Harrys: Ladies and gentlemen, this next bout is for the WZCW Eurasian championship. It is a Four-Way Elimination match. The winner will be the last man standing.
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Ace waits for the opening bars and comes through the curtain as the beat kicks in. As he walks toward the ring, Ace struts, adjusts his hair, jacket, slaps five with some fans and just generally tries to look as cool as possible. Hes the clear fan favorite here tonight, as chants of Lets Go Ace! are already filling the ANZ stadium.
Harrys: Introducing first, weighing in at 228 pounds, from Brooklyn, New York, hes The American Dynamo Ace Stevens!
Copeland: Stevens earned this title shot all the way back at Unscripted. Since then hes shown that he has what it takes to hang in the same league as Triple X and Mark Keaton.
Connor: He may not be the underdog in this match, but he certainly has the fans on his side.
Cohen: Hes got a 25% chance to win any way you want to slice it.
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As the song kicks into gear, white lights flash and pulse all around the arena, as Triple X appears on the stage, looking out to the audience in attendance with a look of pure hatred in his eyes. Boos are already filling the stadium. There is no love for him here tonight. He walks down the ramp with purpose, eyes forward. He gets to the ring and hits the apron, facing the hard cam. When the music hits the chorus, he throws his hands up in the air forming an X, before entering the ring and eyeing Ace Stevens from the other side of the ring.
Harrys: Introducing next, from Hell's Kitchen, New York, weighing 210 pounds, Triple X!
Copeland: Triple X earned his way into this match following two consecutive victories over the champ.
Connor: Since his return hes been on fire. Theres been practically no stopping this young man.
Cohen: I dont care what these people think! That man right there is the odds-on favorite to win this match. Like him or hate him. Faith in Titus, Stevens, Keaton or not.
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Mark Keaton makes his way out to the ramp with a big sneer on his face. He yells at people to show some respect to the #1 contender to the Eurasian title. Oddly enough, the crowd seems to be giving him and mixed reaction. He then bangs his head to the music, as he heads to the ring. He slides in the ring and plays more air guitar for the crowd, before taking off his leather jacket. He hands it begrudgingly to one of the ring workers.
Harrys: Introducing next, weighting in tonight at 225 pounds, from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Remarkable Mark Keaton!
Copeland: And heres the man with the most history with the current champion, the former Vis Imperium member, Mark Keaton.
Connor: Many would argue that Keaton is the real #1 contender, and that this bout should be a one on one bout between he and Titus.
Cohen: And it should be! Triple X and Ace Stevens ought to have waited their turns. They would have gotten their shots eventually. This is the marque match people have been waiting for.
Connor: Doesnt Keaton normally have a lackey with him; Big Bad Roady?
Copeland: I dont know. I havent seen him.
As if on cue, the big bald giant of a man comes trotting out onto the ramp. Keaton looks bewildered and shouts at him, where were you? The big man shouts back, but his voice is lost in a sea of noise as a group of people come out onto the ramp and surrounds him, preventing him from moving forward. He shouts back, I cant hit them! I cant them!
Cohen: Who the Hell are these people?
Copeland: The Titus Mile Zone. I think.
Connor: The what?
Copeland: Titus fan club.
Connor: Titus has a fan club, since when?
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Titus makes his way out on the ramp, the whole crowd boo aside from the TMZ stood up there who are cheering. He has his belt around his waist, blue headgear around his head and a huge smile on his face. He waves to the TMZ and begins his walk down the ramp. It's a slower than normal walk as he takes it in. The "Titus is Trash" chants mixed with the three men in the ring. For 842 days he has been the EurAsian champion. He wants this to continue.
Harrys: Introducing last, from Keystone City, Kansas, weighing 225 pounds, he the reigning and defending WZCW Eurasian champion of the world, this is...Titus Avison!
Copeland: And heres the WZCW Eurasian champion. Hes been the longest reigning champion in company history. And tonight could mark another historic night; the end of his reign.
