Rundown Results:
Bryan Danielson b. Dusty Schneble
Schweickart/Wesna/Del Rey/Kim b. Shadow/Knox/Magenta/Chandler
Jay Crowe b. Brother Jim
Tristan Lee b. Matt Stryker
Nykk/Mayse b. Huh/Chan
("Neocon" opening.)
Skippy: We are here in Austin, Texas, as MECCA presents Go Time right here of FSN! I'm Skippy, along with Dick Broccoli, and we are just ten days away from the biggest event on the MECCA calendar, the MECCA Challenge III! Tonight, the tag titles will be decided as the Killer Kanines take on the former champs Ronin Fox and Cynric in the main event.
Dick: Also tonight, the first ever ten lady battle royale in MECCA history will take place, with the winner getting a future title shot.
Skippy: We'll also see footage from a press conference held earlier today, where Women's World Cup finalists Gail Kim and Rebecca Knox signed their contract for the MECCA Challenge III. Plus much more to come here on Go Time.
("Problems" hits and the UK Wrecking Crew make their way to the ring, along with Nikki Chandler.)
Skippy: We're kicking things off with tag team action, and a match that was officially made last week.
Dick: The UK Wrecking Crew is out here tonight, and they're looking to climb their way back up the tag team ranks.
("Body Bomb" hits and the Surgeons make their way to the ring.)
Skippy: Walters and Stryker confronted Tristan Lee last week, as they have been upset with the UKWC for protecting Joey Sprinklers from their wrath, but fell victim to an ambush by Nathans and Fletcher.
Dick: The UKWC got the jump on the Surgeons last week, but it looks like they plan to even the score tonight.
(FINISH: Stryker puts Fletcher on his shoulders for the Human Error, but Chandler gets on the apron. Walters goes to confront her, and that allows Fletcher to drive Stryker into the mat with a reverse rana. As the ref tells Chandler to get down, Tristan Lee makes his way in through the crowd and jumps in the ring. Nathans holds Stryker, but he gets out of the way as Tristan tries a spinning heel kick, nailing Nathans. Walters sees Tristan and gives him a lung blower. Stryker throws Fletcher through the ropes into Chandler, taking them both to the floor. He gives Nathans the Stryker Driver and covers for the three count.)
Winners: The Surgeons
Skippy: Walters and Stryker have done it, despite interference from all the extras at ringside.
Dick: This is a big win for the Surgeons. The UK Wrecking Crew are two-time former MECCA Tag Team Champions, and they were just soundly beaten.
(In the office, Katie Piehl and Nykk are talking.)
Nykk: So this works kind of like War Games, right? We flip a coin to determine who sends a man in first, and then eliminations can occur at any time?
Katie: Right. Plus, with all the people who are going to be in and around the ring, the usual restrictions on the MECCA Challenge will be waived and it will be Anything Goes.
Nykk: It's going to be important to decide who goes in first for our team. It has to be someone with endurance, because they'll have to be able to last a while, and...
(David Caldwell enters.)
Katie: Hey, this is a private strategy session, Caldwell! You can't just come barging in here.
Caldwell: Oh, forgive me. I didn't realize that we entertainers were so threatening that we require secret strategy meetings. And to think, you didn't take me seriously at first.
Katie: A regrettable mistake.
Caldwell: But anyway, I want to make sure everything will go down fair and square at the MECCA Challenge, which is why I came to give you the news myself.
Katie: What news?
Caldwell: I just got a memo from the board of directors that you both will be interested to hear. Due to the fact that you, Nykk, failed to request a formal leave of absence last fall when you took your little vacation, you will not be allowed to compete at the MECCA Challenge III in ten days.
Nykk: What!? Let me see that.
(He takes the memo from Caldwell.)
Caldwell: The gist of it is basically that since you sold me your share of the company, that demoted you into the role of a normal employee of MECCA. Did you even bother to get permission from me or Katie before you decided to take your sojourn?
Nykk: No! Katie's my friend, she understood what I had to do, and I didn't know you'd turn out to be such a douchebag.
Caldwell: Well, your punishment sort of fell through the cracks, but due to your job abandonment, it was my suggestion that you be suspended for two weeks, with full pay of course. A light slap on the wrist, considering that we failed to follow up on it months ago. The board of directors agreed with me, and I'm sorry to say, Katie, your vote would not be enough to sway them in any case. So I guess this means that we'll see you in two weeks, Nykk, on the Go Time after the MECCA Challenge. Have a nice night.
(He smirks at them and leaves.)
Nykk: This memo is legit. I can't believe this! After everything, we've been outsmarted by that little piece of...
Katie: Hold on, Nykk. There has to be a way around this. Some loophole. I mean, what are we going to do without you captaining Team MECCA? This changes everything.
