Post by Valdora on Jan 22, 2013 4:27:51 GMT
The 2013 ROYAL RUMBLE
Live from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta GA
*Play Opening package*
The pyro explodes off the circled scaffold entrance way, the lights coming up to the rabid packed house of over 20 thousand screaming fans.
“Welcome ladies and gentleman to the Phillips area in good old Atlanta GA! We are live for the 25th annual Royal Rumble! Jim Ross alongside Jerry “The King” Lawler and joining us on commentary tonight, Shane Mcmahon able to pull some strings is a man who knows Atlanta very well indeed. The American Dream Dusty Rhodes!”
We now cut to the announce desk where Dusty is sat smiling next to JR and King.
“Indeed I do Jim Ross, I know this town very well indeed. And I am proud to step down from Titan Tower and get back to work here tonight. This night that will without doubt be an historical epic night in WWF and wrestling history! I heard you both say it before and I must agree, I could not be happier to come back at any event but this which may be the biggest Royal Rumble of all time” speaks Dusty
“And before the night is up it may be the best. The Royal Rumble match with more star power than ever before, all the biggest names in the business plus that stipulations made on Monday AND an NWA and ROH mystery entrant. What a night this will be King” JR responds.
“Yeah and that’s not all JR! We have the biggest rumble ever, we have a women’s battle royal for their title but we also have it! It’s finally going to happen, the very soul of the WWF meets its face as tonight we will see it guys. The Undertaker VS John Cena! I can hardly wait!”
“Oh for sure King, one of the biggest matches of all time here tonight! But I think we have talked long and hard enough about that for now, let’s get this show on the road baby.”
“I couldn’t have said it better dream. Indeed, let’s get things going for our first big matchup, handing over now to Legendary ring announcer Howard Finkle.”
Women’s Rumble
Howard Finkle is stood in the middle of the ring as the bell sounds out.
“Ladies and Gentleman, your opening contest is the Women’s Rumble!” The crowd cheers in response “this match will be contested under battle royal rules and is for the World Wrestling Federation Women’s Championship! Elimination occurs when a woman is thrown over the top rope and both feet hit the floor!”
*Play Entrances*
All ten women stands in the ring eying up their opponents, ready to strike. Kendra towering over them all and adjusting her black gloves as she stares them down Daffney looking like she wants to claw someone’s eyes out. Trish and Mickie glaring across at each other as Mickie surrenders the Women’s Championship. The referee takes it towards the centre of the ring and holds it up high for all to see. He then hands it out before then getting between all the women and…ringing the bell.
As soon as it sounds the mass of women run in for each other and choose their target, some randomly on whomever they can get their hands on. Velvet Sky hands back in the corner, trying not to be noticed and wincing as she sees all the other women going at it. Mickie at once hammers into any women in her way, weaving through them to get to Trish. Trish fighting off Sarita and turning seeing Mickie coming for her and runs in to meet her, Mickie at once leaping up and onto Trish with a Lou Thez press and hammering down into her. Several women have broken off from fighting are now charging for Kendra.
“Trying what the men did in their battle royal on Monday to Abyss, smart” King comments.
“Yeah but that Kendra is one big hunk of women hood King. She may be more than they can chew” adds Dusty.
Indeed as Daffney, Angelina and McCool hammer into her she reels for it for a few moments before nailing Love down, then grabbing McCool and hammering into her ribs, then clubbing her down. She then brings up a big boot into the mouth of Daffney taking her down. On the other side of the ring Trish and Mickie are struggling on the ropes, Trish managing to get on top, pushing Mickie back into the ropes trying to get her over as Sarita runs in and join her, the two trying the push the Women’s Champion over, but she is able to kick and then hammer then both off. She then closelines Trish down but then turns right into a one legged dropkick from Sarita. On the other side of the ring Kendra pick up Love and scoop slams her down, then scoop slams McCool but then from behind come Hamada hammering into her and beating her back into the corner. There she tries to push Kendra over but Kendra is able to put on the breaks and force her feet to the mat before then hammering Hamada back, then grabbing her by the head and throwing her into the corner and starting to try and push her over, when from behind Love and McCool and back. Michelle grabbing Kendra’s head and driving it into the mat with the reverse DDT. She stands from that right into a straight running shot from Hamada. Hamada then intercepts the incoming Love and boots her down, then turning back to McCool who fires away and then grabs the arm, Irish whipping Hamada towards the ropes but Ayako reverses it and sends McCool into the ropes, running in and closelining her over and out. McCool slams the apron as she stands but she is gone.
Hamada turns from that right into a hard shot for Kendra but then goes to try and bit boot her out but Hamada moves and then hammers into the back of her head as she is trapped there and trying to force her over. But Kendra kicks back over and hard head buts in Hamada sending her down. On the other side of the ring Trish is taken down by Sarita and turns seeing Velvet in the corner, shaking her head and then going in on Mickie who yells out runs in and dropkick her sending Trish over!...But she is able to hook the ropes on the way down and goes to pull herself back in, Mickie coming over and trying to push her off the apron with her foot, but from behind comes Daffney who screams out as she goes wild on Mickie and then drives her down with a kneeling face buster. Daffney stands from that and sees Velvet in the corner, running in for her but she is intercepted by Angelina Love with a closeline and then a hard gut wrench suplex. Love stands from that and looks over to Sky with a nod and a smile. Sky coming forward and its seems that the Beautiful People are back in business as the two women work away on Daffney.
“Oh boy, the barbies are back!” Dusty comments.
“For now, it’s every women for herself in there” JR replies.
Love and Sky now run in and hammer into Hamada beating her down with double team shots. They then turns and see Kendra rising and run in for her, hammering into her from both sides. Kendra though then elbows Love in the mouth and then grabs Velvet by the hair, Sky screaming at the top of her lungs and writhing in the grip as Kendra grabs Love by the blond hair as well and then drives both their skulls into each other. Then keeping hold over the heads turns and dumps them both over and out! The crowd cheers as the former Beautiful People rise on the outside and begin yelling at each other, holding their heads in pain as get into a bitchy screaming match on whose fault it was until they are taken away by a handful of officials. Kendra now turns as Sarita runs in and side steps her, grabbing the head and throwing her over and out!
“Kendra is large and in charges daddy!” Dusty calls out as Kendra stalks in the ring for her next opponent, finding Trish and hammering her down. She then picks Trish up in the scoop slam position and begins heading towards the ropes, when Trish is able to drop down behind and dropkick Kendra in the back right into Daffney who nails her with the Daff knees face breaker! But not falling just standing and stumbling around into Victoria who hammers into her, and then Mickie who nails the Chick Kick and finally Hamada who nails rabid head buts before grabbing and throwing her over the ropes, Kendra though hanging on, holding over, Hamada hammering down into her trying to beat her off the apron, but Kendra fires back into her, rising up. When from the side comesd4 Vic with a dropkick sending her off the apron and down to the floor! Kendra is eliminated, the crowd let out a sound of shock, they can’t believe it. And neither can she, slamming the apron in anger, yelling in rage at the official as he tells her that she is gone. Kendra is having none of it though, throwing the officials off of her and trying to renter the ring when bam! Daffney nails her with a lead pipe! Once, twice, three times and Kendra falls down off the apron and out cold on the mats. The fans booing as Daffney stands with the pipe in hand laughing manically.
