MMP Homicidal Tendencies

MMP HOMICIDAL TENDENCIES
Wednesday, April 26, 2000
Tropicana Field – St. Petersburg, FL

MMP Homicidal Tendencies is on the air! More than 50, 000 fans are packed into Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida for tonight's colossal PPV event! Commentators Jerry Wood and Ray Brewer are at ringside.

Wood: Welcome, everyone, to MMP Homicidal Tendencies!! I'm Jerry Wood alongside Ray Brewer here at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida for our annual April spectacular. We have a huge double main event lined up for you tonight. The first part will take place here in the stadium as four of the top tag teams in the MMP do battle in a three-fall ladder match with the MMP universal, tag team, and television championships all hanging high above the ring. The first man to climb the ladder will get his pick of the belts, and we'll do that three times until all the championships have been claimed. Then, from there it's off to Gene Barlotta's private island for a no disqualification, falls count anywhere on the island match between the Instruments of Destruction - The Bootlegger and Inferno - and the Upstanding Citizens - Virus Richards and The Joker's Child. Both Bootlegger's world title and Richards' extreme title will be at stake, and if either man is defeated he will lose his belt to the man that beat him. It's going to be a huge night for the MMP.

Brewer: The midwestern championship will also be decided right here tonight. "Amazing" Andrew Peters and The Cloaked Shroud will go one-on-one to decide that title, and it's a struggle between two members of The Cult forced into facing one another since no one else would sign to face either man at this event as The Cult Master takes on his faithful follower, Crimson.

Wood: The big one that everyone has been talking about, though, is definitely that four team ladder match. The implications of that one are huge, and could go a long, long way in shaping the immediate future of the MMP. We could see three new champions crowned all in a single match! We kicks things off tonight, though, with a triple threat falls count anywhere match, with the winner to advance to WrestleFest 2000 with a guaranteed spot in the extreme championship series. Two former champions are out there in the form of Psychotic Sam and Masked Man X and a third, Hyoga, is desperately seeking an opportunity to prove that he is, as he has said, the fastest rising star in the MMP. Let's go to the ring for our opening bout!

Falls Count Anywhere
Triple Threat Match
PSYCHOTIC SAM vs. MASKED MAN X vs. HYOGA

Hyoga made his way to the ring first, somewhat surprisingly without the usual accompaniment of Milov Scorpio's men. The decision to come out solo proved costly right away, as only moments after Hyoga stepped through the curtain he was caught from behind by MMX who nailed him over the back of the head with a VCR! The VCR shattered and pieces went flying everywhere as MMX pulled Hyoga up and dragged him down towards the ring, rolling him in under the bottom rope as Psychotic Sam, Havoc, Mike the Giant Retard, and Mr. Beumont came out from the dressing room. The Family stood in the aisle and watched as Havoc pulled a microphone out from under his cloak.

Havoc: This is no longer our fight. We dont want this shot so you two it is all yours.

The quartet turned and walked back to the dressing room, but neither MMX nor Hyoga seemed to pay any attention to what had been said. MMX was all over Hyoga, nailing the Swiss star with a clothesline and then mounting his fallen opponent to hammer him with right hands. He then dumped Hyoga out to the floor where he slammed the man into the ring steps, pausing only momentarily to absorb the admiration of the fans. MMX then walked over to the timekeeper's table and grabbed the bell, and waited for Hyoga to turn around and face him. When Hyoga turned MMX blasted him in the face with the bell, knocking the man clean out. But MMX wasn't done there. He then went under the ring and grabbed a fire extinguisher, holding the nozzle out and waiting for Hyoga to get to his feet. When Hyoga finally got up MMX sprayed him right in the face with the extinguisher, and then slammed the metal cannister across his head just for good measure. MMX finally made a cover when Hyoga went down this time, and scored an easy three count to earn the win.

Wood: Masked Man X is your winner here in our opening contest at Homicidal Tendencies, and by virtue of that three count over Hyoga he will now go on to WrestleFest 2000 to be one of three men to challenge for the MMP extreme championship. MMX is a former titleholder, and will have to be considered one of the favorites to come away with the title in just over a month's time.

