[Chris Eco]

Okay, results are up, though I may flesh out a couple of the "quick n' dirty" summaries in the middle. Hope y'all like the main event.

[Chris Eco]

So baring a huge Angstboy rally in the next 10 hours, this is my Round 4 card. Backstory and Results will be added throughout the next two days. Sorry for the lack of promo buildup beyond the blurbs that will be added--I didn't feel like going over the top for the NEXT card in case Angst took the round easily.

Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera 4
"Death Before Dishonor"

Featuring The Best Announce Team in the Business, Jim Ross and Jay Leno!


And Your Referee...Shaquille O'Neal!

The Official Entrance Video for the CNLL hits the ConsejoTron 9000 and everyone goes NUTS~!

Opening Promo...from the President of the United States, Barack Obama!

BO: POTUS: My fellow citizens, I welcome you to the fourth show of the Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera, the New Council of Lightweight Wrestling. At this time, I would like to register my pride in the Consejo's growth and its incredible success so far. These performers have taken this company from one good idea among many, and made it the flagship of Pun's Wrestling Alliance.

Understandably, many of CNLL's fans, including many of you listening tonight, were unhappy with how the show turned out last week. Certainly, no one enjoys having to confront suffering, or seeing their dreams deferred. No one celebrates the privilege of witnessing the despicable triumphing over the righteous. But throughout it all, we must not lose hope. We must neither withdraw from the political arena, nor simply change the channel to a simpler time where the Von Erich's would always keep their jobs. As Martin Luther King Jr. took such care to tell us, "the arm of the moral universe is long and it bends towards justice." May God bless you, these competitors, and the United States of America.

Scramble Match for the 4th Spot in the Elimination Chamber

Pedro Morales vs. Rikidozan vs. Sabian vs. Shawn Daivari

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Backstory:

CM Punk, taking advantage of his privileged position as champion and open offer from Eric's NCWF, forced Chris Jericho to consent to allow him to defend his title in an Elimination Chamber match where he would enter last, and the fourth and fifth competitors would be decided by Scramble Matches so as to tire them out. Jericho, as the first entry in this match, chose for the fourth place position two winless legends (Morales, 0-2 against Sammartino and 0-1 against Dean Malenko, and Rikidozan, 0-2 in multi-man legend bouts and 0-1 in tag team action with Lou Thesz), Sabian (winless when not teaming with Rocca) and Shawn Daivari (on a bit of a role, but generally undervalued and not taken seriously). The primary bad blood here is between Rikidozan and Sabian, as Riki feels Sabian cheated him out of a tag team title shot by beating him and then forfeiting his spot due to idle fighting.

Highlights:

*Rikidozan goes after Sabian immediately with a series of chops, while Morales and Daivari trade blows. Sabian hops up top and nails Riki with a spinning kick, sending him backwards into Morales and Daivari, who just start pounding on him instead.
*After leveling Morales with a kick to the head, Sabian goes up to prepare a flying stomp, but he is caught up there by Daivari, who superplexes Sabian onto Morales! Sabian then gets a fall counted for him against Morales by accident! Daivari summarily disposes of Sabian and goes up himself with a Magic Carpet Splash to score his own pinfall on Morales!
*With Rikidozan holding Daivari in a cross-armbar across the ring, Pedro Morales lands the Carribean Cannonball to score a pin on Sabian as time runs out, and the victory!

Broken Bonds Ladder Match

Hurricane vs. Shannon Moore

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Backstory:

3 Count was reformed when both Shannon Moore and Hurricane were drafted from the Matte Wrestling Federation, and Shannon Moore pulled Hurricane into the tag team clearly against his will. To his great chagrin, Hurricane witnessed Shannon Moore take the belts down from the ladder in the inaugural TLC match, making them the tag team champions. Batista decided to grant Hurricane his wish, giving him a shot at the World Title Gauntlet--but Shannon Moore's ill-timed interference disqualified him in his qualifying match against CM Punk. The duo lost their belts to Too Cool, the surprise entrants in their TLC match. After the match, Shannon Moore assaulted Hurricane with a steel chair, claiming Hurricane's effort in their loss was not good enough, and that Hurricane had never cared about Shannon or his success.

Highlights:

*Shannon Moore takes it hard to Hurricane at first, surprising him with a shot from behind with a small ladder! He lands his WCW Sleeper Slam on Hurricane on the concrete, but only musters a two-count.
*Hurricane begins a comeback when Moore misses with a Halo Seanton, and gets NAILED with an enzuiguri by Hurricane!
*Both men beginning climbing up the opposite side of the ladder. Hurricane catches Shannon Moore with a goozle atop the ladder, Hurri-chokeslamming him back-first onto a ladder below. Moore rolls out of the ring in pain, as Hurricane slowly ascends and takes down the briefcase from above--which contains a giant poster of 3 Count. Hurricane promptly rips up the poster as the audience cheers. Somewhere, Evan Karagias is sad.

"Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader" Competition

Hosted by Karl Malone

Major Gunns vs. Lizzy Borden

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Backstory:

When Gunns confronted Lizzy about Lizzy's previous sexualized abuse of Gunns in XPW, Linda jumped her from behind as Lizzy's new dominatrix assistant. Before Lizzy could make history repeat however, Jackie stormed the ring and threw Lizzy and Linda out. Jacqueline called Linda an embarrassment to Tough Enough and promised to teach her a lesson. She later challenged her to a Texas Strap Match, which she accepted.

Due to space constraints, GM Batista asked Gunns and Borden to remain as valets for this match and wait on their own "spanking match" that the two women had agreed to. Linda won the Texas Strap Match, with Borden and Miles beating down Gunns and Jackie afterward. Gunns gained some measure of retribution during the Lumberjill match via attack, but then Borden choked and stripped her to eliminate her from the #1 Contender's Gauntlet the following week. Due to ideas for a "Spanking Match" being deeply shat upon by the PWA community, GM Jericho decreed that they should work out their difficulties as civilized porn stars would--with a game show testing their intelligence.

Karl Malone is the moderator because Karl Malone is Teh Smart. Kinda.

Highlights:

*One whole category is scrapped when it is discovered that neither woman can spell "algebra" let alone work out any problems related to it.
*Lizzy Borden manages to get ahead with the question "Name any category of law. Any." She names obscenity law, which she did, after all, go to jail for breaking.
*Major Gunns ties it up at 1-1 after successfully spelling "lightning", though only after Karl Malone read it off his card as "What the--I always thought this was light-en-ing, there aren't even any "e's" in here!"
*The final question was "What is the biggest state in the union?" Major Gunns won by guessing Alaska, after Karl Malone ruled that the fact that her answer technically read "Because they have the most people and that's why Jonathan McCreevey picked that lady from Nailin' Palin as his running mate" did not disqualify her answer.

Father-Son Grudge Match

El Santo vs. El Hijo del Santo

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Backstory:

Rey Misterio was originally going to face Malenko and Jericho for the world title, but El Santo, angry about what he saw as Misterio's slights against lucha libre, demanded to face him or quit. When Santo agreed to step into the Legends Match, he was compensated by being replaced with Mil Mascaras and Gory Guerrero (with his own grudges against Rey using his family name) in a handicap match--until his own son, El Hijo de Santo, decided to step in and offer his services as Rey's partner. Though neither team won the TLC match they were shoehorned into, El Hijo's distraction assisted in El Santo's loss in the secondary main event of that night. Santo then teamed back with Gory Guerrero to reform La Pareja Atomica, defeating Rey and his son to qualify for the next week's TLC match--which they again lost. Now Santo steps back into the realm in which he is comfortable--no weapons, straight wrestling--to teach his son a lesson about respect and honor.

Highlights:

*Match starts with some pacing, neither son nor father wanting to go after the other. The son finally extends his hand for a prematch handshake...and El Santo slaps him! El Hijo begins wailing on El Santo, and the match is on!
*After sending him out with a flying clothesline, El Hijo del Santo goes up top with a crossbody to his father on the outside, but his father catches him and turns it into a HUGE powerslam on the outside mat!
*El Santo rolls El Hijo back into the ring after some brawling, and then quickly scurried up top for his innovated Tope de Cristo Diving Headbutt, putting El Hijo down for the 1-2-3!

CNLL Legends Title Match

Bruno Sammartino (c) vs. Lou Thesz

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Backstory:

Lou Thesz and Rikidozan faced off against each other and El Santo on the very first show in a "Fathers of Wrestling" Match. It was expected that that match would lead into the awarding of the Legends Title somehow, but Sammartino was able to abuse Batista's "Choose-Your-Stipulation" rule to put the title on the line in his match, rendering Lou Thesz's victory meaningless. Sammartino went on to beat Morales with chicanery to take the belt, and follow up with successful defenses against Baba and Morales again by taking advantage of injuries. Rather than be fast-tracked as a #1 contender, Thesz was aced out by Giant Baba following Baba using his Money in the Bank win to gain a Legends Title shot. However, after a failed foray into the tag scene, he rebounded to win a #1 Contender's Scramble, giving him a chance at Sammartino for the belt.

Highlights:

*Bruno takes Thesz down with a leg sweep, swiftly dropping elbow after elbow on the inside of Thesz's left knee. He puts in a leg lock on Thesz until he is kicked off with Thesz's good leg, but the damage is done.
*Thesz eventually catches Sammartino off the ropes with a kick to the gut and tries a powerbomb, but the knee buckles and Sammartino turns it into a pinning predicament, but only for a two-count.
*Lou Thesz stalks a crawling Thesz, preparing another kick to the knee. Thesz manages to trip up Sammartino--and lock in the STF he invented! Sammartino is flailing but has no way out! After a minute, he taps out! The audience cheers wildly as Lou Thesz is given the Legends Championship!

