20Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble
Rated T for Mild Language and Violence
Summary: 150 competitors from your favorite video games compete in an all-out battle royal gauntlet to see which character can not only be considered the greatest of all time, but can be granted any wish he desires. Who will definitely be the last one standing?
Disclaimer: I do not own anything associated with any video games or any of the characters from those video games. The various characters from every video game you see here are owned by Nintendo, Sony, Sega, Capcom, SNK, WB Games, Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Activision, Konami, Blizzard, Rockstar Games, Atlus, Rare, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Koei Tecmo, etc. Anyway, to make sure I'm not doing this alone though, The Amazing Ghost Musician will help me out with this story as well. So all thanks and the credit goes to him, everyone. Anyway, sit back with a nice six-pack full of Sprite with you, and enjoy this masterpiece we have created. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Interviews/Pre-Show
Scene 1:
Scorpion from the Mortal Kombat series was inside a nearby locker room meditating, when his enemy/ally Sub-Zero approached him while he was putting his gloves right on.
"So, it looks like we're here." Sub-Zero replied, getting Scorpion's attention.
"And so it is." Scorpion said, standing up to his equal, "And we're pretty sure the rest of the 148 people we've never seen before will provide us with quite a challenge."
"And no matter who they are, regardless if it's a man or woman, we shall give them no mercy." Sub-Zero said as he clenched his fist.
Scorpion then nodded before saying, "On that we agree."
"Really? Don't make me laugh!"
That unidentified voice somehow got Sub-Zero and Scorpion's attention, forcing the two ninja warriors in blue and yellow to turn their heads to the one person that was standing to the left and dressed in a pink gi. To no surprise, the camera finally got a good look at the identifying figure, which turned out to be Dan Hibiki from the Street Fighter series. With a smirk, he approached both Scorpion and Sub-Zero without any warning.
"Look, I mean no offense, but I highly doubt that you two are gonna work together, let alone cooperate with each other." Dan smirked a little, "I mean, you two have to admit, there must still be bad blood between the both of you."
"What the heck do YOU know, Dan?" Sub-Zero said, clenching his fist once again but only threateningly to Dan, who replied with a big gulp.
"Look, don't beat me up, I know it just on the wiki!" Dan replied, forming a big nervous gulp on his throat, "And I totally understand the fact that your brother was the one who-"
"It was Quan Chi who murdered Scorpion's family, not my brother!" Sub-Zero replied before picking up Dan right by his karate gi, "Don't you even DARE give me any ideas."
"Right, I didn't know why I asked." Dan shook his head frighteningly, "Can you let me go now?"
Finally, just out of pity, Sub-Zero finally let Dan go, forcing the Saikyo Style leader to fall right down on his ass. He soon dusted himself off before Dan decided to speak again.
"Thanks," Dan nodded as he dusted himself off, "Besides, with the way you two fight, I'm afraid those fighting styles you fight in don't compare to what I have in store for the both of you."
"Then demonstrate for us." Scorpion replied, all before grabbing his chain spear and lighting it up with a little bit of his flames.
Knowing the fact that this scene frightened Dan even more, the Saikyo sensei gulped once more before saying, "Actually, I plan to demonstrate in that very ring, of course. But since you all want to know about this awesome, dangerous fighting style I've come up with myself, I guess I can show you a little sample of it anyway. It's a little fighting style I like to call, Saikyo Style! Here's how it works."
Just to show both Scorpion and Sub-Zero what he was made of, Dan decided to step aside and back away from the duo, obviously as a way to show them a sample of his style.
"First up, you gotta flex your arm like this!" Dan said as he did his signature arm flex, all before rolling around in a somersault, then arm flex, then somersault, arm flex, somersault, and then leaping right up in the air with another arm flex before concluding his little sequence with a little thumbs up. He then dusted right off before he said to both Scorpion and Sub-Zero, "There you go, I hope you enjoyed that little sample I had to give you two. So if you two are interested, how would both of you like to join my little Saikyo Style Academy. I would like to remind you that it's not for free and that you have to pay me cold-hard cash just for a pricey membership! So, who's in with me?"
Both Sub-Zero and Scorpion responded to Dan with nothing more than disinterested looks around their faces. So much so that Scorpion grabbed Dan right by the back of his hair and threw him out of the locker room so far that Dan immediately hit a table, breaking it in pieces!
"Owwwwww…" Dan moaned in pain.
With Dan out of it from that bump he took, Scorpion did himself a favor and left the locker room, only to look down at the humorous Saikyo sensei with such a vengeful tone.
"Let me hit you with a dose of reality," The ninja in yellow said very threateningly to Dan, "You and your style is nothing more than a joke. So you better be thankful you don't draw a number closer to mine, because otherwise…"
Just to prove Scorpion's power, he shot out his signature spear and hit a vending machine, destroying it in a ball of flames. Dan immediately saw this and looked very horrified by the thought Scorpion had given him.
