The LEGACY 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. We first see Diego de Cardenas hitting a high flying move, which is followed by one of the many high risk maneuvers by Loco Martinez hit during his match at ADVENT EMPIRE. We then see Stephen Rawlings taking down Katsuro Yoshida during one of their two matches, which is immediately followed by quick clips from the Marcus Marion / John Thomas match at the recent pay per view.

We then see a couple of fast paced clips involving Dan Stein hitting some flashy offensive maneuvers, ending with clips of him nailing both Herb Moxley and DJ Cassidy with chairs, then climbing up and grabbing the Tao of Valor Championship belt.

Fast clips follow including some with DJ Cassidy, then the Old School Kings, followed by a couple with Gryffin Anselm. Next is a clip of the Bushido Buntai, then a shot of Jimmy Smith leaping off the top rope for the UP ALL NIGHT, followed by a clip of Tim Jones lunging in to go for the SNAFU. Finally we see a shot of Greyson Blade hitting the KILLSHOT, followed by a parting shot of him hoisting the LEGACY World Title over his head as he stands atop the entrance ramp.

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 yet another exciting episode of STRIFE, along with my broadcast partners Joey C and Landon Savage, I'm Mark Perletta, this... is the LEGACY tour.

Landon Savage: Tons of things going on tonight, six matches, including a Tao of Valor Championship match, the second semi-final match of the Hawkins Memorial Tournament, and a non-title main event involving the World Champion and a former boxing champion.

Joey C: Other great action in matches you might not expect it from, plus there are some backstage happenings, all of which adds up to more than one match being booked for BRICK BY BRICK.

Our official Legacy cameras go back stage and find Tim Jones whirling around on his wheelchair, yet again, like a 15 year old with a toy, he is spinning around and doing tricks on the chair for a few of women standing around him. He leans the wheelchair back, extends his arms and holds that position and the girls, women, clap and smile and laugh with smiles of joy radiating off of their faces at this display at Tim Jones. Tim brings the wheelchair down slowly and turns around...

Tim Jones: "That is just some of the tricks I can do with this baby, and there are so many more, a few we just can't mention or show right now, any volunteers for later?"

Tim says with a smirk. He turns around on his chair to do another trick and kicks the chair back and collides into another person walking on by.

Tim Jones: "I’m so sorry, but man you need to watch where you’re walking, I’m crippled here."

Tim Jones stares up at the brooding and intimidating presence of Chaos, a superstar long forgotten from the lore of Legacy and TTW. His scarred and war-torn body is adorned with Chaos’ familiar flame-design leather pants and his oh so memorable empty expression.

Chaos: Is that what they call it these days, ‘crippled?’

Tim Jones: Yea, man you should learn to show a true superstar respect, if I wasn’t ‘crippled’ I’d wipe the floor with you.

Chaos sighs and turns his back on Tim and takes a few steps away, but stops as Tim continues on his tomfoolery for the slightly nervous women in his presence.

Tim Jones: Y’know, he used to be scary… but now he’s just a washed-up jobber whose here to help put me over more… But its not as if I need the help. I ooze sex appeal, isn’t that right ladies?

The girls all squeal in agreement, their attention nauseating. Chaos however wasn’t so impressed; in one swift movement he stopped Tim mid-turn and planted the wheelchair firmly back on the ground. With Tim facing away from him Chaos lowered his head towards Tim and whispered into his ear.

Chaos: If I was you, I’d shut that mouth of yours before those attention-grabbers you seem so enthusiastic to impress will be fawning over your bloody, motionless body, and that’s no threat!

Without hesitation Tim jumped from his wheelchair, kicked it away and faced the imposing Chaos, his expression unreadable his eyes reading every nuance of Tim’s behaviour.

Tim Jones: DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!? I’M TIM ‘FREAKING’ JONES!! I MAKE…

Chaos: I don’t give a fuck who you are! Disrespect me and I’ll make you hurt!

Tim Jones paused for a moment, his thunder stolen and his pride hurt, but he was Tim ‘freaking Jones he didn’t have his thunder stolen by has-beens, let alone old, out of shape has-beens like Chaos.

Tim Jones: You’re a has-been, Chaos, a never-was! You’re fucking up my vibe and my mojo, so get lost before I put you down!

Chaos shook his head and in a moment of blinding rage launched Tim back into his wheelchair with a thunderous clothesline. The women that had been so diligently sucking up to ‘Tim ‘Freaking’ Jones’ were now long-gone. All that remained was Chaos’ bubbling rage and Tim Jones as his punch-bag. Chaos dropped down to Tim’s level and continued to beat him, the blows coming thick and fast each one landing with a sick cold thud. Tim tried to cover up but with the ferocity and power coming down on him, it was futile. Each blow echoed inside of Tim Jones’ head, until the pain was no more, just unconsciousness.

Chaos regained his vertical base, and stared at the now crimson masked and unconscious Tim Jones and remorselessly walked off, his fist’s painted red with Tim’s blood, his expression still lifeless and void of emotion.

The cameras cut elsewhere and we see John Thomas entering the arena, a dufflebag in hand. As he walks down the hallway, he is spotted by Gryffin Anselm, who is leaning in the doorway of one of the rooms off that hall. When John gets closer to him, Anselm starts off the conversation.

Gryffin Anselm: Hey John, how's it goin' tonight?

John shrugs but doesn't really respond as he keeps walking closer.

Gryffin Anselm: I don't remember seeing your name on the booking sheets.

John Thomas: There's something I wanted to check up on. You?

Gryffin Anselm: Probably a similar situation to what you've got going on. I was actually going to come talk to you about something. Got a few minutes?

John shrugs his shoulders.

John Thomas: Sure, why not.

Anselm steps out into the hallway and then holds the door open with one arm, inviting John to enter the room. As John walks in through the door, the view switches back to a shot from inside the arena bowl.

Mark Perletta: The first of our six matches of the night includes two individuals who are new to the LEGACY roster, both of them trying to make a big impression in the first match.

Joey C: I've gotta be honest, one of them did, and one of them didn't.

Landon Savage: Very early on in the match, Allen Franks had a couple of opportunities to get things started for himself on offense, and whether he was nervous or whether he's inept, he just didn't get things rolling in his favor.

Mark Perletta: Obviously someone in the front office thought he has enough potential to give him a tryout match, so I don't think it's the case that he's inept. He just seemed to have a few "first-match jitters" in there, which isn't just the case when someone is new to the business, but like Allen Franks, it also can happen when someone's new to a company.

Joey C: I'm betting that the size of Charles Johnson played a part in it, too.

Landon Savage: Johnson found the offensive during the middle of the match, and he didn't find any reason to give it back to Allen Franks.

Mark Perletta: While I can't dispute what you just said, I also wouldn't say that Charles Johnson squashed Allen Franks, either. Franks had a few opportunities where he got in some offense, but he couldn't put together more than a couple moves in a row, and because of it never capitalized on anything he did, which just kept letting Charles Johnson stay in the match.

Landon Savage: I think we've talked about this match long enough, let's just get to the footage.

Start : Footage from the Match

Charles Johnson grabs his opponent by the head and lifts him up off the mat, putting him into a front facelock. Johnson waits a moment and then goes to lift Allen Franks up off the mat, but as he does Franks lifts his leg and plants it into Charles' knee, blocking the attempt. When Franks is set back down onto his feet, he fires in with a hard forearm shot that breaks Johnson away from him. From there Allen nails Charles with a hard right hand that rocks him backwards. Allen dives in and tackles Charles down to the mat.

Mark Perletta: Allen Franks putting together a string of moves, but can he capitalize on it?

Landon Savage: He hasn't been able to put together any serious string of offense so far against Charles Johnson, so I don't know why he'd be able to now.

Joey C: Looks like he's not going to be wasting any time, going for another move here...

Franks picks Charles up off the mat, takes him by the arm and goes for an irish whip. On the return Allen Franks goes for a back body drop, but Charles Johnson is able to stop short, and he grabs Allen by his head and shoves him backwards down onto his back.

Mark Perletta: Huge impact there by Charles Johnson, just SLAMMING the back of Allen Franks' head down onto the mat.

Landon Savage: I don't think Franks is going to get up after that.

Taking Allen Franks by his head, Charles Johnson lifts his opponent up off the mat, gets behind him and grabs around his waist. From there Charles throws his opponent backwards in a release German suplex. Relentless, Johnson walks over and picks Allen up off the mat and then grabs him into a front facelock. From there he lifts him clean up off the mat, straight up into the air and holds him there. After holding Franks in a stalling vertical suplex for eight long seconds, he drops STRAIGHT DOWN, driving Franks' head down into the mat with a brainbuster, and then he hooks the leg and goes for the pinfall, cocky as he covers him with only one arm, barely applying any pressure.

ONE..

TWO..

THREE.

Josephina Colbert: Winner by PINFALL... Charles Johnson!

Mark Perletta: Charles Johnson picking up a win in his first match here in LEGACY, hitting that stalling brainbuster he calls the Corporate Coup.

Joey C: It seems like it could be a fairly effective move, though like I said, Allen Franks seemed a bit nervous in his LEGACY debut, so I'll hold my judgment until I see Charles Johnson beat someone who doesn't trip all over his feet during their match.

Landon Savage: Give Allen Franks a few more matches, and if he still doesn't get any better than this, he's not going to find himself on the roster much longer.

Mark Perletta: With quite a few new names and faces appearing in LEGACY all the time, competition for not only roster spots is tight, but it's also getting a lot harder to get title shots as well.

Landon Savage: Business is definitely picking up here on the LEGACY tour.

As John walks out of the room he entered to discuss something with Gryffin Anselm, he heads back down the hallway. Up ahead of him, he sees Crash walk out of a door and head down the hallway. Out of range to say something to Crash in a normal volume, John smirks and heads down the hall. When he gets to the door from which Crash came, he knocks and then walks in after spotting whose room it is for the evening. Hearing John enter the room, Smith Cartwright looks up from what he's working on.

