“Supreme Championship Wrestling...”

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

MAIN SHOW:

 

  

We see a shot of a sprout peeking through the ground. The sun shines down on the sprout as the sprout slowly start to keep growing and growing.

 

“There never is a true end…”

 

We see shots of Xander Valentine and James Evans standing across from one another, followed by Selena Frost and Glory Braddock in the ring, while Syren stands on the stage, before showing Colleen MacDonald and Kimberly Williams standing in the ring, face to face. The sprout continues to grow.

 

“It’s nice to say that something will be final, but time always marches forward…New seasons come…”

 

We see a shot of Meghan Strader and Polly Pingotti attacking one another before cutting to a shot of James Evans bloodying Xander Valentine before showing Xander Valentine chokeslamming James Evans.

 

“New opportunities…new twists…new turns…”

 

We see a shot of Kimberly Williams hitting Colleen with brass knuckles while Colleen MacDonald hits Kimberly with the ring bell. This is followed by a shot of Xander Valentine holding the SCW World Championship as Waylon Creek heads to the back, disappointed. We see the sprout now turning into a small plant, continuing to grow. We see rain falling around it as he keeps growing.

 

“Ebbs and flows in energy…in fuel…in growth…”

 

Shots of Syren and Ravyn Taylor fighting off Tearra Skye and MacKenzie Strader are then followed by shots of Dexter Grant rolling his eyes, while dragging the Adrenaline Championship behind him.

 

“New challenges…new prey…new horizons…”

 

We see the plant now turning into a tree as the camera pans up, showing the tree rising to the sky, growing faster and faster.

 

“Every day is a new day….every horizon is a new one. Every ending leads to a new beginning…”

 

We see the tree extending to the heavens as we see a shot of James Evans standing over Xander Valentine, Xander’s arm in pain. We then see Selena Frost with her contract for a rematch follow, before showing the tree again.

 

“Just how one responds will be all that matters…”

 

 The scene fades out.

 

“Up from the Bottom” by Linkin Park plays as we see a computer-generated tree growing from the ground into the logo for SCW Rebirth.

 

“Supreme Championship Wrestling now presents Rebirth 2025!”

 

The logo remains on the screen for a few moments before we cut to the live shot inside the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The crowd cheers as pyro shoots from the stage. The display continues for several moments before spotlights circle the arena. The cameras pan across the crowd before cutting to show the We…The People Bunkhouse Stampede cage hanging over the ring.

 

Sharper: “We are live in Pittsburgh for SCW Rebirth. On a night where Fall of Man hopes to again try to gain the World Championship!”

 

The cameras continue to pan across the crowd before we cut to see Adam Sharper and Jonathan Knots at the announce position.

 

Sharper: “Hello again everyone. Adam Sharper here alongside Jonathan Knots. And folks, we’ll be seeing a lot of different things tonight, but at the top of the card, the main event, James Evans looks to win the SCW World Championship from Xander Valentine.”

 

Knots: “They say its inevitable. Wasn’t for Waylon Creek at Retribution. Maybe it was always James Evans’s role to regain the title!”

 

Sharper: “And you see that demonic structure, from the mind of Kimberly Williams. And folks, we’ll talk more about that later, but Colleen MacDonald and Kimberly Williams will enter Three Stages of Hell to determine the Underground Champion.”

 

Knots: “Selena Frost is going to get her number forty spot. I guarantee it, folks. Syren, Glory! Sorry, but one of you is going to be having to make history!”

 

Sharper: “All this and more. Let’s go to the ring!”

 

Kemal Yilmaz vs. Dexter Grant

SCW Adrenaline Championship

 

Phillips: “The following match is scheduled for one fall! Introducing first, the challenger…”

Wasteland by Pentagram, aka Mezarkabul, plays over the sound system as Kemal, wearing the black and red venom mask comes through the curtain, holding up his Turkey flag, wearing Turkey flame flag shorts with The European Fiery Nation logo attached to his shorts, wearing MMA gloves and wrestling boots with Ginny Raab behind him. He gets many boos as he walks to the ring, ignoring the fans.

Phillips: “From Istanbul, Turkey, accompanied by Ginny Raab, he is Kemal Yilmaz!”

He jumps up to the ring and gets underneath the ropes before holding them open for Ginny to get in, and he raises his fist in the air, looking at the crowd with Ginny applauding Kemal before he puts himself in a corner. He holds the ropes open again for Ginny to leave the ring before turning to the opposite end of the corner of looking at his opponent, waiting for the match to begin.

Sharper: “Kemal Yilmaz is hungry tonight. You can tell in his eyes he wants to become the first Turkish champion in the history of SCW.”

Knots: “A lot of pride in Kemal. And he had some very choice words for the champion, Dexter Grant, in the build-up of this match.”

Sharper: “Dexter also didn’t refrain from issuing more controversial statements. Some of which I don’t want to parrot here on our broadcast.”

Knots: “That’s censorship, Adam!”

“TokSik” by Starset hits as the lights in the arena immediately go out, a series of green spotlights converging onto the stage where fog has begun to consume it. The big screen show's a human eye opening, and reflecting in it is a montage of people glued to their phones and computers, either consuming or producing social media garbage as they all look sickly while doing so. “The Digital Detoxer” Dexter Grant marches out through the fog, stopping at the edge of the stage and staring out at the fans with disgust. A few cheers can be heard, but they're easily drowned out by all the boos raining down upon him. He turns his head to his right just in time to see his faithful flunky Wendell march out behind him, proudly holding up a protest sign that has the circle-backslash symbol with a wi-fi symbol behind the backslash and the words “DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT” written within the circle.

Phillips: “And his opponent, he is the current reigning SCW Adrenaline Champion, weighing in at 210 pounds, currently off the grid, he is “The Digital Detoxer” Dexter Grant!”

Wendell eagerly looks up at Dexter, who smiles and nods in approval before he starts storming down to the ring, his disgusted look returning at the sound of all the people around him who just refuse to listen to his message. He jumps up onto the apron and aggressively steps through the ropes, marching to the center of the ring and turning his back to the hard cam as he points his thumb to the same “DISCONNECT TO RECONNECT” logo of his on the back of his vest. Wendell crawls into the ring and stands beside Dexter, proudly holding up his sign before looking legitimately confused as to why they're being booed. The lights return to normal as Dexter starts to pace around the ring.

Sharper: “Wendell is asking for Phillips’s microphone. Dexter isn’t done talking.”

Knots: “He’s the champion. He has every right to use this platform to speak!”

Wendell hops up onto the apron with the microphone. She starts to hand it to her, but the referee seems not to care about the delay and calls for the bell. Dexter goes to turn around, and Kemal is on top of him already with a series of forearms to the head. Dexter shoves him back, trying to create space, but Kemal drives a knee right into the midsection. Kemal follows up with a European uppercut that almost launches Dexter up over the top rope!

Sharper: “Kemal is not wasting any time. He’s bringing the fight right to the champion. His English might not be the best; however, that doesn’t matter in the wrestling ring!”

Knots: “This is so unfair! What was the referee doing?”

Sharper: “There’s a time to talk—and there’s a time to wrestle!”

Dexter shoves Kemal back again. He ducks underneath a forearm strike and charges forward. He rebounds off the ropes on the other side, boots Kemal in the face when Kemal lowers his shoulder for a back body drop attempt. Dexter runs perpendicular this time, rebounds with another boot, this time to the side of the head and neck area. Kemal staggers and stumbles, catching himself in the ropes.

Knots: “It was only a matter of time before Dexter Grant takes control of this match!”

Sharper: “High octane brawl right now. No holds. Nothing but strikes!”

Knots: “They are both targeting the head. This is a fight!”

Sharper: “No pin attempts yet; neither man has been dropped, but they have absorbed some blows. Are they going to slow down?”

Dexter leads Kemal to the corner and smashes his face against the top turnbuckle. Dexter peels Kemal back and slams Kemal’s forehead into the turnbuckle again and again. Kemal throws his elbow back and catches Dexter in the throat. Dexter staggers. Kemal gives a mule kick to the midsection and delivers another elbow, this time to the face. Dexter stumbles back. Kemal runs forward, but Dexter sidesteps his bull rush. Dexter spins around, but he is caught with a high kick to the temple. Dexter staggers and falters forward right into a belly-to-back suplex—Kemal driving Dexter into the canvas.

Sharper: “First takedown of the match. Point goes for Kemal!”

Knots: “They are not pulling their punches. This match has been full throttle from the bell.”

Sharper: “Kemal is not letting up. Instead of the pin, he’s opting to deliver more punishment!”

Kemal mounts Dexter. Dexter attempts to cover, but Kemal pries open his guard and begins to wail down with hammer fists. Dexter takes a good half dozen strikes before the referee attempts to warn Kemal about the closed fists. The moment distraction is enough for Dexter to gouge Kemal’s eyes. Referee warns Dexter as Kemal rolls over, holding his eye. Dexter shrugs as he climbs to his feet. He backpedals into the ropes to give himself an extra boost before flying forward to meet Kemal with a knee to the side of the head!

Sharper: “Cheap shot by Dexter, followed up with a thunderous knee to the side of the head. Kemal is down on the canvas!”

Knots: “Dexter isn’t opting for the pin either!”

Sharper: “We expect Underground division matches to be brawls and Adrenaline matches to be technical clinics— but this is a brawl as far as I see.”

Knots: “They would use weapons if allowed!”

Dexter underhooks Kemal and brings his knee down on the top of the head, over and over. After a few good blows, he yanks Kemal over and pivots to the back, hooking the arms again. He looks around for a moment with a smile before launching back, delivering a tiger suplex! Kemal is driven hard into his neck. Dexter stacks up, pinning the shoulders.

Knots: “What a sick tiger suplex!”

Sharper: “The pin!”

1…

2…

Sharper: “And Kemal shoots his shoulder up!”

Knots: “First pin attempt there by Dexter. There’s that technical wrestling you wanted to see.”

Sharper: “Dexter is not slowing down. He’s staying on the offensive, trying to suffocate Kemal.”

Dexter rains stomp down onto Kemal as Kemal attempts to recover from that brutal tiger suplex. Given no choice, Kemal rolls out of the ring. Dexter pushes past the referee and jumps out of the ring. Dexter runs up behind Kemal and shoves Kemal shoulder-first into the ring post! Dexter goes to whip Kemal, but Kemal counters with a whip, sending Dexter flying headfirst into the ring steps, going up and over the steel structure with a loud crash!

Sharper: “Referee is monitoring, telling Kemal to bring Dexter back into the ring—however, he is not counting either man out at this point.”

Knots: “Maybe he wants to have a front row seat for a brawl!”

Sharper: “Either way, both men are dueling this out on the outside for now.”

Kemal hammers some forearms onto the upper back and neck area of Dexter before whipping him, this time throwing him into the guard barrier. Kemal fires some kicks at Dexter as he is in a seated position against the barrier. Kemal steps back for a moment to release a war cry of sorts before charging in with a knee to Dexter’s face. Kemal pulls off the padding on the floor. He throws his arms around the midsection of Dexter and positions him before the exposed floor— German suplex, dropping Dexter on the back of his head against the cement!

Sharper: “Kemal serving up his own brutality on Dexter.”

Knots: “They are definitely not holding their punches.”

Sharper: “Each man showing how aggressive they can be. Dexter’s pursuit of Kemal has led to the tables being turned— now Dexter is on his back heel.”

Kemal drags Dexter to the ring and rolls him in. He climbs up the ring steps and enters the ring as Dexter is on his hands and knees. Kemal jumps onto his back and hammers down some forearms to the back of the skull. He then turns around, hoisting Dexter’s legs and locking into a Boston crab—his knee driving into the spine to work more on the back. Dexter is in the center of the ring, crying out in pain.

Sharper: “Finally, a lull in the high-octane action as Kemal slows down the pace with a submission.”

Knots: “The Adrenaline Championship is on the line, you think Dexter’s really going to give it up to a Boston Crab?”

Sharper: “Dexter is struggling to crawl to the ropes. He might be trapped! This could be it!”

Dexter reaches for the ropes. He digs his elbows into the canvas to try to move Kemal; however, he fails. Dexter suddenly twists his body and boots Kemal in the ass, sending Kemale into the corner. Kemal catches himself from running in. He turns and rushes Dexter who is hurrying to his feet, catches him with a inside cradle!

Sharper: “Surprise pin! Kemal’s aggression has finally bit him in the ass!”

1…

2…

3-

Sharper: “And Dexter almost caught Kemal sleeping!”

Knots: “Kemal is furious! He can’t believe he almost fell for that trap!”

Kemal is up first, stomping his feet. He shoots the referee a look of disbelief. Dexter crawls to the corner with a smile on his face, working his way up into a standing position. He shows with his hand that he was that close to winning. Kemal doesn’t take to kindly to the reminder and charges forward—Dexter sidesteps him, throws Kemal shoulder first into the ring post! Dexter backpedals and he dropkicks Kemal, again sending the shoulder into the metal! Kemal falls out of the corner and stumbles to his feet. Dexter has him lined up… Unwanted Notification! Kemal drops to the canvas.

Sharper: “What a kick to the head! That might have done it! Dexter pushes Kemal onto his back and covers!”

1…

2…

3-

Sharper: “Kemal shoots his shoulder up! Dexter should have hooked the leg!”

Knots: “I think he thought he caught the young wrestler with that kick and that it was lights out, but there is still fight left in Kemal. You've got to give Kemal credit! He is tough!”

Dexter shakes his head. He mounts Kemal, pulls his head forward, and dispenses with punches. The referee counts, threatening Dexter with a disqualification if he doesn’t stop. Dexter pushes Kemal down before standing. Dexter stands and he waves Kemal to his feet. He doesn’t look deterred, but focused. Kemal battles to stand. He locates Dexter in the corner of his eye, throws a haymaker, but Dexter catches the wild punch, turns it around into the cobra clutch—Unplugged!

Sharper: “Dexter takes Kemal down with another big time move, and this time, he hooks the leg this time!”

1…

2…

3-

Sharper: “No! Kemal once again finds the fight to get the shoulder up!”

Knots: “The tenacity of Kemal. He knows this is his chance to make history. His a chance to represent his home country. He is not giving up!”

Dexter questions the referee this time about the count; however, he remains steadfast. Dexter signals this is it, he goes for the arm, lowers himself for the Disconnect to Reconnect! However, Kemal manages to spin around and stacks Dexter up onto his shoulder. Dexter releases the hold to kick out right away. He scrambles to his feet. Kemal is up on his. Dexter charges forward— a feint kick into a discus elbow; however, Kemal reads this, ducks under the elbow. Kemal turns the failed Clickbait into a spinebuster! Dexter bounces back up onto his feet. Kemal boots him in the gut. Kemal underhooks the arms— lifts Dexter up and parades him around the ring for the Istanbul Acid Driver!

Sharper: “Kemal has gone into overdrive! Dexter’s in trouble— Istanbul Acid Driver! The cover!”

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2…

3-

Sharper: “Dexter Grant gets the shoulder up at the last second! We almost had a new Adrenaline Champion!”

Knots: “The intensity these guys have brought in this match is insane!”

Sharper: “Dexter Grant, whether he wants to admit this or not, he showcased the high octane brand of the Adrenaline Championship in his matches—this is no different!”

Dexter rolls onto his gut, but Kemal stays aggressive. He begins to hammer double axehandles onto the upper back. Once he thinks Dexter is weakened, he yanks Dexter up onto his feet. Fisherman suplex— Kemal holds onto and swings around into another fisherman suplex! Kemal readies himself for a third; however, Dexter manages to slip out and pulls Kemal right into the Disconnect to Reconnect!

Sharper: “Disconnect to Reconnect is locked in! And it locked in tight! Right in the center of the ring!”

Knots: “Think of the few times that shoulder met the ring post! This hold puts a lot of pressure on that shoulder!”

Sharper: “Kemal has been aggressive in this match; however, Dexter have found an opening with Kemal’s aggression, showcasing his saviness.”

Knots: “The ropes are far away; however, Kemal is showing his grit, he’s inching himself towards the ropes.”

Sharper: “Toughness is on display!”

Kemal gets within inches of the bottom ropes; however, Dexter releases, stomps down onto the shoulder and arm, and drags Kemal back into the center of the ring, hitting the Disconnect to Reconnect again!

Sharper: “So close to freedom, but this has to be it!”

Knots: “Nowhere to go and Kemal’s strength is draining; he dragged Dexter across the ring once, he needs to again!”

Sharper: “Kemal is doing everything in his power not to give up!”

Knots: “Can he hold on? He has to do something!”

Sharper: “And he taps! Despite Kemal’s valiant efforts, Dexter Grants gets him to tap!”

The bell rings. Dexter holds the hold in for an extra second—before releasing, rising to his feet. Kemal holds his shoulder. Dexter is handed the SCW Adrenaline Championship as his music plays.

Phillips: “The winner of the match by submission— and still the SCW Adrenaline Champion, Dexter Grant!”

Sharper: “What started as an outright brawl broke down into a technical match and a battle of will. Ultimately, Grant caught Kemal’s aggression a few times and came away with the victory.”

 

Dexter looks at Kemal and turns and exits the ring. We cut back to the announce position.