"THAT will happen to you." Scorpion scowled, before letting go of Dan's karate gi once again and going back to his locker room, shutting the door right before him.
This finally forced Dan to recover all by himself while trying his best to endure the table bump he suffered.
"I guess that… was a bad idea..." Dan hissed in pain once more.
Scene 2:
Former Impact Wrestling backstage interviewer Jeremy Borash was shown standing outside of the locker room ready to do an interview right next to the Rumble Roses Tag Team Champions, Rodeo Drive, consisting of both Dixie Clemets and Aisha.
"Ladies and gentlemen, it's Jeremy Borash here and standing with me right now are the current Rumble Roses Tag Team Champions, Rodeo Drive, who will be one of the teams that will be competing in this Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble here tonight," Jeremy said to the camera before focusing on Dixie, "Dixie, you and your partner Aisha definitely seem confident in this match. Will that kind of confidence comes into play here in this Royal Rumble?"
Dixie definitely nodded as he said to JB, "Jeremy, you know deep down that I live and breathe confidence every time I step into that ring, regardless if it's me alone or with my tag team partner. I'll tell you, we've definitely had different roads to the top when it came to both me and her. She's known for her music, her dancin' and I'm known for some southern ass-kickin'. And when we combine those two traits together, we make a pretty damn good combo, JB. And you want to see what we're made of, all ya gotta do is watch that Rumble match and you see why we are the Rumble Roses Tag Team Champions. Ain't that right, Aisha?"
Agreeing with what Dixie had said from her statement, Aisha turned right to Jeremy and replied, "I agree with you, Dixie. JB, you know how this Rumble is gonna be. Besides me and Dixie, there are 148 other guys and girls we don't even know who's gonna enter. But that doesn't matter, because whoever the hell stands in our way, regardless if it's from our league or another, we're going to throw 'em right over the top rope one by one until either one of us is standing in that ring. Mark our words, JB."
"I see," JB nodded before asking the two women, "But what if it comes down to either you or Dixie if you are gonna be the final two?"
Aisha soon thought about that possibility altogether before saying to JB, "Truth be told, I have given it thought, and I'm sure Dixie would know that too. It's no surprise that we've fought each other right in the past. After all, Dixie and I were rivals for a really long time until we put aside our differences to form our amazing tag team, and we are the two best fighters in Rumble Roses history."
Dixie glanced, "You've got that right, Aisha. So if we are the only two women in that ring, you better make sure to give me everything you got. Because we all know that only one of us won't just walk away with that million dollars, but only one of us will be the last woman standing. I hope you realize that, pardner."
"Fine by me… partner." Aisha said to Dixie, all before shaking each other's hands out of respect. Then Aisha pulls Dixie closer, as they come face-to-face. "But just so ya know Dixie, once it does come down to us, or if you stand in my way, I'm not going to hold anything back and I will keep beating you down till I'm the only one left standing."
"Same with me." Dixie nodded for the last time before the two left together.
Scene 3:
The camera was getting a good look at the show's backstage interviewer Renee Young, who was standing outside the locker room where one of the contestants resided.
"Hi everyone, it's Renee Young here and I'm standing right by the locker room where Dante from Devil May Cry is inside there getting prepared for his participation in the Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble." Renee nodded to the camera, "And right now, I'm gonna see if I can get an interview from him."
She then turned to the locker room door itself, opening it right up for Renee to check in a peek.
"Hey Dante, are you-"
However, she was soon cut off once Renee saw what she was seeing in that darkened room. It forced her to shut the door right back and turned to the camera with a bit of shock in her face.
"Well, I guess um, Dante's kinda busy right at the moment," Renee gulped. "I think we'll just wait until he does his business and then we'll probably-"
She was then cut off again once Dante came out of the locker room in commando mode, wearing nothing but a blanket covering all around him.
The famous devil hunter gave a very scary glance to Renee before saying to her, "Hey Renee, you should at least do yourself a favor and knock first before you enter."
"Right, I didn't even know what I was thinking." Renee shook his head, "Anyway Dante, what can we expect from you from the Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble match itself?"
Dante soon let out a chuckle before saying to Renee, "Well Renee, I'm glad you asked that very simple question. I plan to-"
"Hey Dante, are you gonna come right back? I was having so much fun!" A woman said inside the darkened locker room.
"In a sec, babe. I got an interview to do!" Dante said to the mysterious woman itself.
Hearing the little conversation between the mysterious woman and Dante herself, Renee then said to the devil hunter, "Um, what's going on inside there."
Dante then sighed before replying, "Well, if you know what's really going on, I'll show you."