Connor: Its not often that Titus walks into a match as an underdog, but tonight he is. All these contenders are as fierce and as capable as they come.
Cohen: Even if he does lose tonight, that man will always be champion in my heart.
*Ding Ding Ding*
The bell rings as all four men size each other up. Titus adjusts his headgear, as Triple X and Ace Stevens mock and taunt each other. Mark Keaton turns and eyes the crowd. They seem to be split on whether not or they want to support the former Vis Imperium member. Titus eyes all three men, and spats at them, doing the belt taunt at the same time. Triple X nods at Ace, and suddenly all three men attack Titus at the same time. Like a pack of hyena smelling blood, they rip into the reigning Eurasian champion with forearms and body shots. Titus tries to cover up, but to no avail. The attack ceases. Keaton tries to drag Titus out of the corner, but Triple X stops him and shoves him backwards. The Remarkable One returns the shove, and X slaps him. The two men get into each others faces as Titus rolls out of the ring. Keaton punches X in the face and the two begin to brawl. X knocks his slightly larger foe to the mat with a short arm lariat. He turns and walks straight into a running high knee from Stevens. Ace kicks a recovered Keaton twice in the body, and once more in the head, dropping the former tag champion to the mat once again. The American Hero is fired up! He lets loose a mighty war cry that reverberates through the arena. The crowd cheers, fully behind the former Mayhem champion. Triple X is met with a butterfly suplex for his troubles, as Ace turns his sights on Keaton again. He whips him into the corner and follows him in with a splash! He kicks Keaton in the midsection a few times, as The Remarkable One collapses. Ace turns, and walks to the middle of the ring, only to be met with a running dropkick from Triple X! X turns and nails Keaton with a low dropkick of his own. He measures Stevens and drops him once more with a springboard tornado DDT. Triple X turns his attention to Keaton, as Stevens rolls out of the ring. He begins to stomp the slightly larger man in the mid-section until the referee pushes him out of the corner. He gives X a warning. He goes right back on the attack, but heres Titus! The reigning Eurasian champion grabs X from behind, whirls him around, and plants him with a DDT. Ace Stevens is back in the ring as well. He and Titus engage each other with European uppercuts and forearm smashes, the adrenaline rush giving Titus the advantage. He pushes Stevens back against the ropes and whips him off and then forward, but Ace reverses and send Titus into the opposite rope. The Keystone City native charges forward with a spinning heel kick that drops Ace to the canvas. The champion is now in control!
Copeland: It looks like Titus is firmly in control for now, but this match is still anyones game. Earlier we saw Ace and Triple X battling it out for supremacy.
Connor: They all went after Titus in the beginning, and things broke down from there.
Cohen: Normal wrestling methods wont work here. Even though its an elimination match. Everyone is out for themselves. You cant take the time to wear your opponent down and then pin them. You must hit your opponent hard and hit them fast.
