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[The camera zooms around the arena. It’s what you might expect to see at, oh, any mainstream wrestling show. There’s a stage, a ramp, oh yeah – and two things that you don’t normally see. Instead of one ring, there are four. And overhead, is a gigantic steel cage.] [Here’s how the rings are set up.] ____ [See, ring 1 is the one in the lower left hand corner, nearest the commentator desk. The ramp is on the side with 3 and 4, equal with the middle point of the whole setup.] [The entrance ramp is even with the line between the rings, and comes in from the side of rings 3 and 4. The commentator desk is by ring 1. Ring 1 is the only sanctioned ring for the matches.] Conarri: I’m Cito Conarri, on play by play, alongside Leslie Stanton on technical and “The Incomparable” Steven Styles on color… Steven Styles: OHHHH HELL YEAAAAAHHHHH!!! Conarri: And we are NOT wasting any time getting started here, as we’re OPENING with a defense of the OLW Trios Tag Team Titles! The Children of the Damned defend their hard won titles against three other teams – The Conspiracy, The Iconoclasm, and The Beer Buddies! Leslie Stanton: You know, that’s going to be an incredible matchup. The COTD have really turned up the heat when they’ve chosen to, and the Conspiracy have been unstoppable since their debut. Styles: Really, the only ones that’ve tried to stop them were the Beer Buddies. Stanton: And the Iconoclasm’s participation is a big unknown. We know that Yoshikazu YAZ is capable of going one on one with the best, but we’ve never seen the Kurosawa sisters actually wrestle. The CotD are going to be lucky if they make it out of this one… Conarri: Not going to waste too much time running down the card – if you don’t remember what we’ve got on hand you can check it out on oldlinewrestling.com. And that being said…! # And it’s no, nay, never # Tracie Ferraro: The following contest is a four way elimination match for the OLW Trios Tag Team Titles! Introducing first, at a combined weight of 751 lbs! All hailing from Wrexham, Wales! VIOLENT DAVE! LLEWELYN THE BRIDGE! AND GAZZ MAYBURY! # I’ve been a wild rover for many’s the year # raah Conarri: A less than enthusiastic reception for the Beer Buddies. Styles: Well you know, Cito, Kai Scott was always a supporter of Gazz Maybury. Considered him prime talent back in the IWA and all that. Not so much Violent Dave. I reckon it’s for Gazz’s sake that he let Dave back on the roster. Sadly, seems that Dave’s bad traits have rubbed off on Gazz this time around. Conarri: It’s true The Beer Buddies have been nothing but disappointments this time around. Styles: Totally. I mean, Llewelyn shouldn’t even exist. But hey, at least they’ve got good theme music for once. [The theme music is Dropkick Murphy’s take on the Irish drinking song, “The Wild Rover”.] # And it’s no, nay, never # [The Beer Buddies, without Big Pete and without any hope for the future, appear on the ramp, and walk down to very little reaction from the fans. This is probably based on their pathetic performance thus far in OLW… no reason to get behind wrestlers who don’t win.] # I went into an alehouse I used to frequent # Conarri: None the less, here they are. Stanton: I give them three seconds before Yoshikazu YAZ kills one of them. # And it’s no, nay, never # [Fade music.] GGGOOOONNNGGG!!! BBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Conarri: And the fans know damn well what that means… [Fade up Ozzy Osbourne, and “Walk on Water”.] # I met a magic man # Ferraro: Introducing next! Representing The Iconoclasm! BBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! # You can say I’m a miracle mannequin # [Out come the Kurosawa sisters, wearing mandarin dresses rather than wrestling attire. Yukio, the slightly muscular one, in red, with Mariko, the slender, almost willowy one, wearing gold. Each girl carries a standard (a flag on a pole). Yukio’s has the symbol of the Iconoclasm, a pyramid and eye, in burnt gold on black. Mariko’s has YAZ’s own symbol, an upside down crimson sai on black.] Ferraro: Both hailing from Fukuoka, Japan, and weighing in at 137, and 146 lbs… Mariko and Yukio… KUROSAWA! And, hailing from Nagasaki, Japan, and weighing in at 213 lbs… YOSHIKAZU… YAAAAZZZZZ!!! [Yoshikazu YAZ, shrouded in his ring robes, steps out to the top of the ramp, standing between the two girls as they raise the standards into the air, and then slam them down onto the ramp.] KRAK-OOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!! [A blast of gold pyro flares up as the two standards hit the ramp.] # And I don’t walk on water # Conarri: There’s The Iconoclasm’s trios tag team, ladies and gentlemen. I don’t know what to make of the Kurosawas – they’ve had many accomplishments in the world of Joshi Puroresu, but it’s hard to say how that will translate in the OLW environment. YAZ, on the other hand, has wins over Keith Edwards and Freddy Phoenix, and wins over the Children of the Damned already. Styles: I wouldn’t turn my back on those guys and