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[Cue up "Down," STP. Fade into a metallic looking logo that reads the word "EPICENTER" in all caps on a fiery background.
Cut to: Adam Benjamin delivering the Shining Wizard from the top on Karl Brown.
Cut to: Hida Yakamo giving Andy Gilkison the HIDADRIVER~! {Oh the humanity}
Cut to: Timmy Windham gnawing on IrishRed's forehead.
Cut to: James Irish with Dan Ryan in the Fredonia Cloverleaf.
Cut to: WildStar delivering the Five Star Frogsplash on an anonymous victim.
Cut to: The Epicenter logo once more, fading into Tom Holzerman and Steve Murray at the Epicenter desk.]
TH: I'm Tom Holzerman.
SM: And I'm Steve Murray.
TH: And welcome to the first edition of EPICENTER here on the ESEN Network. We have a lot of show here tonight, with complete coverage of first round action in Philadelphia and St. Louis for the TEAM Invitational Tournament. Let's dive right into the action.
[Cut to a shot of Holzerman alone with a graphic inset featuring a split screen picture of Ken Cloverleaf and Joe Average with the words "Cloverleaf/Average" underneath.]
TH: More than a few people picked Ken Cloverleaf to win not only the St. Louis regional, but the entire TEAM Invitational Tournament. The betting action in Vegas was so high on Cloverleaf in his first round match that they stopped taking bets 45 hours before the match took place. But would it be as easy for the former A1E Champion as he and every bettor this side of the Sierra Nevadas thought it would?
[Cut to the Savvis Center ring]
TH V/O: And this match was all Cloverleaf early.
[Cut to Average running the ropes.]
TH V/O: Right here, Average gets planted by a Cloverleaf dropkick. Look at the elevation on that move, just brutal.
[Cut to Cloverleaf with Average in a front face lock.]
TH V/O: More dominance, Cloverleaf with rolling snap suplexes, a tribute to the fallen Eddie Guerrero, and Average is in a world of hurt here.
[Cut to Cloverleaf ascending the turnbuckles with Average perched above.]
TH V/O: Average showed some signs of life during the match, reversing some holds, most spectacularly this one, wow, reversing that superplex into a body press.
[Cut to Cloverleaf's third powerbomb of the match.]
TH V/O: But it wouldn't stay like that for long. Cloverleaf got mad, and then he powerbombed Average three times. THis is the third one. Now, instead of pinning him, Cloverleaf inexplicably pulls him up after the two count. This is crucial. Cloverleaf looked to get a submission here, but let's go to the call from St. Louis.
[Switch to Mike Gosling and Joey Baggadonuts' call of the match.]
MG: Cloverleaf goes down to grab Mr. Average's other leg and... WAIT A SECOND! Joe Average just belted Ken Cloverleaf in the face with his boot! Cloverleaf stumbles back and now holding his face, comes forward. He rushes over, bent down to grab Mr. Average but Average rolls out of the way and rolls up Cloverleaf...
...one...
...two...
...THREE! THREE! THREE!
TH V/O: The arena explodes, no one can believe it, not even Mike and Joey, and Joe Average pulls off the biggest upset in the tourney to date, knocking off the former A1E Champion Ken Cloverleaf.
[Cut back to the studio with a close-up of Holzerman.]
TH: Alright, now we're going to go live back to St. Louis where we're going to talk to Mike Gosling about this monumental upset. Mike, how are you.
[Cut to a split screen of Holzerman in the TEAM Studios and Gosling in an empty Savvis Center.]
MG: I'm going great tonight, I'm pretty excited after calling a full slate of action.
TH: Alright, now, tell me how big was Joe Average beating Ken Cloverleaf tonight in the big scheme of things for St. Louis?
MG: Not very big, actually. In my view, it only makes the bracket a little less wide open and gives Beast pretty much the virtual bye into the regional final.
TH: Well, many thought that Average would be a virtual bye for Cloverleaf, but it wasn't.
MG: I think people need to take into account Mr. Cloverleaf's extreme ego and arrogance here. Beast won't let pride get the best of him. Besides, Mr. Average didn't really wrestle all that well until the end of the match.
TH: Doesn't that speak well for his resilience? That he took a beating and was able to come back with a strong enough pin to get the win?
MG: Yes, it does, but let's look at the stats. Ken Cloverleaf is a finesse wrestler who will attack you in a different way than a Beast would. He attacks joints, uses agility and quickness, whereas Beast will pound you into submission with his superior size advantage.
TH: Alright Mike, thanks for your insight, and we'll look forward to the Sweet Sixteen.
MG: Thanks Tom.
[Cut to Holzerman again, with a Cloverleaf graphic inset.]
