10-Person Tag
Sean Sands, Alexia Brandt, Wayne Carruthers, Noah van Dyke, Camellia D. Magna
vs.
Johnny Blayze, Johnny Karma, Joey Perello, Michael Tomkins, Anton Chase
The lights go dark and spotlights circle the top of the ramp as "Ladies & Gentlemen" by Saliva begins to play over the sound system. The fans boo as through the black curtain separating backstage from the main arena bursts a Caucasian male with an athletic build and shaved head with a bit of brown stubble on his chin. He is wearing tight black leather pants with red & yellow flames in front and "Blayze" on the back, black elbow pads, and black boots (all with flames emblazoned on them). His ensemble is completed by a black hoodie with the hood pulled over his head.
Ladies and gentlemen please
Would you bring your attention to me?
For a feast for your eyes to see
An explosion of catastrophe
Blayze raises his fists in the air as the lights go back on. He then struts down to the ring, jaw jacking with fans on both sides of the aisle giving them all a piece of his mind.
Like nothing you've ever seen before
Watch closely as I open this door
Your jaws will be on the floor
After this you'll be begging for more
Down the ailse behind Blayze walks Michael Tomkins. A few steps behind him is Anton Chase, who hasn't forgotten what happened the last time they teamed up. Rounding out the team is Joey Perello.
Welcome to the show
Please come inside
Ladies and gentlemen
Blayze jumps off and does a few fist raises in the air in time with the music.
Boom
Do you want it?
Boom
Do you need it?
Boom
Let me hear it
Ladies and gentlemen
Cruz: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Introducing first, coming in at a combined weight of 1103 pounds. They are the team of JOHNNY BLAYZE, JOHNNY KARMA, JOEY PERELLO, MICHAEL TOMKINS and ANTON CHASE!
Clement: If this isn't the oddest collection of teammates, then I don't know what is?
Grayson: Hey, I just noticed something. Johnny Karma is not here! Where's Johnny?
The arena is bathed in a warm glow of orange and red lights as the sheer epicness of John Bonham's drum intro to “When the Levee Breaks” fills the arena, and at the exact microsecond that Jimmy Page’s riff starts The Man, The Myth, The Johnny Karma swaggers out onto the top of the ramp to greet his adoring public with Cherry Baum hanging on his arm, pausing to blow a kiss to all his fans in attendance who paid to see him and only him this evening, before he starts to walk down to the ring.
Karma walks down the ramp, making sure not a single hair is out of place on his head, making sure to talk to his adoring public as they address him whilst he walks down to the ring. The pair reach ringside, as Cherry climbs onto the apron and holds the ropes open for her man. Karma waves to the luckiest fans of all, those at ringside as he performs, before walking up the ring steps and climbing into the ring through the gap Cherry has created for him.
Karma walks across the ring, climbing the turnbuckles and raises an arm into the air, holding up one finger to remind us all of one simple truth – He’s #1. Karma climbs down, then walks across the ring and climbs the opposite turnbuckles, looking out into the crowd who have paid for the privilege of watching him wrestle, before unzipping his track top to reveal his chiselled physique. He removes his dark glasses and places them in his jacket pocket, before climbing down]
As he stands in the ring, Cherry Baum takes the house mic...
Cherry Baum: Introducing first and, most importantly, foremost...weighing in at a slim, trim, can't get enough of him 233lbs, and hailing from Queens, NYC – he is the true Plymouth Rock...he is JOHNNY KARMA!
[Cherry lowers the mic, but quickly raises it back to her lips]
Cherry: ...and four other guys, whoever they are.
[Cherry steps aside and invited the crowd to cheer as Johnny K steps into the centre of the ring to remove his jacket, accepting the microphone from Cherry]
Johnny Karma: Ladies, ladies and…ladies.
