[Cut to: Dwayne Wade, NBA player for the Miami Heat sitting along side a few of his teammates down at ringside as the crowd pops wildly.]

DT: Ladies and gentlemen, its time to make our way back down to ringside where Tony Fatora is set to get the next match of the King Of The Cage Tag Team Tournament officially underway. 

[Cut To: Empire Pro ring announcer, Tony Fatora, with a microphone in his hand set to announce the next match of the evening. Empire Pro referee, Bryan Weatherby is already in the ring ready to call the match to the best of his ability.]

TF: The following tag team contest is scheduled for one fall and this is a first round match in the King Of The Cage Tag Team Tournament. Introducing first...

[CUEUP: “A Little Less Conversation” by Elvis Presley as the new TV champion steps out onto the entranceway to a mixed reaction from the Miami crowd. Many are still unsure about the relative newcomer, but others are ready to embrace anyone on the other side of the ring from the leader of the anti-EPW movement.]

DT: The current reigning television champion coming off of a strong title defense last week on Aggression 37 retaining after a very hard fought match against former EPW World Heavyweight Champion, Beast, and now the TV champ looks to move forward in the King Of Of The Cage tournament hoping to add tag team gold on that other shoulder of his.

MN: But first he's gotta see if he can coexist and work together with his tag team partner

DM: We'll this match should be a true test for the TV champ and his partner against not only an already established tag team, but former EPW World Tag Team Champions.

TF: … from Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. Weighing in at 263 pounds, he is the REIGNING and DEFENDING EPW World Television Champion … FUUUUUUSSEEEENSSSSHOOOFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!

[Fusensoff arrives at ringside, removes his EPW Television title from his shoulder and hands it to the time keeper before setting foot inside the steel cage closing it behind him. He walks up the ring steps and slides in between the ropes soaking in some mixed cheers and boos from the Miami crowd, still he remains focused as his theme music fades out and he patiently awaits for his partner and opponents to come forth.]

TF: And his tag team partner...

[Music queue up: "Watching the Wheels" by John Lennon. The Miami crowd immediately boo at the sound of "The Phenom's theme music and get even louder whenever Shawn Hart makes his way out driving a tricked out, decked out, pimped out golf cart jacked up on hydraulics. Two, of the four sexy bikini clad EPW girls, Tiffany and Candy are in the back holding up signs, one that reads "I just ran over D-Wade's foot", and the other says, "Me verses the Dolphins ...*SPOILER* I won B****es." Which got a nasty boo from the Miami crowd in response to that. 

TF: Hailing from Orlando, Florida. Weighing in at 226 pounds. He is "Phenom" SHAWN HART.

[Hart rides down the aisle, and slams the cart into the cage. He gets out and takes a bow. A EPW stage hand drives the girls and the golf cart back up the ramp and to the back. Hart approaches D-Wade and the other members of the Miami Heat where he begins a brief trash talking session bad mouthing them in their seats. After Hart dares them to cross the barrier and attack him, one of them almost does but D-Wade and the EPW security stop him from crossing. Hart just smiles as he turns his back and walks over to the cage opening it up and closing it behind. He walks up the ring apron and slides between the ropes into the ring. Shawn approaches his tag team partner Fusensoff and gives him orders on how he thinks the match will go down which The Fuse takes obvious offense to and has to bite his tongue from saying what he really wants to say to The Phenom.]

DT: Already it looks like Shawn Hart's rubbing his tag team partner the wrong way, what do you think he said to Fusensoff?

MN: Most likely, I'm guess, stay out of my way, let me do my thing, and maybe just maybe I'll carry us through this match and advance to the next round.

DM: Not a good way to start off a tag team match by rubbing your own partner the wrong way. His ego's coming into play and in a tag team match such as this they need to be on the same page and not at each other's throats. The match hasn't even started yet.

TF: And their opponents...

[The sound of a flicking lighter... water bubbling... and obnoxious COUGHING heralds the intro to "10001110101" by Clutch. As the music swings into its first bluesy hard rock riff, "The Raging Russian" Ivan Dalkichev storms onto the stage, downing the last of his bottle of vodka, which he immediately SMASHES on the ground and beats his chest with his fist, roaring to the audience! Slinking through the mist behind him is "The Escape Artist" Erik Black, a plume of smoke escaping his lips and holding up “GEEZER” for the fans to see!]

MN: Hey Erik...share the wealth. Puff, puff, and pass that bad boy GEEZER over hear. Let me hit dat.

DM: Normally I don't think we would condone the use of drug use, but in this case I'll make an exception. A totally baked off his ass Mike McNeely is something that I just gotta see.

