The LEGACY Tour logo shows up on a black screen and it fades out as "Awake" by Godsmack starts to play, and clips from past shows fade in and out. The first clip we see has Jack Henderson locking the rear naked choke on Creed, and it's followed up with a shot of Creed hitting the REIGN OF SIN. Next are clips from the match between Matt Larcen and Cian Randal, showing Larcen picking up the win. Then we see Jimmy Smith powerbombing Aaron Beaudway and then hitting the UP ALL NIGHT elbow drop. Former tag team partners Conor McLellan and Declan O'Leary battle it out in the middle of the ring. We then see the RULE OF DOMINION finisher by the Old School Kings.

We next see clips from the match between the Revenge of the Nerds and Bushido Buntai. Quickly following that are clips from the two matches that took place involving Gryffin Anselm and Tim Jones. Then various shots from the two contests between Stephen Rawlings and Katsuro Yoshida play across the screen, ending with a shot of Stephen Rawlings picking up a victory and having his hand raised into the air. Marcus Marion and John Thomas battle it out, ending with black and white still images of Marion using a chair, with the audio from that match dubbed in over top. We then see Loco Martinez get into the ring with Marcus and the two of them battle it out, leading up to John Thomas hopping the guardrail and getting into the ring and nailing Marion with the falling neckbreaker drop. The final clips we see are from the matches between Greyson Blade and Dan Stein. Once those play we see still images of Nicholas Creed, then Gryffin Anselm, then the Revenge of the Nerds with Jen X standing between them, and finally a shot of Greyson Blade.

The show opens on a shot of Mark Perletta, Landon Savage and Joey C sitting behind a desk that resembles what you would see anchors sit behind in the studio of a sports news program such as Sports Center. Behind them is an elaborate backdrop which includes several flatscreen monitors, each of them showing the same view we're seeing right now of the recap trio. As the camera zooms in, the screens fade into a shot of the yellow golden LEGACY logo.

Mark Perletta: Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to another edition of STRIFE, I'm Mark Perletta alongside my co-hosts Joey C and Landon Savage, and this... is LEGACY.

Landon Savage: A legacy in the making, that's for sure, and tonight's show gets us one step closer to what a lot of people are considering to be the first REAL pay per view event for LEGACY.

Mark Perletta: A lot of people still considered Rise of the Elite 3 to be a TTW event due to a lot of things going into that pay per view carrying over from things that happened under this organization's old name. Now with a new pay per view event name and a full gammot of LEGACY shows leading up to it, the pay per view upcoming on September 10th is a huge chance for legacy to start building upon its name.

Joey C: Enough about that for now, but I will tell you that later on tonight we find out what the name of the upcoming pay per view event is, and boy am I glad, because I'm tired of referring to it as the "upcoming September 10th Boston pay per view".

Landon Savage: In addition to finding out the name tonight, we also find out who the contenders are for two of the championship matches on the September 10th event, both for the No Limits Title as well as the World Title.

Mark Perletta: We also get an idea of who might be challenging for the Tao of Valor Championship, but with time running short lets get to our first segment of the night, where we find out who will face Greyson Blade for the World Title at the pay per view.

"Champion" By Grinspoon begins to play throughout the arena. Suddenly the lights dim, and then red, white, and blue flares burst into the air and Rawlings appears on the stage. He has a mic in his hand and heads straight to the ring. He walks by the time keeper and stops. He grabs an empty chair set up next to the time keeper, obviously there for the temporary substitute ring announcer, and then folds it up. He then leaps into the ring and walks over towards the other side of the ring and stares at the entrance. His music dies under and then he starts to speak.

Stephen Rawlings: Chairs! F*cking God damn chairs. Who the hell came up with the concept of using a chair to bludgeon a human being? Whoever created it... Well I hope they rot in hell. They destroyed the face of wrestling. Never after that initial "shot heard round the world" would a honest man ever again get to wrestle a fair and honest wrestling match. The way an ATHLETE would do it. This chair. This cold piece of steel. It's nothing but fear. That's all it smells of. It's not a weapon to help someone. It's a tool someone uses when are they too afraid of facing something bad that is about to happen. It's a blanky that little pussies use so they wont piss themselves from crying. And the biggest f*cking pussy the world has ever known is in this here fed. He is in Legacy! Dan Stein...

The crowd boos at the sound of the name.

Stephen Rawlings: HE is the man. The man who is all big and bad until he has to get anything done... Then he brings in help in the form of a chair to make him look big and bad, because he can't do it himself... Well this time he picked the wrong person to put on an act with. He thought that my title shot was unimportant. Like no one gave a shit... including me.... So Dan Stein came out with his chair... Well F*CK Dan Stein. You know why? Cuz Dan Stein has been doing a whole lot of f*cking around lately. First with his own title shot, and then with mine. And the kicker is... I woulda won that match. I'd be standing in this ring.... The World Champion! But I'm not... And I'm not gonna cry about it... Because we all know it wasn't my fault. That's why I am truelly out here tonight. To demand a rematch. No one won that match... No one lost that match... Therefore... I say we send Stein home, and make wet his bed from weeping and Blade and I get this done the right way!

A voice rings in over the P.A. system.

Voice: Whoa, whoa whoa whoa. Hold on a second, wait a minute.

The fans look to the curtains to catch Dan Stein walking out from the backstage area.

Dan Stein: Listen, Steve, I've got a couple of things to say to you. First of all, try to make some coherent sense when you're talking shit about someone. All I can understand is two things: 1) that you enjoy using the word 'f*ck' and 2) you want a rematch. The rest of that... mumbo jumbo… is just confusing as all hell.

Stein starts slowly walking down the isle towards the ring.

Stephen Rawlings: Yeah, because you're unintelligent.

Dan Stein: No, because my I.Q. is more than that of a pre-schooler. Like I said, shut your mouth and listen to me. You cut in line because you throw your cousin out the door. That's fine, I'm sure Chris is living it up in whichever institution you had him committed to. However, Rawlings, I'm sure he's saving you a bed right next to him, and the shit that he'll do to you won’t even come close to what I will do to you if you don't shut your mouth and let myself and Greyson Blade end this.

Stein pauses momentarily as he continues to make his way down the ramp.

Dan Stein: This isn't about money.. this isn't about fame. I've got that. You heard the people react when they heard my name, they know who I am. I get stopped in the middle of the street and have people ask for my autograph, I don't need that.

He continues walking, slowly.

Dan Stein: I've got the three things I'll ever need in life…

He holds up one finger…

Dan Stein: Money…

He holds up a second finger…

Dan Stein: …fame…

And a third finger…

Dan Stein: …and women.

Stein smirks.

Dan Stein: The last one of those things you will never know, even if she walks up to you and nibbles on your ear lobe, calls you 'Papi' and squeezes your package a little, Rawlings.

Stein gets to the bottom of the ramp and stares up into the ring where Rawlings is standing, chair still in hand.

Dan Stein: This is about something far more important than money, than that Championship belt. It's about pride… pride in myself… and pride in that belt that Greyson Blade is holding. The true wrestling fans, the smarks... they know what Greyson Blade is, what he's become…

Stein tilts his head to the side, stretching his neck.

Dan Stein: …what I will bring out in him and STILL beat his ass up and down that ring.

A smirk slowly starts to form on Stein’s face.

Dan Stein: You, Rawlings? You were just a speed bump in his way to dropping that belt to me. Go home, Jack. Sit in your chair, play some poker... because you, sir, don't belong in that ring with us.

Dan puts one hand up onto the middle rope and then hops up onto the apron, and as he does so Rawlings charges in, wielding the chair with both hands, having dropped the microphone. As he is apparently just antagonizing Rawlings, Stein hops back down off of the apron before Rawlings reaches that side of the ring, Stephen completely missing as he swings through with the chair, as Stein is already safely back down on the arena floor, a huge grin on his face, amused by his ability to piss off Rawlings. Rawlings picks the mic back up, and stares into Steins eyes.

Stephen Rawlings: You honestly think that you are going to come out here and say anything that I will listen to? You honestly think I’ll just... GO HOME and watch YOU destroy the INTEGRITY of the LEGACY World Title? Well TOO bad. I'm not going anywhere. You lost your shot fair and F’N square. I haven't lost yet, my friend... So stay out of my way! That title will be MINE!

