As we return, the camera catches a
fuming Mike Troha storming through the backstage area, with his gym bag in
hand. Backstage interviewer Scott Cornelius rushes to catch up with him.
Cornelius: Mike Troha! Mike! Mike, why did
you do what you just did to Jason Calysto out there?!
Troha: Who do you think you are questioning me, Scott?! Huh?! I did what I did
tonight because Calysto screwed me! He cost me the chance to keep Mike Griffin
down and out, and for that, he will pay! Iceman, you want revenge? I’m sure you
do. You can find me in
With that, Troha storms
out of the building and exits.
Back at ringside, “Dance of the Warrior” is playing over the speakers and
Soaring Phoenix is making his way to the ring. The camera shot shows us that
Darrin Giles, Dean Nash, Damien Fields, Victor Simon, and Paul Epton have
already entered the ring. Soaring
Hosemann: Well he is, indirectly,
* SEVEN-MAN BATTLE ROYAL: JOHN WOLFE
VS. SOARING
Referee: Jose Soares
The match begins fast and furiously, with
the seven men going at it hard. Not too far into the match, Damien Fields gets
caught by Wolfe, who grabs him by the throat, lifts him up, and heaves him out
of the ring to the floor below! The fans cheer, and shortly after that, Simon
begins pounding on Nash hard, positioning him against the ropes. However,
rather than attempt to sufficiently wear Nash down, Simon charges the
still-fresh Nash, and Dynamite ducks, sending Simon flying out of the ring and
out of the match!
Hosemann: He made the same mistake he made against Showtime last week,
Giles then immediately
takes Nash and begins pounding away on him. Giles lifts Nash up and tries to
toss him out of the ring with a hard Irish whip, but Nash reverses the whip and
sends Giles flying out of the ring to the ground!
Hosemann:
However, the celebration
doesn’t last long, as Soaring Phoenix floors Nash with a furious spin kick that
knocks him loopy. From there,
Hosemann: They’re two-time Tag Team Champions,
Epton and Wolfe slap
hands, and Wolfe turns to cover
Hosemann: Epton wants it for himself!
Wolfe gets up, enraged,
glaring at Epton, who shrugs, apologizes, and turns around to concentrate on
the still incapacitated
Hosemann: It’s going to be Dexter P. Wellington vs. Soaring
Wolfe climbs into the
ring and glares at
* WINNER: SOARING
-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --
As we return from break,
we see Nick Cade standing by with the Tag Team Champions Paul Dawkins and
Renegade.
Cade: I’m here with the reigning PWA Tag
Team Champions Paul Dawkins and Renegade, and guys, what is your mindset
heading into a triple threat title defense at Animosity where you have to
defend against FOUR members of the Legacy?
Dawkins: Well Nick, we are…
Suddenly, Dawkins and Renegade are clubbed down from behind, Dawkins by
Mike Griffin and Infernus and Renegade by The Alpha Greg Price and The Omega
Steve Beovich! Cade flees and Darrin Giles and Justin Schenck enter the
picture, and a furious six-on-two beatdown ensues!
Officials finally storm the area to break up the fracas, but not before the
damage is done. The champs are left lying, and the Legacy exits, smiles on all
their faces.
Hosemann: It may have been,
-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --
Back from break, “Things
Done Changed” by the Notorious BIG hits and the fans start booing incessantly
as the PWA World Heavyweight Champion Jackie Baccaro makes his way down the
aisle, accompanied by his partner in deviance, manager Magnifica. The two are
wearing huge smiles as they enter the ring. Magnifica grabs a microphone.
Troy: These two make me
absolutely sick, Scott! Their attack on Vulture last week was downright
despicable!
Hosemann: It sure was,
Magnifica: I bet you all liked that last week, huh? (crowd
boos loudly) Oh, come on! You guys have no sense of humor! I personally think
Jackie Baccaro deserves an Oscar for his performance last week to lure Vulture
out to ringside and make him susceptible to our little plot. And it worked to
perfection. So, in case you were wondering though, Jackie was indeed true to
his word and let Vulture out of his contract. So, Vulture is a free man, not
that it makes much of a difference. With the beating we gave him last week, I
can safely say we’ll never see the man again. But a man you will be seeing a
The fans boo hatefully as
Magnifica hands Baccaro the microphone.
