Unflawed 2018 - April 15, 2018

“Supreme Championship Wrestling...”

A shot of Kelcey Wallace nailing Bree Lancaster with the Perfect Ending, followed by a shot of Steve Griffin hitting the Decimator off the top rope on CHBK at the first Rise to Greatness, before turning a shot of Jake Starr pumping up the crowd on his way to the ring, before turning into a shot of Ravyn Taylor sitting in the corner, waiting for the start of a match. We then see a shot of Katie Steward holding the Women’s Championship before cutting to a shot of Selena Frost hitting Vixen Cain with the Defying Gravity at Supreme Saturday: Just Desserts.

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MAIN SHOW:

We open up with a black screen.

Kennedy: “I didn’t do it!”

Mr. D: “I know. I know.”

We see a shot of Kennedy Street standing in the ring with Mr. D with Syren, Ravyn Taylor and CHBK across the ring and SCW’s internal investigators in the ring. We then cut to hear the sound of the bell. We then see a shot of CHBK superkicking Tommy Valentine and then a shot of Ravyn Taylor nailing Jake Starr with a steel chair before cutting to show Syren holding the SCW World Championship, her arms held up by CHBK and Ravyn Taylor.

Sharper: “CHBK and Ravyn Taylor has ensured that Syren is the World Champion…”

Knots: “Wait…was this why Ravyn wanted Syren in this match? Was this…oh no…”

We then cut to see CHBK and Ravyn Taylor smiling in the ring as Syren holds the World Championship. We then hear CHBK’s voice.

CHBK: “Kennedy Street made a very convenient patsy...”

We then see shots of Kennedy Street running down to the ring and Kennedy swinging a stool at Syren, with her dodging. We then see Syren and Kennedy Street trading blows at Retribution before cutting to a shot of Kennedy Street hitting the Touch of Class on CHBK on the floor at Retribution. Syren yelling at Kennedy Street is shown.

Mr. D: “If anyone deserves a one on one shot at someone in Dark Fantasy, it is Kennedy Street. To correct what they did…the spoils of what they did…she deserves her shot to make Syren regret taking advantage of it all. And at SCW Unflawed, that is exactly what is going to happen!”

We then see a shot of Kennedy Street smiling before we see shots of Christy Matthews trying to take Kennedy Street out on the floor, and then cutting to a shot of El Angel del Cielo attacking Kennedy backstage at Breakdown. We see CHBK talking to both Christy and El Angel, before we cut to shots of Amy Chastaine and Donovan Kayl standing with Amy Chastaine. This is followed by shots of Kennedy Street glaring at Syren as she celebrates at Retribution.

We then open up with a live shot of the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida. The crowd roars. The camera pans across the crowd as we hear some cheering as “Smooth Criminal (Violin Instrumental)” by David Garrett plays and we see Ikiro Yoshida walking on his way to the ring. We then cut to the ring to show Beard, Gothfather, Bill Barnhart, Owen Cruze, Sophie O’Brian and Tommy Valentine already in the ring. We then cut to the ringside area to see Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots at ringside.

Sharper: “Hello everyone and welcome to Tampa Bay for our free for all portion of SCW Unflawed. Adam Sharper here at ringside with Jonathan Knots. Tonight, every title but the TV title will be on the line. We’ll crown an interim US Champion. We’ll hear from our commissioner David Helms and Kennedy Street and Syren will meet for the World Title.”

Knots: “And who knows what else. Last Man Standing. We’ve got that Ace Marshall Special, with those ridiculous stipulations. Giovanni Aries is still here so he’s not even been given his marching orders.”

Sharper: “Meanwhile, we’re kicking this off with the battle royal to determine who will face AJ Helms in our interim US Championship shot. AJ Helms was supposed to face Regan Street for the US Title before Regan piledrove our boss!”

Knots: “Instant thirty minute suspension.”

Ikiro reaches the ring before “A Stranger I Remain” hits over the P.A System. Alexis Quinne walks out from the back, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask. She looks around as the crowd cheers her. She then starts to make her way to the ring, focused on the ring. She stops halfway and takes off the mask before continuing to the ring. She reaches the ringside area as her music cuts out and “Mercy on Me (Instrumental)” starts to play. A spotlight shines down onto the stage for Katie Steward to step out from behind the curtain and stands in the light. She wears her white ring robe with a pink outline around the white cloth and gold sequences sparkled over it. She grabs the sides of her robe holding it out and spins around slowly showing off to the fans. TJ Johnson walks out with her and she starts to walk to the ring. The crowd boos her.

Sharper: “Alexis Quinne next in. Katie Steward now on her way.”

Knots: “The Lizard Queen apparently or Lizard Goddess. You wonder if Beard is going to run with this stuff.”

Sharper: “And Katie Steward has history with an interim US Title. She held it years ago when Nathan Kaye was incapacitated.”

Katie makes it to ringside and walking over to the ring steps. She stops at the top as her music fades out and she turns and glares at the entrance way. TJ turns back and starts to yell towards the entrance way. All of a sudden, the lights go out, prompting a surprised pop from the fans. Slowly, the dramatic piano of "Gymnopédie No. 2" by Erik Satie begins to play as the Tron comes to life, as do white lights on the stage to reveal the thick fog that's beginning to engulf it. On the Tron, we see nothing more than a background of heavenly white clouds, and slowly one figure at a time fades into view, each one looking eerily identical to a competitor in the battle royal, and at the center of them all as the last one to fade into view is AJ Helms, the man awaiting the match's winner. That said, all the figures look as though they are as perfect as they can possibly be, all of them looking happy. A sudden ray of light gently passes over the screen before we see a figure that looks like Aaron Blackbourne, albeit cracked and fractured, staring at them, revealing he's looking at them through glass. As he presses his palm against the glass, it suddenly begins to crack, destroying the image of perfection before all the pieces fall away, everything once again plunging into darkness.

After a moment of silence and the buzzing of curious fans, the distorted sounds of “10 Inch Nails” by Audiomachine begin to play, the Tron changing to show clips of what look like a perfect world slowly cracking apart to reveal what truly lies beneath. As the white lights return, now pulsing in tune with the music, through the fog we see what looks like an old Roman pillar rising up, and perched atop it almost like a gargoyle is Aaron Blackbourne. His tights, knee pads, arm sleeves and wrestling boots with kick pads are all a light blue color tonight. His body is also painted for the occasion in the form of dark blue perfectly straight lines expanding out from around his eyes and all the way down his entire body, front and back, almost like a perfectly broken mirror, the lines even matching up with the white lines that run through his attire as well. Painted onto his back was the full body of an African tribal-style lion in a wide array of colors, perfect despite the ridiculous amount of detail involved. Even some of the little symbols that made up the lion were also present in random places between the cracked lines coursing over Aaron's body.

Blackbourne suddenly leaps off the pillar and lands on his feet at the edge of the stage before he slowly makes his way down the ramp, eyes calmly and carefully taking in the awed reaction of the fans at what they're seeing tonight. When he reaches ringside he pauses for a moment to examine those already in the ring. In the blink of an eye, he suddenly leaps onto the apron and quickly climbs so that he’s got one foot on the top turnbuckle, briefly crossing his arms across his chest before throwing them out in his usual raised and outstretched pose, white spotlights suddenly coming on and converging on him in this moment. After a moment, the lights all flicker before going out, and after a moment of darkness they all flicker back on to show Blackbourne now in the ring, leaning against the ropes and examining his competition, ready to see how they handle the Stress of Perfection in the battle ahead. Each of the other competitors just watching Blackbourne.

Sharper: “Aaron Blackbourne out last and looks like the demon inside him has come out tonight.”

Knots: “We’ve been seeing these interviews. He’s been explaining it and he’s digging deep tonight, hoping tonight he could win the interim US title.”

Battle Royal for the second spot in the SCW Interim United States Championship Match

Blackbourne looks around and the bell sounds. The crowd roars as we see Gothfather start to go for Blackbourne, but Barnhart pushes him back into the corner and shoulders him in the ribs and then again. Blackbourne turns as Owen Cruze clubs Beard in the back as he goes for Katie. Katie leans back in one corner as Tommy battles with Ikiro Yoshida. Alexis Quinne and Sophie O’Brian trade blows as Aaron then turns and starts to go for Katie. Katie backs away and steps through the ropes and Aaron runs over to her and grabs her, but we then see Owen whip Beard into the ropes and elbows her down. Tommy turns and starts to lift Ikiro up as Sophie rakes the eyes of Alexis. Alexis falls back to the corner. Aaron pulls Katie in and Katie kicks him in the ribs and then again. She then turns and spins him around and into Owen. Katie backs off as Owen falls over. Aaron turns and Owen looks up. Owen then nips up and nails him with a hard forearm and Aaron fires back. Barnhart starts to lift Gothfather up, but Gothfather elbows Barnhart repeatedly in the back.

Sharper: “Pandemonium to start off. All ten going at it. Over the top is how you eliminate. Last person standing faces AJ Helms later tonight.”

Knots: “Yeah, but you need to get people out of there. More people in there, more chances you’ll get caught.”

Katie watches as Gothfather knees Barnhart in the ribs and then scoops him up and slams him down. Tommy is kicked in the face by Ikiro repeatedly as he staggers back. Owen whips Aaron into the ropes. Aaron bounces off and cartwheels past Owen. Owen turns and jumps up and goes for an enziguri kick, but Aaron ducks and Owen turns and Aaron kicks him in the ribs and just then, we see Katie run over and clothesline both. She then smiles as the crowd boos. Sophie runs Alexis into the corner before she turns around and Gothfather knees her in the ribs. He then pulls her into an elbow in the back of the head. Gothfather turns as Tommy nails him with a hard right and then hits a chops. Gothfather staggers back. Tommy pushes him into the ropes and fires him across. Gothfather bounces off the other side and Tommy hits a back drop. He then turns around and Ikiro runs over and nails him with a Yakuza kick. The crowd ohs. Ikiro turns around and Quinne runs at him and hits a flying headscissors. Ikiro rolls over and to the ropes. Quinne looks around as the crowd roars.

Sharper: “All ten still in. Big moves taking some people down. Flying headscissors on Ikiro after a vicious Yakuza kick.”

Knots: “And frankly, you want to be standing. Quinne needs to grab someone and toss someone over. Big moves make people off-kilter and unsure of their defensive ability.’

Quinne turns and Barnhart stirs as Quinne nails him with a forearm shot and then another. Sophie stirs with Owen and Aaron getting up. Katie then runs over to Sophie and grabs her and clubs her in the back and then again. She then pulls her in and hooks her head. She goes for the hair-flip DDT, but Beard gets up and clubs her in the back. He clubs her again and then hoists her up and hits a back suplex. The crowd roars. Beard gets up and points at her and throws his arms in the air. He then turns and Sophie jumps up and hits a dropkick. Beard staggers back and goes up and over the top rope, but manages to hold onto the top rope and kick his legs before getting up to the apron and rolling to the ring. The crowd ohs. Quinne keeps fighting with Barnhart as Katie rolls over. Sophie turns and sees Quinne and Barnhart.

Sharper: “Beard almost out. Got too early celebrating.”

Knots: “Took down Katie. He just assaulted the Goddess! And O’Brian nearly made him pay.”

Sharper: “O’Brian may be looking to make someone else pay now.”

O’Brian runs over to Barnhart and Quinne and clubs O’Brian in the back. Barnhart then lifts Quinne up and drags him up before O’Brian helps Barnhart in eliminating Quinne. The crowd boos as Quinne rolls over. Ikiro stirs as Tommy turns to Owen and Aaron and Aaron forearms him and Tommy chops Owen. Owen kicks Aaron and Aaron elbows Owen. Tommy chops Aaron and Owen kicks Tommy. Just then, Gothfather runs over to the ropes, jumps to the middle rope and dives back with back elbows into all three. All three fall to the mat. Barnhart nails Sophie with a hard right and Sophie staggers back. Beard stirs as does Katie. Ikiro pulls himself up and Gothfather pulls himself up as Tommy starts to stir. Gothfather grabs him and Tommy suddenly jumps up for a Griever’s Bane, but Gothfather counters and sends Tommy into the ropes. Gothfather runs right after him and Tommy hits the ropes, only for Gothfather to nail him with a hard clothesline over the top rope. Tommy is caught and ends up on the floor as Gothfather steps back smirking. He then turns around and we see him looking at Owen and Aaron as both start to get up. Katie turns and Barnhart lifts Sophie up and spears her into the corner and then again and again.

Sharper: “Valentine eliminated. Two favourites out early.”

Knots: “Two former World Champions too!”

Sharper: “And only one former World Champion in there and its Katie Steward. Meanwhile, Gothfather face to face with Aaron Blackbourne and Owen Cruze, two people he’s had some issues with as of late.”

Katie looks around as Katie looks at Barnhart and backs away and Gothfather then turns to Owen and extends his hand. Aaron looks at Owen. Owen looks at the hand and then Aaron before turning and kicking Gothfather in the ribs. The crowd roars. Owen nails him with another kick as Aaron kicks him too. The crowd roars. Owen and Aaron push Gothfather into the ropes and fires him across. Gothfather bounces off and Aaron knees him in the ribs. Owen then jumps up and hits a flipping leg drop to the back of Gothfather’s head. The crowd roars. Owen and Aaron then get up and look at each other. The crowd roars. We then see Katie pointing out Beard as Aaron then turns and Katie backs up to the corner. Aaron runs over and Katie kicks him in the ribs. She forearms him in the jaw. She then turns as Beard grabs at Owen and Owen nails him with a hard right and runs him into the opposite corner. Katie then walks over and grabs Aaron before suddenly Ikiro grabs Katie from behind and runs her across and throws her up and over the top rope to the floor. The crowd erupts in cheers. Ikiro just backs up as he turns to Beard and gives him a thumbs up before he notices Owen attacking him. Ikiro pulls Owen back.

Sharper: “Ikiro throwing out Katie Steward. All three former World Champions eliminated!”

Knots: “What a start and Ikiro giving Beard the thumbs up. Just because they do Karaoke together on off days. What an idiot!”

Gothfather stirs as Barnhart keeps lifting Sophie up. Sophie however moves around as Ikiro nails Owen with a hard right. He then turns and runs into the ropes and bounces off and hits a running knee into Owen’s ribs. Owen flips over. Aaron walks out of the corner and grabs Gothfather as Beard winces in the corner. Aaron hooks Gothfather up and hits a snap suplex. Barnhart keeps just powering Sophie up, but Sophie moves and grabs him by the head and starts to lock in a triangle choke. She holds on and Barnhart starts to struggle as he tries to just force her over. Aaron sees this and runs over and grabs Barnhart and lifts him up. Sophie drags him over too and Barnhart is dumped to the floor. Sophie quickly rolls into the ring to prevent Aaron from taking advantage.

Sharper: “Barnhart out! Sophie O’Brian and Aaron Blackbourne working together.”

Knots: “And Sophie immediately getting back in before Blackbourne could do anything to get her out!”

Blackbourne grabs O’Brian as Gothfather stirs and Beard turns to Ikiro. Ikiro and Beard whip Owen across and Gothfather starts to get up and he lifts Owen up and hits a snake eyes. The crowd ohs. Owen falls back. Beard runs out and clotheslines him down. Beard then turns as Aaron throws Sophie at him. Sophie forearms him in the jaw. Beard falls back and rolls over and Aaron dives at Sophie, does a handstand before placing his legs around her head and hitting a snap headscissors. The crowd ohs. Aaron rolls over and gets up and Ikiro kicks him in the ribs. Gothfather tells him he wants him and Ikiro turns and throws Aaron towards Gothfather who hoists him up and hits a ribbreaker. The crowd boos. Gothfather turns to Aaron and smirks a bit before turning and running and kicking Ikiro in the ribs. The crowd boos and Gothfather turns and runs Ikiro towards the ropes and goes to throw him over the top rope. Ikiro struggles as the crowd roars.

Sharper: “Gothfather trying to get Ikiro up and over. He’s struggling!”

Knots: “Looking to get rid of another big threat!”

Ikiro keeps struggling as we then see, Beard run over and jump over and pull Ikiro back in by the leg. The crowd roars. Gothfather turns and nails Ikiro with a hard right. Ikiro falls back. He then lunges at Beard and goes for a clothesline. Beard ducks and Gothfather stops at the ropes only for Beard to run at him and drill him with a clothesline. The crowd roars as Gothfather hits the mats. Beard looks around and he turns around as Sophie O’Brian wrenches his arm and hits a back kick to the jaw. Beard falls back as the crowd boos. Aaron and Owen stir as Ikiro does as well. Sophie then turns and kicks Owen in the ribs and then turns and knees Aaron in the head. Aaron rolls over a bit. Gothfather looks in the ring as he starts to walk around as Sophie grabs Owen and pulls him up and drags him up. He then turns and whips him into the ropes, but Gothfather suddenly grabs the leg and trips him up. The officials get him away. Owen turns and Sophie runs over and jumps up with a high knee. Owen goes up and over and nearly goes to the floor. He holds on, struggling as Sophie grabs at the hands and tries to get him out, but Ikiro grabs Sophie from behind and hits a German suplex. The crowd roars. Ikiro rolls over and Owen kicks away at Gothfather as he’s pulled away before Owen manages to skin the cat. The crowd roars. He then looks around as the crowd cheers. He then turns around and Aaron suddenly hoists him up onto his shoulders and throws him forward and hits the Pull the Trigger. Owen falls to the mat. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Owen Cruze saving himself, even with Gothfather trying to get him out, only for Aaron Blackbourne to take him out with the Pull the Trigger!”

Knots: “Jesus. Just caught him and dimmed his lights!”

Beard gets up in the corner. Gothfather is led away as we see Aaron start to get up. He grabs Owen and pulls him up. He then hoists him up onto his shoulders again and starts to move him to the ropes. Aaron struggles with Owen and Owen grabs onto the top rope. He then moves around and knees him in the head and then again before turning and using the ropes to move himself into a headscissors. He then starts to try and pull him over and staggers forward before Sophie O’Brian runs over and lifts Aaron up from behind. Owen pulls Aaron up and over. Aaron drops to the floor. Owen holds onto the ropes. Sophie then gets up and grabs at Owen and knees him in the side of the head and then again before we see Beard run over and jump up and nail Sophie from behind with a diving forearm. Sophie falls over and goes over the top rope. Owen keeps pulling on the top rope and Sophie goes to the floor. Owen gets up and Beard turns and nails him with a hard clothesline. Owen hits the apron and ends up on it and falls to the floor. The crowd ohs and boos.

Sharper: “Aaron out! Sophie out! Owen out!”

Knots: “All looking to get a step closer!”

Sharper: “And Ikiro! Beard! They’re the final two!”

Knots: “Maybe not for long!”

Ikiro spins Beard around and kicks him in the ribs. Owen, Aaron and Sophie start to get up on the floor and Ikiro places Beard’s head between his legs and hoists him up before turning and hitting a powerbomb over the top rope onto Owen, Sophie and Aaron. The crowd erupts in cheers as Ikiro falls back and looks around.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, who will face AJ Helms later tonight for the interim US Championship, Ikiro Yoshida!”

Sharper: “And Ikiro Yoshida, driven tonight, outlasting nine others and winning this opportunity!”

Knots: “And by tossing his singing partner up and over the top rope!”

Sharper: “With a powerbomb. Making sure of it. Not taking a chance. And he’s got a huge second chance here tonight!”

Ikiro gets up and bows as one of the officials enters the ring and raises his arm. Beard looks in as does Owen and Aaron Blackbourne turns a bit before looking at the ring. Sophie O’Brian glares as we then cut away.

We open up backstage as we see Memphis Cade walking backstage. The crowd boos seeing him. He can be seen holding what appears to be a scroll. He scans the doors of the hallways he’s walking past before stopping at his destination, the locker room of the Wonderland. He clears his throat and knocks on the door. He waits a moment and the door opens, but only ajar.

Giovanni: “Are you the messenger from that JUDAS….”

Memphis: “Yeah man. Look, just take this. This is the directions to the location for battle or some shizz. Can we just make this quick? I’m going to try and perform a double steal on some twins tonight if you know what I mean.”

Giovanni slowly extends his hand and then lunges for the scroll but instead grabs Memphis’ arm and pulls. Memphis goes face first into the door and gets his arm caught in the door too. Memphis pulls back and Giovanni steps out and nails him with a kick hard to the throat. Memphis falls over, coughing. Giovanni then turns to Memphis.

Giovanni: “Disgusting…now engaging in petty theft. Ruining the innocents in your blood war against the Wonderland!”

Memphis coughs loudly. Giovanni then calmly picks up the scroll and unfurls it and looks at it.

Giovanni: “So this is where we will do battle…and where I will get my chance to destroy the Lizard King…”

Giovanni turns back to the room. He then smiles and starts to walk off as the crowd roars. Memphis continues to cough loudly as the camera cuts back to him as we then cut away.

Konrad Raab vs. Damian Angel

“Cold as Ice” by M.O.P plays over the sound system. Konrad Raab comes out through the curtain as Konrad's wearing his dark blue and black mask with the same colour wrestling trousers with his nickname The Black Ice on the front of them with Pit Bull Energy logos on the side, with black gloves on both of his hands.

Phillips: “From Cologne, Germany, he is The Black Ice, Konrad Raab!”

He ignores the fans due to his focus on wanting to fight in the ring. He goes up the stairs before going in-between the ropes before sitting down in the corner of the ring with the crowd cheering for him, having a nasty look in his eyes waiting for the match to start.

Sharper: “And as we can see, true to his word that Konrad Raab is out here as The Black Ice.”

Knots: “The Black Ice? Is his waiting on Angel to skid off the road? What is he trying to prove?”

Sharper: “It’s meant to be a darker side to him he channels through the mask, so I am told.”

Knots: “SCW need to hire new psychologists I think. From Raab, to Giovanni Aries to Regan Street going off the deep end recently. What’s next?”

Sharper: “A travelling freak show led by Lailoken Da Vinci?”

Knots: “Oh god…”

While Raab paces back and forth in the ring, the SCW fans chanting for The Black Ice.
The opening lines of The Rasmus' "Lucifer's Angel" begin to play over the crowd suddenly, without the introduction of the song...

Behind those eyes lies the truth and grief
Behind those beautiful smiles I've seen tragedy
The flawless skin hides the secrets within
Silent forces that secretly ignite your sins

...During that verse, Damian Angel steps out onto the top of the ramp, inciting boos from the crowd. He looks at the crowd in the slight pause between the verse and the chorus, the lights in the arena all turn off, leaving the sight of pitch black. As the chorus strikes up, a red spotlight shines down to the center of the stage where Angel is no longer alone because Har Megiddo stand with him.

...During the chorus, they begin their approach to the ring... By the end of the chorus, Angel has rolled toward the centre of the ring, pulling himself to one knee. Damian runs his hand over the canvas before pounding his right fist down upon the SCW logo, immediately springing to his feet thereafter. Har Megiddo begin to walk around it is looking inside as the arenas lights come back on.

Sharper: “This has been quite a rivalry between these two and now with Har Megiddo along with Angel, you have to wonder what is going through Raabs mind.”

Knots: “Probably not much with how he tweets on social media.”

The Black Ice is ready to go but the official Is making him stay in his corner, Angel is crouching down in his corner and talking to Har Megiddo. A smirk dons his lips as they nod and slowly begin to back up the ramp only to stand on the stage area and watch.

Sharper: “That is a turn for the books. But they’re still out there which is a concern.”

Angel pulls himself up using the ropes and looks across the ring at The Black Ice. The bell sounds and immediately Raab charges out of his corner looking for a clothesline on Angel, but the Devil ducks under and rolls to the center of the ring and getting to his feet. Raab turns and runs back at him with another clothesline in mind, but Angel again ducks under it and pushes Konrad into the opposite corner. The Black Ice turns to see Angel laughing and all he can do is slap the top of the turnbuckle in anger. Angel motions for him to come at him which Raab does, the two locking up and immediately Angel is sent to the ropes with an Irish whip. Raab readys himself but Angel blocks the return by grabbing the top rope. Konrad takes a step but Angel drops to the canvas and rolls out of the ring to boos from the crowd.

Sharper: “Damian Angel continuing the mindgames with Raab. He knows he wants to fight, but he isn’t giving it to him.”

Knots: “This is what makes Angel so dangerous, he can get inside your head and if he’s already there then that is only worse.”

Inside the ring Raab is telling the official to get Angel back in the ring, in the end Raab doesn’t wait instead he exits the ring and starts to run around which gets the fans cheering. But Angel rolls back into the ring before Raab could reach him. The German superstar leaps onto the apron and starts to climb back in only to get a boot to the side of the head. Raab falls in but gets back up almost instantaneously. Angel yells something at Raab in German which makes him lose it and charge at Angel, but Damian exits the ring quickly to more boos from the SCW fans. Angel continues to look into the ring with a smirk on his face while Black ice holds his head now…

Knots: “No idea what he said to Raab, but it clearly worked.”

Sharper: “But these two have to wrestle, it’s why we’re here!”

Knots: “Angel is dictating the pace of the match, he isn’t letting Raab get any control here. This is his game.”

Raab once again exits the ring and runs after Angel while Har Megiddo watches on. Angel rolls back into the ring with Raab quickly sliding in but a knee to the back of Raabs head is enough to halt him in his tracks. Damian now up and stomping the back of Raab’s head over and over again before steeping away with his arms extended confidently while the SCW fans boo loudly. The boos however change to a roar of cheers which catches Angels attention, he turns around only to get speared out of his boots with a takedown by Raab. The German mounts him next and starts to hammer away with right hand shots over and over again.

Sharper: “There we have it, listen to the crowd they wanted to see that happen!”

Knots: “Raab caught him out of no where with that take down. The referee trying to get him off.”

Konrad is angry, rightfully so and this Black Ice persona isn’t helping matters. The referee tries to get him to step away, it is only when he starts to count…

1…

2…

3…

4.. Raab steps away holding his head while Har Megiddo watch on, they looked to make a way down the ramp but stop themselves once Raab stepped away. Inside the ring Angel holds his face while getting to his feet, Konrad rushes back over and kicks him in the ribs, he kicks him again while dragging him to his feet viciously by holding his beard. Angel tries to fight back kicking Raab in the gut but to no avail, he backs up, but the Beard is firmly held until Raab uses that and pulls him towards him to hit a clothesline.

Sharper: “Clothesline by Raab, he held the beard that can’t have been pleasant.”

Knots: “No where Angel could go he was trapped like an animal there.”

Raab once again holding the beard of Angel pulls him to his feet and sends him over to a corner with a modified Irish Whip. Angel holds his jaw and turns only to start receiving boxing punches for his trouble, the SCW fans roar again as the flurry get faster and faster making it harder and harder to block. Again, Har Megiddo watch on and begin to look at each other while inside the ring a suplex from out of the corner is followed up by a float over and cover.

1…

2.. KICK OUT BY ANGEL!!

Behemoth is ready to charge the ring but the other two hold him back and remind him was they were told. Inside the ring Raab is on his knees and strikes again at Angel who rolls away. Angel starts to get to his feet, Raab makes his way over with his arms up but is stopped with a double strike to his gut. He tries to grab Angel who is now on his feet but misses as the Devil locks his arms around his waist, he then slides them up and folds Raabs up behind his head and lifts him up and over with a Dragon suplex. The crowd “oohs” from the impact of raab landing on his head.

Sharper: “Vicious Dragon Suplex there from Damian Angel. Raab landed hard.”

Knots: “Hard enough to knock some sense into him, this Black Ice thing is absurd!”

Raab is holding the back of his head, Angel back on his feet is looking down smirking at Raab. He quickly rushes over and pulls Raabs head back and starts trying to untie the mask from the back to Boo’s from the fans. Raab is battling it though but gets a knee to the back of the head. He drags Raab up now by the mask and quickly lifts him up into into a suplex of his own, only he drops Raab on his head with a brainbuster!