It wasn't long before Dante led Renee Young inside the locker room and turned on the light. The image Renee was seeing all around her was a big king-size bed with five women on that exact red velvet bed itself. However, Renee soon found out those five women were also female video game characters themselves, which involved Rinoa Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII, Princess Rosalina from Super Mario Galaxy, Black Orchid from Killer Instinct, Dorothea Arnault from Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Cassie Cage from Mortal Kombat.
Renee saw what was going on and looked very surprised to be exact, "Ohhhhh… so this is what you were doing."
"Yeah, and I'm taping it all!" Dante smirked as he pointed to a camera stand, which was standing next to the bed that the girls were laying in. "Since I got a good feeling of the number I drew, you want to join in with us? We're willing to have one more."
Renee then uttered out, "Uhhhhh, I'm gonna pass. I'm actually married."
"Your loss then." Dante shrugged before Renee ran out of the locker room, leaving the famous devil-hunter with the women himself. "All right, which one of you is the singer again?"
It didn't take too long before Dorothea raised her hand and winked, "Right here, Dante."
"Nice," Dante smirked before he dimmed the lights a little, "I'll see if I can make you sing fellatio at the end…"
Scene 4:
Jeremy Borash was now standing around the interview area where Crash Bandicoot was standing next to his girlfriend Pasadena O'Possum, sister Coco and friend & brother Crunch, who right now was bench pressing Coco a little bit.
"Ladies and gentlemen, with me right now is four of the contestants who will also be competing in this once-in-a-lifetime Rumble match, Crash Bandicoot." Jeremy replied, "And also standing with him is Pasadena O'Possum, Coco Bandicoot and Crunch Bandicoot, who we will also expect to see in the Royal Rumble match as well. Crash, you look pumped up for tonight. Why's that?"
Knowing that Crash couldn't speak at all, he had decided to reply to the backstage interviewer with a bit of sign language. Jeremy on the other hand couldn't understand very quickly what Crash was telling him with all the weird noises he was saying.
"Um Crash, I have no idea what you're saying." JB shook his head.
Pasadena then stepped in for a little bit and said, "Don't worry, I got this."
It didn't take too long for Pasadena to pull out a little microchip from her pocket and attached it to the back of Crash's neck, forcing him to finally speak to Jeremy Borash perfectly.
"Ah, thanks luv." Crash said to Pasadena in an Australian accent before he turned to JB and replied, "JB, I'm feeling so pumped up for tonight, mate. I'm so pumped up to the bone that I've been doing nothing but train in that private island of mine with my sis, my brother, and this favorite Southern lass of mine standing right by my side. I've been juggling a lot of empty Wumpa Juice bottles while standing on top of a large tall palm tree, I've also been chased around by scary-lookin' boulders blindfolded, I've even dived off my own hut and onto multiples of tables, chairs, barbed wire, thumbtacks and whatnot like that one guy I've seen on YouTube do. Yes, I know it hurt me, but it was to prove my toughness to everyone I'm gonna face in that ring. I'm gonna go through hell itself like I went through that big-headed drongo with the N on top of his forehead."
"That's definitely some fighting words right there, Crash." JB nodded to Crash before he took his focus to Pasadena, "Now to you, Pasadena. You've proven to be quite the queen in the racing circuit. Just how will you fare in that squared circle itself?"
Pasadena took in a smirk before saying, "Well, JB, if I've ever learned anything after watching some of the greatest legends in this sport like Dusty Rhodes, Bret Hart, Terry Funk, Kerry Von Erich, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper and even "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, it's to always hit hard, Borash. So asking your question, I'll do just fine as always. Because as far as I see it, I like to imagine the wrestling ring as a big race track, and there are a lot of racers gunning on my tail from both the front and behind. And just when they think they got me cornered, I find a way to leave them out in the dust by going fast and nothing but fast. So I don't care who steps up in front of me, Pasadena O'Possum is gonna do what she loves to do: Put the pedal to the metal and ride like the wind!"
Jeremy proceeded to interview Coco next, but Pasadena stepped in last second with a bottle of Wumpa Juice in hand, "By the way, ya want some?"
"Um, maybe later." Jeremy nodded before refocusing on Coco, "Now onto you, Coco. There are everybody around calling you to be the underdog of this entire Rumble match. Do you really think so yourself?"
"Well, they may think so at first, but once I show them what I got, I got a good feeling they're gonna have their minds changed once they hear that name Coco Bandicoot," Coco smirked to JB, "Just because I may be small with an iPhone in hand, I ain't the one you should NOT kick around. I won't be the one that's to be underestimated anytime soon, JB. And once I enter that Rumble match, you won't see me coming at all. Believe it, Borash!"
"We will definitely see indeed." Jeremy nodded before heading over to Crunch, who was bench pressing some weights just to kill time, "Now we got one of the big men of this group, quite notably, Crunch Bandicoot. Crunch, I can definitely see that you're very pumped just like Crash is."
