Devon Williams and Gina Lopez head to the ring in silence, as the crowd boo and jeer and chant Xanadu’s name over and over. Devon stops to make an obscene sign at a fan who waves a banner bearing Xanadu’s name, before climbing into the ring and snatching the mic from the ring announcer. “My dear ex wife Xanadu, I hear you are having a few health problems. What a shame, as you remember our rules of the matches. Anyone not attending their match up will forfeit the match, and the opponent will be officially recorded as the winner. You lost the match honeybunch, so stay in that hospital bed you’ll be going to and take the loss like the coward that you are...” The crowd boo and hiss again and fall silent as Michael Cole appears once more on the video wall. He is interviewing Xanadu from her stretcher as she is wheeled into the back of a waiting ambulance. MICHAEL COLE: Ms Williams, do you have anything to say to the fans who came here to see you against Devon here tonight? XANADU: (Holding her chest in agony) Yes - I WILL be back, I WILL be ready for Devon next time around, and while I’m there (doubling over in pain) I’ll book him a bed because he’s sure as hell gonna need it after our next match Xanadu clutches her chest, coughs up a little blood and falls unconscious and Michael Cole is ushered away from the ambulance as they close the doors and tend to her urgently. In the ring, Gina and Devon give a high five and leave. KING: I hate to see Xanadu getting beaten around like this. This would never have happened had Armbender still been alive to protect her. JR: I hear ya King. He’s still sadly missed. A very good man. |