Knots: “BRAINBUSTAAAAAAA!”

Sharper: “How long have you waited to say that?”

Knots: “Long enough, my only concern is it’ll have little effect given it’s Raab!”

Raab holds his head in pain but has little time to react with Angel covering him and hooking both legs.

1…

2…

3? NO! KICK OUT BY RAAB!!

The SCW fans erupt with cheers, Har Megiddo on the other hand do not and make their way down the ramp which causes a stir between the crowd. The three-stop short of the ring however when the referee notices them. Angel barks something at the referee getting his attention back, Damian starts to try and remove the mask again and drags Raab to his knees in the process. He unfastens it a little but gets a elbow to the gut, Raab hits him again and again forcing Angel to step back. Raab gets to his feet and hits a European Uppercut on the return from Angel. Angel goes for a Clothesline but Raab ducks under it and spins around Angel applying a rear waist lock before rolling back fully and lifting Angel up to a roar from the crowd as he brings him down with a German and bridge.

1…

2…

3? NO! KICK OUT BY ANGEL!!

Sharper: “Both men with close falls, Angel obsessed now with removing that mask and Raab fighting hard to keep it out of his hands.”

Knots: “Maybe there is more to it than we know? Maybe Angel thinks moving the mask will bring Raab back to his usual self.”

Raab falls down to the mat, Angel quickly rolls away to the outside where Har Megiddo stand now, the group checking on their leader to see if he is okay. The SCW fans start up a “Konrad Raab” chant over and over again which spurs some life into the German who rolls over and sees the group checking on Angel. A sneer appears on his face from under the mask as he rises to his feet. From there Raab runs towards the corner and climbs up it to the top he quickly turns and leaps off the turnbuckle and hits a moonsault to the outside! Behemoth seeing the danger pushes Angel away to the apron before Raab lands on Har Megiddo hard!

Sharper: “WOW!! Huge moonsault off the top turnbuckle to the outside.”

Knots: “Okay, I’ll give him credit there that was a great move, but he isn’t fighting them he’s fighting Damian Angel!”

Raab springs to his feet and celebrates with the crowd who all chant “That was AWESOME!” He looks at Angel now who rolls into the ring and begins stumbling to his feet. Raab, Black Ice leaps onto the apron and starts to climb in via the middle ropes but Angel quickly leaps up and hits the Dead man’s drop out of nowhere and curb stomps Raabs face into the canvas! The crowd oooh’s and boos, Angel laughs maniacally as he pulls Raab into the ring fully and hooks both legs while sitting on his chest.

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3!!!!

The bell sounds as more boos erupt from around the arena as The Rasmus' "Lucifer's Angel" begin to play, Damian Angel laughs again as he gets to his feet and demands the referee raise his arm.

Phillips: “Ladies and Gentlemen, the winner of this match because of a pin fall… DAMIAN ANGEL!!”

Har Megiddo now on their feet all clap Angel who looks down at Raab and smirks, the official trying to create a barrier between the two. The legendary wrestler of SCW exits the ring and all four slowly begin to make their way up the ramp as more boos are thrown at them from the SCW fans here at Unflawed.

We then cut to see a shot that says “EARLIER TODAY” where we see Leviticus seemingly standing, looking into a body of water. He paces.

Sharper: “Well earlier today, Giovanni Aries, apparently also has some extra things in mind.”

Knots: “Don’t give him any credence to this!”

Sharper: “Apparently they are prepared if the fish people show up too.”

Knots: “Oh God…”

Leviticus looks around.

Leviticus: “If you come out here! I’ll make sure…you’re not going to stop Giovanni Aries as he destroys Ace Marshall and the Lizard King. You hear me!”

Leviticus looks out as we see a few people walking along a walk way a few feet away. Leviticus notices them and then smiles. He walks towards a box he has and then towards them.

Leviticus: “T-Shirt? Want to show loyalty to the Wonderland?”

He smiles as the people he’s approach just walk off confused as we then cut away.

We then open to a shot of the crowd. The cameras pan across it.

Knots: “What are we doing here?”

Sharper: “Well Giovanni Aries is off to go after Ace. Kennedy Street will face Syren tonight. A huge night tonight. Tag Team Turmoil. An interim US Champion and we’ll hear our first words from our new commissioner.”

Knots: “And we’re just getting started.”

Sharper: “Not too late to order. Don’t want to miss Unflawed.”

Knots: “Trust me!”

Sharper: “Thank you for joining us for our free for all. We’ll see you in a few moments here in Tampa!”

The scene then slowly fades to black.

The FBI Warning comes up on the screen.

“Supreme Championship Wrestling...”

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

We open up with a shot of Kennedy Street glaring at the entrance way on Breakdown before cutting to a shot of Selena Frost narrowing missing getting hit by a storage crate backstage. We then see static come up before we see a shot of Syren celebrating with Ravyn Taylor and CHBK in the ring with the SCW World Championship, and then cutting to a shot of Regan Street hitting a piledriver on Mr. D. We see officials then running into ring as Regan is forced back.

“It is high time to right some of the wrongs.”

We see a shot of Bree going to hit Thirteen with a microphone, only for Thirteen to block it and look at her. We then cut to a shot of Amy Chastaine pinning Syren as the crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Amy Chastaine has pinned Syren!”

We then see a shot of Kennedy Street getting hit with a slam onto a storage crate by El Angel del Cielo backstage and then cutting to a shot of Lexi von Aaron nailing Max Kane with the SCW World Tag Team Championship and showing Red Empire and Sophie James and David Callahan chasing her off. We then see a shot of Ace Marshall throwing Giovanni Aries into the ring apron.

“It’s time for those with no respect to learn it.”

We see a shot of Kennedy Street hitting CHBK with a Touch of Class on the floor. This is followed by a shot of Donovan Kayl telling Ravyn Taylor to come after her and showing Owen Cruze standing up to Gothfather backstage, before cutting to static as we see Mr. D loaded into an ambulance and then cutting to show Andrew Raynes shoving Gable Winchester off of a ladder at Learning from History. This is followed by a shot of Damian Angel looking right at the camera.

“It’s time to heal the wounds…to cure the diseases…”

We then see a shot of Konrad Raab fighting back against Har Megiddo. We also see a shot of Aniya Helms slapping Alistaire Allocco at Retribution. We then see static as we see Katie Steward hitting Giovanni Aries with the Off with her Head and then cutting to show Gable Winchester attacking Andrew Raynes.

“It’s time to look past the flaws…and embrace the reality…”

We then see a shot of Katelyn Buehler and Marie Jones shaking hands backstage before cutting to show Max Kane diving off the top rope onto Chad Evans and Lexi von Aaron. We then cut to see Kennedy Street standing tall in the ring.

“It’s time to be unflawed…”

Kennedy Street, Amy Chastaine and Donovan Kayl then are shown in the ring before we cut to black.

We then see a shot of the SCW Unflawed logo come up on the screen as “Do You Really Want It” by Nothing More starts to play in the background.

“Supreme Championship Wrestling presents…Unflawed!”

A few moments pass as the logo remains on the screen. We then cut to the inside of the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida again. The crowd cheers as pyro shoots out from around the entrance set. The pyro display continues for a few moments before spotlights shine around the arena. The cameras pan across the crowd, showing many of them as they cheer, ready for SCW action.

Sharper: “Welcome again to Tampa for SCW Unflawed on a night where Kennedy Street looks to win the World Title against Syren and Giovanni Aries and Ace Marshall will do battle in a match that is Ace Marshall’s choice!”

We then cut to ringside to see Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots at the announce table.

Sharper: “Hello again everyone. Adam Sharper here with Jonathan Knots at ringside. Jon…what a night this is going to be.”

Knots: “Kennedy getting her revenge and hopefully the World Title. David Helms’ first night as commissioner officially. Last Man Standing. News on the future. Four titles on the line too!”

Sharper: “Already a lot has occurred tonight. Ikiro Yoshida earning an interim US Title opportunity later tonight. Raab and Damian had a war and Giovanni Aries is off to wherever Ace Marshall is waiting for him.”

Marie Jones vs. Katelyn Buehler

Best of Five Series – Match Two (1-0)

The camera switches to the big screen, where images of Katelyn Buehler are shown, giving this crowd a chance to go crazy. The opening riffs of “My House” by PVRIS plays as Katelyn comes out onto the stage, wearing a black leather jacket. As the song continues, Katelyn starts walking down the ramp, huge smile across her face. She runs a hand through her raven-black hair before slapping a few hands of the jam-packed crowd.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a twenty minute time limit and is the second match of the Best of Five Series. First, on her way to the ring, from Los Angeles, California, she is Katelyn Buehler!”

Just before the chorus begins, she walks around to the one side of the ring and picks out a random fan. She leans in and kisses them on the cheek, which causes more adulation for the superstar. After the chorus finishes, Katelyn slides under the bottom rope, into the ring. She gets up to her knees, moving a few strands of hair from her face as she smiles out at the crowd. Katelyn leans back, still on her knees and lets out the most primal of screams a young lady like her can, giving the crowd more to cheer for. As the song winds down, Katelyn jumps to her feet and ascends the turnbuckle, where she leans forward and screams "THIS IS MY HOUSE" In doing this, which brings bright smiles from Katelyn and huge pops from the crowd.

"You and I walk a fragile line
I have known it all this time
But I never thought I'd live to see it break
It's getting dark and its all too quiet
And I can't trust anything now
And its comin' over you like its all a big mistake"

Phillips: Ladies and gentlemen….

"Holding my breath, won't lose you again
Something's made your eyes go cold"

Phillips: ..."The Phoenix" Marie Jones!!!!!!!!!!

A spotlight shines down at the top of the entrance ramp. Pyro goes off. Then Marie Annabelle Jones steps through the curtain, wearing her ring gear and her signature black leather jacket. A broad, somewhat condescending grin is on her face as she gaze out at the fans in the arena who cheer loudly. The Tron shows images of her striking at her opponents with her finishing and signature moves as the lyrics of "Haunted" by Taylor Swift begin to flow through the arena. Marie begins to make her way down towards the ring to loud cheering from the fans. As for Marie herself, she stops to slap a few high fives with fans, recognizing them as they cheer her. Then her focus is solely on the ring and the determined stride with which she walks tells that story. Marie hops up onto the ring apron. She strikes a sultry and sexy pose for the audience. Marie turns and leaps over the top rope and into the ring. She then hops up onto the second turnbuckle of the nearby corner and holds her arms up high into the air, getting a reaction from the crowd.

Sharper: “As our announcer Jason Phillips, this is the second match in the best of five series between Marie Jones and Katelyn Buehler. Marie is ahead, picking up the first win the other week on Breakdown. She will be looking to add another win here tonight.”

Knots: “And in that regard, we can’t count out the former IWC World Champion, Katelyn Buehler. She will be looking to turn things around as she has been on a bit of a losing streak. Phoenix has been on a tear recently, kicking ass and taking names, even the TV title at one point.”

The bell rings. Katelyn and Marie step out of their corners and go for a tie up. Katelyn presses Marie back, causing Marie to bend at the waist, but maintaining her balance. Marie arches her back and pushes up, pressing Katelyn down. Marie leans forward, pressing Katelyn’s shoulders to the mat as the ref makes the count.

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Katelyn rolls out. Katelyn gets to her feet, keeping her eyes on Marie. They then go for another tie up, this time with Katelyn gaining control with a side headlock. Marie backs Katelyn into the ropes, using their momentum to shove Katelyn to the other side, but Katelyn charges back, taking Marie down with a shoulder tackle, before hooking the leg.

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Marie shoots the shoulder up. Marie looks at Katelyn who motions for Marie to stand up. Marie gets to her feet and they tie up once again in the center of the ring.

Sharper: “Looks like they are feeling one another out in the early stages of the match. The pace isn’t as quick as their first match, which may be work to the benefit of Katelyn Buehler.”

Katelyn grabs another headlock, before transitioning to the back of Marie, but Marie hits a back elbow. Marie goes for another elbow, but Katelyn blocks it and grabs Marie, taking her down with a swinging neckbreaker. Katelyn then goes for another cover.

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Marie kicks out. Katelyn picks Marie up and whips her into the corner, before connecting with a corner dropkick. Marie buckles in the corner then slowly stumbles out, only for Katelyn to grab her and take her down with a STO. Katelyn then goes for another cover.

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Marie kicks out once again.

Sharper: “Katelyn Buehler is taking the fight to Marie Jones. She knows she has to win this. She knows that letting Marie get ahead of her could result in this best of five series ending faster than it started.”

Knots: “Katelyn also knows that Marie is one hell of a competitor. She has achieved quite a bit of success. Katelyn still hasn’t found her place since her return, but gaining momentum with this series could help that.”

Katelyn stands back as Marie slowly gets to her feet. Katelyn goes for a chick kick, but Marie dunks under at the last moment. Marie gets behind Katelyn and takes her down with a backcracker. Katelyn rolls over, holding her back, before pushing herself off of the mat, but Marie meets and hooks her, before taking Katelyn down with a double arm DDT. Marie then goes for the cover.

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Katelyn kicks out. Marie gets to her feet and races to the ropes, before leaping onto and off of the rope, connecting with Divine Impact, before going for another cover.

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Katelyn kicks out. Katelyn rolls over onto her stomach and goes to push herself up, but Marie grabs Katelyn’s leg and drives her knee into the mat. Marie then grabs the same leg, before transitioning into an STF. The crowd begins to roar as Marie arches back, as Katelyn begins to scramble towards the ropes. Katelyn reaches, but isn’t close!

Sharper: “Marie with the STF and Katelyn may be in a bad way here. She is still showing fight however, as she tries to pull herself, as well as Marie, towards the ropes.”

Knots: “That is all well and good, but you have to wonder how much that will take out of her in the meantime.”

Katelyn reaches once again, but she is still inches away from the ropes. Marie arches back once again, and Katelyn begins to frantically reach for the ropes, before using her forearms to pull her and Marie a little closer to the ropes. Katelyn reaches again and grasps the bottom rope. Marie lets go of the hold. Marie gets to her feet, as Katelyn uses the ropes to assist her. Marie grabs Katelyn, but Katelyn lands an elbow to the face, which staggers Marie. Katelyn goes to grab Marie, but Marie leaps up and connects with a Pele kick. Katelyn hits the mat and Marie goes for a cover.

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3…NO! Katelyn shoots the shoulder up. Marie looks at the ref before grabbing Katelyn and lifting her off of the mat. Marie then whips Katelyn into the corner, following up with a missile dropkick. Katelyn buckles into the corner before stumbling out, with Marie taking her down with another double arm DDT. Marie goes for another cover.

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Katelyn kicks out. Marie gets to her feet then climbs to the top rope. She looks down at Katelyn before leaping into the air and going for a 450 splash. Katelyn moves out of the way at the last possible second. Marie’s head bounces off of the mat before she rolls over onto her back.

Crowd: “OOOOHHHHH”

Sharper: “Marie Jones going for the 450 splash and it didn’t pay off. Now Katelyn is slowly getting to her feet.”

Katelyn is shown pulling herself to her feet, using the ropes. She then turns and looks at Marie, who is just now on her hands and knees. Marie uses the ropes to keep her balance as she gets to her feet. She turns and Katelyn grabs her before landing the KTFO! The crowd erupts as Katelyn connects. Katelyn then hooks the leg.

Knots: “That roaring elbow! Katelyn landed it out of nowhere. Is it enough?”

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3!!! The ref calls for the bell. The crowd erupts as Katelyn slowly lifts her arm in victory.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Katelyn Buehler!”

Sharper: “The KTFO after Marie missed the 450 and Katelyn ties it up.”

Knots: “Brand new game here. Now it’s a best of three!”

Sharper: “Katelyn evening it up here in Tampa Bay!”

Katelyn Buehler looks around as Marie winces and rolls over. She holds her face in pain as Katelyn looks around and then celebrates a bit. She smiles as we then cut away.

We open up backstage as we see Jessica Winters standing outside of the Commissioner’s office as the crowd cheers. David Helms standing with Jessica. He nods.

Jessica: “I don’t think I need to give much of an introduction. But Jessica Winters here with our new Commissioner David Helms. You shocked the world when you showed up on Breakdown. Clearly making a statement. But pardon if I’m going to ask a question that everyone should know…why you? Why are you in this position? Especially given that the woman who took out our boss is your wife?”

David: “Not going to give me too much time to get settle. But Jessica, that’s a fair question. A very fair one and I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure if I was going to say yes. They swore me to secrecy. It led to some tension with my family, but the reason I’m here, beyond also looking to maintain some law and order at a place I do love…I’m here to make sure frankly that when Regan returns…she still has a career.”

Jessica: “Wait-“

David: “I was hired in part to keep her from flying off the handle. Apparently that suspension isn’t going to last forever. Before you ask, I have no clue what is happening with the US Championship proper. I’ve only been told a few things. I get to make the matches. I get to make sure things run smoothly at the shows, but other than that, the Board of Directors takes over from there, including hiring and firing. Now-“

We then see Bree Mason coming into view. The crowd boos seeing her.

Bree: “David! We should talk. Look, I get that we’ve had some issues in the past. I’m looking to move past that. I get along well with Regan. We can make that all water under the bridge.”

David: “Bree. I’m in the middle of something.”

Bree: “And what I have to talk to you about is pressing. Let’s just cut to the chase. We all know what should happen tonight and that’s that I should be added to the World Title opportunity. If you’d like I’ll wait until Kennedy and Syren finish their tiff-“

David: “Bree…I’m the one who approved your match with Thirteen.”

The crowd roars.

Bree: “But…I should get another title shot!”

David: “And if you had let me continue, I’d have given you a hint as to where that title shot may come from. Because in an effort to see what the fans think, I’m debating that I should take some time and introduce something different. Something that lets the fans involved.”

Bree: “But…they don’t appreciate good things. Even Sienna, they want more when she’s a finer quality.”

David: “Well then they can choose whether they want to see her. Because in a couple of weeks, we’re going to introduce something I’m going to call….WTF Wednesday.”

Bree: “What?”

David: “And the World Title will be on the line. You, Sienna, and I will add a couple of others who I think should get a chance, and the fans will determine who will challenge for the World Title that night. In fact, the entire night will be decided by fan vote. So Bree…if it’s so obvious you deserve it….or maybe Sienna too…the fans will speak.”

Bree: “But…”

David: “Good luck later.”

David turns and walks back into his office as Bree looks at him before turning to Jessica.

Bree: “What are you looking at?!”

Bree turns and walks off as we cut away.

Tag Team Turmoil

SCW World Tag Team Championship

The lights drop to black as static is briefly heard, the screen being shown shattering like glass. The screen goes black before passages appear capitalized across the screen. A voice mirroring Lexi Von Aaron can be heard saying along with them;

FATHER, FORGIVE THEM; FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO

AND THE LORD RESPONDED SOME TIME LATER, NO

THERE WILL BE NO FORGIVENESS FOR THOSE WHO DEFY ME

"Broken Dreams" by Shaman's Harvest begins to play throughout the arena, immediately leading to a chorus of boos. The lights slowly come up in a very dark shade of blue as two figures emerge from the curtains. The crowd continues to roar their disgust as Lexi leans into Chad's side, before walking toward the ring.

Phillips: “The following contest is the Tag Team Turmoil match for the SCW World Tag Team Championship. The last team standing will be the SCW World Tag Team Champions! First, on their way to the ring, they are the SCW World Tag Team Champions…hailing from Heaven, Chad Evans and Lexi von Aaron!”

Lexi walks to the ring, carelessly carrying her SCW World Tag Team Championship. Chad ignores the crowd and also does not have his tag title. They make their way down to the ring, Lexi turning to spit toward fans who are heckling them near the bottom. She then rolls into the ring and throws her title down into the middle of the ring. Chad simply walks up the steel steps and walks along the apron. Lexi gets up and looks around before taking off her jacket and Chad enters. Lexi walks over and removes Chad’s jacket. She places both on the apron before backing up and looking around. The referee takes the title and Lexi snaps at him. He holds them up as the SCW World Tag Team Championship logo comes across the screen and fades to the bottom corner. Lexi meanwhile keeps watching Chad as Chad just exits to his corner.

Sharper: “Lexi von Aaron has been quite arrogant, talking about how she and Chad are the best tag team in wrestling, period.”

Knots: “Yeah, and funny enough, that pissed off a lot of people, but more importantly, that’s led to this match. Here’s the test and on top of that, as we found out earlier, when Lexi complained more…she and Chad have to start this out.”

Sharper: “Chad already on the apron. He’s not even carrying his title anymore so you wonder if he even gives a damn. Lexi meanwhile has alternated between defacing that title and treating it as the most important thing next to Chad. Meanwhile, I would be remiss if I didn’t point out how disgusting Chad Evans is with this whole arrangement.”

Knots: “And yeah, Lexi loves him. She’ll do anything for him.”

Scarlet begins to play as the entire arena in engulfed in red lighting, feeling so much like a thick red veil has overtaken the arena that it's suffocating. Through the smoke that begins to cover the stage, Scarlet Grey and Ruby Amarant slowly saunter out onto the stage hand-in-hand and hips bumping as they walk, drawing the gaze of every fan in the arena as they are entranced by this sight. Scarlet slowly turns to Ruby with a smirk and slowly starts running a hand up and down her body, trying to intentionally shift some of the focus over to her as Ruby just smiles back at her, and when Scarlet rises back to full height the two share a brief but passionate kiss before they begin heading down to the ring, Scarlet catching the lingering gaze of some of the fans and winking to them as Ruby just keeps her smile, pleased that Scarlet's enjoying herself.

Phillips: “The second team entering, they are the Red Empire, Ruby Amarant and Scarlet Grey!”

As they reach ringside Scarlet slowly walks up the steps before stepping between the top and second ropes, taking her sweet time with it to show off not only her ample display of cleavage but also the greatest ass god himself ever created for a woman. She then spreads her legs as she leans back against the ropes and allows Ruby to slide into the ring between her legs. Ruby slowly twists around and rises as Scarlet approaches, taking Ruby's hands to run them up along her own body as well. This ends with the two of them locking lips again, one leg slowly rising from each of them before they separate. As the lights return to normal, Scarlet saunters over to try and start flirting with the referee as the look on Ruby's face changes, making it clear that at least she's flipped the switch and is ready for war.

Sharper: “Red Empire having their first chance at the titles here in SCW. They said at Retribution, they challenged Lexi to do what she did last month. Retained via low blow and disqualification.”

Knots: “Ruby and Scarlet have an answer for that!”

Sharper: “And Lexi starting off. Ruby and Scarlet discussing things right now to figure out how to go. And three other teams wait.”

The bell sounds. Scarlet starts as Lexi looks at her and snaps at her. Scarlet then lunges and the two women grapple in the middle of the ring. Lexi turns and moves into an arm wrench. She pulls up and jerks on the arm. Scarlet winces. Lexi wrenches it again. Scarlet rolls through and nips up and then kicks her in the thigh. She then pulls her back to the mat. Lexi hits the mat and rolls over. She gets up and Scarlet drops down and hits a leg trip before going into a side headlock. She pulls up and Lexi kicks at the mat. She keeps jawing at Scarlet as Scarlet starts to get up, pulling Lexi up. Lexi starts to pull her back into the ropes. Scarlet tags in Ruby with a blind tag. Lexi fires her off. Scarlet stops at the ropes and Ruby enters and comes over and grabs Lexi and hits a Russian leg sweep. She quickly moves into a pin.

Lexi kicks out. She rolls to the ropes. She then snaps at the referee as Ruby just ignores it and grabs her and pulls her up before chopping her. The crowd woos.

Knots: “She won’t shut up.”

Sharper: “That helped a bit. A hard chop and Ruby Amarant doesn’t really care what Lexi is saying.”

Ruby whips Lexi across. Lexi bounces off and Ruby hits a knee to the ribs. She then scoops Lexi up and slams her down. Lexi rolls over and gets up and Ruby nails her with a forearm. She pushes her into the ropes and whips her across. Lexi bounces off and Ruby goes for a spinning back fist. Lexi ducks. Ruby turns around and Lexi snapmares her over and hits a dropkick to her back. She goes for the pin.

Ruby kicks out. Both women start to get up and Lexi walks over and cuffs Ruby from behind. She then turns and whips her across, right by Chad. Ruby bounces off and Lexi jumps up and hits a high knee. Ruby hits the mat and Lexi turns and reaches out for a tag. Chad shakes his head no. Lexi nods and turns around as Ruby starts to get up and nails her with a hard right. The referee reprimands before Lexi whips Ruby into the corner. Lexi walks after and climbs up to the middle turnbuckle and nails her with a hard forearm and then another and another.

Lexi: “These are my titles. Can’t beat the best team, bitch!”

Ruby then just slides between her legs and pulls her up and back before throwing her back with an electric chair drop.

Sharper: “Lexi getting arrogant, looking to impress Chad and Ruby takes advantage.”

Knots: “Showing a rare power move too. Ruby immediately took advantage of Lexi getting cocky.”

Ruby rolls over and starts to get up as Lexi rolls over. Ruby grabs her by the hair and pulls her up before tagging in Scarlet. Ruby knees Lexi in the ribs and spins around and goes into a wheelbarrow hold. She then hoists her up as Scarlet enters and hits a facebuster. She then hoists Lexi up and Ruby hits a wheelbarrow suplex. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Lustplex. Red Empire doing a lot of damage to Lexi. Big mistake by her.”

Knots: “And Red Empire are working as a team. Chad hasn’t lifted a finger!”

Ruby rolls out of the ring as Scarlet goes for the pin.

Chad enters the ring and stomps her in the back. Scarlet rolls over and looks over at Chad. She then smirks as she starts to get up and Chad starts to step back. Scarlet then turns and looks at Chad before she straightens out her top a bit and steps forward. She then looks at him. Chad just rolls her eyes. Scarlet then shakes her finger before turning to the official. Lexi however sees Scarlet going over to Chad and seemingly highlighting her assets. When Scarlet turns to the official. Lexi runs over and hits a vicious straight kick to Scarlet’s back. Scarlet falls over. Ruby paces a bit on the apron as Chad smirks. The crowd boos as Lexi mounts Scarlet and nails her with a series of hard right hands to the back of Scarlet’s head. She covers up a bit and the referee counts as Lexi hammers away.

Lexi stops and rolls off. Lexi then turns around and looks at Ruby.

Sharper: “Lexi has snapped.”

Knots: “Scarlet Grey was looking like she was going to flirt with the official, but I think she saw her go over to Chad. Lexi lost it.”

Sharper: “She’s become so focused on pleasing Chad, but she’s also hyper protective. And now she going after Ruby.”

Lexi: “What? You want to fuck him too? Huh? He’s mine! MY God!”

Lexi walks over and gets her arm in Ruby’s face as Chad rolls his eyes watching this, before Ruby grabs the arm and smacks her with a hard right and then a kick in the ribs. Lexi staggers back and Scarlet recovers to roll her up into an inside cradle.

Lexi kicks out. Both women get up and Scarlet hits a jawbreaker. She then turns and whips Lexi into the ropes. Scarlet runs after and hits a running clothesline. Lexi staggers forward and Scarlet grabs her and then goes for the Scarlet Fever.

Sharper: “Scarlet trying to get Lexi down. She’s trying to get Lexi to tap!”

Knots: “Oh man. How amazing would that be? All the talk and Scarlet makes her tap!”

She tries to get Lexi down, but Lexi fights it as best as she can. The crowd roars. She struggles as Scarlet tries to hook her leg. Chad just paces a bit.

Chad: “Don’t tell me this is how your loudmouth is going to cost us!”

