“Supreme Championship
Wrestling...”
A shot of Kelcey
Wallace nailing Bree Lancaster with the Perfect Ending, followed by a shot of Steve
Griffin hitting the Decimator off the top rope on CHBK at the first Rise to
Greatness, before turning a shot of Jake Starr pumping up the crowd on his way
to the ring, before turning into a shot of Ravyn
Taylor sitting in the corner, waiting for the start of a match. We then see a
shot of Katie Steward holding the Women’s Championship before cutting to a shot
of Selena Frost hitting Vixen Cain with the Defying Gravity at Supreme
Saturday: Just Desserts.
“The leading force in sports and
entertainment today....”
MAIN SHOW:
We see
an opening shot of Asher Hayes walking out from the back as the SCW World Champion.
Asher: “Why
would I be afraid?”
Holly: “Exactly!”
We see a
shot of Cid Turner falling onto Chris Cannon at Retribution before cutting to a
shot of Chris Cannon cutting Asher Hayes’ hair and then showing Holly Adams
looking on stunned.
Cid: “Well-“
Asher: “This
is what I wanted. To be champion. To be at the top!”
We cut
to show a shot of Datura standing on the top of the scaffold, holding the
briefcase.
Datura: “Is
this what you wanted SCW?”
A shot
of Minerva nailing Peyton Rice in the jaw in Chris Cannon’s home with a pipe
follows before we see Mr. D back in the ring with Pat Evans and Josh Hudson
with him. Shots of Minerva, Kandis, and Konrad Raab
attacking Josh Hudson are next before we see Jordan Majors and Lucas Knight
joining Pat Evans in standing up to the trio.
Mr. D: “We’re
changing how things are done. I am here with a clear mandate!”
Owen Cruze is shown then low blowing Shaun Cruze
from behind while looking at Giovanni Aries.
Sharper: “What? What the hell is
this?”
Knots: “Owen! What are you
doing?”
We then see a shot of Owen Cruze then hitting a springboard double stomp to the back of
Shaun’s head, driving him into the mat. He stands with Giovanni Aries before we
see a shot of David Helms slapping David Helms and then showing Owen Cruze talking to the camera.
Owen: “Welcome to MY wonderland!”
A shot of Selena Frost is shown
in the ring.
Selena: “Syren…I
will sign any contract-“
Syren and Infamous are shown on the
stage before we see Mr. D approaching them on the stage.
Mr. D: “Because CHBK’s
contracts…keep them as mementos. They don’t have any standing in SCW anymore!”
Sharper: “At Be Careful What You
Wish For, Syren and Selena Frost in one on one action! And looks like things are changing in the
plans for Infamous!”
We see a shot of Selena Frost
hitting a Glass Shard on Ravyn Taylor before showing Syren attacking Selena Frost from behind at Retribution.
The scene cuts again to now show Xander Valentine in the ring as James Evans
stands in front of him. The crowd roaring is heard. We see shots of Xander
Valentine taking Gord Durham and locking in the Fade
to Black before showing James Evans kneeing Luke Lanes in the jaw. This leads
to Xander Valentine chokeslamming James Evans back
into the ring before saving Luke Lanes, pulling him off the top rope and back
into the ring.
Sharper: “James was going to do
something. Xander just saved that kid…”
Knots: “Either way, James looks
like he learned something. Xander’s done with this demonstration. But what will
happen when they only target both have is each other?”
James Evans can be seen looking
at Xander as we cut back to showing Cid Turner looking at the SCW World Championship
before cutting to shots of all of the individuals
shown in the opening before cutting to black.
The Be Careful What You Wish For
logo comes up on the screen as “Better Without You” by Evanescence plays
throughout the arena.
“Supreme Championship
Wrestling presents Be Careful What You Wish For!”
The logo remains on the screen
for a few moments before the scene cuts to the inside of the PPG Paints Arena
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The crowd cheers as pyro shoots all over the stage
and entrance set for several moments. Spotlights circle the arena as the crowd
cheers some more. The cameras pan across the crowd, showing the many fans waving
banners, posters and whatever else, excited for the night of wrestling action.
Sharper: “On a cool spring
night, SCW comes to you live from Pittsburgh and we’re hoping we’re not going
to regretting anything by the end!”
The cameras continue to pan
throughout the crowd before cutting to ringside where Adam Sharper and Jonathan
Knots stands next to the ring, holding microphones.
Sharper: “Hello again everyone.
I’m Adam Sharper here with Jonathan Knots and folks, a big night tonight.”
Knots: “Big night if you’re
A/C Unit. Everything you gained at Retribution could be gone tonight. Golden
Boys challenge for the World Tag Team Titles. Datura has her eyes on Cid, and
Asher’s, I guess, World Championship!”
Sharper: “And Asher has to deal
with Chris Cannon to say the least there. Some other huge matches. Owen Cruze to face David Helms. Selena Frost and Syren to clash.”
Knots: “And we have a couple
of huge six person tags and this is going to be a night, with a lot of pride on
the line.”
Sharper: “Not to mention, the
fight, the brawl, we expect that, between Xander Valentine and James Evans. Big
night tonight in Pittsburgh!”
Golden
Boys vs. A/C Unit
SCW World
Tag Team Championship
Phillips: “The following match
is a tag team contest, scheduled for one fall, and it is for the SCW Tag Team
Championship of the World! Introducing first... the challengers…”
I am flesh and I am bone
Rise up, ting ting, like glitter and gold
I’ve got fire in my soul
Rise up, ting ting, like glitter
Like glitter and gold
Like glitter
Strobe lights flash like they’re in the club, causing poor children in Asia to
have seizures. Barnes Courtney’s “Glitter & Gold”. Bison Jones is first out
from the curtains, stepping out with a smile and he waves to the fans. A black
shirt with the GoldenBoys logo on it, and a short url for the OnlyFans account.
Adam Allocco follows him, holding Anastasia’s hand. She kisses him on the cheek
before Adam walks up besides Bison, slapping his arm. They pose together,
flexing their pectorals. Meanwhile, Anastasia waves to them, introducing them
to the crowd.
Phillips: “Weighing in at a combined weight of 500 pounds, featured exclusively
on their OnlyFans, ladies and gentlemen, the KING of
HARDSTYLE, Adam Allocco AND Big Bad Bison Jones!”
Do you walk in the valley of kings?
Do you walk in the shadow of men
Who sold their lives to a dream?
Do you ponder the manner of things
In the dark
The dark, the dark, the dark
Bison starts down the ramp with Adam strutting behind him. They reach the ring.
Adam slides in underneath the bottom rope while Bison walks up the ring steps
and enter the ring over the top rope. They go to the opposite corners, raising
their arms high into the air. Bison and Adam hops off, high fives each other in
the middle of the ring as their music dies.
Sharper: “Like him or not, Adam Allocco has been on a roll lately. Ever since
the Golden Boys dropped four straight in the World Tag
League, they emerged as the contenders, beating some of the hottest upstarts in
professional wrestling, including Doom and Groove.”
Knots: “And while I hate to praise Adam, he had a decent run as Television
Champion this past month. Until finally Christy Matthews outplayed him and took
the belt home with her.”
Sharper: “Adam Allocco’s methods are unethical, outright slimy, but if there’s
one thing we can say... no other man has held
the Tag Team titles in such high regard than Adam in his SCW Career.”
Knots: “He managed Hiro Tanaka and Celeste Camini to
the belts (then immediately backstabbed poor Hiro), AND has challenged for the
belts many many times but never once won.”
Sharper: “That includes a tough loss to Frozen Hell last fall.”
Yes Bitch
Yes Bitch
Yes Bitch
SLAY
The lights suddenly go out in the arena. A few seconds of dark silence are
followed by the opening synth of "Out in the Cold" by Judas Priest
chiming throughout the arena. Some dark blue lights come on near the entrance
ramp, lighting up the stage and arena with an eerie bluish hue as dry ice
begins to spread across the stage. The lights reveal Holly Adams standing in
the center of the stage with one hand on her hip and her other hand doing a
pageant wave as the crowd boos. Several seconds pass and right as the sound of
a snare echoes throughout the arena, a giant white metal container slowly rises
up through the left side of the stage with two words plastered upon it.
A/C UNIT
The guitars kick in and Asher Hayes busts out through one side of the
container, clad in his signature long leather jacket and sunglasses with a
cloud of frozen mist following him out of the container, a custom version of
the SCW World Championship around his waist and one half the SCW World Tag Team
Championships slung over his shoulder. He's quickly followed by Cid Turner, who
busts out of the opposite side of the container looking disheveled and just
generally confused and for some reason not wearing a shirt or jacket while
being in an ice box, but with the SCW World Championship around his waist as
well as the other half of the Tag Team Championship belts over his shoulder.
Sharper: “A team that was slapped together to a team that not only conquered
the World Tag League but when on to win those title against Suited and Booted!”
Knots: “Let’s not pretend it’s all rainbows and sunshine.”
Sharper: “There are complaints about A/C Unit, but they’re going to have to
answer for them later tonight. Both men have big headline match and I’m sure
they want to be over with this formality.”
The crowd gives a mixed reaction as they both make their way towards the center
stage, both shivering due to being in a giant ice box for almost two minutes.
Holly mostly ignores Asher and Cid as she stands in between them doing her
pageant wave. Once A/C Unit is properly warmed up, they make their way down
towards the ring through the dry ice, Holly not far behind them, putting her
hand over her heart and trying her best to look touched at the crowd’s
“adoration”, despite them actually hurling insults towards her and Asher.
Phillips: “And introducing the defending Tag Team Champions of the World… errr… and also the SCW World
Champions? Accompanied to the ring by their life coach and guru, Holly Adams…
they are Asher Hayes and CIDNAY Turner… A/C UNIT!”
The trio reach the bottom of the ramp. After a few words are exchanged between
Asher and Holly, Asher takes his custom World Title off of
his waist and hands it to Holly. Cid nods and takes his World Title off from
his waist as well before handing it to Holly. Holly throws them both over her
shoulders before stepping up onto the apron and entering the ring, making her
way to the center and doing her pageant wave while
attempting to hold both belts neatly on her shoulders. Asher and Cid go up on
steel steps on the opposite sides of each other and climb the turnbuckles,
holding their Tag Team Championship belts into the air and pointing
dramatically at each other from across the ring in perfect unison, breathing
heavily as the chorus of the song plays, the passionate audience singing along.
"I'm out in the cold
Out in the cold
Hear me calling
Cold
Out in the cold
Please rescue me"
They both hop down to the apron and step in the ring, where Holly just
continues to pageant wave. Asher leans over the top rope and teases tossing his
shades into the crowd before just dropping them onto the outside floor, leading
to a round of boos from the crowd. Cid hands his Tag Title to Holly. Asher takes
his jacket off and puts it in the corner before also handing his Tag Title to
Holly. Holly carries all four belts and somewhat clumsily exits the ring, the
heft of four belts weighing her down. Cid strokes his overgrown beard as Asher
goes over to talk with him. On the outside, we see Holly Adams with two belts
on each shoulder, trying her best to keep upright. Inside the ring, Asher and Cid share words before exchanging a quick fist
bump and going to their corner as their music fades. The crowd grows quiet,
waiting for the start of the match.
Sharper: “First match of the night, high stakes. Golden Boys vs. A/C Unit. Here
we go!”
Cidnay goes to step out on the apron but Asher Hayes
grabs his shoulder and shakes his head. Meanwhile, Adam is starting for Golden
Boys.
Asher Hayes: “I have other commitments tonight, you’ll handle this.”
Cid Turner: “What?”
Holly Adams: “You got this CIDNAY!”
Cid Turner turns and sees Adam there waiting in the ring. Cid Turner steps up,
and Adam offers his hand with a warm smile. Cid Turner looks around the crowd
and stares down at the hand. The bell rings. Cid looks Adam in the eyes, and accepts the handshake. Adam pulls him in for a
hug. The two men embrace. The crowd pops.
Sharper: “A sign of friendship maybe?”
Knots: “Cid has been very complimentary to Adam, maybe Adam likes him for that,
he enjoys getting those ego strokes.”
Sharper: “Opening move in this match is a hug and it hasn’t been broken yet.”
Cid and Adam can be seen talking to each other. They nod before backstepping.
They turn to their corners. Adam tags in Bison and Cid goes to tag in Asher but
he hops off the apron. Cid holds out his hands in disbelief. Bison steps up
behind him, casting a shadow on Cid. He gulps as he slowly turns around. Bison
waves hi before going to grab Cid but Cid ducks
underneath. Bison turns and tries to grab him again, but Cid again is too quick
for the behemoth. Cid lays in Bison with a hard chop and Bison takes it. He
then waves for Bison to chop him back. Bison hard chops him across the chest
sending Cid right off his feet.
Sharper: “Cid Turner looks like he was trying to show the ropes to Bison, who
is convinced Bison is a student not simply hired muscle.”
Knots: “And that is what happens all the time to nice guys like Cid. He tries
to be nice and then jerks like the Golden Boys take advantage of them.”
Sharper: “I think the two people taking the most advantage out of the World
Champion are those in his corner.”
Knots: “You just don’t know their dynamic.”
Cid gets up to his feet, rubbing his chest. He gives Bison a thumbs up. Bison
grabs his hand, crushing his thumb underneath. Cid tries to weasel his thumb
out from underneath Bison’s hand and manages to do so. He mouths something and
looks to be trying to thumb wrestle Bison now. Bison pulls him in, swings him
around like a ballroom dancer and slams him into the mat for a sidewalk slam.
Sharper: “Cid Turner was trying to have fun, and Bison is not having any of
that!”
Knots: “Bison Jones came out earlier this weekend, citing that he’s desire to
win the title is to put his kids through college.”
Sharper: “A noble cause. A serious one. And I think Cid needs to know that
whatever friendship he sees this as, they’re trying to take home his and
Asher’s tag team titles.”
Asher Hayes: “For the love of god, CID! Stop screwing around!”
Cid is up on one knee, and nods to his partner. He points at Asher and then
Holly. He turns back towards Bison. Bison approaches him, hands out, looking to
grapple. Again he tries to grab Cid but Cid ducks
underneath it. Cid runs into the ropes and bounces off Bison with a
clothesline. He backs up and tries again to no avail. Cid runs past Bison this
time, Bison turns, and Cid leaps at him for a spear but Bison stops him in his
tracks. Bison clubs Cid’s back. Bison lifts Cid up onto his shoulder, looks
around. Before he can fall back, Cid slips out and takes him down with an arm
drag. Bison is seated and Cid kicks him hard in the back.
Sharper: “I think Cid finally understands the Golden Boys’ intent here!”
Knots: “He had his fun, now it’s down to business. Cid, despite his
appearances, is a professional!”
Sharper: “He knows he has to use agility to frustrate the big man.”
Bison stands. Cid kicks his leg. Bison grabs him by the throat. He goes to life
Cid but Cid again slips out, taking Bison back down
into a seated position with an arm drag. He runs into the ropes and he comes
back with a dropkick to knock Bison down. Cid goes towards his corner to make
the tag but again Asher drops down. Cid shrugs, climbing up the top rope. Bison
finds his feet and turns, diving crossbody, Cid takes down the big man and
pins!
Sharper: “Off the top rope, Cid’s on top! Pin!”
1…
2-
Sharper: “Bison tosses him off.”
Knots: “Do you know how much Bison benches?”
Sharper: “No, I don’t. How much?”
Knots: “I was asking you. I figure it has to be a shit
ton tho.”
Bison pushes up, starting to climb but Cid Turner is flying again, this time
with a tornado DDT that takes Bison around and around before Cid plants him. Again Cid approaches the corner, pointing to Asher than to
Bison. Asher waves him off. Cid sighs. He turns back seeing Bison getting back
up onto his feet. Cid comes running and this time his clothesline takes down
Bison. He waves at Adam before going to his corner. He holds a finger to signal
wait a minute before climbing up onto the top rope. He slips but manages to
find his balance on the top rope. Bison is already up onto his feet and runs
into the ropes. Cid falls down. Adam is then seen kneeling
down besides Cid. Bison walks up to Cid and chops him. Cid tries to bat Bison
away. He goes to leap off but falls down. His right
boot is untied! Adam slaps his knees, laughing, while Bison grabs Cid and the
gorilla presses him into the center of the ring. Bison tags Adam in.
Sharper: “Adam’s up to his dirty tricks again. This time untying Cid’s boot.
That’s not good, you could hurt a wrestler doing that.”
Knots: “Those are some big boots too. Could twist an ankle.”
Sharper: “I guess Adam isn’t outside ‘friendly’ pranks. I doubt he’s trying to
rib Cid, he’s trying to steal the belts.”
Adam is in now as Cid starts to climb to his feet. Cid signals for a time out
to tie his boot back up. Adam nods, agreeing. Cid starts to tie his boot and
Adam moves closer and closer to the side of him. Cid stands up, testing his
boot out and right then, Adam swings him backwards for a Russian Legsweep. Adam pops right back up. He walks over to Cid and
offers him his hand. Cid then springs a school boy
pin!
Sharper: “Adam tricks Cid, but this time Cid gets a measure of revenge!”
1…
2…
Sharper: “And almost takes it! Adam didn’t expect Cid to pull that stunt!”
Knots: “Adam looks pisssed now!”
Cid smiles as he pats Adam on the back. Adam winks at him, holding his hand out
for Cid to help him up. Cid this time takes it but
Adam pulls him right into a triangle choke. Cid starts waving around, as if his
lips got caught by a mousetrap. He reaches for Asher Hayes who is almost in
reach. Asher watches him, not trying to stretch out to make the tag.
Sharper: “Cid Turner is doing this all on his home. Asher Hayes seems dead set
on not wrestling this opening contest.”
Knots: “He TRUSTS Cid to get the job done.”
Sharper: “But at some point, the handicap might just be too much for Cid Turner
to handle all alone.”
Knots: “Then he can turn towards Holly for life coaching. All will be better,
supposedly.”
Cid starts to swipe at Adam, both men now yelling at each other. Cid finally
repositions himself, pinning Adam.
1…
2-
Adam shoots his shoulder up, releasing the hold. Cid goes to step away but Adam trips him. Cid stumbles forward while Adam
pops up, he turns around and runs into the chest of Adam. Adam toe kicks him,
again and again. He slaps on a front facelock, lifts
for a vertical suplex but Cid flips over. Inverted
atomic drop sends a jolt of pain from the tailbone to Adam’s head. He hops up
and down, holding his but. Cid backpedals into the ropes and comes in for a
bulldog!
Sharper: “The champion is starting to heat up and while he’s at it, he’s outtricking the old perverted
trickster.”
Knots: “He almost caught Adam at his own game. Adam needs to start focusing on
his technical abilities, instead of shenanigans. Cid might be rough around the edges but he is OUR World Champion.”
Sharper: “When has Allocco ever given anyone the respect they are owed?”
Knots: “You can say that again.”
Cid gives Holly a thumbs up and smile. He waves for Adam to climb to his feet,
allowing Adam to do so. Adam comes running towards Cid
but he sidesteps and pushes him to continue his journey. Cid sets up for a
spinebuster but Adam plows into him with a shoulder block. Cid is sent to the
mat but is back up. From behind Adam locks in a half-nelson, he brings to press
forward to put stress on Cid’s neck, Cid slips out, grabbing Adam’s arm and
applying a hammerlock behind his back. Cid wrenches up, Adams drops to his
knees, flips Cid over him with a fireman’s carry. Cid’s in a seated position
and Adam drops down, looking in a chinlock, squeezing
hard. Cid stands, manages with an arm drag. Adams rolls to his feet and starts
to run and there’s Asher Hayes with his first offensive move of the match with
a kick to Adam as he goes to leave the ropes. Adam stumbles forward, holding
his lower back, he shakes his fist at Asher Hayes.Cid
catches Adam finally with the ugliest spinebuster that anyone ever seen, Adam
basically slipped off and hit the canvas with a thud.
Sharper: “Adam couldn’t be mad with Asher Hayes over that. He probably thought,
‘that exactly what I’d do’”
Knots: “Both elder grapplers are put on a short demonstration of their skills,
only for that to be undermined by that sloppy spinebuster.”
Sharper: “That’s our SCW World Champion.”
Knots: “Co-Champion.”
Sharper: “Only according to Holly and Asher.”
Knots:” And Cid, who is the only person that can given consent to bestowing
that honor on his buddy, Asher.”
Sharper: “True. But Asher isn’t going to be there to help defend the title
against Datura. He will have his hands full with a very angry angry Chris Cannon.”
Adam holds his lower back, asks for a moment from Cid. Cid respectfully
obliged. Adam stands up, stiffly, holding his back but then he makes a dash for
his corner and tags Bison in. Bison comes in hot, coming straight towards Cid.
Holly is now up on the apron, yelling at Cid for falling for such a trick. Cid
turns around and when he goes to check on Bison, Bison steamrolls him with a
clothesline. Cid holds his head in pain, while Asher and Holly are shouting
conflicting directions.
Sharper: “Adam bailing to take a breather while Cid is still in the ring. And
the only supposed support is Holly and Asher yelling at him.”
Knots: “He needs to listen to them. They know how to win this match.”
Sharper: “Maybe Asher should tag himself in and uphold his end of the
partnership.”
Knots: “Cid’s a hero. He only needs Asher in spirit to deny Adam and his Tag
Team Title aspirations.”
Bison bounces off the ropes and comes crashing down onto Cid with a legdrop. He backs up again and attempts another
but Cid rolls out of the way, up to his feet and tags in Asher by patting him
on the shoulder. Asher’s jaw dropped, hurt by Cid’s betrayal. Bison comes
stampeding into the corner and Bison just lays out both members of A/C Unit,
Asher falling into Holly, knocking her off the apron with him. Bison takes a
hold of Cid and picks him up and drops him onto the top turnbuckle with snake
eyes. Cid drops down, rolls out of the ring. Bison looks around for Asher who
is now on the outside. Holly’s down, holding her ankle, yelling about breaking
it.
Sharper: “Bison might have inadvertently injured Holly Adams.”
Knots: “Look at Adam, Bison tags him in but Adam is
heading straight out of the ring to check on Holly.”
Asher and Adam kneel down by Holly. They shoulder each other trying to jostle
for a position to tend to Holly. She lets out a scream and they stop their
squabbling. They help her up onto the apron to check Referee stops his count
and reminds the wrestlers of the rules. Adam and Asher rush into the ring.
Holly hobbles, shouting at Cid for his mistake.
Sharper: “So let’s get it right, Holly is blaming Cid for Asher bumping into
her and hurting her ankle?”
Knots: “If Cid had just handled Bison, none of this would happen! Holly has a
huge Adrenaline title match against Shilo Valiant,
she can’t be hamstrung by an injury!”
Asher stands next to Holly, now joining in the berating. Adam sneaks up behind
Asher, lines up his shot, does a practice superkick but Bison shakes his head
‘no’. Adam nods and simply rolls up Asher Hayes by the tights. Holly’s and Cid’s jaws dropped. Holly yells at Cid to enter
the ring but Bison is already there to intercept him, knocking Cid off the
apron.
1...
Sharper: “Adam rolling Asher up, while he was focused on yelling at Cidnay!”
2…
3!
Sharper: “The Golden Boys stole it! Asher didn’t realize what happened and Adam
had a handful of tights!”
Knots: “A/C Unit is in complete shock!”
Sharper: “What an upset!”
Adam drops to his knees, looking up at Bison and throws his arms up in
disbelief. Holly Adams stands there, still speechless while Cid looks pretty annoyed on the outside. Asher is arguing with the
referee saying that he was cheated, that the count was too fast. Adam is helped
to his feet by Bison, but instead of celebrating with Bison, he walks over to
Holly Adams. He takes her by the head and kisses her on the lips deeply. Be pulls
off before signaling for Bison to lift him up as “Glitter & Gold” rings
out.
Sharper: “Adam is acting like he just won the lottery!”
Knots: “He has been chasing after these belts for 16 years, Adam. He finally
did it! He has no shame. A win is a win to him!”
Phillips: “The winner of the match by pin fall… and the NEW SCW TAG TEAM
CHAMPIONS, Golden Boys!”
Asher rolls out of the ring, not saying another word. He is storming up. Cid
seems conflicted. Holly Adams is still recovering from that kiss. The referee
hands Adam the SCW Tag Team title belt and he clings onto it. Bison slaps his
back. Looking at the gold with a big smile.
Sharper: “This isn’t the way A/C Unit wanted to start the night.”
Knots: “But look at how happy they made Adam. I never seen someone react so
strongly to winning those belts.”
Backstage,
Bree Lancaster can be seen getting ready for her match against Gavin Taylor,
laying out her gear as Scott Burnside talks on the phone. Bree continues to go
through her bag, obtaining her items.
Sharper:
“There you see Bree Lancaster, getting ready for her return to pay per view. Only
one match since losing the World Championship. She faces Gavin Taylor later
tonight.”
Knots:
“And Gavin’s getting ready too!”
We cut
to see Gavin Taylor taking a selfie as he nods and hands the phone to Karl
Barker of his All-Star Security. Ava St. Claire then walks over with some
paperwork and Gavin takes a look at it, eyeing and
nodding as we cut away.
Katie
Steward vs. Glory Braddock
The first chords of "When
Legends Rise" by Godsmack begin to play over the
PA system. The crowd roars as Glory Braddock steps out onto the stage, wearing
her ring gear consisting of purple spandex pants, boots, and a purple top. She
gazes out at the crowd for a moment before making her way down the entrance
ramp.
Phillips: “The following
contest is scheduled for onefall and has a twenty minute time limit. Introducing first, from London,
England, she is The British Bombshell, Glory Braddock!”
Throat is dry, my vision's fading
I'm paralyzed and left here waiting
Taking time just one step forward
Won't lose my mind, I'm here to stay
Sharper: “After losing the
Adrenaline Championship against Shilo Valiant,
Glory’s been looking to move on and look at some other opportunities, and it
seems Katie Steward has stumbled into that path of opportunity.”