“Where the hell did she get that from?” JR asks. Almost immediately a reply is shown in response as during Kendra’s elimination Daffney rolled out of the ring and went under the bottom rope for it.
She now turns with it as all the other women have broke off fighting each other, Hamada and Victoria having finally found each other and trading furious blows back and forth reigniting their recent rivalry. Trish and Mickie now both up and go for each other again trading blows back and forth, Hamada then joining in and beating them both back. When from behind comes Daffney who nails Hamada with the lead pipe! She then turns and nails Mickie with it! Then runs in and swings for Victoria but Victoria ducks it and then boots her in the gut, heaving Daffney up and driving her down the widows peak! She stands from that and picks Daffney up, tossing her over and out over the top rope! Daffney is gone, Victoria kicking the pipe out the ring and turning as Trish runs in and closelines her over the top rope and out onto the floor! Victoria is gone and we are down to three! Victoria furious at her elimination and being escorted to the back with Daffney, the two fighting through the refs and exploding into each other until they are pushed apart.
Back in the ring Trish is on the only one vertical due to Daffney’s pipe, laughing at this twist of fate as she comes in, picking Hamada off of the mat and nailing her with a shot sending her back into the ropes. She then picks up Mickie and levels her with several hard forearms to the head and then drives her down with the sit out face buster. She rises form that and yells out, pulling Mickie in for the Stratisfaction, running up the corner with Mickie’s head in position! but at the last second Mickie comes to life and as she reaches the top rope pushes off, Trish tumbling over the ropes! But as she falls she is able to just grab the ring post, hugging it as one leg falls on the ring steps and the other dangles precariously over the black mats below. Mickie walks away thinking she has this, recovering, still woozy from the head shot and the shaking it off and turning, seeing Trish there and cursing in rage and frustration as he come in for it…when from the side Hamada comes in with the dropkick sending her into the ropes! Mickie falling into them, Hamada backing off and running in, but Mickie drops down at the last moment sending her over with the back body drop over and down to the floor! Hamada is gone. Mickie falls to her knees, taking a moment. On the other side of the ring Trish has pulled herself in, taking a breather herself and then sees Mickie there and run in, Chick kicking her hard in the mouth sending her down. She then picks her up to loud boos and goes to throw her out, but Mickie is able to put on the breaks and reverses it, sending Trish through the ropes to the outside!
“She isn’t gone ladies and gentleman; she did not go over the top rope” JR comments.
Mickie now recovers in the ring as Trish rises, sneering into the ring at Mickie and then running around the ring to the side where Daffney’s pipe is laying and pick it up, heading into the ring with it. The crowd booing as Trish winds up, setting up for the shot as Mickie rises, running it with it as she does and clubbing her down with a pipe shot to the head! Her second of the night. The crowd is now booing and jeering loudly as Trish is laughing to herself knowing she has it, dropping down and clubbing the pipe in Mickie’s ribs over and over and then another shot to the head. With each to the body Mickie writhes in pain but after the head one she just lays still out cold on the mat, unmoving. On the outside the officials are going crazy, yelling in for Trish to drop the pipe. She just laughs at them and tosses the pipe through the rope at a few of them, the refs there jumping back to avoid the heavy object. Trish then stands and reaches down, picking Mickie’s lifeless body up, laughing all the while as she runs and dumps her over and out over the top rope to the floor.
Thunderous boos as the bell rings and Trish’s music hits. Trish just throwing her head back and laughing, holding her arms out in triumph.
“Here is your winner and NEW World Wrestling Federation Women’s Champion! Trish Stratus!” Louder boos again.
Trish continues to laugh, grinning broadly as she takes the title from the official and then holds it up high with both hands in triumph.
“Well damn it she did it, Trish has got her belt back. It took some crafty moves and a lead pipe to do it, but she has that damn belt back!” JR calls in disgust.
“She did what she had to do JR. The fact she survived that counter push over the top rope was amazing, you have to admit that. And she didn’t bring the lead pipe into the ring.”
“No she did not,” Dusty agrees “but she sure used it. And you have to believe that the devil is watching that Vince Mcmahon must like this hot babe a lot more again now.”
Trish now goes to the other side, throwing her belt up into the air there to boos, just going completely over the top with her celebration. On the outside Mickie is helped up by two refs, who practically carry her over their shoulders to the back. Back in the ring Trish drops her knees, almost crying as she looks down at the women’s title, collapsing into it….
*PLAY KONG*
The crowd goes insane; Trish’s smile wiped off her face the color being drained from it as through the curtain bursts AWESOME KONG! Glaring down into the ring at Trish as she slowly rises up, and then even slower turns around, swallowing hard as she looks into the eyes of the beat up the aisle way, who is staring back at her like a predator at its prey.
“It’s Kong! It’s Kong! Awesome Kong is back!” JR yells “the women that Trish screwed for that title back in August! I heard rumors but…now that Trish is Champion again…”
“She’s dead meat! Run Trish!”
Sound advice that she takes as Kong breaks off and marches as fast as she can towards the ring, Trish darts from it, hugging her title to herself like stolen bounty as she jumps into the crowd, running through them. She stops as she reaches the steps, turning back to the ring as Kong is now stood in it. Trish is just open mouthed, walking backwards as though reeling away from Kong and stumbles, tripping over to fall right on her ass, holding her precious title to herself as she stares in terror into the ring. The fans laughing at her. In the ring Kong sneers at her and then brings up her arm and points at her, Trish swallows hard and then stumbling to stand and running away up the arena aisle as fast as her legs can carry her towards the exit of the arena, Kong looking on, glaring a whole into her the whole time.
“Awesome Kong is back and she wants a cut of raw Stratus steak!” Dusty calls as we fade out on Kong’s fierce glaring face.
We now cut to the parking lot as text appears at the top of the screen reading “earlier today.” We see Gene Okerlund standing, waiting as a black pickup truck baring the skull logo and the emblem on the its doors of Austin 3:16 drives hard into the arena and into a parking space. From it steps down the rattlesnake himself, dressed in his hunting gear, sunglasses and baseball gap, pulling her bags towards the camera and Okerlund as he runs up.
“Stone Cold! Steve, if I could just get a word. Tonight you have put your entire career on the line in the Royal Rumble. You have won it 4 times before including last year, can you do it again?” Okerlund pushes the mic into the face of the still walking Austin, who stops and glares at him for a moment before responding.
“Damn right I will. I have won more Royal Rumble than anyone, even the egomanic with the porn tash! Vince can do whatever he wants; his lapdogs can do whatever they want. What they did to me and the chance to got to Wrestlemania, win the title, beat Cena, win my old job back. You can damn sure believe that has lit the biggest fire under my ass that you can ever imagine! And as far as the all the others go, I don’t care if it’s any of them in that locker room or if its someone who was. Even someone who has never been! Whoever gets in my way will get the living crap beat out of them and that’s the bottom line! Now you better get out of my way before I knock your damn lights out too!”
