(FADEIN: Ringside.)
JIVE: “This is it. The last match before the pay per view!”
GHEORGHE: “I can hardly believe it. Ladies and gentlemen we are only 1 match away from holding our first ever pay per view, New ERA Destrucity … live from the United Centre in Chicago, Illinois!”
JIVE: “And what a match this will be …”
(From behind the curtains, New ERA President Marcus LaRoque steps on to the stage holding a microphone.)
LaROQUE: “Well ladies and gentlemen. This is it. The next time you see New ERA after this match, it’ll be LIVE on pay per view!”
(SFX: Crowd pops)
LaROQUE: “And I was sitting out back .. and I realized that hell, I had some more matches to announce…”
(SFX: Crowd pops huge.)
LaROQUE: “So … at the behest of ‘the Phenom’ .. who you might have seen lurking around … we’re going to have a little rematch from the TWA.”
JIVE: “The what?”
LaROQUE: “You see, Hart wanted to make sure that this time there were no games. Just some wrestling. So … at Destrucity … you will see ‘the PHENOM’ taking on EL ARCO IRIS in the ring!”
(SFX: Crowd pops.)
LaROQUE: “Now I have been just as confused as you have while I was watching the main even last edition of RAUCOUS. In fact I was doubly confused. Not only did Suicide up and walk out on New ERA …. But then we had some guy in white coming out here and attacking Chaos..”
GHEORGHE: “And we still don’t know who this person is!”
LaROQUE: “Well, thanks to my moles out back .. I’ve found out who this person is.”
JIVE: “You were saying?”
LaROQUE: “He goes by the name SPECTRE… that’s all I know ….”
(LaRoque pauses, to scratch his head.)
LaROQUE: “Well that … and the fact he will be taking on Chaos for the Television Championship inside that Electrified Exploding Cage match at Destrucity!!!”
JIVE: “WHOA!”
LaROQUE: “I figured, hell we already have the cage ordered.. the fans were looking forward to it.. and its apparent that Chaos wants to get some sort of revenge on this SPECTRE person …. So there ya go. Everyone is happy.”
GHEORGHE: “Wow! I thought the Electrified Exploding Cage Match was all but canceled!”
LaROQUE: “This is an exciting time in New ERA … we’ve got people joining left and right … we’ve got BIG matches coming to a head … and most importantly of all … we’re chugging along trying to put out the best work we can for all of you! Enjoy the main event .. and remember to join us for Destrucity …. JULY 2nd!”
(LaRoque turns and walks through the curtains.)
GHEORGHE: “The card keeps getting better and better!”
JIVE: “I know!”
GHEORGHE: “Let’s go to Carl Jacobs so we can kick this main event off.”
(CUTTO: Rampway. The lineup for the match flashes on the screen.)
(CUEUP: ‘Shapes of Things’ by the Jeff Healey Band.)
JIVE: “That’s not the right music!”
JACOBS: “The following match up is scheduled for one fall, and is tonight’s MAIN EVENT. It is a non-title match and has a time limit of 45 minutes! Introducing first ….. THE SPECIAL GUEST REFEREE …..”
(Jean Rabesque walks through the curtains wearing a referee shirt, and jeans.)
JACOBS: “The FORMER TELEVISION CHAMPION …… JEAN RABESQUE!”
GHEORGHE: “Jean Rabesque is the special guest referee?!?! This somehow does not seem to be good for Larry Tact!”
(CUEUP: ‘Run Like Hell’ by Kittie. Alex Borden appears at the top of the ramp with Greg Birel. Semi-bright red lights shine around the arena as Borden makes his way to the ring.)
JACOBS: “Introducing next …. He stands six foot two and weighs 230 pounds …. He hails from Cleveland, Ohio and is being led to the ring by Greg Birel ………. ALEX BORDEN!”
JIVE: “I can only imagine what Tact is thinking right now.”
JACOBS: “And his opponent….”
(The fans all stand on their feet as ‘Karma’ by Diffuser roars across the PA system. Larry Tact steps through the curtain with the New ERA World Heavyweight Championship strapped around his waist.)
JACOBS: “Hailing from Manhattan, New York… he stands six foot six and weighs 244 pounds …. He is the New ERA WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION …….. LARRY TACT!”
(SFX: Bell rings.)
GHEORGHE: “Rabesque is asking Larry Tact for the World Heavyweight Championship belt … and Tact is refusing to give over the belt!”
JIVE: “Tact doesn’t want to do anything that may be symbolic to their PPV match! He hands the title directly to the ringside attendant!”
GHEORGHE: “Rabesque already lying into Tact to respect him as he is the referee! And Alex Borden smiles as the two are arguing! Borden walks up behind Larry Tact … and he taps him on the shoulder …. TACT TURNS AROUND AND NAILS BORDEN IN THE FACE WITH A RIGHT HOOK THAT FLOORS BORDEN!!”
