**As the First Union Center fills to capacity the lights in the arena go off and a few spotlights focus in on the eHw ring. The ring is shown to have barbed wire for ropes, with three strands reinforced and to strands going diagonal forming an X in the middle of the ropes on each side of the ring. Then all of a sudden pyros start going off all over the arena as “Ether” by Nothingface blasts on the PA system of the arena an Born to be Wired 3 is officially underway! The cameras go all over the arena and center on Joey Styles and Bobby the Brain Heenan who are at an announce table next to the entryway.**
JS: “Welcome everyone to the extreme pay per view that started it all! Welcome to the show that marked the beginning of the Paul Heyman era four years ago! Welcome ladies and gentlemen to extreme HARDCORE wrestling’s Born to be Wired Three!! We are coming to you tonight from a city that knows a little something about extreme wrestling, we are live in the First Union Center here in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania! I am Joey Styles alongside Bobby the Brain Heenan and tonight we look forward to bringing you a night of extreme HARDCORE wrestling action that can only delivered by the hardcore federation that started it all! I have been at all three Born to be Wired events, Bobby Heenan this is your first, how are you enjoying the Born to be Wired experience?”
BH: “Well grease ball, I must say that when I first heard of this event I almost asked out of my contract it sounded so violent, but let me tell you what just being in the backstage area and listening to the enthusiasm of all these humanoids, has made me realize just how important this show is, and how much it means to EHW.”
JS: “It’s an event that has been a full month in the making. Every match that has taken place on Turmoil since Back To the Extreme has been to set up for this night, most notably the World Title Tournament that will end here tonight in the main event.”
BH: “It’s The Sandman versus Bret the Hitman Hart. EHW’s greatest rivalry is reborn and is re Born to be Wired. I know that those two men amongst men are going to show why they made it to the finals of the tournament, and why they are in the main event of this pay per view event.”
JS: “The world title isn’t the only thing that is being brought back tonight. Tonight also marks the return of the EHW Intercontinental Title and we have an important change in the match, Brain why don’t you tell the people about that.”
BH: “It is still going to be a Double Jeopardy Match, however the opponents have been switched. It will now be Mike Awesome taking on Goldberg and it will be the Human Wrecking Machine Taz facing Kane. The winners of those two matches will then meet immediately to crown a new Intercontinental Champion. These last minute changes remind me of another place I used to work.”
JS: “Well at least I’m not Tony Schiavone.”
BH: “Amen to that.”
JS: “We of course have some other high profile matches but we’ll have plenty of time to tell you about them later. Right now, we are going to kick off with one of the more emotionally involved matches of the night. It will be a steel cage barbed wire match as Triple H takes on EHW legend Scott Steiner.”
BH: “What the hell is Scott Steiner doing opening the show? Big Poppa Pump should be closing it. Who booked this crap anyway?”
JS: “That would be your boss and mine Paul Heyman.”
BH: “Like I said, great idea, this is going to set the tone for the evening. Every match after this is going to have to meet the level of hardcore action set in this match up.”
JS: “There you go Brain, positive thinking. And that is why certain matches are chosen to open the show in the first place, to get the crowd in the arena and the fans at home excited and moving.”
BH: “Plus while we were talking I saw ring crew set up the cage.”
JS: “Well so much for any mystique in wrestling anymore, let’s get the show on the road.”
**The lights in the arena go neon green and black as “The Game” by Motorhead plays as Triple H walks through the curtain and stands at the head of ringside. Triple H looks up, spits out water, and makes his way down to the ring with a very aggressive look on his face. Triple H walks through the cage door, and walks up the step ladder provided so wrestlers can get in the ring without having to touch the barbed wire ropes. Triple H gets in the ring, stands in the center, looks around the arena, then raises his arms up and spits water in the air as the lights in the arena go from neon green to flickering on an off. “Holla if You Hear Me” and sirens are heard as Big Poppa Pump Scott Steiner walks through the curtain and receives a huge pop from the crowd. Steiner stops walking and looks around the arena taking off his sunglasses. Steiner points around to some of the fans in the crowd with Scott Steiner signs and t-shirts. Steiner then walks to ringside, walks up the ring steps, and climbs up the corner of the cage, and stands on the top of corner of the cage. Steiner flexes his huge muscles and gets another huge pop from the crowd. He takes off his chain male and tosses it to a fan in the front row. Steiner climbs back down the cage to the outside and gets into the ring using the step ladder as the lights in the arena come back on, the music fades, and the match is ready to begin.**
Triple H goes right after Steiner and the two lock up in the center of the ring. The two men go back and forth for a few seconds each man trying to get the upper hand in strength. Steiner puts Triple H into a side headlock, then spins around behind him and gives Triple H a Reverse DDT! Steiner shoots back up to his feet, stands over Triple H, flexes his right bicep, kisses the peak of it, then elbow drops Triple H across his throat. Steiner rolls over and does five pushups trash talking Triple H the entire time. Steiner gets up to his feet and waits for Triple H to get back up to his, when he does Steiner grabs Triple H by the hair, runs, and throws Triple H face first into the steel cage. Triple H bounces off and luckily doesn’t touch the barbed wire ropes. Steiner stands over Triple H who is laying on his back and goes to lock in the Steiner Recliner but Triple H gets up on his knees, slides backwards under Steiner, gets up behind him, and locks Steiner in a sleeper hold. Triple H cinches in the hold as tight as he can as Steiner moves quickly around trying to get out of the hold. Steiner twists his body and bends getting the sleeper turned into a side headlock then pushes Triple H off of him into the barbed wire ropes!! Triple H hit’s the barbs under arm first and yells in pain after hitting them. Steiner yanks Triple H off the ropes causing Triple H’s bicep to be partly ripped open and Steiner gives Triple H a Flatliner! Steiner signals for the end of the match and again goes to lock Triple H in the Steiner Recliner. The crowd rises to their feet and look toward the entryway as Shawn Michaels is seen running out to the ring. Michaels starts to climb the near corner of the cage while in the ring Big Poppa Pump locks Triple H in the Steiner Recliner! Michaels gets up on top of the cage and leaps off going for an elbow drop but Steiner moves and Michaels nails Triple H on the small of his back with the big elbow drop! Steiner grabs Michaels and gives him a Twisting Double Arm Suplex into a Powerbomb. Steiner then goes back over to Triple H and pulls him hair first towards the barbed wire ropes. Steiner takes Triple H, puts his throat on the middle strand of barbed wire and locks on the Steiner Recliner with Triple H leaning against the barbed wire ropes!! Triple H taps against the cage right away as the referee calls for the bell and for Steiner to release the hold. Big Poppa Pump wins!
JS: “Dear lord, Steiner just locked on that Steiner Recliner in an extremely vicious manner.”
BH: “Homicidal is more like it. Triple H could easily cut his jugular on those barbs, he better be careful getting up.”
**Steiner finally lets go as ring crew dismantles the cage and other referees and medics quickly get into the ring to carefully remove Triple H from the barbed wire. Steiner stands over Triple H and fluxes his muscles as his music plays, but when Steiner turns around he is greeted with Sweet Chin Music from Shawn Michaels. Michaels gets booed throughout the arena as he stands over Steiner and crotch chops him. Michaels then attends to Triple H and Triple H is helped to the back by HBK and medics with a towel and gauze wrapped around his throat.**
JS: “Steiner made an impact as always, but Shawn Michaels and Triple H continue to make their presence felt here in EHW with Michaels getting the better of Steiner in the end there.”
