The camera switches to inside Dirge's locker room. The door opens and the champion walks in to see Eric Drugonov lying motionless on the floor. A note is pinned on the back of Eric's jacket. Dirge rips it off and reads it out loud.
Dirge: "Let's see how tough you are without your bodyguard around to help you through the tough times."
Dirge angrily tears the note in half and punches the locker next to him. It leaves a dent the size of a grapefruit. The crowd watching this on the Radi-tron out in the arena cheers and laughs at Dirge's tantrum.
Dirge: That bastard Patrick! He thinks he's so smart! I don't need anyone with me at ringside, but I bet he thinks HE does! Well, I've got just the fix for that. Higgerson may be busy getting ready for his match, but JP forgot there's still another member of Evolution hanging around!
Dirge stalks out of the room, not bothering to check on his bodyguard.
RAWF Ironman Championship
(60 Minute Ironman Match)
BIG KAHUNA (c) VS. CROC |
The arena suddenly plunges into darkness. Five spotlights circle around the arena, before converging upon the entranceway, triggering a massive pyro explosion. "Breakstuff" by Limp Bizkit hits, and two RAWF ring crew members roll down a large red carpet, which rolls all the way down to ringside. The live crowds boos lift in intensity as Croc comes struting through the smoke left from the pyro. Croc pauses at the top of the ramp and scans over the crowd with a smug smirk on his face.
Levitan: This contest is scheduled for one fall and is for the Radical American Wrestling Federation's Ironman Championship! It will be contested under Ironman rules. Whoever has the most falls after one hour will be declared the Champion! Coming to ringside first, the challenger, weighing 248 pounds from Sydney, Australia... The One and Only... The Superstar... The Aussie Icon... CROC!
The crowd boos as Croc begins to walk down the red carpet, a confident swagger in his walk, as he taunts the ringside fans. Croc rolls into the ring and spins around before jumping up onto the middle rope and poses. A large Australian flag drapes from the roof behind him, and Croc trash
talks one of the members of the audience.
Levitan: And his opponent ...led toward the ring by Carl Sabre..... from Honolulu, Hawaii.... weighing 284 pounds ... He is the RAWF Ironman Champion...he is the Hawaiian Titan, he is... BIG KAHUNA!!
Lights go down. The rhythmic sound of drums comes over the loud speaker. Six flame dancers come out, three from each side of the entryway. Each of them with flaming batons, which the twirl and spin. They are dressed in blue Hawaiian print shorts and shirts and are smiling widely as they line up along the walkway. All six at once toss their batons high up in the air. As the batons hit the top of their arcs, the pyro along side the entryway goes off, and the drums are replaced by the intro to "The Mob Rules." Kahuna's logo flashes across the Radi-tron. The lights around the ramp way come up as the vocal of the song kicks in. Walking with a purposeful stride out onto the walkway comes Big Kahuna, followed by Carl Sabre. The crowd, which was already enjoying the flame dancers, explodes! Kahuna walks down towards ringside, stopping in front of each of the flame dancers, he watches them toss their baton high in the air and watches them catch it. He nods to them each in turn and continues his march to the ring. He walks over towards the steps, looks out into the crowd and sees the little girl and her family from Australia. somehow they are sitting in the second row! He walks over and the people in front of the girl part and let her come up to Kahuna. She and her family are wearing Kahuna Rules, Mate! T-Shirts. Kahuna smiles widely at the T-shirt, shows it to the camera and exchanges a high five with her. She returns to her parents side and Kahuna hops in the ring. He takes the Ironman title belt off of his waist and holds it high over his head. Pyro placed around ringside, in rainbow colors, goes off and the crowd goes nuts. Flashbulbs turn the scene almost to daylight. Kahuna then turns and hands the belt to the referee. Sabre takes his place at ringside.
Doc: So what's the plan for these guys? How does someone prepare for an Ironman match?
Brad: Well, conventional wisdom says to start slow and pace yourself. If you burn out too quickly, then you'll have nothing left at the end of the hour. I'm thinking that we'll see headlocks, chinlocks, armwringers, and armbars at the outset...nothing fancy. They'll throw their punches, keep it simple...it wont be 'til later that they pull out the heavy artillery.
Doc: Oh, so I can probably go get a drink, grab a magazine, take a...
Brad: Hold on Doc! You wont have that kind of time...Let's make sure the fans know that when we have a pinfall or submission, both wrestlers must get to their corners, and wait for the bell to ring, to resume the match.