The crowd roars for that as Okerlund swallows and gladly steps aside, Austin pulling his back and walking into the arena.
JR, King and Dusty recap the masked man story and then it’s time for the next match:
X Division Championship
*Play Rey and Sabin*
Rey is grinning cockily at Chris as he makes his way up the steps, Sabin for his part just glaring in at him and shaking his head as he comes through the ropes. As the music dies he unhooks the X Division Championship and surrenders it to the official. The referee nods as he takes it across the ring and shows it to Rey, Rey’s smile had not left his face, grinning still as he nods and touches the championship belt. Sabin sighs on the other side of the ring, the belt held up in the centre of the ring and then given to the outside. The referee bringing them out of their corners and then…ringing the bell.
Chris and Rey circle each other, Rey now talking saying something about how anything Chris can do, he can do better and dodging in a ready stance from a few attempted attacked, backing off still with a broad grin, yelling and gesturing for Sabin to bring it. Sabin sneers at him and cries out as he comes forward going for a shot, but Rey ducks it and goes behind, grabbing Chris’s head and nailing him with several shots, before then kicking him hard in the mid section, before them leaping up and sending Chris over in the head scissor take down. Sabin rolls over and stands from that, slapping the mat in frustration as he stands, shaking it off and shuffling around the ring in a ready stance towards Rey again. Mysterio is now laughing at him, taunting him over what he just did. Sabin again runs in, this time Mysterio side stepping it and sending him into the corner, then running and hooking him, rolling back into a cover for 1. Sabin stands from that and grabs Mysterio by the head, hammering into it and then sending him over with a snapmare, dropping right down into a chin lock and hooking Rey down to the mat in, syncing it in. Rey struggles for that for a few moments before being to reverse it into a backslide. Both men break and stand. Sabin comes in, swinging with a roundhouse, but Rey ducks it and goes behind, grabbing the head and driving it down into the mat with the sit out and hooking the legs back for another 1 count.
“So far Mysterio has done everything he can to end it early. He knows that age and attrition is a factor and the sooner he can put Chris away the less advantage the younger man will have” JR comments.
“Yeah, but you have to believe it is to embarrass him as well. If he beats the face of the X Division in short order…imagine the bragging rights” King replies.
“Oh for sure Jerry, that is for sure what he is trying to do” Dusty agrees.
Both men now launch forward into a collar and elbow tie up, struggling against each other until Rey is able to kick to the back of Sabin’s legs, forcing him down and then grabbing the arm and running for the ropes with it, running up them for some sort of springboard arm drag, but Sabin is able to pull him back onto his shoulders, turns and drives him into the mat with a power slam! Covering for 2. Chris is now in control, picking Rey up and throwing him over in a snapmare, then running for the ropes, coming back with a hard sliding dropkick to the face and covering again for 2. Sabin now continues to focus on the head, coming around and pulling Rey up into a crushing reverse headbut. Rey able to nail a few back kicks to Sabin’s head to send him away. As Sabin stumbles back Mysterio stands and runs in, hitting a dropkick that sends Chris hard into the corner, then running in with a rolling senton crushing him in the corner. Then as he falls down Rey heads to the apron, spring boarding himself up, but as he flies Sabin catches him and sends him over with a belly to belly suplex! The crowd reacts as Rey slams the mat hard, crying up and arching his back in pain. Sabin running in and throws him to the mat, wrapping his legs around Rey’s throat and syncing in a reverse head scissors. Rey cries out in pain, holding his arm up and shaking his head at the referee. Eventually after a few moments he is able to roll over and then uses all he has to stand! Sabin now his shoulders in the electric chair, but Sabin is able to roll forward hooking for the legs for 1…2…Rey rolls back into his own 1…2…NO! Both men break away as the fall off of each other.
Both rise at the same time and trade blows back and forth until Mysterio dropkicks down into the knees of Sabin sending him flying overhead and down on the mat. Rey stands from that and comes in, kicking away at one of the hurt knees and then driving down and elbow into it a couple of times before then locking in leg lock, dropping back and viceing his legs around Sabin’s leg. Sabin brings his shoulders off the mat, crying out in agony but shaking his head and yelling now at the referee, holding his head and falling back for a quick count, rising again and crying out in pain. He is then able to bring his other leg up and kicks away at Rey hard in the back, booting him off. He stands, hobbling on his back leg as he turns around and tries to walk. But in slides Rey with a dropkick to the knee again sending Sabin flying over and down into the mat in pain. Rey now runs over and grabs the leg, forcing it to the mat and then leaping up swinging his own knees down into Sabin’s! Chris cries out as Rey stands from that and now pulls the leg back, dropping back and lock in the leg vice again. Almost a cross leg breaker applied. Sabin again cries out in the pain but refuses to give it in. Eventually able to shuffle back across the ring and grab the bottom rope to break the hold, Rey holds on for the counted 4 seconds before finally breaking, standing and booting down at the leg one more time as he walks away. He walks to the other side of the ring with a huge grin on his face, the fans booing back at him in response. He waves them off as he turns and comes in, grabbing the leg of Sabin again and sending him over with a leg whip, pulling him back for another hold, but this time Sabin reels back both legs and kicks off sending him flying back into the ropes. Rey falls back into the them as Chris struggles the stand, his knee in a back way and made worse by the move he just pulled off. Rey comes in, going for the leg again, but Sabin answers with a mighty roundhouse kick to the head with the other leg! That sends Rey stumbling back into the ropes, Sabin standing and hitting his leg, running in gingerly as best he can into Rey with a cross body that sends him falling over the top rope to the outside.
