“Supreme Championship
Wrestling...”
A shot of Syren holding the SCW
Women’s Championship, followed by a shot of CHBK hitting a Bittersweet Ending
on one individual, before turning a shot of Jason Zero hitting a spear on Brian
Kinney from Rise to Greatness a few years ago, before turning into a shot of
Jake Starr hitting the Shooting Five Star on James Exeter.
“The leading force in sports and
entertainment today....”
The SCW logo then appears on the
screen before evaporating into smoke and the scene fades to black.
MAIN SHOW:
The scene opens up backstage
in the Wells Fargo Arena. The crowd roars as we see the nameplate on the door
of Mr. D’s office. The camera then pans out as Christy
Matthews is seen standing in front of the door with Pete Ebdon next to
her. The crowd gives a mixed reaction before she holds up a clipboard with her
signed Trios Tournament contract.
Ebdon: “It’s what you wanted.”
Christy: “Exactly. And
now…Rise to Greatness main event…it’s going to have me
be a part of it.”
She then knocks on the door. A
few moments pass before the door opens as Mr. D opens the door. She just
extends the contract to him. He takes it and they walk off. Mr. D just looks at
it and sighs angrily before shaking his head as the scene fades to black.
The opening strums of “Rescue
Me” by Buckcherry plays as the Breakdown logo flies past the screen before we
see a shot of Jake Starr holding the SCW Championship over his head. This is
followed by a shot of Brittany Lohan locking in the From California with Love
before freezing and flying past the screen. We see a shot of Katie Steward
posing on the rampway before freezing and flying past the screen. This is
followed by a shot of Rachel Foxx pulling on a barbed wire wrapped bat stuck on
Dillusion’s hair and then ripping away as Dillusion smiles from the sudden
pain, before freezing and flying at the screen.
“You can't erase this deep
inside of me
I know I'm not a sight to see
But baby, I'm alive.”
We see Masquerade hitting the
Skeleton Key on Shilo Valiant before freezing and flying at the screen. A shot
of Jason Zero dropping Sasha Drachewych with the Chaos Theory is shown before
freezing and flying at the screen. A quick shot of David Helms holding the SCW
World Championship over his head, before switching to a shot of Gable Winchester
and Stacy Kissinger standing together, followed by a shot of Thorn hitting the
Griever’s Bane on someone is shown, followed by a shot of CHBK standing in a
suit in the ring, all freezing in mid-motion and flying at the screen.
“I cherish the love and
I cherish the life that's inside of me
And I know I'm not a sight to see
But baby, I'm alive.”
Shots of Gigi Steward and
Syren looking at each other, standing across the ring from each other, followed
by showing Lucas Knight hitting someone with the UKOD, and followed by a shot
of Shawn Winters hitting the Graven Image on Greg Cherry are all shown before
freezing and flying past the screen. A shot of the current SCW Tag Team
Champions, Dark Fantasy, are shown, posing with the titles before flying past
the screen.
“Won't you come and rescue me?
Separate myself from me
Maybe I'm too blind to see
Save my life, rescue me.”
Several shots of various SCW
competitors, new and old, including Anthony Wallace, Shaun Cruze, Thorn &
David Helms, Lucas Knight, Natalie Nichols, Ducky, Andrew Samuel Pugh, Harmony
Fisher, Adam Allocco, Infamous and others all fly past the screen before ending
with the SCW Breakdown logo flying into the screen.
The scene then switches to the
inside of the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa where spotlights circle the
arena before pyro shoots out from the entrance way on both sides and around the
big screen before coming to a stop. The crowd erupts in cheers as the cameras
pan the audience, showing the crowd, cheering and waving their signs, hoping to
get onto camera. Spotlights circle the arena before we sweep down to ringside
to see Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots.
Sharper: “Welcome everyone to
the off-“
Knots: “Shut up asshole!
That’s not how you start a show!”
Knots clears his throat.
Knots: “Wassup bitches!
Jonathan Knots here, thank GOD for that, alongside
this pile of dogcrap, Adam Sharper and we are here to make sure you know
everything that’s going on here at Breakdown. I am…and I’ll be correcting this
guy, but whatever. Rise to Greatness on the horizon and here we are in the
middle of nowhere for Breakdown! That’s how you do it.”
Sharper: “You done?”
Knots: “For now. You can now
carry on.”
Sharper: “Thank you. In any
case, yes, I am Adam Sharper, and yes, this is Jonathan Knots. Donovan Kayl
injured at Taking Hold of the Flame and so it appears I’ll be joined by Knots
for the foreseeable future. But regardless, tonight, the road to Rise to
Greatness heats up. We have a sense for what World Championship match. Christy Matthews now cashing in her Trios Tournament shot.
It’s going to be a triple threat.”
Knots: “Seems to be the case. Christy, Shilo and Zero going to Rise to Greatness for the World
Championship. Still sour about Zero, but whatever. Christy and Shilo can
hold him off.”
Sharper: “But as we look to
hear of their reaction to that, the Tag Team Champions will see the start of a
tournament to crown the number one contenders. Quarterfinals
and semi-finals tonight. Finals on Ammo.”
Knots: “Yeah, and then the US
Championship on the line. Cruze is going to get his arrogance cost him. He put
his own title on the line against Davis. What an idiot. I hope Davis enjoys his
new gold later tonight”
Sharper: “Well, we’ll see if
that happens. That and so much more. Gable Winchester
and Lucas Knight will clash. Lots there. We’ll get
into it.”
The arena goes dark, with just
the sounds of the crowds and the flashes of the cameras. A heartbeat begins to
sound throughout the arena...
THUMP THUMP... THUMP THUMP... THUMP THUMP
The beating slowly morphs into the beeping of a hospital monitor, while the
screen of the heart monitor follows the beeps on the jumbotron...
BEEP... BEEP... BEEP...
The beeps begin to speed up, faster and faster, before ultimately flatlining.
BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP...
As the ominous sound of the flatlining heartbeat echo through the arena, it's
quickly interrupted by another heartbeat, but an irregular one. This one, on
the screen, shows a star right in the middle of it. That beat continues, and
begins to speed up as well. As it reaches an inhuman speed,
the opening chord of "Sandstorm" by Darude blasts through the loud
speaker, along with a blast of pyrotechnics.
With the blast, Jake Starr emerges from behind the backstage curtain. The crowd
erupts, and Jake is taken aback by the energy being pumped in his direction. He
pauses, and looks from side to side, cocking a smile, and an eyebrow. He slowly
nods before beginning his walk toward the ring. As he walks, he pounds on his
chest, points at members of the crowd, toward the ground, and toward himself,
and slaps the occasional outstretched hand of some of the fans, while mouthing
phrases like, "this is why I do this shit!"
As he reaches the ring, he quickly ascends the steps, and enters the ring. After
getting fully into the ring, he walks to the opposing corner and climbs to the
middle turnbuckle. He looks around at the members of the crowd all standing,
and acknowledges a couple signs in the audience with smirks and more cocks of
the eyebrow. After his initial scan, he beats on his chest twice, and raises
his "Misfit Revolution Fist" high into the air, a gesture mimicked by
many fans in the crowd. He repeats this gesture on the remaining three
turnbuckles, occasionally mouthing this words,
"this will ALWAYS be MY HOUSE!"
He then drops down and goes over to the corner and asks for a microphone.
Knots: “First night back on
Breakdown and we start off with this guy?!”
Sharper: “The hometown man.
Jake Starr, not scheduled to compete, but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to
come out and speak in front of his hometown fans.”
Knots: “That explains a lot. Out here in the middle of nowhere. No one willingly comes
here, and that’s probably because they know that jackass lives here!”
Starr walks around the ring as
the crowd continues to cheer. He just smirks as his music fades out. The cheers
continue and he just walks to the middle of the ring.
Starr: “Well hot damn, it
feels good to be home.”
The crowd cheers more as Starr
smirks and looks around.
Starr: “I would’ve rather been
the winner of the Taking Hold of the Flame, but whatever. That ship has sailed.
And now, we have Christy Matthews going to Rise to Greatness to screw up that
show. And I’m standing here wondering what is next on the agenda for the Only
Social Misfit Remaining. Well…actually, I know exactly what’s on the agenda.”
Starr pauses before he turns
around and looks at the crowd.
Starr: “The SCW Adrenaline
Championship.”
The crowd cheers.
Starr: “You know, the title that I helped put back on the map. The title that I held for over two hundred days, taking on any and
all who came my way. Now, there have been some interesting names holding
that title, but Thirteen is the one holding it now and
I can’t help but be a bit miffed. I mean, the guy…sure, he’s been standing up
to all of the challenges put in his way. Great. But
then look at those challenges….Xavier Magnus, Andrew Samuel Pugh, Stacy
Kissinger…guys who have potential but haven’t reached it. Thirteen has beaten
some legends and gone up against some of the so-called greats, but there’s a
problem there…he’s not gone up against me!”
The crowd cheers.
Starr: “See, that’s why I’ve
been placed in this position. That’s why I’ve been put before Thirteen. Because finally, our boss realized he needs
someone who steps up to challenges just as much as Thirteen
has. Memphis Cade…he’ll be good some day. Andrew Samuel Pugh…got too ahead in
his own…Jason Zero…he was a shell then and only showed what he could do at
Taking Hold of the Flame….CHBK….well…I’m not going to turn into dust tomorrow.
But what I will do is drag your ass to Rise to Greatness, and kick it, not
because Mr. D wants it…but I think I want my Adrenaline Championship back. I
want the belt I helped make. I want what was originally mine
years ago…”
Just then “Boiler” begins to
play throughout the arena. The crowd roars and Jake Starr just looks confused.
James Evans walks out from the back.
Knots: “Speaking of failures…”
Sharper: “Oh please.”
Knots: “He was number forty
and didn’t last too long.”
Sharper: “It was the end.
Everyone turned it up a gear and he was taken out from behind, by that man in
the ring, Jake Starr!”
James Evans continues to walk
down to the ring. Jake Starr just looks at him and shrugs before pointing at
him and saying something to the crowd. James grabs a microphone sitting on the
steel steps before walking up the steel steps and entering the ring. He then
looks at Jake Starr as his music fades out.
Jake: “James…I’d love to sit
here and make a little joke about how I ended your rise to fame, but you know
what, James. Humour us. You may be lost. You’re not Thirteen…you’re not even
Christy Matthews…-“
James: “Jake…keep making the jokes. Because don’t worry, I’m not out here
to talk about the Adrenaline Championship, a title that matters to me because
it was my first taste of SCW gold. I’m not even out here to talk about the fact
that you tossed me out of the battle royal last Sunday. I’m out here to tell
you to shut the hell up!”
The crowd actually boos as
Jake Starr laughs.
Jake: “Great, you’ve now
devolved to the point of being Jonathan Knots!”
James: “Trust me…I don’t need
to devolve that far. The thing is…he’s not the only one wondering what the hell
happened to you. Because I think it’s fair to say that for the last year, Jake
Starr hasn’t been the star he keeps claiming himself to be. Jake Starr hasn’t
been the bulletproof guy. Did that concussion knock some doubt into you? Did
that concussion cause you to forget why you were that unstoppable force? We only
need to look at one example, Jake…Infamous….two years ago, you faced off
against Lucas Knight, against Dark Fantasy, both title matches…and both you
won. You stopped the unstoppable. And then this year…CHBK at Body, Heart and
Soul, in a match you needed to win…against Christy Matthews at Highway to
Hell…and in one you lost, and the other, you threw in the towel.”
Jake: “No, I beat the living
hell out of Christy Matthews.”
The crowd cheers that
statement.
James: “You can think that.
But two years ago, you would’ve just kicked her ass and taken away what was
that sure victory. I remember when you faced Josh Hudson, Greg Cherry,
Christian Savior, ANYONE, and you dared them to stop you. Just
like you’re daring Thirteen now. And the thing is…I bet he’s laughing.”
Jake: “So what, you came out
here for a pep talk James? The great underachiever. The guy who spent a year under the thumb of Chad, only to come out
and question whether he could do it…and only now is showing what he can do.
The guy who everyone is doubting at Taking Hold of the
Flame. See James, you’ve done nothing. You’ve had those titles reigns and good
for you. You’ve had the moments of glory. But I’ve had a career of glory. These
fans know it. That’s why they come out and cheer me. I don’t care what people
think. I don’t care whether it pisses everyone off. I come out here and do what
needs to be done and I win.”
James: “Then why haven’t you
been given that title shot you keep blabbering on about on Twitter. You bitch
and bitch and bitch. Jake Starr would’ve done.”
Jake just smirks.
James: “See, I’m out here
right now, to give you fair warning. I’m hearing the grumblings against me, that my time in the sun is over. The hell it is! I spent
the last month wrestling amongst the top and I held my own and because I only lasted
a few minutes in the battle royal, I’m done?! Screw that. See, Jake, you’re my
first test after Taking Hold of the Flame. That’s on Friday Night Ammo. And I’m
out here because if I see the snivelling, blabbering, whining, bitching,
chair-swinging Jake Starr that just screws off when the going gets tough, then
I will make sure I am standing across the ring from Thirteen,
because it’s clear you’re not capable of living to your own hype! You remember
how close I was to beating you back in December. I get another shot. I’m out
here because if I’m going to face Jake Starr, I’d love to see you stop bitching
about Christy Matthews and actually do something about it. I’d love to see you
be the Jake Starr everyone wanted to shut up two years ago, when you were
Adrenaline Champion and on your way to the World Title. Because Jake, you were
once great. But, on Ammo, I have no problem being better.”
The crowd roars and some boo,
while others cheer. Jake just laughs at James as James turns and starts to walk
off.
Sharper: “James Evans trying
to fire up Jake. I don’t know if Jake needs it.”
Knots: “He’s not going to
listen. He’s better than everyone. Right?”
Jake: “Hey! James.”
James turns around. Jake then
suddenly kicks him in the ribs before hitting the flipping piledriver on him as
the crowd cheers. Jake then rolls over and turns to him and grabs his
microphone before leaning over him, while laying on
the canvas.
Jake: “James…you confuse me
with someone who gives a damn. See you on Friday, asshole. But kid…you’re just
the warm-up for Thirteen!”
James holds his neck and rolls
over as Jake gets up and “Sandstorm” plays throughout the arena. The crowd
cheers as Jake tosses the microphone down and exits the ring. He then drops
down before heading to the back.
Knots: “See! He’s a coward!”
Sharper: “Attacking James
Evans, more giving him some advice. Don’t poke the bear if you don’t have to.”
Knots: “No! It was a cheap
shot!”
Sharper: “Well I doubt Jake
Starr cares. If he’s made up his mind, he just does it. And consequences be damned. And he may have just given James Evans some extra
motivation come Friday Night Ammo.”
Starr continues to the back as
James continues to stir in the ring. Starr turns around and just smiles as he
looks back down. He just holds his arms up before turning around.
“Rescue Me” then starts to
play as the Breakdown logo comes across the screen. We then see a still of the
SCW United States Championship match, Shaun Cruze vs. Justin Davis, come up on
the screen.
Sharper: “Well, plenty to come
tonight, including, the United States Championship on the line. Justin Davis
challenges Shaun Cruze, by champion’s request.”
Knots: “But that’s not all…”
We then see a still of Christy
Matthews, Shilo Valiant and Jason Zero come up on the screen.
Knots: “…we know these three
are going to be looking forward to Rise to Greatness. They’re all here. We saw
Christy earlier. Are some people going to fire the first shot? We’ll find out
here tonight!”
The music continues before the
Breakdown logo comes across the screen and the scene fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
The scene opens up backstage
as we see Madelyne McTaggert walking backstage as the crowd cheers. She looks
around before turning the corner and looking down, taking a step and then
stopping herself. She the turns and starts to walk down the hallway.
Madelyne: “Hey! Graham! Asshole!”
Madelyne continues on her way
as the camera manages to find Graham Clauson and Madman Szalinski standing and
talking to Rob Budai, seemingly going over strategy.
Graham: “Oh this should be
fun.”
Madman: “Where are the riot
shields, bunkers and gas masks?”
Madelyne: “Shut up you
idiots.”
Madelyne walks up to them and
shoves Graham.
Madelyne: “What the hell was
that at Taking Hold of the Flame? You have nothing to do with me since
returning until now and now you’re getting involved in my business.”
Graham just smirks as Madman
and Rob just stand back, leaning against the wall and non-chalantly watching.
Madelyne just glares at them.
Madelyne: “Well?!”
Graham: “Figured I’d offer you
a hand…seemed like you needed it.”
Madelyne: “BS, Graham. You
know that’s not going to cut it. Not with our pasts.”
Graham: “Believe what you want
Madelyne. I figured we could move past that and consider it a small olive
branch…especially since we could have common foes soon enough. But we don’t
have time to watch you inform the world it’s that time of the month for you. We
have a tournament to win.”
The crowd ohs with that
statement as Graham and Madman walk off with Rob Budai following. Madelyne just
glares before shaking her head and letting out a slight scream of frustration
before walking off as we return to ringside.
Stacy Kissinger vs. Marina Trent
"The Hand that
Feeds" by Nine-Inch Nails plays as the lights to a bright white color onto
the rampway. The fans boo as a light fog of black and white smoke settles along the
ramp way and spills outwards, swirling. With all in place, a figure raises from
under the mist, her back to the audience, who can only see the silk silver of a
cape with feathers designed on them and long, brown hair with black feathers in
them.
Running her hands through her hair and down her body sensually to the music,
she earns excited cries and wolf calls from the audience. Turning slowly, the
audience sees the dark eyes and gently smiling face of the Black Swan, Marina
Trent. With a sudden turn, the lights flare white and pyrotechnics rain down,
adding to the spectacle. The SCW Women’s Championship sits around her waist.
The Black Swan makes her way down the ramp, her body swaying with every step
and staring at the arena darkly - a predator claiming her ground. Reaching the
right side of the ring, she pulls herself up with ease and stays there for a
moment before powering off with a high-flying backflip over the ropes and
landing on her feet in the centre of the ring. Finally, running up to the
bottom left turnbuckle, continuing her stride until she has launched herself
up, balancing on the ropes, the Black Swan blows a
kiss with both hands. She teases her audience and subjects demurely with this
display before launching off from her precarious position on the top ropes into
a graceful, but deadly dive of SCW's resident dare devil. The moment her feet
hit the ring's centre, as she lands cleanly in a huntress crouch, the lights
return to normal and the crowd boos.
Sharper: “The SCW Women’s
Champion about to face Stacy Kissinger here tonight and she has
just been watching and almost studying her possible opponents the last few
weeks.”
Knots: “Just staying back,
hanging by Shilo and really, it’s working. She got
past that turncoat Skeletor and who’s next? She’s just standing tall. Black
Swan doing work. Not quite like Syren, but I’ll take it!”
The lights in the arena dim
partially. A few seconds of silence pass before the SCW-tron shows a shot of
rain falling heavily on a beach that overlooks an ocean. Some lightning can be
seen in the distance and a rumble of thunder is then heard. The rain continues
to fall on the tron for a short bit longer before it begins to dry up. As Stacy
Kissinger comes out from the backstage area, wearing a black robe around
herself, the rain on the tron fizzles out and a ray of sunlight begins peaking
through the clouds. Stacy stops at the top of the wrestler ramp with a
microphone in hand. She breathes, closes her eyes, and seemingly waits for
something to happen as she at the same time seems to be clearing her mind.
The moment Stacy moves her head back up to face forward, “She’s So Gone” by
Naomi Scott begins to play. Stacy waits for the words to begin and she sings
along with Naomi as she begins to make her way down the ramp to the ring. Stacy
keeps on singing and she acknowledges the fans who cheer for her as she
finishes her path to the ring and stands at ringside. Once there Stacy stops
singing and places her microphone on the ring apron before she sheds her robe
which reveals the fact that she’s once again in a plain black thong bikini. The
men in the crowd love it and holler and cat call. Stacy looks up into the ring
for a moment before sliding in underneath the bottom rope. As Stacy begins to
warm up for her match and feel at home in the squared circle despite what’s
happened in her recent past, the arena lights return to full strength and the
shot of the now sunny ocean-side beach on the SCW-tron fades out slowly, as
does her entrance music.
Knots: “Damn it! She’s doing
her damn singing. It’s like a kitty in a blender. Actually, I’m sorry, that’s
an insult to the blender!”
Sharper: “Kissinger has been
floating as of late, trying to find some direction. Lohan has been trying to
fire her up, but since she lost the Women’s Championship, she’s been unsure of
what to do.”
Knots: “Some would say since
Gable tossed her to the curb like a piece of trash, she’s been floating…like
used diapers in the wind…slowly falling to the ground like trash.”
Kissinger looks at Marina as
Marina places her title down in the corner and gets up slowly. She turns to
Kissinger and the bell sounds. Marina then looks at Kissinger as Kissinger
walks around the ring. Marina walks around a bit before the two lean in and
grapple. Kissinger and Marina push back on one another before Kissinger gets
Marina back to the ropes. Marina however spins through and pushes Kissinger
into the corner. The referee comes in and calls for the break. Marina holds on
for a moment.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Marina backs off and Stacy
covers up as Marina just snickers and backs up. Stacy walks out and Marina and
Stacy again grapple. Stacy manages to get Marina out and this time, Stacy gets
her to the corner. She pushes back as the referee calls for the break.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Stacy cleanly breaks and
Marina quickly kicks her in the knee. Stacy winces and Marina spins her around
and nails her with a kick to the ribs before a spin kick to the chest. Stacy
winces and Marina then places her foot on the throat of Stacy and starts to
choke her.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Marina backs off and Stacy
coughs, catching her breath.
Sharper: “Marina using the
rules to her advantage.”
Knots: “What a good champion
does!”
Sharper: “Well, I beg to
differ.”
Knots: “Good. Doesn’t mean anything to me.”
Stacy walks over and Marina
quickly kicks her in the ribs. Stacy bends over and Marina clubs her in the
back. She then whips her into the ropes. Stacy bounces off and Marina hip
tosses her down before cartwheeling through and dropkicking Stacy in the face.
Stacy falls back and Marina goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Stacy kicks out. She gets up
and Marina gets up and nails her with a forearm. She then nails her again and
goes for a snapmare. Stacy hits the mat and Marina turns and runs into the
ropes in front of her. She bounces off and goes for a kick, but Stacy drops
back. Marina stops and turns around and Stacy gets up and nails her with an
uppercut. Marina stumbles back and Stacy nails her with another. Marina falls
to the ropes. Stacy then dropkicks her up and over the top rope to the floor.
Sharper: “Marina Trent sent to
the floor. Stacy coming back with a flurry.”
Knots: “Marina’s fine out
there. I’ve seen her do some crazy things all over.”
Stacy gets up as Marina pulls
herself up. Stacy then grabs the top rope and hits a vertical press over the
top rope to the floor. The crowd roars. Stacy slowly gets up. (1) Marina rolls
over and Stacy drags her up. (2) She turns and drives her face first into the
barricade. The crowd cheers. (3) She then rolls her into the ring. Marina ends
up on her back. (4) Kissinger hops onto the apron and walks over to the corner
before starting to climb up to the top rope. She then looks at Marina as she
stirs and Kissinger dives off and nails her with a flying clothesline. She
follows up with a pin.
1!
2!
Marina gets her shoulder up.
Stacy gets up and Marina rolls over and gets up. Stacy nails her with a
forearm. She falls back to the ropes. Stacy turns and runs into the ropes and
Marina jumps up and nails her with a buzzsaw kick to the head. The crowd ohs
and Stacy hits the mat. Marina then gets up and hits a standing moonsault onto
Stacy.
Knots: “Maybe that’ll shut her
up for good!”
Sharper: “Standing moonsault
into the pin!”
1!
2!
Stacy kicks out. Marina gets
up and Stacy stirs. Marina turns and kicks her in the side. She rolls over.
Marina then turns and runs into the ropes, jumping to the middle rope before
turning and hitting a corkscrew flipping senton onto Stacy. She turns and hooks
the leg.
1!
2!
Stacy gets her shoulder up.
Both get up and Marina quickly kicks her in the ribs. She then whips her into
the corner. Marina runs after her and Stacy moves out of the way. Marina jumps
to the middle rope and backflips back and lands on her feet. She turns and
Stacy kicks her in the ribs and drops her with a DDT. She then geos for the pin.
1!
2!
Marina kicks out. Both women
get up and Stacy slowly stirs. Marina manages to hit a spin kick to the head
and Stacy hits the mat and Marina drops to her knees.
Sharper: “Marina catches Stacy
with another kick and this drops her again.”
Knots: “And just think of what
else she can do with those legs?”