 

Sharper: “Well as Grant celebrates his victory, we want to talk about another title match tonight. Three Stages of Hell for the Underground Championship. Colleen MacDonald will defend her title against Kimberly Williams. First fall will be a No Holds Barred match, but without the use of weapons; the second fall will be an Underground rules match, and then the third fall was up to you, fans. If we get to it, it was between a Confined Prison or the We…The People’s Bunkhouse Stampede.”

 

Knots: “And this is how it happened and of course, the Kimmymaniacs, you sick bastards, had to go this way…”

 

The Rebirth logo comes up on the screen as the vote results follow.

 

Confined Prison Fight – 38.46%

We…the People’s Bunkhouse Stampede Deathmatch – 61.54%

 

The crowd cheers seeing the results.

 

Sharper: “Colleen wanted to end this with what true bare-knuckled fight, wanting to show that she sees the Underground a different way. Also resembling the personal nature of this, but Kim, she took the opportunity, when given, to bring in her desire for a death match and that structure…I understand there are explosives, barbed wire…light tubes…”

 

Knots: “We could see someone actually maimed tonight!”

 

Sharper: “We could. That is still to come and much more…”

 

The Rebirth logo comes up on the screen.

 

Polly Pingotti vs. Meghan Strader

No Holds Barred

 

Philips: “The following match is a grudge match is NO HOLDS BARRED! Introducing first...

 

"Unchained” begins to play as the houselights slowly dim. At the twelve second mark, lights start flickering as the beat and rhythm of the song get louder.

 

~Alright!

Haaa-ha-ha-ha!

You say, I cannot get there from here, baby

Then I don't care where I'm goin'~

 

The SCWtron lights up with the chrome ‘S’ emblem and explodes into shots of Meghan, smacking the taste out Shadow Starr’s mouth with a kick to the jaw, stepping on Ai Mei’s skull, pinning Corey Lazarus one, two three. Added in are clips of the destruction of Religious Wright, smacking Polly, and hitting the Blackened on Oskar Theron with the last shots of her being her holding one half of the PWA Tag Team Titles, BWF Tag Titles, ICW Tag Titles, IWF tag Titles, CWA Tag titles and with the Revo1 Wrestling tag team title. All kinds of tag titles. It’s her thing. Her name flashes on the screen, and a small amount of Pyro shoots off as Meghan steps out from behind the curtain in her ring gear of black snakeskin boots, black leather pants, a fitted white Cowgirls From Hell t-shirt, and her leather kutte with the President Flash on the right on her chest and the CFH patch on the back.

 

~Thought you'd never miss me till I got a fat city address

Non-stop talker, what a rocker

Blue-eyed murder in a size five dress~

 

Philips: “Hailing from London, Ontario Canada at a height of five foot eleven and weighing in at one hundred and forty-five pounds…”

 

~Change, nothin' stays the same

Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin'

Change, ain't nothin' stays the same

Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground runnin'~

 

Meghan stops and waves at the crowd as she shifts her hips to the right side. She makes her way down to ringside.

 

Philips: “She is the President and co-founder of the Cowgirls From Hell... she is the one... the only... MEGHAN STRADERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

 

~I know, I don't ask for permission

This is my chance to fly

Maybe enough ain't enough for you

But it's my turn at a try~

 

Meghan finger pistols to the fans with the Strader sneer.

 

~ Thought you'd never miss me till I got a fat city address

Non-stop talker, what a rocker

Blue-eyed murder in a size five dress ~

 

Meghan stops halfway down, looks side to side, raises up her arms and the entire stage explodes in gold and silver pyrotechnics as the family sneer comes back across Meghan’s face.

 

~Change, nothin' stays the same

Unchained, and ya hit the ground runnin'

Change, ain't nothin' stays the same

Unchained, yeah ya hit the ground runnin'~

 

As the CFH President makes her way down to ringside, she spots a person carrying a sign that reads 'Cowgirls Suck.' She stares at the girl holding the sign, her face covered up with a black bandana, save for her eyes. She tries to strike first at the person he assumes is Polly, only for her to get a facefull of pepper spray. Strader stumbles a bit, screaming at the pain, as Polly hops the barrier on the other side, brandishing a singapore cane which she immediately smacks Meghan hard in the face with. Strader drops from the strike, completely unprepared for the ambush as security rushes down to find the girl with the sign, only for her to have seemingly vanished. Polly grins, and it's not a pleasant one, as she lifts Strader to her feet and drags her towards the ring, whipping her into it face-first when she gets close enough. Meghan stumbles backwards right into Polly's grasp as she goes for an early full-nelson, but Strader has the move scouted perfectly as she elbows out of the hold and staggers away, still a little dizzy from the mysterious girl's macing. Polly doesn't let up on her initial assault one bit as she runs up the ring steps, leaping off behind Strader and driving her head right into the mats on the outside with a vicious knee drop. Polly rolls to her feet and drags back up, rolling her into the ring, but leaving her head on the outside... which then she gives another whack as she boots her right in the skull with a Yakuza kick. Polly reaches under the ring and pulls out a trash can full of plunder, and with a smirk, tosses it into the ring right on top of Strader. The ref signals for the bell to be rung as Polly climbs onto the apron...

 

* * * DING DING DING * * *

As Polly enters between the top and middle ropes to bring this match into the ring finally Strader gets back up onto her hands and knees and starts to crawl away from Polly to try and get back to the outside where she can buy herself just a bit of time to clear her head. Strader only makes it a little way past the middle of the ring before Polly grabs both of Meghan's legs to stop her in her tracks. Strader isn't going to let Polly stop her without a fight and pushes herself up with her hand while Polly still has her feet before Meghan tries to roll forward. The only problem with this is that Polly had expected as much and braces herself, making Meghan come crashing down on the top of her head before flopping back down to her stomach. Immediately upon Meghan's landing Polly flips Meghan over using her legs before walking around to Meghan's left side and falling down to her knees. Polly then begins to lay into Meghan with right hand upon right hand, laying waste to the CFH President. Most of the punches connect nice and hard on Meghan's head and face, but there are a few that miss their targets as Meghan struggles to move her head to avoid the punches. Still even these are effective and after a good fifteen or so shots to Meghan's face Polly grabs Meghan by her bandana and drags her back up to her feet forcefully. With both wrestlers back on their feet Polly grabs Meghan by the wrist before turning her back towards a corner of the ring and whipping Meghan at that corner. Strader connects hard chest first with the top turnbuckle as she arrives in the corner and Polly takes her time getting to her, grabbing another singapore cane out of her trash can of goodies in the process.

Sharper: Look at Polly's eyes... she's nuts!

Knots: Obviously, you’re not paying attention. This is now just standard operating procedure!

 

Sharper: All that desire to get to that next level. That drive of hers!

Meghan turns around in the corner and acts on pure instinct, kicking the cane out of Polly's hand as she made another attempt at whacking her in the temple, with Meghan's head now being Polly's clear target. Polly's small bit of surprise at the action is all the opening Meghan needs as she grabs a handfull of Polly's hair and pulls her into a uranage position before falling backwards, driving Polly's face into the middle turnbuckle. Strader rolls out of the corner and grabs Polly's dropped cane, holding it up to a mixed reaction before slamming it down onto Polly's back with a CRACK that could be heard in the upper reaches of the arena. Strader brings the rain down onto Polly's back 2 more times before she pulls her to a kneeling position and sits on top of her, using the cane to choke her out a bit in a modification on the camel clutch. However, the ring positioning and Meghan's application of the move leave a little bit to be desired as Polly manages to crawl to the ring ropes and pull herself outside of the ring, causing Meghan to have to break the hold or else she be choked out by the ring ropes against her throat. Polly lies on the outside of the ring, panting and gasping for air as Meghan slides out of the ring herself. Polly pulls herself to her feet using the ring apron, and reverses Meghan's attempt at taking her head off with a shuffle side kick by giving her a swift elbow right to the groin. There is a very low-pitched jeer that emanates throughout the arena as Polly drags Strader to a ringside chair and sits her down in it. Slamming a few elbows into her face to keep her quiet, Polly steps back for some running room and sprints forward, booting Strader right into the face and sandwiching her head against the barrier.

Sharper: Repeated shots and trying to damage Meghan here!

Meghan slumps out of the chair as Polly grabs a chair from a helpful fan at ringside. Polly goes to smash Strader with the chair, but the Strader Matriarch goes low, hitting Polly with a drop-toe hold that sends her face-first into the barrier. Meghan picks up the chair and levels Polly with it as she gets back to her feet. Tossing the weapon aside, Strader prepares herself as Polly slowly makes her way back to a vertical base, dropping down to a knee and slamming Polly in the gut with a hard right hand. Meghan doesn't stop here though as she stands back up and throws a lightning quick right jab to the face of Polly that connects. Polly stumbles backwards into the ring barrier from the attack, and Strader follows up with a running clothesline that sends Polly over the top of the barrier and into the front row. The fans start to scatter as Strader climbs the barrier near the entrance ramp and runs along it, leaping out at Polly... and right into Polly's foot as she hits her with a devasting superkick in mid-air! Meghan crashes into a set of abandoned chairs and Polly begins her offensive once more as she drops a knee onto Meghan's head before picking her up and whipping her into another set of abandoned chairs. Meghan holds her back from the pain, but Polly shows her no mercy as she grabs another chair and throws it right into her face hard. Meghan wobbles into the bottom of the concrete steps as Polly follows, bashing Meghan's face in with a few hard elbows as the two fight up the steps, the crowd around them clearing out as security keeps the fans out of this match. Reaching the top of the steps, Polly attempts to send Meghan's face into a steel pole, but the CFH leaderr manages to put up a foot, blocking Polly's momentum enough to Meghan to send Pingotti’s skull into the bar instead! Polly staggers away, almost falling down the steps, as a small trickle of blood begins to flow down Polly's nose. Meghan grins and yanks on Polly's hair again, pulling her into her arms before she grabs Polly by the shoulders and nails her right in the face with a nasty stiff headbutt!

Sharper: That's using your head Meghan!

Knots: Too easy Sharper. You gotta be clever.

Strader continues the assault on the small but mighty Polly, as she whips her right into a concrete pillar face-first. Polly staggers backwards, right into Strader as she grabs her in a half-nelson and slings her into the floor head-first with a wicked half-nelson suplex. Meghan drops down to go for the first pinfall attempt of the match.

 

1!

 

2!!

 

Polly kicks out at two. Grasping Polly and hauling her to her feet, Meghan places her against the railing to the lower-level and steps back, looking for running room as flies towards Polly... BAAAAACK BODYDROP ONTO THE STEPS!!! Strader arches her back from the sharp, intense pain as Polly falls to her knees, regaining her composure. Getting to a vertical base first, Polly looks down on Strader as she gets to her feet and sneers before rushing forward, leaping off the steel bar and smacking Strader right in the face with a dropkick that sends her tumbling down the stairs! Polly still lands hard on the concrete, holding her arm from the absurdly stupid move... Slowly regaining her base, she goes to follow Strader down the steps when from out of nowhere, she is SPEARED BY MACKENZIE STRADER! Meghan's niece poses as Polly lies against the steps... Her aunt begins to stir down on the floor as Mackenzie begins to lay into Polly with rights and lefts, before lifting her up and yanking her down the steps and to the floor. Meghan painfully gets to her feet and nods to her son as they each grab one of Polly's arms and give her a belly to belly suplex INTO MORE EMPTY CHAIRS!

Knots: Come on, this ain't fair!

Sharper: Anything goes my friend. The entire Cowgirls From Hell MC could come out and this match would still continue.

 

Knots: The CFH just showing they’ll do anything for Meghan!

Meghan gives her aunt a brief fist pound before retrieving Polly, dragging her to the barrier. Mackenzie rams Polly's face into the steel a few times to get her nice and wounded as Strader tries to regain some of her composure. Mackenzie climbs over the barrier and pulls Polly over just enough to where she is sitting on the top of it herself. Strader, seeing what her niece is planning, nods and rushes forward... RIGHT INTO A WICKED CHAIRSHOT TO THE FACE FROM MARISSA SWANSON! Mackenzie sees Polly’s ally interference and goes to take her out, but Polly keeps her at ringside as she gives her a face full of boot and leaps off the barrier, driving Mackenzie's face into the floor with a tornado DDT. Polly is the first back up to her feet and goes over to Mackenzie before grabbing her by the head and hauling her back up to a vertical base. Once Polly has Mackenzie back up, Pingotti places Mackenzie in a front facelock before signaling to the crowd that she is going for another DDT, but Mackenzie fights out with a right hand to Polly's kidney before leveling her with a forearm. Polly Pingotti hits the mats after being decked by that forearm from Mackenzie. Polly quickly gets to her knees, only to find her progress halted as Mackenzie rushes forward and plants Polly's face right into the floor with a CURB STOMP! Seeing her aunt brawling with Marissa in the crowd, and getting the upper-hand, Mackenzie seems to feel she doesn't need to help her as she instead pulls Polly to her feet and slides her into the ring. Before following her, Mackenzie lifts the ring skirt up and pulls out, to a big reaction... A TABLE! She slides it into the ring and follows, as the ref doesn't know what to do about this match... but being No Holds Barred, nothing he can do. Tearra goes into the crowd taking over with brawling Marissa as she points to the ring and Meghan nods. Meghan heads back to ringside as Marissa starts getting the upper hand on Skye. Meghan slides into the ring as Polly gets a burst of energy slugging it out with Mack.

 

Knots: Polly is taking it to the youngest Cowgirl!

 

Sharper: But here comes the Prez and that infamous family sneer has come across her face.

 

Meghan taps on Polly’s shoulder who turns around with a wild swing but Meghan blocks it with her forearm, kicks her in the stomach. She shoves her head between her thighs and squeezes as Polly flails to get loose.

 

Knots: MY FRIEND OF MISERY!

 

Sharper: What a brutal pedigree but the Matriarch isn’t finished!

 

Tearra has made her way back to ringside to stop Swanson who tries to slide into the ring. Meghan points to the table Mack Daddi grabbed and points over to the corner. Mack sets the table up as Meghan picks up Polly. Getting her into position, Meghan hits the BLACKENED through the table. Taking damage herself from the move Meghan hooks the leg of Polly for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!!

 

3!!!!

 

*DING DING DING*

 

Phillips: “And your winner via pinfall… the Strader Matriarch and Cowgirls From Hell President…. MEGHAN STRADERRRRRRR!

 

The crowd erupts as Mackenzie and Tearra push the referee aside to raise the Matriarch’s arms in the air!

 

Knots: We had every get involved and in this war, Meghan Strader got the win!

 

Sharper: Something tells me Polly isn’t gonna take this well and this is far from over.

 

Knots: I am all for another round!

 

Meghan embraces Tearra and Mackenzie and they respond with their motto.

 

Meghan Strader: COWGIRLS FOREVER!

 

Tearra and Mackenzie: FOREVER COWGIRLS!

 

The CFH theme “How Could I Just Kill A Man?” By Rage Against The Machine plays as the Cowgirls make their exit. 

 

Sharper: “Congratulations to the Straders. A violent encounter. We expect another one tonight when the World Championship is on the line when Xander Valentine defends against James Evans. But one question over tonight’s competition is what condition is Xander Valentine’s arm.”

 

BREAKDOWN:

We open up to see Giovanni Aries attacking Xander Valetnine. Aries stomps him a couple of times over before Aries grabs him, but Xander shoves him off and then James Evans comes back into view, holding a pipe and he nails Xander in the ribs. Xander rolls over, grimacing in pain.

 

Xander: “Can’t just fight me? Can’t just-“

 

Evans turns back and motions to Aries.

 

Evans: “You assume we’re having a fight. I’m getting my redemption! At ANY cost!”

 

Evans then walks over and grabs the left arm of Xander as Aries makes sure Xander’s on his stomach. Evans then takes the pipe and pulls it against the arm of Xander, pulling back, causing Xander’s arm to bend back. He starts to grimace. Officials finally reach the scene and they tell Evans to stop, but Evans just smirks. Evans then snaps his body back, snapping back Xander’s arm awkwardly. The crowd ohs as Xander yells in pain. Xander clutches his left arm in pain. James Evans then backs up and looks at Xander, clearly in pain. Giovanni Aries kneels next to him.

 

Aries: “Release yourself from its grasp…”

 

Evans: “Thanks Dante…you made this easier.”

 

Evans looks up at the camera before turning to Xander as officials checks on him.

 

Xander: “I will destroy you-“

 

Evans: “We’ll see about that.”

 

The Breakdown logo comes up on the screen.

 

Knots: “And you can see the damage done. This was after Xander Valentine faced Dante Slayton and Slayton worked over Xander’s arm. That’s why James thanked him.”

 

Sharper: “Meanwhile, here in Pittsburgh, Xander Valentine has been getting some treatment with the trainer…You can see it here.”

 

We see a shot of a shirtless Xander getting his arm slowly worked on through some physiotherapy, trying to test the mobility and the range. Xander’s left shoulder is taped up extensively.

 

Sharper: “We tried to get some commentary from Xander. Xander ignored the question and focused on going to the trainer’s room. We don’t know if there is any further damage.”

 

Knots: “They snapped his arm back with a pipe! There’s no way he’s at 100%. No way!”

 

Sharper: “We’re going to find out later tonight, but Xander Valentine is not backing down from this challenge. Not at all.”