The crowd now cheers for Chris as hops around the ring, hitting his leg again and kicking it out. He then turns and sees Rey rising up on the outside, running in and leaping up over the ropes and down with a no handed suicide dive taking Rey down on the outside! Sabin cries out having hit his back knee on the mats as he landed, rolling away holding the leg. He eventually uses the wall to the push himself up and comes in, picking Rey up and hammering into him, then driving him face off the guard wall, before then reeling him back and slapping a hard knife edge chop across the chest, and another. After a third he grabs Rey’s head and rolls him back into the ring. Rey rises in the ring and then springs to life as Sabin rises on the apron, running in and nailing and dropkick sending Chris flying off the apron and crashing down hard chest first into the guard wall on the outside! Rey takes a moment to recover, standing and as Sabin stands on the outside takes a few steps, teasing a plancha, but stops him, waving his finger at the crowd with a grin which gets loud boos in return. He then comes to the outside and grabs Sabin’s head, hammering away on him with hard shots and then rolling him back into the ring. He then reaches under the ropes and grabs Chris’s leg, bringing it now towards the ring post, rising up on the ring steps and looking out at the crowd with a grin, then going to drive the leg into the post…but Chris kicks off sending Rey flying off the steps back first hard into the security wall! The crowd cheers at that and for Sabin as he retreats his legs from danger and lies recovering on the mat for a moment, taking a breath. He then finally stands and comes out, grabbing Rey’s head and driving it into the ring steps before throwing him back in. He then rejoins him in the ring, starting to get that wheel of his working again and he pulls Rey up and then under hooking the arms, sending him over with a tiger suplex and covering for 2. He now picks Ret up and backs him into the corner, working away with chops and shots to the face, before scooping Rey up and driving him down into the tree of woe in the corner! Backing off the across the ring, hitting and kicking out his bad knee again before running and leaping up for the corner hesitation dropkick to the upside down head of Rey! But Rey moves! Sabin kicking the corner hard with both legs! Yelling out as he falls back to the mats, holding his bad knee in extreme pain, really showing the pain on his face now. Rey has rolled himself up onto the top rope out of the tree and is sitting there watching this is satisfaction as he rises up and flies off with the body splash for 1…2…NO! Sabin just manages to get the shoulder up! Rey slams in the mat, yelling out in Spanish as he rises and now goes back to the leg, bringing it up off the mat and kicking away viciously at it, gritted teeth, really laying into the knee.
“Wow this is a side of Rey Mysterio I don’t think we have ever seen! Look at him laying in those kicks to the leg of the X Division Champion!” JR cries out.
“He is gonna shatter that leg is the masked man Mysterio!” Dusty adds.
Rey now pulls the leg, nailing Sabin in the head as he tries to stop him, pulling him towards the ropes and placing the leg there, weaving and trapping it in the second and third ropes. He then breaks away to the outside and then up onto the top rope, Sabin is reaching out trying all he can to the unhook his leg. The referee coming in and trying to untangle him from the ropes, but Rey yells for him to move just as he flies off the top rope with a missile dropkick to the leg! That breaks it out of the ropes in impact, the just twisting the wrong way from it. Sabin cries back and falls to the mat, Rey dropping back and covering him for 1…2…NO! Sabin again manages to barely kick out, trying to retrieve his bad leg now but Rey has is hooked and brings him back towards the centre of the ring, jerking the leg to hurt it some more and then hooks the leg almost DDTing it into the mat! Sabin again cries out, holding the knee and trying to retrieve it, but Rey is right on him, pulling him in for another leg lock but Sabin is able to reach up and grab him, roll him over in a roll up for 1…2…NO! Rey kicks and they fall away from each other. Rey stands from that in anger and goes for the leg again. He then grabs the leg and pulls it and resting in on the rope, now backing off and going to running dropkick the leg in the ropes, but this time Sabin moves it and Rey’s momentum sends him sliding through the ropes, crashing and burning hard on the outside! His head hitting the mats with a sick splat. Both men lay out of it for a few moments, Sabin rising up in a seated position and trying to move his leg, wincing as he bends the knee even slightly. Eventually the pain seems to get a little better and he starts to move the leg a bit, and then finally standing. But as he does Rey has had enough time to get up and get back into the ring. Sabin though sees him and it right on him, grabbing the head and clubbing up into him, then sending him over with a vertical suplex and floating over into the cover for 2. He stands from that and limps across the ring, still trying to kicks out the leg as he drives a a shot down into Rey on the mat and then picks him up, setting him up around his body, he knee almost giving way but he holds it and swings Rey around for the swinging side slam backbreaker! Driving him across his good knee and covering Rey for 1…2…NO!
Sabin now stands again and backs off, gesturing for Rey to stand, coming in as he does and heaving him up into the head lock and then heaving him up for the Cradle Shock, but Rey then shots to life and rolls down the back, rolling Chris up in the crucifix pin, pressing his body over the legs and reaching out to grab the ropes for extra leverage, the referee not seeing it and counting 1…2…3!!!
Boos sound out as Rey falls off the kicking Sabin, jumping out of the ring and holding his hands up in victory with a huge smile. In the ring Sabin sits up and just stares out at Mysterio in shock, not quite knowing what has happened, looking up with open arms and yelling at the referee. He face soon turning to anger as he sees the official going outside and giving Rey the X Division Championship belt. Rey snatches it from him and hugs it to himself, getting his hand raised before holding it up high in victory, taunting the crowd and Chris with it. In the ring Sabin is sitting gob smacked, hands on his head.
“Here is your winner,” Finkle finally comes in “and NEW World Wrestling Federation X Division Champion! Rey Mysterio!”
Rey again leaps up into the air for joy, yelling out and dropping to his knees holding the belt to himself. He then jumps up and then turns right into Sabin who nails him with hard shots, tackling him down to the mat and hammering away on him there as the crowd cheers. Reinforcements of officials and referees now arrive, pulling Sabin off of Rey, Sabin kicking at him as he is pulled of the Mexican legend and new champion. Rey now crawls away up the aisle on his hands and knees and then rises, holding the belt up high back at the restraint Sabin who sneers at him in seething rage. Rey grinning back at him and then being escorted up and to the back.
“Well two matches, two new champions thus far. Perhaps two new members of Legendary, or restored in Trish’s case. But this has certainly been a Legendary night so far” JR comments as Sabin is escorted now up the aisle himself, the crowd cheering for him as he is.
“Well hope that continues with the double main events!” King exclaims.
“If it does King…then…”
“Then we better go find someplace else to work Gentleman because there won’t be room here for anything but Vince Mcmahon’s head!” Dusty chimes in, Chris now taken through the curtain to the back as we fade out.
We cut to Gene Okerlund in the interview area.
“Ladies and Gentleman, my guest at this time: The World Wrestling Federation Champion!” Loud boos “John Cena!”
The boos as thunderous as Cena steps in, chain on, hat and shirt on, WWF Spinner belt being adjusted over his shoulders as he cockily chews gum and snorts down at Okerlund.
“Well Mr. Cena next you face without a doubt the hardest challenge of your impressive title reign, no doubt perhaps the biggest match of your life is coming up as you take on the one and only Phenom the Undertaker!” Cheers to that.
“See that is where you are wrong Okerlund. See If I had faced the Undertaker ten years ago, or three years ago I would be facing the Phenom. But what I am facing tonight is an old man who’s entire aura and Legend revolves around this companies production team and some scary black clothes from Hot Topic. Because that is exactly what he is Gene, a broken down old man who is using his Legacy to get himself a title shot tonight. He called in all his favors, all his past accolades and he got it. Well, congratulations Undertaker. Tonight you step into the ring with the greatest WWF Champion of all time, the great WWF Superstar of all time and the man who has the ability to finally put your ass down. Because when I am done with you Undertaker you will retreat back home to your ugly kids and your slut of third wife, and you won’t be the Undertaker anymore. Because tonight the Undertaker dies! Courtesy of John Cena. And then all that will be left is old Mark Callaway, a beaten down old man who will be just one more past name that I have put down. Mark simply put: You can’t beat me!” He waves his hand in front of his face and then walks off screen, Okerlund exhaling and shaking his head as we fade back to ringside.
