XXIV
We are TAPED at the XL Center in Hartford, Connecticut as Showdown is on the air. Manic and Chico are at the commentary booth chatting about everything that occurred at King of Xtreme 2012.
Bob Levy is at ringside to introduce the 2012 King of Xtreme. "Wake Up" by Rage Against the Machine cues as Chris Falkenyork makes his way out to a huge ovation. York walks down the eisle and gives Levy a hug as the music cuts off.
"So Chris, now that you've won King of Xtreme.. What's next for Mister XtremeMania?"
"I'm.."
"Public Enemy #1" by Megadeth cues up as the Xtreme Icon Mark Adkins walks through the curtains. York and Levy are confused as to what's going on as Adkins makes his way into the ring. York continues to stare down Adkins as the Xtreme Icon steps through the ropes. Levy backs up a couple steps as York and Adkins have a staredown in the middle of the ring. The crowd looks on waiting to see what happens when Adkins gives York.. A hug.
"What?"
York shoves the Xtreme Icon away as Adkins laughs it off while clapping his hands. Adkins grabs a microphone as York continues to look confused.
"Chris I know that ever since I decided to make Shotgun's life a living hell that you've had a big problem with that. I should've realized that this entire time all you've been trying to do is.. Help
me out."
Chris raises an eyebrow.
"Why does that confuse you? You know what I'm talking about. We go back a long way.. Hell I even shared family time with you Chris! You and I are the true BFFs, ha ha. Why don't you just let the truth out about it? My feud my battles with Carlos Shotgun launched him into the status of a Wrestling God. Your friendship with him? Launched him into retirement.. Carlos is done. If you would've just stayed in the office and kept your emotions in check.. None of this would have ever happened. But you don't have to act like this was an accident Chris. We all know that all of this was.. Mean't to happen."
"That's not true."
"No? You really think so? You were going to tell everyone that you were going to go back to the office.. Step away from the ring. You weren't going to tell everyone that after what happened to your BFF that you were going to.. Avenge what happened. So what were you going to tell everyone Chris?"
York closes his eyes and doesn't say anything.
"You had to think about it. That just answered the question right there."
Adkins drops the microphone and exits the ring. York continues to look on as Adkins makes his way backstage. The camera cuts backstage to a shot where The Original walks up to Adkins.
"What the hell was that hug for? What the hell was that Mark?"
Adkins turns and laughs before walking away from the Original.
----------------
Devilyn Storm vs Kazadine the Dark Prince
Kazadine trash talks to start the match. Devilyn doesn't look too impressed as Kazadine continues. Devilyn slaps Kazadine in the face and follows up with a standing dropkick. Kazadine is down as Devilyn follows with a stomp and a falling knee drop. Devilyn covers for a one.
Devilyn picks up Kaz and hits a right. Kazadine blocks and goes for a swing. Devilyn ducks under and goes for a backslide. Kazadine blocks but gets flipped over. Devilyn hits a swinging neckbreaker and pins off a standing moonsault for a two count. Devilyn picks up Kaz whips him into the corner.
Devilyn charges but takes a boot to the face. Devilyn staggers out and Kazadine goes to the second turnbuckle. Kazadine leaps off but gets smashed midair with a clothesline. Devilyn hits an atomic drop. Devilyn hits a kick to the midsection and drops Kazadine with a piledriver as the crowd pops.
Devilyn gets back to his feet and shouts out to the crowd while pointing over towards the turnbuckle. The referee starts a five count as Devilyn goes to the top rope. The referee is at four when Devilyn leaps off. Kazadine gets nailed with the Devilyn's Flight frog splash! Devilyn pins Kazadine and hooks the leg. One, two, three! The referee calls for the bell. Devilyn's sister Lynn celebrates with him as Devilyn wins in his debut.
