versus

"The Pitbull" Eddie Benoit

Buried Alive Match

Referee: Grant August

Writer: Adam Kelly

["Behind Blue Eyes" by Limp Bizkit rips through the arena and the London fans all stand to their feet. A few seconds later, Eddie Benoit makes his way down to the ring. Fans closest to the entrance ramp try to throw drinks and food wrappers at him, whilst security try and hold the fans back. Benoit walks casually down the ramp and climbs into the ring.]

Peter Santos: The following contest is a Buried Alive match! &endash; The only way that you can win this match is to put your opponent into the hole next to the MaxiTron and cover them with dirt! Thus burying�Them�Alive! Introducing first: From Port Angeles, Washington, weighing in a 220 pounds, he is the Pitbull, he is Eddie Benoit!

[The crowds jeer for Eddie but suddenly the crowd roar as the excitement and tension is building rapidly for the match to begin. Benoit is now stretching and anxiously walking around the ring, stepping back and forth.]

Sully: My man Benoit is ready to bury that idiot Shiv alive!

JP: Careful what you wish for Sully.

["Enter Sandman" by Metallica blasts out from the PA system and the crowd go wild! 'The Shivinator' Shiv jumps out of the thin black curtain and raises his arms to the English crowd! They cheer immensely as he walks forward slowly, one step at a time.]

Peter Santos: And his opponent: From Miami, Florida, weighing in at 250 pounds, 'The Shivinator' Shiv!

[The crowds roar with glee as he raises his arms once again. He looks around behind him, looking for maybe some signs of the sneaky Katherine McDougal. Shiv walks to his left and gets closer to the pile of dirt, on top is the large, grassy hole with a yellow construction truck parked on the side. There are also two shovels either side of the hole. Shiv looks around as the camera pans closer on to the tombstone. It reads: MWF MAYHEM &endash; SHIV VS EDDIE BENOIT &endash; BURIED ALIVE MATCH &endash; SUNDAY, 30TH MAY 2004. Shiv looks worried, but then smiles and laughs a bit, he turns back and makes his way down to the ring. He rolls under the bottom rope and strolls around in the ring. The two athletes' stare each other down as they wait for the 3 'dings' to sound via the ring bell.]

JP: I can feel the tension here!

Sully: Yeah! &endash; It sounds like the roof of this arena is about to be blown right off! And speaking of being blown right off, that Buried Alive dig site is giving me the creeps JP!

JP: Yeah, I mean how sick must it feel to be literally choking and eating dirt!? This is gonna be a match to remember and anything can happen!

[The bell sounds!]

Sully: �And we're under way!

JP: Here we go now! �

[Immediately Shiv and Benoit collide with a sort of abdominal shove. Both just bounce back into the ropes and run against each other once again. They both go for a Clothesline, Benoit's power goes straight for Shiv but he ducks! Shiv turns back and hits a standing Dropkick sending the Pitbull straight through the bottom rope and down on the outside!]

Sully: Return to sender!

JP: Yeah, he stamped him�with authority!

[Shiv taunts to the crowd and they love it. Benoit is now up; straightening his nose. �Back in the ring, Shiv runs against the ropes, bounces back and runs for a Baseball Slide! He rolls right under the bottom rope and tries to carry on by hooking his legs round Benoits head! �Unfortunately for 'The Shivinator', Benoit catches him and raises him up! He slams Shiv on the ultra-thin safety mats with a huge Jacknife Powerbomb!]

Sully: Shiv looked like he was gonna turn the Baseball Slide into a sliding Hurracanrana, but Benoit caught him and�

JP: �Broke him in half with the Powerbomb!

Sully: Don't interrupt me JP!

[Eddie just laughs like a sadistic monster. He starts dragging Shiv to the steel entrance ramp by the hair. When the two are in the middle of the ramp, Benoit picks Shiv right up and hits as scintillating Snap Suplex right on to the steel!]

Sully: OOOW!

JP: My God! What impact!

[The Pitbull sits right back up and laughs again. He stands up and walks to the ring. The fans jeer loudly, but Benoit doesn't care one bit. Eddie goes to the centre ring apron and looks under. He pulls out a wooden board with barbed wire wrapped around it!]

JP: Oh my God! Here we go again, barbed wire is about to be used!

