After a match filled with pure power, finisher counter after finisher counter, brutal in your face action, mixed in with a bit on insanity, both champions remain downed on the canvas after a huge superplex from the top of the Steel Cage, courtesy of Roman Reigns, leaving both men leveled on the canvas. Even after all the pain they inflicted on each other thus far, this heated contest between prideful champions is still underway.
Blood slowly fills the face of the World Heavyweight Champion, the worse for wear of the two men locked in steel wrapped playground. Once former allies, both men hold a pinfall victory over the other, but this isn't about pins and submissions, it's about escaping the Cage. Reigns is the first to show signs of life, slowly struggling up to his feet as Ambrose follows suit shortly after.
Reigns is the first up to his feet and upon seeing this, he begins sizing up Ambrose for what could only be his signature Superman Punch. Reigns wraps his hand around his wrist and does the usual motion of “cocking” his fist, ready to knock Ambrose out on the spot. The second the World Heavyweight Champion makes it up to his feet, the reigning United States Champion charges forward, launching himself up off the canvas and catching Ambrose across his jaw for the Superman Punch.
Instead of falling to the canvas in a heap, Ambrose is sent stumbling backwards, hitting the ropes, which propels him forward, giving his near unconscious body some momentum, allowing him to level the stronger of the two with a hard lariat, sending both men down to the canvas. With neither men willing to accept defeat, how far are they willing to go to walk out of this match with the victory, hell, walk out of this match period?
After what must have felt like an eternity to both men, Reigns is once again the first to start making it up to his feet, albeit at a slowed pace. When he makes it to a knee, Ambrose is shown crawling to the nearest set of ropes, possibly to use them to pull himself up a bit faster than Reigns. That proves to be in vain as Reigns is the first up to his feet and has begun to slowly but surely scale the cage wall, ready to end this match.
Ambrose begins to pull himself up, using the ropes as leverage, and spots Reigns climbing behind him when he looks at the Titantron. He quickly turns around and begins to shout, “Where you going? We're not done here!” causing the United States Champion to hop off the cage and land on the canvas. He looks back at a slowly rising Ambrose, who's mouthing, “I always knew you were a coward!” This proves to annoy Reigns to the extent of where he begins making a beeline towards Ambrose, who quickly pulls out a lead pipe.
Just when it seemed that everything was going according to plan for Ambrose, he's beaten to the proverbial punch and is hit with a sickening spear, nearly breaking him in half. But instead of being laid out on the canvas, Ambrose is lifted off the mat by the powerhouse of a United States Champion and sent back first into the cage wall with just enough force to cause a small section of it to give way; sending both men flying out of the cage and onto the thinly layered padding on the outside.
The referee is left with a choice to make: Who's feet hit the outside first? Both champions remain laid out on the outside, neither getting the better of that. After a momentary silence, the live audience in attendance breaks out into a “Holy Shit!” chant, and rightfully so. After many minutes of speculation, the referee is given no choice but to end this contest in a draw. Both men slowly begin to make it to their feet, Ambrose using the steel steps to his advantage while Reigns uses the barricade.
Upon retrieving both championships, the referee hands both former allies their respective championships and explains to them that there was no winner. Reigns makes it up to his feet and tosses the United States Championship over his shoulder while Ambrose opts to sit on the ring steps, the World Heavyweight Championship held tightly in his hands as he gathers his breath. Both men lock eyes, and after a few moments, Ambrose nods his head and slowly pulls himself up off the steps as Reigns does the same.
Before round two could begin, something catches Ambrose's eye, causing the World Heavyweight Champion to motion to Reigns, telling him to turn to the stage. Just as he does, Eric Young jumps on Reigns, unloading an array of punches, taking exception to Reigns' words earlier in the evening, causing him to fall onto the downed cage wall with EY on top. Ambrose looks on with a smirk as he shakes his head, opting to stay out of this.
Taking offense to being denied by Reigns for a championship opportunity, EY continues unloading closed fists, showing a different side, a more serious side, one that shouldn't be taken lightly by the looks of it. Ambrose has taken the role of cheerleader, shouting words of “encouragement” at Reigns, which seem to be doing more harm than good, that is, until Reigns demonstrates his pure power and shoves EY off of him, sending him up a small portion of the entrance ramp.