Live from the Phillips Arena in Atlanta GA
*Play Opening package*
The pyro explodes off the circled scaffold entrance way, the lights coming up to the rabid packed house of over 20 thousand screaming fans.
“Welcome ladies and gentleman to the Phillips area in good old Atlanta GA! We are live for the 25th annual Royal Rumble! Jim Ross alongside Jerry “The King” Lawler and joining us on commentary tonight, Shane Mcmahon able to pull some strings is a man who knows Atlanta very well indeed. The American Dream Dusty Rhodes!”
We now cut to the announce desk where Dusty is sat smiling next to JR and King.
“Indeed I do Jim Ross, I know this town very well indeed. And I am proud to step down from Titan Tower and get back to work here tonight. This night that will without doubt be an historical epic night in WWF and wrestling history! I heard you both say it before and I must agree, I could not be happier to come back at any event but this which may be the biggest Royal Rumble of all time” speaks Dusty
“And before the night is up it may be the best. The Royal Rumble match with more star power than ever before, all the biggest names in the business plus that stipulations made on Monday AND an NWA and ROH mystery entrant. What a night this will be King” JR responds.
“Yeah and that’s not all JR! We have the biggest rumble ever, we have a women’s battle royal for their title but we also have it! It’s finally going to happen, the very soul of the WWF meets its face as tonight we will see it guys. The Undertaker VS John Cena! I can hardly wait!”
“Oh for sure King, one of the biggest matches of all time here tonight! But I think we have talked long and hard enough about that for now, let’s get this show on the road baby.”
“I couldn’t have said it better dream. Indeed, let’s get things going for our first big matchup, handing over now to Legendary ring announcer Howard Finkle.”
Women’s Rumble
Howard Finkle is stood in the middle of the ring as the bell sounds out.
“Ladies and Gentleman, your opening contest is the Women’s Rumble!” The crowd cheers in response “this match will be contested under battle royal rules and is for the World Wrestling Federation Women’s Championship! Elimination occurs when a woman is thrown over the top rope and both feet hit the floor!”
*Play Entrances*
All ten women stands in the ring eying up their opponents, ready to strike. Kendra towering over them all and adjusting her black gloves as she stares them down Daffney looking like she wants to claw someone’s eyes out. Trish and Mickie glaring across at each other as Mickie surrenders the Women’s Championship. The referee takes it towards the centre of the ring and holds it up high for all to see. He then hands it out before then getting between all the women and…ringing the bell.
As soon as it sounds the mass of women run in for each other and choose their target, some randomly on whomever they can get their hands on. Velvet Sky hands back in the corner, trying not to be noticed and wincing as she sees all the other women going at it. Mickie at once hammers into any women in her way, weaving through them to get to Trish. Trish fighting off Sarita and turning seeing Mickie coming for her and runs in to meet her, Mickie at once leaping up and onto Trish with a Lou Thez press and hammering down into her. Several women have broken off from fighting are now charging for Kendra.
“Trying what the men did in their battle royal on Monday to Abyss, smart” King comments.
“Yeah but that Kendra is one big hunk of women hood King. She may be more than they can chew” adds Dusty.
Indeed as Daffney, Angelina and McCool hammer into her she reels for it for a few moments before nailing Love down, then grabbing McCool and hammering into her ribs, then clubbing her down. She then brings up a big boot into the mouth of Daffney taking her down. On the other side of the ring Trish and Mickie are struggling on the ropes, Trish managing to get on top, pushing Mickie back into the ropes trying to get her over as Sarita runs in and join her, the two trying the push the Women’s Champion over, but she is able to kick and then hammer then both off. She then closelines Trish down but then turns right into a one legged dropkick from Sarita. On the other side of the ring Kendra pick up Love and scoop slams her down, then scoop slams McCool but then from behind come Hamada hammering into her and beating her back into the corner. There she tries to push Kendra over but Kendra is able to put on the breaks and force her feet to the mat before then hammering Hamada back, then grabbing her by the head and throwing her into the corner and starting to try and push her over, when from behind Love and McCool and back. Michelle grabbing Kendra’s head and driving it into the mat with the reverse DDT. She stands from that right into a straight running shot from Hamada. Hamada then intercepts the incoming Love and boots her down, then turning back to McCool who fires away and then grabs the arm, Irish whipping Hamada towards the ropes but Ayako reverses it and sends McCool into the ropes, running in and closelining her over and out. McCool slams the apron as she stands but she is gone.
Hamada turns from that right into a hard shot for Kendra but then goes to try and bit boot her out but Hamada moves and then hammers into the back of her head as she is trapped there and trying to force her over. But Kendra kicks back over and hard head buts in Hamada sending her down. On the other side of the ring Trish is taken down by Sarita and turns seeing Velvet in the corner, shaking her head and then going in on Mickie who yells out runs in and dropkick her sending Trish over!...But she is able to hook the ropes on the way down and goes to pull herself back in, Mickie coming over and trying to push her off the apron with her foot, but from behind comes Daffney who screams out as she goes wild on Mickie and then drives her down with a kneeling face buster. Daffney stands from that and sees Velvet in the corner, running in for her but she is intercepted by Angelina Love with a closeline and then a hard gut wrench suplex. Love stands from that and looks over to Sky with a nod and a smile. Sky coming forward and its seems that the Beautiful People are back in business as the two women work away on Daffney.
“Oh boy, the barbies are back!” Dusty comments.
“For now, it’s every women for herself in there” JR replies.
Love and Sky now run in and hammer into Hamada beating her down with double team shots. They then turns and see Kendra rising and run in for her, hammering into her from both sides. Kendra though then elbows Love in the mouth and then grabs Velvet by the hair, Sky screaming at the top of her lungs and writhing in the grip as Kendra grabs Love by the blond hair as well and then drives both their skulls into each other. Then keeping hold over the heads turns and dumps them both over and out! The crowd cheers as the former Beautiful People rise on the outside and begin yelling at each other, holding their heads in pain as get into a bitchy screaming match on whose fault it was until they are taken away by a handful of officials. Kendra now turns as Sarita runs in and side steps her, grabbing the head and throwing her over and out!
“Kendra is large and in charges daddy!” Dusty calls out as Kendra stalks in the ring for her next opponent, finding Trish and hammering her down. She then picks Trish up in the scoop slam position and begins heading towards the ropes, when Trish is able to drop down behind and dropkick Kendra in the back right into Daffney who nails her with the Daff knees face breaker! But not falling just standing and stumbling around into Victoria who hammers into her, and then Mickie who nails the Chick Kick and finally Hamada who nails rabid head buts before grabbing and throwing her over the ropes, Kendra though hanging on, holding over, Hamada hammering down into her trying to beat her off the apron, but Kendra fires back into her, rising up. When from the side comesd4 Vic with a dropkick sending her off the apron and down to the floor! Kendra is eliminated, the crowd let out a sound of shock, they can’t believe it. And neither can she, slamming the apron in anger, yelling in rage at the official as he tells her that she is gone. Kendra is having none of it though, throwing the officials off of her and trying to renter the ring when bam! Daffney nails her with a lead pipe! Once, twice, three times and Kendra falls down off the apron and out cold on the mats. The fans booing as Daffney stands with the pipe in hand laughing manically.
