Harrys: The following contest is the main event of Kingdom Come, and it is for the WZCW World Championship! Introducing first, the challenger, from Buckingham, England, weighing in at 225 pounds, "The Elite" Steven Holmes!
The iconic beats of Beethoven belt out. Lights go out, several spotlights swing down to highlight Steven Holmes standing atop the ramp. He surveys the arena, one hand behind his back, the other partially extended out in a dainty fashion. He walks to the ring as the light follows. He takes his time climbing the stairs, wipes his feet on the ring apron, enters the ring and poses just as he did atop the ramp.
Copeland: Steven Holmes has had quite a bit of success since his return and it's lead him here to the main event of Kingdom Come, now will he able to end this journey with picking up the World Championship?
Cohen: I'm not sure, it's going to be a hell of a fight and I would never rule Holmes out in any match, but he's going to need his absolute best here to unseat Xander.
Connor: I don't dare make a prediction about this match, but Holmes has worked hard to get back to this level and seeing him end the night with winning the title would be a nice moment I think.
Harrys: And his opponent, from Phoenix, Arizona, weighing 210 pounds, he is the WZCW World Champion, this is Xander!
The lights in there arena cut, descending the capacity crowd into darkness. Fans can be seen holding their phones up as torches, like fireflies on a sea of darkness.
All of a sudden, unexpected music begins to play...
The sound of the long forgotten entrance music makes the crowd roar, if for no other reason than pure shock. As the drums kick in, a figure begins to walk out onto the stage. People looking very familiar to the WZCW fanbase.
Cohen: Wait, thats...
Copeland: What the hell is this??
The man is dressed, head to toe, in Triple X's original wrestling gear. His hair was dyed a multitude of colours, the baggy pants in purple and black paired with the black converse, and the fists taped with X's on the back of each hand. The one difference between him and the man they imitates? His face, painted as a white skull.
He stands there on the stage, solemn, as a word appears on the screen behind him...
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Focus remains on the black letters against the white screen as the music slowly fades out...
The crowd erupts again, though this time more from confusion than anything. A few seconds in, another figure walks slowly onto the ramp, again his face painted as a skull.
And again, dressed as Triple X.
This time, the appearance mirrored his return from a shoulder injury at the hands of Blade. The tights black, with red X's down the side, and the hair black and red. He too stood at the top of the ramp, to the left of the first imposter.
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The new word lingers as the music dies out once again, replaced instead by...
Once more, yet another doppelgänger appears, walking to the right of the two visions of the past. This one, however, feels far more recent. His hair is black, half shaven half long, and the white tights have blood splattered all over them. The face is again painted as a skull, he takes his place in the line-out of former guises of the World Champion.
The music dies; the fans unsure of how to react. The three men stay facing out, lifeless, representing days gone by in the life of the Champion.
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The third word seems to hang on the screen for twice as long as the others; the screen bathing the Triple X's in a sea of white light.
The screen goes black as the arena is covered in spotlights, and after a few seconds the World Champion finally makes his way out onto the stage, title around his waist. He slowly walks between two of his three former selves, ignoring all three as he makes his way down the ramp. Halfway down he stops, bowing his head, before throwing his arms in the air, pointing up to the sky. As he does, fireworks erupt into the air, lasting for a good five seconds. Upon the final bang, the screen comes back to life, revealing one final title.
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He lowers his arms, lifting his head with a smug, conceited grin, and makes his way to the foot of the ring. He enters the ring and stares at Holmes across the ring, and smugly taunts him with the title before handing it to the referee as his music cuts, and the ref holds up the belt for both men and the fans to see.
Copeland: Xander has been on an absolute tear since Lethal Lottery, he started that match and went all the way to the end to eliminate Mikey Stormrage and become champ. He even successfully defended the belt in a Raid Area 51 match against Keith Kole along the way to tonight. Now he steps into the ring with an all time great to try and retain his championship.
Cohen: He's got more focus than ever before so I like his odds, but he's going to be in for a tough fight tonight.
Connor: Better believe he's going to be ready to pull out every trick in the book tonight to get this win though, that title means more to him than anything arguably and when you face Xander, you have to be prepared for that. But if anybody is going to be ready for that, I'd say it's Holmes.
**Ding Ding Ding**
Xander and Holmes walk to the middle of the ring, Xander mouthing off to Holmes, but Holmes keeps a straight face not letting it bother him, and a moment later both men lock up. Holmes and Xander are struggling for control, with Holmes using his power to back Xander into the corner, and Holmes waits until the 4 count to break, but as soon as he does, Xander slaps him across the face! Holmes gets angry as the ref holds him back and Xander simply chuckles at getting under his skin, even waving to him. Holmes slips away from the ref and charges at Xander, who backs into the ropes and yells at the referee to pull him away, which he does but not before Holmes could take a swing at Xander, even if he missed.
Copeland: Xander is playing games with Holmes, but I'm not sure that's the best idea.
Cohen: He's getting into the head of Holmes, I like it!
