MAIN EVENT
Johnny Cannon vs. Dom Harter
Yellow strobe lights suddenly shine down across the entrance way, whilst the house lights begin to dim down. Slowly, almost in unison with the change in lightning does "Voodoo Child" (Jimi Hendrix" Cover) by Brick + Mortar begin to play. A small ebb of yellow smoke ascends from the ventilators to grace the ramp. The Brit's silhouette emerges behind the curtain, only backed by another image.
"well i stand up next to a mountain
well i stand up next to a mountain
well i pick up all the pieces
maybe even make
maybe make a little sense"
Finally, bursting through the curtain emerges "The British Mamba", Johnny Cannon. The Brit stands before the masses at the apex of the ramp, his face stone cold until a slight grin shines through the cracks. The Londoner surveys the landscape, soaking in the boos and jeers from the lively crowd whilst standing tall in an exquisite two piece tuxedo. With Quinn Goodrich right beside him carrying a NIKE gym bag, Cannon lifts up a bottle of Belvedere, taking a swig. The usual vainglorious glows’ absent from the Mamba’s presence. The look in his eyes is one of bloodthirst, and his demeanor that of a man coming to handle his business in the most painful manner possible. The Last Real Man finishes his vodka, tossing it aside as Team Cannon begins their march to ringside.
"well i stand up next to a mountain
and i chop it down with the edge of my hand
well i stand up next to a mountain
and i struck it down with the edge of my hand
cause I'm a voodoo child"
J.A. Aldridge: The following contest is scheduled for one fall and is your main event of the evening! Introducing first, being accompanied to the ring by Quinn Goodrich! From London, England! Weighing in at 245 pounds! He is “The Baddest Man on the Planet”... JOHNNY CANNON!
Cannon walks hard to the ring, his strut less swaggering and pretentious as previously seen, now slow and methodical, whilst Quinn jaws off at the crowd as he does so. Johnny ignores the responses from the crowd, showing complete indifference to them as he slowly marches up the stairs. He casually walks along the apron, wiping his oxfords across it upon reaching the middle, before ducking through the middle and top ropes to enter the ring.
"lord knows im a voodoo child
cause im a voodoo child"
Johnny backs into the nearest corner, opening his tuxedo as he leans onto the turnbuckle, his arms resting on either side of the ropes. He simply stands there, a murderous look painted on his face as he waits for the bell to start so he can tear into his opponent.
Kris Cruise: Look at that kisser!
Stephy Auger: Why would Cannon smile? How many times has he been passed over? Just give the man what is due to him and that is a rematch for the World Championship! He wants his one on one rematch. Don’t throw him in another three way or some other specialty match where he has to jump through hoops. The man wants his one on one rematch. You saw what he’s done throughout tonight's show. Do you think this match is going to be any different? Cannon will run through this roster until the Championship Committee has no choice but to give him what he wants!
The opening chords of “Low Self Opinion” begin to play throughout the arena as the some of crowd begin to boo, while others cheer. After ten seconds or so, Dom Harter steps out from behind the curtain. He throws his arms out to either side, the ever familiar crooked grin plastered on his face as he begins to stride down the aisle, soaking in the reaction that are coming from the fans here in Kingston, Rhode Island.
J.A. Aldridge: The following contest is scheduled for one fall and it is your main event of the evening! Introducing first, from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada! Weighing in at 225 pounds! He is “The Tenacious Little Bastard”... DOM HARTER!
Kris Cruise: Dom Harter has continued to state his intentions on winning the Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion to complete the Grand Slam. But he recently crossed paths when an old foe in Chris Tryon.
Stephy Auger: Crossed paths? You make it seem like Harter and Tryon crossed a hallway and bumped into each other. No, what Harter did was take an iPad and bash it over Tryon’s skull. Harter thought he was being funny with this little callback to three years ago. He’s every bit the bastard his namesake makes him out to be.
Kris Cruise: Well not only has be reignited his rivalry with Tryon and the Usual Suspects, but he’s also had some choice words for Johnny Cannon.
Stephy Auger: You know, a smart man doesn’t take a stick and try to poke a snake. But that’s what Harter did when he started mouthing off about The British Mamba. You would think someone that knows his history would realize that speaking ill of our King wouldn’t be good for his future. But maybe Harter needs to
get familiar with just how spiteful King Cannon can get.
