Harrys: The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall!
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The Remarkable One walks out with a big sneer on his face and the Big Bad Roadie by his side. He looks out into the sea of the majority British audience doing his best stereotypical high class royal persona, equipped with some swear words that Keaton treats as a casual greeting, before heading down the ramp. When the audience rejects him, he tells them to stick a jam crumpet up their back trumpet and respect him.
Harrys: Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by Big Bad Roady, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, weighing 225 pounds... "The Remarkable" Mark Keaton!
The crowd boos as his name is announced as Keaton is in the ring stretching out his arms, waiting for the audience to understand that they are supposed to cheer him instead.
Copeland: I just don't understand Keaton. He has the charisma, the personality and the skills to get it done inside the squared circle but he continues to persist with this appalling attitude and taking shortcuts wherever he can find one.
Cohen: In this industry, you need to take as many opportunities that come your way because you'll never know if there will be another one. You need to be selfish. If that's makes you what these people here call an "********", then so be it.
Copeland: Sure, but if he was a lot nicer, this man would be a fan favourite for years to come.
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Harrys: And his tag team partner, from Hell's Kitchen, New York, weighing 210 pounds... he is the "X-Rated Superstar", Triple X!
The lights go out in the arena with white lights flash and pulse all around the arena. Triple X appears on the stage, looking out to the audience in attendance with a look of pure hatred in his eyes. He walks down the ramp with purpose, eyes forward and giving a couple of heckling fans the finger without turning his head to grant them eye contact. He gets to the ring and hits the apron, facing the hard cam. As soon as the chorus hits, he throws his hands up in the air forming an X. He enters the ring and begins pacing back and forth, looking towards the entrance ramp. Keaton observes this and tries to calm his partner down. X ignores him, causing Keaton to get upset at this rude display. He reminds X that he is the leader of this team and X must do what he says. X stops and the two begin having words in the ring. Big Bad Roadie does his best to calm it down.
Cohen: Now this is what I don't get, Seabass. These two have to work together as they head into Kingdom Come if they stand any chance of becoming victorious at the big event. Yet, we are on our last stop and these two are bickering.
Copeland: Maybe if they changed their attitude a little and were a bit nicer, this would have less of a chance of happening to them.
Cohen: I think you need an attitude adjustment.
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The crowd goes from boos to cheers as pink lights begin to swirl around the stage in a circular pattern, representing the petals of many cherry blossoms falling through the air. A fine mist appears on the stage and the former World champion emerges, taking a second to appreciate the view before heading down the ramp, adorned with a small smile to fans who greet her amicably.
Harrys: And their opponents, first, from Ise, Mia, Japan, weighing 145 pounds... Kagura!
As Kagura heads to ringside, she ascends the stairs and cautiously watches the three men in the ring half-paying attention to her and half-bickering amongst themselves. She seems confused as to whether she should enter the ring, deciding to wait to see what happens. She keeps an eye out towards the ramp, as well as the crowd around her. Kagura is seemingly watching all sides as she observes X and Keaton arguing.
Cohen: Although Kagura is the most accomplished of the four competitors here, being a former World champion and all, she seems to be the most off balance tonight. She's watching all angles for her opponents who could implode at any moment, a tag team partner she probably doesn't trust and Garth Black looming the shadows ready to strike.
Copeland: Pressure and tension can be great motivators, Jack. Kagura has shown she can handle herself in big situations with her winning the most recent King for a Day elimination chamber match. She had to keep her eyes open at all times for the right opportunity to cash the contract in to become World champion so keeping an eye out for danger would be a walk in the park.
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Harrys: And her tag team partner, from New York, New York, weighing 100 pounds, she is the first-ever THREE TIME and NEW Elite Openweight Champion in WZCW History... Callie Clark!
Callie Clark struts out onto the stage and holds her championship up high with pride. Instead of boos or cheers in the arena, the audience applauds in appreciation for Callie Clark's achievements, showing her some respect. Callie nods and re-iterates everyone should be applauding her as she has a big smile on her face. She goes down to the ringside area and meets up with her tag team partner, showing off the title to Kagura as well. She holds the title in one hand and uses her other hand to hold up three fingers.
Copeland: Callie Clark has put herself in similar company to Mikey Stormrage and "Showtime" Cougar as one of the very few competitors to hold a championship more than twice.
Cohen: Exactly! Callie Clark's efforts in reclaiming her championship just shows how much dedication she has to professional wrestling. To me, Callie has become synonymous with the Elite Openweight championship. Callie has become the shining pinnacle of the Elite Openweight division. Callie Clark is the Elite Openweight division.
Copeland: If she manages to best all three challengers at Kingdom Come, all of whom who had to work for their opportunity to enter the match, then maybe she'll have that claim. She just won the title back. She needs to prove herself and defend the championship at least once.
Cohen: Blasphemy!
