Breakdown - January 13, 2021

“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.

“The leading force in sports and entertainment today....”

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 Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The cameras pan across the crowd for a few moments.

Sharper: “Welcome to the Pacific Northwest as SCW rolls into Breakdown for the final stop before Last Grasp of Reality on January 24th!”

Doom & Groove vs. Vengeance

The opening guitar riff of “Crazy Train” begins to play. Kimberly Williams comes rushing out onto the stage to loud cheers from the audience and chants of “Kimmie’s Gonna Kill You”. Kim rushes from one side of the stage to the other, pumping the audience up. While she is doing this Jessica Lasiewicz slowly emerges onto the stage with a stoic yet intense gaze towards the ring.

Phillips: “The opening contest tonight on Breakdown is scheduled for onefall and has a twenty minute time limit. First, on their way to the ring, they are the team of Jessica Lasiewicz and Kimberly Williams, the team of Vengeance!”

Kimberly turns to her half-sister and motions to follow her towards the ring. Kimberly charges the ring by herself, despite her encouraging of Jessica. Kimberly slides into the ring from underneath the bottom rope and then waves for The Archangel to join her but Jessica is making her way slowly to the ring. Jessica steps up on the steel steps and then steps over to the middle of the ring apron where she poses once more for the fans to loud cheers. She then steps through the ropes and steps to the center of the ring as the music dies down.

Sharper: “We kick off Breakdown tonight with two teams in the growing and stronger tag division in SCW. Vengeance, the team of Williams and Lasiewicz, about to face off against Doom & Groove. And Kim Williams will also be wondering if Datura will make an appearance.”

Knots: “We’re actually going to see it right?”

Sharper: “Well in one sense. It’s unsanctioned. But Datura challenged Kim and Kim, we’re told, accepted. It’s going to be an unsanctioned, falls count anywhere, ass stapling match.”

Knots: “So we’re going to have two people a few fries short of a happy meal running around with staple guns.”

Sharper: “I don’t know, Jon! Ask them, why don’t you?”

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.

Phillips: “Their opponents, they are the team of Devin Brando and Lyza Reyes, the team of Doom & Groove!”

Lyza takes the time to slap some of the hands of the fans. Brando doesn’t seem invested in the action. When they make their way to 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 hit 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 the beginning bell.

Sharper: “Meanwhile Doom & Groove, some have said, are the jewel in the crown for new additions to the Tag Division. Already successful in their debut. Tonight, a big challenge, and at Last Grasp of Reality, Doom & Groove will face the other recent signing, the Light in the Darkness.”

Knots: “And that could be huge. A lot of hype there. But with the Tag League ending, now these teams know they can start to aim for it. And Datura, we talked about her, she said Lyza deserves SCW gold.”

Sharper: “So you wonder if anything has been shared there or just former comrades supporting one another.”

The bell sounds and Lyza Reyes steps out as Jessica Lasiewicz does on the other side. The two watch one another and then lock up in the middle of the ring. The crowd roars as they push back on one another and Jessica turns into a side headlock. Lyza reaches around, trying to grab ont anything for leverage before pulling her back into the ropes and firing her off. Jessica bounces off and Lyza steps up and Jessica shoulders her down. Lyza looks up at her. Jessica runs into the ropes. Lyza rolls towards her with a drop down. Jessica hops over and bounces off the other side. Lyza leapfrogs over. Jessica ducks under and bounces off and then goes for a clothesline. Lyza grabs her arm and forces her down for an arm bar. Jessica rolls through and Lyza stands up, holding on. Jessica nips up and Lyza wrenches the arm. Jessica winces a bit and somersaults forward, bridges up and then breaks the hold only to dropkick Lyza down. The crowd roars as Jessica gets up and Lyza moves back to the corner.

Sharper: “Jessica Lasiewicz came to impress.”

Knots: “Yeah, well she also may have the most the show. She’s got a strong background, but she’s also the one that’s flying under the radar of these four.”

Lyza pulls herself up and Jessica runs over and forearms her in the jaw. She whips Lyza across. Jessica runs after and Lyza gets an elbow up. Jessica stumbles back and Lyza jumps up to the middle rope and dives back with a crossbody into a pin.

Jessica kicks out. Both get up and Jessica grabs Lyza’s arm and wrenches it. Lyza winces and somersaults forward and then rolls back. She then runs to the corner and runs up it before going to the top. She then dives off and turns, landing on Jessica’s shoulders and snapping her off with a frankensteiner. Jessica rolls through and turns, reaching out and tagging in Kim. The crowd cheers as Lyza gets up and Kim enters. Lyza then runs over and kicks her in the ribs. She pulls her away from the Vengeance corner and kicks her in the ribs. She then whips her into the ropes. Kim bounces off and Kim counters a back drop attempt by spinning through. Lyza turns around and Kim then just smacks her. The crowd ohs and Lyza is stunned from it, staggering back. Kim shrugs. She then kicks Lyza in the ribs and then pulling her into a hip toss. She then drives her elbow into Lyza’s head. She goes for the pin.

Sharper: “Kim with a vicious slap.”

Knots: “Almost like she just wanted to do it.”

Sharper: “That’s Kim’s style. Reyes finding that out. Now a cover!”

Lyza kicks out. She starts to get up and Kim nails her with a forearm. Lyza falls to the neutral corner. Kim then hits an overhead chop. The crowd woos and Kim headbutts Lyza. She then whips her across the ring, but Lyza flips up and over and to the apron. Kim runs toward her, but Lyza counters with a pump kick. She then steps along the apron and tags in Devin. Devin enters and Kim runs over and nails him with a forearm shot and then another before Devin just shoves her back. Kim rolls through and gets up and then runs back at Devin who scoops her up and plants her with a standing powerslam. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Brando may be the difference maker in this match. He just hoisted Kim up and planted her.”

Knots: “He’s the only one in there that can do that!”

Brando follows up with a pin.

Kim kicks out. Devin gets up, grabbing Kim by the head. He turns and runs her over to the corner, driving her face first into the top turnbuckle. Kim turns around and Devin hits a back elbow. The crowd ohs. He hits another and then goes to whip her across. He stops and pulls her back in and just lifts her up and throws her into the corner. Kim stumbles out and Devin lets her drop and he then walks over and hits a firmly planted elbow drop to her side. Kim rolls over. Devin goes for the pin.

Kim kicks out. Devin gets up as Kim rolls over.

Sharper: “Now the power difference, it’s a big one.”

Knots: “Kim just stopped. Stopped like that. Is Devin legal in the unsanctioned whatever the hell?”

Sharper: “I don’t think anyone knows what to expect there.”

Kim rolls over and Devin walks over and knees her in the ribs. Devin then steps back and tags in Lyza. Devin pulls Kim in and hoists her up into a powerbomb position and then Lyza runs forward as Devin throws her, the two completing the Helping Hand on Kim. Lyza goes for the pin.

Jessica enters, but Kim gets her shoulder up. Devin exits the ring and Lyza turns and tags him back in before climbing up the turnbuckle and onto Devin’s back before stepping up and diving forward with the Tower of Power. The crowd ohs. Lyza rolls through and Devin goes for another pin.

Jessica enters and breaks it up as Lyza then nails her with a shot. Jessica rolls out of the ring as Lyza is forced to exit. Devin then grabs Kim and drags her to the neutral corner. He nails her in the ribs with a shot and then another. He then pulls her out and scoops her up, but Kim manages to push up and start to go up to his shoulder. She then kicks her legs and slides behind him. Devin goes for a back elbow. Kim ducks and rolls forward. He turns and tags in Jessica. Jessica enters and Devin runs at both, going for a double clothesline. Vengeance ducks and then stops and both hit a double dropkick to Devin’s knees. They roll away in opposite directions, running into the ropes. Lasiewicz hits a running flipping leg drop to the back of Devin’s head as Kim hits a running double stomp to his back. Jessica then goes for the pin.

Devin just gets his shoulder up as Lyza goes to enter. Kim exits to the apron. Jessica turns and stomps Devin in the chest and then walking to the ropes. Devin starts to get up and Lasiewicz runs at him and hits another basement dropkick, knocking him back.

Sharper: “Vengeance turning it around. Hard dropkick to the face. Quickness now being the advantage maker for Lasiewicz and Williams!”

Knots: “They cut him down to size. And now Lyza has to be ready to get involved to break something up!”

Devin rolls over. Lasiewicz looks at him and runs into the ropes. Devin gets up and Lasiewicz hits Our Lady Peace. Devin falls back. Lasiewicz dives for the pin.

Devin powers out, sending Lasiewicz to the apron. Brando rolls over and starts to get up. Brando looks over as Lasiewicz climbs up and then springboards to the top rope and dives forward, but Brando nails her in the ribs. He backs up and reaches back, Lyza tagging and entering. She runs over and jumps up and hits a flying headscissors, sending Lasiewicz into the boot of Brando. Lasiewicz steps back; Reyes hits a dropkick to her head and Lasiewicz steps right into Brando who hoists her up and hits the spinebuster, completing the Ultra Combo. Brando rolls off as Reyes goes for the pin.

Kim just breaks it up with a stomp. Brando then goes to grab Kim, but Kim ducks and stops. Brando turns around and Kim hits the Morrigan’s Wrath. Brando falls back and down to the apron. Lyza then turns and jumps up and hits a jawbreaker, knocking Kim back.

Sharper: “Kim Williams cracked Brando with that superkick, but Reyes quickly stopping her from doing more!”

Knots: “It’s a distraction though to let Lasiewicz recover, even for a moment!”

Kim then moves to the corner. Lyza gets up and kicks Kim in the ribs and then turns and whips her across the ring, but Kim slides under the bottom rope and to the floor. She then looks into the ring as Lyza turns back to Jessica, but as she does, the crowd roars as Datura hops over the barricade and runs at Kim. She then holds up a staple gun and tries to go after Kim. Kim blocks it and Datura keeps firing over and over before the official sees this and calls for the bell.

Sharper: “Datura! Right in front of us! She’s trying to give Kim a taste of her own medicine!”

Knots: “Guess she couldn’t wait until longer. Or saw the opening!”

Sharper: “Datura firing that staple gun! They’re going to actually do this at Last Grasp!”

The crowd looks on as Kim keeps fighting and then kicks Datura in the ribs. The official drops to the floor and tries to get between them, but Datura just staples him in the chest and he turns away. Kim then nails her with a hard right.

Knots: “That’s it! I’m ducking!”

We see Knots ducking as Sharper looks at the two.

Sharper: “They’re going at it!”

Lyza Reyes and Devin Brando look on in the ring dumbfounded as Datura and Kim keep struggling before we see officials running out from the back to break up the two unique individuals.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we see Lyza Reyes and Devin Brando backstage with Jaina Lancaster at the SCW interview backdrop.

Jaina: “Fans, Jaina Lancaster here and a wild opening to Breakdown. Datura attacking Kimberly Williams aiming to staple her. But I’m here in with Lyza Reyes and Devin Brando. Not the ending to your first match in 2021, no doubt?”

Lyza: “That’s the understatement of the year. We’re out there doing what we do. This is what we’re now known for and Vengeance, I’ll say it. You brought it. Not that there was any doubt. Jessica Lasiewicz and I have a bit of a history dating back to the God of Wrestling tournament. But all this led to was nothing more than disappointed and a lack of closure. And Datura…time and place, time and place…”

Jaina moves to Devin.

Devin: “All it means is that at some point, we will meet again. I just hope that Kimberly Williams won’t be picking more fights so that way at least we can have some certainty about which team is the actual best on that night.”

Lyza turns and looks off camera.

Lyza: “Well what’s this?”

La Luz Pequena and Amelia Blythe come into the scene. The crowd cheers a bit seeing them.

Jaina: “Fans, the team of The Light in the Darkness. Our two newest signees, they’ll meet at Last Grasp of Reality.”

Amelia: “Just wanted to introduce ourselves. Fortunately, you’ll get a bit of a do over at Last Grasp of Reality. And for us, you don’t need to worry about such problems.”

Devin: “Good.”

Devin turns and walks off. Lyza turns to them.

Lyza: “Devin is a bit annoyed about our match. What he meant to say…see you at Last Grasp. And we plan to do everything we can to do just that…get a do over and make it successful.”

La Luz Pequena: “Would not expect anything less.”

Lyza then turns and heads off as we cut to the announce position.

Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots sit at the announce table.

Sharper: “That was one way to start things off here in Tacoma. Hello again everyone, I’m Adam Sharper here with Jonathan Knots.”

Knots: “There’s staple shrapnel everywhere!”

Sharper: “Just another wild week in SCW. And plenty to come tonight. We also have two huge Tag League matches with big implications.”

A still of A/C Unit vs. Cruze & Blackbourne comes up on the screen.

Sharper: “If A/C Unit wins, at worst, they tie Swann and Lancaster depending on what happens there. Cruze and Blackbourne effectively could help their rivals win their Group in the Tag League with a win.”

Knots: “Well Starr’s injured, so I don’t know…but that’s just one of the two matches.”

The still changes to show Dark Fantasy vs. Frozen Hell.

Sharper: “That’s right. A match we always know will be a treat. Win and you’re in the semifinals. Dark Fantasy and Frozen Hell!”

Knots: “They’re waiting to face Jordan Majors and Cookie Dreams, the Psychonauts. And we also will see David Helms in action and much more!”

The lights dim as a voice backed by piano music fill the arena.

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

As the heavy music of “Natural” by Imagine Dragons kicks in the lights come back up and Bree Lancaster is standing on the stage, a white robe over her gear and her arms spread wide. Bree looks up as white sparks shower down behind her from the top of the set to the stage. The interim SCW World Championship is around her waist. Scott Burnside appears behind her. The crowd boos heavily. It goes dark, when suddenly the rift of “Fallen Angel” by Three Days Grace begins to play, a lone spotlight centers in the entrance way where Sienna Swann has both fists on the ground while balanced on one knee. Slowly standing up, wearing all vinyl wrestling gear, black pointed eyeliner and red lips. Her long, now brunette hair slicked back in a high ponytail. Notable, she doesn’t have her wings. She now wears shin guards up to her knee pads, black vinyl gauntlets on her wrists and a long sleeve cut off top with her traditional short tights, Xiomara walks out behind her wearing a tight body suit. Sienna with her eyes closed looks up at the rafters before opening them and making her way to the ring with a glare from her icy blue eyes. She then looks at Bree and then two head to the ring, with Xiomara and Scott behind them.

Phillips: “Fans, the following contest is scheduled for onefall, and has a thirty minute time limit and is a Tag League match. First, on their way to the ring, accompanied by Xiomara Diaz and Scott Burnside, they are the team of Sienna Swann and the SCW interim World Champion, Bree Lancaster!”

The crowd boos as they reach the ring. Bree climbs up the steel steps and Scott hops up and holds the ropes over for her. Bree enters and walks around, holding up her interim World Championship. Xiomara hops to the ring, waits for Sienna to get on the apron before climbing to the second rope, spreading out her black wins as the crowd roars in boos and covers the arena in camera flashes while Xiomara looks on. Sienna hops over landing on her feet in the ring, Xiomara steps in and stands by her as Sienna poses, holding her arms up. She then looks around as the crowd continues to boo as Bree turns and walks over to Phillips, taking the microphone. She turns back to the middle of the ring.

Sharper: “Sienna Swann without her wings, but wait a minute….is that brown hair?”

Knots: “For the wings, that could just be accepting the fact nothing is angelic about her! The brown hair?”

Sharper: “I struggle to think it’s just a new look. Not with what Sienna has been doing.”

Knots: “You don’t think…”

Sharper: “Bree Lancaster grabbing the microphone. We can tell you, right now, that Jake Starr is not here. Injured last week. This is…I don’t even know what to say.”

Knots: “I’ll say it. It’s pathetic. Swann and Lancaster have a straight line to the semifinals or the finals depending on what happens when Cruze and Blackbourne face A/C Unit!”

Bree looks around as the crowd boos.

Bree: “Your World Champion is talking. You should be respectful!”

The boos only get louder as Bree looks around as Sienna walks around the ring.

Bree: “You should listen to me because tonight is a big night. Just like Last Grasp of Reality, in eleven short days will end this farce of my being the interim World Champion…beating David Helms and righting all of these wrongs. See tonight, we are out here, because we are taking our rightful place in the finals of the Tag League.”

The crowd boos. Sienna smiles as Bree looks around.

Bree: “Hey, I’m as sad about it as you. I wanted to kick Jake Starr’s ass. He’s friends with David Helms. What better way to show that I’m not going to let him get one by me twice than to beat him, but he’s not here. And Sienna and I…we put together a showcase that proves how good we are. And don’t get angry at us for our greatness. Be upset that so many other teams did not rise to our level. Just like David Helms won’t.”

