The show opens cold on a shot of Alan Ducard, Bryan Harris and Jimmy Yates sitting behind a desk that resembles what you would see anchors sit behind in the studio of a sports news program such as Sports Center. "Stronger" by Kanye West is playing in the background, and behind them is an elaborate backdrop which includes several flatscreen monitors, each of them showing the same view we're seeing right now of the recap trio. As the camera zooms in, the screens fade into a shot of the yellow golden LEGACY logo.

Alan Ducard: Good evening everyone and welcome to the 2008 Destined for Greatness pre-show. Whether you’re watching us on the live feed from your pay per view provider, on the replay just two hours prior to the pay per view event itself, or if you downloaded us on the internet, we’re glad you joined us.

Jimmy Yates: This may be the pre-show, but we’ve got five great matches yet to come here tonight, all of which have important ramifications for the LEGACY landscape.

Alan Ducard: One match decides who gets to manage a top contending tag team, another provides the opportunity to showcase their talent. A third match on the card pits two of the top singles competitors against each other, yet another allows one of three teams to qualify to compete in the four-way Ladder Match for the World Tag Team Championships at the pay per view…

Bryan Harris: And the other match here tonight will determine the first LEGACY International Heavyweight Champion. Let’s not make any bones about it, though. With all the matches we’re showing you here tonight, this showis to give you a free little appetizer to convince you to purchase the 2008 DESTINED FOR GREATNESS pay per view coming up on Sunday night.

Jimmy Yates: Throughout the evening we will be saying a few words about some of our matches yet to come for Sunday night to give you a little background on why each of those is going to be taking place.

Alan Ducard: We’re doing things a bit differently tonight. Usually on STRIFE we wait until after the event is over to record introductions to portions of matches we have to show you, but tonight, we pre-recorded them, so when we talk about a match, we haven’t already seen what happens.

Bryan Harris: It’s something I’ve been suggesting for a long time, and maybe just maybe it’ll be something we do on a regular basis.

Jimmy Yates: That’s funny, I’ve never heard you mention anything about it…

Bryan Harris: Just because you never listen to me, that’s not my problem…

Alan Ducard: Our first match of the evening is an inter-gender match, pitting Laura Depp against Ezekiel Caine.

Bryan Harris: A lot of you are probably asking yourself “Isn’t Laura Depp a woman? Isn’t Ezekiel Caine the manager of Damien Black?” The answer to both of those questions is “Yes”.

Jimmy Yates: Since Chris Turner wants Laura Depp to be his manager and Damien Black wants Ezekiel Caine to be his manager, so the way that situation is being rectified is that the winner of this match gets to be THE manager of The UnHoly Alliance.

Bryan Harris: Yeah, Laura Depp, we commend your efforts on trying to compete with a guy – even though he’s not actually a wrestler, but you’re about to find out why people were assuming you were just here tobe a manager.

Alan Ducard: With all due respect, Bryan, maybe you should look at some video tape, because Laura Depp has actually wrestled before. This may be her first full match in LEGACY – her previous one ending in disqualification a couple weeks ago – but it’s not her professional debut.

Bryan Harris: Well then, let’s get to the action as we call it in progress.

Start : Footage from the Match

With a kick to the gut, Laura has Ezekiel doubled over, so she turns around and runs into the ropes for momentum. On the return she jumps up off the mat, grabs Caine by the head and slams him face first into the mat, getting a very nice ovation from the women in attendance as well as some of the guys.

Alan Ducard: Laura Depp is in complete control of this match now, and Ezekiel is getting back to his feet..

Jimmy Yates: NICE dropkick by Laura Depp, and she’s going for a pinfall...

One.

Two.

Kickout.

Bryan Harris: That was a weak attempt anyway! If Laura Depp hopes to get a win over a guy in LEGACY – even a manager – she’s going to have to do something better than that!

Laura picks up Ezekiel by the hair and throws some hard punches at the face of the Reverend. Caine puts his hands to his face in a defensive manner as Laura counters with some kicks to the shins. Caine hobbles over and Laura bounces off the ropes and connects with a spinning heel kick to the back of his head. Caine falls face first to the mat, as Laura turns him over and makes another pinfall.

Alan Ducard: Does she have it…?

One.

Two.

Kickout.

Jimmy Yates: And Caine keeps this match alive.

Laura tries to pick up Caine again and she gets raked in the eyes. Laura holds her eyes as Ezekiel gets to his feet, where he grabs Laura’s head and runs her face against the top rope. Referee Travis Rollins comes over and warns Caine, but he just shrugs his shoulders and picks up Laura and irish whips her in the ropes. On the return the Reverend connects with a running shoulder block. After hitting the mat hard, Laura holds onto her shoulder as Caine smirks mischievously. He picks up Depp and tries to hit her in the face, but she blocks the punch and counters with a THUNDEROUS slap to the face. Caine holds his cheek gingerly as he looks up and gets another slap to the face, this one to the other cheek. The crowd’s excitement level grows as Laura turns and runs into the ropes. On the return she leaps up off the mat and tackles Caine down to the mat and begins slapping him uncontrolably.

Alan Ducard: A slight variation on the Lou Thesz Press by Laura Depp!

Bryan Harris: Well would you look at this? It’s a old-fashioned cat-fight!

The two toss and tumble in the middle of the ring, punches and slaps flying everywhere as referee Travis Rollins comes and tries to break it up, but gets knocked down in the process.

Jimmy Yates: I don’t think Travis Rollins was looking to get THAT involved in it!!

Eventually, Depp gets to the ropes and kicks Caine off as she gets up and picks up Caine and hits a hurricanarana, sending Ezekiel Caine through the ropes to the outside. The referee starts the 10 count as Caine slowly gets up and gives an angry look at Laura. Laura just smiles and anxiously waits for the Reverend to get back into the ring. At the count of 8, he slowly climbs back in the ring. As Depp approaches Caine, he quickly throws some powder into Depps eyes. As she holds her eyes, trying to rub the powder out of them, Travis Rollins yells at Caine, but Ezekiel ignores it and hits a powerful DDT on her and makes a pinfall.

Alan Ducard: Not exactly a picture perfect DDT but it’ll do… Here’s the count…

One.

Two.

Thr-Kickout by Laura Depp.

Caine picks up Depp and hits a bodyslam, which he follows up by choking her from a straddled position. Laura's eyes bug out, but she keeps fighting. Referee Travis Rollins notices Caine with the illegal choke and he starts to count to 5. At the count of 4, Caine lets go of the hold as Laura clutches her throat, but shakes her head, getting the cobwebs out. Caine grabs Laura by the wrist, picks her up and sloppily sends her into the ropes with an irish whip, turning and running into the opposite ropes in hopes of doing some sort of collision move. Instead of hitting the ropes, Laura quickly slides under the ropes and stands on the outside and watches Caine bounce back and forth the ropes for a few moments before stops, realizing that she is not in the ring. He starts to stomp around the ring as Depp quickly slides in, bounces off the ropes and hits a clothesline to the back of Caines head.

Jimmy Yates: Depp with a pinfall.

One.

Two.

Kickout.

Depp looks at the referee as he holds up two fingers. She gets a little frustrated as she picks up Caine and splits her legs, hitting a modified version of a jawbreaker. Caine snaps back, holding his mouth as Depp hits a Enzuguri Kick out of nowhere.

Alan Ducard: Laura Depp with ANOTHER cover.

One.

Two.

Thr-

Bryan Harris: KICKOUT BY CAINE!! When will this girl LEARN?!

Depp pounds the mat in frustration as she picks up Ezekiel and tries to do some kind of flip kick to the head, but Caine ducks out of the way and pushes Depp face first into the turnbuckle. She staggers back and Caine explodes with a thunderous clothesline. Depps body folds inside out as Caine smiles over the fallen body of Laura and picks her up, picking her up and throwing her down with a powerslam.

Jimmy Yates: Will this be enough…?

Alan Ducard: Caine with the cover.

One

Two

Kickout.

Caine cannot believe it as he grabs Laura by the throat, apparantely about to hit some kind of chokeslam, but Depp kicks Caine in the knees, shimmys under Caines folded over body and connects with a full nelson. She smiles as she wraps her leg around Caines and drops him face first into the mat, her finisher known as PERFECTION!!

Jimmy Yates: What a move!! I think Ezekiel Caine is out!! Depp with the cover…

One.

Alan Ducard: This could be it!

Two.

Bryan Harris: NO!!!

Three!

The bell rings and the referee declares Laura Depp the winner!

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner and the NEW manager of he UnHoly Alliance of Pain... Laura... Depp!!!

Jimmy Yates: Nice start to her LEGACY career by Laura Depp! Ezekiel Caine might be a manager, but Laura was able to show here tonight that she can, in fact, wrestle, and she’s pretty good at it, too!

Alan Ducard: I figured this might be the result, and now you have to wonder how Damien Black and Chris Turner will react to having Laura Depp replace The Reverend as their manager, and how it will play into the group dynamic.

Bryan Harris: Whatever happens, Laura Depp needs to pray that she doesn’t somehow piss off Damien Black, because that’s the kind of trouble she doesn’t need.

We cut to Adam Davis sitting intently in the back. He has a few note cards in hand and a pen lying on the table that he is currently using as a footstool. His demeanor is anything but uptight. His eyes move to a television monitor, and then back down to his cards, and finally his thoughts are interrupted by backstage reporter, Andrew Kelley.

Andrew Kelley: Adam Davis? Can I have a quick word with you?

Adam groans while tossing the cards on the table and sits forward and motions for Kelley to sit down in the chair adjacent to him. Kelley obliges while glancing back to the camera.

Andrew Kelley: Well, I am here because I caught word you are actually backstage at the pre-show. It has been quite the buzz for you to be seen here tonight.

Adam Davis: Eh, I don’t know what’s so damn strange about me being here, but go on.

Andrew Kelley: Well, many reports and rumors insist than in the last few months, you have been harder to find and often late to shows. One source told me there have been a few times when you arrive just minutes before your matches.

Adam Davis: Traffic and apathy. Nothing more nothing less.

Davis cracks a smile and shrugs. Kelley furrows his brows and tries to continue on.

Andrew Kelley: With all that said, we still would like to know. Hmm, to be blunt, I guess why are you here so soon?

Adam Davis: As you can see, Andrew, I am taking notes. Unlike half the slobs and lazy assholes on the roster for Legacy, I am actually a student of the game. I give a sh*t about what and when my opponents are at their best. I like to be able to take all bits of an opponent into account. I pride myself on this, Kelley, and as should those select few out there who actually even give a flying f*ck about the psychology of this sport.

Kelley shoots the camera and Davis a puzzled look, and even his voice shows his slight annoyance in Davis being less than willing to fully explain the situation.

Andrew Kelley: I am pretty sure none of your opponents for Sunday have a match on the pre-show, and even the few who you DO want to fight probably aren’t fighting right now. That makes no sense.

Adam Davis: I am researching and preparing for any possible opponents for my Tao of Valor defenses. It’s not rocket science. Seriously, wouldn’t you want to be prepared to make the company proud by crushing any opposition? Any one of those piss ants could scurry their way up the card and make a challenge at my gold.

Andrew Kelley: Wait, what? YOUR gold? Adam, you make it sound like you already have the prestigious Tao of Valor title when you actually have to go through several talented men on Sunday night to get it…

Davis coldly looks at Kelley, and then smacks the microphone out of the hands of Kelley and yanks him by his shirt so they can be eye to eye.