Suddenly, just as the words slipped from Rawlings’/Stein’s lips, the PA system booms with the opening chords of “Outlaw Torn”. The LEGACY World Heavyweight Champion is going to be live in front of this capacity Concord crowd. As the song fully kicks in, The Outlaw steps out from the gorilla position to the top of the rampway. Greyson’s dressed the official “The Outlaw” t-shirt from the LEGACY Merch site, and blue jeans. Nothing stands out as spectacular about his dress, save maybe those 20 pounds of gold that are now resting over his shoulder. He stops at the top of the rampway, and gives both men a cold glare as he brings a microphone to his lips.

The Outlaw: Cut the damn music. I’ve got some things to say, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to listen to both you continue this little pissing contest. Both of you want a shot at this belt right here.

Blade taps the face plate of the belt and then runs his fingers over the name plate.

The Outlaw: On one hand we have Dan Stein who comes out here week after week calling me out, harping on his one tainted victory over me and telling me that that I’m past my prime. Well, I can’t be too far gone because once it came down to you and me no hold barred with the chance to use all of your little MMA bullshit to kick my ass as you so eloquently put it – you failed. Point blank Stein, I already put your shoulders on the canvas for the one … two … three.

With that comment the crowd begins a “Blade” chant that echoes through the arena, and The Outlaw turns to the crowd and gives a very satisfied smile, knowing that even if the net was growing bitter, the fans in the seats still recognized just who he was and what he could do.

The Outlaw: Now on the other hand we have the great Stephen Rawlings that I have already beaten before, and when he had his chance to take me down last week he too … failed. I know, I know I heard it all with how the bitch standing outside the ring there interfered in the match. However, if you were that damn good, if you were even half as good as you say you are and brag to be, the match shouldn’t have even lasted that long. The fact is Rawlings you had your chance just like Stein and just like him you … blew it. Now I’ll admit tonight I came to the arena to ask Smith Cartwright to make a match for me with Dan Stein because lord knows I’m tired of hearing him running his mouth. I’m tired of him spewing ignorant, unintelligent bullshit. However, I didn’t count on you having your panties in such a bunch Rawlings. So … what are we going to do about this?

The Outlaw stops and runs a hand across his jaw in pensive fashion, mocking like he really has to think about this dilemma.

The Outlaw: Oh I know what we are going to do. We have a Pay-Per-View coming up here on September 10th, and with this belt over my shoulder, I’m going to be in the main event, so how about you two sons of bitches join me there?

The crowd loves this announcement and roars in approval.

The Outlaw: How about both of you step into that ring against me in the first ever triple threat match for the LEGACY World Heavyweight Title? And … and … this isn’t going to be done like a normal triple threat match. No fucking way am I going to lose this belt because one of you two jackasses pins the other.

Blade shakes his head "no".

The Outlaw: This is going to be elimination style, so there will be absolutely no bitching about how this goes down. So September 10th, I’m laying it down for you both right now. It’s going to be Dan Stein vs. Stephen Rawlings vs. The Outlaw Greyson Blade, triple threat elimination match for the LEGACY World Heavyweight Title … and on that night I’m going to kick both of your asses and shut both of you up. It’s time to man up, but it’s just too bad you “boys” won’t get the job done.

Case Closed.

With that, “Outlaw Torn” hits the PA system once more and Blade looks towards the ring with a satisfied look on his face as the camera then switches back to the recap position.

Mark Perletta: And there you have it, folks. Greyson Blade saying he'd defend the LEGACY World Title in an elimination style three-way dance, and after that segment took place I confirmed it with Smith Cartwright and at the pay per view, Dan Stein and Stephen Rawlings will both be in the main event with Greyson Blade with the LEGACY World Title on the line.

Landon Savage: An overall stupid move there by Blade, significantly decreasing his odds of leaving Boston on the 10th of September with the belt, but I guess if he wanted any shot at having a fair match, this is what he had to do.

Joey C: There's no way Dan Stein was going to find himself left out of that main event. We saw the desperation Stephen Rawlings is starting to feel, so this way there shouldn't be any outside interference.

Mark Perletta: I think Greyson Blade did a good thing by ensuring that this match goes down elimination style, because quite frankly nothing else would provide as fair an opportunity for all involved. Should be a great match.

The words "from earlier this week" appear on the screen and the footage which follows is slightly grainy and is shown in black and white. It originally appeared earlier this week in a promo by Jack Henderson.

“So they want to see a fight this week. And I suppose… We’ll give them one. After all, that’s our job.”

The screen fades up to Jack Henderson in a grayscale shot. He sits in an utterly empty room except for a basic chair and a basic rectangular table. He folds his hands on top of the table while staring into the camera lens.

“Conor McLellan… I have no beef with you. The boss wants to see what we can do, and I’m sure we’re both going to do it. We’re both going to walk into that ring and we’re both going to beat the holy hell out of each other until one man walks out the victor. That’s perfectly fine with me. May the best man win, Conor.”

Jack stands up from the table and slides the chair out from under him. He takes a step back then pushes the chair in under the table. He outstretches his arms and leans on the table.

“By the way Conor,” Jack pauses. “You and me are a lot alike. We’ve both lost loved ones. We’ve both been through a lot. We both struggle.”

The glare in his eyes becomes more intense.

“Let’s not make this too personal. We’ve both got enough shit to deal with.”

Mark Perletta: When this match was booked, I'm not sure anyone knew what to expect, but it was a good opportunity for both men to make the most of an opportunity, and one of them did.

Joey C: I was very leary of how entertaining this match was going to be, with Henderson being a relative newcomer to the sport and Conor McLellan, well, not always putting forth full effort.

Landon Savage: Why does he care? They pay him the same no matter what. It's not like he's trying to go after championships or anything like that. And besides, you heard Henderson talk this week, he feels BAD for Conor McLellan. They're both similar people, they empathize with one another. Conor wasn't going into some match against an opponent who hated him or anything like that...

Mark Perletta: As this match progressed it was easy to tell which of these two men were more interested in winning this match.

Joey C: Yet again Jack Henderson gets into the ring and proves me wrong. I thought all the matches Conor McLellan had under his belt leading into this match were going to play a factor, and while it did work to his advantage, Jack Henderson just seemed too confident in his abilities to let that matter.

Landon Savage: Henderson may not have a lot of matches under his belt, but he's definitely had some formal training in not only self defense, but in some sort of fighting style.

Mark Perletta: He definitely has a MMA feel to him, though it's still not as developed as you might expect out of a pure ultimate fighter, but then he also seems to have a natural ability to mat wrestle, and that makes up for it.

Joey C: Well Conor did put up a good fight towards the end of the match, but it just wasn't enough.

Start : Footage from the Match

With a hammerlock applied by Jack Henderson and Conor down on one knee, McLellan forces his way back up to his feet. Unable to land a back-elbow into his well-placed opponent, Conor tries a backwards thrusting kick, but that, too, is unable to find its mark. Trying to find an opening, Conor forces himself towards the ropes and ducks down, sending Jack Henderson's neck right into the top rope.

Mark Perletta: Jack Henderson having his windpipe crushed into that rope, and that took the wind right out of his sails.

Joey C: Good, quick thinking there by Conor McLellan.

Conor turns around and nails Jack with a kick to the gut, and then he follows it up with a kick to the ribs, which Henderson partially blocks. Conor runs towards the ropes and on the return he leaps into the air and takes Jack Henderson off of his feet with a flying spinning heel kick.

Landon Savage: Nice move by Conor, his foot connecting with its mark squarely on the chin of Jack Henderson, and old man rookie is on his back.

Mark Perletta: Old man rookie? He's really not that old, you know.

Joey C: He's old for a ROOKIE.

Conor stomps on Jack Henderson a few times and goes to kick him in the head but Henderson is able to cover up, and in doing so he grabs McLellan by the foot and brings him down to the mat with a single-leg takedown. At that point both men work to get to their feet, Henderson getting up just before McLellan, but as Conor rises to his feet he nails Jack with a forearm shot to the gut. From there Conor grabs Jack by both wrists and hops up to go for the arm-pull kick to the face that he used against Declan a few weeks ago, but as he attempts it Jack Henderson gets one of his legs up, blocking the kick with his shin. Twisting his arm slightly, Jack gets a grip on Conor's wrists, pulls him up to his feet, twists around and locks in the rear naked choke.

Mark Perletta: Jack Henderson has his move locked in... he moves towards the center of the ring....

Joey C: Conor's struggling... he's struggling...

Mark Perletta: And Jack Henderson drops down onto his back, the rear naked choke still locked in... and Conor taps out!!

Winner by SUBMISSION : Jack Henderson

Mark Perletta: Another good win here in LEGACY for Jack Henderson, and Conor McLellan continues on the downward slope.