BH: “That may not have been the smartest move. Steiner always gets his man and whether it is today, tomorrow, next month, or next year Big Poppa Pump has a receipt for The Kliq.”
**After ring crew has finished taking apart the steel cage, another set of workers come wheeling for carts with skull and cross bones on the sides. Twelve total members of ring crew go to all four corners of the ring and lace the corner with low grade C4 explosive. The explosives are then covered with small, thin, wooden boards.**
JS: “Our next match contains a number of firsts here in the eHw Desire era. It is our first tag team match since our return over a month ago. It is also our first exploding turnbuckle match since our return. Not to mention that both teams will be teaming together for the first time in a long time. The last time Ultimate Warrior and Hulk Hogan actually wrestled in a tag team match was in August of Nineteen Ninety One at a WWF Summerslam. Meanwhile Al Snow and Hardcore Holly although they are former multiple time eHw World Tag Team Champions, have not teamed together in nearly three years.”
BH: “As if the barbed wire and explosives weren’t enough, these four men all need to deal with ring rust. I know that isn’t a problem for Al Snow but Hogan, Warrior, and Holly haven’t worked a full schedule in a long time. It has been about five years since Ultimate Warrior has worked a full schedule if you can call his time in WCW a full schedule.”
JS: “Didn’t he only work one match?”
BH: “Exactly, but him and Hogan both know how to bring it in that ring. They have each been to the promise land. Each of them have main evented and won a world title at a WrestleMania, not many people can say they have done that, Hogan did it more times than anyone. So they know what to do in that ring, but in a hardcore environment like this I have to like the chances of the two extreme wrestling veterans in Al Snow and Hardcore Holly. Hogan and Warrior have dealt with some tough stuff before, but nothing like barbed wire and exploding turnbuckles.”
**The logo of the Extreme Task Force is seen on the eXtreme Screen as “The Hollow” by A Perfect Circle plays and Al Snow and Hardcore Holly make their way out to the ring alongside Stacy Keibler and Victoria to the cheers of the crowd. Al and Holly get in the ring using the step ladder and pose for the crowd and respect the barbed wire and keep their eyes on the corners which are all laced with explosives. Stacy and Victoria each take a seat at ringside as the lights in the arena go to red and yellow as “Real American” comes on and Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior make their way to the ring to a big pop from the crowd. Hogan and Warrior high five the fans on their way down to the ring and each slid into the ring under the barbed wire ropes. Hogan rips off his shirt and Warrior runs around the ring bouncing head up and down and making the sign of the gorilla press as the fans in the arena continue to cheer as the lights go back to normal and the music fades.**
JS: “Obviously with barbed wire ropes this is a tornado style tag team match. No tags or anything, the first team to score the first pin or submission gets the win.”
BH: “If they all aren’t blown to hell grease ball.”
JS: “Good point Weasel.”
BH: “You better watch your back if you keep talking like that.”
JS: “Why, what are you going to do?”
BH: “I’ll shake my fist at you so fast you’ll pass out of dizziness.”
JS: “I’ll bet.”
Hogan and Snow lock up while Holly kicks Warrior in the stomach as they are set to grapple and takes Warrior down to the mat with an arm drag takedown into an arm bar. Snow and Hogan grapple back and forth until Snow starts pushing Hogan close to the barbed wire ropes. Hogan lets go of the grapple and pushes Snow away. Snow takes a look at Hogan, and laughs. Hogan gets a look of intensity on his face, charges Snow, and shoulder tackles him down to the mat. Snow starts to get up but as he does Hogan kicks him right in the rib cage and then puts him in an arm bar while on the opposite side of the ring Warrior is up on his feet and gives Hardcore Holly and running hip toss to break the arm bar he was in. Holly quickly gets up and Warrior picks him up in a bear hug. Warrior tightens him and jerks Holly around to prevent him from trying to get out of the hold. Meanwhile Al Snow starts to get up to his feet, his rolls forward and jumps up to his feet, then twists Hogan’s arm around and locks him in a hammerlock getting behind him with it. Snow pulls up on Hogan’s left arm but doesn’t see Hogan’s right elbow coming and Hogan hits Al right in his eye causing Al to break the hold. Hogan then back rakes Al and pushes him chest and stomach first into the barbed wire ropes!! Meanwhile Warrior still has Holly in a bear hug until Holly bites Warrior’s right ear. Warrior releases the hold and Holly drops down to his knees on the mat favoring his midsection. Holly starts to get back up but is met with a series of punches to the side of his head. Warrior picks Holly up and gives him a fall away slam into one of the exploding corners!! Smoke consumes the near right corner of the ring as Holly lays on his stomach breathing very deeply. Warrior goes for the cover, 1...2...NO! Holly kicks out and rolls away from Warrior. Holly rolls right next to Hogan as he pulls Al off the barbed wire and goes to give him a body slam, but Al goes up and over Hogan getting behind him. Hogan turns around and Snow locks both of Hogan’s arms up and gives him the Trapping Headbutts! Both Hogan and Snow go down as Warrior picks Holly up to his feet and picks up in a delayed vertical suplex. But before he can drop him Holly spins out of it landing in front of Warrior on his knees. Holly gets up with his head between Warrior’s legs picking him up off the mat, Holly gets Warrior up and gives him the Alabamaslam! Holly makes the cover on Warrior, 1...2..NO! Warrior kicks out and pushes Holly off of him. Snow gets back up to his feet, goes to grab Hogan but Hogan rolls up to his feet shaking his head back and forth in a very fast manner. Hogan gets up to his feet shaking his finger back and forth but is met with a dropkick to the side of his head from Hardcore Holly that knocks Hogan into the barbed wire ropes! Hogan yells in pain but when Holly and Snow move in to punish him Hogan pushes off the barbed wire and pushes both men down to the mat. Warrior gets up to his feet as well, he grabs Al Snow by his throat and lifts him up in a Gorilla Press. Warrior holds Al up then tosses him side first into an exploding corner!! Holly gets up to his feet to see Hogan pointed at him with a determined look in his eyes. Holly charges Hogan but Hogan catches him and gives him a Powerslam. There is a ruckus going on in the crowd as Hogan calls for the end of the match. Hogan does his traditional three poses then goes to run off the ropes to hit the Atomic Leg Drop but he stops himself before he runs into the barbed wire ropes. But when Hogan stops his concentration goes from the ring to the crowd as he sees the Road Dogg Jesse James jump the guardrail and start yelling at Hogan from ringside. Hogan points and yells at Road Dogg which brings Warrior over. Both Warrior and Hogan yell at Road Dogg but don’t see Billy Gunn slide in on the other side of the ring with a metal shovel in his hands. Gunn charges and nails Hogan on the back of his head with the shovel knocking him into the barbed wire ropes front first!
JS: “The New Age Outlaws! The New Age Outlaws are back in eHw!”
BH: “The Outlaws, are you kidding me?”
JS: “Hey watch it there Oklahoma!”
