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Maria Cruz: Greetings wrestling fans! I am here with you, finally returning to the world of wrestling commentating, alongside the legend, Gordon Spirits, on this Memorial day to view what can only be called a clash of the titans, showcasing two separate one-night tournaments, with names such as the former undefeated UWL star, Darkhorse, one-half of the reigning WWL tag-team champions, KnightMask and another veteran of the UWL, the man who destroyed the seemingly unbeatable Destroyer in one of the most epic hardcore battles of all, Slick Doctor...not to mention Athena Fury, who boasts over 100 wins against only 2 losses, 2nd generation stars the Nuclear Night Wings Ukyo and Basho and a man who has carved out quite a name for himself with his boasts and his backstage behavior, Johnny Reb, a man who entered the WWL under the false premise that he was none other than the former champion Johnny Revolution but now bizarrely claims that he apparently merely shares a close resemblance.
Gordon Spirits: Thank you for the kind introduction, Maria, although let me just say that your work with the UWL has made you a true legend of commentary, not to mention your work--at times dangerous work--as a backstage reporter. Now, as for this tournament, I should say tournaments plural, because President Leroy has in chosen to give us two separate one night tournaments, rather than the single offering originally booked for this Memorial day show. Our first, tournament A, consists of Slick Doctor, Ukyo of the Nuclear Night Wings, Johnny Reb and Athena Fury! The next bracket, tournament B, features Darkhorse, KnightMask, Spacehawk and the other half of the Nuclear Night Wings, Basho!
Maria Cruz: And of course, after all that, we’ve got the main event…a submission only match between reigning world champion Madman and the son of a Cornwall miner who rose up to become one of the world’s most beloved wrestlers, Big Dusty Haystacks! Although, if the picketers and the sea of signs we see in the crowd tonight are any indication, that popularity has sorely waned, Gordon!
Gordon Spirits: Madman has leveled very serious accusations against Big Dusty Haystacks…the sorts of accusations that are of a quality such that we cannot repeat them on this programming in good taste. I honestly question the ethic of assaulting a man’s reputation when that man is hospitalized as Big Dusty was, owing to none other than Madman’s friend—his only friend—Rogar nearly killing him and Nightshade in the middle of the ring last week. Although, if Madman’s accusations are true, then well, I suppose you could call what happened to Big Dusty Haystacks nothing more than rough justice.
Maria Cruz: I covered Madman’s matches for the whole of his UWL career, as you know Gordon. I have seen him engage in unspeakable acts of evil. But somehow, he seems to have convinced massive amounts of the public that Big Dusty Haystacks has committed truly vile acts! I am not sure if this arena—or any place in public, for that matter, is going to be safe for Big Dusty…and then there’s the fact that, as far as I know, he’s been in intensive care since the last installment of Sound and Fury…I think perhaps he feels compelled to fight, regardless of his condition, in order to answer Madman’s accusations…but frankly Gordon, it seems almost like a suicide mission!
Gordon Spirits: I agree Maria. If he gets past the picketers and the people in the crowd that want his head, I don’t know how Big Dusty is going to survive an encounter with someone as vicious as Madman in his current condition, unless he’s done a whole lot of healing real, real fast.
‘Fight for your Right to Party’ blasts through the PA system then, signaling the arrival of Slick Doctor at the entrance ramp. As he makes his way to the ring, he munches from a box of hot wings. He’s still finishing the box off when his opponent for the first round, Ukyo, begins sprinting down to the ring, his pace matching the tempo of his entrance theme, ‘Racing the Wind’ by Loudness. Ukyo hops up and down as the referee gives instructions, shaking out his arms. Slick Doctor, meanwhile, licks the remains of hot wing sauce off of his fingers.
Gordon Spirits: I’m not entirely sure that Slick Doctor realizes that he’s in a match. But Ukyo is winding back to throw him a punch all the way from Japan…and he whiffes, its nothing but air! Slick Doctor ducks at the last second, and Ukyo put so much into that punch he nearly spun completely around on the miss…now he’s recovered his balance…and gets a face full of hot sauce!
