Civil War Match
Alex Richards/Kevin Bishop/Erin Fausse/Zombie McMorris/Andre Holmes vs. Dandy DiVito/Lissie Hope/Derrick Vayden/Walter/Bobby Rage
Jimmy Garcia: The moment we’ve all been waiting for is upon us and I couldn’t be more excited for what looks to be the most ambitious crossover in recent times!
Gravedigger: I just want to say that the referee has received specific instructions to not call a single DQ during this match. This will be one for the history books and I’ll be damned if it goes down as anything less than great.
Jimmy Garcia: Before we get started here, I think now’s a good time to remind those watching of the rules for this one.
Gravedigger: Have at it, nerd.
Jimmy Garcia: Tonight, two teams face off in an elimination tag match. If multiple competitors from the same team survive the opposition, those teammates will then be pitted against one another to decide who walks away as the winner of Civil War!
Gravedigger: Which will of course be a member of Team AW.
Jimmy Garcia: We’ll see about that, Digger! One thing’s for sure, this is going to be a war!
Born for Greatness hits the PA and the crowd boos, because that’s what you do as a mark at a UCI reunion show. Team AW make their way out and towards the ring, each of them wearing a yellow and blue AW shirt. Lissie, Vayden, and Walter march alongside each other while Bobby Rage trails behind them looking pretty suspect.
Jimmy Garcia: No sign of the AW champ. Could be an issue for the visitors.
Gravedigger: Don’t worry about AW, Jimmy.
The four competitors climb into the ring and assume a corner, talking amongst themselves about who will start things off.
Jimmy Garcia: A little pre-match strategy from the AW folks.
Gravedigger: Gotta be prepared, Jimmy.
Tarantula by Smashing Pumpkins blares through the arena to a massive pop as Team UCI appears on stage. Alex Richards, Andre Holmes, Kevin Bishop, Zombie McMorris, and Erin Fausse all make their way down wearing blue and black UCI shirts.
Jimmy Garcia: A big ovation for a team of UCI legends here tonight!
Gravedigger: Team of washed up hacks is more like it.
Jimmy Garcia: Hate all you want, UCI is primed and you’re down a man, Digger!
Team UCI takes to their corner and go to discuss who will lead, but are cut off as Andre Holmes takes opening duties upon himself, staring daggers in silence at the opposite corner. The referee checks on both sides, but is forced aside as Bobby Rage steps through the ropes for Team AW.
Jimmy Garcia: Rage versus Holmes?! Talk about a fight we never knew we needed!
Gravedigger: Bobby’s about to Rage for real for real!
Jimmy Garcia: Why did you say it twice?
Gravedigger: I’m fucking hip, Jimmy. Don’t question me.
DING DING DING!!
Jimmy Garcia: and we’re off to the races!
The two men move to the middle of the ring and meet forehead to forehead, talking their shit before taking a couple steps back.
Gravedigger: Hard jab from Holmes, not doing much to Rage though.
Jimmy Garcia: Counterpunch from Rage though and that will take Holmes down!
Gravedigger: What is Rage doing?!
Jimmy Garcia: Rage swinging towards his own team now!
DV, Walter, and Lissie all jump off the apron as Rage stares them down.
Gravedigger: Look out, you big goof!
Jimmy Garcia: Rollup by Andre Holmes!
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Gravedigger: Quick roll through by Rage.
Jimmy Garcia: THRUST KICK BY HOLMES! ANDRE HOLMES WITH THE COVER!
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Taylor Lorde: Bobby Rage has been eliminated!
Gravedigger: Dammit!
Jimmy Garcia: Just like that, Andre Holmes with the first elimination for Team UCI and we have a five on three situation!
Team AW looks on in shock, unsure of what to do as Holmes smirks to himself and sinks back towards the corner and taunts for another challenger.
Gravedigger: Erin Fausse tagging herself in here!
Jimmy Garcia: Andre Holmes not looking happy about that, but Fausse is the legal competitor right now!
Gravedigger: Here comes Vayden for AW.
Jimmy Garcia: Fausse and Vayden both with a head of steam!
Gravedigger: Fausse catches him with the hurricanrana and Vayden stumbles back to his corner now.
Jimmy Garcia: Both charging forward again though.
Gravedigger: Hurricanrana number two from Fausse.
Jimmy Garcia: Number three on the way!
Gravedigger: V TRIGGER!
Jimmy Garcia: Fausse goes down!
