From: jsteeves@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: rec.sport.pro-wrestling
Subject: FWF:  Devastation vs Storm (tournament final)
Date: 9 Apr 92 00:42:07 GMT
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

At long last, after several months of gruelling matches from various
wrestlers in the Fictional Wrestling Federation, we are down to the match
that will determine the most prestigious tag championship in the world
of fictional wrestling, the FWF World Tag Team Championship.
 
These four combatants have established over their three tournament matches
against the other tag teams in the tournament exactly why they are deserving
of these titles. The only thing standing in the way of each team is the
other. Devastation, Derek Sanderson and Johnny Houlton, are undefeated in
competition in the FWF thus far. Their most serious challenge was that of
the Blade Runners, with whom they fought to a twenty minute draw. Storm,
on the other hand, were disqualified in their match against the last place
team in the tourney, the Blues Brothers. This was their only loss, and, true
to form, Storm showed once again why it never pays to mess with them. At the
present time, the Blues Brothers are sidelined from FWF action due to the
severe concussion Boris sustained after this particular match. Thunder and
Lightning were victorious in all other tag competition. 
 
The tournament standings have Devastation ahead of Storm by one point. 
Basically what this translates to is if the match ends in a draw,
Devastation takes the titles. Due to the Round Robin nature of the
tournament, countouts and disqualifications are equally as valid a means of
winning a match, and consequently, the titles, as a pinfall or submission.
Thus, if Storm were to get disqualified, they would forfeit the titles to
Devastation. If Devastation were able to keep Thunder and Lightning tied up
outside the ring and take a double countout, they would still be crowned
champions. Similarly, Storm could win the titles by causing either Johnny or
Derek to be counted out, say by knocking him out with a foreign object,
something Storm wouldn't be above doing necessarily. The possible outcomes
are many.
 
Neither team has opted for an interview at this time. Therefore, without
further ado, we will take things down to ringside!
 
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For this, the final match of the tag team tournament, find ourselves in the
Halifax Metro Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Metro Centre was
sold out long ago in anticipation of this potentially explosive match
between the top two tag teams in the FWF. 
 
Real Men say Devastation are going to win because they're undefeated.
Real Fans say they don't care who wins: this is going to be a wrestling
match to remember!
Loonies say Devastation is really the Demolishers in different outfits and
they're going to break both Lightning and Thunder's backs. 
Marks say Devastation is going to make Storm pay.
 
The crowd's reaction only increases as they see the ring announcer enter the
ring. The referee makes his way down the aisle carrying the coveted FWF
tag belts under his arms. People are on their feet, craning their necks to 
try to get their first glimpse of the gold. As soon as the referee enters
the ring, the lights go out. By now the fans realize what this means, and
it comes as no surprise when they flash on and off again. A BOOM
reverberates throughout the Metro Centre as the lights are slowly raised
again. As William Tell's Overture, "Storm" is played over the P.A. system,
the ring announcer starts,
 
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MATCH IS THE FINAL MATCH OF THE FWF'S TAG TEAM
TOURNAMENT AND IS FOR THE FWF WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP! IT IS SCHEDULED
FOR ONE FALL AND HAS A TWENTY MINUTE TIME LIMIT. MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN THE
AISLE, WITH FOUR POINTS IN THE TOURNAMENT, IS THE SECOND-RANKED TEAM.
WEIGHING IN AT A TOTAL COMBINED WEIGHT OF FIVE HUNDRED, SIXTY-THREE POUNDS,
HERE IS AARON "LIGHTNING" MURPHY AND JERRY "THUNDER" MCGAGHNEY, COLLECTIVELY
KNOWN AS STORRRRRRRM!!!!!"
 
The black caped duo shows no emotion on their faces as they make their way
to the ring. Their mission is clear in their minds: to do whatever it takes
to emerge victorious tonight. Although they could probably go for half an
hour or more in the ring against Devastation, the mandatory round robin
time limit of twenty minutes is still in place. They will have to cut all
stops in this match. Maiming Devastation isn't even on their minds tonight:
that pleasure will come when they defend their titles. Tonight, they can't
risk a disqualification. They learned that when facing the Blues Brothers
last time, which caused them to be in the position of disadvantage they are
now in.
 
The referee parts the ropes to allow this fearsome duo to enter. The capes
come off and the duo point to the belts, which are temporarily sitting on
the ring apron. Motioning their hands about their midsections, they indicate
to the fans that that's where those belts belong. The fans disagree and make
their thoughts known quite vocally. 
 
The fans' reaction abruptly changes, however, as "Storm" is replaced by
"Ashton".
 
