DT: Here we go again!! Here comes the owner of the company, Dan Ryan! You have to wonder, guys, exactly what this man has in store for Beast tonight after what transpired earlier.
DM: Ryan has put Beast through absolute hell and even forced him to put his girlfriend through a table earlier, Dave Thomas. This guy does NOT want Beast to succeed until he can meet his exceedingly high standards, and he'll go to any lengths to make sure that Beast becomes the wrestler DAN RYAN wants him to be before he lets him get anywhere.
MN: And rightfully so! I've been saying all along that Big Loafy sucks!
DT: That's a former World Champion you're talking about, Mike.
MN: Oh, come on, everyone knows Lindsay Troy was the only reason Beast was ever successful. As soon as she turned and ran off with Sands and Melton her stupid blonde loafy buddy here fell flat.
DT: Now that's just not true!
DM: Guys, shut up, let the man speak.
[Having made his way to the ring, Ryan raises his microphone.]
RYAN: Beast, Beast, Beast... chop chop, son, I ain't got all day. you have ten minutes... no... make that TEN SECONDS... to get down to this ring.
[The crowd starts to count. "ONE!" "TWO!" "THREE!" "FOUR!" "FI-" --Cue up: "Figure You Out" - Nickelback. The crowd's reaction is loud, mixed, but leaning positive as Beast pushes the curtain aside with a rough sweep of his arm, stalking down to the ring in his wrestling gear. He boosts over the ropes and approaches Ryan, who holds up a hand.]
RYAN: Ah-ah-aht! Easy there, killer.
[Beast glares daggers at Ryan, but takes a slow step back and says nothing. The president of EPW eyes him for a moment before speaking.]
RYAN: I told you earlier tonight that I’d give you my decision tonight, but you have one last test to pass. I’m sure you’re wondering what’s up... and I'll set your mind at ease right now. I know you're probably itching to wrestle your way to that rematch, but that's a damn shame, since there's not going to be a match for YOU tonight.
[And with that Ryan rushes forward suddenly and LEVELS Beast with a big boot to the face, drawing boos from the fans as the blond Canadian goes down! Smirking, Ryan slides slowly out of his suit coat and begins to unbutton his shirt, slipping it off and tossing it aside...]
RYAN: Mostly because nobody in their right mind would sanction the beating I'm going to be handing you. No pinfalls, no tapouts, just a straight fight, man to man. What're you waiting for, Marcus? Get your ass up and fight!
DT: MY GOD, THIS IS NOT RIGHT! Dan Ryan just LEVELED Beast and now he's THROWING OFF HIS COAT AND KICKING BEAST IN THE SIDE! I cannot BELIEVE Dan Ryan is Beast's last challenge!
DM: This could backfire on Ryan! If Beast gets that fire going again...
MN: He won't, Deano! Big Loafy chickened out after what he did to Beast- let! He won't go there again, man!
DT: Ryan tossing his shirt into the crowd now... wait, here comes the referee - RYAN JUST CLOTHESLINES HIM OUT OF THE RING, AND HE'S SHOUTING FOR NO BELL!!!
DM: This isn't a wrestling match, Dave Thomas! This is a FIGHT, plain and simple! Ryan doesn't want to wrestle Beast - he wants to legitimately beat him bloody!
DT: Ryan turning back to Beast... Beast is up, and he NAILS Ryan with a big right hand! Ryan fires back! Beast with the right hand but Ryan goes for the BOOT to the gut and whips Beast into the corner! The Ego Buster in, and THERE'S the huge shoulder check against the turnbuckles!
DM: Dan Ryan's got three hundred and fifty pounds AT LEAST behind that charge. That's going to do a HUGE number on Beast's body!
MN: It sure will! Ryan's going to PULVERIZE Big Loafy!
DT: Now the owner of the company backs up a bit - NAILS Beast across the chest with that overhand chop! One more, and he grabs Beast under the arms and BEELS him out of the corner to the mat! Ryan beckoning and shouting for Beast to get the hell up!
