Suddenly the sound of a ringing phone can be heard as we fade in to see Theo at his desk in XWF HQ working hard. Or at least working harder than Vinnie Lane who is basically a ghost around these parts these days.

Theo reaches out towards the phone and taps the speaker button.

"Arby's whats your beef?"

"Theo it's Atticus."

"Which one?"

"Gold'

"Darn. I really miss White. He was sweet. Anyway what's going on."

"So we have a bit of a situation here with the Xtreme Title?"

"Oh My God. Is Kris "Anti Fun" Von Bonn calling the GM's again to figure out what the rules are?'

"Sorta but not really. But maybe? I don't really know what's going on. Anyway here's the sitch..."


Atticus spends the next 45 minutes retelling the tale of the most recent Xtreme title pin between the ever wily Mark Flynn and champ Kris Von Bonn.


"Ok so he said kick out but didn't physically kick out?"

"That's what Flynn's lawyers paper work says."

"Jesus H. Christ, we got lawyers involved? In an Xtreme title pin attempt? What fresh hell is this?"

"I know. I know. Shit went sideways real fast. And you know how Flynn is. Always 3 steps ahead of everyone else. This was all very clearly planned out. Down to the letter."

"Was that a pun?"

Awkward pause...

"...yes..."

"I'll allow it. Look, between you and me, and whoever is watching this XWF Live feed I am pretty certain that lots of people have "kicked out" in a manner exactly the same as Kris did and that was the end of it. The champ walks off with their title and the challenger gets up and goes on about their day. I always found that a little weird but it was pretty clear that everyone understood the spirit of the rule and acted accordingly so who was I to rock the boat? I see no reason to change it now. But I do agree that making a kick out extra clear, you know with words and actions should be the expectation going forward. In the meantime, I don't really love modifying rules mid motion so I guess Kris is still the champ."

"Yeah...about that."

"Fuck me, now what?"

"Well Flynn ran away with the title and Kris drove off with his manager and Mastermind before any of the staff actually ruled on the situation.

"You'd think Kris would know better. Especially since he apparently has our numbers on speed dial."

"You'd think. So what do you want to do here?"

"So Flynn has physical possession of the title as we speak?'

"That is correct."

"Well...you know what they say, possession is 9/10ths of the law. So I guess that's that. We good?"

"I think so."

"Ok then."

Winner and NEW XWF Xtreme Champion - Mark Flynn