DT: We're back here on Aggression and coming up is one of the most highly anticipated matches of the night, as JA takes on Steven Shane in the second round of King of the Cage.

DM: Yeah, JA's been fighting for his reputation here in EPW for a while now and he's making some noise in this tournament thus far. Steven Shane on the other hand, simply is in a situation he can't be happy with - working under a guy who he was passed over in favor of getting that Chairman position.

DT: And might I add that our World Champion, the lovely Lindsay Troy is joining us here at ringside for this contest.

LT: Thanks, Dave.

TONY FATORA: Th’ following contest is a second round match in the KING OF THE CAGE tournament! Introducing first,

[CUE UP: “Damn” by Fabolous, as the Sensational One steps out onto the ramp to a chorus of boos, a smirk like he’s the cat that got the cream crossing his lips]

TONY FATORA: From Hollywood, California, he weighs in at two hundred and fifty three pounds… SENSATIONAL… STEVEN… SHANE!!

DT: Steven Shane’s been incredibly busy, picking up a win last time against IrishRed - can he sustain that tonight?

[CUE UP: “Eat the Rich” by Fozzy. JA steps out from behind the curtain to a roaring reception, high-fiving fans on the way to the ring]

TONY FATORA: And his opponent, weighing in at two hundred and nineteen pounds, hailing from Philadelphia Pennsylvania… The Anglo Luchador… J… A!

DT: Well this is going to be an interesting contest, who do you think’s got the advantage, Lindsay?

LT: It’s hard to say, I wouldn’t like to guess that either has the definitive advantage.

DM: They’ve both got something over the other, but I’d have to give the nod to JA just based on his speed - he’ll be able to clamber up the cage quicker.

MN: No way, Shane’s got it. He’s the Sensational One, no way an ass like JA is going to beat him.

DT: And here we go! JA literally FLYING in there with a leg lariat, Shane back to his feet, but the Luchador with quick right hands rocking him back! Irish whip across the ring, hip toss reversed by Shane, but JA kips him to the mat!

DM: Fast action for the start of a cage match, but Steven Shane taking JA down with a shoulder tackle – Lindsay, have you got any preference about who you end up facing?

LT: Not really, whoever it is I’m going to have time to prepare for.

DT: JA with a drop toe hold! Sorry to cut you off there Lindsay, but I’m a little surprised by how the action’s still fast paced, with Shane now switching out of the headlock attempt by JA and grounding him with a hammerlock!

MN: WE WANT BLOOD! BLOOD!

DT: JA quickly back to his feet though, trying to shake Shane off, running forward AND SHANE INTO THE CAGE! Steven Shane’s head just BOUNCING off the cage, and JA takes him down with a stiff drop-kick to the face!

DM: JA’s probably got a very slight advantage in the cage being the quicker competitor – if he can start climbing he’ll be harder to catch, so Shane is going to have to try and slow him down.

LT: Which he won’t do with a mouthful of mesh.

DT: The former A1E champ with a hard right hand, rocking Shane back, and he takes him down with a hard side-slam there.

MN: Come on… I thought this was a cage match, let’s see some blood!

DM: Some of the best cage matches don’t have blood in them, Mike.

MN: Then they aren’t the best, are they?

DT: JA looking in total control here in the early going, as he sends Shane into the corner with a hard Irish whip. Shane dropping to his knees – he’s begging off!

LT: Likes always. Can’t take a beating.

DT: JA turning to the crowd, a shrug of the shoulders, and he starts laying into Shane with hard stomps to the gut! The referee trying to force the break, but JA picks Shane up by the hair, another Irish whip, follows up NO! Shane ducks under and PROPELS the Anglo Luchador face first into the steel supports in the corner of the cage! He may be busted open!

DM: But with the mask on, we won’t know for a couple of minutes until it’s saturated.

MN: Ewww…

DM: What? You wanted blood.

DT: Steven Shane now with the advantage as JA is stunned, knee to the back, and just SNAPPING him headfirst back to the canvas! What kind of strategy do you think Shane should be using, Lindsay?

