“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 Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The cameras pan across the crowd for a few moments.

Sharper: “A week removed from a historic night with two new World Champions crowned, we come to you from Minneapolis for Breakdown!”

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. We are at ringside. I’m Adam Sharper with my partner in crime, Jonathan Knots.”

Knots: “Oh no. I’m not getting involved in anything you are!”

Sharper: “Welcome to Breakdown and tonight, a couple of huge matches including a massive main event. Owen Cruze will face Cid Turner!”

Knots: “Masta of Speed against the fastest wrestler in SCW.”

Sharper: “Should be a hell of a match. Gavin Taylor will also face David Helms after their run-in last week and so much more. But folks, let’s go to the ring. We have a new World Champion! Jason….take it away.”

Sharper and Knots turn to the announce table as the scene cuts to the middle of the ring. Jason Phillips looks out at the crowd.

Phillips: “Fans, please welcome…your NEW SCW World Champion…Chris Cannon!”

“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 Championship on one shoulder and the SCW World Tag Team Championship on the other. He stands proudly on the stage with an aura of confidence about him.

Sharper: “And there is your new World Champion. He survived the Gauntlet and went through so many people. Glory Braddock, Giovanni Aries, Holly Adams, Datura, Katie Steward and Ace Marshall.”

Knots: “Smells like smoke because he’s been through fire!”

Lucas Knight, already in his wrestling attire, walks after him, holding his World Tag Team Championship. Knight steps up and Cannon turns to him and smiles as the two start to head to the ring. The crowd cheers as Chris looks around.

Sharper: “Looks like Lucas Knight is going to join us too.”

Knots: “And at Retribution, gonna see them in action, defending their World Tag Team Championship against A/C Unit!”

The Retribution logo comes up on the screen before cutting to a shot of Suited and Booted and then a shot of A/C Unit before showing both. It remains on the screen for a few moments before Cannon reaches the ring and walks up the steel steps. He steps into the ring. Lucas climbs up after and enters the ring. Chris looks around and listens to the crowd, holding up both titles. They roar for him. Cannon replaced the titles over his shoulders and walks over to Phillips. Phillips hands him the microphone. Cannon turns and walks over to the middle of the ring. The crowd starts a “Cannon!” chant.

Sharper: “Listen to this crowd in Minneapolis!”

Knots: “Last time we were here, he lost the Brawl to Settle it All at Rise to Greatness. God have things changed!”

Cannon listens to the crowd as Lucas smacks his back, getting him psyched up too. Chris nods and looks around.

Cannon: “I have to say it sounds good to hear all of your chanting my name.”

The crowd roars. Cannon looks around.

Cannon: “Last time I stood in Minneapolis…it was Rise to Greatness. I wasn’t sure if I was going to be staying in SCW. At that time, I was not signing my contract…not sure what the future held, but it seemed like it wouldn’t be in this ring.”

Cannon pauses.

Cannon: “Then Lucas here told me that he wanted to team with me. It gave me some purpose. And we had our issues. I thought at one point, it may not work out. But I stock to it. Lucas did too. And then at Last Laugh, we won the World Tag Team Championships.”

The crowd cheers. Cannon nods. Lucas holds up his title.

Cannon: “We not only won them…but against Frozen Hell, the team that defined the division in 2021!”

Sharper: “Don’t tell the Jackass and Big Ass Connection!”

Cannon smirks as he then smiles.

Cannon: “And the last few weeks have been trying. Kelcey Wallace and Sienna Swann injured. Regan Street injured. Having to wait…wait for two weeks ago when the Tag League took place and A/C Unit was named our next challengers.”

The crowd cheers. Cannon nods.

Cannon: “But before we got there, last week…”

The crowd cheers.

Cannon: “Fifteen people. A Gauntlet…and the World Title. And after it all, I stood victorious as the SCW World Champion for the first time.”

Cannon looks up as the crowd cheers.

Cannon: “A year ago, I had to rely on my wife at the time, using a Trios Tournament to give me my shot. I was desperate. But last week, I did what a lot of people have told me what I can do…this man next to me too…And now I am the SCW World Champion!”

The crowd cheers. Cannon looks at the World Title on his shoulder.

Sharper: “And he went through a lot of talent to stand here and say that.”

Cannon: “But now we move forward and look-“

"Out in the Cold" by Judas Priest plays throughout the arena. The crowd cheers. Cannon stops and turns to the entrance way. Lucas does too. A few moments pass before Asher Hayes walks out from the back. Cid Turner saunters out, looking around.

Sharper: “And there are your Tag League winners and the number one contenders to the SCW World Tag Team Championship. They’ll meet at Retribution as Jon said!”

Knots: “Hayes had a hell of a night last week too. Just he peaked too soon. Before the World Championship was even in play!”

Sharper: “Hayes with a noteworthy run. Beating Selena Frost, Sophie James, Kim Williams, Ravyn Taylor, Jordan Majors before succumbing to Glory Braddock!”

Asher Hayes then starts to head to the ring. Cid follows, looking around, a bit uncertain. Asher walks down to the ring and up the steel steps. He then steps into the ring. Cid follows in after. Asher steps up and looks at Chris. The two lock eyes and Asher’s eyes move to the World Championship. Cid Turner steps in and looks at Lucas and then Chris, nodding at both, before Asher turns and goes over to the corner. He’s handed a microphone. He turns back, walking over toward Cid and then turning back to Chris Cannon.

Asher: “Chris! Chris! Chris!”

Asher looks at Chris.

Asher: “Congratulations…”

Chris: “Lucas and I can say the same to you and Cid.”

Asher: “We both had big nights. Cid and I winning the Tag League two weeks ago. You winning the Gauntlet last week and the World Title. We’re on the collision course for Retribution.”

Asher pauses as he again looks at the World Championship. He then turns away.

Chris: “What’s up Asher? You keep eying not the Tag Titles, but the World Championship over my shoulder.”

The crowd roars. Asher looks around before turning back to Chris.

Asher: “Damn right I am. I know I could be standing right here as World Champion. The ONE title that’s not been about my sexy waist. And instead, because you got a better number than me, you’re standing as World Champion, while I went through just as many people as you did and I got nothing to show for it. Not even a lousy t-shirt. And damn it Chris…”

Asher smirks and looks around.

Asher: “I have my own sob story. A year ago, I was questioning everything too before I teamed up with Cid. It’s been parallel stories…and almost like some fate BS is playing some role here.”

Chris steps up as Lucas stands behind him.

Chris: “Got a problem with how things worked out.”

Asher: “I do!”

The crowd roars.

Asher: “I know we already have a date at Retribution for your World Tag Team Championship. Hell of a lot better than the plan of kicking Dark Fantasy’s ass. Walking up and trying to take your World Tag Team Championship. But damn it, I think I can beat you for the World Title Chris!”

The crowd cheers.

Chris: “Well, then Asher. I don’t hide.”

The crowd roars.

Cid turns to Asher.

Chris: “So what do you want Asher…because you can come and stand here and try to take everything we’ve worked for. See, Asher, I think I can beat you!”

Chris steps up as Cid walks over and tries to separate them. Lucas just watches as he smirks. Chris steps back. Cid turns to Asher. Lucas walks over and asks for Chris’s microphone. Chris obliges and Lucas steps forward.

Lucas: “Before we all uppity here and make some decisions we may forget, I have a bit of a history with contracts and well, Asher, Cid…if you want it, we can make this a bit more. You want it…The World Title? World Tag Team Title?”

Asher nods. He steps up.

Asher: “Damn right!”

Cid turns to Chris and Lucas and then Asher.

Lucas: “Then let’s see if we can get a change…I’ll go talk to Sasha. Just Asher…be careful what you wish for. You’ve been known for your month…and Chris has been waiting for this for a while. Me too.”

Asher: “Bring whatever you got. Cid and I…we’re coming for it all!”

Asher shoves the microphone into Chris’ chest as Cid turns to Asher a bit incredulous before Asher turns and exits the ring, dropping down to the floor. Cid turns to Lucas and Chris and nods before turning and dropping down, rolling to the floor. He follows after Asher.

Sharper: “Asher Hayes thinks he could World Champion! Lucas says he’ll talk to Sasha. Chris Cannon not backing down!”

Knots: “Things getting a bit heated before Retribution! Respect may be there, but there’s a lot more going on for Asher!”

Sharper: “And Cid Turner may be along for the ride!”

Asher heads to the back as Chris Cannon turns and brings the microphone down and looks at them. “Out in the Cold” plays as Asher and Cid heads to the back.

Sharper: “Chris Cannon finding out how big target is on him and well, Retribution may be changing in a few ways.”

Knots: “May be. Lucas Knight happy to try and sell this to Sasha. If Asher wants more, Chris is happy to give it!”

Chris Cannon remains in the ring, holding both titles as Lucas turns and talks to him as the scene cuts to commercial.

COMMERCIALS

Syren & Christy Matthews vs. The Light in the Darkness

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for one fall.”

All of a sudden, the lights go out, prompting a surprised pop from the fans. “Die For You” by Starset begins to play, the Tron flickering to life to show a starry night sky with a beautiful moon, the stars seeming like they’re slowly shifting and dancing around.

Phillips: “Introducing first, a total combined weight of 240 pounds, Amelia Blythe and La Pequeña Luz, The Light In The Darkness!

One spotlight comes to life on the left side of the stage from the camera’s perspective, revealing Amelia Blythe standing underneath it, eyes focused on the ring and a small smile on her lips as her hands are folded in front of her, giving her the look of a proper young lady. A second spotlight comes to life on the right side of the stage, revealing La Pequeña Luz standing underneath it with the kind of grin that could light up a room all on its own as she motions with her hands for the fans to get pumped up, which they immediately proceed to do. The two slowly turn their attention to one another and begin closing the distance, their spotlights following them as they stop within arm’s reach of one another, where Amelia extends her hand and Luz takes it before they pull their bodies close, the spotlights merging into one piercing through the darkness. When the song goes into the chorus, the two ladies begin to literally waltz their way down to the ring, fast and fluid to keep pace with the song as the spotlight follows their every move, leaving fans mesmerized by their synergy.

Sharper: Still relatively new here in SCW, Amelia Blythe and La Pequeña Luz have a tremendous opportunity in front of them in this contest.

Knots: They certainly do, though I would say that it is going to be a steep uphill mountain to climb, if they are going to be victorious tonight.

As the chorus reaches its end and the two find themselves at the bottom of the ramp, they push away from one another as far as their arms will allow without letting go before quickly pointing to the Tron with their free hands, where the night scene is immediately engulfed in white before transitioning to a video package of the two ladies in action, both together and individually and with special attention paid to the moments where they’re working in tandem. Slowly, the two release one another, the single spotlight splitting in two again as Amelia makes her way up the steps to walk across the apron on one side, wiping her feet before stepping through the ropes. Luz, meanwhile, hops up onto the apron right in front of her and grabs the top rope before vaulting herself into a somersault into the ring, landing on her feet. She moves to the center of the ring and drops to her knees, cupping her hands together in front of her while Amelia stands right behind her, hands folded before her once again. As Luz lifts her cupped hands upward, the arena lights slowly begin to come back on as Amelia takes her hands and pulls her to her feet, spinning her around one final time into a tight embrace before the two move to their corner to prepare for battle.

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. There’s then a loud click as the lights around the building flick off and darkness consumes the arena, with nothing but a few flashes from cameras in the crowd lighting the arena. Without warning we see black and white footage spring to life on the screen of Winston Churchill giving one of his most famous speeches, all the while the chilling sound of air raid sirens and war can be heard in the background...

"We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the streets. We shall fight in the hills. We shall NEVER surrender!"

The video suddenly burns away to reveal a second hidden image of the devious ex-president George H. W. Bush giving a speech of his own...

"When we are successful, and we will be, we'll have a real chance at this new world order..."

“Indestructible” By Disturbed hits over the P.A system causing the crowd to erupt into a sea of boos as they know who is about to make their presence felt. We cut to the back where we see Christy Matthews with taped fists flexing her wrists. On either side of her we see Ravyn Taylor and Syren joining her as the three of them, all in matching ring-jackets bar the different colour on Christy’s, begin to walk the corridor. As they do, we see CHBK, Alexander Crowe and Christopher Richter behind them. The fans continue booing as the camera angle cuts and we see the doorway that security opened earlier as the three members of Infamous make their way through. None of them stop to do any grandstanding, instead making a beeline straight to the ring as we hear Phillips in the ring with the introduction.

Phillips: “Making their way to the ring at this time, being accompanied by CHBK, Christopher Richter and Alexander Crowe, first, from the City of Angels, weighing one hundred and thirty-seven pounds, CHRISTY MATTHEWS!”

The camera pans to Christy Matthews who’s still making her way to the ring. She doesn’t even acknowledge this however, vaulting over the guardrail as she approaches it.

Phillips: “Next, from Hell, Michigan, she is an SCW Hall of Famer, an SCW Supreme Champion, and a BAD, BAD GIRL, this is RAVYN TAYLOR!”

The camera pans to Ravyn Taylor who’s already at ringside and begins to make her way up the ring steps. We follow Ravyn as she walks up the ring steps and vaults over the top rope.

Phillips: “And, from Los Angeles, California, weighing one hundred and twenty-nine pounds, she is a seven-time SCW World Champion, she is ‘The Alpha Female’, this is SYREN! Collectively, they are… INFAMOUS!”

We cut to Syren who’s standing on the ropes on the camera side as Ravyn Taylor stands beside her and Christy Matthews stands up on the turnbuckles with her arms outstretched. After a few moments the trio all join together in the corner of the ring. They each remove their ring jackets and toss them into the corner where Crowe and Richter collect them, each revealing their Infamous skull-logo armbands. They point to the bands, tapping them with two fingers as the camera focuses on the logos, before Matthews and Syren go to their corner while Taylor joins Crowe, Richter, and CHBK on the outside.

Sharper: “A doesn’t matter which combination you get, Ravyn Taylor, Christy Matthews and Syren are three of the most accomplished wrestlers in SCW, and they are Infamous.”

Knots: “Get it right, Sharper. That is three former SCW World Champions, SCW Hall of Famers in those women, but Syren in the corner as we are about to begin looks annoyed and distracted.”

Matthews is set to start for Infamous as Syren is turning around to say something to CHBK while Blythe will begin for The Light Into The Darkness.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

The rings and Matthews goes to work with deadly strikes, kicks aimed right to both of the hamstring areas of Blythe backing her up into a neutral corner. Blythe sticks her head out through the top rope and somewhat surprisingly, Matthews gives her a clean break. Coming out of the corner, there is a collar and elbow tie up between the two women before Blythe drops down into a side headlock. She is only able to hold it momentarily before Matthews pushes her off  into the ropes. On the rebound, Blythe looks for a shoulder tackle but Matthew drops down underneath her, causing Blythe to go into the ropes again. Matthews looks for a drop kick on the ensuing rebound but that never happens as Blythe holds onto the ropes. Matthews lands with a hard thud in the center of the ring and Blythe is on her before can get up, controlling the action with a wrist lock and repeatedly driving her knees into the small of Matthews back as the fans cheer.

Sharper: “This is probably going to surprise several people, but Amelia Blythe is giving former SCW World Champion Christy Matthews fits here in the early going of this contest.”

Knots: “Yes and the question that needs to be asked here is why? There is no doubt that Infamous are great, all of them, but SCW recruits the best talent in the world, so there shouldn’t be any question that Amelia Blythe or La Pequeña Luz can hang with them either.”

Matthews manages to push herself up off of the canvas though Blythe is still hanging onto the wrist lock as she does. Blythe continues to press her advantage even further by scooping Matthews up and slamming her back to the mat. Matthews cries out as she lands hard right on her left wrist. Blythe bounces off of the ropes and looks for an elbow drop, but Matthews has a step ahead of her this time and rolls out of the way, all of the way to the Infamous corner, where she reaches up to get the tag. Syren is not in position to receive the tag however, instead she is on the outside discussing last week's gauntlet match with CHBK, who is trying to get her to focus on the task at hand.

Sharper: “I can’t really hear exactly what Syren is saying ladies and gentlemen, but I know it had something to do with the gauntlet match last week and her position in it. At any rate, that was a golden opportunity for a tag missed, and Christy Matthews is not happy.”

Knots: “Of course she is not happy. She is trying to wrestle this match and when it comes time for a tag Syren is nowhere to receive one? I know she has been upset about last week’s events, but now is not the time to discuss it. Syren needs to get her head in the game.”

Blythe goes over to her corner and tags in Luz while Matthews stands up in her corner and just glares at Syren on the outside. Because of Syren’s distraction now has Matthews distracted, Luz is able to take advantage and sends Matthews sprawling out of her corner with a flying head scissors landing in the middle of the ring. Mattews is up again rather quickly but the ultra fast Luz takes her over with a second flying scissors which is quickly followed by a cover with the crowd going wild.