JIVE: “Alex Borden had a look of pure shock on his face!”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact now points at Rabesque as to tell him he better be fair … and now he goes to Borden … Alex Borden holding his jaw … And Tact now with some stiff shots to the chest …. Alex Borden is back on his feet … Borden with an eye gouge … AND ALEX BORDEN WITH JABS TO THE FACE OF LARRY TACT!”
JIVE: “As Borden mentioned earlier .. he was trained by a professional boxer!”
GHEORGHE: “Borden dancing around the ring as he keeps knocking the World Heavyweight Champion in the face … Larry Tact is now in the corner ….. AND JEAN RABESQUE IS NOT BREAKING THE ACTION!”
JIVE: “Referee’s are supposed to step in when one man is in the corner, but Jean Rabesque is looking at his finger nails!”
GHEORGHE: “Borden now nailing Larry Tact with some body shots …. He finally lets up as Tact is leaning against the turnbuckle …. Alex Borden locks the arms ….. BELLY TO BELLY SUPLEX by Alex Borden! Alex Borden now walks over to Larry Tact .. and he locks him in a sleeper!!!”
JIVE: “I almost question whether or not Rabesque would call this correctly.”
GHEORGHE: “Jean Rabesque asking repeatedly if Tact wants to give up … and Tact is snarling at him …. But slowly Tact’s eyes seem to be shutting … Tact is slumping to one knee ….. NO! Tact back up on both feet …. AND HE RAMS ALEX BORDEN INTO THE CORNER …. Borden holds on to the hold though … And Tact AGAIN rams Alex Borden into the corner! Borden finally releases the hold and Larry Tact seems to have gotten a second wind!”
JIVE: “Well that was quick!”
GHEORGHE: “Tact came in to take advantage of Borden… but Borden with a low blow stopped Larry Tact in his tracks, while Rabesque turned his head!”
JIVE: “Jean Rabesque would love nothing more than Larry Tact losing here tonight!”
GHEORGHE: “Alex Borden locks the arm of Larry Tact …. REVERSE ARMBAR by Alex Borden in the center of the ring …. And Larry Tact is trying to fight it …. Tact desperately trying to get to the ropes or something …. FINALLY LARRY TACT GETS TO THE ROPES AND BORDEN IS FORCED TO RELEASE THE HOLD!”
JIVE: “But Rabesque turned his back! Rabesque is talking to Greg Birel while Tact has a hold of the ropes!”
GHEORGHE: “Alex Borden sees this and he yanks Larry Tact back into the center of the ring!! BUT WAIT!! LARRY TACT WITH A SHORT ARM CLOTHESLINE TAKES BOTH OF THEM DOWN TO THE MAT!”
JIVE: “Rabesque turned around and is wondering what the hell went on!”
GHEORGHE: “Now he goes over to Tact and tells him that if he catches him cheating he’s going to disqualify him! Larry Tact is up and he’s trying to shake that arm off … Alex Borden up now … he comes from behind Tact and shoves him into the ropes … Tact comes back … AND BORDEN WITH A FOREARM SHOT INTO THE BACK!”
JIVE: “Borden is not letting up, Tom!”
GHEORGHE: “Borden now turns Tact around and sends him into the ropes … Tact on the return … Borden with a clothesline … BUT TACT DUCKS …. Tact stops dead in his tracks … grabs the head of Borden …. DROP NECKBREAKER! Larry Tact managed to put on the breaks and nail that neckbreaker as both men now lie on the mat!”
JIVE: “What a move by Tact. Most other men would have let their momentum take them further ….”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact now putting an arm over Borden …. ONE ……… TW—KICKOUT. Too much time elapsed.”
JIVE: “I don’t think he could have gotten him even if he pinned him right afterwards.”
GHEORGHE: “Both men now crawling to the ropes … they grab the top rope … and Larry Tact kicks Alex Borden in the side of the leg … now Tact has Borden by the arm … AND HE BRINGS HIM DOWN TO THE MAT … LARRY TACT HAS BORDEN IN A CROSS FACE CHICKEN WING!!”
JIVE: “Greg Birel is on the outside trying to tell Borden to grab the ropes since they’re so close to them!”
GHEORGHE: “Borden is reaching … but he is just a finger tip away!! WAIT! Jean Rabesque is now calling for the break! He is saying that Borden’s fingers grazed the bottom rope!! I don’t think that happened, Nick!”
JIVE: “Rabesque has a better view than we do … maybe they did!”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact releases the hold and he shoots Rabesque a dirty look … Rabesque shrugs his shoulders as if to say ‘What can ya do?’ …. Larry Tact picks up Borden … KICKSWING DDT! Larry Tact now grabbing the left leg of Alex Borden .. and he locks him into a Half Crab!”
