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Only the Strong Survive (04.15.17) Apr 17, 2017 12:44:05 GMT -5

Post by FGA Office on Apr 17, 2017 12:44:05 GMT -5

MAIN EVENT
GOLD RUSH RUMBLE

J.A. Aldridge: The following contest is your main event of the evening and it is the GOLD RUSH RUMBLE!

Cheers and applause can be heard throughout the crowd.

J.A. Aldridge: Here are the rules! The grapplers that drew numbers One and Two will start the match. After every 90 seconds, a new grappler will join the match. This continues until all 30 participants have entered the ring. Elimination occurs when you have been thrown over the top rope and both feet touch the floor. The last grappler remaining will be declared the winner and will earn a guaranteed FGA Undisputed Championship Match at ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN SIX!

Cheers and applause can once again be heard throughout the crowd.

J.A. Aldridge: Now let us find out who drew #1!

Kris Cruise: Alright, Stephy, who’s it gonna be? Who drew #1?

Stephy Auger: Anyone but The Chief. Anyone but The Chief! Anyone but The Chief!

The lights go out. A few seconds later, "Senbonzakura" (violin cover) by Lindsey Stirling plays, the lights go back on, and Julian Tijerrrrrrrrriiiiiiinnaa!!! comes out, bathed in purple and pink spotlight and holding a purple rose, which he smells.

Kris Cruise: It’s Julian Tijerina! The Spanish Sweetheart!

He pivots slowly for the benefit of the crowd. On his way to the ring, he high-fives fans and surrenders his rose to a lucky girl at ringside.

Stephy Auger: He can hand out those roses to all the fans he wants. That’s not gonna get him far in this Rumble!

Julian gracefully climbs inside the ring. Once inside the ring, Julian spins on his toes with both arms stretched to either side and his head towards the ceiling. He stops and slowly, almost dramatically, removes his mask and shows his own grin, a more attractive version of the mask's. In one fluid motion, Julian takes off the poncho, and ends up with both arms once again stretched to either side, one hand holding his mask while the other holding the poncho.

Kris Cruise: Julian Tijerina was one of the many competitors that took part in the Battle Royal on the last edition of Vertigo. The winner of that match would go on to draw from numbers 20 and 30 in the Rumble.

Stephy Auger: Yeah, Tijerina lost that match and look at him now! He could’ve potentially been #30. Now, he’s #1. Aw, poor thing!

Surrendering the mask and the poncho to the referee, Julian climbs the turnbuckle and again stretches both arms to either side before applauding the fans, randomly waving and pointing at people, blowing kisses at cute girls, and occasionally winking. Finally, he goes back down, stretches with the ropes' help, and waits for his opponent to get in the ring with him.

J.A. Aldridge: Now let us find out who drew #2!

The venue quiets down and soon buzzes with the fans' chatter amongst themselves before there's some action on top of the entrance ramp. Blake Rogers walks out with his hands on his hips.

Kris Cruise: Oh my!

Stephy Auger: These two are no strangers to each other.

Kris Cruise: No they are not. These two have been feuding with each other since Final Frontier last December!

The crowd begins to mostly boo him as he looks around at them and walks down to the ring, cracking his knuckles and rolling his wrists a bit as he does so.

Stephy Auger: Yes they have! On this past edition of Vertigo, Tijerina eliminated Rogers, the eliminated himself so that he could go after Rogers again. I know Tijerina can’t stand Rogers and more power to him for eliminating an opponent. But was eliminating himself and going after Rogers worth ending up at #1?

Kris Cruise: Apparently so, because now Rogers is #2 in there with him!

As soon as Rogers slides into the ring, the bell sounds as Tijerina runs over and puts the boots to him. The cheers continue as Tijerina picks up Rogers, marches into the corner and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Rogers around, Tijerina lights up his chest with chops that echo throughout the arena. He then takes Rogers and goes for an irish whip. But Rogers reverses, sending Tijerina crashing into the turnbuckles. Rogers then charges across the ring and goes to attack Tijerina. But Tijerina ducks and dumps Rogers over the top rope to cheers from the crowd.

Stephy Auger: Uh oh!

Kris Cruise: It looks like we might have our first elimination already!

… but instead of falling to the floor, Rogers lands safely on the apron. When Tijerina turns around, the crowd boos when Rogers doubles him over with a shoulder thrust through the ropes. He then grabs Tijerina and goes for a vertical suplex. Shrieks and gasps can be heard from the crowd as Rogers lifts him up. But Tijerina kicks his legs, forcing Rogers to lower him back down. But Rogers isn’t done. He then lifts up Tijerina for another vertical suplex. This time, Tijerina knees him in the head on the way up. After Tijerina is lowered back down, Tijerina runs into the corner and connects with a springboard dropkick, knocking Rogers down to cheers from the crowd. But instead of bouncing off the apron and falling to the floor, Rogers reaches over with his left arm and hooks it around the bottom rope. His right foot falls and touches the floor. But before his left foot hits the floor, Rogers quickly hoists himself back up onto the apron. Tijerina tries to shove him off the apron. But Rogers reaches over with his right arm and rakes him across the eyes.

Kris Cruise: What a close call!

Stephy Auger: We’re about to get out next entrant!

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#3 - “My Time is Now” hits the speakers as John Blade makes his way out to the stage.

Kris Cruise: Oh my God! He’s here! He’s here! “BIG JOHN MATCH” John Blade has returned!

Stephy Auger: Oh brother…

Blade heads over and talks to the cameraman as he bounces around a little. He then turns and acknowledges the red hot Tampa crowd, who are chanting “Big John Match” to the tune of his entrance music…

Crowd: BIG JOOOOOHN MAAAAAAATCH!!! BIG JOOOOOOHN MAAAAAAAAAATCH!!! BIG JOOOOOHN MAAAAAAAAATCH!!! BIG JOOOOOHN MAAAAAAAATCH!!!

Blade holds up his “NEVER GIVE UP!” logo flag before tossing it to the fans. Blade turns and salutes the fans before running down towards the ring.

Stephy Auger: That’s right, use all your energy running down to the ring like a dummy, Blade.

Kris Cruise: Never doubt the strategy of Big John Match, Stephy!

Stephy Auger: …

As soon as Blade slides into the ring, Rogers throws out a running clothesline. But Blade ducks and runs into the ropes. When Rogers turns around, he gets knocked down by a diving shoulder block. The cheers continue as Rogers gets knocked down by another diving shoulder block! And another! And another. After Rogers returns to his feet, he throws out a wild haymaker. But Blade ducks, lifts him up and throws him down with a spin out powerbomb! Blade gets back to his feet, walks over to Rogers’ head, leans forward and waves his hand in front of his face.

Crowd: YOU CAN’T SEE ME!

Blade turns and runs into the ropes. When Blade returns, he shimmy shakes his shoulders, dust one of his shoulders off and drops a fist right to his face.

Kris Cruise: FIVE KNUCKLE SHUFFLE from BIG JOH MATCH JOHN BLADE GOOD GOD ALMIGHTY!

Stephy Auger: What is wrong with you!?

Blade crouches down as he waits to lift Rogers up for the Blade Breaker. But then, Tijerina rolls him up from behind, lifts him up and slams him down with the Sombra Driver.

Stephy Auger: I never thought I’d say this. But Thank You, Julian Tijerina!

As Blade slowly gets back to his feet, Tijerina runs into the ropes. When he comes back, he brings Blade down with the Sling Blade. Tijerina returns to his feet, runs towards the ropes, hops onto the middle ropes and flips back, connecting with a Lionsault. As Tijerina gets up off of Blade, Rogers quickly grabs him from behind, runs and tosses him over the top rope.

Stephy Auger: YES! YES! YES!

Rogers turns around and throws his arms up. But unbeknownst to him, Tijerina landed safely on his feet. He then runs into the corner and runs up to the top turnbuckle. When Rogers turns around, the crowd cheers when Tijerina knocks him down with a top rope superkick!

Kris Cruise: The high risk pays off for The Spanish Sweetheart! Though I’d advise him against going to the top rope again in a match like this.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#4 - “Lik Down” hits the speakers as NEON rushes down the aisle while the crowd boos.

Stephy Auger: It’s “The Queen of Mean” NEON!

Kris Cruise: Yeah, but I don’t see any of the other two members of Camp Envi anywhere!

NEON continues to rush down to the ring before coming to a screeching halt. She stops once she sees Tijerina waiting for her. The Spanish Sweetheart keeps his eyes locked on NEON and vice versa. The Queen of Mean slowly makes her way up the aisle before winking an eye at Tijerina, causing The Spanish Sweetheart to smile from ear to ear.

Kris Cruise: Don’t fall for it, Julian! She’s up to no good.

The crowd is chanting ‘NO! NO! NO!” at Tijerina. But he can’t hear a thing while NEON is giving him the “come hither” gesture. Tijerina quickly asks one of his roses. Once one of the ringside members tosses the rose into the ring, Tijerina puts the rose between his teeth. He continues to saunter over towards NEON until Rogers blasts him from behind with a northern lariat. The boos continues as Rogers puts the boots to him. NEON then enters the ring and joins in. The two continue to put the boots to Tijerina while Blade tries to pull himself up in the corner.

Kris Cruise: John Blade might be Julian Tijerina’s best chance at surviving this beating right now.

Stephy Auger: HA! If Tijerina has to rely on the likes of John Blade to survive, then he’s already lost!

The boos continue as Rogers and NEON pick up Tijerina and toss him into the corner. Rogers marches into the corner and blasts Tijerina with a knife edge chop that echoes throughout the arena. NEON then rakes him across the eyes before bringing him out of the corner. After a knee to the midsection doubles Tijerina over, she takes off into the ropes. When NEON returns, she knocks Tijerina down with Lights Out. Rogers then goes over, reaches down, wraps his arms around Tijerina’s waist and slowly lifts him up before hitting a release deadlift German Suplex. The boos continue while Tijerina howls in pain.

Kris Cruise: These two have Tijerina in a bad way, Stephy!

Stephy Auger: You know, I’d normally say just take the poor sap and toss him out of the ring. But you know what? I kind of like seeing Tijerina get the crap kicked out of him. Keep up the good work, guys!