Knots: “Glory said it herself,
she wants to test herself and see where she lands. While I don’t think she set
out to face Katie, Katie forced the issue, and now Glory looks to make an
example out of her.”
The British Bombshell steps up
the steel steps and then onto the ring apron. She poses momentarily on the
apron, allowing people to take snapshots before stepping through the ropes and
into the ring. Once in the ring Glory heads to the center of the ring and
poses once more. As her music fades, she takes her place in the corner.
Oh, she's sweet but a psycho
A little bit psycho
At night she's screamin'
"I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
The arena lights dim down and
pink light shines on the stage. “Sweet but Psycho” by Ava Max plays as The
Queen of Queens and Goddess of Desire Katie Steward steps out on the stage. She
walks her beautiful white and gold religious ring robe that is popelike and spins around in a circle showing it off to the
booing crowd. TJ Johnson walks out onto the stage with Katie and the two nod to one another before Katie continues her walk to the
ring with her arms out and his hands at shoulder length.
Phillips: “And her opponent,
accompanied to the ring by TJ Johnson, from Los Angeles, California, she is The
Goddess of Desire, Katie Steward!”
Sharper: “You said it best,
when it came to this match, Katie Steward forced the issue.”
Knots: “Their two paths seemed
to just cross accidentally, but that sometimes happens here. Words were
exchanged, Katie was stung by some of those words, and she lashed out accordingly.
Now we’re here.”
Sharper: “Katie taking offense
to some of Glory’s words, but I think we and Glory all know that Katie is still
to be taken seriously. Discounting that farce with Polly Playtime, Katie had
been on a nice little roll, showing some fire in her recent performances.
She’ll look to continue the trend here against Glory.”
Katie walks around the ring
and up the ring steps carefully and across the apron. TJ runs up after her and
holds open the ropes for her to enter the ring. Katie walks to the center of
the ring and she disrobes for the crowd. She shows off her wrestling attire. TJ
takes her robe and exits the ring as Katie goes to her corner, staring down
Glory on the opposite side as her music fades. The bell sounds while Glory walks
to the center of the ring, just waiting for Katie to step forward. Katie acts
somewhat disinterested, just leaning back and chirping something towards TJ on
the outside. Glory charges at Katie, but Katie reacts quickly and drops Glory
with a drop toe hold, dropping her face first into the middle turnbuckle. The
crowd ohs before booing as Katie gets up and poses over Glory, who's nursing
her face.
Sharper: "Katie possibly
luring Glory in there, and it worked."
Katie flips Glory on her back
and shoves her boot onto Glory's throat, yanking on the ropes for further
leverage. The crowd continues to boo as the referee counts.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Katie releases the choke and
quickly bends down to pick Glory up. Katie hooks her and hoists her up,
slamming Glory back with a northern lights suplex,
bridging up for the pin.
1!
Glory breaks free just before
the two and rolls away from Katie.
Sharper: "A beautiful
northern lights suplex from Katie, but only good for
a count of one."
Knots: "And if anyone
believed that Glory wouldn't take Katie seriously here, then you bet she will
now. A hot start for Katie."
Katie rolls up and tries to
stay on Glory. Katie attempts a grab to a stirring Glory, but Glory throws an
elbow up, catching Katie in the gut. Katie tries to shake it off and go right
back after Glory, but Glory jolts forward with a double leg takedown. Glory
shifts around and catches Katie from behind with a grounded waistlock.
She rises to her feet and pulls Katie up with her before releasing her with a
deadlift German suplex. The crowd oohs as both women
lay on the mat, Katie rolling towards the ropes.
Sharper: "A great feat of
strength from Glory Braddock there!"
Knots: "Using the size
difference to her advantage there!"
Katie rolls onto the apron
while Glory gets back to her feet. Glory walks to Katie, who tries to lunge
through the ropes with a shoulder thrust, but Glory dodges to the side. Before
Katie can pull herself off of the second rope, Glory
runs forward and drills her with a knee to the head. The crowd ohs as Katie
goes limp on the second rope. Glory hooks Katie's head and drags her into the
ring, planting her on her feet. She hooks Katie's leg as well before hoisting
her up and dropping her with a fisherman's suplex.
Glory keeps the leg hooked and kicks her legs back to transition into a small
package for the cover.
1!
2!
Katie gets out of it just
after the two.
Sharper: "Great pin
there, going from the fisherman's straight into a small package."
Knots: "Glory fighting
back from that rough start with her technical prowess, throwing some great
offense Katie's way."
Katie crawls forward towards
the ropes, Glory already rising behind her. Katie grabs hold of the second rope
as Glory hooks her from behind with another waistlock.
The two struggle as Katie holds on for dear life, TJ
shouting at the referee from the outside.
1!
2!
3!
4!
The struggle continues,
leading to the referee trying to pry the two apart. In the shuffle, Katie gets
turned around and viciously rakes Glory in the eyes.
Sharper: "And a rake of
the eyes from Katie!"
TJ cheers obnoxiously as Glory
stumbles back while nursing her eyes. Katie shoves the referee to the side and
runs forward. She drops Glory with a clothesline. Glory quickly gets back up, but eats another clothesline. Once more, Glory gets to
her feet, and Katie goes for another clothesline. Glory ducks it and runs
through to hit the ropes. Katie turns and Glory throws up a clothesline, but
Katie ducks it. Glory stops and plants before turning around, only to eat The
Most Beautiful Superkick Ever from Katie. The crowd ohs at the impact. Glory
looks like she's been shot as she slowly falls back.
Sharper: "What a
superkick from Katie to get the best of that exchange!"
Knots: "A beautiful one,
even! Now going for the cover!"
Katie stumbles forward and
grabs both of Glory's legs before flipping forward into a jackknife pin.
1!
2!
Glory gets out of it just
before the three, remaining on the mat while Katie looks on in frustration. She
pushes herself up and lays in a few stomps on Glory. As Glory covers up, Katie
grabs her legs and steps over before flipping her into a sharpshooter. Glory
pushes herself up and reaches out for the ropes.
Knots: "Not to be
outdone, The Goddess of Desire showing off some of her technical
ability!"
Sharper: "It may not look
as pretty as if Glory had one applied, but as we can see, it's effective!”
Glory manages to crawl towards
the ropes, but Katie pulls her back away from the ropes. Glory stops pushing
herself up on her hands and instead falls to the mat and twists her body,
reaching desperately for Katie’s leg. She gets her fingertips on Katie’s boot,
but can’t quite reach. She repositions herself and successfully grabs at
Katie’s foot, knocking her off balance. Katie releases the hold and falls
forward to the mat as Glory rolls towards the rope in noticeable pain.
Sharper: “Glory finally out of
it, but the damage has been done.”
Knots: “Katie staying right on
her, too, not giving her any time to recover.”
Katie quickly turns and crawls
towards Glory, laying in a few hard shots. Glory defensively rolls out of the
ring, landing hard on the mats on the outside. Katie slides out of the ring,
laying in a stomp to Glory on the ground. Katie gloats over Glory as the
referee begins the count. (1) Katie picks up Glory, who pushes her back. Glory
goes for a right hand, but stops as TJ throws himself
in front of Katie. (2) Glory looks on in confusion as TJ continues to defend
Katie, darting his body around to cover her. The referee barks at him to get
out of the way. (3) Katie drops down and crawls through both TJ’s and Glory’s
legs, ending up behind Glory. Glory shoves TJ out of the way and turns. Katie
throws her leg up from the ground, piercing Glory in the stomach. (4) Glory
keels over and stumbles over onto the Spanish announce desk. Katie gets up and
charges at Glory, but Glory throws an elbow up, catching Katie in the chin. (5)
Katie turns and clutches her jaw. Glory reaches forward and hooks both of her
arms from behind in a full nelson. (6) Glory takes a couple of steps back
before lifting Katie up and slamming her down onto the table with a full nelson
slam, planting Katie harshly onto the edge of the table. The crowd roars as
Katie falls to the ground and rolls around in pain.
Sharper: “A full nelson slam
from Glory, driving Katie’s spine right onto the edge of the table!”
Knots: “They’re about to get
counted out, though!”
(7) Glory takes a moment to
recover herself, but notices the referee’s count. She
leans over and picks Katie up. (8) She throws Katie back into the ring,
positioning her close to the corner. Before the count reaches nine, Glory pulls
herself up onto the apron. The referee turns to check on Katie, who’s still
nursing her back. On the distraction, TJ grabs Glory’s leg on the apron. Glory
throws her free leg back and catches TJ in the head, stumbling him back. She
shakes her head and walks along the apron to the turnbuckle, pulling herself up
to the top rope while looking down at Katie.
Sharper: “TJ trying to get
involved again, but Glory’s on the top rope now!”
Knots: “And Katie, she’s in
position for Blaze of Glory!”
Glory measures Katie up, but
TJ hops up on the apron while still holding his jaw. He once again grabs at
Glory’s leg, stopping her from jumping off. The referee runs over and tries to
pry TJ off. They’re successfully broken up and Glory throws a sidekick at TJ
for good measure, knocking him off of the apron and
onto the floor. The crowd cheers.
Sharper: “TJ trying once again,
but it’s the same result!”
Knots: “Katie’s up now,
though!”
Katie finally gets back to her
feet and grabs Glory before pulling her back, launching Glory over her head and
crashing her down onto the mat. The crowd boos as Katie remains on the mat as
well, still favouring the back.
Sharper: “The distraction
worked, TJ grabbing Glory’s attention long enough for Katie to recover!”
Knots: “And she just threw
Glory! No fancy moves there, just tossed her!”
Katie sees Glory start to
stir. Katie forcefully pushes herself up and gets to her feet. She steps around
Glory and positions herself behind her with her arms spread. Glory gets up and
Katie reaches out and hooks both of her arms.
Sharper: “Katie now, looking
for Platinum Blonde! Arms are hooked!”
Katie struggles to turn Glory,
who stands her ground. Glory stomps Katie on the toes, leading to Katie
releasing the hook and turning around, jumping on one leg while nursing her
foot. Glory turns and hooks both of Katie’s arms herself.
Knots: “But Glory, countering
with her own version of that move, The Glorification!”
Glory successfully turns
Katie, but Katie manages to slip out and push Glory forward. Glory turns and
sees Katie launching herself at her. Katie goes for The Botox Injection, but
Glory manages to sidestep it. Katie almost falls to the mat on the whiff, but manages to land on a knee. She gets up and turns
around. Glory jumps on her, hooking one leg on Katie’s waist and one leg on her
shoulder before reaching up and locking in Shekhinah
Glory!
Sharper: “Shekhinah
Glory! Glory just jumped on Katie and managed to lock in Shekhinah
Glory!”
Knots: “An incredible
transition from Glory, expertly applying that triangle choke out of nowhere!”
Katie manages to stand for a
moment, but the combination of the choke and Glory’s weight brings her down to
her knees with the hold still locked in. The crowd roars wildly as Katie looks
to quickly be fading. The referee checks on Katie, who very weakly begins to
tap. The crowd cheers as the bell rings while Glory immediately releases the
hold and lays back on the mat.
Phillips: “Here is your
winner, via submission, Glory Braddock!”
"When Legends Rise"
hits as Glory slowly brings herself to her feet, the referee grabbing her arm
and throwing it in the air. Glory soaks in the cheers of the crowd, looking out
and nodding.
Sharper: “A great finish here,
Glory showing everyone why she’s considered to be unmatched in terms of
technical skill.”
Knots: “You said it, an
intense back-and-forth there before Glory found a way to apply the submission
in outstanding fashion. Katie, though, to her credit, she hung in there.”
Sharper: “Katie Steward
showing some determination, but coming up just short.
TJ or no TJ, once you get caught in that choke, it usually only ends one way.”
Glory looks down at Katie and
just shakes her head. She falls to the mat and rolls out of the ring, making
her way up the ramp while slapping hands with some fans along the way. TJ gets
up and seems to be a bit dazed, but can make out the
situation. He slides into the ring and checks on Katie, who seems to still be
out of it. TJ looks up at the ramp as Glory exits, a look of concern on his
face.
Holly
can be seen limping backstage as Asher Hayes holds her up.
Holly:
“Why the hell am I still walking? Asher! As your life coach, I coached you
better than this!”
Asher:
“Okay…okay!”
Asher
goes to lift Holly up.”
Holly:
“No! You idiot! You’re going to hurt yourself! Where
is Adam where you need him?”
Asher:
“Well we’re no longer the Tag Champs. We can have this happen with the World
Title.”
Cid
pipes in, coming into view at this point.
Cid: “Oh
yeah…totally!”
Asher:
“Look, I’ve got Chris. But you need to make sure Datura doesn’t
get it. Do you know how bad that would look Cid? If I carried my weight and
then you failed at the end. You know…like Chris at Retribution.”
Holly
steps forward, wincing.
Holly:
“We’ll be watching lots of tape later. Cid…you especially! But we need to get
to the trainer. This is a travesty! A travesty!”
Asher:
“Come on!”
Asher and
Holly head off camera. Cid looks around.
Cid: “Want
me to look at some tape now? I mean-“
They don’t answer as Cid shrugs and follows after them.
Crystal Zdunich,
Lyza Reyes & Devin Brando vs. Lexy
Chapel Presents Ace Marshall, Kat Kelly & Autumn Valentine
The arena fades to black as
the screen lights up and we are treated to an old school movie countdown image.
5
4
3
2
1
THE SILVER SCREEN QUEEN IS
HERE!!!!
“I’m Coming Out” by Diana Ross
begins to blast all across the speakers and as that happens
we are able to see Crystal Zdunich emerging through
the backstage curtain to a chorus of cheers. Crystal smiles as her grouping of
paparazzi gather up in front of the ring and they snag photos of the Latina
beauty. She begins to make her way down the ramp.
Phillips: “The following
contest is a six-person tag team match scheduled for onefall
with a thirty minute time limit. Introducing first,
from Los Angeles, California, she is The Silver Screen Queen, Crystal Zdunich!”
Crystal’s paparazzi meet her
at the bottom of the ramp, as does a red carpet. She takes in the appeal of the
cameras smiling as flashes begin to go off one after another.
Sharper: “Another opportunity
for Crystal Zdunich to get a measure of revenge here
against Lexy Chapel, but she has back up this time.”
Knots: “Right, Crystal has
kind of run the Lexy Chapel gauntlet over the last
month or so ever since splitting with Lexy, but it
hasn’t quite gone the way she expected. If she can work together with her
partners, she could very well get the results she’s been waiting for all
along.”
Crystal runs up the steps
where she walks towards the middle of the apron. She blows kisses out to the
crowd before dropping into a split entering the ring. She pops back up and
flips her hair before making her way to her corner as her music fades. A black
and white video vignette begins rolling on the screens, showing Lyza Reyes dressed as Charlie Chaplin on the moon. There is
no dialogue, but simply piano music playing with the pace of the footage. She's
caught in the middle of a tug of war match between a U.S. Spaceman, and a small
group of miniature aliens. Before determining which side pulls Lyza once and for all, the feed goes dead. Television
static comes through, which leads to a shot of Devin Brando, standing in the
center of war born chaos. Half of his face is painted with his former persona’s
essence. He glides his hand down his face before he starts down the centerline.
The venue goes black.
“There’s no right, there’s no
wrong, there’s only popular opinion.”
All while these videos play,
the introduction of “Clockwork” by Hyper comes and goes. When the beat drops, Lyza Reyes and Devin Brando make their way out from behind
the curtain. Devin gives the world a solemn look while Lyza
moves around him, taking in the energy of their environment. When she clears
out of his way, the Last King starts his way down the ramp.
Phillips: “And her partners,
the team of Devin Brando and Lyza Reyes, they are
Doom & Groove!”
Lyza takes the time to slap some
of the hands of the fans. Brando doesn’t seem invested in the action.
Knots: “And it’s like you
said, Adam, Crystal’s got these two to help her out here, and to the shock of
no one, it seems Lexy’s antics have rubbed them the
wrong way, just like they did Crystal.”
When they make their way to
the end of the ramp, Devin looks to both sides of himself. Lyza
stops in front of him and turns to face him. Brando’s eyes fall on her and she
gives him a pat on the shoulder before backing away.
Sharper: “Doom & Groove,
an excellent tag team, but they’ve never worked with Crystal before. Their
shared conflict with Lexy Chapel Presents has given
them a common goal, but we’ll see if they can make it work out inside that
ring.”
With a nice turn of the heel,
Reyes hits the ring steps while Devin opts to slide underneath the bottom rope.
While the man rises, Lyza leaps over the top rope and
scales the nearest turnbuckle. She points to some of the “Lyzanities.”
When she gets off the turnbuckle, she turns to face the hard camera. Devin
stands in their corner, seated against the second turnbuckle. She comes over
and levels herself onto the top turnbuckle, finalizing their tandem. Crystal
exchanges words with the pair as their music fades.
Sharper: “Crystal getting in
there, maybe talking some strategy.”
Knots: “Or maybe sharing war
stories. Working with Lexy Chapel has turned into a
daunting experience for her!”
A countdown starts on the big
screen in fast progression from five to one before "Adrenalize" by In
This Moment begins to play.
"ADRENALIZE ME"
Green strobe lights begin
spinning all over the arena. The crowd boos as Lexy
Chapel steps out on the stage. Not long after, Ace Marshall steps out in a
robe, Autumn Valentine and Kat Kelly trailing just behind him. Standing on
stage he throws his arms out boastfully before turning his back to the crowd
taking several steps backwards. He points to the back of his robe which reads
“I need a catch phrase”. He keeps the pose as Autumn and Kat go on each side of
him, Autumn doing her “A-V-W” taunt while Kat just looks out into the crowd
with a confident smirk on her face. Lexy stands in
front of them all and poses with conviction. Ace keeps walking backwards and
accidentally bumps into her, but everyone plays it off smoothly as they all
begin to make their way down the ramp.
Phillips: “And their
opponents, accompanied to the ring and proudly presented by Lexy
Chapel, they are the team of Ace Marshall, Kat Kelly, and Autumn Valentine!”
Sharper: “And we’ve talked
about the experience of Doom & Groove, but let’s not downplay the teamwork
on the other side of them. Ace Marshall and Autumn Valentine do hold a win over
the pair, albeit via countout.”
Knots: “A win’s a win, which
is probably what Lexy was telling everyone after
Devin tossed her away like she was nothing, right over our table. Devin lost
his cool there, but we know what he’s capable of when he’s on. If he can
channel that, it could spell trouble for Lexy’s
Angels.”
Sharper: “Lexy’s
Angels?!”
Knots: “Hey, it’s a thing,
apparently. One of many things, by the sounds of it.”
The trio stand tall in the
ring, Lexy coming in just after them. Autumn and Kat
stand up on the second rope on opposite corners while Ace and Lexy stand noticeably close to one another in the middle of
the ring. Autumn throws up the “A-V-W” while everyone else poses for the
camera. Autumn and Kat get down from the second rope and the group gathers as
their music fades. Ace takes his robe off and gives it to Lexy,
who makes her way outside of the ring. The trio meet in their corner and talk
before Autumn and Kat make their way onto the apron, leaving Ace in the ring.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the ring, Devin stands alone inside the ring
near his corner.
Sharper: “Ace Marshall and
Devin Brando opting to start out here for their trios.”
Knots: “Devin is
understandably eager to make a statement here.”
Ace keeps his focus on his
team in the corner as the bell sounds. He turns at the sound of the bell and
sees Devin standing there, looking typically stoic. Ace looks around before
suddenly running forward and launching himself at Devin. Ace lands on him with
a grapple, but Devin fights back and pushes Ace off, sending him skidding to
the mat. Ace shakes his head and quickly rolls up and tags in Autumn. Ace rolls
out of the ring and stands next to Lexy, who claps
enthusiastically for Autumn as she enters the ring.
Sharper: “Ace wanting no part
of Brando, I guess.”
Knots: “They put him through a
table, Adam! You don’t just forget that!”
Devin runs at Autumn and goes
for a clothesline, but Autumn ducks it and plants herself before lifting her
leg and nailing Devin in the back of his knee. Devin buckles down to a leg and
Autumn stays on him, laying in some hard forearms to the back of his head, but
not knocking him down. Autumn goes around him and hits the ropes before coming
back with a shining wizard, finally taking Devin down. She crawls back and
hooks the far leg for the cover.
1!
Devin rolls his shoulder up
and wraps the same arm around Autumn’s neck, locking in a choke. The crowd
roars as Autumn struggles to get free, but Devin overpowers her to keep the
hold locked in. Ace suddenly slides back into the ring and runs over to stomp
Devin in the head. Devin releases the hold and Autumn rolls away as Ace
continues to stomp away. The referee pulls him off and demands him to get out
of the ring. Ace sees Lyza halfway in the ring and
throws his hands up in innocence as he backs up back to his corner and goes
onto the apron.
Sharper: “Ace getting a cheap
shot in there, preventing Devin from ending this one early!”
Knots: “We’ve seen what Devin
does when a gnat won’t stop flying around his head, so I’ll preemptively
send my thoughts and prayers Ace’s way.”
Autumn gets up and gets behind
a stirring Devin. As soon as he gets up, she hops on his back and locks in a
sleeper hold, locking her legs around his waist for the grapevine. Devin
stumbles back towards his corner. Crystal reaches out for a tag, but Lyza gets it first. Devin turns around and staggers forward
again as Lyza gets up to the top rope. Lyza leaps off and drills Autumn with a missile dropkick to
the back. Autumn’s grip loosens on impact and Devin stumbles forward against
the ropes with Autumn still on his back. He falls back, planting himself and
Autumn onto the mat. The sleeper is released and Devin
rolls off of Autumn and to the outside. He briefly stares down Ace, who starts
to retreat by stepping down onto the steel steps, but Devin turns the corner.
Meanwhile, Lyza hits the ropes and jumps up before
landing on Autumn with a running senton. Lyza throws
both arms back, hooking both of Autumn’s legs as well as her neck.
1!
2!
Autumn manages to roll to her
side, catching Lyza in a crucifix pin.
1!
Lyza breaks free and rolls
backwards and to her feet, immediately charging back at Autumn. Autumn gets to
her knees and catches a hard knee for her troubles. She rolls back from the
impact, right into her corner. Kat reaches down for the tag. Kat quickly gets
in while Autumn rolls onto the apron. Lyza runs at
her and leaps up for a headscissors, but Kat manages
to stand her ground, leaving Lyza hanging from her
neck. She powers Lyza up into a powerbomb position,
stumbling back near her corner in the process. Ace reaches out and nails Lyza with a right hand. The crowd boos as Kat takes a step
forward before planting Lyza with a sitout powerbomb, staying seated for the cover.
1!
2!
Lyza gets a shoulder up. Kat
pushes Lyza off of her and
gets back to her feet, thanking Ace on the way up with a nod.
Sharper: “A cheap shot from
Ace on the apron, leading to a big move from Kat Kelly!”
Knots: “Well, like it or not, LexyCorp showing that they can work well together in their
first trios match here.”
Kat goes over to Lyza to bring her up, but Lyza
pushes her back. Kat smirks before launching forward with a European uppercut,
knocking Lyza back to a knee. Kat shifts behind Lyza and grabs her before hoisting her up, looking for a
backdrop suplex. Lyza slips
through however, landing on her feet behind Kat and immediately grabbing at her
before flinging her back with Quantum Connection. Kat rolls back on impact,
ending up in the enemy corner.
Sharper: "Big German suplex from Lyza Reyes, shifting
the momentum back her way."
A dazed Kat pulls herself up
in the corner, not even realising that she's in the wrong corner. Before she
can even react, Lyza jumps up at her with a running
knee. She hooks Kat's head and appears to be going for a follow up, but Crystal
suddenly tags in. She quickly gets into the ring and rips Kat away from Lyza's grip before standing Kat up and nailing her with
Flashing Lights. The crowd ohs as Kat falls to the ground, but Crystal stays on
her, grabbing her by the head and slamming it into the mat repeatedly while the
crowd roars.
Sharper: "Crystal
exacting revenge here, not wanting to wait for Lyza
to tag her in!"
Knots: "Lyza was back in control, but Crystal waited long enough,
it seems! And look at her, not going for a cover, but just unloading on Kat!"
Crystal grabs Kat by the hair
and continues to slam her head into the mat. The referee tells her to watch the
hair, starting the count.
1!
Crystal lays off prematurely
and suddenly runs to the opposite corner, jumping up and nailing Autumn with a
flying forearm, sending her off the apron. Ace swings at her, but Crystal ducks
it and hits Ace in the chin with an elbow. The referee tells her to get back to
the match as Ace holds onto the rope while clutching his jaw. Crystal walks
backwards and smirks down at Lexy. Kat gets up and
spins Crystal around before dropping down with a sitout
jawbreaker. Crystal stumbles back against the ropes, stunned. Ace runs across
the apron and hits her in the back of the head with a forearm. The crowd boos
as Crystal stumbles forward now, right into Kat, who drops her with a snapmare. Crystal remains seated and quickly gets hit with
a dropkick to the back of the head. The crowd continues to boo as Kat rolls
Crystal over for the cover.
1!
2!
Crystal throws a shoulder up
just after two.
Sharper: "Crystal's roll
getting stopped abruptly by Kat Kelly there."
Knots: "She came in hot,
but in her blind rage, she bit off more than she could chew. It just took her
focus away from what's going on in the ring."
Ace barks out to Kat and
reaches out for a tag. Kat rolls away from Crystal and tags Ace in. Ace says
something inaudible to Kat on his way in. She follows him as Ace picks Crystal
up, hoisting her up onto his shoulders. Kat drops to a knee and holds her other knee out in front of her. Ace throws Crystal up and
drops her back right onto Kat's extended knee.
Sharper: "Straight to DVD
there, with the assist from Kat Kelly, continuing to show some great
teamwork."
Kat rolls onto the apron as
Ace goes down for the cover.
1!
2!
Crystal kicks out just before
three. Ace stays on the mat with her and grabs a handful of hair to bring
Crystal's head up before repeatedly and rapidly bitch
slapping her to a chorus of boos.