Baccaro: Are you guys done yet? Listen,
you don’t know what that was like, having to live in Vulture’s shadow for all
these years. Yes, the man has done everything for me, but sometimes, it’s just
too much. Too much of a weight constantly hanging over my
head. And it’s not like he was really getting the job done as of late,
was it? Last I checked, Vulture got me to become a FORMER PWA Champion, whereas
with Magnifica, the title is securely back around my
waist. Vulture, you treated me like a child, like an infant, for years, and I
just got sick of it. YEARS ago, I told you I didn’t like being called Giacomo.
My name is Jackie, Vulture. Jackie. Yet, you constantly ignore me and
disrespect me. To me, calling me Giacomo is a sign of you constantly enforcing
your authority over me, and I didn’t want to hear it anymore. You refused to
stop calling me that so often years ago that I stopped caring. But it’s just
one example on a whole list of reasons why you had to go. You’re a thing of the
past, Vulture, a true legend of this business, but someone who the business has
passed by, someone who is now irrelevant. You’ve been irrelevant for a long
time, Vulture. I just showed you exactly HOW irrelevant last week. You’re a
loser, Vulture, and you will always be a loser. You know why? I’ll tell you.
Because…
Suddenly, “Hey You” by Simon Says blasts onto the speakers, and the fans
begin cheering wildly as the number one contender to the PWA Championship and Baccaro’s Animosity opponent Greg Tantalus makes his way to
the ring. Tantalus grabs a microphone and steps inside, staring down both
Baccaro and Magnifica.
Tantalus: First of all, Baccaro, let me preface this by saying that there is
absolutely no love lost between myself and Vulture. I AM the guy who wrestled
him in his retirement match and screwed him over, if you remember, by having my
sister, his girlfriend at the time, turn on him. He even later got me back by
having YOU take her out about 11 months ago. So we haven’t been on good terms
for a long time, since we were partners in SIN, in Strength In
Numbers, several years ago, with you, Magnifica. But our personal feelings for
each other notwithstanding, Vulture deserved better than what you two jackals
gave him last week. It was disgusting. And Baccaro, I hope your focus isn’t
diverted. Because on May 6, I’m coming for that championship, and I’m coming as
hard as I can to take back what is still rightfully mine.
Baccaro: You must be out of your mind if you think this belt is rightfully
yours. If you want this belt, you know what you have to do. You’re going to
have to pry it from my cold dead hands at Animosity.
Tantalus: Is that so? Well, I think that can be arranged.
Baccaro: Oh really? Wanna get a head start?
With that, Baccaro rears back and nails Tantalus with a quick right to
the jaw! Baccaro and Tantalus then erupt into a violent brawl, tumbling through
the ropes and to the outside!
Magnifica shouts
inaudibly from inside the ring, but soon the fans begin to cheer wildly as the
Women’s Champion Morgan Day enters the ring from through the crowd, turns
Magnifica around, and tackles her to the ground, pummeling her with hard rights
and lefts!
Hosemann: Morgan Day is in Russia, and she is beating
the hell out of Magnifica!
When Baccaro notices what
is going on, he shoves Tantalus into the cornerpost,
slides halfway into the ring, and pulls Magnifica out. Baccaro and Magnifica
then make a hasty exit through the crowd and cheers wildly! Morgan begs for
them to come back to the ring as “Dead Promises” by The Rasmus
blares onto the speakers. Greg Tantalus gets to his feet and stares at the two
fleeing superstars from the outside as we take our final commercial break.
Hosemann: It’s true,
-- COMMERCIAL BREAK --
Back from commercial,
“Phantom of the Opera Overture” by Andrew Lloyd Weber hits the speakers and the
fans begin booing loudly as Bishop Cross makes his way to the ring, alone. Cross
stretches himself out on the ropes amidst the boos, before “Be Just or Be Dead”
by Daisuke Ishiwatari hits, and the fans cheer
thunderously for the Modern-Day Samurai Scythe as he makes his way to the ring!
Scythe enters the ring and commences a heated staredown
with Cross as the cage lowers.
Troy: Alright, here we go!
Hosemann: This should be an intense match-up, where the ONLY way to win is to
escape the cage!
