“Supreme Championship
Wrestling...”
A shot of Kelcey
Wallace nailing Bree Lancaster with the Perfect Ending, followed by a shot of
Steve Griffin hitting the Decimator off the top rope on CHBK at the first Rise
to Greatness, before turning a shot of Jake Starr pumping up the crowd on his
way to the ring, before turning into a shot of Ravyn
Taylor sitting in the corner, waiting for the start of a match. We then see a
shot of Katie Steward holding the Women’s Championship before cutting to a shot
of Selena Frost hitting Vixen Cain with the Defying Gravity at Supreme
Saturday: Just Desserts.
“The leading force in sports and
entertainment today....”
MAIN SHOW:
The scene opens
up with a shot of a casino. People walk throughout the floor. Some are
on slot machines. Others are seated at card tables. The camera shifts to a
roulette wheel spinning before we see the ball drop in.
We cut to see a shot of Josh
Hudson being handed the SCW World Championship. This is followed by a shot of
Owen Cruze being handed the SCW United States
Championship. We cut to shots of both holding the opposite title, reflecting
the shift in their title possessions. We then cut to show a shot of Kimberly
Williams laughing before stapling Adam Allocco in the ass. She can be seen
smiling again, holding her SCW Underground Championship.
The roulette wheel keeps spinning before we cut to another shot, this time, of
Ace Marshall and Selena Frost standing face to face. Ace Marshall shouting “We
Believe!” is next, before showing Selena Frost frustrated, both holding World
Tag Team Championship belts. Deanna Frost spearing Polly Playtime through a
door is shown before we see Deanna Frost looking on stunned.
The roulette wheel keeps
spinning.
We see a shot of Syren being handed the SCW Adrenaline Championship before
cutting to showing her now with Lexy Chapel, and then helping Bree Lancaster at
the end of Breakdown when she faced Kandis. Bree holding the TV Championship
follows before showing Bree Lancaster posing with the Adrenaline Championship.
Just then, the video abruptly
cuts to the roulette wheel where a playing card, this
one with Kimberly Williams’s face on it is thrown on it. The people looked
stunned. Kim smiles as she looks up.
Williams: “King me!”
Williams then throws poker chips
in the air as the scene cuts away.
“Ice Cold”
by Highly Suspect plays as we cut to a roulette wheel spinning before turning
to a poker table where various cards are thrown down on the table, making up
the logo for SCW’s Playing the Wildcard.
“Supreme
Championship Wrestling presents….Playing the
Wildcard!”
The
logo remains on the screen for a few moments before we cut to the inside of the
Hy-Vee Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Pyro shoots from the entrance way and
into the air. The crowd cheers as pyro continues to go off for several moments
before spotlights circle the arena. The crowd cheers as cameras pan across
them, many mugging for the camera, making noise, and waving signs.
Sharper:
“We are in the heart of America to Play the Wildcard!”
The
cameras continue to pan across for a few moments longer before cutting to
ringsider where Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots sit at the announce table.
Sharper:
“Hello again everybody. Adam Sharper here with Jonathan Knots and tonight, four
titles on the line including our massive title for title main event.”
Knots:
“One more time – the feud of 2022, the match of 2022. Josh Hudson and Owen Cruze. They meet. Two titles on the line – US Title and the
World Title. Winner take all.”
Sharper:
“Not just that, winner take all for the World Tag Team
Championship. Will Selena Frost restore House of Frost to the titles alongside
Deanna? Or will Ace Marshall and Ravyn Taylor walk
away champions?”
Knots:
“Syren will also defend the Adrenaline Title against
Bree Lancaster. We’ll see so much more too!”
Amy Chastaine & Simon Lyman vs. Light in the Darkness
All of a sudden, the lights go out, prompting
a surprised pop from the fans. “Die For You” by Starset
begins to play, the LED screens flickering to life to show a large wisteria
tree in front of a starry night sky with a beautiful moon, the stars seeming
like they’re slowly shifting and dancing around as petals from the tree fall
and gracefully glide through the sky. One spotlight comes to life on the left
side of the stage from the camera’s perspective, revealing Amelia Blythe
standing underneath it, eyes focused on the ring and a small smile on her lips
as her hands are folded in front of her, giving her the look of a proper young
lady. A second spotlight comes to life on the right side of the stage,
revealing La Pequeńa Luz standing underneath it with
the kind of grin that could light up a room all on its own as she motions with
her hands for the fans to get pumped up, which they immediately proceed to do.
The two slowly turn their attention to one another and begin closing the
distance, their spotlights following them as they stop within arm’s reach of
one another, where Amelia extends her hand and Luz takes it before they pull
their bodies close, the spotlights merging into one piercing through the
darkness.
Phillips: “Now making their way to the ring, fighting out of Anaheim,
California... Amelia Blythe and La Pequena Luz... The
Light in the Darkness!”
When the song goes into the chorus, the two ladies begin to literally waltz
their way down to the ring, fast and fluid to keep pace with the song as the
spotlight follows their every move, leaving fans mesmerized by their synergy.
As the chorus reaches its end and the two find themselves at the bottom of the
ramp, they push away from one another as far as their arms will allow without
letting go before quickly pointing to the LED screens with their free hands,
where the night scene is immediately engulfed in white before transitioning to
a video package of the two ladies in action, both together and individually.
Slowly, the two release one another, the single spotlight splitting in two
again as Amelia makes her way up the steps to walk across the apron on one
side, wiping her feet before stepping through the ropes. Luz, meanwhile, hops
up onto the apron right in front of her and grabs the top rope before vaulting
herself into a somersault into the ring, landing on her feet. She moves to the
center of the ring and drops to her knees, cupping her hands together in front
of her while Amelia stands right behind her, hands folded before her once
again. As Luz lifts her cupped hands upward, the arena lights slowly begin to
come back on as Amelia takes her hands and pulls her to her feet, spinning her
around one final time into a tight embrace and a soft kiss before the two move
to their corner to prepare for battle, with both girls shedding their robes and
Amelia also removing her mask.
Sharper: “This team here making a name for themselves recently. Picking up
wins, getting attention in the chaotic Trios cash in match made by Kimberly
Williams. And here tonight they face not one, but TWO... bonafide
SCW legends.”
Knots: “This could be a make or break match, for
either team, for various reasons. And this is what we're getting started with!”
Phillips: “And their opponents... introducing first... currently residing in
New Orleans, Louisiana... Simply Sensational Simon Lyman!”
“Hero” by Skillet starts to play as the crowd erupts in cheers. We then see
Simon Lyman, dressed in his wrestling attire step out from the back.
I’m just a step away
I’m just a breath away
Losin’ my faith today (Fallin’
off the edge today)
I am just a man
Not superhuman (I’m not superhuman)
Someone save me from the hate
Simon looks out at the crowd as they cheer some more. He looks around the
stadium, savoring the moment. He then steps forward and looks down before
throwing his arms in the air as pyro shoots from the stage. The crowd cheers
some more. Simon gestures to the crowd to be louder, and tjey
respond. Simon then steps to the side of the stage as his music fades.
Phillips: “And his partner....”
The crowd murmurs in the momentary silence, and then... Blue and white lights
flash in time with the music and the words up on the Tron:
"Tear me down, it won't build you up"
The crowd roars as Amy Chastaine comes through the
curtain. 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.
"Never gonna stop
Won't quit till I'm not breathing
Chase me all you want
It won't be enough"
Amy looks all around, taking the the crowd reactions
in.
Phillips: "Making her in-ring return, from New Orleans, LA... Amy Chastaine!"
The crowd roars once again. Amy then turns to Simon
and they give each other a smile. They meet at the top of the ramp, then make
their way down, both talking to and touching hands of fans along the way.
"Never gonna stop
Even if these wounds keep bleeding
I'm not giving up
It won't be enough"
Getting to the ring, Simon goes up the steps first, then holds the ropes open
for Amy to step through. He follows and they each take a corner, hands raised
overhead, drawing more cheers. They both hop down, then Amy meets Simon in
their corner as her music fades out.
Sharper: “Before we get underway here, let me remind the fans at home of the
last time we saw Amy Chastaine in an SCW match. Rise
to Greatness in 2018. Nearly five years ago. She got the win, but the effort blew
out her knee... for the second time.”
Knots: “And she thought that was the end of her in-ring career. But you know
what they say in wrestling – never say never.”
Sharper: “Her partner tonight, Simon Lyman, is proof of that, as well. He made
HIS in-ring return at Retribution, after having been retired for several years
himself. Now these two, Amy a Hall of Famer and Simon, a legend in his own
right, are kicking off tonight's show. We're in for a treat, fans.”
The bell rings. Amelia steps in for her team, and Simon does for his. The two
shake hands with a nod, then step back, circling each other a bit. The crowd
noise gets louder as the two size each other up. Finally
they lock up. Amelia quickly spins around behind Simon, pulling his arm back
into a hammerlock. He's nearly a foot taller than she is, so she's standing on
her toes to get the proper leverage. Simon, although bigger and more than
likely stronger, is bent in an unnatural position and is finding it hard to get
the leverage needed to escape. Amelia manages to work them both towards the
ropes by pulling backwards. She steps up on the middle rope, pulling Simon's
arm higher and tighter... before jumping down, yanking his arm down by the
wrist, tweaking both the elbow and shoulder joints. Simon snaps his arm back
up, grabbing at the joint. Amelia drops and rolls through, getting back to her
feet right in front of him. Simon steps back, then nails Amelia with a forearm
followed by a back elbow. Amelia steps back, shaking her head clear. Simon also
steps back, and the two stare each other down from a few feet away, both
nodding with respect. The crowd cheers.
Sharper: “And we see why Simon Lyman is starting this off for his team, after
seeing Amelia Blythe step in. Amelia known for her submissions and picking
joints apart... and Amy Chastaine stands there with a
full knee reconstruction.”
Knots: “Smart play by the veterans but Amy can't avoid Amelia for the whole
match.”
Sharper: “No, but she can study, and adjust her game plan to what she sees.”
The feeling out period over, Simon steps up and grabs Amelia by the arm, and
swings her around, launching her across the ring. She bounces off and on the return Simon catches her and lifts her up overhead, then
drops her with a Samoan drop. He turns and drops an elbow into her ribs. He
makes a cover.
1!
Amelia kicks out. They both get up, Amelia a little quicker. She runs the ropes
and as soon as Simon is up, Amelia leaps and takes him down with a running
bulldog. She then scrambles around and grabs his leg, looking for an ankle
lock. Simon though kicks back with his free foot and pushes her off. Amelia
stumbles backwards, as Simon gets to his feet. He turns and Amelia immediately
attacks again, this time with a spinning heel kick. Simon hits the mat. Amelia
hits a quick standing shooting star press, then makes a cover.
1!
Simon kicks out! The crowd cheers. Amelia gets up and goes to her corner. Simon
gets to his feet just as Amelia tags La Pequena Luz
in. She enters and waits as Simon tags in Amy. The crowd roars.
Sharper: “And here we go, Amy Chastaine now in this
match, fighting for the first time in almost five years!”
Knots: “Is it just me, or does she look a little nervous?”
Sharper: “It's not just you, Jon. But I'd be worried if she didn't look
nervous.”
Amy and Luz shake hands, like Simon and Amelia did. They take a step back, then
step up at the same time into a lock up. Luz quickly switches around to behind,
but as soon as she does, Amy reaches up and grabs Luz' head while simultaneously
dropping to one knee, flipping Luz forward over head. Luz hits the mat on her
back, and Amy grabs an arm into an arm bar. The crowd cheers. Luz is
unconcerned, she tucks her head ad rolls over, breaking Amy's grip and getting
to her feet. Amy gets up and turns and Luz immediately drops her again with an
arm drag. Both get up quickly, only for Luz to hit another arm drag. Again,
they're both up. Luz goes for another, Amy ducks it. They both turn, and Luz
hits it anyway! The crowd roars. Amy starts to get up as Luz climbs the
turnbuckles. Amy gets up and turns and Luz jumps and hits a hurricanrana!
She scrambles to make a cover.
1!
Amy kicks out. The crowd cheers.
Sharper: “Notice at the beginning of that sequence how Amy stayed more
grounded. She's clearly had to adjust her style following that knee surgery.”
Knots: “It'll be interesting to see if Amy can keep up with Luz' break-neck
speed and aerial attacks. I'm guessing not. She's nearly twice Luz' age.”
Sharper: “In fairness, Amy Chastaine has been on the
older side of the roster since she came to SCW and still managed to become a
Supreme Champion in record time.”
Knots: “Maybe so... but that was six years ago. Six years is a lot when it's
past forty.”
Both women are on their feet, and enter a lock up
again. This time Amy quickly transitions and grabs Luz by the arm, then whips
her into a neutral corner. She hits the turnbuckles as Amy runs in after her,
landing a clothesline hard into the corner. Luz drops down a little, but Amy
steps back, then pulls Luz up by the arm and out of the corner. She then grabs
her by the head and drops her with a Vortex! The crowd cheers as she makes a
cover.
1!
2!
Luz kicks out. Amy moves off and both get to their feet. Luz shakes her head
clear as Amy looks back at Simon, debating a tag. She turns back to Luz just in
time to barely get her hands up to protect her face from a Luz dropkick! The
crowd oohs.
Knots: “Come on, Chastaine, you know better than
that! Never take your eyes off your opponent!”
Sharper: “She's showing that nervousness there, she hesitated, thought about
making a tag but didn't, and paid for it.”
Luz pulls Amy closer to a neutral corner then climbs the turnbuckles. She turns
and goes for a moonsault, but Amy sees her coming and
rolls out of the way. Luz gets nothing but canvas. The crowd oohs. Amy gets to
her feet and tags Simon in.
Simon steps in as Luz gets to her feet slowly. Simon gives her a chance to get
vertical... as soon as she does and faces him, he drops her with a standing dropkick.
Simon then pulls her up and throws her back with a northern lights suplex. He bridges for a pin.
1!
2!
Luz kicks out! Simon goes down to a knee then starts to get up. Luz crawls away
and tags in Amelia. Simon is up as Amelia steps through. Amelia runs at him and
goes for a shoulder tackle to take him down, but Simon braces himself for the
hit and just catches her. He then adjusts his grip and plants HER with a
northern lights suplex, too. No bridge pin though,
instead Simon releases and turns. Amelia is on her back and Simon goes to pull
her up. Instead, Amelia grabs his arm and pulls, the unexpected force pulls him
to the ground. Amelia quickly applies a Fujiwara armbar. The crowd roars as
Simon struggles to get free.
Knots: “There's that technical skill from Amelia Blythe, and Simon has nowhere
to go.”
Sharper: “He's stronger than she is though, look! Roll through!”
Simon uses his legs to push himself backwards and roll out of position Amelia
could fight to keep the hold if she chose, but she instead chooses to let go
and try something else. She gets to her knees and moves behind Simon, but he
rolls out of her reach and gets to his feet. Amelia sighs, then gets up too.
She steps up to Simon and lands a European uppercut. He steps backwards. She
hits another. He takes another step back. Amelia goes for a third, but Simon
blocks it, grabs her arm, and twists her around to hold her from behind, before
locking on a rear naked choke. Amelia though is a submission hold specialist
and Simon is not, so she manages to get the right leverage in her struggling to
break free. She turns and goes for another uppercut, but Simon blocks it again.
This time he grabs her arm and sends her across the ring. On the return, Simon
drops her with a flying forearm. Amelia lands on her back. Simon drops an elbow
into her ribs, then flips her over, before quickly grabbing both arms then
flipping over into a cattle mutilation! The crowd roars.
Sharper: “Something new to Simon's arsenal, I'm told he calls it The Difference
Maker. No doubt chose tonight to pull it out to counter Amelia Blythe's style.”
Knots: “I had no idea he could be that flexible. And Amelia looks to be in
trouble!”
Amelia kicks her feet trying to get free. Simon just bridges harder. Amelia
stretches one foot out, reaching as hard as she can, but she's still too far
away from the ropes. Yet she knows she's reaching in the right direction. Luz
slaps the turnbuckle, yelling encouragement in Spanish. Amelia kicks a few more
times, wiggling side to side as she does, pulling herself a few inches further.
Simon adjusts his feet position to keep from losing the bridge. Amelia
stretches her foot out one more time... and catches the bottom rope! The crowd
cheers as the ref taps Simon, telling him to break. Simon lets go and drops
down, turning so that he's sitting, facing Amelia. Amelia sits up, rubbing her
neck and catching her breath. She turns and crawls to her corner, tagging in
Luz.
Instead of stepping through, Luz climbs to the top rope and before Simon can
react to what she's doing, she leaps off and flattens him back down with a
flying crossbody, banging his head into the mat. She hooks a leg and makes a
cover.
1!
2!
Simon kicks out! The crowd cheers. Luz rolls off and gets to her feet. Simon
gets up and Luz immediately takes him down again with a tilt-a-whirl
head-scissors, driving him down head first. She covers
again.
1!
2!
Simon gets his shoulder up. Luz gets off and sits back, frustrated. Simon sits
up, shaking his head, Luz had planted it into the canvas twice back to back. He turns and crawls to the corner, tagging Amy
in. The crowd cheers as she steps through.
Sharper: “Simon got his bell rung I think, this may be all in Amy's hands now.”
Knots: “And she's in there with La Pequena Luz, not
Amelia Blythe, so that's probably good for her.”
Sharper: “Unless Luz makes a tag...”
Luz gets up as soon as Amy enters, and gets into a fighting stance.... then
just turns and tags in Amelia.
Knots: “You were saying?”
Sharper: “And here we go...”
Amy meets Amelia as she steps through and grabs an arm, whipping her across the
ring. On the return Amy lifts her up and over with a backbody
drop. Before Amy can turn around though, Amelia grabs Amy's ankle and pulls,
tripping Amy down. She nearly faceplants, getting her hands in front of her at
the last moment. Amelia gets to her feet and grabs Amy's left leg, applying a
Boston crab. The crowd oohs.
Sharper: “That's the reconstructed knee! Amelia has to
know that!”
Knots: “Of course she does, everyone does. It's smart wrestling.”
Amy reaches out wit h one hand, but can't reach the
ropes. Amelia pulls harder. Amy grits her teeth and pushes down on the mat with
both hands, raising her chest and taking some pressure off. She tucks her head,
and manages to get her shoulder under her, flipping out of the hold and
throwing Amelia over. Amelia lands on her back, legs into the ropes. Amy gets
to her feet, and shakes out her leg a little, then bounces on her toes, testing
it. Smiling, she goes to Amelia and pulls her out of the ropes, then up to her
feet. Amy lifts her and plants her with a sidewalk slam. She makes a cover.
1!
2!
Amelia kicks out. Amy gets up and pulls Amelia up. She starts to whip Amelia
across, but Amelia counters and sends Amy instead. Amy hits the other side but
catches the rope to stop herself. Amelia then runs and tags in La Pequena Luz. Luz runs in and charges at Amy, but Amy gets a
boot up, and Luz flies backwards to the mat. She starts to get up slowly. Amy
looks around, then goes to the corner. The crowd roars in anticipation. Simon
points to the top.
Sharper: “Amy's gotta be thinking BlackOut
here.”
Knots: “Not sure that's the smartest move here.”
Amy gets to the top and Luz gets to her feet. Amy starts to jump, but notices
that Luz sees her and steps back, so Amy halts herself just before launching
enough to flip, and slips off the top ropes. The crowd
oohs. Simon runs to the other corner to check on her. We see Amy nod. Simon
backs away, and Amy steps through back into the ring. Luz is waiting, she
springs off the top rope and takes Amy down with a head-scissors! Amy lands in
the middle of the ring flat on her back. Luz hurries to the top rope in the
corner and without any hesitation whatsoever jumps and hits the Ilumina la Noche! The crowd roars
as Luz hooks a leg for the cover.
1!
2!
Simon runs in but not fast enough.
3!
The bell rings and Luz lets go of Amy's leg.
Phillips: “Your winner by pifall... Amelia Blythe and
La Pequena Luz, Light in the Darkness!”
Their music plays as Amelia Blythe steps through and grabs Luz' hand, the
official raising the other. Amy slowly rolls to the apron as Luz and Amelia
celebrate.
Sharper: “What a great start to tonight's show! These two teams were almost
evenly matched right til the end;”
Knots: “It was that hesitation by Chastaine that cost
them. If she had gone for the BlackOut anyway, she
could have pulled it off. But she stopped. She slipped. And ended up on her
back.”
Sharper: “Nevertheless, a great showing by all four competitors.”
Simon gets into the ring and offers his hand to help Amy up. She gets to her
feet, and the two veterans face the two young women. The crowd murmurs a
little, then both Amy and Simon offer their hands. Luz and Amelia accept, and
the crowd roars. Amy raises Luz' arm, pointing at her.
Sharper: “Respect right there. You love to see it.”
The
crowd cheers for a few moments before the Playing the Wildcard logo comes up on
the screen.
MOMENTS AGO:
We see a shot of the car Ace
Marshall took of Konrad Raab’s a few weeks ago driving to the building.
Sharper:
“This happened moments ago. Ace Marshall arriving fashionably late.”
Knots:
“And still driving Konrad’s car.”