One!

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No! Kickout by Christy Mattews!

With Matthews still trying to get up dazed, Luz makes another tag to Blythe.

Sharper: “La Pequeña Luz and Amelia Blythe are looking like a well oiled machine so far and quite frankly Christy Matthews and Syren are looking like anything but that.”

Knots: “I have to admit that I am impressed with The Light In The Darkness, but I also do not expect there to be trouble in the Infamous camp either.

Blythe tries to fly in from behind with a bulldog on Matthews as she was getting up from the canvas again. Matthews has this well scouted however and moves to the right side and gets up while Blythe lands on the canvas hard. Now frustrated with how the match has been going so far waits for Blythe to get up and then backs her into a corner, driving her back with repeatedly European Uppercuts, that leave Blythe dazed up against the turnbuckles. Blythe is not up against the turnbuckles for long though, as Matthews pulls her out hard by her right arm and then sends her sprawling to the canvas with a short armed clothesline. Blythe hits the canvas hard and Matthews goes for a cover.

One!

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Tw- No! Kickout by Amelia Blythe!

Now taking command of this match for the first time, Matthews is much more methodical in her approach, waiting patiently behind her for Blythe to get up. When she does, Matthews strikes quickly with a backstabber. Matthews then shows off more of the patience of a veteran, waiting for Blythe to use some more of her own energy to get up. Then Matthews comes from behind and applies a waist lock before flattening Blythe with a release german suplex that has Blythe landing near the Infamous corner. Looking toward Syren who is focused on the match now, Matthews reaches over and tags her in.

Sharper: “Christy Matthews has Infamous in the driver's seat now with Amelia Blythe down and in the wrong corner.”

Knots: “And doesn’t look any better for her at all because here comes the seven-time champion of the world.”

Sharper: “She really knows how to pick her spots too, with Amelia Blythe down and looking in bad shape.”

Knot: “She’s Syren. When you have accomplished everything that she has you are allowed to pick your spots. Cheating your way to half of them too!”

Matthews gets in one more shot to the side of the head of Blythe before exiting the ring and leaving Blythe for Syren. Picking up right where Matthews left off, Syren waste little time leaving her imprint on the match and on the side of Blythe’s face as well, first hitting a jawbreaker before following it up with a front russian leg sweep driving Blythe face first into the canvas, before going the cover in the center of the ring.

One!

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Two!

No! Kickout by Amelia Blythe!

Still in control of the match, Syren is looking to put away Blythe who is still hurting and in pain as she starts walking toward the corner, perhaps heading for the top rope. Something catches her eye though and she heads to the outside and starts yelling at a fan who is wearing a new Chris Cannon SCW World Champion t-shirt. The crowd starts to boo Syren loudly, and the rest of Infamous is upset as well, wanting Syren to focus on the match. Syren yells at the crowd before turning back toward the ring after having everyone in her corner wanting her to get refocused. With Blythe still down, Syren heads to the top rope, turns around, and leaps off with a moonsault. Blythe was playing possum by this time however, and moved out of the way so there was a big nobody home for Syren as the crowd cheers Blythe now heading for a tag to Luz while Syren screams in pain on the mat.

Sharper: “Syren gave her the opening and Amelia Blythe is looking to kick down the door and make a tag to La Pequeña Luz!”

Knots: “What is Syren thinking?! Infamous was ready to have this match won before she pulled that stunt on the outside!”

Syren has started her way slowly back to her corner to tag in Matthews who looks eager to take someone's head off. Syren is not nearly quick enough to get to her though, as Luz is back in and nails her in the side of the temple with a shining wizard. Syren drops to the mat, and Blythe is over to cut off Matthews while Luz gets the cover on Syren.

One!

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Two!

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Three!


Ding! Ding! Ding!

Phillips: “The winners of this match, The Light In The Darkness!”

Sharper: “The Light In The Darkness are your winners tonight in what must be considered a huge upset!”

Knots: “Syren was definitely distracted the entire time tonight and Amelia Blythe and La Pequeña Luz took advantage.Look at Christy Matthews though, she is not happy and rightfully so I believe looking right at Syren.”

Syren is looking back at Matthews too staring at her before rolling out of the ring. CHBK is trying to talk Syren but with all of Infamous with them, Syren heads up the ramp not wanting to talk. Meanwhile Blythe and Luz are celebrating their huge win with the fans back in the ring.

The scene opens up in Sasha’s office to see Chris Cannon talking to Sasha.

Sasha: “You sure?”

Cannon: “Of course I am. Unlike some people who have held this title…”

Cannon points to the World Title.

Cannon: “I’m not here to lord over everyone and remind everyone how great I am. Asher had a hell of a night. I had one too. He thinks he can beat me, then let’s just make it for all of the marbles.”

Sasha glances past Chris.

Sasha: “What you want too?”

Asher Hayes steps up.

Hayes: “Damn right. And before you ask, yes, I know. And I’m not planning to lose. Cid and I, we’ve got this. And sorry, Chris, but Cid didn’t cut and run when he got the pressure. He-“

Chris: “Do we really want to go down the history route with you?”

Hayes just smirks a bit before turning away before turning to Sasha.

Hayes: “Just make the match. I know I can beat him. I know A/C Unit can beat them too!”

Hayes turns and heads off as Chris turns back to Sasha.

Chris: “We’re sure.”

Sasha: “I’ll make the change. World Title now on the line too. Just with one change…it’s going to be tornado tag rules and if they want to be World Champion too, they need to pin you.”

Chris: “Fine by me. I got to get used to the target on my back anyway.”

Chris turns and heads off as the scene cuts away.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we see Syren backstage, now in the Infamous locker room, clearly annoyed. Christy goes to walk over, but CHBK stops her. He goes to walk over as Ravyn then walks over to Syren.

Syren: “I know! I know! I’m better than this…just….I could be standing here as World Champion. I could be again at the top.”

Ravyn: “And you and I both know that that’s not what this entirely about. Being a record setting World Champion, sure…”

Syren: “I….I-“

CHBK: “Ace Marshall just screwed with you because he could. He knows what we all know. You wanted SCW…you wanted management to announce Syren for the World Championship. You wanted to make it so they had to eat crow and like it.”

Ravyn: “Statistically, last week-“

Syren: “I know! I know all of this. Just…Doesn’t mean I have to like it. I know we made the right decision. I know we played the statistics and had I stayed, I would’ve just been a different frustrated. But-“

CHBK: “Then we use that to our advantage. A frustrated Syren tends to lead to a motivated one. Tonight, is a lesson.”

Christy: “Yeah…I lesson.”

Christy looks a bit annoyed as Holly glances over at her.

Holly: “Whatever. You just do what you do. Kick ass. Plus, hell of a lot hotter than Chris.”

Syren: “I know!”

Syren sighs.

Ravyn: “Perhaps we should do something different. Return to our roots again. And well…I have some ideas there.”

Holly: “Didn’t help that Sasha was smarmy about the whole thing too.”

Syren looks at Holly. CHBK and Ravyn look at one another briefly too before we cut to the ring.

JaMarcus Avery vs. Lucas Knight

"King Nothing" by Metallica echoes from the loud speaker. The lights go out. When the lights come back on Donovan Cunningham appears on the stage. Not too long after JaMarcus Avery and TD Batterson walk out to join him. All three of them raise one fist into the air. Then they march down to the ring with purpose.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a ten minute time limit. Introducing first, accompanied by Donovan Cunningham and TD Batterson, from San Francisco, California, he is The Evolution of Pro Wrestling, JaMarcus Avery!”

Sharper: “JaMarcus Avery making his way to the ring for this match, which was created after Donovan Cunningham issued what sounded like an open challenge on Twitter. Lucas Knight was quick to answer, getting the match officially booked within 24 hours.”

Knots: “Ah, Twitter. You started out so innocent… but now? Now, you’re being used to set up vicious brawls between two hosses. Not that I’m complaining! Let’s get to the violence!”

They reach the ring. Donovan gets on the apron. JaMarcus slides underneath the bottom rope. While all this is going on TD walks up the ring step. Donovan holds the rope open for TD to enter the ring. They join JaMarcus in the center of the ring. Once again all three raise their fist in the air. TD and Donovan exit the ring leaving JaMarcus alone.

Sharper: “And after what Avery did to Konrad Raab a few weeks back, Lucas has to be careful here. We’ve seen what Avery’s capable of, him and Cunningham made sure of that.”

Out go the lights with a flick of a switch as all eyes focus onto the stage, just then the screen lights up as the opening to “Alpha King” by Rev Theory begins to play over the P.A system. Then and only then we see a series of words in italic writing phase in and out on the big screen...

.Infamous.

.British.

.Legendary.

Spotlights all start to focus on the stage entrance now changing colours, shades of red, white and blue and during that time a silhouette of a man can be seen walking out onto the stage with a familiar aura of confidence. Just then the final words explode onto the tron causing the crowd to react accordingly as the music hits into full swing...

.LUCAS KNIGHT.

The crowd's cheers fill the arena as the lights come back on fully to show Lucas Knight standing on the stage looking at the crowd, he wears a black leather jacket with the union jack emblazoned on it, his tag team title draped over his shoulder. He looks out to the crowd with a smirk as Tipper Witherbee comes from behind the curtain, microphone in one hand, and a tablet in the other.

Tipper: “Ladies and gentlemen, it is my esteemed honor to introduce to you a man hailing from London, England, who weighed in tonight at 230 pounds! He is one half of your SCW World Tag Team Champions, Suited and Booted… let's hear it for Lucas… Knight!”

Lucas nods and makes his way to the ring with Tipper in tow.

Sharper: “Well, you heard it from Ms. Witherbee herself… here comes our Tag Team Champion.”

Knots: “Our new World Champion is the missing half of the team here, so it seems Lucas wanted to handle this issue with JaMarcus personally.”

Once they reach the bottom, Lucas slides under the bottom rope and quickly scales one corner and looks out to the crowd, holding his belt high into the air as Tipper takes her place at ringside. With another smirk, Lucas now removes his jacket and hangs it over the steep post. He leans through the ropes and hands Tipper his belt. Suddenly, Avery rushes him from behind, bashing him with a forearm in the back of the head. The crowd ohs before booing.

Sharper: “Oh, and a cheap shot from Avery to begin here!”

Avery gets a few more shots in before the referee gets in between the two, getting Avery off of Lucas. Lucas covers up and falls to the mat, crawling into the corner before sitting up. The referee scolds Avery before turning to Lucas, checking on him to see if he’s able to continue. Lucas cranks his neck back and forth before nodding. The referee calls for the bell. Avery runs at Lucas and launches himself at him with a cannonball. He plows into Lucas and bounces off, rolling back towards the middle of the ring as Lucas slumps further into the corner.

Sharper: “Match has started here, Lucas opting to continue, but it’s already proving to be a mistake!”

Avery crawls forward and rolls Lucas away from the ropes before hooking the far leg for the cover.

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2!

Lucas kicks out right after two, rolling onto his stomach. Avery stays on him, laying in some stiff forearms to Lucas’ back. He relents and gets up, pulling Lucas up with him. Avery turns Lucas and whips him hard, right back into the corner where he came from. Avery runs towards the opposite corner before bouncing off and running back at Lucas. Avery leaps up and comes down onto Lucas with a big splash. Lucas stumbles out of the corner and Avery grabs him before throwing him back with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. The crowd ohs. Avery scampers over for the cover, bringing up the near leg.

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2!

Lucas kicks out. Avery gets up and looks to Cunningham, who was trying to grab his attention. Avery walks over and leans down. Cunningham leans in and says something inaudible to the cameras. Avery nods and goes back to Lucas, who’s just about to get to his feet. Avery spins Lucas around before locking him in a bearhug. Avery thrashes around violently, throwing Lucas around like a ragdoll. Lucas looks to be fading.

Sharper: “An old school bearhug now. Lucas has nowhere to go.”

Knots: “More and more, he’s gotta be regretting starting this match after the cheap shot.”

The crowd chants for Lucas. Cunningham and Batterson turn towards the crowd, lashing out at them for their support, but the chanting continues. Lucas appears to feed off the crowd, showing some signs of life. He brings his arm up and slams a forearm onto Avery’s back. Avery keeps the hold locked in. Again, Lucas hits Avery with a forearm. He does it once more. Avery’s hold weakens somewhat. Lucas brings both of his arms up and clasps his fists together before slamming them down onto Avery’s back. Avery breaks the hold and stumbles back onto the ropes as Lucas falls to a knee, trying to get his wind back.

Sharper: “Lucas, finally free.”

Knots: “He has to get back into this now, Avery’s been all over him.”

Avery pushes himself off of the ropes towards Lucas. Lucas gets up and hits Avery with a knife edge chop. It barely registers as Avery immediately responds with an open handed chop to Lucas’ chest. Lucas grimaces but hits right back with a stiff European uppercut. Avery stumbles back, but Lucas catches him and brings him in for another uppercut. He hits him with one more, pushing him up against the ropes. Lucas whips Avery and waits for him to come back. Avery throws up a clothesline, but Lucas ducks it. Lucas quickly drives a knee into Avery’s spine. Avery winces and arches his back, but Lucas hooks him with an inverted headlock before swiftly dropping Avery onto his knee.

Sharper: “Some back-and-forth here, but Lucas finally catching Avery, dropping him with Hail Britannia!”

Lucas drapes himself over Avery, hooking both Avery’s head and his far leg for the cover.

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2!

Avery breaks out of the pin just after two. Lucas and Avery both try to get to their feet. Lucas beats Avery by just a second, but that’s enough for him to catch Avery with a quick snap DDT. Avery rolls onto his back, holding his head. Lucas goes for another cover.

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2!

Avery kicks out again. The two stay on the mat, taking a moment to settle. Cunningham barks at ringside.

Sharper: “It hasn’t been a long match, but it’s been a physical one. Both men showing the effects of a hard hitting battle.”

Lucas slowly gets to his feet, beating out Avery. Avery gets to a knee. Lucas walks over to him, but Avery suddenly launches forward with a battering ram, plowing his head right into the gut of Lucas. Lucas keels over as Avery falls back to the mat.

Sharper: “Avery, continuing his bruiser offense with that old fashioned battering ram.”

Knots: “Good call, too. The momentum was fully shifting back to Lucas.”

Avery reaches up and pulls Lucas down into a schoolboy, hiking up the tights for good measure.

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2!

Lucas only just breaks free before the three, bouncing up from the momentum of the kick out. He smoothly gets behind Avery and grabs his arm before pushing him forward, keeping hold of the arm.

Sharper: “Looking for The Hustle!”

Avery ducks the incoming clothesline and slips behind Lucas, catching him in a quick waistlock. Lucas throws an elbow back, hitting Avery in the eye. Avery holds his eye and stumbles backwards into the corner. Lucas charges and drills him with a clothesline. He stays on top of Avery before breaking into a flurry of corner lariats. The crowd roars as Lucas continues to lay in the lariats while the referee begins the count.

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4!

Avery relents but keeps on Avery, bending down and hoisting Avery up onto the top turnbuckle. Avery looks noticeably dazed after the lariat flurry. Lucas takes his time climbing onto the apron and to the top rope next to Avery. He pushes Avery’s head down and places his knee on the back of Avery’s head.

Sharper: “Lucas now, looking for the Pancake Press!”

Knots: “Or as they call it in England, the Crepe Press!”

Sharper: “Think they just call ‘em pancakes in England, Jon.”

Lucas leaps off, but Avery keeps hold of the ropes. Lucas crashes down to the mats, but lands somewhat safely after abandoning the move halfway. Avery hops down and groggily jogs after Lucas. He gets behind Lucas and applies a waistlock. He hoists Lucas up and throws him back with a release German suplex. Lucas, however, lands safely as he lands on his feet briefly before skidding to a knee. The crowd roars as Avery lays on the mat, unaware of the counter.

Sharper: “And Lucas, he landed on his feet! An amazing counter!”

Knots: “And JaMarcus has no idea!”

Cunningham screams at Avery in an attempt to warn him. Lucas looks down and smirks at Cunningham before heading to Avery, who’s just beginning to stir. Avery pushes himself up, but Lucas turns his back to Avery before reaching back and hooking his arms. Lucas bends and twists and uses every ounce of strength to lift Avery up onto his back. The crowd roars as Lucas stands up straight, holding Avery on his back.

Sharper: “Lucas, looking for Monarchy Rules! He’s got Avery up!”

Lucas drops back, planting Avery right onto the mat.

Knots: “And he got it!”

Sharper: “Going for the cover now!”

Lucas crawls back and hooks both legs for the cover.

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3!

