JERRY “THE KING” LAWLER: Hi there folks, welcome to BloodFest 2000 here in this sold out arena today.  Seems we have some great matches planned. JIM ROSS: That’s true King, here we are again, ready for a steel cage match between Valhella Dracul and Armbender.  It seems their feud just goes on and on. KING: Those two truly do hate each other, and after Armbender destroyed that sacred Skull of Val’s, the hatred just escalated out of proportion. JIM ROSS: I don’t know what power that skull had, but Valhella’s had nothing but trouble since Armbender stole it. KING: Will you stop that? You sound like you actually believe all that rubbish. JIM ROSS: Well King, there’s more to life than the things we can see.  Remember that. The steel cage is slowly lowered,  and Alice Cooper’s Welcome to My Nightmare blasts from the speakers.  Red pyrotechnics shoot from every ringpost and the crowd boo loudly as Valhella slowly limps to ringside, her leg still heavily bandaged. JR: This match should never have been agreed.  Look at the state of her, King.  She should be in a hospital bed, not a wrestling ring. JL: After being attacked so badly by the Voodoo Warriors, shes lucky to still be walking.  Take Commissioner Williams for example.  I hear there’s no sign of recovery yet? JR: Yes King, very sad business, and now Devon has put up a reward for anyone who can bring her out of that coma, or whatever it is those shamans put her into. Valhella takes the mic and begins to speak. “Armbender, you know how badly I wanted you today, but it seems it wasn’t to be.  After the attack by the Voodoo Warriors - people who I thought were FRIENDS - I will be unable to fight here tonight.” Val drops the mic and starts to leave the ring, meeting Armbender halfway up the slope.  She backs off but he grabs her, carrying her physically back to the ring.  Devon Williams comes to ringside and calls out to Val. “Ms Dracul...I’ve just had a very interesting talk to your doctor.  It seems that there is nothing wrong with your leg...and as Corporate Owner of the WMRF, I say this match WILL go on as planned” The crowd go wild but Devon motions for silence.  “And what’s more Valhella, as you seem to want to play dirty, Lenny London or Kris Kavanagh will NOT be referee tonight, as I have a special guest referee especially for you...Mr X from the Voodoo Warriors tag team.  That’s all I have to say” JR: I can’t believe she would stoop so low King.  We saw the footage of the way they attacked her. JL: Yes, but they never laid a finger on her.  Its freaky. The sound of an African drum beat belts from the speakers as Voodoo Warrior “Mr X” comes to the ring, wearing a ceremonial mask and striped referee’s shirt over his usual garb.  Valhella fixes him with a cold stare but he meets her gaze and forces her to look away.  A woman’s voice softly says “This Shall Be Fatal” and Armbender strides to the ring, carrying the shattered pieces of Valhella’s Skull.  He places it carefully at the corner of the ring and steps through the ropes.  JL: Oh no, I thought we were free of that thing when he destroyed it.  He’s just as sick as she is! JR: He’s not as sick as he’ll be when Valhella gets his hands on him.  This is gonna be one ugly match, King. The cage door is locked and the timekeeper rings the bell.  The match is underway.  Armbender attacks Valhella with a series of martial arts kicks and she slumps in the corner.  Mr X drags her up and pushes her back to the centre of the ring. JL: He can’t do that!  Referees are meant to be impartial! JR: Yes King, and the competitors aren’t meant to invent injuries to avoid a match either.  Its six of one and half a dozen of the other. JL: Guess if Devon agrees to it, that makes it okay. Valhella staggers across the ring, and as she moves, her bandage starts coming off her leg. Armbender grabs the loose end and trips her, pulling the rest of the bandage off and wrapping it around her neck, trying to choke her out with it.  Mr X takes the other free end, pulling hard, and giving Armbender a high five.  Armbender looks puzzled but takes his chance to beat Valhella. JR: Did you see that? He’s helping Armbender beat her to a pulp. JL: I know there’s animosity between Valhella and the Warriors but that’s just so unprofessional. Mr X picks up Val and holds her from behind while Armbender delivers some more spinning heel kicks, head butts and karate chops.  Her face is bloodied and she seems lifeless as Mr X holds her, but then as the crowd cheers and roars their approval she digs deep down inside and draws some more power to fight.  She pulls back her elbow and hits Mr X squarely in the face, knocking off his mask, and the crowd go wild. JL: Good grief, thats not Mr X after all, its Big Bob Awdry! JR: So it seems King, and he has lots of reasons to want Valhella out of the way.  She threw the match between his lover and Mercedes Johnson at Cold Steel remember. JL: Those babes in evening gowns, how could I forget?  And puppieeeeees! Haha! Armbender is furious and moves to hit Big Bob but realises they have a common enemy and they may get better results if they double team.  The move as one, and do a perfect double clothes line, knocking Valhella backwards.  She rolls to the side of the ring, reaching out for a piece of the skull and bringing it down on Armbender’s bald head, and then on Big Bob’s head too.  Both men stagger back, but then recover and Big Bob grabs Valhella by the throat, holding her down while Armbender takes the other piece of skull and pounds her with it. JL: I can hardly bear to watch JR.  This is gonna get messy. JR: It looks like a car wreck out there. JL: What the........? Crazy Canadian drops from somewhere in the rafters and lands on top of the cage.  He has wire cutters and starts to hack his way through the top of the steel cage.  When he has a decent sized hole in it, he drops the cutters to the ground outside the cage and drops inside to help Valhella.  As he lands, Big Bob counts Valhella out 1-2-3, the cage door is unlocked and both men leave the ring. Canadian calls in the medics who take Val off on a stretcher. JR: Well I can’t say Armbender won the match fair and square, but he sure won it. JL: And that means hes still Intercontinental champion too.