Era vs. Era Dream Match

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Giant Baba

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Backstory:

The two previously faced each other in an early Money-In-The-Bank Rumble, which Baba won, denying Hashimoto the chance at the Legends belt on the same night Hashimoto beat Lashley out of CNLL in a MMA match. In pre-PWA history, Giant Baba was one of the first Japanese wrestlers to break into the American pro wrestling scene following Japanese superstardom, and was the first to win the NWA Championship. Shinya Hashimoto would later win the same title, as well as the world championship of All-Japan, which Baba co-founded. While Shinya touts his more experienced record against a broad base of competition, Baba doubts Hashimoto's legacy, particularly his connection to a dying NWA which no longer held any level of prestige in the wrestling world.

Highlights:

*Baba and Hashimoto trade blows at first, with Hashimoto coming off the ropes with a body block that doesn't move Baba at all. Second try, catches Baba off-balance, third try, BIG boot to Hashimoto by Baba!
*Baba sets Hashimoto up for the big spinning neckbreaker, but Hashimoto dodges and side kicks Baba in the gut. Hashimoto off the second rope 180-degree dropkick, Baba is off his feet!
*Hashimoto sets Baba up for the spinning K.O. Kick, but Baba catches the leg and pulls Hashimoto in for a big CHOKESLAM! Baba hooks the legs, 1-2-3! Hashimoto, getting up, approaches Baba as he poses, and the two shake hands.

Scramble Match for the 5th Spot in the Elimination Chamber

Rey Misterio vs. Gory Guerrero vs. Mil Mascaras vs. Antonio Rocca

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Backstory:

For the fifth scramble, GM Jericho decided to throw some combustible elements together. Gory Guerrero and Mil Mascaras have been thorns in Rey's side since being brought into CNLL by El Santo for the purpose of injuring Rey physically for his supposed disregard for the honor of lucha libre, which they accomplished in a TLC match and which Gory accomplished with Santo in a victorious effort against Rey and El Hijo del Santo the following week. However, signs have shown Mascaras softening his tone toward Rey, particularly after a classic match where Rey pulled out the victory, after which Mascaras shook his hand in congratulation. For the fourth man, we have Antonio Rocca, a man coming off a hot streak of wins but like Daivari, still not seriously regarded by the management and looking for an opportunity to break through.

Highlights:

*Gory goes after Rey immediately with a series of right hands. Mil hesitates in terms of how to interfere, but as he is thinking, he gets dropkicked from behind by Rocca!
*Mil Mascaras gets the first pin on Rocca with a flying crossbody following a 6-1-9 from Rey to Rocca. Rey tries to hop over and West Coast Pop on top of Mascaras, but Gory catches him with a powerbomb. Gory then gets a two count before Mascaras breaks it up.
*Mascaras is going up top again for a double crossbody onto a standing Rey and Gory, but Rocca comes out of nowhere and dropkicks Mascaras in the leg! Antonio Rocca falls back to the mat below, but Mascaras falls much more awkwardly, slapping his head HARD on the ground below.
*Antonio Rocca catches Gory Guerrero in the head with a single-leg dropkick, catching him off balance. The exhausted Rocca can not capitalize--but Rey can, catching Gory with a Hurricarana! 1-2-3, Rey is going to the main event!

"I Quit" Handicap Match
If Batista wins, he will receive a rematch for the General Management of CNLL

Batista vs. Abdullah the Butcher/Ernie Ladd

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Backstory:

While Jericho's first attempt to take the General Management from David Batista using the monster Bobby Lashley failed, he was able to trick Batista into putting that office again on the line in a match with Jericho--after Jericho had faced Malenko and Batista had faced Abdullah the Butcher in a Sadistic Madness match. An unprepared Batista fell to Abdullah in the match and was taken apart by Jericho, thus losing his management privileges. Due to lobbying by the Board of Directors, Batista has been granted a rematch against Jericho for control of the company--but only if he could win the match Jericho threw in his way, a Handicap "I Quit" Match against two of the nastiest heels in the business, Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd and--again--Abdullah the Butcher .

Highlights:

*Abdullah and Ladd take turns picking apart Batista, stopping any big rallies with a jab from a fork or a throat jab from Ladd's taped thumb. Batista almost gets one started with a spinebuster to Abdullah, but Ladd manages to backdrop Batista out of the ring!
*Batista manages to catch Ernie Ladd's 3-Point Tackle with a tight knee to the gut and a scoop slam into a BATISTA BOMB! Abdullah pulls out the fork and goes after Batista's eye, but Batista catches him with a swift kick to the testes, snatching the fork! Batista jams the fork into Abdullah's grooved skull, letting the blood flow. He begins choking out Abdullah at the same time he's jabbing into his skull, screaming "I WON'T STOP WHEN YOU'RE UNCONSCIOUS, ABDULLAH!" Abdullah finally screams "I Quit!"
*Holding Ladd down, Batista takes the fork and jabs it slowly into Ladd's neck. Ladd screams out "I QUIT! I QUIT!" as the referee rings the bell! Batista has won!

