Breakdown - May 24, 2017

“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:

Breakdown opens up as we see a Sedan pulling into the building. Behind the Sedan, we see a limousine pull up behind it.

Sharper: “Welcome everyone to Breakdown here live in Miami. And we assume this is Bree Lancaster arriving to the building.”

The Sedan’s doors open as several men in suits step out. They walk over to the limousine as we see SCW security guards walking over as well. Mr. D is with them. The chauffeur walks over to the back door and opens it up. We then see Imogen Reed step out. She then looks at the guards.

Imogen: “Oh, you didn’t say we’d have choice.”

Scott Burnside exits after and steps over as Bree Lancaster steps out. The crowd boos. We notice, also, that she’s in her wrestling gear.

Bree: “Having to get changed at the hotel and then come here like this. Unacceptable.”

Mr. D walks over.

Mr. D: “And if you didn’t decide to do unconsciable actions, we’d not be in this situation.”

Mr. D is then stopped by the men in suits.

Bree: “Still not right. Not with some of the other people running around here. And get your men away from here. I brought my own. Lord knows you dimwits couldn’t defend anything.”

Mr. D: “You have your match. It starts immediately. So best get to the ring.”

Bree: “I will take my time.”

Mr. D: “It’s for your safety.”

Bree: “If that was the case, you’d just keep me at home so when Blake returns, the two of us can then dominate and take what we want as we want it. But no, you needed to pull this powerplay.”

Bree turns to Scott.

Bree: “Come on. Gen…we’ll catch up later.”

Imogen: “Aye aye captain.”

Imogen goes to walk off before Donovan Kayl storms into the scene.

Kayl: “Let’s test all of what was just said!”

Kayl heads towards Bree and SCW security stops him before holding him back.

Mr. D: “Donovan! Leave!”

Kayl: “Not on your life. We have something to say to each other.”

Bree: “Not going to happen. Come on.”

Kayl fights a bit more as the men in suits flank Bree Lancaster and Scott Burnside and they start to head away. SCW security keeps Kayl back as Mr. D watches her leave. Mr. D turns to Kayl as Kayl just looks at him.

Kayl: “We will have that conversation.”

Mr. D: “Get back inside.”

The scene cuts out as we fade into the intro for Breakdown.

“Immortals” by Fall Out Boy starts to play. We see the SCW Breakdown logo come up on the screen before we see a shot of Kelcey Wallace walking out to the ring with Chris Cannon and then showing Sienna Swann hitting the Slice of Heaven on Jake Starr. This is followed by a shot of Selena Frost locking the Frost’s Bite on Angelica Jones before showing Donovan Kayl hitting the Point Blank on CHBK.

"They say we are what we are
But we don't have to be
I'm glad to hate you but I do it in the best way
I'll be the watcher of the eternal flame
I'll be the guard dog of all your fever dreams"

We see a shot of Dylan Howell clutching the Adrenaline Championship before showing Tommy Valentine hitting James Evans with the Griever’s Bane. We see a shot of Rachel Foxx going to hit Syren with a sledgehammer before showing Syren ducking and her hitting Adam Sharper instead before we follow up with a shot of Syren celebrating with the SCW World Championship at Rise to Greatness.

"I am the sand in the bottom half of the hourglass (Glass, glass)"

A shot of Red Rayne spewing the Bloodbath into the eyes of Christy Matthews is shown before showing Dawn Lohan standing over Selena Frost. We then see Eli D’Angelo hitting the Salvation on Ace Marshall.

"I'll try to picture me without you but I can't"

We then see a shot of Alexis Quinne and PUNK HAZARD carrying their banner.

"Cause we could be immortals, immortals
Just not for long, for long
If we meet forever now, pull the blackout curtains down
Just not for long, for long
We could be immor immortals, immor immortals
Immor immortals,
immor immortals
Immortals"

We then see a shot of Merrick Wiseman handcuffing Ravyn Taylor before showing Adrenaline Rush in the ring. Shots of Kennedy Street standing in the middle of the ring posing, followed by Katie Steward posing and AJ Helms and Shaun Cruze walking to the ring are shown. This is followed with a shot of Regan Street dropping Rachel Foxx with the Catnap inside Tactical Warfare before showing Blake Mason and Bree Lancaster posing, followed by a shot of Tyler Tucker going for the Caffeine Crash before the SCW Breakdown logo comes back up on the screen.

The scene then cuts to inside the AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Florida where pyro ignites either side of the stage and makes its way towards the center. The crowd explodes with electricity with the cameras catching glimpses of all in attendance tonight. Various signs are on full display for their favorite superstars. The camera continues to pan the crowd before we cut to ringside and the SCW announce table to see Adam Sharper and Shawn Winters at ringside.

Sharper: “Welcome everyone Miami, Florida. Adam Sharper and Shawn Winters at ringside. Bree Lancaster arriving and with her own security force as she claimed she would.”

Winters: “Already endearing herself to SCW after her week off.”

Sharper: “We’re starting with her in action, but a lot more to come tonight. We know Mr. D is going to be a busy man. He’s got meetings planned with Selena Frost, Kelcey Wallace and we’re told that he’s made a decision regarding Shaun Cruze as the World Tag Team Championship.”

Winters: “Yeah and given that Cruze’s actions are getting more and more bad publicity. Add that we don’t have a World Championship match at Taking Hold of the Flame, he’s looking to take care of things.”

Bree Lancaster vs. Brett Sinclaire

The horns of "I'm Worth It" by Fifth Harmony begin as the lights dim somewhat, and a few white spotlights dance on the stage in time to the music. The suited guard walks out. Bree Lancaster appears and Scott Burnside behind her. She looks around as the crowd boos, clearly unimpressed. The guards surround her and Scott.

{Give it to me, I'm worth it
Baby, I'm worth it}

Bree heads down the ramp as the chorus continues. Two crossing spotlights follow her progress.

Phillips: "The following match is your opening contest for SCW Breakdown and it is scheduled for onefall with a twenty minute time limit. First, on her way to the ring, currently residing in The Hamptons, accompanied by Scott Burnside, she is the Classy One... Bree Lancaster!"

The music continues as Bree gets to the ring. The guards flank both sides of the steps. She stops at the steps to pose a second, then goes up with a little bounce in her step to the music. Scott goes around the ring as Bree steps between the ropes over the middle rope. She then does a little circle in the ring, showing off a bit before stopping in the middle of the ring. Bree tugs on the silver belt, and the robe falls open revealing her pure white and silver trimmed outfit. Bree shimmys her shoulders in time to the music and the robe slides off to the canvas. Cocking a hip sideways, Bree raises her arms overhead in a flourish, then walks another small circle, a smug smirk on her face, before bending over to pick up her robe. She goes to the corner and hands it to Scott as the music fades and the lights return to normal.

Sharper: “The security detail she’s hired for herself joining her at ringside.”

Winters: “Good guards always stay with their client!”

Sharper: “And this is going to be an interesting match if only because it’s a rematch from Broken Beliefs. Brett Sinclaire won that match, but also asked for this rematch, figuring it would get Bree to agree to return faster, given that Bree had an issue with that original match.”

Winters: “Of course she would. She lost it!”

“Kingdom” by Downstait hits the speakers as all the lights in the arena go out, though a number of fans light up their phones to try and cut through the darkness. As the lyrics begin, the Tron suddenly comes to life, playing past clips of Brett Sinclaire in action. As the song reaches the line “Waiting for me to start the show” a lone spotlight suddenly shines down on the center of the stage, revealing a figure with his back turned as he stares up at the Tron, the spotlight reflecting off the numerous sequins on his robe, especially the “Evolution Incarnate” script on the back. As the song hits the chorus, the figure suddenly spins around and throws his arms up, palms to the sky as gold pyro rains down behind him and all the lights slowly come back on, albeit dimmed quite a bit.

Phillips: “And her opponent, from Manhattan, New York, he is Evolution Incarnate, Brett Sinclaire!”

Brett Sinclaire looks out at the fans with a smile, accepting the split reaction he’s being given as he slowly makes his way down to the ring, the spotlight following him. When he reaches ringside, he goes towards the steel steps before the suited men stop him. He just looks at them and then turns to go to another part of the ring, but one then grabs him and he turns and nails him with a hard right, leaning another to nail Sinclaire in the ribs with a hard right and the other two head over and club Brett in the back, forcing him down. They stomp away on Brett Sinclaire as the crowd boos. Bree smirks.

Sharper: “Oh come on! These aren’t guards! They’re paid muscle!”

Winters: “Well that’s one way to help ensure a different outcome! Just beat the hell out of Sinclaire before the match begins!”

Sharper: “And Bree is smirking. Obviously she knew. Scott Burnside again is just stunned.”

Burnside looks on, trying to figure out what’s going on. The men continue to attack Sinclaire as the official in the ring drops down to the floor. He heads over and tries to get them off. Bree just leans back in her corner before we then Donovan Kayl running out from the back. The crowd cheers as we also see Damien Rilaki heading down to the ring. They head down and Bree steps forward as the guards get a couple more shots in. Kayl runs over and jumps up and dives into the group of them. A couple of fall over and one falls into the ring. Kayl ends up on him and nails him with a forearm as Rilaki grabs one and throws him into the barricade. The crowd roars as Kayl nails the guard again. We then see SCW guards running down from the back. They head down to the ring and Kayl turns and goes to roll into the ring, but the guards stop him and pull him out. He staggers back. Rilaki moves back as the guards start to regain order. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “SCW officials obviously watching.”

Winters: “Kayl tried to get into the ring!”

Sharper: “He didn’t. The guards stopped him. Bree Lancaster is stunned here. We need to get order. We’re going to go for a break. As expected, this is a wild start. But we assume Brett Sinclaire if he’s able to compete, he’ll face Bree Lancaster next.”

Winters: “If he’s able! He took a hell of an ass kicking.”

We see Kayl stewing as he paces a bit, officials keeping him back. Rilaki heads with him as the suited guards are slowly helped up and escorted out.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns and we see Brett Sinclaire nodding as the official checks with him. We also see the trainer at ringside. Brett Sinclaire nods as the official steps back and calls for the bell. The bell sounds and Bree runs across the ring and hits a running dropkick, knocking Brett into the corner and causing him to fall over to the mat.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Breakdown. As you can see, Brett Sinclaire getting checked out. But he’s been cleared and agreed to compete. Bree with the dropkick!”

Winters: “Just took his head off!”

Sharper: “And Bree’s security detail has been removed. I’m told they’ve been escorted out of the building.”

Winters: “Does Bree know?”

Sharper: “I’m not sure. I doubt it. She’s been out here all match.”

Bree gets up and dives onto Brett and goes for the pin.

Sinclaire kicks out. He turns and rolls over. Bree gets up and grabs him and drags him up and over to the corner. Sinclaire turns and Bree stomps him in the chest and then again and again and again. The referee calls for the break.

Bree steps back and walks around the ring. Sinclaire winces and starts to turn over. He grabs at the ropes. Bree walks over to him and kicks him in the ribs. She snapmares him over. She then jumps up and hits a knee drop. She goes for the pin.

Brett kicks out again.

Sharper: “Another nearfall. Bree Lancaster with a clear advantage.”

Winters: “Did a great job setting up that attack. Now just slowly keeping him down. He wants to keep kicking out, Bree will keep it going.”

Brett rolls over. Bree gets up to her feet as Brett starts to get up. Bree heads over and kicks him in the ribs. He falls to the ropes and through to the apron. Bree grabs him and starts to lift him up. He then suddenly grabs her by the head and hit a guillotine drop. The crowd cheers. Bree falls back and rolls over. Brett walks around on the floor. He rolls back in. He winces a bit and Bree gets up and Sinclaire runs over and clotheslines her down. Bree rolls over and Sinclaire wrenches her arm and whips her into the ropes. She bounces off and Brett Sinclaire hits a powerslam. He goes for the pin.

Bree kicks out. She rolls over. She starts ot get up and Brett grabs her and pulls her in. He hooks her up and goes for a fisherman’s suplex, but Bree blocks it and nails him in the ribs and then again before hitting a shoot kick to the ribs. Brett Sinclaire falls to the ropes. He turns around and Bree hits another snapmare before running into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a dropkick to the side of the head. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh God, another hard dropkick. Brett Sinclaire’s head torqueing in a vicious way.”

Winters: “He gave himself some hope. It quickly went away.”

Sinclaire rolls over and Bree then grabs him by the arm and slowly pulls him up before kneeing him in the ribs. Bree then spins thorugh and into a La Magistral cradle as we see Scott Burnside on the phone.

Brett kicks out. He rolls over and stirs. He grabs at the ropes and turns and Bree hits an enziguri kick and Brett falls back to the mat. Bree then looks around before Scott gets her attention. Bree walks over. Scott brings the phone down.

Scott: “He says they’ve been kicked out, Breezy.”

Bree: “What?”

Scott: “D kicked out your guards!”

Bree: “He has no right?!”

Bree looks around.

Bree: “Screw this! Get me out of here.”

Bree goes to step out, but Brett runs up behind her. He grabs her and pulls her back in before hoisting her up by the waist and hooking her legs on the top rope. He kicks her hard in the back as she is in the tree of woe and Bree yells in pain as the crowd cheers as Brett steps up onto the middle rope and jumps up and hits a double stomp to Bree’s chest as she sits up. The crowd ohs and Bree just goes limp before finally dropping to the mat. Brett Sinclaire rolls over.

Sharper: “The double stomp. Bree may be out!”

Winters: “She was trying to get out of here. She now knows that her guards are gone and Brett Sinclaire took advantage.”

Sharper: “Bree Lancaster in a heap in the corner after that stomp. Brett Sinclaire just needs to get her away from the ropes and this may be over.”

Sinclaire turns and rolls her away from the ropes and goes for the pin.

Bree shoots her shoulder up. Sinclaire looks up. He then gets up and grabs Bree and slowly starts to lift her up. Sinclaire hooks her up and then hits a snap suplex. Brett turns and exits to the apron. He climbs up to the top rope. He gets to the top rope and Bree remains down. Sinclaire dives off and hits and elbow drop. The crowd roars. Sinclaire goes for the pin.

Bree kicks out. Sinclaire rolls off. Bree rolls away. The crowd boos. Sinclaire gets up and Bree grabs at the ropes. Sinclaire grabs her and clubs her in the back and then again before spinning her around and whipping her into the ropes. Bree bounces off and Sinclaire goes for a clothesline, but Bree drops down with a dropkick to his knees. The crowd ohs. Sinclaire slowly gets up and winces and turns around and Bree lunges and drills him with the Classifier. The crowd ohs. Bree turns and hooks the leg.

Sharper: “Lancaster with the Classifier.”

Winters: “Last think Sinclaire needed in this one. His body has to be screaming in pain.”

The crowd boos. Bree Lancaster rolls off. She smiles a bit before turning back to Scott Burnside and then looking around before rolling out of the ring.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Bree Lancaster!”

Sharper: “Lancaster with the win. Sinclaire won at Broken Beliefs. Tonight, it’s Lancaster. With an assist from her guards.”

Winters: “Hey! She still got it done. Sinclaire fought back!”

Sharper: “And there’s no joy on her face. Her security is gone and she’s livid!”

Bree turns to Scott Burnside and motions for him to come over. He does. They then promptly start to make their way to the back. The crowd boos. The cameras follow them for a few moments.

We cut to the announce table to see Adam Sharper and Shawn Winters.

Sharper: “Bree Lancaster heading to the back. I wonder if she’s going to have something to say to our boss.”

Winters: “He should be happy that Donovan Kayl and others didn’t come out here and take advantage!”

Sharper: “Well, as many are upset with what Blake Mason did and by associate, Bree Lancaster, especially when she did not show up last week. But another issue is that of Shaun Cruze is indefensible actions against Taylor Chase-Cruze. We all saw the video and a lot of people, despite some feeling that there is something off, the fact remains, Cruze even admitted it, he touched a pregnant woman.”

Winters: “Yeah and I don’t care why or how. And he’s representing this company as a champion.”