While NEON watches Rogers put the boots to Tijerina, Blade spins her around and rocks her with a series of right hands to the face. Blade then turns and runs into the ropes. When Blade returns, NEON nails Blade with a big boot to the face. Big John Match is dazed, but not ut. So NEON turns and runs back into the ropes. When she returns, she blasts Blade with another big boot to the face knocking him back a few steps. While Blade tries to shake out the cobwebs, NEON turns and runs back into the ropes. When she returns, the crowd cheers as Blade scoops her up across his shoulders for the Blade Breaker.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#5 - “Young Nation” hits the speakers as Sadie San Francisco walks down the aisle with determination in her step. The crowd showers the Camp Envi member with boos.

Stephy Auger: You wanted to see another member of da Camp? Well here you go, Cruise!

Kris Cruise: Yeah, I see her! But how will these two coexist! There’s always been animosity between these two, no matter how hard they tried to hide it. They made a great team in the Battle Royal on the last Vertigo. But NEON ended up eliminating her!.

Stephy Auger: Bygones!

Kris Cruise: That’s Dom’s line!

As soon as Sadie enters the ring, she watches as Blade is trying to dump NEON over the top turnbuckle. NEON grabs onto the top rope with both hands and tries to hang on for dear life. Meanwhile, Blade continues to fight for the elimination. Sadie continues to watch NEON struggle to stay in the match… until she heads over and nails Blade with a shoot kick to the midsection, causing Blade to double over as he drops NEON. The Queen of Mean looks over and eyes Sadie while The Pope takes Blade and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. The boos continue as Sadie mudhole stomps Blade down into the corner. She then chokes Big John Match while pulling on the top rope.

Back across the ring, Rogers takes Tijerina and goes for an irish whip. But Tijerina reverses, sending Rogers into the ropes. When Rogers returns, Tijerina goes for a back body drop. After Rogers slips down from behind, the crowd cheers when Tijerina follows up with a Pelé Kick. He then returns to his feet before running into the ropes. When Tijerina returns, he plants Rogers with a Tilt-a-Whirl Surprise (tilt-a-whirl headscissors transitioned into a DDT). While Rogers is down, Tijerina steps out onto the apron and goes for La Guillotina (slingshot leg drop). But Rogers moves out of the way. He then quickly lifts up Tijerina’s leg before dropping down into a leg grapevine submission.

Across the ring, Camp Envi stare each other down before grabbing Blade and tossing him into the ropes. When Blade returns, they set up for a double back body drop. But Blade stops and kicks NEON square in the face. When Sadie stands up, she gets rocked with three right hands before Blade lifts her up across his shoulders.

Kris Cruise: Blade Breaker! He’s going for the Blade Breaker!

Before Blade can slam Sadie down, she nails him with hard elbows to the side of the head. After slipping down from behind, Sadie turns him around before delivering the Downward Spiral. The boos continue as Camp Envi pick up Blade and whip him into the ropes. When Blade returns, Camp Envi pick up Blade, take several steps and drop him with a hot shot across the top rope. As Blade slowly turns around, Sadie and NEON run over and deliver a double clothesline, sending Blade over the top rope and to the floor!

(JOHN BLADE - ELIMINATED)

Stephy Auger: Blade’s outta here!

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#6 - The crowd cheers when “Whirring” hits the speakers. Lowri Moss steps through the curtain and jogs down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Here’s one of the many FGA grapplers that has a problem with our new Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion, Lowri Moss.

Stephy Auger: Why? What did AMIRA do to her, other than screw her over in that Battle Royal two weeks ago? If anything, AMIRA was just showing the youngster just how tough this business is. One day, Lowri will be thanking AMIRA.

Kris Cruise: I highly doubt that…

Lowri rolls in, then quickly rolls back out once Sadie and NEON rush over to stomp on her.

Lowri makes her way around one of the ring posts and tries to roll back in. But she quickly rolls back out when NEON rushes over to attack. Lowri then heads in the opposite direction, rounds a few ring posts and slides back in, then slides back out when Sadie approaches.

Stephy Auger: Don’t be scared, kid! Get in there!

Kris Cruise: The referees have to do something. Lowri’s got to be able to get in the ring.

NEON walks across the ring, sits down on the middle rope and holds the top rope up for Lowri. Lowri looks around at the crowd, who are telling her “NO!” When she looks back towards the ring, she sees NEON waving her in.

Kris Cruise: Don’t do it, Lowri! Don’t fall for it!

Stephy Auger: She’s already tricked one grappler tonight, Cruise. Why not make it two!

Lowri motions to climb up onto the apron, then quickly gets back down, grabs NEON by the leg and yanks her down. The crowd cheers as she drags NEON to the outside before irish whipping her into the guardrail.

Stephy Auger: What the heck!? That little ungrateful…

Sadie rushes over to attack Lowri when she gets up on the apron. But Lowri’s able to knock her back with a shoulder thrust through the ropes. After Lowri steps into the ring, Sadie rushes back over to attack. But Lowri knocks her back with a roundhouse kick to the head. She then runs over and knocks Sadie down with a dropsault. When Sadie gets back up, Lowri runs over and brings her down with an STO. The cheers continue as Lowri picks up Sadie and whips her into the corner. She then rushes into the corner and connects with an enzuigiri. As Sadie stumbles along the ropes, Lowri returns to her feet and runs into the far ropes. When she returns, she goes for a clothesline. But Sadie ducks and dumps Lowri over the top rope…

… but instead of crashing to the floor, Lowri lands safely on the apron. When Sadie turns around, Lowri pops her in the face with a right hand. Out of nowhere comes NEON, who tries to yank Lowri off the apron. But Lowri hangs on with her all her might. But while Lowri is busy trying to fight off NEON, Sadie rushes over and connects with the Palo Alto, knocking Lowri off the apron and to the floor. The boos continue as NEON stomps away on Lowri before rolling back inside.

Kris Cruise: Oh no!

Stephy Auger: Oh yes! That’s yet another elimination!

In the corner, Rogers repeatedly slams Tijerina face-first into the top turnbuckle before wrapping his arms around his waist and trying to hoist him over the top rope. But Tijerina blocks by wrapping his arms around the top rope. While the two foes struggle for position, NEON and Sadie turn and face the entrance. But out of the corner of Sadie’s eyes, she looks over at NEON.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#7 - The crowd explodes with cheers when “Lose My Breath” blasts over the PA. Noelle Smith steps through the curtain.

Kris Cruise: Oh, here we go!

Stephy Auger: You know NEON and Sadie would love nothing more than to make up for that loss from earlier tonight.

Smith motions towards the aisle, but stops, turns and walks right back through the curtain.

Stephy Auger: HA! I knew she was scared! I knew she didn’t have it in her to WHAT IN THE WORLD!

Smith steps back through the curtain with her bedazzled kendo stick in hand. Smith raises the kendo stick and poses with it to cheers from the crowd. Sadie narrows her eyes while NEON can be seen waving Noelle on.

Stephy Auger: She’s can’t do that! She can’t bring that thing into the ring! Refs! Do your job and stop that woman!

Noelle tosses the kendo stick between both hands before pointing at both NEON and Sadie. The Camp Envi members ready themselves as Smith slides into the ring. Sadie then steps back behind NEON, allowing the Queen of Mean to catch the first strike - a kendo stick strike to the midsection. Noelle then whacks NEON across the back with the stick, causing her to stumble into the ropes. Noelle then reaches back and goes to knock NEON’s head off. But Sadie snatches the kendo stick from behind. When Noelle turns around, Sadie swings the stick violently at Noelle’s head. But Noelle ducks out of the way, causing NEON to get cracked in the head with the kendo stick.

Kris Cruise: Sadie missed!

Stephy Auger: OH NO!

The Queen of Mean collapses to the canvas as Sadie looks on, expressionless. When Sadie turns around, Noelle kicks the stick out of her hand and to the outside with a Muay Thai high kick. After a spinning back kick to the midsection, Noelle takes Sadie and goes for an irish whip. But Sadie reverses, sending Noelle into the ropes. When Noelle returns, she sends Sadie to the mat with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors takedown. Sadie gets back up, but Noelle knocks her down with a dropkick. And another. Noelle then takes The Pope and whips her into the far ropes. When Sadie returns, Noelle throws her down with a back body drop. She then runs over and connects with a forearm smash, sending NEON over the top rope. While The Queen of Mean pulls herself up on the apron, Noelle steps out onto the apron. She then runs over at NEON, leaps up onto her shoulders and delivers a running hurricanrana, sending NEON flying off the apron and to the floor to cheers from the crowd.

(NEON - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: One down, two to go, Stephy! So much for Camp Envi running through this entire Rumble!

Stephy Auger: She’s going to pay for this. Trust me on that, Cruise.

Back across the ring, Tijerina takes Rogers and goes for an irish whip. But Rogers reverses, sending Tijerina into the corner. Rogers then charges into the corner, but Tijerina counters with a back elbow to the face. Tijerina then hoists himself up onto the middle ropes. But before he can do anything, Rogers connects with a dropkick, knocking Tijerina over the top rope. The crowd gasps as the Tijerina tumbles down. But instead of falling to the floor, he lands on the apron and quickly pulls himself back inside.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

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Only the Strong Survive (04.15.17) Apr 17, 2017 12:52:12 GMT -5

Post by FGA Office on Apr 17, 2017 12:52:12 GMT -5

#8 - “Adrenaline” plays as Elon Elysian makes his way down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Here comes Elon Elysian, one half of the new FGA World Ta-

The crowd boos once Elon is jumped by Kimmi, Kammi, Kalli Keister in the aisle!

Stephy Auger: It’s The Keisters!

Kris Cruise: What in the heck are they doing out here!

Stephy Auger: They’re staking their claim to the tag titles, that’s what!

Kris Cruise: They already attacked both Dan Herrera and Peaches on the last Vertigo. Now this!

The boos continue as the trio put the boots to Elon. But the boos turn to cheers once Emery and Effie Elysian race down the aisle.

Kris Cruise: Here comes backup!

Stephy Auger: The Keisters hightail it as Effe ad Emery chase them off. The Keisters hop over the guardrail and make their way through the crowd while Effie and Emery attend to Elon on the floor.

Stephy Auger: I don’t know about you. But Elon may not be fit to compete tonight.