MN: Ooooohhhh, it's ON!
DT: Beast to his feet, and here comes Ryan with the BOOT BUT BEAST DUCKS UNDER! Ryan turns around and Beast JACKS him in the jaw with a hard right! Ryan back against the ropes, and Beast keeps punching - OH, RAKE to the eyes by Ryan!
DM: What a cheap trick by the Ego Buster!
MN: How can it be cheap? There are no rules!
DM: It's still poor sportsmanship!
DT: Holding his eyes, Beast stumbles back a few feet, and Ryan stuns him with a big fist to the gut! Grabs Beast by the hair - DRILLS Beast's face off his knee, and Beast slumps to the mat and rolls to the ropes! Ryan stomping a mudhole, and Beast rolls down to the floor!
MN: Ryan's just relentless, man. He doesn't wanna give Beast any quarter, and he's got the skills to carry the momentum as long as he pleases.
DM: Hey! I'M the technical analyst here!
MN: You're complaining about sportsmanship. We obviously can't trust YOUR analysis.
DM: Dear Mr. Objective. Ryan's going over the rope and he just AXEHANDLED your precious Big Loafy from the apron, jumping down to the floor and smacking him with both fists!
DT: Beast took that axehandle RIGHT in the head and he's down against the barricade, and Ryan's immediately over to lay in the big jabs to the skull of the former EPW Champion! Beast raising his arms to cover, but Ryan just brushes past and punches away!
DM: Ryan is just breaking Beast down with the precision of a machine, Dave Thomas. Those punches could probably level a buffalo!
DT: Now Ryan grabs Beast by the arm... grabs and whips him towards the ringstairs but Beast REVERSES AND SENDS RYAN TUMBLING INTO THE STEEL!!! Did you HEAR the CRASH as Ryan connected!
MN: OW! Dammit!
DM: What a lucky break for Beast!
DT: Ryan slowly coming to his feet, but Beast rushes in and CUFFS him right in the jaw with a right! Now a left! And another right! Beast is pounding on Dan Ryan with those meaty fists and he is NOT letting up!
MN: No! C'mon, boss, fight him off!
DT: Beast now, grabbing ahold of Ryan's shoulders... turns and SLAMS him against the ring barricade! Just LAYING IN THOSE RIGHT HANDS like a man posSESSED! Beast has LOST IT, and he is NOT going to let Dan Ryan walk out of here without taking a firm beating!
DM: Look at his FACE! Beast is ENRAGED! Dan Ryan put this man through hell and he wants to pay him back in SPADES, Dave Thomas!
DT: Now Beast taking Ryan by the hair... pulls him over and SLAMS HIS FACE AGAINST THE STEEL POST! Ryan falls to the ground... wait, what's Beast doing - My GOD, he's got a steel chair!
MN: Yes! YES! DO IT, LOAFY! GIVE IN TO THE DARK SIDE!
DT: Beast's hesitant... he looks at the chair... looks at Ryan...
DM: Don't do it, Beast!
MN: Do it! DO IT!!
DT: Looks at the chair - AND RYAN GETS A LEG UP AND KICKS THE CHAIR INTO BEAST'S FACE!!!
DM/MN: Ohhhhh!
DT: Beast STAGGERS against the apron and slumps over! Ryan picks up the fallen chair - tapping the side of his head now! You can hear him talking to Beast!
[RYAN: I'm not hesitating!]
***CRACK***
DT: RYAN NAILS BEAST IN THE SKULL WITH THE STEEL CHAIR AND BEAST DROPS TO THE FLOOR ON HIS SIDE! Look at Dan Ryan SMIRKING as he DRIVES the edge of that chair down into Beast's lower back! Again! Again! Beast rolls onto his back to try and block but Ryan RAMS the chair into his gut!
DM: Dan Ryan is NOT a man you want to be on the bad end of a chairshot from. He's incredibly strong and precise, and he will tear you apart with a weapon in his hands!
MN: He's just going OFF!
