CSWA Independence Day 2000
July 20, 2000

The MAIN EVENT finally gets underway!

BB:  I'm still not completely sure what has happened here....I'm just glad that little Susan is safe!

SB:  (yawns)  Yeah, yeah.

BB:  After the comments you made at Yakima...the concern you showed, you can't tell me that now you're gonna be so non-chalant.

SB:  Hey, it's America...if the guy wants to sacrifice a kid, who am I to stop him?

BB:  I'm glad you never had children.

SB:  At least none I know of.

BB:  Oh Lord.  Fans, things appear to have calmed down in the ring...and it's time to HOOK 'EM UP!

SB:  Thanks Bill Watts.

BB: The bell goes and we’re underway, all three men circle each other, neither knows which to attack first…….BLADE RUNS AT DEACON AND THROWS HIM INTO THE CORNER! RIGHT HAND AFTER RIGHT HAND CONNECTS WITH DEACON’S JAW UNTIL HE DROPS DOWN TO THE CANVAS AS BLADE STARTS TO CHOKE DEACON ON THE FLOOR USING HIS FOOT!

SB: See, I told you…..Blade’s a dirty fighter.

BB: Give it a rest Sammy.  Blade's on fire!  The ref tells Blade to break and he stop and turns round….ONLY TO BE MET WITH A CLOTHESLINE BY RADDER! Now Radder has Blade up and sends him into the ropes... big back body drop and Blade comes up holding his back! Kick to the gut by Radder and a pump handle slam before trying the quick pin…..1…2…easy kickout for Blade. Radder drags up Blade and sends him head-first into the turnbuckle….JUST BEFORE BEING SENT TO THE CANVAS BY A BULLDOG FROM DEACON! 

SB:  Blasted Mute Freak.

BB:  Deacon has been resting in the corner and he now goes to work on Blade, hard knife edge chops to Blade's throat that send him to the floor gasping for air, he picks him up…..HARD CLOTHESLINE TAKES BLADE TO THE OUTSIDE! Deacon stays in the ring and turns his attention to Steve Radder.  Knee to the ribs from Deacon plus a European uppercut have Radder resting on the ropes. Radder is whipped across into the opposite ropes, big boot by Deacon….DUCKED by Radder!  Radder off the ropes from the other side…… FLYING SPINNING ELBOW AND DEACON GOES TO THE FLOOR! Radder over for the cover…… 1…..2…..Deacon powers out at two!  Radder was inches away from being the new world Champion!  Radder picks up Deacon and throws him into the ropes….BLADE HOLDS THE ROPE DOWN FROM THE OUTSIDE AND DEACON GOES FLYING OUT RIGHT BY US!  Blade is unloading on Deacon as the World Champion tried to get to his feet.  Blade is furious...and he's taking it out on Deacon!

SB: He should start drinking decaf, he’s far too tense!

BB: You tell him that! Blade rams Deacon’s head into our table before kicking Deacon in the gut, and again, and again, Blade’s leg and foot is a blur as he continues to kick at Deacon till he is down to one knee. Now he applies a sleeper hold on him as the ref is telling them to get back inside where Steve Radder waits.  I can't tell whether Blade's determination is the deciding factor or Deacon is still distracted 

SB: Someone tell Blade you can’t win the title on the outside….wait…..on second thought, don’t….if he doesn’t know that himself he doesn’t deserve to be the World champion!

BB: Wait a minute, look at Radder, he’s on the top rope! He’s watching as the ref is telling Blade to break and eventually he does before grabbing Deacon and dragging him to the apron…..RADDER DIVES OFF AND CONNECTS WITH A SPLASH THAT SENDS ALL THREE MEN TO THE FLOOR! THAT WAS A SUICIDAL MOVE AND RADDER IS FEELING IT AS MUCH AS THE OTHER TWO! RADDER UP FIRST AND HE THROWS BLADE INSIDE, KNEE TO THE GUT AND A BIG TIME POWERBOMB INTO A PIN…. ONE….....TWO…....THREE!!!!  NO, NO, NO! KICK OUT BY BLADE!  DEACON NEARLY LOST HIS TITLE WHILE HE WAS RECUPERATING ON THE OUTSIDE!