Knots: "Backhand Flurry
from Ace, just humiliating Crystal!"
Ace throws Crystal back down
and goes for another cover, hooking both legs.
1!
2!
Crystal kicks out again. Ace
reacts quickly, spinning up and bringing Crystal with him. He hooks both arms
and hoists Crystal up before turning her in mid-air and driving her down onto
his knee. The crowd ohs. Ace lets her hang there briefly before violently
shoving her off. Crystal rolls towards an empty corner. Ace springs up from his
knee and makes his way to the corner, stepping on Crystal's stomach on the way
over. He goes out onto the apron and climbs to the top rope. He goes to leap
off, but Lexy suddenly stops him by catching his
attention on the outside. She quickly flashes him an "L" and a
"C" with her fingers. He nods and throws his arms up to create an
awkward "LC" with his hands. Maybe just from pure instinct upon
seeing a hand gesture, Autumn also does her “A-V-W” taunt while Kat throws an
awkward fist up into the air. The crowd boos. Ace puts his hands down and jumps
up, going for Air Marshall, but Crystal rolls out of the way. The crowd cheers
as he rolls around clutching his elbow.
Sharper: “Ace going for Air
Marshall, but all that taunting bought Crystal some time!”
Knots: “Came up empty, now Crystal
has to take advantage!”
Crystal slowly crawls to
her corner. Ace spots this and staggers up. He leaps out to grab Crystal’s leg, but comes up just short as Crystal lunges forward to
tag in Devin. The crowd roars.
Sharper: “Devin Brando with
the tag, coming in for the first time since the start of this match!”
Devin enters the ring and
starts towards Ace, who shifts onto his back and begins crawling backwards
towards his corner. Devin reaches down and grabs his leg. Ace flails about
wildly, managing to kick Devin in the chest. Devin stumbles backwards and Ace
quickly gets to his feet, running towards Devin. Ace slides in between Devin’s
legs and quickly turns around to bring Devin down with a schoolboy.
1!
2!
Devin rolls out of it, quickly
getting to his knees. Ace runs at him and leaps up, hooking Devin’s head on the
way down with a jumping DDT. The crowd ohs. Ace rolls Devin over for the cover.
1!
2!
Devin kicks out again. Ace
quickly gets back to his feet and stalks Devin from behind as he stirs. Devin
gets back up and Ace grabs him from behind, hoisting him up for an Olympic
slam. Devin manages to break free in the process, landing right next to Ace.
Ace throws up an elbow and catches Devin in the head. Devin stumbles back and
Ace runs after him, throwing up a clothesline, but Devin ducks it and runs
through. Devin keeps in motion and hits the ropes. Ace turns to go after Devin
once again but runs straight into Point Blank. The crowd roars as Ace gasps,
looking like the wind has been knocked out of him.
Sharper: “Devin caught Ace!”
Knots: “Point Blank, just
driving his shoulder right into Ace’s ribs!”
Devin gets to his feet and
looks down at Ace. He reaches down and picks Ace up, bending down and hoisting
Ace up onto his shoulders into a torture rack. The crowd roars as Devin
thrashes Ace around. Ace tries his best to shift his weight, causing Devin to
stumble a bit towards Ace’s corner. Kat almost falls into the ring as she
reaches over the top rope and tags in. Kat gets in and lays in a few forearms
to Devin’s back, but Devin keeps the hold in still.
Sharper: “Devin not letting
go!”
Kat hits the ropes and bounces
back with a chop block, finally bringing Devin to his knees. Ace slumps off of Devin’s shoulders and rolls out of the ring, Lexy immediately tending to him. Kat runs ahead of Devin
and hits the ropes again. She rushes at Devin and jumps up for a shining
wizard, but Devin falls to the side to dodge it. Devin scrambles to his feet as
Kat quickly recovers, pulling herself up using the ropes. She turns around and
Devin runs at her before drilling her with a big boot, almost flipping her in
the process as she falls to the mat. The crowd roars.
Sharper: “My God, a massive big boot from Devin!”
Knots: “He just turned Kat
inside out with that!”
Devin drops down for the
cover. Autumn enters the ring as the referee slides in for the count.
1!
2!
Autumn stomps Devin on the
back to break up the count. Crystal enters the ring and charges Autumn, but the
referee holds her back. Autumn stomps at Devin again as he gets to his feet.
Crystal reluctantly returns to her corner, exchanging some words with Lyza. Autumn quickly scatters away onto the apron, but
Devin walks after her. Kat pushes herself up and runs at Devin before hitting
him with a leaping forearm to the back of the head. Devin stumbles forward,
falling into the corner with Autumn, Ace just now beginning to stir on the
outside. Devin turns in the corner and Kat jumps at him again, but he gets out
of the way. Kat lands hard on the top turnbuckle and crashes to the mat, but
Autumn tags her on the way down. Devin turns and sees Autumn running at him. He
bends down and tosses her up and over himself with a backdrop. The crowd
cheers.
Sharper: “Coming in is Autumn
with a quick tag, but Devin, he just tossed her!”
Knots: “Autumn almost making a
mark on the ceiling there!”
Kat gets back up and runs at
Devin, but Devin just knocks her back with a vicious European uppercut, sending
her falling back and through the ropes, right onto the outside. Lexy is still too busy tending to Ace to notice Kat falling
next to them. Devin steps over Autumn and tags in Lyza.
Devin barks something at Lyza, who quickly slingshots
into the ring, rolling through and to her feet in the middle of the ring. Devin
sets up behind her as they both look at Autumn, who’s stirring. Lyza runs forward and catches Autumn with a flying headscissors, flinging her towards Devin, who throws up a
big boot. Lyza shoots up and nails Autumn in the back
of the head with a dropkick, sending her falling forward into Devin, who hoists
her up before planting her with a huge spinebuster! The crowd goes wild.
Sharper: “That Ultra Combo
from Doom & Groove, just tearing Autumn apart!”
Lyza gets to her feet and starts
towards a downed Autumn, but Crystal suddenly reaches out for the tag. The
crowd gives a mixed reaction as Crystal flies into the ring, blowing by Lyza and jumping on to Autumn, not for the cover, but to
unload a series of right hands. Both Devin and Lyza
look on in slight confusion.
Knots: “D&G taking care of
Autumn, but Crystal wanting the scraps!”
Sharper: “She got some of Kat,
but obviously wanting more of Autumn. At what cost?! Lyza
didn’t even get a chance to go for the cover!”
Kat groggily slides into the
ring. She gets up and goes to grab Crystal, but Lyza
runs forward and nails her with a dropkick, sending her right back out of the
ring. The referee urges Doom & Groove to get out of the ring as Crystal
roughly picks Autumn up. Autumn tries to fight back, pushing Crystal back, but
Crystal jolts forward with a toe kick to the stomach. Crystal brings Autumn
towards her and hooks her head.
Sharper: “Now Crystal looking
to finish this, looking for The Make Over!”
Both Lexy
and Ace reach forward from the outside, tugging Crystal down and out of the
ring. Ace quickly picks her up and throws her into the barricade. The crowd boos
as he stays on her, stomping away repeatedly. Lexy
cheers him on enthusiastically, a hint of blood lust in her eyes. Devin blows
by the arguing referee and slides to the outside. Lyza
tails him. The referee sees the scene on the outside and calls to break it up.
Devin charges at Lexy and grabs her, the crowd
roaring as he attempts to drag her away.
Sharper: “Things breaking down
now!”
Knots: “And Devin’s got Lexy again!”
Ace turns to see Lexy being dragged off as he keeps stomping away. He gets off of Crystal and runs at Devin, hitting him with a kitchen
sink to the back. Lexy manages to get free,
scrambling away. Lyza helps Crystal to her feet
before going after Ace. Ace lays in some shots to Devin’s back, but Lyza breaks it up with a kick to the back of Ace’s shin,
bringing him down. The referee continues to berate everyone, struggling to keep
things under control. Devin turns and helps Lyza,
both laying in a series of kicks and punches until Ace is in a heap on the
ground, Lexy looking on helplessly. Meanwhile,
Crystal gets up and heads towards the ring, but spots Kat getting back up on
the outside. She grabs Kat and throws her into the steel steps before sliding
back into the ring. The referee gives up on the scene on the outside upon
seeing both Autumn and Crystal back in the ring.
Sharper: “Both legal
competitors back in the ring, but Ace is being assaulted right here next to
us!”
Autumn finally stirs and
Crystal hooks her head, once again looking for The Make Over. Autumn pushes
Crystal away and backs off. Crystal runs forward, but Autumn spins and drills
her with a discus elbow smash, sending Crystal up against the ropes, dazed.
Autumn takes a moment to recover as we see Devin placing Ace onto the announce
table.
Knots: “Oh, God! Not again!
Not our table!”
Sharper: “Ace on our table,
but Crystal and Autumn are still going in there!”
Knots: “Clear the area!”
Autumn quickly surveys the
scene outside, seeing Devin hoist Lyza up onto his
shoulders. Crystal recovers and charges Autumn again, but Autumn reacts quickly
and nails Crystal with a spinning back kick, sending Crystal to her knees.
Autumn quickly throws up a “W” hand gesture before kicking Crystal right in the
face. The crowd ohs at the impact as Crystal first jolts back before falling
back forward, completely out of it.
Sharper: “Autumn getting Crystal, but look out! Lyza’s up
on Devin’s shoulders!”
Knots: “The Tower of Power!”
Lyza leaps off
of Devin’s shoulders and falls onto Ace, driving him and herself through
the table. The crowd explodes into cheers. Lexy looks
to go help Ace, but notices Devin and sheepishly backs up. Inside the ring, we
see Autumn pulling Crystal back up to her knees, Crystal looking totally out of
it. Autumn quickly hits the ropes and comes back with Blindspot. She quickly
scrambles back towards Crystal and hurriedly rolls her over for the cover.
Sharper: “Tower of Power
through the table, but wait, Autumn’s got the cover in the ring!”
1!
Devin turns to see the cover
and runs towards the ring.
2!
Devin slides in and quickly
gets to his feet.
3!
Devin runs at Autumn and goes
for a kick, but Autumn quickly rolls off of Crystal
and outside of the ring as the bell sounds.
Phillips: “Here are your
winners, via pinfall, Lexy Chapel Presents Ace
Marshal, Kat Kelly, and Autumn Valentine!”
“Miss Nothing” by The Pretty
Reckless plays as Autumn holds her hands up in victory on the outside of the
ring, still seated and looking up at Devin in the ring.
Sharper: “Autumn picks up the
win for Team Lexy!”
Knots: “Our table, Adam! Ace
went through our table!”
Sharper: “Regardless, he’s won
this match!”
Lexy tries to stealth her way over
to Ace, but Devin slides out of the ring to go look after Lyza,
scaring Lexy off in the process. Kat comes to on the
outside of the ring and runs over to Autumn, pulling her to her feet and
celebrating with her. Lexy sees Devin standing near
Ace and decides to go to Autumn and Kat, joining them in celebration, but
discreetly so as to not alert Devin to their presence.
Sharper: “A big win for LexyCorp, once again stopping Crystal from exacting
revenge. Fittingly, it was Lexy who caused all of this madness, yanking Crystal out of the ring with
Ace when it looked like Crystal might pick up the win.”
Knots: “Ace coming to the aid
of his very good friend Lexy this time, not letting
her get thrown over a table, but getting himself put through another one in
return!”
Lyza gets to her feet and looks at
Ace lying in a heap before looking up at Devin, just shaking her head in
disappointment. The two turn the corner, not seeing Autumn, Kat, and Lexy doing the reverse and making their way closer to Ace
as Doom & Groove head towards the ramp. Crystal finally comes to and looks
at the trio before turning to Devin and Lyza. She
looks disappointed before lying back down on the mat.
Sharper: “They had their
moments, but in the end, Crystal and Doom & Groove just couldn’t work
together well enough to overcome Lexy’s team.”
Knots: “They may be battered
and bruised, but Lexy’s Angels will still find a way
to celebrate here tonight!”
As Doom & Groove make
their way up the ramp, Lexy peels Ace off of the rubble. Everyone alerts him to what has happened,
leading to him celebrating as much as he can before he has to
clutch at his ribs in pain. Lexy appears sympathetic
very briefly before looking at Autumn and Kat. She suddenly breaks back into
celebration, leaving Ace nursing his midsection.
We open up to see Holly grimaces in pain as the trainer squeezes
her ankle.
Holly:
“Hey! Hey!”
Asher moves
in, pushing the trainer back.
Asher:
“Hey! You’re hurting her more. I know you’ve never
been around someone this hot but-“
Holly:
“It’s clearly broken or something…I can’t have my Adrenaline Championship
defense. Not tonight. Not on this short-notice to get up to speed!”
Sharper:
“Is she serious?”
Trainer:
“If you’re in that much pain, we need to get you x-rays-“
Holly:
“Oh no! I need to be here to watch Asher…and Cid too, yeah…need to make sure
they have their support! You know. Totally great life coach here.”
Mr. D
then walks into the room.
Mr. D:
“Oh hey Cid…”
Cid steps
in.
Cid: “Hey.”
Mr. D:
“So what’s going on here?”
Asher
steps up.
Asher:
“You! Making us compete twice and now Holly is injured! On a night where we were
going to be triple champions!”
Mr. D:
“Uh-huh. And are you sure-“
Hayes
turns and grabs the ankle of Holly. Holly initially doesn’t
react before yelling out.
Holly:
“Ow! Hey!”
Asher:
“See!”
Mr. D:
“I meant the trainer.”
Cid
looks at the trainer as the trainer then looks at Asher and then Holly before
turning to Mr. D.
Trainer:
“Oh…oh yeah. Totally hurt. Going to have to wrap it up. Should be just a
bruise, but I’d recommend not aggravating it.”
Holly:
“Look, let’s just do the right thing. I mean Shilo made me wait. He can wait another week. Breakdown…try
then. I’ll make sure it stay off it and everything.
Plus, ensures that your champions don’t fall tonight!
You wouldn’t want that.”
Cid: “Oh
no! Definitely not!”
Asher:
“There you go Cid. Speaking like a true champion. Like me.”
Mr. D:
“Uh-huh…let me talk to Shilo…but…yeah…stay off that.”
Mr. D
shakes his head and heads off as Holly leans back, smiling a bit before Hayes
turns and holds up a hand for a high-five. Holly just looks at him, but Cid,
instinctively high-fives him.
Asher:
“I meant for her…”
Cid: “Oh…”
Holly:
“Shouldn’t you be watching tapes! We need to make sure we know everything about
Datura! Can’t let her get you Cid! For us!”
Cid: “Uh…yeah…sure.”
Cid turns
and heads off.
Asher:
“Pretend she’s like Chad! Screw him!”
Cid
heads off as Asher turns around to Holly.
Asher:
“Now that we’re alone, some coaching-“
Trainer:
“Uh…I’m still here. Need to tape it.”
Holly:
“Yeah…tape it.”
Asher:
“Later.”
Holly:
“Yeah…later…”
The
scene cuts away.
Gavin Taylor vs. Bree Lancaster
The lights around the arena
begin to flicker as "Whoa Is Me" by Down With
Webster starts to play over the arena.
Whoa is me
I'm so whoa
See me decked out from my head to my toe
Whoa is me
I'm so whoa
Everywhere I go I'm a one man show
The crowd boos as "All Star" Gavin Taylor steps out from behind the
curtain onto the top of the ramp. As he stands in place, posing with his arms
outstretched, the chorus of the song plays.
Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Now making his way
to the ring... from Los Angeles, California, he is The All-Star, Gavin Taylor!”
Gavin begins to walk down the ramp with swagger. He smirks as he gets to the
ring. Pulling himself to the apron, he hangs out off the ring while holding
onto the top rope. Gavin pulls himself through the ropes and steps onto the
second ropes on the opposite side of the ring from the ramp. He opens his
jersey, sliding it off his shoulders as he stretches his arms out. Turning
around, he bounces back off the ropes as he watches for his opponent.
Sharper: “Gavin Taylor hasn't had the best of luck lately. Tapped out to Xander
Valentine. Failed to become Television Champion, and most recently a loss to
Jordan Majors. He's walking in here tonight looking to pick up some momentum.”
Knots: “Won't be an easy task.”
The lights dim as a voice backed by piano music fill the arena.
{That's the price you pay.... Leave behind your heartache, cast away
Just another product of today.... Rather be the hunter than the prey
And you're standing on the edge, face up... 'cause
you're a NATURAL}
As the heavy music of Imagine Dragons kicks in the lights come back up and Bree
Lancaster is standing on the stage, a white robe over her gear and her arms
spread wide. Bree looks up as white sparks shower down behind her from the top
of the set to the stage. Scott Burnside appears behind her. The crowd boos
heavily.
Phillips: “And his opponent, from New Orleans, Louisiana and being accompanied
by Scott Burnside... Bree Lancaster!"
The chorus continues as Bree and Scott make their way down the ramp, Bree
holding her arms out all the way to the ring. She stops at the steps and Scott
goes up ahead of her. Bree follows and Scott holds the ropes open for her to
step through. He goes to the apron as Bree walks to the center of the ring,
turning as she does. She then walks a circle in the ring showing off, before
going to the corner. She removes the robe and hands it off as her music fades.
Knots: “Bree Lancaster hasn't had a great time of late either. Walked into
Breakdown February eighteenth as World Champion. Walked out without it and with
a rib injury. Last Breakdown, her return from that injury. Nearly beat Asher
Hayes, if not for interference by Holly Adams and Chris Cannon, and getting a
DQ. She'd love to get her feet back under her, too.”
Sharper: “If only to make a better case for that World Championship rematch she
wants. We know she'll have her eye on tonight's main event as well.”
Knots: “Right now though she'd better focus on Gavin, he's got a chip on his
shoulder.”
The bell rings. Bree uses one hand to shield her crotch area and waves the
other with one finger pointed up at Gavin, shaking her head. Gavin sighs with
his hands on his hips also shaking his head. He then steps forward, offering
Bree a handshake. The crowd roars, in a mixed way. Bree looks down at his hand,
then back up, before swatting the hand away. The crowd now boos. Gavin shrugs
and backs away, arms spread and palms up. He says one
word we can't hear, but is easily made out, “Clean?”
Sharper: “Oh brother.”
The camera cuts back to Bree, and she shrugs. She speaks and we can't hear her
either but it's also obvious what her reply is, “Fine. Clean.” Gavin smiles,
and motions at her in a 'come on' gesture.
Knots: “Wait a second... did we just see THESE TWO agree to fight clean?! Want
to bet on who breaks first?”
Sharper. “No.”
Bree steps forward and the two enter a collar and elbow lock up. Gavin
overpowers her quickly, executes a standing switch then applies an abdominal
stretch, pulling on the left side. Bree grimaces in pain.
Sharper: “Well, that's technically clean, but Gavin is putting pressure on
those recently healed ribs.”
Knots: “Trying to reinjure- oh but Bree won't let him!”
Bree drops to a knee, throwing Gavin off balance. As he leans over her trying
not to fall, Bree reaches up and grabs his head and flips him over to his back.
She then gets up and puts a boot into his chest. Gavin grabs her foot, not
letting her pull it back. Bree doesn't hesitate, she simply steps up onto him,
and plants her other foot into his stomach. Gavin gasps and lets
go of Bree's foot, and she steps over him. Gavin rolls to his side, holding his
stomach. Bree turns and looks down, smirking.
Gavin takes a deep breath, then rolls to his back before kipping up, landing on
his feet right in front of Bree. He smirks back at her. She responds with a
BOGO to the chest. Gavin steps back a few steps, then bounces off the ropes for
momentum. He comes back and nails Bree with a flying forearm. She staggers
backwards but keeps her feet. Gavin follows up with an uppercut, then another
forearm, working Bree into the corner. Gavin then backs away a few steps, then
runs in, looking for a knee strike. Bree sees it coming though and evades at
the last second, causing Gavin to nearly knee the ringpost.
He spins around, and finds Bree was behind him, where she plants him with a
DDT. She pulls him from the corner and makes a cover.
1!
Gavin shoots his shoulder up. Bree gets to her feet quickly and goes to the
ropes. Gavin gets up and Bree bounces off, coming at him with a crossbody.
Gavin goes down, but grabs Bree and rolls through, catching her into an inside
cradle.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out.
Sharper: Gavin with a nice counter to that crossbody, drawing a two count.
Knots: “And Bree doesn't like it one bit.”
Both get to their feet quickly. Bree scowls,
frustrated that he caught her like that. Gavin grabs Bree and sends her into
the ropes. On the return Bree ducks a clothesline attempt. Gavin spins as Bree
hits the other side and comes back. This time he nails her with a Gavin Taylor
Lariat! Bree flips all the way over before landing hard on her back. The crowd
roars. Gavin makes a cover.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. Gavin rolls off and Bree rolls away, sitting up and staring at
Gavin across the ring.
Knots: “Gavin turned Bree inside out and nearly caught her!”
Sharper: “Its like she didn't expect this fight from him and now she's playing
catch up.”
Bree nods, then gets to her feet. Gavin is up and Bree approaches, they lock up
again. This time Bree ducks under and behind and pulls his arm back into a
hammerlock. Gavin tries to fight out of it. Bree though willingly releases the
hold, then immediately nails a spinning heel kick from behind! The crowd oohs
as Gavin goes down to his hands and knees. Bree then grabs a leg, pulling Gavin
all the way down to the mat. She then raises the leg and slams it back down,
smashing his knee into the mat. Bree stomps the back of his knee. Gavin turns
to his side and pulls his leg away from her. Bree starts to grab his leg again, but stops. Instead, she backs away a few steps. Gavin
seems confused as he sits up, holding his knee.
Sharper: “Bree Lancaster stopping her own assault on Gavin Taylor's knee,
foregoing her usual plan of attack. And Gavin doesn't get it.”
Knots: “I do. She agreed to fight clean. Bree claims to be a woman of her word,
she's trying to prove it.”
Gavin starts to get up. As he does, Bree runs at him looking for a kick or a
knee before he was fully vertical, but Gavin scouts it and gets under her,
lifting her up and over with a huge back body drop. The crowd ohhs as it appears Bree landed face first. She rolls over
to her back, hands over her face. Gavin has no sympathy though, he pulls Bree
up, forcing her hands from her face. He then grabs her and plants her back down
with a sidewalk slam. Bree puts one hand back to her face, as if checking for
blood from the faceplant. A closeup reveals none as Bree looks at her hand,
realizing there's nothing. Gavin pulls Bree back up, sending her into the
corner. He follows up with a running back elbow. Bree leans into the
turnbuckles, one hand back over her face, the other arm holding her up by the
top rope.
Sharper: “Gavin mounting a comeback here after Bree had him under control for a
few minutes, once she realized he wasn't playing around.”
Knots: “He can't let her recover though if he wants to get the win here. He's
wasting time.”
Gavin steps back from the corner, smirking and nodding, proud of the position
he's worked the former World Champion into. Bree shakes her head clear and
pulls herself to her feet. Gavin runs into the corner and uses the bottom rope
as leverage to drill a knee into her chest. Bree slumps down as the crowd
roars. Gavin grabs a leg and pulls her out of the corner, then makes a cover.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. The crowd oohs. Gavin rolls off and sits up, just staring at
Bree as she starts to stir. She sits up and pushes herself backwards, away from
Gavin. They both get up. Gavin goes in and hits a forearm, then an uppercut.
Bree steps back. Gavin goes for a shoot kick but Bree
grabs his leg. She smirks before drilling him down with Twisted Ambition! The
crowd oohs.
Sharper: “And back to the knee attacks, that inverted dragon screw!”
Knots: “And a cover!”
Bree hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Gavin kicks out. Bree sighs as she gets up. Gavin starts to get up, favoring
the knee. Bree grabs him and sends him across the ring. Gavin hits the ropes, but grabs the top rope to stop himself from bouncing
off, still favoring the leg. Bree runs and goes for a dropkick to send him
through the ropes, but Gavin sidesteps, and Bree hits the middle rope instead,
and gets tangled up between the middle and top rope. Gavin takes the
opportunity to deliver a running knee to the head. Bree slumps over, hanging
over the middle rope. Gavin then runs the ropes, bouncing off the other side,
and drills her with the All-Starmaker! The crowd oohs
as Bree falls back trough the ropes and onto the apron, then down to the mat.
Scott Burnside runs over to check on her as the official starts a count. (1)
Sharper: “My God, what a strike to the head! Bree has taken two of three hits
to the head so far and she could be out.”
Knots: “One can only hope.”
Gavin leans over the ropes, watching to see if Bree gets up. (2) Scott gets
Bree up to a seated position and asks her something. Bree nods, then shakes her
head clear (3) She glares up at Gavin in the ring. Scott tries to help her up but she waves him off. (4) Bree pulls herself up using
the apron, yelling something we can't make out. The official makes Gavin step
away from the apron. (5) Bree slides in and the official waves off the count.
Scott seems half relieved and half concerned as he
watches from near the ring steps.
Bree gets to her feet, and immediately runs at Gavin, taking him down with a Thez press. She remains mounted and fires off one hell of a
bitch slap across the face. Gavin holds his cheek as
Bree gets up, then quickly runs up to the second rope then executes a perfect moonsault. She hooks a leg for a pin.
1!
2!
Gavin kicks out, shoving Bree off. She gets to her feet and grabs Gavin, trying
to pull him up. He shoves her off though, sending her stumbling backwards.
Gavin gets to his feet as Bree falls against the ropes. Gavin grabs her and
slings her into the nearest corner. He starts to follow up but Bree steps
through the ropes and then up onto the turnbuckle, her feet on the second rope.
Gavin hops up there too, and grabs her as if to suplex her off. Bree blocks it, and pounds on Gavin's back
with a fist, trying to make him let her go.
Sharper: “Both Bree and Gavin in a precarious position here, this could get
ugly.”
Knots: “It's already ugly Adam, Bree is up there!”