Sully: Hit him Benoit! Right over the head!

[Eddie Benoit walks back to Shiv, he stands right in front of Shiv like a menacing giant. But as Shiv rises he hit's a low blow on Benoit! The barbed-board is dropped into the hands of 'The Shivinator' and he uses it! Shiv smacks Benoit right over the head with the barbed wire entangled board! Blood pours from a huge laceration in the centre of Benoit's head.]

Sully: Nooo!

JP: Oh God! &endash; Barbed wire has just cut deep into the very Cranium of Eddie Benoit!

[Shiv stands up and taunts again. There is no control over the fans, they all explode in cheers! Shiv picks up Benoit and gets him into a tight Front Face Lock, he them hooks the arm after a few stretches and lifts up the Pitbull! He drops him down half on his back and half on his head! 'The Shivinator' has hit a 'tweaked' vertical-based Suplex. With that done, blood is running down the face of Benoit. Suddenly, Katherine McDougal starts walking down to the ring with a sledgehammer!]

Sully: Yes! His lawyer is here!

JP: But all outsiders and superstars are banned from ringside! This is cheating!

[Unluckily for the Pitbull's lawyer, many event officials and backstage hands run down to the entrance ramp and unhand Miss McDougal from the sledgehammer, they all then drag her into the back!]

Sully: Damn 'officials'! &endash; They are ruining all the fun!

JP: No, it's the other way round Sully. 'McDougal' was about to ruin this intense match-up!

Sully: Ooh�Whatever JP! Silence!

[Shiv looks annoyed, a few minutes of his time to continue to capitalise has just been wasted by the intrusion of Katherine McDougal. You hear Shiv 'tut' and he shakes his head in total annoyance. Out of nowhere, some officials run down to the ring and get 3 ladders and 3 tables! They jog back to the entrance curtain and start to block the entranceway! Now tables and ladders are blocking entry from the backstage area into the main arena! 3 officials are also in a line and guarding the blockade!]

Sully: What the hell is going on!?

JP: It's an ingenious idea Sully! They are making sure no one can interfere in this match!

Sully: That's�That's not fair!

JP: The hell it is!

[Shiv finally looks happy. Whilst the entranceway shenanigans have been going on, a total brawl between Benoit and Shiv has broken out, but the morale is Shiv's because he has just hit the Evenflow DDT! By now the fans are going mad for Shiv and the calibre of the match-up!]

JP: Huge DDT there, Shiv is back on the offensive.

['The Shivinator' goes down on Benoit and tries for a Headlock, but it's countered! The Pitbull switches around and has locked Shiv in the RayBeez!]

Sully: That's it! Benoit's back in business! &endash; Go on Eddie, break his bones!

[The manoeuvre is held-in tight and Shiv is failing�Heartbeat after heartbeat and the Pitbull finally releases the trademark move. Benoit signals for the end and goes outside the ring, he looks under the apron and get's a rather small, tin bottle. It has no label, you can see it's been carelessly ripped off.]

JP: What is that?

Sully: I have no idea�

[Eddie Benoit carries the tin bottle to the entrance way and picks up the barbed wire board!]

JP: Oh not this again.

[He walks to the apron and stays there for a few seconds. Shiv is still down but he's slowly moving up. Benoit opens up the bottle and starts spraying a strange colourless liquid over the board. The barbed wire is drenched.]

Sully: Oh I know what he's planning!

JP: What? Tell me Sully, tell me�Oh no, I know now, you gotta be kidding me!

Sully: Yes, yes, yes!

[A transparent blue lighter is pulled out of Eddie's pocket, he snaps his hands in motion and a flame rises from the lighter! He quickly moves it to the board and drops the lighter! The board is now on fire!]

Sully: Yeees! A flaming wooden barbed wire bat! Wow, that's a mouthful!

JP: This is no time for worthless jokes Sully, Shiv's about to be baked rather than buried alive.

[The flaming board burns quickly as Eddie holds it up in the air. All of a sudden in the side of the picture, Shiv is seen leaping on to the top rope! He jumps off and connects with a springboard Dropkick to the outside! The fire-board is kicked into the face of Benoit and he suffers a few burns!]

JP: Oh my God! Fire connects with face! A picture-perfect Dropkick right out of the amazing playbook of 'The Shivinator'!