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Taylor Lorde: Erin Fausse has been eliminated!
Gravedigger: Shitfire!
Jimmy Garcia: That’s not your catchphrase.
Gravedigger: I felt it in spirit.
Jimmy Garcia: Here comes ZMAC, UCI’s first and only grand slam champion coming in to square off against Derrick Vayden!
Gravedigger: V-TRIGGER FROM VAYDEN!
Jimmy Garcia: ZMAC catches him!
Gravedigger: Vayden in position for the axe wound here.
Jimmy Garcia: Vayden slips behind though, Vayden off the ropes!
Gravedigger: V-TRIGGER!
Jimmy Garcia: MY GOD!
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Taylor Lorde: Zombie McMorris has been eliminated!
Gravedigger: Just like that, Vayden picks up two straight eliminations and evens the playing field for AW!
Jimmy Garcia: ZMAC can’t believe it! I can’t believe it!
Gravedigger: Kevin Bishop in now.
Jimmy Garcia: This is gonna be good!
Bishop steps in and cracks his neck, pacing about a bit as DV shrugs off the challenge and sprints forward once more.
Gravedigger: V-Trigger!
Jimmy Garcia: Bishop ducking underneath, off the ropes here!
Gravedigger: No!
Jimmy Garcia: BLACK DEATH AND THE PIN!
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Gravedigger: YES!
Jimmy Garcia: Vayden kicks out! Vayden kicks out!
Bishop stands to his feet and motions to the crowd who pop hard before he grabs Vayden by the hair to pull him back up.
Gravedigger: Small package from Vayden!
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Jimmy Garcia: Kickout from Bishop!
Bishop gets to his knees and smiles at the still recovering Vayden and goes to pull him up, positioning himself behind him and throwing a few quick punches along the way.
Gravedigger: Both men up, back and forth strikes here.
Jimmy Garcia: Spinning backfist from Bishop, Vayden wobbled again!
Gravedigger: Bishop going off the ropes again, thinking Black Death.
Jimmy Garcia: DOUBLE UNDERARM ON THE CATCH! MIDAIR DOUBLE UNDERARM FROM VAYDEN!
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Taylor Lorde: Kevin Bishop has been-
Gravedigger: Are you kidding me?!
Jimmy Garcia: The ref is waving her off! He’s saying Bishop kicked out!
Gravedigger: Both men recovering now, Bishop just barely kicking out of that DDT at the very last second.
Jimmy Garcia: This match started out very quick, but you see that as we get further into it, people only get grittier and learn to dig deeper!
Gravedigger: This is all about bragging rights and both of these men would love to be the last one standing when it’s all said and done.
Jimmy Garcia: Discus forearm from DV!
Bishop struggles to stand as DV readies himself for another.
Gravedigger: Bishop with the headscissors on the reversal.
Jimmy Garcia: He catches him for the pin!
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Taylor Lorde: Derrick Vayden has been eliminated!
Gravedigger: No way!
Jimmy Garcia: Bishop catches Vayden with the roll through and he’s out of here!
Gravedigger: Back to a three versus two situation.
Jimmy Garcia: What’s going on here?!
The lights flicker out one by one as Bishop is making his way back up.
Gravedigger: Of course the lighting screws up. I expect nothing less from UTI.
As the lights come back on, Bishop is hoisted upon.
Jimmy Garcia: THAT’S A DOOM SQUAD MEMBER! DOOM SQUAD IS HERE!
Gravedigger: Holy shit..
Jimmy Garcia: BURNING HAMMER! BISHOP GOES DOWN!
The masked figure stands up and immediately unmasks to reveal Corey Black himself.
Gravedigger: CB is in the building!
Corey turns towards the ramp, making his way to the back in silence as the crowd remains stunned themselves.
Jimmy Garcia: Wait a minute! Lissie Hope running in for the pin now!
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Taylor Lorde: Kevin Bishop has been eliminated!
Jimmy Garcia: A former Civil War winner gone and we’re down to our final four! It’s Walter and Lissie Hope against Alex Richards and Andre Holmes!
Gravedigger: Keep in mind, both of the big guys are fresh in this match.
Jimmy Garcia: Here comes Holmes back in against Lissie!
The two circle each other before diving in for a clinch.
Gravedigger: Trading elbows and knees, both of these competitors very capable strikers.
Jimmy Garcia: Big knee from Andre Holmes, that one sends Lissie towards the corner.
Gravedigger: Andre running in for the knee lift.
