MN: SO CLOSE!!! TWO POINT NINE!!!

[With a huff, Beast signals to the roaring crowd again, then hooks Sands up for a second Absolution; however, Sands recovers and rises to his feet, back body dropping Beast with authority. He grabs the big man by the hair and pulls him to his feet, punching him in the small of the back twice before hitting an inverted DDT across his knee!]

DT: Oh, big reverse DDT by Sands, dropping Beast's neck and upper back across his knee!

MN: Nice shot, man!

[Sands doesn't waste any time in dragging Beast to his feet, clubbing at his neck a few more times before drilling him with a DDT. The impact causes Beast to stand on his head, his legs twitching in the air before he finally flops onto his face. Snorting once, Sands pulls Beast up onto his shoulders and boosts him up, dropping the big man's neck across his knee in a neckbreaker maneuver!]

DT: And there's that brutal knee neckbreaker Sands is known to use!

MN: I can't believe that thing didn't take Beast's head off. It just looks so stiff and unforgiving.

[Shaking the cobwebs out of his head, Beast staggers to his feet. Sands meets him with a kick to the gut, then looks out into the crowd, noticing Dan Ryan. He smirks, then stuffs Beast into a standing headscissors, pulling him up to deliver a Humility Bomb!]

DT: HUMILITY BOMB!!! SANDS JUST HIT BEAST WITH DAN RYAN'S HUMILITY BOMB!!!

MN: HE'S GONNA EMBARRASS HIM IN FRONT OF THE OWNER!!!

DT: SANDS COVERS!!!

ONE!!!

 
TWO!!!

THREENNNNOOOOOOOO!!! BEAST GOT THE SHOULDER UP IN THE NICK OF TIME!!!

MN: NO WAY! I thought it was over!

DT: To be fair, the real Humility Bomb has a lot more brute strength behind it - but Sands' was certainly nothing to scoff at, either.

[A look of annoyance crosses Sands' face. He places a knee on Beast's chest and punches him in the face repeatedly, opening up a cut above the big man's left eyebrow. Roughly, Sands pulls Beast up and tries for a suplex, but Beast floats over and lands with Sands in an inverted facelock. Sands fights, but Beast slugs him in the ribs and kills him with an inverted swinging neckbreaker to a HUGE crowd pop!]

DT: Suplex - NO, WAIT - TEST OF FAITH!!! BEAST HITS THE TEST OF FAITH FROM OUT OF NOWHERE!!!

MN: AAAAAH!!! IT'S DONE!!!

DT: HE'S GOTTA COVER!!! HE'S GOTTA CAPITALIZE!!! BEAST COULD BE THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION IF HE CAN MAKE THIS COVER!!!

MN: HE'S TRYING!!!

DT: BEAST WITH THE ARM ACROSS SANDS!!!

ONE!!!

 
TWO!!!

...NO!!! SANDS KICKED OUT!!!

MN: Beast ALMOST HAD IT!!!

[Beast's expression betrays his disbelief. He covers Sands again, but the other man kicks out. Furiously, Beast picks Sands up and ploughs him into the corner with a shoulder charge, then boosts him up to the top turnbuckle, following him up. Sands tries to fight, but Beast slugs him and takes him down to earth with a top-rope suplex!]

DT: Oh, SUPERPLEX by Beast! Cover!

One!

TWO!

-NO, Sands kicked out!

MN: He's resilient, I'll give him that!

[Gritting his teeth, Beast waits for Sands to rise, then picks him up and goes for a suplex, but snaps him down into a brutal spinebuster that pops the crowd! From there, Beast stands over his opponent and waits for him to rise, holding up a hand to the roaring fans... and ignoring Dan Ryan's "BEASTIE! BEASTIE!" chant at ringside.]

DT: These fans smell it! These fans know what's coming! These fans see Beast set and ready to deliver the Absolution and put Christian Sands away!

MN: Man, he's gonna do it!

[Suddenly, Sands recovers and darts behind Beast in the blink of an eye, snaring him in a cobra clutch and slamming him to the canvas powerfully! He immediately bridges over Beast for a pin!]

DT: Wha - SAND BLASTER!!! OUT OF NOWHERE!!! COVER!!!

ONE!!!

 
TWO!!!

THREEEEEE!

- NO!!! BEAST KICKED OUT!!!

MN: AAAAH!!! NO WAY!!!

DT: I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER THERE, BUT BEAST SAYS NO!!!

[With a huff, Sands pulls Beast to his feet and chops his chest twice, whipping him into a corner and scoring with a running clothesline. He then goes behind again for another Sand Blaster, but Beast elbows him loose and hooks him up. He tries for an Absolution, but Sands bridges out and reverses into a Sand Blaster attempt, which Beast blocks by hooking his leg around the middle rope!]

DT: The reversals - No, Beast's blocking the Sand Blaster!

MN: Smart move!

[Sands tries to shake Beast loose; however, Beast snaps an elbow back to stun his adversary. From there, Beast shoves him down into a standing headscissors and begins to underhook the arms, but looks up and locks eyes with Dan Ryan. He drops the underhook and pulls Sands up for a Humility Bomb as Ryan glares daggers at him!]