[The pair come face to face at the top of the ramp, flashing each other thumbs up, and make their way down. Dalkichev strides with Norrisean intensity, heading straight for the ring in a drunken stupor, while Black remains in tow, dancing to the music and playing to the fans.]

TF: Making their way down to the ring. Hailing from Indianapolis, Indiana. At a total combined weight of 738 pounds. "The Escape Artist" Erik Black and "The Raging Russian" Ivan Dalkichev. CRIMSON CALLING!! 

[As they come to the cage, they enter through the cage door. The hulking Dalkichev scales the apron, staggering slightly, and steps over the top rope to enter the squared circle. Black slides inside after him, walking around the ring on his knees while pumping up the audience. At the end of their set, Dalkichev drops to his knees in the center of the ring, holding his arms out to his sides. Black takes position behind him and holds his arms up in a V formation. When viewed from straight on, they form a five-pointed shape similar to a cannabis leaf!]

DT: One of the very heavily favored teams to potentially go the distance and even go as far to win the King of the Cage Tournament all together. These former EPW World Tag Team Champions are looking to recapture the tag team titles under their new moniker.

MN: Its a clean slate and a fresh start for the team formerly known as the Crimson Calling, but they are no strangers to tag team championship gold.

DM: And might I add that their in-ring chemistry is rivaled by very few in Empire Pro. No doubt Hart and Fuse have their work cut out for them and they better get on the same page if they have any inkling of up of winning this match and moving on in the tournament.

[The cage door closes as the former Empire Pro tag team champions have entered into the ring. EPW Referee, Bryan Weatherby stands by in the ring ready to call the action. Dalkichev and Black retreat to their corner discussing last minute strategy. Dalkichev is on the apron as Black is in the corner. Shawn Hart and Fusensoff have retreated to their own corner deciding who should enter into the match first. Fuse is on the apron and Hart is in the corner. The referee signals for the bell to begin.]

DING DING DING

[Immediately, Shawn Hart takes off running and nails Erik Black right into the back with a huge running front drop kick right into the back of an unsuspecting Erik Black as he blast right into his tag team partner causing the big Russian behemoth to fly off of the apron and land face first into the case. Black falls through the ropes and landing on top of his tag team partner. Shawn Hart smiles devilishly and shrugs his shoulders and begins back peddling to his own corner slapping onto the back blind tagging in his partner, Fusensoff then immediately leaps over the top rope and lands on his feet to the outside drawing massive boos and jeers from an already hot Miami crowd following his earlier actions. Referee, Bryan Weatherby, seeing all of this has now declared both Fusensoff and and Ivan Dalkichev as the legal men. Shawn Hart points with his two index fingers and gesturing towards Fuse and the crowd.]

HART: I'M...VERY...SMART!

DT: Shawn Hart, being sneaky and blindsiding Black and Dalkichev from behind making the big man as the new legal man in this match as declared by Bryan Weatherby.

MN: He truly is a genius and this match will no doubt show his brilliance. Just you watch.

[Back on the outside as the Crimson Calling rise to their feet. Ivan Dalkichev regains his barrings, shaking the cobwebs out of his head and after colliding face first into the cage, the Russian big man is very much busted open bleeding from the forehead. They go back to the replay showing the impact of the hit and Ivan colliding with the cage. On the other side of the screen shows an enraged Dalkichev bleeding and starring laser beams of intensity at the team of Fuse and Hart. He listens to the ref's ruling and steps over the rope walking toward the center as Weatherby orders the new legal man Fusensoff to enter the ring at once. Stunned at first, still shocked by all that Hart has devised within this past minute of the match. Fuse lets out a sigh and steps between the ropes with purpose ready to fight as he moves toward his behemoth first round king of the cage opponent. Shawn Hart, once the close has clear and Fuse is in the center with The Raging Russian, he steps back up onto the apron in his corner smug and proud at what he has done.]

[In the ring, the 6'3 and 263 pound Fusensoff stands face-to-face with a very bloody and vengeful Russian Ivan Dalkichev who is no doubt living up to his moniker. Fuse looking up at the towering 7'1, near 500 Dalkichev with no fear despite the huge mismatch despite the fact that these are the two biggest men in this match-up. Ivan snarling with blood dripping down his face and gritting his teeth. Fuse, rolling his neck and cracking his knuckles ready for a fight. Fuse then waste no time as he unleashes a barrage of hard rights and elbows right into the bloody Russian trying to stagger the big man off of his feet. Fusensoff actually backs Ivan into the ropes sending him reeling. Fuse grabs his arm and attempts an Irish whip, but Dalkichev uses his weight and muscles Fuse reversing the hold and sends him into the ropes. On the return, Dalkichev hits a hard, spiking, very stiff Yakuza kick right into the face of Fusensoff making him land hard on the canvas. Now it looks like The Raging Russian is very much in control of his match now as he lumbers over to Fuse struggling to regain his barrings and get back up to his feet.]