Gunn goes to hit Warrior with the shovel but Warrior catches it and breaks it into two over his knee. Warrior grabs Gunn with both hands around his throat and lifts him up in the air. Road Dogg then slides in the ring and dropkicks Warrior in the back of his left knee. Warrior drops Gunn and favors his knee. Gunn spins him around and gives him the One and Only! Holly and Snow slowly get up on the opposite side of the ring and see Road Dogg and Gunn throwing Hogan’s arms over the top barbed wire ropes then pulling back on it pretty much hanging Hogan with the barbed wire while he stands! Snow and Holly charge and nail Road Dogg and Gunn from behind. They take the Outlaws and throw them over the top rope to the outside. They pull Hogan off the barbed wire and Hogan drops down to that mat with blood flowing out of his throat and arm pits. Before they can even react both Holly and Snow and hit from behind by the Ultimate Warrior. Warrior clotheslines both men from behind knocking Snow side first into the barbed wire and Hardcore Holly to his knee. Warrior picks Holly up in the air and gives him the Gorilla Press Slam! Warrior starts running in place setting up for the Warrior Splash but as he goes to run off the ropes Snow grabs him, knees him in the stomach, and gives him the Snow Plow!! Snow goes to make the cover but is pulled out of the ring by the Outlaws. They get Al out of the ring and start beating him down. Victoria and Stacy get up and fold the chairs they are sitting on. Each of them charge and hit Gunn and Road Dogg with the chair knocking them back a few steps as security then comes down to ringside and take the Outlaws out back through the crowd. While all this is going on back in the ring Hardcore Holly crawls over to Warrior and drapes his arm over his chest for a cover, 1...2.… Hogan goes to bust up the cover but Victoria reaches in the ring and grabs his foot and stops Hogan from moving due to the amount of blood he has also lost …3! The Extreme Task Force wins!
JS: “In the midst of all this chaos, the Extreme Task Force has won the match! Al Snow and Hardcore Holly pick up the win, but they used the numbers game.”
BH: “They cheated to win in a way, but all of the humanoids are cheering. Why? Why are they cheering so loudly for someone like Al Snow?!”
JS: “Welcome to eHw! Al Snow has been around as long as anyone, the fans have stuck with him through thick and thin since he’s stuck with eHw through thick and thin and they are glad to see him on the winning track.”
BH: “But what about The Outlaws? What the hell were they doing out here? They are the ones who cost The Ultimate Powers the match. I hate Hogan’s guts and always have but the man was pretty much hung on that barbed wire, he clearly cut a vein otherwise Victoria couldn’t have stopped her. Hogan is yellow, but is the strongest man in wrestling, there is no way he couldn’t have stopped that pin if he hadn’t lost so much blood.”
**Medics quickly get into the ring and attend to Hogan as he continues to bleed. Other medics check on Hardcore Holly and Al Snow who were each blown up during the coarse of the match. The ETF make their way to the back helping each other while in the ring Ultimate Warrior pushes all of the medics away from Hogan and picks him up to his feet. Warrior puts Hogan’s arm around his neck as the barbed wire ropes are cut down and Warrior and Hogan make their way to the back, receiving a large ovation from the crowd.**
JS: “I understand that after this match we are going to hear from the Extreme Task Force and The Ultimate Powers. I am also being told that the barbed wire is being cut down and a different type of barbed wire for our next match which is the Double Jeopardy Match for the returning eHw IC Title. Brain do you want to let the fans know what type of wire is going up now?”
BH: “Do I look like a barbed wire expert to you?”
JS: “I thought you knew everything? Isn’t that why you’re the brain?”
BH: “Err. . .ummm. . . .uhhhh. Give me that memo will ya grease ball! Let me get my glasses on here. The barbed wire that has been used up to his point has been single stranded barbed wire. It is a single strand wire, that has a two point barbs on it. This is the most common form of barbed wire around today. The barbed wire that will be used for the next two matches will be Point Star Barbed Wire. This barbed wire type has an interesting design, since it takes a sheet metal barb rather than a wire. It is a single strand wire with six point sheet metal star barbs. Strand is enlarged on each side of barb to prevent movement. Making this one of the deadlier of our barbed wire types. Are people seriously going to get into the ring with this stuff in place of the ring ropes?”
JS: “You better believe it.”
BH: “I guess that’s why this is eHw huh?”
JS: “Damn right.”
BH: “Woah, easy there Alfalfa. I wouldn’t want you acting up and getting kicked out of the Heeman Woman Haters club.”
**Ring crew brings down a large roll of barbed wire as well as a mop, bucket, and a bottle of disinfecting spray. The blood in the ring and the entire ring is washed, dried, and disinfected as the barbed wire is cut down and put back up. The point star barbed wire is set up in the same fashion as the previous barbed wire as the lights in the arena go to red and “Slow Chemical” by Finger Eleven plays. Fire covers shoots out of the floor of the entryway as Kane makes his way to the ring to the boos of the crowd. Kane gets up on the ring apron and steps over the barbed wire ropes to get into the ring. He stands in the center and raises his arms up in the air and drops them quickly as fire shoots out of the four corners of the ring as the lights in the arena go from red to orange and “War Machine” by Kiss hits. Taz walks through the curtain and walks down to the ring to the cheers of the crowd. Taz walks up the step ladder to get into the ring and stands in the far right corner of the ring with his arms crossed and his head down as the lights in the arena come back on and his music fades. “The Zoo” by Bruce Dickinson comes on and the crowd starts booing immediately as Judge Jeff Jones leads Mike Awesome down to the ring. Garbage is thrown at Awesome along the way as he gets to ringside, poses for the cameras with Jeff Jones, then yells at some of the fans at ringside. Awesome gets into the ring and stands in the near left corner of the ring looking at his two opponents and the barbed wire ropes as his music fades out and the fans in the arena start chanting “GOLDBERG! GOLDBERG! GOLDBERG!” Pyros go off all over the entire entryway as “Crush ‘Em” by MegaDeth plays and Bill Goldberg appears in the middle of the pyro and makes his way down to the ring to the deafening cheers of the crowd. Goldberg gets in the ring and poses for the crowd as the music fades and the bell rings.**
JS: “Well Weasel, you did such a good just reading about the barbed wire types that we are using. Would you also like to inform the people at home exactly what a Double Jeopardy Match is?”
BH: “Yes sa, shine your shows for ya while I’m at it sa. Give me a break, I’ll do your job for you when your pubs come in.”
JS: “I’ll take that as a no.”
BH: “Okay I’ll do it. Insert match type here.”
Goldberg goes to lock up with Awesome but Awesome ducks out of the way then knees Goldberg in the small of his back from behind. Taz and Kane lock up and Taz immediately takes Kane down with a Japanese arm bar. He wrenches in on the hold for several seconds then lets go of the hold and gets right back up to his feet. Awesome grabs Goldberg from behind to give him a German Suplex but Goldberg blocks the hold, spins around behind Awesome, and gives him a Full Nelson Slam. Kane gets back up to his feet and goes to clothesline Taz but Taz ducks out of the way, gets behind him, and tackles his right knee bringing Kane down to one knee. Taz then stands next to Kane, locks him in almost a cobra clutch, and gives him a T-Bone Tazplex! Goldberg picks Awesome up to his feet but Awesome swats Goldberg’s hands off of him and gives him a jawbreaker. Goldberg is knocked back a step. Awesome gets up to his feet and scissor kicks Goldberg knocking him back first into the barbed wire! Goldberg just stares at Mike Awesome, yells, charges, and Spears Awesome coming off of the barbed wire! Goldberg calls for the end of the match but is met with the Angry Man’s Clothesline from Taz knocking Goldberg down to the mat. Taz picks Goldberg right back up and gives him an Overhead Belly to Belly Tazplex. Taz gets up to go back on the offensive but is met with a Big Boot to the Face from Kane knocking Taz into the barbed wire!! Kane charges and goes to squash Taz into the barbed wire further but Taz moves ripping his singlet and Kane jumps and crashes into the barbed wire!! Kane yells in pain as Mike Awesome gets up to his feet, grabs Kane, and gives him a Release German Suplex off the barbed wire ropes cutting up Kane’s stomach in the process. Kane squirms in pain as Awesome gets back up to his feet. Awesome holds up his arms drawing boos from the fans Awesome turns to pose on the other side of the ring but sees Goldberg standing behind him. Goldberg grabs Awesome by his throat picks him up in a gorilla press, and drops him into front spinebuster! Taz crawls over to the referee and grabs something out of the referee’s pocket then crawls over to the barbed wire ropes on the left side of the ring. Taz shows the object to be wire cutters and cuts down one strand of the barbed wire as Goldberg picks Mike Awesome up to his feet with one hand, while pointing up to the sky with the other. Taz walks over to Kane who is down on the mat and. .locks on the Tazmission with the point star barbed wire wrapped around Kane’s mouth!!! While this is going on Goldberg takes Mike Awesome up and drops him down with the Jackhammer!! The referee counts, 1.…2.…3 and at the same time Kane frantically taps out from the insane Tazmission he is locked in.