Brewer: Here's something for you to consider though, Wood. When MMX was the champion, he was Masked MENACE X. He had a much more aggressive personality back then, something that comes in particularily handy in the garbage wrestling division. I guess only time will tell, but against a wrestler the calibre of Virus Richards, the last thing you need is a passive approach.

Wood: Don't forget Ray, by the time this night ends either The Bootlegger or Inferno could very well be the MMP extreme champion. There's no guarantee that Virus Richards will still have the belt by the time WrestleFest gets underway on May 30 in Seattle. Our next, shall I say, event, well, I really don't know what to say about this one. It's Mr. Beumont taking on Hades next at Homicidal Tendencies!

MR. BEUMONT vs. HADES

Hades came to the ring first, accompanied by Aries and Mr. Marvellous. Bad Odour Badour then came out, slapping on the end of a garbage can as Mr. Beumont entered the arena, still wearing his Regulator attire and carrying Loui Slugger. Behind Beumont was Mike the Giant Retard, who was carrying Harold the Fish. Beumont got in the ring and walked right up to Hades, screaming "YOU'RE COPYING ME, SCHMUCK!!" right at his Greek opponent, who responded by kicking Beumont in the midsection and suplexing him over. Hades made a quick cover and scored the 1..2...3 and left the ring extremely excited over his most recent victory. After Hades, Aries, and Marvellous had left Badour and Mike pulled Beumont out of the ring and helped him to the back. As they were leaving, Welfare William, Hobo Richard, and China Town Lee came running out and ambushed the group, but Mike simply kept walking to the back, leaving the five transients slapping at one another the whole way up the aisle.

Wood: And what a match it was. Hades wins, Mr. Beumont loses. We've got a big night ahead of us here in St. Petersburg, can we just get on with it now?

Brewer: For more than a year I tried telling you, Wood, that this Beumont wrestling nonsense was exactly that...nonsense, but you didn't listen. You insisted that everyone had a right to come out and test their skills. Whatever happened to that?

Wood: I guess I should have specified that you needed to have skills before you could come out and test them. My fault for not clarifying I suppose. Anyhow, it's back to the real matches here at Homicidal Tendencies, and the midwestern championship is about to be decided. The war of words between Andrew Peters and The Cloaked Shroud has really picked up as of late, with Shroud's presence in Miami surrounding this whole Elian Gonzalez situation. Peters has taken exception to Shroud coming to Peters' hometown, and tonight that war of words spreads into the ring. The midwestern title is on the line!