Doc: That's right...and if someone can't answer the bell, they forfeit a fall! This will be a grueling match, and whoever wins this will be the undisputed IRONMAN of the Radical American Wrestling Federation!
Brad: The ref is calling for the bell, the clock is starting...now!
The bell rings and the match gets underway. Kahuna, who starts circling around the ring, has figures to start slow and save energy, much like what Doc and Brad were talking about. He figured that Croc would have the same strategy, too...but he counted wrong. Croc charges Kahuna like a wildman, slamming several punches into the off-guard Hawaiian. B.K. backs up and slumps into the corner, entering into a defensive posture. Croc keeps hammering punches into Kahuna's arms, which are protecting his face. The Australian then drops to his knees and low blows Kahuna. As Kahuna bends down, Croc wraps his arms around B.K.'s head, jumps up, then back down with a jawbreaker. Collapsing into the corner, The Hawaiian Titan can't stop Croc from grabbing him with both hands around his neck in a double chokehold. Before the ref can start counting, Croc lifts Kahuna up and falls backward, throwing B.K. over his head so that he lands back first on the mat. Getting to his feet quickly, the Australian swoops down on the champ as he tries to get to a vertical base. Expertly, the challenger hits a swinging neckbreaker that sends Kahuna crashing down. Gambling, the Man from Sydney practically leaps to the top rope, then back off again, as he hits with an elbow drop. He makes a cover...1-2-kickout! Not letting up, he tears into Kahuna again, pummeling him with punches before the champ can catch his breath. Rising to his feet, Croc picks up the Ironman Champion and whips him into the ropes. When he returns, the challenger lifts him up in the air as if for a back drop, but instead of tossing him over, Croc pushes him up horizontal to the mat. Then, Croc kneels down so that Kahuna crashes down on his knee as he falls, completing the flap jack gutbuster drop. The challenger then resumes punching away at Kahuna like he was possessed. The ref then breaks it up, telling Croc that he is close to losing a fall via DQ. Locking up with Kahuna, the Aussie Icon whips him into the corner, HARD! The Hawaiian Titan's back hits the turnbuckles with a jarring force, and he ricochets out, and then is met with a CrocKick. The challenger makes the cover...1-2-3!
Doc: Wow! Croc dispatched with the champ in short order...if this was a regular match, the ref would be giving the belt to him right now!
Brad: That's the whole point, though. This ISN'T a regular match...and I disagree with Croc's strategy. Obviously, he is coming out hard and fast, getting the pins as fast as possible, and it has caught Kahuna by surprise. However, Croc still has to go the full hour, and I predict that he will run out of gas BIG time!
Doc: If Kahuna is beaten so severely that he is unconscious or taken away by an ambulance, it wont MATTER if Croc runs out of gas!
Brad: Big Kahuna has shown that he can take punishment. He will come back. Mark my words...
Doc: Consider them marked. Croc is too mean, viscious, talented and smart to give up the advantage!
Winner of the fall: Croc! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:1 KAHUNA:0
ADVANTAGE: CROC! |
The ref backs Croc up and gets him into his corner. Kahuna takes a moment to shake the cobwebs from his head. The man officiating the match starts to count to ten...1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9...Kahuna gets up and into his corner. A little woozy, the champ tries to think through the pounding headache that he has, but then stops as Croc charges again at the sound of the bell. Rushing out to meet the challenger, he is hit with a high knee, and drops back down. Croc waits for him to get to his feet, and when he does, the challenger grabs both of B.K.'s arms and crosses them in front of his body. Croc then traps both arms under his right armpit. The Australian then uses his free arm to hook Kahuna's right leg, lifts him up, and falls back, dropping the champ on his back. Croc bridges for a pin...1-2-kickout! Kahuna doesn't have long to wait for Croc's next hold as the challenger slaps on a reverse bow and arrow. Screaming in pain, Big Kahuna strains to break out of the hold. After a few moments, Croc breaks the hold, as Kahuna's size and strength advantage become too much for him to keep it on. Still working quickly, Croc grabs kahuna, picks him up and whips him into the ropes. When the Hawaiian comes back, Croc throws out his arm and strikes B.K. in the forehead with his arm, so that his elbow grazes across his head. The champ falls to the ground, but the challenger doesn't immediately pounce. Catching his breath, Croc walks over and gives Kahuna a boot lace eye rake. As Kahuna rolls around, the Aussie Icon picks him up, whips him into the ropes, and nails a spinebuster, Continuing, the challenger moves quickly and applies a dragon sleeper. Kahuna thrashes around, but can't break the hold. After several moments, the ref picks up his hand...and it drops. He picks up his hand again...and it drops, but his other hand reaches over and grabs the ropes. The official calls for the break, and Kahuna rolls out of the ring. As Kahuna stands out on the floor, Croc gets to his feet, runs and slides head first at B.K. under the bottom rope. As he slides out, he grabs Kahuna's head, cinches on a front face lock, swings his body off the apron, twists around, falls down, landing on his back, driving the champions head to the floor. Big Kahuna lays motionless. Croc gets back i the ring, and waits for the countout...1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-Kahuna gets back in!
