Footage from last week is shown, the last few minutes of the Battle Royal with Stylish attempting to Victory Roll Raven over the top rope and Raven hanging on. Stylish tumbles to the floor and Raven will face Ron Waterman for the championship at Battlequest.
We cut to New Jack's ghetto office where the Dark Warrior and Miles Stylish enter the office. Stylish has the International Title Belt over his shoulder.New Jack is doing a rubix cube and barely looks up when they come in.
New Jack: Yes, what can I do for you foo's.
Dark Warrior: The cosmic balance is aligned, all the fates have made the decision based into the world into the common force that governs the power which will be the force under the notion of Destrucity. All will be known, as the Lord of Destrucity prepares for his rightful chance to reign on top of everyone, looking down at the mortals like a mighty god and preparing to rule the cosmic forces in the world of championship glory into the force of Destrucity. The world will be prepared for the inevitable as I force them to sustain the choices which makes me the only one likely to face off against the world of the force and the intrigal force of the facts into the face of the world. I ask of you this chance to amend these decisions taking into account what is to come.
New Jack looks up with a confused look on his face.
New Jack: Okay, ya lost me right there. Now can you please fuckin' restate whatever the hell you said, in I dunno, English, you dig.
Stylish: What he means, you low educated ghetto punk is, he has come for what has been withheld from him for two years. He has beaten the best the NAWA has to offer and he finally has the chance to collect. The Warrior wants a chance at the NAWA World Title and I can promise you that he will walk out with the gold when it happens.
New Jack: Let me think...no way in hell, motha fucka. Anything you did in the last two years does not count, as you were not into title contention and now, since you have a new contract, you have to work back up the rankings. So sorry, foo', ain't gonna pass go, ain't gonna collect no two hundred dollars.
Stylish: You have got to be kidding me. This man wrestled, with no upside of a title shot for two years and when he is eligible for it, he gets shot down. What kind of commissioner are you?
New Jack: A Commissionah who is just followin' the orders of Mr. Matt Harms. He told me that this punk may be barging in here, demanding a title shot but not to give him one, as he has not earned it due to him being under a different contract then before. Plus, I think that punk ass bitch talks too much and does not back up his shit in the ring often enough. Now you want to do something about that, punk.
Stylish: As a matter of fact...
Before Stylish can say something, Rapmaster Killings enters the office.
Killings: Commissioner...
Stylish: Excuse me, Killings, this is a private meeting between the Commissioner and two thirds of the Triumvirate. So...
WARRIOR ATTACKS KILLINGS FROM BEHIND. Warrior pounds away at Killings as New Jack gets knocked down and his screen door propped up on two saw horses knocked onto him. Warrior and Stylish double team Killings but security breaks this up. Killings gets up and New Jack is cursing and Killings is attempting to get at the Triumvirate. With that we fade out to the ring.
Techno Music starts out and Spanky runs out to the ring, slapping hands with the fans. Spanky has the NAWA Cruiserweight Title Belt in his hand. Last week on this program, he stole the belt from Teddy Hart, foling the Hart Foundation, the Next Generation. Spanky enters the ring and bounces off the ropes, rocking out to his music.
"Take My Breath Away" by Berlin plays and the crowd boos as Jack Evans comes out. Jack Evans is trying to get some revenge on Spanky for the Hart Foundation, the Next Generation tonight and what a feather in the cap for Evans to beat the hot newcomer known as Spanky. Evans enters the ring and the bell rings, kicking off this match.
Jack Evans vs Spanky Lock up and Spanky takes Evans down to the canvas with a hiptoss. Evans charges Spanky but Spanky grips Evans around the arm and flips him over with an armdrag. Spanky picks up Evans and whips him into the ropes. Dropkick takes Evans down to the canvas. Spanky lifts up Evans and forearm to the face. Another pair of forearms and Spanky whips Evans chest first into the corner. Spanky rushes Evans and knees him in the back. Spanky backs off and rushes up the buckles, pounding Evans across the back of the head before backflipping off and twisting around. Grabbing around the head and reverse neckbreaker brings Evans down. Spanky rolls over Evans and covers him hooking the leg. Two count. Spanky leaps to the top rope and MOONSAULT DOUBLE FOOT STOMP STUNS EVANS. Spanky rolls over Evans and covers him hooking the leg, scoring a two count.
Spanky lifts up Evans but Evans thumbs Spanky in the eye. Evans backs off and chops away at Spanky. Irish whip sends Spanky into the ropes and powerslam brings Spanky down. Evans backs off and drives the point of the elbow down across the ribs. Evans lifts up Spanky and props him up into the corner before blasting him with some chops. Evans whips Spanky into the corner no Spanky reverses and EVANS FLIPS HALFWAY INTO THE CORNER. Evans staggers back out and kick to the midsection. Spanky grips Evans around the the head and goes for a Swinging DDT but EVANS COUNTERS BY CROTCHING SPANKY ON THE TOP ROPE! Spanky is stunned and Evans pops up, connecting with a roundhouse kick to the head. Spanky lands on the floor hard. Evans takes a running start and leaps to the middle of the top rope. 450 PLANCHA CONNECTS WITH SPANKY.
"Holy Shit" chant starts and Spanky has been squashed underneath Evans. Spanky is rolled back into the ring and Evans slingshots in with an elbowdrop. Cover hooking the leg but only a two count. Evans picks himself up and stomps away at Spanky. Evans whips Spanky into the ropes. Clothesline ducks and Spanky knees Evans in the midsection. Inverted Facelock but Evans fights out and flips over the back. Rolling Cradle brings Spanky down. Cover scores a two count. Evans goes for a kick but Spanky blocks it and spins Evans around. EVANS CATCHES SPANKY WITH A FRANKENSTEINER ON THE REBOUND! Legs hooked for the cover and another two count. Evans steps to the outside, scaling to the top rope. He takes his time, playing to the crowd. 630 EVANS CORKSCREW HITS THE KNEES OF SPANKY!
Evans pulls himself up, clutching his back and Spanky blocks a punch and jabs away at Evans. Spanky whips Evans into the ropes and leaps into the air, blasting Evans with a Tomahawk Chop. Spanky waits on Evans and knee to the midsection. Irish whip sends Evans into the ropes. Tilt A Whirl from Spanky, right into an inverted power bomb. Evans has been plastered into the canvas. Spanky rolls over Evans, making the cover, hooking both legs but only scores a two count. Spanky gives the signal. He lifts up Evans, preparing to go for the Sliced Bread #2 but Evans puts the breaks on and pounds away at Spanky. Evans hooks Spanky around the head and runs up the buckles, attemping to drill Spanky with his own Sliced Bread #2 but Spanky blocks that and twists around, before running up the buckles and smashing Evans down into the canvas with Sliced Bread #2. Spanky covers Evans and scores the pin, winning this match.
Spanky pinned Jack Evans with the Sliced Bread #2 in 0:07:57. Rating: **
Spanky celebrates his victory, grabbing the title belt but Teddy Hart rushes into the ring and attacks Spanky from behind. Teddy Hart pounds on Spanky but Spanky rolls to the floor quickly. Teddy Hart has the belt in his hand and Spanky attempts to get back in but his held back by the referee. Teddy Hart has reclaimed his belt.