Adam Davis: Listen little man. I understand you gotta handle this dog and pony show, and I even understand letting the public know what I am up to, but don’t you EVER challenge what I can or can’t do in the ring. Whenever Adam Davis sets his mind on a title, he damn well gets it. You can talk up any one of those assholes, but the fact remains, its my time to shine and as far as I am concerned, it’s a f*cking foregone conclusion. I am bringing my A game on Sunday night and will do whatever it takes, even crippling one of them, to make sure I can prove just how ignorant the front office has been by forcing me to dwell in meaningless matches.

He lets go as Kelley starts to get a little red in the face.

Adam Davis: Get the hell out of here. I don’t need these kind of negative vibes the night of my vindication of being one of the best pound for pound to ever step into our little wrestling “circle.” That belt is mine, and I won’t let anyone, not my opponents on Sunday, or even any of these jerkoffs fighting on the pre-show get in the way of that.

Jimmy Yates: In tonight’s main event match, three teams will battle it out in the hopes of getting a fourth and final spot in the World Tag Team Title Ladder Match coming up at the pay per view.

Alan Ducard: As if a tag team ladder match isn’t tough enough, DOUBLE the amount of competitors in the match and you can consider just how difficult a task it is going to be for the winner to reign victorious.

Bryan Harris: Back at our last pay per view it was the World Title which was put on the line in a match with incredible odds, and now I’d say the odds are definitely stacked against Domination, especially when you consider who’s going to be in that match with them.

Jimmy Yates: Apart from Trent Logan’s guns, former champions El Chupacabra are going to be in this match, and I’d say that Diego and Hector stand possibly the best odds to come away with the belts, given their success in these types of matches thus far in their career. I’ve seen the tapes, and they have looked impressive.

Alan Ducard: When it comes to ladder matches, there’s a fair amount of brutality you come to expect when a seven and a half foot steel item becomes fair play, and so you most certainly can’t discount what Damien Black and Chris Turner bring to the table. Both members of the Unholy Alliance of Pain are fantastic hardcore competitors with brutal matches on their resumes listing out pages long. I am sure that both of them know how to handle a ladder.

Bryan Harris: That’s just the teams who have already qualified! By the end of the night, the fourth team will be announced, and it’s either going to be the squirrely Canuckin’ Cowboy duo of Jerry Starr and Allen Franks, or it’s going to be the wily veteran old-timers ANARCHY – T.Rex and Arch Angel, OR it’s going to be the very crafty Mirage leading his huge protégé Lucien Gray into battle.

Jimmy Yates: From what I’ve seen, I’m sure that just about everyone will be pulling for Domination to retain their belts, but at this point, I think that’s the least likely thing to occur.

Alan Ducard: One thing’s for sure, I don’t think anyone’s going to forget this ladder match, no matter who ends up winning it.

Alan Ducard: Our second match of the evening looks like it’s going to be quite the bally-hoo, with a bevy of individuals all looking to make his mark.

Jimmy Yates: Each of them going into this match will try to be the first to score a pinfall or submission either inside the ring or anywhere in the area immediately surrounding the ring.

Bryan Harris: It’s the Show Me Something Showcase match, we had one of these things back at the pre-show for Glimmer of Hope, and Lucien Gray was the one to win that match. We’ve seen good things from the duo of Mirage and Lucien Gray since then, so this could be a big step for whoever wins this match.

Alan Ducard: The winner isn’t guaranteed of anything – no title shots are given out automatically for the person who scores a fall in this match, but I believe it’s fair to say that whoever comes out victorious will probably find himself in line for a good opportunity to prove themselves further.

Jimmy Yates: Some of the guys in this match have held championships before in their career, some have had title shots here in LEGACY, and for some of them… it’s their first big opportunity of their career. They all want to do something great here tonight, so let’s join the match in progress and see who made the most of it!

Start : Footage from the Match

We join the action with Mostafa Bashir delivering a headbutt to Tim Jones, dazing him briefly before Bashir scoops him up for a scoop slam, slamming Jones on his back. Benny Jackson, meanwhile, executes a double leg takedown to Kevin Oppenheimer. He slowly goes behind him, grabs the right leg, and pulls back in a knee-bar position.

Alan Ducard: Benny Jackson with quite the knee-bar applied to the leg of Kevin Oppenheimer.

Bryan Harris: Kid's got a lot of moxie, but you know something... I hate moxie!

Jimmy Yates: Is there anyone that you don't hate?

Bryan Harris: Nope, I'm an equal opportunity hater.

Jackson keeps the pressure applied until James Win breaks up the move with a kick to the shoulder. James then slowly waits until Jackson gets up to a knee before executing a jumping face slam. He then goes for the pin in the match.

Alan Ducard: Win with the pin attempt, will it be enough?

One...

TWO...

Bryan Harris: No! That was a slow count!

Jimmy Yates: If that was a slow count, then my ass is a banjo.

Win argues briefly with the referee, but gets caught with a hard right hand by Racin Reynolds. He stands ready to attack and hits Win with another hard right followed by a left hand. He then hits him with an uppercut executed with such force that it knocks Win through the middle rope to the floor. Reynolds then stands on the apron, sizes James up, and comes running full steam at him with a running double axe handle. Meanwhile, back in the ring Bashir has Tim Jones in a corner and starts to drive his shoulder into Jones' gut. He starts with one shoulder thrust, then another, then another. Bashir then slaps his knee three times in similar fashion to the Iron Shiek and charges like a bull toward "The Ladies Man". However, Jones rolls out of the way and Bashir catches nothing but the turnbuckle with his knee.

Alan Ducard: Nobody home there on that Running Knee Attack.

Bryan Harris: Jones just about wound up back on the injured reserve once again if that knee had connected.

Jimmy Yates: Jones with the dropkick to Bashir, sending him through the middle rope! I can't help but wonder if that might not have been the smartest thing to do with that surgically repaired knee.

Jones starts to limp a little bit after executing the spot. Undeterred, and gutting out the pain, Jones slowly climbs the top rope and looks down at the arena floor below. After a brief moment of hesitation, Jones falls off the top rope with an Elbow Drop in Bashir's direction to the arena floor as the fans go crazy for that high risk spot.

Crowd: "LEG-A-SEE! LEG-A-SEE!"

Alan Ducard: These Seattle fans definitely showing their appreciation for that insane move by Jones.

Bryan Harris: I don't think it'll be enough to win though...

One...

TWO...

THR...

No!!! Oppenheimer dives through the ropes with a suicide plancha to break up the pin attempt as all three men are down at this point.

Jimmy Yates: How in the world did Oppenheimer pull that off?

Alan Ducard: Certainly an amazing way to break up a pin by my fellow Englishman there.

Bryan Harris: It may have been impressive, but that scene looks like an absolute car crash at the moment.

Meanwhile, Reynolds and Jackson are in the ring. Reynolds has Win by the legs and falls backward to execute a catapult toss and Jackson hits Win in mid-air with a dropkick. Jackson then goes for a quick
cover.

Jimmy Yates: Nice double team move by Reynolds and Jackson, but will it be enough?

One...

Two...

Alan Ducard: No! Reynolds breaks that pin attempt up.

Bryan Harris: So much for that team-work, huh boys?

Jimmy Yates: You're unbelievable, Bryan...

Reynolds then slowly picks up Benny on his feet. He then executes an Irish Whip into the corner and runs toward him, putting his feet on Jackson's chest, hands on his shoulders, and falls back for a Monkey Flip. Meanwhile, Win is back up on his feet and runs to the top rope and hits his modified Asai Moonsault to Jackson, hooking the leg for a pin attempt.

Alan Ducard: Shooting Star, and this could be it...

One...

Two...

Bryan Harris: Damn it! Tim Jones breaks the pin up out of nowhere.

Jimmy Yates: And the battle rages on...

Tim Jones then grabs Win by the jaw and drops him with a modified jawbreaker, dazing Win a bit. Jones then begins stomping his foot, a la Shawn Michaels, signaling for a SNAFU, but in mid-move, his knee buckles and he crumples to the mat. Win then gets up to his feet and grabs Jones in a front facelock before dropping him with a DDT. Meanwhile, Racin Reynolds and Kevin Oppenheimer are now exchanging punches until Oppenheimer hits Reynolds with a series of bionic elbows sending him to the ground. Jackson runs toward Oppenheimer and gets caught with a bionic elbow of his own. Mostafa Bashir is back in the ring now, only to get caught with another bionic elbow from Oppenheimer.

Alan Ducard: The Legend Of Guy Fawkes to a ton of competitors in this match!

Bryan Harris: Shades of a certain blonde fat man there, huh?

Jimmy Yates: Well, as long as Kevin doesn't start saying "Lemme Tells Ya" over and over, then I think we'll be fine.

Oppenheimer then whips Jackson up and whips him into the corner. He then whips Reynolds into the opposite corner. He pauses briefly before he charges in the corner and hits a running uppercut to Jackson. He then looks in Reynolds position and hits him with another running uppercut. Meanwhile, as Tim Jones tries to get up, James Win hits him with a chop block out of nowhere. Win then stands on the apron and springboards on the top rope for what appears to be a splash attempt, but out of nowhere, Mostafa Bashir catches him with a bear-hug and applies a great deal of pressure on Win's ribs.

Alan Ducard: How did that big guy manage catch Win like that?

Bryan Harris: He may not be the brightest bulb in the box, but that guy's strong as a bull.

Jimmy Yates: He's just draining the life out of Win!

Bashir then after several moments with the bear-hug cinched, throws Win down. James rolls out of the ring in a great deal of pain. Meanwhile, as Oppenheimer works on Reynolds, Benny Jackson catches Bashir with a vicious hooking clothesline and starts to go for the figure four leglock, but suddenly, he sees a tall man with long black hair and a black beard walk halfway to the ring, wearing a yellow shirt with a black smiley face on it.

Alan Ducard: Who in the world is this guy at ringside?

Bryan Harris: Whoever it is, it seems to have Jackson distracted.

Jimmy Yates: He might want to focus on the match here...

Jackson is yelling at the man, who stands there silently for several moments before walking away. Then, just as Benny turns around, he gets caught with a SNAFU kick out of nowhere from Tim Jones, knocking him out. Jones though, starts to favor his leg as Racin Reynolds spins around and catches Jones with a discus clothseline. Reynolds then sees Oppenheimer getting to his feet and tries to run at him with a cross body, but Oppenheimer catches him in mid-air with a full rotation fallaway slam on the rebound and hooks the leg.

Alan Ducard: How in the world did Kevin Oppenheimer pull that off?

Bryan Harris: No way!

Jimmy Yates: That was the most impressive "Mind The Gap" I've ever seen executed, but is it gonna win this thing?

One...

TWO...

THREE!!!

Josephina Colbert: Ladies and Gentlemen, your winner of the "Show Me Something" Showcase... KEVIN... OPPENHEIMER!!!

Alan Ducard: Certainly a hard-fought affair by all combatants involved, but in the end, it was Kevin Oppenheimer with the win.

Bryan Harris: I may not like the little limey, but I have to admit he had a very impressive performance tonight.

Jimmy Yates: All six of these individuals, in my opinion, turned some heads tonight, but Oppenheimer was the better man on this evening.

We are backstage walking with Arch Angel who is walking the hallways. He stops by the Legacy "trainer's table". He slaps the man who's sitting there reading a newspaper on the back.

Arch Angel: Hey Bro. How's it goin'?

The trainer smiles and nods at Angel issuing a modest and quiet "fine", looking not too comfortable with being on camera.

Arch Angel: So, I'm wondering if I can snag a roll of tape for Sexy Rexy and myself. We just ran out, and all I got was one trip around my wrist.

Angel holds up his right wrist showing the started but far from completed tape job. The trainer smiles politely and quickly turns to the chest of athletic training supplies he has next to him. He pulls out a full roll of athletic tape and tosses to Arch Angel. Angel snags it with a grin, and turns heading back towards his lockerroom.