Doc: That was close! Croc almost had fall number two! If Kahuna can't put it together soon, he wont be in this match at all...
Brad: As I said before, Kahuna can take the heat...most guys would have just laid out there...but not the Ironman Champion! We'll see how Croc looks at the end of the hour.
Doc: Yeah, we'll see...and we'll see about Mr. Rainbow, then, too...
Kahuna gets in the ring, and Croc immediately grabs him, picking him up, he bodyslams him down, runs the ropes, and hits him with rolling thunder, after which, he goes for the pin...1-2-kickout! Jumping to his feet, Croc helps Kahuna to his feet, then jars him with a snap suplex, then cinches him up, and hits a German suplex...five times! After the last one, he bridges up for the on attempt...1-2-kickout! Picking Kahuna up again...he runs and powerslams him, and covers the champ...1-2-kickout! Breathing hard, Croc cinches up Kahuna and hits him with a crescent kick. Holding onto his arm, he drags up the big Hawaiian and hits a short-arm clothesline. Running the ropes, he bounces off the second rope and delivers a moonsault. He goes for the pin...1-2-kickout! Kahuna gets up, swings wildly at Croc, misses, and is backed into a corner. Croc gets out on the apron, mounts the top rope, then climbs on Kahuna's shoulders...a second later, he delivers a victory roll...1-2-3!
Brad: Well, Croc got a second fall...but do you see his labored breathing?
Doc: I don't see anything but Kahuna getting it "handed to him." This is ugly, and your cheerleading isn't going to help him!
Brad: We'll see...
Winner of the fall: Croc! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:2 KAHUNA:0
ADVANTAGE: CROC! |
The ref orders both men into their corners. The bell rings, and Croc charges again...Kahuna is ready for this and ducks the attempted lock-up. Connecting with a few shots, he causes Croc to pause for a moment. The Aussie Icon tries a standing dropkick, but Kahuna swats it away. grabbing Croc, he starts hitting him with a few knife edge chops, and slaps on a head lock to slow the tempo of the match. Getting some much needed rest, he wrenches Croc's head a few times, and puts on enormous pressure. Croc picks him up and hits a back suplex. Kahuna hits the mat, but raises up and reapplies the headlock, this time, leaning on the challenger and forcing him to bear his weight, too. After a minute or two, Croc gets to feeling light-headed, so he starts squirming around, and flailing away with his fists. Eventually, he gets a boot on the ropes, and a break is called. Getting to his feet, Kahuna hammers his challenger with forearms, picks him up, and bodyslams him. Dropping down, he applies a reverse chin lock, while resting some more. The crowd starts to get restless after a few minutes, and pockets of fans start to chant, "bor-ing, bor-ing" Croc reaches up and pokes B.K's eyes, breaking the hold and getting an admonishment from the ref. Croc twists around and hits a throat thrust, stands up, then nails a DDT. He goes for the cover...1-2-kickout! Thinking quickly, the Aussie Icon grabs a leg, and slaps on a figure four, the champ grimaces in pain. After a few minutes, Kahuna reverses it, causing Croc to break it. Both men getting to their feet, the Hawaiian Titan clubs him with a clothesline. Flipping him onto his stomach, Kahuna stands over his fallen challenger and tucks Croc's legs around his waist and grabs both of the Aussie's arms, pulling him back, lifting him off the ground and holding him high, in a nicely executed suspended surfboard.
Brad: This could be it! A submission will mean one fall for Kahuna and get him right back in it!
Doc: This could be where Kahuna makes his move...those Hawaiians do know their "surfboards" Not much else, but they can put on a surfboard with anybody!
Brad: Coming from the man who practically invented "political correctness!"
Doc" What???