JIVE: “Tact is a great mat wrestler, but he’s also trying to show Rabesque that he can do submission moves as well!”
GHEORGHE: “Rabesque goes over to Borden now … and he is just looking at him … Borden now using all his strength … AND HE MANAGES TO GET TACT TO FALL TO THE MAT! Larry Tact quickly up to his feet … he drops the elbow … BUT BORDEN ROLLS OUT OF THE WAY AND TACT HITS THE MAT!”
JIVE: “I don’t think people realize how much that hurts. Having your elbow hit squarely on the mat is not a pleasant feeling.”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact up again … and that arm must be feeling very dead .. that’s the same one that Borden worked over earlier!”
JIVE: “If Borden locks on the Choke Out, Larry Tact won’t have enough strength in the arm to fight it for very long.”
GHEORGHE: “Alex Borden now on his knees as Tact comes over .. Tact raises his arms for the double axehandle … but Borden quickly elbows him in the stomach …. Borden now with a small package!!! ONE ……… TWO ……… KICKOUT!”
JIVE: “He caught the World Champion off guard.”
GHEORGHE: “Borden and Tact both on their feet … Borden now picks up Tact .. and hits him with a backbreaker! Borden keeps him on his knee … AND HE IS PUSHING TACT’s HEAD BACK TRYING TO INFLICT AS MUCH DAMAGE TO THE BACK AS HE CAN!”
JIVE: “You know, if anything … Rabesque must be loving this. He has the show before the pay per view off, while he gets to watch Larry Tact take all this damage!”
GHEORGHE: “Alex Borden dropping Tact to the mat …. AND ALEX BORDEN IS HEADING UP TOP!”
JIVE: “I don’t know if this is a wise move right now..”
GHEORGHE: “Alex Borden is perched atop the top rope …. HE FLIES OFF ….. AND HE NAILS LARRY TACT WITH AN ELBOW DROP THAT WAS AWFULLY CLOSE TO HIS THROAT!”
JIVE: “Borden was just inches away from incapacitating Larry Tact for good!”
GHEORGHE: “Alex Borden with the cover ….. ONE …………… TWO …………….. THREE—NO!!!”
JIVE: “I don’t know how the Champ kicked out of that!”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact got his shoulder up at the last minute!”
JIVE: “Borden looks irked ..”
GHEORGHE: “Alex Borden walking around the ring … trying to think of what to do next … He walks over to Larry Tact … hooks the arms …. BORDEN WITH A BELLY TO BELLY …. BUT TACT BLOCKS IT!! TACT WITH A KNEE TO THE CROTCH OF ALEX BORDEN!”
JIVE: “Borden is doubled over, and Rabesque didn’t even see it! He would have disqualified Tact in a second if he’d saw it!”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact grabbing the head of Alex Borden … AND HE PILEDRIVES HIM INTO THE MAT!”
JIVE: “Larry Tact just told Rabesque that he better get ready to count …”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact picks up Alex Borden …… and he POWER SLAMS HIM TO THE MAT!! LARRY TACT IS HEADING TO THE TOP ROPE!”
JIVE: “If Borden can do it, so can The World Heavyweight Champ!”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact is on the top turnbuckle …. AND HE POINTS AT JEAN RABESQUE BEFORE HE COMES OFF … DIVE TO BLUE!!! LARRY TACT JUST NAILED ALEX BORDEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CHEST WITH THE TOP ROPE ELBOW DROP!”
JIVE: “And Jean Rabesque walking around Tact and Borden…”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact is making the cover but Jean Rabesque is still walking around!”
JIVE: “He’s trying to get a good position to make the count…”
GHEORGHE: “Rabesque slowly to his knees …….. ONE …………………………………………………. TWO …………………………………………………….. AND ALEX BORDEN KICKS OUT! Rabesque with the slowest count I have ever seen!”
JIVE: “Well you know .. Rabesque is French Canadian … he was probably trying to translate one, two and three in his head from French to English…”
GHEORGHE: “OH PLEASE. Larry Tact is on his feet and he is in the face of Jean Rabesque!!! Jean Rabesque is barking right back at Larry Tact!!”
JIVE: “That’s all we need is to have these two get into a scuffle!!”
GHEORGHE: “Greg Birel is now over at the time keepers’ table .. and he grabs a bottle of water from the time keeper …. GREG BIREL IS IN THE RING AS TACT AND RABESQUE ARE ARGUING! AND HE POURS THE WATER ON THE FACE OF BORDEN!”
JIVE: “And Borden shakes his head! Alex Borden is getting up!”