Bree looks around. The crowd boos.

Bree: “So…wait…who’s the referee-“

Bree looks around as Steve Hollinsworth steps up but just then, "King Nothing" by Metallica echoes from the louder 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.

Sharper: “Well maybe we’ll see Avery stand up.”

Knots: “What’s he going to do? Tag League rules say you can’t replace both partners. Jason Helms is gone. Jake Starr can’t be replaced. It’s over.”

Sharper: “Avery is the one who attacked Starr.”

Lancaster turns to the entrance way as does Swann. Avery reaches the ring and slides into the ring. He gets up. Swann steps back and Lancaster stands with her as Avery looks at both. Batterson remains on the floor as does Cunningham. Bree looks at Avery, bringing the microphone to her mouth. The music fades out.

Bree: “Hey! This is a time for rationality. For calm. You’re alone.”

Avery looks at Bree and then Sienna. He looks ready to fight for a moment before then then smirking. He then steps up and leans to the microphone as Bree holds it out for him.

Avery: “Bree….Sienna….You’re welcome. Jake Starr didn’t deserve the ring with you…or for me to be his partner. And I congratulate you for showing your talent to be the top of the group.”

The crowd boos as Avery steps back and extends his hand. He shakes Bree’s hand and then then Sienna’s. The crowd boos. Avery then asks for the microphone. Bree obliges. Avery takes it and then holds the microphone to his mouth.

Avery: “I can’t wait to be done with this albatross around my neck. Sienna, Bree….I’m happier than hell to forfeit this son of a bitch and be done. It’s all yours! Congratulations!”

Avery extends the microphone back and this time, Sienna Swann takes it. The crowd boos loudly as Avery steps back.

Sharper: “If I was a conspiracy theorist, I’d suggest this was all developed by these three.”

Knots: “Avery just wanted to get the hell out and now, he’s got it and Swann and Lancaster benefit? Conspiracy theory anyone?”

Swann smiles.

Swann: “Hollinsworth. Come over here and name us the winners. Owen….Aaron…time to see what integrity you do have. Goodbye! Kelcey…this one is for you!”

The crowd boos as Sienna turns and looks at the official. Hollinsworth sighs and walks over. Bree turns to him too, smirking. Hollinsworth holds her arm up and then Sienna Swann’s as the crowd boos.

Sharper: “And its official.”

Knots: “Cruze and Blackbourne now are competing for nothing more than pride. And Swann and Lancaster loving it. That disqualification by Kelcey Wallace the difference maker here.”

Swann and Lancaster enjoy the moment while Avery applauds. Batterson and Cunningham do too. Burnside joins Lancaster and Swann in the ring as Diaz walks over to Sienna. Then “Natural” plays as Swann shows a brief moment of anger before then continuing with her celebration.

Sharper: “This…this is just getting sad. Swann and Lancaster, on a forfeit, earn their spot either to the finals or the semifinals. Which? That will depend on what happens next!”

Knots: “Yeah. A/C Unit faces Blackbourne and Cruze. That’s next, here on Breakdown!”

Lancaster and Swann continue to celebrate as the scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Backstage, Jessica Winters stands with Glory Braddock, who proudly holds the SCW Adrenaline Championship over her shoulder.

Jessica: “Fans, Jessica Winters here, and I’m with Glory Braddock, the SCW Adrenaline Champion and am I right in saying that you went to Sasha after last week’s show and demanded to defend your title against not only Shilo Valiant, but against Dylan Howell as well?”

Glory: “Exactly. I’m a fighting champion. Yes, the Glory of last year this time may have said something snide about Shilo Valiant jumping to the front of the line or how Dylan Howell gets a shot, but instead, they’re coming for me. I make people pay for that. As I said last week, Shilo Valiant can keep talking about how he’s aggrieved and whatever other crap he wants to spew. The fact is…he’s going to find out it’s just more he’s no longer the IT guy. I get it. He was huge. He was the top of the top. He main evented Rise to Greatness four thousand times in a row!”

Glory pauses.

Glory: “But that was then. This is now. He can be angry that he missed his Christmas card. I get angry when I get attacked and turned into a statement. I am much more than a statement. I am the reigning and defending Adrenaline Champion. And Shilo brought Dylan into this, manipulating him. Well, Dylan wants to take this from me. He can. I hear a rumour that he’s turned over a new leaf from last week, seeing how Shilo used him. Well, we can test it out at Last Grasp of Reality. He can come and try to win the title. He can fail there. Or he can prove he’s just Shilo’s lapdog.”

Glory looks at the camera.

Jessica: “Back to ringside!”

The scene cuts away.

Crystal Zdunich vs. Chris Cannon

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

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. Behind her, Lexy Chapel appears with a large roll of paper rolled up in her arms. Trailing Lexy is a shirtless, muscular, well-oiled man. A group of fake paparazzi assemble on the ramp in front of the trio. Lexy snaps her finger at the shirtless man and hands him one end of the rolled up paper. Crystal takes her place off to Lexy’s side.

Sharper: “What’s this now?”

Lexy and the shirtless man unfurl the banner, which takes up most of the stage. It’s a giant ad for Crystal’s TV show, “The Wife”. The banner also features an in character picture of Crystal, which takes up most of the banner. No other characters from the show are shown.

Knots: “Guess we really need that ad money.”

Sharper: “Something tells me that Lexy planned this one all by herself.”

For some reason, Lexy points at herself excitedly and repeatedly. Crystal begins her walk down the ramp, through the snapping paparazzi.

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

Crystal runs up the steps and walks towards the middle of the apron. She blows kisses out to the crowd before dropping into a split and sliding into the ring. She pops back up, flips her hair, and struts to her corner.

Sharper: “Well, regardless, Crystal’s looking to kick off the start of her year by picking up a big victory against one half of the current SCW World Tag Team Champions, Chris Cannon.”

Knots: “If Crystal can manage to pick up a win here, and depending on what happens in tonight’s main event, tonight could be a huge night for Lexy!”

Sharper: “As I’m sure she’s let everyone know, Crystal and Autumn included.”

The big screen above the entrance springs into life as the lights darken, the only image we see is that of a glistening perfect world logo. We then hear a woman’s voice over the P. A System next as she addresses the arena.

“Ladies and Gentleman, Introducing...”

.CHRIS CANNON.

The opening guitar to “Prometheus” by Audiomachine hits 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. Chris Cannon does not appear. Instead, Lexy and the shirtless man continue to stand there, still proudly displaying the banner for “The Wife”. Lexy looks around, smiling awkwardly as the music continues to play. A moment passes before Chris finally walks out, right through the banner. It tears right down the middle. The crowd roars as Chris stands atop the ramp with his title draped over his shoulder. Lucas Knight comes from behind him, wearing a suit and his title. Lexy looks on angrily.

Lexy: “What are you doing?!”

Chris turns back.

Chris: “Sorry, love.”

Chris and Lucas smirk as they make their way down the ramp.

Phillips: “And her opponent, accompanied by Lucas Knight, from London, England, he is one half of the SCW World Tag Team Champions, Chris Cannon!”

Lexy looks at the ripped banner before turning towards the shirtless man.

Lexy: “Go! Get the duct tape! Quickly! I have a match to manage!”

He shrugs and goes backstage. Lexy picks up both sides of the banner and frustratedly heads down the ramp. Meanwhile, Chris climbs the steps and enters the ring as Lucas takes his place at ringside. Chris climbs the nearest turnbuckle and raises his belt into the air, looking out into the crowd. He steps down and hands the belt to the referee before making his way to his corner as his music fades.

Sharper: “Well, while Lexy worries about marketing her client, Chris Cannon wants to prove how far he can go as a singles competitor this year.”

Knots: “A current Tag Team Champion, but we know what he’s capable of outside of tag team action. He may not have been proud of his run in early 2020, but he had his moments, even almost winning Taking Hold of the Flame. We’ll see if he can carry the growing momentum of Suited and Booted into his solo endeavour here tonight.”

The bell sounds. Cannon steps forward. The two begin to circle one another. Chris lunges forward and goes for a clothesline, but Crystal ducks underneath. She jumps up on his back, locking in a sleeper. Chris walks forward and hangs on the ropes. Before the referee can count, Crystal drops down, locking the waist of Chris. She pulls back and pulls Chris through, rolling him up and sitting on his legs.

Chris pushes her off onto the ropes. She holds onto them as Chris starts to get back to his feet. Crystal hops up and springboards off of the second rope, turning back and taking Chris down with a crossbody. She hooks both legs.

Chris gets a shoulder up just before two. They both get up quickly. Chris catches Crystal with a knee to the stomach. Crystal bends over. Chris hooks her and swings for a neckbreaker, but Crystal spins out of it, grabbing his arm on the way out. She runs with it and jumps to the second rope again, springboarding off and taking Chris down with a lucha-style arm drag. Chris rolls into the corner.

Sharper: “Crystal, using her impressive speed to stay all over Chris Cannon.”

Knots: “And Cannon has a huge size difference, so she’ll have to continue to work him like this. Don’t want to get into a brawl with this man.”

Chris pulls himself up into the corner. Crystal runs at him. She hits him with a splash. Chris stumbles out of the corner. Crystal runs towards the ropes and bounces off back towards Chris. She leaps up for a hurricanrana, but Chris catches her and violently throws her back down with a powerbomb. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Cannon now, finally catching Crystal!”

Knots: “Planting her with a powerbomb, now going for the cover!”

Chris falls forward for the cover.

Crystal gets a shoulder up at two. Chris gets to his feet and shakes off the cobwebs. Crystal rolls to her stomach, crawling towards the ropes. Chris grabs her and lifts her up from behind. He grabs her waist and hoists her up, slowly dropping her back with a deadlift German suplex. Crystal lands hard. Chris bridges up, going for the pin.

Crystal kicks out. Chris gets to his feet, bringing Crystal with him. He lays in a few shots to her back before propping her up. He hits her with a back elbow, pushing her into the corner. He sets her up on the top rope before putting her on his shoulders with a fireman’s carry.

Sharper: “Cannon’s got Crystal up, might be looking for The Lion’s Bite.”

Before Chris can run forward, Crystal slides off of his shoulders and brings him down with a crucifix pin.

Chris breaks free just after two. Crystal hastily brings herself up in the corner. On his way up, Chris gets nailed with an enzuigiri. He drops to a knee, clearly dazed. He slowly gets to his feet. Crystal goes for another hurricanrana, successfully this time. She sits on his chest, reaching back for his legs, wrapping him up. As the referee begins the count, Crystal holds tightly onto the ropes for leverage.

Chris still manages to kick out.

Sharper: “Cannon getting out of it, despite Crystal clutching the ropes.”

Knots: “Using her speed and her surroundings to her advantage. We saw Cannon can get back on top in an instant, but to Crystal’s credit, she’s finding a way to stay on him. Cannon might have some singles rust, having been exclusively in tag action these last few months.”

Lucas chirps at the referee about Crystal’s use of the ropes. Lexy shushes him from a distance. Crystal gets behind Chris, who’s stirring. She rolls him up with a schoolboy. As the referee slides in for the count, she puts her feet on the ropes.

Lucas knocks Crystal’s feet off, breaking up the pin. The crowd cheers. Crystal gets up and leans over the ropes, swiping at Lucas, who backs up. He shrugs. Lexy runs towards the scene, but not too close. She gets the referee’s attention.

Lexy: “Hey! Get him outta here! We don’t condone cheating!”

As Crystal continues to taunt Lucas, Chris gets up behind her. He launches himself at her with a short running dropkick to the back. As she bounces off of the ropes, Chris springs back up. He spins around and drills Crystal with a discus clothesline to the back of the neck. Crystal falls forward to her hands and knees. Chris bends down and brings Crystal back up before hoisting her into the air. He drops her with a high angle backdrop. The crowd ohs as Crystal lands hard. Chris gets back up and points a finger into the air as he looks out into the crowd. The crowd cheers him on.

Sharper: “Cannon might be looking to go up top now. He’s got the momentum back.”

We see the shirtless man return, walking down the ramp with a roll of duct tape in hand.

Knots: “Oh, he’s back! He’s got the tape!”

Sharper: “Thank God. He’s got the tape. Cannon, moving up.”

Chris goes to the corner and climbs to the top turnbuckle. He looks down at Crystal, but is soon distracted by Lexy on the outside, who’s now taping the banner back together. Chris shakes his head and returns his attention to Crystal. He steadies himself, but Crystal quickly rolls out of the ring, landing next to Lexy and the shirtless man. The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Crystal rolling out of the ring, using that brief distraction as a way to escape.”

Knots: “She might be going out to help her manager fix the promotional material. She’s got a stake in this, too, you know.”

Chris shakes his head and slowly climbs down as the referee begins his count. (1) Lexy finishes taping the banner up. She snaps at the shirtless man, who resumes his duty carrying the other side of the banner. (2) They both hold the banner up high, showing it off. The duct tape now covers most of Crystal’s face in the picture. (3) Crystal groggily gets up and stands in front of the banner. She looks at it. Lexy displays it happily.

Lexy: “Look! We fixed it!”

(4) Suddenly, Chris launches himself through the ropes and hits a suicide dive onto Crystal, plowing her right through the banner, tearing it again in a different spot. The crowd roars as it falls to the ground with Chris and Crystal. Chris quickly pops up, smiling out towards the cheering crowd.

Sharper: “Cannon with a beautiful suicide dive to the outside!”

Knots: “Through the banner! Oh, the humanity!”

Chris picks Crystal up and throws her back into the ring. Crystal quickly crawls to the other side of the ring, towards the apron. Chris looks at Lexy, who stamps her feet.

Lexy: “What is your problem?! We’re trying to reach the masses here!”

Chris: “Sorry, love, just in the middle of something at the moment.”

Chris smirks and walks back towards the ring. Lexy grabs the roll of tape and goes back to work. On the inside of the ring, Crystal has positioned herself onto the apron opposite Chris. Chris slides in, not noticing Crystal. Crystal jumps up and springboards off of the top rope, going for a crossbody. Chris catches her. The crowd roars as he confidently walks around the ring, still holding Crystal.

Sharper: “Cannon caught her!”

Knots: “Taking his time parading around now, setting her up!”

He hoists Crystal up and onto his shoulders into a fireman’s carry. He backs up to the corner as Crystal flails around. He takes a few careful steps up to the second rope as Crystal tries to lay in some shots to his side, but they aren’t effective.

Sharper: “Going for The Lion’s Bite again, putting something a bit extra on it!”

Chris jumps off the second rope and rolls forward, planting Crystal into the mat with The Lion’s Bite. He flawlessly rolls through and glides into the opposite corner, grabbing the ropes and looking out into the crowd. Crystal rolls around, wincing and holding her back. She rolls into the corner. Chris turns around and crouches in the corner, stalking Crystal.

Knots: “And I think poor Crystal is about to be looking like that banner outside in a moment.”

Crystal brings herself up using the ropes, facing the corner. Lexy continues to tape up the banner on the outside. The shirtless man is doing his best to help, by ripping off the pieces of tape.

Sharper: “Lexy Chapel could maybe warn her client as to what’s about to come if she wasn’t so damn busy outside the ring!”

Crystal begins to turn around as Chris charges her. He fires himself at Crystal, harpooning her with the C4. The crowd roars as Crystal is driven into the mat.

Sharper: “C4! Now the cover!”

Chris leans back and hooks the near leg.

The bell sounds as “Prometheus” by Audiomachine plays. The crowd continues to cheer as Chris gets back to his feet.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Chris Cannon!”

Lucas grabs the other title from the outside and hops up on the apron before stepping into the ring. He hands Chris his title. Chris gets his hand raised by the referee, putting the belt in the air with his other hand. Lucas nods.

Sharper: “Crystal gave it her all, even coming close a few times to finishing Cannon early on, but it wasn’t enough in the end.”

Knots: “I’m not even sure Lexy realizes what happened yet.”

Lexy finishes fixing the banner again and looks into the ring, confused and then disappointed. Her and the shirtless man pick the banner up. Lucas and Chris exit the ring. Lexy backs away from them, wary of their presence. Chris just chuckles as he makes his way up the ramp with Lucas.

Sharper: “Either way, Chris Cannon off to a strong start in the reconstruction of his singles career.”

Lexy and the shirtless man cautiously slide the banner into the ring. They both slide in, carefully picking it back up. They walk into the middle of the ring and display the banner. We can barely even make out that it’s Crystal’s face underneath the copious amount of duct tape, but “The Wife” is still displayed.

