(FADEIN:  Larry Tact.)

VOICE/OVER:  “The first…”

(CUTTO:  Jonathan Marx)

V/O:  “The last…”

(CUTTO: Jean Rabesque, slowly replaced by The Phantom Republican who is then replaced by Shawn Hart.)

V/O:  “The past…”

(CUTTO:  Daymon, standing alone, arms folded, a smirk on his face.)

V/O:  “The future…”

(CUTTO:  A darkened room.  Six ladders are illuminated by a single light hanging in the center of the ring.  They are positioned in a hexagon around a table where two briefcases sit on a table.)

V/O:  “The stakes are high…”

(CUTTO:  An overhead shot of the briefcases .. in one shines the World Heavyweight Championship.  In the other, a contract.)

V/O:  “The rewards are even higher…”

(CUTTO:  Ringside, present time.  The sound is still silent as we see a huge platform being erected over the ring by a hundred or so workers.  They lock everything in place while the voice over continues.)

V/O:  “Prepare yourselves…”

(CUTTO:  The referee hooking the two briefcases, which were walked down to ring by Marcus LaRoque, to hooks. He then gives the signal and they briefcases are slowly lifted in the air.)

V/O:  “For the ride …”

(CUTTO:  The workers coming down the side ladders .. the six ladders to be used in the match are positioned around the ring.  The referee checks everything out and gives the thumbs up.)

V/O:  “Of your lives.”

(FADEOUT)

GHEORGHE (V/O):  “AND WE ARE READY FOR THE MAIN EVENT!”

(WHAM! BAM! THANK YOU MA’AM! … FIREWORKS GALORE!  CUTTO:  Ringside with Tom Gheorghe, Nick Jive, and Dean Julius.)

GHEORGHE:  “Look at this!  Six ladders!  The platform is set up … and the briefcases are already hanging from the top!”

JULIUS:  “This is something I haven’t seen before in my life … and with the level of talent in this match, sans Jean Rabesque of course, this is going to be one of those defining matches in New ERA’s history.”

JIVE:  “There are FIVE World Heavyweight champions in this match .. along with Daymon, who many are claiming is only a short hop, skip and jump away from the Championship in his own right … this is the biggest match I have ever seen.”

GHEORGHE:  “Larry Tact, New ERA’s first World Heavyweight champion, dropped the title at DESTRUCITY to Jean Rabesque … Rabesque held onto the World Heavyweight Championship for over a year before dropping it to the Phantom Republican.. Jonathan Marx won the World Heavyweight Championship in an unusual fashion … not even pinning GOP in a tornado tag match … then Shawn Hart, after winning the BattleBRAWL rumble, used his shot in an impromptu match the next night on RAUCOUS and defeated Marx… Marx won the Championship back the next show in an FAO Schwartz match … and that leads us up to tonight … Marx has defended the title valiantly … but one has to wonder if tonight is the night when too much is finally too much.”

JULIUS:  “Shut the hell up, Gheorghe .. let’s get this spectacle going!”

(CUTTO:  In the ring with Carl Jacobs as the lineup flashes on screen.)

JACOBS:  “Ladies and gentlemen …”

(SFX:  HUGE POP)

JACOBS:  “The following match is New ERA’s MAIN EVENT … and is a DUELING LADDERS match for the New ERA of Wrestling WORLD … HEAVYWEIGHT … CHAMPIONSHIP!”

(SFX: EXPLOSION!)

JACOBS:  “Introducing first …. from MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA…”

(CUEUP:  “Shapes of Things” by Jeff Healy Band … the crowd GOES INSAAAANE as “NO GIMMICKS NEEDED” flashes across the StockTRON.)

JACOBS:  “He is a former New ERA of Wrestling World Heavyweight champion .. a former New ERA of Wrestling Television champion … he is the one … the only … JEAN … RABESQUE!”

(The crowd gives another HUGE pop as Rabesque steps through the curtain and begins his trek to the ring.)

GHEORGHE:  “Jean Rabesque clearly the crowd favorite amongst the people here in Giants Stadium .. and he made his comeback at BattleBRAWL 2 when he attacked Phantom Republican from behind .. and curiously enough .. hasn’t said a single WORD since coming back!”

JIVE:  “And you’re complaining?”

(CUEUP: “Imperial March” by John Williams, littered w/ the voices of GOP stalwarts.  The crowd erupts in JEERS.)

JACOBS:  “Introducing next … from Conservative Middle America … he is a former New ERA of Wrestling World Heavyweight champion …. THE PHANTOM …. REPUBLICAN!”

(Crowd continues to jeer GOP’s head off as he walks down the rampway .. never taking his eyes of Jean Rabesque.)

JIVE:  “Where’s Jeffords?”

GHEORGHE:  “No one else is allowed at ringside tonight, Nick .. part of the stipulatio…”

(CUEUP:  “Karma Slave” by Splashdown.. the crowd CONTINUES to jeer as loud as they have..)

GHEORGHE:  “Stipulation made by that man right there!”

JACOBS: “Introducing … from Manhattan, New York .. he is New ERA of Wrestling’s INAUGURAL World Heavyweight champion …… LARRY ….. TACT!”

(Tact walks down the rampway with a sly smile on his face .. he rolls in and glances over at GOP and Rabesque before shaking his head.)

GHEORGHE:  “Tact is responsible for tonight’s match .. as he handpicked every competitor .. well .. almost .. Marcus LaRoque added Jean Rabesque … as well as made this a Dueling Ladders match …”

(CUEUP:  “Nobody Does It Better” by Carly Simon.  The fans EXPLOOOODE as Shawn Hart comes running down the rampway.)

JACOBS:  “Introducing next .. he hails from Orlando, Florida ….. and is a former New ERA of Wrestling World Heavyweight champion and BattleBRAWL Cup winner … SHAWN … JESSICA .. HART …. PEE AYCH DEEEEE!”

JULIUS:  “Besides Jean Rabesque, here comes the fruitiest man in all of New ERA..”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart outlasted the entire competition … INCLUDING Daymon … to win the BattleBRAWL rumble … even though he entered numero UNO.”

(CUEUP:  “Stones from the Sky” by Neurosis.  The crowd somewhat pops due to the man’s relationship with his wife that was broadcast the day earlier … but mostly jeers.)

JACOBS:  “Introducing next… hailing from—”

VOICE:  “Shut your trap, Jacobs. Leave this to a PROFESSIONAL…”

(A female figure appears on stage speaking into a microphone as this voice cuts off the ring announcer. The fans react with surprise as the spotlight falls upon her.)

GHEORGHE:  “CAITLYN DAYMON?! What’s SHE doing out here?”

JULIUS:  “I have no idea… but hey, an extra set of juggs is always welcome at ringside!”

(The lights in the arena dim as the quiet intro to the song plays. Caitlyn points out into the audience as she continues to speak.)

CDAYMON:  “It was about a year and a half ago, in Boston, Massachusetts, when YOU, the NEW fans witnessed the debut of the man who would inevitably stand as this federation’s GREATEST World Heavyweight Champion. And the time has finally come for your every expectation to be fulfilled…”

(Caitlyn stands to the side and holds her arm out to the entrance. Red lights begin to fade in over the entry-way.)