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"Come Out and Play" by the Offspring plays and the crowd rises to their feet as Raven makes his way down to the ring. Raven, the number one contender to the NAWA World Title. The man who is loved by the fans and hated by everyone in the NAWA lockeroom. The man who has a chance to face Ron Waterman for the NAWA World Title at Battlequest. Raven steps into the ring, with the microphone in hand.
Raven: The lowest of the low, dispair of it all. Last week, I was in the pit of abyss, put in a match, destined to fail. Fourteen other wrestlers stood between me and my destiny. Everyone was out to put me out of commission and take away my chance to achieve the goal that was my destiny. In the end, wrestlers went, eliminated from the hunt and yet, I remained. Despite numerous attempts to finish me, to take me out of the match prematurely, I came back, and fought through it all. Finally, it came down to myself and Miles Stylish. Stylish battered me, attempting to get me over the top rope but he failed. Despite hitting me with a bone rattling Las Vegas Trauma, he failed, as the last object, the last roadblock, to Raven gaining a chance to become the NAWA World Champion, to achieve my destiny, to walk out with my belt. He attempted one last ditch attempt to put me over the top rope but I hung on. I clung onto my destiny, like a dying wolf on the last scrap of food he has. Stylish went over the top rope and tonight...
"A Call for Blood" by Hatebreed plays and out comes CM Punk. What in the world does he want? Punk makes his way down to the ring and steps into the ring, locking eyes with Raven. Punk snatches the microphone away from Raven.
Punk: Your destiny, Raven? The only thing you should be destined for is to lay at the bottom of the gutter, penniless and broken. Yet, you remain in this company and it makes me sick to my stomach. Raven, you are not worthy of challenging for the NAWA World Title, because you dress in a less than dignified manner, you look like a vagrant, and you are not a role model for the people with your habits. They make me sick Raven, you are the epitome of everything I despise. I would look better and would be a more fitting representative of this company, challenging for the NAWA World Title. If you had any guts, you would put your title shot on the line, tonight on Glory, in a match against me.
Raven gets up, considering CM Punk.
Raven: Why am I not surprised? Why I am not remotely shocked? CM Punk, you want to make a name for yourself but allow me to remind you of Wildfire. I beat you in the center of the ring. Let me right you of the Quarterfinals of the Gold Rush Tournament. I triumpthed in that match. How many times do I have to strike you down, before you take the hint? I overcome everything is thrown at me and yet, you continue to call me out, ridiculing me because I don't fit your straight edge values of life. You know what I think, Punk. The fact is that you are bitter because you have not gotten laid in a while.
The crowd gives a big ooh and Punk gets a sour look on his face. Punk snatches the microphone from Raven.
Punk: See what I mean. You are resorting to attacking me, someone obviously superior because you are inferior. Put the title shot on the line Raven. I only need one more shot, to beat you. I will prove once and for all why Straight Edge means I am better than you. Why...
Raven: If I give you the match, will you quit rambling on. I am sure am not the only one who is disdained by your constant preachings. I am sure the fans...
Punk: The fans really don't matter. Listen, Raven. Everyone in that lockeroom hates you. The fans may cheer you but the fans are on your level and they can sympathisize with someone like you. Me, on the other end, I live a higher standard of life than the fans and they boo me because I am superior to them. After all...
Raven stands up and calmly walks over to Punk, slapping him across the face. Punk gets an enraged look on his face and goes after Raven, beating him up. Raven attempts to fight back and he regains his posing but Elix Skipper, Kaz Hayashi, The French Revolution, Simon Diamond, and Johnny Swinger rush into the ring, attempting to get some of Raven. Raven fights these men off as Punk leaves but the numbers overwhelm him. Raven eventually gets beaten down by members of the NAWA lockeroom and is stomped and punched into the corner. Punk gets on the microphone.
Punk: See Raven. No one wants you in the lockeroom. I have some wrestlers out here who proved my point. You cannot fight the whole lockeroom Raven. We will break you and run you out of the company on a rail for your high crimes of treason against the NAWA lockeroom. You have conned us all at one point or another. I plan to get the one thing you hold dear from you, I am going to snatch it away from you, and that is an NAWA World Title Shot. Hell, I really don't want it right at the moment, I'll sell it to the highest bidder, it's just the entire lockeroom does not want your disgraceful hands on the NAWA World Title.
The crowd boos and throws trash at Punk but Punk walks off and so do the wrestlers who assaulted Raven in the center of the ring.
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The match has been made, CM Punk will face off against Raven for the NAWA World Title Shot at Battlequest later tonight. This is on Raven's request, as he stormed into the Commissioner's office during the break(unfortunately, for once, our cameras were not present) and demanded it. That will happen tonight and also Dark Warrior and Miles Stylish faces off against Rapmaster Killings and a partner of his choosing later tonight.
"Living La Vida Loca" plays and the crowd explodes into cheers as Lenny Lane and Juventud Guerrera come out to the ring. Lenny is carrying a stuffed goat for some reason but perhaps we are going to get to the bottom of this. Juvi and Lenny enter the ring and Lenny grabs the microphone straight away.
Lenny: Ladies and Gentlemen, moments ago, we saw one of the most pathetic events in the entire history of this great sport. It was a travesty. It was anarchy, destruction, and agony, not to be confused with the Archangels of Anarchy members of the same name. That groundbreaking move would be a French Revolution beatdown.
The crowd boos at the sound of what happened.
Lenny: Yes, I agree with you. Who wants to see the French Revolution on television?
Juventud: Jim Neidhart wants to see the French Revolution on television?
Lenny: Not that who, you tequilla sniffing buffoon.
Lenny gives Juvi a disgusted look before moving on.
Lenny: I mean, seriously. The French Revolution waste air time and not in the good sense like we waste airtime. Pretty pathetic and pretty pathetic to get beaten down by them, if you ask me. I mean, who gets beaten down by the French Revolution. Maybe the Backyard Dudes and David Flair, but that is about it. The French Revolution are the most pathetic tag team in wrestling since the Boselviks and...
Juventud: Let me stop you for a minute and ask you a question. Is your rooted poo candy ass seriously trying to instigate another feud to get a pay per view match and with the French Revolution of all teams?
Lenny pauses before looking sheepish.
Lenny: Yes, I'm afraid so.
Juventud: Son of a monkey's nipple, the Juice has sunk to a new low feuding with The French, the Juice would like to state that point clear, The French Revolution. The depths I go to get on Pay Per View. Remember last year around this time, I was feuding with Rapmaster Killings.
Lenny: Yes, I remember that quite well but I was feuding with Miles Stylish one year ago. Let's face it old buddy, our stock in the company has plummeted severely. Back to the matter at hand anyway. I am going to draw the French Revolution out here by raising their ire. I believe you know what this is.
Lenny picks up the stuffed goat that he brought into the ring and holds it up.
Juvi: You rooted poo candy ass, what kind of question is that. It is obviously some kind of plush novelity item, you jabroni.
Lenny: Indeed, it is a goat. Now we all know what Pierre Marquette has been known to do to goats.
Juvi: Pierre Marquette is a no good french rooted poo candy ass who likes to fu...
Lenny snatches the microphone away from Juvi.
Lenny: That was a rheotorical question, please do not answer. It does need to be answered that Pierre rather enjoys the company of goats.
Juvi: You mean the fact that he takes his strudel, turns it sideways and...
"The French Horn Music" plays and out comes an enraged Pierre Marquette. Obviously the goat comments hit a nerve, as that would be a point of his career which he'd like to forget. Pierre is red in the face.
