[Richius'] ECW Heatwave '14 detailed write-up
Jul 7, 2014 13:30:31 GMT -5
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Post by King Richius on Jul 7, 2014 13:30:31 GMT -5
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Episode 14: ECW Heatwave ‘14 (7/7/14)
The show opens with Joey Styles in the ring.
Styles: Welcome to the second PPV of the new Extreme Revolution: Heatwave ’14! We’ve got seven great matches on the card tonight including four championship matches…five if you count the FTW title! [Joey looks around nervously to see if Taz is going to come out and kick his ass] And now, joining me tonight is the Best in the World CM Punk!
CM Punk comes out to the ring and gives Joey a half-hearted hug.
Punk: That’s right, the Best Wrestler in the World is here tonight…as a color commentator. You should all ask for refunds right now.
Styles and Punk head to the announcers table while the tag teams involved in the first match are introduced.
Styles: Our first match of the night is a fatal four way tag match. Any one of these teams could be the next challengers to the Dudleys or Tajiri & Tanaka for the ECW tag titles. A win tonight would go a long way towards making that match happen.
Punk: Thats very true Joey. They’re all very good teams but lately E.G.O. has been getting some big wins and the former Impact Players Rhino and Lance have a lot to prove to both themselves and Justin Credible. My money is on one of those two teams coming out on top.
1) John Morrison/Jay Lethal vs Christopher Daniels/Kazarian vs Rhino/Lance Storm vs Sabu/Jerry Lynn
The match starts with all eight men in and around the ring beating on each other for several minutes until it finally settles down to two men in the ring. As the match progresses, it becomes obvious that Daniels & Kazarian are on their own as the other three teams keep tagging between each other to stay fresh. Daniels and Kazarian try multiple times to escape the ring for a breather only to have the other teams throw them back in the ring. After 10 minutes of this, it is Kazarian in the ring vs Lance Storm who has the canadian crab on Kaz. Justin Credible and Molly Holly come out with kendo sticks and attack Rhino at ringside though. Storm breaks his hold and hits a suicide dive, but Justin avoids it and Rhino takes the full impact. Credible throws a stunned Storm back into the ring where he is quickly pinned by Kazarian.
Rhino/Lance Storm eliminated by pinfall at 12:43
Rhino and Lance Storm chase Justin Credible and Molly back into the locker room. In the ring, the match continues with Daniels facing off against Jerry Lynn. The tensions between Capt. Lou’s crew and E.G.O. boils over again as all four men get in the ring and attempt some high impact moves with chairs and tables. Morrison and Lethal are content to watch from their corner as their opponents take each other out. Kazarian tries for a top rope move only to have Jerry Lynn hurricanrana him to the outside of the ring through a table. Lynn then sets up another table which Sabu attempt a triple jump DDT to Daniels. As Sabu clears the chair, Morrison hits him with a spinning heel kick and Lethal hits the lethal injection onto a steel chair. Jerry Lynn tries to get back in the ring to help, but Daniels hits him with multiple chair shots. Daniels gets back into the ring and covers Sabu for the pin.
Sabu/Jerry Lynn eliminated at 19:29
Its down to two teams: Daniels/Kazarian vs Morrison/Lethal. Back and forth action with lots of tags for a few minutes. It comes to Daniels vs Morrison in the ring. Morrison whips Daniels into the corner where he flips over and gets caught in the tree of woe. Morrison goes a baseball slide kick to Daniels’ head, but Kazarian pulls him out of the way and then grabs Morrison’s legs so he can crotch him on the ring post…several times. Daniels pulls Morrison into the ring and hits for the best moonsault ever. Daniels goes for the pin. Lethal attempts the save but Kazarian hits him with a chair and Daniels gets the three count.
Morrison/Lethal eliminated at 23:10.
Christopher Daniels/Kazarian win.
Styles: E.G.O. continues to pull out wins. Its a safe bet they will be #1 contenders after this match.
Punk: Whoever wins the tag title match later tonight better watch out. Daniels and Kaz are extremely talented athletes who aren’t afraid to bend a few rules to get what they want.
Styles: Up next is the man who usually accompanies me on commentary but tonight he is dusting off his ring gear to defend his belt. Its time for Taz vs Samoa Joe for the FTW title.