DT: BEAST'S GOING FOR A HUMILITY BOMB!!!

[However, Beast can't complete the move; Sands tightens his legs around Beast's head in a triangle choke. Beast tries to shove Sands off, but the smaller man drops off himself... right down into the Sandman's Clutch!]

DT: SANDMAN'S CLUTCH!!! SANDMAN'S CLUTCH!!! SANDS REVERSED THE HUMILITY BOMB!!!

MN: WOW!!! HE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WITH THAT!!!

DT: BEAST'S IN DIRE STRAITS!!! HE'S GOT TO MAKE IT TO THE ROPES!!!

MN: He's crawling!

DT: Beast sidling towards the bottom rope!

MN: Listen to Ryan and Lindsay cheering him on!

DT: He's almost there! Reaching out!

MN: He's so close!

DT: Beast's fingers are millimeters away from the bottom rope!

MN: He just has to scootch closer...

DT: NO!!! SANDS ROLLS OVER AND BACK INTO THE CENTER OF THE RING WITH THE CLUTCH STILL APPLIED!!! BEAST IS IN NO-MAN'S-LAND!!!

MN: He's gotta tap!

DT: Beast raising his hand - NO, HE DOESN'T TAP!!! HE'S HOLDING HIMSELF BACK!!!

MN: No, he's gonna tap!

DT: NO, HE DOESN'T!!! Beast is biting his own hand between his teeth to keep himself from tapping out!

MN: What a MANEUVER!!!

DT: But Sands is RELENTLESS! He will NOT LET GO!!!

[Every single man, woman, and child in Madison Square Garden is on their feet, roaring "BEAST! BEAST! BEAST!" at the top of their lungs, clapping in time with the chant. Beast's eyes flare, and he tries to fight, but Sands tightens his grip even more. Slowly, Beast begins to fade, his eyes glazing over.]

DT: Beast's fading! He's almost out!

MN: There's the ref!

DT: Raising Beast's arm... drops once!

MN: Oh no...

DT: Again... DROPS TWICE!!! Once more and Sands is the champion!

MN: Come on...

DT: Again... DROPS NOOOOO!!! THE ARM STAYS UP!!!

MN: But Sands won't let go!

DT: The arm is down again, and I think Beast is totally out!

MN: It's gotta be over...

DT: The official's again raising the arm... Drops once!

MN: Come on, Beast!

DT: Again raising it... Drops twice!

MN: FIGHT OUT!!!

DT: Raising again - NO, BEAST KEEPS IT UP!!!

MN: HE'S STILL IN THE FIGHT!!!

DT: But there goes the arm again!

MN: Beast's eyes are just GLAZED OVER!!!

DT: Sands is like a rabid dog! He's not relenting at all!

MN: The ref's going to the arm again!

DT: Raising Beast's arm... Falls once!

MN: He's gonna fight out.

DT: Raising again... Falls twice!

MN: He's gonna get out.

DT: Raising the arm again... FALLS THREE TIMES!!! IT'S OVER!!! IT'S OVER!!! BEAST IS OUT, AND CHRISTIAN SANDS IS THE CHAMPION!!!

MN: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!!!

[SFX: *DINGDINGDING* - Bell rings as the arena rises as one and boos. Sands slowly releases Beast from the hold and rolls over onto his back, staring up at the lights with tears in his eyes as the referee places the World Title in his hands.]

TONY FATORA: Here is your winner, and the NEEEEEEEEEEEW Heavyweight Champion of the World... CHRRRRRRRRRRISTIAAAAAAAAAANNN... SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNDSSSSS!!! DT: WHAT A HELLACIOUS BATTLE!!! Both of these men gave everything they had, but it's Christian Sands who walks out with the title!

MN: Don't take anything away from Beast, though, because he could have won this just as easily! It could've gone either way as far as I'm concerned!

DT: It certainly was one hell of a contest! I wouldn't mind seeing it again!

[Concern on her face, Lindsay Troy rolls Beast out of the ring and helps him to the back. Smirking faintly, Dan Ryan stands and wades back into the crowd. Back in the ring, Sands regains his footing and stands in the center of the canvas, holding the title high as the crowd pelts him with garbage. However, a lean form suddenly rushes the ring.]

DT: WAIT A MINUTE!!! IT'S NATE LOGAN!!! NATE LOGAN IS HERE!!!

MN: NO!!! GET HIM OUT!!!

[Hearing the sudden cheers of the crowd, Sands turns, and Zero punches him in the face and knees him in the gut, causing him to drop the title! Zero chops him again, then hits a double knee lift, flowing into a DDT that spikes Sands' skull off the title! Sands goes limp, bleeding from a cut on his forehead!]

DT: MY GOD!!! ZERO HOUR!!! ZERO HOUR ON THE TITLE!!! NATE LOGAN HAS JUST LAID OUT THE WORLD'S CHAMPION HERE AT BLACK DAWN!!!

MN: I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS!!!

DT: Dammit, we're out of time! For Mike Neely, I'm Dave Thomas! This has been Black Dawn! GOODNIGHT, everyone!

[Fade to credits, then to black, leaving us with a fading shot of Zero standing tall over the fallen Christian Sands...]