Pierre: You idiots better shut up, while you are ahead. You do not want me to bring up the time, you, Juventud was caught in Australia naked or the time, you Lenny Lane dressed up Christopher Daniels in a female cheerleaders outfit.
Lenny: Hey, it was not my fault that young Christopher has a tight little a...
Juvi smacks Lenny across the back of the head.
Juvi: Damn, you jabroni, you want Daniels to send Sacrifice out here to beat the rooted poo out of us again.
Lenny: My apologies. Now, this statement goes out to goat boy. No one cares that if you did or did not have sexual relations with a barnyard animal. The fact remains is you suck and you got your ass kicked by Fernado Romero Entonio Domiquez or as we refer to him on the streets, F.R.E.D. So in short, you suck, and if you don't like it, you can come down to the ring and get physical with Double L and the Juice.
Pierre Marquette looks and grabs Jacques Strap by the arm. Pierre rushes to the ring and throws Jacques Strap at Juvi and Lenny. Juvi and Lenny pummel Mr. Strap as the bell rings, kicking off this match.
Lenny Lane and Juventud Guerrera vs the French Revolution Jacques Strap gets battered but Lord Napoleon climbs on the apron and gets assaulted as well. Pierre Marquette grabs the stuffed goat on the ring apron and HITS LENNY IN THE FACE WITH IT. The goat busts open, revealing a brick. Pierre Marquette covers Lenny Lane hooking the leg as Jacques Strap jumps on Juvi and takes him down from behind. Pierre scores the pin. The French Revolution have just won a match. Lenny Lane has been pinned by Pierre Marquette. This has to be the lowest point in his career.
The French Revolution (Jacques Strap and Pierre Marquette) defeated Juventud Guerrera and Lenny Lane when P. Marquette pinned Lane after hitting him with a stuffed goat loaded with a brick in 0:02:17. Rating: -3/4*
The French Revolution have scored the win and Juvi is not too pleased. He grabs Pierre Marquette and JUVI DRIVER NEARLY SPIKES PIERRE INTO THE CANVAS. Juvi goes after Jacques Strap but he gets away. You have got to believe this is far from over involving the French Revolution and Juvi and Lenny.
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"Hell's Bells" by AC/DC plays and the crowd explodes into boos as the Archangels of Anarchy come out. Armageddon, Destruction, and Christopher Daniels are the trio involved for this next six man tag team match, but they are also flanked by the Chosen One and the Seven Foot Tall, Three Hundred and Thirty Pound Sacrifice. The Archangels are in full force tonight, with Agony the only one missing. Christopher Daniels calls for the microphone.
Daniels: Ladies and Gentlemen, you are looking at the ultimate force in wrestling today. The five of us out here and Agony, who unfortunately cannot be with us tonight, will plunge the New Age Wrestling Alliance into an era of ever lasting darkness. Let's start with these two gentlemen right here. Armageddon and Destruction. Perhaps one of the best tag teams in wrestling today and they are an actual tag team, not two singles wrestlers thrown together because lack of anything to do. They will become the NAWA World Tag Team Champions soon, you can take that to the bank. Then we got the Chosen One, a cunning individual if I may say so. Jeff Jarrett was a joke and now he got turned into a sadistic killer, thanks to the Chosen One. Then we got Sacrifice. This man feels no pain, no feeling, and he is simply my tool. My tool to destroy whomever I choose to. The tool which I am going to be the biggest piece of the puzzle in my domination of this pathetic company.
Daniels pauses, soaking in the hatred of the crowd.
Daniels: Then we got the Fallen Angel, Christopher Daniels. The man standing before you and talking right now. The man who will become the NAWA World Champion sooner rather than later. I am the puppet master, everyone in the company is dancing along on strings for my amusement and New Jack would be prudent to give me another chance to win the NAWA World Title at WrestleClash III or help me, the Archangels of Anarchy will level this entire promotion to the ground. The NAWA World Title is the final key, the missing piece of the puzzle, and it is my right to hold it. Not Ron Waterman, our current champion. Not Miles Stylish. Not Raven, The Dark Warrior, or any of the other pretenders to the top of the company. Remember New Jack, we will make an example tonight out of our opponents and prove why it would be beneficial for the future of this company to hand me an NAWA World Title Shot as part of the main event at WrestleClash III. If you refuse, then so be it, the company will be destroyed within a few months. That is the gospel of the Fallen Angel.
Daniels drops the microphone as "Heartbreaker" by Led Zepplin plays and out comes Chris Sabin and Matt Bentley. They will be two thirds of this six man tag team match. Bentley and Sabin have to take offense to Daniels calling Armageddon and Destruction the best tag team in the New Age Wrestling Alliance. Sabin and Bentley stare into the ring before looking up the ramp.
"Phenominal" plays and the crowd explodes into cheers as AJ Styles come down to the ring. Styles enters the ring and Sabin, Bentley, and Styles walk to the ring together. They enter the ring and the bell rings, kicking off this six man tag team match.
The Archangels of Anarchy(w/Sacrifice and the Chosen One) vs AJ Styles, Chris Sabin, and Matt Bentley Bentley starts out with Daniels. They lock up and Daniels goes behind, ramming some forearms across the back of the head of Bentley before whipping him into the ropes. Spin Kick brings Bentley down to the canvas. Daniels lifts up Bentley and chops away. Follows that up with some punches and whips him into the ropes. Bentley ducks a clothesline and comes back with one of his own. Bentley backs up and another clothesline. Bentley makes the tag to AJ Styles. Styles leaps to the middle of the top rope and springboard dropkick rocks Christopher Daniels back. Styles lifts up Daniels and armwringer, followed by some punches. Styles whips Daniels into the ropes and Styles ducks the head, which he pays for with a facebuster. Daniels backs off and drops a knee down across the chest of Styles for a two count.
Daniels lifts up Styles and jab to the throat before making the tag to Armageddon. Holding the arms of Styles behind his back and Armageddon laces into Styles with some kicks. Armageddon whips Styles into the ropes and levels him with a vicious palm thrust into the chest. Armageddon lifts up Styles and another vicious palm thrust. Styles whips Armageddon into the ropes and knee to the back stuns Styles. Armageddon spins Styles around and kicks to the chest before making the tag to Destruction. Armageddon puts Styles in a wheelbarrow before Destruction hooks the head. INVERTED POWER BOMB/DDT SENDS STYLES CRASHING DOWN. Destruction covers hooking the leg for a two count. Destruction pounds away at Styles with some stomps before lifting up Styles. Punches and he scoops up Styles before slamming him down. Destruction fires a few more stomps before climbing up up, facing the crowd. MOONSAULT CONNECTS WITH THE KNEES OF STYLES!