Sharper: “That may be changing. While Bree Lancaster and Brett Sinclaire were having their match, we mentioned at the start of the show that Mr. D will be busy tonight. Some have said that the two week hiatus was well timed because he was able to get ducks in a row to deal with some of these issues.”

Winters: “Like Cruze.”

Sharper: “And we’re told, he met with Shaun Cruze during that opening match and Jessica Winters is standing by. Jessica?”

We cut backstage to see Jessica Winters standing in one of the hallways outside of Mr. D’s office.

Jessica: “Thank you Adam. Indeed that is the case. Shaun Cruze went in just about ten minutes ago. Mr. D at one point was interrupted as the situation in the ring took place and ordered Lancaster’s guards to be removed. But…”

Jessica turns as some jostling can be heard inside.

Jessica: “Hold on a minute, I think they may be finishing up….”

Jessica steps back as the door opens. We see Shaun Cruze steps out of the office.

Jessica: “Shaun. Can I get a word?”

Jessica pauses for a moment.

Jessica: “You walked in with the World Tag Team Championship…you don’t have it. Does this-“

Shaun: “You’ll need to ask Mr. D about it. Regardless, I agree with his decision and I understand.”

Shaun then turns and walks off. Jessica watches him leave as she turns and Mr. D walks out, holding the SCW World Tag Team Championship. Jessica turns to him.

Jessica: “Well I think we can assume what was discussed.”

Mr. D: “I have stripped Shaun Cruze of the World Tag Team Championship. At this point, AJ Helms remains as the champion. It will be expected he will name a new partner as soon as possible. SCW has also punished Cruze further, but those details will remain private. At this point, we should note that it is our understanding that no charges have been laid. Should they be, we will add further consequence. At this point, Shaun Cruze has to live with what he did. And as part of that, he won’t represent SCW as a champion.”

Jessica: “Thank you for your comments.”

Mr. D: “You’re welcome. Now if you excuse me, I have a few other situations to deal with.”

Mr. D goes back inside his office as he closes the door behind him. Jessica Winters turns back to the camera.

Jessica: “Well that’s one big piece of news. Shaun Cruze no longer the SCW World Tag Team Champion. AJ Helms still will hold the titles and at this point, the next move is his and who will he name to be champion.”

Sharper: “Thank you Jessica-“

Winters: “Frankly, I’d say stay there for the rest of the night. Looks like you’ll get a lot of news.”

Sharper: “That may not be the worst idea.”

Jessica nods. We then cut to a shot of the arena as the camera pans throughout the crowd.

Sharper: “More to come here on Breakdown. We’re just starting here in Miami and it promises to be a newsworthy night.”

The scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we open up to see Bree Lancaster walking backstage with Scott Burnside.

Bree: “Where is his office? They’re my protection! He can’t take them away. We paid for the best, not his damn rent-a-cops!”

Scott: “Look Breezy. They got a bit overzealous-“

Bree: “Exactly. To make a point. You don’t mess with me while Blake not around. It’s about making sure people respect that I am not going to just hide in the corner and shake like a leaf while half the roster shows how petty they are! So what Blake piledrove him?! He’s been given his consequences!”

Scott sighs as Bree heads down one hallway and then sees Jessica Winters. Jessica turns and looks over.

Bree: “Out of my way!”

Jessica backs up as she just looks at Bree with disgust. Bree then steps into the office of Mr. D.

Bree: “What the hell is this I’m hearing about you kicking out my guards!”

The camera follows in.

Mr. D: “Oh they’re guards. I forgot on account of them attacking Brett Sinclaire and preventing him from getting into the ring.”

Bree: “He started it.”

Mr. D: “No, they did, but obstructing his entrance. That led me to believe that they’re more than guards and frankly, you never got them cleared by security and therefore, I removed them.”

Bree: “So now with people like Kayl running around and threatening me…you know what…I’m gone. I’m leaving.”

Mr. D just watches as Bree turns around and storms out.

Bree: “Come on Scott. We’re leaving.”

Bree walks over to Scott and the two then start to walk down the hallway. Jessica Winters watches them as they head back to where they were.

???: “Breeeeeeeee!”

Bree stops and then turns as Imogen Reed runs over to her.

Bree: “Gen….”

Imogen: “So, had your fun? So you were going to teach me something or that jazz-“

Bree: “Change of plans. We’re leaving.”

Imogen: “Oh…Ohhhhhh….going to see if you can get Blake to scream like a banshee at the hotel. Get some of that hot and heavy post-match sex. Totally get it. So you’ll be back in like what…fifteen, twenty minutes tops.”

Bree: “No…Gen…we’re leaving. Don’t you realize I’m missing something?”

Imogen looks around before starting to eye Bree up and down.

Imogen: “Did….did you forget to make sure you’ve got panties under there. I don’t get it, but well, it’s so much freer and-“

Bree: “No, Gen…the guards!”

Scott: “And she would never forget panties. She’s not some sort of whore like Sienna.”

Imogen: “I’m not a whore either. Though I think once I was paid for sex…was a bet or something…but yeah, I forgot…where did they go. One of them looked like I could have some fun with them….Could’ve used them later tonight against Sienna, if you know what I mean-“

Scott: “Oh God…”

Bree: “Well they’ve been kicked out and right now, I’m a sitting duck to get attacked, so I’m leaving. You should come too so I can at least help you out somewhat instead of…”

Imogen: “No can do. Beard and I have some awesome plans. But go, have fun…Blake will probably enjoy it too.”

Imogen winks. Bree rolls her eyes and walks off as Scott looks at Imogen before turning and heading off after Bree. Imogen smiles as we cut away.

The arena lights cut as the opening riff of "Life @ 11" by A Day To Remember hits the speaker system. As the drums kick in, the lights burst back into life to show AJ Helms walk out onto the stage. He holds his SCW World Tag Team Championship belt. He heads down the rampway to the ring, focused on the ring. No one else is with him.

Sharper: “And as Bree Lancaster appears to be leaving, AJ Helms is joining us out here.”

Winters: “You see he still does have the Tag Team Championship and he probably just heard from Cruze as I assume he went to tell him. He’s just heading down, with a purpose.”

Sharper: “And maybe he’ll have something to say. He’s been a bit impulsive in the past.”

Helms heads to the ring and hops onto the apron before entering it. He then walks across the ring, demanding a microphone. Phillips hands him one. He takes it and turns back to the middle of the ring.

Helms: “So apparently I’m the only champion now….”

Helms pauses for a moment as his music fades out.

Helms: “Cruze….stripped of the title and yet, I’m still one half of the champions and I need to find a replacement?”

Helms pauses again and takes a deep breath. The crowd gives a mixed reaction.

Helms: “I get it. The man fu….screwed up. He had one moment of intense weakness and….I get that SCW needs to do something and right now, he did something nothing like what a champion should do…but we have worked far too long and hard to earn these titles the right way for it to be destroyed this way and you know what…part of me almost would have rather Mr. D stripped both of us. At least then I wouldn’t have to add on top of everything that I need to replace him.”

Helms paces a bit.

Helms: “And after weeks of saying I would at least stand by Cruze and allow him to explain himself…and trust me, we’ve talked, a lot and I know how pissed off that man is at himself for what he did. He is doing more damage to himself than anyone else-“

We then suddenly hear the sound of a Hellcat ripping through a screen before “Who’s Next” by Procelain Black plays throughout the arena. The crowd boos as AJ Helms looks up at the entrance way as Regan Street walks out from the back. AJ can be seen mouthing “What are you doing?” Regan smiles as she heads down to the ring. She walks up the steel steps and then enters into the ring. She heads over to the far corner, walking past her adopted son before asking for a microphone. Phillips hands her one and she turns around.

Sharper: “Regan Street now joining us.”

Winters: “Maybe she could be a great partner for AJ. I mean she has taken over for the woman who popped AJ out some twenty-something years ago. It’s almost poetic!”

Sharper: “You are getting worse than Knots. AJ is torn because Cruze has been a mentor to him for so long.”

Winters: “Clearly Shaun’s not a good choice for that! At least Regan’s violence is turned to her in-ring opponents and inevitably Tyler Tucker and Marie Jones at Taking Hold of the Flame!”

Regan walks over to AJ. AJ then brings the microphone to his mouth.

AJ: “Why…why are you out here?”

Regan: “Look AJ. Relax. We now know that Shaun Cruze is a horrible piece of crap and a stain on the wrestling industry. We get it. And Dave and I, we thought he would help you out, but just like several years ago when he smiled, throwing me off a stage and I then kicked his ass for it, finally, this past new year’s eve…he didn’t learn.”

AJ turns away, clearly biting his tongue.

Regan: “And I get it. You have some loyalty to him as you two have done plenty, but you need someone to guide you well and on top of that, you need a proper tag team partner. Now, since Amy hasn’t been too kind to me and hasn’t really jumped on my efforts, I say screw her and I get a far better partner and the future of this business…AJ….I’ll happily step in and make sure those Tag Team Titles, one, go nowhere, so all of your hard work is not for naught….but also, AJ, I’ll make sure everyone respects you and you don’t need to rely on someone like Shaun Cruze anymore.”

The crowd boos.

Regan: “Plus, we can do this like a family.”

AJ looks down, clearly unsure of what to say. Regan just smiles and extends her hand.

Regan: “So AJ…this is a simple answer to help your situation and remove the taint that is Shaun Cruze from your titles.”

The crowd gives again a mixed reaction. AJ just looks down for a moment.

Sharper: “I’m not sure how sincere Regan Street is.”

Winters: “She would be a Tag Champion-“

AJ: “Look…I….I just heard-“

Suddenly, we see a random woman, wearing a luchador mask and street clothes, including a “Shaun Cruze sucks!” t-shirt, runs out from the back, with a microphone.

Woman: “No, no, no, no.”

The woman runs down, the camera getting a shot of her from behind, showing brown hair coming out from under the mask. She stops at the ring. She then stops and looks into the ring and then pauses. She then points to AJ.

Woman: “Ah……si…..”

The woman points to the World Tag Team Championship belt.

Woman: “Si….”

The woman then points to herself.

Woman: “Si!”

The woman smiles as Regan just turns to the woman as AJ Helms looks confused.

Sharper: “What in the world?”

Winters: “Well I didn’t know we had a female Mexican luchador on the roster…and one who hates Shaun Cruze!”

Sharper: “Something tells me that it’s a certain individual on the roster who can’t be out here right now.”

Winters: “Prove it! I don’t know of any masked wrestlers with restraining orders!”

Regan: “Look…you’re not fooling anyone, Lexi!”

Woman: “No, no, no, no!”

Woman: “No…Lexi! Si…AJ!”

AJ just rubs his eyes. Regan just looks up.

Regan: “Fine…prove it.”

Regan then steps to the ropes and goes to go after the woman, but she turns and runs away. Regan just stops and watches her runs off. Regan then turns back to AJ.

Winters: “Well, Regan just scared her off. I think she could’ve been a great partner!”

Sharper: “If that is Lexi, and I think very much it is, we don’t need to go into that. She is the last thing AJ needs!”

Regan looks at AJ as AJ watches the woman disappear through the curtain.

Regan: “Look, kiddo…think about it. You know I’m your best option. And I’ll even make sure she stays away…”

Regan then steps back and through the ropes. She drops down to the floor. “Who’s Next?” starts to play. The crowd boos a bit as AJ Helms watches her leave. Regan Street makes her way up the rampway.

Sharper: “Regan Street clearly looking to hold Tag Team gold and now placing her own adopted son on the spot!”

Winters: “Hey, could you honestly say someone else would be a better option? She’s making lemonade with the lemons given.”

Sharper: “Yeah well, it’s only adding to the mixed emotions AJ Helms is going through. And then add Lexi-“

Winters: “Unless you can prove it, it wasn’t Lexi!”

Regan heads to the back as we cut backstage.

We then open up as a camera slowly pans across one of the concrete walls backstage.

???: “Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages…”

A sharply dressed Leviticus steps into view. A wide ear to ear grin is on his face.

Leviticus: “…and yes, you too Selena…tonight your man of the hour with the power, The Most Loved Man On The Planet, The Emperor of Entrepreneurship, Captain Capitalism, Master Media Mogul, St. Levi, Your Righteous Savior, The Titan of Twitter…”

He motions to himself.

Leviticus: “That’s me, by the way, Levi Timothy Craig, but you good people know me as The Most Loved Man On The Planet, The Emperor of Entrepreneurship, Captain Capitalism, Master Media Mogul, St. Levi, Your Righteous Savior, The Titan of Twitter…LEVITICUS! And tonight, I have some big merchandise news for you!”

He reaches off screen and produces a DVD with Sienna Swann’s picture on it.

Leviticus: “Available NOW at SCWShop.com, THE VERY BEST OF SIENNA SWANN! This 8 hour DVD includes one hour of her greatest matches and seven hours of gratuitous ass shots!”

He reaches off screen and produces a roll of toilet paper with Selena Frost’s image on it.

Leviticus: “Selena Frost, THE TOILET PAPER! Now you too can wipe your ass with Selena Frost every day!”

He reaches off screen and produces a box with Regan Street’s image on it.

Leviticus: “And last, but certainly not least, Regan Street THE VIDEO GAME! In this game you go through the backstage of SCW arenas around the world randomly attacking people! The more people you attack, the points you get! DOUBLE for demanding a US Title Shot and TRIPLE for pissing off Amy Chastaine!”

He grins.

Leviticus: “I’ll be back later with more SCW Merchandise!”

The scene slowly fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as we see the masked woman who came out to try to be AJ’s partner running through the backstage area. She stops and looks around before stopping dead in her tracks and turning and running in the other direction. The camera turns to show Dean Black talking to some individuals. The camera turns again as the masked woman runs down the hallway and then throws a garbage can behind them.

Winters: “Well she’s certainly a spooked thing.”

Sharper: “Almost as if she did something she shouldn’t have.”

Winters: “Hey! You have no proof.”

Sharper: “Give me a break.”

The woman then turns down another hallway and runs off.

The scene then opens up in another area of the backstage area to see Ethan von Aaron pacing in the hallway. He has a cell phone in his hand. He just sighs as he continues to pace, seemingly waiting for a call to connect.

Ethan: “Yes…Bree….I thought we were going to meet tonight. Discuss a few things. Now you’re not here.”

Ethan pauses, hearing her response. He then looks up.

Ethan: “Look, this was to help her. But apparently you just don’t care. Just like so many other people in SCW. You care-“

Ethan stops.

Ethan: “Hey! Don’t get angry at me because D’s manipulating things. That’s why we need to get Keenie back and get her realizing that he’s just making her play nice. Nothing is going to come of it….Whatever….just don’t toss this away because he tossed your security. Call me back later.”

Ethan then angrily hangs up. He then turns and shakes his head.

Ethan: “Damn it…”

Ethan turns and storms off. We then cut to ringside.

Selena Frost vs. Konrad Raab

Cold as Ice by M.O.P plays over the sound system as Konrad comes out through the curtain just wearing his blue and white mask with white hair along with his wrestling trousers with his nickname The Iceman on the front of them with Pit Bull Energy and Nicky Hayden's American #69 logos on the side of his trousers with black gloves and Nicky Hayden's #69 wrist bands on both of his hands with a side cross necklace on his neck.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, from Cologne, Germany; weighing in at 230 pounds; he is The Iceman... KONRAD RAAB!”

Raab makes his way down the ramp, high-fiving the fans along the way. When he reaches ringside he goes up the stairs before going in-between the ropes and does a holdup on each turnbuckle and everyone cheers him as he gets down from the turnbuckle and does a few boxing punches to the cameras before he looks towards the stage with anticipation.

Sharper: “Konrab Raab has been very excited for this upcoming contest. He has a lot of respect for Selena Frost and wants to see how he stacks up against her in the ring.”

Winters: “That’s what happens when you go up against a former World Champion. I know that feeling all too well: everyone wants a piece of you knowing that a victory is going to mean huge momentum going forward.”

Sharper: “It should also be pointed out that Raab’s attire is donning the number of MotoGP racer Nicky Hayden, who passed away a few days ago. While he may not be a wrestler, we here at Supreme Championship Wrestling still send our deepest condolences out to his family.”

"BELIEVE IT!"

