Ash VS Negan

Ash VS Negan is a What-If? Death Battle written by DBDoctor13. It Features Ash Williams from the Evil Dead series and Negan from The Walking Dead.

DESCRIPTION[]

It’s the battle of the leaders who serve as the first line against the undead. Ash Williams of the Ghostbeaters vs Negan of the Saviors! Will Ash show Negan the way of the Chainsaw? Or is Ash destined to have his head bashed in by Lucille?

Introduction[]

(Music: Wiz & Boomstick by Brandon Yates)

Wiz: In every story, leading protagonists can come from unexpected places. Especially if evil appears from nowhere and forces people to accept roles they never intended to fill. In some cases, the fight against the forces of darkness can create great champions…

Boomstick: Or other times, they can be complete idiots who don’t know what they’re doing half of the time. Regardless, when there’s no more room in hell, whatever crawls out from the underworld is bound to create tough-as-nails survivors. Like Ash Williams; the Detroit, Michigan deadite-slaying hero from The Evil Dead!

Wiz: And Negan; the ruthless baseball-bat-bashing leader of the Saviors from The Walking Dead. Both of these characters, though questionable in their methods at times, have proven to be more than a match when it comes to facing all kinds of unholy abominations that terrorize the Earth. So today, we’re putting them in a fight to the finish.

Boomstick: He’s Wiz, and I’m Boomstick!

Wiz: And it’s our job to analyze their armor, weapons, and skills to find out who would win a Death Battle!

ASH WILLIAMS[]

(Music: I’ll Rip Your Soul Out by Roque Banos from Evil Dead (2013) Expanded Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Wiz: In an age of darkness, and a time of evil, the world needed a hero to stand against dark supernatural forces.

Boomstick: What it got was Ash Williams.

(SFX: Record Scratching)

(ASH [as he’s spanking a woman in the middle of making out with her]: Yeah! YEAH, YOU LIKE THAT?! YOU LIKE MY WOOD?!)

(Music: Space Truckin’ by Deep Purple)

Wiz: Ashley J. Williams was a relatively-normal hardware store clerk from Detroit, Michigan. He once had it all; family, friends, and a girlfriend. However, that all changed when he took his girlfriend, his friend, his friend’s girlfriend, and his sister on a trip to Jacksonville, Florida. Before they could get there, they needed to make a quick detour at an abandoned cabin in the woods before they could reach their destination. Probably just to give themselves some rest before continuing their long journey.

Boomstick: I think we can all agree that they should’ve sprung for a couple of rooms at the Holliday Inn. Anyways, it turns out the cabin had been used by some professor who’d unearthed an ancient book of dark magic. Not knowing this, Ash turned on the tape recorder which played the professor’s final translations of the book and turned his sister, his friends, and his lady into what became of my ex-wife after our divorce.

(Music: Prologue by Joseph LoDuca from Army of Darkness Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Wiz: This book was the legendary Necronomicon Ex-Mortis; AKA The Book of the Dead. Written by a group of beings known only as the Dark Ones, long ago when the seas ran red with blood. By using human blood as ink and wrapping it in human flesh, the book contains many unholy spells from demon possession to opening portals in time. So when Ash and his friends found the book as well as a recording of some of the passages and foolishly decided to play the recording of the translations, the evil was awoken once more. Resulting in a night Ash would never forget.

([Clips showing the Evil’s POV getting closer to the Cabin]. PROFESSOR KNOBY [RECORDING]: Da’tra Ameestrobeen. Harzatta. Kan’deer Mono Manseers Astrobar. Saman Rob’er Aredehithikersonderoza. Kanda. Kanda. KANDA! [Clips are shown of Linda, Cheryl, Shelly, and Scotty getting possessed].)

Boomstick: Fortunately, Ash faced down the horrors unleashed by the book, but at a cost. See the book did possess him, but Ash managed to fight off his possession. Sadly, the book managed to get control of his hand. So when Ash realized this, he knew what he had to do.

(ASH: That’s right…who’s laughing now? [Takes out a chainsaw and starts it with his mouth before sawing his hand off.] WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?! AAAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!)

Boomstick: Like a freaking boss!

Wiz: Despite now being one-handed, Ash eventually managed to fashion a chainsaw to fit over his stump, and armed with his trademark shotgun, made it his life’s mission to destroy the deadites and all manners of evil that had been unleashed from the Necronomicon.

