We open in a darkened arena. In the middle a ring is bathed in bright white light. Standing inside that ring the Champions of LEGACY standing in a "V" shape. On the right, The Syndicate, belts on their shoulders Gryffin and James are highly animated, hyping each other up, slapping one another on the shoulder, yelling, and nodding. On the left side Dan Stein rubs his belt, which is wrapped around his waist and leans casually against the top rope oozing confidence. Diego de Cardenas belts around his waist hops with energy. Finally in the middle extending the LEGACY World Title over his head, looking up towards it an obsessed glint in his eye, Marcus Marion.

We slow zoom on LEGACY's World Champion and the opening guitar of Skrape's "Rise" explodes, and the champions of LEGACY are replaced by the rest of the Legacy roster. Hunger in their eyes. An explosion and quick clips of brawls begin to play.

"I'm defensive never questioned
I commit to no direction"

John Thomas and Crash brawling backstage. X-Calibur nailing a clothesline. Issac Entragian slamming an opponent to the mat with authority.

"I won't break down into weakness
If it feels good, it's a sickness "

quick flash of finishers: Rocky Stellar's "Stellar Drop". Jake Dominion's "Ice Breaker". Cronos Diamante's "Countdown to Extinction". and capping it off with Marcus Marion's "Revolutionary Thrill".

"I won't give up until the blood soaks my fingers
I recognize that the difference is my spirit "

A bloodied Greyson Blade struggles to his feet.

"Rise up in the fold -- I'm saved "

A Legacy referee raises Gryffin and James Win's hands in victory. Turns into Rawlings celebrating his victory in the Hawkins Memorial Tournament, and finishes with Dan Stein hoisting his Tao of Valor Championship above his head.

A brief pause. A circling shot of Diego on the top rope. One beat and Diego launches off the top rope nailing his corkscrew plancha on Katsuro Yoshida.

"The reflection in the mirror
Is the vision any clearer "

Loco walking away from Legacy cameras after his "incident" at Brick by Brick.

"Though it may seem that I'm angry
Your reaction is what makes me "

Gigantus Awesomo slaps Tim Jones. Jones pauses a second then returns the favor slapping Awesomo.

"I won't give up until the blood soaks my fingers
I recognize that the difference is my spirit "

Quick cut to Finishers: X-Calibur's "X-Terminator", Dan Stein's "Lights Out", Justin Moreno's "Extreme Measures", Chaos' "Chaos Theory", and Crash's "Aero Zeppelin Driver".

"Rise up in the fold -- I'm saved"

We flash to that same opening shot. The Champions of Legacy. We flash again... and this time the rest of the Legacy roster stands over the champions shoulders. Hungry.

Mark Perletta: As has been the growing trend in LEGACY, the opening match of tonight’s show was an exciting one, shooting things off out of a cannon. From the very opening moments after the opening bell, the fans were electric, with plenty of good reason to be.

Joey C: Johnny Patriot, he’s no slouch, certainly capable of having an exciting match, that much I can personally vouch for, having seen more than a couple with my own eyes. When I saw this match was booked, obviously the masked “Strong Style Dragon” was the big question mark out of the two.

Landon Savage: Look, it’s no secret that the front office likes to start shows off hot, and obviously they know what kind of exciting moves – offensive AND defensive – Strong Style Dragon is capable of, so I highly doubt that when this match was made that it was thought to be a potentially mediocre match.

Mark Perletta: And it certainly wasn’t, with both men trying to start off on the offensive, with Johnny Patriot trying to use his size and strength advantage.

Landon Savage: It worked momentarily, but the speed exhibited by the Strong Style Dragon helped him turn the tide.

Joey C: For a bit, things went back and forth, like a damn tennis match, with Patriot trying a move or a hold, with Dragon somehow finding a reversal to it, hitting his own offensive move, and then Patriot able to get back up using his toughness.

Mark Perletta: Both men still in the “proving” phase of whatever time they’re going to spend here in LEGACY, they both looked eager to make a big splash, to do something to get noticed – not only by the fans, but also by the front office.

Landon Savage: I think they both probably took note of what happened with Crazy Boy last week and are hoping to get the same result – a title shot.

Mark Perletta: From what I’ve been hearing backstage, a lot of people took note of the fact that the front office is watching matches closely, so don’t be surprised if these two aren’t the only ones pulling out all the stops.

Start : Footage from the Match

The Strong Style Dragon turns into the sleeper hold, fighting against Johnny Patriot's control of his neck, but Johnny Patriot smoothly switches the hold into a side headlock, stealing his building momentum from the newcomer. The Strong Style Dragon grabs the left wrist of Patriot, before turning his right shoulder in and spinning through, taking Patriot down with a drop toe hold, swining smoothly into a side headlock of his own on the ground. Patriot works to his feet quickly and shoves Dragon off into the ropes, Dragon rebounds and careens into Patriot with a running forearm, dropping Patriot to the canvas!

Dragon hits the ropes and Patriot quickly swings through to his belly to try and trip the Strong Style Dragon. Dragon leaps over the attempted trip and Patriot gets to his feet quickly, leapfrogging the ducking Dragon. Patriot lands on his feet and rolls backward for a monkey flip, but the Dragon leaps up in the air and turns a full front flip, landing on his feet in a dead sprint still, as Patriot rolls all the way backward to his feet. Patriot rushes Dragon and catches him with a tilt-a-whirl into a sudden backbreaker!

Mark Perletta: Johnny Patriot immediately goes for the cover!

1...

2...

NO!

The Strong Style Dragon kicks out hard, and Patriot quickly pulls him to his feet by the arm. Patriot whips Dragon into the corner, and rushes in, but eats an elbow to the chin for his efforts! Patriot collects himself and rushes in again, this time catching an upraised boot to the cheek! Patriot stumbles back and just as he turns toward the corner again, Dragon runs out and leaps into the air, catching him with a picture perfect leg lariat across the jaw!

The Strong Style Dragon leaps to his feet and pulls Patriot up, and whips him hard into the near turnbuckle, rushing him with a running forearm to the face! Patriot slouches down, leaning against the middle turnbuckle, as Dragon tbacks up and takes another running start, slamming his right knee into Patriot's face on the return! Patriot drops all the way in the corner, and the Strong Style Dragon runs a full circle around the ring, ending when he comes from the left of Johnny Patriot and throws himself into Patriot's face, with both feet in a baseball slide style dropkick, going all the way through the ropes to land safely on the floor!

Dragon slides back into the ring and pulls Patriot from the corner, before ascending to the top rope. Dragon quickly, on instinct alone, shoves off of the canvas and pushes Dragon's feet out from under him, crotching him on the top turnbuckle! Patriot climbs up after Dragon, but Dragon rocks him with a hard knife edge chop across the chest! Patriot fights back with a chop of his own into the masked man's chest! Dragon responds immediately with a forearm shot to the ribcage! Patriot holds the top rope for balance with his left hand, and punches Dragon in the face with his right! Dragon rocks back before leaning back in and headbutts Patriot right between the eyes, sending Patriot crashing back to the canvas on his back!

Mark Perletta: I apologize for that, we’ve been having some headset problems, but we’re back now and Strong Style Dragon with a nice headbutt there to drop Johnny Patriot down onto the mat, and he’s having an impressive match so far.

Landon Savage: I’ll reserve judgment until the match is over with, how about that?

Dragon pushes up to stand on the top rope and flies off, he tucks both knees in and lands with the full force of both of them in Patriot's sternum! Dragon hooks the left leg for the cover!

1...

2...

...

NO!

Johnny Patriot's right foot made it onto the rope, and the referee quickly informs the Strong Style Dragon of that! Dragon pulls Patriot to his feet and rocks him with two hard forearms to the face before sending him off the ropes! Patriot puts on the brakes and reverses the whip sending Dragon off instead! Patriot thrusts his elbow back to catch Dragon, but Dragon ducks the elbow and catches Patriot's other wrist, ducking out and sends Patriot off the ropes! Patriot rebounds and is caught with a Sky High-style sitout powerbomb! Dragon grabs Patriot by the wrists and pulls him upward, before wrapping his left arm behind Patriot's neck and underhooking both arms for a butterfly lock!

Joey C: Very nice looking submission there by the Strong Style Dragon, and Johnny Patriot looks to be in a great deal of pain… I like this kid more and more!

Mark Perletta: Patriot looks to be in a bad way, not anywhere near the ropes, that move locked in tight…

Johnny Patriot screams in agony, trying to fight, trying to get free… but he has no choice but to tap out to the painful submission hold!

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner by submission... Strong Style Drrrragon!

The Strong Style Dragon releases the hold and rises to his feet quickly, clutching the back of his own neck, which apparently had been worked on the majority of the match as it happened live. Dragon spins to a knee and spreads both arms as he bows his head, before cradling it with his left hand again. As Patriot starts to get to his feet, the Strong Style Dragon thrusts his hand in front of Johnny Patriot, to offer him a handshake. Johnny Patriot glances about momentarily, before he accepts the handshake and leaves, cradling his own neck from the recent combined assault on it. The view then switches back to a shot of the recap position.

Mark Perletta: Yet another great match to start a LEGACY show, and a successful debut for the masked man known as Strong Style Dragon. An impressive one at that.

Joey C: I wonder if the front office is going to be giving him the Tao of Valor shot at STRIFE 18.

Landon Savage: Sooner or later I'm sure this Dragon guy is going to get a title shot at something, but I wouldn't put my money on it being on the next show.

The scene cuts back to a view of the inside of the arena bowl, first showing the ring, and then as the lights dim and red spotlights and red strobes switch on the view changes to a shot of the entrance stage area. "The Mirror" by Dream Theater hits the speakers and the booing immediately start rolling in as James Win steps out from backstage, wearing a golden outfit, complete with golden sunglasses with golden lenses, one of the World Tag Team Title belts around his waist. Next out from the back is Hendrickson Tyler, who is dressed in his black leather pants and a black tshirt with an italic red "D" on the chest. Each of those two steps to a side of the ramp at the top of the stage and wait. A moment later William "Gryffin" Anselm steps out onto the stage, wearing black cargo pants, the same shirt as Hendrickson Tyler, and the other World Tag Team Title belt over his shoulder.

