BL: Hey, wait a second. Are we scheduled for a match right now? TD: Ladies and gentlemen, someone... no, two people are coming down to ringside... [The lights dim, and the PA system launches into the theme from "Bladerunner" -- which is instantly met by a huge crowd pop!] TD: [shouting] Surely not! It is! It's Rising Sun Revolution! They're back! SR: What the hell are those two bozos doing here? Did they run out of raw fish or something? [Hiroshi and Ryudo, both wearing heavy black leather jackets and jeans, run down to ringside and jump onto the raised interview platform beside the ring. Ryudo holds his arms in the air to a massive crowd pop. Hiroshi runs to the edge of the platform, throwing his fist in the air, and yells at the crowd, who yell back. The noise is deafening. Ryudo calls the ring announcer over and asks for the mic.] Ryudo: [on the mic] Tim, could you come up here a minute? SR: Oh great, they want to talk. We could be here all night. [Tim Dross walks up and joins them on the platform. Hiroshi greets him with an enthusiastic handshake. Ryudo hands him the mic.] TD: Ryudo, Hiroshi, this is very unexpected...what am I saying? Welcome back, guys! [Big pop!] Ryudo: [grinning] Thanks, Tim. Now I know you've got a lot of questions you want to ask, so I'll try to clear things up for you a bit. For the last few months, we have been wrestling in a tournament in our homeland, where we have been earned over $500,000 for charity. You see, we had suffered from a small problem with our work permits, thanks to a mistake by our lawyer, and had to re-apply. But we've been keeping a close eye on events, and I must say we were very, very touched when we saw our nominations in the Golden Grapple awards. Most Missed? Thanks for your support, everyone! [Pop!] SR: Awwwww, how touching. I think I'm going to throw up. BL: Hurl on my dress, and you'll regret it, mister. [Both men raise their hands in the air again, to another huge crowd pop.] Ryudo: But that's not the only reason why we've come back... TD: No? Ryudo: We've been keeping a real close eye on the tag team scene here in the IIWF, and we've noticed a lot of competition for the top prize. Especially how the action has hotted up to such an extent that there is a three-way elimination match here tonight. [An expectant buzz passes through the crowd.] The Armed Forces have the belts. High Plains Drifters have their own belts, but you know, Tim, we think that the Stunt Team USA have a better claim to the belts than either of those two, and they've been stabbed in the back by both of them in the past. TD: Well, I suppose you yourselves have a claim as well, since you never actually lost the titles you won at the first Ring Wars, back at the end of June. [The crowd start chanting "R - S - R!". The atmosphere is electric.] Ryudo: Now you know Tim, it's real funny you should say that... [Ryudo grins, and he and Hiroshi take of their leather jackets, to reveal... the IIWF Tag Team Championship belts! Both men raise their belts into the air, and the crowd goes wild! Ryudu waits for the pop to die down, as the shot pans around the capacity crowd.] Ryudo: You know Tim, I myself can see only one way to resolve this matter... TD: You want in? Ryudo: [to the crowd] Well, how about it? Do you want to see the Revolution in action? [Massive crowd pop!] Here? [The crowd pops even louder!] TONIGHT? SR: No way! Someone get these guys outta here! They're not even supposed to be here!! [Ryudo and Hiroshi turn to the crowd again, holding the belts in the air. The crowd is in a frenzy. Both men lower the belts and turn back to face the aisle as they see the IIWF President walking down to ringside. The crowd falls into a tense silence. Both Ryudo and Hiroshi step back into the far corner and look on as President Dan enters the ring.] TD: Well, Mr. President, how about it? The Revolution in the elimination tag match tonight... This sitution needs clearing up. DS: Tim, this is a very, very unusual situation. [The crowd start getting restless. The "R - S - R!" chants start up again. The President waits for the noise to die down.] DS: While it is true that the tag team known as Rising Sun Revolution did not lose their championship belts, rather choosing to forfeit the titles in order to compete in a tournament in Japan, they are not, I repeat _NOT_ scheduled to wrestle here tonight. [The crowd start booing, and the "R - S - R!" chants reach a new crescendo. Hiroshi claps and eggs them on. Ryudo just looks at the President.] SR: You tell 'em, Prez. Sir. [Once again the President waits for the noise to die down.] DS: However... [The crowd start cheering again. The President holds up his hand for quiet.] DS: However, this situation needs to be resolved