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Segment #5
Samoa Joe is against a black backdrop and he begins to talk about legacies. He states that because of how he looks and where he’s wrestled he’s never really gotten the chance to build on his legacy. He has had to prey off of weak unskilled wrestlers and thus his legacy has been in a state of arrested development. He has been a big fish in a small pond, but now he’s in the big pond and he’s looking to make a gigantic impact. He says that he has no ill will against The Undertaker. He doesn’t hate him nor does he really want to hurt him, but he will. As for any elegance he has with Mick Foley, Samoa Joe states he has none. He talks bout Foley is another man that had to jump from the small pond to the big pond to cement his legacy. He continues by saying that Foley serves as a prototype for him because when Foley wanted to make a name for himself he went after The Undertaker and that’s exactly what he plans on doing.

He then goes on to talk about his match with Sheamus tonight and how Sheamus is a hungry young athlete himself but when he faces him tonight everyone will see just who is hungrier. Samoa Joe says that the match with Sheamus is a different dynamic than his match at Back to Basics because in tonight’s match he is the vet and will prove it by winning the day. He says then at Back to Basics he’ll beat the Undertaker and Christian in one night to cement himself as the TIW Legend.
Time: 6:30


Match #4
Christian versus Vladimir Kozlov
Just before Vladimir Kozlov and Christian tie up Kozlov rolls out of the ring and looks as if he’s going to walk away. The fans begin to boo and Kozlov starts arguing with some of the fans at ringside and gets close enough so Christin can springboard off the second rope and to the out side hitting a cross body on Kozlov. He then rolls him into the ring. Christian and Kozlov lock it up and Kozlov takes the advantage. Christian then takes Kozlov down with an arm drag. Kozlove gets up and works on the arm of Christian as the fans chant for Christian. Christian escapes with a wrist lock, which was reversed. Kozlov then send Christian into the into the corner so hard Christian drops to the ground and makes the cover for two. Kozlov grabs a rear naked choke on Jericho in the middle of the ring. Christian works his way to his feet then and tries to give him a back suplex but Kozlov just clubs his way out. Kozlov punches with right hands and goes for a headbutt, but runs into a kick to the chest.

Christian then hits a back breaker on Kozlov and kept him in position and wrenches away at the back of Kozlov. Christian stomps on Kozlov on the mat and then goes up to the top rope. Kozlov cuts him off with a right hand, and then slams him. Kozlov then scores a suplex. Kozlov then clubs away at Christian. Kozlov picks up Christian whips him into the rope and nails him with a devastating headbutt that only yields a ten count. Kozlov whips Christian to the corner and went for a clothsline but Christian avoids it and then goes for a Sharpshooter, but Kozlove gets to the ropes before it’s locked in. Christian comes back with a clothesline to knock Kozlov down, and then scores with the a spring board back elbow. Christian makes the cover but Kozlov kicked out. Christian repeats the cover and Benjamin kicks out. Christian kicks Kozlov around the mat and then choppes him repeatedly in the corner. Kozlove then tries to fight back with a head butt but gets kicked in the chest again and Christian locks in the Killswitch and gets the win.
Winner: Christian
Time: 9:30


Segment #6
Backstage Todd Grisham is interviewing AJ Styles and Rob Van Dam. Grisham asks them who they’d prefer to wrestle at Back to Basics and AJ Styles is about to answer when Rob Van Dam cuts him off. Van Dam goes on to say that it doesn’t matter who they face because no matter who they face he will beat them and win the TIW World Tag Team Championship. AJ takes offense to Van Dam saying “he will beat them” and Van Dam laughs it off. But continues to brag about how great a wrestler he is and no matter who he faces it doesn’t matter. Van Dam just continues to brag and then finished up the interview by saying “You’re not too bad yourself AJ.” The he mouths to the camera “But I’m much better” then he points to himself.
Time: 2:30


Match #5
Ezekiel Jackson and Shad Gaspard are in the ring and neither of them look to excited about this match but David Otunga is trying to fire them up. AJ Styles and Rob Van Dam come to the ring to Rob Van Dam’s music and AJ Styles looks a little annoyed by that. Rob Van Dam looks very confident and very happy to be wrestling tonight. The get in the ring and that match starts.

AJ Styles & Rob Van Dam versus Ezekiel Jackson & Shad Gaspard (w. David Otunga)
We start with Shad in a tie-up with Rob Van Dam. He takes Van Dam to the mat and delivers a fall away slam. He then nails one another on the entering AJ Styles. Shad allows Van Dam to tag in AJ despite the protest of David Otunga. AJ nails Shad with a spring board forearm followed by a flying cannonball for two. AJ goes for a Boston crab but Shad reverses it with leg strength flipping AJ over.Shad picks up AJ and batters him a bit before nailing a devastating powerbomb stacking up AJ who kicks out. Shad picks AJ up on his shoulder, and then tags in Ezekiel Jackson, Shad flips AJ off his shoulder into a gut buster on Ezekiel’s knee.

Ezekiel begins to slap AJ around to the dismay of David Otunga who doesn’t want either man to play around in this match. Ezekiel whips AJ into the ropes and throws him high into the air to a gigantic flap jack AJ falls right on his face, and causes his nose to bleed and his eye to get bruise up. For a couple of minutes Ezekiel and Shad work over the bruised face with repeated tags to David Otunga’s delight. This continues to work until Ezekiel plays to the crowd and AJ fights back and gets the hot tag. Rob Van Dam comes in, with various kicks then locks in a headlock, but Ezekiel gets out and delivers a release German suplex, which turns Van Dam inside out. Shad tags in and puts on a reverse chin lock. Van Dam makes it to the ropes, but then gets trapped in the Shad and Ezekiel’s corner.