The bell sounds. “Alpha King” hits and the crowd continues to cheer as Lucas slowly brings himself back to his feet.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Lucas Knight!”

Tipper climbs the steps and enters the ring, keeping a tight hold on her tablet and the Tag Team Championship belt. She walks over to Lucas and hands him the belt. Lucas puts it on his shoulder as the referee raises his arm up. Tipper happily raises his other arm and points at him with her free hand.

Sharper: “Avery came out hot, he came out angry, but Lucas fought back and ends tonight with a victory in singles action.”

Knots: “All because of Twitter! Who said Twitter was a mistake?! Look what it got us tonight! What a match!”

Avery rolls out of the ring as Lucas continues to pose. Cunningham and Batterson come over to him. Cunningham checks on Avery as Batterson looks at Lucas celebrating, shaking his head. Lucas grabs his jacket, slings it over his shoulder, and heads to the corner before climbing to the second rope. He looks out to the crowd while raising his belt into the air once again.

Breakdown cuts backstage as we see cameras picking Kandis up laughing as she walks down the hallway. Tommy Valentine leans against the wall as Kandis is clearly on the phone.

Kandis: “So you’re going through? I was wondering after last week…”

Kandis chuckles.

Kandis: “Why are you keeping him around?”

Kandis nods and laughs.

Kandis: “Probably going to need it after tonight. Let me know after you’re done. This time, I hope we have reason to celebrate.”

Kandis hangs up. Tommy looks at her.

Tommy: “So? She going through with it?”

Kandis: “Konrad won’t be stopping her. We’ll have plenty of reason to celebrate.”

Tommy: “Hope it’s worth it. Gonna have a lot of crap.”

Kandis: “Good…then we’ll rise to the occasion and show what we can do.”

Sharper: “What does that mean?”

Kandis kisses Tommy as they head off and Breakdown cuts to commercial.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as the scene opens up to see Jessica Winters at the interview position with Owen Cruze.

Winters: “Welcome back to Breakdown. Jessica Winters here and I’m with Owen Cruze. Owen, tonight, big main event. You’ll face off against Cid Turner and it looks now that Cid Turner could be in line for a World Championship shot to go with his World Tag Team Championship shot, a result of a new change and Owen…you talked about how you’re branching out on your own. This what you had in mind?”

Owen: “Only part of it. And frankly, it’s almost refreshing I can focus on tonight and not have to worry about some crap that should’ve been dealt with months ago. Stuff like Giovanni Aries and now with Blake Mason. Just fire them and get on with what we’re here to do. But since the right decisions won’t be made-“

Winters: “With all due respect, Owen. I hate to cut you off, but you did stop Sasha from doing just that back in the summer.”

Owen: “And when does a boss listen to a twenty-something year old kid when they’re the adult in the room.”

Owen sighs.

Owen: “I’m just frustrated about everything. I know my role in it, but it went far past that and this could have been ended there. Either way, tonight, I focus on Cid Turner. Someone who thankfully, at least himself…he’s focused on just showing what he can do. Seems like a good guy. Different from everything I had heard about him. Well, unlike Gavin a few weeks back, or Giovanni Aries…I’m looking forward to this one. This is about one thing. Two great wrestlers competing. May the best man win.”

Owen turns and heads off.

Jessica: “Back to ringside.”

The scene reopens at the announce position at ringside to see Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots.

Sharper: “Owen Cruze focused tonight.”

Knots: “Talk about a change. I’m not going to say he can’t be angry, but he’s got to realize he has a role in this too.”

Sharper: “Meanwhile, we should pass along some other news while we have you. Jessica Winters having a busy night tonight. The Lancaster family not here. We’re told that Bree Lancaster has an injury as a result of last week. She’s not here. Jaina meanwhile also electing to stay home. We’re told SCW agreed to allow her to do so. But clearly last week, it’s hitting her hard.”

Knots: “For once, she can’t say anything. No more real/fake World Champion. She’s now just a former World Champion and she has to come to terms with that.”

Sharper: “As for the rest of SCW, one big announcement made last week was the return of the Scaffold Scramble. David Helms announcing that he’ll be cashing in his Trios Tournament contract to bring it back at Retribution. And well, folks, let’s take a look at its history and who will be in this big match at Retribution!”

The Breakdown logo comes up on the screen.

We open up with a shot of the ring at Rise to Greatness to show a scaffold secured to go across the ring over the middle.

Phillips: “The rules of the match are as follows. All competitors will battle in this ring until someone is able to climb up onto that scaffold and grab the briefcase and show it to be in their possession. That person will be the winner!”

We then see shots of David Helms, Christian Savior, Masquerade, Tommy Valentine, Ace Marshall, Brittany Lohan and others standing in the ring, looking at the scaffold. A shot of the briefcase hanging over the centre of the scaffold follows. We then cut to see Ace Marshall grabbing a ladder, sliding it in before cutting to a shot of Christian Savior hitting a Soul Survivor on Ace Marshall on the scaffold before showing Shaun Cruze kicking Masquerade off the scaffold, sending him crashing to the mat. We then cut to a shot of David Helms hip tossing Jamal Evans off the scaffold into Brayden Walker, Gable Winchester and Darkside. This is followed by a shot of Dillusion powerbombing David Helms o the scaffold. Shots of Brittany Lohan slipping off the scaffold supports into Shaun Cruze who snaps her over with a German suplex on the landing. Shots then follow of Darkside hitting Brayden Walker with the Inevitable, followed by a shot of Tommy Valentine hitting the Griever’s Bane on Shaun Cruze off the scaffold. Shots of Christian Savior spearing Masquerade on the scaffold. Shots of Brayden Walker running up a ladder to dive onto one of the supports follows before showing Dillusion falling off the scaffold and landing on Jamal Evans.

Far shots of the scaffold come up before cutting to shots of David Helms holding the briefcase that hands over the ring. The crowd is shown cheering.

Dawson: “Only fitting that he wins the match he helped think up!”

We cut to the following year, to show Shaun Cruze pulling the briefcase down and holding the briefcase as the crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Cruze! He did it!”

The scene then cuts to a shot of the structure again, before cutting to shots of David Helms on last week’s Breakdown, talking to Gavin Taylor, before responding.

Helms: “At Retribution, my Trios Tournament contract….I’m bringing back that Scaffold Scramble!”

The crowd can be heard cheering.

Voice: “The Scaffold Scramble returns at Retribution….but who will be competing in it?”

“Breathe Again” by Pop Evil plays as we cut first to see a shot of Aaron Blackbourne. Shots of Blackbourne hitting a top rope back superplex on Bree Lancaster, followed by a shot of him hitting the Pull the Trigger on multiple opponents, before shifting to a shot of Blackbourne connecting with the Unchained Creativity on Shilo Valiant.

Voice: “Aaron Blackbourne!”

We cut to a shot of Aaron Blackbourne hitting a flipping double stomp onto Shilo Valiant while he lies on the netting of the Under the Big Top structure. The switches to show Ace Marshall hitting an Olympic Slam on an opponent before showing him attempting to hit Air Marshall on multiple opponents. Shots of Ace Marshall hitting the One Eyed Royal on Syren, Giovanni Aries and others.

Voice: “Ace MarshallI”

We even cut to a shot of Ace Marshall at the Scaffold Scramble before showing him double underhook suplexing Chris Cannon last week. The scene cuts to shot Blake Mason sitting backstage, before showing shots of him fighting Giovanni Aries, nailing him with repeated right hands, before showing him clotheslining Ravyn Taylor down, and then showing him hitting the BME on Josh Hudson, Cookie Dreams and others.

Voice: “Blake Mason!”

Blake Mason hitting a clothesline in the corner on an opponent follows before showing him suplexing Ravyn Taylor before showing him watching the action from his luxury box. Next up, Datura, who is shown sitting in the ring, cross-legged before showing her attacking the Network with a steel chair, helping Regan Street. Shots of her locking in the Moonflower on Chris Cannon.

Voice: “Datura!”

Shots of Datura fighting Scarlet Grey follow, before showing her piledriving Alioth Starre and then shots of her battling with Kimberly Williams in their unsanctioned title match follow before see Datura standing defiantly on the stage. Giovanni is shown cackling before we see Giovanni Aries nailing Kelcey Wallace in the head with a framed picture. Shots of him attempting to lock in the Embrace of the Wonderland on Owen Cruze, Kelcey Wallace and Blake Mason follow before we see shots of him hitting the Bad Trip on James Evans, Ace Marshall, Blake Mason and Chris Cannon.

Voice: “Giovanni Aries!”

Giovanni Aries is next show standing in the ring defiantly with Cain Adams and Alice Ames. Jordan Majors then comes up on the screen running out from the back. Shots of her hitting the Cash Out on Sienna Swann, Bree Lancaster, Ravyn Taylor, Syren, Christy Matthews, Lucas Knight and other follow before we see her hitting a shoot kick on Asher Hayes and then showing her ready to fight in the ring.

Voice: “Jordan Majors!”

Jordan is then shown fighting Sienna Swann before showing her celebrating with Cookie Dreams. Following this, we see her nailing Syren with as hot before the scene switches to Konrad Raab. Shots of Raab hitting German suplexes on a series of opponents follow. We then see him hitting the Frozen Pin on Ridley Ellis before cutting to shots of him hitting the Ice Storm on repeated foes.

Voice: “Konrad Raab!”

Raab standing in the ring celebrating a win follows before showing him standing with Minerva as Minerva smirks comes up next. The scene then shifts to show Ricky James with Lucy Huckabee Sanders giving the pledge of allegiance on the stage before showing James hitting the Art of the Deal on multiple foes.

Voice: “Ricky James!”

LHS pointing to Ricky follows before showing Ricky James holding up the SCW Television Championship and then showing him talking to the camera, victorious. Shots of all of the eight named individuals follow before cutting to black.

Voice: “Are they ready for the stakes?”

A shot of the SCW World Championship is then shown, held up by Aaron Demitra.

Voice: “It’s waiting…”

Shots of David Helms and Shaun Cruze victorious from the past follow before the video cuts to black.

The scene opens up with a panning shot of the crowd in the arena.

Sharper: “There you have it. The eight individuals and David Helms chose them all, but more importantly, all competing for a World Championship shot in what will be quite the dangerous contest.”

Knots: “Some people are getting some big opportunities. Jordan Majors, Datura and Ace Marshall getting a redo in some way. A chance to get a sooner, rather than later, second chance at the World Title, but I got questions. Gio? Really?”

Sharper: “Giovanni Aries chosen and I’d love to know why, but he’ll have a long night. Blake Mason also in this and you wonder if that had something to do with his decision. Not only that, some individuals are going to get a big jump up – Ricky James. A couple of weeks after Helms kicked that chair into his face.”

Knots: “Maybe he’s hoping he ends up having a long night too. But also Konrad Raab, some respect there. Big chance for him.”

Sharper: “And Aaron Blackbourne, we cannot forget him. Simply put, a match like this, he could thrive as he may be thinking of things no one else can. Someone, at Retribution, going to walk out with a World Title shot.”

Knots: “I’m just happy! It won’t be Bree! And it looks like some fresh blood at the top. Ace Marshall went for chaos. David Helms for opportunity!”

Backstage, Cid Turner is getting ready for his match as Asher Hayes returns into the locker room. Cid gets up.

Cid: “So-“

Asher: “Done and done. Gonna be World Champion and World Tag Team Champion and finally can show everyone I can do it.”

Cid: “You sure that’s a good move-“

Asher: “Cid, relax. You’ve been kicking ass as much as me. You’ve got Owen Cruze later tonight. That’ll shut anyone up when you beat him and then, just think, we’ll be both at the top. We win here and no one is going to overlook us and respect us. Even Chad can shove it up his ass when you’re standing holding gold again!”

Cid: “And you’re World Champion.”

Asher: “Exactly.”

Cid: “What if-“

Asher; “Stop it Cid. You’re back and kicking ass. You’re a God damned Hall of Famer. And I’ll say it – better than Lucas Knight. So we got everything on our side. You just have to do what you’ve been doing, every week. Reminding everyone why you’re Cid Turner. Just like I’ll remind them why I see myself as World Champion!”

Asher smiles, posing, almost thinking about it.

Asher: “Go kick Owen Cruze’s ass!”

The crowd gives a bit of a mixed reaction as Cid turner nods.

COMMERCIALS

Polly Playtime vs. Konrad Raab

Phillips: “The following match is scheduled for one fall.”

A coin can be heard dropping into a coin slot and then the words “START GAME” show up on SCW’s Jumbotron.  A bunch of girls can be heard giggling before “C’est La Vie” by B*Witched begins to play.

The music plays for quite some time and it is not until it comes to the first chorus that Polly emerges from the backstage area wearing a frilly pink skirt and a very cute and fashionable strapless crop top that has black paw prints on it.  She is carrying a personally made microphone, clearly wanting to make the world wait to see her.  While she gets the cat calls and the whistles from a lot of the guys in the crowd, she definitely appears to be ignoring them, instead choosing to focus on only herself, allowing the cameras to film her, but not too much.  The crowd boos as she arrives down at the ringside area.  She walks up the steel steps and into the ring and is very careful to not show off any of her assets.  She hands over her personalized microphone to Jason Phillips and tells him to announce her using ONLY that microphone.  He looks at her and just shrugs before taking it.

Phillips:  “Here she is ladies and gentlemen.  From Panguitch, Utah, she is the girl that just LOVES to play… Polly Playtiiiiime!”

She immediately snatches her microphone back away from him and nods, telling him “Good job”, before she heads to her assigned corner.  It’s here that she begins to warm up for the upcoming matchup.

Sharper: “That’s Polly Playtime Ladies and Gentleman, a relative newcomer to SCW looking to work her way up the ranks here.”

Knots: “She might be new to SCW but she is not new to the world of professional wrestling. She started out in Sin City Wrestling in 2016 and she is in SCW now ready to face the best competitors in the world.”

Cold as Ice by M.O.P. plays in the arena as the fans start to cheer.

Phillips: “From Cologne, Germany, accompanied by his manager Dylan Howell and Minera,, he is The Iced Rainbow, Konrad Raab!”

Konrad comes out through the curtain with Dylan Howell coming out behind them. Konrad's wearing his red, green and blue mask along with his wrestling trousers with his nickname The Iced Rainbow on the front of them with Pit Bull Energy logos on the side of his trousers with black gloves on both of his hands with a side cross necklace on his neck with the blue and black yin-yang tattoo on his right shoulder, Iceman from X-Men tattoo on his back, ice wolf on his left chest, ice bear on his right chest and flame cage on his left shoulder.

Sharper: “Quite an eccentric bunch normally. Minerva is not here for some reason. Guess angling for another fine.”

Knots: “What do you think is in it for Minerva? Do you think that she just likes experienced guys in the…”

Sharper: “Do you dare finish that question! That is not for us to speculate Jon!”

Knots: “In the ring that is what I was going to say. What were you thinking, Sharper?”

Konrad ignores the fans due to his focus on wanting to fight in the ring. He goes to his corner on the outside first, along with Dylan Howell before going in-between the ropes before sitting down in the corner of the ring with the crowd cheering for him, having a nasty look in his eyes, while Dylan Howell raises his hands in the middle of the ring, before patting Konrad's shoulder and getting out of the ring, waiting for the match to begin as he stands.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

From the outset, Raab and Playtime circle one another, each looking for that opening that will allow them to take control of this match-up. Raab tries to carve out that very opening first grabbing toward Playtime, but Playtime uses her speed to stay just out of reach while taunting Raab. This makes Raab understandably upset, but that also gives Playtime her opening as Raab reaches in after her. This leaves Raab off balance and Playtime takes advantage, taking him up and over with a flying head scissors. Raab tries to scramble up quickly but as he does, Playtime is on him again, this time landing a fameasser which leaves Raab flat on his back while the fans boo in response and Howell looks on concerned.

Sharper: "Polly Playtime has just been too fast for Konrad Raab in the early going, and he is going to have to think of something to keep her grounded."

Knots: "I bet Minerva likes it when Konrad stays grounded, don't you think so Sharper?"

Sharper: "I wouldn't hazard to guess and you should not either quite frankly as that is not any of our business Jon."

Knots: "I can't help it. It's every day that you see a woman who is attracted to a man who is almost old enough to be her grandfather. It is an interesting dynamic."

As soon as Raab is getting up, Playtime is right back on him with a diving bulldog before going for the cover and hooking the tights in the process to try and keep Raab down.

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Tw- No! Kickout by Konrad Raab!

Howell starts to get a little more into the match now, getting Playtime's attention and jawwing with her back and forth about hooking the tights of his friend and client only moments ago. The distraction works too, as while Playtime is acting like she didn't do anything wrong adamantly, Raab gets a hold of her from behind and slams her to the canvas below. Playtime is up quickly still but is now holding her back when Raab scoops her up and slams her again before dropping down and keeps the match on the mat with a front face lock.