CDAYMON:  “LADIES AND GENTLEMEN… hailing from THE CITY OF DESTINY, Tacoma, Washington… and weighing in at 243 pounds of pure, relentless flesh and bone…

The Legend…

The Myth…

THE MAN…

ROCKO ….. DAYMON!!!!”

(A pyro PEALS high overhead the stage, heralding the entrance of Rocko Daymon who steps out onto the stage as the heavy part of the song kicks in. The fan reaction that fills the entire Giants Stadium is that of TURMOIL—a chaotic blend of absolute spite clashing with the die-hard support of those that know a TRUE professional wrestler when they see one. Rocko looks into the swarm that surrounds him for many moments with his fist raised into the air. Then, with a smile, wink, and nod to his wife, the two Daymons make their way to the ring like professional wrestling royalty.)

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon has really changed since BattleBRAWL 2 … although he scored some impressive victories from then to now … he did not ONCE get the victory by pinfall .. saying that he wasn’t going to do so until he won the New ERA of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship … and now he is just one match away from achieving that goal…”

(SFX:  CHOP!

CHOP!

CHOP! CHOP! CHOP!)

JIVE:  “What the HELL?”

(From the open sky a helicopter hovers over an open platform in the upper corner of the arena.)

GHEORGHE:  “What is this?”

(The stairs pop out and hopping out of the plane, wearing a Frank A Gotch get up … including suit, top hat, coat and coattails, is Jonathan Marx.  He uses his cane to steady himself.)

GHEORGHE:  “THAT’s JONATHAN MARX!”

JULIUS:  “He’s apparently lost his goddamn mind.”

(SFX:  The fans POP HUUUUUGE as Marx walks over to the corner of the platform to a line.  He hooks something from his pants …”

GHEORGHE:  “What is he doing?”

(CUEUP:  “Fly Me To the Moon” by Frank Sinatra.  The camera CUTS to a shot diagonally up to the corner where Marx is … Marx lets go and begins to ZIPLINE down from the top of the arena to the ring … behind him the moon shines brightly in the night sky.)

GHEORGHE:  “MY GOD HE IS ZIPLINING FROM THE TOP OF GIANTS STADIUM TO THE RING!”

JACOBS:  “Finally … introducing from Princeton, New Jersey … he is the CURRENT New ERA of Wrestling World Heavyweight champion …. “Gentleman” … JONATHAN … MARX!”

(SFX:  The crowd explodes as Marx hits the ring and undoes the zipline.)

JIVE:  “I think everything has finally gotten to Marx… he’s lost his marbles.”

(SFX:  Bell rings!)

GHEORGHE:  “THE BELL RINGS! WE’RE UNDERWAY!”

JULIUS:  “I don’t think anyone knows what to do with Marx dressed up as if he was in the circus..”

GHEORGHE:  “Marx tosses his cane to the referee … and now he takes off his top hat …”

JIVE:  “WITH SOME HELP FROM JEAN RABESQUE!”

GHEORGHE:  “Rabesque attacking the World Heavyweight champion from behind and clobbering him with an elbow!  AND NOW HART ATTACKS MARX FROM THE FRONT!”

JULIUS:  “This is the type of double teaming that Jive thrives on… one in the front and one in the back.”

GHEORGHE:  “Jean Rabesque holding Marx in position while Shawn Hart wails away on him with lefts … and DAYMON FROM BEHIND HART!  Daymon has Hart locked … and brings him down with a german suplex!  Daymon gets back to his feet … AND GETS CLOBBERED BY TACT WITH A CLOTHESLINE!”

JIVE: “GOP is hanging back and letting everyone else get the hell kicked out of them.. smart … but of course, what else do you expect?”

JULIUS:  “The World Heavyweight champion with a mule kick to the Canadian jewels of Rabesque, and he’s free.”

GHEORGHE:  “Marx grabs Rabesque’s head … and he hits the stunner! Rabesque on the mat holding his neck … and Marx readies himself and starts driving the boots into Rabesque’s side!  Meanwhile Tact has Daymon up .. and he whips him into the corner!  Tact follows in afterwar… NO!  GOP WITH A DROP TOE HOLD DOWNS TACT!”

JIVE:  “INCOMING.”

GHEORGHE:  “And Daymon ran up the turnbuckle pads … and flew off nailing Tact with a moonsault!”

JIVE:  “What a maneuver!”

GHEORGHE:  “Shawn Hart spins Marx around … BOOT TO GUT …. and Hart with a PILEDRIVER sending the World Heavyweight champion’s head crashing into the mat!”

JIVE:  “No love lost between those two, that’s for sure.”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP and Daymon now taking turns stomping on Larry Tact … and now GOP brings Tact to his feet … he locks on a Full Nelson …………. Daymon steps backwards … AND COMES FORWARD WIT HTHE SUPERKICK!”

JULIUS:  “But he hits nothing!”

GHEORGHE:  “Shawn Hart from behind GOP … and he sent both GOP and Tact to the mat in a heap with his OWN superkick … and Daymon just went right over their heads and stumbled forward a bit … RIGHT INTO A SHAWN HART BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX!”

(SFX:  Fans chanting “HART! HART!”)

GHEORGHE:  “The fans have three choices it seems .. Shawn Hart .. Jean Rabesque .. and surprisingly, Jonathan Marx .. he IS the only participant actually from New Jersey.”

JULIUS:  “Who gives a rat’s ass .. the fact of the matter is that Larry Tact OWNS this match .. and will own the World Heavyweight Championship when it’s said and done.”

GHEORGHE:  “Jean Rabesque getting to his feet .. and he looks over as Daymon is getting up from the belly to belly by Hart… Rabesque quickly grabs Daymon … and hits a butterfly suplex!  Daymon went down, up and down again!”

JIVE:  “I thought you said that no one was supposed to be at ringside…”

GHEORGHE:  “Caitlyn Daymon isn’t supposed to be out here, Nick .. those were the rules I thought everyone had agreed to follow.”

JULIUS:  “Larry Tact is up! … so is Jonathan Marx!”

JIVE:  “And GOP!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP has his sights set on Jonathan Marx it seems … AND HE AND MARX ARE TRADING BLOWS!  Both men going at it furiously!”

JIVE:  “Larry Tact … he’s walking up behind Rabesque!”

JULIUS:  “Rabesque is the one who ended King Larry’s first reign as New ERA World Heavyweight champion .. and I bet you a million bucks Tact is going to keep that in the back of his head this entire match.”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP getting the upperhand over the World Heavyweight champion .. and he’s backing him into the corner ….”

(SFX:  HUUUUUGE CROWD POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “AND JEAN RABESQUE JUST TURNED AROUND AND BUMPED RIGHT INTO THE CHEST OF LARRY TACT!”

(Tact mouthing off to Jean Rabesque .. who stands there, a sneer coming across his face.)

GHEORGHE:  “Tact now pointing the finger in the chest of Jean Rabesque …”

(SFX:  CROWD EXPLODEEEES!)