SB: That’s why champions hate triple threat matches……but I’m not a CSWA champion….so I love them!

BB: You a CSWA champion? The thought isn’t worth thinking about...or do we need to bring back Space God to humble you?  Radder has Blade up and puts him back on the canvas with a body slam before cinching in a side headlock as the ref checks on whether Blade wants to give it up or not. Meanwhile Deacon is up and making his way back in the ring but I don’t think the others have seen him.  Deacon off the ropes……LEG DROP TO THE BACK OF RADDER’S HEAD AND HE RELEASES THE HOLD, DEACON PICKS HIM UP AND GRABS HIS HEAD BEFORE THROWING HIM OVER THE TOP ROPE BEFORE TURNING BACK TO DEAL WITH BLADE!

SB: Is that someone coming down the ramp?

BB: I don’t know……yes….ITS KEVIN POWERS……KEVIN POWERS IS MAKING A BEELINE FOR RADDER AND POWERS HAS A STEEL CHAIR IN HIS HANDS! HE WAITS FOR RADDER TO GET TO HIS FEET…..AND NAILS HIM ACROSS THE HEAD WITH THE CHAIR!  WHAT A SHOT!  RADDER IS DOWN AND HE MAY BE HURT BADLY!  POWERS DRAGS HIM UP AND STARTS PUNCHING HIM HARD….RADDER RETALIATES!  RADDER AND POWERS AND SLUGGING IT OUT BY THE FANS, I THINK RADDER HAS FORGOT HE’S IN THE MAIN EVENT FOR THE TITLE, HE JUST WANTS TO GET SOME OF KEVIN POWERS! A BIG CLOTHESLINE FROM RADDER SENDS POWERS OVER THE RAILING INTO THE FANS! OH GOD…NOW RADDER IS DIVING OVER IT TO GET TO POWERS! THESE TWO MEN ARE SWAPPING RIGHT HANDS AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE CROWD UP INTO THE LOWER LEVEL!  FANS ARE DIVING OUT OF THE WAY LEFT AND RGHT!

SB: I guess the title match is now one-on-one!

BB: It appears that way.  Powers and Radder have disappeared from view as Deacon stands in the corner choking out Blade.  I'm being told we've got something going on in the back now!  We’re going to split-screen to show you what’s going on in the back!

(The camera shows Hornet and John J. Battles in one of the arena hallways.)

Hornet:  It’s got to be this one.  Are you ready?

JJB:  As ready as I’ll ever be.

(The bottom corner of the screen shows Hornet kicking in a storage room door, metal rod in hand.  The two “police officers” are ready, but so is Hornet.  He feints to the head of one of Xeno’s cronies, but buries the rod deep into the gut of the other.  Battles ducks the billy club of the other ‘officer’, swinging his leg as he squats to clip the back of the officer’s knee.    Hornet slams the metal rod down on the man’s chest, as Battles knocks the wind out of the other with the heel of his hand to the sternum.  Battles  frees Emmanuel Pacheco from his bonds, and the two men help him through the doorway, battered but conscious.)

BB:  Back in the ring, Deacon whips Blade into the ropes and connects with a big powerslam and there’s the cover…..1…….2…..kickout by Blade!  Blade looks out of it for the moment....I think he just spotted CRAIG MILES on the outside of the ring!  

SB:  What in the world?

BB:  Miles and Blade have apparently been working for CSWA Chief of Staff JW Locke...but what's he doing down here now?  Deacon realizes he has to get it over with soon if he wants to retain his title.  Elbow drive by Deacon sends Blade into the turnbuckle and Deacon starts to drive his shoulder into the gut of Blade who looks winded. Big Irish whip by Deacon and Blade hits hard into the other turnbuckle. Deacon charges after him.…..BLADE MOVES OUT THE WAY AND DEACON HITS THE TURNBUCKLE HARD!   Blade just got an assist from CRAIG MILES!!!  Miles pulled him out of the way and helps him roll outside!  Deacon may have caught his head on the metal post!  Miles pulls Deacon through the ropes and he hits the concrete hard!  Miles backs away quickly and raises his hands, trying to convince referee Ben Worthington that he had nothing to do with it!  Both men are down on the floor as the ref begins the ten-count.  Blade gets to his feet, rolls a leg inside, and then rolls back out...now wailing away on Deacon.