Nykk: He really got us by the short hairs, but look, this memo just says I can't step in the ring in a match sanctioned by MECCA. It doesn't mean I can't be here to wrestle next week, as long as it's not sanctioned. We'll figure out a way around this.
Katie: I hope so, because without you, our strategy falls apart.
(Commercial Break)
(In the arena, "The Chase" hits and Johnny Kashmere makes his way to the ring.)
Skippy: I can't believe what we just witnessed before the break. Caldwell got Nykk suspended by the board of directors, and now he can't compete in the Ultimate MECCA Challenge!
Dick: Team MECCA's chances just got a lot worse. Not only do they have to find another member for the team, but all the strategy they've built so far is out the window, which gives Caldwell a huge advantage.
("Noots" hits and Eddie Crowe makes his way to the ring.)
Skippy: Eddie Crowe is on his way down for this non-title match, and of course the Backseat Boyz will take on Eddie's partners in the EDJ, the Pyro Twins, at the MECCA Challenge III.
Dick: And Dusty Schneble will get his hands on Trent Acid later tonight.
(FINISH: Kashmere goes for the Cradle Breaker, but Eddie lands on his feet and bounces off the ropes, nailing Kashmere with a high cross body for a two count. Eddie whips him into the corner and hits a charging dropkick, and goes for the running brainbuster. Kashmere escapes and tries a clothesline, but Eddie ducks and jumps to the second rope. He does a springboard moonsault, but catches Kashmere with an inside cradle on the way down, getting the three count.)
Winner: Eddie Crowe
Skippy: What a move by our MECCA Champion, and Eddie Crowe heads into the MECCA Challenge III against Ronin Fox with momentum.
Dick: It will be the toughest battle of Eddie's title reign in ten days.
(As Eddie's celebrating, Trent Acid runs in. He gives Eddie a Yakuza Kick, and he and Kashmere work him over. However, the Pyro Twins quickly run down and pair off with the Backseats, brawling out to the ringside area. As they fight back to the locker room and into the crowd, Eddie gets to his feet and watches the proceedings. However, Ronin Fox and Cynric suddenly come in from the crowd and attack Eddie from behind. Cynric gets on his back, and Fox gives Eddie a curb stomp into Cynric's knees.)
Skippy: What a cowardly attack by our number one contender. He not only waited until the Pyro Twins were preoccupied, he jumped the champ from behind with the help of his brother!
Dick: It's not about cowardice. It's about wearing down a man who has been unbeatable for almost a year, ensuring him a better chance at becoming MECCA World Champion. And if anyone can do it after all this time, it's Ronin Fox, the one challenger Eddie has never beaten.
(Fox and Cynric continue to stomp on Eddie, but the Killer Kanines emerge from the back and charge to the ring. Wolf clotheslines Fox, and Anubis gives Cynric a spinebuster. Cynric rolls out of the ring as Wolf backdrops Fox over the top rope. Wolf gets a mic.)
Wolf: You two want to come out here and jump people from behind? Just know that later on, there aren't going to be any sneak attacks. You'll be taking us on two on two for the MECCA Tag Team Championship, and don't expect us to play into any of your tricks.
Anubis: And David Caldwell Project... you may think that what you've pulled with Nykk is real clever, but on behalf of the rest of Team MECCA, with or without our captain, all of you are going down!
("Kobrakai" plays as the Killer Kanines help Eddie up.)
Skippy: There you have it. Team MECCA isn't going to roll over and give up, even if Nykk can't compete at the MECCA Challenge III. We'll be right back with the ladies' battle royale!
(Commercial Break)
(In the arena, "Filthy/Gorgeous" is playing, and Coquette is entering the ring. Nikki Chandler, Misery, Wesna, Sara Del Rey, Heather Star, Daizee Haze and Magenta are already there.)
Skippy: Welcome back to Go Time, and we have a first for MECCA as the ladies will be going at it in a battle royale to determine who will face the winner of the Shadow/Schweickart title match at the MECCA Challenge III.
("TKO" hits and Zoe Alexander makes her way to the ring.)
Skippy: And here comes the only female representation left in the David Caldwell Project, Zoe Alexander, the winner of the first ever Bikini Quest.
Dick: And hopefully the last. If Team MECCA prevails on April 28, it definitely will be.
("Edge of Seventeen" hits and Lisa Letty makes her way to the ring.)
Skippy: The last participant for this battle royale, the First Lady of MECCA herself would love to finally regain the title that she put on the map.
Dick: Lisa Letty has been quite distracted over the last year or so, which has really affected her in the title picture, and recently she's had to get over a knee injury that she suffered in the first round of the Women's World Cup. But it looks like she's ready to make a serious go at the title now.