Joey C: Conor just needs to find where he fits in around here. He found something of a niche with the Disorderly Youth, and then that was over. Once he finds something again, you'll start to see him be successfull around here again.

Landon Savage: It almost seems like he's a little bored with things.

Mark Perletta: Well it's his body. If he wants to take extra punishment just because he isn't willing to put in the extra effort in match preparations, that's not hurting anyone but him.

The camera cuts backstage where Tim Jones is stretching out his leg and drinking a Miller Lite. Behind him Aaron Beaudway walks up and taps him on the shoulder. Jones turns around and immediately remembers Beaudway from the week before.

Aaron Beaudway: So, looks like you ended up getting that match after all.

Tim Jones: Yeah, but the pizza guy never showed up.

Beaudway points down at the beer in Tim's hand.

Aaron Beaudway: I see you came prepared this week.

Tim Jones: Yeah, with the beer anyway. After my match I'm going to hit up a pizza joint I found earlier today.

Aaron Beaudway: How do you think your strategy is looking, pretty good? Think you might win it?

Jones lets out a short, quick laugh.

Tim Jones: Of course I'm going to win the match, who are you kidding?

Aaron Beaudway: I just figured that this "masked man" dude might have some tricks up his sleeve or something, trying to catch you off guard. Didn't know if you wanted someone in your corner to make sure everything was on the good. Of course, if I were you, I'd be confident, too. I probably wouldn't be worried about some joker who's afraid to show his face and I wouldn't even sweat some towel jockey who might try to come out and make the odds unfair. You are the Ladies Man, afterall.

Jones grins and nods.

Tim Jones: Damn right I'm the Ladies Man, and I'm definitely not sweating this match. I'm going to go out there and take care of business, but I appreciate the offer.

Aaron Beaudway: What offer?

Tim Jones: You know, how you were offering to come out there and get my back. It's all good, though, this guy isn't going to stand a chance.

Tim chugs down the rest of his beer and then tosses the empty bottle towards a trash can, just barely making it in the bin that's ten feet away .

Tim Jones: Tell you what, after my match is done, why don't you come with me and a couple other guys to that pizza joint. You do like pizza, right?

Aaron Beaudway: Sounds sweet, I'll catch up with you after your match.

Jones pats Beaudway on the shoulder and then walks off towards the gorilla position.

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Mark Perletta: There was a question of whether or not the masked man was going to show up this week, but when Tim Jones stood there waiting, his opponent came down to the ring.

Joey C: At that point the only two questions remaining were as to the identity of the masked man, and whether or not he could wrestle.

Landon Savage: As soon as he got into the ring he didn't leave any doubt as to whether or not he could "go", as he went right after Tim Jones, laying into him with as many right hands as he could connect with.

Mark Perletta: Still looking for some revenge for having his No Limit Title match interrupted, Tim Jones came right back and laid into the masked man with right hands of his own, following that up with some kicks that sent the masked man down to the mat.

Joey C: Trying to slow things down a tad, the masked man rolled out of the ring underneath the bottom rope, but The Ladies Man quickly followed him out there, immediately nailing him with a hard right hand and then sending him head first into the steel steps.

Landon Savage: And that's where things got bad for the masked man. He sure started things off strong, but that was it for him.

Mark Perletta: When Tim Jones slammed the masked man into the steel steps head first, he essentially took control of the match.

Joey C: He's lucky that the referee didn't disqualify him for it.

Mark Perletta: Considering the reasoning behind this match getting booked, I think the referee was willing to be a little lenient with the rules.

Joey C: Undoubtedly influenced by the screaming fans who were loving every minute of it, too.

Landon Savage: The biggest part of this match wasn't that Tim Jones controlled things most of the way due to having sent the masked man head first into the steel steps, but it revolved around what happened late in the match. Let's check it out...

Start : Footage from the Match

Having just laid into the masked man with the ten punches in the corner, Tim Jones hops back down to the mat from the second turnbuckle, then grabs the masked man by the head, backs up a few steps and then PLANTS him into the mat with a DDT. After doing so, Jones gets back to his feet and puts his arms up into the air, eliciting a pop from the crowd. Slowly Tim Jones walks over to the corner and waits, turned sideways, as the masked man starts to stir.

Mark Perletta: Things definitely not looking promising for that masked man...

Joey C: We've seen this plenty of times before. Tim Jones is about to go for his SNAFU superkick...

As the masked man finally gets up to his feet, Tim Jones streaks in and NAILS his rising kick to the jaw, connecting with the SNAFU and dropping the masked man like a ton of bricks! Instead of covering him, though, Tim Jones grabs the unconscious masked man by the head and sits him up where he lay.

Mark Perletta: What's he doing? Tim Jones isn't going for the cover...

Joey C: I think he has a bigger goal in mind.

Moving in behind the masked man, Jones starts unlacing the luchador style mask that he's wearing, and the excitement within the fans grows. After unlacing it well enough, Jones grabs the edge of the mask underneath the chin and slowly starts pulling it up over the man's mouth... then over his nose... then over his eyes before completely tearing it off.

Mark Perletta: And here it comes....

Joey C: We're about to find out the masked man's identity...

As Jones pulls the formerly-masked man to his feet to get a good look at him, he's surprised by the fact that he has no clue who the masked man is, figuring it would be someone he would recognize. What he doesn't notice, however, is another masked man running down the entrance ramp and sliding into the ring. Feeling someone else in the ring behind him, Jones turns around just in time to get nailed by a low blow and then taken down with a side hook kick. As soon as he saw the new masked man connect with the kick, the referee turned and called for the bell, which rang just as the newer masked man exited out of the ring.

Winner by DISQUALIFICATION : Tim Jones

Mark Perletta: Just when it looked like Tim Jones was going to get to the bottom of the mystery, whoever that man is underneath the mask came out and once again attacked Tim Jones, and now I feel like we're no closer to figuring it out than we were last week or the week before that.

Landon Savage: Here's my question, Perletta. If the match was between Tim Jones and the masked man, aren't we to assume that the masked man who was supposed to be in this match was the masked man from a couple weeks ago? That being the case, I honestly think that the guy who ran out here at the end of the match IS the TRUE masked man, which makes everything he just did legal, right?

Joey C: But in that case anything that the first masked man did inside the ring would've been grounds for a disqualification, so either way, the match ended in the appropriate way.

The lights dim. “Set It Off” by Audioslave scores across the capacity crowd. Those infamous pink strobe lights kick into high gear. The camera scans the capacity crowd catching various fans showing there support for there favorite superstars. One standout fan in the back row is seen wearing a : “Durable One” John Thomas t-shirt. If size were any indicator, it looks like the shirt is about to tear-away and rip in half any minute. Because this fan in a drunken frenzy, obviously picked up the wrong size at the concession stands. Oh, well those are those diehard fans for you. The strobe lights put the audience in that ‘rave’ type of atmosphere, glow sticks and “E” pills would definitely complete the experience right now. As the camera moves on we see fans doing a wave, an ode to the World Heavyweight Champion, Greyson Blade.

The guitar keeps rifting and the audience reaches feverous pitches of praise. Six fans all lined up in one row each have their shirts off, and have the letters ‘M.A.R.I.O.N’ in blue lettering across there chests. A few fans behind those six college buddies get booed almost cleanly out of the building for their ‘support’ of LEGACY’s mega-villain. Just then, the crowd showers the building with boo’s as the arrogant former World Champion takes his journey down that aisle. Marion is seen with his left arm still in a sling after that soul wrenching hit put on him by one John Thomas. His eyes are a bit glossed over. As he walks down the aisle the chants of: “DIE MARION DIE!” pour out in waves. As he walks down the aisle, some fans try and grip the collar, the sling, ANYTHING they can get there hands on to get a piece of the Atlanta native. Marion smirking argues with the crowd a bit, but wisely decides to abrupt his dispute and step into the ring. Once in the ring Mr. Platinum blonde is afforded his own mic, he doesn’t speak until the crowd dies down.

MARCUS MARION: With apologies to Al Pacino's character in Scarface, the floor is mine…right?

The audience really being as obnoxious as they possibly can be continue to chant: “DIE MARION DIE” It’s surreal right now for the common man, but for Marcus Marion it’s another day at the office.

MARCUS MARION: Hmm….yeah we’re going to have to work on our communication skills. It’s funny NONE of you were booing when Boy wonder John Thomas was laying haymakers with steel chairs into my rib cage, solar-plexus and shoulder blades. I’ve got one question, and feel free to form a circle and come up with an answer: Where are your morals?

