Anderson: Ladies and gentlemen, the next match is your main event of the evening. This bout is tag team match scheduled for one fall…
The opening rift of ZZ Top’s La Grange is heard for about 30 seconds until the music transitions into a more familiar tune.
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The stage is covered in a thick mist as Mark Keaton and Big Bad Roady make their way out to the ramp wearing matching leather jackets. Keaton screams at the crowd, and slaps the massive man on the chest, getting him pumped up. Mark begins to walk down the ramp as Big Bad Roady follows him, yelling at the fans to show them some respect. Mark then bangs his head as he heads to the ring. He slides in and plays more air guitar for the crowd, as Roady climbs the stairs and enters through the middle rope. They fist bump and wait in the ring for their opponents.
Anderson: Introducing first, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at a combined weight of 682 pounds, the team of Mark Keaton and Big Bad Roady!
Conner: Mark Keaton had an impressive showing at Lethal Lottery, even though he came up short in his Eurasian title match. There’s some bad blood piling up between him and the men he’ll be facing. Surely this match is going to be explosive.
Cohen: With the sudden influx of monstrous talents, Roady’s been overlooked. He doesn’t have the impressive height that Harald, Grindhouse, and Jabari do, but he’s 460 pounds. Keaton has found himself a dangerous equalizer.
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The crowd pops loudly as Matt walks down the aisle slowly with his hands in his pocket. He stops midway down the ramp and looks around the arena, before getting on the apron, climbing inside, and sitting on the top turnbuckle. He takes his mask off and waits on his partner, while keeping a close eye on his opponents.
Anderson: Introducing next from Southwestern, Puerto Rico, weighing 235 pounds, Matt Tastic!
Conner: Matt had a somewhat disappointing run at the Lethal Lottery. Many had him pegged as a dark horse to win the whole thing. But he finished outside the top five.
Cohen: Matt has nothing to left to prove. He’s done everything in this company already. He won the world title. Won Lethal Lottery. Completed the Grand Slam. And is a Hall of Famer. He should just be content getting to team with an old friend and relive his glory days.
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The house lights go down, as green lights begin to pulse and flicker to the beat. Mikey appears on stage to an enormous ovation. He looks to be in a great mood as he walks down the ramp, slapping hands with the fans and signing impromptu autographs. He rolls under the bottom rope, walks across the ring and climbs the turnbuckle opposite his partner, before shouting “Game Over!” at the fans. He steps down and greets his old friend on the other side of the ring.
Anderson: And his partner, from Indianapolis, Indiana, weighing 361 pounds, Mikey Stormrage!
Conner: Mikey made a huge surprise return at Lethal Lottery and did quite well for himself. Live Mas is back for one night only, and what a night it will be if they can get a win here.
Cohen: That guy is somehow even fatter now than he was before he left.
*Ding Ding Ding*
Mikey and Matt converse in one corner, while Keaton speaks with Big Road in the other. Mark slaps the big man on the chest again to get him fired up, before whispering something to him. It looks like it’s going to be Keaton and Tastic to start things. The two grapple in a collar and elbow tie up in the center of the ring, and Tastic gets the upper hand by trapping Keaton in a side headlock. He wrenches away on the hold. Keaton tries to free himself by elbowing Matt in the gut, but Tastic stands firm. Keaton reaches up and pulls on Tastic’s hair, before yanking him down to the canvas, breaking the hold. Keaton runs and bounces off the ropes, but Tastic leaps to his feet and floors him with a dropkick. Matt twists Keaton’s arm and pulls him towards his corner and tags in his partner. The crowd pops hard, as the much larger Stormrage tosses the smaller man back first into the turnbuckle. Mikey pins Keaton up against the corner and delivers a chop to the chest that echoes across the arena. He spins in a circle, giving himself a bit of momentum, before delivering a short arm lariat. The Remarkable One doubles over in pain, as Mikey plays to the crowd. He backs away and measures Keaton, before running forward, and avalanching him with all 360 pounds of his bodyweight. Keaton drops to the mat in a heap, as all the wind from his lungs is driven out of his body. Stormrage tags in his partner, but before he leaves, he lifts Keaton to his feet, picks him up and slams him down across his knee with a punishing backbreaker. He dumps the smaller man’s body onto the canvas, as Tastic climbs onto the ring apron. Matt slingshots himself over the top rope, and crushes Keaton with a Tope Atomico. He pins Keaton’s shoulders to the mat:
1...2… but only manages a two count.