 

Kirsten Scott vs. Veil

Number One Contendership for the Adrenaline Championship

 

The arena goes dark and there the crowd begins to buzz. As "Sonne" by Rammstein begins to play, lasers begin to shoot across the arena to the beat, and a spotlight illuminates The Oracle on the entry way, back to the crowd, holding fingers up with the opening count-up.

Eins...
Zwei...
Drei...
Vier...
Fünf...
Sechs...
Sieben...
Acht...
Neun...

As she holds up the ninth finger, the song stops the countdown at its crescendo, and she throws her arms out to the side...

AUS!

Spotlights begin to swirl around the arena as the song continues, and "The One" Kirsten Scott walks out from backstage flanked by Jake Starr. The pair end up on both sides of The Oracle, who turns around and spins to the opposite side of Kirsten from Starr. The Oracle turns and heads to the back as Kirsten and Jake head to the ring, "The One" staring directly at her ultimate location inside the squared circle.

 

Phillips: “The following contest taking place in ring one is scheduled for onefall with a twenty minute time limit. First, on her way to the ring, accompanied by Jake Starr, from Your Worst Personal Nightmare, she is The One, Kirsten Scott!”

As they reach the ring, they walk along to the hard camera side, and Kirsten jumps up onto the ring apron and stands up. Jake Starr looks at Kirsten Scott and says something to her. Kirsten then slowly raises her arm beside her, pointing one index finger in her own direction. After taking a moment to stare into the hard cam, Kirsten swings her arm out in a "DELETE" motion, before quickly sliding into the ring. Starr remains at ringside as The One Kirsten Scott walks around ring one.

 

Sharper: “Kirsten Scott out here. Now with a guarantee that the winner gets a title shot. An Adrenaline Title shot.”

 

Knots: “How does Dexter Grant think about that? It’s being hyped out well in advance!”

 

Sharper: “The focus for Scott is on Veil…the Enigma said he’s coming. More mind games. Kirsten Scott wants to end The Enigma, Veil, whatever he’s going to go by once and for all!”

 

The lights dim slowly. One light at a time. Like the whole building is giving up. The crowd gets quiet. A low, eerie sound starts over the speakers. “The Host of Seraphim” begins to play.

Phillips: “Her opponent…this is Veil!”

Soft voices rise up—not words, just sounds. Like ghosts singing from far away. Slow. Sad. Heavy.

The tron doesn’t show highlights or action.
It shows a spiral, barely moving, turning backwards.
Mist starts to crawl from the entrance.
It stays low to the ground, almost like it’s afraid to rise.
It’s not thick. It’s not fast. It’s slow, like smoke under water.

Then, Veil steps through it.

No fireworks. No lasers. No flashing lights.
No big poses.
Just him.

Barefoot.
Slow.
Arms at his sides.

He doesn’t make eye contact with the crowd.
He doesn’t play to the cameras.
He just walks.

Every step is heavy, like the ground almost sinks under him.

His face is pale. His eyes are wide open but dead still—like he’s looking straight through everything. As he walks, the mist behind him spreads out across the stage and the ramp, almost like it’s following him, drawn to him.

The song gets a little louder.
The voices rise higher—not screaming, just crying.
Mourning something nobody can name.

The spiral on the screen behind him turns slower and slower, almost stopping. Veil reaches the ring. He doesn’t look around. He steps up onto the apron, slow and steady, and then steps between the ropes. He walks straight to the middle of the ring. There, he stops. He crouches down. He places one open hand flat on the mat. He lowers his head. He whispers something no one can hear. The spiral on the tron behind him flashes once—then fades out into black. The mist in the ring sinks low. The music fades. The lights stay dim, just enough to see him.

Veil stands there. Waiting. Still. Silent.

 

Sharper: “Veil…that is Veil. The Enigma said he was coming…”

 

Knots: “Kirsten Scott still being defiant. But…are you ready for whatever this is? He just looks like a man. This is the man behind everything?”

 

The bell sounds as Kirsten Scott walks up to Veil, jawing at him. She points at Jake Starr as Jake Starr looks at Veil before Veil then goes for a hard right, but Scott ducks. She then kicks him in the ribs and nails him with a hard right and then another and another. Veil staggers back to the ropes. Scott heads over and then climbs up the ropes and straddles Veil, nailing him with repeated hard right hands, getting the official to step in and call for the break.

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

4!

 

Scott steps off and walks towards the official, threatening him. She then runs back over and climbs up again onto the ropes, straddling Veil again. She hammers away again.

 

Sharper: “Scott all over Veil. Not even giving him an opportunity to get out of the blocks.”

 

Knots: “She wants that Adrenaline Title shot. That’s what she wants.”

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

4!

 

Scott turns and jumps off and walks around the ring. She then turns back to Veil who just steps up and catches her and then drops her with a Samoan drop. Veil sits up and gets up to his feet.

 

Sharper: “And just driving Kirsten Scott into the mat.”

 

Knots: “Just pulled her in and planted her.”

 

Veil turns to Kirsten who is up to her knees and Veil drags her up, grabbing her head by both hands and then spinning around and throwing her down. She rolls over and moves to the corner. Veil heads over and Scott buries her elbow into the stomach of Veil. She gets up and hits a jawbreaker. He staggers back and Kirsten Scott runs into the ropes. She bounces off and Veil just catches her in a double choke, hoisting her up. He swings her around.

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

4!

 

Veil throws her down. The crowd ohs as Scott rolls over and starts to get up and Veil heads after her and pushes her back into the corner by her chin. He then knees her hard in the stomach. He looks right at Kirsten Scott, continuing to push her chin back and knees her again before the repeating it as the referee counts.

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

4!

 

Veil throws Scott out from the corner. He then slowly walks around the ring. Kirsten Scott crawls over to the ropes. She starts to get up.

 

Sharper: “Just a mauling attack so far.”

 

Knots: “But Scott’s back up!”

 

Veil then runs at her and Scott gets a boot up. Veil staggers back. Scott then runs over and hits a Hidden Blade. The crowd ohs. Scott then rolls Veil over and goes for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Veil kicks out. Kirsten Scott looks over and then gets up. She stomps him in the head once and then again and again. Veil rolls to the ropes. Kirsten grabs him and starts to move him to the ropes, going to choke him on the ropes, but Veil blocks it. He just looks forward, his eyes almost empty before elbowing Kirsten in the ribs. She spins around and Veil gets up and then grabs Kirsten from behind and just hoist her up and drives her down with a vicious high-angle back suplex. The crowd ohs.

 

Knots: “Right on the top of her head!”

 

Sharper: “Almost like a back drop driver. Kirsten Scott landing all of her weight on her shoulder, her head.”

 

Kirsten Scott rolls over and grimaces in pain as Starr cheers her on and Scott gets up and Veil kicks her in the ribs. He then methodically kicks her again and then clubs her in the back. He then whips her across the ring. Kirsten bounces off and Veil hits a vicious spinebuster. He goes for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Kirsten kicks out. Veil then turns her over and pulls her to her knees and then locks in a neck crank. Kirsten grimaces in pain as Starr shakes his head. Veil keeps turning the head.

 

Sharper: “And nothing fancy here, just trying to twist and crank Kirsten’s neck.”

 

Knots: “This…change, this new…I don’t know. It’s even more methodical than the Enigma.”

 

Sharper: “Everything was explosive, was trickery. This is just a mauling beatdown.”

 

The crowd looks on as Scott continues to struggle. Starr then climbs onto the apron.

 

Starr: “Going to try and rip it off. She’s tougher than you, asshole. Gonna jump me from behind like before? How about get me face to face.”

 

Veil just looks right at Starr. Starr is then told by the official to get down off the apron. Starr jumps down as Veil keeps the hold on. Starr looks on, annoyed as Veil continues to twist the head. Scott tries to slowly get her feet under her. She turns as Starr then looks under the ring. The cameras focus on Scott and Veil as the official checks on Scott. Scott gets up to her feet and suddenly a chair flies across the ring, missing everyone. Starr smirks as the crowd roars. The official turns to Starr and snaps at him. Scott then low blows Veil with a mule kick. Veil falls to a knee, almost hiding any pain. Kirsten Scott turns to him and looks at him. The official meanwhile points to Starr and tells him to leave. Starr shakes his head no and the official formally throws Starr out.

 

Sharper: “And now the Only Social Misfit Remaining has just been tossed.”

 

Knots: “But he did what he wanted. He gave an opportunity. Kirsten Scott was in trouble. And he helped her out with a distraction!”

 

Starr turns and starts to walk around the ring. The crowd boos as Starr looks around and then starts to head to the back. Kirsten Scott meanwhile hits a second hidden blade on Veil. Veil goes down. Kirsten Scott then exits to the apron and climbs up to the top rope. She then dives off with a huge frog splash to the back of Veil. She rolls him over and hooks the leg.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Veil kicks out. Scott looks up and then gets up and kicks Veil in the side before kicking him again and again.

 

Sharper: “Just kicking Veil. Soccer kicking him.”

 

Knots: “Keeping him down. Getting the max damage I guess.”

 

Starr heads to the back as Kirsten then sits Veil up and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and hits a running knee. Kirsten dives back for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Veil kicks out again. Kirsten rolls off and grabs Veil. She slowly starts to pull him up. Veil gets his feet under him and Kirsten hooks his head and arm and goes to lift her up, but Veil blocks it. He then hoists her up and hits a vertical suplex. Kirsten rolls over and gets up and Veil hooks her up again and hits another high-angle back suplex, dropping Kirsten again on her head and neck.

 

Sharper: “And again, Kirsten Scott driven down, head and neck first into the mat.”

 

Knots: “He’s trying to send a message. He’s trying to make her remember this! She was taunting him!”

 

Sharper: “She was saying she’d get him out of SCW. That she’d get the Enigma gone. But instead, Veil here is just simply making everything hurt.”

 

Kirsten Scott rolls over and holds her head and neck. The official checks on her and she shoves back and gets up and Veil grabs her by the arm. He knees her in the ribs. He then wrenches the arm and hits the Grave Silence. The crowd ohs. Veil then looks down at her before slowly grabbing her and pulling her up to her feet. Veil then looks at her as Kirsten Scott is half out of it and Veil then grabs her, but Kirsten kicks him in the ribs. She then hits a forearm shot and then another before kicking him again. She runs into the ropes and bounces off and lunges with a running forearm, but Veil just punches her in the stomach. He steps behind her and grabs her arms. He then pulls them back and hoists Kirsten Scott up. Kirsten Scott kicks and tries to fight, but Veil then pushes her forward and causes her to land hard on his shoulder, head first. Kirsten Scott drops to the mat after the Final Thread. The crowd ohs.

 

Sharper: “Scott violently snapped back onto Veil’s own body. His shoulder and Kirsten Scott just landed in a heap.”

 

Knots: “She tried to fight, but he just muscled through it.”

 

Sharper: “And now the cover.

 

Veil moves into the lateral press.

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

The bell sounds. Veil then slowly gets up. The official looks at him as Veil looks at him emptily. We then see Jake Starr storming down from the back.

 

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

 

Sharper: “Veil victorious, but Jake Starr now coming down.”

 

Knots: “Kirsten Scott is just down. She kept fighting. And just…didn’t have the answer.”

 

Sharper: “And Dexter Grant has Veil now next. That’s if Jake lets him get to him.”

 

Jake Starr runs down to the ring and slides in. Veil then slowly steps through the ropes. He then walks along the apron as Jake Starr looks at him confused.

 

Starr: “Now you run?!”

 

Starr steps over to the ropes as Veil just walks down the steel steps. He then starts to slowly walk around the ring, completely ignoring Jake as Jake watches him a moment longer only to then check on Kirsten Scott. We can see her squeezing her left hand over and over as 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 1, 2025, only on pay per view…”

 

The scene fades to black.

 

Josh Hudson & The Product vs. Konrad Raab & The European Fiery Nation

 

“Off To Wa”r by Behemoth plays over the sound system with the lights being dark as ever as Konrad, with Ginny behind him in the middle, Dakon on the left, with Oskar on the right-hand sides, looking at the crowd, receiving cheers. When the lights briefly came back on, you see Dakon, Oskar, and Ginny with Konrad waving their Norway, Sweden, Turkey and German flags. Konrad brings his German mace to the ring with him as he crotches down with the mace in front of him with Ginny behind him, while Dakon and Oskar are on the left and right-hand side.

Phillips: Making their way to the ring, accompanied by Ginny Raab, coming from Turkey, Sweden, Norway and Germany, they are Dakon Theron, Oskar Theron and Konrad Raab, known as The European Fiery Nation."

The lights went out again as Konrad got up from his knees. They walked down to the ring with their flags and stepped on the stairs, and did a hold-up in the middle of the ring as they gave their flags to Ginny, and she left the ring to go to the back, leaving the three men in the ring as Konrad sits down with, Dakon and Oskar on the side of Raab. When the lights returned, Konrad got up and all team members waited for their opponents to enter the ring.

"Duality” blares through the PA system.

"I push my fingers into my eyes..."

The cameras show the crowd who begin booing before zooming in at the entrance way, where Josh Hudson steps out, along with Alex Hudson and Isaac Stone.

"It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
But it's made of all the things I have to take
Jesus, it never ends, it works it's way inside
If the pain goes on...I'm not gonna make it!"

They all wear sleeveless black hoodies as they slowly makes their way down the ramp. They reach the bottom of the ramp, and all look out to the crowd before Hudson begins making his way up the ring steps. Alex runs and slides in from under the bottom rope, as Isaac climbs over the top rope from the ring apron.

"I have screamed until my veins collapsed
I've waited as my time's elapsed
Now, all I do is live with so much hate
I've wished for this, I've bitched at that
I've left behind this little fact
You cannot kill what you did not create
I've gotta say what I've gotta say
And then, I swear, I'll go away
But I can't promise you'll enjoy the noise
I guess I'll save the best for last
My future seems like one big past
You're left with me 'cause you left me no choice..."

Each member goes to an individual, climbing to the top rope.

"I push my fingers into my eyes
It's the only thing that slowly stops the ache
If the pain goes on
I'm not gonna make it!!!"

Each member is shown staring out at the crowd once again, as they lift both fists into the air, earning more jeers before they climbs down and reconvene near the ropes, waiting for the match to begin.

Phillips: “Introducing from New Orleans at a combined weight of seven hundred and fifty-five pounds, Josh Hudson, Alex Hudson, and Isaac Stone…they are…The Product!”

Cameras show all members of each team talking with one another, occasionally glancing at the opposition. The ref calls for the bell as Josh and Isaac step out of the ring, along with Ludvig and Konrad.

Sharper: “Starting off with Alex from The Product and Dakon from the Nation.”

Alex and Dakon begin to circle the canvas before lunging forward, engaging in a tie-up. Alex backs Dakon into the ropes, but Dakon reverses, breaks the hold and delivers a knife edge chop. Alex staggers a bit, before turning around and hitting his own knife edge chop.

Dakon fires back, connecting with a haymaker, followed by a second. Alex spins and Dakon hooks him. Dakon goes for a belly to back suplex, but Alex flips over, landing on his feet. Dakon turns and Alex leaps up, connecting with a standing dropkick.

Dakon falls into the ropes and comes back. Alex drops down flat to the mat and Dakon leaps over him. Alex gets back to his feet, and Dakon connects with a running forearm smash. Alex falls into the ropes, only to bounce back with a flying forearm smash, taking Dakon down to the mat.

Knots: “These two are going move for move.”

Sharper: “Both young talents seem to be evenly matched. We could honestly be looking at the future of SCW right here tonight.”

Alex grabs Dakon, pulling him from the mat. He hits a European uppercut, before hooking him and hitting a snap suplex. Alex grabs Dakon once again and whips him into the Product’s corner. Alex stomps him before tagging in Josh. The crowd boos as Josh enters the ring, with a clear smile on his face.

Sharper: “The veteran and four-time SCW World Champion joining the match now.”

Josh pulls Dakon up from the corner and he, along with Alex, hook him and hit a double snap suplex. Alex gets up and leaps off the second rope, connecting with a moonsault. Alex rolls out of the ring and gets on the apron while Josh makes the cover.

1!

2!

Ludvig gets into the ring and breaks it up!

Knots: “Ludvig clearly not having enough faith in his partner that he can kick out on his own.”

Josh rolls away, as Ludvig stomps away at him, while Dakon is shown using the ropes to pull himself up. The ref gets Ludvig back while Isaac is shown quickly getting into the ring. Dakon turns and Isaac takes him down with a running big boot.

Sharper: “Oh my! The monstrous Stone leveling Dakon with that running boot!”

Isaac gets out of the ring while Josh goes for another cover.

1!

2!

Dakon manages to kick out!

Josh smirks as he gets to his feet. He pulls Dakon up from the mat, but Dakon manages to hit a European uppercut. Josh staggers back, and Dakon grabs him, before hitting him with a headlock driver into the mat. The crowd cheers. Dakon makes the cover.

Sharper: “Dakon connecting with the Blade Driver on the SCW legend.”

1!

2!

Alex breaks up the cover. Dakon and Alex brawl while Josh rolls away. Alex goes for a haymaker, but Dakon blocks it before hitting a headbutt, then pulling Alex in and hitting a second Blade Driver. Dakon gets to his feet and tags in Ludvig while Josh is shown getting to his feet. Alex rolls out of the ring.