Lexi looks at Chad as Scarlet turns, trying to pull her back towards the Red Empire corner and Lexi then manages to let out a yell and drops down and spins under her arm and then grabs her before hitting a German suplex. The crowd ohs. Scarlet rolls over. She stirs and Lexi turns around and runs at her, nailing her with the Operation LeX. Ruby enters, but Chad enters and runs over and as Ruby grabs Lexi. Chad then turns and nails her with a hard right, knocking her down. Ruby rolls over and starts to get up and quickly goes to the leg to take Chad down, but Chad grabs onto the ropes as Lexi goes for the pin on Scarlet.

The crowd boos.

Sharper: “Chad finally entering. Ruby having to watch both and Chad being fresh playing the difference, along with Lexi’s devotion to Chad.”

Knots: “Enough to get her to get out of that hold and not hesitate. One team down, but Red Empire nearly got it the other way.”

Sharper: “And we now know how important Chad is to Lexi yet again. Doing anything for him, even digging deep and pulling in from something else.”

Phillips: “Red Empire has been eliminated.”

Scarlet rolls out of the ring as Chad pushes away from Ruby. Ruby watches him as Chad snaps at her. Lexi gets up too and Ruby steps over to the ropes to get closer to Scarlet before she drops down to the floor. She backs up and starts to head back as “Real Wild Child” plays throughout the arena. Gigi Steward steps out behind the curtain with Maddy walking beside her and they walks onto the stage in their wrestling gear and wearing her Team Desire hoodies. Gigi and Maddy look down at the ring and start to head down as they pass Scarlet, holding her jaw, and Ruby. They eye each other before Red Empire heads to the back as Team Desire 2.0 head to the ring.

Phillips: “Next, on their way to the ring, they are Gigi Steward and Madison Steward, they are Team Desire 2.0!”

Gigi takes off her jacket and drops it on the aisle for ring crew to pick it up. Maddy follows and they hop on the apron. Gigi enters the ring as Maddy looks in. Chad just turns and exits to the apron and motions at Lexi to take care of it. Lexi just nods and smiles before motioning at them. The bell sounds and Gigi runs at Lexi and kicks her in the ribs.

Sharper: “Here we go. Match two now. Team Desire 2.0. Gigi and Maddy in next.”

Knots: “They eyed Red Empire. A bit of a rivalry going on there. But Lexi immediately told to get back in there. I think Chad wants to do as little as possible.”

Sharper: “Wouldn’t surprise me one bit.”

Gigi nails her with a forearm shot and then pushes her into the ropes and whips her across. Leix bounces off and Gigi runs at her and takes her down with a crossbody. She follows up for a pin.

Lexi kicks out. Both get up and Gigi kicks her in the ribs and whips her into the ropes again. Lexi bounces off and Gigi hits a hip toss. She turns and runs into the ropes and nails Chad in the jaw. The crowd roars. Chad nearly falls back, but holds on. Gigi turns around and Lexi gets up and runs at Gigi, letting out a yell. Gigi side steps and sends Lexi into the corner. She hits the turnbuckle and staggers back and Gigi scoops her up and slams her down. She turns and tags in Maddy. Maddy climbs up to the top rope and hits a huge splash. The crowd roars.

Lexi gets her shoulder up in time. Maddy rolls off and just like Gigi. She runs forward and nails Chad with a running forearm again. Chad steps off and yells out and spins around. He turns around and smacks the mat in anger before Maddy backs up. Lexi starts to get up and Maddy runs at her and hits a running dropkick to the jaw. The crowd ohs. She goes for the pin.

Lexi gets her shoulder up.

Sharper: “Another nearfall as Maddy drills Chad and catches him off guard.”

Knots: “They came with a plan. The Stewards with a hell of a plan and nearly had Lexi twice!”

Lexi rolls over and slowly stirs as Maddy grabs her and pulls her back with a mat slam. She then turns and tags in Gigi again. Gigi climbs up to the top rope. She then dives off and hits a flying elbow drop to Lexi. She then gets up and just as Chad gets up, she runs across and hits a dropkick to his chest. He holds onto the ropes and falls to the apron and falls to the floor. The crowd cheers. Gigi gets up and Lexi starts to get up and Gigi walks over and kicks her in the ribs. She then looks around and runs into the ropes and jumps off and goes for the Nirvana, but Lexi sidesteps. She spins around and nails Maddy with a hard right. She turns around and Gigi hits an inside cradle.

Lexi kicks out. Both get up and Gigi kicks her in the ribs and we see Chad Evans enters the ring and running at Gigi and drilling her with a vicious clothesline. The crowd ohs. Gigi rolls over and the referee tries to get him out, but Chad steps past and stomps Gigi in the ribs and then again and again. The referee tells him to get back and Lexi immediately goes to Gigi and pulls her away from the ropes, locking in the Sacrament. The crowd boos as Chad steps out just as the referee turns and sees the hold on. Chad enters the ring and Maddy starts to enter back in and Chad stomps her in the back and then again. Maddy rolls out as Gigi holds on for a moment longer before starting to tap out.

Sharper: “Gigi and Maddy came in with a plan, but Chad Evans coming in, pure anger, and assaulting both with the referee unable to really stop him. Stretching the rules.”

Knots: “Stretching the rules, but Lexi got that damn armbar on.”

Gigi trying to hold on as Maddy tries to get back in before starting to tap out.

Sharper: “Damn.”

Phillips: “Team Desire 2.0 has been eliminated.”

Sharper: “A great strategy and one that had some big success, but not enough for the three.”

Maddy backs up as Gigi rolls to the floor, holding her arm. She stirs.

“EVERYONE… EVENTUALLY… LET’S YOU DOWN…
EVERYOOOOONE…EVENTUALLYYYYY… LET’S YOU DOOOOWN”

The lights in the arena cut completely as the eerie choir-like lines from the SCW remix of “Negative Space” by A Day To Remember hits the speaker system. As the intro begins to play out, strobe lights flash on the stage in time with music. They cut completely again as just the bass guitar plays before the song kicks into full flow.

“THESE WALLS, THIS HOOOUSE”

Pyro’s explode on either end of the stage as the song kicks in fully and the lights flash back up to show Sophie James standing on the stage, where she throws back the hood of her hooded top and then throws her arms out wide and the crowd begin to cheer loudly as Sophie grins broadly. David Callahan stands with her and looks around, wearing a white beard and a staff, holding his arms up. He then feigns parting the sea as Sophie turns to him, shaking her head.

Phillips: “Next, they are David Callahan and the Motor City Bitch, Sophie James!”

Chad looks at them and rolls his eyes as he turns back and David Callahan starts to head to the ring with Sophie. Lexi starts to get up and Chad snaps at her and motions as her eyes widen. David Callahan hops onto the apron and Lexi von Aaron and runs over and jumps up, dropkicking him off. The crowd ohs as Sophie slides in. The crowd roars as the bell sounds and Lexi turns around and Sophie nails her with a forearm and Lexi fires back. They trade some forearm shots as the crowd roars.

Sharper: “David Callahan poking fun at Chad and Chad using that to rile Lexi up.”

Knots: “She can’t keep going like this, but she’s going after Sophie.”

Sharper: “Both trading forearm shots here.”

Lexi then rakes the eyes. The crowd boos. Lexi looks around and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and Sophie suddenly drills her with a clothesline. The crowd cheers. Lexi rolls over and starts to get up and Sophie nails her with a hard right. She rolls over and gets up again and Sophie kicks her in the ribs and whips her into the corner. She runs after and Lexi gets her boot up, but Sophie blocks it and catches her before throwing her foot down and nailing her with a hard forearm. She then pulls her out and hits a snap suplex. She turns and runs into the ropes and Chad knees her in the back. She then grabs her and pulls her back by the hair and throws her down. The crowd boos. Chad paces a bit on the apron. David Callahan meanwhile starts to run around the ring. The referee sees him and David takes off the robe and starts to get into Chad face. Chad just smirks as he walks down the steps and down to the floor. The referee stops David as Chad just snaps at him. Sophie meanwhile stirs as Lexi grabs her and nails her with a hard right and then another before Sophie suddenly turns and dumps Lexi to the floor. Lexi rolls over towards the announce tables. Sophie sees David and Chad on the floor.

Sharper: “Sophie scrapping with Lexi. Lexi going after Sophie, trying to take advantage, but quick thinking on her end.”

Knots: “David Callahan is trying to get to Chad. He saw what he did to Sophie. The referee trying to get him back.”

Sophie then turns and runs across the ring. She bounces off and runs towards the ropes and dives through them and onto Chad Evans. The crowd erupts in cheers. Sophie rolls over as David helps her get up. The referee tells David to get away. Sophie starts to get up and rolls into the ring. David walks around the ring as Sophie gets up and Lexi enters the ring and nails her in the back of the head with an elbow and then another and then snapmares her down before taking her down in a body scissors and nails Sophie with a couple of hard shots to the ribs. She then starts to choke Sophie as David points this out to the official who is now back into the ring too and counts.

Lexi lets go and rolls away. She looks around before Sophie slowly rolls over. Lexi turns and kicks her in the back. She kicks her again and she rolls over. We then see Chad Evans starting to get up. He looks down and then throws his arms in the air. Lexi grabs Sophie and pulls her out and hits a snapmare. She goes for a reverse chinlock before Chad just walks around the ring.

Sharper: “Chad’s leaving! He’s just leaving!”

Knots: “What?”

Sharper: “He’s just leaving. The official is going out thinking he’s going after David Callahan, but I think he’s leaving…He is!”

Chad Evans heads around the ring and the official drops down to the floor as David Callahan looks on. Lexi gets up and walks over to the ropes. Chad just starts to walk up the rampway. She looks around. Chad turns around.

Chad: “Done with this disrespect from these pathetic wastes of space!”

Lexi looks around.

Chad: “Me or the titles, Lexi!”

Lexi looks around and then drops to a knee and looks around. Chad just coldly turns around and Lexi gets up only for Sophie to nail her from behind with a clothesline. The crowd roars. Lexi hits the mat. The referee re-enters the ring. (1) He starts to count as Lexi slowly rolls over and looks around. (2)

Sharper: “Lexi von Aaron has a choice…Chad or the titles…I know Lexi cared to some degree. She keeps talking about how her and Chad are the greatest team.”

Knots: “And Chad’s gone. I don’t know if he gave a damn. He doesn’t even carry the titles anymore!”

Sophie watches as Lexi looks around and then looks down before backing up. (3) She looks at David and Sophie. (4)

Lexi: “This isn’t over….not over!”

Lexi turns and runs after Chad. The crowd boos. (5) Sophie looks at David as the referee keeps counting.

10!

The crowd roars a bit.

Phillips: “Chad Evans and Lexi von Aaron have been eliminated!”

Sharper: “This means we will have new Tag Team Champions!”

Knots: “So it’s Sophie James and David Callahan or its Max Kane and whoever he’s got with him.”

Lexi disappears to the back. A few moments pass. Suck My Kiss" hits the PA system; the lights flashing in sync with the bass. After a few seconds, Max Kane is propelled from underneath the ramp into the air. The crowd oohs as he then lands on his feet and drops to his knees on the ramp, the camera right in his face. Max smirks to the camera as he then crawls to the camera a bit before he stands up. Jack Parker walks out and he looks around as he is dressed in a shirt and slacks. He smirks as he heads to the ring. Max Kane walks forward and looks at the camera at the entrance way.

Kane: “Don’t worry…not that predictable. Got a wonderful trick up my sleeve.”

Kane looks around and smirks as he then turns and looks back. “Mz Hyde” by Halestorm echoes from the loud speaker.

Sharper: “What?!”

Dawn Lohan pushes her way through the curtain. She stands in front of the entrance way, she takes a moment to soak in the reaction from the crowd. As the music is coursing through the arena she knows she can't delay the inevitable. She slowly makes her down to the ring, all business. Max Kane walks alongside her and they head to the ring.

Phillips: “And the final team, accompanied by Jack Parker, representing the Network, they are Mad Max Kane and Dawn Lohan!”

The crowd cheers a bit as Sophie and David look at them. Max Kane runs down and slides into the ring. He gets up and looks around as Dawn hops onto the apron and enters the ring. She then walk across and goes to the turnbuckle, soaking the atmosphere. She hops down and exits the ring as the bell sounds. Kane starts in the ring as Sophie and David look across at Dawn and Max smirks.

Sharper: “This is a huge surprise. Dawn Lohan returning and teaming with Max Kane!”

Knots: “A wonderful ace up his sleeve indeed!”

Sharper: “So Sophie James and David Callahan or Max Kane and Dawn Lohan will be the new World Tag Team Champions after Chad Evans just left and Lexi left to stay with him!”

Kane circles as David Callahan tells Sophie he wants to start. Sophie turns back and shrugs and tags in Callahan. Callahan enters and looks at Kane and the two watch one another. Kane then shrugs and runs at Callahan. Callahan ducks and Kane bounces off the ropes. Callahan drills him with an awkward looking clothesline. Kane rolls over and starts to get up as the crowd roars. Callahan kicks him in the ribs and nails him with a hard right and then another. He goes to whip him across, but Kane spins through and sends Callahan in. Callahan bounces off and Kane drills him with a headbutt. The crowd ohs and Callahan rolls over. He moves to the ropes as Kane follows him and grabs him.

Sharper: “That headbutt, Kane just greeting Callahan in his own way.”

Knots: “Yeah by maybe taking him out completely.”

Kane knees him in the ribs and then hits a hip toss. Callahan starts to get up and Kane jumps up and hits a dropkick. He turns and grabs him and pulls him up. He then nails him in the ribs with a hard shot and pushes him into the corner. He then turns and whips Callahan across. Callahan hits the opposite corner. Kane runs after him and Callahan gets a boot up. Kane staggers back and spins around and Callahan gets a boot up again. Kane staggers back and Callahan spins around Kane and grabs him and hits a back suplex. He goes for the pin.

Kane kicks out. Both men get up and Callahan grabs Kane and runs him over to his corner before tagging in Sophie. Sophie enters and Callahan holds Kane back as Sophie kicks him in the ribs and then hits a vicious back elbow. Kane staggers out and falls to a knee. Callahan exits and Sophie runs into the ropes in front of him, bounces off and hits a float-over DDT. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “And Sophie keeping up the pressure. Spin around DDT and Kane is caught early.”

Knots: “He loves to take risk. They’re not letting him unless the risk is taking an ass-kicking before Dawn can get in there.”

Sophie goes for the pin.

Kane gets his shoulder up. Sophie rolls off and looks around. She turns and Kane starts to get up and Sophie goes over and nails him in the back. She then hits a hard kick to the ribs. Kane winces and Sophie tries again. She then grabs Kane and turns and sends him into the ropes. He bounces off and Sophie jumps up and goes for a Lou Thesz press, but Kane catches her and falls back, driving her face first into the mat. Both competitors get up. Sophie turns to Kane and Kane jumps to the top rope and dives back with a dropkick. She hits the mat. He then turns and looks at Dawn. The crowd roars and Kane turns and tags in Dawn Lohan. The crowd cheers. Dawn slingshots into the ring and runs over to Sophie as she gets up and snapmares her down before running into the ropes and diving at her, nailing her with a diving clothesline. She rolls through and Sophie starts to get up and Dawn grabs her and hits a snap suplex .She floats over.

Sophie kicks out. Both women get up and Dawn spins around Sophie and forearms her in the back of the head. She turns and hits a neckbreaker before turning and exiting to the apron. She climbs up to the top rope. David enters the ring and Dawn dives off with a jump kick. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Dawn on fire here! Kick to Callahan has him down!”

Knots: “Here comes Sophie though!”

Sophie runs at Dawn and Dawn ducks a clothesline and spins around and grabs her, pushing her into the ropes. She pulls her back for the Okana roll.

Sophie kicks out. Both women get up and Dawn goes for a kick, but Sophie catches her, spins her around and then jumps up and hits a European uppercut. The crowd ohs. She then pulls her in and scoops her up and slams her down before then hitting a standing shooting star press. She goes for the pin.

Kane dives off with a diving headbutt, breaking it up as the crowd ohs.

Sharper: “My God. What a break up!”

Knots: “From the top and well, that’s using your head!”

Kane rolls off and stirs as David starts to get up. Kane starts to get up and David turns and runs over to him as the referee tries to regain control and kicks Kane in the ribs before turning and running him into his owner corner. He kicks him in the ribs and then again and again. David backs up and Dawn starts to get up and turns and spins David around, but David kicks her in the ribs. He then runs at Kane and jumps up and hits a broncobuster in the corner. The crowd roars as he hits it and then hops up. He then turns around and is told to get out of the ring. He sighs and does, going over to his corner. Sophie stirs as Dawn gets up and grabs her and nails her with a forearm shot. Sophie staggers back to the ropes. Dawn chops her. She then goes to whip Sophie into the ropes. She bounces off and Dawn lifts her up, but Sophie spins through. She then spins Dawn around and hits a jumping enziguri. The crowd roars. Dawn hits the mat. Sophie staggers forward.

Sharper: “My God! What an enziguri. Dawn dropped!”

Knots: “And Sophie not going for the pin, but maybe getting David back in there. He’s the freshest man in the match!”

Sophie crawls over and tags him in. David enters and Sophie gets up and goes over to Dawn. They both grab her from behind and lift her up and hit a double back suplex. Sophie rolls away and David turns and waits as Dawn slowly rolls over. David keeps waiting and Kane starts to enter again as Jack gets the official’s attention. David turns and nails him with a hard right. Kane falls back. Dawn keeps getting up and David turns back to her and starts to go for the Bonne Nuit, but Dawn blocks it a bit and keeps fighting it. Jack drops down as Dawn then snapmares David over. He turns and Kane runs at him. David ducks, but Kane then shows he’s looking at Sophie and dives over the top rope with a flying clothesline, taking her off the apron and both crash to the floor.

Knots: “Jesus! Just nearly hurting himself as much as his opponent!”

Sharper: “Over the top, a big clothesline takes both out. Dawn in the ring with Callahan!”

Callahan turns to Dawn and goes for a hard right, but Dawn ducks and spins around and hits a kick to the ribs. She then runs to the ropes, jumps to the middle rope and dives back with a twisting WONDERFUL forearm. The crowd ohs. Dawn rolls through and turns and looks at David as she scrambles to the corner and exits to the apron. She then climbs up to the top rope. She looks at David before diving off and connecting with the New Dawn. The crowd cheers. She goes for the pin.

The crowd cheers and the bell sounds.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and NEW SCW World Tag Team Champions…Dawn Lohan and Max Kane!”

Sharper: “With her third different partner, Dawn Lohan holds SCW World Tag Team gold, now with Max Kane!”

Knots: “She wasn’t even scheduled to be here. Max Kane digging deep…how are they even affiliated?!”

Sharper: “A question to ask, most definitely, but regardless, they are holding SCW gold! Max Kane for the first time and Dawn, just adding to it in spectacular fashion!”

Dawn Lohan gets up as Max slowly rolls into the ring. Jack Parker enters as the referee hands them the World Tag Team Championship. Dawn looks at the title as Kane laughs and holds it up. Dawn Lohan then has her arm raised. Kane does too and the crowd looks on. “Mz. Hyde” echoes throughout the arena as Dawn and Kane celebrate with the titles. David Callahan rolls out of the ring as Sophie helps him up. She starts to help him around the ring as we cut back to the champions. The crowd continues to look on before we cut away.

We open up backstage to see Josh Hudson walking backstage into catering. He just shakes his head as he heads over towards the meal area and then stops as we see Justin Davis starting to walk over to him. Josh just smirks.

Josh: “You actually have the balls to come to my face.”

Davis: “That’s the main reason I’m here. To come up right to your face and say that I can’t wait to kick your ass.”

Josh: “Well, Davis…I hope that you die from the wait, because you won’t be kicking my ass in this lifetime or any other.”

Davis: “Oh…is that right?”

Davis then nails him with a hard right and then another and another. He then grabs him, but Hudson lifts him up and turns and throws him into one of the catering tables. He pushes back and nails him with a hard right and then another and another. Davis reaches back and grabs what appears to be a pot roast and turns and swings, nailing Hudson in the face with it and throwing it down. He then runs over and stomps him in the face and then again before Hudson grabs at his leg and starts to push up. Davis stumbles back to the catering table. Hudson gets up and runs over and nails him with a hard right and then another before Davis nails him back with a hard right and then another before we see the chef running out.

Chef: “What are you doing? That’s my finest cuts. No one does this to Chef Momar!”

The Chef walks over with what appears to be the carving knife, only for security come into the scene. Davis nails Hudson in the back, before Hudson shoves him back and Davis falls over to the table. The security, including Dean Black, James Evans and Dillusion get between them. James Evans even steps between the chef and the wrestlers as Dean turns and takes over for him. Hudson just looks at Davis as Davis smirks.

Davis: “Just the start Joshy!”

Hudson: “Yeah…great start…pissing off deranged chefs!”

Davis: “Reminds me of your wife!”

Hudson steps towards him again as security keeps him back.

Davis: “Violent Kind, right?! Come on!”

The crowd roars as Davis and Hudson keep trying to get to one another as we then cut away.

Gable Winchester vs. Andrew Raynes

SCW Adrenaline Championship

Phillips: “The following match is scheduled for one fall, and is for the SCW Adrenaline Championship! Introducing first, the challenger....”

A deep voice booms around the arena as the crowds are hushed, waiting for what would happen next.

“The Book Of Winchester, Page Three, Chapter Seven, Verse Nine…There was a dark and foreboding federation…nothing but criminals and geriatrics running riot…the place called out for a hero…a saviour that wasn’t of the Christian variety…that could bring a new sense of awesomeness to it’s very core…and rock the place to it’s foundations like never before…they found that man”

There is silence before Nikki Walton walks out onto the ramp with a microphone, smirking out at everyone in the crowd. She then puts the microphone to her lips before speaking.

Nikki Walton: “Ladies And Gentlemen, I present to you… Your DRAGONSLAYING! FOUNDATION LAYING! ALCOHOL SWILLING! LEGEND THRILLING! MAN…. OF… WIN!”

She turns to the side slightly and looks to the curtains leading from backstage before "Motherf**ker Of The Year" By Motley Crue hits in the arena. This immediately sets the crowds off with cheers aimed toward the man that steps out onto the top of the ramp with "The Book Of Winchester" tucked securely under his arm, the Adrenaline Championship belt around his waist, as he walks forward, stopping next to Nikki who smiles at him before leaning in and kissing him on the cheek. Gable then smirks at the gathered fans before holding the book aloft as blue fireworks shoot up from both sides of the stage and the crowds give him a wild reception. They make their wait to the ring as the words repeat on the bog screen:

EVERY TIME I TURN MY HEAD,
I CAN HEAR EVERYTHING THAT'S SAID
I KNOW THEY WISH I'D GO AWAY!

HERE I AAAAAAM AGAIN,
HEY NOW, HEY NOW,
I'M THE MOTHERF**KER OF THE YEAR!

Gable and Nikki reach the ring, where Nikki takes the Book and goes to her corner as Gable slides in then stands on the ropes and holds his hand up in a tight fist as the crowds whistle and cheer for The Man Of Win. He hops down and gives Nikki a smile before turning towards the entrance waiting for the champion.

Sharper: “Gable Winchester here vying to regain the championship he lost at Retribution. Lucky for him, Andrew Raynes retained at Breakdown a few days ago or else this would have been a contenders match,”

Knots: “Not if Raynes had his way, he was demanding a triple threat in that case, however Bill Barnhart couldn't get the job done. So... here we are. Think Gable will get caught and tap again?”

Sharper: “Maybe, but he's also probably worked out some way to counter that choke. We'll see soon.”

The arena goes dark and strobe lights pulse through the arena as "Through Struggle" hits the speakers. The crowd erupts into raucous boos as the lights dim around the entrance ramp, smoke begins to rise. After the intro kicks in, the lights start flashing as the smoke gets thicker, after a few moments we see Andrew Raynes appear through the smoke, the Adrenaline Championship draped over his shoulder, his head shifted towards the ring, focused, a cold stare. He stands there for a few seconds still looking downwards, devoid of the fans, as he is introduced.

Phillips: “And his opponent... from Niagara Falls, Ontario, he is the SCW Adrenaline Champion.... Andrew Raynes!

As his introduction is finished, Raynes grabs the Adrenaline Championship off his shoulder and raises it above his head with one hand and starts taunting the fans, showing people how proud he is to hold the title. He then starts walking down towards the ring with the title belt dragging down from his hand. Raynes walks up the stairs into the ring and walks into the middle of the ring, raising the belt high once again, and continues to taunt the fans as they continue to rain down boos on him.

Sharper: “And these two just staring each other down as the official takes the title belt from Raynes. Gable has to be still angry about Breakdown a week ago where Raynes used that belt to lay out Autumn Valentine.”

Knots: “Autumn and Ryan Watson should have been minding their own business! Oh, and it looks like they still can't... what the hell are they doing?”

The crowd cheers as the camera cuts to the entrance and we see Autumn and Ryan walking out, no music, and down the ramp. They stop just at the bottom, crossing their arms, ready to watch.

Sharper: “Looks like the couple wanted a better view of this bout than they could get from behind the curtain.”

Knots: “They shouldn't be allowed out here!”

The official doesn't seem to mind, since Autumn and Ryan are far away from the ring, not even standing on the mats but instead the very end of the ramp. He calls for the bell and we cut back to the ring where Raynes and Winchester continue to stare each other down. Raynes starts yelling and point at Autumn and Ryan, clearly upset with the fact they are present. Gable yells back, miming the way Raynes hit Autumn with the belt. Raynes smirks and shrugs exaggeratedly. The crowd boos. Raynes then turns to the official and points to them again, yelling. Gable has enough and lunges at Raynes with a lariat. The official backs away quickly and Raynes staggers back into the ropes. Gable follows through with a few strikes. A few land then Raynes blocks one and lands a hard right. Gable steps back. Raynes shoves off the ropes and spins, catching Gable with an elbow. He then grabs Gable's head and drops him with a DDT. He goes for a cover.

1!

Gable shoves him off. Both men get up and Gable runs the ropes, coming at Raynes with a forearm. Raynes steps back, holding his face. Gable grabs his arm and whips him into the corner, then follows with a shoulder to the stomach. Raynes slumps back. Gable then hops to the second rope and lets loose with a flurry of strikes. The crowd cheers, and we see Autumn and Ryan smirking and nodding. Raynes tries to cover up. The official comes over and starts a count, warning Gable to stand down.

1!

2!

3!

4!

Gable jumps back and off just before the 5, holding his hands up. The crowd cheers more.

Sharper: “Holy moly, Gable Winchester just teeing off on Raynes in the corner! And Autumn and Ryan love it.”

Knots: “Great work by our official though, didn't waste any time starting that count. Raynes trying to shake it off.”

Sharper: “I don't blame Gable one bit, not after hitting Autumn with the title belt!”

Knots: “That was like over a week ago, Adam, let it go.”

Raynes pushes himself away from the corner using the ropes, shaking his head to clear it. The official checks on him and he nods. The official steps out of the way, and Gable makes a “come on” motion. Raynes glares, and explodes out of the corner nearly taking Gable's head off with a clothesline. Gable flips completely around and lands hard. The crowd oohs then boos. Raynes drops to a knee behind Gable and applies a choke hold, trying to position his arm for the half-nelson that would set up Eye of the Storm. Gable fights out of it though, courtesy of a well-placed elbow backwards, catching Raynes in the jaw. Gable rolls away. Raynes is to his feet first and grabs Gable, pulling him up. He then sends Gable into the ropes. On the rebound Raynes nails a spinning heel kick. Gable goes down and Raynes makes a cover.

1!

2!

