April 8, 2002

With a loud bang and a flash of blue, green, and white pyro, the EWI Collision is on the air. The Collision theme song, Creed's "Bullets", blares over the loudspaker as the arena is packed with several thousand rabid wrestling fans, waving signs and banners and cheering as loud as they can throughout the impressive opening display. As the noise dies down and the smoke begins to clear, the faces of play-by-play announcer Blake Underwood and color commentator Adam Kogler, who are at ringside to call the night's action, appear on the video screen and televisions across the continent.

Underwood: We are live, we are Elite Wrestling International, and we are about to witness a Collision! Hello again everybody I'm Blake Underwood alongside, as always, Adam Kogler now less than three weeks away from Blaze of Glory. We have six big matches lined up tonight as things continue to take shape heading into our next big pay per view event. We've got a hardcore match to determine who will get that all important hardcore title match in Sacramento, we'll see five men battle it out in a turmoil match to determine the number one contender to the EWI world championship, and we've got two championship matches on tap tonight, topped off by a defense of the world title by The Cult Master against...Mr. Beumont. With so much going on tonight we're going to go right to the ring, and what a way to kick things off with Heavy D looking to break out of his recent losing streak as he challenges The Destroyer for the EWI hardcore championship!

EWI HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Champion
The Destroyer
~VS.~
Challenger
Heavy D

*****

"Trina Moe" by DMX brought the crowd to it's feet with the arrival for the first EWI superstar of the night. The challenger for the hardcore title, Heavy D, made his way to the ring amidst the usual scattering of red and blue fireworks while spinning a basketball on his finger. As he stepped through the ropes he offered the fans a quick display of his ball-handling abilities, dribbling the ball between his legs as the sombre tones of The Doors' classic "The End" replaced his own intro. The giant EWI hardcore champion The Destroyer then made his way down, accompanied by his longtime tag team partner Harbinger. The big man left his hardcore title belt on the apron near Harbinger before taking two pair of brass knuckles out of his pants. As he slid one pair over each fist Destroyer slowly climbed into the ring, and Heavy D tossed him the basketball. Destroyer instinctively caught it at about eye-level, and when he did so Heavy D buried a hard ghetto punch that slammed the ball right into Destroyer's face. The big man staggered a bit and spun around, allowing Heavy D to roll him up for a quick two count to start the match. The ball rolled away up the aisle, and with the large champion dazed early Heavy D quickly jumped to the outside and pulled a table out from under the ring. After shoving the table into the ring the challenger returned, but was met with a series of rights and lefts to the midsection from Destroyer's loaded fists. The punches backed D into the turnbuckle, winded from the high impact of the blows. Destroyer's calm, emotionless expression remained unchanged as he advanced on his opponent and brought him violently out of the corner with a crushing belly to belly suplex. After following up with a big splash Destroyer got to his feet and stomped his opponent with contempt, the way a man might attempt to squash an insect that refused to die. The big man pulled Heavy D out towards the middle of the ring, near the table D had brought in earlier in the match, and locked on a Boston crab. Despite the weight of a near-500 pounder pressing down on him Heavy D refused to give up, and battled with everything he had towards the ropes, finally reaching out in desperation and grabbing the bottom strand to force the referee to break the hold. The challenger, though, had taken quite a beating in a short period of time, and was in no condition to fight back even after being released from the gruelling hold. Destroyer, realizing this, turned his attention away from Heavy D and exited the ring where he grabbed a steel chair away from the timekeeper's table. The champion brought the chair into the ring and set it up, then grabbed the table Heavy D had brought in and set it up as well, directly over the unfolded chair. He then turned back to his opponent but by that point Heavy D had somewhat recovered and was able to stop Destroyer in his tracks with a kick to the midsection. Before the big man could respond, Heavy D connected with a Diamond Cutter, driving Destroyer face first to the mat and leaving both men down on the canvas gasping for air. The pause was exactly what Heavy D needed, and with the fans rallying behind him the challenger appeared to be getting his second wind. As Destroyer used the standing table for assistance in getting to his feet, Heavy D reached into his pants and pulled out a pair of brass knuckles, just as Destroyer had done at the start of the match. When Destroyer turned to face his opponent he was met with a hard right hand, knocking him over onto the table. Heavy D saw his opening, and the fans saw it as well. The challenger quickly climbed to the top turnbuckle and lept off with a gangsta splash, driving Destroyer through the table, and warping the steel chair beneath the force of more than eight hundred pounds falling on top of it. The Compton native reached back and hooked the leg as he covered Destroyer in amidst the broken table and damaged chair, but amazingly the hardcore champion was still in it and kicked out after only a two count. As the ref showed him two fingers and emphasized the count, Heavy D got to his feet with a definite look of frustration on his face. He paced around the ring for only a second to collect his thoughts, but when he turned back around he was caught with a shot across the head with a part of the broken table. Destroyer used the piece of table to get to his feet, and then after pressing the jagged edge of table against D's throat slammed D's neck downward, causing the table to jam against the challenger's windpipe. Heavy D staggered back into the ropes and Destroyer confidently tossed the piece of table aside as he looked down on his wounded challenger. With one last effort Heavy D lunged forward, and surprised Destroyer with a hard ghetto punch, aided by the brass knuckles, right across the butt of the jaw! The big man's head snapped back, and he then fell forward into Heavy D, who used the champion's own momentum to turn him over and slam him down with a gangsta ride powerslam, right down onto the dented steel chair! Heavy D quickly reached over and hooked both legs and scored a shocking three count to become the new EWI hardcore champion as the crowd broke into a frenzy.