Conner: Mikey Stormrage and Matt Tastic are in control here in the beginning, really working over Keaton. These two guys look great. It appears Live Mas hasn’t lost a step.
Cohen: That spells big trouble for Keaton’s team, especially if they were hoping that Stormrage still had some ring rust on him.
Back in the ring, Tastic has control of Keaton’s arm. He wrenches back on it, and twists it, before jamming his elbow into Mark’s shoulder. Keaton grabs his shoulder in pain but quickly retaliates by driving his hip and leg into Tastic’s abdomen. He scoops his opponent up, turns, and then slams Matt down onto the canvas. He drags Tastic over to his corner and tags in the colossal Big Bad Roady. The huge man steps on Tastic’s torso and presses his full weight into his stomach and chest, while using the ropes for leverage. The referee counts, and Roady steps off. He pulls Tastic to his feet and shoves his backwards against the turnbuckle. He delivers a chop to the smaller mans chest. And then another. The pain on Tastic’s face is intense. Roady grabs Matt by the hair and flings him across ring with a huge Biel throw. Matt holds his back in pain, as the behemoth stalks him. Roady lifts Tastic up like a small child and holds him in his arms, posing with him as Keaton cheers him on. He takes Matt up and over and sends him sprawling to the mat with a fallaway slam. He grabs Tastic by the arm and drags him over to the corner, and tags in Keaton. Roady headbutts Matt down to mat as Keaton climbs to the second turnbuckle. He leaps off and nails Tastic with an elbow drop to the top of the head! He makes a cover of his own:
1…2… but Matt gets the shoulder up.
Conner: And now Keaton and Big Road have the advantage. Talk about tit for tat. Roady is such a huge man. You almost don’t even realize it until you’re standing next to him.
Cohen: Keaton and Roady are working like a cohesive unit. We talk about the team work and the experience of Live Mas, but these two are surpassing expectations.
Keaton has Tastic trapped in a one-legged Boston Crab. The Puerto Rican writhes in pain as the Canadian wrenches in one of his most well-known maneuvers. Tastic drags himself forward and manages to reach the ropes, as the referee forces Keaton to break the hold. Mark goes right back to work targeting his opponents leg. He drops his elbow on Matt’s thigh and wrenches back, trying to pull the former world champion’s leg out of socket. Matt blasts Keaton from behind with a forearm shot, but Mark responds with an elbow to the side of his head. The rockstar stands and drags Tastic over towards the ropes, wrapping his leg around the bottom rope. He pulls back, using the ring as a weapon, as the referee forces him to break the illegal maneuver. Keaton presses Matt’s leg down against the canvas, and drives his knee into his opponent’s tibila, causing Tastic to howl in pain. Mark drags him away from the ropes and locks in the Boston Crab once more. Matt writhes, reaching forward trying to reach Mikey in his corner. The big man cheering his friend on, as the crowd gets behind him. Tastic manages to spin himself around, and with his free leg he kicks Keaton off him. Matt attempts to stand but finds that he can’t put a whole lot of pressure on his injured leg. Mark comes from behind, and chop blocks him, completely taking his left leg out from underneath him. Keaton grabs him and applies a sleeper hold. He drags Tastic down to the mat, trying to drain the life out of him. The referee checks on Matt, and lets his arm fall once. Twice. Keaton has the sleeper locked in deep. But before his arm falls for the third time, Tastic shows signs of life! He slowly gets to his knees and tries to stand. Keaton won’t give up the hold and tries to drag him down to the mat once more. Matt grabs him and flips him over his shoulder. Keaton practically leaps to his feet, but Matt sinks his forearm into his gut, stunning him. Reaching down deep, he leaps up quick as a cat and takes Keaton down with a hurricanerana. And now both men are down. Tastic turns and stretches his hand out, trying to make a tag. Chants of “Live Mas!” fill the arena as Matt hobbles closer to his partner. But suddenly Keaton cuts him off from behind! He pulls Tastic to his feet by the hair, and in desperation, Matt tries to kick him, but Mark catches his leg. Matt is bouncing on one foot as Keaton looks down and realizes that he’s caught his opponents injured leg! Tastic jumps up and cracks Keaton in the side of the head with an Enzuigiri. Matt leaps forward and makes the hot tag to his partner!