Connor: I don't know about that Jack, I'm sure Holmes has been around long enough to know what Xander's trying to do and he's not going to fall into his traps.
Xander gets out of the ropes and as soon as he does, Holmes charges him, but Xander goes back into the ropes, however before the ref can get in between them, Holmes grabs the arm of Xander, and pulls him out of the ropes before throwing him overhead with a throw! Xander lands hard in the middle of the ring and rolls away to the opposite set of ropes but Holmes follows him, and as soon as Xander starts getting up on the apron, Holmes pulls him up to his feet then begins pounding on his chest with forearm smashes, hitting 10 strikes right in a row, before kicking Xander in the small of his back, sending him flying off the ring apron and to the floor face first!
Copeland: Well the mind games are done and Holmes is giving Xander a beating now!
Holmes quickly bails out of the ring after the champ, who's still down but not for long as Holmes grabs him by the hair to pull him back up, and he walks him over to the steel steps, and slams him into them face first! Xander begins stumbling away, but Holmes grabs his arm to stop him, and slams him face first into the steps again! Holmes now tosses Xander into the ring and slides in after him, hitting a knee drop onto the face and covers him for a pin. 1....but Xander kicks out.
Holmes stays on the attack now, locking in a surfboard stretch on Xander, clearly trying to slow the match down as Xander begins trying to fight to his feet, but Holmes hits a couple forearms to the side of the head to knock him back down, keeping him on the mat and now Holmes digs his knee further into the back of Xander. Xander now begins fighting back to his feet again, Holmes trying to keep him down, but Xander manages to get back up and hits a couple elbows to the ribs to make Holmes release him, then ducks a right hand from Holmes, and snaps off a regal plex on him! Holmes rolls out onto the ring apron, as Xander waits for him to get up, then connects with a big dropkick, sending Holmes crashing off the ring apron and to the floor!
Copeland: Well Holmes was wearing him down, but now Xander is back on his feet and back in control.
Xander seems to be getting an idea now as he sees Holmes recovering on the floor, and he backs up into the middle of the ring, is he going to dive onto him? Xander bounces off the ropes, comes charging at Holmes, who's up and turns around, but instead of diving, Xander smoothly sliding out of the ring and slapping Holmes in the face! This time though, Holmes gets angry, and grabs the head of Xander, going for a regal cutter...but Xander shoves him off, and drops him out of nowhere with an X-Rated Superkick! Holmes drops and the fans react with surprise as Xander has an evil smirk cross his face, and rolls into the ring, telling the referee to count him out!
Copeland: Oh come on, does he really want to win the main event of Kingdom Come by countout!?
Cohen: Well I guess anyway to win works for him, but this isn't right.
Connor: I don't think Xander cares about what's right or how he wins, he just wants to win and keep his title.
Xander has gone over to one of the corners and taken a seat on the top turnbuckle, as the referee has no choice but to start counting Holmes out, and reaches the 5 count after the earlier fight on the floor had already taken away some of the count from his recovery time. 6...7...8...and Holmes is finally up to his feet, sliding in just before the 9 count. As soon as he's back in the ring however, Xander hops off the turnbuckles and grabs a hold of Holmes, looking to drop him with Afterthought, the swinging STO into a DDT, but Holmes pushes him off, and even ducks a second X-Rated Superkick, avoding potential diaster twice in a row now, before rolling up Xander for the surprise pin! 1...2...but Xander escapes!
Both men get back to their feet at the same time, and Holmes ducks a punch from Xander, but grabs his other arm, and pulls him close, dropping him with the The Sword of Damocles, the regal cutter! Xander goes down and Holmes hooks the leg for another pin attempt. 1...2...but Xander kicks out again.
Copeland: I thought Holmes might have had it there, but no such luck.
Connor: He managed to block two of Xander's biggest moves after nearly getting counted out though so I'd say momentum has shifted.
Holmes sees an opportunity with Xander down on the mat, and attempts to lock him into Aristocracy Reigns, but Xander manages to slide out of it, and rolls right out of the ring! Xander is shaking his head as he walks around on the floor, but Holmes seems content to wait for him in the ring, standing right in the middle and offering the champ free entry back in after nearly locking in his finisher moments ago. Xander thinks about getting back in the ring, climbing up onto the ring apron, but when he sees Holmes standing ready to fight, he jumps back off the apron as the referee is at a 4 count. For a couple seconds, and 2 more counts of the ref's count, we have a staredown before Xander slides back into the ring, and charges right at Holmes, who takes him down instantly with a discus elbow smash! Xander drops and rolls away before Holmes can do anything, and now Xander bails out of the ring again.
Copeland: It seems the challenger has the champ on the rocks right now leaving him trying to figure out what to do.
Cohen: Nonsense Seabass, he's just frustrated by the veteran outsmarting him at the moment.
Connor: It seems Xander might have had enough though, look he's grabbed his belt from the timekeeper's area!