Callie and Kagura enter the ring at the same as the bickering between X and Keaton has almost resolved. They are in their corner talking more peacefully with Big Bad Roadie on the outside. Kagura now has the chance to stand in the middle of the ring and respectfully bow to the audience. However, as she does this, Callie Clark walks over to both X and Keaton to show off her championship and accomplishment. Whatever disagreements that were left between the two are instantly squashed as the two now focus on Callie. Seeing what she has done, she backs away near her partner Kagura, who stands tall. The four competitors stare off for a moment until Referee Prince can get into the mix and break it up.
Copeland: Maybe Callie should stop showing off until after the match.
Cohen: Don't speak of the true Elite Queen like that! She'll send you to the gallows... actually, never mind. Keep talking. You have words of wisdom today, Seabass.
After some back and forth discussions between both teams, it is Callie and Keaton who begin the match. Prince checks on them both before signalling for the bell.
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Callie continues to remind everyone, especially Keaton, that she is the Elite Openweight champion and she has won the title three times. Keaton laughs it off, which visibly annoys Callie. She asks him what is so funny and Keaton responds, telling her that the only reason she is a three-time champion is because she was bad enough to lose it twice. Keaton laughs as Callie stares daggers at him, responding back that at least she managed to become a successful singles wrestler and didn't need the help of a better wrestler to hand them championships. Keaton's laugh turns into a sour look as he attempts to charge at Callie. She manages to duck, runs the ropes and hits a Sling Blade on Keaton... and another! On the third time round, Callie drops Keaton with a dropkick, sending him back to his corner. She throws up the Three Time symbol yet again as the crowd applauds the efforts.
Cohen: Solid mind games by the champion, here. If she can get into the minds of someone who isn't challenging for her title, imagine what she could do at Kingdom Come!
Keaton orders Triple X into the ring and slaps him across the chest to make the tag. Mark is back on the apron and points to Callie. Triple X just stares at Keaton before shaking his head, entering the ring. However, this is enough of a distraction to let Callie hit a step up high knee to X, knocking him to the outside. Callie measures X, runs the ropes and goes for a suicide dive. X, seeing this happen, pulls Big Bad Roadie and dives out the way. Callie launches into Roadie, knocking him down. Callie immediately gets up looking disgusted, brushing away the ickiness of Roadie. She turns around to go after X but he clocks her in the face with a BIG forearm smash that makes the crowd feel uncomfortable. Callie falls to the ground and X throws up his straight-edge symbol, much to the chagrin of the crowd.
Copeland: I think Triple X just re-invented how to execute a jawbreaker. That was a nasty shot.
X rolls Callie into the ring, following up behind, before the referee's count hits ten. He goes for a cover... 1... 2... kick-out by the Elite champion. Callie tries to crawl to her corner but X throws her towards his, stomping away with kick after kick until referee Prince has to physically break it up. As she reprimands Callie, Keaton rakes the eyes of Callie. The crowd boos heavily at this display. X moves away from the referee and goes to do some more damage but Keaton orders X for the tag. X doesn't bother arguing and instead of tagging Keaton's hand, he slaps him on the chest back. X steps back and allows Keaton to enter the ring before going back on the apron. Keaton enters and picks up Callie, hits a series of multiple snap jabs before delivering a picture perfect dropkick. Keaton looks over to X and reminds him that is why he is the leader. X shakes his head and requests a tag. Keaton obliges and asks him to show him how it is done. X enters the ring and stalks Callie, knocking her down with a front dropkick. X kips-up, looks at Keaton, immediately goes to the top rope and waits for Callie. As she gets up, he hits another front dropkick and kips up afterwards. X looks at Keaton and tells him to beat that before going for a cover... 1... 2... kick-out again by the champion.
Copeland: These two should really be concentrating on the match.
Cohen: They have the upper hand and they are working well together. If it works, why not keep doing it?
Keaton wants the tag in as X puts Callie into the corner. They make the tag and Keaton begins telling X what to do. X is reluctant but follows what he says, whipping Keaton into the corner. Keaton attempts for a corner clothesline but Callie ducks, forcing Keaton to connect to the turnbuckles. X goes for the block but Callie hits a spinning backfist on him and knocks him down with a pele kick. Callie is open for a tag as she crawls to Kagura who wants in. The crowd gets behind Callie as they want to see Kagura in the match.
However, Keaton is not down and goes over to Callie, picking her up and looking for a piledriver. As Keaton lifts her up, Callie uses her core strength to continue flipping onto Keaton's shoulder and drop in position to hit a standing tornado DDT. The crowd comes alive as both Keaton and X are down. Callie crawls over to the corner, looking for the tag. Kagura reaches out desperately as Callie is fingertips away. X somehow gets up, grabs the leg of Callie but the champ pushes him back with all her strength... and she makes the tag!
Copeland: Here we go! Here comes Kagura!