Croc, in pain, but figuring out how to get out of this...collects himself, concentrates, "untucks" his legs, and powers out of the hold. Falling, he rolls with the fall and ends up on his feet. Turning he sees Kahuna up, too. Locking up, Kahuna wins the test of strength, and pushes him into the ropes, knocking him down on the rebound with a shoulder block. Getting him up, he boots the Aussie in the stomach, and hooks Crock's arms, double underhook suplex style. When he picks Croc up, however, he doesn't complete the suplex, rather, he sits down, driving the challengers head into the mat. He makes the pin attempt...1-2-foot on the ropes. He picks up the Aussie Icon and "coco butts" him several times, weakening his knees. Holding onto his head, Kahuna head butts him right between the eyes, sending him down to the mat. To the roar of the crowd, Kahuna makes the signal for one of his famous finisher maneuvers...The Tsunami! He cinches up Croc, and as he starts to suplex his opponent, the Aussie wraps his foot around Kahuna's leg, blocking the move. B.K. tries it again, and it is blocked a second time. Before Kahuna can try a third time, Croc reverses the hold, and suplexes Kahuna right out of the ring! Kahuna lands awkwardly, and Croc slides out of the ring after him. Getting Kahuna to his feet, B.K., surprises Croc and hits him with a chop, followed by a whip into the metal steps. Getting back into the ring, the Hawaiian takes a rest as the battered Aussie climbs back in.
Brad: Croc not looking so good right now. Is his betteries dead?
Doc: He may lose this fall, but as you keep pointing out, there is a lot of match to go. I still say Croc had a good plan, and will win this thing.
Kahuna grabs Croc as he steps through the ropes. A vertical suplex later, and the champ makes a cover...1-2-kickout! Cinching him up again, he performs a belly to belly overhead suplex. Croc rolls out of the ring, and catches a breather. Big Kahuna follows him to dish out more punishment. Running, Croc turns the corner and slides into the ring. Kahuna gets in the ring and the challlenger tries to stomp him. B.K. catches his foot, and trips him down. Rising to his feet, he starts laying in shots to the now standing "Icon." A clothesline later, and Kahuna decides to go for a figure four of his own, returning the favor since Croc put one on him earlier. As B.K. spins around Croc's leg, the challenger rises up, gets ahold of the champs head, and rolls him over into a small package...1-2-3!
Doc: Your boy is looking worse, now! Croc is outsmarting him, outhustling him, and outwrestling him! We will have a new champ! How does his batteries look, now? I still have your words, "marked." Where's the "comeback" you promised?
Brad: That was a brilliant countermove by Croc, I will take nothing away from that...but Kahuna is too good to get beaten this badly. This man went toe to toe with the World Champion, and nearly won the belt. He has to have a comeback in him!
Winner of the fall: Croc! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:3 KAHUNA:0
ADVANTAGE: CROC! |
Laughing, Croc lays back in his corner, supported by the turnbuckles. Before the bell rings, Kahuna stands in his corner, thinking about everything that had gone wrong, the fast start by Croc, the quick strike pinning predicaments...and he gets mad. Boiling over with rage, he thinks about his pride, his pride in himself and his heritage. He looks over at the shining Ironman title, displayed on the timekeepers table...the gold that he wore proudly to the ring. He takes a deep breath, looks squarely at his opponent and focuses. As the bell rings, Croc starts to stalk closer to the champ. Kahuna doesn't even acknowledge that Croc exists. Curious, and a little freaked out, Croc closes in. He starts to put the boots to Kahuna as he stands in the corner. Croc stops after three boots, and sees that they have no effect. He tries one more boot, and Kahuna catches it. The Ironman Champion of the RAWF then sends a boot of his own into Croc's groin, causing the challenger to collapse. Holding onto the leg, Kahuna drags him into the middle of the ring and applies a step-over toe hold face lock
Brad: The STF! I hear that Kahuna calls his version the Haleakala Stretch! I think this is it!
Doc: Croc will think his way out of this one...
Without even trying to get out of the hold, Croc taps out as soon as it is totally cinched in...the ref calls for the bell and a break of the hold...
Brad: You were saying???
Doc: Brilliant! I said he would think of a way out of this and he did! He submitted because if he had stayed in the hold, it could have really injured him! He has the big cushion, so he decided to cash one in...by tapping out, he saves his body some wear and tear, and stops the momentum that Kahuna had going. All of that, and still a two fall lead!
Brad: You can justify anything...can't you?