Gable kicks out. Raynes smacks the mat a little before getting up. Gable is up too and runs at Raynes, taking him down with an awkward spear. He then mounts Raynes and starts laying in with more strikes, like in the corner. The crowd cheers. Autumn is seen clapping while Ryan just nods approvingly.

Sharper: “ Gable needs to check his temper here, I understand he's angry but this is just going to get him disqualified!”

Knots: “At least he's showing he cares about something, Andrew Raynes had a point you know, he barely cared to ask for this match!”

Raynes blocks some of the strikes and throws some of his own up at Gable. The official comes over but Gable gets up before he can give a warning. The official makes Gable back away, then checks on Raynes. As a reply, Raynes kips up. The crowd boos. The official backs away and Raynes stares Gable down. They lock up and Raynes quickly transitions to lifting Gable up and dropping him with a side slam. He then plants a knee drop into Gable's sternum. Raynes then grabs Gables leg and pulls him to the middle of the ring. Gable kicks at him though and lands a good shot to Raynes' thigh. He staggers a bit and Gable uses the opportunity to scramble to his feet. He then kicks Raynes leg again, and one more time, dropping Raynes to a knee. Gable bounces off the ropes and knees Raynes in the back of the head, knocking him down face first. Gable grabs the leg he kicked and turns, pulling up with a single leg crab. The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Gable maybe looking to win the title back the same way he lost it, by submission.”

Knots: “Those stiff kicks to that leg might help, smart play by Winchester.”

Raynes reaches for the bottom rope but he's too far away. Gable leans back, getting a deep hold. Autumn has moved from the bottom of the ramp to the apron and slaps it in encouragement. Raynes pushes up with his hands to let off some of the pressure, gritting his teeth. The official bends down and we see Raynes shake his head no. He then suddenly tucks his head and gets his shoulders down and rolls, pulling Gable over with him. Gable releases the leg and sprawls out on the mat. Raynes gets to his feet, shaking off the leg. Gable gets to his feet behind Raynes. Raynes doesn't see him as he scales the corner and perches on the second ropes. The crowd roars and Autumn claps. This gets Raynes' attention. He turns just in time to see Gable leap with a Superman Punch from the second rope! He nails it and Raynes goes down hard. Gable rolls through then makes a cover, hooking a leg.

1!

2!

Raynes gets a shoulder up.

The crowd boos and both Autumn and Ryan shake their heads. Autumn backs away from the ring before the official tells her to. Gable looks over towards them, then to Nikki, pushing his hair out of his face. Raynes rolls over. Gable gets to his feet, and pulls Raynes up. He tries to set up a DDT but Raynes shoves him off. Raynes then grabs Gable's arm and sends him across the ring. Gable grabs the top rope though to stop himself from bouncing back. Raynes scowls then runs at him, looking for a clothesline. At the last second, Gable drops down to the apron, pulling the top rope down with him. Raynes tumbles over.... ring in front of where Autumn is standing. She looks down at him, glaring.

Sharper: “Uh oh...”

Knots: “I don't like the look on that woman's face right now.”

Raynes gets up, pulling himself up on the apron. He then sees Autumn standing there glaring at him. He smirks and she shakes her head, glaring harder, looking like a spring ready to jump. The crowd roars at the staredown. Raynes gets into her face, daring her to hit him, even calling for it with a “come on” motion. Ryan puts a hand on her shoulder and tries to pull her back but she shrugs him off.

Sharper: “Don't do it, Autumn! You'll get Gable disqualified!”

Knots: “Raynes knows exactly what he's doing here, there are no count outs for Adrenaline Championship matches, but you can still get DQ'd for interference!”

Sharper: “Clever, even if I don't agree with it at all.”

The official comes over and yells a warning at Autumn. She takes a step backwards but continues to glare. Raynes keeps jawing at her. Gable has enough and slides out of the ring and gets between them.

Winchester: “Really, man? This is how you want to win this? Be a man! Get back into this ring!”

Raynes: “Why don't you make me?”

Gable shrugs, then grabs Raynes arm and swings him hard into the apron. The crowd roars. Autumn and Ryan back away a few more steps. Raynes is leaning on the apron, holding his back. Gable picks him up and rolls him back into the ring, then follows. Raynes is still down, holding his back, Gable attempts a cover.

1!

2!

Raynes kicks out. Gable gets up and stomps on Raynes' back a few times, adding to the soreness from hitting the apron. Raynes grabs at his back some more. Nikki yells and points to the top rope. Gable looks at her, nods, and starts climbing to the top. Raynes starts to get up. Gable changes his stance, as if he changed his mind about what move he was going to attempt. He then leaps, looking for a crossbody. Raynes gets to his feet just in time and superkicks Gable out of the air! The crowd roars then boos.

Sharper: “Oh my God!”

Knots: “Again with the lighting-quick superkick! Did you hear that impact?”

Sharper: “Gable is gonna be hearing that smack for a week.”

Autumn and Ryan throw their hands up, and we see Nikki with her hands over her face. Gable is down, holding his head. Raynes stands over him, looking down with a smirk. He kicks an arm cockily. The crowd boos. Gable stirs. Raynes backs away a little as the official checks on Gable. We see him nod, and start to get up. The official backs away, assured that Gable can continue. Gable turns and faces Raynes, shaking his head clear. Gable bounces off the ropes and goes for a forearm. Raynes ducks. Gable bounces off the other side, and Raynes jumps, dropping Gable with the Xklamation Point.

Knots: “Xklamation Point! Good night, Gable!”

Sharper: “That mid-air superkick plus that hard plant might be too much.”

The crowd boos as Raynes makes a cover, hooking a leg for good measure.

1!

2!

3!

The bell rings and Raynes shoves Gable's leg away as he gets up.

Phillips: “Your winner via pinfall... and STILL SCW Adrenaline Champion.... Andrew Raynes!”

Sharper: “Gable Winchester gave it a good fight, maybe his emotions got the better of him a few times, and Andrew Raynes was able to capitalize on that.”

Knots: “Maybe so but pure athleticism was a huge factor too. The quickness, the resilience. Andrew Raynes is a true champion!”

Sharper: “Well he's THE Adrenaline Champion, I'll give you that. Nevermind the fact he tried to goad Autumn into hitting him, trying to draw a DQ!”

Knots: “All mind games, he had no intention of ending this anything less than decisive!”

The official hands the belt back to Raynes and tries to raise his arm, but Raynes pulls away. He then stands over Gable, one foot on either side of him, holding the belt overhead. The crowd boos heavily. Nikki slides into the ring trying to get to Gable to check on him, but not getting close because of Raynes. Autumn and Ryan glare and Raynes rolls out of the ring, holding the title up in front of them, pointing to himself, bragging. Nikki finally is able to get to Gable, as well as the official and they both check on him. Autumn starts backing away from Raynes as he continues to jaw at her, holding the belt up as we cut away.

We then open up backstage as we see Jessica Winters walking over to the office of David Helms again and knocking on the door. He waits a moment and we see the door open before David Helms steps out.

David: “Oh Jessica. I thought we had taken care of everything.”

Jessica: “Almost. There’s one more thing.”

David: “Josh and Davis? Chad Evans?”

Jessica: “No. Actually, it’s about Kennedy Street taking on Syren. Mr. D was going to put something in place…you know to keep it even.”

David: “Ah yes…well that’s simple. Everyone is banned from ringside then. Syren says she’s the best in the world. She has for years. She should be able to step up here. Kennedy…same thing. Let’s just get it dealt with. But I will agree with one thing…win or lose, this is Kennedy’s last shot. Too many others in the queue.”

Jessica: “Thank you.”

We then cut away.

Knots: “Come on Kennedy.”

Sharper: “That’s that. That clarifies that all.”

Knots: “Definitely. And Kennedy. She’s only going to need one shot.”

Selena Frost vs. Blake Mason

“When Money Comes, When Money Comes”

The lights go out as “G.O.A.T.” by CFO$ featuring Will Roush starts to play. The crowd boos. A spotlight shines down on the stage as we see Blake Mason walk out from the back wearing a bejewelled robe. He looks around, smiling as he looks around, posing on the top of the stage. He heads to the ring.

Phillips: “The following contest is schedule for onefall with a twenty minute time limit. First, on his way to the ring, from Boston, Massachusetts, he is Blake Mason!”

He walks up the steel steps and steps into the ring. He looks around and smiles before walking to the middle of the ring and undoing his robe. He turns to a ring attendant, hands them his robe. Blake leans against the turnbuckle looking all smug. He remains there until the match starts.

Sharper: “This has been an odd development. Blake Mason almost playing mind games. Or I don’t even know if he is. He just wanted this match. He’s asked for it. He’s even said he’s focusing on competition.”

Knots: “Well given that he’s with Bree Mason, given what she’s been saying, there’s something else at work here. Nothing is ever as it seems with those two.”

"BELIEVE IT!"

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

Phillips: “And his opponent, from Nome, Alaska, she is the SCW Television Champion, The Snow Queen, Selena Frost!”

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

Sharper: “Selena Frost ready to compete. She defeated Blake Mason a couple of weeks to earn the opportunity to challenge for the TV Title. So there’s that.”

Knots: “Yeah, but on top of that, she’s been competing weekly. What’s the ankle like?”

Sharper: “And of course, on Breakdown in ten days, she’ll make her next defense against Ikiro Yoshida. That’s to look forward tonight, but tonight, Blake Mason. Title not on the line though.”

Selena looks at Blake Mason as Blake stretches out. The bell sounds. Blake and Selena circle the ring and Blake lunges to go after Selena, but Selena hits a kick to the thigh. Blake winces in pain. Selena backs up a bit. Blake looks at Selena and the crowd cheers a bit. Blake then turns and lunges and goes to go after her again. Selena greets him with a kick to the leg again. Blake grimaces and moves to the ropes. He then turns and lunges and goes for a swinging right hand. Selena ducks and Blake turns and Selena hits another kick to the thigh. Blake winces and Selena then wrenches the arm and then chops Blake in the chest. The crowd woos. Blake staggers back. Selena moves in and chops him again. More woos. Blake falls to the corner and Selena walks in and grabs him and nails him with a forearm and then another. Blake then shoves her back. Selena rolls through and gets up and Blake runs out and kicks her in the shin. Selena staggers back.

Sharper: “Selena moving fast and striking fast. Blake going now for the leg.”

Knots: “Going to test that early.”

Blake then grabs her and whips her into the ropes. Selena bounces off and Blake goes for a clothesline. Selena slides underneath. Blake turns around and Selena gets up and jumps up and hits a dropkick, knocking Blake down. Selena goes for the pin.

Blake kicks out. Both get up and Selena kicks Blake in the ribs. She then locks in a side headlock. Blake holds on a moment and hoists her up and then throws her forward with an atomic whip. Selena hits the mat and rolls to the ropes. Blake looks at her as Selena slowly gets up.

Sharper: “And Blake staying back. Letting her get up.”

Knots: “I don’t know about that. That’s a bad idea. Stay on her.”

Selena slowly gets up and looks at Blake and Blake watches her as the two lunge and lock up with a collar and elbow tie-up. Blake pushes Selena back into the corner. The referee calls for the break.

Blake lets go and backs up. Selena looks a bit confused before Blake backs up and Selena then walks forward and starts to watch Blake before the two lunge again and Blake immediately moves into a knee into the ribs. Blake then hooks her up and hits a snap suplex. He goes for the pin.

Selena kicks out. Both get up and Blake forearms Selena in the jaw. He then whips her across the ring. Selena bounces off and Blake hits a high knee, knocking her down. She rolls over and moves to the ropes. She starts to get up and Blake grabs her.

Sharper: “Blake competing here. Going for Selena and I’m surprised he’s not taken a few short-cuts.”

Knots: “Again. I don’t get it. You’re in there against Selena Frost. You owe her no respect except to her ability!”

Blake pulls her up and whips her across the ring again. Selena bounces off and Blake powerslams her down. He goes for the pin.

Selena kicks out. She turns and Blake grabs her and lifts her up. Selena then kicks him in the thigh again. Blake winces and Selena kicks him in the thigh again. She then ducks underneath and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and Selena goes for a jumping clothesline, but Blake ducks and turns and grabs her hair and pulls her down. The crowd ohs and the referee reprimands her. Selena rolls over and gets up and Blake turns and whips her into the corner.

Sharper: “The hair-pull. Old habits die hard!”

Knots: “And that’s the Blake we know. At least part of it.”

Blake runs after Selena and Selena gets a boot up. Blake staggers back and Selena pulls herself to middle turnbuckle and Blake steps back only for Selena to grab him and hit a tornado DDT out of the corner. Blake rolls to his back. Selena turns and goes for the pin.

Blake pushes her off. Blake stirs and starts to get up and Selena gets up and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and hits a swinging neckbreaker. Blake rolls over, holding his head in pain. Selena gets up and hits a leg drop. She goes for another pin.

Blake kicks out. Blake stirs as Selena gets up. She turns and goes to the corner. She exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Blake turns around to her and Selena dives off and hits a diving leg lariat from the top rope. Blake hits the mat and Selena rolls through. She turns and runs into the ropes and jumps to the middle rope and dives back with a twisting leg drop to the face. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Selena starting to move.”

Knots: “That ankle looking too good. Not good for Blake!”

Sharper: “Pinfall attempt!”

Selena hooks the leg.

Blake gets his shoulder up. Selena rolls off and starts to get up. She turns and Blake rolls over. Selena kicks him in the leg again. The crowd roars. Blake winces. She then hits another kick. She turns and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and runs at Blake and goes for a flying headscissors, but Blake moves her around and into a vicious sidewalk slam. The crowd ohs. He turns and pulls back on the legs.

Selena shoots her shoulder up.

Sharper: “What a slam! What a counter! But only two!”

Selena rolls over as Blake starts to get up and Selena grabs at the ropes. She winces starting to get up and Blake pulls her away from the ropes and hits a high angle back suplex. He hooks the leg.

Selena shoots her shoulder up again. Blake rolls off. He smacks the mat and then gets up. He pulls Selena up by the hair and the crowd boos a bit. He then turns and pulls her forward before drilling her in the back of the head with a clothesline. He looks out at the crowd as the crowd boos. Blake just scans the crowd as the referee checks on Selena. Selena slowly stirs and winces and Blake grabs her and pulls her up. He then turns and whips her into the ropes. Selena bounces off. Blake goes for a clothesline. The crowd roars as Selena ducks. Selena bounces off the ropes. Blake goes for a back elbow. Selena ducks that before jumping to the top rope and diving back with the Cold Shoulder. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Counter. Off the ropes. That twisting shoulder block!”

Knots: “Blake reaching for anything. Grab some of the hair if you need to.”

Blake turns and grabs around before starting to get up and Selena gets up and looks at him before jumping up and snapping him over with a hurricanrana into a pin.

Blake kicks out. Both start to get up and Selena kicks him in the ribs. She turns and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and Blake suddenly hoists her up and spins her to place her ankles on the top rope. He then turns and moves to her head and plants her with the Declaration of Intent. The crowd ohs and boos.

Sharper: “Oh my God! Spiked her! Rope hung DDT!”

Knots: “That’s it. Blake just turned out the lights on Selena!”

Sharper: “Cover!”

Blake turns and rolls her to her back and goes for the pin.

Selena shoots her shoulder up off the canvas. The crowd roars. Blake looks up. He then grabs her and pulls her up. He then scoops her up and Selena manages to kick her legs and slides behind him. Blake turns and rakes the eyes. The crowd boos. Selena turns and moves to the ropes. Blake turns and runs into the ropes. He bounces off and runs at Selena and goes for a running boot, but Selena ducks and pulls down on the top rope. Blake ends up crotched on the top rope. He winces and Selena turns and runs to the corner, jumps to the middle rope and dives back with a back kick to the jaw and Blake falls to the floor. The crowd roars.(1) Selena looks over as Blake slowly starts to get up on the floor.(2) Blake staggers up. (3) Selena runs across the ring, bounces off and hits a flip dive over the top rope and onto Blake. Selena’s leg hits the barricade and she winces and rolls over in a bit of pain. (1) She then grabs at the apron and starts to pull herself up.(2)

Sharper: “Flip dive! Over the top!”

Knots: “She hit the barricade…I think with her leg.”

Sharper: “And it may have tweaked that ankle. It’s undoubtedly better than at Retribution, but Selena may be regretting that a bit.”

Selena grabs Blake and drags him up and rolls him into the ring. (3) She then rolls in and starts to get up. She winces and grabs Blake. She starts to get him up before forearming him in the jaw. He then suddenly drops down and hits a leg trip. He starts to go for the leg again. The crowd roars and Selena frantically kicks him in the side of the head and then again and again, before Blake lets go. Selena rolls over and Blake turns and moves towards her and lunges, but Selena lunges too and hits the Glass Shard. The crowd ohs. Blake falls back. Selena drops down and hooks the leg.

The crowd roars. Selena rolls over.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Selena Frost!”

Selena looks around and turns and leans on her knees as she takes a moment before getting up.

Sharper: “Second time in a row. Selena Frost gets the win over Blake Mason.”

Knots: “Talk about a turn around month. Sienna outlasted her at Retribution and she’s been unstoppable since.”

Sharper: “Blake Mason continues to struggle since returning.”

Blake rolls over, wincing as Selena celebrates a bit. She looks around before then turning as Blake looks up at her, extending his hand. Selena just looks at him. The crowd boos a bit as Blake nods. Selena just backs up and drops down to the floor and rolls out of the ring. She’s handed the TV Championship as she heads to the back. Blake then looks down before getting up and looking forward as we cut away.

We open up with a shot of darkness. We then hear footsteps before the sound of industrial lights turning on with loud clicks. The camera focuses on the lights as they each come on, one set at a time. We then hear more footsteps before we cut to an old dusty ring, illuminated. The camera slowly shows the ring, showing the turnbuckles with the old SCW logo before cutting to the ring canvas and then finally the ring skirts, showing the old SCW logo again. We then see a figure stepping into the ring. He steps forward and looks around as the camera pans out to show Mr. D as he stands in the middle of the ring. He just sighs and nods. He then looks around before snapping his fingers. The scene then cuts to a shot of last year’s Rise to Greatness before cutting to a shot of Rise to Greatness in the Rogers Centre. We see Mr. D standing in the middle of the ring, as the images of past opening segments of Rise to Greatness flash all around him.

Mr. D: “Been a hell of a journey…A lot of history…”

Mr. D then smirks.

Mr. D: “Let’s see what we can do back at home…”

The scene then cuts to a shot of the Rise to Greatness logo with “XV” behind it.

“Rise to Greatness XV, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 22, 2018”

The logo remains on the screen for a few moments before slowly fading to black.

Jason Helms vs. Alistaire Allocco

Number One Contendership to the SCW Interim United States Championship

The lights in the arena cut and the darkness remains for a moment before the intro of “Hated” by Beartooth starts to play over the pa system, the lyrics appearing on the big screen in time with the music.

“WHO KNEW YOU’D BE HATED FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE…
AND BE A BIG TARGET FOR ALL THE FOR ALL THE INSECURE…”

The crash of drums and the wail of guitars kick the song in properly and as the volume doubles a spotlight appears on the stage to show a smirking Jason Helms standing there with his arms out wide. He throws his head back as Aniya Helms walks into the light and steps up in front of Jason, leaning her back into his stomach as she brings her arms up around his neck. Jason lowers his head again and Aniya steps forward for Jason to remove his jacket and tosses it onto the floor, pausing only to slap his wife’s ass before he springs to the ring.

Phillips: “On his way to the ring; accompanied by his wife Aniya, he weighed in earlier tonight at one hundred ninety nine pounds… he is the Jackass from New Jersey, fighting via the Hollywood Hills… JASON HELMS!!!”

Helms hits the ring and slides under the ropes, popping straight back up to his feet and scaling the ropes to throw his arms out again as his wife makes her way to ringside with Jason’s jacket trailing from one hand. The fans boo as Jason jeers at them from his position on the ropes but he pays little attention to them as he turns and drops down into the corner, talking to Aniya as he sits and waits for the start of the match.

Sharper: “Jason Helms once again being accompanied to the ring by his wife, Aniya Helms. She had a hand... quite literally, in the outcome of the last match between these two.”

Knots: “Retribution, Jason Helms was this close to tapping and that woman there saved him by slapping Allocco across the face. Not sure she should be out here right now, this match will determine the next US Championship contender!”

A timer begins to run on the screen, counting down from five to one. A momentarily pause in darkness as “Fire It Up” by Thousand Foot Krutch begins to play, as the song begins to pick up into full swing, a quick line of pyrotechnics goes off, running down across the length of the stage.

Phillips: “And his opponent.... currently residing in Salt Lake City, Utah, Alistaire Allocco!

Through the smoke, out pops Alistaire Allocco, with both arms raised as if in presumptive victory. He marches down the ramp with his harms still held high. Alistaire doesn’t even give the crowd any attention as he heads straight towards the bottom of the ring steps. There he pauses, dropping both his arms. He rotates his torso a few times, swinging his shoulders, before he runs up the steps and across the ring apron. He steps inside, lifting a finger into the air, pointing to the sky as he stands there in the middle of the ring. His music dies as he continues to stand front and center.

Sharper: “The story of this bout is much the same as the last... clashing styles. Helms is quick, a flyer. Allocco more grounded and technical.”

Knots: “First one to gain significant upper hand is likely to come up with the win here. Provided Mrs. Helms keeps her hands to herself.”

The bell rings and Aniya claps, encouraging her husband, as Helms and Allocco circle each other. Allocco lunges for a grapple, Helms steps back and evades. They circle some more. Allocco tries again. Helms side steps and spins around behind Allocco. Allocco spins to face him and is met with a sharp right jab. Allocco steps back, shaking it off. Helms advances this time, looking for another jab, but Allocco grabs his arm and pulls him into a collar and elbow lock up. Helms tries to get out but Allocco spins him around and immediately throws a suplex. Helms lands on his back but gets up quickly. Allocco turns to face him and Helms nails him with a spinning heel kick. Allocco goes down to a knee. Helms throws a kick at Allocco's ribs. Allocco catches his leg though. He gets up and pulls at the same time, dropping Helms to his back. He plants his foot looking to lock some kind of hold on, but Helms kicks with his free leg hard, nailing Allocco in the stomach. Allocco lets go of the leg and staggers back. Helms gets to his feet. He bounces off the ropes and spins, nailing a discus punch. Allocco hits the mat on his back. Helms immediately springboards off the middle rope looking for a moonsault. Allocco rolls out of the way, Helms saw this and somehow lands on his feet. As he steadies his balance, Allocco gets to his feet. They both turn to face each other, and the crowd roars at the opening display.

Sharper: “And those contrasting styles immediately on display here in the opening minutes of this match! Alistaire trying to ground Helms, Helms coming from all directions.”

Knots: “Impressive start by them both, and so far the crowd agrees.”

Allocco nods, impressed. He holds his hand out for Helms to shake. Helms looks at it, then over at Aniya. He laughs and points. We can't hear him but can see him saying “This guy...” Aniya shakes her head. Helms looks back at Allocco, who is still waiting with his hand out. Helms shakes his head and grabs Allocco's hand... only to then pull him and whip him into the ropes. The crowd cheers. Allocco bounces back and Helms lifts him up and over with a back body drop. He then goes for the springboard moonsault again, and lands it this time. Helms makes a cover.

1!

2!

Allocco kicks out right after the two. Helms gets up, and Allocco is up a moment after. Helms goes for a European uppercut, but Allocco blocks it, then lands a forearm. He quickly gets off another, and then an elbow. Helms takes a few steps back and ends up in the corner. Allocco throws a hard knee to Helms' abdomen. Helms doubles over, holding his stomach. Aniya leans on the apron, distress on her face.

Sharper: “Jason's wife Aniya looking a bit concerned about his condition at the moment.”

Knots: “She better keep herself right where she is!”

Allocco grabs Helms by the head and plants him with a running DDT. He drops down, not for a cover, but attempts to apply a crossface. Helms fights him off though and rolls away, sliding out of the ring. The official starts a count.

1!

Jason walks around to where Aniya is, and they talk a bit, Jason leaning on the apron. Allocco watches, annoyed..

2

Aniya glares at Allocco, then leans in to tell Jason something close to his ear, as if she thought Allocco could hear her or maybe read lips.

3!

Jason nods a few times, and smirks.

4!

Jason then gives his wife a quick kiss and slides back into the ring. Allocco steps back to allow him to get up and the official waves off his counting.

Helms gets to his feet and faces Allocco, calling for a lock up, waving his hands in a “come on” motion. Allocco seems wary, but shrugs and steps forward, arms out for the lock up. Helms immediately takes Allocco down with an arm drag. They both get up. Allocco goes in again, and Helms takes him down with another arm drag. This time Helms keeps a hold of Allocco's arm as he gets up, then pulls up and slams Allocco's shoulder down hard. Allocco rolls over cradling his arm. Helms mounts him, pushing Allocco back to his back and starts throwing wild punches. Aniya claps as Allocco covers up.

Knots: “Is that what that woman told him to do? “

Sharper: “Helms unleashing a flurry here and Alistaire has his arms up but he's getting peppered.”

The official goes over and warns Helms to back off. Helms throws one more hard right before backing off and getting up. Allocco rolls over and gets to a knee slowly, shaking his head trying to recover. The official checks on him. Allocco nods, and the official steps back. Allocco is facing Helms and he starts to get up but Helms runs over and nails a step up enzuigiri! The crowd oohs as Allocco goes down. Helms makes a cover.

1!

2!

Allocco kicks out. Aniya slaps the apron frustrated. Helms gets up, and pulls Allocco up to his feet. He whips Allocco into the ropes, and swings for an uppercut as Allocco comes at him. Allocco ducks, bounces off the other side, and uses his momentum to nail Helms with a running knee strike to the ribs. Helms doubles over, holding his ribs. Allocco grabs his head and throws another knee strike to the other side of his ribcage, then drops Helms with another DDT. Allocco makes a cover.

1!

2!

Helms gets his shoulder up. Allocco gets up and drops a knee into Helm's ribs, and then again. Helms rolls over holding his side.

Knots: “Smart strategy here by Alistaire Allocco, the more he weakens those ribs, the easier it'll be to get Helms to tap in that elevated crab submission hold.”

Sharper: “Methodical as always, and I think Jason Helms is working that out now.”

Allocco pushes Helms back to his back with a boot, then goes to drop another knee. Helms keep rolling though and Allocco hits the mat instead. He yells and sits, grabbing at his knee in pain. Helms gets to the ropes, and uses them to pull himself up. Aniya walks around to that side. She says something, and Jason nods at her. She holds her hands up, and we see her say “okay” and she goes back to the corner. Helms holds his arms out and twists his torso side to side, stretching out his ribs, trying to shrug off the attack. He then goes over to Allocco and pulls him up. Allocco gets to his feet, slightly favoring the knee that hit the mat. Helms whips him into the ropes. Allocco stumbles a bit due to his knee and grabs the ropes to halt his momentum. Helms doesn't care, he follows and runs at Allocco, before nailing the ReAwakening. The crowd oohs and cheers as Allocco goes down, his hands slipping off the top rope even though he tried to hold on.

Sharper: “Wow! Helms with that kick almost out of nowhere, landing on his back like that despite how sore his ribs could be right now!”

Knots: “This is what Allocco gets for trying to keep this at a slow pace. It's hard to slow down a Helms, I have to admit that.”

Helms gets up and grabs Allocco's arm, dragging him away from the ropes. He then makes a cover, hooking a leg.

1!

2!

Allocco kicks out. Helms gets up a little slow Allocco holds his head as he stirs. Helms then pulls Allocco up and tries to lift him for a belly to belly suplex. Allocco blocks it, then knees Helms in the side. Helms lets go, holding his ribs again. Allocco grabs Helms and takes him down with an arm drag, and keeping hold of Helms' arm, lays back and applies an armbar. The crowd oohs as Helms reaches with his free arm for a rope, but he is just out of reach.