Arch Angel: Thanks, Skippy!

We follow Angel as he strolls the "bowels" of the arena before finding himself at what he THINKS is his door. But is confused, doing a double take at the two huge covered food trays sitting in front of his door on a cart with wheels. He cocks a confused eyebrow as a production assistant shows up with a THIRD covered tray of food. The P.A. looks sheepishly at Angel and smiles knocking on the door. From inside we hear T.Rex.

T.Rex: C'mon in!!

Angel sighs frustratedly and walks into the room. Rex looks up and is immediately disappointed.

T.Rex: Dang, yo... I thought you's was the food.

Angel steps back as the P.A. walks in behind him with the three trays on top of cart. Rex's eyes light up.

T.Rex: Dat's what I'm talkin' bout!

Arch Angel: May I ask, WHAT it is that your talking about, here... fat ass?

Rex flashes a hurt look, but holds up a finger.

T.Rex: I'm carbo loading for the big match tonight.

Arch Angel: Carbo LOADING?

T.Rex: Like Michael Phelps. Kid ate like 4000 calories a meal. Fried egg sam'iches omellettes, choclate chip pancakes. The WORKS. If that helped him becoming the most golded Olympican of all time?! I think it can get us to the gold at Destined for Greatness.

Angel rolls his eyes and turns to the Production Assistant.

Arch Angel: You're gonna have to take the food with you. I'm sorry you had to do all this.

T.Rex: WHAT?!?

Arch Angel: He's a 23 year old kid who does like 8 hours of cardio a DAY. You do like 17 minute of cardio... a WEEK. You don't need to "carbo load". You carbo load enough as it is. Its called 5 dollar cheese steak fridays at Kenny's down in South Philly.

T.Rex: Hey, you warm up your way. I'll warm up mine. Kid! Bring that food back.

The PA turns around again and Angel holds up a hand.

Arch Angel: You want to eat three plates of food before going out there and fighting for a title shot? ... ... REALLY? Think for a second Teddy. You want to be puking up, god knows what on this Pay Per View Pre Show? Rendering yourself useless for our match? Or you want to go out there and actually WIN. To beat these chumpstains, and go to Destined for Greatness and win that ladder match. Become the Tag Team champions???

Rex thinks this over and pouts a bit while he mutters.

T.Rex: Take the food, kid.

Angel smiles and nods.

Arch Angel: Good. Now I got the tape. Lets get ready, okay?

Rex nods begrudgingly, before looking up.

T.Rex: Can I still chalk up my hands like the gymnasts?

Arch Angel: We'll see.

We cut away as Angel continues to tape up his wrist.

Alan Ducard: One of the most heated wars of 2008 is set to come to a conclusion on Sunday night as Greyson Blade and Issac Entragian once again step into the ring with one another, and this will be the last time it happens, at least for the foreseeable future anyway.

Jimmy Yates: When their battle at Glimmer of Hope inside that roofed cage didn’t end with one of them going to the morgue, I could just sense that this thing wasn’t over with between them, and that sooner or later we’d see them meet again – with or without the No Limits Championship.

Bryan Harris: During their first encounter back at Forged by Fire, it was a triple threat match. Cronos Diamante walked into the arena that night with the No Limits Championship. Issac considered the belt his prized possession and wanted it back, whereas Greyson Blade saw it as a way to prove he hadn’t lost his brutal edge that was the defining characteristic of the early part of his career.

Alan Ducard: The Outlaw walked out of the arena that night having won the No Limits Championship, but Issac couldn’t accept that fact, and so he turned his focus on Greyson Blade – not just because Blade had the belt, but it became personal.

Jimmy Yates: For anyone who witnessed the match between them at Glimmer of Hope, I don’t think you’ll soon forget it. Clearly Blade won that match since he’s still the champion, but he didn’t pin Issac Entragian in that match, and I think that left hope in the Albino Abomination.

Bryan Harris: This time around, just listening to these two men talk about one another, knowing what they’re getting set to go through, you can just tell that this is it. Whoever wins this one is going to have won the belt and won the war, and this could have a huge affect on the LEGACY landscape.

Alan Ducard: I certainly wonder, after this match between them, if either of these two individuals will ever be the same again.

Jimmy Yates: No special gimmicks involved, no extra stipulations… this one is just straight up one-on-one in a No Limits style match… and it will probably be the most intense match all year.

Alan Ducard: Next up, our third match of the night is…

Bryan Harris: Let’s not sugar coat it, Al, it’s the first normal match of the night. We had the Showcase thing to happen already, but that wasn’t normal. A woman wrestling a demonic manager guy? Definitely not normal.

Jimmy Yates: That just goes to show you the diversity in the types of matches that LEGACY has to offer, because there are a lot of people who were looking forward to this one, knowing that it would be an incredible match with lots of technical skill on display.

Alan Ducard: Before showed up in LEGACY, Ron Bailey was a trained competitor in the realm of mixed martial arts – skills he has been working to translate into in-ring success inside a wrestling ring. And we know quite well about the accomplishments of former wrestling World Champion Devastation.

Bryan Harris: Yeah, he finds ways to take his strong style offense and defense to win matches, but Ron Bailey’s style is going to match up real well against Devastation.

Jimmy Yates: You’re not the only one who thinks that, Bryan, and that’s why some people are predicting that this may be the breakout match of Ron Bailey’s career.

Alan Ducard: That may very well be, but Ron Bailey is still considered the underdog for any of you thinking of placing last minute bets on this match.

Bryan Harris: Bold prediction here – the next time these two face off, Ron Bailey won’t be the underdog anymore.

Jimmy Yates: I’ll take that action… so how about we get to the match already in progress?

Start : Footage from the Match

From foot to foot, their bodies extend across nearly the entire ring, Devastation has Ron Bailey down on the mat, locked in a front facelock. With his knees and feet used to control his positioning, Devastation has the facelock synched in tightly.

Alan Ducard: Devastation trying to wear down his opponent here, and from the looks of things, there’s not much Ron Bailey can do about it.

Bryan Harris: Every time Ron Bailey tries to shift what he’s doing to try to find a way out of this hold, Devastation just repositions his feet, keeping Ron from going anywhere.

Jimmy Yates: It has to be frustrating to Ron Bailey, feeling almost helpless in there, but that’s why Devastation’s opponents have to always keep in mind that they don’t want to get themselves into a position like this.

Twisting his body continuously, Ron Bailey keeps his body in motion, forcing Devastation to work his body around to try to compensate and keep the hold locked on.

Alan Ducard: Ron Bailey getting closer and closer to the ropes with his leg, and he could force Devastation to break this hold…

Jimmy Yates: I think he’s going to get it…!

With one final squirm, Ron Bailey gets his leg underneath the bottom of the rope. Hooking his foot onto the match apron, Ron pries a little extra space from Devastation’s grasp as referee Don Bower moves in to tell Devastation to release the hold. The moment he has enough room, Bailey pulls himself away from Devastation using his leg and the edge of the ring apron. Moving slightly more parallel with the edge of the ring, Ron rolls sideways without even getting up.

Bryan Harris: Good thinking there by Ron Bailey, exiting the ring to take a breather.

Alan Ducard: It appears as though Devastation is going to allow Ron to regroup, not wanting to take this match to the outside.

Jimmy Yates: As great of a technician as he is, there’s really no reason for Devastation to want to take his chances outside the ring.

Slowing his breathing, Ron Bailey walks over to Helena Fitzgerald and talks to her for a moment. She nods and then points back into the ring, and Ron hops back up onto the apron as Don Bower’s count hits four. Bailey tells Don there’s no need to keep counting, and then he quickly ducks into the ring under the top rope, not wanting to let Devastation catch him coming back into the ring.

Bryan Harris: Not a smart move by Devastation, he had a moment right there where he could’ve ensured that he stayed on the offensive, and instead he decides to do the honorable thing and he lets Ron Bailey get back on even ground.

The two competitors circle for a moment, and then they meet and tie up in the middle of the ring, Devastation pulling into a collar and elbow lockup. Not wanting to give Devastation an opportunity, Bailey slips his right arm away and slides it up underneath with his left arm, buying himself an opportunity and then taking Devastation down to the mat with a hiptoss.

Alan Ducard: With that takedown, Ron Bailey puts himself into position to get in control of this match, and now he’s going for a front facelock of his own!

Jimmy Yates: He’s got it locked in… and now he’s sending knee shots into Dev’s neck and shoulders!!

Bryan Harris: Those knee shots are just BRUTAL! And this right here, this demonstrates the difference in Devastation’s wrestling training and Ron Bailey’s MMA training! Devastation didn’t go for knee shots like this a couple minutes ago!

As Helena Fitzgerald claps on the outside, Devastation gets his arm up in the way of the knees, trying to dampen the impact and block as much as possible. When Ron Bailey tries to reposition himself to get a different angle with the knees, Devastation rolls over onto his side, putting himself on top into the mounted position.

Jimmy Yates: Technical know-how or strength advantage, say whatever you want as the reason behind HOW he did it, Devastation just got back into the driver’s seat!!

Alan Ducard: And now Devastation tries to get some shots in, but Ron has his legs up and he’s locked in the guard.

Devastation unable to connect with Ron’s torso, he swings forward trying to get shots in on Bailey’s head, but Ron blocks the punches. Dropping his left arm from blocking, Ron absorbs a punch and throws a huge left hook which connects to the side of Devastation’s jaw, knocking him sideways a bit.

Bryan Harris: That left hand was a HUGE bomb to the side of Devastation’s face, and Ron breaks free and is no longer being mounted!

Jimmy Yates: Now he’s got to get to his feet if he wants to have a chance to get back into this.

Both competitors scramble to get back to a vertical base, and before Ron can get another offensive maneuver in, Devastation steps forward and connects with a wicked knife-edge chop, hitting two more as he backs his opponent up. Devastation takes Bailey down to his knees with a headbutt, then reaches down and lifts him clear up off the mat, spinning around and slamming him down onto the mat.

Alan Ducard: What a huge powerslam by the former World Champion!

Jimmy Yates: The look on Devastation’s face is one of pure focus, and this isn’t going to be good for Bailey!

Taking Ron by the shoulder, Devastation hoists him up off the mat, scooping him up, he sets Bailey up into position for a tombstone piledriver. Before Devastation can get Ron completely situated in his grasp, Bailey sends a knee into the side of Devastation’s head… then a second time. Breaking free, Ron rolls down to the mat, grabbing onto Devastation’s leg in the process, rolling through into a Brazillian heel hook submission.

Bryan Harris: Here it is! Here it is! Devastation’s gotta tap!

Alan Ducard: Great looking submission hold by Ron Bailey that he learned during his mixed martial arts training, but Devastation is scrambling, he wants to get to the ropes!

Jimmy Yates: He’s almost there… YES, he’s got the ropes!

Alan Ducard: That height, those long arms and legs of Devastation… it’s hard to keep him from forcing a rope break unless you have him exactly in the middle of the ring.

Jimmy Yates: Well Ron Bailey didn’t have that luxury when he was going for that heel hook, he was trying to avoid having his head driven straight into the mat.

Ron rolls sideways once, distancing himself a bit from Devastation and gets up off the mat. Before Ron can do anything, Devastation is back on his feet as well, and he hits a ducking backfist which connects to Ron’s rib. Taking Bailey by the wrist, Devastation tries to irish whip him towards the far corner, but Ron Bailey shuffles his feet and instead sends Devastation into the ropes. Not missing a beat, Ron runs in behind Devastation and connects with a jumping knee to the head, using the middle rope to propel himself upwards, and then Bailey grabs Devastation by the head and dives towards the center of the ring, putting him onto the mat with a bulldog takedown.