Knots: “The European Fiery Nation seems to have a fire lit under them!”

Ludvig runs over and clubs Josh in the back. Ludvig hooks Josh and connects with a German suplex. Ludvig rolls through, not breaking his grip. He goes to lift Josh, but Josh blocks it, hitting a back elbow to the side of the head, followed by a second and third. Ludvig loses his grip. Hudson turns around, hooks Ludvig and sends him to the mat with a belly to belly suplex.

Sharper: “Ludvig hit a suplex on the suplex machine that is Josh Hudson. But Josh turned things around and showed him how its done.”

Ludvig gets to one knee, only for Josh to club him in the back of the head, before hooking him. Josh hits a German suplex of his own. Josh maintains his grip, lifting Ludvig and hitting a second German. Josh rolls through, hitting a third.

Knots: “Three…four…”

Josh hits a fifth suplex, this time a release German as Ludvig lands hard on the mat. Josh goes for the cover.

1!

2!

Konrad breaks the pin, stomping Josh in the head. Josh rolls away and he gets to his feet, shoving Konrad. Konrad goes to move forward, only for the ref to get involved. Josh motions for Konrad to tag himself in.

Ludvig is shown pulling himself towards the corner as Konrad gets back onto the apron. Ludvig tags Konrad in and the crowd cheers. Josh smirks as Konrad begins to move towards him, only for Josh to tag in Isaac.

Knots: “And the newly signed monster is the legal man!”

Konrad and Isaac meet in the center of the ring. They jaw with each other before they begin exchanging punches. Isaac lands a series of hard lefts, staggering Konrad, who continues to swing with all of his might in his right. Isaac grabs Konrad and headbutts him. Konrad staggers back, bouncing off the ropes, and managing to hit a spear, but Isaac doesn’t hit the mat.

Sharper: “Konrad, like the rest of us, is in disbelief. He couldn’t take the big man down.”

Isaac smirks as Konrad backs into the ropes and explodes off. Isaac goes for a clothesline, but Konrad dunks under. He hits the ropes and goes to hit Isaac, but Isaac spins around just in time, grabbing Konrad and taking him down with a power slam.

Knots: “Big power slam!”

Isaac hooks the leg.

1!

2!

Konrad kicks out. Isaac gets to his feet and pulls Konrad up, only for Konrad to connect with a European uppercut. Isaac staggers back. Konrad begins to connect with rights and lefts, getting Isaac on the ropes. Josh reaches over, slapping the big man on the back, tagging himself in, just as Konrad whips Isaac across the ring.

Sharper: “Josh Hudson the legal man. Not sure if Konrad saw it.”

Josh elbows Konrad in the back of the head, as Isaac comes back, grabbing Konrad and dropping him with a twisting neckbreaker. Alex leaps onto the top rope, before diving off and connecting with a 450 splash. Ludvig and Dakon run into the ring, while Josh rolls out.

Sharper: “And all hell has broken loose!”

Knots: “It was only a matter of time.”

Dakon and Alex begin to brawl, before Dakon knocks Alex into the ropes. He runs and dives over, taking Alex with him to the outside. Konrad gets up and helps Ludvig hammer away at Isaac, before they hit a double clothesline, taking him to the outside. Ludvig gets onto the apron as Isaac is shown getting to his feet.

Isaac turns around and Ludvig dives at him, but Isaac catches him. Dakon and Alex are shown, exchanging punches. Josh is then shown getting back into the ring, racing behind Konrad and rolling him up for a pin.

1!

2!

Konrad kicks out. Both men roll through and get to their feet. They begin to exchange punches, with Konrad getting the better of Josh. Konrad kicks him in the abdomen then hooks him and takes him down with a clothesline. Konrad goes for his own cover.

1!

2!

Isaac breaks it up, pulling Konrad off Josh. Ludvig hits a dropkick to the back of Isaac, sending him into the apron. Ludvig gets back onto the apron as Isaac stumbles back. Ludvig dives, but Isaac catches him again, places him stomach first onto his shoulder and drives Ludvig into the unprotected part of the floor with a running power slam.

Knots: “That looked like it hurt.”

Alex is shown being rolled into the ring by Dakon. Dakon goes to slide inside, but Josh runs over and punts him in the side of the skull. Dakon rolls over and falls to the outside.

Sharper: “Do you think that Josh was protecting his son?”

Knots: “That’s a good question.”

Konrad runs over and spears Josh to the mat. Konrad sits up and goes to hammer away at Josh, but Alex comes out of nowhere and connects with a side kick to the head. Josh gets up, slightly fuming before picking Konrad up, lifting him onto his shoulders. Josh then delivers the Kingdom Come. Konrad falls to the mat and Josh covers him.

Sharper: “Kingdom Come. Is that all?”

1!

Knots: “Josh seemed to glare at Alex for a split second.”

Sharper: “I didn’t see that, but maybe you’re right.”

2!

Dakon tries to break it up, but Alex stomps away at him, keeping him on the outside. Ludvig is seen slowly stirring and trying to get into the ring, only for Isaac to drop him with a straight right hand.

3!

“Duality” hits as Josh sits up. Isaac and Alex join him in the ring, standing on opposite sides. Josh lifts his arms up and laughs.

Phillips: “And your winners, by result of a pin fall…Josh and Alex Hudson and Isaac Stone…The Productttt!!!”

The crowd boos as all three competitors stand victorious in the ring. Josh then goes to the top turnbuckle and jaws with the booing crowd. He does this in each corner, before rejoining Alex and Isaac. The European Fiery Nation are shown to have reconvened on the outside, before The Product leave the ring on the opposite side. One more shot of the winners as they make their way towards the back, before we cut away.

 

Sharper: “Let’s now go backstage where Jaina Lancaster is standing with the Fall of Man.”

 

The scene cuts to the SCW interview area where we see William Heaven standing next to Jaina Lancaster. Next to him is James Evans, while Waylon Creek and Giovanni Aries stand behind them with their World Tag Team Championship belts.

 

Jaina: “Thank you Adam. William Heaven, James Evans, tonight you hope the inevitability you’ve been claiming to finally come through. Waylon Creek fell short against Xander at Retribution…”

 

Waylon just glares at Jaina.

 

Jaina: “…but James has taken a different approach. Xander not at one hundred percent-“

 

Heaven: “You don’t like it. Well, we’re just ensuring that things go correct. James wants the World Championship. WE want the World Championship at any cost. Simple as that. And tonight, Waylon and Giovanni, they’re not in action. They fight on Breakdown. Chris Dumont is rotting in jail and his Troupe members are trying to get him out. It’s just Xander standing against us. And we are focused on one thing…defeating him.”

 

Heaven smirks.

 

Heaven: “So Xander…you can talk big. And while you gained an extra month or so after Retribution. The reality is that you are no longer going to be champion after tonight. Tonight, James is going to use all of his personal anger towards you and he is going to secure us our missing piece as we take what we are owned. And then SCW can find out what comes next.”

 

Jaina: “What will come next?”

 

Heaven smiles. James Evans then steps up.

 

Evans: “The end of the Executioner. After…stay tuned.”

 

Aries cackles as Evans walks past. Heaven smiles as the scene cuts away.

 

Jordan Majors vs. La Pequena Luz

 

“Believe In Tomorrow” by Sunflower’s Garden begins to play as bright white lights begin flickering on and off on the stage in rhythm with the music. La Pequeña Luz skips out onto the stage with the kind of smile that could light up an entire room all on its own plastered to her face, dancing a bit to her theme song and waving her arms in an attempt to get the crowd pumped up, drawing cheers. As she looks down towards the ring, the smile fades as something seems to flicker through her mind, but she’s snapped out of the trance as Amelia Nevado slowly makes her way out, placing a comforting hand on Luz’s shoulder.

 

Phillips: “The following contest is scheduled for onefall and has a thirty minute time limit. First, on her way to the ring, accompanied by Amelia Nevado, from Tulancingo, Hidalgo, Mexico, she is La Pequena Luz!”

 

With a quick kiss to her cheek, Luz’s smile returns as the two proceed to lock hands before heading down to the ring, Amelia trying her best to keep up with Luz’s energetic skipping. Once they reach ringside, Luz pulls Amelia into a brief but passionate kiss before letting her go as she hops up onto the apron, grabbing the top rope before vaulting herself into a somersault into the ring, landing on her feet. Luz begins skipping around the ring, motioning once more for the fans to make some noise as they answer this call while Amelia takes her place in Luz’s corner on the floor, chuckling to herself and shaking her head at Luz’s energy. Luz removes her robe and hands it off to Amelia, who gives some last minute advice and words of encouragement as she does so.

 

Sharper: “La Pequena Luz continues to stand in a situation where some people who don’t want to play by the same rules as others seem to reign supreme. We still don’t know the fate of Asher Hayes. We just know Jordan Majors has his title and is claiming to be US Champion.”

 

Knots: “And she said she’d keep the title safe for Deanna Frost. How’s that going, huh?”

 

Sharper: “She’s stepped in more to try and get to the bottom of this. Jordan Majors insulting all who have held that title.”

 

"Hater era"

A laugh can be heard before the opening sounds of “Overdose” by Memphis May Fire begin. The song quickly picks up pace as purple, pink, and yellow lights shine throughout the arena, emanating from the stage.

The song plays for some time before Jordan Majors walks out to the middle of the stage and turns around and puts her arms straight out as she looks down. The SCW United States Championship is around her waist. The camera pans in to her leather jacket to see #HaterEra emblazoned on the back. She bobs her head to the music before turning and looking directly toward the ring. She kneels down and taps a fist into the ground before she grins and begins to make her way toward the ring at her own pace.

 

Phillips: “Her opponent, from Chicago, Illinois, she is Jordan Majors!”

She ignores the crowd on each side of the ramp as she slowly walks to the area just outside of the ring. Majors makes her way to the ring steps and slaps them twice before she runs up and jumps to the middle rope from the outside of the turnbuckle. She screams out to the crowd and points to herself before she grins and strikes a pose in the corner with her arms stretched out to each side.

Jordan hops over the top rope and into the ring and removes her jacket. She tosses it out of the ring before she walks to the ropes and climbs through to the middle rope. She sits on the rope and nods her head before she ducks back into the ring. Jordan makes her way to her corner and sits on the top rope as she waits for the match to begin. She tells the official, Jennifer Cassidy to come over and extends the US Title to her. Luz shakes her head.

 

Sharper: “And Jordan again trying to make this a US title match. She is not the rightful champion-“

 

Knots: “Possession is nine-tenth of the law. You heard her. And given Asher’s logic when he claimed he was the real US champion, it works!”

 

Sharper: “Come on, Jon!”

 

Majors: “Yeah! Because you know you couldn’t touch me, Luz! Just roll over and you can get creamed on Breakdown!”

 

Luz turns to the official, Jennifer Cassidy.

 

Luz: “Ring the bell.”

 

Sharper: “And Luz is all business. You heard that.”

 

Knots: “Not really. They’re in the ring-“

 

Sharper: “She said to ring the bell and there’s the bell!”

 

The bell sounds as Cassidy calls for it. Luz then starts to head for Jordan. Jordan backs up and Luz heads over to her and pushes back on her, trying to go for a collar-and-elbow tie-up. Jordan leans back and yells at the referee to call for the break.

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

4!

 

Luz steps back and Majors thumbs her in the eye and then spins Luz into the corner. She laughs and hits a chop. The crowd woos. She chops her again. More woos and then grabs Luz and pulls her out of the corner with a side headlock and then just palm strikes her in the nose. Luz falls to a knee. Majors then turns and runs into the ropes. She then runs at her for a hip check, but Luz catches her and rolls through into a roll-up!

 

1!

 

2!

 

Majors kicks out. She rolls to the floor. She then backs up to the barricade and looks in. (1)

 

Sharper: “And very quickly, I think Majors just found out that Luz is not going to make this easy!”

 

Knots: “I mean she did end Religious Wright! We’ve not seen him since. Luz! Be careful! She’s dangerous!”

 

Majors looks on from the floor and walks around. (2) She then looks at Amelia and then turns and goes to move to the opposite direction. (3) Luz however dives through the ropes with a suicide dive, knocking Majors back into the barricade. The crowd roars.

 

Sharper: “And Luz through the ropes!”

 

Knots: “She wasn’t ready!”

 

Sharper: “She was glaring at Amelia Nevado-“

 

Knots: “Amelia had evil thoughts!”

 

Sharper: “The day that happens, I’m pretty sure I’ll see horsemen flying overhead!”

 

Majors rolls over, holding her back. (1) She holds her hand up as Luz gets up and walks in a small circle. (2) She heads over to Majors. Majors yells at her to stop. She points at her back. Luz then stops, just a moment, buying Majors’s act, only for Majors to grab her and turn and throw her into the ring steps. The crowd ohs and boos. Majors turns and laughs. (3)

 

Sharper: “And again, Majors suckering Luz in.”

 

Knots: “Luz may be too nice for the wrestling business. Fall of Man, take notes!”

 

Majors heads over to Luz as Luz grimaces in pain. (4) She grabs her and drags her up and turns and rolls her into the ring. Majors slides in after as Luz rolls over and gets up and Majors then hits a running Yakuza kick to the head. The crowd ohs. Majors dives onto Luz and hooks the leg.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Luz kicks out. She rolls over and starts to get up as Majors then grabs her and nails her with a hard forearm shot and then a European uppercut. Luz falls against the ropes, grabbing the top rope with her hand. Majors then kicks her in the ribs and then forearms her again. The official calls for the break.

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

4!

 

Majors instead pulls Luz out and then hits a snap suplex. She floats over for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Luz kicks out.

 

Sharper: “Luz kicks out as Majors taking this match over.”

 

Knots: “That’s the skill the Star of TODAY has, Sharper. She’s wanted her flowers. She’s got them with the US Title too!”

 

Majors gets up and Luz turns and Majors elbows her in the back of the head. She then pulls her up and snapmares her over and hits a hard kick to the back. Luz rolls over and holds her back in pain. Majors drags Luz back up and hits another snapmare before kicking her again. Luz grimaces and rolls over and to her knees and Majors kicks her in the stomach. She then pulls her up and then whips her into the corner. Majors runs after and Luz pushes up and hooks her legs around the body of Majors and counters with a sunset flip.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Majors kicks out. Both get up and Luz hits an overhead chop and then a kick to the ribs. Majors grabs Luz’s head and goes for a side headlock, but Luz pulls her into the ropes and fires her off. Majors bounces off and Luz hits a spinning heel kick.

 

Sharper: “And Luz gets the leg up, right under the nose of Majors!”

 

Knots: “Lucky shot!”

 

Sharper: “How dare you? After the year she has had! Luz is not a lucky shot. She’s a damn accomplished wrestler.”

 

Knots: “So what – Majors, Fall of Man, their time is now!”

 

Luz the gets up as Majors pops up and turns to her and Luz hits a frankensteiner. She then hops up and hits a jumping leg drop. She turns and hooks the leg.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Majors kicks out. Both women get up and Majors moves to the ropes. Luz hits an overhead chop and then a second one before going to whip Majors across. Majors spins through and sends Luz in. Luz hits the ropes and Majors goes to grab her, but Luz somersaults under and then pops up and jumps to the middle rope and hits a moonsault into Majors, taking her down. She stays on her for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Majors kicks out. Both get up and Luz hits an enziguri kick. Majors stumbles back and into the ropes. Luz then gets up and runs into the ropes. She bounces off and then runs at Majors, but Majors spins through and sends Luz to the floor. Luz lands on her feet and spins through. She then turns and rolls back into the ring and pops up, but Majors just blasts her with a hard right. Luz falls to the ropes and then Majors pops up and hits the Chapter 11. Luz falls back and into the corner.

 

Sharper: “And knees to the jaw. Chapter 11 sends Luz into the corner.”

 

Knots: “And into a bad way. Here comes Majors!”

 

Majors pops up and smirks before moving to the middle of the ring only to then run at Luz, hitting the Donk Bonk. The crowd ohs. Majors turns and drags Luz out from the corner and then drops down for the pin, hooking the legs.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Luz gets her shoulder up. Majors looks up and then grabs Luz and pulls her up before then hitting a snap suplex. Majors turns and exits to the apron. She then climbs up to the top rope and looks over to Luz. Luz, however, grits her teeth, gets up and jumps to the middle rope and then to the top rope before jumping up and hitting a top rope frankensteiner on Majors. The crowd erupts in cheers. Luz then turns and slowly gets up as Majors holds her lower back. She starts to get up and Luz runs into the ropes, jumping to the middle rope and diving back with a corkscrew springboard plancha, taking Majors down. She says on her for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Majors gets her shoulder up. Luz rolls over and starts to get up as Majors rolls over. Luz turns and clubs her in the back a couple of times before Majors elbows her in the stomach. Luz staggers back. Majors then gets up and runs at Luz, but Luz ducks and Majors hits the ropes. Luz however then handsprings past her, off the ropes and grabs Majors’s head and hits the Esperanza Brillante! The crowd erupts.

 

Sharper: “Handspring cutter and Majors driven into the mat.”

 

Knots: “Oh no! Oh no! This is bad! Jordan!”

 

Luz turns and exits to the apron. She then climbs up to the top rope and looks down at Majors. She looks at the crowd briefly before diving off and going for the Caer del Cielo. Majors however gets her shoulder up. The crowd ohs. Luz rolls over in pain. Majors grabs her and pulls on her tights, going for a pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Luz kicks out. Majors rolls over and looks around. She then gets up and grabs Luz and drags her up before turning and just throwing her hard, throat first into the middle rope. Luz falls back, holding her throat as Jordan walks around the ring. The crowd boos her as Amelia Nevado glares at Majors while heading around to check on Luz. Majors snaps at her to get back.

 

Sharper: “And Majors again takes another short-cut and now jawing at Amelia Nevado.”

 

Knots: “She knows she’s got this. Look at her! Look at Jordan Majors! The Star of Today is here!”

 

Luz slowly stirs as Majors then turns back to Luz. She motions for the Cash Out before suddenly “Smooth Sailing” by Queens of the Stone Age plays. Majors stops and turns, her eyes widening. The crowd cheers as we then see Asher Hayes walking out from the back, looking with a bushier beard. He takes a few steps as he starts to head to the ring. Majors then turns and goes to run, but Luz suddenly jumps up and spins through before dropping Majors with the La Magica and then locking the hold in. Majors immediately starts to tap out. The crowd roars as the bell sounds. Luz lets go.

 

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via submission, La Pequena Luz!”

 

Sharper: “Majors walked into it and tapped out immediately!”

 

Knots: “Majors! Run! Asher Hayes is here like the repo men!”

 

Hayes then bolts for the ring. Majors crawls out of the ring and to the floor. She then starts to get up and runs to the barricade. Majors then stops and turns for the timekeeper’s table, but stop as Amelia Nevado stands in her way. Majors then turns as Asher runs after her around the ring. Luz looks on smirking through her mask as Majors climbs over the barricade. She then backs away through the crowd and then spins around and runs at full speed. Hayes stops at the barricade, realizing she’ll get away. He then backs up as Luz rolls to the floor. She then heads over to the timekeeper’s table, grabbing the US Title.

 

Sharper: “Jordan getting out of dodge.”

 

Knots: “Hayes…wasn’t going to be able to chase her. She’s too fast!”

 

Sharper: “Luz…she’s over here.”

 

Knots: “That’s not yours! That’s Jordan’s!”

 

Luz looks at the title before turning to Asher. Amelia moves out of the way. Hayes then walks over to Luz as Luz extends it to Asher. Asher Hayes takes the title and looks at it. He then glances to the crowd where Majors was last scene. Hayes then looks at the title before nodding at Luz. Luz then heads over to Amelia.

 

Sharper: “Hayes has the US Title back. The interim US Title.”

 

Knots: “But…it’s Jordan’s!”

 

Sharper: “Possession is nine-tenths of the law, Knots.”

 

Knots: “What kind of stupidity is that?!”

 

Sharper: “And as Hayes gets his title back…will Kim gets hers? Three Stages of Hell…and it’s next!”

 

A recap video plays showing the history between Kimberly Williams and Colleen MacDonald.

 

Kimberly Williams vs. Colleen MacDonald

SCW Underground Championship

Three Stages of Hell

 

The lights go out, except for a single spotlight at the top of the stage. The opening chords to “Patient Number 9” by Ozzy Osbourne begins to play.  A haunting voice is heard…

"Is there a way out of here?"
"Hey, how long you been here?"
"I wanna go home"
"Hey, hahaha"
"Hahaha"
"Excuse me, could you tell how to get out of here?"
"Hahaha"
"I want to go home"
"Hahaha"
"Mommy, mommy"

The song begins to rage full bore now.  Suddenly the lights come back on and Kimberly Williams is standing at the top of the stage to a loud, mostly positive, reaction from the fans.  A sinister smirk is on her face as she ponders what she is about to do tonight.

 

Phillips: “The following contest is the Three Stages of Hell match for the SCW Underground Championship. First, the challenger, from Boston, Massachusetts, she is the Wild Card, Kimberly Williams!”

 

She winks at the fans before pointing towards the ring and making a beeline towards it.  She slides into the ring underneath the bottom rope. She looks up at the structure from her mind that hangs over the ring and smiles. Kimberly then poses in the center of the ring to another loud reaction from the fans.  The music slowly dies down and Kimberly goes to a corner to await the start of the match.

 

Sharper: “Kim has to be thrilled; the Kimmymaniacs want blood. They want destruction.”

Knots: “They want people in the hospital room. Those sick freaks. And not just that, Kim can be happy now, but she has to take one of the two wins, at least, to get there.”

 

Sharper: “And this is going to be a physical match no matter what.”

 

A coin can be heard dropping into a coin slot, followed by a few girls giggling.  But before “C’est La Vie” by B*Witched can even begin, Colleen steps out onto the stage from the backstage area, wearing her normal all-black ring gear, her fists taped up. The SCW Underground Championship sits over her shoulder. Colleen does a cutthroat signal.  The music turns off as she stands still and waits until the beginning of “How Far I’ll Go” by Auli’i Cravalho begins to play.  Colleen nods once before beginning to slowly head down the entrance ramp.  

 

Phillips: “Her opponent, from Orderville, Utah, she is the SCW Underground Champion, Colleen MacDonald!”

 

The crowd does keep their eyes on her as she looks straight down at the ring.  She keeps going until she arrives down at the ring.  Not quickening her pace, she steps up the steel ring steps and climbs over the top rope to get into the ring.  Once inside she does look around the arena.  She simply approves of her surroundings before she turns to the business at hand, warming up before the bell rings. She hands off the Underground Championship to the official. The official raises it over his head before handing it off.

 

Sharper: “Colleen MacDonald has been a fighting champion. She made this challenge. She wanted Kim one more time and to make sure there was no doubt. She wants Kim to have to deal with the reality that this is not her division anymore.”

 

Knots: “And Kim, she wants history. Something has to give. I just don’t know if we’re ready for what we’re going to see!”

 

Sharper: “First fall is hardcore rules but no weapons can be used. So you can do anything you want. A true no holds barred match. Then the second fall will be Underground Rules where anything can be used and if we need it…that structure up there…the We…the People’s Bunkhouse Stampede match.”

 

The bell sounds. Colleen steps up as Kim laughs. She sidesteps a bit as Colleen keeps going right for her. Kim watches her as Colleen continues to close the gap before she runs forward and goes to grab her. Kim however uses this to pull Colleen in and jumps up and goes for an armbar, while then diving through the ropes. Colleen is stopped by the ropes as Kim tries to lock in the armbar, but Colleen fights and then swings, nailing Kim with a shot and then another. Kim lets go and rolls back into the ring. Colleen then runs over and grabs her and nails her with a hard right. The crowd ohs. She nails her again and again before Kim reaches up and goes for the face of Colleen and Colleen nails her in the ribs with a shot. Kim stumbles out and spins around and Colleen tackles her down.

 

Sharper: “This is going to be ugly. Ugly with a capital U.”

 

Knots: “We’ve already seen a submission attempt, an attempt at an eye gouge and now just some hard shots from Colleen!”

 

Colleen nails Kim with a few hard shots before Kim rolls her legs up and starts to go for a triangle choke. Colleen, again, fights it off and pushes away. She then staggers off as Kim rolls over. Colleen then runs at her and tackles her back into the corner. She shoulder tackles Kim in the ribs again before thrusting her shoulder in again and again and again. She then gets up and grabs Kim and pulls her out with a hip throw. She holds onto Kim’s arm, but Kim then brings her legs up and tries to wrap them around the legs of Colleen. Colleen rolls through and then scrambles to get free and getting free. She gets up annoyed as she then runs at Kim, but Kim sidesteps and through her through the ropes to the floor. Colleen rolls over and starts to get up and Kim runs to the corner, jumping to the middle turnbuckle before diving over the top rope with a rounding crossbody dive onto Colleen!

 

Sharper: “And Kim! She can’t use weapons, but she can use her body as one! And diving over the top rope, right onto the champion!”

 

Knots: “There was a period she was trying to prove should could outwrestle people. Now well, she’s bringing that back in and she’s gone for a few holds! That was however nothing but a dive! And she got all of it!”

 

Colleen rolls over as Kim rolls off. She then gets up and smirks as the crowd roars. Colleen grabs at the barricade and Kim nails her in the back with a forearm shot and then a hard right before driving Colleen into the barricade. Colleen staggers back and rolls back into the ring. Kim rolls in after and Colleen starts to get up and Kim runs into the ropes, bouncing off and hits a running facebuster. She then rolls over and turns and stomps Colleen in the face once and then again and again. Colleen rolls over to the ropes. She then starts to cover up and Kim then looks at her and kicks her in the shoulder and then the chest while Colleen tries to grab at her.

 

Kim: “What? You wanted this? No weapons! Just kicks to the face!”

 

Kim kicks her again before going for another kick. Colleen blocks it and shoves her back. Kim staggers back and Colleen runs at her and clotheslines her down before falling to the mat herself. Kim rolls over, chuckling and rolls over. She then starts to get up as Colleen gets up and heads over and knees her in the ribs. Kim falls back into the corner.

 

Sharper: “And Kim just chuckling at Colleen. It’s only going to drive her more.”

 

Knots: “She may just be enjoying it, but I’m sure Colleen will take it as a slight.”

 

Colleen then nails Kim with a hard left to the stomach and then nails her with a hard right to the head and then a left and then another right. Kim staggers out and then Colleen turns and grabs her from behind. She pushes her forward before then hoisting her up and just throwing her back with a Greco-Roman throw, sending Kim to her shoulder. Kim rolls over. Colleen then crawls over and knees her in the side of the head. Colleen remains over Kim and knees her again and again before suddenly Colleen yells out. Kim is biting Colleen’s leg. Colleen pushes away as we see Kim smirk before Colleen heads over to her and grabs her and pulls her away from the ropes. She then muscles Kim up, but Kim spins through and lands behind her and then hits a Russian leg sweep before moving into a pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Colleen pushes her off. Both get up and Kim kicks Colleen in the ribs before dropping to her knees and just nailing Colleen with a hard right.

 

Sharper: “Hard right. Jesus…just every shot with something behind it.”

 

Knots: “This wasn’t going to be quiet one and they may be bludgeoned before we even get to the second fall!”

 

Colleen falls over. She then starts to get up and grabs at the ropes and then pulls herself up and Kim then runs at her and drills her with a running boot to the face. The crowd ohs. Colleen hits the mat hard. Kim then turns and hooks the leg.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Colleen gets her shoulder up. Kim rolls off. She then starts to get up as Colleen rolls over, holding her jaw in pain before slowly getting up. Kim then kicks Colleen in the ribs. She rolls over. Kim kicks her again. Colleen ends up at the ropes and Kim kicks her again. Colleen rolls to the apron. Kim then reaches through and stomps Colleen in the ribs once and then again and again. Colleen holds on before Kim starts to choke her with her boot. The official asks for a break, but Colleen lets go and falls to the floor.

 

Sharper: “And Colleen letting go to stop the choke, but a hard landing for the champion.”

 

Knots: “There was an audible thud!”

 

Colleen rolls over and we see Kim then climb up to the top rope. She then looks at Colleen. Colleen looks up and Kim then dives off with a somersault, but Colleen moves out of the way and Kim lands on the mats with a thud. The crowd ohs and Kim turns, ending up on her side. The crowd ohs and many stand, looking at Kim down.

 

Sharper: “And no one home! My God! The impact…”

 

Knots: “Kim wanted to bring death from above. Only for her though!”

 

Kim slowly rolls over, wincing and Colleen runs over and jumps up and hits a senton backsplash on side of Kim on the mats. The crowd ohs. Colleen then rolls her over and hooks the leg.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Kim kicks out. Colleen rolls off as Kim rolls, grimacing in pain. She then starts to fight her way up to her feet as Colleen gets up and looks at Kim and then smirks before Kim turns around and Colleen runs at her and spears her back into the steel steps. The crowd ohs as the stairs bowl over and Kim ends up on the top half as Colleen rolls over in pain.

 

Sharper: “Speared into the steel steps! And the top half bowls over. Kim caught awkwardly!”

 

Knots: “Do you want the steps to stay together or not in that situation?!”

 

Colleen grimaces and grabs Kim and drags her up. She then turns and rolls her into the ring. Kim rolls over and moves to the middle of the ring. Colleen then slides in and gets up. She then runs over and covers Kim.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Kim gets her shoulder up. Colleen then grabs Kim and clubs her with a series of hard shots to the head before going again and again and Kim then suddenly gets her legs up and tries to grab the arm of Colleen as Colleen keeps trying to strike her. She struggles more and more before Kim reaches up and rakes the eyes of Colleen. Colleen rolls over as Kim rolls over, stretching out her back before then running into the ropes. Colleen runs at her and goes for a spear, but Kim jumps over her and Colleen slides through. She stops and turns and runs at Kim and Kim catches her and into an inside cradle!

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

The bell sounds.

 

Phillips: “Kimberly Williams wins fall one!”

 

Sharper: “And with an inside cradle! Kim takes fall one!”

 

Knots: “After how hard hitting this was, for it to be a cradle…I don’t know how Colleen thinks about it, but Kim loves it!”

 

Sharper: “Because now she can bring out the weapons and here we go!”

 

Kim lets go and rolls out of the ring, holding her arm up. She winces a bit before then going to the ring and lifting up the ring skirt. Colleen looks up, annoyed by the fall, before looking at the official. Just then, a steel chair flies into the ring. Kim then grabs a trash can and throws it into the ring. She walks around the steel steps and goes to side of the ring, lifting up the ring skirt and takes out a bag, placing it onto the apron before turning and grabbing a baseball bat wrapped in barbed wire and placing it in the ring. She then grabs a staple gun and smiles before throwing it into the ring. Colleen moves away as Kim then spins around and goes to another side and pulls out another chair and throws it into the ring. She then rolls in and runs over to Colleen and Colleen grabs her and in a bearhug before then hoisting her up and hitting a side belly to belly suplex into the trash can. The crowd ohs as Kim rolls over to the apron. Colleen then gets up and storms over as Kim falls to a knee.

 

Sharper: “And Kim back in! Plunder all over the ring! But Colleen with the first strike!”

 

Knots: “And Kim tasting the trash can too. Colleen driving her through it!”

 

Colleen then crawls over to the ropes and rolls to the floor. Kim gets up and Colleen nails her with a hard right and then another. Kim staggers to the barricade. Colleen grabs her and runs her into the barricade. Kim falls over and down to the entrance way. She then starts to get up and Colleen grabs her and drags her up, but Kim nails her in the ribs with a shot and then another before running Colleen into the barricade. Colleen falls to the ground.

 

Sharper: “And these two now fighting up the entrance way. Just sending people hard into the barricade. First Kim goes in, now Colleen.”

 

Knots: “This brawl isn’t stopping and just because there are weapons, doesn’t mean Colleen isn’t going to stop beating the hell out of you!”

 

Colleen rolls over as Kim then grabs her and pulls her up. She then runs her up along the side of the rampway and then runs Colleen forward and throws her into the side of the stage. Colleen hits hard back first and just falls over. Kim heads over and stomps her in the face and then ribs before starting to choke her with her boot. The official follows as Kim leans in for a few moments before turning away. She then walks off as Colleen slowly starts to stir. Kim then walks over and goes to a production section and climbs up. One of the production crew yell at Kim as she closes a laptop and then pulls it out from the cords. She then smiles and turns and runs over and nails Colleen in the head with the laptop. Colleen drops to the ground.

Knots: “Hope any files are in the cloud!”

 

Sharper: “Laptop to the head of Colleen and the laptop destroyed on her head.”

 

Knots: “She has been quite hardheaded!”

 

Colleen rolls over, wincing and Kim grabs her and lifts her up and runs her into the stage again. Colleen bounces off as she turns and Kim nails her with a hard right and Colleen staggers through the curtain and into the back. The crowd looks on as Kim follows through and the camera follows with the official. Kim then grabs Colleen and goes to run her into a storage crate, but Colleen blocks it and elbows Kim in the ribs once and then again before then scooping her up and then just slamming her on the storage crate. The crate rolls out of the way as Kim rolls over, wincing in pain. She starts to get up and Colleen then nails her with a hard right. Kim falls back and down to the floor. She starts to get up and Colleen grabs her again as then runs her over and into another storage crate. Kim falls over and down to the floor. She rolls over and Colleen grabs her and starts to dig at her face. Kim yells out and then Kim grabs one of the lights and tries to grab at it, but Colleen forces Kim down to the mat. She forearms her in the back of the head and then again before rolling Kim over and covers her.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Kim kicks out. She rolls over as Colleen rolls off. Kim then grabs at the light. Colleen gets up and staggers around and Kim hits a kick to the ribs of Colleen staggers back. Kim then takes the light and slams the light into the head of Colleen. The crowd ohs as the light goes out and Colleen falls to the mat. She rolls over, blood coming from her forehead.

 

Knots: “Jesus! Kim was trying to make this more electrifying!”

 

Sharper: “That light destroyed over the head of Colleen and Colleen is bloodied!”

 

Knots: “And Kim’s not done using that light.”