Back inside the ring, Noelle is nailing Sadie with a series of irish whips in one corner. Meanwhile, Tijerina is going to town with irish whips on Rogers in the opposite corner. After turning around, Noelle and Tijerina nod at each other before whipping Sadie and Rogers into each other. The crowd cheers when the two collide. As Sadie and Rogers stumble back, Tijerina and Noelle grab their respect foes from behind, run and tosses them over the top rope. Unfortunately, neither Sadie or Tijerina fall to the floor. Instead, they land on the apron. They then roll back inside and charge at Noelle and Tijerina. But they get sent down to the canvas with a back body drop.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#9 - The crowd explodes with cheers when “Short Change Hero” blasts over the PA. Mark Storm steps through the curtain and makes his way down the aisle.

Kris Cruise: It’s Your Hero and Mine, Mark Storm!

Stephy Auger: Hmpf, speak for yourself...

Kris Cruise: Mark Storm was impressive in his return to FGA two weeks ago. Let’s see if he can put together another solid performance.

Stephy Auger: Forget a solid performance, Cruise. How about a win? Mark Storm is well traveled. We all know how good of a wrestler he is. But at the end of the day, it comes down to Ws.

As soon as Storm gets in the ring, he gets met with boots to the back from Tijerina. The Spanish Sweetheart picks up Storm and whips him into the ropes. When Storm returns, he brings Tijerina down with a Sling Blade. The cheers continue as he pulls Tijerina up onto his knees before delivering a series of shoot kicks to the chest, followed by a buzzsaw kick that knocks him down. He then slowly brings Tijerina back to his feet before running towards the ropes and delivers the Storm Search (springboard cutter). Storm picks up Tijerina, runs and tosses him over the top rope. But Tijerina lands on the apron before rolling himself back inside.

Across the ring, Noelle takes Sadie and whips her into the corner. She then runs across the ring, hops on top of Sadie and goes for a monkey flip. But Sadie blocks by grabbing onto Noelle. She then switches positions with Noelle, sits her down across the top turnbuckle and connects with a throat punch, knocking Noelle over the top rope and down onto the apron. The boos continue as Sadie quickly tries to stomp Noelle off the apron. But Noelle hangs on for dear life. Sadie then grabs the top rope and tries to nudge Noelle off the apron with her feet. But Noelle wisely wraps her legs and her arms around the bottom rope.

Kris Cruise: Noelle’s hanging on for dear life.

Stephy Auger: It’s only a matter of time until Sadie knocks her off the apron, Cruise. She should just quit while she’s already behind.

On the outside, the crowd cheers as Elon gets back to his feet and reassures his brother and sister that he’s okay. While Effie and Emery make their way back up the aisle, Elon walks over and gets in the ring. He looks around and sees Sadie trying to eliminated Noelle. So Elon comes up from behind and nails Sadie with a clubbing strike across the back. He then takes The Pope, moves her into the corner and delivers a series of back elbow strikes to the face.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#10 - “Can You Feel It” blares throughout the arena to an eruption of boos from the crowd. Out from the back steps Evan Envi.

Stephy Auger: The Chief is here, Cruise! It’s Evan Envi!

Chants of “ENVI SUCK!” shower Envi as he makes his way down the aisle. But instead of bolting down to the ring, Envi takes his sweet time as he eyes his target.

Stephy Auger: Look at that, Cruise. No wasted motion. Everyone else is out here sprinting down to the ring. But The Chief!? He’s slowly approaching the ring. He isn’t tiring himself out. He isn’t wasting energy. That’s the difference between him and all these other people, Cruise.

Kris Cruise: Is he your pick to win it?

As soon as Envi slides into the ring, he locks eyes with Noelle. The two slowly circle the ring before running towards the center of the ring. Envi throws out the first blow. But Noelle ducks and counters with a kick to the midsection. Envi throws out another punch. But again, Noelle ducks and counters with a kick to the midsection. She then feeds Envi her foot before follows up with an enzuigiri, sending The Chief staggering over into the ropes. Noelle sees this, so she quickly goes over, wraps her arm around one of his legs and tries to hoist him over the top rope.

Kris Cruise: Noelle’s got Envi on the ropes! He’s rocked! He’s dazed! He could be moments away from getting eliminated!

While Noelle is making progress, that progress is cut short by Sadie, who nails Noelle with a clubbing strike across the back of the neck. The boos continue as Sadie continues to pound away on Noelle.

Across the ring, Elon is nailing Rogers with hard elbow strikes to the face before doubling him over with a spinning heel kick to the midsection. After an axe kick knocks Rogers down, Elon picks up Rogers, brings him over towards the ropes and goes to dump him to the outside. Just then, Kalli Keister climbs over the guardrail, gaining the attention of Elon. The tag champ shoves Rogers out of the way and motions for Kalli to get back inside. Just as Kalli is about to climb up onto the apron, she moves back as Kammi and Kimmi Keister slide into the ring from behind. The boos continue as they quickly rush up behind Elon, grab both of his legs and dump him over the top rope and to the floor.

(ELON ELYSIAN - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: Elon Elysian just got robbed by The Keisters! Damn them!

Back across the ring, Rogers and Tijerina can be trading blows. The crowd cheers the exchange of strikes as until Rogers gains the upperhand. Rogers continues to knock Tijerina back closer and closer towards the ropes with each punch. After an elbow smash dazes Tijerina, Rogers turns and runs into the far ropes. When he returns, he connects with a hard clothesline, sending them both over the top rope and to the floor.

(BLAKE ROGERS and JULIAN TIJERINA - ELIMINATED)

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#11 - The crowd cheers as “Red Flag” hits the speakers. Out from the back runs Brian Stryker!

Kris Cruise: It’s Papa Stryker!

Stephy Auger: I hope he trips and falls.

Stryker continues to charge down to the ring before sliding halfway across the ring. He then gets up, runs into the corner and pulls down Noelle, who was on the verge of being dumped to the outside by Envi and Sadie. When Envi turns around, he gets rocked with a right hand from Stryker. Sadie then turns to Stryker and ends up getting punched as well. Stryker turns back to Envi and nails him with a punch. He then turns back to Sadie and nails her with a punch. When Stryker turns back to Envi, The Chief rakes him across the eyes. He then takes Stryker and goes for an irish whip. But Stryker reverses, sending Envi into the ropes. When Envi returns, Stryker sends up for a back body drop. But Envi stops, grabs Stryker, runs and tosses him over the top rope. But instead of crashing to the floor, Stryker hangs on by the top rope. He then skins the cat. When Stryker turns around, the crowd boos when Envi lays him out with a Kapowski Kick!

Stephy Auger: He just nearly took Stryker’s head off, Cruise!

The boos continue as Envi celebrates hitting the Kapowski Kick. But his celebration is cut short when Storm turns him around and nails him with a forearm strike, followed by a slap, followed by a shoot kick to the thigh, followed by a spinning back fist, followed by a clothesline that knocks him down. He then picks up Envi, runs and goes to throw him over the top rope. But Envi drops down to a knee and wraps his arms around the middle rope. Storm tries to pull Envi off, but it’s to no avail.

Across the ring, Smith takes Sadie and goes for an irish whip. But Sadie reverses, sending Noelle into the turnbuckle. She then charges into the corner, but Noelle knocks her back with a boot to the face. After Sadie shakes off the blow, she runs back into the corner. This time, Noelle knocks her back with a back elbow to the face. She then steps out onto the apron and goes for a springboard flying knee. But Sadie is able to roll underneath it. After Noelle lands on her feet and rolls forward, she turns around into a knee strike from Sadie, followed by a Fameasser.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#12 - “Nothing Personal” plays as Daniel Widdel makes his way down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Daniel Widdel has had his troubles with Stunray since joining FGA at the top of the year. But he’s got to block all of that out tonight. He’s got a huge opportunity at stake here.

Stephy Auger: That’s easy for you to say. If Widdel is still in the match, what will he do when Stunray enters the Rumble?

Inside the ring, Storm brings Envi into the corner and tries to dump him over the top rope. But Envi counters with a mule kick, low blowing Storm. The boos continue as Envi moves Storm into the corner and “WOO”s after delivering alternating European Uppercuts and knife edge chops. He then takes Storm and whips him hard into the opposite corner. As Storm staggers from out of the corner, Envi lifts him up and throws him down with a Uranage.

As Stryker goes to pull himself up using the ropes, Widdel comes from behind, grabs him from behind and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Stryker around, Widdel delivers a series of knife edge chops before whipping him into the opposite corner. Widdel charges across the ring into the corner, but Stryker knocks him back with a boot to the face. As Widdel stumbles back, Stryker runs from out of the corner and brings him down with a running hurricanrana. As Widdel turns over and gets up on a knee, Stryker plants him with a spiking hurricanrana. He then returns to his feet, runs over and delivers a standing Shooting Star Press to Widdel.

Across the ring, Smith dumps Sadie over the top turnbuckle. After Sadie lands safely on the apron, Noelle is doubled over with a boot to the midsection from Envi. He then takes Noelle and goes for an irish whip. But Noelle reverses, turns and goes to irish whip Envi right into Sadie. But Envi puts on the brakes at the last second. Before Envi can turn around, Smith connects with a front dropkick to the back, sending Envi right into Sadie. After their heads collide, Sadie falls off the apron.

(SADIE SAN FRANCISCO - ELIMINATED)

While Envi looks on in shock, Smith immediately runs up from behind and tries to dump Envi over the top rope.

Kris Cruise: Noelle’s got Envi teetering on the ropes!

The crowd explodes with cheers as Envi looks like he’s moments away from being eliminated. But at the last second, he reaches back and elbows Noelle in the face. After Envi slips back down, he grabs Noelle, runs and tosses her over the top rope. But instead of falling to the floor, Noelle hangs on by the top rope. As she goes to skin the cat, Envi runs over and connects with a dropkick through the ropes, knocking Smith off the ropes and sending her crashing down to the floor.

(NOELLE SMITH - ELIMINATED)

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#13 - “Murdered Out” blares throughout the arena as the crowd erupts with boos. Out from the curtain steps Jimmy Page.

Kris Cruise: It’s Jimmy Page!

Stephy Auger: The mood is about to change, Cruise.

I don’t think there’s a more appropriate number for Jimmy Page than #13, Stephy.

While Envi and Stryker ready themselves for the King of the F’n World, Storm takes Widdel, runs and tosses him over the top rope and to the floor.