Bryan Harris: Ron Bailey buys himself a big opening with that combination in the corner!

Alan Ducard: And now he waits nearby as Devastation starts to get up off the mat, and he connects with a nice roundhouse to the chest! Then another one, but Devastation keeps getting up! Ron goes for a third kick to the chest…

Jimmy Yates: Dragon screw legwhip by Devastation… and he turns it into a leg submission!!

Twisting to the side and getting his elbow underneath of him to help him maneuver, Ron Bailey reaches out and quickly gets the ropes. Don Bower moves in and tells Devastation to relinquish the hold, which he does after a moment more of keeping it locked in. Getting to his feet first, Devastation hoists Ron up off the mat and immediately whips him into the corner chest first. Moving to a martial arts stance, Devastation stands and waits as Ron turns around and staggers out of the corner… and then he LEVELS Bailey with a stiff right roundhouse kick to the head!

Alan Ducard: Great kick by Devastation, and he’s not through just yet! Reaching down, he picks Bailey back up and again whips him across the ring!

Jimmy Yates: Big impact again with Ron Bailey’s chest hitting that top turnbuckle, and this time Devastation follows him.

Grabbing Bailey around the waist, Devastation lifts him up and sets him down onto the top turnbuckle. Climbing up behind him, Devastation grabs him around the waist from behind, hooks his own legs over the top rope and his feet behind the middle rope. Lifting up, Devastation throws Ron backwards with a release German superplex from the top rope, but Devastation stays with his legs hooked in the ropes, beinding over backwards almost ending up in a tree of woe position.

Bryan Harris: Are you KIDDING me?! How in the WORLD did Devastation manage to stay on the top rope for that one?!

Alan Ducard: I don’t know, but it certainly helped him keep from taking the impact from falling on his back that he would’ve taken from delivering the Super German Suplex.

Jimmy Yates: He’s only taking a minute to regroup, and now Devastation unhooking his legs from the ropes… you have to wonder what he’s going to try to follow that up with.

Spinning around on the top turnbuckle, Devastation stays low risk and climbs down to the mat. Taking Bailey by the head, Devastation lifts his opponent up off the mat, tucking Ron’s head between his legs into a standing headscissors. Hooking his arms underneath Ron’s abdomen, Devastatoin hoists him up vertically, then takes a step back and drives Bailey’s head down into the mat.

Alan Ducard: Spot-on perfect piledriver by Devastation, and he’s going for the pinfall to see if this is enough to put away Ron Bailey.

One…

Two…

NO!!

Jimmy Yates: Ron shoulders out, and I guess there’s still fight left in him!

Getting to his feet, Devastation backs up and glares down at Ron Bailey, then circles for a moment, allowing Ron to stir. As Ron slowly starts getting his knees underneath him, Dev moves back in and looks to get back on the offensive, but Bailey drives a hard left hand into Devastation’s gut. Putting his feet underneath him, Ron hops off the mat and drives both of his feet forward, connecting with Devastation’s knee.

Alan Ducard: Right good move by Ron Bailey to take Devastation off his feet.

Bryan Harris: He’s not wasting any time in trying to follow up…

Immediately after Devastation falls to his knees, Ron Bailey gets to his feet, turns and runs into the opposite ropes. On the return Ron hops up off his feet, throws his left leg up and then swings his right leg around and connects with the side of Devastation’s head.

Jimmy Yates: Shining Wizard!!

Alan Ducard: I’d venture to guess that if Ron Bailey went for a pinfall right here, he might get close to a three-count, but he looks a bit too spent to make the cover.

Ron Bailey is the first of the two back to his feet, and he grabs Devastation by the head and lifts him up off the mat. Taking Devastation by the wrist, Ron starts to go for an irish whip, but Devastation blocks it and pulls Bailey in. Immediately grabbing Ron around the chest and locking his hands behind Bailey’s back, Devastation springs backwards, throwing Ron over his head with a belly to belly suplex.

Jimmy Yates: Incredible show of strength by Devastation, who makes that move look effortless even at this point in the match!

Bryan Harris: Well Ron Bailey might be down, he might’ve just hit that mat hard, but he’s starting to stir so I don’t think he’s out just yet.

Not wanting to let Bailey get back into the match, Devastation walks over and grabs Ron by the arm and simultaneously lifts him up to his feet and irish whips him across the ring. On the return, Devastation goes for a clothesline, but Ron ducks it, stops his momentum, spins around and drills Dev with a forearm smash to the face. Hopping up off the mat slightly, Ron drives his knee into Devastation’s gut, backs up into the ropes to get a little bit of momentum, then dives in and grabs Devastation around the hips, twists around and takes Devastation down to the mat. Ron Bailey immediately gets up to his feet and then violently stomps down onto Devastation’s chest.

Alan Ducard: Ron Bailey has Devastation in a good position…

Positioning himself by Devastation’s head, Ron tries to lock him into a dragon sleeper, but Dev fights it off. Purposefully flailing his arms, Devastation keeps Bailey from locking his arms around his neck and then shoves Ron away and flips over onto his stomach to try to get into a better position to stand. Before Devastation can get up off the mat, though, Ron Bailey dives in and connects with a elbow drop to the back.

Jimmy Yates: Ron Bailey is in the driver’s seat, and I think he senses that the end is near!

Signaling by lifting his knee up and down a couple times, Ron excites the fans and then grabs Devastation up off the mat and immediately drops one of his shoulders hoists Dev up into a fireman’s carry. Before he can swing Devastation up off his shoulders to go for his finishing move, Devastation gets his legs down and positions himself behind Ron, clubbing him down to the mat. When Ron tries to get up, Devastation gives him a kick to the back of the head, flattening Bailey down to the mat.

Alan Ducard: Things have turned around very quickly for Devastation, and that kick looks to have found its mark and might very well spell the end for Ron Bailey.

Bryan Harris: Well Ron’s not moving…

Grabbing his opponent by the head, Dev lifts Ron up off the mat and hoists him up over his shoulder. Letting Ron slide part of the way down his back, Devastation looks to set up for the Decapitator. The excitement level amongst the fans increases, expecting to see the finish of the match, but Ron Bailey suddenly swings his legs forwards and grabs Devastation by the legs and rolls through with a modified sunset flip…

One…

TWO…

NO!

Jimmy Yates: Just when you think it’s all over for Ron Bailey, he pulls something out like that!

Frustrated, Devastation gets behind Ron Bailey and brings him up off the mat, grabs him around the waist, but before he can go for a suplex, Dev gets rocked with a back elbow smash to the face by Ron. A second elbow smash forces Devastation to let go. Ron Bailey spins around and dives in, clotheslining Devastation down to the mat. As Devastation starts to get up off the mat, Bailey gets in from behind him and connects with an elbow shot to the side of the head. Then he slams down with another elbow shot, then another, then another.

Alan Ducard: Ron Bailey with some serious impact on those MMA style elbow shots, and now Devastation could be in trouble!

Bryan Harris: He very well might be, but he’s not going to tap out from this…

Jimmy Yates: Now that’s what I call GREAT ring presence… Devastation reaching out and getting a hold on the ropes, and that forces Don Bower to get Ron Bailey to stop with the elbows.

Sensing an opportunity, Ron Bailey gets out onto the apron, then climbs the turnbuckles as quickly as he can, step by step up to the top rope. Before he can get all the way up, Ron Bailey looks up to see Devastation get up off the mat, and he moves in towards the corner. Shoving Ron’s left foot, Devastation disrupts his opponent’s balance, giving himself an opening. Devastation climbs up the turnbuckles and tries to grab Ron around the chest.

Alan Ducard: If Devastation can do something here, this could be the beginning of the end for Ron Bailey!

As Devastation tries for the superplex, Bailey drills him with a right hand to the head, then a knee to the rib, which knocks Dev backwards, sending him off the top rope. Since Devastation remains on his feet, Ron Bailey steadies himself and dives forward, flipping over Devastation and going for the sunset flip…

But Devastation grabs Ron’s legs…

DECAPITATOR!!!

Devastation reaches back, grabs Ron’s leg and goes for the pinfall…

One…

TWO…

THREE!!

Referee Don Bower turns and signals for the bell.

Josephina Colbert: Here is your winner by pinfall... DEVASTATION!!

Alan Ducard: Well fought match by both of these competitors, but Devastation blocks that sunset flip attempt by Ron Bailey there at the end and turns it instead into the Decapitator.

Jimmy Yates: It was good thinking by Ron Bailey at the time, because he nearly got a three count a couple minutes earlier with an unexpected sunset flip… and I would never have guessed that Devastation would be able to turn a sunset flip into the Decapitator.

Bryan Harris: Damn it, I have to say, I really thought Ron Bailey had that match won.

Devastation gets to his feet and lets Don Bower raise his hand as “Iron Man” plays over the speakers. Walking over to the corner, Devastation composes himself, and then looks towards the center of the ring, where Ron Bailey is starting to wake back up.

Alan Ducard: it looks like Devastation gained a touch of respect tonight for Ron Bailey and how hard he competed against him.

Jimmy Yates: Well Ron Bailey gave him all that he could handle, and you have to wonder if Helena Fitzgerald hadn’t booked Ron’s schedule so full of non-training activities, if the outcome tonight might’ve been different.

As Ron Bailey starts to work his way up off the mat, Devastation moves in and extends his hand towards his opponent. Ron looks at the hand, then looks at the fans, then looks back at Devastation. Reaching out, Ron takes Devastation’s hand and shakes it as he gets up to his feet. The fans cheer the show of respect, and then Helena Fitzgerald starts yelling to Ron from the outside, Turning his attention to her, Ron realizes that she wants him to leave the ring, so he lets go of Devastation’s hand, then turns around and exits the ring, following Helena up the ramp.

The footage then fades to black, and an advertisement appears.

The advertisement slowly fades out and we return to the recap position.

Alan Ducard: Easily one of the most innovative matches in the past decade is the Ultimate X match, and while LEGACY can’t claim to have thought of the idea or even been one of the first organizations to use it, there’s no mistaking how fun those matches are to watch, and so it doesn’t surprise me in the slightest that the front office made Ultimate X one of the tokens involved in the Tao of Valor series.

Jimmy Yates: Each of the different Tao of Valor token stipulations tests a different aspect of a competitor’s abilities, and without a doubt the Ultimate X tests agility.

Bryan Harris: I can’t think of four better guys to have involved in this match. I don’t like the kid, but Justin Moreno is almost always fun to watch in that ring. Sometimes he’s doing crazy flippy things that just make me wonder how his body was able to do such a thing, and other times he’s like a train wreck in there. You also got Stephen Rawlings, who is not just a great technical wrestler, but he’s easily one of the most agile guys on the roster.

Alan Ducard: The pure athleticism shown by Adam Davis over the past few years – both in this organization and others – has won him more than a couple championship belts, and he clearly feels that this Ultimate X match plays nicely to his strengths and that he’ll walk away with more championship gold at the end of this weekend.

Jimmy Yates: Last but not least, Derek Shane is also competing in this match, and if it were up to me, he’d be watching from the sidelines after he tried to pull a fast one on the front office by having someone impersonate Rob Belote to try to get him into a one-on-one match for the Tao of Valor Championship at Destined for Greatness 2008…

Bryan Harris: No need to continue on down that path, Jimbo. We all know that you’re not a good judge of talent, so we don’t need to hear you say that Derek Shane doesn’t belong in this match. Point is, Justin Moreno wanted to settle the score with Derek Shane and HE mad the choice to involve Derek in the match.

