EXP 20 Results - February 8, 2021 (Kansas City, MO)

We pan around as the intro video starts to fade out into KC Live! in Kansas City Missouri! We see fans holding up signs saying "Game Changers: The Greatest Cheat Code", "Can someone buy out EA Blizzard", "A69! Nice!", "Team Thiccness! Most Quickness!" and "Mr. RAD is my Dad" with a picture of an ipad. We see Arthur La Forge, wearing his Captain N letterman's jacket, and Mary DeSue, cosplaying Keylith from "The Legend of Vox Machina". As the drone cam lands the announcers take over.

Arthur La Forge: Welcome everyone to EXP Episode Twenty! And what a card we have tonight on our way to "The Last Of Us" Two Pay Per View...and...wait a minute...

Mary DeSue: What the hell?...

We hear static coming over the PA as the feed is cut to a black and white screen as we see the following letter in purple...

The Following Has Been HIJACKED by the WaLuigi World Order...

"WAH WAHH WAHH WAHHHHHHH WAHHHHH"[/div]

We see the screen static as Dude Waluigi, WaLink, Bizzaro Waluigi, and Giant Waluigi flank the camera while the other assorted Waluigis dance in the backgrounds.

Dude Waluigi: WAH WEE WAELL WAHHH WAHMTHIN WAHTHER!!!

Bizzarro Waluigi: We have comondered this glorified UHF program to bring you a special announcement...He's coming!!

All Waluigis: WAHHHH'S WAHMINGGGG!!

Bizzarro Waluigi: At Last Of Us Two...There will be no where to run...no where to hide...He's Coming!!

All Waluigis: WAHHHH'S WAHMINGGGG!!

Dude Waluigi: WAHHH WUBBAUUU WOOOO...WOURRRR WIFE WAHAHAHAHAHA...WALUIGIS GONNA WIN!!!

All Waluigis: WALUIGIS GONNA WINNN!!!!!

We cut back to Arthur and Mary...

Arthur La Forge:...

Mary DeSue:

Arthur La Forge: All for skipping the intro and pretending that never happened?

Mary DeSue: YEAH!


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Duncan Shepard vs. Dude WaLuigi

Duncan launches at Dude WaLuigi, spearing him into the corner. Shepard starts ramming his shoulder into the midsection of Dude before wrapping his arms around the waist of the WaLuigi and Belly To Belly's him over him, sending him into the middle of the ring. He runs over and drops a knee onto the face of Dude. Duncan grabs Dude by the arm and pulls him up before pushing him back and immediately yanks him in for a clothesline, sending Dude down to the ground. Duncan climbs to the top rope and jumps off, landing an elbow drop onto the chest of Dude WaLuigi.

Arthur La Forge: Duncan Shepard is wasting no time getting back into dominant form tonight.

Mary DeSue: I mean, it’s Dude WaLuigi. I don’t care what the AI says, WaLuigis are easy pickings.

Arthur La Forge: Tell that to Sidroy.

Duncan picks Dude up again and pushes him into the ropes and bounces back into a 'Krogan Handshake' headbutt before running off the ropes himself and nailing his 'Biotic Charge' spear. Wanting this match to end, he picks Dude WaLuigi back up and places his head between Duncan's arms and lifts him up in the air before turning him and brings him down with 'Reaper's Bane' and covers him.

One!


Two!


Three!

Mr. Rad: The winner of the match…COMMANDER DUNCAN SHEPARD!

Arthur La Forge: And Duncan has picked up a little momentum heading into The Last of Us Part II, where he hopes to earn his first Final Boss title shot.

Mary DeSue: See what I mean? He’s gonna need tougher competition than this if he wants to get that ring rust off!

As Duncan Shepard goes to exit the ring, the Game Changers’ Larry Tact and Drake Wilcox make their way through the crowd, circling the ring.

Arthur LaForge: Not again! The Game Changers are here for Duncan Shepard, and right after his match of course.

Mary DeSue: They probably wanted to be there earlier, but these fans are too stupid to get out of their way.

Arthur LaForge: I do not think the fans were blocking Larry and Drake at all. This is a premeditated attack, one of the signatures of the Game Changers.

Mary DeSue: They haven’t done anything yet, but if they spiced things up I’d sign off on it.

Larry flashes brass knuckles that he fits on one hand, and Drake grabs a chair from the ringside area. Duncan welcomes them into the ring, the situation crystal clear. Drake Wilcox enters the ring with the chair and Duncan immediately slides out to confront Larry, who swings with the brass knuckles. He misses as Duncan evades underneath and as Tact turns – KROGAN HANDSHAKE! Larry is sent into the apron and Duncan goes on the offensive with a flurry of strikes before he Irish whips Larry into the steel steps, which go flying as he collides. Drake comes from behind and stabs with the steel chair. Duncan somehow sensed the attack and drops flat on his back to the ground, the chair floating inches over his head and he kicks it out of the hands of Drake. He then rolls to his feet and sets Drake for REAPER’S BANE! LARRY WITH A BRASS KNUX SHOT TO THE BACK! Duncan falls into the arms of Drake Wilcox, who ragdolls the sizable Shepard before running him backfirst into the steel ring post multiple times. He rolls him into the ring while Larry picks up the steel chair and enters. He begins stalking Duncan when the LevelUptron comes to life.

Mr Rad: Larry, you may want to reconsider your plans, at least after what I have to say. This comes directly from the Developer.

Drake is in the ring and restrains Duncan as Larry turns his attention towards the screen.

Mr Rad: The Developer has taken notice of your actions of late. The attacks on Bert McAlroy, Ahmya, Sidroy Covington IV, and that particular meatbag, Duncan Shepard. It has not endeared you to him, but The Developer was willing to assess a fine. At EXP 19, you went too far by allowing Drake Wilcox to attack our interviewer, Lenny Brasco. Due to this accumulation of attacks, and your collective lack of remorse, The Developer must be act firmly. Therefore, I have been told that as of now… Larry Tact and Drake Wilcox… are officially banned from The Last Of Us II gauntlet.

Larry FLIPS OUT at this, throwing the steel chair out of the ring, and it hits the entrance ramp. He shouts bloody murder at Mr. Rad, shaking the ropes and stomping around the ring as the fans rejoice. Drake Wilcox lets go of Duncan Shepard, who rolls out of the ring. Drake tears a top turnbuckle pad clear off its post with a furious roar.

Mr Rad: I’m not programmed to feel sorry to bear bad news, so I won’t. If you should continue with these attacks now or at EXP 21, then let it be known that you, Larry Tact, will relinquish the Power title before your scheduled title defense against Lord Raab.

Mary DeSue: This is complete BS! Can we reset Mr. Rad’s programming?

Arthur LaForge: Mother Brain! The Developer had been quiet on the actions of the Game Changers, and we have heard how dissatisfied the locker room is with this group going around and targeting wrestlers. The Developer has now come down swiftly, banning both Larry and Drake from The Last Of Us II gauntlet. That means they lose any chance of receiving an immediate shot at Bert McAlroy’s Final Boss title!

Mary DeSue: As if that wasn’t bad enough, the Game Changers can’t even defend themselves against anyone between now and The Last Of Us II or Larry will lose his title? That’s so unfair!

Arthur LaForge: Actually, they just can’t go around attacking people for no reason. That’s a pretty big difference, and a huge relief for the locker room.

Mary DeSue: How are they going to have their matches if they can’t attack anyone?

Arthur LaForge: Um, fairly? You know full well they can still compete in their matches, Mary. The Developer is protecting the locker room and our colleagues from this rash of backstage and other attacks. The Last Of Us II gauntlet can go on unaffected by The Game Changers antics.

Mary DeSue: Sounds lame to me.

Livid, Larry demands a microphone from a ring attendant.

Larry Tact: What the hell is this steaming pile of crap you call a punishment? This is nothing more than retaliation! The Developer strikes again, looking to suppress the progress of the Game Changers. You know what? If The Developer wants to ban me from the gauntlet, why don’t they ask everyone’s hero here, Duncan Shepard to at least do the dirty work? I want HIM out of The Last Of Us gauntlet, and The Developer wants me and Drake out. Sounds like we could decide this fairly in a match, with those very stipulations. Larry Tact versus Duncan Shepard… right now! Don’t give me any BS about his not being fit to compete, either. He just had a damn match.

The crowd buzzes at the potential match, although there are plenty of boos for Larry because he’s being an asshat. Suddenly Duncan has a mic in hand, his other hand held out.

Duncan Shepard: Larry, Larry, Larry… being a typical twat as usual.

The crowd pops at this, and Tact stares daggers at Duncan.