Sharper: “I don’t even want to
know where you head is at.”
Marina stirs and Kissinger
rolls over slowly. Marina goes over to her and grabs her, but Kissinger nails
her with an elbow before turning around and nailing her with a hard forearm.
Marina stumbles back and Kissinger then grabs her and goes to whip her into the
ropes, but Marina spins through and sends Kissinger towards the official,
causing him to stumble over and turn. He slowly gets up as Kissinger gets up
and Marina spews the Nocturnal Mist into the eyes of Stacy. The crowd ohs and
Stacy falls back, rubbing her eyes as Marina rolls through into a pin, pulling
back on the legs. The referee turns and counts.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd boos and Marina
rolls over and gets up. Kissinger rolls over yelling in pain. Marina then goes
over to her corner and grabs her Women’s Championship belt and holds it over
Kissinger.
Sharper: “That damn mist
again!”
Knots: “Kissinger yelling is
better than her singing. She should try death metal!”
Sharper: “First Natalie
Dubrinsky, then Madelyne McTaggert and now Stacy Kissinger. All targeted with
that Mist!”
The boos continue as Marina just
smiles as she has her arm raised. She then turns and walks off, flipping over
the top rope to the floor. Kissinger yells in pain, still rubbing her eyes. The referee dropping down to check on her. Marina continues
on her way to the back as we then cut backstage.
Backstage we open up outside
of the SCW interview area to see Marisa Condolesa.
Condolesa: “Ladies and
gentlemen, please welcome Andrew Samuel Pugh.”
The crowd cheers as ASP walks
in and looks at Marisa. Notably absent is Darren Drake. But Jessica Summers
stands with him.
Condolesa: “Now Andrew, you’ve
had a tough couple of weeks. Obviously, people are wondering about your ankle
injury, but you’re also not in the Tag Contendership Tournament for a good
reason as Darren Drake has apparently retired.”
ASP: “That does seem to be
case. Taking Hold of the Flame was his last hurrah. Sad that that last hurrah
is going to be resulting in CHBK kicking him out of the ring, but he’s had to
put family first from here on out. But what does that mean for me? Well, it’s a
shame I’m not competing in the Tag Tournament, but the fact is…I’ve always been
better looking out for myself!”
The crowd cheers a bit.
ASP: “And while my ankle may
not be at one-hundred percent, I think I know someone else who is in the same
condition of me and I think he’d be the perfect candidate to start my return to
the upper echelon. So on Friday Night Ammo, I’m going to walk down to that
ring. I’m going to set up the Highlight Express and I’m going to give that man
the opportunity to come down and shows he’s actually
got some guts. That’s what this business is about. Taking all
of that pain and punishment, gritting it out and competing. I’ve been
doing it…I think he should too. And given who he hangs out with, I’m not too
confident we can trust them.”
Condolesa: “Who are you
talking about Andrew?”
ASP just smiles and turns to
Condolesa.
ASP: “Ryan Watson.”
The crowd roars.
Condolesa: “But he’s injured!”
ASP: “So am I…didn’t stop me.
I’ll see him on Ammo.”
ASP then turns and walks off
as the crowd roars. Condolesa looks a bit shocked.
Knots: “What the hell is wrong
with him? He’s challenging an injured man! What the hell?!”
Sharper: “I guess he’s going
to find out whether he is or isn’t. ASP is going to call out Watson on Ammo in
the Highlight Express!”
Knots: “That’s not fair!
That’s NOT fair!”
The crowd continue to buzz as
the scene slowly fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
The scene opens up backstage
to see Jessica Winters standing in front of the Infamous locker. Syren and
Ravyn Taylor stand with her, holding the SCW World Tag Team Championship belts
over their shoulders.
Jessica: “Ladies and
gentlemen, welcome back to Breakdown. I am here with the SCW World Tag Team
Champions, Ravyn Taylor and Syren.
Tonight, ladies, we are going to see a contendership tournament start
tonight and finish on Friday Night Ammo. This is going to crown your next
contenders. What are your thoughts?”
Syren steps in first.
Syren: “Our thoughts. How
about the fact that if we look down the list, there’s
a lot of people there getting an opportunity they probably don’t deserve. Some
of these guys have been back for only a couple of weeks. Some of these guys are
just starting. And then add there are some people in there that….”
Syren turns away, clearly
pissed off. Ravyn then steps in.
Ravyn: “While Zoe is angry,
I’m more laughing. Let’s go through the list. Palmer and Douchebag…winning
names…Wilde and Morrison…even Lohan and Harmony…teams of friends…of
partnerships….hardly teams. In fact, they’ve never teamed together. Even the
more established tag teams, the Shoot Kings, the Stewards, Bad Company….they’re
still getting their feet wet. And then the arguable favourites only for their
names and nothing more…and this is where Zoe has her issues…getting more
opportunity afforded to them. Thirteen and Mason…laughable given how much our
boss wants to destroy them…and Winters and Cade…Allocco conveniently out. We
through this list and I can’t say I’m impressed. Down the road, there may be
some interesting tag teams…when they stop getting their feet wet and simply
dive in…hoping not to hit their heads on the bottom…then we’ll be pleased.
Until then, I can’t help but feel some of these individuals are taking
advantage of an opportunity that they may otherwise ill-deserve.”
Ravyn pauses for a moment as
Syren starts to calm down in the background.
Ravyn: “Well channeling the
impulsive nature of Zoe, we’ve decided that we’re going to ensure that those
interested pay a fee. At some point, they will have to pay up and we will make
sure they realize that challenging for the tag titles is not some fancy they
can indulge in when they are bored. It is a competitive endeavour where the
best TEAM succeeds. Tonight we size up our supposed competition. We see which
two teams stand tall…”
Syren then steps in.
Syren: “But we’re going to see
who’s serious about challenging us. I’m sick of people trying to make their
name off us. We are just totally better than everyone. Best women’s wrestler
right here. Best tag team right here. You got that! And have no problem proving
it over and over again.”
Ravyn just smiles as she takes
the microphone.
Ravyn: “Don’t worry…the tag
division will be fine. We’re just going to test the strength of their mettle!”
Ravyn smiles.
Ravyn: “Quote the Ravyn,
nevermore…”
Syren: “And be totally
jealous!”
Syren and Ravyn return to
their locker room as the crowd boos.
W.G. Palmer & Douche von
Douchebag vs. The Shoot Kings (Madman Szalinski & Graham Clauson)
SCW World Tag Team Championship
Contendership Tournament Quarterfinal match
The lights begin to swiftly
switch to a gold hue before dropping out to no lights, with strobe lights
flickering at random spots of the arena as the opening of "Champagne
Showers" by Skip The Foreplay begins to
play. Right before the song would kick into full gear, we hear two
familiar voices yell out in tandem...
"SHOOT KINGS, MOTHER-"
Before a specific word that we would expect would be said, a large burst of
pyrotechnics covers the stage right before the song kicks in. As the smoke continues to bellow on the stage, both Graham Clauson
and Madman Szalinski burst through the entranceway. Graham stops
at the top of the stage, raising his arms in a cross formation above his head,
rock fists flying. Both wearing Shoot Kings t-shirts,
Madman steps beside Graham and mimics underlining the Shoot Kings logo before
beginning to move towards the ring. Graham drops his arms as he
makes his way to the ring. Rob Budai enters during Madman and Graham's
exchange, slightly ahead of Graham by the time Graham begins to walk forward.
At the bottom of the ramp, Graham and Madman both run towards the ring, sliding
under the bottom rope. Both men run towards opposite turnbuckles, jumping
onto them. Graham once again raises his arms in cross formation, rock
fists flying as Madman claps his hands in attempt to rile the fans up.
Madman begins to hold his hands up, seemingly doing a mimic of entering the
infamous Konami Code on a controller before backflipping off the
turnbuckle. Graham simply hops down, walking over to nearby ropes and
stretching out. Rob stays outside of the ring, watching intently.
Sharper: “The SCW World Tag
Team Champions will have a new challenger sooner rather than later. By Friday Night Ammo to be sure. And it’s just a matter of
what two teams will survive tonight to meet on that night.”
Knots: “Yeah, but you’ve got
these idiots, running around, making jokes, before looking for competition.
Well, I’ll tell you this. Competition isn’t coming out after a match you have
nothing to do with and interfering.”
Sharper: “Madelyne McTaggert
was even taken aback by that. Graham Clauson hasn’t really given a reason why.
Perhaps it’s just to get into the heads of Dark Fantasy. God knows they would
love that opportunity to challenge for the titles.”
The sound of D:ream hits the
speakers causing the fans to react, the words W.G. Palmer appear on the big
screen in big, red, white and blue lettering and surrounded by stars to make it
very 'American' although the man is from New Zealand. He walks out wearing a
smart suit and tie, he looks immaculate but not ready
to fight. He is wearing slick and shiny patent black shoes, not the boots you
would commonly see on wrestlers.
Sharper: “Not this again!”
Knots: “What? He looks dapper
in that suit!”
Sharper: “But he’s hardly
ready to compete. We saw this on Aggression before Taking Hold of the Flame. He
had his assistant wrestle the match. And this is a tag match.”
Knots: “Well maybe he’s got a
lot of confident in Douche. I mean, with a name like Douche von Douchebag,
you’ve got to be used to getting your ass kicked.”
He stands on the staging and with a huge beaming white smile, he waves at the
fans like a candidate for the white house, he makes sure to give each side of
the arena the same amount of time before walking slowly and confidently down to
the ring, he stops halfway down and then demands someone from the back,
suddenly, his assistant, Douche Von Douchebag appears, the untoned Mexican man
clearly not looking so confident about this turn of events. He walks down the
ramp to the side of Palmer and listens to some instructions before Palmer
demands he enter the ring on his behalf and fight like a man, Douche sighs
heavily and heads toward the ring as Palmer slowly reaches ringside before
hopping onto the apron. Douche looks across to Graham and Szalinski and
Szalinski just turns to Graham and acts as if he’s got it.
Sharper: “This match about to
begin. It is the first of four quarterfinal matches.”
Knots: “Yeah. And no Order of Chaos. No Next Level. You’d swear Mr. Douche
– not the Douche in the ring – is trying to give people an opportunity. Dark
Fantasy wants to face the best. Not people who just happen to have a friend or
two kicking around.”
The bell sounds and Douche
starts to go to him and Szalinskis stops him, putting his hand up before
turning and pointing to Palmer. Palmer points to himself before pointing to
Douche. Szalinski then turns and looks around before turning and starting to
head towards Palmer, almost looking to forcibly bring him in, but Douche runs
over and protects his partner and nails Szalinski in the back. He nails him
again before spinning him around and nailing Szalinski with a series of hard
lefts and rights to the ribs. He then backs up and hits a dropkick to the face.
Szalinski walks out and Palmer shoves him, causing him to fall to his knee. He
gets up and Douche dropkicks him down again. Szalinski starts to stir and
Douche goes for the quick pin.
1!
2!
Szalinski kicks out and starts
to get up. Douche turns and runs into the ropes. He bounces off and Szalinski
gets up and Douche jumps up for a flying headscissors, but Szalinski shoves him
off and Douche lands on his feet. He then turns to Szalinski and Szalinski
nails him with a European uppercut. The crowd roars. He then nails Douche with
another.
Sharper: “Szalinski wants to
get his hands on Palmer. That’s one of those types of people that the Shoot
Kings don’t care for.”
Knots: “What’s not to care
for? He’s a great guy. I had a chance to great a pint with him before the
show.”
Sharper: “He paid, didn’t he?”
Knots: “That’s beside the
point!”
Szalinski then wrenches the
arm of Douche and nails him with a stiff hard right before chopping him in the
chest. Douche hits the mat and gets up with Szalinski still holding onto the
arm. He chops him down again before hoisting him back up and kicks him in the
ribs and throwing him over with a headlock takedown. He then hits a stomp
before turning and running over to Palmer and nailing him with a hard forearm.
He backs up and tells him to get into the ring. Palmer just holds his jaw, but
keeps his cool. Szalinski then turns and Douche gets up and Szalinski kicks him
in the ribs before throwing him over with a vertical suplex. He then rolls over
and holds onto him and tags in Clauson. Clauson enters and Szalinski hits a
snap suplex and Clauson runs into the ropes before jumping up and hitting a
senton backsplash. Szalinski exits the ring and yells at Clauson.
Szalinski: “I want that Presidential
[bleep]!”
The crowd cheers hearing that
as Clauson smirks and gets up with Douche and quickly kicks him in the shin. He
runs into the ropes and steps up using his other leg and spins around into a
kick. The crowd ohs and Douche hits the mat.
Sharper: “Hard kick to the
head. Clauson using Douche to even scale up a bit.”
Knots: “Well if that did what
he hoped, that’s not going to get Szalinski a beer invite with Palmer!”
Douche rolls over slowly and
Clauson goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Douche kicks out. Palmer yells
at Douche as Clauson gets up. He grabs Douche and lifts him up and then whips
him into the ropes. Douche bounces off the ropes and Clauson scoops him up, but
Douche slides down the back of Clauson. Clauson turns and swings, but Douche
ducks and runs into the ropes. He then jumps off the middle rope and hits a
back elbow. Clauson stumbles back. Douche rolls over and goes to reach for a
tag, but Palmer looks at him and just points at the ring. Douche can be seen
pleading a bit only for Clauson to come over and stomp him in the back. He then
hoists Palmer up to his feet before lifting him for a back suplex and then
launching him forward with an atomic whip and Douche lands legs first on the
top turnbuckle and falls down, landing awkwardly on his head and neck as the
crowd ohs. Clauson then points to him before looking at Palmer.
Sharper: “Well that’s one way
to force a tag. If they want to move on, Palmer may have to!”
Knots: “Dropped on his head.
That’s not right! Come on!”
Clauson even steps back and
lets Douche
slowly stir before Clauson just throws his arms up and grabs Douche and Palmer
then clubs him in the back. He grabs him and pulls him back by the arm before
nailing him with a series of crossface strikes to the chest. The crowd boos and
Clauson falls forward after. Douche then slowly stirs and Palmer tags himself
in. He enters and rolls up his cuffs as he walks around the ring. Clauson stirs
as the crowd boos and Palmer boots him in the face. The crowd boos and Clauson
drops down. Szalinski then enters the ring and starts to go after Palmer, but
Palmer backs away and Clauson stirs. Palmer pushes the referee towards
Szalinski and Palmer just pushes Clauson against the ropes and starts to choke
him, pushing him back and kneeing him in the ribs repeatedly. The crowd boos
and the referee keeps trying to get Szalinski out. Szalinski finally exits and
Palmer grabs Clauson and goes to whip him across the ring. Clauson bounces off
the ropes and Palmer goes to launch him up, but Clauson turns and grabs Palmer
and counters with a DDT. The crowd roars and Clauson rolls over and starts to
crawl towards the corner.
Knots: “Oh no! Get out of
there Palmer!”
Sharper: “Clauson counters
with the DDT. Palmer is dazed. Douche is still hurting. But Szalinski wants
in!”
Knots: “What the hell is his
problem?! I don’t even know if he’s met Palmer!”
Sharper: “Well anyone who
knows Szalinski, respect for the business and respect for competition are two
big things. You don’t give that, he won’t give you any
and may even teach you some!”
Palmer stirs as Clauson tags
in Madman. The crowd cheers and Madman enters the ring as Clauson starts to
climb the turnbuckle. Palmer gets up and Madman grabs him by the hair and pulls
him back before jumping up and kicking him in the head. Palmer falls to his
knees and Madman slowly lifts him up. He then turns and while he doesn’t go for
the powerbomb, he holds him up a bit as best as he can, struggling to lift the
much bigger Palmer as Clauson backflips off and hits a variation of the Shoot’s
Over II. The crowd roars. Clauson rolls over and gets up and nails Douche off
the apron as he stirs as Madman falls forward for the pin.
1!
2!
3!
Madman rolls over as he then
yells at Palmer before getting up and having his arm raised. Clauson walks over
and the two raise each other’s hands as the referee does as well.
Sharper: “And the Shoot Kings
move on and are our first team in the semi-finals!”
Knots: “Yeah and that’s after
Madman lost his mind! What the hell was that?!”
Sharper: “I don’t know, but
they may be quite focused to say the least and whoever they meet in the
semi-finals could be in for a long night!”
Palmer rolls over in pain as
Douche von Douchebag gets up on the floor concerned. Madman and Clauson
continue to celebrate as Budai enters the ring to join them.
We then see the Breakdown logo
come across the screen as “Rescue Me” plays in the background. We then see a
still for Lucas Knight vs. Gable Winchester.
Sharper: “Well as the Tag
Contendership Tournament kicks off, plenty more of tag team action here to come
tonight. But that’s not all.”
Knots: “The US Championship
will be on the line when Cruze defends against Justin Davis. But also, Gable
Winchester is going to shut up and get Lucas Knight out of the way of Infamous
once and for all. That and more, here on Breakdown!”
The Breakdown logo comes
across the screen before the scene cuts to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Breakdown returns and the
scene fades in on the live shot of the crowd in the
Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa.
Sharper: “Welcome back to
Breakdown and many people have been tweeting and asking about where the Cookie
Monsters are in the tournament we are seeing tonight.”
Knots: “Probably in cookie
rehab. Sesame
Street’s Cookie Monster stabbed Cloudiee in the showers.”
Sharper: “Uh…no. They do have
a personal issue however to deal with and had to respectfully bow out of the
tournament. It’s a shame as I know they were looking forward to having another
great match against the Shoot Kings, and furthermore competing for a title
shot.”
Knots: “So it is cookie
rehab?”
Sharper: “Oh lord…”
Bad Company (Jamil McKnight &
Corey Douglas) vs. Team Desire 2.0 (Gigi & Maddy Steward)
SCW World Tag Team Championship
Contendership Tournament Quarterfinal match
:: Bloody murder, murder
murder [x4]::
As the chorus comes into “Murder To Excellence” by Jay Z and Kanye West, out
comes Jamil as he plays to the audience with his ‘Skittle’ painted skateboard
before putting it to the ground and popping a quick kickflip as he comes down
the slope of the entrance ramp …
This is to the memory of Danroy Henry
Too much enemy fire to catch a friendly
Strays from the same shade, n-- we on the same team
Giving you respect, I expect the same thing
All black everything, n-- you know my fresh code
I’m out here fightin’ for you, don’t increase my stress load
N-- watchin’ the throne, very happy to be
Power to the people, when you see me, see you
Hopping into the ring at the same time of the skateboard edging the ring, Jamil
gets up and immediately goes to the right as he hops onto the turnbuckle,
psyched and ready. A fearless expression on his face as his eyes is full of
hope. He hops down, waiting for the start of the match.
"GET READY!"
A countdown clock comes on the screen with all the lights dimmed to black in
the arena. The clock starts counting down from 5, 4, 3, 2, and then 1 and when
1 hits that triggers a big fire explosion on the top
of the ramp. The arena suddenly goes quite and then "Unsettling
Differences" begins to play throughout the arena as the crowd rises up to
their feet once Corey Douglas comes walking out from the back. He sports a long
trench coat type jacket covering his wrestling attire. He stands at the top of
the ramp for a few moments, drops to one and then spreads his arms like a
cross, after he rises up to his feet and slowly walks down the ramp. Corey
slides in the ring and tosses his hands up and poses to the crowd. He then goes
to the middle of the ring and drops to one knee, just like he did on the ramp,
and spreads his arms out like a cross and just stays that way until his opponent
comes walking out (or waiting from the signal from the referee that the match
is about to start.
Knots: “You know what I like
about these two?”
Sharper: “Enlighten me,
Jonathan. Does it have something to do with Rachel Foxx endorsing them as part
of Bad Company?”
Knots: “That helps, but no.
That’s not it.”
Sharper: “What is it then?”
Knots: “They come out
separately. They care about the individual. There is
no I in team. There is a me and they’re willing to
admit that. I like it.”
Sharper: “Brilliant analysis
from Jonathan Knots…”
“That’s Just the Way I Am
I Do It Just Because I Can”
“Chemicals React” blares from the speaker system throughout the arena. At the
same time the lights dim with only a single bright pink spotlight shines towards
and lights up the stage. The crowd boos as we see Gigi and Maddy Steward walk
out from the back. Dressed in matching wrestling attire and their Team Desire
jackets, the girl stand perfectly still as several flashes catch their
entrance. Gigi stands underneath the spotlight with the hood of her jacket
covering her head. When she beings to blow kisses to the fans, Madison starts
to motions with her arms raised and clapping over her head. The girls stop and
pose for their fans giving them a few seconds for a quick photo session before
continuing their way to the ring. Just then Katie Steward walks out from the
back and stands between the two, getting more boos from the crowd.
Sharper: “There you see Katie
Steward and don’t adjust your televisions at all. Katie Steward is accompanying
Gigi and Maddy to the ring.”
Knots: “Shockingly, she knows
they’re people. I swore she thought they were cannon-fodder and nothing more.
Like wooden cutouts she could use as a decoy.”
Sharper: “Katie Steward saying
earlier today in the backstage area that she was going to lead Gigi and Maddy
to the finals and win the contendership to ensure that Dark Fantasy crumbles
in, and I quote ‘a fiery ball of destruction and sucktitude.’”
Knots: “She’s quite the
wordsmith there.”
This dynamic team raise their arms in the air then grab the other’s hand as
they venture down the entrance ramp together. At the bottom of the ramp they
break the connection and walk around the ring as Katie stands at the base of
the entrance way, watching the two. Gigi runs and shows off her flexibility by
springing up onto the apron before steps through the ropes entering the ring.
Maddy meanwhile finishes interacting with a few fans at ringside getting a few
more seconds with them before she notices that Gigi is ready for the match.
Maddy turns around and slides into the ring to re-join her partner, Gigi. Katie
then walks over to the ring.
Once both are inside the ring, the girls head to the opposing
corners. Simultaneously, they both jump onto the middle rope. Gigi
removes the hood of her jacket off her head and smiles at the audience. The
team both throw their arms in the air and pose for the fans. Corey then runs
over and nails Maddy from behind, knocking her up and over to the floor. Gigi
is pulled down by Jamil as the crowd roars, before some boo. Gigi rolls through
and Jamil kicks her in the ribs and Gigi turns to Corey before Corey lifts her
up and Jamil runs into the ropes and jumps up and nails her with a calf kick as
Corey slams her down with a spinebuster. Katie screams as the crowd boos.
Sharper: “And Jamil and Corey
don’t wait at all. They’ll jump and take the chance and this could over quick!”
Knots: “Well someone go for
the pin. Get the bell to ring and hope this ends. There’s a damn banshee at
ringside that needs to be shut up!”
Corey goes for the pin as the
bell sounds and the referee goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Gigi kicks out at the last
moment. The crowd ohs and Corey rolls over and gets up. Jamil turns and is
forced out of the ring. Gigi rolls over and grabs at the ropes and Corey stomps
her in the head. She rolls over and he stomps her again. Gigi rolls over to the
corner and Corey walks over and stomps her in the chest a few times before
starting to choke her. The crowd boos as Corey steps down and continues to
choke her. The referee comes over to count for the break.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Corey steps off and backs away
as Gigi rolls over. Maddy slowly gets up and Katie grabs her and helps her up
as the referee sees a tag between Corey and Jamil. Jamil enters and nails Gigi
with a hard forearm as she gets up. She falls back to the ropes. Jamil then
walks over and grabs her and snapmares her over before nailing her in the head
with a forearm.
Sharper: “Jamil McKnight and
Corey Douglas still working on Gigi. Gigi needs to
make the tag though.”
Knots: “Then again, she’d have
to go near Katie Steward and that’s just not a good plan.”
Sharper: “I’m pretty sure
she’ll be fine. They do willingly associate with each other.”
Knots: “That you know of!”
Gigi stumbles back and Jamil
nails her with another forearm shiver. She falls to the ropes. He then whips
her across the ring. Gigi bounces off the ropes. Jamil goes for a clothesline,
but Gigi ducks. She bounces off the other side and Jamil goes to lift her up,
but Gigi spins through and forces him down with a mat slam. The crowd roars.
Gigi rolls over and gets up slowly. Jamil stirs and turns to her and Gigi hits
a dropkick. She then gets up and stumbles around. Maddy sticks her hand out for
a tag and Jamil turns to her and goes for a hard right, but Gigi counters with
a jawbreaker. She turns and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and goes for
the wheelbarrow, only to go up and drop Jamil with a bulldog. The crowd roars.