Titus measures Triple X. He backs up, bounces off the ropes and nails him with a knee drop. He lifts X to his feet and begins choking him against the ropes with his leg. The crowd is split on who they wish to cheer. They quickly give up and stick with booing both men. Keaton has recovered. He grabs Titus from behind and flips him up and over the top rope and to the outside. The crowd cheers! He lifts Triple X up and scoops him up onto his shoulders. He turns to slam him to the canvas, but hes met with a running forearm shot to the face by a recovered Stevens! Mark staggers back, and crumbles under Triple Xs weight. The smaller man falls on top of him and pins him down to the mat. The referee counts:
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but Keaton quickly kicks out. Stevens lifts Triple X to his feet and nails him with a knife edged chop. And then another. He kicks Triple X in the mid-section, but the smaller man shrugs it off, and retaliates with kicks of his own. He kicks Stevens in the hamstring, and then in the shoulder. He begins forcing the larger man backwards towards the ropes. Triple X attempts his patented Cactus Clothesline, but Ace ducks and counters, as X comes off the ropes with a snap scoop powerslam. He stands, and is immediately hit by Keaton from behind, who nails him with a forearm shot to the back of the head. He lifts Stevens to his feet and hits a back suplex. He measures his fallen opponent, as the crowd is split 50/50 on their support. He places Aces head in between his thighs and lifts him up into the air. He holds him there before dropping him head first into the canvas with a thunderous piledriver! Keaton makes a cover:
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but Ace kicks out. Keaton looks up at the ref and begins to argue with him. The ref says two and Keaton threatens him with a closed fist. The crowd begins to boo. Keaton moves to lift Ace to his feet, but hes quickly grabbed from behind by Triple X. X whirls him around, kicks him in the gut, and applies a front facelock. He tries to lift Keaton up, but the larger man counters with his leg, and takes Triple X over to the canvas with a vertical suplex instead. He lifts X up onto his shoulder and bounces his head off the turnbuckle with the
Form Voltron! He tries to follow up, but Titus is back in the ring. He floors Keaton with a clothesline, and then drops a recovered Stevens with a running high knee. Titus ducks under a spinning roundhouse from Triple X, grabs him in a headlock, and plants him on the canvas with a springboard bulldog. The crowd boos furiously. They do not like seeing Titus in control. Keaton is back to his feet. He runs across the ring and nails Titus from behind. The two begin to brawl, as Mark hits a few snap jabs. His blows arent really having the desired affect thanks to Titus headgear, and the champion manages to absorb the blows. He knees Keaton in the gut, and floors him with a swinging neckbreaker. Before he can capitalize, hes double teamed by Triple X and Ace Stevens! The two men begin to pound on Titus with forearm shots. But thanks to his headgear absorbing the blows, and the rest he was able to get outside, hes much fresher than his opponents, and begins to fight them off. He blasts Triple X with a European uppercut, and nails Ace with a forearm shot to the face. He knocks X down with a clothesline, before grabbing Stevens and sending him shoulder first into the ring post! Titus turns and begins knocking Triple X back with European uppercuts before leaping up and taking him down to the mat with a Hurricanrana. He pins Xs shoulders to the mat as the referee counts:
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but he kicks out.
Copeland: Was that headgear of Titus even sanctioned? Hes taken numerous shots to the face and he barely looks to have suffered any damage at all.
Cohen: It was a brilliant move on our champions part. Hes wearing it mostly to protect himself against the Punchline and the Project X, but it protects equally well against forearm blows, kicks, strikes, and uppercuts.
Connor: Not to mention that Titus spent a long time on the outside too. Perhaps by choice.
Copeland: Its an elimination match. No ones going to stop pin falls from happening, but that doesnt mean that theyll stand around either.
Titus stands, but is immediately attacked by Mark Keaton. The champion cannot catch a break. And neither can anyone else. Its a free-for-all. Keaton lifts Titus up and nails him with a backbreaker. He turns towards Triple X, lifts him to his feet, picks him up and delivers a backbreaker to him as well. He lifts Titus to his feet and delivers
Form Voltron Two! Three inverted atomic drops that send the champion reeling. Keaton turns and catches a recovered Triple X with a big scoop slam. He positions Triple Xs body on the canvas and climbs to the top turnbuckle. The crowd, having grown weary of constantly booing nearly everyone in the match, seems to be oddly behind him. Keaton leaps off the top and nails X in the chest with an elbow drop! Instead of going for the pin, he turns his attention to Titus. The champion has recovered and is now back on his feet. Keaton measures him, kicks him in the gut, and applies a front facelock. He lifts the champion up and nails him with the
Voltron Suplex! The vertical suplex powerslam sends Titus crumbling to the canvas. He makes the cover as the referee counts
1...2
but the champion kicks out! And Keaton cant believe it. He stands and turns right into a
Punchline from a recovered Ace Stevens! The rolling elbow smash causing Keaton to stagger backwards as he falls to the canvas. Ace immediately falls into the cover:
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2
but the count is broken by Big Bad Roady! The giant man has somehow escaped the entourage of the Titus Mile Zone and has made his way down to the ring. Seeing his friend in trouble he reached into the ring with his long arms and pulls the referee out of the ring. Ace cant believe it, and neither can the crowd. They begin to pelt the big man with drink cups as the members of TMZ rush to prevent him from interfering again.