Alan Ducard: By the end of the weekend, we will find out whether that was a wise decision or not.

Jimmy Yates: All I know is that once those steel structures are put into place to extend the corner ringposts up about six more feet and those steel cable ropes are strung up across the ring and the Tao of Valor Championship Belt is placed up there and the Ultimate X match gets going? I’ll be glued to the edge of my seat!

Jimmy Yates: Next up is the only championship match on tonight’s show as Jean-Gerard Baptiste steps into the ring with Katsuro Yoshida for the vacant LEGACY International Heavyweight Championship.

Alan Ducard: I asked around to determine why such a high profile match as this was taking place on the pre-show, and I was told that there was desire for as much publicity behind this match as possible and to allow as many people to see it as could, and clearly since this match will air for free on television and the internet, fans all over the world will be inclined to look into it.

Bryan Harris: Yes they will, and I’m guessing they’ll be happy with what they’re going to see, because you have two world class athletes in the ring. That’s right, I said TWO. Although Msr. Baptiste has been getting under people’s skin with some of the things he has said and done and refused to do, at the end of the day you can’t deny his in-ring ability…

Jimmy Yates: You can if you haven’t seen it!! What he did in that FARCE a couple weeks ago? That doesn’t count!!

Bryan Harris: And I’m not counting that! I’ve seen his tapes, I know what he can do!

Alan Ducard: We’ve all wanted to see what Baptiste could do in a LEGACY ring, and all along he has been saying that he wanted a championship match for his debut… and I guess tonight he’s getting that very thing despite his efforts to get his situation changed with letters of protest.

Jimmy Yates: Now he’s going to have to let his physical abilities and wrestling talent do the talking for him, and he’s got a very tough opponent standing across the ring from him.

Bryan Harris: Yeah, Katsuro Yoshida’s got talent. I know what he’s done over in Japan. I’ve seen him win title belts. I KNOW that he has made huge impact over seas…but this is still America, and he’s still not on top of his game over here.

Alan Ducard: Seattle is a very internationally friendly city, especially to the Japanese, so this could very well be the right place and the right time for Katsuro Yoshida – who isn’t distracted by anything currently. Who walks away as the very first LEGACY International Heavyweight Champion? Let’s get to the match in progress.

Start : Footage from the Match

Katsuro tosses Baptiste into the ropes. On the rebound, Katsuro goes for a jumping leg lariat and which connects square in the upper chest region of Monsieur Baptiste. Rattled by this impressive striking attack, Baptiste grabs the bottom rope and pulls himself onto the apron before rolling to the outside mat for cover. The fans immediately let their ugly sentiments be known as they throw their venom in his direction.

Jimmy Yates: For those just tuning in on the initial broadcast, this is the FOURTH time Jean-Gerard Baptiste has done that in this match.

Bryan Harris: He’s French. What do you want? Bravery isn’t a common language known in that country...

Alan Ducard: For the first time in LEGACY history I think all three of us are in agreement. These sound like they’re getting a little bloody sick of Baptiste’s antics, too!!

As the fans chant “puuuuusssss-eeeeee” in Baptiste’s direction, the self-proclaimed International Icon conferences once again with his sports agent Rodney. Turning their backs on the challenger in the ring, both Baptiste and Rodney huddle all the way to the nine count before Baptiste rolls back into the ring.

Alan Ducard: Oh just bloody well come off it, will ya?!

Standing back up to a vertical base, Baptiste cranks his neck and jogs in place for a moment while Katsuro patiently stands in readied position, staring a hole through his opponent. Baptiste looks to the crowd for support and is quick to realize he doesn’t have any. Waving the audience off like he doesn’t need their support, he starts advancing towards Katsuro. Both men circle each other for a moment before coming to a collar and elbow tie-up. Katsuro deftly turns it into a go-behind waist lock, and before Baptiste has a chance to do anything about it, he grabs a hold of Baptiste’s head in a standing side head-lock.

Jimmy Yates: Katsuro showing some excellent technicality here.

Baptiste sends Katsuro into the ropes, and on the rebound, Baptiste is there for the shoulder block. Unfortunately for he though, Katsuro uses his lower center of gravity and weight advantage to charge forward and cancel out Baptiste’s shoulder block with a very aggressive one of his own. Sending Baptiste down to the mat and rolling backwards to the ropes from the sheer force of the maneuver, Baptiste sits there for a moment, looking completely stunned.

Bryan Harris: I have to say... even though all the things this guy’s accomplished speaks for an incredible resume, this guy’s performance in this match has been less than stellar.

Alan Ducard: Once again, I think we’re all in agreement with that assessment, Bryan.

Jimmy Yates: Baptiste is no featherweight, either. He’s tall and two-hundred forty pounds... that just shows you the kind of power Katsuro possesses here.

Katsuro advances towards Baptiste as he goes to get up, but Baptiste ducks in between the middle and top rope, leaning out towards the apron but looking back at Katsuro with an all-knowing smirk. Just feet away from Baptiste, referee Klinton Porter stops Katsuro from advancing with an unfair advantage. The audience cries out with frustration as Katsuro himself shakes his head with disgust, being forced to back up to the other side of the ring until Baptiste removes himself from the ropes.

Bryan Harris: Smart strategy by Frenchy here. He’s playing the mental game well with Katsuro.

Alan Ducard: You have to wonder sometimes whether or not that’s all Baptiste does. Play head games with people..

Jimmy Yates: I wouldn’t doubt it, Alan.

Baptiste finally removes himself from the ropes and stretches his shoulders out from side to side. Looking out at Rodney with a nod, Baptiste then circles his opponent again where they lock horns with a collar and elbow tie-up. Once again Katsuro swings around with a go-behind, but Katsuro is wise to his act as he throws an elbow that connects square in Katsuro’s temple. Katsuro reeling back, Baptiste uses this opportunity to turn around and deliver a high-angle dropkick that connects right in his jaw.

Jimmy Yates: Great move there. He got some serious air there for a standing dropkick.

As Baptiste gets up from the mat, he raises both of his hands high in the air as if he’d just won the match.

Alan Ducard: Bloody hell..

Exiting the ring again, Baptiste walks over to Rodney and huddles up again, much to the displeasure of the crowd. By this time Katsuro’s gotten up from the dropkick and is rubbing his jaw. Looking bewildered that an opponent of his would take the time to distract himself so heavily from the match, Katsuro looks out at everyone in the audience with great incredulity.

Bryan Harris: Katsuro looks like he’s had enough of Baptiste’s antics for one night.

Jimmy Yates: This is a huge mistake for Baptiste. You simply don’t turn your back on a man as capable of defeating you as the former No Limits Champion is.

As Baptiste’s back is still turned towards Katsuro, the former No Limits champion makes an exit from the ring and slowly makes his way towards Baptiste. Rodney is quick to point out Katsuro, but as soon as Baptiste turns around he is met with a vicious right hand that sends the crowd into a frenzy. Right after right, Katsuro pelts Baptiste’s face in with stiff shots. Unleashing his frustration over Baptiste’s ceaseless stalling techniques, after about the fourth or fifth shot he grabs Baptiste’s arm and twists it in a short arm scissors. Whipping him forward, he then drills Baptiste to the mat with a short-arm clothesline, much to the delight of the Seattle crowd.

Alan Ducard: And the Frenchman goes down... hard!!

Picking the stunned Monsieur back up by the back of his head, he grabs his arm once again. Just before letting his hand go with an Irish whip on the outside, Baptiste manages to hold on and reverse it. Katsuro then smashes shoulder first into the ring post and goes down in a heap of hurt. Rodney claps proudly for his client, and Monsieur Baptiste looks back towards him and bows graciously.

Bryan Harris: And just like that, Baptiste has turned the tables. Maybe this guy isn’t all fluff after all?

Jimmy Yates: Katsuro hit that steel pretty hard. His shoulder could be dislocated or something.

Scoffing at scornful fans in the first row, Baptiste realizes Porter’s count is at eight. Not feeling the need for the match to end just yet, Baptiste rolls into the ring briefly, just long enough to interrupt the ten count, and rolls back outside.

Alan Ducard: Looks like not even Baptiste wants this match to end in a count out.

Bryan Harris: Well, it IS for a title. So he’s got no choice but to care, probably.

Katsuro manages to get to his feet but holds the shoulder that connected fiercely with the unforgiving steel as Baptiste makes his way towards him. Measuring up his shoulder like a bulls-eye, Baptiste grabs Katsuro in a rear waist lock and head-butts the weakened shoulder numerous times.

Jimmy Yates: Oh man... those are some wicked shots!!

After six or so shots, Baptiste drives Katsuro’s shoulder into the apron and Katsuro calls out in agonizing pain. Looking for a way to add more damage to the already damaged tendons inside his shoulder, Baptiste scoops the heavier Katsuro into his arms and over his shoulder in a powerslam position. But instead of slamming him down on his back he drills him down across the knee with a devastating shoulder breaker on the outside.

Alan Ducard: Devastating shoulder breaker there!!

Bryan Harris: If Katsuro’s shoulder wasn’t hurting before, now it definitely is.

Rolling in and out again to break up the count, Baptiste lands some stiff kicks to the shoulder as a defenseless Katsuro Yoshida continues to agonize over the damage that has been done. Finally, Baptiste pulls him up to his feet and delivers a straight, disrespectful slap to the jaw that stuns Katsuro back a few feet. Looking to the crowd, clearly proud of his offense, Baptiste smiles and half-curtsies to the watching crowd.

Jimmy Yates: Man, Katsuro’s not gonna appreciate that.

Alan Ducard: Neither does this capacity crowd.

By the hair, Baptiste tosses Katsuro back into the ring and closely follows him in. Not wasting any time, Baptiste pushes himself up off of the mat in a momentary handstand before driving all of his body weight down into his knee across Katsuro’s injured shoulder and upper back region. Katsuro cries out and Baptiste rolls him back over for the cover.

One!!

Two!!

Bryan Harris: Katsuro manages to kick out but look at the way Baptiste is still holding onto that hurting shoulder.

Jimmy Yates: Clearly, its become the bulls-eye for his offense.

Standing up off of the mat, Baptiste looks out to the crowd and smiles. Inciting their displeasure even more, Baptiste shrugs his shoulders as if he knew their reaction were to be expected. Katsuro meanwhile has gotten to his feet, not to be denied. Baptiste turns back towards Katsuro and is immediately met with a roundhouse kick to the abdomen with the crowd rallying behind him intensely. Another spinning roundhouse to the gut with his arm hanging loosely at his side, and Katsuro follows this up with a spinning roundhouse that connects to the side of Baptiste’s head, sending him down to the canvas.

Bryan Harris: Holy cow bells... I think Baptiste’s bread basket just lost a couple rolls!!

Jimmy Yates: That was a sickening shot to the stomach. I think if that were me, I’d be puking all over this ring.

Having bought himself ample enough time to try and recuperate from the vicious onslaught sought unto his shoulder, Katsuro holds back into the ropes and rotates his shoulder blade to try and sooth it some. As Baptiste starts coming to and gets to his feet, Katsuro goes for another roundhouse kick to the skull, but Baptiste sees it coming and ducks. As Katsuro’s body spins fully and he is met face to face with Baptiste once again, the International Icon grabs a hold of Katsuro’s arm, stretches it out as tightly as he can, and snaps down to the mat in an armbreaker DDT with malicious intent.

Bryan Harris: You know, Baptiste COULD be preparing Katsuro for a submission move his agent Rodney had talked about him using earlier.

Jimmy Yates: Yeah, seems like I heard about that. “The Bordeaux Ripper” or something to that effect.

Alan Ducard: Sounds like a bloody murderer if you ask me!!

