Trios Tournament Night 1
Tonight eights teams will go to war. Twenty four soldiers will step onto the field of battle. They will fight for fame, fortune, honor, and the right to call themselves the best team in the world. Blood will be lost, bodies will be broken, and dreams will be shattered. This is the Trios Tournament 2008 and these men are ready for a fight.
Round One Block A
Match 1: Team WCC (Chris Jericho, Austin Aries, and John Morrison) vs. The New Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Petey Williams, and Shelton Benjamin)
The New Hart Foundation makes their way to the ring first. Representing them are Teddy Hart, Shelton Benjamin and Petey Williams. The three men do not get a warm reception as they head down the ramp and climb into the ring. Chants of “Canada sucks†echo throughout the arena, as all three men taunt the fans from the top turnbuckle. As the music stops, a countdown suddenly appears on the titantron. The crowd count along, from 7 to 0, before the pyro shoots across the stage. As the mist clears the WCC champ Chris Jericho appears, with his back to the crowd. Austin Aries and John Morrison stand on either side, holding their title belts aloft for all to see. These three are the best WCC has to offer and will be looking to do their federation proud tonight. They all head down the ramp, Jericho leading them to the ring. They climb up onto the apron and salute the crowd, before climbing inside. It seems WCC are the crowd’s favorites here tonight. Likely more out of their hatred for the Hart Foundation and less based on their own appeal. The ref calls both teams to the centre of the ring and explains the rules before calling for the bell. It will be Shelton Benjamin and Austin Aries to start us off tonight. Both men circle the ring, before Benjamin goes in for the leg takedown. He drops Aries, before bridging in a waistlock. Aries tries to free himself, but Benjamin taunts him with a series of disrespectful slaps across the head before releasing him. The former ROH champ is not pleased as he stares down the two-time Intercontinental champion with a snarling face. He suddenly rushes towards Shelton looking for a clothesline. But Benjamin easily counters with a hip toss, before placing Aries into a reverse chin lock. Aries struggles to fight back to his feet, as Benjamin tries to exert more pressure. The former TNA star finally breaks the hold, as he drops to his knees with a modified jawbreaker. He quickly makes the tag to Morrison who capitalizes on Benjamin’s distractedness. Morrison hits Shelton with a solid right hand to the jaw, before forcing him into the corner. The Shaman of Sexy hits him with a flurry of right hands, before trying the Irish whip. But Shelton counters sending Morrison crashing into the corner. Benjamin rushes towards the former ECW champ looking for the Shelton Splash. But this time Morrison counters with a double boot to the face. Benjamin stumbles back, before struggling to his feet. Meanwhile The Guru of Greatness springboards off the middle turnbuckle, before coming back with an incredible Roundhouse kick to the side of Benjamin’s head. The former amateur wrestler drops to the mat like a stone, as Morrison goes for the cover. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but Petey makes the save to keep his team in this Trios Tournament.
Morrison scowls at Williams as he exit’s the ring, before lifting Shelton back to his feet. He hit’s the former WWE tag champ with a boot to the midsection, before signaling it’s time for the Corkscrew Neckbreaker. But as he tries to hit the move, Benjamin springs to life. He counters out of the neckbreaker, before lifting Morrison into the air and slamming him back down with an amazing T-Bone Suplex. The crowd begins to really get into the match, as both men are left laid out in the middle of the ring. Shelton can’t even make the cover, as he begins to crawl towards his corner. Morrison does the same, as the crowd urges both men on. Both make it to their corners simultaneously, with Benjamin tagging in Teddy Hart, as Morrison tags in Jericho. Y2J rushes towards Hart looking to get the jump on him. But Hart uses his incredible agility to springboard off the ropes and drops the WCC champ with a tremendous dropkick. Jericho is down in the middle of the ring, as Teddy takes advantage. He rushes off the ropes, before hitting the champ with a flipping leg drop, much to the delight of the crowd. He tries a quick pin, but Jericho kicks out almost immediately. Hart maintains control as he lifts the first Undisputed champ to his feet and locks in the double underhook. Teddy signals it’s time for the flip piledriver, but Jericho struggles out into a full nelson. The champ tries to hit the facebuster on Teddy but he’s just too quick. Hart counters out of the full nelson, before dropkicking Jericho in the back of the head. Y2J is sent crashing head first into the turnbuckle, before stumbling back out. Hart decides to go high risk, as he rushes up the turnbuckle. But Jericho doesn’t give him the chance, as he shoves him off the top turnbuckle. Hart lands face first onto the guard rail, before collapsing onto the floor. The ref begins the 10 count, as Petey Williams goes to check on Teddy. The Canadian Destroyer begrudgingly pushes him back into the ring, despite his obvious injury. Jericho quickly takes advantage as he lifts the young Canadian to his feet. He slaps Hart hard across the face, before Irish whipping him hard into the corner. As Teddy stumbles back out, Y2J plants him with a facebuster, before rushing off the ropes. He springboards back with a Moonsault and connects for the Lionsault. This is surely it as the champ hooks the legs. 1, 2, 2 ¾, but Hart kicks out to the amazement of the entire arena. Jericho is furious with the ref and is close to losing it. But Morrison calms him down from the apron. The self proclaimed King of the World lifts Hart back up to his feet and signals it’s time for a Powerbomb. He lifts the cruiserweight up onto his shoulders and prepares to drive him onto the mat. But Teddy tries to counter into a huracanrana. But Jericho counters again, stepping over and into the Walls of Jericho.
The champ tries to exert pressure on Hart’s back but Teddy doesn’t allow him to lock in the hold fully. He struggles to turn over, before hitting the champ with a pair of boots to the face. Hart scrambles to his corner and makes the desperation tag to Petey, as Jericho clutches his face. Williams explodes into the ring and unleashes a series of right hands to the face of Jericho, before trying the Irish whip. Y2J easily reverses it and tries the overhead belly to back. But Petey puts the brakes on and signals it’s time for the Canadian Destroyer. But Jericho realizes what’s happening and counters by lifting Petey up onto his shoulders. The champ tries to slam the Canadian down with a high angle spinebuster. But Williams continues to fight, as Jericho falls back against the ropes. Petey frees himself and lands on the apron, as Jericho turns around. The champ tries to hit him with a shot of his own. But the former X-Division champ blocks the shot, before jumping over the ropes and hitting Jericho with a double-knee facebuster. Jericho stumbles back. The last shot has clearly busted him open. Meanwhile Petey gets back on his feet and sets up Jericho for the Canadian Destroyer. Y2J is helpless as Petey prepares to finish him off. But before he can do it, Aries rushes in and drops him with a devastating left handed lariat. William’s team-mates don’t take kindly to that and rush into the ring. Benjamin spears Williams to the ground as Hart knocks a slow to the draw Morrison down onto the outside. The highflying Hart leaps up and over and takes the Guru of Greatness and himself out of the match with an insane Shooting Star Press. Aries and Benjamin roll themselves out of the ring and down onto the floor. The former ROH champ lands on top on the outside and quickly takes advantage. He viciously rakes the eyes of Shelton, as the crowd look on in disgust. Meanwhile inside the ring, Williams and Jericho get back on their feet. The champ is still a little dazed and confused, as Petey goes for the inside cradle. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, but Y2J kicks out. As they both get back on their feet, Jericho hit’s the former Team Canada captain with a solid boot to the midsection, before trying the Codebreaker. But as he tries to plant him, Petey counters into a front slam. Williams tries the roll through pin with bridge. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but the champ has the waistlock and powers him back up to his feet.
Jericho turns him around and lifts him up onto his shoulders for a Powerbomb. But Williams again fights out, landing on his feet. He hit’s a boot to the midsection, before signaling it’s time for the Canadian Destroyer. This time Jericho is helpless, as the WNG star plants the champ with a devastating Flip Piledriver. The crowd is on their feet, as Williams prepares to go for the pin. But before he can even move, Aries comes flying off the top rope and connects with an incredible 450 Splash. The crowd is on their feet, as Aries struggles to his feet. Nobody saw him coming. Nobody even knows where he came from. The WCC X-Division champ tosses a seemingly unconscious Jericho on top of Petey, as the ref makes the count. Aries holds off Benjamin. 1, 2, 3. The winners of this match. Team WCC. Team World Carnage Championship makes it through by the skin of their teeth. The New Hart Foundation had it won, until an insane move from Austin Aries saved the day. Can they be so fortunate twice in a row, as they meet the winners of the Destroyers and Merchants of Destruction match in the second round. We’ll find out later tonight.
The Merchants of Destruction walk to the ring first. Marcus Cor Von grabs a mic before getting in.
Cor Von: Destroyers! You have no right to call yourselves by that name. We are the true group that brings destruction to the Serengeti. We bring more power to the table than any other team. You indy nobodies better get ready to feel the Poooooooooooooooooooounce period.
“Gimme Back My Bullets†hits and the Destroyers walk down the entrance ramp. Jay Briscoe has a microphone.
Jay: Boys; it’s time to Man Up!
Briscoe drops the microphone and the Destroyers charge into the ring. They begin to exchange punches with the Merchants. Rhino, Lashley, and Cor Von begin to get the better of the Briscoes and Matt Cross, but the Destroyers get a burst of energy and begin to fight back. The referee steps in the calms things down enough to get both teams into their respective corners. He rings the bell.
Match 2: The Destroyers (Mark and Jay Briscoe and Matt Cross) vs. the Merchants of Destruction (Rhino, Lashley, and Marcus Cor Von)
Starting in the ring for the Destroyers is Mark Briscoe while Rhino starts for the Merchants of Destruction. These two brawlers square off in the middle of the ring and begin to exchange right hands. Mark gets the advantage by using multiple palm thrusts to the throat on Rhino. Briscoe goes to bounce off the ropes, but Cor Von nails him in the back with a kick. Mark turns to face Cor Von, but that distraction allows Rhino to surprise Briscoe with a facebuster. Rhino tags in Lashley and Lashley goes right to work on Mark by locking in an armbreaker. Mark gets out of the hold and hits an enzugiri on Lashley. Briscoe gets a burst of energy and runs at the ropes. Mark springboards and hits a cutter on Lashley. Mark goes to make the tag, but Cor Von gets into the ring and drags him into the M.O.D.’s corner. Lashley gets up and drops an elbow on Briscoe. Lashley tags in Cor Von, who gets into the ring and begins to stomp repeatedly on Mark. The “Alpha Male†brings Briscoe to his feet and whips him into the ropes. Mark bounces back and Cor Von takes him out of his boots with a pounce. The force from the pounce knocks Mark into the Destroyers corner. Mark makes the hot-tag to his brother Jay. Jay gets into the ring and delivers a big boot to the face of Cor Von. Briscoe goes up to the top rope and waits for Cor Von to get to his feet. When Marcus stands up he is taken right back down with a huracanrana by Jay. Jay hits a leg drop on Cor Von before tagging in Matt Cross. Cross gets Cor Von to his feet and whips him into the corner. Cross gets onto the ring apron and then hits a slingshot swinging DDT on Cor Von. Cross goes for the pin, but Lashley gets in the ring and breaks it up at 2.