Smith Cartwright: Hey John. Looking for an early indication of your booking assignment for next week? I know you said you'd like a match, but there are still some possibilities we're looking into for you before we finalize...

John shakes his head.

John Thomas: That's not what I'm here about. That was Crash, right?

Smith nods.

John Thomas: Did he give you an answer yet about his contract situation?

Cartwright puts down his pen.

Smith Cartwright: He's decided not to join the roster.

Slowly, John starts nodding, no real expression forming on his face.

John Thomas: I see...

Without saying another word, John turns and opens the door to the office and slowly makes his way out, the view changing back to a shot of the arena bowl.

Mark Perletta: Our second match of the night was a great contest involving two young competitors who have been more successful abroad than they have in the United States.

Landon Savage: Up until recently neither one of them had really been translating that international success into wins here in LEGACY, but as of late, both of them have started to make use of their potential.

Joey C: And it's about damn time, too. People were starting to say that maybe Osamu Hayashi should be removed from the roster, but I haven't heard those same voices lately.

Mark Perletta: After this exciting match, I am sure there are going to be even fewer people asking for Osamu's removal from LEGACY.

Joey C: As a fan of both of these guys, I was anxiously awaiting this match, because I knew the type of action they were capable of after seeing their work in Mexico and Japan.

Landon Savage: This wasn't the five-star match that it could've been, had both of these two been on top of their form, but all of the back-and-forth stuff and the reversals did make for an exciting time in this one.

Mark Perletta: You could really tell that both of these men went into this match with something to prove, and in the end it just came down to which of these guys wanted it more.

Landon Savage: It turned out that one of them had just a little extra motivation.

Start : Footage from the Match

With Diego de Cardenas leaning up against the ropes, Osamu comes in to go for a clothesline on Diego in hopes of sending him to the outside, but at the last moment Cardenas drops down and pulls down the top rope, sending Hayashi to the outside. Osamu has the presence of mind to realize what's happening, and he's able to hold onto the middle rope as he falls over, allowing him to land on his feet.

Mark Perletta: He landed on his feet! Diego de Cardenas doesn't realize it, but Osamu Hayashi isn't laid out on the ground right now, he's standing up...

Joey C: And he's about ready to get right back into the ring.

Landon Savage: Meanwhile Cardenas seems a bit too proud of what he did, not realizing that he didn't really accomplish anything.

Getting back up onto the apron unnoticed, Osamu hops up onto the top rope, and as Cardenas turns around Hayashi flies in and dropkicks Diego down to the mat. From there, Osamu slides out onto the apron, then stands up and he uses the top rope to propel him forward as he flips himself over the top rope down onto Diego.

Mark Perletta: Great move there by the Bushido Buntai member, and Osamu Hayashi appears to be in control!

Landon Savage: He better keep in on the action, because Diego is fighting to stay in this by trying to get back onto his feet.

As Osamu sees Diego trying to get back up, he runs and hits the ropes to get some momentum. Diego drops down to the mat and Osamu hops over him and keeps running. Cardenas gets back to his feet just as Hayashi hits the opposite ropes, and on the return Osamu goes for a flying spin heel kick, but Diego ducks out of the way of it. As Osamu starts to get up, Diego yells something to the ref, pointing at the top of the ramp. With this quick distraction, Diego de Cardenas drops down to a knee and hits a low blow that doubles Osamu Hayashi over.

Mark Perletta: There you go, now we see the true side of Diego de Cardenas, hitting that low blow, cheating to get the advantage, and I'm of the same opinion as these fans, I don't like it.

Landon Savage: I think Diego realized what he had to do to regain control of this match, and yeah, he cheated, but he had the referee distracted, and now he's in a good position.

Joey C: And now Diego's going to follow it up... He runs towards the ropes, comes back with some momentum... and now he jumps in and takes Osamu down with a nice flying shin clothesline.

With Osamu Hayashi on the mat, Diego de Cardenas runs over and hops up onto the top rope. Turning around, Diego immediately jumps off the top rope, spinning around and twisting over and landing down onto Osamu Hayashi's stomach area with a senton splash, then immediately hooking the legs of Hayashi, grabbing a bit of tights in the process as he goes for the pinfall.

ONE...

TWO...

THREE!

Josephina Colbert: And your winner by PINFALL... Diego de Cardenas!

Joey C: Diego de Cardenas picking up another quality win, not necessarily because it's Osamu Hayashi, but because it's Osamu Hayashi and he's looking like he's back to the form he was in back in Japan.

Landon Savage: I don't know that he's fully back to form, but I will admit that he has made a great improvement over what he was when he first got here, and Cardenas continues to make his name here as well.

Mark Perletta: After his match, Diego had a few words to say and a challenge to issue.

As Osamu Hayashi heads up the ramp after having lost the match, Diego de Cardenas walks over to the corner and calls out to his valet. Walking over to the time keeper’s table, Hannah Perez grabs a microphone out of the hand of Josephina Colbert, giving her a cross look as she does so. Taking the mic over to the ring, Hannah walks up the ring steps and then gets onto the apron, where Diego is waiting for her, pushing down the middle rope. When she gets into the ring, she hands Cardenas the microphone.

Diego de Cardenas – When I asked for this match, SOME people thought I was pissed off because Osamu Hayashi stepped in front of me backstage last week. To those people, I have a question: How PATHETIC do you all think I am that my entire reason for wanting this match was because of something as meaningless as that?

Cardenas shakes his head, and then notices that Osamu Hayashi is almost to the top of the ramp.

Diego de Cardenas – Osamu, homeboy, I know you’re looking to get back to sucking face with that IMPORT of yours, but this concerns you.

Hayashi stops and turns around to face the ring.

Diego de Cardenas – I had this match set up because the Bushido Buntai disgusts me. I’ve seen what you two can do. I’ve seen the tapes from Japan, I know what you two are capable of. But you, Osamu, you come here and you let yourself get caught up in the fact that you miss your little woman, and you let it affect you to the point to where you can’t win a damn match. You went from a great international competitor… to a foreigner JOKE. People around here LAUGH when they see your name across the booking sheet from them, and they pencil themselves in a win. It’s one thing to not be talented, to be a laughing stock, but that’s not you. You ARE talented, but that whole losing streak thing… didn’t seem to bother you. All you seemed to care about was getting your little woman, getting your freak on.

Diego looks disgusted.

Diego de Cardenas – Me, I’m an international superstar who, just like you, doesn’t get any damn respect around here. The big difference: I win matches. And you know what? The one little bit of success the Bushido Buntai has here in the United States… I’m going to ruin it. Katsuro, why don’t you come out here and join your tag team partner to hear what I gotta say, face to face.

After we wait about eight seconds, Katsuro Yoshida steps out from the back, wearing loose fitting black martial arts style pants and a Kung Fu style black shirt, over his shoulder is the No Limits Title. He walks up next to Osamu Hayashi and then lifts the microphone in his right hand up to his mouth.

Katsuro Yoshida: What is it, Cardenas? The Bushido Buntai and these people are all tired of hearing you speak… and before you even think about it, I had a word with your friend backstage at the production controls… and he’s not going to be cutting my mic.

The crowd cheers, remembering when Diego de Cardenas had his friend cut Stephen Rawlings’ microphone volume last week.

Diego de Cardenas – This won’t take long, Yoshida. I just beat your tag team partner, and now it’s your turn to step up to the plate. I’m one of the best on this roster and I’m one of the best in the business, and I want a championship belt to prove it. People think that just because I’m not as tall as most of the people in this business that I should just stick with fighting cruiserweights. I say bullshit, I can compete with anybody, any size, in any kind of match. That’s why I want YOUR title in particular. What better way to show that I have no limits than winning a hardcore title with that very name?

Taking the No Limits championship belt off of his shoulder, Katsuro Yoshida lifts it up into the air.

Katsuro Yoshida: You want a shot at this at Brick by Brick? Fine by me. Gryffin Anselm hasn’t expressed any interest in taking his shot at the pay per view, and if he does, it can be another three way match. I don’t back down from challenges, Diego, so you had better come prepared.

Diego de Cardenas – Oh I will, you can bank on that.

A smile starts to form on the face of Diego de Cardenas, and that's the parting shot we see before moving elsewhere.

As the camera switches backstage we find Andrew Kelley standing next to Ron Bailey, who is all decked out in University of Georgia warm-up gear. He's got his iPod in one hand, and as Andrew starts to speak, Bailey takes one of the earbud headphones out of the ear closest to the interviewer.

Andrew Kelley: I'm here with one of the newest additions to LEGACY, Ron Bailey. Ron, recently you conducted a promotional video in which you showed us around your house.

Ron Bailey: Right, right, and needless to say it did well in the ratings, right? On that YouTube thing you guys got where all the fans be watchin' the videos we make through the LEGACY website thing?

The interviewer nods.

Andrew Kelley: It's definitely one of the more popular videos we've had in a while, but when I watched it, it occurred to me that it must've taken a lot of money to buy the place you have, the view you've got, and all of the nice things you've got in your apartment.

Ron Bailey: Condo. I own it, Andy. OWN. I don't rent.

Andrew Kelley: Sorry about that. It must've taken a lot of money to set up a condo like the one you have, where did all the money come from?

Ron gets a big grin.

Ron Bailey: Oh, aight, I see the jealousy comin' through. That's alright, though, I figured that'd happen. It's like this: I've got two cousins in the NFL. You might've heard of 'em. Champ Bailey, Cornerback, Denver Broncos. Boss Bailey, Linebacker, Detroit Lions. Me and them got along good growin' up, and we kept in touch. We talk sports all the time on the phone and they give me the low down on who's good and who ain't good - Champ tellin' me about the AFC teams, Boss tellin' me about the NFC teams... and that mixed with what I already know, it makes it easy to pick against the point spreads, you know?

Andrew starts to understand.

Andrew Kelley: So you got all of your money from betting on football?