Winner: Devilyn Storm
----------------
Hayden Truesdale and Yarmouth Blade are watching the conclusion of that match on a monitor in the men's locker room. They talk about the rookies match. "Hah. Devilyn doesn't look impressive." "..." "Yeah. You know what else? I don't get all these new guys coming in. Kazadine sucks. They all suck!" Suddenly Blaze Rodriguez walks up alongside Yarmouth Blade and looks over at the Detroit S.O.B. "You should lay off these new guys. After all it was a new comer that beat you at King of Xtreme. That's right, me!" "Why you little-" Yarmouth Blade steps in between them both and puts his arms out to stop them from fighting. "Guys! Guys! Stop it. This isn't the time or place." That's when The Dark Stranger who is sitting on a bench in the corner is heard talking to himself. "I'm the tag team champions! No, I'm the Tag Team Champs. I'm the tag team champions! Hahah. I'm the tag team champs. Hah." "Who you talking to?" "I was just talking to myself. Don't listen to them! They don't know what they're talking about anyways. "Huh?" "You talking to yourself again big guy?" "That's none of your business! Shut up. Don't talk to them pipsqueaks anymore.... "What are you talking about?" "What are YOU talking about?" "That's it. I'm out of here." Hayden walks away annoyed as Blaze looks at Yarmouth and shrugs his shoulders. "What's his problem?" Before they can answer, he answers himself. "He's probably just jealous. Jealous that I'm the tag team champs..." Yarmouth whispers to Blaze. "That guy has a few screws loose." "A few?" Then Yarmouth looks over at The Dark Stranger. "Hey! Where's your tag team partner at tonight?" Dark Stranger pauses and ponders that thought. Then he smiles. "I'm my tag team partner!" Those 2 shake their heads as the scene fades to a commercial break.
----------------
Michael Dargue vs Pike Lorenzo
Dargue starts off strong with right hands to Lorenzo who was entering the ring as the bell rings. Dargue covers Lorenzo for a one count before getting back up. Dargue continues with rights and whips Lorenzo off the ropes. Lorenzo kicks Dargue and goes for a clothesline. Dargue hits an armdrag. Lorenzo goes for a swing. Dargue ducks under and gets a pin for a two.
Dargue picks up Lorenzo but takes a rake to the eyes. Lorenzo whips Dargue off the ropes and hits a dropkick to the knee. Dargue is on his knees as Lorenzo starts taunting him. Dargue goes for a swing. Lorenzo blocks and hits a kick to the midsection. Lorenzo hits a picture perfect Fisherman's Suplex for a two count.
Lorenzo starts playing up to the crowd as Dargue tries to recover from the suplex. Lorenzo goes to grab Dargue and takes a punch to the stomach. Dargue hits another right hand and follows up with a forearm. Lorenzo gets staggered as Dargue whips him off the ropes. Dargue ducks. Lorenzo stops short and goes for the Celtic Cross. Dargue slips out of his hands and gets a quick pin. Lorenzo kicks out at two.
Dargue picks up Lorenzo and calls for God's Last Gift. Lorenzo blocks and elbows out of it. Dargue staggers back and goes for a Superkick instead. Lorenzo catches Dargue by the foot and spins him around. Lorenzo grabs a full nelson as Dargue tries to fight out of it. Lorenzo locks in the full nelson and front russian legsweeps him. The announcer's call the move the Holy Grail as Lorenzo covers Dargue and hooks the leg. One, two, three! Lorenzo picks up the victory in his debut.
Winner: Pike Lorenzo
----------------
Ashton Storm is walking down the hallway backstage with her Women's Title slung over her shoulder when Gina Porter stops her to ask a few questions. "Ashton. Ashton! How does it feel to win the first ever Queen of Extreme?" "I loved it. All up until the crowning ceremony--" That's when Alexis Diamond walks up and pulls the microphone closer to herself. "I don't care what you won! That belt still belongs to me and you still owe me a rematch." "Oh! You again. Well, tell you what Alexis. Name the time and place!" "Hmm. Let me think. That's simple. Next week on Showdown!" "You got it." Alexis smirks at her and then walks off. Ashton walks away too. Just then Kelsey Marxx opens a door and sticks her head out. She smiles and then closes the door shut. We cut to the ringside area to see what's next to come inside the XL Center.
"Only" by Nine Inch Nails begins to play and the fans get pumped to greet the new World Heavyweight Champion. The lights dim and the big screen shows RAGE but instead Barry Browning comes out wearing a suit. Browning looks extremely happy in a celebratory mood as he enters the ring and grabs the microphone.
"As Rage's attourney, I could not be any happier about what my client has accomplished. I knew from the start that Rage would change history forever and he did just that! He killed off Iron Bong himself, Carlos Shotgun!"
The fans boo.
