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TB: Good evening ladies and Gentlemen! Welcome to Seattle, where we will see the 8 remaining Last Man Standing competitors fight for a place in the semi finals, which are held next week (along with the finals of course) in our biggest pay per view extravaganza of the year - LAST MAN STANDING!
Suddenly cutting Trent off the arena goes entirely dark.
KK: I think someone forgot to pay the electric bill.
Red, white, and blue strobes start flashing all over the arena.
TB: What the hell is this?
Suddenly the strobes stop and lights come back up.
KK: Ok that was certainly weird.
TB: I’ll say.
TB: Thats right Keith, basically this match is for HWA wrestlers who David Jackson is considering sacking. David Jackson himself is going to be at ringside for this, and will make an announcement at the end.
Out of my Way by Seether hits and all attention turns to the top of the ramp where Tiger Knight stands. He poses for the fans, who are not quite sure what to make of him. He runs down to the ring and leaps from the apron to the centre of the ring before doing a few stretches.
Next, Sadistic Simon comes out to the ring, mostly to boos. He flips off a section of the crowd before getting into the ring.
KK: Folks i've just been informed that neither Dylan Wolfe nor Sean Oliver Hart arrived at the arean this evening, and therefore, David Jackson has decreed that both wrestlers are fired from the company.
Purple Haze hits and David Jackson comes down to ringside - receiving his usual amount of boos. He says nothing, but instead grabs a chair, and sets it up, ready to watch the match.
TB: David Jackson himself there, ready to watch what has turned out to be Tiger Knight versus Sadistic Simon.
The bell rings and we are underway.
Tiger Knight comes straight out on the off and attempts a hurricanrana on Sadistic Simon. Simon though catches Knight and converts the move into a powerbomb. Next, Sadistic Simon drops an elbow onto Knight's chest. Knight rolls out of the ring to buy himself some time. Simon climbs to the top of a turnbuckle. He launches himself off, attempting to knock Knight down with a crossbody. This time though, Knight is the quicker, and Simon ends up crash landing on to the mats.
TB: Too much too early there from Sadistic Simon, I think. Perhaps a lack of experience.
Knight has grabbed a chair. He whacks Simon over his back. Simon goes down once more to his knees in pain. Just as Knight goes to swing the chair again, Simon counters with a drop kick and Knight ends up eating the chair instead.
KK: Good agility from Simple Simon there.
TB: Sadistic Simon.
KK: Whatever.
Simon rolls into the ring after pushing Knight in there. Simon goes for the pin 1-2-kickout from Knight.
TB: Knight still has fight left in him!
Tiger Knight performs a kip up and then clotheslines Simon. Tiger Knight goes for the pin, but it is broken up b "The Freak" Kevin Hurts, who had just ran down the ramp and leapt into the ring.
KK: Who the hell is this?!
TB: I have no idea.
Hurts turns to Sadistic Simon and delivers the Truth Hurts/Mindfreak (Superkick). Simon goes down in a heap. Tiger Knight looks at Hurts and smiles, extending his hand.
KK: Will Kevin Hurts (thats what they're telling us in the back is his name) shake the hand of Tiger Knight?
Kevin Hurts doesn't shake the hand. Instead, he hits Tiger Knight with Freak Out(Powerbomb setup to rollover piledriver).
TB: Wow, quite some move! David Jackson looks impressed!
David Jackson is indeed smiling at the new developments. Kevin Hurts raises his arms to saulte his fans, and then leaves, walking back up the ramp.
KK: Well this match is now anybodies.
Both Sadistic Simon and Tiger Knight start to stir. Simon gets to his knees first though and sensing the moment to take advantage, rolls up Tiger Knight for the pin 1-2-3. David Jackson gets in the ring, applauding.
DJ: Sadistic, Knight, and you too Hurts, that was some display right there. I'm giving you the chance to shine on a bigger stage. We've got Last Man Standing next weekend. I'm putting the three of you in a fatal four way match for the X-Treme Title! Of course, we don't know who the champion is yet, but whoever it is will certainly have a battle on their hands taking on all of you three at the same time! Jackson drops the mike and returns to the back.
Conner is seen stretching for his match with his title laying on a chair. Then Erin walks in.