Sharper: “Helms is in a bad place here, that armbar is painful and dangerous when applied correctly. He may soon have no choice but to tap!”

Knots: “Oh here we go, what is Aniya Helms doing?!”

Aniya has gotten up on the apron and has one foot stepping between the ropes. Allocco sees her and starts yelling at the official, releasing one arm to point at Aniya. This allows Jason to pull his arm free and roll away. The official goes towards Aniya, who steps back through and puts her hands up innocently, but smirking. Allocco gets up, shaking his head. Helms starts to get up, cradling his arm. Allocco goes over and pulls him up, then whips him into the corner. He glares, then nails a dropkick on Helms into the corner. Helms slumps against the post, holding himself up by the top rope with his good arm. Allocco grabs the ropes and knees Helms in the ribs again, attacking the same area. He goes for another knee strike, but Helms ducks, and Allocco knees the ringpost. The crowd oohs.

Sharper: “That's the second time Jason Helms avoided a knee and it cost Alistaire!”

Knots: “Same knee too, that could be trouble for the former World Champion.”

Allocco leans on the ropes holding his knee. Helms crawls out of the corner and turns to face Allocco. The official checks on Allocco, and he nods. The official backs away, and Allocco stomps on the mat a few times, getting the feeling back. He turns to Helms and rushes out of the corner, surprising Helms with his quickness and lands a stiff forearm. Helms staggers backwards. Allocco grabs him and snaps off an exploder suplex. Helms lands on his back and flips over. The crowd ooohs. Allocco goes over and pulls Helms up and gets off another one. Helms flips over again. Allocco goes to pull Helms up again. This time Helms shoves him off once he's to his feet. Allocco steps back. Helms steps forward, favoring his side a little. Allocco fires off a straight kick to the ribs. Helms goes down to a knee again. Allocco steps back a little then nails Helms in the side of the head with a superkick! The crowd boos as Helms crumples down.

Knots: “Sins of the Father! Alistaire knew what he was doing all along!”

Sharper: “And now he seems to be looking for that submission, the one Jason Helms was seconds away from tapping to at Retribution.”

Allocco looks over at Aniya to make sure she is still on the floor and not up on the apron. She just glares up at him. Jason stirs a little, shaking his head clear. Allocco then goes to Helms and grabs his legs, getting ready to flip him over to lock on the Glorious Revolution. He hesitates though, as just then he sees Aniya hop up onto the apron. Allocco points at her and admonishes her.

Allocco: “You stay right where you are, lady!”

Aniya holds her hands up, letting go of the rope. Jason manages to get one leg free and kicks at Allocco's knee, the one that he struck the ringpost with earlier. Allocco's knee buckles and Helms pulls him down, wrapping him up with an inside cradle pin.

1!

2!

3!

Helms lets go and gets to his feet as the official calls for the bell. Aniya claps and Allocco sits up, staring up at Jason stunned.

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

The official raises Jason Helms' arm, and he smirks at Alistaire, who is still sitting on the mat shaking his head. Jason then goes to where Aniya is on the apron and steps through the ropes. She then raises his arm too, drawing cheers.

Sharper: “Jason Helms countered that hold before Alistaire had it fully applied, kicking at the knee that Alistaire rammed into the ringpost. Smart move by the more experienced man.”

Knots: “I blame Aniya Helms for this! She didn't touch anyone but she caused a distraction!”

Sharper: “All Alistaire had to do was stay focused. He was more concerned about Aniya and it cost him. And with this victory... Jason Helms is now the number one contender for the United States Championship!”

Knots: “Of course, those Helms' have to keep it in the family, don't they?”

Jason and Aniya Helms hop off the apron, Jason holding his side a little as they start backing towards the ramp. Alistaire gets to his feet and places his hands on his hips, still stunned that he got caught that way. Jason and Aniya raise their arms again at the bottom of the ramp, smiling as the crowd cheers them.

We open up to see a shot of a Honda Civic parked in front of a building, slightly up onto the curb. Giovanni Aries steps out from the driver’s side and walks around. He then looks around before starting to head over to the front door.

Giovanni: “This where the Judas and the Lizard King are?”

No response from the cameraman.

Giovanni: “Are you with them?!”

Giovanni storms over to the cameraman and grabs at him before we hear struggling. The door opens and we see an SCW official step out.

Referee: “Gio?”

Giovanni lets go of the cameraman and turns.

Giovanni: “So I am at the right place?”

Referee: “Please come inside. We have the strait-jacket waiting for you.”

Giovanni starts to slowly walk in. He then watches the official before the cameraman starts to follow. We then cut to the inside of the building as we see in the front area, we see the cameraman back up as Giovanni Aries steps in and looks into the room, some neon lights and spotlights flashing past his face. Giovanni lunges and he’s stopped by the another official.

Referee: “Come on, Gio. You agreed.”

Giovanni: “Where is the lizard king?”

Referee: “Need to get the strait-jacket on first.”

Giovanni looks at the official.

Giovanni: “Fine.”

The second official grabs the straight jacket and places it forward and opens it up before standing behind Giovanni Aries. His eyes keep scanning as he slides his arms into the strait-jacket. They each then pull the arms across, folding them in front of him before spinning around and clipping it around on the back. We then see Ace Marshall walk forward into the scene. Giovanni lunges at him and Ace kicks him in the ribs.

Ace: “Not yet. I have to show you what awaits! Get him in there.”

Giovanni grimaces as he falls to a knee and the officials finish securing Giovanni. They pull on him a bit and nod. Ace smiles.

Ace: “Excellent.”

Ace then grabs him and pulls him up before turning and running him forward and throwing him into a table and a chair, causing him to crash through them. Ace then walks forward as the camera turns to show what appears to be an empty dance club. The lights flashing around as some of the lighting has been turned down. It’s clearly a closed location. There’s not even alcohol at the bar. Giovanni struggles up and we then see the camera pan as we see what appear to be some twenty-something year old dancers, dressed entirely in green paint and green outfits, with tails. One spits around a pole that appears to be newly fastened to the stage to the side.

Sharper: “What in the world are we seeing?”

Knots: “This is professional wrestling, folks! He’s got girls dressed as lizards, dancing!”

Sharper: “Not just women…”

We then see a man dancer, dressed in underwear with a tail behind him, doing a dance on the stage.

Ace: “Don’t worry Gio. And look…look on the stage. With his personal dancers…the Lizard King himself!”

We then cut to the stage as the cameraman focuses in on a small turtle which is sitting on a throne. A male and a female “lizard dancer” dance next to it. Giovanni just looks at it.

Giovanni: “That’s a turtle you fool. You think I wouldn’t know the difference?”

Ace: “Nope. That’s him. Showed me his crown and everything and you know what else.”

Giovanni turns and Ace nails him with a hard right and then turns and spins him around and throws him into the side of the stage. Giovanni bounces off as we hear a crack from the wooden framing.

Ace: “You’re in a strait-jacket.”

Ace then turns and stomps Giovanni Aries in the chest and then again and again and again. Giovanni rolls over and grimaces and Ace starts to choke him with his boot. Giovanni struggles and pushes up with his arms as best as he can. Ace then turns and walks around before then walking over and grabbing what appears to be a plastic bin. Giovanni rolls over and grimaces and leans on the floor before starting to get up and Ace slams the bin on his back. Giovanni falls over and down to the floor as the bin slides to the floor and we see Ace having placed some items in the bin. He then looks in and starts to look at Giovanni.

Ace: “Time for some fun. And don’t worry…the Lizard King is watching!”

Giovanni pulls himself up and yells out and then runs forward at Ace. Giovanni pushes him back into the wall. He then rears back and shoulders him again and Ace then elbows him in the back and then again and again. He then pulls him up and rakes his eyes. Giovanni turns around and Ace takes a moment before drilling him with a hard right hand. Giovanni falls to the ground. He rolls over, starting to struggle. Ace then turns over and the bin. He then grabs a wooden paddle.

Ace: “Hey! Gio! Get in the position. Got the Lizard King’s favourite form of punishment.”

Ace then swings and smacks Giovanni Aries right in the ass with the paddle as he struggles. He grimaces and looks up and turns his head before Ace nails him in the back with the paddle. Aries rolls over and kicks at the ground. He then starts to slowly pull himself up as Ace turns and looks over at the lizard dancers. The camera cuts as we see Cassidy Carter handing some singles to one of the male lizard dancers.

Knots: “Oh good…Cassidy is there too.”

Sharper: “Enjoying some of the entertainment as Ace Marshall has just turned this into his own ability to end this with Giovanni Aries. Clearly in an abandoned night club.”

Ace then nails Giovanni again and Giovanni falls over as Ace turns and tosses the paddle away. He then looks around before walking over and grabbing something else. Giovanni starts to pull himself up and staggers to the empty bar. He leans back as Ace walks over with whatever he had and Giovanni kicks him in the ribs. Ace staggers back. Giovanni kicks him again. More cheers. He then kicks him a third time before running forward as Ace drops the item. The camera shows it to be a whip of sorts.

Knots: “Looks like Ace stopped by one of his favourite shops again.”

Sharper: “Going to that well again. But Giovanni Aries is fighting back. Fighting back with his legs.”

Giovanni then kicks him a fourth time. Ace staggers back and goes to the stage. Giovanni runs at him and lets out a yell, but Ace moves out of the way and Giovanni goes face first into the stage. He staggers back and Ace turns and grabs one of the chairs left behind and hoists it up and slams it into the back of Giovanni, breaking it over his back. We cut to the crowd in the Amalie Arena looking on, owing and booing, before we cut to see Giovanni rolling over and still pulling around his legs and trying to do what he can. He slowly crawls to the bar again. He can be hear starting to cackle a bit as Ace looks at him and runs over to him and kicks him hard in the ribs. Giovanni rolls over. Ace backs up and walks around the room. The camera focuses on him as Ace turns to Cassidy who is now getting a lizard lapdance from one of the male dancers.

Ace: “Having fun?”

Cassidy: “A blast. Giving Gio his?”

Ace: “Don’t worry….got that right now.”

Ace turns.

Ace: “Lizardesses! The Lizard King wants you to give him a special show.”

Ace then turns as we see Giovanni Aries starting to pull himself up and Ace walks over and nails him with a hard right. He nails him with another hard right and Giovanni staggers off before Ace walks over and drags him over to one area of the building where there is a chair already set up. Ace then nails Giovanni again and again, causing him to be a bit dazed before he turns and undoes the strait-jacket. He then pulls back on the arms, forcing Giovanni Aries to sit down on the chair. He then starts to play with it as we see a male and two female lizard dancers walking over to Giovanni as Ace seems to refasten the straitjacket behind the back of the chair. He then backs up.

Ace: “Lizard King! Enjoy as you give the leader of the Wonderland a taste of what you really stand for!”

Ace rolls his eyes, chuckling a bit to himself as we see the male dancer and the two female dancers start to walk up around Giovanni Aries and giving a three way lapdance.

Sharper: “Give me a break. This is just ridiculous.”

Knots: “Like it wasn’t before?”

Sharper: “Some exotic dancers, dressed as lizards, all just to taunt Giovanni Aries, while he’s tied up here! This is what Ace wanted?”

Knots: “Giovanni wanted Ace. Ace is making sure he humiliates Giovanni while doing so!”

The three continue to dance as all of their tails keep hitting Giovanni in the face. He struggles a bunch as they continue to tail whip him. A few moments of this pass before Ace Marshall comes back with an item in his hand.

Ace: “Well, that’s enough of that. Time for you to get a taste of what the Wonderland could never give you. Here!”

Ace then moves in and jams what appears to be a sex toy into the mouth of Giovanni. Giovanni struggles and Giovanni shoves him away with his boot. Ace turns around.

Ace: “Hope that tasted good…Made sure it was special for you!”

Sharper: “Come on! That’s disgusting! This is uncalled for! God damn frat party here!”

Ace throws it in Giovanni’s face, revealing it to be a vibrator of some sort before Giovanni suddenly gets free from the chair. The crowd in the arena roars as Ace’s eyes widen.

Ace: “Oh shi-“

Giovanni then nails Ace with a hard right and then a left and then another hard and a left. Ace covers up and Giovanni kicks him in the ribs before spinning him around and throwing him hard into the bar. Ace staggers back and Giovanni grabs him and throws him up onto the bar top.

Sharper: “Giovanni Aries is free and finally he can kick this idiots’ ass!”

Knots: “I can second that!”

Giovanni then grabs Ace by his hair and pants and drags him along the top of the bar before throwing him off the other end and Ace lands on the floor, nearly head first and rolls through. Ace rolls over and Giovanni Aries looks around before grabbing the same toy that had been used by Ace and turns around before walking over to Ace.

Giovanni: “You want to taste the sourness of your Lizard King!”

Giovanni then jams it into the mouth of Ace as Ace struggles a bit before nailing him in the ribs with a shot. He then gutwrenches him up and turns and powerbombs him through another old bar table, causing Ace to hit it and fall to the ground. Giovanni then looks around before seeing the turtle and the dancers and staggers forward towards the stage. One of the dancers bolts and we then notice Cassidy Carter isn’t where she was before. Giovanni then pulls the strait-jacket off himself and throws it down before stepping up and looking at the turtle who is still on the throne, chewing on some plant leaves. He then steps over towards it and we then see Ace Marshall staggering up and Giovanni looks at him.

Giovanni: “You imposter….but then again…the Lizard King’s roots run deep and we must remove ALL of the FALSE LIZARD KINGS!”

Ace then grabs at the stage and Giovanni turns and stomps his hand. Ace staggers back and Giovanni dives off with a diving clothesline, knocking him down. He rolls through and then looks over at Ace. He then grabs him.

Giovanni: “I’ll make this whole thing turn against you. I shall make you watch as I destroy your imposter.”

Giovanni then drags him up towards the Ace and places him on it, before we then see Cassidy Carter come out from the back with a baseball bat. She runs up and nails Giovanni Aries in the back with it. The crowd ohs in the arenas as Giovanni Aries collapses to the ground. Cassidy then walks over and grabs at Ace.

Cassidy: “Can we now get this done with?”

Ace: “Yeah….yeah…”

Ace grimaces as he grabs the bat from Cassidy. He then turns and places it around the throat of Giovanni Aries and pulls him up and starts to drag him back, also choking him.

Ace: “Get the damn turtle too.”

Ace drags Giovanni towards the side of the room. We then see Cassidy turn and look around before grabbing what appears to be a small aquarium for the “Lizard King.” We then cut away to the back of the building. A few moments pass before we see Ace dragging Giovanni out and over to a car with an open trunk. He then lifts Giovanni up and pushes him into the trunk. He then slams the trunk closed over him. He then spins around and places the bat in the back seat. We then see Cassidy Carter carrying the aquarium and she places it in the back seat on the other side. Ace then walks over to the front seat.

Cassidy: “Now we end this.”

Ace smirks as he steps into the front seat and turns the ignition. Cassidy glances back as we then see Ace start to drive off. The camera watches the car pull out of the back parking spot and start to drive around the parking lot as we cut away.

Sharper: “Well I think Ace Marshall has had his fun.”

Knots: “Or Cassidy decided that when Giovanni got some shots in. But I guess they’re on their way here.”

Sharper: “Ace said it had to end in the ring. Cassidy saying no we end this. Ace Marshall and Cassidy Carter are driving from wherever they were to the arena with Giovanni Aries in the trunk.”

Knots: “And Ace said Giovanni has to do this all alone. They’ve got a bat and a turtle! That’s academic right there! Gio’s screwed!”

Bree Mason vs. Thirteen

Phillips: The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a twenty minute time limit.

The horns of "I'm Worth It" by Fifth Harmony begin as the lights dim somewhat, and a few white spotlights dance on the stage in time to the music. Bree Mason appears, her white silk robe clinging to her hips. A second later Blake Mason comes out, in a perfectly pressed suit, and takes her hand. They start down the ramp as Scott Burnside appears behind them and follows.

(Give it to me, I'm worth it
Baby, I'm worth it)

Bree then struts down the ramp as the chorus continues, her free hand on the silver silk belt holding her robe shut. Two crossing spotlights follow her progress.

Phillips: Making her way to the ring, currently residing in New Orleans, she is being accompanied by her manager Blake Mason and her assistant Scott Burnside... the Classy One, Bree Mason!!!

The music continues as Bree gets to the ring. She stops at the steps to pose a second and Blake goes up the steps ahead of her. Bree follows up the steps as Scott goes around the ring. Blake then holds the ropes open for Bree to step through. She then does a little circle in the ring, showing off a bit with Blake holding her arm up, before stopping in the middle of the ring. Bree tugs on the silver belt and the robe falls open revealing her pure white and silver trimmed outfit. Blake steps behind her and pulls the robe off swishing it around and over his shoulder. Bree then raises her arms overhead in a flourish then walks another small circle, a smug smirk on her face. Blake then exits the ring, standing near Scott as Bree's music fades and the lights return to normal. Bree stands in the corner to await the arrival of Thirteen.

Sharper: It appears Bree is very confident coming into this match and that should work to her advantage. Wanted a World Title match. Not getting it.

Knots: Confidence always works in favor of a wrestler. It is the over-confidence that usually does them in. And maybe she could use a bit of that.

The lights in the arena go out, prompting a small surprised pop from the fans. After a few moments, the heavy beats of "The Vengeful One" by Disturbed kick in as deep purple lighting and smoke begin to engulf the stage. On the tron we see a series of clips playing that can best be summarized as a depiction of chaos playing out in the world, all of them having a figure in a tattered black hooded cloak adorned with chains conveniently walking through them. When the lyrics kick in, we see this same figure slowly walk out through the smoke as he gazes out from under his hood at all the fans buzzing in anticipation, almost as though he's judging each and every one of them. Finally, when the song hits the chorus, the figure drops to his knees and whips his head back, throwing off the hood as he extends his arms in a familiar pose of being extended with his palms facing towards the ring, the motion causing an explosion of fire to his sides that continue to burst from the stage in tune with the music as the fans go ballistic at the sight of Thirteen.

Phillips: And making his way to the ring from Chicago, Illinois, he is THE DARK MESSIAH Thirteen!!!

Thirteen rises to his feet and begins his march to the ring while listening to the fans cheering him on but keeping his focus on the task at hand. He leaps up onto the apron and steps between the ropes quickly before going to the center of the ring where he slowly runs his thumb across his throat before giving a thumbs down in the direction of Bree Mason while giving a malicious smile as he does so. He removes his cloak and he takes up residence in the corner opposite to Bree Mason to await the start of the impending match.

The Referee calls both wrestlers to join him in the middle of the ring. He lays down pre-match comments and then he checks both wrestlers to ensure they don’t have any foreign objects. When the Referee is satisfied both wrestlers understand the match, and they are clean of foreign objects, he sends them back to their corners to await the bell from the Timekeeper to officially start this match. After a few moments the Timekeeper sounds the bell and this match is officially underway. Both wrestlers fly out of their corners and when they meet in the center of the ring they both try to get the upper hand with a hold or maneuver that will give them the advantage. Thirteen reaches out for a lock up only to be counted by Bree with a forearm smash to the face. When Thirteen steps back Bree lashes out with several hits to the chest of Thirteen using the heel of her hand. Bree then whips Thirteen toward the ropes but he reverses it on her and Bree hits the ropes and Thirteen catches her with a clothesline on the rebound. Bree drops to the mat and she quickly rolls out of the ring where Blake Mason steps up to encourage her. The Referee begins a count on Bree while Thirteen wisely remains in the ring to avoid causing the Referee to stop his count.

Sharper: Always a good move to leave the ring for a little bit if your opponent turns things on you. Even a better idea when you have two people at ringside to help ensure your opponent doesn’t exit the ring to go on the attack.

Knots: Thirteen is also smart to remain in the ring rather than interfere with Bree returning to the ring which would cause the Referee to stop his count on her.

One...

Two...

Bree is done speaking with Blake and she walks over to the ring steps and starts to climb up.

Three...

Four...

Bree steps onto the ring apron next to the ring post. The Referee walks over and Bree immediately warns the Referee that Thirteen is coming across the ring to perpetrate and attack on her while she is still outside the ring. The Referee turns around and starts to admonish Thirteen who protests and states he is innocent and is staying back. While the two argue Bree climbs to the top of the corner ropes. The Referee turns around to continue his count and he looks up to see Bree on the corner ropes. Thirteen sees Bree on the ropes and he smartly remains back far enough so she is not able to execute a high-flying maneuver. Bree jumps down off the ropes and she stands in the corner. Thirteen comes into the corner and he is met by a kick to the midsection by Bree. Thirteen then grabs the arm of Bree and drags her out of the corner and then whips her into the opposite corner where he follows her in with a shoulder block. Thirteen again pulls Bree out of the corner and he again whips her into the opposite corner. Thirteen runs into the corner for another blow but Bree pulls herself up which causes Thirteen to fly through the ropes in the corner. It appears he may have hit his shoulder on the ring post as he pulls himself out of the corner and he is massaging his shoulder.

Sharper: It was hard to tell if Thirteen’s shoulder hit the ring post but since he’s massaging his shoulder that’s a likely scenario.

Knots: I hope he didn’t hit as hard as it looked from here.

While Thirteen is massaging his shoulder we see Bree Mason lean through the ropes to talk to Blake Mason. Thirteen appears to be okay with the shoulder so he approaches Bree and she pulls herself back into the ring and she turns to face him. As Thirteen approaches Bree slides over to the corner where she backs into the corner. Careful not to get taken advantage of Thirteen stops in the middle of the ring and he motions with both hands for Bree to bring it out of the corner to the middle of the ring. Bree remains in the corner tempting Thirteen to come at her but he stays in the middle of the ring. The Referee motions for Bree to come out of the corner and get back into action in the match but she informs the Referee there’s nothing wrong with her taking up residence in the corner.

Sharper: Now we have a standoff. Who will blink first?

Knots: Thirteen isn’t about to make another mistake. He stated his purpose in this match is to not only push Bree to the limit but to dish out punishment on her.

The Referee turns around to inform Thirteen that he cannot force Bree Mason to come out of the corner so he either waits for her to come out or he can go into the corner for her. Thirteen decides to remain in the middle of the ring rather than go into the corner. Finally Bree steps out of the corner several steps. When she gets closer to Thirteen she runs toward him to attempt a bitch slap to his face. Thirteen catches her arm in the attempt and he pulls her hand back causing her to drop to one knee from the pain. Thirteen drags Bree to her feet and maneuvers behind her placing her in a hammer lock. He cinches up on the hammer lock and Bree attempts to get to the ropes for a break but Thirteen is preventing her from getting to the ropes. Thirteen cinches up on the hammer lock and Bree drops to both knees and Thirteen follows her down and he drops to his knees and continues to hold tightly to the hammer lock. He demands the Referee ask Bree if she will submit and when he does Bree yells out NO so the match continues. Bree manages to maneuver back to her feet and she is using her free arm to reach back and land blows on Thirteen to cause him to break the hold. Thirteen refuses to let go of the hammer lock but Bree manages to drive her feet into the mat so she slowly maneuvers Thirteen back into the ropes which causes the Referee to call for a break. Thirteen has to release the hammer lock but he does to reluctantly. Bree takes a few steps forward massaging her shoulder. Thirteen turns his attention back to Bree and the two lock up again. Thirteen maneuvers Bree into a corner where he start laying forearm smashes to her head and upper body and knees to her midsection. Bree fights off the attacks but she is getting hit more than she is landing blows on Thirteen. Bree manages to spin out of the corner where she quickly gets in front of Thirteen shoving him back into the corner. She begins laying blows on him and he is retaliating and causing more damage on her than she is on him. Bree backs up several steps. Bree waits as Thirteen steps forward and Bree runs at her and Thirteen gets an elbow up. He turns and runs into the ropes on the other side. He bounces off and Bree suddenly drops down to the ropes and Thirteen goes up and over to the floor. The crowd boos.

Sharper: Thirteen caught. Bree dropping down.

Knots: And Scott and Blake are out there. May even try something.

The referee tries to keep Bree back, but Bree totally disregards him as she runs toward the ropes and dives over the ropes landing into Thirteen and the two tumble to the arena floor. The ref starts the count on both wrestlers on the outside of the ring.

Sharper: Both down as Bree goes through the ropes. Countout starting.

One...

Bree and Thirteen get to their feet and they start trading punches. Blake and Scott smartly back off and do not get involved as they know it will result in a disqualification on Bree.

Two...

Bree and Thirteen fight around ringside and they bump into the announcers table where Sharper and Knots bail out just in case.

Three...

Thirteen grabs Bree and spins around shoving her back into the side of the announcers table. He releases his grip on Bree and she drops to her knees holding her back.

Four...

Thirteen approaches to administer more damage but Bree lunges forward with an elbow to the midsection of Thirteen knocking the wind out of him.

Five...

Both wrestlers are on their knees and still trading blows. Both manage to get up at the same time and the blows continue.

Six...

Bree and Thirteen continue maneuvering around ringside and they reach the entrance ramp. Thirteen picks up Bree and body slams her on the wooden ramp. Thirteen then leaps into the air to drop his knees into Bree’s body but she manages to spin out of the way and this caused Thirteen to slam his knees in the wooden ramp.

Seven...

Bree lands a few hard stomps on the knees of Thirteen before turning and walking back toward the ring.

Eight...

Bree is closing in on the ring and Thirteen is up and on his feet. As Bree approaches the ring she has her back turned to Thirteen who makes his way up behind her to stop her with a vicious blow. Blake yells to her to turn around and look out. Bree has just enough time to land a hard kick to the face of Thirteen.

Nine...

Bree hears the nine count and she makes a run toward the ring leaping into the air and diving under the bottom rope into the ring. The Referee has his hand in the air ready to deliver a ten count as Thirteen attempts to reach the ring and return inside.

Ten...

The Referee delivers the ten count on Thirteen and he calls for the bell.

Sharper: Damn it. Thirteen trying to get keep a hold on Bree. But Bree knew exactly what she was doing. This was her M.O. in the Contendership Series!

Knots: Win however necessary. She wants the title. She gets the win. Thirteen clearly not happy. And Blake I’m sure watching this too.

Phillips: Ladies and Gentlemen. The Referee has declared Bree Mason the winner of this match due to her opponent, Thirteen, counted out on the outside of the ring.

Bree celebrates her victory as Blake and Scott get into the ring to celebrate with her. A dejected Thirteen looks in the ring. He rolls in slowly, causing Bree to exit the ring and join Blake and Scott. They then start to make their exit as Bree smiles. Thirteen just looks up as he sighs, shaking his head.

We open up backstage to see Syren in her locker room with Ravyn Taylor and CHBK.

CHBK: “Don’t worry about it. It’s just another way they’re going to try and pin you down and well, this is why we did things this way.”

Syren: “Been kicking people’s asses without help for years. Just going to get to do it against someone who it will be fun against.”

Ravyn: “Exactly.”

CHBK: “Plus…”

Ravyn: “Just lets me focus on Amy and Donovan. And Christy for that matter…”

CHBK: “Can we trust her?”

Ravyn: “You made the deal with her.”

CHBK: “For a title match, not to team.”

Ravyn: “That’s what makes this fun.”

She smiles as Syren keeps stretching as the camera focuses on the SCW World Championship.

Jake Starr vs. Xander Valentine

Last Man Standing

Phillips: The following contest is a Last Man Standing Match, scheduled for one fall!