[Eddie squabbles as he's eaten-up by the flames, the board is put out by the force of the huge Dropkick and now both men are down. About a minute later of the fans cheering Shiv on, he rises to his feet first. He picks up Eddie Benoit and drags him over to the dig site.]

JP: Finally, some action actually related to the main-purpose of this match�

Sully: �Burying your opponent alive!

JP: And you tell me about interrupting! You're like a little kid�with no manners!

[Shiv climbs up the small mountain of dirt and dust. He raises Benoit to his feet and kicks him in the gut. Benoit's head goes between the legs of 'The Shivinator' and he goes right up�then crashing down into the hole with an almighty Powerbomb!]

Sully: Oh�God!

JP: What a Powerbomb! And now Benoit's in the pit! Shiv just needs to bury him now!

[Shiv picks up one of the two shovels and starts to bury the Pitbull alive! The sound of dirt hitting the body of Benoit is heard�Suddenly, a bright flash comes from the pit. The blast of light makes Shiv roll away from the site, he rolls down the 'hill' of dirt, but lands on his feet. Shiv doesn't know what's going on, so he stands still, looking to see what's happening.]

JP: What the heck is that?

Sully: Some kind of�weird light beaming from the pit!

[Three bangs from a gong suddenly echoes through the arena�The lights go out and the crowd seem disturbed. The light from the pit is still noticeable in the dark�About 5 seconds later the light stops, and the main lights turn back on. A third gong noise is heard and the fans are chatting away, not knowing what the hell is actually going on. Shiv is totally spooked�]

JP: What is this? Darkness? Gongs? Strange lights?

Sully: Ahh, I'm scared JP!

[Shiv looks anxious yet scared�He walks slowly around the hill of dirt� A coffin emerges from the pit and Shiv shouts out loud�The fans are almost going mad, they can't figure out what is happening and they are getting a fright. The coffin rises slowly and it finally gets to to the top.]

JP: What on Earth!?�

Sully: How is it being supported? I mean what!?�A coffin, a damn coffin, erm, help!

[Shiv climbs slowly and edgy up the dirt-hill, he walks to the dusty coffin�Out of nowhere it opens and a hooded figure arises! Dark brown robes and a hood is what this figure is wearing. It sits up and climbs out of the coffin.]

JP: Oh�My�God

Sully: Oh, oh, erm, oh�

['The Shivinator' walks back slowly, almost tripping over his own feet. The robed figure has it's head up, looking into the ceiling, it raises it's arms and grips the hood�The hood comes down and it's revealed to be�MISERY!]

JP: What in the freakin' hell is going on!?

Sully: AHHHHHHHH! SHE'S DEAD�SHE'S! SHE'S DEEEAAADD! AHHHHHH!

[Shiv collapses down to the dirt-floor as the coffin goes back into the pit. Revealing the original hole, with�Benoit's body. The Pitbull climbs out of the pit and joins Misery. Her and Benoit pick up Shiv. You can hear Eddie say: "It's my turn!". He then Powerbomb's Shiv into the pit. The force of impact makes dust come flying out of the hole�It feels like the whole world has shaken and it certainly hasn't done the dig site any good. �The tombstone suddenly topples in on Shiv and breaks on his body�]

JP: Oh my God! The dead has risen from the grave and the huge stone tombstone has fallen in on Shiv!

Sully: I can't watch anymore! It's like the Exorcist movie�All over again!

[Misery and Benoit both pick up the two shovel's and begin digging for dirt�After a minute or two they have�Buried Shiv Alive! The bell rings and the officials take down the entrance blockade, Peter Santos grabs the microphone and announces the winner�]

Peter Santos: Here is your winner: 'The Pitbull' Eddie�Benoit!

JP: I can't believe it, Benoit's won, and Misery is back!

Sully: �From the dead. I'm , I'm speechless JP!

[The whole ring area is covered in blood, dust, dirt and sweat, the smell of smoke is smelt and the crowd heave�]

JP: What an ending, let's go to the tapes!

Sully: A commercial break now, and, I'm scared of Benoit!

JP: Aww &endash; poor little Sullivan�Scared like a baby�

Sully: You can't talk�you, you�pig! You are as freaked as me!

JP: Whatever, let's check the replays and we're off to a break!�

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