MMP Midwestern Championship Match
"AMAZING" ANDREW PETERS vs. THE CLOAKED SHROUD

The challenger, The Cloaked Shroud, came to the ring first, accompanied by his valet Lady Enigma. The two mysterious individuals stepped through the ropes together and waited as "Amazing" Andrew Peters made his way down the aisle. The champion arrogantly entered the ring and walked right up to the challenger as he pulled the midwestern title belt off from around his waist. The two combatants stared each other down in the middle of the ring, but the confrontation was quickly broken up as Peters reached up and slapped the Shroud hard across the face! Shroud stumbled back and Peters folded up his belt, slamming it hard into Shroud's midsection before the ref could call for the bell. The official quickly signalled for the match to get underway as Peters discarded his belt and robe and began to go to work on his opponent. As Peters was taking the upper hand, Masked Man X and Mighty Midget came down towards the ring. The two men were carrying steel chairs, but simply headed over towards the timekeepers table and sat down to watch the match. Peters dominated the early moments of the match, taking Shroud down with a Russian legsweep, snapping the back of Shroud's head off the canvas before mounting the challenger and peppering him with hard right hands. The champion then went after Shroud's mask, trying desperately to pull the disguise off of the mysterious challenger, but Shroud was able to fight him off, nailing Peters with a series of lefts that knocked the man off his perch. Both Shroud and Peters were quick to their feet but this time it was Shroud getting the first shot in, nailing Peters with a headbutt that sent the champion reeling back into the corner. A second headbutt dazed Peters, allowing Shroud to climb the ropes and pound Peters with right hands. The crowd counted along with each Shroud punch, stopping only once Shroud had connected with ten shots to the top of the head. The challenger then jumped down from the buckle and took Peters over with a monkey flip, sending the champ out towards the middle of the ring. Peters rebounded to his feet, but was more than a little disoriented as he staggered back towards Shroud, who locked the man in a side headlock. He dragged Peters over towards the ropes and burned the champion's eyes across the top strand, temporarily blinding Peters and allowing Shroud to take him over with a German suplex. Peters' title reign appeared in serious jeopardy, as the tide had clearly swung in favor of The Cloaked Shroud. Shroud waited for Peters to get to his feet and bounced off the ropes with a dropkick but Peters, out of desperation, side stepped the assault and swatted Shroud away, causing Shroud to land hard on the back of his head. Before Shroud could rebound Peters locked on a rear chinlock, driving his knee hard into Shroud's back as he reared back on the challenger's head and neck, taking an important few moments to catch a breather. After a while he pulled Shroud up and whipped him off the ropes, catching the man coming back with a high knee to the jaw that sent Shroud through the ropes to the outside. Peters followed the man out, slamming the man into the steps before turning to argue with MMX and Mighty Midget at ringside, ordering the two men to get away from his match. He then turned back to Shroud and set him up for a piledriver on the floor, but the delay allowed Shroud to shake the cobwebs loose, and he countered the move by backdropping Peters on the concrete floor! He quickly rolled Peters back in the ring, where he whipped the man off the ropes and went for a spinebuster, but Peters floated over and instead nailed Shroud with a belly to belly suplex. Peters grabbed the top rope and was breathing heavily as Shroud pulled himself up, and once the challenger was up Peters moved in and locked on the Antagonizer...but it was reversed! Shroud grabbed Peters around the head and delivered the Maelstrom...but Peters hooked the top rope, and Shroud slammed himself to the canvas while Peters remained standing. Before Shroud could react Peters rolled him in a small package and, with his feet on the ropes, scored the three count to retain the midwestern title.

Wood: Andrew Peters is still the midwestern champion, but he barely escaped with his title reign intact against The Cloaked Shroud. Peters isn't through with the Shroud, though. The Cloaked Shroud is still guaranteed another title shot coming up at WrestleFest, and after what happened here tonight, I'm sure the Shroud will be all the more determined to get his hands on that championship when the MMP celebrates it's two-year anniversary a little over a month from now.

Brewer: The undefeated streak has also come to an end here tonight, and that's going to take away a lot of the psychological edge that Shroud had by going into these recent matches with his opponents knowing that no one had been able to defeat him. We'll see what effect that has on Shroud this weekend when he takes on Wolverine on Saturday Night Slams.

Wood: We take you now to a very unusual matchup, though a match that we have seen on more than one occasion in the past. The Cult Master will take on Crimson in our next bout, and this is the first time I can remember when a member of The Cult has, for whatever reason, actually challenged their leader. This comes about as a result of no one in the dressing room accepting the challenge of either man, but it still marks a first in the history of The Cult. Can The Cult survive such an internal struggle? I have a feeling this could be a huge event, one that could have the entire future of The Cult hanging in the balance.

THE CULT MASTER vs. CRIMSON

The two participants each came to the ring alone, implicitly promising one another a clean fight between leader and loyal follower. Before the bell rang to open the match, The Cult Master requested a microphone:

Cult Master: Crimson, 'tis truly a pity that we sould meet in combat. The mortals in this realm were too afraid to meet us in battle! So our Holy Crusade brings us to a battle with each other, and may our conflict not tear The Cult apart!

