROBIN JUST POWERBOMB RIKU?! When was the hell was that guy so strong?!" Tucker questioned.
"I don't know, but Riku STILL won't let go! That arm is getting destroyed there,
...so Robin lifts him back up...and POWERBOMBS HIM AGAIN! And Robin goes down as Riku may almost be letting go. NEITHER man wants to give in right now...NONE of them want to let go of a win at Final Clash...
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...but Robin lifts him one more time...and Riku PULLS the arm almost out of SOCKET...
"HOW IN THE HELL DO YOU KEEP DOING THAT?! I swear, that guy's is on some shit or something!" Tucker stated.
"OH NO, Sarge is NOT GONNA LIKE THIS...!" Simmons exclaimed.
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...AND ROBIN SITOUT POWERBOMBS RIKU! And the hold it let go! Robin stumbles onto his feet...and Riku tries getting up as well. And Robin kicks Riku's gut and holds his neck for a Suplex and LIFTS-but CAN'T! The damage done to the arm is still fresh, and Robin holds his right arm as he can't keep Riku up! Robin escaped the move, but Riku gets the last laugh as he kicks the gut and puts him in a Standing Headscissors!
"Oh boy, Robin's about to go on The Way to Dawn! Oh man, Sarge KNEW this was gonna happen...!" Simmons stated.
Riku lifts Robin...
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...GOTCH STYLE-NO ROBIN GETS A HOLD OF THE ARM BETWEEN HIS LEGS AND FLIPS RIKU RIGHT INTO THE NEAR RIGHT CORNER!
"WOAH HEY NOW! Where did THAT come from?!" Tucker questioned. "Because THAT really rocked Riku!"
"I don't know, but Sarge isn't like this, I know! Riku's dazed, come on Riku, get up for Sarge!" Simmons urged.
Riku stumbles out of the corner, and Robin holds his arm...and then kicks the gut and BAT DRIVER '38 (Lifting Impaler DDT)! ADOPTED FROM BATMAN!
"OH SHIT, DUDE! Robin just PLANTED Riku! What the hell kind of move was THAT?!" Ticker asked.
"That was a Bat Driver! STRAIGHT from 1938 from Batman! And Riku looks out of it! Robin's going for the cover!" Simmons said.
And Robin pins Riku! Hook to the leg!
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Robin rolls off of Riku as the bell rings, and his music plays to a cheering audience! The crowd gives it up for Robin as it is announced (one final time by the nameless announcer)...
"Here is your winner; Robin!"
"And Robin did it! Dude actually did it! He beats Riku here at Final Clash, his third straight win after looking like a complete JOBBER for a year! I don't know how, but he completely turned it around! ...Dammit if he gets more girls than me because of this, I am calling BS!" Tucker exclaimed.
"Oh Sarge is NOT gonna like this at all...but can't say that Robin didn't earn that one. He fought through a bad arm to get that victory, so I can't knock him for that! Not bad, Robin! ...Please don't kill me Sarge, I was only giving PROPS!" Simmons cried out.
Robin slowly gets up to his feet, holding his arm in pain but stands tall in the ring. The crowd present chants "ROBIN! ROBIN!" and he takes in the moment. After his year-long hell in UCA...he was here at Final Clash...with his moment now. He gave a small grin, and raised a fist in the air, the crowd cheering loudly as Robin took it all in. He then motioned around his waist with the hand, and said "Tidus...Sora...no matter which one of you wins...I'll be waiting." Robin then exits the ring and makes his way up the ramp, holding up a fist as he does so.
"If that ain't a challenge to whoever wins that Cruiserweight Title Match later, I don't know what is. And with the roll that hero's on, he may just get it at this point." Tucker said.
"I know, especially since he beat the No. 1 Contender a few weeks ago, even if it was some help. With the victories he's built up, he may be in line for a Cruiserweight Title shot!" Simmons said.
"Yeah, Sora and Tidus, whoever wins, they need to be on the lookout because this Boy Wonder actually has something going on! ...Are we done here? PLEASE tell me we're done here?" Tucker groaned.
The last shot we see of Robin is him holding up a fist on top of the stage, taking in HIS Final Clash moment as the crowd chanted "ROBIN! ROBIN!"...
...as the counter begins to reach zero...
"They're telling us we're done! FINALLY! This is SO not for me! Either way though, we're out of time here on the Pre-Show, and we hope you all enjoyed it (they told me to say that), and we hope you enjoy Final Clash as well!" Tucker said.
"We've know you've waited for this for so long, and it's finally here! We thank for you for joining the Pre-Show, and it's now time for the Final Clash! We'll see you backstage, everybody!" Simmons said.
The two then got up from the announce table as the counter was shown counting down on the Tron...
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And from there...the screen slowly went to black...and everything went quiet...as it was all about to begin...