GHEORGHE: “Borden is on his feet as Birel slips out of the ring … and Borden sees Tact w/ his back to him!! ALEX BORDEN SNEAKING UP FROM BEHIND ……. GERMAN SUPLEXES LARRY TACT … BORDEN WITH THE BRIDGE!!! ONE ! TWO! THRE—NO!”
JIVE: “See, Rabesque can count regularly as well!”
GHEORGHE: “That was awfully FAST … Larry Tact is lucky that he got out when he did! Larry Tact holding his head as Alex Borden goes against the ropes ….. Tact on his feet …. AND ALEX BORDEN WITH A CLOTHESLINE AND BOTH MEN GO TUMBLING OVER THE TOP ROPE!!! THEY ARE ON THE ARENA FLOOR!”
JIVE: “And Rabesque is over there counting them out!”
(SFX: Fans ooo and ahhh as their heads turn to the rampway.)
GHEORGHE: “WAIT!! There is that person … SPECTRE, I believe! He is coming down the rampway..”
JIVE: “Sneaking is more like it…”
(SFX: Fans pop as Chaos runs from behind the curtain.)
GHEORGHE: “THERE IS CHAOS!! SPECTRE TURNS AROUND AND CHAOS CLOTHESLINES HIM … AND NOW SPECTRE IS ROLLING DOWN THE RAMPWAY WITH CHAOS IN TOW!”
JIVE: “Rabesque caught them out of the corner of his eye!”
GHEORGHE: “Rabesque now turns and runs over to Chaos and Spectre and he is telling them to get the hell out of here!”
JIVE: “Alex Borden is setting up a table!”
GHEORGHE: “Rabesque is going through the ropes trying to tell Chaos to get out …. And he is totally oblivious to the fact that Alex Borden has set up a table!!! Borden grabbing Tact by the legs ….”
CROWD: “N . E . W ! N . E . W !”
GHEORGHE: “AND ALEX BORDEN JUST HOT SHOTTED LARRY TACT AND TACT’s BODY HIT THE TABLE AND IT JUST BROKE IN HALF!”
(SFX: Crowd boos as a figure dressed in all black runs down the rampway.)
JIVE: “THERE’s THAT PERSON IN ALL BLACK AGAIN!”
GHEORGHE: “This person has been haunting Jean Rabesque and Larry Tact for the past few weeks … AND NOW HE SLIDES INTO THE RING!!”
JIVE: “Rabesque saw him!”
GHEORGHE: “RABESQUE REACHES OUT FOR THIS PERSON ….. AND THE PERSON IN BLACK DUCKS UNDERNEATH HIS GRASP….. AND HE SUPERKICKS JEAN RABESQUE!!! RABESQUE IS DOWN!!!”
JIVE: “All hell has broken loose!!”
GHEORGHE: “This figure in black slides out of the ring ….. now he is ducking as Borden brings Tact back into the ring ….. BORDEN DROPS TACT AS HE SEES THAT RABESQUE IS DOWN!!”
JIVE: “Greg Birel is yelling at him to forget about it!”
GHEORGHE: “Borden shakes his head ok, and he goes over to Tact …… LARRY TACT WITH A SMALL PACKAGE ….. BUT THERE’s no REF!! RABESQUE IS OUT!”
JIVE: “Wait!! What is going on now?!”
GHEORGHE: “THE FIGURE IN BLACK JUST SLID BACK INTO THE RING …… HE GRABS JEAN RABESQUE’s HAND …….. ONE! TWO! THREE!!! WHAT THE HELL… THIS FIGURE IN BLACK JUST USED RABESQUE’s HANDS TO DO THE THREE COUNT …”
(SFX: Bell rings.)
JACOBS: "The winner of this match by pinfall ...... LARRY TACT!"
JIVE: “Is this even legal?!?!?!”
GHEORGHE: “THE FIGURE IN BLACK JUST COST ALEX BORDEN THE VICTORY!”
JIVE: “Now he’s running back up the rampway!”
GHEORGHE: “Larry Tact is on his feet … he turns to gloat at Rabesque … AND HE IS SHOCKED AS HE SEES RABESQUE LYING FACE FIRST IN THE MAT!! LARRY TACT LOOKS UP AND HE SEES THAT FIGURE IN BLACK STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE RAMPWAY!!”
JIVE: “The figure in black just pointed to the ring …. AND HE JUST DID THE THROAT SLIT!!! LARRY TACT IS IN PURE SHOCK!!”
GHEORGHE: “I can’t believe it!! That person disappears … AND CHAOS AND SPECTRE HAVE JUST SPILLED OVER INTO THE AUDIENCE!! Spectre picks up a chair .. AND HE IS BASHING CHAOS OVER THE HEAD WITH THE CHAIR! Fans are running out of the way!!”