once and for all. We _WILL_ have undisputed Tag Team Champions here tonight. Rising Sun Revolution _WILL_ wrestle in the Tag Team Elimination right here at Ring Wars II! SR: No, no, no, NOOOOO!!! [The noise from the crowd is deafening. Ryudo and Hiroshi hi-five each other, and the theme from "Bladerunner" starts up again. Hiroshi and Ryudo raise their belts again to a deafening crowd pop, as Tim Dross and the IIWF President both leave the ring. Dross shakes President Dan's hand, and the honcho makes his way back up the aisle, shaking hands with the fans. Dross rejoins his colleagues at the broadcast booth.] TD: How about that, folks! The Demon and the Dragon back in the IIWF... and in a _four-way_ Tag Team Championship elimination match tonight! Just listen to these people! SR: [frantic] This is the biggest rip-off of all time! They can't do this! They're not even supposed to be here tonight! Someone get them outta here! Give me a glass of water, I'm losing my voice! TD: Here you are, Steve. I've never seen a reception like that in my career. The uncrowned champions haven't lost any of their popularity in their three month hiatus. Whether or not they've kept their edge in the ring remains to be seen, but I can't wait for that tremendous match! SR: I can't believe that crooked idiot we call our President reinstated those two sushi-munching morons for this title match. You can bet that Aaron the Caddie is fuming back there in the locker rooms. TD: There's nothing he, you or anybody can do, Steve. The IIWF President has spoken. Let's go back up to the ring. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- FOUR-WAY IIWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP ELIMINATION MATCH: -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Armed Forces vs. Stunt Team USA vs. High Plains Drifters vs. Rising Sun Revolution ------------------------------------------------------------ RA: Ladies and gentlemen, the following encounter is a special four-way elimination match, and it is for the IIWF World Tag Team Championship! [Pop!] The rules are as follows: two men must be in the ring at all times, and once they have wrestled, they may tag out to any other man standing on the apron. All kinds of elimination are allowed in this match: pinfall, submission, countout and disqualification. The match continues until three teams have been eliminated. Introducing first, coming down the aisle, at a combined weight of 588lbs, and accompanied by the "Wizard" Belgarath McEndeavour, here are Ron "Danger Freak" Fire and Steve "Airborne" Forget: Stunt Team USA! [Big pop as Stunt Team USA jog down the walkway, fireworks exploding as they go. Ron and Steve each roll under the bottom rope and stand in the ring, their arms raised. The crowd gives them a good ovation.] TD: Stunt Team USA have built up quite a following amongst the great fans of the IIWF. SR: They'd be a whole lot more popular with me if they dumped that ridiculous manager of theirs. A wizard?! Give me a break. RA: Introducing next, accompanied to the ring by the "Outlaw" Josey Wales, at a combined weight of 502lbs, here are Pale Rider and Easy Rider: the High Plains Drifters! ["The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" plays on the PA as the Drifters appear through a cloud of smoke at the head of the walkway. They open their overcoats to show off their counterfeit belts as they make their way to the ring.] TD: There are those belts again... I guess either way, tonight's the last we'll see of them, regardless of how the Drifters fare in this match. SR: It won't make any difference, Dross. Everybody knows that the Drifters are the best team in the IIWF, whether they're wearing belts or not. [The Drifters enter the ring and eye Ron and Steve suspiciously. Pale Rider shouts some words of abuse at his opponents, but Ron and Steve stay in their corner.] RA: Introducing next, hailing from the land of the rising sun, at a combined weight of 570lbs, here are Ryudu "Taisu" Kenjinata and Hiroshi "Daioni" Kasai... they are Rising Sun Revolution! [Huge pop as the theme from "Bladerunner" starts up once more. Ryudu and Hiroshi jog down the aisle, slapping hands with the fans as they come. They leap onto the apron and step into the ring, looking at their opponents across the squared circle. The crowd noise remains at fever pitch.] TD: Just listen to these people! Stunt Team USA would have been the fan favourites in this match, but it must be said that Rising Sun Revolution have usurped that position now. These men are tremendous athletes -- remember, this team remains undefeated here in the IIWF. SR: Well, I might add that they've only wrestled a few matches here in the IIWF, and the competition has got a whole