Harrys: The following contest is a two-on-one handicap match, scheduled for one fall!
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The Remarkable One walks out onto the stage with the crowd booing his arrival. He does not seem fazed by the reception he receives as he breathes in the atmosphere with a big sneer on his face, before walking down the ramp. As he does so, he passes by with his air guitar, and whipping out some sick silent licks, much to the dismay of the crowd. Anybody who criticises his epic riffing skills gets a mouthful of insults from Keaton.
Harrys: Introducing first, now residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, weighing 225 pounds... "the Remarkable" Mark Keaton!
Cohen: Even after losing the first round of the Gold Rush tournament, Mark Keaton still remains his confident self. How does the man keep such a positive outlook on life? He certainly lives up to his remarkable moniker, because such optimism is indeed remarkable.
Copeland: Maybe it has to do with the fact that Mark Keaton has been rewarded with a handicap match tonight, thanks to his connections with the World champion and the boss of the company?
Cohen: What blasphemy is this? No need to be a Debbie Downer, Seabass. All Keaton wants to do is bounce back.
Keaton takes his time walking up the steps, and entering the ring, making sure everybody soaks in the presence of the Remarkable One. He continues to air guitar, and gives lip to anybody who offends him in any manner. He catches eyes with referee Katy Shepard, the same referee who called his Gold Rush tournament match from last week, and warns her to do her job correctly.
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Gabi Clark paces very slowly to the top of the ramp, cosplaying as the powerful Amazonian warrior Wonder Woman. When she gets to the top, she kneels down on one knee, and bows her head down. She lifts her hands towards the sky, asking for guidance from Athena, before standing tall for everyone to witness her.
Harrys: His tag team partner, from New York, New York, weighing 170 pounds... Gabi Clark!
Copeland: Out of all the potential partners to assign Mark Keaton tonight, Gabi Clark was the last person I would expect. She's had her differences with Vis Imperium in the past, and it is very rare for Gabi to be seen without her sister in her corner.
Cohen: Gabi Clark is coming out here making a statement by appearing as Wonder Woman, and all you can manage to say is that she isn't a great tag team partner? What about Gabi empowering herself tonight by showing everybody that she is as strong, and as difficult to defeat, as Wonder Woman?
Copeland: I just find this pairing extremely odd, and I fail to understand why another member of Vis Imperium isn't in the corner of Keaton, especially after Mark's involvement in Gabi's match against Matt Tastic in the first round of the tournament. Doesn't that strike you as odd?
Clark enters the ring, and poses for everybody, taking the spotlight away from Keaton. The Remarkable One does not take too kindly to Gabi being the centre of attention, and, in fact, finds the cosplay a little quirky. Gabi catches him out the corner of his eye, and stares him down. Keaton puts his hands up, showing he means no harm. Gabi is disgusted by Keaton, and waves at him to back off.
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The crowd lets out a large cheer for the arrival of Vee A.D.Z, who performs her signature taunt: he rotates around on one leg before completing a somersault in the air, bouncing up from the ramp and raising his hands high. The crowd continues to cheer after that display of athleticism as he stares down both of his opponents in the ring.
Harrys: And their opponent, from Crawley, South East England, weighing 185 pounds... Vee! A! D! Z!
Cohen: I am looking forward to this match. Vee deserves this encounter for the crimes he has committed against the World Heavyweight Championship.
Copeland: Crimes? What crimes? Since when has beating the World champion on two separate occasions warrant a handicap match? This is all because the World champion is Justin Cooper, who is in cahoots with Mr. Banks, and together, they created this punishment for Vee.
Cohen: So many conspiracies with you, Seabass. No, Vee is being put in this handicap match because he has disgraced the World title. How dare Vee beat the World champion, then follow up by falling short in the first round of the Gold Rush tournament. Vee almost lowered the prestige of the title from his selfish actions, and deserves this as punishment. I am so glad Cooper is our champion, and is doing his absolute best to make the World title great again.
Vee does not waiver in his approach to the ring, entering it whilst both Gabi & Mark stand their ground. Vee stands in the middle, darting eyes are both of his opponents with a look of determination. Gabi does her best intimidation stare as her cosplay of Wonder Woman, whilst Keaton can do nothing but laugh at Vee for being pathetic. Mark pats Gabi on the back, and instructs Gabi to head to the corner. Gabi's concentration breaks, and becomes disgusted by Keaton touching her. She warns Keaton not to do that again, but Keaton gives off a sneer. Gabi reluctantly turns to the corner, and referee Katy Shepard begins the match.