TH: Of course, the story didn't end there. Sources tell Epicenter that Cloverleaf was not happy at all after his shock defeat and he absolutely trashed his locker room. The bill, according to Savvis Center officials, came out to well over $3500 and no word yet on who will get the bill. Cloverleaf did not return calls from the Epicenter desk, but I'm sure we'll hear from him on this in the future. Steve?
[Cut to Steve Murray, with a Beast/Alcaeus graphic inset.]
SM: Of course, it wasn't a bad day for all the favorites in the St. Louis regional. Beast, another favorite in this shindig, went up against the alleged 2500 year old vampire Alcaeus, although a sacrifice of pig's blood wasn't on the agenda of the former EPW Champion.
[Cut to the Savvis Center ring, Beast and Alcaeus locking up.]
SM V/O: Things didn't really go as easily early on for Beast.
[A shot of Beast going for an overhead belly-to-belly suplex
SM V/O: He goes for the overhead throw here, but he underestimates Alcaeus' size and is blocked. He's able to keep the big vampire at bay with his martial arts skills, but soon, Alcaeus takes over.
[Cut to Alcaeus working over Beast.]
SM V/O: Alcaeus with several vicious shots to the back of Beast here, and follows that up with a gutwrench suplex.
[Cut to Alcaeus with his hand across Beast's throat.]
SM V/O: Things wouldn't stay very good for Alcaeus for very long. Here he's going for his Vampiric Dreams chokeslam/backbreaker hybrid, but Beast just LEVELS him with an elbow to the face. After this all Beast.
[Cut to Beast hammering Alcaeus with clubbing elbows to the face.]
SM V/O: Here we see him give Alcaeus an impromptu amateur nosejob. Yikes.
[Cut to Beast in belly-to-belly position again with Alcaeus.]
SM V/O: And there's the overhead throw he was looking for earlier in hte match.
[Cut to a wobbly Alcaeus standing in the middle of the ring.]
SM V/O: And Beast hits him with the GORE! GORE! GORE! here and gets the pinfall victory shortly thereafter.
[Cut to a shot of Timmy Windham delivering a top rope bulldog to IrishRed and cue up Led Zeppelin "No Quarter."]
TH V/O: Coming up next on Epicenter, we're going to visit the Philadelphia region and check out the match of the night, Timmah! and IrishRed.
[Cut to Hida Yakamo and Saint grappling.]
TH V/O: And what'll happen when MBE tangles with Titanium Wrestling? We got those highlights for you too. Stay tuned.
[Cut to the commercial for Southwest Airlines where the people are trying to break into the car.]
Cut to: Adam Benjamin delivering the Shining Wizard from the top on Karl Brown.
Cut to: Hida Yakamo giving Andy Gilkison the HIDADRIVER~! {Oh the humanity}
Cut to: Timmy Windham gnawing on IrishRed's forehead.
Cut to: James Irish with Dan Ryan in the Fredonia Cloverleaf.
Cut to: WildStar delivering the Five Star Frogsplash on an anonymous victim.
Cut to: The Epicenter logo once more, fading into Tom Holzerman and Steve Murray at the Epicenter desk.]
TH: I'm Tom Holzerman.
SM: And I'm Steve Murray.
TH: And welcome to the first edition of EPICENTER here on the ESEN Network. We have a lot of show here tonight, with complete coverage of first round action in Philadelphia and St. Louis for the TEAM Invitational Tournament. Let's dive right into the action.
[Cut to a shot of Holzerman alone with a graphic inset featuring a split screen picture of Ken Cloverleaf and Joe Average with the words "Cloverleaf/Average" underneath.]
TH: More than a few people picked Ken Cloverleaf to win not only the St. Louis regional, but the entire TEAM Invitational Tournament. The betting action in Vegas was so high on Cloverleaf in his first round match that they stopped taking bets 45 hours before the match took place. But would it be as easy for the former A1E Champion as he and every bettor this side of the Sierra Nevadas thought it would?
[Cut to the Savvis Center ring]
TH V/O: And this match was all Cloverleaf early.
[Cut to Average running the ropes.]
TH V/O: Right here, Average gets planted by a Cloverleaf dropkick. Look at the elevation on that move, just brutal.
[Cut to Cloverleaf with Average in a front face lock.]
TH V/O: More dominance, Cloverleaf with rolling snap suplexes, a tribute to the fallen Eddie Guerrero, and Average is in a world of hurt here.
[Cut to Cloverleaf ascending the turnbuckles with Average perched above.]
TH V/O: Average showed some signs of life during the match, reversing some holds, most spectacularly this one, wow, reversing that superplex into a body press.
[Cut to Cloverleaf's third powerbomb of the match.]
TH V/O: But it wouldn't stay like that for long. Cloverleaf got mad, and then he powerbombed Average three times. THis is the third one. Now, instead of pinning him, Cloverleaf inexplicably pulls him up after the two count. This is crucial. Cloverleaf looked to get a submission here, but let's go to the call from St. Louis.