Winner of the fall: Big Kahuna! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:3 KAHUNA:1
ADVANTAGE: CROC! |
Croc is still cocky, confident in his corner right before the bell. Thinking that he has outwitted a "hapless" opponent, Croc decides not to charge out of the corner, as usual. When the bell rings, he figures on seeing how the Ironman Champion is doing, and see how he handles the way the last fall turned out. Kahuna waits in his corner, still focused on his challenger. When the bell rings, it is Kahuna who comes charging out, intent on destruction. Croc sees him coming out and had not expected such focus from him. Trying to circle around, B.K. whips out a tree-like arm and grabs him, pulling the Aussie toward him and battering him with a short-arm clothesline. Getting him back up, B.K. applies an inverted facelock. Hooking Croc's tights, he lifts him straight up in the air so that the Aussie Icon is upside down. Then, Kahuna lets Croc fall over his shoulder, and as he falls, the champ releases the inverted facelock and shifts it into a 3/4 face lock, and drops to the mat, impacting Croc's chin with the Hawaiian's thickly muscled shoulder. B.K. goes for the pin...1-2-kickout! Kahuna mounts Croc and starts punching him repeatedly with Hawaiiian haymakers. The ref warns Kahuna, but he is largely ignored. Tired of that...the ref starts a count...1-2-3-4-champ stops the illegal punching. Picking Croc up, he uses up some stored energy, and Gorilla presses the cocky Aussie. Dropping him, he runs the ropes twice, then splashes the challenger as he lays stomach first on the mat. Kahuna riolls him over and tries a pin...1-2-kickout! Getting back to his feet, he drags Croc up and Irish-whips him into the ropes, trying for a clothesline. The Icon ducks, runs the ropes, and hops over Kahuna as the Hawaiian drops to the mat. B.K. gets up, ducking slightly as Croc rebounds off the ropes, and is leapfrogged. Turning around, he sees Croc rebound and come off with a flying forearm. The forearm plows into the champs chest. Staggering him, he tumbles backward, falling down, arms become tangled up on either side of him, in the ropes. Helpless, he watches as Croc walks over. Trying to kick at the Aussie, he misses completely, and Croc pounces, sending several shots into Kahuna's face while all the Hawaiian can do is watch and take it. Deciding to do some serious damage, Croc runs the opposite ropes, intent on dropkicking Kahuna in his mug. As he bounds off the ropes, the ref frees one of Kahuna's hands, allowing him to get out of the way as the challenger soars toward him feet first. Flying into the ropes with the greatest of ease, Croc gets tangles up and slightly hurt when he finally drops to the mat. Kahuna grabs him and body slams him, following that with a vertical suplex. Staggering up like a drunkard, Croc is seized upon getting to a vertical base. The Aussie thumbs him in the eye and tries an Irish-whip. Reversing it, Kahuna sends Croc into the ropes. As he bounces off the ropes, Croc jumps up into the air and tries a high cross body block. Kahuna catches him, runs, and hits the Rainbow Slam! Making the cover and hooking the leg, the ref makes the count...1-2-3!
Brad: Here is your comeback! The Rainbow Slam, B.K.'s patented running powerslam, has gotten him within one fall of evening this match!
Doc: He got lucky with that move...but the challenger still has a lead! It isn't a comeback until he is ALL the way back, so stick that in your pipe and smoke it!
Brad: One, I don't smoke. Two...hehehe...you are getting nervous!