Crunch then put the weights aside before saying to JB with such energy, "Oh, you know it, J-Biggs. I've been in the zone for quite some time now. I mean, have you seen me train for this thing? Trust me, the guys at the local gym I go to definitely didn't want none of the Crunch Time themselves. And I wouldn't blame them at all. I am jacked, pumped, thrilled and psyched up so much that I just wanna... I just wanna punch something."
And then, with the force of a megaton bomb, Crunch used his fist to punch a very big hole in the wall. It soon came down only to reveal Johnny Cage from Mortal Kombat taking a crap on a toilet while reading a girlie magazine that featured Lara Croft on the cover. Luckily, there was a censored bar all around him, making everyone unable to see him take that crap.
"Hey, a little privacy here!" Johnny Cage said, quickly covering himself out of embarrassment.
It didn't take too long for Crunch Bandicoot to turn to the camera with an embarrassed blush, saying with a big gulp forming around his throat, "Okay, I LITERALLY did not know that led to the bathroom."
"Everyone makes mistakes, Crunch." Jeremy nodded before leaving the locker room entirely.
Scene 5:
Kyo Kusanagi from The King of Fighters was inside his locker room putting on the rest of his signature gloves on, all before he was approached by a man with denim jeans, white tanktop, red vest, red Chuck Taylor shoes and signature red hat with Fatal Fury written on the hat itself.
"So you ready?" The mysterious man said to Kyo.
Chuckling a little from that statement, Kyo soon stood up to the mysterious figure, which just happened to be fellow fighter from Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters, Terry Bogard.
"I'm as ready as you are." Kyo smirked to Terry in return, "In fact, I've never been more ready in my life now that we're gonna be in that ring with 148 other men and women."
"No doubt that I feel the same way too." Terry nodded, "Especially the year I've been having."
Kyo then chuckled as he said, "Now that you're pretty much in Smash and Mai's pretty much on Dead or Alive. It probably won't be long before I cross over next."
"I would definitely love to see that happen." Said a mysterious voice off-screen.
Kyo and Terry immediately heard that voice through their ears so much that they turned to the left to see Ryu from Street Fighter standing before the two men. But Ryu wouldn't be alone though as Ken Masters was standing right beside him as well, therefore bringing up a big two-on-two faceoff between Ryu, Ken, Terry and Kyo.
"Well, long time no see, Ryu." Kyo smirked a little at the karate master, "I guess we're all in this Rumble, it seems."
"Looks that way." Ryu nodded.
Ken then looked right over Ryu's shoulder and saw Terry before saying, "Hey Terry, how long was it since I've beaten ya?"
"It was around a month, but now that we're gonna be in the Rumble, I think it'll be a perfect way to repay that debt right back." Terry said to Ken while he readjusted his hat a bit.
"Oh, we'll see about that when we get to the ring." Ken nodded back to Terry.
"That we will, Ken." Ryu nodded to Ken before patting him on his shoulder.
Kyo then smirked once more before he drew flames from his hands and said to Ryu, "Trust us, so are we. And by the end of the night, one of us is gonna feel the burn."
The faceoff between the four men lasted for another several seconds before Dan Hibiki from Street Fighter stepped in the middle and started staring them down one at a time just for humorous effect. It didn't last long before both Ryu, Ken, Terry and Kyo began staring down at Dan, who started to wince a little around his knees.
"May we help you?" Kyo said to Dan.
"I... I just wanted to be part of the moment, that's all!" Dan whined a little.
"Man, get out of here! This ain't your time." Ken cried out to the Saikyo leader, forcing Dan to scurry out of here.
But before he left though, Dan went face-first into the camera and smirked loudly, "By the way, make sure the rest of you join my little Saikyo Style Dojo where it'll cost you a hefty 50-"
"GET OUT, DAN!" The four men shouted to Dan, who finally left the locker room altogether much to the relief of both Ryu, Ken, Kyo and Terry.
The crowd was busy filling up all around Qualcomm Stadium inside the great city of San Diego, California while the song "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue started playing around in the background. And it was definitely starting to become a packed crowd in itself. As the fireworks and pyro went off all around the stage (which looked very similar to the WrestleMania X-Seven set) the camera soon got a look at the packed-up crowd before they got a good look at the ring setup, which involved blue and yellow ring ropes, blue ring apron, yellow steel steps and yellow turnpads. It was mostly San Diego Charger colors at best.
The camera managed to get a good shot at the crowd again before it shifted to the event's official commentary team Michael Cole, Jim Ross, Tazz and Jerry "The King" Lawler.
"Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the very first ever Video Game All Star Royal Rumble. We're coming to you live directly from Qualcomm Stadium in sunny San Diego, California!" Michael Cole said to the camera, "Hello everyone, I am Michael Cole and sitting with me for tonight are my longtime partners Tazz, WWE Hall of Famer Jerry "The King" Lawler, and of course, we saved the best for last, other WWE Hall of Famer and one of the greatest commentators of all time "Good Ol' JR" Jim Ross."
"No doubt business is about to be picked up here tonight!" J.R. nodded to the camera as well, "And no doubt that the 150 competitors that will be competing in this once-in-a-lifetime Rumble will definitely mean business as well."
Tazz then nodded to JR, "Hell yeah, JR. Can you imagine the competitors that we're gonna see here? We've got Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Dante, Terry Bogard, Kyo Kusanagi, Mai Shiranui, Jin Kazama, Tina Armstrong, Ryu, Mario, Sonic The Hedgehog, Crash Bandicoot, we got the entire frickin' works, guys!"
"Got that right!" The King nodded over to Tazz, "But what makes this Rumble even better is that whoever wins this Rumble not also walks away with a million dollars, but by the wishes of our hosts here tonight, they're gonna grant the winner any wish they desire. No matter how big or small, how rich, how weird that wish may be. It's gonna be quite a rush!"
"I love it too, King." Michael Cole said to Jerry before he looked back to the camera with a smile, "But let's not wait any longer, King. Let's take a look at who our host is gonna be!"
The anticipation died down for a little bit before "Battle Cry" by Little V started to play out with a very big pop from the San Diego crowd. However, that pop would soon grow gigantically once they saw a man with dirty-blonde hair and tights that had an "Omega" logo right on the right kneepad. It definitely didn't take too long for the commentators to figure out who it was right away just by looking at him.
"Oh my goodness!" Michael Cole took in a big gasp.
"Business has picked up here in San Diego!" JR exclaimed, "Here comes one of AEW's finest!"
"And we got one of WWE's all-time greatest ring announcers as well!" The King, "Let's go down to the one and only, "The Fink" Howard Finkel!"
Once after the King was done talking, the camera got a good shot at WWE Hall-of-Famer "The Fink" Howard Finkel, who was standing in the middle of the ring with a microphone in hand. He soon got a good look at the host before he spoke on the microphone with such flair:
"Ladies and gentlemen, here to host the first ever Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble, he is… Kenny… OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMEGAAAAAAAAAAA!"
Kenny Omega took his time going down the ramp though as he was busy feeding off the cheers and energy that the rest of the fans were giving him one-by-one.
"Fellas, is there anyone who knows a lot more video game knowledge like Kenny Omega right there?" Tazz asked his partners.
"Well, I do know that Xavier Woods counts." The King replied to the ECW great, "But I do definitely know that this night will definitely be Kenny Omega's night for sure!"
"It sure will be, King!" Cole commented. "If we all know anything about Kenny Omega from watching the Young Bucks YouTube show "Being The Elite", is that Kenny Omega is a master at video games and has been a gaming champion for a really long time."
"He sure has, Michael." JR nodded. "Let's head to the ring and hear what "The Cleaner" Kenny Omega has to say for tonight."
He soon got in the ring only to be greeted by yet another ovation from the entire San Diego crowd themselves, who was giving him the energy that Omega needed in order to give out a promo to the rest of his fans.
"What up, San Diego?" Kenny asked the entire San Diego faithful, who were cheering for him wildly, "I swear, you people are too much, but that's what I like about you all. After all, there can never be too much."
Kenny then was cut off respectively by a huge "Omega" chant, which was directed towards him as a sign of appreciation.
"Kenny definitely firing up this ecstatic crowd here tonight in Qualcomm Stadium." JR replied.
The ovation died off once more before Kenny spoke again, "Knowing that this is a night dedicated to the great heroes and villains in video game history, I think this job was perfect for the Best Bout Machine himself, wouldn't you think? I know so, because I got something else that can really make this night more memorable."
"What is he talking about?" The King said to Michael Cole.
"I don't know, but I think we're about to see, King!" Cole shrugged it off.
It didn't take too long for Kenny Omega to point to the stage right away, which was followed by the song "The Elite/Superkick Party" by Matthew Lee Massie playing right in the background to a standing ovation.
"Whoa, it looks like we got company, fellas!" Tazz pointed out to the stage.
"Company is right, Tazz." JR nodded, "And I think we all know what it is!"
The sound of the crowd grew even loud when both Cody Rhodes and The Young Bucks, Matt and Nick Jackson, made their way from the stage as they were greeted by 70,000+ residents of San Diego, even going so far as to chant "AEW" in return.
"Here they are, Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks, better known to everyone in AEW as The Elite!" Michael Cole exclaimed.