GHEORGHE:  “AND RABESQUE WITH AN UPPERCUT SENDS TACT FLYING TO THE MAT!”

JIVE:  “But he’s back up!  TACT SPEARED RABESQUE!!”

GHEORGHE:  “Tact on top of Rabesque and he wails away on the French Canadian … AND GOP CLIMBING THE SECOND ROPES … He is pounding away in his own right on Jonathan Marx!”

(SFX:  Crowd counts with the punches!)

JULIUS:  “I didn’t know that Jersey kids could count!  Dreams DO come true!”

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon is back on his feet .. and he gets up and is face to face with HART!  Shawn Hart waves at Daymon …. AND HART WITH A BOO.. NO!  Daymon catches Hart’s boot …. BUT HART WITH AN ENZIGURI SENDS DAYMON FLIPPING 180 degrees!”

JIVE:  “Hart’s a punk.”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP hopping off Marx .. and Marx takes about three steps out and flo.. GOP catches him!  GOP hooks the arms … AND HITS THE DOUBLE ARM DDT!  Marx was about to flop to the mat, but The Phantom Republican took advantage of the situation and nailed that devastated double arm DDT!”

JULIUS:  “People may think that Marx is one of the finest technical wrestlers in the world today .. but The Phantom Republican is one of the SMARTEST wrestlers in the world today … and I’d take smarts over technique any day!”

JIVE:  “Someone really took their Halloween costumes to heart when they dressed up as the Scarecrow every year, huh?”

JULIUS:  “HE WAS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER!!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP seeing Hart with the advantage over Daymon .. and he grabs Hart by the arm …. SHORT ARM CLOTHESLINE!  Hart is down!  Marx is down!”

JULIUS:  “And now GOP sees Tact vulnerable …”

GHEORGHE:  “Phantom Republican … goes to the outside!  GOP is walking around the ring .. AND HE SLIDES IN BEHIND TACT!”

JIVE:  “Smarts.”

GHEORGHE:  “Tact totally unaware as he is choking Jean Rabesque … AND GOP CLIMBING THE TOP ROPE!! GOP IS PERCHED ATOP THE TURNBUCKLE …………”

(SFX:  JEERS!)

GHEORGHE:  “AND HE HITS THE MISSILE DROPKICK!!!! MY LORD RIGHT IN THE BACK OF TACT’s SKULL!!!”

JIVE:  “Now THAT’s a dropkick!”

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon is back on his feet .. and he grabs Shawn Hart … and tosses him over the top rope to the arena floor!”

JULIUS:  “Now if only he was able to do that at BattleBRAWL 2 .. he wouldn’t be in this position!”

GHEORGHE:  “Marx from behind … AND HE LOW BLOWS DAYMON!  Daymon doubled over as Marx gets to his feet … Marx hooking the leg … Russian legsweep!  Jonathan Marx against the ropes … and drops the knee onto the face of Daymon!  The World Heavyweight champion now turns his attention to Jean Rabesque … AND NAILS THE DROPKICK SENDING RABESQUE OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE ARENA FLOOR!”

JIVE:  “If only this were a battle royal … can we change the stipulations retroactively?”

GHEORGHE:  “No.”

JIVE:  “Dammit.”

GHEORGHE:  “CAITLYN DAYMON ON THE OUTSIDE AND SHE IS DRIVING BOOTS INTO THE HEAD OF RABESQUE!! Someone get her away from ringside!”

JULIUS:  “She’s just trying to help him get to his feet… You’ve seen how her and Daymon go at it .. call it tough love!”

GHEORGHE:  “Shawn Hart getting up on the arena floor …. BUT CAITLYN DAYMON WITH A REVERSE CRESCENT KICK DROPS HIM BACK DOWN!  We need some officials down here stat to remove her from ringside!”

JIVE:  “Nooo!”

GHEORGHE:  “Jonathan Marx grabs Larry Tact … and now he picks up GOP … and he knocks their heads together!  Tact stumbles … and Marx with a swinging neckbreaker takes him down!  Marx back up as he goes over to GOP … Marx with a second swinging neckbrea… NO! GOP spun through it!  Marx caught offguard … AND GOP LOCKS ON THE TERROR ALERT ORANGE!!! GOP has the katahajime locked on in the middle of the ring … and no one is up to stop him!”

JULIUS:  “Marx is going to be out of this match in only a few seconds!  His reign is officially coming to an end if GOP can put him out!”

GHEORGHE:  “DAYMON IS UP!  He turns .. and sees GOP with the Terror Alert Orange on Marx … and now Tact is getting up!  Tact sees GOP … BUT DAYMON WITH A SPINNING HEEL KICK SENDS TACT DOWN!”

JIVE:  “Daymon staying true to that bond that he and GOP forged leading up to tonight .. and allowing GOP to keep the hold on Marx just a bit longer…”

JULIUS:  “I think Marx is out!  I think he’s done passed the fuck out!”

GHEORGHE:  “Rabesque is back in the ring!! Jean Rabesque charges from behind … BUT DAYMON DUCKS!  Rabesque runs smack dab into the corner … AND DAYMON FOLLOWS HIM IN … PHANTOM TRAIN!”

JIVE:  “Daymon has eyes in the back of his head … on the side of his head … he’s got a ring awareness that rivals God Manson himself!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP … GOP releases the hold!! The World Heavyweight champion has been knocked unconscious!!!”

JULIUS:  “GOP has done it!  Now all he has to do is get a ladder and get one of the briefcases!! There’s no one around to stop him!  Daymon sure as hell won’t!”

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon over to GOP .. and now Daymon reaches down and grabs Marx!”

JIVE:  “No!! Leave him there!!”

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon runs with Marx………”

(SFX:  *CLASHHH* LOUD JEERS!)

GHEORGHE:  “MY GOD!!! DAYMON FLUNG MARX OVER THE TOP ROPE TO THE ARENA FLOOR …. AND MARX CRASHED RIGHT INTO ONE OF THE LADDERS BY RINGSIDE!”

JULIUS:  “Hell .. if he wasn’t out before … he sure is now!”

JIVE:  “Shawn Hart is back up!”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart is back on his feet after Caitlyn Daymon was distracted by Air Marx … AND HART SPINS CAITLYN AROUND ……”

(SFX:  HUGE FAN POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “EL CODO EXPLOSIVO ON CAITLYN DAYMON!!” 

JIVE:  “The bitch went down!  And she went down hard!”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart slides into the ring …”

(SFX:  POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “HART WITH A CROSSBODY BODY BLOCK AND TAKES OUT BOTH DAYMON AND GOP!!”

(SFX:  Hardcore Jeers!)

JULIUS:  “Tact’s back!”

GHEORGHE:  “Larry Tact caught Hart as he was getting to his feet and planted him with a Kickswing DDT!  Larry Tact now grabbing Daymon … he places him on the shoulder … and NAILS the running powerslam!  GOP is back up and he makes for the ropes!  BUT TACT CATCHES HIM!! Larry Tact pulls GOP back into the ring by the back of his mask… Tact spins him around …. T-BONE SUPLEX!!!!”

