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Jeff Dodson: It’s our mystery guest again Heffron, and it looks like he signed on the dotted line with UCW!

Mike Heffron: I think you’ll find you’re wrong Dodso, and once again I’m right.

Jeff Dodson: Really? Enlighten us please Guru Heffron.

Mike Heffron: I’m fairly sure what you’ve just seen is Captain Credible hand over his half of UCW to The Icon, in order to return to the roster.

Jeff Dodson: Surprisingly it makes sense, and what a story it would be! By the sound of it we’ll find out right after our main event, which is up next!

Greg Venom v Chip Horton v Bison © v Patrick McCarthy ©

Donald Donovan: The following match is scheduled for one fall and is a non title bout! Introducing first, from Auschwitz, Poland. Weighing in at 268 pounds, he is the Intercontinental champion, Bison!

[The German national anthem plays and by its beat, Bison marches into the arena. He carries with him the swastika flag raised high above his head. Fixing it into a slot in the first turnbuckle Bison climbs into the ring and salutes to his furor, then turning his back on the flag stands hard to attention and awaits the start of his match.]

[The arena is engulfed in completely and utter darkness. At this, the crowd begin to boo and jeer uncontrollably, as they know that there can only be one man who is about to make his entrance. ‘Ties That Bind’ by Alter Bridge begins to play throughout the arena. As the song picks up at the 23 second mark, blue smoke begins to seep out of the entrance tunnel, and from all around the tron. At this moment, the figure of a man, wearing a long, black trench coat, becomes visible in the smoke, and the boos grow larger still. The man is staring down at the floor. As the song hits the first chord of the chorus, the man suddenly raises his head and arms up high above his head, and on each hand shows the rock and roll sign, as fireworks go off behind him in a variety of different colours. He is now smoking cockily at the crowd, who have nothing but disdain for him. He then begins his walk down the ramp, arguing with members of the crowd on his way…]

Donald Donovan: Making his way to the ring, now residing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada…He weighs in tonight at two hundred and forty pounds…The self-proclaimed Unquestioned Lord and Ruler of the Universe…This is ‘The King of Awesomeness’…CHIIIIIIIIIP HORRRRRRRRTONNN!”

[As his name is mentioned, the boos reach a high again, and KoA cockily poses to the crowd, who then boo him even more. He just smirks, and runs the rest of the way down the ramp and slides in to the ring under the bottom rope. He lies on the mat on his stomach for a moment, cockily smirking, before jumping up on each turnbuckle and showing the crowd the Sign of Awesomeness, who reply with the middle finger and boos too him. He laughs at them, before removing his trench coat and throwing it at a near by stage hand. ‘Ties That Bind’ then cuts and the lights return to normal.]

Donald Donovan: Introducing third, from Newport, South Wales. Weighing in at 210 pounds, The Venomous One Greg Venom!

[The lights in the arena flash Green and white before “Poison” by Alice Cooper hits out. A few fire works go off behind UCW superstar Greg Venom as he appears at the top of the ramp. He looks out towards all the people in the arena. As he smiles he is met with a pop of very few cheers. As he walks towards the ring, Venom gets into a few of the fans faces that are flipping him off and throwing refreshments at him. As he gets by the steel steps a few fans hold out there hands Greg just waves them off and climbs towards the ring.

In the ring he climbs onto each corner one at a time pointing his thumbs towards his chest, he then looks over towards the referee and nods and loosens up against the ropes.]

[ “Cosmonaut” by At the Drive-In hits the sound system and the lights in the arena start flashing. From behind the entrance curtain emerges Patrick McCarthy, wearing sunglasses, a “McCarthy Disciple” T-shirt, and a black leather jacket. A large set of rosary hangs from McCarthy’s neck as he bows his head, before looking up and making the sign of the cross - blessing himself – then hyping up the crowd.]

Donald Donovan: Finally, making his way to the ring. Currently residing in Boston, Massachusetts and weighing in at 185 pounds. He is your World Heavyweight Champion, The Saint, Patrick McCarthy!

[ McCarthy walks down to the ring giving high-fives to the fans along the walkway. McCarthy hands his sunglasses to a small fan at ringside before sliding in under the bottom ropes. McCarthy climbs two of the turnbuckles repeating the act from the entrance way, before slowly removing his shirt, jacket and rosary beads.]

Jeff Dodson: This is what we’ve been looking forward to Heffron, a lot of pent up aggression left over from last week should be on show. Seemingly everyone has issues with everyone else and of course the man with the biggest target on his back is The Saint, UCW’s new Champion, Patrick McCarthy.