LT: If he was smart enough, he’d go after JA’s legs – like Dean said, JA’s quicker than he is, so take away his speed. Though sometimes you feel you should be trying to knock him out to stop the puns.

DT: Steven Shane though going for the face, dropping the knee straight across the forehead! Picking JA up, drops him with a backbreaker. That looked stiff.

DM: But JA’s very flexible, so it won’t do quite as much damage as it would against someone like Beast or Nero.

DT: And he’s still on the attack, starting to work over the legs maybe with those stomps to the right hamstring. JA trying to hold his leg, but Shane just yanks the leg and stomps the hamstring again!

LT: You’ve got to be careful trying to protect there, you might get your fingers snapped if you get them stomped.

MN: Wise words, oh Queen.

DM: Stop sucking up, Neels.

LT: I’ve heard the tapes of past shows, it’s not going to work.

MN: Eeep.

DT: Steven Shane with a somersault there holding the leg! That’s definitely one way to stretch an opponent quickly, and he just DRILLS him with a follow-up elbow drop to the sternum!

DM: Not being able to stand and not being able to breath – two very good moves.

LT: Who knew Shane had the brain-power.

DT: Steven Shane is a tough competitor, he was VERY unlucky against Karl Brown at the pay per view, but he’s in dominance here, whipping the masked man in HARD to the corner, and look at him grating the mask across the steel mesh!

LT: He wasn’t unlucky – he had control for most of that match and he blew it. He’s got to put JA away and use the dominance he has or he’ll repeat that and blow it again.

DT: Whatever happened, I DO know that he just smashed JA’s head against the top turnbuckle after rubbing his face from one corner to the other. An interesting take on raking the eye across the top rope, and a hard back suplex taking him back!

DM: JA’s lucky there are no pinfalls in a cage match.

DT: Yes, but Shane is starting to climb the cage – does he really think he’s done enough to stop JA?

LT: Does Shane really think?

DT: I don’t know, but he is on the top rope, trying to spring himself up, but JA grabbing the leg. Shane with an attempted kick, but JA letting go, stepping back… DROPKICK! JA just showed how athletic he is by taking a couple of steps forward and dropkicking Steven Shane in the small of the back as the Sensational one tried to regain his balance!

DM: That’ll work.

DT: Steven Shane dropping down to the mat, and the Anglo Luchador quickly onto the top turnbuckle, waiting on Shane… missile dropkick to take him down!

MN: NO!

DT: And JA suddenly back in control, asking the outside ref to open the door, moving quickly towards it, but Shane charging in MISSES! Steven Shane chest-first into the turnbuckle, and JA firing away with right hands!

LT: That boy has a short temper.

MN: When he loses I hope he throws a tantrum again!

DT: IF he loses, Mike. Pulling Shane out of the corner again as the door closes, hooks him… fisherman suplex! JA quickly releasing the hold though, and turning back to the door… no, he’s choosing against it, picking Shane up! Irish whip across the ropes, Shane with the reversal, but JA with a smooth headscissors takedown! JA is really feeling it out there, and the crowd are right there with him.

LT: That’s why his last title match, he lost. He plays the crowd too much.

MN: When WAS his last title match here?

DM: Against Karl Brown and Joey Melton for the Intercontinental Championship.

MN: Mister Kicked-to-the-curb?

LT: …

DM: Mike, I think you might want to start running.

MN: Erm…

DT: Nowhere for Shane to run though as JA takes him down with a stiff short-arm clothesline! The Anglo Luchador now trying to climb the cage, but Shane is up quickly, showing great resilience out there and just clubbing away at the hamstring of JA! JA with a quick kick though sending Shane to the mat, JA vaulting up… he’s almost at the top!

MN: MOVE SHANE! DON’T LET DAN DOWN!

DT: Shane up quickly though, grabbing hold of the leg of JA, and now starting to climb with him! This could turn dangerous if they both get to the top.