Sharper:
“Konrad is here. And when can get his hands on Ace Marshall…”
Knots:
“Ace Marshall is going for the World Tag Team Championship tonight!”
Ace Marshall pulls himself out of
the car. He leaves the car running and smirks before reaching into the back and
pulling out a dufflebag, presumably with his gear. He
smirks as he steps into the building. He almost struts before looking into the
camera.
Ace: “I believe Selena! We can
still be a team! WE BELIEVE!”
Ace keeps yelling at it as he enters into the building. The Playing the Wildcard logo
comes across the screen.
James
Evans vs. “The Rebel Princess” Cassie Wolfe
The opening of “What's Going
On" can be heard blaring through the PA system. The camera will pan
through the curtain as the face of James Evans appears, igniting a negative
reaction from the crowd, as they shower him in jeers. The camera remains on
James as he breaks through the curtain. The boos from the crowd intensify as
James looks out at them.
Sharper: Interesting match up here folks. James Evans continuing his new
strategy, so to speak. Advocating for wrestling without violence.”
Knots: “I am not sure if this is a comedy or a tragedy waiting to happen.”
Phillips: “Making his way to the ring first, coming in from New York, New York,
James Evans!”
James slowly makes his way to the ring, as images of him winning various
championships and hitting various moves appear on the screen. James reaches the
ring and makes his way up the ring steps, before turning and facing the crowd.
Sharper: “He looks focused and ready nonetheless.
Cassie will be coming in tonight hoping to keep the winning momentum going.
She’ll have a hell of a challenge with the always unorthodox former World
Champion in James Evans tonight.”
James then steps into the ring and walks to the center of it, removing his
black hoodie, maintaining his focus. James then goes to the corner and sits on
the top turnbuckle, his back to the crowd, as the screen shows James lifting
the SCW World title above his head, as his music comes to an end. The opening
riff of “Wolf Within” hits the speakers and once the lyrics kick in Cassie
Wolfe emerges from the back excited to start the match, with her hands on her
leather jacket’s sides the rookie wrestler turns her back to the crowd.
Phillips: “And his opponent, coming in from Greenock, South Australia and now
residing in Las Vegas, Nevada, “The Rebel Princess” Cassie Wolfe!”
When her name is announced Cassie spins around flashing the metal horns sign
with her left hand and clapping fans hands with the other, when she reaches the
ring Cassie jumps onto the apron before giving her hair a full flip and
removing her jacket to give to a stagehand, she then jumps over the top rope
and into the ring, rolling to her knees and basking in the moment. James
watches from the corner. He shakes his head a bit before stretching a bit as
the referee steps toward the middle of the ring. He begins talking to both
opponents as they step forward. James just nods his head agreeing with the
referee. The ref proceeds to turn and call for the bell. James immediately
charges and wraps an arm around Cassie’s waist. He spins under her arm and
lifts her up, going to drop her to the mat with a quick back to belly slam.
Cassie manages to jump up before dropping down to her feet, staying balanced.
She tries twisting around but can’t escape James’ grasp. She spins around,
managing to turn toward the ropes and reaches over before grabbing the top
rope. The referee goes to James who quickly drops the hold and backs away. He
waits before immediately charging Cassie again as she releases the rope. She
ducks under his grapple attempt before going for a trip toe hold. James stays
up, grabbing the rope that she had use to break his hold. Cassie leaps up and
the crowd pops as she jumps up and connects with an enzuigiri.
Sharper: “James quickly trying to seize the start to this match, Cassie
managing to actually keep from falling to the mat. She
knows that is where his home advantage tonight is going to be, if she has any
chance she needs to stay on her feet.”
Knots: “And likely in the air! She has the advantage of strikes too assuming
James sticks to the game!”
James stumbles over but quickly pulls himself back up. Cassie runs up and
delivers a dropkick to the back that knocks him toward the corner. He catches
himself and peers back as she runs across the ring and hits the corner before
charging back. James ducks as she goes for a running dropkick. Her feet hit the
turnbuckle and she manages to do a backflip from the
impact before landing on her feet. She turns and James immediately takes her
over and flips her down to the mat with a fireman’s carry. He drops down and
applies a headlock pinning her down to the mat.
1!
2!
She rolls over but can’t break the hold. She tries reaching for the ropes
however James pulls her back in toward the ring by her head before dropping
down and applying more pressure under her chin. The crowd boos as he keeps her
trapped in place. She manages to do a front flip over, breaking off some of the
pressure before squeezing out from under his arm. She tries applying a wrist lock
and with both of them standing goes to run with his
wrist locked. He pulls her in and takes her legs out from under her before
leaping over her fallen form and locking on another headlock. The crowd boos,
James just ignores them as he keeps her planted center in the ring.
Sharper: “James now has this match at the pace he wants it with her unable to
move!”
Knots: “And the crowd letting him know what they think of it, they want to see
action!”
Cassie tries sitting up, James pushes her down and pins her with the lock still
in place once more.
1!
2!
Cassie manages to break her shoulder free, rolling up while trying to strike at
James. He shrugs her blows to the side away, pulling his side back to avoid
being vulnerable. She rolls over onto her knees, forcing him to get back up. He
changes the hold and pulls her neck back with a dragon sleeper hold. She
manages to get to her feet and tries to take steps forward but can’t. She
twists a bit and tries to strike him but he keeps the
lock in place directly behind her. He yells at her to stop. To quit the match.
The crowd boos loudly at him. Cassie jumps up and manages to jump up and twist
out of his lock before connecting with a pale kick to the face. The crowd’s
mood changes immediately as James falls back a bit disoriented. Cassie leaps up
and appears slightly disoriented before quickly trying to take advantage of her
new found shift in momentum. She turns and as James
lunges she drops down while throwing her legs up. She wraps her ankles around
James’ neck before flipping him over with a head scissor takedown. As James
quickly rolls back up Cassie does a front flip forward before leaping up onto
his shoulders and flipping back, sending James flipping over with a hurricanrana. He stands a bit disoriented and turns just as
she springboards off the ropes and connecting with a crossbody taking him back
down. She hooks the legs as the crowd continues cheering on her side.
1!
2!
James throws her off of him. Cassie turns and runs to
the corner.
Sharper: “Cassie having been able to change the match around and now taking
advantage of her speed advantage here. Can she take the bigger opponent down
and do the damage she needs to do tonight?”
She runs forward and goes for a jumping clothesline. James catches her arm and
flips her over with an arm drag before going to suppress her on the mat with a
reverse chin lock. Cassie manages to spin around on the mat and break free
before he locks the hold in. She turns and kicks him directly in the face
causing him to fall back a step from the impact. She follows through with a
superkick to the jaw that knocks him back to the mat. She quickly drops down
for a cover.
1!
2!
James grabs her arm as he breaks out and flips her over before locking on a
Canadian crossface. She screams as the crowd
immediately resorts to booing once more.
Knots: “James back in the driver’s seat. Cassie Wolfe
has got to stay out of his grasp, otherwise this is done.”
Sharper: “Easier said than done. James is just as good at giving damage as he
is taking it.”
Cassie reaches desperately for the ropes with one hand while trying to twist
her body over, breaking some of the pressure James has on her. She almost makes
it to the ropes before James sits up and grabs her leg. He drags her center
into the ring before locking on an ankle lock. Cassie jumps up and tries to
throw her free leg up and kick him in the face. He ducks the kick
and she falls back to the mat. With the ankle lock still applied he pulls her
back and she begins hoping on her one free leg. He suddenly twists her and
causes her to crash back down with a dragon screw. He falls with her and locks
a grapevine to keep them both down. She yells as he continues twisting the
ankle. The crowd gives a mixed reaction as she slowly reaches over and extends
herself as far as she can before just barely grabbing the bottom rope. The
referee calls for it to be broken. James immediately rolls over and stands,
releasing the hold. As she tries to pull herself up James immediately runs up
behind her and pulls her away from the ropes. He’s about to drop her down when
she claps both sides of his head on his ears. He falls back grunting out of
frustration and turning as leans back on the ropes favoring her ankle. James
charges her only for her to turn and suddenly leap up, flipping over his back
and tripping him with a Code Red.
1!
2!
James kicks out with authority and rolls over. He tries grabbing at her leg
again. She manages to get both up and wrapped somewhat around his neck. She
thrusts herself up as he stands over his shoulders before falling back to flip
him with another hurricanrana. James manages to keep
his balance. She tries pulling herself back up and manages to get one arm up to
catch the ropes. James goes to rip her from the ropes
but she manages to grab the rope with her other arm and holds on for dear life
as James tries readjusting himself to get a hold of her ankle. She kicks the
side of his face and pulls, this time James stumbles with her body and he falls into the ropes just as she pulls down on the
top rope, pulling him over and down onto the outside of the apron. As she
twists and gets back to her feet she grabs his head
and drops him face first onto the ropes. She stumbles a bit but manages to keep
steady on her tender ankle before jumping up at the corner. She springboards
off from it and connects with a missile dropkick to James on the apron, sending
him flying to the ground outside.
Sharper: “Cassie Wolfe fighting for her life here and she has managed to send
James outside of the ring!”
Knots: “I don’t know if that’s the brightest idea in the world, a lot of bad
stuff tends to happen out there but maybe she can catch a breather if- No she’s
rushing onward!”
As James begins to pull himself up Cassie runs along the apron and leaps off on
top of James. She hooks the neck and manages to twist and send him head first down with a tornado DDT. The crowd cheers loudly
as James sits immediately before falling back down. Cassie pulls herself up and
tries to grab a hold of James. She starts shouting at him to come on before
trying to whip him into the steel steps. He manages to keep his balance and she
quickly drops his arm realizing she can’t make him budge. She goes to strike him but he catches her arm. With his free hand he reaches up
to touch at his head where it had been driven into the ground. Looking at his
hand as if to ensure he wasn’t bleeding he reaches over with it to wave a
finger in her face no. The crowd chant for Cassie Wolfe as she goes to strike
him with her other elbow. James catches that arm before suddenly dropping one
arm to pick her up before forcefully tossing her back into the ring. The crowd
boos as Cassie tries to get to her feet only for James to roll in behind her
and trip her with a double leg takedown. He rolls over her before hooking the
leg and dropping forward, wrapping one arm over her chin. The crowd boos as he
fully applies a STF.
Knots: “Cassie back right where James wants her. Dead center in the ring.”
Sharper: “I am not sure if she is lucky or not considering the alternatives he
could have chosen to go with. James is determined to play this his way.”
Cassie writhes in pain and appears to also be getting angry.
James: “Just quit. Surrender now. Give in to me. Give in to what this should
be!”
The crowd boos. They cheer a bit as she screams no
defiantly. She appears ready to give in nonetheless.
After a brief struggle as she finds she can’t break from his grip she manages
to force one knee up before rolling James onto his back. She pins his shoulders
down and tries to go with a bridge to add leverage.
1!
2!
James releases the chinlock before pulling her back
and pinning her down with a crucifix.
1!
2!
She kicks out and immediately starts going toward the ropes as he tries to stay
on top of her, trying to grab at her ankle. She suddenly drops and rolls under
his lunging arms while grabbing a hold of them and pulling them in as she trips
him at the legs. She falls and folds him in onto himself while covering his
shoulders.
1!
2!
James throws her off and tries sitting up just as she runs forward and flips
over his shoulder while hooking the head and taking him down with a flipping neckbreaker. The crowd cheers as he begins to slow down a
bit in getting up. She places one arm up under his chin before running into the
corner and connecting with a sliced bread. She immediately tries to hook the
leg.
1!
2!
James kicks out, however less forceful then his prior
kick outs. Cassie starts to hit the mat causing the fans to start feeding her
with more of their energy. She turns and starts to climb the top rope. James
shakes his head and grasps at his neck appearing more and more annoyed and in
pain. He peers up just as she is getting to the top rope. James runs over and
immediately grabs her arm and tries to flip her over. She strikes him in the
jaw causing him to spin around. He mumbles under his breath as she leaps off
the top rope. He catches her and slams her to the mat before dropping down and
going back for the ankle he had locked earlier. Despite being dazed Cassie tries
fighting back and leaps up on her free leg before going for another enzuigiri. He ducks it however she lands on her leg and
jumps back going for an inverse of that kick. It connects with his chin. He
falls back to the mat as the crowd pops.
Sharper: “Despite the huge different in size and power Cassie is still in this!
She has managed to at times save herself from James having her pinned down dead
in the ring and she may very well have this!”
Knots: “A hell of a performance here tonight. So much of this is out of
desperation though as James has tried at multiple points to choke her out.
She’s going for the big one now!”
Cassie manages to pull herself up at the corner once more. James looks on but
appears to be unable to pull himself up. Cassie yells out defiantly for the
crowd who cheer her on. She proceeds to leap and go for the Coronation! The
crowd pop as she does multiple flips in the air. James however rolls out of the
way and she crashes to the mat. James rolls up onto
his knees as she writhes on the mat. He then applies a cradle hammerlock. She
tries to grab at the rope but he pulls her away before
dropping one arm in between her legs and flipping her back before locking one
leg over hers and pinning her with a hammerlock inside cradle.
1!
2!
Cassie kicks out. James proceeds to smother her, pulling her as she sits up and
applying the See the Light!
Sharper: “This could be it! James is trying to choke the life out of her!”
Cassie continues to fight trying to reach for the ropes. The crowd is split, as
half boos while the other half chants for Wolfe. She tries to reach for the
ropes but appears to be getting weaker and weaker. The referee drops down
beside her as James stares off into space like some kind of predator having his
fangs sank in. The referee drops down as Wolfe suddenly closes her eyes and
begins raising her arm up and dropping it.
1!
2!
3!
4!
5!
The crowd all boo as the referee calls for the bell.
Phillips: “And you winner by knockout, James Evans!”
James releases the hold and stands as the crowd continues to boo. “What’s going
on” plays throughout the arena as James just peers out at the crowd.
Sharper: “Cassie gave it all she could here tonight, James continues to try to
‘show his light’ here tonight and successfully wins this contest.”
The referee continues to check on Cassie as James rolls out of the ring.
We open up backstage to the office of Mr. D where Mr. D stands
in his office at his desk. Owen Cruze reaches across
and shakes Mr. D’s hand. Mr. D can be seen saying something to him. Owen Cruze nods before saying something back. Owen then turns
and leaves the office.
Sharper:
“Owen Cruze, the SCW United States Champion. He will
challenge Josh Hudson for the World Title tonight. Meeting with the founder of
SCW. The representative of the Board of Directors.”
Knots:
“And there are rumours this is it. Owen Cruze has not signed a new contract. That he’s calling it tonight.”
Sharper:
“That is the information around the internet tonight and it does appear so. Win
or lose, Cruze will have his last match.”
Mr. D
watches Owen Cruze leave
before we cut away.
We
open to see Selena watching the monitor and looking down. Deanna walks over to
her.
Deanna:
“What’s up?”
Selena:
“Just…I saw something…he didn’t bother. He printed-…He tossed it.”
Deanna:
“What?”
Selena:
“Just…never mind. We need to focus. We need to make sure Ace Marshall and Ravyn Taylor don’t walk out champions.”
Deanna:
“Hey, I’m on board. We’ve worked too hard.”
Selena:
“Damn right.”
Selena
and Deanna move away from the monitor as we cut away.
Erik
Holland vs. Sal Darius
“California Love” by 2Pac
Shakur hits the arena and Sal comes out wearing his world's famous blublockers. 'The Sex Vibe' comes out with all the hype and
toughness. He walks a little and then takes a sprint to the ring. After sliding
in the ring underneath the bottom rope, he climbs the turnbuckle and points to
his crotch. Then 'The King of the World of Hearts' throws his blublocker aviators in the crowd and jumps back performing
boxing shadow in the ring warming up for his bout.
Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first,
from Venice, Califonia… Sal Darius!”
Sharper: “Sal Darius instigating this match here tonight. He lost his debut
match against Jamison Logan on the last Breakdown and decided to take it out on
Erik Holland.”
Knots: “A bold move, to say the least. He’d better be careful about his conduct
though… if Holland doesn’t turn him into mulch tonight over this, Amy might for
the way he’s been acting towards Jaina!”
The lights suddenly completely shut off as static covers the screen, to be
replaced with what looks like vital signs; brain activity and heartbeat
specifically. The words “PROJECT HOLLAND: ENGAGE” appear across the bottom of
the Tron, and the crowd HITS THEIR FEET, cheering so loud it's almost drowning
it out.
YOU’RE HAVING PARANOID DELUSIONS!
your brain will not know the difference
SOMEONE HAS ERASED HIS MEMORIES!
Out of nowhere, Static X absolutely DETONATES over the loudspeaker, reducing
the stage to a red-and-blue strobing mosh pit as Erik Holland shoves his way
through the curtain, goggles shining in the inky red-ness, tugging at his beard
as he staggers up and down the stage, imploring the raging crowd to cheer even
louder; but at the same time almost looking like he's arguing with himself.
Phillips: “His opponent, hailing from Silent Hill, this is… Erik Holland!”
Once the lyrics start, Erik ROARS and makes a beeline for the ring, pinballing
off the fans to tag hands with them, let them slap his back, whatever it takes
to whip the audience in attendance into a complete frenzy. Every now and then
down the ramp he stops, turning around in a lazy circle, taking it all in
before racing off again.
He dives under the ropes once he gets to ringside,
crawling on his belly toward the hard camera. He pulls the lenses of the
welding goggles off his eyes so we can see that demented gleam burning in those
brown irises, then he mugs for the camera shouting indistinct threats--even
chewing on the bottom rope--before he bursts to his feet and hits the opposite
side ropes, THROWING his hands out and receiving flashbulbs in response.
Holland whips his coat off, tossing it out into the first row and does the same
with his goggles, staring out under that eye makeup and proud of how completely
insane his fans are, before he settles into the corner, that eerie look of
focus taking over. The lights finally come up.
Sharper: “Erik Holland was supposed to make his re-debut last Breakdown, but
you know the old saying about the card being subject to change. Regardless, he’s
here tonight and he’s ready for a war.”
Knots: “I wonder if Sal realizes what he’s gotten himself into here, because
this is not the kind of man you should be provoking for a fight.”
The bell rings and both men approach one another, with Darius immediately
getting into a fighting stance as Holland glares at him. He goes to try and
lock up, but Darius dodges and catches him in the side of the head with a jab.
Holland tries again, but once again Darius kind of dances out of reach and jabs
him. He just grins while Holland is starting to look annoyed. Holland throws a
punch of his own, but Darius ducks it and peppers him with a series of jabs
before backing off as Holland swings again. Holland’s had enough and charges at
Darius with a clothesline, but Darius ducks it and when Holland turns around
Darius gives him a California Slap right across the face! The fans let out a
collecting “OH!” as Darius turns away to start gloating to them while Holland
runs a hand along his cheek, looking more and more angry. When Darius turns
around, Holland gives him a receipt in the form of a stiff open hand slap right
across the chest that floors him! Fans wince at the sound that echoes
throughout the arena as Darius rolls toward the ropes, holding his chest and
hissing in pain.
Sharper: “Sal perhaps getting a little too cocky in messing with a man known
for hitting hard and having a short fuse.”
Knots: “We know he thinks very highly of himself, but a guy like Erik Holland
is just going to flatten him if he plays too many games thinking this is
already in the bag.”
Holland marches over to where Darius is laying and hauls him to his feet before
backing him against the ropes, laying into him with punches to the head and
more open hand slaps across the chest. The referee steps in, warning Holland to
back off since Darius is in the ropes, and Holland just glances over at him
before blistering Sal’s chest with a nasty knife edge chop! Some fans “WOOOO!”
in response while others cringe at the impact as Darius looks like he’s struggling
to breathe after the stiff shot. Holland grabs his arm and irish
whips him across the ring before catching him with a big boot on the rebound.
Once he hits the mat, Darius immediately rolls back near the ropes, making it
out onto the apron before Holland catches him and starts forcing him back to
his feet. Darius quickly reaches up and grabs Holland’s head before dropping to
the floor, catching his throat across the top rope! Holland hits the mat
clutching at his throat while Darius leans against the apron, cringing and
mumbling something about how he should’ve already had this match in the bag
that’s barely caught by the camera.
Knots: “Smart call by Sal there to hang Holland up on the top rope so he can
catch his breath.”
Sharper: “Not exactly the most ethical of moves, but I doubt he cares when
Holland has been all over him after that disrespectful slap across the face.”
Holland starts getting back to his feet, but he’s barely gotten his vertical
base back when Darius slides back into the ring and sends him back to the mat
with a dropkick. Darius immediately starts stomping away on him, yelling at him
to just stay down and let him have his moment as the
fans begin jeering. Darius backs off and lets Holland start to rise before
moving in and peppering him with more jabs to keep him off-balance. Holland
still manages to get back to a stand despite this, but Darius catches him with
a hard uppercut that has him staggering back! Darius looks annoyed that Holland
is still on his feet and looks over at the referee in confusion before he
throws a roundhouse kick, but Holland catches his foot! Darius hops up and down
on one leg as he starts trying to beg off, but Holland reels him in and cracks
him with a headbutt! Darius starts to buckle, but Holland quickly pulls him in
again and plants him with a t-bone suplex! Holland goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Darius kicks out almost immediately after the two and quickly rolls back toward
the ropes.