"Wherever they go, they are sure to create a whole lot of buzz with them." The King added, "And the buzz inside Qualcomm Stadium is as real as it gets here!"
"I have no idea what to expect from The Elite themselves, but we might as well see what the hubbub is gonna be!" Tazz nodded with anticipation.
Both the Cody and the Young Bucks finally got inside the ring after the long walk down the aisle they took, finally taking in yet another loud ovation made by the fans themselves. It finally lasted a good few minutes before Cody politely took the microphone from The Fink's own hands and started speaking out to the rest of the San Diego faithful.
"Surprised to see us, everyone?" Cody said, smiling to the screaming crowd, "Well, what can we say, The Elite are full of surprises and our presence is definitely one of them tonight."
The Elite was treated to yet another loud ovation before Cody turned his attention right to Kenny Omega.
"And my dear friend, this once-in-a-lifetime event that you're hosting must be like the earliest Christmas present you've ever gotten." Cody said to the former IWGP Champion.
"And it should be," Kenny nodded, "I mean, how special wouldn't it be if I didn't invite my whole entire crew of friends with me on this occasion. A host like me just did, and now, this Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble is already living up to expectations. But Cody, how about we make something special just for the winner of this whole entire she-bang itself?"
A smirk appeared around Cody's face as he said, "Ah, do tell, Kenny. What exactly will the winner be getting?"
"I'm glad you asked, Cody." Kenny nodded once more before he said to the crowd, "Because whoever is the last man or woman standing in that match will not also win a million dollars for their prize money, but they will be granted any wish they desire. But yet, what if, and I mean it with a big WHAT IF… we actually know what wish they want? I'd tell all of you about that 'wish', but it would spoil the surprise."
Then the sound of boos was heard all around from that statement that Kenny had made, but only for The Cleaner himself to correct the statement right away.
"Oh, come on now, you all can wait." Kenny said, settling down the San Diego bunch, "I mean, you all waited for us to get on TV in October, and we all know how good that felt."
The crowd was instantly brought back to cheers right away once Kenny Omega said those exact words. Once that ovation died down again, Kenny continued to speak on the mic, "But what can I say, this is the Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble and I'm ready to get it started. So all I can say is-"
However, Kenny Omega would not get the chance to complete what he would say next when he was cut off by the sound of The Godfather theme song. The rest of the Elite all turned to the stage out of curiosity to see who was coming out of that curtain. Whoever was interrupting Kenny in the middle of his promo must've had the audacity to butt in on The Cleaner's promo like that.
"Whoa, what's going on?" J.R. raised his eyebrow.
"I have no idea, JR." The King shook his head.
Tazz shrugged before saying, "I don't know about you, but I don't like the looks of what's gonna come next."
Tazz was right on the dot. What came next was the appearance of a potoroo decked out in a formal watermelon-colored suit with slicked black hair and sporting a tommy gun that he shot through the air. Thankfully, it didn't have any real bullets inside there, although the bullets that Pinstripe was shooting were actually yellow BB pellets just to make things safe. It didn't take too long for the commentators to see who this guy was.
"Oh great, this guy?!" Michael Cole whined.
"Oh, he's more than just 'your guy', he's Pinstripe Potoroo from the Crash Bandicoot series!" The King pointed out with a smile, "C'mon, you four, pay respects to the man with a sharp-dressed suit."
"Like I'd ever respect someone with a Nerf gun!" Tazz chuckled a bit, "This guy's nothing more than some wannabe gangster with a lousy Italian accent!"
"I don't want to even know why he's doing here in the Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble to be exact," J.R. shook his head, "He's not even competing in this Rumble as I speak."
"Well, I'm certain he's got a real reason why he's not, JR." King said to JR, "I can't wait to see what he's got to say."
Pinstripe managed to make it all the way to the ring, where he was instantly greeted by boos from left to right. The boos were literally at an MJF-level to be exact, although Pinstripe hardly even cared about what the fans thought of him. The music had finally died down, although the boos hardly ever stopped at all even when Pinstripe finally decided to get a microphone in order to speak. But before he could get the chance to speak of course, Kenny Omega decided to step in for the sake and relief of the fans watching.
"I know it ain't my business to intrude, but can I help you?" Kenny said to Pinstripe.
The potoroo then licked a bit of his finger and slicked his hair back a bit before saying to Kenny, "Oh, you can help me alright. I don't know what kind of man ya are, but what on earth gave ya the right to replace me in that Rumble match! I mean, don't ya know who I am, Omega? I'm the right-hand man for one of the biggest bad boys this earth has ever seen! I am the one who the big man in the sky chose to be a gift to the women. I am Pinstripe Potoroo, the baddest, toughest and roughest son of a bitch with a tommy gun you will ever see, Omega."
Kenny then scrolled his eyes up and down in curiosity before saying to Pinstripe, "So, you call yourself a right-hand man?"