Sharper: "And now with what is turning into a very hotly contested match, Konrad Raab has taken charge of Polly Playtime….and damn it, I just walked right into that one, didn't I?"

Knots: (laughing) "You really did Sharper, but it was so obvious that I actually feel bad for you and I am not going to take the free opportunity this time."

Raab holds Playtime in the front facelock, for a few more minutes before pulling her back up to her feet. Then Raab sets her up before lifting Playtime high into the air and holding her there for several seconds causing all of the blood flow to rush to Playtime's brain before slamming her down with a standing vertical suplex. Following the impressive display of power, Raab goes for the cover hooking the near leg as the crowd roars in response.

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No! Polly Playtime gets a foot on the ropes!

Realizing the ring positioning now, Raab pulls Playtime out away from the ropes and then goes for the cover again while Howell is shouting encouragement the whole time.

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No! Polly Playtime gets her shoulder up.

Sharper: "Konrad Raab is trying to keep her down, but Polly Playtime is showing a ton of resiliency and that is why she is still in this contest."

Knots: "I will admit, that I didn't know that Polly had this kind of fight in her. Let's see if Konrad has what it takes to finish her off."

Raab asks the referee and is assured that the count was only a two count. He starts to get a little frustrated but Howell tells him from the outside not to get upset with himself and Raab takes a deep breath and turns his attention back to his opponent. Scooping up Playtime, Raab is looking to slam her down to the mat with authority, but Playtime hangs on and rolls through leaving Raab's shoulders pinned to the mat.

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Raab manages to shift his weight leaving Playtime’s shoulders pinned now.

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No! Kickout by Polly Playtime!

This time Raab does not look to Howell for guidance and starts arguing with the referee about the count. He is actually dangerously close to hitting the referee but Howell alerts him to turn around and he does, and catches Playtime with a nice neckbreaker.

Sharper: “Konrad Raab is feeling it right now ladies and gentlemen, and he might be only a move or two from putting this match away here tonight.”

Knots: “He seems to have Polly Playtime right where he wants her, let’s see if Polly has anything left to fight with.”

Looking to end this match with Playtime down in the center of the ring, Raab heads out to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Then Raab flies off the top turnbuckle with a frog splash but before he can land it, Playtime gets her knees up. Raab is now slow to get up from the impact of landing on Playtime’s knees and when he does she delivers a perfect Chick Kick, her foot catching Raab right underneath the chin causing oooohs and ahhhhhs throughout the crowd.

Sharper: “Chick Kick and Konrad Raab has just had his lights dimmed by Polly Playtime.”

Knots: “Polly is not making the cover just yet though Sharper. I believe that she has something else in mind.”

Playtime waits for Raab to start to get up before she delivers a powerful exclamation point, a curb stop to the top of the head that she calls The Head Turner. Raab is out and Playtime makes the cover.

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Three!


Ding! Ding! Ding!

Phillips: “The winner of this match, Polly Playtime!”

Howell comes into the ring to tend to Raab while Playtime rolls out and heads back up the aisle while turning back to the ring and mocking Raab saying “You lost.”

Sharper: “A hard fought match here, but in the end there was too much Polly Playtime for Konrad Raab to overcome.”

“The Old Me” plays as the Breakdown logo comes up on the screen. A still of Gavin Taylor and David Helms follows.

Sharper: “Folks, next – Gavin Taylor faces David Helms in singles action. This should be a hell of a match. It’s next! Here on Breakdown!”

The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Gavin Taylor vs. David Helms

Phillips: “The following match is scheduled for one fall… introducing first…”

The lights in the arena starts to flicker, “Whoa is Me” by Down with Webster incites boos from the crowd. “All Star” Gavin Taylor leaps out in front of the curtains. There he stretches his arms out, posing for all the cameras.

Whoa is me
I'm so whoa
See me decked out from my head to my toe
Whoa is me
I'm so whoa
Everywhere I go I'm a one man show

Gavin Taylor armed with swagger comes strutting down the ramp. He smirks in all directions. He stops at the ring steps and claps his hands together.

Say whoa (whoa)
The more I feel it whoa (whoa)
The more I need it whoa (whoa)
You say whoa
Whoa is me
I'm so whoa

Phillips: “Weighing in at 223 pounds, from Vancouver, British Columbia through Los Angeles, California, the All Star, the History-maker, Gavin Taylor!”

He continues around the ring steps, nods his head to the song before lifting himself up onto the apron. He leans back with his top hands grasping the top rope.

I cheated to get what I got
Stepped all over you self for my spot
I bet you I'm winning, I bet that you're not
I bet you don't see me, I bet you get caught

Gavin enters the ring, going to the opposite side of the ring where he climbs up onto the second rope. He pulls open his jersey, looks into the hard cam.

Knots: “Gavin has a huge opportunity here tonight to knock off the David Helms! You know he’s eager to get to the top by any means possible.”

Sharper: “He has a hard slate of matches to fight through. David Helms tonight, Xander Valentine for the United States Championship at Retribution. Two hall of famers, and if he’s survives, Gavin might have set up himself up as the primetime player in SCW.”

Knots: “But some are questioning his focus, wondering if he’s ready for the big moment. For weeks, he’s trying to figure out how to mitigate the threat of Xander, but do you blame him? After what he did to Regan! Everyone should be careful!”

A quick cut backstage shows Xander Valentine, the US title over his shoulder, watching a monitor with grim face. The cameras return to the ring where Gavin Taylor waving his arms in protest.

Knots: “Speaking of the devil!”

Sharper: “He seems to be taking Gavin seriously!”

The lights shut down. The arena is cast into darkness. The crowd already starts to buzz anticipating, but when the screen lights up with one single solitary word:

“BANG!”

The crowd explodes, the entire stage lights up with a brilliant white light. The opening riff of 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.

Phillips: "Making his way to the ring from Red Bank New Jersey but now fighting out of the Hollywood Hills; he weighed in earlier tonight at one hundred ninety-nine pounds, is a member of the SCW Hall of Fame and a Supreme Champion. He is... DAVID HELMS!!!"

Reaching the ring, Helms jumps up and slides underneath the bottom rope feet first. He leaps up to his feet and walks right past Gavin, shoulder bumping his opponent before climbing to the middle rope of the corner. He throws up his hand into a Self High Five. He finds a camera, leans out, performing another Self High Five before turning to Gavin who steps up behind him. He throws his hands into Gavin’s face, “Bang”, maybe Gavin jump back. Now with an unhappy face, Gavin stares at David. David returns with a smile as the music dies.

Knots: “David isn’t too impressed by Gavin. Last week, Gavin tried to convince David to use his Trios Tournament contract to beat up on Xander Valentine, he wanted to make it a whole family affair, but David obviously has other plans!”

Sharper: “David Helms has other problems. He isn’t going to waste anymore time of the likes of Xander Valentine. No, he has other plans, wants to give opportunity, kind of in the same way Ace did with his.”

Knots: “And then there’s Ravyn Taylor he has to---”

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 stage. Ravyn steps out alongside Alexander Crowe. Gavin Taylor points out to Ravyn

Knots: “More poachers. A lot of eyes on his match, Ravyn is down here to get a better look herself. What is she up to? Is this her plan for fun?”

Sharper: “David Helms isn’t happy to see Ravyn! You can’t trust her to keeps her hands to herself! She always has some sort of plan going on!”

Ravyn Taylor stands at the bottom of the ramp, waves to Helms as Alexander Crowe smirks. David Helms goes to the ropes, climbs up onto the second, points towards the two. The bell rings, from behind Gavin Taylor launches himself to punch David into the back of the head. David is beaten down, absorbing hists to the back of the head. The crowd is booing.

Sharper: “Gavin Taylor taking advantage of the distraction already, jumping David Helms!”

Knots: “Gavin is an unabashed cheater. His motto, if you’re not cheating, you’re not trying hard enough.”

Gavin Taylor whips David Helms, Helms reverses the whip and pulls Gavin with a knee. The crowd cheers. Still holding Gavin Taylor, David Helms buries knife edge chops into Taylor’s chest. David Helm lifts Taylor up, drops him down onto his knee for an inverted atomic drop. Gavin Taylor hops up and down while David Helms runs pass him, goes through the ropes and takes him down with a running bulldog. Helms pops up, waves his arms to continue to stroke the crowd.

Sharper: “David Helms getting control of the match right away!”

Knots: “Gavin needs to understand, not only is David Helms experienced but he’s proven to be a tough SOB!”

Sharper: “And he hasn’t been in the best of moods, he’s looking for a fight!”

Gavin Taylor pushes himself up onto his feet. David Helms starts to backpedal, but Ravyn trips him up with a swipe. He turns to confront Ravyn, who has already backed away and has had Alexander Crowe step in between. David Helms turns there’s the Gavin Taylor Lariat! Helms is dropped to the canvas, Taylor immediately drops down, elbow drops him in the upper back/neck area before climbing up and repeating the process!

Sharper: “Again! Gavin using the distraction to get in some offense.”

Knots: “The referee might want to get rid of Infamous, to prevent them from getting anymore involved in this match.”

Sharper: “It might be a volatile situation, one that might explode. I don’t know how much David is going put up with!”

Gavin backs up into the ropes. David starts to get up onto one knee, Taylor comes forward! All-Starmaker! Crashing down onto David Helm’s chest, he reaches backwards and goes for the pin!

Sharper: “All-Starmaker! Taylor with the pin!”

1…

2-

Sharper: “David Helms explodes out right after two!”

Knots: “Gavin Taylor thought he had the one-two combo to seal the deal, getting right out of here so he can save himself for his future date with the US Champion.”

Gavin Taylor floats over to the side where Ravyn and Alexander are looking on. He waves them over to get closer.

Gavin Taylor: “After we beat up this old man, let’s work together again with Xander! The skies the limit! We’ll be the biggest force in SCW! What do you say--?”

David Helms leaps forward with a running front dropkick. The impact launches Gavin Taylor through the ropes, crashing into both Ravyn Taylor and Alexander Crowe. All three are down as David Helms climbs to his feet. He looks to the hard cam and shrugs his shoulders, getting a loud reaction. He then goes sprinting from one end and back. Suicide dive through the ropes, Ravyn tosses Gavin in its path, averting the danger from both her and Alexander!

Sharper: “If Gavin Taylor thinks Ravyn’s helping him out as charity, he’s very gravely mistaken! She isn’t going to take a bullet for him!”

Knots: “Whatever her plans, Gavin shouldn’t be confused why she’s out here! She’s not helping him. She’s focused on David!”

Gavin Taylor scrambles to his feet, but David Helms pops him in the side of the head with an elbow. He takes Gavin by the head and lets it bang off the ring steps. He shoves Taylor against the ring apron, again he strikes with a series of hard chops, echoing throughout the arena. Taylor tries to retreat, stumbling around the ring post and sliding into the ring. David Helms cuts into the ring to intercept his retreat. As Gavin starts to find his feet, Helms has him dead to rights with a punt!

Sharper: “David Helms with the Sudden Realisation!”

Knots: “Gavin Taylor just has a epiphany, David Helms isn’t a very nice man!”

Sharper: “The cover by Helms!”

1…

2…

Sharper: “Gavin Taylor gets his shoulder up! He’s not done yet.

Knots: “This match might toughen him up for Xander. Gavin isn’t a push over like people think he is. He can take some hard hits himself!”

David Helms is pumped up, he goes to the corner, stomping his feet. The crowd is whipped up into a frenzy. He climbs up onto the top rope, thrusts his arm up into the air before turning. Gavin Taylor staggers to his feet, David Helms flies with a squeal of nearby witness. Diving headscissors throws Gavin across the ring. Gavin rolls, using the momentum to get back to his feet, his body bumping into the turnbuckle. David Helms comes charging forward but Gavin Taylor lunges out of the way, rolling forward fully settled on his feet. He shakes his head, trying to knock loose some cobwebs. David Helms again comes charging but this time Gavin Taylor steps up with Desperation Buzzer-Beater STO! Both men are now down.

Sharper: “Gavin Taylor showing off his athleticism and quickness, managing avoid David Helms killing blows!”

Knots: “And he drapes his arms over David’s chest, showing his brilliant ring awareness!”

1…

2…

Sharper: “David Helms kicks out after two. Gavin might not have had gotten the pin, but he stopped David Helms momentum cold.”

Gavin Taylor and David Helms crawls towards the ropes. They both get up besides each other. They start exchanging chops. After the third, Taylor steps in with a knee to the midsection followed an elbow to David’s face. Belly-to-belly suplex brings David Helms back down into the center of the ring. Gavin now on a knee, thinking what’s his next plan of attack. He nods to himself. He reaches down, lifts David’s helm head up for a few punches to the side of the skull. He leads David to his feet, and slams his head against the top turnbuckle a few times. In a daze, David is led to the middle of the ring. Gavin toe kicks him before lifting David up onto his shoulder for the Highlight of the Night but David Helms punches Gavin right in the face!

Sharper: “Highlight of the Night--- No!”

Gavin tries to dump David off his shoulder but David flies forward, landing on the second turnbuckle of the nearby corner. He steps up onto the top rope while Gavin Taylor turns! Truth & Consequences! David Helms starts to crawl towards Taylor to go for the pin!

Sharper: “Truth & Consequences hits it mark! This could be over- wait no!”

Knots: “Ravyn is now on the apron, distracting the referee, preventing him from counting the fall.”

The crowd counts instead, but Gavin Taylor still gets his shoulder up before three. That’s not the problem. David Helms looks up, wincing, seeing that the referee is trying to send Ravyn and Crowe to the back. Then out from the back, Selena Frost steps out. The crowd roars. Ravyn Taylor drops down and she turns towards up the ramp at a Selena Frost who stands there at the top rope, challenging.

Sharper: “It’s Selena Frost! She’s out here!”

Knots: “She has had enough!”

From behind David Helms is turned around. Gavin Taylor drills Helms with a few punches, vertical suplex but David Helms floated over! New Jersey Neckbreaker! The crowd is now deafening between the showdown outside the ring and the fan favorite hitting his finisher!

Knots: “New Jersey Neckbreaker!”

Sharper: “Gavin Taylor was trying to take advantage of distraction again, but this time Helms reacted! Pin by Helms!”

1…

2…

3!

Sharper: “David Helms gets the win! But look up there! It’s the rest of Infamous!”

From behind in Selena, Syren, Holly Adams, CHBK, Christopher Richter, and Christy Matthews all step out from the curtains. From the bottom of the ramp Ravyn Taylor and Alexander Crowe starts to close in with Selena Frost standing there in the middle of the ramp, about to be ambushed! David Helms runs out of the ring, not savoring his victor for a second. He swings by the timekeeper to get a chair. He begins to march up, while the hyenas close in on Selena.

Sharper: “It’s about to be seven on one! Get out up Helms! Those numbers are too great!”

Knots: “He’s going to try to clean house with that chair but is that even enough? There’s so many Infamous members! Two against seven isn’t much better!”

The crowd cheers nevertheless as a valiant David Helms approaches the crowd with his weapon of choice. But before he starts swinging the stage where Selena is cornered is inundated with yellow shirt security, referees, and other personnel! Infamous begins to start pushing towards Selena. David Helms swims through to pull Selena out of the crowd.

Sharper: “I think officials didn’t want to see this powder keg explode. They were out here right away.”

Knots: “I don’t think you can miss the mass migration of Infamous. And if they’re moving in a hurry, it’s never good news!”

The scene cuts to black.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as the crowd roars to see Selena Frost backstage, walking into one of the open areas as we see Jessica Winters heading over to her. David Helms heads over to Selena too.

Selena: “Not going to let them do what they did to me to you.”

David: “See you’re half way to starting to take the right shots. Just have to deal with the whole group of them.”

Selena: “I don’t care. I knew you’d grab a chair and I like our odds.”

Jessica: “You okay? I saw-“

Selena: “Oh I’m great. After everything the last few weeks, I’m going to keep being a thorn in their side. After what Ravyn’s said about Regan, about everything else…”

Selena looks around.

Selena: “You know what. Syren’s pissed off. Thinks she’d have won. Well I do too and you don’t hear me bitching about it. Syren walked off. She had her chance and she showed she’s a coward. She can talk about whatever she wants regarding how this is about wanting the validating for SCW giving her a shot, that’s what unadulterated ego is and you know what, I think I have an idea.”

David: “Oh an idea? Regan’s told me you have a few.”

Selena: “I do. You know what…I think that maybe they need a bit knocking down to size. You want to keep messing with Helms. David getting involved. You’re upset about that.”

David: “She seems to be.”