The trio slowly makes their way down the ramp, getting closer and closer to the ring, just ignoring the booing fans who are lining their path, reaching out for the Syndicate members who are just out of reach. James Win picks up his pace and slides into the ring, then rolls over onto his back, facing up at the lights with a big grin on his face. Hendrickson Tyler easily and casually steps up onto the ring apron, then steps over the top rope. Anselm, on the other hand, walks up the steel steps to get up onto the apron. Once he gets into the ring, he's handed a microphone from Hendrickson Tyler, who got it a couple moments ago from the ring announcer. As the music fades under, Anselm looks about, a grin forms on his face.

Gryffin Anselm: Before Brick by Brick, the Syndicate made an announcement. We told everyone that the start of our dominance was in the near future, and these belts...

Anselm takes the World Tag Team Title belt off of his shoulder and hoists it into the air.

Gryffin Anselm: These belts are just the beginning. The Old School Kings thought they were going to continue to be champions after stepping into the ring with the Syndicate. Jake Dominion thought he was untouchable, unbeatable. Looks like he was wrong.

He lets out a quick chuckle, and the rest of the trio appears to be amused as well.

Gryffin Anselm: Beating him wasn't enough. Oh no, we had to make him suffer, and instead of putting him on the shelf, we decided it was Wolfson's time, so we took out his ankle, leaving Jake Dominion hopeless and helpless to do a damn thing about it, because as he experienced after our match: the numbers game works, and with Wolfson gone, he's got NOBODY to stand with him against us.

He cracks a smile as he's reminded of a job well done.

Gryffin Anselm: It seems like everywhere you look these days around LEGACY, tag teams keep popping up. This division is getting more and more crowded, and the next team to challenge for these belts? It's not as clear cut as it has been in the past. That said, The All Star and I, we're not just going to sit back and be paper champions. We have EVERY INTENTION of defending these belts as often as possible. Plenty of teams on this roster and on other rosters are going to want a shot at these belts, but that... that's not going to work. No, we're going to be deciding who gets the first shot at the belts in a match to take place at the SuperCard. So to all the other teams out there, be at your best, because we're taking notes. You're all auditioning, and we're tough critics.

After cracking a smile yet again, Anselm non chalantly flips the microphone over, and lets it drop down to the mat as "The Mirror" by Dream Theater starts back up over the sound system.

We're backstage walking behind Loco Martinez. We hear the in arena crowd begin to boo. Loco gets to Rob Belote's door and knocks.

Rob Belote: Come in.

Loco opens the door and steps inside. Rob looks up from some paperwork and gets a half surprised smirk.

Rob Belote: I wasn't sure I'd see you tonight.

Loco half shrugs, cockily.

Loco Martinez: Eh, I was in the neighborhood. Figured I'd stop... especially since you beckoned.

Rob Belote: Yeah, well you haven't exactly done everything I've asked the last three months.

Belote pauses thinking this over

Rob Belote: In fact you've gone out of your way to do NOTHING I've asked of you the last month or two. Which, Jay, brings us to why you're here.

Loco Martinez: Oh? Am I in line for another scolding, DAD?

Rob shakes his head.

Rob Belote: No. But what you did at Brick by Brick... that was reprehensible. It makes LEGACY look bad. It makes you look worse. If you want to commit career suicide? Be my guest. But I'll be damned if this little venture into self destruction will continue on LEGACY.

Loco Martinez: I smell an ultimatum.

Belote chuckles.

Rob Belote: Kind of. Last week Dan Stein came out and challenged you to a match. He wants the challenge. He knows you can push him.

Loco scoffs.

Loco Martinez: He wants the spotlight... and ROB, I'm that spotlight right now. Don't give me some righteous bullshit about what Stein wants. Cuz we know full well if he was in here. He wouldn't be saying he would be all about the spirit of competition.

Loco pauses and starts to get aggravated... which becomes increasingly angry.

Loco Martinez: So you figure this match will be good for me. You give Dan Stein what he wants? All the bullshit he's pulled since coming to Legacy, and back into TTW... and you give HIM what he wants? And I... I get pissed on... AGAIN. I'm the one who gets scolded like a dog. That's bullshit. Just like that match with Dan is bullshit. So the answer is no.

Rob's eyes widen at Loco's outburst.

Rob Belote: Loco, think this through. Dan Stein versus Loco Martinez for the Tao of Valor Championship. You two have a history with Sky High. You two were close friends. This is a good match for you.

Loco Martinez: Wrong, Rob, its a good match for YOU. How often do I have to say, "stop hiding behind some false notion that you're helping me, by putting me in matches I don't want any part of"?

Rob throws his hands up in frustration.

Rob Belote: Fine. You pick the match. Any match. Any one. You want Marion? You want Rawlings? How about Stellar? Pick the match and I'll book it. But YOU need to get into a LEGACY ring. For me, for the fans, but most importantly, for YOU. That's why... if you don't take this match with Stein, or any other match of YOUR choosing, I have no choice but to suspend you indefinitely.

Loco's eyes widen with a combination of shock and rage.

Loco Martinez: Suspended... indefinitely? You arrogant shit. I helped BUILD this company. I've been loyal. I've done everything I could to help this place survive so you could get a Rocky Stellar or X-Calibur into this fed.

Belote just stares Loco down, and calmly proceeds.

Rob Belote: You know what? I see how it's going to be, and you leave me with no choice. I thought the threat of a suspension and the lower pay checks it brings would be incentive enough to get you into that ring and possibly break this "funk" you're in, but I guess I have no choice but to go with Plan B, so here it is: If you ever wish to step foot into a LEGACY ring, it will be after you see someone, "professionally", about this performance anxiety you've developed.

Loco shakes his head indignantly

Loco Martinez: A shrink?

Rob corrects him.

Rob Belote: A sports psychologist.

Loco Martinez: A crock. That's what this is. A huge simmering crock of shit! "Performance anxiety", just cuz I don't play by Jobby Robby's rules.

Loco scoffs and turns to the door, which suddenly swings open and in walks Dan Stein. The two men stop eyeing each other up. Loco takes two steps backwards and cautiously turns to Rob.

Loco Martinez: This some sort of set up, Rob? Try to get the pretty boy to fire me up?

Dan Stein: No, Quitter. The pretty boy just wants to prove something to you.

Loco Martinez: Prove something to me? How about proving you don't need to persue a match with Loco Martinez? Proving that Dan Stein can stand on his own two feet WITHOUT my help.

Stein smirks, tapping his title.

Dan Stein: I didn't need you to win this, I did it on my own. I didn't need you to beat DJ Cassidy, I did it on my own. You seem to think I'm using you to get my name out there - we both know that I'm one of the most famous names on the LEGACY roster. Shoot, Isaac Entragian is carving my name into his arms, hoping and praying I spend just a little bit of time worrying about him. I don't need you, Loco. But you need me.

Loco shrugs. trying a little too hard to be non chalant.

Loco Martinez: Super, you have a stalker. And Kudos, you won a little trinket in Papa Belote's ring. Your name might be hacked into an arm, but you know as well as I do... yours isn't the name on the lips of masses. I've got the world talking, people on the edges of their seats, WONDERING. And I haven't stepped foot in a Legacy ring. I don't have a shiny little belt. I've done all this by doing virtually NOTHING. So how the hell could I NEED you?

Stein grinned.

Dan Stein: You're doing nothing, all right. Nothing but degrading the name that millions of people remember as one of the best. Do you remember Sky High 2? Where you, me, Herbie J and even Evan Hyatt talked and talked and talked all night long? Do you remember the first thing you ever told me, man to man?

Loco shrugs again.

Dan Stein: I do, oh boy, I do. You told me, Loco, that you'd always have my back - no matter where we were, or who we were. And I looked you square in the eyes, I even shook your hand, Loco - like a fucking man, and I told you that I'd be the one to help you when you're in need. And you, Loco, you're in need.

Loco gets a sarcastic grin.

Loco Martinez: So that's it? A friggin intervention. Dan Stein goes all "Friend" on me? Conviently enough around the time he wants a match out of me... Wow. Jesus. Give it up, fellas. Dan? Like I've been telling Rob for months. I need no one's help. I just need to be left alone. So since I have my "big ultimatum"? Allow me to officially answer, NO.

Loco heads for the door.

Loco Martinez: Oh, and if I do feel like wrestling? I guess you'll have to tune into somewhere other than Legacy. Cuz I'm not stepping foot in a ring against HIM *thumbs to Stein*, and I'm not seeing a damn shrink. Goodbye fellas.

Loco brushes past Stein and stomps out the door. Stein turns to Belote, shaking his head, and raises his voice enough to make sure Loco can hear him.

Dan Stein: Fuckin' pussy.

Stein puts his hands on his hips and smirks.

Rob Belote: Well, we tried.

Mark Perletta: Ever since showing up in LEGACY, there has been plenty of buzz surrounding Matt Towers.

Landon Savage: A guy as huge as Towers is bound to garner a considerable amount of attention, especially when he’s so keen of speaking his mind as Matt is.

Joey C: Having a guy like him as part of the roster is refreshing. He’s talented in the ring and a charismatic guy. That’s not even to mention that he considers himself a Big Mean Bastard, and from what I’ve heard, he’s not afraid to do whatever it takes to pick up a win.

Mark Perletta: From what I know of Charles Johnson, he typically doesn’t shy away from “finding advantages”, but thus far in LEGACY he hasn’t needed to resort to anything shady to win matches.

Landon Savage: You can damn well bet that he gave that sort of thing a fair bit of consideration coming into this match.

Joey C: And can you blame him? He likes to use a brainbuster finisher, but there’s no way Charles Johnson is going to be hoisting Matt Towers up over his head.

Mark Perletta: The strategy Charles tried to put into action early on in this match was to use his agility to use, avoiding Towers’ attack, trying to do whatever he could to wear him down, slow him down, and put him on the mat.

Joey C: It certainly started to work for him, but Johnson couldn’t avoid Towers the entire match.

Landon Savage: The first slip up by Johnson, albeit after about five good minutes of conducting the match on his terms, missing that running forearm shot in the corner as Towers moved out of the way lead to the Big Mean Bastard nailing him with HUGE palm strikes to the chest, each one looking increasingly more painfull.