 

Kim then takes the light and wraps it around the throat of Colleen. She pulls back as Colleen struggles, Kim choking her. Kim keeps pulling back before Colleen elbows Kim in the ribs once and then again before snapmaring her forward. Kim rolls through and then starts to get up. She staggers over to a door and Colleen then gets up and runs at her and spears her through the door. The crowd ohs as the door flies open and then swings back, hitting both. Both wince as Colleen crawls over Kim. Kim remains down. Colleen winces as she then checks her arm before getting up. Blood drips down her face. She then grabs the door and slams it into Kim once before opening it again and slamming it again. Kim grimaces in and rolls over, holding her body.

 

Knots: “That door…”

 

Sharper: “Right in the back. The ribs. This isn’t a bloodbath, but you know each shot is just hurting. This is going to be a match both will feel for a lot time to come.”

 

Knots: “If they survive it. Kim’s up one. Colleen needs to tie it…and right now, they’re just maiming each other!”

 

Colleen walks around then looks around before grabbing Kim and dragging her up. Colleen then hoists her up onto her shoulders before walking forward and then spinning around and slamming Kim into the floor with a Samoan drop. The crowd ohs. Colleen hooks the leg.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Kim gets her shoulder up. Colleen rolls over and gets up. She drags Kim back up again and then drags her down the hallway before Kim suddenly stops her and nails her in the ribs with a hard right and then another before she rakes the eyes. Colleen staggers off and Kim looks around. She then grabs a pipe from the side and turns and drives the end of it into the ribs of Colleen. Colleen winces and bends over and Kim then takes the pipe and slams it down into the back of Colleen. Colleen falls over and Kim throws the pipe away.

 

Sharper: “And that pipe…Kim to the ribs, then to the back.”

 

Knots: “And that turns it around again!”

 

Colleen rolls over and Kim then drags her up. She then looks around before turning and running Colleen over hard into the wall. Colleen bounces off, a splat of blood on the wall. She turns around and Kim then spins her around and throws her through a door. Colleen falls through it and down, revealing they have exited into the parking area. Kim pushes through and then walks over to Colleen, stomping her a couple of times before then looking around. Colleen starts to get up and turns and Kim takes what appears to be a piece of some lumber and breaks it over the head of Colleen. Colleen just drops from the shot. Kim then shrugs and goes for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Colleen kicks out.

 

Sharper: “That piece of lumber…just broken in two over Colleen’s head.”

Knots: “Colleen just dropped. They’ve each taken so much out of one another.”

 

Sharper: “But she still found a way to get that shoulder up.”

 

Kim then grabs Colleen. She drags her up and looks around before running her hard into some trash cans and a chainlink fence. Colleen falls over and then starts to slowly get up. Kim walks over and grabs her and drags her up. She then spins her around before seeing a Sedan parked over and Kim runs Colleen over, but Colleen at the last moment spins around and sends Kim face first through the front passenger window. The crowd ohs as the window shatters as Kim falls to the ground. Colleen remains down on her hands and knees. Kim slowly rolls over, blood starting to come down her face.

 

Knots: “Jesus! Whose car is that?!”

 

Sharper: “I don’t know, but they’re not getting their deposit back!”

 

Colleen pulls herself up to her feet and then grabs Kim. She then drags her over to the car before climbing up herself. She drags Kim up. The crowd in the arena starts to cheer as Colleen pulls Kim in and then double underhooks her before hoisting her up and hitting a sitout tiger bomb on the top of the Sedan. The crowd ohs as the Sedan’s roof collapses slightly and the windshield cracks. The referee runs over as Colleen leans back, grimacing, but remains with Kim down in a pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

The bell sounds.

 

Phillips: “Colleen MacDonald has won the second fall!”

 

Sharper: “And Colleen wins the Underground rules match-“

 

Knots: “She didn’t use a single weapon…unless you count the car!”

 

Sharper: “And both are down on top of that car. They impact, the damage. They’ve beaten the hell out of each other. And now…”

 

Knots: “Here it comes…voted by you the fans….this hell! We…the People’s Bunkhouse Stampede.”

 

We then cut to the ring to see the chainlink monstrosity starting to come from the ceiling. We see around the outside, what appears to be explosives attached to the chainlinks, to showing WASLEY, refilled with stuffing, but wrapped in barbed wire, before seeing production crews bringing boards of nails and barbed wire into the ring. We also see fluorescent light tubes hanging on one side, and in one places, a large square of light tubes hanging on the side.

 

Sharper: “Fans…this is a death match. All goes and our crew adding more items to cause pain and destruction.”

 

Knots: “Are those explosives?”

 

Sharper: “Yes…yes I think it is. The cage will be around the ring…”

 

Knots: “They need to get back and into there.”

 

Sharper: “And yes, the match will only end inside that ring. Inside that steel hell that came from the mind of Kimberly Williams.”

 

We keep focused on the production crew getting the cage set up and getting it ready before cutting to the back where Colleen is staggering, holding onto Kim, slowly trying to drag her to the ring.

 

Knots: “Look at these two…they’ve beat the hell out of each other.”

 

Sharper: “Both bloodied. Both holding a fall over the other. This will determine the winner. And you can see the annoyance on the face of Colleen. She wanted a more confined space. But instead…she has to enter Kim’s idea.”

 

Colleen continues to drag Kim through the backstage, going through the one door and back into the building. She keeps dragging Kim along the hallway and pass some of their other destruction. The cameras keep following as Colleen drags Kim through the next door and then they start to continue to walk. The crowd buzzes in anticipation as Colleen and Kim make their way through the backstage area before coming through the curtain and Colleen then turns and throws Kim down. She heads over and stomps her in the head and then again before grabbing her and lifting her up. Colleen winces a moment, clearly showing what this has taken out from her. She then turns and walks Kim over to the rampway before then scooping her up and placing her on the rampway. Kim rolls over and Colleen climbs up. Kim then suddenly revives and stomps her in the head. Colleen rolls over. Kim stomps her again. She then drags Colleen up.

 

Kim: “Come to enjoy MY world, Ol’ MacDonald!”

 

Kim then goes to run Colleen into the cage, but again, just as before, Colleen spins through and throws Kim up into the cage. The crowd ohs as Kim hits and sparks pop off as the panel explodes. Kim falls to the mats, smoke coming off of her. Colleen just looks at the structure and then to Kim, almost with disgust. The crowd ohs.

 

Knots: “Jesus Christ!”

 

Sharper: “Just…my God. Colleen now understanding what she’s getting into.”

 

Knots: “Look at the disgust!”

 

Sharper: “Kim…smoke coming off of her. Just…”

 

Colleen demands the cage opened and she grabs Kim and drags her up. She drags her to the ring and then stuffs her into the cage. Kim rolls over and Colleen climbs up and into the cage before immediately going for the pin.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Kim gets her shoulder up. The crowd roars. Colleen looks up and then shakes her head. She slowly starts to get up. Colleen then looks around the cage and she scans the area before turning back to Kim. Kim starts to slowly get up, extending her arms. She motions for Colleen to grab something and hit her before Colleen nails her with a hard right and then another and another. She then backs up and stops before the ropes, realizing the cage could be rigged to blow, and then runs at Kim and boots her in the face. She then grabs her and drags her up and whips her into the corner. Colleen runs after her, but Kim moves out of the way and Colleen hits the turnbuckles and staggers out and Kim runs at her and hits a running dropkick, knocking Colleen back and into the cage where barbed wire is wrapped through it. Colleen hits enough of it and grimaces before then pulling herself out, her hair ripping out as she does.

 

Sharper: “Kim wants Colleen to embrace his, but Colleen sticking to her ways. And Kim counters.”

 

Knots: “Colleen tasting that barbed wire…and if you had any doubt if it was real.”

 

Colleen rolls over and Kim then staggers over to one side. She grabs two of the light tubes. She then looks at them and smiles as Colleen gets up to a knee. Kim turns and breaks one over the head of Colleen. Colleen remains up only for Kim to drill her with the second one. Colleen drops to the mat. Both Kim and Colleen are bloody messes and Kim then grabs two more light tubes. She then smiles before then nailing Colleen in the back with a third and then nailing her with the fourth. She then laughs as she walks around the ring before turning to Colleen and Colleen then grits her teeth and lifts Kim up and runs forward, spearing Kim and herself into the bundle of light tubes, causing them to shatter upon impact on both of them. Kim leans against the cage, smiling as Colleen is down in a heap next to her.

 

Sharper: “Jesus Christ! Through those damn light tubes…”

 

Knots: “Colleen took four of them and then found some way to spear Kim into it.”

 

Sharper: “Those shards of glass all over their bodies, the ring…”

 

Colleen rolls over and starts to get up and uses the ropes to get up. She then staggers back and Kim then looks up and uses the ropes to pull herself up to her feet and she steps forward and Colleen then nails her with a hard right before going to whip her across. Kim however ducks under and spins through before kicking Colleen and then Kim runs Colleen to the ropes, over the top rope and into a barbed wire board. Colleen lands awkwardly and is caught again. She treis to pull herself free and rolls over, a cut opening on her right arm. Kim then staggers over and goes to the bag she placed in the ring earlier. She then grabs it and smiles before looking around. She then turns and opens it before dumping the content…thumbtacks.

 

Sharper: “Good God. There’s glass. Their barbed wire…there are thumbtacks…”

 

Knots: “And someone is going to go in them. Colleen has tasted that barbed wire more than Kim. But Kim’s already gone into some explosives. They’re both just fighting on whatever they have left.”

 

Sharper: “And this crowd just looking on and Colleen starts to get up, pulling herself free!”

 

She then gets up and turns and Kim grabs her. She then looks around and hits a vertical suplex onto the thumbtacks. Colleen grimaces in pain. Kim then slowly gets up, thumbtacks in her hair and arms and upper back. She then heads over to the legs of Colleen. She then lifts them up and starts to turn her over. The crowd roars and ohs as she turns Colleen chest first into the thumbtacks, revealing how many are in her back and legs before Kim locks in the Angel’s Arch!

 

Sharper: “Shades of Jason Zero and Dillusion! The Angel’s Arch in the thumbtacks! Her face, her chest-“

 

Knots: “Look at her.”

 

Colleen grits her teeth. She shakes her head as Kim tries to keep the hold on. She then manages to step on the back of Colleen’s head getting another roar from the crowd. She tries to keep it in before then letting go from exhaustion. Kim falls into the ropes. She leans on them as Colleen rolls out of the thumbtacks. She then rolls over as Kim then walks over to WASLEY and pulls him down. Kim then looks at him and smirks before turning and nodding. She then turns as Colleen starts to pull herself up to her feet. She gets up, bloodied and turns to Kim, only for Kim to throw WASLEY at her. Colleen ducks and WASLEY hits the cage, causing it to go off as sparks blast. The crowd ohs.

 

Sharper: “Was WASLEY a damn hand grenade?!”

 

Knots: “Kim already told me that penguin had an explosive personality!”

 

Colleen then reaches up and grabs Kim. Kim fights her, but Colleen rakes her eyes and then turns and runs Kim face first into the board of nails. Kim turns, touching her forehead as she falls back and Colleen then grabs her and turns and the two spin around, clearly trying to get leverage before they send themselves both hard into the cage side. The cage side explodes! Both fall back and the smoke clears as we see Colleen having fallen on top of Kim. The official goes down.

 

Sharper: “The cage exploded! They both went it!”

 

Knots: “Look!”

 

1!

 

2!

 

3!

 

The bell sounds and the crowd looks on, some booing, some cheering.

 

Phillips: “Here is your winner…and STILL SCW Underground Champion, Colleen MacDonald!”

 

Knots: “She survived?!”

 

Sharper: “She didn’t just survived, both sent the other into the cage and Colleen ended up on top. They were fighting the entire time and Colleen…well she got the win that mattered.”

 

Knots: “Kim got her death match, but Colleen may have gotten the respect she wanted…I don’t know. How is Kim going to react to this?”

 

Colleen slowly rolls off as we see officials arriving in the ring. We see crew members also going to the cage, presumably to deactivate anything. The door is opened as officials enter the ring and they start to check on Kim and on Colleen.

 

Sharper: “Whatever you think, these two left so much of themselves in the ring. They fought for what they believed in. This became personal, and they beat the hell out of each other.”

 

Knots: “They’ll be feeling this one for so long…I hope it was worth it!”

 

The fans applaud as the Bunkhouse Stampede cage is slowly lifted. Colleen and Kim remain down as officials check on both and the scene slowly cuts away.

 

We open up in an old time Western town. We then see Xander Valentine step out of a saloon. He looks around before we then see James Evans, Scott Reed, Kirsten Scott, Kandis, and David Striker all walking into the middle of the town. A tumbleweed blows by. We then cut to close up shots of each of the people, showing their eyes, some grabbing at the sidearms at their waistbands. Just then, YUYO shows up in full attire and with her staff. It starts to glow.

 

YUYO: “YUYO is here!”

 

Striker: “Ah…screw it…”

 

Striker then suddenly pulls out a shotgun. From where, we don’t know. He then starts to fire. We then hear cackling as we see Derek Adonis running through the area.

 

Adonis: “KABLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!”

 

We hear gunshots and smoke comes from the guns as people run for cover. We see Konrad Raab diving over a railing, before showing a shot of Leroy Adams calmly sipping a beer. The scene goes opaque and the Rise to Greatness XXII logo comes up on the screen.

 

“Rise to Greatness XXII

Houston, Texas

NRG Stadium

July 27, 2025”

 

We then cut back to see CHBK, Hiro Tanaka, Lucas Knight, and Dillusion, all wearing sheriffs badges. They all just sigh.

 

CHBK: “We were gone one minute!”

 

The scene cuts away.

 

Syren vs. Selena Frost vs. Glory Braddock

Winner gets Number 40 in the Taking Hold of the Flame

Loser gets Number 1 in the Taking Hold of the Flame

 

The first chords of "Immortal" by Ozzy Osbourne begins to play over the PA system...

Phillips: “The following contests is scheduled for onefall with a sixty minute time limit. Whomever wins will be number 40 in the Taking Hold of the Flame battle royal; whomever takes the fall will be number one. First, from London, England, she is The British Bombshell GLORY BRADDOCK!”
 
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.

I come alive at the second of midnight
So I can fly when the world is asleep
You scream and howl as I'm taking the first bite
Blood on my tongue tastes of eternity

People will come and go
Some stories never told
They bury me down below
But I'll never die
'Cause I'm immortal
Yes, immortal

The British Bombshell steps up the steel steps and then onto the ring apron. She poses momentarily on the apron, allowing people to take snapshots before stepping through the ropes and into the ring.  Once in the ring Glory heads to the center of the ring and poses once more. Then the music dies down slowly...

 

Sharper: “Glory Braddock challenged Selena leading to this whole situation and Selena Frost wasn’t quite thrilled about it.”

 

Knots: “She was just telling everyone that’s resistance was futile this year and Braddock and then Syren came out and put out a challenge. And CHBK gave it to them!”

 

Sharper: “Huge stakes nonetheless and nothing is guaranteed in SCW-“

 

Knots: “Except Selena’s title shot!”

 

The lights in the arena plunge into darkness. A pulsing sound akin to a heartbeat plays out across the PA system as the fans cheer. The heartbeat gets faster before “Groupie” by Cassie Steele hits the PA system. After a few moments Syren comes through the curtain, accompanied by Lexy Chapel on her left and Ravyn Taylor on her right. Syren pauses on the stage, looking out at the fans cheering, as Lexy waves her arms, trying to get them to cheer even louder for her client. Ravyn whispers something to Syren, who smiles and nods.

Sinfully Seductive
Captivatingly Corrupt
DARK FANTASY

Syren walks down the ramp. 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. The camera switches to Lexy who yells about her client and the ‘Lexy Nation’ appreciating them.

Phillips: “Next, being accompanied by Lexy Chapel and Ravyn Taylor and representing LexyCorp International, hailing from Los Angeles, California, this is SYREN!”

Syren smiles before leaping over the top rope and unclipping the title, dropping to her knees in the ring, posing with both her arms outstretched, palms facing up, and holding up the Adrenaline title with her right hand. Lexy rolls into the ring and stands over her, pointing down at her client. She offers both her hands to Syren, pulling her up. Syren takes off her ring jacket and hands it to Lexy as Ravyn claps and stands off to the side. She climbs up on the middle rope, posing for a moment and then jumping back down and standing in her corner with Lexy and Ravyn as her music fades out.

 

Sharper: “Syren meanwhile coming off a stunning loss, helped in part by the Cowgirls from Hell getting involved and we know Billy Heaven Jr. seemingly flirting with her.”

 

Knots: “Focus there. A lot of good targets. Selena Frost didn’t need this!”

 

Sharper: “But a win tonight would be huge. It would immediately put her as a favourite at Taking Hold of the Flame.”

 

BELIEVE IT... OR NOT!

"Thank You for Hating Me!" by Citizen Soldier plays throughout the arena, the SCW Universe deafening the song with their boos. The lights shift to dark purple and blue, filling the arena as snow is seen “falling” along the electronic floor and screens as, out from the back, walks the Snow Queen, Selena Frost, taking in the crowd of the SCW Universe with a smirk.