“Where the hell did she get that from?” JR asks. Almost immediately a reply is shown in response as during Kendra’s elimination Daffney rolled out of the ring and went under the bottom rope for it.
She now turns with it as all the other women have broke off fighting each other, Hamada and Victoria having finally found each other and trading furious blows back and forth reigniting their recent rivalry. Trish and Mickie now both up and go for each other again trading blows back and forth, Hamada then joining in and beating them both back. When from behind comes Daffney who nails Hamada with the lead pipe! She then turns and nails Mickie with it! Then runs in and swings for Victoria but Victoria ducks it and then boots her in the gut, heaving Daffney up and driving her down the widows peak! She stands from that and picks Daffney up, tossing her over and out over the top rope! Daffney is gone, Victoria kicking the pipe out the ring and turning as Trish runs in and closelines her over the top rope and out onto the floor! Victoria is gone and we are down to three! Victoria furious at her elimination and being escorted to the back with Daffney, the two fighting through the refs and exploding into each other until they are pushed apart.
Back in the ring Trish is on the only one vertical due to Daffney’s pipe, laughing at this twist of fate as she comes in, picking Hamada off of the mat and nailing her with a shot sending her back into the ropes. She then picks up Mickie and levels her with several hard forearms to the head and then drives her down with the sit out face buster. She rises form that and yells out, pulling Mickie in for the Stratisfaction, running up the corner with Mickie’s head in position! but at the last second Mickie comes to life and as she reaches the top rope pushes off, Trish tumbling over the ropes! But as she falls she is able to just grab the ring post, hugging it as one leg falls on the ring steps and the other dangles precariously over the black mats below. Mickie walks away thinking she has this, recovering, still woozy from the head shot and the shaking it off and turning, seeing Trish there and cursing in rage and frustration as he come in for it…when from the side Hamada comes in with the dropkick sending her into the ropes! Mickie falling into them, Hamada backing off and running in, but Mickie drops down at the last moment sending her over with the back body drop over and down to the floor! Hamada is gone. Mickie falls to her knees, taking a moment. On the other side of the ring Trish has pulled herself in, taking a breather herself and then sees Mickie there and run in, Chick kicking her hard in the mouth sending her down. She then picks her up to loud boos and goes to throw her out, but Mickie is able to put on the breaks and reverses it, sending Trish through the ropes to the outside!
“She isn’t gone ladies and gentleman; she did not go over the top rope” JR comments.
Mickie now recovers in the ring as Trish rises, sneering into the ring at Mickie and then running around the ring to the side where Daffney’s pipe is laying and pick it up, heading into the ring with it. The crowd booing as Trish winds up, setting up for the shot as Mickie rises, running it with it as she does and clubbing her down with a pipe shot to the head! Her second of the night. The crowd is now booing and jeering loudly as Trish is laughing to herself knowing she has it, dropping down and clubbing the pipe in Mickie’s ribs over and over and then another shot to the head. With each to the body Mickie writhes in pain but after the head one she just lays still out cold on the mat, unmoving. On the outside the officials are going crazy, yelling in for Trish to drop the pipe. She just laughs at them and tosses the pipe through the rope at a few of them, the refs there jumping back to avoid the heavy object. Trish then stands and reaches down, picking Mickie’s lifeless body up, laughing all the while as she runs and dumps her over and out over the top rope to the floor.
Thunderous boos as the bell rings and Trish’s music hits. Trish just throwing her head back and laughing, holding her arms out in triumph.
“Here is your winner and NEW World Wrestling Federation Women’s Champion! Trish Stratus!” Louder boos again.
Trish continues to laugh, grinning broadly as she takes the title from the official and then holds it up high with both hands in triumph.
“Well damn it she did it, Trish has got her belt back. It took some crafty moves and a lead pipe to do it, but she has that damn belt back!” JR calls in disgust.
“She did what she had to do JR. The fact she survived that counter push over the top rope was amazing, you have to admit that. And she didn’t bring the lead pipe into the ring.”
“No she did not,” Dusty agrees “but she sure used it. And you have to believe that the devil is watching that Vince Mcmahon must like this hot babe a lot more again now.”
Trish now goes to the other side, throwing her belt up into the air there to boos, just going completely over the top with her celebration. On the outside Mickie is helped up by two refs, who practically carry her over their shoulders to the back. Back in the ring Trish drops her knees, almost crying as she looks down at the women’s title, collapsing into it….
*PLAY KONG*
The crowd goes insane; Trish’s smile wiped off her face the color being drained from it as through the curtain bursts AWESOME KONG! Glaring down into the ring at Trish as she slowly rises up, and then even slower turns around, swallowing hard as she looks into the eyes of the beat up the aisle way, who is staring back at her like a predator at its prey.
“It’s Kong! It’s Kong! Awesome Kong is back!” JR yells “the women that Trish screwed for that title back in August! I heard rumors but…now that Trish is Champion again…”
“She’s dead meat! Run Trish!”
Sound advice that she takes as Kong breaks off and marches as fast as she can towards the ring, Trish darts from it, hugging her title to herself like stolen bounty as she jumps into the crowd, running through them. She stops as she reaches the steps, turning back to the ring as Kong is now stood in it. Trish is just open mouthed, walking backwards as though reeling away from Kong and stumbles, tripping over to fall right on her ass, holding her precious title to herself as she stares in terror into the ring. The fans laughing at her. In the ring Kong sneers at her and then brings up her arm and points at her, Trish swallows hard and then stumbling to stand and running away up the arena aisle as fast as her legs can carry her towards the exit of the arena, Kong looking on, glaring a whole into her the whole time.
“Awesome Kong is back and she wants a cut of raw Stratus steak!” Dusty calls as we fade out on Kong’s fierce glaring face.
We now cut to the parking lot as text appears at the top of the screen reading “earlier today.” We see Gene Okerlund standing, waiting as a black pickup truck baring the skull logo and the emblem on the its doors of Austin 3:16 drives hard into the arena and into a parking space. From it steps down the rattlesnake himself, dressed in his hunting gear, sunglasses and baseball gap, pulling her bags towards the camera and Okerlund as he runs up.
“Stone Cold! Steve, if I could just get a word. Tonight you have put your entire career on the line in the Royal Rumble. You have won it 4 times before including last year, can you do it again?” Okerlund pushes the mic into the face of the still walking Austin, who stops and glares at him for a moment before responding.
“Damn right I will. I have won more Royal Rumble than anyone, even the egomanic with the porn tash! Vince can do whatever he wants; his lapdogs can do whatever they want. What they did to me and the chance to got to Wrestlemania, win the title, beat Cena, win my old job back. You can damn sure believe that has lit the biggest fire under my ass that you can ever imagine! And as far as the all the others go, I don’t care if it’s any of them in that locker room or if its someone who was. Even someone who has never been! Whoever gets in my way will get the living crap beat out of them and that’s the bottom line! Now you better get out of my way before I knock your damn lights out too!”