DM: Doesn’t look like Shane is going to let that happen, as JA starts to step his leg back over and Shane just drills a right hand into his midsection.

DT: Shane stepping up as JA steps down, both men perched on the top rope – Shane ramming JA headfirst into the steel! JA looking groggy, Shane rears him back… BLOCKED! Shane again trying to ram JA into the steel, blocked again, and JA fires back with a thumb to the eye!

LT: Simple but effective.

DT: Shane holding his eye, JA climbing… SOMERSAULT POWERBOMB! JA taking Steven Shane down by twisting his body in mid-air to catch him in a powerbomb!

MN: CRAP!

DM: You don’t have a large vocabulary tonight, do you, Neels?

DT: That was a very spectacular piece of athleticism, as JA is STILL in control out there! Here he goes again, picking Shane up – knee to the gut, and an Irish whip across the ring. Shane ducks under the clothesline, stops himself by holding the rope!

DM: And JA charging in.

MN: Yes… NO!

DT: Shane just vaulted JA up and almost into the cage, but Shane doesn’t see JA just perched up there! He’s tapping his forehead and he doesn’t realise it!

MN: LOOK OUT!

DT: Shane turning round, JA springing up higher onto the cage, MOONSAULNO!!

Crowd: HOLY-[[FCC]]! HOLY-[[FCC]]! HOLY-[[FCC]]!

DT: Steven Shane just CAUGHT the Anglo Luchador IN MID AIR and dropped him on his head with a sit-out piledriver!

DM: That’s one counter to a moonsault!

DT: JA might have a broken neck!

LT: It took good timing, I’ll give Shane that much, but he’s careless to have to do that.

MN: Let’s see that again!

[SPLITSCREEN: On the left of the shot, Steven Shane is on his hands and knees, trying to catch his breath near the fallen JA, who looks like he’s out cold. On the right, we see Shane duck down, pushing JA up and over him before stepping to the middle of the ring, tapping his forehead – unfortunately for him, JA managed to stop himself crashing into the cage, and peers back over his shoulder, feet on the top rope, fingers above his head holding onto the cage. As Shane turns around, we see JA spring up so his feet are also on the cage, and he flies back in one fluid movement with a moonsault, starting some four or five feet above the rope – but as he comes down, Shane takes a step back, grabbing him round the waist and dropping straight down]

MN: Sweet! Did you see how his head bounced?

DM: You’re sick, you know that?

MN: Hey, just because I appreciate good moves like that!

DT: It took quite a bit out of Shane though, he’s very slow getting back to his feet, the pace of this match has been frantic!

LT: But he’s not moving towards the door, he’s moving towards JA.

DM: And I doubt he’s looking to see if he’s OK.

DT: Indeed, Shane picking up JA, backing him into the corner, Irish whip across the ring and he follows it up with a hard charging shoulder to the midsection!

DM: And that took any wind that was left in JA right out of him, I don’t think I’ve seen Shane run that fast in a long time.

DT: Shane setting JA up on the top rope, follows him up… BIG double arm suplex from the top! He’s toying with him now.

MN: He’s got it done and dusted, thank you very much. Money now, Dave.

DM: We saw last time out that you’ve got to just win these matches, Benjamin found that out.

MN: And he got an Intercontinental Championship match out of it, didn’t he?

DT: Regardless, Ice Tre’s victim aside

LT: [chuckle]

DT: Steven Shane with JA up, and just THROWING him into the steel mesh!

DM: JA’s probably feeling grateful we don’t use those old-style solid blue metal cages. At least here you’ve got some give.

LT: Not much though, and Shane’s not going to stop. He’s simple-minded like that.

MN: Like Joey you mean?

DM: I’ll try and hold her back, Mike.

DT: Shane starting to climb the cage as JA is trying to claw his way up using the ropes – this has been a BRUTAL match from both men, and JA is really slowed down since that sitout piledriver. Shane seeing JA getting to his feet though, drops down, measuring JA… BIG forearm to the head! Hooking JA, going for a suplex NO! JA with a dropkick after dropping down behind, sending Shane into the cage face first! Steven Shane looking a bit unsteady on his feet right now, swings a right at JA, but JA ducks and sends him across the ring. JA drops down under Shane, Shane on the rebound, JA up… POWERBOMNO! JA reversing the almost reversal to hit a hurricanrana! How on earth he had the strength to pull that one out I’ll never know, but both men are down!

