“Supreme Championship Wrestling...”

A shot of Kelcey Wallace nailing Bree Lancaster with the Perfect Ending, followed by a shot of Steve Griffin hitting the Decimator off the top rope on CHBK at the first Rise to Greatness, before turning a shot of Jake Starr pumping up the crowd on his way to the ring, before turning into a shot of Ravyn Taylor sitting in the corner, waiting for the start of a match. We then see a shot of Katie Steward holding the Women’s Championship before cutting to a shot of Selena Frost hitting Vixen Cain with the Defying Gravity at Supreme Saturday: Just Desserts.

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MAIN SHOW:

The opening bars of “The Old Me” by Memphis May Fire play as the Breakdown logo flies across the screen.

I'm thinking about the old me
'Cause I've been feeling empty
I never used to be so dead inside

Shots of Syren celebrating with the World Championship start before we see a shot of the Beauty Factory standing tall in the ring. Following this is Aaron Blackbourne hitting the Unchained Creativity on an opponent. Katie Steward hitting the Save the Queen on Ace Marshall follows.

I think I lost my memory
I can't remember carefree
And all my days turn into fight or flight

Owen Cruze hitting the Cruze Stomp on an opponent follows before we see Selena Frost hitting the Glass Shard on Bree Lancaster. Bree Lancaster hitting the Classifier on Aaron Blackbourne follows before we see Asher Hayes and Cid Turner coming out of their A/C unit.

I wanna get back, tell me how to get back
I wanna get back, tell me how to get back

Giovanni Aries dragging Jason Helms into the Wonderland hole at Cold Blooded 2020 follows before we see Kandis and Tommy Valentine holding the SCW World Tag Team Championship.
David Helms standing on the ropes follows before we see Jordan Majors hitting a Cash Out on Sienna Swann. Cookie Dreams holding up the TV Championship follows.

Say it again, say it again, tell me what I wanna hear
Tell me that I'm gonna be fine and there's nothing left to fear
'Cause I've been losing sleep (losing sleep)
Trying to get back to who I used to be
Where is the old me?

Chris Cannon spearing Kennedy Street and Owen Cruze follows before we see a shot of Alistaire Allocco on his way to the ring, and then a shot of Regan Street and Datura swinging chairs at one another. The Breakdown logo comes up on the screen and remains on it for a few moments.

We then cut to a live shot of the inside of the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The cameras pan across the crowd for a few moments.

Sharper: “Tonight, fifteen competitors will enter a gauntlet, come out of the mind of Ace Marshall, all for the World Championship!”

The cameras pan across the crowd for a few moments before cutting to ringside where Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots stand next to the ring, microphones in hand.

Sharper: “Hello again everyone. Adam Sharper here with Jonathan Knots at ringside. And Jon, tonight, we could see a massive shift in SCW.”

Knots: “Massive shift? That’s an understatement. Bree Lancaster has been praying to God that she draws a good spot in the gauntlet. Fifteen people are going to go at it, one on one, gauntlet style. World Title on the line. Ace Marshall came up with this and clearly, he’s gotta to just throw everything out of whack!”

Sharper: “Some top tier talent in this one. Cleveland won’t forget it anytime soon and neither will we!”

The arena's lights cut and the room falls into complete darkness as a buzz spreads through the crowd, the screens suddenly lighting up with one single solitary word...

"BANG!"

As the crowd react, the entire stage lights up with a brilliant white light and the opening riff of an SCW remixed version of "All I Want" by A Day To Remember hits the pa system. The crowd erupt into cheers again as they spot the silhouette of David Helms standing there, his arms held aloft and his hands throwing the Self High Five, all framed by the brilliant white light behind him.

“ALL I WANT IS A PLACE TO CALL MY OWN
TO MEND THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE WHO FEELS ALONE
WOAH; YOU KNOW TO KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
BUT YOU HEAD DOWN LOW!”

The intro gives way to the chorus and the lyrics of said chorus flash up on the screen as Helms suddenly jumps into the air and breaks his hands apart, pyrotechnics exploding on either side of the stage as he lands and the house lights raise again as the curtains part. Dave grins at the fans, soaking up the cheers before suddenly bolting towards the ring.

Sharper: “David Helms hinted at something last week. We’re being told that he’s going to share what he plans to do with his Trios Tournament contract tonight.”

Knots: “A lot of options. Maybe he’ll challenge for the World Title at Retribution? Maybe something with Ravyn Taylor? Or Xander? Or something else?”

David Helms slides into the ring. He then gets up and looks around. The crowd cheers him. David Helms scans the crowd and nods before turning and going over to the corner, being handed a microphone. He takes it and walks back over to the middle of the ring. The crowd cheers him as David’s music fades out. A “David!” chant echoes out.

Sharper: “Crowd hot here in Cleveland!”

Knots: “Too bad he won’t be out here later in the gauntlet.”

David looks around, listening to the crowd. He then nods.

Helms: “Well, looks like Cleveland is happy to see me!”

The crowd roars as Helms looks around.

Helms: “Well tonight, you won’t get to see me in action – thanks Ace…”

The crowd boos a bit. Helms smirks.

Helms: “But that doesn’t mean I’m not going to come out here and make an announcement that frankly, a lot of people in this company are going to want to hear it. See, I was asked last week about my plans for my Trios Tournament contract. We saw Glory Braddock use hers for a World Title opportunity at Apocalypse. Ace Marshall used his to throw a hand grenade into everyone’s dreams tonight. Bree…have fun! And don’t worry – if you win, maybe I’ll come out tonight and put the belt around your waist.”

Helms pauses, the crowd cheering as he walks around the ring.

Helms: “But now it’s my turn. And I said I had some plans and well, it’s time to put them into motion.”

Helms pauses again.

Helms: “Because well, I’ve always stood for a few things. Bree Lancaster can say what she wants about me. The world knows who I am and that one thing I’ve always wanted was to be a force of good in this ring and in this sport. And while tonight’s gauntlet is in some ways ridiculous, well…there is something I like about it….it’s giving out opportunity. And well, I plan to do the same. See-“

The camera turns to show Gavin Taylor walking down from the back, a clipboard in one hand, microphone in the other. Ava St. Claire is behind him.

Gavin: “Whoa! Whoa David! Sorry, I need to stop you there!”

David turns, looking to the rampway a bit confused as Gavin Taylor walks down to the ring. He turns to the crowd.

Gavin: “Thank you! Thank you! I know, you wanted to see a star. I’m here. All of you can get your cell phones out and take a few pictures. The present and future of the sport along with a legend of the past!”

Gavin then walks up the steel steps as David just looks at him, hands on his hips.

Sharper: “What in the world is Taylor doing out here?”

Knots: “I don’t know if Gavin should be out here. After what Ravyn Taylor said last week, David may be partial to not like anyone with that last name, related or not!”

Gavin steps into the ring. Ava St. Claire follows. Gavin focuses on David.

Gavin: “Now, David, we all know what you’re going to be doing. I know it. You know it. These people know it. When you speak of opportunity, it’s just your kind way of saying it.”

David: “And what’s that, Gavin?”

Gavin: “You’re going to do what you always do. You’re going to take the proverbial bullet, you’re going to be the bearer of my misfortune. And you know what, David, I think it’s honourable. You’re going to use that Trios Tournament to provide the opportunity for all of these fans to know they can bear witness to the greatest United States Champion in recent SCW history by limiting the opportunity Xander Valentine will have to give me some horrible injury. And David!”

The crowd makes noise as David looks down, shaking his head. Gavin looks at the crowd, hearing the boos.

Gavin: “David…I wanted to come out here, in person…I know, I know…but integrity is a big part of who I am, David. And I wanted to be out here to personally thank you for the sacrifice you are going to make. But I wanted to just offer a tweak…a little one. Just smidge of one.”

David: “Oh yeah, what’s that?”

Gavin: “Well, since you’re going to face Xander…bring Dylan along….I mean he wants Xander too. Have the two of you get the revenge…throw Selena in there too. Maybe Miks can still throw a punch. Make it a good ole family affair and then once you’re done, well, I’ll march down triumphant to win the SCW United States Championship. I’ll even do it in honour of Regan too! We’ll have some fun. SCW has a champion it can believe in and in one piece and well, Xander Valentine can suffer for his crimes or however he wants to spin it.”

David: “Gavin…I’m going to stop you there.”

Gavin: “I know, kick ass idea, aint it?”

David: “Sure…we can call it that. But I’m not in the business of signing my family up for anything. In fact, my family doesn’t need the Trios contract if we want Xander. But you know what, sport…I mean it’s honourable you want to do this for Regan. Never mind that she’d probably knock you the hell out right now just on principle…”

The crowd roars.

David: “But Gavin…I’m not using the Trios Tournament on that son of a bitch. Sorry, Gavin, you’re not getting a free ride to that title. And you want to walk out as champion, and in one piece, you better start taking this seriously.”

Gavin: “Seriously?! I am SUPER serious. I’m one of the three greatest things to come out of Canada. That’s a MASSIVE title to live up to. I don’t have the ability to lower myself to the point of coming out here dress like coffee-toting luchadors! I just figured if you’re talking about opportunity, you can ensure that something terrible doesn’t happen this time!”

Gavin shakes his head. He turns to Ava and then turns back.

Gavin: “You know what, that’s fine…that’s fine. I’ll still put you on the list I’ll give Sasha. You’re right, you don’t need the Trios. But damn it, Xander should pay…and EVERYONE should come after him. Take down this MONSTER! Don’t worry Dave…I got you! I hear you! You want me to use my stroke around here…”

Gavin gives a thumbs up.

Gavin: “Got it!”

Gavin turns to Ava.

David: “Gavin…get the hell out of the ring.”

The crowd roars as Gavin just looks at David and backs up.

Gavin: “Oh yes…can’t show we’re on the same side in this. Collusion. Yeah…Got it…Bang!”

Gavin gives a thumbs up again and rolls out of the ring. He then tells Ava to frantically get out of the ring. She takes her time, stepping through the ropes. Gavin motions for her to go faster before Ava steps down and Gavin then starts to head to the back, waving at the crowd as David watches him walk off, shaking his head. He turns back to the crowd.

David: “Where was I?”

David scoffs a bit.

David: “Ah, yes…opportunity. Well, Gavin Taylor won’t need it. But others…others certainly do. And so at Retribution, my Trios Tournament contract….I’m bringing back that Scaffold Scramble!”

David looks out at the crowd cheers.

David: “BANG!”

David flips the microphone behind him before turning to the crowd as his music plays again.

Sharper: “The Scaffold Scramble returning at Retribution! Helms using his contract for opportunity!”

Knots: “And not necessarily for him. He didn’t say he’d be in it!”

Sharper: “Either way, something else for so many to think about in SCW!”

David Helms plays to the crowd some as he then turns and exits the ring. He walks over to the crowd, high-fiving some of the fans as the scene to commercial.

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COMMERCIALS

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Backstage, Lexy Chapel is seen heading out of a room so fast that we don’t even see the shirtless men she’s been with following her. She takes a few steps.

Crystal: “Lexy!”

Lexy keeps walking. Crystal Zdunich then comes onto the screen, following after.

Crystal: “Lexy!”

Lexy turns back.

Lexy: “I can’t talk! I have something important to deal with.”

Crystal: “More important than me? Given you’ve been hyping up my TV role for weeks and now water and everything else on my name on it and I can’t get a word with you all week?”

Lexy: “Don’t worry. I’ve got it all figured out. Totally going to be a start.”

Crystal: “Going to be?”

Lexy: “Yeah, going to be. Gotta go.”

Crystal watches Lexy walk off. She then looks at her incredulous.

Crystal: “That’s part of the problem. I already am one.”

The scene cuts to the ring.

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Maria Salvatore vs. Ricky James

SCW Television Championship

“Annie UP” by MOP begins to blast across the sound system. As it does Maria Salvatore comes out wearing her Maria Hearts Maleek leather jacket accompanied by that of her husband. She smiles as she flips off the crowd. She can’t stop smiling as she immediately runs her way to the ring and slides right inside.

Phillips “The following contest is scheduled for onefall, has a fifteen minute time limit and is for the SCW Television Championship! First, the challenge, accompanied by Maleek, she is Maria Salvatore!”

She makes it to her feet and runs to the top of the turnbuckle holding her arm proudly in the air. She tosses her leather jacket to her husband as she waits patiently for the match to begin.

Sharper: “Television Championship on the line to start us off in the ring tonight.”

Knots: “One of those rare nights. Two matches tonight. Both title matches.”

Sharper: “Yeah, but we know Ricky James is going to read into this even though the TV Title is expected to be defended every week and Maria Salvatore may be someone James has some issues with.”

“Real American” by Rick Derringer starts to play throughout the arena as Lucy Huckabee-Sanders and Ricky James walk out from behind the curtain and up to a podium at the top of the ramp. Ricky James has the SCW Television Championship over his shoulder. The music begins to fade to a quieter volume as Lucy takes position behind the mic on the podium.

Lucy Huckabee-Sanders: “Ladies and gentleman, please stand as we will now recite the Pledge of Allegiance. 

Lucy and Ricky begin to recite the American pledge of allegiance for the crowd, and as they finish their entrance music goes back up to full volume throughout the arena. The pair steps around the podium, stopping in front of it as a large, oversized American flag unfurls behind them and begins to flow. 

The duo begin their descent down the ramp, ignoring the fans with Lucy sneaking a dirty look in at them as they approach the ring. Ricky hops up onto the apron as Lucy walks over to the stairs and up onto the ring apron. Ricky places his boot on the bottom rope and allows Lucy to step into the ring. As they get into the ring the pair then taunts for the crowd, both thrusting their fist in the air in front of them. Lucy then steps up as Maria looks across the ring.

LHS: “Ladies and gentlemen, before we give you what EVERYONE came to see…another Ricky James Championship of Television defense…it’s time for the OFFICIAL ratings update!”

The crowd roars, before boos take over.

LHS: “And as EVERYONE should have expected, the ratings for SCW dropped like a stone when Bree Lancaster and Andrew Raynes were eliminated from the Tag League in an obvious display of bias to AshTray Hayes and Sin Turner! But there was one lone bright spot…when Ricky appeared on your television screens and blessed you with the talent that only a real American could possess. So SCW, we all know what this is. Ricky James forced to defend his title yet again, another week! Another defense!”

Knots: “That’s the point!”

Ricky just nods.

LHS: “You just want to milk Ricky James out for all to see, to hope he burns out, while being one of the only reasons anyone would watch this show. Sorry Maria….you’re being used too. And this just shows more how SCW wants to push her Canadian agenda. Ricky James should not have to face you. This is not competition. You, Maria, are no match for Ricky. I just hope you realize that you’re here only because SCW wanted to force Ricky to be in this ring, when frankly, they could’ve gotten the same by having him merely appear. The people want to hear from him. Here from us! The Silent Majority! So stand up against Shady Sasha! Stand up to the Canadian Agenda. Stand up FOR a REAL AMERICA…RICKY JAMES! THE CHAMPION OF TELEVISION. YOUR CHAMPION OF TELEVISION. Ricky…speak to your adoring public.”

The crowd boos as LHS turns to hand Ricky the microphone, but Maria just walks over and then blasts him with a hard right. Ricky falls to the mat. The crowd roars as the microphone goes flying too. LHS rolls to the floor, backing up as Ricky, turns, holding his jaw. Maria then grabs the SCW Television Championship. LHS goes to grab it, but fails, only for Maria to hand it to the official, Michael Constantine. He holds the title over his head and then hands it off. Ricky starts to get up. Maria tells Constantine she’s ready.

Sharper: “Maria with a hard right! Ricky James down! She’s getting this title match going.”

Knots: “No nonsense. Imagine if James and LHS took things seriously.”

Sharper: “I think they are Jon. I think that’s part of the problem!”

Constantine asks Ricky if he’s head.

Ricky: “No! I’m not. She hit me! Disqualify her!”

Constantine: “Are you prepared to fight?”

Ricky: “I was. Not now-“

Constantine: “Good enough! Ring the bell!”

Ricky turns to Constantine as the bell sounds. Maria Salvatore then runs across and kicks him in the ribs. The crowd roars. Salvatore then forearms him in the jaw and then again and again. The crowd cheers. Ricky covers up as Salvatore hammers away.

1!

2!

3!

4!

Maria steps back. Ricky James grabs at the ropes and rolls to the apron and then to the floor. Maria walks around and over to the ropes. LHS backs up as Maria drops down to the floor. Ricky starts to get up.

LHS: “Ricky!”

Maria blasts Ricky in the jaw with a hard right. (1) The crowd ohs and Ricky falls back to the announce table. (2) Maria grabs him and drives him face first into the top of the table again.(3) Maria then grabs Ricky and rolls him into the ring. LHS steps over and snaps at Maria in Spanish. (4) Maria responds in Italian and LHS steps back, stunned. (5) Maria rolls into the ring.

Sharper: “A meeting of two cultures.”

Knots: “Again, LHS speaking Spanish. Something up there.”

Sharper: “But a distraction. Maria late getting back into the ring! Look out!”

Maria gets up and Ricky then lifts her up and falls back, dropping her throat first on the top rope. Maria rolls over, clutching at her throat, coughing. She starts to get up and Ricky walks over and grabs her and scoops her up and slams her down. He runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting an elbow drop. He goes for the pin.

1!

2!

Maria kicks out. She rolls over and Ricky grabs her and pulls her up. He wrenches her arm and then whips her into the corner. Ricky turns and runs after and hits a running clothesline. Maria drops to the mat. She starts to get up and Ricky runs into the ropes, bouncing off and then hitting another clothesline. He goes for the pin.

1!

2!

Maria kicks out again. Ricky grabs her, locking in a side headlock.

Sharper: “Ricky James taking advantage of the distraction by LHS to build a lot of damage here.”

Knots: “He’s making sure to just drop Maria Salvatore when he can.”

Maria slowly gets her feet under her as Ricky gets up to his feet and then punches Maria in the top of the head. She falls to the ropes. Ricky runs over and then kicks her in the ribs. She rolls over. She starts to get up and Ricky grabs her and Maria reaches up and rakes the eyes. The crowd roars. LHS snaps at the official. Constantine warns Salvatore, but Salvatore then quickly hits a drop toe hold, dropping him to the middle rope. Salvatore gets up, getting Constantine’s attention and just then, Maleek walks over and nails Ricky with a hard right. The crowd ohs and Ricky rolls over. LHS looks stunned and points to him, shrieking in Spanish. Salvatore yells at her to shut up as Ricky rolls over and gets up and Salvatore runs over and grabs him and hits a DDT.