(ASH: Groovy.)

(Music: Ash Bucklers by Joseph LoDuca from Army of Darkness Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

Boomstick: Groovy indeed! Plus, Ash even named his shotgun a Boomstick! Probably after yours truly!

Wiz: Boomstick…you gave yourself that name because you never had a father or a mother to look after you.

Boomstick: YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU SON OF A…

Wiz: Anyways…with his new armed skills, Ash slayed the evil at the cabin, but found himself transported back through time to the year 1300 AD.

(ASH [while holding onto a wooden plank]: FOR GOD’S SAKE! HOW DO YOU STOP IT?! [The plank breaks and Ash is sucked into the wormhole as he screams for his life.])

Wiz: Now trapped in the past, Ash learned he was actually the so-called ‘Promised One.’ The hero destined to save the world from the terror of the deadites. Despite not wanting any part of this, Ash eventually accepted his role and teamed-up with King Arthur and Henry the Red to defeat the deadite army in their prime. He even made a replacement mechanical prosthetic hand out of a medieval gauntlet. This metal hand has been shown to be strong enough to bend metal at times. After successfully uniting the two historical figures, Ash used the book to return to the present.

(Music: Ain’t for Shabbas by Joseph LoDuca from Ash vs Evil Dead Music from the STARZ Original Series).

Boomstick: Sadly for Ash, the evil followed him wherever he went. So Ash embarked on a never-ending mission to destroy evil across the world. Then he retired. Then was brought back into action. Then retired again. Then was called back again…the point is, Ash has been fighting evil ever since then, and considering how crazy his adventures get, it’s amazing he’s still here.

Wiz: Ash's travels have brought him into contact with just about everybody imaginable. From Dracula’s Daughter, to Xena the Warrior Princess, fellow monster-killer Cassie Hack, and at one point, Ash joined forces with the legendary rock band KISS to defeat a demon army that was using the Necronomicon to try and alter history. Yes. You are not hallucinating. This is real. His experience even once took him to an alternate version of the Marvel Universe where all superheroes and supervillains had been infected with a zombie virus. Ash amazingly managed to survive and outwit all the infected super-powered individuals despite his intellect and basic human physiology.

Boomstick: Mostly thanks to his versatile arsenal Ash can use all sorts of weapons. He might not show it, but he’s pretty ingenious as shown when he helped create gunpowder back in Medieval Times using only a Chemistry Book. In addition to his chemistry knowledge, he’s built plenty of replacements for his hand. From a giant Gatling Gun, to a Sword, to a hand which shoots itself at its enemies, this is quite the “handy” tool for the job! Hahaha!

Wiz: Sometimes I hate working with you. Anyways, Ash is extremely adept at outside-the-box thinking. He can practically use any tool as a weapon, but when it comes down to it, Ash always sticks to his chainsaw and shotgun which he affectionately named… “Moe” & “Larry.”

Boomstick: That reminds me; I need to get back to work on making my Chainsaw Sunglasses which I plan to name “Curly” at some point when I have the time. Anyways, Ash might not be the sharpest knife in the drawer, but he has his moments. Particularly his wits!

([Ash looks down at the Demon Spawn poking out between his legs and grins. He sticks up two fingers.] ASH: Ha-ha! Now I got ya! [He pokes the Demon Spawn in the eyes Three Stooges-style complete with the eye-poke sound effect, only to end up with a bunch of demon gunk on his fingers which he groans in disgust at.])

Boomstick: The man likes to fight dirty and uses all manners of distractions to help him out of any situation. Usually with some classic slapstick and/or cheap moves. But other times, he's a quick learner. Like when he was able to operate a tank despite never having driven or operated one before. The heroics also led to one of the highest points in Ash Williams life when he found himself in the highest office imaginable; the Oval Office!

(ASH: What makes America great is gender equality. I say “Ladies, it’s okay to burn your bras.” Unclasp. Ignite and let those floppy pups loose. So this November, I ask all the babes who support gender equality to pull my lever. [Smash cut to Ash winking with a cartoon bouncing effect in the background as he grins while holding his boomstick behind his head. Then cut back to Ash looking serious.] A vote for Ash is a vote for Free Boobies. I’m Ash Williams and I support this f**king message.)

Wiz: Well…still more likable than the actual President.

(Music: Ash’s Theme by Joseph LoDuca from Ash vs Evil Dead Music from the STARZ Original Series).