One fan stands out from amongst the pack and yells out: “SCREW MORALS AND SCREW YOU!”

MARCUS MARION: Ok... You. DON’T ever talk again. If you do, I’ll have one of my followers mace you and beat you into a bloody pulp.

The cameras scan over to those blue lettered college buddies with the “Marion” letters spray painted on their chests. They smile gleefully, while most of the capacity crowd moans and groans.

MARCUS MARION: I’m out here against better wishes. Against the better judgement of two women who are back at home right now, and I’ll give you a hint there last names start with “Rhodes.” They said "No, Marcus, don’t go out there, your not ready yet, your arm is dangling out of its socket and that madman John Thomas is still on a prowl. ARE YOU NUTS?!" And I said, "Only on Sundays."

MARCUS MARION: No, sheep, I’m not nuts. Just a bit pissed off. And for all of you out there who would rather not believe me. Don’t make me angry, you wouldn’t like it when I get angry. John Thomas every since I can remember I’ve been calling your name from every grassland and savannah on gods green earth. For MONTHS you ducking into the locker rooms when I come around, or you having the balls to NOT hold open the door, or pull out my chair, has irked me. You went to dad and told him to have the front office hose me down all because you’re afraid, let me correct myself, you’ve BEEN afraid that my star has always shone a little bit brighter than yours. All that which you’ve managed to do to me I can forgive because they were nothing more than emotional cheap shots from an insecure little…little man.

Marion pauses every so briefly.

MARCUS MARION: But then you went out and did something on par with blasphemy, you attacked me... like a SAVAGE! That... that’s unforgiveable. So instead of tearing the city apart hunting you down like a scalded dog, I’m going to set the stage right now.

Marion puts his hands up into the air as if to show something on a marquee.

MARCUS MARION: John Thomas versus Marcus Marion, September, 10th in Boston Massachusetts..

The fans cheer at this prospect of a match between the two “siblings”. Marion forces a smirk, and winces in pain every so often at his bum arm and shoulder.

MARCUS MARION: I know you might have a hard time banking on my word and agreeing to this match because you don’t think it’ll be company sanctioned. But feast your eyes on the tron, and see if you can say no to them.

The fans whiplash their round, point and oval heads to the wall screen. And what we see is an image of the Robins Twins in a bath-tub together waving at the capacity crowd. The crowd collectively groans at this display. The boos pick up. The girls both blow kisses to Marion and say…

TWINS: HEY HONEY!

The last image we see is the Robins Twins all dripping in bath water soap, smiling for all the world to see.

The words "from earlier this week" appear on the screen and the footage which follows is slightly grainy and is shown in black and white. It originally appeared earlier this week in a promo by DJ Cassidy and has been edited for time constraints.

Michael Rosenbloom: You've enjoyed very unexpected success in your time with the now defunct True Talent Wrestling and LEGACY organizations with the unlikely pairing of you and Herbert Moxley. How have you handled the newfound success?

DJ Cassidy: I ain't gonna lie to you, it's all still kind of weird. Eighteen months ago, I was wrestling anywhere I could in the Midwest just to pay for gas money and working at Meijer as a stock boy during the week. So to go from that to being a household name in pro wrestling has been really overwhelming at times. … I am practically treated like a god at times by the people of Moline and I can't figure out what I did so special to deserve this. My grandfather, my dad, and my brothers have never achieved what I have and I am just in awe of what I've accomplished.

Michael Rosenbloom: I can't imagine what that's like. People have noticed the past few weeks that there is a bit of dissension between you and Moxley. Is there any truth to this?

(DJ rolls his eyes and begins to speak in a very serious tone.)

DJ Cassidy: All that is in my opinion are journalists trying to make up shit for the dirt sheets on the internet. There is no dissension at all. In fact, we're in the best form we've ever been in. Mox can be a bit high-strung at times, but if it wasn't for him, I'd possibly still be working at Meijer. All in all, he's a great guy and he and Jen are going to make a great couple.

Michael Rosenbloom: One final question, do you have anything to say about your Tao Of Valor contendor match against Diego De Cardenas? And what if it comes down to you and your tag team partner for that title?

DJ Cassidy: Well, Diego is an excellent luchador, but he doesn't have the experience or skill necessary to defeat me. He doesn't make his whole life wrestling like I do. He's not a third-generation star. He's nowhere near as talented and I don't mean to sound brash, but I feel like in a pure wrestling match, I could defeat him with ease. There's nothing like the elation you get knowing you just made someone tap out. Diego, you have two choices. You can either tap out or you can fall victim to the "Spin Cycle". The choice is yours. But come time for "Strife", it won't matter if you're a luchador, a brawler, a strong style wrestler, or a technical wrestler. Because when you get in the ring with DJ Cassidy, you will lose. I'm going to give you a wrestling lesson for free. … And as for Herbie Jay, I love the man like a brother... but if it was to ever come down between me and him for the Tao of Valor Title, or any title... he would have to wrestle the match of his life to beat me because I would never lay down for anyone, friend OR foe.

The words "from earlier this week" once again appear on the screen and the footage which follows is slightly grainy and is shown in black and white. It originally appeared earlier this week in a promo by Diego de Cardenas.

I hear what you're saying, Cassidy, I really do. Only problem I have is that most of what you're speaking about is short sighted.

You think you're the only one around here who comes from a strong family tradition in this business? You think you're the only one in LEGACY who has been fighting and training their entire LIFE in the hopes of achieving accolades in this sport?

Nothing that my father or my grandfather or my uncles or my brothers or my cousins ever did in this sport is going to make a damn bit of sense to you. None of their opponents are going to be on your "radar" like the names you rattled off in your promotional videos. Does that make my family's accomplishments any less significant to me than yours are to you?

I'm sure you're some big shot celebrity back in Moline. I'm sure when you go out to lunch in the greasy spoons all across the state, people line up to buy you a free meal. Do you think that concept is foreign to me?

There is an entire NATION of people south of the border down in Mexico who WORSHIP people like me - luchadors who have made a name for themselves internationally as well as in Mexico. The way they fiesta, Cassidy, you've seen nothing like it. I'm sure when you think of Mexican fiestas, you're thinking of pinatas, Coronas, and Tequilla, but when the people of Chihuahua celebrate one of their local heroes, those parties go on FOR DAYS.

LEGACY is hardly my first stop in this business. Not only have I wrestled in Mexico when I was young, but I also spent a significant amount of time wrestling all throughout Europe, learning the tricks to the trade. I spent time in Japan, learning their style of doing things, walking in the footsteps of the great Eddie Guerrero, who owes a lot of his success to the people of that island nation. I've also spent some time in Canada training and competing there, and that's where I learned to take the skills I had developed as a traditional luchador and turn them into a solid, technical skill base.

Ramble on all you want to all of the reporters you meet about how you've surpassed your supposedly "great" family and question whether or not I have the heart for this business. See if I even care. When I hear you talk about how much success you've had with your two "huge" tag title reigns you've had, I just laugh as I continue to train so that when I get into the ring, I can get the job done, PROVING my worth, not trying to sell myself to the mass public with words.

I'm looking forward to a well fought match on Thursday, and I hope you're planning on showing up prepared, because you'll need to be.

I am Diego de Cardenas, and someday I will become a champion here in LEGACY.

Mark Perletta: As this match got started there was a somewhat tense handshake between the two that I felt like was a good show of respect, however, it did have an underlying sense of hostility to it.

Landon Savage: And how could it not, Marky? I've never understood how two guys who are about to try to wrestle each other into exhaustion could go into a match with anything but hostility.

Joey C: Well they definitely had some hostility, and as things got started it was very apparent that Diego de Cardenas was rubbed the wrong way by some of Cassidy's remarks this week.

Mark Perletta: A very proud wrestler in his own right, Diego de Cardenas took some of the comments made by Cassidy as being disrespectfull, and in the early parts of the match Diego tried to make it very clear where he was coming from, and that Cassidy should respect him.

Landon Savage: If D.J. doesn't respect Diego de Cardenas after this match, he's a complete idiot, especially because early on, Cassidy couldn't get in a bit of successfull offense against Cardenas.

Joey C: Everything that Cassidy threw at Cardenas was either blocked or reversed out of, and it appears as though maybe D.J. Cassidy was under-estimating his luchador opponent this week.