At the sound of the familiar call, the true-believers are immediately on their feet in cheers as "What I Believe" by Skillet brings forth a barrage of purple-blue lights in the design of snowflakes across the arena. From the back, out walks The Snow Queen, herself, Selena Frost. With a twirl amongst the lights and snowflakes, Frost slowly strolls down the ramp, her platinum-white hair in a long-braid swishing this way and that as the lights bounce off the ice-shard cape she wears.

Phillips: “His opponent, from Nome, Alaska; weighing in at 135 pounds; she is The Snow Queen... SELENA FROST!”

Looking around the arena, Selena smiles at the voice of her true-believers chanting before sliding into the ring. Inside, the Winter Diamond is quickly on her feet, stepping into the center of the ring as all the snowflake-lights rush to form a large blue-white snowflake-shaped light over Selena. Raising her arms, the Defier of Worlds looks up at the lights before they return to normal. With a smile, Selena removes her ice-shard cape, folding it and placing it aside before returning her attention to the ring.

Sharper: “Meanwhile, the big mystery surrounding this young lady has been whether or not we’re going to see her challenge Kelcey Wallace for the World Title at Taking Hold of the Flame. There have been a lot of rumors saying so, but we’ve heard no confirmation from Mr. D on anything so far tonight.”

Winters: “I’d be careful if I were her. Regardless of whether or not it happens, you know there are many people in the locker room that’ll take issue with it. Vixen Cain immediately comes to mind, Regan Street despite already having plans for the pay-per-view… I’m sure wherever Blake Mason is on his suspension right now, he’s probably disgusted with the idea of a Kelcey/Selena World Title match.”

The referee signals for the bell and both competitors approach one another, and Konrad extends his hand as Selena accepts the respectful handshake. The two of them quickly lock up and Konrad’s size advantage leads to him taking Selena over with a short arm drag. He tries to immediately go into an armbar, but Frost quickly kips up and reverses into a wristlock before blistering Raab’s chest with a hard knife edge chop. She twists his arm before starting to turn it onto a hammerlock, but Raab drops to his knees and gets out of it by taking Frost over with a fireman’s carry. Selena gets back to her feet quickly, but is met with a dropkick from Raab. She’s quick to rise again and catches an incoming kick, only for Raab to attempt an enzuigiri but Selena ducks it and sweeps his leg, causing Raab to faceplant into the mat. She leaps on him for a side headlock, but Konrad quickly slips free and backs away to create some space as the fans applaud the early action.

Sharper: “It’s a stalemate so far here in the early going.”

Winters: “All it takes is one opening though, and we know Selena can fire off that Glass Shard from out of nowhere.”

The two of them go to lock up again, but this time Selena ducks underneath and catches Konrad in the face with a right hand when he turns around. He goes to grapple her again, but once again she ducks underneath and lands a shot to the face when he turns. He tries one more time, but Selena’s quickness allows her to duck underneath again. This time, however, her shot is blocked before Konrad starts firing back with a series of jabs to the face that backs her up against the ropes. Selena manages to find an opening to block one of the jabs before landing an uppercut that knocks Raab back towards the center of the ring. Selena takes a moment to analyze the situation before she springboards off the second rope and takes Konrad down with an arm drag! Raab gets back to his feet but Selena bounces off the ropes and catches him with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors that sends him back to the mat, the momentum causing him to slide so that his head is now resting on the apron. Seeing the opportunity, Frost proceeds to slingshot herself over the top rope and land on the apron with a leg drop across the back of Raab’s head!

Sharper: “Selena is starting to build momentum now and this is what Raab needed to avoid.”

Winters: “You let her start running around as she pleases, and the next thing you know your head will be somewhere in the fifth row.”

Raab rolls back into the ring clutching at the back of his head as Frost starts to climb to the top turnbuckle. She waits there as Konrad slowly gets to his feet, but when he does he stumbles right into the Snow Queen’s grasp as she leaps from the top and plants him with a tornado DDT! Selena hooks the leg for the first cover of the match.

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2…

Raab kicks out! Selena wastes little time in applying a chinlock to try and keep wearing down the German. The referee checks with Raab but he refuses to submit that easily as he starts trying to get back to his feet. He shifts his body to force Selena to convert her hold into a side headlock, but once he gets his feet under him Selena doesn’t give him a chance to fight out as she immediately swings a hard kick up into his chest, jolting the Iceman into an upright position as he stumbles back a bit. She runs off the ropes, but whatever she had in mind to try and capitalize goes off the rails as Raab suddenly catches her and plants the Snow Queen with a hard spinebuster! Konrad takes a moment to get his bearings before he proceeds to apply a boston crab to start trying to wear down the former World Champion.

Sharper: “Huge spinebuster by Raab and that’ll turn the tide of this match in a heartbeat.”

Winters: “He’s making a smart move following up with the boston crab. You keep working on Selena’s back and it’s going to become difficult for her to use her flexibility to pull off some of her greater late match tactics.”

Sharper: “Not only that Shawn, but we don’t how much her ribs have healed up yet from what Cain pulled back at Broken Beliefs, especially since Selena’s not the kind of competitor to just sit on the sidelines if she can still go.”

The referee checks with Selena, but she digs her fingers into the mat as she refuses before trying to crawl towards the ropes while Raab continues to apply pressure. Frost finally manages to reach out and grab the bottom rope and Raab almost immediately releases the hold, but he begins stalking Selena as she tries to make it back to her feet. Once she is, she steps back right into Konrad’s waiting arms as he proceeds to plant her with an everest german suplex, sticking the bridge!

1…

2…

Frost kicks out! She crawls away into a nearby corner as Konrad gets back to his feet, measuring her as she slowly pulls herself up. Once she’s upright, he charges in only to be met with a boot to the face followed by a quick spin kick to the gut to push him back towards the middle! Selena takes the chance to catch her breath before she charges out at Konrad full speed, but whatever she had in mind gets short-circuited when Raab levels her with a huge clothesline that turns the Snow Queen inside out! Raab goes for another cover.

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Frost kicks out again! The fans are cheering from the back-and-forth battle as Raab gets back to his feet, double checking with the referee on the count.

Sharper: “Raab leveled Selena with a nasty clothesline, and if he keeps this up he could be on the verge of what many would consider a huge upset victory!”

Winters: “Konrad’s got the power advantage for sure, and the more he uses that to try and smother Selena’s more fast-paced gameplan the better his odds are of pulling this off.”

Konrad pulls Selena back to her feet from behind, but she doesn’t stay upright for long before he drops her back to the mat with a back suplex. He takes a moment to look towards the corner, and the fans seem to catch on as they begin cheering on the idea of the Iceman taking to the sky. Raab heads over and starts to perch himself on the top turnbuckle as Frost is slowly rising, trying to clear the cobwebs, unaware of what awaits her. She turns around and Raab leaps off, but whatever he had planned is dashed as Selena, perhaps on instinct more than anything else, manages to catch him on the way down with The Claim-Stake! The fans are roaring at this turn of events as Selena rolls near the ropes to try and continue recovering while Konrad is clutching at his face on the mat.

Sharper: “Selena caught Raab out of nowhere with The Claim-Stake! Raab took a chance and it may have backfired on him!”

Winters: “That was an unnecessary risk in my opinion when he had full control, because now he has to hope he did enough damage to keep Selena from getting back to top speed.”

Frost eyes Raab carefully as he recovers while she ponders her next move, figuring the sooner she ends this match the better at this point. Once Konrad’s back on his feet, she charges at him and takes him over with the Cold-Snapmare, but when she tries to immediately chain it into The Frost Bite Raab is able to quickly get over to the bottom rope before Selena can fully lock it in. Frost quickly releases the hold and backs off as Konrad starts using the ropes to help himself up. She rushes him and tries for another Cold-Snapmare, but Raab is able to throw her off before she can take him over and immediately grabs a waistlock. Before he can make any sort of german suplex attempt, Selena manages to throw a few back elbows to break his grip before following up with a pele kick! Raab drops down to one knee as Selena sees her opening and measures him before firing off The Glass Shard, but Raab manages to catch Frost’s foot before it connects and twists her down to the mat before trying to apply The Ice Lock!

Sharper: “Raab managed to counter The Glass Shard and now he’s trying to apply The Ice Lock! Selena’s in a very bad spot here!”

Winters: “That hold is devastating to someone like Selena who’s relied heavily on kicks to end her matches at times. If he can get this really cinched in, he’ll save his head from being detached from his shoulders tonight.”

Raab tries to get the hold applied fully, but Selena wisely does her best to keep Raab from turning her over for the ankle lock. He tries to shift his grip to still make the hold work from this position, but that gives Selena the opening to get herself off the mat enough to catch Raab in the bicep with a kick that loosens his grip just enough to slip free! Frost scrambles to get back to her feet and Raab sees an opening to throw a superkick of his own, but Selena just barely manages to duck it! She throws a side kick that slams into Konrad’s ribcage before throwing another one at his leg that manages to bring him down to one knee. Before Raab can try to get back up, Selena charges in and plants him with a hurricanrana driver! The fans are roaring as Frost rolls him over and makes the cover.

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Raab gets a shoulder up! Frost isn’t deterred by this as she looks towards the corner before going to ascend to the top turnbuckle while Raab slowly tries to get back to his feet. Once he’s up, Selena begins running along the top rope before leaping off onto Konrad’s shoulders for the Alaskan Dragonrana, but Raab surprises her by planting his feet and using his strength to keep from being taken over before he brings her back up and, after a few quick adjustments to the position, proceeds to plant Frost with The Iceinator! He makes the cover as the fans count along for the potential upset.

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Frost gets a shoulder up! Raab sits up in disbelief as he just stares down at the former World Champion.

Sharper: “Selena managed to fight her way out of The Ice Lock, but ended up flying right into The Iceinator.”

Winters: “Selena’s a fighter, we all know that for sure, but if she keeps recklessly throwing herself into Konrad to try and end this match it’s only a matter of time before she gets planted with something she won’t have the strength to kick out of.”

Raab begins to measure Frost as she slowly tries to get back to her feet, signaling that he’s got the answer that’ll end this match. Frost slowly makes it back up and stumbles right into Raab’s grasp as he goes for The Ice Storm, but Selena manages to slip free and shoves him away. He turns around and the Snow Queen grabs his wrist and tries to twist through, but her plan fizzles out when Konrad slips his arms free and uses their positioning to apply a waistlock, perhaps The Frozen Pin being his intent this time. As he lifts her up for the german, however, Frost manages to get her arms around his head and reverses the momentum to take him over with a second Cold-Snapmare! Raab gets to his feet, but the distance between the two gives Selena the opening she needs to run and springboard off the second rope before blasting Raab in the side of the head with Defying Gravity! Raab hits the mat and Selena rolls him over for the cover, hooking the leg tightly.

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3!

The bell rings and "What I Believe" by Skillet hits again as the fans cheer and applaud for the hard fought battle they just witnessed as Selena Frost slowly gets to her feet and the referee raises her arm.

Phillips: “Here is your winner... SELENA FROST!”

Sharper: “Take nothing away from Konrad Raab because he put forth a hell of an effort here tonight, but Selena was just a little more determined to walk away with this victory.”

Winters: “No surprise there. If the rumors are true and we could see her with a World Title shot in a few weeks, then this was a necessary win to keep momentum on her side.”

Raab slowly gets back to his feet, shaking his head in disappointment. Selena, however, extends her hand to help him up, and once he’s on his feet she raises his arm in respect to the fans’ delight, and Konrad can’t help but nod in appreciation for the Snow Queen acknowledging his efforts here tonight even if he didn’t get the result he wanted over her.

AJ Helms can be seen walking backstage and just walking into an open area. He looks up and runs his hands through his hair and takes a deep breath. He shakes his head before hearing his name.

???: “Hey.”

AJ turns and we see Ravyn Taylor walking over to him.

AJ: “Ravyn, look-“

Ravyn: “I can understand this is not exactly how you wanted things to turn out. I mean, Shaun made a pretty big mistake and you’re having to put up with what’s left.”

AJ: “Ravyn, I’m not looking for a shrink right now and frankly, if Regan finds out, I have to deal with that and I still live sorta under her roof.”

Ravyn smirks.

Ravyn: “You’re better than that. And you’re better than her. I mean, you do realize she may just be using you to hold a title so she could flaunt it in front of Amy. Yes, she is that vain.”

AJ: “Not now-“

Ravyn: “Then just think about this. You want to make sure that your tag team championship doesn’t go for not. All that hard work….then you need a partner who knows how to keep those titles and keep the spotlight around. Keeps people’s attention when they want it…and remove it when you don’t. You could use that, especially as you tie your horse to Cruze right now. Just think about it-“

???: “Really, Ravyn?”

AJ just looks up as Kayla Jones walks over.

Kayla: “I thought I saw you over here. You’re now trying to con your way to the titles this way.”

Ravyn: “I’m at least open about it. Plus, could be fun….”

Ravyn turns and looks at Helms with a bit of a smirk.

Kayla: “AJ….go find that quiet place to think. Though, I’ll just say, your decision isn’t as hard as you’re making it. Even if I disagree with some of the options in front of you.”

AJ just nods and walks off. Kayla turns back to Ravyn.

Kayla: “So you’re going to take advantage of him.”

Ravyn: “To be fair, he almost wants that. It removes the difficulty of the decision from his situation and I wouldn’t mind holding those titles again. We could be right now if you didn’t want to stand for what’s right or what not. Hell, you just delayed the inevitable it seems.”

Kayla: “And I sleep a lot better because of it.”

Ravyn smirks and shakes her head.

Ravyn: “And it’s why you could be the only one not with a title shot or holding gold after tonight.”

Ravyn turns and walks off. Kayla just watches her leave.

COMMERCIALS

Breakdown returns as Selena Frost walks towards her locker room, having completed her match against Konrad Raab. She takes a few steps as we then see Christina Matsui walking over to her.

Christina: “Selena!”

Selena stops and turns.

Christina: “You mind coming with me? Mr. D needs to talk to you.”

Selena: “I heard. Can I get changed?”

Christina: “That can wait. This won’t take long.”

Selena sighs.

Selena: “Alright. Lead on.”

Selena turns and starts to head off with Christina as we cut somewhere else.

Breakdown cuts to backstage where we see Spirit Dansby standing by, microphone in hand. She smiles as she looks to her right for a split second before speaking.

Spirit: “Here with me now is the current SCW Adrenaline Champion, Amy Chastaine.”

The shot pans out to show Amy standing by, the Adrenaline Championship belt over her shoulder and a smile on her face.

Spirit: “Thanks for taking a few minutes to speak with me.”

Amy: “Sure thing, Spirit.”

Spirit: “Firstly, let me ask, are you feeling an ill effects from the backstage altercation you were involved in two weeks ago with the Stewards, Vixen Cain, Merrick Wiseman... it seemed like half the locker room was involved.”

Amy: “Not anymore. I did have a few bumps but the extra week off helped clear everything up. The same can't be said for the situation though, my patience with Cain and Wiseman ran out a long time ago.”

Spirit: “As we saw when you were not pleased with Wiseman's comment about your children.”

Amy's expression turns to a glare.

Amy: “I don't know where he's getting his information but if he doesn't keep his mouth shut? I guarantee I will shut it for him.”

Spirit: “Merrick Wiseman isn't the only person you have little patience for it seems, and this is what I wanted to speak to you about. Last week you made some very outspoken comments on Twitter about the situation surrounding Shaun Cruze and his actions toward Taylor Chase that have been made public.”

Amy nods, gripping the belt a little tighter, trying to keep her irritation in check.

Amy: “I did.”

Spirit: “Word has been going around that you got a little bit of heat for that, mainly because of who else was speaking out and you seemed to be on the same page with, that person being Blake Mason.”

Amy: “I did, and listen, I get that. It's not a secret that Blake and I have been friends for a while. He's in a relationship with my sister-in-law. Hell, I introduced them two years ago, backstage at a VWA show. But let me set a few things straight here, Spirit. Just because I call the man a friend doesn't mean I am okay with every single thing he says and does. In fact, I am actually quite pissed off at him right now, for more than one reason. Obviously what happened at Supreme Saturday is one of them, and there are other things he knows about that I am not going to air in public. Honestly, I think this suspension is the best thing that could have happened, because everything about that situation just needs to calm down before someone gets seriously, and maybe permanently hurt.”

