A warped and edited version of "This is how a heart breaks" begins to play, the "Break Your Heart remix"
Don't you wanna go for a ride
Down to the other side
Feels so good you could cry
Now won't you do what I told you!?
Mike appeared walking calmly and stoicly through the curtains and onto the stage with his head down. The crowd greated him with a resounding "boo" as he showed his face for the first time since he cheap shotted Venom. He looked up at the audience and surveyed them slowly, taking in each and every one of their dissapointed and angry faces while he stood tall on the top of the stage.
I remember when you used to be shy
Hey once we were so fine you and I
Now why you gotta make it so hard on me?!
Yeah its hard on me...
And i'm sorry but its not a mistake...
And i'm running but your getting away!
At the start of the chorus Mike began walking down the ramp as his classic warped blue and green pyro erupted behind him. His arrogance was palpaple and the crowd wasn't having it. He made no effort to touch any one of his former fans, he acted like they weren't even there as he climbed into the ring and took the center like he owned it. His music faded and he asked for a microphone. He starred directly into the hard camera and spoke, not caring that he was putting the main event on hold.
"My name is Mike Landry, and tonight, one of us is going to achieve our dream. On this night, I can garuntee bones will be broken, mental capacity will be challenged, and spirits die. Someone is going to begin their very first reign as WWE:U Heavyweight Champion, and if any one of you think that it is going to be Venom that gets that honor, then I should personally slap every last one of you back to your senses! Everyone is probably wondering why I did what I alledgedly did last week on Unlimited. Well let me tell you, my mind does not aknowledge such trivial things at the moment, I am completely focused on this match, so as far as I am concerned, it -didn't happen.-"
He paused for a moment as the crowd tried to shut him up with a wave of boos before speaking again, "Deal with it."
He put the mic down and relaxed in a corner facing the stage, waiting for his opponent, Venom.
See, sometimes...
You gotta flash em back
See niggaz don't know where this s**t started
Y'all know where it came from
I'm sayin we gonna take y'all back to the source
Do the knowledge... yo!
A huge pyro went off at the "yo", covering the entrance area in smoke. Venom made his way from behind the curtain shortly after the pyro went off. He was completely engulfed in the smoke as he walked out. All that people could see was his outline as navigated the smoke field.
When the MC's came, to live our their name
And to perform (forrrrm)
Some had, to snort cocaine (caiiinnne) to act insane (sannne)
with before Pete Rock-ed it on, now gone
that the mental plane (plaaanne) to spark the brain (brainnn)
with the building to be born
Yo RZA flip the track with the what to gut
Check em check chicka icka etta UHH
Eventually Venom made his way past the smoke to the top of the ramp. Now his eyes were zeroed in on Landry in the ring as he made his way down the ramp.
Fake niggaz get flipped
In mic fights I swing swords and cut clown
s**t is too swift to bite you record and write it down
I flow like the blood on a murder scene, like a syringe
on some wild out s**t, to insert a fiend
Venom soon made his way ringside climbing up the steps slowly then getting into the ring going over to the corner opposite Landry watching him. He was right about one thing what had happened last week didn't matter it was all about the here and now. He hadn't forgotten about the cheap shot but the time for talk was over. Venom began to stretch in his corner awaiting the bell, as was his usual pre-match ritual.
Energy is felt once the cards are dealt
With the impact of roundhouse kicks from black belts
that attack, the mic-fones like cyclones or typhoon
I represent from midnight to high noon
I don't waste ink, ***** I think
I drop megaton BOMBS more faster than you blink
Mike eyed Venom up and down, trying to register by his body language how prepared he was for this match. In Mike's opinion, Venom was ready for a match with Mike, but not this one.
*ding ding ding*
Mike walked smoothly into the center of the ring dominantly, waiting for Venom to meet him so they could start this all important match.
When the bell rung Venom wasn't messing around while Mike was walking forward Venom charged going for a Lou Thez press. If it connected he would of course follow up with some mounted punches.