Sharper: “Sal trying to rely on his MMA skills to maintain the advantage, but
Holland almost absorbing the blows and just unleashing it all right back.”
Knots: “I don’t know how wise it is for Sal to keep trying to out-brawl a
brawler, but he’s definitely the kind of guy who would see pulling that off as
something to brag about.”
Sal rolls back out to the floor, pointing to his head that he’s doing the smart
thing right now in catching his breath. Holland seems to disagree as he uses
his size advantage to lean over the top rope and grab Darius by the head,
trying to haul him up onto the apron. Darius desperately responds by reaching
up and raking Holland right in the eyes! Holland backs off for a moment to
clear his vision as Darius turns to start chatting with a woman he sees in the
front row, seemingly bragging about how this is all part of his plan and trying
to get her number. Holland looks like he’s had enough as he steps through the
ropes and Darius immediately begins to run with Holland in hot pursuit. They
manage to reach the other side of the ring before Darius slides back in and
quickly dropkicks Holland in the face when he tries to follow suit. Holland
backs up and Darius sprints to the opposite end, rebounding off the ropes
before launching himself full steam into a tope suicida
that drives Holland into the railing!
Sharper: “Darius taking advantage of Holland’s temper and luring him into a
trap!”
Darius takes a moment to recover as he uses the apron to help pull himself back
to his feet, the referee counting both men out. After he’s caught his breath,
Darius rolls back into the ring and motions for the referee to just call the
match and declare him the winner, but the referee ignores him and continues the
count. Holland uses the barricade to pull himself back to his feet and stagger
toward the ring, but Darius quickly runs off the opposite ropes and catches him
with a baseball slide that knocks him back against the barricade again. He
motions for the referee to count faster, but his pleas are ignored as Holland
gets his bearings and again moves to beat the count. Darius again tries to
catch him with a baseball slide, but this time Holland sidesteps him and rolls
back into the ring. Darius is quick to follow him, only to eat a boot to the
face that knocks him back against the ropes, followed by a punch that repeats this
process as Holland starts turning Darius into a punching bag.
Knots: “Sal Darius being introduced to Erik Holland’s workout routine!”
Sharper: “Holland venting all of his frustrations at Sal’s antics right now!”
Holland caps off his barrage with another stiff knife edge chop that echoes
throughout the arena, causing Darius to move toward the corner crying out in
pain and clutching at his chest as it starts to turn red. Holland grabs him
from behind and tries to pull him into a german suplex, but Darius desperately holds on to the top
turnbuckle, attempting to remove the pad. The referee sees this and moves in to
admonish him for it, but the distraction is enough for Darius to swing his leg
back into a low blow! Holland backs off in pain as the referee looks confused,
but Darius moves past him and clocks Holland with a roundhouse kick! Seeing his
opportunity, he quickly climbs to the top turnbuckle before flying off with a
frog splash! Darius hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Erik Holland kicks out! Darius quickly starts arguing with the referee over the
count.
Sharper: “Sal clearly bending the rules and doing whatever it takes to get out
of here with the win tonight.”
Knots: “Starting to think he might have to cheat a little harder because Erik
Holland just will not stay down for long!”
Darius sees that Holland is starting to get back up and wastes no time laying
into him with more jabs to keep him stunned. He then proceeds to drag Erik over
and drapes him across the middle rope before driving his knee into the back of
Erik’s neck, choking him over the rope. The referee starts his five count and
Darius holds it until the very last second before warning him to back off and
let him work. Darius grabs the top rope and slingshots himself out to the
floor, where he proceeds to slap Holland across the face again! Holland seems
to start waking up at that, but Darius cracks him in the jaw with a nasty
uppercut that knocks him back. Darius takes his time getting back in the ring,
showboating a bit to the displeasure of the fans. He drags Holland into a
position that he feels satisfied with before stepping over him and acting like
he’s kicking dust back into him before extending his arms and yelling that this
match is over. He runs forward and springboards off the middle rope, connecting
with the Sex Curse! As he goes to hook the leg for a cover, however, Holland
suddenly throws his legs up and uses the momentum to roll back to a stand with
Darius in his clutches! Darius is shaking his head and freaking out over this
as Holland turns toward the hard camera and takes three big steps forward,
looking absolutely done with Sal’s antics as he launches him across the ring
with the Damnation Alley! Darius crashes to the mat and the momentum carries
him under the bottom rope and back out to the floor.
Sharper: “An impressive counter by Holland as he absorbed that springboard moonsault from Darius and flung him all the way across the
ring!”
Knots: “Darius took too much time and we just mentioned how Holland just
refuses to stay down for long, and now he’s back out on the floor because of
it.”
Darius starts to pull himself up using the ring skirt as the referee begins to
count him out, but he stops counting and turns to try and keep Holland back
when he starts moving to join Darius on the floor. Darius takes the opportunity
to start digging around under the ring, seemingly finding something and
fiddling around with it for a moment before he finally emerges from under the
ring with a steel chair. He slides in and the referee quickly warns him about
using it, but Holland begs for him to swing and Darius
obliges, only for Holland to duck underneath it and run off the ropes before
clobbering Darius with a Panic Attack european
uppercut! Darius falls back against the ropes, dropping the chair as Holland
signals that he’s ending this. The referee grabs the chair and starts removing
it from the ring as Holland hoists Darius onto his shoulders for the Toxic
Avenger, but Darius manages to pull a chain out from his trunks and wraps it
around Holland’s throat! Holland’s grip loosens as he’s being choked out, and
Darius manages to reposition himself to fall into Sal's Paradise, using his
legs to hide the fact that he’s still got the chain wrapped around Holland’s
throat. The referee only sees the triangle choke as he moves into position,
asking Holland if he submits but getting no response. Holland finally slumps
over and the referee raises his arm, only for it to drop lifelessly to the mat.
The referee calls for the bell and Darius releases the hold, quickly tossing
the chain out of the ring while the referee's back is turned as he stands up
and has his arm raised while he basks in the glory of his victory as
“California Love” hits again.
Phillips: “Here is your winner… Sal Darius!”
Sharper: “Sal Darius knew he was outsized and outmatched, so he had to resort
to using a chain to choke Erik Holland out here tonight.”
Knots: “Hey, a win’s a win in Sal’s book Adam, and you know he’s going to start
aiming for greater heights now that he’s got one under his belt.”
Sharper: “I have a feeling Erik’s going to have something to say about that
once he realizes what happened.”
Darius takes a moment to pose over Holland’s body, placing a foot on his back
and flexing with a grin before he leaves the ring and starts heading to the
back, nodding along to his music as the referee checks on Holland, who is
starting to stir. He locks eyes with Darius as he makes it back to the top of
the stage, and Sal’s grin clearly makes Holland furious before Darius ducks
backstage.
Backstage,
Josh Hudson is walking through the hallway. She heads over to one of the locker
rooms and knocks on the door. A few moments pass before Aisling opens the door.
She smirks.
Aisling:
“Oh Colleen…your friend is here.”
Hudson
doesn’t make any reaction as Aisling steps inside and a few moments pass before
Colleen walks over to the door. She smirks and steps out.
Colleen:
“Well Josh…I was hoping you’d come here.”
Hudson:
“Well I seem to need to. Tonight, don’t you try getting involved. I don’t need you
to finish off Cruze.”
Colleen:
“Can’t even watch from ringside.”
Hudson:
“No. Stay backstage. And watch and learn.”
Colleen:
“Fine…I will be watching.”
Hudson
just heads off, not even listening to the end of the sentence. Colleen watches
him go as the scene cuts away.
Alexis Quinne vs. Asher Hayes
The opening riff to
"Smooth Sailing" by Queens of the Stone Age kicks in. At the 11
second mark, the name "Asher Hayes" blares through the PA system, and
Asher appears on the stage, wearing a long leather jacket and sunglasses. He
makes his way down the ramp as the reaction of the crowd rain down upon him. He
walks up the ring steps and climbs to the top turnbuckle, lifting both fists
into the air, slinging the jacket off his shoulders, simply looking at the
crowd before dropping down and running to the opposite side.
Phillips: “Introducing first, from Chicago, Illinois, he is the man of a
thousand happy endings, Asher Hayes!”
Asher stands, once again, on the top rope. He tosses his shades out to the
crowd, as he looks toward the ceiling, before dropping down, removing his jacket and handing it to the ref.
Sharper: “This match is likely going to be a hell of a competitive contest here
tonight as both Asher Hayes and Alexis Quinne look to
make a statement. Both looking to be in title contention and that means making
tonight an absolute showcase in why they should be competing at that level.”
“Knots: “Alexis Quinne is the former World Champion
between the two, the only title Asher Hayes has not won in SCW. The only one he
needs to be a Supreme Champion and you know it has to
eat at him. He will definitely be wanting to make an
example out of Alexis.
Asher then leans into the corner, waiting for the match to begin. The eyes all
focus on the stage. The lights grow dim. Opening strum of Rage Against the
Machine's Calm Like a Bomb plays. White house lights illuminate the ramp.
Feel the funk blast
Feel the funk blast
FEEL THE FUNK BLAST
The house lights turn blue, red, green, etc. Alexis Quinne
steps out through the curtains. She is dressed in a red, yellow
and black jacket along with a yellow and red sugar mask with black trim. The
jacket has "VOYAGERS" plastered in the front. Alexis slowly turns
around, revealing "Quinne" on the back and
the number 0 underneath. While doing so, she removes her mask, before turning
back around. Quinne starts to step down toward the
ring.
Phillips: “And his opponent, from San Francisco, California, This. Is. Alexis Quinne!”
Alexis tosses her mask into the crowd while approaching the ring. She extends
her arms, clenching her fist. Reaching ringside the camera does the classic
rotation that it used to do for her entrances. The crowd roars. Alexis ascends up the steel steps. She rests her head on top of the
turnbuckle before climbing up the turnbuckle and raises her fist in the air.
The crowd cheers and Alexis peers at the crowd. She jumps into the ring and
takes off her jacket. Asher is there to meet her dead center in the ring with
only the referee making his way over to keep them separated. As the referee
calls for the bell Alexis steps up. Asher just stares at her intensely briefly
before nodding in acknowledgement before going to quickly grapple her. Alexis
ducks the extended arms and tries arm dragging him over. Asher hooks the arm
she has on him and pulls her backwards before throwing her over head with a
half nelson suplex on her head. She bounces off the
mat hard as the crowd oh’s.
Knots: “We are one move in and Asher is trying to kill
her.”
Sharper: “What an impact! Alexis Quinne is not even
half his size, she can’t take too many of those!”
Knots: “You say that now like you’ve forgotten some of the beatings she has
taken in the past.”
Asher rolls her over and quickly goes for a pin, hooking both legs.
1!
2!
Alexis kicks out and rolls over toward the ropes. She pulls herself up and
watches Asher as he backs up to a corner. Alexis shakes her head from the
impact but steps toward him. She raises an arm up as if she wants to lock up. Asher
takes several quick strides over and instead kicks her in the mid section.
Grabbing her extended arm he pulls her in going for a suplex. She flips up and manages to land behind him before
jumping up and locking her feet under his arms while falling back. She pins him
on his back before flipping over and bridging herself over him with the cover.
1!
2!
Asher kicks out and with his arms he pulls her down onto him before spinning
around and German suplexing her over head. He bridges
as he lands, going for another pin.
1!
2!
Alexis rolls her shoulder up and manages to roll him up with a school boy.
1!
2!
Asher rolls his shoulder up but locks her arm and pulls back with an armbar.
Alexis flips over and sits up before hooking his legs and trying to roll him up
once more.
1!
2!
Asher rolls back and he is up on his feet. As Alexis
rolls over and stands she has to immediately duck from
a lariat that was meant to behead her in the center of the ring. Asher bounces
off the ropes and Alexis leaps up trying to catch him with a crossbody. Asher
stops and catches her before throwing her overhead with a fallaway slam. He
kips back to his feet as Alexis rolls over clutching her back before quickly
getting back up. He goes to get a hold of Alexis who suddenly drops down and
drives both boots into his knee. It takes him down and he falls onto the second
rope. Running across the ring Alexis jumps up and drives her entire body down
across Asher’s head over the rope. As Asher falls down onto the mat, Alexis
gets back up on the apron before leaping up and over the top rope using one arm
to help in balancing her before going head first down
across the back of Asher’s spine. Asher writhes a bit as Alexis stands and
immediately starts repeating kicking him in the back of the head. He can’t get
halfway up before receiving a roundhouse kick to the throat that sends him into
the corner. Alexis runs up and jumps up onto the second rope before scissoring
his head and trying to flip him over with a hurricanrana.
He catches it and runs forward to powerbomb her in the center of the ring.
Alexis rolls over his head and takes him down with a sunset flip. She sits up
with the pin trying to get leverage.
1!
2!
Asher kicks out and uses the top rope to pull himself up. Alexis tries running
and going for a hurricanrana that stands to send him
over the top rope and to the outside of the ring. Asher catches her and bounces
her off the top rope before spinning and this time managing to powerbomb her
dead center in the ring. He quickly picks her back up before turning her inside
out with a spinning Fisherman suplex. The crowd oh’s from the impacts of both moves as he hooks her legs.
1!
2!
Alexis kicks out. She tries to stand and Asher assists
her before dropping her with a snap dragon suplex. He
bridges it going for the pin.
1!
2!
Alexis kicks out. Asher pulls her back up and turns to the crowd as they give duel chants for both competitors. He sets her up for a suplex. Alexis drops down trying to prevent before grabbing
one leg and pulling as much as she can to take him off balance. Asher starts
hammering her spine. Alexis drops down from his hooked arm and manages to
quickly crawl between his legs before rolling out of the ring. She is outside
of the ring and appears to be taking a breath. Asher looking annoyed runs
across the ring and leaps through the ropes going for a suicide dive. Alexis
quickly rolls into the ring at the same time that he is in mid air and she is inside as he crashes into the barricade.
Asher rolls around on the ground in pain and Alexis takes advantage to gather
her composure. As Asher starts to pull himself up Alexis runs across the ring
and whips herself off the ropes before going for a suicide dive of her own.
Asher returns the favor and side steps her as she jumps through the ropes. She
hits the barricade and Asher quickly picks her up before throwing her back into
the ring.
Knots: “What the hell is going on with this match?”
Sharper: “Between trying to end the match early Asher has been successful thus
far in really carrying the momentum. Both tried taking a risk with neither
paying off as they had each other well scouted out. Asher is bringing the match
back inside before the referee can count them out!”
Asher rolls in and immediately covers.
1!
2!
Alexis kicks out. Asher pulls her up picks her up before carrying her to the
corner. He sits her on top before beginning to scale the corner. He gets to the
second turnbuckle when Alexis suddenly headbutts him in the face. He staggers
back off the ropes clutching his nose.
Sharper: “Well that might work! She’s much smaller but that’s still the hardest
instrument she has to hit him with!”
As Asher shakes off the blow it gives Alexis enough time to launch herself from
the corner before leaping up and connecting with a Lunar Eclypse.
She pins him down after the impact he receives from being slammed hard into the
mat.
1!
2!
Asher kicks out. He rolls over and goes to sit up. Alexis jumps up and drives
both feet into the back of his neck. He falls over from the impact and she runs
across the ring before repeating the shot, once more driving both boots and her
entire body weight onto his head. He flinches and rolls into the corner trying
to get out of her proximity. Alexis runs across the ring once more and this time
leaps up connecting with a spinning wheel kick to the face that sends Asher
from the corner to falling face first into the mat. Alexis rolls him over
before lifting up both of his legs to lean into him
fully for the pin.
1!
2!
Asher kicks out. Alexis hits the mat with a fist before turning and scaling the
turnbuckle. Asher sits up and peers up, moving just in time as she goes for a
double foot stomp to the back of the head from the top rope. As she lands on
her feet Asher spins her around before delivering a vicious European uppercut
that knocks her to the mat. The crowd oh’s from the
blow as he lifts her up and quickly throws her overhead with a snap vertical suplex. He spins his hips and lifts her up for a second,
connecting once more before spinning his hips again. He lands the third
vertical suplex and stands as the crowd pops from the
maneuver. Not giving her anymore time he lifts her up and pushes her into the
ropes right beside him. He throws his arm out and connects with a short arm
lariat that spins her in the air. The crowd oh’s as
he drops to his knees and folds both of her legs into her body for a cover.
1!
2!
Alexis kicks out and the crowd pops for both of them.
Asher goes to pull her up and she drives her leg into his neck before spinning and
taking him down with a head scissor takedown. As Alexis pulls herself up, Asher
tries throwing another lariat. Alexis avoids it and wraps her entire body
around his arm before falling back with a snap armbar. Asher yells before
rolling around on the mat, flipping over and then proceeding to lift her up. He
is about to slam her on the mat when she suddenly scales over from his arm to
his back like he’s a statue and dropping back with a backslide pin.
1!
2!
Asher kicks out. He rolls over and stands just as she runs up, bounces one boot
off his knee as a stepping stone to kneeing him
directly in the face with a shining wizard. The crowd oh’s
as she goes for the pin.
1!
2!
He kicks out and tries to stand only to be rolled up with another school boy.
1!
2!
He rolls back and up to his feet and as Alexis goes to grab him he just drops
her with a snap arm STO. Alexis takes the impact continuing to hold onto the
arm he uses to take her down with before suddenly locking on the Sol Naciente. The crowd cheers as Asher panics and starts
waving his free arm as Alexis tries breaking the other one as he stands there
now having her entire body wrapped around it.
Sharper: “Oh my! This could be it, Alexis has that
vicious arm bar locked in, she isn’t budging!”
Knots: “A part of me believed she’d focus more on the knee this match but she
has always played by her own rules. Tonight is no
exception.”
Asher tries going for the ropes to no avail and is almost slammed down to the
mat for going slightly off balance. He yells. The referee asks him if he wishes
to submit. He yells no at him. Asher takes his free hand and drops to one knee
before accidentally using it to spank Alexis. This seems to annoy her causing
her to apply more pressure to potentially breaking his arm. Asher yells and
this time begins slamming his fist into her lower spine. She grunts from the
first blow, yells from the third. He connects with five before just fighting
through the pain and lifting Alexis up with his locked arm. He then proceeds to
drop her back down and covering her with the hold still locked in.
1!
2!
Alexis releases the hold to break the pin. Asher immediately raises the arm
that had been assaulted victoriously. Using the other arm
he grabs her by the hair and starts yanking her back to her feet. As she is
back up she spins around and pokes him directly in the
eye causing him to spin and grab at his eye, cursing in pain. Alexis leaps up
and connects with a reverse hurricanrana that drives
him head first into the mat. He sits up and looks dead
on arrival but remains sitting up. He blinks seemingly unsure of where he is.
Alexis runs to the corner and leaps up onto the second turnbuckle. The crowd
cheers as she leaps going for a tornado DDT just as Asher pulls himself back
up. Catching Alexis in midair, Asher holds her in place, glancing around for
just a split second before suddenly hooking her head and spinning. He spins and
launches her body up while still hooking her neck. The crowd cheers and
immediately oh’s in the time it takes for them to
realize he’s about to connect with the Crash Course! He immediately folds
Alexis up, hooking both legs upon impact.
1!
2!
3!
“Smooth sailing” begins to play throughout the arena once more as Asher gets to
his feet.
Sharper: “Asher Hayes is victorious here tonight in a very stiff tit for tat
contest!”
Knots: “Alexis appeared to have it on multiple occasions, but it wasn’t enough.
Asher Hayes continues on. What comes next? Who knows!”
The crowd cheers as the referee raises Asher’s hand. Asher continues to peer
down at Alexis before turning, throwing his other arm up for the crowd.
Sharper: “Folks, from this, we
go to a match with a long history. Glory Braddock and Polly Playtime have been
rivals for much of the last year. Tonight it ends.”
Knots: “And it ends with a
spin of Polly’s wheel and a strap match. This is going to be fun!”
A
recap video shows the history between Polly Playtime and Glory Braddock.
Glory
Braddock vs. Polly Playtime
Strap
Match
e first chords of
"Immortal" by Ozzy Osbourne begin to play over the PA system. Glory
Braddock steps out onto the stage, wearing her ring gear consisting of purple
spandex pants, boots, and a purple top. She really does look like a million
bucks and grins from ear to ear, gazing out at the crowd for a moment before
making her way down the entrance ramp.
Phillips: “The following contest is a strap match where the first to touch all
corners consecutively wins! Introducing first, from London, England, The
British Bombshell, Glory Braddock!”
As Glory reaches the bottom of the ramp she steps up
the steel steps and then onto the ring apron. She poses momentarily on the
apron, allowing people to take snapshots before stepping through the ropes and
into the ring. Once in the ring Glory heads to the center of the ring and poses
once more. She turns her immediate attention to the referee who is holding the
strap. Not asking, she simply takes the strap from him and proceeds to
immediately put one end up over her wrist and tighten it in place.
Sharper: “Glory coming out first and she wastes no time in applying the strap.
Remember folks, that is a thirteen foot long strap
that both Glory and Polly will be connected with. One of them will be tasked
with touching all four corners while having to avoid being stopped by their
opponent. That’s a lot harder than it sounds.”