With that, the tables have now turned in Reigns' favor, for the time being, as he begins unloading closed fists on EY, sending him stumbling backwards up the ramp. With every punch that lands, they're sent closer and closer to the stage. After a few moments, Ambrose is heard shouting, “Hey Reigns, you forgot you championship!” but it's fallen on deaf ears as he's preoccupied with the task at hand, which is putting EY in his place.
Now on the stage, there's enough distance between the current champion and the potential challenger that Reigns tries to make lightning strike twice in the same night and goes for a Superman Punch, but EY sees it coming and ducks under it, unloading a flurry of punches, elbows, forearms, uppercuts and kicks, in no specific order, nearly sending Reigns backwards off the stage. He's able to duck a wild punch, putting EY in the position he was just in: Teetering on the stage.
Reigns goes for the killing blow, but EY ducks it and hops off the stage onto the concrete floor, sweeping Reigns' legs out from under him right after. EY pulls Reigns off the stage and begins landing a series of punches that stagger the current United States Champion backwards towards a curtain. Reigns is able to turn it around and throws EY through said curtain before they disappear from sight, leaving Ambrose as the only person left on camera.
While this was going on, a few officials temporarily repaired the cage wall so they could raise the cage back up to his original position, causing Ambrose to enter the ring with a microphone and his World Heavyweight Championship in tow. He stands in the center of the ring and raises the microphone up to his lips before speaking.
{Dean Ambrose} For two weeks, I've waited for you to make your move. For two weeks, I stood idly by while you stayed in the shadows like a coward. Tonight, that ends. So unless I'm taking the night off at Dead Man's Hand-
Ambrose is stopped in his tracks as the sound of glass breaking echos throughout the arena, which could only mean the arrival of one man. Austin walks out from behind the curtain, leaving Ambrose unsure of what “The Rattlesnake” is doing out here as the live audience in attendance is going out of their mind. Not wasting any time, Austin marches down the ramp with purpose, his eyes on the World Heavyweight Championship that's hanging over the shoulder of Dean Ambrose.
Austin enters the ring, walking past Ambrose, and scales the turnbuckle, throwing two fingers up into the air, the crowd eating it up as they cheer as loud as they possibly could. Austin hops off the turnbuckle and walks past Ambrose again to the turnbuckle across the ring and repeats the gesture. Ambrose is slowly putting two and two together with every passing second as Austin climbs up the third turnbuckle, and doing the same. He dismounts and scales the fourth and final turnbuckle, mirroring what he just did in the previous three as the crowd seemingly can't cheer any louder than they already are.
After he's done with his usual entrance, Austin stands in front of Ambrose, looking him right in the eye. Ambrose returns the glare, not backing down from the legend that stands before him. Austin's eyes quickly shift to the World Heavyweight Championship that's hanging off of Ambrose's shoulder. The realization sets in for Ambrose, but before he could do anything, he's doubled over after a kick to the gut and is dropped onto the canvas with a swift but deadly Stunner.
Austin's theme plays again as the message has been successfully sent to the current champion. Ambrose's next challenger is in the shape of a rattlesnake, the toughest S.O.B. on the planet. As Ambrose remains looking up at the lights above the ring, the timekeeper has already started tossing Steveweisers at the new Number One Contender. After having three in his hands, Austin pops them open and scales the nearest turnbuckle, downing all three at the same time, much to the approval of the live audience in attendance.
He dismounts the turnbuckle and calls for another, quickly receiving it before opening it and pouring it over a downed Dean Ambrose, adding insult to injury. Austin tosses the now empty can aside and calls for a few more, catching them in mid air in succession. With that, Austin exits the ring and begins walking up the ramp, his job done for the time being. Now on the stage, Austin down both his remaining Steveweisers and throws two fingers into the air before disappearing backstage, leaving a now soaked in beer Dean Ambrose in the ring. The last image shown is a livid Dean Ambrose sitting in the ring, holding his World Heavyweight Championship tightly.
Subject: XWL Breakdown : 4/18/2014- 4/25/2014 
Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:00 pm
vs Gargano