Triple Threat Match for the CNLL Women's Championship
w/ w/
Beth Phoenix (c) w/ Melina vs. Linda Miles vs. Alicia Fox w/ Jazz

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Backstory:

At the inaugural show, Beth Phoenix saved Melina from a beatdown by Jazz after Melina had interfered to save Torrie Wilson from a brutal attack by Alicia Fox. Beth later won the triple threat cage match between her, Melina and Jazz to take the belt, but only after Alicia had incapacitated Melina with a steel chair swing. Beth would go on to defend her title successfully against Jazz in a lumberjill match, during which Alicia fought back Melina and Torrie, leaving both knocked out cold following Singapore Cane shots. Beth would go on to lose a non-title street fight the following show, allowing Jazz to seek a title match in the future. In the Bra and Panties Gauntlet to determine a #1 Contender, Linda Miles, Lizzy Borden's dominatrix assistant, revealed herself to also be in cahoots with Alicia, managing a double-win for them putting them both in contention for the title and working toward Alicia's long-planned goal of having a Beautiful Black Champion.

Highlights:

*Alicia and Linda start off taking the fight to Beth, with traded gut kicks. Beth eats a spinning heel kick from Alicia and then a big boot from Beth, but when Linda goes for the cover, Alicia gets on top as well, and the referee stops the count. Alicia and Linda exchange words while Jazz yells at them from outside the ring.
*After Linda has incapacitated Alicia temporarily, Beth surprises Linda with a boot to the gut, followed by a powerbomb! 1-2-no! Beth bounds off the ropes and clotheslines a staggering Linda out of the ring!
*Beth has Alicia pulled up, Double Chickenwing Slam! Beth goes for the cover, but Shaq is distracted by Jazz flirting with him up on the ring apron. Melina yanks her down, bouncing her head off the apron. Shaq whips around and sees the cover, and counts it, 1-2-3! Beth retains the championship!

*After the match, Melina goes in the ring and raises Beth's hand, but gestures to her that she wants the belt. At the same time, Linda and Jazz nail the two from behind! Jazz quickly traps Beth in an STF and Linda traps Melina in a big headscissors until Shaq manages to break it up!

CNLL Light Heavyweight Tag Team Championship Match

Sir Ronald Killings/"Gangsta" Gorgeous George vs. Too Cool (c)

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Backstory:

Ron Killings and Gorgeous George became a tag team after Killings lost a match to George and became his "protege", Sir Ronald Killings. Despite defeating Too Cool to qualify for a TLC Tag Title match, Killings was still hesitant on trusting George (who cheated to win their protege match). As a means of gaining Killings's trust, George decided to reform his appearance as Killings did for him, becoming "Gangster George". Meanwhile, Too Cool was able to get back into the TLC match despite their loss to Killings/George after the team of Sabian/Rocca imploded--and then ended up winning the whole thing after Killings was knocked off his ladder (and saved from a crash by George).

Highlights:
*Killings is the face in peril at first, with Too Cool using multiple double team moves, including a big double leg drop onto a prone Killings. Off the ropes, however, Killings gets a change in momentum with a Consequences Neckbreaker to Grandmaster Sexay!
*Scotty gets the blind tag on Grandmaster Sexay, unseen by Killings. As Kilings sets Grandmaster up for a scissors kick, Scotty comes off the top rope with a huge bulldog! W-O-R-M, hoo, hoo, Killings gets up and Scotty misses. That move takes For-EVER.
*Gorgeous George catches Scotty 2 Hotty off the ropes with a knee to the gut. He scoops him up for a powerbomb--Killings blind tags himself in and comes down with a HUGE Lie Detector clothesline, following through on the powerbomb! Grandmaster runs in but is tackled down by George! Killings hooks Scotty's leg, 1-2-3, that's it! We have NEW CNLL Tag Team Champions!

Elimination Chamber Match for the CNLL Light Heavyweight Championship
(In order of release)

Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko vs. Jerry Lynn vs. Pedro Morales vs. Rey Misterio vs. CM Punk (c)

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Backstory:

See the first match for backstory on the creation of the Elimination Chamber match. Punk specifically chose Malenko for the second spot due to his storied fights with Jericho, wanting to wear both men down. Jericho first took the title from Malenko in a 2-out-of-3-falls match via usage of a foreign object, but Malenko took it back in both men's second match of the Gauntlet set up by Batista to trip up Jericho--before Malenko dropped it to Punk. Punk then went on to defend the title against Jerry Lynn, the man he had beaten in a Hardcore Match previously but who had also qualified for the championship gauntlet. After a long rematch, Punk used a loaded kneepad and a GTS to take out Lynn. Punk was unremorseful, but decided to give Lynn a shot at the title one last time in the interest of fairness.

