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After winning a battle royale to become the number 1 contender for the Undisputed Championship at Wrestlemania, Shawn Michaels made it clear that his sole mission in XCW was to win the gold one last time. The mind games with Zarel started even before he'd actually won the battle royale, as he attacked Zarel's tag team partner, cartwright, on more than one occassion. Unable to get his hands on the champion at Hellfire due to the champion's turn on XCW, Shawn Michaels had one opportunity before Wrestlemania to do so. The XCW Chairman, Jarel Damone, sought to teach his twin brother a lesson, having been less than pleased with the way Zarel defends the title. As such, Zarel was double booked, first to kick off Impact with his number 1 contender in HBK's specialty match, the rooftop match. Due to the nature of this match, there have only been 4 in XCW's history including this one, and Shawn Michaels has been involved in 3 of the 4. He was involved in the very first rooftop match in which he won the XCW World Heavyweight championship, his first championship in XCW.

The rules of a rooftop match are simple. You knock your opponent off the roof to win. Of course, this is easier said than done, especially given the size and strength advantage all of Shawn Michaels' opponents have had in these matches. Zarel has proven to be quite dangerous in no holds barred environments, but Shawn Michaels is a legend in the business, and has made a career out of defeating the giants of the business. The stipulation riding on this match was that the winner would name the match type for their title match at Wrestlemania.

Little did Zarel know, Shawn Michaels had reunited with an old friend and former tag team partner, and this one hit quite close to home. Zarel's younger brother, Brandon Damone, made his presence felt as he aided Shawn Michaels to knock the champion off the roof, therein allowing HBK to name the match type at Wrestlemania.

Shawn: You know, it felt pretty good to shock everyone again. I mean, after all the wars me and Brandon have had here over the Cruiser title, who would've thought we'd team up again to reform DX?

Brandon: I'd bet most people had forgotten that we were tag team champions together in EEW, where we beat Zarel and Kane to win the titles.

Interviewer: So can you explain what brought this about?

Brandon: It's fairly simple. You see, the Damone family prides itself on not only being champions, but defending out titles decisively. We don't believe in DQ finishes. Jarel summed it up pretty well when he said Zarel was disgracing the family. So to prevent our name from being tarnished any further, I agreed to help Shawn out. I think we all want the title off my brother.

Interviewer: I take it there won't be any heartwarming reunions of the Damone clan anytime soon.

Brandon: Wouldn't count on it. Jarel and Janelle are retired, and Zarel and I definitely don't see eye to eye. At Wrestlemania, I'm going to do the family name proud when I beat Michael Phoenix fair and square in the middle of the ring.

Interviewer: So, Shawn, what made you decide on an ironman match?

Shawn: It's another match that I made famous and I'm too good at it to lose. I promised Zarel that I'd take him to the top of the mountain. I promised him that he would get everything he needed. I'm going to give him the Showstopper, the Headliner, the Main Event, Mr. Wrestlemania. And a 60 minute ironman match is the best way to do it. On the grandest stage of them all, I'm going to be the one Rollin' on through Zarel to yet another World championship.

Brandon: In closing, this public service announcement is brought to you by your friends from D-Generation X, who would like to remind you that if you're not down with DX walking out of Wrestlemania with the gold, then we've got two words for ya!

Brandon & Shawn: SUCK IT!

Coming off an inferno match with Samoa Dan, Christian Cage unfortunately had no time to celebrate, as he was set to defend the championship against Damien Ace. Damien made a huge tactical error the week before Hellfire when he hit his Four of a Kind Finisher on the XCW Chairman, Jarel Damone. As punishment for his actions, the chairman made his title match a lumberjack match with the entire lockerroom as lumberjacks. This didn't originally seem to work against him, but luck was definitely not on his side.

The most noticable lumberjacks were the Brothers of Destruction, DX, the Rock, Snypa Rifle, and Michael Phoenix. In the beginning, none of the lumberjacks lifted a finger against the competitors, so it seemed that Damien would get a fair match after all. However, the Great One started a great problem when Damien got close to him. He tossed the former champion into the steel stairs and then back into the ring. Having attacked Michael Phoenix earlier in the night and having also pissed off Brandon Damone, he found himself under the attack of 3 men, with Snypa Rifle added in after the attack on his brother. As they beat the Rock up the ramp to the backstage area, Damien and Christian continued their match, and Damien made the mistake of bumping into the Phenom. Perhaps in just a rash thoughtless act, or perhaps to send a message to his opponent at Wrestlemania, The Undertaker laid waste to both champion and challenger, but obviously did a great deal more damage to Damien, as it was Damien who received a chokeslam through the announcer's table while Cage just got one on the floor. When the Phenom rolled him back into the ring, he was unable to get out of the Unprettier and once again, Christian came out on top. Now he can look forward to his Wrestlemania opponent, Adam Mastrocola.