Duncan Shepard: The Game Changers being punished for their actions is a completely fair decision for what you’ve done. As usual, you want to twist and weasel your way out of getting what’s coming to you. It always has to be on your terms.

Larry Tact: Don’t you have a shred of dignity left in you, and in your reign as a former Power Champion, to want to beat me? Forget winning the gauntlet, I’m giving you an opportunity to show you aren’t spiraling further into Level Up limbo. Prove me wrong.

Duncan Shepard: You’re out to help me? Yeah I bet. But guess what? Despite your whining, I’m going to go along with this. We can have the match. Hell, we can have it right now, with one change to that stipulation. If you win, yes, I’ll be out of The Last Of Us II gauntlet, you have my word.

The crowd shouts “NOOOO!” at this, and Duncan motions them to hold on a moment.

Duncan Shepard: You have to take risks to reap rewards, and if I win, Larry? I want you and Drake not only out of the gauntlet, but you won’t be able to attack myself or Emily Simms until after The Last Of Us is over. What do you say, Mr. T…wat?

Larry Tact: I say screw you, screw your childish verbal jabs… and I accept those terms. I’ll shove them back down your throat and make you eat them in moments.

Mr. Rad switches his image to that of a pensive one, then a screen of him with a finger raised.

Mr Rad: That could be of interest to The Developer. Please hold…

The screen changes to show the Level Up logo, for a moment, then Mr. Rad reappears.

Larry Tact: Hey, glitchy, I thought you were going to speak with The Developer?

Mr Rad: Yes, I did. You humans, your brains are so small, you cannot begin to comprehend optimal communications. The Developer says the match is on and it will happen now.

The crowd pops at this announcement.

Mr. Rad: The Power Championship will not be on the line, and the stipulations are as follows: if Larry wins the match, he and Drake Wilcox will be permitted to enter The Last Of Us gauntlet, and Duncan Shepard will be banned from the gauntlet. If Duncan wins, then he will be permitted entry to the gauntlet, and Larry and Drake will be banned from it. Larry will still be required to make his mandated defense of the Power Championship, regardless of the outcome.

Arthur LaForge: It sounds like this match is on. We will see an impromptu Final Fantasy rematch, tonight!

Mary DeSue: With how much these guys resent and want to tear into each other, it’s no surprise Final Fantasy wasn’t enough to settle things. Kind of like how I feel about some of my Twitch subscribers.

Arthur LaForge: Don’t your subscribers donate money to you?

Mary DeSue: That doesn’t give them the right to send annoying comments. I see you SoFreshSoClean310!

Mr. Rad: In addition… if Larry wins the match, Duncan and Emily cannot attack The Game Changers until after The Last Of Us II. In that scenario, if Larry goes on to win The Last Of Us II gauntlet, Duncan Shepard and Emily Simms will not be allowed to attack The Game Changers until after Larry receives his Final Boss title match. If they do, they will be fined and suspended.

The crowd expresses some displeasure, and Larry fist pumps then fist bumps Drake.

Mr. Rad: Hold on, Larry, the same rules apply to your group. If Duncan Shepard wins this match, none of the Game Changers will be allowed to attack he or Emily Simms until after The Last Of Us II. If Duncan wins the gauntlet himself, then the Game Changers cannot attack he or Emily until Duncan receives his Final Boss title match, including during that match. The Developer thinks this is more than fair, and if you accept the terms, then Drake Wilcox needs to leave. The Game Changers and Emily Simms are banned from interfering in this match.

The crowd cheers this and Larry’s expression looks like he just smelled a skunk. He leans over to speak with Drake Wilcox, and hands him the brass knuckles. Drake then heads to the back, leaving Duncan and Larry in the ring, a referee also entering to check them for any foreign objects.

Arthur LaForge: The Developer is setting the stakes high. The winner of this match, should they go on to win The Last Of Us II gauntlet, would be guaranteed some protected from their rivals!

Mary DeSue: No way! Let them fight, cowards!

Satisfied, Referee Kirby calls for the bell to begin the match. Larry and Duncan abruptly begin exchanging blows in the middle of the ring! Duncan sends Larry over the top rope to the apron with a clothesline, and as Larry rises up he receives a KROGAN HANDSHAKE that rocks him. A SECOND KROGAN HANDSHAKE SENDS HIM TO THE FLOOR! Duncan goes outside to retrieve the Power Champion, who is stuck halfway under the ring. Before Larry can get his hands on anything, Duncan pulls him out from under and gets him up… but Tact quickly hits a kick to the knee of Duncan and throws him into the ring steps! Duncan’s back crashes into them, having already been worked on by Larry and Drake. Tact hoists him up and slams him backfirst into the apron. Checking his head for blood and taking a moment to gather himself after the twin Krogan Handshakes, he tosses Shepard into the ring and follows inside.

Arthur LaForge: Duncan came out a house of fire, hitting two of those signature headbutts but Larry seems to have gained control.

Mary DeSue: He’s the Power Champion and leader of the Game Changers. He probably gives a headbutt as part of his pre-workout.

Arthur LaForge: Fans, we do not in any way endorse headbutts as a pre-workout routine. Headbutts hurt heads. Don’t try this at home.

Larry waits for Duncan to rise… THE HUMBLING! NO! Duncan shoots elbows to the neck and head to break free. He wraps Larry around the torso and hits a belly-to-belly suplex. Tact is back up and gets an Irish whip that he reverses, sending Duncan towards the ropes and– BIOTIC CHARGE SPEAR! Duncan goes smoothly into a cover!

]ONE!

TWO!!

TH– KICKOUT!

Mary DeSue: That collision made a noise. You could hear the man meat slap together.

Arthur LaForge: Thanks, Mary. That Biotic Charge is one of Duncan’s most reliable and hard-hitting moves. Credit to Larry for kicking out, but he’s in a world of trouble.

Duncan senses an opening and waits on Larry to pull himself up by the ropes, staggering back towards him… REAPER’S B– NO! Larry blocks and suplexes Duncan over instead. He rises and drops an elbow on the sternum of Duncan. Larry then lifts Duncan into an abdominal stretch before transitioning into a pumphandle slam that sends Duncan crashing down on his back. Larry then rolls Duncan over and goes for the TACTFUL SURRENDER HEAD TRAPPED HALF CRAB! Duncan powers out before it can be locked in. He rolls his body to kick Tact away and stand, but Larry comes in fast with a jumping high knee. It sends Duncan into a corner and Larry shoots him out with an Irish Whip that Duncan reverses and holds on to reel Larry back in for a THIRD KROGAN HANDSHAKE! NO! Larry sees it coming and claps Duncan’s ears with his hands before he can execute. Larry then sends Duncan retreating along the ropes with a headbutt of his own and follows it up with a closed fist that sends Duncan towards another corner. Larry hooks Duncan, possibly for THE HUMBLING… then decides to drop him back INTO THE EXPOSED TURNBUCKLE RING THAT DRAKE TORE THE PAD OFF OF! Shepard goes face first into it and Larry gets behind and lifts him onto his shoulder… TACTILIZER TORTURE RACK SPINOUT POWERBOMB!! Larry covers!

ONE!

TWO!!

THREE!!!

Arthur LaForge: NO! NO! Duncan Shepard has a foot on the bottom rope!

Mary DeSue: I don’t think he did in time! This ref needs to do his job and call the match for Larry!

Arthur LaForge: What’s his ruling??

Larry stands and demands for referee Kirby to raise his hand and is DENIED! Ref Kirby holds up two fingers in Tact’s face, and the crowd erupts while the Power Champion is wild-eyed and arguing that it was three. Kirby stands pat and Larry looks around at the crowd, who are chanting for Duncan. In a rage, he pulls Duncan’s almost dead weight up at once into powerbomb position. He lifts him up for STARBREAKER!! Duncan wriggles out at its peak and lands behind Larry… HE SHOVES TACT INTO THE EXPOSED TURNBUCKLE RING! The fans chant “One More Time!” and in his own zone, Duncan grabs Larry’s head with both hands and BOUNCES IT OFF THE EXPOSED RING AGAIN! Before referee Kirby can even admonish Duncan, he’s off and running as Larry stumbles back and turns into ANOTHER BIOTIC CHARGE!! Adrenaline and the crowd’s rampant cheers pumping through him and negating the damage done to his head and back, he lifts Larry to hit the REAPER’S BANE FISHERMAN’S FALCON ARROW!! Duncan hooks a leg on impact!

ONE!

TWO!!

THREE!!!

Mr Rad: Here is your winner and securing his spot in The Last Of Us II gauntlet… ‘COMMANDER’… DUUUUNNNNNCANNNNNN SHHHHEEEEEEEEEPAAAAAAAARRRRD!!!