From out of nowhere Mark hits a cross body on Lashley. Cross uses a knee drop on Marcus while Mark picks up Lashley and hits a brainbuster on him. Mark stands up and he is caught with a gore from Rhino. Jay hits a missile dropkick from the top rope on Rhino. This match has broken down and the ref cannot regain control. Cor Von has Cross in the corner and is laying in the punches on him. Cor Von whips Cross into the ropes. On Cross’ bounce back he is hit with the Pounce by Cor Von. Then before he can even hit the mat Rhino turns Cross inside out with a gore. Cor Von goes for the pin, but Jay is able to break it up with a senton to Marcus. Rhino attacks Jay from behind with some clubbing forearms to the back. Jay kicks Rhino in the gut, hooks the arms, and hits the J-Driller. Jay is almost hit with a Pounce by Cor Von, but he is able to dodge it at the last second. Cor Von rams himself into the ring post. He grabs his shoulder in pain before turning around to face Jay. Jay kicks him right in the shoulder with a big boot. Mark is on the top rope. Jay kicks Cor Von the stomach before getting him in the double underhook. Mark jumps off the top turnbuckle and drives Cor Von’s feet down. Cor Von’s head is planted into the mat with the Spike J-Driller. Jay sets up Cor Von on the mat while Cross goes to the top rope. M-dogg 20 hits the Death from Above, a corkscrew 450 splash. Cross goes for the pin. Lashley tires to break it up, but the Briscoe’s keep him out of the ring. Just as the ref is about the count 3 Cor Von gets his arm up. Rhino gets to his feet just as Mark Briscoe gets into the ring. Mark uses repeated strikes to the throat on Rhino before knocking him to the mat with a superkick. On the outside Lashley picks up Jay and throws him into the third row of fans. Lashley turns around and Mark Briscoe goes to the top rope. He jumps off and hits a Shooting star press on the standing Lashley. Back in the ring Cross is back on the top rope. He hits the 450 splash on Cor Von for the second time. M-dogg 20 goes for the pin and gets the 3 count. The Destroyers go on to face Team WCC.
The BLK OUT makes their way to the ring. Homicide grabs a mic.
Homicide: Me and the rest of the BLK OUT are ready to bring the straight up thug life to the Trios Tournament. We gotta take out some ultraviolent nobodies from CZW to move on one step closer to the finals. Team CZW you wanna bring the hardcore to this match we’ll just take our game to the next level.
Team CZW walks onto the entrance ramp and towards the ring.
Zandig: Will you shut the fuck up! Someone ring the bell.
Match 3: BLK Out 2.0 (Ruckus, Sabian, and Homicide) Vs. Team CZW (Nick Gage, Nick Mondo, and John Zandig)
Both teams are actually competitors in CZW but BLK OUT has loyalties in many federations. Nick Gage and Ruckus will start this one for the team. Gage and Homicide gets a brief handshake before Ruckus hits a toe kick then locks in a side headlock. He starts wrenching it to get pressure and Gage battles out of it and sends him across the ring with an Irish whip. Nick gage bends over for a Back body Drop but Ruckus rolls over him and grabs his waist from behind. Ruckus tries to lift him for a German suplex but Gage hooks his leg behind his to stop the move. Gage hits elbows to the back of the temple to break the hold and he sends him into his team’s corner, Gage reaches out and tag Nick Mondo as he grabs the head of Ruckus and pulls him away from the corner. Gage lifts Homicide for a suplex but throws him forward into a gordbuster; Nick Mondo catches him in midair and hits a running powerslam! Great move and ability by team CZW. Mondo kicks Ruckus on the ground a few times before reaching out to tag Zandig, the founder of CZW gets in the ring and him and Mondo lifts Ruckus to hit a successful double suplex. Zandig tries a pin but only a 2 count. Zandig gets to his feet and leaps into the air to hit a legdrop across the throat! John Zandig grabs Homicide and pulls him to his corner and tag in Nick Gage. The current CZW champion and CZW founder hits a double DDT, driving him headfirst into the mat almost breaking some bones. Zandig and Gage both get to their feet and Zandig hits anther Legdrop and Gage hits a back senton! Gage tries a pin but only a 2 count before Sabian gets in the ring and breaks the hold. Sabian in forced to the outside back to his corner by the Ref as Nick Gage grabs Ruckus and sets his head between his legs. Gage lifts him by the waist as he drives him down with a solid powerbomb! Gage hooks his leg for a pin but again Sabian breaks the hold up then gets sent back to his corner. Gage makes a tag to Nick Mondo and tells him to go up on the corner. Gage grabs Ruckus and lifts him into straight up on his head and Nick Mondo jumps to spike the piledriver! Gage runs at the corner of BLK OUT and knocks both men off the apron for Nick Mondo to get an uninterrupted pin. 1….2… Kickout!
Ruckus kicked out despite the brutal punishment in this match. Nick gage leaves the ring following the ref instructions to get to his corner. Nick Mondo calls for an Ending at his picks up Ruckus and sets him head first into a corner, Nick gets up him and lifts him into an electric chair, the assault driver! Mondo grabs his arms and tries to get the iconoclasm but Ruckus runs threw for a victory roll! 1…2… Kickout! Ruckus tries to roll toward his corner but Mondo grabs his leg. Ruckus jumps up to hit an Enzugiri Kick! Ruckus dives toward his corner but no one is in it! Mondo gets back and charges Ruckus but the former CZW champions rolls past him, turns around quickly and hits a dropkick knocking Mondo in the corner. Mondo rebounds and Ruckus goes between his legs and reaches out toward his corner and makes a tag to Homicide! Homicide springboards up on the rope and hit a flying clothesline on Mondo! Homicide grabs Mondo as he gets back up and delivers an implant DDT! Homicide tries a quick pin but only a quick two count before Mondo forces his way out of it. Nick Gag tries to force his way into the ring but the ref stops him and Zandig. Homicide lifts Mondo to his feet and sends him into the BLK OUT corner. He makes a tag to Sabian before hitting a toekick making Mondo bend over holding his gut. Sabian grabs the ropes and jumps on top before spring boarding and hitting a double stomp to the back sending Mondo crashing in the floor! Double impact move, the stomp the back and the collision with the floor afterwards. Sabian tries a pin on Mondo but Gage is in to break it up. The ref forces him to the outside trying to keep order in the match. Sabian quickly gets to his feet and picks up Mondo. Black Jesus Sabian grabs the arm of Mondo and sends him into his team’s corner. Sabian makes a tag to Homicide. Homicide goes to the top ropes and waits for Sabian to pulls Mondo away from the corner to flip forward taking down Nick Mondo! He hooks the leg on the flip for a quick pin. 1…2... Kick out.
Homicide taps his arm calling for the West Brooklyn lariat and motions for Mondo to get to his feet. Mondo fights off his weariness piece by piece has he gets to one knee and Homicide runs at the ropes, uses them to gain momentum and fires back with the lariat! Mondo ducks under it and grabs Homicide for a roll up! 1…2…3! Sabian and Ruckus are in the ring in an instant and are on Mondo. Gage and Zandig are in just seconds later and they tear apart the team and drag them off for separate battle, BLK OUT is too good for a team battle. Nick Gage grabs the throat of Ruckus and tries a chokebreaker but as he goes up Ruckus gets off and gets behind him. Zandig and Sabian trade shots but Zandig ahs more muscle and knocks him into the corner. Zandig tries to take advantage and Sabian hits a low dropkick sending him in face first into the second turnbuckle! Ruckus tries a to get up for a reverse rana but Gage battles out before he can get up and grabs his throat again! Gage brings him into the air and hits the chokebreaker! Ruckus bounds around the ring holding his back in pain before falling to the floor. Homicide runs at Mondo and nails the west Brooklyn lariat the second time around! Mondo is out cold and Homicide goes for Gage, Nick gage reaches into his pocket and pulls out brass knuckles and knocking out Ruckus and then connects with a shot to Sabian! Zandig grabs Sabian and delivers the Mother F’N Bomb! Nick Gage pulls Mondo to his feet and points at Homicide, Mondo picks up Homicide and loads him on his shoulder in the electric chair position. Mondo grabs his arms and sends him crashing to the ground with the assault driver! Nick Gage, Nick Mondo, and John Zandig raise their arms in victory has the defeated team BLK OUT 2.0 to advance in the trio’s tournament.
An earlier recorded promo with the Christian Coalition plays.
Christian: Wow, we have a challenge in the first round don’t we. I’m mean look at this line up; Apu, Curry Man, and Tommy Chong. Wait, I think I might have gotten their names wrong. Tomko, did I?
Tomko: No.
Christian: That’s what I thought.
AJ: Last Line, we’re going to ship you right back to WNG right where you belong. You’re used to dealing with no names from the indies, now you’re in the big leagues.
Christian: Last Line, this is going to be your last match as a team. We're taking this entire tourney because that's how we roll.
Match 4: Christian Coalition (Tomko, AJ Styles, and Christian Cage) vs. WNG’s Last Line (Sonjay Dutt, Christopher Daniels, and Rob Van Dam)
Christian Cage’s music hits and the Instant Classic makes his way to the ring. The TNA tag champs flank him on either side. Tomko the Problem Solver and the Phenomenal AJ Styles strut to the ring as the crowd boo them relentlessly. But none of them take any notice as they all climb into the ring and await their challengers for this evening. Suddenly the sound of sirens blare across the arena, before mist descends across the entrance way. Three superstars suddenly burst through the mist. They are WNG’s Last Line. Rob Van Dam, Christopher Daniels and Sonjay Dutt. All three are cheered unanimously as they head down the ramp and climb into the ring. Sonjay and Daniels salute the fans from the top turnbuckles as Van Dam gets the entire arena as the chant “RVDâ€. As they settle down, the ref calls for the bell to start this first round contest. It will be AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels of all people to start us off tonight. These two have a checkered past, at one time being both best friends and worst enemies. Both men lock up immediately with AJ gaining the early advantage. He places the Fallen Angel in a side headlock as Cage encourages him from ringside. Daniels tries to counter, lifting the Phenomenal One up for a backdrop. But AJ counters into rolling snapmare, before hitting a dropkick to the back of the head. Styles taunts the fans as they begin to get behind Daniels. AJ lifts the Fallen Angel to his feet, before forcing him back into the corner and making the tag to Christian. The Instant Classic climbs into the ring and begins to work over the Fallen Angel. He unleashes a barrage of right hands, before Irish whipping Daniels hard into the far corner. Cage rushes after him, connecting with a powerful running elbow to the face. He quickly places Daniels in an inverted DDT, looking for the Reverse DDT. But as he tries to land it, the former X-Division champ counters into a vertical suplex. Daniels scrambles to make the tag as Cage tries to stop him. But the Fallen Angel makes it to his corner and gets the tag to Sonjay Dutt. The Playa from the Himalaya leaps over the ropes, before taking down Cage with a flying head scissors. The Instant Classic is thrown halfway across the ring, as Dutt gets back on his feet. Christian is barely up to one knee as Dutt comes rushing across the ring and connects with a powerful Shining Wizard. The WNG star tries the cover, but Tomko puts a stop to it before the ref can even reach 1.