Baptiste twists Katsuro’s arm into a sitting hammerlock position and begins bridging his entire body right beside his opponent, pulling upwards on his arm in an effort to pull his shoulder out of the socket. Katsuro screams out in pain as Baptiste works on his arm with incredible concentration, showing great strength and athleticism by balancing his own weight perfectly with his neck and calf muscles.

Jimmy Yates: Impressive!

Bryan Harris: That takes a lot of upper body strength and balance to do such a thing.

Alan Ducard: I can give credit where credit is do, and right now even a bag of bollocks like Baptiste deserves a little.

Porter asks Katsuro if he wants to give it up, but Katsuro refuses adamantly. As Baptiste tightens the hold, Katsuro digs both feet into the canvas and uses all of his strength to pull back, lifting Baptiste forward and up from the mat. Wide-eyed with Katsuro’s show of strength, Baptiste shakes his head “no” to the audience.

Jimmy Yates: Looks like Baptiste doesn’t know what to do with Katsuro’s will to go on!

In a flash, Katsuro ducks down and reverses the hammerlock that Baptiste still had applied, switching it into a modified chicken-wing arm lock. Switching gears yet again, Katsuro snaps backwards with a release suplex, throwing Baptiste back onto his head with a beautiful release chicken-wing suplex, much to the delight of the watching audience.

Bryan Harris: My God!!

Alan Ducard: How does that expression go? He just folded him up like a accordion?

Jimmy Yates: Good usage of the metaphor, Alan.

Katsuro drops to the mat, holding his injured shoulder as Baptiste is motionless on the mat. Fans in attendance near the front row literally scream for Kastsuro to make a cover, but Katsuro continues holding his arm with great agony.

Jimmy Yates: Bad break for Katsuro.

Bryan Harris: In more ways than one, I’m sure.

Katsuro finally manages to crawl to his knees, and looks at the downed Frenchman. Mustering up all his energy to forget about the shoulder pain he’s experiencing, Katsuro makes a diving attempt at Baptiste, landing haphazardly on him with a lateral cover. But he can’t hook the leg...

One!

Two!
THR- No! Baptiste with a shoulder up and the crowd sighs aloud in unison.

Alan Ducard: He might’ve had this match won if he could’ve made the cover immediately.

Punching himself in the shoulder to try and loosen the tightening muscle and tendons, Katsuro slowly brings Baptiste to a sitting position. Seemingly out of it, Baptiste just sits there, prone to some oncoming kicks to the back. After a loud smack, followed up by another, Baptiste winces and falls backwards. Katsuro runs into the ropes and on the rebound lands a running twisting elbow drop, also know as a “flashing elbow drop”. Agonizing over his shoulder, Katsuro mans up and manages to hook a leg for the deep cover...

One!!

Two!!

Thr- NO!

Alan Ducard: Baptiste kicks out again and Katsuro looks crestfallen.

Bryan Harris: Hate him or hate him, this Baptiste fella sure is showin’ some worth here.

Jimmy Yates: I don’t know if there IS any worth to this guy. He’s been too much of a burden on everyone in LEGACY to really even THINK about justifying any of his actions.

Bryan Harris: Honestly, I won’t argue with that. Not at all. But you can’t deny the fact that Baptiste is proving to be better than we all initially thought.

Fighting through the pain with great effort, Katsuro lifts Baptiste to his feet. Smacking him in the mid-section with a knee, Katsuro then hooks him up as if he were going for a gutwrench suplex. Heaving the Frenchman upwards, Katsuro then maneuvers it into a sit-out powerbomb. Landing flush on the mat, Katsuro holds Baptiste’s legs for the pin attempt as Porter slides into position.

One!!

Two!!

THR- Baptiste kicks out, and Katsuro collapses back to the mat with a deflated look on his face.

Alan Ducard: You can tell just by the look on his face that Katsuro thought he had that one.

Bryan Harris: The International Icon won’t stay down!!

Jimmy Yates: What is it going to take for Katsuro to win this one?!

Getting up off of the mat slowly, Katsuro measures up Baptiste who is lying motionless on the mat. Rodney is practically screaming for Baptiste to do something, but it falls on deaf ears. Katsuro dives down from a standing position with a head-butt to the sternum. He gets up to his feet again and follows up the standing head-butt with a standing somersault, landing the heels of his feet right across Baptiste’s forehead. As the crowd psyches up for Katsuro’s offense, Katsuro then motions to the crowd for his patented double underhook, cattle mutilation combo.

Dragging Baptiste to his feet, he hooks Baptiste’s arms up for the double under hook, but as soon as he tries to lift Baptiste’s weight into the air again, his shoulder flares up and sends Katsuro reeling back in complete agony. Momentary distracted, it’s all the time Baptiste needed to drop to one knee. Pounding his fist on the mat beside him, Baptiste remains on one knee, while looking at his opponent.

Jimmy Yates: What’s he doing here?

Bryan Harris: I think he’s gearing up for the end, that’s what.

As soon as Katsuro turns around, Baptiste shoots up into a urinage stance, the mere force of his upward motion making a seamless transition into a wicked uranage / side slam alone. Sending the crowd into a frenzy with the maneuver that closely resembles the ever popular “Rock Bottom”. Baptiste then falls to the side, trying to gain a breather from the onslaught his opponent has dished out for the last several minutes of the match.

Meanwhile, a happy, yet calm Rodney saunters over to the announce booth and starts yelling at the commentating team.

Alan Ducard: What do you want, ya bloody wanker?

There is a momentary silence.

Jimmy Yates: For those watching this at home, Rodney wants you all to know that Monsieur Baptiste is calling that maneuver the “Au Revoir”.

Bryan Harris: If that’s his finisher, then why isn’t this match over? Baptiste isn’t even making the cover!!

Monsieur Baptiste gets to his feet, albeit wobbly after all the slams and shots his head has withstood. Looking out to the crowd, Baptiste does another curtsy, which sends the entire crowd into violent discontent. Looking back at Katsuro, Baptiste collapses to his knees and “wipes his hands clean”. Looking around at the crowd and back to his agent, Baptiste smiles wide for several moments before making the cover...

One...

Two...

THREE- NO!!

Looking completely shocked and bewildered that his finishing move didn’t put Katsuro away, Baptiste is up off of the mat and getting in Porter’s face very heatedly.

Alan Ducard: I can’t remember the last time somebody made a big deal out of debuting a finisher on television and the opponent kicked out of it. Talk about an embarrassing moment for the Frenchman!!

Bryan Harris: Yeah... well the idiot should’ve pinned him right after the move instead of wasting time with the crowd and acting so smug. As much as I usually love smugness on a talented athlete, when this French piece of crap does it I want to tear him a new one.

Jimmy Yates: Yeah. Baptiste probably would’ve had this one if he weren’t so self-obsessed with his... Frenchness? I guess?

Incensed over the fact that his finishing move didn’t get the job done, Baptiste raises a fist like he’s going to slug Porter. Pointing to the stripes on his referee shirt, Porter warns him about striking a LEGACY official and points to the LEGACY International championship sitting over at the time keeper’s table. Baptiste pulls at his hair, and then shoves Porter stiffly, sending him back into the ropes. Before Porter can call for the disqualification though, Katsuro sneaks up behind Baptiste with an old-school roll-up.

Porter decides to go with it and slides into position to administer the count.

One!!

Two!!

THR- No!!

As soon as Baptiste kicks out of the move, Katsuro collapses to the mat in agony after putting all of his weight on his bad shoulder for the roll-up. Rolling around in pain, Baptiste quickly recovers from the near pinfall and gets back on his feet. Grabbing a hold of Katsuro’s leg, he pulls him more towards the center of the ring. Katsuro tries fighting it by sending kicks upwards towards Baptiste’s upper body and face, but Baptiste is wise to them and blocks each one.

Jimmy Yates: Man, the fight that’s still left in Katsuro is uncanny. Any normal man would’ve given up by now with shoulder like that.

Alan Ducard: Quite right, Jimmy. And that “Au Revoir” slam definitely did its number on him as well...

Baptiste takes a hold of Katsuro’s legs and bends them at the knee. Crossing them, he places the left foot behind his right knee and grabs the free foot while placing it between his thighs. He then lays on top of Katsuro and locks his arms around Katsuro’s arms and eventually locks his fingers around his head. Twisting Katsuro’s injured shoulder and all of his upper body with great pressure, Katsuro beings to pull back, adding even MORE pressure to the submission maneuver.

Bryan Harris: There it is!! The Bordeax Ripper!!

Katsuro tries to fight it, but it doesn’t take long for him to slap his palm against the mat a few times, tapping out.

Jimmy Yates: No freaking way!!

Alan Ducard: Wow... I... don’t believe it. Katsuro Yoshida just tapped out... to Jean-Gerard Baptiste.

Porter calls for the bell but Monsieur Baptiste refuses to let go. Smirking smugly, Baptiste continues to hold the maneuver in tightly as Josephina Colbert makes it official.

Josephina Colbert: Ladies and gentlemen... the winner of this match... and NEW... LEGACY... INTERNATIONAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION...

The crowd waits for it, booing the whole time. Monsieur Baptiste however, FINALLY lets go of the submission hold after Klinton Porter pried his hands apart and shoves him off. Raising his hands high in the air, he immediately begins weeping with joy for his accomplishment as Rodney applauds the effort while heading to the time keeper’s table for Baptiste’s prize.

Josephina Colbert: .... JEAN.... GERARD... BAPTISTE!!!

Bryan Harris: God... Baptiste is going to be unbearable.

Jimmy Yates: As unbearable as you?

Alan Ducard: Probably worse than that, Jimmy.

Bryan Harris: Very funny.

As Rodney climbs into the ring with the championship belt slung over his shoulder, he helps Monsieur Baptiste to his feet and hands him the title. Baptiste then holds it up into the air as the capacity crowd throw their venom and trash in his direction.

Alan Ducard: The very last match you will see on Sunday night will be for the World Championship. We know it’s going to be between X-Calibur and Crash; we know it’s going to be a regularly contested match; what else can we expect? That’s hard to say.

Jimmy Yates: We’ve seen these guys in the ring with one another on a few occasions now and we know their history with each other going back a few years, so everyone should be expecting this to be an intense match. The unknown comes into play when trying to determine where allegiances lie.

Bryan Harris: What, this again? Okay, look at the facts… People have been saying that they think X-Calibur is possibly going to be replacing Crash as the leader of The Diabolik, but look at Crash’s record as of late! Crash has been nearly unstoppable, easily visible as he WON THE CO-OP CHALLENGE with NO other help to win it!

Alan Ducard: The confusion in my opinion doesn’t just surround the status and allegiances of X-Calibur and Crash, but also we have to wonder whether or not Gryffin Anselm is still in the Diabolik or if he was replaced by Cronos Diamante, and depending on how that plays out, you must wonder what effect that will have on this match.

Jimmy Yates: Yeah, no doubt about it. If Gryffin Anselm got kicked out of The Diabolik, what’s to say that he doesn’t show up during the main event to take out his frustrations?!

Bryan Harris: Too much speculation going on at this table. What we need to wonder about is whether X-Calibur is going to be able to win the big one against his former friend, because at the end of the day, allegiances issues aside, that’s what matters. It’s the WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, and these are two of the best in the industry locking horns for the ultimate prize.

Alan Ducard: Anyone who has seen or heard of either Crash or X-Calibur is looking forward to this match, and I think it’s probably unnecessary to talk about their previous encounters and what we might learn from them. It’s going to be an incredible contest, and I can’t wait.