Mike Heffron: Of course he is Dodso, you get a win over the champ and you put yourself right in the title picture, Patrick McCarthy has to live with being a walking target every week he holds that belt.

[In the ring all four men circle each other cagily, each waiting for another to make the first move. Eventually Horton stops and exchanges glances with Venom and Bison, seconds later they all charge toward Patrick McCarthy and start laying into The Saint with lefts, rights, boots, forearms and just about everything bar the kitchen sink. Eventually Venom and Horton step back and allow Bison to pick McCarthy up and send him down hard to the mat with a pumphandle slam. As the big man flexes his muscles when he gets up he’s taken by surprise by a step-up enzuguri right to his temple, courtesy of Chip Horton’s right boot. The self proclaimed King Of Awesomeness looks very pleased with himself and taps the side of his head, indicating to the crowd he’d used his brain to take advantage. However Horton had forgotten the prescence of Greg Venom and turned round right into Lou Thesz press, followed by a barrage of right hands from the former UCW heavyweight champion. An angry Bison interrupts Venom’s right hands by literally dragging Greg off Horton and flinging him through the air before stomping a mud hole into Chip. Venom meanwhile picks himself up and turns his attention towards McCarthy who’s just getting to his feet across the other side of the ring. Venom clubs him on the back several times to keep him on the back foot, then drives him back down to the canvas with a sharp DDT. Bison on the other hand has lost some of his momentum against Horton, the latter having managed to poke Bison in the eye while being dragged to his feet and then taken the big man off his feet with a chop block to the back his knee.]

Jeff Dodson: Frantic start here Heffron, it’s almost like we’ve got two mini matches going on here, with Venom wanting revenge on McCarthy and Horton seeking retribution on Bison.

Mike Heffron: That’s right Jeff and at the moment both champions are on the defensive.

[Chip Horton whips Bison into the corner and charges after him, bringing his knee up to smash Bison in the face, then hitting the Intercontinental champ with a bulldog straight out of the corner to complete the series of moves he calls Awesome Impact. Meanwhile Greg is chopping away at McCarthy in the other corner, before Horton’s cover on Bison forces him to stop and try to break up the pin…]

Jeff Dodson: Cover from Horton, 1…2 Venom breaks it up!

Mike Heffron: And he’s not happy with Chip Horton trying to win it this early, he’s unloading on The King Of Awesomeness!

[Greg Venom is indeed peppering Horton with a series of rights and lefts, finishing up with a brutal uppercut that almost takes Horton’s head off. Chip is left staggering but finds the canvas when Venom introduces him to it courtesy of a Russian legsweep. The momentum takes another swing almost straight away though, as Venom gets back to his feet he barely has time to react before being met full on by a shining wizard from Patrick McCarthy, followed up immediately with a couple of swift elbow drops.]

Jeff Dodson: Finally the champ is allowed some sustained offence, and he’s showing exactly why he’s such a threat, as soon as you take your eye off him, even for a second he’ll make you pay!

Mike Heffron: Well he might be about to pay soon Dodso, look who’s back on his feet.

[McCarthy is forced to turn his attentions away from The Venomous One as he sees Bison get to his feet out of the corner of his eye. McCarthy quickly swivels and runs toward the giant, trying to take him off his feet with a cross body splash. Bison shows his immense strength though and merely catches McCarthy mid-flight, he takes a second to steady himself before flinging The Saint over his head with an impressive fallaway slam. Bison picks McCarthy back up and whips him toward the ropes, but Chip Horton is picking himself up close the McCarthy and pulls down on the top rope, sending the champion hurting straight over the top and out to the floor below. Horton again looks pleased himself for a moment, but that expression soon changes when Bison begins to move toward him. Bison grabs the skull of The King of Awesomeness, but Chip claws as the referee’s shirt, bizarrely pulling him right toward him. His motivation soon becomes obvious though as this makes the referee unsighted for the blatant low blow he then subjects the Intercontinental champion to, sending Bison crumpling to the mat.]

Jeff Dodson: What a dirty trick!

Mike Heffron: I call it intelligent Dodso, Horton’s thinking outside the box, that’s the sort of thing you have to do against someone as physically blessed as Bison is. You can’t just go in and trade blow for blow with him.

Jeff Dodson: So it’s Ok to cheat if you can’t beat someone fair and square?

Mike Heffron: No…it’s Ok to cheat any time!

