I spent the last month of the contract sidelined. We were not booked in matches. Only Liam was. He was put in a 3 on 1 handicap match against the angels as a form of punishment. We were banned from ringside. He got totally obliterated. I was a petty kind of guy. The 24/7 championship was still active. I made sure that I got it and held it for 2 weeks straight. One of the angels blindsided me and got a roll up. The next week I got it back from someone else and then let Benson pin me. My 2 week reign was a record. Benson held it until Optimum Drive. That was the biggest and most important pay-per-view. It was the night our contract expired. All the angels and several other wrestlers were looking to take the belt off of us. Liam and the rest of us had been sidelined. This was the only way we were going to be given screen time. We fought like hell. If we lost the belt, we chased them down to get it back. When Owen won it back from an angel, It was time for the main event. The match had already started. I had a great idea. One that would give a big middle finger to the management.
Personally, I was not above sabotaging the main event. I had already planned to leave the company for a while. We were being chased by the angels. "Owen, toss me the belt and follow me! Trust me!" I said. He did so. I ran to the backstage area. It was time to make an in-ring appearance. I went through the curtain and down the ramp towards the ring. Owen, Benson, Byron, Liam and 5 of the angels followed me. I slid under the bottom rope as the fighters were going at it for the World title. Owen came in after me. The match came to screeching halt as they both stared at us in shocked silence. It was a 5 on 5 brawl. The world title was on the line in a no DQ match. We could not touch either of them. That did not mean they could not touch me. The challenger did a schoolboy pin on Owen. The official referee counted the 3. We were pretty beat up. He became 24/7 champion. I did a schoolboy pin on him. The ref that had been following us counted to 3 for me. I went to the announcer's table and took the World title. I lifted it and put it on backwards like I always did. The champion charged.
Quickly, I dodged him and jumped on the table. So did one of the angels. We exchanged blows on the table while the champion looked annoyed at us. It was total chaos at ringside. Security came down to break up the fight. Not before I gave the angel a kick to the balls and a Facebuster through the announcement table. The crowd went wild. I got up. The champion had seen enough. He ripped the belt off of my waist. One of the other angels tried to tackle me, but I sidestepped it. Technically the ref should have called the match then and there. He was too distracted to have noticed that attack. The world champ was out cold. They made these angels beefy. I hit the angel with a water bottle and threw the champ in the ring. I pinned him. The ref counted 3 in confusion. He had no clue what was going on anymore. I had done what I came there for. That was when the challenger hit me with one of his finishers. I rolled out the ring. The challenger wanted the world title, not mine. He then covered the champ. The champion kicked out at 2.9. Everyone was on their feet. Security cleared us.