DT: Ryan now grabs the chair and SLAMS the flat side into Beast's back, and Beast SCREAMS and goes down! Ryan tosses the chair aside and kicks him in the head, smirking and challenging him to get up!
MN: Stay down, Loafy! You're beat!
DM: Beast isn't going to get up after all of this! Ryan just beat the HELL out of him with that chair!
DT: You can see the smug look on Dan Ryan's face! What a sick human being the owner of this company is! Now he's going to the corner... My GOD he's pulling the stairs apart! Sets up the bottom portion near the ramp... grabs Beast... Standing HEADSCISSORS AND THIS HAS JUST GONE ENTIRELY TOO FAR BECAUSE DAN RYAN IS SIGNALING FOR THE HUMILITY BOMB!!!
MN: ON THE STEEL STAIRS?!?!
DM: DON'T DO IT, DAN!!!
DT: RYAN GRABS BEAST ABOUT THE MIDSECTION AND LIFTS - BEAST UP - WAIT BEAST DROPS TO HIS FEET AS HE COMES UP AND HOOKS RYAN BY THE HEAD - OHHHHHMYGOD DDT!!! DDT!!! BEAST JUST DDT'D DAN RYAN RIGHT INTO THE UNFORGIVING STEEL AND DAMMIT DAN RYAN HAS GOT TO BE DEAD!!!
DM: HOLY SH[beep]!!!
MN: HOLY-
DT: RYAN ROLLS TO THE FLOOR AND HE IS NOT MOVING! Beast looks down at him... sniffs... There's blood running from Dan Ryan's nose! Beast gives him a kick - AND HE SPITS IN THE FACE OF THE OWNER OF EMPIRE PRO WRESTLING!!
MN: FIRE HIM! FIRE HIM!
DT: I think Dan Ryan might be out cold! Beast turns and starts to walk up the ramp...
DM: --WHAT THE HELL?!
DT: --Ryan just got UP! He's not very steady, but he's mobile... he GRABS THE STAIRS in both hands! Beast doesn't see him!
MN: He's rearing back!
DT: Rearing back - RYAN HURLS THE STAIRS LIKE A GIANT DISCUS AND THEY SMASH BEAST IN THE BACK AND KNOCK HIM TO THE GROUND!!!
MN: AAAAH!!! WHAT A MOVE!!!
DM: OH MY GOD! Beast's lucky the corner didn't hit him in the back! He could've been paralyzed!
DT: Beast is DOWN! He's collapsed on the ramp under the stairs and he is NOT moving! Ryan slow to approach him, and he picks up Beast and drags him up the ramp to the stage! ...Oh GOD, he's looking down at the equipment below!
MN: No WAY!
DM: GOD! Don't tell me he's going to throw Beast off!
DT: Ryan getting ready to press Beast over his HEAD - NO, BEAST DROPS OUT BEHIND HIM and clubs him in the back! Ryan's teetering DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO THE EDGE - but Beast steps BACK!
DM: He's not gonna push him?!
MN: COME ON, LOAFY! I thought you were hardcore!
DT: He keeps ahold of Ryan's arm... Beast with the Irish WHIP AND HE SLAMS DAN RYAN FACE-FIRST INTO THE STEEL OF THE SET! RYAN COLLAPSES TO THE STAGE AND THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY IS BLEEDING FROM THE FOREHEAD!!!
MN: Aah! First blood!
DT: Beast's moving slowly as he approaches Dan Ryan again... he took a BEATING, but he's still up! Looks down at the recovering Ryan... looks at the small display screen to his right... JAMS his foot into Ryan's gut!
DM: I don't like the look on Beast's face! He's planning something!
DT: Now the Canadian GRABS Dan Ryan - Steps to his RIGHT - MY GOD THE BELLY-TO-BELLY SUPLEX INTO THE SMALL SCREEN!!!
MN: THANK GOD IT DIDN'T BREAK! Ryan hit the glass but it didn't crack all the way thr-oh no.