Punk: Hmmm…the FTW championship…didn’t we see this like 30 years ago, only then it was called the Million Dollar belt? Who cares anyway? I’m better than both of these guys and could take that fake belt from either one just as easily as I will take the real ECW belt from Angle or Douglas or Simmons.
2) FTW Championship: Taz vs Samoa Joe
Samoa Joe comes to the ring first and paces like a caged animal. Taz comes out and does his usual thing standing in the ring with his arms crossed and a towel over his head. He removes the towel and throws it at Joe. He screams at Joe. “Beat me if you can! Survive if I let you!” The crowd responds for Joe with chants of “Joe is gonna kill you!”
The match starts slowly as the two men mat wrestle for a few minutes, reversing holds and trading punches and kicks every so often. As the pace picks up, both men start to hit each other with all kinds of suplexes and slams. After a few more minutes, Taz gets thrown out of the ring and is staggering around ringside. Joe attempts a suicide dive but eats a chair shot. Taz hits a vicious overhead suplex through a table that dazes Joe. Taz gets back in the ring and taunts Joe and the crowd. Joe slides a table into the ring which Taz grabs from him and leans against the turnbuckles. Joe is trying to get into the ring when Taz pulls him in and sets him up for another suplex through the table but Joe reverses and hits a back body drop to Taz. Taz gets up only to get hit with an insiguri kick to the head which puts him down again. Joe maneuvers Taz onto the top turnbuckle and sets him up for a musclebuster. He brings him over to the table and hits the musclebuster through the table. Joe goes for a pin but Taz kicks out at 2. Joe sets up for a belly to back suplex but Taz reverses positions and locks in the Tazmission. Joe fights it and manages to loosen Taz’s legs so he can stand up. He backs into the turnbuckles causing Taz to break the hold. Joe then locks in the rear naked choke. Taz fights it as much as he can but he can’t break the hold and taps.
Samoa Joe defeats Taz at 11:37 by submission to win the FTW Championship.
Styles: Oh my God! Taz’s near 15 year reign as FTW champion is over! Samoa Joe broke the Tazmission and made Taz tap! I never thought I’d see that.
Punk: Do you hear yourself Styles? It was a 15 year reign in his living room defending that belt against such awe inspiring opponents like his dog, the neighbor’s kid, the mailman, and a ratty stuffed bear he still has from his childhood. For the record, anybody can break the Tazmission. I know I can just like I know I can break Joe’s rear naked choke. Thats what you can do when you’re the best in the world.
Styles: You really are a miserable man, aren’t you? Maybe our next match will cheer you up. Its going to be a brutal fight to settle some serious grudges between Raven and his former Flock members.
Punk: Raven thinks he is a great leader but look at how well things are going for him. half his Flock left him and are now hunting him down. Quote all the Poe you want Raven, I’m not buying it and neither are the new Eliminators.
3) Saturn/Droz (the Eliminators) w/ Kidman vs Raven/Abyss w/ Stevie Richards
There is nothing pretty about this match. All six men are involved the entire time and you can count the number of actual wrestling moves used on one hand. Abyss is using his chain to hit and choke people, Raven makes liberal use of chairs, and Stevie Richards uses a kendo stick. Saturn, Droz, and Kidman retaliate with baseball bats and 2x4s. The ref gives up trying to control the mayhem early on and just tries to not get hurt until there is a pin or submission attempt for him to check on.
After ten minutes or so of all out fighting, Kidman manages to take out Stevie Richards with shooting star press off the top ropes to the outside of the ring where Richards was prone on a table. The Eliminators finally disarm Raven and Abyss so it starts to resemble a wrestling match for a few minutes. Raven tries to hit his drop toe hold onto a steel chair move on Saturn, but Saturn avoid it and jumps over the chair. He hits the ropes, but Abyss pulls the top rope down and Saturn falls the the floor. Abyss hits him with a back hole slam. Droz attacks Raven in the ring while Abyss grabs something from under the ring. Raven counters Droz and whips him into the ropes. Abyss has retrieved a plywood board covered in barb wire and slides it into the ring just as Raven hits Droz with a drop toe hold. Droz crashes face first onto the barb wire. Raven calls Abyss into the ring and the two off them rip Droz off the barbwire. Abyss then hits Droz with a black hole slam onto the barbwire board. Raven covers Droz. 1…2…3! Raven pins Droz to win the match!