Maria Cruz: Disgusting!
Gordon Spirits: Ukyo is blinded…and look, his teammate, Basho takes to the turnbuckle to give the referee an earful! He’s none too pleased with Slick’s antics…but while Basho is distracting the referee…Slick Doctor goes down South with a kick…followed by…what’s he rustling out of his pants…he just broke a bottle of hot sauce over Ukyko’s head! Ukyo’s face has, in short order, become a crimson mask! And now delivers a pile-driver to the doubled over Ukyo…the referee turns around…just in time to toll the count! 1, 2 and 3! Slick Doctor advances to the finals of his tournament, to face the winner between Johnny Reb and Athena Fury!
Maria Cruz: It isn’t over yet, Gordon—look! Ukyo’s foot was on the ropes!
Gordon Spirits: I don’t know if Ukyo got it there on purpose, or if he just sorta plopped that way, but we’ve got a match still, so Slick Doctor can stop with the celebrating…for now. Slick Doctor’s really eager to get back to the locker room, it looks like…he wastes no time in getting on one of his specialties—the sleeper hold! And that baby is on tight...
Maria Cruz: Ukyo reaches for the ropes…but he’s too far! He’s going to have to tap!
Gordon Spirits: With a burst of raw will-power, Ukyo pushes backwards, driving Slick Doctor and himself back towards the ropes…to go tumbling out of the ring! They both land headfirst…neither man broke even a bit of that fall…a guttural, primal roar issues out of Ukyo’s lungs!
Maria Cruz: Madre de Dios! He sounds just like his legendary father!
Gordon Spirits: And flashes of the family fighting spirit, as Ukyo kips up to his feet and now somehow finds the strength to set Slick Doctor up for a vertical suplex…but before he can take him up, Slick Doctor with a bit of rather slick maneuvering, finds a double-wristlock in the midst of Ukyo’s set-up, parlays it into a hammer-lock…and now he’s back to the sleeper-hold in a beautiful display of chain wrestling….and I guess he’s good for more than spitting hot sauce into people’s faces!
Maria Cruz: We can’t forget, Slick Doctor, in spite of appearances….and lifestyle…this is the man who ousted the UWL Hardcore championship from The Destroyer…who defeated the likes of Huang Feilang and former light heavyweight boxing champion as well as cruiserweight wrestling champion Mortal God.
Gordon Spirits: Well, it really speaks to the extent of Slick Doctor’s skill-set…and his resourcefulness…that he’s been able to carry on with his, habits, shall we say, and still remain a force in the wrestling world. But we may be looking at a new force, in the persona Ukyo! Wrapping his arms around Slick Doctor’s head, he suddenly sits down, driving the good Doctor’s chin directly onto the top of Ukyo’s head! Ukyo gets to his feet, but slowly…the damage he’s taken has him dazed…Slick Doctor’s got a few cobwebs of his own…
Maria Cruz: I don’t think either man’s cobwebs are going to go away anytime soon…they’ve just initiated a fire-fight…lefts and rights flying and connecting from both sides! So far, Ukyo has been unable to keep up with Slick Doctor in the game of technical chess…but perhaps the young man’s will, his hunger can help him here! A blow from Ukyo stuns Slick Doctor…he’s reeling…but he comes back with an elbow to the face and Ukyo responds by flooring him with a clothesline! Now another clothesline…and another…and the young man has found his second wind! He grabs a handful of Slick Doctor’s hair and rolls him back into the ring…tossing him into the corner, he treats him to a knife-edge chop…and another…drawing oohs from the crowd! Slick Doctor now returns in kind…and Ukyo beats his chest, as if to dare Slick Doctor to do it again!
Gordon Spirits: Slick gives him what he asked for…and now urges Ukyo to do the same! It’s a game of chicken, a game of Russian roulette, but with knife-edge chops instead of guns or cars! Ukyo beats his chest as he steels himself for Slick Doctor’s next chop…and Slick Doctor pokes him the eyes…then slams him headfirst into the turnbuckle…and now, he seizes the sleeper hold again…cinching down with everything he’s got! Ukyo is refusing to submit…refusing to tap…but it doesn’t matter…because he is out cold! Slick Doctor moves on to the finals!