[Horton gets to his feet and surveys the debris around him. He makes a beeline for Bison and after a few kicks to his torso, begins to lock in his variation of a Python Lock. After a few seconds of struggling from Bison, Chip finally manages to lock it in right in the centre of the ring. Bison tries desperately to feel for a rope with some part of his anatomy but it looks like he’ll struggle to escape. He holds on for a respectable amount of time, but just as his hand begins to waver above the canvas, Patrick McCarthy appears on the apron, flips over the top rope and catches Chip square in the chest with an Izzy kick before he can do anything to avoid it. Almost at once McCarthy covers Horton…]

1…2…Venom breaks the count!

[Greg Venom drags McCarthy off Horton and too his feet, setting him up for and then hitting The Saint with an inverted DDT. He looks around at everybody else struggling on the deck and makes for the top rope. He takes a second to steady himself before soaring off and skull meets skull as he lands a brutal swandive headbutt from the top rope on Patrick McCarthy. He clutches his face for a few moments on the floor, before rolling over McCarthy for the pin…]

1…2…

Kick Out!

Jeff Dodson: Patrick McCarthy somehow gets his shoulder up just before the three, this is like déjŕ vu, it’s exactly what he did at Gold Rush!

Mike Heffron: What does it take to put this man away?

[Venom slowly gets to his feet and awaits one of his fallen foes to pull themselves up. The first man to show signs of life is Bison, so Greg positions himself behind the big man and stalks him. As Bison is almost fully up Greg charges toward him, only for Bison to turn around and react extremely quickly to hit a bone crunching spine buster on The Venomous One, almost breaking him in half. Bison signals that he’s ready to put Venom away, but before he can make his way toward Venom, Chip Horton has made it to his feet and catches Bison off guard with a facebuster knee smash. Horton takes a quick look and sees McCarthy very slowly climbing to his feet in the corner, so rishes to get Bison up and into position for a DDT, instead though Horton flips through and rolls over Bison’s back, keeping the DDT held on though, and twists in mid-air landing a spinning neckbreaker variation he calls The Mark of Awesomeness.]

Jeff Dodson: Mark Of Awesomeness!

Mike Heffron: The Fat Lady has sung Dodso, this one’s done. He covers, One…two..thr…what the hell?

Jeff Dodson: Leap Of Faith! Where the hell did Patrick McCarthy just come from!

[Patrick McCarthy had gotten to his feet just in time to see the end of the Mark of Awesomeness and Horton cover Bison. Reacting quickly the champ has flipped up to the tope rope in one movement, before launching himself straight back off into a stalling swanton Leap Of Faith, landing it right on Horton and Bison just before the officials hand came down for the three count. McCarthy begins to crawl toward the two men to cover but Greg Venom suddenly comes into shot behind him, drags him to his feet and throws McCarthy over the top rope and to the floor! Venom smiles to himself before dropping down on Bison to the sound of boo’s ringing in his ears as the referee begins his count…]

One…Two…Three!

Donald Donovan: Here is your winner, Greg Venom!

Jeff Dodson: Greg Venom stole one! He let McCarthy do all the work, then took the pinfall for himself.

Mike Heffron: Doesn’t matter Jeff, if that had been a title match Greg Venom would be a two time world champ, regardless of how he did it.

Jeff Dodson: It stinks to me Heffron, both Greg and Ian have stole their wins tonight.

Mike Heffron: It’s no coincidence Dodso, Tommy DeWitt turns up, BROS reunite and both of them win, as a duo they’re almost unstoppable. They think outside the box, just like Chip Horton did tonight, he had the Intercontinental champion beaten twice tonight, it’s not a good night for the belt holders.

Jeff Dodson: That’s right Heffron, just what will the ramifications of this match be? Is Greg Venom the new number one contender? Will Chip Horton have a psychological edge over Bison if he gets past Peter Gilmour? Will McCarthy seek some retribution from Venom next week and can BROS be stopped from taking over UCW, we’ll find out next week.

Winner by Pinfall: Greg Venom

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We cut once again to the office of UCW Co-Owner Joey Johnson. He’s leaning back on his chair, feet up on the desk, peering lazily at the TV to his left. Across the room CEO Annie Alvarez is perched on her desk, also watching the screen.

Annie Alvarez: That was a good show this week.

Joey Johnson: Was? It’s still going

Annie Alvarez: Did you bang your head while you were pole dancing again? The main event just finished.

Joey Johnson: I know, and I always bang my head when I’m pole dancing, that’s neither here nor there.

Annie Alvarez: So what have we got left?

Joey Johnson: Wait and see, it’ll bring the roof off.