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Vee gets his hands up in a position whereby he is ready for a wrestling match, and ready for a fight. Keaton continues his sneering at Vee, almost laughing at Vee's stance. He walks towards Vee, reaching for his pocket, but before he can execute, referee Katy Shepard intervenes. She catches him with a foreign object on his person, rips it from him, and warns him about such usage. Keaton argues with the referee as she goes to remove the object, allowing Vee to capitalise with a standing high angle dropkick! Keaton is surprised, and knocked down to the mat. Keaton attempts to get up, scrambling to his feet, but Vee is already in position, and lands a 720 Guvyer kick right on the chin of Keaton. The Remarkable one falls to the canvas whilst Vee performs a kip-up, showing off his impressive feats to the crowd. Keaton looks at Vee in disgust as he backs away quickly to the corner. Vee smiles and throws his hands in the air, receiving more adulation from the crowd. Keaton blames the referee for his horrible start, and blind tags Gabi Clark into the match, much to her confusion. Keaton instructs Gabi to get into the ring to fight, as he gets on the apron.
Copeland: Keaton wants none of what Vee is dishing out. Vee looks on fire.
Cohen: If it wasn't for the referee's incompetence, Keaton wouldn't have been taken by surprise.
Gabi gets in the ring, and she stands tall up against Vee. She wants to go with the traditional wrestling start, and she places a hand in the air for a test of strength. Vee obliges, and the two competitors look to battle it out with their power. Gabi begins losing the exchange as Vee bends her hands. Channeling her inner wonder woman-esque strength, Gabi manages to out-power Vee, and brings him to his knees. Vee does his best, but Gabi is just too strong for him to over power. She slowly traps both arms of Vee, and hits him with a serious of slow, methodical headbutts. After the fifth shot, Gabi lets go and leaves Vee in a daze. She runs the ropes, and comes at Vee with a running back elbow, knocking him down. She covers...
... 1
... 2
and a kick-out by Vee.
Vee attempts to get out of the way, but Gabi uses her strength advantage to grab the leg of Vee, and drag him into the corner. She brings him up to a standing position, and Vee is still a little woozy. Gabi backs across the other side of the ring, and nails Vee with a stinger splash. She asks Keaton for a tag, but he flatly refuses. Annoyed at Keaton, she insists on making the tag. Keaton continues to not accept getting into the ring. In his defiance, Gabi slaps Keaton across the back, and blind tags him in.
Copeland: A little communication issues happening on the advantaged side.
Cohen: Growing pains, Seabass. Gabi isn't used to a tag team partner that isn't her sister, and Keaton isn't used to a non-Vis Imperium member.
Clark headlocks Vee and attempts to deliver a bulldog to finish off her combination, but Vee pushes Gabi away, launching her into the air. She lands backside first, and clutches at it as she rolls out of the ring. Keaton is arguing with the referee that he isn't the legal man, but Katy Shepard is having none of his attitude. Vee recovers, and grabs Keaton by the neck, bringing him into the ring the hard way. Vee waits for Keaton to get to his feet, and goes for a single legged dropkick. Keaton, however, manages to dodge the attack, and as Vee looks to get up, Keaton rakes the eyes of Vee blatantly in the vision of the referee. Shepard gets to a count of 4 before Keaton lets go. Vee screams in pain, checking his eyes, as Keaton taunts the crowd that are booing him heavily for his actions. Keaton's smirk comes back, and informs the referee he did nothing wrong. As Vee attempts to get up, Keaton hits him with some snap jabs. Every time Vee gets up, he gets a snap jab that brings him back down. Keaton tries one more time, but Vee goes to block; yet, Keaton feigned the snap jab, and quickly scoops Vee up for a body slam. Keaton points to his head, signalling he is the smarter person, before going for a cocky pin attempt...
... 1
... and a kick-out.
Keaton looks at referee Shepard with disgust, before applying a headlock.
Cohen: This ref Katy should learn to count at the proper speed. It felt like a long one count. I could have counted to three in that time she recorded one.
Copeland: She's officiated more matches than you have, Jack. I believe Keaton expects Vee to not be any sort of challenge.
The crowd gets behind Vee as he rises to his feet, deliver a few elbow shots to create some space between himself and Keaton, but Keaton manages a knee strike to Vee, stopping his offense. Keaton backs Vee towards the ropes, sending him across the ring. He bends over, looking for a back body drop. He launches Vee, but he manages to flip mid-air, land on his feet, and grab Keaton with a waist clutch. He pushes Keaton towards the ropes with forces, and rebounds off. Keaton manages a tag with Gabi before Vee rolls Keaton up in position, looking for a pin. Before referee Shepard can explain to Vee that Keaton is not the legal competitor, Gabi clocks Vee with an Axe Handle smash to the face. Keaton exits the ring, and Clark covers...
... 1
... 2
... kick-out by Vee.