(FINISH: Misery is the first to be eliminated, by Lisa Letty. Daizee throws out Magenta, but in turn gets lifted over and dumped to the floor by Chandler. Zoe eliminates Wesna, and Del Rey and Coquette are both lifted over and eliminated as they grapple on the ropes by Chandler. She moves out of the way of a charging Star, but she swings her body between the top and middle rope back into the ring and catches Chandler in a headscissors. She keeps going, and takes them both over the top rope. Chandler lands on the floor, while Star gets up on the apron, only to have Zoe ram into her and knock her into the guardrail. Lisa and Zoe slug it out, but Zoe gets the better of the exchange. She goes for a suplex, but Lisa escapes and tries to throw her over the top rope. Zoe drops to the mat and Lisa sails over the top rope, but manages to hang on to the rope. As she hangs there, Zoe tries to dropkick her in the back, but Lisa skins the cat to avoid it. Zoe stands up, but Lisa catches her in a headscissors and takes her over the top rope and to the floor. Lisa lets go and drops to the floor herself as the bell rings.)
Winner: Lisa Letty
Skippy: Lisa has outlasted nine other ladies, and now that title shot that she's wanted is hers for the taking!
Dick: Lisa definitely earned this victory, and seeing her take on either Shadow or Kelly Schweickart would be a tremendous encounter.
(In the office, Nykk is watching Lisa on the monitor.)
Nykk: Good job, Lisa. You really did it.
(Katie Piehl enters with a few contracts.)
Katie: Okay, I've been working on this problem, and I think I may have found a way that you can compete at the MECCA Challenge III.
Nykk: Lay it on me, Katie. This match is too important for me not to be in it.
Katie: Well... it involves something I really have reservations about. You see, if I were to legally sign over ownership to you, for one night only, the board of directors would not be able to keep you out of the ring.
Nykk: Are you sure about that?
Katie: It's the only way I could find.
Nykk: If that's the only way, then let's do it. I'll still leave the running of the show to you, Katie; just let me take care of business in the ring.
Katie: I don't know... even if it is to you and only for one night, I hate to have to do this... so much could go wrong.
Nykk: Then I suggest you think about it long and hard before you do anything that you might regret.
Katie: I'll give you an answer next week, then. I trust you'll be in San Antonio?
Nykk: It's going to take a lot more than the board of directors to keep me out. You keep looking for a different way to get out of this, and next week we'll see what we can come up with.
(Commercial Break)
(Backstage, Bill Bicknell is standing by with Alan Mayse.)
Bill: I'm here with former Toughman Champion Alan Mayse, and Alan, at the MECCA Challenge III you get the opportunity you've been waiting for.
Mayse: That's right. April 28 in New York City, I come to take back what you stole from me, Joey Sprinklers. In case no one remembers, after Bloody Valentine, I stayed away from MECCA for a couple of weeks. Because I was embarrassed. You embarrassed me, Joey, by taking the Toughman Title just a few days before I broke my own personal title record, something I promised that I would do. And by cheating, no less. That's what really sticks in my throat. You've done nothing but devalue the title that I built. But I can right that wrong by taking it back at the MECCA Challenge III. Joey... you now have my complete attention, and that is not a position that you want to be in. I'm going to...
(In the arena, Dusty Schneble and Trent Acid are still fighting. They brawl down to ringside, and then Dusty rolls Acid into the ring and the ref calls for the bell.)
Skippy: Sorry to interrupt, but Dusty Schneble and Trent Acid have fought their way back out here, and I guess they've been fighting this whole time!
Dick: These two are scheduled to have a match, and I guess it's going to begin right now!
(FINISH: Acid goes for the Yakuza Kick, but Dusty catches his foot and spins him around into a teardrop suplex. He goes to the top rope, but Acid moves out of the way of the kneedrop. He kicks Dusty in the midsection, kicks him in the face and goes for a roaring forearm, but Dusty ducks and catches Acid in a full nelson. He lifts him and spins him around to plant him face first into the mat. He gives Acid the Rope Burn II and covers for the pin.)
Winner: Dusty Schneble
Skippy: Dusty wins it, and maybe for tonight the fight will finally be over. There's no word on just where Jay Crowe and Johnny Kashmere are or if they're still fighting.
Dick: The Backseats and the Pyro Twins will settle it all at the MECCA Challenge III, and if their first encounter was anything to judge by, we may be looking at the best tag team match in MECCA history.
Skippy: We have to take a break, but when we come back, we'll see footage from a press conference earlier today, where the contract was signed for the finals of the Women's World Cup!
