5th March, 2004 vs. Eminence @ Mutilation

DM: Ladies and Gentlemen this next triple threat match-up is for the Number 1 Contendership for the PPW All-State title. DeMarco Ryne has been in a fowl mood all week once he learned about this match.

JG: Donovan, your not familiar with the business just yet, Ryne is upset because he knows that he doesn’t have to be the one to get pinned for another man to take his title.

"Phenomenon" by Limp Bizkit starts up a bit through the song as Zak Hackett walks out from underneath the ramp with Mike Ston in tow. He runs down in between the ramp and the fans, giving high fives on the way, and slides into the ring. He circles around the ring, pointing to a certain few and giving shoutouts.

JG: I predict that Zak Hackett will walk out of this stadium tonight with that all-state title shot in his hands.

DM: He is looking focused I will give him that, but my pick is about to make his way out right now.

Complete darkness fills the PPW arena. A few seconds of hesitation pass and the lights start to flicker on and off, at a fast tempo. Get Inside by stone sour begins to play over the PA system. Starting off quietly and gradually getting louder. Grey and white speckles slowly but surely filter on the PPW-Tron, raining down from the top of the picture in a snow like affect motion. The speed and frequency of the grey and white speckles starts to pick up the pace a little, seemingly following the music. The name De Marco Ryne flashes up on screen then explodes as the chorus kicks in. As this happens huge red and blue pyro erupt from the entranceway with a mighty crash. Previews of De Marco handing out punishment and taking some seriously sick bumps plays on the PPW-Tron as a figure emerges. He slowly walks to the ring, a sense of no trust maybe? Always looking and absorbing the boo’s and cheers from the crowds as he usually gets a mixed reaction. De Marco approaches the ring and slides in with no fear under the bottom rope. As if he has became a different person oozing with confidence. He heads for a corner and jumps up in one swift movement, raising both arms firmly in the air with his head facing the floor. After a moment or two he hops down and paces around the ring until the music fades out.

DM: We cant look past the third competitor, they don’t call him the Prototype for nothing!

I stand alone by Godsmack begins to play over the PA system, Sean Evans emerges from the backstage area taping up his hands getting ready for battle. Once both hands are taped up, he slowly makes his way into the ring.

The referee walks over to Ryne and takes the all-state title from him, he then walks to the center of the ring and hold the belt high above his head showing all what is on the line in this match. Once this is done the referee hands the title to someone on the outside of the ring as the bell sounds and we are set for action. All three men, standing in three separate corners, just stand idle stalking each other. Sean Evans is the first one out of his corner as he approaches the corner occupied by Ryne. Ryne stands still waiting for Evans to make his move, however before Evans can do anything Hackett runs up from behind him, grabs him by the hair and slams his face to the mat with a bulldog. Ryne stands back in his corner applauding the move by Hackett as Hackett continues his assault on Evans with hard right hands to the face. After only a few punches, Evans fights his way to his feet and begins exchanging hard rights with Hackett, Hackett gets dazed by one of these punches and Sean sends him to the mat with a Japanese Armdrag, all the while Ryne still stands alone and untouched in his corner.

DM: Why isn’t Ryne joining in the action, he is the only one who came into this match with something to lose. He needs to start trying to seal his own fate!

JG: Its because he is the one with most to lose that he is just standing in the corner, he is saving his energy for after the other men beat the hell out of each other.

Hackett is quick to his feet after the armdrag, but Evans follows it up with a hard clothesline sending Hackett over the ropes and outside of the ring. Hackett raises to his feet again, this time dazed, as he staggers back a step Evans jumps over the ropes and hits a vaulting cross body sending both men to the ground. Ryne looks on as both men competing against him lay motionless, he lets out a smile and demands that the ref start the ten count. 1…..2…..3……4……5……6……..7…….8, the count is interrupted as Ryne climbs to the outside and drags Hackett to his feet, once Hackett is standing Ryne jumps in the air, wraps his arm around the neck of Hackett and spins around before dropping him to the mat with a DDT. While doing this he loses sight of Evans who has climbed up to the safety rail, Evans takes off on the safety rail and sends Ryne to the ground with a missle dropkick. After executing the dropkick, Evans rolls back in the ring breaking up the count.

DM: Smart move by Evans, he knows he can’t win a shot by 1 man getting counted out.

JG: Yeah it was smart by Evans, but why did Ryne stop the other count, neither man on the outside was moving so he had this thing won.

Now on the outside both Hackett and Ryne begin to stir, Hackett rolls into the ring as Ryne kneels down by the ring apron regaining his composure. Once Hackett stands in the ring, Evans meets him with a Superkick then climbs up to the top turnbuckle. Evans looks over to make sure Ryne hasn’t moved, and takes flight landing a twisting 450 splash. Once the impact is made Evans makes the cover. 1……2…..Ryne pulls Hackett to the outside and jumps back in the ring. Evans stares down the current all-state champion before he gets hit in the knee with a perfect dropkick. Evans drops to one knee as Ryne takes off towards him and hits a shining wizard sending Sean the rest of the way to the mat. Ryne covers, 1….2….Evans gets a shoulder up, Ryne pushes him back down and covers again, 1…….Evans again gets the shoulder up.