The bell sounds as Cannon runs up over and kicks up the middle top, hitting Harter right between the legs. The Tenacious Little Bastard howls in pain as he slowly crumbles to the apron.
Kris Cruise: Blatant low blow by Cannon!
Stephy Auger: As if he cares!
Cannon grabs Harter by the legs and drags him into position. After hooking his arms around Harter’s legs, Cannon leans back, catapulting Harter throat-first against the bottom rope. Harter quickly hold his throat with both hands while he hacks loudly. A loud “Cannon Sucks!!!” chant breaks out. But The British Maba remains unfazed.
Cannon rolls to the outside, grabs Harter by his fauxhawk and drags is upper body onto the apron. After climbing back up onto the apron, Cannon takes a few steps back… then runs and delivers a jumping knee drop onto Harter.
Kris Cruise: My goodness, what a knee!
Stephy Auger: People talk about how lethal those elbows of his are! But those knees of his can knock you out as well!
After Harter slowly rolls back into the ring, Cannon slides back in. He reaches down, yanks up Harter and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Harter around, Cannon pummels Harter down in the corner with a flurry of elbow smashes to the face. He pulls Harter back up before sending him slumping down in the corner after another several of vicious elbow smashes.
Kris Cruise: The British Mamba is just going to town on The Tenacious Little Bastard!
Stephy Auger: You sound surprised! A street brawler like Harter doesn’t stand a chance against a striker like Cannon!
Cannon pulls Harter back up and nails him with a hard knee to the midsection. Harter doubles over and lets out a prolonged groan. Cannon then takes Harter, whips him across the ring, follows him into the corner and connects with a running European Uppercut. The British Mamba takes a dazed Harter and whips him back into the previous corner. After sizing Harter up, Cannon charges across the ring and nearly takes Harter’s head off with a running European Uppercut.
Kris Cruise: Did you see how Harter’s neck jerked back!?
Stephy Auger: Cannon’s not holding back. Not that he ever did in the first place. But if the Championship Committee keeps denying Cannon of his rightful rematch, then this is what will happen.
Cannon turns his back to Harter before delivering alternating back elbows to Harter’s face. He then turns back to face Harter before whipping him back across the ring and into the corner. Cannon runs across the ring, delivers a high knee attack and then tosses Harter down to the canvas. After Harter tumbles across the mat and gets up on his knees, Cannon runs over and nails Harter with a running knee to the side of the head. Cannon drops down, pulls Harter over and makes the cover.
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Harter gets his shoulder up.
Cannon makes another lateral press.
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Harter gets his shoulder up.
Cannon mounts himself on top of Harter and pummels him with short-range punches to the face. He then switches from punches to elbows. Cannon then proceeds to deliver elbow smashes to the face. As Harter begins to cover up, Cannon then starts raining down 12-to-6 elbows at Harter’s face. Harter’s able to block most of the elbows. But some of the elbow shots still penetrate his defense. After Cannon gets back to his feet and delivers a hard stomp to the stomach, Harter drops his arms and guards his stomach, revealing that his nose has been busted open.
Stephy Auger: Blood has been drawn, Cruise. I’m surprised it didn’t happen earlier, honestly.
Cannon circles Harter like a vulture before delivering a jumping stomp to the left thigh, followed by a stomp to the left shin, right shin, right thigh, right bicep and then a jumping stomp to the neck. But instead of lifting his foot off, Cannon keeps his foot presses down across Harter’s throat. Harter reaches up and tries to pull Cannon’s foot off of him. But it’s to no avail. The ref then gives Cannon until the count of five to release the choke.
Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR…
Cannon reluctantly lets go. He reaches down, pulls Harter up by the head and doubles him over with a hard knee to the midsection. Cannon moves his leg back before thrusting forward and nailing Harter with a knee so hard that it knocks Harter about three inches off the mat. Once Harter lands back on the mat in a doubled over position, Cannon knocks him down with a high knee lift. Harter tries to sit up and shake out the cobwebs. But Cannon delivers a hard stomp to the face, knocking Harter back down. Harter tries to turn over and get on all fours. But Cannon delivers a hard kick to the ribs, which flattens Harter on the canvas. Harter then tries to slowly push himself up on all fours. But Cannon delivers a jumping stomp to the back, which once again flattens Harter.
Kris Cruise: Cannon has been manhandling Harter since the start of this match. But you’ve got to wonder how this match would’ve turned out had Harter gotten a fair chance.