Crimson nodded his head in agreement with The Cult Master's words, and even walked over and kissed his leader's boot as Cult Master set the microphone down. He then got to his feet, extended his arms, and offered Cult Master the chance to get the first shot in. Cult Master nodded in acknowledgement of his follower's gesture, and drove a knee hard into Crimson's midsection, sending Crimson stumbling back into the ropes. Cult Master then whipped Crimson off the far side and nailed the man with a running clothesline, nearly taking Crimson's head off. He then pulled Crimson to his feet, but Crimson got in a quick headbutt, bringing Cult Master's offense to a screeching halt. A rake of the face by Crimson temporarily blinded Cult Master, allowing Crimson to send the man into the ropes. He caught Cult Master coming back in with a boot to the midsection, and then delivered a swinging neckbreaker. With Cult Master on the canvas Crimson went to work on his leader's lower back, driving repeated knees hard into the spine before shifting his attack to the legs and applying a single leg grapevine. Cult Master used his height to his advantage and managed to reach out and grab the ropes, and showing his respect and admiration for his opponent, Crimson released the hold immediately. Crimson got up and pulled Cult Master to his feet, but Cult Master stopped him in his tracks with a kick to the body. He then hooked Crimson and took him over with a snap suplex, maintaining contact and allowing him to take Crimson over immediately after with a second such suplex. Realizing the tough fight his follower was giving him, Cult Master made sure to stick on Crimson and pulled the man up for a piledriver. Crimson, though, blocked the move and backdropped Cult Master over as a counter. On the way down, Cult Master's foot caught the referee in the side of the head, knocking official down as Cult Master hit the canvas. All three men in the ring - the two wrestlers and the referee - were down, when the fans along the aisle got to their feet at the sight of someone coming down the aisle. The man ran towards the ring and slid into the ring. It was Lord Daark!!!! As Cult Master and Crimson turned to see who the intruder was they both stopped, looking on in awe at the return of their fellow Cult member. Daark wore a dark cloak that covered most of his body, but both Cult Master and Crimson clearly recognized the man's identity. He walked over to Cult Master and embraced his leader, who was overjoyed to see the return of the former world champion. He then turned towards Crimson, but rather than embracing the man Daark nailed Crimson with a superkick!! Crimson's head snapped back and he hit the canvas hard while Daark helped the official to his feet. The Cult Master looked at Daark with a confused expression, but after a moment he pulled Crimson over to the corner, set the man on the top rope, and delivered the Final Prayer. The referee, with the aid of Daark, was finally coming around as Cult Master made the cover. He slumped over towards the pin attempt and made a somewhat slow 1...2...3 count to give the victory to The Cult Master.

Wood: The Cult Master is your winner in our battle of Cult members, but the big story here is the return of Daark to the MMP ring! I don't think either The Cult Master or Crimson ever expected to see this, but yes it is true. Daark, the former MMP world champion and the only man to ever bring that championship to The Cult, is back!!

Brewer: This certainly is big news, especially with WrestleFest 2000 coming up in a little over a month's time. This is a man who could be a contender for any of the championships that will be up for grabs, but if I remember Daark I'm sure he'll be looking straight at Gene Barlotta wanting a shot at regaining that world title.

Wood: Those two men have met several times in the past, and in fact they did meet at WrestleFest a year ago when The Bootlegger was the holder of the universal title. I would expect that a showdown between Bootlegger and Daark will not be far away. We bring you now to the first of our two main events here at Homicidal Tendencies. The feature bout here at Tropicana Field is the four-way, three-fall ladder match for the MMP universal, tag team, and television championships. Harbinger, The Destroyer, The Congregation, Benjamin Childs, Death, Wolverine, and George Achica are all set to do battle although one man, as we will show you now, was looking to get a piece of the action earlier today out in the parking lot. Let's take you to the footage.

The footage is of early in the afternoon, outside Tropicana Field. A car pulls up, and out of the vehicle steps Masked Man X. Almost immediately a homeless man walks up to MMX and holds out a tin can, asking the MMP's resident hero if he can spare some change. While MMX searched through his pockets, the homeless man pulled a baseball bat out from under his shaggy coat and nailed MMX in the midsection. The man then slammed MMX head first into the side of the car. As he walked away, the homeless man tossed aside his disguise, revealing Death as the true assailant.

Wood: Looks like Death wanted to get a little warmup in before participating in what should be an incredibly gruelling matchup, although MMX still managed to pull out a victory here tonight despite Death's assault. You can see the half dozen ladders set up all around the ring, so let's send you to our ring announcer who will introduce the participants in what should be a classic match.