JS: “Mike Awesome and Kane are both eliminated and now it is going to be Goldberg versus Taz to determine the first eHw Intercontinental Champion of the Desire era.”
BH: “I can’t believe they are wrestling another match, after what they just went through. Both of them have already tasted that barbed wire which probably tastes worse than your wife’s cooking. Well I wouldn’t go that far.”
JS: “Neither would I.”
BH: “What?”
JS: “Uh nothing, sorry honey.”
BH: “But what we have in front of us right now is two icons of two of the big three from the nineties in the ring with a grudge to settle. Goldberg went out the paid a visit to Taz‘s house that the Human Suplex Machine wasn‘t too fond of. He did a little redecorating I might say.”
JS: “Redecorating, he burnt it down.”
BH: “Well it looks better than it did before I’ll tell you that much.”
Mike Awesome and Kane both leave the ring as the bell rings again and the final match of Double Jeopardy is underway. Taz pulls down the second strap of his already ripped singlet as Goldberg crouches in a ready to spear position with a smile on his face and cut marks all over his back. Taz and Goldberg circle each other, Taz goes at Goldberg to lock up but punches him right in the mouth with a hard right hand. Taz follows it up with some over hand shots to the top of Goldberg’s head then goes to suplex him, but Goldberg blocks it, picks Taz up, turns around, and drops Taz with a front suplex on the point star barbed wire ropes!! Taz falls down off the barbed wire landing on his back. Goldberg walks to the opposite corner of the ring crouching down waiting for Taz to get back up. Taz slowly gets up favoring his midsection which has been cut up by the barbed wire. Taz finally gets up and Goldberg charges, Goldberg goes to Spear him but out of the Spear Goldberg takes Goldberg down to the mat with a Fujiwara Arm Bar. Taz pulls up on the arm causing Goldberg to yell in pain as the shoulder begins to separate, but Taz loses his footing and drops back down on his ass losing the leverage enabling Goldberg to roll away from Taz and out of the hold. Goldberg gets up to his feet favoring his left arm but he goes right back after Taz. Goldberg goes to kick Taz but Taz catches the leg, spins Goldberg around, and gives him a Half Nelson Tazplex into the barbed wire ropes!! Goldberg slides down each strand of barbed wire cutting his shoulders and back further along with getting a slight cut on the back of his head. Taz pulls Goldberg away from the ropes and makes a cover, 1...2.….NO! Goldberg kicks out, rolls away from Taz, and starts getting back up to his feet. Taz however moves in and kicks Goldberg repeatedly on his left shoulder and arm. Taz puts Goldberg in a Triangle Hold for a few seconds, extends back as much as he can, then releases it as Goldberg is yelling in pain. Taz gets up and grabs the wire cutters he used earlier in the match. Taz then cuts down all the strands of barbed wire on the near side of the ring, only cutting them on one side so they are still attached to a corner but are laying on the arena floor for the most part. Taz then jumps down to the arena floor, goes under the ring, and pulls out a table. Taz opens the table up and sets it up parallel to the ring. Taz then cuts the barbed wire completely off the ring and places it on top of the table as much as he can. Taz then gets in the ring where Goldberg is slowly getting up holding his left arm very favorably. Taz punches Goldberg in his left kidney forcing Goldberg to let go of his other arm, Taz then locks Goldberg up for a Head and Arm Tazplex but Goldberg wraps his arms around Taz preventing him from executing them move. Goldberg then knees Taz several times in his midsection then pushes Taz away from him towards the side of the ring with no ropes at all. Goldberg goes to Superkick Taz but Taz catches Goldberg’s leg. Taz flicks Goldberg off and spins Goldberg around but Goldberg comes back around with a spin wheel kick to the side of Taz’s head then back rolls to the other side of the ring. Taz is knocked back right to the edge of the ring apron. Taz is wobbly and has to catch his balance to make sure he doesn’t fall backwards through the table. He does and goes to go after Goldberg but Goldberg is up, aware, charges Taz, and hit’s the Spear! Both men are down for a few seconds but Goldberg slowly gets up to his feet picking Taz up with him. Goldberg gets up on his feet, gets Taz up, puts Taz in a headlock, lifts him up in the air, and gives him a Jackhammer out of the ring through the point star barbed wire covered table!!! Goldberg gets up to his knees using the ring to pull him up, he picks Taz up who has two long strands of barbed wire stuck in his back up, puts him just barely into the ring, and covers him, 1.….2.…..3! Goldberg wins!
JS: “OH MY GOD! Goldberg just delivered the most extreme Jackhammer of his career and is the new IC Champion and the first Intercontinental Champion of the Desire Era!!”
BH: “Taz has more holes in him than a brick of Swiss cheese. He’s surrounded by more barbed wire than a used car lot in his neighborhood. That man needs medical attention and I mean right now.”
**Goldberg rolls into the ring and lays on his back breathing deep and favoring his left arm with cuts all over his body. The referee lays the Intercontinental Title belt next to him. After about a minute as medic cut the barbed wire strands off of Taz’s back and wheel him out on a stretcher Goldberg gets up to his feet and holds up the Intercontinental Title and lets out a loud roar as he circles the ring holding up the belt.**
JS: “My lord what carnage we witnessed in that match and we still have two to go. We’ve seen one title decided, but still to come is the Born to be Wired Match for the eHw World Title.”
BH: “I don’t know if anything can top this, but I’m sure if anyone can do it, it can be the two greatest icons in this companies history.”
**Backstage Joel Gertner is seen standing in front of the Extreme Task Force’s locker room with a microphone in his hand. He begins to speak as the door opens behind him.**
JG: “Well, well, well you didn’t think you’d get through an eHw pay per view without seeing the devastatingly handsome face of the Quintessential Studdmuf. . .”
Snow: “Gertner, shut your trap! We got some very serious business to discuss. Holly and I have been working to damn hard here in eHw to have that kinda bullshit take place in the ring out there. I don’t like Hulk Hogan and Ultimate Warrior, but they sure as hell deserve a fair match against us. They were putting up a damn good fight for a pair of guys that have probably never even seen a barbed wire match. My respect goes out to them for that, but those god damn New Age Outlaw. . what the hell were they doing out there?!! They had no business getting involved in that match, or any match tonight they aren’t even on the roster!”