Stephy Auger: HA! After all the garbage that Harter has pulled over the years, don’t tell me that you actually feel sorry for him. I know I don’t!
Cannon reaches down and hooks his index and middle fingers into Harter’s nostrils and pulls him up on his knees. After looking down and talking trash to Harter, Cannon blasts him with a hard 12-to-6 elbow to the face. Harter quickly rolls across the ring. After Harter slowly pulls himself up using the ropes, Cannon marches over, turns Harter around, sticks his upper body through the ropes and then pulls back on Harter’s neck with both hands, choking him across the top rope.
Ref: ONE… TWO… THREE… FOUR…
Cannon lets go and runs into the far ropes. When Cannon returns, he sends Harter crashing to the floor after a running big boot to the face. The crowd erupts with boos as Cannon turns and scans the crowd with a scowl.
Stephy Auger: The referee may need to do his job and stop this match. Then again, this is the same ref that screwed over Evan Envi last week. So on second thought, he can allow this beating to go all night for all I care.
Cannon drops to his back and rolls to the outside. He pulls Harter up before slamming him face-first onto the apron. After shoving Harter back into the ring, Cannon slides back in. He pulls Harter up by the ears before lunging forward and cracking him with a headbutt. The headbutt sends a groggy Harter stumbling back into the ropes. After Harter bounces off the ropes, the crowd cheers as he comes back and socks Cannon with a right hand.
Kris Cruise: Look at that!
Stephy Auger: Oh wow, a punch!
Cannon shakes off the blow and comes back with a right hook to the midsection, which doubles Harter over. While Harter is doubled over, the crowd cheers as he lunges over and nails Cannon with an elbow to the midsection.
Kris Cruise: Harter with another blow!
Harter stands up and nails Cannon with a right hand. Harter cocks back, throws and socks Cannon with another right hand. Harter nails him with another right hand… and another… and another.
Kris Cruise: The Tenacious Little Bastard is fighting back!
Harter turns and runs towards the ropes. When Harter returns, the crowd boos as Cannon turns him inside out with a lariat. He makes the cover.
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Harter gets his shoulder up.
Cannon picks up Harter and whips him into the corner. Harter arches his back once his spine collides with the turnbuckles. While Harter wails in pain, Cannon charges across the ring and into the corner. But he gets cut off by a knee strike to the midsection. After moving Cannon back, the crowd cheers as Harter hoists him up and delivers a flapjack powerbomb into the corner. Once Cannon’s face smacks against the top turnbuckle, The British Mamba crumbles to the canvas.
Kris Cruise: Did you see how hard Cannon’s face collided with the top turnbuckle!?
Stephy Auger: The British Mamba might be out!
On the outside, Goodrich can be seen pounding on the apron as he tried to will Cannon back to his feet. But The British Mamba appears to be out of it. While both men are down, the ref starts his count.
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SEVEN!
After both men return to their feet, Harter takes Cannon and goes for an irish whip. But Cannon reverses, sending Harter into the ropes. When Harter returns, he throws out a yakuza kick. But Cannon catches his foot. He then swings Harter’s leg away from him before knocking Harter down with a lariat to the back of the neck. After slowly pulling Harter off the mat, Cannon doubled him over with a knee to the midsection before delivering a pumphandle neckbreaker. He makes the cover.
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Harter gets his shoulder up.
Kris Cruise: Harter still has some fight left in him!
Cannon takes Harter and whips him into the ropes. When Harter returns, Cannon hoists him up in the air. On the way down, Cannon doubles him over with a kick to the chest. He then hooks Harter’s arm to set up the Cannon Driver II. But Harter rolls out and counters with a short-arm clothesline. He makes the cover.
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Cannon kicks out.
Harter takes Cannon and goes for an irish whip. But Cannon reverses, sending Harter into the ropes. When Harter returns, Cannon throws out a running lariat. But Harter ducks and stops while Cannon’s momentum takes him into the ropes. When Cannon returns, the crowd cheers as Harter throws him down with a powerslam. He hooks the leg.
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Cannon gets his shoulder up.
Kris Cruise: The Tenacious Little Bastard is battling back!
Stephy Auger: Why? He should save himself for another day!