The lights flicker flow by bright flashes of light. Footage is shown on the gigantic screen, flashes of Xander Valentine, throwing punches against shadows and black and white clips of his dominance in the ring. As the video plays, the chords of Metallica's “Fade to Black” begins to crackle upon the sound system. Not soon, the interlude is cut short as the lyrics begins to ring out:

“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”

A looming shadow of a man emerges at the curtains with his back turned towards the crowd. Small pyro display, bright and white, flare up behind him. He kicks his leg around to pivot on the other foot, stepping through the display. Xander steps forward without seeming to be affected by the glorified sparklers. He steps to the front of the stage where he scans the landscape. There's nothing but seriousness painted across his weathered face as the crowd grants him a enormous response.

Phillips: Introducing first, from San Diego, California and weighing 310 pounds........XANDER VALENTINE!!!

Sharper: There he is ladies and gentlemen, one of the wrestlers and champions of all time, the awesome spectacle that is the one and only Xander Valentine.

Knots: One thing you forgot to mention too Sharper both Xander and his opponent tonight absolutely despise each other, and so with last man standing element we don't know what it will take to keep either man down for a count of ten.

Sharper: That is a good point Jon, both men are going to be trying to do some serious harm to the other and this match will definitely not be for the faint of heart.

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

Xander has already began his march down down the entrance ramp. His heavy leather boots stomp against the metal ramp. Arms dart out from the crowd but Xander bats down any that crosses his path. He doesn't look at the fans, only at the ring. He steps up to the ring as the guitar riffs begins to consume the center stage of his theme. He pauses. Then in a single bound he leaps up onto the apron, before stepping into the ring. As the track continues, Xander climbs up onto one of the turnbuckle and throws his fist up into the crowd, getting another loud response. Afterward, he steps off, turning to face the pending obstacle in front of him. Then the arena lights slowly fade to black, and the sharp opening chords of "This Fire" by Killswitch Engage boom through the speaker system. The skull of the Social Misfits begins to flicker on the jumbotron like a strobe light, and the spotlights do the same, as one ultimately focuses its beam right on the entrance right as the first scream echoes. As the words of the first verse begin to play, Jake Starr slowly emerges from the locker room, carrying his chair in his right hand.

Phillips: And his opponent, from Des Moines, Iowa, and weighing 245 pounds.......JAKE STARR!!!!

After looking over the torn crowd with a callous and cocky smirk on his face, he slowly unfolds the battered piece of steel and sets it down in front of himself, ultimately straddling it and leaning forward. The reaction from the crowd is more negative than it has ever been in his career, and he almost thrives on the negative energy pouring in his direction. As the crowd gets louder, trying to rattle him, and in very few cases, support him, his smile grows more and more, showing a sense of arrogance growing by the moment. He slowly leans back, extending his arms to the side, and making a motion for the crowd to give it to him the best way they can, and the crowd responds by cheering and jeering as loud as they can.

Sharper: You would be hard pressed to find anyone in SCW who hates Xander Valentine more than this man Jake Starr ladies and gentlemen and believe me when I tell you that hatred works both ways. There is a long history of despise between these two individuals and it is going to culminate here tonight in this last man standing match.

Knots: I don't know if I necessarily agree with that Sharper. It could culminate here tonight, or maybe they are just adding another chapter to their history.

Sharper: That could be very true Mr. Knots, that could be very true. At the same time though however, you can sort of here their careers winding down when they talk, especially Jake Starr

As the chorus ends, Jake springs up and grabs the chair. He begin walking toward the ring, and Jake folds the chair back up.

This is the broken ground
Misery begins to rise.
Turn away from yesterday,
tomorrow's in my eyes.

Nevermore to be held down
by the wings of history.
Nevermore to be cast aside,
this day is mine.

After he reaches ringside, Jake climbs the stairs. Getting on the ring apron, he step through the ropes uncustomarily and heads right toward Valentine, taking a big swing and a miss starting the match abruptly.

Ding....Ding....Ding!!!

Sharper: And the chair does not connect though I suspect that this will be far from the last time that will be tried given the way that these two feel about one another but none the less we are under way here with this one. Are you leaning towards one man or the other in this match?

Knots: I would probably have to say that I favor Xander, but certainly the last man standing stipulation changes the dynamic because Jake is to stupid to quit which evens things up a little bit I do believe.

Sharper: So your astute commentary for this one is going to start off by calling a three-time world champion stupid?

Knots: When its Jake Starr we are talking about? Yes, that sounds about right.

Just as quickly as Starr missed with his favorite tag team partner Chairee right before the bell he connects with several rights and lefts immediately following the bell which leaves Valentine briefly stunned in one corner. Starr then wastes no time moving in and try to keep his huge adversary off balance with hard knife edge chops that get the approval of the roaring crowd as Valentine's chest starts to become a bright red from the shots that Starr is giving him. The barrage continues until Valentine is left to slump to a seated position in the corner. This has Starr backing up into the opposite corner and then comes powerfully back and to destroy Valentine's face among other things with low dropkick right to the head that bring anyone who is left standing out of their seats.

Sharper: So far it has been all Jake Starr in the early stages of this contest as Xander Valentine look to shaking off some ring rust and Starr is making him pay dearly for that.

Knots: Yes Jake is starting off incredibly well, but as anyone can tell you it's not how start it is how you finish and nobody knows that better than Xander who is just biding his time.

Sharper: Biding his time? Right now the only thing Xander is doing is getting the brains beat out of him, courtesy of Jake Starr.

Knots: Yeah well it is a marathon not a Sprint, think of that too because I will bet that Xander Valentine already has. He is probably just letting Starr punch himself out before he makes his move.

At this early stage of the match Valentine is already bleeding just below the left eyebrow a fact not missed by anyone including Starr. He reacts like a shark in blood infested waters as he jumps on top of Valentine and pummels him with left hands trying to force that cut to become even more of an issue. Starr is so enraged that the only thing Valentine can do is cover up and hope that he can wait out the assault until the end. Valentine is able to absorb several of the blows with his massive forearms despite the punishment he has taken to point so when Starr backs off of him for a split second, Valentine catches him with an elbow to the side of the head which Starr sprawling to the canvas.

Sharper: Xander Valentine showing his first signs of offense in this match up as an elbow to the side of the head has Jake Starr picking himself up off of the mat.

Knots: Sharper you and I must be watching two different matches because from where I am sitting Jake Starr isn’t anywhere near picking himself off the mat, and Xander has him just where he wants him now like I said would.

Sharper: You know Jon, that happens a lot when we are working together.

Knots: What, that what I said actually happens? Yes, of course it does, I just surprised that you are admitting it.

Sharper: No, I was talking about the two of us watching two different matches at the same time in the same ring.

Much more methodical but just as lethal as Starr before him, Valentine takes his time, almost seeming to enjoy watching Starr get all of the way to his feet before grabbing and whipping him hard to one corner. To his credit despite how hard he was whipped on, Starr does in fact come charging out of the corner but Valentine is ready for him this time and he elevates Starr high in the air hitting a huge back body drop in the middle of the ring. Starr hits with a loud thud which brings a sadistic smile to Valentine’s face while he pays no attention to the fans, most of which are booing loudly. Still throwing caution to the wind even as he hurts Starr gets back up and charges Valentine again and this time with ever more disastrous results, Starr this time being pressed high above Valentine’s head before he is planted down right back in the center of the ring with a bodyslam. Valentine then bounces off the ropes and lands across the throat of Starr with a legdrop.

Sharper: Xander really landing with some authority that time, and you can feel all of the air let out of this arena.

Knots: Poor Jake, it looks like somebody just let all of the air out of him as well down there under Xander’s leg.

Sharper: I’m sure that is really killing you to say too.

Knots: Terribly Sharper, I just awful right now.

Valentine backs up off of Starr again and the referee starts to make a count for the first time in this contest.

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Valentine starts to get to his vertical base but Starr right there and take him up and over with a classic vertical suplex. Starr then drops into side headlock on the mat, while he starts to talk trash to Valentine though nobody but the man himself can actually hear what it is that Starr is saying to him.

Sharper: Jake Starr is back in control of this contest and know he is doing some talking to Xander Valentine as well, no don’t letting him know about the predicament he is in right now Jake Starr really cinches in on that side headlock.

Knots: In the words, what you are saying is that Jake Starr, the man you want to win here is rude and displays poor sportsmanship while Xander Valentine competes at the highest level and does nothing to warrant such awful behavior from his opponent?

Sharper: Wait just a second here, are you calling Jake’s and even my own sportsmanship into question Jon.

Knots: I know, I am shocked and stunned to but you know they say, if shoe fits, I guess you have to wear it, Sharper!

Even with Starr hanging on all the way to the side headlock, Valentine manages to fight his way to his feet. Valentine pushes Starr off him and the ropes but Starr comes flying off of them with a shoulder tackle. Starr then pulls Valentine up and whips him ropes, but Valentine hangs on waiting for Starr to come after him and when does he low bridges the rope causing Starr to go tumbling over the top rope and to the floor. Luckily for Starr however he land on his feet and quickly get back in the ring but he is met by a huge right hand and another from Valentine who whips Starr to the ropes then catches him on the rebound with a Double A spinebuster right on the chair that Starr brought to the ring with him.

Sharper: And now Jake Starr is writhing in pain in the center of the ring currently due to that spinebuster on the chair by Xander Valentine.

Knots: Ha! Jake was the man who brought chair to the ring to begin with and now Xander is making him pay for it.

Valentine wipes a little blood from off of his cheek from where he was cut earlier, and then picks up Starr in a bearhug, but not for long as Starr spits on his face. While Valentine breaks the hold on Starr so he can wipe the spits from his eyes, Starr grabs ahold of the chair and time he tees off swinging with authority and connecting again and again as he attacks Valentine with chair assaulting him one, two, three, and four times before Valentine finally goes down. Normally this would be enough for the referee to start counting but this match with two competitors who despise each other so much is anything but normal and so looking at the downed Valentine, Starr gets a almost psychotic look on his face and starts swinging for the fences slamming the chair into Valentine over and over again.

Sharper: Nothing can stop Jake Starr now and is going to make Xander Valentine one with that chair.

Knots: Somebody has to stop what that moron is doing to Xander, I swear this is almost, wait check that this IS criminal. Someone need to stop him now!

Sharper: Well Jon, you are right here, why don’t you go put a stop to this?

Knots: Or you, you could put a stop to this too.

Sharper: No thanks, I think I will just watch.

Starr finally stops swinging after the tenth time and allows the referee to count Valentine down.

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Sharper: Jake Starr with all kinds of evil intentions for Xander Valentine going to the top rope, with all kinds options in his arsenal as he tries to finish this off.

Knots: Sharper for a long time now I have calling matches with you for SCW with one thought in mind, is this going to be the night where Jake Starr kills someone. I think tonight, the answer to the question just might be yes.

Sharper: I don’t know about that but Jake is ready to fly from the top and…..

FLYING ELBOW DROP!!!

Knots: That has to be it, even Xander Valentine isn’t coming back now!

Starr however is far from done as he gets up and flies from the top an incredible three more times for a total of four flying elbow drops then going to the top for a fifth time he flies again but does go for another flying elbow drop, but instead wanting to make sure Valentine doesn’t move for much more than just a count of ten he hits a stunning…..

Sharper: SHOOTING FIVE STAR BY JAKE STARR!!!

Knots: Xander isn’t going to be able to move Sharper!!

Sharper: That is the idea in this match for a count of ten, yes!

Knots: I am not talking about a count of ten, I’m talking something for a very long time!!

With Valentine not moving and Starr reaching down and clutching his ribs, the referee begins to count one more time.

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Starr: Unbelievable, Xander Valentine is getting up ladies and gentlemen after sitting up at the count of nine.

Knots: He shouldn’t even be conscious, Xander Valentine is not human!

Starr: And now Jake Starr has to be wondering what it is going to take to finish Xander Valentine off tonight?

Knots: He should just give it up for the night because if that didn’t keep him down neither will, I will say it again the man is not human.

Frustrated and getting more agitated by the second, Starr grabs the chair which is already dented and he swings again violently colliding with Valentine’s head as he falls back down to the mat.Once he does Starr goes straight outside to the floor and lifts up the ring apron looking for something that will no doubt keep Valentine down. The crowd begins to ohh and ahh when Starr finally finds what he has been looking for and he slides it back to the ring first before he immediately follows smiling while the crowd cheers.

Sharper: And after everything he has tried to finish this match off and claim victory over Xander Valentine, Jake Starr has introduced a ladder into this match.

Knots: A ladder, what do you think he is going possibly do with that?

Starr puts the now severely warped chair on top of Valentine over his bloodied face and the sets up the ladder and slowly climbs each rung step by step until he has reached the top with crowd roaring their approval and encouragement.

Sharper: Jake Starr is perched up there 15 feet in the air on top of the ladder and I think everyone in this raucous arena knows what he is planning on doing to Xander Valentine now!

Knots: I don’t want to watch Sharper. If hits this, neither one of them is ever going to be same!

Starr looks down onto Valentine for just briefest of moments almost as if he is trying to decide what to do before flying off the top with the…..

Sharper: Shooting Five Star from top of the ladder by Jake Starr turns into disaster as Xander Valentine rolled out of the way!

Knots: What did I tell you? If he went through with it, neither one of these men was ever going to be the same!

With both men still down the referee begins to count both of them out.

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At the count of four Valentine is up now with Starr down and hurting the big man is picking up his pace, getting a hold of Starr even before the referee has the chance to count to five, breaking the count. Starr holding his ribs and his head as well but Valentine shows him no mercy whatsoever yanking him and lifting him high in the air for a vicious belly-to-belly suplex.The impact and velocity of the move leave Starr up across the ropes in one corner as Valentine almost throws him over the top rope. Valentine is far from finished however, as he scoops Starr up from the ropes uses his hips as leverage before he turns and throws Starr overhead again in another devastating belly-to-belly suplex that leaves Starr nearly in the opposite corner while even the crowd is left oooohing and ahhhhing at the impressive feat of strength from Valentine who is starting to grin.

Sharper: Xander Valentine is really asserting his dominance, and at this point Jake Starr looks like he is barely conscious.

Knots: And you know the more I think about it, that is just the way I like Jake when I have to be around him, barely conscious.

Sharper: Seriously, they pay you to say things like that? I have Jake Starr in the ring getting folded up like a human pretzel and you want to make jokes.

Knots:I know it really is a gift. You are fortunate enough to have me with you.

Starr is slowly trying to pull himself all the way up when Valentine attacks again this time much like a boxer who is trying to kill the body of his opponent as pulverizes Starr with repeated shots to the kidneys until he just drops to the canvas. He doesn’t stay that way for long however as Valentine rips him right back only to fall victim to a fisherman’s buster that has Starr gasping for air as he keeps trying to get up. Valentine seems genuinely surprised and impressed now that Starr is still able to have some fight left in him, but his surprise doesn’t last for long and after a boot to the mid section which was already sore from missing the Shooting Five Star earlier, Valentine takes him and power him down with a sit-out powerbomb. Now Valentine backs away and the referee begins his count.

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Starr starts to get up to a thunderous roar from the crowd and an incredible rage from Valentine who grabs Starr and look him in the eyes then rocks him again this annihilates him with a chokeslam. Then Valentine does not stop there though, standing Starr up and turning him around before locking in….

Sharper: Fade to Black! Fade to Black! Xander Valentine is going to try and end with the Fade to Black on Jake Starr!

Knots: No way is Jake’s going to answer the count now, Xander has got him!

Valentine keeps the locked in until the referee is pleading with him. Finally deciding Starr has had enough Valentine releases the hold and the official begins his count.

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Everyone is stunned when at the count of nine Starr is rising up along the ropes,which has Valentine looking amazed.

Sharper: Ladies and Gentlemen I am at a loss for words. Jake Starr is getting up yet again and this match continues.

Knots: You? Look at Xander Valentine, he can’t believe this. Just unbelievable.

Sharper: What is it going to take Jon for one man to finish the other?

Knots: I am scared to find out, I am truly scared to find out.

Valentine’s amazement only last for a few seconds he then grabs Starr and forces him outside to the floor before he follows him out. Valentine then pulls Starr on top of the Russian announce table, before being sure he is going to end the match by giving Starr a……

Sharper: MARITAL BANE THROUGH THE TABLE!

Knots: DEAR GOD, BOTH OF THEM MIGHT BE DEAD!

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Ding! Ding! Ding!

Phillips: The winner of this last man standing match….XANDER VALENTINE

The referee raises Valentine’s arm while looks down at the fallen Starr as we hear Adam Sharper and Jonothan Knots.

Sharper: Officially Xander Valentine has won this match but he does look like much of a winner, does he?

Knots: I don’t know, he looks like more of a winner than Jake Starr doesn’t he?

Valentine still stares down at an unmoving Starr as the scene fades.

We open up with a black screen. We then hear the sound of a buzzer. We then see a shot of Selena Frost running down to the ring, followed by a shot of Jake Starr running to the ring. This is followed by shots of Alexis Quinne, Ravyn Taylor, Amy Chastaine and Katie Steward heading to the ring.

“Forty men and women!”

We then see shots of Thirteen stepping out from the back, followed by Xander Valentine, Beard, Blake and then cutting to shots of Red Empire posing in the ring, followed by Max Kane diving off the top rope onto Lexi von Aaron, followed by a shot of Bree Mason hitting the Classifier on someone, followed by Donovan Kayl hitting the Point Blank on an opponent.

“Who knows who will enter when? Who knows who will come back?”

Ace Marshall is shown sliding into the ring before we see shots of Giovanni Aries, Jason Helms, and Past, Present, Future. We then cut to shots of CHBK celebrating in the ring, followed by Ravyn Taylor, Kelcey Wallace, Ace Marshall, Adam Riddick, Matt Hodges and James Exeter.

“One victor. To challenge for the World Championship at Rise to Greatness!”

We then cut to see shots of Jason Zero, Damian Angel, The Real Speed and Shilo Valiant. We then cut through shots of other individuals on the roster, including Konrad Raab, Ikiro Yoshida, Bill Barnhart, Gothfather, Marie Jones and Katelyn Buehler.

We then cut to see the SCW Taking Hold of the Flame logo come up on the screen.

“SCW presents Taking Hold of the Flame, live on June 3, 2018, only on pay per view!”

The scene fades to black.

AJ Helms vs. Ikiro Yoshida

SCW Interim United States Championship

We open up at ringside to see David Helms standing in the ring, holding the SCW interim United States Champion. The crowd cheers as a “David!” chant begins to echo throughout the arena. He just smiles a bit.

Phillips: “Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your new commissioner, David Helms!”

The crowd cheers. He looks around and nods.

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall, with a thirty minute time limit, and is for the Interim SCW United States Championship!”

The crowd cheers and the SCW United States Championship logo, with the addition of the term “Interim” on it, comes across the screen and fades to the bottom corner.

Sharper: “And David Helms is going to sit at ringside. He will present the title to the interim champion.”

Knots: “Could present the title to his adopted son or to Ikiro Yoshida.”

The lights in the arena cut completely and silence fills the room for a moment before “Rise Up” by Asking Alexandria blasts over the speaker system and the crash of the first drumbeat triggers a single spotlight on the stage. In the spotlight, we see AJ Helms standing with his back to the fans, the hood of his sleeveless jacket up over his head. In one fluid motion he spins around and stoops for a minute before throwing the hood back and his arms up in the Self High Five. He holds the pose for a second before jumping and breaking the hands apart, single pyros erupting with a ‘Bang’ on either side of the stage, which trigger the house lights to raise again as AJ smirks and starts to make his way to the ring.

Phillips: “First, from Asbury Park, New Jersey, now fighting out of Hollywood California, he is AJ Helms!”

Reaching the bottom of the ramp, AJ gives a burst of speed and runs to the ring, jumping up and sliding in leg first before popping back up and running to the corner where he scales the turnbuckles and throws his arms into another Self High Five. He pushes back as he breaks the hands apart and turns to land facing the middle of the ring again. Walking over to the ropes, he leans into the camera at ringside and mouths the word “BANG” into it before removing his jacket and handing it off to the outside. He looks at his adopted father as David and him share a nod. Turning, he settles back into the corner and waits for the start of the match.

Sharper: “AJ Helms is obviously the fresher here, but you wonder if competing in front of David Helms, his adopted father, is going to take him out a bit.”

Knots: “Plus, frankly, he was on the edge. I’ve heard AJ Helms was nearly looking to be on a base deal and this revitalized him. He just needed the opportunity. It shouldn’t have come against his adopted mother, but Regan took care of that.”

Sharper: “Took care of that…she piledrove the boss. She’s suspended and I think she should be stripped of the US Title outright. We’re still not sure how empowered David Helms is. Meanwhile, AJ Helms saying he wanted to turn this whole situation into a positive.”

Red and white lights begin to flash wildly when the opening to “Smooth Criminal (Violin Instrumental)” by David Garrett begins to play over the P.A System. The SCW fans rise to their feet casting their eyes to the stage where the curtains part. A sudden pause befalls the arena until a man walks out with a confident swagger in his step, Ikiro Yoshida. He wears his trademark red eye patch with a gold dragon emblazoned onto it along with his long sleeved jacket. A smirk appears on the Japanese superstar’s lips before he spins around once and drops down to one knee, both his arms outstretched while he looks down at the ground…

Phillips: “And his opponent, hailing from the Fukushima prefecture, Japan, he is Ikiro Yoshida!”

The fans pop for the Japanese superstar, he leaps back up onto his feet and reaches into his jacket to remove what looks to be a pink plush Yoshi doll. He raises it up above his head with a grin before lowering his arm and walking down towards the ring with that same confident swagger from before. Ikiro quickly runs to the ring and slides in, following that up with a quicker roll to a knee. Ikiro sits the plush doll in front of him as he appears to talk to it. After kissing the tip of his index and forefinger, he places them on the forehead of the doll before picking it up and taking it to the corner where he sits it. Once removing his jacket, he hands it to the ring crew and begins to stretch before the bell.

Sharper: “Ikiro Yoshida won the ten person battle royal to kick things off tonight. He’s ready to go now. He could finally win his first piece of gold here. The interim US Championship.”

Knots: “But AJ…he could have his father present him the title. The title that’s established thanks to his adopted mom taking out the boss.”

Sharper: “And Ikiro has had some history with Regan. You wonder about with AJ, whether there’s some residual there.”

Ikiro looks at AJ as the bell sounds. AJ and Ikiro nod and touch hands briefly as they circle the ring and lunge at one another, locking up in the middle of the ring with a collar and elbow tie-up. They push back on one another and Ikiro starts to push AJ back into the corner. He gets him back to the corner and holds him there. He then nods and backs up as the referee keeps him back. AJ looks at him as the crowd politely applauds. AJ walks out and the two circle again. They then lunge and lock up again. They push back on one another again and Ikiro starts to get the advantage again. AJ spins through and moves Ikiro into the corner. He then leans back. AJ then lets go and backs up as Ikiro looks at him and smiles. AJ backs up and looks at him.

Sharper: “Back and forth here. A sign of respect, but also a bit of jockeying.”

Knots: “Yeah, but notice, AJ is backing up. Ikiro watching him.”

AJ keeps backing up and Ikiro then lunges out of the corner with a straight kick. AJ spins out of the way and turns and nails Ikiro with a forearm shot. He nails him with another and pushes him into the ropes and then fires him off. Ikiro bounces off the ropes and AJ hits a hip toss. He goes for the pin.

Ikiro kicks out. Both men get up and AJ hits a headlock takedown. Ikiro however moves into a headscisssors. He holds on as he smiles. The crowd cheers a bit. AJ rolls over to his knees and starts to push down on the knees of Ikiro. Ikiro leans back and a bit and AJ gets his head up and moves to his feet before hitting a quick dropkick. He goes for the pin.

Ikiro kicks out. AJ rolls off and Ikiro moves to the ropes.

Sharper: “Quickened pace. AJ was waiting for Ikiro to turn it up. He was ready, but Ikiro not quite.”

Knots: “Yeah and AJ can bolt around there. Plus, he’s a bit fresher. Ikiro had a match earlier.’

Ikiro starts to get up and AJ walks over and nails him with a forearm shiver. He then whips him across the ring. He bounces off and AJ lifts him up for a back drop. Ikiro spins through. AJ turns and Ikiro hits a kick to the ribs and then a forearm shot. AJ winces and Ikiro hits a straight kick to the ribs. AJ staggers back. Ikiro turns and runs at him and AJ lowers his head and lifts him up before he hits him and Ikiro spins through to the apron. AJ turns and hits a back elbow. Ikiro holds his jaw. AJ turns and jumps to the top rope and dives back with a straight kick to the jaw. Ikiro falls to the floor and rolls over. (1) AJ walks around.

Sharper: “Nice bit of agility. The springboard kick and Ikiro down.”

Knots: “AJ Helms looking good here. Looking motivated.”

Sharper: “Mr. D’s giving him an opportunity seems to have helped.”

Knots: “Don’t you start that.”

Sharper: “I’m just pointing it out. He was rudderless before and this US title opportunity has sparked something in AJ. He’s wrestling extremely well so far.”

Ikiro rolls over. (2) He starts to get up and AJ runs at the ropes and slides under them to the floor. Ikiro turns and AJ clotheslines him down. (1) He then grabs him and slowly lifts him up before turning and rolling him into the ring. (2) AJ climbs up to the apron and looks at Ikiro before slingshotting himself into the ring and hitting a splash onto Ikiro.

Ikiro kicks out. AJ gets up. David Helms looks on, holding the SCW interim US Championship as Ikiro turns and grabs at the ropes. AJ spins him around and turns and whips him into the corner. AJ runs after and Ikiro gets a boot up. AJ staggers back and Ikiro lunges out and hits a straight kick to the ribs. AJ turns around and Ikiro grabs him from behind and hoists him up with an inverted powerslam. The crowd ohs and Ikiro rolls him to his back.

AJ kicks out.

Sharper: “Nearfall and a unique slam by Ikiro.”

Knots: “Yeah and Ikiro starting to get warmed up again. AJ got a bit too ahead of himself.”

AJ starts to get up and Ikiro gets up too and chops him. The crowd woos. He chops him again. He then whips him into the ropes. AJ bounces off and Ikiro hits a back elbow. AJ hits the mat and sits up and Ikiro hits a kick to his back. He then pushes him down and holds him down before hitting a knee to his face. He gets up and hits another knee drop and goes for the pin.

AJ kicks out. Both get up and Ikiro grabs AJ and hits a series of hard palm strikes to the chest. AJ grimaces in pain. Ikiro whips him across. AJ bounces off and Ikiro goes for a clothesline. AJ rolls underneath and ends up on his feet. He turns around and hits a dropkick to Ikiro. Ikiro gets back up and AJ runs at him and hits a swinging neckbreaker.

Sharper: “AJ out with the neckbreaker. Looking to do some more damage though.”

Knots: “He’s using the ropes again!”

AJ gets up and runs into the ropes, jumping to the middle rope and hitting a lionsault onto Yoshida. He goes for the pin.

Ikiro gets his shoulder up. He turns and AJ grabs him and pulls him up. He then hits a snap suplex. He turns and exits to the apron and then goes to the corner and climbs up to the top rope. He looks at Ikiro and dives off for the guillotine leg drop, but Ikiro rolls out of the way. AJ hits hard and rolls over in pain. He holds his lower back and starts to get up. He pulls himself up and turns around to Ikiro who nails him with the Savate kick. The crowd ohs.

Sharper: “Right in the side of the head. That savate kick and AJ’s lights dimmed.”

Knots: “But Ikiro can’t take advantage.”

Ikiro crawls to the corner nearest David and tries to get his attention. David looks at him and points to himself and Ikiro nods. He then holds out his hand. He then motions as if he’s doing rock, paper, scissors. David looks around as the crowd roars. Ikiro nods. David shakes his head. He points at AJ. Ikiro eggs him on.

Knots: “This idiot is in a US title match and he wants to play rock, paper, scissors!”