(DANIEL WIDDEL - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: Daniel Widdel has just fallen at the feet of Jimmy Page.

Page reaches down and slowly picks up Widdel before driving him down to the canvas with Nirvana (headlock driver). But instead of attacking Widdel, Page steps over him, climbs up onto the apron and enters the ring. Page looks to his left and sees Envi. He looks to his right and sees Stryker. Across the ring he sees Storm.

Kris Cruise: Who is the King of the F’n World going to go after first?

Stephy Auger: My money’s on Stryker. Please let it be Stryker!

Envi can be seen slowly inching his way over towards Page. Page looks at Envi while Envi moves his index finger between the two of them before pointing over at Stryker. Page looks over at Stryker, then back at Envi and nods. The crowd boos at the prospect of an alliance forming between the two.

Kris Cruise: Well well, would you look at this.

Stephy Auger: The Chief just found himself another ally!

Kris Cruise: More like he found someone else dumb enough to do his dirty work for him.

The crowd boos as Envi and Page slowly inch over towards Stryker. But the boos turn to cheers when Page turns Envi around and knocks him down with an elbow smash.

Stephy Auger: Hey! What the heck is Page doing!?

Kris Cruise: I don’t think Page wants any part of teaming with the likes of Envi!

Envi gets back to his feet, but Page is quick to send him back down with another elbow smash. After Envi gets back up, Page nails him with a double chop to the throat. While Envi is doubled over, Page grabs him by the back of the neck, runs and tosses him over the top rope. But inside of falling to the floor, Envi is able to wrap himself up in the ropes.

When Page turns around, Storm rushes over and nails him with a right hand. When Page turns back to Storm, he gets nailed with another right hand… and another… and another. Storm then delivers a forearm, then a slap, then a shoot kick to the thigh, then a spinning back fist. Storm then goes to pivot and follow up with a clothesline. But Page ducks before hurling Storm across the ring with an exploder suplex.

Kris Cruise: Down goes Mark Storm!

Stephy Auger: He just suplexed him right on his head.

When Page returns to his feet and turns around, he sees Stryker staring out from the corner. Page slowly approaches Stryker while the clock counts down.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

#14 - “Shit Shots Count (instrumental)” plays as Peaches rushes down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: It’s Peaches, one half of the PolyChromatic Lion Attack Squad!

After climbing up onto the apron, Peaches up to the top turnbuckle, leaps off and connects with a missile dropkick on Page. The dropkick doesn’t knock Page off his feet, but it sends him stumbles back. When Page finds his footing, Stryker runs into the far ropes. When Stryker returns, he goes for a crossbody block. But Page catches him in mid air.

Kris Cruise: Uh oh, this doesn’t look good for Stryker.

Stephy Auger: Page is about to send Stryker flying into the fifth row!

Before Page can throw Stryker down with a fallaway slam, Peaches springboards back to the top turnbuckle, leaps off and connects with a missile dropkick to Stryker’s back, knocking him down on top of Page.

Kris Cruise: Page is finally off his feet!

The cheers continue as Peaches and Stryker pick up Page and whip him into the ropes. When they return, they knock him down with a double dropkick. Page returns to his feet, only to return to the mat after another double dropkick. As the King of the F’n World stumbles back, Peaches runs over to knock him out of the ring. But Page ducks and dumps Peaches over the top rope. After Peaches lands safely on the apron, she gets yanked down to the floor by Kimmi Keister!

(PEACHES - ELIMINATED)

Stephy Auger: The Keisters are back!

Kris Cruise: Where the heck did they come from!

The crowd boos as Kalli and Kammi Keister take Peaches and whip her hard into the steel steps. After the collision, Peaches curls up in pain as the trio rush over and put the boots to her.

Kris Cruise: They have no business out here! They’re not in this match! That’s twice now that they’ve cost a participant this match! Damn them!

The boos continue while the crowd counts down.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

#15 - “Dangerous Business Since 1979” blasts over the PA as Dan Herrera rushes down to the ring to cheers from the crowd.

Stephy Auger: Uh oh!

Kris Cruise: It’s Dan Herrera! He’s making a beeline right towards the Keisters!

Kalli looks over her shoulder and shrieks once she sees Peaches tag team partner/boyfriend approaching. So she runs to get the heck out of dodge. When Kammi turns to see Dan, she gets greeted by a hard lariat that knocks her down. He then turns, grabs Kimmi and launches her across ringside.

Kris Cruise: Dan Herrera’s had enough of their crap, especially after what they did to him and Peaches on the last Vertigo!

Herrera goes to approach Kimmi, but Kammi grabs him by the shoulder. When she spins Herrera towards her, she gets flattened by a discus elbow strike for her troubles.

Stephy Auger: AH!

Kris Cruise: My God! Dan Herrera damn near knocked her head right off.

Stephy Auger: She’s out cold, Cruise!

Herrera goes back to Kimmii, who he doubles over with a boot to the midsection. “The Boss” lifts her up before throwing her down with a pump handle slam!

Kris Cruise: Dan with the Final Word on Kimmi Keister!

Herrera then looks around until he sees Kalli Keister on the opposite side of the ring. Herrera points in her direction before going after her.

Stephy Auger: Quick, Kalli, run!

Kris Cruise: Herrera’s not far behind!

Herrera continues to chase Kalli around the ring. After lapping the ring, the crowd cheers when Kalli gets nailed with a spear out of nowhere from Peaches!

Kris Cruise: A spear by Peaches! Kalli goes down!

Stephy Auger: She nearly broke Kalli in half! Poor girl!

Kris Cruise: Poor girl!? Her and her sisters screwed Peaches and Elon Elysian out of the Rumble. I don’t feel sorry for the three of them at all!

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#16 - The crowd cheers when “Reach Out” hits the speakers. Mistress Ai makes her way down the aisle.

Kris Cruise: Here comes Mistress Ai! She had a nice undefeated streak going earlier on this year until she was screwed out of a win by NEON. The Queen of Mean and The Pope then eliminated Ai from the Battle Royal two weeks ago. Let’s see how she does in this one.

Back in the ring, Stryker can be seen giving Page a series of knife edge chops in the corner. Page then grabs Stryker, flings him into the corner and follows up with a series of shoulder thrusts, followed by a series of knee strikes, followed by a series of back elbow strikes. In the opposite corner is Herrera, who slams Envi face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning Envi around, Herrera unleashes a series of knife edge chops that echo throughout the arena. He then lifts up one of Envi’s legs and goes to lift him out of the ring. But Envi wraps his arms around the top ropes and hangs on for dear life. Ai then slides in, grabs Envi’s other leg and tries to help dump him to the outside.

Kris Cruise: Envi’s in a bad spot here. Herrera and Ai have both of his legs and are trying to lift him over the top rope. He’s trying his best to hang in there. But how long can be fight these two off?

Stephy Auger: C’mon, Chief! You can do this!

Back across the ring, Page tries to dump Stryker over the top rope. But Stryker reaches back and punches him in the face. Page staggers over towards Storm, who rocks him with a right hand. Storm then fires off another punch… and another… and another. While Page is dazed, Storm turns and heads into the ropes. When Storm returns, Page throws him down with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. After bouncing off of Page’s knee, Storm can be seen arching his back in pain. Once Page returns to his feet and turns around, Stryker rushes over to attack. But Page doubles him over with a boot to the midsection before throwing him down with a double underhook suplex.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

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Only the Strong Survive (04.15.17) Apr 17, 2017 12:57:56 GMT -5

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#17 - “Low Self Opinion” blasts over the PA as the crowd responds with a monster pop.

Kris Cruise: Here he is…

Out from the back steps The Tenacious Little Bastard, Dom Harter. Harter surveys the field as he walks down the aisle.

Kris Cruise: The two-time Gold Rush Rumble winner comes in at #17. He lost his Mid-Atlantic Legacy Championship earlier tonight. A record third Gold Rush Rumble win would definitely make up for that earlier loss.

Stephy Auger: It would. But with the level of success he’d had in past Rumble matches, you would think he’d have a huge target on his back.

As soon as Harter slides in and gets to his feet, he sees Page starting at him from across the ring.

Kris Cruise: Would you look at this? These two are no strangers to each other.

Stephy Auger: They were hated rivals once upon a time.

Kris Cruise: Yeah, I’m pretty sure there’s still no love lost between them.

While the two former champions stare at one another, Page’s eyes turn to the crowd as “HARTER HITS HARDER!” and “LET’S GO, DOM!” chants echo throughout the arena. Page’s eyes narrow before marching over to The Tenacious Little Bastard. Page throws out a right hook. But Harter ducks and counters with one of his own. Page throws out another hook. But again, Harter ducks and counters with one of his own. He nails Page with another punch… and another… and another... and another… and another. While Page is dazed, Harter turns and runs into the ropes. When he returns, Page goes to take his head off with a boot to the face. But Harter catches his foot. After wagging his index finger at Page, Harter throws the leg down, lifts Page up and delivers an inverted atomic drop. He then scoops Page up across his shoulder for a Samoan Driver. But the cheers turn to boos when Page nails him with three elbows to the side of the face. After slipping down from behind, Page grabs Harter and goes for the Concussion (ripcord rolling elbow). But Harter ducks and runs into the ropes. When Harter returns, Page flattens him with Sole Destruction (rolling big boot). The crowd boos while Harter covers his face with his head. Page then looks down at the crowd. He shakes his head in disgust before yelling out, “don’t cheer for this LIAR!”

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#18 - “Animal Ghosts” blasts over the PA to an explosion of cheers. Chandler Scott bursts through the curtain and races down the aisle.

Kris Cruise: Chandler Scott’s in at #18, Stephy!

Stephy Auger: Two favorites back-to-back!

After Scott slides into the ring, he returns to his feet and locks eyes with Page.

Kris Cruise: Uh oh…

While chants of “CHANDLER!” ring throughout the arena, Scott pays them no mind. Instead, he keeps his eyes locked on one of his arch rivals and vice versa.

Kris Cruise: Chandler Scott nearly crushed Jimmy Page’s face with steel steps and knocked him out of action for over six months!

Scott motions towards Page, but Page gets turned around and met with a series of right hands from Harter. The Tenacious Little Bastard continues to fire off shots at Page while Herrera spins Scot around and rocks him with a right hand.