AND NOW, CURRENTLY MAKING THEIR WAY TO THE RING AREA IS THE TOP RANKED TEAM
IN THE FWF WITH FIVE TOURNAMENT POINTS. HAILING FROM MIAMI, FLORIDA, AND 
WEIGHING IN AT A TOTAL COMBINED WEIGHT OF FOUR HUNDRED, NINETY-SIX POUNDS,
HERE IS DEREK SANDERSON AND HIS PARTNER, JOHNNY HOULTON, DEVASTAAAAAATION!!"
 
Everyone knows the reputation of Devastation. Not only are they popular with
the marks, but the hardcores as well recognize this duo as being a superb
scientific oriented team. The two of them walk to the ring, looking right at
Storm. No one to date has been able to effectively handle Storm in tag 
competition. That is about to change... they hope!
 
The referee parts the ropes for Sanderson and Houlton. A ringside attendant
receives their jackets and takes them away. Both sides are respectfully
remaining on their own sides of the ring. The referee takes the belts and
holds them aloft, circling the ring so all can see just what the tournament
has boiled down to. He hands them to the timekeeper and indicates that the
bell can be rung to start this match.
 
The four men approach each other in the centre of the ring very calmly and
cooly as the referee gives the four men his instructions on how he's going
to officiate the match. His words fall on uncaring ears as the two teams
stare each other down. Storm starts to taunt the smaller team. The referee
tells them to start the match and two men must leave the ring to do so. As
Devastation heads back to their corner to confer, Storm decides the
two men to leave the ring will be Johnny Houlton and Derek Sanderson. They
charge on them as soon as their backs are turned, but Devastation suspects
as much, and reading their fans' reaction, instinctively duck the two
clotheslines that were headed their way.
 
Storm turns around quite surprised, but get met with jabs as they do so. 
Lightning and Thunder swing at them and miss. Devastation turns them around
with their momentum, grab them by the waist, and administer twin German
suplexes on them. Storm roll back under the ropes to the outside, and 
Devastation return to their corner as Derek, the smaller man of his team,
exits.
 
Storm is more than willing to take advantage of the referee's ten count as
they get their wits back about them. Thunder jumps up to Storm's corner and
Lightning enters the ring at the eight count. As he climbs onto the apron, 
Johnny kicks him in the stomach and seizes him around the head, hauling
him vertical in a suplex. Much to the fans surprise, Johnny doesn't drop
him back right away. Turning around very carefully with his man vertical, 
Johnny starts to run a few steps forward. Very quickly, he spins around
again and drops Lightning to the mat. The hardcores applaud the running
suplex, a rare move nowadays. 
 
Lightning is quite surprised himself by Johnny's power and speed. As he
starts to get up, Johnny shows him a bit more of this speed by snapmaring
the Stormer over his shoulder and preforming a somersault neck snapper
over top of him. Not giving the surprised Stormer a chance to recover, 
Johnny picks him up off the mat and leads him into the corner.
 
Derek is tagged and he goes to the top rope. Johnny holds him from behind
and Derek jumps off the top, headbutting the standing Lightning on the
way down. Johnny lets go of Lightning and exits. Lightning stands there for
a second or two before falling down to his back, thoroughly dazed from the
blow to his head. Sanderson meanwhile runs to the ropes and returning to his
opponent, jumps up, flips in midair, and lands with his back on Lightning's
stomach. Grabbing his head and one leg, he pins him. The referee counts:
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
and Lightning manages to roll a shoulder up and throw the Devastator off
him. Lightning rolls under the bottom rope to the outside, but is met there
by Johnny. Johnny presses him up over his head and throws him into the ring
the hard way - over the top rope! As the referee yells at Johnny to get back
on the apron, Thunder runs into the ring and hits the back of Derek's head
with a running clothesline. When the referee turns around, he finds Thunder
repeatedly dropping elbows to the back of Derek's head. Stopping him and
threatening disqualification, Thunder merely smiles and heads back to his
corner. 
 
Lightning is starting to come back to his senses and sees his fallen foe
in front of him, just starting to get up. As his body is still saying "No"
from the beating he took, he decides he'd better let his partner in for a
bit. Grabbing Derek by the hair so he won't get away, he drags him to
Storm's corner. Thunder makes the tag and relieves his shaken partner.
 
Thunder grabs the Devastator by the waist and drops him over a knee. Running
to the ropes, Thunder drops a leg on him on the return. Easily picking his
opponent up, he throws him over a shoulder and performs a running powerslam.
The referee moves in to count the pin.
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
and Derek still has enough sense to kick out of the pin attempt. Thunder, a
bit surprised by the resilience of his smaller opponent, picks Derek up off
the mat and sends him into the ropes. Derek rebounds and is flipped high
in the air in a back bodydrop. Running to the ropes again, Thunder drops an
elbow, right into the mat!
 