MMP Universal Championship/MMP Tag Team Championship/MMP Television Championship
Four-Way Three-Fall Ladder Match
BENJAMIN CHILDS & GEORGE ACHICA vs. DEATH & WOLVERINE vs. HARBINGER & THE DESTROYER vs. THE CONGREGATION

With three belts hanging above the ring and six ladders set up inside and outside the ring, the crowd was in a frenzy as The Congregation's music played over the loudspeaker. The Ryno and Masochrist were the first men to be introduced, and each man was carrying a ladder as he came down the aisle, making a total of eight ladders down around the ring. The two men were followed by one half of the MMP tag team champions, Death, and then the team of Benjamin Childs and George Achica. Childs set up a table outside the ring as is his tradition while Harbinger and The Destroyer were being introduced. As the duo from The Cult came down the aisle, Wolverine came running out from the dressing room and nailed Destroyer across the back with a steel chair! That prompted the ref to call for the bell, and the match was underway!! Ryno and Masochrist targetted Death right away, and with each man holding one end of the same ladder they charged and clotheslined Death, the ladder catching the tag champ right in the jaw. They continued right over Death into George Achica, nailing the big Samoan in the back and dropping him to the canvas. Out on the floor Wolverine nailed Harbinger with the chair and then nailed Destroyer again before dragging the former multiple time extreme champion down to the ring and shoving him in under the bottom rope. Destroyer slowly struggled to his feet as Wolverine slid in, and the "Michigan Outlaw" went right after the big man with a series of hard thrusts to the eyes and the throat. On the other side of the ring Benjamin Childs had gotten ahold of Ryno and the two former Untouchables allies traded right hands back and forth while Masochrist, with ladder in hand, climbed to the top rope. Maso jumped off as soon as Death had gotten to his feet, slamming the ladder down across the top of the man's head and driving Death back down to the canvas. As soon as Maso dropped the ladder, though, he was met by a thunderous headbutt from George Achica, as the "Samoan Assassin" was out for revenge after The Congregation's earlier assault. A running lariat from George took Maso off his feet, while Harbinger, the only man not to have been significantly involved in the match, watched on from the floor. In the ring Harbinger's partner, The Destroyer, was fighting back against Wolverine, hammering the tag champ with a series of right hands and dumping him out to the floor before turning his attention to George Achica. Destroyer nailed George with a forearm to the back, while on the other side of the ring The Ryno clotheslined Benjamin Childs over the top rope to the floor. Ryno grabbed one of the ladders and set it on the canvas, near the ropes where Childs had gone out. He then ran towards the ladder and nailed a baseball slide that would have sent the ladder into Childs' face, but the universal champion stepped out of the way. While Ryno slid out under the bottom rope Childs grabbed a chair, which he slammed over Ryno's head, knocking Ryno hard to the floor, right on top of the ladder. Around on the other side Wolverine was pulling himself up and started back into the ring, but Harbinger finally asserted himself in the action by pulling Wolverine back out and slamming him into the steel steps before crawling under the ring. On the inside Death was getting his second wind and he folded up one of the ladders, which the then used as a battering ram to hit the gigantic Destroyer right in the small of the back at the same time that Masochrist whipped George across the ring and floored him with a big boot to the face. Maso then set up another ladder in the middle of the ring, and made the first attempt to climb up and grab one of the championship belts. Before he got too far up towards the gold, Death rushed over and tipped the ladder over, sending Masochrist flying over the top rope, all the way out to the floor. The ladder hit the top rope and bounced back into place, much to the delight of Death, who started to climb the ladder. He barely got