Ron Bailey: Not all of it. I bet on some March Madness, too. Seems like whoever I bet on just seem to win, ya know? I got that golden touch, no doubt.

Andrew Kelley: How long do you think it will take to translate into success in the wrestling ring?

Ron Bailey: I see it translatin' instantaneously, to be very honest. I don't see no reason why I would lose at all, since I'm one of the best athletes they got, and the most skilled fighter to go along with it.

Andrew Kelley: To what do you attribute your loss to Gigantus Awesomo at STRIFE 13?

Ron Bailey: Do what? What loss? I didn't lose a match to nobody.

Andrew Kelley: But in your debut match here in LEGACY, back on...

Ron shakes his head.

Ron Bailey: Nah, man, you must be thinkin' of somebody else. This is my debut here tonight.

After putting the headphone back in his ear, Ron Bailey walks off, heading for the gorilla position, as his match is up next.

Mark Perletta: Our third match of the night was a battle between two new-comers in their second LEGACY match, each with a very different style of fighting.

Landon Savage: Well Ron Bailey's style is certainly along the lines of what you might consider MMA, with lots of strikes and kicks and takedowns, whereas Patrick Reynolds isn't really using any particular style, other than what you might consider "bar room brawl" tactics.

Joey C: Reynolds did fairly well on our last show despite coming up short against Jimmy Smith, no pun intended, and Ron Bailey was on the losing side of a match with Gigantus Awesomo, despite apparently not remembering the loss.

Mark Perletta: That might be more of a case of selective memory on Bailey's part. I don't recall him getting any serious shots to the head that would've been a cause for any sort of memory loss.

Landon Savage: Hey, if the guy says he doesn't remember a loss, he doesn't remember the loss, and I don't see the need to look into it any further. If you want to talk about Ron Bailey, let's talk about how he dominated the early part of this match.

Mark Perletta: That he did, Landon. Patrick Reynolds tried to start this match out strong, but the lightning fast kicks and strikes by Bailey continually hit their mark, and Reynolds looked like he didn't know what to do.

Joey C: Reynolds' lack of experience getting out of submission holds definitely hurt him all throughout this match, and if he wants to have any real success in LEGACY, he's going to have to change that, or at least do better at avoiding those situations.

Landon Savage: If I were him, I'd just try to avoid being put in those holds.

Mark Perletta: That seemed to be the strategy Pat tried to use after he had been locked into a hammerlock part of the way through the match, and when he got back up to his feet, he went to work on Bailey.

Joey C: None of his moves were very pretty, and he's certainly not going to be considered the heir-apparent to Bret Hart's "Excellence of Execution" monacre anytime soon, but when Pat Reynolds came in with his attack, it was effective.

Landon Savage: When you put as much power behind your shots as Reynolds does, it doesn't have to look good, just so long as one or two of those shots connect, and connect they sure did.

Mark Perletta: A couple of times Ron Bailey had his guard up to try to block some of the offense coming from his opponent, but some of those hooking punches by Reynolds were almost like clotheslines, and Ron Bailey kept getting put down on the mat.

Joey C: The frustrating part for Racin' Reynolds had to be the fact that on more than one occasion when he would put Ron down on the mat, Bailey would use his legs and still get a takedown.

Landon Savage: Both of these guys are tough, and the ending didn't come easy for either individual...

Start : Footage from the Match

Taking his opponent by the arm, Patrick Reynolds sends Ron Bailey into the corner hard chest first. Bailey appears dazed in the corner, so Reynolds doesn't rush in to follow it up. Playing it up a bit, Bailey drops down to his knees and then climbs back up. As quickly as he can, Bailey undoes the top turnbuckle padding, then turns around and waits, further pretending to be exhausted. Smelling blood in the water, Reynolds runs in for a back elbow smash, but at the last moment, Bailey stops playing possum and moves out of the way and Reynolds hard on the exposed steel turnbuckle, nailing ribs first.

Mark Perletta: The attempt fails and Racin' Reynolds ends up driving his ribs into the exposed steel turnbuckle.

Landon Savage: Nice little underhanded move there by Bailey to covertly take off that padding. Not quite legal, but the referee didn't see it, and now all that matters is that Reynolds looks hurt, holding his ribs... this definitely doesn't look good for him.

Joey C: And Ron Bailey starting right back in on him.

Bailey pivots and goes right back in on the attack, nailing a hard kick to the exposed ribs of Reynolds. Patrick tries to cover up, but Ron fires in with yet another hard kick, and then dives in and nails a hard elbow smash to his side. As Reynolds is about to fall down to the mat, Bailey grabs him and locks him into an abdominal stretch, and Patrick Reynolds screams out in pain.

Mark Perletta: Using that abdominal stretch, Ron Bailey keeps in on the attack, putting a ton of strain on those ribs, and this one might be close to being over!

Landon Savage: Smart work there by Bailey, keeping in on those injured ribs, twisting him around to put extra strain right on the spot where Reynolds hit the exposed turnbuckle.

Joey C: I'd be willing to bet that ole' Pat Reynolds has never been in an abdominal stretch before, so he probably has NO CLUE how to get out of it!

Mark Perletta: I don't know, Ron Bailey has it locked in tight, that abdominal stretch might be hard to get out of anyway.

Keeping the abdominal stretch locked in, Ron Bailey drops the move down to the mat and grapevines his legs around those of his opponent. Using his other arm to hold Reynolds' arm up, Bailey sends a couple of hard fists into the exposed ribs, and then rolls forward, putting Reynolds down onto his chest, then rolls backwards, putting more strain onto the ribs. Not able to stand the pain anymore, Patrick Reynolds taps out, but the referee doesn't notice it for a moment because of the position he's in, but once he sees it, the referee calls for the bell.

Josephina Colbert: And your winner by SUBMISSION... Ron Bailey

Mark Perletta: Ron Bailey using a little bit of deception to covertly take off the pad over the steel turnbuckle, and that ended up being the difference maker.

Landon Savage: Use whatever you can, throw caution to the wind, and if you don't get caught, you stand a good chance of winning. Bailey's a betting man, and he wagered on not getting caught, and things went his way.

Mark Perletta: He'd better hope that he maintains that good luck in the future, because if Pat Reynolds had found a way to use that steel turnbuckle against him, Ron probably would've regretted allowing it to come into play at all.

The camera goes to the back where Gigantus Awesomo is walking with a large hairy man who is carrying a bottle of vodka. A mexican wrestler walks by and says something in spanish and Awesomo just stands there, no idea what was just said. The russian man then steps forward and bows.

Russsian Man: Hello Mister. I am Vladimir! I hail from Russia, and I am Mister Awesomo's translator. He has informed me that he can't speak spanish, but if you can speak english, I can translate to him for you.

Wrestler: Russian? I thought Gigantus was Mexican. True Luche Libre!

Russian Man: Libre? Luche? No my fair skinned warm weathered friend. Awesomo is a beast. A bear, and what do bears do? They take their prey and tear limb for limb. In Russia, bears are like GOD! You kill a bear and you are condemned to spend all eternity peeling potatoes to make cheap disgusting wodka that the silly Americans consider the real thing! Fools! We Russians... We real men.... We use that american crap to wash ourselves in the shower. What you mexican's make? Tequila? I'll take Wodka anytime! We make men men. You drink worm. You disgustink. You give third world countries a bad name.

Awesomo whispers something in his ear.

Vladamir: My masked friend here has asked me to apologize. I do nota know my boundries. In Russia we are communist, and I was picked to be talker. I have no other choice. He asks what you were asking of him
earlier.

Wrestler: Well, I was wishing him good luck... But now that I see his nothing but a mockery of us real luche libre's I hope Dan Stein beats the hair off of him!

Vladamir whispers in Awesomos ear and then Vladamir looks on with a heavy heart.

Vladamir: Awesomo does not understand analogy. Awesomo is offended that has been called hairy by a hairy spick!

Wrestler: You man? Whatcoo call me foo?

Vladamir: What? is spick not correct darrogatory term here in America?

Wrestler: Oh you're gonna get it.

He rushes for the little Russian man, but Awesomo shoves him out of the way. He towers over the mexican wrestler by a good six inches. The wrestler stares up at his mask.

Mexican: Come on yo. Do something. Don't make this chubby fool do all the work for you. You have to understan some english? Huh you commy foo?

Vladamir: Oh, he understands english... He just does not know how to speak it.

Mexican: Then hear this... F*CK YOU. Go back to Russia where you belong and stop stealing Mexicos PROUD wrestling style.

Suddenly Awesomo's hand is around the neck of the wrestler and he is choking. He lifts him up and slams him into the wall. The russian man is screaming in russian, but it doesn''t seem to phase Gigantus at all. Gigantus is now ontop of the Mecian wrestler and he is punching him in the face. Eventually Vladamir gets down and tries to pull him off.

Vladamir: Come Gigantus... No more fighting... We cannot afford to be deported before we steal Steins champagne ship belt. Remember... In far away Russia they make you play defense, but you wanna play goal. Well, Hockey here is different. They don't fight here. But they let play you goalie. So let go... So you can go now to ring and win belt. Go out there and show Dan Stein why Bears are now extinct.

Awesomo turns to him with a curious looks.

Vladamir: Why bears are how they say, the king of the forest. The symbol of all that is Russian. Go out there for the countrie's pride. For your own pride. Prove all naysayers and unbelivers who have doubt to who are you. Prove to them that you be you is all a great Russian man needs to win a match. Nothing more. Let him go, and go to the ring. Vladamir demands it!

Awesomo stares at the wrestler and then takes a sigh of defeat and stands up, leaviing the wrestler on the ground.

Vladamir: Nastrovia Giganto!!!! HAHAHAH

He takes a swig of vodka and he stumbles away, Gigantus Awesomo following right behind him. The camera than fades.