Mark Perletta: That may or may not be the case, but Diego de Cardenas has been on the shelf with a neck strain since facing Creed on June 29th, so you can hardly blame D.J. Cassidy for questioning what type of shape Cardenas would be in upon returning.

Landon Savage: Look, the doctors said that Diego wouldn't be able to make his return until after September 10th based on how his healing was going, he came back early, so one would surmise that either Cardenas had healed up better than expected, or that he had rushed his own return.

Joey C: In the first few minutes of the match, it looked as though Diego had healed up better than expected from the way he was wrestling with Cassidy.

Mark Perletta: I think it's safe to say that this was the toughest fought Tao of Valor contenders match we've ever seen here in LEGACY.

Landon Savage: Both of these guys have a lot to prove around here, and with all the talk between them this week, you'd hope they'd show up ready to give their all. D.J. Cassidy might be one-half of the World Tag Team Champions, but he hasn't done a damn thing in singles competition.

Joey C: He can pretend like there's no hostility between he and Herb Moxley all he wants, but with all the hype that Mox receives on those dirtsheets all over the internet, you can bet that Cassidy feels like he has a lot to prove, wanting to step out of Herb's shadow.

Mark Perletta: I don't know if that's the case at all, but it is interesting that just after Herb Moxley declares that he wants another shot at Nicholas Creed and the Tao of Valor Championship, Cassidy finds his way into an opportunity to earn that shot for himself.

Landon Savage: If you ask me, Cassidy stands a better chance of taking the belt off of Creed than Moxley does, and for that matter so does Diego de Cardenas.

Mark Perletta: Only one of these two can get the next shot, however, and both men were doing their best to put them into the best position possible to pick up a win to earn the Tao of Valor shot for August 24th's edition of STRIFE from Albany.

Start : Footage from the Match

Cassidy blocks a punch from Diego de Cardenas and then lays him out with a hard right hand of his own, and then sensing an opportunity, D.J. ran in the opposite direction, hitting the ropes to get himself momentum. Cardenas got back up off the mat just as Cassidy was barrelling back towards him, once again getting taken down to the mat, this time Cassidy connecting with a flying shin kick.

Keeping on the offensive, Cassidy takes Cardenas by the head and lifts him up to his feet. He then hooks Cardenas into a double underhook and goes for a jumping tornado ddt, but Cardenas is able to step back, altering his center of gravity, keeping Cassidy from hitting the move and putting D.J. back onto his feet. Cassidy tries again and again Cardenas steps back and blocks the move, again putting Cassidy back down onto his feet. From there Diego de Cardenas breaks free with his arms and locks Cassidy in and takes him up and over into a Northern Lights Suplex, holding on for the pinfall attempt.

ONE!

TWO!!

NO!

Mark Perletta: Nice reversal there by Diego de Cardenas into the Northern Lights, and he gets the nearfall.

Joey C: Damn close, too.

Diego is the first of the two to his feet and he runs across the ring and hits the ropes just as Cassidy is getting to his feet. When D.J. turns to spot his opponent, Diego does a baseball slide between Cassidy's legs, sending himself out onto the apron. Diego pops back up to his feet and then immediately hops up onto the top rope and springboards off into a cross-body block, riding it down to the mat and holding on for a pinfall attempt... but Cassidy rolls through into a pinfall attempt of his own.

ONE!

TWO!!

NO!!

Mark Perletta: This time it's D.J. Cassidy with a nearfall attempt and Diego de Cardenas is the one who is able to kickout!

Joey C: Certainly not as close as the pinfall attempt that Diego had with the Northern Lights Suplex.

Mark Perletta: Oh I'd say it was every bit as close.

Both men get back to their feet at about the same time and D.J. Cassidy grabs Diego by the arm and irish whips him into the opposite ropes. As Diego de Cardenas comes rebounding off of the ropes, D.J. Cassidy ducks down to go for a backdrop, and because he telegraphs it, Cardenas spots it right away and decides to leap in to go for a sunset flip attempt, but Cassidy pivots at the last minute and catches Diego on his shoulders and puts him into a fireman's carry position...

Mark Perletta: Death Valley Driver! Cassidy not letting go of Cardenas' head... and he locks Diego into a dragon sleeper!

Landon Savage: He's got it locked in on Diego de Cardenas, putting a lot of pressure in on that healing neck...

Joey C: And Diego can't stand the pain anymore and he taps out!!

Winner by SUBMISSION : D.J. Cassidy

Mark Perletta: D.J. Cassidy picking up the win by submission, and you'd have to think that maybe it was a good strategic idea for Diego de Cardenas to tap out, especially with the pain he's been in the past month or more with that neck injury. Save the neck, live to fight another day.

Joey C: Sure, he'll get to fight another day, but how often do guaranteed title shots come along? Not very often.

Landon Savage: I think he could've held on a little bit longer, and in doing so, he might've turned things around.

Mark Perletta: He also might've ended up back on the shelf.

Landon Savage: Now this brings up an interesting situation. D.J. Cassidy has a shot at the Tao of Valor Championship. What has his tag team partner been after for the past few months? The Tao of Valor Championship. No tension between the two of them? I bet there'll be some tensions now.

Matt Larcen is walking backstage, and as he sees Andrew Kelley walking in his direction, he stops and obliges him a few words.

Andrew Kelley: Matt Larcen, with all the success you've had so far in LEGACY, I have one main question for you: why all the rage?

Matt stops and smirks at Andrew.

Matt Larcen: I’ve heard the critics. “Matt Larcen is a one trick pony.” And I’ll be the first to admit I used to wake up every day, get out of bed, kick the dog…

Andrew Kelley: Used to?

Matt Larcen: Yeah – then that fucker died on me for some reason. The fact is I am what every fan and fellow wrestler wants to be. You all go through your daily boring lives being pissed off and pissed on without doing shit about it. For example…

Matt Larcen points down the hallway where Cian Randal is minding his own business.

Matt Larcen: That punk ass loser, Cian Randal? No one likes him. In fact when we see him, we all want to kick his ass. In particular I hate his fucking face because for some reason he gets title shots and I get dicked around. Now, most people are too pussy to do anything about these feelings – but me?

Matt Larcen reaches over to a nearby table and grabs a coffee pot filled with hot coffee. He stalks up to Cian Randal and smiles.

Matt Larcen: Coffee?

He splashes the hot coffee RIGHT IN CIAN’S FACE!! Cian Randal shouts out in pain and Larcen smashes the coffee pot over the back of his head, sending him to the ground. Matt follows up by kicking Randal in the ribs repeatedly while he’s down.

Matt Larcen: BE CAREFUL, BITCH – IT’S HOT!!

Larcen repeatedly continues to kick Cian Randal in the ribs. As Cian tries to cover up, Matt starts kicking him in the back, when suddenly Jack Henderson spots what’s going on and rushes onto the scene.

Jack Henderson: What the hell do you think you're doing?

Henderson grabs Larcen from behind and swings him up against the wall. He then digs his forearm into Larcen's throat to pin him up against the wall.

Jack Henderson: There's something not right about you son. What is your primary Objective, to be a total asshole? Well you're succeeding. Now get out of here.

Henderson lets him off the wall and steps back. Larcen grabs his throat but has a sick look in his eyes as he walks backwards down the hallway. Jack turns to attend to Cian on the ground while Larcen lets out a demented chuckle.

Jack Henderson: Medic! We need a medic over here!

LEGACY medical team members begin to rush over to tend to Cian as the shot fades out.

The lights in the arena dim and red strobe lights start flashing from all over, and a large, red, italic "D" shows up on the LEGACY Vision jumbotron, and as "Step Up" by Drowning Pool plays over the P.A. system, Gryffin Anselm and James Win walk out from the back, the No Limits Title over Anselm's shoulder. With a mixed reaction from the fans, Gryffin walks down the isle and gets into the ring, James Win following about ten feet behind him. After getting a microphone from the temporary ring announcer, Gryffin walks to the middle of the ring, waiting as his music fades under before addressing the fans.

Gryffin Anselm: April 27th. Ever since the second week of this organization being known as LEGACY, I've been perfect when I step into this ring with this belt on the line. Ever since I took this belt off of our current World Champion, Greyson Blade, I've been untouchable. No matter who who steps up to challenge me, they fail, and they fail miserably.

Anselm runs his hands through his hair.