Styles crawls over to the corner but Daniels gets tagged in. Daniels grabs Styles and chops away at him, before pulling him up in the leg. Daniels swings a jab but Styles ducks his head and POPS DANIELS IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH AN ENZUIGIRI. Styles falls into the corner and tag Chris Sabin. Sabin steps into the ring and punches away at Daniels as he gets up. Sabin whips Daniels into the corner and high back body drop. Sabin knocks Armageddon off the apron as he tries to interfere. Destruction is on the top rope and Bentley grabs him and shakes the ropes. DESTRUCTION FALLS CROTCH FIRST ONTO THE TOP ROPE. Sabin blasts Daniels in the chin with an uppercut. Sabin puts Daniels on the top rope. Sabin climbs up with Daniels as Bentley climbs up with Destruction. Punches hammered into the heads of both Daniels and Destruction STEREO SUPER FRANKENSTEINERS BRING BOTH DESTRUCTION AND DANIELS CRASHING TO THE CANVAS. Armageddon attempts to run interference but Styles is in and HE WALLOPS ARMAGEDDON WITH THE PELE! Sabin covers Daniels hooking the leg but only scores a two and three fourths count. when Sacrifice pulls Sabin to the floor.
Sacrifice pounds away at Sabin but Sabin manages to rake Sacrifice in the eyes to stun the big man. Sabin enters the ring but Daniels attacks him as he enters the ring. Sabin trips up Daniels and Daniels ends up on the floor. Sabin slingshots out and ONTO DANIELS WITH A SOMERSAULT PLANCHA! Daniels goes down underneath Sabin but Destruction is on the other end. He slingshots out and SLINGSHOT CLOTHESLINE TO THE FLOOR BRINGS SABIN DOWN! Armageddon and Bentley are trading chops but Bentley dumps Armageddon to the outside and ONTO DESTRUCTION. Bentley climbs the top rope, facing the crowd. MOONSAULT PLANCHA ONTO ARMAGEDDON AND DESTRUCTION! Both men are out and the crowd chants holy shit as Daniels enters the ring but gets met with Styles. Daniels and Styles trade chops but Daniels whips Styles into the ropes. Daniels goes for a spin kick but Styles ducks underneath it. Daniels leaps over the top rope on the rebound and FLIES INTO BENTLEY WITH A TOPE CON HILO!
Styles has a look on his face that plainly says. "I Can Top That". Styles climbs up to the top rope as the other five men in this match and the Chosen One are brawling at ringside. Styles is up on the top rope and SHOOTING STAR PLANCHA ONTO THE CROWD OF WRESTLERS. The crowd is on their feet. That move as huge! Destruction is rolled back in by Sabin. Sabin staggers to his feet and Destruction charges Sabin with a clothesline but Sabin ducks underneath it. Sabin brings Destruction onto his shoulders and CRADLE SHOCK SENDS DESTRUCTION INTO THE CANVAS. Sabin covers Destruction hooking the leg and scores the pin!
Matt Bentley, Chris Sabin and AJ Styles defeated The Archangels of Anarchy (Armageddon, Christopher Daniels and Destruction) when C. Sabin pinned Destruction with the Cradle Shock in 0:07:49. Rating: ***
Sabin gets his hand raised but Sacrifice enters the ring. YAKUZA KICK NEARLY DECAPITATES SABIN! The Archangels enter the ring and beat down Sabin, on the orders of Christopher Daniels but the crowd explodes into cheers. IT'S THE NAWA WORLD CHAMPION RON WATERMAN! Ron Waterman rushes into the ring and Armageddon rushes Waterman but gets nailed with an elbow. Waterman whips Armageddon into the ropes. Big boot. Destruction leaps at Waterman but gets caught and FALLAWAY SLAM SNAPS DESTRUCTION OVER. Waterman sends the Chosen One flying with a punch. Daniels gets grabbed and clotheslined to the floor. This leaves Sacrifice and Waterman. Waterman and Sacrifice stare down each other but Daniels orders Sacrifice to leave. Sacrifice steps out but someone in a ski mask and a full black bodied suit enters the ring with a kendo stick. THIS MASKED MAN CRACKS THE KENDO STICK OVER THE BACK OF THE HEAD OF WATERMAN!
Waterman is stunned but the crowd explodes into cheers before the masked man can pull off another shot, as Raven slides into the ring and takes the kendo stick away. The masked man quickly departs and Waterman turns around, seeing Raven with the weapon. Waterman charges Raven and pounds away at Raven and the referees enter the ring and pull Waterman off. Waterman grabs two of the referees and send them flying. Raven jumps on Waterman, obviously not too happy Waterman attacked him after Raven made the save. Raven pounds Raven and a third referee attempts to pull Raven away but RAVEN LEVELS THE REFEREE IN THE EYE WITH A KENDO STICK! The referee falls back, clutching his eye. The fourth referee has a scared look on his face and leaves the ring, running for his life. Waterman grabs Raven from behind and attacks him. Waterman gets a few punches before Raven slides to the floor. Raven walks off, taunting Waterman. Raven is going to live and fight another day.
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The Commissioner's Office:
New Jack is still doing his rubix cube when senior referee Rich Hanson enters the office.
Hanson: None of us are doing it.
New Jack: None of you are doing what, foo'. You betta start making some sense, dawg, or...
Hanson: You know what the problem is. Three of my referees got attacked when they attempted to break up that brawl. The fourth one managed to get away but he is pretty shaken up. One of them had to be taken to the hospital due to the splinters he got in his eye from that kendo stick shot. Waterman and Raven are both out of control. None of us are going to referee the NAWA World Title Match at Battlequest and if you try and force us to do it, the referee union of the New Age Wrestling Alliance will go on strike.
New Jack: We have a referee union? What white bread tofu eating foo' started that shizzle?
Hanson: It was started after the Disco Inferno era to prevent the Commissioner from influencing a referee. We have spoken. Don't force us to referee Raven and Waterman at Battlequest. Of course, if Raven loses his NAWA World Title Shot to CM Punk tonight, we will be happy to referee that match, because...
New Jack: Damnit, get out of my office. Always fuckin' somethin'. Maybe I should call up a referee who can handle getting in a few minor scrapes. If you don't want to referee that match, I will find someone who will.
Hanson leaves without a word as New Jack puts his head in his hands in frustration. With that scene, we fade back into the arena.
"Just Say It, Just Say My Name, Primetime Baby"
Elix Skipper makes his way down to the ring. Tonight Elix has a chance to become the NAWA Television Champion but to do so, he will have to conquer perhaps the most vicious wrestler in the NAWA today, Jerry Lynn. Elix Skipper leaps into the ring, preparing for action.
"In the End" by Linkin Park plays and out comes Jerry Lynn. Lynn walks down to the ring with the NAWA Television Title draped over his shoulder. Lynn steps into the ring and hands the Television Championship to the referee, who holds it up into the air. The bell rings and this Television Title Match is underway.
NAWA Television Title Match: Elix Skipper vs Jerry Lynn(c)
Lock up and Lynn shoves Elix up into the corner. Forearm attempt but Elix ducks and Lynn collides into the corner. Elix spins Lynn around and a series of kicks to the ribs. Elix Skipper whips Lynn into the ropes and leg lariat knocks Lynn down. Waiting for Lynn and a series of kicks before Elix Skipper does a handstanding, into a spinning headscissors. Elix Skipper backs off and grabs Lynn around the arm, taking him down with a hiptoss. Lynn is back up and Elix Skipper wrings out the arm, before battering Lynn with chops. Elix whips Lynn into the corner and knee to the midsection. Climbing up and ten count punches before Elix backflips out and corner clothesline. Lynn is doubled over and Elix Skipper backs off. Swinging Neckbreaker snaps Lynn down. Elix Skipper covers Lynn but only scores a two count. Elix backs off and goes for a leaping elbowdrop but Lynn rolls out of the way.