Winner of the fall: Big Kahuna! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:3 KAHUNA:2
ADVANTAGE: CROC! |
The crowd starts to really heat up after the second fall for Kahuna. Carl Sabre has a little more color to him. Croc starts to get a little worried, and he can't believe how powerful that Rainbow Slam was...Kahuna is still focused, but the high intensity he brought to those last falls was something hard to maintain, so he starts to relax a little, knowing that he is back in the match. The two men come out of their corners circling, behaving like everyone thought they would at the beginning of the match. Tying up, Kahuna whips him into the ropes, and clotheslines him, getting right back up, Croc is clotheslined again. A third time, Croc gets up, and is clotheslined down. Getting the challenger to his feet, Kahuna tries to whip him into the ropes and dropkick him, but Croc holds onto the ropes, and Kahuna crashes down, having kicked nothing but air. The Aussie grabs ahold of the Hawaiian's legs, and slingshot catapults him into the ropes, where the big man bounces off, then is rolled up for a pinning predicament. The ref counts...1-2-kickout! Croc slaps on a side headlock and starts squeezing. After a few moments, Kahuna powers up, with the help of the crowd's applause, and stands up, dragging Croc with him. Croc knees him in the gut, whips him into the ropes, and applies a good old fashioned sleeperhold. The Hawaiian Titan fights it for several moments, then powers his way to the ropes. Swinging an elbow behind him as Croc is forced to release the hold, sending him crashing to the mat. Working quickly, Kahuna turns Croc over on his stomach, grabs one leg by the ankle pushing it forward so the knee is bent, applying a nice reverse achilles tendon hold. In pain, Croc gets his senses back from that nasty elbow, then uses his leg strength to power out of the hold. Not to be deterred, B.K. scissors locks one of Croc's arms with his legs and grabs Croc's other arm with his arm and pulls back on it. In agony, but bearing it, he takes the pain for several minutes before the Ironman Champion decides to go another route with his strategy...The two perform move and countermove..hold and counterhold, back and forth, each trying to apply a submission or rest hold that will get them the win. Getting the slight edge, Kahuna goes back on the offensive...
Doc: Well, now we have the wear down holds...mostly because the two guys are wore down.
Brad: Yes, we are likely to see "pockets" of activity, followed by some hold that will slow things down. We are in the "down and dirty" part of the match.
Doc: You mean it's time to cheat?
Kahuna whips Croc into the ropes and hits a spinebuster. Having Croc dazed, he applies an Indian Deathlock. In his confused state, the Aussie Icon nearly taps out quickly, but then realizes that the match would be ties, so he doesn't do it. Several agonizing moments later, Croc gets to the ropes, breaking the hold. Whipping Croc into the ropes for a big boot to set up the next submission hold, the Aussie ducks the boot, runs the ropes, and hits a shoulder breaker...with no effect. He runs the ropes again, and hits another shoulder breaker...to no effect. Daring him to continue, Croc runs the ropes again, and Kahuna tries to clothesline him, but Croc ducks, turns around, peppers him with jabs, then clotheslines Kahuna down. Picking up Kahuna, he whips HIM into the ropes, and they double clothesline each other. Interstingly, Croc gets up before Kahuna and applies a three quarter nelson. Like Kahuna, when it wasn't doing the job, he releases it, clubs him in the back, applies a full nelson, picks him up, and slams him down to the mat, subsequently making a cover...1-2-kickout! Croc, riding momentum, attacks Kahuna with a series of stomps and kicks, causing the big Hawaiian to roll away. Kahuna bails out of the ring, plopping to the mat. This time, Croc follows the big Hawaiian outside and pulls him up. Kahuna's head is slammed into the ring apron by Croc, who then walks over to the ring steps and takes the top set of the stairs away. He rears them up over his head, clearly intending to bring them crashing down onto the Ironman Champ, but the challanger miscalculates and Kahuna gets just enough of a break to turn around and bury a big left hand into Croc's solarplexes. The stairs fall to the side as Croc grabs his gut. Kahuna lays a series of chops into Croc's chest, driving him back towards the ring post. As Croc leans against the post, dazed, Kahuna retrieves the stairs and attempts to flatten the Aussie Icon by throwing them at him! Croc drops out of the way just in time and the stairs rebound off of the post and skitter across the floor harmlessly, although they are now quite dented. Croc grabs a chair and smacks Kahuna across the back with it, causing a cry of pain. With an evil smile, the chair is smacked again and again into the back of Kahuna, who drapes across the ring apron. Carl Sabre comes around the other side of the ring, trying to sneak up on Croc, but the wiley veteran turns around and swings his chair at Sabre, missing him and smacking into the poor ring post. He turns around, feeling that it's time to get a pinfall here and raises the chair up over his head. Kahuna, having caught another very short breather, brings a boot up into Croc's midsection, causing the Icon to lose his grip on the chair. Kahuna snatches the chair up and cracks it right across Croc's head, busting the Aussie Icon wide open! Kahuna tosses Croc into the ring and rolls in after him. He snatches the bleeding opponent up over his shoulder and charges across the ring, delivering a Rainbow Slam! Not satisfied with this, Kahuna grabs Croc's ankles and turns him over, applying a boston crab! Croc gasps in pain and begins the long slow crawl towards the rope, seeking a break. All the while, the ref is asking him if he can continue. Croc, desperately, stretches his right arm out towards the ropes, just an inch away...
Brad: This is it...all tied up, Croc is going to submit! Kahuna had had enough, he is on a tear!
