[Cut to the dual rings, now enclosed inside the War Games cell. Standing at ringside is Tony Fatora, mic in hand.] 

TONY FATORA: Th' following contest is EMPIRE WAR GAMES! The rules are as follows! One man from each team will begin the match. Every five minutes one new participant will enter the match. The first team to receive a second entrant will be determined by a coin toss! The next wrestler out will be from the opposite team, and this will continue back and forth until all eight wrestlers are in the ring, at which point a victory can be secured via the first pinfall or submission! And now... introducing the referee for this match... 

[CUE UP: "Black Superman" - Above The Law. The crowd ERUPTS, recognizing the music. The curtains part, and out walks none other than BOOGIE SMALLZ in a referee-striped throwback jersey, puffing a blunt and carrying a bong. The crowd roars and flashes gang signs. Boogie raises the bong to the crowd, then saunters down to the ring, stowing the bong under the apron and handing the blunt to a lucky stoner in the front row. He then slips into the dual rings and plays to the crowd.] 

TONY FATORA: From Brooklyn, New York... THISSSSSSS ISSSSSSSSSS BOOGIEEEEEEEEEEEE... SMAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLZZZZZ!!! 

DT: All I can say is - WOW!!! I can't BELIEVE what I'm seeing! The last Global X-Treme Wrestling Unified World Champion, Boogie Smallz, is the special referee for War Games! 

MN: MY DAWG!!! PUFF DAT BLUNT, YO!!! 

DT: Say what you will about Smallz' habits, Boogie Smallz is as tough as they come! He's defeated such notables as Dan Ryan, John Miller, Lindsay Troy, and Christian Sands in his career and was headlining the late Global X-Treme Wrestling before management issues send them into chapter 11! What a coup for EPW! 

[Loose yourself by Emiem begins to blast as "Yours Truly" Adam Benjamin makes his way slowly to the ring. Adam is wearing two English flag bandana's one that cover his head and the other that covers the lower part of his face revealing only his stone cold eyes. Adam makes his way into the ring and stands firm in his corner waiting for the bell to ring.] 

TONY FATORA: Introducing first... He hails from the United Kingdom... He weighs in at two hundred and forty-six pounds... He issssss ADAAAAAAAAAMMMMMM... BEEEEEEEEEN-JAMIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNN!!! 

DT: The look of focus on Adam Benjamin's face tells the whole story here, Mike. War Games is no laughing matter, and it seems Benjamin realizes that as one of the first two men out, he's in a very bad position. 

MN: I'll say. 

[Cue up: "Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin. The crowd boos thunderously (save for a few hottie pops) as Lindsay Troy strides confidently down the ramp, ignoring the pissants on either side of the ramp. She steps into the cage and flashes Benjamin a smirk and a little 'you-wish-you-could-have-this' pose. Benjamin doesn't know what to think.] 

TONY FATORA: From Tampa, Florida... She is the Queen of the Ring... LIIIIIIINDSAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY... TROOOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYY!!! 

DT: Oh dear! What a pickle for Adam Benjamin, who's repeatedly claimed that he doesn't want to lay a hand on Troy! 

MN: I'd lay BOTH hands on her! Now shut up and help me find my hand lotion! 

[SFX: *DINGDINGDING* - Bell rings.] 

[Smirking, Troy begins to circle Benjamin slowly, as if daring him to attack her. For his part, Benjamin raises both his hands fastidiously.] 

DT: Troy's circling Benjamin like a shark, but he's not moving to attack! 

MN: Why would he NOT want to put his hands on Troy? She's HOT! 

DT: He's a gentleman, I guess. 

MN: If Benjamin's gentle, I'm Paige Davis. 

[It's Troy who makes the first move. She darts behind Benjamin and kicks him in the ass before he can turn. Scowling, Benjamin whirls and glares at her, but Troy just grins, reaching out to pinch Benjamin's cheek insultingly.] 

DT: This is insulting! Troy's trying to humiliate Adam Benjamin! 