"That's right!" Pinstripe nodded.
"Well, what exactly do you do with your left hand exactly?" Kenny smirked, "You pleasure yourself with that Nerf gun you got holding around you right now."
The crowd found themselves laughing from Kenny's dirty joke, including some of the commentators that were chuckling all over.
"Oh, I heard that!" JR nodded.
"C'mon, that ain't right!" The King whined a bit.
"We all know that's true about Pinstripe, King!" Tazz exclaimed
"We definitely do know a lot of who Pinstripe really is!" Cole nodded.
Irritated by the laughter the fans were giving him as a way to mock him, Pinstripe cut the laughter off and shouted to Kenny, "You think you're funny, huh? Well, let me tell ya something, Best Bore Machine, nobody found it funny when Le Champion, Chris Jericho, whipped ya sorry ass back at Double or Nothing. But I definitely found it very funny. Or how about that time PAC made you his bitch down at AEW All Out? Now that… that was amusing."
The fans did not take Pinstripe's comments to Kenny Omega lightly, forcing them to boo Pinstripe Potoroo very loudly, that's when he had a reply of his own.
"HEY, Y'ALL OF YOU!" Pinstripe shouted. "SHUT THE HELL UP!"
Pinstripe attempting to silence them definitely came to no avail as the crowd's hatred for him intensified to the core.
"All of you San Diego Sleazebags don't have the right to intervene." Pinstripe snarled. "As far as I'm concerned, all of you brainless, tree hugging, mexican supporting, pot smoking, pony loving, hippies of this s***state known as California don't deserve my presence here. No wonder y'all whine about your idiot Chargers team not getting that Super Bowl trophy they deserve. That was before they left this crappy city!"
Once again, the boos were literally at a fever pitch. Pinstripe even attempted to plug his ears in the process, but still, the loud boos were more than enough to get him enraged right away. Kenny Omega, which right now was being quite tired of Pinstripe's appearance himself, decided to cut the tension right away as he stepped up closer to the potoroo's face.
"So, this is what it's all about?" Kenny replied to Pinstripe, "You just wanted to come in this ring, just so you can whine, bitch and cry about being replaced in the Rumble by someone else who deserves a chance more than you?"
"That's right!" Pinstripe nodded.
"Well, I'll tell you what, Pinhead." Kenny groaned with his eyes rolling in boredom, "Since it's useless to reason with someone who got his ass dumped by Tawna Bandicoot, I'm gonna give you a chance to get yourself back in the Rumble match. All you gotta do is win your match right here and right now. You win and you're back in. You lose, and well… you gotta split."
Pinstripe laughed about that situation, all before saying to Kenny close-up, "That's what I gotta do? Well, then. That's fine with me. What kind of opponent did you get for me? Marko Stunt, Orange Cassidy, heck, maybe that no-chinned chump James Ellsworth? What do you have?"
"You really want to know?" Kenny asked him.
"Of course!" Pinstripe nodded.
"Well, since you asked…" Kenny said, all before he pointed over Pinstripe's shoulder, "He's standing right there."
Pinstripe suddenly found himself turning around…
…
…
...only to get blasted with a big Buckshot Lariat, courtesy of one unexpected guest! And it wasn't just any unexpected guest, it was nothing more than "Hangman" Adam Page!
"Whoa, what the-?" The King gasped.
"It's Hangman Adam Page!" Tazz pointed out, "Where on earth did he come from?!"
"I have no idea!" Cole replied. "But it looks like the Elite are making a statement here tonight!"
"So it's Hangman Adam Page he's fighting?" The King asked the four men sitting beside him, "This doesn't sound fair!"
"It appears to be so, King!" JR answered.
The crowd went bat-shit crazy as they cheered for Hangman's unexpected attack towards Pinstripe, which Omega saw with a satisfied smile on this face. With Pinstripe out like a light, Kenny approached him and spoke down to the knocked-out potoroo's face.
"Oh, and I accidentally forgot to tell you, Pinhead: Your match isn't gonna be just against Hangman Adam Page." Kenny said before smirking again, "It's against all five of us. Referee, ring the bell!"
It wasn't long before the referee standing at ringside (which was AEW's first female referee Aubrey Edwards) rang the bell right away, forcing the match to start much to the delight of the crowd and much to the horror of The King combined.
"Oh, come on, Pinstripe didn't get a chance to prepare!" The King whined once more.
"Well whether you like it or not, King!" Cole replied. "Pinstripe Potoroo is taking on all of The Elite in a 5 on 1 handicap match."
"Oh yeah!" Tazz grinned. "Leave it to Kenny Omega to start off this show with a Bang of his own."
Pinstripe did manage to get himself up though, only for him to turn right around and eat a big double superkick thanks to the Young Bucks themselves!