She pauses.

Amy: “All of that said... none of his bad attitude, none of his unnecessary actions and attacks... mean that he is wrong about Shaun Cruze. I don't know if I'd go so far as to demand Cruze be outright fired, and I don't agree with the blunt, asshole-ish way he's expressing it, but other than that, Blake has been absolutely right.”

Spirit: “The video that revealed the altercation between Cruze and Chase aired on Breakdown before Supreme Saturday. I have to ask you Amy, why did you wait until recently to speak out?”

Amy: “Honestly, I didn't think it was my place. I don't know Taylor Chase personally, I've never met her. Shaun Cruze and I were never what I would call friends. We worked together for Trios last year, and I had respect for him from that. But things in the last few weeks have worn that away to nothing. I had already said my piece about him after the whole locker room beatdown incident with Blake. I got heat for that, and I wasn't trying to stick my feet in the fire again. But... when even the most hated man in this company calls you out for doing wrong, and he's right? How CAN I stay silent? Me, the woman who for months has been standing up for bravery, and doing appearances for Domestic Violence Awareness, and Syren's Be Awesome campaign... some have called me a hypocrite for appearing to condone the terrible things Blake Mason has done just because I happen to agree with him on this. But wouldn't I be an even bigger hypocrite if I remained silent when a member of this roster has committed actions that are the VERY THING I speak out against the most?”

Spirit: “When you put it that way... you have a very good point. But, we've all seen how remorseful Shaun Cruze has been, he was even willing to give up his half of the Tag Team Championships. To play Devil's advocate, not necessarily to defend him, is it possible that he just had a bad moment, and-”

Amy: “No. In my experience, that isn't possible. There are some lines that once crossed, can't be come back from. All of Shaun's self-deprecation and apology just sounds like my ex-husband, the day after he put a bruise on my face or sent me to the hospital with broken bones. And let me point this out for the record... with how much of a scumbag as he was, practically leaving me for dead once, he never laid one hand on me when I was pregnant with my daughter. Let that sink in for a second.”

Spirit: “Wow I’m sorry you had to go through that...

Spirit pauses for a moment.

Spirit: “That certainly explains why you are so disgusted with this situation.”

Amy: “Aren't you?”

Spirit seems taken back by the question and stammers a bit.

Amy: “Everyone should be disgusted. It shouldn't matter who's calling this out for what it is, who agrees with who. The fact is that what Shaun Cruze did was one of the biggest wrongs a man can do to a woman, and I will take issue with anyone who claims otherwise. I get we’re at a point where female wrestlers and male wrestlers can compete together and we show that we’re all top tier competitors and equal in skill in that ring. But this was not in a ring and even if people want to say Taylor is a wrestler, she was pregnant at the time. She was vulnerable. People can try to make something out of my little back and forth agreement with Blake all they want, but at least I know that despite how angry I am at him right now, despite all of the despicable things he's done and is capable of... I know he would never raise a hand to Bree, would never even think about it.”

Spirit: “Well... I certainly understand your point of view better, and I think everyone else will, as well. Thank you for your time.”

Amy: “Thanks for the opportunity, I'm glad I had the chance to clear some things up.”

Amy heads off as we cut to ringside.

Syren vs. Jinn

Robot Metropolis starts to play and suddenly, the big screen begins to flash red and black with a strange symbol of a phoenix in flight. As it flashes, we see the screen show 32XX appears as it starts to count backwards until it reaches our current time. As soon as it reaches, a bright beam of white light appears on the rampway as if cut through space and time. As the audience strains their eyes to see, it looks like from the light emerges a young man with blonde hair and futuristic battle armor. The light disappears from behind him and he looks to the left and right before crossing his arms and firing off an impressive array of fireworks and flames.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a fifteen minute time limit. First, on his way to the ring, from Parts Unknown, this is Jinn!”

Making his way to the ring, he takes off his weaponry, leaving it in a neat pile off to the corner. He leaps to the apron before catapulting himself over the top rope and rolling into the ring where he strikes a pose on one knee and the pyro on the four turnbuckles go off.

Sharper: “Jinn about to have another huge challenge for him. Faced Selena Frost a couple of weeks ago and tonight has Syren.’

Winters: “Again, strong showing then, but a win really boosts him. He wins, and it’s a huge, huge bit of news for him. Puts him firmly on the mat. Shot of Adrenaline was good for him, but he needs to keep it going.”

The lights go out leaving the arena in complete darkness. In the darkness we hear the thumping of a heart beating twice. With each beat we see a pink heart on the screens, and pink lights on the stage flashing in unison. After a few more seconds of darkness we hear the heart beating twice more, accompanied by the same lights. A few more seconds of darkness are followed by two more flashes of light, this time in a silhouette against the lights we see the figure of a woman standing. Two more heart beats once again show the silhouette of the woman. The crowd roars and “Groupie” by Cassie Steele hits the PA system. The lights come back up as the crowd roars to find Syren standing in the middle of the stage.

Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
Dark Fantasy

She turns around, pointing at the back of her jacket where we see the words ‘JUST BE JEALOUS’ accompanied by her heart-logo.

Phillips: “And his opponent, from Los Angeles, California, she is Syren!”

She spins back around before pointing toward the ring and starting to head down toward it. She starts to head down, when the crowd roars and boos as we see Josh Hudson running down from behind. She nails Syren from behind with a clothesline. Syren falls over and down to the ramp. Syren rolls over. Hudson grabs her and pulls her up before dragging her back to the top of the ramp. He then quickly throws her overhead with a overhead belly-to-belly suplex. The crowd ohs. Syren rolls over, holding her back in pain.

Sharper: “Josh Hudson from behind! God damn it! And the suplex, on the steel!”

Winters: “Just manhandling her. The clothesline and then launching her.”

Sharper: “Hudson was caught last week by Syren and he’s returning the favour, but come on!”

Hudson turns and grabs Syren and drags her up. The crowd roars and boos. Syren holds her back as we see Jinn turn and exit the ring. Officials run out from the back and try to stop Hudson as Hudson knees her in the ribs and then hits another belly to belly suplex, taking her down on the steel. The crowd ohs and Syren rolls over. She turns and slowly gets up as Hudson grabs her. Officials try to grab him as Jinn runs up the rampway. He goes to jump up, but officials catch him and stop him, pushing him back. Hudson lifts Syren onto his shoulders. The crowd roars and Syren grimaces as she struggles. Hudson smirks as officials stand in front of him and tell him to put her down.

Sharper: “Hudson has Syren up.”

Winters: “All of the refs are in front of him. If he tries, they may physically block the Kingdom Come.”

Sharper: “Syren’s already felt it once.”

Hudson just smirks as officials keep trying to get him to put Syren down. Jinn continues to be held back as Hudson yells at the officials.

Hudson: “Don’t worry…I had something else in mind!”

Hudson then turns and lifts Syren up over his head and just throws her casually off the stage. Syren falls to the floor, just getting her feet under her before rolling through and ending up on her stomach. The crowd ohs. Hudson is pushed back by officials as a couple head to the floor.

Sharper: “Oh my God!”

Winters: “He just tossed her off the stage!”

Sharper: “Syren may be hurt seriously and we know Hudson wants to do just that!”

Winters: “Look out! Jinn!”

Jinn manages to get past officials as one watching him goes down to the floor to check on Syren. Jinn runs forward and nails Hudson. Hudson blocks and Jinn nails him again. Hudson shoves him back. Jinn rolls through and Hudson just scoffs before backing off and storming to the back. Jinn just looks up from his knee. He looks around as officials check on Syren on the floor. The crowd boos, while a handful of fans cheer. Jinn looks around as Syren slowly stirs on the floor. A trainer runs over to check on her, coming out from the floor. The crowd continues to look on.

Backstage, we see Imogen Reed walking over to Beard. Beard walks over to her and pulls her over to the side of the hallway.

Beard: “Where have you been?”

Imogen: “Oh relax. Just telling Bree that I’m sticking around. We have things to do.”

Beard: “Well Juice is losing his mind. He’s not sure how the hell he’s gonna win the TV Title and with us not able to help.”

Imogen: “Easy there, Beardy. We can help…”

Imogen leans in closer.

Imogen: “We’ll just take away his weaknesses and I have that all figured out in my bag. So come on…I can show you a few other things too.”

Imogen winks as Beard just fist pumps, seemingly forgetting all of his concerns as they both walk off.

COMMERCIALS

The scene opens up backstage as we see head road agent Dean Black walking backstage with Christina Matsui.

Christina: “I can’t believe she’s that brazen.”

Black: “Well she’s not all there and she clearly saw some desperation and went for it.”

Christina: “The problem is that we need to find her and with that mask.”

Christina and Black continue down the hallway before Christina taps Black on the upper arm and nods in a specific direction. They head over as we see what clearly is a black man wearing the same mask the masked woman had earlier in the evening.

Black: “Excuse me?”

The masked man turns.

Man: “Yo….I mean….uh….si.”

Dean Black shakes his head.

Christina: “This can’t be the same mask.”

Man: “Uh….si?”

Black: “Just get lost.”

Dean Black ushers him off and turns back to Christina.

Christina: “So she’s got a bit more foresight.”

Black: “Yes…but then, she did that.”

Christina: “Well then-“

Christina stops as Black had missed something else, a note literally taped to the back of the man’s back. The camera zooms in and it says “Smaller than AJ.” Black just shakes his head.

Christina: “Oh goodness.”

The scene then cuts off.

Kennedy Street vs. Gable Winchester

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

"GABLE-ITES! THIS IS FOR YOU!"

This immediately sets the crowds off with cheers 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 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 a warm reception.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a twenty minute time limit. First, on his way to the ring, from Las Vegas, Nevada, he is the Man of Win, Gable Winchester!”

Shrugging and then smiling, Gable holds the book up in the air before lowering it and then strolling down to the ring, acknowledging as many fans as he can before he makes his way to the ring with a look of appreciation for the fans clear on his face.

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 puts the Book Of Winchester on the apron before he slides in, standing on the ropes and holding his hand up in a tight fist as the crowds whistle and cheer for The Man Of Win. Gable then awaits his opponent to come to the ring.

Sharper: “Gable Winchester has a big opportunity here. He has a Trios Tournament contract, but we have no clue what he may be thinking. He’s got that rocky relationship with Autumn Valentine too.”

Winters: “Tonight’s not about that. Tonight’s about facing Kennedy Street and seeing what you can do.”

"Criticize” by Adelita’s Way plays throughout the arena as a robed Kennedy Street slowly comes out from the back. She stands in the entrance way with her back to the ring, looking down, then up and out into the arena. Kennedy then drops the rope showing off her beautiful body in her wrestling gear that leaves little to the imagination. Kennedy cracks a sexy smirk, she raises her right arm in the air looking up into the rafters as the shower of fireworks rain down behind her. The crowd cheers looking over to the fans and smirks, interacting with them, posing along the way to entice them a bit by blowing kisses and high fiving fans. She continues to make her way down to the ring, giving the fans a show with her outpouring charisma and sexiness, arriving at the apron, crawling in and splits before flipping over and on her feet. Kennedy walks to the ropes and climbs to the second turnbuckle and looks around smiling while posing for the flash photography as the crowd roars….

Phillips: “And his opponent, from Beverly Hills, California, she is “The Sexy Flawless Diva” Kennedy Street!”

Kennedy jumps down smiling to the crowd and waves her hair to the side as she stands in the corner, extending her long muscular legs, doing her pre-match stretches, flipping back her long blonde hair and turns around to lean against the corner ready for the match to start and talking with the referee getting a smile out of him with her harmless flirtatious charm.

Sharper: “Kennedy Street just looking to continue to build momentum. Heading into Taking Hold of the Flame, she’ll be an entrant, but also what Ethan von Aaron is trying to do behind the scenes.”

Winters: “Bree’s not here. Ethan’s a bit lost now, but Kennedy has to focus on Gable here.”

Gable looks at Kennedy as the bell sounds. Kennedy and Gable circle the ring before lunging and Kennedy kicks Gable in the ribs. She then wrenches his arm. Gable winces and Kennedy holds on before pushing up. Kennedy keeps the leverage and Gable then pushes up and nails her in the ribs and then again before hip tossing her down. Kennedy gets up and turns and Gable grabs her in a headlock and takes her over with a headlock takedown. He pulls up.

Kennedy rolls over and slowly starts to get up as Gable holds on and drags her up before spinning her out and then kicking her in the ribs. Gable scoops her up and slams her down. Kennedy rolls over and moves to the ropes as Gable looks at her.

Sharper: “And Gable gets the advantage off a rather simple slam.”

Winters: “Doesn’t have to be fancy. Just has to hurt.”

Kennedy gets up and Gable moves in after and pushes her into the ropes and fires her off. She bounces off and Gable hits a back elbow. Kennedy hits the mat and rolls over. Gable wrenches her arm and elbows her in the shoulder. He nails her again and then whips her again. Kennedy bounces off and Gable lifts her up, but Kennedy spins through. She then jumps up and dropkicks him in the back. Gable staggers forward and falls through the ropes to the apron. He then starts to get up and pulls himself up and Kennedy jumps up and hits another dropkick, knocking Gable off the apron and down to the floor. (1) Gable rolls over. (2) He grabs at the barricade and starts to get up. Kennedy runs across. She bounces off and runs at Gable. (3) She hits a baseball slide. Gable falls back. (4) Kennedy then grabs at the ropes and rolls to the floor. (5) She grabs Gable and slowly drags him up. She rolls him into the ring. Gable rolls in and starts to get up as Kennedy slides in. She runs over and hits a front elbow drop. Gable rolls over and Kennedy hooks the leg.

Gable kicks out.

Sharper: “Nearfall, but not enough. Kennedy with the point of the elbow.”

Winters: “Got all of it, but Gable’s not ready to give this one up.”

Gable rolls over and stirs and Kennedy gets up as Gable starts to get up and Kennedy elbows him in the back of the head. She then pulls him back with a Russian leg sweep. She rolls over and into a pin.

Gable kicks out. Both start to get up. Kennedy chops Gable. The crowd woos. She chops him again. Gable staggers back. Kennedy goes to whip Gable across, but Gable spins through and sends Kennedy in. Kennedy bounces off and Gable jumps up and hits a calf kick. The crowd ohs. Kennedy rolls over. Both get up. Gable kicks her in the ribs and hits a vertical suplex. Gable gets up and hits a double leg drop before rolling back. She goes for the pin.

Kennedy kicks out. She turns and Gable grabs her and pulls her up before hitting a back suplex. Kennedy winces as Gable gets up and exits to the apron. He then climbs up to the top rope.

Sharper: “Gable Winchester going to the top rope. Looks to be setting something up.”

Winters: “Kennedy better figure this out or this is not going to end her way.”

Sharper: “The Man of Win looking pretty confident!”

Kennedy slowly stirs and starts to get up and Gable dives off and hits a diving crossbody into a pin.

Kennedy just kicks out in time. She rolls over. Gable gets up and turns and pulls her up. He hooks her head, but Kennedy then spins out and jumps up and hits a crescent kick, knocking him down. Gable gets back up and Kennedy runs into the ropes, bounces off and nails him with a running boot. The crowd ohs and Gable hits the mat. Kennedy gets up and hits a leg drop. She gets up and hits a second leg drop before hitting a third. She goes for the pin.

Gable kicks out. She looks up as Gable rolls over. Kennedy gets up. She then grabs Gable and pulls him up and elbows him in the back of the head and then again. Gable suddenly hits a back drop. Kennedy rolls over and moves to the corner.

Sharper: “Gable Winchester muscles Kennedy over. Nothing fancy or sexy or flawless there.”

Winters: “Gable using the one thing he knows he’ll definitely have the advantage with. His strength.”