[The two square off again. Benjamin again raises his hands - only for Troy to meet him with a pair of jabs to the face. Troy whips Benjamin into the ropes and rebounds to score with a big leg lariat, taking the former Intercontinental Champion down.] 

DT: Oh! Troy takes Benjamin to the mat with that big kick! 

MN: *sigh* Look at those legs... 

DT: Uh, Mike? I think she'll kick your ass if she hears you talking like that. 

[Benjamin wobbles to his feet, and Troy moves in to pepper him with more jabs. Whipping him across the ring into a corner, she sets him up and catches him stumbling out of the turnbuckles, dropping him with a neckbreaker. Benjamin rolls away, holding his neck and recovering.] 

DT: These early moments of the match are crucial, Mike. Gaining control when that five minute timer in the corner of your screen goes down could make or break this match, because you don't know if the next man out will be a friend or a foe. 

MN: Don't you just love how Benjamin's getting rocked out by a woman? 

[As Benjamin begins recovering, Troy advances on him and picks away at him with hard stomps. Picking Benjamin up, she tosses him to the ropes and delivers a crisp back body drop, sending the Englishman over the ropes of one ring over into the second! Benjamin lands hard, holding his back.] 

DT: And Benjamin sent into that second ring as Troy is completely dominant here! 

MN: I'd let her dominate me. Ooh. 

DT: Submissive. 

MN: For her, anything. 

[Wincing, Benjamin stumbles to his feet. Troy hops the ropes after him and brings him to the mat with a running facecrusher, then taunts the booing fans with some choice words. She strikes a brief pose, then strides back to Benjamin, shaking her ass at him.] 

MN: OHH! Where the hell is that lotion?! 

DT: Troy's taunting Adam Benjamin here! She's... flaunting her sexuality at him! 

MN: I hope she never stops! 

[That choice proves a bad one for Troy. Finally pissed off, Benjamin grabs her in a waistlock from behind and German suplexes her with authority.] 

DT: Wait a minute - BIG German suplex from Adam Benjamin! 

MN: BOOOOO! It's not gentlemanly to hurt a lady! 

[The move catches Troy by surprise. She kips to her feet and rushes Benjamin, only to eat a kick to the gut and a snap suplex. The crowd is fully behind Benjamin despite the misogyny. Yours Truly picks up Troy and shoves her into the corner, unloading with hard knife-edged chops.] 

DT: Benjamin's going to the chopping block on Troy here! He's just about chopping her out of her shirt! 

MN: Out of her shirt?! I don't know whether to blast him or praise him! 

[After a few more chops, Smallz interjects himself between the two, yelling at Benjamin to get Troy out of the corner. Benjamin scowls at the special referee, then drags Troy out of the corner for a bulldog. Troy grabs the top rope, causing Benjamin to land on the back of his head.] 

DT: Benjamin going for the bulldog, but Troy blocks! Great ring awareness by the Queen! 

MN: Damn right! 

[Taking advantage of Benji's spill, Troy moves in and drops a knee across the Englishman's neck. Benjamin jerks at the impact. Unsympathetic, Troy knees him in the face a couple times, then picks him up and drills him with an underhook DDT.] 

DT: Troy wearing down Benjamin here, gaining her team a crucial advantage in the early going! 

MN: That's what Benji gets for joining the Maelstrom School of Gender Politics. 

[Benjamin holds his head as he comes to his feet. Grinning, Troy hooks him up for a suplex, but Benjamin suddenly takes her down, forcing her into a Sharpshooter!] 

DT: SHARPSHOOTER! Benjamin popped that hold out of nowhere! 

MN: NO! STUPID BANJOMAN!!! 

DT: BENJAMIN WORKING THAT HOLD IN VIGOROUSLY, and Troy is in a WORLD of pain! 

MN: This is wrong! Someone stop this! 

DT: Pinfalls and submissions don't count yet, but this hold is wearing Troy down enough that Benjamin's team might have a man advantage easily! 

MN: The counter! 

DT: The clock's counting down! 

[CROWD: FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!] 

[SFX: *BUZZZZZZZ*] 

DT: Who's coming out - NO! 