Gigi then rolls over and reaches out to Maddy. Maddy tags herself in and
enters. Gigi slowly rolls out. Jamil stirs and Maddy runs over and hits a
basement dropkick. She goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Corey breaks it up. He then
backs away as the crowd boos a bit. Maddy looks up and grabs Jamil. She hoists
him up and whips him into the corner. She turns and goes after him, and hits a
monkey flip out of the corner.
Sharper: “Madison Steward now
in control. Jamil McKnight now needs to make the tag. That’s how quickly these
matches can turn. One person gets a flurry.”
Knots: “Yeah. And you’ve got
dangerous people over there in the Stewards. They want this. They need this
win. They’ll eat people’s souls for breakfast just to sniff the opportunity.”
Sharper: “But Bad Company
wants it too. They’ve got the focus. They’ve got motivation from Rachel Foxx.
Don’t you think she wants to see the Tag Team Championship belts back under her
control?”
Jamil rolls over in pain and
Madison gets up and stomps Jamil in the chest. Jamil rolls over and Madison
grabs him and lifts him up. She then nails him with a forearm and whips him
into the ropes. Jamil bounces off and Madison jumps up for a hurricanrana, but
Jamil throws her down with a powerbomb. The crowd ohs.
Madison slowly stirs and Jamil falls back into the ropes and nails her with a
hard clothesline. The crowd ohs and Jamil goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Gigi dives in and breaks it
up. Jamil looks up and Corey gets up and goes after Gigi, but Gigi reaches up
and rakes his eyes. Corey spins around and turns, incensed and the referee backs him away as Gigi backs up. Jamil turns and grabs Maddy
and lifts her up before throwing her down with a back suplex. He turns as Corey
demands to get in.
Sharper: “Maddy may be in
trouble.”
Knots: “Gigi poked the bear!
Gigi poked the bear right in the eye!”
Maddy rolls over slowly and
Jamil tags in Corey. Corey then enters the ring and stomps her in the chest and
then the head before running over and nailing Gigi, knocking her off the apron.
Katie shrieks as she hops onto the apron. The referee goes over and tells her
to get down and Corey goes over to Maddy and just drives his fingers into the
eyes of Maddy, causing her to stomp her feet in pain. Katie jumps down as Corey
rakes the eyes. Maddy rolls over and starts to get up. She stumbles to the
ropes and Corey pulls her in and spins her around before taking her down with a
Russian leg sweep. He goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Gigi runs over and breaks it
up. She then nails Corey with a couple of stomps before Jamil comes in and
nails her with a hard right, knocking her back. The referee tells Gigi to get
out and Maddy gets up only for Jamil to boot her in the face. She stumbles to
the ropes as Jamil exits. Corey then watches her as Gigi exits the ring. He
kicks Maddy in the ribs before turning and running towards the ropes. He jumps
to the middle rope and dives back for a clothesline, but Maddy ducks. Corey
rolls through and gets up and Maddy jumps up and nails him with a DDT. The crowd roars and Maddy rolls over and reaches for
the tag, trying to get to Gigi.
Sharper: “Huge DDT by the
Dynamite Kid. Can Maddy Steward make the tag?”
Knots: “And who is more pissed
off at this point? I haven’t seen two teams that have just become more violent,
almost like they want to make a point with the other.”
Maddy stirs as Jamil then
enters the ring. The referee goes over to stop him and Gigi makes the tag. Gigi
enters and Jamil exits as Gigi stomps away at Corey. The crowd roars and the
referee turns around and tells her to get out of the ring. The crowd boos as
Gigi yells at the official, telling him she tagged in. Maddy rolls over and
Corey gets up and grabs Maddy and drops her with a DDT
of his own. Corey rolls over and Katie then hops onto the apron. The referee
turns to her and Corey turns and goes to tag in Jamil, but Gigi runs over and
hits a backcracker. The crowd cheers. Corey rolls over, holding his back in
pain and Gigi gets up and turns to Jamil who enters and Gigi nails him with a
forearm and another. The referee then turns as Katie drops down and looks
around. The referee runs over and stops Gigi. Gigi backs away, clearly pissed
off as she tries to fight it, but Maddy stirs and Jamil grabs Maddy and hits
the Ghetto Bird. He then rolls out of the ring as Corey falls down onto Maddy.
The referee turns around as Gigi exits to the apron.
1!
2!
3!
Gigi dives back in, but the
bell sounds and the crowd boos as Corey rolls out of the ring. Katie slides in,
none-too-pleased as Jamil smiles as drops down to the floor.
Sharper: “Jamil and Corey take
advantage of the rules and move on!”
Knots: “Whatever works and
that worked. I guess three Stewards aren’t better than Bad Company!”
Sharper: “You’ve got to think
Katie has to incensed. Gigi too! She tagged in and the
official didn’t see it!”
Katie keeps yelling at the
official as the crowd boos and Jamil and Corey slowly make their exit smiling.
The scene opens up backstage
as we see Mr. D walking through the backstage area and heading to the back
entrance of the arena. Security stands nearby as Bob Tomlinson, the Board of
Directors representative, can be seen walking into the arena with his
assistant.
Mr. D: “Bob…you know this
could’ve waited…”
Tomlinson: “I’m sorry, but it
couldn’t of.”
Mr. D: “Well then what’s the
story?”
Tomlinson: “Let’s go to your
office. We can talk there.”
Mr. D: “Just down that hallway
to the right.”
Tomlinson: “After you.”
Mr. D turns and the two walk
down towards the hallway and head to the office.
Knots: “Tomlinson’s here.
Maybe we’ll figure out why he’s so pissed?!”
Sharper: “I don’t know. But
things are really heating up here, to say the least!”
The scene then fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Breakdown returns and we see
Katie Steward yelling at the official from the previous match as Gigi starts to
pace behind her.
Katie: “What the hell was
that? I am staging a formal protest!”
TJ Johnson then comes walking
over.
Katie: “Ah! TJ! Tell this
imbecile of the robbery he just committed! Gigi was tagged in and he kept with
the open favouritism against Rachel’s slugs!”
Johnson: “Yeah! What the hell
was that?”
Referee: “Look, I can only
call what I see. I didn’t see a tag.”
Johnson: “So this company
employs incompetent morons! Well, I should’ve known! I was happily employed by
this company for years as a commentator and had to sit next to Sharper, Dawson
and Knots! But this takes the cake! We demand to talk to the boss right now!”
Head referee Aaron Demitra
then shows up.
Demitra: “I’m sorry, but we
can’t let you do that.”
Katie: “What?!”
Johnson: “How dare you hold
back your Goddess!”
Demitra: “He’s in an important
meeting. You certainly can file a complaint if you’d like. But right now,
you’re going to have to enjoy the rest of your night off.”
Gigi then suddenly steps
forward.
Gigi: “Enjoy the rest of our night
off? Are you really that stupid?! I have been busting my ass for two damn years
and I get screwed over because this jackass can’t turn around and actually
worry about officiating the match and has to make sure
everyone and their brother stays out of the ring! How about I make so HE has to
enjoy the rest of his night off? This was going to be OUR night. We were going
to make the triumphant return to Rise to Greatness and end Dark Fantasy and
because of this guy, he’s ruined it!”
Maddy steps in.
Maddy: “G…relax.”
Gigi: “No! I’m done relaxing!
I’m done! I’ve been pushed around long enough!”
Gigi then turns and storms off
as TJ just turns to the officials.
Johnson: “Yeah!”
Katie just looks shocked as Maddy
runs after Gigi and Katie just turns and starts to walk after her.
The scene opens up outside of
the Infamous locker room to see Pete Ebdon and Christy Matthews walking down
the hallway and Lucas Knight walks up to them as the crowd roars. Ebdon just
rolls his eyes.
Ebdon: “Luc-“
Lucas: “Shut up Pete. I’m
going to have a talk with Christy here. Because she’s now
changed the game.”
Christy turns away before
turning back to Lucas.
Christy: “Lucas. What do you
want to me to do here? I’m not going to be forced into just making a snap
decision.”
Lucas: “Nearly did at Taking
Hold of the Flame. Like an old glove, the Order of Chaos made a statement. For
someone on the fence, that was quite a good show then…”
Christy: “You know it’s Taking Hold of the Flame. Why not use what’s
available?”
Lucas: “Then maybe I should
use what’s available to me for Rise to Greatness and join in one your
threesome.”
Ebdon: “Enough Lucas….we don’t
need blackmail here.”
Lucas: “You don’t need it. But
that’s how it’s going. I’m not waiting too long here. You gotta make a choice
Christy. Because, I’m not waiting much longer. I need
to know if I’m taking you out too.”
Ebdon then steps forward.
Ebdon: “You’d have to go
through me.”
Lucas: “That’s fine bruv. But
you know you don’t want to. Neither does she. But
she’s gonna have to make a choice.”
Just then the door opens to
the Infamous locker room and CHBK steps out.
CHBK: “Get the hell inside. We
don’t need this-“
Lucas then suddenly goes for
CHBK and grabs at his neck, but Ebdon turns and shoves Lucas back. CHBK just
looks at Lucas.
CHBK: “Leave him. Gable can
deal with him later. You need to make sure you’re fine for Rise to Greatness.”
CHBK then holds the door open
as Christy just looks at CHBK before turning to Ebdon.
Ebdon: “Take her in. I’ll chat
with Lucas here.”
CHBK: “No offense Pete. It’s
not that I don’t trust you. It’s that I don’t trust him.”
Ebdon: “We’ll be fine.”
CHBK just sighs as he nods
before Christy steps in. CHBK then turns and stays at the door, holding it
open.
CHBK: “Then you don’t mind me
watching.”
Ebdon just turns to Lucas as
Lucas back away.
Lucas: “You know…one day
Alex…one day, I will make sure you’re not longer capable of screwing with this
all.”
Ebdon: “Lucas….just stay
away.”
Lucas: “She has until Ammo. If
not, Madelyne McTaggert is going to have a hell of an extra ace up her sleeve
and that title match becomes a four way.”
Ebdon just turns away, clearly
swearing as Lucas backs away. CHBK just watches Ebdon.
Ebdon: “Did you have to-“
CHBK: “He was going to anyways
and you know it. We’ll deal with it.”
Ebdon just looks at him as he
walks back in and CHBK follows. The crowd boos as the scene changes again.
The scene opens up backstage
as David Helms is getting ready in his locker room. The crowd cheers as Thorn
then walks in and walks past him. Helms just looks up
as Thorn throws his stuff down.
Helms: “Tommy?”
Thorn just ignores him and
starts to go through his stuff. Helms gets up and
walks over to him.
Helms: “Tommy…come on,
man…we’ve been through a lot. I know you’re still on that…just…”
Thorn: “What David?”
Helms: “Well for one, I was
hoping we’d maybe get to work stuff out in that ring. But I’d love to just talk
to my best friend for once.”
Thorn: “Look David…I’m not
even happy about the locker room situation right now. The fact is I’m still not
crazy about what you did. And when I saw you signed us up for the Tag Tournament…right
now, the last thing I want to do is fake my way through that. You want to make
sure we don’t screw this all up…just leave me alone. Just…let me do my own
thing.”
Helms just looks at him and sighs.
Helms: “Come on-“
Thorn: “David…”
Helms: “Alright….alright….”
Helms turns and walks back over to the
couch and sits down. He glances back as Thorn just continues to go through
things as Helms just rubs his head before Matty Stone comes in. He then drops
down to him and waves at Thorn. Thorn doesn’t even note him.
Matty: “He still pissed?”
Helms: “Seems so…”
Matty: “Well, just focus on
Rachel. He’ll come around.”
Helms: “Yeah….”
Helms continues to get ready.
Knots: “What the hell is Thorn
so pissy about? Something David did? Did he murder his kid?”
Sharper: “Stop it….clearly
something is up here. Who knows? But Next Level in trouble?”
Knots: “This is a great day!”
The scene then slowly fades to
black.
COMMERCIAL:
We see the Rise to Greatness
logo come up on the screen before we see a shot of Steve Griffin taking CHBK
down with a Decimator off the top rope, before showing Brian Kinney being
speared by Jason Zero. This is followed by showing Karnivale’s entrance from
2010 and Mono Loco standing in the ring looking around.
“And now, it’s time for the Rise
to Greatness review!”
The Rise to Greatness logo flies
across the screen. We then see 2006 at the bottom of the screen and see Cid
Turner standing on a ladder as Greg Cherry fights with Sid Kipling while on the
ladder.
Johnson: “Cid is getting closer and closer. Kipling is actually buying
him time now!”
Cherry manages to shake Sid off. Cid, however
is up there and grabs the belt and nails Cherry in the head with it. Cherry
falls back and tries to hold on but can’t. The crowd immediately bursts into
boos as Cid takes the belt off the clip and then falls off the ladder. The bell
sounds and the boos intensify.
Sharper: “Damn it! Damn it all to hell!”
“This Fire Burns” plays throughout the arena and the referee holds Cid’s
arm up in victory. Sid stumbles over and helps Cid up, holding his other arm
up.
Phillips: “The winner of this match and still SCW Champion, Cid Turner!”
The crowd bursts into boos. However, some of those boos
change as Jay Gold walks out from the back. Following him is Hunter. Gold walks
around Riddick and then hops onto the apron and looks at Cid. Hunter walks up
behind Gold and hops onto the apron. Then down the aisle, The Real Speed is
seen limping out, still covered in blood. He reaches the ring and pulls himself
up onto the apron. Cid then grabs the ladder and pushes it out of the way.
Johnson: “What the hell is this guys?”
Suddenly all three men enter the ring. Sid runs at Speed and knocks him
down. He then turns to Hunter, and starts to attack him. Cid runs at Gold and
they start to trade blows. Cid throws his title down and Gold suddenly knees
him in the stomach. Sid attempts a clothesline, but Hunter ducks it and hits
the Lights Out on him. Cid turns around and Cherry grabs the belt and nails Cid
with it, knocking him down. The crowd meanwhile is completely unsure of what to
think.
Sharper: “Cherry has just knocked Cid out with that Championship belt!”
Cherry then looks at the SCW Championship belt. He then drops it down on
the unconscious body of Cid. Hunter, Gold and Speed, who just gets back up,
walk over to Cid and all stand over him. The four men surround the champion and
look at each other. Suddenly, Gold and Cherry stick their hands up and are
joined by Speed and Hunter.
Johnson: “Look! They’re joining hands!”
Sharper: “This is a really volatile situation and I have a feeling that
the landscape in this company is going to change and drastically, whether we
like it or not.”
The Rise to Greatness logo then
flies up on the screen.
We open up back at ringside.
Sharper: “I remember that like
it was yesterday.”
Knots: “Too bad Speed lost his
balls. Cherry became lame and Gold sucks. Otherwise,
that would be awesome to see now.”
Sharper: “No issues with
Hunter?”
Knots: “Nah. He’s cool.”
Jason Wilde & Joss Morrison
vs. Harmony Fisher & Brittany Lohan
SCW World Tag Team Championship
Contendership Tournament Quarterfinal match
‘I am done pretending’
Blasts over the loud speakers as the lights in the arena go out and the fans
start to cheer when they recognize whose theme song it is. Just a spotlight
focuses on the curtains of the entrances the clips once again fades away in to
the words that read: “Bleeding you is more than just torment.” The curtains
slowly start to part as Lohan slips through them like a slithering snake. She
stops at the top of the ramp and she looks like everything, but relaxed as her
whole body is tensed looking like she’s ready to strike at the drop of a dime
like a coiled cobra. Her icy eyes pan around the arena and the fans closest to
the ramp and she snarls at a few of them get a little too vocal with her.
However, the moment that her eyes catch the glimpse of the ring she shuts the fans out and turns all of her attention to the squared
circle.
Lohan starts to make her way down to the ring methodically. She takes taking
slow, calculated, but powerful steps towards the ring. As she nears the squared
circle, Lohan slows down to a snail’s pace as she proceeds to walk around the
perimeter of the ring with her eyes closed. When she’s satisfied she opens her
eyes and reaches up to grab the bottom rope with her right hand and pulls
herself up on to the apron only allowing one knee to touch before she rolls in
to the ring. Once she’s in the ring she gets on both of her knees, closing her
eyes, as she lifts both of her arms up in to the air. She holds that position
for several seconds before she slows climbs up to her feet, but then as if a
switch was flipped somewhere her entire presence changes. It intensifies as she
starts to warm up by running off the ropes and doing some stretches as she
waits for her victims of the night.
Sharper: “The former
Underground Champion and
she’s been making some interesting mentions on Twitter, talking
about turning a new leaf.”
Knots: “Whatever. She’s
probably just confused. Just like her body is confused about whether she’s male
or female.”
"I WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!
THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE!
I'VE GOT THE SCARS TO PROVE IT!
ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE!"
“The Pride” By Five Finger Death Punch hit’s the PA system as Harmony strolls
out from the back, she nods to herself as she smirks before raising her arm and
makes the devil horns signal with her hand before nodding her head to the beat
of her theme song. The SCW Underground Championship sits over her shoulder. Thrashing
it about a little as she skips from the top of the ramp, psyching herself up as
she goes, playing to the crowds who cheer for her enthusiasm alone if nothing
else as she walks over to one side of the ramp then the other. She slaps a few
outstretched palms before getting to the bottom of the ramp and sliding into
the ring. She looks out at the people in the crowds and climbs the turnbuckle
before nodding and giving them the devil horn gesture again before turning and
sitting on the turnbuckle patiently before looking at Lohan. The two talk a
bit.
Knots: “How the hell are these
two going to work together?”
Sharper: “Well I know it’s a
foreign concept to you, but they’re friends.”
Knots: “I have friends. But
after what she did to Lohan, scraping off the top half of her skull with that
chair, winning her title.”
Sharper: “Well it seemed like
Harmony got the approval at Taking Hold of the Flame in some way and they’re
seemingly civil now.”
Knots: “Just wait until
someone throws a chair in the ring, brings back the horrible memories. All that
plastic surgery may be destroyed!”
Sharper: “Stop it.”
Knots: “Tell Brian to stop thinking
it. We know he/she/it is!”
The intro to Warriors of Time
hits the PA system as the lights flash white and silver. As the song kicks into
gear, the lights eventually stay white as Jason Wilde, Joss Morrison and
Allison Ford walk onto the ramp. Wilde's sporting his black and red jacket as
Morrison's sporting a black trenchcoat with an all black skull mask on his
face. In his hands is a bottle of wine, to which as he runs to the both sides
of the ramp, drinks out of.
We are the ones
We are the warriors
We are the ones who fight for our right
Jason starts to walk down the ramp as a much faster rate than Joss and Allison,
who shortly after begin to walk as well. Joss continues to drink from the wine
bottle and lets some of it drip from his mask. As Jason jumps on the apron,
Morrison and Allison are still halfway down the ramp.
We fight alone
And yeah we get what we want
We love the battle
And we will die for our cause
Phillips: “Coming to the ring at a combined weight of four hundred fifty five
pounds, Jason Wilde, Joss Morrison, the Wilde Mustangs!”
Wilde shots a look to the announcer, obviously annoyed that he used that name
before dropping from the top and into the ring.
We are the warriors of time
We are the warriors of time
Joss ascends the top turnbuckle, removes his mask, and spits some wine to the
audience as he almost downs the bottle. Joss then jumps off and enters the ring
as Wilde is already in the corner getting himself
ready. Joss offers a high five to Wilde, but Wilde simply looks at him with a
dead serious expression and yells at him to get focused. Allison stands on the
outside as Joss hands her his jacket and his mask before setting his wine
bottle below the bottom turnbuckle.
Sharper: “This is an
interesting situation here. Jason Wilde made his return on Aggression before
Taking Hold of the Flame and Joss Morrison making the save when Palmer and
Douche went after him.”
Knots: “Well they can worry
about that later. This is just…Jason Wilde, he can fly. Great.
Joss Morrison, the guy’s an idiot. I’m sorry, but Dark Fantasy has to be
laughing at the possibility of facing these two. They’ve never even teamed
before.”
Sharper: “Both teams
technically fit that description and you never know what can happen. Both are
partnerships turning into tag teams and the motivation is a shot at ending the
reign of Dark Fantasy. I’m sure all of these four can get into that.”
The bell sounds and Jason
Wilde remains in the ring with Lohan. Fisher and Morrison step outside and
Wilde looks at Lohan. She just smirks as Wilde then
lunges at her, but Lohan swings away. Wilde gets up. He then gets up and Lohan
goes to grab him, but Wilde runs past him. He bounces off the ropes and Lohan
shoulders him down. Wilde looks up and Lohan goes to grab him, but Wilde kicks
her in the back. She steps forward and Wilde nips up and runs into the ropes
again. Wilde bounces off and Lohan goes for a clothesline. Wilde ducks. He
bounces off the other side and Lohan lifts him up and presses him up as the
crowd roars. Wilde manages to turn and lands on the shoulders of Lohan. He
spins around and hurricanranas her over. The crowd roars and Lohan starts to
get up. Wilde gets up and turns and grabs her as his going for a snapmare, but
knees her in the head and tags in Joss. He snapmares her over and she sits up
and Joss slingshots in with a dropkick to the face and rolls through. The crowd ohs and Jason exits. Joss goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Lohan powers out. Both start
to get up.
Sharper: “Some nice double-teaming there for Morrison and Wilde.”
Knots: “Well, then again, more
like they got a shot at it and didn’t screw up. Well done.”
Morrison turns and kicks Lohan
in the ribs. He nails her with a hard right and then goes to whip her into the
ropes. Lohan however spins through and sends Morrison in. Morrison bounces off
and Lohan powerslams him down. She gets up and Morrison slowly gets up. He
turns and Lohan nails him with a hard right before grabbing him and hip tossing
him across the ring. He rolls over and gets up and Lohan walks over and
Morrison nails her with a hard right and then another. Lohan then shoves him
back and Morrison bounces off the ropes and Lohan scoops him up onto her
shoulder and goes to her corner. She hits the Snake Eyes and tags in Harmony.
Harmony starts to climb up to the top rope as Lohan runs into the ropes across
the ring and nails Morrison with a boot to the face. He hits the mat and
Harmony then dives off and nails him with a diving elbow drop. The crowd roars.
Lohan then exits the ring and Harmony goes for the pin.
Sharper: “Boot! Elbow drop! Harmony with the pin!”
Knots: “Okay, so both have
some nice combos figured out!”
1!
2!
Morrison kicks out. Wilde
starts to enter, but quickly backs out. Harmony gets up and grabs Morrison and
lifts him up. She then nails him with a hard forearm and then another and
another. Morrison stumbles around and Harmony turns and runs into the ropes.
She bounces off and attempts a tornado DDT, but Morrison shoves her off and she
spins into Jason Wilde and Wilde jumps up and nails her in the side of the head
with a kick. She stumbles back and Morrison grabs her and hoists her onto his
shoulders and drops her with a sitout facebuster. Morrison rolls over and gets
up before looking around and smiling before hitting the Livewire Elbow. The
crowd roars and Morrison goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Harmony kicks out. Morrison
looks up. He then turns and tags in Wilde. Wilde starts to climb up and
Morrison goes to grab Harmony, but Harmony kicks him in the side of the head.
He falls over and she starts to get up and Wilde dives off and nails her with a
missile dropkick. She falls back and Lohan looks on as Wilde gets up.
Sharper: “Harmony in trouble.
She got Morrison off of her, but Wilde was waiting. The tag, she didn’t know
about.”
Knots: “And this is why tag
teams have that advantage. They think of those things. She’s worried about how
tight her shirt is and decapitating her opponents, not thinking about those
tags!”
Wilde grabs Harmony and lifts
her up before spinning her down with a swinging neckbreaker. He goes for the
pin.
1!
2!
Harmony kicks out. Morrison
gets up on the apron and Harmony stirs. Wilde grabs her and turns before
whipping her into the ropes. Harmony bounces off and Wilde nails her with a
high knee. She stumbles around and Wilde goes for an inverted front face lock.
He hoists her up, but Harmony flips through and lands behind Wilde. Wilde nails
her with a back elbow. He then runs forward and bounces off the ropes and goes
to nail her with a dropkick, but Harmony moves out of the way and Wilde hits
the top rope and hits the mat, holding his head. Harmony tags in Lohan. Lohan
enters and Wilde gets up and Lohan boots him in the face. He gets back up and
Lohan scoop slams him down. Morrison then springboards to the
top rope before attempting a crossbody, but Lohan catches him and hits a
fallaway slam. The crowd roars.
Knots: “And people wonder why
I get on her case? Come on Brian!”
Sharper: “Fallaway slam on
Joss Morrison. He was just trying to help his partner and quickly realized that
was a bad plan.”