I’ll give you 2 reasons. One, cos it’d be stupid. Two, because they’d probably garrote me for it. # I followed willingly # [The trio makes their way to the ring, the Kurosawas leading, still carrying the standards, and YAZ following. As they stop at ringside, the Kurosawas deposit the standards in the hands of ring crew before climbing onto the apron and holding the ropes apart for YAZ. They then follow him, bending forward from the waist and stepping over the middle rope.] Stanton: Uh… are those outfits regulation? Styles: …………dude… # You may say I’m a cynical charlatan # [The Kurosawas remove YAZ’s ring robes as he stands stock still in the middle of the ring, head thrown back, staring at the ceiling.] # And I don’t walk on water # [Music off.] Ferraro: Introducing next...at a combined weight of six hundred and forty-three pounds..."The Judge" Deacon Dale! "Rotten" T.J. Ratigan! And led by "Wise Guy" Wyatt Connors...THE CONSPIRACY! [That's your cue, sound man. Guano Apes, "Open Your Eyes."] # Hide your face forever # BBBBOOOOOOOOOO!! [Yes, now that the OLW has become familiar with what a total douchebag Connors is, they're more than willing to send a shower of catcalls on him.] # Have you ever been for sale # # Don't split your mentality # [And "Wise Guy" Wyatt Connors is the first man through the curtain so that he may receive it, for it is what he lives for. He desires--nay, he COVETS your hate.] # Open your eyes # [Closely behind him are his minions, "The Judge" Deacon Dale and "Rotten" T.J. Ratigan. As is their purpose, they soak up what little hate is not absorbed by their leader.] [They walk slowly down the ramp, enjoying the moment. Connors is in his wrestling gear, as is Ratigan (although it's tough to tell, since it looks like what he normally wears.) Deacon Dale, following slightly behind, is covered up by a large robe, with a fake noose around his neck. You'd probably say it looks stupid, and you'd get no argument from him.] Conarri: There they are, ladies and gentlemen – The Conspiracy. Wyatt Connors and underlings. Since arriving in OLW unexpectedly, Connors has made some strides insinuating himself into the main event picture, performing well in the Best of the Rest battle royal. Styles: When not doing that, he and the other two have been beating the Beer Buddies like hookers who think they can steal 20 percent. Stanton: The ONLY reason I’m not going to hit you for that one is because it’s true. # Will you offer me some tricks # # Have you ever had a dream? # [A few of the more unruly fans throw garbage, but most of them are showing vocal displeasure. Deacon Dale ignores them, already being in a bad enough mood because of the stupid robe. Connors also ignores the, as they are beneath his notice. Ratigan, on the other hand, tells no less than twenty-six people in the crowd where they can go, and what they can do when they get there.] Styles: So that Ratigan guy. Is he supposed to be a tribute to TJ Killingbeck? Or what? Stanton: And Dale does realize he looks like a tool in that, right? Conarri: …yes and yes. # Open your eyes # # Hide your face forever # [They gather by one of the unmanned corners, and discuss some last-minute strategy. Also, Deacon Dale takes the opportunity to remove that ridiculous getup, revealing his wrestling gear underneath.] # Open your eyes # BBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!! [Mostly unaffected by the crowd's profanity and the opponents' angry stares, the Conspiracy step up to their corner and climb to the apron.] # Open your eyes # [Fade out.] [God this is taking forever.] [And then…] Ferraro: And introducing last, the champions! From New York, New York, weighing in at approximately 120 lbs… GEMMA! LOCKHART! From right here in Baltimore, Maryland (RAAAAAHHHH!!!), weighing in at 249 lbs… BRAD! ANDREWS! And from Michigan City, Indiana, weighing in at 261 lbs… DAERIQ! DAMIEN! They are… the CHILDREN… of the DAAAAAMMMNNEEDDD!!! [Cue Danzig and “The Coldest Sun”.] # Blessed morning rays # RRRRRAAAAAAHHHHBBBOOO!!! Conarri: They took some disrespect coming into this match from Yoshikazu YAZ. They’ve been inconsistent since winning the titles, showing real fire some weeks, but unable to maintain it. But when they bring it all to the table, the CotD prove exactly why they won these titles… Stanton: I’ll stick up for these guys for a second before I go back to loathing BA and barely tolerating Damien. They didn’t choose the name the Children of the Damned – not only the fans, but their fellow wrestlers chose it for them. That, is respect worthy. # There’s no one alone # [And the Children of the Damned walk out, titles in hand, and in BA’s case, the Yield Sign of DOOM as well. There is no playing to the fans. The CotD would prefer to be bad guys, it’s how they’re more comfortable. But here it is, the fans are behind them, so might as well work with it. Damien and Gemma, at least, acknowledge the cheers with raised hands. BA, however, is strangely subdued, just carrying the yield sign and looking around.] # YEAH! # [The trio