Boomstick: He’s smart enough to outwit the Necronomicon and all matters of demon hordes, able to quickly learn to drive a tank from playing an arcade game as a kid, and during the time when he was trapped in 1300 AD, managed to turn his car into a custom-made vehicle of death!

(ASH: [driving his Deathcoaster Oldsmobile] Say hello to the 21st Century! YEAH!)

Boomstick: But when it all comes down to it, Ash prefers to shoot first and ask questions never! He’s slaughtered thousands of demons and undead hell spawns, escaped from incarceration more times than he should’ve been able to legally and physically, and even took down both Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees at the same time…twice! You know; the dream killer and the ‘roided hockey fan?

Wiz: He once managed to sucker-punch the Earth-2149 Spider-Man. The mainstream Spider-Man's speed and spider-sense have put his top speed at 200 MPH, even after predicting his opponent’s next move. If we are to believe that the Earth-2149 Version's powers mirror the mainstream universe Peter Parker's, then he should have been way faster than anything any human like Ash.

Boomstick: And Ash just knocked him out without warning!

Wiz: Ash has also shown to be quite durable. He’s survived multiple concussions and falls without any signs of broken bones. At one point, he had his head puncture a wall, and was then thrown through the wall and into a candy machine, denting it out of place. He emerged perfectly fine, albeit a bit woozy from the experience. However, as we mentioned, Ash is pretty stupid. And his stupidity has managed to put the world in danger more times than not. Plus, Ash can sometimes be pretty full of himself and that also lands him into a lot of trouble. In some series, it’s even led to his death on a number of occasions.

Boomstick: Fortunately, Ash always seems to end up recovering just fine with a little help from his friends. Still, Ash has proven time and time again that any who try to stand against him will end up dead by dawn. There’s a reason why he’s known as The King.

(ASH [Internal Monologue]: Sure I could’ve stayed in the past. Could’ve even been king. But in my own way, I am king. [He sweeps a female co-worker off her feet and holds her in his arms.] ASH: Hail to the King, Baby. [He kisses her.])

NEGAN[]

(Music: Main Title Theme (Unkle Remix) by Bear McCreary from The Walking Dead: Original Soundtrack Vol 1).

Wiz: In the world of The Walking Dead, ordinary people sometimes snap and become greater threats than the undead walkers that exist only to consume flesh and add numbers to their own through spreading the infection. Such non-Walker threats that protagonist Rick Grimes and his crew faced included Shane Walsh, The Governor, and the residents of Terminus. But nobody has become a greater threat, or wild card, than the man simply called Negan.

(NEGAN: [Bangs against a gate with his baseball bat.] Little pigs! Little pigs! Let me in!)

(Music: Something to Fear by Bear McCreary).

Boomstick: Before the undead apocalypse, Negan was a simple married man in Virginia. He excelled at being a ping-pong sports coach for a local middle school. He’d even invite students over to defeat them both sportingly and verbally.

Wiz: Unfortunately, tragedy soon struck.

Boomstick: The zombie apocalypse?

Wiz: No. His wife was diagnosed with cancer.

Boomstick: Oh. Well, that sucks. *Aheam* Anyways, despite his wife dying and this sending him to a one-stance affair, Negan swore to stick by his wife.

Wiz: And he did. Even when the zombie apocalypse started happening, Negan took it upon himself to lock his wife in and stay with her till the end.

Boomstick: Then his wife came back as a zombie and he had to...

(Images are seen from the Here’s Negan! Comic showing Negan locking his now-zombie wife in her hospital room with appropriate sound effects.)

Boomstick: Wait, he left her?!

Wiz: Well, yes. However, he did ask a teenager he saved to kill her for him, since he couldn’t bring himself to kill her. Which apparently the teen obliged to.

Boomstick: Man’s gotta mourn, Wiz.

(Music: Previously by Jared Emerson-Johnson from Telltale’s The Walking Dead Game Season 2 Soundtrack).

Wiz: Not that it matters, because shortly after the kid killed Negan’s wife, the youth was devoured by a group of Walkers. After that, Negan searched for a while whilst surviving the undead apocalypse until he came across a group of survivors after being found by a man named Dwight. However, when their leader offered to sell Negan one of his girls, Negan took offense and crafted his iconic bat; Lucille.

(NEGAN: This…this is Lucille. And she. Is. Awesome.)