Gavin fires back with a forearm. Bree pounds on his back some more, and shoves
her shoulder into his, creating enough separation that she now gets her hands
between them and shoves Gavin off with both hands on his chest. Bree then
adjusts her feet so that she's standing on the ropes from the inside rather
than the outside. As she does Gavin gets to his feet. Bree sees this and jumps,
leveling Gavin back down with a missile dropkick. She then grabs his legs and
tries to apply a figure four, as Gavin does his best to prevent it.
Sharper: “Bree may be looking for the Crescent Lock here, she's done some
damage to that knee so far and she might be thinking to capitalize like Xander
Valentine did, Gavin has shown his willingness to tap immediately rather than
ensure any kind of pain.”
Knots: “If she can lock it in, so far Gavin hasn't let her.”
Bree continues to fight with Gavin's legs trying to lock on the hold. Gavin
gives her one good kick to the gut though and Bree falls back, landing on her
ass. Gavin scrambles backwards and gets to his feet, as Bree sits up, glaring.
Gavin smirks as he pulls himself up using the ropes. Bree gets to her feet.
Gavin runs from across the ring, arm extended, looking to clothesline her over
the top. Bree though ducks and Gavin's momentum sends him flipping over the
rope. He holds on though and lands on the apron. Bree stands up and knees Gavin
in the ribs through the ropes. Gavin lean over but
manages to grab Bree's head, he then drops off the apron, guillotining her on
the top rope! The crowd oohs as Bree bounces off and hits the mat, holding her
throat. Gavin walks around on the floor, proud of himself. The official starts
a count. (1) Scott comes over to check on Bree. (2)
Sharper: “What a counter! Gavin may have bought himself some time to recover
with that maneuver.”
Knots: “Would you call that a clean move?”
Sharper: “Debatable. He won't get DQ'ed for it at any
rate.”
Bree rolls to the apron and sits up, speaking with Scott. (3) Gavin watches
from near the corner, catching his breath. Bree nods at Scott, moving her hand
so he can look at her neck. There's a slight red mark from the rope. (4) Gavin
gets back into the ring from the side. The official waves off the count. Bree
says something to Scott and he backs away. Bree then
gets up and faces the ring. She starts to step through when Gavin runs at her
and hits a yakuza kick through the ropes. Bree slumps down over the middle
rope, holding her head. Gavin grabs her by the head, pulls her through the
ropes a bit so she's propped up by her feet... then plants her with the Cubic
Zirconium Cutter! The crowd oohs.
Sharper: “Another head shot! This has to be it, Gavin just needs a cover!”
Knots: “Pull her out, Gavin!”
Gavin pulls Bree out of the ropes and makes a cover.
1!
2!
The official's hand grazes the mat for a three but
Bree gets her foot on the bottom rope first. The official waves it off, putting
his hand up showing two fingers. Gavin though doesn't see this, he thinks he
got the three count, he saw the hand touch the mat. He springs to his feet,
arms in the air in celebration. The crowd makes noise as the official tries to
get Gavin's attention.
Sharper: “Gavin Taylor thinks he's won, but Bree had her foot on the rope!
Gavin didn't see it.”
Knots: “I told him to pull her out, he didn't hear me!”
Bree pulls herself up with the ropes, shaking her head off. The crowd roars as
she does. The official has finally got Gavin's attention. He holds up two
fingers again. Gavin shakes his head, clapping his hands three times, mimicking
a count. The official shakes his head, and points to the rope, explaining about
Bree's foot. Gavin throws his hands up in disbelief. The crowd makes more noise
as we see Bree crouched near the ropes. The official shows two fingers again,
almost apologetically. Gavin sighs, accepting the two count. He turns to get
back to Bree and the fight.... and Bree explodes from the ropes and drills him
with the Classifier! The crowd oohs and some boo as Bree hooks both legs.
1!
2!
3!
The bell rings and Bree rolls off, pushing Gavin's
legs over.
Phillips: “Here is your winner by pinfall... Bree Lancaster!”
Bree gets up and the official raises her arm. Gavin sits up, looking stunned.
Sharper: “Gavin Taylor must be beside himself, he
could have had this won if Bree hadn't got her foot on the rope.”
Knots: “It's all about ring awareness. Gavin must have been too focused on
getting the W that he didn't see where her feet were. But Bree showed why,
whether you hate her or love her, she is a contender and a master of her craft.
She knew exactly where she was, got the rope break, and Gavin paid the price
for his assumption.”
Sharper: “That he did, Classifier and it was all over. Great showing for both
competitors, and they both kept their word and fought a clean match.”
Gavin gets to his feet and Bree gives him a nod in acknowledgment before
exiting the ring to meet Scott. They walk up the ramp, Bree with her arms
overhead in victory as we cut away.
Backstage,
Mr. D stands across from Shilo Valiant who sits on a foot locker backstage.
Mr. D:
“Don’t have all of the security or was paying Ace to create a problem not worth
it?”
Shilo: “But
we had fun. That’s what matters? Right? I’ll settle my issue with Ace. But I saw what Holly was
doing. We both know she’s fine.”
Mr. D:
“Of course. But that doesn’t mean I can’t have fun
back. And in turn, you?”
Shilo: “Me?
Am I even being brought in in a decision? Oh…how to make me feel special!”
Mr. D:
“Well, it’s like this…Holly and you are off tonight. But on Breakdown, she’ll
face you and with a simple change.”
Shilo: “And
what would that be?”
Mr. D:
“You decide the stipulation.”
The
crowd roars.
Sharper:
“What?”
Shilo
smirks.
Mr. D:
“Thought you’d like that. Now just make sure no more paid associates try to
attack you. Or should I say you don’t make a deal with Lexy
Chapel.”
Shilo: “Oh
I have other plans there. But now…I have a few more things to think about too.”
Mr. D:
“Don’t think too hard.”
Mr. D
heads off. Shilo watches him go and smiles as the
scene cuts away.
Syren vs. Selena Frost
BELIEVE IT!
The SCW Universe are on their feet as “Kings and Queens” by Ava Max as plays
throughout the arena, snow “falling” along the electronic floor and screens as,
out from the back walks the Snow Queen, Selena Frost, taking in the crowd of
the SCW Universe. Deanna Frost walks out with her. The two look out at the
crowd.
Slowly, Selena shifts her head, her sapphire eyes locked towards the ring as
she lifts her front hand gracefully, extending it towards the ring, palm
upward, her back arm lifted behind her to the sky. With a lift of her
right foot, she suddenly slams it down into the ground, causing a crack like ice
to form and sprint down the ramp and towards the ring.
Phillips: “The following
contest is scheduled for onefall and has a thirty minute time limit. First, on her way to the ring,
accompanied by Deanna Frost, from Nome, Alaska, she is the Snow Queen, Selena
Frost!”
Reaching the ring, Selena slides under the ropes to enter it. She gets up
and lifts her hand up to give a twirl as the lights form to make a massive
snowflake under her. Stopping her spin and lowering her hand back down, towards
the audience, once again palm upright, a smirk graces her lips, her other arm
lifting to the sky once more. With a slam of her foot, Selena caused the snowflake
at her feet to “crack” as the rampway did, the shards of ice streaking out to
all four corners of the ring to shoot out blue sparkles of light as the lights
return to normal. She looks around as the crowd roars. Deanna Frost walks
around the ring, settling in Selena’s corner.
Sharper: “Selena Frost ready
to face Syren in singles action. This match not the
result of a contract, but that Syren’s going to have
to face a top tier talent here and hopefully end this rivalry that’s
developed.”
Knots: “But there are two
questions. Will Syren come out alone as was suggested
and what is the surprise that Selena Frost said she had? We’ve heard nothing.”
The camera cuts to the crowd
where we see a group of red-shirted security walking in through one of the
ground-level entrances. They line up in front of the fans for a moment and seem
to be holding them back. Then the lights go out leaving the arena in complete
darkness. The screen fills with images of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inaugural
address.
“So, first of all, let me
assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is—”
There’s a record scratch
before a deep voice fills the arena.
“INFAMOUS!”
The opening of “Groupie” by
Cassie Steele hits the PA system and we cut to the hallways in the back, where
the cameras watch as Syren rounds a corner on her way
to the ring. She’s got her hands taped, appears to be in her ring gear with her
ring jacket on, but doesn’t even acknowledge the camera.
Sharper: “Looks like this answers one of those questions!”
Behind her are notably CHBK
and Alexander Crowe, and we can see Ravyn Taylor and
Christy Matthews, holding the SCW Television Championship, in the background as
well. The crowd boos as this footage is shown on the
screens. As the lights come back up in the arena, we see Syren
walking through the doorway that security entered through moments earlier. She
stands in the aisleway for a moment before turning her back to the camera. On
the back of her jacket we see the Infamous skull logo.
Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
Dark Fantasy
Syren spins back around again
before looking over her shoulder. From behind her we see the rest of Infamous also
walking through the doorway, led by CHBK. Ravyn
Taylor and Christy Matthews also have similar jackets to Syren,
with Christy’s being red in design and with a hood pulled up over her head. Syren leads the pack to the guard rail with the security
walking alongside them, holding back any fans from getting too close.
Phillips: “Her opponent,
representing Infamous and being accompanied by Alexander Crowe, Ravyn Taylor, Christy Matthews, Christopher Richter and SCW
Hall of Famer CHBK, hailing from Los Angeles, California, she is ‘The Alpha
Female’, this is SYREN!”
Syren smirks as she’s introduced.
Once they get to the guard rail Syren jumps over
before the camera follows her walking up the ring steps. Once there we see
Alexander Crowe leap onto the apron and sit on the middle rope, lowering it for
her. She steps between the ropes and leans back to kiss him before Syren climbs the turnbuckles and points to herself
confidently, shouting down at those at ringside as they jeer her. She takes her
jacket off and tosses it to Alexander at ringside as she adjusts the skull-logo
armband on her arm, pointing it out to the camera with a grin on her face and
tapping it with two fingers.
Sharper: “Syren
defiantly coming out with all of Infamous.”
Knots: “Tells you how she
needs to do it her way. Everything is her way. And immediately, she’s going to
try and call D’s bluff.”
Sharper: “The question is
whether she’s more focused there than on Selena Frost. If that’s the case,
Selena Frost is going to make her regret that!”
Syren looks at Selena as Selena
looks around at Infamous and smirks. The bell sounds as Selena steps up and
says something to Syren. Syren
just shakes her head as the crowd starts to chant loudly “Selena!” Selena
motions to the crowd to keep going as Syren ignores
it and the two circle the ring a moment longer before locking up in the middle
of the ring with a collar-and-elbow tie-up. The crowd cheers as the two lock up
and push back on one another. Selena quickly turns into a side headlock. The
crowd cheers as Syren pulls Selena back into the
ropes and then fires her off. Selena bounces off and Syren
steps up and is shouldered down by Selena. Syren
looks up and Selena runs into the ropes. Syren drops
down in front of her, but Selena hops over. Syren
pops up and hits a leapfrog. Selena ducks underneath.
She bounces off the other side and Syren goes for a
clothesline. Selena cartwheel evades it and then the two run
at one another and both swing, Syren forearming
Selena in the arm. Both stagger back, shaking out
their arms.
Sharper: “Hard shot as both
had the same idea and this pace getting faster and faster early.”
Knots: “Both have been so much
part of the other’s life as of late that they better know each other well.”
Syren and Selena then turn and
swing again, connecting again with a forearm/punch to each other’s arms. They
stagger back and then run at each other and Selena slides down under the arm of
Syren. Syren stops and turns and Selena jumps up and hits a dropkick to the jaw.
The crowd ohs. Selena goes foes the pin.
1!
2!
Syren kicks out. She rolls over and
moves to the corner. Selena follows up and grabs her and chops her. The crowd
woos. Syren winces and Selena chops her again. The
crowd woos. Syren grabs her, spinning her into the
corner. She goes for a chop, but Selena ducks and spins around. Syren spins to the corner and turns and Selena hits a
double kick dropkick to the corner, catching Syren in
the chest and then the jaw. Syren staggers out and
falls through the ropes. She gets up and Selena turns and gets up and scrambles
over to her, grabbing her and just pulling her over the top violently, causing Syren to backflip through and land on her chest and knees.
She rolls over.
Sharper: “Syren
may have been trying to get to the floor.”
Knots: “Selena wanting none of
that. Not with Infamous there. She may want to take it to them, but she knows
without David in her corner, she’s just got Deanna and you need an army to deal
with Infamous.”
Syren gets up and Selena hits a
shoot kick to the chest. Syren falls back. She rolls
over again and Selena grabs her and pulls her up. She
then whips her into the corner. Selena runs after and Syren
gets a boot up. Selena stumbles out and Syren runs
out and clotheslines her down. The crowd boos. Selena stirs and Syren moves to her and just stomps her in the face and then
again and again and again. Syren bends over and looks
at Selena before slapping her in the back of the head. The crowd boos as Syren pulls Selena up by the hair and then hooks her up and
hits a snap vertical suplex. She turns and hooks the
leg.
1!
2!
Selena kicks out. She rolls
over and Syren grabs her and pulls her up. She then
turns and runs her over and throws her through the ropes to the floor, right by
Infamous. Syren just smirks as she walks around the
ring, the crowd booing. Ravyn, Christy, Alexander,
Christopher and CHBK all stand over her, none touching her.
Sharper: “Syren
just throwing Selena to the wolves. Literally!”
Knots: “They’re not touching
her!”
Sharper: “Yeah, they’re just
intimidating her. Enjoying her company, right?”
Steve Hollinsworth, the
official, walks over and tells them to get back as CHBK turns to him.
CHBK: “We’re not touching her.
She entered our part of the ringside area!”
Hollinsworth keeps motioning
for them to get back as Selena looks up and around, eying everyone. Ravyn just smirks at her as Christy glares. Selena starts
to get up and then turns and goes to the ring, but Syren
runs over and hits a baseball slide. Selena falls back to the barricade. The
crowd boos as Syren slides through and looks out at
the crowd. She then steps forward and down to the floor. She grabs Selena. (1) Syren then runs her over and into the steel steps. Selena
spins off and down to the floor as Ravyn and Christy
keep giving Selena and Syren space.(2)
Sharper: “Into the steel steps
and Infamous giving a wide berth.”
Knots: “They know if anything
happens, Syren has no rope. She’s not going to get an benefit of the doubt.”
Sharper: “Nor should she.”
Syren grabs Selena and lifts her up
and turns and rolls her into the ring. Syren then pulls
herself onto the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Selena starts to get up
and Syren dives off with a flying back elbow. Selena
hits the mat. Syren goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Selena kicks out. The crowd
cheers. Selena turns and Syren grabs her and pulls
her up. She then elbows her in the top of the head. Selena drops down and
crawls forward. Syren walks over and grabs her and
pulls her up again and then turns and goes to run her across the ring again and
through the ropes, but Selena grabs the ropes and spins through. Ravyn and Christy stand nearby as Syren
runs at Selena, but Selena hits a back elbow. Syren
staggers back and Selena then hits a backflip. Ravyn
and Christy juke back, but Selena lands on her feet and glances at them. The
crowd roars as Selena watches them. Syren then runs
at the ropes and Selena turns and just in time, jumps up onto the apron and
hits a pump kick to the head as Syren tries to dive
through. The crowd ohs and cheers.
Sharper: “Selena in one moment
showing her own defiance. Scattering Infamous on the floor. Catching Syren!”
Knots: “Looks like she’s at
her top game tonight!”
Selena then climbs up to her
feet then slingshots into the ring, dropping down and pulling Syren back into the ring with a school
boy.
1!
2!
Syren kicks out. Syren starts to get up as Selena meets her at her feet and
chops her again. The crowd woos. She then grabs Syren
and whips her into the corner. Selena runs after and hits a running dropkick.
The crowd ohs and Syren staggers out, falling to her
back. Selena then gets up and hits a standing moonsault.
She hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Syren pushes her off, rolling over,
holding her jaw in pain. She rolls to the ropes as Selena follows and grabs
her, clubbing her in the back. Syren falls to the
ropes. She turns and Selena hits a shoot kick to the chest. Syren
leans against the ropes. Selena shoot kicks her again. Syren
falls back and bounces off the ropes and Syren jumps
up and hits an enziguri kick to the head. Syren falls to the mat. Selena rolls her over and hooks the
leg.
1!
2!
Syren gets her shoulder up. Selena
rolls off.
Sharper: “Nearfall
after a series of hard kicks.”
Knots: “Selena making sure
that Syren felt every bit of those. Not holding back
one bit.”
CHBK looks on as Syren rolls over. Selena grabs her and pulls her up. Not
stopping her onslaught, she clubs her in the back and then again before turning
her around and then grabbing her to send her across, but Syren
spins through and hip tosses Selena up and over the top rope and to the floor,
again, right near Ravyn and Christy. They start to
move toward Selena.
Sharper: “Up and over! Right
by Infamous again!”
Knots: “And if this was next
month, Selena would be eliminated!”
Sharper: “Taking Hold of the
Flame, next time, we’ll be on pay per view. That’s June 6. But Selena may not
even get there!”
Ravyn and Christy stand over Selena
as she starts to get up and Syren smirks.
Hollinsworth again tells them to get away. Ravyn
holds her hands up and Selena gets up and then turns to Ravyn
and then Christy, ready to fight, but Syren then runs
to the ropes and springboards to the top rope and dives forward with a front
flip dive onto Selena. The crowd ohs and Syren rolls
over, wincing as Selena is down. Ravyn just smirks as
she backs away.
Sharper: “Syren
going high-risk! Off the top and taking her own career in her hands as she
tried to do the most damage to Selena!”
Knots: “We’ve not seen Syren take risks like that too much. Maybe there is part of
her taking this all seriously!”
Syren rolls over in pain as Selena
remains down. (1) Syren gets up and Christy and Ravyn back away. (2) Syren grabs
Selena and slowly pulls her up. She knees her in the ribs. (3) She then runs
her into the steel steps, causing her to go shoulder first into the steel
steps. They bowl over and Selena falls over. (4) Syren
looks around and then to the official before grabbing Selena. She pulls her up
and hoists her up and hits a back suplex onto the
bottom half of the steel steps. The crowd ohs. (5) CHBK applauds as Selena
grimaces in pain.
Sharper: “No! On the steel!”
Knots: “Just using what’s at
ringside. Steel hurts a hell of a lot more than those padded mats!”
Sharper: “And this seems to be
the strategy. Use Infamous to intimidate, to throw off, and then Syren to confidently use her offense against one of the
best in SCW today.”
Syren looks at the ring and then
turns to Selena. (6) She then grabs Selena and pulls her up and then moves her
into the ring. Selena rolls over, wincing in pain. Syren
then slides in. Selena starts to get up, fighting up and Syren
runs over and jumps up and hits a leg drop bulldog. The crowd ohs and Syren rolls her over and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Selena shoots her shoulder up.
The crowd cheers. Syren looks up and turns and gets
up and stomps Selena in the face and then again. Selena rolls to the ropes. Syren then grabs her and pulls her back and scoops her up
and hits a backbreaker. She turns and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Selena gets her shoulder up
again. The crowd cheers again. Syren rolls over and
looks at Selena then stands over her. She quickly hits a leg drop. She rolls
over and then rolls Selena over before getting up and stepping over into a
camel clutch, but Selena slides through, pulling Syren
down by her feet, causing her to faceplant into the mat and Selena falls to the
ropes. Ravyn reaches out and just touches her
shoulder, but Selena turns and swings. Ravyn backs up
and Hollinsworth finally turns and motions to them to leave. The crowd roars.
Sharper: “Ravyn
touched Selena and Selena swung. That’s enough. Hollinsworth’s had it. Infamous
is gone!”
Knots: “Becoming a trend here!
Mr. D returns and Infamous doesn’t have full run anymore!”
Ravyn looks at the ring as CHBK
climbs up onto the apron. He starts to yell at Hollinsworth and Hollinsworth
ignores him and then steps to the floor, motioning for them to leave. The crowd
cheers as Christy turns, heading around the ring and then stopping and turning
and looking around. Ravyn starts to head up the
rampway and Christy shakes her head before rolling into the ring. The crowd
roars as Selena gets up and Christy runs at her and Selena manages to go low,
hitting a dropkick to Christy’s knees, causing her to fall forward and through
the ropes to the floor. The crowd ohs and Selena rolls over. Hollinsworth
focuses on the other Infamous members as they head around. Deanna watches
Christy.
Sharper: “Christy outright
trying to attack Selena! But Selena countered!”
Knots: “I don’t know what that
was about. Like she made her own call. She went rogue!”
Sharper: “I don’t know about
that, but Deanna’s watching her as the rest of Infamous is being sent away!”
A couple of other officials
come from the back to facilitate the removal of Infamous from ringside. Hollinsworth
focuses there as Selena watches Infamous leaving for a moment before Syren comes up behind Selena and blasts her in the back of
the head. Selena drops. The crowd ohs and the camera catches Syren quickly placing her hand into the front of her tights,
before diving down onto Selena, rolling her over. The crowd boos.
Sharper: “Wait a minute! Syren! Syren had something!
Selena’s down!”
Knots: “Was this all just
another distraction? Is this just Infamous flipping off Selena, D, everyone in
SCW cause they can?”
Sharper: “Syren
covering Selena. Hollinsworth! No! You missed it! You missed it!”
Hollinsworth slides into the
ring and goes over to count.
1!
2!
Selena shoots her shoulder up.
The crowd erupts in cheers. Syren looks stunned. Syren looks around and then to Hollinsworth before turning
back. She then dives onto Selena and hammers away on her from the side mount. Syren gets a few good shots in before getting up. Christy
on the floor as Deanna watches her and Syren turns
and grabs Selena. She pulls her up before locking her in a front face lock. She
knees Selena in the chest before hooking her arm. She places her on the top
rope. The crowd roars. Syren then climbs up to the
middle rope and then then top rope. She hooks Selena up and then starts to pull
up, but Selena blocks it. The crowd cheers. Selena blocks it again and nails
her in the ribs with a shot and then again. Selena shifts enough to catch Syren with a kick to the ribs. Syren
bends over and the crowd roars as Selena then stands up on the top rope and
then flips forward with a sunset flip powerbomb. The crowd ohs. Selena then
flips through into a rolling clutch pin.
1!
2!
Syren kicks out. The crowd ohs.
Sharper: “Selena driving Syren into the mat, but even the powerbomb wasn’t enough.
Even the clutch pin! Wasn’t enough!”
Knots: “Christy’s still out
here too! Hollinsworth trying to just keep his eyes on the match. But I don’t
like this!”
Sharper: “Deanna watching her
as now, the tide has turned back to Selena Frost, who has kept fighting through
everything!”
Selena rolls over and Syren stirs, going in the opposite direction. She starts to
get up and turns to Selena who forearms her in the jaw. Syren
staggers and then steps forward and nails Selena with a forearm. Selena fires
back with one of her own and Syren bounces off the
ropes and swings. Selena ducks. Syren stops and turns and Selena hits a spinning heel kick to the jaw. Syren hits the mat. Selena then goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Syren shoots her shoulder up.
Selena rolls off. Selena starts to get up and moves to the ropes. Syren slowly pulls herself up and staggers up and Selena
runs out and goes for the Glass Shard. Syren catches
it. She spins Selena out, but Selena spins through and catches Syren in the head with another kick. Syren
falls to the mat. Selena goes to the corner and climbs up to the top rope. She
glances back and hits a moonsault onto Syren.
Sharper: “Moonsault!
Picture Perfect!”
1!
2!
Syren shoots her shoulder up again.
Selena rolls off and Syren rolls over. She grabs at
the ropes. Selena turns and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and Syren suddenly runs forward and jumps up, taking Syren down with a running sitdown
senton. She remains on Selena, pulling back on the legs.
1!
2!
Selena kicks out. Syren falls forward and looks out as the crowd cheers.
Sharper: “Only two! Selena
caught by Syren!”
Knots: “Syren
rode her down for the added impact and even that, Selena still kicked out!”
Syren gets up and Selena slowly
rolls over and gets up and Syren forearms her in the
jaw and then again before grabbing her and whipping her into the ropes. Selena
bounces off and Syren geos for a Bittersweet Ending.
Selena catches it and spins her around before hitting a spinning heel kick.
Selena rolls over and moves to the ropes. She starts to get up as Syren rolls over, holding her jaw. The official checks on her
as Christy suddenly gets up and grabs Selena, but Deanna runs over and tackles
her down. The crowd erupts in cheers. Selena rolls over and looks over at
Christy. Syren then gets up and runs at Selena, but
Selena ducks at the last moment. Syren goes chest
first into the corner and spins around and right into the Glass Shard! The
crowd roars.
Sharper: “Christy got
involved. Deanna willing to get involved, but Syren just
saw Selena turned away!”
Knots: “And Glass Shard!”
Selena rolls through for the
pin.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd roars.
Phillips: “Here is your
winner, via pinfall, Selena Frost!”
Sharper: “Selena Frost defeats
Syren!”
Knots: “What was the surprise
though? Was it Deanna?”
Sharper: “I don’t think so.
Either way, Syren not getting the win she wanted,
maybe needed. Defiant all match. Selena Frost caught
her running in and gets a huge win!”
Selena rolls off and Deanna
gets up and enters the ring as Christy rolls over on the floor, stunned by Deanna’s
action. Deanna goes to Selena as she has her arm raised. Deanna holds up her
other arm as the crowd cheers. Their music plays as Selena Frost takes a moment
to enjoy the win and then turns to Deanna, embracing her. Deanna says something
to her as Selena looks around, pleased with Deanna and with herself.
Sharper: “Folks from that, we
go to what’s going to be war.”
Knots: “Six individuals all
going at it. Street fight too!”
Sharper: “And it all started with
one violent attack in the home of Chris Cannon!”
A
recap video plays of Minerva’s attack on Peyton Rice, the return of Josh Hudson
and Pat Evans, and the growing fight to get revenge for Peyton Rice.