Knots: “Brian Lohan is the
powerhouse in this match. That’s just…yeah…”
Sharper: “You’re really hung
up on that, aren’t you?”
Knots: “Someone has to ask the
hard questions around here.”
Wilde stirs as Lohan turns and
goes to boot him in the ribs, but Wilde catches it and takes her down. He then
goes for a figure four, but Lohan pushes him off. Both get up and Wilde jumps
up and nailing her with a flying forearm. Lohan falls to the ropes. She then
gets up and Wilde grabs her, but Harmony then enters the ring and kicks him in
the ribs. The crowd roars as the official walks over and Harmony quickly exits.
The referee reprimands her and Lohan then hoists Wilde up onto the top rope,
facing away from the ring. She then tags in Harmony and Harmony climbs up to
the top rope and turns around a bit. She grabs Wilde by the head and Lohan
grabs Wilde and they hit a powerbomb/shiranui mix, called the Symphony of
Destruction! The crowd ohs.
Sharper: “Oh! Shiranui
powerbomb combo! Wilde is down! Wilde is planted!”
Knots: “Holy crap! He just got
folded up and driven down all at the same time!”
Sharper: “Harmony leans on
him, stacking him up for the pin.”
Lohan holds him folded up and
Harmony dives on top, keeping him folded up for the pin as Lohan turns and
watches out for Morrison.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd cheers as Lohan then
smiles as Harmony rolls off. Lohan turns as Harmony walks over and the two look
around as the referee raises their arms up.
Sharper: “Talk about some chemistry
too. They looked good. Wilde and Morrison too.”
Knots: “I was hoping for more
scalpings!”
Sharper: “And they will face
off against the Shoot Kings later tonight in one of two semi-final matches!”
Knots: “Awww…look at that. Lohan even handing Harmony her title. Hit her with it!”
Lohan walks over and grabs her
Underground Championship before turning and handing it to Harmony. The two
raise their arms again as the crowd cheers. Morrison and Wilde slowly make
their exit as we cut backstage.
The scene opens up backstage
as we see Jessica Winters standing in front of the SCW interview area.
Jessica: “Ladies and gentlemen…please
welcome Xander Valentine.”
The crowd erupts in cheers as
Xander Valentine comes into view and Jessica turns to him as Xander looks at
her, towering over her.
Jessica: “Xander. Taking Hold
of the Flame didn’t quite turn out as you had planned.”
Xander: “Hardly. Any match
that doesn’t end with a pin or submission isn’t how it was planned. I was
hoping that David and I could have a match free of the influences of those who
only wish to see him fail. Well, Collin, you’re lucky. You’re lucky that I know
that David Helms is getting sick of your routine. Otherwise, I would be doing
everything in my power to ensure that Hard Cash is nothing more than a figment
of our past. And if for some reason David is unable to quiet you, I will be
more than happy to do so. Because Collin, I’ve seen many like you come and go
and the fact is…they never last long because they piss off the wrong guy.”
Just then we see the camera
back up and Memphis Cade walks through the camera shot as Winters
does too and he just stops and walks over to Xander. He just smirks. Xander
turns to him as the crowd roars.
Winters: “Some classic we saw
on Taking Hold of the Flame…too bad people were watching me nearly make
history. It’s fine, Xander. People still remember your
title reigns. Good luck with….ah….sitting on the bench?”
Winters turns and walks off.
Xander just smirks and watches him leave before turning to the camera.
Xander: “Some maybe kick
around for longer.”
Xander just continues to watch
Winters as he walks off as the crowd just buzzes and
the scene fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Shawn Winters & Memphis Cade
vs. Thirteen & Blake Mason
SCW World Tag Team Championship
Contendership Tournament Quarterfinal match
"Nobody is Perfect but
I'm Pretty F@#ING Close"
The lyrics of "Biggest & The Best" by Clawfinger ring out to a
chorus of boos from the SCW fans as light blue pyros shoot up in the air. A few
moments pass as the song plays then. Memphis Cade slowly strolls out on the
stage with a smug smirk on his face and takes in the cheers as he chuckles to
himself a bit.
I hope you understand that the knowledge I bring,
Puts me in the position of a god or a king,
'Cause I'm blessed with the gift of the magic touch,
And I wouldn't say that I'm asking for too much.
Chubbs then strolls out behind him. They both make their way down toward the
ring as he provokes the fans more.
I'm the biggest,
The best,
Better than the rest,
Better than the rest.
Memphis Cade makes it to ringside as he stops in front of a couple of hot women
as Memphis Cad leans back and whispers in the ear of Chubbs. Then Memphis Cade
walks away and climbs up on the ring apron. Meanwhile Chubbs pulls out his
wallet and gives the attractive woman the room key. The woman denies it till
Chubbs points out it isn't his room key ,but rather
Memphis Cade's room key. She then readily takes the key.
So welcome to my kingdom and enjoy your little stay,
Even if you can't afford it I'll still make you pay.
So you better come and get it and enjoy it while you can,
Don't tell me that you're dumb enough to think I give a damn.
I couldn't care less about what you achieve,
And there's only one thing that you have to believe:
The only thing important that you have to understand,
Is that no matter what you say it's still a god I really am.
Memphis Cade then jumps over the ring ropes. While in the ring, Memphis Cade
takes off his black Silverstar shirt and throws it to the ring attendant.
Memphis turns around and shows off his body to the cheers from the crowd.
Chubbs then rolls in to the ring and stands up as he throws his arms up.
Memphis Cade walks over and climbs the second rope and he motions look at me
before pointing to the attractive blond with his room key as he give her a wink
and a smirk. He finally jumps down and gets ready for the match.
Sharper: “Memphis Cade was
originally going to be tagging with Adam Allocco. They had formed a team a few
weeks ago, but Adam Allocco injured himself during his World Title match
against Shilo Valiant.”
Knots: “I hate to say this,
but Adam…stay at home, you’ll be fine. Your
replacement is Shawn effin’ Winters. Things will be fine!”
Sharper: “Shawn doing a favour
for his friend here. One has to wonder if Memphis Cade really cares. He’s
getting a hell of an opportunity either way.”
Knots: “Of course he cares.
And Shawn has said, this is for Adam. He’s doing this
so Adam and Cade can have their shot. He’s not going to bail on his friend just
because he gets hurt!”
The crowd is silent as the
sound of a woman climaxing is heard "OH OH SHHAAAWWWNN!" "I'm So
Paid" by Akon follows.
"I get in 'til the sun rise
Goin' 90 in a 65
Windows rolled down screamin' "Ah!"
Hey-ey-ey, I'm so paid"
The crowd roars in a standing ovation as Shawn Winters struts out from behind
the curtain with a smirk on his face. He's followed by his valet Charlie. Shawn
does a couple dances with pelvic thrusts with his arms in the air. He then
brings them down before shaking his head up and down a couple times. Shawn
begins walking down the aisle taking a glance at Charlie on the way.
"I see police on that crooked, I
Doin' 100 on Interstate 95
My shorty leanin', blastin'
that 'Do Or Die'
Wishin' that a motherfucker
would, 'cause we certified"
Shawn makes his way up to the
ring before getting right into the lens of the camera motioning his tongue up
and down as if he's eating it out. Shawn then hops up onto the apron and begins
to strut his stuff before climbing through the ropes.
"Ain't too much to put a strain on me
That's the reason why I had to
put the blame on me
I'd rather have them dollar
bills rain on me
Than to let them haters come
and make a name off me"
He show boats some more to the fans before pushing Charlie down onto the mat.
Cameras flash as he then poses on top of her with an arm raised while fireworks
shoot off from one turnbuckle to the next behind him. Charlie begins to take
off his entrance attire in a very sexual manner. Shawn then yanks her by the
hair which gets a smile from her. He climbs up to the middle turnbuckle and
raises his arms. He then spits his gum out into the air and slaps it away into
the crowd. He then hops down back to the canvas.
Sharper: “Shawn Winters nearly
completed the impossible at Taking Hold of the Flame. He almost won it two
years in a row.”
Knots: “Got to the final two. And somehow managed to avoid certain death with everyone going after
him. That’s how good that man is!”
“Time to Shine” by Saliva
plays as Blake Mason struts from the backstage area. He walks half way down the
ramp. He stops to absorb the negative reaction he's getting and he just smirks.
He continues his slow and steady path to the ring. He slides into the ring. He
walks over to the nearest turnbuckle and stretches, waiting for his partner to
arrive. The lights in the arena go out, prompting a small surprised pop from
the fans. The opening of "Hell" by Disturbed starts to play as the
entire arena slowly becomes bathed in a mixture of red and purple lights and
the entire stage is covered in a heavy cloud of smoke. The Tron is showing a
clip of a hooded figure walking through a city scene of pure chaos underneath a
blood red sky, unfazed by the people frantically running around him, ignoring
their fighting and looting and desperate attempts to flee as he wanders past
all the burning buildings and rubble, as well as the fallen bodies of those who
couldn't get to safety. The entire scene looks disturbing as some of the
younger fans try to hide their eyes. The figure on the Tron suddenly stops and
turns to stare out at the fans through the screen before he slowly begins to
push back his hood...
#Rrwoooaaaw!#
As that roar blasts through the PA system, startling quite a few fans in the
process, and the main part of the song kicks in, flames erupt from the stage as
the smoke begins to disappear. The image on the Tron now shifts to show scenes
of the chaos caused by the Angel of Death throughout not only SCW, but his
entire career as well, intermixed with in-ring action and shots of him raising
a title belt over his head, often being a bloody mess as he does so. As the
lyrics start and the smoke completely fades, a figure wearing a hooded cloak
becomes visible, though the SCW Adrenaline Title belt around his waist is a
dead giveaway as to who this man is. With a sick smirk visible from under the
hood the figure begins to slowly move down the ramp towards the ring, the fans
erupting into heavy jeers as the man walks by. When he reaches ringside, the
figure leaps up onto the apron and steps between the ropes before pulling the
cloak off and throwing it out of the ring, revealing himself
to be none other than Thirteen. The jeering becomes much louder, though
Thirteen's sadistic smile never leaves his lips. He removes the Adrenaline
Title from around his waist and clutches it in his right hand as slowly drops
down to one knee in the center of the ring, slowly doing a cutthroat motion with
his free hand before slowly spreading his arms out to the side, palms to the
sky as he also holds up his title in this manner while his face becomes hidden
by his black hair. The lights slowly return to normal as Thirteen
rises and heads to his corner. Blake Mason and him
talk strategy as Shawn Winters exits to the apron.
Sharper: “Thirteen and Blake
Mason may be the target for a lot of people. But one thing here is that
especially with what else may be going through the heads of people like our
boss, Jake Starr, and others, they’ll need their heads on a swivel.”
Knots: “Give me a break. They
come out here. They screw with them, they’re going to
get choked out. That’s what’s going to happen. You want to know how I know that? That’s what always happens.”
Sharper: “Still, there’s a lot
going on-“
Knots: “Just relax and sit
back, enjoying this awesome match we’re going to see. And then just think, the winner has to be the favourite in this thing. Just
start fantasizing about them facing Dark Fantasy. Oh yeah…Dark Fantasy….”
Sharper: “Well as you do that,
we’re going to see a matchup start this that Memphis Cade has been demanding on
Twitter and even backstage for weeks. He’s wanted to be the one to take out Thirteen and end his Adrenaline Championship reign.”
Memphis Cade looks across as Thirteen starts in the ring. He just smirks as the crowd
roars. The bell sounds and Cade and Thirteen start to circle the ring before Thirteen moves in and Cade goes to spin around. He spins
around into a waistlock from behind and Thirteen blocks it and lifts up the arm and
wrenches it. Cade turns and winces before flipping forward. He nips up and Thirteen cuffs him in the back of the head and pulls him
back. He then goes for the arm, but Cade rolls through again and turns before
nailing Thirteen with a forearm. Thirteen lets go and
Cade nails him with a hard right. Thirteen staggers to the ropes and Cade
pushes him to the ropes and whips him across. Thirteen slides to the ropes and
gets up and Cade runs at him and Thirteen ducks. He
stops and Cade jumps to the middle rope and attempts a springboard spear, but Thirteen dropkicks him in the head. He hits the mat and Thirteen goes for the quick pin.
1!
2!
Cade kicks out. He rolls over
and Thirteen grabs the arm and pulls him up and elbows
him in the back of the head. He then spins him around and whips him into the
ropes. Cade bounces off the ropes and Thirteen goes to
grab him, but Cade slides between his legs. Thirteen turns around and Cade
nails him with an uppercut before jumping up and dropkicking him down.
Sharper: “Both men moving
quickly and trying to just get the other off-kilter, but nothing sustained
yet.”
Knots: “They’re so even.
That’s why this would be great. And you wouldn’t need to worry about Jake Starr
trying to beat someone half to death with a chair in a future title match!”
Cade gets up and Thirteen does too and Cade spins him around and nails him
with a hard right. He then chops him and pushes him into the ropes. He then
fires him across. Thirteen bounces off and Cade jumps up and nails him with a
jumping calf kick. Cade then drops down and goes over and nails Blake with a
hard right. He turns around and Blake just looks at him glaring before he grabs
Thirteen as he gets up and goes for a vertical suplex, but Thirteen spins
through and kicks him in the back. He then drops him with a reverse DDT. He
holds on and rolls him over into a dragon clutch and Mason then enters the
ring, running past the referee and kicking Memphis Cade in the face. The crowd
ohs and Mason then is forced back as Winters looks on.
Thirteen smirks before rolling him over onto his back. The referee turns around
and counts as Mason leaves the ring.
1!
2!
Cade kicks out. Thirteen turns
and lifts him up and then whips him into the ropes. Cade bounces off the ropes
and Thirteen lowers his head and Cade kicks him in the
chest. He falls back to the ropes and Winters tags himself in. Cade then runs
forward and goes for a
flying headscissors only to spin through and into a DDT. The
crowd roars and Winters then enters and nails Thirteen
with a jumping knee drop. Cade rolls out of the ring and Winters
goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Thirteen kicks out.
Sharper: “Nearfall as Winters showing the wherewithal to tag in at that moment.”
Knots: “See people get on
Shawn Winters’ case because he’s not a tag guy. Well, here’s the thing. He’s
amazing at everything he does. He knows all. He’s better than all. So he’s
naturally going to kick ass at this too!”
Sharper: “Just like you kiss
ass, right?”
Knots: “Hey! Don’t hate the
player, hate the game!”
Sharper: “Sure thing…”
Thirteen stirs and Winters
gets up and grabs him and quickly takes him over with a snap suplex. Thirteen
sits up and starts to stir and Winters stomps him in
the head. Thirteen rolls over and gets up. Winters nails him with a chop,
getting woos from the crowd. He chops him again before pulling Thirteen in and hitting an inverted atomic drop. He then
goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Thirteen kicks out again.
Winters turns and mounts him and nails him with a few hard rights as the crowd
cheers. Winters then smirks as he looks up. He then goes to grab him, but Thirteen suddenly counters by wrapping his legs around
Winters’ arm and starting to go for a triangle choke. Winters quickly manages
to turn his body and hook the ropes as the crowd roars. Thirteen holds on for a
few moments, actually synching it in.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Thirteen lets go and rolls
back. Winters rolls over, catching his breath. He then starts to get up and Thirteen turns and tags in Blake. He turns around and goes
to nail Winters with a hard right, but Cade yells out,
and Winters blocks it and hits a jawbreaker on Thirteen. Thirteen falls back
and rolls out of the ring as Blake Mason climbs to the top rope and dives off,
nailing Winters with a flying clothesline.
Knots: “Incoming!”
Sharper: “Thirteen diverting
the attention of Winters. Cade tried to warn Winters, but to no avail. Blake Mason coming in and quickly
knocking the former three time World Champion off his feet with that
clothesline.”
Knots: “Both teams so smart.
It’s like a super game of chess here.”
Winters stirs and Blake Mason
gets up and knees him in the chest. He then throws him over with a single arm
suplex. Winters winces and starts to stir and Blake Mason grabs him and pulls
him up to go for a reverse DDT, but then hoists him up and drops him over his
knee. The crowd ohs and Blake goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Cade breaks it up. He then
backs away as Mason looks at him. Mason turns and grabs Winters
and slowly lifts him up. He then nails him with a hard right before kicking him
in the ribs. He then fires him into the corner. Mason runs after him and nails
him with a running forearm. Winters steps forward and Mason turns and runs into
the opposite ropes. Cade nearly grabs him, but Mason bounces off and jumps up
for a high knee, but Winters ducks. Mason hits the
ropes and turns around as Winters kicks him in the
ribs and hits the Pandemonium. The crowd ohs and Blake rolls to his back and Winters turns and looks at Memphis. He then starts to move
towards him.
Sharper: “Pandemonium! He hit
it, but is going for the tag.”
Knots: “Get the fresh guy in
there. Get Cade back in. Bring up the pace.”
Sharper: “So far this has just
been back and forth. It may be all down to who gets the lucky break.”
Cade reaches out as Winters then turns and tags him. He exits the ring as Cade
slingshots himself in and Mason stirs and Cade runs over and hits a basement
dropkick on him. He rolls over and goes over to Thirteen
and nails him with a hard right. Mason gets up and Cade clotheslines him down.
He then turns and looks at Thirteen as he starts to enter and Cade sets up for
a superkick, but Thirteen just smirks and backs away. Mason gets up and then
nails Cade with a forearm and then a European uppercut. Cade turns and attempts
a kick, but Mason catches him and takes him over with a cradle suplex. He goes
for the pin.
1!
2!
Winters breaks it up. Thirteen
then enters and the crowd roars as Thirteen nails
Winters with a hard right and Winters fires back with one of his own. The two start to trade blows before Winters pokes the eyes of
Thirteen and Blake then dropkicks Winters in the side. He falls over and Thirteen then runs at him as he gets up and clotheslines him
up and over the top rope. Thirteen turns around as Cade gets up. Thirteen then
turns and kicks him in the ribs as he and Blake talk a bit. He then scoops him
up for a back suplex and Thirteen turns and runs into
the ropes, but Cade rakes the eyes and Blake turns and drops him down. Thirteen
stops as he turns around and clubs him in the back. The referee tries to get Thirteen out, but Thirteen tries to get at Cade. The referee
starts to get in his way and Thirteen turns around
only for Cade to nail him with the Loser Stamp. The crowd cheers as Thirteen falls over and rolls right out of the ring. Mason
turns and Cade ducks a clothesline before running into the ropes and
springboarding off the middle rope and hitting a leg lariat, knocking him down
as the crowd cheers.
Sharper: “Memphis Cade has
just turned it up a gear and he’s on fire! Thirteen down. Mason in trouble!”
Knots: “He’s looking to make a
name for himself. Winters may be his partner, but he wants to have the
spotlight on him. And damn it, the kid deserves it!”
Cade gets up and he turns
around as Mason stirs. He grabs him and pulls him in between his legs. He then
goes for the flip piledriver, but Mason counters and back drops him down. He
then turns and walks to the ropes. Cade starts to get up and Mason runs at him
and goes for a clothesline, but Cade ducks and Mason nails the official. The crowd ohs. Mason yells out in anger. Mason then nails
Cade with a clothesline. He then turns and as Winters gets into the ring and
Winters nails Mason with a hard right and then another and another before
sending him up and over with a clothesline. Winters just looks at him as Thirteen then runs up behind him and nails him with a
running dropkick, knocking Winters up and over. Cade turns to Thirteen and Thirteen just smiles before he grabs Cade and
double underhooks him. The crowd roars before we then see Jake Starr hop the
barricade and slide into the ring. Jake then runs over to Thirteen
and spins him around before kicking him in the ribs. Cade drops to the mat and Thirteen is spiked with the flipping piledriver from Jake
Starr. He then gets up and looks around as he then rolls to the floor and looks
around before going over to grab a steel chair. He then turns right to the
camera.
Starr: “I guess I have to stay
tried and true to what works, right James?!”
Starr then walks up the steel
steps as Mason gets back into the ring. He runs at Starr as Starr then just
jumps off. Mason goes to reach for him, but Starr swings, going to nail him,
but Mason backs away. He then is spun around and Memphis Cade kicks him in the
ribs and hits a flipping piledriver on him! The crowd cheers. Starr just looks
on smiling.
Sharper: “Memphis Cade hits
the piledriver on Blake Mason!”
Knots: “Come on! Get another
referee! Jake Starr is standing right there and with a chair!”
The referee comes to and looks
around as Memphis hooks the leg of Mason.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd cheers as Starr just
smiles before looking in the ring. The camera goes up to him.
Starr: “Now I know I have you
at Rise to Greatness!”
Starr smiles as he turns and
starts to make his exit, tossing the chair into the ring. Winters slides in and
looks at him and just smiles as Cade starts to get up. Winters lifts him up and
smacks him in the back as the official names them the victors. Thirteen rolls
over in pain as Starr walks around the ring before going over nearly Thirteen and going in to ruffle his head before backing
away. Thirteen pushes away and glares at him as Starr continues to the back.
Sharper: “Starr makes his
presence felt and if we’re to believe him…”
Knots: “Starr and Thirteen at
Rise to Greatness?”
Sharper: “Maybe…and Memphis
Cade and Shawn Winters meanwhile, they’re going to the semi-finals to face Bad
Company!”
Cade and Memphis continue
their celebration as Thirteen glares at Starr.
Suddenly we cut backstage as
we see Ravyn Taylor stomping away at Morrison from behind. He starts to get up
and Ravyn just smiles before he kicks him right between the legs. The crowd ohs
and Morrison just falls back to the ground as Ravyn then bends over.
Ravyn: “Pardon me right now
Josh, but allow me to take this moment to re-enter you into the Tag Division!”
Ravyn then kicks Josh in the
side and he rolls over, coughing. Ravyn then looks at him before looking
around.
Ravyn: “Where’s your partner?
That’s what I love with so many new teams. I’m not sure who can be trusted.”
Ravyn then stomps him again.
Ravyn: “You sure you can trust
him?”
We then see Marcus King, Ravyn’s former
bodyguard come in as Ravyn backs off.
Marcus: “Had your fun?”
Ravyn: “Oh yes. Now if I can
get Alex to do this instead, I can save some money.”
Marcus: “You know you like
having me around.”
Ravyn just smiles before
starting to walk off.
Marcus: “What about the other
one?”
Ravyn: “Leave the lock there.
See if Josh and his partner have enough of a bond to find his way out.”
Marcus: “I wonder how Syren is
doing.”
Ravyn: “She’s fine…”
Ravyn and Marcus walk off,
Ravyn quickly waving to the camera, as Morrison continues to struggle.
Sharper: “Locked up? Syren’s
doing….what the hell is going on?”
Knots: “Well I think they just
tested the strength of this team. They don’t seem to be looking out for each
other too well, eh?!”
Sharper: “Well where’s Syren?
Who has she targeted then?! And Syren’s partaking…this was usually all Ravyn?!”
Knots: “I think Dark Fantasy
just upped the ante on the Tag Division. Only real threats allowed!”
The scene then slowly fades to
black.
COMMERCIAL:
The audience rise to their
feet in boos as a woman screams the word "NECRO!" across the sound
system!
So hold on until it's over
Oh!
Do you know what you got into
Can you handle what I'm 'bout to do
'Cause it's about to get rough for you
I'm here for your entertainment
The spotlight and camera search around the arena as "I'm Here for Your
Entertainment" by Adam Lambert screams through the arena, the cameras and
lights trying to locate the elusive jester. They quickly spot a growing fog
near the entryway of the ramp.
Oh!
I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet
You thought an angel swept you off your feet
But I'm about to turn up the heat
I'm here for your entertainment
The fans yells only grow louder as from seeming below the ground, the hooded
and masked Shilo Valiant slowly rises out of the ground as white sparkling
fireworks shoot out around him, the neon lights causing his face, which dons
the smiling mask of the jester, and the black, hooded cloak to glow. Reaching
the full height, Shilo slowly looks up towards the ring before making his way
down the ramp. The word "Necro" is heard again by the PA audio,
though Shilo does not respond to it. The SCW World Championship sits over his
shoulder.
'Sall right
You'll be fine
Baby I'm in control
Take the pain
Take the pleasure
I'm the master of both
Close your eyes, not your mind
Let me into your soul
I'm gonna work it 'til your totally blown
Making his way down the ramp, Valiant suddenly stops his feet planted on the
ramp. Crossing his arms over his chest in the classic "NECRO" pose he
is known for, Shilo's arms begin to shake before he lifts them up and to the
sides of his chest, red fireworks shooting from the stage behind him from the
ends to the center and back again before heading the center and back again.