Selena: “Then how about you deal with it, Ravyn, like people should in SCW. In the ring. You want to have fun too. I can help there! We’ve waited years to get this match, and well, Ravyn, you’ve made it as good as ever that there’s no chance this match won’t happen now. So let’s do it, Retribution….David and I against Dark Fantasy! And let’s see whether you’re the Best in the World, whether you can get revenge, or David and I can remind you that Infamous is a lot of talk at the end of the day. BELIEVE IT!”

David shrugs and turns to the camera.

David: “BANG!”

Jessica watches the two head off as the crowd roars.

“We’re All Mad Here” by Marquis of Vaudeville begins to play as the arena goes dark. A few moments pass before Giovanni Aries steps out from the back, taking a drag of his cigarette. He chuckles to himself as he looks around. He then brings the cigarette from his mouth before then starting to head to the ring. He takes another drag as he walks down to the ring.

Sharper: “That man may be as vile as any in SCW.”

Knots: “And he certainly had his fun last week, trying to take out Chris Cannon before then getting disqualified. Using the World Championship as a weapon.”

Sharper: “All part of his way to just subvert everything. We heard Owen earlier. Making clear how annoyed he is and moving on.”

Knots: “I said it then and I’ll say it not. The reason he’s here is part his fault. Sasha was ready to fire him and he had to bring him into the ring. He wanted to settle in the ring.”

Giovanni Aries reaches the ring and climbs up the steel steps. He looks around, smirking at the crowd before stepping into the ring. He then walks around before going to the apron where a microphone waits for him. He takes it and walks back to the middle of the ring. He then throws his cigarette down and puts it out in the ring. He chuckles a bit.

Giovanni: “Chris…Enjoy being champion. I gave you what you wanted…and trust me…you walked into it, just like everything I made Sienna do to help me. I have so much figured out that I don’t even need to bring up Karina to make the change I want.”

The crowd boos.

Giovanni: “The change I want can’t be stopped anymore. Because it’s just a matter of time. Change I could get as soon as Retribution because David Helms gifted me this opportunity to earn a World Championship shot.”

Giovanni chuckles again.

Giovanni: “You all know I don’t want the title. Not for glory…but for what it represents. Just like last week, I used it to my advantage. And now, I stand here…more powerful than ever. The Wonderland is as strong as ever. Oh what…you look around, see that I stand alone. You don’t really understand anything do you?”

Giovanni looks down, shaking his head.

Giovanni: “Blake Mason can try to take us out one by one, but he forgot something. I hear the cheers. The cheers from some of you who want to see what I’ll do. What I’ll do when I break everyone from the trance set up by the Lizard King. And wait, you think I’ve not been successful? I’ve not started to win. But I have!”

Giovanni smiles.

Giovanni: “Owen Cruze…splitting from everyone, going on his own. He’s realized the fight is futile. So many others have said the same. Peyton Rice, she’s at home, tending to Kelcey Wallace who may never be seen again. Sienna Swann….concussion…a convenient patsy now put away. The lines are dropping and I continue to stand tall. You can attack us in the back. Drop us on our head and we will get up. We are devoted….your troops are falling, Lizard King! So much so that I can be as direct as ever. Although I hold the same cards and I will damn sure play them if I have to...”

Giovanni winks.

Giovanni: “Right Karina.”

Giovanni smiles.

Giovanni: “Nothing can stop me and people need to understand that. Owen Cruze can get upset about how I’m still here. How I haven’t been fired, but we all know he’s the reason why I’m here. We all know that if they fire me, it stops nothing. It just opens up a new battleground. And maybe at Retribution…I remind everyone of the greatest nightmare in this company…when I win a World Title shot. Again…why not next week? Not the time. But in the future….Well-“

The crowd erupts in cheers as we see Blake Mason, in a hoodie, hopping over the barricade and then entering the ring. He slides into the ring. The crowd cheers as Blake tackles Giovanni Aries down. The crowd roars as he hammers away on Giovanni Aries from behind. Giovanni covers up.

Sharper: “Blake Mason from the crowd! He’s heard enough and is coming right for Aries!”

Knots: “He doesn’t want to wait until Retribution!”

Sharper: “But is he going to try and piledrive him?!”

Blake Mason gets a few more shots in and Giovanni rolls over and covers up before shoving him off. Giovanni rolls over and gets up and Blake gets up and runs at him and spears him into the corner. The crowd cheers as he thrusts his shoulder into him again and again before nailing him a third time. He then steps out and grabs Giovanni and goes to pull him out. The crowd then makes noise as we go to a wide shot to see Alice Ames in a neck brace now in the ring, having seemingly come from the crowd.

Knots: “Is that?”

Sharper: “Alice Ames! We’ve not seen her since Last Grasp of Reality! And she still has a neck brace!”

Alice then throws herself at Blake and tackles him down. Giovanni drops down and rolls to the floor. He backs up as Alice hammers away on Blake. Blake gets up and pushes her off and stumbles to the ropes.

Giovanni: “The Wonderland will not give up Blake! What about the Lizard Kingdom?! Huh!”

Giovanni laughs as he backs up, outstretching his arms. Officials run out from the back. Blake starts to get up and Alice grabs Blake, but Blake fights her off a bit before hoisting her up onto his shoulders. He then turns and hits the BME. Alice rolls over, holding her head and neck in pain. Blake turns and walks back over to the ropes. Giovanni keeps backing up as the crowd looks on. Blake tries to exit the ring, but officials keep him from exiting as Giovanni heads to the back.

Sharper: “BME on Alice Ames! Ames with just pure devotion, protecting Giovanni!”

Knots: “At what cost? And does Giovanni care?”

Sharper: “It doesn’t matter with the goal they have? Doesn’t matter with this damn cult!”

Giovanni continues to head to the back as officials keep Blake back and check on Alice Ames.

Backstage, the scene opens up to see Xander Valentine standing in one of the darker hallways backstage. He takes a deep breath, almost an exasperated sigh as he turns to the camera. We see Artemis shifting in the background.

Xander: “Gavin…”

Xander shakes his head.

Xander: “You know what I’m capable of. Even while some may see it as you make a joke out of it, I know this is as scared as you’ve been. You’ve earned a US championship shot and yet you know you need to face me.”

Xander looks down.

Xander: “But you don’t need to fear what I will do to you…at least insofar as sending you a hospital or shortening your career. I already have the greatest motivation to avoid that…I will always remember Last Grasp of Reality.”

Xander looks down and then takes another deep breath.

Xander: “But Gavin…don’t tempt me to forget, even for a moment. You will not find solace in half-friends and convenient allies. And if you continue to act like this, I will make sure that I will not see this title leave my grasp into yours. THAT…that would be a grave disrespect….”

Xander sighs.

Xander: “Talent or not, Gavin…consider this a warning. Start to take this a bit more serious. Focus on coming at me directly. Stop trying to get people to wear me down. It will not work. Because if not…and if you continue to fray what nerves I have left, you will regret it. I promise you….at Retribution!”

Xander looks up and turns to Artemis before the two walk off as the scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Doom & Groove vs. The Golden Boys

A black and white video vignette begins rolling on the screens, showing Lyza Reyes dressed as Charlie Chaplin on the moon. There is no dialogue, but simply piano music playing with the pace of the footage. She's caught in the middle of a tug of war match between a U.S. Spaceman, and a small group of miniature aliens. Before determining which side pulls Lyza once and for all, the feed goes dead. Television static comes through, which leads to a shot of Devin Brando, standing in the center of war born chaos. Half of his face is painted with his former persona’s essence. He glides his hand down his face before he starts down the centerline. The venue goes black.

“There’s no right, there’s no wrong, there’s only popular opinion.”

All while these videos play, the introduction of “Clockwork” by Hyper comes and goes. When the beat drops, Lyza Reyes and Devin Brando make their way out from behind the curtain. Devin gives the world a solemn look while Lyza moves around him, taking in the energy of their environment. When she clears out of his way, the Last King starts his way down the ramp. Lyza takes the time to slap some of the hands of the fans. Brando doesn’t seem invested in the action. 

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a twenty minute time limit. First, on their way to the ring, they are the team of Devin Brando and Lyza Reyes, Doom & Groove!”

Sharper: “A tough loss last time out for Doom & Groove when they went up against the SCW World Tag Team Champions Suited and Booted, but while the record books may show a loss, the reality of the situation is that this team really took it to Chris Cannon and Lucas Knight in a match that could have easily gone either way.”

Knots: “Right, a hell of a match between the two teams, and Devin and Lyza proved even in defeat just why they’re considered the World’s Best after winning that tournament last year, taking the champs to the limit.”

At the end of the ramp, Devin looks to both sides of himself. Lyza stops in front of him and turns to face him. Brando’s eyes fall on her and she gives him a pat on the shoulder before backing away. With a nice turn of the heel, Reyes hits the ring steps while Devin opts to slide underneath the bottom rope. While the man rises, Lyza leaps over the top rope and scales the nearest turnbuckle. She points to some of the “Lyzanities.” When she gets off the turnbuckle, she turns to face the hard camera. Devin stands in their corner, seated against the second turnbuckle. She comes over and levels herself onto the top turnbuckle, finalizing their tandem as they await their opponents.

I am flesh and I am bone

Rise up, ting ting, like glitter and gold

I’ve got fire in my soul

Rise up, ting ting, like glitter

Like glitter and gold

Like glitter

Strobe lights flash around the entrance set to match the beat of “Glitter & Gold”. Out comes Bison Jones steps out from behind the curtains. Bison Jones jogs in place as Adam Allocco steps out behind him, patting Big Bad on his back. He poses at the top of the ramp, flexing his pectorals and then rolling his defined shoulders. Adam steps in front of him and poses, imitating Bison as best as he could. All while this dick measuring contest is going on, Anastasia Smirnov comes strutting out, and with waving arms, presents the Golden Boys to the crowd. Adam soaks in the boos while Bison noticeably mouths something to his boss. 

Phillips: “And their opponents, accompanied by Anastasia Smirnov, they are Adam Allocco and ‘Big Bad’ Bison Jones, the Golden Boys!”

Sharper: “And speaking of the World’s Best tournament, here comes the man that put it all together, Adam Allocco, along with his partner, Bison Jones.”

Knots: “Adam expecting some gratitude from these two, claiming in his message to the fans this week that without him and his tournament, they’d still be undiscovered!”

Sharper: “These two have made an impact in their short time here strictly because of their immense talent, something Adam Alloco’s going to find out the hard way, win or lose.”

Bison hops up the ring steps while Adam Allocco slides in underneath the bottom rope. Bison goes to one corner, Adam goes to the other corner, both raise their arm high into the air. Bison and Adam retreat to their corner and begin to discuss strategy for the upcoming match. Adam notices Anastasia not doing anything, mouths something to her that makes her start clapping with a forced smile. Adam sees Lyza staying in the ring as Devin makes his way onto the apron. Adam quickly shoos Bison out of the ring before doing some quick stretches in the corner. The bell sounds. Lyza and Adam both walk to the center of the ring. Lyza holds her hand up for a tie-up, but Adam takes a step back. He gestures to the mat in front of him, telling Lyza to lie down.

Sharper: “Underway here, Lyza Reyes and Adam Allocco to start… and what is Adam doing?”

Knots: “Looks like he’s asking her to throw the match without actually saying it aloud. I guess actions are louder than words.”

Lyza looks back at Devin, who looks unamused as he shakes his head. Lyza turns back to Adam. She smiles and shrugs before getting down and lying flat on her back. Adam looks unsure at first, but snaps out of it and walks forward with a confident smirk before placing a foot onto Lyza’s chest for the cover.

1!

Lyza suddenly hooks Adam’s leg and takes him down. Adam falls straight to the mat onto his chest. 

Sharper: “Oh, and Lyza, taking advantage of Adam’s arrogance!”

The crowd roars as Lyza gets to her feet before Adam and drills him in the back with a dropkick. Adam falls forward and lands chest first into the corner, right next to Devin. He shakes the cobwebs off and sees Devin staring at him. He puts his hands up and slowly backs away. He backs up right into Lyza, who rolls him up with a schoolboy.

1!

2!

Adam just barely kicks out and rolls through, quickly getting to his feet. As Lyza gets up, Adam drills her with an enzuigiri. The crowd ohs before booing. Adam sits on the mat and taps his temple.

Sharper: “Adam Allocco, boasting about his ring awareness.”

Knots: “Hey, it got her down, didn’t it?”

Adam brings himself back up and sees Lyza already stirring. He walks over and grabs her before plowing his knee into her gut. She keels over. Adam hits a shoot kick to her left leg, buckling her to a knee. He hooks her head before dropping back quickly with a snap DDT. He rolls her over and drapes his back over her for the cover.

1!

2!

Lyza kicks out right after two. Adam gets up and tags Bison in. Bison enters the ring and Adam instructs him to wait near the corner. Adam goes back to Lyza and brings her up. He whips her into the corner, running right behind her. Lyza hits the corner and Adam jumps up, using both hands to hook her head. He falls back and launches Lyza up with a monkey flip. Bison smoothly slots in and catches her before planting her with a sitout powerbomb. The crowd ohs as Bison uses his legs to pin Lyza’s arms. Adam excitedly counts along with the referee.

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Lyza breaks free. 

Sharper: “Adam using the size difference to his advantage there, getting some extra elevation on that flip to launch Lyza right up into the Crossfade.”

Knots: “Right up into that big powerbomb from Bison Jones. That’s a lot of power there, Lyza’s probably trying to get her wind back now.”

Adam questions the referee’s count before being forced back onto the apron. Bison slowly gets up. Lyza grabs at his pants, trying to bring herself back up. Bison grabs her and sees Adam jumping up and down on the apron begging for a tag. Bison shakes his head and brings Lyza to the corner with him, tagging in Adam. We see Adam inaudibly barking orders from the apron following the tag. Bison hooks Lyza for a suplex before hoisting her up. He twists her in the air before dropping her spine right onto his knee. Lyza cries out in pain as Bison leaves her there, stretching her out. Adam slingshots into the ring for a guillotine leg drop right onto an outstretched Lyza. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “On the Rocks now, and the Golden Boys are working together well here.”

Knots: “Using a lot of teamwork in hopes of getting back into the win column.”

Bison goes back to the apron as Adam hooks both legs with authority.

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Lyza gets a shoulder up. Adam hits the mat in frustration before spinning himself back to his feet. He grabs Lyza by the hair and pulls her up before hooking her for a suplex. He lifts her, but Lyza spins out of it and lands behind Adam. She reaches forward and jumps up before falling back and driving her knees into Adam’s back.

Sharper: “Backstabber!”

The crowd cheers as Adam falls to the mat, arching his back and kicking his legs.

Knots: “And Lyza, she can catch her breath a bit here, or more ideally, go for the tag!”

Lyza begins to crawl towards her corner, but Adam reaches out and grabs her leg to stop her. He slowly brings himself up and Lyza follows suit, hopping on one leg. Before Adam can try anything, Lyza spins and kicks Adam in the head with her free leg. Adam flies back into his corner. Bison tags him on the back before Adam falls and rolls onto the apron. 

Sharper: “Bison Jones now, back in.”

Bison quickly enters the ring, going after Lyza, who’s just getting back to her feet. Bison goes for a clothesline, but Lyza ducks it. She turns back and shoot kicks Bison in the leg. He buckles slightly, but not enough to fall as he turns around. Lyza jumps up and hits a standing dropkick, right to Bison’s left knee. Bison falls to a knee. 

Sharper: “Beautiful dropkick from Lyza Reyes, finally getting some momentum going.”

Lyza gets up and hits Bison in the chest with another shoot kick. She does it again. She attempts a final kick, only for Bison to catch her leg. She reacts immediately with an enzuigiri with her free leg, finally sending Bison to the mat. The crowd roars. She lays on the mat and uses both of her feet to roll Bison over. She hooks the far leg.

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Bison kicks out just after two and rolls over, going for the ropes to bring himself up. Lyza tags in Devin. The crowd cheers as Devin brings himself into the ring.

Sharper: “Devin Brando, getting the tag.”

Knots: “Finally!”

Lyza stays in the ring and measures Bison up. Bison pulls himself up into the corner. He turns around to see both Devin and Lyza. He charges them with a noticeable limp, but Lyza runs forward and leaps up before flinging him with a flying headscissors. Bison stumbles forward from the momentum, right into a vicious big boot from Devin.

Sharper: “Huge big boot by Devin Brando!”

Knots: “Bison’s still up!”

Bison staggers backwards after the blow. Lyza jumps up and hits a dropkick to the back of Bison’s head, the snap of her boot against his skull echoing out. Lyza rolls onto the apron. Bison stays on his feet still, dazed. He stumbles forward right into Devin, who forcefully lifts Bison up and plants him into the mat with a rebound spinebuster. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Doom & Groove with the Ultra Combo!”