[Karma flicks his head from side to side, keeping his hair in place]
Johnny Karma: Tonight I, the leading man of Frontier Wrestling Arts, am taking part in an ensemble cast. So whilst I have the looks, the charisma and the talent of a slim Russell Crowe, I have to give equal time to my reliable but so darned ugly partners Steve Buscemi, Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman, and Paul Giamatti. But, hey, they;re getting work so give them a round of applause for that...
All four of his partner rush over and start arguing with Karma. But Karma argues right back.
Clement: What a piece of work he is!
Grayson: You mean what a great man he is!
Clement: All five of these guys think they're the man. But they better get on the same page because if they don't, they can easily lose this match.
The signature guitar riff from X’s "Wild Thing" begins to play out of the venue’s sound system. Meanwhile, a fog of smoke covers the lower half of the stage before the drum beat enters the musical foray, which cues Wayne Carruthers to make his appearance onto the entrance platform. Welcomed with the audience singing along to his theme song, Carruthers struts away from the stage as the lights from the stage behind him pulsate in rhythm to the rock tune playing aloud. Behind him walk Alexia Brandt, camellia D. Magna, Noah van Dyke and Sean Sands.
Cruz: And their opponents, making their way to the ring at a combined weight of 934 pounds. They are the team of WAYNE CARRUTHERS, ALEXIA BRANDT, SEAN SANDS, NOAH VAN DYKE and CAMELLIA D. MAGNA!
Carruthers, finally making his way down to the ring, climbs atop the apron before entering the squared circle where he shoots his arms out to the side as he balls his hands into a fist before returning his arms nearby his waist. His four partners head into the different corners, climb onto the middle ropes and raise their arms in the air to cheers from the crowd.
Clement: You see that right there? Now that's a team. That's a unified front. All five of those grapplers surely have egos. But they're smart enough to put their personal interests to the side to win this match.
Grayson: Oh give me a break. This is the team that's captained by Big Poppa Plump himself. Maybe if this was a Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, I'd be impressed. But any team with Whale Carruthers at the helm is destined for failure.
Clement: You really dislike him don't you?
Grayson: I don't. I just prefer wrestlers to not look like slobs.
Clement: So you want them to look like Johnny Karma?
Grayson: EXACTLY! And if they were to look like Alexia, Cami or Heather? Even better.
Clement: ...
The bell sounds as Brandt and Karma start things out. The two of them lock up. Brandt places Karma in a side headlock. But Karma shoves Brandt off of him and into the ropes. When Brandt comes back, Karma knocks her down with a shoulderblock. The crowd boos as Karma runs into the ropes. Brandt quickly kips up to her feet. When Karma comes back, he knocks her down again with a running shoulderblock. The crowd boos as Karma runs into the ropes. Brandt kips back up. When Karma comes back, Brandt leap frogs over him. Karma continue to run into the ropes. When Karma comes back, Brandt goes for a hip toss. But Karma steps through it and counters with an arm drag to boos from the crowd. When both wrestlers get up, Brandt throws him down with an arm drag. The crowd cheers. Karma gets up and throws Brandt back down with an arm drag. The crowd boos. Brandt gets up and throws him down with another arm drag to cheers from the crowd. As both wrestlers get up, Karma takes Brandt and whips her into the ropes. When Brandt comes back, Karma goes for a back body drop. But Brandt slips down from behind and applies a waistlock. Karma quickly stomps on her foot before performing a standing switch. He applies a hammerlock from behind. But before he can spin her around into Instant Karma, Brandt throws him down with a snapmare takeover. The crowd cheers. As soon as Karma gets up and turns around, he's met with a raised fist from Brandt. The crowd cheers. Karma slowly steps back before circling the ring.
Clement: A nice sequence there by these two talented grapplers.
Grayson: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Karma is just getting warmed up.