Sharper: “Oh, Lord.”

Knots: “Gotta admire the effort.”

Lexy signals for Crystal to get up. Crystal begins to stir, heavily favouring her ribs. Meanwhile, the tape fails to hold as the banner falls into three separate pieces, one falling to the mat. Lexy and the shirtless man stand there awkwardly, each holding a broken part of the banner. Crystal continues to writhe in pain.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we see Chris Cannon walking backstage, holding his SCW World Tag Team Championship as Lucas Knight walks with him, holding his title. Chris and Lucas reach their locker room and Chris turns.

Chris: “Let me just grab a shower.”

Lucas: “Go for it. I should probably check in with David. Make sure he’s got his head in the game for later. Be all managerial and all.”

Chris: “Yeah, sure. Have fun with that.”

Lucas turns and heads off as Chris pushes his way into the locker room. He steps forward and over to his gear. The shower can be heard running as the camera follows Chris over. He places his title down by his gear before turning and reaching over and grabbing a towel. The camera turns back before we see Donovan Cunningham walking from the other direction and over to him.

Donovan: “Looks like you’re gonna be a winner in more ways than one.”

The camera stops and turns back as Chris glances at Donovan.

Chris: “Yeah, whatever. Tell JaMarcus he should run from those two.”

Donovan: “Yeah…sure.”

Donovan heads off as Chris takes his towel and throws it over his shoulder before walking to the showers. The running water gets louder and Chris walks past the first shower, the curtain drawn before glancing at it and then stepping past. He then stops. He glances over and the camera shows the back of a woman with brown hair in the space between the curtain and the wall break. Chris then shakes his head.

Woman: “Don’t worry…your mind isn’t paying tricks on you.”

The curtain is suddenly drawn as the water continues to run and Sienna Swann steps out. She walks over to Chris and immediately wraps her arms around him. Chris looks down at his former wife and then up and away.

Sienna: “The water’s warm. And you know I loved long showers…I mean we’re both winners here. Come on Chris.”

Chris pulls away.

Chris: “What are you doing? Your hair…”

Sienna: “Figured I’d do the only thing she could ever have over me. And I’m a much more perfect brunette than she ever was. And you can’t have her. That’s fine…as I’ve said, I like my men…to be men!”

Sienna then spins Chris into the shower and quickly reaches down, going to pull down his tights.

Sienna: “Come on! Let’s celebrate! A fresh 2021 with us on top. Like it should be-“

Chris pushes out, half soaked. Sienna then steps up and Chris holds his hand out and then hands her the towel.

Chris: “Sienna! It’s not going to happen. Dry yourself off and leave!”

Sienna: “But Chris-“

Chris: “It’s not going to happen, Sienna!”

Chris turns and looks at himself, dripping from water and turns and heads off as Sienna takes the towel and wraps it around her. The camera pans out as Sienna just watches him leave, a sly smirk forming on her face. The scene cuts to the ring.

Sharper: “I don’t believe Sienna Swann.”

Knots: “Getting ballsier by the week. Meeting with Karina. And did I hear that right? Her hair?”

Sharper: “She dyed it because Kelcey has brown hair. She…”

Knots: “Sienna’s not been there for much the year, but this is getting more and more brazen by the week!”

Gavin Taylor & Katie Steward vs. Dylan Howell & Konrad Raab

Tag League

Cold as Ice by M.O.P plays over the sound system as Konrad comes out through the curtain with Dylan Howell coming out behind him. 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.

Phillips: “Introducing first, the team of Dylan Howell & Konrad Raab!”

He ignores the fans due to his focus on wanting to fight in the ring. He goes up the stairs, 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 to the apron, waiting for their opponents.

Sharper: “This is it for these two, the final match of their Block against a team that has been going through it themselves.”

Knots: “Don’t need to sugar coat it, Adam. Gavin and Katie aren’t friends, they’re going through the motions.”

Sharper: “Be that as it may, I like to think that both would like to get a win tonight to wrap things up much like Raab and Howell.”

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

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

Phillips: “Introducing first, she is the Goddess of desire, she is the Blonde Bombshell and your Queen of Queens. Being accompanied to the ring by TJ Johnson, she is KATIE STEWARD!!”

Katie walks around the ring and up the ring steps carefully and across the apron. TJ runs up after her and holds open the ropes for her to enter the ring. Katie walks to the center of the ring and she disrobes for the crowd. She shows off her wrestling attire. TJ takes her robe and exits the ring and Katie to her corner.

Phillips: “And her tag team partner… He is… The Franchise Player, The Man Who Would Be King, Best Wrestler in the Universe. A Real-World Jedi… He is THE ALL STAR GAVIN TAYLOR!!”

The lights around the arena begin to flicker as "Whoa Is Me" by Down With Webster starts to play over the arena.

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

And the song continues...

The crowd boos as "All Star" Gavin Taylor steps out from behind the curtain onto the top of the ramp. As he stands in place, posing with his arms outstretched, the chorus of the song plays.

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

Gavin begins to walk down the ramp with swagger. He smirks as he gets to the ring. Pulling himself to the apron, he hangs out off the ring while holding onto the top rope.

The song continues...

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 pulls himself through the ropes and steps onto the second ropes on the opposite side of the ring from the ramp. He opens his jersey, sliding it off his shoulders as he stretches his arms out.

Sharper: “As arrogant as always from Gavin Taylor, tonight for him is put up or shut up.”

Knots: “It is for both of them, for all 4 of them to be exact. The world is watching, this is a new year with new possibilities.”

The bell sounds and both Gavin and Konrad step out of their corners, the two begin to circle each other before meeting up in the middle for a collar and elbow tie up. Konrad immediately shifts it into a side headlock and begins to tighten the grip. Gavin winces a little before moving Konrad Raab to the ropes and pushing him off but to little avail as Konrad maintains the grip. Dylan claps for his partner while Katie can be seen looking at her nails. Gavin tries to break the grip but again to little avail, he once more pushes Konrad to the ropes and manages to send him across the ring. Raab hits the opposite ropes and makes a return, Gavin looks for a shoulder block but Konrad hits a stronger one knocking the All Star down to the canvas. Raab quickly goes for a cover.

1… Kick out by Taylor!

Gavin rolls away and back to this feet only to find Raab locking up with him again, this time Gavin pushes him to the ropes once more. But Dylan hits a blind tag as he sends Konrad across the ring once again. Howell enters behind and clothesline Gavin to the canvas as Raab exits the ring and makes his way back around to his corner. Taylor holds the back of his head but has little time to rest as he his pulled back up to his feet and locked into another side headlock. Gavin cries out in annoyance which gets a small cheer from the crowd. Gavin slaps the back of Howell before pushing him to the ropes and sends him across the ring. Howell hits the ropes and sprints towards Gavin who leap frogs over, Howell hits the opposite cables on the return and again Gavin leap frogs over in reverse to a “Ooh” from the crowd. Howell hits the ropes once again but Gavin catches him on the final return and slams him down into the canvas with a stiff Spinebuster before covering.

1… Kick out by Howell!!

Sharper: “Taylors athletic ability on display, wasn’t getting caught out again like with Raab moments earlier. Say what you will, he’s as nimble as a cat.”

Knots: “And can drop you on a dime, that spinebuster was stiff and Dylan felt it.”

Dylan winces but much like Gavin prior has little time to gather himself. Gavin directly on the offensive now while pulling Dylan up and dragging him to his corner. He tags an unsuspecting Katie who looks at him like he had just kicked her dog or TJ before entering. Gavin and Katie glare at each other before hitting a chop to the chest of Dylan. Gavin hits one to a “Wooo”, Katie follows up with what looks to be a harder Chop. Gavin hits another a lot harder and Katie hits another. Gavin looks for one more but this time the official interjects forcing him out of the ring. Dylan steps out of the corner only to get clubbed in the back from Steward. She hits another club to the back, Dylan wincing again while Konrad reaches out for the tag. Dylan reaches out as he moves closer, but Katie stops him. He turns for a clothesline, but the Goddess of Desire ducks under the attempt. Dylan spins through only to get caught with a knee to the gut this time.

Sharper: “Dylan struggling right now.”

Knots: “Those chops were not your typical ones, there was venom behind it. No secret these two can’t wait for this team to dissolve.”

Katie drives another knee and pulls Dylan back to her teams corner and tags Gavin in before quickly exiting the ring. He was looking for a double team but she waves him off which looks to irate him just a little. A stiff right hand to Dylan sends him to the ropes, Gavin quick to drag him to the middle and Irish whipping Howell across the ring. Dylan makes a return only to get caught by a near perfect dropkick. Gavin springs to his feet and extends his arms proudly with a smirk as he turns to face Konrad who is eager to get in. Gavin says something to Konrad and the Iceman steps half way into the ring where Gavin backs up quickly and pointing him out to the official. Konrad taking clear offence to whatever was said. Dylan starts to get to his feet but is met by another clubbing blow to the back, and another. Gavin applies a front face lock and quickly snaps Dylan up and over with a suplex, he floats over and covers hooking a leg.

1..

2… KICK OUT BY HOWELL!

Knots: “Dylan powering out at two there, Gavin wants to end this quickly.”

Sharper: “All four are veterans, all four hardened over the years. This will be anything but quick.”

Dylan winces again before rolling away from Gavin, Taylor however gets up and pulls Dylan to his feet. But it is Howell who drops to a knee and drive s aright hand into the gut of Gavin, he hits another before following up with a European Uppercut, Gavin stumbles back to the ropes. Dylan is quick to drag Gavin to his teams corner and tags in Konrad who enters quickly as Dylan exits. Right off the bat Konrad starts to throw boxing punches to the midsection of Gavin Taylor. TJ points it out to Katie who turns around watches now obviously annoyed. Gavin pushes past Konrad looking for a tag to Katie, but Raab runs up behind him and locks his arms around the waist of the all star and spins around before he throws him back with a release german suplex, Taylor however flips through onto his feet and stumbles back into his teams corner. Katie instantly tags herself in as TJ pulls Gavin out of the ring via the bottom rope.

Knots: “Katie with the Tag here, Gavin now outside thanks to TJ Johnson. Katie looking to show him how it’s done.”

Sharper: “Say what you will, Gavin has put a lot into this match so far.”

Knots: “And he is telling TJ that as well on the outside.”

Konrad stops and watches as Katie starts to say something to him which again he doesn’t seem to like and rushes at the Goddess of Desire. Steward drops him down to the canvas with a drop toe hold and springs back to her feet. Raab rolls away and gets back to his as she smirks confidently. The two begin to circle once more and Raab charges at Katie once again, she ducks the clothesline attempt from the Iceman. She spins on her heels as does Raab who now is caught with a forearm shot, Steward hits another before sending him across the ring with an Irish whip into the ropes. Raab hits and makes a return into a running jumping knee smash from Katie Steward, the Goddess then covers him while turning her nose up at him in the process.

1…

2… KICK OUT BY RAAB!

Katie screams at the official to count faster, but he isn’t and she knows it. Instead she pulls Raab up and slaps him across the face, which does only one thing and angers him, the crowd’s “Oooh’s” enough to motivate him more as he now grabs Katie who screams and sends her into the corner with an Irish whip. Katie stumbles out and is taken down by a Lou Thez Press, Raab throwing right hands down at her which she blocks. But Gavin quickly enters the ring and drives a boot to the back of Konrad’s head. Dylan quickly enters and runs at Gavin and takes him down with a clothesline before dragging him up and to his corner and throwing him to the apron. The referee gets between Dylan and Gavin and pushes him back to his corner. Katie rolls away from Raab as Konrad gets up and holds the back of his head.

Knots: “official could have lost control of this match, but things look like they’re back in order now.”

Katie stands and leans in a corner while Konrad gets to his feet, he shakes his head and notices Katie and charges at the corner. Steward however blocks with an elbow to the face of Raab. He stumbles back and charges at her again only to get another elbow to the face. She then steps up onto the second rope and leaps off with another knee to his face which takes him off his feet. She rolls through and quickly covers again.

1…

2… DYLAN BREAKS THE COUNT!

Howell had entered and stomped the back of Katie, she winces and rolls away holding her back. Howell drags Konrad to their corner and exits the ring before extending his arm. Raab tags Dylan in to a roar from the crowd. He quickly enters and charges over to a now screaming Katie who covers up momentarily. Dylan stops and holds his hands out for a moment, Gavin see’s this and enters and runs across with a leaping forearm shot to the back of his head. The crowd boos as Raab once again enters and rushes over to Gavin who quickly exits, Konrad giving chase. Inside the ring Dylan gets up to his feet as does Katie hits a side kick to the gut of Dylan doubling him over where she quickly hits a snap ddt afterwards and covers.

1…

2… KICK OUT BY DYLAN!!

Outside the ring Gavin and Konrad are fighting, but inside the ring is where the officials attention is held right now.

Sharper: “Katie trying to get that pin fall attempt but to no avail, Dylan isn’t staying down.”

Knots: “He knows what is at stake, both teams might be out of the World Tag League but ending it all with a win is equally important.”

Katie gets to her feet once again, as now Gavin and Konrad have been forced apart by the official. The two men returning to their corners respectively much to the chagrin of the other. Inside the ring both Katie and Dylan are on their feet, the two lock up and Katie is quick to drive a knee once more into his gut. She drives a knee into his face before exiting to the apron and quickly climbing up to the top rope. Gavin watches as Dylan shakes the cob webs out and she leaps off with a cross body at Dylan who catches but drops to the canvas before using that momentum to roll through and back to his feet. The crowd buzzes with excitement as he throws her up onto his shoulders into a firemarns carry before gorilla pressing her into the air and dropping it into a cutter!

Sharper: “DEAD ON ARRIVAL! KATIE IS DOA!”

The crowd erupts as Konrad immediately enters the ring as does Gavin who knows the cover is coming and the two come to blows before falling to the outside. Dylan leaps onto Katie and covers her as the crowd counts along with the official.

1…

2…

3!!!

The bell sounds as the crowd roars, “Adrenaline” hits over the P.A System now. Dylan rolls off of Katie and is helped to his feet and has his arm raised. Konrad enters the ring next to celebrate with Dylan also raising his arm, the two men playing up to the crowd. Outside we see Gavin looking at them celebrate and shaking his head clearly annoyed at the result. TJ of course checking on Katie to make sure she is okay.

Knots: “A great way for Konrad and Dylan to end their Tag League adventure. More so for Dylan who now goes to Last Grasp of Reality to challenge for the Adrenaline Title.”

Sharper: “Hell of an opportunity for him, and if anything he has Shilo to thank for it for dragging him into that entire situation. Glory having enough and challenging both.”

Knots: “Whether that was smart of Glory remains to be seen, but right now it doesn’t matter because these two will be celebrating tonight.”

The focus is once more on Konrad and Dylan who are indeed celebrating along with the crowd.

Crystal Zdunich is backstage in her locker room with Lexy Chapel, which really isn’t much of a locker room, just an open area with access to a washroom, with a shirtless man holding a door. Zdunich then finally turns, grabbing a bottle of water, throwing it down on the ground. Lexy Chapel jobs.

Crystal: “God damn it! Again!”

Lexy: “Whoa, whoa, Crystal. Relax, I-“

Crystal: “I lost to Chris Cannon. I’ve been not getting my footing. Yeah, I drew Syren and did what with it? What? And you?”

Lexy: “Me?! What did I do?”

Crystal: “You’re spending more time hyping my TV Show and-“

Lexy: “Hey! It’s cool! You’re going to be a star!”

Crystal: “And you’re with Autumn, who what? Yeah, she gets a match against David. But…”

Lexy walks over and wraps her arm around Crystal.

Lexy: “Crystal, baby! I got this! We’re going to be fine. Going to the top. You’re just getting used to all of the responsibility and then will be taking off to the moon!”

Crystal: “Yeah…or driven into the ground. Look…”

Lexy: “Hey! I’m working on something! Something big!”

Crystal: “Are you?”

Lexy: “Uh…yeah…totally!”

Crystal: “Of course. You’re just going week to week. Hell, your notepad just has pictures of you planning a Blake Mason voodoo doll! Given what I’ve heard, Bree Lancaster probably is selling those!”

Lexy: “Ew….Bree…”

Crystal: “You want to prove something to me. Get me something I can sink my teeth into. Last Grasp. Next Breakdown. I don’t care. Show me that you can handle being the manager to the Silver Screen Queen! Do that…we’re good.”

Crystal looks around.

Crystal: “I need to go for a walk.”