Sonjay glances at the monster, before dragging Cage back into the middle of the ring. Dutt has the crowd on their feet as he heads up to the top turnbuckle and prepares to hit the Hindu Press. But his showboating doesn’t pay off, as the Instant Classic hits him with a right hand. Dutt lands split-legged on the turnbuckle, causing the entire crowd to cringe in unison. Christian takes full advantage of this precarious position, as he climbs up onto the middle turnbuckle and Superplexes the X-Division star from top. The impact shakes the entire ring, as Sonjay crashes back first onto the canvas. Cage is the first one to his feet as he makes the tag to an eager Tomko. The Man Mountain climbs over the rope, before lifting Dutt up like a small child. Sonjay tries to fight back, but Tomko is too strong as he drops the WNG star with a horrific clothesline. The 6ft 6†behemoth goes for the pin but Dutt gets the shoulder up to stay in this match. Tomko is quickly back on the attack as he lifts Sonjay up by the throat. The TNA tag champion powers him up easily. But before he can hit the Choke Toss, Dutt fights back with a series of wild shots. One luckily strikes the big man’s eye, causing him to lose his grip. As Sonjay drops to the mat, he rolls straight to his corner and make the desperation tag to RVD. The crowd goes insane, as Van Dam leaps up onto the top turnbuckle. As Tomko turns around, the former ECW champion launches from the top, connecting with a superb flying side kick to the face. The big man is finally off his feet, as Van Dam gets back on his. He rushes off the ropes before hitting the Rolling Thunder. Van Dam goes for the cover as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, but Tomko powers him off. RVD is control as he lifts Tomko back to his feet. But the TNA star rakes the eyes to free himself, before tagging in AJ Styles. The Phenomenal One springboards from the apron to take down Van Dam with an incredible flying forearm. Styles decides not to go for the cover, instead choosing to lift Van Dam back up to his feet. He sets him into position for the Styles Clash but RVD quickly fights out. He goes for the spin kick followed by the leg sweep. But Styles avoids both, before dropping him with the Pele Kick. AJ goes for the pin as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but Van Dam gets the shoulder up in the nick of time.
Styles is in total control as he tosses RVD to the mat disrespectfully and tags in Captain Charisma. Cage goes straight up to the top and prepares to launch with the Frog Splash. He taunts Van Dam, before leaping from the top. But RVD rolls out of the way, as Cage crash and burns face first into the mat. As the Instant Classic tries to get back to his feet, Van Dam rushes towards him and hit’s the Oklahoma Roll. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, 3. RVD rolls out of the ring as Cage goes insane. Daniels, Dutt and Van Dam have just won the match. Christian grabs the ref by the collar and screams in his face. He demands the ref restart the match but the referee is too scared to even give him an answer. As the ref cowers in fear, Cage finally snaps, decking him with a powerful right hand to the face. The ref is left nearly out cold on the mat, as Cage orders AJ to get a couple of chairs. Meanwhile the Instant Classic picks the 150lb ref up and slams him down face first into the mat for the Unprettier. Tomko tosses the unconscious ref on top of the first chair, as AJ hands the second one to Christian. As the Instant Classic prepares to hit the Con-chair-toe, security rushes to aid the referee. But Tomko and Styles prevent them from getting inside. Security pleads desperately with Christian and at one point it seems like he has calmed down. But the Instant Classic just uses this to gain momentum before delivering a horrific chair shot to the back of the referee’s head. The crowd is in shock as Cage finally tosses the chair aside. What has just happened here is unforgivable. What does this mean for Christian and co. in the future? He may have just gotten himself blacklisted from every federation known to man for that stunt. Regardless of the aftermath, the result stands. WNG’s Last Line advance to the second round where they’ll take on Team CZW later in the night.
Block A Semi-Finals
During the intermission Chris Jericho talked to the fans.
Jericho: This Trios Tournament is WCC! We are going to take every challenge we get and prove that WCC is the best company going today. Aries, Morrison, and I are not some of; we are THE best wrestlers in the world today. The other teams don’t have a shot at beating us. WNG, POI; you may have helped create this tourney, but you will never... EVER win this.
Match 1: Team WCC (Chris Jericho, Austin Aries and John Morrison) Vs. The Destroyers (Mark Briscoe, Jay Briscoe, Matt Cross)
WCC victorious over the Hart foundation and the Destroyers won against The Merchants of Destruction. Both ready to go on ahead to the next round and willing to give it all here at the Trios Tournament! Chris Jericho is to start for WCC and Matt Cross aka M-Dogg 20 for the Destroyers. Jericho asks for a test of strength but Matt Cross waves it off, he isn’t going to risk it. Cross jumps for a low dropkick to the knee but Jericho makes a jump up and Cross missed. Matt and Chris get back up and are staring into each others eyes. Jericho this time feints a right hand and kicks the back of the leg of Cross, he returns with a chop across the chest of Jericho. Chris rakes the eyes of Matt then goes down and pulls his legs out from under him, Jericho keeps a hold of his legs and tries to turn him over for the walls but Cross fights out and reaches the ropes before it is locked in. Jericho releases it due to the ref’s orders but hits a kick to the back of Cross and pulls him back into the center of the ring. Jericho runs at the ropes and comes back, he stops short of the normal back splash and kicks the head of Cross to throw him off. Jericho jumps and delivers his back senton! Chris tries an early pin but Cross kicks out. Chris knew it wasn’t enough o finish this he is part of the game slowly wearing him out by forcing his 200 plus frame off him. Chris makes a tag to Austin who jumps into the ring and waits for Jericho to get Cross to his feet and runs to deliver a boot straight to the face! Austin picks up to a sitting position and hits a strong kick to the back! Austin swings his foot and hits another kick to the back and Cross rolls on his stomach to try and relieve some of the pain. Aries doesn’t waste momentum and gets down on his level to lock in a scissors armbar! Cross’s arm is bent in an ugly position as Aries has the intent of breaking his arm if it wins this match. Matt reaches with his free arm toward the ropes but he is too far away. Matt raises his arm tap and Jay Briscoe gets in the ring and hits a low running dropkick to Austin to force the break. Austin holds his face in pain but gets to his feet quickly. The ref forces Jay out within seconds and Austin makes a tag to Morrison as he holds on to his face, might be a broken nose or jaw. Morrison jumps in the ring, up the top ropes and hits split-legged corkscrew press! Morrison tries to get the pin but only a 2 count before Mark Briscoe this time makes the save. Morrison yells at the ref to remove Mark who does it immediately and Morrison makes another quick tap this time to Austin Aries. Aries gets in the ring and picks up Matt Cross he sends him into a corner and runs at him connecting with a full on clothesline in the corner. Aries holds Matt in place and hits him with a ridiculously powerful chop that knocks him to the ground. Aries pulls Cross back up and hits a second knife edge chop! Knife edge seems to fit as there is blood starting to show from a cut on the chest of Cross. Aries hits a third chop of the match and knocks Cross to the ground. Aries pulls him from the corner and tries to get a pin. Only 2 ½ before Cross gets the shoulder up with his own accord.
Aries lifts Cross to his feet and makes a tag to Jericho. Chris gets in the ring and holds Cross in place for Aries to lands more of his wicked chops further busting up the chest of Cross. Aries stops for a second then licks his arm and fires a powerful chop but Cross rolls out of the way and the move hits Jericho! Chris recoils in his corner holding his chest and Austin tries to tell him it was an accident! Jericho tags Morrison and leaves the ring to walk up the ramp. He is leaving his team! Cross makes it to his corner and makes a tag to Jay Briscoe. Austin goes to the outside and tries to talk to Jericho but Y2J isn’t having any of it as he is long gone. Now it is a 2 on 3 match even if the 3 has a man down he can come back. As the ref gets the others out of the ring John secretly removes the padding of a turnbuckle in his team’s corner. Morrison and Jay meet in the ring and Morrison gets a go behind to get behind Jay with a waist lock. Eh tries to get him into the air with a German suplex but Jay hits an elbow to the head then grabs his arm and wrings in back into an arm wrench. He pulls Morrison in close and hits a European uppercut in the shoulder and Morrison hits the ground holding his shoulder. Jay Briscoe like shark-sensing blood of near by prey takes full advantage and starts attacking that left arm and shoulder region. Jay grabs his arm and throws it down on the mat with full impact. He doesn’t stop there as he picks up the arm and goes around into a leg drop on the shoulder! Morrison goes over to the bottom rope and tries to rest his arm away from Jay but the Briscoe grabs his leg and pulls him into the middle of the ring and delivers an elbow drop again to the should, left arm! Jay goes over to his corner and makes a tag to Mark and the audience hears him the Left arm. Jay picks John off the ground and gets another arm wrench on him furthering harming the limb of the body. Mark Briscoe runs and hits a strong dropkick to the arm! Mark grabs Morrison to stop him from rolling around clutching his arm and makes a pin. Only a 2 count before the ability to kick out. Mark pulls Morrison to his feet and locks his arm behind him and lifts him off the ground for a scoop slam landing on his arm! Mark goes over and tags in Jay Briscoe, quick tags to defeat Morrison; only one man needs to be defeated in a tag team match. Jay jumps to the top rope and waits for Mark to gets John off the ground and swings his arm back to drop an elbow on the shoulder! Mark and Jay aren’t done yet; they each grab the former ECW champion and send him shoulder first into the steel post! They pull him out and throw him again shoulder first into the steel post! Jay tries a pin as Mark leaves the ring and Austin Aries gets in the ring to break the pin up. Austin leaves the ring before the ref gets a chance to and Mark grabs the arm of John Morrison and hooks his legs over it to get in an armbar! Morrison is writhing in pain and raises his arm to tap after only a few seconds of the move and Austin climbs into the ring. The ref gets in his way and tries to get him in the ring and his partner is tapping out with his soul to get the hold to end and prevent permanent damage. Mark breaks his hold wondering why the hell the ref didn’t call for the win. Jay Briscoe’s gets in the ring and knocks Austin off the apron onto the guardrail below. Jay and Mark gets on one side of Morrison and both lock in armbars! Morrison is screaming and trying everything in his power to end this pain but with arms tied he can’t tap out!