Holly: “It just shows the bullshit politics that are going on here in eHw trying to keep the ETF down and out of the respectability picture. Here we are having a damn good match, holding our own against two so called legends, and all of a sudden here come Road Dogg and Billy Gunn out of the crowd. Has anyone ever heard of security? Heyman better get his ass over here now before I put my foot in it.”
**Paul Heyman comes running down the hallway towards Snow and Holly.**
Paul E: “Listen guys, I don’t know what the Outlaws were doing out there, but they are apart of eHw. They signed their contracts yesterday, however I told them to stay in the back and watch the show from afar, not get involved in one of the more highly contested matches of the night.”
Holly: “Yeah well what are you going to do about it? Actions speak a lot better than words ya fat bastard. What are you going to do about this shit?”
Paul E: “Well you guys won the match I don’t know what you’re upset about.”
**Snow grabs Heyman by the throat.**
Snow: “Because it was a tainted, cheap victory and we don’t take tainted, cheap victories Heyman. Take that match ending and shove it up your ass, we want a piece of both the Ultimate Powers and the Outlaws to show that we are the dominant team in eHw.”
**Snow lets Heyman go and Heyman takes a couple of steps back.**
Paul E: “Okay, I’ll set up a match between the Outlaws and the Ultimate Powers on the next Turmoil which will be next Tuesday, and the winner of that match will fight you two in a Two Out of Three Falls Tag Team Dog Collar Match. Sound good to you?”
Snow: “Sounds like the solution I’d wanna hear here in eHw.”
Paul E: “Good, well I’m gonna get out of here and check on Hogan’s condition. Man I need to get someone else to handle this shit.”
Holly: “What was that?!”
Paul E: “I said I wish Styles and Heenan worked on a comedy bit. Ya know for when we go back to ringside.”
**Heyman then quickly scurries away and runs to the medical facility. He enters and Hulk Hogan is bandaged up all over his upper body.**
Paul E: “Are you okay Hulkster?”
**The Ultimate Warrior then steps in front of Heyman with a look of anger on his face.**
Warrior: “The leader of the Hulkamaniacs is down but is not out Paul E. However this civil injustice that has been bestowed upon us shall not stand for but a minute longer. I demand that the Outlaws pay for these crimes against Hulkamania and the Warrior Nation in blood.”
Paul E: “Don’t worry I’ve already taken care of it. I’m going to have you two take on the New Age Outlaws next week on Turmoil and the winner of that match will take on the ETF in a Two out of Three Falls Tag Team Dog Collar Match.”
Warrior: “Well then you have said your piece, now leave us be as we nurse our wounds and prepare for the next battle that will take place against the Outlaws that have committed crimes against the worlds of Hulkamania and the Warrior Nation.”
**Heyman back peddles out of the medical facility as Hogan continues to receive medical attention.**
JS: “Well now that we have that situation resolved, it is time to resolve another one. The situation that deals with Sting and the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels. It was last Tuesday on Turmoil when Sting attacked Michaels in the backstage area in retaliation for the attack Michaels made against Sting in his match earlier in the night against Triple H, which cost Sting the win in that one. Sting hit the Scorpion Death Drop on Al Snow’s barbed wire two by four that was lying on the ground and busted the back of HBK’s head open. Michaels had to fight Bret Hart that night and although he put up a valiant effort, was unable to overcome the Hitman at less than a hundred percent. Michaels still has some stitches in the back of his head right now, but with almost a week’s rest is feeling much better.”
BH: “But this isn’t any kinda match here grease ball This is a last man standing barbed wire match. How can anyone come into a match like this at less than a hundred percent?”
JS: “Well HBK has shown through the hears he has more guts than brains and tonight I know, head injury or not, he is going to go into that ring and give one hundred and ten percent effort in order to hurt Sting so bad that he can’t answer a standing ten count.”
BH: “Well if he isn’t careful he could wined up with less brains than any of these humanoids out here because Sting is going to target that head just let Bret Hart did.”
JS: “Well he is going to put up a hell of a fight, that I can say for sure. I also understand that ring crew is putting up a new type o barbed wire up for this match.”
BH: “Again? Boy you are one group of sick puppies you know that?”
JS: “Do you wanna inform our viewers what type of barbed wire is up now?”
BH: “Must I?”
JS: “Well you only work once a month.”
BH: “Okay, let me get the glasses out again. Oh god, are you serious with this stuff? The barbed wire I this match is going to be blade point barbed wire. This barbed wire type has a design similar to the Point Star type. It has the same type of sheet metal barbs, but now with ten points. Twisted large and small strands with ten point sheet metal spur rowel barbs. Are you serious with this stuff?”
JS: “We have as many types of barbed wire as WWE has bikini contests.”
**Ring crew finishes putting up the barbed wire as the lights in the arena goes out and Sting’s music his heard in the background. The lights then start flickering red as Sting makes his way down to the ring with Shane Douglas, Trish Stratus, and Tylene Buck behind him. Sting’s music turns into the music of the New Church as they make their way to ringside. All four of them enter the ring using the step ladder, they stand in the middle of the ring, and look out into the crowd, then into the camera with Douglas talking trash the entire time. Douglas, Trish, and Tylene exit the ring as the lights come back on and the music fades. “Sexy Boy” and Shawn Michaels makes way through the curtain to the boos of the crowd. Michaels taunts the crowd, then as he gets halfway down the aisle poses for the cameras as pyros go off across the entire entryway. Michaels gets up, crotch chops some of the fans booing him, then makes his way down to ringside. Michaels takes off all of his entrance attire, then walks up the step ladder, gets into the ring, and him and Sting start going at it right away.**
Sting and Michaels exchange punches back and forth for a few seconds until Michaels ducks one of Stings punches then back elbows Sting in the face sending Sting back peddling. Michaels moves in and punches Sting a few more times, Sting goes for a haymaker punch in retaliation but Michaels steps under and into the punch, grabs Sting, and gives him a side suplex. Michaels gets up, poses for the cameras, then crotch chops the New Church at ringside. Michaels is careful not to get too close to the barbed wire then goes back on the offensive putting the boots to Sting as he tries to get up to his feet. Michaels pulls Sting up by his hair and goes to give Sting a Manhattan Drop but Sting pushes off Michaels, leaps, and clotheslines Michaels down to the mat. Sting gets Michaels down, take s a few steps back, runs, jumps and connects with a diving elbow to Michaels’ chest. Sting gets up and points to Douglas, Douglas almost immediately tosses a black bat into the ring that Sting catches. Sting then stands above Michaels waiting for him to get up. Michaels makes his way up to his feet and almost immediately Sting swings the bat and hits Michaels in his stomach, then hits him with it across his back knocking Michaels down on all fours. Sting pulls the bat back over his head and looks to really connect with a hard shot but before he can get it off Michaels hits Sting with a low blow. Michaels gets up to his feet grabs the bat, places it in front of Sting, grabs Sting by the hair, and gives him a Rocker Dropper on the baseball bat! Sting lands face first on the bat and clearly busts his nose as blood starts coming out of it immediately as the referee begins to count. 1…2….3…..4…5…..Sting gets up and is met with a stiff jab to the nose then a kick to the stomach. Michaels tries to pick Sting up for a piledriver but is unable to get Sting up and Sting counters with a back body drop. Douglas slides a chair into the ring right to Sting’s feet. Sting picks up the chair, opens it up, and places it in the middle of the ring. Michaels gets up and Sting hits him with a side chop to the throat and pushes him towards the near left corner of the ring. Michaels makes sure to get his balance so as not to touch the barbed wire. Sting grabs Michael by the hair, and gives him a running one handed face buster on the steel chair! Michaels is busted open from the shot as he lays on the mat and the referee begins to count for him. 1...2…3….4…..5….6…Michaels gets up to his feet and is met with another serious of chops from Sting. Sting crotch chops Michaels several times, then picks Michaels up as to give him a belly to back suplex, then drops him crotch first on the top of the point blade barbed wire ropes!! Sting walks back and grabs the chair, then walks back over to Michaels who is carefully trying to maneuver himself off the barbed wire. Sting goes to hit Michaels with the chair but Michaels grabs the chair in mid swing, pulls it away from Sting, and hits him with across the top of his head. Douglas then gets up on the ring apron and comes after Michaels but Michaels takes him down by throwing the chair directly into Douglas’ face! The referee comes over and helps Michaels slowly get down off of the point blade barbed wire ropes. Michaels gets down and drops to his knees favoring his lower waste area. Michaels gets up at the same time as Sting, Michaels goes for a quick Superkick but Sting catches Michaels’ leg, sweeps the other one down, picks it up, and puts Michaels in the Scorpion Death Lock!! Sting has to spin Michaels around a little before getting the hold locked on leaving Michael’s facing the middle of the ring while he has the hold locked on. Sting sits back on the hold as much as he can with Michaels yelling in pain. Michaels yells in pain and reaches out like he is reaching for the ropes but rather than reaching for the ropes Michaels is reaching for the black baseball bat that is near the middle of the ring. Michaels reaches far and gets his hand on it and pulls it back towards him. Michaels swings backwards and hits Sting in his left rib cage several times but Sting doesn’t let go of the hold. Michaels then puts the end of the bat on the mat and pushes off of it to get up enough to push Sting off of him and he does pushing Sting face first into the point blade barbed wire ropes!!