Arthur LaForge: What a gutsy performance by Duncan Shepard! I thought Larry rocked him right into defeat with that shot of the exposed ring followed by the Tactilizer. Duncan showed exactly why he’s one of the toughest to beat in all of Level Up by fighting through and using some savvy veteran ring presence.

Mary DeSue: The only savvy veteran thing he must have done was slip a few 20’s to that referee. Larry got fleeced after he won the match!

Arthur LaForge: Referee Kirby is our senior official, and I trust when he says Duncan had his foot on the rope before the three count. Larry got himself into this by leading the Game Changers attacks, and he will finally pay a price by being banned from The Last Of Us II gauntlet.

Mary DeSue: Yeah, plus the Game Changers can’t touch Duncan and Emily, at least through The Last Of Us II and maybe as far as until Duncan gets a Final Boss title match, if he wins the gauntlet. You better believe the Game Changers will take it out on stoner and robin. I guess that’ll be a silver lining.

Arthur LaForge: A potentially huge advantage for Duncan and Emily Simms, and I have a feeling you may be right. Our Final Boss and Wisdom Champions are in for a furious Larry Tact and Victoria Salinas. That’s tonight’s main event, but before it we have plenty more action ahead!

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Android 69 vs. Brody Adams vs. Diamond Steele vs. Jin Ishida

The match betweens with the one and two entrants already in the match, Diamond Steele and Brody Adams. The two lock up and Steele quickly attempts a armbar, but instead drops down and applies a rolling kneebar to Adams instead. Adams immediately goes to the ropes and slides outside, choosing to create some distance in the early part of the match. When he gets back in the ring, they lock up again before Adams gets out of that and flattens Steele with a straight up haymaker to the face!

Arthur La Forge: Brody Adams is making his debut tonight and so far things are pretty even with Diamond Steele.

Mary DeSue: Yeah, but they don't know who is coming out next!

Arthur La Forge: The smart play would be to try to eliminate your opponents as fast as possible. There are only four people in this match, but it's a good little preview of what's to come.

Mary DeSue: That match was just insane. And we're doing it again with MORE people. Wow.

Adams shoves Diamond into the corner and gets a kneelift to the abdomen, then another, before hitting another haymaker to the head. He hits another two punches before Diamond defends herself with a short kick to the gut. She then runs off the ropes and attempts a lariat, but Adams ducks and runs off the ropes himself. Brody comes back and Steele catches him with a spinning heel kick! Adams once again rolls outside, trying to pace himself.

Arthur La Forge: I take back what I said earlier. If you can't eliminate your opponent right away, it's also smart to create distance. You don't want to take a lot of punishment and then have more fresh opponents come out to take advantage.

Mary DeSue: That bearded guy seems to be picking his spots! I like it!

Adams sits on the apron and when Diamond tries to grab him to bring him back in, he grabs her head and drops it across the top rope! She staggers backward and Brody slides in, hitting a kick to the gut and then a right hand. He then grabs the wrist of DIamond and pulls her in before launching her backward with a T-Bone suplex! He follows that up with a textbook standing elbow drop, and the cover!

One!

Two!

No! Diamond gets her shoulder up.

Arthur La Forge: We don't have long now before the next entrant, it'll be either the debuting Jin Ishida...

Mary DeSue: Or the sex robot!

Arthur La Forge: Or the sex robot. I fear for our streaming deal every time that thing's out here.

Adams, looking at the clock, quickly grabs Diamond and scoops her up. He attempts to lift her for Brainless, but she drives her knee into his abdomen to block it. Adams retaliates with a right hand, so she kicks him in the shin to stun him, then grabs the head and hits a tornado DDT! Brody is up, wobbly, so she sweeps the leg to put him down. She then goes to the apron and leaps back in with a springboard leg drop! And the cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THR-no! Adams kicks out! And the timer on the clock hits five!

Four!

Three!

Two!

One!

The buzzer goes off and...

It's Android 69!

Arthur La Forge: And here it is.

Mary DeSue: Hope those two in the ring brought protection!

Arthur La Forge: How do you protect yourself against a horny android?

Mary DeSue: EMP?

The Android charges the ring and gets in, with Diamond the first to try offense. She begins attacking with lefts and rights, which don't seem to do a lot of good. She bounces off the ropes and charges at it, but Android hits a simple boot to the face that knocks her down. Brody Adams is to his feet and he stares down the robot, but Android 69 is apparently into bears, as it has LUST IN ITS EYES and begins charging for Adams! Adams wisely slides outside to avoid the mechanical monstrosity, but Android 69 begins to chase!

Mary DeSue: Come on Brody, don't play hard to get!

Arthur La Forge: I'm 100% sure he didn't expect this when he signed up to compete with us.

Mary DeSue: It's just looking for love for Valentine's Day!

Adams wisely lets the Robot chase him around the ring, then, seeing Steele getting back up, he slides inside, then back out the other side. A69 follows him but Steele is right there and the robot lays her out with a Robot Clothesline! Adams comes back in, but before he can hit any offense, A69 grabs him by the beard! It picks up Brody and carries him to the corner, slamming him into the turnbuckle, then tosses him 3/4 across the ring with a biel! Adams comes down hard on his hip and gets up, only for A69 to clothesline him outside the ring!

Arthur La Forge: This has not been a good night for Adams, but he hasn't been eliminated yet.

Mary DeSue: It might have been a good night but the robot came out!

A69 follows him out and hits a Robot Headbutt, which causes an audible CLANG noise. Adams is dazed and falls to the ground. Steele is then grabbed and given a headbutt as well, before A69 tosses them both inside the ring. That's when both Diamond Steele and Brody Adams decide they've had enough, and begin to both attack him with a series of punches to the head and body blows!

Mary DeSue: They're DP'ing Android 69!

Arthur La Forge (spits up his drink): They're WHAT?

Mary DeSue: Double punches!

Arthur La Forge: I just ruined my iPad thanks to you.

A69 shoves them both off, but that doesn't stop the multiple attempts to penetrate his armor. Adams hits a leaping back elbow, while Diamond gets a Pele kick! They both rush A69 and then manages to clothesline the robot to the outside! They follow him out and begin to pound on him with blows to the body, before they each grab him and run him face-first into the ringpost! And then again, which finally knocks the robot down! With the robot incapacitated, Steele immediately turns on Adams, hitting him from behind and tossing him in the ring. He gets up and she hits a float over neckbreaker! Cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THR--NO! Adams kicks out! And just like before, the timer begins to count down again! It goes down to zero and out comes "Killjoy" Jin Ishida!

Arthur La Forge: Still no eliminations yet, and Ishida is out last!

Mary DeSue: Everybody's all beat up, so he's got a good chance!

Ishida slides into the ring and immediately goes after Diamond Steele first, tossing her into the corner before charging in and hitting a corner dropkick. He then pulls her out of the corner and hits a flapjack. When Steele rolls away to the outside, Killjoy turns his attention to Adams. Adams is struggling to get up but gets put back down with a big boot from Ishida! But Killjoy has not time to celebrate as he's suddenly struck from behind by the returning Android 69! The robot then grabs Ishida and applies the FIVEPLAY! Killjoy doesn't know how to react as the machine begins to thrust against him while applying a full nelson, before suddenly applying THE BIG SPOON!

Arthur La Forge: Jin Ishida went wild on two of his opponents but A69 came from behind!

Mary DeSue: Heh..heheh...

Arthur La Forge: There was no right way to say that.

Ishida begins reaching out for help but he took out anyone that could, so he tries to get to the ropes. The robot pulls him down into a prone position and begins to squeeze, and the referee checks...and then calls for the bell!!

Mr. Rad: JIN ISHIDA HAS BEEN ELIMINATED!

Arthur La Forge: And just like that, the Killjoy is done!

Mary DeSue: He was doing well until he surprised by the robot!

Arthur La Forge: There's no way to prepared for it!

Diamond Steele is back in the ring now and begins to hit A69 with forearm after forearm. She then runs off the ropes, A69 attempts to lift her for a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker but she reverses into a headscissors! A69 is immediately back up so Steele scales the top rope and comes off with Silence is Gold...NO! A69 catches her in mid-air, holding her up and then hitting a standard vertical suplex! She gets up using the corner but can't stop A69 from charging in with THE COITAL WAVE! COVER!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!!

Mr. Rad: Diamond Steele has been eliminated!

Arthur La Forge: Another one gone! Android 69 is working hard to finish strong!

Mary DeSue: Okay you have to know what you're doing with that one.