Knots: “And Devin, showing off his strength, lifting the big man up and driving him right back down, something we haven’t seen from many tangling with Bison Jones!”

Devin falls forward for a cover.

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Bison only just beats the three, throwing his shoulder up and rolling over onto his front. Devin stays on him, swinging around to Bison’s head and driving a few stiff knees all over the upper body. Devin relents and gets up, leaning against the ropes. Bison slowly gets to his feet. Devin runs at him, going for another big boot, but Bison dodges it. Devin turns back to Bison. Bison spins himself and drills Devin with a discus clothesline. Bison goes to get up, but his right leg buckles a bit. He decides to just go for the cover.

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Devin kicks out just after the two.

Sharper: “Only a two there, but you saw Bison struggling with that leg.”

Knots: “Lyza must’ve gotten a good shot in with that dropkick awhile back. It’s gotta be a target now.”

Devin rolls over and gets himself up even before Bison, who’s taking a moment to catch his breath. He gets up, but Devin rushes in and takes him down with a chop block. Bison falls to his knees. Devin scrambles up and grabs Bison’s left arm. He twists it around and snaps it with an arm wringer. Devin keeps the arm held and falls back, driving his knees into Bison’s arm with a double knee armbreaker. Bison falls to the mat, clutching his arm. Devin crawls forward and grabs the same arm, shifting himself into a Fujiwara armbar. Bison yells out in pain as Devin yanks back.

Sharper: “Bison now, caught in the armbar!”

Knots: “And Devin Brando is tearing Bison apart, limb by limb!”

Bison manages to roll into a position to take the pressure off, but Devin smoothly shifts to Bison’s legs, grabbing the right leg and dropping down while hooking in a kneebar.

Shaper: “Weakened that arm, but now back to the injured leg!”

Bison uses his strong arm to claw himself towards the ropes. After a few moments, he successfully reaches them.

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Devin breaks the hold and gets up. Bison gets on his hands and knees and begins to crawl towards his corner. Devin reaches out for him and pulls him up, standing him up on his knees. He hooks Bison’s left arm into a chickenwing before reaching over and applying a crossface. Devin stretches Bison out as hard as he can. He looks at Adam on the apron and stares at him with a stoic look on his face.

Sharper: “Devin, using his years and years of experience against Bison’s very limited experience and just completely showing him up here!”

Knots: “And look at him, he’s just staring Adam down while dismantling his muscle!”

Bison reaches out and manages to grab the ropes. The referee begins the count again as Devin just stares down Adam.

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Devin releases the hold and Bison falls forward, clutching his arm. He scoots forward and forcefully tags in Adam, reaching up and hitting his chest. Bison rolls out of the ring and onto the mats outside while Anastasia runs over to check on him.

Sharper: “Bison, tagging in Adam.”

Knots: “And Devin is just waiting. It’s like he wanted this.”

Devin backs up to the middle of the ring and holds out his arms, waiting for Adam to enter. Adam looks unsure on the apron, looking around cautiously. He slowly enters the ring, watching Devin the whole way. Adam sheepishly steps forward and extends his hand to Devin. The slightest of smirks is seen on Devin’s face.

Sharper: “And we have Adam Allocco wanting to make amends now that his partner’s been taken out of the picture.”

Knots: “Or maybe demanding respect!”

Devin suddenly grabs Adam’s arm and pulls him forward, looking for Midnight Murder Scene, but Adam flips through, landing on his feet. He shoots his hand out and pokes Devin in the eye. Devin groans and holds his eye. Adam hits him with a throat thrust. The crowd ohs before booing as Devin clutches his throat. The referee gets in Adam’s face, but Adam shoves him to the side before catching Devin in a small package.

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Devin breaks loose and the two get up. Adam goes for a forearm, but Devin catches it. He hooks the arm and goes for a half nelson bulldog, but Adam slips out of it behind Devin. He locks in a waistlock on Devin and pushes him forward into the ropes. They rebound and Adam rolls back, rolling Devin with him into an O’Connor roll. Devin manages to slip free before the referee can count and rolls up, throwing up a clothesline, but Adam ducks it, catching the arm. He pulls Devin back into a ripcord knee strike. Devin falls to a knee and Adam quickly hooks him for a suplex.

Sharper: “Adam, showing his intellect inside the ring now, countering Devin’s offense and just staying on him.”

Adam hooks Devin’s leg and uses all of his strength to hoist Devin up before driving him down with a fisherman’s suplex. Adam twists and gets back up, bringing Devin up and right back down with another fisherman’s suplex. Once more, he twists, getting back up. Devin blocks the final suplex, standing his ground. Adam releases it and hits a jumping knee strike, knocking Devin dazed again. Adam hooks him for the suplex once more, hitting the final fisherman’s suplex for the Trifecta Climaxa. He bridges for the pin.

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Devin breaks out of the bridge. Adam crawls to the ropes and pulls himself up near Doom & Groove’s corner. He appears to be taking a breather, but suddenly runs towards Lyza and drills her with a back elbow. Lyza falls onto the apron while holding her head. The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Cheap shot from Allocco!”

Adam smirks down at Lyza before returning to Devin, setting up behind him as Devin stirs.

Knots: “Setting up for Enlightenment now, it looks like!”

Adam poses dramatically, apparently setting up for The Enlightenment. Devin slowly rises up, getting to his knees as Adam excitedly continues to set up. Lyza calls out, however, warning Devin, who ducks the kick at the last second. Adam stumbles forward but catches himself from falling, using the ropes as support. Lyza groggily brings herself back up. Adam turns around and goes to Devin, who’s just getting to his feet. Adam hooks him before throwing him back with an exploder suplex. The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Lyza warned Devin, even got away from Enlightenment, but Adam’s back on top already!”

Adam scatters over to Devin, quickly covering him.

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Devin kicks out and rolls over, but Adam stays on him and hooks him with a waistlock on the mat. They both rise to their feet. Adam goes for a German suplex, but Devin hooks their legs and blocks it. He throws back a right elbow, but Adam ducks it. Devin fakes another right elbow, causing Adam to duck, but on his way back up, Devin drills him with a left elbow. Devin slips behind Adam, catching him in a waistlock. He pushes Adam towards the corner where Lyza waits. Devin pushes Adam chest first into the corner and tags in Lyza, who responds by throwing up her leg and catching Adam in the head with a stiff kick. The crowd roars as Devin turns Adam around and hoists him up on his shoulders in position for a Kinnuku Buster.

Sharper: “Tag to Lyza!”

Knots: “Devin’s still in there, Lyza going up top, they’re looking for Nail of Helena!”

Devin gets Adam into position as Lyza swiftly gets to the top turnbuckle. As she steadies herself, Bison rolls into the ring and stands up. He limps over behind Devin and takes him down with a chop block. Lyza watches as everyone falls to the mat.

Sharper: “Bison Jones, back in the ring, taking out Devin!”

Devin rolls to the apron as Bison tries to get back to his feet. He buckles back to a knee. Lyza leaps off the top rope, crashing down onto Bison with a flying crossbody. The crowd roars. Bison rolls onto the apron. Lyza quickly gets up and hits him with a baseball slide, sending him tumbling to the outside. Lyza looks over the ropes as Anastasia runs over to check on Bison. Adam suddenly springs up from behind and rolls up Lyza with a schoolboy. The referee slides in for the count as Lyza struggles to break free.

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Adam grabs the rope for extra leverage as Devin rolls back into the ring.

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Devin plows into Adam to break up the pin, sending him flying through the ropes and to the outside, but it’s too late. The bell sounds and the crowd boos as  “Glitter & Gold” plays.

Phillips: “Here are your winners, via pinfall, Adam Allocco and Bison Jones, Golden Boys!”

Sharper: “And Adam had the ropes there!”

Knots: “Devin, almost got there in time, but he just missed it.”

Anastasia pulls Adam up, who looks a bit dazed from the shot from Devin. He shakes it off and begins jumping up and down excitedly. He notices Anastasia not jumping along with him. He shoots her a look. Anastasia responds by reluctantly jumping up and down along with him. Adam notices Bison on the floor, nursing his injuries. He yells at him to get up and celebrate with everyone.

Sharper: “Well, some great teamwork from both of these teams. Doom & Groove looked like they had it at the end there, getting Adam up for Nail of Helena, but Bison got in there to break it up.”

Knots: “And then Adam took advantage of the chaos. Unfortunately for Devin and Lyza, they suffer defeat here, but also have to deal with the fact that it came from Adam Allocco.”

Devin stands by the ropes, looking down at Golden Boys as Lyza sits on the mat in frustration. Adam sees Devin looking down menacingly and decides to quickly back further up on the ramp. He motions for Anastasia to quickly pick up a wounded Bison. Anastasia attempts to obey Adam’s commands, but isn’t terribly effective.

David Helms can be seen in his locker room and Blake Mason storms into the room. He looks around and steps over.

Blake: “Hey!”

David looks over at him.

David: “Use your words.”

Blake: “I’m not in the mood to be cute.”

David: “Neither am I!”

Blake: “Why the hell did you put him in the Scaffold Scramble?”

David: “Who? Gio?”

Blake: “Yeah. Do you want this all to go to hell? I’ve heard you say time and time again you care about the future and yet you give him a shot.”

David: “Care to think about why? Sure, he’s an asshole. Sure he’s someone that SCW may be better without. But you’re going around looking to piledrive him? Do you seriously trust Katya worth a damn? I put you in it too. Consider it a favour to Kelcey. So many you don’t screw up your career for good by trusting someone you should know is bad news. It’s a scaffold…it’s high…you do the math. And maybe in the process, you can do something positive too…finally show that you could be at the top too.”

Blake looks at David. He then looks down before looking back up at David.

Blake: “I don’t need any favours. And David…it won’t stop anything. If I can take him out, piledrive him….break his neck…I’m going to do it. I don’t care about my career at this point. I care about someone elses.”

Blake turns and storms off as David watches him leave, shaking his head.

COMMERCIALS

Crystal Zdunich vs. Ricky James

SCW Television Championship

The arena fades to black as the screen lights up and we are treated to an old school movie countdown image.

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THE SILVER SCREEN QUEEN IS HERE!!!!

“I’m Coming Out” by Diana Ross begins to blast all across the speakers and as that happens we are able to see Crystal Zdunich emerging through the backstage curtain. Crystal smiles as her grouping of paparazzi gather up in front of the ring and they snag photos of the Latina beauty. Shortly after, Lexy Chapel comes from the back, taking her place next to Crystal. A shirtless man joins them both. Lexy has her cellphone up to her ear, apparently holding a conversation with someone on the other end. Meanwhile, the shirtless man has a janky looking perfume bottle in his hand. He displays it half-heartedly as the trio begin their walk down the ramp.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall, has a fifteen minute time limit, and is for the SCW Television Championship! Introducing first, the challenger, accompanied by Lexy Chapel, from Los Angeles, California, she is The Silver Screen Queen, Crystal Zdunich!”

Knots: “Also accompanied by another shirtless man!”

Sharper: “And Lexy Chapel, too busy for her own client, it seems.”

Knots: “Well, as we saw last week, her list of clients is ever growing. She’s a busy woman, Adam.”

Crystal gets to the ring and then runs up the steps where she walks towards the middle of the apron while Lexy takes her place at ringside, still on her phone. Crystal blows kisses out to the crowd before dropping into a split entering the ring. She pops back up doing a hair flip as she goes to her corner. The shirtless man with the perfume bottle goes to the commentary table.

Sharper: “Oh boy, here we go.”

“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. The music begins to fade to a quieter volume as Lucy takes position behind the mic on the podium, the TV Title over her shoulder.

LHS: “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. Meanwhile, the shirtless man puts on a commentary headset. We see him standing nervously at the table next to Sharper and Knots. 

Shirtless Man: “Hello, Jim and Aidan and everyone watching at home.”

Sharper: "Aidan?!" 

Knots: “Hey, you can’t interrupt the Pledge!”

Shirtless Man: “As Lexy is busy, I have been told to come over here and promote the latest product we've made available in an attempt to expand the brand.”

Knots: “How many shirtless men does she hire? Are you the same one from a few weeks back or are you local?”

The shirtless man holds up the cheap perfume bottle to the camera as The Silent Majority continue to recite the Pledge in the background.

Shirtless Man: “From the creators of the CRYSTAL™ Clear Water Bottle comes an exhilarating new fragrance. Introducing… CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy©. It’s, uh… wait, I forget what she said was in it…”

The shirtless man stands there awkwardly while thinking hard as The Silent Majority finish the Pledge, their entrance music going 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. Lucy holds the belt high into the air as Ricky stares at it. Lucy brings it back down over her shoulder as the two begin their way down the ramp.

Phillips: “And her opponent, accompanied by Lucy Huckabee-Sanders and representing The Silent Majority, from Boca Raton, Florida, he is the SCW Champion of Television, Ricky James!”

Shirtless Man: “Oh, I remember now. CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy© produces an earthy, rock-like scent to represent our shining stone Crystal, with a hint of mildew that brings back memories of Lexy’s homeland. A suffocating scent, not unlike Crystal suffocating her opponents for the three count.”

Sharper: “Suffocating?!”

Shirtless Man: “Thank you for your time.”

The shirtless man takes the headset off and sprays the perfume into the air surrounding the table a few times. He walks back over to Lexy all while holding the perfume bottle into the air.

Sharper: “Well, regardless of whatever Lexy’s doing now, Ricky James is- oh, Lord, what is that smell?”

Knots: “That’s CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy©. The marketing was true, at least. That’s most definitely suffocating.”

Sharper: "I can taste it. Why can I taste it?"

Reaching 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 steps outside as Ricky stretches in the corner. The bell sounds as Crystal sprints forward and drills Ricky with a running dropkick. Ricky flails into the corner and holds his jaw in shock.

Sharper: "Crystal, starting things hot!" 

Crystal gets up and Ricky charges out of the corner, going for a clothesline. Crystal ducks and runs through. She springboards off the second rope and Ricky turns around right into a flying kick. He falls to the ground, holding his face. Crystal shoots up and grabs his legs before flipping forward into a jackknife pin. 

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Ricky breaks free. The two get up but Crystal drops Ricky with a drop toehold. Ricky falls forward onto the second rope. Crystal hits the opposite ropes and runs back before jumping through the ropes and to the floor, grinding Ricky into the ropes on her way out. Ricky falls back and scatters around on the mat while dazed. Crystal hops back up onto the apron and waits for Ricky to rise. As she does, she looks down at Lexy at the side of the ring to see she's still on her phone, speaking inaudibly. Crystal shakes her head and focuses back on Ricky, who's getting to his feet. Crystal leaps up to the top rope and springboards off. She goes for a meteora, but Ricky just stumbles out of the way. Crystal crashes down to the mat, right onto her knees.

Sharper: "Crystal, coming up empty."

Crystal gets up with a small limp. Ricky quickly runs behind her, spinning around before nailing her with the Hard Right. The crowd ohs as Crystal falls to the mat.

Knots: "And Ricky James took advantage of it!" 

Ricky angrily stomps away at Crystal, hitting every limb several times. He goes down and forcefully rolls her onto her back before hooking both legs for the cover. 

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Crystal gets a shoulder up just after two and rolls onto the apron. Ricky quickly crawls after her and places Crystal’s neck on the rope. He brings himself up halfway and drives his knee into Crystal’s back, pulling the rope back into her throat. The referee counts as Ricky continues to yank back.

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The referee pulls Ricky off and gets in his face, warning him. Lucy uses the distraction to slap Crystal across the face. The crowd boos as Crystal rolls back to the middle of the ring, holding her face. Lucy smirks while adjusting the title on her shoulder.

Sharper: “Lucy Huckabee-Sanders with a cheap shot!”

Knots: “And I don’t think Lexy even noticed. Still just on a phone call!”

We see Lexy look over at the scene. She snaps her fingers at the shirtless man and points to Lucy before returning to her call. Ricky picks Crystal up, laying in a forearm shot to her back on the way up. He turns her around and hooks her into And Justice for All. He puts his hand over his heart and begins reciting the Pledge of Allegiance for the second time in about five minutes.

Sharper: “That harsh abdominal stretch from Ricky now, adding insult to injury with his taunting.”

While Ricky continues the Pledge, the shirtless man calmly walks to the other side of the ring towards Lucy. As Lucy shouts encouragement to Ricky, the shirtless man walks up beside her and sprays her in the face with CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy©.

Sharper: “Oh, and the shirtless man! He just sprayed Sanders, right in the face! The perfume!”

Knots: “Chemical warfare!”