DM: And the referee can’t use his count, all he could do would be to stop the match if things got too dangerous in there. Pretty easy job for the ref inside the steel cage here in Empire Pro.

DT: JA trying to drag himself to the ropes as Shane now trying to pull himself to his feet, these two have been going at if for a long time now, I can’t think they’ve got much left in them.

DM: There’s your answer, as Shane charges in, and JA just ELEVATED him up with a backbody into the cage! If he’s not careful he might put Shane through the cage like Benjamin did to Ice Tre.

DT: And JA’s not wasting any time, moving across the ring and launching himself up onto the cage – he’s trying to climb out!

MN: NO! Stop him!

DM: For all those wondering, Mike and Dave have bets on this match.

LT: I expected that of Mike, but that’s really unprofessional of you, Thomas.

DT: It was to shut him up. JA struggling to pull himself up, he can barely get a grip, and Shane now stepping through the ropes and running over to JA!

MN: YES!

DT: Steven Shane with a clubbing blow to the back, but JA with a kick to the face! Steven Shane trying to hold the leg, and JA managing… YES! JA kicking Shane down to the mat, and the Anglo Luchador’s almost at the top of the cage!

MN: NO… YES!!

DT: Steven Shane shutting him down by grabbing the leg of JA as he sits perched at the top of the cage! Shane trying to climb up, JA gets both legs over the cage – and Shane scrambles to grab him!

LT: All the masked lunatic has to do is drop down and it’s over.

DT: But Shane not letting him! Holding onto JA’s top with one hand, there’s a hard right hand to slow him down! Shane trying to position himself near the top, hooking JA by the head… trying to suplex him! Listen to the crowd!

DM: Shane’s trying to dump him back into the ring, he knows if he can keep his balance he can vault over whilst JA falls!

DT: Shane trying again to drag JA over the rope in a suplex like move, but JA clinging desperately to the top of the cage… Shane again OH MY GOD! JA JUST DUMPS SHANE WITH A FRONT SUPLEX DROP! STEVEN SHANE FACE FIRST INTO THE CANVAS!

MN: NO!!

DT: JA taking a step down… YES! JA wins it!

[SFX: dingdingdingding]

TONY FATORA: Th’ winner of the match… JJJJJJAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY… AAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!!

DT: Big win for JA and he’s moving on to the next round.

LT: Well fellas, it’s been…fun. Dave….Dean…. [eyes narrow] ..Neely.

[Troy takes her headset off and heads up the ramp]

DM: Well, I don't know how impressed Lindsay was with that match. But nonetheless, it gave her an opportunity to scout some potential opposition.

[Suddenly thesound of a lone acoustic guitar comes over the speakers. Lindsay stops dead in her tracks, and puts her hands on her hips.]

DM: The Queen is not amused.

MN: What is that god-awfull racket?

[As the guitar playing continues, vocals - male vocals, HORRIBLE male vocals are heard.]

"Loving yooooooooou

Isnt the right thing to do

How can I ever change things

That I feeeeeeeeel??

MN: Fleetwood Mac?!?

DM: Butch'rd!

"If I could

Maybe I’d give you my world

How can I

When you won’t take it from meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee??"

[Beast steps out onto the stage, guitar in hand, singing away, and the crowd POPS and laughs! Lindsay's jaw drops and her hands fall to her sides in disbelief.]

Beast: "You can go your own waaaaaaaaaaaay!!

Go your own waaaaaaaaay!!

You can call iiiiiiiiiiit

Another lonely day-ay!

You can go your own waaaaaay!!

Go your....

[Lindsay steps forward and tears the guitar out of Beast's hands, and SMASHES it to bits on the stage! Now it's Beast's turn to look shocked!]