Sharper: “Looks like Ricky James may have a bit of a challenge with Maleek doing some damage for Salvatore! Now a cover!”

Salvatore hooks the leg.

1!

2!

Ricky kicks out. He rolls over. He looks out as Salvatore then grabs him and pulls him up and elbows him in the back of the head and then again. LHS goes to pull herself up and Salvatore steps forward. LHS goes back down and Salvatore snaps at her again, but Ricky then suddenly hits the Hard Right to the back of Maria’s head. She drops to her hands and knees. Ricky then turns and grabs her, dragging her up and then gutwrenching her up and into a Gory Stretch before then throwing her back with a Gory Special. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Gory Special! Ricky James planting Maria Salvatore after taking advantage of his own distraction.”

Knots: “Talk about karma, turn about is fair play, all that. Both of these two bend the rules at will.”

Sharper: “And right now, it’s working best for Ricky James!”

Ricky gets up. Maria holds her face and starts to slowly pull herself to her feet. Ricky then hoists her up and places her on the top rope. The crowd roars as Ricky then climbs up after and hooks Maria’s head before driving her down to the mat with the Art of the Deal. The crowd ohs. He rolls her over and pins her.

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2!

3!

The crowd roars.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and still SCW Television Champion, Ricky James!”

LHS: “As expected! Enjoy your ratings SCW!”

LHS says this to the announce position before turning and entering the ring. Ricky is handed the SCW Television Championship. He holds it over his head as the crowd gives a mixed reaction. He looks around and smiles as LHS points to him and plays to the crowd. The scene cuts away.

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Backstage, in Sasha’s office, Ravyn Taylor and Holly Adams, along with the rest of Infamous, enter. Sasha spins a brass tumbler, with a series of plastic balls inside, presumably to determine the draw of the Gauntlet.

Sasha: “You know the drill. Just like Taking Hold of the Flame, but just a bit more exclusive.”

Ravyn: “Of course.”

Holly: “Better get a good number. Come on. You know you love us! Don’t screw us here!”

Sasha: “Where’s Syren?”

Ravyn: “Didn’t feel like coming.”

Holly: “She went on a drive with CHBK. Wanted to earn this her way. You know, the whole contract thing…the thing you want to ignore? For someone with big ears, you’re not that all there.”

Ravyn: “Pretty much. I’ll still happily draw for her.”

Sasha: “I’ll take care of that.”

Sasha then reaches into the tumbler before pulling out one of the plastic balls.

Sasha: “I’ll keep it too…don’t need you choosing your spots or the best of the three.”

Holly rolls her eyes. Ravyn just mockingly smiles at Sasha. Ravyn then reaches in and pulls out her ball. She steps back and pops it open as Holly grabs hers. Sasha then seals it up. Ravyn unfurls the paper inside and nods. Holly pops hers open and does the same. She then smiles. She looks at Ravyn as Ravyn turns back to Sasha.

Ravyn: “Enjoy the show.”

Holly: “Oh it will be enjoyable. Holly Adams new champ!”

Ravyn looks at Holly.

Holly: “Or you? Infamous either way!”

Holly and Ravyn head off as Christy Matthews, Christopher Richter and Alexander Crowe exit with them.

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COMMERCIALS

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Breakdown returns as we see Kandis backstage on the phone, pacing a bit as Tommy Valentine watches her. Kandis then has a smile on her face.

Kandis: “You’re serious. You’re doing it? That’s a hell of a gift.”

Kandis listens a bit.

Kandis: “And you’re getting the old bastard to join in. I love it. Call me when you’re done. At least something gives me reason to smile tonight. And take a video or something.”

Kandis nods.

Kandis: “Talk to you later.”

She hangs up as Tommy turns to her.

Tommy: “What? You’re smiling.”

Kandis: “Let’s just say that 2021 is already better. Minerva and I are like kindred spirits in some way and she’s trying to give me a present.”

Tommy: “I hope I don’t have to compete with her.”

Kandis: “You wish. Nothing to worry about there. Either way, I’m getting the last laugh.”

Kandis smiles as Tommy smiles back.

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The scene shifts to Owen Cruze seated backstage. The crowd cheers seeing him. Aaron Blackbourne heads over to him and sits down next to him. Owen looks up, almost a bit annoyed, turning to him.

Blackbourne: “You okay?”

Cruze: “About what? Shaun in the hospital. Another scare. Another thing to deal with. Blake Mason running around doing what he wants. I said I was doing things alone because then I don’t have to worry about other people and…”

Blackbourne: “It’s not how things work. And you can’t do everything alone. I think about the last year. How you, Peyton, everyone’s been there for me as I’ve dealt with some out of the ring things-“

Cruze: “I have my support group. I just can’t see more people I care about get hurt. Especially here when it can all be avoided.”

Cruze stands up and turns to Aaron.

Cruze: “I appreciate it Aaron. We can grab drinks, catch out, outside of the ring. But in these walls, at these shows…I’m on my own…and Aaron…it’s time you start to break out on your own. You deserve better too.”

Cruze sighs.

Cruze: “I’m going to try and enjoy the gauntlet…and hope I like something that I see.”

Cruze then heads off as Blackbourne watches him leave and shakes his head.

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The scene opens up at the announce position to see Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots seated there.

Knots: “Kandis happy and Owen Cruze making more change. He’s now standing on his own. He’s done with everything.”

Sharper: “A change of pace…may be worthwhile.”

Knots: “He can’t blame himself for everything though? Really?”

Sharper: “Well, seems like it. Either way, we should add, great to hear that Shaun Cruze is doing better. As for tonight, well, folks, here we go. Gauntlet time. Fifteen individuals.”

Knots: “Wow.”

Sharper: “World Title on the line and this is what we’re in for the remainder of the night. Sit back, enjoy. Jason Phillips, please outline the rules.”

The bell sounds. Jason Phillips steps forward in the ring, microphone in his hand.

Phillips: “Fans, the following contest is the fifteen competitor Gauntlet match for the SCW World Championship! The rules are as follows. Two people will begin. When one of those two are eliminated by pinfall, submission, disqualification, countout or knockout, another competitor will enter the match. This will continue until all fifteen competitors have entered the ring and only one competitor remains victorious.”

The crowd roars.

Phillips: “Furthermore, per Ace Marshall’s Trios Tournament contract cash-in instructions, once the SCW World Champion has entered the match, every match within the gauntlet from thereon is for the SCW World Championship, and for the purposes of SCW’s title history, count as individual title defenses!”

The crowd erupts in cheers.

Sharper: “Wait a minute. That means…”

Knots: “That means when Bree enters….we will see the equivalent of multiple title matches. We could have multiple new World Champions tonight!”

Sharper: “So the fight becomes holding onto that or being a footnote alongside CHBK. Just getting a taste. Ace Marshall not letting down his reputation that tradition means little.”

Knots: “Even still, what will some of those competitors do to just say they’ve been World Champion!”

Sharper: “You wonder if that was put in to drive Giovanni Aries nuts. To remove that luster if Giovanni was to win. Depending on your outlook, you love that or hate it and Ace Marshall would know that!”

Phillips: “Now, lets find out who will be starting this unprecedented gauntlet.”

SCW World Championship Gauntlet

The arena lights dim down, as the opening riffs of "Awake" by Godsmack echo throughout the arena. At the 26 second mark, the name "Asher Hayes" blares through the sound system. As the arena lights return to normal, Asher appears on the stage, wearing a long leather jacket and sunglasses.

Phillips: “First, on his way to the ring, from Chicago, Illinois, he’s is one half of the winners of the SCW Tag League, he is Asher Hayes!”

He makes his way down the ramp as the reaction of the crowd rain down upon him. He walks up the ring steps and climbs to the top turnbuckle, lifting both fists into the air, slinging the jacket off his shoulders, simply looking at the crowd before dropping down and running to the opposite side. He stands, once again, on the top rope. He tosses his shades out to the crowd, as he looks toward the ceiling, before dropping down, removing his jacket and handing it to the ref before leaning into the corner, waiting for the match to begin.

Sharper: “Asher Hayes has the unenviable task to try and run the gauntlet, literally. Get through fourteen others.”

Knots: “So will his opponent. But he’s got to thinking that if he can win one, or another, just hope something goes right. Now we know that once Bree enters it’s a brand new ball game. That may be what you aim for.”

Sharper: “We both know Asher Hayes is looking at this going, hell yeah, I’m going to try and run the whole thing. The question may be whether his body can hold up.”

BELIEVE IT!

The SCW Universe are on their feet as “The Truth About Our Time” by Allen/Lande as plays throughout the arena, snow “falling” along the electronic floor and screens as, out from the back walks the Snow Queen, Selena Frost, taking in the crowd of the SCW Universe.

Phillips: “His opponent, from Nome, Alaska, she is the Snow Queen, Selena Frost!”

Slowly, Selena shifts her head, her sapphire eyes locked towards the ring as she lifts her front hand gracefully, extending it towards the ring, palm upward, her back arm lifted behind her to the sky. With a lift of her right foot, she suddenly slams it down into the ground, causing a crack like ice to form and sprint down the ramp and towards the ring! Reaching the ring, Selena slides under the ropes to enter it. She gets up and lifts her hand up to give a twirl as the lights form to make a massive snowflake under her. Stopping her spin and lowering her hand back down, towards the audience, once again palm upright, a smirk graces her lips, her other arm lifting to the sky once more. With a slam of her foot, Selena caused the snowflake at her feet to “crack” as the rampway did, the shards of ice streaking out to all four corners of the ring to shoot out blue sparkles of light as the lights return to normal. She looks around as the crowd roars.

Sharper: “How about this? Selena Frost, pure competition here. Two people who are going to look at this and see it, okay, let’s see what we can do.”

Knots: “But one of them is not going to be happy. One of them is going to be disappointed.”

Selena and Asher look at one another as the crowd roars. They scan the arena and the bell sounds. The crowd roars as Asher and Selena look at one another.

Sharper: “Talk about history. We know this will be a historic moment.”

Knots: “And you have the Face of SCW in there along with someone who would take that title in a heartbeat if he could.”

Selena then lunges and goes for Asher. Asher jukes back and dances around the ring a bit as Selena watches him. Asher then moves back and the two go for a grapple, pushing back on one another before Asher quickly moves into a side headlock. He pulls up as Selena reaches around. She gets Asher back to the ropes and tries to push him across, but Hayes holds on, dropping to a knee. Selena winces, falling to a knee too. She reaches around and then starts to push on Hayes, getting her head out. She then jumps up and locks in a headlock of her own. Hayes reaches around and gets her to the ropes. He fires her off. Selena bounces off the other side. Hayes steps up, but Selena sidesteps with a cartwheel. Hayes turns and Selena forearms him in the jaw and then grabs his arm and wrenches it.

Sharper: “Selena with the arm wrench. Caught Hayes off guard there.”

Knots: “You know she’d love a good showing. In part for herself. In part to give Regan something to smile for. I’m sure she’s still thinking about Ravyn Taylor’s comment last week.”

Sharper: “Let’s not deign that with a response. But Selena has her own targets. She’d love to face Bree in this. Ravyn too. And that’s probably just the start.”

Selena holds on as Asher winces a bit. He looks over at Selena and then flips forward and nips up and then wrenches Selena’s arm. Selena cartwheels through again and then breaks the arm clasp and hits a dropkick. Asher hits the mat. Selena goes for the pin.

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Asher kicks out. Selena rolls over and Asher stirs. He gets up and Selena kicks him in the ribs, following up with a forearm strike. She then grabs him and runs him over to the corner. Selena kicks him in the ribs, before following up. She then goes to whip him across. Asher spins through and sends her in. Selena hits the corner and jumps up to float over, but Asher doesn’t follow. Selena lands and Asher quickly rolls her up with a school boy.

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Selena kicks out. Selena rolls over and Asher gets up and blasts her with a clothesline. Both stir, starting to get up.

Sharper: “Hayes made sure to get that. Hard clothesline. Frost down.”

Knots: “Both getting up though. Again, we’re just started. And you know both have to be thinking, the longer this goes, the worse it is. You then have to worry about who is next and whether you have anything in the tank.”

Sharper: “Very different from Taking Hold of the Flame or End of the Year Special.”

Asher turns and kicks Selena in the ribs. Asher hooks the head and hits a snap suplex. He floats over.

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Selena kicks out. She starts to get up and Asher grabs her and elbows her in the back of the head. He then pushes her into the ropes and fires her off. Selena bounces off and Asher hits a back elbow. Selena hits the mat. She rolls over and gets up and Asher grabs her and whips her into the ropes again. Selena bounces off again and Asher hits another elbow. The crowd roars a bit as Asher grabs her again and hoists her up and goes to whip her again into the ropes. This time, Selena stops at ropes. Asher runs at her and Selena drops down, causing Asher to go up and over the top rope to the floor.

Sharper: “Selena Frost being forced to run by Asher.”

Knots: “He’s thinking long game. Make her run. Make her exert energy. Too bad, he’s the one dumped to the floor. That’s just as dangerous.”

Sharper: “A bad landing would be terrible. But Selena now may be thinking something.”

Asher starts to get up on the floor. (1) He winces and gets to his feet and Selena runs along the ropes and jumps to the middle turnbuckle and then dives over the top rope and hits a somersault plancha onto Asher. (1) The crowd erupts in cheers. (2) Selena remains down as Asher rolls over. (3) Selena slowly pulls herself up and looks over to Asher. (4) She grabs Asher and pulls him up. (5) She then rolls him into the ring. Selena rolls in after. Asher slowly gets up and turns and Selena steps forward and hits a spinning heel kick, knocking Hayes down. Frost follows up with the leg hook and the pin.

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Asher Hayes kicks out. Selena turns and looks over and then starts to get up. Steve Hollinsworth, the official, affirms the two count. Selena then stomps Asher in the jaw. Asher rolls over. Selena stomps her again. He rolls over and moves to the ropes. He uses them to get up and Selena backs up and hits a shoot kick to the ribs. Asher winces and falls to the corner. Selena steps up and Asher chops her. The crowd woos. Selena hits another kick to the ribs. Asher winces and chops her again. Selena then kicks him a third time and Asher goes for a chop, but Selena ducks and jumps to the ropes behind Asher and dives back, grabbing Asher’s head and driving him down with a DDT!

Sharper: “Getting heated in there. Throwing strikes, but Selena a step ahead. Off the ropes, DDT!”

Knots: “Asher’s still by the ropes. Stay there and hope for the best!”

Selena rolls Asher over and hooks the leg.

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Asher rolls his shoulder up. Selena rolls off. She starts to get up. Asher starts to stir and Selena runs across the ring. She bounces off and hits a running baseball slide dropkick, knocking Asher to the apron. Selena then gets up and reaches through and pulls Asher up, dragging him up to his feet as best as she can. She gets him up, but Asher counters with a guillotine drop. Selena stumbles back, holding her throat. Asher turns and looks at her and springboards to the top rope and dives off with a diving clothesline. He rolls through. Selena rolls over and slowly gets up. Asher gets up and walks over and grabs her, placing her head between his legs. He hoists her up and then hits a snap powerbomb. The crowd ohs. He stacks her up for the pin.

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Selena kicks out just in time. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Asher Hayes planting Selena Frost. Stiff powerbomb, but only two!”

Knots: “Try it again! Then again, Asher’s not been having good luck with the repetition thus far.”

Selena rolls over and looks out, trying to slowly stir and Hayes grabs her from behind and pulls her up and then hits a German suplex into a bridge.

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Selena rolls her shoulder up. She moves to her stomach and Asher crawls over and gets up and steps over her and pulls her up and hits a crossface punch to the side of the head and then one from the other direction and then a third before stepping forward and tucking Selena’s head for a pin.

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Selena kicks out. She rolls over and slowly crawls to the corner. Asher gets up and turns and runs at her and Selena gets a boot up. Asher stumble back. Selena turns and springboards to the top rope and dives back to land on Asher’s shoulders, but Asher quickly falls back into an electric chair drop. The crowd ohs. Asher then bridges up for the pin.

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Selena kicks out just in time. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Hayes with a huge counter. But only two! The electric chair only got two!”

Knots: “And we’re just starting here, folks. Thirteen more to come!”

Selena holds her head in pain and Hayes gets up and grabs her and locks in a half nelson. Selena struggles and twists out of it, but holds onto Hayes’ arm and pulls him into a pump knee. The crowd ohs. Selena, however, holds on before then twisting through into the Frost’s Bite! The crowd roars. Hayes yells out as he reaches around.

Sharper: “Selena saw an opportunity. Now she’s making Hayes think. Tag Title match coming up. You risking an arm injury!”

Knots: “But she’s not gotten a chance to work over the arm. So she’s trying to do a lot of damage outright here!”

Selena keeps pulling back as Hayes reaches around. The crowd roars. Hollinsworth checks on Hayes as Selena keeps pulling back, keeping the arm hyperextended. Hayes starts to move as best as he can, shimmying toward the ropes. He gets closer and closer and gets his foot on the bottom rope. The crowd roars.

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Frost lets go and rolls back. She looks at Hayes as Hayes rolls over, holding his arm in pain. He grits his teeth and starts to get up and Selena then runs over and jumps to the ropes in front of Hayes and dives back with a leg lariat. Hayes hits the mat. Selena gets up and runs to the ropes, jumping to the middle rope and hitting a lionsault!

Sharper: “Perhaps some insult to injury! Lionsault! Similar to the Ash-sault!”

Knots: “Intentionally or not! Cover!”

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Hayes rolls her shoulder up. Selena rolls back. Asher rolls over, holding his arm a bit as he tries to get some distance. Selena gets up and Hayes gets up and Selena walks over and hits a shoot kick to the chest. Hayes falls to the corner. Selena hits another shoot kick. She then jumps up and hits an enziguri kick to the head. Hayes stumbles forward and down to the mat. Selena then looks at him before climbing up to the top rope. She glances back and goes for a moonsault. Hayes gets his knees up. Selena rolls back, holding her ribs in pain. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Knees up!”

Knots: “And Selena crashed and hurt herself. But can Hayes get up? He’s clutching his arm. Damage could be done!”

Selena rolls over and holds her ribs. She fights up to her feet. Hayes gets up and runs at her and hits a spear. The crowd ohs. Hayes goes for the pin.

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Selena shoots her shoulder up. The crowd ohs. Hayes rolls over and gets up. He then grabs her and pulls her up to her feet and places her head between his legs. He goes for another powerbomb, but Selena counters with a hurricanrana into a pin.