Jay and Mark finally stop the torture and Jay leaves the ring due to ref instruction. Mark officially makes a tag to Jay and instructs him to get ready. Jay stays on the apron as Mark grabs Morrison and lifts him into an electric chair! Jay jumps on the ropes and goes forward with the wicked lariat but Morrison rolls under into a victory roll pin! Quick two count as the ROH MVP kicks out! Morrison hits an Eye rack on Jay and pulls Mark in, he grabs his head and tries to hit his corkscrew neckbreaker but his arm can’t handle the work and he pushes mark away holding his injured arm. Austin Aries gets back into the ring and attacks Jay Briscoe before he can recover from the eye rack of Morrison. Aries and jay trade clenched stiff shots between each other until Aries can get the advantage with an European uppercut! Jay struggles back and Aries gets beside him to hit a forward fall Russian legsweep! Mark Briscoe grabs Mark from behind into a chicken wing half nelson and drops him back with a suplex! Morrison head hits the amt hard and Mark wastes no time picking him up for a fireman carry, he tries to sends him for the cut-throat driver but Aries is there with the save in the form of one of his chops! Mark drops Morrison and clenches his fists to like his brother trade stiff fists to and from Austin Aries. Mark hits a cheap kick to the skin and runs hitting a springboard missile dropkick! Matt Cross gets in his corner exhausted and watches them fight it out, he tries to get in the ring but opts better to stay out as Austin falls down and gets up quickly to see Jay Briscoe kicks him in the gut and hit the J-Driller! Jay tries to go to his partner for an assist but the ref finally gets the authority back in him and stops him in his tracks. Mark struggles to regain his composure from his shots from Aries then turns back to Morrison. He lifts him off the ground and John sends his arm up to hit a low blow! Mark falls to his knees trying to regain his breath and John Morrison hooks his neck and hits the corkscrew neckbreaker! John doesn’t go for a pin! He holds him arm in pain, think he landed on it wrong. Jay shoves the ref aside and goes after the former tag team specialist. Morrison grabs Mark by his legs and sends his head first into the expose steel of earlier! John tries to rise to his feet but collapse again holding that arm. Morrison gets close to the ropes and uses them with a lot of leverage to pull him to his feet. Matt Cross sees his chance to finally take a role in this match once again and gets on the top ropes as John Morrison gets to his feet. Morrison turns around and Matt Cross jumps for a forward moonsault as known as the shooting star, he grabs his head and drives it down to complete the death star! Matt Cross, Morrison, Aries, both Briscoe’s are all down in the ring and this match is till going on.
The titan tron goes back and the cybernetic countdown goes as the lights in the arena dim down. 8…7…6…5….4…3…2… Fireworks scale the sides of the tron and Jericho goes through the curtain and the crowd goes insane as the WCC superstar runs back to the ring. He jumps on the apron and almost jumps over the ropes and he strains to make a tag with the downed John Morrison but he gets it and Jericho bounds in the ring. Chris runs at the ropes, jumps onto the second rope and jumps backwards into a low moonsault! The Lionsault on the Jay Briscoe! Chris hooks his legs as the ref makes the three count! Chris Jericho rises to his feet and poses to the crowd as his team in declared the winners! Jericho goes to the edge of the ring and asks for a mic.
Chris Jericho: Let’s get one thing straight, I will NEVER!
Crowd: EVER!
Jericho: NEVER!
Crowd: Ever!
Jericho: EVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR betray World Carnage Championship!
Match 2: Team CZW (Nick Gage, Zandig, and Nick Mondo) vs. WNG’s Last Line (Sonjay Dutt, Christopher Daniels, and Rob Van Dam)
Team CZW makes their way to the ring first. The grungy music deafens the crowd, as all three men step out onto the stage. They salute the fans as they cheer them all the way down the ramp and into the ring. Zandig, Gage and Mondo climb to the top turnbuckles and rile up the crowd, before this second round match. As they warm up in the ring, sirens suddenly sound across the arena. Pyro explodes across the stage as Van Dam, Daniels and Dutt appear at the top of the stage. WNG’s Last Line of course defeated Christian’s Coalition last night to advance here. The three men head straight to the ring as the referee calls for the bell. It will be RVD and Nick Gage to begin this match. Both men circle the ring before locking up. Van Dam tries a quick kick to the side of the leg, but Gage sidesteps it. Both men finally lock up, as Gage gains the advantage. The CZW star places Van Dam in a hammerlock, before lifting him up for a backdrop. But Mr. Monday Night back flips and lands on his feet. As Nick turns around, RVD hits him with a spinning back kick that sends him reeling back into his corner. Zandig makes the tag in as Gage steps out, clearly disappointed at being bested by RVD. Zandig rushes straight at the former WWE star looking for a clothesline. But Van Dam ducks it easily, before sweeping his legs from under him. The WNG star rushes off the ropes, before performing a handstand into a standing Moonsault. But Van Dam doesn’t realize Zandig is back on his feet as he goes for the Moonsault. The CZW founder catches him in midair, before he can go for the Moonsault. He powers RVD up into the air, before slamming him down with a Full Nelson slam. Zandig goes for the early cover but only gets a 1, before RVD kicks out. But the 6-time CZW champion shows no mercy as he lifts Van Dam to his feet. He forces the hardcore legend into the corner, before unleashing a series of wild punches to the face and gut. The ref forces the break at 5, much to the chagrin of Zandig. He follows the ref’s orders, Irish whipping Van Dam into the far corner. The CZW founder quickly follows through with a running shoulder tackle, squashing Van Dam into the corner. Zandig is in total control here as he drags RVD to the corner and makes the tag to Mondo. Mondo is quickly on the offensive as he lays in a series of tight fisted shots to the face of the former ECW star. The ref warns him about the closed fists but he pays no attention. He finally stops after 10 and drags RVD into the middle of the ring. He lifts him up, before slamming him down for a scoop slam in the middle of the ring. Mondo rushes off the ropes, but Dutt catches him with a boot to the back of the head. Nick is furious and swings a misguided right hand at Sonjay. But the Playa from the Himalaya avoids the blow, before hanging him up on the rope. As the CZW star stumbles back into the middle of the ring, Van Dam drops him with a powerful spin kick to the face. RVD uses his last ounce of strength to make the much needed tag to Daniels. The Fallen Angel works Mondo over with round the clock stomps, before hitting a standing leg drop. He goes for the quick pin but Mondo quickly gets the shoulder up at 1.
Daniels lifts him back to his feet and powers him up for a vertical suplex. The Fallen Angel allows the blood to rush to his head, before slamming him down hard onto the canvas. Daniels doesn’t go for the cover, instead choosing to head up to the corner. As quick as a flash, he springboards off the middle turnbuckle and up onto the top, before leaping back for the BME. But Mondo rolls out of the way as he flies through the air. But somehow Daniels lands on his feet, showing that agility that made him the main-eventer he is today. But Mondo uses the harsh landing to capitalize. He hits him with a boot to the midsection, before planting him with a DDT. Both men are down in the corner, as the ref looks on. He’s unable to invoke the 10 as one team must advance in this quarter-final match. Mondo is the first to stir as he crawls towards his corner. Daniels quickly does the same, inching his way closer to his corner. Both make the tag simultaneously, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Mondo tags Gage as Daniels tags in Dutt. Sonjay tries to get the jump on Gage as rushes towards him. But the CZW star takes him down with a Lou Thesz Press before laying in a series of savage right hands. Gage picks him up and hits him with a powerful shot to the side of the head, sending the original Playa from the Himalaya reeling against the ropes. The hardcore superstar grabs Sonjay, before Irish whipping him off the ropes. Nick goes for the clothesline, but Dutt ducks underneath. He comes off the rope again, this time he tries to take Gage over with the flying head scissors. But as he tries to take Gage over, the hardcore superstar counters into a Spinning Electric chair drop, smashing Sonjay face first into the mat. Nick goes for the cover, as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but Van Dam breaks up the cover to keep his team in this tournament. Gage is quickly back on his feet as he climbs on top of Dutt. The CZW superstar lays in repeated right hands to the face of Sonjay, only stopping at the threat of disqualification. He drags a busted open Dutt to his corner, before making the tag to Zandig. The CZW founder climbs into the ring and unleashes a series of knife edge chops to the chest of Sonjay, before Irish whipping him towards the corner. But Zandig doesn’t send him to the far corner, instead slamming him face first into the near corner. The WNG star stumbles out of the corner, clearly dazed and confused as Zandig lifts him up onto his shoulders. The Playa from the Himalaya is powerless to fight back, as Zandig swings him around, before slamming him onto the mat for a neckbreaker. He goes for the cover, as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ¾, but Sonjay somehow gets the shoulder up. The CZW founder is in disbelief as the ref assures him it was only 2.
Zandig doesn’t waste much time as he lifts up the X-Division star with ease. He taunts Dutt, before Irish whipping him off the ropes. As Sonjay comes back, Zandig powers him up with a gorilla press. But Dutt struggles out, before landing behind him. Zandig tries to swing a wild right hand at Sonjay. But the WNG star ducks underneath, before hitting a dropkick to the knee. The Team CZW captain drops to one knee, before Sonjay hits him with a dropkick to the face. Dutt uses the last of his energy to make the much needed tag to Van Dam. RVD jumps the ropes, before tumbling across the ring and hitting the Rolling Thunder on Zandig. RVD tries the cover but Zandig powers out at 1. The former ECW champ lifts the big man to his feet, before trying the Irish whip into the corner. But the CZW star easily overpowers him. Zandig sprints towards RVD looking for the Big Boot in the corner. But RVD uses his superior speed to roll out of the way. Zandig crashes into the turnbuckle, hanging himself up on the ropes in the process. Van Dam takes full advantage as he hit’s a couple of shoulder tackles, followed by a back flips into a running shoulder tackle. The Last Line captain is in total control as he salutes the fans with his trademark “RVD†taunt. Gage and Mondo take exception to RVD’s showboating and rush into the ring to put a stop to it. Gage drops him from behind with a powerful forearm as both men begin to stomp all over him. But Daniels joins the fray and quickly turns the tide. The Fallen Angel grabs Mondo by the head, before tossing him straight over the top and out onto the floor. Meanwhile Gage grabs Dutt by the throat and goes the Chokebreaker. But as he powers the WNG star up, Sonjay counters with the go behind, before rushing him against the ropes. Nick hangs on as Sonjay tumbles back into the middle of the ring. But as he turns to face Dutt, Daniels hits him with a running calf kick that sends him tumbling over the top rope and out onto the floor. Zandig is in trouble, as Daniels lifts him to his feet and hit’s the Last Rites in the centre of the ring. All three men head to a corner, as the ref tries to gain some order in this match. Daniels is the first, as he springboards off the middle rope onto the top, before hitting an incredible B.M.E. Sonjay then launches halfway across the ring, before connecting with an amazing Hindu Press (Phoenix Splash). And finally Van Dam leaps halfway across the ring, turning in midair before crashing down onto the sternum of Zandig. He struggles to make the cover, as Daniels and Dutt take out Gage and Mondo with tandem suicide dives. 1, 2, 3. The ref calls for the bell and this epic match is over. WNG’s Last Line is victorious and advances to the semi-finals where they will face off against Team WCC. Dutt, Daniels and Van Dam stand triumphant in the ring. They have been a surprise package in this tournament, given their inexperience as a unit but after this victory they are sure to be among the favorites to pick up the coveted trophy tomorrow night.
Thank You for coming to the first night of action of Trios Tournament 2008. Please leave any feedback that you may have. Be sure to come back the next two nights for even more of this insane trios wrestling.