Crystal turns and heads off, walking around the door and storming off.

Lexy: “Hey! At least use the door! Respect our locker room!”

Lexy sighs.

COMMERCIALS

Owen Cruze & Aaron Blackbourne vs. A/C Unit

Tag League

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, looking to his left and right. And then a smirk, and a nod of acknowledgment to the fans.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall, has a twenty minute time limit, and is a match in the SCW Tag League! Introducing first, from Newquay, England, he is Owen Cruze!”

“It's deep in their bones. They run into smoke when the fire is fierce

Oh, pick yourself up 'cause”

Dropping to one knee, Owen punches the floor, pyrotechnics filling the space behind him. Owen stands up and hops around, getting loose on the stage. His music fades. “My Name” by From Ashes To New plays. White lights slowly begin to envelop the stage as we see that smoke has also begun to engulf it. The Tron also comes to life with clips of Aaron Blackbourne in action, both as himself and as his various demon incarnations, as well as clips of his various artistic endeavors including writing, painting, drawing and digital art. We see a figure standing in the smoke. When the song hits the chorus, pyro suddenly goes off on the sides of the stage in sync with the silhouette throwing his arms in the familiar raised and outstretched pose. The smoke clears to reveal Aaron Blackbourne. He looks around the arena as Kelcey Wallace walks out from behind him as the lights are brought back up.

Phillips: “And his partner, accompanied by Kelcey Wallace, currently residing in Seattle, Washington…”

The crowd roars.

Phillips: “He is Aaron Blackbourne!”

Owen joins Aaron in the center of the stage. He starts to walk down to the ring with Aaron walking by his side. Kelcey trails them.

Sharper: “Owen Cruze and Washington’s own Aaron Blackbourne making their way to the ring now, joined by Kelcey Wallace.”

Knots: “All three have a lot going on at the moment, and you’d think that competing in this match would take their minds off of it, but even against A/C Unit, they can’t get away from it all.”

Sharper: “That’s right, Owen and Aaron are out of the Tag League now, but we know them well enough to know they’re still going to give it their all here. They won’t lie down.”

Knots: “But going back to what I said, if they pick up the win here, they’re actively helping Sienna Swann, putting her and Bree Lancaster straight through to the finals of the SCW Tag League, awarding them their block by eliminating A/C Unit from contention! What a twisted web we weave here in SCW.”

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. Aaron slides in and runs to the opposite corner, outstretching his arms while standing on the top turnbuckle. Kelcey enters the ring and shows them both off. Owen and Aaron jump down as the music fades out. Aaron removes his jacket and slides it into his corner. Kelcey steps out of the ring as Owen and Aaron look towards the ramp, both completely focused.

Sharper: “Both men, ready. Damn the consequences.”

The lights suddenly go out in the arena. A few seconds of dark silence are followed by the opening synth of "Out in the Cold" by Judas Priest chiming throughout the arena. Some dark blue lights come on near the entrance ramp, lighting up the stage and arena with an eerie bluish hue as dry ice begins to spread across the stage. Several seconds pass and right as the sound of a snare echoes throughout the arena, a giant white metal container slowly rises up through the left side of the stage with two words plastered upon it.

A/C UNIT

The guitars kick in and Asher Hayes busts out through one side of the container, clad in his signature long leather jacket and sunglasses with a cloud of frozen mist following him out of the container. He's quickly followed by Cid Turner, who busts out of the opposite side of the container looking disheveled and just generally confused and for some reason not wearing a shirt or jacket while being in an ice box.

Phillips: “And their opponents, the team of Asher Hayes and Cid Turner, they are A/C Unit!”

The crowd cheers as they both make their way towards the center stage, both shivering due to being in a giant ice box for almost two minutes. Once they're properly warmed up, they make their way down towards the ring through the dry ice.

Sharper: “The Perfect Pack aren’t the only ones that are going to have to shut out the outside noise in this match as Asher Hayes and Cid Turner have been dealing with some issues of their own as well.”

Knots: “Asher with Ricky James and Tommy Valentine, trading shots with them both in the last few weeks, and then of course Cid’s been put through the emotional wringer with Chad Evans as of late. We’re only a week removed from the vicious attack from Chad on Cid’s brother, former SCW Tag Team Champion, Crusher.”

They reach the ring and both go up on steel steps on the opposite sides of each other and climb the turnbuckles, pointing dramatically at each other from across the ring in perfect unison and breathing heavily as the chorus of the song plays, the passionate audience singing along.

"I'm out in the cold

Out in the cold

Hear me calling

Cold

Out in the cold

Please rescue me"

They both hop down to the apron and step in the ring. Asher leans over the top rope and chucks his shades into the crowd and takes his jacket off as Cid nervously strokes his overgrown beard with both hands. They meet each other in their corner and hit each other with a quick fist bump as the lights come back on and their music begins to fade. Aaron steps onto the apron, leaving Owen in the ring. Asher and Cid can be seen chatting. After a brief talk, Asher nods and steps through the ropes and onto the apron. The bell sounds as Cid turns to face Owen. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Cruze and Turner begin the match. Maybe somewhat of a surprise, Cid opting to start this one out.”

Knots: “He may have something to prove. Maybe showing that he’s not going to just give up, no matter what Chad says.”

Sharper: “And we’ll see what wins out here. The never say die attitude of Owen and Aaron or the determination of A/C Unit, trying to win their way into the semi-finals of the SCW Tag League.”

Owen and Cid circle each other as the crowd continues to buzz. Owen charges forward. Cid goes to grapple him, but Owen quickly slides through his legs, ending up behind him. Owen leaps up, grabbing at Cid’s head for a reverse bulldog, but Cid gets a hand on the top rope as Owen falls to the mat. Cid turns to see Owen already halfway up. Owen goes for a step up enzuigiri, but Cid ducks it. Owen quickly rises again, but Cid jumps up at him and brings him down for a monkey flip. Owen is launched back, but rolls through swiftly on the landing, popping right back up. He runs at Cid, who goes for a clothesline, but Owen ducks it, grabbing Cid's arm and floating over with a DDT attempt, only for Cid to break loose halfway through with Owen landing back on his feet. Cid bounces off the ropes and runs at Owen. He leaps up for a running enzuigiri, but Owen sidesteps it and swats him down. Cid bounces back up. Owen goes for a toe kick, but Cid catches his leg. Owen goes for a kick to the head with his free leg, but Cid ducks it, still holding on. Owen lands awkwardly, but manages to twist back, hitting Cid in the head with the side kick. Cid releases the hold as he stumbles back into the corner while Owen lands on a knee, looking up at Cid. The crowd applauds both. Owen smirks as Cid nods towards him while holding his jaw before returning to the middle of the ring.

Knots: “Great exchange between Owen Cruze, one of the fastest superstars in SCW, and the former Masta of Speed, Cid Turner!”

Sharper: "Cid managed to keep up with most of it, throwing in some good counters to boot, but Owen got the better of the exchange there, even getting some acknowledgement from Cid out of it. Owen will look to keep it up."

Owen pops up from his knee, going for a Yakuza kick. Cid steps out of the way and grabs Owen from behind, locking in a waistlock. Owen throws back a couple of elbows, catching Cid and dazing him. Owen slips behind Cid and leaps up on his back, locking in a grapevine sleeper hold. Cid stumbles back into Owen's corner. Aaron tags in while Owen keeps the hold on.

Sharper: "Quick tag from Aaron and Cid's still trapped."

Aaron steps in and Owen pulls back, exposing Cid's midsection. Aaron hits Cid in the gut with a shoot kick, dropping him to his knees. Owen rolls off of Cid and onto the apron. Aaron hits another shoot kick, driving his shin into Cid's chest. He goes for another, but Cid drops forward, dodging it. He begins frantically crawling towards his corner for the tag. Aaron runs at him and jumps up, landing back down on Cid's back with a double stomp. The crowd ohs as Aaron falls on top of Cid.

Sharper: "A vicious double stomp from Aaron, keeping Cid from tagging out."

Knots: "Not only that, but landing on top of him after with all of his weight!"

Aaron rolls Cid over, hooking the leg.

Cid kicks out. Aaron gets up, bringing Cid with him. Cid tries to break free with a right hand to Aaron's gut, but Aaron answers back with a European uppercut, sending Cid into the ropes. Aaron steps forward and pushes Cid up against the ropes, drilling him with a series hard right forearms. Before the referee can start the count, Aaron whips Cid to the opposite side. Asher reaches in and tags Cid on the back as he hits the ropes. Cid bounces forward into a dropkick from Aaron. Cid rolls into his corner as Asher steps in.

Sharper: "Beautiful standing dropkick from Aaron."

Knots: "Asher, though, with the blind tag, coming in."

Asher runs at Aaron as Cid pulls himself up in the corner. Aaron goes for a spinning elbow, but Asher ducks, running through. He stops and turns. He goes for a superkick, but Aaron catches his leg. Cid runs from the corner and takes Aaron down from behind with a chop block. The crowd gives a mixed reaction.

Sharper: "And Cid was still in the corner after the dropkick from Aaron, taking him down with the sneak attack."

Cid turns his back to Asher and drops forward. Asher catches him in a wheelbarrow, picking him up and slamming him down onto Aaron with An Alternate Universe. Cid clutches his ribs and rolls out of the ring.

Sharper: "Asher using Cid for that assisted splash!"

Knots: "Using his own partner as a weapon, to great effect."

Asher covers Aaron.

Owen runs in and breaks it up with a quick running dropkick to Asher. He gets up and the referee guides him back to his corner.

Sharper: “Owen, coming in to break that pin.”

Knots: “Might have seen it as fairplay after Cid lingered around after the tag.”

Asher gets up and goes for Owen, but Aaron is right behind him with a forearm to the back. Owen gets onto the apron. Aaron hits Asher with another forearm to the back before spinning him around and hitting him with a European uppercut, driving him into the corner. Aaron hits Asher with a knife edge chop. The crowd woos. Aaron hits another. The crowd woos again as Aaron tags Owen. Owen holds onto the ropes and shoots his leg up, kicking Asher in the back of the head from the apron. The crowd ohs as Asher falls to the mat and rolls onto his back. Aaron makes way while Owen climbs to the top rope. He jumps off, going for a flipping senton, but Asher rolls out of the way. Owen rolls on the mat while holding his back and wincing.

Sharper: “Owen went high risk, but came up empty. Asher’s looking to get A/C Unit back on track now.”

Asher gets up and steps towards Owen, but suddenly turns back and knocks Aaron off the apron with a forearm shot. Aaron falls to the mats outside of the ring. The crowd boos, but with some cheers mixed in. Kelcey snaps at Asher from ringside before walking over to a downed Aaron.

Sharper: “Oh, and a surprise shot from Asher to Aaron, knocking him off the apron and to the floor!”

Knots: “Well, A/C Unit absolutely needs this win, or the last few months of the Tag League mean nothing, and it looks like Asher’s willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done.”

Asher heads back to Owen, who’s stirring. He knees him in the gut and hooks him for a suplex. He hooks the leg as well and hoists Owen up, twisting in the air and driving Owen down with a swinging fisherman neckbreaker. Asher keeps the leg hooked.

Owen kicks out just after two. Asher stays down and puts Owen in a headlock. Owen starts to work his way up to his feet, first getting to a knee. He elbows Asher in the stomach, but Asher keeps the lock on. Owen makes it to his feet and stumbles back, putting both him and Asher on the ropes. Owen pushes him forward, but Asher holds on and jumps up before driving Owen down with a bulldog. Asher scrambles to his feet and runs for the ropes. He jumps up and jumps onto the second rope, launching himself off with a backflip, crashing down onto Owen with an Ash-Sault. The crowd roars as Asher falls back down onto Owen for the cover.

Owen gets a shoulder up. Asher slams the mat before getting back to his feet. He lays in a few stomps on Owen. He again runs for the ropes, hopping up to the second rope and looking for another Ash-Sault, but Aaron comes up from the floor and nails him with a forearm, sending him back down to the mat. The crowd ohs before cheering.

Sharper: “Aaron now, getting some payback! A hard shot from the floor!”

Knots: “Both of these teams are fighting so hard. It’s like we predicted, Owen and Aaron aren’t going down without giving it their all, no matter the stakes. If Asher wants to take a shot, Aaron apparently has no problem tagging him right back.”

Aaron gets on the apron and holds his hand out for the tag. Cid can be seen doing the same from the other side of the ring as both Asher and Owen begin to crawl to their corners.

Sharper: “Both teams now, looking for a tag!”

The crowd buzzes as both men continue to crawl. Asher reaches out and tags Cid in. Cid quickly enters the ring as Asher rolls onto the apron. Owen leaps up from the ground and tags in Aaron before rolling under the ropes.

Sharper: “And they both get the tag!”

The crowd roars as Cid rushes the corner. He grabs for Aaron, but Aaron gets out of the way, leaving Cid keeled over the top rope. Aaron grabs him by the head and falls to the floor, dropping Cid with a guillotine. Cid stumbles backwards, holding his throat. Aaron slides into the ring and runs at Cid. He hits a running dropkick, sending Cid into the corner. Cid bounces forward from the impact, stumbling back towards Aaron. Aaron hoists him up in a fireman’s carry. He tosses Cid up and hits him with an overhead kick on the way down. The crowd ohs before breaking out into cheers. Cid goes limp and immediately collapses to the mat face-first, near the edge of the ring.

Sharper: “Pull the Trigger from Aaron!”

Knots: “And Cid looks absolutely out cold! Aaron’s on the verge of successfully playing spoiler!”

Aaron rolls Cid over and hooks the near leg.

Cid gets his foot on the bottom rope. Aaron looks up to see the referee signalling for the rope break. He rests his head back down onto Cid, looking disappointed.

Knots: “Cid had enough wherewithal to get a foot on the rope at the last second!”

Aaron gets to his feet. He leans down and slowly picks Cid up. He props him up and goes for a discus elbow smash, drilling him with it. Cid bounces off the ropes and Aaron uses his momentum to pick him up again into the fireman's carry. Aaron carries Cid to his corner. Owen tags in.

Sharper: "Owen with the tag, Aaron still carrying Cid, looking for a double team here."

Aaron drifts back with Cid as Owen climbs to the top rope from the apron. Asher gets up from the apron and charges Aaron, taking him down with a chop block. Aaron falls down, bringing Cid with him crashing to the mat. Owen looks on from the top turnbuckle.

Sharper:" Now Asher, breaking up the double team! And he's on Aaron now!"

Asher lays in a series of rights on Aaron, who defensively rolls away onto the apron. The referee warns Asher to get out. Owen flies from the top rope, impaling Asher with the Cruze Missile. The crowd roars as Asher flies out of the ring.

Sharper: "Cruze Missile from Owen!"

Knots: "And Cruze was still up there, just waiting!"

Owen quickly gets up and sees Cid still rolling on the mat. Owen runs to the corner and waits for Cid. As Cid begins to get up, Owen runs forward and jumps up, going for the Cruze Stomp. Cid pulls back and gets up as Owen stomps the mat.

Sharper: "Cruze Stomp, missed."

Owen recovers hastily and goes for the Morality Superkick, but Cid catches the leg. He throws it back down and takes Owen down by the arm. The two struggle to the mat. They both get down, stomach first, battling. Cid traps Owen's arm before locking in The King’s Coup. The crowd roars as Owen immediately reaches for the ropes.

Sharper: “King’s Coup now, locked in!”

Knots: “Owen almost got out of it, too, but Cid overpowered him at the end, locking in the crossface!"

Owen manages to crawl closer to the ropes. He reaches out further, stretching his body to the limit. The referee keeps a close eye on Owen's hand and the ropes as the crowd buzzes loudly. Owen grasps forward, not even an inch from the bottom rope. He’s just out of reach. Owen yells as he tries to roll out of it, rolling Cid onto his back briefly, but they both roll through, bringing them closer to the center of the ring with the hold still locked in. Owen slams the mat in frustration. The crowd roars again. Owen looks to be fading now. Cid yanks him back further, both of them almost sitting up as Owen continues to fade.

Sharper: “Cid, cranking back!”

Knots: “And Owen might be out soon!”

We see Aaron pull himself up from the apron, entering the ring. He charges Cid.

Sharper: “Oh, and Aaron!”

Aaron launches himself at Cid, blasting him with Unchained Creativity. The crowd roars. Cid breaks the hold and both him and Owen are laid out.

Sharper: "Unchained Creativity from Aaron, catching Cid in that crossface position! He may have saved the match and ended it at the same time!"

Knots: "Almost out of nowhere! Cid was pulling back so far, he put himself in a position that Aaron could work with!"