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Hayes kicks out. Selena rolls over and gets up. Hayes rolls over too and both get to their feet. Selena runs over and hits a running dropkick. Hayes falls back into the corner. He staggers out. Selena then grabs him by the arm and wrenches the arm and hits the Paydirt. Asher falls back. Selena turns and exits to the apron. She then climbs up to the top rope. She gets up to the top and Asher rolls over and looks up, gritting his teeth and gets up and runs over and grabs Selena and hip tosses her off the top rope. The crowd erupts in cheers.

Sharper: “Back and forth! And now Selena launched off the top rope!”

Knots: “For the second time, going to the top rope doesn’t pay off for Selena!”

Hayes pulls himself up and crawls over and goes for the pin.

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Selena rolls her shoulder up off the canvas. She rolls over. Hayes gets up and turns and grabs her and pulls her up, but Selena crawls through his legs. Hayes spins around and Selena hits a dropkick. Hayes stumble back to the ropes. He steps forward and Selena goes for the Glass Shard, but Asher ducks and rolls through and goes for a school boy.

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Selena kicks out. Both get up and Asher rolls up Selena and into a cradle!

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The crowd roars and some boo. Selena looks up, stunned.

Phillips: “Selena Frost has been eliminated!”

Sharper: “Hayes with a cradle and just enough to keep her down for three.”

Knots: “That’s all that matters. Shoulders down for three. And Asher got the change up off and got the pin!”

Sharper: “Selena stunned, two weeks in a row now. Hoping to go farther. You wonder if everything with Regan has finally gotten to her. I don’t know. But Asher Hayes now has to reset again.”

Selena starts to get up and turns to Asher. Asher looks at her and Selena just nods before showing a brief display of frustration and then rolling to the floor. She turns and looks at the ring and smacks the apron in anger before turning and heading to the back. The lights in the arena cut completely and strobe lights flicker on the stage in time with the drums to the opening of “RUN!” by Nomy, before pyro’s explode on either side of the stage with the true beginning of the song over the speaker system. The screen lights up with the words “MOTOR CITY BITCH” and the fans boo as Sophie walks out onto the stage. She comes to a stop at the head of the ramp before throwing back the hood of her hooded top and her arms go out wide. The crowd boo loudly as Sophie smirks back at them.

Phillips: "Next, from Detroit, Michigan and now fighting out of Las Vegas Nevada, she is the Motor City Bitch, Sophie James!”

Still smirking, Sophie suddenly bursts down the ramp, jumping up and sliding leg first under the bottom rope before leaping up and ascending the turnbuckles. Standing on the middle rope, she once again throws her arms out on both sides, her music still thrashing out as the fans continue to boo her. Hopping down, Sophie does the same on the opposite side of the ring before removing her jacket, which she tosses to the outside before looking at Asher and then to the official, tapping her wrist. The bell sounds.

Sharper: “And Sophie James number two. Returning to SCW on the request of Ace Marshall.”

Knots: “She doesn’t even have a contract to compete in SCW. This is a one night only contract. And she could walk out our World Champion!”

Sophie runs across at Asher and jumps up and nails him in the jaw and then grabs him, bending him over and clubbing him in the back, over and over. She then climbs up and onto the turnbuckle behind Asher. Asher fights but Sophie then boots him in the back of the head. Asher stumbles out and Sophie dives off with a straight boot to the face. The crowd ohs. Sophie turns and hooks the leg.

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Asher kicks out. He rolls over and moves to the corner. He gets up and Sophie follows up and nails him with a hard right and then another. She then grabs him and nails him in the ribs. Asher shoves her back. Sophie spins back and turns and runs over and hits a running dropkick. The crowd ohs and Asher spins off to the corner.

Sharper: “Sophie James is going to town on Asher Hayes!”

Knots: “He’s already gotten kicked in the head multiple times. That’s normally reserved for Monday night!”

Sharper: “He’s in a lot of trouble as James has just overwhelmed him!”

Sophie then follows up and kicks him in the ribs. She grabs him out and clubs him in the back. She goes to whip him into the ropes, but Asher spins through and sends her in. Sophie bounces off and Asher goes to grab her, only for Sophie to grab him by the arm, spin around him and float through into a DDT. The crowd ohs. Sophie rolls him over. She hooks the leg.

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Hayes kicks out. He rolls over and stirs, holding his head. He gets up and Sophie grabs him and goes for a Russian leg sweep, but Hayes elbows him in the ribs and then again before snapmaring her over. She rolls over.

Sharper: “Hayes fighting back. A couple of hard elbows.”

Knots: “And just getting some distance. Some chance to just reset here.”

Asher steps back, wincing before turning back and Sophie gets up and Asher kicks her in the ribs before pulling her in and hitting a snap suplex. Sophie rolls over in pain. She starts to get up and Asher gets up and kicks her in the ribs. He pushes her into the ropes and then fires her off. Sophie bounces off and Asher jumps up and hits a dropkick. He turns and hooks the leg.

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Sophie kicks out. She rolls over. She holds her jaw and gets up and turns and Asher chops her. The crowd woos. He chops her again. He then goes to whip her across, but Sophie ducks under his arm and stops and slaps Asher in the ass. Asher turns and smirks. Sophie smirks back and this the 4-Seb. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Sophie!”

Knots: “Well they’ve probably had some interaction in the past. Either way, Sophie playing to Asher’s history and then a kick to the face!”

Sharper: “4-Seb has Hayes down. Sophie again going for the pin!”

Sophie hooks the leg.

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Asher gets his shoulder up. He rolls over. Sophie gets up and stomps Hayes in the jaw and then again. Asher rolls over. Sophie then turns and goes to the corner. She climbs up to the top rope and glances back. She then goes for the corkscrew moonsault, but Asher moves out of the way. Sophie hits hard. She rolls over and turns, holding her back and Asher lifts her up onto his shoulders and throws her forward into a double knee gutbuster. Sophie rolls over in pain.

Sharper: “Hayes taking advantage of the miss! Gutbuster!”

Knots: “And that’s going to stop her ability to breathe!”

Asher gets up and turns and grabs her and pulls her up and hoists her up and hits a high angle back suplex. Asher turns and gets up and moves to the apron. He then climbs up to the top rope. Sophie winces in pain as Asher gets to the top rope and then dives off with a frog splash into a pin.

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Sophie gets her shoulder up. Asher rolls over. Sophie winces and turns, holding her ribs. She tries to take some deep breaths before starting to get up and Asher runs at her and hits a high knee. Sophie spins off and into the ropes. She bounces off and Asher turns and Sophie kicks her in the ribs. She then runs into the ropes and jumps to the middle rope. She dives back with a lionsault, but Asher catches her on his shoulders. The crowd ohs and Asher spins her out into the TKO. The crowd ohs. Sophie rolls over in pain, holding her jaw. She starts to stir and Asher staggers to the corner. Sophie then gets up and Asher runs at her and hits the Dust to Dust!

Sharper: “Hayes knew he had to move fast!”

Knots: “The longer each match goes. The worse for him and he’s got one big advantage. That Dust to Dust! He can hit it fast and just did!”

Asher turns and hooks the leg.

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The crowd roars.

Phillips: “Sophie James has been eliminated!”

Sharper: “Two down and Asher Hayes looking to keep it going.”

Knots: “It’s going to depend on who’s next!”

Asher slowly starts to get up and slowly slides away as Sophie slowly rolls out of the ring. The camera cuts to the crowd where we see a group of red-shirted security walking in through one of the ground-level entrances. They line up in front of the fans for a moment and seem to be holding them back. Then the lights go out leaving the arena in complete darkness. The screen fills with images of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inaugural address.

“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is—”

There’s a record scratch before a deep voice fills the arena.

“INFAMOUS!”

The opening of “Open Your Eyes” by Guano Apes hits the PA system.

“Hide your face forever

Dream and search forever-ever-ever-ever”

The song gets stuck on the word and is then interrupted by the deep sound of the voice of Marilyn Manson.

“Just lay your head in daddy’s lap

You’re a bad girl!”

“Bad Girl” by Avril Lavigne hits the PA system as we cut to the backstage.

Knots: “Oh no!”

Sharper: “Ravyn Taylor next! And remember – Hayes and Turner with their desire to defeat Infamous. They’ve however had their number in singles matches, but this…this could be very different!”

We see Ravyn Taylor walking the corridors, accompanied by Alexander Crowe. Ravyn has her ring-gear on, and most notably her ring jacket. As she walks the camera reverses down the corridor, and we see Christy Matthews is amongst those behind her as Infamous make their way toward ringside, and we can hear the boos from the crowd even backstage. We then cut to the shot of the doorway again where we see Ravyn Taylor walk through. She pauses, a smirk on her face for a moment, before beginning to walk to the ring.

Phillips: “Introducing, representing Infamous and being accompanied by Alexander Crowe, Christy Matthews, and Christopher Richter, hailing from Hell, Michigan, she is a Bad, Bad Girl, she is Ravyn Taylor!”

They group continues to head to the ring.

Sharper: “We’ll be back in a moment. Hayes and Taylor next in the Gauntlet for the SCW World Championship!”

The scene fades to black.

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COMMERCIALS

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DURING THE BREAK:

We see a shot of Alexander Crowe yelling at someone.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Breakdown and a bit of chaos here as during the break, with Infamous at ringside, Selena Frost and David Helms came out and looks like Ravyn Taylor’s taunting coming back to haunt her!”

We then see Crowe try to push forward as Christy Matthews yells at Selena. Selena Frost has a steel chair in her hand as Richter stands between Matthews and the officials. David Helms stands with them too and points to the back. Selena then turns back as we see Asher Hayes down in the ring as Ravyn Taylor and Selena trade thoughts.

Ravyn: “You’ve already lost. Please run along! I’ll do this Regan!”

Ravyn smirks as Selena turns back.

Selena: “Let’s see if you can even do it without your army here. Let’s see if you’re good as you claim. The hell am I letting you steal this from Asher by having Infamous out here!”

Ravyn chuckles as she steps back. The Breakdown logo comes up on the screen as we then see a shot of Asher Hayes as Christy Matthews climbs on the apron.

Sharper: “Selena Frost and David Helms coming out, not just for respect. Christy Matthews got up on the apron and well, look at what Ravyn Taylor did.”

Knots: “Right in Asher Hayes’ dangly bits!”

We then see Ravyn Taylor run up behind Asher and kick him between the legs. He drops to the mat, howling in pain. She just smirks as the crowd boos. The Breakdown logo comes up on the screen.

Sharper: “We are live now. Infamous away. Frost and Helms, you see them, returning to the back. Ravyn now in control.”

Knots: “Officials trying to get everyone out of here. And Ravyn took advantage of the distraction.”

We see Selena Frost glancing back as David motions to her to return to the back. Back in the ring, we see Asher Hayes running Asher’s face along the top rope before throwing him off. Asher rolls over, wincing in pain. He starts to get up and Ravyn stomps him in the back of the head.

Sharper: “Either way, Ravyn Taylor going to have to do this herself and let’s not be glib about this. She’s very much capable. Selena Frost forcing her to deal with that.”

Knots: “Officials too. Trying to make sure this has the legitimacy. Clearly Sasha is focused on that.”

Ravyn stomps Asher again and Asher rolls over to the ropes. Ravyn then steps on his throat and grabs the ropes, choking him.

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Ravyn steps off and walks around the ring. Asher rolls over, grabbing at the ropes. He starts to get up and Ravyn runs over and kicks him in the ribs. Asher moves to the corner. Ravyn then kicks him in the ribs before grabbing his arm and throwing it over the top rope and chopping him in the chest. The crowd woos. Ravyn then chops him a second time. The crowd cheers. Asher then grabs Ravyn and spins her into the corner. Asher goes for a chop, but Ravyn ducks and then spins around, grabbing Asher by the head and slingshotting herself over the top rope to the floor, dropping Asher throat first on the top rope. He falls back. Ravyn slides back into the ring and goes for the pin.

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Asher kicks out.

Sharper: “Ravyn making sure that Hayes will struggle to breathe.”

Knots: “That’s why she’s so dangerous. She won’t be flashy. She’ll use you against you!”

Asher rolls over and Ravyn walks over and grabs him by the hair. She pulls back. The referee reprimands Asher before Ravyn then throws him down into the mat. Ravyn then smirks as she steps forward and mocks Regan Street’s pose in the Frozen Hell team, holding her hands up in a growl pose before turning back. The crowd boos and Asher gets up to his knees only for Ravyn to hit a dropkick to his face. He falls back and Ravyn goes for the pin.

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Asher gets his shoulder up. Ravyn rolls off. Asher rolls over and Ravyn grabs him and pulls him up and moves him into the corner. Ravyn then kicks him in the ribs and then again before then going to choke him, but Asher blocks it. He holds onto her arm and pushes back before then spinning through and hooking his arm with hers and hitting an inverted hip toss. Ravyn rolls over.

Sharper: “Hayes with a hell of a hip toss. Ravyn driven stomach first.”

Knots: “He knows he can’t let her just control the tempo. Ravyn Taylor will turn this into a slow torture.”

Ravyn gets up and Hayes runs into the ropes, bouncing off and grabbing Ravyn from behind and hitting a bulldog. The crowd roars. Ravyn rolls over as Hayes gets up. He then gets up and runs over and hits a jumping senton backsplash. He reaches back for the pin.

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Ravyn rolls her shoulder up and rolls over. Hayes slides down and gets up. Ravyn starts to get up and Hayes grabs her and gutwrenches her up, but Ravyn gets up into a powerbomb position only to roll through into a sunset flip!!

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Hayes kicks out. Both get up and Ravyn lunges for the Bust of Pallas. Hayes sidesteps. Ravyn stops and turns and Hayes hooks her up and then hits a leg sweep STO. The crowd ohs. Hayes hooks the leg.

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Ravyn rolls her shoulder up. Hayes rolls over. He grabs Ravyn and pulls her up.

Sharper: “Hayes trying to use high impact to take down Ravyn.”

Knots: “But high energy too. And he’s got to start thinking about pacing. You don’t know when you’ll win the proverbial lottery of Bree Lancaster coming out and even then, you then have to beat her and she’ll be fresh!”

Sharper: “Asher Hayes already getting through two extremely tough opponents. One a former World Champion in Selena Frost!”

Hayes knees Ravyn in the ribs. He then whips her into the corner. Hayes runs after and clotheslines her in the chest. He then whips her across. Hayes runs after and Ravyn jumps up and lands on Hayes’ back and moves into the tarantula! The crowd ohs.

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Ravyn lets go and Hayes falls to the mat. He rolls over, holding his lower back in pain. Ravyn then turns and grabs the top rope and then climbs up to the top rope and dives forward with a double stomp to his lower back. The crowd ohs. Ravyn rolls through.

Sharper: “No! Not again! First the tarantula and then the double stomp to the back!”

Knots: “Hayes may be done. He’s got that history of back problems. And he’s just starting this long slog!”

Ravyn walks around the ring before then smirking as she moves to the corner. She then pulls her kneepad down as Hayes slowly starts to pull himself up and looks up, holding his lower back only for Ravyn to run at him and nail him with a jumping knee. Ravyn rolls through. She then pulls her kneepad up.

Sharper: “Now using the Love Tap. Give me a break.”

Knots: “She’s having fun now. She knows she’s in control.”

Sharper: “Meanwhile, we should highlight she is one of two Infamous members we know will show up. Syren is supposed to show up, but she’s left with CHBK. She wants to earn it on her terms. Still stunned about that.”

Ravyn turns and stomps Hayes in the face and then again. Hayes rolls over. Ravyn then steps over him and grabs his arms. Hayes struggles a bit, but Ravyn sits down on his back and pulls up, into the strait-jacket camel clutch.

Sharper: “Ars Moriendi! We’ve not seen Ravyn use this in a long time.”

Knots: “But it’s perfect for right now. The damage to the lower back!”

Ravyn pulls back as the crowd boos. Hollinsworth checks on Asher as Asher grits his teeth, shaking his head. Ravyn keeps leaning back, trying to add extra torque by jerking him back again. Hayes shakes his head no. The crowd chants for Asher as Ravyn keeps pulling back. Hollinsworth checks again, but Hayes shakes his head no. He starts to move, trying to figure out any way to get out of the hold. Ravyn keeps her grip strong as Asher starts to slowly slide back. Ravyn tries to sit down. Hayes keep listening to the crowd, as they chant for him. Shaking a bit, trying to figure out how to get out, he jerks back and flips Ravyn forward. He then pushes up and jumps forward and back into a clutch pin!

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Ravyn counters into a rear naked choke. The crowd roars. She tries to body scissor him, but Hayes pushes off with his leg, sweeping out a bit, and trying to just get to the ropes, managing to barely, move toward the ropes and break the plane with his foot.

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Ravyn lets go and Hayes rolls over to the ropes.

Sharper: “Ravyn Taylor quick thinking. Right out of the Ars Moriendi into a rear naked choke and Hayes, showing respect. That’s what that was. He knew he had to get to the ropes.”

Knots: “He knew he had to break it or it was over for him.”

Ravyn gets up as Hayes takes a few deep breaths. He grabs at the ropes, trying to get up and Ravyn heads over to him, but Hayes lowers his head and back drops her up and over. She spins through, however, landing on her feet. Hayes turns and Ravyn forearms him in the jaw. Hayes staggers back. She then grabs his arm and wrenches it on the apron before going to the corner. She climbs up to the top rope and just then, Hayes counters by pulling her off. She lands back first in the middle of the ring. She starts to get up, holding her back and moves to the corner. Hayes runs at her and spears her into the corner. The crowd ohs. He then steps out and pulls her up and hooks her head before hoisting her up for a vertical suplex, only to spin through into a jackhammer! He grabs his lower back before hooking the leg.

Sharper: “The back gave out, but he still got her down!”

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Ravyn rolls her shoulder up. Asher rolls over. He gets up and Ravyn rolls over. Asher turns to her and pulls her up and clubs her in the back. He clubs her again and then whips her into the ropes. Asher goes for a clothesline. Ravyn ducks under his arm and gets up. Asher turns around and Ravyn jumps up for the Evolutionary Synthesis, but Hayes catches her and counters into a sitout powerbomb!

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Ravyn rolls her shoulder up. She rolls over and Hayes turns and holds onto the leg, going for a single leg crab. He sits down and winces a bit, before letting go, grabbing his lower back.

Sharper: “Oh! He tried to hold on after the powerbomb, but the back gave out.”

Knots: “Ravyn Taylor just painted the biggest target ever on that lower back!”