The crowd roars for that as Okerlund swallows and gladly steps aside, Austin pulling his back and walking into the arena.
JR, King and Dusty recap the masked man story and then it’s time for the next match:
X Division Championship
*Play Rey and Sabin*
Rey is grinning cockily at Chris as he makes his way up the steps, Sabin for his part just glaring in at him and shaking his head as he comes through the ropes. As the music dies he unhooks the X Division Championship and surrenders it to the official. The referee nods as he takes it across the ring and shows it to Rey, Rey’s smile had not left his face, grinning still as he nods and touches the championship belt. Sabin sighs on the other side of the ring, the belt held up in the centre of the ring and then given to the outside. The referee bringing them out of their corners and then…ringing the bell.
Chris and Rey circle each other, Rey now talking saying something about how anything Chris can do, he can do better and dodging in a ready stance from a few attempted attacked, backing off still with a broad grin, yelling and gesturing for Sabin to bring it. Sabin sneers at him and cries out as he comes forward going for a shot, but Rey ducks it and goes behind, grabbing Chris’s head and nailing him with several shots, before then kicking him hard in the mid section, before them leaping up and sending Chris over in the head scissor take down. Sabin rolls over and stands from that, slapping the mat in frustration as he stands, shaking it off and shuffling around the ring in a ready stance towards Rey again. Mysterio is now laughing at him, taunting him over what he just did. Sabin again runs in, this time Mysterio side stepping it and sending him into the corner, then running and hooking him, rolling back into a cover for 1. Sabin stands from that and grabs Mysterio by the head, hammering into it and then sending him over with a snapmare, dropping right down into a chin lock and hooking Rey down to the mat in, syncing it in. Rey struggles for that for a few moments before being to reverse it into a backslide. Both men break and stand. Sabin comes in, swinging with a roundhouse, but Rey ducks it and goes behind, grabbing the head and driving it down into the mat with the sit out and hooking the legs back for another 1 count.
“So far Mysterio has done everything he can to end it early. He knows that age and attrition is a factor and the sooner he can put Chris away the less advantage the younger man will have” JR comments.
“Yeah, but you have to believe it is to embarrass him as well. If he beats the face of the X Division in short order…imagine the bragging rights” King replies.
“Oh for sure Jerry, that is for sure what he is trying to do” Dusty agrees.
Both men now launch forward into a collar and elbow tie up, struggling against each other until Rey is able to kick to the back of Sabin’s legs, forcing him down and then grabbing the arm and running for the ropes with it, running up them for some sort of springboard arm drag, but Sabin is able to pull him back onto his shoulders, turns and drives him into the mat with a power slam! Covering for 2. Chris is now in control, picking Rey up and throwing him over in a snapmare, then running for the ropes, coming back with a hard sliding dropkick to the face and covering again for 2. Sabin now continues to focus on the head, coming around and pulling Rey up into a crushing reverse headbut. Rey able to nail a few back kicks to Sabin’s head to send him away. As Sabin stumbles back Mysterio stands and runs in, hitting a dropkick that sends Chris hard into the corner, then running in with a rolling senton crushing him in the corner. Then as he falls down Rey heads to the apron, spring boarding himself up, but as he flies Sabin catches him and sends him over with a belly to belly suplex! The crowd reacts as Rey slams the mat hard, crying up and arching his back in pain. Sabin running in and throws him to the mat, wrapping his legs around Rey’s throat and syncing in a reverse head scissors. Rey cries out in pain, holding his arm up and shaking his head at the referee. Eventually after a few moments he is able to roll over and then uses all he has to stand! Sabin now his shoulders in the electric chair, but Sabin is able to roll forward hooking for the legs for 1…2…Rey rolls back into his own 1…2…NO! Both men break away as the fall off of each other.
Both rise at the same time and trade blows back and forth until Mysterio dropkicks down into the knees of Sabin sending him flying overhead and down on the mat. Rey stands from that and comes in, kicking away at one of the hurt knees and then driving down and elbow into it a couple of times before then locking in leg lock, dropping back and viceing his legs around Sabin’s leg. Sabin brings his shoulders off the mat, crying out in agony but shaking his head and yelling now at the referee, holding his head and falling back for a quick count, rising again and crying out in pain. He is then able to bring his other leg up and kicks away at Rey hard in the back, booting him off. He stands, hobbling on his back leg as he turns around and tries to walk. But in slides Rey with a dropkick to the knee again sending Sabin flying over and down into the mat in pain. Rey now runs over and grabs the leg, forcing it to the mat and then leaping up swinging his own knees down into Sabin’s! Chris cries out as Rey stands from that and now pulls the leg back, dropping back and lock in the leg vice again. Almost a cross leg breaker applied. Sabin again cries out in the pain but refuses to give it in. Eventually able to shuffle back across the ring and grab the bottom rope to break the hold, Rey holds on for the counted 4 seconds before finally breaking, standing and booting down at the leg one more time as he walks away. He walks to the other side of the ring with a huge grin on his face, the fans booing back at him in response. He waves them off as he turns and comes in, grabbing the leg of Sabin again and sending him over with a leg whip, pulling him back for another hold, but this time Sabin reels back both legs and kicks off sending him flying back into the ropes. Rey falls back into the them as Chris struggles the stand, his knee in a back way and made worse by the move he just pulled off. Rey comes in, going for the leg again, but Sabin answers with a mighty roundhouse kick to the head with the other leg! That sends Rey stumbling back into the ropes, Sabin standing and hitting his leg, running in gingerly as best he can into Rey with a cross body that sends him falling over the top rope to the outside.
The crowd now cheers for Chris as hops around the ring, hitting his leg again and kicking it out. He then turns and sees Rey rising up on the outside, running in and leaping up over the ropes and down with a no handed suicide dive taking Rey down on the outside! Sabin cries out having hit his back knee on the mats as he landed, rolling away holding the leg. He eventually uses the wall to the push himself up and comes in, picking Rey up and hammering into him, then driving him face off the guard wall, before then reeling him back and slapping a hard knife edge chop across the chest, and another. After a third he grabs Rey’s head and rolls him back into the ring. Rey rises in the ring and then springs to life as Sabin rises on the apron, running in and nailing and dropkick sending Chris flying off the apron and crashing down hard chest first into the guard wall on the outside! Rey takes a moment to recover, standing and as Sabin stands on the outside takes a few steps, teasing a plancha, but stops him, waving his finger at the crowd with a grin which gets loud boos in return. He then comes to the outside and grabs Sabin’s head, hammering away on him with hard shots and then rolling him back into the ring. He then reaches under the ropes and grabs Chris’s leg, bringing it now towards the ring post, rising up on the ring steps and looking out at the crowd with a grin, then going to drive the leg into the post…but Chris kicks off sending Rey flying off the steps back first hard into the security wall! The crowd cheers at that and for Sabin as he retreats his legs from danger and lies recovering on the mat for a moment, taking a breath. He then finally stands and comes out, grabbing Rey’s head and driving it into the ring steps before throwing him back in. He then rejoins him in the ring, starting to get that wheel of his working again and he pulls Rey up and then under hooking the arms, sending him over with a tiger suplex and covering for 2. He now picks Ret up and backs him into the corner, working away with chops and shots to the face, before scooping Rey up and driving him down into the tree of woe in the corner! Backing off the across the ring, hitting and kicking out his bad knee again before running and leaping up for the corner hesitation dropkick to the upside down head of Rey! But Rey moves! Sabin kicking the corner hard with both legs! Yelling out as he falls back to the mats, holding his bad knee in extreme pain, really showing the pain on his face now. Rey has rolled himself up onto the top rope out of the tree and is sitting there watching this is satisfaction as he rises up and flies off with the body splash for 1…2…NO! Sabin just manages to get the shoulder up! Rey slams in the mat, yelling out in Spanish as he rises and now goes back to the leg, bringing it up off the mat and kicking away viciously at it, gritted teeth, really laying into the knee.