[The crowd boos as Christian Sands runs down the ramp, kicking his way into the cage. Benjamin releases the sharpshooter, only for Sands to deck him with a monster clothesline.] 

DT: Christian Sands is in, as it looks like Troy's team won the coin toss in the back! This is very bad for Adam Benjamin, as he's outnumbered two to one in there with the Queen of the Ring and a former World Champion! 

MN: MY DAWG! This is off the hook NOW, yo! 

[As Benjamin comes to his feet, Sands scoops him up and delivers a powerful back suplex, stunning the smaller man. Recovering, Troy runs the ropes and drops across Altaro with a flipping leg drop. Sands and Troy then exchange a high-five, clasping hands and dropping a tandem elbow onto Benjamin.] 

DT: Big double elbow by Sands and Troy, as they're dismantling Adam Benjamin in there! 

MN: I mean, Troy's bad enough, but when you throw in the rightful World's Champion, Benjamin's TOAST! 

[Picking Benjamin up roughly, Sands and Troy whip him into the ropes, decking him on the way back with a double clothesline. The two baddies exchange smirks. Sands sets his foot against Benjamin's face and begins grinding his heel into the Englishman's mouth.] 

DT: This is disgusting! Sands is forcing Benjamin to eat boot! 

MN: That's what Benjamin gets for claiming he's more of a main eventer than the World's Champion! 

DT: There's no justification for this at all! 

[Pushing with his heel, Sands backs Benjamin into a corner and begins stomping at the other man. Troy joins him, and the two partners stomp a mudhole into Benjamin as the crowd boos. After a moment, Sands sidesteps. Troy crosses the ring, then runs at Benjamin to slam him in the jaw with a baseball slide!] 

DT: OH! Baseball slide by Troy, and I think Benjamin just spat up blood! 

MN: Good! Stupid Banjoman! 

[A smirk touches Troy's face as she crosses the ring again. She attempts a second baseball slide... but Benjamin rushes out of the corner and SPEARS the surprised woman with authority!] 

DT: SPEAR! SPEAR BY BENJAMIN! 

MN: WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM?!?! 

[Troy goes down hard. Sands attempts to intercept Benjamin with a lariat, but the Englishman ducks it and swings Sands into a rough German suplex! Troy rolls to her feet, and Benjamin snap-suplexes her crisply! The crowd roars as Benjamin's adrenaline begins to flow.] 

DT: Benjamin's throwing suplexes left and right! He's found his second wind! 

MN: The clock's winding down! 

[As Benjamin delivers another suplex to Sands, the crowd counts.] 

CROWD: FIVE... FOUR... THREE... TWO... ONE... 

[SFX: *BUZZZZZZZ*] 

DT: Who is it --- IT'S JOEY MELTON!!! 

MN: WOOOOOOOOOOO!!! YEAAAAAAH BABY!!! 

[Melton takes his time going down the ramp. In the meantime, Benjamin has whipped Troy into the ropes, sending her spilling into the ring nearest the ramp. It is into this ring that Melton steps. He looks down at Troy, frowning thoughtfully.] 

DT: Looks like Melton's torn over whether or not to attack Lindsay Troy here! 

MN: He BETTER not! I wouldn't even know who to cheer for! 

[The indecision is momentarily. In the other ring, Benjamin tries to suplex Sands again, but the bigger man reverses into his own suplex. He then runs, jumps, and flies over both ring ropes to catch Melton with a neckbreaker as the crowd pops!] 

DT: WHAT A NECKBREAKER BY SANDS, flying over BOTH sets of ring ropes to crack Melton! 

MN: THAT WAS FRICKIN' SLICK!!! 

[As Melton comes to his feet, Sands abandons subtlety and slugs the legend in the mouth. He throws Melton into the corner, yells a few choice curses into his face, and starts chopping away at him.] 

DT: Sands going to the chopping block! He's picking Melton apart here! 

MN: I STILL don't know who to root for! It sucks to have favorites on both sides! 