DT: Oh God, Beast picks up Ryan again and MY GOD BELLY TO BELLY AND RYAN SMASHES RIGHT THROUGH THE DAMN SCREEN AND THERE ARE SPARKS AND BROKEN GLASS FLYING EVERYWHERE!!! MY GOD HE'S BROKEN IN HALF!!!
DM: AND LOOK AT BEAST'S FACE! He's standing there staring at Ryan - and he's FURIOUS!
MN: Uh oh. That's the Beast-Let Look!
DT: Beast is INCENSED at this man! Something has awakened inside the former World Champion! Now he reaches into the wreckage and follows after a bleeding, stirring Ryan - picks him up and THROWS him through the curtain behind the set! He's just chucked Dan Ryan into the storage room behind the stage, and he's going in after him!
DM: Well, no rules.
DT: Here comes Beast now - lifts Ryan off the ground and SLAMS him bodily into a brick wall! Does it again! Grabs Ryan under the shoulders - WHEELS HIM DOWN TO THE FLOOR SEVERAL FEET AWAY, and did you HEAR Beast's furious shout?!
MN: That man is just LOSING it!
DM: What's HAPPENEd to him, anyway?! I think Dan Ryan may have bitten off more than he can chew!
DT: An ENRAGED Beast shouting something incoherent at Ryan - now advances on him and pulls him off the floor... Hooks the head... BRINGS HIM UP AND VERTICAL SUPLEXES THE OWNER OF THE COMPANY TO THE CONCRETE!!!
MN: OUCH!
DT: Pulling him up again... Beast hooks the head one more time... Ryan struggling but Beast CLUBS him in the back - NO, RYAN SURGES FORWARD AND SLAMS BEAST INTO THE WALL, AND HE'S HAMMERING AT THE BIG MAN'S RIBS WITH RIGHTS AND LEFTS - NO, Beast shuts him down with an axehandle to the back, and Ryan is on his hands and knees!
DM: It looked like Dan Ryan could've been back in this thing, but Beast just cut him the hell OFF!
DT: Beast doesn't waste any time - BOOT to the head of Dan Ryan, and the owner of the company is just GUSHING blood from that open wound to the forehead! Beast looks down at him and just BECKONS for him to get up!
MN: Do it, Dan! Kick his ass!
DM: I think Ryan might be spent.
DT: Ryan not moving... Beast smirks, then moves to pull Ryan into a standing headscissors... We could see the Absolution on the CONCRETE here!
DM: NO!
DT: Beast HOOKS THE ARMS -- AND THEN HIS EYES BULGE OUT IN PAIN AS RYAN JERKS THE BACK OF HIS HEAD UP AND SLAMS IT INTO BEAST'S GENITALS!!!
MN: YES!!!
DM: WHAT A DIRTY TRICK! Ryan resorted to a headbutt to the stones to get out of the Absolution!
MN: Does this mean Big Loafy just got head?! HAHA!
DT: Beast is CLUTCHING HIS GROIN AND GROANING IN PAIN as he slumps back against the wall! A bloodied Ryan comes to his feet... kick to the gut of Beast! Ryan grabs him by the hair and starts SLAMMING BEAST'S SKULL INTO THE WALL OVER AND OVER, AND NOW BEAST HAS BEEN BUSTED OPEN!!!
DM: There is absolutely no sportsmanship in this fight, Dave Thomas! Dan Ryan and Beast are just MURDERING each other without remorse or regret!
DT: Listen to the sickening thud of Beast's skull off the wall! Ryan bashes a few more times - jerks Beast back by the hair -
[RYAN: You've got nothin'! You've got nothin'!]
DT: Some harsh words from the owner of the company - now, oh dear LORD HE PRESSES BEAST OVER HIS HEAD AND SLAMS HIM INTO A PILE OF CRATES!!! BEAST IS LYING MOTIONLESS IN THE DEBRIS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE BROKEN BOXES CUT HIM UP EVEN MORE!!!
MN: YEAH! Ryan's cooking his goose! I KNEW we'd be having roast Beast for dinner tonight!