Brody Adams gets to his feet and sees that it's just him and the robot now. He charges at A69 and hits a series of forearms to the face, but the machine simply grabs him and LAUNCHES HIM across the ring with a Robot Arm Drag! Adams gets up and A69 then runs him over with a Robot Clothesline! Adams slides outside to regroup.

Arthur La Forge: Android 69 may end up winning this thing!

Mary DeSue: He's a metal man! Of course he's winning!

A69 goes out to retrieve Brody, who immediately slides back in to trick it. A69 attempts another clothesline, Adams ducks it, runs against the ropes and gets a crossbody! He waits for the robot to get up and runs forward...BRODYLINE! He picks the Android back up, hooks the arm in a hammerlock and goes for the Adamsmasher, but A69 blocks the shot! He grabs Brody in a full nelson, looking for Fiveplay, but Adams hits a nasty back elbow to get out of it, then jumps up and rolls forward with a pinning combination!

ONE!

TWO!

THR--NO! Android 69 kicks out!

Arthur La Forge: Brody Adams is working his tail off to get a debut win here!

Mary DeSue: Don't tell the robot that! He might want to keep it when it falls off!

A69 gets up and hits a Robot Kitchen Sunk to stun Adams and throws him in the corner. It charges in for the COITAL WAV....NO! Adams moves out of the way, grabs and hooks the arm in one fluid motion and hits the ADAMSMASHER!!! Cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!!

Mr. Rad: HERE is your winner...BRODY ADAMS!

Arthur La Forge: Wow! It got intense at the end there but Brody Adams just secured a win and a lot of momentum heading into The Last of Us Part II!

Mary DeSue: That robot got two eliminations but Adams managed to make it impotent!

Adams gets up and celebrates his first win in Level Up Wrestling, when suddenly Mr. Rad comes onto the screen again.

Mr. Rad: I've also been informed that as a result of this win...The Developer has named Brody Adams as #30 in the Last of Us gauntlet match!!!

Adams and the audience are absolutely stunned by this news, as now he has more to celebrate when the referee raises his hand in the air.

Arthur La Forge: Well how about that? The Developer giving the new guy a reward for his hard-fought win!

Mary DeSue: Anybody can get an opportunity here if they work hard enough for it!


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Eli Goode vs. Natsumi Rekara

The two competitors circle each other and lock up with Goode placing Rekara in a headlock. Rekara tries to push of Goode, but Goode takes her down to the mat. After some repositioning Rekara gets her foot onto the ropes and Goode breaks the hold. Rekara gets up and charges at Goode with a jab, that Goode deflects into an armbar takedown to the mat! Again Rekara goes quickly for the ropes to get Goode to let go. He does and lets her get up. Rekara charges at Goode, who leapfrogs over her. Rebound off the ropes...Rekara gets taken down by a Lou Thez Press and followed up by left and rights by Goode! Goode gets up and holds up his arm as the fans start chanting for him!

Arthur La Forge: Eli Goode has been on a roll since returning from injury and so far he hasn’t slowed down!

Mary DeSue: Can you believe the nerve of this guy calling out the Game Changers last show? What a jerk.

Rekara gets up slowly as Goode tries to lock up with her. Kick to the gut by Rekara to Goode. She goes for a suplex, but Goode reverses it with a snap suplex of his own. Goode gets up and waits till Rekara is up to her knee's and he hits "Goode Deal ''!! The knee to the face sends Rekara down to the mat. Not letting up Goode rushes to the corner turnbuckle post and leaps to the top rope. Frogsplash! Goode doesn't go for the cover as he gets up and hits Rekara with a Shotgun Dropkick! Goode gets up and waits behind Rekara as she starts to get up..."Goode Lord"! Goode signals for the "Goode Bye '' and connects with the cutter! Goode quickly goes down and slaps on the "Goode Night '' in the center of the ring. Rekara tries to reposition to get to the ropes but can't...SHE TAPS!!...

DING! DING! DING!

Mr. Rad: Here is your winner...Eli Goode!!

Arthur La Forge: Wow! Just like that, it’s over!

Mary DeSue: Yawn.

Goode lets go of Rekara and helps her up. The two shakes hands at the end of a quick, but relatively brutal match. Rekara leaves the ring to let Goode continue his celebration.

Arthur La Forge: Goode is looking very impressive, and if he keeps this up, he could be a force to be reckoned with at The Last of Us!

Mary DeSue: I hope the Game Changers take him out for putting their names in his mouth.

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Joey Crash vs. Amber Payne

Ref Kirby looks nervous as Joey Crash and Amber Payne meet in the middle of the ring. Amber shows no intimidation from the larger Crash as she bellies up to him, bumping her chest into his midsection. This earns a mocking smirk from Crash who shoves her back, only for her to get right back in his face. Annoyed now, Crash piefaces Amber and begins jawing at her only to be nailed right in the solar plexus with a super kick!

Arthur La Forge: Joey Crash has a point to prove after his loss last show, as does Amber for that matter.

Mary DeSue: Joey has nothing to prove! A loss to the Game Changers is expected!

Arthur La Forge: Have they made you their mascot yet?

Mary DeSue: Pfft, I WISH.

Amber stays on Crash, driving him into the ropes with stiff forearms to the jaws. She whips him to the ropes opposite and meets him in the middle of the ring, catching him with a deep armdrag before locking in and armbar, scissoring her legs around Crash’s limb! To add injury to injury Payne begins kicking him in the face with the heel of her boot while wrenching savagely. Crash desperately tries to drag himself to the ropes.

Arthur La Forge: Amber Payne is out here proving why she’s the Queen of Strong Style.

Mary DeSue: What the hell is strong style, anyway?

Arthur La Forge: Hitting your opponent harder than usual. Like Payne trying to break Crash’s face.

Mary DeSue: Oh…I like it!

Eventually, Crash reaches the ropes and Ref Kirby forces the break, although Amber uses every bit of the 4 count she can before relenting. Crash slides out of the ring, creating distance and trying to shake the pain out of his arm and shoulder. Amber Payne isn’t done though, she runs to the ropes, leaps, springboards off and levels Joey Crash with a spear on the outside! Amber gets up and ignores the cheering crowd.

Arthur La Forge: The crowd is digging the match but I don’t know if Amber cares.

Mary DeSue: She should focus on the match! Smart of her!

Crash gets up to his feet as she returns to his position. She charges in with a superkick only for Crash to catch her foot and yell out in rage as he swings her around, bashing Amber Payne against the ring apron like a ragdoll, only better! He then lifts her up and lifts her onto his shoulders. She’s too stunned to react in time as he charges and nails her with the snake eyes on the ring post!! Amber’s bell is clearly rung as he tries to get to her feet but can’t get her legs under her. Crash breaks the count up, which earns the admonishment of Ref Kirby. Crash tells him where he can stick it as he nails Amber in the jaw with a thunderous right hand. He then picks her up, getting her into position and lifting her for a piledriver…but he’s not stopping! He walks up the ring steps and sneers to the crowd.

Arthur La Forge: Oh no, Joey Crash has been more ruthless lately but this is going too far.

Mary DeSue: He wants the title, and he’s tired of people getting in his way!

With the fans begging him not to, Joey Crash leaps from the steps and spikes Amber Payne with the CRASH AND BURN on the floor outside!! Crash gets up and yells at the crowd who let him have it! He waves them off and rolls Amber into the ring, following suit and dragging her up., getting her into position and backing into the ropes…A SECOND CRASH AND BuRN!! Crash stands, and places a foot on Amber’s chest.

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!

Mr. Rad: Here is your winner…JOEY CRASH!

Arthur La Forge: A disrespectful pin but after that sickening move on the outside, I think it was academic.

Mary DeSue: Can’t blame the Queen though, she kicked ass!

Arthur La Forge: Yes. She put up a hell of an effort, but Joey Crash is a man possessed right now.

Joey Crash has his hand raised by the official and celebrates his win as we cut backstage.

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The camera pans out to show Buster and Emily backstage at the arena. Buster is instructing Emily on how to throw a punch correctly. He throws a right cross and she mimics the technique.

Buster Gloves: Your power comes from your hips. Step, turn, and throw your weight in to it. Go ahead and give it a try.

Emily steps up and throws a clean looking punch. Then another. Then another.

Buster Gloves: Good, good. When striking, don’t be too eager to charge forward. The guys you’re facing are much bigger than you. Keep your hands up. Tuck your chin. Keep your arms in close, like a T-Rex.

Emily Simms: Gotcha Buster!

Buster Gloves: They’re going to try to rush us and overpower us.

Buster waves Emily toward him with his gloved hand.

Buster Gloves: Come here real quick. Pretend like you’re throwing a punch at me.