Conner: And Mikey gets the hot tag! Listen to this crowd, Jack. They love him here in Milan.
Cohen: I’ll give it to Keaton though, he tried to keep his man down, but Matt outsmarted him. Feigning him with his injured leg like that was an old school veteran maneuver. And now he has this beast to contend with.
Mikey charges into the ring and knocks Keaton down with a big short arm lariat. He drags Mark to his feet and whips him into the ropes. Keaton bounces off and runs right into Mikey’s waiting arms. The larger man lifts him up onto his shoulders, spins him, and then drops him down with a thunderous Samoan drop! Keaton groans as all the air is driven from his lungs as his chest is compacted. Mikey stands and screams at the crowd, as they chant his name. He turns his attention back to Keaton, but barely catches movement out of the corner of his eye. He turns, only to be blasted by the larger Roady who has entered illegally. Stormrage goes flying backwards, as Roady drags his friend out of harms way. Safe at his corner, Keaton makes a tag, and Roady is officially in the match. Mikey gets back to his feet and walks to the center of the ring. The two mammoth men stand nose to nose and size each other up. Stormrage is a bit taller, but it’s clear that Roady is noticeably larger. Mikey throws a right hook, and Roady responds with one of his own. They trade punches back and forth, with Stormrage gaining the upper hand. Mikey pushes the larger man backwards towards the ropes and tries to bounce him off them, but Roady counters and whips Mikey across the ring. The former world champ runs and bounces off the opposite ropes and clobbers the big man with a running crossbody! The massive collision sends Roady to the mat. Mikey stands and measures his opponent. In a huge feat of strength, he lifts Roady’s massive body up into his arms! He tries to turn him, but the weight is too much, and Roady falls on top of him into a surprise pin:
1…2… But it’s not enough. Roady makes it back to his feet the same time Stormrage does, and this time he lifts Mikey up, displaying some power of his own. Roady turns him and slams the decorated competitor down to the mat. Mikey’s dazed and is a little bit slower to get to his feet this time. Roady delivers a shoulder block which sends the big man flying backwards into the turnbuckle. Roady gets up a huge head of steam and squashes Mikey with a running corner splash! The Indianapolis native stagers forward, as Roady delivers a headbutt, which leaves Stormrage slumped against the corner. He grabs Mikey and pulls him out of the corner. He spins him around and wraps his arm around his head before grabbing his waist from behind. He lifts the big man up and delivers an inverted atomic drop, as Mikey crumbles to the canvas. Roady turns around and starts climbing the turnbuckle. The crowd can’t believe it, and neither can Mark Keaton! Roady turns and stands tall from the second turnbuckle and looks down at his opponent. He jumps and delivers a massive leg drop straight across his opponent’s chest! He makes a cover:
1…2… But Mikey kicks out again!
Conner: And now it’s the battle of the titans as Stormrage and Roady go at it. It’s not often that Mikey must fight an opponent bigger than him. And Roady’s giving him a good fight!
Cohen: I’m impressed with this big guy. He might look like a fat tub of lard, but he’s tough, and he’s agile too. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a man that size do a leg drop off the second rope.
Conner: And how tough is Mikey for kicking out of some of Roady’s best shots?