lot tougher since the Revulsion... TD: [interrupting] That's Revolution, Steve. SR: Whatever. The competition has got a whole lot tougher since they left, and I have a feeling their undefeated streak is going to come to an end right here tonight. RA: And introducing last, hailing from Omaha, Nebraska, at a combined weight of 643lbs, and accompanied to the ring by Aaron the Caddie, here are the IIWF World Tag Team Champions, NavCom and DefCon, the Armed Forces! [Big heel pop for the Forces as they walk down to the ring looking furious, led by a fuming Aaron the Caddie. Aaron storms down to ringside, his men behind him, and yells at the official, waving his golf club wildly.] TD: It looks like Aaron isn't too happy about the addition of Rising Sun Revolution to this match. SR: And who can blame him? These two Japanese idiots think they can just waltz back into the IIWF and demand title shots... without the champions even getting a say? TD: If the Armed Forces were truly champions, they'd take on all comers. SR: You know, Dross, it's that kind of corny, sententious moral crap that just makes me want to bash your teeth in. [The official argues with the Forces, and seems unable to convince them to enter the ring. Eventually, the referee goes over to the ring announcer, who speaks:] RA: I have been informed by the referee that if the Armed Forces do not enter the ring to participate in their contracted match, they will be disqualified by default, and therefore lose the IIWF World Tag Team Championship titles! [Big pop. Aaron practically has a fit on the outside, but NavCom and DefCon throw off their military gear, discard their belts, and jump to the apron. The Forces refuse to enter the ring, and the Drifters similarly step outside, leaving Ron of STUSA to face Hiroshi of RSR.] TD: Two big powerhouses in the ring to start things off here. [The bell rings, and the two men lock up. Hiroshi pushes Ron into the ropes, and attempts a clothesline, which Ron ducks underneath. He turns, but his slightly smaller opponent is more nimble, and Ron fires back with a clothesline of his own. Hiroshi goes down, but rolls out of the way of an attempted legdrop, and is quickly to his feet. Ron and Hiroshi look at one another, and then at the Armed Forces. They run over to the corner to each tag in one of the champions, but NavCom and DefCon both jump from the apron to the arena floor. Heel pop as the Forces signal that they're smarter than that. Ron and Hiroshi instead tag in their respective partners, and the smaller men, Steve and Ryudu, size up the Forces, launching themselves at them with a pair of beautifully executed plancha dives. NavCom and DefCon clatter into the steel crowd barriers. Huge pop from the crowd! Ryudu and Steve roll back into the ring, and Ryudu tags out to Easy Rider.] TD: Wow! Stunt Team USA and Rising Sun Revolution proving that they can work together against a common enemy here! [Easy charges in, and is hiptossed by Steve. He charges in again, and is once more hiptossed. The third time, he lifts a knee, catches Steve in the midsection, doubling him over, and he capitalises with a big powerbomb. Cover - 1 - 2 - kickout! He drags Steve to his feet and executes a Brainbuster suplex, before again going for the cover - 1 - 2 - kickout! On the outside, Aaron the Caddie attempts to revive his men and pull them back to their feet. Meanwhile, Steve is on the receiving end of a high-powered assault from Easy Rider. Easy executes a belly-to-belly suplex on Steve, and then peppers Ron, Ryudu and Hiroshi with punches, causing them to try and storm the ring. The official has his work cut out trying to keep the three men out of the ring, giving Easy sufficient time to tag in Pale and doubleteam Steve, hitting him with a double front face slam and a double clothesline. Pale covers Steve, but the referee is still trying to make peace on the outside. Eventually the official turns - 1 - 2 - Steve kicks out!] SR: That incompetent official just cost the Drifters an elimination! There was no way Forget was going to get up from that assault. [Pale bounces against the ropes, and is struck in the back by the Wizard's quarterstaff. Pale goes down, but the referee appeared not to notice the breach of the rules. Josey Wales, however, most certainly did, and he makes a beeline for McEndeavour, confronting him. The two managers get into a slanging match, and Wales takes a swing at the Wizard, snatching his staff away from him and whacking him in the ribs with it. The old man goes down. Meanwhile, Steve makes the tag to his partner, and Ron storms the ring, going to town on Pale Rider. Ron drags Pale to his feet and whips him into RSR's corner, where Hiroshi and Ryudu discreetly hold him in