He gets up as Ravyn moves to the ropes. Hayes runs at her and Ravyn moves out of the way. He bounces off chest first and Ravyn then spins out with a discus elbow shot. Hayes drops to the mat. Ravyn runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a knee drop to the forehead. Hayes rolls over in pain and holds his head. He starts to get up and Ravyn waits for him to get up and then steps up and grabs him by the arm and wrenches it and goes to run past for the arm-twist neckbreaker, but Hayes spins through and sends her chest first into the corner. She staggers back and into Hayes who grabs her and hits a snap release dragon suplex. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Hayes planted Ravyn! Dragon suplex!”

Knots: “And she had no time to think her way out of it!”

Sharper: “She could be out. The impact on her neck, her head!”

Ravyn rolls over, half out of it and Hayes gets up and grabs her and then pulls her down with a backslide.

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Asher’s arm gives out and Ravyn rolls through as Asher grabs his lower back. Ravyn rolls through. She gets up and turns and hits a knee to Asher’s face. He falls forward. Ravyn then pulls him up and then grabs his arm and goes for the Memento Mori! The crowd roars. Hayes however blocks it, trying to keep her other leg. He grits his teeth, clearly in pain. Ravyn keeps trying and Hayes grabs her leg.

Sharper: “Ravyn trying now for the Memento Mori. If she can’t get him to tap, she can choke him out!”

Knots: “Hayes struggling. But with what left!”

Hayes then starts to lift Ravyn up. The crowd roars. He drops her briefly before letting out a yell and hoisting her up and Ravyn quickly goes up and rolls through into a sunset flip, but Hayes drops down and pulls back on her legs into a pin.

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Hayes falls forward, holding his lower back in pain. The crowd erupts in cheers.

Phillips: “Ravyn Taylor has been eliminated.”

Ravyn turns and looks at Hollinsworth who confirms the three count. Ravyn then gets up and turns and looks at Hayes before the crowd erupts in cheers as Selena Frost runs out from the back. Ravyn turns and drops down to the floor and rolls to the floor. Hayes rolls over and slides back to the corner.

Sharper: “Ravyn Taylor eliminated as Asher Hayes used his weight and prayed and tonight it was enough.”

Knots: “But what’s he got left!”

Sharper: “Look at Ravyn!”

Knots: “Here comes Selena! Ravyn’s not going to do much!”

Ravyn climbs over the barricade and starts to run through the crowd. Selena hops over and chases after her, the same direction as the Infamous made their entrance. They run through the crowd as we cut to the entrance way where “Look What You Made Me Do” by Taylor Swift starts to play. Kimberly Williams steps out onto the stage to a loud, mostly positive, reaction from the fans. She looks around as she looks at the Lizard Championship over her shoulder. She then turns and looks at Asher. She shakes her head, focusing on the ring.

Phillips: “Next, from Boston, Massachusetts, she is Kimberly Williams!”

While she usually would plot, tonight, she’s focused, heading to the ring.

Sharper: “And look at that look. Not the sadistic smirk. Not the winking to the fans. Even with that title, something has clicked inside Kim.”

Knots: “She wants to walk out World Champion. In her message to fans this week, she said this was her chance to do what people like her have always wished to do.”

She makes her way to the ring, when suddenly, we see Sophie James running out from the back. The crowd roars and Kim, realizing something is off, turns. Asher tries to get up, but winces, falling back as Sophie nails Kim with a trash can lid. The crowd ohs. Kim falls to the mats before starting to get up. Sophie turns and nails her again with the lid, nailing her in the shoulder.

Sharper: “What the hell is Sophie James doing?”

Knots: “You don’t think…I mean she didn’t walk out World Champion, but now going after Kim’s Lizard Title?”

Sharper: “Not now!”

The crowd boos as Kimberly falls to the barricade. Sophie nails her again, knocking her over the barricade into the crowd. Sophie then drops the trash can as Asher looks around. Sophie then hops over and runs over to Kimberly and clubs her in the back. Kim stumbles through the crowd. The crowd boos and Sophie grabs the Lizard Title from Kim and pulls it away. She then looks at and nods before clubbing her in the back with it. Kim stumbles forward. Sophie nails her again and Kim grimace as she falls over the barricade to the area by the stage.

Sharper: “Sophie James is following after Kim, attacking her through the crowd with that damn Lizard Title.”

Knots: “It’s not even a real title and now, thanks to this, the gauntlet is on pause. Do we send the next one?”

Sharper: “I don’t know!”

Kim gets up and turns and Sophie goes to nail her, but Kim kicks her in the ribs and nails her with a hard right and then another. She then goes to run her into the wall of the stage. Sophie stumbles back. Kim then grabs the Lizard Title, pulling on it, but Sophie comes to enough before pulling back on it and then swinging Kim through the curtain into the backstage area. Sophie turns and follows. The crowd boos. We cut back to the ring, where Asher Hayes is leaning back in the corner. He turns to Hollinsworth who walks over to the ropes and tries to get some guidance from the timekeeper.

Sharper: “We’re all as lost as everyone here.”

Knots: “Anything?”

Sharper: “And Kim just wanted to prove herself. She was looking forward to this and…”

Knots: “Well we need to figure this out! Asher Hayes however has to love this. He’s getting a chance to recover…or he could be stiffening up too. Getting cold. The back could only be getting worse.”

Sharper: “Wait…we have something…Something backstage.”

Knots: “Oh good. Maybe we’ll see whether Kimberly Williams has started to crack open Sophie James’ ribcage!”

The scene doesn’t open backstage, instead opening in one of the maintenance hallways to see Ravyn Taylor, Christy Matthews and Christopher Richter attacking Selena Frost. They throw her into the wall and she falls over.

Ravyn: “You want to play hero. Well, guess what…you can tell Regan a different story. How you’re useless without her!”

Ravyn runs over and stomps her in the face and then turns and stomps her over and over. Richter walks over to the end of the hall, pushing the cameraman back, clearly also to look out for others as Christy gets a few shots in on Selena too. Christy stops as Ravyn looks at her.

Ravyn: “This is fun. We should attack her every night. Oh wait…didn’t she refuse to face me?”

Selena: “Try to kick my ass one on one. You never could-“

Ravyn stomps her in the head and then grabs her.

Ravyn: “I BELIEVE I could.”

Ravyn grabs her before we see David Helms nailing Christopher Richter with a couple of hard right hands and then grabbing him and knocking him down. He steps forward as Selena reaches up, as Christy and Ravyn back up. David Helms steps up and runs toward them. They run off and David turns back. He goes over to Selena and checks on her.

Selena: “I should’ve known it was a damn trap!”

Selena coughs as she turns.

David: “Stay down for a moment. You need to shake this….All of this…Regan…you’re better than this.”

Selena: “I don’t know…I don-“

David: “Stop there before Regan sends Mikaela here to smack some sense into you.”

David gets up and turns toward Richter as he gets up and steps back.

Sharper: “Infamous attacking Selena Frost. Like a pack of dogs.”

Knots: “Look at Selena. Just another defeat. Another missed shot. The last few weeks…”

Sharper: “From standing with Regan at End of the Year Special to this…Just, close isn’t cutting it and we all know Selena doesn’t like close.”

Knots: “Yeah, well…thank God David Helms was thinking something was up.”

We cut back to the ring as Asher Hayes steps up and takes a moment before we see him with a bottle of water. We now have Sasha at ringside.

Sharper: “Back here at ringside, we see Sasha here. Asher Hayes smartly got a bottle of water. He may as well take advantage.”

Knots: “You can tell. He’s stiffening up. He’s getting cold. This may be the worst thing for him.”

Sharper: “Now we have something else backstage!”

We cut backstage, again, but this time, to see Kim throwing Sophie James into a wall. She falls over as Kim falls and leans on a storage crate. She winces a bit as she turns and stomps James in the chest.

Kim: “Tonight! You try this tonight! When I’m going to try and win the World Title!”

Sophie laughs and rolls over.

Sophie: “Making the best of my one night. You’re the one who called everyone out last week!”

Kim stomps her again and grabs her, lifting her up and just then, the camera turns to see Adam Allocco talking to Lyza Reyes and Devin Brando in the background. Adam points to Kim and Sophie. The camera moves toward them, getting the end of their conversation.

Allocco: “Look, you owe me. I made you with the World’s Best. So just make sure she stays here. You got issues with them. When Datura screwed you over. Just aim for revenge. I got a plan.”

Reyes: “Uh….”

Allocco turns and heads off as Reyes just looks a bit incredulous and turns to Devin Brando.

Brando: “We’re no one’s mercenaries.”

Reyes: “I wasn’t going to tell him. Plus…we do our talking in the ring.”

Brando: “Unlike this…”

Reyes shrugs.

Reyes: “Don’t you want to be Lizard Champion?”

Brando looks at Reyes as Reyes smirks before we then see Kim clothesline Sophie down and step forward. She looks at Brando and Reyes.

Kim: “What? Now you want a shot. Get some revenge…Adam going to send you after me. I’m a bigger enemy than Adam.”

Reyes: “Relax Lizard Champion! Just here to watch the show. But if Adam asks…camera guy, you too, we roughed you up.”

Kim: “Well-“

Just then, Sophie James runs over and rolls up Kim before Sophie counts her own fall.

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Kim rolls over and turns as Sophie turns and stomps her in the face. She rolls over as Sophie grabs the Lizard Championship and turns and laughs.

Sophie: “Now this will be a cool trophy! Thanks Kim!”

Sophie runs off, pushing past Jessica Lasiewicz as she appears on the scene, finally reaching the warzone. Kim slowly gets up, holding her face, blood coming from her lip.

Jessica: “Kim-“

Kim: “That bitch took my Lizard Title.”

Jessica: “She’s going to cost you the World Title maybe too. Come on…”

Jessica turns and glances at Devin and Lyza.

Lyza: “Good luck!”

Jessica starts to drag Kim off as we cut to ringside.

Sharper: “Sophie has her title as Kim whisked away by her half-sister!”

Knots: “Looks who’s out here now.”

We see Adam Allocco jogging out from the back. He pulls apart his dress shirt, quickly throwing the shirt into the crowd. He jogs forward smiling. Asher looks over as Adam heads to the ring as Sasha turns and heads over to him.

Sharper: “Adam Allocco…he’s trying to take Kim’s spot, isn’t he?”

Adam walks to the ring, but Sasha stops him.

Adam: “Whoa…relax. I’m the replacement!”

Sasha: “There are no replacements.”

Adam: “Pfft…Ace designated me one. Totally above board. We’re buds. Greaternity. Mentor. All that. And please…we need to get this going-“

Sasha: “Ace never mentioned it. I’m not letting you in.”

Adam: “Come on…just…”

Adam glances back as we see Jessica step out and motioning to the ring as Kim Williams steps up, blood now starting to scab over on her lip and she’s looking a bit worse for wear from her own brawl. The crowd roars as Kim heads to the ring. Adam turns and runs over to the ring, pushing past Sasha and hopping onto the apron. Asher runs across and nails him with a hard right. Adam nearly falls back, but holds on and just then, Jessica and Kim run over and grab him by the legs. They then pulls him back with a joint powerbomb onto the mats. The crowd erupts in cheers.

Sharper: “Allocco I think just got eliminated. Kim and Jessica planting him on the mats!”

Knots: “And Kim rolling in. Now let’s getting going!”

Asher steps back as Kim rolls into the ring. She nods to Hollinsworth and Asher nods. The bell sounds. The crowd erupts in cheers as Kim and Asher run at one another and start to trade forearm shots.

Sharper: “Kim and Asher going at it. Kim trying to keep her adrenaline going. Asher trying to build it back up!”

Sasha looks at Adam before stepping back and turning to the back, motioning for officials as Adam rolls over, holding his lower back. Jessica moves around the ring to cheer on Kim. Kim then starts to get the advantage with a couple of shots and then grabs Asher, running him into the corner. Kim turns and runs along the ropes, bouncing off and jumping up and hitting a running facewash boot to the face. Asher stumbles out. Kim then turns and runs into the ropes again and runs across and Asher steps up and scoops her up and hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. The crowd ohs as Kim rolls over, holding her lower back in pain. Asher falls over to the ropes, holding his lower back. He uses the ropes to get up as Kim starts to get up.

Sharper: “Hayes making sure again. Using what he’s been trying to do. Use high impact and hope that will keep your opponent down.”

Knots: “But no follow up. He needs to get warmed up again!”

Kim gets up and runs at Asher.

Sharper: “And Kim knows that!”

Kim grimaces in pain and forearms Asher in the jaw and then again and again before Asher shoves her back. Kim rolls through. Asher runs out and Kim jumps up and goes up for the crucifix. She holds on as Asher tries to fight and Kim then elbows Asher in the side of the head and pulls him down. Asher however rolls through, his legs hitting the ropes. Kim lets go and rolls through. Asher gets up on the apron. Kim turns and forearms him in the jaw. She then backs up and runs at Asher and Asher goes to shoulder thrust her, but Kim sunset flips over the top rope and lands on her feet. She tries to pull Asher back, but Asher holds on.

Sharper: “Right in front of us. Kim trying for another powerbomb. This time on Asher!”

Knots: “Hayes is holding on for dear life. He knows that could be it for him!”

Kim keeps trying to pull. Kim loses grip and steps back. She turns and Hayes boots her in the face. She steps back and Hayes jumps to the middle rope and hits an Ash-sault to the floor, onto Kim. The crowd roars. (1) Hayes rolls over. Kim winces and turns. (2) Kim grabs at the steel steps and Hayes slowly gets up. (3) Both keep trying to get up. (4) Kim gets up and Hayes follows up and shoves Kim ribs first into the steel steps. (5) The crowd ohs. Hayes turns and rolls Kim into the ring. Asher rolls in after.

Sharper: “I’m surprised he didn’t try to keep Kim on the floor.”

Knots: “He’s trying to warm up. Trying to get back to high gear. He doesn’t need more rest.”

We cut to see Adam Allocco being helped to his feet by a couple of officials as Anastasia Smirnov shakes her head. Bison Jones looks on, his arms folded across his chest. Adam is helped to the back as Asher grabs Kim and hits a snap STO. He hooks the leg.

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Kim gets her shoulder up. She rolls over. Asher rolls over. He starts to get up as Kim stirs as Asher grabs her and elbows her in the back of the head. He elbows her again and spins her around and whips her into the ropes. Kim bounces off and Asher scoops her up and hits a powerslam. Asher slowly gets up and turns and looks at Kim before going to the corner. He climbs up to the top rope and then glances back. Kim then suddenly gets up and falls into the top rope. The crowd ohs. Asher falls to the top turnbuckle. Kim then looks at Asher and jumps to the middle rope, twisting in the air, grabbing Asher’s head and driving him down with a twisting neckbreaker. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Kim Williams driving Asher down to the mat!”

Knots: “Just roll him over! Roll him over and Kim Williams eliminates him!”

Kim does just that, rolling him over. She then looks at Asher before turning to the corner and shaking her head. Jessica looks on a bit concerned before Kim jumps to the middle rope and then to the top rope before hitting a moonsault onto Asher! She hooks the leg.

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Asher just gets her shoulder up. The crowd ohs and Kim rolls off. She then gets up and backs up to the corner. She tells Asher to start to get up. Asher rolls over and starts to get up. He then falls over. Kim then walks over, a bit impatient, and grabs Asher and clubs him in the back and then again and again. She then backs up. She motions for him to get up and Asher slowly starts to pull himself up and Kim then shrugs and superkicks him in the jaw. Asher falls back. Kim goes for the pin.

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Asher shoots his shoulder up again. Kim rolls over and grabs Asher. She then pulls him up.

Sharper: “Kim trying to just take Asher down. Asher won’t quit though!”

Knots: “He’s fighting with anything. He wants this. Just like everyone. They wanna become champion.”

Kim then forearms him in the jaw before cracking him again. She steps back and then goes for a discus clothesline, but Asher ducks and then hooks Kim’s arms and throws her back with a backslide slam. Kim rolls through. Asher then hits a pump kick to the face. Kim falls back. Asher hooks the leg.

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Kim shoots her shoulder up. The crowd ohs. Asher rolls over. He gets up and Kim gets up too. She staggers forward to the ropes and then lunges and goes for Morrigan’s Wrath, but Asher catches her leg, spins her around and kicks her in the ribs. He hooks her head and goes for the arm. Kim fights out and twists out and pulls Asher into a jumping gamengiri. Asher falls back into the ropes. Kim gets up and Asher suddenly jumps up and hits the Dust to Dust. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Dust to Dust! Asher didn’t miss! Got all of it!”

Hayes goes for the pin.

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The crowd roars, some boo though.

Phillips: “Kimberly Williams has been eliminated.”

Asher Hayes slides back as he glances at Jessica Lasiewicz. Jessica looks at Asher briefly, the two locking eyes before she slides in to check on Kim. Kim just rolls over, dejected, slowly going to the apron and then to the floor. She falls to a knee. Jessica follows.

Sharper: “Hayes with an amazing start here in this Gauntlet.”

Knots: “He keeps finding a way to keep going.”

Sharper: “Jessica Lasiewicz and Asher Hayes after sharing a look. Both also make their home in the Tag Division.”

Knots: “Yeah, but Asher, depending on how much longer he goes, he may not be able to make it to Retribution. Cid Turner has to be on pins and needles!”

Asher starts to get up when the lights go down and then red lights blink on the stage as “Warrior” by Stitched Up Heart begins to play.

Warrior… Warrior…
I’m… I’m a…
Warrior… Warrior…
I’m… I’m a Warrior!

A spotlight shines on the center of the stage to show Jordan Majors from behind, arms outstretched. The crowd roars as she turns around and looks at the ring. Asher smiles and nods as Jordan smirks too. She then starts to head to the ring.

Sharper: “Jordan Majors is next! And Majors and Hayes have been friends for a while. She calls him coach. And well…”

Knots: “Time to see whether she can stop Hayes’ run!”

Sharper: “We’ll be back with that match in the gauntlet, after this.”

The scene fades to black.

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COMMERCIALS

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Breakdown returns as Jordan Majors is whipped into the corner. Asher Hayes runs at her, but Majors moves out of the way. Hayes goes in chest first. Majors rolls him up into a school boy.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Breakdown. Majors and Hayes going at it and the tempo picking up here!”

Knots: “Cover!”