heads to ringside. Gemma glares at the Kurosawas – whether she’s angry because their attire has set the Womens Equality in Wrestling movement back a year, or just because they’ve upstaged her in the looks department here, she’ll have to tell us. BA leaves the Yield Sign of Doom at ringside and rolls in, sitting down in the corner. Damien looks at BA in slight confusion, but shakes it off and tests the ropes.] # Oh-OHHH! # [The music fades.] DING! DING! DING! The Beer Buddies Conarri: Looks like it’s going to be started with… Daeriq Damien for the champs, YAZ for the Iconoclasm, and Ratigan for the Conspiracy. The ring they’re in right now, that’s the one closest to us here at the announce table, is Ring 1. This match is only sanctioned for one ring, meaning that the other three rings count as out of bounds, and will get the wrestlers counted out if they try to switch. Styles: I’m gonna mention what you didn’t, Cito. Check out how The Conspiracy has laid claim to the corner of the ring where all the rings connect together. Gives them a little less room to maneuver, but it also means they won’t be getting knocked off the apron. [The Beer Buddies are arguing over who’s starting. No one notices them.] Conarri: The three wrestlers circling each other… Damien much bigger than YAZ and Ratigan, but they’re reluctant to work together. [On the apron, Mariko Kurosawa adjusts her skirt with a hip shake. Ratigan glances, Damien shoots a grab, so does YAZ, they stop short of each other and Ratigan gets his attention back on the ring. The circling continues as Violent Dave, apparently too damn lazy to argue, plods towards the three.] Conarri: The three wrestlers in this match right now trying to psyche each other out. Violent Dave’s also… THWWAAAAAACCCKKKK!!!! [The second Dave got in range, YAZ turned away from the other two and completely LEVELED him with the Shotei.] Conarri: Shotei from YAZ on Dave, he’s making the cover…! ONE…! ……TWO…! ………THREE!!! DING DING DING! Eliminated: The Beer Buddies! Stanton: …That was fast. Conarri: Yoshikazu YAZ pins Violent Dave with a single shotei, and that right there should tell you how devastating that strike from that man is! And we’ve got Damien and Ratigan going at it! Chops from Damien, Ratigan reeling back! Thumb to the eye from Ratigan! Off the ropes, caught on the rebound with a powerslam! Damien ducks the Yakuza kick from YAZ, European uppercut drops him, YAZ sent into the former Beer Buddies now Neutral corner, Ratigan sent in after him, and a flying Stinger Splash from Damien on both his opponents! [To add insult to injury, Ratigan spins as he falls out of the turnbuckle, landing on his back, head towards the ring. YAZ, having been squashed between two men and the turnbuckle, simply keels over…] OOOOOHHHH!!!! [Head first into Ratigan’s crotch.] Stanton: UGH! I never thought I’d say this, but poor YAZ… [Ratigan writhes around in pain, holding his personal bits and flopping. YAZ rolls out of the ring, where Mariko jumps down to attend to him, leaving Yukio to enter the ring. She does – and stops, looking up at the much larger Damien.] Conarri: This is going to be tricky for Miss Yukio. There ARE female wrestlers out there who can compete with male heavyweights, but most of the ones who can right now, such as Heidi and Gemma, got their start in Cruiserweight divisions. The Kurosawas are going to have to adapt, and quickly. Styles: Yeah, but, they’ve been around a while. Conarri: Damien, watching to see what she’ll do – the Kurosawas are a big unknown going into this match, as very few people have seen them outside their role as Angelina Bishop’s bodyguards. No fear in the eyes of Yukio, Damien looking for a tie up… Arm wrench by Yukio! Go behind, Damien tries to elbow out, Yukio avoiding, Damien trying to power out but she’s keeping behind him… Styles: And there’s Ratigan! Dropkick on Damien! [Damien falls backwards on top of Yukio and rolls to the side.] Conarri: TJ Ratigan’s picked his spot and he’s just attacking the girl with stomps! Pulls her up, Irish whip, back drop, no! Yukio flips over, lands on Damien’s shoulders – Damien’s too quick, and hotshots her onto the ropes! Russian leg sweep for Ratigan, clothesline to Yukio sends her out of the ring, leaping back elbow sends Ratigan outside! Stanton: Damien’s cleaning house early on, and no one wants to step! Styles: It, uh, looks like Connors is waiting for YAZ to send someone in, and YAZ is on the apron daring Connors. Conarri: Damien’s trying to position himself so he can see them both while keeping an eye out for both Yukio and Ratigan. Sean O’Meara’s starting a count on them, Yukio quickly up onto the apron. Deacon Dale steps in for his team, and he’s heading for Damien! Stanton: Running knee from Dale doubles Damien over, club to the back drops him, Dale with the elbow drop, applies the chinlock. Styles: Stupid restholds. Conarri: Damien powering to his feet, elbows his way out of it, sends Dale off the ropes, Dale… tumbles out as Mariko pulls the ropes down! And he lands on TJ Ratigan! Stanton: Ugh… that little bastard was just standing over there looking up the Kurosawas skirts. Styles: Can’t say I blame him. Conarri: YAZ into the ring, ducks a lariat from Damien, spinning heel kick takes him down and out of the ring, and YAZ looking straight at Wyatt Connors! And… Connors running down the ring and off the apron! BBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Conarri: YAZ is out of the ring and giving chase! Brad Andrews just leapt off the apron down onto Deacon Dale, Connors fleeing for his life from YAZ, and… THWWAAAAACCCCKKKK!!! Conarri: Kick from the apron to the head of Connors! Gemma Lockhart just about put his face through the back of his head! RRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! [YAZ tries to put the breaks on, but Gemma just runs forward and kicks him as well.] THWWAAAAACCCCKKKK!!! Conarri: Connors and YAZ left in a heap at ringside, and Brad Andrews throwing Deacon Dale back into the ring! Following him in, lefts and rights to the head, forearm, headbutt, headbutts, Irish whip, Dale reverses, BA ducks the lariat and spins behind in a waistlock, Dale trying to power out, Mariko Kurosawa with a missile dropkick to Dale, and over he goes with a German suplex! Stanton: Mariko ducks BA’s swing and kicks him in the back of the head… doesn’t bother BA much. Conarri: Brad Andrews a brawler by trade, able to go toe to toe with men who outweigh him by nearly 100 lbs. [Brad takes a swing. Mariko neatly traps his arm under one of hers, taking the blow on the ribs where it isn’t very effective. Ducking and spinning her bodyweight, she flips BA over her back. Hanging onto the arm as he tries to roll to his feet, she wraps the arm around one of her legs, kneels on his back, and pulls his leg up in a half crab. BA has the funniest ‘wtf just happened?’ look on his face.] Conarri: The style Mariko is employing in there is called Llave. It’s a very difficult style to learn, originating when the Japanese style of junior heavyweight puroresu was blended with Lucha Libre. Keep moving, keep your opponent down, instead of hanging onto a hold for dear life, move with him. Watch this. [As BA manages to power his leg free and stand up, Mariko shifts her grip on his arm so she has it with both legs, catches the other arm and rolls him over in a crucifix. BA kicks out, Mariko keeps a hold of him, moving around to sit on his back, hooking a leg under each arm and rolling him over. Gemma enters the ring and kicks her off, BA adjusts his hair and dignity and rolls out of the ring.] Styles: So you see, that’s what happens when you take a wrestler who’s got a different way of fighting and put her against a guy who isn’t big on imagination. You know I’m a fan of BA, but he’s got little patience for mat stuff in the first place, and probably none for this not really painful but kinda tiring stuff. Anyway, Gemma’s in the ring, I reckon we’ll start seeing some kicks now. [Outside the ring, Deacon Dale has thrown Yoshikazu YAZ into the ringpost, and then dragged Connors to the safety of his own corner. YAZ was a bad guy at the start of this match, but, with his well publicized outburst against Connors and seemingly futile quest to introduce his foot to Connors mouth, he’s probably going to end up loved by the end of the match.] [Gemma throws a kick. Mariko ducks. Mariko throws a kick. Gemma faints. TJ Ratigan drools on himself. Gemma throws a fake kick, scoots in and grabs a side headlock.] Conarri: Gemma with a headlock there, Mariko slips out, go-behind, Gemma hooks the head and the leg, Russian legsweep! Stanton: Gemma rolls throw, arm wrench – oh, and into a flipping cross armbar! [Ratigan almost forgets to make the save. He kicks Gemma off.] Conarri: Ratigan with a handful of Gemma’s hair, pulls her to her feet, reverse snapmare! Knee drop across the back of the head. Now turning back to Mariko, who’s favoring the arm. Ratigan with the wrist lock, elbow to the arm, Mariko falls to one knee. Ratigan wrenches the arm again – Mariko cartwheels across his front and spins behind with the arm locked, she’s looking for the ocean cyclone suplex! Ratigan trying to fight it… backs into the Conspiracy corner! Stanton: And now Connors going for the eyes! Ratigan keeping the ref occupied, YAZ is going ballistic on the apron, and… Gemma’s up behind Ratigan and drills him with a tae kwon do kick! [Gemma throws Ratigan into the CotD corner.] Stanton: Tag exchanged to Daeriq Damien. Gemma with a waistlock on Ratigan, Damien with a front kick to add impact to the suplex! [Ratigan lands on his neck. He rolls to his feet unsteadily. Connors, focused on cheap shotting Mariko, doesn’t notice. Dale, taunting YAZ and Yukio, doesn’t care.] Conarri: Gemma sending Ratigan off the ropes… and into a double STO from Damien and BA! Now BA’s got Ratigan by the legs… catapult into a roundhouse from Gemma! [Ratigan lands bent backwards over BA’s bent knees.] Stanton: Damien off the middle rope with an elbow drop to the head of Ratigan! Rolls out of the ring, BA with the cover! ONE…!