Raven/Abyss win by pinfall at 13:15.
Styles: That was almost too extreme. Droz looks like he has lost a lot of blood from that barbwire. Saturn and Kidman aren’t looking much better. Raven’s Flock may be a lot smaller than before but they are still a force to be reckoned with.
Punk: Probably true for most of the ECW locker room but I don’t worry about them. They couldn’t stop the best in the world no matter how many weapons they break out.
Styles: I’m being told that we have some breaking news from the locker room. Rhino and Lance Storm were found severely beaten and unconscious in a bathroom. The bathroom was also completely destroyed. Nobody saw what happened but the medics were able to revive Lance Storm long enough for him to say “Too many of them…never had a chance…” Security is asking everybody if they know anything and searching every corner of the building to find the attackers. On that note, I’d like to request that security search around the announcers table. Now back to the action as its time for the Tag Team Championship match.
Punk: I just want to point out that if we were in some other promotion, a certain cowboy hat wearing stock market investor would be calling the challengers Tanakajiri about now.
Styles: Very true and very sad. But here at ECW I think we will just call them Tajiri and Masato Tanaka. And they have a tough night ahead of them as they face the self-proclaimed greatest tag team of all-time, the Dudley Boys.
4) ECW Tag Team Championship: Dudleys vs Tajiri/Masato Tanaka
Surprisingly, the match gets off to clean start with Devon facing Tajiri in the ring. Both sides tag frequently and there are plenty of wrestling moves being used. After the previous match, the crowd is very surprised that the Dudleys are wrestling a clean match. The crowd chants for tables. Neither team gains much of an advantage for almost ten minutes before Tanaka kicks things up by bringing several steel chairs into the ring. Tanaka takes turns hitting Devon and then Bubba Ray with a chair. Spike tries to interfere but Tajiri takes to the air and hits him with a top rope somersault dive to the floor. They fight outside the ring. Tajiri goes to spit the green mist, but Spike ducks and Stacy gets the full shot of green mist in her face. Spike tries to protect Stacey but Tajiri whips him into the ring steps. Spike ends up slumped against the barricades and Tajiri hits a dropkick to Spike’s head. In the ring, the numbers have finally turned the tables on Tanaka and the Dudleys hit him with the 3D onto a pile of steel chairs. Devon goes for a pin, but Tajiri just barely makes the save. Tajiri puts Devon in the tarantula and refuses to break it. Bubba Ray is setting Tanaka on the top turnbuckle for a superplex, but Tanaka reverses and hits a tornado DDT onto the pile of steel chairs. He covers Bubba Ray. 1…2…3! Tanaka pins Bubba Ray for the win! New Tag Team champions!
Tajiri/Tanaka defeat the Dudleys by pinfall at 14:22 to win the ECW Tag Team Championship!
Styles: New Tag Team Champions! Tajiri and Tanaka!
Punk: Three cheers for them. Or is it three chairs for them? I don’t know and I don’t care. I’m tired of this.
Punk leaves announcing table and goes to the ring.
Styles: What the…hey…you can’t just get up and leave. Am I supposed to announce this all by myself? You miserable bastard!
Punk: Sorry to interrupt your entertainment for the evening but I have something to get off my chest. At the last PPV I was in the main event against Kurt Angle for the ECW World Heavyweight Championship; a match which turned out to be the highlight of the night. What is my reward for having the best match of Hardcore Heaven? I get to be guest commentator listening to Joey Styles rattle move names I don’t even know in between “Oh my God”s. I will not accept this. I am the best in the world and I will be a part of this PPV. So I am issuing an open challenge. I know someone in that locker room is also sitting around wishing they had a match. Get off your ass and come on down!”
A few seconds later, both AJ Styles and Seth Rollins come out to accept the challenge leading to a 3 Way Dance match.
Styles: Well, it looks like my miserable guest commentator has found something to make him happy and we get an added match featuring three great wrestlers fighting for nothing but the hell of it. No titles, no #1 contendership, no grudges to be settled. Just the simple honor of seeing who is better.
5) CM Punk vs AJ Styles vs Seth Rollins
The match starts with the three men exchanging punches and kicks. The first ten minutes of the match feature each man getting in some high flying offense as well as some timely reversals of finishing move attempts.