JIVE:  “Tact’s just doing some housekeeping in there…”

GHEORGHE:  “FINALLY!”

JIVE:  “I’m glad we agree that the ring needed some order..”

GHEORGHE:  “No, numbskull!  New ERA officials are coming down to ringside … and they’re taking Caitlyn Daymon to the back!”

(CUTTO:  Caitlyn Daymon being escorted up the rampway, holding her head.  She tries to pull away, but the officials have a tight grip.)

GHEORGHE:  “Maybe now things will be more fair!”

JULIUS:  “As long as Rabesque doesn’t grab a mic and bore everyone into submission, you mean…”

GHEORGHE:  “Exactly… NO! That’s not what I meant!”

JULIUS:  “Ha, ha!”

GHEORGHE:  “Larry Tact grabbing Phanto…”

(SFX:  *SMASH*  CROWD EXPLODES!)

GHEORGHE:  “JEAN RABESQUE OUT OF NOWHERE …. AND HE JUST DROVE A LADDER INTO THE FACE OF LARRY TACT!”

JIVE:  “Where the hell did he get that?”

GHEORGHE:  “Tact not paying attention and Rabesque went to the outside and grabbed a ladder… and drilled it into Tact’s face as he turned!  Rabesque now … HE IS SETTING UP THE LADDER!”

(SFX:  Fans buzz!)

JULIUS:  “If Rabesque regains the World Heavyweight Championship … I’m going to retire!”

JIVE:  “LET’s GO JEAN!!”

GHEORGHE:  “Jean Rabesque .. he locks the ladder in place … and now he is starting to climb!  Jean Rabesque placing one foot after another … AND HE’s HALFWAY THERE!”

(SFX:  HUGE POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “BUT SHAWN HART LEAPS IN THE AIR!  Hart grabs Rabesque’s tights from behind!”

JIVE:  “Hart is trying to molest Jean Rabesque!  Can’t he at least wait til after the match when they’re in the showers?”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart … Hart with one swift pull and Rabesque goes crashing to the mat!  …. AND NOW HART RACING UP THE LADDER!”

JULIUS:  “But Rabesque is going to return the favor!  Jean Rabesque has a hold of Shawn Hart’s leg.”

GHEORGHE:  “Rabesque with a strong grip on Hart’s leg … and Shawn Hart trying to kick Rabesque off ….”

JIVE:  “The World Heavyweight champion is in the ring … and he has a ladder of his own!”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart still trying to kick Rabesque off … AND MARX IS SETTING UP HIS LADDER!”

JULIUS:  “Smart move to be sure .. let Rabesque and Hart fight it out and use that time to get up there and get a briefcase.”

GHEORGHE:  “Not so fast!  Daymon is back up .. and he grabs Jonathan Marx from behind!  DAYMON SMASHES THE HEAD OF MARX INTO THE SET UP LADDER ….”

(SFX:  Fans pop!)

GHEORGHE:  “And the ladder goes tipping over …”

(SFX:  Fans buzzing… then pop again!)

GHEORGHE:  “AND CRASHES RIGHT INTO HART’s LADDER …. AND HART GOES DOWN….”

JIVE:  “That’s gotta hurt!”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart propelled right into the ring ropes … and he ends up straddling the top rope!”

JULIUS:  “No.. straddling would be him on the ropes … he just got nutshotted!”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart falls to the mat … and he’s holding his lower regions!  Jean Rabesque looks over at Hart … and then bends down to grab the ladder to set it up!  BUT PHANTOM REPBULICAN OUT OF NOWHERE BULLDOGS RABESQUE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE LADDER!”

JIVE:  “And the fans showing their appreciation!”

GHEORGHE:  “They’re boo’ing him, Nick!”

JIVE:  “…. and?”

GHEORGHE:  “Phantom Republican gets to his feet … and he sees Larry Tact getting back up.  GOP grabs the arm of Tact … and whips him across the ring!  Tact …. Tact crashes into the World Heavyweight champion and both men go down!”

JIVE:  “Daymon was almost taken out as well, but he managed to step out of the way in the nick of time.”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP walks over to Daymon .. and now both men picking up Larry Tact.  They each hook an arm of Tact … AND TAKE TACT UP AND OVER HITTING THE DOUBLE SUPLEX….. RIGHT ONTO THE LADDER!”

JULIUS:  “The thing that’s getting me most excited right now … is that there are only TWO ladders in the ring … I mean, there’s still FOUR more on the outside!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP and Daymon now grab Jonathan Marx …. and GOP sends Marx into the corner!  GOP charges in after him and NAILS the DEFICIT RUNNER!”

JIVE:  “Daymon’s got the other ladder … and he follows in after GOP!”

GHEORGHE:  “AND DAYMON DRILLS THE LADDER INTO THE LOWER BACK OF MARX AT FULL SPEED!”

JIVE:  “GOP and Daymon working as a mighty fine team .. but you know that alliance is going to come screeching to a halt should they both end up with a briefcase at the end of the day!”

GHEORGHE:  “Shawn Hart has rolled to the outside .. and he’s taking a ladder into the ring!  This will make the ladder count at three in the ring!”

JULIUS:  “GOP and Daymon don’t notice yet … they’re alternating shots on the World Heavyweight champion!”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart rolls into the ring … and HE CHARGES AT THE THREE…. BUT JEAN RABESQUE REACHES OUT AND GRABS HIS FOOT!! MY GOD HART JUST TRIPPED AND FELL ON THE LADDER HE WAS CARRYING!”

JIVE:  “Daymon looked back .. but he didn’t see anyone up … so he’s gone back to attacking Jonathan Marx!”

(SFX:  Crowd explodes in cheers!)

GHEORGHE:  “Rabesque is back on his feet!  Jean Rabesque, the only person in New ERA to hold both the Television and World Heavyweight Championships, has the ladder … AND HE CHARGES AT DAYMON, GOP and MARX … AND NAILS THEM!!”

JULIUS:  “Daymon and GOP were just sent through the ropes!”

GHEORGHE:  “Both men fall to the arena floor .. and now Jean Rabesque … Rabesque is setting up the ladder!”

JIVE:  “The idiot is setting it up too far away!”

GHEORGHE:  “I don’t think he’s going after the briefcases, Nick!  Rabesque turns his attention to the World Heavyweight champion … and Rabesque just placed Marx on the top turnbuckle!”

JIVE:  “What the hell is he doing?  He should forget about Marx and grab one of the briefcases while he has the chance!”

GHEORGHE:  “AND NOW RABESQUE IS GOING UP TOP WITH MARX!”

JULIUS:  “He’s going to superplex him right into the set up ladder!”

GHEORGHE:  “Rabesque has Marx hooked…. BUT LARRY TACT IS UP!! TACT RUNS OVER TO THE CORNER!”

JIVE:  “It’s too late!! Rabesque has already got Marx upppp…”

(SFX:  *CRASH* Crowd pops … and then begins to jeer!)