Highlights:
*Catch as catch can to start, with Malenko getting the better of a series of suplexes on Jericho when Lynn is released, and starts taking both down with right hands.
*After a back bodydrop on Jericho over onto the chains, Lynn crotches Malenko on the top rope. He then goes up top and comes off with a guillotine leg drop onto Malenko! He hangs him back up on the second rope and goes for a second--but Jericho, slipping through the ropes, catches Lynn in midair with a Codebreaker! 1-2-3, Lynn is out--just as Misterio enters! Misterio runs in and takes the opportunity to 6-1-9 Malenko as he remains between the ropes! He then tries to West Coast Pop Jericho, but only gets a 2-count!
*After a double 6-1-9 to Malenko and Jericho, Misterio goes up for a second West Coast Pop to Malenko--but is caught with the POWERBOMB! 1-2-3, Misterio is gone!
*Morales then enters and is a house-o'-fire! Clotheslines to both Malenko and Jericho, but the two manage to together grab Morales and SLAM him head first into CM Punk's pod, cracking it wide open. CM Punk, unsure what to do, pushes Morales back out and catches Malenko off balance! Jericho sweeps his legs and puts Malenko into the Liontamer! Punk runs in and starts stomping Malenko's neck as Jericho holds him, forcing him to tap! Malenko is out! Punk exults for a moment--until Jericho lawn darts him head first into the open plexiglass pod! Punk begins bleeding after catching the cut to his face!
*Jericho goes for the Lionsault on a standing, dazed Morales, but he is caught and dropped Samoan-Slam style! Morales then goes up top with the Carribean Cannonball one last time--and NAILS it! 1-2-3, Jericho is gone!
*Punk runs up as the exhausted Morales releases the hold and catches him with a kick right to the face. He picks him up for a big G-T-S! Morales is out cold, and Punk goes for the cover! 1-2-3, Punk is STILL CNLL Champion!

[Chris Eco]

(Chris Jericho comes down to the ring, smiling and grinning. He is met with a loud chorus of boos.)



Jericho: You all seem so unhappy to see me? (booing) Is that any way to treat your new General Manager?

Crowd: ASS-HOLE! ASS-HOLE! ASS-HOLE!

Leno: I'm glad my audience never did this to me on television.

Jericho: I'm sorry you feel that way. However, we have some orders of business to clear up. As you may have noticed, our assclown referees were unable to come to a conclusion regarding our #1 Contender's Match last night. So let me just resolve this quickly--I won that match, I am the #1 Contender. So at CNLL Death Before Dishonor, it will be Chris Jericho versus--

("Bakusho Sengen" hits the PA system, and Shinya Hashimoto enters!)



Hashimoto: Sorry to cut party short, Jericho. But you have one big problem. I was referee, I make final decision. And my decision, is that Malenko pin in-tent-ional, YOUR leg placement in-cid-ental!

(The crowd is cheering as Jericho scowls.)

Jericho: Fine. Then you know what? We'll just have to have a three-way match. It will be Dean Malenko against Chris Jericho against--

("This Fire" by Killswitch Engage hits the PA system, and CM Punk comes out.)

JR: Against the Light Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk!



(CM Punk poses with the belt as the audience boos him for having stolen it twice now. He takes a microphone.)

Punk: Now hold on just one second, Chris. If there's anything I've learned from you, it's that the Light Heavyweight Champion has a lot of stroke in this company, especially when it comes to determining his own matches.

Jericho: (Laughs.) Punk, the only limitation is that I can't book you against a heavyweight.

Punk: No, Chris, the only limitation is that you do what I say, or I sign this little piece of paper. (Punk pulls out a contract.) You see, I caught up with Batista between his match against Abdullah and your match with him. He was barely conscious, but he was also pissed off. And he was willing to sign this contract trading me to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING FEDERATION in exchange for...Brie Bella.

(The audience flips out, as does Jericho.)

Jericho: WHAT? WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU DO THAT?

Punk: I didn't yet, Chris. It's conditional on my request, and you may notice I haven't signed my own release. Now then, if you'd like me not to jump to our biggest competitor, you may want to give me the match I want.

Jericho: Fine. Name your stipulation.

Punk: Oh, it's way more complicated than that. First of all, the match will be held...in the ELIMINATION CHAMBER!



Jericho: Wha-wha--are you crazy?

Punk: Like a fox. I also get to pick the order. As you might expect Chris, I go last...and you go first. (Jericho is fuming.) Malenko, as real #1 contender, can go second. I'll give Jerry the #3 spot, seeing as I did screw him last week and all.



Jericho: I will not forgive you for this, Punk. And for fourth and fifth?