No escaping when I start
Once I'm in I own your heart
There's no way to ring the alarm
So hold on 'til it's over
As the red sparks raise then dies, the lights return to normal. Despite the
immediate light change, Shilo slowly continues down the ramp. He sees the fans who react to him and merely turns his head back to the ring
before continuing his way down the ramp.
Oh!
Do you know what you got into
Can you handle what I am about to do
'Cause it's about to get rough for you
I'm here for your entertainment
Sharper: “Shilo Valiant
successful in his title defense against Adam Allocco and now,
seems to have a clear view of Rise to Greatness as Champion for the second time
in a row.”
Knots: “Adam was good. Shilo
was better. And now, we may see, greatness, when he defends against Christy…and
that other guy.”
Sharper: “That other guy may
have found his only way to get past those provisions from his loss to CHBK at
last year’s Rise to Greatness. One of the stipulations was that he could not
compete for the World Championship. Taking Hold of the Flame, though,
guarantees the winner the ability to challenge. Jason Zero may be the X-Factor, neither Christy nor Shilo considered.”
Stopping for a moment at the bottom of the ramp, Shilo eyes the audience under
his mask before sliding into the ring, staying on his stomach to view the hungry
crowd. Standing up, he makes his way over to a turnbuckle, climbs it and
watches them, his mask showing the eternal jester grin as he observes the
entire arena.
Oh!
I bet you thought that I was soft and sweet
You thought an angel swept you off your feet
But I'm about to turn up the heat
I'M HERE FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT!
Slowly, the Blood-Stained Joker hops off the turnbuckle, reaches into his hood
and pulls off his mask, revealing the painted face of the Twisted Jester to the
world as the last line is heard and the music fades. He then is handed a
microphone as he starts to walk around the ring. He just smiles a bit before
looking out.
Shilo: “HELLO SEPLOPHILIACS
AND JUNKIES!”
The boos come from all over as Shilo
finishes his statement and looks around.
Shilo: “It seems the stage has
been set yet again and in many ways, as a result of my own actions. The
controlling hand of the Blood-Stained Joker is felt all around. Ask Adam
Allocco whose confidence as he progressed to his match with me was all proven
to be for naught as I out-entertained, I out-competed, I out-wrestled him…and
showed him that as I’ve always claimed, I hold my opponent’s fate in my hands!”
The crowd boos.
Shilo: “And so I stand here,
still your Champion. Still your chief entertainer! Your bastion of hope in this sea of pretenders, bores and frauds!”
The crowd boos more.
Knots: “Well, can’t say Shilo
doesn’t take credit for his work!”
Shilo just smirks.
Shilo: “Just like Christy
Matthews is now in the position where she has to use her coveted Trios
Tournament spot to challenge me for the World Championship at Rise to
Greatness. She had her clear path set out. But she couldn’t surpass the
challenge I placed before her. And well, Taking Hold of the Flame is less about
fate, than it is about luck…no matter what those delusional, like Shawn Winters
would have to say about it!”
Shilo smiles as he then puts
his hand up and holds up two fingers.
Shilo: “So for the grand
dance, the president’s ball, the big show…we have a champion…a la moi….and a
challenger…Miss Matthews….but there is a third factor…the Taking Hold of the
Flame battle royal winner…Jason Zero…”
The crowd cheers as Shilo
holds up his third finger and looks around. A “Zero!” chant
begins to grow in the crowd as Shilo looks around and lets them have their
moment.
Shilo: “Seems to be a popular
one. I’ve always found nostalgia acts to be that way, but moving on. Jason, he
did put forward an impressive performance and from that, earned the victory.
It’s unfortunate that much like the other two factors, I’ve had to affect my
fate, my control, over this situation because well….fate has an interesting way
of rearing its ugly head and for Jason, fate dictates he’s not joining Christy
and I at Rise to Greatness!”
The crowd boos.
Sharper: “What?”
Knots: “Oh man. I gotta see
this!”
Shilo: “Because as everyone
knows, Jason Zero had a little tiff with CHBK last year around this time and
everyone’s made a big deal about how he found some sort of loophole…he couldn’t
challenge for the SCW World Championship. And while, I would love to have Jason
Zero face me, simply for the novelty of it all and the opportunity to face a
new challenge, the fact is…there is little entertainment value in a relic from
the past ruining what would be a classic between two competitors in their
prime. And well, I’ve managed to do some digging, being a fan of the arts, of
course…”
Sharper: “Yeah…I’m sure.”
Shilo: “And well…let me
present you with the smoking gun that put the final bullet into the body of
Jason Zero’s championship hopes!”
Shilo turns and looks to the
big screen over the entrance way.
BREAKDOWN – July 6, 2011
The scene opens up to see the contract signing between
CHBK and Jason Zero. Sasha stands in the ring as well as the two stand on opposite sides of the table. CHBK takes the
original contract that was on the table and tosses it out of the ring.
CHBK: “See, that contract is obsolete and to be fair, I
never planned to sign that one.”
The crowd boos as Sasha just shakes her head.
Sasha: “And why was that?”
CHBK: “Well, the fact is that while I agreed to the
stipulations last Breakdown, I felt the need to add another slight variation in
the last two weeks and my lawyers and I have redrawn up the contract.”
Zero: “Look I’m not here to waste time. You know I want
this match. What’s the variation?”
CHBK just smiles.
CHBK: “I forgot how much I enjoyed facing you because you
were always so eager. Well the variation is simple. See, if I lose, to be fair,
there’s some finality there. I’m gone. But well, while you’re putting up your
ability to challenge for the World Championship on the line and I know that
would eat you up inside if I beat you at Rise to Greatness...I want to ensure
that no matter what, you’re forced, for some period at least, to suffer.”
The crowd boos.
CHBK: “Because see Jason. Nothing stops you at this moment
from just quitting this company, taking your shares, and watching them pay you money to ensure your lavish lifestyle, if you lose.
And that well....the pleasure you’d take from retiring me....it would not equal
the pleasure I’d take in retiring you. Hell, you’ve left this company a number
of times in the past. We even though last year you may
retire. No. I want to ensure that you SUFFER. And that’s why I’ve added the
stipulation that if I do beat you, yes, you won’t be able to challenge for the
World Championship, but along with that, you are bound to remain in SCW for one
full year and experience the fact that you’ll never be on top of the moment,
while also coming out every day, knowing you can’t. You could enter into the
Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal and win it...and then have to forfeit
your shot. But I want to ensure that actually can be a possibility while I stay
in the back and watch as you’re FORCED to compete knowing you’ll never be able
to hold that title. That’s what this new contract has in it. And THAT
contract...I’m prepared to sign.”
Sasha: “SCW’s lawyers haven’t gone through it.”
Zero: “No need.”
Zero then takes the contract and spins it around and lifts
up the top sheets before signing the final page with the pen on the table. He
then spins it around and slides it to CHBK with the pen on top.
The crowd boos as we return to
the live shot in the ring and Shilo Valiant puts his finger up.
Knots: “Oh snap!”
Sharper: “Oh God…”
Shilo: “Let’s play that last
little bit that CHBK said again!”
The crowd boos as a few
moments pass before we go back to the replay.
CHBK stands in the ring.
CHBK: “…You could enter into the Taking Hold of the Flame
battle royal and win it...and then have to forfeit your shot…”
The replay pauses and we
return to the live shot. Shilo just smiles in the ring as the crowd boos.
Shilo: “Now…Jason…I haven’t
see the contract. But I don’t have to. The SCW Board of Directors can and well,
I’m sure you can see that this isn’t in your favour. It’s a shame. You tried so
hard…but everyone forgot about that lovely extra bit of information. But that’s
fine Jason…sometime down the road, we can have a match…just won’t be with this
on the line.”
The crowd boos as Shilo points
to his World Title.
Shilo: “Necro!”
Shilo then tosses the
microphone down as the crowd boos. Shilo turns and exits the ring and drops
down to the floor, smiling.
Knots: “Well that does it!
It’s Christy vs. Shilo!”
Sharper: “I don’t believe it.
Shilo Valiant finding a way to crush that loophole that we thought…we both
thought-“
Knots: “Yeah, yeah. So I
goofed. No need to drag me down with you!”
Sharper: “We thought Jason
Zero had the perfect plan…we thought he had succeeded…but…if that’s in the
contract…”
Knots: “Now what’s Jason
thinking. What’s going through his head? He’s just been brought back down to
earth. He returned for nothing!”
Sharper: “I know he’s here. We
both do. And Zero is not going to leave something like that unanswered…but Rise
to Greatness, the main event, has quickly changed its tone drastically! And
he’s also removed arguably his biggest threat and that’s not a shot at
Christy-”
Knots: “The hell it isn’t!”
Sharper: “But Christy has to
worry about Lucas. She has to worry about Infamous. She has to worry about
other factors there. Jason Zero had one purpose, one focus, the World Title.
Shilo has effectively stripped that factor and he only has to deal with the
very distracted Christy Matthews!”
Knots: “You’re assuming she’s
distracted!”
Sharper: “Come on Jonathan.
She’s got to be!”
Shilo continues to the back as
the crowd boos. He just smiles on his way to the back, ignoring the crowd as he
continues up the rampway and the scene fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Breakdown returns and we open
up at ringside to see Adam Sharper alongside Jonathan Knots.
Sharper: “Welcome back to
Breakdown everyone. A lot has happened in the last little while. First off,
Dark Fantasy started off by attacking Josh Morrison. And well, we have some
more footage here…”
EARLIER TONIGHT:
We see Jason Wilde being let out of a broom closet before
shaking his head, more embarrassed than anything as Josh Morrison winces in
pain as officials check on the two.
Sharper: “You see Jason Wilde
being let out of a broom closet. We’re being told that Marcus King jumped him
from behind and threw him in before he was boarded in and then they struck Josh
Morrison. We’re still trying to find where Syren is as she was absent and
Marcus asked about what she was doing.”
Knots: “They’re just sending a
nice message to the tag division.”
Sharper: “Well earlier
tonight, Ravyn and Syren made clear their displeasure with some of these teams
being more partnerships and friendships instead of actual teams, many not
having competed as a team before.”
Knots: “And they’re just
letting them pay admission to where they run the show.”
Sharper: “Please….”
Knots: “But enough about them.
We have bigger news!”
Sharper: “That’s right. Shilo
Valiant just dropped a bombshell. He has footage of the contract signing
between CHBK and Jason Zero from last year. CHBK apparently put in the contract
that even if Zero won the battle royal as he did, he still wouldn’t be able to
take advantage of the title shot.”
Knots: “Basically, this
changes everything! Everything!”
Sharper: “It does. It would
mean, if this is true, we may see, for the first time ever, someone forced to
forfeit winning the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal. Damian Angel
willingly did it, but Zero may have to do it through obligation.”
Knots: “Good! Just good! We
get a great main event with Christy and Shilo. A rematch from
a few weeks ago!”
Sharper: “Well, we’ve tried to
get a hold of Mr. D, but he’s in a meeting with Bob Tomlinson and unavailable,
but we do have CHBK here with Jessica Winters. Jessica?”
The scene switches to show
CHBK standing with Jessica Winters outside of the locker room of Infamous.
Jessica: “Thank you Adam.
You’ve had to have heard the information that just was mentioned by Shilo
Valiant. You’d know as well as anyone…can Jason Zero accept his winnings?”
CHBK smirks.
CHBK: “You know Jessica. I’ve
been waiting a year for something like this to happen and well, all I have to
say…Christy’s chances never really changed whether she won or lost in this
case. It was as good as a Christy Matthews win for the Taking Hold of the Flame
battle royal.”
Just then we see Syren walking
over with Ravyn Taylor as CHBK just turns to them.
CHBK: “Oh…you look like you
two have had fun. I saw Marcus walking out again.”
Jessica steps back.
Syren: “Yeah. We had a blast.”
Ravyn: “Just testing the
resolve of some of these teams. Nothing else. Care to
join us?”
CHBK: “I may on Ammo. I have a
bit of business to deal with tonight.”
Ravyn: “Zero?”
CHBK: “No…Lucas.”
CHBK turns to Jessica.
CHBK: “You mind?”
Syren just glares at Jessica
as CHBK then holds the door open for the two ladies and they return to their
locker room as we cut back to ringside.
Justin Davis vs. Shaun Cruze
SCW United States Championship
The beginning of "Under
and Over It" begins to play throughout the arena as Justin Davis starts to
make his way out to a mix reaction crowd. He stands at the top of the ramp
looking around the arena at the crowd. Davis drops to one knee while smirking
from ear to ear and points up in the air, soon after that the lights around the
arena turn off and the only light that can be seen is a spotlight that is
following Davis to the ring.
You can be me and I will be you.
You can live just like a star.
I'll take my sanity, you take the fame.
I'm under and over it all.
(I'm under and over it.)
After a few moments Davis finally approaches the ring and stands there for a
few moments and then finally jumps to the apron. He then goes into the ring and
does a pace around the ring and then goes over to a random set of ropes and
puts one foot on the middle of the rope and the other leg is on the bottom
rope. A lettering that reads 'Justin Davis' lowers from the roof of the arena.
Davis tosses up his arm and points up the air and the lettering starts glowing and sparkling with pyro. Davis backs off the
ropes and starts pacing around the ring again as the lettering starts rising
back up and the lights under the arena turn back on.
Sharper: “Justin Davis has
been a thorn in the side of Shaun Cruze for a few weeks now and this match has
come about from Cruze himself asking for him. A lot of people have been
critical of Davis getting this match, but Cruze asked for it.”
Knots: “Yeah and after this
match, Cruze then look in the mirror and tell himself that he screwed up. He
just made it so Justin Davis can do exactly what he wants…win the US Title that
he’s wanted for months!”
The arena is hushed, as the
opening lyrics to Eminem's 'I'm not Afraid', hits over the PA system, the
atmosphere in the arena is electric in anticipation of one of the most popular
SCW's wrestlers
I'm not afraid (I'm not afraid)
To take a stand (to take a stand)
Everybody (everybody)
Come take my hand (come take my hand)
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just lettin you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel like you've been down the same road (same road)
There is silence. You can feel it in the arena, the fans on a knife edge as
they await the explosion of noise, as Chris Cornells 'You know my Name' hits
If you take a life
do you know what you'll give?
Odds are you won't like what it Is.
When the storm arrives
would you be seen with me?
By the merciless eyes I've deceived
I've seen angels fall from blinding heights
But you yourself are nothing so divine
Just next in line
Shaun appears at the top of the ramp, and looks out over the crowd, lifting his
hands and clapping those that cheer for him at the tops of their voices. Pyro
explodes from the ramp to the roof tops, the noise almost taking the ceiling
off the place. Shaun points at his tee shirt which states NOW 100% SCW, which
gets another major pop from the crowd. The SCW United States Championship sits
over his shoulder.
Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfil you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
you know my name
Shaun nods his head, and he walks down the ramp way, high fiving the
appreciative fans at ringside as the noise never quietens. Shaun slides under
the bottom rope and into the ring, spinning around and then stopping in the
centre, raising his arms aloft and pointing at the ceiling as pyro now explodes
from the turnbuckles.
Arm yourself because no one else here will save you
The odds will betray you
And I will replace you
You can't deny the prize it may never fulfill you
It longs to kill you
Are you willing to die?
The coldest blood runs through my veins
Try to hide your hand
Forget how to feel (forget how to feel)
Life is gone
With just a spin of the wheel (spin of the wheel)
Shaun walks to the first turnbuckle and climbs it, lifting one first in the
air, before then smashing it into his chest. He jumps down and goes to a second
turnbuckle, repeating the movement, the noise in the arena getting even louder.
After climbing a third and then the forth, Shaun stands there on the second
rope for a while, before bouncing on the strand and back flipping into the
middle of the ring, and stands there, smile on his face, looking out at the sea
of faces that chant his name. Shaun's music ends and he then shakes the hand of
the referee, his eyes now finally meeting those of his opponent.
Sharper: “Shaun Cruze making
his second defense of that title. The first being against
Rachel Foxx at Riding the Lightning.”
Knots: “And just think, that caused her to go crazy. If Davis loses, he may start
stabbing people just for the hell of it.”
Sharper: “I’m sure…”
Knots: “Well then again, Davis
isn’t dating Alex Desoubrais Jr. and that’ll drive anyone insane. Especially with his daddy issues.”
The SCW United States
Championship logo comes across the screen. Shaun Cruze turns and hands the
title over to the referee. The referee turns and hoists it over his head before
Davis asks to look at it. The referee turns to him and shows it to him, only
for Davis to smile and then grab the title and go to nail Cruze with it. Cruze
ducks and Davis turns around and Cruze kicks him in the ribs. Davis drops the
belt. Cruze nails him with a hard right and then another as Davis ends up at
the ropes. The referee slides the belt away for calling for the break. Cruze nails
him with another shot and then another and another.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Cruze backs away as Davis
turns and walks over to the corner. Cruze turns around and goes after Davis and
Davis reaches out and rakes the eyes. He then grabs Cruze and drive him face first
into the top turnbuckle. Cruze turns around and Davis then kicks him in the
ribs before stomping him over and over and over again. The referee calls for
the break there, but Davis stomps away.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Davis backs away and looks out
at the crowd, yelling out at them. Cruze slowly pulls himself up. Davis then
walks over and nails him with a chop. The crowd woos.
Sharper: “Davis with a hard
chop as he takes advantage of Cruze’s aggressiveness.”
Knots: “Cruze got ahead of
himself. Then again, he doesn’t do the I want to kick
your ass thing well. He does the I’m too nice and
shake hands like I’m running for office schtick and that won’t help him with
Davis!”
Davis nails him with another.
Cruze winces and walks out of the corner. Davis nails him with a hard right.
Cruze spins around and goes to nail Davis with a hard right, but Davis blocks
it and pokes him in the eye. Cruze winces as the crowd boos and Davis then
whips him into the ropes. Cruze bounces off the ropes and Davis nails him with
a back elbow. Cruze hits the mat and Davis turns and stomps him in the face
before jumping up and hitting an elbow drop to the chest. He then goes for the
pin.
1!
2!
Cruze kicks out. He rolls over
and Davis turns and mounts him on his back. He then drives his forearm
repeatedly into the back of Cruze’s head. Cruze winces and Davis gets up and
stomps him in the back of the head. He then walks around the ring as the crowd
boos.
Sharper: “Davis just staying
on Cruze.”
Knots: “Well if Cruze can’t
get up and do anything, how is he going to defend the title successfully? Oh
yeah, that’s right. He won’t! Davis will be your new champion!”
Cruze slowly stirs and Davis
turns and stomps him in the head. Cruze falls back and rolls over. Davis grabs
him and lifts him to his feet before nailing him with a hard right. He then
whips him into the ropes. Cruze bounces off and Davis back drops him down.
Cruze gets back up and Davis kicks him in the ribs and DDTs him down. He
follows up with a pin.
1!
2!
Cruze kicks out. Davis smacks
the mat before turning and grabbing Cruze and lifting him up. He then kicks him
in the ribs and places his head between his legs. He hoists Cruze up, but Cruze
then slides through and nails Davis with a hard forearm and then another. The
crowd cheers and Davis rakes the eyes. The crowd boos and Davis turns and runs
into the ropes. He bounces off and attempts a clothesline. Cruze ducks and runs
into the ropes. He bounces off and nails Cruze with a running diving shoulder
block and starts to get up as Davis stirs.
Sharper: “Cruze coming back
with a huge shoulder block and Davis is slow to get up. This is his chance to
get back into this.”
Knots: “Davis just needs to
come back with a kick and get back in control. Cruze isn’t safe yet. This has
been all Davis!”
Davis gets up and Cruze pulls
himself up and Davis runs at him and Cruze lifts him up and hits a flapjack.
The crowd cheers. Davis gets back up and Cruze jumps up and nails him with a
crescent kick. The crowd cheers. Davis pops back up and Cruze hits an inverted
atomic drop before backing up and nailing him with a hard right, a kick to the
thigh, before a kick to the other thigh, an elbow and a spinning heel kick. The
crowd roars after that flurry and Cruze goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Davis gets his shoulder up.
Cruze turns and gets up. Davis rolls over and crawls to the ropes. Cruze walks
over and clubs him in the back. He then grabs him and goes for a back suplex.
Davis holds onto the ropes and Cruze keeps fighting with him. The referee comes
over for the break, but Davis hits a mule kick. Cruze turns and grimaces in
pain as he turns around. Davis then plants Cruze with a reverse DDT. He follows
up with a pin.
1!
2!
Cruze rolls his shoulder off
the canvas as the crowd cheers.
Sharper: “Oh nearfall! Cruze
just gets his shoulder up.”
Knots: “So close Davis. You
almost have it. You almost have what you want!”
Davis gets up and goes to the
ropes. Cruze slowly pulls himself up and Davis grabs him from behind and elbows
him in the back of the head. Cruze falls to his knees and Davis lifts him up.
He then hits a vertical suplex before rolling over and getting up. He looks
around as Cruze stirs, holding his back. He turns and Davis lunges at him,
going for the Be Silenced, but Cruze sidesteps it. Davis turns around and Cruze
kicks him in the ribs and hits a twist of fate. The crowd roars. Cruze rolls
over and gets up and goes to the ropes. He turns around as Davis rolls over and
starts to get up and Cruze runs at him and nails him with the shining wizard.
The crowd cheers and Cruze follows up by pulling back on the leg for the pin.
1!
2!
Davis kicks out just in time.
Cruze looks forward before getting up. Davis stirs and Cruze nails him with a
hard right. Davis turns around and Cruze hits a back suplex. He then rolls over
and exits to the apron before starting to go for the corner.
Sharper: “Cruze takes Davis
down. He’s got this going now in his way. All of that confidence for Davis has
evaporated.”
Knots: “He’s just playing
possum.”
Sharper: “Clearly. That’s why
he was suplexed down. Cruze going to the top. This
could only be a matter of time.”
Cruze climbs up to the top
rope. Davis rolls over and starts to stir. He then runs to the corner, but
Cruze jumps forward and rolls through. He then turns and Davis runs at Cruze,
but Cruze nails him with the superkick. The crowd roars and Davis hits the mat.
Cruze then drops down and grabs Davis before starting to lift him back up again
only to grab him and lifts him up before hoisting him up onto the top turnbuckle.
The crowd rises to their feet cheering. Cruze then climbs up to the middle rope
and grabs Davis by the throat. He spins him off and drops him down with the
Switchblade Chokeslam! He then goes for the pin.
Sharper: “The superkick! Then
the chokeslam! The cover!”
Knots: “Come on! That’s too
much!”
Sharper: “Talk about sending a
message. Don’t mess with Cruze!”
1!
2!
3!
The crowd cheers and Cruze
looks down and says something to Davis before getting up and nodding. He then
is handed his US Championship back. Cruze takes it and holds it over his head.
The crowd cheers. Cruze then walks over to the corner and climbs up to the
middle rope and looks around, holding the belt up. He then drops down, looks to
Davis momentarily before dropping down to the floor. He then starts to make his
way towards the rampway.
Sharper: “And Cruze is still
the US Champion. Davis came in strong, but Cruze, he asked for it. And he
delivered!”
Cruze continues to make his
exit as Davis winces in pain. The crowd continues to cheer Cruze before we cut
backstage.
Backstage we see Douche von
Douchebag stumbling towards the camera. He looks up at it, trying to grab it,
clearly frantic before he’s grabbed from behind and turned before lifted up and
thrown back first into the wall. He hits hard and just falls down. Marcus King
is seen standing over him. The crowd boos seeing him. We then see Palmer coming
down the hallway.
Palmer: “Hey! Douche! What the
hell is taking so long? Get flushed down into the toilet?”
Palmer stops as he sees Marcus
King standing over Douche. Douche struggling to get up, and reaching towards
Palmer.
Palmer: “Well I’ll be. Send
him to my locker room when you’re done.”
Palmer turns and walks away.
Douche: “Noooo!”
Douche then is grabbed by
Marcus and Marcus lifts him up and again throws him into the wall before then
stomping him in the head. Marcus then smirks before turning and looking at him.
Marcus: “Dark Fantasy says
welcome.”
Marcus turns and walks off as
Douche coughs, struggling to get up as officials finally make it on the scene.
Marcus just walks off as the scene fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Breakdown returns to the
Infamous locker room to see Marcus King walking to the door. He knocks on it as
Ravyn opens it up. The camera films from down the hallway.
Ravyn: “That was fast.”
Marcus: “Helps when Palmer
didn’t give a damn.”
Ravyn: “Well…that answers that
one. I think I may bring you to Ammo just for fun.”
Marcus: “Yeah….did Syren ever do what she was supposed to?”