off the ground, though, before George grabbed the man and lifted him in a gorilla press slam. Before George could slam him down Destroyer was back to his feet and nailed George with a running knee to the back, sending both Death and George out of the ring and down to the floor, near where Ryno, Childs, Masochrist, and Wolverine were battling. Destroyer followed them out, and a huge brawl was in process on the arena floor! Every man in the match was involved, except for Harbinger. Harbinger quietly crawled out from under the ring on the other side and shot back into the ring. He immediately started climbing the ladder and, with everyone else out on the floor, there was no one to stop him from reaching his goal. Harbinger reached up and grabbed onto his coveted tag team championship belt with both hands, unlatching it from the hook and giving himself and The Destroyer their third reign as tag champs! There was no bell and no break in the action as the first fall ended and the second fall began. Benjamin Childs was the first man back into the ring, and he was met immediately with a shot to the head from Harbinger diving off the top of the ladder and slamming the belt into the man's skull. Childs went down hard and Harbinger, realizing that the action was still on the floor, started to climb the ladder once again. This time, though, Ryno was able to get back into the ring before Harbinger got very far. Ryno tipped the ladder over, sending Harbinger out of the ring before setting up a different ladder under the belts and starting up after the gold himself. Before he could even finish getting the ladder set up Wolverine was back in the ring with a steel chair and he dove down with a chop block, driving the end of the chair into the back of Ryno's leg. In the meantime Ben Childs had followed Harbinger out to the floor. He grabbed the new co-holder of the tag team championship and nailed him with a piledriver on the outside. While Wolverine was working over Ryno Death slid back into the ring and grabbed one of the ladders, which he folded up and slammed it hard into the back of Wolverine, his now former tag team partner. Wolverine went down hard and Death slammed the ladder down on top of him. Before Death could follow up, though, Destroyer was back in the ring and the big man nearly took Death's head off with a clothesline. On the outside of the ring Masochrist was had gathered a pair of ladders, and arranged them in a cross formation between the ring and the safety rail. He then grabbed George Achica, whom he had been battling for the previous few minutes, slammed the man into the ring post, and then draped him across the two ladders. Maso looked up towards the top turnbuckle, where he saw Ryno poised for a flying splash. He dove off and landed fully on top of George. The ladders didn't even budge. The crowd errupted as Ryno and George collapsed off the ladders, both falling limp to the concrete floor as Childs left the area and headed back to the dressing room. In the ring Destroyer was working over Death, but when the big man tried to suplex Death over Death landed on his feet. Destroyer, startled, turned around and was met with a surprise kick to the midsection from Death, who then DDT'd the big man down onto a ladder! Death's offensive spurt was short lived though, as Wolverine quickly nailed him with a forearm to the side of the head and drove his former partner into a ladder with a face buster. Masochrist then got back in the ring, carrying a ladder, and slammed it into the back of Wolverine's head. He then slammed the ladder down into Destroyer before opening the ladder up and starting to climb. Destroyer, Death, and Wolverine were down on the canvas, and Ryno and George were just starting to stir on the floor. As Masochrist got closer to the belts, Childs came back down towards the ring. Now, however, he was wrapped from head to toe in barbed wire and was carrying a baseball bat wrapped in the same covering. Masochrist reached up and grabbed the universal championship belt, but before he could unhook it Childs was in the ring and nailed Maso across the back with the barbed wire bat! Maso tumbled to the canvas, and Childs started to climb. Ryno