Aaron gets up and goes back to his corner at the referee's insistence. Owen shakes the cobwebs off. He begins to crawl towards Cid, reaching his arm out for the cover. Cid just barely rolls away and onto the apron. The crowd oohs as Owen keeps his arm extended on the mat.

Sharper: “Cid, just out of instinct, getting underneath the ropes and out of danger.”

Knots: “That would have been it. Should have been it, maybe. But before, Cid had Owen…”

Owen begins to crawl towards Aaron, who’s ready for the tag. Asher comes around outside of the ring, blowing by Kelcey. He grabs Aaron down from the apron and the two begin to brawl on the outside.

Sharper: “Asher taking Aaron down now, continuing his uber aggressive approach to this match!”

Knots: “Let’s not mention Uber in front of him, it might set him off even more!”

Asher gets the upper hand, nailing Aaron with a knee to the gut. He rolls him into the ring and slides in after him. Aaron gets up quickly and grabs Asher. He throws him back with an exploder suplex, sending him across the ring. Cid stumbles up and clubs Aaron from behind. Owen reaches out and grabs Cid’s leg, trapping and distracting him. Aaron turns around and grabs Cid. He hits him with a quick series of forearms as Owen lets go. Aaron runs back and bounces off the ropes. He launches himself forward and pierces Cid with a running dropkick. Cid falls back into the corner, falling down into a sitting position. Aaron runs to the opposite corner and sizes Cid up from across the ring.

Sharper: “All four men in the ring now!”

Knots: “The match has blown up and now Aaron, who isn’t legal, is defending himself against Cid, who’s about to be hit by the Creative Process!”

Aaron runs forward, but is taken out by a spear from Asher. The crowd roars before giving a mixed reaction. Asher and Aaron both roll out of the ring and onto the outside. Owen gets up and takes a look to the outside. Cid gets up from the corner and goes behind him, rolling him up with a schoolboy.

Owen kicks out. They both get up. Cid goes for a clothesline. Owen ducks it and slips behind Cid. He reaches back for Cid’s arms and catches him with a backslide pin.

Cid breaks free and rolls backwards. Owen snaps up and goes for the Cruze Stomp. Cid pulls back to dodge it. He gets up and tries to takedown Owen by the arm. Owen slips out of it and ends up behind Cid. He hops up on Cid’s shoulders before rolling forward and hooking Cid’s legs with a victory roll.

Cid breaks free just before three. Owen stays on top of Cid, bringing him up from the mat. Cid drops down, taking Owen with him inside a small package.

Owen breaks out just after the three as the crowd roars. “Out in the Cold” by Judas Priest plays while the bell rings.

Phillips: “Here are your winners, via pinfall, Asher Hayes and Cid Turner, A/C Unit!”

Sharper: “And after a hard fought match, A/C Unit are moving on to the semi-finals of the SCW Tag League!”

Owen rolls out of the ring and stands at the apron, disappointed. He walks over to Aaron, who’s stirring next to Kelcey. Asher gets up and slides into the ring. Cid gets up off the mat and stands next to Asher. The referee raises their hands in the air.

Knots: “And to their credit, Owen Cruze and Aaron Blackbourne gave it their all despite being eliminated from the Tag League. Once Asher showed what he was willing to do to win, Aaron gave it right back to him, never backing down. What a contest.”

Owen and Aaron slowly make their way up the ramp with Kelcey trailing them. Cid and Asher talk to one another briefly before giving each other a fist bump. Asher walks towards the ropes and looks out to the crowd, raising his fist into the air.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we see Asher Hayes celebrating backstage.

Asher: “We did it! We got through it and we’re going to be going into the semi-finals. We can do something good for them…kick Bree and Sienna’s ass.”

Cid: “Yeah…”

Asher: “What? You’re sad after that.”

Cid just looks down and nods.

Cid: “No…I mean…yes…I mean….I think I’m going to do.”

Asher: “Do what? Like, dude, we don’t need you doing something stupid or-“

Cid: “I’m going to ask to face Chad Evans at Last Grasp of Reality.”

The crowd roars. Asher smiles.

Asher: “Effin’ eh! Finally! Going to finally put that asshole in his place.”

Cid: “Yeah…I guess…”

Asher: “You can do this. Look what we just did. The son of a bitch is just jealous because he knows he’ll never get to do that ever again.”

Cid looks out as Asher leans on his shoulders, looking at him.

Asher: “Look at me Cid. You can kick his ass!”

The crowd cheers as Cid just nods slightly and we cut away.

The scene opens up to the ring where Adam Sharper stands in the ring.

Sharper: “Fans, please welcome James Evans!”

The crowd cheers. The opening of “Beg" can be heard blaring through the PA system. The camera will pan through the curtain as the face of James Evans appears, igniting a positive reaction from the crowd, as they shower him in cheers. The camera remains on James as he breaks through the curtain. The cheers intensify as James looks out at the crowd.

"I poke the needles under your skin
Tastes like blasphemy and treason
No, you're never getting far away"

James slowly makes his way to the ring, as images of him winning various championships and hitting various moves appear on the screen. James reaches the ring and makes his way up the ring steps, before turning and facing the crowd.

"See hope fading out of your eyes
This time the pain is going to feel unreal
I think you're gonna be some easy prey"

James then steps into the ring and walks to the center of it, joining Adam Sharper. He looks around as his music fades out. Sharper looks at the crowd.

Sharper: “The fans here seems to love you?”

James: “Good for them. Not calling out Syren?”

Sharper: “I figured she is focusing on her Tag League match, when she teams with Ravyn Taylor to face Frozen Hell to determine who faces the Psychonauts in their Tag League Group.”

James: “Yeah…”

James smirsk.

Sharper: “But don’t worry, James. We have a camera in the Infamous locker room to get the reaction of Syren and others as you announce what last week was all about. We know CHBK revealed that if Syren and Infamous got involved, you could name any stipulation you wanted.”

James looks out and smiles a bit as the crowd cheers. James turns back.

James: “That would be right.”

The crowd cheers some more.

Sharper: “Well Mr. Evans, care to clarify the matter? You have a match against Syren and you control the stipulation at Last Grasp of Reality!”

The crowd roars as we cut to a shot of the Infamous locker room to see Syren looking at the monitor. CHBK is with her as Ravyn Taylor and Christy Matthews are in the background. Holly Adams keeps looking over. Back in the ring, James looks around.

James: “Adam…this is going to be simple. Because I already know what makes Syren tick. Anyone who stops her from her ultimate goal is her ultimate enemy. And just like how I took issue with Sienna Swann last year, I now stand against Syren!”

The crowd cheers.

James: “No more running. No more delays. Syren, you have me at Last Grasp of Reality and frankly, I have one plan…to make sure your time at the top is over!”

The crowd boos. Syren glares at the camera as we briefly cut to the Infamous locker room and then back to the ring. James looks at the camera and smiles.

James: “I’ve waited nine months for this. And you walked right into it. CHBK was willing to protect you from this. The old son of a bitch, but I knew that you wouldn’t let it go. You see some value in that old bastard! Well, Syren…we can settle it all. Your little contracts though. Your plan to return to the top…it’s going to get derailed though, one way or another. You can choose how.”

The crowd roars. Sharper holds the microphone out for Evans.

James: “You want to know the stipulation. It’s simple, Syren. You and I…one on one. If Infamous appears, that means anyone….Ravyn, CHBK, Holly…you lose. And if you lose because Infamous appears, you forfeit a World Title shot for all of 2021!”

The crowd cheers.

James: “You and I, one on one. We settle this on January 24^th, one way or another. Either you prove you are as good as you say you are, or I beat you. And if I beat you, you just know you have a lot longer to go. But if you need your little help…then you make clear you’re in the biggest fraud in professional wrestling!”

James smirks.

James: “That’s right. You are going to face me one on one….if ANYONE from Infamous appears from the back, you lose…and I do the biggest favour to professional wrestling just like that. You want revenge for what I did at Under Attack in 2019…you can try for it by yourself!”

The crowd roars. James smirks.

James: “Now are you paying attention.”

James steps back as we cut to the Infamous locker room to see CHBK looking down as Syren looks at the screen, defiant.

Syren: “I’ll kick his ass.”

CHBK: “Zoe, just-“

Syren: “Nothing is going to stop me from the World Title! Nothing!”

CHBK: “This isn’t a normal opponent-“

Syren: “Damn right it’s not!”

The scene cuts back to the ring as “Beg” plays.

Knots: “Syren is defiant, but she may not know what she’s in for. James Evans just made it clear. It’s one on one or everything is derailed for Syren and Infamous and damn it, I hope that happens!”

James looks out at the crowd, a smirk forming on his face. Sharper steps out of the ring.

James remains in the ring for a few moments longer before we cut away.

Backstage, we see Jaina Lancaster stands outside of the locker room Owen Cruze, Aaron Blackbourne, Peyton Rice and Kelcey Wallace share. She knocks on the door. A few moments pass before the door opens. Kelcey Wallace opens the door.

Kelcey: “Jaina…what do you want?”

Jaina: “Oh, I’m looking for you. I’m here to do an interview. Did you see Chris and Sienna earlier?”

Kelcey: “What are you talking about? We’ve been focusing on the tag match.”

Jaina: “Oh…cameras caught them in the showers. Sienna-“

Kelcey: “What? What are you talking about?”

Jaina: “Oh I think I struck a nerve. I meant nothing about it. I’m just getting reaction. Sienna’s been focused on you and-“

Kelcey: “Where is she?”

Jaina: “I don-“

Kelcey: “Jaina. I know you’re Bree’s niece. Chances are you know where she is one way or another. Probably texting Bree. After that Breakdown in Hamilton…”

Jaina nods.

Jaina: “Fine. She’s leaving. I don’t know where. Bree told me she was heading off.”

Kelcey: “Thanks.”

Kelcey then steps out of the locker room and walks off. Jaina watches her leave before looking around, almost unsure of what she did. The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we see Sienna Swann walking out of the arena and over to a waiting Sedan. Xiomara has the trunk open as Sierra Swann comes into view too, playing with the chauffeur hat from Last Laugh. She laughs, throwing it in as Xiomara places Sienna’s bags in the car. Sienna then turns as Sierra looks over and she walks back toward to the arena. Xiomara runs over after her. The camera turns to see Kelcey Wallace walking through the doors. She steps forward.

Kelcey: “Let me through!”

Xiomara: “This is not the time. Not the time, Kelcey. Trust me.”

Sierra: “Go Sie!”

Kelcey: “Out of my way!”

Sienna: “Come on! Let her go. She can see for herself what I’ve been doing.”

Kelcey looks at both Sierra and Xiomara before stepping forward toward Sienna.

Kelcey: “Really? Dyed your hair? That pathetic now? Going to outright copy everything?”

Sienna: “Chris all but said I looked better with it.”

Kelcey: “Now using him to get to me. I thought you love him!”

Sienna: “The world thought you did too and then you had to settle for Blake. What a guy? Can’t get it in done in the ring anymore. Did you finally name a price?”

Kelcey: “Chris will never return to you. He loves you, but he knows you’ve lost the plot entirely. He was right to give me back custody and you…nothing-“

Sienna goes to punch Kelcey in response, but Kelcey blocks it. Just then, we see Giovanni Aries running up from behind. Sierra is nearly knocked over by Giovanni as he grabs Kelcey and pulls her back by the arm and starts to lock in the Embrace of the Wonderland. Sienna just smiles.

Xiomara: “Sienna. We should go.”

Sienna ignores her.

Xiomara: “Sienna!”

Sienna: “You know what Kelcey. You think you’ve won. You’ve won nothing. But maybe, since I’ve lost the plot, maybe you can help me find it. I’m not the one costing their team everything, cost them the Tag League, but maybe I haven’t learned everything from you. Come on Kelcey. Maybe it’s your turn to take a ride. Karina was fine, maybe you-“

Xiomara: “Sienna!”

Sienna: “We’ll be right back. Sierra…make sure they know!”

Sienna then turns and Kelcey struggles with Giovanni as he then turns and runs her into the car. Sienna opens the back door and Giovanni throws her in and Giovanni backs up as Sienna heads around the car and over to the driver’s side door.

Sienna: “Xiomara. Keys!”

Xiomara just looks at her.

Sienna: “Keys, damn it!”

Sierra then takes them from Xiomara’s hand and throws them to Sienna. Sienna takes them and enters the car. She turns the ignition and then revs the engine. As the car starts to move, Kelcey is seen getting up in the back seat and grabs at Sienna. The car then accelerates a bit before crashing into Selena Frost’s bus. The impact causes the back end of the car to fly up a bit, and the front end to compact a bit.

Sharper: “Oh my God! My God! No…”

Sierra and Xiomara run over to the vehicle as the camera turns to show Giovanni Aries just watching. Cain Adams and Alice Ames head over to him and stand with him. The cameraman runs over. We then see a couple of security members running out from the building. The cameraman heads over to the car as we see Sienna is conscious, the airbag having gone off. Some blood can be seen coming out of her nose as she leans back, squinting. Kelcey Wallace is in the front seat, having gone into the front seat from the impact. She grimaces in pain, clutching at her side. We then hear a siren as the camera turns to show the ambulance, on standby, driving over. It stops nearby as EMTs quickly jump out, one going to the back as the other is radioing someone. The cameraman backs up as we then see Blake Mason running out from the arena with Jaxson Sullivan. A few steps behind him are Owen Cruze, Peyton Rice and Aaron Blackbourne.

Sharper: “Are they okay?”

Knots: “I don’t believe it. Sienna Swann just went off and was going to abduct, do something, with Kelcey Wallace. And Kelcey fearing for her safety, Sienna just drove the car into Selena Frost’s bus!”

Sharper: “Is she in there?”

Knots: “Oh God…They hate each other that much….Sienna wanted to do something. Kelcey didn’t trust her…”

The camera sees Owen and Aaron looking on as Peyton turns away, nearly in tears, turning away, covering her face. We then see Xiomara and Sierra now away from the car as on EMT is checking on Sienna. Another is on the other side with Kelcey. Blake is over with her.

Blake: “It’s okay? You’re moving everything.”

Kelcey: “Yeah…Sienna…”

Blake: “She’s right there…”

Blake glares at her and then looks up and then around before seeing Giovanni Aries. He gets up as Owen goes over to Peyton to comfort her as Aaron remains focused on Kelcey. Blake then starts to walk away from the car.

Blake: “Hey! You!”

The camera backs up as Blake continues to march over. Jaxson Sullivan starts to follow a few strides behind.

Blake: “You! Giovanni! You smug son of a bitch!”

Giovanni just smirks as Blake looks at him and runs over and Cain goes over to stop him, but Jaxson then runs up from behind and nails Cain. Cain staggers over and Blake turns and runs over and nails Giovanni with a hard right. Giovanni just takes it, falling over. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Blake Mason now going after Giovanni Aries!”

Knots: “Just walked up and levelled him!”

Blake Mason then grabs Giovanni and Giovanni grabs him by the head and smiles before going for his head, but Blake lifts him up and runs him over and slams him into the trunk of a nearby parked car. He then nails him with a couple of hard shots before then spinning him around and then kicking him in the ribs and then running him over to a nearby car, this one having backed into the spot and throws Giovanni face first into the windshield, causing it to crack. The crowd ohs. Giovanni falls over and Blake dives onto him and nails him with a hard right and then another and another, nailing him with repeated blows.

Sharper: “Blake Mason teeing off!”

Knots: “He also destroyed someone’s Volvo! We’re adding to the damage out there!”

We then cut back to see Jaxson Sullivan and Cain Adams trading blows as Dean Black runs over to Blake and Giovanni. We see a few more agents heading over to stop Cain and Jaxson as officials run over to help Sienna and Kelcey. We then see Chris Cannon walking out with Lucas Knight. He just looks over and starts to walk over, in shock as we then see Bree Lancaster walking out a few steps after. Xiomara and Bree share a look as Bree looks around and then sees Blake, who is now being pulled off of Giovanni.

Blake: “You son of a bitch! That was just the start! I don’t know what you did! But I know you did something! That’s just the start!”

Dean Black keeps pulling him off. Bree heads over to join Xiomara and Sierra. The camera turns back to follow her as we see Sienna trying to get up out of the car, only to fall over as Bree then runs over to help her, with Sierra and Xiomara doing the same.

Sharper: “Sienna…she’s hurt. Kelcey’s hurt. Blake attacking Giovanni Aries. We’re going to take a break. We’re going to try and get some updates in the commercial break. We’ll be back.”