Venom loved to beat his opponents up hit them in whatever way he could. He knew that he was going to get his revenge on Mike in this match alone but in the end the only thing that mattered was walking out the champ and Venom was willing to do anything to accomplish that goal.
Mike definately not expecting Venom to rush in so quickly and was taken down by the Thez Press. He covered up as best he could to protect himself from the punches but about every other one got through.
Venom kept wailing on Landry until the ref came to pull him off the superstar. When the ref couldn't get him off he began to count to five. Of course at the count of four Venom stood right back up and took a few steps back waiting for Mike to get up.
Mike held his face and backed against the ropes when Venom dissmounted. When he got back to his feet he tried rushing in to get some payback but the referee held him back, not wanting to have to ref a street fight. Mike gripped the referee by the hair and pushed him aside, moving back at Venom and trying to throw an overhand right to Venom's face.
Venom smiled as he saw Mike abusing the ref. That gave him the feeling that maybe he was starting to get under Landry's skin a bit. He quicky side stepped the blow as it came at him at the same time he tried to swiftly sneak behind Landry and go for a stiff half-nelson suplex.
Mike saw Venom swing around him and decided to swing his leg back into his groin while the referee is down.
The kick connects, to a chorus of boos, as Venom falls to the mat in pain.
Efficiency was Mike's game plan tonight, and it seemed to be working. The referee saw Venom on the ground and Mike motioned to him, saying "It was an Atomic Drop, perfectly legal, not my fault he has a weak constitution."
He proceeded to flip off the referee before mounted Venom, trying to rain down a few punches as his opponent had done only moments ago.
Venom was still stunned from the low blow so when Mike began to punch him his defenses were completely down. After taking a few punches Venom's natural instincts started to take over as he began to cover up as best he could.
Mike threw down a few more shots before dissmounting Venom and strutting around the ring as if he was dissatisfied with Venom's performance.
He shouted, "Come on! You call this match of the year!?" before angrily sending a kick into Venom's back.
The kick sent Venom back to the mat as he tried to get up. He rolled away from Landry after it taking a few seconds to clear his head a bit before attempting to get up again, a pained smile on his face as he heard Landry's taunts. "This match is far from over Mike." He says finally back on his feet.
Mike spat at Venom's feet while he approached him, trying to grip his left arm and wrench it behind his back.
Venom looks down at the spit then back up at Landry, merely smirking. The hammerlock connects afterwards but Venom would almost immediately go for a few elbows to Mike's head with his free arm to stun him. If that worked he would then go for a snapmare.
Mike was repelled by the elbows and snapped over Venom's shoulder quickly with the snapmare.
After the snapmare Venom would go for a stiff kick to Mike's back if that connected he would follow up by trying to put the superstar in a full nelson.
Mike arched his back as the kick connected, making it much easier for Venom to lock in his Full Nelson.
When the Full Nelson was locked in Venom then tried to turn Landry over onto his stomach to turn the move into a full nelson camel clutch a decent distance away from the ropes. Venom was gonna start to wear Mike down so he didn't even care if Landry manage to get to the ropes, this was only the beginning.
As painful as the modification of the Full Nelson was, it was more painful to be stuck in a move he himself developed at the beginning of his career and helped him earn the name, The Innovator. Now it was being used against him and his frustration mounted. He struggled violantly to shake Venom off, trying to find any room at all to wiggle out of the hold.
Venom smiled as he could tell that Mike was getting a bit frustrated which would only help Venom in the end. He had his hold locked in tight as he pushed down on Mike's head to apply more pressure. Venom loved to use submission holds to wear his opponents down and once he was locked in there was almost no way to break his grip. Landry's only chance was to make a move for the ropes and he could be sure Venom would not make it easy on him since he did have a slight weight and power advantage over Mike.
In between his shaking and struggling, Mike also began rocking Venom forward and backward while he rode him. It took a moment to build up the momentum but he would try to throw all his body weight forward in an attempt to make Venom fall over him and hang himself up on the second rope.
When he began to rock forward Venom knew Mike, being known as the Innovator, was most likely up to something so he would quickly try to power Mike up to his feet and go for a dragon suplex pin. If it connected, Mike would surely kick out and after that Venom would get back up to his feet and allow Mike the same chance, a reset.