Erin Wallace: You got Fudge coming up, are you nervous, he seems to have your number.
Kevin Conner: Not at all Erin, I have no reason to be, all I have to do is attack the knee and lock in the Career Killer, and the match is as good gold. Last Man Standing here I come. Looks like another three match night come this Sunday.
Erin Wallace: You sure you can put on three matches, even with possibly Danny Starr, Syren, Decado, Gary K something or other and defend your HWA International Championship before that against either The Real Hero, or Nate Hartman?
Kevin Conner: Hartman i've beat him before, and Hero, well I haven't talked to him since he's been back and I have no intention to.
The camera then fades back to ringside.
KK: Not to mention he is already a multiple time International Title Champion too. I think that's something that's also going to work in his favour.
Kryptonite by 3 Doors Down hits and a polite ripple of applause is heard in the arena as the Real Hero makes his entrance.
TB: Hero's fanbase seems to be dwindling these days.
KK: Certainly does, hopefully he will pick things back up a notch tonight.
"Point of No Return" by Immortal Technique hits and Nate Hartman comes down to the ring to a mixture of cheers and boos. People are not really sure what to make of his recent actions.
KK: We've said a lot about Hartman recently, but what is this stuff with Danny Starr all about?
TB: Beats me.
KK: I guess we'll just have to wait until TPO is ready to tell before we find out.
The Real Hero makes the first move, landing a few body shots on Hartman. Hartman sucks it up and returns with a few of his own.
TB: Both of these men are fighters to the bone Keith. Obviously Hartman is the bigger man, but stylistically they're alike.
Hartman tries repeatedly to land a big right hook on Hero, but Hero is quicker and able to dodge most of them. Frustrated, Hartman instead grapples Hero and manages to take him to the mat with a take down.
KK: This should be interesting now, neither man is more comfortable on the ground, both being strikers rather than grapplers.
Hartman tries to twist Hero's neck in some sort of submission move. Hero grimaces and takes the pain but does not tap. Instead, Hero retatliates with a triangle choke on Nate.
TB: Simultaneous submission moves!
KK: I never could have predicted this between these two!
The referee doesn't seem to know where he should be. Instead, he starts checking to see if anyone's shoulders are down. He decides they aren't.
TB: Look at the pain etched in both men's faces. You can see how badly they want this.
Eventually, Hartman gets a leg draped on the bottom rope. The referee breaks the hold and both men return to their feet, getting applauded warmly by the fans.
The action immediately starts again, with both men grappling each other. Hero gets a nasty looking elbow in on Hartman's head. Hartman withdraws from the grapple clutching his cheek bone which has immediately gone a funny shade of purple.
KK: Hero brings the PAIN on Hartman!
Capitalising on Hartman's sudden defensive posture, Hero hits the Heroic Ending (Powerbomb-To-Facebuster). In a burst of nostalgia, the crowd go nuts! Hero makes the cover 1-2-3!
TB: OH MY GOD! HERO WINS! HERO WINS!
KK: Thats got to be considered an upset. It HAS to be! Hero faces Conner for the International Title next week!
The camera fades in the back and we are in the a lokcer room. There is a man sitting in all black and a long brim hat. he is just sitting there. Then out of the shower comes Syren. She's dressed but is very shocked.
Syren: What the hell are you doing here? GET OUT!
The man stands up and walks towards Syren.
Syren: Who are you?
The man lifts his head but has a mask on, and zero part of his part is showing. Syren goes to slap him but the man catches and brings him closer and then shoves her to the ground. He turns around and grabs the HWA World Title. Syren then gets up and jumps on the back of the man. He slams her back into a wall and grabs her hair and throws her to the ground over his shoulder. She then gets up, the man still holding the belt and he lays her out with a shot and walks out.
TB: What was that? Who was that? Someone needs to check if shes OK?
KK: Looks like Syren pissed someone off and they are coming back to get her.
TB: Yes, and a great title it is too. Extremely hard to hang on to if my memory serves me correctly.
KK: Yes thats right. The X-Treme Championship was first brought in to replace the aging Television championship and also the Hardcore championship too. Now of course, the X-Treme Championship incorporates things from both of it's predecessors. It is defended on EVERY SINGLE HWA card, thanks to the TV Championship, and it is ALWAYS hardcore rules, thanks to the hardcore title!