"And the superkick party has started!" JR exclaimed.
"Trust me, that's a party Pinstripe doesn't want to be part of!" Tazz grinned once more.
"This is not right!" The King shook his head. "Kenny Omega can't just abuse his power like this."
"Well King to be fair, it's Pinstripe brought this on himself." Cole pointed out. "He was not scheduled to be here tonight, and yet he had to nerve to insult both Kenny Omega and the city of San Diego."
As Pinstripe tried to get up from that Superkick, the Bucks tagged in "Hangman" Adam Page as he got back into the ring and started to make a statement out of the faux gangster himself. He got Pinstripe up in an Alabama Slam position before Hangman fell down on his knees, sending Pinstripe's head down to the mat in a painful way!
"There it is, the Rite of Passage!" J.R. shouted out.
"I don't know how it could get any worse than this." The King said, fearing the worst for Pinstripe.
"You probably shouldn't ask!" Cole replied.
"This is awesome, fellas!" Tazz grinned yet again.
Pinstripe got himself up once more only to see Cody being tagged in this time. The gangster attempted to throw in a weak punch, only for Cody to wrap Pinstripe right around in a reverse DDT position. And then, he flipped his body around in a corkscrew position, sending Pinstripe's head down to the mat once more!
"And Cody gets him with the Cross Rhodes!" Cole shouted out as well.
"Just cover him already, he can't take much more of this!" The King said, begging at the Elite to spare Pinstripe the damage.
"I'm very certain they're gonna save the best for last, King!" Tazz nodded.
"And it'll be Kenny Omega that'll be doing the honors." JR stated.
After waiting with such anticipation, Cody finally tagged in Kenny as he was ready to go for the kill against Pinstripe, who was still getting himself up a bit weakly than ever. The potoroo made a big mistake of turning around, which was the perfect position for Kenny to scoop him up in a big Electric Chair position. Omega then grabbed Pinstripe right by his neck and flipped him right over, nailing a big One-Winged Angel in the process!
"There it is, the One-Winged Angel!" JR pointed out.
"This match is over for Pinstripe Potoroo if Kenny covers him up!" Tazz exclaimed.
"C'Mon Pinstripe, call time-out!" The King begged one last time.
"That's not how it works, King!" Cole replied.
But it was way too late for Pinstripe to do so. The impact of that One-Winged Angel was more than enough to leave the potoroo incapacitated. And it kept him down long enough for Kenny Omega to make the pinfall.
1… 2… 3!
With the successful pinfall made, the referee called the bell, indicating that the matchup was over and done with much to the delight of the screaming San Diego crowd themselves!
"And it is all over, ladies and gentleman!" JR exclaimed.
"Pinstripe didn't stand a chance!" Tazz shook his head, "This was a complete shut-out."
"This isn't right, guys!" The King whined for the umpteenth time.
"Tough break, King. Here goes the official word!" Cole said as he gestured over to the ring announcer, who right now was announcing the winners of this 5-on-1 squash match.
"Here are your winners, Theeeeeeeeeee Eliiiiiiiiiiiite!"
With that result in the record books, the five men who were standing tall in that ring all raised their hands for the fans, who gave them quite a big ovation for the victory that they earned.
"I'll tell ya, you talk about one hell of a pre-show! No doubt Kenny and the Elite definitely made their mark on this night!" Tazz pointed out.
"I got a good feeling we got many surprises in store just like this one!" Michael Cole exclaimed.
"We sure do have a lot in store for tonight's show!" JR replied.
"It sucks that Pinstripe Isn't gonna be a part of this. This is a travesty." Jerry Lawler whined once more.
"Sorry to hear it, King, but we got a whole lot of Rumble to cover." Michael chuckled a bit before he said to the camera, "Anyway, don't go away ladies and gentleman, because the Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble begins right after the break! We'll be right back!"
And the last image everyone saw before the show went to break was the image of The Elite standing all over a fallen Pinstripe Potoroo.
Damn, what a way to kick off the Video Game All-Star Royal Rumble! Looks like Pinstripe Potoroo is definitely not gonna live that beatdown, I can tell you that!
Anyway, we're just getting started, because the Rumble match will be coming up next everyone! Like we said, we got 150 contestants ready to go with a big prize on the line. Just who will make it to the end? This will be an action-packed ride from start to finish, so be prepared!
And if you're seeing this PrincesGumballWatterson777, I haven't forgotten about your request. I promise, I PROMISE, to finally get it done. Don't worry about it. I always go back on my word, no matter what.
Anyway, enough about that, the Rumble starts next chapter, so make sure you read, review and leave a feedback about what you think about the promos and the pre-show itself. Until next time, this is both UltimateWarriorFan4Ever and The Amazing Ghost Musician signing off! Peace out, gangstas!