Copeland: No matter what Vee attempts, Gabi & Keaton find a way to stop him in his tracks.
Cohen: The pressure of being in a two-on-one situation, with both members of the two team being tough competitors. I'm not sure a better competitor would do well, let alone Vee!
Gabi, who is feeling a little more confident in this match with her tag team partner, begins to smile a little, and pose for the audience. They reject Gabi's ability to taunt as wonder woman, and this annoys Gabi. She turns to Vee, and delivers a palm strike to him, staggering him. She goes behind Vee, locks in her arms around his waist, and hits a German suplex! Gabi holds on, and does her absolute best to get Vee to his feet. It takes him a little longer than expected, for Vee isn't exactly co-operating with Gabi. She lifts him up again, and hits the second German suplex. Completely out of it, Vee lies on the canvas gasping for air. Clark tries lifting Vee up, but it is taking all of her strength to do so, bit by bit. Gabi darts a look to Keaton, asking him for help, but he feigns recovery, and tells her to do it. Gabi, annoyed, digs deep and brings Vee to a standing position. She takes a deep breath, and goes to lift... but Vee blocks. Fuming, Gabi tries again but Vee blocks again. She goes for one more time, but noticing that Gabi's arms are not positioned well, Vee charges the ropes with Gabi, and ducks at the last second, sending the Clark sister straight to the outside. Keaton tries to get into the ring, but Vee pops up, smacking Keaton with a southpaw spinning back fist, and a hard left punch, knocking Keaton to the floor. Vee catches his breath, and looks out to the crowd for support. They cheer as Vee notices that both his opponents are on the floor. Vee gets to his feet, pumps up the crowd, and runs the ropes. He rebounds off, and runs directly at Keaton & Gabi on the outside, performing a springboard moonsault to both competitors! All three are on the floor as the crowd goes nuts for the move.
Copeland: Vee just pulled out a massive dive to the outside to take out both of his opponents, and it paid major dividends. All he needs to do is capitalise.
Cohen: You're going to praise Vee for attacking the illegal person? Besides, he just knocked them out. He has to expend energy getting Gabi back in for a pin.
Vee is first to his feet, and sees Gabi stirring. He picks her up slowly, and manages to throw her into the ring. Vee climbs up on the apron, and waits for Gabi to get to her feet. He pumps up the crowd, signalling for a springboard move, and as soon as goes to jump, Keaton grabs a hold of Vee's leg. Vee is brought down, but he lands on his feet, and kicks Keaton in the head. Vee quickly turns his attention to Gabi, and springboards off, jumping at Gabi... but she had enough time to recover, and catches Vee mid-air with a flapjack! Gabi has planted Vee in the middle of the ring, and both competitors are downed. Referee Shepard checks on them before starting a 10 count. Mark Keaton has gotten back on the apron, and looks ready for a tag. Gabi Clark begins crawling towards her partner. Vee, on the canvas, senses this danger, and looks to his corner. It is empty.
Copeland: Vee does not have anyone else to help him. He needs to find a way back to his feet, or this is over quickly.
The crowd wills Vee up as he desperately gets to his feet, whilst Gabi goes to the corner and tags in Keaton. The Remarkable One walks over to Vee with a cocky attitude, and slaps him across the head. He mouths off at Vee, and slaps him in the head again. Vee gets up and faces Keaton, who goes for another hit, but Vee blocks! Vee delivers a couple of shots to Keaton, with the final blow knocking him down. Keaton gets up, but he gets a dropkick for his troubles. Gabi is recovered and tries her luck, but she also gets a dropkick. The short distraction allows Keaton to hit Vee across the back, and pushes him to the ropes. Keaton sends Vee across the ring, and looks for a classic backbreaker. Vee, however, transitions into a tilt-a-whirl fujiwara armbar, bringing Keaton down to the canvas. Referee Shepard is in prime position to call the submission, as Keaton screams out in pain. He is looking for a way out, but Vee has it locked on tight. No reversals are possible. The ropes are too far away. Keaton continues to feel the pain... until Gabi Clark breaks up the submission. She grabs Vee by the waist, lifts him from the canvas, and delivers a German suplex to Vee, knocking him down. The crowd dislikes the break-up as referee Shepard tells Gabi to get to her corner. She ignores the ref, and tries to pick up Keaton. Offended that a person smaller than he is helping him up, Keaton rips away his arm from Gabi, holding it still in pain. Gabi isn't happy about Keaton's lack of respect, and the two begin to argue in the middle of the ring. Referee Katy Shepard does her best to resolve the issue.
Cohen: This isn't the time to argue! You've got Vee right where you want him!