TB: Yep, I almost pity whoever wins this!!
Pocket Change comes out all guns blazing. He bounces off the ropes, spins around Blue Thunder, nips between Thunder's legs, slaps Thunder round the face, then jumps to one side of him then the other.
KK: Mother of God! How on earth can Thunder keep up with that!
The 300lb man simply grabs a hold of Change, and throws him right over the top rope to the outside. Taking his time, Thunder also goes to the mat outside. Change tries to inziguri him, but Thunder just catches him and slams him straight into the announce position table which is instantly split into 1000s of pieces. The crowd start a holy shit chant.
TB: Pocket Change just got his ass handed to him on a plate.
Thunder next starts rummaging under the ring. He pulls out a kendo stick, a couple of chairs, a table, a shopping cart, a potted plant, and a cuddly teddy bear. Thunder holds the teddy bear aloft - the crowd laugh, Thunder throws the toy into the crowd to many cheers. Instead, Thunder grabs a baseball bat.
KK: In the hands of someone like Thunder, that baseball bat could be lethal!
Thunder goes over to Change and is just about to use it on him, when Pocket change opens his eyes and in one fluent motion, leaps up and DDT's Thunder's large frame into the wreckage of the table.
TB: How the hell is pocket change even STANDING?!
KK: That kid sure as hell has some resiliance.
Pocket Change surveys the weapons at ringside. He grabs the shopping cart, wheeling it over to Thunder. Change actually manages to get Thunder in the cart, thanks in most part to Thunder being very groggy. Change builds up some speed and sprints up the rampway with Thunder in the front of the cart, but instead of going right up, he lets the cart go off the edge of the ramp and down to the floor. The crowd start another holy shit chant.
TB: OH. MY. GOD! That had to have been 10 feet down! In a shoppin cart!
Pocket Change looks over the edge and then immediately launches himself into the Here's Your Change (Top-Rope 360 Leg Drop), landing squarely on top of Thunder. Unable to move to a better pinning position, Change is stuck where he is. The referee counts 1-2-3 and it's over.
KK: CHANGE DID IT! HE WON THE X-TREME CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!
TB: WHAT A WAY TO REINTRODUCE THE BELT THOUGH!! HELL of an X-Treme Style match!
Pocket Change is walking up the ramp and then out comes Kevin Conner from behind with a kendo stick and whacks him across the head. PC falls to the ground and Conner continues to whip with the stick. It breaks and Conner throws it into the crowd.
TB: Conner attacking Pocket Change here, what is this about?
KK: Its about that Change said on the wet spot!
TB: what?!
KK: With Justin Hurr. How he's using Conner's sister, there is a past here and neither of these guys like each other.
The violent attack goes down to ringside. Conner takes a table out from under the ring. PC tries to get away but Conner grabs him and hits the Soul Searcher on the outside. He pick shim up and throws him on the apron. He then gets out a black bag. He dumps it on the table and its thousands of thumbtacs. The already bloody Pocket Change is dazed. Conner puts the boots to him. Then Michelle comes out with a microphone.
Michelle:Kevin, stop, no! I Love him!
Conner jaw drops and his face fills with anger, Michelle is screaming and pleading with Conner and on the apron Conner lifts PC up and gets him in the ConnerDriver position. Michelle screams, and Conner yells at her.
Kevin Conner: You're no sister to me!
Michelle says she sorry and crys and starts to run to the back and Conner goes through the thumbtac filled table with Change. Conner gets up in pain pulling thumbtacs from his legs and back as Change lays there with thumbtacs in his head. Conner begins to yell at the most likely uncounious Pocket Change.
KC:"Don't fuck with my family! You've been warned Polly Pocket, stay away from my family!"
Conner walks back and the fans are cheering for Conner.
TB:"An irate Conner just wasted Pocket Change."
KK: "But Pocket Change and Michelle can still hang out."
TB: "Conner told him to stay away from his family."
KK: "But he did say she wasn't a sister...."
TB: "You want the HWA International Champion, to come after you?"
KK: "Hell no, just saying whats true..."