(Music: Run by Jared Emerson-Johnson from Telltale’s The Walking Dead Game Season 2 Soundtrack).

Wiz: Wrapped in barbed wire, this custom made Louisville Slugger was named after Negan’s dead wife.

Boomstick: *Sigh* It’s just as I feared; he still can’t ever let her go.

Wiz: Actually, the reason he named it after his wife was because he believed his wife helped him as his emotional tether to survive anything. Thus, with his new weapon forged, Negan made it his mission to “protect” others by any means necessary. Even through the act of murder.

Boomstick: Oh. Well, that’s cool. But seriously, the next weapon I craft is going to be called ‘Cherry’ and NOT “Mrs. Boomstick.”

Wiz: With his new means of ‘protection,’ Negan sought to unite everyone he could find under the banner of his new band of survivors; The Saviors. Whether they wanted to or not. However, as a means of creating an accommodation for everyone, Negan had to lay down a couple of tough-but-reasonable rules given the circumstances of the zombie apocalypse.

Boomstick: Yeah, Negan has one code and it’s really simple to understand even if you’re stupid. Fortunately, he has the skills to back his talk up. While he often prefers to use Lucille as his main weapon and keep her close at all times, he knows how to use other weapons to. He’s also known to carry things around such as machine guns, his bowie knife, axes, and even freaking rocket launchers! Where the hell is he getting all these fully functioning pieces of equipment after the world’s ended?! Anyways, even without these weapons, Negan has proved himself to be a tough sonuvab***h. He’s killed countless of undead and living people alike. He’s survived multiple assassination attempts, getting his throat cut and NOT turning into a zombie, and once outran Shiva the Tiger who could run up to 40 Miles Per Hour!

Wiz: Then, of course, there’s the feat he’s most noteworthy for…

(NEGAN: So… back to it! [He knocks Glenn in the head with Lucille.])

Wiz: Breaking his victim’s heads with Lucille.

Boomstick: I think I sense Wiz is gonna give us some Math again.

(Music: Main Theme by Jared Emerson-Johnson from Telltale’s The Walking Dead Game Season 1 OST).

Wiz: According to the comics, Negan was able to destroy Glenn’s skull with only five strikes. On the first one, he managed to pop Glenn’s eyeball out. Meaning that Negan’s strikes only got stronger each time he hit Glenn. For the record, the average amount of force needed to break a human skull is 520 Pounds of force. If this was Negan’s first strike, it meant that his swing only got stronger each time he hit Glenn. Not to mention Lucille was durable even after that incident. And Glenn was far from Lucille’s first life claimed, nor was he the last. The fact that it hadn’t shattered upon impact by that point is truly astonishing.

Boomstick: Damn! That is awesome! Kind of like the time someone tried to shoot Negan and Lucille stopped the bullet! Negan sounds like a true badass!

(Music: Armed with Death by Jared Emerson-Johnson from Telltale’s The Walking Dead Game Season 1 OST).

Wiz: Sounds pretty impressive, but Negan is still only human. He’s no harder to kill than most of his victims. Plus, despite being a master strategist, Negan is often easily tricked despite being the leader of the supposed “saviors” of humanity. Plus, while Lucille is a deadly weapon, it was eventually destroyed when Negan attempted to kill a man named Beta. It was there that Lucille finally broke to pieces. Not to mention he’s not the most literate combatant we’ve ever had on Death Battle.

(NEGAN: You ever heard the one about the stupid little prick called Rick who thought he knew shit, but didn’t know shit, and ended up getting everyone he ever gave a shit about killed? [Points at Rick Grimes] It’s about you.)

Boomstick: I call that poetry, Wiz. Plus, the guy lived long enough till the end of the Walking Dead series. Juding by the appearance of certain characters in the final issue of the comic, I’d say that the final issue was 20-25 Years after the previous issue. Old Negan was still alive and kicking despite more than likely being in his 60’s. At this time, he was a reclusive very rarely seen and only spoken of as a legend by those who did not know him personally. Negan may have his flaws, but many have tried to end his life and many have failed. I think it’s safe to say that Negan is a force that should not be reckoned with. If you cross Negan, your only response should be to do as he says. Otherwise, chances are pretty high that you and everyone and everything you ever cared about will end up dead.