JS: “Oh my God, Sting just went face first into that point blade barbed wire.”
BH: “It’s a good thing he wears face paint cause he is going to need it to hide the scars that is going to leave.”
After getting out of the hold Michaels then uses the bat to get back up his feet and uses it as a cane of sorts as he grabs the chair and places it about a foot behind him and then waits for Sting to get back up to his feet. Sting gets up and his white face is pretty much stained red from the blood that is coming out of the cuts on his face. Sting gets up and when he does Michaels jams the bat onto Sting’s right thy, then puts Sting’s head between his legs, and gives him a Spike Piledriver on the steel chair! The referee then begins a standing ten count again as Michaels uses the bat to get back up to his feet, 1…2…3….4…..5……6…….7……..8……..9….Sting gets up to his feet after the nine count, Michaels drops the bat, jumps at him, but misses a diving forearm shot as Sting ducks and Michaels hits the mat hard. Sting picks up Michaels from behind and goes for the Scorpion Death Drop but Michaels elbows Sting in the stomach several times then flips up out of the move behind Sting and goes to give Sting the Scorpion Death Drop, but as he does Sting puts his left arm around Michaels’ neck and his left arm between Michaels’ legs and before Michaels and drop him Sting picks Michaels up out of the hold, gets Michaels up, and hits him with a Michinoku Driver! The referee starts the count again, 1….2…3….4…..5…..6……7…….8……..9…….Michaels barely gets up in time but gets up nonetheless on very wobbly legs. Sting moves in with a chop to the throat and tries to hit Michaels enough time so he’ll fall back into the barbed wire ropes. Sting takes a few steps back and charges Michaels to hit him but Michaels ducks out of the way and poses thinking Sting as crashed into the barbed wire but Sting landed hands first on the barbed wire and with his gloves on the damage was minimal. Douglas tosses another chair into the ring that Sting catches, opens up, and places behind Michaels. Douglas tosses yet another chair which Sting catches, opens up, and places across from the other chair with the seats slightly overlapping. Sting then grabs Michaels by the hair from behind, looks at him, and gives him the Scorpion Death Drop through the two overlapping chairs!!! Blood starts to lightly flow out of the back of Michaels’ head as the stitches were obviously opened and the referee starts the count again, 1..2…3…4….5…..6…….7…….8……..9……….10! Sting wins!
JS: “Oh me, what a war we just witnessed and I wouldn’t call Sting a winner with that much blood on his face, I’d call him the survivor of this last man standing match.”
BH: “This is a whole night of survivors Joey. No one tonight is a winner with all of the damage their bodies are undertaking. This is the real Survivor Series here tonight at Born to be Wired.”
**Sting and the New Church leave the ring with Trish and Tylene mildly helping Sting along the way. Medics get into the ring and help Shawn Michaels to the locker room area as ring crew disassembles the barbed wire for the last time. 4-Point Twirl barbed wire is set up as the ropes. This type of barbed wire has two points facing up and two facing down. It’s a basic single strand wire with four point barbs. This type however can move about up and down and sideways. Making it easy to rip off into skin and such. For the Born to be Wired Match the wire is reinforced with a single lace of razor wire wrapping the ropes on every side of the ring. Beds of barbed wire are attatched to each corner of the ring and a bed of glass with lightbulbs underneath the pane is placed in the middle o the ring along with two barbed wire baseball bats one placed on the near side of the ring, one placed on the far side.**
JS: “Well, this is it This is the match that everyone paid to see. This is the final round of the eHw World Title Tournament. This is the renewal of the greatest rivalry in eHw history. This is the Born to be Wired Match for for the eHw World Title between The Sandman and Bret Hart.”
BH: “I see Heyman is sparing no expense here because Michael Buffer is standing in the ring.”
JS: “That’s right, so I’m going to turn it over to him now for the introductions for the main event match.”
Michael Buffer: “Ladies and gentlemen, it is now time for the main event of the evening. In an already history making night where we have seen the first Intercontinental Champion of this new era of desire in EHW history crowned, it is now time for the two greatest warriors of the federation’s previous eras to go at it for the Heavyweight Championship, of the World. Are you ready? Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. . Are you ready? Well then for the thousands in attendance and the millions watching Born to be Wired Three around the world at home, ladies and gentlemen, lllllets get READY TO RRRUUUUMMMMMBBLLLLEE!!!!”
**The fans in the arena rise to their feet but then immediately begin booing as the lights in the arena go hot pink and purple and “You Start the Fire” is heard.**
Michael Buffer: “Now, coming to the ring wearing his traditional pink and black. He hails from the legendary wrestling city of Calgary, Alberta Canada where he made his name by wrestling with his brothers and father in the legendary Hart Dungeon. He has dominated every division of every promotion he has every fought in from tag team to every ranking of singles. He is a former five time WWE Champion, a former two time WCW Champion. Here he is the former four time eHw HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WOOOORRRLLLD! The man known around the world as the best there is, the best there was, the best there ever will, the greatest technical wrestler of all time, the master of the Sharpshooter, the Excellence of Execution. . . Bret HITMAN HAAARRRRRTTTT!!!”