…TWO…!
……Broken up by Dale! Conarri: Deacon Dale, reluctantly making the save for his team, here comes Yukio, swings around Dale’s body and arm drags him over! Dale rolls to his feet, and into a high thai roundhouse from Mariko on the apron! Dale falls backwards, Yukio with the backslide! ONE…!
…TWO…!
……Kickout! Styles: Dale there’s probably lucky he didn’t get pinned by a girl half his size, mainly on account of Connors would have made him eat his parents or something. And speaking of Connors, is he going to do anything? Stanton: Well, he’s going to hold his face where Gemma kicked it earlier. Conarri: Kick to the knee of Dale drops him to one leg… Glimmering Warlock from Yukio! But he falls into the ropes! [Dale, at least, maintains the presence of mind to roll out of the ring. Damien turns his back to Yukio, grabs her by the arms…] Conarri: Crucifix powerbomb by Daeriq Damien! And now he’s calling BA into the ring… BA running for the turnbuckle OH YAZ WITH THE SHOTEI KNOCKS BA OFF THE TURNBUCKLE! [YAZ ran down the apron to stop BA from executing the “BA Assault” matrix style moonsault.] Conarri: YAZ to the top rope and a flying spin kick downs Damien! And he is going to WORK! Forearms, drives Damien into the neutral corner, two slaps, spinning lariat in the corner! Kawada kicks, snapmares Damien out, stomps the back of the head! And… RAAAH…BOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Conarri: Connors dropping off the apron as YAZ charges him, and there’s TJ Ratigan coming in from behind with the low blow! [With YAZ incapacitated, Ratigan finds it easy to roll him over and sink in…] Conarri: Dirty Pool! Modified deathlock submission locked in on Yoshikazu YAZ… Ratigan’s dragging himself into better ring position. And… [Ratigan flips the bird to the Children of the Damned’s corner. Gemma charges into the ring, and is intercepted by an axehandle from Deacon Dale.] Conarri: The Conspiracy taking control here! Ratigan still has the Dirty Pool locked in on Yoshikazu YAZ, possible submission, and Dale’s taking Mariko up with the Gutwrench… no! Yukio with the save! [Yukio dropkicked Dale on the back of the knee. Mariko lands on his chest, where she stands and double stomps his face, before running over and kicking Ratigan off of YAZ.] Styles: Looks like Yukio’s shaken off the crucifix powerbomb, the Kurosawas now setting Ratigan up… double Irish whip… Conarri: Double corner yakuza kick! Pulling Ratigan out of the corner, another Irish whip… and a left arm lariat from YAZ folds Ratigan in half! YAZ with the cover! ONE…!
…TWO…!
……Connors pulls YAZ crotch first into the ring post! BBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! Conarri: Lord almighty, YAZ is cursed in there. Connors did that I’d guess more to get inside his head than because he cares if Ratigan takes a fall. Styles: Well that’s going to take YAZ out of the equation for a bit. BA, meanwhile, he just chucked one Kurosawa at the other one. Pulling Ratigan to his feet, Rock Alternative! Sit down Uranage slam on Ratigan, but now Dale’s in the ring, grabs BA by the head from behind and BIG knee lift! [BA flops to the mat, seeing stars.] Conarri: Connors shouting from the apron… Dale plants BA in a backbreaker, and Connors off the top rope with the double stomp! Stanton: They call that the Sedition Act. Conarri: This match has seen no team really able to gain the momentum. Damien, for all his ring awareness, came into this match preparing like it was going to be a normal tag match, the lucha rules are tripping the CotD up. The Iconoclasm’s faction is actually on their first match as a trios tag team, and while you’ll see fluid double teams from the Kurosawa sisters, they aren’t used to working with YAZ so much. [As Conarri talks, YAZ lunges to his feet and dives for Connors, only to get caught in a bearhug by Deacon Dale.] Styles: Y’know, I think YAZ really hated being called a footsoldier. He’s wrestling stupid. Conarri: Dale now, trying to crush the fight right out of Yoshikazu YAZ. BA’s slowly recovering from the Sedition Act. YAZ pulls his arms free of the bearhug, elbow shot! Another… Dale drops him! YAZ off the ropes, Connors with a hand full of hair and throws him to the mat! [The fans erupt with a torrent of boos. Connors smirks slightly.] Conarri: These big matches are tough to win. At any given time you can have as many as six people trying to prevent you from winning, or sneaking up from behind to hit you. There’s not even as much room outside the ring as usual, because of the setup we have for War Games. Stanton: Dale’s now going back after YAZ while BA crawls towards his corner. Conarri: Dale pulls YAZ to his feet and stuns him with a knee lift. Gutwrench… no! YAZ out the back! Thai shin kick to the back of the head and a floatover DDT! Styles: YAZ has been getting his ass kicked in there because he’s trying to get at Connors and allowing himself to be blindsided. Now he needs to make the tag out to um… the Kurosawa in gold. Which one’s she? Conarri: Mariko. Styles: Yeah, he needs to tag her in, she’s barely been in the match. Stanton: Gemma’s been conservative with the amount of time she’s spent in the ring. Basically, she’s really not big enough to be effective against Dale, and the same goes for the Kurosawas except for Daeriq Damien and Brad Andrews as well. [YAZ makes a snap decision. Even though he’d rather kill Connors, he charges across the ring, double stomping BA on the head as he does, and tags out to Mariko Kurosawa just like Styles recommended.] Stanton: Quick tag by the Iconoclasm faction and now Mariko’s rolling BA into the La Magistral cradle! …ONE…!