The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

MOMENTS AGO:

A still shows the Sedan Sienna and Kelcey Wallace were just in, parked just after Sienna entered the vehicle.

Sharper: “Shocking turn of events here in Tacoma. Sienna Swann was going to take Kelcey Wallace on some sort of a ride. She just snapped and with Giovanni Aries’ help, forced her into the back of the car and this happened.”

Sienna turns the ignition and then revs the engine. As the car starts to move, Kelcey is seen getting up in the back seat and grabs at Sienna. The car then accelerates a bit before crashing into Selena Frost’s bus. The impact causes the back end of the car to fly up a bit, and the front end to compact a bit. The Breakdown comes up again and we move back before showing the car driving forward in slow motion.

Knots: “Watch this in slow motion. You can see Kelcey grabbing Sienna and then the impact.”

Sharper: “She flips over. Kelcey Wallace is someone who has overcome a debilitating disease. One that forced her to retire. She was cleared. Returned. But Sienna’s jealousy was always there and it’s become more and more personal in 2020 and in 2021, it’s just so much more.”

Knots: “She dyed her hair brown to try and manipulate Chris Cannon to return to her earlier. And then…this…just…”

Sharper: “We’re back to live here.”

The Breakdown logo comes up. We see the two ambulances no longer there as Owen Cruze and Aaron Blackbourne head to the building. Xiomara Diaz is briefly talking to Chris Cannon as he turns and looks off down the driveway the ambulances presumably went. Xiomara then walks off as Chris keeps watching. Jessica Winters is walking away from one of the officials, a notepad in her hand, a microphone in the other.

Sharper: “And Jessica Winters is on the scene, trying to give us any information she can find. Jessica, I’ll turn it to you, when you’re ready.”

Jessica: “I’ll be right there, but the World Champions have just seen each other.”

Knots: “David’s there?”

Jessica: “He’s with Jaina?”

We then see Bree walking toward the building as David Helms can be seen talking to a very upset Jaina. Jaina looks back and then around.

Jaina: “I caused this…again…I caused this.”

David: “Relax. You didn’t cause anything. You didn’t do anything. You did your job. Some can disagree just-“

Jaina: “Sienna suggested I ask Kelcey. I thought it was a good idea. She set this up. She…”

Jaina puts her hand over her mouth. Bree heads over.

Bree: “Jaina. What are you doing? David…what the hell did you say?”

David: “Nothing Bree!”

Jaina: “Bree, it’s-“

Bree: “You’re just like the rest of them. Going to go after her. For what? Because she’s related to me. I thought you’d be better than that. Then again, you did the same with Dom?”

Jaina: “It’s not like that!”

David: “How about listening to your niece, Bree? I’m out here because I heard about the situation. I came to support Chris and-“

Bree: “Apparently talk down to my niece. Shhh…it’s going to be okay.”

Bree turns to Jaina.

Jaina: “I caused this…”

David: “See, Bree…it’s not about me.”

Bree: “Did he put that in your head-“

Jaina: “No. The interview. With KElcey. Sienna suggested, I…”

Jaina turns and takes a deep breath.

Bree: “You did not cause anything. Clearly Kelcey and Sienna are oil and water…Kelcey probably caused it.”

David scoffs.

Bree: “What?”

David: “Not my place this time.”

Bree: “Yeah. Just like it wasn’t before Rise to Greatness when your brother had a moment. Keep walking. Don’t worry. You don’t have to act like a champion anymore after Last Grasp of Reality.”

David: “Say what you need to to make yourself feel good.”

Bree glances at him.

Bree: “Wait, you’re not going to have Katya-“

David turns and snaps back.

David: “I don’t give a damn about that. I’ll happily step in the ring with you at Last Grasp of Reality and we can see who is better in round two. But right now, Bree…we just saw two wrestlers involved in something that spilled overboard. And you have a niece who feels responsible. Focus there.”

David then turns and walks off. Bree glances at him before turning back to Jaina. The camera moves back to Jessica who watches this situation. David walks past and heads over to Chris. Jessica then starts to speak.

Jessica: “A bit of a tense moment there. Obviously, no love lost between future champion challengers to unify the World Championship at Last Grasp. Also emotions high. Bree also with Sienna involved. Jaina as her niece. There’s a lot of different things going on.”

Sharper: “Understandable. Care to walk us through some of the information you’ve been able to acquire in the last few moments.”

Jessica: “Of course. First off, we should note that Selena Frost is fine and safe. She was not in her tour bus. She is with Regan Street in their assigned locker room. I actually wondered if David Helms was coming out to see what was going on. We can say that also the driver for the bus who has been known to stay with the bus is safe. Just obviously there is some damage.”

Jessica pauses for a moment.

Jessica: “Sierra Swann went with Sienna Swann in her ambulance. It sounds like she was suffering a concussion. Peyton Rice chose to go with Kelcey Wallace. She was quite shaken and Owen Cruze comforted her. She insisted on going. Kelcey was complaining about some pain in her side. That could be from impact. At this point, obviously, we just know the basics.”

Sharper: “Were both conscious?”

Jessica: “Yes both were. That’s considered a good sign. Talking to some people, watching the footage, fortunately, there was a limited acceleration. It’s a tight parking lot here. So that limited it from being a lot worse. But still, a scary moment. Finally, I should comment on Giovanni Aries and Blake Mason. Giovanni Aries was cackling when I first came out here. Blake Mason was taken inside by Dean Black. We are being told that he is meeting with Sasha shortly. That may be a meeting to get a camera for. Sasha was out here briefly, and after realizing all that happened, quickly returned back into the arena. Obviously, a situation brewing there.”

Sharper: “Thank you Jessica. If you hear anything more, please let us know.”

Jessica: “Of course. It’s an odd situation out here. So many people intertwined and obviously a scary moment here on Breakdown. Hopefully I will have an update later tonight, but if not, keep an eye on supremecw.com for more.”

Maria Salvatore vs. Derek Adonis vs. Jay Gold

The lights go down and then Annie UP by MOP begins to blast across the sound system. As it does Maria Salvatore comes out wearing her Maria Hearts Maleek leather jacket accompanied by that of her husband, Maleek. She smiles as she flips off the crowd.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for one fall, and is a triple threat! First, accompanied by Maleek, from Florence, Italy, she is Maria Salvatore!”

Maria can’t stop smiling as she runs her way to the ring and slides right inside. She makes it to her feet and runs to the top of the turnbuckle holding her arm proudly in the air. She tosses her leather jacket to her husband as she waits patiently for the match to begin.

Sharper: “All the competitors in this next match have a chance to open a new chapter in 2021. They can rewrite the script. But right off the bat, did Phillips just say triple threat?”

Knots: “I’ve gotten word from the back that Minerva was removed from this match. I’m not sure why, but this remains a good chance for the three remaining competitors to get some spotlight.”

The lights suddenly turn off in the arena. Immediately the titantron goes completely bright white, almost blinding. Then the white light simmers down. The voice of Jay Gold can be heard saying: "The old is about to become the new." Those words also display on the titantron. A few moments pass before the white background with the words turns to a solid gold background. "Until The Day I Die" by Story of the Year begins to play. As the song gets to the chorus, one gold pyro goes off on each side of the stage. At this moment Jay Gold appears on the stage and surveys the crowd, genuinely smiling and nodding.

Phillips: “Introducing next, coming to the ring from Albany, New York, Jay Gold!”

As he hears the crowd's positive response he begins to head to the ring. Once he arrives he walks up the steel steps and steps into the ring. He again nods at his surroundings and gives the crowd the thumbs up. They cheer him and keep going until it is clear that Jay is ready.

Sharper: “One guy who is definitely looking to start this year off on a positive note.”

Knots: “There’s no doubt about that. Jay Gold had a lot of big opportunities to build off of in 2020, but he came up short more often than not.”

The lights to the arena go out as the choral sounds of "Personal Jesus" by Vocal Skyline begins to play. As the song begins, Derek Adonis steps out atop the ramp, clad in a white robe with a black sash over his neck. He stops atop the ramp for a brief prayer before walking to the ring. He attempts to shake the hands of his congregation along the way, though only those willing to present.

Phillips: “And finally, from Atlantic City, New Jersey, Derek Adonis!”

Once Derek gets to the ring, he climbs up the stairs and passes through the middle and top ropes. Stepping into the ring, Derek moves to the middle of the ring where he Tebows - another moment in inspirational prayer.

Sharper: “Here’s a guy who has already undergone a lot of changes lately. Maybe this new year sees even more.”

Knots: “Yeah, it wasn’t that long ago that it was all about KABLAM!--”

Derek: “You hush! Don’t you dare talk of that filth.”

Knots: “Get in the ring!”

Derek waves off Knots and climbs into the ring. The three competitors stare at each other. Maria and Derek both look at Jay as the bell sounds. Derek sprints at Jay and goes for the clothesline, but Jay ducks it, just to find Maria trying to kick him in the gut. Gold blocks the shot, but Derek grabs him from behind and lets Maria get in a few free shots.

Sharper: “Derek and Maria choosing to work together from the get go of this match. Taking the upperhand.”

Knots: “That’s a surprising alliance, but we know Derek always liked the ladies back in the day.”

Derek shoves Jay forward and Maria hits a boot to the face. Maria smiled, but Derek grabs her and tosses her over the top rope out to the floor and runs over to Jay Gold. He quickly hooks the leg for the pin, but Maria shoves him off to break it up before the ref could even slap the mat. Maria shoves Derek and Derek just shrugs it off.

Sharper: “An argument here in the ring between Adonis and Salvatore. Almost like they expected to be on the same side here at the start.”

Knots: “Oh look out!”

Jay drives both to the mat with a double arm clothesline. He pulls Maria to her feet and clotheslines her to the ground again. Gold sees Adonis getting back up and he hits the ropes and meets Derek with a hurricanrana. Adonis stumbles over into the corner and Gold sprints in for a running european uppercut. Derek slumps out of the corner to his hands and knees. Maria spins Derek around and hits him with a spinning heel kick. Jay falls into the corner. Maria surveys the ring and backs up before running, jumping off of Derek’s back and hitting a dropkick on Jay in the corner.

Sharper: “A rare moment of a bit of flight from Maria Salvatore. She took a chance there!”

Knots: “And Jay is rolling out of the ring. That leaves Maria and Derek to settle their difference from earlier!”

Maria turns her attention to Derek and drops an elbow on his back to knock him off of his knees. She stomps at him as he tries to get up. Adonis with an elbow to Maria’s gut to back her away. Maria right back, but she takes another elbow. Adonis gathers to his feet. Maria steps forward and plants a slap across the face of Derek that sounds throughout the arena. Derek stumbles backward. Maria grabs him and goes for a suplex. She struggles to get the 270-pounder off his feet into the air and pivots to a neckbreaker. She hooks the leg for the pin!

1!

2!

Adonis kicks out as Gold stands on the outside, leaning against the apron.

Sharper: “Maria tried to go for the quick finish there and it was a smart idea with Gold on the outside.”

Knots: “Maybe a bit early in the match. Adonis caught by a few surprises there.”

Sharper: “Always have to take what you can get in a triple threat.”

Maria sees Jay sliding in under the bottom rope and she runs over to stomp at him. Gold weathers the storm as he gets to his feet. He grabs Maria and whips her across the ring and gives chase behind. Maria turns around after hitting the ropes and eats a springboard back elbow to the chin that levels her. Adonis pulls her off the ground and suplexes her to the middle of the ring. Gold rushes at Adonis, but Derek hits him with a shoulder tackle. Adonis stands, looking at both opponents.

Sharper: “Adonis is feeling it now.”

Knots: “Recovering from that slow start.”

Gold gets back up and Adonis grabs him from behind with a full nelson. Gold struggles as Maria stands and hammers a forearm into Derek’s back. Adonis almost loses his grip, but kicks backward at Salvatore and hits her in the gut. He hoists Jay up and slams him down. Derek turns around as Maria runs at him and he catches her with a forearm then lifts her up for a sitout powerbomb. Derek turns back to look at Jay as Maria rolls under the bottom rope to the outside.

Sharper: “And now Adonis has his sights set on Jay.”

Knots: “If not for Maria, I’m not sure Gold would have gotten out of that full nelson. Adonis ahd that locked in with malice in mind.”

Jay pulls himself up in the corner right as Adonis comes in for a big splash. Gold collapses to the mat, gasping for air as Adonis drops an elbow into his back. Derek stands and pulls Jay to his feet and positions him for a suplex. He hoists him up and holds it there for a moment, but then drops Gold straight on to his head. Adonis shrugs and mouths “oops” as he grins. The crows boos loudly.

Sharper: “That was completely uncalled for! He could have killed him!”

Derek lazily pins Gold.

1!

2!

No! Jay kicks out and grabs at his neck.

Knots: “Adonis showing no concern for Gold’s safety, but that wasn’t enough.”

Sharper: “Somehow Gold is still in this despite landing right on his head.”

Adonis reaches down to pick up Gold, but he’s rolled into a school boy pin.

1!

2!

Derek barely kicks out in time. He gets to his feet first, but Gold hits a drop toe hold and Adonis falls back to mat. Gold scrambles to his feet and climbs the top rope. Salvatore appears on the apron and runs and shoves Gold off the top as he turned around to position for a moonsault.

Sharper: “Salvatore just tossed Gold off the top and to the floor. She can take control now!”

Knots: “But Derek getting up on the inside!”

Maria gets in the ring and hits a running neckbreaker on Adonis. He gets up quick and runs at Maria, and she goes for a scoop slam. Derek shoves her away. She hits the ropes and rebounds for a tornado DDT. Gold gets up to his hands and knees and Maria bounces off the ropes and drives a knee into the side of his head. Maria hooks his arms and then bridges herself forward for the cattle mutilation hold.

Sharper: “Sleepin Wit Da Fishes! Adonis is in trouble now!”

Knots: “This is such a unique hold that gives you nowhere to go!”

Adonis is screaming in pain as Maria holds the bridge in. The official is at Adonis’ side asking if he’s going to tap. The crowd roars as Jay climbs the nearby top rope and quickly turns around. He moonsaults off and flattens Maria, breaking the hold on Adonis. Gold grabs a hold of Maria and tosses her to the outside. He sits on Adonis’ back and pulls him up for the Golden Recliner. He holds on for just a moment before stopping and transitioning into a cradle pin.

1!

2!

3!

The crowd roars as Jay releases and rolls to his knees and pumps his fist.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Jay Gold!”

Sharper: “Jay Gold does it. It looked like he was completely out of this match when he was shoved off the top, but he came right back.”

Knots: “Maleek and Maria on the outside and they can’t believe it. She had it!”

Sharper: “How do you think Adonis feels? He was powering his way through and then it all fell apart for him.”

Gold climbs the nearby turnbuckle and pumps a first in the air before nodding at the crowd. Adonis rolls over and slaps at the mat as Maleek helps Maria up the ramp.

Knots: “What a start to 2021 for Jay Gold!”

Backstage, the scene opens in the office of Sasha where Blake Mason is speaking to her.

Blake: “What do you want me to do? That son of a bitch forced my fiancé in there and now she’s going to the hospital!”

Sasha: “And you’re talking to me instead of being with her because you decided to tee off on him and destroy more property!”

Blake: “I’ll pay for it.”

Sasha: “Yeah, like you always do. When is it going to stop?”

Blake: “When is it going to stop? When Giovanni Aries gets a reality check. Look, I get it, Owen has been focusing on him for a while. But no offense to him…he’s going to be a World Champion, great talent…he’s not going to do what he needs to do.”

Sasha: “What the hell does that mean?”

Blake: “He’s focused on doing the ‘right’ thing. The thing that seems ethical. Against Giovanni, the only way he’s going to get the hint is if someone is willing to bring themselves down to him.”

Sasha: “And you’re it?”

Blake: “Ask your sister. She already thinks I’m the scum of the earth. I mean at one point, I wasn’t trusted behind the wheel of a car. And Sienna Swann still doesn’t forgive me for what I did to her. Giovanni needs to suffer that. Especially after what he did. So as far as I’m concerned, you have a choice. You’ve let Giovanni stick around-“

Sasha: “Because Kelcey and Owen wanted their revenge-“

Blake: “We both live the lives we’ve dealt. You can make it right. Give me Giovanni at Last Grasp. And you know what you need to do. Make it legal…”

The crowd roars.

Blake: “Let me make him have something that he will remember forever!”

Sasha looks down.

Blake: “Let me piledrive the son of a bitch and I’ll make sure that it fixes something in the bastard.”

Sasha continues to look down for a moment.