GHEORGHE:  “RABESQUE WITH THE SUPERPLEX SENDS MARX INTO THE LADDER ….. BUT TACT …. TACT CAUGHT RABESQUE IN MID AIR!”

JULIUS:  “Tact has Rabesque above his head …. and he just slammed him down with the sitdown powerbomb!  The man’s a monster!”

GHEORGHE:  “Larry Tact ran over just as Rabesque was superplexing Marx through the ladder … and he caught Rabesque on the way down .. and used the momentum for the sitdown powerbomb!”

JIVE:  “Now Tact is setting up the ladder!”

GHEORGHE:  “Larry Tact is setting up the ladder in the middle of the ring … AND HE BEGINS TO CLIMB!  Larry Tact looking up at the briefcases … and .. he’s .. examining them?!”

JULIUS:  “He’s about 2/3rds of the way of being within reach .. but Tact is looking up at the briefcases … I guess he’s deciding which one to pick!”

GHEORGHE:  “BUT DAYMON CHARGES INTO THE RING!! Daymon grabs Tact’s leg … AND TACT KICKS HIM AWAY!  Larry Tact climbing up the rest of the ladder … AND HE’s WITHIN REACH!! Larry Tact reaching up for the briefcases …”

(SFX:  HUGE POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “SHAWN HART POPS UP FROM IN BETWEEN THE LADDER AND NAILS TACT IN THE BALLS!  LARRY TACT HAS JUST FALLEN FROM THE LADDER AND ONTO DAYMON!”

JULIUS:  “Well, Tact made the mistake of setting the ladder up right over Shawn Hart … and I guess you could say he paid for it.”

GHEORGHE:  “Phantom Republican back in the ring .. and he charges with the clothesline attempt!  Hart ducks!  GOP against the ropes …. AND COMES FLYING BACK WITH THE FLYING FOREARM THAT TAKES HART DOWN!”

JIVE:  “Phantom Republican can taste the World Heavyweight gold .. and he’s not going to let some punk like Shawn Hart interfere with that.”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP grabs Hart off the mat .. and he hooks the arm between the legs … and nails the pumphandle slam!  AND GOP CLIMBING THE LADDER!”

JULIUS:  “Tact’s up .. and he’s climbing on the opposite side of the ladder!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP sees Tact making his way up the opposite side and he kicks it into high gear!  GOP is nearing the briefcases!”

JIVE:  “But Tact is catching up!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP reaching up for the briefcases … AND HE’s GOT HIS FINGERS ON THE BOTTOM OF ONE!”

(SFX:  FANS POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “BUT TACT IS UP THERE NOW!! TACT WITH A SHOT TO THE GUT OF GOP!”

JIVE:  “The World Heavyweight champion is getting to his feet!”

GHEORGHE:  “Larry Tact and the Phantom Republican are trading blow after blow … and both are only feet away from the two briefcases that are hanging above them …. AND NOW JONATHAN MARX IS SETTING UP THE SECOND LADDER… RIGHT NEXT TO GOP and TACT!”

JULIUS:  “The World Heavyweight champion is going to let them go at it while he sneaks up right next to them and reclaims his belt.”

GHEORGHE:  “Marx has the ladder upright … and he’s beginning to climb!”

JIVE:  “GOP and Tact don’t even realize Marx is going up the ladder! They’re too bu… DAYMON!”

GHEORGHE:  “DAYMON IS CLIMBING UP MARX’s LADDER!”

JULIUS:  “GOP and Tact are STILL trading blows!! Jonathan Marx is right next to GOP … but GOP is too focused on Tact!”

GHEORGHE:  “AND DAYMON IS UP WITH MARX …. AND NOW THEY TRADE BLOWS BACK AND FORTH!! Four men are on the ladders …. and only feet away from the briefcases!”

JULIUS:  “I don’t fucking believe this…”

GHEORGHE:  “SHAWN HART IS GETTING THE THIRD LADDER … AND HE IS SETTING IT UP BEHIND MARX AND GOP!”

JIVE:  “Daymon and Marx are fighting it out on the top of the ladder … GOP and Tact are exchanging blows on the top of the ladder … and now Shawn Hart is climbing up to get the briefc…”

(SFX:  FANS EXPLODE ALL OVER THE ARENA.)

GHEORGHE:  “JEAN RABESQUE IS NOW SLOWLY CLIMBING UP THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF HART’s LADDER … BY GOD ALL SIX MEN ARE GOING TO BE ON THE TOP OF THEIR LADDERS!”

JIVE:  “Hart … Hart is the furthest one up his ladder… but he’s too far away to reach up and grab a briefcase… he’s going to have to jump to get it!”

GHEORGHE:  “BUT RABESQUE JUST CAUGHT UP!! Rabesque with some shots to the gut of Hart!”

JULIUS:  “And TACT sees Hart and Rabesque!”

JIVE:  “As does Daymon … and Tact notices Daymon .. and Marx!”

GHEORGHE:  “LARRY TACT IS REACHING UP FOR THE BRIEFCASE!”

JIVE:  “But GOP keeps stopping him before he can hit it!  Now Shawn Hart … Hart STRADDLING his and GOP’s ladder … and he’s trying to reach over and grab the br….”

(SFX:  ORGASMMMMMM!)

GHEORGHE:  “NO! NO! NOOO!”

(The crowd watches in awe as Hart’s ladder begins to tip over due to the weight imbalance…)

GHEORGHE:  “HART .. RABESQUE ….. THEIR LADDER JUST TIPPED OVER …….. AND THEY GO CRASHING INTO THE LADDERS HOLDING THE OTHER FOUR MEN!”

JIVE:  “Everyone is down!  Everyone is down!”

(All three ladders go crashing to the mat as bodies go BUMP in the night.)

GHEORGHE:  “I can’t believe it!  All six men are down on the mat! No one is moving!  The briefcases remain untouched!”

JULIUS:  “Whoever recovers first … if they’re able to get a ladder up … has a GREAT chance of walking out of here with one of the briefcases.”

GHEORGHE:  “The fans are on their feet!  They are waiting to see who will be the first one to rise!”

JIVE:  “This match has been total warfare since the beginning … and now that all six men are feeling the effects… right now it will come down to who has the most stamina!”

GHEORGHE:  “Each and every one of the competitors in this ring DESERVES to be there … I have never in my life seen such intensity.”

JULIUS:  “You have to hand it to Jonathan Marx … the World Heavyweight champion is in the ring with five other men who are at the top of their games … and he is in the thick of things!”

GHEORGHE:  “Marx has really been a fanta…”

(SFX:  CROWD ERUPTS!)

GHEORGHE:  “RABESQUE!! RABESQUE IS USING THE ROPES!”

(SFX:  CROWD ERUPTS A SECOND TIME!)

GHEORGHE:  “MARX! Marx on the opposite side of the ring ALSO getting to his feet….”

JIVE:  “Marx and Rabesque are both on their feet now … and they’re both grabbing ladders!”

(SFX:  The crowd jeers.)