Kennedy gets up and Gable hits a back elbow and then another. He grabs her and pulls her out and scoops her up before hitting a back suplex in front of the corner. Gable turns and exits to the apron. He then climbs up to the top rope. Kennedy remains down as Gable looks around. He then dives off and goes for a diving elbow drop, but Kennedy rolls towards the corner and Gable crashes to the mat. He rolls through and holds his ribs. He starts to get up and Kennedy gets up and Gable gets up too. Kennedy runs at him and hits the Silver Spoon. The crowd ohs. Gable rolls over, holding his face. Kennedy looks at him and runs behind him. Gable bends over a bit and Kennedy runs up from behind and hits the Pedicure. The crowd ohs. Kennedy drops down and rolls Gable over and hooks the leg.

Sharper: “Gable driven into the mat!”

Winters: “With those powerful, powerful legs!”

The crowd roars and Kennedy rolls off. She looks over at Gable before getting up. She has her arm raised as she looks around.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Kennedy Street!”

The crowd cheers as Kennedy looks around. She then takes a deep breath and walks over to the corner and asks for a microphone. Jason Phillips looks confused and Kennedy asks for it again and extends her hand again. Phillips hands her a microphone. Gable is helped to the floor and stats to walk around as Kennedy turns back to the entrance way.

Kennedy: “Ethan!”

The crowd roars as Kennedy takes a moment to catch her breath from the match as her music fades out. Gable continues to head to the back.

Kennedy: “I don’t know what you’re thinking backstage, but with all of the cameras around, you’d be an idiot to think I wouldn’t figure you’re thinking something up. And with Bree Lancaster…”

Kennedy pauses again.

Kennedy: “You don’t get it. The old ways are done, Ethan. I am done with you and you are only showing more and more why I made the best decision I could. So stop it….Move on. Talk of a fake Keenie…or now trying to get Bree to do something….stop it. Move on. You’re no longer a part of my career! And I won’t be changing back for you!”

Kennedy brings the microphone down. “Criticize” starts to play. Kennedy just looks at the entrance way before shaking her head and turning back and handing off the microphone. She then turns and climbs up to the middle rope and poses for the crowd.

Sharper: “Ethan von Aaron hasn’t gotten the hint so far.”

Winters: “Knowing him…he probably won’t. But Kennedy can try.”

Sharper: “Kennedy’s is going to move forward regardless and with how strong she has looked in recent months, you have to wonder if she’s a favourite at Taking Hold of the Flame!”

Kennedy continues to pose for the crowd before we cut away.

The scene opens up backstage as we see Selena Frost stepping out of the office of Mr. D. She doesn’t look angry or happy, but perhaps relieved. Jessica Winters, who is waiting outside of the office steps over.

Jessica: “Selena, can I get a quick comment? Was the discussion about what you figured it was about….the World Championship match at Taking Hold of the Flame?”

Selena: “It was about that. And D and I had a nice talk and we made sure we understood each other and what is in the future for me.”

Jessica: “So you are facing Kelcey Wallace at Taking Hold of the Flame for the SCW World Championship?”

Selena glances back at the office.

Selena: “I’ll let the boss make those announcements.”

Selena turns and heads off. Jessica Winters turns to the camera.

Jessica: “That seems to be a bit of a confirmation that Selena was at least a possible challenger. She’s angry, so perhaps that’s why. We know Mr. D is meeting with Kelcey Wallace later in the evening. Perhaps we’ll have more answers then.”

Sharper: “Thank you Jessica and good luck as you continue to follow up on these events.”

We then cut to a shot of the inside of the arena.

Sharper: “Plenty more to come here on Breakdown. Jonathan Knots will join me and we still expect to hear from the boss himself and we have the Television Championship and a TV Title eliminator and much more still to come, here live, from Miami!”

The scene slowly fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Sharper: “Welcome back to Miami here for Breakdown. A week and a half out from Taking Hold of the Flame. Jonathan Knots here with me. I’m Adam Sharper. Plenty to come tonight, including the Television Championship occupying a great deal of our interest. Sienna Swann will defend against Juice and Christy Matthews and Angelica Jones will compete for the next opportunity.”

Knots: “Yeah and we’ll see the most beautiful double champion in SCW history defend her title. The F-Ups…sorry kids, you’re going to eff up. Juice can’t even be in the same ring as Sienna. He can’t handle her beauty!”

Sharper: “And we’ll find out tonight who will challenge for the SCW World Championship at Taking Hold of the Flame. Mr. D has been busy all night meeting with individuals. It’s a big night here in Miami and we’ve already had some big news.”

Knots: “Shaun Cruze has been stripped of his half of the Tag Team Championship. AJ Helms needs to find a new partner. Regan Street. She’s right there!”

Sharper: “That…that she is.”

“Danse Macabre” starts to play and the crowd boos loudly. A few moments pass before Vixen Cain saunters out from the back with Merrick Wiseman by his side. The two look out and Vixen takes a draw on his cigarette before blowing out the smoke and slowly starting to make his way down to the ring.

Sharper: “And well-“

Knots: “Don’t and well him. He’s the rightful World Champion. Vixen Cain should be getting the shot.”

Sharper: “But we both know that’s unlikely. He’s already threatened Selena Frost. He’s also seemingly made a new partnership with Katie Steward in some way. He told Dante McCaffery off when he wanted Cain and Wiseman to help him with Quinne.”

Knots: “And Wiseman is in there too and he’s pissed off Amy Chastaine.”

Sharper: “I think it’s both of them. Wiseman’s making the claims, Cain too. But Wiseman’s contacts I’m sure help with some of that and a lot of seediness with those two.”

Cain and Wiseman walk to the ring as Cain even mockingly asks Wiseman to dance as Wiseman just ignores him before walking up the steel steps. He enters the ring. Cain smirks and walks up the steel steps and takes another drag of his cigarette. He enters the ring. Wiseman walks across the ring and holds up two fingers to Jason Phillips. Phillips hands Wiseman one microphone and Cain walks over and immediately takes it. Wiseman glances back a bit gruffly before Phillips hands him another one. Wiseman backs up and walks around the ring as Cain takes another drags and blows out the smoke before bringing the microphone to his mouth.

Cain: “I would say my ears are burning, but we all know that I’m not going to get that call, aint that right, D.”

Cain smirks as he looks around.

Cain: “You’re having an awful lot of people going in and out of your office and quite a few of them are women…”

Cain winks.

Cain: “Should we read into that?”

Sharper: “Give me a break.”

Cain chuckles to himself.

Cain: “Then again, you probably wouldn’t want me to visit you…I’d bite. But then again, I’d also shove all of the crap you’re peddling right back into your face. But then again, you’re saying all of this under the guise of solving problems and figuring out your next challenger for the World Title. But the problem is there is that you already should know who it is…the guy with the rematch….ME! But you’re just too transparent in your hatred and bias, but that’s fine…Taking Hold of the Flame will just be the night I remove any hope you have I won’t be holding that title again….I’ve been in this position before. And don’t worry…if someone Selena Frost hasn’t conned you into getting another title shot, I’ll end her hopes as an added bonus.”

Cain winks again before taking another drag of his cigarette. He then goes to speak again, but Wiseman then jumps in.

Wiseman: “You’re not the only one who has some problems, and it seems like Amy Chastaine has a problem with us. See, Cain, we may have the disrespect from above, and frankly, I’ll say it one more time, most of your problems D would go away with the Watchman Program back and with me at its helm. One problem that would go away is the hypocrisy of Amy Chastaine, the Adrenaline Champion, who claims to be a fighting champion and yet, has a problem with both of us.”

Wiseman pauses.

Wiseman: “And you have a problem with me talking about your kids. Well, Amy…you’re the one leaving them with someone who is going to get married to someone who proudly piledrove Simon Lyman. You’re the one who should be getting told what is WRONG in your situation, especially as the violence in your career seemingly begets violence at home.”

Cain: “And last week, she found out that some people also have a problem with her. I mean, I don’t care for the Stewards. Hate every one of them, but they didn’t need a quid pro quo to get their hands on the Adrenaline Champion.”

Cain smirks.

Wiseman: “See, Amy, you have a list of problems. And you’ve dragged your friends into them. You want to threaten me…or Vixen. We’ll see how that goes.”

Wiseman brings the microphone down. Cain goes to say something more, but Wiseman stops him. He then looks at Cain as Cain just laughs. Wiseman pulls the microphone away. Their music plays again as the crowd boos.

Sharper: “Wiseman all business. Cain…”

Knots: “Cain’s having some fun and letting everyone know.”

Sharper: “And Amy Chastaine is one of the many targets. Selena Frost undoubtedly listening too.”

Cain and Wiseman then make their exit as the scene cuts away.

We open up backstage to see Mr. D standing in one of the hallways with Jessica Winters nearby, in case there’s a need for an interview, talking to Jinn.

Mr. D: “Look, Jinn, I know you were looking forward to tonight. Syren unfortunately, with her recent concussions, we’re making sure. But we’re going to have to reschedule.”

Jinn: “Awww…I was looking forward to see what would happen. Plus, I needed to help her. I could be the hero she needs to get her back on track and –“

Jinn suddenly turns and gets into a bit of a fighting stance. Josh Hudson walks past and just chuckles.

Hudson: “Sure thing, kid. Keep taking the pills and-“

Hudson mimes smoking up as he then shakes his head and walks off. Jinn watches him leave.

Mr. D: “I’ll have someone ready for you next week Jinn….and Jinn….focus on that. I’d stay more but I have a meeting with Kelcey.”

Mr. D walks off as Jinn keeps watching Hudson and the scene cuts away.

We see the masked woman from earlier, likely Lexi von Aaron, running through the hallway. She then turns and runs past the security checkpoint as one of the guards look up.

Guard: “Hey! You!”

We then see Dean Black jogging over.

Black: “A masked woman? You see her anywhere?”

Guard: “Yeah, she just ran through the doors.”

Black turns and jogs through. He steps out, the camera following him out. He then stops and sighs as the camera turns and scans before we see not a masked woman, but Lexi von Aaron leaving the building with what appears to the Cannons, Michael, David and Scott. One of them has the mask over his head as best as he can. Scott glances back and smirks before they lead her off and we cut away.

COMMERCIALS

Katie Steward vs. Kara Abheri

The sound of a tiger roaring is heard in the darkened arena, then Katy Perry's “Roar” begins as light blue and sea green spotlights light up the darkness and Kara Abheri emerges from behind the curtain, smile and arms wide. Shane Lawson appears a few steps behind her. She's in her trademark Princess Jasmine inspired Harem girl attire. The Tiny Tussler is back home in front of the crowd. The raven haired beauty bounces down the ramp, slapping hands and hugging fans who call out to her.

Phillips: “The following match is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, currently residing in New Orleans, Louisiana, she is the Paragon of Wrestling.... Kara Abheri!!”

Kara circles the ring, greeting as many fans as she can before bouncing up onto the apron. She enters through the bottom and middle ropes and then ascends the turnbuckles, waving to the crowd. As the cheers get louder, Kara backflips off the turnbuckle and lands a few feet from center-ring. She bows to her fans and the words "Thank you" can be read on her lips. Lawson applauds in support.

“And you're gonna hear me roooaaarr!!”

Sharper: “Last time we saw Kara Abheri, she was getting in the middle of an altercation backstage involving the Stewards, Cain, Wiseman, her friend Amy Chastaine, and Selena Frost. Even her boyfriend Shane Lawson got involved, trying to stem some of the damage being done to Amy being thrown around.”

Knots: “And we see Lawson is out here with her. I don't like that, it seems unfair!”

A church organ begins to play
A chorus sings along with a harmonious melody

The lights in the arena dim down darkening the area and “Mercy on Me (Instrumental)” starts to play. A spotlight shines down onto the stage for Katie Steward to step out from behind the curtain and stands in the light. She wears her white ring robe with a pink outline around the white cloth and gold sequences sparkled over it. She grabs the sides of her robe holding it out and spins around slowly showing off to the fans who snap photos and videos of her.

After a few seconds on the posing on the stage she turns back around and continues her walk down the ramp and the spotlight follows. Maddy Steward appears behind her, making sure the robe trailing behind her is straight.

Phillips: “And her opponent, from Los Angeles, she is your Goddess of Desire... Katie Steward!”

Katie makes it to ringside and walking over to the ring steps. She stops and bows to the crowd, to a mixed reaction from the fans. The arena lights return to normal. She carefully climbs up and grabs the ring post so she doesn’t fall. Katie enters the ring and walks to the middle and stands there taking off her ring robe revealing her amazing and beautiful ring wrestling attire and Maddy is right there to take her robe from her. Katie and TJ walk over to her corner and Maddy exits the ring with Katie’s robe in hand and Katie gets warmed up for her match.

Knots: “And Maddy is out here too, there, things are a little more even.”

Sharper: “Now which one of the ringside guests do you think are more likely to get involved, Jon? Honestly.”

Knots: “That isn't the point.”

The bell rings and the crowd buzzes as Kara and Katie circle each other. Katie smirks before going for a cheap shot slap. Kara gasps and holds her face, then glares and calls for a lock up. Katie just laughs, and slaps her again! Lawson can be heard yelling as Kara grabs her cheek again, taking a step back.

Sharper: “Blatant disrespect here, and Maddy Steward on the outside just laughing.”

Knots: “Kara's the one standing there and taking it, it is kinda funny.”

When Kara looks up, she sees Katie still laughing. She looks over at Shane, who gives her a little nod. Kara turns back to Katie, and lunges towards her, shoving Katie backwards with both hands. Katie stumbles back, a look of shock on her face. Catching her balance, she keeps stepping backwards to bounce off the ropes, but whatever she was going to attempt is thwarted when Kara grabs her arm and takes her down with an arm drag. Katie gets to her feet, but Kara grabs an arm and takes her down with another one. Katie is slower to get up, and Kara runs the ropes, coming back with a low kick to the ribs, knocking Katie down again. She goes for a pin attempt.

1!

Katie shoves off. Both women get to their feet and immediately lock up. Katie switches around and holds Kara from behind. Before she can execute anything, Kara manages to spin out and reverse the hold. Katie tries to fight out, but Kara keeps her grip. Instead, Katie starts shoving backwards towards her corner. Maddy jumps up on the apron. Lawson can be heard yelling at Kara to look out, and he starts to run around the ring, but Kara looks behind her, and drops down, causing Katie's momentum to make her run into Maddy. Maddy almost falls off but catches herself on the ropes. Lawson stops, and shakes his head with a grin as he goes back to his side.

Sharper: “Looks like Maddy Steward wanted to get her hands dirty, but Kara saw it.”

Knots: “Kara nearly made Katie knock Maddy down! That would have been a travesty.”

Kara doesn't find it as amusing as Shane did though, and scrambles back to her feet, pulls Katie back while glaring at Maddy, and whips her across the ring. On the rebound Kara jumps up and nails a dropkick. She scrambles for a cover, but Katie shoves her off and rolls away before the ref can count a one. Katie gets to the ropes and pulls herself up, while Kara gets to her feet, Katie seems to be in no rush to leave the ropes. Kara shakes her head, then runs across the ring, then leaps for another dropkick, possibly looking to kick Katie over. Katie ducks though, and Kara crashes ad burns, her legs getting caught between the top and middle ropes. Lawson yells, both hands on his head.

Knots: “Well then. That was rather ugly. Kara might have actually hurt herself there.”

Sharper: “She's fighting to untangle herself, and Katie and Maddy are just enjoying this.”

Katie has gotten up and she and Maddy are laughing, leaning on each other over the ropes, as the watch Kara struggle to get out of the ropes and to her feet. She makes it though, and makes a beeline to Katie in the corner, shoving her sideways into the turnbuckle with a shoulder block. Maddy hurls some nasty words at her and Kara turns her attention towards her, fist clenched, but she backs away. Maddy seems surprised that Kara didn't take a shot.

Sharper: “Kara showing her resolve to keep her fights clean there. I'm willing to bet her good friend Amy Chastaine wouldn't have been so level-headed.”

Knots: “This is why Amy, despite her hoity-toity 'values,' is a main-eventer and a champion, and Kara isn't. She doesn't have the killer instinct.”

Sharper: “Kara has morals, she has integrity!”

Knots: “Did you just say that Amy doesn't? Cause I don't think she'll like that.”

Sharper: “Don't you put words in my mouth, Jon.”