(NEGAN: You can turn. You can blink. You can cry. [Chuckles.] Hell. You’re all gonna be cryin’. [Slams Lucille down over the camera.] Look at that! Taking it like a champ! [Continues whacking away with Lucille.])

DEATH BATTLE![]

Wiz: Alright, the combatants are set. Let’s end this debate once and for all.

Boomstick: It’s time for a DEATH BATTTTLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

PRE-FIGHT[]

We open on a full moon late at night above some forest trees. The atmosphere is nearly quiet save for some crickets. That is soon cut short as we hear someone whistling. Panning down, the person whistling is revealed to be Negan who is walking through the woods along a misty path. He spins Lucille around until he stops. We zoom out and see Negan has found the Professor Knoby’s Cabin. Suddenly, a gravely growling voice is heard. Negan looks down to see a Walker grabbing his boot. He grins evilly.

NEGAN: Hey there, buddy!

Negan brings Lucille down hard over the Walker’s head three times until it cracks open and splits the head in two. The blood splattered across Negan’s face as a result. Negan wipes it away and grins watching the Walker’s foot twitch every so often.

NEGAN: Huh. How about that?! He’s still got the beat! (Leans back and laughs before looking at the Cabin) Now… there oughta be some good shit in there. Or at the very least, a new base of operations for the group.

Negan opens the door and walks inside. He whistles impressed at the state of the cabin before chuckling to himself.

NEGAN: Not a bad place if I do say so myself.

Negan walks in a bit more before something catches his eye. The leader of the saviors walks over to a desk to find the Necronomicon lying on the table. As he looks down at it, faint voices can be heard in the background.

DEADITE VOICES (O.S.) (Whisper): Join usssss… Joooooiiiinnnnn uuuuuuuuussssssss.

NEGAN: Well, well, well. What have we got here?!

Negan goes to take the book, but the sound of a shotgun loading is heard behind him and he stops. The camera pans to the left revealing Ash is standing behind him. Ash is dressed in his traditional clothes with and carrying a duffle bag on his right shoulder, while holding his shotgun at Negan with his left hand.

(Music: Hail to The Saviors by Werewolf Therewolf).

ASH: Put the book down, buddy, if you know what’s good for you.

Negan chuckles as he turns around readying Lucille.

NEGAN: Who the hell are you?!

Ash cocks his boomstick.

ASH: Name’s Ash. And I’m the guy who’s going to save your ass from a lot of heartache if you do exactly as I say.

NEGAN: Got news for you, Elvis; the King is dead. I’m the leader of the Saviors and I own this fucking cabin now and everything in it. So you are going to give it to me, or I’ll beat the fuck-fuckety-fuck outta your face until there’s nothing left.

ASH: You’re welcome to try, Henry Winkler. But I got news of my own for you; the Happy Days are gone. You ain’t leading but two things right now: Jack and shit… and Jack left town. You want a piece of Ash? Come get some!

FIGHT![]

Negan swings forward with Lucille. Ash dodges and whacks Negan in the face with his shotgun. Negan growls and swings Lucille upwards hitting Ash in the junk as he groans in pain.

NEGAN: I don’t know who the hell you think you are, pretty boy. But you are really gonna fuckin’ regret fuckin’ crossing me.

ASH (Groaning): Wouldn’t be the first time…

Ash turns around and fires his boomstick which Lucille takes the bullet for without being damaged.

ASH: What the fu-

Negan wails on Ash with multiple strikes to the face with Lucille. Ash groans as his face becomes bloodied.

NEGAN: You’re wasting your time, ya dumb fuck. This is Lucille. My katana. My personal fucking boxing gloves. MY MOTHERFUCKING INFINITY FUCKING GAUNTLET! She is fucking awesome. And she is fucking thirsty.

Ash responds by revving his chainsaw and then slicing Lucile with lightning-fast movement. Negan gasps in horror.

NEGAN (Screaming): LUCILLE!

ASH (Laughing): Aw…did Mister Bat-Boy loose his wittle favorwite weapon?

Negan responds with a series of hard punches to Ash’s face. Negan then grabs Ash by the ears and pulls his face down into his knee which hits Ash in the jaw sending him to the ground on his back. Ash groans as Negan kneels down and starts choking him by the neck.

NEGAN (Gritting his teeth hard): When I make my next Lucille, it’s gonna be stained in your blood, you fucker!

ASH (In Pain): Wait! Wait! Wait!

Negan stops.

NEGAN: What is it?