Van Dam fights out, though. He tags AJ, and he climbs to the top, but Ezekiel nails him on the way down in a belly-to-belly. Shad and Van Dam tag in; Shad flips out and clothslines AJ and Van Dam. AJ tags in, though, and hits a flying head sissors. AJ and Van Dam try and set up a spike pile driver but Ezekiel flips AJ over his head but then gets nailed with a flying karate kick by Van Dam. Ezekiel falls into his corner and tags in Shad. Shad fights back, and delivers a devastating clothsline but that sends Van Dam into his corner and AJ tags in. He is meet immediately by a power slam and then Shad grabs hold of Van Dam who tries to save his tag partner. Ezekiel comes in the ring to fight off Van Dam but instead hits Shad. Ezekiel and Van Dam then brawl to the outside as AJ nails the spring board 450 splash for the win.
Winner: AJ Styles & Rob Van Dam

After the match Rob Van Dam soaks in all the adulation basically making it out as if he single handedly won that match while AJ is re grouping. As AJ and RVD head up the ramp Otunga is clapping for Ezekiel and Shad he’s trying to talk the two of them up and the only words that can be heard are “baby steps” by the closest cameras. They eventually go up the ramp as Otunga keeps assuring them how good they were.
Time: 12:00

Match #6
Ring Announcer: Tony Chimel
The following contest is schedualed for one fall with a twenty minute time limit and it is for a shot at the TIW World Heavyweight Championship. Introducing first wresting out of Dublin, Ireland weighing in at 272lbs Sheamus!

Sheamus walks to the ring with purpose.

Kevin Nash
He looks like he’s serious tonight. I got to admit that even though those three are going to get theirs sooner rather than later its shows guts by him that he’s not flanked by those two goofs.

Josh Matthews
Well, I think he’s sick like a lot of the locker room of hearing how dominant Samoa Joe is and he’s out to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt he’s the real force here in TIW.

Ring Announcer: Tony Chimel
And his opponent wresting out of the isle of Samoa weighing in at 280lbs Samoa Joe!

For a Shot at the TIW World Heavyweight Championship at Back to Basics
Samoa Joe versus Sheamus
Sheamus grabs a head lock right from the start to control the unstoppable monster of Samoa Joe he even holds onto the headlock through a back body drop. Joe breaks out and gets a double leg takedown. Sheamus slips away from Joe's strikes and puts the headlock back on. Joe slips out and nails two-thirds of the Big Joe Combo. Sheamus clubs him in the back but that just fires Joe up. Joe tries to kick Sheamus in the face but Sheamus ducks under and Joe falls belly first to the canvas. Sheamus nails a big elbow to the small of the back and locks in a camel clutch. Joe gets to the rope. After the ref breaks this up the two of them begin to exchange headlocks and counters and to the amazement of the crowd Sheamus is able to go hold for hold.

Eventually, Joe nails a big forearm and goes to the wristlock. Sheamus makes his way to his feet and breaks free with a series of back elbows. Sheamus gets a roll up for two but Joe fires back with a huge forearm. He hits the face wash making Sheamus’s pale face read. He hits a vertical suplex for two. He puts on a chin lock and catches Sheamus with a leg sweep when he escapes. Sheamus bails but gets caught with a suicide dive. Joe hits the ole kick, and when the camera shows Sheamus’ face he is busted wide open. A second one takes Sheamus out, and Joe taunts by wiping the blood off of Sheamus’ face and wiping it on his chest. Back in the ring Sheamus gets a second wind and takes it to Joe. Joe cuts him off with the STO for two. Sheamus catches Joe with a Brogue Kick out of nowhere sending Joe to the outside.

Sheamus is content with a count out victory but Joe makes it back at 9. He puts on another headlock but Joe powers out. Sheamus sets Joe in the corner for another and nails a superplex for a two count. Sheamus locks in a sleeper hold but Joe makes the ropes. Joe catches Sheamus with a powerslam for two. He can't hit the power bomb because Sheamus blocks it by going to one knee. He hits a lariat but Sheamus gets his foot on the ropes at two. Joe looks for a top rope muscle buster but Sheamus hits the hanging neckbreaker for two. Sheamus gets greedy with another Brogue Kick and misses. Joe hits a really sick Death Valley Driver for two. Now he's fired up and he puts on the choke and just as he locks it on Tony Chimel announces there are 30 seconds left in the time limit. The crowd boos as Joe locks in the choke harder. 20 seconds left and Sheamus shows no signs of tapping. 15 seconds and Joe releases the hold rolls out of the ring and gets in Tony Chimel’s face not happy with him telling Sheamus how close the match is to being over thus giving him hope to survive. Joe punches Tony Chimel in the face and no longer has to worry about the time limit.

As Joe rolls back in the ring he is nailed by a Brouge Kick for the one two thr… no foot on the rope and Sheamus can’t believe it. Sheamus pulls Joe to his feet and is about to put him up for the Celtic Cross but Joe fights back. He sets Sheamus up in the corner for another face wash when the lights go out. A gong is heard and when the lights are on The Undertaker is in the ring! Joe is not intimatated and goes chest to chest with the dead man. Joe punches Taker and as Taker winds up to fire back Sheamus pushes Joe out of the way and takes the blow himself thus getting Samoa Joe disqualified.
Winner: Sheamus

After the match The Undertaker and Samoa Joe brawl all over ring side as Sheamus points to his head indicating how smart he is. As this happens Christian’s music hits and he just stands at the top of the ramp as the show goes off the air.
Time: 28:00