Slowly, Selena shifts her head, her sapphire eyes locked towards the ring as she turns to her side and lifts her front hand gracefully, extending it towards the ring, palm upward. With a lift of her front foot, she suddenly slams it down into the ground, causing a crack like ice to form and sprint down the ramp and towards the ring!

 

Phillips: “And from Nome, Alaska, by way of New York City, New York, she is the Snow Queen, Selena Frost!”

Lowering her arm, the Blue-Eyed Devil walks down the ramp, her steps leaving footprints in the “snow” under her feet. Reaching the ring, Selena goes up the steps and under the ropes to enter it. Once inside and in the center of the ring, she stands still, confident and powerful, as the lights form to make a massive blue and black snowflake under her and the purple and blue lights. Raising her hand back up, towards the audience, once again palm upright, a wicked smirk graces her lips. With a slam of her foot, Selena causes the snowflake at her feet to “crack” as the rampway did, the shards of ice streaking out to all four corners of the ring to shoot out purple streaks of light from the turnbuckle the lights return to normal.

 

Knots: “Time for Selena to make them regret their decision to even interrupt her!”

 

Sharper: “And think, Glory and Selena were, for a period, getting along, at least publicly. And that’s quickly gone a different direction with this.”

 

Knots: “They both hate Syren, so there’s that though!”

 

The bell sounds and Syren steps out and Selena runs at her and drills her with a running dropkick. The crowd ohs as Syren goes down and into the corner. Selena gets up, but Glory Braddock runs up behind her and takes her down with a school boy.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Selena kicks out and both get up and Selena takes Braddock down with an inside cradle.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Glory kicks out. Both get up and Selena goes for a hard right, but Braddock ducks under and then spins around her and into a side headlock. Selena pulls Braddock back and into the ropes. Braddock runs across and bounces off only for Syren to run forward and join Selena in shouldering Braddock down. Selena turns and Syren drops down and into a school boy of her own.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Selena kicks out. Both get up and Syren grabs Selena and throws her into Braddock as she gets up. Braddock falls back and to the ropes. Syren then hits a rolling clutch pin!

 

1!

 

2!

 

Selena kicks out and Syren is shot forward and into Glory who hip tosses Syren up and over the top rope and Syren drops to the floor.

 

Sharper: “And a quick start here. All are going for that fall. That’s all that matters.”

 

Knots: “You want to be the one getting the fall. You get number forty. If you take it, you get number one. If you don’t, you hope for good RNG!”

 

Syren rolls over on the floor as Glory turns as Selena chops her. The crowd woos. She chops her again and then whips Glory into the ropes. Glory bounces off and Selena goes for a clothesline. Glory ducks and hits the ropes, but Syren grabs her by the legs and pulls her to the floor before then throwing her into the barricade. The crowd ohs. Syren spins around and rolls into the ring. Selena grabs her and elbows her in the back of the head and then again before spinning her around and she goes for a roundhouse kick to the head, but Syren ducks and then pushes Selena into the ropes and pulls her back with an Okana roll.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Selena kicks out. Both get up and Syren forearms Selena in the jaw. She then kicks her in the ribs and goes for the Total Makeover, but Selena blocks it and shoves Syren back. Syren hits the ropes and then Selena goes for the Glass Shard, but Syren catches her foot. She spins Selena around and then pulls her down with a school boy.

 

1!

 

2!

 

Glory grabs Selena’s arms and pulls her out from under Syren. Syren scramble to grab her, but Glory gets Selena to the floor. She then ducks a hard right from Selena and Selena spins through as Glory hoists her up and hits a back suplex on the floor.

 

Sharper: “And Glory plants Selena on the floor!”

 

Knots: “Oh boy! That’s one way to keep her down for a while!”

 

Glory rolls over as Selena rolls over, holding her back in pain. Glory then turns and slides into the ring. She gets up and Syren forearms her in the jaw once and then again and again before whipping Glory across the ring. Glory bounces off and Syren hits a jumping leg lariat. She turns and goes for the pin.

 

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Glory kicks out. Glory turns and Syren kicks her in the ribs. She then goes for a snap suplex. She connects and hits the Blonde Satisfaction. She goes for the pin.

 

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Glory gets her shoulder up. She turns and starts to get up and Syren grabs her and pulls her up before Glory spins through and sends Syren chest first into the nearby middle turnbuckle. Syren winces and starts to get up and Glory grabs her and pulls her back and hits a back suplex into a bridge.

 

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Syren gets her shoulder up. She rolls over and Glory holds onto her and hooks her arms as they both start to get up. Glory then starts to turn her around into the Glorification, but Syren shoves her into the ropes. Glory hits the ropes and Syren goes for the superkick. Glory however catches the foot before throwing it down and hitting a jumping enziguri kick.

 

Sharper: “Braddock gets that enziguri right to side of Syren’s head.”

 

Knots: “She’s still somehow on her feet.”

 

Sharper: “For now…”

 

Glory sees Syren staggering and Glory moves to the corner. She pulls herself to the middle turnbuckle and then hits the Prankster’s Paradise. The crowd ohs. Glory hooks the leg.

 

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Syren kicks out. She rolls over and stirs as Glory grabs her and drags her up, but Syren suddenly counters with a jawbreaker. Glory stumbles back to the ropes. Syren then gets up and runs at Glory, but Glory hoists Syren up and throws her up and over the top rope with a back drop to the floor. The crowd ohs. Glory steps out, but Selena then trips her up. Glory falls forward and Selena climbs up and then watches Glory as she then slingshots into the ring and grabs Glory’s head and hits a DDT. The crowd ohs. She hooks the leg.

 

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Glory kicks out.

 

Sharper: “And a spike DDT! There’s the cover! The one! The two! No!”

 

Knots: “Glory dug deep there. Wasn’t expecting Selena to go that way and Selena hoped to end it there with Syren on the floor here!”

 

Selena rolls Glory away from the ropes and then grabs her and pulls her up and hits a vertical suplex. She runs into the ropes opposite where Syren is and jumps to the middle rope and hits a lionsault. She hooks the leg.

 

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Glory kicks out. Both get up and Selena forearms Glory in the jaw once and then again before Syren climbs onto the apron. She then springboards to the top rope and dives off with a diving forearm shot. Selena throws Glory into Syren. Syren catches Glory and rolls through. She gets up and Selena kicks Syren in the ribs and then grabs her in a full nelson before forcing her down with a bulldog. She rolls Syren over and hooks the leg.

 

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Syren gets her shoulder up.

 

Sharper: “Another nearfall and Selena right now, the one in control.”

 

Knots: “Just keep both down. Go back and forth if you need to!”

 

Syren rolls over and Selena gets up and stomps her in the head before running over and stomping Glory in the back a couple of times for good measure. She runs back over to Syren and hits a basement dropkick to the side of her head as she starts to get up. Selena then goes over and mounts Syren and hammers away on her with hard right hands. The crowd boos as she hammers away. Selena ignores it and gets up and walks around the ring. She then runs at Syren and kicks her in the stomach. Glory starts to get up and Selena runs over and goes to kick her, but Glory catches her boot and then gets up and hits a dragon screw leg whip. The crowd ohs. Selena rolls over, holding her leg and starting to get up and into the corner. Glory follows up with a shoulder to the ribs and then another before grabbing the right leg of Selena and placing it around the middle rope and starting to pull on it. Selena swings at Glory, but Glory keeps the pressure on the leg. Syren starts to get up and Glory turns and hits a dropkick, knocking her down. Selena gets free and then steps forward only for Glory to hit a drop toe hold. She then turns and rolls over and grabs the leg of Selena and spins through and locks in a figure four-leg lock!

 

Sharper: “And Glory quickly moving onto the leg. The figure four! It’s locked in!”

 

Knots: “No! Selena! Get to the ropes! Or wait…Syren! Syren!”

 

Sharper: “And here comes Syren!”

 

Syren then runs at Glory, but Glory reaches up and takes Syren over with an inside cradle!

 

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Syren kicks out. She rolls through and to the ropes before starting to get up. Glory then starts to look around before Selena starts to turn Glory a bit, but Syren then jumps to the middle rope and hits a corkscrew senton onto Glory. The crowd ohs. Selena starts to kick and gets her legs free. Syren gets up and dives onto Glory for the pin

 

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Glory gets her shoulder up. She rolls over and Syren gets up and sees Selena starting to get up and Syren grabs her from behind and hits a reverse DDT.

 

Sharper: “Syren pulling Selena back. Not only the impact to the head, but getting her legs to have to be bent back-“

 

Knots: “And Syren going for the pin. They’re being very aggressive in trying for their pins!”

 

Sharper: “That’s what matters and imagine if Selena is counted down. She’d be number one when she just wanted to stake her claim.”

 

Syren hooks the leg.

 

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Selena gets her shoulder up. She rolls over and to her back again and Syren then steps over and grabs her legs and then steps through. The crowd cheers some more as Syren turns Selena over into a sharpshooter! Glory then turns and crawls over and grabs Selena by the arm and locks in a crossface. The crowd cheers as Selena yells in pain.

 

Sharper: “Crossface by Glory! Syren with the sharpshooter. Selena tortured between them!”

 

Knots: “How is this okay? You can’t share number forty if she taps!”

 

Sharper: “That’s going to have to be where Steve Hollinsworth steps in and-“

 

Selena yells out as Glory and Syren keep pulling back on their respective limbs of the Snow Queen. Hollinsworth then start waving off any fall as Selena’s arm drops to the mat. Glory holds on a bit longer before letting go. Syren glances back and lets go too. Selena slowly rolls over to the ropes and Syren turns and grabs Glory and forearms her in the jaw. Glory hits a chop. The crowd woos. Syren forearms Glory again and Glory chops her again. The crowd woos. Syren kicks Glory in the ribs and whips her into the corner. Syren runs after and Glory jumps up and wraps her legs around the back of Syren and takes her down with a sunset flip into a pin.

 

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Syren kicks out. Both get up and Glory kicks her in the ribs and then hits the Gloria in Excelsis Dio. Syren falls back. Glory looks around and then turns and goes to exit, only to see Selena down and runs over to her and dives onto her, hooking both legs.

 

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Selena gets her shoulder up. Glory rolls away and then runs over and stomps Syren in the face. Syren holds her face and Glory exits to the apron. She climbs up to the top rope. The crowd roars as Glory gets to the top. She then dives off with a London Plunge, but Syren brings her knees up. Glory rolls over, holding her face in pain.

 

Sharper: “Glory took the opportunity to try and pin Selena, thinking she may be done half out of it, but that delay allowed Syren to counter.”

 

Knots: “And Glory is hurt!”

 

Syren then starts to get up and moves to the ropes. Glory slowly gets up, holding her head in pain and staggers up only to walk into a superkick. The crowd roars.

 

Chapel: “Superkick Soiree!!!”

 

Chapel yells out as Syren turns and checks on Selena, who is still down before turning and going to Glory. She then goes for the pin.

 

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Glory gets her shoulder up. Syren rolls off. Syren then starts to get up and grabs Glory. She drags her up and then hoists her up and places her on the top rope. Syren turns and climbs up to the middle turnbuckle. She nails Glory with a hard right and then another. Glory nails her again, only for Selena to pull herself up and limp over. She grabs Syren as Syren hooks Glory. Syren turns and hits a powerbomb, while Syren hits a superplex on Glory!

 

Sharper: “Powerbomb! Suplex!”

 

Selena looks up as Syren and Glory are down. Selena then stacks up Syren!

 

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Syren kicks out just in time. Selena rolls over and moves to the ropes. Glory rolls over to her stomach and slowly starts to pull herself up and Selena staggers over and grabs her arm and spins through into a La Magistral!

 

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Glory kicks out. Selena rolls over and starts to get up. She turns to Syren and Syren blasts her with a superkick. The crowd ohs as Selena falls to the ropes. She drops down to her hands and knees. Syren staggers around and then walks over to Glory and grabs her, only to then get taken over with a small package.

 

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Syren kicks out. Glory rolls over and gets up and boots Syren as she staggers up to her feet. Glory staggers and turns to Selena and grabs her, but Selena suddenly wrenches the arm and hits the Paydirt. Glory pops up and falls back. Selena then turns and Syren hits a second superkick. Selena falls back. Syren then drops down for the pin.

 

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Selena shoots her shoulder up. Syren then turns around and starts to get up and turns to Glory who is back up and Glory suddenly kicks her in the ribs, hooks her up and hits the Beautiful Insanity!

 

Sharper: “Spiking Syren! Syren down and Glory…she throws her arm over!”

 

Knots: “Oh God! She’s going to get it-“

 

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Syren shoots her shoulder up. Glory rolls over as the crowd looks on, cheering.

 

Sharper: “Syren just got her shoulder up! Just got it up!”

 

Knots: “Glory’s not yet punched her spot!”

 

Glory looks up and then starts to get up and we see Selena Frost slowly starting to get up and Glory then runs at her and hits a stomp to the head, knocking her back. Glory turns back and grabs Syren. Syren is half out of it and Glory grabs her by the arms and starts to turn her around into the Glorification. Syren however then shoves her off into the ropes. Glory hits the ropes, but just then, Selena gets up and runs up behind Glory and runs her into Syren. Syren and Glory’s heads hit and Selena rolls Glory up with an Okana roll.

 

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The crowd boos as the bell sounds and Selena lets go and rolls out of the ring. Ravyn Taylor looks at her as Selena smirks.

 

Phillips: “Here is your winner, via pinfall, and number forty in the Taking Hold of the Flame, Selena Frost!”

 

Sharper: “Selena! Glory knew she may be an issue, but Selena stayed down enough to avoid something worse! And then Glory and Syren! They hit heads!”

 

Knots: “Both dazed from it and Selena takes it! She’s got number forty!”

 

Glory rolls over, holding her head and looking over at Selena. Selena smirks and walks around the ring, raising her arm.

 

Sharper: “And Glory…she’s just realized what this means.”

 

Knots: “She now has to run the gauntlet. She has to do it all to get where she wants. The British Bombshell…how’s that for a trade off.”

 

Sharper: “And Syren now has to hope for fate to smile down on her.”

 

Syren looks around as Selena continues to smirk before she then turns and walks to the back. She shakes her head as Glory Braddock moves to the corner, looking out. She shakes her head.

 

Sharper: “Selena Frost punches her spot as the now statistical favourite in Taking Hold of the Flame. Who could very well be the SCW World Champion come Taking Hold of the Flame.”

 

A still comes up on the screen showing James Evans vs. Xander Valentine.

 

Sharper: “A lot of bad blood between these two and let’s note something else – last time James Evans fought Xander Valentine for a title in this building, James Evans won. Xander has not beaten James in one on one action. Will that be a part of it? What about the injury? Let’s take a look at how we got here!”

 

A recap video plays showing the history between James Evans and Xander Valentine, but also Xander Valentine and the Fall of Man.

 

James Evans vs. Xander Valentine

SCW World Championship

 

Jason Phillips stands in the ring.

 

Phillips: “Fans, the following contest is your main event scheduled for onefall and has a sixty minute time limit and is for the SCW World Championship!”

 

The SCW World Championship logo comes across the screen. The opening of “Shot from a Cannon" 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 intensify as James looks out at the crowd. William Heaven walks out behind James.

"Ten minutes in he's sweating
Should I have asked for more than fame?
Ignore that beast, he's smiling
It's not 'til next New Year's Eve"

James slowly makes his way to the ring, as images of him winning various championships and hitting various moves appear on the screen. He reaches the ring, staring at it. William Heaven leans over and says something to him.

 

Phillips: “First, the challenger, from New York City, New York, accompanied by William Heaven and representing the Fall of Man, he is James Evans!”

"Wish I could get that list
Yes, I would burn that list
Down he goes"

James then makes his way up the ring steps, before turning and facing the crowd, who continue to boo.

"Set him down to a real life failure
Held fast like the field mice, been there
Give a nod as if he knows, come round
Dead last with a drumroll when the dam blows"

He 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. William Heaven settles in James’s corner.

 

Sharper: “James Evans and Xander Valentine have a long history. James has wanted this shot for months. They’ve had some big fights. There’s a lot of bad blood, but James Evans is hoping to bring the title to the Fall of Man.”

 

Knots: “Inevitability has been the buzzword for the Fall of Man. Waylon Creek nearly beat Xander. Now they go for experience and they go for someone who will do ANYTHING to win.”

 

Sharper: “And the question is going to be what is the condition of Xander’s arm. Will that be a big hinderance for the champion?”

 

A long church bell rings, once- twice- a third time as the crowd explodes. The lights go out as Xander’s voice echoes out over the sound system, increasing the intensity of the crowd’s roar.

 

“Never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.”

 

The few opening keystrokes of “Soul on Fire” by Last Internationale chimed. A lull before the storm as the crowd seems to calm for only a moment before Delila Paz’s blues dominate the audio.

 

“Some are born to kill

Others are born to run

Some need to keep on takin'

Till you ain't got none”

 

A singular light appears before the curtains, on the other side is the outline of a large man. On the screen, we’re shown Xander Valentine holding onto the bars of a prison cell. He starts to bend the bars before the scene blurs. 