Copeland: Titus kicked out of the Voltron Suplex, and Mark Keaton cant believe it!
Connor: I cant believe Keaton wasnt pinned off that Punchline. Big Bad Roady saves him again. But how did he even get over there?
Cohen: In all honesty, I cant tell if Roady is an idiot or a genius. He always seems to be at the right place at the right time.
Ace gets to his feet, only to be planted to the canvas by a
Zero Hour from a now recovered Triple X. The springboard tornado STO driving the former champion into the mat with such velocity that it nearly knocks him out. X sees Titus beginning to stir in the corner, having shrugged off the effects of Keatons finisher, and drags him to his feet. He lifts him up and hits a sitout gourdbuster, as Titus hits the canvas hard. He turns his attention towards Mark Keaton and begins to measure him. The Remarkable One stands and gets blasted in the face by the
X-Rated Superkick! The maneuver causes Keaton to fall backwards, and out of the ring. Triple X turns his attention to Ace Stevens instead. He repositions his body and exits the ring. He stands on the ring apron and takes in a deep breath, slowly exhaling. He slingshots himself to the top rope and flips forward, looking to hit the
Singularity, but Ace moves at the last moment. Triple X crashes to the canvas! Stevens eyes the smaller man as he slowly gets to his feet. The former Mayhem champion has a crazed look in his eyes and he begs and pleads for X to stand. He leaps forward and delivers a thunderous
Punchline, which drops Triple X like a sack of bricks. He goes for the cover as the referee counts
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2
but for some reason Titus breaks up the pin. He grabs Ace and hauls him to his feet. Hes beyond livid.
Hes mine! Triple X is mine! he screams. He throws Stevens out of the ring. He turns and eyes the X-Rated Superstar. Titus looks almost possessed. Like hes stuck in a trance. He measures Triple X as he starts to stir. He slaps his leg. He knows exactly whats coming next, as do the fans. However, this is interrupted by Mark Keaton, who slides back into the ring. Titus doesnt see him coming until its too late. A clothesline turns the champion inside out. Titus stands up is immediately sent back down to the canvas with a scoop slam. Keaton grabs Triple X, drags him to his feet, and throws him out of the ring. Titus is back on his feet. He clubs Keaton in the back from behind sending The Remarkable One to the mat on one knee. He hoists him to his feet and delivers a chop to the chest. And then another. A European uppercut launches Keaton backwards into the turnbuckle. Titus tries to follow him in, but Keaton moves, and Titus eats the turnbuckle. Keaton chop blocks his knee and takes Titus to the mat. He mounts him and starts reigning down punches. On the outside, Ace Stevens and Triple X have now engaged each other. Stevens bounces Xs head off the barricade. He then whips the smaller man hard into the barricade on the other side! Ace Stevens stands tall on the outside.
Copeland: This match has broken down into to absolute chaos! Keaton and Titus on the inside. Ace and Triple X on the outside. Its still any mans game. No one has been eliminated here yet.
Connor: All four of these men came to fight tonight. They dont like each other. They wanted to hurt each other.
Cohen: Personally, I think all these men are dumb. They should have taken out Titus at the beginning when they were all in synch. That way it would have at least ensured a new champion here tonight.