Jimmy Garcia: Elbow reversal from Lissie Hope, that one catching Holmes right on the button!
Lissie hops up, mounting the turnbuckle and standing tall. Before she’s able to takeoff, Andre lunges at the ropes and causes her to drop back down.
Gravedigger: Holmes back on the offensive.
Jimmy Garcia: Andre pulls her in, powerbomb position!
Holmes pivots around and sprints forward in the opposite direction.
Jimmy Garcia: Bad Landing from Andre Holmes!
Lissie falls hard to the mat as Andre takes a moment to collect himself and center himself in the ring.
Gravedigger: Holmes stomping at the mat now, waiting for his opponent now and he could have her right where he wants her.
Jimmy Garcia: THRUST KICK INCOMING!
Gravedigger: NO! LISSIE HITS HIM RIGHT IN THE PROVERBIAL GRAPEFRUITS!
Jimmy Garcia: LOW BLOW FROM LISSIE!
Andre winces in pain, his legs buckling as Lissie forces herself back to her feet and pulls Andre in.
Gravedigger: CROWN OF THORNS!
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Taylor Lorde: Andre Holmes has been eliminated!
Gravedigger: It’s two on one now! Richards is royally fucked!
No stranger to high pressure situations, Richards steps through the ropes, Lissie Hope smirking as she eggs him on from the AW corner.
Jimmy Garcia: If anyone can win a match like this, it’s Alex Richards, but he’s got Lissie and a fresh Walter still to go through!
Gravedigger: Looks like he could be dealing with one more!
Jimmy Garcia: DANDY DIVITO IS HERE! THE CHAMP IS HERE!
DD hopes the barricade and slides into the ring immediately, standing next to Lissie as Richards grows wide eyed.
Gravedigger: A three on one situation? Bye Bye, ARich!
Crowd: HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!
The two men stare down, Lissie applauding smarkily as Richards and Dandy come head to head.
Jimmy Garcia: Look out!
Gravedigger: DD throwing a flurry of rights and lefts at his own partner!
Dandy continues to lay into Lissie with hard shots as Walter looks on emotionless from the apron. Dandy’s strikes manage to bring Lissie to ragdoll form as he motions for Richards to get into position and hands her off.
Gravedigger: Not like this!
Jimmy Garcia: SANITY SLIP!
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Taylor Lorde: Lissie Hope has been eliminated!
Gravedigger: Wow...just wow…
Dandy rolls out under the bottom rope and takes a bow to a massive wave of nuclear heat from the crowd before disappearing through the back.
Jimmy Garcia: Well...I think we got our final two!
Gravedigger: It’s one on one now and while we didn’t get teammates fighting each other in the way we thought we might, I don’t think anybody saw that coming!
Walter steps in through the ropes, the two titans of AW and UCI meeting in the ring for the first time in the match.
Jimmy Garcia: Both of these men played this one perfectly!
Gravedigger: Headbutt to Richards!
The smack of bone on bone can be heard, but the headbutt does little to phase Richards.
Jimmy Garcia: After as many concussions as Richards has shrugged off in his career, that’s doing nothing to him!
Gravedigger: His brains are scrambled alright.
Jimmy Garcia: Headbutt to Walter!
Gravedigger: Walter answers right back with another!
The crowd “boos” and “woos” as the two big men smash their skulls into one another, neither giving an inch.
Jimmy Garcia: Choke toss from Richards and Walter is sent to the corner!
Richards marches back and heads in for a big stinger splash.
Gravedigger: Walter catches him by the throat!
Jimmy Garcia: Sitout chokebomb!
Gravedigger: Walter with the pin!
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Jimmy Garcia: Not even a one count from Walter!
Gravedigger: That’s a big move from a monster of a competitor!
Jimmy Garcia: Resiliency of Richards on display early!
Walter pushes to a squatting position and grabs hold of Richards, pulling him up in a crazy display of strength and lifting him high in the air for a powerbomb.
Jimmy Garcia: Richards slips behind!
Gravedigger: Insane strength and craftiness out of these two.
Richards reaches behind and gets hold of Walter’s head in neckbreaker position, but manages to hoist him up vertically somehow before falling foreward.
Jimmy Garcia: INVERTED VERTICAL SUPLEX FROM ALEX RICHARDS!
Crowd: HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!
Gravedigger: Never seen a move like that before, let alone it being done to someone of Walter’s size!
Jimmy Garcia: Richards looking absolutely drained after that one as he rolls Walter over for the pin!