Knots: “Are you kidding? Likely all just going to plan for Polly tonight as she
stands to really stand up and stand apart!”
A coin can be heard dropping into a coin slot and then the words “START GAME”
show up on the main screen. A bunch of girls can be heard giggling before “C’est La Vie” by B*Witched begins to play. The music plays
for quite some time, Glory stands at one corner just looking on getting more
annoyed as the song plays. It is not until it comes to the first chorus that
Polly emerges from the backstage area wearing a frilly pink skirt and a very
cute and fashionable strapless crop top that has black paw prints on it. She is
carrying a personally made microphone, clearly wanting to make the world wait
to see her.
Sharper: “Polly playing her game with our announcer still.”
Knots: “Show some respect! It’s a nice microphone. Probably cost way more than
our production teams!”
The crowd boos as she arrives down at the ringside area. She walks up the steel
steps and into the ring, being very conservative in her approach. She hands
over her personalized microphone to Jason Phillips who just sighs at this
point. Nodding along he steps toward the middle of the ring to finish his
obligations.
Phillips: “And her opponent, from Panguitch, Utah,
she is the girl that just loves to play! Polly PLAYTIIIME!”
She immediately snatches her microphone back away from him and nods. She turns
and immediately has to duck as Glory starts trying to
whip her with the strap. The fans cheer loudly as Polly Ducks repeated whipping
attempts, quickly bailing and rolling out of the ring
under the bottom rope. She smiles up coyly at Glory who stands by the ropes
holding the strap ready to swing it again while glaring down at her.
Knots: “Come on Glory, you need to actually let her
put the strap on. Then whip her for a public display of kink!”
Sharper: “Ignore my partner here ladies and gentlemen. Glory naturally being
the aggressor here immediately as she reflects on what happened on Breakdown from
that, unique two-hour match-up from a couple of weeks back.”
The referee speaks plainly with Glory who simply sighs and takes several steps
back as Polly slowly goes up the steel steps. She continues taking her time,
toying with the ropes as if she can’t make up her mind on if she’s really going
to get in. Stepping in under the second rope Glory just tosses the strap over.
Polly peers down at it innocently while pressing one finger up to her lips. She
taps it playfully before smirking and bending at the knees to pick it up. The
referee walks over to assist but gets told off immediately before Polly ignores
him to place the strap up to her wrist.
Knots: “She’s trying to drive Glory insane.”
Sharper: “Polly has definitely made it clear she wants this match just as much
as Glory but it’s forever going to be on her terms if she can have her way
about it.”
She turns to Glory and plays at not putting it on. Glory charges forward and
immediately grabs a hold of Polly by the hair before dragging and tossing her
down toward the center of the ring. She steps down on Polly’s arm and begins
trying to manually lock her arm. Polly rolls backward from where is positioned
on the mat. Glory manages to tighten the strap on Polly’s wrist and the referee
calls for the bell. Polly immediately pulls the strap up and starts wrapping it
around Glory’s neck. Glory places a hand up defensively before Polly can
tighten it and turns before driving her shoulder into Polly’s mid section. She
proceeds to wrap an arm around Polly’s neck before flipping her over with a
headlock takedown. The crowd cheers as Polly tries rolling back to her feet.
Glory pulls her in and tries to suplex her over head.
Polly lands on her feet and immediately drops Glory to the mat by her head,
slamming it. As Glory rolls over and tries to stand, Polly suddenly drops Glory
over her knee with a gutbuster before holding her in
place. Taking the strap Polly starts to whip Glory across the butt with the
strap. She whips Glory several times as Glory appears to just get angrier.
Knots: “I was just joking honestly, I didn’t think the
match would immediately resort to this.”
Sharper: “She just wants to humiliate Glory before this crowd.”
Glory leans up and tries knocking Polly in the jaw with an elbow. Polly manages
to stand and avoid it. She tries to wrap the collar around Glory’s neck before
pulling her along like it’s a leash. Glory grabs the strap and pulls Polly in
before throwing her overhead with a belly to back suplex.
The crowd cheers as Glory starts using the strap to tie up Polly’s legs and
goes for an Indian Death Lock. The crowd cheers as Polly starts to yell.
Sharper: “She can’t win this match by submission, folks. At this point she just
wants to hurt her.”
Polly manages to grab the ropes but the referee
doesn’t interfere. Pulling herself up the ropes, She
manages to get high enough to where she has leverage and can twist her legs
with ease out of the hold, almost sending Glory to the mat as she is forced to
release the hold. She turns and tries grabbing a hold of Polly’s leg. Polly
pulls her leg in and with both legs drives them into Glory’s face. Glory falls
back to the mat from the impact and Polly immediately goes to work wrapping the
strap around Glory’s neck. Pulling her back to her feet she runs with her into
the ropes and sends Glory over the top rope. The crowd oh’s
and boos as Glory struggles and begins to choke dangling outside of the ring.
Sharper: “Now would be a good time for the referee to step in!”
Knots: “Hey, it’s no DQ.”
Sharper: “That doesn’t mean Polly can just strangle her opponent to death in
the middle of the ring!”
Polly lifts one boot up and presses it directly against the back of Glory’s
neck. She keeps her locked in place briefly. Glory finally manages to catch her
feet and pull herself up to a standing position on the apron. Polly drops the
bottom and steps over to hook an arm and slam Glory over the top rope back into
the ring. As Glory is on the mat gagging Polly laughs before hitting the first
turnbuckle. She starts skipping along the edge of the ring as she hits the
second turnbuckle. She goes adjacent to hit her third corner. Glory finally
realizes what she is doing before grabbing the strap and pulling back with all of her might to keep Polly from reaching the fourth corner.
Pulling Polly back she catches her around the waist with both arms before
throwing her over head with a German suplex. The
crowd cheers as Glory keeps her arms locked. Lifting Polly up, Glory goes for a
second. Polly tries to fight out, swinging wild elbows to catch Glory. Glory
for her part connects with the second German suplex.
Polly kicks the mat as she falls over clutching her head. Glory pulls her up
and tries to keep the lock in. Polly this time drops down to her knees while
grabbing more of the strap to suddenly whip it up and smack Glory in the face.
Glory drops the waistlock and slinks back clutching
at her eye and cheek where it the strap had connected. Glory turns and rushes
forward. Polly ducks her and just as Glory turns back around Polly connects
with a roundhouse kick to the side of the head that takes her off her feet. The
crowd oh’s than boos.
Sharper: “Polly the first here tonight to try and go for the corners. Now
managing to gain some control here.”
Knots: “To her credit she has her own style and way of throwing opponent’s off their game but she is showing here tonight
why she is definitely an up and coming star to be on the watch for!”
Polly runs over and once again hits the corner. She is no longer skipping,
instead taking bigger strides to start hitting each turnbuckle. She hits the
second one with ease and then gets to the third one at which point Glory starts
pulling on the strap. Polly tries connecting with another kick to the head
which Glory ducks before reaching up and dropping Polly’s head into the mat
with a reverse DDT breaking up the count. Glory lifts her up and then flips
over her connecting with the Prankster’s Paradise. The crowd cheers and even
counts as Glory turns and goes to the corner.
“1!”
Glory turns and runs to the other.
“2!”
Polly runs over to the first turnbuckle before sliding out of the ring. Glory
falls to the mat before she can get to the third one. Polly starts trying to
drag Glory out under the bottom rope with her. The crowd boos as Polly manages
to pull Glory out onto the apron. She drops several elbows across her chest
before getting up onto the apron.
Sharper: “Once again Polly showing how well she can use the strap against Glory
in stopping her from getting that much closer to ending this!”
Polly leaps up and connects with a leg drop across the chest as Glory is
hanging outside of the ring. Pulling Glory out onto the floor she picks her up
and wraps the strap around her neck. She starts dragging her toward the
commentary table before trying to slam her face first into it. Glory manages to
catch the table with her arms first and stops Polly from bashing her head in.
Glory steps back and with a quick elbow to the side of the jaw Polly is
staggered. Glory drops her to the ground with a Russian leg sweep. Standing
Glory takes the strap and starts bundling it up. With enough of it in hand to
swing the fans start to cheer as Glory starts whipping her across the body with
it. Polly stands up and tries to get away only to get whipped repeatedly across
the back. Polly falls forward into the apron where Glory rushes over to pick
her up from behind. Lifting her on her shoulder she spins and delivers Polly
onto the edge of the ring with a back suplex. The
crowd oh’s as Polly winces and remains stationed on
the apron. Glory takes her momentary whip and starts hitting Polly with it
across the chest. Polly rolls into the ring to avoid the next blow and starts
staggering away.
Sharper: “Glory picking up momentum here and Polly is retreating
back into the ring! The strap showing what makes this kind of match just
how brutal it can be. You can’t actually get away from
your adversary.”
Knots: “And it’s just as good of a weapon as any other as both have shown.”
Glory rolls in and pulls on the rope to reel Polly in. Polly grabs a hold of
the middle rope and clutches it for dear life with her free hand as the other
is pulled all the way back due to the strap. Placing one leg out back on the
apron Polly turns and starts trying to pull back on the strap to reel Glory in.
Glory stops trying to pull and just takes several quick strides forward before
going for a superkick to the jaw. Polly manages to catch Glory’s leg while
leaning out of the way. Polly proceeds to sucker punch to the gut that cause
Glory to stagger back. Polly charges forward and connects with a drive-by facebuster. The crowd oh’s and
boos as Polly turns and starts climbing up to the top rope. It takes her a
moment as Glory rolls over. Glancing down at her Polly tries to plot the
course, hinting that she wants to leap up and connect with a boot from the top
to the back of Glory’s head. Glory for her part interrupts this as she pulls as
hard as she can on the strap, yanking Polly off the top rope and causing her to
crash to the mat. Glory proceeds to just start stomping Polly over and over again in the center of the ring. The crowd
cheers as she mixes stomps with whipping her with the strap. After many blows
from both her boot and the strap she turns and starts going to the corner. She
taps the first one to the delight of the crowd.
“1!”
Glory makes her way to the adjacent corner and hits it.
“2!”
“3!”
She begins making her way to the last one when Polly runs over to the opposite
corner and drags Glory backwards. Polly taps the corner before running over and
clotheslining Glory to the mat. The crowd boos as she proceeds to tap the
corner Glory was trying to reach. She runs back toward the center and delivers
a kick to the side of Glory’s head. She wraps a bit of the strap around her
neck before running over and hitting the third corner.
Knots: “She’s about to take this one, Glory is hurting here!”
Polly goes to jump over Glory again however Glory catches her boot. Polly
twists and tries to deliver a stomp to the face but
Glory rolls and Polly falls down to the mat. Glory growls out of frustration
before grabbing Polly by the head. She leads her up and takes her to the corner
before bashing her face first into it. She hits it with her hand before running
Polly into the next corner, running her face first into that one. Tapping that
she runs to the third and this time slams Polly shoulder-first into the corner.
The crowd realizes what’s happening and cheers.
“3!”
Glory stumbles a bit but forces herself forward to the last corner before
slamming her hand down atop of it.
“4!”
Polly pulls herself out from the corner where she had been slammed shoulder
first into the corner and leaned back into the corner clearly frustrated as
“Immortal” begins to play once more.
Phillips: “And the winner of this contest, Glory Braddock!”
Glory falls into the ropes and raises one arm up. She appears to be bruised
where the strap had hit her at one point. The crowd cheers as she balances
herself and steps toward the center of the ring.
Sharper: “Glory manages to pull through where it looked like on at least two
occasions Polly was going to take it from her! This was a highly competitive
contest here tonight.”
Knots: “Both of them getting whipped like dogs. Hopefully, this fulfills that
idea of revenge Glory had from being trapped in a crate.”
The
scene fades to black.
We open up at the SCW
Headquarters. The sounds of phones ringing and people talking is broken up by a
shot into the office of SCW Founder, Mr. D. We then hear a buzz as Mr. D looks
around and then looks at the phone in the room. He presses a button.
Mr. D: “Yes?”
Sasha: “Dad….can I talk to you?”
Mr. D: “Oh yeah. Of course!”
Sasha: “I’ll be right in.”
A few moments pass before Sasha walks into the office. Sasha
walks to the desk and sits down across from him.
Sasha: “So enjoying things.”
Mr. D: “Of course! Comfortable chairs, big office, nice
day, a visit from my daughter.”
Sasha: “Well I’m here on business. Next year, big deal,
Rise to Greatness XX. What do you think about returning to Toronto for it?”
Mr. D: “I love it! Would be great to return to the Skydom-“
Sasha: “Come on dad, you know it’s not called that
anymore. It’s the Rogers Centre.”
Mr. D: “True, but when we were there for the first one,
it was. You know what else happened since then.”
Sasha: “What?”
Mr. D: “Four different presidents of the United States.
Yeah….several football scandals. Social Media became a
thing. Facebook didn’t exist!”
Mr. D shakes his head.
Mr. D: “I remember making business deals over this MSN
thing.”
Sasha: “Now we just text and have apps for that.”
Mr. D: “Back then, apps were what you had before dinner
at a restaurant!”
Sasha: “I know, I know.”
Mr. D: “What a time it was. Back in 2004, the first Rise
to Greatness. Steve Griffin versus CHBK. Jason Zero was then Lestat
and officiating. Dean Black and Jay Gold hated each other. Mr. Showtime! Mono
Loco! The Relentless!”
Sasha: “The formative years. And since then, the talent
has just gotten bigger and better. Selena Frost, Syren,
Adam Allocco, Owen Lee, Holly Adams, GiGi Aries-“
Mr. D: “Twenty years ago, he wasn’t a problem either!”
Sasha: “Well a lot has changed since then. Except one
thing…”
Mr. D: “What’s that?”
Sasha: “SCW is still the symbol for the greatest
wrestling in the world.”
Mr. D: “You know what else?”
Mr. D reaches into his desk and pulls out a bottle of rye
and two glasses.
Mr. D: “We can toast to that!”
Mr. D pours some rye for both
and we cut forward to them cheering to their success. The Rise to Greatness
logo comes up on the screen.
“Rise to Greatness XX…July 2023…SCW returns home to
Toronto!”
The logo remains on the screen for a bit longer before we
cut back to the office. Sasha leans back in her chair.
Sasha: “There’s one other thing that’s changed, dad?”
Mr. D: “What’s that?”
Sasha: “Why are you in my office?”
Mr. D looks around and nods. He gets up and walks around
as Sasha gets up and spins around to be on the other side. They swap places as
the scene fades out.
Backstage,
we see Syren and Mr. D talking in Syren’s
locker room. Mr. D sits next to her as they talk.
Sharper:
“And this is interesting. Mr. D talking to Syren.”
Knots:
“Where’s Lexy?”
Sharper:
“Maybe looking for Ace?”
Knots:
“Probably. But still…”
Syren just
looks down as Mr. D says something to her, causing her to contemplate it. Syren turns to him and nods as the scene plays out for a
few more moments.
Kandis vs.
Datura
The opening of
"Whore" by In This Moment fills the arena as red and pink lights
swirl around...
{I'm the girl you've been thinking about, The one thing you can't live without
I'm the girl you've been waiting for
I'll have you down on your knees, I'll have you begging for more}
Kandis appears on the stage, a sultry smirk on her face as the crowd boos. She
turns and shows off her notorious rear end, swaying it back and forth...
{I can be, I can be your eve... ry... thing}
The lights dim as the music seems to pause a moment, then Kandis turns around,
arms spread and feet wide apart as vocalist Maria Brink shouts:
{I CAN BE YOUR WHORE!}
Kandis starts down the ramp as the rest of the chorus continues, the sway in
her hips ever present as she smirks at all the boos, even blowing sarcastic
kisses to the crowd.
Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall
and has a thirty minute time limit. First, from Santa Barbara California....
she is Kandis!”
{I am the dirt you created
I am your sinner, I am your whore
But let me tell you something, baby
You love me for everything you hate me for}
Kandis goes up the ring steps and enters the ring through the second and top
rope slowly, making sure to show off her ass. The heavy music fades out as
Kandis goes to her corner.
Sharper: “Kandis has been
fueled increasingly by her frustration and anger at anyone in her way. Simon
Lyman, Asher Hayes, Amy Chastaine, and now going to
be Datura.”
Knots: “And Datura is there
because she threw herself into Kandis’s way. The new unsanctioned champion. And
she’s just throwing herself into the danger zone!”
As the opening notes of Sleep
Token’s “The Offering” bounce around the arena, the lights go completely black.
Two blue lights on either side of the ramp suddenly burst onto the stage,
revealing clouds of fog billowing down the aisle. As the guitar begins to pick
up, the lights flicker on beat. As the drums finally kick in, and the music
explodes into intensity, Datura is noticeably absent.
Phillips: “Her opponent, from
Tampa, Florida, she is Datura!”
The music continues to play
for a few moments before we suddenly cut backstage where we see Datura down backstage
with Bree Lancaster and Jaina Lancaster checking on her. She can be seen to be
partially conscious as she looks around.
Bree: “Liz…stay down. Just stay
down.”
Jaina: “We need help!”
We see a couple of officials
heading over. We cut to the ring where Kandis smirks.
Sharper: “Oh my God…Datura
seems to have been attacked…”
Knots: “Kandis is just
smirking. Did she…”
Sharper: “Datura’s in no
condition to compete tonight…”
We cut backstage again as
Datura tries to get up.
Datura: “Have…Bree..-“
Bree: “Liz. Just stay down.
You may have a concussion.”
Datura: “Kandis-“
Bree: “Don’t worry about her.
Worry about you.”
Datura slinks down as
officials check on her. Bree stays with her as Jaina stands up. Back in the
ring, Kandis takes Jason Phillips’s microphone. The crowd boos as she walks
around the ring.
Kandis: “Well look what
happened. Someone found out!”
The crowd boos.
Kandis: “Datura got in my way
and well, I just did this the faster way. See…I’m not screwing around. I have
one thing on my mind…the World Championship! So…can we stop screwing me around?!”
Kandis looks around.
Kandis: “Huh?”
Kandis turns and looks at the
official.
Kandis: “Now…just raise my arm
and play my music!”
Kandis drops the microphone. “Whore”
plays throughout the arena and Kandis raises her arm. The official reluctantly
holds it up. Kandis looks around before smirking.
Sharper: “Kandis now just
declaring herself the winner-“
Knots: “Datura can’t compete.”
Sharper: “I don’t disagree. But
with that tactic.”
Kandis continues to enjoy the
moment before turning and exiting the ring. She drops down to the floor.
Knots: “At least she’s
efficient.”
Sharper: “Oh stop. Folks…we
have plenty to come tonight. Bree Lancaster is going to have to reset here.”
Knots: “Yeah, Adrenaline title
shot tonight. Rematch.”
Sharper: “And with Datura
down. Injured. Hurt.”
Kandis heads to the back and
smirks as she walks forwards to the curtain before suddenly, Kimberly Williams
runs out from the back. She nails Kandis with a hard right and another. The
crowd erupts as Kandis falls back and Kim nails her with a series of hard right
hands.
Sharper: “Kimberly Williams! Kim!
Attacking Kandis! And Kim and Datura have a long history. Hell, Kim and Datura
just had that war over the unsanctioned title to get Datura back to normal.”
Knots: “And Kandis setting it
back. You have to deal with this crazy! You’re finding
something else!”
The crowd cheers some more as
Kim nails her a few more times. She then gets up and turns around. Kandis rolls
over and looks up. Kim turns and nails her with a hard right and then another
before grabbing her and running her into the entrance set. Kandis staggers back
and rolls through. She starts to get up and turn as Kim turns and grabs her.
Kandis reaches up and rakes her eyes. She then hits a shoot kick to the chest
and then a spinning back kick to the ribs. Kim falls over. Kandis looks at her.
Kandis: “You want to find out
too.”
Kim: “Yeah!”
Kim reaches up and grabs
Kandis and Kandis and her both try to choke one another.
Kandis: “I still owe you for
that staple-“
Kim: “I have more!”
Kandis and Kim then ram each
other into the entrance set once and then again and then another time. They
then nearly throw each other off the stage. The crowd ohs and then Kandis knees
her in the ribs Kandis scoops Kim up and then steps forward, but Kim reaches up
and rakes her eyes. She drops down and hits the Morrigan’s Wrath. The crowd ohs
and Kandis falls over and turns. Officials come out and the crowd boos loudly.
Sharper: “A vicious fight.
Superkicks takes Kandis down.”
Knots: “After they both nearly
threw each other off the stage!”
Sharper: “Kim wants to keep
fighting!”
Kim gets up and officials push
her back. Kandis stirs as officials keep her back. A “Kim!” chant continues
before Kimberly Williams turns and walks right into Xander Valentine who steps
out from the back and grabs her by the throat. Kim looks at him. She tries to say
something before Xander hoists her up and drops her with a chokeslam on the
stage. The crowd ohs. A mixed reaction follows as Xander looks down at Kim. Kim
grimaces in pain.
Sharper: “Xander Valentine
just chokeslammed Kimberly Williams onto the steel.”
Knots: “Guess he’s not
convinced there’s not something more with Adam.”