 

“But baby, I wasn't built to die

Lay down and be crucified

Nah, no matter how hard they try

To push me down

Still I rise”

 

“Soul on Fire (Soul, Soul, Soul, Soul)

Soul on Fire (Soul, Soul, Soul, Soul)”

 

The curtain drops to reveal Xander. A quick salvo of pyros explodes in front of him before he steps through the smoke with an intense look on his face. He goes from one side of the stage to the next, yelling out to the crowd and throwing up his arms. He then stops at the top of the ramp and throws his arm up into the air. He starts down the ramp, Xander’s gaze affixed on the ring. The SCW World Championship is around his waist.

 

Phillips: “His opponent, fighting out of Fort Collins, Colorado from Rochester, New York… he is the SCW Hall of Famer, the SCW World Champion, the Paragon of Violence, the Executioner…. Xander Valentine!”

 

Suffocate me until I am blue

To preserve my bad worldview

Paranoid, All Eyes On Me

Rumours circle, vultures feed

 

Baby, I wasn't built to die

Lay down and be crucified

Nah, no matter how hard they try

To push me down

Still I rise

 

Soul on Fire (Soul, Soul, Soul, Soul)

Soul on Fire (Soul, Soul, Soul, Soul)

Soul on Fire (Soul, Soul, Soul, Soul)

Soul on Fire (Soul, Soul, Soul, Soul)

 

Xander leaps up onto the apron in a single bound. Xander climbs up over the top rope and marches straight to the far side of the ring. He throws his arms up again, getting a massive pop. He goes to the opposite side and repeats to garner the same response. He hops down from the rope, and jogs into place, waiting for the bell. Xander hands off the title. Aaron Demitra takes the title. The crowd buzzes as Demitra holds the title over his head. He then hands it off. James smirks at Xander as Xander glares at James.

 

Sharper: “Xander Valentine showing no problem so far. Not giving any hint.”

 

Knots: “We know he was getting it worked on. We know the trainer saw him!”

 

Sharper: “Nonetheless, could be just help getting loose. And let’s also note that the Fall of Man are no out here either. And they may be out here whenever Heaven wants them.”

 

Knots: “Tag Titles defended on Breakdown in a week and a half. They’re focusing there!”

 

Sharper: “Sure.”

 

Demitra steps back and calls for the bell. The bell sounds. Xander comes out, hands up, ready to fight as James Evans walks out and watches him. The two step up and Xander goes for a series of jabs. James backs up and moves to the corner. Xander pushes him back into the corner and then nails him in the ribs with a hard right and then another. Evans pushes him off and spins out. He then moves to the middle of the ring before lunging back at Xander. He goes for a takedown, but Xander blocks it and clubs him in the back once and then again before pushing him back. James turns and looks up and Xander hits a left jab and then goes for a right hook, but Evans tackles him down.

 

Sharper: “No clean break early. And just throwing right hands. Xander going to fight. Evans happy to oblige.”

 

Knots: “And Evans has gotten Xander a few times!”

 

Sharper: “While Xander has always come back. Evans and alongside Aries has done a lot backstage, from behind, all to wear down the champion.”

 

Evans then nails Xander with a hard right and then another. He then spins through and starts to go for the left arm. Xander however elbows James repeatedly in the side and Evans pulls back and rolls away. Xander turns and gets up and Evans runs at Xander and Xander boots him in the face. Evans goes down. Evans pops back up and moves to the corner. Xander steps up and nails him with a hard right to the jaw before hitting a left to the ribs and then another hard right to the jaw before hitting a series of body shots.

 

Sharper: “Evans being pummeled in the corner!”

 

Knots: “Grab the arm. You saw how quickly Xander went to defend it when Evans had him down!”

 

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Xander then steps back as James walks out of the corner and over to the corner. Xander follows up and Evans goes for a kick, but Xander blocks it and nails him again. Evans hits the mat. He rolls over and gets up, moving away from Xander. Xander follows, keeping his hands up and Evans turns to him and Xander drills him with a hard right haymaker.

 

Sharper: “That boxing background of Evans. Oh! What a right hand!”

 

Knots: “He’s not giving Evans any opportunity to go for the arm. This is aggressive even for Xander Valentine!”

 

Xander Valentine turns around as Evans pops up and Xander hits a left jab to the jaw and then another hard right. Evans hits the mat and rolls over, moving to the ropes. Xander heads over and grabs him and James Evans steps through the ropes, but Xander pulls him back against the top rope and stretches him out. A “Xander!” chant begins to break out and Xander then clubs Evans over and over and over against the chest of Evans.

 

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Xander backs up and Evans leans forward and falls to the apron. William Heaven looks around, clearly uncertain.

 

Sharper: “This is not what Heaven thought would happen-“

 

Knots: “Or Evans!”

 

Evans holds onto the ropes and starts to get up as Xander heads over to him and Xander grabs Evans and goes to pull him up, but Evans turns and grabs Xander’s head and hits a guillotine drop. Xander staggers back. The crowd ohs and boos. Evans then pulls himself up and steps into the ring. He then runs at Xander and clotheslines him down. Evans walks around the ring as the crowd boos. Xander rolls over and gets up and James runs over and stomps him in the face. Xander’s head snaps back as James then stomps him again and again and again. He then dives down onto him and starts to openly choke him.

 

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Evans pulls away. Xander turns and coughs. Evans then turns and gets up and stomps him again. Xander turns and Evans stomps on the left arm. Xander quickly pulls away and rolls over, moving to the corner.

 

Knots: “There you go! See how defensive he’s being!”

 

Sharper: “Xander holding onto that arm. Making sure Evans doesn’t get a good shot. Getting some distance too.”

 

Xander starts to get up and Evans heads over and Xander swings with a hard right. Evans jukes and then lunges back in as Xander recovers and spears him into the corner. Evans rears back and hits a shoulder thrust and then another and another and another. Demitra starts his count, but instead, Evans grabs Xander and whips him across the ring. Evans then runs after him and Xander gets an elbow up. Evans staggers back and Xander steps out and scoops him up onto his shoulder. He then hits a snake eyes. Evans staggers back and Xander then clotheslines him down. He runs into the ropes, bouncing off, and hits an elbow drop. He goes for the pin.

 

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Evans kicks out. Xander rolls over and gets up. Evans rolls away as William Heaven yells at Xander. Xander ignores him, leaning against the ropes. He then runs at Evans as he gets up. Evans turns and Xander goes for a clothesline. Evans ducks and Xander turns around and Evans then grabs the left arm of Xander and hits a twisting arm whip, driving Xander shoulder first into the mat. Xander grimaces and rolls away. Evans runs over after him and stomps him in the head and then again in the shoulder. Xander rolls to his left side, trying to protect the arm.

 

Sharper: “Evans got the arm. And now, look at Xander!”

 

Knots: “Xander is doing anything to protect that arm, but he’s leaving himself wide open!”

 

Evans then kicks Xander hard in the back and then again and again before then backing up and kicking Xander hard in the head. The crowd ohs as Xander rolls to his stomach.

 

Knots: “Check him! He may be out! He’s got a history of concussions!”

 

Sharper: “Demitra is trying to, but Evans not stopping!”

 

Evans then dives in and nails Xander with a series of hard right hands. Xander starts to cover up as Demitra tries to get in. Evans then turns and shoves him back before grabbing Xander and dragging him up. Xander barely has his feet under him as James runs and throws Xander left shoulder first into the nearby ringpost. The crowd ohs. Xander grimaces, holding his left shoulder before dropping down and landing with a thud on the floor. (1) Evans smirks.

 

Sharper: “I don’t know. Xander may have been out there.”

 

Knots: “Let Demitra in…or-“

 

Sharper: “Or are they sending a different message. Evans went for the arm again.”

 

Knots: “Leave the Executioner lying. Maybe a gift for Creek?”

 

Sharper: “I don’t know. Or maybe a message that Retribution was a fluke. They can take the title and leave Xander in a heap.”

 

Xander rolls over. (2) He winces, holding his arm. Evans exits to the floor. (1) He then walks over to Xander and drags him up and then runs him over and drives him face first into the announce table. Xander spins off. (2) He then starts to get up and Evans then grabs him and drags him over to the steel steps. Xander grabs at the tights of Evans, but Evans stomps him in the head. Xander rolls over. (3) Evans then drags Xander over and places his left arm behind the steel steps. (4) Evans then nails Xander with a hard right and then another and another.(5) Evans then backs up to the barricade before running at the steps and driving the sole of his boots into it, sandwiching the left arm between the steps and the ringpost. Xander yells in pain. (6) He then grabs at his arm as Evans backs up and then runs at the steps and kicks them again. Xander yells again. (7) Evans smirks as he gets up. He then rolls into the ring and rolls out, restarting the count.

 

Sharper: “Driving now the steps into the arm. Sandwiching it against the ringpost.”

 

Knots: “That arm is ruined, Sharper. And Evans knows it! Heaven knows it!”

 

Sharper: “They played Evans’s game. He doesn’t care about winning a certain way. He cares about winning.”

 

Xander clutches at his arm as he rolls over. (1) Evans walks over to him and grabs him and turns and then grabs him by his arm and pulls it back into a hammerlock before running Xander forward and driving him shoulder first into the ringpost. The crowd ohs. (2) Xander falls into the barricade. Evans walks over and grabs him. (3) He drags him up and nails him with a hard right and then another and another. He then grabs the arm. (4) He drags him over, but Xander spins through and then scoops Evans up with his right arm and hits a sidewalk slam on the mats. (5)

 

Sharper: “Xander needed that! He needed that slam. He needed that opportunity to get some distance.”

Knots: “To talk of Xander needing to create distance!”

 

Xander rolls over. (6) He then starts to get up and rolls into the ring. He looks up, trying to move his left arm, moving it back and forth and trying to flex it. (7) He then glances over at Evans who starts to stir. Xander then starts to roll back to the floor. The crowd roars. (1) Evans gets up and turns and Xander boots him in the face. Evans falls back into the barricade.(2) Xander then grabs him and turns and rolls him into the ring. (3) Xander slides in and Evans starts to get up and Xander gets up and boots him again. Evans hits the mat. Xander goes for the pin.

 

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Evans kicks out. Heaven looks on as Evans rolls over and starts to get up. Xander gets up and nails Evans with a hard right and then another. He goes to whip Evans into the ropes, but Evans spins through and sends Xander in. Xander bounces off and Evans catches Xander and hits a Uranage slam. He hooks the leg.

 

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Xander pushes him off.

 

Sharper: “Nearfall. The uranage…”

 

Knots: “And Xander only weakly kicking out!”

 

Xander rolls over and clutches his arm. Evans starts to get up and Xander crawls over to the corner. He starts to pull himself up and Evans runs at him and clotheslines him from behind. Xander falls to a knee. He then starts to pull himself up and turns as Evans nails him with a European uppercut. Xander stumbles out of the corner. Evans then grabs him and scoops him up and hits a backbreaker. Xander remains down. Evans hooks the leg.

 

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Xander gets his shoulder up. Evans then turns and looks at Xander as Xander stirs. He stomps Evans in the leg and then a waist before stomping him in the right shoulder before stomping him in the left shoulder. He then stomps him again there as Xander rolls over. Evans then back stomps him again. He then walks over to the middle of the ring. He looks at Xander as Xander starts to get up on his knees and right arm. Evans smirks before then running at Xander and going for a punt. Xander however dodges. Evans runs through. He turns around and Xander then catches him by the throat. He hoists him up and drops him with a one-armed chokeslam.

 

Sharper: “The power! Xander with a chokeslam! And the champion back on his feet in the ring!”

 

Knots: “How?!”

 

Evans slowly rolls over as Xander winces and walks around the ring. Evans slowly gets up and moves to the corner and Xander runs at him and nails him with a running clothesline of his own. The crowd ohs. Evans stumbles out and Xander backs up with Evans leaning on him. Xander then hooks him up by the head and neck under his right arm. He then hoists him up. He winces as pull his left arm away, and then drops Evans with the one-armed brainbuster! The crowd ohs. Xander turns and hooks the leg.

 

Sharper: “Evans spiked! Brainbuster!”

 

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Evans gets his shoulder up. The crowd ohs. Xander rolls away.

 

Knots: “No! Not yet! Not yet! Evans isn’t done!”

 

Sharper: “And Xander using a lot to get him up! One-armed at this point.”

 

Xander Valentine slowly gets up and walks around the ring. Evans rolls over and reaches for the ropes. Xander waits as he stands behind him. He then nods and nods before pulling Evans back by the hair. The crowd roars. He then locks in the Fade to Black! The crowd cheers. Xander leans back as he stands up, defiant. He then looks at Heaven as Demitra checks on James. James struggles a moment as Xander keeps the hold on and then James manages to grab at the arms of Xander and then grabs at his left arm and then pulls on it and Xander winces, causing him to let go just enough and James grabs him by his head and Xander falls to a knee before Evans drags him up only to muscle him down with a DDT. The crowd ohs and boos.

 

Sharper: “An ugly DDT. James used that arm and the pain to get Xander to loosen his grip.”

 

Knots: “Ugly or not, Xander was driven into the mat.”

 

James rolls over and starts to slowly get up. Xander rolls over and away from James. James pulls himself up and walks over to Xander. Xander slowly starts to get up and James grabs his left arm. Xander tries to pull away and James kicks him in the shoulder once and then again and again before Xander pulls away. He then starts to stir as James grabs him and drags him up and nails him with a hard right. Xander falls back into the corner. James nails him again and again before going to whip him across the ring. James however stops and pulls Xander back and throws him back, but Demitra is caught, trying to move out of the way and James sends Xander into him. The crowd ohs. Xander staggers back. James Evans then hits the Embrace the Onslaught. Xander goes down.

 

Sharper: “Embrace the Onslaught. James got that spinning forearm to the jaw of Xander.”

 

Knots: “Demitra’s down! We need a referee!”

 

James leans over him and then sees Demitra is down.

 

Heaven: “Stay on him. I’ll handle-“

 

James shakes his head no. He then smiles as he exits the ring. He then looks under the ring and looks around before grabbing a steel chair.

 

Sharper: “We talked about it. Is this just about the World Title or is James Evans looking to hurt Xander and we have our answer.”

 

Knots: “No one can stop him!”

 

James Evans smirks as he rolls back into the ring. Heaven looks at him as James Evans has an evil look on his face. He then looks at Xander before walking over to his left arm. He then looks at the chair before lifting it up and slamming it into the shoulder of Xander. Xander grimaces in pain and rolls over. James laughs before looking down.

 

James: “I’m taking anything you have left, Xander!”

 

He slams the chair into his arm again. Xander, revived in part by the pain, grimaces and pops up and rolls over. He then moves into the corner. He slowly grabs at the ropes, starting to try and lift him up and James Evans then looks at him before then turning and lunging at him, but Xander turns and gets a boot up, knocking the chair into his face. James staggers back and drops the chair. He then turns around as Heaven paces before Xander uses his right arm. He then hoists him up and hits a second chokeslam. Xander then walks around the ring. He falls into the ropes. He then takes a few breaths before getting up and turning and Evans slowly rolls over. Xander gets down to a knee. He waits as James starts to get up. We then see Giovanni Aries start to come out from the back, but then Waylon Creek bolts right out after him, pushing past Aries, knocking him over. The crowd roars as Creek runs down to the ring and slides into the ring. Xander lunges forward to start the process for the Valhalla Has Fallen on James, but instead, Creek gets up and runs at Xander, drilling him with a vicious spear. Xander hits the mat. Creek then rolls through to the floor. Aries gets up on the ramp as we see Creek get up as Heaven looks at him.

 

Sharper: “Creek! Good God! My God what a spear!”

 

Knots: “He just ran Xander over!”

 

Sharper: “And he’s not done.”

 

Creek rolls into the ring. He then walks over and grabs Xander. He drags him up as Evans turns. Creek then looks at Evans and nods before Evans spins through and hits another Embrace the Onslaught. Creek then turns and heads over to Demitra and slides to the floor. He then scans him before grabbing him in his arm. Demitra grimaces from the pain, but the result is he quickly becomes alert and we see Evans covering Xander Valentine.

 

Sharper: “Creek with a major assist!”

 

Knots: “And he just got Demitra to refocus. What the hell did he do to him?”

 

Sharper: “And no…Not like this!”

 

Heaven just smiles as Demitra counts.

 

1!

 

 

 

2!

 

 

 

3!

 

The bell sounds. The crowd roars and Heaven lets out a yell of happiness. Creek just looks into the ring as Evans rolls over, laughing. Aries reaches the ring, looking at Creek and then Evans.

 

Phillips: “Here is your winner…and NEW SCW World Champion…James Evans!”

 

Sharper: “James Evans has won this thanks to a massive assist from Waylon Creek!”

 

Knots: “He’s come around! He’s been a bit distant, but he was focused tonight. The job is done. Inevitability!”

 

Sharper: “James Evans is World Champion. The Fall of Man has the World and World Tag Team Titles. What the hell will be next?”

 

James Evans slowly starts to get up as William Heaven takes the SCW World Championship from the timekeeper’s table. He looks at it and smiles before turning to the ring. He then walks up the steel steps and into the ring. Creek slowly watches as Aries enters the ring. Evans starts to get up and Heaven hands him the World Title. Evans takes it and holds it over his head. Aries then enters and stands with Heaven and Evans. Creek, finally, pulls himself onto the apron and into the ring. He walks over and stands with Evans as the scene slowly fades to black…