Jordan
Majors, Lucas Knight & Pat Evans vs. Minerva, Kandis & Konrad Raab
Street
Fight
The SCW cameras return from
the backstage area to those in the arena where one camera especially floats
over the fans in attendance who watch in anticipation as Jason Phillips steps
onto the canvas with a trusty microphone in hand. The surrounding ring is
littered with an assortment of weapons of all shapes and sizes. The camera
quickly changes to Jonathan Knots and Adam Sharper who sit at their commentary
table.
Sharper: “Welcome back, as you
can see we’re all but ready for a match that won’t be
for the faint of heart.”
Knots: “No siree, we’ve got
the hotly anticipated Street Fight coming up next, which is not to be confused
with a brawl between the entire Street family to see who rules the roost. Which
if you ask me of course, it's Kennedy...”
Sharper: “My colleagues jokes aside, this really is a match not for the faint of
heart which all stemmed from one woman’s heinous assault, when Minerva broke
into the home of Chris Cannon and attacked SCW roster member, Peyton Rice.”
Knots: “Heinous doesn’t do it
justice, rumors are her knee will never be the same again and any sort of time
frame to a return is still very much up in the air right now. A terrible
attack, one Minerva claims was a long time coming and something she did as a
favour for her friend Kandis although was clearly as personal as it gets.”
Sharper: “Be that as it may, a
lot of people have their eyes on those three and we haven't even discussed
Konrad Raab and his relationship with Minerva and his
change as of late. There is just so much to talk about, you could do so for hours but we don’t have all night.”
Knots: “No we do not, and
because of that we’re about ready to get this show on the road. So here we go
over to Jason Phillips with the introductions...”
The camera’s shift from the
commentary team and switches to the ring where Phillips stands as the crowd
roars.
Phillips: “Ladies and
Gentlemen, it is now time for the SIX MAN TAG TEAM STREET FIGHT!!!”
The SCW crowd roars upon that
information.
Phillips: “Introducing
first...”
All eyes move to the stage now
as “Outsider (Rock Version)” plays throughout the arena. The lights dim and
fade to black. After a few moments of the opening piano chord being played, a
spotlight shines down on Pat Evans as he walks out from the back joined by Josh
Hudson.
Sharper; “There is one of Mr. D’s
Shooters, Pat Evans and with him is D’s other in Josh Hudson who would love to
get his hands on some of those involved in this match and likely could if he
gets his way...”
The crowd cheers as the pair
makes their way down, but Evans merely ignores their fanfare and walks to the
ring as does Hudson. Josh walks around the ring towards a corner as Evans looks
up at it before walking to the steel steps. He then walks along the apron and
enters the ring. He takes off his black trenchcoat,
placing it on the top rope in the far corner before looking at the assortment
of weapons at ringside as Josh suggests one of choice for him.
Knots: “Josh wishes he was
involved with this match, but SCW happy to have him at ringside tonight
instead, it’s the next best thing really.”
Suddenly The lights go down
and then red lights blink on the stage as “Warrior” by Stitched Up Heart begins
to play.
Warrior… Warrior…
I’m… I’m a…
Warrior… Warrior…
I’m… I’m a Warrior!
A spotlight shines on the
center of the stage to show Jordan Majors from behind, arms outstretched. She
turns around right as the guitar riffs and pumps a fist with a smile across her
face. She looks out at the crowd and nods a few times before she begins walking
down the ramp with a baseball bat in hand.
Sharper: “Another who wouldn’t
be in this match if not for the team they face tonight seemingly targeting her
over recent weeks. Huge night for her however, looking to take the fight to the
team of Minerva, Kandis and Konrad Raab.”
Knots: “It’s going to be weird
not seeing Cookie teaming with her, but not as weird as it has to be for
Jordan.”
Jordan keeps her eyes on the
ring as she heads down the rampway. She gets to the bottom of the ramp and
surveys the crowd once more before running and sliding into the ring. She stays
on her stomach. She leans on her elbows and kicks her feet behind her before
rolling to her feet and looking at both Hudson at ringside and Pat Evans in his
corner, the three all nodding to each other. Jordan runs and jumps up on the
nearest corner and puts one arm up as she looks out at the crowd and nods her
head with another smile to a roar from the crowd.
Knots: “Jordan has had a hell
of a 2021, a lot of opportunities, and unfortunately coming up short at times
but her name is always in the center of discussion because she has given
challenges to everyone she has faced and the list of
names are long.”
And lastly… Out go the lights
with a flick of a switch as all eyes focus onto the stage, just then the screen
lights up as the opening to Alpha King by Rev Theory begins to play over the
P.A system. Then and only then we see a series of words in italic writing phase
in and out on the big screen...
.Infamous.
.British.
.Legendary.
Spotlights all start to focus
on the stage entrance now changing colours, shades of red, white
and blue and during that time a silhouette of a man can be seen walking out onto
the stage with a familiar aura of confidence. Just then the final words explode
onto the tron causing the crowd to react accordingly
as the music hit's into full swing...
.LUCAS KNIGHT.
The crowd's cheers fill the
arena as the lights come back on fully to show Lucas Knight standing on the
stage looking at the crowd, he wears a black and while military style jacket
with the union jack emblazoned on it. He looks out to the crowd with a smirk
and nods as their roar once again when he reveals and raises the Cricket bat of
his.
Sharper: “The third and final
member of the team, Lucas Knight. A late edition for sure but…”
Knots: “A hell of an edition,
hall of famer, triple crown winner, and most recently before retribution he was
one half of our tag team champions.”
Knight smirks once again
looking out at the crowd before resting the bat on his shoulder and walking
down to the ring with a confident swagger in his step. He stops at the bottom
and nods to Hudson who nods in return as he begins to slowly walk around the
ring before leaping onto the apron and turns around while leaning against the
top rope. Knight smirks once again with a nod to the crowd as the cheer, he
then enters the ring and looks at both Jordan and Evans before walking over to
a corner and climbing it to another roar from the crowd as he poses before
removing his jacket and throwing it down to one of the ring crew and stepping
down himself.
Sharper: “Lucas’s involvement
just another added wrench in whatever plans the group of Minerva, Kandis, Tommy
and Konrad have planned for SCW.”
Knots: “That is right! They
think they’re going to run roughshod over SCW, there are members of this roster
who have other ideas. The three in that ring and one at ringside are just a
few.”
Suddenly the sound of a whip
cracking gets everyone's attention, followed by the heavy bass riff of “More
Human than Human.” The sounds of a female in the throes of passion seem to have
been replaced with Kandis' voice.. When the moaning
stops, the heavier music kicks in, then Kandis and then Tommy Valentine with
the help of a crutch come through the curtain. Both smirk as they look around.
While the crowd boos
Sharper: “And there is one
half of this new group that has formed, the jackass and big ass connection.”
Knots: “And the emphasis on
ASS is there on both counts.”
Kandis and Tommy stands on the
stage for a moment and share a kiss, the two slowly walking down to the ring
now while Jordan Majors, Lucas Knight and Pat Evans wait in the ring, Josh
Hudson at ringside is watching like a hawk as well. The two notice Hudson and
laugh before stopping as the arena goes dark, the sounds of “Blood, Milk &
Sky” by White Zombie plays, echoing when a lone spotlight is shown where
Minerva is on the stage, kneeling and licking her lips, looking around wearing
her hat and Glasses, carrying her gypsy chain hooked to the neck of a leather
covered Konrad Raab sporting his zipper mask. The
Gypsy is wearing an intricate black jacket, carrying a black rose. She slowly
looks around with a smile on her face before crawling a little and slowly standing
on her two feet where she unzips his mouthpiece and places the rose in his
mouth.
Sharper: “And there is the
other half of the tandem, Minerva along with Konrad Raab
and… Well if a picture is worth a thousand words…”
Knots: “You get war and peace
right there. It is just… incredulous with the turnaround Raab
has had…”
The crowd boos, as she starts
to laugh, biting down on her pierced lips before looking around wide-eyed and
making her way to the ring pulling Konrad in tow. She stops and gets close to
some of the fans before backing up and licking her lips again before joining
Kandis and Tommy. All four now head towards the ring as the crowd boos more
than before. Minerva starts to laugh before she hops on the apron, hanging
upside down on the ropes for a moment as Kandis hops onto the apron and enters
the ring, attached to her hip is a chain…
Sharper: “Kandis has that
chamber chain which was cut by Giovanni Aries a while
ago, that match too also involved Peyton Rice which many say was a catalyst for
what happened a few months ago.”
Knots: “We’ll never truly know
what caused that attack, you can’t trust a word that comes out of any of these peoples mouths!”
The camera focuses on Konrad
now as he opens the ropes for Minerva as slowly gets back into the ring and
stands in the middle, looking around, Konrad on his all fours positions himself
under her legs as she straddles him, pulling out a small
whips and striking him on the buttocks, before walking to the corner and
leaning against the turnbuckle in a seated position, unhooking the chain as
Konrad kisses her feet. The team of Lucas, Jordan and Pat all look at each
other and shake their heads. Lucas can’t help but laugh before shrugging his
shoulders. Kandis, Minerva and Raab all now stand in their
corner while Lucas, Pat and Jordan stand in their corner.
Phillips: “Ladies and
Gentlemen, the following contest is scheduled for one fall and has a twenty minute time limit. Introducing first, the team of
Jordan Majors, Lucas Knight and PAT EVANS!!”
The crowd roars as Lucas and
Jordan scale corners to hype the crowd up some more. Tommy, Kandis, Konrad and
Minerva all talk amongst themselves.
Phillips: “And the team on my
right, Minerva, Kandis and Konrad Raab!”
There are a heavy chorus of
boos now as the other team laughs amongst themselves, Konrad standing in front
of Kandis and Minerva watching the other team.
Sharper: “You just have to see
those eight individuals and can tell they’re already eyeing each other up.”
Knots: “Especially Hudson and
Tommy. It’s a powderkeg alright, no DQ’s, No Count
outs, anything goes the only thing they all need to keep in the back of their
minds is pin falls MUST happen in the ring, that's it.”
Jason Phillps
exits the ring and Pat Evans talks to both Lucas and Jordan, and the two exit to the apron. Konrad is about ready to rush across the
ring but Minerva shouts at him to get his attention and points to the apron.
Immediately he exits to the apron to stand by his mistress as Kandis thanks Minerva.
Sharper: “Well here we go,
looks like Kandis wants a piece of Evans tonight after what he did to Tommy.”
Knots: “And she has that chain
in her hand now, Pat has nothing until Jordan shouts at him and throws her
baseball bat which he catches. The bell immediately sounds and the crowd roars
as Evans rushes at Kandis with the bat and swings at her, but she ducks under
the attempt and swings the chain around and connects to the back of Evans right
away. He drops the bat as he winces in pain, that grows more and more as Kandis
strikes his back again as he now drops to a knee. Kandis wastes little time and
tears off the shirt from the back Evans is wearing and whips his back once
again with the chain, the crowd “Ooohs” before booing
loudly with Evans rolling onto his back. Kandis pulls him to the center of the
ring and covers.
1.. KICK OUT BY EVANS!
Sharper: “Knight looked to get
in there to break it but there was no need.”
Knots: “Only early but I don’t
care who you are, a steel chain whipped to your back is going to hurt.”
Kandis now wraps the chain
around her hand and arm before pulling Evans up into a seated position and
striking him with the chain wrapped fist. Kandis winces a little,
but doesn’t let up as she hits him again and again, each time wincing
some more while Tommy cheers her on at ringside. Hudson slams the mat trying to
get Evans attention but has little effect as he rolls
away towards a neutral corner. Evans is sat in the corner now, Kandis unravels
the chain and now bunches it up before running towards Pat Evans looking for a
modified Gratuitous, even going as far to hold the chain to strike him with as
well. But Evans rolls out of the ring as Kandis catches nothing but turnbuckle
as she staggers out wincing as she holds her hip.
Knots: “Kandis looking to
crush his skull with that chain and hip combo, thankfully he had it scouted and
got out of dodge.”
Sharper: “He did, but he isn’t
out of dodge just yet…”
Evans checks his face at
ringside to see if he is bleeding, he is not however when he turns around he is caught by the iron pipe of Minerva’s which is
held by Konrad. The crowd boo’s as Hudson rushes
around the ring only to stop when Raab rolls Evans
back into the ring quickly afterwards before standing guard with the pipe in
hand. Kandis grimaces a little before pulling Evans away from the ropes once
again as she covers.
1…
2… NO, JORDAN BREAKS THE
COUNT!
Majors did exactly that before
Lucas enters the ring and grabs Evans and pulls him to their corner before
exiting and tagging himself in to a roar from the
crowd. Kandis back up turns around and rushes at Knight who takes her down with
a clothesline, she springs back up only to get taken down once again with
another clothesline, she gets back up once again, Lucas looking for a third but
this time Kandis ducks under it and while she does picks back up her chain.
Lucas spins around looking for a european uppercut
but Kandis this time drives the chains into his gut, doubling him over.
Knots: “Knight forgot about
those chains, Kandis didn’t and once again they come into play.”
Jordan shakes her head while
Evans is checked on by Hudson on the apron. Lucas starts to get up to his feet
but unknown to him, Konrad was tagged in and the Iced Gimp enters the fray and
rushes at Knight and catches him with a Lou Thez
press before beginning to hammer away with stiff right hands over and over.
Minerva is looking under the ring for something as Konrad now starts trying to
bite the forehead of Knight to boos from the crowd as he stomps his feet. Raab steps away and we see he has actually
caused Knight to Bleed from the bite as he holds his head. Minerva
slides a chair into the ring now which Raab picks up.
Lucas feeling his head and noticing the blood.
Sharper: “Knight bleeding
already this early into this and it's due to Raab
biting him of all things.”
Knots: “He isn’t the man we
all knew and respected since his relationship with Minerva was made public.
It’s a full one-eighty now and with that said he looks to do more damage to
Knight.”
Knight starts to get up but he drops to a knee when Konrad connects with a chair
shot to the back. Lucas cries out in pain as he tries to get away from Raab but he gets caught again with
another shot and a third for good measures. The crowd boo’s
as everyone watches, Lucas holding his lower back. Raab
drops the chair and rolls Knight onto his back and covers.
1… KICK OUT BY KNIGHT!
Lucas kicks out just after the
one, Raab looks incensed and pulls him to his feet
only to send Knight across the ring to the ropes. Lucas hits and rushes back, Raab goes for a clothesline but Knight ducks and stops
before spinning around, Raab does the same only this
time Lucas hits a European Uppercut. An Irish whip into the ropes followed and
as Raab returns Lucas pushes the Iced Gimp up into
the air and catches him with a Union Jack to a roar form the crowd. Raab rolls to his back and Knight drops to his knees and
covers.
1…
2… NO! MINERVA BREAKS THE
COUNT!
Knight cries out in pain as
Minerva drives that iron pipe into his back to break the count. Jordan and
Evans both enter and Kandis follows, Jordan rushing over and leaping into
Kandis while Evans exits the ring to go after Minvera,
the match now breaking into the eventual chaos.
Knots: “That was the straw
which broke the camel's back! Now we have ourselves a fight!!”
The crowd roars as now Hudson
rushes around and wastes little time tacking Tommy Valentine to the ground and
the two of them tee off with the other. Kandis tries to exit to help Tommy, but
Jordan pulls her back and sends her across the ring, Kandis however baseball
slides out of the ring and starts to run around to go after Hudson. Jordan
however hits the ropes and almost times it to perfection as she suicide dives through the ropes and connects with Kandis
sending her into the barricade to a roar from the crowd. Jordan back on
her feet grabs Kandis and brings her around towards the announcers table and
slams her down onto it, she tries again but only gets an elbow from Kandis. She
then grabs Jordan and hurls her into the apron as the camera switches to the
aisle where we see Minerva gouging at the eyes of Pat Evans.
Knots: “Jesus christ, Kandis taking it to Jordan by us at the announce
table. But Minerva is trying to remove the eyes of Pat Evans as well in the
aisle.”
Sharper: “Meanwhile both Lucas
Knight and Konrad Raab are still down in the ring.”
Minerva cackles almost
maniacally as she now backs up and stomps the chest of Pat Evans, she stomps
him again and again before pulling him up to his feet and rake his eyes now
kicking him with a low blow which doubles him over and she drags him across the
aisle and throws him head first into the barricade. A
few fans cheer while the majority boo loudly, Minerva soaking it all in. Back
by the announce table, Jordan is laying down after getting a Gratuitous hip
shot from Kandis. She pulls her up and manages to roll her into the ring and
looks to cover.
1…
2… KICK OUT BY JORDAN!!
Kandis slams the mat but sees
Tommy still in trouble, she shakes Raab before
exiting the ring to finally give an assist to Tommy with a running Boot to the
side of Hudson's head. Minerva goes over and assists too while Konrad now
starts to get to his knees shaking his head. Minerva and Kandis meanwhile now
reach under the ring and start to remove a table and begin to set that up while
Raab now gets to his feet. Tommy is on his feet now
while Evans begins to stir himself as does Lucas, Jordan lays on the apron
holding her head.
Knots: “This isn’t boding well
for these guys. Lucas is out of it, Evans out of it, Jordan is out of it and
Hudson is about to get triple teamed and he isn’t even officially in this
match!”
Sharper: “Minerva has other
ideas however… What is she planning now?!”
Minerva backs up a little and
reaches into her tights and removes a number of
photographs and laughs before reaching under the ring and pulling out a staple
gun. She shouts at her gimp, rolls back and slides towards her like a snake.
She puts the photos in his mouth which he bites down on and tells him to staple
them on Knight. Konrad slides back and gets to his feet with the stapler in
hand as Lucas starts to get up, immediately Konrad removes a photo and does
exactly what Minerva instructed and stapled it to his back. Knight screams in
pain as he stands up only to get another photograph stapled to his chest. The
camera zooming in and clearly we see it is one of Trinity with their kids..
Knots: “Oh god you’re got to
be kidding me, is there nothing that young woman won’t do?!”
Sharper: “I only hope she
hasn’t done anything to them.”
Knots: “I think we would have
by now if that were true.”
Knight falls back into a
corner holding his chest as Raab stands there
proudly, Jordan is getting to her feet now and has made her way back to her teams corner. Evans is back to his feet outside
as Kandis and Minerva now lift Josh Hudson up along with tommy and slam
him down through the table. Tommy stumbles back laughing but that isn’t
for long when Pat Evans grabs hold of him and hits a full nelson suplex with Tommy flying into the barricade. The crowd
roars for the veteran as he gets back to his feet and says something but is
quickly caught by both Kandis and Minerva who both lay into him back in the
aisle.
Sharper: “Just as you think
there is going to be offense, those two are like hyenas and going right on the
assault.”
Knots: “Tommy down but stirring,
Hudson down but also stirring. Knight has just noticed the photographs and
Jordan is begging for a tag.”
Knight looks at the photograph
he has pulled from his chest and back, Konrad then throws the rest one by one
at him which he looks at and each one seems to get Lucas more and more
incensed.
Lucas: “You mother fuc-”
Lucas doesn’t finish the
sentence, instead charges at Raab
and tackles him to the ground as the crowd erupts. The two men going at it with
lefts and rights. The crowd boos as both Minerva and Kandis stomp away at Pat
Evans in the aisle. Hudson and Tommy are going at it at Ringside having gotten
up to their feet. The referee is unsure what to focus on, that choice however
is made for him when Lucas and Raab lock up once
again to a continued roar from the crowd. Raab drives
a knee to the gut of Knight, doubling him over. Raab
pushes his head between his legs looking for a power bomb, but Lucas picks up
the staple gun and “CLICK” he staples the inner thigh of Raab
who cries out in pain. Raab backs up a little and
Lucas staples his thigh again to a roar from the crowd. Raab
looks at Knight incensed but before he could do anything else, Knight grabs his
mask and spins it around backwards so he can’t see and then staples it as well
multiple times!
Knots: “OH GOD! HE STAPLED THE
MASK TO RAAB!”
Sharper: “And his thighs, Lucas
going staple happy right now!”
Raabs screams haven’t gone unheard
as Minerva turns to the ring to see Knight then kicks Raab
square in the balls before falling back into his corner where Jordan tags Lucas
in and starts to scale the turnbuckle. Knight rushes back over to Raab and quickly hits the UKOD laying him up for Jordan.
Outside we see Minerva and Kandis watching as Jordan hits the Money drop onto Raab and covers. Instead of heading to the ring Minerva and
Kandis are now jumping Hudson to get Tommy before heading back to the aisle...
Sharper: “Majors with the
cover!!”
1…
2…
3!!!
The bell sounds as Knight has exited the ring to go help Evans who is beginning to
stir, Minerva, Tommy and Kandis backing up the ramp laughing as Jordan gets to
her feet and has her arm raised in the air as Warrior by Stitched Up Heart play
over the P.A System.
Phillips: “The winners of this
match, the team of Jordan Majors, Lucas Knight and PAT EVANS!!”
The crowd roars as Lucas and
Pat enter the ring along with Hudson, the latter screaming for Minerva, Kandis
and Tommy to come back to the ring.
Sharper: “Huge win tonight for
all three as momentum is key now we’re approaching the
Season of Taking Hold of the Flame.”
Knots: “It really is, and that
is telling all to itself. Raab left in the ring on
his own with Minerva, Kandis and Tommy leaving to fight another day.”
The focus is on the ring once
again as all three exit the ring and start to walk up the ramp, Lucas slapping
hands with some fans.
The scene opens
up with the sound of fans counting down, starting at the number ten.
“10!”
A shot of Damian Angel eliminating
James Exeter is shown.
“9!”
Ravyn Taylor looking at Kelcey Wallace at ringside comes up next.
“8!”
Ace Marshall is shown eliminating
Selena Frost before showing Cassidy Carter smiling with him.
“7!”
Shawn Winters striking Chad Evans
with the Kiss the Sky, causing him to go up and over the top rope and falling
to the floor follows.
“6!”
James Evans pushing Shaun Cruze off the ropes, causing him to fall off the apron to
the floor is shown next.
“5!”
David Helms celebrating in the
ring as the crowd cheers around him follows.
“4!”
CHBK is shown celebrating at the
first Taking Hold of the Flame in 2004.
“3!”
Matt Hodges throwing Xander
Valentine over the top rope to the floor plays next as Matt Hodges turns and
plays to the crowd.
“2!”
We see Jason Zero spearing Shawn
Winters off the apron, both crashing to the floor.
“1!”
We then see Shilo
Valiant slamming Hurse through a table off the apron
and falling back into the ring. The sound of a buzzer comes up next before the
Taking Hold of the Flame logo comes up on the screen.
“Taking Hold of the Flame…Sunday,
June 13, 2021, only on pay per view…
The scene fades to black.
A podium with the letters
“TSM” over the Great Seal of the United States sits at the top of the ramp,
with red, white, and blue spotlights shining down on the area. “Real American” begins
playing through the arena speakers, bringing the crowd to their feet with a
mixed reaction of cheers and loud boos.
Sharper: “Oh boy…”
Knots: “Are we about to be
graced by the presence of Ricky James?!”
Sharper: “We haven’t seen
Ricky since he took that fall after the Scaffold Scramble match at Retribution
back in March.”
Knots: “I haven’t pledged my
allegiance in over six weeks!”
The mixed reaction slowly
becomes just loud booing as Lucy Huckabee Sanders makes her way out from behind
the curtain and walks to the podium. LHS is wearing a red pantsuit, pearl
necklace, and matching red lipstick. The music fades out as Lucy takes her
place behind the podium, clears her throat, and begins to address the crowd.
LHS: “Ladies and gentlemen of
the great State of Pennsylvania, thank you for the warm welcome.”
The crowd continues to boo LHS
as she flashes a fake smile and waves to the fans.
LHS: “A lot has transpired
since your American hero Ricky James last stepped foot in an SCW ring. As you
all know, Ricky suffered major trauma during a match that should never have
been allowed to take place. Perhaps worse than the obvious physical trauma was
the mental trauma Ricky had to go through. Ricky was forced to compete against
seven other individuals on top of a structure that had less integrity than
Shady Sasha and her Communist Canadians.”
The crowd gives a mixed
reaction, seemingly cheering for Ricky’s “suffering” but continuing to boo
Lucy.
LHS: “There was certainly a
lot that we needed to address after that sham of a match. A lot of legal
issues, insurance issues, and medical issues. But tonight, the moment you have
all been waiting for has finally arrived.”
Fans begin to stand up in
anticipation as Lucy smiles.
LHS: “So without further
delay, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome back to SCW….RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUDY
POWELL!”
Sharper: “Oh come on!”
The crowd completely drowns
out the sound of “Real American” playing again with louder boos. The Silent
Majority’s sweaty attorney Rudy Powell makes his way out to the podium with a
massive grin on his face, his teeth appropriately colored black and yellow as
he greets the fans in the Steel City. Rudy is followed by an unknown man
wearing a suit. The man looks very timid as he anxiously looks around at the
crowd, which continues to relentlessly boo Rudy Powell. Rudy licks his rotting
teeth as the music dies down and the crowd continues to boo.
RP: “It’s great to finally be
back, folks!”
Sharper: “Didn’t we just see
this guy a few weeks ago? Why is he even here?”
Knots: “I’m sure he has a very
important announcement for us. He is a world-renowned attorney, you know.”
RP: “I am sure you were all
excited to see Ricky James here tonight…”
A large group of fans
surprisingly cheer at the mention of Ricky’s name.
RP: “But unfortunately that’s
not gonna happen tonight, folks.”
The crowd boos again and
begins a “YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK! YOU SUCK!” chant. Rudy just laughs.
RP: “Ricky has been at home
and will remain at home for the foreseeable future while we work through this
litigation. As Lucy said, there was a lot to unwrap after Shady Sasha displayed
the worst abuse of power this great country has seen since World War 2. We have
had success in court already with some of the legal battles. As you all know,
The Silent Majority DEFEATED Shady Sasha and she has been deported back to
Canada!”
Knots: “Ahh so that’s why
she…”
Sharper: “That is not at all
what happened.”