Harter picks up Cannon and whips him into the corner. The Tenacious Little Bastard then heads across the ring and into the corner. But Cannon sends him stumbling back with a European Uppercut. Cannon then comes from out of the corner and throws out a roaring elbow smash. But Harter ducks and scoops Cannon up across his shoulders. But before Harter can do anything, Cannon repeatedly elbows him against the side of the head. After Cannon slips down from behind, he spins Harter around and throws out a bicycle knee strike. But Harter catches Cannon’s leg. After Harter swings Cannon’s leg away from him, Harter lifts him up from behind and delivers a belly to back suplex. Harter then gets back to his feet, pulls Cannon back up and then plants him with a pulling piledriver. He turns over and makes the cover.
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Cannon gets his shoulder up.
Harter picks up Cannon and doubles him over with four knee smashes to the midsection. Harter takes a few steps back before delivering a running knee lift. The knee sends Cannon stumbling back into the ropes. After bouncing back, the crowd boos as Cannon nails Harter with an elbow smash. The elbow sends Harter stumbling back into the ropes. After bouncing back, the crowd cheers as Harter socks Cannon with a right hand. The punch causes Cannon to stumble back and nearly slip through the ropes. But Cannon reverses his momentum and goes to throw out a pendulum lariat. But Harter ducks, scoops Cannon up across his shoulders and plants him with a Samoan Driver.
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The crowd sighs, then boos as Cannon gets his shoulder up.
Kris Cruise: Close call their for The British Mamba!
Harter picks up Cannon, places him in a front facelock, hooks the leg, lifts Cannon up and plants him with a fisherman buster. He turns and makes the cover.
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THR-NO!
The crowd sighs, then boos as Cannon gets his shoulder up.
Kris Cruise: Yet another close call for Cannon! Harter has gone after the neck over and over. He’s trying to soften the neck up for the Silent Machine.
Harter picks up Cannon and whips him into the corner. Harter then runs into the corner and hurls himself at Cannon for a double knee strike. But Cannon moves out of the way, which causes Harter to crash into the corner.
Stephy Auger: Well, so much for that little comeback! Cannon’s going to put him away right here. Watch...
As Harter slowly gets up on his knees, Cannon heads over and nails him with several shoot kicks to the chest. Cannon follows up with a reverse roundhouse kick that knocks Harter down. He makes the cover.
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The crowd gasps, then cheers as Harter gets his shoulder up.
Cannon takes Harter and whips him into the ropes. When Harter returns, Cannon doubles him over with a pop-up kick to the chest. He the steps to the side, takes a few steps back, runs forward and clocks Harter with a bicycle knee strike to the side of the head. After Harter collapses to the canvas, Cannon pulls Harter up, hooks his arm, lifts him up and plants him with the Cannon Driver II. He turns over and makes the cover.
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The crowd cheers as Harter gets his shoulder up. Cannon looks over and scowls at the ref while Goodrich holds up three fingers on the outside.
Stephy Auger: How did he get his shoulder up!?
Cannon picks up Harter and delivers open hand slaps, followed by an elbow smash, followed by a discus elbow smash. While Harter is dazed, Cannon turns and runs into the ropes. When Cannon returns, the crowd cheers as Harter throws him down with an overhead belly to belly suplex. Harter crawls over and makes the cover.
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Cannon gets his shoulder up.
As Harter picks up Cannon, Cannon doubles him over with rights and lefts to the midsection. He then turns and runs into the ropes. When Cannon returns, Harter lifts him up, turns and slams him down with a spinebuster. Harter rolls across Cannon and hooks the leg.
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The crowd sighs, then boos as Cannon gets his shoulder up.
Kris Cruise: How close was that!?
Stephy Auger: Too close! C’mon Cannon, you’ve got this!
Harter picks up Cannon and places him in an inverted front facelock. He then lifts Cannon up before delivering a reverse implant DDT. As Cannon gets lifted in the air, his foot clips the ref in the face, knocking him down. Harter then sits up Cannon before locking on a Dragon Sleeper.
Kris Cruise: Empty Shell!
Stephy Auger: NO!
Goodrich quickly gets on the apron. But Harter isn’t about to let Goodrich screw him over. So he releases the hold, runs over and knocks Goodrich off the apron with a yakuza kick.
Kris Cruise: Down goes Goodrich!
Stephy Auger: No! POOR GOODRICH!
Harter heads back over to Cannon and locks the Empty Shell back on.
Kris Cruise: Harter’s got the submission locked on again! Cannon’s in no man’s land!
Harter yells at Cannon to give up. When Cannon refuses to quit, Harter drops down to a knee.