Doc The neanderthal should've made the cover when he hit that second Rainbow Slam...
Brad: I've said it before, and I'll say it again...you always look on the bright side, don't you?
Croc makes it to the ropes! Sucking up all of his strength, he rolls out of the ring and grabs Kahuna's legs. Dragging him partially out of the ring, he stops with the Hawaiian's torso still inside. Croc winds up and slams a elbow into Kahuna's groin. Rolling around in agony, Kahuna sees stars as Croc gets back in. Croc pounces, slamming him with fists, elbows, forearms, and chops. Getting him up on his feet, he nails a reverse atomic drop, then a belly to belly suplex. Tired, he drags the heavy Hawaiian up one more time, and shoots him into the ropes. Kahuna bounces back and jumps up with a high cross bodyblock. The ref makes the count...1-2-kickout! The Ironman Champion gets Croc to his feet, and puts him on the top turnbuckle. Getting to the second rope, Kahuna tries a superplex, but Croc throws him off. Leaping from the top, Croc hits with a legdrop. Rolling the champ over on his stomach, the exhausted challenger stands over him facing the same direction. Croc places both of his feet in Kahuna's armpits, and between the mat and the champ's shoulder. Croc then steps over B.K. and bends down, flipping Kahuna over onto his shoulders. Croc stands up, bridges back, pinning the Ironman Champion down to the mat. The ref makes the count...1-2-3!
Doc: Everytime you get down on Croc, he comes back with something terrific to prove you wrong...I want to hear it...give it up for Croc!
Brad: It doesn't look good for Kahuna, you are right...that could've been the nail that seals his coffin...he had the fall...HAD it...and Croc took it away from him. The Big Guy needs to really pull something out now if he has a chance...but you know...I have harped on this the whole match, but I think that Croc looks about spent!
Doc: You are right! Absolutely right! You have harped on it all match...
Winner of the fall: Croc! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:4 KAHUNA:2
ADVANTAGE: CROC! |
The two men circle each other slowly. Finally, they step forward into a collar and elbow tie up. The Ironman Champion tosses his opponent back into the ropes to a pop of cheers and encouragement from Carl Sabre, lurking about ringside. Croc looks out at the crowd, turns back to Kahuna and shakes his head. The two move back into the collar and elbow tie up, this time ending with Croc dropping down and grabbing a hold of Kahuna's legs, yanking as hard as he can at them, dropping the big Hawaiian on his backside. Kahuna rolls back to his feet as Croc hops back up. The crowd boo's at Croc as he smiles cockily at Kahuna. The two men tie up again, this time with Kahuna pushing Croc back into the ropes. The ref calls for the break and Kahuna obliges by whipping Croc into the opposite ropes. Croc comes off and is grabbed by Kahuna in a big bear hug. Kahuna turns around and executes a nice belly-to-belly suplex out of the bear hug, causing Croc to skid across the ring. The cagey Aussie veteran slides out under the bottom rope and takes a quick breather. The crowd is chanting it's support of the Ironman Champion as Croc crawls back into the ring. Kahuna goes to the tie up again, only to get a knee buried in his gut. Croc follows up with a bulldog, sending Kahuna's head crashing to the mat. Croc stands tall in the ring as Kahuna rolls out, quickly joined by Sabre, who advises his charge to just keep working at it. Kahuna rolls back into the ring and Croc points at him and laughs. Kahuna shakes his head and the two men circle again. Croc steps in for a tie up and gets a big right hand across his chops, knocking him backwards. Kahuna follows this up, backing the Aussie Icon into the corner and lays in some knife edge chops, quickly turning Croc's chest red. Kahuna whips Croc across to the opposite corner and follows him in with a thunderous clothesline. Kahuna bounces backwards and watches Croc stagger out of the corner as if he's drunk, and do a Flair Flop right on his face. Kahuna pulls Croc up and, wasting no time, cinches in on his head. With no real sign to the fans, he hefts Croc up, taking advantage of his momentarily being stunned, and nails him with the Tsunami! The ref drops in for the count. One...Two...Three! Kahuna gets a fall!
Brad: The match is getting long in the tooth, and Kahuna is just down one fall again. Croc has nothing left, but what about B.K.? He spent a lot of energy in that last fall. It's still anybody's match, and the hour is getting close to being up!
Doc: I'll be glad when this match is over...so you wont tell me how tired Croc is anymore...