Kogler: Oh, no. No. Please tell me this isn't happening. The Destroyer, arguably the greatest Hardcore wrestler of all time, someone most people thought would hold the EWI Hardcore Title for its entire existence ... he lost, to HEAVY D?! Fat boy?! Chunkmaster Flex himself?! But- he- The Cult Master obliterated this piece of trash just a week ago! And he bounces back to beat his number one guy, The Destroyer, for "his" Title seven days later? How, Underwood? How the hell does he do it?!

Underwood: I have no idea, and in all honesty, I can't really even believe it myself. The way things had been going for Heavy D lately when I heard this match was signed I thought he was running head first into a brick wall, but no, instead tonight we begin Collision with a huge upset and a new hardcore champion in the person of Heavy D! This really changes the face of Blaze of Glory, as for the first time since the King of Kings setup was announced, The Cult Master will be faced with more foes than allies based on the current championship arrangement...

The Blaze of Glory King of Kings graphic from the previous week pops up on screen with Concrete Blonde's "Jonestown", the official theme song of Blaze of Glory, playing in the background. Where Destroyer once stood now shows a picture of Heavy D, taken only seconds earlier with his new hardcore championship. Others in the shot include world champion The Cult Master, universal champion Benjamin Childs, and tag team champions Lance Stanton and The Daemon Knight.

Underwood: ...which can not make the reigning world champion very happy. I tell you Adam, I've never seen so much going on in one federation at one time as we're seeing right now in EWI. Everyone is clamoring to somehow get into that King of Kings match, possibly the most prestigious match in wrestling history, and earn a shot at the world title. This is as intense an environment as I've ever been around, and it's not about to slow down as we go to another hardcore match to determine the challenger for, well, now I suppose it will be Heavy D at Blaze of Glory. Daron Manners, who had been signed to challenge The Destroyer for the hardcore title, puts his title shot on the line against a man who has not been in a wrestling match in about eighteen months in Virus Richards. This man's credentials speak for themself - two time world champion, tag team champion, hardcore champion, MMP Hall of Famer - hands down the biggest test of Daron Manners' brief EWI career, and it's next here at Collision.

HARDCORE MATCH
Virus Richards
with Leroy & Bruno
~VS.~
Daron Manners

*The winner faces the EWI Hardcore Champion at Blaze of Glory.