JULIUS:  “GOP is getting to his feet in the middle of the ring!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP slowly getting to his feet … and … No … No… Marx and Rabesque … they’re both grabbing onto the ladders …. THEY’RE GOING TO CRUSH THE PHANTOM REPUBLICAN!”

JULIUS:  “GOP is standing right in the middle of the two of them .. and they’re both pointing the front of the ladders right at him!”

GHEORGHE:  “MARX STARTS TO CHARGE … RABESQUE CHARGES ….”

(SFX:  *CLANG* CROWD JEERS!)

GHEORGHE:  “DAYMON OUT OF NOWHERE SPEARS GOP OUT OF THE WAY!!! MARX AND RABESQUE NAIL EACH OTHER’s LADDERS!”

JIVE:  “And the shock just sent Rabesque to the mat!”

GHEORGHE:  “Marx drops his ladder and now is holding his hands in pain …..”

(SFX: HUGE POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “EL CODO EXPLOSIVO!!! HART WITH THE SUPERKICK ON JONATHAN MARX AND MARX GOES FLYING TO THE OUTSIDE!”

JULIUS:  “Marx landing right at the feet of one of the unused ladders on the outside .. and I think he’s out!”

GHEORGHE:  “TACT UP!  Larry Tact grabs Shawn Hart …. HUUUUGE BELLY … NO!  Hart blocks!”

(SFX:  *CLASH*)

GHEORGHE:  “AND DAYMON SMASHES THE LADDER IN THE SMALL OF LARRY TACT’s BACK!”

JIVE:  “Tact goes down .. but Rabesque is back up!  Rabesque charges at Hart!”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart turns … AND DUCKS the clothesline ….  AND RABESQUE RUNS RIGHT INTO DAYMON …… AND DAYMON NAILS THE SPINEBUSTER!”

JULIUS:  “Jean Rabesque laid out in the ring .. Tact laid out .. GOP still down from the Daymon spear .. which is probably much better than what was going to happen to him had Daymon not saved him.”

JIVE:  “Marx is out on the outside..”

GHEORGHE:  “And Daymon … Daymon is setting up the ladder …. IN THE CORNER!”

(SFX:  CROWD POPS HUGE!)

GHEORGHE:  “Now Shawn Hart. … HART ALSO SETTING UP A LADDER IN THE CORNER!”

JIVE:  “They’re in opposite corners… and Rabesque is in the middle …”

GHEORGHE:  “Both men are climbing the turnbuckle pads …. AND NOW THEY’RE CLIMBING TO THE VERY TOP OF THEIR LADDERS!”

(SFX:  Crowd begins to cheer hysterically as Daymon stands on his ladder.  Hart turns around to face the crowd and raises his arms in the air causing them to cheer even harder!)

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon … DAYMON FLIES OFF THE VERY TOP OF THE LADDER …… FROG SPLASH ……………… RABESQUE ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY AND DAYMON HITS THE MAT!”

JULIUS:  “Here comes HART!”

GHEORGHE:  “SHAWN HART WITH THE MOONSAULT OFF THE TOP OF THE LADDER ….. AND HE NAILS RABESQUE!”

JIVE:  “Jesus Christ!! Shawn Hart hitting Rabesque with the moonsault off the top after Daymon missed the Frog Splash! Everyone’s down again!”

GHEORGHE:  “Rabesque down … Rabesque is down and he doesn’t look like he’s moving!  LARRY TACT IS UP!  TACT IS ON HIS FEET!”

(SFX:  Crowd jeers hardcore!  They then pop their little heads off!)

GHEORGHE:  “HART IS GETTING UP!!”

JIVE:  “Tact has Daymon!”

GHEORGHE:  “Larry Tact grabs Daymon …. and he sends him into the ropes!”

(SFX: HUGE JEERS!)

GHEORGHE:  “DAYMON RUNS INTO HART … AND HART GOES THROUGH THE ROPES TO THE OUTSIDE!!!”

JULIUS:  “That doesn’t stop Tact, though!  Tact just ran up behind Daymon … and he applies the sleeper!!”

GHEORGHE:  “TACT HAS THE SLEEPER LOCKED ON DAYMON … and no one else is up to stop him!”

JIVE:  “GOP get up! Get up, dammit!”

(SFX:  HUUUUUUUUUGE CROWD POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “WAIT A MINUTE!  MARX … MARX’s HAND JUST GRIPPED ONTO THE APRON! HE’s GETTING UP!”

JIVE:  “HART! Hart’s getting up!”

GHEORGHE:  “Jonathan Marx and Shawn Hart are both up … AND THEY’RE BOTH GETTING LADDERS!”

JULIUS:  “Well .. it’s not like there aren’t enough ladders in the ring already…”

GHEORGHE:  “Hart on one side of the ring getting the ladder … the World Heavyweight champion on the other side … and Daymon stuck in the sleeper hold of Larry Tact …”

(SFX:  JEERS!)

GHEORGHE:  “PHANTOM REPUBLICAN FROM BEHIND!!  GOP GRABS TACT’s HEAD …. NECKBREAKER!”

JULIUS:  “Tact wasn’t paying attention .. he saw Rabesque still on the mat .. but GOP was behind him .. and when he got up Tact was wide open!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP making sure that Daymon is awake as he slaps some sense into him …”

(SFX: CROWD JEERS HARDCORE!)

GHEORGHE:  “AND NOW GOP AND DAYMON ARE SETTING UP ONE OF THE LADDERS IN THE RING!!! THEY GOT IT SET UP!”

JULIUS:  “Working together has its privileges!  Now once they get up there and get their briefcases, it comes down to fate!”

GHEORGHE:  “Rabesque is on the mat… Tact is on the mat … and Hart and Marx are too busy trying to get their ladders folded … AND GOP AND DAYMON ARE CLIMBING THE LADDER!! My GOD they are going to win this thing!”

JIVE:  “Hart just rolled into the ring .. but he’s too busy trying to get his ladder in .. I don’t even think he notices GOP and Daymon halfway up the ladder in the middle of the ring!”

GHEORGHE:  “BUT MARX DOES!  MARX rolls in and DESPERATELY trying to yank his ladder in the ring …. GOP AND DAYMON ARE NEAR THE TOP!! THE BRIEFCASES ARE WITHIN REACH!”

JULIUS:  “The fans are on their feet … I can’t even hear you!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP and Daymon take on last rung … AND THEY REACH UP FOR THE BRIEFCASES!!!”

(SFX:  Crowd POPS HUGEEEE!)

JIVE:  “WHAT?!”

GHEORGHE:  “The briefcases!! They … they … THEY JUST RAISED EVEN FURTHER UP!”

JULIUS:  “No! That can’t be!”

GHEORGHE:  “JONATHAN MARX IS SETTING UP HIS LADDER NEXT TO GOP and DAYMON!”

JIVE:  “So is Shawn Hart!! We have THREE ladders side by side by side!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP and DAYMON climb one more rung …. and they reach for the belts!! THEY GOT ‘EM!!”

(SFX:  CROWD JEERS … THEN EXPLODES!)

GHEORGHE:  “NO!!! THE BRIEFCASES RAISED EVEN HIGHER!”