Blake: “Do it for your father…for his girlfriend. Sienna won’t be around for a bit. Anyone who saw what happened can say that. You can save your company-“

Sasha: “Enough….”

Sasha takes a deep breath.

Sasha: “Fine…I’m rescinding the ban on the piledriver.”

The crowd roars.

Sasha: “You have Giovanni Aries at Last Laugh, no holds barred.”

The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Oh my God!”

Blake: “Thank you.”

Blake goes to leave and Sasha looks up at him.

Sasha: “Blake!”

Blake stops and turns.

Sasha: “You wanted something to get my sister off your ass. Put that son of a bitch down.”

Blake: “With pleasure.”

Blake leaves the office as Sasha takes a seat and a deep breath.

Sharper: “A massive match for Last Grasp of Reality. Blake Mason will face Giovanni Aries and the piledriver is legal!”

Knots: “Oh man…Blake Mason will be looking to drop Giovanni right on his head!”

The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we see Jaina Lancaster standing at the interview area. She looks still a bit shaken and takes a deep breath with Tommy Valentine and Kandis standing next to her.

Jaina: “Uh…yes, I’m Jaina Lancaster, here at ring…backstage-“

Kandis steps in and calms Jaina. She asks for the microphone.

Kandis: “We’ll handle this.”

Jaina takes a deep breath and heads off. Kandis then turns to the camera.

Kandis: “We’re going to keep this short and sweet. We’re not going to start 2021 the way 2020 ended…So Peyton, I know you and Kelcey were close. But you better be at Last Grasp of Reality. WE have business to attend to. Just like Tommy does. Right?”

Kandis hands the microphone to Asher. He takes it and looks at the camera.

Tommy: “You want to dredge everything back from Last Laugh. Fine, Asher. I may not be challenging for the TV title…fine. But you won’t be helping your friend when he stands against God. Because you’ll be still coughing up blood. You could’ve just left it alone. Or just focused on Ricky. Don’t really care for that jackass. But you came after me. You just made the worst mistake of your career. I’ll use you, just as Kandis will use Peyton to get back to the top.”

Tommy turns and places the microphone off camera and then backs off. The two head off.

The feedback over the PA system, as if a jack is plugged into an amplifier rips through the arena. While the noise attracts the attention of the crowd, spotlights, one after another shine down onto the stage. The familiar chords of "The Fade to Black" crackles on the sound system as smoke begins to hover on the stage. A shadow stands behind an illuminated curtain, by this point the crowd already caught up in a frenzy. The song's interlude cuts shorts as the lyrics begin:

“Life it seems, will fade away

Drifting further every day

Getting lost within myself

Nothing matters no one else

I have lost the will to live

Simply nothing more to give

There is nothing more for me

Need the end to set me free”

As the final line of lyrics play and the song revs up, Xander bursts out behind the curtain onto the stage. He marches out onto the stage to the top of the ramp. Boos start to hail down on him, but there are some cheers beneath. Artemis walks out behind him, now carrying the SCW United States Championship. Xander looks around and then starts to head to the ring, Artemis following. The two head to the ring and Xander reaches the ring, walking up the steel steps. He enters and walks across the ring, demanding a microphone as Artemis follows him in.

Sharper: “Xander Valentine coming out here now.”

Knots: “Not like he can do anything later. He comes out in the main event, it could be worse. Especially after everything else tonight!”

Xander is handed a microphone. He takes it and walks over to the middle of the ring, looking around and stopping. He then runs his hand across his face. The music fades out as the crowd boos. Xander looks around.

Xander: “I wish I could just act as I want to.”

Xander looks around.

Xander: “But you all get to be protected because of my mistakes from the past. Well I won’t be making any more!”

Xander pauses.

Xander: “Selena and Regan…they had their moment. Defeating me at End of the Year Special. I was overwhelmed. I wasn’t dominant.”

Xander pauses for a moment, looking down, chuckling.

Xander: “You don’t want to know how much I had hoped Selena was in her little tour bus earlier so I could watch Regan have to fight alone, knowing she could have had me. Knowing that Selena would let her down. But no…that would be too easy. Fortunately, your little tour bus is just damaged. But tonight, your match against Dark Fantasy continues as scheduled.”

Xander runs his hand across his jaw, rubbing his stubble.

Xander: “It’s a lucky break you didn’t deserve…but all that means is come Last Grasp of Reality, I have to make sure the only break is in my favour.”

Xander looks up.

Xander: “Regan…I will destroy you at Last Grasp of Reality.”

The crowd boos.

Xander: “That’s all End of the Year Special guaranteed. Tonight, you can have your fun with the tag league, but win or lose, I will be waiting at Last Grasp of Reality with the intent to change your career for good, no matter what. We’re beyond respect. We’re beyond the tag titles. Now, it’s about making me feel good and destroying you, and keeping my title would do just that, because not only do I then get the pleasure of beating you, but knowing that Selena Frost, for all of her bullshit….she still won’t be champion. And she’ll have to watch her so-called sister fall.”

Xander looks around.

Xander: “Being in that bus would’ve been easier for you. But now you have to stand up to me and Regan…this time I won’t pull you up at the end and show any respect. THIS time…I will leave you unconscious in a heap with you needing to explain to all of your adopted children why you’re a failure!”

The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Come on…”

Xander: “And your sister won’t be able to help you this time. One on one…I am still the most dominant wrestler in SCW History and the Hellcat will have to pay her respects when we are done! Good luck tonight, Regan…it may be your last chance to team with your pathetic little sister!”

Xander throws the microphone down. The crowd boos as “Fade to Black” starts to play again. Xander looks around. Artemis extends the US championship to Xander, but Xander ignores it and walks past her. He then steps over the top rope and drops down to the floor. Artemis turns and exits the ring, walking down the steel steps to follow Xander. Xander starts to walk to the back.

Sharper: “Xander Valentine clearly not benefiting for an additional week. Not cooling off at all.”

Knots: “At least he knows he won’t goad them into an attack.”

Sharper: “But to say he wishes Selena was in the bus when it was struck. What the hell…”

Knots: “Hey. Nothing said he wasn’t petty. And he may be petty. But he’s looking to make it last! He beats Regan at Last Grasp of Reality and people will just remember that win. Not Frozen Hell’s ability to dissect him at End of the Year Special!”

Sharper: “Not to mention, the SCW United States Championship will be on the line and Selena Frost, as he said, will be forced to watch, just as Regan did at Under Attack!”

Xander Valentine continues to head to the back, Artemis a few yards behind as the scene changes.

Sharper: “Let’s now check in with Jessica Winters who is standing outside of the arena with some updates. Jessica?”

The scene changes to show Jessica Winters outside of the arena in the same area as the car crash earlier.

Jessica: “Thank you Adam. Yes, I have a few updates. First off, I should highlight that a few people have left the building to go check on Kelcey and Sienna respectively. Bree Lancaster left a few moments ago, notably just before David Helms is about to compete. It should be noted that she took Jaina with her. At one point, Jaina was briefly comforted by Jordan Majors, but Bree quickly pulled Jaina away to support her.”

Jessica pauses.

Jessica: “Blake Mason also just left, as did Owen Cruze and Aaron Blackbourne following gathering their belongings. I also know that Selena Frost asked to be updated on Kelcey’s condition as the night progresses. On that note, we have some reports to pass along. Sienna Swann is indeed believed to have suffered a concussion. Kelcey Wallace, meanwhile, is currently awaiting an x-ray to see about broken ribs or bones. Nothing further there. But what I can say is that thanks to some notes from the crew here, Sasha has been privately having some very animated conversations with someone. We believe that to be someone at the Front Office. It's believed no matter the issue, there may be some additional repercussions for either Sienna or Kelcey. Potentially Sierra, Xiomara and even Giovanni Aries.”

Knots: “We can only hope.”

Jessica: “These out of the ring issues have gotten overboard. And clearly there’s a need to stop this all. Regardless, that’s all for now. We’ll have more on supremecw.com as we have it.”

Sharper: “Thank you Jessica. And we’ll be back with more from Breakdown after this.”

The scene fades to black.

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Breakdown returns as we see Ricky James and Lucy Huckabee Sanders yelling at crew members backstage.

Ricky: “What do you mean we won’t be on the air? I’m your future Television. This is just some ploy to keep us off television!”

LHS: “Don’t make us demand a emergency press conference! We’ll do it! We will SO do it and everyone will know of the unfair standards here. We are your stars! The PEOPLE want to see us!”

Ricky: “Don’t make us do something you’ll regret!”

Sharper: “Welcome back to Breakdown. We were going to be hearing from the competitors in the TV Championship Finals at Last Grasp of Reality, Ricky James and Kelsai Adamson-Mason, but obviously with the events tonight, our format has been greatly affected…”

A muffled voice is heard.

Ricky: “Don’t blame this on Sienna! She is a beautiful angel and a true champion and you’re slandering her for what. Get us on the air-“

We cut away.

Knots: “Thank God…Good to see Ricky James taking it in stride.”

Sharper: “Meanwhile Kelsai Adamson-Mason clearly understood we’ve been told, concerned also about Kelcey and Sienna’s health. Just a wild night…”

David Helms vs. Autumn Valentine

A woman’s voice can be heard shouting three letters as the video screens display them in sync.

“Miss Nothing” by The Pretty Reckless hits the PA system as Autumn Valentine walks out onto the stage wearing a black jacket. Across her ring-gear are indeed the letters AVW. She pauses on the stage for a moment before being joined by her manager, Lexy Chapel who shows her off. Autumn throws her hands up into the air and screams ‘A-V-W’ at the top of her lungs while making the letters with her hands.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a fifteen minute time limit. Introducing, hailing from Los Angeles, California…”

The camera comes up to Lexy Chapel who mouths Phillips’s introduction along with him.

Phillips: “…she wants you to know she still giving Zero Effs, this is AVW, AUTUMN VALENTINE!”

Autumn walks to the ring accompanied by Lexy Chapel. Autumn skips up to the apron and jumps up before sliding off her jacket and letting it fall to the floor. She then runs at the turnbuckles, climbing up and once again throwing up the “A-V-W” symbols with her hands while looking into the camera confidently. She jumps from the outside of the ropes to inside of the ring, rolling back to her feet before walking to the ropes and pacing around the ring. Lexy walks over to Knots and Sharper.

Chapel: “Get ready! Time for her to beat the World Champion! Future World Champion, right there!”

Knots: “Good to know she’s got faith in Autumn.”

Sharper: “It’s been a while since we’ve seen Autumn in the ring. Last Grasp to be sure, the battle royal. But this is a very different situation. Facing the World Champion as a tune up before he faces Bree Lancaster in eleven days to unify the titles!”

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

"BANG!"

As the crowd react, the entire stage lights up with a brilliant white light and the opening riff of an SCW remixed version of "All I Want" by A Day To Remember hits the pa system. The crowd erupt into cheers again as they spot the silhouette of David Helms standing there, a bit out of sorts. He takes a moment and moves into his pose, 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 and Jason Helms walks out onto the stage to join David there. Dave grins at the fans, soaking up the cheers before suddenly bolting towards the ring, leaving Jason to head down after him.

Phillips: “Her opponent, making his way to the ring from Red Bank, New Jersey but now fighting out of the Hollywood Hills; he is the SCW World Champion, accompanied by his brother Jason, he is David Helms!”

Reaching the ring, David Helms jumps up and slides under the bottom rope feet first before jumping straight back to his feet and climbing straight to the middle rope of the nearest ring post. He throws his hands up into the Self High Five to another cheer before hopping down and walking towards the closest camera on the outside. He throws his hands into the Self High Five to the camera so that his face is framed by the gap in the middle of his hands. Grinning, he mouths the word "Bang!" into the camera before turning and settling back into the corner to another cheer from the fans as Jason stands on the outside, talking to him through the ropes as David waits for the start of the match.

Sharper: “David Helms, you saw, just getting into position. The run-in with Bree. The events from earlier tonight.”

Knots: “He now needs to refocus. And Autumn is going to be an annoying opponent. Lexy out there too.”

Sharper: “But we have a familiar face. Jason Helms back at ringside. Still on the shelf, but going to be standing alongside his brother.”

Jason takes the World Championship from David. David says something to him. Jason calms him down before Jason immediately turns and holds the World Title over his head. The crowd roars. David just shakes his head as Autumn keeps pacing a bit. The bell sounds and Autumn runs across and nails David with a forearm shot to the head. David falls back and Autumn follows up with another forearm shot to the head and then another. David staggers along the ropes and Autumn kicks him in the back before he falls into the corner. Autumn follows up and kicks him in the ribs and then over and over as Lexy yells, pointing, yelling yes over and over.

Sharper: “Autumn Valentine all over Helms here, getting the drop on him.”

Knots: “Looks like she’s going to make sure she takes advantage of the spotlight here.”

Sharper: “And David Helms has not been in the ring in competition since October. He could have a lot of rust here.”

Autumn continues to kick at him.

Autumn backs up and walks around the ring. Helms grabs at the ropes, pulling himself up and Autumn runs at him and jumps up and hits a dropkick. The crowd ohs. Helms stumbles out and falls to the mat. Autumn dives onto him and hooks the leg.

Helms kicks out. Autumn rolls off and gets up. David Helms rolls over and Autumn stomps him in the back and then the back of the head. Autumn walks away, getting some momentum and running into the ropes. Helms then pulls himself up and Autumn runs at him only for Helms to lift Autumn up and counter with a back drop up and over the top rope. Autumn falls to the mats and rolls through. Helms looks around and then runs along the ropes, bouncing off. (1) Autumn looks up as Helms jumps to the middle rope and then dives over the top rope with a plancha onto Autumn. The crowd cheers. (1)

Sharper: “Helms takes flight. Autumn put too much space between them. Back drop and now the dive, right in front of us!”

Knots: “He did that well. So whatever was hurting that took him out. He looked good there.”

Helms rolls over. (2) He then grabs at the ring skirt, pulling himself up and turning to Autumn. (3) Autumn reaches at the announce table before Helms spins and rolls her into the ring. Helms slides in after. Autumn starts to get up and turns and Helms jumps up and hits a dropkick. He follows up with the pin.

Autumn kicks out. Helms gets up as Autumn rolls over and slowly pulls herself up. She turns and walks into Helms who chops her. She hits the mat and rolls over and gets up. Helms grabs her and whips her into the corner. Helms runs after and nails her with a clothesline. Helms then drags her out and hits a snapmare. Helms runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hits a spinning heel kick on the rebound to the seated Valentine. Helms goes for the pin.

Autumn rolls her shoulder up. She rolls over and Helms drags her up. He places her head between his legs and then goes for a powerbomb, but Autumn slides down and then hits a jawbreaker. Helms staggers back to the corner. He rubs his jaw and steps up and Autumn runs past him, jumps to the middle rope and dives back, grabbing Helms’ head and spinning through with a springboard tornado DDT! The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Spinning through! Dropping him on his head! Tornado DDT!”

Knots: “Helms didn’t see that coming!”

Autumn turns and hooks the leg. Lexy runs around the ring, pointing emphatically at the pin, counting along.

David gets his shoulder up. Autumn rolls over and looks back. She then drags Helms away from the ropes a bit before jumping over and jumping up and hitting a leg press moonsault. She hooks the legs again.

Helms gets his shoulder up again. He rolls over and Autumn grabs him and clubs him in the back and then again. She then goes to whip him into the corner, but Helms plants his feet and pulls Autumn into the corner behind him. She hits chest first and Helms watches and she turns and Helms chops her. He falls back into the corner, into a seated position and Helms runs around the ring and over and jumps up, hitting a hesitation dropkick. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Hesitation dropkick! Helms getting that momentum going!”

Knots: “Autumn normally doesn’t give any effs. Well Lexy certainly is and she better now too!”

Helms rolls over and gets up and turns and goes over to Autumn. He drags her up and then hoists her up, spinning her down into the Genesis Shift. The crowd roars as Helms moves into the pin.

The crowd roars and the bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, David Helms!”

Helms rolls over and gets up as he has his arm raised. Lexy stands at ringside stunned, her arms out as Jason Helms enters the ring. Helms goes over to hand the World Title to David. David takes it and Jason holds onto it still. David just looks at him. Jason shrugs as David takes it and then places it over his shoulder.

Sharper: “David Helms worked out the rust and by the end, looked good. He looks ready for Bree Lancaster at Last Grasp of Reality!”

Knots: “Looked good and Bree Lancaster will have a challenge to unify the titles in her favour. Advantage David. He’s won one on one between the before!”

David Helms continues to stand with the title as the scene cuts away.

The Breakdown logo comes up on the screen before “The Old Me” plays and we see a still of Dark Fantasy vs. Frozen Hell.