Sharper: “Kim tried to say something,
but Xander so focused on that. Is this what Xander is…going to police anyone
tied to Adam Allocco? Is this how personal?”
Xander looks at Kim and then
turns back as Kandis smirks while officials keep her back
and the scene cuts away.
The scene opens
up with a shot of an arm being held up in the air. It the switches to
show a female arm, before cutting to show a different arm and then another and
another as the camera pans out to show an artists
rendering of past winner of the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal, flashing
between Ravyn Taylor, then Matt Hodges, before
cutting to CHBK, and then Adam Allocco, and then Damian Angel.
The camera pans around to show a
shot of James Exeter getting eliminated from the ring before showing Ace Marshall
mockingly standing in the ring smirking, and then cutting to a shot of Katie
Steward holding on for dear life, and Nicole Kinneck
clutching the bottom rope. Shots of Syren superkicking another individual before showing Shaun Cruze and James Evans fighting in the ring, followed by a
shot of Kelcey Wallace hitting the Perfect Fate on
someone in the ring and following a shot of Shilo
Valiant leaning against the ropes, before cutting to Jason Zero standing
proudly in the middle of the ring.
The shot then abruptly cuts out
to show flashing shots representing the many individuals on the SCW roster
currently raising their arm in victory before the Taking Hold of the Flame logo
comes up on the screen.
“Who will win?
SCW presents…Taking Hold of the Flame,
live on Sunday, June 4, 2023, only on pay per view…”
The scene fades to black.
Adam
Allocco vs. Pro Kinneck
The arena lights shutter off.
A single beam of golden light is cast down onto the center of the stage,
accompanied by a loud bass rumbling from the sound system. A light snowfall of
sliver confetti falls within the pillar of light. The rough guitar chords of
'Wired' by JJ Wilder strike the sound system. Adam steps out, head hung low,
into the light. He slowly looks up, a blinding flash
of light accompanies him dropping down onto his knee. He raises his arms,
almost as if he's calling out to God.
“Fast cars good life what you waiting for?
Grow up perfect life knocking at your door
I’ve been working for myself since seventeen
Taking orders getting low on self-esteem”
Adam stands up and shoots a pose where he flexes his biceps before kicking his
foot up into the air and swinging towards the ramp. He saunters down slowly,
while he cocks a wily smile toward any nearby cameras. He forms a triangle with
both hands.
Phillips: “The following
contest is scheduled for onefall and has a thirty minute time limit. First, from Rochester, New York,
he is the Renaissance Man, Adam Allocco!”
“Wake up, same clothes, off I go to hell again
Making money, sinking when I’m trying to swim
I’m tired but I know a guy that has a cure for that
I’m wired, that’s the only way that I stay golden….”
Adam struts up the ring steps, now whipping his jacket to reveal his rehabbed
midsection, then posing once more against the ropes out on the apron. He kicks
up and over and lands on his feet. He tosses the jacket to the referee
nonchalantly.
“There’s something better than this
I crack my teeth, bite down and grab it
Need something better than this
Break through the prison of my habits”
Adam immediately heads over to a corner and forms the triangle hand gesture
again.
Sharper: “Adam Allocco, as
arrogant as ever, but also someone who keeps finding himself in trouble. First
Xander, then Owen Cruze, then getting caught in
Kimberly Williams’s Trios cash-in and now, after attacking Dancing Bear and Pro
Kinneck, Allocco is in Pro’s sights.”
Knots: “And he keeps acting
like he doesn’t understand why. You’re an asshole
Adam! You were proud of it, and it’s all starting to catch up to you!”
The lights go out in the arena
as Ducky’s giggles and laughter fill the air. The crowd’s cheers come alive as
few groups begin to quack.
The speakers crackle before a woman’s voice washes over them.
“It’s my turn—
—do you see me now?”
Red strobe lights flicker and illuminate the entrance
way as smoke wraps around a woman’s flickering silhouette. On the tron above her in bold red font flashes:
{ { { PRO } } }
The crowd roars as “Bow Down” by I Prevail rips through the speakers.
“GET ON YOUR KNEES
AND
BOW
DOOOOOOWWNN”
Kinneck throws her head forward, stirring up the
smoke as she whips her hair back and into a headbang before punching her fist
into the air.
“YEEEAHHH!”
She burst through the smoke yelling the lyrics towards the crowd as she makes
her way down the ramp in her tight black wrestling outfit. A few fans sharing
their love for the song scream the lyrics back at her as if they were at a
concert. The One walks out with her.
Phillips: “His opponent, from
St. Louis, Missouri, accompanied by The One, she is Pro Kinneck!”
”Yeah, I come alive, I'll survive, take on anything
So paint a target on my back, let 'em come for me-”
She grazes past a few desperate hands reaching out for her at the bottom of the
ramp before hopping onto the apron. She holds on to the top rope and leans out
towards the crowd as she flips them off with a smirk. There’s an uproar from
the crowd that makes her grin before sliding through the ropes.
”If you seek forgiveness
You'll get nothing, you'll get nothing from
ME”
Kinneck runs across the ring and hops up onto the
turnbuckle, thrusting her fist in the air to the final note of the song. Some
Farmstead fans boo loudly from the crowd as she hops back down to the mat. She
flashes a look of annoyance as she flips her hair back and rolls her eyes. She
shakes her head and backs into her corner. The One walks around the ring. Adam
points at her and snaps at her. The One snaps back.
Sharper: “The One joining
Nicole Kinneck out here. They’ve developed an alliance
over the last couple of months.”
Knots: “There’s some respect
there or something. And Adam is already jawing at The One. You’re facing Pro!”
Sharper: “Allocco clearly
trying to make himself the centre of attention. No shock there.”
Allocco looks around as the
bell sounds and Pro runs right at Allocco as Allocco turns. He puts his hand
out, but Pro just blasts him in the head with a hard right. The crowd erupts. Kinneck nails Allocco again and again and again. Adam
covers up as Pro keeps hammering away on his bald skull.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Pro turns and walks around the
ring as Allocco drops and falls through the ropes to
the apron and then the floor. He winces a bit as he holds his head. (1) He
walks around the steel steps and stops before seeing The One. (2) He snaps at
her before turning to the ropes as Pro just throws herself through the ropes
and onto Allocco with a suicide dive.
Sharper: “Pro to the air!”
Knots: “Launching herself. All
aggression!”
Sharper: “Aggression may still
be putting it lightly!”
Kinneck rolls through as The One smirks, watching. (1) Allocco rolls over, reaching out and
rolling over. He gets up and Kinneck runs up behind
him and drills him in the back. Allocco falls into the steel steps and rolls
over in pain. (2) The crowd roars. Allocco rolls over as Pro paces a bit.(3) She then walks over to Allocco who looks up, a cut
opening on his forehead and blood streaming down his face.(4) Allocco starts to
get up and turns as Pro drills him with a hard right.(5) Allocco staggers and
Nicole nails him again. Allocco turns and rolls into the ring. Pro slides in
after. Allocco pops up to his feet and drops to a knee before getting back up.
Sharper: “Pro is wearing out
Allocco! Allocco even busted open!”
Knots: “Practically mugging
him. Don’t piss off Pro!”
Allocco turns and Pro runs at
him and just throws herself into him, tackling him down. Kinneck
turns and mounts him and nails him with repeated right hands. The crowd roars
as Allocco tries to cover up. Kinneck gets shot after
shot after shot in before getting up and walking around the ring. Allocco rolls
over, his blood dripping to the mat, crawling to the ropes. He starts to get up
and staggers up and Pro turns and runs at him again, but this time, Allocco
catches her and hits a T-Bone suplex. The crowd ohs
as Pro hits the mat and rolls through. Allocco sits up and looks out and takes
a few deep breaths. The One looks on.
Sharper: “Allocco catching
Pro. Finally getting some offense.”
Knots: “And using a huge suplex to get some distance and impact.”
Sharper: “Allocco right now
just realizing how this is all turning out.”
Knots: “Yeah. You can claim
this is Xander. This aint Xander, Adam!”
Pro starts to get up, wincing
a bit as Adam gets up and turns and watches her before running at her and
clotheslining her down. Pro hits the mat. She rolls over and Allocco walks over
and stomps her in the side once and then again and again before stepping on her
head and grinding the sole of his boot into the side of her head.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Allocco steps off and backs
up. Pro starts to pull herself up onto the apron and Allocco knees her in the
side of the head. The official has him get back and Allocco does, moving back
to the middle of the ring. Kinneck stands up and
Allocco runs at her and knees her in the back. Pro flies forward and into the
Spanish announce table, bouncing up and over the table into the announcers. The
crowd ohs.
Sharper: “Oh my! Kinneck! Launched.”
Knots: “The Spanish announce
table just got a Kinneck! Be careful with her! She
bites!”
Sharper: “Allocco buying more
time to slow this down.”
Allocco walks around the ring.
(1) Pro rolls over as The One heads around the ring.
Allocco tells her to get back. (2) He then even gets the official to see her.
(3) The One just glares at Allocco as Allocco stands in the ring. Kinneck crawls around the table, clearly in pain. (4) She
looks at the ring and then crawls to it. (5) She uses the ring skirt to pull
herself up and then rolls into the ring. Allocco stomps her in the chest before
doing so again. He grabs her and pulls her up before hitting a fisherman’s suplex. He holds on and smirks before swivelling his hips
and pulling her back up again. He then hits a second fisherman’s suplex. He holds up two fingers before dragging her up
again. He hits a third fisherman’s suplex and holds
up three fingers. Allocco swivels his hips and pulls her back up. He holds up
four fingers before hoisting Pro up but Pro struggles and fights before Allocco
knees her in the ribs. He hoists her up and then drops her violently over the
top rope. The crowd ohs.
Sharper: “Allocco now clearly
feels he’s in control. A series of fisherman’s suplexes.”
Knots: “And he’s showing he
can count.”
Sharper: “Before just dropping
Pro on the top rope the moment she resisted.”
Allocco runs along the ropes
and smirks as he just boots Pro in the head. She drops back into the ring with
a thud. The crowd boos as Allocco looks around. He then grabs her and drags her
up. Allocco looks at her before hooking her head for an exploder suplex. Allocco then pulls her away from the ropes, before Kinneck suddenly starts to bite Allocco’s forehead. She
even jumps up to get a better angle. Allocco yells out. The crowd cheers. Allocco
then muscles her over with an overhead belly to belly suplex.
Kinneck rolls over and stirs as Allocco turns,
touching her head. He gets up and moves to Kinneck
who starts to grab the official. Allocco tells him to get away before Kinneck and Allocco shove him back. He turns and falls to a
knee as Pro buries her right hand with a hard right to the downstairs of
Allocco. Allocco’s eyes widen as he falls to his knees and bends over in pain.
Sharper: “Oh my! A low blow! A
vicious low blow!”
Knots: “I’ve never seen
someone try to low blow someone by trying to drive their fist clean through
them!”
Kinneck gets up and looks at him and
runs into the ropes. She bounces off and kicks him hard in the ribs. Allocco
falls back to his back. Kinneck then dives onto him
and mounts him, nailing him with lefts and rights. The official turns back and
calls for the break.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Kinneck pushes off and snaps at the
official. She then walks around the ring. Allocco rolls over, the blood flowing
again from his wound. He looks up and Kinneck runs
over and jumps up and hits a running senton backsplash right to his head and
neck. The crowd ohs. Kinneck rolls him over and bites
him in the forehead again. Allocco yells in pain.
Sharper: “She’s biting him
again!”
Knots: “How do you defend
this?”
Sharper: “That’s just how
she’s wired-“
Knots: “No, I mean
strategically. How about go into a ball and collapse into the fetal position?!”
1!
2!
3!
4!
Kinneck pulls away, blood dripping
down her face. She looks at the camera as the crowd roars. She then turns and
looks around before turning to Allocco who starts to get up and Kinneck runs at him, but Allocco jumps up and hits the
Hangover. The crowd ohs. Allocco falls back and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Kinneck gets her shoulder up. Allocco
looks up and turns and starts to get up. Kinneck
rolls over and Allocco grabs her and pulls her in and hoists her up before
dropping her with a vicious snap powerbomb. The crowd ohs.
Sharper: “Good God. A violent
powerbomb. Allocco made sure to get all that impact.”
Knots: “And Kinneck may be out. Pro can’t protect from that.”
Allocco shrugs and drops down
for the pin.
1!
2!
Kinneck pulls on his arm, getting her
shoulder up. Allocco yells out and Kinneck slides out
from the kimura lock and into a hammerlock and then hits Pro’s Revenge to the
side of Allocco’s head. Allocco rolls over and staggers up, stunned. Kinneck then turns and drills him with a throat punch.
Allocco struggles and coughs and Kinneck runs into
the ropes as Allocco turns and grabs the official and throws him down. He then
drops to the mat. The crowd boos as the official, with no choice, calls for the
bell. Nicole stops as the crowd boos louder. Allocco crawls to the apron and
then to the floor. The One then storms around the ring. Allocco gets up as The
One stands in his way.
Phillips: “Here is your
winner, via disqualification, Nicole Kinneck!”
Sharper: “Allocco just
cowardly in throwing the official down. No choice but to disqualify him.”
Knots: “Yeah, well he’s
avoided Pro there…but there’s The One!”
Kinneck looks at The One when Allocco
looks at The One. The crowd roars as The One looks at Allocco. Allocco backs up
a bit and glances at the ring before suddenly, The One is grabbed from behind
and spun around. The One turns and goes to strike the man before we find it to
be Jarvis Valentine! Adam steps away and turns and bolts to the back. Kinneck looks at the ringside area.
Sharper: “Is that? Jarvis
Valentine?”
Knots: “What the hell is he
doing?”
The One looks at him confused
before Valentine smiles, pulling out a notepad.
Jarvis: “Finally, can find out-“
The One shoves him back as Kinneck drops down and runs after Allocco. Allocco bolts to
the back as Kinneck runs after. The One runs after Kinneck as Jarvis turns and looks at them before jogging
after them. The crowd looks on buzzing as the scene cuts away.
Xander
Valentine is shown watching the monitor with Artemis, grunting, and turning
before stopping as Angelica Jones stands across from him.
Xander:
“What do you want?”
Angelica:
“Is there anything she can do to prove to you she has no allegiance to that
leech?”
Xander:
“Anyone who even considers collaborating with him is guilty.”
Angelica:
“Look, I get what he did was abhorrent. As a parent, and as a person who has
done some terrible things….”
Xander:
“You are not him.”
Angelica:
“And Kim is not his ally. Outside of a weird relationship…like yours with
Nicole…from Trios…”
Xander:
“Not the same.”
Angelica:
“What will prove otherwise? Seems like the board did not want to give Kim something
and she had to cause trouble tonight. Not that Kandis didn’t deserve it. You
should’ve had something too, but-“
Xander:
“There is nothing-“
Angelica:
“So this is all the Executioner is? The trope of his own nickname, divining
judgement and letting that waste of space waste you too…I thought you had
bigger aims.”
Xander:
“I do. And we’re done.”
Xander
and Artemis walk off as Angelica sighs and watches them leave as the scene cuts
back to the ring.
Bree
Lancaster vs. Syren
SCW
Adrenaline Championship
The lights dim slightly as a
male voice speaks:
“When's the last time you were afraid?”
“I haven't been afraid a day in my life.”
The music and chorus of Shinedown's “Dead Don't Die” kicks in, with white
strobe lights flashing in time. Bree Lancaster steps out from the curtain, trying
to reset herself as she steps forward. She jumps up and down before stretching
out and then extending her arms. Her SCW Television Championship is around her
waist.
Phillips: “The following
contest is scheduled for onefall, has a thirty minute time limit, and is for the SCW Adrenaline
Championship! First, the challenger, from New Orleans, Louisiana, she is the
SCW Television Champion, Bree Lancaster!”
{The dead don't die, the heart still beats
Head held high, I haunt these streets
Life's killed me a hundred thousand times
You can try, you can try, but the dead don't die}
Bree makes her way down the ramp, trying to regain her confidence in her step.
{Knock me down six feet deep
One more round, no reprieve
Life's killed me a hundred thousand times
You can try, you can try, but the dead don't die}
Bree sprints up the ring steps, quickly wipes her feet on the apron then steps
through the ropes. She does a spin in the center of the ring, arms spread out
like before, drawing cheers. She then heads to her corner as the music fades
and the lights return to normal. She paces a bit.
Sharper: “Bree Lancaster out
here and clearly some concern for her. Datura showing her fight earlier, but Datura
also stood up for Bree. And this relationship is taking its toll on both.”
Knots: “Datura physically,
Bree emotionally. Datura just wants to help Bree. Wants to ensure she has
purpose. But well, now, Bree has to reset. You’re
facing Syren for the Adrenaline Title. Things are
going to be tough and that was if you were focused!”
Sharper: “And this is,
shockingly, the first time these two have ever faced one on one. And it’s for
the Adrenaline Championship!”
The lights in the arena plunge
into darkness. A pulsing sound plays out across the PA system as the fans
cheer. We cut to the backstage area where we see a tour bus with Syren’s logo on the side. Syren
walks out in her full ring gear, complete with black ring jacket and pink
halter-top/black tights. She begins walking into the arena as we cut back to
inside to see the fans reacting. “Groupie” by Cassie Steele then hits as we see
one of the doors opening and Syren walking through.
She pauses to take in the atmosphere before walking down toward the ring. The
SCW Adrenaline Championship sits around her waist. Lexy Chapel walks with her,
pointing at her, flashing her managerial license too.
Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
DARK FANTASY
Syren walks down the walkway to the
crowd barricade before walking around and through the timekeeper’s area. She
jumps up onto the apron before climbing the turnbuckles on the outside and
waving her hands to get the fans fired up. As the camera gets closer to her,
she shouts at the camera before pointing out at the fans. Lexy then steps
forward and shouts at the camera too.
Phillips: “Her opponent, accompanied
by Lexy Chapel, hailing from Los Angeles, California, she is the reigning and
defending SCW Adrenaline Champion, this is SYREN!”
Syren smiles before leaping over
the top rope and posing in the ring with both her arms outstretched. She
screams before taking off her ring jacket and throwing it over the top rope
toward the timekeeper’s table. She climbs up on the middle rope, posing for a
moment before jumping back down and standing in her corner as her music fades
out. She hands off her title to Steve Hollinsworth who takes the title and
holds it over his head. He turns and hands it off as the SCW Adrenaline
Championship logo comes across the screen. Lexy starts to chant “Syren” as Syren shakes her head
and looks across at Bree.
Sharper: “Lexy Chapel leading Syren to the ring. Guess this is the case – she is part of LexyCorp.”
Knots: “For better or worse.
And I don’t know what. But Syren better know what she’s doing. Both could be distracted in more ways
than one!”
Sharper: “We should note we’re
happy to hear Bree Lancaster’s son has returned home after a lengthy stay in
the hospital. We hope only for the best of health for the little guy. And Bree
is hoping to hold her Adrenaline Title again.”
The bell sounds as the two
circle the ring. They lock up in the middle of the ring. Syren
turns into an arm wrench. Bree winces and Syren
wrenches the arm again before jerking on it. She then holds the arm up as Bree
rolls forward and bridges up before turning into a cartwheel and wrenching Syren’s arm. Syren winces as Bree
then pushes her into the ropes. She fires Syren off. Syren bounces off and Bree shoulders her down. Syren looks up as Bree turns into the ropes. She runs in
and bounces off. Syren drops down in front of her.
Bree hops over and bounces off the other side. Syren
then hits a drop toe hold. She moves into an achilles
lock, but Bree moves to the ropes. Syren holds on
briefly.
1!
2!
Syren lets go and backs up. Bree
looks up at her.
Sharper: “And Syren going for the leg. Perhaps hoping to ground Bree.”
Knots: “Not just that, but
we’ve seen Bree go for the legs too. Hard to lock in the Crescent Lock with a
bad leg too.”
Sharper: “Or get much impact
from the Classifier without the power generated from her legs.”
Bree gets up and Syren turns and walks over and forearms her. She pushes
Bree into the ropes and fires her off. Bree bounces off and Syren
drops down and goes to roll through for a hold, but Bree bridges up and sends Syren down forward. Bree moves and goes for the leg. She
then turns and locks in a knee bar. Syren moves to
the ropes, managing to get to the ropes before Bree can lock it in. The two
lock eyes.
1!
2!
3!
Bree rolls off and looks at Syren. Syren starts to get up.
The two watch each other before Syren steps up and
Bree drops down and grabs the leg of Syren and pulls
her away from the ropes and hits a single leg takedown. She holds up the leg
and then flips forward, jarring it. Syren rolls over
in pain. She starts to get up and Bree heads over to the left leg again, but Syren clubs her in the back. Syren
then pulls her down into a roll up into a Lou Thesz
Press cover.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. Both women get
up and Syren hits a headlock takedown. She keeps Bree
down.
1!
Bree rolls her shoulder up and
starts to fight up to her feet.
Sharper: “Syren
thinking quick after Bree started to focus on the leg herself.”
Knots: “We may be seeing a
very different style Adrenaline Title match her to say the least.”