……TWO…!
………THRE…! Conarri: Broken up by Ratigan! [Damien and Yukio both dive into the ring.] Conarri: Damien rolls over Ratigan with a clothesline! Yukio follows Ratigan, kicking him, and Mariko rolls to her feet and launches herself at Wyatt Connors! [Mariko catches Connors with a flying leg lariat. The two wrestlers tumble over the ropes and land in Ring 4.] Styles: Connors having the fight taken to him – No! Reversal, and a Russian legsweep! [The thing about Connors is that he’s not <i>good</i>. Doesn’t necessarily mean he’s bad. So sometimes it’s easy to forget that he’s entirely competent in the ring, if nothing special.] Stanton: He just threw her up into Ring 3, and now he’s yelling orders at Dale and Ratigan… now following up his earlier attack. Nothing fancy, just stomps. Conarri: Meanwhile, the Children of the Damned think they have the chance to get an elimination! Double team on YAZ, he’s whipped into the upper corner of the ring, where the four rings meet. Gemma sent flying into the corner, smashes YAZ with a dropkick! Now BA sent in…! [It happens too quickly for the commentators to call. Deacon Dale, running on the aprons between the rings, throws YAZ out of the corner, and BA ends up going through the ropes and hitting his shoulder on the ring post. TJ Ratigan enters the ring, pulls YAZ up, and hurls him upwards, into Ring 2.] Styles: I’ll be damned… Connors is a genius. You see what he’s doing? [Ratigan pulls BA out of the turnbuckle where he’s stunned and into the ring with YAZ. Instead of attacking himself, he throws BA on top of YAZ. The masked wrestler’s response is, of course, physical violence, and BA chooses to defend himself with violence as well.] Conarri: YAZ and BA just beating the hell out of each other, and Ratigan’s entering Ring 2 to dropkick them both! Dale attacking Damien in Ring 2, and Connors and Mariko in Ring 3 – Connors taking some nasty kicks to the ribs. And we’ve got two left in the ring that’s legal! [Yukio Kurosawa and Gemma Lockhart for the record.] Conarri: And there is no hesitation here – both wrestlers view this as a good chance for an elimination, but unaware that the situation itself was engineered by The Conspiracy! Styles: Yukio to the eyes, Irish whip reversed, back drop from Gemma, Yukio lands on her feet, shin kick to the small of the back, reverse DDT! Pulling Gemma up, kick to the knee, Gemma down to one knee… Conarri: Glimmering Warlock coming up? [The Glimmering Warlock is a ‘shining’ ganmengiri. Basically, a step-up variation of Cole Christenson’s kick to the face trademark.] Stanton: Ducked! Gemma ducked it! Spinning back kick, and… Fast Knife! Gemma’s got the standing headscissor… [Gemma lifts the female wrestler fairly easily – but as she brings Yukio overhead, a cloud of green mist shoots out of Yukio’s mouth and into Gemma’s face!] Conarri: Green mist! Yukio counters the powerbomb with the mist! [Shocked by the mist, her eyes burning, Gemma loses her balance and goes over backwards with Yukio on top of her. Moving quickly, Yukio grabs one arm, twists it around her legs, grabs the other…] Conarri: Turn Key! Yukio has that double key lock submission hold applied on Gemma, mid ring! Stanton: Damien’s trying to go break the hold, but Dale’s holding his ankle! BA doesn’t notice, he’s trying to hook YAZ for the Undertow, YAZ kicking him off, Ratigan between them and the ring! Gemma’s got nowhere to go, and… she’s…! Styles: Tapping! She tapped! DING! DING! DING! BBBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eliminated: Children of the Damned Conarri: That’s it! We’re going to have new champions – and either way I don’t think the fans are happy about it! [Yukio rolls off of Gemma and jumps to her feet. In Ring 4, Damien gives up trying to kick away from Dale’s grasp, and leans on the top rope, clearly disappointed. In Ring 2, BA hasn’t noticed what’s happening, he’s trying to beat down on Ratigan and YAZ at the same time with moderate success (he’s a lot bigger than they are, see). With both men flattened, he turns to see Gemma on the mat, Damien doing nothing and one of the Kurosawa’s celebrating.] Styles: I think BA might not be done yet… [But Damien, no longer being held by Dale now that his team’s eliminated, just goes over to the other ring and calms BA down, before turning to Gemma. Meanwhile, Connors has abandoned his fight with Mariko in Ring 3, jumping onto the area where the four turnbuckles meet, and then over into Ring 2 with Ratigan.] [Except Ratigan’s