Kris Cruise: Dan Herrera’s probably been waiting to do that since Final Frontier.

The Boss takes Scott, marches into the corner and slams him face-first into the top turnbuckle. He then turns around and doubles Scott over with hard shoulder thrusts to the midsection. He then brings Scott from out of the corner and whips him into the ropes. When Scott returns, Herrera throws out a lariat. But Scott ducks and runs into the ropes. When he returns, Herrera scoops him up across his shoulders and brings him down with a Samoan Drop. The cheers continues as Herrera turns over and crouches down.

Kris Cruise: Herrera’s setting up for it, Stephy! He’s looking to snap Scott in half with a spear.

As Scott slowly gets back up and turns around, Herrera charges over and goes for a spear. But Scott counters with a high knee lift. While Herrera ia dazed, Scott turns and runs into the ropes. When he returns, Herrera lunges forward and tackles him down with a spear. The crowd explodes with cheers.

Kris Cruise: Spear! Spear! Spear!

Herrera picks up Scott, runs and tosses him over the top rope. But instead of falling to the floor, Scott hangs onto the ropes. After pulling himself up onto the apron, Herrera rushes over to knock him off. But Scott takes the top rope and drops down to the apron, sending Herrera tumbling over the top rope and to the floor.

(DAN HERRERA - ELIMINATED)

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#19 - “This is Not a Game” plays as Yazzmin Villa makes her way down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Here comes Yazzmin Villa, who made her pro wrestling debut in the Rey del Aire tournament just a few weeks ago.

Stephy Auger: She was in the Battle Royal a couple of weeks ago when she tweaked her knee after being eliminated. You have to wonder how that knee is holding up.

Back in the ring, Ai and Stryker double team Envi in the corner. After irish whipping Envi into the opposite corner, Stryker runs across the ring and connects with a back elbow, followed by a CSS Enzuigiri. Envi then staggers from out of the corner before getting knocked down by a Gamma Ray Burst (bicycle kick) from Ai. With Envi laid out in the center of the ring, Ai reaches down and slowly slips off one of her sparkling arm sleeves before tossing it into the crowd. She then runs into one set of ropes. When she comes back, she hops over Envi before bouncing into another set of ropes. When Ai returns, the crowd cheers when she drops The Dynastic Elbow on Envi. Ai and Stryker then pick up Envi, run and tosses him over the top rope.

Kris Cruise: There goes Envi!

The crowd cheers as Envi hangs onto the top rope for dear life. His left foot hits the floor. But he’s got his right foot raised up. His right foot then hits the floor! But not before lifting up his left foot. Envi then slowly pulls himself up over the top rope and back into the ring. When Envi turns around, Aii charges over to attack. But Envi ducks and dumps Ai over the top rope. After Ai lands on the apron, Scott charges over to attack Envi. But Envi ducks and shoves Scott into Ai, knocking her off the apron and to the floor.

(MISTRESS AI - ELIMINATED)

Before Scott can turn around, Envi quickly grabs him from behind and tries to dump him over the top rope. The crowd shrieks and boos when Envi gets Scott parallel to the ground.

Stephy Auger: He’s going over the top at any second, Cruise!

Scott continues to try and keep himself in the ring while Envi fights for the submission. He’s almost got Scott over when Stryker comes up from behind and nails him with a punch to the ribs.

Stephy Auger: Who's been in this match the longest, Cruise?

Kris Cruise: Mark Storm is approaching 16 minutes. Evan Envi has been in there for about 14 and a half minutes. You also have Brian Stryker who is nearing 13 minutes. We still have the likes of Johnny Karma, Chris Madison, AMIRA, Molly Reid, Savannah Taylor, Ricky Valero, Owen Gonsalves, Chris Bond, Stunray, Emery Elysian and the Mystery Entrant still to come!

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#20 - “The Greatest” blasts over the PA as a mixed reaction. While the boos are noticeable, it’s mostly cheers forming from the crowd. The former Pride Champion, Molly Reid, jogs down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Molly Reid’s yet another grappler that came into this event as a champion. But she, too, lost her championship earlier in the night.

Reid continues to head towards the ring before sliding in. She immediately runs over and pulls down Harter from behind, who was on the verge of being eliminated by Jimmy Page. When Page turns around, Reid nails him with several right hands. She then goes for an irish whip. But Page reverses, sending Reid into the ropes. When Reid returns, she slides through his legs. When Page turns around, Reid returns to her feet and throws out the Molly Kick. But Page catches her foot. Page then shakes his head at Reid before she follows up with an enzuigiri. While Page is momentarily dazed, Reid returns to her feet and throws out another Molly Kick. But again, Page catches her foot. So Reid goes for another enzuigiri. But this time, Page ducks. He then reaches down, grabs Reid from behind off the floor and pulls her back up to her feet before throwing out the Concussion. But Reid ducks. When Page turns around, Harter runs up from behind and low blows him with a kick between the legs. While Page is doubled over, Reid runs at the King of the F’n World and kicks him between the legs with a low blow of her own. After Page crumbles to the mat, Harter and Reid put the boots to Page. The two continue to stomp away on Page before picking him up and bringing him into the corner. They slam him face-first into the top turnbuckle before grabbing a leg and lifting him up. Page grabs onto the ropes. But Harter reaches over and thumbs him in the eye The two continue to lift up before sending him over the top rope. After Page lands on the apron, Harter and Reid continue to stomp and nudge away on Page until they knock him off the apron and send him to the floor.

(JIMMY PAGE - ELIMINATED)

As Page slowly pulls himself up, Reid mockingly waves at Page while Harter tells him “Bygones!”. The refs at ringside motion for Page to leave the area. But Page keeps his eyes locked on Harter. While Reid and Harter turn to engage with the other grapplers, Harter can feel Page watching him. So The Tenacious Little Bastard turns around and sees Page narrowing his eyes at him. Harter then motions for Page to shoo. Page smirks as he slowly nods at Harter. Harter then heads over, climbs up onto the bottom rope and points at Page before pointing to the back. Page mouths something towards Harter before turning and making his way back up the aisle. Harter steps down and eyes Page as his former foe exits through the curtain.

Back inside, Scott, Reid and Storm all all trying to shove Envi to the outside. Scott and Reid each have a leg while Storm stands over Envi and tries to dump him out with a fireman’s carry.

Kris Cruise: Envi’s nearly out of here, Stephy!

Stephy Auger: C’mon Chief! Hang on! You’ve got to hang on!

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#21 - The crowd erupts with boos when “AMIRA” blares throughout the arena. Harter immediately turns to the entrance as AMIRA slowly approaches the ring.

Kris Cruise: Coming in at #21 is the new Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion, AMIRA!

Stephy Auger: You mean the Magnificent AMIRA Legacy Champion, Cruise! Get it right!

Kris Cruise: … anyway, AMIRA stole that championship from Harter earlier tonight and judging by his expression, he would love nothing more than to make up for that by eliminating AMIRA right here.

AMIRA stops at the end of the aisle while Harter motions for her to get inside the ring. AMIRA hands her new championship off to one of the refs and climbs up onto the apron… only to climb back down. The crowd boos as AMIRA circles the ring to avoid another confrontation with “Francis”. She rolls back then, then back out as soon as Harter approaches.

Kris Cruise: Come on, now. The refs have to get her in the ring!

Stephy Auger: How about Harter lets her get in the ring!

Kris Cruise: Oh please! AMIRA looks like she wants no parts of Harter. But if I stole a championship that Harter worked years to get, I’d try to avoid him at all costs, too.

AMIRA continues to stall until Stryker comes out of nowhere, grabs her from behind and rolls her back into the ring.

Stephy Auger: What is he doing? NO!

Kris Cruise: Stryker just threw AMIRA to the wolves.

The crowd cheers as Harter picks up AMIRA, runs into the corner and slams her face-first into the top turnbuckle. After turning her around and delivering a series of shoulder thrusts, Harter pummels AMIRA down into the corner with a flurry of punches to the face before choking her with his foot.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#22 - “War Machine” blasts over the PA as Chris Madison steps through the curtain. The crowd explodes with cheers as he marches down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Here comes Chris Madison, who defeated Molly Reid earlier tonight to become the new Pride Champion.

Back inside, Harter picks up AMIRA, lifts her up across his shoulders and tries to dump her out to the floor. But AMIRA blocks by reaching out and grabbing onto the top rope. She then lets one hand go, reaches back and rakes Harter across the eyes. After AMIRA slips down, Stryker runs over to attack AMIRA. But AMIRA grabs the top rope and pulls down, sending Stryker over the top rope and to the floor. The crowd boos.

(BRIAN STRYKER - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: Brian Stryker has just been eliminated after being in the Rumble for nearly sixteen minutes!

Stephy Auger: Good! It couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy!

Back across the ring, Scott reverses an irish whip, sending Villa into the ropes. When Villa returns, Scott turns her inside out with a Pinpoint Dropkick. The cheers continue as he picks up Villa, runs and tosses her over the top rope and to the floor.

(YAZZMIN VILLA - ELIMINATED)

Back in the corner, Madison nails Envi with a series of shoulder thrusts until Envi counters with a knee lift. After switching positions and pressing Madison against the turnbuckles, Envi hooks his around around Madison’s legs and tries to lift him up over the top rope. But Madison blocks by hooking one of his arms around the top rope. He then sues his free arm to nail Envi with 12-to-6 elbows to the head.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#23 - “Psycho” plays as Stunray jogs down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Stunray makes his way to the ring. He’s got himself a good number.

Stephy Auger: A good number? No, he’s got himself a great number! Two men have previously on from #23. Plus, he’s flying under the radar. There’s bigger names in the ring right now. Plus, there’s bigger names still to come. If he can low low, he could last until the very end and make his move.

As soon as Stunray slides in, he rushes over and nails Madison with a double ax handle smash across the back of Madison. He then holds Madison’s arms back from behind while Envi “WOO”s after hitting him with alternating knife edge chops and European Uppercuts. Envi then turns Madison around and holds his arms back for Stunray. Envi then “WOO”s for Stunray as he nails Madison with a series of chops of his own.

Across the ring is AMIRA, who takes Harter and whips him into the corner. She then runs across the ring and nails Harter with a cartwheel corner jumping high kick. She then goes to lift up Harter’s leg to dry and dump him to the outside. But Harter blocks with an elbow smash to the side of the head.