*****

"Violent" blared over the loudspeaker, and was quickly met with a deafening chorus of boos as Virus Richards appeared in the entrance way, ready for the first match of his EWI career. Richards, who was wearing black jeans and a t-shirt from the "North Carolina FBI Widows and Orphans Fund", was closely followed by his two large black suit-wearing associates, Leroy and Bruno, the former of whom was carrying a large burlap sack presumably filled with weapons over his shoulder. AFI's "Days of the Phoenix" then came over the PA, introducing Daron Manners to the EWI crowd. Manners raised his arms amidst silver fireworks as a young boy from the sick children's hospital joined him on the stage. The youngster was carrying three steel chairs, two with large M's on them and one featuring a K. Once Manners made it to ringside Leroy and Bruno took up position on opposite sides outside the ring, and Richards approached Manners in the middle of the ring, offering a handshake and assuring his opponent that his only interest was for a good, clean match and "may the better man win". Manners obviously wasn't buying Richards' line, and responded by reaching over his shoulder, snatching the golf club that was strapped to his back, and smacking Richards with it right between the eyes! The crowd roared with approval as Richards hit the mat clutching his forehead, and Manners took this as encouragement to keep up the attack, which he did. After slamming the club down across Richards' back repeatedly he reached it down under his opponent's chin and applied a modified camel clutch, pulling back on the club to apply the pressure. As Virus struggled to reach for the ropes, Bruno climbed into the ring behind the two combatants and nailed Manners with a hard right uppercut to the base of the skull, forcing him to relinquish the hold. Bruno paused to straighten his tie before calmly exiting through the middle ropes, having given his employer the opportunity he needed. Virus slowly got to his feet with the aid of the ropes and began stomping Manners, focusing on the right shoulderblade with his blows. He then pulled Manners up and delivered a front suplex, which he followed up with an elbowdrop to the shoulder delivered after springboarding off the middle rope for extra momentum. With Manners favoring his arm Richards called out to Leroy on the outside, and motioned towards the sack they had brought to the ring with them. Leroy reached into the bag and pulled out a wooden baseball bat which he tossed in to Virus, who caught it and then began slamming the end of it down into Manners' right shoulder, continuing to focus his attack on that one joint. As this was going on, a small commotion began along the runway. Grabbing the two M-marked chairs away from the kid on the outside, Larry and Jerry Mental slid into the ring and took turns smashing the chairs across Virus Richards' back! Virus collapsed face first as if he had been shot, sending his bat flying to the outside. The Mental brothers were only able to get in one shot each, though, before Leroy and Bruno sprung into action, yanking the two intruders out under the bottom rope, causing them to drop their chairs. The four men battled all the way back to the dressing room, but the brothers served their purpose and gave Manners an opening. After looking up the aisle and shooting the Mentals a thumbs-up Manners went back to work on Richards, tossing him through the ropes to the outside. Following, Manners pulled Richards up and began to choke him against the steel safety rail before whipping him into the ring post! Richards hit head first and fell in a heap to the floor, but Manners didn't let up and rolled Richards back into the ring by the hair. Manners confidently stepped back through the ropes and pulled Richards up, but the crafty veteran stopped Manners with a quick thumb to the eyes, and an armbar takedown brought Manners' attack to a grinding halt while continuing Richards' earlier work on the right shoulder. Capitalizing quickly on the momentum shift Virus dragged Manners over to the corner, and after sliding back out to the floor began slamming Manners' right arm and shoulder into the steel ring post. He then grabbed the top portion of the steel ring steps and slammed those into the same shoulder, causing Manners to roll over to try and protect his badly injured arm and shoulder. As Virus continued up from behind came Rodney, the kid who accompanied Manners to ringside, wielding a sock full of quarters. He swung as hard as he could and hit Richards in the back with it, but Virus simply turned around and piefaced the youngster, shoving him hard down to the floor. Richards went back to work on Manners and slammed him face first into the canvas, not noticing the arrival of EWI newcomer Karkuss, who arrived at ringside through the crowd. He picked up the third chair that Rodney was carrying, the one marked with a K, and slammed it across Richards back! The crowd popped again for the third outside chair shot against Virus Richards so far in the match, but Karkuss quickly turned and left. Before he did so, he hoisted Rodney up over his shoulder and took off through the crowd with the young man in his possession. While the referee checked on Manners' condition in the ring, Virus slowly struggled to his feet and crawled back into the ring with the K chair in hand, but surprisingly Manners was already to his feet, and despite favoring his one arm, was able to pull Virus to his feet. After a quick kick to the midsection to double his opponet over, Manners hoisted Virus up and slammed him down with a powerbomb! A cover and a hook of the leg only got Manners a two count, however, before Virus shot a shoulder up to break the count. Again Manners tried to pull Richards up, but this time he was stopped with a low blow that sent him staggering back. Virus used this opening to pick up the chair and slam it down across Manners' injured shoulder, and once Manners fell to the canvas Richards slammed it repeatedly down into the right shoulder joint that he had been working on throughout the match. After a half-dozen or so blows Virus dropped the chair and applied a modified chicken wing, wrenching back on the right arm while using his knee and shin to press Manners' head and neck into the canvas. Manners held on for a moment but soon had no choice but to tap out, giving the match and the Blaze of Glory title shot to Virus Richards.