[Melton manages to force an arm up, blocking Sands' chops. He quickly reverses the big man into the corner and throws a series of knees. However, Troy grabs him from behind and takes him down with a reverse DDT... only for Adam Benjamin to enter the first ring, run OVER the downed Troy, and leap off her stomach to hit Sands with a body splash in the corner!] 

DT: HOLY COW!!! WHAT A MOVE BY ADAM BENJAMIN, JUMPING OFF TROY'S BODY TO SPLASH SANDS!!! 

MN: THAT WAS FREAKIN' COOL!!! 

CROWD: BEN-JA-MIN!!! BEN-JA-MIN!!! 

[Reeling, Sands stumbles out of the corner, tripping over Troy and Melton and falling on his face. Benjamin takes advantage of this to drop an elbow across Sands' back. Recovering, Melton does likewise. The two unlikely allies pick the former World Champion up and whip him into the ropes, decking him with a tandem side kick.] 

DT: Great teamwork by Melton and Benjamin, as Christian Sands is being totally dominated in there! 

MN: And that's something you don't see every day! 

[Troy slowly wobbles to her feet, resting in a corner. Melton and Benjamin stay focused on Sands, however. Melton pulls Sands up in a half-nelson, shooting him into the cage. As Sands bounces off, Benjamin takes him up and over with a backdrop suplex!] 

DT: Combo attack by Melton and Benjamin - and it looks like Sands is busted open above the eye! 

MN: It wouldn't be a cage environment without blood! 

[Wiping blood from his face, Sands comes to his feet unsteadily. Melton remedies that by chop-blocking his leg. Troy comes out of her corner to attack, only for Benjamin to take her down into an armbar, locking it in tightly. Meanwhile, Melton begins working over Sands' knee with kneedrops, locking in a side kneebar.] 

DT: Dual submissions by Melton and Benjamin! They're firmly in control of this War Games match, and this crowd loves it! 

MN: INDECISION! ARGH! Quick! Flip a coin! Which team to cheer for?! 

DT: I don't have a coin! 

MN: BAH! Poor man! 

DT: I'm NOT poor! 

MN: If you weren't, you'd have a coin! 

DT: But - the clock's running down! 

CROWD: FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE! 

[SFX: *BUZZZZZZZZZZ*] 

DT: IT'S TROY DOUGLAS!!! IT'S THE NUMBER ONE CONTENDER!!! 

MN: MEGATRON'S BRINGIN' HIS PREDACON POWAH!!! 

[Hailed by the roar of the crowd, Douglas rushes into the cell and immediately yanks Benjamin off of Troy, body-slamming him across Melton to a big crowd reaction! As Douglas stomps away at Benjamin, Sands and Troy roll into the second ring to recover some of their stamina.] 

DT: Douglas is on the attack! He's the freshest man in the match, and he's putting that to good use! 

MN: He's stomping those puny Autobots into fine powder! 

[Grabbing Melton by the collar, Douglas hurls him out of the corner and lobs him into the second ring, then picks Benjamin up and scores with a powerslam. In the second ring, Sands grabs Melton in a full nelson. Troy takes advantage and begins pummeling Melton's ribs ruthlessly. Melton struggles, but can't escape Sands' grip.] 

DT: That's despicable! Troy's taking free shots on the restrained Melton! 

MN: Man... She's nasty, but HOT. 

DT: I don't see it. She's just a damn Jezebel. 

MN: ...And is this match a slobberknocker? 

DT: Quiet. 

[The free shots don't last long, as Boogie Smallz interjects himself and yells at Sands, ordering him to release Melton. Sands flips him the finger, but complies... slowly. Troy then kicks Melton in the teeth. In the other ring, Douglas lobs Benjamin into another corner, dragging him out with a big belly-to-belly suplex!] 

DT: Textbook overhead suplex by Troy Douglas! Benjamin and Melton are in a world of trouble here! 

[In the other ring, Melton slumps down to his hands and knees. Disdainfully, Sands pushes him over with his boot. Melton falls onto his back, allowing Troy to legdrop him. Sands follows by applying a seated dragon sleeper to the legend. Seeing Melton under control, Troy hops into the other ring. She and Douglas set Benjamin on the top rope, taking him down with a tandem superplex!] 