Karma calls her over for another lock up. But Brandt doesn't want Karma. She wants Blayze, who she promptly points over towards. The crowd cheers as Blayze looks on in shock. Karma turns behind him and points to Blayze. Brandt shakes her head as the crowd cheers. Karma then shrugs his shoulders as he heads over to his corner. He goes to tag in Blayze, but Blayze quickly hops off the apron and to the floor. The crowd boos.
Clement: What the hell is that?
Grayson: Blayze doesn't have to fight her tonight. That's what All-Star Showdown II is for.
But the boos turn to cheers as Brandt runs over and baseball slides to the outside. Blayze then proceeds to take off around the rind with Brandt in hot pursuit. As he rounds the second ring post, Sands and van Dyke hop off the apron to block him. So he quickly rolls into the ring. Brandt slides into the ring right after him. But as soon as she gets up, she's cut off by a clothesline from Karma to boos from the crowd.
Grayson: Perfectly played by Johnny Blayze. What a guy!
Clement: What a coward.
Grayson: Hey, you show that man some respect.
Clement: I will once he's earned it.
Karma puts the boots to Brandt before picking her up, running into the corner and slamming her head into the top turnbuckle. After turning around, he unleashes a series of knife-edge chops that echo throughout the building. Karma brings her from out of the corner and whips her into the ropes. When Brandt comes back, Karma goes for another clothesline. But Brandt ducks and runs into the ropes. When she comes back, she takes him down with a flying headscissors to cheers from the crowd. Karma gets up, but Brandt throws him down with an arm drag to cheers from the crowd. Karma gets back up, but Brandt delivers another arm drag to cheers from the crowd. As Karma gets up, Brandt grabs him by the arm, wrings it, brings him over towards her corner and tags in Camellia D. Magna.
Clement: Here comes the Southern Belle, Cami D. Magna. She's certainly had her issues with Michael Tomkins, who she'll be meeting one on one at Showdown II.
Grayson: Tomkins is just teaching her a lesson. He's simply making an example out of her.
The crowd cheers as Cami springboards onto the top turnbuckle. After Brandt stretches out Karma's arm, Cami delivers a flying double ax handle smash across the arm. The crowd cheers as she quickly follows up with an arm wringer of her own. She then reaches back and tags in Noah van Dyke. The crowd cheers as van Dyke springboards onto the top turnbuckle. After Cami stretches out the arm, van Dyke delivers a flying double foot stomp across the arm, sending Karma to his knees in pain. The crowd cheers as van Dyke grabs him by the arm and applies a top wristlock. The ref asks Karma if he wants to give up. But when Karma refuses to quit, van Dyke changes his positioning, inflicting more pain to cheers from the crowd. After slowly making his way back up to his feet, Karma rolls forward, leans back, kips up and knees van Dyke in the midsection. The crowd boos as Karma takes van Dyke by the neck, runs, hops over the top rope and drops van Dyke throat-first across the top rope with Macho Karma. Cherry Baum can be seen applauding on the outside as the crowd boos. After rolling back into the ring, Karma heads over and tags in Anton Chase.
Clement: In the ring now is Anton Chase, who has made getting his win back over Jason Richards his number one priority for the past several weeks.
Grayson: He's in a unique position because he should be rooting for Richards tonight. If Richards beats Chandler, he could be the next in line for a Pride Championship Match.
The crowd boos as Chase slingshots himself into the ring. He runs over and puts the boots to van Dyke. After picking him up, Chase brings him into the corner and slams his head into the top turnbuckle. After turning him around, Chase takes van Dyke and whips him and follows him into the opposite corner. But van Dyke performs a handstand evasion on the top turnbuckle to cheers from the crowd. As Chase moves in to attack, van Dyke knocks him down with a double foot mule kick to the chest. The crowd cheers as he makes the cover.
ONE!
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TWO!
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Blayze drags van Dyke out of the ring to boos from the crowd. As van Dyke gets up, he's met with a knife-edge chop. Blayze then slams his head against the ring post before rolling him back into the ring. Chase then picks up van Dyke and whips him into the ropes. When van Dyke comes back, Chase scoops him up across his shoulders with a fireman's carry. He then drops him into a pele kick to boos from the crowd. Chase makes the cover.