“Wow this is a side of Rey Mysterio I don’t think we have ever seen! Look at him laying in those kicks to the leg of the X Division Champion!” JR cries out.
“He is gonna shatter that leg is the masked man Mysterio!” Dusty adds.
Rey now pulls the leg, nailing Sabin in the head as he tries to stop him, pulling him towards the ropes and placing the leg there, weaving and trapping it in the second and third ropes. He then breaks away to the outside and then up onto the top rope, Sabin is reaching out trying all he can to the unhook his leg. The referee coming in and trying to untangle him from the ropes, but Rey yells for him to move just as he flies off the top rope with a missile dropkick to the leg! That breaks it out of the ropes in impact, the just twisting the wrong way from it. Sabin cries back and falls to the mat, Rey dropping back and covering him for 1…2…NO! Sabin again manages to barely kick out, trying to retrieve his bad leg now but Rey has is hooked and brings him back towards the centre of the ring, jerking the leg to hurt it some more and then hooks the leg almost DDTing it into the mat! Sabin again cries out, holding the knee and trying to retrieve it, but Rey is right on him, pulling him in for another leg lock but Sabin is able to reach up and grab him, roll him over in a roll up for 1…2…NO! Rey kicks and they fall away from each other. Rey stands from that in anger and goes for the leg again. He then grabs the leg and pulls it and resting in on the rope, now backing off and going to running dropkick the leg in the ropes, but this time Sabin moves it and Rey’s momentum sends him sliding through the ropes, crashing and burning hard on the outside! His head hitting the mats with a sick splat. Both men lay out of it for a few moments, Sabin rising up in a seated position and trying to move his leg, wincing as he bends the knee even slightly. Eventually the pain seems to get a little better and he starts to move the leg a bit, and then finally standing. But as he does Rey has had enough time to get up and get back into the ring. Sabin though sees him and it right on him, grabbing the head and clubbing up into him, then sending him over with a vertical suplex and floating over into the cover for 2. He stands from that and limps across the ring, still trying to kicks out the leg as he drives a a shot down into Rey on the mat and then picks him up, setting him up around his body, he knee almost giving way but he holds it and swings Rey around for the swinging side slam backbreaker! Driving him across his good knee and covering Rey for 1…2…NO!
Sabin now stands again and backs off, gesturing for Rey to stand, coming in as he does and heaving him up into the head lock and then heaving him up for the Cradle Shock, but Rey then shots to life and rolls down the back, rolling Chris up in the crucifix pin, pressing his body over the legs and reaching out to grab the ropes for extra leverage, the referee not seeing it and counting 1…2…3!!!
Boos sound out as Rey falls off the kicking Sabin, jumping out of the ring and holding his hands up in victory with a huge smile. In the ring Sabin sits up and just stares out at Mysterio in shock, not quite knowing what has happened, looking up with open arms and yelling at the referee. He face soon turning to anger as he sees the official going outside and giving Rey the X Division Championship belt. Rey snatches it from him and hugs it to himself, getting his hand raised before holding it up high in victory, taunting the crowd and Chris with it. In the ring Sabin is sitting gob smacked, hands on his head.
“Here is your winner,” Finkle finally comes in “and NEW World Wrestling Federation X Division Champion! Rey Mysterio!”
Rey again leaps up into the air for joy, yelling out and dropping to his knees holding the belt to himself. He then jumps up and then turns right into Sabin who nails him with hard shots, tackling him down to the mat and hammering away on him there as the crowd cheers. Reinforcements of officials and referees now arrive, pulling Sabin off of Rey, Sabin kicking at him as he is pulled of the Mexican legend and new champion. Rey now crawls away up the aisle on his hands and knees and then rises, holding the belt up high back at the restraint Sabin who sneers at him in seething rage. Rey grinning back at him and then being escorted up and to the back.
“Well two matches, two new champions thus far. Perhaps two new members of Legendary, or restored in Trish’s case. But this has certainly been a Legendary night so far” JR comments as Sabin is escorted now up the aisle himself, the crowd cheering for him as he is.
“Well hope that continues with the double main events!” King exclaims.
“If it does King…then…”
“Then we better go find someplace else to work Gentleman because there won’t be room here for anything but Vince Mcmahon’s head!” Dusty chimes in, Chris now taken through the curtain to the back as we fade out.
We cut to Gene Okerlund in the interview area.
“Ladies and Gentleman, my guest at this time: The World Wrestling Federation Champion!” Loud boos “John Cena!”
The boos as thunderous as Cena steps in, chain on, hat and shirt on, WWF Spinner belt being adjusted over his shoulders as he cockily chews gum and snorts down at Okerlund.
“Well Mr. Cena next you face without a doubt the hardest challenge of your impressive title reign, no doubt perhaps the biggest match of your life is coming up as you take on the one and only Phenom the Undertaker!” Cheers to that.
“See that is where you are wrong Okerlund. See If I had faced the Undertaker ten years ago, or three years ago I would be facing the Phenom. But what I am facing tonight is an old man who’s entire aura and Legend revolves around this companies production team and some scary black clothes from Hot Topic. Because that is exactly what he is Gene, a broken down old man who is using his Legacy to get himself a title shot tonight. He called in all his favors, all his past accolades and he got it. Well, congratulations Undertaker. Tonight you step into the ring with the greatest WWF Champion of all time, the great WWF Superstar of all time and the man who has the ability to finally put your ass down. Because when I am done with you Undertaker you will retreat back home to your ugly kids and your slut of third wife, and you won’t be the Undertaker anymore. Because tonight the Undertaker dies! Courtesy of John Cena. And then all that will be left is old Mark Callaway, a beaten down old man who will be just one more past name that I have put down. Mark simply put: You can’t beat me!” He waves his hand in front of his face and then walks off screen, Okerlund exhaling and shaking his head as we fade back to ringside.