Indeed he has, as after a short argument with the timekeeper, he's snatched his World Title away from them, but when he turns around, he realizes Steven Holmes is blocking his path! Xander thinks for a moment, then shrugs and swings wildly with the belt, looking to knock out his challenger...Holmes ducks! Xander turns back around, still holding the belt, but not for long as he gets dropped with a facebuster! The champ goes down and drops the belt in the process, as Holmes picks it up and hands it back to the time keeper, trying to prevent that from being a factor in this match before pulling Xander up, and dragging him back to the ring and tossing him in. Holmes slides in after him, and grabs a hold of both of his wrists, and quickly stomps down on Xander over and over and over and over, not stopping until he's hit 10 straight stomps! Xander might be knocked out as Holmes covers him for the pin, do we have a new champion? 1.....2.....NO! Xander gets his foot on the bottom rope!
Cohen: What great ring presence from Xander! He got a hole stomped in his chest but he knew enough to get his foot on the ropes and save his title!
Connor: It really was a great save but how much more does he have left in him at this point? Surely it's only a matter of time until we have a new champ at this rate.
Holmes seems to think the end is near as well, as he slowly drags Xander by his foot to the middle of the ring, before dragging Xander up to his feet, but as soon as he does, Xander pokes him in the eye, and rolls him up with a small package pin! He was playing possum! The ref counts it 1...2...no! Holmes escapes! Xander is up on his feet a second before Holmes, and uses that second to hit a big kick to the face of Holmes, knocking him flat on his back! Xander now climbs on top of Holmes, and quickly begins firing off punches to Holmes, punching him in the face over and over again, until finally he's satisfied after busting Holmes open!
Copeland: Oh no, it looks like The Elite has been busted open after a series of straight punches from the champ.
Cohen: This is taking things too far, but I guess we should expect nothing less from Xander.
Xander smirks a little bit at the blood of his opponent on his knuckles, and takes a couple steps back, stomping his foot on the mat as he yells for the challenger to get up. Slowly Holmes does begin to rise, realizing the cut on his forehead as he does, and once he reaches his feet, Xander drops him with the X Rated Superkick! Holmes goes back down as Xander quickly covers him, 1...2...but Holmes kicks out again, which just makes Xander angry! Xander yells at Holmes to stay down as lifts up his head, and punches him in the face again before covering Holmes for a second time, this time hooking both legs. 1...2...but again Holmes kicks out.
Xander looks even angerier now, but he doesn't let it get to him and instead he motions it's over and pulls Holmes up to his feet, and kicks him in the gut to double him over, and now goes for the Silencer...but Holmes slips out of it, and shoves Xander away into the ropes! Xander quickly turns back around and comes back at Holmes...who drops him out of nowhere with another Sword of Damocles! Xander is down but instead of going for a cover, Holmes rolls the champ onto his back, and locks him into Aristocracy Reigns! The Camel Clutch is in and the fans have begun chanting for the champ to tap, is it over!? Holmes cranks back on the hold as Xander attempts to crawl to the ropes with what energy he has left, but he can't get there! Xander has a look of desperation on his face as he tries to figure out a way out of the hold, but he also looks like he's about to tap out as the referee comes in closer to check for a submission...but suddenly Xander grabs the ref by his shirt, and pulls him in, making him smash heads with Holmes and causing the hold to be broken as Holmes falls over holding his wounded head!
Copeland: Oh what a cheap trick! Xander realized he had nowhere to go and was going to have to tap out so he used the referee to break the hold!
Cohen: It wasn't right but it was effective, he just saved his title!
Connor: Surely that's going to be a fine, but thankfully it seems the referee is okay as they are already back on their feet.
The champ is also on his feet as is the challenger, who's holding onto the ropes after using them to get up, but Xander quickly grabs ahold of him, and drops him with the Afterthought! The STO into a DDT! Holmes is down and away from the ropes but Xander isn't done yet, he pulls Holmes back to his feet and this time connects with the Silencer! Holmes is laid out as Xander falls on top of him, managing to hook both legs for the pin while the fans loudly boo, but the referee has to count it 1.....2.....3!
Harrys: Here's your winner, and STILL WZCW World Champion, Xander!
The champ's music hits and he rolls off of Holmes with a slight smile on his face realizing he managed to pull off the victory in the main event of the biggest show of the year. He slowly gets up to his feet as the referee hands him his belt, and he gives it a kiss before holding it up with arrogant pride as he gets his hand raised in victory. Xander takes a final look over at Steven Holmes, who's still laid out on the mat, and waves goodbye to him before bailing out of the ring, holding up his championship proudly.
Copeland: Well I don't agree with how he did it, but he did it. Xander is still your World Champion folks.
Cohen: Like it or not he found a way to win and that's all that matters, he might be unstoppable as champion.
Connor: The fans certainly aren't happy, and I'm sure Holmes won't be, but for right now all that matters is Xander has won and that's all we have for you tonight ladies and gentleman, thank you for tuning in tonight to Kingdom Come, goodnight!
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