Underwood: Big victory for Virus Richards tonight here in his EWI debut. I would say that everyone involved with Blaze of Glory and the title scene just got put on notice with the addition of another huge name to the mix surrounding the King of Kings match. Daron Manners put up a fight, but in the end was clearly outmatched by the two time MMP champion. And I don't know who that guy was that attacked Richards on the outside, we need to get security to--

Kogler: Hold on a minute, Underwood, I know who this guy is. I've seen him in ICW, and I'm quite certain he made a stop in OWA as well - that's Karkuss! I've been impressed by what I've seen of him in the past, and best of all, he's from Atlantic City! Trust me on this one, it's the only place in Jersey that you can visit without noseplugs. But back to Karkuss - a big debut for him tonight, I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more from this gentleman!

Underwood: Terrific, just what we need, another buddy of Adam Kogler's in EWI. I'm surprised you're not carrying on about your old pal Virus Richards' win tonight. Thank goodness for small miracles, I suppose. What a wild night it has been so far here at Collision; so far we've seen our Blaze of Glory hardcore title match go from The Destroyer defending against Daron Manners to Heavy D squaring off against Virus Richards, and we're only two matches into things. Coming up next we have the long awaited in-ring debut of Ferdiad, who we've been seeing in videos for the past few weeks. He takes on Charles Childs, who is fresh off of an impressive win alongside his brother Benjamin last week over Lucas Coleman. This match could propel either man into the title picture as Blaze of Glory draws ever closer, so let's not waste any more time, let's go back to the ring for our next contest.

Charles Childs
~VS.~
Ferdiad

*****

After Charles Childs had made his way down the aisle, a spotlight shined down upon the entranceway; no pyro, no fanfare, no music - only silence - as Ferdiad walked to the ring. Ferdiad wore soft leather pants, laced up the front, and soft leather sandals, also laced in a crisscross to the top of his calves, where they were tied. He smiled as he was introduced, then locked up with Charles after the bell rang. While the two were tied up, Ferdiad crouched and slammed a headbutt right into Charles' face. Taken by surprise, Childs fell victim to a spinning elbow to the head. Sustaining the offense, Ferdiad whipped Childs into the ropes, then brought him down with a clothesline. An elbow was dropped by Ferdiad, to which Charles shifted out of the way, locked on an armbar, and brought him to his feet. After an armwrench, Childs nailed some short chops to the chest with the armbar still intact, then took down Ferdiad with a side-Russian legsweep. After a one count, Charles armdragged him over, then took over Ferdiad with a snap suplex. After Ferdiad got to his feet, they tied up again, with Charles locking in a headlock. Ferdiad managed to push him off into the ropes, then took him down with a spinning heel kick. As Childs rose, Ferdiad grabbed him with a front facelock, then took him up and over with a vicious brainbuster, getting a 2 count. As Ferdiad continued his onslaught, Charles reversed his momentum with a quick fireman's carry. After regaining his faculties, Charles went at Ferdiad, ducking an attempted offensive maneuver and nailing a chopblock to the knee. Childs began working the knee, grabbing the leg and dropping his own leg across the joint several times. Charles brought Ferdiad to his feet and positioned him for a DDT, but Ferdiad grabbed the waist and turned it into an atomic drop, sending Childs bouncing into the ropes and to that mat. As Ferdiad fought the pain in his legs, he pulled himself to his feet as Charles recovered as well. Ferdiad charged, only to be taken over with a belly to-belly suplex for a long two count. Charles yelled at the ref for what he felt was a slow count, then whipped Ferdiad off the ropes; Ferdiad reversed, then lifted Childs and drove him into the knee with an inverted atomic drop. As Childs fell to the mat in pain, Ferdiad jumped on his back, grabbed him by the hair and began slamming his face into the mat repeatedly. After a four count and warning from the ref, Ferdiad pulled back on Charles' face in a modified camel clutch. After Childs couldn't respond, the referee awarded the match to Ferdiad by submission. Ferdiad wasn't through, however, as he kept slamming Childs' face into the mat until blood poured from his nose. The referee attempted to pull him off, and he only released when two more officials came down to assist. Ferdiad backed them all off with a wild glare, but chose to compose himself and head for the back with a shrug, never looking back as the officials tended to Charles Childs.