Start : Footage from the Match

Having backed Johnson into the corner with those palm strikes, Matt Towers nails Charles in the head with a HUGE headbutt that drops Charles limply backwards with each of his arms falling over the top rope, holding him up. Matt then starts choking the life out of his opponent. The referee steps in and starts the count, with Towers letting go just before “five”. After having let go, Matt Towers starts right back in choking Charles Johnson, and again the referee starts the count. Towers again lets go just before “five”, and this time the referee steps in between the two men and admonishes Towers for his antics, to which Matt just gets a huge grin on his face. As the referee steps back out of the way, Towers looks like he is going to go back to work on Johnson, but instead Charles steps forward and drives his knee upwards into the gut of Matt Towers. This move rocks the big man back a step, and so Charles steps in and does it again, and then a third time!!

Landon Savage: Third time’s a charm, and although he’s still on his feet, Matt Towers is having trouble standing up!

Joey C: He’s a big man, which gives him a lot of advantages, but one of the biggest disadvantages is that it doesn’t take a whole lot to get him winded.

With Matt Towers standing there, doubled over, Johnson grabs him by the head, looking for a ddt, but Towers nails him hard in the side with a clubbing forearm, and Charles lets go. Not wanting to give up the offensive, Johnson backs up a step and nails a clubbing blow of his own into the upper shoulder area of the still-doubled over Towers. Having not brought the big man down, Charles backs up into the ropes and on the return nails an elbow smash to the back of the head that puts Towers down on the mat facing up at the lights.

Mark Perletta: Huge chance here for Charles Johnson, having put the big man down onto the mat, but can he capitalize?

Joey C: It damn sure looks like he’s going to try!

Walking over to the edge of the ring, Charles ducks underneath the top rope and heads out onto the apron. Moving over to the corner, Johnson grabs the top rope for some stability and slowly starts climbing. Charles Johnson puts one foot onto the top rope, measures Matt Towers one final time before bringing his other foot up to the top rope… he springs off, looking for an elbow drop… AND HE FINDS NOTHING BUT CANVAS!!!

Mark Perletta: Matt Towers buying himself another opportunity right there as he rolls away!!

Landon Savage: It looks like Charles Johnson is now starting to favor that arm he landed down on, holding it as he starts to get back up to his feet.

Joey C: That should be the least of his worries, because Matt Towers is getting back up, too!

Both men work their way to a vertical base, Matt Towers using the ropes to help him do so. Spotting Charles Johnson nearly all the way back up, he backs into the ropes for some momentum and then quickly moves across the ring and goes for a clothesline… but Johnson is able to duck underneath it! Sensing an opportunity, Johnson runs into the ropes in front of him and on the return goes for a Yakuza Kick, but Matt Towers takes a step back and with both hands grabs Charles’ foot and shoves it back down to the ground. He steps in quickly and nails a forearm shot to the gut, doubling Johnson over, and then Matt Towers grabs Charles around the neck… lifts him up… CHOKESLAM!!!

FALLING TOWERS!!!

Here’s the pinfall attempt…

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner by PINFALL... Matt Towers!!

Mark Perletta: Nice debut match here in LEGACY for Matt Towers, and it was against one of the bigger men on the roster.

Joey C: Most people figure that Towers is going to be able to have his way with the smaller guys on our roster, but a lot of people are wondering how Matt Towers can do against guys his own size.

Landon Savage: Well there aren't too many people on our roster who are even close to being as big as Matt Towers. There's Charles Johnson, Hendrickson Tyler, Isaac Entragian... and that's about it.

Mark Perletta: Based on what we saw here tonight, I can't wait to see what happens when Matt Towers and Isaac Entragian finally cross paths.

As the camera pans around the arena as the crowd is waiting for more to come when the lights go dim red. The crowd turns around as Saliva's "Ladies & Gentlemen" blare through the speakers. The words "The Incredible One" appear on the Legacy Tron as some of the crowd stand on their feet.

"Ladies and gentlemen please
Would you bring your attention to me?
For a feast for your eyes to see
An explosion of catastrophe"

Out walks "The Incredible One" Eli Storm. Storm is wearing black jeans and boots. He tops that off with a black shirt that says in red lettering in the front "ROCKY is STELLER".

"Like nothing you've ever seen before
Watch closely as I open this door
Your jaws will be on the floor
After this you'll be begging for more"

As Storm fully steps out onto the rampway, Canadian colored streamers explodes around the new Legacy star. Storm pulls out a mic and paces the entrance area.

Storm: You know Rocky.I know you are upset. I know it kills you to see someone like me here in Legacy.soaking up all that spotlight that you thought that you would have. It turned you into a ugly little man that had no other course of action but to attack a star of my celebrity. And you didn't do it to protect your rep.

Storm shakes his head “no”.

Storm: No, you did it because you wanted to extend that 15 minutes of fame that you feel leaking from you. You wanted to ride the new wave of the sport that is known as "The Incredible One".

Storm winks at the camera.

Storm: So I, as your messiah of all that is great in the world have decided to lend you some of my spotlight in order to help revive you and your career. So I had the boys in The Ratings Boost, work on a shirt that would help in boosting your fan base. And here it is.

Storm points down to the shirt and smiles.

Storm: When someone of my amazing skill and charm says a shirt will be a top seller.the shirt becomes a top seller. But what makes this shirt the one to wear..the one to buy.is what is one the canucking back.

Storm turns around and on the back of the shirt says.."But Only Eli Is INCREDIBLE!!!". The fans, realizing what this is all about, immediately start booing. After giving the camera a moment to see what it says, Eli turns around.

Storm: Isn't that the balls!?!

After a smile forms on his face, Eli Storm drops the mic and walks back through the curtain as the crowd boos the cocky Canadian.

Paris, France

Nicole Rhodes is seen sitting on the dock of a cruise boat that just was unhinged from the harbor, sporting her trademark eye-glasses, free-flowing blonde hair, and a new golden tan, to boot, you could call her the cats’ meow of France. With her slender arms stationary on cushions, she spreads her legs a bit seductively, but never too flaunty as to deduce her normally classy demeanor. On her lap rest a piece of treasured gold which reads:

LEGACY, WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION….

The ambiance on the promotional taping is a very free and uninhibited vibe, and overall just…plain…feels nice and breezy. The feed has that very old-school feel, as it’s in black and white. Marcus Marion sits between Rhodes’ legs, and we watch him throwing coins into the rushing water. His yellow frat-boy shirt a staple of his dress apparel is very much visible, as is the outline pattern to a goatee that looks to be forming on his face. Marion runs his hands across the smooth legs, and feet of his head manager/girlfriend/, and otherwise business associate Nicole. He smiles at the camera, and if he were in the states you’d probably give him a DIE-MARION-DIE! chant. Marion rests the back of his head on his World title, which of course, has found a nice haven on the lap of his girlfriend. Smiling, the all-American blonde guy speaks.

MARCUS MARION: Hey, Rawlings, you, me, B.F.F?

On that note, Marion chuckles to himself. Nicole shares some old-fashioned, hearty good-for-the-soul laughing herself. The cameras must love his green eyes because it closes up on him pretty personally.

MARCUS MARION: I want to know...really, I do. And it’s not because I’m trying to make you the butt of a joke, or share a laugh at your expense. Lord knows, you’ve been a locker room gag since the day you put on your first pair of tights. So Rawlings, are we best friends or not?

Marion moves out of the way and what we see is doves flying in the air, the Paris boardwalk, and other tourist taking snapshots of exclusive Paris diners and hotels.

MARCUS MARION: Unfortunately, you aren’t going to get that all important, five-star-studded match you wanted, because quite frankly I won’t carry you through it. You won’t get the Revolutionary at his best, because I’m forgoing the bench set, and for the next few weeks the only thing my pretty little fingers is lifting up is a bottle of Moet. Do you understand? Because I don’t think you do, you dumb shit. It’s been said but it bears repeating that cockroaches are the only species on the planet that have survived a nuclear holocaust, a legit ice-age, and the sole of a house-wife’s slipper. They’re survivors just like me. I went through fifty minutes of pure hell at Brick by Brick, I’ve more than earned myself a few weeks of call in sick, don’t you think?

Marion mulls over the World title plating, looking at it almost obsessed-like. He grabs his title and grabs it by the straps, arrogantly pulling the title in and out of view of the camera, quickly. His posturing and teasing I’m sure goes over no heads.

MARCUS MARION: You want this belt? Come and get it. And, stud, just so you know….while you’re sticking pins and needles in every part of your body that you probably shouldn’t, take a breather…cause next STRIFE if you can beat some horny teen with a stick for his coach ticket….

Marion’s smile broadens…

MARCUS MARION: I’ll be withering away, where Tequila grows. B.F.F? Think about it.

On that note the promo video cuts off, and you can hear Nicole in the background say: “B.F.F” what the hell? And some casual laughing of the Rhodes/Marion pair, as they continue to mock Rawlings.

Mark Perletta: Our third match of the night featured the masked juggernaut known as Gigantus Awesomo stepping into the ring against the monster known as Chaos.

Landon Savage: Sure, Awesomo has been building up quite a record here in LEGACY, but Chaos is a veteran, which makes him a lot harder to beat than some of the scrubs Awesomo has beaten so far.

Joey C: Out of all of Awesomo’s matches thus far this was probably my favorite, because damn it, it was a knock-down drag-out brawl.

Mark Perletta: Sometimes to get a battle this heated, a match has to be between two guys who hate each other, but for this match, it just took two guys who are tougher than nails and love to fight.

Joey C: When you get two guys in a match who are strong technical wrestlers, you get a very technical match. You get two guys in the ring like Chaos and Gigantus Awesomo who enjoy standing toe-to-toe and just trading punches, you get a good old brawl like the one we were given here tonight.

Landon Savage: And we don’t NEED every match to be a technical match! This match was almost as fun to watch as the more technically based match between Strong Style Dragon and Johnny Patriot.

Mark Perletta: All the various different styles of wrestling LEGACY has to offer is part of what makes our product so much fun to watch.

Start : Footage from the Match

Chaos and Gigantus are trading lefts and rights in the center of the ring, and Gigantus is getting the worst of it. Gigantus takes a hard left, sending him into the ropes, and fires back with a right, but gets taken out with a stiff clothesline, sending him to the outside of the ring. Chaos steps over the top rope, following Gigantus out. Gigantus is slow to get to his feet, as Chaos drives a boot into his ribs, then pulls him back up by his hair. A stiff right hand by Gigantus catches Chaos off-guard, and Gigantus drives Chaos straight back into the ring post! Chaos drops down, taking a boot to the head from Awesomo.

Joey C: DAMN that looked like it hurt!