"Now you might wonder what President Douglas has to do with Rage. President Douglas has been speaking with us for months now. Now just happened to be the time to let that out in the open. Nevermind all that. Rage proved without a shadow of a doubt that he is the best wrestler of all time! Nobody and I mean nobody wants to even step into the ring with him! With the brutality of everything that occurred at King of Xtreme.. I felt that the World Champion deserved a night off."
On the big screen Rage is shown standing inside of a funeral parlor next to black coffin. He has a knife on his hand as he etches something on the side on the coffin before turning around and looking at the camera, XWF heavyweight championship hanging from his shoulder.
“Do you believe me now? I told the whole world I would BREAK Shotgun, and I did. I am The Shotgun Solution. Not only did I end his career but I also ended his little bitch with him. As of this moment the reign of the elite is over and the era of the Modern Monster has officially become. Lars wanted me to go home, relax and enjoy. I AM at home and this coffin right here signifies EVERYTHING I have been saying since the start. I told the world I would destroy ANYONE who got in my path. Next week at Showdown I will prove how serious I am. I will celebrate the only way I can. I will hold a funeral… fit for an elite…”
Rage taps his title and smiles before walking away. The camera zooms in on the etching on the coffin and it reads “The Elite”.
----------------
The Eliminators vs The Happy Go Luckies
Both team make their respective entrances. The Eliminators get greeted with harsh words from the fan while The Happy Go Luckies seem to be in full face mode. Dimter and Ace start it up by locking up in center ring. Ace pushes Dimter back and proceeds to chop him hard across the chest over and over. Ace pushes Dimter into his corner and tags in Gary. A double DDT later and Dimter is on the mat reeling.
Gary hooks the leg but Stevenson breaks it up for massive boos from the fans. The fans are clearly turning their back on the Eliminators after announcing they were leaving. Ace re-enters the ring and clotheslines Stevenson. Ace and Stevenson brawl until Ace gets the upper hand and drops him with the Rainbow Ace Crusher. The fans pop as Ace throws Stevenson to the outside.
Dimter gets up and Gary locks in a testicular claw. Dimter screams in pain as Ace runs the ropes and hits him with a massive shoulder block. The Go Luckies look around and twirl before climbing their respective corners. They flap their arms as if they were butterfly wings and leap off into the double fist! Gary covers Dimter while Ace stands next to him confidently. 1….2….3!
The Happy Go Luckies stand in the center of the ring victorious while the announcers point out President Lars Douglas has officially booked The Happy Go Luckies vs. The Ray of Darkness next week at Showdown for the tag team titles.
Winner: The Happy Go Luckies
----------------
LIVE on Pay Per View
Xtreme Wrestling Federation presents, "Obscured"
October 31st at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"The XWF Returns Home" We cut to Lars's office where he is standing by with Dustin Holt discussing personal matters. That's when Jon Hampton bust in. "That's it. That's it Lars. I've waited long enough. I've been waiting all damn day for you to approach me and tell me when my rematch is. But since I know this clown is too scared to face me one-on-one. I'm here to demand a rematch!" Holt laughs and looks down at Lars with his feet up on his desk. "Give it to him!" "Fine. At Obscured. In Philadelphia. It'll be Dustin Holt defending his Xtreme Title against Jon Hampton in your official rematch! Okay?" "I'll see you in Philly, .. biotch." Hampton slams the door and Holt looks angry down at Lars. "What he just call me?" Lars shrugs, afraid to repeat what he just heard. Dustin Holt shakes his head in frustration as the scene cuts to the Dangerous Specimens' locker room.
