Date: November 23rd 2002
Venue: Myriad Arena, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

The show opens with most of the fans in the sold out Myriad Arena shouting out ZCW, ZCW. The camera then quickly moves around to show ZCW commentators Stephen Harding and Too Extreme Rob Wilson.

Stephen Harding: Hello everyone and welcome to what should be the biggest edition of Armageddon yet.
Rob Wilson: That’s right Stevie, this card is going to be huge with the two world title tournament semi finals and Mayhem just around the corner everyone will be giving it their all tonight, so everyone sit back and get ready to watch some good old fashioned ass kicking
Stephen Harding: Okay that’s the introductions out of the way, let’s go straight to Jessica Shaw for the first match which will see the winner keep their job here in ZCW so it’s bound to be intense.

Jessica Shaw: The opening match of the evening is set for one fall and the winner of the match will keep their job in ZCW, introducing first from Seattle Washington weighing in at 278 pounds Barret.

Lords Of Destruction plays over the pa system and smoke rolls out down the entrance ramp. The lights dim then, all of a sudden, two huge yellow pyros shoot into the air as Barret makes himself seen. Slowly he walks out onto the stage to a mixed reaction by the fans. He looks up into the crowd and then launches his arms into the air. He walks down to the ring and slides in. He circles the ring for a moment before climbing one of the turnbuckle and perching on it as he waits for his opponent.

Jessica Shaw: Introducing his first opponent he is from 8 Mile Road Detroit Michigan and weighs in at 210 pounds Eminem

Eminem walks to the ring to no reaction from the crowd.

Jessica Shaw: And his final opponent he is from Brasilia Brazil Tupac Amaru.

Tupac walks to the ring, also to no reaction from the crowd.

Stephen Harding: You can bet that these three guys will be fighting tooth and nail tonight.
Rob Wilson: Well they better had if they want to keep their jobs.

The bell rings to begin the match, immediately all three men start a three way brawl, after a flurry a of quick punches no one gets the advantage, that is until Eminem decides to mix things up by jumping up and hitting Tupac with a drop kick to the face, which sends Tupac to the canvas, but as with all drop kicks Eminem also hits the grounds, and before he can get back up again Barret picks him up and hits a suplex. Barret floats over for a pin and Joseph Brown makes the count

1….2

Eminem escapes.

Stephen Harding: Barret is not going to his job up that easily.
Rob Wilson: Damn right Stephen. These people will have to work if they want to win this match.

Tupac is now on his feet but Barret cuts him off before he can do anything by hitting him with a vicious European Uppercut, Barret follows up with a second European Uppercut and then goes for a third, but by now Eminem is back on his feet, he sneaks up behind Barret, grabs him from behind and hits a belly to back suplex, he then gets up, grabs a slightly stunned Tupac and body slams him to the mat. He then runs to the ropes, rebounds off them and goes to hit a leg drop on Tupac, but Tupac rolls out of the way and Eminem finds nothing but canvass. Tupac then gets up, grabs Eminem and hits a brainbuster.

Stephen Harding: You can see that all three men are putting a lot of effort into this match
Rob Wilson: Yeah they are really giving it they’re all.

Tupac now goes for a pin on Eminem.

1…2

Barret gets up and breaks up the pin, he then picks up Tupac and takes him down with a side suplex. He follows this up by picking up both men and positioning them near the ropes. He then runs to the far ropes, rebounds off them runs back towards his opponents and double clothesline from hells them both over the top rope to the arena floor.

Stephen Harding: Barret cleared out the ring with that one.

Barret then grabs the top rope and uses it to springboard himself over it, he then hits both opponents with a five star plancha. However on the way down he bangs his head against the guardrail, knocking himself out.

Stephen Harding: That high risk took his opponents out, but it also backfired on him.

With all three me outside the ring the ref has no choice but to count them all out.

1…2…3…4…5…6…7…8…9…10

Jessica Shaw: All three men have been counted out, therefore this match is ruled a triple count out.

Stephen Harding: A triple count out, what’s going to happen now about their jobs.
Rob Wilson: Well none of them won did they
Stephen Harding: But none of them lost either.

Sabre’s music now hits the speakers, and a cheer goes around the arena. Sabre then emerges into the arena to a standing ovation from the crowd. He then stands on the top of the rampway with a mic in his hand.

Sabre: Well boys, the rules of that match specifically said that only the winner kept there job, but since none of you won that means you’re all fired, so security please escort them out of the building will you, they aren’t wanted in here anymore.

Sabre goes to the back getting more cheers from the crowd, and some members of the security come down to the ring to escort Barret, Eminem and Tupac out of the building.

Commercial Break

Stephen Harding: Welcome back everyone, before we go to the next match I can’t believe that Sabre fired all three men, that seems a bit harsh doesn’t it.
Rob Wilson: Firm but Fair in my eyes, none of them accomplished anything here so they deserved to go.
Stephen Harding: You’ve got a point there Robert, anyway let’s go to the ring now shall we for the next match, between two men making there ZCW debuts this week Nightmare and Thug Angel
Rob Wilson: It should be a goody.