ONE!
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TWO!
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van Dyke kicks out.
Chase picks up van Dyke and whips him into the corner. Tomkins, Perello, and Karma hold van Dyke in place as Chase charges into the corner and connects with a discuss flying forearm to boos from the crowd. He then tags in Michael Tomkins.
Clement: And here comes "The Rogue" Michael Tomkins...
Grayson: Your RIGHTFULLY FGA Champion.
Clement: If you really believe that, then you may have been hit as hard in the head as he was.
The crowd boos as Tomkins enters the ring. He unleashes a series of shoulder thrusts before bringing van Dyke out of the corner. He whips van Dyke into the ropes. Sands quickly reaches over and makes the blind tag. When van Dyke comes back, Tomkins throws him down with a spinebuster. He makes the cover, but the ref won't make the count. As Tomkins looks up at the ref in confusion, the ref tells him that van Dyke is not the legal man. Realizing what's happening, Tomkins scurries to his feet and turns around. But he turns right into a springboard cross body block from Sands. The crowd cheers.
ONE!
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TWO!
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Tomkins kicks out.
Clement: Close call there for Tomkins. This match could have been over quick.
Sands picks up Tomkins and goes for an irish whip. But Tomkins reverses, sending Sands into the ropes. When Sands comes back, he slides through Tomkins' legs. As Sands gets up, Tomkins throws out a roundhouse kick. But Sands ducks and counters with one of his own to cheers from the crowd. While Tomkins is dazed, Sands runs into the ropes and connects with a bicycle kick to the back of the head, knocking him down. He makes the cover.
ONE!
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TWO!
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Blayze breaks up the pin with a stomp to the back. The crowd boos. Brandt kicks the bottom rope as she can be seen sneering at the sight of Blayze.
Sands picks up Tomkins and whips him into the corner. All four of his teammates hold Tomkins in place as Sands runs into the corner and connects with a dropkick to cheers from the crowd. After Tomkins crumbles from out of the corner, Sands reaches up and tags in Wayne Carruthers.
Clement: And here comes the crowd favorite, Wayne Carruthers!
Grayson: Since when did the Stay Puft Marshmellow Man grow a beard?
The crowd cheers as Carruthers gets in the ring. He picks up Tomkins and delivers a series of trapping headbutts. While Tomkins is dazed, Carruthers runs into the ropes. When he comes back, Tomkins takes him down with an STO to boos from the crowd. He makes the cover.
ONE!
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TWO!
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Carruthers kicks out.
Grayson: I'm surprised that fat lard didn't break the ring.
Clement: Stop it!
Tomkins picks up Carruthers and nails him with a knee to the stomach. He then takes Carruthers by the arm, wrings it and follows up with a hook kick that knocks him down. He then heads over and tags in Johnny Blayze.
The crowd boos as Blayze gets in the ring. He looks over and blows a kiss towards Brandt, causing Brandt to try and get in the ring. But her teammates hold her back. He then shifts his attention to the downed Carruthers, whom he proceeds to put the boots to. Blayze then picks up Carruthers and gouges his eyes as he moves him into the corner. As he presses Carruthers up against the corner, the ref goes over and gives him until the count of five to break the hold.
Ref: ONE.... TWO.... THREE... FOUR...
Blayze reluctantly lets go. After a knee strike to the midsection, Blayze grabs Carruthers and goes to whip him into the opposite corner. But Carruthers reverses, sending Blayze into the corner. The crowd cheers as Carruthers charges into the corner and goes for the Ass Attack. But the cheers turn to boos as Blayze moves out of the way, causing Carruthers to crash into the corner. As Carruthers stumbles out, Blayze runs into the ropes. When he comes back, he takes Carruthers down with a leg lariat. The crowd boos as he makes the cover.