Kris Cruise: Now’s he’s got the kneeling version of the dragon sleeper applied!
Stephy Auger: It’s okay! It’s okay! He can still get out of this! Cannon’s got this!
Harter cinches in the hold as he works for the submission. When Cannon refuses to quit, Harter returns to a vertical base and lifts Cannon up… only to drop down into a Dragon Sleeper with bodyscissors.
Kris Cruise: Harter’s got Cannon trapped in the center of the ring!
Stephy Auger: Oh no!
Harter cinches in the hold as he tries to get Cannon to tap out. Meanwhile, The British Mamba can be heard groaning in pain.
Kris Cruise: Cannon, to his credit, is trying to fight through the pain! He doesn’t want to submit. He’s trying to use his free arm to pry Harter’s legs from around his waist. But it’s much harder doing it with one arm as opposed two!
Out of nowhere come The Usual Suspects, who slide into the ring before putting the boots to Harter.
Kris Cruise: Look at this!
Stephy Auger: I told you Harter’s actions would come back to bite him!
The crowd continues to boo as The Usual Suspects bring Harter back to his feet. But it’s there that Harter begins to fight back. He grabs Tryon around the waist and rams him back-first into the corner. Harter then delivers shoulder thrusts to Tryon. But he doesn't fight back for long as Marx nails him with a double axe handle to the back. He then turns Harter around. But Harter comes back with right hands to the face. Tryon then drops to his knees and thrusts his arm up, low blowing Harter. After Harter crumbles to the canvas, the Usual Suspects go back to stomping the hell out of him.
Kris Cruise: Harter has succumbed to the numbers game!
Stephy Auger: It doesn’t feel too good when the shoe is on the other foot, huh? How many times did we see him do this with The Murder!? Or what about a few months back, when Harter loved every minute of him and his two masked assailants assaulting Izzy Anders backstage? Now look at him!
The Usual Suspects take Harter and whip him into the ropes. When Harter returns, the Usual Suspects deliver a double pancake. Tryon then heads into the corner as Marx stands over Harter. After Marx deadlifts Harter up to his feet, the Usual Suspects deliver the Superkick-Plex.
Kris Cruise: Marx just dumped Harter right on the back of his head!
Stephy Auger: Good!
Once Cannon gets back to his feet, he shoves the Usual Suspects out of the way before putting the boots to Harter. He then drops down to a knee. Once he sits up Harter and locks him in a crucifix position, he motions to elbow Harter when Cordy Stevenson and Johnny Karma race down to the ring.
Kris Cruise: Here comes the World Champion! And Karma’s right behind her!
After Stevenson and Karma slide in, Karma runs over and tackles Cannon off of Harter. Meanwhile, Stevenson does her best to defend herself against the Usual Suspects. But they eventually get the better of her. That is, until Harter turns around and blasts Tryon with a right hand. Once the ref gets back to his feet and sees the chaos in the ring, he calls for the bell.
Kris Cruise: It looks like the referee has thrown this one out!
Stephy Auger: I can’t blame him! Look at all the chaos that Harter caused!
Tryon continues to knock Harter back with right hands before running into the ropes. When Tryon returns, Harter grabs him, runs and tosses him over the top rope and to the floor. Back in the ring, Marx goes for an irish whip. But Stevenson reverses, sending Marx into the ropes. When Marx returns, Stevenson connects with the Foot Fetish, knocking Marx through the ropes and to the floor. Back in the ring, Cannon and Karma are trading right hands until Karma gains the upperhand. He then socks Cannon with a right hand, knocking him down. Cannon returns to his feet. But Karma returns him to the mat with another right hand. After The British Mamba gets back to a vertical base, he gets hit with Check Your Chiclets, sending him through the ropes and to the floor. Cannon tries to climb back into the ring to go after Karma. But Tryon, Marx, Rother and Goodrich all hold him back and pull him down to the floor. Back in the ring, Karma can be seen waving Cannon on.
Stephy Auger: Cannon still wants a piece of Karma! He doesn’t care who else is waiting for him in the ring.
“When The Levee Breaks” blasts over the PA as The Usual Suspects, Rother and Goodrich drag Cannon away from the ropes and up the aisle. Karma climbs up onto the middle ropes and points at Cannon while Cannon shouts insults back at him. Stevenson and Harter make their way to the ropes and can be heard getting into with with the Usual Suspects. The camera cuts back and forth between both sides as the Vertigo logo appears, then fades to black…