Landry's momentum was used against him and he was hoisted akwardly into the Dragon Suplex pin. The referee counted, "1...2..." But before the three Mike was able to roll over his shoulders and release himself from Venom's grip and the pinfall.
After Mike kicked out Venom stood back up and made his way to a corner. He rested his hands on his thighs waiting for Mike to get up. Venom could feel he was on his game apparant by the grin on his face as he waited for his opponent to rise eager to mix it up again.
Mike stood up to his feet with wobbly legs, holding his head and really selling the last shot, perhaps more than necessary...
Venom eyed Mike as he got up. His opponent seemed a bit shaken so Venom moved in he would start with a few shots to his opponents body followed by a hard chop to the chest. If those connected Venom would go to Irish whip Landry to one of the corners.
"Ah..ow...sonofa!" Mike grunted each time Venom hit him and was sent hard into the corner.
Venom went into the opposite corner and sized Landry up before picking up some steam and charging staright towards him going for a big splash in the corner.
Mike had a twinkle in his eye as he saw Venom stampeding towards him. He slipped his legs between the middle and top rope to avoid the splash, then spun himself back around while he was still in the ropes and reached behind Venom to try and roll them both back into the center of the ring with a school boy.
Venom stunned himself when he hit the empty turnbuckle so was caught by surprise by the pin attempt. The ref started to count. 1................2.............Venom managed to power out of the pin before the three count. Rolling back around up to one knee afterwards.
Mike always did love to use that innovative little counter pin of his, he couldn't wait to see Venom's face on the replay. There was no time to think of such things right now, he got back to his feet and sized Venom up, then tried gripping his arm and sending him into the ropes with an irish whip.
The irish whip connects and Venom comes rebounding back towards Mike from the ropes.
And when Mike saw his opportunity Mike would jump into the air and try to hit his Hurrikick ((Spinning corkscrew heel kick)) right into Venom's sternum!
The heel kick connects sending Venom falling backwards on to his back.
Mike fell on his back as well next to Venom, mocking him by holding his chest and acting like he felt the kick as well. Then he spun back up to his feet in reverse, like he was rewinding from the kick. He stood above Venom dominantly before lazilly pressing his foot across his cheek and trying to scrap it over and over.
Venom layed on the ground holding his chest feeling the effects of the kick unaware of what Mike was up to a short distance away. He is woken up by feeling of a foot on his face then a scrape and then another. It didn't take him long to realize what Landry was up to. After about the 5th scrape Venom reaches up grabbing a hold of Mike's foot twisting it slightly then he would attempt to pull Mike's other leg out from under him to bring him back down to the mat.
Mike's leg was pulled out from under him, but it only succeeded in pissing him off further. When Mike was on the ground he would try to mount Venom and furiously elbow him in the face.
Mike managed to get on top of Venom and rain down the elbows after four of them Venom knew he couldn't just lay there and take it for long. He would then try to roll in an attempt to switch positions if that worked he would try to throw some strong punches at Mike's face.
Mike's eyes went wide as Venom was able to switch his position and return the favor to Mike's face. The crowd was eating it up and it seemed Venom was finally getting some revenge, but the dissapointment returned when Mike scrambled for the ropes and rolled out of the ring.
When Mike starts to scramble away Venom reaches out in an attempt to keep him from escaping but luckily for Mike, Venom wasn't able to get a good hold on him. After Mike got out of the ring Venom made his way to the turnbuckle climbing up and playing up to the crowd to loud cheers before staring Mike down waiting to see what he would do.
Mike looked up at Venom, still trying to figure out how he keeps squirming out of those painful situations. Then the enormously loud crowd came into his mind as he heard a real roar of boos directed at him for the first time in a -very- long time. It definately didn't sit well with him, and he started shouting back at the fans while the referee began counting him out.
"1...2...3...4..."
Venom merely shook his head as Mike turned his attention to the fans. That was defintitely a mistake, in a title match and especially against an opponent like Venom. While Mike was busy arguing with the crowd Venom took a couple of steps back measuring him up before dashing forward jumping clear over the top rope going for a suicide dive onto Landry.