ONE!
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Carruthers kicks out.
Clement: This match has been a pretty good back and forth encounter. I'm almost shocked at how well this team with Blayze and company is working together.
Blayze picks him up and goes for a vertical suplex, but Carruthers blocks it. So Blayze tightens his grip and goes for another vertical suplex but again, Carruthers blocks it. Perello then heads into the ring and helps Blayze go for a double suplex. But again, Carruthers blocks it. Carruthers then counters with a simultaneous suplex on both men to cheers and applause from the crowd.
Clement: How about that move by Carruthers! They tried for a double suplex, but he ended up double suplexing them!
Grayson: Well what do you expect? It would have probably taken all five men to suplex that 800 pounder.
While the both men are down, the ref starts his count.
Ref: ONE.... TWO.... THREE..... FOUR....
Blayze is still down as Carruthers turns over and gets up on all fours.
Ref: FIVE..... SIX.....
Carruthers begins to slowly crawl as Blayze turns over.
Ref: SEVEN.... EIGHT....
Carruthers gets to his feet, But his teammates shout at him to turn around as Chase comes up from behind. When Carruthers turns around, Chase goes for a clothesline, but Carruthers ducks. When Chase turns around, Carruthers connects with a pele kick to cheers from the crowd. As Carruthers gets back up to his feet, Tomkins comes up from behind and wraps him up with a waistlock, trying his best to hold Carruthers back. But Carruthers elbows him in the face a few times before performing a standing switch. He then shoves Tomkins into the corner, where he's met with a punch from van Dyke, Sands, Brandt and finally Cami whose right hand knocks him down. The crowd cheers. Karma then heads into the ring. But Carruthers turns around and catches him with a right hand, knocking him down. Karma gets back up, but Carruthers knocks him back down with a right hand to cheers from the crowd. When Karma gets up, Carruthers goes for a haymaker. But Karma ducks and rattles off Sugar Ray Karma, knocking him down to boos from the crowd.
Grayson: POW! Lights out, fat boy! Lights out!
Karma basks in his glory. But his celebration is cut short as van Dyke comes up from behind with a flying knee to the back, sending Karma stumbling through the ropes and to the floor. As Karma gets up and turns around, van Dyke runs over and knocks him down with a baseball slide to cheers from the crowd. But the cheers to turn to boos when Perello runs over and nails van Dyke with a baseball slide from behind, knocking him down. But the boos turn to back cheers as Cami rushes over towards the ropes and knocks him down with a suicide dive. Blayze then runs into the corner, runs up to the top turnbuckle and waits for Cami to turn around. When she does, he leaps off the top turnbuckle and takes her down with a flying bodypress to boos from the crowd. But when Blayze gets up and turns around, Brandt leaps off the top turnbuckle and takes him down with a flying body press of her own. The crowd cheers as Brandt mounts herself on top of Blayze and hammers away with rights and lefts. Blayze tries to cover up. But some of the punches still connect.
Clement: The outside of this ring is looking worse than a pile up on I-95. There are bodies everywhere. And Alexia Brandt is beating the holy hell out of Blayze with those hammer fists!
The cheers turn to boos as Tomkins rolls to the outside, grabs Brandt by the hair and throws her down on the floor with a mat slam. Brandt immediately clutches her head in pain. But the boos turn to cheers as Sands runs towards the ropes and knocks Tomkins down with a suicide dive. As Sands gets up on the outside, Chase runs into the ropes. When Sands turns around, Chase knocks him down with a plancha to boos from the crowd.
Karma picks up Sands and rolls him back into the ring. After rolling himself back in, he makes the cover.
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Sands kicks out to cheers from the crowd.
Grayson: How did he get the arm up? Is the ref sure that wasn't three?
Clement: Of course it wasn't!