Underwood: A good effort from Charles Childs tonight, but Ferdiad comes out on top in the end. A surprisingly aggressive attack at the end there from Ferdiad, who was much more calm and collected as the contest began. A very unique style we saw from the newcomer tonight.

Kogler: Good back and forth battle in this one, but Charlie just came up with the short end of the stick. Could have gone either way, but I think it might have been Ferdiad's unorthodox style that put him over the edge. When you don't really know what to expect from an opponent, you're definitely at a disadvantage - just one of many nuggets of knowledge possessed by the Greatest Mind in Wrestling!

Underwood: Yes, and how insightful it was. Whatever would I do without your brilliant observations? Up next we have a match that's a result of the attack last week on Captain Patrick O'Conner by Tony Sciolli and Captain Insanity, as "The Silk Torpedo" steps into the ring here in EWI for the first time against a very formidable opponent and a long time friend of O'Conner's in Black Jack McBain. McBain has made a big impression since arriving in EWI; he's already a former tag team champion and is the number one contender for the universal championship. Sciolli, however, showed just how brutal he can be in attacking O'Conner a week ago, and with his constant allusions to his Family, you never know what to expect from this man. It should be a very physical encounter as McBain and Sciolli square off next.

Black Jack McBain
~VS.~
Tony "The Silk Torpedo" Sciolli

*****

As Tony "The Silk Torpedo" Sciolli waited in the ring, "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen began to play, announcing the entrance of "Black Jack" McBain. McBain made his way to the ring, and faced off right away with Sciolli. The two locked up in an elbow and collar tie-up. Sciolli got the early advantage and applied a headlock. After holding onto the move for a bit, Sciolli pushed off on McBain, sending him to the ropes. As he bounced off, McBain dodged a clothesline attempt from Sciolli and turned quickly, laying a series of kicks to the man's body, driving him down to one knee. McBain allowed Sciolli to get up and then charged, but Sciolli was ready, stepping aside and sending McBain into the ropes. As he came off, Sciolli managed to hit a sidewalk slam. As McBain got to his feet, Sciolli climbed to the tope rope behind him. As McBain got up and turned around, Sciolli dove off with a flying spear. McBain acted quickly, dodging the attack and delivering a knee to the back of Sciolli's head just as he hit the mat. McBain then set Sciolli up on the middle rope, and then ran to the opposite ropes. He then ran into Sciolli, driving his knee once more to the back of the gangster's head. McBain then pulled Sciolli off the ropes, and drug him out to the middle of the ring, where he hit a swinging neckbreaker. McBain picked his opponent up and began laying punches into him, but the Silk Torpedo ducked under a punch and hit a Northern Lights suplex out of nowhere. Bridging for the pin, Sciolli only managed a two count. Sciolli got up, holding onto his hurt neck. He picked McBain up, and hit a Samoan drop. Again he went for the pin, but again McBain kicked out at two. Sciolli, clearly frustrated, got up and began glaring at the referee as he picked McBain up. Sciolli again sent a mean glare to the referee, giving the opening McBain needed. McBain hit a kick to Sciolli's midsection and then hit an ace crusher. Both men lay on the canvas, as the referee began a 10 count. At seven both men began to stir, and both men got to their feet at the nine count. Immediately, the two men tore into each other, trading punches. McBain pulled Sciolli in and applied a headlock, but Sciolli