Elix is stunned and Lynn batters Elix with a forearm smash to the chest. Lynn hooks Elix in a gutwrench and gutwrench suplex snaps Elix Skipper. Lynn steps to the outside. He waits for Elix Skipper to get up. Lynn slingshots to the middle of the top rope and springboard dropkick brings Elix Skipper down. Cover scores a two count. Lynn lifts up Elix and elbow hammered across the back of the head. Another elbow elbow driven across the back of the head. Snap mare and Lynn fires some kicks before backing off. Jumping Neck Snap brings Elix Skipper's head forward. Lynn covers Elix Skipper to score a two count. Lynn lifts up Elix Skipper and rams him into the corner before blasting him with a chop. Another chop and Lynn knees Elix Skipper. Lynn hooks Elix Skipper and hoists him up before bringing him down onto his head with a vicious brain buster. Another cover and another two count.
Lynn lifts up Elix Skipper and lifts him up to the top rope. Chop to the chest. Another chop to the chest. Lynn climbs up with Elix Skipper and elbow to the back of the head. Head hooked and attempted Super DDT but Elix Skipper grabs onto the top rope to block and shoulder to the midsection. Forearm to the midsection. Another forearm smashed into the midsection and Lynn lands on his feet. Elix Skipper bends down and elbow to the face which knocks Lynn backwards. Elix Skipper climbs to the top rope and walks the rope. ROPE WALK FRANKENSTEINER SNAPS JERRY LYNN DOWN. Lynn rolls to the outside to clear his head but Elix Skipper backs off. TOPE SUICIDA KNOCKS LYNN INTO THE GUARDRAIL. Elix Skipper rolls Lynn into the ring. Slingshot into the ring and Elix Skipper drives the elbow down across the chest of Lynn. Cover hooking the leg and scores a two and a half count.
Elix Skipper lifts up Lynn in a front facelock and pounds away at the back. Irish whip into the corner and running back elbow smash stuns Lynn. Elix Skipper hooks the arm of Lynn and puts the leg over the head. Play of the Day snaps Jerry Lynn down to the canvas. Elix Skipper covers hooking the leg but Lynn is in the ropes at two and a half! Lynn was a half a second away from losing the Television Championship. Elix Skipper lifts up Lynn and armwringer, followed by some chops and a clothesline brings Lynn down. Elix Skipper drops a knee to the face and lifts up Lynn. Elix Skipper hoists up Lynn. Sudden Death attempt but Lynn drops down and rolls up Elix in a sunset flip before dragging Elix Skipper into the upside down position with a cradle and CRADLE PILEDRIVER BRINGS ELIX SKIPPER INTO THE CANVAS! Elix Skipper bounces about a foot off the canvas and Lynn covers for the pin to retain the Television Title!
Jerry Lynn pinned Elix Skipper with the Cradle Piledriver in 0:09:58. Rating: *** 1/2 (Jerry Lynn retained the NAWA Television Title.)
Jerry Lynn gets up and stomps away at Elix Skipper. Lynn lifts up Elix and prepares to deliver the Cradle Piledriver but the crowd is cheering. THE GAMBLER RUNS OUT FROM THE BACK! The Gambler is on the top rope and HE KNOCKS LYNN DOWN TO THE CANVAS WITH THE ROULETTE SPIN! Lynn quickly grabs the Television Title Belt and the Gambler motions for Lynn to reenter the ring but Lynn appears to be ready to leave to fight another day. The Gambler plays to the crowd. At Battlequest, Jerry Lynn will battle the Gambler for the NAWA Television Title.
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"Sharp Dressed Man" by ZZ Top plays and the crowd explodes into boos as the NAWA International Champion Miles Stylish and The Dark Warrior of the Triumvirate make their way down to the ring. Stylish enters the ring, taking off the International Title Belt, which he will defend against Tony Mamaluke at Battlequest in a Ladder Match. Stylish leaps to the second rope and taunts the crowd while the Dark Warrior sneers at them.
"Mama Said Knock You Out" by LL Cool J plays and the crowd explodes into cheers. Rapmaster Killings makes his way out up the ramp. Killings has a microphone.
Killings: Tonight, I am going to step into the ring with Stylish and the Dark Warrior, dig that The beating the Rapmaster will dish out will be absolutely phat Tonight, I will take both you bitches down Then the Rapmaster goes onto the big crown Yeah, that's right, Rapmaster K is making a bye for the NAWA World Title That feeling will be gospel, you can put that in the bible But tonight, the Rapmaster and his partner will get the duke So let me introduce my partner, Tony Mamaluke
The crowd cheers as "Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees plays and Tony Mamaluke comes out, sarcastically waving to Stylish. Mamaluke and Killings exchange a high five and make their way to the ring. The bell rings and this tag team match would be underway.
Rapmaster Killings and Tony Mamaluke vs Dark Warrior and Miles Stylish Mamaluke starts out with the Warrior. Both men lock up and Warrior shoves Mamaluke in the corner. Warrior batters Mamaluke with a series of kicks to the midsection. Warrior backs off and clothesline into the corner. Grabbing the throat of Mamaluke and Warrior chokelifts Mamaluke up and shakes him before dropping him down and shoulderblocking him down to the canvas. Warrior backs off and kneedrop to the chest. Warrior lifts up Mamaluke and tag to Stylish. Warrior holds Mamaluke, so Stylish can batter him with chops. Stylish whips Mamaluke into the ropes and leg lariat brings Mamaluke down to the canvas. Stylish lifts up Mamaluke and forearm to the chest. Another forearm to the chest batters Mamaluke. A third forearm is ducked and Mamaluke comes back with an European Uppercut.
Mamaluke grabs Stylish and whips him into the ropes. Knee to the midsection. Mamaluke backs off and Rocker Dropper bringing Stylish into the canvas. Mamaluke rolls over Stylish and covers, scoring a two count. Mamaluke picks up Stylish and wrings out the arm, before bringing in Rapmaster Killings. Killings leaps to the top rope and brings an axe handle down onto the arm of Stylish. Killings wrings out the arm of Stylish and puts him in a hammerlock, wrenching up on the arm. Killings rams a knee into the elbow and Killings whips Stylish into the corner. Killings rushes in but Stylish moves and Killings hits the corner. Stylish kicks Killings and hooks him around the head before bringing him down with a DDT. Stylish covers hooking the leg but only scores a two count. Stylish walks over to the corner and tags the Dark Warrior.
Warrior enters the ring and forearm down across the back of Killings. Warrior pounds away at Killings with more punches before whipping him into the ropes. Scooping up Killings and bringing him down with a backbreaker. Warrior lifts up Killings and scoops him up over his shoulders. Snake Eyes brings Killings crashing chest first into the corner and Warrior turns Killings around before ramming a pair of knees into him. Warrior pulls Killings out and into a short arm clothesline. Warrior lifts up Killings and hooks him before hoisting him up. Vertical Suplex brings Killings down and tag brings Stylish back in. Stylish slingshots in and slingshot legdrop down across the chest of Killings. Cover hooks the leg to score a two count. Stylish stomps away at Killings before picking him up. Irish whip into the ropes and Stylish dips around, before driving Killings down to the canvas with a backspin DDT. Another cover and another two count.