For the first time in the match, Kagura enters and begins to rally with a forearm strikes to X before delivering a big palm thrust to the throat, knocking down X. Keaton is up and he gets given the same treatment. The former World champion continues to go back and forth with palm strikes to both X and Keaton until the Remarkable One stops her in her tracks with a big chop block. Keaton tells X to get up and the two send Kagura flying across the ring. They try for a double clothesline but Kagura ducks it. She comes back, jumps on Keaton's head and locks her feet onto Triple X, deliver a double headscissors that sends X to the outside as she keeps Keaton in a headlock position. Keaton manages to use his power to get up and power out with a side suplex on Keaton to Kagura. Keaton gets to his feet and smirks as if he had stopped Kagura... but what he doesn't realise is that Kagura is immediately on her feet and waiting for Keaton to turn around. The suplex had almost no effect on her!
As Keaton turns around, she hits him with a chop to the neck, followed by a shuffle side kick, sending Keaton into the corner. She runs off the opposite turnbuckles and hits a flying knee strike, followed by one more. As she goes for a third, she holds up the three time symbol, similar to Callie Clark, that gets the crowd cheering hard. In this time, X manages to sneak on apron, tag himself and drop back down out of sight. Kagura hits a third flying knee strike on Keaton who walks out of the corner groggy. Seeing the taunt by Kagura, Callie enters the ring, pushes Kagura out the way and clothesline Keaton to the outside. Big Bad Roadie is up and goes over to help Keaton as Callie goes to the ropes and hits a springboard plancha. Roadie pushes Keaton out of the way and takes the brunt of it.
Copeland: That's the second time Roadie has taken a hit for his team.
Cohen: What a lucky guy!
Callie gets up, disgusted she did that for a second time. Keaton sneaks up behind, hits a chop block and pushes Callie into Roadie once more. They collide heads, causing Roadie to fall. Callie turns around and is met by a devastating backbreaker to the outside. Callie appears to be out.
Meanwhile, as Kagura watches and goes to help, X ambushes from behind with a spinning roundhouse kick. Kagura is down to a knee as X climbs up the top, hitting a whisper in the wind style attack. Dazed and confused, X measures up Kagura and nails her with the Project X, knocking her unconscious. X goes for the cover... 1... 2... 3!
Elizabeth Prince signals for the bell as the match is over. The crowd isn't happy with the result as Triple X celebrates in the ring before looking out over the ropes to see the mess on the outside.
Harrys: Here are your winners... "The Remarkable" Mark Keaton and Triple X!
Copeland: The Roadie made his money tonight because he had a big assist for this victory tonight. If he wasn't here, it would've been a very different outcome.
Cohen: It was the teamwork, Seabass, that got them the victory. Callie and Kagura wrestled like singles competitors whilst X and Keaton worked together. It wasn't pretty but it worked. They've got the much-needed momentum heading into Kingdom Come.
Keaton gets into the ring and celebrates with X, telling him it all went according to his plan. X shakes his head at him and exits the ring. Keaton follows after him with Roadie attempting to keep up. Keaton and X leave together with some bickering happening but ultimately, happy with the victory. Callie gets up on the outside, grabs her title and looks at Kagura in a disappointed manner. She leaves in a huff, still nursing the pain from the match.
Kagura is slow to get to her feet as she sees Callie Clark shaking her head and leaving. She looks out to the audience who applauds her efforts. As she goes to bow, the crowd begins sparking up as Garth Black appears at the top of the entrance ramp. As soon as Kagura catches this, she immediately goes on the defense in the middle of the ring. Black looks on with a disappointed look, shakes his head and slowly walks to the back. Kagura looks confused at this and watches around her to make sure nothing happens.
Copeland: What is Garth Black doing?
Cohen: After what he saw tonight, I don't think he saw it fit to do anything or even get close to Kagura. He is turning his back on her and walking away. A powerful, yet disrespectful gesture aimed squarely on the former World champion.
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Backstage, Leon Kensworth is standing by.
Leon: Ladies and gentlemen, we are just moments away from a big Champion vs Champion match. Standing by me is none other than the current Mayhem Champion, Tony Mancini. Tony, are you ready for tonight's challenge?
Tony:
If I'm ready? Of course I'm ready. As your Mayhem Champion, I should be ready for anything. Eve Taylor may be Italian, just like me, but she grew up soft. Walking runways. I on the other hard, ran walkways if you know what I'm saying. We're two different slices of the same pie and tonight I'll show I mean business.
Leon: Now, we've seen you eyeing competition. Your match for Kingdom Come is still not official.
Tony: Yeah, tune in to Ascension. You'll see what I have planned. It'll be big.
With that Tony walks away to get ready for his match.
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Off in another area, Stacey Madison stands by.
Stacey: As we continue to get ready for the Champion vs Champion match, I have with me the current WZCW World Champion, Eve Taylor. Now Eve, is your head on tonights match given all that is going on with your opponent for Kingdom Come Tyrone Blades?
Eve: Is there a difference between Blades and Mancini? Two scums of the Earth trying to fool themselves into thinking they're something they're not. Batti was warned repeatedly about Tyrone but she never listened. Now she's suffering. Betrayed. Trust me. I know the feeling.
Eve glares at Stacey who seems uncomfortable.
Stacey: I should interject. I know this was all fabrica-
Eve: If you have no further questions, I'll take my leave now. I have a match to prepare.
Eve leaves as Stacey pinches her eyebrows in frustration.