RP: “Yes we are finally rid of
that evil dictator. But the good news doesn’t stop there! I am also here to
introduce to you all the newest member of The Silent Majority. You see, a
couple months back we received some backlash over some comments that were made
which were totally taken out of context. Long story short, we were called out
for a “lack of diversity”.”
Rudy puts up air quotes as
Lucy rolls her eyes.
RP: “I have to tell you folks,
there is no more diverse group in the world than The Silent Majority. And to
show you how diverse we are, I would like to introduce to you all our new
diversity specialist, Mr. Carson Benson!”
Rudy turns to the timid man
behind him, who seems spooked by Rudy’s introduction. The man begins to shake
and struggles to wave to the crowd.
RP: “Mr. Benson will be
working with the media to filter out the fake news and nasty biased reporting
on The Silent Majority. He will make sure only the facts are reported. Facts, ladies and gentlemen. Facts that you will not hear in the
mainstream SCW media. Facts like Shady Sasha’s deportation. Facts like Do
Nothing D’s conspiracy to…”
The microphone is abruptly cut
off as Rudy continues to shout about conspiracies. LHS begins screaming about
fake news as security emerges from the back and quickly grabs Rudy and Carson.
Rudy screams “I KNOW MY RIGHTS!” as he struggles with the security team pushing
him to the back. Lucy continues screaming herself as she follows the group to
the back, the crowd cheering loudly.
Sharper: “Well that was….something”
“Better
Without You” plays as the Be Careful What You Wish For
Logo comes up on the screen.
Sharper:
“And speaking of something, next, what will be a war. James Evans challenges
Xander Valentine for the SCW United States Championship!”
Knots:
“Both have been called monsters, but Xander and James both have had very
different paths to this moment and James Evans wants to give Xander a hell of a
fight, tonight!”
A
recap video plays showing the history that led to James Evans challenging
Xander Valentine for the SCW United States Championship.
James
Evans vs. Xander Valentine
SCW United
States Championship
Phillips: “The following match
is scheduled for one fall… it is for the SCW United States Championship,
introducing first…”
Seether’s “Beg” blares through the arena. The camera drifts towards the
curtains, zooms in. James Evans steps through, energizing the crowd, basking
him in cheers. James steps up to the top of the ramp, but he doesn’t seem to
care about the fanfare. He seems focused. He seems determined. He jogs in
place, listening to the lyrics of his theme.
"I poke the needles under your skin
Tastes like blasphemy and treason
No, you're never getting far away"
Phillips: “Making his way to the ring, the former Supreme Champion, weighing in
tonight at 240 pounds… fighting out of New York, New York… JAMES EVANS!”
Another thunderclap of applause at the mention of his name. James starts down
the ramp. Behind him on the big screen, his highlight reel is showing with
emphasis placed on his various title wins and his finishers. James stops at the
ring, taking the ring steps before walking across the apron. He turns around,
stares up the ramp as if expecting something.
"See hope fading out of your eyes
This time the pain is going to feel unreal
I think you're gonna be some easy prey"
James flips over the ropes backwards and backpedals. He removes and tosses his
black hoodie to the referee. He is fixated on the curtains.
"Beg motherf*cker
Beg motherf*cker
Beg motherf*cker
Beg"
James puts both hands onto his knees, leaned over. The highlights end on the
screen, turning to black.
Sharper: “James Evans and Xander Valentine are going to finally clash, after
weeks of a storm brewing.”
Knots: “James Evans have targeted Xander Valentine for some reason. He has
rejected the notion that he’s still the monster that he was. He seeks to
punishment for the mad man’s sins.”
Sharper: “This is personal. The US Title might be on the line, and Xander has
had a dominant run as of late, but I’m pretty sure both men's main objective
tonight is to beat the hell out of each other.”
Phillips: “And his opponent…”
Static erupted.
The crowd turns to the entrance stage, clamoring for the arrival of the
Executioner. Spotlight chunked on, basking the stage in bright lights. The
opening chords of Metallica’s “Fade to Black” started with a crackle on the
sound system. Smoke rolls across the stage. A shadow stands behind an
illuminated curtain, by this point the crowd is already fully hyped up.
“Life it seems, will fade away
Drifting further every day
Getting lost within myself
Nothing matters no one else
I have lost the will to live
Simply nothing more to give
There is nothing more for me
Need the end to set me free”
Phillips: “Making his way to the ring… weighing in at 320 pounds, fighting out
of San Diego, California…”
The song picks up its pace, Xander bursts out from behind the curtain onto the
stage. He marches to one side of the stage then to the opposite side. He stares
out at James, his fists clenched, his eyes burning with intensity. Behind him,
Artemis emerges, wearing a bright green corset strapped in what seems to be
dozens of belts. A long black skirt flowed from underneath. She stops,
positioning herself before Xander, who has stopped at the top of the ramp. They
exchange some words.
“Things not what they used to be
Missing one inside of me
Deathly lost, this Can t be real
Cannot stand this hell I feel
Emptiness is filling me
To the point of agony
Growing darkness taking dawn
I was me, but now he 's gone”
By the time the song fades, Xander is already at the ring. He leaps up onto the
apron before climbing over the top rope. James Evans smirks. Xander thrusts the
United States Championship high into the air. Artemis detours to the
announcers’ table where she takes a seat besides the broadcast team.
Sharper: “For 196 days, Xander has held a firm grasp on the SCW United States
Championship. He has only lost once since July of last year, and that was in a
handicap match against two superstars in the form of Frozen Hell.”
Knots: “Despite his recent track record, we’ve seeing cracks form in Xander.”
Sharper: “Indeed. Something has been off ever since he inflicted that grievous
injury to Regan Street. I don’t want to toss the word ‘guilt’ around, because
I’m in the camp of people who think Xander’s a complete sociopath
but something is not sitting right.”
Knots: “And James seeks to expose that weakness in Xander. And tonight, he be
trying to capitalize on that.”
Sharper: “Absolutely. You have to.”
Phillips: “He is the defending, Supreme Championship Wrestling’s United States
Champion, the EXECUTIONER, XANDER VALENT---"
While Xander goes to hand the referee his title, James blew past the ring
announcer and immediately upends Xander with a vicious elbow strike up
underneath the jaw. Xander reels back, dropping the title onto the mat. James
doesn’t let up on his assault. He begins hammering Xander with right after
right, pushing the much bigger man up back until he is up against the ropes.
Xander finally manages a response; Xander shoves him with both hands in the
chest, sending James flying; however, James rolls up
onto his feet. Referee decides to call for the bell while both men are still
standing. James steps right up to Xander again, but this time Xander blocks
James hard right with his forearm. He drills James across the jawline with a
hook. He lands another hard right, and another. James staggers backwards. He
ducks underneath the fourth hook. Xander turns around, but it’s his turn to
absorb the heavy fisted blows. After three good solid hits, Xander stops James
by catching his fist. He tries crushing the hand, rotating it against his wrist
while moving in with a knee to the gut. An irish whip
sends James bounding across the ring, but he springs off the ropes with a
flying forearm. Xander falters. James isn’t demotivated; instead, he strikes
with a quick sidekick to Xander’s knee. Again and
again. Xander reaches in a futile attempt to catch James
leg, but each time, James hops back out of his reach. Then he springs forward
with another kick to to the knee, leaving Xander
visibly frustrated.
Sharper: “As expected, this isn’t a wrestling match, this is a brawl. There’s definitely something driving these two men to beat each
other.”
Knots: “Xander might feel like James saw right through him. Maybe he feels
exposed and is doing everything in his power to conceal the truth.”
Sharper: “But what has Xander done to attract the ugly side of James? There’s
something else going down here, underneath the surface, I just can’t put my
finger about it.”
Xander again goes to reach for James’ kick but James skirts off. James
backpedals back into the ropes and comes at Xander. Xander lowers his shoulder
at a response but James rewarded him with a wild kick right to the face. Xander
recoils back, James presses. He leaps up for a crossbody takedown but Xander
plucks him from the air. Xander bodyslams him onto
the canvas. He leans back, rubbing his sore knee, but doesn’t linger on the
pain for long as he starts stomping away on James’s chest. James catches the
fourth stomp, holds it. Xander jumps up and stomps down with both feet, three
hundred plus pounds crushing James’ chest and maybe even James
throat, as he immediately goes to protect it.
Sharper: “James brazenly tried to catch Xander’s stomp instead of avoiding it
and Xander made him pay there.”
Knots: “James is struggling to breathe, Xander might have crushed his trachea
here. Referee’s going to check on him.”
Xander stands restlessly behind the referee during this check. James pops right
up, waving the referee off to the crowd’s approval. As soon as the referee
steps out of the way, James throws himself at Xander again. This onslaught sees
Xander caught by a european uppercut. Xander grabs
James through, arms tight around the midsection but James swings wildly back
with elbows, catching Xander again and again in the face. Xander goes to lift
James up and over, but James rejects the attack, trying to snapmare
Xander over. Xander doesn’t budge, leaving James to fall onto his ass. Xander
smiles down at James but James rewards his lack of cooperation with a thumb to
the eye. Xander roars in pain as the referee issues a warning to James for the
illegal strike as if both men haven’t been using closed fists the entire
opening of the match. Xander stumbles back, giving James
space as he is trying to blink away the damage to his eye. James takes a hold
of the top rope and springboard with a dropkick tha
knocks Xander back into the nearby corner. James backpedals and runs in,
leaping and crashing down with a splash in the corner.
Knots: “James have stuck to a striking game, taking on the once prolific amatuer boxer.”
Sharper: “Olympic hopeful at one point, but James is being smart. His only
attempt to wrestle was shut down by Xander’s absolute power and immense size so
he’s reverting back what’s been working.”
Knots: “You think maybe James Evans saw what Selena Frost has done to Xander?
He’s capable of being knocked out like the rest of us.”
Sharper: “I would say so.”
James again backs up, coming charging but this time Xander gets his big boot,
colluding with James skull. He swings around, going to
attack the big man once more, but Xander rams his shoulder into James’ gut. He
lifts James up and buries him into the canvas with a spinebuster
but he doesn’t let go. He holds on with a tight bearhug, lifting him up and
shaking him like a dog ravaging its chew toy. He gives James another
spinebuster, still holding on with the bearhug, but now he’s making gravity add
to the squeeze. James shouts in pain, his face turning red, struggling to
breathe. In order to break free, James starts to drill
elbows to the back of Xander’s head.
Sharper: “Xander has stuck in his fangs into James. Refusing to let go.”
Knots: “But by doing so, he’s allowing James to hit the back of his head.”
Sharper: “Referee issuing another warning to James but
something tells me that James Evans does not respect the official’s opinion on
the matter.”
Knots: “You think?”
The elbow strikes, however, start to slow. The crowd starts to boo. Xander
lifts James again, probably with the intention for another spinebuster, but
James slides up and over Xander, flipping forward to land onto his feet behind
Xander. Xander again turns to face James, but James greets him with another european uppercut. James bails out with a front dropkick to
Xander’s targeted knee. Xander seeks the ropes to steady himself, but James is
up, strikes with a gamengiri. Xander flips over the
top rope, landing on his knee, but he’s holding his face from the strike’s
impact. He also has a hand on his hurting knee. James races across the ring and
comes back, diving through the ropes and spearing Xander. Xander and James
falls back against the guard rail
Sharper: “This is the James Evans we all know. Not taking his foot off the
pedal in this match, bringing all levels of intensity.”
Knots: “Neither man has. Neither man has happened not to look for any pin
falls. Right now, they’re obviously trying to hurt each other.”
James pulls away Xander’s arms and drills him with a hard chop across the
chest. He backs up, before going ham with a haymaker but Xander knocks the
punch off course. He rams his shoulder into James’ gut, knocking James back against the apron. Several more times he thrust
his shoulder into James, slamming him repeatedly against the apron. James
responds with a headbutt. The crowd pops for that. Xander’s dazed. James slips
out of his grasp, goes around the ring. Xander starts to pursue, but James is
back already, using the ring steps as a platform and goes flying for a
clothesline. Xander catches him however. Again, James
finds himself in a bearhug, crushing James torso with
his pincer grasp. He takes James and charges forward, ramming the back of James
head against the ring post. Meanwhile, the referee has been counting both men
out, arriving at six.
Sharper: “The brawl continues on the outside.
Xander has retaken control over the match and is trying to slow down the pace a
bit.”
Knots: “He’s trying to wear James, the opposite of James strategy, that being
going for the home run knockout.”
Sharper: “Right now, if both men want to win, they better pay mind the
referee’s count.”
When the referee reaches seven. Xamder drops James on
his feet but pulls him back in for an overhead belly-to-belly suplex on the outside. James hits the padding with a sick
thud. Xander rolls into the ring enough to break the count. He walks over to
James who is crawling away but begins to stomp down onto James lower back.
James rolls away, finding his feet quickly again. Xande
takes him by the neck and tosses him shoulder first into the ring steps. James
goes up and over on collision.
Sharper: Right now, we’re seeing shades of the Xander Valentine we all have
come to fear. And James might have finally brought out the monster from Xander,
one he didn’t believe existed.”
Knots: “Xander’s callousness is taking form. Evans is on the retreat.”
Sharper: “James is seeing for the first time the savagery that devoured his
cousin Chad a long time ago.”
Knots: “But we all know that James has a demon inside of him. He has a dark
side himself!”
Xander yanks James to his feet. He pulled James back
by the hair.
Xander Valentine: “Convinced now, son?”
James spits right into Xander’s face. Xander responds by taking James' skull
and bashing his face against the ring post. James stumbles away, trying to add
space, managing to slide into the ring to break the count once more but Xander
catches him by the leg, drags him back to the outside. He delivers a release german suplex onto James,
dropping him onto the bottom of the steel ramp with a bang.
Sharper: “Again, Xander brutalized James on the outside with a suplex. He’s turning the ringside area into the devil’s
workshop; all the features serve as the torturer’s tools.”
Knots: “Poetic, but James Evans is being defiant as ever. Yes, he’s taking an
ass kicking right now, but he has not shown a single ounce of quit. He keeps
coming back for more.”
Xander climbs up onto the apron, waiting for James to stand. Once he does,
Xander attempts to leap down with a double axhandle but James catches him with
a dropkick in the midsection. Xander lands, holding his gut. James takes
Xander’s arm and whips him shoulder first into the ring post. Xander bounces off, but keeps his footing. Xander retreats around the ring,
holding his shoulder. James slides into the ring, cuts across the ring to
intercept Xander with a suicide dive! Both men are sprawled out on the outside.
Sharper: “The tenacity of James Evans is on display right now, showing that he
has a lot more in that tank. This time he finally takes Xander down for the
first time in this contest. I doubt it will be the last.”
Knots: “Xander might be winning in points if we scored the match but James is
taking it and spitting it all back in Xander’s face.”
Sharper: “Both men have zero quit in them. And again, they seem to be more
intent of hurting each other than winning this match.”
Both men use the apron to help guide themselves. Xander greets James with a
hard right. James answers with a right of his own. They begin to trade shots in
a slugfest. Each loud fleshly thud picked up by the cameras, the crowd wooing
on every hit. James picks up the pace of his shots, Xander starts to get less
and less in. James steps underneath a right, smacks Xander face with an upwards
palm strike right to the nose. He then seizes Xander’s skull, turns, and lets
his face bounce off the ring apron. James leaves Xande
to reel backwards to enter the ring. Xander falls onto the apron, holding
his nose, but blood splatter across the white canvas of the apron.
Sharper: “James busted Xander’s nose from the looks of it.”
Knots: “The bull is seeing the color red. Watch out everyone, Xander might go
berserk. James might get his wish.”
Sharper: “No pun intended, but he needs to be careful what he wishes for. There
is no end to Xander’s depravity, you saw how he hurt Regan and many others
before her. He shorten careers.”
Xander marches up the ring steps, stops to look at James. James waves him on,
encouraging Xander to join him in the ring. The crowd explodes with cheers.
Xander climbs up over the top rope. As soon as his feet touched the mat, James
is already on him. Again and again, a furry of
lighting fast punches. Xander tries to cover up. The crowd goes wild. James
whips Xander, chases in pursuit immediately. Before Xander reaches the other
end, James dives down, clipping the back of Xander’s knee, hamstring the big
man to the ground. Xander holds onto hsi knee but
Evans doesn’t show mercy. James mounts Xander’s chest and begins to drill punch
after punch into Xander’s head. Xander manages to cover up again. James lets
him, rolling to the legs instead. He steps through, starts trying to turn
Xander over. The crowd is again loud, cheering on James. James succeeds in
getting the sharpshooter locked in, and Xander’s trapped in the middle of the
ring!
James Evans: “Tap you, bastard! Tap!”
Sharper: “James Evans has Xander locked in the sharpshooter. Xander’s go no
outlets, the ropes are far away. His already damaged knee is being contorted.
The pain must be immense!”
Knots: “He’s trying to hold it together, but you know he has
to feel the ligaments in his knee being pulled apart. Evans is
humanizing the monster right here and right now. He might be the one to shatter
that perception right here and right now if Xander indeed taps out.”
Sharper: “Only twice has Xander ever submitted, the honor belonging to first
CHBK and then Ravyn Taylor. James Evans looks to
become the third!”
Xander digs his elbows into the canvas. He tucks his head, trying to conceal
the agony on his face. James leans back, trying to add to the pressure, trying
to twist that swollen knee while he is at it. The referee slides in front of
Xander, asking if he gives.
Sharper: “James Evans has that hold locked up tight as Fort Knots. Xander is
grounded. He isn’t moving!”
Knots: “Has he passed out from the pain? He’s not moving at all---”
Sharper: “No, the beast stirs! And lok, he’s fighting
to the ropes, inch by bloody inch.”
Knots: “The amount of energy being sapped for having not just to drag his own
bodyweight but that of James. That is sucking the soul right out of Xander but he knows if he gets to the bottom rope, he’ll
find respite.”
Xander crawls closer to the ropes. He reaches out but it’s right out of reach.
He drags himself even closer and finally, his hand grabs a hold of the bottom
rope. The referee calls for the break, but James keeps it locked in until the
referee begins to count. Finally, he lets go before getting disqualified.
Before Xander can issue a sigh of relief, James is there, stomping down on that
right knee. The referee intervenes, putting himself in between the two men.
James yells at the referee who immediately realizes he’s in danger.
Sharper: “James Evans is talking a thin line here. He’s intimidating the
official. He’s ignoring rope breaks and directives. The referee has every
reason to dq him!”
Knots: “Yeah, but do you want to be the guy to tell Jame’s
to stop? To tell him ‘no’? Not when he is homed in on making Xander his
punching bag.”
Sharper: “You must be reading the referee’s mind! He’s not wanting any of
that!”
Xander uses the ropes to drag himself to his feet. You can tell that he’s
absolutely gassed, breathing heavily and favoring that
right knee. Blood still drips from his nose, speckling the canvas. James comes
running at him again, this time going for a leg lariat but Xander ducks,
yanking down the top rope and letting James crash and burn to the outside!
Sharper: “Costly mistake by James! One minute he had Xander in his sights and
the next he’s trying to fly!”
Knots: “Did you see the height on that jump!”
Sharper: “I’m sure James wished Xander wasn’t so tall.”
Knots: “The referee is now checking on James to see if he’s okay.”
Xander moved over to the corner, leaning on the turnbuckle, trying to snort
blood out from his nostrils. The referee checks James who is squirming on the
outside in pain. Xander turns, falling back against the corner, leaning
backwards, holding his nose up and eying the downed James.
Xander Valentine: ”Count his ass out!”
Sharper: “Xander is demanding the referee to enforce the count out.”
Knots: “I think he has had enough of James Evans for one night!”
Sharper: “Look at him, do you blame him? James Evans basically taken a big bite
out of him!”
The official starts for the ring but Evans grabs a
handful of the Referee’s pants. The referee tells Evans to let go but Evans
doesn’t. He uses the referee to get to his feet. Xander goes to the center of
the ring, furious now as James crawls in. Xander doesn’t show James any
quarter, immediately moving to stomp down on him. He does it, again and again,
until the referee has to pull him off. James rolls
over. He punches the canvas a few time before sitting
up. He waves Xander on! The crowd goes crazy again!
Sharper: “James Evans definitely has a death wish!”
Knots: “He’s calling for more!”
Sharper: “Who is Xander to refuse?”
Xander runs forward, booting James right into the
chest to whack James down. James rolls onto his hands and knees. Xander reaches
down, deadlifts James for a german suplex but during delivery, Xander’s knee buckles and James
is dropped unceremoniously on his head. Xander falls back into the corner,trying to kick the pain out
of his injured knee. James is rolling around, holding his head and neck in pain
from the drop!
Sharper: “Xander’s knee is giving way. Don’t forget that a
injury tothe same knee ended his first SCW World
Title run!”
Knots: “James Evans definitely has done his homework!”
Sharper: “Both men are beaten and battered. They’re both hurt. It’s a war of
attrition; now we’re left to see which man drags their broken body across the
finish line!”
Knots: “If James can recover quickly here, he might have an opening to flip and
retake the control of this match.”
James finds the ropes. Xander’s still in the corner, nursing the knee, trying
anything to shake off the pain, to get it working properly again. James charges
headlong towards him in the corner, but Xander amazingly dodges the attack.
James hits hard againsts the corner, bounces back and
Xander goes to lock in the Fade to Black. James reaches his legs around the
middle rope. Referee calls for the rope break, Xander drops him on the back of
his head with a hanging reverse DDT.
Sharper: “Evans being quick to get the rope break but Xander might have been
quicker with that DDT, making him pay for such a cop out to the Fade to Black!”
Knots: “People do not simply escape from the Fade to Black.”
Sharper: “Well, James just did!”
Xander stares down at James, grasps his neck. He lifts him up, but he winces,
getting James to his feet. He goes for chokeslam but
James immediately resumes his attack, peppering Xander with rights and lefts.
Xander has no choice but to choke toss him across the ring. James rolls up onto
his feet, hounding after Xander again. Xander leaps to blast James with a
yakuza kick but falls down to one knee immediately. He
holds onto that knee.
Sharper: “No matter what Xander Valentine has thrown at James Evans, James keeps on coming! Xander might be on borrowed
time here, that knee isn’t getting any better and it’s obviously bothering him.”
Knots: “Every time Xander knocks down James, he gets back up. And James is
still showing speed, still showing energy. Cardio is a key here and I think
James’s stamina might save him here.”
James Evans is face first down on the mat. He starts slamming his fist onto the
canvas. The crowd begins to stomp in unison. James stands, energized by the
crowd. But before James could do anything Xander tackles him into the corner.
He begins to drive fist and fister into James’ face.
James ducks under one, flipping positions. Now he’s unloading a barrage of
fists onto Xander in the corner. Xander tries to cover up but his arms seems too heavy. James slips wild hooks past the guard.
Xander manages to knock aside both James’ arms and
delivers a receipt on the headbutt earlier. James tries to respond, but Xander
catches the next punch, which was sloppy. He backs up the turnbuckle,
shepherding James up onto the second rope.
Sharper: “Xander is on the top rope! James is on the second! Xander’s looking
for the Martial Bane to finish this!”
Knots: “That would be it!”
Xander begins to lift but James thrusts his hand right into Xander’s throat.
Xander chokes on the air he breathes. James punches him right square in the
busted nose again. He stands up, moving to the side, looking to do something
but Xander halts James with another headbut. He
clinches James' head, drills in more punches to the forehead. He stands up
fully, under hooking both arms, looking down at the floor below.
Sharper: “This is it! Xander is in the same spot as before with Regan. He has
the same decision to make! A Martial Bane to the outside won’t just end this match, but could end James Evans’ career!”
Knots: “James Evans is about to meet the same monster that put Regan Street up
on the shelf.”
Sharper: “But Xander is hesitating!”
Knots: “James is right all along! Xander is a lesser man now! He’s not himself
anymore! He’s a shell of himself even! The old asshole
Xander would never second guess this decision!”
Artemis hops up onto the apron and grabs Xander’s thigh. She squeezes it. He
looks down at her. She says something lost in the buzzing of the crowd. He
looks down at James Evans.
James Evans: “Do it! Do it!”
Xander undoes his arms and lifts James Head up by the hair to look into his
face.
Sharper: “Artemis agreeing with Xander that is a line that should never be
crossed again!”
Knots: “He’s no longer a monster, Adam! He’s a man, and
look at James. Look at the defiance on his face.! He doesn’t want any mercy!”
James spits in Xander’s face for the second time.
James Evans: “Coward!”
James ducks underneath Xander’s attempt at retaliation. James lifts Xander up
onto his shoulders for a fireman’s carry, yelling as he struggles underneath
the weight of the giant man. He stands up fully now.
Sharper: “Don’t do it, James!”
James Evans dumps Xander off to the side. Xander falls head
first to the floor, hitting with a sick thud drowned out by the ringside
screams. A ‘Holy Shit” Chant begins to erupt! Artemis is immediately on Xander,
wailing in despair.
Sharper: “OH MY GOD!”
Knots: “BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR!”
Sharper: “Xander fell all that way, all of his weight coming down to crush his
skull. This is over.”
Knots: “Did James kill him?”
The referee darts out of the ring. He immediately waved people down from the
back. Xander’s stirring. Panicked, the referee tries to revive him but Xander
reaches up and shoves him away. Xander rolls onto his hands and knees. Slowly,
he goes to stand. By this point, James has bailed from the ring to the outside.
James gets ready to continue his assault, Xander stands up but not a second
pass before he’s taking three steps to the side, falling onto the guard rail.
Sharper: “Xander trying to find his feet, but I think James Evans has concussed
Xander!”
Knots: “The referee needs to call the match! Xander can’t fight like that!”
Sharper: “James Evans is telling the referee to let them continue, but the
referee is obviously concerned with safety here. That type of head trauma is
something we are much more aware about. CTE and everything, it’s no joke.”
Knots: “This match is over!”
The referee moves in to inspect Xander further, seeming slightly unsure. Xander
pushes him away again, trying to step forward, but immediately he’s again
stumbling, almost drunkenly off to the side, catching himself by the ring
steps. James slips past the referee, following Xander. He catches up and rolls
Xander into the ring. The referee is waving his arms. James rejoins Xander in
the ring, watching him crawl.