DM: Ryne was trying to steal the match there, but Evans would have none of it.

JG: Evans is just delaying the inevitable, Ryne will win the match, mark my words.

DM: What makes you so sure Jim?

JG: I can see that look of fire in his eyes, he reminds me of well, me!

Evans gets up to his feet as Zak makes his way back into the ring, Zak and Evans look at one another then run at Ryne, Ryne rolls out of the ring avoiding the men, Evans stands up on the bottom rope pointing at Ryne and acting very cocky, Hackett runs up behind him and rolls Evans up into a small package. 1……2…Evans kicks out. Ryne slowly gets back in the ring as Evans and Hackett begin arguing amongst themselves. Ryne looks on as the other two men again begin exchanging punches. This time around Zak gets the better of Sean and sends him to the mat with a double arm DDT. Ryne approaches the fallen Evans and him and Zak begin stomping away. Zak picks Sean up to his feet as the two men send Evans back to the mat with a double suplex. This time Ryne climbs to the top turnbuckle as Zak holds Sean to the mat. Ryne takes flight and lands a 180 moonsault, Hackett makes the cover, 1……2…………Ryne breaks up the count. The two then begin a shoving battle as Hackett eventually shoves Ryne over the fallen body of Evans causing him to fall on his head. Ryne lays in pain as Zak covers Sean.1…….2………..3.

DM: Sean Evans just got a shoulder up, I thought The Ax man had this thing won right there.

JG: Donovan you don’t get paid to think, I told you Ryne is going to win this thing.

Ryne and Zak again face off as Evans slowly begins to stir, Ryne sets Zak up for a German Suplex but its countered with the Hack-em-ett. Zak makes the cover, but before the ref can even count Evans pulls him up and sends him down with the suicidal edge. Now all three men are down as the ref starts the 10 count. 1……2…..3…..4…..5…..6…..7……8, Evans makes a cover on Ryne, 1…..2…….3.

JG: Ryne had his foot on the ropes, its ring awareness like that that’s going to carry him to victory.

DM: If Sean had just covered Hackett this thing would be over, but because he was dazed he couldn’t tell who was who when he went for the cover.

All three men slowly get to their feet, Ryne locks up with Evans and is Irish Whipped into the ropes then clotheslined over the ropes to the unforgiving mat on the outside. Before Evans has time to turn to turn around, he get hit with a Hack-em-ett out of nowhere. Zak is slow to make the cover, but when he does the ref drops to the mat and slaps his hand down, 1……..2……….3.

DM: Where did he come from, Ryne just broke up the count!

JG: Hackett was to slow to make the cover, he gave DeMarco time to regain enough composure to make the save.

DeMarco begins to kick the downed Hackett in the head to make sure he stays that way, once he is certain that he is down, Ryne climbs to the top rope and waits for one of his opponents to raise up to their feet. Zak is the first one up, once he gets in position Ryne jumps off the top rope and executes a shooting star DDT, better known as the High Ryne, sending Zak head first to the mat. Ryne makes the cover, 1………2…Sean Evans, with a boot to the back of Rynes head, breaks up the count. Evans then picks Ryne up in a firemans carry position and lands the suicidal edge. Ryne lands on top of the fallen Hackett as Evans also hits the mat. The ref drops for the count, 1……….2………..Zak just gets a shoulder up before the count of three.

DM: How fortunate for Evans, Zak kicked out. Do you have any idea how embarrasing it would have been if Ryne had got the win because of the way he landed after hitting the Suicidal Edge?

JG: That’s just part of the game they are playing, had Sean been more aware he would have made sure that Ryne actually hit the mat instead of his other opponent.

Evans and Hackett both get to their feet, again the two begin exchanging punches, only this time fatigue has set in and neither man seems to be doing any damage. After Hackett hits Sean in the mouth one last time, Sean smiles and attempts to irish whip Zak to the corner, Zak counters however and sends Sean hard into the corner. Zak then takes off after Evans with a clothesline, but is met by a boot to the jaw instead. Hackett staggers backwards towards the ropes where Evans dropkicks him to the outside. At this time Ryne has gotten back to his feet and waits behind Sean, as Sean turns around he is met with a boot to the midsection followed up by the sickening thud of a shuffle side kick. Hackett tries to climb back in the ring but is knocked off the apron by a dropkick from Ryne sending him hard into the safety rail. Ryne then focuses back on Evans and covers,

1…2... 3.

WINNER OF THE MATCH - DE MARCO RYNE

DM: Ryne did it, he gets to choose the Number 1 contender! What a match it was.

JG: Was there ever a doubt in your mind Donovan, was there ever a doubt in your mind?