quickly reversed it, putting McBain in a reverse headlock. Sciolli then ran to the corner, leaping onto the second turnbuckle and hitting a tornado DDT. Sciolli quickly jumped to the top rope and came off with a 450 splash. Sciolli then picked McBain up, and sent him into the ropes, htting a big powerslam as McBain came off the ropes. Again Sciolli went for the cover, but McBain once again kicked out at the two-count. At this point Sciolli was irate. In a rage, Sciolli got out of the ring and grabbed a steel chair. He re-entered the ring and nailed McBain over the head with it, causing the ref to ring the bell in a disqualification decision. Sciolli simply shoved the ref out of the ring and tore into McBain. He then set McBain up in a Tree of Woe, setting the chair in front of his face. He then went to the opposite corner and ran into McBain's face with a baseball slide! At this point, Mikhail Androsovich came out from the back sprinting to the ring. But before he could get there, he was headed off by the Joker's Child who along with Psychotic Sam and Mark Turks, ran out from the crowd! As Joker's Child and Androsovich battled back and forth in the aisle, Sciolli dove off the tope rope, hitting McBain with a version of the Sciolli Family Spear! The two Turks brothers joined Sciolli in beating up on McBain, in a hail of chair and brass knuckles shots. Psychotic Sam and Mark Turks then headed back through the crowd. Standing over McBain, Sciolli pointed at him and yelled at McBain for "messing with The Family" before dropping the chair, rolling out of the ring, and heading to the back.

Kogler: Wow, another week, another huge brawl involving Sciolli and his boys. Bodies flying, carnage, I told you I liked this guy! BlackJack, Androsovich, and now, The Joker's Child and Psychotic Sam? I have a feeling this situation is going to get a lot uglier before it clears up, Underwood. You know, like when you had that giant zit on your forehead last week!

Underwood: I think I'm going to ignore that last comment, but you're right, I don't like the looks of this one bit. Could The Family that we've always known to be centered around Psychotic Sam and The Joker's Child be the same Family that Tony Sciolli has been referring to since his arrival in EWI? We could be on the verge of seeing something big here, and I don't mean that in a good way. Luckily for McBain he had Mikhail Androsovich out there watching his back, or things could have been a lot worse. As we try to figure out the carnage that we've just seen, we're moving into the big turmoil match to determine the number one contender to the EWI world title. The winner goes to Blaze of Glory and the opening match of the night to challenge for the biggest prize in wrestling right before the monumental King of Kings match. It's crunch time, Adam, I've got to know who you're picking in this one.

Kogler: Well Underwood, Chubby D just went through the ringer with The Destroyer, Cap is still nursing a series of recurring neck injuries, I don't know too much about this Jaden guy, so that leaves two. I'm tempted to go with The Ultimate Beumont, but my gut tells me upset: Larry Mental will go to Blaze Of Glory to challenge The Cult Master!

Underwood: This one is too close to call, and if you ask me it's going to depend on the luck of the draw. Obviously an O'Conner or a Heavy D would have to be favored just on experience alone, but if they go out there early, they might not have much of a chance at winning this thing. Regardless, the time for speculation is over, it's turmoil time here at Collision!

TURMOIL MATCH
Captain Patrick O'Conner
EWI Hardcore Champion
Heavy D
Jaden
Larry Mental
Mr. Beumont

*The winner faces the EWI World Champion in the opening match at Blaze of Glory.