Landon Savage: You bet your ass it did!

Gigantus Awesomo brings Chaos back to his feet, driving the small of his back into the ring apron... a second time... and a third time. Gigantus pulls Chaos to his feet, but gets low blowed for his effort. The crowd is booing as Chaos mocks them momentarily and then brings back Gigantus up to a standing position. He then sends him back down with a well placed ring-post to the head. Chaos grins, rolling under the bottom rope to break the referee's count, then rolls back out to continue the onslaught on Gigantus Awesomo.

Landon Savage: Chaos working this match like only a veteran can, buying himself some more time there on the outside to work over Awesomo.

Joey C: He’s going to need to keep it up if he’s going to win this match.

Awesomo gets up to one knee before getting knocked back down with a vicious double-axe handle by Chaos, then sent into the barricade, and subsequently over into the crowd by a Chaos clothesline. The crowd is loving this, as Chaos gives Awesomo a left, but Gigantus immediately fires back with a right, and another, and another, and a scoop-slam onto the arena floor. Gigantus pulls Chaos up to his feet, driving a knee into his stomach, and sending him back over the barricade. Chaos struggles to his feet, only to get knocked back down by a hard clothesline from Gigantus. Gigantus motions to the crowd, pulling Chaos up to his feet, then sending him back into the ring, following him back in again.

Gigantus pulls Chaos to his feet inside the ring, and then sends him off the ropes. Ducking under the first clothesline, Chaos bounces off the ropes, and is taken down HARD with a spear. Gigantus takes his time getting up, tired himself, as he looks at Chaos. Chaos gets pulled to his feet, but rakes Gigantus' eyes, preventing him from doing whatever he had planned. Chaos with a right to the stomach, doubling Gigantus over, and bouncing off the ropes, driving him down with a boot to the skull. Chaos tries a cover.

1....

2....

Kickout by Awesomo.

Mark Perletta: It certainly wasn’t a pretty move, but Chaos nearly had him beat on that one.

Gigantus is pulled back to his feet, and then fired into the corner by Chaos' Irish whip. Chaos charges in, catching him with a splash, then firing him across the ring again to the opposite corner. Chaos charges in, but Gigantus slips out of the way! Chaos slams into the turnbuckle chest first, staggering back, as Gigantus hooks him in a reverse DDT... lifts him up onto his shoulder and then falls forward into the powerslam…

Mark Perletta: MASKED VENGEANCE!

Joey C: There's the cover!

1...

2...

3!!!

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner by PINFALL... Gigantus Awesomo!!

Mark Perletta: And Gigantus Awesomo's record improves to...

Suddenly the sound of a Gong echo's over the public address system and the lights go out and only a faint blue light remains. The light remains focused on the entrance way as the sound of yet another, louder Gong echo's throughout the arena as if summoning somebody.

Mark Perletta: Now what? Is there another new arrival?

Joey C: I don't think so, Mark. I like the blue light though.

Landon Savage: Looks like we just have a simple change of theme music. Look who we have here.

Cronos Diamante appears from the back with his eyes fixed on the ring and ultimately on Chaos. The blue silhouette surrounding Cronos is suddenly lifted when heavy guitar riffs boom over the public address system. He just stands there with his eyes fixed on Chaos while the lyrics to "Blow Me Away" by Breaking Benjamin now flood the arena.

They fall in line
One at a time
Ready to play

A lone Cronos Diamante fan is near the bottom of the ramp wearing an old t-shirt with "Essence of Excellence" printed on the front which if correct has a print of his name in fire on the back. He's cheering to his heart's content but he's surrounded by mixed reaction fans.

No time to lose
We've got to move
Steady your…

The music abruptly cuts to the mixed reaction of the fans. Cronos walks to the beginning slope of the ramp and stops to look at the crowd. The closer Cronos gets to the ring, the louder his small amount of cheers get.

Mark Perletta: Well it doesn't seem like everybody hates Cronos. I'm think I'll go out on a limb and say some of these fans weren't fond of Cronos until he came to Legacy this second time around.

Landon Savage: I don't like to admit it, but something definitely feels different about the man. But I'm not convinced his intentions are entirely as "good" as they appear to be.

Joey C: Of course they're not. Cronos has always been a breed apart in the asshole department.

Cronos brings the microphone to his lips just as Chaos moves toward the ropes. The crowd begins chanting "Fight, Fight, Fight."

Cronos Diamante: Hold on there big man. I'm not out here to fight you. Believe it or not, I'm out here for a completely different reason.

Cronos holds his right hand up to quiet the crowd down.

Mark Perletta: If he's not out here to fight then what "is" he out here for. After that match with Tim Jones I figured he would want revenge.

Landon Savage: Like I said earlier, he is different. Let's just watch and find out.

Cronos Diamante: I had a match against Tim Jones last week. You inadvertently cost me that match. Tough shit. People lose all the time due to those type of distractions. But that's the second time you cost me a match. You eliminated me from the Battle Royal. That was fair and square.

Joey C: I don't like this. What's this modesty and humility? I want the old asshole Cronos to come out.

Mark Perletta: This could be a ploy, Joey. If you'd remember, he was really good at swerving someone.

Chaos leans against the ropes with his forearms resting on the top rope and his right leg propped on the bottom rope. Cronos begins walking down the ramp and makes it to the steel steps before Chaos moves away from the ropes to position himself for a fight.

Landon Savage: I don't think Chaos is buying it for a second. He's probably heard the stories.

Mark Perletta: It's hard not to hear them with his reemergence. Everybody does homework or at least finds out by word of mouth.

Cronos pauses long enough for Chaos to take a few steps back and let Cronos in the ring. Cronos steps to the corner opposite Chaos and closest to the broadcasting team.

Cronos Diamante: I told you I'm not here for a fight. Yet.

The crowd begins another "Fight, Fight, Fight" chant and the Chaos fans around the ring are going nuts wanting to see Chaos rip Cronos apart.

Cronos Diamante: Not tonight. See. The way I figure it, Chaos… you owe me a match. I have no doubt in the world you were out there because of the unfinished business between you and Tim. It just happened to work out that you inadvertently helped him. So I'm challenging you.

The Chaos fans go absolutely nuts at the thought of seeing Chaos in the ring with Cronos. "Chaos, Chaos, Chaos." This time it's Chaos quieting down the crowd so he can hear the rest of Cronos' proposition.

Cronos Diamante: Next Strife, Chaos. You and me inside this ring. One on one. Make no mistake about it, you better bring your best because nothing short of Zeus himself striking me down is going to distract me this time.

Cronos reaches out to shake Chaos' hand.

Mark Perletta: I don't like the look of this.

Joey C: Here it comes. He's going to nail him before the handshake is over. Come on Cronos. Knock his head off.

Landon Savage: Shut up, Joey.

Cronos and Chaos shake hands without a sneak attack and with that the crowd reacts with loud cheering. Cronos throws his microphone to Josephina Colbert. He exit's the ring with his back to the ring, but before he disappears to the back he turns around to face Chaos and does a tip of the hat expression in respect.

Landon Savage: I told you something is different. Why Cronos is showing such respect to a person who obviously cost him the match against Tim Jones is beyond my comprehension right now.

Joey C: He should have took him out before the hand shake finished. That's what people pay for.

Mark Perletta: I don't know about you two, but this is getting stranger by the week. First he saves Aaron Beaudway from the grip of Issac Entragian. Then during the Battle Royal he keeps Hendrickson Tyler from a double team on Gigantus Awesomo. Then he's out here challenging Chaos in a respectful way and without a cheap shot.

Landon Savage: I still think he's pissing off a lot of big men and he'll pay for it later, but Hendrickson isn't going to employed for much longer. I do agree with you however. I don't know what's going on inside that mind of Cronos' but it isn't what we normally expect from him.

Joey C: I still don't like it. I want to see the old Cronos Diamante.

After the match is over and the competitors have headed back to the locker room, the camera gives us various shots of cheering fans...

Mark Perletta: This Legacy crowd is alive tonight!

Landon Savage: These fans seem to be getting louder by the second, Mark.

The hard camera finally focus on a particularly loud section of the audience, where fans are converging in the center near the staircase, reaching out to touch the man walking down the stairway.

Joey C: There seems to be something going on...someone the fans are mobbing down there.

Dressed in a black casual designer suit and sunglasses, the man is flanked by two others dressed like secret service agents who hold most of the fans at bay. Standing out in the picture, is that this man has a title of some sort draped over his shoulder. A soda or beer sprays over the audience area where the man is walking. Turning around pointing in the direction in which it came the cheers suddenly start turning to boos.

Local security immediatly comes following this disturbance down the isleway, clearing the fans from the center.

Mark Perletta: Wait a damn minute, guys! That looks like...like some other orginzations world championship he has draped over his shoulder!

Landon Savage: Th-that's because it is! That's Marcus Mirage!

As the local security approach him, Mirage holds up 3 tickets and points down toward three empty seats in the second row.

Mark Perletta: Following Brick by Brick, it looks as though the tag team division here in LEGACY continues to grow, with two of the newer pairings in LEGACY being across the ring from one another in our next match.

Joey C: Now hold on for a second. First of all, Long Island Hardcore is not a new team, they’re just new to our organization. Secondly, Jimmy Smith and Pat Reynolds aren’t exactly a team, Marky.

Landon Savage: This is their first match together, that’s true, and they may have had some problems with one another at Brick by Brick, but I see some potential from these two, especially considering how well they did together here in their first ever match teaming up. I think we’re looking at a young new team on the roster.

Mark Perletta: Before we get to any of that, we have a special guest joining us in the recap position here tonight. He showed up last week during a match, he was backstage this week intently watching the action on the monitors, so I invited him to join us for the recap of our next match. Trent Logan, what caused your interest in the Bushido Buntai match against Allen Franks and Mostafa Bashir last week?

Trent Logan: My interest is obvious Perletta, and that is I’m scouting teams that I think would consider themselves “players” in the tag team division. I have found significant flaws with each of the teams thus far who have pretended to be LEGACY Tag Team Champions, and my opinion of most of those still fighting for the gold to be not much higher, I’m not so full of myself as to write them off before the match even happens. Domination does not happen by being ignorant of your opponents.