Sharper: “We’ve seen this before. He’s having his opponent’s father determine what he’s going to do!”

The crowd cheers as Helms shrugs and they play rock, paper, scissors. Helms goes for paper, as Ikiro goes for scissors. Ikiro nods and turns around as AJ runs at him and Ikiro ducks a clothesline attempt. Both turn around and Ikiro kicks him in the ribs and hoists him up and hits the turnbuckle bomb. The crowd ohs. He then pulls him down and rolls him over and goes for the pin.

AJ shoots his shoulder up. Ikiro looks up. He then gets up and grabs AJ and drags him up. He then hoists him up and hits a vertical suplex. Ikiro turns and exits to the apron. He climbs up to the top rope. AJ stirs and heads over to the corner. He nails Ikiro in the ribs. He then nails him again. He then goes for a press slam, but Ikiro spins through and lands on his feet and backs up. AJ runs out and goes for a clothesline. Ikiro ducks and hits a back kick to the ribs before turning and hitting a hard kick to the thigh and then a spin kick to the chest, knocking him down.

Sharper: “A series of hard kicks and down goes AJ again. Ikiro using those kicks beautifully.”

Knots: “Almost thinking you’re going to need a kickboxing background to succeed in SCW. Between Ikiro, Selena, Sienna and of course, Kennedy, all known for their kicks.”

Ikiro walks around and then runs into the ropes. He bounces off and jumps up and hits a huge knee drop. He goes for the pin.

AJ rolls his shoulder up. He turns and Ikiro grabs him and locks in a reverse chinlock. He pulls back. The crowd looks on as AJ reaches out and reaches for the ropes. Ikiro keeps pulling back and AJ slowly starts to move around and starts to get his feet under him. Ikiro holds on and AJ gets up to his feet and nails her in the ribs and then again and finally a third time. Ikiro lets go and AJ steps forward and dives back with the Wake Up Call. Ikiro falls back as the crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Wake-Up Call. A chip off the old block. Just like David used to do!”

Knots: “But he needs to figure out how to take advantage. Both down!”

Sharper: “Ten count starting here.”

The referee starts his ten count. (1) Helms winces and crawls to the ropes a bit. (2) He then grabs at the ropes and winces a bit. (3) Ikiro rolls over and slowly pulls himself up. (4) AJ grabs at the ropes and uses them to get up to his feet. Ikiro slowly gets up too and turns around and AJ nails him with a forearm shot. Ikiro staggers back and nails him back with one. AJ spins around and hits a back elbow. Ikiro hits a knee. He runs into the ropes. He bounces off and AJ hits a back kick and a knee lift. Ikiro falls back. AJ staggers forward to the ropes and steps through. He looks around. Ikiro pulls himself up and AJ springboards to the top rope and dives forward, connecting with a flying forearm to the jaw. The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Forearm! Flying forearm and he caught Ikiro right under the jaw.”

Knots: “Set up for the NJNB? Keeping the title in the family?”

Ikiro slowly stirs and holds his jaw and AJ spins him around and grabs him by the head and hooks him up. He then sets him up for the NJNB, but Ikiro nails him in the back with a forearm shot and then a knee. He then grabs AJ and hits a German suplex into a bridge.

AJ kicks out. AJ slowly rolls over and Ikiro rolls over to his feet and moonwalks back before stomping his feet. The crowd tries to keep up, but he goes almost too fast as the get out the letters to Karaoke, but Ikiro doesn’t hesitate as AJ turns around and Ikiro drills him with the K-A-R-A-O-K-E Kick. The crowd ohs. Ikiro drops down and hooks the leg.

Sharper: “Karaoke Kick! He got it all!”

Knots: “Don’t tell me he’s actually going to do it!”

Sharper: “The cover!”

The crowd roars as the bell sounds. The referee walks over and raises his arm.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and NEW SCW Interim United States Champion, Ikiro Yoshida!”

David Helms nods as Ikiro’s music plays and David Helms walks over to the steel steps and walks up them. He enters the ring as AJ Helms is checked on by the official. He then walks over to Ikiro with the interim SCW US Championship. Ikiro staggers to his feet and looks at him before Ikiro apologizes and points to AJ. Helms tells him something and smiles before extending and presenting the title to Ikiro. Ikiro looks at it and Helms asks him if he can put it on him. Ikiro nods and Helms walks around and undoes the straps before placing them around Ikiro. He then does the belt up as AJ Helms leans back in the corner. He looks over as Ikiro as Helms fastened the title to him. Ikiro holds his arms up in celebration. The camera even gets the shot looking over AJ’s shoulder.

Sharper: “That’s a hell of a visual. AJ Helms having to watch his father present the interim US Title to his opponent.”

Knots: “That’s going to be a hell of some motivation…or a hell of a fight over dinner.”

Sharper: “I don’t know, but Helms offered. Ikiro knows this is huge. His first title in an SCW ring. He is the interim US Champion!”

Ikiro turns and heads over to the corner and celebrates in the corner as David turns and looks at AJ. He says something to him. AJ just slides under the bottom rope and ignores David as he walks around the steel steps. He then heads up the rampway as David watches him leave. David steps out of the ring as the camera cuts back to the ring to show Ikiro as he celebrates in the ring. The crowd cheers him. We then cut away.

A recap video plays showing the history between Ravyn Taylor & Christy Matthews in Infamous and then their issues with Kennedy Street and as a result Donovan Kayl and Amy Chastaine.

Ravyn Taylor & Christy Matthews vs. Donovan Kayl & Amy Chastaine

Darkness engulfs the arena as we hear the eerie sound of something tapping against glass. After a few moments there comes a whisper in the sound of a woman’s voice of one short, iconic word – “NEVERMORE”. With that we hear the opening from “Open Your Eyes” by Guano Apes.

“Hide your face forever
Dream and search forever-ever-ever-ever”

The song gets stuck on the word, and is then interrupted by the deep sound of the voice of Marilyn Manson.

“Just lay your head in daddy’s lap
You’re a bad girl!”

“Bad Girl” by Avril Lavigne hits the PA system as the lights come back up and we see the screens playing images of Ravyn Taylor’s various antics in and out of the ring. After a few moments the curtains part and Ravyn steps out on to the stage with a smirk on her face followed by CHBK. She’s dressed in ring gear that includes her normal ring jacket covering a small, revealing bra top and a pair of skin tight hot-pants with the words ‘BAD GIRL’ across the back. She stops on the stage, twirling for the camera almost mockingly.

Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
Dark Fantasy

After a few moments she starts to make her way down to ringside, CHBK is close behind her and then steps up the ring steps, wiping her feet on the apron before vaulting over the top turnbuckle and rolling back to her feet.

Phillips: “The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, accompanied to the ring by CHBK, she is one half of Dark Fantasy….. Ravyn Taylor!”

She walks over to the far corner of the ring, stepping on to the middle turnbuckle and removes her ring jacket, looking down at herself with a look of admiration before stepping off the turnbuckle again while CHBK nods in approval. She folds the jacket up and places it in the corner before dropping to a seated position, looking up at the referee and shaking her head as he tries to tell her to get to her feet, so he can pat her down. Instead she just ushers him away with her hand, continuing to sit in the corner, CHBK whispering to her match tactics.

Sharper: “Tag team action, this one is personal. Ravyn Taylor along with Christy Matthews are ready to do battle with Amy Chastaine and Donovan Kayl, this can we say is directly centered around the Main Event tonight?”

Knots: “Absolutely it is, Christy is a hired gun, Ravyn and CHBK will do anything to protect Syren and her title. Amy and Donovan can shift the tide tonight, they know why this match is happening.”

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

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

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

As she begins to push her way down to ringside, and security line the steps down through the crowd, holding back the fans in the way. Christy ignores every one of them as she walks past them, focusing on the ring.

Phillips: “Her tag team partner, from Los Angeles, Ca.! Christy Matthews!”

She makes her way down to the barricade, leaping over and begins climbing the outside of the turnbuckles, standing on the middle rope, pulling down the hood of her jacket and striking the mock-crucifix pose once more. As the second chorus of “King of the World” hits Christy sings along with the lyrics, continuing to strike the crucifix pose before finally leaping over the top rope and spinning around in the ring, throwing her ring jacket to the outside and collapsing to a seated position in the corner of the ring as the fans cheer. She stands in the corner, looking out at the fans occasionally while an attendant is collecting her belongings from her corner and stands on the outside of the ring nearby, acknowledging Ravyn and CHBK.

Sharper: “Here is Christy Matthews and for the last few weeks, she has tried to take out Kennedy Street, she didn’t get the job done but it wasn’t for lack of trying, then we saw a masked woman attack her instead. She has become an ally, let’s see how they work together, here. Could there be friction?”

Knots: “Of course there is, Christy had a job to do, she couldn’t take out Kennedy no matter how hard she tried, Ravyn and CHBK know that Syren’s title is in jeopardy tonight, so yeah, I can see them blaming Christy for it.”

"Tom Sawyer” by Rush starts to play as the spotlight focuses on the top of the ramp. Immediately, the crowd rise to their feet in a raucous ovation.

A modern day warrior
Mean, mean stride
Today's Tom Sawyer
Mean, mean pride

Stepping out to the top of the ramp is "The Cornerstone" Donovan Kayl. He steps to the side, facing out to the crowd. As he stands atop the ramp, he throws his arm out with each big note of the beginning musical portion. After turning his head to survey the entire crowd, he turns to face the front of the ramp, beginning to walk out towards the ring.

Though his mind is not for rent
Don't put him down as arrogant
He reserves the quiet defense
Riding out the day's events
The river

Kayl keeps his eyes focused on the ring ahead, and with a stoic gaze in his eyes, slaps the hands of a few fans at ringside.

The world is, the world is
Love and life are deep
Maybe as his skies are wide

Once he gets to the bottom of the ramp, Donovan pulls himself up onto the apron, walking over to the corner. He climbs up onto the second rope, looking out over the crowd, until the next lines hit...

What you say about his company
Is what you say about society
Catch the mist, catch the myth
Catch the mystery, catch the drift

Kayl throws his arms up for the roaring crowd, shouting out something that's just impossible to hear outside of the first couple of rows nearby.

Phillips: “Their opponents! First from Toronto, Ontario! Weighing in at 225 lbs., he is “The Cornerstone of Professional Wrestling”….. Donovan Kayl!

He hops the top rope into the ring, moving to the middle where he spins once, dropping to a knee and shooting his arms out. He drops his head as the crowd showers the ring with streamers, cascading down around him as he looks at the ring under his knee before raising his head upward slowly.

Sharper: “The crowd here in Tampa, exploding for Donovan Kayl and he looks ready. An incredible showing at Trios, his protégé and sister in law has a chance to become World Champion and you can bet he will do anything in his power to prevent these three from interfering in that match!”

Knots: “Agreed! Donovan has been the constant here, he has nothing to prove but he will make sure that these two have no chance to ruin the Main Event, Sharper. He does look ready and he means business, look at Christy and Ravyn, they looks worried.”

Blue and white lights flash in time with the music and the words:

"Tear me down, it won't build you up"

Amy Chastaine comes through the curtain just as the tempo of New Years Day's "Relentless" picks up with the chorus, the lights flashing to keep up. With one hand she flips her hair out of her face, with a confident grin, gazing out at the cheering crowd. She starts down the ramp, greeting fans along the way.

Phillips: "Making her way to the ring, from New Orleans, LA and weighing 155 pounds.... she is the Brave half of B.A.E.... Amy Chastaine!"

Amy gets in the ring by hopping up on the apron, and stepping between the second and third ropes. She goes to the second rope in the corner near the ring steps, and poses for the fans, one arm in the air, the other on her hip, a smile for the cheering fans. Amy hops down and goes to the opposite corner, and does the same pose. Amy then hops down and awaits the start of her match as the music fades and the light stop flashing.

Sharper: “Here is Amy Chastaine, one half of BAE ad is she just excited? Getting a chance at Ravyn and Christy, with Donovan as her partner, they will work well together.”

Knots: “No doubt they will, I apologize now Sharper, I do not think I can do my proper duty as a broadcast journalist and show the defining, unbiased information I give the fans every night.”

Sharper: “So in other words, a normal night for us?”

Knots: “Take that back Sharper.”

The referee checks Amy and Donovan who are both very cooperative. Then he goes to Christy who turns and walks away, then Ravyn who continues to sit in the corner, the referee starts to argue with CHBK who tells him to call for the bell. The referee refuses when Amy comes out of nowhere with a basement dropkick into Ravyn as the crowd roars, the referee calls for the bell as she drags Ravyn from the turnbuckle and goes for a quick pin….

1!

2!

Ravyn Kicks Out!

Amy picks her up as Christy and Donovan are in their corners, Amy throws Ravyn into the turnbuckle, charging in with a clothesline and following through with a bulldog, rolling her over for the pin….

1!

2!

Ravyn Kicks Out!

Amy looks over at Donovan and nods, she drags Ravyn to the corner and tags in Kayl. He comes in as Amy holds Ravyn’s leg, Kayl drops an elbow, picks up Ravyn and forearms her a few times backing her up, he whips her across the ropes and delivers a huge back drop, Christy rushes in and Kayl catches her with a back drop as well, the crowd roars. Ravyn and Christy both get up at the same time and Donovan clotheslines them both over the top rope and on to the floor as the crowd cheers loudly….

Sharper: “Kayl and Chastaine came out of the gate aggressive and on fire! They are wasting no time and totally caught Christy and Ravyn off-guard!”

Knots: “That was their strategy going into this match, strike fast and hard, keep Christy and Ravyn on their heels. Can they trust each other? Absolutely not, they are both snakes!”

Ravyn is helped up by CHBK. Christy helps herself up, she gets to her feet. The referee starts the count as the three try to regroup (1), Donovan runs against the ropes and goes to dive, the three clear out and Donovan feigns, instead sitting on the second ropes inviting them in. (2) The crowd cheers, some laugh as Christy walks around to the corner, Ravyn scowls while CHBK whispers a few things in her ear. (3) Ravyn grabs Kayl’s leg, he tries to pull him out, but he grabs Ravyn by the hair, he lifts her to the apron and goes for a suplex, Ravyn hops behind him, she rolls up Kayl….

1!

2!

Kayl Kicks Out!

Amy yells at him to tag, Kayl gets up, Ravyn quickly kicks him in the guts and spins him out with a neckbreaker, she backs up as CHBK screams for her to end it, she is about to do the Evolutionary Synthesis when Christy slaps her back and tags in, Ravyn pauses, slowly turning to Christy wondering why. Matthews gets in the ring and starts kicking Kayl, she picks him up and forearms Donovan a few times, throwing him against the ropes and going for a clothesline but Kayl ducks, he bounces back and hits a spinning elbow. The crowd roars and he tags Amy who steps right in, Matthews rolls out of the ring, Amy follows her, she runs around and slides in, Amy follows before the referee can administer a count. Christy starts laying the boots to Amy before she can get to her feet, finally picking her up and Irish Whipping her into the turnbuckle, Matthews charges in but Amy stops her with a boot and then The Lightning Strike! The crowd roars as Amy drops for the cover…

1!

2!

3… NO! Ravyn breaks up the Pin!

Sharper: “Kayl and Amy have an answer to everything and you can see that both Ravyn and Christy are not on the same page. Ravyn took exception when Christy tagged herself in but they just don’t seem to be cohesive.”

Knots: “They came in cocky and like we said before, Christy didn’t take out Kennie, Syren now has to defend the title tonight and that worries Ravyn, she’s probably not too thrilled with her right now. Come on Amy!”

May looks over at Ravyn before going to the top rope, she starts to climb but CHBK hops on the apron, she turns and stares him down, yelling at him when Christy gets to her feet and grabs Amy, taking her leg from under her causing Amy to land hard on her back and neck. Christy drops on Amy for the cover…

1!

2!

3… No! Amy gets a shoulder up just as Kayl runs in to break the count!

Christy snarls at Kayl who the referee gets back to the corner. Matthews starts to unload with some stiff rights on Chastaine. She picks up the veteran by the hair, scooping her up and getting her from behind hitting Once Upon A Time. Amy wrenches back, the air blown out of her lungs as she goes for the pin….

1!

2!

3… NO! Amy kicks out!

Christy slams the mat and yells at the referee holding up three fingers, but he shakes his head holding up two. She picks up Amy and whips her against the ropes, Christy goes for a powerslam but Amy jumps through it, Christy counters by going against the ropes and Ravyn blond tags her stopping Christy in her tracks, she turns and looks at Ravyn, asking her what she is doing, just then Amy dropkicks Christy into Ravyn knocking them both through the ropes, she drops to one knee as the crowd roars, CHBK is starting to show his frustrations, slamming the apron…..

Knots: “They can’t even tag right! Ravyn paid her back for the blind tag earlier, Ravyn and Christy are a mess, they don’t have the glue, like Donovan and Amy have, Sharper!”

Sharper: “Let me guess, Kennedy?”

Knots: “You’re catching on.”

Sharper: “I have to agree with you Jon.”

Knots: “You do? I mean, yeah, damn right you do!”

Ravyn gets up and shoves Christy, Matthews looks shocked and shoves Ravyn just as CHBK is getting in between both of them. Amy recovers, Ravyn slides into the ring and grabs Amy, she knees her before elbowing Amy, backing her up, Ravyn goes to scoop slam her but Amy lands behind her, she turns and is scooped up in a slam instead. The crowd roars as Amy goes to tag but Ravyn grabs her ankle, she turns and is hit with an Enzinguiri, Amy falls to the mats, Ravyn quickly wastes no time, picking her up and hitting Survival Instinct. Ravyn goes for the cover….

1!

2!

3… No! Amy gets a shoulder up!

Ravyn shakes her head, even laughing a little before picking Amy up, locking in the Memento Mori but Amy uses all of her strength and powerbombs Ravyn! The crowd roars, Amy turns and starts to crawl toward Donovan Kayl who has his arm extended. Ravyn arches her back, rolling over close enough to Christy who tags in, she runs at Amy and grans her by the ankle, dragging her away from Kayl, she flips her over but Amy kicks off, Christy tries to grab her again this time Amy kicks Christy’s leg put from under her causing Christy to crash head first into Amy’s knee, she rolls over holding her face giving Amy the opening to tag in Kayl. The crowd roars….

Sharper: “Amy just made the much needed tag to Kayl!”

Knots: “Come on Donovan!”

Kayl comes in, Christy gets up and throws a right cross but Kayl blocks it, staggering Christy to the ropes with repeated lefts and rights across Christy’s chest and face. She swings again, Kayl ducks and picks her up for a release back drop, the crowd cheers, Ravyn runs in but Amy cuts her off at the pass with Lu Thesz Press taking her down and repeating shots back and forth. Donovan turns to see that and Christy comes up from behind and kicks him in the back of the knee, Kayl falls backwards right into a neckbreaker. Christy goes for the cover screaming at the referee as he turns and makes the cover….

1!

2!

Kayl Kicks Out!

Christy gets up and picks up Kayl, Ravyn scurries out of the ring and the referee tries to get Amy back to the corner. Christy picks up Kayl and sets him up for the Happily Never After when Kayl reverses, turning Christy around, grabbing her into the REAL Attitude Adjustment, dropping her with the reverse DDT and locking in the Dragon Sleeper, the crowd roars as CHBK jumps on the apron, the referee turns and starts to argue with him, Christy screams in pain ready to tap as Amy yells at the referee to turn around!

Sharper: “CHBK getting involved and distracting the referee! Donovan Kayl has Christy Matthews locked and she has nowhere to go!”

Knots: “She’s fading Sharper! She’s fading!”

Christy starts to go limp, Amy continues to scream when finally she gets in the ring and runs across with full force hitting CHBK in the face with the Lightning Strike! The fans roar as Amy then hops over the top rope on CHBK! The referee yells at Amy to get back in, he doesn’t see Ravyn Taylor kick Donovan in the back of the head, he breaks the hold with Christy who falls to her side, he gets up and Ravyn connects with the Evolutionary Synthesis! The crowd boos, Christy slowly drapes her arm with Ravyn’s help over Kayl as Taylor rolls out …

Knots: “Oh come on! The referee didn’t turn around, Christy was out, Sharper!”

Sharper: “He didn’t see Ravyn after Amy took out CHBK!”

Ravyn yells at the referee to turn around, he does and sees the pin attempt, dropping down for the cover….

1!

2!

3!

The bell rings as Amy looks up and into the ring, she sees what is happening and slides in just as Christy rolls off Kayl and is helped out of the ring by Ravyn. Amy checks on Kayl who starts to stir….

Knots: “The referee lost total control, once again CHBK is the difference damn it!”

Sharper: “Something that could play out in the Main Event. Highway robbery as Kayl had Christy locked, the distraction gave the opening Ravyn needed to capitalize, that is what makes Dark Fantasy so dangerous.”

Ravyn smirks while Christy holds her neck, CHBK staggers on the other side of the ring, getting back to his feet while Amy stares bullets at the two women while Kayl starts to sit up….

Phillips: “The winners of the match, the team of Christy Matthews and Ravyn Taylor!”

The crowd continues to boo. Christy raises the arm of Ravyn who has a smirk on her face, when suddenly Christy twists Ravyn’s arm into a short arm clothesline!

Knots: “What just happened!?”

Sharper: “Christy Matthews just turned on Ravyn!?”

Christy picks up the stunned Ravyn while Amy and Donovan look on, she whips Ravyn right into the steel post watching her crumble to the mats. The crowd roars, Christy brushes her hair back, with a scowl on her face, looking into the ring before back at Ravyn, slowly backing up the rampway. CHBK rushes in checking on Ravyn while everyone else looks on stunned…

Sharper: “Apparently Christy took exception to Ravyn and let it be known her feelings. Big win for both but Ravyn definitely didn’t have a Happily Ever After.”

Knots: “What does this mean for later tonight? Now things are even more interesting.”

Christy continues to walk toward the back while CHBK checks on Ravyn who is stirring, Amy and Donovan look on from the ring….

We cut backstage as we see the same car Ace Marshall and Cassidy Carter driving up to the back entrance of the building. Ace honks the horn repeatedly as the car comes to a stop. We then see both holding coffee cups, from Starbucks, and Cassidy has some gift bags in the back. Ace then exits the front door before walking over to the back door, opening it and grabbing the bat.

Ace: “Cass…make sure our Lizard King is in a prime position for this.”

Sharper: “Looks like they’re here. Ace Marshall and Cassidy Carter. Giovanni Aries was in the trunk.”

Knots: “They seemed to have had a bit of fun too.”

Sharper: “Both with coffee. Cass seemed to do some shopping.”

Knots: “And that turtle is chilling out somewhere in there too.”

We then go over to the trunk before we hear some kicking and then the backseat pops forward and we hear a shatter.

Cassidy: “Son of a bitch! The effing turtle!”

Ace: “Open it up. I’ll teach him to take out the Lizard King.”

Cassidy: “Seriously?”

Ace: “What? This dimwit thinks it!”

Cassidy turns and runs around to the front door and reaches forward and pops the trunk. Giovanni roars out of the trunk and steps forward and Ace lunges and swings the bat, nailing him in the ribs. Giovanni staggers forward. He coughs a bit and Ace walks over and clubs him in the back. Ace then turns and motions to Cassidy who runs into the building. Ace stomps Giovanni again.

Ace: “Okay, Gio. Time for all of this to end. After this, you can take a nice nap, get some help, and can learn to respect reptiles and other leathery scaled people in the zoo, like Kennedy or Konrad!”

Ace then stomps Giovanni in the face. Giovanni rolls over and Ace pulls him up and places him on a rolling storage crate, pushed over by Cassidy Carter. Cassidy sits on top of him as Ace starts to push Ace forward through the building.

Sharper: “Two shots with the baseball bat. Giovanni Aries may be out of it.”

Knots: “Pain may be so much. Ace Marshall now pushing him through the building. Cassidy riding him like she’s on a parade float.”

Sharper: “Cassidy enjoying this, while also keeping Giovanni pinned on that storage crate.”

Ace keeps pushing him forward and we see him push it back a few officials and some crew members, some who give him an odd look. Ace keeps pushing him as the crowd boos a bit, while some buzz. We then see Ace get a bit closer to the entrance before the camera turns and we see a miniature horse in the way. Ace looks up.

Cassidy: “Hey! Horse! Get out of the way!”

We then see Gregor the Great standing by him.

Gregor: “Come on.”

Gregor starts to move the horse as we then see Lailoken Da Vinci standing in their way, behind the horse.

Lailoken: “Greetings! It is I, Lailoken Da Vinci and I welcome thee Mr. and Mrs. Marshall to a small slice of the Theatre of Dreams!”

Ace: “Yeah. That’s great. Gio offered us the same-“

Lailoken however continues, walking over to Ace and Cassidy.

Lailoken: “Madame Valaria has spoken to the stars, and they have informed her of your intentions for the Wonderland and Giovanni Aries. She has a warning for you both, to beware of the frog that barks in the night!”

We then notice that Lailoken has been joined by a pair of conjoined twins and a bearded lady as well, who keeps stroking her beard. Ace and Cassidy look at them.

Ace: “How the hell is what we’re doing not the most fucked up thing here?”

The crowd roars as Ace then starts to push Cassidy and Gio forward as Lailoken keeps smiling. He starts to wave before we cut back to Ace, Cassidy and Giovanni from a different angle. They start to head to the tunnel.

Ace: “Not much longer. Then we can end this.”

Cassidy: “Thank God.”

Ace: “He destroyed the Lizard King…or something!”

Cassidy: “I’m sure the turtle’s fine. Probably just finding out what people left under the seat before.”

They start to move through the tunnel as we see Donovan Kayl and Amy Chastaine step out. They look at Ace, Giovanni and Cassidy before we cut to the entrance way. The crowd starts to roar.

Sharper: “They’re hearing through the tunnel. Here we go. This match ends when they end up in the ring and…”

Knots: “How? Do we even know?”

Sharper: “I assume pinfall or submission!”

Knots: “It’s Ace’s rules. Did he forget that? Or does this keep going until Giovanni Aries is history?!”

We continue to wait, watching theentrnace way for a few moments before we then cut to the inside of the tunnel to see Cassidy Carter down on the ground and Giovanni Aries nailing Ace in the ribs with a shot and then another and another. He then turns and runs Ace forward and done the tunnel before throwing Ace out and through the curtains and into the entrance way. The crowd roars. Ace rolls over. We cut back to the tunnel as we see Giovanni Aries threatening Cassidy as she falls back, tripping over her feet. Giovanni then lets out a smirk and a sneer before grabbing the storage crate. He then starts to push it down the tunnel. We cut back to the entrance way as Ace starts to stagger up to his feet and we see Giovanni Aries shoving the crate hard and ramming it right into Ace’s face. Ace falls back and rolls back. The crowd cheers. Giovanni then looks around, his eyes widened, almost bloodshot as he then grits his teeth and lets out a bit of a maniacal laugh.

Giovanni Aries vs. Ace Marshall

Sharper: “Giovanni Aries has Ace Marshall down. Heading to the ring and he drives that storage crate into the face of Ace.”

Knots: “Cassidy is down backstage. This is bad for the Lizard King’s Judas!”

Giovanni starts to head after Ace as Ace slowly stirs and Giovanni nails him with a hard right and then a hard left before another hard right and then a left to the ribs. He places his hand on Ace’s back as he then nails a series of three left handed shots to the ribs. Ace staggers to the ropes. Giovanni then turns and grabs him and spins him around and whips him into the steel steps. The crowd roars as the top half topples off and Ace falls back and rolls to his side, holding his shoulder. Giovanni then starts to stalk Ace before we see Cassidy Carter running out from the back. She runs down to the ring and jumps onto the back of Giovanni. Giovanni goes down as the crowd boos.

Sharper: “Cassidy from the back! Tackling down Giovanni!”