Jessica Shaw: The following contest is set for one fall, introducing first making his ZCW debut, from Whitesboro, New York. Weighing in at 198 pounds NIGHTMARE.

The Lights in the Arena dim and "Get Down with the Sickness" begins to play. Suddenly, a pyro shoots down from the ceiling and Nightmare gets launched up in front of the pyro (Rey Mysterio Style) making a cool spectacle. He walks to the ring and backflips off the top rope and awaits his opponent.

Jessica Shaw: And his opponent, he is also making his ZCW debut and is from South Central California. Weighing in at 195 pounds THUG ANGEL

Thug Angel’s music will play and the fans cheer. Thug Angel goes down to the ring and jumps up to one of the ring posts and stand on the ropes and hit his chest once. He then leaps into the middle of the ring and gets ready for the match.

Stephen Harding: Both these guys are really speedsters, so this is bound to be a fast paced match
Rob Wilson: Don’t blink anyone you might miss something.

The bell rings and the match is underway, Nightmare gets things off to a start by running at Thug Angel and going for a spin wheel kick, but Thug Angel moves out of the way and Nightmare finds nothing but air, he then crashes down to the mat. Thug Angel quickly picks him up and irish whips him to the ropes, Nightmare bounces off them back towards Thug Angel, when he gets back to Thug Angel, he is grabbed and driven into the mat with a flapjack. Thug Angel then follows this up by running to the ropes springboarding off the middle rope and hitting Nightmare with a lionsault. He holds on for the cover, and Caspian Hand makes the count

1….2

Nightmare kicks out, Thug Angel picks him back up, puts him in a front facelock and connects with a swinging neckbreaker. He follows this up by dragging Nightmare over to one of the corners, he then leaps up onto the top turnbuckle and goes for a split legged moonsault, but Nightmare gets his knees up and Thug Angel makes contact with them. Thug Angel then goes down clutching his stomach.

Rob Wilson: He went for one high risk move too many there
Stephen Harding: Next time he’ll have to wear Nightmare down more.

Both men now slowly get to their feet, Thug Angel is up first and goes to grab Nightmare, but Nightmare ducks underneath the grab, Nightmare then quickly spins around and catches Thug Angel right on the jaw with some sweet chin music, this puts Thug Angel down to the mat. Nightmare then hits a million dollar fistdrop to Thug Angel’s head and then follows up with a second. He then jumps up onto the nearby middle turnbuckle and jumps off hitting a driving elbowdrop to the sternum. Nightmare goes a cover

1….2

Thug Angel gets a shoulder up.

Rob Wilson: This one has been fast and furious so far.
Stephen Harding: That’s what you’ve got to expect when you have two high flyers in there.

Nightmare picks Thug Angel up, he then lifts him in the air and brings him crashing down with a jackhammer. He holds on to make a another cover

1….2

Thug Angel escapes. Straightaway Nightmare picks him and Irish Whips him to the ropes, Thug Angel rebounds and Nightmare goes to grab him, but as he does so Thug Angel jumps up and takes Nightmare over with a frankensteiner. On the way over Thug Angel grabs Nightmare’s legs and is able to keep hold of them to take him over for a pin

1….2

Nightmare manages to get one of his shoulders up

Rob Wilson: That’s why I’d hate to be in the ring with a cruiserweight, just when you think you’ve got them beat, they turn things around in the blink of an eye,

Thug Angel still has hold of Nightmare, he quickly spins Nightmare around and hooks him up in a sharpshooter. Nightmare screams out in pain but he doesn’t tap out. Instead he digs deep and manages to crawl over to the ropes, when he grabs them Thug Angel releases his hold straightaway, and keeps on the attack by picking Nightmare up, putting him in the butterfly position and hitting a double arm suplex. Thug Angel then goes to the top rope, when he’s up there he waits for Nightmare to slowly get to his feet, when Nightmare does so Thug Angel jumps off the top rope and goes for a flying cross body block, but on the way down Nightmare jumps up and meets him with a drop kick to the chest sending Thug Angel to the canvass. Nightmare then picks up Thug Angel he puts him up into the powerbomb position and from here he hits Hellbent. He then goes for a cover.

1….2….3

Jessica Shaw: Here is your winner NIGHTMARE

Stephen Harding: What a win for Nightmare, he really pulled that one right out of the bag.

Rob Wilson: Yeah it was impressive. I can clearly see from that performance that he has a bright future ahead of him here in ZCW.

Nightmare celebrates in the ring and gets a good reception from the crowd as he does so. He then heads off to the back getting cheered as he goes.

Stephen Harding: Well that was a good match, and the next one should be just as good.
Rob Wilson: Crimson Grin showed a lot of promise last week, so much so that he got himself a world title shot after the Pay per view, and we all know that Ripper is capable of great things so this one should be excellent.
Stephen Harding: Okay let’s go to Jessica Shaw.