down, and Connors, not realizing for once, hasn’t found any backup. Mariko missile dropkicks him in the back, sending him tumbling. YAZ slowly climbs to his feet, and his eyes light up as he sees Connors, lying in the ring in front of him, without a Dale or a Ratigan to hide behind.] [Connors’ eyes light up too. In alarm.] Conarri: The Conspiracy may have gotten one team eliminated for them, but now Wyatt Connors is in a position he doesn’t want to be – forced to fight Yoshikazu YAZ mano a mano! [YAZ pulls Connors to his feet and hurls him over the bottom set of ropes. Connors lands in the alley between the two sets of ropes. Using one to pull himself up, he doesn’t see it coming as YAZ grabs him by the hair, and smashes his head into next week with the shotei!] Styles: HE DONE HIT HIS FACE WITH HIS HAND! [Except, he doesn’t go flying back very far. He bounces back…] Conarri: SHOTEI! Again! [Connors is like a ping pong ball, caught between the two sets of ropes and YAZ’s hand. TJ Ratigan can’t go to help him, he’s tied up with Mariko, to the point that he’s actually having to wrestle instead of gawk. And he still doesn’t end up on top of things, as Mariko catches him with a shin kick to the forehead, and take him to the mat with a flying armbar!] [Deacon Dale, however, is up, and he hurls Yukio over the bottom edge of Ring 4 and out to the floor, then heads over to where YAZ is brutalizing Connors. A big club to the back of the head drops the much smaller wrestler to his knees. Lifting YAZ in a press, Dale throws him over BOTH sets of ropes and back into Ring 1! Connors drops, both arms over his ringing head. Dale actually smirks at seeing Ratigan in trouble with the female wrestler, and he continues on into Ring 1 after the masked man.] Conarri: Connors’ game plan may, in fact, have back fired. By trying to play the Iconoclasm and Children of the Damned against each other, he ended up at the point where the two were set to double team the Conspiracy. He did force the situation where the two teams had to face off against each other… [In the ring, Dale is using a ‘ground and pound’ style against YAZ, not unlike a less charismatic (much less) Stan Hansen. Elbows to the crown of the head, and then an elbow drop to the trapezius into a chin lock. Dale uses his 70 lb weight advantage to force YAZ down into the mat.] Conarri: … but in rushing the elimination, the Iconoclasm is much fresher than they’d hoped to deal with. Connors is the mind, but when it comes to flat out wrestling he’s not really a one on one match for any of the involved. Ratigan has all he can deal with, with Mariko over there… [Ratigan and Mariko’s battle can be seen in the background behind Dale and YAZ. Ratigan has managed to break the arm bar by standing up out of it and kicking her in the head. But when Ratigan whips her into the corner, Mariko handstands on the turnbuckle, catches him as he runs in with a scissor, and then slings him head first into the buckle! Ratigan staggers back, flailing, as Mariko wraps his arms up, and takes him up and over with the Ocean Cyclone suplex!] Conarri: Dale, in fact, is the man who they’ll have to count on here, and while Dale has the size and strength advantage, it’s not a sure fire guarantee over a wrestler like YAZ. [Yukio has headed to the bottom left corner of the four ring setup, the one with floor on both sides. Mariko, too, returns to the apron, leaving Ratigan rolling around in Ring 2. YAZ is trying the standard cruiserweight reversals of headlocks, but Dale’s just too big. There’s always a way, though… grabbing Dale by the back of the head, YAZ jumps, bringing his knee up over his shoulder to strike Dale in the face! Dale loses the headlock, YAZ fires in with some knife edge chops, a pair of slaps, and the Shotei!] [Which is blocked, as Dale extends one arm, preventing it from reaching, and then clubs YAZ with an arm to the back. Tieing up with him, Dale delivers a series of knees, hurls the smaller man off the ropes, and catches him on the rebound with a spinebuster! Dale goes for a cover!] …ONE…!
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………THRE…KICKOUT!!! Styles: Not enough to put him away. [Dale drags YAZ to his corner by the hair and reluctantly tags out to Ratigan. He pulls the arm up for Ratigan to take a kick. Ratigan then grabs a side headlock, only to quickly poke YAZ in the eyes. As YAZ stumbles to his knees, Ratigan stomps him on the back of the head, then takes him over in an Outlaw pin!] …ONE…!