place. Ron runs in with an avalanche splash, hitting hard, and Pale Rider staggers out into the ring. Ron ducks behind him, jumps to the second buckle, and performs a big bulldog on the cowboy! Big pop! He covers - 1 - 2 - Pale kicks out! Ron drags Pale to his feet and attempts to whip him into the ropes. Pale somehow reverses, sending Ron for the ride, and from the outside, Wales strikes Ron in the back with the staff. The big man turns and shouts abuse at the manager, allowing Pale Rider to grab him from behind with a handful of tights and roll him up for the cover - 1 - 2 - Steve storms the ring, but is too late - 3! Ding! Ding! Ding!] RA: Ladies and gentlemen, Stunt Team USA have been eliminated! [Big heel pop. Ryudu immediately dashes into the ring as Ron rolls out under the bottom rope. He attacks Pale Rider with a volley of kicks, then drags him to his feet and whips him into the ropes. He executes a high-impact spinning leg lariat on the cowboy as he comes back, and Pale's head snaps back as he hits the mat. Ryudu makes the cover - 1 - 2 - kickout! Ryudu runs over to the HPD's corner and nails Easy Rider with a hard right hand, and the big man tries to enter the ring. The official holds him back, and Ryudu tags in Hiroshi. The Demon immediately hoists Pale Rider up into position for a vertical suplex, and holds him vertically for almost ten seconds, soliciting a huge awed pop from the crowd, before dropping him straight down into a piledriver. Big pop! Hiroshi covers - 1 - 2 - Easy Rider charges in and makes the save, stomping on Hiroshi's head. The Demon rolls away, clutching at the back of his head, but rolls in the direction of the Forces' corner, and while the referee ushers Easy out of the ring, the Forces double-team Hiroshi, dragging him to his feet and raking his eyes, choking him with the tag rope, and putting the boots in, all directed from the outside by Aaron the Caddie. Pale makes the tag to DefCon, and the big workhorse of the champions lumbers into the ring.] TD: Finally, the champions enter the fray. BL: It's a smart gameplan from the Forces. In this match, they have to win to retain their titles, so they need to stay outside as much as possible, letting the other teams fight it out. Now that Blunt Team have gone and the Rising Damp Revolution look like they're going that way, now's a good time for big DefCon to take Hiroshi to the cleaners. [DefCon bodyslams Hiroshi, drops the leg and covers - 1 - 2 - kickout! He turns and taunts Ryudu, who stays in his corner, before attempting an elbowdrop on Hiroshi, who rolls out of the way! Pop! DefCon attempts another elbowdrop, and again Hiroshi rolls out of the way, and under the bottom rope to the outside. The referee restrains DefCon from following his opponent out, in doing so turning his back on the outside, where Aaron the Caddie takes a swipe at Hiroshi with his golf club. Hiroshi goes down, and Aaron brings the club down onto his back with a crack. Big heel pop as Aaron showboats to the crowd.] TD: That little worm. What a despicable display! SR: What did he do? TD: You know very well that Aaron the Caddie just struck Hiroshi with his golf club. SR: He did? Wow, that's unlike him. [DefCon pushes past the referee and follows Hiroshi to the outside. He picks up the big man, and rams his back against the ring apron and the steel ringpost. Hiroshi howls in pain, so DefCon repeats the manoeuvre, before rolling the Japanese athlete back into the ring. He tags in NavCom, who drags Hiroshi to his feet and whips him into the ropes, performing a high-elevation back bodydrop on the big man, who lands with a crash. Cover - 1 - 2 - Ryudu makes the save! The referee pushes Ryudu out of the ring, and the Forces use the opportunity to doubleteam Hiroshi, raking his eyes with the ropes and both of the champions putting the boots in. NavCom tags DefCon back in, and together they whip Hiroshi across the ring. Hiroshi ducks underneath a double clothesline attempt, and fires back with a big double clothesline of his own. The Forces go down, and so does Hiroshi. He crawls over to a corner, and tags in the first hand he finds. In charges Easy Rider, dragging DefCon to his feet and slugging it out in the centre of the ring. DefCon fires back, but his swings are easily blocked by the fresher cowboy.] TD: This could spell trouble for the champions here -- the Drifters want those belts back, and you can bet they'll go to any lengths to capture them again here tonight. [Easy whips DefCon into the ropes, and hits him with a big clothesline. He drags the big man to his feet, and in an impressive display of strength, hoists him up into position for the Unforgiven inverse piledriver. The crowd pops as Easy drops DefCon on his