Katie gets up out of the corner and comes out swinging, with a screeching scream. Kara winces at the voice and gets clocked with a right hand. She stumbles a bit, and Katie follows up with a left. Then another right, and then a knee to the ribs. Kara doubles over. Katie grabs Kara by the head and drops her with a bulldog. She drops for a cover.

1!

2!

Kara kicks out. Katie doesn't give Kara a chance to get up, instead she pulls her up and whips her across the ring. On the rebound Katie swings for a clothesline but Kara ducks and bounces off the other side, coming back with another dropkick. She then springboards off the middle rope and lands a moonsault. Kara starts to go for a cover, but just then the crowd boos loudly and she looks up, seeing Gigi Steward running down the ramp.

Knots: “And here comes reinforcement!”

Sharper: “And Shane Lawson does not like this at all.”

Lawson starts to make his way around the ring to cut Gigi off before she can do anything. Meanwhile, Kara is watching this unfold and Katie takes advantage. She quickly gets up and pulls Kara down from behind, pinning her with a rollup, pulling on her tights. Maddy points to get the refs attention and he starts the count as Kara kicks her legs frantically.

1!

2!

Kara manages to flip backwards and out of the predicament. Katie screams in frustration. Gigi looks like she wants to get in the ring but Shane is blocking her. Kara gets to her feet while Katie throws her fit, and clubs Katie in the back from behind. Katie stumbles a bit, and turns around, where Kara jumps up and lands a spinning heel kick right to the temple. Katie drops. The crowd cheers. Maddy has gone over to Gigi and both women are trying to work out some way to get around Shane and into the ring. Kara sees the corner nearest to Katie is now unprotected, and she smiles. The crowd roars as Kara leaps up to the top rope and turns, preparing for her Magic Carpet ride.

Just then the bickering between Lawson, Gigi, and Maddy becomes physical, as Gigi shoves Lawson, trying to get around him. The referee leans over the ropes, yelling at them to knock it off. Kara watches, but knows she can't give Katie much time to recover. She turns back to make the leap. Maddy though, taking advantage of the referee being occupied with trying to get Gig and Shane to leave each other alone, runs up to the corner, up on the apron, and shoves Kara off. She flips and lands on her back, arching it in pain. The crowd oohs.

Sharper: “That damn Maddy Steward! She's been looking for a way to get involved this whole time and with Gigi distracting both Lawson and the official, she may have just cost Kara Abheri this match! That should be a disqualification!”

Knots: “Ref can't call it if he didn't see it!”

Everyone heard it though. The ref turns back around, and sees both women on the mat, Katie stirring. Maddy hops down, going over to Gigi, and they both start backing up the ramp away from Lawson. It seems he's the only one who saw what happened, as he looks furious, screaming at them.
Katie crawls over to Kara and rolls her up.

1!

2!

Kara kicks and shifts the weight, switching to a cover on Katie.

1!

2!

3!

The bell rings and Kara lets go, getting to her feet as Katie screams, fuming.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall.... Kara Abheri!”

Shane turns to get into the ring to celebrate with Kara, but as soon as he turns, Gigi and Maddy rush him from behind and shove him into the apron. Katie laughs as Kara slides out of the ring to check on him. Maddy pulls Kara away and throws her to the mats. Kara slides on her butt a little. Shane shakes his head clear and turns in time for Gigi to shove him backwards again.

Sharper: “The match is over, Kara won but the Stewards aren't finished.”

Knots: “Are they ever?”

Just then, the crowd goes nuts as we see Amy Chastaine running down the ramp.

Sharper: “And here comes Amy Chastaine, evening out the odds here!”

Knots: “What is she doing, she has no business out here!”

Sharper: “The Stewards had no business attacking Amy at the last Breakdown either. And she's going to put a stop to this!”

Amy catches up to the group and she and Kara face off with Maddy and Gigi as Katie finally exits the ring and makes a wide berth around the others to go up the ramp. She calls to the other women and they back away from Kara and Amy up the ramp as Breakdown cuts away.

Sharper: “And during that last match, Kelcey Wallace completed her meeting with the SCW owner and Jessica Winters got these comments.”

DURING THE MATCH:

We see Kelcey Wallace step out of the office of Mr. D. She takes a few steps before Jessica Winters walks up to her.

Jessica: “Kelcey! Can I get a word?”

Kelcey stops and turns.

Jessica: “We’ve been following all of Mr. D’s meetings tonight. We talked to Selena Frost earlier, the World Championship match at Taking Hold of the Flame was a major talk of discussion. Was it the same for you and can you tell us anything about who you will defend your title against at Taking Hold of the Flame?”

Kelcey: “Well I can partially answer. D asked me not to reveal who I will be defending against. He wanted me to understand and I definitely do. All I’ll say is that he’s made up his mind. The World Championship will be defended and I know against who. He’ll reveal that later. All I’ll add…I’m very happy that this match is happening.”

Kelcey pauses.

Kelcey: “Work for a comment.”

Jessica: “Definitely. Thank you.”

Kelcey turns and heads off as the SCW Breakdown logo comes up on the screen.

We open up back at ringside as we see Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots.

Sharper: “Looks like we have some decisions made.”

Knots: “But what are they? And Kelcey’s happy? Selena understands? So what the hell?!”

Sharper: “Well one person who may have something to say about it, Jake Starr is with Spirit Dansby.”

We cut backstage to see Spirit Dansby standing with Jake Starr at the SCW interview area.

Spirit: “Thank you Adam. I am here with Jake Starr-“

Starr: “And it’s Taking Hold of the Flame time and hot damn, I’m going to be entering in there and I’m going to throw that man over the top-“

Starr points off camera.

Starr: “And that man!”

Starr points in another direction.

Starr: “And that woman!”

Starr points above him and then to Spirit.

Starr: “And….well…you’re friends with Sienna?”

Spirit: “Well yeah-“

Starr: “Sorry, she’s going out too. And probably going to bruise her heavenly ass. I mean, sorry, but let’s face it, this is a time of the year where me being a total asshole works for me. I’m used to guarding my ass and hoping to God I don’t get jumped and well, everyone can knock everyone around all for that little thing we call a title shot at Rise to Greatness. Now, don’t worry, I aint going to pull a Jake Starr and cash my Trios contract in at Rise to Greatness. I’m going to pull a….well….not a Jake Starr since I’ve not won this thing yet and you know what, I want to win this thing. I mean if someone like The Real Speed can do it, then damn it, so can I! He was probably wrestling through a haze. I just wrestle like I mean it and yeah, Syren, she’s last. Great. Good for her. Huddie may have knocked her down and out, so I’ll make sure to toss Hudson out and then kick ass and take names…..wait…why would I do that? That’s just taking me off the point. Oh yeah, I’m just going to toss anyone in my way and get the job done. That’s what I’m supposed to say for this thing, right?”

Spirit: “Something like that.”

Starr: “Good…because I won’t just say it. I’m gonna do it.”

Starr smirks as the crowd roars and the scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Backstage we see Christy Matthews getting ready for her match. She can be seen putting on her entrance attire before we see Alexis Quinne walking over to her. The crowd cheers seeing her. Christy then stops and turns and jukes back.

Christy: “Oh God…Alexis….You scared me. You could knock.”

Alexis nods.

Alexis: “Yeah…I could’ve.”

Christy then turns and grabs something else before turning back.

Alexis: “You could’ve stood up to Dante.”

Christy looks down and nods and turns around.

Christy: “And accomplish what? You were gone. You even let your contract lapse.”

Alexis: “We were a unit!”

Christy: “Yes…and I was a champion and I was looking to keep that title. Plus, PUNK HAZARD was your baby. You deserve that revenge.”

Alexis just looks at Christy.

Alexis: “Yeah…I guess.”

Alexis turns and slowly heads off. Christy watches her leave a bit confused as we then cut away.

Sharper: “Welcome back folks, and what a night it’s been so far, but right now we’re going to show you some footage that has just been released onto our website from earlier today…”

Knots: “Two weeks ago, we unfortunately witnessed a video package hyping the upcoming pay per view Taking Hold of the Flame, but in a way that was rather suggestive shall we say?”

Sharper: “The trail left in that video seemed to hint at the return of what specific former SCW star and those flames may be fanned by what we’re about to show you…”

We cut away from the commentary desk and find ourselves looking at some shaky handheld footage from earlier in the day, clearly shot on a phone. A car slowly pulls into the parking lot and after a moment, the driver gets out and opens the rear door. The spattering of fans around suddenly cheer and shout as none other than David Helms climbs out of the back of the vehicle.

Knots: “Looks like the General Manager of our inferior competition has come to remind himself of what a real promotion looks like…”

Sharper: “As you can see, David Helms was seen arriving at the arena earlier today and that only adds to how interesting that video two weeks ago was, with the blatant hints at his return; his entrance music was referenced, former nicknames, even his long-used catchphrase…”

The video then changes to another shot from the same time but from a different position at the entrance of the parking area and we see Mr. D walking out from the doors to greet Helms, the two shaking by the hand, all smiles.

Knots: “He has been a busy man. And it seems that it was an expected visit too, if the footage is anything to go by; David Helms has attended several SCW shows since his retirement, to watch either his wife Regan or his son AJ, but we don’t normally see him arriving this far ahead of time or meeting up with Mr. D…”

Sharper: “Speculation has started to mount on twitter, several fans already tweeting the company to ask if a return is on the cards. We don’t have any official word on whether or not this is happening at Taking Hold of the Flame, but it’s easy to understand why the betting odds have taken a plunge on David Helms returning in the over the top battle royal…”

The video shows Mr. D and Helms walking toward the building, Mr. D opening the door for Helms to walk into the arena before the show returns back to ringside with the commentary table and Knots is shaking his head in annoyance.

Sharper: “This could be big news if the rumours are true; David Helms obviously a massive star here in SCW over the last few years, a return would probably be good for business?”

Knots: “Maybe, but dollar signs aside, what message does this send out to his fans? Some people may have the memory of a goldfish, but I remember what he said about retirement meaning retirement. That last ever promo of his, talking about how there wouldn’t be any comebacks? It makes him a huge hypocrite if he DOES return at Taking Hold of the Flame, Adam!”

Sharper: “And you have to wonder what effect this will have on Regan Street and AJ Helms too. Regan of course, was around when David was going through his retirement tour, but how would AJ handle his father returning to the company, when he’s been trying to do his own thing while continuing the family legacy here in SCW?”

Knots: “If this happens, he clearly doesn’t give a damn about the kid… then again, with how disappointing he’s proven to be when it comes to big matches here in SCW since his debut, I wouldn’t blame Helms for coming back just to bring some credibility back to the name!”

Sharper: “Well, whatever happens, we’ll update you should be get anything further.”

Knots: “But next…the most beautiful double champion in SCW history!”

Juice vs. Sienna Swann

SCW Television Championship

The lights dim down, and green smoke begins to slowly drift up and around the entrance ramp, when the voice of Beard can be heard saying, “A lot of wrestlers talkin’ that shhhh,” followed by Juice’s voice saying, “Not enough doin’ that shhhh…”. Then, “White Crime” by Lil Dicky begins to blare through the PA system and out from the smoke emerges Beard and Juice, walking in slow motion. Beard slowly poses, flexing muscles and pointing to his beard. Juice slowly jaws with the crowd, while slowly patting himself on the chest. Imogen Reed walks out with them, holding a bag. She smiles as they all head to the ring.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall, has a fifteen minute time limit and is for the SCW Television Championship! First, on his way to the ring, the challenger, representing the F-Ups, he is Juice!”

The music continues to play, with Beard and Juice’s voices heard once more saying:

“White crime
White crime
Yeah, we ‘bout that
Do a lot of dirt, never doubt that
Lot of wrestle twerps, love to shout crap
Love to make their mouth flat
When it come to the Ups, no, we spout facts
You 'gon learn what we 'bout, bruh”

Slowly ascending to the top rope, the Fuck Ups pose once more, drinking in all of the jeers. They then quickly jump down off of the top rope and go over to their corner. Imogen Reed enters the ring and walks across. Juice looks around as he tries to calm himself down. He paces a bit as Beard keeps him calm.

Sharper: “Juice is about to get his title opportunity here against the double-champion Sienna Swann, this match for the Television Championship.”

Knots: “The most beautiful double champion ever too.”

Sharper: “I’m sure SCW Hall of Famer Christian Savior would disagree.”

Knots: “Oh…well…you know, he may. HE can take it up with Sienna!”

Sharper: “The question is what Imogen Reed and Beard have planned. They have to stay out of this match after what they tried to pull last week.”

A red carpet is rolled out with a few photographers positioned toward the entrance position, the woman by the name of Laura Steinbeck along with the Truelove Twins directs everyone to take their positions just as the arena goes dark. Suddenly one lone spotlight shines in entrance where smoke begins to come out and surround the stage. “Style" by Taylor Swift begins to play throughout the arena, the Tron plays the Video of her various photo-shoots, training, fighting, swimsuits, lingerie and walking through nightclubs with men gawking over her in skin tight dresses. The Angel, Sienna Swann walks out with her head down as the crowd gives a mixed reaction but admiring at the beauty. Sienna then extends her arms and reveals the large golden angel wings that are part of her entrance gear, she looks around at the crowd and smirks, posing as the camera flashes begin to pepper down on her from the “paparazzi” staged around her, Laura making sure that they take plenty of pics of The Beautiful Angel before making her way to the ring. The SCW Women’s and Television Championship belts are around her shoulders. Laura and the Twins then all start to follow Sienna to the ring.

Phillips: “And his opponent, accompanied by the Truelove Twins and Laura Steinbeck, from Johannesbourg, South Africa, she is the SCW Women’s Champion and the reigning and defending SCW Television Champion, Sienna Swann!”

Sienna walks down to the ring, looking around and blowing kisses when one of the fans touches her. She stops, turns to the Truelove Twins who take out a sanitizing wipe and disinfect the area she was touched. Satisfied she continues to the apron, climbing up the stairs and to the top rope, posing with her wings spread wide. Laura motions to the official as she points to Imogen Reed and Beard. Sienna looks up to the rafters as a gold spotlight like the light of heaven shines down on her as gold glitter begins to rain down on the entire arena. Juice just turns away, almost hyperventilating. Sienna smirks and hops into the ring, spreading her arms out and smiling before taking off her wings from help of the Twins, they make their way out of the ring and to the back while Sienna stands, patiently waiting for the start of the match posing, while handing her Women’s Title to the Turelove Twins and the Television Championship to the official who steps back.

Sharper: “Laura Steinbeck coming to the ring. This is new for her. She’s usually stayed in the back, but the presence of Imogen Reed and Beard obviously offputting to the fashion brand manager!”

Knots: “Well they should just be removed. They can be getting involved in this one.”

Sharper: “Meanwhile, Sienna Swann is confidently posing in the ring. Juice looks to be a mess.”

The official holds up the title and hands it off as the SCW Television Championship logo comes across the screen before fading to the bottom corner. Juice looks back to Sienna who smirks as she adjusts the opening of her top, clearly trying to get into Juice’s head. Laura then barks at the official.

Laura: “As soon as they leave, we’ll leave. So get them the hell out of here!”

Imogen: “Yo! Butterface! Cut it! We’ll be gone soon!”

Laura: “Excuse me!”

Imogen turns back to Juice pulling out what’s in her bag. Beard just smiles and grabs it and Juice looks at it.

Juice: “Hey…wait-“

Beard: “Can’t get nervous if you can’t see her!”

Imogen: “Got more!”

Juice: “But…I can’t see…”

Beard puts the blindfold, really a pink, lacey sleep mask that says “Eff Off” over his eyes. Juice, of course, doesn’t know this. Sienna rolls her eyes. Juice reaches out as Imogen pulls out two gloves.

Imogen: “Put these on. Can’t get fooled by her coconut-smelling B.O. Just using that to cover up her impurities! Come on there Juicy.”

Beard: “Here…”

Beard puts one on and Juice puts the other one on. He then reaches out.

Imogen: “Perfect…now, don’t fire off too soon and we got this. New TV Champ!”

The cameras show the gloves. Beard then turns to Imogen and points out the gloves. Imogen just smiles.