DT: Dalkichev showing his brute strength and power as he takes down The Fuse with a huge nasty Yakuza kick right in his face.

[Dalkichev, while still behind Fusensoff as he struggles to rise to his feet, showing his own brute strength, under hooks Fuse's arms and lifts him up in an elevated double under hook chicken wing. Fuse feeling the pain and agony as the referee, Bryan Weatherby checks to see if if he is able to continue. Dalkichev keeps him in the air for some time but then lowers him back down to the ground but still keeps a strong hold of the double underhook, Ivan begins raining down multiple repeating head butts into the upper spine of Fuse's back and then tosses him face first onto the canvas. Fusensoff feeling the effects of the attack as his back is in intense pain but still he tries to get his barrings and get back to his feet. Back in his corner, Shawn Hart, mock shows concern, but really his is just admiring his handiwork for outsmarting Fuse and the former tag team champions feeling like a master strategist that he is being right now just soaks in the jeers and boos from the Miami crowd.]

[Dalkichev bounces off of the ropes and lands a massive atomic leg drop on Fusensoff right on the back of his head then rolls him over attempting the first cover of the match. The ref slides down to make the count.]

One...

Two...

THRE...

NO...

KICK OUT...

As Fusensoff gets the shoulder up.]

DT: And Fuse manages to kick out just in the neck of time as Ivan attempts the first cover of the match.

[Dalkichev rises to his feet, ready to inflict more punishment on Fusensoff, but just as he is, out of no where, "The Phenom" Shawn Hart uncharacteristic, unusual, and maybe a little unorthodox...for him, springboard jumps off of the top rope and nails a flying MIGHTY MOUSE punch into the face of the bloody Dalkichev. The impact causes the Russian giant to stagger backwards into his corner and nail his own tag team partner knocking Erik Black off of the corner and into the cage wall bouncing off and falling to the ground below. The recovering Russian comes to and rushes Shawn Hart grabbing the much smaller, rule-breaking, strategist by the throat and hoists him up into the air ready to hit a nasty looking choke slam. However, before he is able to complete the hold, referee Bryan Weatherby, trying to restore order in this match orders Ivan to release Hart at once and get out of the ring. Dalkichev drops Hart and gets in the face of the ref ordering him to explain what is going on. Weatherby points out that when he got hit by Hart, and how he staggered back into his corner knocking himself into his partner Erik Black making him the new legal man. Ivan, who is already upset as it is, looks over as conventional tag team wisdom calms him down when he looks over at his tag team partner getting up to his feet and stepping back up onto the apron. Weatherby repeats his order and orders Dalkichev out of the ring and Black to enter as the new legal man. The Raging Russian finally complies much against his protests as Black enters into the ring for the very first time. Once again Shawn Hart is pleased with his strategy working out so well as he slides out, all this allowing time for Fusensoff time to regain his senses and get back up to his feet with renewed focus and energy now eyeing the smaller teammate of Crimson Calling.]

DT: Once again, the scheming Shawn Hart using these opportunistic tactics nails the big Russian with a springboard flying forearm and knocking him into teammate Erik Black causing a blind tag of sorts making and making him the new legal man as declared and ruled by Weatherby.

MN: Absolutely brilliant. No wait... that's not brilliant. That's Phenomenal...as in Shawn Hartified!

DM: What?

MN: Yeah...exactly. You know.

[Fusensoff and Black circle each other toward the ring with Fuse with a four inch height advantage and outweighing Erik Black by almost a good 30 pounds. The veteran former tag team champion, showing no fear whatsoever and no backing down to the Fuse calls for a textbook collar and elbow tie-up which Fusensoff is more than happy to oblige.]

MN: Not smart. Think Erik, W.W.S.D? What would Shawn Do?

[Erik Black hits a standing switch and swings around to the back of Fusensoff and has a hammer lock in place, but Fuse, showing his own natural technical prowess as a wrestling prodigy throws in a few reverse elbows into Black then spins around the hold again and hooks in a hammer lock of his own. Fuse then hits an atomic drop on Black. As Erik is reeling, Fuse tosses his opponent headfirst into the turnbuckle padding. Black's head bounces off and staggers backwards once again right into the clutches of Fusensoff who grabs Black by the shoulders, falls backwards and pulls Black right onto his rising knees of a nasty back stabbing cracker like move. Fusensoff waste no time and rolls Black up for a cover hooking the leg as Weatherby slides down to make the count.]