Around the ten minute mark, Rollins and Styles team up to work over Punk with a series of slams, clotheslines, and dropkicks. They throw Punk out of the ring. AJ and Rollins both look like they are going to do top rope moves onto Punk, but Rollins changes it up and hits AJ with a flying knee knocking AJ to the floor. Rollins bounces off the ropes and does a somersault suicide dive onto Punk, landing on his feet. He bounces back into the ring and repeats the move onto AJ. He starts to celebrate but Punk has grabbed a chair and hits Rollins with it. AJ gets a running start and leaps off the ring steps to hit Punk and Rollins with a double clothesline. AJ hits Punk with a power bomb to the ring apron. AJ rolls Rollins back into the ring along with the chair Punk had used. Once back in the ring, AJ tries to hit the Styles Clash, but Rollins rolls him up for a quick pin attempt. AJ kicks out at 2. Rollins whips AJ into the ropes and hits a flying dropkick. Rollins hits AJ with the curb stomp onto a steel chair. Before he can go for the pin, Punk comes off the top rope with a springboard clothesline to Rollins. Punk then climbs to the top turnbuckle and hits the Macho Man elbow drop to Rollins. Punk covers Rollins…1…2..3..pin!
Seth Rollins eliminated at 15:52
AJ hits Punk with the Pele kick, then wraps him up in the calf killer submission. Punk fights it and manages to get to the ropes. After the break, Punk rolls out of the ring and takes a little walk. AJ flies off the top rope with a back flip into a reverse neckbreaker. While Punk is down, AJ gets a table into the ring. AJ turns back to Punk, but gets caught in a fireman’s carry and slam onto the announcers’ table (which does not break). Punk rolls AJ back into the ring and hits the GTS. Punk puts AJ on the table and heads to the top turnbuckle. He leaps off for another elbow drop but AJ rolls off the table and Punk crashes and burns. AJ pulls Punk clear of the broken table and heads to the turnbuckle. He attempts the Spiral Tap, but Punk rolls out of the way. Both men are dazed and on their knees. They exchange punches and chops. Both men make it to their feet while they continue to punch, chop, and kick each other. AJ whips Punk into the corner and follows him in with Punk’s trademark high knee. He tries to follow it up with a bulldog, but Punk reverses it into a suplex into the turnbuckle. Punk puts AJ in the Anaconda Vice. AJ gets a foot onto the ropes. Punk picks up AJ and hits him with a Styles Clash onto the steel chair. Instead of going for the pin, Punk locks in the Anaconda Vice again. AJ is knocked out and cannot try to break the hold. The ref calls for the bell.
AJ Styles submits at 21:30.
CM Punk wins the 3 Way Dance.
Styles: Thats a big win for CM Punk. Maybe now he won’t be so miserable. (pause) Oh no. I’m getting word that there has been another attack in the locker room. Apparently, our new World Tag Team Champions Tajiri and Tanaka have been attacked and could be seriously hurt. I’m being told that Tajiri said something about “not them…they can’t be here…” before he passed out. Where is that security I asked for out here? Anyway, onto our next match. It will be the ladder match for the ECW World TV Title as Rob Van Dam defends against Austin Aries, a member of the Extraordinary Gentleman’s Organization.
6) ECW TV Championship Ladder Match: Rob Van Dam vs Austin Aries
Slow start to the match as RVD and Aries feel each other out.
At the 5 minute mark, Aries goes for the first ladder. RVD follows him to the floor and dropkicks the ladder into Aries. He drapes Aries over the announcers’ table and sets the ladder up close by. RVD climbs the ladder and hits a corkscrew leg drop to Aries.
At the 8 minute mark, Aries has turned the flow of the match and has RVD lying on a ladder that is straddling the ring apron and barricades. Aries hits RVD with a springboard leg drop sending both men crashing to the floor while breaking the ladder. Aries maintains his advantage and is about to piledrive RVD onto the ring steps, but RVD reverses it into a back body drop to the floor.
At the 11 minute mark, the action is back in the ring. RVD hits Aries with a suplex onto a ladder leaning against the turnbuckles. RVD drops the ladder on top of a prone Aries and hits a five star frog splash.