Beast: ...own way?

[Lindsay comes forward, snarling...]

DT: OH MY! Lindsay just slapped the taste out of Beast's mouth!

[THAT gets Beast's attention, and he drifts Lindsay with a right hand of his own! Beast grabs Lindsay by the hair and drags her to the back of the stage, where he attempts to drive her face into some scaffolding supporting the EmpireTron, but Lindsay blocks it and drives Beast's face into the scaffolding instead! Beast stumbles away, his hand over his forehead.]

DT: The Champ and former Champ are going at it right here on the stage! These two just HATE each other!

MN: Get 'im, Lindz!

[Lindsay comes at Beast, but Beast backdrops her on the stage! Beast checks his forehead, where there's a small cut, and Lindsay gets back to her feet. The two start exchanging right hands, and a flood of security and officials come out to the stage area to pull them apart!]

DM: Well, that was... spirited!

DT: Things are always so volatile between these two! While Security breaks these two up, we're going to go to commercial for "Siegel's S'Mores and More!" The treat with a surprise flavor in every bite!

DT: Well ladies and gentlemen, we’re back and we’ve got tag team championship challengers Blitz in the ring, but no Cameron Cruise project.

DM: Yeah ya know, Joey Melton was silent all week so you have to wonder what’s going on here.

DT: The referee is talking things over with Leonard Johnson, so I’m not sure if we’re gonna have…..WAIT….is that…Cameron Cruise coming down the aisle alone?

[Cameron Cruise walks down to the ring, holds up a hand and takes a mic.]

CC: Look guys – Joey isn’t here. I just got some random note in my locker about ‘staying away from that fruit’ or something…..we gotta postpone this…..

[Leonard rolls his eyes and get exasperated in the ring, when suddenly the EmpireTron flickers to life and Beast appears on the screen, in security uniform. All in the ring turn their attention to the screen.]

Beast: Cameron Cruise, did I hear confirmation that Joey Melton is indeed not able to compete tonight?

[Cruise nods, alternately upset and frustrated]

Beast: Well then, as a fair but firm Head of Security and with the authority given to me by your owner Irishred I must unfortunately inform you that you hereby forfeit this match and the World Tag Team Championships….to BLITZ!!

[Loud pop/boo mixed reaction and Leonard Johnson and Blitz look absolutely shocked]

DT: What the hell??

DM: Can he actually DO that???

MN: What the hell does Big loafy think he’s doing?!?!

Beast: That’s my final decision boys. Good day.

[The screen goes to black as Cruise stands with his jaw dropped simply in shock. Meanwhile, in the ring the referee retrieves Cruise’s tag team belt and hands it over to Blitz.]

DT: I can’t believe what just happened!! We’ve got new World Tag Team Champions…without a match!!!

DM: Wow. Talk about surprising.

DT: Wait!! What now????

[Just then, two men leaps over the barricades and slide into the ring. The fans immediately recognize them as ERIK BLACK and IVAN DALKICHEV, better known to EPW fans as Crimson Calling.]

DM: IT’S CRIMSON CALLING!!! DEAR GOD, I THOUGHT THEY WERE DEAD!!

DT: Apparently not and they’re wailing away on Max and Jecht!!! There goes Leonard Johnson over the top rope to the floor!!! Max held up by Dalkichev in a chokeslam position!! Erik Black to the ropes and he leaps up and drives him down into the chokeslam!!!!!

DM: Now it’s Jecht’s turn!!

DT: Black to the top rope now! Dalkichev drives Jecht into the opposite corner….Jecht comes stumbling out into a back body drop from Dalkichev and OH MY GOD!!! ERIK BLACK JUMPED OFF AT THE SAME TIME INTO A MODIFIED SIT OUT POWERBOMB IN MIDAIR!!

DM: Daaaaaaamn. That’s a new one, even for me.

DT: I can’t believe this!! Crimson Calling standing tall over the new World Tag Team Champions!! More to come folks!! We’ll be right back!