ASH: Your…your shoes are untied.

NEGAN: You really think I’m gonna fall for that…

While Negan is speaking, Ash manages to give Negan the Three Stooges eye-poke. Negan groans and is forced to shut his eyes. Ash uses this opportunity to run away.

NEGAN: Oh! OH! I’m blind! I’m blind!

Negan opens his eyes to see that Ash is gone. His eyes narrow furiously.

NEGAN: You’re really starting to piss me off, buddy.

Negan looks at the table to find the book is gone as well.

NEGAN: I’m guessing that book of yours is pretty important if you’re willing to try and take it while I was fooled. Well, once I get it back, I’m gonna put it to good use. After I make you pay, of course.

Ash is seen in the cellar flipping quickly through the Necronomicon.

ASH: C’mon, c’mon…where is it?! Something in here has gotta help me! God this never happens for the Catholics and their Torah!

Ash hears a tapping on the cellar door.

NEGAN (O.S.): Little pig, little pig! Let me come in!

Negan bursts down through the cellar with his bowie knife. He runs up to Ash and knocks the boomstick out of his hands. Ash grabs his chainsaw and revs it up. He stares down Negan with a dirty glare.

ASH: Alright, leather-boy. You wanna dance? Let’s go!

Negan lunges at Ash who blocks the knife with his saw and knocks the knife away. He kicks Negan into some shelves as a chainsaw falls down into his lap. Negan grins and picks it up as he and Ash engage in a chainsaw duel. Negan starts pushing down on Ash as the Chosen One tries to hold his ground, but is obviously failing to do so. Negan then knocks the chainsaw away and then sucker-punches Ash in the face. Ash is knocked to the floor. Negan then grabs Ash by the back of the head and starts repeatedly slamming his face into the ground, bloodying Ash’s face even further. Negan turns Ash around so he can look him straight in the eye. Negan head-butts Ash in the face, breaking his nose and sending him to the ground. Ash looks up to see Negan holding the chainsaw over him.

NEGAN: You have a really fucking bad attitude, my friend! My momma once told me a bad attitude can lead to the end of someone. You killed my Lucille and for that, you gotta fuckin pay. Nice. And. Slowly.

Negan brings the chainsaw down. However, Ash catches it with his mechanical hand at the last second and holds it there. Negan gasps surprised at how strong Ash is despite the beating he’s taken.

ASH: Good? Bad? I’m the guy with the balls.

Ash swings his leg up and kicks Negan in the privates. Negan groans in pain as Ash sees his chainsaw arm not far away. Removing his mechanical hand, Ash slides down, thrusting his stump hand outwards as it slides into place. Ash gets up and reeves his chainsaw up again. Negan turns around, but has no time to react. Ash swings his chainsaw around, cutting Negan’s left arm off. Negan screams in pain clutching the spot where his left arm used to be. Ash does the same with the other arm. Finally, Ash spins his chainsaw around, decapitating Negan. Negan’s body starts gushing out blood until it slumps over dead.

Ash smiles before weakly grabbing the Necronomicon which is lying on a table nearby. As he ascends up the cellar stairs, he begins grabbing his crotch in pain and moving with a bit of a limp.

ASH: Ooooo…I’m gonna feel that in the morning.

K.O.[]

Ash is seen driving away with the Necronomicon in his Oldsmobile while rubbing his groin, still clearly in pain. Back at the cabin, the decaying deadite-possessed Henrietta Knoby rises from the ground and devours Negan’s remains.

ANNOUNCER: K.O.!

RESULTS[]

Boomstick: *Sniff* Wiz…that…that was the most beautiful thing I ever saw. Thank you for letting me watch with you. (Beat) Shame about Ash’s nards, though.

Wiz: Both fighters had a lot of experience under their belts when it came to fighting both the living and the dead. However, Ash had the upper hand when it came to playing dirty. Despite Negan’s psychological stratagies, even they only lasted so long against those he broke. Furthermore, while Negan’s skull-breaking strength increasing slams were impressive, Ash has taken plenty of damage over the years and has come out just fine. Like the time Jason Voorhees slammed Ash through a wall and into a candy machine which broke the vending dispenser. Or the time Ash took a hit from a zombified version of The Sentry; a hero with the power of a thousand exploding suns, and was sent into the Marvel Zombies Universe, falling from the sky and into a dumpster. Again; perfectly fine.