At the 15 minute mark, Aries has recovered a little and has RVD sandwiched between the two halves of a ladder. He hits the ladder onto RVD several times with brutal chair shots and then hits a top rope elbow drop with the chair onto the ladder and RVD stuck underneath it all.
At the 18 minute mark, Aries makes the first attempt to climb a ladder and grab the belt. RVD flies off the top turnbuckle to hit a side kick to the ladder which topples it and sends Aries to the floor. RVD hits Aries with a suicide dive and follows it up with a side suplex onto the ring apron. RVD gets back in the ring and starts to climb the ladder.
Aries grabs a fire extinguisher and gets back in the ring. He hits RVD in the back with the fire extinguisher sending him off the ladder. Arties then shoots the fire extinguisher into RVD’s face. RVD is blinded and tries a kick but Aries catches his leg. RVD flips over, then hits a heel kick with his free leg and both men go down. They take some time to recover and try to climb the ladder on opposite sides. They meet at the top and exchange punches. Aries makes a desperate attempt to grab the belt, but RVD hits a sunset flip power bomb to Aries.
Both men take a minute to recover and set up more ladders and tables. Aries is climbing a tall ladder in the center of the ring. RVD climbs to the top of a short ladder he set up to one side. As Aries gets to the top of the tall ladder and reaches for the belt, RVD leaps off the short ladder and hits Aries with a dropkick. Aries crashes through the table while RVD somehow catches hold of the tall ladder and hangs on. He climbs up and grabs the ECW TV Belt!
RVD grabs the belt at 20:38 and retains the ECW TV Title.
7) ECW Legends Championship: Nature Boy Ric Flair vs Stone Cold Steve Austin
The match starts with a staredown in the middle of the ring. Flair tells Austin “To be the legend he will have to beat the legend! Woooooo!” Austin flips the bird to Flair. Flair hits Austin with several chops (Wooooo!) and backs him into the corner. Austin reverses and punches Flair a lot. Austin whips Flair into the opposite corner and follows him in. Austin hits a bunch of punches and kicks until Flair is on the mat, then Austin stomps a mud hole and walks it dry. Austin picks up Flair and whips him across the ring. Flair goes flipping over the turnbuckle and staggers halfway down the ring apron before Austin hits a clothesline and Flair falls to the floor. Austin leaves the ring and whips Flair into the ring steps. Austin slams Flairs head into the ring post several times and Flair is busted open. Austin rolls Flair back into the ring.
As Austin is about to get back into the ring, Arn Anderson appears and attacks him. They fight all the way around the ring until Arn picks up a chair and smacks Austin with it. Arn rolls Austin back into the ring where a waiting Flair picks up the offense. He works over Austin’s legs for several minutes. He goes for the figure four leglock but Austin reverses into a small package. Flair kicks out at 2. Austin whips Flair into the ropes and hits the stun gun (throws him neck first on the top rope). Austin whips Flair into the ropes again and hits a Lou Thesz press. Austin hits Flair with multiple punches and then goes to the second turnbuckle to drop a big knee to Flair’s bleeding forehead.
Arn tries to interfere again, but Austin sees him coming and is ready. He blocks a chair shot, takes the chair from Arn, and hits him with it. Austin sets up the chair and hits Arn with a stunner on the chair. Austin pushes Arn and the chair out of the ring and turns his attention back to Flair. Flair is still hurting and bleeding, but has recovered enough to hit Austin with a low blow. He chops Austin several times and then suplexes him. Flair locks on the figure four leglock. Austin fights it and manages to reverse the hold forcing Flair to break. Both men struggle to their feet and as they face each other, Austin kicks Flair in the stomach. Austin hits the stunner but does not go for the pin. He picks Flair up and hits a second stunner. Then he goes for the pin. 1…2…3! Austin wins the Legends Championship!
Steve Austin defeats Ric Flair by pinfall at 13:54 after two stunners to win the ECW Legends Championship.
Styles: Austin wins! The second title change tonight and an ECW original claims the Legends title!
In the ring, Austin has grabbed a cooler and is chugging beers with the Legends belt over his shoulder. He grabs a few more beers, opens them, and pours the beer all over Flair’s still bleeding head. CM Punk comes running out from the locker room and pulls Flair out of the ring. He gets Arn up and watches as Arn and Ric stumble back to the locker room. Punk turns to Austin in the ring. “Steve, pouring that disgusting alcoholic drink all over Ric Flair is strike two!” Austin flips the bird at Punk and continues to celebrate in the ring.