Bree slowly gets up, Syren still holding on. Bree pulls Syren
back to the ropes and fires her off. Syren bounces
off the other end and Bree just leans into her with a shoulder tackle. The two
bounce off one another, but remain on their feet. They
look at each other and Syren then lunges up as Bree
lunges for the leg, but Syren hits a sunset flip.
1!
2!
Bree brings her legs together,
breaking the pin. She rolls back. Syren does too. Syren gets up and Bree hits a single leg takedown. Bree
steps out, but Syren kicks her in the stomach. Bree
stumbles back. Syren rolls back and then uses her
feet to push off and right into Bree who goes to grab her, but Syren counters with a crucifix pin.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. Both get up
and Bree goes for a clothesline. Syren ducks and both
run into the ropes. They bounce off and Bree goes for a spear. Syren jumps over and steps forward, limping. She turns
around and Bree then hits a sitout jawbreaker. Syren falls back into the corner.
Sharper: “And the pace
quickening as Syren going defensive on the leg. But
Bree caught her with the jawbreaker.”
Knots: “Stunned her. Too bad
she can’t hit the jawbreaker on Lexy. It would be quieter out here.”
Bree then steps up and hits a
back elbow. She then hits another before whipping Syren
across the ring. Syren hits the corner and Bree runs
across and hits a running body splash. Syren stumbles
out and falls to the mat. Bree dives for the pin.
1!
2!
Syren kicks out. Bree gets up as Syren stirs. She gets up and Bree kicks her in the ribs.
Bree hooks Syren by the head and arm and hits a
vertical suplex. Bree gets up and hits an elbow drop.
She goes for a lateral press.
1!
2!
Syren kicks out. Both turn and
stir. Bree walks over to Syren who elbows her in the
ribs. Bree winces as Syren looks over as Bree lunges
to grab her, but Syren hits a back elbow to the jaw.
Bree falls to a knee. Syren runs into the ropes
behind her and runs at Bree, hitting a running leg drop bulldog to Bree. Bree
rolls over. Syren hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Bree gets her shoulder up. Bree
turns as Syren grabs her and pulls her up.
Sharper: “Syren
driving Bree into the mat. Only gets two.”
Knots: “But gets her control
and right now, that may be better. Bree also stopped going for the leg for a
bit there.”
Sharper: “And as the adrenaline,
no pun intended, gets going…that only helps Syren.”
Syren scoops Bree up and slams her
down. She hits the Blonde Satisfaction. She goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. Syren gets up and moves to the ropes. Bree stirs and Syren runs at her and hits a dropkick. Bree falls back into
the corner, landing awkwardly. She turns, grabbing at the ropes, pulling
herself up. Syren then gets up and runs at her and
forearms her in the jaw. She then pulls her up and hits a DDT. Syren gets up and runs to the ropes, jumping to the middle
rope and diving back with another leg drop. She hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Bree gets her shoulder up.
Bree rolls over and Syren grabs her and pulls her up.
She then places her head between her legs. She hoists her up and places her on
her shoulders for a powerbomb. Bree leans forward and Syren
falls back. Bree turns and takes Syren up and over
the top rope with a frankensteiner and both fall to
the floor.
Sharper: “Bree shifted her
weight. She takes Syren up and over.”
Knots: “And if it’s next month
in the Taking Hold of the Flame, then both are eliminated. Here, they’re on the
floor-“
Sharper: “And no countouts in Adrenaline Championship matches.”
Bree rolls over as Syren winces in pain. Lexy looks on and tells Bree to get
away from her. Bree ignores her and slowly pulls herself up. Syren stirs too and Bree nails her with a forearm. Syren falls back. Bree pulls herself onto the apron. She
then looks at Syren as Syren
gets up and runs along the apron and somersaults off onto the champion. The
crowd roars.
Sharper: “And a flip dive as
Bree Lancaster dives off the apron onto Syren.”
Knots: “And Syren did not see it coming. Bree landed hard on her face
and shoulder.”
Bree rolls over as Syren turns. Bree turns and grabs her and pulls her up and
rolls her into the ring. Syren rolls over and starts
to stir. Bree turns and climbs up to the apron and then up to the top rope. The
crowd roars as Syren looks up at Bree who dives off
with a missile dropkick. Syren backflips through to
her stomach from the impact. Bree crawls over as Lexy looks on concerned. Bree
hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Syren gets her shoulder up. Syren rolls over as Bree gets up and grabs her and pulls
her up. She then kicks her in the left knee. Syren
winces and Bree then drops down and grabs her knee and hits a kneebreaker. Syren falls to the
mat. Bree then grabs the left leg and flips forward. Syren
grimaces in pain.
Sharper: “And back to the leg.
Back to the knee.”
Knots: “So she didn’t forget.”
Sharper: “I don’t think either
of these two forget when they’re in the ring. Two of the most decorated in SCW
history.”
Bree turns and grabs at the
leg of Syren and then lifts it up. Syren kicks at her a few times before Bree drops down with
a knee drop to the inside of Syren’s leg. Bree gets
up and turns through to go for the Crescent lock or a figure four, but Syren reaches up and grabs her. She takes her over with a
small package.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. Both get up
and Bree turns and goes for a basement dropkick. Syren
however steps up and dodges and then steps over, grabbing Bree while she slides
on her stomach and goes for a camel clutch. Bree fights and pulls Syren down to her stomach. Bree then steps over and pulls
up on the legs of Syren, locking in a Boston crab!
Sharper: “Boston Crab. Syren fought, but now the extra pressure on the knee, the
lower back.”
Knots: “More like a New
Orleans Crayfish!”
Syren grimaces in pain as Bree
leans back. The crowd cheers for her as Lexy runs around the ring. She goes to
lean on the ropes, but Syren snaps at her. Lexy backs
up as Bree keeps leaning back. Syren grimaces in pain
and then grabs at the left leg of Bree. She twists herself a bit as Bree
glances back and Syren then nails Bree in the back of
the leg once and then again and again. Bree falls over. The crowd ohs. Syren then pulls herself, crawling under the ropes and to the
apron. Bree gets up and turns as Syren slingshots
herself over the top rope and grabs Bree and hits the Golden Blonde. Bree pops
up and falls over toward the middle of the ring. Syren
grimaces, grabbing at her left knee. She turns and crawls over and covers Bree.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. She turns as Syren slowly gets up.
Sharper: “Syren
got the two. The slingshot Golden Blonde.”
Knots: “But may have put more
impact on that knee. I get wanting to do damage.”
Sharper: “And maybe realized
that she needed to go hard for it. But only a two.”
Syren gets up and limps as Bree
slowly gets to a knee and then stands up only for Syren
to hits an enziguri kick. Bree falls to the mat. Syren turns and moves to the corner. She flexes her leg
briefly before climbing up to the middle rope and then up to the top rope
before diving back with a corkscrew moonsault onto
Bree. She turns and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Bree counters with a crucifix
pin.
1!
2!
Syren kicks out just in time. Both
get up and Syren goes for a kick to Bree with her
left leg, but Bree catches it and hits the Twisted Ambition. The crowd ohs. Syren grabs at her leg. Bree rolls through for the pin.
Sharper: “Leg lace! Syren hurt!”
Knots: “And Bree hooking the
other leg!”
1!
2!
Syren rolls her shoulder up. She
rolls over and away from Bree. Bree gets up and moves towards Syren as she starts to get up and Bree kicks her in the
ribs and the kicks her in the left leg. Syren falls
back into the corner. Bree follows up with a shoulder to the ribs and then
another and another before hoisting her up and placing her on the top
turnbuckle. Bree then grabs her and climbs up to the middle rope and then the
top rope. She glances back and jumps up and hits a top rope frankensteiner.
The crowd ohs. Bree crawls over and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Syren shoots her shoulder up in
time. The crowd ohs. Bree looks out and then turns and moves to the leg. She
then grabs at the right leg of Syren and spins
through and goes for the figure four. She drops down, locking it in. The crowd
roars.
Sharper: “Figure four locked
in.”
Knots: “And if she bridges
up!”
Sharper: “She’s trying.”
Lexy paces on the floor as she
reaches out, trying to grab at Syren’s arms. Syren however brings her arms in as Bree bridges up. She
tries first and drops down. She then bridges up again and winces, gritting her
teeth.
Sharper: “Syren
didn’t do enough damage to the leg. Bree able to get up.”
Syren yells in pain as she grabs at
her face. She then starts to try and move, reaching out for the ropes. Lexy
brings her arms in, pacing some more as Syren keeps
trying to get closer and closer. Bree keeps bridging up every time Syren moves and Syren stops. The official checks on her. Syren shakes her head no. She bites on her finger as she
lets out a yell and shimmies a bit more and then again and touches the bottom
rope before grabbing it. The crowd roars.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Bree lets go and rolls over.
She rolls over in pain. Syren winces and keeps
pulling herself closer to the ropes. She grimaces in pain. Lexy checks on her
as Syren nods. Bree then turns and walks over to Syren. She clubs her in the back and then again. She grabs
her and hooks up for a suplex of some sort. Syren however holds onto the ropes. Bree tries again and Syren elbows her in the jaw once and then again. Bree
stumbles back and then turns as Syren hits the
Bittersweet Ending and falls to the mat. Bree falls back in the middle of the
ring. Syren clutches at her leg.
Sharper: “Syren
hit the superkick! Shades of CHBK! Shades of Lexy’s father.”
Chapel: “Really?!”
Syren grimaces as Bree starts to
stir.
Knots: “Lexy didn’t miss
that.”
Sharper: “Hasn’t missed much.
She’s tried to help Syren, but Syren
has refused any additional interference.”
Bree rolls over as Syren pulls herself up to her feet. Bree gets up. Syren walks over and kicks her in the ribs. She forearms
her in the jaw once and then again before Bree shoves her back. Syren falls to the ropes. She bounces off and Bree hits the
BOGO. Syren stumbles back and through the ropes to
the apron. Bree turns and runs over to her and Syren gets and elbow up. Bree stumbles back. Syren then springboards to the top rope and attempts the
Beauty Spot, but Bree ducks. Syren lands on and
grimaces, limping forward. She turns forward and Bree grabs the leg and takes
her down. She goes for another Crescent lock, but Syren
kicks her off. Bree hits the ropes and bounces off and Syren
takes her over with an inside cradle.
1!
2!
Bree kicks out. Both get up
and Bree hits an inside cradle of her own.
1!
2!
Syren kicks out. Both get up and
Bree then spins around Syren and jumps up for the
Rectifier, but Syren shrugs her off. Bree spins back
and into the ropes before turning around as Syren
goes for another Bittersweet Ending, but Bree catches the leg and then dragon
screws her toward the ropes. Syren falls through and
holds onto the ropes, ending up on the apron.
Sharper: “Another dragon screw
and again, Syren in trouble.”
Knots: “Bree relentless. Bree
making Syren fight and hang on and I don’t think she
has much left!”
Sharper: “Syren
on the apron. Hanging on…”
Bree turns and gets up and
grabs her and nails her with a forearm and then another. Syren
elbows her in the side of the head. Bree spins around and then turns and
shoulders Syren in the ribs. She pops up and just
barely holds on. Bree then rears back and goes again, but Syren
sidesteps and jumps up and hits a leg drop to the back of Bree’s head. Bree
falls back into the ring. Syren then pulls herself up
and grimaces in pain as she springboards to the top rope, landing on one leg,
before diving off and hitting the Blondeton Bomb!
Sharper: “Syren!
Blondeton Bomb! After the leg drop to the back of the
head.”
Knots: “Cover!”
Syren goes for the pin.
1!
2!
3!
The crowd roars and cheers as
the bell sounds. Syren rolls off to her side,
clutching her leg.
Phillips: “Here is your
winner, via pinfall, and STILL SCW Adrenaline Champion, Syren!”
Sharper: “Syren
retains in a hell of a match. Bree Lancaster did a number on her leg, but Syren gutted it out.”
Knots: “Bree’s technical skill
did the damage. Syren’s heart just outlasting. And
here we are!”
Sharper: “Syren
retains, pinning the SCW Television Champion to retain the Adrenaline Title
here at Playing the Wildcard!”
Syren slowly stirs as Lexy enters
the ring. She takes the Adrenaline Championship from the official and turns and
hands it to Syren. Syren
takes it and Lexy raises her arm. Syren steps up and
falls to the ropes, wincing in pain. Lexy keeps holding her arm, pointing at Syren and then the Adrenaline Championship. Syren limps forward as Bree stirs. Syren
then starts to move toward Bree, limping. Bree leans back at the ropes. Syren walks over to her, limping noticeably. Syren then extends her arm at Bree. Bree looks at her. She
then reaches out and nods as the two shake hands. Syren
then backs up as Lexy points to Syren some more.
Sharper: “Syren
winning tonight. You wonder if Bree Lancaster was taken off her game by
everything with Datura.”
Knots: “Either way, she looked
fine. She looked locked in. She had a plan and it nearly worked. Maybe that
extra shoulder thrust. A moment of predictability. I don’t know.”
Sharper: “With Syren, two people at their highest level.”
Knots: “And that’s it. Is it a
mistake or was it just Syren and Bree are evenly matched and Syren caught her.
Either way, Adrenaline Title in some good hands.”
Sharper: “But can we say the same
for the World Tag Team Championship?”
The Playing the Wildcard logo
comes up on the screen before a still for Ace Marshall & Ravyn Taylor vs. House of Frost follows.
Knots: “There’s a question.”
Sharper: “The House of Frost
have stood for integrity and were fighting Tag Team Champions prior to Kimberly
Williams’s Trios cash-in. Across the ring from them, Ace Marshall
and Ravyn Taylor…”
Knots: “Ace and Selena hold
the titles. Only one will after tonight.”
A recap video plays showing how
Ace Marshall and Selena Frost became Tag Team Champions, Selena’s frustration,
and the back and forth between the two teams.
The House
of Frost vs. Ace Marshall & Ravyn Taylor
SCW World
Tag Team Championship
An emergency siren begins to
go off, as a black and grey WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT appears on the
screen.
5
4
3-3-3-
"ADRENALIZE ME"
The crowd roars as "Adrenalize" begins to play throughout the
arena. Blue and green strobe lights begin spinning over the arena.
The crowd cheers as Ace Marshall steps out on stage. There are some boos
but it's mostly a cheerful reception. He raises his arms up at the top of the
stage, before casually strolling down the ramp. Lexy Chapel then steps out from
behind and walks up behind Ace, wrapping her arm around his waist. Ace pushes
away and steps forward before taking the SCW World Tag Team Championship belt
around his waist and holding it over his head. Chapel shows him off.
Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall
with a sixty minute time limit and is for the SCW World
Tag Team Championship! First, making his way to the ring, accompanied by Lexy
Chapel, he is one half of the SCW World Tag Team Champions, from Las Vegas,
Nevada, he is Ace Marshall!”
Ace slides into the ring under the bottom rope. He quickly walks over to the
corner and stands on the second turnbuckle before throwing his arms up once
more for the crowd. Chapel steps up and shows him off. Ace ignores her, dropping
down he casually leans back chewing what appears to be bubble gum. He extends
his arm, holding the World Tag Team Championship to Jennifer Cassidy, the
official. Lexy, instead, takes it and hands it to her.
Sharper: “Lexy Chapel back out
here. Syren retaining the Adrenaline Championship and
she was at ringside there. Meanwhile, Ace Marshall doesn’t really care about
her presence.”
Knots: “Hasn’t cared about
much. But he has to be in the ring. Konrad Raab is
around here somewhere.”
Sharper: “And Ace has ensured
things could be very chaotic. His partner is not particularly keen to wrestle
things straight up.”
The camera cuts to the crowd
where we see a group of red-shirted security walking in through one of the
ground-level entrances. They line up in front of the fans for a moment and seem
to be holding them back. Then the lights go out leaving the arena in complete
darkness. The screen fills with images of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s inaugural
address.
“So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to
fear is—”
There’s a record scratch before a deep voice fills the arena.
“INFAMOUS!”
The opening of “Open Your Eyes” by Guano Apes hits the PA system.
“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 we cut to the backstage. We
see Ravyn Taylor walking the corridors, accompanied
by Alexander Crowe. Ravyn has her ring-gear on, and
most notably her ring jacket. We can hear the boos from the live crowd as we
follow the duo walking backstage. We then cut to the shot of the doorway again
where we see Ravyn Taylor walk through. She pauses, a
smirk on her face for a moment, before beginning to walk to the ring.
Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
DARK FANTASY
We follow the group as they make their way down toward ringside, with security
keeping fans back in the aisles. Ravyn doesn’t seem
at all distracted by the noise and movement of people around her however,
keeping her eyes focused on the ring. She gets to the barricade and pauses.
Alexander Crowe grabs her by the arms and lift her up and over. She jumps down
the other side and smirks again as she starts to walk toward the ring. Lexy
Chapel just berates her from the ring. Ace smirks.
Phillips: “His partner, representing Infamous and being accompanied by
Alexander Crowe, hailing from Hell, Michigan, she is the Bad, Bad Girl, Ravyn Taylor!”
Ravyn steps up the ring steps, pausing for a moment
before encouraging Jason Phillips to walk over toward her. She points to the
ropes, telling him to sit on the middle rope to lower it for her. He hesitates
before doing exactly that, and she responds by vaulting over the top rope and
just smirking at him. She then casually removes her jacket, tossing it into the
corner before climbing the turnbuckles on the left camera side and looking out
toward the camera. She then turns and looks at Ace as Ace walks over and hugs
her with a huge smile on his face. Ravyn doesn’t
return it as Lexy just glares.
Sharper: “Ravyn
Taylor here and look, no matter what you say, she is one of the most celebrated
tag team wrestlers in SCW history. Dark Fantasy, alone, is one of the greatest
teams in SCW history. But her attitude to everything, with Ace Marshall trying
to take this all unseriously-“
Knots: “Oh, he was serious
about teaming with Selena. Selena said no, so Ace went for it. He picked an
ally. Ravyn Taylor! And Selena and Deanna have to deal with this!”
Sharper: “So does Lexy for
that matter? And just think – Lexy was out here with Syren
moments ago. And Syren and Ravyn
Taylor have had their issues!”
“BELIEVE IT!”
The sound of two women shouting the familiar phrase causes the fans to cheer
loudly as “Ignite” by Alan Walker and K-391 plays throughout the arena as
‘snow’ falls along the LED screens. From out the back walks Selena, holding her
SCW World Tag Team Championship belt, and Deanna Frost. As Selena stands on the
center part of the ramp, she watches as Deanna runs to the far left, the
redhead screaming her excitement to the fans before running to the far
right to do the same, a stream of bright red and orange ‘leaves’ following the
redhead on the LED screens below and behind them.
As Deanna reaches Selena, the Snow Queen turns to her side, raising her arm
towards the ring and her back arm towards the sky. With a smile, Deanna stands back to back with Selena, raising and lowering her own arm
to match Selena’s towards the ring, the ‘leaves’ circling around them. At the
same time, the Frost wives each stomp their front foot, sending a ‘crack’ along
the ‘ice’ to race down the ramp, the ‘leaves’ following it to circle around the
ring LED screens!
Phillips: “Their opponents, making their way to the ring, from Manhattan, New
York, they are ‘The Queen’s Guard’, Deanna Frost and, one half of the SCW World
Tag Team Champions, ‘The Snow Queen’, Selena Frost. Ladies and Gentlemen, they
are – The House of Frost!
Making their way down the ramp, their steps leaving ‘footprints’ in the ‘snow’,
Deanna rushes ahead to high-five members of the SCW Universe. Reaching the ring
first, Deanna slides in and jumps to the ropes, leaning over them with her arm
raised. She repeats this on the other side of the ring as Selena makes her way
up the stairs and into the ring.
Reaching the center, Selena lifts her hand up to give a twirl as the lights
form to make a massive snowflake under her. Stopping her spin and lowering her
hand back down, towards the audience, once again palm upright, a smirk graces
her lips, her other arm lifting to the sky once more as Deanna drops to her
knees and spins around to stop right in front of Selena, facing the audience as
Selena does and posing with her arms outstretched and a smile on her
face as the ‘leaves’ also encircle the two women over the snowflake. With a
slam of her foot, Selena causes the snowflake at their feet to “crack” as the
rampway did, the shards of ice and ‘leaves’ streaking out to all four corners
of the ring to shoot out blue and red sparkles of light as the lights return to
normal. Selena helps Deanna to her feet as the audience continue to cheer. They
turn, their faces changing, as they turn to Ace and Ravyn.
Ace walks over and extends his hand. Selena hands off her title to Cassidy and
backs up, joining Deanna.
Sharper: “Selena Frost and
Deanna Frost – their disposition changed. They are locked in.”
Knots: “They want two belts,
not one.”
Sharper: “And Ace extending
his arm. Good lord…”
Ace
smirks as Selena and Deanna speak to one another. Lexy looks at Ravyn as Alexander Crowe glances at her. Ravyn and Ace don’t talk as Ace steps to the apron only for
Ravyn Taylor to run over and nail Deanna from behind.
Deanna falls forward and through the ropes to the floor. The crowd cheers as Ravyn turns as the bell sounds and Selena nails Ravyn with a hard forearm and then another and another. The
crowd gives a mixed reaction as Selena pushes Ravyn
into the ropes and fires her off. Ravyn bounces off
and Selena steps up and elbows her down. Ravyn rolls
over and gets up, holding her face. Lexy cheers Selena on as Selena follows up and
chops Ravyn in the chest. The crowd woos.