**Bret Hart poses for the cameras and looks around the arena with a disgusted look on his face as the lights in the arena have come back on to normal illumination. The lights in the arena go dark again as “Enter Sandman” by Metallica plays and the crowd pops huge as The Sandman walks through the curtain and makes his way down to the ring.**
Michael Buffer: “And his opponent. He is a man that has helped put hardcore wrestling on the map around the world with his one of a kind ability to blend the use of shoot fighting, old school wrestling, and weapons. One of the founding members of the infamous Extreme Championship Wrestling promotion. He himself is infamous for being the original cigarette smoking, Singapore Cain swinging, beer swilling anti hero that set the stage for many to imitate, copy, and follow throughout the nineteen nineties. Ladies and gentlemen, the former five time ECW Champion, the first ever and five time eHw Heavyweight Champion of the WWOOORRRLLDDD! The man who is politically correct and damn proud of it, the Hardcore Icon and King of the Extreme, the man known around the world as THE SSSAAAAANNDDMAAAANNNNN!!”
**Michael Buffer carefully gets out of the ring using the step ladder as The Sandman holds up the Singapore Cain in the middle of the ring, pops open a beer, chugs part of it down, and smashes the can on his head as the bell rings and the match begins.**
Bret Hart and The Sandman go face to face in the middle of the ring, with the bed of glass/light bulbs, and the two barbed wire baseball bats standing between them. Neither man says a word they only stare a whole through each other. Sandman holds up his Singapore Cain with his right arm high in the air drawing in cheers from the entire crowd and a smirk across Sandman’s face. Bret Hart looks around the crowd then raises both his middle fingers in the air and flicks off the crowd, then turns and flicks off The Sandman as the cheers turn to boos. Sandman tosses the Cain behind him, looks around, and punches Hart across his face. Sandman steps over the bed and punches Bret across the side of his head knocking Hart within inches of the barbed wire. Sandman moves in for a haymaker but before he can Bret kicks Sandman in the stomach, hits him with two hard right hands, then gives him a side backbreaker. Hart gets up to his feet and slides the bed of glass and light bulbs to the edge of the ring on the left side of the ring, then picks up one of the barbed wire bats, and stands above Sandman. Bret looks around the arena then goes to jam the edge of the bat into Sandman’s chest but Sandman rolls out of the way. Sandman gets up to his feet but as soon as he does Bret jams him with the bat in his stomach. Sandman bends over in pain and when he does Bret pulls back and hits Sandman with the bat across his back full force. Sandman shoots up and yells in pain cause when Bret pulls back on the bat it rips part of Sandman’s shirt off and reveals a deep cut on his back. Bret moves in to target the wound but as he does Sandman mule kicks him in the balls stopping Hart in his tracks. Bret drops down to one knee, Sandman turns around, dives at Hart, and clotheslines him down to the mat. Sandman mounts on top of Bret and lays into him with several hard right hands to the face. Bret blocks as best he can and when Sandman reaches for the barbed wire bat he pushes Sandman off of him to the side. Both men get up to their feet but Sandman gets up with a bat and when Hart goes for a punch Sandman blocks it with the middle of the bat. Bret’s fist slams into the bat and begins favoring his hand immediately and when he does Sandman hits him on the side of his right thigh with the barbed wire bat and slides it down his leg! Bret’s tights and leg are cut up as he yells in pain while Sandman tears at his skin with the bat. Bret reacts quickly by raking Sandman’s eyes. Sandman falls back a few steps but the bat hangs off of the side of Bret Hart’s leg when he does. Hart pulls the bat out and throws it out of the ring then falls to the mat favoring his leg. Sandman gains his balance after his vision comes back to him and goes to kick Bret in the face but Bret catches Sandman’s foot, shoots up to his feet, and gives Sandman a dragon screw leg whip into the four point twirl barbed wire ropes!! Sandman lands back first on the middle of the X formed in the middle of the ropes by the barbed and razor wire! Sandman yells in severe pain as his back is dug into and cut up by the deep sharp metal of the four point twirl barbed and razor wire. Sandman slowly and carefully moves himself off of the barbed wire as the back of his shirt and back are cut further by him removing himself. Sandman crawls away from the barbed wire as Bret favors his leg which was cut by the barbed wire bat. Bret gets up to his feet, he limps over, picks Sandman up, and gives him a running bulldog. Bret gets up and calls for a chair and one is slid into the ring. Bret picks it up, opens it, walks over to Sandman, and closes the chair on Sandman’s leg after putting Sandman’s leg on the seat. Bret taunts the fans at ringside, then taunts the Sandman, then stomps the chair with Sandman’s leg in it. Sandman sits up yelling in pain and Bret stomps Sandman right in the face knocking him back down. Bret stomps the chair again, Sandman sits up again, and Bret stomps him in the face knocking him back down again.
BH: “The Hitman his showing his why he is the Excellence of Execution and is going right after the leg of the Sandman. He’s seen he can’t go punch for punch with him so he is getting back to his technical side, the sign of a great wrestler grease ball. Sandman’s got no shot here at all.”
JS: “I’ve seen Sandman in worse situations and come back from them, you can’t rule out The Hardcore Icon.”
Bret pulls Sandman into the middle of the ring and picks up the second barbed wire baseball bat. Bret holds the bat up like the Sandman does his Singapore Cain then hits the chair with the bat with Sandman’s leg still in it! A smile comes over Bret Hart’s face as Sandman covers his face with both his hands while rolling around in pain. Bret looks out at the fans and taunts them, and mocks the Sandman further. While he does this Sandman sits up and takes his leg out of the chair and crawls behind Hart and puts the chair between his legs. Sandman gets up to one knee then pulls up on the chair, crotching Hart with it. Hart bends down in pain and drops the barbed wire bat, Sandman grabs it, puts it to Bret’s throat, and gives him the Twisting Singapore Legsweep with the barbed wire baseball bat into the four point twirl barbed wire!!! Sandman pushes off of Bret’s body to get off the barbed wire and only suffers a couple minor cuts in the process. He gets down on the mat and favors his badly damaged leg as Bret sits in the barbed wire breathing in very deep in severe pain. Bret slowly moves forward to get off of the four point twirl barbed wire and gets off with only a few deep cuts to his lower back. Bret stays on all fours breathing in deep, he reaches behind him, squints a few times, then pulls out one of the four point twirl barbs out of the skin of his lower back! Bret throws it into the crowd then starts to get back up to his feet. Sandman crawls over and picks up his Singapore Cain, then gets up to his feet just before Hart. Sandman stumbles over as Bret gets up and nails him right in the jaw with a Home Run Singapore Swing! Bret goes right down and Sandman makes a cover, 1.…2.…..NO! Bret Hart kicks out and pushes Sandman off of him. Sandman gets up to his feet and yells something to one of the members of ring crew. Two members of ring crew go under the ring and pull out a ten foot high ladder and slide it into the ring. Sandman picks up the ladder and on the right side of the ring leans the ladder diagonally against the top barbed wire rope. Sandman walks over to Bret and starts to pick him up but as he does Bret low blows Sandman, Bret gets up using Sandman, then grabs him by the hair and back, and whips him head first into a bed of barbed wire in the near left corner of the ring!! Bret pulls Sandman off of the board as the front of Sandman’s shirt is ripped in the process and gives him a butterfly suplex into a backbreaker. But Bret has Sandman’s back hit on his leg that Sandman ripped up earlier in the match and Bret is seemingly hurt just as much by the move as Sandman. Both men lay on their backs, each man favoring their right leg. Bret rolls over to the edge of the far side of the ring and grabs a member of ring crew and gives him instructions.
JS: “What is Bret Hart saying to that member of ring crew?”