DT: DOUBLE SUPERPLEX by Douglas and Troy! 

MN: Well, I guess two suplexes are better than one! 

[Melton fights Sands' submission in the other ring, but it's clear that he's fading. Meanwhile, Douglas picks Benjamin up and whips him into the ropes, bringing him back for a back body drop. Benjamin sees it and jumps over him and decks Troy with a flying knee!] 

DT: OH! KNEE by Adam Benjamin! 

MN: OUCH! That hit HARD! 

[Benjamin turns to face Douglas... and the number one contender promptly powerslams him.] 

DT: OHHHH no! Benjamin gets shut down by Troy Douglas! 

MN: That was a ROUGH powerslam, man! 

DT: Meanwhile, Melton is STILL being choked out by Christian Sands! 

[Back in the second ring, Melton fights slowly to his feet. He reaches behind Sands and tries to snapmare him, but Sands waistlocks him and drops him on his head with a back suplex. As Melton totters to his feet, Sands superkicks him in the jaw, taking him down. In the first ring, Benjamin is thrust into a corner and punched powerfully by Troy and Douglas until Boogie Smallz interjects himself, lecturing the two.] 

MN: I can't believe Boogie Smallz is actually making a decent ref. He doesn't seem like the type. 

DT: Drugs or no, Smallz is a professional who knows the rules of the ring better than most. 

[Troy and Douglas ignore Smallz and continue attacking Benjamin. However, the clock is running down.] 

CROWD: FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE! 

[SFX: *BUZZZZZZZZZZZZZ*]  

CROWD: *HUUUUUUUUUUUUGE POP!!!!* 

DT: IT'S BEAST!!! IT'S BEAST!!! 

MN: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! 

[The crowd ROARS as Beast charges down the ramp, exploding into the rings! He promptly grabs Douglas off of Benjamin and destroys him with a huge German suplex! Sands drops Melton and rushes to the rescue, but Beast SPEARS him to the canvas like a charging bull!] 

[And then Beast turns to face Lindsay Troy.] 

DT: Beast staring down Lindsay Troy! He's ENRAGED that she betrayed his trust after all this time! 

MN: BOO! HISS! Troy can kick his ass! 

[Impudent, Troy mouths off at Beast. The big man is unmoved. He scowls at her for a moment... then grabs her by the hair and prepares to slug her in the mouth!] 

DT: BEAST'S GOING TO DECK TROY!! 

[Or not. Grimacing, Douglas comes up behind Beast and spins him around, firing off a round of jabs. Beast is mostly unfazed. He throws a knee to Douglas' gut, then wheels him into the second ring, following him in to deliver a brutal side suplex.] 

DT: Beast going to town on the number one contender here! As the freshest men in the match, the brawl between these two will be the most intense! 

MN: You mean Beast loafs around punching him while Douglas throws REAL moves at him? 

DT: Stop. 

[Beast hammers on Douglas as everyone else recovers. The big World's Champion whips the number one contender into a corner and clotheslines him hard, then beels him out powerfully. Douglas hands hard on his back, only to eat a dropkick from the recovering Joey Melton!] 

DT: Melton and Beast double-teaming Douglas here! 

MN: Okay, now I'm cheering for Megatron's team. 

[Seeing Douglas incapacitated for now, Beast hops back into the other ring, but is met by chops from Sands. The big man fights back, and the two rivals slug it out in the first ring. Meanwhile, Troy and Benjamin have recovered. Troy swings at Benjamin with a big right hand, but Benjamin ducks and takes her down into a cross armbreaker.] 

DT: I can barely follow the action here! There's too much happening at once! 

MN: I'll say! 

[Benjamin works the submission in on Troy, and she claws for the ropes in pain. Meanwhile, Beast catches Sands with a knee, then brings him up and mauls him with a huge powerbomb. Grimly, Beast elbow-drops his old rival, then picks him up and wheels him into the cage!] 

DT: OH! Sands eats the steel wall! 

MN: He always seems to do that... 