Gryffin Anselm: Now I don't know if you all realize this or not, but there's a pay per view event coming up, and with only one show standing between tonight and the pay per view, I'm getting a little worried that I'm not going to have an opponent for it, and to be honest, I'm kind of disappointed. I rather enjoyed destroying Chivalric at Rise of the Elite 3, and I wanted to continue building on my - and forgive me for the pun - legacy. All that appears to be in jeopardy, though, because right before the show, I talked to Smith Cartwright, and he said he wasn't sure WHO was going to get a shot at the No Limits Title at the pay per view, but he said if I wanted to take my pick, that I was more than welcome to.

Gryffin shrugs.

Gryffin Anselm: Aside from James, here, I don't see anyone on the roster who's capable of taking this belt from me, so no matter who I'd pick, I'd feel bad for singling out someone whose career I was about to ruin. That said, I'm throwing out an open challenge, so if anyone backstage wants to step up, I'm open to it. If anyone backstage who doesn't already have a match at the pay per view wants the chance to make a name for themself by trying to end my unbeaten streak...

Traditional Japanese music starts to play over the speakers and then Shinya Nori and Katsuro Yoshida walk out from the back. They stop at the top of the entrance ramp and Shinya Nori takes out a microphone as the music fades under.

Shinya Nori: So you say you want a viable opponent for a title defense at the upcoming pay per view? My client, Katsuro Yoshida of the Bushido Buntai, deserves to be in a match at that event, and if the front office allowed you to issue an open challenge... consider it filled.

Gryffin Anselm: So your boy wants the shot? Does he even understand what No Limits means? Does he realize that I've undefeated here in LEGACY?

Shinya shakes his head "no".

Shinya Nori: Your win / loss record does not matter to Katsuro Yoshida. You are not unbeatable, and Katsuro will prove that on September 10th.

Gryffin Anselm: I've got no problem sending your boy back to Japan a complete failure, just don't blame me if he decides that he's a failure and decides to commit hari kari.

Shinya Nori: After the two of you get into the ring together with that belt on the line, it will be you, Anselm, who fails to hold on to your championship belt.

The traditional Japanese music starts up again and Katsuro Yoshida and Shinya Nori head backstage, and the footage then changes to a shot of one of the newest products available on the LEGACY Merch website.

Buy your very own Nicholas Creed poster today at LEGACY Merch!

Mark Perletta: When this match got started, both men found themselves paying almost as much attention to the structure hanging above them as they did their opponent, but as it became apparent that Agent Wang was paying it too much attention, that's when Creed moved in.

Joey C: Dumb move there by the inexperienced Agent Wang, not devoting enough attention to his opponent, and it certainly cost him early on.

Landon Savage: Nicholas Creed took the smart approach. He took a couple moments to look at the steel beams rising up in all four of the corners, he looked at the reinforced ropes stretched across the ring diagonally, got the basic idea for how the match was set up, and then he got down to business.

Mark Perletta: It was obvious that Creed's strategy in this match was to take care of Agent Wang first and then find a way to get up there and retrieve the Ultimate X token and retain the Tao of Valor Championship.

Joey C: A much smarter strategy than whatever Agent Wang was attempting to do, and to be honest, I don't even thing he HAD a strategy.

Landon Savage: Without a doubt, coming into a match against a guy like Nicholas Creed without a strategy is a VERY stupid thing to do, and in the first two thirds of this match, Agent Wang paid dearly for it.

Mark Perletta: He may not have had a great strategy, but the one thing that Agent Wang did have coming into this match is his resiliency and his high flying offense, which helped him not only stay in the match, but also gave him an advantage near the end of the match.

Joey C: I have to hand it to him, Agent Wang found ways to use the reinforced ropes hanging across the ring as part of his offense and in his defense, most notably to allow him to get on the offensive for the first time.

Mark Perletta: As Creed was attempting a superplex, Agent Wang was able to hold on to the steel beam in the corner, keeping Creed from being able to pry him out of the corner. That gave Agent Wang the time needed to lay into SIN with a couple of kicks, knocking him down out of the corner off of the turnbuckles.

Landon Savage: That's where Agent Wang got creative, jumping up, grabbing the reinforced ropes, and then using them to propel him into Creed with a sort of missile dropkick.

Joey C: That was easily the first time I ever considered Creed to be at a distinct disadvantage in one of his matches, this time due to his weight. Although not fat by any stretch of the imagination, weighing in at over 300 pounds, Creed would've had a hard time pulling off any maneuver involving using those ropes to propel himself anywhere.

Mark Perletta: That's what a lot of people figured prior to this match, which is why the underground odds makers didn't make Creed as much of a favorite in this match as he has been in some of his prior matches. There was a lot of doubt as to how Creed was going to handle having to get across those ropes in order to win this match.

Landon Savage: The first time he tried, however, his inability to get across the ropes had nothing to do with his weight or height.

Start : Footage from the Match

Climbing up the turnbuckles on the outside, Wang leaps off about a moment before he would've been ready to as Creed got back to his feet faster than he expected, and as Wang goes for the cross-body block, Creed catches him in mid-air, takes a step backwards to avoid falling down. Gathering his balance, Creed then lifts Agent Wang straight up into the air and tosses him towards the ropes, Wang hitting them and then falling down to the ring apron, not falling all the way down to the arena floor.

Mark Perletta: Creed with still an incredible amount of strength still left in him, and Agent Wang paid the price.

Landon Savage: He's damn lucky, too, because had he fallen off the apron, he'd have NO chance of getting back in this match.

Joey C: Look at the guy... he's basically done anyway. I don't care if he DID stay on the apron, he's not getting back into this.

Scaling the turnbuckles, Creed gets to the top and grabs a hold of the reinforced ropes hung diagonally across the ring and he pulls down on it, seeing how much "give" there is in it. Satisfied with the results, Creed puts his other hand in front of the first one and tests his weight. Again satisfied, Creed puts his other hand a few feet closer to the center of the ring and now allows his entire weight to dangle down from the ropes, which sag a little but remain somewhat straight. Creed allows himself to dangle there for a moment to make sure nothing is going to break, and then he moves another hand further down the rope.

Focussed on the task at hand, Creed doesn't even notice as Agent Wang gets up to his feet on the apron. Spotting his opponent headed towards the belt, Agent Wang realizes he has to act fast, so he hops up onto the top rope and springboards himself towards Creed, nailing him in the hip with a dropkick that loosens Creeds grip just enough to cause him to drop back down into the ring, Agent Wang just barely able to roll out of the way to avoid Creed landing on him.

Landon Savage: Not able to get back into it, eh Joey?.

Joey C: Damn fine move there by Agent Wang, and sure, I didn't think he even had THAT in him, but there's no way Creed's letting him win this match.

Agent Wang is the first of the two to their feet, and spotting this as potentially his sole opportunity, he runs over to the corner and climbs up the turnbuckles and then hops up and grabs onto the reinforced rope. As fast as he can, Agent Wang starts shimmying his way down the rope, but as Creed just returned to his feet, Wang could not continue towards the center of the ring unless he wanted to be grabbed out of the air by Creed, so he retreats slightly and tries to swing his legs up to latch them onto the reinforced rope as well. His first attempt is successfull and slowly he starts making his way down the rope. Creed looks up, determined to do something, and then he gets an idea.

Running over to the corner, Creed puts one foot up onto the middle turnbuckle, then uses it to propel him upwards, adding a little height to his jump. His vertical leap is just high enough to get one hand onto the reinforced rope, and as he pulls down it shakes the entire length of the reinforced rope. As it shakes, Wang loses his grip with his hands and ends up dangling upside-down. Agent Wang puts all of his energy into trying to pull himself back up, but before he can do it, Creed is directly underneath him and is able to grab onto him, locking him into a full nelson with Agent Wang still dangling from the reinforced rope. One good hard pull later and Agent Wang is wrenched away from the ropes, and his feet barely hit the mat before, Creed picks him back up into the air, pivots, and DROPS him into the REIGN OF SIN!

Mark Perletta: Oh my God!! Agent Wang yanked down off the reinforced ropes... and I think he's going to need a stretcher!

Joey C: How are his chances looking now, Landon?

Landon Savage: Oh I was betting on Creed the entire time, but I don't like to count people out of a match before they're out of it... but Agent Wang is out of it!

Getting back to his feet, Creed looks down at Agent Wang, who is completely unconscious due to the impact, and then he walks over and makes his way up one of the sets of corner turnbuckles. Once at the top, Creed then shimmies across the reinforced rope with his hands, faster than before due to his certainty that the ropes are going to hold. Once in the middle, Creed reaches out and grabs the velvet bag, pulls it away and then drops down to the apron, opens the bag and pulls out the golden "X" token and the time-keeper rings the bell.