*****

With the fans eager to see who the first participant in the turmoil match would be, they soon rose to their feet as "Trina Moe" blasted over the speakers as the new hardcore champion made his way to the ring. Heavy D stood in anticipation, not knowing who his first opponent was, until EWI newcomer Jaden came out to do battle. The bell rang, and Jaden immediately charged with a dropkick, sending Heavy D back. Jaden grabbed D by the arm, wrenched it, and blasted him with a hook kick, causing Heavy D to grab his side in pain. Jaden next came at him with a standing thrust kick, but Heavy D caught the leg, spun Jaden around, and used his other arm to lift up and drop Jaden with a powerful chokeslam. D went for a cover, with Jaden kicking out at 2. Heavy D whipped Jaden into the ropes and went for a big boot, but Jaden was able to slide under and take the big man down with a legsweep. Heavy D got to his feet quickly, but Jaden got him in a headlock, then sprung off the top rope and took D down with an impressive acid drop, which got him a two count on the former universal champ. Jaden allowed D to get to his feet, then jumped at him with the side Jadekick, flooring him for another two count. Heavy D got to his feet, and eluded a spinning backkick, then set up Jaden for a powerbomb. As Jaden was taken up, he slid down and rolled up Heavy D for another 2 count. This time though, Heavy D sprung out of the rollup and bounced off the ropes with a clothesline. Jaden got up, but was nailed with another clotheslines. Jaden staggered to his feet, and was then locked into a full-nelson, which Heavy D turned into the D-Drop for the three count. As Jaden slowly rolled out of the ring, D was visibly tired, having wrestled one match already and being taken to the limit by the debuting Jaden. However, a smile crossed his face as Hobo Richard and Welfare William led Mr. Beumont to the ring, Richard carrying a sign that read "Mr. Beumont = Mr. Over 500". Beumont tried sliding into the ring, but caught himself under the bottom rope. As Hobo Richard and Welfare William tried valiantly to push him in, Heavy D simply yanked him up by the neck and took him over with a German suplex. From there, he locked in a leg grapevine, to which Mr. Beumont wasted no time in tapping out to. As Beumont was helped to the back by William and Richard, the crowd erupted as Captain Patrick O'Conner walked into the arena and to the ring. The two overwhelming fan favorites entered into a brief staredown, before exchanging a series of blows. Heavy D won with a flurry of punches, then whipped the Captain into the ropes, but O'Conner reversed and used a judo throw suplex to take Heavy D over. As Heavy D slowly rose, he was met with a roundhouse kick. It was clear that the battle-weary Heavy D was no match for a fresh Patrick O'Conner at this point, and the savvy veteran seemed to realize this as well, cinching in the Celtic Cross to end the night for Heavy D. The fans cheered Heavy D's performance, at which point Larry Mental walked to the ring with a full-length mirror. He admired himself for a moment in the ring before raising it over his head, but O'Conner saw what was going on, and kicked Mental in the gut, causing the mirror to fall to the mat. The referee kicked it out of the ring as the Captain took over Larry Mental with a hiptoss. O'Conner whipped Mental into the ropes, but couldn't fight off a spear from Larry, which took both men down. Mental was up first, as he dragged O'Conner to the turnbuckles and repeatedly smashed his face into the top one. Larry took him over with a side suplex, then locked in a crossface on the mat. O'Conner fought the pain as best he could, and as the commentators speculated at ringside whether or not the Captain would have to give it up as a result of his neck injury, O'Conner managed to snag the bottom rope. Mental lifted up his opponent and threw him into the ropes, then swung a wild clothesline; O'Conner ducked under, and as both men froze in place, Captain O'Conner quickly wrapped him up and took him around and down with a pumphandle slam. As Mental was getting up, he shot a desperation headbutt, but landed right in O'Conner's hands, who swung Mental around with a swinging fisherman's suplex, and held the bridge for the 1 .. 2 .. 3. Captain Patrick O'Conner fell to his knees as the referee raised his hand in victory, making him the number one contender for the EWI world title.

Underwood: Captain Patrick O'Conner is the number one contender! Patrick O'Conner is going to Blaze of Glory, and I don't have to tell you the history...