Punk: That's tricky...I don't want healthy, energetic wrestlers taking those spots. I've got an idea, Chris--why don't you make two scramble matches where the winner gets a place in the Chamber? Make the fifth entrant's match closer to the main event, of course. I don't want them to have time to rest up.

Jericho: (getting into Punk's face) You know what? Fine. You play your games. You throw every obstacle in my way, assclown. But at the end of the day, you still can't cut it. At the end of the day, it will be ME, Chris Jericho, with the belt raised high as Light Heavyweight Champion AND general manager of--

("I Walk Alone" by Saliva hits the PA and Batista appears on the ConsejoTron.)



Batista: Hi Chris. Just wanted to interrupt you on that last part.

Jericho: Dave...how the hell are you still walking?

Batista: Well, I'm not just yet, thanks to you. Doctors told me to rest up before the show still. However, you're not the only one who can play games. I met with the Board of Directors, and they weren't happy, Chris. They weren't happy with you stealing the General Management, they weren't happy with your unprofessional conduct after our "match". They were especially unhappy at how close our ratings war was with the Awesome Championship Awesome Wrestling Federation last week. They want--no, they order you to grant me a shot at getting the ownership back.

Jericho: (seething) Fine, Dave. You know, I thought something like this might happen, and I planned ahead. See, you're going to be in a two-week gauntlet match. I'm at the end of the tunnel Dave, I'm next week if you get through this one. This week though...you face Abdullah--no no, you face Abdullah AND Ernie Ladd in a handicap--no, no...an "I Quit" Handicap Match! And if you make it through that match Dave, if you survive being beaten and bloodied by a man who destroyed you last week and one of the greatest big men in the game of American football--then fine. You'll get your shot at me. Congratulations. Monkeys in the back! Take him off my screen!

(Batista's feed goes out.)

Punk: Looks like you have lots of problems going on, Chris. I'll leave you to deal with them.

(Punk and Shinya exit as Jericho paces the ring, cursing.)

[Chris Eco]

Odds look 60/40 in favor of me advancing as of tomorrow, so I'll start setting up the card and promo for it if I have time.

Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera 5
"Endgame"

Featuring The Best Announce Team in the Business, Jim Ross and Jay Leno!


And Your Referee...Shaquille O'Neal!

The Official Entrance Video for the CNLL hits the ConsejoTron 9000 and everyone goes NUTS~! as is by now traditional.

Opening Promo...from the President of the United States, Barack Obama!

BO: POTUS: My fellow citizens, I welcome you to the fifth and likely final show of the Consejo Nuevo de Lucha Ligera, the New Council of Lightweight Wrestling. From the time this competition began, I always believed that the CNLL had promise among the numerous amazing federations this program has put forward. However, never did I imagine that this company would not only become a standard-bearer for PWA, but be competing in the finals against Eric's National Championship Wrestling Federation for the accolade of being the top company.

Too often, we allow only the large things to drive our lives and goals. We mistake the performance of Dow and Nasdaq as perfect indicators of whether people on the whole are living better and worse lives. We allow the loud arguments and conflicts of Washington to drown out the local politicians who have worked so hard to find ways for their communities to keep getting along in these difficult times. CNLL's success does not indicate the success of all of America. I do not think CM Punk, Dave Batista or Chris Jericho would presume to tell you otherwise. But it is a success story. It is the story of amazingly talented people who together created a fantastic product, one that millions around the world have tuned in to watch and enjoy. It makes them no promises, and it offers them no direction as to where their lives may lead. But at its best, it gives them--and you--the most precious gift of all: the gift of Hope. May God bless you, these competitors, and the United States of America.

Rey del Lucha Libre Quarterfinal 10-minute Scramble Matches
(The wrestler with the most pins advances--if there is a tie, falls-count-anywhere sudden death results.)

1. Ernie Ladd vs. Shawn Daivari vs. Karl Malone

2. Rikidozan vs. Blue Demon vs. Pedro Morales

3. Jerry Lynn vs. Gory Guerrero vs. Shannon Moore

4. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Giant Baba vs. Antonio Rocca

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Backstory: After the first four CNLL shows, many of the Consejo's mid-card wrestlers began to complain about the staleness of the main event scene, with certain wrestlers constantly being shuffled out of title matches and many others being disqualified from the main event due to heavyweight status. General Manager Chris Jericho, sympathetic to their concerns but not wanting to put any more people in the main event, inaugurated the First Ever King of the Ring COMPLETELY ORIGINAL Rey del Lucha Libre Tournament Invitational! Due to time constraints, the qualifier matches will take the format of 10-minute scrambles with a sudden death option.