Back inside the ring, Keaton has lifted Titus up and placed him on the top rope. He applies a front facelock, but the champion fights out of the predicament, and shoves Keaton down to the canvas. He measures his man, before leaping off the top turnbuckle and nailing Mark with a diving clothesline! Ace slides back into the ring and engages Titus in a scuffle. He ducks under a spinning heel kick, and pummels Titus with European uppercuts. Not to be outdone, the champion retaliates with a volley of his own. Back and forth they strike each other, with the crowd clearly behind Ace, willing him on. With the adrenaline pumping, he begins to get the upper hand, pushing Titus backwards towards the ropes. But thanks to his headgear, his blows arent doing as much damage. Titus recovers and floors Ace with a Kesagiri chop. He grabs him, and promptly plants Stevens with an inverted DDT. Hes about to go for a cover, but he sees Keaton up to something in the corner of his eye. He crosses the ring to investigate. He grabs Keaton by the hair and tries to pull him to his feet, but Mark fights him off and throws what looks like white sand into Titus eyes. Titus has been blinded! He tries to wipe his eyes clean, but the sweat pouring from his forehead has only made things worse. He screams at the ref, when Keaton kicks him the gut and applies a front facelock. He lifts Titus up and tries to hit another
Voltron Suplex, but Titus counters and floats over the hold mid move. He kicks Keaton in the gut and swiftly hits the
Tit Drop! Keaton hits the mat face first hard, but Titus cant capitalize. Hes blind! He doesnt even see Ace Stevens coming. Rejuvenated and pissed; Stevens wallops Titus with a fierce
Punchline! The forearm shot sending Titus crashing to the mat, and against the turnbuckle pads with a heavy thud. Stevens turns and covers the fallen Keaton. The referee counts:
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2
.3
!
Harrys: Mark Keaton has been eliminated from this match by pin fall!
Copeland: And Mark Keaton has been eliminated! Ace Stevens capitalized off the assist from Titus.
Connor: Where did Keaton even get that sand from? Titus might be blinded for the rest of the match now.
Cohen: I cant say it wasnt a good strategy. In a one on one setting it might have worked. But in a four-way free-for-all, it was a desperate move, and it backfired for Keaton.
Ace turns his attention towards the still down and blinded Titus. But before he can do anything, Triple X returns brandishing a chair! He whacks Stevens in the shoulder with it as he raises his arms to protect his head. He rams the side of it into Aces gut, before smashing him over the back with it, sending him down to the canvas. He continues to pummel Ace with the chair, hitting his legs, his kidneys, and his back. Satisfied, he turns his attention to Titus. But hes rolled out of the ring! Triple X spots him over by the turnbuckle. He exits the ring, bringing the chair with him. He swiftly moves across the floor, and tries to whack Titus with the weapon, but the champ hears him coming and Triple X hits the ring post instead! The impact jostles him and causes him to release his grip on the steel. Titus forces himself backwards against the barricade, and narrowly avoids being hit. He steals a cup of beer from a fan sitting at ringside and splashes it in his face, removing the sand. Triple X raises the chair and tries to hit Titus again, but the champ blocks it and wrestles the chair from his grip. He thrusts the side of it into Triple Xs midsection, before grabbing him and whipping him headfirst into the ring post. He throws the smaller man back into the ring and follows him in with the chair in hand. Titus stands and raises the chair above his head to smack Triple X with it, when he sees Ace Stevens sliding back into the ring out of the corner of his eye. Hes got a chair of his own! He raises his weapon at the same time Titus does, and they both swing it in unison. Ace comes out the winner, as Titus loses his grip on his chair. Aces raises his weapon again and swings it forward, but Titus ducks! The chair hits the ropes and recoils, hitting Ace in the face. Titus raises his chair and cracks The American Warrior right in the head! Stevens falls to the mat in a heap. Titus drops the chair and looks to administer the finishing blow. He doesnt see Triple X until its too late. The smaller man flies out of the corner, blasting Titus backwards with the
Project X! The claymore kick hits Titus right between the eyes, sending him sprawling backwards. Its all Titus can do to turn his head right before he hits falls and hits the second turnbuckle. Triple X turns his attention towards Ace Stevens. The larger man is struggling to get to his feet after the brutal chair shot from Titus. X measures him and lunges forward. Nailing him with a
Project X in the center of the ring! He makes the cover:
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2
3
!
Harrys: Ace Stevens has been eliminated from this match by pin fall!