Maria Cruz: Slick Doctor may have won the match…but I think Ukyo has succeeded in showing the world that the apple does not fall far from the tree as far as he and his father are concerned. And apparently he has won Slick Doctor’s respect as well…
Inside the ring, Slick Doctor helps Ukyo to his feet and offers him a hot wing, which Ukyo accepts. Slick Doctor thing slides under the ropes and exits through the crowd.
Maria Cruz: Well, our next bout promises to be every bit as scintillating as that one…
Gordon Spirits: Yes, ma’am!
Maria Cruz: The history between Johnny Reb—and I can’t figure out if he is really Johnny Revolution, an imitator or his long lost child--
Gordon Spirits: Or he may just be re-branding himself. In any event, Athena Fury and Johnny Revolution share a violent and volatile history, with Revolution making his entrance in the WWL with an assault on Athena Fury, a lady, who doesn’t take that kind of thing lying down.
Maria Cruz: Johnny Reb, not Johnny Revolution, Gordon.
Gordon Spirits: Right, right. Well, whoever he is, here he comes! Look at him, he really does believe that he is a gift to the wrestling world. Well, he’s not halfway down the ramp when he receives a gift of his own courtesy of Athena Fury! Charging out from the back like a bat out of Hades, she levels Johnny Reb with a spear to the spine, brings him to his feet and, holding him hostage to a headlock, marches him down to the ring. After handing out a few of her specialty Muay Thai knees, she throws him inside and commences to stomping his prone form as the referee finally rings the bell to toll the official start of this contest!
Maria Cruz: This referee is terribly unprofessional, this should be a DQ victory for Johnny Reb…but at least he’s asserting some sort of control her, ripping Athena Fury away from Revolution and initiating a restart to the action…Revolution surges to his feet and nails Fury with a shoulder block, colliding her into the referee! Fury whirls around and levels Revolution with a roundhouse to the head…and now the cover…but the referee, apparently a very fragile individual, is too stunned to make a count!
Gordon Spirits: Look! It’s that self-proclaimed mastermind, Wild Child, perched on the turnbuckle like a cat…and like a cat, she pounces on Athena Fury with a flying drop-kick off the top rope….and now, here comes Basho, Ukyo’s tag-team partner! He takes to the turnbuckle as well…and hits a shooting star-press on Athena Fury! Basho lifts Fury with a face lock while Wild Child picks her up by the feet…and Basho plants her with a DDT! Amazingly, Athena Fury staggers to her feet, unbowed…and meets a super-kick from Johnny Reb, then one from Basho…and a slap to the face from Wild Child!
Maria Cruz: Charging from the backstage…it’s KnightMask…and Big Dusty, with his neck bandaged, his movement labored…but apparently, the odds of one cruiserweight and an injured man are more than Wild Child and Basho like…they take off running through the crowd…but meanwhile, Revolution, I mean Reb, hits his patented front-face DDT, the Pains of Rebellion, on Athena Fury…and stirs the referee to make a count that is going to be merely academic…there’s three…and our finals for this tournament are set with Slick Doctor versus Johnny Reb!
Gordon Spirits: I hope Basho didn’t run too far, because next up is round one of our other tournament of the night, matching Basho and KnightMask together! Mighty convenient for the backstage crew, really. That’s gonna save them the time of scaring those two up.
Maria Cruz: KnightMask pats Big Dusty on the back and points to the backstage, attempting to urge his friend, I think, to go back and get the rest he needs for his match tonight.
Gordon Spirits: Big Dusty reluctantly seems to agree…and wow! KnightMask’s quick reflexes caught what looks to be a brick hurled from an audience member at the face of Big Dusty…and as he makes his way back, a bevy of vegetables and spitballs come his way. The people have truly turned on Big Dusty, Maria.
Maria Cruz: Some of them, have, Gordon. The same ones that are first to join any lynch mob or riot, I believe.