Inside the Dangerous Specimens' private dressing room, we see Michael Dargue is sitting in a chair. His head in his hands and he is sad he just lost. Cliff Saxton slowly walks up to him. Dargue stands up out of his chair and looks his parnter right in the eyes. "I know why you're here. Alright? You're disap--" "Hold it right there. Don't say another word. Because you DON'T know why I'm here Michael. Can I tell you what I'm doing here?" "Yeah. If you want. Go head..." "Okay. I'm here to tell you to wake up! Snap out of it. So you lost tonight? So what? I've lost plenty. I'm still here. I'm still alive and kicking! We can't get down every time we lose. Sure I'd like to be on the winning end every time. Here's the thing. I dogged you before. I disrespected you in one of my latest promos. I was out of line..." "Yes you were." "Let me finish. I tagged up with you because I thought it would motivate you. I thought you would step your game up. When you didn't.. I was .. well, yeah.. I was a little upset. I wanted us to be a good tag team. The Best Tag Team Ever. I had high hopes for us.. I thought we would win the Tag Titles. But let me tell you something. You have nothing to be ashamed of. Because this week. You stepped up. You went against a tough rookie. That Preacher is no joke. But the bottom line is Dargue.. I like you. I seen more potential in you this week... than ever before. I was shocked. I was pleasently surprised." "You're not just saying that?" "Nope. I couldn't be prouder of you. You did such a good job. That's how I want you to do every night! Every week you got a match.. every week we are tagged up. That's how hard you go. I want to always see your best. You got me?" "Yeah, but why you saying this now?" "Because, I'm truthfully sorry. I never thought I'd hear myself saying this... but I apologize. I'm sorry for the way I acted. I was irrational. But you're the man! You had a good week. And want you to do me one thing. One favor!" "What's that?" "I want you to put these dreams of being a Future World Champ on the back burner. I want you to concentrate only on us. I want you to only worry about Dargue and Saxton. Saxton and Dargue! The Dangerous Specimens. I want you to take us serious. And everyone else will start taking us seriously. You know me already, I mean business! Judging by your performance this week.. I now know you mean business. But it's time to show all these people! Put all our problems in the past. Leave 'em there. That's where they belong. Our win-loss record.. all that. Today is a new day. Tomorrow we have a chance to start brand new and go for the gold." "You mean that? You going to quit taking pot shots at me?" "Yes! Absoutely. You have shown you have potential. Time to refocus on going for the Tag Belts. Trust me. Would you?" "I'm trusting you. I'm going to trust you. And I might have an idea how we can get a fair shot at those Tag belts." "How's that?" "Let me handle it. Just so you know Cliff. I see big things for us in the future. I see us winning the gold and running rampid all over the XWF for years to come." "That's the spirit." "And if they don't like it.. they can CHEW on THAT!" "That's right." Cliff Saxton laughs to himself and pats Michael Dargue on the back. Dargue pats him on the shoulder and they both exit their private dressing room.
----------------
Ki Morbid vs Dallas Stockton
Stockton immediately charges at Ki with a clothesline. Ki is rocked back and shakes her head “no”. Stockton follows up again and one more time before Ki hits her with a sick clothesline of her own. Ki picks Stockton by the hair and nails a stiff haymaker that sends Stockton against the ropes. Ki goes after her but Stockton rakes Ki in the eyes and pulls her face first into the turnbuckle. Ki bounces off looking dazed and Stockton arm drags Ki to center ring.
Ki gets up and Stockton hooks her into an overhead belly to belly suplex. Ki sandbags her and nails repeated headbutts right to Stockton’s face. Stockton lets go and Ki bear hugs her and continues to head butt her once, twice, three, four, FIVE times. The referee forces her to break the hold. A dazed Stockton uses the ropes to hold herself up. Ki charges at her and Stockton throws her over the rope rope to the outside.
Ki lands on her feet and immediately grabs Stockton’s legs and pulls her from the ring and whips her into the guard rail. Ki throws Stockton back into the ring and follows right behind. Ki signals for the end as Stockton slowly gets up. Ki picks up Stockton for a spiked spinebuster, Stockton breaks free right before she can finish and hits a drop kick. Ki gets rocked back into the ropes. Stockton drives her shoulder into the midsection and delivers a beautiful swinging DDT. Stockton goes to the top rope and poses for the sold out crowd before Ki quickly gets up and knocks her down. Stockton falls sitting down on the turnbuckle and Ki immediately gets in front of her in the second rope. Immediately she follows up with the top rope hurricanerana aka The Flaming Orchid. Ki hooks the leg and the referee counts 1…2…3.
Winner: Ki Morbid
----------------
"I want to make something clear. My heart belongs to The Hellion. And I want to call him out here right now!" After a few seconds The Hellion's theme hits but he doesn't come out. The commentators speculate what is happening. His song continues to play and then Robert Mastro walks out instead. The theme is cut off and Mastro makes his way out to a mixed reaction from the crowd. He gets in the ring and asks Ki Morbid for the mic.