Copeland: And Triple X pins Ace Stevens. After he brought a chair into the ring and beat the Holy Hell out of him.
Cohen: No DQs in this match, Seabass. It was smart strategy. Surprised no one thought of it sooner.
Connor: Now that the fan favorite is gone, fans dont know what to think.
The fans are not happy. They are not behind either of these guys. Triple X eyes Titus in the corner. The last man standing between him and the Eurasian title. He walks over and picks up the chair that Ace dropped. He runs, positions the chair right at his feet, and dropkicks it right into Titus face. The Eurasian champion looks out of it. X pulls Titus to his feet and turns him so that hes facing the turnbuckle. Triple X leaps onto his opponents shoulder and takes the larger man over with a poisoned Frankensteiner. The maneuver drives Titus right on his head! Triple X makes another cover:
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but Titus wont die! The EurAvison era wont die! Triple X grabs Titus headgear and screams at him,
The title is mine! Your era is over! He attempts to pry the headgear off, but Titus fights back and blasts him with a European uppercut. X responds with a kick to the midsection. Titus answers with a chop to the chest. And another. Triple X rears back and kicks him in the head with a reverse roundhouse, sending Titus reeling. He follows up with a dropkick, sending Titus to the mat. He kips up a second later, as Titus is much slower getting to his feet. X eyes the man, gets behind him, grabs him, and delivers a release dragon suplex. Titus is down. Triple X is spent. After a few seconds the smaller man stands, and gestures towards the end. Much more slowly this time, he climbs out of the ring and onto the apron. He measures Titus to make sure that hes in position, before leaping to the top rope and flipping forward. Triple X hits the
Singularity, but Titus gets his knees up at the last second! And the fans cant believe it! Try as they might, having to choose between Triple X and the champion, many were becoming swayed towards the latter. Titus stands and grabs his opponent. He lifts the smaller man to his feet and wraps an arm around him. He takes him up and over for a Northern Lights suplex, but doesnt have enough strength to complete the bridge, so he releases him at the top and lets him fall to the canvas. Triple X gets to his feet. A lot slower this time. Titus meets him and promptly drops him with another DDT. Both are exhausted. Titus cant even capitalize. He slowly drags himself to his feet and stands. He turns and eyes the chair that he had brought into the ring him. He walks over and grabs it. He holds it in his right hand as he stalks Triple X. The smaller man stirs and gets to one knee. Titus swings the chair down hard across his back. And again. And again. And again. Each time the sickening sound of steel hitting flesh could be heard echoing through the area. Titus props up the chair on all fours. He grabs Triple X and heaves him to his feet. His body is practically limp. He muscles him up into his arms and walks over to the chair. With a primal war cry, Titus lifts him up and drives him straight onto the chair with a sidewalk slam! The chair is bent and twisted around the indentation of Triple Xs body. Titus tosses the heap of metal aside and makes a cover. The referee counts:
1
2
3
!
Harrys: Here is your winner by pin fall and STILL Eurasian Champion, Titus Avison!
Copeland: I cannot believe what I have just seen! Titus retains. After all of that. He used a chair to win, but still. The EurAvison Era continues.
Cohen: Yes! Hes still my champion, Seabass. And we all thought the odds were against him. If this match hadnt of stopped him. Nothing will.
Connor: Its poetic justice in a way. Titus got his revenge on Triple X for the chairs match, by using Xs own weapon against him.
Titus cant believe it. It takes him a moment to register the fact that hes still the champion. The referee hands him his belt and he trusts it high into the air. The crowd is still split over the decision. Half are booing due the fact that Titus is STILL champion, and the other half are cheering this amazing contest. The members of TMZ surround the ring and cheer Titus on as he continues to showboat in the ring. Suddenly, a bright idea crosses the mind of the reigning EurAsian Champion. He hits the canvas and rolls out of the ring, collecting a microphone from ringside and sliding back in. He looks out in the vast swathes of people before starting to talk.