(Commercial Break)
(In a conference room, a podium is set up on a stage. A Canadian flag hangs over a table to the left, and an Irish flag hangs over a table to the right. In their respective seats are Rebecca Knox and Gail Kim. Katie Piehl is at the podium, and members of the press are looking on.)
Katie: Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here today. As you know, a few months ago, the Women's World Cup tournament began, featuring the best female athletes from ten different countries. Now that all the smoke has cleared, we are left with two finalists: first, from Dublin, Ireland, Rebecca Knox. And from Toronto, Canada, the "Sensation of Submission" and former MECCA Ladies' Champion, Gail Kim. Today we sign the contract for the match to take place at the MECCA Challenge III, emanating from New York City on April 28, to determine the winner of the tournament. At this time, I would like Ms. Kim to come up here and sign the contract.
(Gail Kim goes up to the podium as photographers snap away. She signs her name to the contract.)
Katie: Gail, do you have any words for the press or your opponent for April 28?
Gail: Thank you all for coming, and I'll keep this short and sweet. Rebecca Knox, when this tournament started, it was perceived as an unwritten rule in the ladies' locker room that every match would be kept fair and level. We all have a common goal, and that is to bring respect to women's wrestling in North America. But you, K-Knox, have cheated your way through this tournament, and somehow made it to the finals. Well, at the MECCA Challenge III, all your tricks won't mean a thing. I have you scouted. There is nothing you can pull off that's going to cost me the World Cup, no cheap way to victory. I'm going to...
(Rebecca Knox gets up and makes her way to the podium, getting in Kim's face.)
Katie: Ms. Knox, please. You haven't been called...
Knox: I will not sit idly by while you disparage my good name, Gail Kim! How dare you insinuate that I would cheat my way through any of my matches! I am clean as a whistle, and sharp as a thistle. The only thing cheap about this tournament is the fact that you are apparently the best that MECCA's ladies' division has to offer!
Katie: All right, all right, will you just sign the contract?
(Knox takes the pen and signs the contract. However, she suddenly turns on Kim and rams her head first into the podium. Knox topples over the podium and lays into Gail with right hands. She then uses the pen to sign her name across Gail's forehead before security pulls her off.)
(Commercial Break)
(Backstage, Bill Bicknell is standing by with Delirious.)
Bill: As we just saw before the break, the competition for the Women's World Cup is heating up as Rebecca Knox attacked her opponent for the MECCA Challenge III Gail Kim, and then added insult to injury by signing her name to Gail's forehead as well as the contract. Right now, I'm here with Delirious, who will take on Cynric in just ten days at the MECCA Challenge III. Delirious, I'd ask you a question, but I know I wouldn't even understand the answer.
Delirious: Baraba ehebah taleladay, Cynric! Ta MECCA Challenge III arabaha New York City, raeauy bogiane bebyea onethe doanlay Delirious! Araenleyah inde tap tap tap thote Cobra Stretch! Romyabe thote Shadows Over Hell! Waeithey raeuy bogoaowned. Bah, bah, bah, bah!
(In the arena, "Soul Creation" hits and Ronin Fox and Cynric make their way to the ring.)
Skippy: Delirious with some strong words for Cynric, I guess, and those two will meet in just ten days. But right now, Ronin Fox and Cynric have an opportunity to regain the MECCA Tag Team Championship, a title they never received a rematch for after losing the belts last fall.
Dick: It's long overdue. Who can forget the matches that these two had with the Pyro Twins last year? They will always be strong contenders for the tag titles.
("Kobrakai" hits and the Killer Kanines make their way to the ring, along with Medea Knight.)
Skippy: The Wild Wolf and Anubis didn't appreciate Fox and Cynric jumping Eddie Crowe from behind earlier tonight, and this match will get their required title defense out of the way so that they can compete on Team MECCA at the MECCA Challenge III and not have to worry about a title match.
Dick: But we still don't know whether or not Nykk is going to be able to captain that team. Team MECCA has got to be in a state of turmoil right now.
(FINISH: Fox gives Wolf the Tail End, but before he can cover, Eddie Crowe comes through the curtain, but is held back from the ring by a host of officials. Fox gets distracted, and is dropkicked through the ropes by Wolf. Cynric comes in and goes for the Lift Off on Anubis, but Anubis counters into a spinebuster. Fox goes after Eddie as Cynric is placed on the top rope. The Kanines hit the Dog Catcher, and Wolf covers and gets the three count.)
Winners: The Killer Kanines
Skippy: The Killer Kanines are victorious, and Fox is still trying to get at Eddie Crowe!
Dick: Just let them fight. There seems to be no way either man is going to allow themselves to go at each other fresh in ten days.
Skippy: We'll be back next week with the final Go Time before the MECCA Challenge III. We'll see you then!