[Switch to Mike Gosling and Joey Baggadonuts' call of the match.]
MG: Cloverleaf goes down to grab Mr. Average's other leg and... WAIT A SECOND! Joe Average just belted Ken Cloverleaf in the face with his boot! Cloverleaf stumbles back and now holding his face, comes forward. He rushes over, bent down to grab Mr. Average but Average rolls out of the way and rolls up Cloverleaf...
...one...
...two...
...THREE! THREE! THREE!
TH V/O: The arena explodes, no one can believe it, not even Mike and Joey, and Joe Average pulls off the biggest upset in the tourney to date, knocking off the former A1E Champion Ken Cloverleaf.
[Cut back to the studio with a close-up of Holzerman.]
TH: Alright, now we're going to go live back to St. Louis where we're going to talk to Mike Gosling about this monumental upset. Mike, how are you.
[Cut to a split screen of Holzerman in the TEAM Studios and Gosling in an empty Savvis Center.]
MG: I'm going great tonight, I'm pretty excited after calling a full slate of action.
TH: Alright, now, tell me how big was Joe Average beating Ken Cloverleaf tonight in the big scheme of things for St. Louis?
MG: Not very big, actually. In my view, it only makes the bracket a little less wide open and gives Beast pretty much the virtual bye into the regional final.
TH: Well, many thought that Average would be a virtual bye for Cloverleaf, but it wasn't.
MG: I think people need to take into account Mr. Cloverleaf's extreme ego and arrogance here. Beast won't let pride get the best of him. Besides, Mr. Average didn't really wrestle all that well until the end of the match.
TH: Doesn't that speak well for his resilience? That he took a beating and was able to come back with a strong enough pin to get the win?
MG: Yes, it does, but let's look at the stats. Ken Cloverleaf is a finesse wrestler who will attack you in a different way than a Beast would. He attacks joints, uses agility and quickness, whereas Beast will pound you into submission with his superior size advantage.
TH: Alright Mike, thanks for your insight, and we'll look forward to the Sweet Sixteen.
MG: Thanks Tom.
[Cut to Holzerman again, with a Cloverleaf graphic inset.]
TH: Of course, the story didn't end there. Sources tell Epicenter that Cloverleaf was not happy at all after his shock defeat and he absolutely trashed his locker room. The bill, according to Savvis Center officials, came out to well over $3500 and no word yet on who will get the bill. Cloverleaf did not return calls from the Epicenter desk, but I'm sure we'll hear from him on this in the future. Steve?
[Cut to Steve Murray, with a Beast/Alcaeus graphic inset.]
SM: Of course, it wasn't a bad day for all the favorites in the St. Louis regional. Beast, another favorite in this shindig, went up against the alleged 2500 year old vampire Alcaeus, although a sacrifice of pig's blood wasn't on the agenda of the former EPW Champion.
[Cut to the Savvis Center ring, Beast and Alcaeus locking up.]
SM V/O: Things didn't really go as easily early on for Beast.
[A shot of Beast going for an overhead belly-to-belly suplex
SM V/O: He goes for the overhead throw here, but he underestimates Alcaeus' size and is blocked. He's able to keep the big vampire at bay with his martial arts skills, but soon, Alcaeus takes over.
[Cut to Alcaeus working over Beast.]
SM V/O: Alcaeus with several vicious shots to the back of Beast here, and follows that up with a gutwrench suplex.
[Cut to Alcaeus with his hand across Beast's throat.]
SM V/O: Things wouldn't stay very good for Alcaeus for very long. Here he's going for his Vampiric Dreams chokeslam/backbreaker hybrid, but Beast just LEVELS him with an elbow to the face. After this all Beast.
[Cut to Beast hammering Alcaeus with clubbing elbows to the face.]
SM V/O: Here we see him give Alcaeus an impromptu amateur nosejob. Yikes.
[Cut to Beast in belly-to-belly position again with Alcaeus.]
SM V/O: And there's the overhead throw he was looking for earlier in hte match.
[Cut to a wobbly Alcaeus standing in the middle of the ring.]
SM V/O: And Beast hits him with the GORE! GORE! GORE! here and gets the pinfall victory shortly thereafter.
[Cut to a shot of Timmy Windham delivering a top rope bulldog to IrishRed and cue up Led Zeppelin "No Quarter."]
TH V/O: Coming up next on Epicenter, we're going to visit the Philadelphia region and check out the match of the night, Timmah! and IrishRed.
[Cut to Hida Yakamo and Saint grappling.]
TH V/O: And what'll happen when MBE tangles with Titanium Wrestling? We got those highlights for you too. Stay tuned.
[Cut to the commercial for Southwest Airlines where the people are trying to break into the car.]