Tonight eights teams will go to war. Twenty four soldiers will step onto the field of battle. They will fight for fame, fortune, honor, and the right to call themselves the best team in the world. Blood will be lost, bodies will be broken, and dreams will be shattered. This is the Trios Tournament 2008 and these men are ready for a fight.
Round One Block A
Match 1: Team WCC (Chris Jericho, Austin Aries, and John Morrison) vs. The New Hart Foundation (Teddy Hart, Petey Williams, and Shelton Benjamin)
The New Hart Foundation makes their way to the ring first. Representing them are Teddy Hart, Shelton Benjamin and Petey Williams. The three men do not get a warm reception as they head down the ramp and climb into the ring. Chants of “Canada sucks†echo throughout the arena, as all three men taunt the fans from the top turnbuckle. As the music stops, a countdown suddenly appears on the titantron. The crowd count along, from 7 to 0, before the pyro shoots across the stage. As the mist clears the WCC champ Chris Jericho appears, with his back to the crowd. Austin Aries and John Morrison stand on either side, holding their title belts aloft for all to see. These three are the best WCC has to offer and will be looking to do their federation proud tonight. They all head down the ramp, Jericho leading them to the ring. They climb up onto the apron and salute the crowd, before climbing inside. It seems WCC are the crowd’s favorites here tonight. Likely more out of their hatred for the Hart Foundation and less based on their own appeal. The ref calls both teams to the centre of the ring and explains the rules before calling for the bell. It will be Shelton Benjamin and Austin Aries to start us off tonight. Both men circle the ring, before Benjamin goes in for the leg takedown. He drops Aries, before bridging in a waistlock. Aries tries to free himself, but Benjamin taunts him with a series of disrespectful slaps across the head before releasing him. The former ROH champ is not pleased as he stares down the two-time Intercontinental champion with a snarling face. He suddenly rushes towards Shelton looking for a clothesline. But Benjamin easily counters with a hip toss, before placing Aries into a reverse chin lock. Aries struggles to fight back to his feet, as Benjamin tries to exert more pressure. The former TNA star finally breaks the hold, as he drops to his knees with a modified jawbreaker. He quickly makes the tag to Morrison who capitalizes on Benjamin’s distractedness. Morrison hits Shelton with a solid right hand to the jaw, before forcing him into the corner. The Shaman of Sexy hits him with a flurry of right hands, before trying the Irish whip. But Shelton counters sending Morrison crashing into the corner. Benjamin rushes towards the former ECW champ looking for the Shelton Splash. But this time Morrison counters with a double boot to the face. Benjamin stumbles back, before struggling to his feet. Meanwhile The Guru of Greatness springboards off the middle turnbuckle, before coming back with an incredible Roundhouse kick to the side of Benjamin’s head. The former amateur wrestler drops to the mat like a stone, as Morrison goes for the cover. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but Petey makes the save to keep his team in this Trios Tournament.
Morrison scowls at Williams as he exit’s the ring, before lifting Shelton back to his feet. He hit’s the former WWE tag champ with a boot to the midsection, before signaling it’s time for the Corkscrew Neckbreaker. But as he tries to hit the move, Benjamin springs to life. He counters out of the neckbreaker, before lifting Morrison into the air and slamming him back down with an amazing T-Bone Suplex. The crowd begins to really get into the match, as both men are left laid out in the middle of the ring. Shelton can’t even make the cover, as he begins to crawl towards his corner. Morrison does the same, as the crowd urges both men on. Both make it to their corners simultaneously, with Benjamin tagging in Teddy Hart, as Morrison tags in Jericho. Y2J rushes towards Hart looking to get the jump on him. But Hart uses his incredible agility to springboard off the ropes and drops the WCC champ with a tremendous dropkick. Jericho is down in the middle of the ring, as Teddy takes advantage. He rushes off the ropes, before hitting the champ with a flipping leg drop, much to the delight of the crowd. He tries a quick pin, but Jericho kicks out almost immediately. Hart maintains control as he lifts the first Undisputed champ to his feet and locks in the double underhook. Teddy signals it’s time for the flip piledriver, but Jericho struggles out into a full nelson. The champ tries to hit the facebuster on Teddy but he’s just too quick. Hart counters out of the full nelson, before dropkicking Jericho in the back of the head. Y2J is sent crashing head first into the turnbuckle, before stumbling back out. Hart decides to go high risk, as he rushes up the turnbuckle. But Jericho doesn’t give him the chance, as he shoves him off the top turnbuckle. Hart lands face first onto the guard rail, before collapsing onto the floor. The ref begins the 10 count, as Petey Williams goes to check on Teddy. The Canadian Destroyer begrudgingly pushes him back into the ring, despite his obvious injury. Jericho quickly takes advantage as he lifts the young Canadian to his feet. He slaps Hart hard across the face, before Irish whipping him hard into the corner. As Teddy stumbles back out, Y2J plants him with a facebuster, before rushing off the ropes. He springboards back with a Moonsault and connects for the Lionsault. This is surely it as the champ hooks the legs. 1, 2, 2 ¾, but Hart kicks out to the amazement of the entire arena. Jericho is furious with the ref and is close to losing it. But Morrison calms him down from the apron. The self proclaimed King of the World lifts Hart back up to his feet and signals it’s time for a Powerbomb. He lifts the cruiserweight up onto his shoulders and prepares to drive him onto the mat. But Teddy tries to counter into a huracanrana. But Jericho counters again, stepping over and into the Walls of Jericho.
The champ tries to exert pressure on Hart’s back but Teddy doesn’t allow him to lock in the hold fully. He struggles to turn over, before hitting the champ with a pair of boots to the face. Hart scrambles to his corner and makes the desperation tag to Petey, as Jericho clutches his face. Williams explodes into the ring and unleashes a series of right hands to the face of Jericho, before trying the Irish whip. Y2J easily reverses it and tries the overhead belly to back. But Petey puts the brakes on and signals it’s time for the Canadian Destroyer. But Jericho realizes what’s happening and counters by lifting Petey up onto his shoulders. The champ tries to slam the Canadian down with a high angle spinebuster. But Williams continues to fight, as Jericho falls back against the ropes. Petey frees himself and lands on the apron, as Jericho turns around. The champ tries to hit him with a shot of his own. But the former X-Division champ blocks the shot, before jumping over the ropes and hitting Jericho with a double-knee facebuster. Jericho stumbles back. The last shot has clearly busted him open. Meanwhile Petey gets back on his feet and sets up Jericho for the Canadian Destroyer. Y2J is helpless as Petey prepares to finish him off. But before he can do it, Aries rushes in and drops him with a devastating left handed lariat. William’s team-mates don’t take kindly to that and rush into the ring. Benjamin spears Williams to the ground as Hart knocks a slow to the draw Morrison down onto the outside. The highflying Hart leaps up and over and takes the Guru of Greatness and himself out of the match with an insane Shooting Star Press. Aries and Benjamin roll themselves out of the ring and down onto the floor. The former ROH champ lands on top on the outside and quickly takes advantage. He viciously rakes the eyes of Shelton, as the crowd look on in disgust. Meanwhile inside the ring, Williams and Jericho get back on their feet. The champ is still a little dazed and confused, as Petey goes for the inside cradle. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, but Y2J kicks out. As they both get back on their feet, Jericho hit’s the former Team Canada captain with a solid boot to the midsection, before trying the Codebreaker. But as he tries to plant him, Petey counters into a front slam. Williams tries the roll through pin with bridge. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but the champ has the waistlock and powers him back up to his feet.
Jericho turns him around and lifts him up onto his shoulders for a Powerbomb. But Williams again fights out, landing on his feet. He hit’s a boot to the midsection, before signaling it’s time for the Canadian Destroyer. This time Jericho is helpless, as the WNG star plants the champ with a devastating Flip Piledriver. The crowd is on their feet, as Williams prepares to go for the pin. But before he can even move, Aries comes flying off the top rope and connects with an incredible 450 Splash. The crowd is on their feet, as Aries struggles to his feet. Nobody saw him coming. Nobody even knows where he came from. The WCC X-Division champ tosses a seemingly unconscious Jericho on top of Petey, as the ref makes the count. Aries holds off Benjamin. 1, 2, 3. The winners of this match. Team WCC. Team World Carnage Championship makes it through by the skin of their teeth. The New Hart Foundation had it won, until an insane move from Austin Aries saved the day. Can they be so fortunate twice in a row, as they meet the winners of the Destroyers and Merchants of Destruction match in the second round. We’ll find out later tonight.
The Merchants of Destruction walk to the ring first. Marcus Cor Von grabs a mic before getting in.
Cor Von: Destroyers! You have no right to call yourselves by that name. We are the true group that brings destruction to the Serengeti. We bring more power to the table than any other team. You indy nobodies better get ready to feel the Poooooooooooooooooooounce period.
“Gimme Back My Bullets†hits and the Destroyers walk down the entrance ramp. Jay Briscoe has a microphone.
Jay: Boys; it’s time to Man Up!
Briscoe drops the microphone and the Destroyers charge into the ring. They begin to exchange punches with the Merchants. Rhino, Lashley, and Cor Von begin to get the better of the Briscoes and Matt Cross, but the Destroyers get a burst of energy and begin to fight back. The referee steps in the calms things down enough to get both teams into their respective corners. He rings the bell.
Match 2: The Destroyers (Mark and Jay Briscoe and Matt Cross) vs. the Merchants of Destruction (Rhino, Lashley, and Marcus Cor Von)
Starting in the ring for the Destroyers is Mark Briscoe while Rhino starts for the Merchants of Destruction. These two brawlers square off in the middle of the ring and begin to exchange right hands. Mark gets the advantage by using multiple palm thrusts to the throat on Rhino. Briscoe goes to bounce off the ropes, but Cor Von nails him in the back with a kick. Mark turns to face Cor Von, but that distraction allows Rhino to surprise Briscoe with a facebuster. Rhino tags in Lashley and Lashley goes right to work on Mark by locking in an armbreaker. Mark gets out of the hold and hits an enzugiri on Lashley. Briscoe gets a burst of energy and runs at the ropes. Mark springboards and hits a cutter on Lashley. Mark goes to make the tag, but Cor Von gets into the ring and drags him into the M.O.D.’s corner. Lashley gets up and drops an elbow on Briscoe. Lashley tags in Cor Von, who gets into the ring and begins to stomp repeatedly on Mark. The “Alpha Male†brings Briscoe to his feet and whips him into the ropes. Mark bounces back and Cor Von takes him out of his boots with a pounce. The force from the pounce knocks Mark into the Destroyers corner. Mark makes the hot-tag to his brother Jay. Jay gets into the ring and delivers a big boot to the face of Cor Von. Briscoe goes up to the top rope and waits for Cor Von to get to his feet. When Marcus stands up he is taken right back down with a huracanrana by Jay. Jay hits a leg drop on Cor Von before tagging in Matt Cross. Cross gets Cor Von to his feet and whips him into the corner. Cross gets onto the ring apron and then hits a slingshot swinging DDT on Cor Von. Cross goes for the pin, but Lashley gets in the ring and breaks it up at 2.