Storm then takes Reid and whips her into the ropes. When Reid returns, Storm knocks her down with a bicycle knee to the face. He then brings Reid back to her feet, doubles her over and lifts her up for a gutwrench powerbomb. But as soon as Reid is lifted up onto his shoulders, she rains down elbows across his head. After Reid slips down in front of Storm, she runs into the corner. When she comes back, she throws out a superman punch. But Storm ducks and catches her across his shoulders. He’s got her set up for the Dystopia (GTS). But before Storm can hit it, Reid nails him with a series of elbows to the side of the head. After slipping down from behind, Reid shoves Storm into the ropes. When he comes back, Reid connects with the Molly Kick, sending him over the top rope and to the floor.

(MARK STORM - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: After nearly twenty minutes, Mark Storm has been eliminated!

Stephy Auger: Who has the longest time now?

Kris Cruise: I’m pretty sure it’s Evan Envi, who entered right after Storm did.

Envi and Stunray take Madison and whip him into the opposite corner. Envi runs over to attack, but Madison knocks him back with a back elbow to the face. Stunray then runs over and goes for the Stunray Splash. But Madison ducks and catches Stunray across his shoulders. He then walks out of the corner and goes to slam Stunray down. But Envi comes from out of nowhere and knocks him down with a Kapowski Kick. The boos continue as Envi pops up and celebrates.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#24 - “Engel” blares throughout the arena as Savannah Taylor marches down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: Out at #24 is the Las Vegas Siren, who has a much better number that she got last year.

As soon as Taylor slides in, she’s met with a right hand from Reid. Taylor then returns the favor with a right hand of her own. Reid then nails Taylor with another punch. Taylor comes back with a punch of her own.

Kris Cruise: Taylor and Reid are slugging away, Stephy!

Reid nails Taylor with a punch.

Crowd: YES!

Taylor answers back with a punch of her own.

Crowd: BOO!

Reid nails Taylor with another punch.

Crowd: YES!

Taylor answers back with a punch of her own.

Crowd: BOO!

Reid throws out a punch, but Taylor blocks and counters with a punch of her own.

Crowd: BOO!

Taylor throws out another punch. But Taylor blocks it and counters with a punch of her own.

Crowd: BOO!

Taylor nails Reid with another punch.

Crowd: BOO!

And another.

Crowd: BOO!

And another.

Crowd: BOO!

While Reid is dazed, Taylor turns and runs into the ropes. When she comes back, Reid knocks her down with a Superman Punch.

Crowd: YES!

Back across the ring, Stunray takes Scott and whips him into the corner. He then runs, jumps and connects with a Stunray Splash. He then takes Scott and whips him into the opposite corner before going for another Stunray Splash. But this time, Scott moves out of the way, causing Stunray to crash into the turnbuckles. As Stunray stumbles back, Scott grabs Stunray from behind, runs and tosses him over the top rope and to the floor.

(STUNRAY - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: That’s elimination number four for Chandler Scott!

Harter takes AMIRA and whips her into the ropes. When AMIRA returns, Harter scoops her up across his shoulder before walking across the ring and dumping her over the top rope. But instead of falling to the floor, AMIRA lands on the apron. She quickly scoots herself back into the ring.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#25 - “Amazing” blares throughout the arena as Ricky Valero makes his way down the aisle to boos from the crowd.

Kris Cruise: Earlier on, Ricky Valero and his flunkies, Bristow & Barnes, tried to do a number on the opposite. But the odds were finally evened with Luke Jackson returned to FGA.

Stephy Auger: Who asked for Luke Jackson to come back? I know I didn’t! You would think that Luke Jackson of all people would know not to mess with Pretty Ricky. But that’s okay. He’ll get his. Him, Gonsalves, Bond, they’ll all get theirs!

As soon as Valero gets in the ring, he goes over and attacks Reid from behind. The crowd boos as he and Taylor work together to double team Reid. But the boos turn to cheers when Scott turns Valero around and fires off a series of right hands. Valero and Scott begin to brawl back and forth until Valero gains the advantage after a rake to the eyes.

Across the ring, Madison takes Envi and goes for an irish whip. But Envi reverses, sending Madison into the ropes. When Madison returns, the crowd cheers when he tackles down Envi with a Lou Thesz Press. He then mounts himself on top of Envi before delivering 12-to-6 elbows to the face.

Back in the corner, Valero slams Scott face-first into the top turnbuckle. He then takes Scott and whips him into the top turnbuckle. After points across the ring, Valero runs over and goes to attack Scott. But Scott ducks and dumps Valero over the top rope. The crowd cheers at the sight of seeing Valero eliminated. But the cheers turn to sighs when Valero lands safely on the apron. When Scott turns around, Valero grabs onto the top rope with both hands before knocking him with an a gamengiri. The crowd boos as Valero looks around before scaling to the top turnbuckle.

Kris Cruise: Valero could be looking to bury the hatchet right into Scott’s chest right here.

Valero leaps off and goes for Burying the Hatchet (diving double foot stomp). But Scott rolls out of the way. After Valero lands on the canvas, he rolls forward. When he returns to his feet and turns around, Scott runs over and throws out a clothesline. But Valero ducks. When Scott turns around, the crowd boos when he gets caught with a pelé kick. While Scott is dazed, Valero returns to his feet and runs into the ropes. When he returns, he knocks Scott down with a jumping corkscrew roundhouse knee to the face.

Kris Cruise: Dream Street by Valero!

Stephy Auger: That’s exactly what Scott’s on after that blow to the face!

Valero picks up Scott, presses him against the ropes and tries to dump him to the outside. But Scott does his best to try and hang on.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

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#26 - The crowd cheers when “Blockbuster Night Part 1” hits the speakers. Owen Gonsalves bursts through the curtain and races down to the ring.

Kris Cruise: It’s “The Indestructible” Owen Gonsalves!

Stephy Auger: He’s not indestructible. He’s an annoying little gnat that Valero should’ve squashed long ago!

Valero is throwing a fit at the sight of Gonsalves. As soon as Gonsalves slides into the ring, he and Valero race to the center of the ring and swing wildly at each other.

Kris Cruise: Look at them going at it!

Both men grab onto the back of each other's necks with their left hand while using their right to exchange a flurry of punches to the face. The slugfest continues until Valero doubles Gonsalves over with a knee to the midsection. He then takes Gonsalves, runs and tosses him over the top rope. But Gonsalves is able to land safely on the apron. Valero then runs back over to knock Gonsalves off. But Gonsalves slides back in underneath Valero’s legs. When Valero turns around, the crowd cheers as Gonsalves clotheslines him over the top rope!

Kris Cruise: There he goes, Stephy!

Stephy Auger: No! No! No!

But instead of landing on the floor, Valero lands on the apron and pulls himself back inside.

Back across the ring, Harter takes AMIRA and throws out a short-arm clothesline. But AMIRA ducks and counters with a rolling koppu kick. The crowd boos as she picks up Harter and goes for an irish whip. But the boos turn to cheers when Harter reverses, sending AMIRA into the corner. He then runs across the ring and hurls himself at AMIRA with a double knee strike. But the new Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion dives out of the way, causing Harter to crash into the corner. The crowd boos as AMIRA picks up Harter and tries to dump him to the outside.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#27 - The crowd explodes with cheers when “When The Levee Breaks” blasts over the PA. Johnny karma storms down to the ring to “KARMA!” chants from the crowd!

Kris Cruise: Johnny Karma is making his way down to the ring for his fifth consecutive Gold Rush Rumble! Will the fifth time be the charm for the self-proclaimed Battle Royal God?

Stephy Auger: To be a Battle Royal God, it would probably help if he actually won a Battle Royal or a Gold Rush Rumble.

As soon as Karma slides into the ring, he rushes over and pulls Harter down from behind. When AMIRA turns around, Karma nails her with a right hand. He then takes the new champion and goes for an irish whip. But AMIRA reverses, sending him into the ropes. When Karma returns, he knocks AMIRA down with a clothesline. AMIRA gets back up, only to get knocked back down by another clothesline. When AMIRA returns to her feet, Karma nails her with three jabs before knocking her down with a right hook.

Kris Cruise: Sugar Ray Karma!

Karma then picks up AMIRA and whips her into the ropes. When AMIRA returns, she nearly gets her head knocked off with Check Your Chiclets (superkick). While AMIRA dazed, both Karma and Harter grab her before running and tossing her over the top rope and to the floor. The crowd cheers as AMIRA lays sprawled out on the floor.

(AMIRA - ELIMINATED)

Stephy Auger: Noooo!

Kris Cruise: AMIRA’s out of here, Stephy! The new Mid-Atlantic Legacy Champion has been eliminated!

Stephy Auger: It’s okay, it’s okay! I still have Evan Envi!

Kris Cruise: But he’s not fairing too well, either!

Envi reverses an irish whip, sending Madison into the ropes. When madison returns, Envi sets up for a back body drop. But Madison stops, hooks both arms, lifts Envi up across his shoulder and delivers a Colt45 Backbreaker. The crowd cheers while Envi is seen arching his back.

Across the ring, Taylor reverses an irish whip, sending Reid into the corner. She then runs into the corner and nearly takes Reid head off with a yakuza kick. She then steps back and chokes Reid while pulling down on the top rope. The boos continue while Taylor tries to choke the life out of Reid. But the boos turn to cheers when Harter comes up from behind, grabs Taylor and dumps her over the top rope. But the cheers turn to sighs when Taylor lands on the apron and rolls herself back inside.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#28 - The crowd cheers when “Adrenaline” hits the speakers. Emery Elysian, the other half of the World Tag Team Champions, makes his way down the aisle.

Kris Cruise: Earlier in this match, The Keisters attacked and eliminated both Elon Elysian and Peaches. But I don’t think they’re going to be causing for anyone else in this match after Dan Herrera disposed of them.

Stephy Auger: True. But if Elon was still in the match, at least Emery would have a solid ally that he knew he could trust. Now, he’s all out there by himself.

Back inside, Gonsalves takes Valero, hooks his arms around the top rope and unleashes a series of knife edge chops that echo throughout the arena. He then hammers away with elbow smashes to the face of Valero before trying to dump him to the outside.

Kris Cruise: Gonsalves has his arms wrapped around Valero’s legs! He’s trying push him over the top. But Valero’s hanging on with all his might.