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Gravedigger: YES! KICKUP FROM WALTER!
Crowd: THIS IS AWESOME! *CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP*
Jimmy Garcia: You’re goddamn right it is!
Gravedigger: It’s been a match of big spots and these two are keeping with the trend, raising the bar even higher along the way!
Both men manage to get to their feet somewhat quickly via adrenaline burst. Richards draws back for a haymaker but is caught head first in Walter’s grip.
Jimmy Garcia: Claw submission locked in, Richards screaming in agony from the pressure on the temples here!
Gravedigger: He could pass out right now!
Jimmy Garcia: Richards pulls him in!
Gravedigger: Belly to belly and another pin!
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Jimmy Garcia: MILITARY PRESS! WALTER HAS HIS BENCHED!
Walter drops Richards behind just enough to get him off and both men are back up quickly once again. Richards pulls Walter in for another belly to belly, but Walter slips behind and launches Richards.
Gravedigger: German suplex from Walter!
Richards stumbles up and Walter gets into the position once more and hits another German, but manages to hold on this time as he pulls Richards back up.
Jimmy Garcia: Richards spins behind for a German of his own!
The crowd cheers as the two continue to trade German reversal after German reversal. After a few of these from each, Richards goes for one last German but is caught by Walter as he lashes out.
Gravedigger: Reverse headbutt!
Richards stumbles back, blood pouring out like a broken faucet from a clearly crooked and fucked up nose as Walter turns to him.
Jimmy Garcia: This is bad!
Gravedigger: MARK OF THE BEAST!
Jimmy Garcia: SPIKED SAMOAN PUNCH!
Gravedigger: BOTH MEN GO DOWN AND WE HAVE A PIN!
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DING DING DING!!
Jimmy Garcia: Who won?!
The crowd buzzes as confusion fills the warehouse, the ref leans over the ropes and discusses with the ringside crew as Taylor lifts the mic to speak.
Taylor Lorde: Ladies and gentlemen, due to both mens shoulders being on the mat for the three count, the referee has told me that this match is a draw!
Gravedigger: NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
Digger stands up from the table and yanks the mic from Taylor Lorde’s hands.
Gravedigger: NO! UNACCEPTABLE! RING THE BELL AGAIN! START THE MATCH! RING THE DAMN BELL!
The ref shrugs and calls for the match to restart and tosses the mic back towards Taylor before sitting back down next to Jimmy.
DING DING DING!
Jimmy Garcia: Looks like we’re restarting here, folks! The show goes on!
Gravedigger: We didn’t okay this show for the main event to end in a freakin’ draw! We’re gonna have a winner tonight!
The mat around Richards and Walter is a bloody, sticky mess as the blood continues to pour out from ARich’s broken nose. Both men get back to their feet, hardly able to stand, but vertical nonetheless. Richards reaches up and sets his own broken nose, much to the horror of those watching, but Walter headbutts again and causes blood to fly out in a splatter.
Jimmy Garcia: Richards digging his nails into Walter’s own flesh now!
Richards digs as deep as he can, tearing at the skin on Walter’s forehead and busting his opponent open now as well. He releases and Walter grabs at the jagged wounds as his vision blurs from his own blood.
Jimmy Garcia: SPIKED SAMOAN PUNCH!
Richards refuses to let Walter go down, gripping the back of his opponents head and laying into him with rapid fire thumbs to the throat.
Gravedigger: THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!
Walter gasps for air, seemingly fighting for his life as Richards hits one Spiked Samoan Punch after the next before releasing him as Walter is left still struggling for air against the ropes.
Jimmy Garcia: Richards going for another body splash!
Gravedigger: MARK OF THE BEAST!
Jimmy Garcia: WALTER ON TOP OF RICHARDS! IS THIS IT?!
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DING DING DING!!
Taylor Lorde: The winner of this match, Walter!!
Crowd: HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT! HOLY SHIT!
A team of medics rushes down to the ring and attempt to aid both men, neither responding as they lay motionless on the mat.
Crowd: UCI! UCI! UCI! UCI!
Gravedigger: A classic showdown comes to an end!
Jimmy Garcia: These two went to war like only they could!
The crowd continues to chant as more medics continue to flood ringside.
Gravedigger: A big thank you to everyone watching here and at home as well as Bleacher Report for hosting us! From Chicago, Illinois, this is Gravedigger and Jimmy Garcia signing off!
Fade to black.