DM: Ryan's back in control and I don't think he's going to let up!
DT: Beast not moving at all but that doesn't stop Ryan - he grabs ahold of a set lamp and knocks the fixture off, leaving him with a metal pole! Beast stirring a bit... sits up... RYAN SLAMS THE POLE OVER BEAST'S HEAD AND BEAST IS DOWN AGAIN!!!
DM: Look at how dirty the owner of the company is fighting! He's kicking Beast while he's down - doesn't want to give him the chance to take the momentum again!
DT: The smug look on Dan Ryan's bloodied face says all that needs to be said as he leans over Beast and grins, grabbing a handful of the other man's hair and pulling him up to a sitting position...
[RYAN: C'mon, tough guy, gonna get up? Nah, you don't got the guts!]
DT: OH, a HUGE slap across the face of Beast with the back of Dan Ryan's right hand, and Beast looks out of it!
[RYAN: Yeah, that's what I thought!]
DT: And ANOTHER backhand! Beast's eyes are glazed almost completely over!
DM: He's had his brains bashed against a wall, he's been chucked into a box, kicked in the crotch, hit with a metal pole... his head has got to be a MESS right now.
[RYAN: I knew all along you had nothing, Marcus. I just went and proved it. And you think you deserve a title shot like this?]
[BEAST: ...]
DT: Ryan with another backha- BEAST GRABS DAN RYAN'S WRIST -- BEAST JUST BIT DAN RYAN'S HAND AS HARD AS HE CAN, AND RYAN SHRIEKS IN PAIN AND JERKS AWAY!!!
DM: BEAST, BITING?!?!
MN: NO WAY!!!
DT: Ryan gripping his hand in pain - Beast trying to get up - Ryan advances - BEAST DRIVES THE HEEL OF HIS BOOT RIGHT BETWEEN RYAN'S LEGS AND NOW DAN RYAN FALLS TO THE FLOOR SCREAMING!!!
DM: Beast has FINALLY LOST IT! Look -- LOOK at him! He's FURIOUS, he's ENRAGED, and there is MURDER written in that man's face!
MN: Oh... oh SNAP.
DT: I think you're right, Dean! The Beast has been unleashed and he is not going to stop until Dan Ryan cannot move a muscle! Beast pulls to his feet with blood running down his face, and he GRABS Ryan by the neck and pulls him to his feet! SLAMS him into a wall - now grabs the metal pole Ryan dropped! SMASHES IT INTO THE RIBS OF RYAN! RYAN KEELS OVER AND BEAST JUST STARTS BASHING HIM WITH IT IN A BLIND FURY, DROPPING HIM TO THE GROUND IN A HEAP!!!
MN: There's absolutely NO sanity in that attack - Beast has completely flipped!
DT: Beast with a few more pole shots, and he discards the weapon! Now cradling Ryan by the head! Pulls him up and SLAMS him face-first into the inner wall of the set!
DM: That's a LOT of steel for one man to eat!
MN: Come on, boss! You can come back!
DT: Ryan's LIMP and completely dazed as Beast picks him up and drags him out through the hole in the set and back onto the stage! Now hooks Ryan up... GERMAN SUPLEX ONTO THE STEEL STAGE!!! RYAN HAS GOT TO BE OUT OF IT!!!
DM: Somebody call an ambulance! This is carnage!
DT: Beast's STILL not relenting! He's down on his knees and SLAMMING HIS FIST INTO RYAN'S FACE OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AND LISTEN TO HIM SCREAMING IN A BLIND FURY!!! RYAN CAN'T EVEN DEFEND HIMSELF!!!
MN: I, uh... I think this might be over... Dammit, this CAN'T be! Ryan should've won!
DM: Wait, Beast's stopped!
DT: Beast stopped -- he's looking out at the EDGE OF THE STAGE... DOWN AT DAN RYAN... HE JERKS THE OWNER TO HIS FEET!!! MY GOD, DRAGS HIM TO THE STAGE EDGE!!! POINTS DOWN TWENTY FEET BELOW!!!
