MMP Tag Team Championship
Handicap
Match
UPSTANDING CITIZENS (C) vs. DAARK
Daark came to the ring first, accompanied by two of The Cult Master's loyal
followers. As Daark stepped through the ropes, the champions came running down to the ring
with Ponch and Michael with all four men rushing the challenger and quadruple-teaming him as
the opening bell sounded. The two Cult minions pulled Ponch and Michael out, but that left
Daark at the mercy of Virus Richards and The Joker's Child. With the Cult followers attacking
Ponch and Michael on the floor, the CWO came down to the ring and fought them off, allowing
Ponch and Michael to go to the corner while they battled the Cult to the back. Once the referee
had control of the match, it was Joker starting for his team against Daark. The former
midwestern champion opened by beating on Daark with his oversized clown shoes, and when he
was finished his assault, Joker dumped several billiard balls out of the shoes to show exactly why
the blows did so much damage. With Daark down, Joker tagged Virus into the match for the
first time. The two men stomped Daark down before draping him face first on the bottom
turnbuckle. With Joker holding Daark in place from the outside, Virus backed into the corner
and nailed a bronco buster that crushed Daark's face against the buckle. The champions made
another exchange before Virus pulled Daark back to his feet and held the challenger's arms
behind his back for Joker who grabbed his still-lit cigar off the ring post and went to jab it into
Daark's face. Out of desperation, Daark ducked out of the way, and lit end of the cigar went
square into Virus' chest. Daark brushed Virus through the ropes to the floor before laying into
Joker with a series of thrusts to the throat that backed him into a corner. Grabbing Joker
around the head, Daark nailed a legsweep followed by an elbowdrop, and to the surprise of
many, was in control of the tag team champions. With things going Daark's way, "Stunning"
Steve Simon made his way down to ringside, standing in a neutral corner. After casting a
questioning look in Simon's direction, Virus rushed back into the ring, but his charge was ducked
by Daark who grabbed the champion and nailed him with a belly to back suplex followed by
another elbowdrop for good measure. Daark went to pull Virus up when from behind Ponch
came off the ropes and nailed him with a bulldog. Ponch quickly rolled back to the outside, but
the ambush gave the champions a chance to regroup. Joker got back to his feet first and hit
Daark with a suplex before Virus bounced off the ropes and hit the challenger with a
springboard moonsault off the middle rope. At the last minute, Daark got his knees up, causing
Virus to land flush with his ribs on Daark's knees, sending Virus rolling out to the floor in pain.
Daark pulled himself up and Joker charged in, but the challenger picked him up and nailed a
Samoan drop before locking in the Purgatory sharpshooter!! With Daark wrenching back on
Joker's legs and back, SSS rolled into the ring with his TV belt and nailed Daark across the
back of the head. Both men in the ring were out and Virus was down on the floor as Simon
made his way back to the dressing room. Virus soon got back in and helped Joker back to his
feet. The two men set Daark up on the top rope before Virus went to the top at the
neighbouring corner. Joker nailed Daark with a superplex as Virus came off the top with a frog
splash, hooking the leg and covering Daark for the three count. As the champions celebrated,
The Ryno came running in from the crowd. He helped Daark back to his feet, but then nailed
Daark with a kick to the midsection before lifting him up in a gorilla press slam. Ryno tossed
Daark over the top rope onto the champion, who were making their way back to the dressing
room. Following Daark into the runway, Ryno grabbed the tag belts away from Virus and Joker
and tossed them into the crowd before making his way to the back.
Wood: It looks like that attack earlier in the evening by Virus and The
Bootlegger only fueled the fire of Ryno, who has made his mark here tonight in Reno with an
ambush on the MMP tag team champions. Virus and Joker have retained the titles, but Daark
put up one hell of a fight considering that it was only one man going into the match against the
top team in the MMP today.
Brewer: Leave it to The Joker's Child to orchestrate some kind of interference even though he
had the numbers advantage going into the match. It's looking like there is some kind of collusion
between Joker and Steve Simon. Think about it. Last week, Joker helped Simon retain the TV
title, now Simon helps Joker out when it looked like the tag team titles were in jeopardy. I
wonder what Kristin thinks about this situation given what Joker and Ponch did to her a few
weeks ago.
Wood: I'm sure that situation will continue to develop, whether there is any truth to your
allegations or not. The common element between the two men is Virus Richards, who is alligned
with Simon in The Syndicate but also holds the tag titles with Joker. It's main event time, with
another chapter about to be written in the Syndicate/Untouchables feud. Let's send you back to
the ring for our feature bout!