Emily simulates a right cross which Buster parries in to a left hook, right cross, left jab, right uppercut.

Buster Gloves: Let them come, parry the attack, counter punch, and get out. Here. Let me throw a punch and you give it a try.

Emily dodges Buster’s punch, throws a heavy left hook to the body and follows with a right elbow that clocks Buster between the eyes. Buster’s head snaps back and he checks his nose for blood.

Emily Simms: Buster! I'm so sorry about that. Can we try it again?

Buster Gloves: No, no. That was good. Let’s take a break for a minute.

Emily smiles and grabs a water bottle. Buster had offered to show Emily several moves to prepare for the match against Don Tirri and Donny Mason. She accepted the lesson, even though she didn’t need it. She knew way more than she was letting on. In fact, Emily has an extensive kickboxing background, but the lesson had been a good team building experience. Buster seemed so excited to share something with his new tag team partner and she didn’t want to interrupt him. She didn’t mind pretending like she didn’t know what she was doing. She felt more comfortable being underestimated in her matches. And she liked being around Buster. His positivity was infectious.

Emily Simms: So after we win tonight, you’re going to take me out for coffee right?

Emily asked him with a grin on her face.

Buster Gloves: Yeh, yeh, we will get coffee.

Buster grunts.

Emily Simms: Good because you promised on Twitter. You said you’d get me whatever frou frou drink I wanted. Even the one with sprinkles on top. I have the receipts!

Buster Gloves: Whatever you want Em. Just don’t hit me again. I got kids.

The two have a good laugh together, finally on the same page about their match, and more dangerous than anyone believes they are.

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Lord Raab vs. ISAAC

The match begins with the behemoth of the Game Chasers circling the Masked German Monster, neither ready to give an inch. Finally they run at each other and collide, with ISAAC avoiding a lariat and then hitting a clubbing forearm to the back of Raab's head, sending him through the ropes to the outside! The Game Changer quickly follows to keep the Monster off his guard, delivering a knee lift to the abdomen and then running with Lord Raab full force to launch him into the ring barrier! ISAAC actually manages to lift Raab up with the throw and toss him like a sack of potatoes, flinging him back first into the wall!

Arthur La Forge: ISAAC is wasting no time here! And he's manhandling the monster with ease!

Mary DeSue: You don't see many people just toss LORD RAAB around like that! Holy cow!

Arthur La Forge: If Raab wasn't wearing a mask, I think we might see shock on his face right now.

With Raab attempting to pick himself up, ISAAC begins to punch and kick him on the floor. The barrage of offense continues, as ISAAC is not letting Raab up. He finally picks Raab up himself and slams his head off the announce table, before lifting him up and hitting a POWER SLAM ON THE FLOOR! ISAAC then relents at referee Pliskin's request, rolling into the ring and waiting for what seems to be a countout victory.

One!

Two!

Three!

Four!

Five!

Arthur La Forge: ISAAC may have just stolen a win from Raab!

Six!

Seven!

LORD RAAB SITS UP!

Mary DeSue: WHAT?!

Raab immediately gets to his feet and while the sit up was impressive, he staggers as the beating did take something out of him. He finally rolls into the ring just before ten!

Arthur La Forge: Raab beats the count but the fact he got up from that slam is impressive!

Mary DeSue: He's not human! I don't care what his medical records say!

Arthur La Forge: How did you....you know what? I don't want to know. I'm not about to be an accomplice to anything.

Raab pulls himself up in the corner and ISAAC charges in, crushing him with a high knee to the head in the corner! Raab falls to a knee but ISAAC doesn't let up, slapping the monster in the face three times before hitting him with a massive headbutt. ISAAC backs up and runs in for a spear, but Raab gets a kneelift! He then grapples with ISAAC and begins to deliver knee after knee, rocking the man that's nearly equal to him in size.

Arthur La Forge: Raab finally fighting back! This is about to get interesting!

Mary DeSue: This thing could go on all night!

ISAAC grapples Raab into the corner in an attempt to block the strikes, before hitting a few shoulder thrusts into his midsection. Raab lifts his head up, stares ISAAC in the eyes before grabbing the Game Changer by the throat and tosses him behind him in the corner, before hitting a series of knee lifts once again. ISAAC hits a backhand to the mask of Raab, knocking it askew! RAab goes to fix it and ISAAC grabs him for the HEADHUNTER, but Raab shoves him off towards the ropes! ISAAC bounces off chest first right into the grip of Raab, who launches him backward with a GERMAN SUPLEX!

Arthur La Forge: Oh man, this is getting good!

Mary DeSue: They're fighting like they hate each other, but they just met!

Arthur La Forge: ISAAC is trying to break out and Raab is trying to prove a point to Tact.

Mary DeSue: I'm sure Tact is watching!

Raab gets back to his feet, latches onto the waist of ISAAC and sends him hurtling behind him with ANOTHER German Suplex! He holds on, finds the strength inside and tosses him back with a THIRD German! Raab gets back to his feet and reaches up a gloved hand, as now it seems he wants the Chokeinator! But suddenly DRAKE WILCOX has appeared at ringside and has hopped on the apron! Referee Pliskin goes to demand he leave and Raab ignores him, choosing to grab ISAAC around the throat! But ISAAC drops to his knees and hits a LOW BLOW on the monster!

Arthur La Forge: Damn it! This was such a fun back-and-forth match too!

Mary DeSue: Game Changers aren't here to entertain you, they're here to win!

ISAAC picks up Raab and lands another powerslam, dead center of the ring! He covers!

ONE!

TWO!

THRE--

NO! Lord Raab gets the shoulder up! ISAAC looks at the referee and can't believe it, but the monster has refused to stay down. He gets up and grabs Raab in a cravate, hoping to go for a Headhunter, but Raab grapples him to prevent it from happening. ISAAC tries squeezing the head to weaken up, so Raab gets a waistlock and hits a FOURTH German suplex to break!

Arthur La Forge: This thing is PPV quality, outside of the blatant cheating.

Mary DeSue: Two THICC BOIS SLAPPING MEAT! YOU LOVE TO SEE IT!

ISAAC gets to his feet in the corner and Raab comes rushing in with a charge, but ISAAC moves out of the way last second and Raab collides shoulder-first with the turnbuckle! ISAAC grabs him and attempts his own German, but Raab hits a back elbow! Then a European uppercut! Finally, with the big man rocked, Raab goes behind and hits a SNAP TIGER SUPLEX, holding the larger ISAAC in half! He holds with a bridge!

ONE!

TWO!

THR--NO! ISAAC KICKS OUT!

Arthur La Forge: A man the size of ISAAC is not meant to be bent in half like that!

Mary DeSue: Raab can't keep HIM down either!

Raab gets to his feet and grabs ISAAC, before switching his stance and now hitting a DRAGON SUPLEX! ISAAC is once again dumped on his head and neck. But Raab holds on, switches his grip and goes BACK TO HITTING A GERMAN, THE FIFTH ONE! He finally gets up and scoops up ISAAC in a front face lock, looking for the Killerbuster! But ISAAC powers him up and hits a SPINEBUSTER! ISAAC rolls away, gets up to his knees and while trying to catch his breath, motions for the monster to stand.

Arthur La Forge: Looking for that spear, this may do it!

Mary DeSue: Are we even sure? I still think this could go all night.

ISAAC runs in for the spear and RAAB GRABS HIM AROUND THE THROAT! He squeezes the windpipe of ISAAC, before trying to lift him up....AND LARRY TACT COMES IN AND SMASHES THE POWER CHAMPIONSHIP OVER THE BACK OF LORD RAAB! The referee has to call for the bell!

Arthur La Forge: WHERE did Larry Tact come from?!

Mary DeSue: I don't know! But I guess he's seen enough!

Mr. Rad: Your winner as a result of a disqualification...LORD RAAB!

Raab is rocked by the belt shot, but suddenly whips his head in the direction of Tact. Even the Tactilizing One seems a bit unnerved at Raab's unwillingness to die, but before we can see what happens there, Drake Wilcox is in too and he chop blocks the leg of Raab! The two powerhouses of the Game Changer then stand on either side of Raab and hit a DOUBLE SPINEBUSTER! Tact stands over Raab momentarily, before the Game Changers decide to leave, having sent their message.

Arthur La Forge: Well this is a damn shame. ISAAC and Lord Raab were putting on a hell of a match, and now we'll never know who won!

Mary DeSue: The important thing is now Raab knows his place! At the FEET of Larry Tact!

Tact and his fellow Game Changers begin making their way up the ramp, with Tact looking at Raab in the ring...WHO SITS UP! Before Tact can even react to that, the lights go out...when they come back on...LORD RAAB IS GONE!