Imogen: “Something for Breezy. Gotta be classy.”

Juice hops up and down, trying to get into the mode as the camera catches his gloves, and show something on the inside as Imogen and Beard walk across the ring. Steinbeck, the Truelove Twins and Sienna Swann watch them. They both exit the ring and start to back up. Laura turns to the Truelove Twins and joins them as Sienna glances over her shoulder. Juice then uses the ropes and walk along them as the referee then calls for the bell. Sienna looks at Juice as Juice reaches around before balling his fists a bit, realizing something is up with the gloves.

Sharper: “Well something is off here. I can’t tell what.”

Knots: “Something that’s classy…for Bree, I thought I heard her say. Sienna…look out! Something is wrong! Sorry Bree!”

Sienna just rolls her eyes.

Sienna: “Over here sweetie.”

Sienna just puts her hands on her hips. Juice looks around.

Sienna: “Over here!”

Sienna yells louder. Juice then staggers forward and Sienna then shakes her head before Juice suddenly trips and falls onto Sienna, grabbing at her and grabbing her arm. Sienna pulls away violently as she holds her arm and sees a scrape appear on her arm. She just yells out as the Truelove Twins looked stunned. Laura looks over as Reed just glances back, smiling before running to the back. We then see Juice starts to get up.

Juice: “What I do? What I do? Is she hurt? Oh God-“

We then see the gloves that show sandpaper lining the insides and Juice gets up only for Sienna to lunge, and violently nailing him with the Kiss of an Angel! The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Oh my! What a knee! That Kiss of an Angel!”

Knots: “Juice! What the hell?! There’s sandpaper on his gloves! He scraped the most beautiful Television Champion in SCW History!”

Sienna Swann then covers him.

The crowd boos as Sienna rolls off. Juice remains down as Sienna gets up. Beard and Imogen Reed stop at the top of the stage and smile. Laura just glares at them as one of the Truelove Twins dives into the ring and goes over to Sienna with another disinfectant wipe and starts to wipe Sienna’s arm. Sienna grimaces from the sting of the wipe. She then starts to get up as she looks at it. The crowd boos some more as Juice remains down.

Phillips: “Here is your winner and still SCW Television Champion, Sienna Swann!”

The crowd boos some more as the other Truelove Twin grabs her Television Championship belt, while holding the Women’s Championship.

Sharper: “Sienna Swann is still the champion, but this match, another odd situation.”

Knots: “She’s hurt Sharper!”

Sharper: “It’s a scrape. It’s something that should’ve been caught on those gloves, but if she doesn’t want to get hurt, she shouldn’t compete. It’s a contact sport. Scrapes happen!”

Knots: “Not to Sienna!”

She starts to walk around when suddenly, Beard is shoved violently out of the entrance. He falls back and rolls over as Imogen turns and runs off along the stage and stands next to the entrance set. We then see Torsten Voigt storm out from the back with Eric Teufel. Teufel follows down with Voigt, glancing over at Reed, who motions for them to leave her alone. Beard starts to get up and Torsten Voigt hoists him up and hits a hard spinebuster on the stage. Beard yells in pain and rolls over, arching his back. Voigt then gets up and starts to head to the ring. Teufel tries to get him to stop and tells him to get back as Voigt continues to head to the ring. Steinbeck runs over and over to the one Twin on the floor as Sienna looks around as she gets up.

Sharper: “Torsten Voigt storming down to the ring! And we know he has a history with the F-Ups through Akira Kimura. A mutual respect with Kimura!”

Knots: “Sienna! Get the hell out of here! You’re going to get more than scrapped by a very angry man!”

Torsten Voigt reaches the ring and Teufel tries to stop him again, but Voigt pulls himself onto the apron. He enters the ring and Sienna turns and quickly drops back and rolls out of the ring. One of the Twins throws the disinfectant wipe at him, hoping to get it in his eyes to briefly stop him, and then quickly dives out of the ring too. Voigt just looks at the wipe before looking at Sienna who backs up and then looks at her arm before Laura grabs her with the other Twin and they start to whisk her away. Voigt then grabs Juice as he starts to get up and pulls him up. Juice yells out, not sure what is going on as he still has the sleeping mask. He then hooks him up and drops him with the Panzer. The crowd ohs. Voigt rolls back. He then looks at Juice before grabbing him and dragging him up and just throwing him through the ropes and to the floor. Juice, just gets his hands down, to avoid landing face first into the mats.

Sharper: “Voigt threatening Sienna! Juice tossed out of the ring right in front of us.”

Knots: “Claiming the ring as his own. But why go after Sienna?! Look at her!”

Sienna and Laura head to the back with the Twins following Imogen just waves as Laura glares at her and Sienna just continues to the back. Imogen just looks around as she then walks to the back too as a couple of officials come out to check on Beard and a few run down to the ring to check on Juice. Voigt remains in the ring looking around as the crowd boos him. Voigt scans the crowd before the scene cuts away.

We open up backstage back in the office of Mr. D. We see Sam Raine standing across from him, as he seats as his desk.

Sam: “Look, I just wanted to apologize again. The suspension was deserved.”

Mr. D: “I know that. And look, you’re better than that. You’ve let everything else get under your skin. I don’t know what issue you had with Brittany Lohan. She’s not here. She’s not under contract here.”

Sam: “I almost wish she was.”

Mr. D: “You have lot of people you want to take out. I’ve heard it all, it’s one of the reasons I signed you. I know you can go in that ring and you’ve got the motivation. Focus on that. Remember why we even talked back in March.”

Sam just nods.

Sam: “I’m going to have to.”

Mr. D: “Clear your head. You’ve got your spot in the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal. Use that to get yourself back on track and remind me why I signed you.”

Sam just nods and turns and heads off, not responding, clearly holding something back. She then turns and walks out of the office and heads off. Jessica motions to move towards her, but stops as Sam Raine continues to head off. Mr. D just looks up as we cut away.

COMMERCIALS

Beard walks to the back, holding his back and looking around as we see Imogen Reed standing off on the other side of the open area.

Beard: “Gen…what the….”

Imogen: “What, Beardy?”

Beard: “Did you see that…we got hit by a truck. They’re still trying to pry Juice off the mats on the floor.”

Imogen: “Well I saw some of it….I kinda got the hell out of there. A big German guy came out and well…”

Beard: “Ya could’ve helped.”

Imogen: “Please…you shouldn’t be so angry.”

Reed leans in and starts to rub Beard’s back.

Imogen: “Now we can make sure you’re good as new.”

Beard: “Uh yeah….I can go for that.”

Imogen: “Just may want to check in on Juice…make sure he’s got a colouring book or something.”

Beard: “Nah…eff him. I want more of this good as new stuff.”

Imogen: “Uh-huh.”

Reed starts walk off with Beard. We cut away.

We then cut to another part of the building as we see Sienna Swann now with a towel over her arm as Laura Steinbeck follow her. The Truelove Twins hold Sienna’s titles.

Laura: “I can’t believe that. They let him come in and compete and he has sandpaper. Isn’t this why officials check people out or what not. I knew that Juicy guy was bad news. This…this is unbelievable and your arm. We have a photoshoot-“

Sienna: “Let me do the talking.”

Laura stops and turns around. Sienna keeps walking.

Laura: “You better know what you’re doing.”

Sienna: “I’ll have everything figured out.”

Sienna and Laura continue on their way. They see Jessica Winters standing outside of Mr. D’s office and Sienna walks forward.

Jessica: “Sienna-“

Sienna: “Out of my way.”

Sienna then steps into the office of Mr. D and Mr. D looks up. The camera follows her in as Sienna holds her arm up, removing the towel.

Sienna: “You think this is acceptable! I am a dual champion. I am a dual champion that is worth more than-“

Mr. D: “We’ve already arranged for the official to be dealt with.”

Sienna just pauses.

Mr. D: “What? That’s what you wanted. We could set him on fire, but the problem is that the police frown upon that. He was inexperienced. He drew the assignment and forgot to make sure.”

Sienna: “That’s not good enough. You put someone that inexperienced in my match.”

Laura: “Do you not know the investment that you have here. She is a star for a generation. And then you have that German-“

Mr. D: “Mr. Voigt. He has a name.”

Laura: “Whatever, I-“

Mr. D: “And you got out of there. I will be dealing with Voigt as well. Unless you just want to yell, please do so outside. Hell, do it on Twitter. Let everyone know.”

Sienna: “Please..that’s a place where people worship me. They don’t need to be reminded of this.”

Mr. D: “Then just leave.”

Sienna: “Don’t you have someone else to feed to the Women’s Champion?”

Mr. D just looks at her.

Sienna: “Thought not.”

Sienna turns and walks off as Laura just glares at Mr. D. Sienna takes a few more steps as Laura Steinbeck walks with her.

Sienna: “We’re going to get this dealt with and then we’re going to watch Bree’s little tantrum earlier. That should make me happy-“

???: “Excuse me!”

Sienna stops and Laura walks over. The Truelove Twins walk in front of them as we then see Eric Teufel walk over.

Teufel: “Relax. This isn’t anything bad. Voigt got a bit…he feels you focus too much on the extra, if you will.”

Sienna: “No joy…a shame.”

Teufel: “I however see an opportunity. Care to talk?”

Sienna turns to Laura.

Sienna: “Deal with her.”

Sienna then walks off as Laura looks at Teufel and Teufel just smiles a bit.

“Adrenaline” by Shinedown begins blasting through the arena as blue and yellow lights pulse rapidly in an alternating fashion on the stage. As the opening guitar riffs of the song come to an end, blue and yellow pyro goes off on stage, and when the lyrics start Tyler Tucker walks through the smoke, wearing an Adrenaline Rush t-shirt and jeans. He looks around as the crowd cheers him.

Sharper: “Tyler Tucker, the former US Champion, he will have his rematch at Taking Hold of the Flame. He’ll have to worry about the champion, Marie Jones, but not just that, Regan Street is part of the match.”

Knots: “And Regan Street is a very pissed off individual and Tyler Tucker has a very smashable face.”

Sharper: “For the last couple of months, Adrenaline Rush has been a unit against Regan Street. Tucker told me earlier that he’s looking to handle this himself. Craig Thomas and Stacy Kissinger, they need to focus on themselves.”

Tucker heads down to the ring and high fives a few fans. He then runs to the ring and slides in. He gets up and looks around as he then heads over to the ropes. He reaches through and is handed a microphone. He takes and turns back to the middle of the ring. He looks around as the crowd cheers him and his music fades out. Tucker looks around and takes a deep breath.

Tucker: “I-if you had told me a year ago, I’d be standing here having just narrowly missed out on the Shot of A-Adrenaline tournament and a former US Champion, I don’t think I’d have gotten up off the floor. But that’s what happened and in a week and a half, I have a chance to be a two time US Champion….”

The crowd cheers.

Tucker: “And this match at Taking Hold of the Flame, I am going to s-stand on my own. I appreciate Craig and Stacy helping me with some people, and I’ll get to her, but they need to focus on themselves and the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal!”

Tucker pauses again.

Tucker: “And I have two thoughts on this m-match. Marie….you earned your victory against me and are a fine champion and I’m sorry I may have to cut it short. But when you added Regan into this….I know I have someone else who will make sure Regan realizes she cannot bully us anymore. She can’t run around d-demanding everything. She can’t go around and drag my name just because she’s jealous.”

The crowd cheers.

Tucker: “And that’s why…she r-runs around wondering why she never got a shot. Marie Jones was a more deserving challenger and simply because she actually earned it. You….you may have a great record, but you are a…..a….horrible person.”

Tucker looks up at the camera. He then paces a bit, clearly showing some of his nerves.

Tucker: “And Regan…when you lose, no matter if it’s to me or Marie, we will watch you th-throw another temper tantrum while we take knowledge that someone honourable is champion!”

The crowd roars again before we then see Regan Street appear on the big screen, standing backstage at the interview area. The crowd starts to boo.

Regan: “Are you God damned kidding me?”

Regan looks right into the camera.

Regan: “Do you honestly think I would be ever jealous of you when not only do you need to spout that bitch’s phrase, while you’re shivering out there like a leaf, stuttering , probably hoping that you don’t piss yourself?! I am not jealous of you and I’m not jealous of Marie and trust me, your crap about honour, I don’t think you heard me earlier, but it’s dead and it was killed when Cruze decided that the best way to show his anger is to choke a pregnant broad!”

The crowd ohs as Regan looks at the camera. Tucker just looks up at the entrance way.

Regan: “Let me make this clear. At Taking Hold of the Flame, you and Marie aren’t going to win. I’ve been waiting too damn look to finally get my hands on that US Title and I’ve more than earned any title shots, many, many times over. But believe your own hype. The good news is that I’ll make sure you and Marie both know exactly what I feel and the only difference is that you’ve at least held that title. Because when I’m done with you Tyler and Jones number forty-two, you may have your little rematches, not like this company cares, but neither of you will be in a condition to ever cash them in. I will just destroy both of you and returning to holding SCW Gold. Got it?”

Tucker takes a deep breath and looks up.

Tucker: “Give it your best shot.”

Regan just chuckles.

Regan: “Did you see what Huddie did to Syren earlier? She got her feet down first. You…Marie…I’ll make sure both of you faceplant hard.”

Regan then pauses and holds her finger up.

Regan: “And then win Taking Hold of the Flame and I’ll toss your little buddies out too.”

Regan then turns and storms off from her interview area and just then we see Mikaela Street skip into the scene. She smiles.

Mikaela: “And if your friends decided to not let you stand on your own…or the Jones family has that Kim chick….I’ll make sure the score is quite even.”

Mikaela smiles and walks off as Tucker just mouths “We’ll see” over and over in the ring. The camera focuses on Tucker as we then cut away.

Suddenly we see The Man of a Thousand Nicknames, Leviticus, stepping in front of Mr. D’s closed office door.

Leviticus: “I am right here outside of Mr. D’s office where I am ready to present to you the brand new line of SCW Mr. D Merchandise!”

He reaches off screen and produces a DVD with Mr. D’s image on it.

Leviticus: “Mr. D, THE MOVIE!”

He reaches off screen and produces a pair of women’s skimpy, lacy panties.

Leviticus: “Mr. D, THE VICTORIA SECRET LINE OF PANTIES! And trust me, Syren looks great in them! No wonder some people are jealous.”

Leviticus winks. He reaches off screen and produces a bottle of vodka.

Leviticus: “Mr. D, THE VODKA! What he himself uses to deal with the SCW roster! Maybe even right now!”

Leviticus motions to the door and just listens a bit. He then nods before he takes a sip and sighs, feeling refreshed.

Leviticus: “You can watch Mr. D The Movie, wearing only your Mr. D Panties, while drinking Mr. D THE VODKA!”

He smirks as he reaches off screen and produces a brochure.

Leviticus: “And don’t forget to take a trip to Mr. D THE BROTHEL! You too can find out how he unloads between some of his HARD decisions. And you never know which champions give him a piece of their minds.”

Leviticus smirks as the scene fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

Backstage we open up to see Marie Jones sitting in her section of her locker room. Kimberly Williams is with her as the SCW United States Championship sits prominently next to her. Kimberly just keeps looking at it.

Marie: “Kim.”

Kimberly: “What? I know it’s yours. Just saying…”

Marie: “Saying what?”

Kimberly: “I’m going to be at ringside. In case Street number fifty five shows up….see….they have more.”

Marie: “Really? You’re going to get miffed on that.’

Kimberly: “Your family. You can be miffed.”

Marie: “I’m more just glad Tucker and I are on the same page. With Regan…she’s got the skill, but-“

Kimberly: “I can out-rage her any day!”

Kimberly smiles as she wraps her arm around Marie.

Marie: “Yeah…and if you attack her again from behind, I’ll have to start worrying about getting my own security like others.”

Kimberly: “I look good in black and I use force better.”

Marie sighs. Marie just shakes her head as we cut away.

Christy Matthews vs. Angelica Jones

Television Championship Eliminator

The lights dim to a crimson red color throughout the arena. A high pitched female voice can be heard over the PA speakers…

"I Lost My Miiiiiiind..."