Gordon Spirits: I believe you may be right. I just hope our security is up to the task of containing them tonight. KnightMask’s task, meanwhile, is going to be containing the fury of the upstart Basho, another son of a legend on the Japanese circuit, same as his partner Ukyo. And like Ukyo, he has turned his back on that legacy…and spat on wrestling’s history and tradition...while embarking on a mission to ruthlessly claw his way to the top…
Maria Cruz: And the question is, will this be a handicapped match, as Revolution and Wild Child, apparently new friends of Basho, look on from ringside as he squares off against KnightMask, a man who lost his voice to a devastating throat injury years ago, but whose actions through the years have certainly spoke volumes about the man and his character.
Gordon Spirits: There’s the bell, and we’re off! KnightMask somersaults over the head of Basho, clasping him around the waist while he’s still upside down…and
using the momentum of his landing coupled with his one strength to lift and slam Basho right upon landing! KnightMask now entangles Basho’s legs in his famed Gordian Leg Knot to Basho which essentially makes a knot of a man’s feet, one nearly impossible to escape…which means there’s nowhere for Basho to go with the ankle-lock KnightMask is now applying to his entrapped legs! Basho is tapping! This might be one for the record books! And KnightMask moves on into the finals of his tournament unscathed!
Maria Cruz: An impressive performance by the reigning tag-team champion! There are always comparisons made between KnightMask and UWL legend, Tarus; the black mask with the red visor, the technical style…
Gordon Spirits: Black mask, red visor, black wrestling pants and white boots…KnightMask is practically Tarus’s spitting image…but for the fact that Tarus was known for his unrelenting ruthlessness, for his single-minded desire to conquer the world of wrestling at nearly any cost. But with performances like this, KnightMask will soon stop just being a kinder, gentler Tarus in people’s minds and carve out his own legacy.
Maria Cruz: He’ll have his work cut out for him in the finals of the B tournament—because neither man in this next bout is known to be a pushover!
Gordon Spirits: You know, sometimes I wonder if this is a wrestling league or a costume party…
Coming to the ring amid what is either mournful wailing or rustling winds, strides a proud figure, clad entirely in black, his outfit bereft of even eye slits.
Maria Cruz: The say this is Darkhorse…yet whether it is in fact the same man who was the undefeated Triple Gold champion in the days of the UWL, as well as a member of the vile Prime Evils…I cannot say. His dress is different, but there is something…something cabalistico about him…and regal too, as if the man was a born king. He reminds me of Darkhorse at least. A bit too much.
Gordon Spirits: Now, the man he’s facing…is going to be wearing a cape and a whole getup right out of a comic book…but the truth is that this man is someone that I think anyone with a heart can relate too. He grew up dreaming of being an astronaut. It’s all he ever wanted to do. But his baby sister ended up having the same dream…and this man here, well, he ended deferring his own ambition…and taking up a career as a professional wrestler, a prize fighter a tough man, you name it…not because he had a mean bone in his body but because he wanted to get his little sister through school so that she could live out both of their dreams. And you know, I’m sure she’s very proud of what her brother—now known as Spacehawk—has become.
Spacehawk emerges, a powerful, caped figure silhouetted against the backdrop of starry space on the big screen. He seems stirred by the heavy metal rendition of the Star Trek theme which accompanies him.
Maria Cruz: Darkhorse forgoes a handshake with Space Hawk, who is unfazed…and who, as the opening bell is still fading, takes to the air, his cape billowing behind him, for a flying body-press straight at Darkhorse!
Gordon Spirits: And he ends up flying straight into a side-kick that would make Bruce Lee proud! Spacehawk ricochets off the ropes and takes to the air again, with a flying clothesline…Darkhorse moves just enough to avoid the flying lariat, while thrusting out a palm…which Spacehawk ends up planting his face on!
Maria Cruz: Rather than pursuing his advantage, Darkhorse steps back and seems to be waiting for Spacehawk to recover…
Gordon Spirits: I’d call it sportsmanship, but I think it has more to do with Darkhorse’s confidence…or perhaps I should call it…arrogance.