Sharper: “The referee hasn’t cleared Xander to continue yet
and James is not having any of that.”
Knots: “Blood’s in the water! James Evans has gone ballistic!”
Sharper: “This match is over! Call the bell, ref!”
James watches Xander again try to stand on his own volition but he falls right
back down. James reaches down to the sitting Xander and patted him on the head.
He turns to look like he’s going away but instead, he goes right back to
Xander, lifting him up onto his shoulders again, Xander now facing the bright
lights above!
Sharper: “Stop, James! Stop! It’s over! You destroyed him!”
The referee slides in and grabs onto Xander’s leg. With the other arm, he
signals for the bell. James turns to stare down the referee. By this time, Dean
Black and Dillusion are already in the ring and
together they pulled Xander off James Evans’ shoulder. The bell rings in a
completely stunned arena.
Sharper: “The referee not having any of this! He’s putting an end and he
doesn’t care what James will do to him! He’ finally remembered he has a sacred
duty to end the match!”
Knots: “He got support from Dean Black and Dillusion.
They know this needed to end now.”
Xander tries to push past the road agents that are holding him up, but that
only ends up with him falling into the ropes, then down to a seated position in
the corner. The camera zooms in on Xander’s battered, swollen face, where his
eyes are glossed over. James Evans is having a very heated argument with Dean
Black and Dillusion. Beard and Chris Lawler joins
them in order to keep the peace. Members of the
medical staff converge on Xander.
Phillips: “Ladies and gentlemen, the referee has ordered a stoppage to this
contest, having determined Xander Valentine has been rendered incapable to
continue… therefore, the winner of the match, and the NEW SCW United States
Champion…. JAMES EVANS!”
There is a crackle of cheers, but most of the crowd remains stunned. The replay
is now showing on the screen, another collective cry echoed out from the fans
and announcers alike when they got a better angle of the drop. James pacing, trying to get past the road agents while the
medical crew and Artemis tend to Xander.
Sharper: “James Evans and Xander Valentine had an absolute slugfest, back and
forth for almost twenty five minutes… and it came down
to James Evans’ grit, determination, and his willingness to go further than
Xander Valentine was willing to go.”
Knots: “I don’t know if that’s something we should be celebrating, but in the
same breath, we’re three months removed from Xander doing the SAME exact thing
to Regan Street! Sorry, I don’t feel that bad for the man. Karma’s a bitch!”
Sharper: “I know your personal feelings, Jon. But compassion is what separates
us from bad men like Xander Valentine.”
Knots: “Well, James Evans has proved he’s one bad bad
man.”
The
scene fades to black.
We see the sun shining before
showing a shot of palm trees, people gathered on a beach, and shots of Syren walking down the street with Ravyn
Taylor. This is followed by a shot of Kelcey Wallace
talking with Owen Cruze and Peyton Rice. Regan Street
can be seen walking along the pier with David Helms. Sienna Swann is seen
standing on a balcony with Chris Cannon walking out and wrapping his arms
around her waist. We see overhead shots of the Los Angeles skyline before
cutting to shots of the Hollywood sign and then Kandis driving down the street
in a convertible with Tommy Valentine smirking. We cut to see a
behind-the-scenes shot of a boom camera rising up and
showing a shot of Shaun Cruze talking to Kennedy Street.
Dylan Howell then then shown running on set and waving as the camera angle
changes to the boom camera as the scene starts to pull away before zooming out
and showing the Rise to Greatness XVIII logo.
“Los Angeles, California
Rise to Greatness XVIII, July 25,
2021”
David
Helms vs. Owen Cruze
The arena's lights cut and the room falls into complete darkness as a buzz
spreads through the crowd, the screens suddenly lighting up with one single
solitary word...
"BANG!"
As the crowd react, the entire stage lights up with a brilliant white light and
the opening riff of an SCW remixed version of "All I Want" by A Day
To Remember hits the pa system. The crowd erupt into cheers again as they spot
the silhouette of David Helms standing there, his arms held aloft and his hands
throwing the Self High Five, all framed by the brilliant white light behind
him.
“ALL I WANT IS A PLACE TO CALL MY OWN
TO MEND THE HEARTS OF EVERYONE WHO FEELS ALONE
WOAH; YOU KNOW TO KEEP YOUR HOPES UP HIGH
BUT YOU HEAD DOWN LOW!”
The intro gives way to the chorus and the lyrics of said chorus flash up on the
screen as Helms suddenly jumps into the air and breaks his hands apart,
pyrotechnics exploding on either side of the stage as he lands and the house
lights raise again as the curtains part and Jason Helms walks out onto the
stage to join David there. Dave grins at the fans, soaking up the cheers before
suddenly bolting towards the ring, leaving Jason to head down after him.
Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall
and has a thirty minute time limit. First, making his
way to the ring, accompanied by Jason Helms, from Red Bank, New Jersey but now
fighting out of the Hollywood Hills; he is David Helms!”
Reaching the ring, Helms jumps up and slides under the bottom rope feet first
before jumping straight back to his feet and climbing straight to the middle
rope of the nearest ring post. He throws his hands up into the Self High Five
to another cheer before hopping down and walking towards the closest camera on
the outside. He throws his hands into the Self High Five to the camera so that
his face is framed by the gap in the middle of his hands. Grinning, he mouths
the word "Bang!" into the camera before turning and settling back
into the corner to another cheer from the fans as Jason stands on the outside,
talking to him through the ropes as Helms waits for the start of the match.
Sharper: “A rematch gamed by
Owen Cruze after he attacked his brother, faced David
Helms, took a disqualification loss, and now here we are.”
Knots: “Bigger stage. Bigger
stakes. And Owen knows all of that. He wants what he believes is his. He had
it, but now a new attitude, filled with excuses!”
The opening to 'My Stress' by
NF hits over the PA, and in the main a negative reaction spills out from the
crowd.
'Yeah (oh), Some days, I just wanna leave the
negativity in my head
I just want relief from my stress
I just want relief from my stress (oh)
Some days, I don't wanna see or
Have a bunch of people to impress
I just want relief from my stress
Yeah, I just want relief from my stress (oh)'
As explosions rock the rampway from the very top, making their way down the
side of the ramp, Owen Cruze then steps out onto the
rampway, wearing a long trenchcoat, the collar up and
his head lowered. Owen lifts his head, a huge grin now on his face and he turns
to the nearest camera and screams at it "THIS IS MY WONDERLAND",
before beginning his walk to the ring, avoiding any fan reaching out to touch
him
Phillips: “His opponent, from
Los Angeles, California, he is Owen Cruze!”
The chorus kicks back in as he walks up the step and onto the ring apron,
spinning around whilst holding the ropes, leaning back against them. Owen takes
his coat off and throws it to ringside and then runs up the turnbuckle and sits
himself down on the corner, before leaping forwards into a roll and then back
up to his feet in the center of the ring showing his agility. Owen stands in
the middle of the ring with his arms outstretched his eyes closed, as the boos
and jeers intesify, Cruze
just taking them all in every single sound digested. The song fades as he turns
to look at his opponent, David, who stands in the corner, looking at him
unimpressed.
Sharper: “The SCW crowd not a
fan of Owen’s new attitude in the slightest.”
Knots: “I don’t blame them. I
hate whiners too!”
The crowd looks on as David
steps up and Owen turns and smirks at him as the bell sounds. Owen then looks
around before going to slap David, but David blocks it and forearms Owen in the
jaw. He nails him again and then a third time as the crowd roars. David pushes
Owen into the ropes and then fires him across. Owen bounces off and David goes
for a back elbow. Owen ducks and bounces off the other side and David jumps up
and takes him down with a Lou Thesz Press. The crowd
roars and David hammers away on Owen. Owen covers up as David gets repeated
strong shots to the jaw. David gets up and walks around. Owen holds his jaw,
rolling over in pain. He starts to get up and David runs over and nails him
with a clothesline, knocking Owen up and over the top rope to the floor.
Sharper: “Helms all over Cruze. Owen Cruze was going to
punk him out.”
Knots: “Yeah and Helms said
screw you first!”
Sharper: “Cruze
sent to the floor. Helms right after him!”
Helms drops down and grabs
Owen. He nails him with a hard right.(1) Owen staggers
off. He falls to the steel steps. Helms follows up and nails him again,
clubbing him in the back.(2) Owen spins down the steps
and crawls to the timekeeper’s table. Helms follows and Owen grabs the hammer
for the ring bell. He turns and swings, but Helms blocks it.(3)
Sharper: “Owen was going to
use the ringbell hammer!”
Knots: “Of course. And he’d
blame the hammer for ending up in his hand when he swung!”
Helms then knees Cruze in the ribs.(4) Cruze drops the hammer and Helms turns and drives Owen face
first into the announce table.(5) Cruze spins around.
Helms heads over and grabs him again and drives him down again.(6)
Owen pops up and staggers over to the Spanish announce table. Helms grabs him
by the head again and drives him into the table again.(7)
The crowd ohs. Owen falls over. Helms then stomps him in the ribs and then
again. (8) He then turns and rolls into the ring and then back out. Owen gets
up and reaches up to rake the eyes, but Helms kicks him in the ribs.(1) He then hoists him up for a front suplex, dropping him chest first on the Spanish announce
table. The crowd ohs. (2)
Sharper: “Helms is kicking Cruze’s ass here in front of us!”
Knots: “We’re getting a front
row seat, literally!”
Helms looks around before the
crowd starts to boo and we cut to the opposite side of the ring to see Giovanni
Aries standing over Jason Helms. Jason is holding his knee as Giovanni rolls
into the ring. Michael Constantine turns to him and Giovanni kicks him in the
ribs and quickly hits the Bad Trip.
Sharper: “Giovanni! No! First
Jason Helms! Going to his knee! Then Constantine! The ref!”
The crowd ohs and Giovanni
sits up before looking right at David Helms. David turns and heads to the ring.
He stops at the apron as Giovanni just cackles before rubbing his hand.
Giovanni: “Welcome to the
Wonderland, Dave! Family or not…there are no prisoners!”
David then turns around and
Owen gets up on the announce table and David walks right into a running soccer
kick to the face. David hits the mats hard. Owen then looks around, standing on
the announce table. Giovanni just smiles as Owen then looks at David Helms. He
then jumps up and hits a standing shooting star press off the table onto David
Helms. The crowd ohs.
Sharper: “Owen Cruze with an amazing move…but Giovanni…Giovanni
eliminating the referee.”
Knots: “Now Owen can do it his
way I guess! I don’t know! He said this was his
Wonderland!”
Sharper: “And what’s this
about family that Gio was spewing?”
Owen gets up, holding his ribs
and looks up at Giovanni. Giovanni just keeps his eyes locked on Owen before
Owen grabs David Helms and pulls him up. David, holding his ribs, gets up and
Owen runs him over and throws him hard chest first into the barricade. David
staggers back and Owen looks at him and nails him with a hard right before
jumping up and hurricanraning him into the barricade.
Helms goes back first and crashes to a heap on the mats.
Sharper: “Owen throwing Helms
into the barricade.”
Knots: “With that whiplash,
that padding doesn’t do a whole lot.”
Sharper: “And now what is Owen
thinking? He can practically do what he wants now.”
Owen grabs him and pulls him
up and then spins him around and throws him up and over the barricade and into
the crowd. The crowd roars while some boo. Cruze then
smirks as he steps up and onto the barricade before diving forward and driving
a double axe handle smash into the back of David. David falls forward to his
knees. Owen then walks over and grabs David.
Owen: “These are the fans
you’re a slave to. Let’s say hi!”
Owen drags David through the
crowd by the head and spins him around and nails him with a hard right. He then
looks around before grabbing the hat off one young fan’s hand and driving the
bill of the hat into the throat of David. David stumbles back, coughing. Owen
tosses the hat at the kid’s feet as the crowd boos.
Sharper: “Come on. Even
taunting out young fans. They used to look up to Owen.”
Knots: “Don’t worry kid. You
still can. Blame gravity!”
Sharper: “Owen just dragging David
through the crowd. Giovanni Aries just watching.”
Knots: “I still don’t get that
relationship. Clearly it’s one of convenience and coincidence.”
Sharper: “Owen saying Giovanni
Aries helped open his eyes. He doesn’t buy into everything,
but does buy into how SCW works.”
Knots: “That happens when you
listen to your drug-addled roommate in college.”
Owen walks over and stomps
David in the face. David rolls over as a “David!” chant begins. Giovanni Aries
stands in the ring watching before we see a couple of officials heading to the
ring, one check on Jason as another goes to enter the ring. Giovanni runs over
and kicks at the ropes. He then backs up as we cut to the crowd to see Owen Cruze running David into the stanchion. David falls down. Owen then starts to choke him with his boot.
David struggles a bit before Owen steps off. He then looks around, playing to
the crowd, taunting them. The crowd boos some more. Owen smirks before turning
and grabbing David. He pulls him up and scoops him up and slams him on the
concrete.
Sharper: “Owen just enjoying
this. David in a lot of pain.”
Knots: “And Owen is making
sure to take advantage of this. While Giovanni Aries is preventing officials
from doing much of anything!”
David grimaces and rolls over.
Owen then mounts him and hammers away on him with a couple of hard shots. The
crowd boos some more. Owen then gets up and gets in one fan’s face before
turning around. He grabs David.
Owen: “Come on! Let’s go
farther!”
Owen drags David up as back in
the ring, Giovanni stands over Constantine as Jason Helms is helped up,
wincing. He turns to head to the ring, but officials stop him. Giovanni poses
as the crowd boos some more. Back in the crowd, Owen drags David up now some of
the concrete stairs, heading further into the crowd. The crowd cheers around
them as Owen then nails him in the ribs with a shot and then running him ribs
first into the back of one set of seats. David winces and sits down in the
chair. Security gets fans back as Owen then kicks David over and over and over
in the chair. The crowd boos. Owen then grabs David and drags him up and pulls
him up the stairs before David nails him in the ribs with a shot. The crowd roars.
David nails Owen again and then again before Owen kicks him in the ribs. He
then pulls him in by the head, but David fights and then nails him again before
lifting him up and vertical suplexing him into the
seats. Owen grimaces in pain and falls to the ground. The crowd ohs and David
grimaces too, leaning against the seats.
Sharper: “David Helms
countering and Owen Cruze landing awkwardly.”
Knots: “Not to mention all of
the garbage! Guess Cruze can find out what the fans
think of him now!”
David winces a bit as he then
turns and walks over and grabs Owen by the head and hair and drags him up. He
then pulls him over to the steps and looks at him before nailing him with a
hard right hand and Owen falls back and down the steps, rolling down the steps
and all the way to the bottom. The crowd cheers as David looks around. Owen
rolls over to his back on the concrete floor. David heads down as we see Jason
Helms being helped to the back. David sees this and starts to walk down to Owen
and angrily stomps him in the head. Owen rolls over. David then stomps him
again and again and again. David then grabs Owen.
David: “Oh no…I don’t care if
you’re with him. Time for you to be accountable for this shit!”
David pulls him up and drags
him over. Owen stops and David clubs him in the back over and over. He then
pulls him up and goes to whip him into the barricade, but Owen spins through
and sends David in. David winces. Owen then runs at him and jumps up and hits a
crossbody up and over. Cruze rolls over in pain.
Giovanni glances and sees this before we see Cain Adams and Alice Ames walking
out from the back. A few officials are with them, trying to stop him. Adams and
Ames have Kimberly Williams held tightly. She tries to fight as they have her, and
her Lizard Championship, and are dragging her to the ring. Giovanni extends his
arms.
Sharper: “Now this becomes a
bit clearer! David Helms would be busy with Owen. I think they hoped that would
go better. But Aries was going to take care of other business!”
Knots: “And look out! Kim with
claw and scratch!”
Sharper: “She called out
Giovanni on Breakdown. He’s waiting now on his terms!”
Cain and Alice keep trying to
get her to the ring before Cain just lifts her up and slams her down into the
concrete. Kim rolls over, grimacing in pain. Cain then grabs her and pulls her
up, with Alice helping and then manhandle her up onto Cain’s shoulder before
they head to the ring. Cain then shoves her into the ring. Kim rolls over as
the crowd boos. Alice then grabs the Lizard Championship that fell when Cain
slammed her and throws it into the ring. She then skips over to the ring. And
they both enter. Giovanni walks over to Kim and looks at her as Kim struggles.
Giovanni grabs her and says something to her. As he does, Kim just spits in his
face. Giovanni turns back and chuckles.
Giovanni: “Just like the
Lizard King does every day!”
Giovanni then throws a hard
right at Kim. Kim falls back. Owen starts to get up with David and grabs him
and runs him face first into the Spanish announce table. He then rears it up
and slams him down again before we see Jessica Lasiewicz
running out from the back with Wasley. The crowd
roars as she runs down to the ring. Alice and Cain drop down to the floor as
Giovanni stomps at Kim a couple of times before turning back to the Lizard
Title. Owen drives David back into the table. David staggers back. Owen then
jumps to the table and moonsaults back, but David
catches him and powerslams him into the mats. The crowd roars. Back in the
entrance way, Jessica uses Wasley to nail Cain in the
ribs and then catch Alice in the chest. They go down.
Sharper: “Jessica Lasiewicz with Wasley! Down goes
Cain! Down goes Alice!”
Knots: “And splat went Owen!
He went high risk and David saw it coming!”
Giovanni grabs the Lizard
Title and pulls it up and Kim struggles before Jessica rolls in
but she gets up only for Giovanni to kick her in the ribs and nails her in the
back with the title. Giovanni then turns and looks at Wasley
before shaking his head. He then punts Wasley,
causing Wasley to go up and over the top rope to the
floor. Kim lunges, but falls to the mat. Giovanni then turns to her, but David
Helms rolls into the ring and gets up and runs at Giovanni and nails him with a
running dropkick. Giovanni falls back and up and over the top rope to the
floor. The crowd erupts in cheers!
Sharper: “David Helms coming
to aid Wasley!”
Knots: “You just said that!”
Sharper: “Well could be a
stuffed penguin! And Giovanni Aries sent to the floor!”
Giovanni starts to get up with
Cain and Alice recovering. Jessica staggers up to her feet. David helps Kim up
and Kim looks at David and then David nods at Wasley
as Kim turns, looking at Giovanni with a glare. Jessica stumbles over to the
other side of Kim. They then all look at each other before all run across the
ring, bouncing off and Kim hits a dive through the ropes on Giovanni, David
hits a flip dive over the top rope onto Cain and Jessica Lasiewicz
hits a corkscrew plancha onto Alice Ames. The crowd
erupts in cheers.
Sharper: “Helms and Vengeance!
A team that does work. And they just took down the Wonderland!”
Knots: “Vengeance aptly named and they got them good!”
The crowd cheers as David
stirs. Kim and Jessica stir too as Cain, Giovanni and Alice remain down. Owen Cruze staggers to the apron. David, Jessica
and Kim slowly get up and Owen then enters the ring and runs across to the
opposite corner before climbing up. He then turns his back to them before
diving back with a 630 moonsault off the top rope
onto Kim, Jessica and David, landing also on the
downed bodies of the Wonderland. The crowd ohs and roars as Owen rolls over
toward the steps, holding his ribs.
Sharper: “Owen Cruze! My God!”
Knots: “Didn’t care about the
Wonderland! But had to get his shot! And he got it!”
Sharper: “Taking down all
three! I don’t believe it! A 630 Moonsault!”
Owen remains down for a moment
as David, Jessica, Kim, Giovanni, Cain and Alice are
down. Officials now come down, trying to regain order as Owen slowly rolls away
from them. The crowd chants “Holy Shit!” as Owen uses the steel steps to pull
himself up. He winces a bit and then grabs David and pulls him up and rolls him
back into the ring. Owen slides in after. Owen starts to get up as Constantine
remains down as officials start to try and get some semblance of order.
Hollinsworth heads over to check on his fallen compatriot as Giovanni rolls
over Jessica and Kim stir too. Back in the ring, Owen stomps David in the back of
the head and then again before walking over and going to Hollinsworth and
grabbing him. He turns back and David manages to get up and nails Owen with a
shot. Owen staggers over to the ropes. David starts to get up again and Owen
steps up and David nails him again. Owen falls to the ropes. David then gets up,
wincing and staggers to Owen and grabs him.
Sharper: “Owen wants to end
this, but David Helms fighting back!”
Knots: “He’s not going to stop
kid!”
He pulls him in and hoists him
up for a powerbomb, but Owen kicks his legs and lands behind him. He then kicks
David in the back of the head. David falls over and Owen runs into the ropes,
jumping to the middle rope and diving back with the Clarity to the back of
David’s head. The crowd ohs. Giovanni is pulled away and looks over, smiling
before Kim gets a shot in on Giovanni. The crowd roars. Owen goes for the pin.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd boos as Owen rolls
off. He then turns and smiles and closes his eyes, almost enjoying the moment.
The bell sounds and his music plays.
Phillips: “Here is your
winner, via pinfall, Owen Cruze!”
Sharper: “Owen Cruze pins David Helms after Clarity!”
Knots: “Giovanni liked it and
then got a shot from Kim for his trouble. That chaos is going on, but the story
right now is in the ring. Owen Cruze just got his win
over David Helms.”
Sharper: “I’m sure exactly
what Owen wanted!”
Owen Cruze
then gets up as Hollinsworth goes to raise his arm. Owen pulls away and turns
to the entrance way where the Wonderland is being taken to the back. Vengeance is
also being set to the back. Owen turns his back to the five as he turns to the
crowd and plays to them, only waving his arms to get more boos. The crowd boos
as if on command as David Helms stirs and the scene cuts away.
Backstage, Jaina
Lancaster stands with Minerva, Kandis, Konrad Raab
and Tommy Valentine.
Jaina: “Jaina
Lancaster here and I’m with Minerva, Kandis, Konrad Raab
and Tommy Valentine and not the result you wanted earlier-“
Minerva stops her.
Minerva: “Just a result that
puts a smile on their face but only serves to show we’re
just getting started. They humiliated Konrad. Lucas will live to regret it. But
people have to remember one thing….Kandis…why did we
go after Peyton Rice?”
Kandis: “To get the notoriety
WE deserve.”
Minerva: “Exactly. And now…it’s
time to be more serious about other things. The fun is over. And Tommy…this is
where you’re going to be much more important than you’ve been as of late. You
and I are going to spend a lot of time together.”
Jaina: “What does that mean?”
Minerva turns to Jaina and smiles. She then heads off with Tommy as Kandis
smiles. Konrad follows Minerva.
The scene then cuts away again
to show Chris Cannon watching the monitor. He turns and heads off, in his
wrestling gear, clearly upset.
Sharper: “Chris Cannon watching.
He’s been focusing elsewhere while others fight a fight
I’m sure he wants to be more on. But that involves Asher Hayes, half of the
team that cost him the World Title at Retribution. And they face next…let’s take a look at how we got here!”
A recap video plays showing the
Retribution match between Suited & Booted vs. A/C Unit and Chris Cannon’s
and Asher Hayes’ budding rivalry.
Chris
Cannon vs. Asher Hayes
SCW World Championship?
The big screen above the
entrance springs into life as the lights darken, the only image we see is that
of a glistening perfect world logo. We then hear a woman’s voice over the
P. A System next as she addresses the arena.
“Ladies and Gentleman, Introducing...”
.CHRIS CANNON.
The opening guitar to “Prometheus” by Audio Machine hit’s over the P.A system
next with an explosion of sound. There’s a sudden pause and then a spotlight
shines down onto the stage where we see Chris Cannon, he stands proudly on the
stage with an aura of confidence about him.
Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall
and has a sixty minute time limit. First, on his way
to the ring, hailing from London, England by way of Hermosa Beach, California,
he is Chris Cannon!”
The crowd cheers for the British superstar as he begins to walk down towards
the ring with a confident stride in his step. Cannon stops and turns to look at
one fan that is extending a hand which he slaps as he slowly heads to the ring.
Once at the bottom of the ramp Cannon then slides into the ring and then climbs
the nearest turnbuckle and then raises his arm above his head holding a fist.
He then drops down and looks around before the music fades out.
Sharper: “Chris Cannon is
about to face Asher Hayes. Title not on the line-“
Knots: “Officially.”
Sharper: “Not this again.”
Knots: “Asher Hayes thinks
he’s co-World Champion.”
Sharper: “Cid Turner is the
World Champion and this match is more about revenge.
Chris Cannon getting screwed out of his title and thanks to circumstance
needing to wait.”
The arena lights dim down, as
the opening riffs of "Smooth Sailing" by Queens of the Stone Age echo
throughout the arena. At the 26 second mark, the name "Asher
Hayes" blares through the sound system. As the arena lights return to
normal, Asher appears on the stage, wearing a long leather jacket and
sunglasses. Asher also holds up his World Championship, same deeper golden
tinge that it had backstage, as Holly Adams walks out with him, pointing to
him. Asher Hayes clutches his title as he looks around the arena.
Phillips: “His opponent,
accompanied by Holly Adams, he is the alleged co-World Champion of SCW, from
Chicago, Illinois, he is Asher Hayes!”
“It's all in motion, no stoppin' it now
I got nothing to lose and only one way up
I'm burning bridges, I destroy the mirage
All visions of collisions, fucking bon voyage..."
He makes his way down the ramp as the reaction of the crowd rain down
upon him. He walks up the ring steps and climbs to the top turnbuckle, lifting
both fists into the air, including his World Champion in one hand, slinging the
jacket off his shoulders, simply looking at the crowd before dropping down
and running to the opposite side. Holly Adams hops onto the apron, seeming
perfectly fine, pointing to the title. Chris just looks at him. Asher stands,
once again, on the top rope. He tosses his shades out to the crowd, as he looks
toward the ceiling, before dropping down, removing his jacket
and handing it to the ref before leaning into the corner, waiting for the match
to begin. Holly stands on the apron, yelling at Chris.
Sharper: “Fake World Title.