Winner and STILL Tao of Valor Champion : Nicholas Creed

Mark Perletta: Nicholas Creed picking up the third of the Tao of Valor tokens, meaning he needs to win just two more title defenses before he gets his guaranteed World Title shot!

Joey C: I think it's bound to happen, Marky. Whoever gets the shot at Nicholas Creed at the pay per view is going to have a front row seat for history when SIN becomes the first person to guarantee himself a World Title shot through the Tao of Valor Championship.

Mark Perletta: Well don't forget, D.J. Cassidy has his shot at the Tao of Valor coming up next week, and there's a good chance he might be able to take the belt from Creed.

The lights dim slightly, "Don't Cha" by the Pussycat Dolls starts to play over the sound system, and then pink, baby blue, and white spotlights twirl around the arena, converging on the entrance stage as Smith Cartwright walks out from the back.

Smith Cartwright: For those of you who were watching last week, you all know what time it is. The fans have voted and the six ring announcer contestants have now been narrowed down to four!

The music continues to play as Cartwright takes a slight pause, stepping to the side.

Smith Cartwright: Tied for third place in the voting this week, coming out together... Josephina Colbert and Veronica Miller!!

The camera switches views to a shot of the entrance curtain and the lovely brunettes walk out from backstage together, holding hands, both with smiles on their faces. They walk out and stand to one side of the top of the entrance ramp. The camera then switches back over to Smith Cartwright.

Smith Cartwright: And tied for first place as voted by YOU the fans... the lovely... the talented... Charlene Kimble and Hannah Perez!!

The two ladies walk out from backstage, Charlene with her signature orange glasses on, Hannah with a low scooping top on. They walk out and stand to the other side of the entrance ramp, smiles on their faces.

Smith Cartwright: The voting will continue through the pay per view, eliminating one of these ladies next week and then choosing a winner from the final three at the pay per view to become LEGACY's next ring announcer!

Charlene Kimble	Hannah Perez
Josephina Colbert	Veronica Miller

The music starts to fade under and Smith Cartwright remains out on the stage, mic still in hand.

Smith Cartwright: Now speaking of the pay per view, I didn't just come out here tonight to show you the results of the voting. Oh no, I came out here to announce some details about or upcoming pay per view event. If it's okay with most of you, I'm going to allow these four lovely ladies to remain out here on stage while I make this announcement, but try to pay attention to what I have to say.

Cartwright grins and then continues.

Smith Cartwright: The front office, with the help of I.B.S. consulting, sat down and tried to think of a name that would signify what this upcoming pay per view means to our organization. We wanted to put out the idea that this is a new beginning, this being what most are considering the first LEGACY pay per view event. We also wanted to put forth the notion that this is not just ANY beginning, but this is the beginning of something big. This marks the start of what should be a long venture. After many hours of tossing around ideas, we came up with a name and a concept and we started making up the promotional materials, so in less than a month, LEGACY proudly brings to you all LIVE from Boston Massachusetts... Advent Empire!

The LEGACY Vision jumbotron lights up with the logo that was created for the promotional materials - purple text in front of the Boston skyline just after sunrise.

The camera switches back to a view of Smith Cartwright.

Smith Cartwright: Now as you all very well know, D.J. Cassidy earned himself a shot at the Tao of Valor Championship, and he'll get that shot next week. If D.J. Cassidy comes out of that match with the belt, he'll get to start his reign the first show FOLLOWING the pay per view, since he has to defend the World Tag Team Titles at the pay per view. Now if Nicholas Creed wins next week, we definitely want him to have his fourth stipulation match at the pay per view, which brings us to the subject of who his opponent will be.

Cartwright pauses momentarily.

Smith Cartwright: Now two guys have been talking about how much they want a shot at the Tao of Valor Championship... or any championship for that matter. The front office met on this matter and they determined that the most deserving of those two men is Herb Moxley. They decided that if Herb Moxley wants the shot at Nicholas Creed, he can have that opportunity at Advent Empire IF he can prove that he wants the shot bad enough. Since he has a World Tag Team Title defense scheduled at the pay per view already, the front office has some question as to just how badly Moxley would want to have two matches, and they felt that the best way to determine that, as well as to determine if Moxley actually stands a viable chance at winning the Tao of Valor Championship is to put him into a match next week against the man who trains and manages Nicholas Creed... Eric Wolfson!

The crowd pops, as that huge match is signed.

Smith Cartwright: Now if Herb Moxley can win that match, and if Creed is still the champion, he'll get a shot at Nicholas Creed at Advent Empire. If he can't, the shot will go to the other man who has been vocal about wanting opportunities around LEGACY, that man being Matt Larcen. Now if Herb Moxley gets the match at Advent Empire by beating Eric Wolfson next week, the front office will find another match for Matt Larcen to be in. If Nicholas Creed loses to D.J. Cassidy next week, then Moxley and Cassidy will square off, one-on-one, the show following the pay per view.

Cartwright chuckles.

Smith Cartwright: Confused? It's simple: If Cassidy wins next week, he won't have to defend the belt until after the pay per view. If Creed wins, he WILL have his defense AT Advent Empire. The next man with a shot at the Tao of Valor Championship will be determined by the match next week between Herb Moxley and Eric Wolfson. If Herb Moxley wins, he has the shot. If he doesn't, then Matt Larcen will have the shot. Simple enough.

Smith puts up a finger.

Smith Cartwright: One last thing and then we can get on with tonight's main event. Since Matt Larcen's near future somewhat lays on the shoulders of Herb Moxley next week, and since Matt Larcen proved earlier tonight that he's somewhat of an unstable guy, the front office has decided to suspend Matt Larcen from the show next week, just like John Thomas was suspended this week, and unlike other organizations, when we say someone will not be at a show, they won't be there, so Larcen, don't even think about it.

Smith puts up both hands and then puts the mic back to his mouth.

Smith Cartwright: That's it, that's all I have to say, now I hope you're all ready for the main event!

"Don't Cha" picks back up with the chorus and Smith Cartwright heads backstage, followed by the ring announcer contestants, Hannah shakes her ass as she walks through the curtain.

We cut to the backstage and we see Loco Martinez strolling through the backstage area. The live crowd pops, as he walks up to a production assistant.

Loco Martinez: Hey man, you seen John Thomas?

Production Assistant: Umm... he's not here. He's suspended for the week.

Loco slaps his forehead and mumbles to himself.

Loco: Shit. first I don't take the guys phone calls, then I come to apologize and flake out hard enough... that he's not even in the building. dammit.

Turns to the P.A.

Loco: Thanks, man.

Loco turns to leave and finds himself face to face with Gryffin Anselm, who just made his way backstage with James Win towards their locker room.

Gryffin: Oh look, James, it's a Solo MoFo.

Gryffin looks over at Win and chuckles, then looks back over at Loco.

Gryffin: So, Martinez, looking for someone?

The All Star looks at Gryffin and laughs.

James Win: Who would HE be looking for? He doesn't have any friends.

Win then looks over at Loco Martinez.

James Win: Hell, if you want someone to spit on you, The All Star would be glad to oblige...

Loco grabs Win's face with his right hand and squeezes his cheeks for a moment before Anselm steps in and swats Loco's hand away.

Loco: Heh, gotta protect your bitch, huh Gryff?

Gryffin: I just wouldn't want James to make you look like an idiot like Stellar did back at....

Gryffin looks over at James Win inquisitively.

Gryffin: What was the name of that pay per view event?

James Win: Don't ask the Golden One. He doesn't waste his hard earned cash on inferior products with sub-par talent like John Thomas does.

Gryffin looks back at Loco.

Gryffin: Rocky already punked you out at whatever the name of that event was, so me stopping Win from continuing to ruin your reputation as a "name" in this business, consider that charity.

Gryffin gets a smirk on his face and Loco just glares at Gryffin.

Loco: How about I give your bitch here the opportunity to make ME look like an idiot. I mean, if he gets YOUR opinion.

Loco dismissively brushes imaginary dust off Anselm's shoulders. Anselm looks over at Loco's hand and then looks back up at Loco who then leans in close and stares icily at Gryffin.

Loco: Unless, you want to show HIM a little charity, and take the opportunity to humiliate me yourself.

Gryffin: If you were so tough, Martinez, then why weren't you the one to come out there and ask for the match with me at the pay per view? Scared? Or do you realize that you're old news in this business?