Arthur La Forge: Oh...that can't be good.

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EA Blizzard vs. Kat Jones

The WildKat throws caution to the wind, instantly looking to clock EA Blizzard with a superkick! He grabs her leg and lifts her into the sky, planting her down on the mat. Kat rolls away clutching her leg and EAB begins stomping on it relentlessly. EAB pulls Kat up by the hair, sneering at her. Thumb to the eye! Kat digs her thumb into the big man’s eye socket, forcing him to let go and back away. Shaking his head, EAB regains his sight, only for Kat to light his chest up with a knife-edge chop! She follows that up with another chop, and another! Now she won’t stop slapping the big man’s chest!

Arthur La Forge: Kat Jones is doing everything in her power to get the early advantage here.

Mary DeSue: EAB already beat her once! And he’s still got the size advantage. She’s toast!

EAB shoves Kat away, clutching his now beetroot-coloured chest. She charges back in, only to be met with a big boot! EAB tosses Kat into the corner and follows her in, connecting with a brutal clothesline! EAB corks back and charges forward, driving his shoulder into Kat’s stomach over and over! He whips Kat to the corner and charges in a second time, but this time Kat manages to dodge, and the big man collides with the steel post shoulder-first! Kat manages to recover, spinning EAB around and again follow up with some chops! She mounts the turnbuckle and begins pounding away with right hands! EAB manages to reverse, running across the ring and planting her with a spinebuster! Cover!

ONE!

TWO!

Kat kicks out.

Arthur La Forge: Gotta give her credit, she’s tough.

Mary DeSue: I don’t HAVE to give her anything.

The beast continues to work over the WildKat, lifting her up into a military press! He looks to plant her with IT ROLLS DOWNHILL…but Kat manages to land on her feet - SUPERKICK! The big man wobbles but doesn’t go down…SUPER KICK again! A second superkick still fails to knock over EAB! Kat runs to the ropes and bounces off, grabbing EAB by the neck and laying him out with a swinging neckbreaker - DEAD END! Kat hooks the leg.

ONE!

TWO!

EAB kicks out.

Arthur La Forge: EA Blizzard is just as tough as anyone around here. It’s why he’s stuck around for so long.

Mary DeSue: And! It’s why he’s the next Courage champion!

Arthur La Forge: And just how is EAB courageous?

Mary DeSue: Have you ever worked in BUSINESS? It’s very cutthroat!

Kat tries to ground and pound EAB, stomping on his back and grinding her knee into the back of his neck with the help of the ropes. Ref Kirby calls for Kat to break the hold, but she keeps it applied until his count reaches five. Kat then manages to roll EAB out of the ring using her feet and the help of the ropes. She rolls under the bottom rope and bounces EAB’s head off of the ring apron. She tries to gather him for a suplex, but EAB charges forward and sends her spine-first into the crowd barrier! EAB hooks her arm, then lifts her into a vertical suplex. He holds her in the air…then plants her with a stalling suplex on the hard outside! EAB rolls Kat into the ring and makes the cover.

ONE!

TWO!

Kat kicks out.

Arthur La Forge: This is turning into a surprisingly back-and-forth match.

Mary DeSue: Only because the Kat is too stubborn to know when to quit! Don’t waste all your nine lives!

EAB leads Kat over to the corner and bounces her head off the top turnbuckle. He lifts her until she’s straddling the top rope. He ascends up there with her, nailing her with a few strong punches. He hooks her arm and looks for a superplex…but Kat fights back! She holds her ground on the top rope, and punches the big man in the gut! EAB lands another series of punches, but Kat ducks the last and with all her strength, headbutts him! The clash of noggins seems to daze EAB, giving Kat the upper hand. Steading herself, Kat leaps up and over EAB, planting him with a SUNSET FLIP POWERBOMB! Kat crawls over and hooks the leg!

ONE!

TWO!

THR-NO!!

EAB rolls his shoulder off the mat.

Arthur La Forge: And once again Kat finds herself unable to put EAB away!

Mary DeSue: I told you!

Kat pulls her hair, worried that was her one chance to put away EAB. Kat decides to try for another high risk maneuver, ascending to the top rope. She waits for the business man to get to his feet, and as he does she leaps off, looking to land a tornado DDT…BUT HE CATCHES HER! EAB then lifts her into a military press, and slams her to the mat - IT ROLLS DOWNHILL! Instead of immediately going for the cover, EAB decides to make sure things are over one and for all. He grabs Kat by the throat with both hands and lifts her to her feet. He then takes her up into the air for a BALDO BOMB-NO! KAT COUNTERS! ON THE WAY DOWN SHE HOOKS HIS HEAD AND PLANTS HIM WITH A CRADLE DDT! KAT-ASTROPHE! Cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THREE!!

DING DING DING!!

Mr Rad: Here is your winner…”WildKat”, KATTT JONNESSSS!!

Arthur La Forge: Wow! What a counter! EA Blizzard was definitely about to win, but Kat managed to just barely slip out!

Mary DeSue: She got lucky! That’s all! Accidents happen!

Arthur La Forge: I don’t think it was luck, but this is definitely a match that could have gone either way. EAB will now have to regroup as he moves onto face Dionysus at The Last of Us Part II.

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Dionysus vs. Chelsea Skye

DING! DING! DING!

The bell rings and the match starts off with Skye hitting a dropkick into Dionysus chest sending the Courage Champion back into the turnbuckle post with a sickening slam as Skye runs forward and grabs Dionysus before he can catch his breath. She slams into the ribs of Dionysus with a devastating spear, knocking the wind out of him. She lets Dionysus hit the mat and heads up top. 450 Splash! She connects! Cover...

One...

Foot on the ropes by Dionysus!

Arthur La Forge: Skye firing off the big guns early. If she manages to win, maybe that Courage title match at the PPV turns into a triple threat!

Mary DeSue: Oh I’m sure you’d love that.

Arthur La Forge: Dionysus sure wouldn’t.

Skye gets up and kicks Dionysus in the ribs before stomping on him for a few moments. She turns Dionysus' leg away from the ropes and drags him to the center of the ring, looking to go for a single leg boston crab, but Dionysus kicks her with his other leg off of him. They both get up at the same time. Skye charges at Dionysus, and Dionysus catches her with a hiptoss followed by an elbow to the throat from the Courage Champion!

Arthur La Forge: Dio seems to be a little more ruthless tonight, but I assume he’s still in a foul mood after being cheated by EAB.

Mary DeSue: SLANDER! EAB’s lawyers are totally going to sue you now!

Dionysus gets up and grabs Skye by the throat and lifts her up...CHOKESLAM! As she hits the mat Dionysus jumps down and slaps her in a Crossface! Skye screams out as Dionysus wrenches it. She gets her foot to the ropes and Dionysus breaks the hold and hits a fist drop on Skye! He picks her up and tosses her into the ropes. He looks to be going for a spinebuster but...SPEAR!! SPEAR!! SPEAR BY SKYE SENDS DIONYSUS DOWN THE MAT WITH ANOTHER SICKENING THUD!! She gets up and drags Dionysus to the corner. She heads up top...She looks to be going for the "Skye's the limit"!...She goes for the Phoenix Splash and...KNEE'S UP BY DIONYSUS!!!

Arthur La Forge: Oh no! A bad landing for the Nightmare Angel!

Mary DeSue: I guess she’s a…FALLEN ANGEL!

Arthur La Forge: Ugh..

Skye grabs her ribs and tries to get up, but Dionysus beats her to it. He reaches down and picks her up...fireman's carry into..."FINAL CURTAIN"!!! He picks her up again and hits "FINAL CURTAIN" once more...Cover...

One...

Two...

Three...

DING! DING! DING!

Mr. Rad: Here is your winner...Dionysus!!!

Arthur La Forge: Dionysus gets some much needed momentum heading into his first title defense. And Chelsea Skye goes back to the drawing board.

Mary DeSue: Maybe next time don’t go doing a buncha flippy-doos into nothing!

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Buster Gloves & Emily Simms vs. Don Tirri & Donny Mason

DING! DING! DING!

Mason and Simms start off with both circling each other. Simms feints forward but sidesteps Mason to get behind him with a roundhouse kick to the back of his head sending Mason down, landing on the second rope chest first. Simms rushes forward and hits a dropkick to the back of Mason sending him down to the mat. Mason rolls out to the outside trying to catch his breath back, but Simms is relentless and rushes to the other side of the ring to bounce off the ropes. She leaps over the top rope hitting a suicide dive on Mason as the crowd gets to it's feet!

Arthur La Forge: The Level Up audience has been buzzing about this match since it was announced.

Mary DeSue: Everyone is buzzing when it’s time to get DOWN WITH THE THICCNESS.

Arthur La Forge: We should remind everyone that if Buster and Emily can win tonight, they will get a title match against the Tirris. Possibly as soon as next show.

Referee Pliskin starts to count out the two wrestlers and gets as far as three before Simms tosses Mason back in under the ropes and tags in Gloves. She slaps Mason into a camel clutch hold as Gloves hits the ropes...Flying elbow strike to the face of Mason. Simms gets out of the ring as Gloves picks up Mason and judo throws Mason into the turnbuckle post. He then starts kicking Mason with a barrage of kicks to the corner...

One...

Two...

Three...

FOUR!!!

On the forth kick Gloves hits a roundhouse sending Mason down to the mat. Mason is a bit punch drunk as he comes back up and swings wildly at where he thinks Gloves is. Gloves watches this and waits, like a cobra about to strike. Mason gets to the ropes and pulls himself up, as Don Tirri is yelling at him to tag him in, but Mason shakes it off as Gloves bounces off the ropes to go for a big boot...but Mason charges forward with a guttural roar...DOUBLE BIG BOOT!!! Both men hit the mat.

Arthur La Forge: I haven’t seen a double kick like that since Jackie Chun beat Goku!

Mary DeSue: Who? What? Is that some nerd thing?

Arthur La Forge: Nevermind. Read a book!

Mason crawls, having taken the most damage and gets to close to tagging in Tirri, but Gloves grabs him by the leg and pulls him back...ANKLELOCK!! IN THE CENTER OF THE RING!!! Mason screams out in pain as Gloves locks in the hold, but Mason pushes himself up and crawls and finally tags in Don Tirri!! "Old School" chants start as the fans realize what kind of fight they are about to see between Gloves and Tirri. Gloves let's go and lets Mason get out of the ring as Tirri gets in and starts talking to Gloves. The two exchange barbs as they lock up and...KNEE STRIKE FROM GLOVES...KNEE STRIKE FROM TIRRI!! KNEE STRIKE CITY IS GOING ON IN THE RING BACK AND FORTH!!!

Arthur La Forge: Buster spoke about being honored to share the ring with Tirri and you can see that in this exchange!

Mary DeSue: Who trade knee strikes? Are these two crazy?

With each knee strike the wrestling fans start chanting "OOOHHH" until finally Tirri breaks it up with a jawbreaker! Gloves bounces up and back into the ropes, only to get grabbed by a bearhug from Tirri! Tirri walks back to the center of the ring, squeezing the air out of Gloves. Gloves starts striking the side of Tirri's head with his elbow to try to get him to let go...and let go he does...into a "Sack of Shit" fallaway slam!!! Gloves rolls out of the ring and onto the mat as Tirri heads to the ring apron. He calls for it..."OLD SCHOOL ELBOW"!!

Arthur La Forge: Don Tirri is out here trying to prove he’s still got it, even if that means ending Buster Gloves’ impressive win streak!

Mary DeSue: He DOES still have it! And he IS gonna end the streak!

Pliskin gets to a four count before Gloves is brought back into the ring by Tirri. Tirri walks over and tags in Mason. They grab Gloves and toss him into the ropes. DOUBLE BIG BOOT!!! Cover by Mason...

One...

TWO...

KICKOUT BY GLOVES!!! Mason reaches down and just starts wailing on Gloves' face with punch after punch! He picks up Gloves and just YEET's him into the neutral corner. Gloves moves forward and flops down to the center of the ring. Mason goes up top. He starts walking the ropes to do "Crashing Down" but Gloves gets the knee's up and Mason ends up clutching his ribs!! Both men are down!

Arthur La Forge: This has been very back and forth right now. I can’t pick a winner!

Mary DeSue: I can! My Thicc Bois!

Fans are cheering for both teams as Gloves crawls over and tags in Simms! Simms rushes in and bulldogs Mason before he can tag in Tirri! She slaps Mason into the camel clutch! Tirri yells at Mason to fight out of it. Mason screams, but he's not tapping. Simms finally drops him out of the hold and picks up Mason. Swinging neckbreaker! She picks up Mason again. Cactus Clothesline! She drags Mason to the center of the ring and calls for the "Star Rise". She goes up a high as Mason rolls out of the way tagging in Tirri. Simms eats the shooting star press into the mat! Tirri grabs Simms..."Daddy's Chokeout"!!! He slaps on the recliner as Gloves gets into the ring and..."DAMBUSTER BOOT" from Mason and both end up hitting the mat...Simms can't get to the ropes...She taps!!

DING! DING! DING!!

Mr. Rad: Here are your winners by submission...Don Tirri and Donny Mason!!!

Arthur La Forge: Damn. I feel bad for Buster and Simms, but Tirri’s perfected that hold over the years.

Mary DeSue: And the streak is over!

Arthur La Forge: Yes, technically, although Buster still has yet to be pinned or submitted.

Tirri lets go of Simms as Mason and Gloves both get up. Gloves walks over to Tirri and puts his hand on his shoulder. Tirri spins around. Gloves offers out a hand. Tirri stares at him for a moment and nods and shakes Buster's hand.

Arthur La Forge: Nice show of sportsmanship there. Buster could have reacted angrily and he didn’t.

Mary DeSue: It’s good of Tirri to pretend Buster is on his level!

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Bert McAlroy & Ahmya vs. Larry Tact & Victoria Salinas

The ladies start this one off, the Wisdom Champion Ahmya up against the red-hot Victoria Salinas.The two lock up in the middle of the ring, Ahmya slipping through to apply a wrist-lock on Salinas. Salinas counters, cartwheeling across the ring and and twisting Ahmya’s arm behind her body. She wrenches on the hammer lock, and Ahmya winces in pain. But the Roundest Robin latches on to the top rope, and Ref Crash calls for the break. Salinas snarls at him and keeps wrenching Ahmya’s arm right up to the count of five, when she finally breaks the hold. Salinas backs up slowly, arms in the air…THEN SLAPS AHMYA RIGHT ACROSS THE FACE!

Arthur La Forge: Oh come on. Who treats Ahmya that way?

Mary DeSue: Victoria Salinas, that’s who!

Arthur La Forge: It’s disrespectful! Ahmya is one of the nicest people on our roster!

Mary DeSue: Yeah but she has horrible taste in men.

Ahmya touches the inside of her mouth with her thumb, then pulls it out. The tip of her finger is bright red with blood, drawing ooos and ahhhs from the crowd. She looks up at Salinas, who is smirking at her, clearly pleased with her handiwork. The boos rain down on the Game Changers, and in response Tact gives them the one finger salute! Ahmya wipes the blood from her mouth on her cheek, and Salinas motions for her to bring it on…and she does! Ahmya lashes out with a nasty kick to Salinas’ leg! And again! And again! Ahmya lays the boot into Salinas to the appreciation of the crowd. Salinas swings wildly, but Ahmya ducks, and NAILS HER WITH A SLAP!

Arthur La Forge: Yee-ouch! Ahmya proving she’s not one to be messed with!

Mary DeSue: Oh sure, it’s okay when she does it.

Arthur La Forge: Salinas started it.

Salinas looks stunned, shooting daggers over at Ahmya. The Roundest Robin responds with a wink as the crowd go into raptures. Incensed, Salinas launches herself at Ahmya and plants her with a Lou Thez press! She starts raining down the right hands, abandoning all pretense of technical wrestling. Ahmya counters, transferring her weight to spin around and mount Salinas. Now she starts busting up Salinas, but instead of right hands Ahmya drills her elbow into into her forehead! The brutal impact of one of the blows busts up Salinas’ nose, causing blood to start trickling from her nostrils! Satisfied, Ahmya drags Salinas to her feet and hooks her arm, planting her with a BRIDGING FISHERMAN’S SUPLEX! Cover!

ONE!

TWO!

Salinas kicks out!

Arthur La Forge: Salinas has been impressive in Level Up so far, and it seems even Ahmya is going to have to put in more effort to beat her.

Mary DeSue: You got that right!

Ahmya tags in Bert, and the Bong whips Salinas off the ropes. She rebounds, and the former multiplayer champs send Salinas up and over with a double back body drop! The Game Changer bounces off the mat clutches her back in agony. McAlroy begins preparing for Get Bert’d, stomping his foot along with claps from the crowd. Salinas slowly makes it to his feet, but just as she does Tact clubs Bert from behind! He staggers forward and Salinas seizes her opportunity, collecting Bert with a running knee to the face! Both down and Ref Crash starts the count. Bert looks a little loopy from the impact, and Salinas begins crawling over towards Tact…SHE MAKES THE TAG!