Alan Ducard: Our fifth and final match of the evening is the only one which has direct implications on the DESTINED FOR GREATNESS 2008 pay per view on Sunday, as the winner of this three-way tag team match will earn themselves a spot as the fourth team in the Ladder Match for the World Tag Team Championships.

Jimmy Yates: Talk about a rough weekend, you’d have to think that whichever team advances is going to have a tough task ahead of them with the ladder match, having wrestled this match only 48 hours prior – none of the other teams having wrestled at all for the past couple weeks.

Bryan Harris: It might be considered a steep price, but it’s a price that I’m sure all six of these individuals are MORE than willing to pay because it means a shot at championship gold, which has been increasingly harder to come by here in LEGACY.

Alan Ducard: Well for ANARCHY, this is a huge chance to put themselves back on the map, so to speak, and prove that they’re not too old to be serious contenders for the tag titles. Walking away from the Key Arena in about 48 hours with the World Tag Team Championships would be a huge validation to their remaining credibility in this sport despite their age.

Jimmy Yates: It’s been several months, but the Canuckin’ Cowboys are hoping to get back into the short list of top contenders for the tag titles. If you recall, they were in the ring the night when Domination started its first tag team reign, being part of the effort that ended the near year-long reign of The Diabolik over the division.

Bryan Harris: They’re not exactly clicking on all cylinders like they were back then, though, Jimbo, so I don’t think the Canadian Kids have any chance of winning the belts even if they do make it out of this match alive. They can climb ladders just as fast as anyone, I suppose, but after tonight, I think the beating that Mirage and Lucien Gray put on them is going to last well past Sunday night… not that it will matter, because that’s the team I’m picking to win here tonight – the newest combination of the three.

Alan Ducard: Certainly there is much history in our industry of Marcus Mirage finding ways to accomplish his goals, and although we don’t quite know what ends he is attempting to attain right now, one would have to guess that he has been planning quite a bit for the past few weeks, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see he and Lucien be victorious here tonight.

Jimmy Yates: Six guys, one goal, who’s going to win? Let’s check it out…

Start : Footage from the Match

Blocking a punch from T.Rex, Mirage fires back with a right hand of his own, then a second one knocks T.Rex backwards down onto the mat. Returning to his feet, Allen Franks moves in and grabs Mirage by the arm, spins him around and hits a knife-edge chop, then follows up with a second one. Taking a step forward, Mirage sends his thumb right into Allen Franks’ eye.

Jimmy Yates: In very typical fashion for him, Mirage finds a way to put a stop to Allen Franks’ momentum, and from the looks of things, Mirage doesn’t give a damn about the scolding Leonard Nolan is dishing out to him right now.

Bryan Harris: Sometimes the ends justify the means, Jimbo.

T.Rex comes up from behind Mirage and puts his hand on Marcus’ shoulder, looking to spin him around, but Mirage fires backwards with a upwards kick, catching T.Rex right between the legs. The impact from the low blow puts a sour look on the face of T.Rex.

Alan Ducard: Mirage with a well-placed but mostly illegal kick, and he couldn’t look more pleased by the outcome of it.

Bryan Harris: Of course not! Leonard Nolan was too worried about Allen Franks’ eye to worry about what might’ve been happening behind Mirage.

Grabbing T.Rex by the head and arm, Mirage pushes away from his other opponent and the referee and then swings around and drops T.Rex down onto the mat with a swinging neckbreaker. As he gets up from the mat, though, Mirage is met with a hard right hand from Allen Franks, which is then followed up with a knife-edge chop that backs Mirage up a step. The Montreal Kid then steps in and sends a kick to the gut of Mirage which doubles him over, and then Allen grabs him by the head and takes him up and over with a snap suplex.

Jimmy Yates: He might not look like it, but Allen Franks has some decent power for a little guy.

Bryan Harris: Let’s see if you still think that when he’s in the ring with Lucien Gray.

Jimmy Yates: Come on, Bryan, obviously Lucien Gray’s power is going to make Allen Franks look weak, but that was a really nice snap suplex, and it takes some considerable power to be able to pull that move off so smoothely.

Alan Ducard: It absolutely does, and the double-axhandle smash he just connected with looks to have put Mirage on the mat quite well.

Hoisting Mirage up to his feet by the arm, Allen Franks sends Mirage into the corner with an irish whip. Mirage hits chest first, and then Franks charges in after him. At the last second, Mirage avoids a back elbow smash by spinning to the side, and Allen Franks catches his ribs on the turnbuckle. Making matters worse, Mirage grabs Allen by the arm, twists around and pushes him right back into another collision with the top turnbuckle, his ribs exposed again. Scooping Franks up off the mat, Mirage hooks his feet under the top turnbuckle bar, hanging him upside down in the Tree of Woe position, and then Mirage starts kicking him in the ribs.

Jimmy Yates: Well here we go, then. Mirage smells blood, he knows those ribs are going to be tender, and for the rest of the match, I would guess that Mirage is going to do his best to work on damaging them some more.

Alan Ducard: Well Leonard Nolan is doing the right thing here as he comes in and reprimands Mirage for what he’s doing to Allen Franks, and now that Mirage is getting backed up, maybe Allen…

Jimmy Yates: Can get free? No chance, not with Lucien Gray on the attack!

Having stepped down from the apron, Lucien Gray moved over on the outside while Mirage was being moved back by referee Leonard Nolan, and he punishes Allen Franks’ ribs even more with a side swiping backfist blow which hits right on target. It doesn’t take Leonard Nolan long to notice the masked monster on the outside, and he starts telling Lucien to move back to his own corner.

Meanwhile on the other side of the ring, T.Rex reaches up and tags in Arch Angel, who looks eager to get into the match. Mirage notices it just after it happens, and he starts to move in, but then thinks better of it and stands, waiting, in the middle of the ring. Arch Angel enters the ring with a head of steam and immediately starts punching Mirage. After his second punch, Arch Angel blocks one in return from Mirage and then takes a quick step forwards and clotheslines Mirage down to the mat. Mirage gets up and then gets clotheslined right back down to the mat. Mirage gets up again and this time Arch Angel scoops him up off the mat and bodyslams him down, then lifts his arm and drops an elbow right into the middle of Mirage’s chest.

Bryan Harris: Would somebody explain to me why these stupid fans get so excited when they see some old Dinosaur get a couple moves of offense in? I mean, come on, it’s not even anything big and serious, it’s just some punches, clotheslines, a bodyslam and an elbow drop!!

Alan Ducard: I belive it’s because…

Bryan Harris: RHETORICAL, Al. I don’t actually want an answer!

Alan Ducard: Well don’t ask questions you don’t want answers to, because we are paid for analysis, you know.

Bryan Harris: Tell that to Jimmy, he seems to have forgotten.

Jimmy Yates: Pound sand.

Arch Angel walks over to the corner and helps Allen Franks get down out of the Tree of Woe. Getting a foot underneath of himself, Franks springs forwards and smashes his forearm across the back of Mirage’s neck, causing him to fall flat down onto the mat. When Franks gets to his feet, Mirage again tries to get up, but Allen hops up off his feet and lands a legdrop across the back of Mirage’s neck, again sending him down to the mat.

Bryan Harris: What in the world is Arch Angel saying to Allen Franks?

Alan Ducard: Whatever it is, it appears that Allen Franks is now going to pick Mirage up to his feet.

Intertwining his arms and legs, Allen Franks expertly locks Mirage into an abdominal stretch immediately after picking him up off the mat. Arch Angel looks pleased, and he moves in and punches Mirage in the gut, then sends a modified tomahawk chop down into Mirage’s exposed ribs.

Bryan Harris: Hey! This isn’t fair, they’re double-teaming Mirage!!

Jimmy Yates: Sometimes the ends justify the means, Bry Guy.

Wanting to move on to something else, Allen Franks lets go of Mirage, only to have Arch Angel move in and tell him something else. At that point both Allen and Arch Angel each take one of Mirage’s arms and grab him by the waistband of his jeans, then they work together to lift him up off the mat, falling backwards with a dual suplex, sending Mirage down onto his back hard.

Bryan Harris: These two dummies seem to have forgotten that only ONE of their teams can win this match, and they should probably start fighting one another right about now!

Jimmy Yates: You might think so, but Allen Franks looks like he wants to keep working over Mirage!

Taking Mirage by the head, Allen starts to lift his opponent up off the mat, but Arch Angel backs up into the ropes and then charges in with a clothesline that wipes Allen off his feet, hitting the mat hard.

Alan Ducard: Apparently, Bryan, Arch Angel agrees with you.

Lifting Allen up off the mat, Arch Angel grabs him from behind around the waist, lifts him high into the air and then drops straight down with a back drop suplex. In pain, Allen Franks rolls sideways, ending on the edge of the ring apron. Returning to his feet, Arch Angel spots Mirage start to get up off the mat. Arch Angel moves in, grabs Mirage by the arm and lifts him up off the mat and goes right for the irish whip. A moment after he bounces off the ropes, Mirage goes back down to the mat as Arch Angel drills him with a boot to the face.

Jimmy Yates: For an older guy, he got his leg WAY up there!

Bryan Harris: He’s got a little flexibility in him, but he’s so tall in the first place that it couldn’t have been too tough to make that kick.

Reaching down, Arch Angel grabs Mirage by the head, but before he can lift him to his feet, he gets blindsided with a huge clubbing blow from Lucien Gray. Referee Leonard Nolan starts yelling at Lucien, but he doesn’t listen. Instead, Mirage forces his way up off the mat and joins his tag team partner in kicking Arch Angel.

Alan Ducard: The warnings of Leonard Nolan fall on deaf ears. It doesn’t seem to be stopping Lucien and Mirage…

Jimmy Yates: They don’t even look to even be slowing down at all.

Alan Ducard: It looks like it’s not going to matter in a moment!

The camera switches views and we see Allen Franks standing on the top turnbuckle. Diving off the top rope, Allen goes for a missile dropkick. Lucien Gray spots it in time and shoves Mirage out of the way, getting knocked backwards from the impact.

Jimmy Yates: Did Lucien Gray just get himself hit with a missile dropkick to avoid having Mirage get hit with it?!

Alan Ducard: Mirage did appear to be the intended target…

Bryan Harris: It was an incredibly LOYAL thing to do, and a SMART one at that, considering Mirage IS the legal man.

Standing amidst the chaos, Leonard Nolan yells at Mirage and Lucien Gray. As Lucien gets up off the mat, Nolan gets in front of him and forces him to back up and exit the ring. While Lucien is heading out of the ring, Allen punches Mirage in the face. A kick to the gut from Franks backs Mirage into the corner. With the crowd excited, Allen climbs up onto the second turnbuckle and begins raining in with the punches, one after another.

Crowd: One! Two! Three! Fou…

Alan Ducard: Again Arch Angel takes matters into his own hands!

Coming up from behind Allen Franks, Arch Angel grabs him and scoops him up off the turnbuckle and slams him down chest first onto the mat with an inverted powerslam. Taking a step forward, Arch Angel drops an elbow which connects to the center of Allen’s back.

Before Arch Angel can fully get back to his feet, Mirage moves in and sends a wicked kick to Arch Angel’s ribs, flipping him back down onto the mat. Taking a moment to catch his breath and grin at the fans in the front row, Mirage moves in and stomps down onto the center of Arch Angel’s chest.

Jimmy Yates: I don’t know what it is about Mirage that makes me want to hate him so much…

Bryan Harris: Talent? Intellect? The fact that he’d do your current job MUCH better than you IF he decided he wanted to be a half-ass analyst / announcer combination…

Taking Arch Angel by the wrist, Mirage flips him over onto his stomach, then drags Allen Franks on top of him despite the squirming by Franks to try to get up. Hopping up off the mat slightly, Mirage drops an elbow onto Allen’s chest. Getting to his feet, Mirage interlocks the legs of Arch Angel and Allen Franks, then hoists back on their legs, lifting up.