Boomstick: Sure, Ash was technically dead at that time, but seeing as how the zombie Sentry was eating people, that obviously meant that Ash had some physical presence in heaven.

Wiz: A typical sun like our own is equal to about 2 octillion tons of force. Multiplying it by a million, which fits given the Sentry’s own description of his powers, we can estimate that Ash must have been hit with about a striking force equal to 2 Nonillion Pounds of force.

Boomstick: That’s 30 Zeros, everybody!

Wiz: Even if we said that this feat wasn’t calculatable due to Ash being a spirit at the time, the strike was still enough to send him out of heaven and into the Marvel Zombie’s universe before falling from a great height into a dumpster truck. Nobody would have walked away from that.

Boomstick: Unless you’ve got a chin of steel that you can land on. Ash definitely had the durability. But the other important factor was how quick Ash was. Fortunately, Ash always shoots first and asks never. Which also comes in handy when he’s fast enough to outrun Zombie Thor and sucker-punch Spider-Man without Ol’ Webhead ever seeing it coming. Both of these characters were way faster than Negan and Shiva combined. Plus, while Negan was able to break simple bones, don’t forget how Ash as torn through limbs with his saw time-and-time again.

Wiz: But more importantly, Negan has been fooled more times than Ash has. Even if Negan somehow fooled Ash, Ash would more-than-likely take an unnecessary risk that would’ve done Negan in quicker.

Boomstick: Negan just wasn’t ready to deal with a real head-case like Ash. Looks like Negan is evil…and dead. Too bad he won’t be walking anytime soon.

Wiz: The winner is Ash Williams.

(ASH [Smirking]: What? You’ve never seen a guy with a chainsaw hand before?)

TRIVIA[]

The First What-If? Death Battle by DBDoctor13.

There are many relationships between both combatants. Both characters have been on TV and in comics, both have fought countless numbers of undead monsters, and both are often known for their dirty mouths and spur-of-the-moment humor.

Negan’s “He’s still got the beat” quote is taken from the Robot Chicken: Walking Dead Special- Look Who’s Walking. In the scene the quote is taken from, Negan imagines himself singing with a 50’s Style band about doing the “dip” which Negan always does on the show after killing something with Lucille. The quote is said after one of the dancers accidently interrupts the performance resulting in Negan killing the dancer and declaring “Look at that! He’s still got the beat!” after seeing the man’s foot is still tapping after having his head bashed in.

Ash using the Three Stooges eye-poke is a reference to how Evil Dead series creator Sam Raimi and Ash Williams actor Bruce Campbell were both huge Three Stooges fans growing up and have incorporated various tributes to the shorts in various film and TV projects the two have made throughout their careers most notably within the Evil Dead series.

Negan’s “little pigs” line is from when he first visited Alexandria and when he was revealed as one of the new DLC Fighters in Tekken 7.

Negan’s “nice and slowly” line is a reference to Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man movie. During the final fight between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, the Goblin tells Spider-Man that he will kill Mary Jane in the same manner. Sam Raimi directed the original Spider-Man trilogy and Bruce Campbell stared in each film in a minor cameo. In the first film, Bruce played the ring announcer who names Peter as Spider-Man. In Spider-Man 2, Bruce played a snooty usher who prevented Peter from getting in to see Mary Jane Watson during her performance in a Broadway show. In Spider-Man 3, Bruce played a French maître d’ who attempts to help Peter propose to Mary Jane for her hand in marriage.

Ash sliding into his chainsaw where it locks into place is a callback to the instances in Army of Darkness, Ash vs Evil Dead, and the various comic books where Ash managed to pull off the same trick.

The way Ash finishes Negan is reminiscent of how he defeated the Deadite Mother in the first episode in Season 2 of Ash VS Evil Dead.

The Soundtrack Title Hail to the Saviors is a reference to the two character's famous quotes. Ash with "Hail to the King, Baby." and Negan with "We are the Saviors." It also refers to how both characters are seemingly "chosen" to save humanity from their respective evils.

WLM27 - Hail to the Saviors (CAC) — CAC by WBH-LM27

The Custom Album Cover was done by WBH-LM27. It features Lucille and Ash's chainsaw hand crossed like a coat of arms with a puddle of blood behind both weapons.

This fight was awarded 2nd Place in the best Hero vs Villain fight during the 6th Annual Death Battle Fanon Awards.