Winner of the fall: Big Kahuna! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:4 KAHUNA:3
ADVANTAGE: CROC! |
Croc barely gets back to his corner by the count of ten. Kahuna feels it as the ref calls for the match to continue. With nothing really left, Croc ducks the lock up, and grabs an armbar, trying to exhaust the remaining time without getting hurt, and with his one fall lead intact. Kahuna shrugs that off and picks him up for a slam, but Croc goes with the momentum, drops behind him, wraps a waistlock, and tries a German suplex. Kahuna leans forward, grabs one of Croc's legs, and trips him, effectively ending any notion of a suplex. Still thinking, Croc grabs one of Kahuna's legs, tripping him, and latching on an ankle lock. Kahuna quickly grabs ahold of the ropes. Both men get back to their feet slowly, and start back up in the middle of the ring. Trading punches, Croc easily gets the worst end of the deal and goes down. Bending over to pick the Aussie up, he is rolled up in a pinning predicament...1-2-kickout! Kahuna latches on another chinlock, and yells at the ref for the official time. The official informs him that it is less than ten minutes, and the Hawaiian knows that time is short. Croc, hearing this, thinks of another plan. The Aussie, sweating like a pig, just like Kahuna, slips out of the strongman's grip, and gets out of the ring. Running, he plays cat and mouse with the champ, ducking in and out of the ring, until he is blocked by Carl Sabre. Mad, the challenger acts like he is going to back up and perhaps get in the ring, but he turns around and CrocKicks Sabre to the floor. This gives Kahuna opportunity to catch up with him. Whipping him into the guardrail, he punches him a few times, then heaves him into the ring before they are both counted out. Trying to slide out the opposite side of the ring, Croc is stopped when Kahuna grabs one of his ankles. Picking him up, B.K. hits a shoulder breaker, then drops an elbow. Scooping him up, he yells at Carl that this is, "For him." and applies a tremendous piledriver. He makes the count...1-2-3!
Winner of the fall: Big Kahuna! |
IRONMAN TOTALS
CROC:4 KAHUNA:4
ADVANTAGE: EVEN! |
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9----Croc almost doesn't answer the bell to start the last minute. Shaking his head and slapping himself a little to "wake up," Croc gets set to fight the last minute. Trying to think of what to do, Croc ducks and moves to buy a few seconds of time. Kahuna moves forward cautiously, not wanting to blunder into a last second mistake. At the 38 second mark, they lock up, and Kahuna whips him into the ropes, ducking Kahuna's clothesline, Croc flies off the ropes with a high cross body...1-2-thr--kickout! Barely getting his shoulder up, he rolls out of Croc's way. Croc, hardly able to stand after that move, gets to his feet. Kahuna tries to whip him into the ropes so that he can use the momentum to get Croc up for one more powerslam. Unfortunately, Croc reverses it, and at the 10 second mark, whips Kahuna into the ropes. The crowd starts to make the countdown (10-9-8-)Kahuna, taking a page out of Croc's book, jumps up in a high cross body, for one last pin attempt (7-6). Croc, perhaps with divine intervention, CATCHES his huge opponent! Holding him up, Croc starts to try and turn Kahuna over into a powerslam so he can put the champ in a pinning predicament. (5-4) Finally, after the full hour of the match, Croc's strength leaves him, and he falls back, with the champ crashing down on top of him. The ref is in position for a count, as the crowd finishes their count...1 (3), 2 (2), 3!(1)!
Doc: That's not right! Are you kidding me, they ran out of time! Croc got his shoulder up! Anything! He they ran out of time, someone tell that freaking ref that!
Brad: What match are you watching? The pin was made at the LAST possible second My Lord, what a finish! Can it get more exciting that that...the ref hit the mat for the third time as the crowd counted out the seconds...you can see it on the replay, Doc...check out the Radi-tron, and the official "clock" on it...that's what they were counting along with...I will give credit to BOTH guys...nobody else could've kept up with these two. The display they put on was incredible...absolutely incredible! After seeing their performances, I can tell you, I believe I see two future World champions, their future here looks that bright!!!
Doc: At least CROC looks like a World champ...Pineapple puss got lucky because the ref is blind and deaf! I STILL say they ran out of time! It should've went into sudden death!
Winner of the fall and the match: STILL IRONMAN CHAMPION: BIG KAHUNA!! |
IRONMAN
FINAL TOTALS
CROC:4 KAHUNA:5
Winner: BIG KAHUNA |
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