We open stationed outside the shower room of the former Viper Room "Showgirl", and current head valet/manager of Marcus Marion. Inside the shower area we see Susan Rhodes, the twenty-three year old with the golden locks and girl next door good looks. Susie is seen with a white towel wrapped around her bust extending down to her knees, and another towel wrapped around her head. With the door full blown open, their is nothing hidden to the imagination of what she's doing as she sits on the oak bench, and skims through some magazines. With all the LEGACY women already out of the showers, "Susie", as she’s affectionately called, stands up and stretches her limbs and walks barefooted on the cold floor, not seeming to mind the cold sensation that's got to be shooting through her feet right now. Susan, looks at the door and catches the eavesdropping going on of the camera crew,walks over, and casually shuts it...half-way which blocks our view...mostly. As the camera's try and see the trees from the "forest" so to speak and get a shot of the eldest Rhodes cousin, we also notice that Nicole doesn't seem to be anywhere in sight. Probably at the side of a vintage Marcus Marion. With the little view we can make out, Susan goes over to the mirror, and slowly unwraps the towel from her head.

One wrap...

At a time...

She doesn't look her usual self at all. Her eyes seem a little heavy, and baggy. The bubbly enthusiasm, a trait that has been a forerunner of her personality for some time, is fighting against a different force. Susan unwraps the towel and watches it unceremoniously sail onto the porcelin faucet. What's striking is her hair...those curly blonde locks are gone...completely a thing of the past. Replaced by straight shoulder-length raven black hair. Susan looks into the mirror and the audio picks up her words, as she begins talking to herself.

SUSAN RHODES: They’re liars. I know they are.. because what could he see in high-schoolers that he didn't see in me? Five-foot-sevenish, one-hundred-twenty-seven pounds... and you won't find many who tan like I do. Little girls... if you want to get to see your Prom Night… stay away from Marcus. Stay away from Nicole. Do that… and you'll keep your faces off a milk carton. You'll be honest till it hurts..,is that what you little whores said?

Susan a bit miffed walks over to her purse and produces some lip-stick. She closes her lips shut and begins to furiously shade her lips black, not watching what she's doing...in a beknown rush to 'go somewhere' as it were. She finishes decorating, and she looks out into the mirror, opens her mouth to see if she caught any cosmetics between her teeth, she sees some..but makes no effort to wipe out the coloring from her teeth. Instead, she smiles with great effort into the camera.

SUSAN RHODES: A woman's got to do her own shopping.

Susie looks over her shoulder and sees her favorite yellow sun dress, and nonchalantly, tosses it into the trash. And, she picks up her stack of "Cosmo" magazines and tosses them into the trash as well. She walks over to a pair of dark black "hooker" boots, as the saying goes, with three inch heels made by one of LEGACY'S personnel. Susan picks up those trash to treasures, and for the first time plays nice for the camera, while clanging the heels of the boots closely together. With her central Kansas accent bubbling to the service, she says these words with that mid-west charm.

SUSAN RHODES: Oh...you’re definitiely to die for.

On that note, we fade as Susie smiles a twisted smile and then the scene heads back to the ring.

Landon Savage: After his victory over Ron Bailey last week, Gigantus Awesomo was picked by someone in the front office to get the title shot this week against Dan Stein, who is coming off of a suspension for his actions at the end of his match at the SuperCard.

Mark Perletta: Not very popular with the front office or the fans after he put fan-favorite and company man Herb Moxley on the injured list, Dan Stein almost seemed more arrogant than ever in his first week back on tour as the Tao of Valor Champion, but he had a tough match in his first singles title defense here in LEGACY.

Joey C: I don't know who in the front office hired Gigantus Awesomo, but I'm guessing that's the same person who decided that he should be the one to get a shot at Stein this week. To me, he didn't show any more reason last week why he should get the chance to wrestle for the Tao of Valor Title than Osamu Hayashi or Jimmy Smith did in their victories on the same show where Awesomo beat Ron Bailey.

Landon Savage: Yeah well the big man definitely proved this week that there's a reason why he's on the roster, and although we've never been able to find footage of any of his prior matches, or even a record of him fighting anywhere - in Mexico or Russia - someone knew the kind of potential Gigantus has.

Mark Perletta: Very early on in this match, it seemed to me like Stein was treating this match a bit like a joke, but he soon came to realize that Awesomo came determined to make his mark on LEGACY, and he did just that.

Joey C: He may seem weird, we might be confused as to what his nationality is, but Gigantus Awesomo is one tough, strong guy. When Dan Stein started in with a couple of basic offensive maneuvers to try to gain control of the match, nothing seemed to phase the challenger.

Landon Savage: Take nothing away from Dan Stein, though, because once he figured that this match wasn't just an easy match and started putting a good bit of effort into it, Stein was able to find a way to start putting the big man down onto his back.

Mark Perletta: You might not like Dan Stein, you might not appreciate how he won the Tao of Valor Championship, but the guy knows what he's doing inside that ring. He has been close to winning the World Title on more than one occasion, he's been a Tag Team Champion, and he knows how to implement a couple of different styles of offense.

Joey C: Don't forget about the fact that he was the ALBATROSS champion, too, Marky. Stein may have had trouble early on, but in the late parts of the match, he showed the kind of champion he really is.

Start : Footage from the Match

Awesomo nails Stein in the head with a headbutt, but instead of letting Stein drop to the mat, Gigantus grabs him around the neck and then lifts him up, going for a vertical suplex. Stein floats over and ends up behind his opponent and then grabs him around the head, leaning him backwards and dropping the middle of his spine down onto his knee for a backbreaker. Gigantus Awesomo struggles to get up off the mat as quickly as possible, and Dan Stein fires in with a hard right hand, but before it finds its mark Gigantus Awesomo blocks the attempt, grabs Stein's wrist, pulls him in and sends him down to the mat with a clothesline. Picking the champion up off the mat, Awesomo lifts his opponent up into the air, walks over and puts Stein up onto the top turnbuckle.

Mark Perletta: Awesomo steadies himself and starts climbing up, possibly looking for a superplex or something...

Joey C: This has the potential to be really bad for the champion... and Stein realizes that and he's doing whatever he can to not let Awesomo climb up!

As Gigantus gets to the second turnbuckle, Stein starts firing in at him with hard right hands. Awesomo tries to continue upwards after sending in a clubbing blow, but as he takes another step up, Stein rakes his eyes and then nails him in the face with a forearm shot that sends the big man down off the ropes down onto his back in the middle of the ring. Having dodged a proverbial bullet, Stein steadies himself and then puts one foot on the top rope, then he puts the other one up. Not down on the mat for very long, Awesomo gets up and takes a few quick steps in and nails Stein in the legs, and Dan falls back down onto the top turnbuckle, crotching himself. Instead of climbing up, Gigantus grabs Stein and lifts him up off the top turnbuckle, lifts him up into a gorilla press and then turns and heads in the direction of the opposite ring corner, taking Stein down with a running powerslam.

Mark Perletta: Nice power move there by Gigantus Awesomo, driving Dan Stein down into the mat.

Joey C: Awesomo's got a chance to win this thing...

Landon Savage: Don't bet on it!

With Stein on the mat trying to get back up, Gigantus walks over and motions to his translator, who looks underneath the ring, grabs a steel chair and then slides it into the ring under the bottom rope. When the referee sees Awesomo pick up the chair, he quickly goes over and takes it out of the monster's hands and tosses it out of the ring. Stein nearly back to his feet, Awesomo motions again to his translator, wanting another chair. This time, before the referee can take the new chair from Gigantus, Dan Stein moves in and drops him down to his knees with a low dropkick. From there Stein nails a roundhouse kick, catching Awesomo right in the jaw.

Landon Savage: Huge kick there by Dan Stein, and Gigantus is definitely dazed.

Mark Perletta: Headed out to the apron, Stein looking to capitalize...

Awesomo doing his best to try to get back to his feet, Dan Stein is already out onto the apron and climbing up to the top turnbuckle. When Gigantus gets back to his vertical base and wants to see where his opponent is, he turns just in time to see Stein leap off the top rope, connecting with a huge flying enzuigiri kick to the side of his head, and both men crash down to the mat. Stein gets halfway up off the mat, throws himself over the chest of the now unconscious Gigantus Awesomo, and hooks the leg as he goes for the pinfall...

ONE.

TWO.

THREE.

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner as a result of a PINFALL and STILL Tao of Valor Champion... Dan Stein!

Landon Savage: Dan Stein picks up his first successful title defense there with that nice flying enzuigiri, and Awesomo is still down on the mat in the ring.

Mark Perletta: I imagine most people, after getting kicked in the head twice like that, might need a minute or two to get back up.

Joey C: Stein doesn't appear to be ready to leave the ring just yet...

Stein rolls over and walks to the ropes, demanding his title and a microphone. As both are given to him, he tosses the Tao of Valor belt over his shoulder before kicking Gigantus Awesomo out of the ring. As he turns to the cameras with the title over his right shoulder, he holds the microphone up to his mouth with his left hand.

Dan Stein: Now, excuse me if I don't seem too impressed with this last match, it wasn't like my opponent was top notch or anything. After running through Moxley with the most innovative move that LEGACY has ever seen, and causing a splice in the Revenge of the Nerds tag team, I don't think Gigantus Awesomo, or Ron Bailey or even that God damned loud mouth NASCAR watching redneck Patrick Reynolds would do much to impress ME. But that's fine, not much DOES impress me anymore. Including these retards for fans.

Stein shakes his head.

Dan Stein: What happened? What happened at the Supercard? Everything I EVER told Herbie J happened. I beat him, I made his life a living hell, and I made that slut he runs around with, Jen X head for the hills afterwards. I guess that's what happens when you talk shit to the most dominating Tao of Valor champion LEGACY has ever - and WILL ever - see. You eat your words and you choke on your own spit. NOBODY gets into my business and stands to talk about it the next week. You doubt me? Ask EVERY man I ever fought in ALBATROSS. The Tao of Valor championship was made for me, it was made for my vast array of talent. And guess what, fuckers?