Alan Ducard: This is quite possibly the first time I’ve ever seen a Boston Crab done using one leg from TWO different people!

Jimmy Yates: I don’t know that this move is actually hurting either of those guys, and if I’m not mistaken… I think Mirage is just doing this to slow down the match and be… I don’t know… annoying?

Bryan Harris: I don’t know what would be wrong with trying to slow down the pace of a match when Mirage keeps getting double teamed?

Alan Ducard: Well he might be a bit tired of being in this match for now, and yep, there’s the tag out to Lucien Gray.

Entering the ring, Lucien Gray immediately picks up Allen Franks, lifts him up off his feet by the throat and tosses him backwards, directly into the Canuckin’ Cowboys corner where Jerry Starr is waiting. Not the slightest bit intimidated, Jerry Starr hops over the top rope. Lucien charges forward and goes for a clothesline. Starr ducks underneath it, then spins around and kicks Gray in the leg. A second kick to the leg causes Lucien to swing with a huge clubbing attempt that forces Jerry to back up a few steps. Jerry Starr hops off his feet and sends a dropkick to Lucien’s thigh, sending him down to one knee.

Jimmy Yates: Nice strategy there by Jerry Starr! Taking away one of the big man’s wheels could seriously limit Lucien’s options.

Alan Ducard: It might’ve been a good strategy to tear down Lucien Gray, but he completely ignored their third opponent, and now Arch Angel looks like he might be getting set to make the tag.

Jerry Starr moves in and clubs down onto Lucien’s back before the big man can get up, but Gray swings his hand wide and connects with a backfist to the gut, the force doubling Starr over. Getting up to one foot, Lucien puts his hand on Jerry’s shoulder, then steps forward and connects with a huge headbutt which levels Jerry down to the mat.

Bryan Harris: Down goes Starr!!

Jimmy Yates: And here comes T.Rex!!

Lucien Gray turns around and spots T.Rex a moment after he gets into the ring, but T.Rex is already moving quickly, and he leaps up off the mat and tackles Lucien down to the mat with a Lou Thesz press. As T.Rex throws fists repeatedly, Lucien tries his best to block the punches. After a fifth one, Gray tosses T.Rex off of him and gets to his feet. Seeing Jerry Starr getting up off the mat, Lucien puts his hand on Jerry’s throat and chokes him back down to the mat.

Alan Ducard: More show of disrespect for the rules by Lucien Gray…

Coming in from behind, T.Rex knees Lucien in the back. Taking him by the wrist and pulling him up off of Jerry Starr, T.Rex pulls Gray up to his feet, pulls him in and takes him off his feet with a short-arm clothesline. Not letting go of Lucien’s hand, T.Rex forces him back up to his feet and tries for another short-arm clothesline. Lucien gets his hand up and blocks the attempt, then grabs T.Rex and lifts him up off the mat into a gorilla press.

Bryan Harris: Good LORD! With that kind of strength, Mirage and Lucien Gray could EASILY be the top tag team in LEGACY!

Alan Ducard: T.Rex is a hefty guy lad, and Lucien Grey just hoisted him right up like he was nothing.

After holding T.Rex up for a moment, Lucien turns and throws him down to the mat. T.Rex hits on his side, rolls, and gets his feet underneath of himself and hobbles up to his feet. As Lucien makes way to try to go for some offense on Jerry Starr, T.Rex runs over, grabs Gray by the arm, spins him around and hammers him with a right hand, then a left hand, then a right hand, then a left hand.

Jimmy Yates: Pick a hand, any hand!!

Turning around and running into the ropes, T.Rex tackles Lucien Gray down to the mat. Straddling him, T.Rex sits up and slaps down hard onto Lucien’s chest, then puts his forearm across Lucien’s throat and applies pressure. Suddenly T.Rex gets hit with a running dropkick from Allen Franks to his side, knocking him off the masked monster.

Lucien Gray starts working his way up off the mat as Allen Franks rapidly kicks T.Rex, but before he can do anything, Lucien gets bulldogged down to the mat by Jerry Starr, who moves out of the way just in time and then Allen Franks runs in and hops up and lands with a senton down onto Lucien.

Alan Ducard: Great teamwork here by the Canuckin’ Cowboys.

Bryan Harris: This is what I like to see, Leonard Nolan not playing favorites as he tells Allen Franks to get out of the ring since he’s clearly not the legal man.

Jimmy Yates: Well Jerry Starr’s going to fix that!!

Moving over to his corner, Jerry Starr reaches out and makes the tag in to Allen Franks. As soon as he gets back into the ring, Allen runs towards T.Rex, who drops to the mat, letting Allen hop right over him. Franks keeps running, but as he hits the far ropes, Mirage pulls down on the top rope and The Montreal Kid falls out of the ring, down to the outside.

Bryan Harris: Brilliant move by Mirage, and here he comes…

Ducking under the top rope, Mirage gets into the ring and hits T.Rex with a hard right hand. Turning to Lucien Gray, Mirage tells his tag team partner something and then runs into the far ropes. Lucien Gray lifts T.Rex up off the mat with a bearhug, putting pressure on the lower back. Lifting up a bit, Lucien holds T.Rex just long enough to let him get hit with a flying clothesline from Mirage.

Alan Ducard: More teamwork by Mirage and Lucien Gray, and I don’t know if Allen Franks even realizes what he’s about to get into as he gets back up onto the apron.

Bryan Harris: Mirage might not give him enough time to think about it!

Taking Allen Franks by the head as he grabs him over the top rope, Mirage hoists Allen up off the apron with a vertical suplex. Lucien Gray steps up behind Mirage and takes Allen up onto his shoulder, then turns around and violently throws Franks down to the mat onto his chest. Putting his foot underneath of Allen, Lucien flips him over onto his stomach as Mirage goes over and climbs the turnbuckle.

Jimmy Yates: I think we know what’s coming…

Moving over to the corner, Lucien Gray grabs Mirage as soon as he steps up onto the top rope and then launches him across the ring, with Mirage hitting a flying headbutt to the injured ribs of Allen Franks, then immediately rolls to the side, exiting the ring under the bottom rope. Taking a couple steps forwards, Lucien drops to his knees to make the cover as Leonard Nolan makes the count.

One…

Two…

Three.

With a bit of a frustrated look on his face, Leonard Nolan signals for the bell and the official announcement.

Josephina Colbert: Here are the qualifiers for the fourth spot in the World Tag Team Title Ladder Match at Destined for Greatness 2008… the team of Lucien Gray and Marcus Mirrrrage!!!

Alan Ducard: So Marcus Mirage and Lucien Gray have now qualified to compete in the Ladder Match for the World Tag Team Championships on Sunday night at Destined for Greatness 2008, and it’s going to be a tough task for the duo, but if anyone can have their team ready under these circumstances, it’s Marcus Mirage.

Jimmy Yates: The countdown clock has less than 48 hours left on it, and the next time we see a LEGACY match inside THAT ring, it will be on pay per view.

Bryan Harris: Should be exciting, fellas, but for now? I need to head out and get some sleep.

Jimmy Yates: Seriously?

Bryan Harris: You bet. That fish market opens early, and I want to make the most of my time here in Seattle.

Alan Ducard: Well we’re about out of time as it stands, but here we leave you with one final preview for the upcoming LEGACY pay per view extravaganza – DESTINED FOR GREATNESS 2008, taking place THIS Sunday night… call your cable operator, check your pay per view channel lineup… just be sure to tune in. Good night, see you on Sunday.

"Stronger"

The music of Kanye West's "Stronger" hits and we are sent to a packed gym. Guys spar. Lift. Run.

"Work it, make it, do it,
Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!"

Flash to a sweat soaked Greyson Blade. Melts into sweat soaked Issac Entragian. Becomes Gryffin. Becomes Cronos. Becomes X-Calibur. Becomes Crash.

"N- n- now th- that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger"

Justin Moreno leaping with an opponent with the M-80

"I need you to hurry up now
'cause I can't wait much longer"

Loco Martinez sitting holding the ropes open for John Thomas.

"I know I got to be right now
'cause I can't get much wronger"

Chris Turner right up in Laura's face.

"Man I've been waitin' all night now
That's how long I've been on you"

Adam Davis brawling with Derek Shane. Becomes Stephen Rawlings battling Justin Moreno.

"I need you right now
I need you right now"

Issac Looking at the No Limits Title, lustily.

"Let's get lost tonight
You could be my black Kate Moss tonight"

Hannah Perez slaps the hell out of "Rage".

"Play secretary, I'm the boss tonight
And you don't give a fuck what they all say right?"

Eli Storm smirks as he looks over Crazy Boy.

"Awesome, the Christian and Christian Dior
Damn, they don't make 'em like this anymore"

X-Calibur leaning up against a wall arms crossed looking confident.

"I ask 'cause I'm not sure
Do anybody make real shit anymore?"

Flash into a Legacy arena where we get a time lapsed fast forwarding of lots of Legacy action. Its all blurs with the crowd and inside the ring.

"Bow in the presence of greatness
'cause right now thou has forsaken us"

X-Calibur making his way to the ring some fans ring side doing the "we're not worthy bow".

"You should be honored by my lateness
That I would even show up to this fake shit"

Crash making a similar entrance scowls at the live crowd who boos him mercilessly.

"So go ahead go nuts go ape shit
Especially in my pastel on my bape shit"

A shot of a live crowd leaping to their feet pumping their fists screaming their lungs out.

"Act like you can't tell who made this
New gospel homey, take six, and take this, haters"

A shot of Domination, the Unholy Alliance, and El Chupacabra. And a huge question mark follows them.

"I need you right now
I need you right now"

Stephen Rawlings staring at the Tao of Valor. Wanting it. NEEDING it.

"I don't know if you got a man or not,
If you made plans or not"

Chris Turner talking things over with Damien Black and Reverend Ezekiel.

"God put me in the plans or not
I'm trippin' this drink got me sayin' a lot
But I know that God put you in front of me"

Cronos standing in the center of the ring waiting for an opponent.

"So how the hell could you front on me?
There's a thousand you's, there's only one of me"

Gryffin steps out onto the entrance ramp.

"I'm trippin', I'm caught up in the moment right?
This is Louis Vuitton Don night"

JT walking to the ring with an evil smirk.

"So we gonna do everything that Kan like
Heard they'd do anything for a Klondike"

Loco Martinez sitting backstage with Anarchy the three enjoying a tasty Klondide.

"Well I'd do anything for a blonde-dike
And she'll do anything for the limelight"

Hannah Perez licks her lips seductively.

"And we'll do anything when the time's right
Ugh, baby, you're makin' it (harder, better, faster, stronger)"

El Chupacabra laying a vicious double team on their opponents.

"N- n- now th- that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger"

Issac biting into the shoulder of Greyson Blade.

"I need you to hurry up now
'cause I can't wait much longer"

Shane running from the giant boulder, Indiana Jones style.

"I know I got to be right now
'cause I can't get much wronger"

Eli nails the Ratings Boost. Crazy Boy hoisting an opponent into "Crazy Airlines: Destination Somoa".

"Man I've been waitin' all night now
That's how long I've been on you"

Rawlings pinning Moreno becomes Moreno pinning Rawlings.

"I need you right now
I need you right now"

El Chupacabra and the UnHoly Alliance staring at the tag titles.

"I need you right now
I need you right now"

X-Calibur staring at the World Title. And as that fades we're brought back to the packed gym.

"Work it, make it, do it,
Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!"

Finishing a high shot from above of an empty Legacy ring.