Maria Cruz: A throat strike by Darkhorse now has Spacehawk clutching his Adam’s apple…Darkhorse now wraps one arm over Spacehawk’s head while another hooks Spacehawk’s leg…cradling him so, he brings him aloft…and now sits directly down, causing a sickening impact on the former astronaut hopeful’s neck!
Gordon Spirits: Darkhorse steps back…and, disinterested in a pin-fall, allows the referee to toll a 10 count…and with two dominant performances, the finals of the B-tournament are set!
Gordon Spirits: Thank you for the kind introduction, Maria, although let me just say that your work with the UWL has made you a true legend of commentary, not to mention your work--at times dangerous work--as a backstage reporter. Now, as for this tournament, I should say tournaments plural, because President Leroy has in chosen to give us two separate one night tournaments, rather than the single offering originally booked for this Memorial day show. Our first, tournament A, consists of Slick Doctor, Ukyo of the Nuclear Night Wings, Johnny Reb and Athena Fury! The next bracket, tournament B, features Darkhorse, KnightMask, Spacehawk and the other half of the Nuclear Night Wings, Basho!
Maria Cruz: And of course, after all that, we’ve got the main event…a submission only match between reigning world champion Madman and the son of a Cornwall miner who rose up to become one of the world’s most beloved wrestlers, Big Dusty Haystacks! Although, if the picketers and the sea of signs we see in the crowd tonight are any indication, that popularity has sorely waned, Gordon!
Gordon Spirits: Madman has leveled very serious accusations against Big Dusty Haystacks…the sorts of accusations that are of a quality such that we cannot repeat them on this programming in good taste. I honestly question the ethic of assaulting a man’s reputation when that man is hospitalized as Big Dusty was, owing to none other than Madman’s friend—his only friend—Rogar nearly killing him and Nightshade in the middle of the ring last week. Although, if Madman’s accusations are true, then well, I suppose you could call what happened to Big Dusty Haystacks nothing more than rough justice.
Maria Cruz: I covered Madman’s matches for the whole of his UWL career, as you know Gordon. I have seen him engage in unspeakable acts of evil. But somehow, he seems to have convinced massive amounts of the public that Big Dusty Haystacks has committed truly vile acts! I am not sure if this arena—or any place in public, for that matter, is going to be safe for Big Dusty…and then there’s the fact that, as far as I know, he’s been in intensive care since the last installment of Sound and Fury…I think perhaps he feels compelled to fight, regardless of his condition, in order to answer Madman’s accusations…but frankly Gordon, it seems almost like a suicide mission!
Gordon Spirits: I agree Maria. If he gets past the picketers and the people in the crowd that want his head, I don’t know how Big Dusty is going to survive an encounter with someone as vicious as Madman in his current condition, unless he’s done a whole lot of healing real, real fast.
‘Fight for your Right to Party’ blasts through the PA system then, signaling the arrival of Slick Doctor at the entrance ramp. As he makes his way to the ring, he munches from a box of hot wings. He’s still finishing the box off when his opponent for the first round, Ukyo, begins sprinting down to the ring, his pace matching the tempo of his entrance theme, ‘Racing the Wind’ by Loudness. Ukyo hops up and down as the referee gives instructions, shaking out his arms. Slick Doctor, meanwhile, licks the remains of hot wing sauce off of his fingers.
Gordon Spirits: I’m not entirely sure that Slick Doctor realizes that he’s in a match. But Ukyo is winding back to throw him a punch all the way from Japan…and he whiffes, its nothing but air! Slick Doctor ducks at the last second, and Ukyo put so much into that punch he nearly spun completely around on the miss…now he’s recovered his balance…and gets a face full of hot sauce!
Maria Cruz: Disgusting!
Gordon Spirits: Ukyo is blinded…and look, his teammate, Basho takes to the turnbuckle to give the referee an earful! He’s none too pleased with Slick’s antics…but while Basho is distracting the referee…Slick Doctor goes down South with a kick…followed by…what’s he rustling out of his pants…he just broke a bottle of hot sauce over Ukyko’s head! Ukyo’s face has, in short order, become a crimson mask! And now delivers a pile-driver to the doubled over Ukyo…the referee turns around…just in time to toll the count! 1, 2 and 3! Slick Doctor advances to the finals of his tournament, to face the winner between Johnny Reb and Athena Fury!
Maria Cruz: It isn’t over yet, Gordon—look! Ukyo’s foot was on the ropes!
Gordon Spirits: I don’t know if Ukyo got it there on purpose, or if he just sorta plopped that way, but we’ve got a match still, so Slick Doctor can stop with the celebrating…for now. Slick Doctor’s really eager to get back to the locker room, it looks like…he wastes no time in getting on one of his specialties—the sleeper hold! And that baby is on tight...
Maria Cruz: Ukyo reaches for the ropes…but he’s too far! He’s going to have to tap!
Gordon Spirits: With a burst of raw will-power, Ukyo pushes backwards, driving Slick Doctor and himself back towards the ropes…to go tumbling out of the ring! They both land headfirst…neither man broke even a bit of that fall…a guttural, primal roar issues out of Ukyo’s lungs!
Maria Cruz: Madre de Dios! He sounds just like his legendary father!
Gordon Spirits: And flashes of the family fighting spirit, as Ukyo kips up to his feet and now somehow finds the strength to set Slick Doctor up for a vertical suplex…but before he can take him up, Slick Doctor with a bit of rather slick maneuvering, finds a double-wristlock in the midst of Ukyo’s set-up, parlays it into a hammer-lock…and now he’s back to the sleeper-hold in a beautiful display of chain wrestling….and I guess he’s good for more than spitting hot sauce into people’s faces!
Maria Cruz: We can’t forget, Slick Doctor, in spite of appearances….and lifestyle…this is the man who ousted the UWL Hardcore championship from The Destroyer…who defeated the likes of Huang Feilang and former light heavyweight boxing champion as well as cruiserweight wrestling champion Mortal God.
Gordon Spirits: Well, it really speaks to the extent of Slick Doctor’s skill-set…and his resourcefulness…that he’s been able to carry on with his, habits, shall we say, and still remain a force in the wrestling world. But we may be looking at a new force, in the persona Ukyo! Wrapping his arms around Slick Doctor’s head, he suddenly sits down, driving the good Doctor’s chin directly onto the top of Ukyo’s head! Ukyo gets to his feet, but slowly…the damage he’s taken has him dazed…Slick Doctor’s got a few cobwebs of his own…
Maria Cruz: I don’t think either man’s cobwebs are going to go away anytime soon…they’ve just initiated a fire-fight…lefts and rights flying and connecting from both sides! So far, Ukyo has been unable to keep up with Slick Doctor in the game of technical chess…but perhaps the young man’s will, his hunger can help him here! A blow from Ukyo stuns Slick Doctor…he’s reeling…but he comes back with an elbow to the face and Ukyo responds by flooring him with a clothesline! Now another clothesline…and another…and the young man has found his second wind! He grabs a handful of Slick Doctor’s hair and rolls him back into the ring…tossing him into the corner, he treats him to a knife-edge chop…and another…drawing oohs from the crowd! Slick Doctor now returns in kind…and Ukyo beats his chest, as if to dare Slick Doctor to do it again!
Gordon Spirits: Slick gives him what he asked for…and now urges Ukyo to do the same! It’s a game of chicken, a game of Russian roulette, but with knife-edge chops instead of guns or cars! Ukyo beats his chest as he steels himself for Slick Doctor’s next chop…and Slick Doctor pokes him the eyes…then slams him headfirst into the turnbuckle…and now, he seizes the sleeper hold again…cinching down with everything he’s got! Ukyo is refusing to submit…refusing to tap…but it doesn’t matter…because he is out cold! Slick Doctor moves on to the finals!
Maria Cruz: Slick Doctor may have won the match…but I think Ukyo has succeeded in showing the world that the apple does not fall far from the tree as far as he and his father are concerned. And apparently he has won Slick Doctor’s respect as well…
Inside the ring, Slick Doctor helps Ukyo to his feet and offers him a hot wing, which Ukyo accepts. Slick Doctor thing slides under the ropes and exits through the crowd.
Maria Cruz: Well, our next bout promises to be every bit as scintillating as that one…
Gordon Spirits: Yes, ma’am!
Maria Cruz: The history between Johnny Reb—and I can’t figure out if he is really Johnny Revolution, an imitator or his long lost child--
Gordon Spirits: Or he may just be re-branding himself. In any event, Athena Fury and Johnny Revolution share a violent and volatile history, with Revolution making his entrance in the WWL with an assault on Athena Fury, a lady, who doesn’t take that kind of thing lying down.
Maria Cruz: Johnny Reb, not Johnny Revolution, Gordon.
Gordon Spirits: Right, right. Well, whoever he is, here he comes! Look at him, he really does believe that he is a gift to the wrestling world. Well, he’s not halfway down the ramp when he receives a gift of his own courtesy of Athena Fury! Charging out from the back like a bat out of Hades, she levels Johnny Reb with a spear to the spine, brings him to his feet and, holding him hostage to a headlock, marches him down to the ring. After handing out a few of her specialty Muay Thai knees, she throws him inside and commences to stomping his prone form as the referee finally rings the bell to toll the official start of this contest!
Maria Cruz: This referee is terribly unprofessional, this should be a DQ victory for Johnny Reb…but at least he’s asserting some sort of control her, ripping Athena Fury away from Revolution and initiating a restart to the action…Revolution surges to his feet and nails Fury with a shoulder block, colliding her into the referee! Fury whirls around and levels Revolution with a roundhouse to the head…and now the cover…but the referee, apparently a very fragile individual, is too stunned to make a count!
Gordon Spirits: Look! It’s that self-proclaimed mastermind, Wild Child, perched on the turnbuckle like a cat…and like a cat, she pounces on Athena Fury with a flying drop-kick off the top rope….and now, here comes Basho, Ukyo’s tag-team partner! He takes to the turnbuckle as well…and hits a shooting star-press on Athena Fury! Basho lifts Fury with a face lock while Wild Child picks her up by the feet…and Basho plants her with a DDT! Amazingly, Athena Fury staggers to her feet, unbowed…and meets a super-kick from Johnny Reb, then one from Basho…and a slap to the face from Wild Child!
Maria Cruz: Charging from the backstage…it’s KnightMask…and Big Dusty, with his neck bandaged, his movement labored…but apparently, the odds of one cruiserweight and an injured man are more than Wild Child and Basho like…they take off running through the crowd…but meanwhile, Revolution, I mean Reb, hits his patented front-face DDT, the Pains of Rebellion, on Athena Fury…and stirs the referee to make a count that is going to be merely academic…there’s three…and our finals for this tournament are set with Slick Doctor versus Johnny Reb!
Gordon Spirits: I hope Basho didn’t run too far, because next up is round one of our other tournament of the night, matching Basho and KnightMask together! Mighty convenient for the backstage crew, really. That’s gonna save them the time of scaring those two up.
Maria Cruz: KnightMask pats Big Dusty on the back and points to the backstage, attempting to urge his friend, I think, to go back and get the rest he needs for his match tonight.
Gordon Spirits: Big Dusty reluctantly seems to agree…and wow! KnightMask’s quick reflexes caught what looks to be a brick hurled from an audience member at the face of Big Dusty…and as he makes his way back, a bevy of vegetables and spitballs come his way. The people have truly turned on Big Dusty, Maria.
Maria Cruz: Some of them, have, Gordon. The same ones that are first to join any lynch mob or riot, I believe.
Gordon Spirits: I believe you may be right. I just hope our security is up to the task of containing them tonight. KnightMask’s task, meanwhile, is going to be containing the fury of the upstart Basho, another son of a legend on the Japanese circuit, same as his partner Ukyo. And like Ukyo, he has turned his back on that legacy…and spat on wrestling’s history and tradition...while embarking on a mission to ruthlessly claw his way to the top…
Maria Cruz: And the question is, will this be a handicapped match, as Revolution and Wild Child, apparently new friends of Basho, look on from ringside as he squares off against KnightMask, a man who lost his voice to a devastating throat injury years ago, but whose actions through the years have certainly spoke volumes about the man and his character.