Stein steps forward.

Dan Stein: I ain't going ANYWHERE. I am going to keep this title until I get bored with it. I'm going to run each. and every. mother fucker. in the back up and down this ring, beat his ass to a pulp and stand up to simply spit in their faces as I walk away.

He smirks to himself.

Dan Stein: Loco Martinez seems to want to hang up the boots just after one of his 'old friends' starts on a roll, Moxley bails out with a supposed 'injury'. If Moxley wants to complain about an injury, I'll give him a fucking injury, what I did to him was a mercy beating. The things I could've done to him if he didn't start crying like a little bi—

Suddenly, "The Memory Remains" by Metallica begins to play and the crowd looks to the entrance curtain in anticipation to see who it is. We then see D.J. Cassidy wearing a navy blue Adidas shirt and matching jogging pants, and the level of excitement grows amongst the crowd. When they quiet down a bit and the theme song fades under, D.J. Cassidy stares down the length of the ramp at Dan Stein and then begins to speak.

D.J. Cassidy: You know what, I'm getting DAMN sick of hearing you run your mouth about how you're SUCH a great Tao of Valor champion when you haven't had any actual competition. Sure, you may have succeeded in taking the belt from Herb. You even succeeded in taking out Mox to the point to where he may never return to this business. In the process you even got rid of Jen X, and now you don’t have to see her on a weekly basis and wish you were in Herb’s shoes. You may have done all that, but you've still got a problem. Mox wasn't the only person you attacked at the Super Card, and now, I've come to collect my due.

Stein starts to respond, but Cassidy cuts him off.

D.J. Cassidy: Shut the fuck up, Dan! I'm on the microphone so just do what you do best in standing there looking like a tool, okay?

The fans pop loud at the intensity coming from DJ Cassidy.

D.J. Cassidy: I talked to the front office, and I have the shot against you for that title at the pay-per-view. But getting some revenge for what you did to both Moxley and me back at the Super Card? That’s going to start right now!

The crowd pops as D.J. drops the microphone and runs down to the ring, slides in under the bottom rope, and as soon as he gets to his feet, he and Dan start brawling all over the ring until LEGACY security comes out in full force to pull them apart.

In a non-descript room, we fade in on a two-shot of Stephen Rawlings seated in a chair about six feet away from Smith Cartwright, who has a notebook in one of his hands.

Smith Cartwright: On the last edition of STRIFE, the show began with one of the two top seeds of the Hawkins Tournament in the ring voicing some of his thoughts on the tournament thus far. In the days following that show, Stephen Rawlings came to me, requesting this opportunity to clarify things. So Stephen, how did you feel after you saw what you said?

The camera switches over to a shot of just Stephen Rawlings as he answers.

Stephen Rawlings: I feel terrible. I mean, it all came out wrong. I went up to that ring, and I said things I can't take back, BUT I don't apologize. I mean It came across far worse then the way it was actually said. I didn't mean to come out there and say things the way I said them... I simply wanted to go out there and tell everyone that I was kinda bored in my match against James Win. Things never come across the way they are meant. It's all a matter of perspective. In this case perspective was against me.

The view switches right back over to a medium closeup of Cartwright.

Smith Cartwright: Those comments you made rubbed some people the wrong way.

Rawlings pauses momentarily, then responds.

Stephen Rawlings: You know... I wasn't exactly wrong about what I said. I beat Diego. Therefore it doesn't matter what he thinks about it. He showed me very little respect last week coming out there and interupting me, having his little friends cut off my mic, and talking to me the way he talked to me. So, I think of him with the exact amount of respect deserved, and therefore... I don't care.

Smith Cartwright: And your other possible opponents?

Stephen Rawlings: Justin Moreno and Jake Dominion? Well, Moreno... He, he... He's a good guy. He truly does have the heart of a champion, and he’s probably the only man that has won my respect in this tournament, besides, of course, Loco Martinez, who I’ve respected for a long time. As far as Moreno goes, he’s certainly not as technically skilled as I am, but heck... He's made it this far, so somehow, someway, something is working for him. Be it luck, determination, or the gods shining down, or even a guardian angel. Dominion on the other hand... He...

He pauses for a moment, thinking of what to say next.

Stephen Rawlings: Well, he... I... Umm... Well... He's a Tag Champ.... A former World Champ... That's about all I can think of. Is there anything I should bing up? I mean, he’s flashy and all, but it's not like he has half the talent I do. That said, I’m not wrong in anything I really said out there…

Cartwright glances down at his notebook for a moment as he asks his follow-up question.

Smith Cartwright: So what exactly do you think caused you to say those things?

There's almost NO delay before Stephen responds.

Stephen Rawlings: Without a shadow of a doubt in my mind… it was pressure.

Smith looks slightly confused.

Smith Cartwright: Pressure from what?

Stephen Rawlings: From the World Championship. You can't imagine what it's like to feel all that pressure falling down around you. I HAD a shot at the title. Main Event. Advent Empire. It was there in my grasp, Dan Stein was eliminated… and I let it go.

Rawlings pauses for a moment, reliving the moment in his mind.

Stephen Rawlings: I was so close. So close, and I couldn't close the deal. So close and all I could do was fail. So close, but close isn't good enough! I mean.... That moment... THAT FUCKING MOMENT. That was the moment I trained my whole life for, and I wasted it!

After looking down for a moment, Rawlings looks back up into Cartwright’s eyes.

Stephen Rawlings: You don't know what that's like… Spend 24 years of your life training… Match after match. Title after title.... It never ends, and until you win the big one, you can never get any closer to being a success. But you know that someday... with enough work you will get there... And so you take those final steps to do what it is you need to do... You make sacrifices. You make them, and you suffer... You suffer more than you'd ever suffered before, but eventually you'll get it. And all that sacrifice... All of that pain... All of that Training... Then and only then will it all be worth it.

Smith Cartwright: What kind of sacrifices did you have to make?

Stephen Rawlings: Personal sacrifices. Most people come to the shows, and then spend the other 13 days with their families, or their friends or their Wives, or girlfriends.... Or even children! But do you ever see me with any of those? A wife? A girlfriend? Kids? Friends? Even Family? No... I had to give it all up to get where I got to. Chris was here... He was my best friend, and my only family, and I sent him away because I felt like he was holding me back....

Rawlings pauses momentarily, thinking about that situation.

Stephen Rawlings: A while ago this fucking business cost me a chance to have a family when my pregnant girlfriend... The love of my life... got involved because someone decided that they wanted to make our feud even more personal than it was… and she left me. That destroyed any chance of me ever having a life again. Now I have nothing better to do than to devote my entire life to competition. That is why I do what I do. That is why I care so much about this tournament, no matter what I said about it last week.

Smith Cartwright: Why does this tournament of all things mean so much to you?

Stephen Rawlings: Because it's an important tournament. It means the fucking world to me to be a part of it. People may have forgotten this, but the winner gets a shot at the World Title.... Why would I not consider this my top priority? And besides... It's giving other people opportunities they otherwise would never see. Take Moreno for example. He hasn't been putting on the best display of ability in the last month or so, like I mentioned earlier, but he took the sword out of the stone and he's running with it. And besides the title, it put me up against competitors I otherwise would never have been found dead wrestling, and it gives me a chance to show just how well-rounded I am.

After a quick glance at his notebook, Smith fires off the next question.

Smith Cartwright: You were given the choice of having your semi-final match either at STRIFE 13 or STRIFE 14. Obviously you chose STRIFE 13. We heard rumors as to why you decided to have your semi-final first, but I'd like to hear it from you.

Stephen Rawlings: It doesn't matter who I'm going to face. Not that I wouldn't pick one person over another, but in the end, an opponent is an opponent. No matter who I’m set to face, I’m still going to approach it with the same amount of preparation. I chose the first of two matches so I could sit back and take a look at the men trying to win their way to win their way into the finals, into a match with me. Scout them out. Find their weaknesses... Find what makes them tick. Cuz in reality it's not about who has better ability, or even luck. It's about who is better prepared. I wasn't at Advent Empire, and that is why I am sitting here a failure, trying to prove to the world I deserve another shot at the title instead of sitting here with the title. Now that I have a chance to fix it, there won't be a damn thing I let fly by me when I watch these two men wrestle. I won't be there, because I have to go a voyage for my animal spirit and cleanse my soul, but I will be recording that match on TIVO, and I will be studying their every moves until the second I step into that ring and the bell sounds.

After a moment in freeze-frame on a shot of Stephen Rawlings' face, the footage then cuts back to the recap position with Perletta, Savage, and Joey C.

Landon Savage: Personally, I don't believe what he said about being sorry how his words came out. Stephen Rawlings is an arrogant asshole who is trying his best to pretend to be a good little boy so the fans will cheer for him.

Mark Perletta: I don't think that's the case at all. I think sometimes Stephen gets really intense and competitive sometimes, and when that happens, his emotions and self confidence come across differently than he means it.

Joey C: So wait, you mean to tell me that you believe his "spin" too, Marky? I'm not surprised if a lot of the "sheep" fans buy into what Rawlings is saying.

Landon Savage: Well at BRICK BY BRICK, it's going to be "put up or shut up" time for Stephen Rawlings, since he advanced to the finals of the Hawkins Memorial Tournament, where he will face the winner of tonight's semi-final match.

Mark Perletta: In the penultimate match of the night, we had the second semi-final match of the inaugural Hawkins Memorial Tournament, pitting one of the two individuals who got a first-round bye in this tournament in Jake Dominion, up against the young gun on an incredible streak in Justin Moreno.

Landon Savage: Justin Moreno has been competing on borrowed time, as far as I'm concerned, and as soon as this semi-final match was booked, when each of them had won their quarterfinal matches, I've been waiting for this match to see Jake Dominion kick Moreno's teeth down his throat and put an end to this lucky win streak of his.