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Hayes kicks out. Both get up and Jordan kicks Hayes in the ribs. She forearms him in the jaw before grabbing him and going for an irish whip, but Hayes spins through and sends Majors in. Majors bounces off and Hayes lifts her up and back drops her down. Hayes turns and runs into the ropes. He bounces off and Majors rolls toward him. Hayes hops over and bounces off the other side. Majors gets up and Hayes shoulders her down. He runs into the ropes again and Majors nips up and goes for a hip toss, but Hayes blocks it and spins through and attempts one on Majors. Majors blocks it and punches him in the ribs before placing her leg on the back of Hayes’s head and then backflipping back. Hayes goes for a clothesline. Majors ducks. Hayes bounces off the ropes and Majors hits a dropkick.

Sharper: “The tempo going high. Hayes on his second wind here.”

Knots: “And it may have just stopped .Majors was looking to knock teeth out!”

Majors goes for thep in.

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Asher kicks out. Asher rolls over and winces a bit and gets up and Majors pushes him into the corner before shouldering him in the ribs, before thrusting her shoulder in a couple more times. She steps back and grabs him by the head. She runs out for a bulldog, but Asher shoves her off. She stops at the corner. She then turns around and runs at Asher, but Asher runs at her too and both drill one another with a clothesline. The crowd ohs and Asher rolls over. Majors winces, holding her jaw.

Sharper: “Hayes may have caught Jordan Majors under the jaw there.”

Knots: “I think that second wind may be running low. Asher Hayes not as quick as he was. He had a bit of a spurt, but Majors is fresh.”

Sharper: “Asher Hayes reaching nearly one hour in that ring. And this isn’t like Taking Hold of the Flame. You can hide. Yeah, he had that reprieve while Kim was dealing with her issues, but think about tonight, think about last week.”

Knots: “Majors had last week too, but the two matches. The high impact. But this…this is something else.”

Hayes rolls over.

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Majors grabs at the ropes and gets up first. (5) The referee stops his count and Hayes rolls over. Hayes slowly starts to get up and Majors runs over and hits a running dropkick, knocking him back into the corner. Hayes falls to the corner. Majors then gets up and moves to the middle of the ring and then running at Hayes and hitting a running hip check to the body of Asher Hayes. Asher falls over and down to the mat. Majors goes for the pin.

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Hayes rolls his shoulder up. Majors rolls off. Hayes rolls over. Majors grabs him and pulls him up and hits a Russian leg sweep. She then gets up and exits to the apron. She climbs up to the top rope. Majors steadies herself as Asher starts to slowly get up. Majors dives forward, but Hayes sidesteps. Majors lands on her feet and rolls through. She gets up and turns back to Hayes who catches her and hits a snap overhead belly to belly suplex into the corner. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh! Majors! Upside down. The turnbuckles and Majors contorted!”

Knots: “And Hayes just found his opportunity to take a breath!”

Hayes rolls over and winces as he starts to slowly get up. He then staggers back into the opposite corner. Majors rolls over, holding her head and neck.

BACKSTAGE: We see Sophie James walking out of the locker room of Ace Marshall, holding her bag in her hand and the Lizard Championship in the other. Sophie: “Gotta do this again sometime. I’m out. Don’t muck it up!” Sophie turns and just then, we see Kim Williams running at Sophie and swinging Wasley at Sophie’s head. Sophie falls to the mat in a thud. Kim turns and dives onto Sophie, pressing Wasley into her too. She then counts it out. Kim: “1! 2! 3!” Kim gets up and grabs the Lizard Championship and then Wasley. Sophie turns, holding her head in pain. Kim: “Not going to let you cost me two title tonight…” Kim looks around before knocking at Ace’s door. Kim: “You’ll need to help her up!” Kim turns and heads off, clutching her Lizard Title.

Majors holds her head and neck as Asher leans on the opposite side of the ring. Asher smirks, watching the scene backstage on the big screen.

Sharper: “Kim got it back!”

Knots: “With an assist from Wasley. Jesus! A Penguin to the head!”

Sharper: “Majors back up. Hayes better refocus!”

Hayes turns and runs at Majors as she gets up and hits a running dropkick. Majors falls back into the corner. Asher gets up and turns and grabs Majors. He pulls her out and then hits a vertical suplex. He holds on, swivelling his hips. He then slowly gets up, holding onto Majors. He then snaps her back over again into another vertical suplex. He holds on, swivelling his hips again. The crowd roars as he gets up, holding onto Majors and hits a third vertical suplex. He then floats over into a pin.

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Majors rolls his shoulder up. Hayes rolls over and gets up. He turns and looks at Majors as Majors rolls over. Hayes grabs her and pulls her and whips her into the corner. Hayes runs after her and hits a shoulder thrust. He gets up and pulls her up and onto his shoulders. He then steps out, but Majors elbows her way out and then down to her feet in front of him. She then hits a shoot kick to the chest. Hayes staggers. Majors hits a second shoot kick. Hayes staggers back again and Majors goes for a head kick, but Hayes ducks, but Majors spins through into a back kick to the jaw. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Great instinct! They know each other well and Hayes knew she’d try for the head kick, but Majors figured that and surprised him yet!”

Knots: “Still caught him in the jaw too. And every shot to the jaw. You start to wonder about KOs too. That’s all there.”

Majors starts to get up as Cookie Dreams is shown look on backstage on one of the monitors. Majors grabs Hayes, slowly dragging him up before snapmaring him over. She then hits a kick to the back. Hayes winces and Majors hits a basement dropkick to the face. He falls back and Majors gets up and hits a standing moonsault. She hooks the leg.

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Asher rolls his shoulder up. He rolls over and Majors gets up. Hayes rolls to the ropes, using them to get up. Majors runs across the ring, bouncing off the ropes and then runs at Hayes and jumps up and hits a crossbody. She holds onto the top rope though as Hayes goes up and over. Hayes rolls to the floor. (1) Majors pulls herself up.

Sharper: “Majors held on. Still on the apron. She’s got something in mind.”

Knots: “And she has one major advantage. She’s faster!”

Hayes rolls over. (2) He starts to get up and Majors then runs along the apron and climbs up to the middle turnbuckle and then the top turnbuckle before diving off with a top rope moonsault onto Hayes. The crowd erupts in cheers. (1)

Sharper: “Off the top! High risk moonsault. All of her weight landing on Hayes!”

Knots: “Psychonauts may not have won the Tag League, but Jordan Majors may get the last laugh here!”

Hayes remains down as Majors looks up at the lights. (2) She slowly starts to roll over. (3) The crowd looks on as Majors uses the barricade to get up. (4) Hayes rolls over and Majors grabs him and drags him up.

Knots: “What are you doing? Keep him on the floor!”

Sharper: “Respect. Majors wants to beat him in the ring.”

Majors pushes Hayes in the ring. Hayes rolls over slowly and Majors climbs up to the apron. She then grabs the top rope and hits a hilo into the ring. She lands on Hayes and turns and hooks the leg.

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Hayes just grabs the bottom rope. The crowd ohs. Hollinsworth points it out. Majors rolls off and looks at Hayes. She nods. Hayes rolls over slowly and Majors stomps him in the back and then again. She grabs Hayes and pulls him up and then goes to run him into the corner, but Hayes blocks it and elbows her in the ribs. Majors winces and steps back. Hayes then hits a throat thrust. Majors hits the mat. She rolls over and gets up and Hayes steps forward and Majors runs at him, but Hayes scoops him up and then moves her to his shoulder before dropping her down with a backpack stunner. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Hayes driving Majors, chin first into his shoulder. Now the cover!”

Hayes goes for the pin.

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Majors gets her shoulder up. The crowd ohs. Asher rolls over.

Knots: “Asher wanted that. He wanted that three!”

Asher Hayes gets up and stomps Majors in the ribs and then again before pulling her up. Hayes then scoops her up and hits a back suplex. Hayes rolls over and gets up, moving to the corner. He exits to the apron and then starts to climb up to the top rope. Majors rolls over and looks over before running over and jumping to the middle rope and jumping up and hitting an enziguri kick. Hayes falls forward and onto the top turnbuckle. The crowd ohs. Majors rolls over and looks at Asher. Majors then gets up and goes over to the corner and climbs up to the middle rope and then the top rope before clubbing Hayes in the back and then again before grabbing him by the head. Hayes, however, out of instinct, nails her in the ribs. He fights back again before Majors elbows him in the back of the head and then again. She then steps up and grabs his head and jumps off for the Cash-Out, but Hayes twists in the air and grabs her head, driving her into the mat in a neckbreaker type move. The crowd ohs. Just then, Hollinsworth goes down to count, Hayes’ arm ending up on top of Majors.

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The crowd roars. Hollinsworth then points to Hayes.

Phillips: “Jordan Majors has been eliminated!”

Sharper: “Hayes countered at the last moment and the impact hurt both!”

Knots: “And a bit of luck. Hayes’ arm ended up on top of her. But who cares! It counts!”

Sharper: “Hayes still finding ways to move on!”

Knots: “But who’s next?!”

Majors rolls over as Asher rolls over too, but clearly in pain. The first chords of "When Legends Rise" begins to play over the PA system. The crowd roars. A few moments pass before Glory Braddock steps out on the stage. Asher Hayes starts to get up to his feet, grabbing at the ropes.

Phillips: “Next, from London, England, she is The British Bombshell, Glory Braddock!”

Sharper: “Talk about bad luck. Someone who has had Asher Hayes’ number.”

Knots: “Hayes getting up to fight.”

Sharper: “But Glory Braddock has come to fight. She has said in the last couple of days that she sees this as do or die, claiming she’ll leave SCW if she doesn’t win the World Championship.”

Glory Braddock looks at the ring and heads to the ring. Jordan moves to the floor as the British Bombshell steps up the steel steps and then onto the ring apron. She poses momentarily on the apron, allowing people to take snapshots before stepping through the ropes and into the ring.  Once in the ring Glory heads to the center of the ring and poses once more. She then looks at Hayes as Hayes nods to Hollinsworth.

Sharper: “Hayes is ready!”

The bell sounds and Hayes runs out, trying to be aggressive against Glory, but Glory watches him and steps up. Hayes goes for a clothesline, but Glory ducks, grabbing the arm and ducks under, twisting him around before pulling him in and jumping up and immediately locking in the Shekinah Glory! The crowd erupts.

Sharper: “My God! How fluid! Glory Braddock just pulled him right in! Hayes made the mistake!”

Knots: “And he’s probably still hurting from everything. Does he have anything left?”

Glory pulls back as Hayes steps up to his feet, but then quickly his legs give out. He drops to a knee. He keeps reaching out as Glory keeps pulling back on Hayes. Hayes quickly fades, his fight finally overcome. Hollinsworth keeps checking as Hayes falls to the side, Glory keeping her legs firmly around his head. Hollinsworth checks again and calls it. The crowd roars and some boo while some cheer. Glory lets go and rolls back.

Phillips: “Asher Hayes has been eliminated!”

Glory Braddock slowly gets up.

Sharper: “And just like that. Glory Braddock, who had that series of matches against Hayes in 2021, proves to not only know Asher well, but be able to stop him. A shame as Hayes lasted over an hour in this gauntlet!”

Knots: “And we still have a lot of talent to come. Now it’s a new ballgame. And Glory…she’s still fresh!”

Glory stands in the ring as the crowd cheers Asher as Asher rolls over. Hollinsworth checks on him. The crowd continues to cheer him before the lights dim as a voice backed by piano music fill the arena.

{That's the price you pay.... Leave behind your heartache, cast away
Just another product of today.... Rather be the hunter than the prey
And you're standing on the edge, face up... 'cause you're a NATURAL}

As the heavy music of “Natural” by Imagine Dragons kicks in the lights come back up and Bree Lancaster is standing on the stage, a white robe over her gear and her arms spread wide.

Sharper: “And now the game changes!”

Knots: “Oh boy! Glory and Bree finally going to meet in this one!”

Sharper: “And with the World Title now on the line in every fall!”

Bree looks up as white sparks shower down behind her from the top of the set to the stage. Scott Burnside appears behind her. The crowd boos heavily.

Phillips: "Making her way to the ring, from New Orleans, Louisiana and being accompanied by Scott Burnside, she is the SCW World Champion, Bree Lancaster!"

The chorus continues as Bree and Scott make their way down the ramp, Bree holding her arms out all the way to the ring. She stops at the steps and Scott goes up ahead of her. Bree follows and Scott holds the ropes open for her to step through. She looks at Glory as Glory smirks as Bree Lancaster walks to the center of the ring, turning as she does. She then walks a circle in the ring showing off, before going to the corner. She removes the robe and hands it off as her music fades. The SCW World Championship is around her waist. She takes it off and looks at Glory before turning and handing it off to Aaron Demitra who enters the ring to officiate the remainder of the match.

Sharper: “The World Championship now in play for every fall. Glory Braddock may not have to wait long to do what she hopes to do.”

Knots: “But we know one thing…Bree Lancaster will not give up that title without a fight and she’s only been pinned by one person in over a year…David Helms! And she rewrote that one at Last Grasp of Reality!”

Sharper: “We need to take a break folks, but when we return, Lancaster and Braddock and the gauntlet match continues! World Title on the line!”

The scene fades to black.

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COMMERCIALS

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Breakdown returns as we see Glory Braddock and Bree Lancaster in the midst of a collar and elbow tie-up. They push back on one another and Glory turns into a side headlock.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Breakdown. The tenor of this match has changed. The World Championship now on the line in every match part of this gauntlet, per the rules that Ace Marshall demanded for his Trios cash-in.”

Knots: “High stakes each match. No matter what.”

Glory pulls back as Bree starts to push up, trying to fight it and gets Glory’s arms up and into a top wrist lock. She pushes back as Glory and Bree keep pushing back on one another and Glory ducks under and into an arm wrench. Bree winces and flips forward and then nips up and wrenches Glory’s arm. She pushes down on the arm as the crowd looks on, booing Bree. Bree looks out at the crowd before pulling up on Glory’s arm and pushing her into the ropes. She whips her across. Glory bounces off and Bree goes to grab her, but Glory blocks it, sweeping around and then moving into a side headlock again.

Sharper: “Bree and Glory both know for their technical prowess and right now, they’re trying to get the advantage.”

Knots: “That’s the thing. Imagine being Bree – watching Asher. Probably hoping for Asher. Worn down. Now you deal with a practically fresh Glory. Same for her.”

Glory pulls back on Bree. Bree keeps fight, trying to reach around, grabbing at the face. Demitra warns Bree, but Bree then pushes out and then moves into a headlock of her own. She hits a headlock takedown. Glory however counters with a head scissors. Bree kicks out. Both get up and Glory hits a headlock takedown of her own. Bree counters with a headscissors, but she squeezes on and Glory can’t nip out. Bree smirks as she holds on the headscissors on. Glory starts to move around, moving to her knees and Bree shifts to her backside. Glory then pushes down on Bree’s knees before pushing out and then diving forward and grabbing Bree again in a side headlock. Both then start to get up.

Sharper: “This is like a chess match here. And there was a time where they were allies, then very significant rivals, but never any sort of blow off.”

Knots: “This could be it. In a big way for either of them.”

Glory continues to hold on as Bree gets to her feet. She reaches around and then pulls Glory into the ropes and then fires her off. Glory bounces off and Bree catches her with an arm drag on the rebound, moving into an armlock. Glory reaches around and Bree holds on as both get up. Bree then pulls her back by the hair, slamming her down to the mat. Bree goes for the pin.

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Glory kicks out. Both get up and Bree snapmares her over and moves into a reverse chinlock. Glory looks out as Bree holds on. The crowd boos her as Glory reaches out. Glory starts to slowly get up to her feet. Bree keeps on the hold as Glory gets her feet under her. Bree then lets go and moves into an armwrench and then snapmaring her over. Bree then runs into the ropes and bounces off and hits a neck whip. Glory rolls over in pain. Bree rolls over and goes for the pin.

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Glory kicks out. Bree turns and moves to the arm and grabs it. Glory starts to pull herself up.

Sharper: “Quick two count, but that was it. Bree back to grabbing a hold. Doing anything to wear down Glory.”

Knots: “It’s also smart. Putting the pressure on Glory. And we saw what Asher went through. Bree knows she’s still got a long way to go. Pacing herself.”

Sharper: “You okay? You’re saying nice things about Bree.”

Knots: “I’m just pointing out what I see! She’s annoying, but she’s doing this smart from where I’m sitting!”

Glory gets her feet under her and back up to a standing position. Bree moves into an arm wrench. Glory then turns and forearms Bree in the jaw. Bree elbows her in the shoulder and then wrenches the arm again, but this time, Glory turns and moves into an arm drag. Bree rolls through. She gets up and turns and Glory hits a dropkick. Glory goes for the pin.

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Bree kicks out. Both get up and Glory ducks a clothesline attempt. She then hooks the arms of Bree and pulls her down into a backslide.

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Bree kicks out again. Both get up and Glory hits a hip toss and then drives an elbow down into the collarbone of Bree before pulling up on the head in a side headlock. Bree rolls over and Glory holds on as Bree starts to get up.

Sharper: “Glory now showing what she can do. Controlling Bree with that headlock.”

Knots: “Talk about a chance of pace. They’re just wearing the other down. They’re trying to aim for the long haul!”

Glory and Bree get up and Glory then turns and knees Bree in the ribs. She whips Bree into the corner. Glory moves in and chops Bree. The crowd woos. Glory then grabs her and pulls her out and snapmares her down. Bree sits up and Glory hits a quick dropkick to the back of the head. Bree hits the mat. Glory goes for the pin.

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Bree kicks out. Glory rolls over and moves to the leg. Bree turns to her hands and knees and steps up to her foot and then flips forward. Glory falls forward and stops at the ropes. Bree gets up and Glory turns back to Bree, but Bree hits a drop toe hold and then moves to the leg. She then lifts it up and slams Glory’s left leg into the mat. Glory rolls over to the ropes.

Sharper: “And there may be the opening. Bree going for the leg!”

Knots: “Glory immediately knew that was bad news. Not allowing her to get more shots in.”

Glory gets up and Bree moves over and nails her in the ribs with a hard right. She then grabs her and pulls her in and takes her over with a headlock takedown. She rolls through to the leg. Glory however kicks Bree in the side of the head and then pushes her back. Bree falls over. Glory rolls back. She gets up and Bree gets up and runs at Glory and Glory hits a spinning heel kick to the jaw. The crowd ohs. Glory goes for the pin.

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Bree kicks out. Both get up and Glory wrenches the arm and jerks on it. Bree winces. Glory then pulls her in and hits a short-arm clothesline. Bree stirs.

Sharper: “Hard clothesline. Glory starting to throw some stiff shots.”

Knots: “Maybe seeing an opening. New plan. Or maybe just taking the shots Bree gives up.”