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………THRE…KICKOUT!!! Conarri: Fans are just content to watch this match right now. Neither of these teams is particularly popular – YAZ has a following among our internet based fans, Connors somewhat less of one with the former National Wrestling Council fans. Some like him out of loyalty, some still hate him for what he did… at any rate, our trios tag division is in desperate need of someone the fans can really get behind. [Ratigan underhooks YAZ’s arms, then plants him with the tiger driver!] …ONE…!
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………THRE…KICKOUT!!! Stanton: I’ll give the creepy little guy credit, he’s determined… Styles: Which one? Stanton: …eh, the comment could apply to either, I guess. [Ratigan flips off the fans, crotch thrusts at the Kurosawas (both of whom ignore him) and underhooks YAZ’s arms again. He lifts – YAZ drops his weight! Ratigan takes another attempt, can’t get YAZ up, and then YAZ back drops him! Firing back as Ratigan climbs to his feet, YAZ hits some absolutely brutal forearms, grabs Ratigan by the back of the head and drives repeated shin kicks into his forehead, finally leaves him wobbling on his feet, spins, and wipes him out with a left arm lariat! As Dale shouts at Ratigan to find his feet and make the tag, YAZ slowly crawls towards his corner. Connors is still lying down on the apron, Ratigan tags out to Dale, and YAZ tags out to Mariko!] Conarri: Tag exchanged, but I don’t know precisely what she’s going to do against Dale… [As Dale charges – he’s not imaginative – Mariko springboards, jumping straight over him! Dale hits the turnbuckle chest first, catches a kick to the face from Yukio, and then a standing enzuigiri from Mariko! Wrenching the arm, Mariko runs the turnbuckle, using her grip to bring Dale with her, and drive him into the mat with a modified tornado DDT. Jumping straight to the top rope, Mariko moonsaults off, twisting mid air and landing square across Dale’s chest with a pin!] …ONE…!
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………THRE…KICKOUT!!! Styles: Damn. So close. [Dale’s kickout launched Mariko into the air. Shaking herself off, she signals to her sister.] Conarri: The Kurosawa sisters initiating a double team here. Both girls firing Muy Thai kicks into Dale, he’s covering up, no, he’s collapsing! [Both Kurosawas pick Dale up – with two of them, they can manage pretty easily. Crossing his arms over his neck, they drop him to the mat with a double team cutthroat neckbreaker.] [If Deacon Dale didn’t have his unique set of problems, he could really get the fans behind him. An older guy, an old school wrestler, on his absolute last chance, in a win-or-die situation… yeah. But to get the fans behind him, he’d have to get rid of Connors, and well… Connors is what makes him interesting. With no Connors, Dale has the charisma of a dead slug.] [But despite being 10 years out of date, he can still wrestle kinda good.] Conarri: Kurosawas pulling Dale back to his feet. Double Irish whip, Dale catches the ropes! Double boot! [Dale gets his feet up just in time for both girls to run into one each. Leaving Mariko down, Dale scoops Yukio up in powerbomb position, turns around, and release powerbombs her over the ropes and into Ring 4!] Styles: Dale, fighting for everything he’s worth – which won’t be much if he doesn’t win this match… [Dale runs a finger across his throat, then grabs Mariko in gutwrench position… but he’s taken too long. YAZ is up.] Conarri: Running Yakuza kick from YAZ! Dale down to… Connors is up! [Wyatt Connors, who’s been lying down for around 5 minutes now, suddenly pops up to his feet. Slightly unsteady, he none the less fishes something out of his trunks. Ratigan, knowing his cue, makes to enter the ring, distracting the referee, as Connors walks up behind YAZ, spins him around, and throws a fistful of white powder in his face!] Stanton: AUGH! Dammit Andrews! … I mean, dammit Connors! [YAZ, snarling in pain, flails his arms, trying to connect with his unseen opponent. Connors, clever, crouch-walks away, then ducks between the ropes, climbs to the top…] Conarri: Wisecrack! Wisecrack on YAZ! Stanton: Dale, sending Mariko off the ropes, catches her in a bearhug, no, shifts his grip to her legs, giant swing coming up… [She’s small and Dale can get a lot of speed. Mariko’s hair stands out as Dale spins. Ratigan enters the ring…] THWAAAAACK!!! Conarri: Point Break! [Dale would love to make the cover. But he doesn’t get to. Both Ratigan and Dale retreat to the ring apron, placing themselves between Yukio and the legal ring – with no other choice, she tries to go over them to break up the pin, but Dale blocks her from making it.] Styles: Connors, covering Mariko Kurosawa…! …ONE…!
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………THREE!!! DING! DING! DING! Ferraro: Here are your winners, and NEW OLW Trios Tag Team Champions… THE! CONSPIRACY! BBBBBBBBBBOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |