(OOC: Ok, here's the deal. All first round matchups are going to be summary only. Tomorrow, I will have a scripted account of both semi-final matchups and an extended main event final. -Steve)
421 OCZ (Easy T, Lil Murray, R.D. Slender, and Big Poppa)
vs.
The Coalition w/Red Death (Fool Killer, Alpha, Omega, and Hare Razer)
EASY T eliminated by ALPHA via Submission at 4:03
The little one, Murray, got revenge for his leader by eliminating Alpha's partner, Omega, in record time. After Alpha dispatched of Easy T, he tagged out to Omega. Before Omega could even make it through the ropes, Murray ran over, grabbed Omega's leg and Dragon Whipped it so hard, you could hear a snap. Murray quickly put Omega in the 421 W. Legover and Omega screamed for a submission.
OMEGA eliminated by LIL OC MURRAY via Submission at 4:24
Hare Razer and R.D. Slender fought toe-to-toe on the outside of the ring. R.D. manage to slam Hare Razer hard on the arena floor. Jigoku Rabbit leaped over the ringside fence and grabbed a chair, instructing R.D. to hold The Red Death. As every fan in the arena expected, Hare Razer moved out of the way at the last second and Jigoku nailed Slender. Caught off gaurd, Jigoku fell vitctim to a Red Death clothesine before Hare Razer rolled into the ring. The ref reached his 20 count and Slender, still laid out on the arena floor, was counted out.
R.D. SLENDER eliminated by HARE RAZER via Countout at 5:56
Another OC was soon eliminated as Fool Killer wrapped Big Poppa up in his self-titled finisher, The Fool Killer. Poppa quickly tapped out.
BIG POPPA eliminated by FOOL KILLER via Submission at 7:14
Lil OC Murray was all that remained as he looked across the ring and saw Fool Killer, Alpha, and Hare Razer. Though he fought valiantly, each member of the other team took turns beating him down. The match ended with Murray giving up to a Death Embrace by Hare Razer.
LIL OC MURRAY eliminated by HARE RAZER via Submission at 9:21
WINNERS: The Coalition w/Red Death (survivors - Fool Killer, Alpha, Hare Razer)
The first elimination was dished out to the Job Squad as Nomad wrapped up Dale Winters in The Danger Zone. The rest of the Squad came in to make the save, but each was stopped by a member of The Vigilantes. Unwilling, Winters was forced to tap out.
DALE WINTERS eliminated by NOMAD via Submission at 3:52
El Cosmico wrapped the Great Red Spot on Striker, but Striker made it to the ropes. The hold was released, but Striker could not stand on the bad leg. Unfortunately for Striker, the referee had to eliminate him to avoid any serious injury.
STRIKER elimianted by El Cosmico via Referee's Decision (Technical Knock-Out) at 5:21
El Cosmico was so thrilled by his win over Striker, that he started wave and showboat to the fans. Scorpion would have none of this. He nailed Cosmico with a clothesline from behind and wrapped on The Scorpion Deathlock. El Cosmico quickly tapped out.
EL COSMICO eliminated by SCORPION via Submission at 5:43
Kamikaze was the second Job Squad member to fall victim to Nomad's Danger Zone. Panther was on the outside, wrapped up in a heated brawl with Rebel. Without anyone to make a save, Kamikaze was forced to tap out.
KAMIKAZE eliminated by NOMAD via Submission at 6:52
Rebel showed his skills and proved why he is the new Light-Heavyweight champ when he Rock & Rolled Great Panther for the final pinfall.
GREAT PANTHER eliminated by REBEL via Pinfall at 8:03
WINNERS: The Vigilantes (survivors - Nomad, Rebel, Scorpion)
The Vicious Alliance had been dealt an early blow when Cortez threw Destructo out of the ring and then faked a knee injury. With the referee attending to the "hurt" Cruz, Anthrax took the timekeeper's bell and slammed it over Destructo's skull. Destructo could not make it back into the ring and was counted out.
DESTRUCTO eliminated by CRUZ via Count-Out at 2:12
In a state of disarray after losing their key member, The Vicious Alliance lost their second big man when Black used a Spinebreaker Drop on Corruption and then wrapped him in a Boston Crab. Corruption tapped out to avoid any permanent injury.
CORRUPTION eliminated by BLACK via Submission at 4:11
The two, smaller, Vicious Alliance members were forced to rally. Apocalypse grabbed a win for his team with a backslide pin on Cortez.
CORTEZ eliminated by APOCALYPSE via Pinfall at 5:53
Devastation evened the odds when he performed his finisher, a shooting star press off the top (called the Devastator) on a downed Edward Black.
BLACK eliminated by DEVASTATION via Pinfall at 7:37
Exhausted from their struggle, Devastation and Apocalypse soon found it hard to keep up with the fresh Anthrax and Cruz. Cruz grabbed a win over Devastation with his Neck Extender.
DEVASTATION eliminated by CRUZ via submission at 8:32
Apocalypse soon fell to Anthrax as "Good Stuff" worked over the smallest Vicious Alliance member, and sealed a victory for The Pirates of The Carribean with a Cradle Suplex.
APOCALYPSE eliminated by ANTHRAX via Pinfall at 10:02
WINNERS: The Pirates of The Carribean (survivors: Cruz, Anthrax)
Shadow grabbed the first victory for his team, as he forced Bo to submit to his Fade to Black.
BO ABOBO eliminated by SHADOW via Submission at 4:02
Bane evened the odds by taking out Dream Master with a Go-Behind Rolling Neck Lock.
DREAM MASTER eliminated by BANE via Submission at 5:32
Pain came in to put the boots to Bane, but Bane soon fired back. He finished Pain off in grand style with an Upside Down Armlock.
PAIN eliminated by BANE via Submission at 6:31
But Bane was soon nailed from behind by Nightmare. Nightmare picked Bane up for a Reverse Powerbomb and slammed his body so hard, that Bane was immediately knocked unconscious!!!
BANE eliminated by NIGHTMARE via Knock-Out at 6:51
Shadow and Weehawk brawled for several minutes while Nightmare and Vermin mixed it up outside the ring. Shadow was able to grab a pinfall over Weehawk with a Standing Moonsault.
WEEHAWK eliminated by SHADOW at 9:12
Vermin looked across the ring at Nightmare and Shoadow. He gave Nightmare the finger, stepped off the ring apron, and made his way back to the dressing room area. But halfway up the aisle, "The Red Death" Hare Razer, stepped from behind the aisle curtain. He charged Vermin and pummeled him all the way back to the ring. Razer threw Vermin into an awaiting Nightmare. Nightmare performed his Nightmare Neck Breaker on the dazed Sicko and then Shadow jumped on Vermin, wrapping on the Fade to Black. Vermin, semi-conscious, soon blacked out and the match was awarded to Team Devastation.
VERMIN eliminated by SHADOW via Submission at 11:04
WINNERS: Team Devastation (survivors - Shadow, Nightmare)
***That's all for round one. The rest on the tourney will be up tomorrow. The matches will be:
The Coalition w/Red Death (Fool Killer, Alpha, and Hare Razer) vs. The Vigilantes (Nomad. Rebel, and Scorpion)
AND
The Pirates of The Carribean (Cruz and Steve Antrax) vs. Team Devastation (Shadow and Nightmare)
The survivors of each of these match-ups will meet each other in the Gang Wars finals. See you all tomorrow.