Bree gets up and Glory chops her again. More woos. Glory then grabs her and whips her across the ring and into the far corner. Glory runs after and Bree steps forward and lifts Glory up and throws her up and over into the ringpost. Glory goes face first off it and falls back to the mat. She rolls over and then Bree frantically rolls her over and hooks the leg.

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Glory kicks out and rolls to her side as we see a cut over her left eye. Bree then grabs Glory and pulls her up and locks in a reverse chinlock. The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Glory’s cut!”

Knots: “Ringpost always wins if you go head first into it!”

Sharper: “And that could be big. And look at Bree. Immediately cutting off the air supply.”

Bree pulls back as Glory reaches out and turns and gets to her knee and then lifts Bree over and hits a twisting fireman’s carry slam into a bridging pin.

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Bree kicks out and pulls Glory over to her stomach, rolling through and then moving into a crossface. Glory tries to block it and Bree punches her arm and then pulls back. Glory yells out as the crowd boos. Bree keeps pulling back with the crossface.

Sharper: “Now a crossface. Bree focusing more on the arm, more out of circumstance!”

Knots: “That’s what she’s getting!”

Glory yells out as Bree keeps pulling back. Demitra checks on Braddock, but Braddock yells no before then pushing up on her right leg and then pushing off, rolling through and rolling Bree right into the ropes.

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Bree lets go and rolls away. Glory starts to get up and Bree runs over and kick her in the ribs. She then elbows her in the back of the head before then pulling back on Glory with a neckbreaker. She turns and goes for the pin.

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Glory rolls her shoulder up. Bree rolls over and turns and stomps Glory in the left the crowd boos. Bree then stomps her left leg again. More boos. She then grabs the leg and pulls up on it, but Glory fights and kicks Bree in the head. She then pushes up and wraps her legs around the head of Bree and snaps her over with a frankensteiner. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Glory using her agility and flexibility to snap Bree over with the frankensteiner.”

Knots: “Signs of the Joneses!”

Sharper: “Bree now trying to recover.”

Both get up and Glory limps a bit before jumping up and dropkicking Bree in the jaw. Bree fals back. Glory hooks the leg.

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Bree kicks out. Glory rolls off. Bree rolls over and Glory kicks her in the ribs. He then whips her into the ropes. Bree bounces off and Glory hits a jumping hurricanrana into a pin.

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Bree kicks out. Both get up and Glory chops Bree again. She then grabs her and runs her over to the corner. Bree goes face first in. Bree winces and Glory backs up and runs at Bree, but Bree steps up and lifts Glory up. Glory lands on the top rope. Bree staggers forward and turns. Glory dives back for a back elbow, but Bree steps back. Glory lands on her feet only for Bree to grab her and hit a release German suplex. The crowd ohs. Bree turns and rolls Glory over and hooks the leg.

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Glory gets her shoulder up. Bree rolls off. She looks at Demitra before then getting up. Glory rolls over. She starts to get up.

Sharper: “Big miss by Glory! Big suplex by Bree! Only two!”

Knots: “Glory was lucky there. That could’ve been it!”

Bree then clubs Glory in the back as she gets up. She then hooks her up and hits a double underhook suplex. Bree rolls over and exits to the apron. She climbs up to the top rope. She then dives off with a simple stomp to the face. The crowd boos. Glory rolls over in pain. Glory turns and crawls to the ropes. Bree heads over and grabs her and pulls back on her left leg. Bree stomps at it. Glory winces. Bree then grabs her leg again, but Glory flips forward, causing Bree to flip forward into a roll-up pin.

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Bree kicks out. Both women get up and Glory turns and Bree hits the BOGO. Glory stumbles back to the ropes, bouncing off and Bree goes for a Priceless superkick, but Glory catches it, before spinning her through and Glory jumps up and hits the Gloria In Excelsis Dio! The crowd ohs and Bree falls back as Glory turns, wincing, holding her knee.

Sharper: “Bree trying to take Glory down, but Glory saw the superkick coming and then hit the Gloria in Excelsis Dio.”

Knots: “But the knees. That hurt the knees!”

Glory turns and crawls over and hooks the leg.

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Bree kicks out. Glory turns. She starts to get up and Bree turns and grabs at the ropes. Glory then kicks Bree in the stomach. She moves back to the corner. Glory kicks her again. Glory then pulls Bree out and whips her across the ring as hard as she can. Bree hits chest first. She staggers back and Glory hoists her up and hits a back suplex. Glory turns and exits to the apron. She then climbs up to the top rope. She looks at Bree before diving off with the London Plunge. The crowd ohs. Glory steps forward, blood dripping down, and covers Bree.

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Bree shoots her shoulder up.

Sharper: “Only two! London Plunge only got two!”

Knots: “Glory a bloody mess and she’s still taking that chance!”

Glory rolls over as she looks around. She gets up and Bree then rolls over. Glory walks over and grabs Bree and Bree suddenly lifts her up and hits a kneebreaker. Glory winces, falling back to the corner. Bree then looks around before running at Glory and spearing her in the corner. Glory staggers back. Bree staggers around before turning and walking over and kicking Glory in the ribs. Bree then hits a snap suplex. Glory rolls over and starts to get up. Bree then grabs Glory and pulls her up and knees her in the ribs. She then hoists her up for a vertical suplex only to turn and place her on the top turnbuckle. Bree then steps up and forearms her in the jaw. Bree then climbs up to the middle turnbuckle as Glory winces in pain. Bree gets up and grabs Glory. Glory however nails her in the ribs and then again before hoisting her up and throwing Bree forward with a release front superplex. Bree hits hard chest first and rolls over. Glory then steps up and quickly hits the Blaze of Glory. The crowd ohs and cheers. Bree rolls over after the impact, holding her chest as Glory, from the impact, rolls away.

Sharper: “Glory Braddock hit the Blaze of Glory!”

Knots: “She just needs to throw an arm. That could do it!”

Sharper: “The impact however caused them to roll away. Glory went for it quick knowing she had a moment. Learning from last week when Cookie Dreams eliminated Glory and Selena from the Tag League.”

The crowd keeps cheering as Glory grabs at the ropes. She looks at Bree. Bree remains down, grimacing in pain as Scott looks on. Glory starts to move toward Bree, but Bree rolls over, almost out of instinct. Glory then heads over and grabs Bree by the arm. She pulls her up, but Bree starts to swat at Glory. Glory smacks her head and Bree smacks her arm before Glory grabs at the arm, but Bree forearms Glory. Glory falls to the ropes and then bounces off and Glory nails her with a hard right. Bree falls back to the ropes and falls forward and Glory lifts her up, but Bree counters to move into a victory roll. Bree then rolls forward, but Glory drops down and cradles Bree’s head, countering the victory roll!

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The crowd erupts in cheers. Glory falls forward as Bree is able to push forward and rolls over, holding her stomach, wincing in pain. She turns to the official as Glory rolls over.

Phillips: “Fans, Bree Lancaster has been eliminated. Therefore, your new World Champion, Glory Braddock!”

The crowd erupts in cheers. Bree looks up, quickly holding up two fingers. Scott walks around and even tries to plead. Demitra affirms her count as Bree then gets up and looks around. The crowd cheers as Glory starts to get up and turns to Bree.

Sharper: “I don’t believe it! Glory Braddock just pinned Bree Lancaster. Not only the first time she’s been pinned since Rise to Greatness, but Glory is now the World Champion!”

Knots: “So is that enough? She did it! She finally got her title!”

Sharper: “Bree Lancaster is beside herself. She can’t believe it. Glory Braddock used her years of training to hook Bree and keep her down just enough. The Blaze of Glory playing a role too. The impact to the stomach, the ribs!”

Bree looks around as she tries to come to term with things. She then drops down, rolling to the floor, almost despondent as Glory smiles before

“Ladies and Gentleman, Introducing...”

.CHRIS CANNON.

The opening guitar to “Prometheus” by Audio Machine hit’s over the P.A system next with an explosion of sound. There’s a sudden pause and then a spotlight shines down onto the stage where we see Chris Cannon, holding the SCW World Tag Team Championship, he stands proudly on the stage with an aura of confidence about him. Bree looks up.

Phillips: “Next, hailing from London, England by way of Hermosa Beach, California, one half of the SCW World Tag Team Champions, he is Chris Cannon!”

The crowd cheers the British superstar as he begins to walk down towards the ring with a confident stride in his step. He then looks at Bree as Bree starts to head to the back. The two share a look at Bree turns to the ring and then to Chris before seething, heading to the back. Chris Cannon watches her briefly before he heads to the ring and slides in after. He then gets up, placing his title in the corner. He then looks at Glory. Glory nods and the bell sounds.

Sharper: “That look between Bree and Chris…that was interesting.”

Knots: “But look at this. Bree Lancaster stunningly eliminated. We are guaranteed a new World Champion leaving tonight, but how many new ones!”

Sharper: “Glory now on that list. But she doesn’t just want to win. I’m sure she wants to leave tonight with it and now has to deal with Chris Cannon!”

Glory and Chris step up to one another and Glory goes for a hard forearm. She cracks Chris in the jaw and then nails him again before Glory kicks him in the ribs. She pushes Chris into the ropes and then goes to fire him across, but Chris spins through and sends Glory in. Glory bounces off the other side and Chris goes for a back elbow. Glory ducks and bounces off the other side and jumps up and crossbodies Chris down. Glory hammers away with a couple of shots before Chris shoves her off. Glory rolls through and gets up. Chris gets up and Glory follows up and grabs the arm, wrenching it, but Chris pulls her into a forearm. Glory stumbles over and Chris runs her over to the corner.

Sharper: “Chris now trying to stop Glory. Glory knowing she has to be aggressive here. Almost like with Asher. You know she wants to keep it going.”

Knots: “And she has the adrenaline of just winning the World Title. She wants to ride that wave!”

Glory turns and Chris knees her in the ribs. He then wrenches her arm and whips her across the ring. She hits the corner. Chris runs after and Glory gets a boot up. Chris stumbles off. Glory turns and climbs up to the top rope. She dives off and goes for a double axe handle smash, but Chris catches her and then throws her over with a side belly to belly suplex. The crowd ohs. Chris hooks the leg.

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Glory kicks out. She rolls over. She winces a bit and gets up, holding her lower back. She turns to Chris who kicks her in the ribs. He hooks her head and arm and throws her over with a vertical suplex. Chris gets up and runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a running elbow drop. He goes for another pin.

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Glory kicks out again. Chris moves into a side headlock. Glory starts to pull herself up as Chris holds on.

Sharper: “Chris turnig up the tempo briefly and then bringing it back down. He’s trying to get Glory to over think maybe.”

Knots: “Well now you know if you win, you’re the World Champion. Even if it’s all over fast. This is what Ace did. He made it so there’s a new urgency!”

Sharper: “But even still, do you think anyone is going to be happy to hold onto the title for minutes. Even though Glory has surpassed the shortest reign in SCW history. That honour goes to CHBK, Glory Braddock wants to leave here as champion!”

Chris holds onto Glory. Glory pulls him up to his feet and then drags him to the ropes and manages to shove him forward. Chris bounces off the other side and Glory steps up and Chris clotheslines her down. Glory winces and Chris runs into the ropes and bounces off and Glory gets up and lunges at Chris. Chris, however, hops over her. He stops and turns around and Glory jumps back up and hits a hurricanrana into a pin.

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Chris kicks out. Both get up and Glory hits a back kick to the ribs. Chris winces. Glory runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a swinging neckbreaker. She then turns and hooks the leg.

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Chris kicks out. Glory rolls off and turns and moves to the corner. She pulls herself to the middle turnbuckle. Chris rolls over slowly.

Sharper: “Glory with a great neckbreaker.”

Knots: “Intended or not, shades of Kelcey Wallace with the swinging neckbreaker!”

Sharper: “She’s now planning something. Chris on his way to his feet.”

Chris slowly gets up and turns and Glory jumps off, flipping forward, hitting the Prankster’s Paradise on Cannon. She turns back and goes for the pin.

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Cannon rolls his shoulder up. He rolls over and Glory rolls off. She gets up and Chris starts to get up and Glory forearms him in the jaw and then clubs him in the back. She runs across the ring, bouncing off and just then, Cannon jumps up and catches Glory, bringing his legs up and driving her down with an inverted leg drop bulldog. The crowd ohs and Chris rolls over. Glory holds her jaw and rolls over, holding her jaw. She starts to get up and turns and Chris hoists her up onto his shoulders and then flips forward with a Samoan roll. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Cannon caught Glory. Now again, slamming him down. Driving his body weight into her ribs.”

Knots: “Making sure to spike her with his body too.”

Sharper: “And Cannon now to the corner!”

Chris exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Glory starts to get up, holding her stomach. She looks up at Chris who dives off and catches her with a flying clothesline. Glory rolls through to her stomach. Chris crawls after and rolls her over, hooking her leg.

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Glory shoots her shoulder up. The crowd cheers. Chris looks up and turns as Glory rolls over. She starts to stir and moves to the corner. Chris gets up and runs at her, but Glory hits a back kick. Chris staggers back. Glory then runs out and spins around him and hooks him up and hits a Russian leg sweep. She rolls through into a pin.

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Chris rolls his shoulder up. Glory rolls off. She then turns and gets up, waiting for Chris to get up. Chris slowly pulls her up. He hooks her head and goes for a vertical suplex, but Glory knees him in the face. Chris staggers. Glory gets free and knees him again.

Sharper: “Just a quick tempo fight here. Glory with two knees.”

Knots: “Chris dazed! He may have pushed too hard!”

Glory then jumps up and hits a dropkick. Chris hits the mat. Glory then runs to the ropes, jumping to the middle rope and dives back, for a lionsault, but Chris gets his knees up. Glory falls back, holding her ribs. She starts to get up and Cannon gets up. Glory turns and Cannon scoops her up and turns and powerslams her down. He hooks the leg.

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Braddock shoots her shoulder up. Chris sits up and turns and gets up. The crowd cheers for both, a “Let’s go Chris! Let’s go Glory!” duelling chant beginning. Braddock rolls over and Chris grabs her and pulls her up and clubs her in the back. He then clubs her again and again before placing her head between his legs. He hoists her up for a powerbomb, but Glory slides down and then drops down with a drop toe hold. She dives forward and grabs the arms of Chris. She tries to pull them back in a double chickenwing, but Chris fights. Glory then clubs him over and over in between the shoulders. Glory rolls forward as Chris moves back. Both get up and Glory kicks him in the ribs.

Knots: “Glory trying to lock in some hold.”

Sharper: “Whatever it was, Chris wasn’t going to let her!”

Glory then runs into the ropes and bounces off and swings. Chris however catches her arm and spins through, right into a full nelson before hoisting her up and dropping her down across his knee with the Set Piece. The crowd ohs. Glory rolls to her back. Chris hooks the leg.

Sharper: “Glory ran right into it. Chris Cannon digging out an old favourite! The Set Piece!”

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Knots: “Unbelievable! She could be out! And Chris caught and dropped her! New champion!”

The bell sounds as the crowd roars. Chris rolls off. Glory looks up at the lights, dazed.

Phillips: “Glory Braddock has been eliminated. Therefore, your new SCW World Champion, Chris Cannon!”

Chris rolls back, catching his breath. Glory slowly stirs, holding her head and neck. Demitra checks on her as Hollinsworth walks over from the apron. Then, as Glory rolls over we hear the sound of Shilo Valiant’s voice: “Na na na na! Na na na na! Hey Hey Hey! Goodbye!”

Sharper: “Glory Braddock won the World Title, but Chris Cannon caught her. The Set Piece ends her reign as quickly as it began.”

Knots: “Not what she wanted. She is a former World Champion and what the hell is that?”

Sharper: “What?”

Knots: “The singing!”

Sharper: “Shilo Valiant. God damn it.”

Shilo continues to sing as Glory rolls over to the ropes and looks out. She then hears it as the crowd boos Shilo to try and drown him out, but some do sing along. Glory glares a bit as she rolls to the floor, holding her head and neck in pain. She then slowly starts to walk around. Shilo laughs before his voice disappears.

Sharper: “Glory Braddock registering Shilo’s taunting.”

Knots: “She had nothing to be ashamed of. She just pinned Bree Lancaster and Chris Cannon just caught her with the Set Piece and now Shilo Valiant is just pissing all over that.”

Then, “We’re All Mad Here” by Marquis of Vaudeville plays as the crowd roars. Chris looks up and then glares at the entrance way as Giovanni Aries walks out from the back. He just smirks, a cigarette in his mouth. He takes a drag and smiles as he looks around the arena and then focuses on the ring.

Phillips: “Next, on his way to the ring, from Black Rock Desert, Nevada, he is Giovanni Aries!”

Aries starts to walk to the ring as the crowd roars and he gets about half way and Glory Braddock looks at him. The two share a look at Giovanni steps past her before turning around, saying something to her. Glory turns.

Giovanni: “The Lizard King takes another victim!”

Giovanni then takes his cigarette and throws it at Glory. Glory swats it away and Giovanni turns only for Glory to lunge and nail Giovanni in the back of the head. The crowd erupts in cheers. He staggers off, but just then, Chris Cannon dives through the ropes with a tope suicida right onto Aries. The crowd erupts in cheers. Demitra elects to call for the bell.

Sharper: “And now the bell sounds! Glory didn’t take kindly to Giovanni’s comment and the cigarette flick, but Chris Cannon has every other reason to go after Giovanni!”

Knots: “He’s the reason Kelcey Wallace and Sienna Swann are on the shelf. He’s why and Chris Cannon wants his revenge!”

Chris moves right into a side mount and hammers away on Giovanni Aries as the crowd erupts in cheers. (1) Chris rolls off as Giovanni rolls over. He staggers up to his feet and turns and Chris nails him with a hard right. Giovanni falls to the mats. (2) He slowly gets up, slowly taking off his coat. He then turns. (3) Chris kicks him in the ribs. He clubs him in the back. He then turns and whips him hard into the steel steps. (4) The top half bowls over and Giovanni rolls over. The crowd ohs and cheers. Chris follows up and grabs Giovanni. (5) He then runs him across the length of the ring and throws him into the barricade, causing Giovanni to flip upside down before falling to the mats. (6) The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Chris Cannon wearing out Giovanni Aries!”

Knots: “The countout, Chris! Listen to Demitra!”

Sharper: “What happens if Chris Cannon is counted out? Is the World Title out of this?”

Knots: “I don’t know! Ask Ace Marshall! Ask Sasha!”

Chris walks over to Giovanni. (7) He pulls him up and knees him in the ribs before turning and running him into the ring, rolling him in. (8) Chris rolls in after.