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[The show comes back from a rather long and tedious commercial, to find the crowd a little restless, obviously not pleased by the fact that the main event is over yet the show still has about fifteen minutes to run. The camera pans round to focus on the ramp and entrance area. After a pause of easily thirty seconds the camera pans back out to show almost the whole arena, the place then gets filled by the sound of “My Sacrifice” by Creed and an old familiar looking titantron video. Suddenly the crowd erupt and almost take the roof off the building. The camera switches too Jeff Dodson and Mike Heffron who are staring at each other blankly with their jaws to the floor. The shot pans out again and unbelievably Steve”ACE”Marlay strolls out from behind the curtain. The smile on his face is huge and the fans continue with the hero’s welcome, Ace is dressed in a smart black suit and blue shirt, while walking down the ramp he takes off the suit jacket and throws it into the crowd, before high fiving every fan he can as he walks down the aisle. Ace soon enters the ring via the steps and stepping between the ropes, he poses again for the crowd who are now chanting his name. He takes his time, climbin every turnbuckle in turn and getting a massive ovation from each corner of the Resche Center. A mic is passed to him and he goes to tak, but is drowned out by another ‘Marlay’ chant. He smiles to himself and chokes down the lump the ovation brings to his throat, after a long wait he lifts it to his lips.]

ACE – Wow!! It sure makes a change to be in a UCW ring and not have to worry about a Scotsman attacking me!!

[The fans cheer for Ace and a few start a Wallace chant, which brings a slight nod of approval from Steve”ACE”Marlay.]

ACE – Damn, it is so cool to be back in UCW, it is sure as hell amazing to finally be back out in front of UCW fans… my fans!!

[The crowd once again explode into cheers.]

ACE – The fans that have watched me reach many of the highs of my career, along with some of the lows, and yet always supported me. Every time I walked back through the UCW doors I got a hell of a reception and I like to think that’s because every single time I step between these ropes I give everything for you guys. I leave blood, sweat and tears in the ring in the name of competition and entertainment. Hell even after I turned my back on UCW and joined Danny Royal’s GWA, my fans welcomed me back with open arms, and I’ll never forget that.

[The UCW crowd applauds almost as one and Marlay takes a second to compose himself before continuing. ]

ACE – Right in here in this ring, we’ve shared some of UCW’s picture book moments. My Intercontinental title victory was one of the high points, as was winning the tag team titles. And who could forget standing here in the middle of the ring, shaking the hand of ‘The Icon’ Joey Johnson, as we united against the GWA. That was the day Ace came home, much like today, and watching it now and the reaction it gets still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up.

[The fans now start a ‘Welcome Back’ chant and Ace smiles, motioning for them to calm down while he continues.]

ACE – Speaking of old memories, it is also great to see some of the old guys in the back, some of which I consider my greatest friends in this business. I also owe one of those friends a huge thank you, Joey I sincerely mean this when I say thank you for all the noughts on my contract!!

[Ace smiles whilst some fans laugh and others cheer.]

ACE – In all seriousness though I would like to say it’s great to see Joey in a position of power, he understands the business and he understands me… So I guess he could just be my perfect boss.

[A Joey Johnson chant starts.

ACE – I also look at some of the new guys and see a hell of a lot of talent, no doubt a few of them will be watching me here now, and wondering where this old guy gets off hijacking the end of the show. Well guys, if that’s the case then I suggest you sit down with a stack of old UCW DVD’s and watch how many times Steve Marlay is mentioned. I was once an IC champion, a tag champion, a fan favourite and at one point the most seen man in UCW history, I was part of the furniture, I was the core of UCW, part of the very foundation on which this great company is built. Steve Marlay was on UCW’s very first event, the original Gold Rush tournament, I’ve been a part of every single run UCW has had, I helped build this place from the ground up and now I’m back to reclaim a little part of it that belongs to me. I guess I’d better actually get to why I am here before the show ends. I want what every man in the industry should want, what in some respects I feel is owed to me, what despite being at the very soul of UCW I never got a shot at being. That’s right folks, I want to be World Champion!!

[Crowd cheer.]

ACE – However that isn’t my immediate target, my more immediate plan is to take back a belt that I once could call my own. I want to once again be called the UCW Intercontinental Champion. I intend wasting no time taking that belt… So I suggest those who intend getting involved with ruining that plan think twice, because no one has what it takes to FACE… ACE!!

[With that said “My Sacrifice” hits again and the show fades to an end with Steve”ACE”Marlay standing alone in a UCW ring once again in front of a hyped and ecstatic crowd.]