Before the fight is resolved, Vee charges at both of them with a high speed dropkick, with one boot assigned for each opponent. Gabi and Keaton are both sent into the bottom turnbuckle, and Vee notices this, pointing directly at them. The crowd cheers as Vee runs, and goes for the shining wizard. Keaton evades, and allows Gabi to take the entire hit. Vee gets up, and stops for a second to question whether that was correct, as Gabi rolls to the outside. This allows Keaton to come from behind, and employ that classic back-breaker from earlier. Vee is down, and Keaton sneers as he looks to lock in the figure four leg lock. Vee cries in pain as Keaton has it locked in. He does his best to look for an escape, but he is a long way from the ropes. Vee looks to pull himself and Keaton towards the ropes, but the Remarkable One sees that he, himself, is fingertips away, and he grabs hold tight. Vee's cries turn into gutteral screams as Keaton pulls on the ropes, adding extra leverage to the submission. Referee Katy Shepard is shocked by the sudden outburst of pain, and looks around at the surroundings to find Keaton cheating! She orders Keaton to stop but he does not listen. Taking action, she kicks the ropes to force Keaton to let go and begins a 4 count to break the submission. Keaton, in disbelief, lets go at the 4th count, and gets up to his feet to argue. He can't believe that referee has intervened to such lengths, and defends himself, but Katy Shepard is having none of that.
Cohen: What the hell is the referee doing? She can't do that!
Copeland: Keaton has been causing problems all match, and he refused to let go of the submission, so she forced him.
Cohen: But when Keaton was no longer on the ropes, the submission was legal, yet she gave him a 4 count! That's not in the rule books! That's not how you officiate!
Copeland: It's the referee's discreti-... wait a minute!
Gabi Clark, who is recovering on the outside and is leaning on the apron, interrupts the argument to warn Keaton. The Remarkable One ignores the referee, and yells at Gabi to be quiet. Clark tells him to look behind, but before he can, Vee manages to roll-up Keaton from behind with a pinfall attempt...
... 1
... 2
... 3!
Referee Shepard awards the pinfall as Keaton kicks out at 3 and a half, and Gabi goes to slide in to break up the count! The bell rings, and Vee quickly goes to the outside. The crowd are cheering loudly as the match ends with Vee winning the encounter.
Harrys: Here is your winner... VEE! A! D! Z!
The crowd erupts at the official announcement as Vee does his best to create some distance between the ring and himself, holding his hands up high at him achieving the victory. Gabi Clark shakes her head at Keaton's actions, whilst the Remarkable One is in shock.
Copeland: Vee did it! He beat the odds! He won the handicap match!
Cohen: It wasn't a handicap match! The referee was on his side! She screwed Keaton out his victory with some horrible officiating!
Copeland: The referee's rule is final, Jack, and she has declared Vee the winner. He managed to fight through the two-on-one advantage, survive it, and win the match by pinning Justin Cooper's right-hand man! What a sweet victory for Vee. I can't think of a bigger message to send to Vis Imperium, and the World champion, with that statement.
Cohen: The message is loud and clear! This referee needs to be reprimanded, and to stay the hell away from all Vis Imperium matches. She is biased!
Keaton looks over at Gabi. The Clark sister is not happy, and instead of pressing the issue, she tells Keaton this loss is on him, and this would have never happened if her sister was there. Gabi storms out at ringside, and up the ramp. Keaton, still in disbelief, gets up and complains to the referee. Katy Shepard begins a long argument with the Remarkable One, with Keaton threatening her job. Vee ADZ still remains at the top of the ramp, celebrating and happy about his victory. The crowd is chanting "A! D! Z!", and he thanks them for the support.
The crowd cheer as they know what is coming. Tyrone Blades and Jones appear on the screen. Keaton's face drops like he has seen a ghost.
Blades: Hey there buddy. Don't you look a bit scared?
Jones laughs as Blades continues.
Blades: Now, now, what to do with the Remarkable One?!
The lights cut off. The crowd cheer.
Blades: Good idea Jones!
Jones: That erm, wasn't me.
The light comes on to reveal a man in a mask is now in the ring. He's kitted in Hollow Ones attire and even has a bandanna over the top of his mask. He's stood behind Keaton and the crowd go crazy.
Blades: Who the fuck is that?
Jones: You tell me!
Keaton turns round and is met with a Bionic Elbow. The theatrics to it are exactly the same as the
Falcon Punch.
Copeland: No way! It can't be.
Cohen: Don't be so stupid. He's in hospital!
The masked man then picks up Keaton. The world's strongest slam is given to him and the crowd shout "GAME OVER!". Keaton is left decimated in the ring. Blades and Jones look on in disbelief.
Jones: That was interesting.
Blades: Don't blame me!
Both men shrug their shoulders as the static kicks in and the titantron is returned to normal.