TB: "Well that maybe.. but we got a lot more coming at you fans tonight."
KK: That right. Tough to say who is the in-form wrestler here, but I would say the edge would go to Conner on recent performances.
"Not Listening” Papa Roach hits and The Celtic Warrior, Kevin Conner greets his fans with two raised fists before making his way to the ring.
The HWA-tron then shows a scene backstage, where Fudge is staggering around with blood all over him. He wanders aimlessly for a couple of moments before falling down into a load of equipment cases.
TB: Can we get some medics out there and QUICK!?
KK: Who the hell attacked Fudge?
Sure enough a couple of medics come out and Fudge is eventually carted off on the back of an ambulance.
TB: Well there goes our 2nd round match....
KK: I'm just receiving word that by a forfeit, Kevin Conner has advanced to the next round.
TB: Kevin has obviously just recieved the news too. He's furious.
KK: Yeah, Conner wouldn't want it this way.
TB: Shocking, simply shocking.
Syren is there walking around the halls with a bandage over her head, from the attack earlier. She goes into the locker room of Danny Starr. She walks in and yells Danny's name, there is no answer. Syren looks around and sees something that catches her eye. She then grabs it and picks of her HWA World Title, which was taken from her earlier, she looks confused and in disbeleive as we go back to ringside.
TB: I think we just got the answer to who stole Sy's title.
DJ: Ladies and Gentlemen I have the unfortunate job of announcing that this match between The Chosen One Damien Michaels and Syren has had to have been cancelled.
The crowd boos heavily at this.
DJ: Yes thats right. I wasn't confident I could rely on TCO to get the job done so rather than embaress me, I fired him!
The crowd can't believe what they are hearing.
DJ: I'd rather give the match to Syren than embaress myself by having my so called number one wrestler being beated by.... a GIRL!
More boos... until...."Sugar" by Trick Daddy hits and out walks Syren! Syren is still wearing the bandage from earlier. She holds her newly reclaimed title aloft and the flashbulbs go crazy.
SYREN: Jackson, you're quite something aren't you?
DJ: Well, I like to think so!
SYREN: You like to think of me as 'some girl'?
DJ: Let me tell you Jackson, not only am I a woman, but i'm also more of a 'man' than you'll EVER be!
And with that, Syren kicks Jackson in the balls, and holds the title above her head once more before leaving back up the ramp.
TB: Where the hell is he?
KK: No clue.
They try the music for the third time and Katzenmoyer still doesn't show.
TB: This is really disappointing. He wasn't popular with the fans, but Katz is one hell of an athlete. It's a real shame we won't be seeing him tonight.
Decado's music hits and Decado comes out with a mike.
DC: Looks like Katzenmoyer was too scared to fight me tonight. Therefore I claim this match to be won by myself. Thankyou all and good night!
The crowd boo Decado's self claimed victory and start to chant instead for Katzenmoyer. Katz still doesn't show.
TB: Folks, Decado had it right, looks like David Jackson has approved for Decado to win the match via Katz's forfeit.
KK: Shit, this could've been match of the year too..... I do hope it's not the last we've seen of Katzenmoyer.
KK: The eXiled hasn't been endearing himself to the people lately has he.
TB: Not at all, not with his half hearted performances. You wouldn't have thought he'd have made it this for in LMS, but somehow he has.
Just as they are about to tie up, the lights go out in the arena. You can hear something going on in the ring. The lights come back on and Nate "The Phenomenal One" Hartman is standing behind The eXiled looking at Starr who is facing him. TPO grabs eXiled by the hair and pulls him backwards and sets him up for The Phenomenon. After Nate plants eXiled he gets up and pulls a mic out from his back pocket and points at the Sensation.
TPO: Starr, I've finally made up my mind about you. And the decision that I came up with is simple. Me versus you at Last Man Standing.
TPO turns to leave but turns back first.
TPO: And I won't accept no for an answer.
Nate climbs out of the ring and walks up the ramp without looking back. Danny Starr looks around as if to say "what the hell?!". He shrugs, and turns to look at the eXiled. The eXiled is clearly unconscious.
TB: What the hell?
KK: This is screwy.