Sharper:
“Selena fired up. Ravyn got the shot on Deanna. Deanna back up, but Ravyn
taking the beatdown early.”
Knots:
“Hope the shot was worth it!”
Selena
chops her again. More woos. Ravyn
thumbs her in the eye. The crowd gives a mixed reaction as Ravyn
spins Selena into the corner and forearms her in the jaw once and then again
and again before grabbing her and going to whip her across the ring. Selena
spins through and sends Ravyn across. Ravyn hits the opposite corner and bounces out and Selena
hits a dropkick. The crowd gives a mixed reaction again as Selena gets up and
turns and tags in Deanna. Ravyn turns and reaches for
Ace, but Selena grabs her leg and quickly grapevines it. Deanna enters and runs
into the ropes, bouncing off and hitting a diving elbow drop. The crowd cheers
a bit more. Selena lets go and rolls back as Deanna goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Ravyn kicks
out. Both women get up, Deanna first. Ravyn turns to
Deanna and Deanna knees her in the ribs once and then again before she snapmares her down.
Sharper:
“Deanna and Selena doing a number on Ravyn. Ravyn may have underestimated the Frosts and how focused
they are.”
Knots:
“Yeah and I can’t say it isn’t good to see this. Ravyn
needs to be humbled. Has for years.”
Deanna
runs into the ropes, bouncing off and nails Ravyn with
a diving forearm shot to the back of Ravyn’s head. Ravyn rolls over. Deanna goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Ace
breaks it up as Ravyn kicks out. Ace stomps Deanna
again as Selena steps in. Ace then steps up and hugs Selena, only for Selena to
knee him in the ribs. The crowd ohs as Ace rolls to
the floor, holding his ribs in pain. The crowd boos.
Sharper:
“Deanna doing well. Gets two. Ace enters and immediately tries to hug his co-champion.”
Knots:
“Yeah and Selena tells him to go screw himself.”
Selena
exits as Ace gets up. Lexy goes over to check on him as Ravyn
turns as Deanna grabs her. Ravyn then turns and hits
a drop toe hold. Ravyn gets up and hits an elbow
drop. She rolls off. Deanna stirs and starts to get up. Ravyn
runs into the ropes and bounces off, hitting a spinning clothesline. Deanna
hits the mat. Ravyn goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Deanna
kicks out. Ravyn turns and Ace pulls himself onto the
apron. He winces as Ravyn reaches over and tags him
in. Ace enters as Ravyn exits. Deanna turns and Ace
runs at her and clotheslines her down. Ace turns to Selena.
Ace: “You
wanted her, not me? WE BELIEVE! WE BELIEVE! WE BELIEVE!”
Selena
paces a bit on the apron, leading the official to tell Selena to return to the
corner. Deanna gets up as Ace forearms her in the jaw. The crowd starts to
chant for “Ace!” Selena looks around, shaking her head a bit as Ace forearms
Deanna again. Ace then hits a big beal out of the
corner as the crowd gives a mixed reaction.
Sharper:
“Divided reaction here. This crowd clearly cheering some for Ace, some for the
Frosts.”
Knots:
“Deanna launched. Some cheering for that.”
Sharper:
“Some cheering for Ravyn being controlled earlier.
This is going to be an interesting one.”
Deanna
moves to the corner. Ace walks over to her and knees her in the ribs once and then
again before pulling her out and whipping her across the ring. Deanna bounces
off the ropes and Ace goes to scoop her up, but Deanna spins through and lands behind
Ace and rolls him up into a pin.
1!
2!
Ace
kicks out. Deanna falls forward. Ravyn goes for a
hard right. Deanna blocks it and nails her with a guillotine drop. Ravyn falls to a knee. Deanna then backs up as Ace hooks
her up and hits a back suplex. He bridges up for the
pin.
1!
2!
Deanna
rolls her shoulder up as Selena runs in and stomps Ace in the head. Ace rolls
over. Selena gets another shot in before being told to exit. She does as the
crowd gives a very mixed reaction.
Knots:
“Just in case Ace thought any chance for a New House of Frost was in the cards!”
Sharper:
“Not at all. Selena just making a statement there. And
she wants nothing more, same for Deanna, to walk out as champion.”
Ace
gets up and turns to Deanna who grabs Ace and hits a jawbreaker. Ace falls to a
knee. Deanna then grabs Ace and pulls him over and reaches over and tags in
Selena. Selena enters as Ace goes to pull Deanna back, but Selena runs over and
kicks him in the ribs. They then whip him into the ropes. Lexy looks on
concerned as Ace bounces off and Deanna and Selena hit a double flapjack on
Ace. Deanna rolls away as Selena does too. Ace pops up and turns as Selena runs
at him and clotheslines him over the top rope to the floor. Ace goes up and
over and lands next to Lexy. Deanna and Selena walk around the ring as the crowd
cheers.
Sharper:
“Up and over. And what a clothesline. Selena put everything behind that.”
Knots:
“Lexy just got to feel Ace up-close and personal there. Probably the closest
they’ve been since he’s returned.”
Lexy
checks on Ace as Deanna exits the ring to the apron. Selena exits to the floor.
(1) She tells Lexy to get back. Lexy snaps at her to stay away as Ace rolls
over. Selena then places her head under his arm and rams him into the barricade.
(2) Lexy keeps snapping at Selena as Ravyn looks on.
Selena rams Ace into the barricade again. (3) She then turns and rolls him into
the ring. Selena slides in. Ace slowly gets up and Selena runs out and hits a
swinging neckbreaker. She turns and goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Ace
kicks out. Selena turns and tags in Deanna. Ace stirs as Selena hits a shoot kick to the chest. Deanna follows with a shoot kick of her own to his thigh and then the two hit a
dropkick, both to the side of the head, sandwiching it. Ace falls back. Lexy
keeps yelling as Deanna goes for the pin. Selena keeps guard.
Sharper:
“And the House of Frost, teamwork perfection. Double dropkicks downs Ace Marshall.”
Knots:
“Yeah and Ace now finding out that maybe being an asshole, being a troll, and
picking Ravyn, may need more!”
Sharper:
“Selena keeping watching. Ravyn just on the apron.”
1!
2!
Ace
gets his shoulder up. Selena backs up and exits. Deanna turns and starts to get
up as Ace stirs. Deanna forearms him in the jaw. She then hits a Russian leg
sweep. Deanna rolls through and exits to the apron.
She climbs up to the top rope. Lexy climbs onto the apron, only for Deanna to dive
off and nail her with a double axe handle smash. The crowd boos as Deanna looks
at Lexy before looking up at the crowd, only for Ace to grab her and hit an
Olympic slam to the middle of the ring. The crowd ohs and cheers. Ace turns and
gets up and hits a knee drop onto Deanna, ignoring Lexy entirely. Ace then goes
for the pin.
1!
2!
Deanna
kicks out. She rolls over and turns as Ace grabs her and pulls her up. Ace
elbows her in the back of the head once and then again before Deanna elbows him
in the ribs. Ace knees her again and goes for a double underhook. He hoists her
up, but Deanna counters with a hurricanrana!
1!
2!
Ace
kicks out. Deanna turns and tags in Selena. Selena
slingshots herself into the ring. Ace gets up and turns as Selena goes for a
clothesline. She runs across and nails Ravyn with a
forearm. Ravyn holds on. Selena turns around and Ace
hits a snap powerslam. He hooks the leg.
Sharper:
“Selena snapped over. Ace taking her down.”
Knots:
“Ravyn, when she gets in, she’s going to want some revenge.
But they’re keeping her out!”
Sharper:
“Pin though!”
1!
2!
Selena
kicks out. Ace looks up and turns and shakes his head at Selena. He grabs her
and pulls her up and hits a snap suplex. Selena rolls
over and starts to get up and Ace tags in Ravyn. Ace
then turns to Selena who suddenly grabs him by the head and arm and spins
around and causes him to go through the ropes to the floor right by the announce table. Deanna watches him go through and smirks.
Ace rolls through. Selena turns around and Ravyn
nails her with the Bust of Pallas! The crowd boos.
1!
2!
Selena
kicks out. The mixed reaction returns.
Sharper:
“Selena just kicking out! Ravyn got all of that Yakuza kick. Selena dropped. But only two.”
Knots:
“And all before Deanna notices. She was watching Ace here.”
Ravyn turns
and mounts Selena and nails her with a series of hard right hands. The crowd
gives a mixed reaction. Ravyn then gets up and walks
around the ring before suddenly running at Deanna and nailing her with a
running elbow to the jaw. Deanna falls off and down to the timekeeper’s table.
The crowd boos. Ravyn turns back and smiles before
Selena chops her. The crowd woos. She chops her again. More woos. Selena then
hits a shoot kick. The crowd gives a mixed reaction
and Selena then goes to whip her across. Ravyn hits
the opposite ropes and holds on and stops. Selena runs at her
and Ravyn hits a drop toe hold, driving her into the
middle rope. Selena grimaces and Ravyn then steps
over and wraps her leg around her head and presses down. Lexy sticks her tongue
out at Ravyn as the official calls for the break.
1!
2!
3!
4!
The
camera turns as Ace has a steel chair in his hand and nails Deanna in the back
as she gets up. The crowd ohs. Ravyn steps up as Ace
throws the chair down and rolls over. The official looks around confused,
hearing the sound, before Ravyn gets her attention.
Knots:
“What the?”
Sharper:
“Ace Marshall just hit Deanna Frost with a steel chair! He got it from under
the ring.”
Knots: “While Ravyn was choking out Selena on the
other side. There’s your teamwork there!”
Sharper:
“And you know what the Frosts have to think about
that? The chaos around the ring. They’ve been fighting this for months. For
years.”
Ace
turns and starts to walk around the ring. Cassidy turns to him
and Ace just waves at her, wincing a bit. Deanna stirs on the floor in pain. Ravyn turns and grabs Selena and hits the arm pull neckbreaker. Ravyn goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Selena
gets her shoulder up. Selena looks up as Ravyn then
grabs her arms and locks in a straightjacket chinlock. She pulls back as the crowd gives a mixed
reaction. Ace starts to clap, trying to get the fans behind him. Some clap,
some boo as Selena grimaces in pain and looks across, eyes darting, looking for
Deanna.
Sharper:
“Ravyn now just trying to wear down Selena.”
Knots:
“They’ve been so focused, fighting at that high intensity. Maybe hoping to sap
it all.”
Ravyn holds
on as Cassidy checks on Selena. Selena shakes her head. A faint “We Believe!”
chant starts as Ace then even joins in. Selena look
around, as Ravyn holds on. The chants grow as Selena
turns and gets to a knee. Ravyn keeps holding on and
Selena keeps fighting. She manages to get a bit more leverage and Selena flips Ravyn forward. Ravyn rolls
through. She gets up and turns and goes for a bicycle kick. Selena side steps
and hits a back leg sweep, taking Ravyn down. Selena
turns and goes to jump to the middle rope for a lionsault.
Ace spins around the ringpost and grabs her. Selena
jumps to her feet and nails him with a hard left. Ace falls to the apron. Ravyn then hits a school boy.
1!
2!
Selena
kicks out. Both get up and Ravyn steps up and Selena
lunges and goes for the Glass Shard, but Ravyn ducks
and Selena drills Jennifer Cassidy with the superkick. The crowd ohs as Selena
stops and looks stunned, seeing her target. The crowd ohs.
Sharper:
“Ravyn ducked. I don’t know if she wasn’t positioning
herself for that effect.”
Knots:
“Chaos benefits the challengers? The Ace Marshall/Ravyn
Taylor PG-13 Connection?”
Sharper:
“PG-13?”
Knots:
“Okay, Triple X! Either way, not what Selena wanted. Ravyn
and Ace will take advantage of this!”
Sharper:
“You’re damn right!”
Selena
turns and Ravyn rakes her eyes. She then runs into
the ropes and bounces off and hits a running bulldog. Ravyn
then turns and looks around before turning and rolling to the floor. Lexy looks
at her as Ace just smiles and points to her.
Ace: “Look
at her! My Deanna!”
Ace lovingly
looks at her as Lexy turns to Ace. Ravyn then reaches
under the ring and grabs a steel chair. She lifts it up, as the crowd roars.
She then turns as the crowd erupts as Konrad Raab steps out from the back with
a chair of his own. He then storms to the ring.
Sharper:
“Oh my God! Maybe the chaos won’t help! Konrad Raab is coming to the ring!”
Knots:
“Okay! No one is good now! That son of a bitch is
going to hope to destroy everyone!”
Ace
then turns as Ravyn rolls into the ring. She gets up
as Konrad runs at the ring and Ace jumps down. Konrad swings and nearly nails
him with the chair, hitting the ringpost. Konrad then
spins around as Ace kicks him in the ribs and then grabs him and goes to run
him into the steel steps. Raab blocks it and elbows him in the ribs once and
then again before turning and grabbing the steel chair and nailing Ace in the
head with it. Ace drops to the mats. He turns as the crowd ohs.
Sharper:
“Chair shot for Ace!”
Knots:
“Ace got his hands up but…again!”
Raab
then turns and slams the chair to his back. Ravyn
then throws the chair at Selena’s head. Selena drops to the mat. Konrad sees
this and turns and goes to Alexander Crowe who backs up. Raab then swings and
goes to nail him, but Crowe dodges and rolls into the ring. Raab turns and rolls
in too before getting up and Ravyn turns and grabs
the chair before Raab throws the chair at Ravyn. Ravyn goes down. Crowe turns and nails Raab with a hard
right and then another and another. Raab then reaches up and rakes his eyes. He
then grabs him and hoists him up and hits the Burninator
on the chair. Crowe rolls over. Raab turns and sees Ace. Lexy climbs onto the
apron. Ace turns, blood coming down his face. Ravyn
rolls over as blood is streaming down her face. Raab turns and grabs Lexy by
the throat. The crowd roars and boos before suddenly, Deanna enters and runs at
Raab and nails him with the Burnout. Raab stumbles back and just barely remains
on his feet, holding onto the rope before falling down
to the mat. Deanna stomps at him.
Sharper:
“Deanna back in and seeing the chaos!”
Knots:
“Cracked Raab with the Burnout!”
The
crowd cheers Deanna before Raab rolls to the apron. Lexy taunts Raab before Deanna
helps Selena up. Deanna and her talk before Selena points at Cassidy. Deanna
goes for to check on Cassidy as Selena rolls to the floor. Ace Marshall starts
to get up. Lexy jumps down and walks around the steel steps. She tells Selena
to get off of Ace. Selena looks at him before Lexy
grabs Selena shoves her back and drills her with the Glass Shard. The crowd ohs
and then boos. Selena looks at Lexy and sighs.
Knots:
“Lexy is out! Glass Shard doing the world a favour!”
Sharper:
“Selena almost a sigh of frustration. Lexy trying to
stop her from getting Ace in the ring. I don’t know why. He’s not legal.”
Selena
turns and grabs Ace before nailing him with a hard right and throwing him into
the barricade. Selena shows some frustration.
Sharper:
“I think she just realized she’s not legal.”
Knots:
“The chaos causing her to waste time. And this isn’t like her!”
Sharper:
“This whole situation has gotten to her a bit.”
Selena
turns and rolls back into the ring as Cassidy starts to stir. Deanna turns to
her as Ravyn gets up and Selena motions to Deanna. Deanna
leaves Cassidy and heads over to Ravyn and kicks her
in the ribs. She sets up for the Red Sunset. Selena walks over and grabs Ravyn’s arm and wrenches it. She goes to set up for the
Paydirt, but Crowe turns and nails Selena. Selena yells out in anger as Deanna
throws Ravyn back with the Red Sunset.
Sharper:
“Crowe still in there. And now he’s being the gnat.”
Knots:
“Gotta make sure Ravyn’s
still happy. But she just got planted!”
Sharper:
“House of Frost still trying to focus on winning this.”
Deanna
turns as Crowe turns and Deanna grabs her and nails her with a hard right and
then another and throws her into the corner. Selena gets up as Deanna throws
Crowe at Selena who kicks him in the ribs and hits the Icebreaker DDT. The
crowd cheers.
Sharper:
“Icebreaker! Selena and Deanna have dropped Ravyn,
Konrad, Lexy, Crowe…Ace is only one left.”
Selena
sits up and turns as Ace looks up on the floor to Konrad Raab who is getting
up. Konrad gets up when suddenly bursts past Ace Marshall and drills Konrad
with a hard clothesline. Konrad hits hard as security runs around the man. The
man is pinned back to the steps. Ace looks a bit stunned. The man smiles.
Man: “Got
you bro! I got you!”
Ace looks
stunned before then moving past to the apron.
Knots:
“The hell!”
Sharper:
“Who the….Ravyn…look at Ravyn!”
Knots:
“Goodbye Crowe!”
The
man is taken down and restrained. Ace then moves along the apron before turning
to the ring. Ravyn rolls to the corner as Selena and
Deanna grab Crowe and throw him to the floor. Ace then tags himself in. Cassidy
notes it and Selena turns only for Ace to enter and shove Selena back, twisting
her around. Selena hits Deanna, the two knocking heads before Ace rolls up
Selena in an Okana roll. He even pulls the tights.
Sharper:
“The tights! He’s got the tights! Selena and Deanna
bumped heads!”
1!
2!
3!
Cassidy
rolls over, calling for the bell, wincing in pain. The bell sounds. Ace falls
back, his arms out as Selena just looks up as the crowd erupts in cheers.
Phillips:
“Here are your winners, via pinfall, and NEW SCW World Tag Team Champions, Ace
Marshall and Ravyn Taylor!”
Deanna
slowly gets up on the outside as the crowd cheers the
announcement. Selena just looks up and looks out at the crowd. She then looks
down and shakes her head. She drops down, almost looking stunned. Ace gets up,
smiling, blood trickling down his face. Cassidy stirs as Ace turns and throws
his arms in the air.
Sharper:
“I don’t believe it. Selena Frost and Deanna Frost took everything thrown at
them and Ace Marshall steals it at the end!”
Knots:
“She could’ve teamed with him?”
Sharper:
“Give me a break. You know that wouldn’t have flown.”
Selena
just looks around as the crowd cheers Ace. Selena rolls to the floor and looks
down. Deanna walks over to her and grabs her. Ace laughs as he falls to a knee.
He winces as he turns as Konrad Raab starts to head first
to the back after the man who attacked him and then to the ring before turning
and storming to the back after the man who attacked. Deanna looks at Ace as
Selena keeps looking out at the crowd.
Sharper:
“A stunning turn of events here. Ace Marshall and Ravyn
Taylor are your new World Tag Team Champions.”
Knots:
“Selena Frost doesn’t know what to think.”
Sharper:
“By all accounts, they looked like they would get it done.”
Knots:
“Chaos won here.”
The Playing
the Wildcard logo comes up on the screen. A still for Owen Cruze
vs. Josh Hudson follows.
Sharper:
“We hope for no chaos here. We hope to see what should be a classic. The feud
of 2022. The match of 2022. Now, title for title. US Title. World Title. Winner
take all. And it’s next.”
Knots:
“Owen Cruze. Josh Hudson. Let’s get it on.”
A
recap video plays showing the history between Owen Cruze and Josh Hudson.
Owen Cruze vs. Josh Hudson
SCW World
Championship
SCW United
States Championship
The opening rifts to The Black
Adam Theme kick in, as mist fills the entranceway. The music stops, a huge
explosion rocks the entranceway and Owen jumps, seemingly through the floor and
landing on his feet, dropping to one knee and punching the floor. The SCW
United States Championship sits around his waist. Owen gets to his feet, and looks left and right at the reaction he is
getting, a look of focus and determination on his face as he takes in the
crowd. With real intensity, he begins the walk down to the ring, slapping the
hand of anyone who offers, a laser show accompanying him all the way to the
bottom of the ramp before he then slides in and under the bottom
rope, before standing in the middle of the ring his arms outstretched, beams of
light focussing now on only him. Owen points to the turnbuckle and then runs
towards it, bouncing on the middle ropes and back flipping backwards, landing
on both feet. Owen pulls on the top rope a couple of time, applauding the fans
as his music fades.
Sharper: “Owen Cruze, the former World Champion, now the US champion.
Thanks to Kimberly Williams’s Trios Cash-in, they ended up swapping titles.
Josh Hudson and Owen Cruze face one more time.”
Knots: “And title for title.
And this, they said it. They don’t need to worry about gimmicks or anything.
These two hate each other and will face each other, one more time. Everything
on the line!”
Sharper: “And you have heard
the rumours. They aren’t rumours. Owen Cruze will be
wrestling his final match, win or lose, here tonight in SCW. We saw him meeting
with Mr. D earlier. Presumably to tell him that. Owen Cruze
intends to retire, start a family, and move on from wrestling, no matter what.”