From out of nowhere Mark hits a cross body on Lashley. Cross uses a knee drop on Marcus while Mark picks up Lashley and hits a brainbuster on him. Mark stands up and he is caught with a gore from Rhino. Jay hits a missile dropkick from the top rope on Rhino. This match has broken down and the ref cannot regain control. Cor Von has Cross in the corner and is laying in the punches on him. Cor Von whips Cross into the ropes. On Cross’ bounce back he is hit with the Pounce by Cor Von. Then before he can even hit the mat Rhino turns Cross inside out with a gore. Cor Von goes for the pin, but Jay is able to break it up with a senton to Marcus. Rhino attacks Jay from behind with some clubbing forearms to the back. Jay kicks Rhino in the gut, hooks the arms, and hits the J-Driller. Jay is almost hit with a Pounce by Cor Von, but he is able to dodge it at the last second. Cor Von rams himself into the ring post. He grabs his shoulder in pain before turning around to face Jay. Jay kicks him right in the shoulder with a big boot. Mark is on the top rope. Jay kicks Cor Von the stomach before getting him in the double underhook. Mark jumps off the top turnbuckle and drives Cor Von’s feet down. Cor Von’s head is planted into the mat with the Spike J-Driller. Jay sets up Cor Von on the mat while Cross goes to the top rope. M-dogg 20 hits the Death from Above, a corkscrew 450 splash. Cross goes for the pin. Lashley tires to break it up, but the Briscoe’s keep him out of the ring. Just as the ref is about the count 3 Cor Von gets his arm up. Rhino gets to his feet just as Mark Briscoe gets into the ring. Mark uses repeated strikes to the throat on Rhino before knocking him to the mat with a superkick. On the outside Lashley picks up Jay and throws him into the third row of fans. Lashley turns around and Mark Briscoe goes to the top rope. He jumps off and hits a Shooting star press on the standing Lashley. Back in the ring Cross is back on the top rope. He hits the 450 splash on Cor Von for the second time. M-dogg 20 goes for the pin and gets the 3 count. The Destroyers go on to face Team WCC.
The BLK OUT makes their way to the ring. Homicide grabs a mic.
Homicide: Me and the rest of the BLK OUT are ready to bring the straight up thug life to the Trios Tournament. We gotta take out some ultraviolent nobodies from CZW to move on one step closer to the finals. Team CZW you wanna bring the hardcore to this match we’ll just take our game to the next level.
Team CZW walks onto the entrance ramp and towards the ring.
Zandig: Will you shut the fuck up! Someone ring the bell.
Match 3: BLK Out 2.0 (Ruckus, Sabian, and Homicide) Vs. Team CZW (Nick Gage, Nick Mondo, and John Zandig)
Both teams are actually competitors in CZW but BLK OUT has loyalties in many federations. Nick Gage and Ruckus will start this one for the team. Gage and Homicide gets a brief handshake before Ruckus hits a toe kick then locks in a side headlock. He starts wrenching it to get pressure and Gage battles out of it and sends him across the ring with an Irish whip. Nick gage bends over for a Back body Drop but Ruckus rolls over him and grabs his waist from behind. Ruckus tries to lift him for a German suplex but Gage hooks his leg behind his to stop the move. Gage hits elbows to the back of the temple to break the hold and he sends him into his team’s corner, Gage reaches out and tag Nick Mondo as he grabs the head of Ruckus and pulls him away from the corner. Gage lifts Homicide for a suplex but throws him forward into a gordbuster; Nick Mondo catches him in midair and hits a running powerslam! Great move and ability by team CZW. Mondo kicks Ruckus on the ground a few times before reaching out to tag Zandig, the founder of CZW gets in the ring and him and Mondo lifts Ruckus to hit a successful double suplex. Zandig tries a pin but only a 2 count. Zandig gets to his feet and leaps into the air to hit a legdrop across the throat! John Zandig grabs Homicide and pulls him to his corner and tag in Nick Gage. The current CZW champion and CZW founder hits a double DDT, driving him headfirst into the mat almost breaking some bones. Zandig and Gage both get to their feet and Zandig hits anther Legdrop and Gage hits a back senton! Gage tries a pin but only a 2 count before Sabian gets in the ring and breaks the hold. Sabian in forced to the outside back to his corner by the Ref as Nick Gage grabs Ruckus and sets his head between his legs. Gage lifts him by the waist as he drives him down with a solid powerbomb! Gage hooks his leg for a pin but again Sabian breaks the hold up then gets sent back to his corner. Gage makes a tag to Nick Mondo and tells him to go up on the corner. Gage grabs Ruckus and lifts him into straight up on his head and Nick Mondo jumps to spike the piledriver! Gage runs at the corner of BLK OUT and knocks both men off the apron for Nick Mondo to get an uninterrupted pin. 1….2… Kickout!
Ruckus kicked out despite the brutal punishment in this match. Nick gage leaves the ring following the ref instructions to get to his corner. Nick Mondo calls for an Ending at his picks up Ruckus and sets him head first into a corner, Nick gets up him and lifts him into an electric chair, the assault driver! Mondo grabs his arms and tries to get the iconoclasm but Ruckus runs threw for a victory roll! 1…2… Kickout! Ruckus tries to roll toward his corner but Mondo grabs his leg. Ruckus jumps up to hit an Enzugiri Kick! Ruckus dives toward his corner but no one is in it! Mondo gets back and charges Ruckus but the former CZW champions rolls past him, turns around quickly and hits a dropkick knocking Mondo in the corner. Mondo rebounds and Ruckus goes between his legs and reaches out toward his corner and makes a tag to Homicide! Homicide springboards up on the rope and hit a flying clothesline on Mondo! Homicide grabs Mondo as he gets back up and delivers an implant DDT! Homicide tries a quick pin but only a quick two count before Mondo forces his way out of it. Nick Gag tries to force his way into the ring but the ref stops him and Zandig. Homicide lifts Mondo to his feet and sends him into the BLK OUT corner. He makes a tag to Sabian before hitting a toekick making Mondo bend over holding his gut. Sabian grabs the ropes and jumps on top before spring boarding and hitting a double stomp to the back sending Mondo crashing in the floor! Double impact move, the stomp the back and the collision with the floor afterwards. Sabian tries a pin on Mondo but Gage is in to break it up. The ref forces him to the outside trying to keep order in the match. Sabian quickly gets to his feet and picks up Mondo. Black Jesus Sabian grabs the arm of Mondo and sends him into his team’s corner. Sabian makes a tag to Homicide. Homicide goes to the top ropes and waits for Sabian to pulls Mondo away from the corner to flip forward taking down Nick Mondo! He hooks the leg on the flip for a quick pin. 1…2... Kick out.
Homicide taps his arm calling for the West Brooklyn lariat and motions for Mondo to get to his feet. Mondo fights off his weariness piece by piece has he gets to one knee and Homicide runs at the ropes, uses them to gain momentum and fires back with the lariat! Mondo ducks under it and grabs Homicide for a roll up! 1…2…3! Sabian and Ruckus are in the ring in an instant and are on Mondo. Gage and Zandig are in just seconds later and they tear apart the team and drag them off for separate battle, BLK OUT is too good for a team battle. Nick Gage grabs the throat of Ruckus and tries a chokebreaker but as he goes up Ruckus gets off and gets behind him. Zandig and Sabian trade shots but Zandig ahs more muscle and knocks him into the corner. Zandig tries to take advantage and Sabian hits a low dropkick sending him in face first into the second turnbuckle! Ruckus tries a to get up for a reverse rana but Gage battles out before he can get up and grabs his throat again! Gage brings him into the air and hits the chokebreaker! Ruckus bounds around the ring holding his back in pain before falling to the floor. Homicide runs at Mondo and nails the west Brooklyn lariat the second time around! Mondo is out cold and Homicide goes for Gage, Nick gage reaches into his pocket and pulls out brass knuckles and knocking out Ruckus and then connects with a shot to Sabian! Zandig grabs Sabian and delivers the Mother F’N Bomb! Nick Gage pulls Mondo to his feet and points at Homicide, Mondo picks up Homicide and loads him on his shoulder in the electric chair position. Mondo grabs his arms and sends him crashing to the ground with the assault driver! Nick Gage, Nick Mondo, and John Zandig raise their arms in victory has the defeated team BLK OUT 2.0 to advance in the trio’s tournament.
An earlier recorded promo with the Christian Coalition plays.
Christian: Wow, we have a challenge in the first round don’t we. I’m mean look at this line up; Apu, Curry Man, and Tommy Chong. Wait, I think I might have gotten their names wrong. Tomko, did I?
Tomko: No.
Christian: That’s what I thought.
AJ: Last Line, we’re going to ship you right back to WNG right where you belong. You’re used to dealing with no names from the indies, now you’re in the big leagues.
Christian: Last Line, this is going to be your last match as a team. We're taking this entire tourney because that's how we roll.
Match 4: Christian Coalition (Tomko, AJ Styles, and Christian Cage) vs. WNG’s Last Line (Sonjay Dutt, Christopher Daniels, and Rob Van Dam)
Christian Cage’s music hits and the Instant Classic makes his way to the ring. The TNA tag champs flank him on either side. Tomko the Problem Solver and the Phenomenal AJ Styles strut to the ring as the crowd boo them relentlessly. But none of them take any notice as they all climb into the ring and await their challengers for this evening. Suddenly the sound of sirens blare across the arena, before mist descends across the entrance way. Three superstars suddenly burst through the mist. They are WNG’s Last Line. Rob Van Dam, Christopher Daniels and Sonjay Dutt. All three are cheered unanimously as they head down the ramp and climb into the ring. Sonjay and Daniels salute the fans from the top turnbuckles as Van Dam gets the entire arena as the chant “RVDâ€. As they settle down, the ref calls for the bell to start this first round contest. It will be AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels of all people to start us off tonight. These two have a checkered past, at one time being both best friends and worst enemies. Both men lock up immediately with AJ gaining the early advantage. He places the Fallen Angel in a side headlock as Cage encourages him from ringside. Daniels tries to counter, lifting the Phenomenal One up for a backdrop. But AJ counters into rolling snapmare, before hitting a dropkick to the back of the head. Styles taunts the fans as they begin to get behind Daniels. AJ lifts the Fallen Angel to his feet, before forcing him back into the corner and making the tag to Christian. The Instant Classic climbs into the ring and begins to work over the Fallen Angel. He unleashes a barrage of right hands, before Irish whipping Daniels hard into the far corner. Cage rushes after him, connecting with a powerful running elbow to the face. He quickly places Daniels in an inverted DDT, looking for the Reverse DDT. But as he tries to land it, the former X-Division champ counters into a vertical suplex. Daniels scrambles to make the tag as Cage tries to stop him. But the Fallen Angel makes it to his corner and gets the tag to Sonjay Dutt. The Playa from the Himalaya leaps over the ropes, before taking down Cage with a flying head scissors. The Instant Classic is thrown halfway across the ring, as Dutt gets back on his feet. Christian is barely up to one knee as Dutt comes rushing across the ring and connects with a powerful Shining Wizard. The WNG star tries the cover, but Tomko puts a stop to it before the ref can even reach 1.