slid in under the bottom rope and tried to get Childs down off the ladder, but George reached in and grabbed Ryno's ankle, preventing the man from getting to the ladder. Both Death and Wolverine started to their feet, but they didn't see Childs climbing the ladder before they spotted one another, and they started brawling amongst themselves, not even realizing that another title was in jeopardy. Destroyer pulled himself up and grabbed Childs' foot to pull him off, but it was too late. Childs had unlatched the universal championship belt to retain his title. Only the TV title remained in the balance as Destroyer released Childs and tipped the ladder over, sending Childs over the top rope, right through the table that the universal champ had set up before the match got underway. Childs lay motionless out on the arena floor as Harbinger finally got back into the match by attacking Ryno, who had finally shaken George, from behind. A dropkick from the new tag champ sent Ryno over the top rope to the outside. George crawled into the ring as Wolverine nailed Death with a low blow. Wolverine dragged Death over to where one of the discarded chairs sat flat on the canvas and nailed his former partner with the Michigan Spike right on the steel! On the other side of the ring The Destroyer was battling Masochrist, nailing the Congregation member with a suplex. He then delivered a big splash, crushing Masochrist beneath his near 500-pound frame. Wolverine went to pull Death up again but he was stopped by George Achica, who nailed Wolverine with a headbutt and whipped him across the ring into the corner. He followed Wolverine in with an avalanche, smothering Wolverine beneath the Samoan's massive gurth. As George turned around he was caught with a clothesline from Destroyer, slowly sending the Samoan over the top rope to the outside where he picked up his battle with Ryno. While the fight ensued on the outside, Wolverine was getting a second wind and started to set up a ladder. Once it was in position he started to climb, but it wasn't long before Death was up as well, climbing the same ladder on the opposite side as his former tag championship partner. Wolverine reached up and grabbed the TV title belt, but before he could unhook it a shot to the chest from Death caused him to lose his grip. A hard right hand from Death nearly sent Wolverine off the ladder, but it did daze him long enough for Death to hook Wolverine in a suplex and take him off the ladder, sending both men crashing down to the canvas!! On the floor Ryno was working over both Harbinger and Childs, the latter of whom was still wrapped completely in barbed wire. He stacked the two men one on top of the other on top of the announcers' table, and started to climb a ladder that was set on the floor. He dove off the ladder with another flying splash, this time sending Childs and Harbinger through the table, piercing both Childs and Harbinger all over their bodies with the barbed wire. Surprisingly enough Ryno was the first man to his feet, but he was caught right away by George Achica, who slammed Ryno into the safety rail. In the ring Masochrist set up another ladder, and started up after the one remaining championship belt, the MMP TV title. Death and Wolverine were still down from the superplex off the ladder, and there was carnage everywhere on the outside of the ring. The one man Maso didn't account for, though, was Destroyer. Just was Maso was about to grab the belt the defending TV champion reached up and grabbed the man, taking him down off the ladder with a powerbomb, right on top of Wolverine! Destroyer then started to climb the ladder, and given his seven-foot-plus frame he was able to reach the belt from a couple of rungs down from the top. George Achica slid back into the ring, but not before Destroyer grabbed the TV strap off the hook. The bell finally sounded, and the match was over. Destroyer fell off the ladder and slumped back against the ropes clutching the belt just as George got ahold of the ladder. The sold out crowd of more than 50, 000 fans got to their feet and gave the eight participants a standing ovation as they slowly started to make their way back to the dressing room.