"Duality” by Slipknot blares
through the PA system. The cameras show the crowd who begin cheering before
zooming in at the entrance way, where Josh Hudson steps out, the SCW World
Championship around his waist. He wears a sleeveless black hoodie as he slowly
makes his way down the ramp. He reaches the bottom of the ramp
and he looks out to the crowd before making his way up the ring steps, and
climbs into the ring. He goes to the bottom right hand
corner, climbing to the top rope, and staring out at the crowd once again, as
he lifts both fists into the air, earning more cheers before he climbs down and
leans into the turnbuckle, waiting for the match to begin.
Sharper: “Josh Hudson here.
World Champion again.”
Knots: “You can feel this
right?”
Sharper: “I can. Let’s now go
to Jason Phillips for the introductions!”
The bell sounds.
Phillips: “Fans, the following
contest is scheduled for onefall with a sixty minute time limit and is for both the SCW United States
and World Championships!”
The crowd cheers as the SCW
United States Championship and then World Championship logo comes across the
screen.
Phillips: “Your official for
this match is Senior Official, Aaron Demitra.”
The crowd boos.
Phillips: “First, to my
left…he hails from Miami, Florida. He is the former World Champion
and he is the current reigning and defending SCW United States Champion…he
is…Owen CRUZE!”
Cruze steps up, taking his title
off from around his waist and just presenting it forward. He looks across at
Josh Hudson who just smirks. Demitra takes the title
and steps back. Owen Cruze returns to stretching.
Phillips: “To my right…”
The camera turns to Josh
Hudson.
Phillips: “From New York City,
New York, he is an SCW Hall of Famer and the former SCW United States
Champion…he is the current reigning and defending SCW World Champion…he is Josh
Hudson!”
Hudson just steps forward,
taking off his title and holding it over his head. He smirks as he hands it to Demitra. Demitra takes the title
and then holds both over his head. He turns and hands them off to Phillips who
exits the ring with them. The crowd roars. Hudson and Cruze
both stretch and get ready to compete.
Sharper: “The official
introductions done. Aaron Demitra in the ring. He’s
checking on both. And here we go.”
Knots: “They’re looking to
take the other out. Cruze wants to win more than
anything. Hudson wants to end Cruze’s hopes. Someone
is leaving Kansas not happy!”
Demitra returns to the middle of the
ring. He checks on both before calling for the bell. The crowd roars as Owen
and Josh hop up and down and then step up to the middle of the ring. They stand
face to face before trading barbs. They keep jawing at one another as a low
“Let’s Go Owen!” and a faint “Let’s go Josh!” chant begins. They keep talking
to one another before Josh nails Owen with a hard right. Owen fires back with
on of his own. They trade blows back and forth as the crowd erupts in cheers,
loving the physicality of both men. Cruze goes low
and takes Hudson down with a double leg takedown. He nails him with a couple more hard right hands before Hudson rolls over and gets the
advantage. He nails Owen with a couple of hard shots before Owen rolls over
again and gets a shot in before Hudson pushes him through the ropes. Owen rolls
through to the floor. Hudson slides under the bottom rope to the floor.
Sharper: “And Owen and Josh!
Throwing right hands!”
Knots: “And the fight is on.
Owen better be ready. Josh has come to war!”
Hudson follows up with a hard
right. (1) He then grabs Owen and runs him over to the steel steps. Owen blocks
it and goes to drive Hudson into the steps. (2) Hudson blocks it and tries
again before Owen elbows him in the ribs. Hudson staggers back and Owen nails
him with a hard right. (3) He then spins him around and goes to whip him into
the barricade. Hudson spins through and sends Owen in. Owen jumps to the
barricade. (4) Hudson runs at him. Owen jumps over him and lands on his feet
behind him. (5) He then turns and rolls into the ring. Hudson turns and slides
in. Cruze bounces off the opposite side and runs at
Hudson. Hudson goes for a clothesline. Owen ducks under and spins around and
him and pushes him forward into the ropes. Hudson grabs onto the top rope. Owen
rolls through. Hudson turns and runs at Owen, but Owen ducks and stops. He hits
a dropkick. Hudson hits the mat. Cruze goes for the
pin.
1!
2!
Hudson kicks out. Both get up.
Sharper: “And a dropkick gets
two! Owen got up. He got up high and caught Josh under the jaw!”
Knots: “This crowd is still
standing here!”
Hudson turns to Owen who kicks
him in the ribs. He grabs his head and goes for a vertical suplex.
Hudson blocks it. He then suddenly hoists Owen up onto his shoulders. The crowd
erupts. Hudson goes to spin him off, but Owen elbows him in the jaw once and
then again before countering with a sunset flip.
1!
2!
Hudson nails him with a hard
right. Owen falls back and Hudson rolls with him.
1!
2!
Owen kicks out. Both get up
and Hudson knees him in the ribs. Hudson then turns and whips him into the
corner. Hudson runs after him and nails him with a forearm shot. He then kicks
him in the ribs before hitting a chop. The crowd woos.
Sharper: “Hudson bullying Cruze in the corner. Hard chop. The impact echoing through
the Ky-Vee Arena.”
Knots: “Hudson also slowing it
down a bit. Things getting fast. That’s better for Owen.”
Hudson kicks him again and
then whips him across the ring. Owen hits the corner and bounces out and Hudson
runs at him and clotheslines him down. The crowd ohs and mostly boos. Owen
rolls over and starts to get up and Hudson grabs him and scoops him up and
slams him down. Owen hits the mat hard and rolls over and Hudson scoops him up
again and slams him down again. The crowd boos. Owen gets back up and Hudson
goes for another scoop slam, but Owen counters with a small package.
1!
2!
Hudson kicks out. Both get up
and Owen jumps up and hits a snap frankensteiner.
Hudson falls to the mat and rolls to the floor. He staggers up and winces. Owen
gets up and hops a bit before running across the ring. He bounces off and hits
a diving corkscrew flip dive onto Hudson, driving him into the entrance way!
Sharper: “Cruze
over the top! The speed! The agility!”
Knots: “And this is the last
time we’re seeing it. So he’s making sure he gets all
he can from it taking down Hudson!”
Sharper: “Hudson saw it too
late and all he could do is brace for impact!”
Cruze rolls over and stirs. (1) He
turns and grabs Hudson and drags him up. He then turns and runs him into the
ring apron. Hudson grimaces. (2) He turns and Cruze
nails him with a hard right. He then turns and rolls him into the ring. Hudson
rolls over as Cruze climbs onto the apron. He climbs
up to the top rope. Hudson starts to get up and Cruze
dives off with a double axe handle smash. He connects and then limps a bit,
favouring his left knee. He turns and goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Hudson kicks out. Cruze rolls off. He then gets up as Hudson rolls over. He
stirs as Cruze grabs him and nails him with a hard
right.
Sharper: “Cruze
following up with a hard right and you can see him favouring his left leg
there.”
Knots: “Same leg that Adam
went after at Retribution. And maybe Cruze isn’t at
one hundred percent. Maybe that’s another thing to look at.”
Sharper: “And you have to hope he can realize to hide it from Hudson. Hudson,
the tactician, will find it and exploit it.”
Cruze grabs Hudson and whips him
across the ring. Hudson bounces off and Cruze hits a
dropkick to the jaw. He turns and hooks the leg.
1!
2!
Hudson kicks out. Cruze gets up and stomps Hudson in the side. Hudson rolls
over. Cruze grabs him and drags him up before going
to whip him into the corner. Hudson hits. Cruze runs
after and Hudson moves out of the way as Cruze jumps
up and backflips back. He lands and spins around. He winces a bit and Hudson
drills him with a clothesline. Cruze hits the mat.
Hudson goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Cruze kicks out. He turns and
starts to get up and Hudson clubs him in the back. Cruze
stumbles down to the mat. He gets up and Hudson clubs him again. Cruze grimaces and then gets up and Hudson nails him again.
Cruze falls to the mat.
Sharper: “Hard clubbing blows and
Hudson just trying to make everything hurt.”
Knots: “But I don’t know if
he’s noticed Cruze’s leg!”
Sharper: “Me too. And that may
be good for Cruze.”
Cruze turns as Hudson stomps him in
the chest over and over again before grabbing him and
dragging him up. He then turns and whips him into the corner. Owen hits the
corner. Hudson runs after and clotheslines him in the corner. Cruze staggers forward and Hudson walks out and grabs him.
He hooks him up for a back suplex, but Owen backflips
through. He staggers a bit and then nails Hudson with a forearm to the back of
the head. Hudson falls forward a bit. Owen runs into the ropes, limping a bit,
before jumping up and hitting a flying headscissors
takedown on Hudson. Hudson rolls through. He gets up and turns as Cruze jumps up and hits a hurricanrana
into a pin.
1!
2!
Hudson kicks out again. Both
get up and Hudson turns as Cruze struggles briefly to
get up. He turns around and Hudson looks up as Cruze
nails him with a hard right.
Sharper: “Cruze
keeping the offensive on. Hard right hand.”
Knots: “But Cruze keeps showing that leg. He’s not hiding it that well.
The adrenaline coming and going.”
Cruze nails him again and then goes
to whip him across. Hudson spins through and sends him in. Cruze
bounces off and Hudson goes for a clothesline. Cruze
ducks and bounces off the other side, limping slightly. He bounces off and
Hudson goes low with a dropkick to his knee. Cruze
flips forward and lands on his back, grimacing in pain.
Knots: “I think he knows!”
Sharper: “I think so too!”
Hudson turns and smirks as Cruze rolls over and gets up, fighting to his feet and
Hudson kicks him in the leg. Cruze drops down to his
knees. Hudson nails him with a hard right. He then grabs him and hooks him up
by the head and hits a vertical suplex. Cruze rolls over in pain. He slowly gets up as Hudson walks
around him and stomps him in the left leg. Cruze
grimaces in pain and rolls away. Cruze grabs at the
ropes, starting to get up and turns as Hudson nails him with a kick to the left
knee. He then whips Cruze across. He smiles as Cruze limps across and Hudson
drops down with a shoulder tackle to the knee. Cruze
flips forward again. The crowd boos. He holds his leg.
Sharper: “Punishing that knee.
Not stopping for a second!”
Knots: “Not at all. Laser
focused. Target acquired!”
Hudson gets up and Cruze starts to get up and Hudson grabs him in a gutwrench. He smiles as he hoists him up. He holds him up
for a moment before muscling him down into a snap gutwrench
powerbomb. He holds onto his legs. He then hoists up his left leg. Cruze grimaces in pain and then kicks at Hudson. He uses
his free leg to get free and get distance. Hudson stumbles back. He then turns
and runs at Cruze and Cruze
jumps up and hits a back elbow. Hudson rolls over and turns. Cruze manages to fight to his feet. The crowd cheers. Hudson
staggers up and slowly gets up, his back to Cruze. Cruze jumps up and hits the ZigZag.
The crowd roars. Cruze goes for the pin.
1!
2!
Hudson gets his shoulder up.
Sharper: “Driving him down.
Only two though! Only two!”
Knots: “Cruze
not giving up and he’s trying for high impact while he can still use his leg.”
Hudson rolls over and stirs as
Owen then turns and rolls onto him on his back. He climbs onto him and nails
him with repeated hard right hands to the back of Owen’s head. The crowd roars
as Hudson tries to swat him off, but Owen gets several good shots in. Owen gets
up and staggers back. He leans against the ropes. Hudson slowly gets up on his
hands and knees. He stumbles to his feet and turns as Owen steps out and grabs
his head and hits a swinging neckbreaker. He follows
up with a pin.
1!
2!
Hudson gets his shoulder up.
Owen turns and starts to get up. He then turns and exits to the apron. Owen
leans on the ropes before climbing up to get to the top rope. The crowd roars
as Hudson then revives and runs over to the corner, running up and grabbing
Owen with a top rope belly to belly superplex. The
crowd ohs as Cruze lands hard and rolls over.
Sharper: “A superplex! A belly to belly superplex off the top rope!”
Knots: “And Cruze just found out he can’t fly forever!”
Sharper: “Hard landing and
Hudson crawling over to hop to get the win!”
Hudson crawls over and hooks
the leg.
1!
2!
Cruze gets his shoulder up. The
crowd cheers. Hudson rolls over and nods. He then starts to get up as Cruze slowly rolls over. Hudson waits as Cruze staggers up to his feet and Hudson grabs him from
behind. He then hits a German suplex. Hudson, instead
of rolling to his side. He rolls through and pulls Cruze
up. He then lets out a yell as he holds him up and throws him back with a
German suplex.
1!
2!
Cruze rolls his shoulder off the
canvas. Hudson rolls with him and holds on. The crowd roars as Hudson pulls him
up to his feet and then hits another German suplex
into another bridge.
Sharper: “My God! A rolling
German suplex into a connected one and then another!
Into a cover!”
Knots: “He’s trying to
bludgeon him now!”
1!
2!
Cruze kicks out and Hudson slides
back and grabs his leg. He then drags him over to the ropes. Cruze struggles as Hudson places the left leg to the middle
rope. He jumps up and elbow drops it. Cruze yells in
pain and rolls over. Hudson then steps through the ropes and to the apron. He drags
Cruze over and pulls on his leg. He then steps back
in, locking in a single leg crab around the middle rope. Cruze
yells in pain again.
Sharper: “Using the ropes.
This isn’t Rise to Greatness! There, the ropes weren’t a break. He’s trying to
just damage the leg.”
Knots: “Make it so if Owen is
leaving, he’s going to have to make a call. Tap out or enjoy retirement in a
wheelchair!”
Hudson pulls back.
1!
2!
3!
4!
Hudson lets go and walks
around the ring. Owen winces and rolls over. Hudson walks around the ring
before then running over to Owen and grabbing the leg. He slides to the floor.
He then drags Owen over to the corner. Owen fights a bit as Hudson then takes the
leg and slams it into the ringpost. The crowd ohs as
Owen grimaces in pain. Hudson then smiles as Demitra wanrs him. Hudson then wraps his legs again and locks in a
figure four around the ringpost.
Sharper: “Again! Torturing
him.”
Knots: “And this is all
setting up more. Maybe the Hudson Stretch!”
Sharper: “Hudson trying to
send Owen off by tapping out again!”
1!
2!
3!
4!
Hudson lets go and drops down.
He slowly gets up. Demitra warns him. Cruze slides back into the ring. He crawls away from the
corner as Hudson turns and climbs up onto the apron. He then steps through into
the ring, but Owen pushes up and hits a dropkick. Hudson falls onto the apron. Cruze winces in pain and then looks around before then
turning and grabbing the rope. He then pulls himself up and then climbs up the
ropes before jumping up and hitting a frankensteiner
off the apron to the floor. The crowd erupts. Both land
hard on the floor!
Sharper: “Oh! Oh! Both to the floor! Cruze fighting
through the pain and got the frankensteiner off!”
Knots: “And he may have landed
hard, but Hudson landed harder!”
Sharper: “And with the pain Cruze is in, he counters with the biggest move he could!
Hudson landed hard on the mats.”
Cruze looks out as Demitra checks on both. The crowd looks on cheering as
Hudson remains down. Cruze does too. He then rolls
over to his back. He slowly rolls over as Hudson stirs too. Demitra
steps back and starts to count them out. (1) Cruze
crawls to the ring. He grabs onto the ring skirt. (2) He uses it to pull
himself up and fight through the pain. (3) Cruze
looks back as Hudson stirs and then rolls into the ring. (4) Cruze punches his left leg, trying to get the blood moving
before starting to get up to his feet. He falls back to his knees. (5) Hudson
starts to get up, holding his lower back. He then moves to the ropes. (6) He
rolls into the ring and sees Cruze down. Hudson gets
up only to walk into the Morality Superkick. The crowd erupts. Cruze rolls through for the pin.
Sharper: “Cruze
lulled him in!”
Knots: “Well wasn’t that
sneaky!”
Sharper: “Cover!”
1!
2!
Hudson gets his shoulder up. Cruze rolls over. He looks around and starts to get up and
moves to the corner. He exits to the apron and looks up and climbs up to the
top rope. Hudson slowly gets up and looks over to Cruze
as Cruze gets to the top rope. He dives off with an
attempt at the Cruze Missile, but Hudson moves out of
the way. Cruze hits the mat. He rolls over and gets
up only for Hudson to grab his leg and hoists him up into the Hudson Stretch.
He starts to pull on the leg as Cruze struggles. The
crowd looks on as Cruze yells in pain. He shakes his
head no as Hudson keeps pulling down on his leg.
Sharper: “Hudson Stretch. You
called it Knots.”
Knots: “And middle of the
ring. Cruze has only two ways out. Tap or snap!”
Hudson keeps pulling on the
leg as Cruze shakes his head no. He then reaches
around as Hudson keeps cranking on the leg. Cruze
then sits up as the crowd roars. He ends up on the shoulders of Hudson. The
crowd roars. Hudson counters by throwing him forward. Cruze
lands on his feet and Hudson grabs him and hits a release German suplex. Cruze rolls through.
Hudson then gets up as Cruze starts to stir only for
Hudson to hoist him up and hit the Kingdom Come. The crowd ohs and boos. Hudson
smirks as he drops down for the pin.
1!
2!
Cruze shoots his shoulder up. The
crowd erupts in cheers.
Sharper: “Kingdom Come only
got two!”
Knots: “What the hell does he
have left?”
Hudson looks back, stunned. He
then looks around before turning back to him. He then grabs Cruze
and drags him up to his feet. Cruze looks up at him
as Hudson grabs him by the jaw. He smacks him in the jaw before then hoisting
him up again onto his shoulders. He goes for a second Kingdom Come, but Cruze lands on his feet. Hudson notices this and sweeps out
his leg. Cruze falls face first into the mat. Hudson
then runs into the ropes, bouncing off and then rolls through with a Gator roll
type pick up into a waist lock and pulling Cruze up.
He then throws him back with a German suplex into the
turnbuckle. Cruze falls forward and staggers forward.
Hudson then steps up and spins him around and goes to hoist him up for another
Kingdom Come, but Cruze uses the momentum to flip
through into a stunner. Hudson pops up and staggers before Cruze
gets up and Hudson reaches for him only for Cruze to
hit the ODE. Hudson falls back. Cruze goes for the
pin.
1!
2!
Hudson gets his shoulder up. Cruze rolls off. He then looks around before looking at
Hudson.
Sharper: “And Hudson kicks out
of the ODE!”
Knots: “Both running on empty.
Both throwing what they can.”
Hudson slowly starts to stir. Cruze gets up and grabs him and drags him up. He then kicks
him in the ribs. Hudson falls to a knee. Cruze limps
into the ropes and bounces off and goes for the Redemption. Hudson however
pushes up and launches Cruze up and then catches him
on his shoulders. The crowd erupts as he sets up for the Kingdom Come. Cruze elbows out of it. He slides down. Hudson nails him
with a hard right. Cruze stumbles back into the
ropes, bouncing off and then hitting the Truth Hurts. Hudson drops to the mat. Cruze falls to a knee. He then looks up at the sky before
pushing himself up. The crowd roars as Cruze staggers
to the corner. He exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope.
Sharper: “Cruze!
Willed on! By these fans. By his heart! By his legacy!”
Knots: “I still don’t have a damn clue how he countered that Kingdom Come. Hudson caught
him!”
Sharper: “And now Cruze going to the top rope! He tried for the Cruze Missile earlier. Will he go for that? The Swanton?
Shades of Shaun? Or Orlando?”
Cruze gets to the top rope. Hudson
slowly starts to get up, looking up at Cruze. This
time, Hudson can’t dodge as Cruze dives off the top
rope and hits the Cruze Missile. The crowd cheers.
Hudson hits the mat. He rolls over to his stomach. Cruze
then remains down for a moment, rolling to his back. He then nips up. Cruze grimaces as he lands, clearly favouring his left leg,
but fighting through the pain. The crowd cheers some more as Hudson slowly
starts to get up on his hands and knees. Cruze sees
this and turns, running into the ropes and bouncing off, hitting the
Redemption. The crowd cheers.
Sharper: “Redemption! Cruze with Redemption!”
Hudson rolls to his back. Cruze falls back on top of him.
1!
2!
3!
The bell sounds as the crowd
cheers.
Phillips: “Here is your
winner, STILL the SCW United States Champion and the NEW SCW World
Champion…Owen Cruze!”
Cruze rolls off and looks down.
Sharper: “Owen Cruze! Cruze has defeated Josh
Hudson! Hudson had not answer for the heart, the momentum, the drive…”
Knots: “And Cruze rides off into the sunset a double champion!”
Sharper: “Retaining the US
Title. Regaining the World Championship. And part of me is hoping he’ll
reconsider but if not….Owen…what a way to go out!”
Owen Cruze
slowly looks up as the crowd cheers loudly. Tears can be seen coming down his
face as he slowly gets up and Demitra hands him both
titles. Cruze takes them and thrusts them over his
head. He then looks around as the crowd cheers some more.
Cruze: “From the Cruze Legacy to the youngest World Champion ever, to a ignominious exit when he attacked the founder of his
company in a fit of rage…to his redemption…to his own legacy. Owen Cruze leaves on top of the wrestling world!”
Cruze continues to celebrate with
the titles, limping as he does. Josh Hudson can be seen now at ringside,
dejected, looking in the ring with disdain. Owen continues to celebrate in the
ring as the crowd cheers him and his music plays. The scene slowly fades to
black…