[A bleeding Sands stumbles off the cage wall, and Beast picks him up to mangle him with a brutal press slam. Menawhile, Melton and Douglas slug it out - that is, until Melton kicks Douglas in the knee, then starts elbow-dropping said knee repeatedly.] 

DT: Melton going to work on Douglas' knee in the second ring as Beast's team is in firm control here! 

MN: The clock! 

DT: It's counting down! 

CROWD: FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE! 

[SFX: *BUZZZZZZZZ*] 

DT: And here comes Jonathan Marx! 

[As Melton begins applying the Figure Four to Douglas, Marx rushes into the cage. He goes right for Beast, stunning him with a forearm, then jumps on Benjamin and applies an anklelock. In pain, Benjamin breaks the hold on Troy and tries to fight out of Marx's grip, but he's exhausted.] 

DT: Marx is in, and he's looking to polish off Adam Benjamin! Yours Truly has been in there since the start, and both him and Lindsay Troy are exhausted! 

MN: I would be too, man. This has gone nearly half an hour. 

[Recovering somewhat, Sands cracks Beast with a jawbreaker, stunning him. He then hops the ropes with Troy behind him. The two drag Melton off of Douglas and hurl him into a corner, pounding him in the face with rights and lefts, busting him open above the right eye.] 

DT: And now Joey Melton is busted open above the eye! 

MN: Man, those punches must've been hard as hell! 

DT: They certainly are! 

[Again Smallz interjects himself into the proceedings, pushing Sands and Troy back from Melton. Sands shoves past his old rival and splashes Melton in the corner, only for Smallz to admonish him. Meanwhile, Douglas hops over and goes after Beast, and the two begin duking it out in the first ring.] 

DT: Brawling here, brawling there, brawling everywhere! 

MN: This is NUTS! I can't even tell who's winning! 

[At this point Adam Benjamin is pretty much totally out of it. He's this close to tapping to Marx's anklelock, but fortunately submissions don't count until everyone's in the ring. Marx finally releases the hold and stomps Benjamin tactlessly in the corner.] 

DT: Looks like Benjamin's completely dead here, having been picked apart by Jon Marx. 

[Thrusting a shoulder into Beast's gut, Douglas takes him up and over with a northern lights suplex. He drops an elbow on Beast and grabs a sleeper hold. Meanwhile, Troy and Sands hurl Melton against the cage wall like a battering ram, working open his cut!] 

DT: OH! Melton gets sent into the cage, and he's BLEEDING PROFUSELY here! 

MN: Man! He's gushing like crazy! 

[As Melton stumbles off the cage wall, Sands and Troy sweep him up and drop him with a double spinebuster.] 

CROWD: FIVE! FOUR! 

DT: The count! 

CROWD: THREE! TWO! ONE! 

[SFX: *BUZZZZZZZZZZ*] 

DT: And here comes Cameron Cruise! Pinfalls and submissions are now legal! 

[Apparently Marx was expecting this. He drags the limp Benjamin out of the corner and pins him quickly.] 

DT: COVER BY MARX! 

ONE! 

TWO! 

NO! CRUISE SAVES IT!!! 

MN: That was CLOSE! Marx had Benjamin down and was just WAITING for falls to come into effect to try and get the quick win! 

DT: Great strategy by Marx, but Cruise managed to save the match for his team in the nick of time! 

[Picking Beast up and delivering a sleeper drop, Douglas plods over to Cruise and starts hammering on him. Cruise fights back with a European uppercut, but Douglas and Marx double-team him, scoring with repeated elbow smashes before Marx hits a fisherman's suplex, bridging.] 

DT: Fisherman's suplex! 

One! 

TWO! 

Cruise kicks out! 

MN: He's too fresh to pin! 

DT: Douglas going for Benjamin! 

ONE! 

TWO! 

THRNO!!! BEAST SAVES IT!!! 

[While that's going on, Sands and Troy dump Melton against the cage again, then saunter into the first ring to attack Beast with stomps. However, Beast spears Troy to the canvas with authority! Sands moves to attack, but Benjamin stirs, reaching up to schoolboy the big man!] 

