Daark came to the ring first, accompanied by his usual hooded Cult minions.
As the minions took up their position around the ring, The Ryno came running down to the ring
even before his music and entrance video started to play. Sliding quickly into the ring, Ryno
nailed Daark with a spear that rocked the Cult member back against the turnbuckle. A flurry of
punches and kicks from the "Hardcore Sonuvabitch" put Daark to the mat, drawing a rousing
ovation from the crowd as more minions started coming down to the ring. As the odds started
building up against Ryno, DNL, Zane, Charles, and The Upstarts all came running down from
the back and tore into the group of Cult followers around the ring, causing the erruption of a
massive brawl on the outside of the ring. On the inside, Ryno nailed Daark with a flying lariat off
the ropes, but when he pulled his opponent back to his feet, Daark met him with a rake of the
face, blinding Ryno temporarily, just long enough to swing the momentum of the match. Nailing
Ryno with a series of thrusts to the throat, Daark slowed the big man down, forcing him to draw
deeper for each breath. After taking Ryno down with a spinning heel kick off the ropes, Daark
then used the middle rope as a springboard, hitting Ryno with a double kneedrop to the chest
that knocked the wind out of the native of Toledo, Ohio. Climbing to the top rope, Daark
waited for Ryno to get back to his feet before diving off and driving Ryno face first into the
canvas with a flying bulldog. Daark, realizing the importance of the match, stayed on Ryno,
delivering a series of kicks to the body and hitting a DDT before going to the top rope once
again. This time, Daark came off with a flying splash, covering Ryno for a two count before the
big man could get his shoulder up off the canvas. Keeping the pace up-tempo, Daark went to
the top rope once again, but it proved to be a case of going to the well once too often. As
Daark came off with a diving headbutt, Ryno moved out of the way, causing the Cult member to
land face first on the canvas. On the outside the battle continued, with more Cult minions
coming down to help out the cause. Seeing what was going on on the floor, Ryno pulled Daark
up off the canvas and lifted him up in a gorilla press slam, dropping him over the top rope and
onto the battle that raged around ringside. Just as Daark was getting back to his feet, Ryno
bounced off the far ropes and dove over the top with a suicide dive, slamming Daark back
against the safety rail. He then rammed Daark head first into the steel ring steps before rolling
him back into the ring. With the crowd on it's feet, Ryno slowly pulled Daark up and nailed the
Ryno Charge before covering him for the three count. The ref raised Ryno's hand in victory,
something that had been a long time coming for the former world champion. Grabbing a seat on
the top turnbuckle to watch the fight on the floor, Ryno cheered on his associates, but never saw
a man coming in from the crowd. The man was wearing a Bootlegger mask, similar to the one
Ryno had worn to the Syndicate/Untouchables match a few weeks ago. Sliding into the ring
under the bottom rope behind Ryno, the man jammed a taser gun into Ryno's ribcage, spilling
him over the top rope to the floor where the Cult minions, DNL, and The Upstarts were battling
it out. The man tossed the mask aside revealing The Bootlegger himself as the perpetrator as the
camera fades to black.
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