Fake Life Coach. Fake injury.”
Knots: “Let’s not add anything
else fake there. I mean he does look more championly.”
Sharper: “Minus an actual
title now. Losing the Tag Titles as both, Asher especially, more focused on the
World Title.”
Holly is shown looking at the
crowd before the bell sounds and Asher holds the World Title up and Chris runs
across. Asher backs up to the corner and Chris drills him in the ribs with a
shoulder thrust. The title drops to the mat. Holly quickly reaches in and grabs
the title and pulls it in, clutching it. Chris nails Asher again with a
shoulder thrust and then another before backing up and grabbing Asher’s arm and
whipping him across. Asher hits the corner and staggers out and Chris lifts him
up and back drops him down. The crowd roars.
Sharper: “Asher Hayes, he
wanted to protect himself for this. He says it’s a World Title match.
Officially, it’s not, but he’s taking it as one.”
Knots: “Well then turn on the
jets, kid!”
Asher rolls over and gets up
and turns and Chris nails him with a hard right. Asher hits the mat. The crowd
cheers. Asher pops up and turns and Chris nails him again. Asher hits the mat.
He pops up again and Chris grabs him and pushes him into the ropes and fires
him off. Asher bounces off and Chris nails him with a clothesline. Asher hits
the mat and rolls over and to the ropes. He grabs at the ropes and starts to
pull himself up to the corner and Chris moves after him and climbs up to the
middle turnbuckle and nails him with a hard right and then another and another.
The crowd cheers and counts.
1!
2!
3!
4!
5!
6!
7!
8!
9!
10!
Chris hops down and Asher
staggers forward and Chris whips him across to the opposite corner. Chris runs
after and Holly reaches up and pulls on Asher’s arm and Chris goes chest first.
Asher rolls to the floor as Hollinsworth looks around and turns as Holly backs
up. Asher looks around as Chris winces, falling to a knee and then gets up and
Asher reaches in and pulls Chris to the floor by the leg.(1)
Sharper: “Holly helping Asher.
Asher to the floor and now Chris pulled down.”
Knots: “They are their meal ticket.
Asher is Holly’s mealticket here. She wants to the
life coach to the champions!”
Asher then grabs Chris and
throws him back first into the barricade. Chris falls to the mats. The crowd
boos. Asher looks around. (2) Asher then stomps Chris in the face. (3) He grabs
Chris and tells Holly to back away and Asher turns and whips Chris into the
steel steps. (4) The crowd ohs and the top half bowls over. Chris falls to the
mats. Asher looks around again and plays to the crowd. (5) The crowd boos and
Asher grabs Chris and rolls him into the ring. Chris rolls over and Asher
slides through. Chris starters to get up and Asher lunges and nails Chris in
the back of the head with a sledge. Chris falls to the mat and Asher hooks the
leg.
1!
2!
Chris kicks out. Asher gets up
and stomps Chris in the head. Chris rolls over and Asher stomps him again.
Chris moves to the ropes. Asher then grabs him and pulls him up and nails him
in the ribs with a hard right and then another. Holly cheers on and Asher then
leans in, choking Chris.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Asher steps back and Chris
coughs a bit.
Sharper: “Asher just all over
Chris now. Choking him. Choking the life out of him.”
Knots: “Given that he’s got a
kid coming down the road with Sienna, put that together…going to have to go
hard here.”
Asher then nails him with a
hard right and pushes him into the ropes. He fires him off. Chris bounces off
and Asher runs forward and knees him in the ribs. Chris flips forward, holding
his ribs and Asher goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Chris kicks out. Asher then
geos for the eyes, trying to gouge them.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Asher pulls away. He then
looks around and grabs Chris, pulling him up and then turns and runs him over
to the ropes. Chris spins through, landing on the apron. Asher turns around and
goes to nail him with a hard right. He then nails him again. Asher backs up and
runs at Chris and Chris gets an elbow up. The crowd cheers. Chris then goes to
step in, but Holly grabs him. Chris stops and glances back. Asher then runs
over and nails Chris in the back of the head. Chris falls to a knee. Holly
backs off. Hollinsworth reprimands her and Asher then grabs Chris and pulls him
up and hooks his head. He goes for a vertical suplex,
but Chris blocks it. He tries again, but Chris blocks it. Chris then hoists
Asher up and turns, dropping down to the apron, while Asher is slammed down to
the mats with a suplex. The crowd ohs.
Sharper: “Chris making Asher
pay. Slammed down to the mats.”
Knots: “Right on that back.
Holly couldn’t help him there!”
Sharper: “And you wonder if
Asher Hayes is trying to just hold onto this moment. Him and Holly both know
this is worth so much to them.”
Chris then pulls himself up
and moves to the apron. Asher gets back up and turns and Chris runs along the
apron and dives off with a shoulder tackle, taking down Asher. Chris then looks
at Holly as Holly glares at him. (1) Chris gets up and looks around and grabs
Asher and drags him up.(2) He rolls him into the ring,
but Asher rolls over and through the ropes and around to the apron and then the
floor, by the announce table. (1) Chris walks around the ringpost
and over to Asher and grabs him. (2) Asher elbows him in the ribs and then
grabs him and throws him face first into the English announce table. Chris
falls to a knee. (3) Asher then looks around, glancing at the official. He
turns back and grabs Chris and drives him face first again. (4) Asher looks
down at him.
Asher: “You’re not walking out
World Champ against me, Chris. We’ve beat you every step of the way!”
Asher grabs Chris again, but
Chris nails him in the ribs.(5) He nails him again and
throws him onto the announce table. He hammers away with a couple of hard
shots. (6) The crowd cheers. Sharper and Knots get up and back up. Chris climbs
up onto the table. (7) The crowd cheers some more and he grabs Asher and Asher
rolls off and pulls Chris’ leg, causing him to fall face first into the table.
(8) The crowd ohs and boos. Chris then backs away to the apron. (9) He glances
over and up to the official and rolls into the ring. The crowd boos loudly as
Holly slides the “World” Title into the ring. (10) The bell sounds. The crowd
boos loudly.
Sharper: “And Hayes taking the
countout victory. Yeah, very championly!”
Knots: “He’s still champion in
his mind…and Holly’s!”
Sharper: “Holly even sliding
in that title and look at him!”
Phillips: “Here is your
winner, via countout, Asher Hayes!”
Hayes walks over to the title
and holds it up and smiles. He then looks around as Holly, now on the apron,
turns to Phillip, yelling at him to announce him as co-champion. Asher keeps
holding the title up as his music plays. Chris then gets up off the table and
rolls into the ring. Holly hops off and lands on her feet. She takes a step
before then realizing she’s “injured” and rolls over, holding her ankle. Asher
turns and drops down to the floor, trying to get away from Chris. He moves to
the entryway and turns, but the delay, allows Chris to get up and run over and
dive over the top rope with a plancha, landing on
Asher. The crowd erupts in cheers.
Sharper: “Asher wanted to milk
his time and didn’t just leave! Chris Cannon takes him down with a huge plancha!”
Knots: “And Holly is hurt!”
Sharper: “No she’s not. This
house of cards of lies exposed here!”
Hayes rolls over as Holly gets
up and overemphasizes her injury, limping around before then looking around,
and motioning to the camera to come over to show it as Holly keeps limping.
Holly: “Fight him off Asher!
Fight your demons!”
Holly stops at the apron
wincing as Asher rolls over, clutching his World Title still as Chris grabs him
and pulls him up. He then steps forward and spins him around and nails him with
a hard right. Asher staggers up the rampway to the stage. Chris nails him again
and Asher falls over, still holding onto his title, clutching it instead of
defending himself. He then rolls over and on his knees,
walks over to the stage. Chris walks over and grabs him and nails him with a
hard right and then another before grabbing him and driving him face first into
the stage. Asher rolls over in pain, holding his head with one hand, his title
in the other. Chris then grabs him and pulls him up and turns and runs him over
to the stage. Asher staggers off and leans back. Chris looks around as the
crowd roars and Chris turns back to Asher and Asher kicks him in the ribs.
Chris steps back and Asher boots him in the face. Chris falls back, rolling
over. Asher then leans against the set, almost relieved. He then looks down as
his title and holds it up. Chris winces.
Sharper: “Asher again, holding
up that fraudulent title!”
Knots: “Chris again stopped
though. I thought he went low. Guess he has some standards!”
Asher then steps forward to
attack Chris, but Chris suddenly jumps up and runs at Asher and hits the C4
through the panelling on the set and through it. The crowd erupts in cheers.
Both are down in a heap on the other side of it. Holly looks on from ringside
and now, completely forgetting her limp, starts to head around the ring and to
the ramp and to the stage. Officials run over to check on them as the crowd
chants “Holy Shit!”
Sharper: “My God! Speared
through the set!”
Knots: “He’s not winning now!”
Sharper: “Holly running to
check on one half of her meal ticket as Asher Hayes and Chris Cannon went
through the set!”
The crowd looks on cheering as
Chris rolls over, wincing. Asher remains down as officials come over and check
on Chris and Asher. Holly runs over too to check on him. The crowd looks on.
The Be Careful What You Wish For logo comes up on the screen.
REPLAY:
We see Asher step up as Chris then runs at him and spears
him through the set. The crowd cheers. The logo comes up again before going to
a wide shot, showing Chris quickly jumping to his feet as Asher steps up and
then driving Asher through the set and both landing in a heap on the other
side. The crowd cheers. The logo comes up again.
Live, we see Chris rolling
over, holding his shoulder, shaking it out as he starts to get up. Holly
meanwhile is being held back.
Holly: “Hold it up! Hold it
up!”
Asher weakly, still holding
the SCW “World” Championship, holds it up. The crowd boos as Asher continues to
hold it up before his arms falls back. Officials check on him as we then see
Cid Turner walking over, in his ring gear, holding the real
World Championship. He looks around. Chris then starts to get up and
looks at Cid. He winces as Cid looks around and just then the lights dim.
Sharper: “Cid checking on his
friend here now. Asher had to hold up the title. Of course.”
Knots: “Of course. Good
coaching from Holly. But Chris I think just made a lasting impression!”
Sharper: “And Asher is in no
shape to help Cid Turner against Datura!”
Knots: “And now…we’re going
right to it!”
Cid can be seen looking
around, concerned.
“The car’s on fire, and there’s no driver at the
wheel, and the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides, and a
dark wind blows. The government is corrupt and we’re on so many drugs with
the radio on and the curtains drawn. We’re trapped in the belly of this
horrible machine, and the machine is bleeding to death. The sun has fallen
down, and the billboards are all leering, and the flags are all dead at the top
of their poles."
A chorus of melancholy strings sharply interjects, and a pale
spotlight settles at the top of the ramp. But Datura is not there. We see Cid
Turner walk out from the back, holding the SCW World Championship as Asher
Hayes is stilling being helped, Holly with him, and just then, Datura walks up
from behind and grabs Cid by the hair and then tights. Cid looks around as the
crowd roars. Cid looks around and Datura holds on and runs him down to
the ring. They get to the ring and Datura throws Cid Turner into the ring and he rolls over and across to the opposite side. He
looks around as Datura turns and walks up the steel steps.
Sharper: “Datura coming out! Taking Cid to the ring. She’s not waiting. This is
her moment in her mind!”
Knots: “And Cid Turner better
reset and get ready!”
The crowd looks around as Cid
starts to get up and dusts himself off as Jason Phillips enters the ring. Aaron
Demitra heads down from the back. The music fades
out.
Phillips: “Fans, the following
contest is scheduled for onefall, has a sixty minute time limit, and is your main event of the
evening for the SCW World Championship!”
The crowd cheers.
Phillips: “First, the
challenger, from Tampa, Florida, she is Datura!”
Datura looks across and smiles
as Cid looks around. Demitra enters the ring at this
point. Datura keeps her eyes on Cid.
Phillips: “And her opponent,
from Denver, Colorado, he is the reigning and defending SCW World Champion…Cid
Turner!”
The crowd cheers too, while
some boos come through. Cid then looks around before unfastening the SCW World
Championship and holding it over his head. Demitra
then asks for the title and Cid Turner looks at it. He then steps forward,
extending it to Demitra. Demitra
holds it over his head. The crowd cheers as the SCW World Championship logo
comes across the screen and fades out at the bottom corner.
Sharper: “Could that be the
second title Cid Turner may wave goodbye to tonight!”
Knots: “Asher focused more on
moments ago. He won, but he’s out. Cid has to do this
alone. He’s done that with Chad and others. But he’s got to stand tall here
against a very motivated Datura!”
Demitra hand off the title as
Phillips exits. Datura keeps watching Cid, as Cid’s eyes dart around and Demitra calls for the bell. The bell sounds and Datura runs across at Cid. The crowd roars.
Datura vs.
Cid Turner
SCW World Championship
Cid
covers up as Datura nails Cid with a hard right hand and then another and
another. Cid falls back to the corner and Datura turns to kicks, getting a
couple of good shots in before Cid tries to cover up both his head and torso.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Datura
backs up and spins around the ring. She turns back and runs at Cid and Cid gets
up and yells as Datura nails him with a running dropkick. Cid falls out of the
corner and to the mat. Datura goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Cid
kicks out. Cid rolls over and crawls across the ring to the opposite corner and
gets up and Datura runs at him and nails him with another running dropkick. The
crowd cheers. Cid falls forward and down to the mat before Datura crawls over
and hooks the leg again.
Sharper:
“Second dropkick to the corner. Cid in a lot of trouble early!”
Knots:
“I don’t think he expected Datura to be the equivalent of a rabid animal in
this one!”
1!
2!
Cid
kicks out again. He rolls over and grabs at the ropes. Datura runs over and
jumps on his back and tries to hook his arms. Cid lets go, trying to protect
himself and walks around the ring with Datura on his back, trying to lock in a
double chickenwing. Cid spins around and then throws
himself back, landing on Datura, driving her into the mat. Datura rolls over as
the crowd ohs and Cid rolls over. He looks around and then starts to get up,
moving to the corner. Datura starts to get up, holding her ribs and steps
toward Cid, but Cid kicks her in the ribs and spins her into the corner. He
then kicks her in the ribs and then again and again. The crowd gives a mixed
reaction as Datura drops down to a seated position.
Sharper:
“Cid forcing the air out and now, focusing on the ribs.”
Knots:
“Just going after it like it’s going out of style. Trying to just stop Datura
here.”
Cid
gets a few more shots in as the official counts.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Cid
backs up and walks around the ring. He takes a deep breath and walks around the
ring as Datura grabs her ribs, starting to pull herself up via the ropes. Cid
then turns and motions for the official to move and runs after her and nails
her with a clothesline. The crowd ohs. Datura falls down
to the mat. Cid reaches down and grabs her, pulling her up. He then hooks her
up and hits a vertical suplex. Cid floats over.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out.
Sharper:
“Only two as Cid suplexes his challenger over.”
Knots:
“Yeah, but at least now he can slow this down until he feels he’s ready.”
Sharper:
“Asher Hayes taken out by Chris Cannon. Holly, surprisingly not out here. That
doesn’t necessarily mean anything though.”
Datura
rolls over as Cid grabs her and pulls her up. He then hits a back elbow and
Datura falls to the ropes. Cid pulls her up and whips her across. Datura
bounces off and Cid hits a dropkick. Datura hits the mat. Cid gets up and dives
onto her with an elbow drop. He then goes for another pin attempt.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out. Cid gets up as Datura rolls over and stirs. Cid grabs her again and
scoops her up and slams her down. Datura winces, holding her lower back. As she
rolls over and Cid watches her and runs into the ropes. Datura gets up and
turns and Cid hits a clothesline, knocking her down. Datura rolls over to the
ropes. Cid walks over to her and Datura starts to use the ropes to get up,
climbing up on the apron. Cid keeps pulling her up, but Datura counters with a
guillotine drop. Cid snaps back and staggers to the middle of the ring. Datura
gets up and moves to the corner, climbing up to the top rope.
Sharper:
“Datura going high risk!”
Knots:
“The Masta of Speed may not have an answer! Then
again, he’s still trying to figure things out. Datura
back in control.”
Sharper:
“Crossbody!”
Datura
dives off the top rope with a crossbody onto the champion. She stays down for
the pin.
1!
2!
Cid
kicks out. Both get up and Datura hits a dropkick. Cid hits the mat. He rolls
over and Datura gets up and quickly goes for the arm and stomps it. Cid pulls
away, rolling over. He grabs at the ropes and Datura grabs the arm and pulls on
it, before wrenching it. Cid winces in pain. Datura holds on and jerks on the
arm. Cid falls to a knee and then starts to get up. Datura wrenches the arm
again before Cid looks up and then flips forward, nips up and then ducks under
and into a fireman’s carry. Datura looks a bit surprised and gets up and turns
to Cid who nails her with an uppercut. The crowd ohs.
Sharper:
“And Cid! Quickness right there. Hard right.”
Knots:
“Datura was not expecting that and I think Cid’s
personality a help for him.”
Sharper:
“Cid – we know his skill, but that lack of confidence so everpresent!”
Datura
falls to the ropes and Cid runs over and clotheslines Datura up and over to the
floor. Datura hits the apron and falls to the mats. Cid looks around and then
turns and goes to the corner. The crowd rises to their feet, roaring, preparing
for something as Datura slowly gets up. (1) Cid gets to the top rope and Demitra warns Cid, but Cid waits for Datura to get to her
feet and Cid dives off the top rope with a dive onto her. The crowd ohs. (1)
Sharper:
“Cid off the top! Right onto Datura! Right in front of us!”
Knots:
“As long as they then don’t come to the table, great. We’ve
had too much action. But that may be too much for Datura. Cid’s beard weights
twenty pounds!”
Cid
rolls over as he winces. (2) Datura looks up at the lights as Cid starts to use
the table to get himself up. (3) He then turns and looks at Datura and pulls
her up. (4) He turns and rolls her into the ring. Cid crawls in after and hooks
the leg.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out. Cid rolls off. He then gets up as Datura rolls over and starts to
pull herself up and Cid walks over and grabs her from behind and throws her
back with a back suplex. Datura rolls over, holding
her head and neck in pain and Cid rolls her over and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out. Cid rolls off again. He then looks at her, hands on his hips and
then looks at the stage. He takes a deep breath and heads over and grabs Datura
and pulls her up and runs her over to the corner. Cid then chops her. The crowd
woos.
Sharper:
“Cid, glancing at the stage, the hole where Asher Hayes was driven through.”
Knots:
“Probably pushing himself that he’s doing it for Asher. His friend.”
Sharper:
“And a second hard chop. Cid trying to wear down Datura!”
Cid
chops Datura again, just as mentioned on commentary. The crowd woos again as
Cid then whips Datura across. Cid runs after and Datura hits the corner and
then goes to get her boots up, but Cid catches them and pulls her in and jumps
back into a sitout powerbomb. The crowd ohs.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out. Datura rolls over and Cid gets up. Datura uses the ropes to get up
and Cid pulls her up and knees her in the ribs. Cid then pulls her in and goes
for a backbreaker, but Datura flips through onto his shoulders. Cid tries to
fight her, but Datura pulls on the beard. Cid yelps and turns around as Datura
lands on her feet and Datura jumps up and goes to lock in a triangle choke. The
crowd roars as Datura pulls on the arm. Cid tries to fight
and Datura keeps trying to synch in more, but Cid pushes down, pressing her
shoulders down.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out and twists her hips. Cid turns over, but right into the ropes.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Datura
lets go and rolls away. Cid rolls over, coughing.
Sharper:
“Datura, just that quick, turning it around on Cid Turner. She’s as quick as
any with her technical skill.”
Knots:
“And we’ve also not seen her this focused since she was facing Regan Street.
Cid Turner may have gotten a bit too cute.”
Cid
starts to get up and Datura pulls herself up and runs at him and jumps up and
locks in a crucifix, pulling him down to the mat.
1!
2!
Cid
kicks out. Both get up and Datura kicks him in the ribs and then hits a low
kick to the shin. Cid yells out and Datura kicks him again. Cid steps forward
and turns and Datura kicks his other leg. Cid yells at her to stop and Datura
shrugs and goes for another kick, but feigns it. Cid
lifts his leg up and Datura then drops down and hits a knee right to Cid’s
face. Cid pops up and into the ropes, bouncing off and Datura jumps up and hits
a hurricanrana, pulling back on Cid’s legs after he
lands.
1!
2!
Cid
counters by rolling forward, covering Datura.
1!
2!
Datura
pushes forward, shifting her weight and pulls down on the legs of Cid.
1!
2!
Cid
kicks out. He rolls over and gets up and Datura hits a straight kick to the
jaw. Cid falls back. Datura dives onto him for the pin.
1!
2!
Cid
gets his shoulder up. Datura rolls off.
Sharper:
“Oh! How close! Datura nearly had him. Dazing the champion with that kick!”
Knots:
“Caught him under the jaw too! Could’ve knocked him out, but Cid’s lucky!”
Cid
rolls over in pain as Datura gets up and watches him. She then runs into the
ropes, past Cid and then bounces off before grabbing Cid and driving him down
with a running bulldog. Cid ends up on his shoulder and Datura turns and goes
for the arms, trying to pull both up, looking for the Moonflower. The crowd
roars as Datura tries to get her arms under. Cid fights a bit, but Datura gets
them hooked and then goes to flip forward, but Cid flips with her, covering
Datura.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out. Both get up and Cid turns and Datura hits a
dropkick. Cid hits the mat. He rolls over and moves to the corner and Datura
runs at him and hits a cannonball. Cid falls forward and down to the mat.
Datura goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Cid
gets his shoulder up. Datura rolls off and then then turns and watches him. Cid
starts to get up and Datura rushes him and goes for a kick, but Cid catches it
and then hits a double leg takedown. The crowd roars as he steps through and
locks in a sharpshooter. He turns Datura over.
Sharper:
“Sharpshooter! Cid Turner going for a classic!”
Knots:
“Does he want to go hold for hold with Datura though?!”
Sharper:
“I don’t think so!”
Cid
gets it in, but as he moves his feet to get better leverage, Datura starts to
pull on the legs and immediately starts to pull Cid down. Cid falls face first
into the mat and Datura pulls him up by the legs and locks in a sharpshooter of
her own. The crowd roars as Cid yells out in pain.
Sharper:
“Sharpshooter countered into a sharpshooter!”
Knots:
“Good instincts by Cid, but the execution not quite there yet!”
Sharper:
“Worked on everything else but the holds!”
Cid
reaches around as Datura pulls back and keeps the hold on. The crowd cheers as
Datura looks up and around. Cid uses his weight advantage to drag Datura a bit,
trying to get closer and closer to the ropes as Demitra
asks if he wants to quit. Cid shakes his head as Datura keeps the hold on. Cid
moves a bit closer and then again before reaching out and grabbing the bottom
rope.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Datura
lets go and steps forward. She walks around the ring before briefly falling to
a knee. Cid winces at the ropes, slowly using them to get up. Datura turns and
sees this and runs over and clubs him in the back and then again. She then
pulls him back and tries to pull on his hair for leverage, trying to lock in a
dragon sleeper, but Cid counters and spins around and then lifts her up and
steps forward, just back dropping her over. Datura hits the mat and gets up and
Cid spins around her, pulling her down by the head into an inverted facelock backbreaker and then a second before hitting the
reverse DDT to finish off the Ode to Caesar.
Sharper:
“And Ode to Caesar! Cid Turner able to turn it around and Datura stopped
again!”
Knots:
“A hell of a back and forth here. It may come down to who makes a mistake
here.”
Sharper:
“May be. I don’t think Cid’s going for any more holds though if he can help
it!”
Cid
rolls away from Datura at first as Datura rolls over in pain. Cid then exits to
the apron. He climbs up to the top rope. He gets up to the top and looks at
Datura as Datura slowly stirs and starts to get up. She does but walks right
into the Denver Diving Kick. The crowd cheers seeing it and Cid turns and hooks
the leg.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out. Cid then looks around before covering her again.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out again.
Cid:
“Come on! Stay down! I need this!”
Cid
hooks the leg again.
1!
2!
Datura
kicks out. Cid rolls off. He looks around as Datura rolls to the ropes. Cid
slowly starts to get up and Datura pulls herself up. Cid then walks toward
Datura, but Datura jumps to the middle rope and moonsaults
into Cid. Cid catches her, but Datura starts to lock in a dragon sleeper. The
crowd roars.
Sharper:
“Datura going for a dragon sleeper. One part of that Fever Dream. But Cid’s
keeping her up.”
Knots:
“Trying to figure out a slam or something!”
Cid
keeps trying to get free, muscling her up and then flipping her forward. She
lands on her feet and elbows Cid back. Cid staggers back and Datura turns and
rushes at her, but Cid then hooks her and rolls her into an inside cradle.
1!
2!
3!
The
crowd roars and Cid lets go as the bell sounds. Datura
looks up as Cid looks around and Demitra raises his
arm.
Phillips:
“Here is your winner, via pinfall, and still SCW World Champion, Cid Turner!”
The
crowd cheers and some boo as Datura just falls back to a seated position. Demitra is then hands the World Championship and he hands
it to Cid. Cid takes it and looks at it and almost has a look of relief on his
face as he falls back to the mat, clutching the title.
Sharper:
“Cid Turner with a cradle! Datura caught coming in and Cid, maybe out of desperation,
but now out of relief, he holds the SCW World Championship still!”
Knots:
“And this time, alone. Asher’s backstage. Holly’s not out here. This is his
moment, but it came at the expense of Datura!”
Sharper:
“And look at Cid! Just relief! He’s still World Champion!”
Cid
continues to clutch the title as he rolls to the floor. He then holds the title
over his head as he looks around, almost surprised, but with a tinge of more
confidence as he places the title over his shoulder. He throws his arm up.
Sharper:
“Cid Turner, alone, retaining the title here in Pittsburgh. That’s
all from us tonight. We’ll see you on Breakdown in ten
days. For Jonathan Knots, I’m Adam Sharper. Good night
everybody!”
Cid
continues to celebrate at ringside as the scene fades to black…