DT: SCHOOLBOY BY BENJAMIN!!! 

ONE!!! 

TWO!!! 

NO!!! SANDS KICKS OUT!!! 

MN: I thought Benji was DEAD! 

[His last ounce of strength spent, Benjamin slumps to the mat, trying to regain his stamina. Beast, meanwhile, shoves Troy into a corner and knees her in the gut, then Irish-whips her... only for her to collide accidentally with Boogie Smallz! Troy goes down, but Boogie manages to regain his balance, glaring at Beast.] 

DT: Troy gets sent into Smallz for a mid-ring collision, and the special referee does NOT like that! 

MN: I bet Smallz is gonna cap him any second now! 

[Beast and Smallz exchange a few words before the world Champion moves on to Troy Douglas, body slamming him down. Meanwhile, Sands and Marx double-team Cameron Cruise in the corner. They set him up for a double suplex; however, Cruise recovers and jumps down, bringing both men down in a double reverse bulldog!] 

DT: WOW! GREAT counter by Cruise, bulldogging both Sands and Marx in reverse from the top! 

MN: That boy is nuts! 

[Cruise's moment in the sun doesn't last. He picks up Marx, but gets hotshotted by the Gentleman into the cage wall! Marx then drags him down into the Marxism!] 

DT: MARXISM!!! MARXISM ON CRUISE!!! 

MN: IT'S SO OVER!!! 

DT: CRUISE IS TRYING TO FIGHT TO THE ROPES!!! 

[In the process of setting Douglas up for an Absolution, Beast breaks off the attack to kick Marx off of Cruise. He picks up the Gentleman and presses him into the air, launching him at Sands to take both opponents down!] 

DT: OH! BEAST USING MARX AS A PROJECTILE TO NAIL SANDS!!! 

MN: AIRRRRRRR MARXIIIIIIIE!!! 

[Over in the second ring, Melton is recovering. Troy is down, as is Benjamin. Sands and Marx are both reeling. Beast heads back to Douglas and hooks him up for an Absolution, but Douglas back body drops him!] 

DT: OH! Back body drop by Troy Douglas, blocking the Absolution! 

MN: Virtually everyone is down! 

[Tiredly, Douglas pushes Beast into a corner, setting him up and preparing for the End of the Road. However, Beast's stamina hasn't run down yet. He fights against Douglas, blocking the move.] 

DT: Douglas looking for the End of the Road, but Beast's fighting it! 

MN: Come on, Megatron! Hit him! 

DT: Beast's straining! Douglas can't get him up! 

[As Beast fights, Melton comes wobbling into the first ring as Marx recovers. Melton slugs Marx a few times, but Marx returns fire with a chop. Melton is thrown backwards and stumbles into Beast. The big World's Champion is momentarily distracted... allowing Douglas to deliver the End of the Road!] 

DT: Wait! Miscommunication - Melton hits Beast by accident - AND THE END OF THE ROAD CONNECTS!!! 

MN: No WAY that one chop could've made Melton stumble that much! 

DT: DOUGLAS COVERS!!! 

ONE!!! 


TWO!!! 



...BEAST KICKS OUT- THREE?!?!?! 

[SFX: *DING* - Bell rings.] 

MN: What was THAT?! 

DT: I don't know! It looked like Beast kicked out of the End of the Road, but referee Boogie Smallz made the three count anyway! 

MN: SCREWJOB! 

DT: I don't know! Did Smallz just not see it? I can't even guess! 

TONY FATORA: Here are your winnerrrrs... The team of Jonathan Marx, Christian Sands, Lindsay Troy, and TRRRRROOOOOOOOOOYYYY DOOOOOOOUGLAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSS!!! 

DT: What a controversial decision! Not only did Beast apparently kick out of the deciding pinfall - it looked as if Joey Melton may have aided that situation by accidentally colliding with his teammate! 

MN: Accidental? No way. That was intentional. 

DT: How do you know? 

MN: I don't, but this is fishy. 

DT: Folks, I think Beast may have just gotten screwed!