Across the ring, Madison doubles Envi over in the counter with multiple shoulder thrusts to the midsection. He then turns Envi around before trying to lift him over the top rope. The crowd cheers as Madison dumps Envi over the top rope. But instead of falling to the floor, Envi lands on the apron. He the tries to roll back in, but Madison blocks him by delivering several stomps through the ropes. After grabbing a hold of the top rope, the crowd cheers when Madison tries to nudge Envi off the apron. But Envi is able to wrap his arms and legs around the bottom rope. So Madison drops down to his knees and begins nailing Envi with hammer fists to the body. He tries to unwrap Envi’s arms from around the bottom rope. But Envi clings onto the ropes as tight as he can.

Kris Cruise: Madison is working hard for that elimination!

Stephy Auger: I don’t know why! What did Evan Envi ever do to him?

Kris Cruise: What HASN’T Evan Envi done?

Stephy Auger: …

Back inside, Scott can be seen nailing Harter with a series of right hands. He then takes Harter and goes for an irish whip. But The Tenacious Little Bastard reverses, sending the DNA of FGA into the ropes. When Scott returns, the crowd cheers when Harter throws him across the ring with an overhead belly to belly suplex.

Across the ring, Gonsalves takes Valero and whips him into the ropes. But instead of bouncing back, Valero hangs onto the ropes. So Gonsalves runs over to attack. But instead of getting knocked to the outside, Valero ducks and dumps Gonsalves over the top rope. After Gonsalves lands safely on the apron, Valero connects with a pelé kick, knocking Gonsalves off the apron and to the floor.

(OWEN GONSALVES - ELIMINATED)

The crowd boos as Valero mocks Gonsalves. Gonsalves gets back to his feet and tries to climb up onto the apron, but the referees at ringside hold him back. Valero continues to taunt Gonsalves while the crowd counts down.

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

#29 - “You Know My Name” blasts over the PA as Chris Bond steps through the curtain. The Battle-Hardened Veteran runs down to the ring to cheers from the crowd.

Kris Cruise: Here comes the former two-time Pride Champion, Chris Bond! And he’s got his sights set right on Valero!

Stephy Auger: Great! Pretty Ricky gets rid of one nuisance, then here comes another!

As soon as Bond slides into the ring, he runs over and tackles Valero down to the canvas. The crowd cheers as he mounts himself on top of Valero and rans down rights and lefts to the face.

Kris Cruise: Valero’s doing his best to cover up. But a lot of those punches are getting through his defense.

Across the ring, Emery takes Scott and knocks him back across the ring with forearm strikes to the face. He then turns and runs into the far ropes. When Emery returns, Scott lifts him up across his shoulders for the fireman’s carry neckbreaker. But before he can deliver the blow, Emery nails him with elbow to the side of the head. After Emery slips down from behind, he spins Scott around and throws out a spinning backfist. But Scott ducks. When Emery turns around, Scott knocks him down with a Pinpoint Dropkick. He then grabs Emery, runs and tosses him over the top rope and to the floor.

(EMERY ELYSIAN - ELIMINATED)

Crowd: TEN! NINE! EIGHT! SEVEN! SIX! FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! ONE!

*HORN SOUNDS*

Kris Cruise: We know that #30 is going to be the mystery entrant! Who's it going to be?

Stephy Auger: Knowing Valero’s luck, it’s probably Luke Jackson...

#30 - "Light Up the Sky" by Thousand Foot Krutch starts to play and the crowd erupts as suddenly at the top of the darkened stage in a light up jacket, the words “Blake Jones” lit across the back, all as he stands with his back to the crowd.

Stephy Auger: Oh no…

The lights finally come on and Blake spins and faces the audience, a big grin on his face as he makes his way down to the ring, making sure to slap as many hands with the fans as possible.

Kris Cruise: YES! YES! IT’S BLAKE JONES! THE PHILLY YOUNG GUN IS IN THE RUMBLE!

Once he enters the ring by sliding underneath the bottom rope, Harter runs over and throw out a clothesline, but Jones ducks and runs towards the ropes. When Harter turns around, Jones plants him with a handspring into a tornado DDT.

Kris Cruise: Harter gets driven face-first into the mat with a DDT!

When Jones gets up and turns around, Scott runs over and throws out a clothesline, but Jones ducks. When Scott turns around, the crowd cheers when Jones doubles him over, lifts him up and plants him with a Cradle DDT.

Kris Cruise: Another DDT! This time, for Scott!

After Jones gets up, Taylor runs over and throws out the Desert Rose (spinning backfist). But Jones ducks, lifts her up and delivers an atomic drop. While Taylor arches her back, Jones turns and runs into the ropes. When he returns, the crowd cheers when he brings Taylor down with a bulldog.

Kris Cruise: Taylor gets driven down!

After Jones gets back to his feet, he nearly gets his head knocked off with the Molly Kick. When Reid turns around, Jones knocks her down with a dropkick. Reid returns to her feet. But Jones is quick to return her to the mat with another dropkick. Once Reid gets back up, Jones runs over and delivers a running hurricanrana, sending Reid through the ropes and to the floor. While the former Pride Champion picks herself up on the outside, Jones waves his arms up and down to get the crowd hyped up. He then turns and around into the ropes. When Jones returns, the crowd boos when Valero goes to cut him off with a clothesline. But Jones ducks and stops. When Valero turns around, the crowd cheers when Jones knocks him down with the Blakeflip Kick (backflip kick). After returning to his feet with a kip up, the cheers continue when Jones runs forward, leaps through the ropes and knocks Reid down with Jones, Jones and Away (suicide dive). The crowd explodes with cheers while Jones returns to his feet and yells at the crowd to get loud. He waves his arms up and down before high fiving various fans in the front row.

Kris Cruise: Blake Jones is absolutely on fire, Stephy! He’s hitting everything that moves!

As Jones climbs back up onto the apron, Karma heads over to attack. But Jones knocks him back with a shoulder thrust through the ropes. The crowd cheers when Jones follows up with a slingshot rolling thunder into a Tornado DDT.

When Jones returns to his feet, he gets turned around and nails with three punches to the face by Bond. He then takes Jones and whips him into the ropes. When Jones returns, Bond goes for a back body drop. But Jones slips down from behind. When Bond turns around, the crowd cheers when Jones leaps up and plants him with a jumping DDT. Bond bounces off the mat before turning over onto his back. The cheers continue while Jones continues to dominate the match. But the cheers quickly turn to boos when Envi runs up and grabs Jones from behind. Envi hurls him over his shoulder for a release German Suplex. But Jones is able to land on his feet. Once Envi returns to a vertical base, Jones runs over and throws out a clothesline. But Envi ducks. After Jones heads into the ropes and comes back, the crowd erupts with boos when Envi turns him inside out with a Kapowski Kick.

The boos continue as Envi picks up Jones, runs and tries to toss him over the top rope. But Jones hangs onto the ropes. So Harter, Scott, Reid, Taylor and Madison all rush over, grab Jones and push him over the top rope and to the floor.

(BLAKE JONES - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: Blake Jones has been eliminated! It took six people to do it because they definitely weren't having any luck against him one on one!!!

A disappointed Jones walks around ringside and head sup the aisle. But his frown is turned upside down once he gets a standing ovation from the crowd.

Back inside the ring, Valero doubles Bond over with a kick between the legs. He then takes Bond and whips him hard into the corner. After Bond collides chest-first into the turnbuckles and stumbles back, Valero grabs him from behind before delivering the PinnaclePlex (release Regal Plex). The boos continue as Valero takes Bond, moves him over against the ropes and tries to dump him over the top rope. Bond uses his free arm to fight back. But Scott comes over and helps Valero dump Bond over the top rope and to the floor.

(CHRIS BOND - ELIMINATED)

The boos continue as Valero mocks Bond. Bond tries to slide back in, but the refs pull him back. When Valero turns around, the boos turn to cheers when Madison sends him over the top rope and to the floor with a running clothesline!

(RICKY VALERO - ELIMINATED)

Stephy Auger: RICKY!

Kris Cruise: Valero’s arrogance finally caught up with him in the Rumble!

The cheers continue as Bond breaks free from the refs, marches over and puts the boots to Valero. Bond continues to stomp away at Valero until the refs pull him back.

Back inside the ring, Taylor quickly runs up from behind, grabs Madison by the legs and hoists him over the top turnbuckle. One of Madison’s feet hit the floor. But not both of them. After pulling himself back up onto the apron, Taylor rushes over and blasts Madison in the face with the Desert Rose. As Madison leans back, he begins to swing his arms to try and regain his balance. He then lunges forward and grabs onto the top rope with one hand. But Taylor rushes back over and swings away with hammer fists at the wrist and hand. The last blow knocks Madison off the rope, sending the Pride Champion to the floor.

(CHRIS MADISON - ELIMINATED)

Stephy Auger: Savannah Taylor just eliminated the new Pride Cha-

Before Taylor can turn around, Harter runs over and delivers a clothesline from behind, sending the Las Vegas Siren over the top and to the floor to cheers from the crowd.

Kris Cruise: And The Tenacious Little Bastard just eliminated her!

When Taylor gets back up and looks over at Harter, he shrugs his shoulder and tells her “Bygones!” before flashing his signature smirk. Taylor slaps the canvas before storming off to the back.

Back in the ring, Envi goes to attack Harter from behind. But The Tenacious Little Bastard ducks the sneak attack. He then fires off three right hands at Envi before nailing him with a headbutt. While The Chief is dazed, Harter steps back, runs forward and throws out a lariat. But he’s cut off by a European Uppercut from Envi. The crowd gasps as The Chief takes Harter and tosses him over the top rope…

… but Harter lands safely on the apron. Envi then quickly runs into the corner and connects with a springboard roundhouse kick, knocking Harter off the apron and to the floor. The crowd erupts with boos as Envi celebrates.

(DOM HARTER - ELIMINATED)

Stephy Auger: YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! YES YES YES YES YES!

Kris Cruise: Envi didn’t win, Stephy! There’s still three other people left in the match.

On the outside, Harter sits up. He then places his hands on his head in complete shock. He’s lost his Mid-Atlantic Legacy Championship, as well as his shot at the Undisputed Championship, all in one night. Harter turns over and slaps the floor out of frustration before returning to his feet. The Tenacious Little Bastard leaves the ringside area disappointed. Some of the fans in the front row reach over and pat Harter on the back. Even Reid can be seen inside the ring applauding Harter’s efforts.