Ravyn: “Supposed to do what? I
just love watching the idiots in SCW run around. She was getting something to
eat.”
Marcus: “Heh…should’ve
figured.”
Ravyn then lets him inside as
the door then closes as we go back to ringside.
Knots: “Why are people spying
on Infamous?! I mean….that’s horrible. Their secrets!”
Sharper: “May be better for
others. They just attacked two of the newest teams in SCW and for what?”
Knots: “To test their resolve.
To make sure it’s what they wanted.”
Sharper: “Give me a break!”
David Helms vs. Rachel Foxx
WHEN DID YOU LAST MAKE A
CHOICE THAT HAD A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE?
The words flash up on the screen as the arena lights cut out completely,
plunging the room into darkness. The sounds of a thunder storm echo around the
arena as the crowd view the large screens either side of the entrance way.
WHAT IF THAT CHOICE ISOLATED YOU FROM EVERYONE THAT YOU HELD DEAR, WOULD YOU
BUCKLE UNDER THE PRESSURE?
The room is electric as the sound of thunder continues to roll through the
arena, whipping the crowd into a wild frenzy.
WOULD YOU DO THE RIGHT THING OR WOULD YOU TOW THE LINE LIKE THE REST OF THE
CROWD?
As the thunder storm rolls to a crescendo the entire stage lights up with
brilliant bright light in time with the final crack of lightning. The opening
riff from a remixed version of “All I Want” by A Day To
Remember hits the pa system as the crowd realise that David Helms is now stood
on the stage; only his silhouette viewable as a result of the blinding white
light shining from behind him. As the intro draws to a close, Helms throws his
arms into the air, his hands held together in the Self High Five.
“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 of the song, the lyrics of which flash up on
the screen, as Helms jumps in the air, breaking his hands apart. As he lands,
fireworks erupt on either side of the stage before the arena’s lights come back
on and we see Helms wearing his ring gear and a red Boston Red Sox baseball
jersey. Matty Stone, who was lingering behind Helms walks to his side and
theatrically holds his hands out front of him, cracking his knuckles and
smiling.
Helms and Matty begin to walk down the ramp; hiving fiving with fans as they
make their way to the ring. As he gets to the apron, Helms slides under the
rope and runs over to the nearest ring post where he jumps up onto the second
turnbuckle and throws his arms out wide on either side. As Matty jumps up onto
the ring apron, the crowd are going completely nuts for Helms, the self
professed Last Shadow of Hope, who drops down from the ring post and runs
across to the opposite side, once again climbing to the second turnbuckle.
Hitting the self high five one last time, Helms jumps into the air and lands in
the middle of the ring before walking over to the side of the ring where Matty
leans on the ropes. The pair high five, pulling in for a hug before Matty drops
down to the outside leaving Helms to remove his Red Sox jersey. Leaning through
the ropes, Helms hands the belt and jersey to Matty on the outside before leaning
back on the ropes to wait for the start of the match.
Sharper: “David Helms
continues to deal with the tension between him and Thorn and meanwhile, he has
to deal with Rachel Foxx in a few moments.”
Knots: “So who’s worse for
him? Thorn or Rachel?”
Sharper: “Thorn and him have been friends for years. Rachel and David however
have had wars in the past.”
Knots: “Yeah, but damn it,
it’s his best friend. Shouldn’t there be more crying or something? I mean,
isn’t David Helms so damn sympathetic, complaining about getting a title shot
and what not.”
The lights flicker then go
dark as the entire arena is bathed in darkness and the crowd falls silent. The
silence lingers for a few moments before it is shattered by the soft intro of
"Invincible" by MGK.
"Voices in the air,
Hear 'em loud and clear,
Telling me to listen...
Whispers in my ear,
Nothing can compare,
I just want to listen..."
As the intro comes to a close the darkness is broken by the words "The
Suicide Queen" appearing on the screen before a huge set of white pyros illuminate the stage area. As they do the words on the
screen are replaced by "RACHEL FOXX" and the crowd boos. As the pyros
die down, The Suicide Queen makes her way from behind the black curtain. Rachel
is wearing her usual ring gear, a black Affliction half-shirt which hangs off
one shoulder, a black skirt with a white studded belt, black fishnets and
knee-high black leather boots. Her hand grips her trademark sledge hammer. She
starts to make her way to the ring. As she makes it to the bottom of the ramp,
Rachel slowly climbs the steps and makes her way into the ring. Rachel climbs
the ropes and raises her sledgehammer over head as the crowd boos. She then
throws the sledgehammer to the ground before jumping off the turnbuckle and waiting.
Knots: “Behold the Suicide
Queen!”
Sharper: “And she has returned
to that viciousness, that brutality that was her hallmark. No longer is she
being held back by Alex Desoubrais Jr.”
Knots: “Yeah. She may now
actually see that career skyrocket further.”
Sharper: “I didn’t mean that.
I meant that Alex kept her stable, kept her level.”
Knots: “Now with him out of
the picture, Rachel’s now just fun to watch, just in case she tries to bury a
sledgehammer into a fan’s head!”
The bell sounds and Helms and
Rachel look at each other before starting to circle the ring. Helms starts to move in to Rachel and Rachel kicks him hard
in the ribs. She then nails him with a hard forearm and another before spinning
him around into the corner. She then moves in and nailing him with a back elbow
before another and another. She then grabs Helms by the hair and pulls him out,
pulling him down to the mat with a snapmare. He rolls through and gets up and
Rachel goes over and kicks him in the ribs. She kicks him again and again as
Helms just covers up. The crowd boos and Rachel shoves him back before yelling
at Helms. Helm goes for a
hard right, trying to take advantage of that break, but Rachel
blocks him and headbutts him. He walks out of the corner and walks along the ropes
as Rachel follows him.
Knots: “If he thought he had a
long day when he faced Xander in that lovefest, damn this will be different.”
Sharper: “Speaking of which,
you have to wonder if Collin Cole is watching this. After he got involved and
ruined Helms match against Xander Valentine. A true shame.”
Knots: “Yeah, yeah. It was as
big of a travesty as Pacquiao/Bradley. Who cares?!”
Helms turns and Rachel kicks
him again. Helms turns around to the corner. Rachel
goes in and nails him with another forearm. She then grabs him and whips him
across the ring. Helms hits the opposite corner and Rachel runs across, yelling
out as Helms moves out of the way as Rachel jumps up and for a backsplash. She
bounces off and walks forward and Helms nails her with a dropkick. She gets up
and Helms clotheslines her down. She gets up again and Helms scoop slams her
down. He grabs her, but Rachel kicks him in the shoulder. He backs up and
Rachel nips up and turns and goes for a spinning heel kick, but Helms sidesteps
her. She gets up and Helms grabs her from behind and throws her back with a
back suplex into a bridge.
1!
2!
Rachel kicks out. Both get up
and Rachel turns around and Helms clotheslines her down before turning around
and dropping an elbow.
Sharper: “Helms almost
fighting with a desperation this time. Rachel going
right at him and she has just constantly been aggressive, even when she should
be defensive.”
Knots: “That just adds to the
fun of facing Rachel. You don’t know if she’s going to bite your ear off, kick
you in the shins or laugh as she bathes in your blood. She’s a classy girl.”
Helms gets up as Rachel rolls over.
She’s up a bit slowly and Helm kicks her in the ribs. He then throws her over
with a vertical suplex. Helms rolls over and exits to the apron. He then climbs
up to the top rope. Rachel slowly stirs and Helms gets up to the top rope and
Rachel gets up and Helms dives off, nailing her with a crossbody, but Rachel
rolls through.
1!
2!
Helms kicks out. Both get up and Rachel
nails him with an elbow before kicking him in the ribs and running into the
ropes. She jumps to the middle rope and takes Helms down with a moonsault. She
then hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Helms kicks out. Both get up and Rachel
quickly runs to the corner and runs up the turnbuckle and dives off for the
Foxxsault, but Helms steps forward and Rachel lands on her feet and rolls
through. She gets up and Helms knees her in the ribs before grabbing her head
and dropping her with the Ego Buster.
Sharper: “Ego Buster. Down
goes Rachel Foxx.”
Knots: “Fast paced. Almost
need one to show this in slow-mo to follow things.”
Helms gets up and drops a leg across her
face. He rolls over and gets up. She turns and Helms grabs her and gutwrenches
her up and powerbombs her down, sit out style.
1!
2!
Rachel kicks out. She rolls
over and stirs as Matty cheers on Helms. Helms gets up
and nails her with a forearm as she stirs. Rachel falls to the ropes. Helms nails her again and whips her into the ropes. She
bounces off and Helms goes for the hip toss driver, but Rachel spins through
and kicks Helms in the ribs. She then goes for the Foxx Girl Stunner, but Helms
shoves her off. She bounces off the ropes and ducks a clothesline. She then
jumps to the middle rope and dives back and takes
Helms down with a hurricanrana. The crowd roars. Both get up and Rachel runs
over and nails him with a running Foxx Girl Cutter. Helms rolls onto his back,
holding his jaw in pain.
Knots: “That in slow-mo
would’ve still hurt.”
Sharper: “Running cutter. Helms in a bad way. Rachel now looking
around.”
Knots: “She’s thinking. That’s
bad for everyone. First three rows are a splash zone by default!”
Foxx looks around before
turning and grabbing Helms. She then knees him in the ribs before turning and
whipping him into the ropes. Helms bounces off the ropes and Foxx goes for a
clothesline, but Helms ducks and jumps to the middle rope before backflipping
back and nailing Foxx with the Wake Up Call. The crowd ohs and Helms turns and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd roars and Helms
rolls off. He starts to get up before we immediately hear the voice of Collin
Cole.
Cole: “Well how about that
David. You managed to get through a match and managed to defeat a rival and
didn’t just give up or screw up.”
Cole then starts to walk down
from the back with Samantha Monroe. The crowd boos seeing him. He looks around
as Helms starts to get up and looks at him. Cole then starts on his way to the
ring.
Cole: “Because we know David
that you have your moments where you show that you still have that talent. You
still can go. But David, you’re still being a fraud to us all.”
Helms gets up.
Knots: “Yeah!”
Sharper: “Don’t you start too!”
Cole: “I mean, it’s time for David Helms to finally come to terms with
who he really is. You were happy when I came down to the ring at Taking Hold of
the Flame, weren’t you? You were happy that you didn’t have to come up with
other ways to take down Xander. You were happy that I offered you a way out.
Weren’t you?”
The crowd boos as Cole walks
to the ring. He gets right up to the ring.
Cole: “Come on David…they
always say the first step is admitting you have a problem. And the fact
is…after so many years…the pressure is getting to you. You never were perfect.
And you never bothered anyone right. You only pissed on everyone who has ever
wanted an opportunity at the World Championship. You only then pissed on
everyone more by not even having the decency to enter the Taking Hold of the
Flame battle royal.”
Cole then hops onto the apron.
He looks at the ring.
Cole: “Just like your pathetic
friend Thorn, who couldn’t even be bothered to do anything of worth at Taking
Hold of the Flame. Both of you are happy wallowing in
it! Aren’t you!”
Helms then suddenly nails Cole
with a hard right as the crowd roars. Helms just looks
at Cole as Cole rolls over on the floor and looks up.
Knots: “Look at that! He’s a
coward! A coward!”
Sharper: “Helms just struck
Cole. I don’t think any of us would blame him.”
Cole: “Thank you for proving
everything to me, David. Can’t even wait for me to get into
the ring!”
Cole gets up as Helms looks
away and turns before exiting the ring. Cole walks up to him as Helms tries to
get past and before Cole can even say anything, Helms nails him again. Cole
falls over again as the crowd cheers. Helms just turns
to him and yells at him.
Helms: “You happy?!”
Helms turns and starts to walk to the
back as then starts to boo. Cole just slowly gets up,
holding his jaw in pain as Helms walks to the back and goes through the
curtain.
The scene opens backstage as
we see Mr. D looking not pleased at all as Bob Tomlinson walks with him in the
backstage area. The crowd cheers seeing them. “Rescue
Me” plays in the background.
Sharper: “Well we were
wondering what this could mean. Our boss and the
representative of the board of directors on their way to the ring.”
Knots: “They don’t look too
happy.”
Sharper: “What will they have
to say? We’ll find out, next!”
The scene then fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Breakdown returns and we open
up at ringside as the cameras pan throughout the arena. “Cult of Personality”
then starts to play and the crowd rises to their feet, many cheering. A few
moments pass and we see Mr. D walk out from the back with Bob Tomlinson. The
two start to make their way to the ring.
Sharper: “Well there you see
our boss and the representative of the Board of Directors and for weeks,
including Taking Hold of the Flame, we’ve been leading up to this.”
Knots: “Yeah, Mr. D hasn’t
been too happy about his conversations. So what’s it about? I hope he gets
tossed on his ass. Mr. Douche is just a douche!”
Mr. D walks over to the ring
before walking up the steel steps before entering the ring. Tomlinson follows
him and Mr. D walks across the ring and is handed a microphone. He takes it and
just sighs before shaking his head and hands it to Tomlinson. Tomlinson says
something to Mr. D and D just rolls his eyes before turning. His music fades
out as Mr. D looks around.
Mr. D: “Well I’m not going to
waste time with my little blurb here. I’ve been asked to make a statement on
the matters surrounding Jason Zero, his winning the Taking Hold of the Flame
battle royal and the issues involving the contract that was signed between CHBK
and him for their match at last year’s Rise to Greatness. Given that I didn’t officiate it, I’m not sure the wording. But the Board of
Directors and I will be giving it a thorough read-through to make a proper
decision by Friday Night Ammo.”
Mr. D turns to Tomlinson
before saying “Good?” Tomlinson just nods before taking the microphone and Mr.
D steps back and sighs before Tomlinson turns to the camera.
Tomlinson: “Thank you for
making that announcement. At this point, the board of directors have another
announcement to make about the governance of this company.”
Knots: “Woo-hoo!”
Tomlinson: “As many of you
many recall, a little over six months ago we gave Mr. D full control of the
company’s day to day operations. And well, those six months have passed and
after looking at how things have turned out, while revenues are up, ratings are
up, the fact is, some troubling matters have made us concerned. The fact that
the matter involving Thirteen and the vehicular manslaughter has dragged on to
a point that it is near impossible to follow-up on it properly. The favouritism
against Infamous, while we can understand the concerns, is not a matter we are
willing to continue to operate under due to poor precedent. That is why we have
elected that, for the best interests of SCW, after the next edition of Breakdown, the Board of Directors will schedule meetings at
the same time as every SCW program and be on hand to make any necessary
decisions from Toronto. No longer will we have presence directly on hand at
shows. We have found that this has led to quick decisions that may otherwise
need to be well thought out.”
The crowd buzzes.
Sharper: “So no one from the
board will be here?!”
Knots: “Hot damn!”
Tomlinson: “Some may say this
means the inmates run the asylum-“
Tomlinson looks to Mr. D.
Tomlinson: “But we will have
constant contact with officials and matters will be determined with greater
consistency by Board vote. No longer can authority figures be threatened, but
cajoled, but coerced into problematic decisions. This is the best wrestling
company in the world and we have the best talent. We are going to allow talent
to determine people’s success, regardless of personal issues with some members
on the board. The reason for our delay in implementing this
to allow a transition and for the Board to free their schedules to accommodate
this.”
The crowd roars a bit as Mr. D
just walks around the ring, clearly displeased.
Tomlinson: “Thank you for your
time and please enjoy the rest of Breakdown.”
“Rescue Me” starts to play as the crowd just
continues to make noise. Mr. D just exits the ring as Tomlinson rolls his eyes
a bit before handing the microphone off and exiting himself.
Sharper: “I don’t believe it.
We’re going to have decisions made directly from Toronto…”
Knots: “Oh my God! Yes! This
can only help Thirteen. This can only help Infamous!”
Sharper: “This may create more
opportunities but there’s going to be a delay…there’s gotta be….”
Mr. D just continues to the
back as we see Tomlinson following him. The crowd continues to make noise
before suddenly the feed cuts to black and a static comes up before we hear the
sound of Maury Povich’s voice.
Maury: “In all the years that we’ve done the “Maury” show, we have never had a story with this much on the line.
Please welcome Ashley to the show everyone.”
The audience claps as Ashley Cherry half-smiled but was not very thrilled to be
there.
Knots: “What the hell is this
Adam?!”
Sharper: “I don’t know…”
Knots: “Is that Smashley
Cherry?”
Maury: “Now, for those of you who are
not aware, Ashley is married to a professional wrestler by the name of Greg
Cherry.”
Knots: “Ha!”
Greg’s face appears on the screen as
the crowd applauds for him.
Maury: “This story has a lot to it. About a year and a half ago, Greg and
Ashley made a wager. She said that if he was unable to capture their company’s
World Championship that Greg would not be able to see his family until he did!”
The crowd ohs and a couple boo at that statement.
Maury: “It started to become bad when he lost his match and could not see his
wife or son…”
More ohs came from the crowd.
Maury: “But a few months later, Greg went on to win the World Championship and
reunite with his family!”
The crowd cheers and applauds.
Maury: “Everything ended up so perfectly, right? Well, no. Otherwise they
wouldn’t be here on the “Maury” show. You see, during the time away from each
other, it was revealed that Ashley had an affair with this man Nick!”
The crowd heavily boos Nick when his face comes on the screen.
Maury: “So why do you ask have they come all the way here? It’s because around
the time Greg and Ashley got back together, Ashley shortly thereafter
discovered that she was pregnant with her now two-week old daughter Isabella.”
The crowd awwws as a picture of Isabella comes up on the screen behind Maury.
Maury: “Now Ashley, what exactly happened with this guy Nick?”
Ashley: “All I know is that getting with Nick was the biggest mistake I’ve ever
made in my life. I was so upset with Greg about the whole bet that we made that
I wanted to get back at him for hurting me and I feel like I did it ten times
worse to him.”
Maury: “So of these two men, who do you want to be the father of your
daughter?”
Ashley: “My husband.”
The crowd cheers at that statement.
Maury: “What about Nick? Has he done anything to help you?”
Ashley: “He’s done nothing, Maury. He hasn’t called, he hasn’t texted, he
hasn’t e-mailed…nothing.”
The crowd boos.
Maury: “And what about your husband? Has he taken care of her?”
Ashley: “He’s there for me, he was there when I gave birth to her and held her
in his arms and he’s such a good dad to our son too.”
The crowd applauds and cheers.
Maury: “Who wants to be the father of this child?”
Ashley: “I know Greg does…but I don’t think Nick wants anything to do with me
or my daughter.”
We go to a live shot as Mr. D
and Tomlinson can be seen watching this, confused before both start to walk to
the back, with a bit of purpose.
Maury: “Well, let’s get part two of
this story out here right now. Here’s your husband, Greg!”
The crowd cheers as Cherry walks out onto the stage.
Maury: “So Greg, what are your thoughts on this whole situation?”
Cherry: “Well Maury, I’ll be the first to tell you that I wish it had never
come to this, but I really hope that I’m the father of our daughter because I
want this all to be over. I want the hell in my life to be over.”
The crowd applauds as I held Ashley’s hand before the feed cuts to black and
there’s a crude cut to later in the segment.
Maury: “Like I said, there’s a third piece to this puzzle and he doesn’t seem
like he wants to fit in. Here’s Nick everybody!”
The crowd started booing heavily as Nick walks out all cocky. He shakes Maury’s
hand as Greg picks up the chair Nick is supposed to sit in and tosses it across
the stage as the crowd cheers.
Knots: “Clearly he’s got an
anger issue.”
Sharper: “Can someone tell us
who is playing this?”
Maury: “You don’t want him to sit by
you?”
Cherry: “If he sits by me, I’m going to beat his ass until he can’t stand up.”
The crowd cheers for Greg.
Maury: “Nick, let me ask you something. How did you even meet Ashley?”
Nick: “Maury, I met Ashley because of Greg. Greg and I were hanging out and he
hung out my house for a night after a long night of poker and I asked about his
life and he told me.”
Cherry: “I’m not shocked that you left out the fact that you stole my wallet
and everything in it so you can find out where I live and take all my money!”
The crowd ohs as Nick shakes his head smiling.
Cherry: “Don’t shake your head at me. You keep doing that and I’ll make sure
that you can’t.”
Knots starts to make the sound of
strumming a banjo.
Sharper: “Stop it!”
Knots: “Whoever put this up is
my hero. This is great. Most entertaining Greg’s been in years!”
The crowd ohs again as Maury looks to
be a little surprised.
Maury: “Nick, why exactly would you do this? I mean,
she’s a married woman and was home alone and you just went in and took
advantage of her?”
Nick: “I didn’t take advantage of her, Maury. She slept with me on her own free
will.”
The crowd boos again loudly.
Maury: “So if this child is yours, are you going to take care of it?”
Nick: “Yeah, I’ll take care of it if it’s my child. I’m not going to let her go
through that all by herself.”
Maury: “Well, it seems like everybody wants to know the answers and we’re going
to find them out right now!”
The crowd cheers as Maury gets up and gets the infamous DNA envelope that
contained the results of the tests.
Knots: “This is my favourite
part of the show!”
Maury: “I’m just going to say that I
hope everything goes right for everyone involved because we are truly looking
for what is best for this child. Here we go…”
In the case of 2-week old Isabella, Nick…
Maury: “You are…NOT…the father!”
Knots: “Damn it!”
Greg jumps out of his seat and starts
celebrating as the crowd cheers right along. Nick just smirks, shaking his head
and starts walking off stage.
Cherry: “Get the hell out of my life! Get out of here! You’re not the dad! You
are gone! I never have to see you again and you better pray I never see you
again you lowlife piece of [bleep]!”
The crowd continues cheering as Greg stands there staring at Nick leaving with
a smile on my face.
Maury: “In the case…in the case of 2-week old Isabella, Greg…You are…NOT…the
father!”
Knots: “That whore!”
Sharper: “My God…this is
humiliating.”
Knots: “Yes it is and it’s
hilarious!”
The crowd ohs as Ashley runs off
stage. The camera follows Ashley backstage to see her crying on the couch.
We then go live to see Mr. D
walking up to the production truck with Bob Tomlinson as Greg Cherry runs up to
him.
Cherry: “What the hell is this
shit, Olek?! Come on!”
Mr. D: “Why the hell do you
think I’m going to the damn truck.”
Mr. D runs up and opens the
door.
Mr. D: “Turn that shit off!
Come on!”
Mr. D turns around before
looking at Tomlinson and Greg.
Mr. D: “You get back in there
Greg. Bob…see what happens-“
The sounds
goes as we see a still come up for the SCW World Tag Team Contendership
Tournament come up on the screen before the Breakdown logo comes up and the
scene fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Breakdown returns and we see
Greg Cherry still ticked off as he’s talking with Mr. D and Bob Tomlinson.
Greg: “Well I’d love to know
who the hell thought it would be hilarious to dig that up and broadcast it.”
Mr. D: “Look Greg. I’m sorry,
but we’ll….Tomlinson and the board can get to the bottom of it.”
Greg: “Yeah…sure…I know they
love me.”
Tomlinson: “Well you can start
the investigation about it here for the next two weeks…”
Greg: “Look…if I have to do it
myself I will. I’m sick of being a laughing stock in SCW because I’ve been
through all this
crap.”
Greg starts to turn around
before “HA HA HA” is heard. Greg looks around as Mr. D and Tomlinson also here
it.
Tomlinson: “What the hell is that?”
Greg: “Shhhh!”
“HA HA HA”
Greg: “The hell…”
Greg looks around as we then
cut back to the SCW interview area.
The scene opens up at the SCW interview
area to see Marisa Condolesa standing with Thorn as the crowd cheers. Thorn
just looks around and takes a deep breath.
Condolesa: “Thorn…your last
couple of months have been a bit all over the place for you. Care to give us
some insight into your head.”
Thorn just smirks.
Thorn: “Trust me you don’t
want to be in there right now. The fact is…the last two months…I’ve seen the
Underground Division move on and rightfully so with Harmony now at the head.
David has done his own thing. And that’s all I’ll say about that. Jake’s got
his opportunity and it seems like I’m the one left in the dust. Well…”
Thorn pauses.
Thorn: “I’ve had my break and
I’m ready to step on the clutch and get back to where I should be. The
Underground Championship, just pure awesomeness or whatever have
you. The fact is that I’ve take my break from the spotlight. The
hard shots of the Underground Division. I’ve taught a few people some
lessons. It’s time for me to step forward and do what I can do again. May as well have Next Level on top. I may not see eye to eye
with some of them right now, but it happens and I’m going to focus on Rise to
Greatness going forward and making an impact at that event like I have every
other year. Two years ago, the World Championship…last year…the Scaffold…this
year…”
Natalie Dubrinsky walks in and
looks at Thorn and Thorn immediately gets ready to defend himself.