Sonjay glances at the monster, before dragging Cage back into the middle of the ring. Dutt has the crowd on their feet as he heads up to the top turnbuckle and prepares to hit the Hindu Press. But his showboating doesn’t pay off, as the Instant Classic hits him with a right hand. Dutt lands split-legged on the turnbuckle, causing the entire crowd to cringe in unison. Christian takes full advantage of this precarious position, as he climbs up onto the middle turnbuckle and Superplexes the X-Division star from top. The impact shakes the entire ring, as Sonjay crashes back first onto the canvas. Cage is the first one to his feet as he makes the tag to an eager Tomko. The Man Mountain climbs over the rope, before lifting Dutt up like a small child. Sonjay tries to fight back, but Tomko is too strong as he drops the WNG star with a horrific clothesline. The 6ft 6†behemoth goes for the pin but Dutt gets the shoulder up to stay in this match. Tomko is quickly back on the attack as he lifts Sonjay up by the throat. The TNA tag champion powers him up easily. But before he can hit the Choke Toss, Dutt fights back with a series of wild shots. One luckily strikes the big man’s eye, causing him to lose his grip. As Sonjay drops to the mat, he rolls straight to his corner and make the desperation tag to RVD. The crowd goes insane, as Van Dam leaps up onto the top turnbuckle. As Tomko turns around, the former ECW champion launches from the top, connecting with a superb flying side kick to the face. The big man is finally off his feet, as Van Dam gets back on his. He rushes off the ropes before hitting the Rolling Thunder. Van Dam goes for the cover as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, but Tomko powers him off. RVD is control as he lifts Tomko back to his feet. But the TNA star rakes the eyes to free himself, before tagging in AJ Styles. The Phenomenal One springboards from the apron to take down Van Dam with an incredible flying forearm. Styles decides not to go for the cover, instead choosing to lift Van Dam back up to his feet. He sets him into position for the Styles Clash but RVD quickly fights out. He goes for the spin kick followed by the leg sweep. But Styles avoids both, before dropping him with the Pele Kick. AJ goes for the pin as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but Van Dam gets the shoulder up in the nick of time.
Styles is in total control as he tosses RVD to the mat disrespectfully and tags in Captain Charisma. Cage goes straight up to the top and prepares to launch with the Frog Splash. He taunts Van Dam, before leaping from the top. But RVD rolls out of the way, as Cage crash and burns face first into the mat. As the Instant Classic tries to get back to his feet, Van Dam rushes towards him and hit’s the Oklahoma Roll. The ref makes the count. 1, 2, 3. RVD rolls out of the ring as Cage goes insane. Daniels, Dutt and Van Dam have just won the match. Christian grabs the ref by the collar and screams in his face. He demands the ref restart the match but the referee is too scared to even give him an answer. As the ref cowers in fear, Cage finally snaps, decking him with a powerful right hand to the face. The ref is left nearly out cold on the mat, as Cage orders AJ to get a couple of chairs. Meanwhile the Instant Classic picks the 150lb ref up and slams him down face first into the mat for the Unprettier. Tomko tosses the unconscious ref on top of the first chair, as AJ hands the second one to Christian. As the Instant Classic prepares to hit the Con-chair-toe, security rushes to aid the referee. But Tomko and Styles prevent them from getting inside. Security pleads desperately with Christian and at one point it seems like he has calmed down. But the Instant Classic just uses this to gain momentum before delivering a horrific chair shot to the back of the referee’s head. The crowd is in shock as Cage finally tosses the chair aside. What has just happened here is unforgivable. What does this mean for Christian and co. in the future? He may have just gotten himself blacklisted from every federation known to man for that stunt. Regardless of the aftermath, the result stands. WNG’s Last Line advance to the second round where they’ll take on Team CZW later in the night.
Block A Semi-Finals
During the intermission Chris Jericho talked to the fans.
Jericho: This Trios Tournament is WCC! We are going to take every challenge we get and prove that WCC is the best company going today. Aries, Morrison, and I are not some of; we are THE best wrestlers in the world today. The other teams don’t have a shot at beating us. WNG, POI; you may have helped create this tourney, but you will never... EVER win this.
Match 1: Team WCC (Chris Jericho, Austin Aries and John Morrison) Vs. The Destroyers (Mark Briscoe, Jay Briscoe, Matt Cross)
WCC victorious over the Hart foundation and the Destroyers won against The Merchants of Destruction. Both ready to go on ahead to the next round and willing to give it all here at the Trios Tournament! Chris Jericho is to start for WCC and Matt Cross aka M-Dogg 20 for the Destroyers. Jericho asks for a test of strength but Matt Cross waves it off, he isn’t going to risk it. Cross jumps for a low dropkick to the knee but Jericho makes a jump up and Cross missed. Matt and Chris get back up and are staring into each others eyes. Jericho this time feints a right hand and kicks the back of the leg of Cross, he returns with a chop across the chest of Jericho. Chris rakes the eyes of Matt then goes down and pulls his legs out from under him, Jericho keeps a hold of his legs and tries to turn him over for the walls but Cross fights out and reaches the ropes before it is locked in. Jericho releases it due to the ref’s orders but hits a kick to the back of Cross and pulls him back into the center of the ring. Jericho runs at the ropes and comes back, he stops short of the normal back splash and kicks the head of Cross to throw him off. Jericho jumps and delivers his back senton! Chris tries an early pin but Cross kicks out. Chris knew it wasn’t enough o finish this he is part of the game slowly wearing him out by forcing his 200 plus frame off him. Chris makes a tag to Austin who jumps into the ring and waits for Jericho to get Cross to his feet and runs to deliver a boot straight to the face! Austin picks up to a sitting position and hits a strong kick to the back! Austin swings his foot and hits another kick to the back and Cross rolls on his stomach to try and relieve some of the pain. Aries doesn’t waste momentum and gets down on his level to lock in a scissors armbar! Cross’s arm is bent in an ugly position as Aries has the intent of breaking his arm if it wins this match. Matt reaches with his free arm toward the ropes but he is too far away. Matt raises his arm tap and Jay Briscoe gets in the ring and hits a low running dropkick to Austin to force the break. Austin holds his face in pain but gets to his feet quickly. The ref forces Jay out within seconds and Austin makes a tag to Morrison as he holds on to his face, might be a broken nose or jaw. Morrison jumps in the ring, up the top ropes and hits split-legged corkscrew press! Morrison tries to get the pin but only a 2 count before Mark Briscoe this time makes the save. Morrison yells at the ref to remove Mark who does it immediately and Morrison makes another quick tap this time to Austin Aries. Aries gets in the ring and picks up Matt Cross he sends him into a corner and runs at him connecting with a full on clothesline in the corner. Aries holds Matt in place and hits him with a ridiculously powerful chop that knocks him to the ground. Aries pulls Cross back up and hits a second knife edge chop! Knife edge seems to fit as there is blood starting to show from a cut on the chest of Cross. Aries hits a third chop of the match and knocks Cross to the ground. Aries pulls him from the corner and tries to get a pin. Only 2 ½ before Cross gets the shoulder up with his own accord.
Aries lifts Cross to his feet and makes a tag to Jericho. Chris gets in the ring and holds Cross in place for Aries to lands more of his wicked chops further busting up the chest of Cross. Aries stops for a second then licks his arm and fires a powerful chop but Cross rolls out of the way and the move hits Jericho! Chris recoils in his corner holding his chest and Austin tries to tell him it was an accident! Jericho tags Morrison and leaves the ring to walk up the ramp. He is leaving his team! Cross makes it to his corner and makes a tag to Jay Briscoe. Austin goes to the outside and tries to talk to Jericho but Y2J isn’t having any of it as he is long gone. Now it is a 2 on 3 match even if the 3 has a man down he can come back. As the ref gets the others out of the ring John secretly removes the padding of a turnbuckle in his team’s corner. Morrison and Jay meet in the ring and Morrison gets a go behind to get behind Jay with a waist lock. Eh tries to get him into the air with a German suplex but Jay hits an elbow to the head then grabs his arm and wrings in back into an arm wrench. He pulls Morrison in close and hits a European uppercut in the shoulder and Morrison hits the ground holding his shoulder. Jay Briscoe like shark-sensing blood of near by prey takes full advantage and starts attacking that left arm and shoulder region. Jay grabs his arm and throws it down on the mat with full impact. He doesn’t stop there as he picks up the arm and goes around into a leg drop on the shoulder! Morrison goes over to the bottom rope and tries to rest his arm away from Jay but the Briscoe grabs his leg and pulls him into the middle of the ring and delivers an elbow drop again to the should, left arm! Jay goes over to his corner and makes a tag to Mark and the audience hears him the Left arm. Jay picks John off the ground and gets another arm wrench on him furthering harming the limb of the body. Mark Briscoe runs and hits a strong dropkick to the arm! Mark grabs Morrison to stop him from rolling around clutching his arm and makes a pin. Only a 2 count before the ability to kick out. Mark pulls Morrison to his feet and locks his arm behind him and lifts him off the ground for a scoop slam landing on his arm! Mark goes over and tags in Jay Briscoe, quick tags to defeat Morrison; only one man needs to be defeated in a tag team match. Jay jumps to the top rope and waits for Mark to gets John off the ground and swings his arm back to drop an elbow on the shoulder! Mark and Jay aren’t done yet; they each grab the former ECW champion and send him shoulder first into the steel post! They pull him out and throw him again shoulder first into the steel post! Jay tries a pin as Mark leaves the ring and Austin Aries gets in the ring to break the pin up. Austin leaves the ring before the ref gets a chance to and Mark grabs the arm of John Morrison and hooks his legs over it to get in an armbar! Morrison is writhing in pain and raises his arm to tap after only a few seconds of the move and Austin climbs into the ring. The ref gets in his way and tries to get him in the ring and his partner is tapping out with his soul to get the hold to end and prevent permanent damage. Mark breaks his hold wondering why the hell the ref didn’t call for the win. Jay Briscoe’s gets in the ring and knocks Austin off the apron onto the guardrail below. Jay and Mark gets on one side of Morrison and both lock in armbars! Morrison is screaming and trying everything in his power to end this pain but with arms tied he can’t tap out!