DM: NO!!! DON'T DO IT!!!
MN: HE CAN'T DO THAT!!!
DT: STANDING HEADSCISSORS!!! BEAST'S SIGNALLING TO THE CROWD!!! PULLS RYAN UP - HE'S GOING TO GO FOR THE HUMILITY BOMB!!!
MN: WHAT?!?!
DM: --WAIT, RYAN'S FIGHTING IT!
DT: RYAN CLAMPS HIS LEGS AROUND BEAST'S NECK! PUNCHES HIM IN THE FACE! ANOTHER PUNCH AND BEAST FALLS BACK, AND RYAN LANDS ON THE STAGE SAFELY!!!
MN: Except now BEAST'S down... and now RYAN'S EYEING THE EDGE!
DM: Oh my God.
DT: Ryan with that gleam in his eye... Stuns Beast with a kick to the side of the head! PULLS HIM INTO A HEADSCISSORS!!! HE'S READY TO HUMILITY BOMB BEAST INTO THE EQUIPMENT TWENTY FEET BELOW THE EDGE OF THE STAGE AND THESE FANS ARE GOING CRAZY!!!
DM: NO, DAN! DON'T DO IT!!!
MN: YES!!! DO IT!!! KILL HIM!!!
DT: RYAN BOOSTS BEAST UP!!! BRINGS HIM UP!!! MY GOD -- WAIT BEAST GRABS RYAN'S HEAD UNDER THE ARM!!! HE TRIES TO COUNTER -- HE CAN'T GET IT -- THEY'RE BOTH GOING TO -- AAAAAH!!
DM: AAAAAH!!!
[**FLASHBULBS GO OFF**]
[***CRAAAAAAASSSSSH***]
DT: MY GOD!!! BEAST DRAGGED DAN RYAN DOWN BY THE HEAD WITH HIM AND BOTH MEN HAVE FALLEN TWENTY FEET INTO THE EQUIPMENT!!! SOMEBODY CALL AN AMBULANCE!!!
DM: MY GOD, THE CARNAGE!!! IF THESE MEN ARE STILL ALIVE IT'LL BE A MIRACLE FROM GOD!!!
MN: BOSS!!! BOOOOOSSSS!!!
DT: THERE'S NOT A SINGLE SIGN OF MOVEMENT FROM EITHER OF THESE TWO MEN!!!
DM: I... This is... This is just TOO much! These men pushed this TOO FAR!!!
DT: Here comes the medical team out of the back, trying to get to Beast and Ryan through the wreckage... I just... Folks, this is one of those things that tell you you should NOT try this at home! Dan Ryan and Beast could both be crippled!
MN: Twenty feet is a LONG fall, and they were beat up before they went down, too! I think they BOTH landed on their heads, too!
DM: The equipment could've broken their fall, but there's a lot of metallic stuff down there to jab into spines or necks or arms... dammit, these guys could be paralyzed if they hit it just right!
DT: Here comes Paul Freeman to try and salvage the situation...
[***CROWD POP***]
DT: --OH MY GOD, BEAST JUST GRABBED ONTO A SHATTERED SUPPORT BEAM AND IS SITTING UP! THERE'S BLOOD GUSHING FROM HIS MOUTH!
DM: He's not going to be able to move! He's bleeding inside --
MN -- RYAN'S TRYING TO GET UP TOO!!! He's bleeding just as bad, if not worse!
DT: Wait - Ryan weakly holding up a hand -- get a camera on him!
[CUTTO: Dan Ryan bleeding from the mouth, half-buried in broken equipment.]
[RYAN: ...You... you've got your... title shot.]
[***HUUUUUUGE POP***]
DT: DAN RYAN JUST FELL BACK AND PASSED OUT BUT THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR!!! BEAST HAS DONE IT!!! HE'S GOT ANOTHER SHOT AT THE WORLD TITLE!!!
DM: AMAZING!! JUST UNBELIEVABLE!!!
DT: While we get all of this cleaned up, let’s look at a little video put together for our main event!