Stylish lifts up Killings and props him up into the corner before leveling him with some chops. Stylish backs up and runs up, pounding away at Killings with some punches but Killing stops Stylish cold with an inverted atomic drop. Leaping Spinning Leg Lariat sends Stylish down and Killings rolls to the corner, making the tag to Mamaluke. Mamaluke grabs Stylish by the leg and pulls him up to his feet. Mamaluke batters Stylish with some punches and whip into the ropes. High Back Body Drop brings Stylish down. Mamaluke backs off and clothesline brings Stylish down. Another pair of clotheslines knock Stylish loopy. Mamaluke lifts up Stylish and knee to the back. Mamaluke climbs up to the second rope, preparing for an Inverted Swinging DDT but WARRIOR CLUBS MAMALUKE FROM BEHIND!
Warrior just stopped Mamaluke cold and Stylish pounds away at Mamaluke before draping him over his shoulder. Michinoku Driver sends Mamaluke off the top rope. Stylish lifts up Mamaluke and chop to the chest. Another pair of vicious chest chops and irish whip into the ropes. Spinning Headscissors snaps Mamaluke down and Stylish lifts up Mamaluke before hooking him. Swinging Suplex brings Mamaluke down and Stylish walks over to the corner and makes the tag to Warrior. Warrior enters the ring and hammers away at Mamaluke before whipping him into the ropes. Shoulderblock stuns Mamaluke and Warrior scoops up Mamaluke before powerslamming him down. Warrior throttles Mamaluke with a choke and Mamaluke thrashes around. Warrior picks himself up and drops an elbow down across the chest of Mamaluke. Cover scores a two count.
Warrior pounds away at Mamaluke and locks him in a bearhug. Warrior is attempting to squeeze the life out of Mamaluke. Warrior punishes Mamaluke like this for a spell and the referee checks the arm. It drops two and a half times before Mamaluke is attempting to fight out. Warrior lets go of Mamaluke and attempts to cream him with a lariat but Mamaluke dips underneath and attempts a kick but Warrior blocks it. MAMALUKE STUNS THE WARRIOR WITH A STEP OVER HEEL KICK! Warrior steps back and tags Stylish but this gives Mamaluke time to shoot into the corner and tag in Killings. Killings enters the ring and blocks a punch from Stylish before firing back with about three more of his own. Chops and whip into the ropes. Hoisted up and flapjack. Killings backs off and knee to the midsection. Backing off and leaping up into the air. Axe Kick brings Stylish down. Killings rolls over Stylish and covers hooking the leg but Warrior pulls Killings off the cover at two.
Killings pops up and batters the Warrior with chops but the Warrior clubs Killings in the chest. Mamaluke leaps into the ring and catches Warrior with a dropkick. Warrior staggers back and Mamaluke pounds away at Warrior as the referee attempts to pull them away. Stylish attempts to cheapshot Killings but Killings trips up Stylish in a double leg pickup and steps through. RAP TRAP APPLIED. Killings has the Rap Trap applied on Stylish and Mamaluke is chopping away at Warrior in the corner before the referee pulls Mamaluke off and ushers him back into the corner. STYLISH IS TAPPING OUT! The referee has his back turned but Stylish is tapping out from the Rap Trap. Warrior rushes Killings from behind and LARIAT TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD. Warrior leaves the ring, the damage done. Stylish tapped out but the referee did not see it. Stylish rolls over Killings and covers him hooking the leg. Warrior grabs the foot of Mamaluke from behind on the floor and prevents him from saving as Stylish scores the pin.
The Triumvirate (Miles Stylish and The Dark Warrior) defeated Tony Mamaluke and Ron Killings when M. Stylish defeated Killings via pinfall in 0:12:42. Rating: *** 1/2
Killings is down, clutching his head. Mamaluke attempts to fight off Warrior as he holds his foot but Stylish has the International Title Belt. SHOT TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD OF MAMALUKE. Mamaluke flies off the ring apron and CRASHES THROAT FIRST INTO THE GUARDRAIL! Mamaluke clutches his windpipe, gasping for air as Stylish has a smirk on his face. Stylish slides down and lifts up Mamaluke. LAS VEGAS TRAUMA ON THE ARENA FLOOR. Stylish stands over Mamaluke, holding up the International Title and yells that Mamaluke will never win the title! Stylish gives Mamaluke a parting kick to the head before walking off.
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Dan Marion is standing by at a local tavern.
Marion: I am NAWA investigative reporter Dan Marion and I am on location for a very special interview. My guest is coming around the corner right now. Ah, Scott Hall.
Hall walks around the corner, dressed in an old WCW Outsider's T-Shirt and a pair of jeans. Hall shakes the hand of Marion.
Hall: Yo, what's up, Danno.
Marion: Mr. Hall, back at Night of the Rogues, you lost yet another match to the Dark Warrior. I must say, your performance has been dropping off within the last couple of months and you have been losing your edge, pardon the pun. Is your career on it's final legs?
Hall: To tell you the truth, mang, I don't really know. I mean, I seem to be slowing down, not as much spring in my step as I used to have, chico. I am going to have to level with ya, I am not the young cocky gun I used to be. This run in the NAWA may indeed be my last run, but I will not go out with a whimper.
Marion: With all due respect, sir, it seems like you may have no choice. You've lost match after match in the NAWA. The losses keep piling up. The Warrior, Miles Stylish, Teddy Hart, Christopher Daniels, it seems like every time you enter the ring, you seem to be staring up at the loss. It would be more humane for you to just hang up the boots now.
Hall: Ya know, Danno, the thought crossed my mind many times but screw it, chico. One last run. Once last chance and Da Bad Guy will be in the thick of the mix. I will rise to the top, the one place I have not been before. I heard many fans say, and chico, they are not wrong, that the only reason I am not great as opposed to good is I have never held a World Championship. Well, this may be my last hurrah, the last shootout for Da Bad Guy, but let me tell ya something chico, I will go out on the top, with the NAWA World Title Belt in my grasp. I am going to ask and I want all my fans, all the fans of Scott Hall including Paul and Shawn in New York to get on the phone and demand that Scott Hall will get the NAWA World Title Shot at WrestleClash III.
Marion: Seems to be a lot of people wanting that these days, so your chances of getting what you want should be slim. Good luck in finishing the rest of your career in obscurity and ending up in a gutter somewhere, Alka-Hall. This is Dan Marion, let's go back to the arena for some more NAWA action.
We fade back into the arena.
"Ride of the Valkeries" plays and the NAWA Cruiserweight Title will be at state as Johnny Excalibur comes to the ring. Excalibur looks ready for action. Excalibur has yet to taste defeat in the NAWA and has a chance tonight to walk out with the NAWA Cruiserweight Title but to do so, he must defeat the man who may be the greatest Cruiserweight wrestler in the world today. Excalibur enters the ring and takes off his helmet and puts his shield in the corner.
"Take My Breath Away" by Berlin plays and the crowd explodes into boos as the egomantic NAWA Cruiserweight Champion Teddy Hart comes out. Hart requested this match to send a message to Spanky by Hart beating someone who has yet to lose in the New Age Wrestling Alliance. Hart takes off the Cruiserweight Title Belt and places it in the ring. Hart enters the ring and the bell rings, kicking off this NAWA Cruiserweight Title Match.