Matt Tastic has recovered and is standing on the apron cheering for his friend. Roady hoists Mikey to his feet and grabs him in a front facelock. He lifts him up and takes him over to the canvas with a big vertical suplex. He gets to his feet and gets into a verbal spat with Tastic. Roady taunts him and proceeds to kick Mikey in the ribs. The two men exchange heated words and Matt attempts to get into the ring, when he feels himself being grabbed from behind. Keaton is on the other side! He drags Tastic off the apron and whips him hard into the barricade! The fans are irate, as Keaton continues to boot Matt in the head! Roady drops an elbow drop on Mikey, and then drags him away from the ropes. He walks back to his corner and tags in Keaton, who has left Tastic in a crumbled mess on the floor. The two wrestlers proceed to double team Stormrage. Roady drags Mikey to his feet, but he suddenly comes to life! He decks Roady with a right hand, and then clobbers Keaton. Mikey delivers a running clothesline to Roady, but the huge man doesn’t go down! He stumbles backwards and holds onto the ropes for support. Mikey grabs Keaton and plants him with a huge Uranage. He turns and sees Roady walking towards him. He grabs the goliath by the waist and lifts and slams him down with his signature
Live Mas belly to belly slam! Mikey stands right as Keaton gets to his feet. Keaton throws a wild haymaker, but Mikey blocks it and delivers the
Headshot elbow! He turns as Roady makes it to a knee. Mikey plays to the crowd and hits the big man with a
Headshot elbow of his own, this time with theatrics! Stormrage pumps up the crowd as he turns and points at Keaton. He stomps over and hoists the smaller man to his feet, before picking him up in his arms. Mikey walks around the ring with him, before lifting him up and slamming him down with the
Game Over falling powerslam! He pins Keaton’s body to the mat and covers him:
1…2… But Big Bad Roady makes the save out of nowhere! The crowd can’t believe it. Mikey can’t believe it. And neither can the ref! Roady helps Mark to his feet, and the two men set their sights on Stormrage once again. But before either of them can attack, Matt Tastic slides into the ring brandishing a chair! He nails Keaton with a spine rattling shot to the back, before jamming the side of the chair into Roady’s gut. He raises the weapon and brings it down over the big man’s back. But amazingly it still doesn’t take the big man down. Tastic is out of control! The ref has no choice but to call for the bell.
Anderson: Here are your winners by result of a disqualification, the team of Mark Keaton and Big Bad Roady!
Conner: I cannot believe that this match is going to end this way. What is Matt Tastic thinking?
Cohen: He’s lost his damn mind, that’s what’s happened. He’s a sore loser!
Conner: Keaton and Roady cheated the entire time, and Mikey had the match won. But it doesn’t matter now because Matt has snapped!
The crowd boos as Tastic raises the chair and hits Keaton in the face! He raises the steel once more and slams it down across Big Road’s back, finally dropping the big man. Matt screams and slams the chair onto the mat. He raises it again, but Mikey stops him. He looks his friend in the eyes and tries to calm him down. “They’re not worth it! They’re not worth!” he yells. Tastic fires back. “The hell they aren’t! Those [censored language] cheated the whole time! Did you want me to watch as they double-teamed you?” Keaton and Roady roll out of the ring and begin to make their way up the ramp.
Cohen: What a hothead! This is why he was left out of the Elite League. For this kind of simpleminded behavior. That's why Callie Clark fought so hard to get rid of Mayhem in this company and here he is, proving a point.
Connor: The shenanigan of Roadie and Keaton brought out an already frustrated Matt Tastic's darker side. I gotta agree. That was mostly uncalled for. We heard how much winning meant to Matt and he just threw it away here.
As Roadie and Keaton stand on top of the ramp angrily yells at them. Mikey decides to get out of the ring and try to calm him down. He takes the chair from Matt and tosses it away as the two bicker. On top of the ramp, Keaton now holds a mic.
Keaton: Look at the two of you! Hahaha! This is hilarious! I heard you two were this big tag team back in the day. Alledgedly better than Vis Imperium. But here you are bickering like an old married couple and screwing up matches! Oh, I'm so scared. What a joke!
Matt tries to give chase, but Mikey holds him back. Matt does not seem pleased at all and yells at Mikey, suddenly Matt pushes Mikey away and *WHAM!!* Triple X hits him in the face with the chair Mikey threw away!!
Connor: What in the world is Triple X doing?!
Mikey looks suprised. So do Roadie and Keaton up on the ramp. But not Triple X. He hits Mikey with the chair too, knocking him down. He then turns to Mark Keaton up on the ramp. Mark doesn't look to pleased and pushes Roadie in front of him as Triple X marches up after him. Keaton leaves and Roadie tries to do something. But whatever it was, it's just met with another chairshot, leaving three bodies laid on the ground as assistance comes out to check on all of them.
Connor: What was the point of this?! Triple X for no reason at all, just came out here and laid everyone out with chair shots.
Cohen: No reason? There is a reason, Seabass. To make an impact. Three men dropped by one. He wants to show he's worthy of a World title shot and to do that, he's beating people up. I say it's brilliant and bound to get attention.
Triple X drops the chair and leaves as Mikey crawls and covers Matt after he took a shot directly to the head and is still out cold.