Mike didn't see it coming until it was too late, and Venom crash landed into Mike as the crowd shouted in excitement! Mike starred up at the lights while he layed there on the cement, holding his left shoulder which took the brunt of the force.
Venom layed on the ground for a few seconds before the adrenaline kicked in as he popped right back up to his feet. "Thats what I'm talking about!" He yelled as he took a few steps away from Mike. Venom was fired up and running on all cylinders and the crowd was eating it all up. He walked back over to Mike grabbing him by the hair to try and pick him up, the ref beginning his count from one again. If Venom was able to pick Mike up he would go to lift him up into the air then drop him onto the barricade hoping to work on the left shoulder he seemed to be favoring now.
Mike was taken up and in a hotshot like maneuver, planted onto the barricade shoulder first.
After Mike fell on the floor Venom stuck to his usual game plan relentless offense. This time it would come in the form of stomps to Mike's injured shoulder.
After one or two stomps Mike covered up in order to save his shoulder, then reached forward and tried a momentum move to try and make Venom fall face first into the barricade.
Venom was putting so much force into his stomps that when Mike pulled him forward he fell right into the barricade smacking his face on it. He fell to his knees still facing the barricade.
Mike stumbled back up to his feet and observed Venom on his hands and knees infront of him. He had an opportunity to deal devistating damage to Venom while he was vulnerable, but the referee's count was getting higher and higher, and the title was more important. He rolled back into the ring, hoping Venom was hurt enough and stunned by the last shot to stay down for the ten count.
Venom was taken down at around the ref's five count. At around the eight count Venom staggered to his feet managing to roll himself into the ring just before the ten count.
When Mike saw Venom was going to make it back into the ring, he ran the opposite way towards the ropes and came running back to try nailing a big baseball slide to his head, just like on Unlimited.
When Venom clearly remembered what happened last time he saw Mike running at him like that except this time he was ready for him when Mike got close Venom sidetepped the kick if Mike didn't slide out with his momentum Venom would reach over and attempt to rip Mike right out of the ring. If either way worked Venom would break the ten count and he would walk away to catch a breather.
Mike was torn out of the ring by Venom and landed flat on his feet, angered that his primary attack misses, he swung a wild clothesline at Venom to try and knock his head off.
Venom had taken a few steps away from Mike to catch a breath when suddenly Landry was charging at him out of instinct Venom dropped down going to drop toe hold Mike into the steps.
...Mike fell face first into the steps
Venom knew that the match shouldn't in count out so he immediately went to get Mike into the ring. If Mike showed no resistance he would climb into the ring as well and go for a quick cover.
Mike rolled in without much of a fight and was covered, "1...2..." But he was able to shoot a shoulder up at 2 and a half.
Venom rolled away from Mike after he kicked out. He didn't get up right away but eventually was back on his feet knowing that he had to end this match soon.
Mike got up slowly, shaking his head and gritting his teeth, frustrated at how many of his moves Venom has been able to counter, though he had a plan to change all that. Once he got to his feet he looked around to find Venom...
Venom made his way over to Mike when he was on his feet. When he turned in his direction Venom would go for a lockup.
Mike decided to go for broke and send a straight right hand right into Venom's throat.
Venom grabbed Mike's hand snapped it like a twig then ripped his heart out then pinned him and took the title home...............I mean uh............
Venom was punched in the throat and backed up gasping for air.
Mike glares down at Venom maliciously as he backs up, then tries hooking Venom's left arm and dropping him one more time with his RibCage Buster.
Once again Venom found himself in a familiar position as he was slammed down for the Ribcage buster. He rolled away afterwards holding his abdomen.
Mike tried pulling Venom back over to him and rolling him into a tight cover, hoping the sudden shock of both moves was enough to steal the win!
Venom's eyes weren't even open after the assualt but after he heard the second slap his body was on alert and he managed to kick out at 3.00000000000001 seconds, meaning that Mike had norrowly won the match, the battle and the title.
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