Mark Perletta: I would've thought that the fans would be hoping the opposite. I would've thought that the fans would've been concretely behind Justin Moreno, the underdog, in this match. Surprisingly, they weren't of one mind.

Landon Savage: Even early on in this match, some of the fans - maybe as many as half - were behind Jake Dominion. As the match progressed and Dominion was hearing the reaction from the fans, I think even he seemed a little surprised.

Joey C: Well he shouldn't be surprised. He's a great talent, he knows how good he is, and all these fans are doing tonight is recognizing talent for what it is.

Mark Perletta: I think part of the reason the fans are starting to get behind Dominion isn't because of any real change in attitude, because he's still as cocky and arrogant and confident as ever. But in the past few weeks, he's had some words with Gryffin Anselm, who has grown to be a guy that a lot of these fans quite simply just don't like, and I think that plays a big role.

Landon Savage: Yeah well they should. Gryffin's a hell of a talent, and he tells it like it is.

Joey C: The memory of these fans is often very short term. Dominion is no longer verbally cutting into the competitors who tend to be fan favorites. He's no longer associated as closely with Nicholas Creed, as Creed has been indefinitely suspended.

Mark Perletta: As was already mentioned, not all of the fans were behind Jake Dominion in this match, but only a very few were AGAINST Justin Moreno. When Moreno would hit an exciting offensive maneuver, the fans would all go wild. When Jake Dominion would hit a move, a lot of the fans would go crazy. I don't believe I heard much booing during this match, and the only people who were booing were booing Jake Dominion.

Landon Savage: The majority of wrestling fans are nuts. Their choice of who to cheer for and who to boo can change WAY too easily. I'm not saying that Jake Dominion isn't the kind of guy that should get cheers, because he's one of my favorites. This was a hell of a match, so I can see why they were excited, but it pisses me off sometimes that fans can go from booing a guy one week to cheering for him the next.

Joey C: The last time Jake Dominion was in the ring was well over a couple of weeks ago, so that doesn't REALLY apply here, now does it?

Mark Perletta: Situations change, Landon, and the fans picked up on that fact, but yes, this was one hell of a match, Jake Dominion leading things off very strongly, but Justin Moreno constantly fighting back.

Landon Savage: A couple of times Justin Moreno seemed like he was done for, times where I thought Jake Dominion should cover him and get it over with, but Moreno was able to stay in this match.

Joey C: Dominion's not an idiot, though. He was picking his spot, trying to find the right time to pin Moreno. He doesn't want to waste his time in going for a pinfall if he's not going to get it, and through this tournament, Moreno has proven that it takes a lot to score a win over him. I think half of the reason Moreno won a couple of those matches was because his opponent let up on him too early, started to try to coast the last ten percent of the match, feeling like they had it well in hand. Jake didn't want to be one of those guys.

Mark Perletta: That says something about how Jake Dominion feels about Justin Moreno, showing him respect by not taking him lightly. He'd never openly give kind words of respect about an upcoming opponent, so I'm not surprised that we didn't hear anything like that from Dominion prior to this match, but actions speak louder than words.

Landon Savage: All the talk in the world doesn't mean a damn thing, because when it comes down to it, talking doesn't win matches or championships or tournaments, and all the talking in the world couldn't affect what happened to end this match.

Start : Footage from the Match

In control of the match, Jake Dominion spots what he sees as an opening, and as Justin Moreno gets up off the mat, Dominion steps in and goes for a superkick, but at the last moment Justin spots the foot coming in the direction of his jaw, and Moreno arches backwards and puts his hands down on the mat into a back bridging pyramid. Having missed the move, Dominion pivots around and drops an elbow down into the sternum, collapsing Moreno down to the mat.

Mark Perletta: From the look on the face of Jake Dominion, you can tell that he's obviously a bit frustrated, but you can also see something of a look of respect on Dominion's face.

Joey C: That look on his face might not be a look of respect, it's probably more a sign of disbelief than anything else.

Landon Savage: Justin Moreno is certainly fighting his ass off to a degree that I wouldn't have expected to see of him prior to this tournament, based on seeing some of his previous matches in his career, but he's been getting the job done the past few weeks.

After letting Justin Moreno start to get up a bit on his own, Jake Dominion grabs Justin Moreno and hoists him up to his feet. Lifting him up onto his shoulders, Dominion spins around, looking for a Death Valley Driver, but Moreno is somehow able to drop down to his feet, and when he gets there he spins Dominion around and sends him down to the mat with a dropkick to the knee. As Dominion starts to get up, Moreno kicks him in the gut, grabs him around the neck, steps back and drills Jake's head right down into the mat with an implant ddt.

Mark Perletta: Great move there by Justin Moreno, not only avoiding that attempt by Dominion, but putting together a series of moves that put Jake Dominion on the mat.

Joey C: Moreno doing exactly what he needs to do, following that up... and it looks like he's going to be going for a high risk maneuver...

Wth Jake Dominion down on the mat in the middle of the ring, Justin Moreno makes his way out onto the apron, and then slowly makes his way up to the top rope. By the time he gets there, though, Jake Dominion gets up off the mat, uses his energy reserve and dives over and hits the top rope, which crotches Justin down onto the top turnbuckle. Unable to maintain his balance, Justin Moreno falls down off of the top rope, down to the outside, falling onto his shoulder on the steel steps. Seeing that he has a moments rest, Jake Dominion drops back down to his knees and breathes slowly. The referee, having seen Moreno hit the steps, goes out to check on him.

Mark Perletta: Tough fall there for Justin Moreno, landing down onto his shoulder, and I wouldn't be surprised if it's dislocated.

Joey C: The referee's checking that out right now, and I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to stop this match right now.

Mark Perletta: Justin Moreno is working to get up off the ground, and so I don't see him giving up this match or allowing the referee to stop it. This is for a World Title shot. More importantly, winning the Hawkins Memorial is an accomplishment that might just persuade Marcus Marion to get back into the ring with him.

Landon Savage: Hey, wait a minute, what's this commotion in the crowd behind Dominion?!

A man in a hooded sweatshirt hops over the steel guardrail and grabs a steel chair from the front row and then slides into the ring behind Jake Dominion. As Dominion realizes there’s someone in the ring, he turns to see who it is just in time to be PLASTERED in the face with the steel chair as the man dives in towards him. In that motion the man’s hood falls backwards, and the fans all see the face of John Thomas come from underneath it, but they’re not sure what to think about it. John quickly gets up and sets up the chair, and then grabs Dominion by the head and lifts him up off of the mat. From there, John grabs Dominion by the arm, spins him around... SICK FALLING NECKBREAKER DROP, pulling the back of Jake’s head down onto the chair!

At that point the boos ring out, and almost as if he doesn’t hear them, John takes the chair and leaves the ring, heading back up the ramp. The referee has finished checking on Moreno, and having decided that Justin can continue the match and doesn’t need immediate medical attention, he gets back into the ring, barely spotting John walking up the ramp, having the basic idea what the crowd’s reaction is all about.

Mark Perletta: WHAT in the WORLD is John Thomas thinking?! He doesn't have anything against Jake Dominion, not that I know of...

Joey C: There's nothing between the two that I can recall. I don't even think Jake Dominion ever even mentioned John Thomas in the mentioning of this tournament... not that John was in it long enough to warrant anything, but nevertheless...

Landon Savage: It doesn't look like Jake Dominion is going to be in this tournament much longer either... Let's get back to the action at hand, shall we?

Justin Moreno slides back in the ring, a bit confused by why Jake Dominion is still on the mat and why the fans are booing. He grabs Jake by the head and starts to pull him up off the mat, but Dominion doesn’t budge, dead weight. Wanting to make sure he has a victory, Justin goes out to the outside and again climbs to the top rope. Once he gets there, however, he spots John Thomas, chair in hand, watching from the top of the ramp. A confused look on his face, Justin Moreno doesn’t know what to make of the situation, but since Dominion is still out on the mat, Moreno leaps off into a 450 splash, then immediately makes the cover and hooks the leg.

ONE...

TWO...

THREE!!!

Josephina Colbert: And here is your winner, advancing to the finals of the Hawkins Memorial Tournament... Justin Moreno!

Mark Perletta: And he does it! Justin Moreno continues this improbable run, and now the finals have been set, and the inaugural Hawkins Memorial Tournament will be decided at BRICK BY BRICK between Stephen Rawlings and Justin Moreno.

Joey C: Match after match, Justin Moreno keeps finding ways to win matches, it's like he's got some kind of incredible luck or something. Kind of makes you wonder if his luck will extend to the finals against Rawlings.

Landon Savage: Personally, I'm not sure that I care which of them wins. Neither one of them has shown me anything lately that makes me think they're even close to being capable of winning the World Title.

Mark Perletta: Well even at this point in the evening, we still had no idea who was going to be the challenger in the main event at BRICK BY BRICK. Since tonight's main event is a non-title match, Greyson Blade will obviously be walking into the pay per view with the belt, but who will be his opponent?

Joey C: Plenty of guys around here who want that shot, Jake Blaine having an opportunity tonight to prove that he's worthy of being there. Dan Stein made the most of his opportunity in a non-title match against Greyson Blade prior to ADVENT EMPIRE, and that lead to a guaranteed title shot, which doesn't come along very easily.

Landon Savage: Which is exactly the reason why Jake Dominion was so furious that he didn't get the chance to make it to the finals of this tournament, and after the match, he went looking for the man who cost him a victory in tonight's semi-finals.

Jake Dominion is seen storming through the backstage area, his ultra-cool composure no-where to be seen, looking like a man possessed...

Jake Dominion: JT!!! JT!!! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU, YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT?!?!??!

Heading down a hallway, Dominion bumps into a road agent, who was looking over some papers, and immediately Jake starts to speak...

Jake Dominion: Preston, have you seen JT?!

Preston Thompkins: Yeah Jake, I just saw him go around the corner a minute ago.

Jake's eyes narrow as he continues...