She then turns and see Scott in the left corner, Envi in the right and Karma directly across the ring.

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Post by FGA Office on Apr 17, 2017 13:13:24 GMT -5

Kris Cruise: We’re down to our final four, Stephy!

Stephy Auger: How long has Envi been in there?

Kris Cruise: Evan Envi has been in there for roughly roughly 34 minutes!

The four remaining participants slowly begin to circle the ring before coming to a stop. Scott and Karma then inch their way towards Reid while the former Pride Champ readies herself. She looks back and forth between the two until the three of them stop… and slowly turn towards Envi.

Stephy Auger: Oh no… OH NO! ENVI, RUN!!!

The crowd explodes with cheers as Reid, Karma and Scott rush over and tackle Envi into the corner. The cheers continue as the trio punch, kick and chop away at The Chief. Envi can be heard howling in pain as he slumps down in the corner. But even down there he isn’t safe as they repeatedly stomp away at his chest.

Stephy Auger: THIS ISN’T RIGHT! THIS ISN’T FAIR! EVAN ENVI HAS NEVER DONE ANYTHING TO THESE PEOPLE! HE’S ALWAYS TREATED MOLLY LIKE A SISTER! HE’S ALWAYS SPOKEN HIGHLY OF CHANDLER! HE THINKS KARMA IS A GREAT GUY! WHY IS THIS HAPPENING TO OUR CHIEF!?!?!?!?!?

Envi continues to howl in pain after getting yanked to his feet. Karma and Scott then take Envi and throw him out of the corner and towards the center of the ring with a double hip toss. After Envi sits up and arches his back, he slowly turns over and gets back to his feet. Reid then runs over and connects with a front dropkick, knocking Envi into the corner. The crowd cheers when Scott then runs, jumps and connects with a flying corner elbow smash. The cheers continue when Karma runs across the ring and nearly takes his head off with a running NYC Uppercut. Reid then runs across the ring, leaps into the air and sends spittle flying out of Envi’s mouth with a Superman Punch. Envi begins to stagger his way out of the corner before Flair Flopping down to the canvas.

Kris Cruise: Evan Envi is getting his tail kicked and this crowd is loving every minute of it.

Stephy Auger: Animals! You’re all a bunch of animals! A man is getting mauled three on one and you’re enjoying this. You’re actually cheering this kind of behavior.

Scott picks up Envi, runs and tosses him over the top rope. But instead of falling to the floor, Envi lands on the apron. He then pulls himself back into the ring before Scott can nudge him off the apron.

Across the ring, Reid spins Karma around and socks him with a right hand, knocking him down. Reid picks up the former two-time Pride Champ and goes for an irish whip. But Karma reverses, sending Reid into the ropes. When Reid returns, Karma kicks her in the midsection, places her in a facelock, turns and goes for the Bum Trip (shoulder neckbreaker). But Reid slips out from behind and shoves Karma off of her. When Karma turns around and goes back to face Reid, Reid throws out a kick to the midsection. After Karma catches her foot, Reid knocks him down with an enzuigiri. Reid then picks up Karma and whips him into the corner. She then runs across the ring and goes for a handspring back elbow. But Karma catches her in mid air! The crowd cheers as Karma turns and throws her down over the top rope and to the floor.

(MOLLY REID - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: After nearly 21 minutes in the Rumble, Molly Reid has been eliminated!

Across the ring, Envi reverses an irish whip, sending Scott into the ropes. When Scott returns, Envi sets him up for a Uranage. But Scott counters with an elbow to the head. He then scoops Envi up across his shoulders for a fireman’s carry neckbreaker. But Envi’s able to slip out from behind. He then grabs Scott from behind and goes for a belly to back suplex. But Scott rolls over his shoulder and lands on his feet When Envi turns around, Scott kicks him in the midsection before delivering a facebreaker knee smash. While Envi stumbles back, the crowd cheers as Scott runs over and connects with the Roaring Hammer (discus polish hammer), sending Envi over the top rope.

(EVAN ENVI - ELIMINATED)

Kris Cruise: He’s gone, Stephy! He’s gone! After roughly 41 minutes, Evan Envi is gone from the Gold Rush Rumble! It’s down to two! Chandler Scott or Johnny Karma! One of these two is going on to All-Star Showdown Six to challenge Izzy Anders for the FGA Undisputed Champion! Who is it going to be!?!?

Scott steps back away from the ropes while Karma steps back away from the corner. When their backs touch, both men turn around and nail each other with right hands. The crowd cheers as the two grapplers trade blows. The exchange of fists continue until Scott nails Karma with a European Uppercut. Karma comes back with an NYC Uppercut. Scott then nails him with another European Uppercut. Karma then responds with another NYC Uppercut. He then quickly cuts Scott off with another NYC Uppercut. After three more NYC Uppercuts, Karma takes Scott and goes for an irish whip. When Scott returns, Karma sets up for a back body drop. But Scott counters with a kick to the face. While Karma stumbles back, Scott turns and runs into the ropes. When he returns, the crowd cheers when Karma throws him down with a snap scoop powerslam. He then picks up Scott, runs and tosses him over the top rope…

… but Scott lands on the apron. He then rolls himself back inside. Karma keeps his arms up thinking that he won. But when he turns around, he sees Scott back inside. So the Karmic Lion marches over and goes to pull Scott up. But in doing so, he’s met with right hands to the midsection. Scott then stands up and fires off a series of right hands to the face. He then takes Karma and whips him into the turnbuckle. Scott then charges across the ring and connects with a hard European Uppercut. After an irish whip into the opposite corner, Scott runs across the ring and goes for a flying corner elbow smash. But Karma ducks and catches Scott across his shoulders. The crowd cheers as he tries to dump Scott over the top rope with a fireman’s carry. But Scott uses his right arm to nail Karma with elbows to the side of the head. After Scott slips down from behind, he takes Karma and scoops him up across his shoulders for a fireman’s carry neckbreaker. But Karma returns the favor with elbows to the side of the head. After slipping down from behind, Karma grabs Scott from behind and goes for Hard Times (ripcord bionic elbow). But Scott ducks and counters with a spinning sitout sleeper slam. While both men are down, the fans leap to their feet to cheer and applaud both men.

After about 15 seconds, both men lean back before returning to their feet with a kip up. When Scott turns around, he turns at Karma and throws out a clothesline. But Karma ducks. After Scott runs into the ropes and comes back, Karma knocks him down with a high knee to the face. He then steps out onto the apron and scales to the top turnbuckle. Once Scott gets up, Karma leaps off and knocks him down with a flying double ax handle smash. He then steps back out onto the apron, scales to the top turnbuckle and lifts his arms in the air. Karma leaps off and goes for From The Stars Above (flying elbow drop). But Scott rolls out of the way. After Karma crashes onto the apron, Scott gets back to his feet and waves him up. Once Karma gets to his feet and turns around, the crowd cheers as Scott lifts him up across his shoulder before bringing him down with a fireman’s carry neckbreaker. Scott then picks up Karma, runs and tosses him over the top rope…

But Karma lands on the apron! He then rolls himself back into the ring. Scott climbs up onto the middle ropes thinking that he won. But he does a double take when he turns around and sees Karma back inside. Scott climbs down before running his hands through his hair. His mind begins to race as he wonders what he has to do to defeat Karma.

Scott marches over and brings Karma away from the ropes. After bringing Karma back to his feet, Scott lifts him up and goes for a Shotgun Stunner. But Karma slips down from behind. He then quickly grabs Scott from behind and throws out Hard Times. But Scott ducks and runs into the ropes. When Scott returns, the crowd cheers when Karma lifts him up, turns and throws him down with a spinebuster. An exhausted Karma stays on his knees before collapsing onto his back.

After about ten seconds, Karma's first to sit up. After slowly turning over onto his knees, Karma gets up to his feet and stumbles into the ropes. Karma leans against the ropes for a few more seconds before stepping out onto the apron. As he slowly scales to the top turnbuckle, Scott returns to a vertical base. When Scott turns around, Karma leaps off for another diving double ax handle smash. But Scott leaps up and counters with a Pinpoint Dropkick, causing the crowd to explode with cheers.

Scott slowly pick up Karma, places him in a front facelock with one arm. After lifting up Karma’s other arm with his free arm, Scott positions Karma for the DNA Driver (Bloody Sunday). But before he can plant Karma, Karma reaches up, grabs Scott’s left wrist, spins out to his right and counters with a short-arm clothesline. The crowd cheers as Scott goes down. But Karma doesn’t let go of the wrist. He reaches down, grabs Scott by the hair and slowly pulls him back up to his feet before knocking Scott down with another short-arm clothesline. Again, Scott goes down. But Karma doesn’t let go of the wrist. After Karma collapses to his knees, he slowly returns to his feet. He then tries to pull up Scott, but he can’t. So Karma squats down and strains as he slowly pulls Scott back up to his feet. He then yanks Scott over and knocks him down with a modified Hard Times. The crowd explodes with cheers as Scott goes down. Karma then picks up Scott, runs and tosses him over the top rope…

...sending Scott to the floor.

The crowd explodes with cheers when “When The Levee Breaks” blasts over the PA.

J.A. Aldridge: Here is your winner of the 2017 Gold Rush Rumble, JOHNYYYY KAAAAAAAAARMAAAAAAA!!!!!

The cheers continue as Karma gets his arm raised in victory.

Kris Cruise: KARMA'S DONE IT! KARMA'S DONE IT! JOHNNY KARMA IS GOING ON TO ALL-STAR SHOWDOWN SIX!

Cherry Baum makes her way into the ring. She heads over and hugs Karma before raising his arm to cheers from the crowd.

Kris Cruise: The Battle Royal God has won the Gold Rush Rumble! WOW! I'm still in shock, Stephy! This capacity crowd is on their feet! Thank you, everyone, for joining us at Only the Strong Survive! Goodnight, everyone, from Tampa as Johnny Karma heads to All-Star Showdown Six!

Stephy Auger: Unbelievable.

The cheers continue as Karma climbs up onto the middle ropes, looks over at the All-Star Showdown VI sign and points to it as pyro blows off in the rafters.

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