NAWA Cruiserweight Title Match Johnny Excalibur vs Teddy Hart(c)
Excalibur grabs Teddy Hart and hiptoss brings the champion down. Excalibur fires some forearms and whips Hart into the ropes, before leapfrogging over him and dropkicking him down. Hart rushes Excalibur but Excalibur fires a kick. Excalibur grabs Teddy Hart around the arm and flips him to the canvas. Somersault Legdrop and Excalibur covers, scoring a two count. Excalibur waits on Teddy Hart and whip into the ropes. Spinning elbow smash knocks Teddy Hart to the ring apron. Excalibur leaps to the middle rope and dropkick sends Teddy Hart to the floor. Hart falls off the apron and lands chest first into the guardrail. Excalibur does an inverted baseball slide out, catching Teddy Hart with a bulldog, causing the champion to crash facefirst onto the arena floor.
Excalibur pulls himself up to the ring apron and waits for Teddy Hart to get up. Hart is up and Excalibur runs down the ring apron. ROPE RUN RANA TAKES TEDDY HART OUT! Hart gets flipped over and Excalibur pounds away at Teddy Hart with forearms and stomps before rolling him into the ring. Excalibur leaps up to the top rope. Excalibur is up on the top rope, facing the crowd. Excalibur leaps off and STARDUST PRESS NEARLY WIPES OUT TEDDY HART! Hart is down and out from that vicious Stardust Press but Excalibur is down as well. Excalibur rolls onto Teddy Hart and covers, but only scores a two count. Excalibur lifts up Teddy Hart and a series of rapid fire palm blows before Excalibur whips Teddy Hart into the ropes. Knee to the midsection and gutwrench. GUTWRENCH TWISTING POWER BOMB. Hart's head gets bounced off the canvas and Excalibur makes a cover. Two count once again as Teddy Hart rolls the shoulder up.
Excalibur lifts up Teddy Hart and armwringer and palm thrusts. Excalibur grabs Teddy Hart around the arm and runs up the ropes before leaping up and hooking Teddy Hart around the head, before driving him down with a Swinging DDT. Excalibur picks up Teddy Hart and pounds away at him before whipping him into the ropes. Excalibur charges Teddy Hart in the corner but Teddy Hart moves and EXCALIBUR SHOOTS OVER THE RINGPOST, STRIKING HIS KNEE CAP FLUSH INTO THE RINGPOST. Teddy Hart rushes at Excalibur, battering the back of his leg with forearms while he is pressed into the ringpost and hanging over the ropes. Hart twists Excalibur around and snaps him back into the ring with a dragon screw. Hart hangs onto the leg and drops a pair of elbows to it. Hart drags Excalibur over to the ringpost, setting his leg up against him. Hart is on the apron and he backs off. HART PUNTS THE LEG, CRACKING IT UP AGAINST THE POST.
Hart pulls Excalibur out and wrenches the leg, driving a knee into the back of it. Teddy Hart spins around the leg, viciously pulling at it with a spinning toe hold before draping it over the bottom rope and sitting down on it a couple of times. Hart lifts up Excalibur before kicking his leg out from underneath him. Hart lifts up Excalibur again and sets him up. KNEE CRUNCHING ATOMIC DROP. Hart hangs onto the leg and dragon screw legweep before dropping a headbutt into the gut and attempting to step through with the Sharpshooter but EXCALIBUR GRABS THE HAIR OF HART AND ROLLS THROUGH WITH A SMALL PACKAGE! Two and Three Fourths Count off of that desperation move.
Excalibur limps up to his feet but Hart delivers a legsweep and grabs Excalibur's legs before stepping through. Sharpshooter is applied. Hart is rocking back on the Sharpshooter. He is putting all the pressure of the move on and Excalibur is attempting to squirm out of the hold but he is finding that difficult. Excalibur is attempting to scoot to the ropes but Hart has a tight grip. Excalibur is close to the ropes. Excalibur is nearly towards the ropes and HART PULLS HIM AWAY AT THE LAST SECOND. Hart as a smirk on his face and Excalibur attempts to power out one last time so Hart batters both of his legs with some forearms, while still maintaing the hold. Excalibur is attempting to get out but Hart cranks up on the hold, releasing of his arms to grab onto the top rope for extra leverage. Excalibur flops to the canvas as Hart releases the rope. The referee checks the arm and it lifts and drops three times. Hart wins the match but Excalibur never submitted, thus keeping his honor intact.
Teddy Hart defeated Johnny Excalibur when Johnny Excalibur passed out in the Sharpshooter in 0:09:43. Rating: **** 1/4 (Teddy Hart retained the NAWA Cruiserweight Title.)
Hart takes the Cruiserweight Title with a smirk on his face. Hart will defend the Cruiserweight Championship against Spanky at Battlequest. Coming up Next, Raven vs CM Punk, with Raven's Battlequest World Title Match on the line.
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"A Call For Blood" by Hatebreed plays and out comes CM Punk. Punk goaded Raven into putting his Battlequest Title Shot on the line tonight. Punk said he does not even want to gun for the NAWA World Title at this point, as it is not in his plans. Punk says he will sell the title shot to the highest bidder, he just wants it away from Raven. Punk enters the ring, soaking in the boos from the crowd.
"Come Out and Play" by the Offspring plays and the crowd cheers. Raven comes out to the ring and Punk meets him, trading punches with Raven. Punk and Raven are trading punches and Punk whips Raven into the ring apron but Raven comes back with a clothesline. Raven leaps onto the ring apron and double axe handle off the ring apron. Raven picks up Punk and slams him facefirst into the chair. Raven leaps on Punk, wrapping a camera cable around his throat. Raven is strangling Punk but Punk has the ring bell. PUNK HITS RAVEN IN THE FACE WITH THE RING BELL. Raven has been busted open with the bell and Punk picks up a chair but REVERSE THRUST KICK SENDS IT INTO HIS FACE. Raven throws Punk onto the table and attempts to smash a monitor into his chest but the monitor breaks and Raven gets kicked by Punk. Punk grabs Raven and irish whip. RAVEN CRASHES FACE FIRST INTO THE RINGPOST. Punk picks up Raven. The bell rings as Punk enters the ring.
CM Punk vs Raven Punk slides into the ring, hooking the leg. Two count only. Punk kneels down by Raven and batters him with forearms. The blood is dripping down Raven's face as Punk lifts up Raven. Hammerlock applied and Punk twists Raven into a clothesline before dropping an elbow down across the chest. To the outside and slingshot kneedrop to the chest of Raven. Punk covers Raven but only scores a two count. Punk lifts up Raven and forearm to the back of the head. Chop to the chest and Raven is whipped into the corner. Dropkick to the back of the leg stuns Raven and Punk hooks Raven around the head. Attempted DDT is blocked and Raven shoves Punk into the corner. Pair of shoulders driven to the midsection and Raven smacks Punk with an uppercut before whipping Punk into the ropes. Knee to the midsection doubles Punk over.
Raven hooks Punk and Russian Legsweep brings Punk down. Hanging on, Raven brings Punk back to his feet and Second Russian Legsweep connects. Raven holds onto Punk, dragging him to the floor. Raven falls back and RUSSIAN LEGSWEEP SMASHES PUNK INTO THE RAILING. Raven poses in the crucifix position before hammering a pair of knees into the ribs of Punk. Raven lifts up Punk and rolls him into the ring. Raven goes up to the top rope but Punk falls onto the top rope, causing Raven to get crotched. Punk climbs up with Raven, pounding him with forearms. Punk hooks Raven and SUPERPLEX BRINGS RAVEN OFF THE ROPES! Both men crash down to the canvas and the referee puts the standing ten count, but Punk rolls on top at nine, which scores a two and a half count!