Jake Dominion: Thanks...

Dominion clentches his fists as he makes his way around the corner to see John Thomas standing right next to Gryffin Anselm of all people. Jake just stops in his tracks, his rage has just intensified ten-fold. The camera then switches to one closer to John Thomas and Gryffin Anselm. John Thomas notices Jake Dominion walking towards them and gets a smirk on his face and then hands Gryffin the chair.

John Thomas: Here’s your souvenir of tonight’s events. Maybe he’ll sign it for you.

Gryffin chuckles and takes an envelope out of his jacket pocket.

Gryffin Anselm: Yeah, and a job well done. Here’s the agreed upon amount. Good doing business with you, Mr. Thomas.

John looks down the hallway at the approaching Jake Dominion, and then back at Anselm.

John Thomas: I’ve got some other things going on tonight, but enjoy the rest of your evening.

John pats Gryffin on the shoulder and then walks off as Dominion approaches Anselm.

Gryffin Anselm: Jake, hey. You wouldn’t happen to have a Sharpie, would you? Just thought that since this dent was caused by that head of yours, I may as well get you to autograph it for me. Gonna hang it on the wall of my gym right next to the picture of James and I holding up the tag titles we’re going to win from you.

Loosening the tight grip he currently had, Jake Dominion surprisingly starts to laugh, almost sadistically, as he replies...

Jake Dominion: I have to hand it to you Will, that was very creative by getting that little puppet to do your dirty work for you, being barred from ringside and all. Did you think of that all by yourself? Or did some big fat stromboli eating muthafucka have something to do with it...?

Jake just smirks as he waits for the response. A voice is heard coming through an open door just behind Anselm, and two men walk out and stand next to Gryffin, neither one of them saying a word. They are followed by a man who stands about 6'2" but weighs easily 350 pounds, possibly closer to 400. A lot of it muscle, it's obvious that a lot of the weight is from fat. He's probably in his mid 50's and doesn't really pose a potential threat, nor does he appear to be dressed to get into a physical altercation. From the look on his face, you can tell that Jake Dominion recognizes him as Big Lou.

Big Lou: Well, if it isn’t Jake Dominion. Looks like I’m getting to meet wit’ all the important people here tonight on my first visit to the backstage area of a LEGACY Tour show. How you been, Jake? Looks like you might not be feeling too well tonight, like you gots a headache or something.

Big Lou smirks. Jake clentches his fist back up but releases the grip once again as he shows off that trademark cocky smirk of his and replies...

Jake Dominion: Been a long time Louie, hasn't it? I knew you had something to do with this. None of your little cronies are capable of thinking and manipulating others like the master himself, huh? Although I am a bit surprised to see you, I woulda figured you'd have had a heart-attack by now or something. You're looking good Lou, you look to be what, 500 lbs? You plan on competing in that sumo tournament coming up? Just kidding, I know those big Japs would destroy you anyway.

Dominion looks at the two bodyguards and then back at Big Lou.

Jake Dominion: And who are these new suits? I know you've had a bunch of your "bodyguards" killed accidently for protecting your fat worthless ass *Jake looks over to one of them* Does Louie pay you guys in cash or rigitoni? Cause you could sure use some new suits...

Dominion takes a step forwards and looks at the material.

Jake Dominion: What is that, a polyurethane coating on it? Not exactly my taste, but whatever.

Big Lou: That chairshot by John Thomas really hit its mark, didn't it? Money well spent. He's a good kid, a good fighter, Jake. I wouldn't recommend you going after him just now. Seems to me you have something of a slight concussion, and you wouldn't want him putting you on your ass again tonight. It also seems like you have more pressing business to attend to at the moment. Give us what we want and we'll leave you alone for the remainder of the evening and let you get all healed up.

Jake Dominion: And what might that be oh heavy one?

Gryffin Anselm: A shot at the tag titles for James Win and I. Brick by Brick.

Jake Dominion: You want a shot at the tag titles? You and your little golden bitch want to try to take the tag titles from us? Fine Will, Lou and the rest of you miniscule robots, BRING IT!!!

Anselm nods and gets a grin on his face.

Gryffin Anselm: Don’t get all excited, now, Jake. Wouldn’t want to pop a blood vessel or anything. You go find Wolfson, you two train up really well, practice your “golden shower” jokes, and don’t worry about polishing up those belts between now and then. We have people who can do that for us, and they’re actually good at that sort of thing, so we’d probably have them touch up the belts after we beat you for them, anyway.

Jake Dominion: I think YOU should go grab Win and try to reclaim some glory from your "Syndicate" days because the only gold you'll be acquiring are the teeth you get to replace the ones Eric and I KNOCK DOWN YOUR THROATS!!!

After another tense moment of staredown between Dominion and Anselm, both of them turn and walk off in opposite directions as the footage then switches over to another location.

With a duffle bag in hand, his jacket on, Crash walks through the parking area just outside of the area. Reaching into his pocket, Crash takes out his keys and pushes a button on his keychain, sounding the horn on his car, helping him locate it amongst the other cars. He then puts his keys back into his side jacket pocket, now walking in the direction of his car. Suddenly he is hit from behind with a steel chair, and the cameraman steps to the side and zooms out to show John Thomas standing there with a chair. As Crash starts to get up off the ground, John swings and NAILS Crash in the head with the chair, dropping him down to the ground, busting his head open. Crouching down, John gets down into Crash’s face.

John Thomas: What, am I not worth your time? Am I one of those guys on this roster who isn’t good enough to carry your jockstrap? You don’t want to be a part of this roster, you won’t get into the ring with me, then THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET!

Lifting the chair back up, John drives it straight down into Crash’s ribs.

John Thomas: You come in here, you disrespect me, and then you think you can just walk away from this challenge? You’re NOTHING! You’re a SCARED, WASHED UP HAS BEEN, and you FEAR ME!

As John starts to lift the chair once again, about six LEGACY officials – including referees and road agents and security – run onto the scene. A couple of them get in John’s way, the others check on Crash. Smith Cartwright enters the scene, confused by everything that’s going on.

Smith Cartwright: John, what the heck are you doing tonight?!

With a fire in his eyes that hasn’t been seen in quite a long time, John looks over at Smith Cartwright.

John Thomas: What I did to Jake Dominion, what I did for Gryffin Anselm and Big Lou, THAT was BUSINESS. That was someone recognizing my talent and asking me to do something for them. This…

John spits in Crash’s direction.

John Thomas: THIS was PERSONAL! Crash comes backstage in MY company and disrespects ME?! I make the challenge, all he’s got to do is accept a contract to be a part of this roster and then the match is set, but he’s not MAN ENOUGH to do that, so this… this is what happens! This is the only option left! He won’t give me the decency to meet me in the ring so I can prove I’m a better competitor than Rob Belote or half of the other so-called “names” he’s beaten in his career… Crash got what he deserves!

There’s a commotion amongst the group of people who were checking on Crash, and suddenly the Hall of Famer starts to work his way up, now on one knee with his other foot on the ground, still crouched. Blood covering half of his face, Crash calls out for the front office representative standing over near John.

Crash: Hey Cartwright… You still got that contract all written up?

The camera zooms in and we can see a fire burning in Crash’s eyes.

Crash: ‘Cause I’ve changed my mind about signing it! Go get it… I’ll sign it right here, right now, ‘cause this punk kid who’s got something to prove… he needs to be dealt with.

Our view remains firmly set in a close-up of Crash’s face until the scene changes views back to the recap position.

Mark Perletta: Near the beginning of the show we heard John Thomas mention that he was here tonight with something he wanted to find out about, and it appears that Crash's status was John's topic of interest.

Landon Savage: Well you heard the way Crash talked to John the other week, and it's obvious that Crash doesn't respect John. In this business, that's one of the worst things you can do is to show someone disrespect. John made it clear that he'd love to get into the ring with Crash.

Mark Perletta: Initially, as we found out earlier tonight, Crash decided not to take a spot on the LEGACY roster. John didn't like that answer, and with the attack he laid in on Crash, that "No" was changed to a "Yes".

Joey C: Looks like John succeeded, then. There are a lot of people who are going to be wondering if John realizes what he's getting into, but since Crash has taken some time off since his last match, maybe people should be wondering if Crash knows what he's getting himself into.

Mark Perletta: When John Thomas is on his game and completely focussed on the task at hand, he's certainly one of the best in the business still yet to hold a World Championship belt. That said, Crash has been a competitor in this business for quite a while and has amassed quite a few championship reigns of his own, and he will be more than capable of standing toe to toe with John Thomas at BRICK BY BRICK.

Landon Savage: I talked with my pal Smith Cartwright after the stuff that went down between John and Crash, and apparently a six-man tag match has been set for next week, with John Thomas teaming up with Gryffin Anselm and Dan Stein to take on the team of Crash, Jake Dominion, and DJ Cassidy.

Mark Perletta: What a great match that's going to be, scheduled for our next show - the final STRIFE prior to the BRICK BY BRICK pay per view event. It will probably serve as a great preview of the three matches those individuals are involved in.

Joey C: Speaking of getting things set for the pay per view, tonight's main event is next, and by the time the show is over, we get the announcement of who Greyson Blade will be facing with the LEGACY World Title on the line at BRICK BY BRICK.

Mark Perletta: We weren't sure what to expect from Jake Blaine in this, his first professional wrestling match, but early on Blaine certainly held his own against The Outlaw.

Landon Savage: Well yeah, he held his own. This was his first wrestling match, but the way things started out, it was more of a brawl, and Blaine has definitely been in his share of brawls before. He was never a Lennox Lewis Pretty Boy type of boxing champion.

Joey C: And quite the brawler he is, actually getting the upperhand in the early part of the match, putting Greyson Blade on the defensive, trying to cover up from a lot of the hard rights and lefts Jake Blaine was throwing in at him.