The first match features the continuation of the political-then-personal rivalry between Ernie Ladd/Karl Malone and Shawn Daivari, with Daivari getting increasingly frustrated about his constant match-ups with Ladd/Malone despite his consistent victories. The second match is a match of legends--Rikidozan, the father of puroresu, against the newly-drafted Blue Demon, a Mexican legend of the same era as Santo, against Pedro Morales, one of the greatest stars of the WWWF and the man who almost became world champion at the last show. In other words, awesome. The third match is a more mixed light heavyweight showcase, with Lynn seeking to prove he belongs in the main event scene despite too-close losses, and Gory and Shannon looking to move on from tag team success to a singles win at last. Finally, Shinya and Baba continue their rivalry for one last match, with the added x-factor of the Argentinian Superman, Antonio Rocca.

Highlights:
*Karl Malone attempts a big chokeslam on Shawn Daivari, but Daivari kicks him in the head hard, stunning him on his feet. Daivari plants his feet on Malone's shoulder and flips backwards with a standing moonsault onto Ladd, catching Ladd by surprise and giving him the 1-2-3! Daivari manages to bob and weave for the remaining time to give him the win!
ADVANCING--Shawn Daivari
*Blue Demon primarily controls his match, with neither Riki or Morales being completely prepared for his offense. Demon gets a fall following an Octopus stretch on Rikidozan, to which the Japanese legend tapped out. *Demon went up to the top for a plancha crossbody, however, and missed an evading Morales badly! Morales hopped up himself and came off the top with the Carribean Cannonball, getting the final pin as time elapsed! Sudden Death! Morales bounds off the ropes with a Rolling Cannonball, and gets the decisive three-count after connecting!
ADVANCING--Pedro Morales

CNLL Legends Title Rematch

Lou Thesz (c) vs. Bruno Sammartino

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Backstory: Lou Thesz and Rikidozan faced off against each other and El Santo on the very first show in a "Fathers of Wrestling" Match. It was expected that that match would lead into the awarding of the Legends Title somehow, but Sammartino was able to abuse Batista's "Choose-Your-Stipulation" rule to put the title on the line in his match, rendering Lou Thesz's victory meaningless. Sammartino went on to beat Morales with chicanery to take the belt, and follow up with successful defenses against Baba and Morales again by taking advantage of injuries. Rather than be fast-tracked as a #1 contender, Thesz was aced out by Giant Baba following Baba using his Money in the Bank win to gain a Legends Title shot. However, after a failed foray into the tag scene, he rebounded to win a #1 Contender's Scramble, giving him a chance at Sammartino for the belt, where he finally took the championship! However, Bruno refused to be aced out of the title picture after his 3-1 record in Legends Title matches against top-shelf competition, and invoked his rematch clause immediately for Endgame!

Women's Elimination Tag Match

Melina/Jacqueline/Major Gunns vs. Alicia Fox/Linda Miles/Lizzy Borden

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Backstory: Two long-running rivalries come to a head in this match: Melina was denied a successful defense of her Women's Title thanks to an assault by Alicia Fox, who then again put Melina's lights out via a singapore cane attack in the following week's lumberjack match. Fox ended up falling short in her women's title match despite stacking the odds so that she or Linda could take the title, thanks to Melina keeping Jazz out of the picture. Meanwhile, Jacqueline and Major Gunns seek revenge against Linda Miles and Lizzy Borden for their attacks on them (assuming Gunns's win on Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader against Lizzy doesn't count as "revenge")

Rey del Lucha Libre Semifinal Matches

1. Shawn Daivari vs. Pedro Morales

2. Jerry Lynn vs. Antonio Rocca

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Backstory: See the Quarterfinals. The only additional wrinkle is that Pedro Morales's final-minute pinfall in the previous week's scramble cost Shawn Daivari his spot in the elimination chamber.

CNLL Tag Team Championship TLC Match

Ron Killings/Gorgeous George (c) vs. Too Cool vs. Mil Mascaras/El Hijo del Santo

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Backstory:Ron Killings and Gorgeous George became a tag team after Killings lost a match to George and became his "protege", Sir Ronald Killings. Despite defeating Too Cool to qualify for a TLC Tag Title match, Killings was still hesitant on trusting George (who cheated to win their protege match). As a means of gaining Killings's trust, George decided to reform his appearance as Killings did for him, becoming "Gangster George". Meanwhile, Too Cool was able to get back into the TLC match despite their loss to Killings/George after the team of Sabian/Rocca imploded--and then ended up winning the whole thing after Killings was knocked off his ladder (and saved from a crash by George). Killings and George went on to win the titles in a one-on-one match the following week, leading to Too Cool invoking their rematch clause for another TLC match--with the only-recently united El Hijo del Santo and Mil Mascaras taking the third slot.