(CUTTO:  An aerial shot of the platform.  We see a figure crouching behind a box pulling on the wires… the camera slowly fades in..)

GHEORGHE:  “WHO IS THAT!! He’s not supposed to be there!”

JIVE:  “More importantly …. JONATHAN MARX AND SHAWN HART ARE UP AT THE TOP RUNGS OF THEIR LADDERS!”

GHEORGHE:  “Tact still on the mat … Rabesque …. RABESQUE IS STARTING TO STIR!”

JULIUS:  “I’d hardly call moving a finger ‘starting to stir..’”

GHEORGHE:  “That figure on the top of the platfo…”

(CUTTO:  The camera catches a glimpse of the figure’s face as he looks up at the camera…)

GHEORGHE:  “BRANDON JACOBS!! BRANDON JACOBS HAS BEEN HIDING ON THE PLATFORM ALL ALONG!”

JIVE:  “But how!”

JULIUS:  “He’s a genius!  He is wearing one of the outfits that the construction workers were wearing who put up the platform!”

GHEORGHE:  “MARX! HART! DAYMON! GOP!  All four men on the top of their ladders reaching for the belts!!!”

(SFX:  HUUUGE POP … turns into HUGE JEERS!)

GHEORGHE:  “MY GOD SOMEONE GET HER OUT OF HERE!”

(CUTTO:  Caitlyn Daymon charging down the rampway, tossing two officials off her side!  She runs and jumps on the side of the platform, using the ladders on the side and quickly climb!)

JIVE:  “She’s going up to get Brandon Jacobs!”

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon like a madwoman as she climbs up the side ladders… AND JACOBS SEES HER COMING!”

(SFX:  POP)

GHEORGHE:  “TACT JUST KIPPED UP!! LARRY TACT…. TACT CLIMBS UP ON GOP’s SIDE OF THE LADDER…”

(SFX:  HUUUUUUUGE POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “RABESQUE IS UP!!”

JIVE:  “Rabesque is right behind Tact!”

GHEORGHE:  “RABESQUE HAS A HOLD OF TACT’s LEG!!”

JIVE:  “No! Get off of him!”

GHEORGHE:  “Meanwhile … CAITLYN DAYMON HAS REACHED THE TOP OF THE PLATFORM! She’s trying to navigate over to Brandon Jacobs who is holding the two briefcases for ransom!”

(SFX:  CROWD ERUPTS IN JEERS~~~!!!)

GHEORGHE:  “NO NO NO!! LARRY TACT JUST YANKED THE PHANTOM REPUBLICAN …… AND GOP FLIES OFF THE LADDER AND CRASHES INTO JEAN RABESQUE ON THE MAT!”

JULIUS:  “The momentum just took them both out of the ring!! They’re on the arena floor! And Tact is going up GOP’s side of the ladder!”

GHEORGHE:  “Shawn Hart … HART TRADING BLOWS WITH DAYMON …. and Marx … Marx … What the hell is he doing?!”

(CUTTO:  Jonathan Marx reaching into his tights and pulling out … a pair of 3-d glasses?!  Marx gives the thumbs up to Brandon Jacobs…. SFX:  CROWD ORGASMS!)

GHEORGHE:  “WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS?~!?!?”

(The camera catches a falling object…. A THIRD BRIEFCASE!)

GHEORGHE:  “JACOBS … JACOBS DROPPED A THIRD BRIEFCASE!  AND MARX IS REACHING FOR IT!”

(CUTTO:  Daymon planting his boot squarely on the side of Hart’s ladder…)

JULIUS:  “Timmmmberrr!”

GHEORGHE:  “Daymon with the boot … and Hart’s ladder…. HART’s LADDER IS TUMBLING OVE… OH FUCK!”

(SFX:  *CRASH*SNAP*BOOM*)

JIVE:  (sounding far away)  “You crazy fucker! You tried to kill me!”

(CUTTO:  Shawn Hart’s ladder resting on the top rope … on the outside lie Shawn Hart … in the middle of a pile of wood and metal … where the New ERA announce table once stood.  Hart is covered in the apron.  SFX:  Headset going back on.)

GHEORGHE:  “MY GOD!! SHAWN HART JUST FELL FROM THE TOP OF THE LADDER THROUGH THE ANNOUNCE TABLE….”

(SFX:  HUGE POP!)

JULIUS:  “Caitlyn Daymon grabbed Brandon Jacobs!! She’s got him!”

GHEORGHE:  “TACT IS ON THE TOP!! TACT AND DAYMON FIGHTING AS THEY REACH UP FOR THE BRIEFCASES … MARX REACHING FOR ONE AS WELL!!!”

(SFX:  Collective GASP!)

JULIUS:  “WOAH!”

GHEORGHE:  “CAITLYN DAYMON JUST TOSSED BRANDON JACOBS OVER THE SIDE OF THE PLATFORM!!!”

(The crowd continues to gasp as Brandon Jacobs hangs, luckily to be sure, from the platform … a cable wrapped around his leg that is preventing him from falling to mat!)

GHEORGHE:  “Jacobs is hanging from the platform!! Caitlyn Daymon … DAYMON JUST YANKED ON THE CABLE … AND JACOBS GOES FLYING INTO THE BRIEFCASES!”

(CUTTO: Jacobs swinging back and forth, helpless.. Daymon, Tact and Marx duck each time he flies by … Jacobs is yelling for help.  Meanwhile, the three briefcases have become intertwined …)

GHEORGHE:  “The briefcases are spinning around in circles… Marx can’t seem to tell which one he wants … and Tact was looking at the bottom of the two he was going after… but now HE can’t tell!!”

JIVE:  “GOP IS UP!! GOP IS UP!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP CLIMBING UP BEHIND TACT … HE IS GRABBING FOR TACT’s LEG!!”

(SFX:  HUGEEE CROWD POP FOLLOWED BY JEERS!)

GHEORGHE:  “MARX HAS GOT A BRIEFCASE!!”

JIVE:  “TACT HAS GOT HIS HANDS ON ONE, TOO!”

GHEORGHE:  “GOP yanking Tact’s foot out from underneath him ……..”

(SFX:  CROWD POPPING HUGE!)

GHEORGHE:  “WATCH OUT!”

(GOP’s momentum causes the ladder to go on two legs …. and then tipping over right into Jonathan Marx’s ladder!)

GHEORGHE:  “MY GOD ALL FOUR MEN ARE DOWN AND OUT!”

(CUTTO:  The rings hanging high above the ring …. empty.)

GHEORGHE:  “WAIT A MINUTE!! THERE ARE NO BRIEFCASES UP THERE!! BY GOD!! BY GOD WE HAVE WINNERS!”

(SFX: Bell rings!  The crowd buzzes as they have no clue what to expect!)

JIVE:  “Wait .. DAYMON HAS A BRIEFCASE!”

(SFX: Crowd JEERS as Daymon hoists the briefcase above his head!)

JIVE:  “AND TACT!! TACT GOT ONE!”

(SFX:  HUGE JEERS as Tact pulls his towards him.)