ONE...

TWO...

THRE...

NO...

[This time, it is the Raging Russian, Ivan Dalkichev that breaks up the count with a stiff boot raining down right on top of Fusensoff's head. Fuse jumps up to his feet and gets into the face of the Dalkichev throwing the rights and lefts on Ivan as they trade blows. The ref trying to restore order yells out the commands of both big men to to stop and for Ivan to get out of the ring and for Fuse to get back into the match. While that is going on. Shawn Hart jumps into the ring and runs over where he begins repeatedly stomping on Erik Black's head mercilessly literally kicking a man while he is down trying to keep The Escape Artist down and out in this match. Just as Weatherby gets both men to listen to him and Ivan back in his corner. Shawn Hart sees what is going on and slides out of the ring retreating back to his own corner as the crowd boo him without quarter. Again, Hart reminds them that he truly more intelligent than they are jawing off at one another.]

CROWD: YOU SUCK...[clap clap clap clap clap]...YOU SUCK [clap clap clap clap clap]...YOU SUCK [clap clap clap clap clap]

HART: I'm smarter than you! I'm smarter than you! I'm smarter than you! I'm smarter than you! [clap clap clap clap clap]

[Back in the ring, Fusensoff re-focuses his attention once again on Erik Black who is prone on the canvas and at his mercy. Fuse stands Black up to his feet, hooks him up into a suplex position, then takes him down with a fast snap suplex, but instead of laying their, Fuse waste no time as he does a rolling backwards flip and and jumps up to his feet, then immediately leaps up into the air and nails a knee drop right down on Black's sternum/chest area. While Black is clutching his ribs, Fuse mounts himself on top of Black pinning him down to the mat and rains down huge left and right punches one right after the other on The Escape Artist. The ref pushes him off of Black to get him to stop and regains order. Fuse gets in the ref's face as Weatherby explains to him what happened ordering him to restart, as he is going on, we see that Fuse actually caused Black to bleed from his nose as his nose may be broken but still Erik tries to get back up to his feet. Fuse nods his head as he walks over to the bleeding Erik Black. Fuse actually helps Erik up to a vertical base. With blood running down his mouth and his eyes watering. He's not crying by any means but its obvious that Fusensoff really jarred him with those mounted punches. Fuse checks on Black to see if he's alright as we can hear them talking to each other with a slightly audible voice.]

Fusensoff: You alright?

Black: Yeah.

Fusensoff: You can go on?

Black: Yeah.

Fusensoff: Good.

[Immediately following that little verbal exchange; Fusensoff, waste no time as he takes Black's arm and hits a short arm clotheslines making Erik turn end over end flipping in the air and landing hard on his back regaining control in this match in his favor. Fuse picks Black up and moves him near the ropes, picks him up into a suplex position then hoists him up into the air, dropping Black stomach first onto the top ropes sling shotting him off, Fuse spins him around and then WHAM drops Erik Black head first with a implant styled DDT. Fuse goes for a cover.]

ONE...

TWO...

Thr...

KICK OUT??????

[Much to everybody's surprise, especially the team of Fusensoff and Shawn Hart, Erik Black kicked out as the Miami crowd pops very loudly in response. Erik Black showing that he really is still in this fight despite everything that he is has been through. Fuse can't believe it but shakes off the bewilderment and resumes his offense on Erik Black. Fuse hits a standing neck breaker on Black to once again work on the back and neck area that he had been doing since they locked up in this match. Then Fuse scoops Black up and nails an overhead belly-to-belly suplex toward his corner. Fusensoff walks over to his corner where Black had unfortunately landed ready to inflict more punishment on the smaller Erik Black; however, he feels a slap on the back as Shawn Hart has blind tagged himself into the match for the very first official time declaring himself. A totally shocked Fusensoff can't believe what Hart has done but Hart goes to work on Black as Weatherby orders Fuse out of the ring. Hart waste not time in going for a immediate roll-up pin and since it is close to their corner, their would be no way for Black's tag team partner to get to him in time. The ref drops down to make the count.]

ONE...

TWO...

THre...

Ref Stops Count...