Joey C: I’m going to go out on a limb and guess that you’re the one who was behind that video at Brick by Brick…

Trent Logan: If I didn't want you to put two and two together Joey, I'd not have made it so easy an addition problem for you just now. I am most certainly the man behind the video at Brick by Brick, and I stand by every word of it. For far too long, tag team wrestling in this industry and LEGACY in particular has just been a stop gap for singles sucess, leaving the titles with out the respect or tradition that they deserve.

Landon Savage: I couldn’t agree with you more, Trent. You’ve got a plan to turn things around?

Trent Logan: It's good to see that you are already seeing the big picture Landon, and to answer that question I do have a plan and I have the men to put it into action. That plans is centered around showing LEGACY and the fans what a truly dominant tag team can do - and a team that's sole focus is becoming tag team champions. This isn't simply biding time for another prize ... this is THE prize. The tag team titles should be on the same level as any federation or world title, and that's what I'm going to make sure happens here in LEGACY.

Joey C: Well we've got a match going on in the ring between two teams in their first LEGACY matches, so how about we get down to the footage?

Start : Footage from the Match

Jared Walsh repeatedly kicks Pat Reynolds in the gut, with nowhere for Reynolds to go with his back in the corner. Walsh grabs him by the arm and irish whips him across the ring into the other neutral corner. Jared then runs in and leaps, going for an impacting flying move, but Racin’ Reynolds steps up, grabs Walsh out of mid-air and slams him down to the mat, hard down onto his back.

Mark Perletta: Now both men on their backs, trying to get back to their feet… or at least their corners, hoping to make the tag in to their partners.

Joey C: I’m not sure how much of a difference it’s going to make if Pat Reynolds gets to tag in Jimmy Smith, because Big Jimmy’s taken a beating already in this match.

Landon Savage: He’s still in better shape than Reynolds is right now… but it looks like CJ Nelson is going to be the next man to enter this match as Jared Walsh is now only inches away from tagging him in… YES!

Ducking under the top rope, CJ Nelson gets right on into the ring and slowly starts making his way towards Pat Reynolds, who is getting closer and closer to his corner. Before he gets within arms length, however, Nelson stops and waits, LETTING Pat Reynolds tag in Jimmy Smith. As Big Jimmy gets into the ring, CJ Nelson steps in and starts hammering in onto the upper shoulder and back of Jimmy. Pulling his opponent backwards towards the middle of the ring, CJ Nelson lifts him up into the air, spins around… and DRIVES Big Jimmy into the mat with a huge spinebuster.

Landon Savage: Now THAT’s what I like to see, Jimmy Smith’s head bouncing off the canvas after a huge spinebuster like that!

Joey C: Jimmy Smith and Pat Reynolds are in SOOO far over their heads it’s not even funny.

Quickly back on his feet, CJ Nelson drills Smith in the back with a stomp. Then another. Then another! Nelson picks Smith up off the mat and then starts pounding down onto him with left hands. From there Nelson grabs Jimmy by the hair, yanks him up to a completely vertical base and puts his hands around Jimmy’s neck and starts choking him. As the referee yells at Nelson to stop, Pat Reynolds runs into the ring and starts laying into the back of Nelson with repeated forearm shots.

Mark Perletta: And look at this! Pat Reynolds coming to Jimmy Smith’s aid, and NOW they’re starting to look like a TEAM!

Landon Savage: Don’t get ahead of yourself, Perletta, he might be helping him out, and they might have a catchy little name, but it takes more than that to make a team.

After being pounded in the back a few times, CJ Nelson turns around and rakes the eyes of Pat Reynolds, keeping him from keeping in on the attack. Nelson fires in with a hard right hand that catches Reynolds on the jaw, but Pat doesn’t fall to the mat. Nelson fires in again, but this time the right hand is blocked, and Reynolds fires in with a right hand. Jimmy Smith gets up from the kneeling position and sends a forearm to the back of CJ Nelson, who is then rocked and taken down to the mat by a clothesline from Pat Reynolds. As Racin’ Reynolds and Big Jimmy both begin firing in with stomps, Jared Walsh runs into the ring, leaps off his feet, grabbing Pat Reynolds and taking him down to the mat near the ropes.

Joey C: Nice move by Jared Walsh, taking away the double-team, and now Walsh slides out of the ring, grabs Reynolds’ arm and drags him out of the ring. THAT is what a good tag team partner does!

Mark Perletta: He may have stopped the double team, but Jimmy Smith is still in control of the match.

Joey C: CJ Nelson is going to do just fine against Jimmy Smith, just you watch.

Satisfied with the number of stomps he’s laid into his opponent, Jimmy Smith picks CJ Nelson up off the mat. Taking him by the head, Big Jimmy grabs Nelson by one of his arms and then swings him around and DROPS him down onto his back with a swinging neckbreaker. Energized, Jimmy gets up off the mat and starts pumping his fist, then reaches down and pulls CJ up into a vertical headscissors. After signaling for his “Big Bomb” powerbomb, Jimmy starts to lift CJ up off the mat, but Nelson blocks the attempt by shaking his legs and shifting his weight. Once his feet touch down onto the mat again, CJ Nelson sends Jimmy Smith flying up and over with a back body drop.

Joey C: This is what I was telling you…

Turning only slightly, CJ Nelson drops an elbow straight down, crashing into the chest of Jimmy Smith. Getting back to his feet, CJ Nelson shakes the cobwebs loose and grabs Big Jimmy up off the mat and sets him up, not wasting any time as he picks him up over his head and DRIVES him into the mat with a powerbomb. Not letting go, Nelson picks Jimmy right back up, places him over his shoulders and then immediately hits a Death Valley Driver.

Landon Savage: And that’s the move he calls “Release the Cure”, and Jimmy Smith is OUT!

Mark Perletta: Nelson goes for the pinfall, this looks to be academic from here…

ONE…

TWO…

THREE.

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner by PINFALL... C.J. Nelson and Jared Walsh... LONG ISLAND HARDCORE!

Jared Walsh gets back into the ring and walks over to where CJ Nelson is standing and the two men have their arms raised by the referee. Suddenly, after only a few seconds of it playing, “Bad Reputation” by Thin Lizzy fades under, replaced by the sounds of traditional Japanese music. Both Nelson and Walsh turn their attention to the top of the ramp and the Bushido Buntai come out through the curtain and step out onto the entrance stage.

Mark Perletta: We knew this was coming at some point. The bad feelings between these two teams have been building since Brick by Brick.

Joey C: This is a match I would LOVE to see! Two great tag teams, standing toe to toe…

Landon Savage: Without a doubt, this match WILL happen, the only question is WHEN.

Katsuro Yoshida, Osamu Hayashi, and Shinya Nori remain atop the ramp, with their gaze set directly on the ring and Long Island Hardcore members CJ Nelson and Jared Walsh. Content to send their message non-verbally, the Bushido Buntai stand firm atop the ramp for another few moments before heading backstage.

Mark Perletta: The Bushido Buntai just walk off without incident, but they definitely sent a message to Long Island Hardcore that they won't be backing down.

Trent Logan: Making a statement? Bushido Buntai isn't going to make a statement by just showing up. They are going to have to make a statement in the ring if they are looking to prove something to Long Island Hardcore. I might not like LIHC’s tactics, but they have been a consistent tag team for a long time now. Granted, Bushido Buntai have the athletic tools, but given Katsuro Yoshida's detour through No Limits, they haven’t been a focused tag team in some time and I have to question just how that has effected their teamwork and chemistry. Now, for the last team in the match we just saw, Fast Times? Give them an “A” for effort, but tonight is their first night as an official tag team, right? You are going to take your ass kickings as you learn to be a team no matter how good you are in the ring as an individual. So on one hand we have the athletic ability and on the other we have the chemistry and experience. Domination is going to bring all of it together when they come to LEGACY. They will have the athletic gifts to rival anyone in this company, surpassing even those of a Bushido Buntai, but Domination is also going to show that they are a great team like LIHC. They will show LEGACY the entire package, the prototype for tag team wrestling.

Landon Savage: If anything, the Bushido Buntai sent the message that although they’re not backing down from Long Island Hardcore, they’re also not stepping up to the plate and making things physical. If the Bushido Buntai wanted to really do something, they should’ve gone down to the ring.

The camera switches to the back where X-Calibur and Crash are gearing up for their tag team main event match. Crash is perched on a steel folding chair, lacing his boots up, sitting stoically, while X is pacing back and forth, stretching out his shoulder blade and back. Suddenly, Crash stops lacing and a big smile comes across his face.

Crash: You know something, X? This is gonna be fun.

X stops pacing and looks at Crash.

X-Calibur: Damn straight it is.

Crash continues lacing his left boot up.

Crash: I mean, this is gonna be really, really fun.

X-Calibur: Hell yeah. Like “sleeping with your ex-girlfriend’s sister and sending said ex the photos” kind of fun.

Crash: Damn. That’s good, man.

X-Calibur: I know. Bitch deserved it, too.

X grabs a bottle of water and pours it over his head, wetting down his long dark brown hair and chiseled body. Crash chuckles to himself, shaking his head.

Crash: Or maybe “cutting in front of your eight year old nephew, beating the shit out of his pinata, taking all the candy, and flipping him off with a Now and Later grin” kind of fun.

X laughs out loud.

X-Calibur: You mean bastard.

Crash: You don’t know my little nephew, X. He can be quite the little douche.

X laughs and snaps his fingers, like a lightbulb just went off.

X-Calibur: I got the ultimate one. One that not even your mean ass could top. This is going to be “Following the piece of shit Durango that cut in front of you on the highway all the way back to where he lives, lighting a rag doused in Jack’s finest and stuffing it into the gas tank, walking around to the back of the house and pissing in his dog’s food dish, then breaking down the door to the house and -“

Crash: Whoa, whoa, whoa....

X stops for a second, looking at his counterpart.

X-Calibur: What?

Crash: You didn’t actually-

X-Calibur: Hey man, 2004 was a weird year for me...

Both men stir in an awkward silence for a moment before Crash pats X on the shoulder again.

Crash: C’mon, psycho. Lets put our boots in their asses.

X smirks.

X-Calibur: After you, Cranky Kong.

Crash shakes his head at the friendly dig. He finishes lacing up his boot and looks up at X who is merely waiting with his hands at his sides.

Crash: There ain’t gonna be nothin’ fancy about this match, X.

X-Calibur: No doubt. Wasn’t exactly expecting a five-star classic, you know.

Crash gets up from the folding chair he was situated on.

Crash: Time to show these kids a thing or two about “paying dues”.