Lucy shrieks and falls to the floor while rubbing her eyes. Ricky breaks the hold and lets Crystal drop to the mat. He stomps over to the ropes and leans over them, screaming at the shirtless man in Spanish as the shirtless man scampers away back to Lexy, who’s still on her call. Ricky walks along the side of the ring with the shirtless man until Crystal springs up and rolls him up with a schoolboy.

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Ricky kicks out as the last second. On his way up, Crystal jumps at him with an enzuigiri, knocking him back down. She gets back to her feet and hits the ropes before sliding into Ricky with another dropkick, sending him rolling towards the corner. Crystal rolls backwards towards the opposite corner before swiftly rising back to her feet, measuring Ricky up across the way. She runs forward and handsprings towards Ricky before finishing with a moonsault.

Sharper: “Smell the Roses from Crystal, finishing with a flourish!”

Crystal hooks the far leg.

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Ricky kicks out. Crystal stays on the mat, sliding out onto the apron. She pulls herself up and slingshots over the top rope, dropping down onto Ricky with a leg drop. She rolls over on top of him for another cover.

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Ricky kicks out shortly after two. Crystal stays on the mat for a second to catch her breath.

Sharper: “Well, say what you will about her methods and also her commitment to her client, but Lexy’s instructions have gotten Crystal ahead here.”

Knots: “Lucy can at least find solace in the fact that she smells like CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy© now. Who wouldn’t want to smell like rocks and mould, really?”

Crystal gets up and gets out on the apron again. She takes her time to climb up the turnbuckle, crouching on the top rope. Lucy stands up and reaches up, grabbing Crystal by the leg. We see her squinting, trying her best to see through the chemicals in her eyes, but successfully grabbing hold of Crystal’s leg. Crystal tries to shake free, but is unsuccessful. The referee comes over and warns her to get off as Ricky begins to stir. Crystal finally gets free and kicks Lucy down, off the apron and back to the mats on the outside. The crowd roars. Ricky suddenly runs up and smoothly hops to the second rope before quickly hooking Crystal. He hoists her up and launches backwards, planting her with a huge superplex. The crowd gives a mixed reaction.

Sharper: “Lucy’s back on the floor, but her distraction worked.”

Knots: “A huge suplex from Ricky, now going for the cover!”

Ricky floats over and hooks the far leg.

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Crystal kicks out. Ricky grabs her head and starts biting her forehead. The referee barks at him, warning him. Ricky lays in a few stiff forearms to Crystal’s head before going for another cover, this time with more force on the leg hook.

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Crystal quickly kicks out after two. Ricky gets up and looks to the outside, seeing Lexy still on the phone while the shirtless man stands by her. He shakes his head and bends down to pick up Crystal, but she suddenly traps him into a small package.

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Ricky only just breaks free and quickly gets to his feet. Crystal gets up and is immediately met with a strong backhand from Ricky. The crowd ohs before booing as Crystal falls back to the mat. Ricky looks to the outside and sees Lucy finally stirring. She’s able to open her eyes for the most as she takes in her surroundings. Ricky shakes his head and goes back to Crystal, putting a foot on her chest for the cover.

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Crystal kicks out and Ricky immediately goes down to grab her, lifting her back up. He stands her up before drilling her with a European uppercut, sending her stumbling back. Ricky goes after her and grabs her arm. He lifts it up and hits a heart punch. Crystal clutches at her chest and stumbles back into the corner. Ricky runs into the opposite corner, bouncing out and rushing right back at Crystal before jumping up and landing on Crystal with a big splash. Crystal falls out of the corner, right onto Ricky’s chest, limp.

Sharper: “And Ricky now, got Crystal right where he wants her.”

Knots: “Ever since the distraction by a blinded Lucy, he hasn’t let up.”

Ricky drives a knee into Crystal’s gut and hooks her head. He hoists her up and lays her on the top turnbuckle. As he sets her up, he sees Lucy gingerly walking to the other side of the ring, approaching Lexy and the shirtless man. Lucy takes the belt off of her shoulder and hits Lexy in the back of the head with it. Lexy’s phone goes flying into the crowd as she falls against the barricade before slumping down onto the mats.

Sharper: “Oh, my God! Lucy just took Lexy out!”

Knots: “I hope she hasn’t been on hold this whole time, because that call’s long gone now!”

The shirtless man steps forward, ready to once again spray potential hazardous waste into Lucy’s eyes again, but Lucy throws her leg forward and takes him down with a low blow. The crowd gives a mixed reaction as the shirtless man falls to his knees, still displaying the perfume bottle while also clutching his jewels. Meanwhile, Ricky has Crystal on the top turnbuckle, ready to hit The Art of the Deal, but he continues to watch the scene unfold on the outside.

Sharper: “Both of Crystal’s ringside companions, taken out now!”

Knots: “And Lucy, she’s got the CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy©!”

Lucy grabs the bottle from the shirtless man’s hand. She sprays it in his face. He falls to the ground and rolls around, trying to get it out of his eyes. Lucy walks over to Lexy and sprays the perfume on and around her carcass. The crowd gives a disgusted reaction as the scent of CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy© begins to spread throughout the arena. Lexy - possibly because CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy© shares some properties with smelling salts - suddenly springs to life and gets up, shoving Lucy away. She stumbles towards Lucy, still a bit dazed.

Sharper: “And Lexy now, getting physical too!”

Lexy reaches for the perfume and tries to wrestle it from Lucy. Ricky lets go of Crystal and lets her flop back down to the mat. He goes through the top and middle rope, shouting at them both in Spanish. Crystal crawls behind Ricky and hops up, locking him in a waistlock. She gets on top of him, trying to use her weight to pull him back, but Ricky continues to just scream at Lexy and Lucy. The referee tries to break up both fights, in and out of the ring.

Sharper: “Things breaking down now!”

Lucy again throws her leg forward, drilling Lexy with a mule kick and taking her down, successfully keeping hold of the bottle. She turns to see Ricky and Crystal in a struggle. She points the perfume towards them, aiming for Crystal’s face, but Crystal finally pulls Ricky back. Ricky gets a face full of CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy©. Lucy shrieks and drops the bottle to the ground in shock as Ricky yelps out in pain. 

Sharper: “Oh, and Lucy! She got Ricky, going for Crystal!”

Crystal rolls back and gets Ricky into an O’Connor roll, bridging up for extra measure. Lucy hops up onto the apron as the referee counts.

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The crowd roars as Crystal breaks the pin and rolls out of the ring. “I’m Coming Out” plays while the bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and NEW SCW Television Champion, Crystal Zdunich!”

Sharper: “And she got him! Crystal pinned Ricky!”

Knots: “New champion! The brand has expanded with a new piece of gold!”

Lucy looks on in a state of pure shock as Crystal looks on from outside the ring, a huge smile on her face. The referee slowly takes the belt off of Lucy’s shoulder. She doesn’t react, apparently entering a catatonic state. The referee takes the belt and slides out of the ring before handing Crystal the belt. Crystal looks down at it and just smiles. A groggy Lexy and shirtless man come around the corner to join in on the celebration. Crystal raises the belt with one hand and lets Lexy raise her other arm.

Sharper: “And for the first time in her short time here in SCW, Crystal Zdunich holds SCW gold!”

Knots: “And Lexy, too! As for The Silent Majority… something tells me that this won’t be the last we hear of them.”

Ricky still sits on the mat, fuming. He gets up and stands next to Lucy, who’s still staring ahead vacantly. Ricky snaps his fingers in front of her face to no reaction. He continues to try and break her out of her trance as Crystal continues to celebrate. Lexy stops and looks around confused.

Lexy: “Where’s my phone?”

Crystal begins her walk up the ramp, holding her belt up the whole way.

Backstage, we open up to see Chris Cannon on his phone.

Cannon: “Calm down…calm down….”

Cannon is listening as Lucas Knight walks over, having come from another part of the locker room.

Cannon: “What? She….”

Cannon brings the phone down briefly to report to Lucas.

Cannon: “Peyton was attacked.”

Lucas: “What? Now?”

Cannon: “Apparently….Gotta get Kelcey on the phone. Figure out if she’s part of this. She’s safe.”

Lucas: “Come on. Let me grab my phone.”

Lucas turns and heads over. Cannon brings the phone back to his face.

Sharper: “Someone attacked Peyton? Someone letting them know.”

Knots: “What the hell’s going on? Peyton Rice has been at home for weeks. Is this something with the Wonderland?”

Sharper: “I don’t know!”

The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

The scene opens up backstage as Ricky James can be seen just catatonic as he walks over and sits down on a storage crate. He runs his hand through his hair, but while he’s trying to come to terms with his recent title loss, Lucy Huckabee Sanders is tearing a strip off anyone within earshot.

LHS: “What the hell was that? That was a complete travesty! Her? Her! She?! Ricky! Get up! We need to do an emergency press conference! Ratings will be down, cratered with her!”

Ricky just says nothing, almost slinking back, accepting his defeat.

LHS: “Ricky! Snap out of it! Get Kellyanne! Get Rudy! Get EVERYONE! All the press! Even the FAKE NEWS! GET THEM ALL! No puedo creer que Crystal Zdunich venciera a Ricky. Eso no está permitido. Es un fraude. Es una broma. Son noticias falsas. ¡No se va a sostener!”

The scene cuts away.

Crystal Zdunich smiles as she walks forward, looking at the SCW Television Championship over her shoulder. As she continues to walk forward, Lexy Chapel then runs up behind her. In her hand is her phone, having apparently found it. She’s texting someone!”

Lexy: “Crystal!”

Crystal just stops, sighing a bit, continuing to walk forward.

Lexy: “Hey! Crystal! Wait up!”

Crystal stops and turns as Lexy finishes her text and steps up.

Lexy: “Sorry. Big things in the works. Now we totally gotta get to the picture people. They’ll take pictures. You holding the title. Me holding the title. Me in front of you and holding the poster-“

Crystal: “Lexy.”

Lexy: “It’s going to be great. See! Manager of champions here and-“

Crystal: “Lexy!”

Lexy looks up.

Lexy: “Yes?”

Crystal: “There won’t be any we. I’m going alone.”

Lexy: “What? Please. I’m your manager. I led you to this. All of this. CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy©. The Wife-“

Crystal: “No. I got that. You took credit. And tonight, I won…not you. You were too busy on your phone.”

Lexy: “Making deals! Deals for the new TV Champion!”

Crystal: “Or seeing what Ace was doing because you figure with him getting another World Title shot, you can get big time overnight.”

Lexy: “Well….maybe it was a team deal!”

Crystal: “While Autumn sits on her ass. Lexy…thanks…but we’re going our separate ways. I don’t need you taking credit for things I did. Especially this…I did this myself.”

Crystal turns and walks off as the crowd cheers. Lexy just looks stunned.

Lexy: “But…but….I’LL CHANGE THE NAME OF CRYSTAL™ by Crystal by Lexy©! YOU’RE MAKING A MISTAKE!”

Lexy looks on as the scene cuts away.

The scene opens up in the middle of the ring to see Jessica Winters standing in the middle, a microphone in her hand.

Winters: “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome at this time…the British Bombshell, Glory Braddock!”

The crowd cheers as the first chords of "When Legends Rise" begins to play over the PA system. A few moments pass before Glory Braddock walks out from the back. She looks out at the crowd as they cheer her. She enjoys the reaction for a moment before starting to head to the ring.

Sharper: “And that woman is now a former World Champion. Only was for fifteen minutes or so, but it counts.”

Knots: “Not how she wanted to win it, in the sense she’d want to hold onto it to the end of the night. But who she beat? That’s what you want. She beat Bree Lancaster and right on. And trust me, that got everyone’s attention!”

Sharper: “She told people close to her, her fans, that if she didn’t win the title, she’d leave. She did it. But is she happy enough with that?”

Braddock walks down to the ring and over to the steel steps. She then walks up the steel steps and into the ring. She steps forward as the crowd cheers her a bit more. She looks around as she settles next to Jessica Winters.

Winters: “Thank you for joining me here Glory. There is a lot to mention, but most importantly, you stand here in this ring now a former World Champion.”

The crowd cheers. Glory nods.

Winters: “But I have to ask…it’s well known you made a vow. You’d win the title or leave. Now, I can’t help but feel a proud woman like you would be pleased with last week, but…well, Glory…”

Braddock turns to Winters.

Braddock: “You’re right. I am not happy that I didn’t walk out the World Champion. I mean, I can take some solace in the fact that Chris Cannon was the man who ended my reign and he stands here tonight as the World Champion, but no proud woman…check that, no proud champion would be happy enough to just have the title on their record. They’d want more. And I want more. But…if you don’t mind me jumping ahead. I can guess your next question. You’re wanting my thoughts about where I stand with regard to Asher Hayes and Chris Cannon and their World Title opportunity at Retribution.”

Winters: “Pretty much.”

Braddock nods.

Braddock: “Well, much like Asher Hayes, I am confident too. I’m confident that I ended his run last week and I seem to have his number. He jumps ahead…if I want to come for that title, I think it’s pretty straight forward and for Chris…that rematch is right there. Best of luck-“

Winters: “Sorry to cut you off. But what about Cid Turner? He could win too…”

The crowd cheers. Braddock looks around.

Braddock: “I’d welcome the challenge.”

The crowd cheers.

Winters: “So then to Shilo Valiant.”

The crowd boos.

Winters: “Our Adrenaline Champion. Laughing and singing while you left the ring. At least we assume it was him.”

Braddock: “I don’t assume. I know it was him. Given that he’s done everything to serve his interests when the fact is that this all stems from his pathetic need for these fans to remember who he is. And I even fell into it, giving him the match which led to him holding the Adrenaline Championship. And that…that is my immediate focus for now. And Shilo, I heard your little song. You probably are hoping I would leave SCW. I would feel that wasn’t enough, but I saw that brief World Championship reign as what it was. Vindication. I have said I am a World Championship competitor everywhere I’ve been and I haven’t shown that in SCW, until now…and Shilo…I will again. But for now, I’m focusing on you and your Adrenaline Championship.”

Braddock pauses.

Braddock: “Sasha is trying to get you here, but I know something else. You have sixty days to defend that title and if you chose to just ignore the calls, and come on your own schedule, it’s going to be your downfall and Shilo, you may be a hall of famers, but for someone who wants to be remembered, who wants to laugh…I’ll be laughing if the last time we see you in SCW is as a footnote when they strip you of the title. So Shilo-“

Yes Bitch

Yes Bitch

Yes Bitch

SLAY

"W Face," By Kumi Koda kicks in full force around the arena as the stage comes into focus. Holly Adams steps up onto the stage, spinning into place at the top of the ramp. Holly poses with her hand on her hip and her other hand high in the air as she pageant waves to the booing crowd. 

Sharper: “Holly Adams joining us here.”

Knots: “Why?”

Jessica Winters looks around and turns to the ramp.

Winters: “Fans, please welcome, Holly Adams!”

Holly smiles as she walks down to the ring and then walks up the steel steps. She holds her hand out, almost as if going to shake Glory’s hand. She then enters the ring and steps up. Glory looks at her, but Holly ignores her entirely and walks over to Jessica. She goes for the microphone, but Jessica holds it, pulling it back. Holly sighs and turns to Glory before smiling. The music fades out as Holly turns to Jessica.

Winters: “Holly? To what do we owe this pleasure?”

Winters extends the microphone to Holly. Holly goes to take it again. Jessica informs her she’ll keep it. Holly rolls her eyes.

Holly: “If you want to be a human mic stand, that’s your prerogative. I mean it is a step up from being Selena Frost’s cheerleader. Now, Glory, Glory, Glory….how great for us to meet. In this ring, one blonde to another. Don’t aim lower than you have to. I mean you’re a former World Champion and going after one of the rejects from Cirque du Soleil. I mean, as you put it, you should be aiming for Asher, or Chris, or Cid, or whoever is World Champion and well, Glory…I think we all know what needs to be happening here. And Glory, trust me, baby, as your favourite wrestler. As EVERYONE’s favourite wrestler. We don’t need more people looking at Shilo Valiant, holding the Adrenaline Championship, especially those who cake on too much makeup and saying me too! I can hold SCW gold!”

The crowd boos.

Holly: “So Glory, as you’ve pointed out. You can aim higher. I mean I can too, but let’s not kid ourselves. You’ve earned the spot at the top and Sasha, back there, she sees me with Infamous and probably makes a lot of assumption. All of them false. We did not kill her pet turtle and damn it, we are that good, but I think we all need ME as the Adrenaline Champion. I mean, I’ve been in SCW since July and I just got my FIRST title match last week. Is that not a travesty? Don’t worry, Glory, I’ll answer for you. IT IS! Not everyone has Trios Tournament contracts to waste and-“

Winters: “Thank you Holly-“

Glory goes to respond when Nickelback’s “Something In Your Mouth” hit’s over the P. A System. The crowd erupts in cheers as Glory looks up and smirks. Holly turns and looks at the entrance before Cookie Dreams walks out from the back and looks around. Jordan Majors walks out with her, smirking as Cookie heads to the ring, looking a bit more focused. She heads to the ring and climbs up onto the apron. Holly steps up.