[Thinking that he had the match won with all of his scheming, expecting to hear three and Ivan Dalkichev no way to break up the count. Hart thought he had the win, but the referee stopped the count when of all people, his own tag team partner Fusensoff drew Weatherby's attention to Shawn Hart and how he had grabbed a handful of Erik Black's wrestling gear for more leverage. The ref now seeing the illegal tactic by Hart stopped the count right away before he could slap the mat a third time. The ref tries to restore order by pushing Dalkichev back to their corner. A shocked Shawn Hart looks over and beams eyes of pure hatred at his tag team partner for what he did. Fuse just gives Hart a flip of the middle finger much to the crowd's delight. While Fuse and Hart are arguing with each other in their own corner. All of the while, Erik Black begins coming to and crawling back to his corner trying to tag in his tag team partner into the match. Closer and closes until.]

HOT TAG...

[And the big, massive, BLOODY Raging Russian is once again tagged into this match and rushes over to an unsuspecting Shawn Hart and Fusensoff nailing Hart in the back of the head and causing him to collide with Fusensoff knocking him off of the apron and land on the outside. Ivan looks over seeing that Bryan Weatherby has now declared Fusensoff as the legal man. Ivan wastes no time as he steps over to the rope to the outside and attacks Fuse on the outside tossing him into the cage wall.]

[Back in the ring, a recovering Shawn Hart rising to his feet, but feels that someone is behind him. When he turns around, he is starring face to face with a now recovered Erik Black. Partially dried blood dripping down his face intermixing with sweat. Black nods and grin with delight as the crowd pops loudly. Hart, with a look as he mouths the words "OH S***!" Erik Black unleashes the hard rights and elbows on the opportunistic and scheming Phenom. Black gets him reeling by unleashing a vicious martial arts combination on Hart backing him into the corner. Once Hart is reeling and leaning in the corner. Black locks on a head lock bulldog runs out and spikes him on the canvas head first.]

[Back on the outside, the referee counts as the two actual legal men fight on the outside. Ivan Dalkichev tosses Fusensoffs shoulder first into the steel steps causing it to make a loud CLANG and ultimately bust into two pieces.]

[Back in the ring, Erik Black sets up Shawn Hart up on top of the top rope. Erik Black waste no time, and runs to the opposite turnbuckle across from the prone Shawn Hart. With cat like reflexes, he leaps up onto the top rope, tight rope walking the length of the ring over to Hart, then hits a huge stiff spear right into Shawn Hart. The impact of the spear actually causes Hart to bounce of the cage and the sudden stop causes both men to fall down to the ground.]

[Back on the other side, hearing the ref's count getting closer to ten and to avoid a count out. Ivan Dalkichev tosses very hurt Fusensoff back into the ring following suit after him. The bloody and enraged Ivan Dalkichev picks up Fuse and places his head between the Raging Russian's legs then hoist him up into a Canadian Backbreaker and then drops him down with a sit-down pile driver with authority.]

DT: Drunken Russian Driver! Drunken Russian Driver! Drunken Russian Driver!

DM: And its over!

MN: No, No, Its not over!

[Ivan Dalkichev drops down all near 500 pounds right on top of Fusensoff crotch first on his face in classic drunken TEA BAG fashion. On the outside, Shawn Hart slowly starting to recover, but still incapacitated can only watch and unable to do nothing as he sees Ivan pinning his tag team partner and unable to stop.]

MN: Ewwwwwwwwwww Oh God no! Not cool. Just not cool. Now its over!

ONE...

TWO...

THREE...

DING DING DING

[Referee Bryan Weatherby signals for the bell and calling an end to the match as Tony Fatora announces the decisive winners.]

TF: And here are your winners and advancing to the next round of the King Of The Cage Tag Team Tournament. CRIMSON CALLING!

[Referee Bryan Weatherby raises Ivan Dalichev's hand high in the air at the announcement from Fatora. Shawn Hart manages to pick himself up and still feeling the affect of the suicide diving spear into the cage from Erik Black, limping his way out of the cage starring laser beams of pure hatred at the unconscious tag team partner of his known as Fusensoff who is still out cold flat on his back in the center of the ring. The officials let Hart of the ring as he back peddles up the ramp very upset that he lost. Ivan slides out of the ring and helps his tag team partner up to his feet and raises his hand victoriously as they leave the cage. Referee Bryan Weatherby checks on Fusensoff as he starts coming too he looks up and glares back into the direction of Shawn Hart returning the stare down.]

DT: One round down as Crimson Calling move one step closer to facing off against the Empire Pro World Tag Team Champions and hopefully capturing the titles again.-----

DM: Well, we’ve said it already but they may be the odds on favorites just due to their experience as a team, even against a stacked team like Craig Miles and Beast.

DT: We’ll be right back after this!!