Arthur La Forge: And here comes the Power Champion!

Mary DeSue: Time for Bert to die!

Arthur La Forge: One of these days you’re going to have to let that grudge go.

Mary DeSue: NEVER!

The freshest man in the match, Larry Tact is there in a flash! He drills Bert with a double-axe handle, knocking him back down to the mat. Tact grabs Bert by the shoulder and rams him into the turnbuckle! The Tactician repeats the move, this time flinging Bert into the other turnbuckle post! And again! And again! Dusting his hands off and smiling, Tact pulls McAlroy out of the corner and lifts him up into an URANAGE SUPLEX! Cover!

ONE!

TWO!

Bert kicks out.

Arthur La Forge: Bert McAlroy has proven himself to be nearly indestructible in the year he’s been here.

Mary DeSue: That doesn’t mean we should stop trying!

Tact pulls Bert up and motions as if he’s about to irish-whip him into the corner, instead he pulls him right into a vicious clothesline! The clash between forehead and forearm looks particularly nasty, and Tact decides it was so nice he’s gonna do it twice! He pulls up Bert again, soaking in the animosity from the crowd. He extends Bert, then pulls him in…but Bert ducks! He swings behind Tact, wrapping him into a rear-waistlock. He hooks Tact’s arm and lifts him into a spine-shattering back suplex! Bert slowly starts to gain more recognition about where he is, the counter having been purely on instinct. Both men get to their feet, and Bert begins to fire up! He decks Tact with a flying forearm, and another! Bert sends Tact up into the air and he falls right down to the mat! McAlroy climbs onto the apron and steadies himself. He springs off the ropes, going for GIVE HER THE BERT! NO! At the last moment, Salinas grabs his foot, causing Bert to faceplant on the mat!

Arthur La Forge: Ouch! Salinas interfered just in time to cause Bert to have a very bad landing.

Mary DeSue: That was great! She’s my favorite non-thicc wrestler!

Salinas screams at Tact, calling for the tag. Tact obliges, crawling over and slapping her outstretched hand. She springs off the ropes, connecting with a flying dropkick on Bert! McAlroy is knocked to the mat and Salinas bounces up. She grabs Bert and wraps him up into a straightjacket hold, before lifting him up and driving him into the canvas with a NECKBREAKER SLAM! Cover!

ONE!

TWO!

THR-NO!!

Bert just gets a shoulder up!

Arthur La Forge: Another kickout from Bert! These two teams do not like each other and this might go all night!

Mary DeSue: Bert sure has his way of making everyone else suffer.

Salinas slaps the mat in frustration, barking at Ref Crash that it was clearly three. The referee holds up three fingers and she shakes her head. Tact gestures for her to go sky high again, and she obliges, clambering up the turnbuckle. She steadies herself, then leaps off for a MOONSAULT! Wait, BERT IS UP! BONG WATER!! MCALROY SUPERKICKS SALINAS OUT OF THE AIR!

Arthur La Forge: Amazing! How did Bert manage to time that out?!

Mary DeSue: Is..is he sober?

Ahmya and Tact stare at the carnage in the ring in mutual amazement. Then immediately start trying to rouse their partner to life. Both Salinas and Bert slowly begin to stir, then start crawling to opposite ends. Bert makes it first and tags in Ahmya, and just as she climbs in the ring, Salinas lunges and tags in Tact! The two charge at each other and Ahmya leaps into the air, spinning Tact around in a tilt-a-whirl headscissors…she plants Tact to the mat, then transitions into OYASUMINASAI!

Arthur La Forge: She’s beaten Tact with this before!

Mary DeSue: No!! GET OUT OF IT LAR-BEAR!

Arthur La Forge: ….Lar-Bear?

Ahmya has the peruvian necktie locked in tight, and Tact is flailing, looking for a way out! He tries to grab the ropes purely by feel, as he can’t even see them from where he is! Failing to grasp the rope, Tact instead reaches for the mat and tries to push himself up and over…he succeeds…BUT AHMYA ROLLS THROUGH, KEEPING THE HOLD LOCKED!

Arthur La Forge: Ahmya has perfected that hold and Larry Tact has not been able to come up with an answer for it!

Mary DeSue: Nooo! Don’t tap!

With nowhere to go, Tact’s hand hovers in the air. The crowd are going wild, begging for the Game Changers to finally be put in their place. It hovers…and hovers…and THE LIGHTS GO OUT!

Arthur La Forge: What the hell?

Mary DeSue: And you said he didn’t know a way out…heh…

A few seconds pass and the lights come back on…standing in the ring are ISAAC AND DRAKE WILCOX! ISAAC grabs Ahmya by the throat, lifting her up and planting her with a DEVASTATING CHOKESLAM! ISAAC smirks then turns right around into BONG WATER! Drake charges at Bert and clotheslines him, sending them both over the top rope and to the outside! The two begin brawling as Ref Crash calls for the bell!

DING DING DING!

Mr Rad: Ladies and Gentlemen, as a result of outside interference, this match is a NOOO CONTEST!

Arthur La Forge: Oh this is ridiculous!

Mary DeSue: The Game Changers make the rules around here, Artie! If they don’t want to lose, they won’t!

Larry Tact slowly gets to his feet, only to see LORD RAAB CHARGING DOWN THE RAMP! He slides into the ring and nails Tact with a big boot! Raab tosses Tact out of the ring and follows him out. He tosses Tact into the steel steps, then makes his way over to the announcer’s table. He starts taking it apart as the commentators scramble!

Arthur La Forge: LOOK OUT!

Mary DeSue: Oh god, please don’t kill us Mr. Raab!

Tact is back up, but walks right into a goozle! Raab lifts Tact up, then CHOKESLAMS HIM THROUGH THE ANNOUNCERS TABLE!! The table implodes from the force of Tact’s frame, and Larry is left dazed and destroyed in the wreckage.

Arthur La Forge: Lord Raab gets revenge for earlier and just DESTROYS Larry Tact!

Mary DeSue: I don’t even…someone get that monster out of here!

Meanwhile Bert is back in the ring, trying to fight off ISAAC. The two trade blows, but then Bert is hit from behind by Drake! The two Game Changers gang up on McAlroy, laying into him with some heavy rights and lefts. They brutalize McAlroy, lifting him into a double suplex. Then, Drake points to the remaining announcer’s table. ISAAC nods, and the big men roll Bert out of the ring, preparing for something horrible. THEN JOEY CRASH RUNS DOWN THE RAMP!

Arthur La Forge: Oh no, it’s about to get worse for Bert.

Mary DeSue: EVERYONE HATES BERT AND I LOVE IT!

McAlroy’s opponent at TLOU makes his way over to the Game Changers, who look confused. But Joey extends his fist, and fist bumps the two giants! Drake explains their plan and Crash nods. ISAAC lifts Bert up for a powerbomb, then calls for Drake and Crash to help him out. Drake does…then CRASH NAILS ISAAC FROM BEHIND WITH A CHAIR!

Arthur La Forge: Joey Crash is protecting his investment!

Mary DeSue: Come on! Just kill him! Maybe you’ll get the title by forfeit!

The blow causes ISAAC to stumble and lets Bert escape. Drake rushes Crash but he cops a brutal chairshot to the head! Crash starts unloading on the Game Changers, and they start to book it! ISAAC and Drake escape up the ramp, Crash still swinging wildly. He turns back to the ring once they have escaped, seeing Bert checking on Ahmya.

Arthur La Forge: Well, at least Joey Crash has some decency in him.

Mary DeSue: Pfft, he should flatten Bert with the chair too.

Crash rolls into the ring and McAlroy locks eyes with him. Bert stands up and puts his hands up, ready to defend himself despite the amount of punishment he’s taken. Crash shakes his head and chuckles, letting the steel chair fall to the mat. He extends his hand for a handshake. Bert eyes it warily, then slowly takes it, giving it a firm shake.

Arthur La Forge: That’s nice to see.

Mary DeSue: For who?

Bert turns his back to Crash, then Joey taps him on the shoulder…AND NAILS HIM WITH A NASTY UPPERCUT WITH BRASS KNUCKS!! LOADED GLOVE!! Bert collapses to the mat and Crash taunts to the crowd, who are loudly booing him. He grabs Bert’s Final Boss belt from Ref Crash, wrenching it out of his grasp. Crash stands over McAlroy and raises the belt, grinning ear to ear.

Arthur La Forge: And there it is. Crash shows his true colors. He may not want Bert injured, but he’s still proving whatever point.

Mary DeSue: That point is that we’re gonna have a new Final Boss Champion next month!

The show fades out on the image of Crash lording over the defenseless Bert.

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