Wood: WHAT A MATCH!!! I have never seen anything like that in all my years covering professional wrestling. Those eight men all got a standing ovation for their effort hear tonight, and I'll be the first to say that they deserve every bit of it.

Brewer: Gotta agree with that, Wood. You know I'm not a big fan of a lot of the guys who were out here, but a show like that comes about once in a lifetime. They all put their best effort forward. Some were rewarded, some were not, but that's the way things go in this business sometimes. Guys like Death, Wolverine, and The Congregation will have to get over it quickly if they're going to stay in the title hunt.

Wood: So to recap, both Benjamin Childs and The Destroyer retained their respective singles titles, with Harbinger and Destroyer also capturing the tag team championship for the third time in their MMP career. This has to be the early favorite for match of the year in the MMP, and we have seen some great ones over the past couple of months. We may have another contender up next in our main event here tonight. The second dangerous game match, a no holds barred match on The Bootlegger's private island, between the Instruments of Destruction and the Upstanding Citizens with Bootlegger's world title and Virus Richards' extreme title both up for grabs. We send you now, via satellite, to Bootlegger's island for our feature bout!

Dangerous Game Match
INSTRUMENTS OF DESTRUCTION vs. VIRUS RICHARDS & THE JOKER'S CHILD

The scene shifted to The Bootlegger's private island, and almost immediately a black helicopter arrived on the scene, carrying The Bootlegger and Inferno inside. Bootlegger was wearing his riot gear and carrying a baseball bat. Inferno had a bent metal pipe as the chopper set down and the two men disembarked, looking around uncertainly as their opponents were nowhere to be found. Moments later a boat pulled up on the shore, carrying The Joker's Child, Ponch, and members of the CWO. As soon as it arrived Welfare William and Hobo Richard jumped off, complaining to Joker that they had to go to the washroom. Joker quickly ushered them off into the jungle, and the hobos took off running in amongst the vegetation. Just then a speedboat pulled up alongside Joker's boat. By some identifying marks on the side it could be identified as the same boat that Virus Richards had taken to the shipwreck match at Homicidal Tendencies 1999 where he defeated Captain Patrick O'Conner. Before Virus could get onto the island, though, Bootlegger and Inferno got the match started by attacking Joker's Child. They pounded him into the ground with their weapons before picking the man up and delivering a punishing dual powerbomb right on the dirt. Virus, wearing a Philadelphia Flyers hockey sweater, cut in to make the save, smashing Inferno across the back with a hockey stick, which shattered into two pieces immediately upon impact. He then started choking Inferno with the upper shaft of the stick but Bootlegger quickly stepped in, pulling Virus off of his partner and slamming him head first into a tree. The world champion started laughing as he pulled Virus to his feet and caught him with a thumb to the eye. Inferno slowly pulled himself up, and once he was back to his feet Bootlegger whipped Virus into the big man, who knocked the extreme champion down with a big boot to the face. The two men then went to work on Virus, but Joker was starting to come around. He grabbed the broken blade of Virus' hockey stick and nailed Bootlegger in the back of the head with it, just as the CWO was emerging from the jungle. The transients all ran over and jumped on Inferno, distracting the man long enough for Virus to crawl away from the action and pull himself together. A low blow from Joker doubled Bootlegger over, allowing the clown to nail the Italian with a DDT that planted him face first into the dirt. Inferno easily fought off Welfare William and Hobo Richard, but when he turned around he was taken down by a mafia kick from Richards that caught the big man in the side of the head. Both Virus and Joker then started dragging their opponents up towards Bootlegger's mansion, which had a concrete wall errected all around it. As they got nearer to the house Bootlegger stopped Joker in his tracks with a rake of the face. He then took the man down with a hard clothesline before going over and delivering a forearm to the back of Richards' head. Richards released Inferno, who then turned and nailed the extreme champ with a series of chops across the chest that sent him staggering backwards. Bootlegger called over to Inferno who, listening to the world champ's instructions, whipped Virus over to the Italian, who then scooped Virus up and delivered a fallaway slam. With both Virus and Joker down Bootlegger walked over to the wall around his house and picked up a very familiar weapon...the taser. Both members of the Instruments of Destruction started to laugh as Bootlegger held the taser high in the air. Inferno pulled Virus up and held the man's arms behind his back as Bootlegger let out the biggest laugh of all and jammed the taser right into...Inferno's collarbone!! Virus quickly escaped as Bootlegger pressed the taser down even deeper, driving Inferno down to the ground in violent spasms. Joker came over and stood with his tag team partner, watching on patiently as Bootlegger finished off his longtime associate. Barlotta then turned to the Upstanding Citizens and extended his arms, and the three men shared one large embrace right in front of Inferno's beaten body. Virus took the taser from Bootlegger and the trio shared a joke about Inferno ruining another main event before sending Joker over to make the cover. The referee got down to count the 1...2...the count was broken up as Virus came over and jammed the taser right into his own tag team partner's spine!!! Bootlegger nailed William and Richard, who were just now coming up to the house, with a double clothesline as Virus pulled Joker, who was now spasming just like Inferno, off of the pin. With one foot on Inferno's chest Virus made the cover and, holding the taser high, scored the three count to win the match for the former team of Virus and Joker. He wasn't done there, though, as he then went over and made the cover on Joker's Child. The referee wouldn't count, but Bootlegger was more than happy to oblige, making the 1...2...3 for Virus over his former partner. Bootlegger unhooked the top of his riot gear and Virus removed his Flyers jersey, with both men revealing t-shirts that read "Syndicate 2000" across the front. They shook hands and headed over to Bootlegger's chopper, which the two men climbed aboard. Then, just as Bootlegger went over to give the pilot his instructions, Virus turned and jammed the taser right into the back of the world champion!!!! Bootlegger collapsed to the floor of the helicopter, and Virus quickly rolled him out to the ground. Virus followed Bootlegger out and, motioning with the taser, counted off all three men before removing his "Syndicate 2000" shirt to reveal a third shirt, one that read "Nobody F*cks Me Over" across the front. The extreme champion then walked over, got back on his boat, and sped away as the screen fades to black.

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