Derek managed to get out of the way of the elbow smash and capitalizing on
his opponent's weakened arm, he grabs it and drives his knee into it several
times. Wrapping the arm up in his own legs, Derek places Thunder in a short-
arm scissors. 
 
Derek really needed this rest and is perfectly content to hold his opponent
there for a bit. Thunder, however has other ideas and struggles to get to
the ropes. Outweighed by about 65 lbs, Derek is dragged with him. The ref
starts laying a count on Derek as Thunder reaches the rope and Derek
willingly relinquishes the hold, but moves right back in on Thunder and
drags him to Devastation's corner by the arm. Johnny is tagged and climbs to
the second rope. 
 
Still holding Thunder by the arm, Derek positions him with his back to 
Johnny. Johnny leaps from the corner, grabs him in a headlock, and bulldogs
his head into the mat as Derek lets go and exits. Rolling the larger man
over, Johnny pins him.
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
and Johnny is thrown a foot into the air as Thunder pushes him off with
authority. Thunder gets back to his feet and is met with a knee lift from
Johnny. Thunder staggers back into the ropes and Johnny decides to Irish
whip him to the far side. Thunder, however, thinks otherwise and reverses
it. On the rebound, Johnny is caught in Thunder's trap and is picked up
crossways across his shoulders. Knowing he's about to be the victim of the
Tornado if he doesn't do something, Johnny kicks and thrashes violently,
finally throwing Thunder off balance and backwards into a Crucifix cradle.
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
and a half! as Thunder barely manages to untangle an arm from this pinning
move. Thunder, however, is close enough to his corner to make the tag easily
and he hangs onto Johnny's leg to prevent the Devastator from escaping.
Lightning is back in the ring and drops a knee into the back of Johnny's
head as Thunder leaves. Picking Johnny up off the mat, Lightning hooks his
arms around Johnny's waist and delivers a lightning-quick belly-to-belly
suplex. After a whip to the ropes, Johnny's head is snapped backwards after
a high dropkick by Lightning. Grabbing Johnny again around the waist, he
sets him down on the top turnbuckle pad. The Stormer draws his thumb across
his throat in a symbolic gesture and climbs to the second rope. Belly-to-
belly superplex! The ref counts:
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
AND Johnny's foot finds the bottom rope. Lightning looks quite disgusted,
but determined to continue, he picks Johnny back up and sets him atop the
turnbuckle again. Back to the second rope, Lightning attempts his finisher
again. Lightning doesn't seem to know that lightning never strikes the same
place twice, but Johnny does as he hooks his feet around the steel cable and
pushes Lightning back to the mat. Johnny stands up on the top rope and 
launches off with a flying elbow... and misses! Lightning rolls out of the
way in time and grabbing Houlton, he drags him to Storm's corner.
 
The tag is made to Thunder as Lightning climbs to the top rope. Thunder
hefts Johnny to his shoulders in a torture rack and Lightning jumps off
with the knee! The Hurricane! Things do not look promising as Thunder covers
his opponent.
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
and Derek leaps at Thunder, knocking him off. The referee grabs ahold of him
and tries to get him back into the corner as Thunder continues. Grabbing
Johnny for a vertical suplex, Thunder picks him up and drops him atop a
neutral turnbuckle. Climbing to the second turnbuckle himself, Thunder
drapes one of Johnny's arms over his own head and grabs him by the side of
his red tights. The crowd goes into a shocked silence as they realize the
super-brainbuster is forthcoming. Derek tries to get into the ring again,
but the referee stops him. Thunder lifts, but Johnny kicks his legs, forcing
Thunder to set him down again. Again Thunder tries, but Houlton hooks his
ankle around the steel bolt that holds the ropes. Bracing his feet on the
second pad, Johnny pulls Thunder upwards! There's only one viable place to 
drop Thunder, so Thunder gets rudely straddled across the top rope!
 
Derek on one side and Johnny on the other bounce the rope up and down a few
times. Signalling his partner to stop, Johnny, still sitting on the top
rope, stands up and mounts the top pad. Thunder is still straddling the top
rope, but not for long. Johnny dives head-first from the top rope and
clotheslines Thunder off! Now close to his corner, Johnny makes the long-
awaited tag.
 
Thunder is laying beside the ropes at this point, so Derek goes to the 
centre of the apron and holds onto the top rope. He leans back, and then
flies over the ropes, delivering a headbutt to the unfortunate Stormer.
Lightning enters the ring to help his partner, but Derek sees him and
dropkicks him over the top rope to the floor. Returning to his foe, Derek
picks him up and Atomic drops him on the top turnbuckle. Tagging Johnny,
Derek heads to the neutral turnbuckle and up to the top rope, facing the
crowd. Johnny waistlocks him and delivers a belly-to-back superplex. Just
as they land, Derek drops back. Fall away elbow smash! Johnny, still under
Thunder bridges up for the pin. The ref and fans count together...
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
THREE!!!!!
 