JIVE:  “….. and … so doesn’t Marx?!”

(SFX: POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “I don’t know what the hell is going on!  Brandon Jacobs dropped that third briefcase down when Marx was up there … but I have no clue which one it is considering they ended up getting all mixed together after Caitlyn Daymon tossed Jacobs over the platform!”

JULIUS:  “Jean Rabesque is getting up on the outside .. and he sees the carnage … and obviously is not happy!”

JIVE:  “At least he’s on his feet … which is more than I can say for the man whose lying at ours right now!”

GHEORGHE:  “Ladies and gentlemen.. I have no clue what to say … we have three men in the ring, Larry Tact, Daymon and World Heavyweight champion Jonathan Marx .. and all THREE have briefcases… there should only be TWO in there right now .. one holding the World Heavyweight Championship and one holding the Contract for the World Heavyweight Championship shot at BANNED in the US!”

JIVE:  “Well we’ll find out when one of those briefcases is empty who the World Heavyweight champion is!”

GHEORGHE:  “The referee now clearing Phantom Republican out of the ring … and he is staring daggers into Daymon!”

JIVE:  “They were supposed to work together .. but Daymon didn’t do anything to stop Tact from pulling GOP off the ladder!”

GHEORGHE:  “The referee now motioning to all three men to come to him .. and now he’s talking with them!”

JULIUS:  “What I wouldn’t give to be in that ref’s head right now..”

(SFX: HUUUUGE POP FROM THE CROWD!)

GHEORGHE:  “AND THE REFEREE HAS JUST MOTIONED FOR THE THREE TO OPEN THE BRIEFCASES!”

JIVE:  “This is it!! The moment we’ve been waiting for!”

JACOBS:  “Ladies and gentlemen… at the count of THREE .. Jonathan Marx … Daymon .. (pauses)  and Larry Tact will open their briefcases.  The man whose briefcase contains the CONTRACT will receive the World Heavyweight Championship shot at BANNED in the US.  The man whose briefcase contains the World Heavyweight Championship .. will be New ERA of Wrestling’s WORLD … HEAVYWEIGHT … CHAMPION!”

(SFX:  HUGE POP!)

JACOBS:  “ONE.”

(SFX: POP!)

JACOBS:  “TWO!”

(SFX: POP!)

GHEORGHE:  “Here we go!”

JACOBS / CROWD:  “THREE!!!!”

(*POP*POP*POP*  The three briefcases pop open.  The referee looks down with the three men to peer at their contents.)

JIVE:  “I think we know whose shit out of luck!”

(CUTTO:  Larry Tact who scowls and tosses his briefcase to the ground. When it hits the ground, a paper contract comes out!)

GHEORGHE:  “Maybe not!”

(The referee picks up the paper contract and looks it over.  He then nods at Carl Jacobs.  The other two men look down at their briefcases and then at each others..)

JACOBS:  “The man who will receive the World Heavyweight Championship shot at BANNED in the US …… LARRY …….. TACT!!!”

(Tact kicks the briefcase across the ring and then begins to leave.  He looks over before he does and stops in his tracks.)

JIVE:  “What is going on?”

(The referee stops short … and then looks up at both men.  Marx reaches into his briefcase as does Daymon…)

GHEORGHE:  “WHAT THE………..”

(SFX:  FANS POP HUGE!!)

(Daymon … AND Jonathan Marx … BOTH pull out New ERA of Wrestling World Heavyweight Championships!)

GHEORGHE:  “WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?! THEY BOTH HAVE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BELTS!”

JULIUS:  “I can’t believe what I am seeing!”

JIVE:  “Neither can the referee … OR Larry Tact!”

(The referee demands to see the Championships from Daymon and Marx. He takes them over to the corner and lays them on the turnbuckle before closely inspecting them.)

GHEORGHE:  “Brandon Jacobs! Jacobs must have placed a decoy belt!”

JIVE:  “No wonder why Marx was so adamant about getting a particular briefcase! He knew which one had a belt in it!”

GHEORGHE:  “I can’t believe what I’m seeing … TWO World Heavyweight Championship belts… and thanks to Caitlyn Daymon causing Brandon Jacobs to fly into the three briefcases .. I have NO clue which one is which now!”

JIVE:  “So what happens now?!?”

(The referee grabs the belts and gives them back to Daymon and Marx… he then talks to Carl Jacobs.)

(SFX:  Yelling.  Brandon Jacobs is waving his arms frantically as he continues to hang from the platform upside down!)

GHEORGHE:  “The referee motions to the back … and I think he’s made a decision!)

(CUTTO:  Officials come running down the rampway and start their way up the side ladders to retrieve Brandon Jacobs.)

JIVE:  “Carl Jacobs is ready… I think we’re going to find out who the REAL winner is!”

JACOBS:  “Ladies … and gentlemen … after consulting with the referee … I give you the man who will be going into BANNED in the US against Larry Tact…..and …… STIIIIILLLLLLLLLL NEW ERA OF WRESTLING WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION …. “GENTLEMAN” JONATHAN … MARX!”

(SFX: HUUUUUGE PoP!)

GHEORGHE:  “OH MY GOD!! MARX RETAINS!! MARX RETAINS!!”

JIVE:  “He continues to defy all odds!”

JULIUS:  “The referee is a communi…”

JACOBS:  “AND ….. NNNNNNNNNEWWWWWWWWWWWWW NEW ERA OF WRESTLING WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION …… DAYMON!!!!!”

(SFX: Crowd goes dead quiet!)

GHEORGHE:  “Wha… wha.. WHAT?!”

JIVE:  “….”

JULIUS:  “….”

GHEORGHE:  “Did he just say … and NEW World Heavyweight champion??!?!”

JIVE:  “He did…..”

GHEORGHE:  “What does this mean!?  Ladies and gentleman…. we’ve got … TWO World Heavyweight champions?!?!”

JULIUS:  “And no more time!”

GHEORGHE:  “Marx … and Daymon!?!  What does this mean for BANNED in the US?!  Who defends the Champio… WE ARE OUT OF TIME….. Thank you everyone for joining us here at WrestleSTOCK Day 2 … for our counterparts in EPW … I am Tom Gheorghe… with Dean Julius and Nick Jive ….”

(TRANSMISSION CUTS)

(The shot of the referee taking out two World Heavyweight championship belts turns grey as the camera focuses on Jason Tripp.)

TRIPP:  “What a long ride it has been.  Ten of New ERA’s most memorable matches right here on Live, Love, Lariat.  We’ve run the gamut from the first ever RAUCOUS to the latest pay per view.  We’ve seen the pay per view matches and television matches, planned and unplanned, championships won and championships retained.  I want to thank you for joining me.  I hope that the stroll through memory lane has been as enjoyable for you as it has for me and I urge you to tune into WFW:NE programming to see more memorable action.”

(The camera begins to pull away.)

TRIPP:  “I’m Jason Tripp, for World’s Finest Wrestling: the New ERA.. I will see you on our next DVD featuring the most memorable matches from the WFW.  Goodnight!”

( credits )