Knots: “Two on one. Are we shocked?”

Sharper: “Ace Marshall made it clear that Giovanni had to do this alone. Ace obviously has Cassidy!”

Cassidy rolls over and starts to get up. Giovanni however looks over at Ace and then lets out and yell and Cassidy turns to grab him, but Giovanni hits a back elbow. Cassidy falls back and rolls over. The crowd roars. Giovanni then turns and grabs Ace Marshall and pulls him up before dragging him up and lifting him up and hitting a spinebuster on the bottom half of the steps. The crowd ohs. He then looks back and grabs Ace by his legs and then hoists him up before falling back and slingshotting him into Cassidy. Ace drills Cassidy with a clothesline, knocking her down. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Giovanni dropping Ace and then sending him into Cassidy.”

Knots: “Going to make this one on one!”

Ace rolls over and Giovanni Aries then grabs him and pulls him up by his hair. He struggles as Giovanni knees him in the ribs and spins him around and into the ring. Giovanni slides in after, crawling a bit towards Ace as Ace rolls over and starts to get up and Giovanni gets up and lets out a yell and nails Ace with a hard clothesline. Ace rolls over and gets back up and Giovanni turns and nails him with another clothesline. Ace rolls over and gets up a second time and Giovanni drills him with a third clothesline. Ace hits the mat as the crowd cheers. Ace starts to back away into the corner, farthest from Cassidy. Giovanni turns and starts to go over to him and seethes a bit before letting out another cackle. He then grabs Ace and pulls him up by the throat before nailing him with a hard right and then another and another. He keeps hammering away on Ace Marshall with repeated hard right hands as Ace just slowly drops down to his knee and then drops down to a seated position. Giovanni just stands over him and nails him with another hard right and then another and another before backing up. Ace falls to his side and is half out of it as the camera angle changes to show Ace Marshall busted open by Giovanni’s right hands. Giovanni backs up to the middle of the ring.

Sharper: “Ace Marshall busted open again. Giovanni busting him open with his bare hands for the second time in a month!”

Knots: “Again! No purple blood. But he does bleed red and more of it being spilled tonight!”

Ace slowly gets back upright as Giovanni turns and runs back at Ace and hits a running double knee to the chest of Ace. Ace falls forward and Giovanni rolls him out of the corner. Ace rolls to his back and Giovanni gets on top of him and mounts him. He then holds him up by his hair and nails him with a hard right and then another and another and another, hammering away on Giovanni Aries as the crowd cheers. Blood covers Giovanni’s fist and continues to cover Ace’s face before we see Cassidy Carter roll into the ring with a steel chair. She gets up and lifts the chair up and slams it into the back of Giovanni Aries. Aries leans forward briefly before then getting up to his knees and looking at Cassidy. Cassidy looks around and Giovanni Aries gets up, wide-eyed and lunges at Cassidy. Cassidy dodges and spins around and nails Giovanni in the back again, knocking him into the corner. Giovanni falls into the corner and he turns and lunges at Cassidy again, but Cassidy swings and nails him in the head, Giovanni getting his hands up, as Giovanni hits the mat. The crowd boos. Cassidy throws the chair down before she turns back and grabs at Ace, trying to help him up. Giovanni slowly turns, wincing a bit as he then seethes some more and turns and grabs at the ropes.

Sharper: “Three chair shots and Giovanni now finally done, but still getting up.”

Knots: “Cassidy Carter is frantically trying to get Ace Marshall up!”

Sharper: “And we saw this side of Giovanni on Breakdown. He lost it. He snapped. Jules, that’s how they referred to it, seemingly coming out tonight and driving Giovanni Aries in this. He’s still getting up!”

Knots: “Maybe before Ace and Cassidy!”

Giovanni Aries slowly gets up and staggers up as Ace and Cassidy get up and Ace shoves Cassidy out of the way as Giovanni lunges at her and Giovanni grabs at Ace and Ace nails him in the throat with a hard right before grabbing him and hitting the Ace’s Wild. The crowd ohs and Giovanni ends up on his back. Ace Marshall then looks around before then going for the pin.

Sharper: “Ace Marshall plants Giovanni Aries. And in a bloody mess….”

Knots: “How does this end? There’s no official?!”

Sharper: “Ace is starting to count himself!”

There’s no official so Ace Marshall, exhausted, starts to count, pounding his hand against the mat.

Giovanni kicks out and turns and nails Ace with a hard right and then another and another. Ace stumbles back to the ropes. Giovanni Aries then slowly gets up and Ace walks over and kicks him in the chest. Giovanni winces and Ace holds him down and knees him in the chest and then again and again. Giovanni then lets out and yell and lifts Ace up and spears him back into Cassidy who is by the ropes. Cassidy falls through the ropes to the floor. Giovanni then lifts him up and spins him around into a spinebuster. Then while still on top of him, he nails Ace in the face with an overhead forearm and then again and again and again as Giovanni’s red face and wide eyes focus on Ace’s bloodied face. He then nails him a fifth and then a sixth time before pushing up and walking around the ring. Ace slowly rolls over. Giovanni Aries then watches him before dragging him up and then pushing him out and then pulling him in and into a vicious short-arm clothesline. Ace hits hard and Giovanni Aries staggers to the corner. He then exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. Cassidy Carter stirs on the floor.

Sharper: “Giovanni Aries have turned Ace Marshall’s face into a fountain of blood!”

Knots: “Not spilling the purple blood, but his red blood and now he’s on the top rope. Ace Marshall may have nothing left and Cassidy Carter is on the floor!”

Sharper: “Giovanni on the top! Through the Rabbit Hole could be coming up to take out his betrayer!”

Ace Marshall slowly stirs and bends over a bit and Giovanni jumps up and lets out a yell before drilling him in the back of the head with the Through the Rabbit Hole. Ace rolls to his back. Giovanni goes for the pin. He then looks around and pounds the mat as the crowd counts with him.

Cassidy enters and dives, just missing and falls next to Ace as Giovanni rolls back and looks around. He then starts to get up, seething as his music plays throughout the arena.

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, Giovanni Aries!”

Knots: “Does that count?”

Sharper: “Does it matter? Ace Marshall is down. Ace Marshall may never be the same and Giovanni Aries, seething, covered in Ace Marshall’s blood, and standing victorious here at Unflawed!”

Knots: “I’m certainly not going to argue with him!”

Giovanni Aries looks at Ace Marshall as he then smiles a bit before dropping to a knee. He then looks at Cassidy as Cassidy turns and checks on Ace. Giovanni Aries slowly slides to the floor. He then looks around as he turns to the crowd who cheers him. Giovanni throws his arms up, seemingly calming down. He then starts to walk around the ring.

REPLAY:

We see the Unflawed logo come up on the screen. We see Giovanni Aries running the storage crate on the entrance way into the face of Ace Marshall. This is followed by a shot of Giovanni Aries nailing Ace Marshall with a series of hard right hands as Ace Marshall is busted open.

Sharper: “This was a fight. Ace Marshall mocking everything about Giovanni Aries. And then Giovanni got free and took Ace Marshall out.”

Knots: “And there was a moment it looked like he wasn’t going to be able to get what he wanted, his revenge.”

Sharper: “Cassidy Carter busy on the floor. Got the steel chair.”

We then see shots of Cassidy Carter nailing Giovanni in the back and then finally a protected shot to the head. Giovanni goes down. We then see Ace Marshall hitting the Aces Wild. This is then followed by a shot of Giovanni Aries diving off the top rope with the Through the Rabbit Hole.

Sharper: “Ace hit the Aces Wild. Only a two, by a count of his own hand. Couldn’t count faster because of exhaustion.”

Knots: “And we don’t even know if that would count. This is Ace’s rules!”

Sharper: “But Giovanni knocked Cassidy off by sending Ace into her and then while he was half out of it, the Through the Rabbit Hole. And then the three count…”

We then see a shot of Giovanni Aries counting himself with the crowd cheering and counting in the background.

Cassidy dives into the scene before the Unflawed logo comes up.

We cut to see Giovanni Aries standing in the entrance way, smiling, and enjoying his handiwork as we see officials and EMTs checking on Ace Marshall in the ring with Cassidy pacing in the ring.

We then hear “Do You Really Want It?” by Nothing More plays as we then see the Unflawed logo come up on the screen again before we see a shot of Kennedy Street and then a shot of Syren before showing both with the SCW World Championship.

Sharper: “As Ace Marshall is helped here…one rivalry maybe being settled here. But we will see another in moments.”

Knots: “Kennie. This is it. This is your shot. One on one. Show Syren that you don’t take advantage of Kennedy Street ever!”

Sharper: “Kennedy Street, used as a patsy, to help Syren get back to the top. Now, the final opportunity for revenge against Syren. One on one. World Title on the line. Let’s look at the history.”

We then see a recap video showing Ravyn Taylor and CHBK’s plan to get Syren the World Title, the reveal and Kennedy Street’s attempts for revenge.

Kennedy Street vs. Syren

SCW World Championship

"Criticize” by Adelita’s Way plays throughout the arena as a robed Kennedy Street slowly comes out from the back. She stands in the entrance way with her back to the ring, looking down, then up and out into the arena. Kennedy then drops the robe showing off her wrestling gear. She cracks a sexy smirk and raises her right arm in the air looking up into the rafters as the shower of fireworks rain down behind her. The crowd cheers looking over to the fans and smirks. She continues to make her way down to the ring, arriving at the apron, crawling in and splits before flipping over and on her feet. Kennedy walks to the ropes and climbs to the second turnbuckle and looks around smiling while posing for the flash photography as the crowd roars….

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a sixty minute time limit and is for the SCW World Championship. First, the challenger, from Beverly Hills, California, she is “The Sexy Flawless Diva” Kennedy Street!”

Kennedy jumps down smiling to the crowd and waves her hair to the side as she stands in the corner, extending her long muscular legs, doing her pre-match stretches, flipping back her long blonde hair and turns around to lean against the corner ready for the match to start. She watches the entrance way, awaiting Syren’s arrival.

Sharper: “Kennedy Street ready for this one. Let’s remember that Ravyn Taylor and CHBK have been removed from the building. Syren has to do this solo.”

Knots: “And she’s going to be fine after the attack from El Angel del Cielo or whatever her name was. A bit of a bruise isn’t going to stop her. Kennedy wants this.”

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

Phillips: “And her opponent, she is the reigning and defending SCW World Champion, from Malibu, California, a member of Dark Fantasy, she is Syren!”

Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
Dark Fantasy

She turns around, pointing at the back of her jacket where we see the words ‘JUST BE JEALOUS’ accompanied by her heart-logo. She spins back around before pointing toward the ring and starting to head down toward it. Once at ringside she jumps up onto the apron, looking around again at the booing fans before ducking down, shaking her ass a little before shaking her finger at the fans before ducking in under the second rope and walking across the ring, climbing to stand on the middle turnbuckle and raises her hands in to the air. After a few seconds of posing she blows a kiss out to the crowd and jumps down, walking across the ring to the other side where again she stands on the middle turnbuckle, blowing another kiss out to the crowd. After several more seconds she leaps down, removing her ring jacket and putting it in the corner before jumping up and sitting on the top turnbuckle and extending the SCW World Championship. Aaron Demitra, the SCW senior official, takes it and holds it over his head. The SCW World Championship logo comes across the screen before fading to the bottom corner.

Sharper: “The World Title being showcased. One on one. Syren looking to successfully defend it for the third time. Kennedy Street looking to end her reign tonight.”

Knots: “Looking to make it so all of that scheming by Ravyn and CHBK, she can look back and say it all led to her becoming World Champion, not just Syren.”

Sharper: “Ravyn Taylor and CHBK used Kennedy Street as a patsy, framing her and manipulating Mr. D and SCW officials to getting Syren her title shot. It would be poetic justice if Kennedy Street was able to return to the top as a result of it all.”

Syren hops down as Kennedy looks at her. The crowd roars as Demitra hands the title off and the bell sounds. Syren and Kennedy start to circle the ring a bit. They lunge and lock up and Kennedy quickly starts to push Syren back, but Syren spins Kennedy into the corner. The crowd boos a bit and the referee calls for a break, but Syren quickly goes for a forearm. Kennedy ducks and spins around. Syren turns and Kennedy nails her with a forearm shot and then another and another. The crowd roars. Syren staggers out of the corner and walks around the ring and turns around as Kennedy nails her with a clothesline, knocking her down. Syren gets back up and Kennedy grabs her and nails her with another forearm. Syren falls back and rolls out of the ring. She backs away as the crowd roars.

Sharper: “Kennedy immediately taking Syren down.”

Knots: “She is locked in. She’s focused. Right on Syren.”

Syren backs up and paces a bit. (1) She starts to walk around the ring. (2) She tells Kennedy to get back and Kennedy backs up as the referee tells her to get in. (3) She then slowly grabs at the ropes and pulls herself up. Kennedy looks over as Syren slowly enters in. She then looks at Kennedy as the crowd roars. Kennedy then motions to Syren to come at her. Syren, annoyed, heads towards her and goes for a hard right. Kennedy ducks and Syren spins around. Kennedy then chops her. The crowd woos. She chops her again. More woos. She then fires Syren into the ropes. Syren bounces off and Kennedy goes for a forearm shot. Syren ducks and bounces off the other side. Kennedy then catches her with a back elbow. The crowd roars as Kennedy goes for the pin.

Syren kicks out. Both women get up and Kennedy goes for a hip toss. Syren blocks it and nails her in the ribs. She then kicks her in the chest and Kennedy backs up to the corner as Syren looks at her. The crowd boos a bit.

Sharper: “Syren with her first exchange that works out in her favour.”

Knots: “Kick to the chest and Kennedy has to stop for a moment. Regroup. You’ve got this. You know you do.”

Kennedy then looks at Syren as the two circle a bit. Kennedy lunges again and Syren and her lock up in a collar and elbow tie-up. They push back on one another and Syren turns into a side headlock. She pulls back as the crowd boos. Kennedy drags her back to the ropes and fires her off. Syren bounces off the other side and shoulders Kennedy down. She turns and runs into the ropes. Kennedy rolls towards Syren. Syren hops over her and stops, quickly hitting an elbow drop. She rolls her over and hooks the leg.

Kennedy kicks out. Both women get up. Syren forearms her. She then nails her again. Kennedy backs up to the ropes. Syren fires her across. Kennedy bounces off. Syren leap frogs over. Kennedy ducks under and bounces off the other side and Syren goes for a hip toss. Kennedy blocks it. She nails Syren in the ribs and then places her leg along the back of Syren’s head and hits a backflip. Syren goes for a clothesline. Kennedy ducks and stops. Syren turns around and Kennedy jumps up and hits a crescent kick. The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Big crescent kick. Catches Syren right under the jaw.”

Knots: “The Champion is down. Kennedy! Go for the pin!”

Sharper: “Syren’s already starting to get up.”

Syren turns and gets up and Kennedy grabs her and scoops her up and slams her down. The crowd cheers. Syren gets back up and Kennedy pushes her into the ropes and fires her across. Syren bounces across and Kennedy lifts her up and hits a back drop. She goes for the pin.

Syren kicks out. Both women get up as Kenney walks over and grabs Syren and moves her into the corner. She knees her in the ribs and then again. She grabs her and whips her across the ring. Syren hits the corner and goes to float over, but Kennedy stops at the middle of the ring. Syren lands and turns around and Kennedy blasts her with a forearm shot, knocking her down. The crowd roars. Syren gets back up and Kennedy runs at her and clotheslines her up and over the top rope to the floor.

Sharper: “And a big clothesline. World Champion down to the floor.”

Knots: “Kennedy just knocking her all around!”

Syren slowly stirs on the floor. (1) Kennedy steps through, despite Demitra telling her to say in the ring. She drops down to the floor. (1) She then grabs Syren. She clubs her in the back. (2) Kennedy pulls her up and turns and goes to whip her into the barricade, but Syren spins through and sends Kennedy in hard. The crowd boos. (3) Syren immediately rolls back into the ring. Kennedy winces and holds her lower back.

Sharper: “Into the barricade and lower back first, the same place where she was bruised on Breakdown against El Angel del Cielo!”

Knots: “Oh no…and she was bruised bad. She needs to fight through it.”

Sharper: “Syren already in the ring. She seems to be happy to take a countout victory. It will keep her with the title.”

Kennedy winces and walks forward. (4) She then moves to the apron and rolls into the ring. Syren walks over and stomps her in the back and then again. She places her foot in her back and starts to grind it in. The referee calls for the break.

Syren steps off and walks around. Kennedy grimaces a bit, grabbing at the ropes and starting to pull herself up. Syren then turns and runs over to her and clubs her in the back. She then pulls Kennedy away from the ropes and hits a snap back suplex. She goes for the pin.

Kennedy kicks out.

Sharper: “Two count there as Syren again drops Kennedy hard on her back.”

Knots: “Thinking about those bruises. You see some of them with Kennedy’s attire too.”

Sharper: “And it’s been a good night in terms of results for Dark Fantasy. Ravyn Taylor victorious earlier. But taken out by Christy Matthews. Wins and losses how she wants. The same could be said here. Syren wants to win. She doesn’t care how.”

Kennedy stirs and Syren pulls her up and wrenches her arm. She turns and whips her into the corner. Syren runs after and nails her with a running clothesline. Kennedy falls forward a bit. Syren steps back and grabs her and snapmares her over before kicking her in the back. Kennedy falls back and Syren goes for the pin.

Kennedy kicks out. She turns and starts to get up and Syren grabs her and pulls her up. She forearms her. The crowd boos. She then knees her in the ribs. She turns and runs her over to the corner, but Kennedy flips up and over to the apron. Syren turns and goes to nail her, but Kennedy blocks it. She then grabs her arm and hits a kick to the side of the head. The crowd roars. Kennedy then climbs up to the top rope. Syren turns around and Kennedy hits a diving crossbody off the top rope. She goes for the pin.

Syren kicks out.

Sharper: “Crossbody! Two count!”

Knots: “Oh God. I hoped that was it.”

Sharper: “Syren, for all of the faults we’ve seen from her as of late, she’s still one of the best in that ring, and while CHBK and Ravyn are not allowed out here. No one is, Syren is still very, very dangerous. You don’t become a six time champion by fluke.”

Syren turns and starts to get up and Kennedy grabs her and pulls her up and then hooks her up and hits a vertical suplex. She holds on and swivels her hips and starts to slowly get up. Syren fights a bit, but Kennedy nails her in the ribs and then again before hitting a second vertical suplex. She rolls over and gets up and hits an elbow drop. She goes for the pin.

Syren pushes her off. She sits up and Kennedy grabs her and elbows her in the shoulder and then again before pulling back on her with a reverse chinlock. Syren reaches out as Kennedy holds on. She slowly turns and Kennedy continues to hold on as Syren gets up to her feet. She goes for an elbow, but Kennedy jumps back and then nails Syren with a forearm shot. Syren staggers into the ropes. Kennedy then walks over and grabs her and whips her across the ring. Syren bounces off and Kennedy lowers her head. Syren kicks her in the chest. Syren backs up into the ropes, bounces off and runs at Kennedy. Syren goes for a clothesline. Kennedy ducks and spins around her before hitting a Russian leg sweep. The crowd cheers and Kennedy rolls through into a pin.

Sharper: “Leg sweep into a pin!”

Syren kicks out.

Knots: “Damn it. She still has plenty left.”

Sharper: “Kennedy hoping the impact jarred her, dazed her, but Syren still knew the count and get that shoulder up.”

Syren rolls over and Kennedy grabs her and pulls her up before clubbing her in the back and then again. She goes for a back suplex. Kennedy then exits and turns and goes for the corner. The crowd cheers as Kennedy climbs up to the top rope. She glances back.

Sharper: “What is Kennedy doing?”

Knots: “I don’t know, but she’s looking to pull out something new!”

Syren remains down and Kennedy then dives back with a moonsault attempt, but Syren rolls towards the corner and Kennedy crashes to the mat. The crowd ohs. They boo as Syren starts to get up and Kennedy slowly gets up, wincing, holding his stomach and Syren walks over and grabs Kennedy and plants her with a DDT. The crowd ohs and Syren rolls over and hooks the leg.

Kennedy shoots her shoulder up. The crowd cheers. Syren looks up and straightens her knee pads as she starts to get up. Kennedy slowly rolls over and stirs before Syren grabs her and then hits a knee lift. Kennedy moves back into the corner. Syren walks over and hits a back elbow. She rears forward and hits another back elbow. She then pulls Kennedy out and hits a snap suplex. She goes for another pin.

Kennedy pushes her off. Kennedy then starts to roll over and Syren looks around. She waits for Kennedy to get up and Kennedy gets to her feet and Syren grabs her from behind. She starts to lock in a sleeper hold as Kennedy reaches around. Syren however then pulls her back before moving her arm and going for a Katahatjme. The crowd roars. Kennedy reaches around and Syren keeps trying to lock it in. Kennedy stumbles around and Syren keeps trying to get it fully locked on before Syren turns and tries to turn her into the middle of the ring, but Kennedy staggers around before then running forward towards the ropes and dropping down, sending Syren through the ropes and to the floor.

Sharper: “Shades of CHBK with that modified sleeper, but Kennedy countering and sending Syren to the floor!”

Knots: “But she needs to get out there and move Syren back in. Syren will stay out there!”

Kennedy looks around. (1) Syren rolls over on the floor. (2) Kennedy drops down and rolls to the floor.(1) She then grabs Syren, but Syren grabs Kennedy by her waist and pulls her face first into the barricade. (2) The crowd ohs. Syren crawls forward to the ring. (3) She then pulls herself up and rolls back in. The crowd boos. (4) Syren tells the official to count. Kennedy slowly stirs. (5) She looks around and rolls towards the ring. (6) She starts to crawl towards it. (7) Syren gets up and Kennedy slowly pulls herself up to her feet. (8) She then rolls into the ring. The crowd cheers. Syren then stomps her in the face and then again and again before jumping up and hitting a discus leg drop. She rolls back as Kennedy rolls over. Syren grabs her and pulls her up and turns and whips her into the corner. Syren runs after and Kennedy gets an elbow up. Syren staggers back and Kennedy runs out and manages to hit the Silver Spoon. The crowd cheers.

Sharper: “Kennedy spinning through and taking Syren down to the mat!”

Knots: “She won’t quit.”

Sharper: “And neither with Syren. Kennedy may need to do more!”

Knots: “She’s going to. She’s thinking about her sister, Trinity!”

Kennedy gets up and hits a leg drop. She rolls over and gets up before hitting a second leg drop. She rolls over and hits a third leg drop. She then goes for the pin.

Syren shoots her shoulder up. The crowd ohs and Kennedy looks up. She then starts to get up and grabs Syren and pulls her up. She then scoops her up and slams her down. Kennedy walks over to the corner. She exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. The crowd cheers as Kennedy gets to the top rope and Syren fights her way up and falls into the ropes. Kennedy hits hard on the top rope. Syren then looks up and walks over to the corner. She nails Kennedy with a hard forearm. She then hits another one before climbing up to the middle turnbuckle. She grabs Kennedy and Kennedy nails her with a shot and then another. Syren reaches up and rakes the eyes. The crowd boos a bit and Syren gets to the top rope. She then grabs Kennedy and hooks her up, but Kennedy nails her in the ribs and then again before Syren turns her a bit and goes for a Russian leg sweep off the top rope. Both hit the mat hard and Kennedy ends up on her back as Syren rolls away from her.

Sharper: “Double Russian leg sweep. Both hitting hard. Both with hard impact.”

Knots: “And Syren rolling away. Kennedy…she needs to get off her back!”

Both are down and the referee starts a ten count.

Syren rolls over towards Kennedy and throws her arm over Kennedy.

Kennedy shoots her shoulder up. The crowd cheers. Syren rolls off. She looks around and starts to get up. Kennedy then slowly pulls herself up and Syren watches her before Kennedy staggers her feet and Syren lunges and jumps up and hits the Golden Blonde. Kennedy pops up and Syren starts to go for a triangle choke. The crowd roars.

Sharper: “Syren with the Golden Blonde. Kennedy fighting-“

Knots: “She’s going for a choke!”

Sharper: “Shades of Ravyn Taylor here and the Memento Mori!”

Syren keeps trying and Kennedy struggles a bit. The referee checks as Syren keeps trying and Kennedy pushes up on her legs and forces her shoulders down.

Syren lets go and kicks out and Kennedy falls over. Syren looks up and turns to the official. He tells her her shoulders were down. Syren grits her teeth in anger as Kennedy gets up and Syren runs over and clotheslines her down. She then turns and exits to the apron. She calls for the end. She then climbs up to the top rope. The crowd roars and boos as Syren springboards to the top rope and then goes for the Blondeton Bomb, but Kennedy gets her knees up. Syren rolls through in pain, holding her head.

Sharper: “Kennedy got her knees up!”

Knots: “Yes! Yes!”

Kennedy rolls over and starts to get up and Syren pulls herself up and turns to Kennedy when Kennedy hits a spinning crescent kick to Syren’s head. The crowd roars. Syren hits the mat. She slowly rolls over as the crowd cheers. Kennedy looks around and then starts to get going as she runs at Syren and clotheslines her down. Syren rolls over and Kennedy hits a dropkick. She then looks around as Syren pulls herself up and Kennedy wrenches her arm and hits a pull-back boot to the head. Syren hits the mat. Kennedy dives onto her for the pin.

Syren shoots her shoulder up. Kennedy rolls off. She then shakes her head and starts to motion to Syren to get up. Syren slowly does and Kennedy lunges and goes for the Touch of Class, but Syren ducks. Kennedy steps forward and Syren rolls her up into a pin.

Kennedy kicks out. Syren falls forward. Both get up.

Sharper: “Syren dodged the Touch of Class and narrowly missed winning this!”

Knots: “Kennedy kicked out!”

Kennedy kicks Syren in the ribs. Syren falls to a knee and Kennedy runs into the ropes. She bounces off and jumps up and hits the Pedicure. The crowd erupts in cheers. Kennedy dives onto her and rolls her over for the pin.

The crowd roars with cheers.

Knots: “Yes! YES! YES!”

Phillips: “Here is your winner and new SCW World Champion, Kennedy Street!”

Sharper: “Tonight in Tampa, Kennedy Street has gotten the best revenge she could have. She is yet again the SCW World Champion!”

Knots: “Thank God! Yes!”

Kennedy Street gets up and looks around as the referee is handed the title and he turns and hands it to Kennedy. Kennedy looks at it for a moment before thrusting it over her head. She then looks around as she lets out a yell of pride as she holds up the title. Syren slowly rolls to the floor and starts to walk around. CHBK and Ravyn come out at this point and join Syren as Syren looks into the ring. Kennedy Street continues to celebrate.

Sharper: “The back and forth, and Syren, forced to compete on her own, showed that with the title on the line, she was on her A-game, but Kennedy Street, managed to hold on, fight through, and find a way. The Pedicure doing it and Kennedy Street back on top as World Champion!”

Knots: “She did it. And all of this, her career in jeopardy, to now be holding that belt…it’s flawless!”

Kennedy continues to celebrate in the ring as CHBK, Ravyn and Syren back away. We see Donovan Kayl and Amy Chastaine starting to come from the back. Both look at CHBK, Ravyn and Syren, who just glare at them as they head down to the ring. Amy enters first and Donovan next. Amy walks over and hugs Kennedy as she smiles. Kayl gets up and just applauds as Kennedy turns and walks over and hugs him. Amy and Kayl then hold up Kennedy’s arms.

Sharper: “Your new World Champion. Kennedy Street, here at Unflawed!”

Syren just looks on, disgusted as Ravyn and CHBK stay with her. We then cut back to the ring where Kennedy is celebrating as the scene slowly fades to black…