Styles: As miserable a person as he is, Punk may be right. Flair is a living legend and deserves better than a beer bath just moments after a bloodbath but Austin is Stone Cold and doesn’t care.
8) ECW World Heavyweight Championship: Kurt Angle vs Ron Simmons vs Shane Douglas
The match starts with all three men trading punches and kicks. Simmons gets the first advantage after he hits Angle and Douglas with a double clothesline. All three men exchange power moves like suplexes, clotheslines, and dropkicks for a while. The action is both fast and fairly even for a while until Simmons and Angle team up on Douglas. Angle has Douglas on the top turnbuckle but Simmons gets under Angle and hits Angle up for an electric chair as Angle superplexes Douglas. Douglas has to roll out of the ring for relief or he will get pinned.
Douglas has setup up several chairs in the ring. Douglas kicks Simmons as he gets in the ring and then applies a sleeper hold. Simmons starts to fade, but drops to his knees and hits a jawbreaker. Although stunned, Douglas has enough left to hit a belly to belly suplex to Simmons on the chairs. As Douglas stands up and kicks the chairs clear so he can go for the pin, Angle comes flying off the top turnbuckle with a moonsault on Simmons and goes for the cover. 1…2…3! Simmons is pinned
Ron Simmons eliminated by pinfall at 14:23.
Now that is one on one, a more traditional wrestling match picks up. Douglas goes for clotheslines, slams, and an abdominal stretch. Angle sticks to his suplexes and working over Douglas’ leg. Its pretty even for several minutes until the Triple Threat come to the ring. They manage to slide a table into the ring before the Nation comes out and attacks them. It takes the ref a minute or two to restore order and clear the ring of everybody, but during that time Angle has taken a beating while Douglas managed to recover some. Douglas tries to hit a belly to belly suplex, but Angle blocks it and hits an overhead suplex through the table. Angle locks in the ankle lock and applies the pressure. Douglas is scratching and clawing to get to the ropes but cannot make it. Velvet Sky grabs Douglas’ hands and tries to pull him to the ropes but the ref breaks her grip and ejects her from ringside. Douglas struggles for another minute or so but Angle grapevines the leg and really cranks on the ankle lock. Douglas taps! Angle retains the ECW World Heavyweight Championship!
Shane Douglas eliminated at 21:17 by submission to the ankle lock.
Kurt Angle wins the 3 Way Dance and retains the ECW World Heavyweight Championship.
Styles: Great match and great win by the Olympic Hero Kurt Angle to keep his ECW World Heavyweight Championship belt! That ends the PPV and I’d like to thank all of you for watching…wait a minute…what is that jerk Justin Credible doing?
Justin Credible and Molly Holly come out to attack Kurt Angle and Brooke with kendo sticks. Justin is completely out of control, screaming about his mistreatment and that he will force the anonymous owner to show his face so he can beat some respect out of him.
Styles: What a jerk! Oh good, here comes Paul Heyman. Maybe he will fire Justin and make him go away for good.
Heyman comes out to the ring and is about to speak when the nWo storms the ring! Hollywood Hogan, Randy Savage, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, Scott Steiner, and Buff Bagwell attack Angle and Heyman. Brooke tries to escape but Syxx appears and restrains her. Hogan takes Angle’s ECW WHC belt. Steiner puts Angle into the Steiner Recliner. Hall and Nash drag Heyman into the ring and force him to his knees in front of Hogan.
Hogan: How are you bruthah? Not too good? Thats too bad because it is only going to get worse. The nWo is here to end ECW! Tonight we start with you! Whatcha gonna do when the nWo runs wild on you?!?!?
Bagwell hands Hogan a baseball bat wrapped in barbwire. Hogan hits Heyman with it multiple times until he is lying in the middle of the ring in a pool of his own blood. Hogan holds the bat over his head with Angle’s ECW WHC belt over his shoulder. He yells at the crowd “Once we tried to rule the wrestling world! Now we are going to destroy it instead! nWo for life!”
The nWo along with Justin Credible and Molly Holly stand tall in the ring and taunt the ECW crowd as we fade to black.