Holly: “Whoa, whoa…I know us blondes need to stick together, but if I need to find someone backstage some fun, I’ll come to you Cookie. Glory and I are talking about title shots! We know you’re not interested!”

Cookie steps forward as Holly turns to Jordan.

Holly: “Why are you here?! You’re not wearing the right skirt or any pom-poms, so-“

Jordan walks over to Jessica Winters.

Jordan: “I’m here to watch this.”

Jordan smirks as she leans back in the corner. Glory walks over and turns to Holly, Jessica holding the microphone to her.

Glory: “Holly…I think you’ve got your fight right here. And if I win the Adrenaline Championship…if Shilo ever shows up, face to face, and I face either one of you…I’ll look forward to that too!”

Glory then steps past and exits the ring. She steps through to the floor. Holly just scoffs and turns to Cookie and Jordan.

Holly: “Now Cookie…we’re in the big leagues here and-“

Cookie takes the microphone.

Cookie: “I never said I didn’t want a shot at an SCW title. I just wasn’t going to jump to the front of the line when I didn’t think I earned it. Ace…he’s got his Scaffold Scramble. So I can’t teach him who I am and what I’ve learned in the last near year as I’ve tried to show I take this seriously. But you Holly…you just made clear why I’m glad I made the decision I did. I’d love to be the Adrenaline Champion. I’d love to show what I can do, but you see me still as what I was with Derek and Holly…if that’s the case, then let’s make this easy. If Sasha signs it…you and I, Adrenaline Championship title shot on the line…if I’m a joke, just a sex toy saleswoman, a blonde that doesn’t know their place…you should kick my ass! So Holly! I’m right here to begin my rise…and you can knock me back down to either!”

The crowd cheers. Holly backs up a bit.

Holly: “Cookie, Cookie. Relax. Jesus. Sex is supposed to be calming. And you…you’re bubbly. Just jump a bit, giggle. Make some joke. And get back to-“

Cookie: “So you’re afraid of me?”

Holly chuckles.

Holly: “No…not of you. Maybe getting suffocated by those, but in this ring, no one scares me.”

Cookie: “Then accept my challenge.”

Cookie steps up as the crowd roars. Holly looks around.

Holly: “You want to get your ass kicked by the next Adrenaline Champion AND Glory Braddock’s favourite wrestler. Well, Cookie…I’ll do as you said, knock you back down to earth! Bye bitch!”

Holly holds her hand up in Cookie’s face and goes to walk off.

Winters: “There you have it. Holly Adams agreeing to-“

Holly then lunges at Cookie, but Cookie blocks it and forearms her in the jaw. Holly rolls to the floor, holding her lip. Holly points to the ring as Jordan smirks. Cookie looks around as the crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Cookie Dreams just cracked Holly Adams in the jaw with a forearm!”

Knots: “Busted her lip!”

Holly touches her lip again, seeing he blonde. Her eyes widen.

Holly: “You’re dead, Cookie. After I’m done, not even your chest can make people want to look at you!”

Holly backs up as Cookie’s music plays again throughout the arena. Holly looks around before continuing to back up the rampway as the scene cuts away.

“The Old Me” by Memphis May Fire plays as the Breakdown logo comes up on the screen. A still of Owen Cruze vs. Cid Turner follows.

Sharper: “Owen Cruze set for his new path. Cid Turner now has to be at his best. The two clash, next, in our main event, here on Breakdown!”

The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Owen Cruze vs. Cid Turner

The lights slowly dim down. The crowd buzzes in anticipation, many of them taking their phones out and lighting up the arena with their flashlights. After a few moments of silence, "Dark Child" by Marlon Williams plays as the lights flash back on. The big screen shows several highlights of Cid Turner's career as the song continues to play. The crowd roars as Cid makes his way onto the stage, looking tensely out into the crowd. He takes a moment to let it all soak in before he begins his walk down the ramp.

"My little blonde-haired, blue-eyed boy
One day you'll grow up and be distressed
One day you'll grow up and reject everything
I've set out for you"

Cid continues his walk down the ramp and keeps his eye on the ring while continually muttering to himself. He reaches the ring and climbs up the steps. He walks across the apron to the corner and pulls himself up onto the second rope, standing on the turnbuckle. He raises his head high into the air and looks around the arena. He takes a deep breath as the crowd continues to cheer.

Phillips: The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Now coming to the ring from Denver, Colorado. he’s is one half of the winners of the SCW Tag League, he is…... CID TURNER!!!!!

"My only dear long wasteful son
One day you'll wonder what you've become"

The music begins to fade out as Cid climbs down from the ropes and enters the ring, standing with his back against his corner.

Sharper: Cid has been on a roll as of late with Asher Hayes and him winning the tag league.

Knots: Yes, but since his return, most of his matches have been in tag action.

Sharper: True as tonight his opponent can go. Question is can Cid keep up.

The haunting opening lines of ‘Legends Never Die’ fill the arena, as smoke begins to form in the entranceway, the fans on their feet

“Legends never die
When the world is callin' you
Can you hear them screaming out your name?
Legends never die (oo-oh)”

As the beat kicks in, a silhouette forms in the smoke, the noise in the arena cranking up a notch

“They never lose hope when everything's cold
And the fighting's near”

Owen Cruze steps out through the smoke, and stands on the stage, with a look left and right. And then a smirk, and a nod of acknowledgment to the fans

“It's deep in their bones. They run into smoke when the fire is fierce
Oh, pick yourself up 'cause”

Dropping to one knee, he punches the floor, pyrotechnics filling the space behind him, before he starts to walk down to the ring.

“Legends never die
Legends never die
Legends never die
Legends never die
Legends never die...

They're written down in eternity
But you'll never see the price it costs – the scars collected all their lives (oo-oh)
When everything's lost, they pick up their hearts and avenge defeat
Before it all starts, they suffer through harm just to touch a dream
Woah, pick yourself up 'cause”

Phillips: His opponent residing from Los Angeles, California…… OWEN CRUZE!!!!!!!!

Sharper: Owen continues to step away from Perfect and focus on his career. Hoping to leave behind the drama with the Wonderland that has seemingly consumed the last year and a half.

Knots: I sure anyone would wanted get away from that whack job. The kid needs a Purple Heart for having to put up with the Wonderland garbage.

Owen slides into the ring under the bottom rope, and straight to a turnbuckle, climbing it and lifting one arm in the air, before then applauding the whole arena, jumping down as his music starts to fade.

Sharper: Both men are in the ring and ready start this main event.

The bell sounds as Owen sprints forward and connects with a shotgun dropkick send back into the turnbuckle. Owen kips up and follows in the corner and nails Cid with flying clothesline in the corner. Owen hangs on to the head of Cid and runs out to the middle of the ring with a running bulldog. Owen flips over Cid and makes the cover.

1…….

2…

Kickout

Sharper: Owen quick out of the gate, trying to make quick work of Cid.

Knot: Owen seems to be lasered focused tonight.

Owen grabs Cid and jerks Cid up and backs him into the rope as nails Cid with a couple of forearm shots to the chest before shooting him off to the opposite ropes. Cid bounces off the ropes as he ducks a clothesline by Owen and slams on the brakes. Owen turns around as Cid catches Owen with an inverted atomic drop before hitting a Russian leg sweep.

Knots: Cid trying the end Owen’s ability to carry on the Cruze legacy with that inverted atomic drop.

Sharper: Cid showing his experience by staying on step ahead of Owen after being caught off guard at the start of the match.

Cid now in control as he grabs Owen’s left leg and begins to work on it with stomps to the back of Owen’s thigh. He jerks the leg forward before stomping the back of the thigh one more time. Cid then while flips up and over Owen while hanging on to Owen’s leg trying to hyper extend it. Owen grabs his leg in pain as Cid climbs to his feet. Cid now grabs Owen as he lifts him to his feet. Cid grabs Owen's left leg again as his delivers a knee breaker as Owen falls to the ground.

Sharper: Cid slowly the pace and working to ground the high flying electric Owen Cruze.

Knot: Cid actually showing some wrestling prowess.

Cid now stalks Owen who is feeling the affects of Cid’s assault on his left leg. Cid now grabs Owen’s legs as he attempts to hook in the Worst Sharpshooter Ever. Owen fights Cid off with his right leg as he connects with a boot to the face of Cid which sends Cid back peddling a bit.

Sharper: Cid’s attempt at a sharpshooter was thwarted by Owen who has a lot of fight left.

Knots: I mean it is called the Worst Sharpshooter Ever for a reason.

Owen climbs to his feet, still favoring his left leg a bit as Cid charges at Owen but it met with a spinning wheel kick from Owen Cruze. Owen then pulls himself up with the ropes as Cid climbs to his feet as well. Owen then jumps up in the air as he takes Cid up and over with a hurricarana. Owen hooks the legs from CID’s momentum.

1………..

2………..

Kickout by Cid.

Sharper: Cid able to kick out at the last moment.

Knots: Cid is showing the resilience that helped Asher and himself win the tag league.

Cid rolls out of the ring to shake off the cobwebs but Owen doesn’t give him much a break as he runs to the opposite ropes, bounces off those and sprints toward Cid. Owen with a suicide dive as Cid turns around. Owen connects causing Cid to slam into the guardrail. Both men laid out on the floor. Cid holds his back as Owen holds his shoulder. The Ref begins to start the ten count. (1) Owen slowly starts to climb to his feet as Cid remains down. Owen pulls himself up with the guardrail. (2) Owen now up pulls Cid to his feet as well. Owen then whips Cid into the ring apron. Cid arches his back in pain as Owen follows in with a clothesline. (3) Owen pulls Cid back a bit and slams Cid in the side of the ring apron again and again viciously. Cid cries out in pain every time. (4) Owen then whips him back into the guardrail.

Sharper: Owen showing some aggression. We saw it his last match against Gavin.

Knots: I mean Gavin deserved it. Cid isn’t as obnoxious…...well not anymore that is.

(5) Owen nails Cid with a forearm before throwing him back into the ring. Owen climbs to the apron and waits for Cid to climb to his feet. Cid still favoring his back, slowly to his feet. He turns to find Owen only to be met with a springboard missile drop kick. Owen quickly covers Cid.

1……

2……

Kickout

Sharper: Cid has no quit.

Knots: Only thing he knows how to quit is a razor and a beard trimmer.

Owen seems a bit perturbed as he jerks Cid to his feet as Cid cuts Owen off with a knee to the ribs and connects a single knee facebuster that sends Owen back into the ropes as Cid quickly climbs to his feet and catches Owen with a belly to belly suplex. Cid rolls to his feet as he grabs Owen. He scoops Owen up and delivers a rib breaker. Owen arches his back, holding his ribs. Cid adds insult to injury with a couple stomps to the ribs before picking Owen and applying the sleeper hold for a few moments till slamming him to the ground with a sleeper slam. Cid drops down and hooks the leg.

1………

2………

Kickout!!!!!!

Sharper: Owen’s able to kick out at the last second. As Cid has gained full control now, giving back as good as he has taken in his match.

Knots: Both men are letting it all out. Neither guy is holding anything back.

Cid looks around before pulling Owen up to his feet as he climbs to his feet as well. Cid backs Owen to the corner before giving him a chop or two. Cid then Irish whips Owen into the opposite corner. Owen hits the turnbuckle hard as Cid charges in with a monkey flip. Owen goes up and over but lands on his feet.

Sharper: Owen shows his agility and balance as he lands on his feet.

Owen steadies himself as Cid turns around and climbs to a vertical base. Owen with a super kick to Cid, but Cid ducks behind Owen. Cid grabs Owen by the head in a inverted facelock. Cid delivers one back breaker. Cid goes for another as Owen reaches up to block the next attempt. Owen spins around in the facelock. Owen wraps his arms around Cid and delivers a northern lights suplex as he bridges up.

1………

2……….

3…… NO!!!!!!

Sharper: NO!!!! Only a two. Cid manages to get kick out at 2 and ⅞. But what sequence, Cid dodges a Mortality Superkick, Cruze counters the Ode To Caesar with a Northern Lights Suplex. What a match.

Both men are slow to get up as Owen is first to a knee while Cid crawls to the ropes for assistance. Cruze is slowly to his feet while Cid has made it to the ropes. Cid then uses the ropes to pull himself up. Owen doesn’t wait for Cid to stand completely up as he charges at Cid only for Cid to fall back and low bridge the ropes sending Owen to the outside crashing and burning.

Knots: Cid continuing to use his experience to his advantage.

Cid back to his feet, seemingly trying to catch his second wind. He looks at the downed Cruze as he grabs the ropes and waits for Owen to climb to his feet. Owen slowly to his feet as Cid comes up and over the ropes with a springboard plancha crashing down on Owen. Cid now feeling it, stands back up. Cid grabs Owen and rolls him into the ring. Cid climbs on the apron before climbing to the top turnbuckle.

Sharper: Cid is feeling it right now as he goes up to the top.

Knots: Cid trying to end it right here, right.

Cid climbs to the top as he stays perched waiting for Owen to get back up to his feet. Owen starts to get up as Cid slowly stand up on the top turnbuckle. Owen seemingly loses his balance and falls forward hitting the ropes and crotching Cid who lets out a high pitched scream. Owen shakes off the cobwebs and sees the vaunable position Cid is in. He staggers toward the turnbuckle where Cid is. Owen delivers a firearm shot to Cid before climbing up the turnbuckle to join Cid on top. Both men exchange blows as Cid gets the upper hand with a head butt and another and another before Cid is able to knock Owen off the turnbuckle to the canvas. Cid shakes off the pain from the head butt and again positions him on the turnbuckle. Owen slowly gets back up. Cid leaps from the turnbuckle with the Denver Diving Kick. Owen side steps and nails a super kick to Cid as both men crash to the mat.

Sharper: OH MY!!!!!! CID’s Denver Diving Kick was countered with the Mortality Superkick.

Knots: Yet both men are down as Owen isn’t able to capitalize.

Both men are down as Owen starts to stir as he slowly crawls to the corner while Cid is still on his back. Owen gets to the corner and slowly pulls himself up with the ropes. Owen leans against the corner as Cid starts to stir. Cid turns over to his his stomach as Owen stands up and runs toward Cid who is on all fours.

Sharper: Owen going for the Cruze Stomp…..

Owen jumps up as Cid suddenly rolls through and pulls Owen back with a schoolboy.

1………….

2………….

3!!!!!!!!!!!

Sharper: Cid counters the Cruze Stomp with a schoolboy.

Knots: I don’t think Cruze can believe it.

Phillips: Here is your winner via pin fall…… CID TURNER!!!!!!

Cid lets go as Cruze rolls up with a surprised look on his face. Cid stands up as does Owen who still looks a bit surprised with outcome. Cid smiles and nods to show respect for the match. Cid extends his hand out for a handshake as Owen looks at Cid and then his hand. Owen then looks at the crowd for a bit before turning to leave the ring. Cid looks around at the crowd to. Owen walks to the ropesas he begins to leave. He stops and walks back to Cid and shakes his hand showing a sign of respect. Owen then exits the ring as Cid plays to the crowd.

Knots: Owen emotions almost got the best of him.

Sharper: But cooler head did prevail as both men showed a sign of respect for each one. After all this match was back and forth. It was anyone’s match.

Knots: Cid showing that he can still go with the best of them. Showing that Suited and Booted need to be on high alert with A/C United. The tag team title match at Retribution is on pace to quite possibly be an early candidate for match of the year.

Sharper: I agre…...Wait who is this?

Just then a man jumps over the guardrail and slides in the ring behind Cid Turner who is still celebrating with the crowd.

Knots: THAT’S CHAD EVANS!!!!!!!

Cid is clueless to Chad Evans who is standing behind him. Chad reaches in his pocket and pulls out a pair of brass knuckles. Chad Evans slides the brass knuckles as he then delivers a punch right to small of the back of Cid Turner. Cid Turner then slowly crumples to the ground hold his back.

Sharper: CHAD EVANS WITH A BRASS KNUCKLE SHOT TO THE LOWER BACK OF CID TURNER!!!!!

Knots: Right to the back! The back that Chad Evans revealed is in a lot worse shape than people thought!

Sharper: With the Tag Titles though on the line, World Title too at Retribution with Cid Turner involved, supporting Asher Hayes…Chad Evans making sure he makes the most impact!

Chad Evans looks down at Cid Turner who is writhing in pain. Chad Evan just shakes his head as Breakdown goes off air and we fade to black…