Kogler: How long has it been since Pegleg returned, and I'm already sick of this guy. "Oh, look at me, I'm Captain O'Conner, the biiiiig shot legend, I'm soooo talented and humble even though I'm 100 years old and smell like Ben Gay!" And whoopty doo, now he's got himself a World Title shot against one of his oldest foes at Blaze Of Glory; let's throw a freaking parade. You've let me down, Larry Mental!

Underwood: Are you finished? Yes, as I was saying, for those fans who have been following the wrestling scene for the past few years I don't need to mention the history between O'Conner and the current world champion The Cult Master. Any fan who watched the MMP back in 1999 will surely remember the legendary war that was waged between O'Conner and The Cult, and now it looks like that battle is coming full out to EWI as these two long time rivals will do battle in a little over two weeks at Blaze of Glory. Adam, I can't wait to see it. But before we get to Blaze of Glory we've got...The Cult Master vs. Mr. Beumont for the EWI championship. That's right, Mr. Beumont of all people has made it to the main event tonight at Collision.

EWI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Champion
The Cult Master
~VS.~
Challenger
Mr. Beumont
with Welfare William & Hobo Richard

*****

The lights in the arena went out and a spotlight came down on the aisle, but contrary to what many anticipated this was not to introduce The Cult Master. Instead, Pomp and Circumstance began to play and Mr. Beumont made his way down to the ring, wearing a morter board and graduation gown and with a silver scroll in hand. As he got into the ring he asked for a microphone, and announced that he had a poem to share with the crowd.

Beumont (reading): Ah yeah the beumont way, It's ah 3 and 1 while others lose much faster. A keg of giggles...

Beumont stopped and began mumbling to himself, a confused look on his face.

Beumont: A keg of giggles. Huh, what the hell? Anyways a keg of giggles and gold for none except for me from the cult master.

Beumont tossed the mic down and continued muttering to himself, wondering what exactly a "keg of giggles" was as The Cult Master's lengthy entrance procession began. The world champ was led down the aisle by Harbinger and The Destroyer and was flanked by a number of hooded Cult minions. When the champion and challenger finally stood face to face in the middle of the ring Cult Master tried to get the early upper hand with an overhand punch, but surprisingly Beumont got an arm up to block it. That would be Beumont's best move of the match, though, as the force of Cult Master's punch hitting Beumont's arm sent the hobo stumbling back, grabbing his arm in pain. Cult Master followed up quickly with a kneelift to the midsection and a European uppercut before slamming Beumont down hard with a snap suplex. The world champ probably could have finished the match right there but instead yanked Beumont to his feet and whipped him off the ropes, catching him on the rebound with a Samoan drop. From there Cult Master locked in a camel clutch, just as Welfare William and Hobo Richard came stumbling down the aisle to try and interfere. A trio of Cult minions quickly cut them off, but it soon became clear that they were only intended as a distraction, as just as quickly Psychotic Sam and The Joker's Child came through the crowd and attacked Harbinger and The Destroyer from behind with baseball bats! They were quickly followed by Mark Turks, who went right into the ring and nailed Cult Master from behind with a bat of his own. The referee called for the bell and ruled the match a disqualification, as Joker and Sam joined Mark in the ring in attacking Cult Master. The Cult minions flooded into the ring and tried to stop the attack, but they didn't last long in the face of a trio of violent wrestlers with baseball bats. To make matters worse, Tony Sciolli and Captain Insanity also came running out from the dressing room to join in the attack with Sciolli connecting with Sciolli Family Spear's on every minion whose path he crossed. After a savage attack with the bats Joker pulled Cult Master up and held him for Psychotic Sam, who delivered the Psychotic Smash on the world champion right in the middle of the ring. Finally Harbinger and Destroyer regained their senses on the outside and got into the ring, but by the time they did so the attackers made their escape. Joker guided the Turks brothers back to the dressing room as Sciolli shouted back at the Cult to beware, that "The Father is coming!" The group made their getaway with the theme from The Godfather playing in the background as the scene fades to black.

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