The bell rings, and "Ashton" starts on the P.A. system, but the ref looks up
and sees both men's shoulders on the mat with Lightning half outside the
ring grabbing onto Johnny's leg. At the count of two, Lightning did the only
thing he could do by pulling Johnny's leg. It didn't break the pin, but
Johnny was unable to bridge and fell down. The referee looks puzzled for a
second and decided rather than call the match a draw, since there was
outside interference, the match should continue. It was not a fair pin. 
 
Devastation and the fans are rejoicing, thinking they won the match. The
referee interrupts them and tells Derek to go to the apron; the match is
still underway. The audio team cuts the music from the P.A. Meanwhile,
Thunder grabs Johnny from behind and rolls him up. The referee makes the
count.
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
and Johnny manages to shake off the surprise and kick out. Half of the fans 
still don't realize what's going on. Johnny gets to his feet and kicks
Thunder. Johnny tags Derek and points to the top rope. Johnny grabs 
Thunder's legs and rolls him into a Boston Crab while Derek goes to the top
rope. The fans stand up. Will Devastation cripple Storm the same way Storm
crippled the Demolishers? 
 
Derek, however is facing the wrong way. Another fall away elbow is what he
has in mind. Suddenly, unknown to Derek, Lightning sneaks into the ring,
thrust-kicks Johnny off Thunder, climbs to the second rope, and grabs
Derek from behind. A belly-to-back superplex later and Derek is being
pinned.
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
AND THIS time, Johnny makes the save. The referee has lost all control of
this match. Thunder gets back up and tackles Johnny. The two of them start
fighting while on the other side of the ring, Lightning is setting Derek up
for a suplex. Derek puts on the brakes and turns this attempt into a small
package. The referee doesn't see it right away. As the ref is chasing Johnny
from the ring, Thunder crawls over and turns the small package over, so
that Lightning is pinning Derek. The referee turns around and sees the pin.
 
ONE...
 
TWO...
 
THREE!!!!!
 
The lights flash, the boom is heard, and "Storm" starts up on the P.A.
system. 
 
"THE WINNERS OF THIS MATCH, AND CONSEQUENTLY THE WINNERS OF THE FICTIONAL
WRESTLING FEDERATION TAG TEAM ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT, AARON "LIGHTNING"
MURPHY AND JERRY "THUNDER" MCGAGHNEY, STORRRRRRRRRRM!!!!!!!"
 
Devastation looks visibly disgusted by the outcome of events. They had
several near falls, all of which went sour. As the referee presents Storm
with the belts, Derek and Johnny slide back into the ring and dropkick
Storm. Grabbing the belts, Devastation each wind up and smash the gold
metal belts into a Stormer's head. Holding the belts above their head, they
and the fans mutually recognize who the REAL champs are. They know there'll
be a rematch somewhere down the road, but that does little to soothe them
now. Dropping the belts, Devastation heads back to the locker room.
 
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Despite how obvious to some it was that Storm would emerge victorious, I
want to state for the record I never decided until the last paragraph who
I would have win the match in the end. You can choose to believe that, or
doubt it. Doesn't matter to me. It's the truth.
 
With that aside, the final tournament standings are as follows:
 
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|                | Deva-   | Blues | Storm | Blade   | Wyld      || Total  |
|                | station | Bros. |       | Runners | Stallions ||        |
|----------------|---------|-------|-------|---------|-----------||--------|
| Devastation    |/////////|   2   |   0   |    1    |     2     ||   5    |
|----------------|---------|-------|-------|---------|-----------||--------|
| Blues Brothers |    0    |///////|   2   |    0    |     0     ||   2    |
|----------------|---------|-------|-------|---------|-----------||--------|
| Storm          |    2    |   0   |///////|    2    |     2     ||   6    |
|----------------|---------|-------|-------|---------|-----------||--------|
| Blade Runners  |    1    |   2   |   0   |/////////|     1     ||   4    |
|----------------|---------|-------|-------|---------|-----------||--------|
| Wyld Stallions |    0    |   2   |   0   |    1    |///////////||   3    |
|________________|_________|_______|_______|_________|___________||________|
 
Storm are now the World Tag Team Champions. The above tournament results
now become the tag team rankings, with the addition of the Raiders and the
Sheepwhackers. Thus, Devastation become No. 1 contenders, Blade Runners are
No. 2 contenders, etc.


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  Jason D. Steeves (jsteeves@ac.dal.ca) - Tag Team Co-writer - FWF
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