Jessica Shaw: The following contest is set for one fall, introducing first he is from Ironstone Ireland and weighs in at 250 pounds RIPPER

The arena goes dark, Fire shoots all around the entranceway, and Ripper walks slowly to the arena he then walks to the ring and gets in.

Jessica Shaw: And his opponent, he is from Monaca Pennsylvania and weighs in at 265 pounds CRIMSON GRIN

Crimson walks into the arena to huge cheers from the crowd, he then runs to the ring and quickly slides under the bottom rope, immediately after getting up he charges at Ripper and downs him with a clothesline.

Rob Wilson: Crimson Grin is starting this one off quickly
Stephen Harding: That was nothing more than a cheap shot if you ask me.
Rob Wilson: Well it got the job done didn’t it

The bell now rings to begin the match officially, Crimson Grin picks Ripper up grabs his head and arms and takes him over with a sambo suplex, Crimson keeps holding onto Ripper and gets him back onto his feet, he then changes his grip slightly and hits a t-bone suplex. Crimson then hits an elbow drop to Ripper’s chest and follows up with a few stomps. He then runs to the ropes, rebounds off them and hits Ripper with rolling thunder. Crimson now makes a cover and Curtis Anderson slides in to make the count

1….2

Ripper kicks out, Crimson quickly gets back hold of him, and gets him back up, he then grabs him arm, moves it behind his back into a hammerlock, he then lifts Ripper up into the air and drives him down into the canvass with a hammerlock suplex.

Rob Wilson: That one really had to hurt Ripper’s arm
Stephen Harding: You can just see the pain in his eyes

Crimson picks Ripper up again, but as he is getting him up out of sight of the ref who is too busy checking out some hot babe in the front row Ripper hits Crimson with a low blow, and Crimson goes down like a sack of potatoes.

Stephen Harding: The ref should keep his eyes on the match, because if he had that would have been an instant dq.
Rob Wilson: Yeah but that chick is pretty damn hot
Stephen Harding: You’re not wrong there.

Ripper springs to his feet, and picks Crimson Grin up, he then hoists him up into the air and connects with a Mexican Stretch Buster. He then makes a pin attempt.

1….2

Crimson hits out, Ripper immediately gets him back to his feet, as Crimson gets up he rakes his eyes, and then irish whips him to the canvass. Crimson rebounds and Ripper takes him over with a powerslam. Ripper goes for another pin

1….2

Crimson escapes, but not for long as Ripper grabs him and picks him up. He then puts Crimson in a front facelock and lifts him up for a suplex, but at the apex of the move Crimson shifts his weight and he lands on his feet behind Ripper, Ripper quickly turns around but when he does so he is met with a kick to the midsection by Crimson. Ripper is doubled over by this, which allows Crimson to grab him and connect with an implant DDT. Crimson then makes the cover

1….2….3

Jessica Shaw: Here is your winner CRIMSON GRIN

Crimson gets on one of the turnbuckles and poses for the crowd who begin to cheer him and start Crimson chants.

Stephen Harding: That was a good win by Crimson Grin, and he kept his 100 percent record here into the bargain
Rob Wilson: And showed everyone why he got that world title shot after the Pay Per View.
Stephen Harding: Crimson Grin is going to go far in ZCW.

Once again Sabre’s music hits the speakers, and again he enters the arena to great cheers from the crowd. Sabre stands at the top of the rampway with a mic in hand and begins to speak.

Sabre: Great win Crimson, you’re ZCW career is certainly coming on in leaps and bounds, and at the moment the sky seems the limit for you, especially with your world title shot just around the corner.

Crimson gets off the turnbuckle and stands next to the ropes.

Sabre: But I’ve had a look at my tentative card for Mayhem and at the moment you aren’t booked on it, and we need a man of your talent on the card, and what’s more a man of your talent deserves to be in a title match. But unfortunately the world title, IC title and TV titles are all already booked for so you’re left out in the cold in regards to those belts. But there is however one belt you could go after, one belt that I have yet to book for, and it’s a belt I think you’d be a perfect for. And that belt is none other than the ZCW hardcore title belt. So I’ve decided that at the pay per view you will be fighting for the hardcore title, now for your opponent, this man has yet to fight in ZCW but he comes here with a big reputation and from the videos I’ve seen he is one hell of a wrestler, and that man is Dane Tandish. So Crimson you had better get yourself ready for that match because I know Dane will be ready to kick you ass.

Sabre heads off towards the back but just before he goes he turns around to say one last thing.

Sabre: And by the Crimson, you’re match with Dane at the pay per view is going to be a ladder match.

Sabre now heads to the back to more cheers from the crowd.

Stephen Harding: Crimson Grin versus Dane Tandish for the hardcore title that will be one hell of a match
Rob Wilson: And the ladder element will only serve to make it even better.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

MATCH FOUR

Winner gets TV Title Shot at Mayhen

Kurgan v Darkwing

Winner Darkwing

MATCH FIVE

World Title Tournament Semi Final

Crunch v Slayer

Winner Slayer

MATCH SIX

World Title Tournament Semi Final

Smash v Beautiful Bobby D

Winner Beautiful Bobby D