X nods.

X-Calibur: “New School” ain’t got shit on “Legend”.

Mark Perletta: It was our first championship match of the night, and as with all No Limit Division matches, it was contested under hardcore rules.

Joey C: Despite that fact, Allen Franks did everything in his power to keep anything “hardcore” from happening in this contest.

Mark Perletta: Well just because one is allowed to do things which would normally constitute breaking the rules, that doesn’t mean they HAVE to, and Allen Franks was doing a darn good job without having to.

Landon Savage: We shouldn’t pretend like Diego de Cardenas HAS to do the typical hardcore type things to win a match, because that’s not at all the case. It just so happens that he excels at it.

Joey C: You know, we heard from Allen Franks not too long ago regarding this match, and he seemed to say that he wants to prove he’s not a joke. If that’s the case, he needs to push himself a little harder than he did during the early parts of this match. The best in the business start right out of the opening bell a lot better than Allen Franks did tonight.

Mark Perletta: This might be true, but Franks did appear to be a lot better during this match than he had during his previous match, dating back before Brick by Brick. I see a lot of potential in that young man, he just needs to learn how to put it to its best use.

Landon Savage: That said, I don’t think Diego was completely on top of his game tonight. I mean, letting Allen Franks control the first part of the match? I was completely shocked to see that.

Mark Perletta: Allen Franks did a lot better than most people thought he would, and as we got to the end of the match, Allen Franks was doing everything he could to put himself into position to take home the gold.

Start : Footage from the Match

Grabbing his opponent around the neck, Allen Franks looks for a vertical suplex attempt. When he goes to lift Diego up off the mat, however, Cardenas hooks his foot around the challenger’s knee, blocking the move. Before Franks can follow it up, Diego pushes with his feet and drives Allen over towards the ropes, and Diego continues to barrel forward, knocking Franks out of the ring under the top rope, dumping him to the outside.

Landon Savage: Good quick thinking there by Diego de Cardenas to create an opening in the match…

Joey C: And it looks like he’s going to try to follow it right back up…

Measuring up his opponent on the outside, Diego grabs the top rope, leans back, then propels himself up and over, flipping down to the outside right towards his opponent… but Allen Franks sees him coming and sidesteps, moving out of the way! Amazingly, however, Diego de Cardenas lands more or less on his feet. Franks not expecting that to happen, he’s not yet ready to get back on the defensive and is taken off his feet as Diego turns and nails him with a low dropkick to the shins. With Allen down and working his way back up, Diego walks over and grabs a steel chair, then turns back towards his opponent. Diego reaches back and swings… but Franks ducks! As Diego looks to go for a second attempt, Allen Franks grabs the chair and yanks it away from his opponent, then tosses it aside before spinning and clotheslining Diego down to the ground.

Mark Perletta: That may very well be the turning point in this match, as Allen Franks not only looks to have regained the upperhand, but he also kept himself from getting hit with a chair, which would have made his chances of winning this match a lot slimmer.

Landon Savage: Good move by the French Canadian, throwing Diego back into the ring and looking to follow up…

Joey C: THAT’s what I’m talking about, right there! Diego shaking the cobwebs loose after that clothesline, and as Allen Franks tries to get back into the ring he gets STOMPED on the back of his head… and his bell is going to be ringing for a WEEK!

Diego lifts his opponent up off the mat and fires into the head of Allen Franks with three hard right hands, dropping him down to his knees. Cardenas leans over to pull his opponent back up to his feet to continue the assault… but Franks grabs him around the neck, puts his head right underneath the champion’s chin and then DROPS straight down with the jawbreaker! Diego recoils and falls backwards, Allen Franks stumbling back a step and falling away towards the corner. While Franks tries to work his way up off the mat, Diego looks towards the outside of the ring where Hannah Perez is standing, and she takes a steel chair that she was holding and slides it into the ring underneath the bottom rope.

Landon Savage: Now THAT is a great woman to have by your side!

Mark Perletta: Diego de Cardenas now has a chair… he’s getting to his feet… I don’t think Allen Franks has a clue about the foreign object now in the ring…

As Allen Franks looks across the ring, all he sees is Diego de Cardenas slightly hunched over, so with a burst of energy he makes his way across the ring to get back in on the attack… BAM! Diego swings and LEVELS Franks with the steel chair, nailing him right across the forehead. With a huge smirk across his face, Diego appears to be loving the boos that are pouring in from the crowd as he drops down to his knees before spinning over onto his back and reclining backwards onto the chest of his fallen opponent. The ref moves into position and starts the count.

ONE…

TWO…

THREE.

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner and...

The post-match announcement is cut short and as the camera switches views, we see Hannah Perez take the microphone from Josephina Colbert.

Hannah Perez: Whenever my man gets a win in this ring, YOU get to take a break and let a real woman step up to the plate… you’ll learn that one of these days.

Hannah shoots Josephina Colbert a nasty look and Josephina shrugs her shoulders and steps back, welcoming Hannah to continue, which she does.

Hannah Perez: By pinfall, the winner of the match and still the champion of the No Limits division… Diiiiiego de Carrrrrdenas!!

Mark Perletta: Successful in his first title defense, Diego de Cardenas had a little more difficulty with this match than a lot of people thought he was going to… and maybe Allen Franks and his new-found desire to prove himself is going to propel him forward and help him finally win a match.

Joey C: I wouldn’t hold your breath, Marky… Wait, it looks like Diego has something he wants to say.

Having signalled to Hannah Perez that he wants the mic, Diego waits in the ring as his valet rejoins him, and then he looks out onto the crowd, then hands the No Limits Championship belt to Hannah, who moves in behind him and puts it around his waist. Once she's done, he speaks to the masses.

Diego de Cardenas - Allen Franks thought he was going to rise to the occassion, but what happened to him?? He got his dreams of being a "somebody" crushed underneath my boot! Send that kid back to Canada, have him find somebody to teach him how to wrestle, and then maybe someday he'll get another shot at me!

A modest level of booing from the fans kicks up.

Diego de Cardenas - I'll give him credit, though. At least Allen Franks had the guts to step up to the plate, despite the fact that he didn't stand a chance at taking me down. Imagine that. A guy like Allen Franks has more guts than that big albino BASTARD who's been running around trying to scare everybody. Isaac gets the choice of who he wants a title shot against, and who does he pick? Not me. What's the matter, Isaac, is my title not good enough for you?

Diego looks like he's getting pissed off.

Diego de Cardenas - This championship belt means something to me, and for you to treat it like it doesn't matter? That's BULLSHIT! So if you want to go off and play with the pretty boy, you go ahead and do that, but before you do, you need to be MAN ENOUGH to walk down to this ring and tell the world that the reason you're choosing the Tao of Valor Championship is because you're afraid to get your ass beaten by Diego de Cardeñas!!

Violently Diego throws the microphone down, skipping it off the mat and bouncing it in the direction of the time keeper's table, and his Santana theme music starts to play again after being cut off earlier. The feed then cuts back to a shot of the recap position.

Mark Perletta: Folks, on our previous show we saw the I.B.S. Consultants offering their services to Gigantus Awesomo, wanting to host a contest through which Awesomo might be able to pick a new manager. Tim Jones showed up, however, and Awesomo didn't give them an answer.

Landon Savage: Yeah, and from what I understand, he still hasn't. Has that stopped people from trying to submit their videos? No it hasn't.

Mark Perletta: That's right, in the past two weeks hopefull candidates have been submitting their videos - through YouTube and by mailing us their video tapes and DVDs - wanting to enter this contest.

Joey C: What the hell are we doing with those things?

Mark Perletta: Well we're not really doing anything with them right now. Until Gigantus Awesomo decides whether or not he wants to go ahead with this contest, they're just being set aside.

Joey C: He needs to decide one way or the other SOON.

Landon Savage: Since when did you care?

Joey C: Seriously? Freaks from all over the United States have been sending in a comedic GOLD MINE, and they're not being put to use? These people are the kind of desperate, pathetic losers who would do American Idol despite not having a singing voice worth a damn, and we're not using their videos for our own entertainment? C'mon, Lando, of COURSE I want to see these tapes! Who wouldn't?!

Mark Perletta: Well apparently the front office has sent word to Gigantus Awesomo that they want him to make his decision by our next show in two weeks time, so on STRIFE 18 we should have an answer.

Joey C: Fan-tastic news.

Mark Perletta: For one man, his chance to try to get back on track after a good run in the Hawkins Memorial Tournament and a deflating loss in the finals. The other gets a chance to get reacquainted with singles wrestling after being a part of various tag team divisions all over the world for the better part of the past decade.

Landon Savage: I know everybody wants to paint the picture like Hendrickson Tyler is going to be lost in the ring without Stevie Paginello on the apron ready to make the tag, but that’s clearly not what happened in this match.

Mark Perletta: He didn’t seem to be a well oiled machine, nor did he look completely comfortable, Hendrickson Tyler more than held his own in this match after a shaky beginning, though because of the beginning of the match, Justin Moreno was able to get out to an early advantage, using quick strikes to start wearing down the big man.

Joey C: Did he keep the advantage? No. Hendrickson Tyler is too big, too strong, and simply too talented to let a guy of Justin Moreno’s size hold the offensive over him for too long.

Landon Savage: When the Syndicate member took control of the offensive, things weren’t looking too good for Justin Moreno, as Hendrickson Tyler appeared to be toying with his opponent.

Mark Perletta: With his “never say die” attitude, Justin Moreno kept getting back up every time Hendrickson Tyler would put him on the mat, and because of his perseverance, he was able to mount a comeback with a nice reversal of an irish whip into a headscissors takedown that got him back on track in this match, allowing him to mount another offensive.

Landon Savage: Sure, that reversal caught Hendrickson Tyler off guard, and Justin Moreno was able to get back into this match, but the real key in any match is how well an individual can capitalize on their opportunities, and in the majority of this match, Justin Moreno wasn’t able to do that as well as he probably could’ve hoped.

Start : Footage from the Match

After a knee to the midsection, the big man tries to set up Justin for a powerbomb attempt, but Moreno starts firing in with rights and lefts to his opponent’s ribs. Trying a different strategy, Hendrickson Tyler whips Moreno into the ropes with authority and nails him with a sick looking big boot that nearly decapitates Moreno.

Mark Perletta: Oh god! That can't be good for Moreno's surgically repaired neck!