TB: Hate Hartman, who wants a match with Starr at the Pay Per View, just gave him an easy ride into the semi finals!
The lights go off again.
TB: What now?
Red, white, and blue strobes start flashing all over again with Starr and eXiled still in the ring trying to gain their barings after their war. The HWAtron starts flashing white.
TB: For the second time tonight, who is this?
Voice: The moment has come. I’ve been waiting for some time for this day and now it is almost upon us. The day when the world stops, when hell freezes over and the heavens fall. Everything you ever feared but told yourself it could not be true. I bring it with me. At Last Man Standing the HWA will stand in awe for the king as returned.
The lights come back on and just like that everything goes back to normal with Starr still standing in the ring looking very, very confused.
TB: Huh?
KK: That pretty much sums it up buddy.
TB: Do you think that's something Nate Hartman set up?
KK: Nah, it doesn't seem like his style. Besides, it talks about someone returning.
TB: A friend of TPO's? Or of Exiled's?
KK: Doesn't seem likely. Looks like we'll have to wait to find that one out. By this point The eXiled has recovered and is back to his feet.
TB: Whoever just did all that gave The eXiled another chance here, it's back to even stevens.
eXiled starts to launch a flurried attack on Starr. He hits Starr first with an axe kick, then a roundhouse punch, and follows it up with a clothesline. Starr doesn't seem to know what hit him. eXiled uses his extreme quickness and follows up that flurry with first a leg drop, then an elbow drop, and then a further leg drop.
KK: Exiled is getting in an INCREDIBLE amount of offense here.
TB: I don't think I ever remember Starr being given that much punishment any time recently. His match with Diamond aside of course.
KK: Of course, he's certainly upped his game tonight based on his usual standards!
TB: Starr now, manages to recover. He pulls himself up on the turnbuckles. eXiled comes charging in with a spear, but no. Starr converts it masterfully into a DDT!
KK: What a move there by Starr. He had to time that JUST right.
TB: Exiled may have been putting on an exhibition, but Starr reminds us all why he is in the HWA Hall Of Fame.
Starr goes for the pin 1-2-kickout by eXiled.
KK: Close call there.
Exiled quickly grabs Starr's leg with his own two and before Starr has realised what has happened, Exiled locks on the STF!
TB: Holy shit, did you SEE that?!
KK: This is quite a match!
Starr holds on for several moments. The referee asks him if he gives up. Starr shakes his head in a grimace.
TB: This is freakin' intense stuff!
KK: I think i'm gonna need something strong to drink after this!
Still Starr doesn't quit, and yet the sweat is literally pouring off him. Exiled adjusts his grip, tightening the hold, but in doing so, he inadvertantly landed on his back. The referee counts, and a surprised eXiled realises he must relinquish the hold. He does so and avoids the pin. Danny Starr is still in agony. Exiled tries to take advantage. He rolls him up 1-2-Starr kicks out!
TB: Holy shit! The pace of this thing is off the charts!
Exiled tries another roll up but Starr, almost unaware of where he is, manages to land a kick on Exiled's chin. Exiled goes down, and Starr similarly collapses in a heap. The referee counts.
1-2-3-4
Exiled's right hand starts to search for something to possibly pull himself up on.
5-6-7
Starr gets to one knee, using the ropes for leverage.
8-9
Both men make a final, desperate bid to get to both feet.
10. The bell sounds
KK: Shit. I guess we got a double count out!
TB: Who the hell goes on to Last Man Standing to face Kevin Conner?
Purple Haze by Jimi Hendrix hits one more time and David Jackson arrives at the top of the rampway, mike in hand.
DJ: Exiled, Starr..... well well well, what do we do with YOU! I guess since there's no winner, neither of you advance! Yes! Kevin Conner gets a bye into the finals!
The crowd give a huge cheer at this news.
DJ: Ha ha ha! I don't think so! Do you really think it would be THAT easy to win MY competition Conner? No. It's now going to be a TRIPLE THREAT match in the first semi final of LMS. As we saw earlier, the first bracket sees Decado take on Syren, but the second bracket just became a whole lot more interesting: The eXiled versus Kevin Conner versus Danny Starr!! Talk about balancing the odds! Starr - You're FUCKED!