* STEEL CAGE MATCH: SCYTHE VS. BISHOP CROSS *
Referee: Tom Stevens; Outside Referee: Jason Church
With the cage completely lowered, the bell sounds, and Scythe and Cross
waste no time tearing into each other, exchanging fists at a furiously rapid
pace that energizes the St. Petersburg crowd! Scythe gains the advantage in the
early going, creating enough distance to whip Cross against the ropes and nail
him down with a huge back body drop! Cross gets up, but Scythe then nails him
with a dropkick that sends Cross falling back into the cage! Scythe grabs
Cross’ head and begins repeatedly smashing it against the cage, which prompts
the fans to cheer wildly!
Hosemann: They sure are!
Scythe then whips Cross
against the ropes again, this time looking for a clothesline as Cross returns.
However, Cross ducks under, stops, and nails Scythe with a hard belly-to-belly
suplex as he does! Cross locks Scythe in a hard armbar,
cinching it in tightly. Scythe, however, fights himself
back to a vertical base and fights Cross off with a series of hard chops.
Scythe whips Cross hard, and Cross is sent chest-first into the cage, smacking
off it! Cross then turns around, and Scythe nails him down hard with the Flying
Dragon!
Hosemann: Maybe so! He’s trying to climb out of the cage!
Scythe is able to climb
all the way to the top of the cage, but by the time he does, Cross is up and
climbing to the top of the cage himself. Scythe positions himself on the
outside portion of the cage, and Cross is inside, and they are exchanging hard
fists. Cross then grabs a hold of Scythe, and attempts to superplex
him all the way back into the ring, down onto the mat! However, Scythe
repeatedly blocks it, and responds by lifting Cross up and plunging him down to
the mat off the cage with a facebuster!
Hosemann: Scythe has won this match,
However, Scythe has other
ideas. He briefly flirts with the idea of simply climbing down and winning the
match, but decides to perch himself on the top of the cage, facing away from
the ring. From there, Scythe blindly leaps off backwards, connecting with full
impact on Cross with the Diving Blade 15 feet below!
Hosemann: I think he’s crushed him,
With the fans on their
feet, Scythe begins crawling toward the cage door. However, as he gets up and
prepares to walk out the door, Loki slams the door on his head! Loki and Reaper
have come to the ring, and now enter the cage after shoving the outside
official down! Once inside, Loki and Reaper begin pummeling Scythe viciously,
with no one to make the save. This continues on for nearly a minute before GI
Jew comes storming down the aisle!
Hosemann: I don’t believe it! Is he going to make the save again?!
Jew enters the cage and
takes down both Loki and Reaper, on a roll! However, Cross then gets up,
unbeknownst to Jew, pulls brass knuckles out of his pants, and bashes Jew in
the skull with them! From there, Cross instructs Reaper to padlock the cage
door shut, which he does. Now, with Scythe and Jew totally prone the three-man
Army of the Damned goes to work, destroying them both.
Hosemann: This is not looking good,
After laying down a
sizeable beating, the lights in the Dvorec Sporta Arena suddenly go back out. Then, when they go back
on several seconds later, we see Speed Demon standing atop the cage!
Hosemann: Well he doesn’t look so dead to me!
The fans burst into
cheers, and cheer even louder when Demon dives off the top of the cage with the
Shadow of the Nite, taking Loki completely out!
Seeing Demon, Cross begins violently kicking at the cage door until he breaks
the padlock, and exits. Meanwhile, Demon catches Reaper, and whips him into the
cage wall, stunning him! From there, Demon lifts him up and spikes him down
with the Demonizer! Cross is now out of the cage, and
looks like he has seen a ghost as he backpedals away! With Scythe and Jew
barely moving in the ring and the two Army members completely taken out, Speed
Demon begins calling Cross back to the cage! However, Cross chooses to flee,
and “Determined” by Mudvayne hits the speakers, and
the fans continue to cheer overwhelmingly! Deafening “welcome back” chants fill
the arena as Demon climbs to the top of the cage, outstretches his arms, and lets out a violent war cry as we fade to black.
Hosemann: He sure is! Unbelievable!
Troy: Alright folks, we’re out of time! We’ll see you next week from
* WINNER: NO CONTEST *
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