Joey C: I don't think it would be good for ANYONE, Marky!

Landon Savage: I have to agree, that looked like Moreno got shot in the head!

Tyler then raises his arms into the air and taunts the crowd as he stands over his fallen opponent before picking up Moreno by the throat. Forcing him into the air, it looks like Hendrickson is going to go for some sort of two handed chokeslam, but Moreno somehow lifts his legs up, nails Tyler in the chest and does a backflip, nailing his opponent with a dropkick on the way down. The move sends cheers throughout the arena, but Moreno doesn’t let up. He then picks Hendrickson Tyler up and tries to whip him into the ropes, but Tyler reverses it, sending Moreno into the ropes. On the return, however, Justin does a Back Handspring into a Roaring Elbow to the chest of the big man.

Mark Perletta: THE RAZZLE DAZZLE! Moreno may have caught the big man by surprise with that move!

Joey C.: Damned spot monkeys...

Landon Savage: While I'm not a fan of the flippy moves either, this one seemed to work for Moreno.

As Tyler is staggering, Moreno runs into the ropes and Tyler tries to clothesline him, but gets caught with the Pele kick right to the head, knocking the big man down. Moreno then motions to the top rope and goes for a Triple Jump Moonsault Legdrop, but Hendrickson Tyler lifts a knee up and catches the groin on Justin Moreno, who ends up thrashing wildly in pain on the canvas.

Mark Perletta: Moreno may have gone for one flashy move too many as he catches nothing but a knee to the groin.

Joey C.: I'm sure he's gonna be singing falsetto in the morning!

Landon Savage: See, this is why spot monkeys never amount to anything! Stupid moves like this!

Hendrickson Tyler lifts Moreno up to his feet and goes for an irish whip into the corner, but in the process Moreno bumps into the referee, knocking him down to the mat hard. Hendrickson pulls Moreno up off the mat, lifts him up around the waist, spins, and DRIVES Moreno down into the mat with a sidewalk slam. The boos start pouring in from the fans as out comes James Win with a steel chair in hand. When The All Star gets to the bottom of the ramp, he tosses the chair in to Hendrickson Tyler who just smirks.

Mark Perletta: Damn it! It can't end like this!

Joey C.: Oh yes it can!

Suddenly the look on Hendrickson’s face changes from one of arrogance to one of slight fear, and the fans let out a huge pop as Jake Dominion comes charging down the ramp. He first nails Win with a running forearm, then spins around and LEVELS him with the ICEBREAKER Superkick! He then turns his attention towards the inside of the ring where he looks dead into the big man's face. As they stare one another down, Moreno is slowly working his way back to his feet unnoticed.

Landon Savage: Looks like in the words of a famous person from Oklahoma, business is about to pick up!

Tyler motions for Jake to get into the ring, but Dominion stands there and smirks. With all of Hendrickson’s focus on Jake Dominion, he has no idea that Moreno is up off the mat. Sensing the opportunity, Justin backs himself into the opposite ropes and springs off with a ton of momentum and NAILS Hendrickson Tyler in the back with a dropkick that sends the big man into the ropes. Moreno uses all of his strength to spring off the ropes and do a Dragonrana into a pinning combination as he holds on for dear life, right next to where the referee is on the mat, just waking up….

Mark Perletta: Moreno just caught him out of nowhere, but is it gonna be enough? The ref makes the count…

One...

TWO...

THREE!!!

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner by PINFALL... Justin Moreno!

Joey C: I don't believe it, Moreno lucks out again!

Landon Savage: How the hell does this kid keep pulling win after win off when he's clearly outsized?

Justin Moreno releases the pinning combination and rolls out of the ring while still holding his groin as the referee raises his hand in victory as "Welcome Home" by Coheed & Cambria begins to play.

Moreno staggers off to the dressing room with a smile etched on his face.

Mark Perletta: Call it dumb luck, call it taking advantage of the opportunity, call it whatever you want, but Justin Moreno just pulled off another big win!

Joey C.: This luck can't last forever!

Landon Savage: If he's wanting a shot at Marcus Marion, that kid still has a LONG way to go!

Stephen Rawings' Voice: The World Championship... What it means to me... What it means to win it. What it means to the company... What it means to the world.

A flash of Stephen Rawlings lifting weights in a gym. Then there is a shot of Rawlings sitting in a corner of a ring, surrounded by blue light, and a towel around his neck.

Stephen Rawlings' Voice: What it means... Those are the words that haunt my mind. What does it mean. Do you go with literal meanings, or do you dig deeper, and really discover what it's all about?

Rawlings is doing push-ups and then the camera cuts to Rawlings doing chin ups.

Stephen Rawlings' Voice: I think I go with both meanings. The world title isn't just a title. It's not just a belt you wear around your waist. In fact.... It has nothing to do with fashion at all.

Rawlings is boxing with a boxing bag, shirtless. His hands are wrapped, and he has full concentration on the bag. His knuckles are beginning to bleed the harder he hits the bag.

Stephen Rawlings' voice: It's not even just an accomplishment one can earn. To win the Legacy World Championship Title... It's about honor... It's about sacrifice... It's about Justice. Bleeding the blood it takes to win... Sweating the sweat... Beating the bad. Beating the good. Winning, thats not good enough.

Stephen Rawlings is sitting int he ring again, staring at the camera.

Stephen Rawlings: Just winning a match for the title isn't good enough. If you just go out there and wrestle as good as you can wrestle, overcome the odds and win... That’s not good enough. That makes you a winner, but that doesn’t make you a world champion... To be a world champion you have to make sacrifices... You have to lose something, in order to gain something as miraculous as the world title. I have given up much in my Hunt for Red April... What has Marion given? What has Marion done?

Stephen Rawlings takes a deep breath and closes his eyes. Then we get a shot of Marcus Marion digging the heel of his shoe into the neck of Greyson Blade.

Stephen Rawlings: Nothing... It was Greyson Blade who gave up something for Marion to be Champion!

A shot of Greyson being hauled away on a stretcher.

Stephen Rawlings: For Marion to respresent the world. For Marion to respresent the company. Marcus Marion's the world Champion.... But it's Greyson Blade who deserves it. It's Stephen Rawlings who deserves it. It's time that Marcus Marion paid up, and earned his right to be champion... Or by god all mighty... Let someone hold it who does!

Stephen Rawlings is in the middle of the ring staring at the camera as the camera fades.

Mark Perletta: In our penultimate contest of the night we have our second championship match, with Crazy Boy getting the opportunity to fight for the Tao of Valor Championship against Dan Stein, the right he earned after his performance at STRIFE 16.

Landon Savage: His victory against Tony Riggs in the opening match two weeks ago was an exciting one, but Dan Stein has been on a tear lately, and taking the belt from him would be no easy task for anyone, let alone a guy who is having his second ever match here in LEGACY.

Mark Perletta: Bear in mind, however, that this isn’t Crazy Boy’s second EVER match, as Tyrone Smith has been successful in other organizations thus far in his career.

Joey C: I was a bit skeptical as to Crazy Boy’s ability to win this match, but as things got started and they went at it, I have to admit that Tyrone changed my mind, and I knew that Dan Stein was going to have a tough road if he was going to be able to hold on to his championship gold.

Mark Perletta: The crowd got into this match from the very start, with Crazy Boy getting things going quickly, and then doing his best to keep Dan Stein from being able to mount a significant offensive – a strategy that seemingly grated on Stein’s nerves.

Landon Savage: Stein being the champion that he is, he didn’t let that frustration show too much in his performance, instead he just dug in and kept battling.

Mark Perletta: This one was back and forth for the majority of the contest, but as we got late into the match, a bit of that frustration Dan Stein was feeling did come through a bit. As it was quite obvious that neither one of these guys was going to obtain a significant offensive, Dan Stein gained the upper-hand with a eye-rake.

Landon Savage: But the real question remains: was it enough to help him pick up a victory and retain his title, or did Crazy Boy make the most of his second match here in LEGACY and pick up championship gold?

Start : Footage from the Match

After laying into him with a hard knife-edge chop to the chest, Stein grabs Crazy Boy by the wrist and whips him across the ring. When Tyrone Smith bounces off the ropes Stein takes him down with a deep arm drag. Dan hops right back up to his feet, spins around and then drops both legs across Smiths chest.

Mark Perletta: This fast paced action reminds me of the Sky High tour.

Landon Savage: No doubt that Tyrone “Crazy Boy” Smith would’ve made a great addition to it, were it still around.

Joey C: Sky High was exciting to watch, but it was too limiting in it’s focus, so frankly I don’t really miss it. We get to see most of these guys in action here every week, and there’s more combinations this way.

The Lights doesn’t rest on his laurels, hopping up off the mat immediately and backing up a few steps. As Tyrone gets up holding his ribs, Stein bounces of the ropes to get some momentum, on the return launching himself with an attempted cross body... NOBODY HOME! Crazy Boy drops to his knee in the knick of time, and Stein eats the canvas, the fans cheering as it looks like things might go their way.

Landon Savage: Its Crazy boy's turn now.

Tyrone grabs Stein, dragging him up and hits a picture perfect standing dropkick! Cover.

One...

two-NO!

Stein shoulders out at two and the match continues. Not wasting any time, Crazy Boy rolls backwards and hops to his feet, then steps in and stomps down on the Tao of Valor Champion a couple of times. He then delivers a standing moonsault much to the delight of the fans. Hooking the leg he makes the cover...

One...

two...

thr-no!

As the referee signals that he only got a two count, Crazy Boy stays on the attack delivering a flurry of rights and lefts, and capping it off with an elbow drop. He stands up staring at Stein with evil in his eyes. Stein slowly gets to his feet. Crazy Boy charges, Stein ducks and nails a Northern Lights Suplex with a bridge.

One...

Two....

THR - NO!!

Mark Perletta: He almost had him there.

Crazy Boy on the mat. Dan knows he has an opportunity and makes his way out onto the apron… Stein heads to the high rent district.

Landon Savage: I believe the lights are dimming.

Crazy Boy, a little disoriented starts to get to his feet, and in position, Stein launches himself. LIGHTS OUT! FLYING ENZUIGIRI!!

One...

TWO...

THREE!!

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner by PINFALL and STILL Tao of Valor Champion... "The Lights" Dan Stein!!

Mark Perletta: Another successful title defense for Dan Stein, but Crazy Boy comes through this match having shown what he's made of, and he nearly came away with the win.