Punk argues the count but he knees Raven in the face. Another knee to the face. Punk whips Raven into the corner and running knee to the midsection. Hair gripped and jawbreaker brings Raven down. Punk climbs to the top rope, facing the crowd. Rotating Splash levels Raven. Punk covers once again, scoring a two count. Raven is lifted up and knee to the midsection. Irish whip into the corner and running dropkick to the knee as Raven comes out of the corner. Punk kicks away at the leg of Raven before hoisting him up, hooking the leg. DRAGON SCREW LEGWHIP SNAPS RAVEN OVER! Raven clutches his leg but some how pulls himself up. Raven is on one knee and Punk rushes him. SHINING WIZARD KNEE STRIKES RAVEN INTO THE HEAD! Raven goes back, Punk's knee hitting his head flush. Cover hooking the leg but Raven manages to roll out at two and three fourths!
Punk lifts up Raven and knee to the midsecton. Punk attempts to kick Raven but Raven catches the leg. Snap Heel Kick catches Raven in the face on the rebound. We see a close up of the blood pouring down the face of Raven. Punk waits on Raven before backing off. SPINNING ELBOW SMASH STRIKES RAVEN IN THE FACE. Raven goes down with that sickening strike and Punk covers once again but Raven rolls the shoulder up at two and a half. Now Punk is really getting frustrated. The Shining Wizard failed, the spinning elbow failed, and Punk has to got to reach deeper into his moveset to beat Raven. Punk lifts up Raven and takes him down in a single leg before putting him in a half boston crab while scissoring the arm. Punk is going to try for a submission but Raven has never submitted in his career. Punk is pulling back on the leg while wrenching the arm!
Raven is squirming, attempting to struggle out of the hold but Punk holds onto the hold. Raven is attempting to get to the ropes, he is moving inch by inch and he is almost there. Raven makes it to the ropes but barely. Punk lifts up Raven and knee to the midsection. Punk lifts up Raven, putting him on the top rope facing the crowd. Climbing up behind Raven, ramming a pair of forearms to the back of the head. Pepsi Plunge coming up perhaps as Punk climbs in front of Raven. Punk knees Raven in the face and underhooks the arms. Raven attempts to fight it so Punk decks him with another knee. Punk underhooks the arms of Raven and PEPSI PLUNGE CONNECTS. Raven bounces off the canvas, all the way to the floor. Punk goes over to look at Raven but Raven is down on the floor and unable to be covered.
Punk shrugs his shoulders, willing to take the countout. If Raven gets counted out, he loses his title shot. The referee wants Punk to be forced back to a neutral corner but Punk steps back, taking his time as Raven is toast on the floor. Punk is in the corner and the referee turns around to count out Raven but the crowd is cheering. AJ Styles runs out from the back. Styles enters the ring, as the referee has his back turned. Punk goes for a clothesline on Styles but Styles ducks and kick to the midsection. AJ Styles sets up Punk and STYLES CLASH BRINGS CM PUNK DOWN! The referee, being blind, does not see the move. Styles rolls to the floor, and sneaks out, making sure to give Raven a parting kick to the head, to illustrate the fact that the NAWA lockeroom hates Raven. The referee gives a light warning to Styles but that kick may have woken Raven up as Raven slides into the ring. Raven rolls into the ring and crawls over towards Punk before collapsing on top. Cover and TWO THREE FOURTHS COUNT BEFORE PUNK KICKS OUT!
Raven pulls himself up to his feet and jabs away at Punk but he misses a clothesline. Punk leaps on the shoulders of Raven. REVERSE FRANKENSTEINER SENDS RAVEN CRASHING FACEFIRST INTO THE CANVAS! The crowd is approving on that but Punk is not going for the cover. Punk rolls to the outside and Punk picks up the timekeeper by the shirt, before tossing him from his chair. Punk picks up the chair, sliding into the ring with it but the referee grabs the chair from Punk. The referee goes to remove the chair from the ring which allows Punk to untie the corner pad from the corner, exposing the steel bolt. The chair was a diversion for Punk's real motive. Punk lifts up Raven and pounds away at him. Irish whip into the steel bolt and RAVEN CRASHES CHEST FIRST INTO THE STEEL. Roll Up from behind from Punk and Punk has the feet on the ropes. The referee makes the count, but stops at two and a half, seeing Punk using the ropes for leverage.
Punk think he has won this match, so he celebrates. This allows Raven to crawl behind Punk. LOW BLOW FROM BEHIND STUNS PUNK. Raven grabs Punk and Evenflow DDT attempt but PUNK SNAPS RAVEN OVER WITH A NORTHERN LIGHTS SUPLEX! Cover but Raven rolls the shoulder up at two and three fourths! Punk picks up Raven and forearms to the chest. Punk whips Raven into the corner but Raven reverses. Punk puts on the breaks which allows Raven to knee Punk. Bulldog attempt but Punk shoves Raven off. Punk kicks Raven and EVENFLOW DDT FROM PUNK BRINGS RAVEN DOWN! Punk just wasted Raven with his own finishing move. Punk goes in a mocking crucifix position and makes the cover hooking the leg but Raven manages to bring the shoulder off the canvas at two and a half! Punk is frustrated and he leaps to the second rope. Punk signals for Raven to get up. Raven is up and Punk leaps off with a crossbody but Raven ducks and PUNK COLLIDES WITH THE CANVAS! Raven knees Punk. EVENFLOW DDT BRINGS PUNK DOWN! Raven looks at Punk as if to say "that's how you do an Evenflow, bitch." Raven rolls over Punk and covers him hooking the leg to score a pin. What a match!
Raven pinned CM Punk with the Raven Effect in 0:10:52. Rating: **** 1/4
Raven has the win, his title shot for Battlequest is still on. Raven slinks out of the ring but the crowd is booing about something. RAVEN GETS STRUCK FROM BEHIND WITH A SINGAPORE CANE! About a dozen men dressed in black body suits with ski man's are walking out of the dressing room, all weilding singapore canes. They take turns whacking Raven like a pinata with those sticks while saying things like "Go home Raven", "No One Wants You Here" and "Get the Hell Out of Here You Lockeroom Cancer." Raven is being brutally beaten with all these men with the singapore canes, his face is viciously cut and Raven has been brutalized. CM Punk looks on with an approving smile. He calls for the microphone.
Punk: You see Raven. You cannot fight the will of the NAWA lockeroom. The fans can say what they want but we have their money already and they will still pay for their NAWA fix like the little whores they all, so their opinion is meaningless. We will break you Raven. We will run you out of the company on a rail. The NAWA lockeroom will ruin your life for all the times you have stabbed any one of us in the back. In fact, I bet you wonder who is under the masks. It could be anyone in that lockeroom because everyone hates you. Now, I must ask you to throw this trash out of our lockeroom.
The four of the mask man pick up Raven, two grabbing an arm and two grabbing a leg hoist him up and carry his battered body from the arena. We follow them all the way through the lockeroom until we get to the back entrance of the arena. Raven is a bloodied, mangled mess. His face looks like raw hamburger. The four masked men throw Raven out of the back door. Raven goes down the stairs by the exit and lands with a thud on the concrete. With that sickening note, we fade out. See you next week.