BH: “Are these guys personal servants to the wrestlers?”
JS: “Pretty much, they help set up the ring for the matches, and help the matches go along in as hardcore a manner as possible. But usually they just yell out what they want, what could Hart be telling him?”
BH: “It might have something to do with the fact that the right leg of his pants aren’t pink anymore, they’re red from that long gash Sandman put in it with the barbed wire bat.”
The member of ring crew runs to the back as Bret Hart gets up to his feet and picks Sandman up in the process. Bret slowly gets up, gets Sandman up to his feet and hits him across the face with a right hand, and another, and another. Sandman is on rubber legs as Bret picks kicks him in the stomach, puts his head between his legs, and picks him up for a piledriver but as he does Sandman kicks his legs around and gets back down, he goes to give Hart a back body drop by Hart bites the top of Sandman’s head and causes him to drop him. Hart kicks Sandman in the stomach again, puts him up for a piledriver again, but this time puts his right arm and between Sandman’s legs and locks his hands together. Sandman tries kicking his legs around again but it does no good and Bret Hart gives him a Cradle Piledriver! Bret makes the cover, 1.…2.….NO! Sandman kicks out as the member of ring crew comes running back to the ring. Hart rolls over to the near side of the ring and the member of ring crew hands him a roll of athletic tape. Bret takes the tape and wraps his right thigh with the tape. Bret forms several layers with the tape, then tosses it aside and gets back up. Bret picks Sandman up and goes to whip him into the four point twirl barbed wire ropes but Sandman holds onto Bret’s arm, stops himself, pulls Bret into him, and knees him in the midsection. Sandman pulls Bret over to the right side of the ring, puts him in a headlock, and gives him a vertical suplex onto the ladder! Bret slides off the ladder after hitting and denting it. Sandman opens up the ladder and starts climbing up to the top of it. Sandman gets on the second to last run, holds his arm up in the air, then dives off and nails Bret with a senton splash off the ladder! But Sandman only catches Bret with his legs as Bret slightly rolled out of the way. Sandman pulls Bret much closer to the ladder, drops a drunken elbow across his chest, then gets up, and slowly starts climbing to the top again. Sandman takes a little longer to get up to the top this time but does, and once again holds his arm up high in the air. Sandman yells out to the fans as well but as he does Bret Hart quickly gets up to his feet. Hart gets up grabs the ladder and pushes it to the right and Sandman goes flying off the ladder onto the four point twirl barbed wire and crashes through all three strands on the near side of the ring down to the mat!!!!
JS: “OH MY GOD!! He’s dead! He’s dead! Sandman just fell off the top of that ladder and just fell through those reinforced strands of four point twirl barbed wire and the razor wire that wraps it!!”
**The crowd in the arena erupts in a chant of “HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!**
Bret Hart sits on the mat looking at Sandman who as he rolls over shows that most of his upper body is covered in blood and barbed wire. Bret Hart pulls Sandman towards the center of the ring and makes a cover, 1.…..2.……NO! The Sandman kicks out and a look of shock and anger comes over the face of Bret Hart. Bret Hart gets up and grabs the referee by his shirt yelling that it was a three count. The referee stands his ground that it was a two count and Bret Hart punches the referee knocking him out the blow. Bret Hart picks up both of Sandman’s legs and goes to put on the Sharpshooter but Sandman grabs Bret Hart’s leg and holds twists the ankle bringing Bret Hart down to his stomach and Sandman cinches in an ankle lock submission. Bret yells in pain but then looks back sees Sandman sitting up and kicks him several times in the face with his other foot which is his right foot until Sandman lets go. Bret Hart gets away from Sandman, and gets a hold of the bed of glass and light bulbs. Bret pulls it towards the middle of the ring and slowly gets up to his feet as Sandman gets up to his feet and grabs his Singapore Cain with barbed wire still stuck in him attaching him to two corner posts of the ring. Ring crew quickly cuts the ends o the barbed wire that Sandman is attached to so he can move freely. Sandman stands behind Bret and waits for him to get up to turn around. Bret does turn around and Sandman goes for another Cain shot to the face but Bret ducks, steps into Sandman, and gives him a Spinebuster on the bed of glass and light bulbs!!! Bret kicks the Cain aside, picks up Sandman’s legs, puts his right foot between both of Sandman’s legs, and crosses Sandman's legs. Bret then takes a long strand barbed wire attached to Sandman’s back, ties his feet together, turns him over on his stomach while still on the bed of now broken glass and light bulbs, and locks him in the Sharpshooter!!! Bret Hart sits down and pulls back on the hold, cinching it in as hard as he possibly can. Bret yells in pain as the tape on his leg literally over stretches and snaps off his thigh from the amount of pressure he is putting on it while cinching in on the hold. Bret yells in severe pain but doesn’t release the hold as Sandman barely able to move holds his arm up in the air. . .and taps out! Bret Hart wins!
BH: “He did it! He did it! Bret Hart is the undisputed eHw Heavyweight Champion of the World!”
JS: “My god, what a match, what a mess, what a war we have just witnessed before our very eyes.”
**Bret Hart releases the hold and falls forward favoring his right leg. Bret rolls over on his back as the referee drapes the world title belt across his chest. Bret Hart then lets go of his leg and holds the belt to his chest with both arms. Ring crew quickly cuts down all of barbed wire around the ring as medics flood the ring and attend to both The Sandman and Bret Hart. The Sandman is removed from the bed of now broken glass and light bulb shards and laid on the mat. The medics cut up and remove the long strands of barbed wire stuck in The Sandman’s back and start wiping some of the blood off with towels. Medics start attending to Bret but he gets up on his knees and pushes them all out of the way as “Hitman” plays throughout the arena. Bret gets up to his feet and walks over and pushes all of the medics away from The Sandman then sits down next to him. Bret Hart is bending over to Sandman’s head and talking to him for more than several seconds while his music plays and the entire world watches. Bret pads Sandman on the shoulder twice then calls for the medics to come back and attend to him. Bret Hart slowly gets back up to his feet and holds up the world title belt in one hand and opens his hand with five fingers held high up in the air with the other indicating his fifth eHw World Title reign has begun. Bret gets circles the ring making that sign as the crowd who instead of booing actually stand and applaud the Hitman for the guts, effort, and hart that he showed in the brutal world title match that has just taken place.**
JS: “This has been said before, but I can safely say that that is without a doubt the greatest world title match in the history of extreme HARDCORE wrestling.”
BH: “Well don’t look so surprised dummy. They are the two greatest wrestlers in eHw’s history, fighting in the finals of only the second world title tournament in eHw history. They both new the importance of this match, they both brought their A games, but in the end grease ball, there can be only one winner. And that man is the man standing in the ring with the big gold belt in his hands. Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart is the eHw World Heavyweight Champion, for the fifth time.”
JS: “The best there is, was, and ever will be is now undoubtedly the best in eHw right now as he stands atop the wrestling world. And with that I think we can put a wrap on this night of chaos and carnage. A night of new beginnings for eHw as on the fourth anniversary of Paul Heyman taking over eHw, we saw some of the most hardcore action in this companies history. And it only gets better because next month, begins the event that gained eHw fame around the world, the King of the Deathmatch Tournament. For Bobby Heenan and the most hardcore roster in the world of pro wrestling this is Joey Styles saying goodnight everybody, and remember many are born to be wild, but only a select few are Born to be Wired!!”