SB: He doesn’t look a happy guy to me!

BB: Could you come up with some other comment?  Blade picks up Deacon and connects with a suplex, he drags him up and delivers a back breaker and there’s the cover……1…..2…Deacon kicks out! Deacon is thrown into the ropes….HIGH KNEE BY BLADE AND THERE’S ANOTHER COVER…. ONE…….. TWO….......  THREE!!!!!!!!   NO, NO, NO!  DEACON HAD HIS FOOT ON THE ROPE AND THIS MATCH IS STILL GOING! Both men are feeling it now, they’ve both had a lot taken out of them. Deacon charges at Blade in desperation, Blade ducks a clothesline….CATCHES DEACON IN A SPINEBUSTER AND THIS CROWD CAN SENSE THE TITLE IS GOING TO SWITCH HANDS!

SB: What? Are we are a psychics convention or something?!?! What do these fans know?

BB: Quite a bit more than you do Sammy! Wait…..someone else is coming down the ramp…. IT'S SHEPHERD!  HE’S COME DOWN TO HELP HIS MAN BUT IS HE TOO LATE?!?!

SB: What’s with all this running down to the ring all of a sudden? Didn’t he know his guy was fighting?!?! Be more organized will you?!?!

BB: Shepherd hits ringside and immediately starts to begin praying and chanting.  We’ve seen that before.  The only question is....wait, look, even in his current state, Deacon has heard him!  It seems to lift Deacon and give him a second wind.

SB: After the punishment he’s taken tonight it better give him his sixth wind!

BB: Blade is trying to ignore Shepherd as he connects with Deacon’s chest with some knife edge chops that back Deacon into the turnbuckle. Blade climbs the turnbuckle and starts to punch Deacon in the head…..1….2…..3….4….5…..6…7….8…9....10!  Deacon is staggering around as Blade whips him hard into the other turnbuckle.  Shepherd is still praying as Blade charges at Deacon…TOO LATE, DEACON HAS MOVED!  DEACON WITH A CHOP TO BLADE’S THROAT.  But Blade isn't moving either!  Deacon with another chop!  Blade returns a right hand!  Deacon with a left!  Both men look invigorated!  Blade reverses Deacon in the corner then pulls him out.  He sends him for the ride...NO, Deacon reverses it and Blade goes into the ropes.  Deacon sets up!!!!!  ALTAR CALLALTAR CALL!  HE HIT THE ALTAR CALL ON BLADE! BLADE ISN’T MOVING AS DEACON COVERS HIM……ONE......... TWO.................. THREEEEEE!!!!!! DEACON RETAINS THE TITLE IN A WILD TRIPLE THREAT MATCH THAT TURNED INTO A ONE ON ONE MATCH HALFWAY THROUGH THANKS TO KEVIN POWERS! HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DID SHEPHERD HAVE ON THE OUTCOME OF THIS MATCH? IT DOESN’T MATTER, DEACON IS STILL THE CHAMPION AND NOTHING WILL CHANGE THAT TONIGHT!

SB: In that case…..STOP SHOUTING!

BB: For Sammy Benson and the rest of the CSWA, this is Bill Buckley saying thanks for joining us folks!  We're see you in Phoenix!

(The final shots show Emmanuel Pacheco and Shepherd helping Deacon out of the ring, hand raised.)


(In the outer recesses of the arena, a door leading to an alley opens.  Damien Xeno has finally found his escape.  He steps out into the alley, then steps back startled as a young woman steps out of the shadows.  Lilith takes a step forward.  Xeno smiles briefly, but before he can say anything, Lilith lets fly with a right hand.  Xeno goes down hard...then begins to scramble away.)

(fadeout) 


Click to learn more...

Thanks to Ross and Paul for all their help!!!!

Back to: Main Event | RP Central | CS TRIBUNE    

Please click on the ads to help defray this site's costs