The image of a red dragon appears on the Tron. The dragon is engulfed in flames as it is replaced by a phoenix. Then that too goes up in flames as it is replaced by an image of Angelica Jones. The tron shows images of Angelica Jones delivering the Hot Shot and the Divine Impact to SCW wrestlers. Angelica then steps out onto the stage. She is dressed in all black, from head to toe, and that includes a black trenchcoat. Her long hair hangs down to shoulder length. She stares menacingly, sadistically down at the ring, pausing before finally beginning to make the long walk to the ring.

Phillips: Introducing first, from Boston, Massachusetts, she is ANGELICA...JOOONESSS!

Once at ringside she takes a sharp turn to the right and the ascends the steel steps, making her way up to the ring apron. She strolls slowly to the center before turning towards the audience. She looks out intensely at the crowd before posing with both arms raised high into the air. Angelica steps into the ring and then steps over to the opposite side of the ring where she poses on the second rope. She then jumps off and heads to the center where the music dies down and the lights come back up. She stands, waiting for the match to begin.

Sharper: Angelica Jones here is set to face Christy Matthews, someone she's no stranger too. One win gets her to challenge for the SCW Television Championship.

Knots: She's challenged for that too in the past. All she has to do is get passed a very pissed off Christy Matthews. Sounds easy right?

The lights dim in the arena as the screens all cut to black and for a few seconds and there’s nothing but the reaction of the fans heard all around the arena. After a few moments the opening “King of the World” by Porcelain and the Tramps hits the PA system as spotlights begin to flick on and off around the arena. The fans boo loudly as the camera pans through them all and back to the cheap seats in the back of the arena where we see Christy Matthews standing on the guard rail with her arms outstretched in an eerily familiar mock-crucifix pose. Her fists are taped and she looks more than ready for the task ahead. She’s wearing a red jacket the hood pulled up over her head in a style similar to the classic fairytale. As she jumps down from the guard rail the screens around the arena begin to display familiar wording once more...

...E B D O N E N T E R T A I N M E N T P R E S E N T S...

...C H R I S T Y M A T T H E W S...

She begins to push her way down to ringside as security line the steps down through the crowd, holding back the fans in the way.

Phillips: And her opponent, from Overland Park, Kansas, CHRISTY....MATTTHEWS!

Christy ignores every one of them as she walks past them, focusing on the ring. She makes her way down to the barricade, leaping over and begins climbing the outside of the turnbuckles, standing on the middle rope, pulling down the hood of her jacket and striking the mock-crucifix pose once more. As the second chorus of “King of the World” hits Christy sings along with the lyrics, continuing to strike the crucifix pose before finally leaping over the top rope and spinning around in the ring, throwing her ring jacket to the outside and collapsing to a seated position in the corner of the ring as the fans cheer. She sits in the corner, looking out at the fans occasionally before turning to Jones.

Knots: If looks could kill Sharper.

Sharper: It's been a rough two months for Christy. She lost her Adrenaline title to Amy Chastine. She lost her group PUNK HAZARD thanks to the betrayal of Dante McCaffery. But she has a chance to earn a TV title shot if she can get past Jones.

The referee soon looks at both competitors before calling for the bell. The crowd roars as Christy pulls herself up. Both Matthews and Jones circle the ring, sizing each other up before they go to tie up. Christy places a boot to the mid-section, catching Jones by surprise. Jones doubles over as Christy quickly hammers Jones' back. Matthews soon brings Jones to her feet and whips her to the ropes. Jones runs back and ducks a clothesline from Matthews and runs to the ropes behind Matthews. She bounces off and catches Matthews with a clothesline. The crowd cheers as Matthews hits the mat and rolls around the canvas. Jones is quick to attack by bringing her up to he feet and then pushing her in the corner. Jones goes to work, stomping the mid-section of Christy until she's seated. Jones then uses her boot and places it on the throat of Christy. The ref is there to count;

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2!

3!

4!

Jones backs off without a fight. Christy holds her throat as Jones picks her up. A forearm shiver sends Matthews to the ropes. Jones lands two more strikes before sending Matthews across but the former Adrenaline Champion reverses and sends Angelica to the ropes. Angelica bounces off the ropes and Matthews leapfrogs Jones. Jones keeps running to the ropes behind Christy and when Christy turns back around, she sees Jones running back at her. Christy sends her down however, with a shoulder block. Christy takes a brief moment to hold her throat before she goes over to Angelica. However, Angelica surprises Christy by kipping up into a beautiful huricanarana! The crowd roars as Angelica quickly goes for a pin;

1!

2!

Christy kicks out at an early two.

Sharper: Fast action to start between these two. Jones scoring the first pinfall there. She seems to have the early advantage so far.

Knots: Let's see if she can keep it though.

Matthews starts to stir as Jones reaches a vertical base. Jones places a stomp to the small of Matthews' back. Jones stalks Matthews before placing another stomp to her back. Soon, she slowly brings Christy back to her feet. Jones lands another forearm shiver. Jones tucks Christy's head underneath her arms and attempts a Double Arm DDT. Christy twirls her way out of the hold and then catches Jones flush with an European Uppercut! Jones is rocked as Christy then yanks Jones' right wrist closer to her before driving her down with a Short Arm Clothesline! The crowd boos as Christy takes a moment to recover before pouncing on Jones with numerous stomps to the the chest of Angelica. The referee pulls Christy away from Jones briefly but Christy goes back and this time rams her boot onto the throat of Angelica. Referee is there to beak it up;

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2!

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4!

Christy lets go at the last second. Jones starts to gasp for air as she stirs around the ring. Christy picks up Jones. She fires off a chop. Crowd reacts. Christy sends another one that causes Jones to retreat. Jones then fires back with a few forearm shots that stun Christy. Crowd roars. However, before Jones can continue, Christy cuts her off with another European Uppercut. Jones drops to one knee and Christy then follows up with a dropkick. The crowd oohs as Jones hits the mat hard!

Knots: Hot damn. That dropkick was vicious!

Sharper: Jones is down after that dropkick from Christy. Christy is looking to punch her ticket to a future Television Championship.

Christy scrambles over to Jones and covers her;

1!

2!

Jones rolls the shoulder. Christy looks at the referee for a moment before turning back to Jones. Christy lands another stomp to the chest of Angelica before she violently pulls her up by her hair. Christy then follows with a snap suplex. Angelica winces in pain as Christy is right there to cover her;

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2!

Angelica kicks out at an early 2. Christy immediately floats over and rains down right hands. Jones tries to cover up as Christy relentlessly hammers her. The referee is there to quickly break up Christy and eventually, off of her entirely. Christy turns to the crowd, who respond by booing her. Christy doesn't react and instead picks up Angelica. Angelica suddenly catches Christy off guard with a hard right hand! Christy staggers on her feet as Angelica then lands another one. Angelica then pushes Christy to the ropes and sends her across but Christy reverses. Angelica bounces off the ropes and sends Christy down with a clothesline! The crowd roars as Christy slowly gets back to her feet and Angelica is there to meet her with another clothesline.

Sharper: Jones is starting to get the momentum once again.

Knots: It's been back and forth. Both of them need a big win.

Jones doesn't allow Christy any time to breathe as she picks her up by the hair. Christy breaks free of the grip and lands a right hand then turns Angelica away; once for Angelica to then catch Christy off guard with the Pele Kick! The crowd cheers as Angelica floats over to cover;

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2!

Christy kicks out at two! The crowd boos. Angelica looks at the ref before looking back at Christy. Angelica brings her to a vertical base and then whips her into the corner. Angelica charges. Matthews puts a boot up then causes Angelica to stagger on her feet. Christy then exists the ring and stands on the apron, waiting for Angelica to turn around. When she does, Christy jumps off the top rope and crashes down on Angelica with a Springboard Dropkick! The crowd boos as Matthews gets the cover;

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2!

Angelica kicks out at two! Christy snaps at the ref for a split second as Angelica starts to stir. Christy shakes her head before getting back to her feet., Christy mouths off a few words to Angelica as Christy waits for Angelica to get to her feet. Jones slowly climbs up to her feet and when she does, Christy immediately goes for the Happily (N)Ever After but Angelica shoves Matthews to the ropes. Matthews bounces off and misses a clothesline. Angelica gets behind Christy and catches her with a School Girl! The ref counts;

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Christy barely powers out at 2!

Knots: Woah that was close! That was close.

Sharper: Jones thought she had her. Everyone thought she had her.

Both girls reach a vertical base. Christy fires a forearm but so does Angelica. Christy sends another one but Angelica responds. Christy places a knee to the mid-section of Jones. But as Christy goes to run to the ropes, Jones holds on to her shoulder and then brings her down with a Back Cracker. Matthews holds her back as Jones then runs to the middle rope and flies off, connecting with Divine Impact! Jones goes for the cover;

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Matthews rolls the shoulder at two! Christy rolls over and Jones looks up. She turns and gets up and grabs Christy. She pulls her up and then kicks her in the ribs. She then double underhooks her. Christy then back drops Jones over. Jones rolls over and gets up and turns and Christy jumps up and hits an enziguri. Jones falls to a knee. Christy starts to get up and then turns and grabs Jones. She goes for the Happily Never After again, but Jones spins out and goes for a short-arm clothesline, but Christy ducks and spins around and pushes Jones into the ropes. She pulls her back into an Okana roll.

The crowd roars. Angelica rolls over as Christy looks up. The bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner and next challenger for the SCW Television Championship, Christy Matthews!”

Sharper: “A hell of a match, but Angelica Jones’ hot streak ends tonight. Christy Matthews earns a shot at Sienna Swann next week!”

Angelica slowly gets up and Christy pulls herself up as the crowd boos. The referee raises her arm. The crowd boos some more before we see Dante McCaffery run down from the back. He slides in and Angelica backs up to the ropes only for Dante to run over and nail Christy in the back of the head. Christy falls over and down to the mat. The crowd ohs and boos some more. Angelica just looks in and then drops down to the floor, heading off, ignoring the attack in the ring. Christy turns to the corner.

Sharper: “Dante McCaffery! From behind! Christy Matthews and Alexis Quinne had a meeting earlier, and Dante McCaffery must have seen it!”

Knots: “And Angelica is getting out of there. Christy is getting assaulted!”

Dante stomps her over and over and over again in the corner. The bell sounds again. Dante turns and elbows the referee back. He falls back and Dante stomps Christy a couple more times. He glances back and looks around before turning and grabbing Christy and pulling her up and nailing her with a straight right hand. Christy hits the mat. Dante then reaches into his pocket and pulls out some brass knuckles. He looks up again.

Knots: “He keeps looking up.”

Sharper: “He wants Quinne to come out! He wants her to come out and save Christy!”

Knots: “Well she better come out soon. Dante has those brass knuckles! He may not need Cain and Wiseman to help him with this one!”

Dante then grabs Christy again and pulls her up. He then turns and nails her with another shot, knocking Christy down. Dante paces a bit and looks around.

Dante: “Come on Alexis! Where the hell are you?!”

Dante looks around some more before going back to Christy as officials run out from the back. Dante grabs Christy and pulls her up, but before he can connect with another shot, officials enter and quickly step in and manage to separate them. The crowd roars a bit as Dante staggers back and goes to the corner. The officials keep him back as he just looks around. He then shakes his head as Christy slowly stirs in the ring. The crowd looks on as the scene slowly fades to black.

COMMERCIALS

“Believer” by Imagine Dragons plays as we see a shot of Selena Frost celebrating at Rise to Greatness before showing a shot of Kelcey Wallace standing on the stage. This is followed by a shot of Vixen Cain and Merrick Wiseman celebration.

Pain
You make a, you make a believer
Believer
Pain
You break me down and build me up, believer
Believer

We see a shot of Ace Marshall about to be powerbomb from the top rope by James Evans into the barricade. This is followed by a shot of Syren celebrating at Rise to Greatness. Blake Mason can be seen looking around before we see a shot of Adrenaline Rush running down to the ring.

Pain
Let the bullets fly, oh, let them rain
My life, my love, my job, they came from
Pain
You make me a, you make me a believer
Believer

As the chorus ends, the song stops and we see the Rise to Greatness logo come up on the screen and the date “July 30, 2017” We cut away.

We return to Breakdown to see Dante McCaffery walking through the hallways. He looks around, scanning his surroundings. He then steps through the security checkpoint and then walks forward and into the waiting Sedan that has been a part of his M.O. The car drives off as the crowd boos. We then cut back to the ring after a few moments.

Breakdown returns to the arena as we see Mr. D walking down the rampway and heading to the ring. The crowd cheers, respectfully greeting the SCW owner. He goes over to the steel steps and walks up the before entering the ring.

Sharper: “Welcome back to Miami. It’s been a busy night for that man, but we’re told we’re about to find out what is going on with the World Champion at Taking Hold of the Flame.”

Knots: “So is it Selena Frost? Are we going to see Selena Frost facing Kelcey Wallace for the title at Taking Hold of the Flame? That’s going to make Cain livid.”

Mr. D steps into the ring and walks across the ring and over to the far corner. He grabs a microphone from Jason Phillips. D then turns and heads to the middle of the ring. He stops and looks around as the crowd continues to buzz.

Mr. D: “Thank you for the warm welcome.”

Mr. D pauses as the crowd cheers a bit.

Mr. D: “As many of you are aware, there is a buzz about Taking Hold of the Flame in a couple of weeks and as it always is, it surrounds the World Championship. Obviously, the battle royal will be a significant focus as the winner gets to go to Rise to Greatness to challenge for the World Title, but the other part of the equation revolves around the World Champion herself and whether she will still hold the title going into this year’s event. As of the start of this show, Kelcey Wallace, our World Champion, has yet to be booked to defend her World Title at Taking Hold of the Flame.”

Mr. D pauses for a moment.

Mr. D: “Vixen Cain, as we know, would love to remind us about that.”

Mr. D smirks as the crowd boos.

Mr. D: “Now along with taking care of a number of other issues, I have had an opportunity to think over our weeklong hiatus to figure out what not only deserves an opportunity to challenge Kelcey Wallace, but also what solves some problems. I have met with many tonight, including Selena Frost and Kelcey Wallace. Before the rumours continue, I would like to firmly note that Selena Frost will be part of the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal. Despite she certainly deserves a World Title opportunity, thanks to the efforts of Vixen Cain, her and I both agree she needs to be in that battle royal.”

Mr. D pauses again.

Knots: “What the hell does that mean?”

Sharper: “Either way, it means she’ll be in the battle royal and look to cap off her last year by earning that World Championship shot.”

Knots: “And Vixen Cain will be waiting and looking to stop that!”

Sharper: “Could that be what he’s referencing?”

Mr. D paces a bit.

Mr. D: “And her understanding has allowed me to make what in some sense could be a controversial decision, but one that I feel must be made and that is where I am thankful for the understanding of Kelcey Wallace.”

Mr. D waits a moment as the crowd just remains listening.

Mr. D: “In watching how many people have acted and how many people have made certain claims, I have realized that I need to make a decision that partially does reflect this challengers deserved shot. She does deserve it. It also allows for a loose end to be tidied up….and it also prevents me from needing to maintain more security, nor risk the liability of injury. Because if this person was in the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal, bluntly….I’m certain some individual may look to simply injure her.”

Knots: “It’s a her!”

Mr. D: “And despite her actions earlier tonight, I have not been dissuaded. And Kelcey Wallace is happy to face her in singles action while her fiancé has to sit in their hotel room and can’t be in her corner. At Taking Hold of the Flame…Kelcey Wallace will defend the World Championship against Bree Lancaster!”

Sharper: “What?!”

Mr. D puts the microphone down. The crowd boos. Mr. D then turns and walks over to the ropes and steps through the ropes and drops down to the floor.

Knots: “Time for the Perfect Reign to become the Classy Reign!”

Mr. D heads to the back. The crowd boos. Mr. D walks up the rampway and over to the stage. He just continues to head to the back before Donovan Kayl steps through the curtain and snaps at Mr. D.

Kayl: “What the hell are you thinking? After what he did to Simon?!”

Mr. D just steps past Kayl.

Kayl: “Answer me, damn it! I deserve that!”

Kayl walks after him as the scene fades to black…

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