Stretcher Match for the General Management of CNLL

Abdullah the Butcher (proxy for Jericho)* vs. David Batista
*Conditional on Possible Trade Not Occuring

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Backstory: While Jericho's first attempt to take the General Management from David Batista using the monster Bobby Lashley failed, he was able to trick Batista into putting that office again on the line in a match with Jericho--after Jericho had faced Malenko and Batista had faced Abdullah the Butcher in a Sadistic Madness match. An unprepared Batista fell to Abdullah in the match and was taken apart by Jericho, thus losing his management privileges. Due to lobbying by the Board of Directors, Batista has been granted a rematch against Jericho for control of the company--but only if he could win the match Jericho threw in his way, a Handicap "I Quit" Match against two of the nastiest heels in the business, Ernie "Big Cat" Ladd and--again--Abdullah the Butcher . Batista managed to get a win in that match through ruthless bloodying of the two with Abdullah's own fork, winning the right to compete to win the General Management back--but Jericho, wanting to focus on the world title, chose Abdullah as a proxy for him in a stretcher match hoping Abdullah could pull out a win as he did before when facing Batista alone. If Batista wins and feels capable, he has promised to book a Hell in the Cell match with him facing Jericho--if contractually allowed to do so, i.e. if Jericho is not world champion.

Rey del Lucha Libre Final

Shawn Daivari vs. Jerry Lynn

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Backstory: See the Quarterfinals and Semifinals.

CNLL Women's Title Cage Match

Beth Phoenix (c) vs. Jazz

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Backstory:
At the inaugural show, Beth Phoenix saved Melina from a beatdown by Jazz after Melina had interfered to save Torrie Wilson from a brutal attack by Alicia Fox. Beth later won the triple threat cage match between her, Melina and Jazz to take the belt, but only after Alicia had incapacitated Melina with a steel chair swing. Beth would go on to defend her title successfully against Jazz in a lumberjill match, during which Alicia fought back Melina and Torrie, leaving both knocked out cold following Singapore Cane shots. Beth would go on to lose a non-title street fight the following show, allowing Jazz to seek a title match in the future. In the Bra and Panties Gauntlet to determine a #1 Contender, Linda Miles, Lizzy Borden's dominatrix assistant, revealed herself to also be in cahoots with Alicia, managing a double-win for them putting them both in contention for the title and, aligned with Jazz, working toward Alicia's long-planned goal of having a Beautiful Black Champion. However, after dissension in their ranks and with help from Melina, Beth was able to successfully defend her title, prompting Jazz to cash in the promise of another title match--with a cage rematch, except this time, the match will be one-on-one.

Elimination Match for the CNLL Title

CM Punk (c) vs. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Malenko vs. Hurricane Helms

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Backstory: CM Punk has remained a fighting champion, yet one who is highly opportunist. He first won the CNLL Title from Dean Malenko at the tail-end of a gauntlet following Malenko's second match of the night, with Punk barely having to wrestle earlier after Shannon Moore's interference disqualified Hurricane in their qualifier. Punk would then go on to retain against Jerry Lynn, who he had beaten in a hardcore match before, after using a loaded kneepad for a GTS. He then subverted GM Jericho's creative control the following week, giving himself the last spot in the Elimination Chamber and eliminating Morales to retain. Jericho quickly booked himself against Punk for the following week, looking for gold and the ability to duck Batista's challenge contractually. For the final week of CNLL's first run, however, the Corporation deemed it necessary to intervene, and asked the fans to select two competitors to join in the match. They selected former champion Dean Malenko--as well as, just barely, voting to give the newly teamless Hurricane a chance to have the match against Punk he was denied.

Mask v. Mask Apuesta Match

Rey Misterio v. El Santo

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Backstory:
Rey Misterio was originally going to face Malenko and Jericho for the world title, but El Santo, angry about what he saw as Misterio's slights against lucha libre--including his remasking--demanded to face him or quit. When Santo agreed to step into the Legends Match, he was compensated by being replaced with Mil Mascaras and Gory Guerrero (with his own grudges against Rey using his family name) in a handicap match--until his own son, El Hijo de Santo, decided to step in and offer his services as Rey's partner. Though neither team won the TLC match they were shoehorned into, El Hijo's distraction assisted in El Santo's loss in the secondary main event of that night. Santo then teamed back with Gory Guerrero to reform La Pareja Atomica, defeating Rey and his son to qualify for the next week's TLC match--which they again lost, as Rey defeated Mil Mascaras, forming a bond of respect and turning him toward Rey's side. Santo was then victorious the next week against his son while Rey lost in the elimination chamber after besting Gory Guerrero and others for a spot. Finally, the two will go head to head--with Santo willing to put his mask on the line just to finally unmask Rey once and for all.

Highly Conditional Hell in a Cell Match
(Match will only occur if Batista becomes GM and Chris Jericho loses his title match)

Chris Jericho vs. David Batista

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Backstory: See the Abdullah match.

[Batman]

You can't really have a cage match and two Hell in a Cell's. Can you?

Other than that, awesome card.

[Chris Eco]

No, no I can't. I guess it's easier for me to swallow the idea that CNLL paid for a Cell just in case. Card adjusted to reflect that.