Dubrinsky: “Don’t vorry….for
once…I don’t care about you.”
Thorn: “Then get the hell out
of here.”
Dubrinsky: “Heh…for someone
who always was on the straight and narrow, you’ve seem to get grouchy all of a
sudden. Similar to me, eh….I guess…being outcast tends
to do that to you, eh? Good luck at Rise to Greatness…but unfortunately, I’ll
be overshadowing you…as I plan to skin a duck to release some of my
frustrations…”
Dubrinsky then turns and walks
off as Thorn just looks at her a bit confused before turning back to Condolesa
before the scene fades back to ringside.
The Shoot Kings (Madman Szalinski
& Graham Clauson) vs. Harmony Fisher & Brittany Lohan
SCW World Tag Team Championship
Contendership Tournament Semi-Final match
The lights begin to swiftly
switch to a gold hue before dropping out to no lights, with strobe lights
flickering at random spots of the arena as the opening of "Champagne
Showers" by Skip The Foreplay begins to
play. Right before the song would kick into full gear, we hear two
familiar voices yell out in tandem...
"SHOOT KINGS, MOTHER-"
Before a specific word that we would expect would be said, a large burst of
pyrotechnics covers the stage right before the song kicks in. As the smoke continues to bellow on the stage, both Graham Clauson
and Madman Szalinski burst through the entranceway. Graham stops
at the top of the stage, raising his arms in a cross formation above his head,
rock fists flying. Both wearing Shoot Kings t-shirts,
Madman steps beside Graham and mimics underlining the Shoot Kings logo before
beginning to move towards the ring. Graham drops his arms as he
makes his way to the ring. Rob Budai enters during Madman and Graham's
exchange, slightly ahead of Graham by the time Graham begins to walk forward.
At the bottom of the ramp, Graham and Madman both run towards the ring, sliding
under the bottom rope. Both men run towards opposite turnbuckles, jumping
onto them. Graham once again raises his arms in cross formation, rock
fists flying as Madman claps his hands in attempt to rile the fans up.
Madman begins to hold his hands up, seemingly doing a mimic of entering the
infamous Konami Code on a controller before backflipping off the
turnbuckle. Graham simply hops down, walking over to nearby ropes and
stretching out. Rob stays outside of the ring, watching intently.
Sharper: “Shoot Kings managed
to get past Palmer and Douche, but Szalinski in particular was more aggressive
than we’ve seen him before.”
Knots: “Someone pissed in his
ice cream or something. I don’t know, but he was quite angry there.”
Sharper: “Maybe focused. Maybe
he knows this is a sure-fire way to make the Shoot Kings players in the tag
division.”
‘I am done pretending’
Blasts over the loud speakers as the lights in the arena go out and the fans
start to cheer when they recognize whose theme song it is. Just a spotlight
focuses on the curtains of the entrances the clips once again fades away in to
the words that read: “Bleeding you is more than just torment.” The curtains
slowly start to part as Lohan slips through them like a slithering snake. She
stops at the top of the ramp and she looks like everything, but relaxed as her
whole body is tensed looking like she’s ready to strike at the drop of a dime
like a coiled cobra. Her icy eyes pan around the arena and the fans closest to
the ramp and she snarls at a few of them get a little too vocal with her.
However, the moment that her eyes catch the glimpse of the ring she shuts the fans out and turns all of her attention to the squared
circle.
Lohan starts to make her way down to the ring methodically. She takes taking
slow, calculated, but powerful steps towards the ring. As she nears the squared
circle, Lohan slows down to a snail’s pace as she proceeds to walk around the
perimeter of the ring with her eyes closed. When she’s satisfied she opens her
eyes and reaches up to grab the bottom rope with her right hand and pulls
herself up on to the apron only allowing one knee to touch before she rolls in
to the ring. Once she’s in the ring she gets on both of her knees, closing her
eyes, as she lifts both of her arms up in to the air. She holds that position
for several seconds before she slows climbs up to her feet, but then as if a
switch was flipped somewhere her entire presence changes. It intensifies as she
starts to warm up by running off the ropes and doing some stretches as she
waits for her victims of the night.
"I WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN!
THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE!
I'VE GOT THE SCARS TO PROVE IT!
ONLY THE STRONG SURVIVE!"
“The Pride” By Five Finger Death Punch hit’s the PA system as Harmony strolls
out from the back, she nods to herself as she smirks before raising her arm and
makes the devil horns signal with her hand before nodding her head to the beat
of her theme song. The SCW Underground Championship sits over her shoulder.
Thrashing it about a little as she skips from the top of the ramp, psyching
herself up as she goes, playing to the crowds who cheer for her enthusiasm
alone if nothing else as she walks over to one side of the ramp then the other.
She slaps a few outstretched palms before getting to the bottom of the ramp and
sliding into the ring. She looks out at the people in the crowds and climbs the
turnbuckle before nodding and giving them the devil horn gesture again before
turning and sitting on the turnbuckle patiently before looking at Lohan. Lohan
nods as she exits the ring and Harmony stays in. Madman and Clauson do some
talking before Madman stays in the ring.
Sharper: “Harmony and Brittany
have the disadvantage in the sense that they are not as sound as a team as the
Shoot Kings. However, they may have the advantage in the sense that they have
more SCW experience.”
Knots: “Well, right it’s going
to come down to whether one of them slaughters the other in the ring. If the Shoot Kings can avoid being slaughtered by Lizzie Borden and
Brian there. They have a chance.”
The bell sounds and Madman
looks at Harmony and the two of them look at each other, sharing a bit of a
nod. They then start to circle the ring and Harmony goes after Szalinski, but
Szalinski drops down to a knee and spins around and clubs Harmony in the back
repeatedly. Harmony turns around and attempts a clothesline, but Szalinski
ducks and jumps up and nails her with a back kick. Harmony stumbles to the
ropes. She turns and runs at Szalinski, but Szalinski takes her down with a
drop toe hold before getting up and hitting a double stomp to Fisher’s back.
Harmony rolls over and starts to get up, but Szalinski goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Harmony kicks out. She gets up
and snarls at Szalinski and Szalinski ducks a clothesline attempt from Harmony.
She turns around and Szalinski hits a front dropkick. She hits the mat and
starts to get up. Szalinski grabs her in a front face lock and quickly tags in
Clauson. Clauson enters and Szalinski snaps Harmony over with a single arm
suplex and Clauson jumps to the middle rope and jumps back with an elbow drop.
Sharper: “Again, Szalinski
having no problem being the aggressor earlier. Clauson now
in. There’s the pinfall attempt!”
1!
2!
Harmony kicks out. Clauson
gets up and Harmony starts to stir.
Knots: “And there’s the kick
out.”
Clauson gets up and grabs
Harmony. He snapmares her down and knees her in the back. He then runs into the
ropes behind Harmony and then bounces off them before running past Harmony,
bouncing off those ropes. He goes for a cannonball, but Harmony rolls out of
the way. Clauson rolls through and gets up and Harmony turns and nails him with
a hard right. Clauson staggers back and Harmony dropkicks him down. Both get up
and Harmony elbows him in the head. Clauson staggers back and Harmony hits an
elbow to the top of his head before she pulls him out of the corner and hits a
Russian leg sweep. She rolls over for the pin.
1!
2!
Clauson kicks out. Harmony
gets up and quickly tags in Brittany. Lohan enters the ring and Harmony lifts
Clauson up and both fire him into the ropes. He bounces off and Brittany
presses him over her head only to let him drop ribs first into the knee of
Harmony. The crowd ohs and Clauson rolls over. He stirs as Lohan smirks.
Knots: “Look at that! If
that’s not a reason to think she’s a he, I don’t know what is. She just pressed
Clauson over her head.”
Sharper: “Or maybe she does
weight-training.”
Knots: “With what? Volkswagens?!”
Clauson gets up to the corner
and Lohan nails him with a back elbow before backing up and hip tossing him out
of the corner. Clauson rolls over and gets up and Lohan scoops him up and hits
a ribbreaker. She follows up with the pin.
1!
2!
Szalinski pulls her off. She
looks back and glares at him before getting up. Clauson stirs and Brittany
Lohan clubs him in the back. He winces and Lohan then fires him into the ropes.
He bounces off and Lohan lifts him up for a back drop, but Clauson spins
through and lands on his feet. He then waits and Lohan turns around and Clauson
hits a standing enziguri. Lohan staggers and Clauson gets up and hits a
hurricanrana into a pin.
1!
2!
Harmony enters and dropkicks
him in the face. He falls over in pain. Harmony is backed up as Szalinski
starts to enter. Clauson rolls to the Shoot King corner as Lohan stirs. He tags
in Szalinski and Szalinski enters and Lohan turns to him and Szalinski kicks
her in the thigh before kicking her in the side. He then ducks a clothesline
and runs into the ropes behind her and bounces off before taking Lohan down
with a running STO.
Sharper: “Szalinski again,
going quickly and thinking quickly.”
Knots: “Or recklessly but
whatever. It worked there!”
Sharper: “STO and right into a
pin.”
1!
2!
Lohan kicks out. Szalinski
turns and grabs Lohan and lifts her up and nails her with a forearm before
tagging in Clauson. Clauson climbs up to the top rope and Szalinski takes her
over with a fireman’s carry as Clauson dives off with a senton backsplash. The
crowd ohs and Clauson goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Harmony pulls him off. The
crowd roars and Harmony backs away as Szalinski starts to head to her. He stops
at the last moment as Harmony throws a punch, but misses. Clauson gets up and
grabs Lohan and lifts her up before whipping her into the ropes. Lohan bounces
off the ropes. Clauson jumps up for a hurricanrana, but Lohan throws him down
with a stiff powerbomb. The crowd ohs and Lohan looks down and smiles. She then
grabs him and lifts him up before hoisting him onto her shoulders. She tags in
Harmony and throws Clauson down with a Samoan drop. Harmony climbs to the top
rope and hits a swanton bomb onto Clauson.
Sharper: “Anything they can
do, Harmony and Lohan can do better. Clauson had that senton. Harmony hit a
swanton!”
Knots: “Yeah, well does it
win? Go for the cover, idiots!”
Harmony however doesn’t and
instead grabs Clauson as he stirs. Lohan exits and Harmony quickly throws him
down with a mat slam before then going for the pin.
1!
2!
Clauson gets his shoulder up.
He rolls over and Harmony grabs Clauson and lifts him up. She nails him with a
forearm and then another before whipping him into the ropes. Clauson
bounces off and Madman blind tags in. Harmony however sees it and just
moves past Clauson as Clauson just stops at the ropes. Madman however shoulders
Harmony in the ribs before sunset flipping her over into a pin.
1!
2!
Harmony kicks out. Both get up
and Clauson exits the ring only for Madman to scoop Harmony up and drop her
with a tilt-a-whirl tombstone. The crowd ohs and Madman goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Lohan breaks it up. She then
backs up and Clauson hops onto the apron. Madman looks up and he turns and tags
Clauson back in. Harmony stirs and Clauson enters and Madman then hoists
Harmony up onto the top turnbuckle and he climbs up. He grabs Harmony and goes
for a German suplex as Clauson comes underneath and they hit the Tower of
Leires. The crowd cheers.
Sharper: “A super German
superplex. And Harmony is in a bad way!”
Knots: “Too bad nothing
popped. That would’ve been hilarious!”
Sharper: “Graham Clauson now
looking to win it. There’s the pin!”
He goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Lohan breaks it up. The crowd
roars and Madman turns and jumps up at her, causing her and him both to go up
and over. They fall to the ground and Madman and Lohan both start to get up.
They trade blows on the floor as Clauson starts to get up. The referee focuses
on Lohan and Madman, trying to break them up from inside the ring. He grabs
Harmony and lifts her up only for Harmony to nail him with a jawbreaker before
grabbing him and turning and hitting the Sever the Strings. She then goes for
the pin. The referee however continues to try and break Lohan and Madman up.
Harmony looks up and then starts to get up before the crowd roars. We then see
Madelyne McTaggert running down from the back.
Sharper: “The referee is
focusing on Lohan and Madman who are fighting right in front of us.”
Knots: “Oh hey! It’s Skeletor
Balloon-Tits!”
Sharper: “Madelyne McTaggert.
Why is she here?”
Madelyne meanwhile goes over
and grabs the Underground Championship of Harmony’s. Harmony gets up and starts
to go over to the official before Madelyne slides into the ring. Clauson just
remains down and Madelyne runs at Harmony and nails her in the head with the
Underground Championship belt. The crowd ohs and she turns and tosses it over
towards the Lohan/Harmony corner. Madelyne then exits the ring and runs around
as Clauson slowly stirs and turns to the official and then sees Harmony down.
Lohan backs away as Madman does too and Clauson goes for the pin. The official
backs up and turns around before going for the count.
1!
2!
Lohan dives in seeing the
cover.
3!
The crowd roars and Clauson rolls off and looks up. The referee goes over and
raises his arm as Lohan looks up in shock before Clauson rolls over to the
ropes to make an exit and sees Madelyne backing up to the back. The camera
focuses on her before she points to him and then her before making the it’s over sign. Clauson just turns and smacks the canvas
in anger as Madman turns and kicks the barricade.
Sharper: “Madelyne McTaggert I
guess was returning the favour from Taking Hold of the Flame!”
Knots: “If that’s the case,
they’re ingrates!”
Sharper: “Well I can’t speak
for them, but they were happy to win. I think they figured out what happened
and aren’t too pleased Madelyne got involved.”
Knots: “Well then don’t help
out blonde skeletons. Especially conniving bitches! At least Dark Fantasy don’t have to worry about Psycho Barbie and Brian making a
run…”
Sharper: “And who will the
Shoot Kings face on Ammo though? Winters and Cade or Bad
Company? We’ll find out…next!”
The crowd continues to just
roar as we see Clauson pulls himself to the floor, clearly less pleased than
initially. Madman and him share a few words as
Madelyne just waves and walks to the back. Harmony stirs and Lohan just slowly
helps her up, clearly not pleased as the scene fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Bad Company (Jamil McKnight &
Corey Douglas) vs. Shawn Winters & Memphis Cade
SCW World Tag Team Championship
Contendership Tournament Semi-Final match
:: Bloody murder, murder
murder [x4]::
As the chorus comes into “Murder To Excellence” by Jay Z and Kanye West, out
comes Jamil as he plays to the audience with his ‘Skittle’ painted skateboard
before putting it to the ground and popping a quick kickflip as he comes down
the slope of the entrance ramp …
This is to the memory of Danroy Henry
Too much enemy fire to catch a friendly
Strays from the same shade, n-- we on the same team
Giving you respect, I expect the same thing
All black everything, n-- you know my fresh code
I’m out here fightin’ for you, don’t increase my stress load
N-- watchin’ the throne, very happy to be
Power to the people, when you see me, see you
Hopping into the ring at the same time of the skateboard edging the ring, Jamil
gets up and immediately goes to the right as he hops onto the turnbuckle,
psyched and ready. A fearless expression on his face as his eyes is full of
hope. He hops down, waiting for the start of the match.
"GET READY!"
A countdown clock comes on the screen with all the lights dimmed to black in
the arena. The clock starts counting down from 5, 4, 3, 2, and then 1 and when
1 hits that triggers a big fire explosion on the top
of the ramp. The arena suddenly goes quiet and then "Unsettling
Differences" begins to play throughout the arena as the crowd rises up to
their feet once Corey Douglas comes walking out from the back. He sports a long
trench coat type jacket covering his wrestling attire. He stands at the top of
the ramp for a few moments, drops to one and then spreads his arms like a
cross, after he rises up to his feet and slowly walks down the ramp.
Once the ring announcer finishes his introduction of Corey Douglas, Corey
slides in the ring and tosses his hands up and poses to the crowd. He then goes
to the middle of the ring and drops to one knee, just like he did on the ramp,
and spreads his arms out like a cross and just stays that way until his
opponents come walking out.
Sharper: “Well we just determined
one team who will go to the finals. Szalinski and Clauson, the Shoot Kings.”
Knots: “Yeah and who is going
to join them? Rachel’s minions or the greatest team ever!”
Sharper: “I wonder who you’re
pulling for.”
Knots: “No one in particular.
I know that Rachel has to hide the bodies somewhere!”
"Nobody is Perfect but
I'm Pretty F@#ING Close"
The lyrics of "Biggest & The Best" by Clawfinger ring out to a
chorus of boos from the SCW fans as light blue pyros shoot up in the air. A few
moments pass as the song plays then. Memphis Cade slowly strolls out on the
stage with a smug smirk on his face and takes in the cheers as he chuckles to
himself a bit.
I hope you understand that the knowledge I bring,
Puts me in the position of a god or a king,
'Cause I'm blessed with the gift of the magic touch,
And I wouldn't say that I'm asking for too much.
Chubbs then strolls out behind him. They both make their way down toward the
ring as he provokes the fans more.
I'm the biggest,
The best,
Better than the rest,
Better than the rest.
Memphis Cade makes it to ringside as he stops in front of a couple of hot women
as Memphis Cad leans back and whispers in the ear of Chubbs. Then Memphis Cade
walks away and climbs up on the ring apron. Meanwhile Chubbs pulls out his
wallet and gives the attractive woman the room key. The woman denies it till
Chubbs points out it isn't his room key ,but rather
Memphis Cade's room key. She then readily takes the key.
So welcome to my kingdom and enjoy your little stay,
Even if you can't afford it I'll still make you pay.
So you better come and get it and enjoy it while you can,
Don't tell me that you're dumb enough to think I give a damn.
I couldn't care less about what you achieve,
And there's only one thing that you have to believe:
The only thing important that you have to understand,
Is that no matter what you say it's still a god I really am.
Memphis Cade then jumps over the ring ropes. While in the ring, Memphis Cade
takes off his black Silverstar shirt and throws it to the ring attendant.
Memphis turns around and shows off his body to the cheers from the crowd.
Chubbs then rolls in to the ring and stands up as he throws his arms up.
Memphis Cade walks over and climbs the second rope and he motions look at me
before pointing to the attractive blond with his room key as he give her a wink
and a smirk. He finally jumps down and gets ready for the match. The sound of a
woman climaxing is heard "OH OH SHHAAAWWWNN!" "I'm So Paid"
by Akon follows.
"I get in 'til the sun rise
Goin' 90 in a 65
Windows rolled down screamin' "Ah!"
Hey-ey-ey, I'm so paid"
The crowd roars in a standing ovation as Shawn Winters struts out from behind
the curtain with a smirk on his face. He's followed by his valet Charlie. Shawn
does a couple dances with pelvic thrusts with his arms in the air. He then
brings them down before shaking his head up and down a couple times. Shawn
begins walking down the aisle taking a glance at Charlie on the way.
"I see police on that crooked, I
Doin' 100 on Interstate 95
My shorty leanin', blastin'
that 'Do Or Die'
Wishin' that a motherfucker
would, 'cause we certified"
Shawn makes his way up to the
ring before getting right into the lens of the camera motioning his tongue up
and down as if he's eating it out. Shawn then hops up onto the apron and begins
to strut his stuff before climbing through the ropes.
"Ain't too much to put a strain on me
That's the reason why I had to
put the blame on me
I'd rather have them dollar
bills rain on me
Than to let them haters come
and make a name off me"
He show boats some more to the fans before pushing Charlie down onto the mat.
Cameras flash as he then poses on top of her with an arm raised while fireworks
shoot off from one turnbuckle to the next behind him. Charlie begins to take
off his entrance attire in a very sexual manner. Shawn then yanks her by the
hair which gets a smile from her. He climbs up to the middle turnbuckle and
raises his arms. He then spits his gum out into the air and slaps it away into
the crowd. He then hops down back to the canvas.
Sharper: “Well Shawn Winters
and Memphis Cade manage to get past Thirteen and Mason thanks to Starr.”
Knots: “A shame that he was
even out there.”
Sharper: “Well, it happened,
then again, they’ve never really given any indication whether they care. This
is an opportunity, particularly for Memphis Cade.”
Knots: “Yeah, I understand it
if they win the tournament, Adam takes over for Winters.
This is just a temporary thing.”
Winters looks around before
immediately exiting to the apron again. Cade starts off the match there as
Jamil does as well. The two look at each other. The bell sounds and Jamil runs at Cade,
but Cade sidesteps him and Jamil gets back up and Cade grabs him in a front
face lock. He then hoists him up, but Jamil blocks it and lifts Cade up. He
then throws him forward, but Cade lands on his feet and Jamil nails him with a
forearm and then another and another. He then grabs Cade and goes to whip him
into the ropes. Cade spins through and sends Jamil in. Jamil bounces off and
goes for a flying clothesline, but Cade ducks. Jamil rolls through and gets up
and Cade hip tosses him over. Jamil gets back up and Jamil hip tosses Cade
down. Cade gets back up and Jamil goes for another hip toss, but Cade blocks it
and then knees him in the ribs. Cade places his leg on the back of Jamil’s head
and backflips through. He then ducks a clothesline from Jamil and Jamil turns
around and Cade spinning heel kicks him down.
Sharper: “Both men acting and
reacting quickly.”
Knots: “But the form on Cade.
He’s just miles ahead of Jamil. Now Jamil, in a brawl, I’d take him in a
heartbeat. That’s what Rachel sees in him.”
Jamil gets back up and Cade
nails him with a chop. The crowd woos. He then shoves Jamil into the rope. He
kicks him in the ribs and then nails him with a forearm. He goes to whip him
across the ring, but Jamil holds on and pulls Cade into his knee. Cade flips
over in pain. He gets back up and Jamil runs over and kicks him in the ribs. He
then hooks him up and throws him over with a release falcon arrow. Cade rolls over, holding his back and Jamil pulls him in and takes him
down with a short-arm clothesline. He then reaches over and tags in Corey.
Corey enters the ring and Cade rolls over and Corey clubs him in the back. He
then clubs him again before lifting him up and nailing him with an elbow. Cade
stumbles back. Corey then whips him into the ropes. He bounces off and Corey
lifts him up into the air and catches him with a kick. The
crowd ohs. Cade rolls over, holding his chest in pain.
Sharper: “Oh! What a kick. And
add the impact from the kick and the gravity.”
Knots: “A few broken ribs
there. Not good for someone like Cade. I mean he uses that body to get the
girls!”
Cade stirs and Corey goes for
the pin.
1!
2!
Cade kicks out. Corey turns
and grabs Cade and lifts him up. He then turns and drives him into the corner.
He turns around and Corey whips him across the ring. Corey then runs after him
and goes for a jumping splash in the corner, but Cade moves out of the way.
Corey stumbles back and Cade runs across the ring. He’s blindtagged by Winters and Winters enters as Cade nails Corey with a
running dropkick. Cade then rolls out of the ring as Corey spins around and
ends up in the grasp of Winters who takes him over
with a German suplex. Winters then rolls over and goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Corey kicks out. Corey starts
to pull himself up. Winters walks over and nails him with a hard right. He then
kicks him in the ribs before snap suplexing him over. Corey sits up and Winters
goes for another pin.
1!
2!
Corey kicks out again. Winters
then grabs Corey in a chinlock and pulls back as the crowd cheers a bit.
Sharper: “Chinlock locked in
and this should slow it down.”
Knots: “Yeah and that’s why Winters is so great. He’s a ring general. He knows what to
do and when.”
Sharper: “Even the little
things, I’ll grant him that. The extra pinfalls.
They’re not necessarily to win. They’re to tire out your opponent.”
Winters pulls back as Corey
starts to turn. The crowd boos as Corey moves and Corey turns to his side. He
then elbows Winters in the ribs. He elbows him again
and goes to run out, but Winters grabs him by the hair
and pulls him back in for a side headlock. Corey pulls him back and Jamil tags
himself in. Corey then fires him off and Winters
bounces off the ropes and Corey drops down. Winters hops
over and Jamil nails him with an enziguri. The crowd ohs and Winters
just falls back. Jamil goes for the quick pin and Corey dives over to Cade,
knocking him off the apron.
1!
2!
Winters shoots his shoulder up
and rolls over. The crowd ohs and Jamil looks up. Corey turns and walks across
the ring and exits as Jamil grabs Winters and lifts
him up and knees him in the ribs. He then drops him with a
DDT.
Sharper: “Winters is in a lot
of trouble. That’s how much one move can change everything!”
Knots: “Oh God! Cade! Get on
the apron. Get ready for a tag. He’s gotta come.”