Mostafa Bashir showing up and watching for a bit, then going backstage

Mark Perletta: As this match moved along, Greyson started to be able to use his wrestling background to his advantage to start gaining the advantage back, but now and again Blaine would throw a hard shot back in there to send Greyson back.

Landon Savage: With things going on in the ring, one of LEGACY's newest signees came halfway down to the ramp towards the ring, big Mostafa Bashir coming out to get a closer look.

Joey C: The Afghan Monster apparently just got to the arena and doesn't have too much experience with live wrestling events himself, nor is he familiar with too much of the protocol of how things go here in the United States.

Mark Perletta: Whatever the reason he was out there, he didn't stay too long, nor did he try to get involved in the match at all, just retreating back to the locker room once he had seen enough.

Landon Savage: Of course he didn't bother either of the guys in the ring, they're both guys who have held more than one championship belt in their careers, they focus on the task at hand, not the people in the crowd.

Joey C: After being on the defensive early on, Greyson Blade really focussing in on the attack, using his wrestling ability to gain control and then moving into some power moves to wear Jake Blaine down.

Mark Perletta: The former boxer didn't just get squashed at that point, though, because even when he had been worn down a bit by Blade, who was targetting his back, his ribs, hitting moves to set up for his KILLSHOT spear, Blaine was still able to land the occassional punch that would immediately even things up.

Landon Savage: There was one point where Blade hit a knee to the back of Jake Blaine while holding him in a chinlock where I thought Greyson was going to be able to hold the advantage the rest of the match, but Blaine kept fighting.

Start : Footage from the Match

As Jake Blaine works to get up to his feet, Greyson Blade moves in and lifts Jake up onto his shoulders as he goes for the Outlaw Drop. As he rights himself and is about to hit the move, Blaine hooks you around the neck and drops his legs down off of Greyson's shoulders, taking Blade down to the mat. Keeping in on the attack, Blaine nails Greyson with a couple of hard shots. Blade shoves off of Jake and tries to gain the positional advantage, but as he does so Jake nails him with a low blow, out of the referee's line of sight. As Greyson starts to roll away, Jake Blaine moves in and locks his arm around Blade's neck.

Joey C: Jake Blaine hitting a low blow, and this could be the advantage that he needs, now going for a sleeperhold.

Landon Savage: That's not a sleeperhold, that's definitely a chokehold, see how he's got his forearm right across the throat?

Mark Perletta: The referee notices that, too, and he puts a stop to it, trying to pry Jake Blaine off of him.

Jake isn't listening to the referee, keeping the hold in, and Greyson starts firing backwards with elbow shots, the third one forces Jake to let go of his chokehold. Blaine gets to his feet and takes a few steps away, then jumps back in and starts with mounted punches on the World Champion. Much to the delight of the fans, Greyson Blade turns it over and starts laying into Blaine with mounted punches of his own. After a few hard shots, Jake rolls through, but instead of ending up on top of Greyson, Blaine is able to shove Blade off of him, sending him out of the ring and underneath the bottom rope. Jake gets up and then stumbles halfway across the ring, finding his way into the corner. The referee walks over and checks in on Jake, and then he goes over and starts to administer the count on Greyson, who works his way back to his feet, trying to get back into the ring.

Mark Perletta: Greyson Blade, the fighting warrior of a champion he is, working his way back into the ring, trying to continue this thing, and Jake Blaine is doing well in his first professional wrestling fight.

Joey C: Jake is down on one knee, looking like he's trying to recover a bit... and wait, what's he putting on his hand?!

Without the referee noticing, Jake Blaine puts on a pair of brass knuckles, and realizing that he's going unnoticed, Jake rights himself and adjusts the weapon on his hand. As Greyson Blade gets back into the ring, Jake moves in without any sort of caution and nails Blade with a hard right hand to the ribs, the brass knuckles in plain view of the referee. Jake fires in with another shot, and the referee realizes what's going on and he immediately calls for the bell to end the match.

Josephina Colbert: And here is your winner by DISQUALIFICATION... Greyson Blade!

Mark Perletta: Jake Blaine took a little care not to get noticed putting on those brass knuckles, but when he started laying into Greyson Blade, he didn't seem to be trying to do so covertly, he looks like he's trying to hurt the World Champion.

Landon Savage: You're dead on about that one, Perletta, Jake Blaine with those sick shots to Blade's ribs, and he doesn't care who sees it! He's going for the kill, and I don't know if he was EVER going for the win in this match. He didn't have a single pinfall attempt the whole way.

Joey C: If he's doing this to make a name for himself, he's definitely succeeding, because the way these fans are booing, they're not going to forget this attack anytime soon, although it doesn't look like Jake Blaine has any intention of stopping! Hitting a few shots with his knees to the ribs and back of Greyson Blade, throwing a few more punches in there with those brass knucks... the referee doing what he can to keep Blaine from using that illegal weapon.

No calvary impedes the ensuing demolition put on Greyson Blade, via the Englishman, and new LEGACY star Jake Blaine. Swinging the brass knuckles with ungodly force, Blaine lays into Blades' midsection, torso, back and spine...with marksman like percision, the former boxing champion hurls rights and lefts with no repentence. The shot of the audience showcases some children covering their eyes. And it also shows some of the adults booing like it was just invented, and one brave man threatening to jump the guard-rail...however security is tight, and that 'bright' idea is quickly aborted. The LEGACY World title lays dormant on the mat, while the referee, actually, two referees try and physically restrain Blaine from his monstrous assault. Marcus Marion walks down the aisle, and the boo-fest kicks up a notch, as trash and debris is hurled his way. Marion with his spiked blonde hair, rolls into the ring, calls for a mic, and motions for Blaine to stop.

MARCUS MARION: Possession is nine-tenths of the law. And on that merry note, I smell a rat. And for once, you all get your one week reprieve...because this time, I'm not talking about any of you.

The crowd toss their garbage...as Marion looks at them with contempt, and casually rolls his eyes. Pressing the mic up against his lips, he takes a quick glance at the LEGACY title, grins devilishly and resumes.

MARCUS MARION: No...I'm talking about the poverty pimp currently on his back, wishing for the hounds of hell to whisk him away into the core of the earth, as opposed to enduring further torement of this little 'hit' put on him by my new little golden gloves friend. What did you think Blade, that I wasn't going to come back for her?

Marion points to the LEGACY title, Blaine holds Blade's arms in place, reducing his mobility a bit. Marion gets closer to Blade's face, crouches down and takes the mic and thumps it lightly against Blade's forehead.

MARCUS MARION: Dummy...

Marion thumps the mic up against Blade's forehead again.

MARCUS MARION: Dummy....

One more time.

MARCUS MARION: Dummy... You don't ever underestimate what I'm capable of, comprende? Because, from where I stand you've got something that belongs to me. That LEGACY World title. The only title in this sport that makes all your dreams, or hardcore fantasies come true...and marks a man like me before the age of thirty. I'm a huge history buff, and I recall you telling Dan Stein that you "ran" me off, furthermore, that you"humiliated" me in front of a national audience when you STOLE the World title from me at Rise of the Elite. Just like you STOLE the National title, yes, National title, because I refuse to call it anything else, one year ago. Well, I'm all 'cried' out..and I'm back to get up in your 'bidness' all over again.

MARCUS MARION: It's a common theme really, it seems lately everytime I see you, Blade, you're sprawled out on the mat, in desperate need of immediate attention. It's becoming your M.O. and at first, I thought it was security letting any thug and bum off the street take a swing at you..but then I opened my eyes and saw that it was nothing more than god's way of showing me a sign...THE sign I've been longing for, all this time. Because you see, it's not thugs with crow-bars, and tire-irons putting you out of comission. It's employed men in this company, going vintage. Nicholas Creed...hope he's catching mackerel on his little 'vacation', he put the hurt on you. And he REALLY seemed to want that belt. And...now Blaine with knux. That addition of the knux was a suggestion by me, just so you know.

The camera'a shift to show Blade struggling in the arms of Jake Blaine. Hurt and unable to really support his own weight, his effort is futile. Marion continues his raving.

MARCUS MARION: It was my call. Cause you see, the front office wouldn't give this man a title shot and my first thought was, are we really as "sports-entertainment" still hating on foreigners? So, I offered the man a pot of tea, and my word that if he went to town on you a little..just a little, that once I regained my little baby sitting all by herself over there...I would give him a shot. Tao of Valor has its rules...but truth be told who cares about that title, even if its owner is a wannabe Marion clone? NOBODY. I want my shot, and poor little docile lemmings in the audience, you can pick the date.

Marion smiles further as the audience just seethe with anger.

MARCUS MARION: Whoa... angry mob. No, I want my shot at Brick By Brick. And I want it in a no disqualification, no count-out, no time-limit match. That way you can feel what I felt seven months ago, when you hurled me into that steel...in your little sandbox! We have some time to wait before then, but for now..Blaine, hold him still.

Blaine holds Blade's arms tight as requested as the fans boo, as Marion getting a bright idea slides out of the ring and gets a steel chair. He hurls it into the ring, and it bounces off the high set of ropes and thuds into the ring. Marion picks up the chair, and motions for Blaine to stand Blade up.

MARCUS MARION: Before we "get it on" again...just thought you'd be interested in meeting somebody.

With lighting quick speed, Marion cracks Blade in the head with the steel chair, denting it on impact. The crowd gasps, and goes silent. Nobody goes anywhere, but stays glued to their chairs watching this gruesome attack. Blade layed out on the mat, barely stirs as Marion slowly lets him regain a vertical base, kicks him in the gut and lays him out with the Revolutionary Thrill, tombstone piledriver onto the mangeled chair. Blade's head mades a sickening sound on impact...

CRACK!

Marion looks down at his handiwork, picks the back of Blade's head up...and says these last few words to the roar of the crowd.

MARCUS MARION: That's my way of saying, I forgive you.

Marion gives Blade a small "peck" on the forehead, as he slides out of the ring with Jake Blaine. Headed to the back, the fans toss their debris at the two-man demolition.