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the lights dim down and multi colored lights begin to flash as The Game by Disturbed hits. as the crowd looks at the stage, a platform rises up with Ken Armand standing on it, looking downward. As it reaches the stage, he looks up, towards the ring, standing amongst a thin layer of smoke rising from under the stage. the crowd begins to boo heavily as he stands for several seconds

"Making his way to the ring, from Kansas City, Missouri, weighing in at 225 pounds, Ken Armand!"

Finally Ken begins to make his way to the ring, almost a frown on his face. He stops at the end of the ramp and looks around the arena, out into the booing fans.

Finally, he turns and walks to the right, walking around the ring. He hops up onto the apron, then turns to face the crowd, his back to the ropes, finally he raises his fists and leans back against the ropes while multi-colored pyros shoot up from the turnbuckles. The crowd continues to boo him as he steps into the ring through the ropes. The lights come back up and the flashing lights stop. the music dies out as he looks to the entrance

there's no room for hesitation in this match, as Ken charges right after the former champion, looking to hit a running right hand to the jaw. if that connects, he'd follow with several more, trying to back Zarel against the ropes

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Zarel clocks Ken with the right, then grabs him and tosses him against the turnbuckle. Zarel fires off several big right hands, rocking Ken in the corner. he stops and irish whips him to the opposite turnbuckle, charging in and hitting a clothesline against the turnbuckle. he steps back and irish whips Ken to the opposite turnbuckle, then follows him in and hits a second clothesline, dropping Ken to the mat.

Styles: Zarel coming in as the early aggressor here, just manhandling Ken

Foley: Ken needs to just weather the storm and look for an opening

Zarel pulls Ken up and irish whips him to the ropes, then launches him high into the air with a back body drop. Ken crashes spine first to the mat with a yelp of pain and slowly begins to get to his feet. Zarel grabs him by the head and sends him sailing out over the top rope to the floor. Zarel steps out soon after and his eyes lock on the stretcher.

Styles: Zarel certainly has something destructive in mind here

Zarel grabs the stretcher and lets Ken gut up. Zarel swings the stretcher widely, catching Ken across the face and knocking him against the apron as the crowd lets out an "OHHHH!"

Styles; Wow, Zarel is certainly living up to his name

Foley: Zarel is most dangerous when he's in a foul mood. It adds motivation and he gets very destructive. Ken picked the wrong time to try to make a name for himself

Zarel tosses the stretcher without much care for where it lands. he pulls Ken up by his hair, then leads him to the steel stairs and slams his head on top of them. Ken bounces off them and falls to the floor. Zarel lifts up the top half of the stairs and raises them over his head as the crowd cheers. At the same time, Ken reaches under the apron for a weapon

Styles: looks like Zarel is set solely on punishment and those stairs could just end it.

Foley: not so fast. Looks like Ken has something planned.

Ken gets up with a sledgehammer in hand. Zarel turns and Ken bashes the stairs with the sledge, knocking them just out of Zarel's grip so that they fall on top of him, pinning him to the ground with the stairs over his face. Ken leans on the ring apron for several seconds to recover as the crowd boos.

Styles: Smart and effective move by Ken, taking the monstrous former world champion down

Foley: yeah, but with any of the Damones, you have to stay on them. There's no time to rest

Ken leaves the sledgehammer int eh ring and turns to Zarel, who has pushed the stairs off imself. As Zarel begins to get to his feet, Ken meets him with a right hand tot he forehead. Zarel stumbles back and leans against the barricade. Ken backs away, then charges in and hits a cactus style clothesline to take them both out into the crowd on the concrete.

Styles: ken is starting to build momentum here but I don't think a brawl in teh crowd benefits him.

Foley: I agree. He should have gotten back into the ring and turned this into a wrestling match. Out on that concrete, Zarel is in his element.

Ken is to his feet first and pulls Zarel up, then hits a knee to the gut and another ight to the forehead. Zarel stumbles back and walks off deeper into the crowd. Ken follows and hits a clubbing shot tot he back of the head, sending Zarel deeper into the crowd. Zarel stops and turns, just in time to catch a charging Ken with an uppercut to the jaw. Ken stumbles and Zarel grabs his arm, then irish whips him into the security wall. The crowd cheers as ken grimaces in pain. Zarel grabs his arm again and pulls him back from the wall, seemingly to send him back towards the ring. Instead, Zarel puts on the brakes and whips him right back into the wall. ken hits spine first and falls to the floor.

Styles: The power of Zarel is proving to be an asset here and now

Foley: Time to see just how much punishment Ken can take, because Zarel won't let up now

Zarel pulls Ken up and clocks him with a big right to the head, sending Ken stumbling through the crowd towards the ringiside area. Zarel follows after him and hits another right hand, driving him closer to the barricade. Again Zarel follows and Ken tries to charge him with a clothesline. Zarel catches him by the throat, then tosses him over the barricade to the ringside area. Ken lands with a thud on the other side and Zarel steps over after him

Styles: Back to the ringside area now

Foley: I don't think that's much better for Ken at this point

Zarel reaches under the apron and pulls out a steel chair. Ken stands up only for Zarel to blast him across the skull with the chair, dropping him right back on the floor. Zarel tosses the chair and the steel stairs into the ring

Styles: Looks like maybe Zarel wants to take this back into the ring

First Zarel sets the stretcher back up at ringside. Then he pulls Ken up and rolls himb ack into the ring. Zarel slides in after him and gets to his feet, letting Ken get up on his own before kicking him in the gut and putting him in position for the D-Bomb. Ken, however, drops to his knees and hits a low blow, getting a chorus of boos from the crowd as Zarel doubles over in pain. Ken sees an opportunity and rises up quickly, hooking Zarel's arms and planting him with the Heartstopper. The crowd boos even more heavily again as ken rolls away, perhaps suffering too much to try to manuever Zarel onto the stretcher

Styles: Ken hit the Heartstopper!

Foley: Yeah but this isn't a normal match. he can't pin Zarel. He has to get him on that stretcher and up the ramp. He's taking time to recover now, time he doesn't have

Zarel had rolled onto his back and remained laying there. Ken gets to his feet in the corner and climbs the turnbuckle.

Styles: What's Ken got in mind here?

Zarel sits up and the crowd cheers. he gets to his feet and Ken goes for a diving ax handle. Zarel reaches up with one arm and catches him by the throat with his right hand, letting his feet touch the mat. Zarel thens hoists him up and plants him with a one handed chokeslam as the crowd cheers.

Styles: What a chokeslam!

Foley: Told you. Ken spent too long trying to recover and gave Zarel that same time.

Zarel turns to see the steel stairs he'd put in the ring earlier. he looked at Ken, then the stairs again, then out into the crowd. He made a cutthroat gesture and the fans began to cheer, perhaps sensing what he had in mind.

Styles; This doesn't look good.

Foley: This looks like the end

Zarel lifts Ken onto his shoulder and carries him as he steps onto the stairs. he repositions Ken and drops him on his head on the stairs with his Cradle Piledriver. Ken's body drops lifelessly and Zarel rolls him over to the edge of the ring and onto the stretcher. Zarel slides out of the ringand pulls the stretcher up the ramp and finally onto the stage, past the line. Zarel's music hits and the fans erupt as he stands over the unconscious Ken

Announcer: Here is your winner, Zarel Damone

Styles: Wow, what a dominant showing for Zarel Damone

Foley: That was definitely exactly the kind of victory Zarel needed.

EMTs come out to take Ken away and Zarel just watches coldly before he heads backstage