Sharper: “But Jamil is being
smart. Cutting the ring in half.”
Jamil gets up and looks
around. He then exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Winters stirs
and slowly starts to get up. Jamil then stands up and nails him with a missile
dropkick. He then goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Winters gets his shoulder up
again. Jamil looks up before turning and grabbing Winters
and lifting him up. He tags in Corey. Corey enters and looks at him as Jamil
grabs him and Corey nails him with a discus elbow and Jamil hits a German
suplex. He then rolls out of the ring. Corey goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Cade breaks it up. Cade then
exits the ring and extends his hand as Corey turns and grabs Shawn. He lifts
him up and nails him with a forearm. He then goes for a belly to belly suplex,
but Shawn suddenly spins through and takes Corey over. He then falls back and makes
the tag as the crowd roars.
Knots: “Oh yes!”
Sharper: “There’s the tag!”
Cade hops into the ring and
Corey gets up and
Cade nails him with a clothesline. He then runs over and dropkicks Jamil as he
enters, causing him to fall down. Corey gets up and Cade back drops him over.
He then turns and kicks Jamil in the chest as he gets up and clotheslines him
up and over. He then turns and runs past Corey and jumps to the middle rope and
nails him with a springboard spear. He then follows up with the pin.
1!
2!
Corey kicks out. Jamil gets
back onto the apron as Cade gets up. Cade then looks at Corey as he starts to
get up and motions for him to get up. Corey stirs and Jamil enters the ring and
goes after Cade, just trying to tackle him down, but Cade blocks it and starts
to club him in the back as Jamil nails him in the ribs. Jamil is pulled away by
the official and Cade turns and Corey jumps up and plants him with the Eat
Shit. The crowd ohs and Corey goes for the pin. Jamil exits.
1!
2!
Winters breaks it up. Corey
rolls over and Cade rolls over as well.
Sharper: “Oh! Another close one.”
Knots: “Too close for them.
Dear God, maybe Bad Company is ready for the titles!”
Corey slowly gets up and Cade
starts to pull himself up. Corey grabs him and lifts him up and goes for a back
suplex. Cade however backflips through and Cade takes him down with a reverse
DDT. He then climbs over Corey and tags in Winters.
The crowd cheers as Winters enters and Corey stirs.
Winters grabs him and goes for the fisherman’s suplex. He bridges up.
1!
2!
Jamil jumps up and elbows Winters in the ribs. The crowd ohs and Jamil rolls over. He
gets up and Cade springboards to the top rope and nails
Jamil with a crossbody, knocking him down and sending both out of the ring.
Winters stirs and Corey starts to roll over as well. Corey actually beats Winters up and Winters then turns to Corey and Corey grabs
him only for Winters to hit the Graven Image. The crowd cheers and Winters rolls Corey over and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd roars.
Sharper: “And Winters and Cade
go to the finals!”
Knots: “Oh man! Like good
versus evil! Winters and Cade versus the Shoot Kings!”
Sharper: “Who’s evil in that?”
Knots: “Isn’t it obvious?
Shoot Kings! I don’t trust guys in masks!”
Sharper: “And on Friday Night
Ammo, one of those two teams, they’re going to go to face Dark Fantasy at Rise
to Greatness!”
The crowd continues to cheer
and Cade rolls back into the ring. Jamil gets up and backs away slowly as Corey
just rolls over. Cade and Winters look at each other
and both just smile as Cade gets up. Winters nods as the
referee raises their hands. Winters just walks around the ring as Cade
just poses smiling. The crowd continues to cheer.
“Rescue Me” starts to play as
the crowd roars and we see the Breakdown logo come across the screen before
showing a still for Gable Winchester vs. Lucas Knight.
Sharper: “But we’re not done
here yet on Breakdown. We expect to hear from Jason Zero, but also, this huge
main event. Gable Winchester. Lucas Knight. That’s
next!”
The scene then fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
The opening to “Fly” by Nicki
Minaj featuring Rihanna starts to play as we see several sped up shots of the
opening of various Rise to Greatness events. Pyro shooting in the air quickly.
“I came to win,
to fight,
to conquer,
to thrive”
We then see a slowed down shot
of Shawn Winters celebrating with the SCW World Championship, before showing
Matt Hodges standing tall as champion, and then Steve Griffin holding the belt
over his head.
“I came to win,
to survive,
to prosper,
to rise”
We then see a shot of Shaun
Cruze celebrating after winning the Scaffold Scramble match at Rise to
Greatness 2011, before showing Jason Zero walking to the ring, before showing
Lucas Knight posing with Pete Ebdon, and Gable Winchester smiling.
“To fly...”
We then see Katie Steward
dropping someone with the Platinum Blonde before showing CHBK posing in the
ring. We then see Rachel Foxx glaring at Justin Davis before showing Ravyn
Taylor and Syren standing on opposite turnbuckles.
“To fly…”
We then see a shot of Masquerade
celebrating as World Champion, before showing Shilo Valiant standing with the
House of Ruin and then showing Thorn and David Helms celebrating in the ring
before we cut out to a shot of the Rise to Greatness 2012 logo and we see “6
1/2 Weeks Away.” The scene then fades to black.
Gable Winchester vs. Lucas Knight
A deep voice booms around the
arena as the crowds are hushed, waiting for what would happen next.
“The Book Of Winchester, Page Three, Chapter Seven, Verse Nine…There was a
dark and foreboding federation…nothing but criminals and geriatrics running
riot…the place called out for a hero…a saviour that wasn’t of the Christian
variety…that could bring a new sense of awesomeness to it’s very core…and rock
the place to it’s foundations like never before…they found that man”
There is silence before various words show on the video screen.
DRAGONSLAYING
FOUNDATION LAYING
ALCOHOL SWILLING
LEGEND THRILLING
"Motherf**ker Of The Year" By Motley Crue hits in the arena as a
microphone now appears on the video screen as Gable's voice can be heard
echoing throughout the arena
"CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?!"
This immediately sets the crowds off with jeers aimed toward the man that steps
out onto the top of the ramp with "The Book Of Winchester" tucked
securely under his arm as he walks forward and "Jack" can be seen
behind him walking almostreluctantly with his mentor as Gable then stops and
smirks at the gathered fans before holding the book aloft as blue fireworks
shoot up from both sides of the stage and the crowds give him an unfriendly
reception. Shrugging, Gable turns to Jack and gives him the book to carry
before strolling down to the ring, barely even acknowledging the fans as he
makes his way to the ring with his protege in tow albeit with nowhere near as
much enthusiasm as Gable
EVERY TIME I TURN MY HEAD,
I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S SAID
I KNOW THEY WISH I'D GO AWAY!
HERE I AAAAAAM AGAIN,
HEY NOW, HEY NOW,
I'M THE MOTHERF**KER OF THE YEAR!
The words on the screen keep on repeating themselves as Gable reaches the ring
and slides in, standing on the ropes and holding his hand up in a tight fist as
the crowds boo and jeer while Jack looks on from ringside, doing as he has been
told. Gable then awaits his opponent to come to the ring.
Sharper: “Gable Winchester is
going to have an interesting situation here. It looked like a couple of months
ago Lucas Knight and Gable Winchester were going to have a falling out due to
Gable going to Adam Allocco for advice, when Allocco was looking to dethrone
Dark Fantasy as Tag Champions. But now, with Lucas no longer in Infamous, this
takes on a very different tone.”
Knots: “Yeah, now Gable needs
to take Lucas out. Gable needs to end his meddling. Why can’t Lucas just
understand his time has passed?”
Sharper: “Well I don’t think
he agrees with that assessment and given that Watson is injured, it seems like
that didn’t work out for Infamous too well.”
Knots: “How can you be so
heartless? The trooper was injured in a training accident. It was painful.”
Sharper: “This wasn’t for
Lucas?!”
Out go the lights with a flick
of the switch sending the arena into complete darkness, soon after a sole
crimson spotlight hit’s the stage entrance as an infamous quote from Al Pacino
hit’s the P.A System along with the opening rift to Redefine by SOiL while the
silhouettes of a man can be seen walking onto the stage area.
“YOU THINK YOUR BIG TIME?”
“YOU’RE GONNA DIE BIG TIME!”
“YOU READY? HERE COMES THE PAIN!”
With a boom pyrotechnics’ explodes and with it Redefine
by SOiL kicks into full gear as the lights now come back on and standing on
stage once the smoke settles is Lucas Knight decked out in his wrestling attire
and a focused look in his eyes as he stares out at the crowd who all start to
cheer.
Phillips: “Ladies and Gentleman, hailing from Los Angeles, California and
representing his home nation the United Kingdom. He weighed in tonight at
two-hundred and thirty pounds - “THE CATALYST” LUCAS KNIGHT!!!
The crowd erupts with a roar as Lucas cracks a smile and confidently begins to
walk towards the ring tapping a few hands of fans as he walks down the ramp.
Once he reaches the bottom of the ramp Lucas leaps up onto the apron and climbs
into the ring via the middle ropes and extends his arms as the crowd’s cheers
once again as now Lucas removes his jacket and hangs it over the steel ring
post of his corner before beginning to test the ropes while waiting for the
match to begin.
Sharper: “Lucas Knight ready
for action here on Breakdown. Still plenty to come. We
expect to hear from Jason Zero shortly.”
Knots: “Yeah and that’ll be
great. Watching him have to forfeit his title shot.
And that right after we see Lucas get creamed.”
The crowd roars as the bell
sounds and Knight immediately runs over after Gable. Gable quickly bails the
ring and backs up only for Knight to turn and step through, dropping down to
the floor. Gable and Lucas run around and Gable slides in as Knight gets up. Gable runs into the ropes and runs at Lucas, but
Lucas clotheslines him down as the crowd roars. Gable gets up and turns and
Lucas hoists him up onto his shoulders. Gable tries to fight off, but Knight
drops him with a Death Valley Driver and the crowd roars. Knight turns and
grabs him by the hair as he’s dazed and starts to lift him up before yelling
out for the UKOD. The crowd roars and Knight goes to go for it, but Jack enters
the ring underneath the ropes and pulls on the leg. Knight turns around and the
referee goes over to tell him to get away. Jack lets go and backs away as Gable
then spins around and back drops Lucas over. The crowd boos. Lucas gets back up
and Gable quickly dropkicks him in the face, knocking him back to the mat.
Sharper: “Jack saves Gable’s
hide right there as he gives the momentary distraction!”
Knots: “Well ref saw it and
got him out of there. No harm!”
Sharper: “Please! No harm?!
Gable got control. Lucas had him!”
Lucas stirs and gets up and
Gable turns and nails him with a hard right and then a kick to the ribs before
he snap suplexes him over. Lucas winces and he sits up and Gable turns and
nails him with a European uppercut to the back. Lucas winces and turns a bit.
He stirs and Gable turns and runs into the ropes. He bounces off and hooks his
head before spinning around and dropping him down with a reverse DDT. He then
goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Lucas kicks out. He turns and
rolls over and stirs. Gable gets up as Lucas pulls himself up and walks to the
ropes. He turns around and Gable kicks him in the ribs before jumping up and
nailing him with a standing enziguri. The crowd ohs as Lucas falls to his hands
and knees. Gable then gets up as we see CHBK walking out from the back. The
crowd boos seeing him as he starts to make his way down. Gable meanwhile turns
and stomps away at Lucas.
Knots: “Well we have more
class coming to the ring. Gable is here and now is the greatest wrestler that
ever lived, CHBK.”
Sharper: “That worries me to
say the least. You know he’s got to have a problem with Lucas’ constant going
after Christy and trying to make her decide loyalties.”
Knots: “Christy’s fine. She’ll
see the light. Plus, Ebdon, he knows the score. He knows Infamous is where it’s
at. Order of Chaos, that’s the past. It’s a faded light!”
Gable pulls off and Lucas
rolls over to the apron. He starts to get up and Gable walks back over to him,
but Lucas counters with a guillotine drop. Gable stumbles back and falls to a
knee. Jack goes over to him and Lucas stomps him in the face. Jack staggers
away. Lucas then starts to enter, but Gable kicks him in the chest. He lays on
the middle rope and Gable turns and jumps to the nearby middle rope before
diving back, driving his elbow into the back of Lucas’ head, causing him to the
fall to the mat and roll over. Gable then grabs him and goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Lucas places his foot on the
bottom rope and the crowd cheers. CHBK looks into the ring as Gable gets up. He
looks at CHBK and CHBK nods to him. Lucas rolls over and stirs. Gable grabs him
and lifts him up. He then drops him with an implant DDT. Lucas rolls onto his
back, clearly in pain. Gable exits to the apron and starts to climb up to the
top rope. Lucas remains down and Gable gets to the very top before going for a
leg drop, but Lucas rolls out of the way. The crowd cheers as Gable rolls over,
holding his back in pain.
Sharper: “No one home. Gable
hits the mat. Lucas has life!”
Knots: “Damn it! You had him!
He was right there!”
Lucas slowly gets up as Gable
gets up and Lucas nails him from behind. He then knees him in the back before
grabbing his arms and hooking them up. He then tosses Gable over with a
pumphandle suplex. Lucas rolls over and looks up and sees CHBK standing at
ringside. He looks around, almost looking for Infamous before going back to
Gable and driving the point of his elbow into the back of Gable’s head. He gets
up and does it again before grabbing Gable and lifting him up. He then drops
him with the Hail Britannia. He then goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Gable gets his shoulder up.
Lucas turns and grabs Gable by the hair and drags him up before whipping him
into the corner. Lucas runs after him and nails him with a clothesline. He then
backs up and Gable stumbles back and Lucas spins him around and knees him in
the back. He sets up for the Monarchy Rules, but Gable flips through and then
pushes Lucas forward. He hits the turnbuckles and Gable rolls him through with
a roll-up.
1!
2!
Lucas kicks out and Gable
falls forward into the corner.
Sharper: “Nearfall as Gable
counters the Monarchy Rules.”
Knots: “He nearly went face
first into the turnbuckle. Gotta be careful. Don’t
need to give him anything!”
Sharper: “Getting concerned
there?”
Knots: “No! Just that Lucas is
crafty at times. He’s not that stupid yet. He may take advantage of something!”
Gable starts to get up and
Lucas then grabs him and pulls him out before pulling him down with the UKOD.
The crowd cheers and Lucas goes for the pin.
1!
2!
3!
He rolls over and CHBK slides
in and Lucas gets up and immediately nails CHBK with a hard right. The crowd
cheers. Lucas nails him with another and another before CHBK rakes his eyes.
Lucas stumbles backs and CHBK reaches into his pocket.
Lucas turns and goes after CHBK and CHBK goes for the Bittersweet Ending, but
Lucas ducks. CHBK turns around and Lucas hoists him up for the Union Jack,
launching CHBK up, but CHBK nails him with a hard right, causing Lucas to fall
back. He then steps forward and CHBK nails him with another hard right. Lucas
just drops to the corner and CHBK throws down a pair of brass knuckles that
were in his hand. He then pulls Lucas down with a reverse STO and rolls through
into a koji clutch. Gable stirs and watches as CHBK just pulls back on the head
of Lucas. The crowd boos.
Sharper: “Lucas Knight is out
and CHBK is just keeping that hold locked in!”
Knots: “Koji Clutch! Perfectly
done! And Lucas now is going to be waking up to a lot of pain!”
Sharper: “Come on! Get him off
ref!”
CHBK just keeps the hold
locked on as the crowd boos loudly. CHBK just keeps it locked in a few moments
as Gable just smiles as rolls to the floor. He nods as CHBK then lets go and rolls over and looks at Lucas.
CHBK: “Stay away from Christy!
Got it!”
CHBK then stomps him in the
head. He looks at him as the crowd boos. A few moments pass before “This is How
a Heart Breaks” plays throughout the arena. CHBK then turns and backs away. He
then bends over and grabs his brass knuckles and puts them back into his
pocket. He just smirks before exiting the ring. He starts to back away. Lucas
just remains down as the official checks on him. CHBK turns around and starts
to walk to the back as Gable and Jack look on from the top of the entrance way.
The crowd boo as the scene fades to black.
COMMERCIAL:
Breakdown returns as “Rescue
Me” plays in the background as we see a live shot of the outside of the Wells
Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa. The crowd cheers seeing
this.
Sharper: “Welcome back to
Breakdown, live from Des Moines, Iowa, the Wells Fargo Arena. It’s been a
jam-packed and newsworthy night to say the least.”
Knots: “Yeah. We’ve got the
Tag Contendership Finals set up for Ammo. Mr. D has two more weeks as the guy
running the show. Next Breakdown, he’s done! The Board of Directors is
officially taking over after…and it looks like Rise to Greatness is going to be
very interesting simply because Jason Zero can’t challenge for the title!”
Sharper: “Shilo Valiant
revealed a clip from last year on Breakdown that had Jason Zero agreeing to a
provision that would see him needing to forfeit his title shot if he won the
Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal. This is part of that greatest
stipulation from his match with CHBK that saw Jason Zero, if he lost-“
Knots: “And he did!”
Sharper: “It would see him
forfeit any and all World Title shots.”
Knots: “And we’ve heard from
everyone. Shilo brought it up. We’ve talked to Mr. D, CHBK...everyone but Jason
Zero.”
Sharper: “One has to wonder
what he’s thinking…”
A few moments pass as we go to
a live shot inside the arena and the cameras pan throughout the crowd.
“Nightmare!”
The crowd rises to their feet
cheering as “Nightmare” by Avenged Sevenfold plays throughout the arena. The
cheers continue as spotlights circle the arena and a few moments pass before
Jason Zero walks out from the back. He looks out at the crowd and just takes in
the response for a few moments before starting to make his way down to the
ring. He walks over to the ring and hops onto the apron. He then looks around
before entering the ring. He decides not to show-boat, instead going to the
corner and asking for a microphone. He takes it and turns around before walking
back to the middle of the ring.
Knots: “Time to hear Zero tell
the world that he’s forfeiting a shot. I’m going to love this. I wish we had
popcorn here.”
Sharper: “Well, this is just
unfortunate…”
Knots: “Actually, I have my
phone here. I’ll just take a bunch of pictures. Make a slideshow to put up in
one of those digital frames in my apartment. I can watch Zero’s heartbreak over
and over again.”
Zero looks around as his music
fades out. A loud “Zero!” chant begins to echo throughout the arena. He just
looks around and smirks, enjoying the reaction. He then slowly goes to bring
the microphone up to his mouth. As he is about to speak.
“Necro!”
The crowd starts to boo and
“For Your Entertainment” plays throughout the arena. Jason Zero stops and turns
to the entrance way as Shilo Valiant walks out from the back.
Knots: “Oh good! Shilo’s going
to come out here just to rub it in his face a bit more!”
Shilo Valiant walks down to
the ring and walks up the steel steps. Zero just looks at him as Shilo enters
the ring and then smiles before walking over to him for a moment and then
backing up and leaning against the corner. Zero just looks at him as the crowd
boos. His music fades out and Shilo just smirks before Zero turns to the crowd
again.
Zero: “Good…I prefer an
audience.”
Zero smirks before turning to
the crowd as they cheer. Shilo just watches Zero before Zero goes to speak
again, only this time. “King of the World” by Porcelain and the Tramps starts
to play throughout the arena. The crowd roars, giving a mixed reaction before
Christy Matthews walks out from the back with Pete Ebdon. The two looks down to
the ring as Zero turns and looks at them. He just smiles slightly as Ebdon and
Matthews stand at the top of the stage. They look down.
Sharper: “And Christy Matthews
now out here.”
Knots: “Obviously they both
care. This drastically changes Rise to Greatness and they want to make sure
they hear it from his own mouth!”
Sharper: “We’ve had people
forfeit the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal winnings by choice before,
but never forced to. This is unprecedented…”
Zero just looks at Christy
before turning to Shilo as another “Zero!” chant begins. He just continues to
watch both individuals before turning to the crowd.
Zero: “It seems like we have a
few interested parties here.”
Zero smirks before turning to
both Shilo and Christy.
Zero: “In fact, I’m happy both
of you chose to join me out here in what is my first official statement on SCW
programming since February. I may have been forced back because of the terms of
that same contract that was mentioned earlier tonight. I couldn’t take anymore
nights off. And shockingly, Shilo, you showed a memory I was sure you didn’t
have. Even Adam Sharper…Jonathan Knots…they didn’t even remember the terms.
They just remembered ‘no SCW Championship matches,’ and assumed. Well I can
save some time for SCW’s legal department.”
Zero pauses for a moment.
Zero: “You’re quite right that
the contract prevents me from enjoying the Taking Hold of the Flame winnings.”
The crowd boos as Zero pauses.
Shilo just smiles as Christy smiles as well.
Zero: “To put it simply, the
contract states that I cannot earn a World Championship shot. I cannot
challenge for one. I can’t be put into consideration by the boss. And so, that
means technically speaking, I’m wasting everyone’s time now….but then…why would
I still be here?”
Zero smirks. Shilo looks less
set as Christy and Ebdon chat amongst themselves.
Zero: “See Shilo, you once
again miss the forest for the trees. Because I entered Taking
Hold of the Flame, simply because I had to…but also because I have never won
it. But it entitles me to something beyond the standard…Because you,
Christy, I and everyone else in this arena and at the SCW Front Office know
that I have earned a shot that I cannot claim. The key there is that I know
that. And that is where this becomes a problem for you and Christy Matthews.”
Zero smiles.
Zero: “If I know I can’t
compete for the title, at least by those terms, why would I even care? Well,
Shilo…let me ask you a question. How entertaining are you if at the biggest
event of the year, your match barely lasts two minutes? Christy….how good of a
choice was it to cash in your Trios Tournament contract, if I will ensure that
the match will be squander? How good for a Rise to Greatness main event will
there be, if my presence immediately renders it void? And how much credibility
do you have, when your true challenges are forced to turn down the shot,
instead of willingly doing so. See Shilo, Christy…the point of me winning was
not to attain a World Championship shot at Rise to Greatness. As much as I
would love to challenge for it once again, that part, is out of my hands.
That’s up to a lot of other forces…”
Zero pauses as he glances at
Christy before turning back to Shilo.
Zero: “While I can claim
another achievement, there is another fact I have to make aware to both you and
Christy. Remember that little contract that I signed…it forced me to stay here
in SCW, suffering, for a year. Well after Rise to Greatness…I can just walk out
of my contract, negotiate my release as a wrestler and enjoy those shares to
fund anything I want from here on out. Or more importantly for you two…is if I
ruin your match…there’s nothing anyone can do about it.”
The crowd roars.
Zero: “If I ruin Christy’s
shot…tough for her. If I ruin Shilo’s chance to entertain and
mesmerize…tough for him. Because the moment those cameras go off, I am
done. I can walk.”
Zero smiles and laughs.
Zero: “For someone who likes
control Shilo…you seem a bit disappointed. But I thank you for informing
everyone, because now my final act…it’s going to be more explosive than ever
before. It’s not going to be a surprise. It’s going to be in front of
everyone’s face and now I get to watch everyone scramble…because right now,
Rise to Greatness is in MY hands, Shilo…Christy….not either of yours.”
Zero smiles.
Zero: “Chaos reigns children…Chaos reigns.”
The crowd roars as Christy
starts to clearly show her anger, yelling at Ebdon before pointing at the ring.
Shilo just looks shocked as Zero just walks past Shilo and looks at him,
laughing before exiting the ring. He then turns and looks at Christy before
continues to laugh and he then walks along the side of the stage as the crowd
just continues to buzz. Christy starts to be held back by Ebdon as she tries to
go after Zero as Shilo just watches him leave and the scene slowly fades to
black…
QUICK RESULTS:
Marina Trent defeats Stacy
Kissinger via pinfall
The Shoot Kings defeat W.G. Palmer
& Douche von Douchebag via pinfall to move on in the Contendership
Tournament
Bad Company defeat Team Desire 2.0
via pinfall to move on in the Contendership Tournament
Brittany Lohan & Harmony
Fisher defeats The Wilde Mustangs via pinfall to move on in the Contendership
Tournament
Memphis Cade & Shawn Winters
defeat Thirteen & Blake Mason via pinfall to move on in the Contendership
Tournament
Shaun Cruze defeats Justin Davis
via pinfall to retain the SCW United States Championship
David Helms defeats Rachel Foxx
via pinfall
The Shoot Kings defeats Brittany
Lohan & Harmony Fisher via pinfall via pinfall to move on in the
Contendership Tournament
Memphis Cade & Shawn Winters
defeat Bad Company via pinfall to move on in the Contendership Tournament
Lucas Knight defeats Gable
Winchester via pinfall