Joey C: Yeah, yeah, whatever, let's not start gawking at Crazy Boy just yet. He's only had two matches in LEGACY. Give him a few more matches and THEN we'll see what he's all about.

Landon Savage: Dan Stein on his way back to the locker room, and he's got a lot to be proud of. He's adding more value to that belt than you could ask for from a guy, and LEGACY should be happy to have a champion like him.

As Dan Stein is walking up the ramp with his championship belt over his shoulder, the lights in the arena dim slightly and the LEGACY Vision jumbotron blinks on, with the image of Rocky Stellar on it. The fans let out a pop and Stein stops in his tracks. Hearing the reaction, Stellar gets a grin on his face.

Rocky Stellar: Hey, Dan, sorry to cut your celebration short, but this will only take a minute, and then you can go backstage and do... whatever. Now I first want to apologize to all of you, because I usually like to come down to the ring and address you first hand, but I've got some things going on tonight and I'm about to head out. Before I do that, though, I have an announcement to make.

The excitement level grows amongst the crowd.

Stellar: Earlier tonight when Eli Storm came out and debuted that tshirt, and had I been able to, I would've come out from the back, ripped that shirt off of his back and stuffed it down his damn throat!

This sentiment gets a significant pop from the fans.

Stellar: But I couldn't. I was in a meeting. You see, when I showed up here tonight, Smith Cartwright tracked me down and said he wanted to have a word with me, and what he had to say... it affects you, Dan.

Stein's eyes narrow and Stellar gets a grin on his face.

Stellar: Seems like these days, everyone is trying to prove themselves worthy of getting a shot at that belt of yours. The front office has decided who gets the shot at the next show, and apparently they think that shot... should go to me.

The crowd lets out a huge pop, much to the dismay of Dan Stein, and after waiting a moment, Rocky continues.

Stellar: As I'm sure you're aware of, since you just had a regular title match, our match is going to be a special one. One fought under special stipulations. It was Smith Cartwright's choice, but to be honest? I couldn't have picked a better option for a match between Dan Stein and Rocky Stellar than to have a 30 Minute Iron Man Match.

The crowd goes absolutely berzerk when they hear the news, which brings a smile to Rocky's face.

Stellar: So Danny Boy, I'll be seeing you in about two weeks, just make sure you bring the Tao of Valor championship belt with you... because it's not leaving with you.

Dan Stein doesn't look pleased by the announcement, but he does look determined as he continues walking back up the ramp, looking at the Tao of Valor Championship belt over his shoulder just before he walks through the curtain.

Mark Perletta: Anyone who saw STRIFE 16 knows exactly why this next match is taking place. After the verbal exchange between X-Calibur and Ron Bailey, it was obvious that the two of them were destined to step into the ring with one another.

Joey C: And with the stubbornness and arrogance of Crash, there’s no way he was going to admit that John Thomas beat him cleanly at Brick by Brick, you knew he was going to want to get back into the ring to try to rectify things.

Mark Perletta: I think Crash is valid in wanting another shot at John Thomas, as the ending of the match between the two of them at the pay per view was VERY close.

Landon Savage: Close? Yes. Disputable? No. Crash wants a rematch? Fine, but you know a match of that caliber isn’t going to just happen at a regular show, so for now people will have to be satisfied with a tag match including all four of these very talented individuals.

Mark Perletta: And one hell of a match we were given. Early on in the match, X-Calibur and Crash were able to rekindle the chemistry they had years ago when they used to team up, using it to keep control over the match for the most part.

Joey C: Don’t make it sound like they dominated, Marky, because they clearly didn’t. Sure, they held the offensive for the majority of the first half of things, but John Thomas and Ron Bailey WERE, in fact, able to get their shots in, too. It just took them longer to get used to teaming up with one another than X and Crash.

Landon Savage: Not coming as a shock to anyone, the battle between Crash and John Thomas was the main highlight of this match early on, with John Thomas not avoiding Crash at all, a dissimilar strategy from the one he used in the six-man tag at STRIFE 15.

Joey C: That was a different strategy for a different day, and I maintain that John Thomas isn’t – nor has he ever been – afraid of Crash.

Mark Perletta: He certainly didn’t appear to be afraid of him during this match, nor did Ron Bailey or X-Calibur seem to want to back down from one another when they were in the ring.

Start : Footage from the Match

X-Calibur steps back through the ropes, not taking the bait from the taunting Thomas, which allows the referee to see the illegal double-teaming across the ring. The ref forcefully removes Bailey out of the ring and to his tag rope, which gives Thomas more than enough time to drag Crash to the center of the ring and taunt X-Calibur some more. Thomas looks down at Crash and grabs him by the back of his head, and mouths off some more, slapping him in the face.

Mark Perletta: Now that’s just plain stupid.

Joey C: Please, Marky. Thomas has the old dinosaur right where he wants him.

Landon Savage: Don’t be so quick to count out Crash, Joey. ESPECIALLY when teaming with a throwback partner in X. These two will end you in the blink of an eye if you’re not careful.

Finally having enough, X-Calibur steps through the ropes, waits for Thomas to stand back up and turn around, and then DROPS Thomas with an X-Terminator in the middle of the ring! Thomas is spiked down hard looks to be completely out, as Bailey desperately yells at the referee to check on the “illegal” X-Calibur.

Joey C: Noooooo!!!!

Mark Perletta: Out of NOWHERE!

Landon Savage: What did I tell ya...

X merely shrugs and flips off Bailey and steps back through the ropes and to his corner, not giving them the satisfaction of being caught in the ring illegally. The referee finally turns back around and sees Thomas completely out on his back with Crash out on his stomach next to him. The referee starts a ten-count while both guys appear to be out.

He reaches six, when Crash swings an arm out and puts it across the chest of Thomas.

One!

Two!!

THR- NO! Bailey just barely makes the save!

Joey C: C’mon Thomas!!!!

Landon Savage: I thought that one was over right there...

Mark Perletta: Thomas had a little too much time to recover there. Had the ref been in position right away, they would’ve had it.

X and the audience in attendance rallies behind Crash who had been in the ring for quite a long time. Crash stirs, slowly making his way to their corner, while Bailey steps into the ring and tries to smack some life back into John Thomas as he remains groggy on the mat from the devastating X-Terminator.

Crowd: “Lets go Crash! Lets go Crash! Lets go Crash!”

After what seemed like forever, Crash FINALLY slaps the palm of X-Calibur, and makes the official tag!

Mark Perletta: The ref sees it, and the audience loses it!

X bolts in with fists of fury and COMPLETELY ignores John Thomas by stepping over his motionless body. Left and rights fly as Bailey and X duke it out much to the referee’s dissatisfaction. Left, left, left, and X-Calibur gains control, sending Bailey down on the mat with a viscous roaring forearm shot. Thomas is stirring though, and manages to get up on his knees behind X-Calibur. He seizes the moment of distraction on X-Calibur’s part however, and grabs a handful of X’s tights with a roll-up!

One!

Thomas digs his feet into the mat and pulls on the tights hard.

Two!!

Joey C: YES! IT’S OVER!

No- X kicks out, and Crash storms the ring!

Joey C: DAMMIT!

Crash immediately brings Thomas to his feet again, and grabs him by the hair, throwing him to the outside. Crash follows, gaining his second wind and in the heat of the moment begins laying into his rival with right and left fists to the mid-section and face. With Thomas reeling, he grabs the back of his neck and SMASHES him face first along the guard rail. Thomas falls in a heap on the outside, clutching his mouth in agony. Crash looks at the audience, and screams with such intensity over Thomas’ actions the past few months.

Mark Perletta: Looks like Crash is getting himself some much earned vindication over John Thomas.

Landon Savage: Yeah, and Rollins is losing control of this one and losing it fast.

Across the ring, X has Bailey up on his feet again and nails him with an excellently executed side Russian leg sweep.

Crash looks to be climbing back into the ring when all of a sudden Thomas pulls Crash off and whips him back first into the steel railing. Suddenly, with a look of absolute purpose on his face, Thomas quickly reaches into his own tights and grabs a pair of what looks to be brass knuckles. He slides them on his hand, and before Crash could think about doing anything he is SMASHED square in the jaw!

Mark Perletta: You’ve got to be kidding me!

Joey C: Haha! Always with an ace up his sleeve!

Landon Savage: Or in this case, in his tights.

In the ring, X has Bailey up on his feet, but with the referee distracted amidst the chaos, a spaghetti legged Bailey KICKS X in the goods with a devastating low blow! X goes down, clutching his nether region in utter agony.

Joey C: Can we get a replay of that?

Mark Perletta: X is in trouble here, and Crash is OUT no thanks to that shot with the knucks.

The referee sees Thomas on the outside and Crash down against the railing, and immediately admonishes for Thomas to get back into the ring. Bailey takes this opportunity, seeing as X is on the ground holding himself, to taunt X for a moment. With the crowd really letting Bailey have every bit of it, Bailey gets X to his feet and lifts him in a fireman’s carry. Bailey swings X forward and on the way down he STRIKES X square in the temple with the point of his knee!

Mark Perletta: Not like this!!

Joey C: Yes, like this!! X is OUT!!!

Landon Savage: I believe Bailey has named that move “The Sure Thing”... we could have an upset on our hands.

Joey C: Upset my ass!!

Bailey finally makes an exit from the ring, and Thomas finally enters after having caused the long drawn out distraction. The fans are almost rioting out of their seats as Crash is nowhere in sight to make the save. Thomas simply hooks a leg.

One!

Two!!

Three!!!

Joey C: WELCOME TO LEGACY, X-CALIBUR!!!

Josephina Colbert: Here are your winners by PINFALL... John Thomas and Ron Bailey!!

Joey C: That's the way you do it, boys! Way to get the job done!

Mark Perletta: They might have picked up the win, but they do so using underhanded tactics. You've gotta believe that neither Crash NOR X-Calibur are going to be happy with the way this one ended, and I wouldn't want to be John Thomas or Ron Bailey two weeks from now.

Landon Savage: Sure, they'll have to answer to what they did and how they won the match, but frankly I don't think you're giving John Thomas OR Ron Bailey enough credit. Two young, athletic guys who know what they're doing in the ring... I think X-Cal and Crash need to be careful where they tread.

The parting shot of the show is of John Thomas and Ron Bailey standing atop the ramp, grinning ear to ear as they look down towards the ring.