Sharper: “Either way, we won’t need to worry. They’re now in the ring and Cannon riled up.”

Knots: “Talk about motivation. Talk about an adrenaline shot.”

Giovanni rolls over and starts to get up and Chris runs at him and clotheslines him down. The crowd roars. Giovanni starts to get up again and Chris kicks him in the ribs. He hooks him up and hits a vertical suplex. He holds on, swivelling his hip and gets back up and then then takes him over with another vertical suplex, before swivelling his hips again and dragging Giovanni up before hoisting him up and dropping him down with the Three Lions. He floats over for the pin.

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Giovanni kicks out. Chris rolls off. Giovanni rolls over toward the ropes. He starts to slowly pull himself up and Chris gets up and follows after him. Giovanni grabs Demitra in the process and pulls him in, all allowing him to hit a mule kick as Chris walks up behind him. Chris falls back, holding himself and falling back down to the mat. The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Damn it! Giovanni goes low. The mule kick.”

Knots: “Probably thinking it stops the seed of someone who is linked to the Lizard King from spreading!”

Sharper: “Don’t give him ideas!”

Giovanni turns and runs over to Chris and stomps him in the head and then again before grabbing Chris. He drags him up and pushes him into the corner. Giovanni shoulders him in the ribs and then again before backing up and hitting a Mongolian chop. Chris falls back. Giovanni then grabs him and whips him across the ring hard. Chris hits the opposite corner and Giovanni runs across, letting out a yell and nailing Chris Cannon with a running clothesline. The crowd ohs. Giovanni smirks, looking out at the crowd as he leans into Cannon. He then steps back and grabs Chris Cannon and scoops him up and slams him down. Giovanni then takes his boot and rakes Chris’ face with the sole of his boot. Chris rolls over in pain. Giovanni then walks around the ring. Chris slowly stirs.

Sharper: “Giovanni Aries more looking to just wear down Chris here.”

Knots: “The question is whether he wants to win. Sure, he’d love to be champion to screw with everyone. Or does he just want to cause chaos!”

Chris starts to get up and Giovanni grabs him and Chris nails him in the ribs with a shot before getting up and hitting a European uppercut. Chris runs into the ropes, bouncing off and Giovanni hits a basement dropkick. Chris falls forward to the ropes. He starts to get up and turns and Giovanni grabs him and double underhooks him and hits the Bad Trip. The crowd ohs and Giovanni leans next to him as Demitra goes down for a pin, but Giovanni rolls over and slides to the floor.(1) The crowd boos as Chris stirs. Giovanni then goes over to the SCW World Championship which is at the timekeeper’s station and grabs it.(2) The timekeeper tries to hold onto it, but Giovanni jerks it away. Giovanni then turns to the ring. (3) He rolls in and gets up. Chris starts to get up and Giovanni walks over and kicks him in the ribs. Demitra tries to get the title from Giovanni, but Giovanni shoves him back. He turns to Chris and then extends it to him.

Giovanni: “Come on Chris…take it and take my head off! Do it!”

Giovanni laughs as Chris looks up at him.

Sharper: “Aries has brought the World Title into the ring!”

Knots: “He’s handing it to Chris.”

Sharper: “Did you hear him? He wants him to attack him.”

Knots: “So Chris is eliminated!”

Giovanni Aries keeps holding out the title and bends over.

Giovanni: “Come on. Which Perfect Bitch do you want to take my head off for? The one who sided with the coward or the one who I had around my finger?!”

Chris then swats the title out of Giovanni’s head and nails him with a hard right and then another and another. Chris then pushes him back to the ropes, starting to choke him.

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Chris steps back, regaining composure. Demitra warns him and Chris turns away a moment as Giovanni falls to the mat. But in the process, Giovanni grabs the World Title. Chris turns back and Giovanni gets up and swings, blasting him in the face with the SCW World Championship. The crowd boos as Chris hits the mat. Demitra turns and calls for the bell. The bell sounds as Chris rolls over. Giovanni then spins around and cackles before diving onto Giovanni and driving the title back down into the face. Chris rolls over, covering his head. Giovanni leans in.

Giovanni: “This what you wanted? You’re the champion! Right? Dance for the Lizard King! Dance for him!”

Giovanni keeps driving the title into Chris’ face.

Sharper: “Giovanni Aries with two shots to the head of Chris Cannon. He’s disqualified himself! Chris moves on, but can he continue!”

Knots: “I think that’s the question Giovanni Aries just dared Chris to find out. He who dares wins, right? Remember that. Giovanni Aries apparently does!”

Sharper: “Get that maniac out of there! Get him out of there!”

The scene then slowly fades to black.

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COMMERCIALS

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DURING THE COMMERCIAL BREAK:

We cut to see Chris Cannon leaning in the corner as Giovanni Aries is surrounded by officials in the rampway. We then see Blake Mason stepping out and trying to get to him, stopped by Jaxson Sullivan and a couple of other officials.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Breakdown. The gauntlet match still going on, but in the commercial break, Blake Mason came out and Giovanni and him were almost at blows again!”

Knots: “Officials keeping Giovanni back and look at Giovanni, not fighting. He’s loving this while Blake Mason, he wants him!”

Sharper: “And this after he attacked Chris Cannon with the World Title.”

We see Blake trying to keep fighting through as Giovanni chuckles, looking at Blake. Officials keep Blake back as the Breakdown logo comes up on the screen.

We return to a live shot to see Holly Adams forearming Chris in the jaw in the corner as Adam Allocco is at ringside, pointing at Chris Cannon. He winces a bit, holding his lower back, as he also still is topless, wearing only his slacks.

Sharper: “And as mentioned the gauntlet match is still ongoing.”

Knots: “Holly Adams has to be pissed off that we missed her entrance because of the commercial!”

Sharper: “We have our commitments there. But more importantly, Infamous not allowed to come out. They’ve been kept backstage, but Adam Allocco coming out with Holly.”

Knots: “Holly Adams is Adam Allocco’s favourite wrestler!”

Holly grabs Chris and pulls him out by the head and hair and then drives him down to the mat with a hairpull bulldog. The crowd ohs. Chris rolls over. Holly goes for the pin.

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Chris kicks out. He turns and Holly stomps him in the ribs and then again and again. Chris rolls over to the ropes. Holly then starts to choke him with her boot.

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She steps off and walks around before stopping and pageant waving at the crowd. Chris grabs at the ropes and starts to get up on the apron. Holly then runs at him and jumps up and dropkicks Chris off the apron and into the barricade. Chris falls to the mat. Adam throws his arms out. Holly backs off and walks over to the middle of the ring. She then poses as the crowd boos. (1) Chris stirs a bit. (2)

Sharper: “Chris Cannon driven to the floor. Holly Adams posing in the ring.”

Knots: “Clearly has no problem testing whether a countout will get her the title.”

Sharper: “I suppose if she lasts until the end and wins, it’s moot. She’ll be World Champion by default. I don’t know.”

Chris rolls over as Holly walks around the ring. She snaps at a fan. (3) Adam turns and walks over to the crowd, presumably where the fan was and snaps at them too. He turns back, cheering on Holly. (4) Chris continues to slowly get up, taking a moment to recover too. (5) Holly turns to Demitra and snaps at him to hurry up. (6) Chris then gets up and grabs at the barricade. (7) he then winces and turns and rolls back into the ring. Holly runs over and hits a baseball slide, knocking him back to the apron. Chris grabs at the ropes and uses them to get up. Holly runs into the opposite ropes and bounces off and lunges for the Blonde Ambition, but Chris sidesteps. Holly gets caught on the top rope. Chris pulls Holly’s leg forward and she ends up on the top rope. Her eyes widen and Chris backs up and then nails her with a clothesline, knocking her back into the ring. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Hard clothesline. Chris Cannon caught Holly going to end it all.”

Knots: “Blonde Ambition didn’t match Chris Cannon’s ambition!”

Chris enters and Holly rolls over, starting to get up and turns and Chris clotheslines her down again. Holly hits the mat and gets up and Chris kicks him in the ribs. He whips her into the ropes. Holly bounces off and Chris hoists her up with a military press. The crowd roars and Chris just lets go and she drops to the mat. Holly rolls over, holding her chest in pain. Chris turns and goes for the pin.

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Holly kicks out. Chris rolls over. He gets up and Holly rolls over. Chris grabs her and wrenches the arm and hits a short-arm clothesline. Holly hits the mat. Holly rolls over and stirs before Chris grabs her and pushes her into the corner. Cannon shoulders her in the ribs and then again.

Sharper: “Chris Cannon now trying to build up some offense here.”

Knots: “He needs to just get this back to being his match. Giovanni Aries stopped him and hard.”

Sharper: “Getting hit with a title belt does that!”

Cannon gets back, pulling on Holly’s arm and whips her across the ring. Chris runs after and Holly gets a boot up. She turns and climbs up to the top rope. She dives back with twisting crossbody, but Cannon catches her. The crowd roars. He then throws her back with a fallaway slam. Cannon turns, wincing a bit and crawling over for the pin.

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Holly rolls her shoulder up. Adam looks on. Cannon gets up and grabs Holly. He hoists her up and then knees her in the ribs. He then lifts her up and places her on the top rope. The crowd roars. Cannon then strikes her in the ribs before climbing up to the middle rope. Adam climbs up onto the apron and Cannon jumps down and goes to nail him. Adam jumps off. Chris glances at him and turns and Holly kicks him in the face. Cannon stumbles back and Holly dives off and hits a variation of a Beauty Killer off the top rope.

Sharper: “Spinning kick to the face. Beauty Killer! Cannon’s down!”

Knots: “Don’t tell me that because of Adam Allocco Holly Adams will be a World Champion!”

Holly goes for the pin, hooking the leg.

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Chris shoots his shoulder up. The crowd cheers. Holly rolls off and runs her hand through her hair.

Holly: “Hey! Ref! Do you even know how to count to three? What comes after two? THAT’S RIGHT, THREE! NEW WORLD CHAMPION, HOLLY ADAMS!”

Demitra reaffirms his two count even though Holly Adams gets in his face. Chris rolls over. The crowd chants for Cannon and Adam tries to get them to stop only for Holly to stomp Cannon in the back and then again before grabbing him and pulling him up. She clubs him in the back and grabs his head, trying to go for the Subtweet, but Cannon fights out a bit, but Holly knees him in the back. Cannon falls to the ropes. Holly then runs into the ropes, bouncing off and then runs at Cannon and goes for a jumping dropkick, but Cannon moves out of the way. Holly hits the top rope and rolls down to the mat. She gets up and Cannon grabs her from behind and hits a German suplex into a bridge.

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Holly rolls her shoulder up. Both get up and Cannon grabs her arm and goes for a full nelson, but Holly turns and spins out and hooks the bottom rope. Adam runs over and grabs her leg and pulls too to help. Cannon breaks the hold and Demitra snaps at Adam. Holly turns to him.

Holly: “No touching, Adam!”

Adam: “Sorry! I want my title shot!”

Holly turns and Chris suddenly kicks her in the ribs. He then hits a fisherman’s suplex. Demitra counts.

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Holly kicks out.

Sharper: “Nearfall!”

Knots: “Perfect-ten Plex. Only got two!”

Holly rolls over and Chris turns and grabs her, but Holly hits a jawbreaker. Chris falls back, his arm flailing back and catching Demitra. He staggers too, but Chris falls to the ropes. Adam sees Demitra down and he jumps up and grabs Chris. Holly then runs at Chris and goes for the Blonde Ambition again, but Chris moves out of the way. Holly blasts Adam. He falls to the mats. The crowd cheers. Demitra recovers as Holly rolls her eyes and then turns around, only to be blasted by the C4! The crowd ohs and Chris turns and hooks the leg.

Sharper: “Holly takes down Adam! And Chris! C4!”

Knots: “Chris Cannon made sure to get that! Oh man!”

Demitra counts.

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The crowd roars.

Phillips: “Holly Adams has been eliminated!”

Holly rolls over, slowly to the ropes. The lights cut out as a monotonous drone vibrates throughout the arena. On the screen, scenes of post-apocalyptic landscapes contrasts the darkness is a bright sheen of white. A raspy voice begins:

“The car’s on fire, and there’s no driver at the wheel, and the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides, and a dark wind blows. The government is corrupt and we’re on so many drugs with the radio on and the curtains drawn. We’re trapped in the belly of this horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death. The sun has fallen down, and the billboards are all leering, and the flags are all dead at the top of their poles."

A chorus of melancholy strings sharply interjects, and a pale spotlight settles at the top of the ramp. There, it falls on Datura. She stops at the top of the ramp and stares out into the darkness of the crowd and sea of jeers that flood her way. 

"It went like this: The buildings tumbled in on themselves. Mothers clutching babies picked through the rubble and pulled out their hair. The skyline was beautiful on fire, all twisted metal stretching upward, everything washed in a thin orange haze

I said ‘Kiss me. You’re beautiful. These are truly the last days. You grabbed my hand and we fell into it like a daydream or a fever.” 

Phillips: “Next, on her way to the ring, from Tampa, Florida, she is Datura!”

Elizabeth trudges down the ramp, and the dim light follows. She ignores the silhouetted hands that reach in her direction. The strings slow, and she stands upon the apron, blankly staring forward at the ring. After stepping between the ropes, she makes her way to the corner and lowers her hood, allowing her locks to tumble down her shoulders. Her hands clasp the rope on each side of the turnbuckle, and she averts her blank stare to the sky. Chris looks at her. Adam starts to head to the back, holding his chest.

Sharper: “Datura is in. Only a handful left.”

Knots: “Well, we know Katie, Ace…Syren if she’s back in the building.”

Sharper: “Four more and this is done. But Datura, we haven’t seen her since Last Grasp. A feeling of depression rushing over her.”

Knots: “She looks more focused…or maybe just resigned?”

The bell sounds and Datura springboards to the top rope and dives forward. Chris ducks, but Datura just lands on her feet and then runs at Chris and grabs his arm and hits an arm screw whip, slamming him down to the mat. The crowd ohs. Datura then dives onto the arm and shoulder of Chris, hammering away on his shoulder. Cannon covers up as Datura keeps going at it.

Sharper: “Datura, like a woman possessed. Going after the arm!”

Knots: “I think it’s focused!”

Datura then gets up and smirks and stomps him in the shoulder. Chris rolls over. Datura stomps him in the shoulder again. Chris rolls to the ropes. He starts to get up and Datura follows up and forearms him in the jaw and then again and again, knocking him into the corner. Datura then grabs the left shoulder, the same shoulder she targeted and pulls his arm over the top rope and pulls. Chris grimaces in pain. Demitra calls for the break. Datura lets go and kicks him in the ribs.

Sharper: “Datura has been focused on the unsanctioned champion and who knows, she still may be. But right now, she’s focused on becoming the World Champion.”

Knots: “And we know how dangerous she is. She says she’s hung onto that reputation. Saying as much on social media. Tonight, she can make it her reputation and reality tonight.”

Datura then grabs Chris and goes to whip him across. Chris spins through and whips her in, before wincing, holding his left arm. He turns and runs after her. Datura goes to lift her foot, but Chris catches it. He forces her leg back down and leans in with a knee to the ribs. Datura winces. Chris then chops her. The crowd woos. Chris then grabs Datura and wrenches her arm and knees her in the ribs. He spins her around and throws her into the ropes. Datura bounces off and Chris hits a hip toss. He then shakes out his left arm as he waits for Datura to get up. Chris then moves in and kicks her in the ribs. He then scoops her up and slams her down before running into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a running elbow drop. He goes for the pin.

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Datura kicks out. Chris turns and gets up and Datura stirs. Chris then wrenches her arm and Datura winces in pain. Datura reaches at the arm of Chris and Chris jerks on the arm. He then whips her into the ropes. Datura bounces off and Chris jumps up with a leg lariat. Datura rolls over to the ropes.

Sharper: “As soon as Datura had that hot start, Chris Cannon cooling it off and now just controlling this tempo.”

Knots: “Datura may have just let her start get to her head. Maybe she coasting on her reputation.”

Datura slowly gets up and turns around and Chris hits a dropkick. He goes for the pin.

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Datura kicks out. She rolls over and looks out and Chris grabs her. Datura moves to the ropes and crawls through the ropes and Chris drags her up, but Datura hits a guillotine drop. Cannon staggers back. Datura re-enters the ring and then runs at Chris and jumps up and hits a diving clothesline. Cannon hits the mat. Both get up and Datura moves in and wrenches the arm of Chris. She then knees him in the ribs and snapmares him down before then falling back to the mat, placing her foot on the shoulder of Chris and snapping it back. Chris rolls over, holding his left arm in pain.

Sharper: “Shades of Selena Frost with that one, but the damage done. Trying to dislocate Chris’s shoulder.”

Knots: “Datura waking up a bit there. Chris better protect that arm.”

Chris starts to get up and Datura runs over and hits a dropkick, knocking Chris back and into the ropes. He falls to the mat and Datura goes for the pin.

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Chris kicks out. Datura rolls back and Chris rolls over. Datura then grabs the left arm of Chris and spins through and into a La Magistral.

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Chris kicks out, but Datura holds onto the arm. She tries to lock in a fujiwara armbar, but Chris keeps trying to fight and moves to the ropes. Datura looks at him and relents as he reaches the ropes. The referee counts.

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Datura lets go. She backs up and watches Chris.

Sharper: “Chris Cannon quickly getting to the ropes and you talked about reputation. Chris Cannon not going to tempt fate.”

Knots: “Depression, crisis of confidence, any of that. Doesn’t matter. Datura earned a lot of people’s respect. Even if her win/loss record can be deceiving. And an arm bar is an arm bar, especially from someone like Datura!”

Chris slowly gets up and Datura then runs at him and clubs him in the back over and over. She tries to pull him away from the ropes, grabbing onto his left arm, dragging him out, but Chris spins through and scoops Datura up and hits a powerslam. He hooks the leg.

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Datura kicks out. Both get up and Datura again goes for the left arm, but Chris pulls it away and kicks her in the ribs. He then hooks her up and hits a vertical suplex. Chris shakes out his arm as he gets up and Datura moves to the corner. Chris follows up with a facewash in the corner. The crowd ohs. He rears back and facewashes her again. He then runs along the ropes, bouncing off and Datura pulls herself up and hits a lunging straight right hand. Chris falls to the ropes. Datura then grabs the arm and runs out with an armbreaker bulldog.

Sharper: “Datura again back to the arm. Driving it into the mat.”

Knots: “Cannon needs to keep that arm away from Datura.”