head and goes for the cover - 1 - 2 - Easy is distracted by Aaron the Caddie jumping up onto the apron. The referee goes to force the manager down, while NavCom climbs to the top turnbuckle brandishing Aaron's club. He leaps into the ring, bringing the club down on the back of Easy's head, and nails Pale Rider for good measure, before rolling back out of the ring and straight into the reach of Josey Wales, who snatches the club from him and clocks him about the face with it, knocking him silly. However, as the referee turns, he sees DefCon recover sufficiently to lay an arm across Easy's chest for the cover - 1 - 2 - 3! Ding! Ding! Ding!] RA: Ladies and gentlemen, the High Plains Drifters have been eliminated! [Big mixed pop. Hiroshi storms the ring, and immediately sets about DefCon.] TD: I can't see this one lasting much longer. I guess with three managers on the outside, there was always too much opportunity for outside interference, and we've certainly seen plenty thus far. [The already groggy DefCon reels from the assault from Hiroshi, who executes a flying powerslam, and then a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker on his big opponent. He picks DefCon up into position for a sideslam, and then tags in Ryudu, who climbs to the top rope. The fans pop as Ryudu raises his arms!] TD: This is it! Here comes the Naginata Nightmare! SR: No way! Do something, Aaron! [Ryudu comes crashing down with a legdrop on DefCon, the impact making the ring shake. Ryudu covers DefCon in the corner of the ring, and the referee counts - 1 - 2 - Aaron the Caddie pulls Ryudu out of the ring by his leg! The referee doesn't see, assuming that the Dragon left the squared circle of his own accord. On the outside, Ryudu confronts Aaron, who backs off, and walks straight into the huge Hiroshi. Trapped between the Demon and the Dragon, he leaps over the barriers into the crowd. Big pop! Ryudu rolls back into the ring.] TD: Well, we always knew that Aaron was a coward, but he's abandoned his men at just the wrong time! NavCom's still down on the outside after Wales clocked him with that club, and DefCon doesn't look too good inside the ring... SR: This is crazy! The Forces should never have had to wrestle this match. It's a conspiracy, Dross! It's thrown their gameplan... this is... I can't... oh... [Ryudu covers DefCon - 1 - 2 -- DefCon gets his feet on the ropes! Big shocked pop from the crowd. Ryudu drags DefCon to his feet and tags in Hiroshi. Ryudu whips the big army man into a corner, and then sends Hiroshi in after him. The huge Japanese athlete avalanches DefCon in the corner, and DefCon staggers backwards into the ring, taking a few steps before crashing down on his back. Hiroshi tags in Ryudu once more, and the Dragon immediately leaps to the ropes, launching himself with a somersault bodysplash that takes him nearly three quarters of the way across the ring! He covers DefCon - 1 -- NavCom gets his hand on the apron and begins to drag himself to his feet -- 2 -- NavCom slides in under the bottom rope, but he's too late -- 3! Ding! Ding! Ding! The crowd erupts with a huge pop!] RA: [shouting] Ladies and gentlemen, here are your winners, and _NEW_ IIWF World Tag Team Champions, Rising Sun Revolution! [NavCom rolls DefCon from the ring as fireworks explode high above in the dome. Hiroshi and Ryudu embrace in the ring, and the referee hands them the shiny gold belts previously worn by the Armed Forces. RSR go to each turnbuckle in sequence, each climbing to the second buckle and holding the belts aloft, as cameras flash all over the Hoosier Dome. Eventually, they leave the ring, and vault the crowd barriers, enveloped by the sea of fans all wanting to see and touch the belts and the new champions.] TD: Wow! I can barely hear myself think in here! Rising Sun Revolution have picked up where they left off at Ring Wars I, taking back the IIWF World Tag Team Championships! What a match that was! SR: I can't believe this! The Armed Forces were ripped off in a big way here tonight, Dross. Just when you think the IIWF President might be coming to his senses, he makes a completely ridiculous decision, like allowing these two idiots to Pearl Harbour our fine upstanding American Armed Forces! TD: I hardly think that's an accurate description of the events here tonight, Steve. Nevertheless, we have new IIWF World Tag Team Champions, folks, and there are still three more titles on the line here tonight at Ring Wars II. BL: Just look at those two out there in the fans... TD: Well, Becky, Rising Sun Revolution are without doubt champions who care about their loyal fans a great deal, and they made up for their long absence from the IIWF with a fantastic performance tonight. SR: Humph.