Karma picks up Sands and goes for an irish whip. But Sands reverses, sending him into the ropes. When Karma comes back, Sands goes for a superkick. But Karma catches his foot. He then spins Sands around. When Sands comes back, Karma connects with Check Your Chiclets to boos from the crowd. He falls backwards on top of Sands and hooks the leg.
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Sands gets his shoulder up to cheers from the crowd. Both Karma and Cherry look on in disbelief.
Grayson: What the heck?
Clement: He got it up! He got the shoulder up!
Karma picks up Sands and whips him into the ropes. When Sands comes back, Karma bends over to set up a back body drop. But Sands counters with the Fame Asser to cheers from the crowd. After checking on both men, the ref starts his count.
Ref: ONE...... TWO..... THREE..... FOUR.....
Both men begin to crawl towards their respective corners.
Ref:FIVE...... SIX...... SEVEN.....
Cami, Brandt, Carruthers and van Dyke can be seen stomping their feet in one corner while Blayze, Perello, Chase and Tomkins have their arms stretched out in the other.
Ref:EIGHT.....
Karma dives over to tag in Blayze. But Blayze moves his hand out of the way.
Clement: What the hell?
Grayson: What is he doing?
Perello walks across the apron and confronts him. But he's nailed with a chain-wrapped fist to the face for his trouble.
Grayson: No!
Clement: Blayze just attacked his own partner!
Blayze then hops off the apron, mounts himself on top of Perello and repeatedly punches him with the chain-wrapped fist. Both Tomkins and Chase hop off the apron and pull Blayze off of Perello. But Blayze quickly shoves them away from him before storming up the aisle and to the back. Brandt has had enough. She hops off the apron, makes her way around ringside and then takes off up the aisle in pursuit of Blayze. Her teammates call her back, but it's to no avail.
Clement: Blayze just attacked his own partner and stormed off. Now Brandt has taken off after him! What is going on here!?
Back in the ring, Karma looks on in disbelief as the crowd boos. When he turns around, van Dyke hoists him up onto his shoulders and plants him with The Savior to cheers from the crowd. But the cheers turn to boos once Chase spins him around, kicks him in the midsection, hoists him up and delivers the Chaos Theory. Sands then gets in the ring and goes for a running clothesline. Chase ducks the clothesline and dumps him over the top rope with a fireman's carry. Sands lands on the apron. But Chase knocks him off with a pele kick to boos from the crowd. Carruthers then gets in the ring and waits for Chase to turn around. When he does, Carruthers kicks him in the midsection, turns around, hooks Chase's arms, lifts him up and plants him with the Crash Magnitude to cheers from the crowd. But the cheers turn to boos as Karma turns Carruthers around, kicks him in the midsection, hoists him up and plants him with Dazed and Confused and All Messed Up. Cami can be seen waving on Karma to cheers from the crowd. When Karma gets up and turns around, Cami springboards onto the top rope, flies off and delivers the Sanpdragon Fire to cheers from the crowd. Tomkins then sneaks into the ring and waits patiently for Cami to turn around. When she does, Tomkins connects with A Taste of Greatness. Cami falls back like a cut tree to boos from the crowd. Tomkins then falls on top of her and hooks the leg.
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THREE!
"Getting Away With Murder" plays to boos from the crowd.
Cruz: Here are your winners, JOHNNY BLAYZE, JOEY PERELLO, ANTON CHASE, JOHNNY KARMA and MICHAEL TOMKINS!
After the match, Tomkins gets to his feet and demands the ref to raise his arm in the air. The ref does so to boos from the crowd.
Clement: What a wild match that was. Bodies flying all over the place. Blayze attacking his won partner and then walking out on his own teammates. But somehow, Michael Tomkins was able to sneak away with a win.
Grayson: It's not sneaking away when you're more talented than everyone else. You and every counted this team out. You said they couldn't function as a unit, this and that. But in the end, Tomkins is the last one standing and he brought home the win.