Loco: Sorry, where you just in the ring? I wasn't watching... *Loco chuckles dismissively as Anselm’s eyes narrow.* I didn't come here looking for a fight. I came here looking for John Thomas. But?? When a fight finds me? I go no where. You feeling ballsy? I dare you to make it a triple threat at the Pay Per View.

Crowd roars.

Loco: No! Double dare.

Roars louder.

Loco: WAIT! *Loco says slowly so the crowd can "sing along"* I TRIPLE. DOG. DARE.... YOU!

Anselm doesn’t look amused in the slightest, shaking his head, he looks back at Win, and then looks into the eyes of Loco Martinez, stepping in and getting almost nose to nose.

Gryffin: That’s fine, Martinez, you want to show up on a LEGACY pay per view? Let’s do it, I’m game for a three-way match. But just so you know, so you can’t make up excuses later, this match… it’s a No Limits Title defense, and that means anything goes. Don’t’ worry yourself with trying to take my belt from me on September 10th. I’m YET to lose in singles competition here in LEGACY so I’m not worried in the LEAST about my chances on retaining. What you need to do is to do your best to make it out of that match alive.

Loco nods intensely.

Loco: I am... MORE than comfortable with the words "No Limits". You just try to keep up.

Gryffin just laughs incredulously.

Gryffin: Yeah, I’ll see what I can do.

Amused, Gryffin tilts his head sideways, signaling the direction to Win that he then walks off in, James Win following him behind, Loco watching them as they go, a confident look on his face. The camera then switches back to the recap position once again.

Mark Perletta: And now, so it seems, that not only will the World Title match at ADVENT EMPIRE be a three-way match, but so will the No Limit Title match. No word on whether that match will be an elimination match, but I didn't hear any mention of it, so I'm going to suppose that it won't be.

Landon Savage: Loco Martinez just bought himself a world of trouble. He's got enough to deal with right now, what with Rocky Stellar spitting on him a few weeks ago and ending years of friendship, not to mention breaking up one of the top two tag teams of all time. He's bit off more than he can chew with Gryffin Anselm.

Joey C: Especially because it's a No Limits match. What the hell does Loco Martinez know about wrestling in matches without rules?

Mark Perletta: Something tells me that Loco Martinez can handle himself inside that ring, so I'm not worried about his chances.

Mark Perletta: After the opening segment where it was announced that Greyson Blade would be defending his LEGACY World Title against both Dan Stein AND Stephen Rawlings at the pay per view, Advent Empire, a lot of people within this organization what effect that would have on Rawlings and Greyson getting along with one another, being on the same side in the six man tag main event.

Joey C: Both of them with a hatred for Dan Stein, I figured at least that was one thing they'd use as motivation to work together.

Landon Savage: I think that's a point that can't be stressed enough. In tag matches of any kind, whether it's a typical two-on-two or whether it's a six man tag or whether it's a four-on-four, the ability to work together is the greatest equalizer there is. That's why you don't often see two main eventers getting together and forming a great tag team. It happened back with the Outsiders when Scott Hall and Kevin Nash formed a great team, but that team worked because they were friends with one another. That's why teams like the Disorderly Youth and the Revenge of the Nerds are as successful as they are. It's not because they're both great wrestlers, it's because they work together well. Teamwork.

Joey C: No one's going to say that Moxley or Cassidy are great singles wrestlers, but for the better part of eight months these two have been either tag team champions or number one contenders for tag titles.

Mark Perletta: Well as far as I know there's not any bad blood between Dan Stein and the Old School Kings, so I expected them to be able to work together at least to a certain degree, but the big question mark remained across the ring, and it was definitely a factor as the match got into its final stages.

Landon Savage: Well early on it helped Dan Stein's team take control of the match, with the Old School Kings working together on Greyson Blade, using double-team maneuvers and quick tags in and out to control things.

Mark Perletta: Dan Stein wanted his shot, though, and when he got into the ring he was able to hold onto control of things for a minute or so, but then Stephen Rawlings got into the ring, albeit illegally, and he laid into Dan Stein with some shots that helped Greyson Blade take over on the offensive.

Joey C: Herb Moxley found his way into the match after Greyson was able to make the tag, and the two of them cleaned house and then Moxley went to work on Eric Wolfson, which I don't think would've happened without Greyson Blade softening Wolfson up in the first place.

Landon Savage: Stephen Rawlings got his chance to get into the match, and during that time Wolfson was able to make the tag in to Jake Dominion, and the two went at it back and forth for a bit before Rawlings was able to tag Herb Moxley back into the match.

Mark Perletta: At that point two of the men who will be involved in the World Tag Team Title match at Advent Empire were in the ring slugging it out, and Jake Dominion was the one who was able to take control.

Joey C: Herb Moxley against Jake Dominion, clearly we know who was going to come out of that one on top.

Mark Perletta: Well Jake Dominion might have taken control of the match, but the last time these two met, back on June 22nd, Herb Moxley was the one who won the match.

Landon Savage: Yeah, well that might be, but what's happening RIGHT NOW is more important - by far - than something that happened two months ago when Jake Dominion was still acclamating himself into LEGACY.

Joey C: Besides, the real story is how Dan Stein wanted to get into the match to beat the hell out of Herb Moxley, settling some old tensions between the two. When Stein got into the match, he took out some aggressions, and things weren't looking good for Herb Moxley.

Start : Footage from the Match

Stein lifts Moxley up off the mat and kicks him in the gut, doubling him over. He then sets Herb up into a vertical headscissors and goes for a piledriver, but on the way up Moxley is able to block the attempt. Stein tries again and again it's blocked, and this time Moxley sends Stein up and over with a backdrop, sending a wave of excitement through the crowd. After falling back down to the mat, Moxley starts crawling towards the corner, but as he looks up, he realizes that he's crawling towards a vacant corner, and so he figures out where his corner is and starts crawling there.

Mark Perletta: Herb Moxley creating an opportunity for himself, and now all he needs to do is to get to the corner.

Joey C: You'd think that a guy who has been a World Tag Team Champion as long as Moxley, that he'd gain some sort of ability to remember where he is in the ring... but not so much.

Mark Perletta: A momentary lapse, nothing more.

Both Stephen Rawlings and Greyson Blade reach out, trying to allow Herb Moxley to tag them in. When Rawlings realizes that Greyson has his hand outstretched, Rawlings shoves him backwards, trying to make it easier for Moxley to tag him instead of Blade. Unfortunately for Rawlings the shove doesn't send Greyson off the apron, and Blade then shoves Rawlings back, knocking him down off the apron, though he lands on his feet. Rawlings hops back up onto the apron and starts yelling at Blade, who yells right back at him.

Mark Perletta: A little tension on the outside between Greyson Blade and Stephen Rawlings...

Landon Savage: I knew it! I knew those two weren't going to be able to coexist, and now we're getting to see the fallout! Moxley was trying to make the tag, and he would've been successfull if those two were still reaching out... and now the Old School Kings and Dan Stein have a DISTINCT advantage!

Dan Stein back on his feet, he sees what Moxley is doing and reaches him before he is able to make a tag, pulling him back towards the center of the ring and then dropping a elbow into the middle of Moxley's back. Picking Moxley up off the mat, Stein nails him with a standing enzuigiri to the back of the head, dropping Moxley like a ton of bricks. With a smile on his face, Stein turns and tags in Eric Wolfson.

Mark Perletta: Stein getting the upperhand and this doesn't look good for Moxley, not at all...

Joey C: In comes Eric Wolfson, and I think he's getting himself ready for not only next week, but also for Advent Empire!

Eric Wolfson gets into the ring and picks up Herb Moxley and sends him back down to the mat with a short-arm clothesline. Sensing that Moxley is out from the enzuigiri, Wolfson lifts him back up to his feet again, hooks his head and arm in, tags in Jake Dominion and then lifts Herb up and DROPS him onto his head with a brainbuster. Right after being tagged into the match, Jake climbs the turnbuckle on the outside, and right after Wolfson connects with the brainbuster, Jake flies off the top rope with the frogsplash, completing the RULE OF DOMINION before hooking a leg and going for the pinfall...

ONE...

TWO...

THREE.

Winner by PINFALL : Dan Stein, Eric Wolfson and Jake Dominion

Landon Savage: YES! And that's EXACTLY what you're going to see happen at Advent Empire, only instead of just having their hands raised, they're going to be given the World Tag Team Championships!

Mark Perletta: That remains to be seen, but what happens next week could have a big impact on whether or not that happens...

Joey C: We're out of time, though, so we'll see you next time when LEGACY hits Albany for another edition of STRIFE, the last edition prior to Advent Empire!