Gordon Spirits: There’s the bell, and we’re off! KnightMask somersaults over the head of Basho, clasping him around the waist while he’s still upside down…and
using the momentum of his landing coupled with his one strength to lift and slam Basho right upon landing! KnightMask now entangles Basho’s legs in his famed Gordian Leg Knot to Basho which essentially makes a knot of a man’s feet, one nearly impossible to escape…which means there’s nowhere for Basho to go with the ankle-lock KnightMask is now applying to his entrapped legs! Basho is tapping! This might be one for the record books! And KnightMask moves on into the finals of his tournament unscathed!
Maria Cruz: An impressive performance by the reigning tag-team champion! There are always comparisons made between KnightMask and UWL legend, Tarus; the black mask with the red visor, the technical style…
Gordon Spirits: Black mask, red visor, black wrestling pants and white boots…KnightMask is practically Tarus’s spitting image…but for the fact that Tarus was known for his unrelenting ruthlessness, for his single-minded desire to conquer the world of wrestling at nearly any cost. But with performances like this, KnightMask will soon stop just being a kinder, gentler Tarus in people’s minds and carve out his own legacy.
Maria Cruz: He’ll have his work cut out for him in the finals of the B tournament—because neither man in this next bout is known to be a pushover!
Gordon Spirits: You know, sometimes I wonder if this is a wrestling league or a costume party…
Coming to the ring amid what is either mournful wailing or rustling winds, strides a proud figure, clad entirely in black, his outfit bereft of even eye slits.
Maria Cruz: The say this is Darkhorse…yet whether it is in fact the same man who was the undefeated Triple Gold champion in the days of the UWL, as well as a member of the vile Prime Evils…I cannot say. His dress is different, but there is something…something cabalistico about him…and regal too, as if the man was a born king. He reminds me of Darkhorse at least. A bit too much.
Gordon Spirits: Now, the man he’s facing…is going to be wearing a cape and a whole getup right out of a comic book…but the truth is that this man is someone that I think anyone with a heart can relate too. He grew up dreaming of being an astronaut. It’s all he ever wanted to do. But his baby sister ended up having the same dream…and this man here, well, he ended deferring his own ambition…and taking up a career as a professional wrestler, a prize fighter a tough man, you name it…not because he had a mean bone in his body but because he wanted to get his little sister through school so that she could live out both of their dreams. And you know, I’m sure she’s very proud of what her brother—now known as Spacehawk—has become.
Spacehawk emerges, a powerful, caped figure silhouetted against the backdrop of starry space on the big screen. He seems stirred by the heavy metal rendition of the Star Trek theme which accompanies him.
Maria Cruz: Darkhorse forgoes a handshake with Space Hawk, who is unfazed…and who, as the opening bell is still fading, takes to the air, his cape billowing behind him, for a flying body-press straight at Darkhorse!
Gordon Spirits: And he ends up flying straight into a side-kick that would make Bruce Lee proud! Spacehawk ricochets off the ropes and takes to the air again, with a flying clothesline…Darkhorse moves just enough to avoid the flying lariat, while thrusting out a palm…which Spacehawk ends up planting his face on!
Maria Cruz: Rather than pursuing his advantage, Darkhorse steps back and seems to be waiting for Spacehawk to recover…
Gordon Spirits: I’d call it sportsmanship, but I think it has more to do with Darkhorse’s confidence…or perhaps I should call it…arrogance.
Maria Cruz: A throat strike by Darkhorse now has Spacehawk clutching his Adam’s apple…Darkhorse now wraps one arm over Spacehawk’s head while another hooks Spacehawk’s leg…cradling him so, he brings him aloft…and now sits directly down, causing a sickening impact on the former astronaut hopeful’s neck!
Gordon Spirits: Darkhorse steps back…and, disinterested in a pin-fall, allows the referee to toll a 10 count…and with two dominant performances, the finals of the B-tournament are set!