Sharper: “And it’s here. Our main event. In this night that none of us will forget…a night that we’re all trying to reset and focus. Dark Fantasy and Frozen Hell meet in the final match of their group. Winner faces the Psychonauts in the semifinals. It’s next, here on Breakdown!”

The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Dark Fantasy vs. Frozen Hell

Tag League

“HELL HAS FROZEN OVER!”
“BELIEVE IT!”

The fans are roaring in cheers as “Hell Has Frozen Over” by The Megas and Entertainment System plays! From the back walks Regan Street and Selena Frost. Taking the lead, Regan stands on the platform, grinning, as “Snow” falls on the background screens and “fire” dances down the electronic rampway. Lowering herself, as if ready to pounce, Regan holds her claws out as Selena stands behind her, the platinum-blonde's back hand raising up and her front hand reaching out over Regan towards the ring! With a stamp of Selena's foot, ice races along the electronic fire display, causing it to freeze and crack! Both smiling, Regan and Selena spin out of their pose and make their way down the ramp, Mikaela Street coming from the backstage curtains to join them.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall with TV time remaining and is a Tag League match. First, making their way to the ring, accompanied by Mikaela Street, they are “The Hellcat” Regan Street and “The Snow Queen” Selena Frost: They are... FROZEN HELL!”

As Mikaela reaches the ring and walks over to her proper corner, Selena and Regan slide under the ropes to enter the ring. Getting to her feet, Selena lifts her hand up to give a twirl as the lights form to make a massive snowflake under her. Stopping her spin and lowering her hand back down, towards the audience, once again palm upright, a smirk graces her lips, her other arm lifting to the sky once more as Regan, matching her partner's smirk, lowers down to a pouncing stance. With a slam of her foot, Selena causes the snowflake at her feet to “crack” as the rampway did, the shards of ice streaking out to all four corners of the ring to shoot out blue streaks of fire as the lights return to normal. Regan jumps to a turnbuckle and continues to pose while Selena stands near her.

Sharper: “After everything else that has happened tonight, we end with a match that will determine the semifinals of the other block. Who will face the Psychonauts? Will it be Frozen Hell or will it be Dark Fantasy?”

Knots: “And you know everyone is on edge already. High stakes. And Infamous already tried to get under Regan’s skin and Selena’s skin last week. They wanted them riled up. And with Selena’s bus being a casualty of earlier.”

Sharper: “All something they are hoping will get them to be unfocused and lose. Dark Fantasy may even be happy about what happened earlier. I don’t know!”

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..."

A record scratch interrupts the normal Infamous introduction, only for the sound of Cute Is What We Aim For’s hit to begin around the arena.

“I’ve got the gift of one-liners,
And you’ve got the curse of curves”

The opening to “Misery Business” by Paramore suddenly hits the PA system as the spotlights on the stage flash between pink and white. We cut to the back where we see Ravyn Taylor and Syren walking the corridor, looking at each other with little smirks on their faces. As they walk, Syren spins around and we see she’s wearing a Dark Fantasy logoed jacket instead of the normal Infamous one. She walks backwards alongside her partner for a moment before slapping hands with Alexander Crowe behind her who helps spin her around to face front again. Behind the duo we see their also accompanied by Christy Matthews, with her hood up, Holly Adams, Christopher Richter and CHBK.

Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
Dark Fantasy

We cut to the same doorway that opened a few moments earlier with security standing by. The lights slowly come back up again as Dark Fantasy make their way through the open door. Syren twirls again with Ravyn running her fingers along the words on the back of Syren’s jacket. They then lock arms and begin to walk down toward the ring with security holding back fans from getting too close. As they approach ringside, Syren vaults over the barricade as Alexander Crowe lifts Ravyn up and over it before following behind.

Phillips: “Their opponents, making their way to the ring and representing Infamous, being accompanied by CHBK, Holly Adams, Alexander Crowe, Christopher Richter and Christy Matthews, first, from Hell, Michigan, she is a BAD, BAD GIRL, this is RAVYN TAYLOR!”

Ravyn climbs the ring steps as Alexander Crowe sits on the middle rope, allowing first Ravyn to enter and then Syren, as Phillips continues the introduction.

Phillips: “And her tag team partner, from Los Angeles, California, she is ‘The Alpha Female’, this is SYREN! Together, they are… DARK FANTASY!”

Both women remove their ring jackets and toss them to the corner. Syren climbs up on to the ropes, with one foot on the bottom and one on the middle ropes, pointing at her armband and tapping it repeatedly. Ravyn stands alongside her, also pointing out her armband and standing such that their arms are close together for the camera. Regan and Selena just watch them as Mikaela looks around, keeping an eye on Infamous. We then see Holly Adams starting to walk around and clearly focusing on Mikaela. Mikaela looks around as Regan turns from the ring. The bell sounds. Mikaela watches them before Selena turns and drops down to the floor. Syren then runs across the ring and dives through the ropes and into Selena, knocking her back into the announce position. The crowd ohs. Regan turns and drops down to the floor.(1) Syren gets up and Regan nails her with a hard right and then grabs her and drives her face first into the announce table.(2) The crowd cheers. Regan drives her again and then a third time.(3) Syren falls over as Regan turns to Mikaela and checks on her. Mikaela nods and Regan turns back to Selena. (4) She checks on her as Holly walks over. Regan turns and swings. (5) Regan then turns and nails Syren with another hard right. (6) Regan snaps at her.

Sharper: “Dark Fantasy taking down Selena. Now Regan is cleaning house!”

Knots: “Ravyn’s just standing in the ring. They’re looking for the countout!”

Sharper: “Turn around Regan! Turn around!”

Regan then turns and notices the count and rolls into the ring. She gets up, but Ravyn runs over and stomps her in the chest and then again and again. The crowd boos as Ravyn then starts to choke Regan with her boot.

Ravyn steps off. Regan rolls over. Selena starts to get up and moves to the ropes and Ravyn kicks at them as Selena steps back, looking at Ravyn. Ravyn backs up and goads her into the ring. Selena grabs the ropes and goes to enter, but the official stops her and Ravyn runs over and starts to choke Regan by the ropes. Selena keeps trying to get in, pointing to them before she exits. Holly helps Syren up at this point as Ravyn steps back and Regan rolls over.

Sharper: “Ravyn is just manipulating them. Obviously, a night were a lot is weighing on them.”

Knots: “Never mind Xander Valentine with his message. Regan Street has to be thinking about that.”

Regan starts to get up and Ravyn pulls her away from the Frozen Hell corner by the hair and runs her over to the Dark Fantasy corner, driving her face first into the top turnbuckle. Regan turns and Ravyn kicks her in the ribs and then and again. The crowd boos.

Ravyn backs away. She then runs across and goes to nail Selena, but Selena ducks. She then goes to step in. Ravyn points to her as the official turns over to her. Selena angrily pleads with official Aaron Demitra as Ravyn turns back to Regan who suddenly explodes with a spear, taking her down. The crowd roars. Regan then nails her with a couple of hard right hands, repeatedly hammering away. The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Repeated right hands. Regan Street exploding out of the corner!”

Knots: “They wanted them angry. Well, they’re angry! Regan Street tends to be punchy when she’s angry!”

Regan rolls off and Ravyn rolls over and Regan stomps her in the chest and then again and again. She grabs Ravyn by the hair and lifts her up and drags her into the neutral corner and Regan stomps at Ravyn’s chest over and over.

Regan steps off and then turns and points to Selena. Selena extends her arm. Regan then tags her in. Selena slingshots in and runs over and dropkicks Ravyn in the chest. Infamous looks on, eying Selena. Selena rolls back. Ravyn rolls over and reaches out as Syren is back at the corner. Selena grabs Ravyn and pulls her out and hits a vertical suplex.

Sharper: “Well there’s the first wrestling throw of the match.”

Knots: “So this isn’t Street Fighter, eh?”

Ravyn stirs and Selena gets up and hits an elbow drop. She gets up again and Ravyn rolls over, reaching out to Syren, but Selena pulls her up and then hits a back suplex. Selena then runs to the ropes, looking right at Infamous and jumps to the ropes and hits a diving springboard back senton splash. The crowd ohs. Selena turns and hooks the leg.

Ravyn kicks out. Selena gets up as Ravyn stirs. Selena then chops Ravyn in the chest. Woos from the crowd. She chops her again. More woos. She then grabs Ravyn and whips her across the ring. Selena runs after and jumps up and hits a leg lariat in the corner and rolls down. Ravyn stumbles out. Selena then steps out and goes for a facebuster, but Ravyn shoves her into Syren. Syren forearms her and Ravyn falls over and tags herself in. Syren then slingshots herself into the ring and jumps up and hits the Golden Blonde on Selena. Selena rolls over, holding her ribs. Syren goes for the pin.

Selena kicks out.

Sharper: “Dark Fantasy nearly got it. Syren in as Ravyn was able to create the opening.”

Knots: “And Syren now actually in the match. First time for this one.”

Syren then gets up as Selena slowly rolls over. She holds her ribs and Syren kicks her in the ribs. She whips her into the ropes. Selena bounces off and Syren hits a back elbow. Syren walks around the ring and steps over and hits the discus leg drop. She goes for the pin.

Selena kicks out. She rolls over and Syren grabs Selena and pulls her up, but Selena then hits a single leg takedown. The crowd cheers. Selena gets up and grabs the leg. Syren struggles before pushing Selena back with her free leg. Syren gets up and Selena recomposes herself and turns and hits a spinning heel kick. The crowd cheers. Syren rolls over. Selena starts to get up and waits for Syren to get up. Selena then hits a Russian leg sweep. Selena rolls through into a pin.

Syren gets her shoulder up. Selena turns and grabs Syren, dragging her up. She then whips her into the corner. Selena runs after and Syren moves out of the way. Selena runs up the corner and then turns and dives off with a twisting plancha, but Syren suddenly jumps up with a kick, catching Selena awkwardly. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Selena went for a corkscrew plancha, but Syren quickly countered!”

Knots: “And awkward impact. Selena may be hurt.”

Syren then gets up as Selena holds her chest in pain and Syren hoists her up and hits a sitout powerbomb!

Selena rolls her shoulder up. Syren rolls back. Selena looks out and crawls to the ropes. Syren then looks at Regan and then Mikaela. Regan spins around the ringpost to threaten Syren. Syren points to her before turning back and Selena gets up and Syren forearms her in the jaw and then again. She then whips her across the ring. Selena bounces off and Syren back drops Selena. Selena rolls over and Syren runs into the ropes, bouncing off and going for the Face Lift, but Selena ducks. The crowd roars as Syren hits the opposite ropes and runs at Selena. They collide and Selena falls back and through the ropes to the apron. Selena gets up as Syren tries to recover and Selena throws a kick back at Infamous to keep them back. Ravyn spins around and runs at Selena and Selena hits a straight kick to the ribs. Syren then runs at Selena and Selena hits a pumpkick. Syren stumbles back and Selena springboards to the top rope, hits a missile dropkick. Syren hits. Selena rolls over and tags in Regan. Regan climbs up to the top rope and then dives off with the Price Tag!

Sharper: “Regan hits the Price Tag! Syren down! Syren may be out!”

Knots: “Cover!”

Regan goes for the cover!

Ravyn breaks it up. The crowd ohs. Regan rolls off. Selena turns and grabs her. She kicks Ravyn in the ribs and then pushes her into the ropes. She fires her off and Regan gets up and stands with Selena as they both lift Ravyn up and hit a double flapjack. The crowd roars. Regan then turns and stomps at Ravyn, once and then again. Syren slowly rolls over and Selena turns and grabs Syren, but Syren pulls her out of the ring by the tights. Selena lands on the apron. Syren then gets up and Regan turns and walks right into a Bittersweet Ending! The crowd ohs and boos. Syren goes for the pin. We cut to Jordan Majors and Cookie Dreams looking on from backstage.

Selena re-enters and breaks it up. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Selena just saving this match for Frozen Hell as you see the Psychonauts looking on!”

Knots: “Syren caught Regan right under the jaw! She put the Hellcat down!”

Sharper: “But now Selena Frost fighting to keep her teams hopes in the Tag League alive. She gets up as Syren stirs and turns and forearms her in the jaw and then again. She goes to whip her into the ropes, but Syren spins through and Selena bounces off and just then, Ravyn enters and runs over and hits a discus punch to the stomach. Selena staggers forward. Demitra tries to get them out of the ring as Ravyn then hoists Selena up in a bearhug as Syren climbs to the top rope. Ravyn then leans Selena out a bit before Syren dives off, hitting a top rope leg drop to Selena’s body.

Sharper: “Fantasy Fulfillment! Selena’s not the legal competitor though!”

Knots: “But this takes her out for a bit!”

Selena rolls over out of the ring as Ravyn turns and Syren then gets up and Regan runs out and hits the WTH! The crowd ohs as Syren falls to the mat. Ravyn then moves in and kicks Regan in the ribs, following up with a forearm.

Sharper: “Regan clocked Syren!”

Ravyn nails her again and pushes her into the ropes. She then goes to whip her across. Regan spins through and sends Ravyn in. Ravyn hits the corner and runs at Regan. Regan jumps up for a Lou Thesz Press, taking Ravyn down with a couple of hard rights. She then gets up and Demitra tries to get Ravyn out of the ring. Ravyn rolls over and moves to the ropes. Regan then turns and moves past Demitra and grabs Ravyn, but Ravyn rakes the eyes. Regan staggers back. Ravyn then runs out and hits the Bust of Pallas. Regan hits the mat. Ravyn steps forward and Demitra finally tells her to get out of the ring. Ravyn looks around and then backs up, looking at Regan. The camera catches her mouthing “I was expecting more of a fight!” Ravyn then turns and exits to the ring. Selena, however, having seen this, runs across and jumps up and nails Ravyn with a running boot. Ravyn falls off. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Ravyn Taylor saying something to Regan.”

Knots: “I think she was thinking there would be more there. Just being arrogant. After the comments she made about David’s son. Regan’s stepson!”

Sharper: “Well Ravyn just got drilled!”

Selena then snaps at Ravyn as she turns around and Syren runs over and drills her with a discus clothesline. Syren then turns and stomps away on Selena, sending her to the apron and then the mess of people by Infamous. Syren then steps back as Infamous backs away, making clear they’re not touching her, but Syren then turns around and Regan rolls her up into an inside cradle!

Syren rolls out and the crowd erupts in cheers.

Phillips: “Here are your winners, via pinfall, Regan Street & Selena Frost, Frozen Hell!”

The crowd cheers as Regan gets up and just then, Christy takes a shot at Selena immediately. CHBK motions and Holly runs over, stomping away on Selena.

Sharper: “Frozen Hell wins and the moment the three was done! Infamous all over Selena!”

Knots: “Was it the win? Regan just getting Syren down!”

The crowd boos loudly and Regan gets up and runs over and vaults over and dives on them. The crowd roars. Infamous scatters a bit and Syren then crawls over and rolls to the floor. She then grabs Regan and nails her with a hard forearm and then another before grabbing her and rolling her into the ring. She then climbs in after. Richter is next as Crowe is right after. CHBK climbs up onto the apron and looks at Mikaela. Mikaela looks in as Regan rolls over and starts to get up and Syren nails her with a forearm shot. The crowd boos as Infamous start to surround Regan. Selena starts to get up as Ravyn does too and Ravyn goes over to Selena and grabs her by the hair and goes to throw her into the barricade. Selena spins through and nails Ravyn. Ravyn fights back before the crowd erupts in cheers.

Sharper: “It’s James Evans! James!”

Knots: “While Selena and Ravyn going at it. Selena not going to let Ravyn get away with her comments and actions!”

James Evans runs down from the back and slides into the ring, getting up and nailing Crowe with a hard right and then Richter as Syren looks at him and runs at him and James clotheslines her down. Syren hits the mat and rolls over and moves to the floor. The crowd then roars as Xander Valentine steps out from the back. He slowly starts to head to the ring. Artemis is a few strides behind, holding the SCW US Championship.

Sharper: “James floors Syren! But now…look! It’s Xander! Xander Valentine!”

Knots: “He may not wait to Last Grasp. And he just needs someone to come at him! He’s got to be licking his lips!”

Sharper: “We’re out of time! Don’t cut now! Last Grasp of Reality, this Sunday!”

Xander reaches the ring and pulls himself up. James knocks CHBK off before turning as Selena and Ravyn continue to fight at ringside. James looks at Xander as the crowd roars. Regan starts to pull herself up as Mikaela motions to leave as the scene fades to black…