Sharper: “Datura’s just focusing on it. Like a heat-seeking missile.”

Knots: “Looking to end this championship run by Cannon! Literally!”

Chris rolls over, clutching at his arm as Datura turns and stomps him in the chest and then again before grabbing him and pulling him up. She then grabs at Chris and double underhooks him. She tries to set up for a DDT, but Chris counters and back drops her. Chris shakes his arm out. Datura rolls over and gets up. She lunges for the arm again, but Chris pulls it away, yet again, causing Datura to crash to the mat. She frantically gets up and turns and Chris hoists her up onto his shoulders and hits a Samoan drop. He reaches back and hooks the leg.

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Datura kicks out. Chris rolls away, keeping his distance. He then looks at his left arm and gets up. Datura gets up, holding her ribs and Chris runs at her and jumps up and hits a jumping leg lariat into an inverted bulldog. The crowd ohs and Cannon follows up with another pin.

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Datura kicks out. Cannon rolls off and turns and looks at Datura before exiting to the apron. He climbs up to the top rope as Datura remains down. She stirs as he climbs up to the top rope.

Sharper: “What in the world is Cannon doing? He’s going to the top. He may be looking to take Datura out here.”

Knots: “Why are you tempting fate? Keep it on the mat. You’ve got it going.”

Sharper: “He’s hoping one shot gets it done.”

Chris gets to the top rope as Datura staggers up and Chris dives off and goes for top rope rocker-dropper, but Datura falls back. Chris crashes to the mat and Datura runs over to Chris, tackling him down to the mat and Chris rolls to her stomach. Datura quickly then grabs the arms of Chris and chickenwings them before flipping over into a bridging double underhook submission. The crowd roars as Chris yells in pain. Datura smiles as she arches her back.

Sharper: “Datura! The pressure on the arms! She’s got the Moonwing on. Chris is in a bad way.”

Knots: “Datura’s between him and the ropes too. Datura is hoping to get Chris to tap!”

The crowd roars as Chris yells in pain. Datura keeps the bridge up as Datura yells at the official to ask Chris. Demitra checks Chris, who shakes his head. He tries to move around as Datura keeps the hold on. Datura repositions her feet to add some extra leverage as Chris grits his teeth. He shakes his head no as the crowd looks on, making noise. Datura keeps looking at Demitra, hoping for good news as Demitra continues to ask Chris. Chris shakes his head no and starts to shift his body. He tries to turn a bit, using what strength he can muster and this causes Datura to lose her footing. The crowd roars as Chris keeps trying to turn. Datura rolls through again and then knees Chris in the back once, twice and then getting up and going for a double stomp, but Chris slides back. Datura stumbles to the ropes. She then turns and goes for a kick to the chest of Chris in anger, but Chris catches it before then lifting her leg up and hooking her up and hitting a release capture suplex.

Sharper: “Datura letting some frustration get to her. Chris Cannon caught her and suplexing her overhead!”

Knots: “Folded her up for good measure, but Cannon can’t follow up. His arm is killing him.”

Chris rolls over and holds his arm as Datura rolls over. She moves to the ropes. She then turns around as Chris runs into the ropes, bouncing and hitting Cannon Fodder. He turns and hooks the leg.

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Datura shoots her shoulder up. The crowd roars. Chris rolls off. He then turns and looks around before starting to get up. Chris grabs Datura, pulling her up. He then wrenches arm and then kicks her in the ribs. He hoists her up onto his shoulder. He holds her head, cradling it and walks around the ring, but Datura rakes the eyes. She slides down and clubs him in the back before clubbing him again. Chris goes for a back elbow. Datura ducks and then Chris stumbles back before stepping forward and Datura grabs his arm and ducks under and starts to pull him back with a hammerlock, while reaching up and trying to grab the head. The crowd roars as now Datura tries to lock in Fever Dream.

Sharper: “Fever Dream! She’s going for the Fever Dream.”

Knots: “More pressure on the arm, but this time with the choke!”

Datura keeps trying to jump up, climbing onto Chris’ back and trying to pull back, but Chris then stumbles back and sandwiches her in the corner. Chris stumbles forward and Datura staggers out and just then, Chris runs into the ropes, bouncing off and drilling Datura with the C4. Chris grimaces in pain and turns, using his right arm to hook the leg and pin her.

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Chris rolls off. The crowd roars.

Phillips: “Datura has been eliminated!”

Chris takes a breath. Datura looks up at the lights, blinking as she stirs, slowly holding her ribs and rolling over.

Sharper: “Chris Cannon survives this war with Datura.”

Knots: “But just like Asher earlier. How much does Chris have left? He’s having his own run here. A hell of a run, but it may be took much.”

Sharper: “He’s down a limb too.”

Chris shakes out his arm as we cut to the entrance.

Oh, she's sweet but a psycho
A little bit psycho
At night she's screamin'
"I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"

The arena lights dim down and pink light shine on the stage. “Sweet but Psycho:” by Ava Max plays as The Queen of Queens and Goddess of Desire Katie Steward steps out on the stage. She walks her beautiful white and gold religious ring robe that is popelike and spins around in a circle showing it off the crowd. TJ Johnson walks out onto the stage with Katie and the two nod to on another before Katie continues her walk to the ring.

Sharper: “Katie Steward out next! And when we return, Cannon will look to defend the World Title against the former World Champion, the legendary Katie Steward as the gauntlet continues!”

The scene fades to black.

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COMMERCIALS

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Breakdown returns as Katie Steward hits a dropkick on Chris Cannon. Katie goes for the pin.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Breakdown and Katie Steward looking to win the World Title!”

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Chris gets his shoulder up. Katie rolls off as TJ sighs at ringside. Katie gets up and Chris rolls over. Katie forearms him in the jaw and then again before getting him to the ropes. She pushes him down to the middle rope and leans on his back.

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Katie steps off and then runs across the ring. She bounces off and lands on his back. Chris falls back, holding his throat. Katie then turns and dives onto him for the pin.

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Chris kicks out again. Katie rolls off and looks around before Chris starts to get up and she waits and then goes for a school girl pin.

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Chris kicks out again.

Sharper: “Katie is trying to just fatigue Chris to victory!”

Knots: “May be smart. We keep talking about conditioning. Chris has had some long matches. He’s at what?”

Sharper: “Over forty minutes and counting.”

Katie gets up and Chris turns and Katie hits another dropkick. She turns and looks at him before climbing up the turnbuckle and getting to the top rope. Cannon starts to get up and Katie dives off with a praying moonsault, taking Chris down. She hooks the leg.

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Chris rolls his shoulder up again. Katie turns and lets out a Goddess Scream. The crowd boos. Chris rolls over. Katie then looks around before waiting for Chris to get up. She then kicks him in the ribs. She hooks his head and pulls him away from the ropes. She then geos for a hair-flip DDT, but Cannon counters with a northern lights suplex into a bridge.

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Katie kicks out. Both get up and Katie kicks him in the ribs again before she runs into the ropes. She bounces off and goes for a spinning heel kick, but Cannon catches her and then spins her down into a sitout powerbomb.

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Katie rolls out of it and kicks out.

Sharper: “Cannon with some big moves. Powerbomb! Only gets two though!”

Knots: “Katie Steward getting frustrated quick. I think she figured she’d have a straightforward one and got ahead of herself!”

Both get up and Chris elbows Katie in the back of her head. He then hits a back suplex. He rolls over, shaking out his leg arm before she then pulls Katie up again. Chris whips Katie at the corner. Chris runs after and Katie jumps up and goes to float over, but Chris catches her on his shoulder. He then turns and Katie slides down behind Chris. Chris stops and turns and Katie hits the Best Superkick Ever. The crowd ohs. Katie goes for the pin.

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Chris shoots his shoulder up. Katie rolls off and looks out at the crowd stunned before turning to TJ. TJ just looks incredulous.

Sharper: “Cannon won’t stay down! Superkick only gets two!”

Knots: “We saw this with Asher. But now with Cannon. These two refuse to stay down. They’re fighting with all they have!”

Sharper: “They’re fighting to walk out World Champion. Cannon is champion right now, but he needs to survive!”

Katie gets up and stomps Chris in the chest and then stomps him over and over again. She turns to Demitra and complains to him. Demitra argues back as Chris rolls over. Katie then sighs and turns to TJ. TJ goes to the ring, but Demitra tells him to get down. Katie then turns and grabs Chris and pulls him up, double underhooking him. However, the delay proves costly as Chris quickly back drops Katie. Katie hits the mat and rolls over. She turns around and Chris hits a superkick of his own. The crowd roars as Chris staggers back to the corner. Katie holds her jaw, slowly turning, holding it in pain. She starts to crawl up to her feet as Chris looks on and then runs at Katie and drills her with the C4! The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Another C4! Cannon spears Katie Steward!”

Chris follows up with the pin.

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Cannon rolls off. The crowd roars as the bell sounds.

Phillips: “Katie Steward is eliminated!”

Sharper: “Cannon eliminates the hall of famer!”

Knots: “Cannon still going!”

Cannon rolls off and starts to get up when a countdown starts on the big screen in fast progression from five to one before "Adrenalize" begins to play.

"ADRENALIZE ME"

The song cuts out immediately before "The Greatest Love of All" by Whitney Houston begins playing throughout the arena and the white strobe lights begin going off overhead. The crowd cheers initially but quickly become confused.

Sharper: “What in God’s name is that?”

Knots: “Apparently it’s high school prom in the eighties!”

Chris looks up, getting up and stepping forward before we then see Lexy Chapel walking out from the back, a smile beaming on her face. She looks around as the crowd boos.

Sharper: “Wait a minute! Is that Lexy Chapel?! Lexy Chapel coming out with Ace Marshall?! Is that why she couldn’t talk to Crystal?”

Knots: “Where’s Ace though?”

Lexy starts to head to the ring. Chris Cannon looks around before we then see Ace Marshall slide into the ring from behind, entering from the crowd. The bell sounds and Chris turns and Ace steps froward and grabs Chris and takes him over with a small package!

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Chris kicks out. The crowd ohs. Lexy comes to ringside, cheering on Ace as both get up and Ace kicks Chris in the ribs. He follows up with a hard right hand then another. Cannon falls to the ropes. Ace then tees off with a series of hard right hands to the jaw. The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Ace coming from behind! And now, teeing off. Trying to just maybe knock out Cannon!”

Knots: “He’s just hoping Cannon collapses. In the ring, out of the ring, doesn’t matter. He knows the rules.”

Sharper: “And conveniently coming out at the end. Was that planned or not?”

Ace then whips Cannon across the ring. He bounces off and Ace hits a high knee. Cannon hits the mat. He rolls over and starts to slowly get up. Ace smiles as he grabs Cannon and clubs him in the back. He then double underhooks him, Cannon wincing as Ace pulls up his left arm. He then hits a double underhook suplex. He turns and hooks the leg.

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Cannon gets his shoulder up again. Ace grabs Cannon and pulls him up before grabbing the left arm and jerks on it. Cannon yells in pain. Ace then jerks on it again. Cannon yells in pain again. Ace then runs over and places it on the top rope and kicks it. The crowd boos as Cannon staggers off, holding his arm. Ace then watches him and runs over and hits a running bulldog. He rolls Cannon over and hooks the leg.

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Cannon shoots his shoulder up again.

Sharper: “Ace Marshall taking advantage of how fresh he is. Cannon been in there for nearly an hour.”

Knots: “He knows it and he’s using it. He’s been watching, where he was. I don’t even know if he was there when Sophie James left earlier!”

Cannon stirs and Ace grabs him and pulls him up. He then scoop slams him down. Ace backs up and then hits a knee drop. He rolls through as Cannon winces in pain. Ace then looks around before waiting for Cannon to get up. Ace moves to the corner. Cannon pulls himself up and staggers up, looking at Ace. Ace then runs out and goes for the One Eyed Royal, but Cannon ducks. Ace hits the mat. He rolls over and gets up and turns to Cannon who runs at him and nails him with the Cannon Fodder. The crowd ohs. Lexy looks on concerned.

Sharper: “Cannon nearly took his head off!”

Knots: “And look at Lexy! She’s focused. This is weird. She’s normally jumping around, with products. Nothing here. She wants Ace to win and is focused on that!”

Ace rolls over and starts to get up, wincing, holding his nose. He turns around and Cannon scoops him up and hits a ribbreaker. He throws Ace down and goes for the pin.

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Ace kicks out. Both get up and Ace rakes the eyes of Cannon. Cannon falls to the ropes. We cut backstage to see Cookie Dreams watching. Jordan Majors is in the background, now in her non-wrestling attire. Back in the ring, Ace kicks Cannon in the ribs. He whips him across. Cannon bounces off and hits a flying clothesline. The crowd erupts in cheers. Cannon rolls over, starting to shake his fist, trying to get the fans behind him. They cheer him as Ace gets up and Cannon turns and kicks Ace in the ribs. He then hits a DDT. The crowd cheers. Chris rolls him over for the pin.

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Ace kicks out. Cannon rolls off. He then gets up and walks over to the ropes. He stretches out his left arm a bit before turning around as Ace starts to get up. Cannon then kicks him in the ribs. He hooks his head and hoists him up, but Ace spins through and lands behind Cannon. He then lifts him up and hits an Olympic slam. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Ace counters. Now the Olympic slam.”

Knots: “No cover though. He’s getting Cannon back up. Make him get up. You want to beat him. Keep him struggling! Just expends more energy!”

Ace gets up and stomps Cannon in the face. He rolls over. He then stomps him in the shoulder before turning and stomping him in the thigh and then the ankle. Ace smirks as he then grabs Cannon and pulls him up. He double underhooks him again and hoists him up, dropping him down into a backbreaker. Cannon grimaces in pain. Ace hooks the leg.

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Cannon shoots his shoulder up. Ace rolls over. He then looks around before turning and grabbing Cannon. He then move him to the corner. Ace hoists him up and places him on the top turnbuckle. Ace then nails him with a hard right before exiting to the apron. He climbs up to the top rope and looks around. Ace then looks at Cannon before turning to the World Championship and then smirking before stepping up. Lexy motions for him to hurry, but Cannon then elbows him in the ribs and then a second time before pulling him onto his shoulders. The crowd roars and Cannon stands up before diving forward with a top rope Lion’s Bite. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Lion’s Bite off the top rope! Cannon may be running on empty, but he can still hit the big move. And that could be it. The air driven out of Ace Marshall!”

Knots: “He just had a two hundred pound man driven into his ribs. That’s going to hurt!”

Cannon rolls through. He looks around and then starts to get up as Ace rolls over, holding his ribs in pain. The crowd chants for Cannon as Lexy looks around, trying to get them to stop, chanting “Ace!” herself. Cannon then grabs Ace and hoists him up and hits a brainbuster. The crowd roars. He turns and hooks the leg.

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Ace shoots his shoulder up. Cannon rolls over. He looks around and moves to the ropes. He uses them to get up and turns around, before grabbing Ace, but Ace grabs him by the tights and pulls him into the middle turnbuckle. Cannon stumbles back and Ace rolls him up with a school boy.

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Cannon kicks out. Both get up and Ace grabs Cannon, setting up for the Aces Wild. Cannon blocks it and elbows Ace in the side and then again before Ace jerks on the left arm. Cannon falls to the ropes. Ace then grabs him and pulls him out and goes to whip him across, while holding onto the left arm. As he pulls Cannon past, he moves into position to lock in the Pagliacci, but Cannon drops down and brings his legs up, flipping Ace forward into a pin.

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Ace kicks out. Both get up and Cannon leans forward for a spear, but Ace knees him in the shoulder. Cannon winces and steps back. Ace then runs into the ropes and bounces off and Cannon steps up and reaches out, catching Ace for a full nelson, potentially going for the Set Piece again, but Ace drops down and tries to mimic what Cannon just did to roll up Cannon, but Cannon drops down, folding Ace up and pinning Ace!

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Lexy yells out no over and over as the crowd erupts in cheers. The bell sounds.

Phillips: “Ace Marshall has been eliminated!”

The crowd roars as Ace Marshall looks up and turns away. Lexy continues to shake her head. Cannon falls to the mat, exhausted.

Sharper: “Ace Marshall and Chris Cannon pulled out everything we’ve seen in this match. Countering the C4, the Set Piece, the multiple roll-ups and Cannon got him down for the three!”

Knots: “There’s only one left and she’s not here!”

Just then, Sasha walks out from the back, holding the ball that she pulled out of the tumbler, representing Syren. She makes her way down to the ring, tossing the ball up in the air and catching it as she comes to the ring. Lexy Chapel turns and goes over to her, but Sasha walks past her and walks up the steel steps. She then enters the ring. She then turns and walks over to corner. She pops open the ball, revealing she already had unfolded in the paper inside. She then holds it up to the camera, revealing the number 15.

Sharper: “Syren left the arena and she actually had the best draw! She could’ve likely left tonight as World Champion!”

Knots: “But Chris Cannon survived!”

Sharper: “He went through Glory Braddock, Giovanni Aries, Holly Adams, Datura, Katie Steward and then Ace Marshall to leave tonight the SCW World Champion!”

Sasha then asks for the World Championship. Ace, by this point, is now on the floor as Lexy continues to try and talk to anyone she can, while also talking to no one in particular. Sasha then turns and walks over to Chris Cannon as he slowly gets up. Cannon looks at Sasha. The two exchange a knowing glance.

Sharper: “And think…a year ago, these two were at odds and now, Sasha is about to hand Chris Cannon the World Championship!”

Knots: “And God knows we’ll not hear the end of this one from some people after this week!”

Sasha presents the title to Chris before asking him something. Cannon nods and Sasha turns and places the title around the waist of Chris. She fastens the title belt before stepping back and applauding. Chris almost looks relieved as pyro shoots out from the ceiling as from the stage. The crowd cheers as Chris Cannon’s theme starts to play. He looks around as Sasha is handed Cannon’s World Tag Team Championship by Aaron Demitra. Sasha then hands that title to Cannon too. He just looks at the title and then the one around his waist, joy on his face. Lucas Knight jogs down from the back, a bottle of Infamously Dangerous rum in his hand. He runs past Lexy.

Lexy: “Oh no! You’re not celebrating! I’m looking into this!”

Lucas ignores her as Ace even is ignoring Lexy as Lucas enters the ring. Cannon turns and chuckles.

Sharper: “What a moment! And the celebration begins! Your new World Champion on this historic night…surviving the gauntlet…Chris Cannon!”

Knight raises Cannon’s arm again as the crowd cheers again as the scene slowly fades to black…