Elimination Match
CAPTAIN PATRICK O'CONNER, MUTE
& SCOTT WORTH vs. THE BOOTLEGGER, "CORRUPT" JOHN KORSO & GEORGE
ACHICA
The Syndicate members made their way to the ring first, accompanied by
Betty and Daphne. The Bootlegger had both universal title belts in his possession, but seemed
somewhat disinterested as he made his way to the ring. O'Conner, Worth, and Mute then made
their way down together, all sporting new navy blue Untouchables shirts. Korso and Mute
opened the match with Korso taking the early advantage, laying into Mute with a series of chops
to the chest and kicks to the midsection before tagging out to Bootlegger. The universal
champion wasted little time with Mute, delivering a fallaway slam and a chokeslam before hitting
the Heart's Desire to finish him off. Bootlegger made the cover for the three count to give The
Syndicate a 3-2 advantage early on. With Bootlegger dusting his palms after Mute's defeat,
O'Conner stepped through the ropes and waited for his opponent to turn around. When
Bootlegger turned he was so startled that he nearly fell over and retreated quickly to his corner.
Korso repeatedly urged George to get in the ring and take care of O'Conner, and with
Bootlegger's hand outstretched, George eagerly accepted the challenge and engaged his former
friend. The two men locked up, but George's huge size advantage allowed him to overpower
O'Conner into the corner where George, Korso, and Bootlegger triple-teamed the world
champion against the buckle. Things looked bad for O'Conner, but before much damage could
be done, Dr. No Limit and Perry Sanders came running down to the ring to help the Captain
out. The two men pulled Korso down off the apron and double teamed Korso on the floor
before some backstage security could make their way out to clear the invaders away. Perry
fought his way through the security, but Korso cut him off, trading blows with "The Avenger"
until more security could be called out to hold him back. Back in the ring, O'Conner was able to
use a thumb to the eyes of Bootlegger to break free from the Syndicate corner. Rolling away
from George, O'Conner reached up and tagged in Scott Worth. George moved in on Worth,
but Scott nailed him with a big boot to the face before grabbing the big Samoan and nailing him
with a sidewalk slam. Waiting in the corner for George to get back up, Worth nailed George
with the Elder's Vengeance heart punch before covering him for the pin to even the score.
Korso got back onto the apron in time to see his newest recruit being ushered out of the ring.
Bootlegger encouraged Korso to get into the ring next and Korso did, ducking away from
Worth's attack and raking the big man's face before tagging out to Bootlegger. Bootlegger
applied an abdominal stretch in the corner, reaching out to Korso for additional leveredge.
Seeing the double team that the referee was missing, O'Conner rushed into the ring to help out
Worth. Korso also got in the ring and soon all four men were battling in the ring with the referee
unable to do anything about it. A boot to the face from Worth put Korso down in the corner
and, after a brief hesitation, Worth joined O'Conner in a double team on Bootlegger. While he
was preoccupied with Bootlegger, Worth never saw Korso coming up on him from behind.
Korso rolled Worth over into a cradle for the three count, stunning the big man from Miami who
was now forced to leave the ring. O'Conner was in control of Bootlegger, but within seconds
Korso was over to help out. The two Syndicate members were now double teaming the
founder of The Untouchables. Before long, Scott Worth came running back to the ring,
grabbing Korso by the ankles and pulling him out of the ring. The two men brawled on the floor
while Bootlegger readied to finish off O'Conner. Suddenly, a fan wearing a Bootlegger mask
jumped over the safety rail and got into the ring, jabbing Bootlegger from behind with a taser in
the back!! Bootlegger went down in spasms and O'Conner capitalized immediately, covering
Bootlegger for the three count. The fan left through the crowd, but not before tossing away the
mask to show The Ryno as the man responsible for Bootlegger's elimination! O'Conner stood
breathing heavily in the corner shouting at Bootlegger as Betty and Daphne helped the universal
champion to the back. With Korso and Worth still trading blows on the outside, Virus Richards
came running down the aisle with his recently retrieved tag title belt. Nailing Worth in the back
of the head with the belt, Virus laid into Worth with kicks to the midsection as Korso rolled
back into the ring. O'Conner paid one final salute to Bootlegger on his way back to the dressing
room, but when he turned around, Korso caught the world champ with the Hollow Point!
Korso hooked the leg as he covered O'Conner, scoring the three count to win the match as the
screen fades to black.
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