Jay and Mark finally stop the torture and Jay leaves the ring due to ref instruction. Mark officially makes a tag to Jay and instructs him to get ready. Jay stays on the apron as Mark grabs Morrison and lifts him into an electric chair! Jay jumps on the ropes and goes forward with the wicked lariat but Morrison rolls under into a victory roll pin! Quick two count as the ROH MVP kicks out! Morrison hits an Eye rack on Jay and pulls Mark in, he grabs his head and tries to hit his corkscrew neckbreaker but his arm can’t handle the work and he pushes mark away holding his injured arm. Austin Aries gets back into the ring and attacks Jay Briscoe before he can recover from the eye rack of Morrison. Aries and jay trade clenched stiff shots between each other until Aries can get the advantage with an European uppercut! Jay struggles back and Aries gets beside him to hit a forward fall Russian legsweep! Mark Briscoe grabs Mark from behind into a chicken wing half nelson and drops him back with a suplex! Morrison head hits the amt hard and Mark wastes no time picking him up for a fireman carry, he tries to sends him for the cut-throat driver but Aries is there with the save in the form of one of his chops! Mark drops Morrison and clenches his fists to like his brother trade stiff fists to and from Austin Aries. Mark hits a cheap kick to the skin and runs hitting a springboard missile dropkick! Matt Cross gets in his corner exhausted and watches them fight it out, he tries to get in the ring but opts better to stay out as Austin falls down and gets up quickly to see Jay Briscoe kicks him in the gut and hit the J-Driller! Jay tries to go to his partner for an assist but the ref finally gets the authority back in him and stops him in his tracks. Mark struggles to regain his composure from his shots from Aries then turns back to Morrison. He lifts him off the ground and John sends his arm up to hit a low blow! Mark falls to his knees trying to regain his breath and John Morrison hooks his neck and hits the corkscrew neckbreaker! John doesn’t go for a pin! He holds him arm in pain, think he landed on it wrong. Jay shoves the ref aside and goes after the former tag team specialist. Morrison grabs Mark by his legs and sends his head first into the expose steel of earlier! John tries to rise to his feet but collapse again holding that arm. Morrison gets close to the ropes and uses them with a lot of leverage to pull him to his feet. Matt Cross sees his chance to finally take a role in this match once again and gets on the top ropes as John Morrison gets to his feet. Morrison turns around and Matt Cross jumps for a forward moonsault as known as the shooting star, he grabs his head and drives it down to complete the death star! Matt Cross, Morrison, Aries, both Briscoe’s are all down in the ring and this match is till going on.
The titan tron goes back and the cybernetic countdown goes as the lights in the arena dim down. 8…7…6…5….4…3…2… Fireworks scale the sides of the tron and Jericho goes through the curtain and the crowd goes insane as the WCC superstar runs back to the ring. He jumps on the apron and almost jumps over the ropes and he strains to make a tag with the downed John Morrison but he gets it and Jericho bounds in the ring. Chris runs at the ropes, jumps onto the second rope and jumps backwards into a low moonsault! The Lionsault on the Jay Briscoe! Chris hooks his legs as the ref makes the three count! Chris Jericho rises to his feet and poses to the crowd as his team in declared the winners! Jericho goes to the edge of the ring and asks for a mic.
Chris Jericho: Let’s get one thing straight, I will NEVER!
Crowd: EVER!
Jericho: NEVER!
Crowd: Ever!
Jericho: EVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRR betray World Carnage Championship!
Match 2: Team CZW (Nick Gage, Zandig, and Nick Mondo) vs. WNG’s Last Line (Sonjay Dutt, Christopher Daniels, and Rob Van Dam)
Team CZW makes their way to the ring first. The grungy music deafens the crowd, as all three men step out onto the stage. They salute the fans as they cheer them all the way down the ramp and into the ring. Zandig, Gage and Mondo climb to the top turnbuckles and rile up the crowd, before this second round match. As they warm up in the ring, sirens suddenly sound across the arena. Pyro explodes across the stage as Van Dam, Daniels and Dutt appear at the top of the stage. WNG’s Last Line of course defeated Christian’s Coalition last night to advance here. The three men head straight to the ring as the referee calls for the bell. It will be RVD and Nick Gage to begin this match. Both men circle the ring before locking up. Van Dam tries a quick kick to the side of the leg, but Gage sidesteps it. Both men finally lock up, as Gage gains the advantage. The CZW star places Van Dam in a hammerlock, before lifting him up for a backdrop. But Mr. Monday Night back flips and lands on his feet. As Nick turns around, RVD hits him with a spinning back kick that sends him reeling back into his corner. Zandig makes the tag in as Gage steps out, clearly disappointed at being bested by RVD. Zandig rushes straight at the former WWE star looking for a clothesline. But Van Dam ducks it easily, before sweeping his legs from under him. The WNG star rushes off the ropes, before performing a handstand into a standing Moonsault. But Van Dam doesn’t realize Zandig is back on his feet as he goes for the Moonsault. The CZW founder catches him in midair, before he can go for the Moonsault. He powers RVD up into the air, before slamming him down with a Full Nelson slam. Zandig goes for the early cover but only gets a 1, before RVD kicks out. But the 6-time CZW champion shows no mercy as he lifts Van Dam to his feet. He forces the hardcore legend into the corner, before unleashing a series of wild punches to the face and gut. The ref forces the break at 5, much to the chagrin of Zandig. He follows the ref’s orders, Irish whipping Van Dam into the far corner. The CZW founder quickly follows through with a running shoulder tackle, squashing Van Dam into the corner. Zandig is in total control here as he drags RVD to the corner and makes the tag to Mondo. Mondo is quickly on the offensive as he lays in a series of tight fisted shots to the face of the former ECW star. The ref warns him about the closed fists but he pays no attention. He finally stops after 10 and drags RVD into the middle of the ring. He lifts him up, before slamming him down for a scoop slam in the middle of the ring. Mondo rushes off the ropes, but Dutt catches him with a boot to the back of the head. Nick is furious and swings a misguided right hand at Sonjay. But the Playa from the Himalaya avoids the blow, before hanging him up on the rope. As the CZW star stumbles back into the middle of the ring, Van Dam drops him with a powerful spin kick to the face. RVD uses his last ounce of strength to make the much needed tag to Daniels. The Fallen Angel works Mondo over with round the clock stomps, before hitting a standing leg drop. He goes for the quick pin but Mondo quickly gets the shoulder up at 1.
Daniels lifts him back to his feet and powers him up for a vertical suplex. The Fallen Angel allows the blood to rush to his head, before slamming him down hard onto the canvas. Daniels doesn’t go for the cover, instead choosing to head up to the corner. As quick as a flash, he springboards off the middle turnbuckle and up onto the top, before leaping back for the BME. But Mondo rolls out of the way as he flies through the air. But somehow Daniels lands on his feet, showing that agility that made him the main-eventer he is today. But Mondo uses the harsh landing to capitalize. He hits him with a boot to the midsection, before planting him with a DDT. Both men are down in the corner, as the ref looks on. He’s unable to invoke the 10 as one team must advance in this quarter-final match. Mondo is the first to stir as he crawls towards his corner. Daniels quickly does the same, inching his way closer to his corner. Both make the tag simultaneously, sending the crowd into a frenzy. Mondo tags Gage as Daniels tags in Dutt. Sonjay tries to get the jump on Gage as rushes towards him. But the CZW star takes him down with a Lou Thesz Press before laying in a series of savage right hands. Gage picks him up and hits him with a powerful shot to the side of the head, sending the original Playa from the Himalaya reeling against the ropes. The hardcore superstar grabs Sonjay, before Irish whipping him off the ropes. Nick goes for the clothesline, but Dutt ducks underneath. He comes off the rope again, this time he tries to take Gage over with the flying head scissors. But as he tries to take Gage over, the hardcore superstar counters into a Spinning Electric chair drop, smashing Sonjay face first into the mat. Nick goes for the cover, as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ½, but Van Dam breaks up the cover to keep his team in this tournament. Gage is quickly back on his feet as he climbs on top of Dutt. The CZW superstar lays in repeated right hands to the face of Sonjay, only stopping at the threat of disqualification. He drags a busted open Dutt to his corner, before making the tag to Zandig. The CZW founder climbs into the ring and unleashes a series of knife edge chops to the chest of Sonjay, before Irish whipping him towards the corner. But Zandig doesn’t send him to the far corner, instead slamming him face first into the near corner. The WNG star stumbles out of the corner, clearly dazed and confused as Zandig lifts him up onto his shoulders. The Playa from the Himalaya is powerless to fight back, as Zandig swings him around, before slamming him onto the mat for a neckbreaker. He goes for the cover, as the ref makes the count. 1, 2, 2 ¾, but Sonjay somehow gets the shoulder up. The CZW founder is in disbelief as the ref assures him it was only 2.
Zandig doesn’t waste much time as he lifts up the X-Division star with ease. He taunts Dutt, before Irish whipping him off the ropes. As Sonjay comes back, Zandig powers him up with a gorilla press. But Dutt struggles out, before landing behind him. Zandig tries to swing a wild right hand at Sonjay. But the WNG star ducks underneath, before hitting a dropkick to the knee. The Team CZW captain drops to one knee, before Sonjay hits him with a dropkick to the face. Dutt uses the last of his energy to make the much needed tag to Van Dam. RVD jumps the ropes, before tumbling across the ring and hitting the Rolling Thunder on Zandig. RVD tries the cover but Zandig powers out at 1. The former ECW champ lifts the big man to his feet, before trying the Irish whip into the corner. But the CZW star easily overpowers him. Zandig sprints towards RVD looking for the Big Boot in the corner. But RVD uses his superior speed to roll out of the way. Zandig crashes into the turnbuckle, hanging himself up on the ropes in the process. Van Dam takes full advantage as he hit’s a couple of shoulder tackles, followed by a back flips into a running shoulder tackle. The Last Line captain is in total control as he salutes the fans with his trademark “RVD†taunt. Gage and Mondo take exception to RVD’s showboating and rush into the ring to put a stop to it. Gage drops him from behind with a powerful forearm as both men begin to stomp all over him. But Daniels joins the fray and quickly turns the tide. The Fallen Angel grabs Mondo by the head, before tossing him straight over the top and out onto the floor. Meanwhile Gage grabs Dutt by the throat and goes the Chokebreaker. But as he powers the WNG star up, Sonjay counters with the go behind, before rushing him against the ropes. Nick hangs on as Sonjay tumbles back into the middle of the ring. But as he turns to face Dutt, Daniels hits him with a running calf kick that sends him tumbling over the top rope and out onto the floor. Zandig is in trouble, as Daniels lifts him to his feet and hit’s the Last Rites in the centre of the ring. All three men head to a corner, as the ref tries to gain some order in this match. Daniels is the first, as he springboards off the middle rope onto the top, before hitting an incredible B.M.E. Sonjay then launches halfway across the ring, before connecting with an amazing Hindu Press (Phoenix Splash). And finally Van Dam leaps halfway across the ring, turning in midair before crashing down onto the sternum of Zandig. He struggles to make the cover, as Daniels and Dutt take out Gage and Mondo with tandem suicide dives. 1, 2, 3. The ref calls for the bell and this epic match is over. WNG’s Last Line is victorious and advances to the semi-finals where they will face off against Team WCC. Dutt, Daniels and Van Dam stand triumphant in the ring. They have been a surprise package in this tournament, given their inexperience as a unit but after this victory they are sure to be among the favorites to pick up the coveted trophy tomorrow night.
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